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I'm estimating. There is 11,000 miles of sidewalks to fix. plus the problem is kicked down the road to homeowners. http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/LA-

by kirykl 10y ago

I'm estimating. There is 11,000 miles of sidewalks to fix. plus the problem is kicked down the road to homeowners. http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/LA-Expected-to-OK-Plan-Overhaul-Broken-Sidewalks-403768836.html http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/LA-Expected-to-OK-Pl... "$1.4 billion plan to repair a backlog of broken sidewalks that will allow the city to turn over the responsibility of future upkeep to property owners. City officials plan to spend the funds, which will average at least $30 million a year over the next three decades"

zachlatta 10y ago
It's important to put these numbers into perspective instead of just using the shock value of "billion" — LA County has a $28 billion annual budget. 0.1% of LA county's budget next year will be repairing damage from trees. I'm not going to argue whether that's a large or a small amount. Just want to put the $1.4B number into perspective.