"Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood."
Los Angeles is rebuilding. The question is whether it rebuilds to a standard or rebuilds by accident. These pages track the agencies, the spending, the decisions, and the people who will determine the answer. Daniel Burnham rebuilt Chicago after the fire, and 600 businessmen rebuilt Seattle after theirs. This is what it looks like for LA.
Accountability
- ⚖ LAHSA Exposed HOMELESSNESS Where $800M/year goes. NGO contracts, outcomes, fraud indicators. 990 data on every grantee.
- ⚖ LAFD Response Map FIRE Wildfire response failures, station coverage gaps, resource allocation vs. actual fires.
- ⚖ The Firebreak Park Series FIRE Twelve canyon-high-point parks above the Santa Monica Mountains residential edge. The fire-prevention plan disguised as a park plan.
- ⚖ LAPD by the Numbers PUBLIC SAFETY Crime trends, staffing shortfalls, response times by district. The data behind the debate.
- ⚖ DWP Audit UTILITIES Rate increases vs. infrastructure investment. The DWP transfer to the general fund. Where the money leaks.
Infrastructure
- ⚒ The Train That Wasn't Ready TRANSIT LA Metro promised completion for the 2026 World Cup. It missed. What Burnham's approach to rail would look like for the 2028 Olympics.
- ⚒ The Standard LA Forgot CONSTRUCTION Permit timelines, inspection backlogs, post-fire rebuild bottlenecks. What a Burnham building standard looks like.
Strategy
- ★ RESTRICTED The Preliminary Cabinet LEADERSHIP Name your people before the election. Let LA see who's running what.
- ★ RESTRICTED The Network RECRUITMENT 100 key leaders. The coalition that wins.
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"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die."
Daniel H. Burnham, 1907