Full Coverage: L.A.’s Broken Sidewalks

Los Angeles’ crumbling sidewalks long have symbolized the challenges facing pedestrians in this car-dominated city.

Los Angeles plans to spend nearly $1.4 billion over the next 30 years to repair its immense network of more than 10,000 miles of sidewalks.

Los Angeles’ commercial property owners should be required to pay for repairing badly broken and inaccessible sidewalks next to their land, a city report released Tuesday suggests.

Los Angeles is pledging to spend more than $1.3 billion over the next three decades to fix its massive backlog of broken sidewalks and make other improvements to help those with disabilities navigate the city as part of a tentative deal being described as a landmark legal settlement.

Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez looks at some of L.A.’s notorious sidewalks.

Los Angeles leaders planned to spend $27 million on sidewalk repairs this budget year -- much more than the year before.

Geneva James pushed her walker slowly up the street in South Los Angeles Tuesday and joined the crowd gathered outside her home in a countdown.

Two Los Angeles lawmakers on Tuesday abandoned the effort to put a half-cent sales tax hike for street and sidewalk repairs on the November ballot, saying more discussion would “only serve to strengthen” the proposal.

Los Angeles lawmakers gave the green light Friday to spend $10 million to repair broken sidewalks next to parks, libraries and other city facilities.

With the prospect of $10 million going back into the general fund June 30, the council has deferred action pending resolution of a lawsuit. In the meantime, the mayor has promised to double the funding.

Bob Arranaga says no way.

By all appearances, the city of Los Angeles now has a new standard for when it will send a crew to fix buckled sidewalks.

During separate video interviews with the Los Angeles Times last month, candidates for L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel responded to questions from individual voters.