To the editor: I served as a metropolis councilmember in West Hollywood for a few years. It was all the time my mantra that the general public would help advocacy on the big-picture points so long as I took care of the essential service points that affected their day by day lives — on their avenue and of their neighborhood. (“How governable is Los Angeles?” Opinion, Jan. 22)
If the streets in your neighborhood are poorly maintained, if emergency companies are gradual to reply, and if parks and public areas are soiled and unsafe, then the general public received’t admire or help specializing in main state and nationwide points comparable to local weather change. In the event that they suppose you’re taking good care of the enterprise that the majority straight impacts them, they’ll enable just a little extra latitude.
Jeff Prang, Los Angeles
The author is the elected assessor of Los Angeles County.
