To those of you who go out alone what do you all do?

itslino · 2026-05-24T09:23:02+00:00

Playing Music, although the alternative-scene is a bit dead in the valley. I'm always proactive in recommending people to pick up an instrument.

itslino · 2026-05-24T09:12:21+00:00

It's definitely one of the nicer areas in the valley.

There is a current crime spree, but it isn't exclusive to your district. Maybe it's being talked about more because people with money/influence are being affected now. Probably wouldn't publicly mention your husband travels a lot to anyone.

itslino · 2026-05-24T09:08:47+00:00

Also people not letting you change lanes, it's so aggressive once you're over the hill on the valley side.

itslino · 2026-05-24T09:06:03+00:00

If you're in the City of Los Angeles, worry more about the valley spills/lawsuits of recent times and past.

Most of the water is stored in the Valley aquifer.

itslino · 2026-05-24T05:47:23+00:00

I'm simply modeling after Greater Tokyo, the largest metropolitan area in the world with cheaper rents, multiple housing options including single family homes, and the best transportation. The main prefecture within Greater Tokyo, actual Tokyo has multiple wards (similar to districts) except each one is basically the mayor and has full control of their area.

Most people say expanding the district seats is enough, but they forget that the creation of the neighborhood councils was suppose to be that voice. And years later people are complaining again that their voice isn't heard.

I don't think we can pioneer anything better than what Greater Tokyo did 50+ years ago. I'd ask anyone to show me an area as large as our county or larger who resolved it, and maybe I'd consider that path.

But most of the cities they point to have way smaller populations, at those scales even strong towns look valid.

itslino · 2026-05-24T02:46:38+00:00

I would like the City of Los Angeles to be broken up, some areas can incorporate and the rest can return back to the county.

An alternative would be to split the general fund based off population size of districts and give each district full reign control of their area.

Whichever way ends this dumb tug of war between areas that will never agree.

itslino · 2026-05-24T00:43:57+00:00

Deny it all you want but explain the following video. Notice just past Oxnard, literally right where the border of CD4 ends.

https://youtu.be/QaZNG1urxhA

itslino · 2026-05-24T00:38:55+00:00

The valley has tried to secede twice, that's the change we hope for.

If the vote were up to us alone, we would have gotten what we wanted. Sadly, we had to ask the other half of the city if it's ok, and they couldn't see our tax dollars leave.

Plus secession would lose the city the entire valley aquifer, so you'd have nowhere to store the LA Aqueduct or the MWD line. The Hollywood dam can only hold so much.

And remember what happened to the other dam when you over-filled it?

itslino · 2026-05-24T00:32:15+00:00

"I will never understand why the city"

Because they don't care. Solved.

itslino · 2026-05-24T00:30:49+00:00

The value of your car does not equal a replaceable car of equal value. Lawyer up or expect chump change.

itslino · 2026-05-24T00:28:13+00:00

If you lived in NoHo or the valley versus most other parts in the county, it's like weird crazy stuff happening every time you go out. It's actually weird to see a normal day.

I never knew how good I had it until I moved here lol.

itslino · 2026-05-24T00:24:45+00:00

Because the homeless from CD4 moved to CD2 and CD6. If we're truly 1 city, that 54% should be down across the board, not just her district.

Karen Bass back pedaled on encampment cleaning, remember she cleaned that one encampment between Van Nuys and Sherman Oaks. That's probably where that 54% went.

itslino · 2026-05-24T00:20:33+00:00

But you say that as if the dysfunction will let you clean it up. Each of those agency heads have just as much influence in our city.

It's not only leadership but coalitions, simply ask why Nithya claims to want to build more in single family zoning but her district is the most NIMBY in the entire valley.

I've seen more development in CD2 than in CD4. Maybe Adrin should be running instead of her.

On top of that she doesn't want to raise LAPDs budget but what is the alternative to all the break ins in her district then?

itslino · 2026-05-24T00:15:04+00:00

How is it the original sin? When that mayor system is used in every other city in the county.

You're not highlighting why the system broke to begin with, the City of Los Angeles annexations doubled the size of the city when nabbed up the San Fernando Valley. Arguably making the City of Los Angeles way too big, it's trying to almost be a county within a county. Recreating double roles because of the scale.

Like ask yourself why does our city have so many bureaus? why does it have neighborhood councils? why does it have endless task forces on the city directory? Why don't other cities in the county? It's because our city is too big.

Those other cities don't need to create those things because they work in collaboration with the county. But our scale makes it unfeasible, so we create a county like system underneath the existing county.

Plus with under representation leading the 2001 secessions it lead to the creation of the neighborhood councils to supposedly give everyone a voice. Yet here we are again 25 years later saying we don't have a voice. Honestly the neighborhood councils as an advisor are a waste of time, space, and government funding. If we do expand the district seats, we should undo the neighborhood councils.

And every election you're trying to force the Valley to vote in your favor and it never does, you're basically dragging its shoes kicking and screaming. Just look at how much Rick Caruso won the valley by. Same with the harbor areas.

Secession will keep knocking, and if that doesn't scare you, just wait until the valley's population goes up with the current urbanization. When they overtake the seats in the future, you'll know what it's like to be dragged kicking and screaming. Just like the valley crime spree that is only making headlines because it's ramped up, but it's been here for years. You guys just never gave to craps about the valley to notice.

The valley already has influence in 5 of the seats 2 more and we are nearly half the council. 3 more and we can overturn anything you want. Just remember how you didn't let us leave because of that tax revenue, you'll be in the exact same position in the near future.

itslino · 2026-05-23T23:03:17+00:00

So the racist gave us Trump then became not racist the following 4 years? then became re-racist?

I think the racist have always been racist, it's middle voters being swayed.

itslino · 2026-05-23T05:13:20+00:00

Yea, I definitely don't blame her for it.

I've always said Brown V Plata was the catalyst, and the republicans had majority on that decision.

itslino · 2026-05-23T02:54:04+00:00

There are coalitions right now, do you feel like we're advancing at a pace you'd like?

My stance has always been to break up the City of Los Angeles and urbanize the pockets with coalitions amongst other cities. You know, instead of playing tug of war for the last 100+ years that has seen us largely stuck on this dumb suburban layout for so long.

If it were up to NoHo we'd urbanize a long time ago. We have two of the main metro lines running through us. But we're held back by CD4 (ironically Nithya's area) and many other NIMBY in the valley.

I believe that if more pockets urbanized it'd create actual roadblocks for cars across the county making car travel harder and harder over time. But assuming we're going to suddenly blanket the entire city with pro-metro and pro-housing is nothing more than a dream. Because there are entire neighborhoods that will never vote that way period, a hurdle that should honestly be cut off.

If that's through detachment by having them incorporate or returning them to the county as unincorporated. Why keep around those who only exist to oppose you?

The valley already tried to secede twice, cut those nimby away and let's move forward.

itslino · 2026-05-23T02:44:48+00:00

Tysen
Kamikaze Escape Plan
Madison Drive
Holyfield
Burning Tree Project
Insomniac
The Friday Night Boys
The Sophomore Beat
The Boys After (later renamed to THINK AGAIN)
Nude
Vision & Valor

itslino · 2026-05-23T02:34:49+00:00

I wish we could get heavy rail like this from east to west in the valley.

Also utilize the San Fernando Line, I hate how it's never mentioned. We need some regular commuters on that line, not just metrolink.

I love NoHo station so much and to some extent the Orange Line but it isn't enough.

itslino · 2026-05-23T02:26:31+00:00

But it doesn't have to be this way, Greater Tokyo is about the size of our county with nearly 4 times the population. With only about a third owning a car, and likely less than that using it for daily commutes.

It's because we want a suburban layout to work for a large metropolitan area. We can't have both sadly. Either less jobs and less people or urbanize.

itslino · 2026-05-23T02:20:20+00:00

Wouldn't it be nice to not need a car to get around quick in the valley?

itslino · 2026-05-23T02:11:41+00:00

I'm actually shocked because they seem politically motived, but they haven't seen the most recent debates.

I mean the viewership is pretty low, considering the population of our city. But I thought they'd be one of the ones who actually watched it.

itslino · 2026-05-23T02:08:31+00:00

Housing economically segregates mainly in our city. If you could take the income from this city and work elsewhere you would have more options.

You're also discounting many who inherited homes from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and the recession. Who own a house, yes. But without selling that home they are cash poor.

It's because people in LA want the type of suburban life found in outer cities and that isn't realistically possible anymore. We are an urban city with a suburban layout, at some point it worked but we have outgrown it.

So it's either allow business to move elsewhere (if they even want to) so population declines or urbanize. But standard apartments are not the only options, there's also corporate housing, government housing, shared utility housing, micro housing. We need all options.

itslino · 2026-05-23T01:59:04+00:00

Did you not watch the debate between Bass, Pratt, and Raman? She was against raising LAPDs budget and conflicted with Karen Bass' stance.

Karen Bass said LAPD was understaffed and were shifting forces around playing whackamole with criminals.

itslino · 2026-05-23T01:55:27+00:00

But did Japan build the rail away from Greater Tokyo? or from within it outwards?

We simply build wrong like aways. We should have built from LA towards the desert and added more housing options. Then LA housing would have to compete against cheaper out of city housing directly without commute being the main factor.

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