Los Angeles Ballot Initiative Would Repair Streets Based on ‘Equity and Environmental Justice’

Commentary Sunset Boulevard is among the most iconic streets in the world. It winds through beautiful hills and canyons from the Pacific Ocean, through Brentwood, Bel Air, and Beverly Hills before giving way to the neon lights and billboards of the Sunset Strip, then continues running through Hollywood all the way to downtown Los Angeles. The street itself, however, is a mess. It is littered with potholes, eroding gutters, and asphalt patches. Tourists who have previously seen it only in the movies must be shocked when they actually drive on it. Sunset Boulevard serves as a microcosm of California’s problems. Like the state, there is an abundance of natural beauty, but it is falling apart, because rather than maintaining it, the government is focused on solving issues like climate change, reparations for slavery, guaranteed income experiments, health benefits for illegal immigrants, and free government housing. This is how the state is run generally. It fails to do the basic things residents expect, like provide clean and safe streets, good schools, and provide for public safety. California’s natural beauty remains, but as the other issues mount, people are choosing to leave....