The city faces a backlog of nearly 5,000 street repair requests.
Lawyers have accused Los Angeles of breaching the terms of its nearly $1.4 billion settlement agreement to construct curb ramps and repair sidewalks, Kavish Harjai writes for LAist. According to an LAist analysis of data from the Bureau of Engineering, as of Oct. 21, the city is facing a backlog of nearly 5,000 street repair requests.
LAist reports:
“As a result of the city’s repeated breaches of the settlement agreement, to this day residents and visitors to the city of Los Angeles who have mobility disabilities are denied full and equal access to sidewalks and other pedestrian walkways,” Guy Wallace, [one of four lawyers monitoring implementation of the settlement], said in an email to LAist.
L.A. is in its 10th year of the settlement agreement, and has been meeting monthly with the lawyers monitoring the settlement since the beginning of 2026. In a statement to LAist, the office of L.A. Mayor Karen Bass wrote, “The City is continuing in good faith legal negotiations.”
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