u/TheEverblades

Genuinely seeking a serious discussion. We've all seen these activities. I'm sure there's lots of historical and cultural factors at play, certainly things I'm unaware of. Yet I can't get past the sense of selfishness/desire to annoy or general lack of concern for others.

I understand there can be an inherent sense of community, but I don't believe, at best, nuisances are a common good. Such behavior is a net-negative, a detriment to society through noise and air pollution, in addition to public safety. I'm not advocating for complete silence; we obviously live in a huge city.

There's no overnight fix, and it's not as simple as "police do nothing" or "let the police do their job". So what would it take to have these objectively illegal activities curtailed? How long should it take?

The City Council decided they wanted to delay any chance that their own power will be dilluted by tabling council expansion indefinitely, among other city charter reforms.

Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson wants yet another committee created to study the impacts. A selfish coward and a dumbass.

Council expansion is the single-most important issue for Los Angeles, though even if it had been on the ballot in November, the council still wouldn't have been expanded until 2032.

The City Council does NOT have to wait until the next census to enact change. At-large council members can and should be added as quickly as possible, in the interim instead of waiting until the 2030s.

Every council member should be addressing this issue with urgency, yet those who are opposed to expansion or uninterested in prioritizing this single issue clearly don't want to risk lowering their insanely hefty salaries (~$230,000).

Los Angeles continues to fail itself and the Council, collectively, fails its drastically under-represented constituency. Pathetic.

Haven't read any news, but I walked by the Hotel Clark recently and looks like there's a lot of construction going on in the building.

Also looks like a new website that states: "...a new Upper Upscale hotel in Downtown Los Angeles — will soon debut in the heart of DTLA..."

Looks like the website is still in progress, but check it out:

https://www.hotelclark.com/

Pretty cool if it does open soon.