Council, planning and power in Los Angeles.
The backlog of sidewalk-repair requests has grown every year since the pandemic while the money to clear it stays flat. A council committee heard this week that new damage is reported faster than crews can patch it.
The council adopted a spending plan for the coming year on Tuesday. For Hollywood it means more street resurfacing and tree trimming, and shorter weeknight hours at two branch libraries.
City staff briefed a council committee on the long-imagined deck park capping the Hollywood Freeway. The design has advanced. The funding has not.
Neighborhood groups and daily riders filled a hearing room to protest the traction company's bid to raise the fare, telling the examiner the service had grown poorer as the price had grown dearer.
