[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

One-party urban areas dominated by public workers unions, bloated bureacracy, high taxes, and out of control spending, pensions and benefits generally suffer the same fate. Not even LA’s fantastic weather can change these trends.

[Irenic]

I think San Antonio is chasing the LA model just as hard as they can. If San Antonio can’t ditch the Castro brolthers— I’m thinking it’s time for us to start thinking about moving.

[ArmstedFragg]

I spent 30 years in Los Angeles, “in decline” is its normal status.

[A_Former_Democrat]

IOW, extremist left wing politicians and LIV/bought and paid for voters . . .no other excuse . .. Same thing will happen to NYC if not already. Chicago? Same.

[VerySadAmerican]

I had to scroll back up to see if this was satire. It’s hard to believe this is from a left wing CBS affiliate.

[ScottinVA]

No surprise here. LA is a hot, intractably liberal mess.

[Dick Bachert]

Gee willikers, could part of the problem be what’s covered in the video below?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53cJQC0gVak

[P-Marlowe]

Los Angeles is the Capital of Northern Mexico.

[dragnet2]

where the promises made to public employees about a decent and secure retirement simply cannot be kept

Government pensions and illegal aliens are choking us off.

[griswold3]

Can we audit the commission? What was Hilda Solis paid for this consulting ‘work’?
PS- 640,000 students and a budget of $7.1B? Really? Really?

[funfan]

What about all the millionaire movie people that love Obama don’t they live in or around the LA area?

[bunster]

You know they always release some sort of study before they get down to what they really want. They’ll next call for destroying Prop 13 and raise property taxes — where else they gonna go? I can hear the clamor now.

[TalBlack]

THE ARTICLES BIG LAUGH LINE:“Los Angeles is sinking into a future in which it no longer can provide the public services to which our people’s taxes entitle them”

[NTHockey]

Saw the Tyrone Power version of Zorro. One thing I noticed is that LA hasn’t changed in 300 years - it’s still full of Mexicans.

[GeronL]

Poverty, weak job creation and other issues currently plaguing Los Angeles could leave the city “sinking into the future,” according to a report released Wednesday.

Come on MSM journolister.... so what caused this poverty and weak job creation?? Come on rub some brain cells together....

Oh never mind

[BookmanTheJanitor]

I was born in downtown L.A., raised a few blocks south of the Coliseum and worked like crazy to get out of that hellhole. Moved out after college. That was 23 years ago and things have only gotten worse there...

[piytar]

No sh...

[piytar]

No sh...

[GOPJ]

Liberal ideas ran California into the ground. Seems the don’t want to pay the fiddler...

[arthurus]

LA’s prospects are not enhanced by the location of LA in California. That is two strikes against LA right there- it is LA and it is in California.