After speaking w/ street & transportation activists like @jessica_meaney, @bikinginla, @bikethevote, @streetsforall I was curious on how much the City of LA paid in FY2020 in legal settlements under account names "Public Works, Transportation, & Street Services".🚶🏾
$38,152,421💰
$38,152,421💰
The largest payout in FY2020 was $4M when a resident & her vehicle plunged into a sinkhole on Laurel Canyon Blvd.
Other notable payouts include:
-$3.2M for a trip-and-fall accident when someone accidentally stepped into a pothole during the rain causing his ankle to dislocate
Other notable payouts include:
-$3.2M for a trip-and-fall accident when someone accidentally stepped into a pothole during the rain causing his ankle to dislocate
- $3.5M related to "dangerous conditions of public property arising out of a vehicle pedestrian accident" on Vista Del Mar/Imperial Hwy
- $3.2M for landslide damage
- $2M when branches of a tree fell on a vehicle w/ 3 people inside
- $1.7M when a trash can struck an individual
- $3.2M for landslide damage
- $2M when branches of a tree fell on a vehicle w/ 3 people inside
- $1.7M when a trash can struck an individual
-$1.4M related to a traffic accident on Highland Ave and Melrose Ave
- $1M related to a vehicle pedestrian accident at the intersection of Coldwater Canyon Ave & Erwin St. (the City of LA was actually warned beforehand about this dangerous intersection)
- $1M related to a vehicle pedestrian accident at the intersection of Coldwater Canyon Ave & Erwin St. (the City of LA was actually warned beforehand about this dangerous intersection)
The point of my financial transparency posts on the City of LA is to not only show what/how much the City is spending our money on BUT to also remind folx that there are human lives affected by the actions or INACTIONS of those in power.
What are your elected officials doing? 🤔
What are your elected officials doing? 🤔
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