Eric Bruins

A NEW MyLA311 APP LAUNCHING FRIDAY 3/28! LA City is launching a new modernized 311 app to make it easier to request city services like: Bulky item pickup Pothole repair Grafitti removal Angeleno accounts are compatible with the new 311 App, register for an Angeleno account here: angeleno.lacity.org

Holy moly! To all my 311-heads out there, rejoice — a new 311 app for LA launches tomorrow 🎉

Please download it tomorrow and file allllll your bulky item pickups to help me test how this new app works — I'll be reviewing it next week

The one and only time we can expect Sean Duffy to say something about pedestrian safety.

Opinion: California relied on growing to pay for its needs. What happens now that it's not? The state grew modestly last year, but the boom years are over. That's a problem for communities that have relied on development to pay for public works.

California’s local government’s haven’t raised enough revenue to maintain basic services and infrastructure since Prop 13. For a long time, growth filled the gap, but that too has declined. Cities now face a gloomy future of ever deeper cuts to core services.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

USDOT is providing a very thin pretext for reversing Justice40 and reinforcing existing racial and economic segregation. Those aren’t just consequences of the new policy, it’s the goal.

On this day, 100 yrs ago, cars were given priority over pedestrians in the streets of the US.

It began Jan. 24, 1925, when the 1st "jaywalker" was arrested in Los Angeles.

Until then, it had been a city of walkers, with an extensive street railway network.

Victim shaming started right away...
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These Homes Withstood the LA Fires. Architects Explain Why In Pacific Palisades and Malibu, some houses with fire-resistant designs remained standing amid neighborhoods of destruction.

Interesting article that heavily features the great Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social @islandpress.bsky.social

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

MRCA reports on Instagram that they were able to protect most of the park structures: www.instagram.com/reel/DElNRMl...

Commentary: Wildfires come with the wildness that draws us to Los Angeles The mix of urban settings and nature is what we love about this region. This past week we're reminded just how untamed the wilderness is.

“We have plumbed and electrified the wilderness of Los Angeles. But we haven’t tamed it. How could we? To live here, we don’t make a pact with nature as much as we reach an uneasy standoff with it.”

After the fires are out, we need to have a real conversation about what is reasonable to expect from a fire department during this kind of wildfire event. Urban fire departments and water infrastructure are designed for a structure fire, not raining embers blowing over an entire neighborhood.

PSA: At Los Angeles' current air quality, spending time outdoors is the equivalent of smoking a cigarette.

If you're in LA:
1. Close your windows, stay inside.
2. If you have an air filter, replace the filter and keep it on full blast.
3. If you must go out, wear the best mask you've got.

I’m no stranger to big fires, but the scale of what just happened here is hard to wrap my mind around. It went faster and deeper into fully urban communities than previously imaginable. My heart breaks for those affected.

I was always comfortable sucking it up on Sepulveda to Burbank, but another option is Valley Vista to Kester to Orange Line Path.

Woodley!