Goldstein Investigation: City-Funded Work On Sidewalks For Disabled May Need To Be Ripped Up

[@MF-kl7kq]

Love how the 1st lady was saying it was abusing the tax payer money but had no problem taking the tax payers money by winning a huge lawsuit...why not instead say how about you fix these problems by such date or we will sue...bet the city would of done it but no you gotta sue 1st how about all those disabled people donate the money to a certified company to help fix all the problems they say there is and most of what they say is wrong isn't even places they probably ever visit...they just want to sue without ever giving a huge city to try to fix the problem 1st and then the city has less money instead has to pay you and focus on your one problem then multiple problems they face...

[@walterwhite1047]

and i bet she's gonna get mad when she sees her taxes go up because of the law suit.

[@tamarockstar09]

Haha I was about to type the same thing when I heard her say that.

[@fontaineking5158]

M F hey jackass I'm sure the city was well warned that they would be getting sued. How about you fucking Sheeple stop voting your democrats in office and see if things don't change. Got no pity on repeat offenders! Lol!

[@TruthHurts2u]

Fontaine King Yeah things would change. The republicans would privatize the sidewalks and the parks so the guy would have to pay to use the sidewalk then pay to use the park.

[@brimtime8117]

TruthHurts TRUMP 2020

[@frankyflowers]

We don't need city crews. Hire private contractors and make them pay for mistakes and let them worry about waste and fraud.

[@kercchan3307]

but what about the unions........ (sarcasm off)

[@kule510]

Lmao you must work for a private contractor

[@frankyflowers]

@@kule510 i don't work in this industry at all.

[@FEnixPS1studios]

Then don't speak on things you know nothing about.

[@frankyflowers]

@@FEnixPS1studios do you even understand the word nothing?

[@bennoble2049]

How do you become a Certified Disability Specialist? Is that a four year program?

[@brianminer6353]

You have to break every bone in your body to be certified.

[@jaybrooks1098]

Boeing got in trouble for policing its own too..

[@fuku102]

"it's abusing taxpayer money" sues the taxpayers...

[@danielmilner8946]

I agree, all sidewalks should have some form of access for a wheelchair to get on, however I don’t agree with the guy going to the park, he expects us to spend thousands of dollars to have a path just for him so he has a straight ride to the park. What about the next person the street up, are we going to build a path for them too? No he wants a direct path then it should be out of his own pocket. Currently he has access to the park, it may not be the route he wants to go but there is a route.

[@frankyflowers]

Daniel Rigg all the sidewalks have to have a ramp everywhere they meet a street.

[@danielmilner8946]

Franky Flowers Indeed they do. But his street conjoins to the side of the park. Not the corners where the sidewalk begins

[@frankyflowers]

Daniel Rigg it's a marked crosswalk. Just remove it and make a normal curb

[@arewethereyet5675]

Your stupid. It's a $10 concrete slab to pour. Regulations.

[@joseochoa7043]

Do you know how much Cali spends on other things? Given the mans situation, I don’t think what he’s asking is a lot. Maybe not try to be a inconsiderate jackass.

[@garcjr]

Shouldn't the contractor be paying for this?

[@danbryan4667]

City workers

[@coyoteken1000]

Hey that one guy doing the work while 3-4 other guys are watching, he can only do so much.

[@68camarorsss33]

I work for 1 of the biggest construction companies in Massachusetts and the 1 access is completely ignorant and unacceptable... but 2% pitch over a span of 12 feet is unnoticeable....look laws are laws but what some of these inspectors enforce is ridiculous....it’s funny when we work in the “hood” nobody checks anything literally they check nothing

[@RangerHouston]

3:50 *shakes head no* "absolutely"

[@justkeepitoriginal]

Tom Ives lie to me

[@ejungleska]

in poker we call that a micro-tell

[@steverone7623]

The lady talking about abuse of tax payer money.... Sues the state.....

[@Tiger-From-Clemson]

Bunch of crooks!😼

[@victorcarrera6683]

The real problem is at city hall.

[@sloppydoggy9257]

Instead of trying to landscape the entire planet for these people why cant we make more capable wheel chairs?

[@Madas4876]

And how is Eng Dude an idiot??....but he does have a good point...make the wheel chairs more capable of the current terrain

[@notme9716]

I think it depends on the prices and what there budget allows. Most of them are on disability so they only receive so much. Also not a bad question.

[@goranklaren]

Eng Dude These people? Really.

[@68camarorsss33]

Eng Dude That’s not the point if you were in a wheelchair you’d be bullshit when you go to use 1 ramp, cross the road and the other ramp isn’t there

[@68camarorsss33]

Peter Causon Current terrains??? Ya 1 handicap ramp isn’t acceptable...how would you like it if that was your mother or grandmother using a ramp, crossing the road and realizing the other ramp isn’t there...read my original comment on this story

[@grouchynunez1263]

I do construction for LA through a company I work for in Azusa we at all costs make sure everything is up to code and idk how these dumbasses messed it up when they’re using a smart level which gives you exact levels on the dot

[@aarondaniels4221]

It's disturbing me to find out that I'm not doing my job

[@jomanci]

Call em what they really are. SKATEBOARDING DETERRENTS

[@edwinmarquez91]

“Union workers”

[@josephenik440]

Civil servant union workers not private sector

[@slit4659]

Steven David Simon..... He's got to be IMPORTANT using all 3 Names...🤔🤔🤔

[@i000_]

Scam city

[@georgepascal1163]

I don’t want to pay for disability access!

[@bobbydaniel665]

City by-law or building inspectors never check the work of their employees. This was a make work project.

[@hmsdemolition8588]

I HAVE MUCH RESPECT FOR PPL IN A WHEELCHAIRS !! I WAS IN 1 FOR 1 WEEK & IT WAS PURE HELL

[@sittingindetroit9204]

They have to spend that taxpayer money somehow. Bad enough they had a dozen guys working on one sidewalk ramp but then to do it wrong?????? Maybe they can send the guys back again on overtime this time.....that should get rid of those pesky taxpayer dollars....

[@reymondjames1726]

EVERYbody in leadership positions in the City of Los Angeles say they had no idea fraud and abuse was occurring. They not only knew but benefitted from it.

[@Tiger-From-Clemson]

These crooks getting rich of taxpayers money! Unreal!

[@toditron]

FOIA requests for the contracts would have improved this report.

[@Tommy-Yoshida]

Hire outside firms to do the Construction, Project management as well as the required inspections. The private firms have errors and omission insurance to cover mistakes. Have the private firms use drones to check the required percentages for Ada ramps.>

[@mp330600]

It was amazing that he could four wheel into the park, what a sacrifice.

[@nityking1]

The city would have to put sidewalks in the park just so they can make ramps. If there is no sidewalk there should be no ramps needed.

[@culp558]

It amazes me that they got up and down it fine it’s flat enough

[@vi_EviL_iv]

So is the city going to refund us for their mess up they did to begin with???

[@galil187]

Wtf he need to go to the park for

[@EldeLDorELLEN]

That department head doesn’t give a shit because he will be getting backhanders from the contractors

[@tylerbowen2692]

its illegal to fly over moving cars with a drone unless you have a waiver, you don't have a waiver to do so

[@josephsmith6983]

The contractor should be paying for not to taxpayer if the city worker did a job and it's not done correctly they should be doing it until they get it done in the correct way they're getting paid to do a job and they did it wrong they should be they should be paying for their mistake not the taxpayer

[@CaliforniaMISC]

People pay your taxes on time so city, state and feds can waste it on time including generous pension

[@arewethereyet5675]

You could give them the yacht the city bought. Let em float around instead.

[@danflores2346]

Somebody said “who cares”. Management should be held accountable.

[@REVERIEMEDIASoCal]

I agree with the disabled thing. But when they are working in the vid, they are just listening to the architect. You gotta understand there's a bump beacuse it has to drain water. It's to let the water flow in the drains.

[@chadachwilliam5515]

He said Billions? That’s allot of money

[@Servergmr]

A small poor town in Ohio(called Ironton) has many crosswalks like that. There'll be a wheelchair ramp on one side, but not the other and they're also put in at such a stupid angle too as to put you out into the intersection, especially with how narrow these ramps are. I can't believe a big city with a large budget is making these kinds of mistakes. Checking off boxes to pretend to be friendly for people with disabilties, just like these small towns are doing. The same is done with cyclists.

[@mzgonzalez2131]

Ur wheel chair should have reflectors for safe crossing

[@wilfredovega1545]

That is just in La check out Chicago the disabled in Chicago and in the suburbs in between have it hard they have to cross the street and cars do not stop for them and they are getting hit and just left my mother was hit twice she can't feel it on her legs but they broke her legs and kept on going she didn't realize it till she got home a couple days later her leg was swelling up she said oh car bumped me he didn't even stop he just kept on going this is how dangerous it is she has to cross the street in the middle to get over to the McDonald's near her house

[@jonl.95]

Making the city pay for all of your silly upgrades is ridiculous. One and 100,000 people has a disability. I should be out one person be so lucky to have is very own sidewalk made just for him. That’s ridiculous

[@Nuke21]

It's the 21st century. Instead of fixing the sidewalks, the city should just buy them VR so they pretend they are walking to the park.

[@goranklaren]

Nuke So you think that it’s ok that I can’t get outside? And not going out with my kids?

[@frankyflowers]

Nuke plug the cripples into the matrix.

[@frankyflowers]

Nuke just get a treadmill, fan and headphones and you already have vr for the blind ones.

[@walter2695]

around the same time they re did all the ramps and street openings in downey. they left them worse than how they were so guess what? 2 months later they tore them up and did them again. and we payed for it again.

[@jimberousek5127]

When the private sector screws up they have to fix it themselves. They don't go back to their client and say we screwed up now pay me again. Criminals

[@katherineelaine2247]

The contactor's should do the job over again at their cost and also be automatically disqualified from all future bids. Outrageous!!!!!

[@TheCrustyFry]

Katherine Elaine When I worked in the concrete business from 2008-12 it was so bad that these mistakes are just a mere fraction of what actually goes on with these ada ramps. Inspectors were rarely present if at all. Engineers design ramps on plans that are non compliant and say just put them in anyway. A lot of contractors bidding public work makes for a slim profit margin as is. What a shit show it was. All I’m going to say is it all looks good on the surface so that’s all that matters.

[@RealRocdad]

Every path in a park doesn't need to be covered in concrete! it's no longer a park...

[@thenewgolddigger1015]

That’s sad 😞, we’re all in this together

[@xfhnhhgjbvcfg]

He's got the level in the dang gutter

[@EyepopEastLA]

That's because they pay for the cheapest labor they can get to do the job.

[@russcrawford3310]

Can anybody say "one inch rise in one foot of run" ... a 1 in 12 pitch ... ramps are expensive, no excuse for the contractor to not see this and fix it before the concrete arrived ... more load on the insurance pool ...

[@Jeredvanhouten]

I think that is just wrong. As a contractor if I screw up I don’t get charged a customer twice for my mistake. The only way to fix this issue is to ensure that when they finish a job it is check and if it is done right, they are paid. Otherwise do it again on their dime. Otherwise the city should just hire external contractors as they can be held liable for shoddy work and won’t charge the city twice. Good for David Goldstein for this story. If anyone objects imagine going to a restaurant and ordering a meal, it comes and is horrible so they make you another meal, second one is much better. Then you get a bill for two meals. Would you pay that?

[@talonmader4377]

Out here in Las Vegas there's light poles and telephone poles in the middle of the sidewalk so there's whole sections of Street mile-long where you cannot be on the sidewalk if you have a stroller wheelchair a walker you literally have to go and be in the street with traffic

[@WhistleBlower-vr6ob]

The thing is that tax payers pay for them

[@guillermoalvarado3110]

Like us Mexicans say they did a “mickey mouse” job haha oh LA

[@pipegang6497]

If the work was done incorrectly wouldn't that be on the contractor to come back and fix it the right way on their dime not the tax payer's??

[@joeyowens1974]

Did TheCity Do the Shotty Work ThemSelves... Or Did they Hire Sub-Contractors to Do the Work? If Sub-Contractors Were Hired, They Need to Do the Repairs at Their CompanyCost...for Messing it Up to Begin With.

[@jaxturner7288]

This is such crybaby wastefulness.

[@peccatumDei]

Funneling money to the unions takes priority over helping the disabled. If they have to tear out the work and do it over, that's more money for the unions, and more union campaign contributions to the politicians.

[@timothyhorner3152]

I bet theirs nothing wrong with his paycheck

[@mrredpill3121]

City workers, what do you expect. That's job security.

[@paulwilliams5208]

(a) abusing taxpayer money OR (b) government budget has taken a hit ( $10 loaf of bread)

[@theangryitalian7922]

I’m sorry but this is a terrible use of tax money. Correctly or incorrectly it does not matter. We can’t make exceptions for the few that cost fortunes.

[@josebernal8765]

If you don’t like it then he should do it. Oh wait I I’m pretty sure he doesn’t ever know how to lay concrete

[@easanch1]

Illegals and workers Making $10 an hour running these jobs fuck that. UNION ONLY!!

[@raymondgonzalez3947]

.... first world problems.

[@tonyrealx]

maybe create a city for just disabled?

[@raulceni6004]

That's L.A. corruption!

[@fredgervinm.p.3315]

If this was not such a waste of money it would be hysterical. Building a ramp on one side of the street but not the other side. You guys voted for these folks ?

[@ramonlara2742]

At that point the city and the people responsible of overseeing these projects including the union of the workers that were doing these projects should be the ones coming out of pocket to fix these and not taxpayers considering we pay for it already. Honestly that's the problem they do this shit on purpose knowing they can get another check from taxpayers.

[@redlobster4841]

This is a bit much that lady the first lady's a joke to begin with

[@snipefanatic1000]

she just want money

[@whatistrue0293]

Low educated workers doing high paying jobs... This is what you get...

[@ecclairmayo4153]

Do better!

[@walterwhite1047]

the street i live on was worked on by the city to install wheel chair ramps on the curbs, but the idiots totally messed up the driveway for cars in between and made them dangerously uneven. a fucking 4 inch height difference between slabs. and guess what, back at it the next month to fix the problem using our damn tax money. kids with play-doh sets can make better drive ways than city workers.

[@dea7954]

Northridge city

[@nickworster4627]

more liberal policies that do not do anything

[@kirbynorwalk36]

Your nit a quadriplegic if you can use your upper extremities

[@BradPitbull]

HILLARY 4 PRISON

[@fam600]

Being a civil engineer for a city and reading these comments lol...people don't know how things work

[@yekaesh]

Meh...good enough for government work

[@horaceball5418]

Everyone wants to win super lotto...this was Mr. Goldstein's worst show eva.....sue sue sue whine whine whine

[@fontaineking5158]

California is the laughing stock of the country!

[@carlosserratos5032]

Find a new job old man your pushing it lol cbs get a life

[@h.lecter4691]

Wtf

[@brycehambleton1]

Here’s a wonderful idea, I am not handicapped, most everyone I know are not either.. STOP making all of us pay for making a city accessible to you!!!

[@johnbunn1957]

Do you not realize that the handicapped are tax payers as well? They should have the same access to public places as the rest of us.

[@RO-kl1ig]

John Bunn THERE NOT. THE GOVERMENT GUVES THEM MOENY.

[@jam3z013]

but they (the government) spend a great amount more on the handicapped than the handicapped pay in to the government, meaning they are draining/leaching the economy

[@craigjensen6853]

@@jam3z013 YEAH THEM ARE ALL LEECHES AND MOST ARE DEMOCRATS TO

[@IncredulousIndividual]

We should not be catering to those in wheelchairs

[@jam3z013]

the guy in the wheelchair makes a perfect point, they should put big ugly concrete paths around the park, spending money and time whilst making the park look a lot worse for the few percent that it slightly helps, because i mean taking your government paid for electric wheelchair over a little grass is just unacceptable

[@martinmarsh7456]

Governments and corrupt unions are not the solution, they are the problem.

[@nickworster4627]

They're not spending billions

[@brimtime8117]

TRUMP 2020