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No more excuses for neglecting LA infrastructure

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The burst water main under Sunset Boulevard is a wake-up call for LA.

No more delays. No more excuses.

No more pet projects and white elephants — like a new convention center no one will use.

If the Palisades Fire wasn’t enough of a warning, the West Hollywood Flood should be enough.

We have to take care of the basics — first things first.

Water. Roads. Police. Firefighters.

Not shiny objects or grand social justice schemes.

The fact is that LA is long overdue for a major infrastructure overhaul.

The city wastes billions of dollars on corrupt and failing programs — like homeless nonprofits that reward cronies instead of fixing the problem.

Underneath the mansions in our hills and the encampments on our streets, cast-iron pipes that are more than a century old are rusting, waiting to burst.

The water main that ruptured in West Hollywood this week was 110 years old. And it’s hardly the only example.

Twelve years ago, a burst pipe near UCLA caused massive damage to the campus. The pipe was a 90-year-old city water line.

At the time, it was reported that the LA Department of Water and Power (LADWP) was moving........

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