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Mike, Godfrey, and guest co-host Carla Hall discuss the Sunset Boulevard sinkhole in West Hollywood. Then, the results of the 2026 homeless count are in. And Mayor Karen Bass’s informal advisor steps back.

On July 16th, an LADWP pipe burst on the corner of Sunset and Holloway in West Hollywood. It was about 110 years old, and created a giant sinkhole in the middle of the night 

This pipe was on track to be refurbished in 2031- about 30%,of the city's pipes are over 80 years old

LADWP experiences a leak rate that is 36% below the national average

More small leaks on Sunset

For the LA Times, Hannah Fry reports that “there are about 547 miles of trunk line underground across the city. In 2019, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said roughly 29% of the city’s pipes were over 80 years old, approaching their typical lifespan of 100 years.”

The LA Times has a map of locations where water main leaks have happened since 2010

West Hollywood mayor John Heilman was there, and so was Mayor Karen Bass

Councilmember and mayoral candidate Nithya Raman was on the scene with Councilmember Chelsea Byers

Officials said anyone with property or vehicle damage can file a claim through LADWP at ladwp.com/claims

After two years of modest but promising decreases in homelessness, numbers are up in both the city of LA and the larger overall county of LA, LAHSA officially announces

The overall homeless population in the city is up 3.5%, and the unsheltered population, which Mayor Bass focuses on through Inside Safe, is up 7.9% 

State funding for homelessness, which had been very healthy and robust, got cut in 2025 - a lot of that money was going to limited rental subsidies, which were hugely successful. This past year, there were 5,000 fewer people that the county was not able to put into housing because they didn't have enough subsidies

The Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency, shorthanded as LACAHSA, is investing over $228 million this fiscal year to help communities build and preserve affordable homes and to help prevent homelessness

Funding for support services and homelessness prevention is currently funded by

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