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By Larry Elder, May 31, 2014
Jim O’Sullivan, president of
the Miracle Mile Residential Association, filed a records request to get the
city to release a report. It’s called the 2010-2011 Los Angeles Infrastructure
Report Card. It is put out by the Department of Public Works.
Why had this report never
been released publicly?
We can only speculate, but
the answer probably lies here. These are the grades given by the DPW in its
2003 Los Angeles Infrastructure Report Card:
Compare those grades to 2010-2011:
As you can see, some
categories are not present in both reports. But in the five common categories, one
service improved, one stayed the same and three got worse.
The 2020 Commission Report,
the first of which was released in December 2013, says: “Los Angeles is barely
treading water while the rest of the world is moving forward. We risk falling
further behind in adapting to the realities of the 21st century and becoming a
City in decline.
“For too many years we have
failed to cultivate and build on our human and economic strengths, while
evading the hard choices concerning local government and municipal finance
presented by this new century. … As a consequence, Los Angeles is sinking into
a future in which it no longer can provide the public services to which our
people’s taxes entitle them and where the promises made to public employees
about a decent and secure retirement simply cannot be kept. City revenues are
in long-term stagnation and expenses are climbing.
“Year by year, our City -- which
once was a beacon of innovation and opportunity to the
world -- is becoming less
livable.”
Of all the big cities in America,
Los Angeles has the worst record for job creation since 1990. The failure of
the city to improve services is a direct result of the poor fiscal policies of
the left-wingers who’ve run the city for decades: tax, spend and regulate. Government
to the rescue.
The leftwing stranglehold on
the city was broken for eight years by a Republican. But the power resides with
the city council. For example, when Republican mayor Richard Riordan vetoed a
“living wage ordinance” as anti-business, the Los Angeles City Council overrode
his veto unanimously.
People need to wake up. What
do we need to do to turn Los Angeles around? Check out my ten steps:
Los Angeles In ‘Crisis: 10 Steps To Fix It
Los Angeles In ‘Crisis: 10 Steps To Fix It
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