LA quality of life is at a record low, political leaders shouldn’t ignore that

Santa Monica Daily Press

LA quality of life is at a record low, political leaders shouldn’t ignore that

The findings of this year’s Los Angeles Quality of Life Index, an annual survey conducted by UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs, pose a riddle for city and county leaders — and underscore the challenges of local officials everywhere: How should officeholders react when their constituents are angry at them for problems that they didn’t create and can’t solve? That’s the natural question suggested by the top-line numbers in the survey, or at l…