Frustrated L.A. taxpayers get the runaround, or no response at all, when they try to get attention for various municipal breakdowns.
On a short stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood is a bike lane, or at least what was supposed to have been one.
In recent days, a North Hollywood resident complained of encampments multiplying despite the promise of relief after the opening of a tiny home village she supported, and she asked, “When did our city officials become indifferent to their constituents’ pleas for help?” The apparent planning idea was to gradually build out an east-west bikeway by requiring developers to set new buildings back far enough from the street to make room for bicycles. But that could take years.
“Why is this not a state infrastructure issue?” said Dusseault, who called both the demands and the design “all sorts of wrong.” Months passed. Insurance costs rose. Financial juggling was required, even though Dusseault dug out some public money to help defray the cost of the bike lane. Permits expired and applications had to be resubmitted. Aspects of the overall development of the center were delayed.