"some political leaders are already talking about improvements, asking for a study on ways to pay for street and sidewalk fixes. None of that would be part of

"some political leaders are already talking about improvements, asking for a study on ways to pay for street and sidewalk fixes. None of that would be part of LA 2028’s budget " The problem with 'budgets' for things like this is that they show exactly what you want them to show. The current leaders want to show that the project is cheap and on budget, so of course that new road isn't included in the budget. The next leaders will want to show how bad the previous incumbents were with finances for the Olympics, so of course that road will be included in the budget.