Alissa Walker

We are in no shape to host millions of people here, let alone care for the people who use our city on a daily basis.

There was this great quote from John Mulaney, who did this live variety show about L.A. last year, and he really explained, I think, how everybody in L.A. feels about the Olympics coming.

There was this great quote from John Mulaney, who did this live variety show about L.A. last year, and he really explained, I think, how everybody in L.A. feels about the Olympics coming.

There was this great quote from John Mulaney, who did this live variety show about L.A. last year, and he really explained, I think, how everybody in L.A. feels about the Olympics coming.

So there's two things that are important to know about our mega event era here in L.A. One is you've probably heard this promise that it's a no-build games.

So there's two things that are important to know about our mega event era here in L.A. One is you've probably heard this promise that it's a no-build games.

So there's two things that are important to know about our mega event era here in L.A. One is you've probably heard this promise that it's a no-build games.

The other part of it is not really happening, and that is these little infrastructural connections, including the transportation infrastructure, which we are scrambling to build out because, as you might have also heard, we're supposed to be having a car-free games.

The other part of it is not really happening, and that is these little infrastructural connections, including the transportation infrastructure, which we are scrambling to build out because, as you might have also heard, we're supposed to be having a car-free games.

The other part of it is not really happening, and that is these little infrastructural connections, including the transportation infrastructure, which we are scrambling to build out because, as you might have also heard, we're supposed to be having a car-free games.

Which is mostly a logistical way of explaining that we can't let people drive and park at all these venues as they move around to participate in the seven Super Bowls a day.

Which is mostly a logistical way of explaining that we can't let people drive and park at all these venues as they move around to participate in the seven Super Bowls a day.

Which is mostly a logistical way of explaining that we can't let people drive and park at all these venues as they move around to participate in the seven Super Bowls a day.

So we have Metro, which is our regional transportation authority. They put forth a plan called 28 by 28 years ago, right after we got the bid. And they had a list of big transportation projects like subway extensions that were going to be completed before the Games happened.

So we have Metro, which is our regional transportation authority. They put forth a plan called 28 by 28 years ago, right after we got the bid. And they had a list of big transportation projects like subway extensions that were going to be completed before the Games happened.

So we have Metro, which is our regional transportation authority. They put forth a plan called 28 by 28 years ago, right after we got the bid. And they had a list of big transportation projects like subway extensions that were going to be completed before the Games happened.

Some of those are finished? Not all of them are finished. Some of them will definitely get finished. But what we've seen from Metro in particular is kind of a reprioritization based on reality.

Some of those are finished? Not all of them are finished. Some of them will definitely get finished. But what we've seen from Metro in particular is kind of a reprioritization based on reality.

Some of those are finished? Not all of them are finished. Some of them will definitely get finished. But what we've seen from Metro in particular is kind of a reprioritization based on reality.

And the concern I think now post fires is that where the recovery money is getting spread around is are a lot of those infrastructure dollars going to have to go to places like, say, the Palisades to rebuild their many, many infrastructural challenges that they now have.