A century-old water main exploded under West Hollywood early Thursday, turning streets into rivers and swamping homes and businesses—proof that while local leaders fund Pride parades and DEI initiatives, the pipes carrying the water are rotting.
When a 1916 riveted steel pipe finally gives out, it’s not the politicians who pay; it’s the working residents and small business owners mucking mud out of their cafes and apartments. This is what liberal governance looks like: woke priorities, collapsed infrastructure, and ordinary Americans left picking up the pieces.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power confirmed the rupture occurred around 3:55 a.m. on a 36-inch riveted steel pipe from 1916. The resulting deluge carved a massive sinkhole directly under the traffic light at Sunset Boulevard and Holloway Drive, forcing indefinite closures on Sunset between Larabee Street and LaCienega Boulevard.
Surveillance footage obtained by Fox 11 shows the terrifying moment a wall of water slammed into the patio of the popular Dialog Cafe, sending a bystander scrambling. The cafe "sustained significant damage" and is covered in mud and debris, with no reopening date in sight.
"Right now, our entire focus is on cleaning up, assessing the damage, and doing everything we can to restore the space that has been home to so many memories over the past 15 years," the business wrote on Instagram.
Residents weren't spared either. One man told the California Post that floodwaters poured into his ground-level apartment, covering it in several inches of water. He and his partner could do nothing to protect their belongings. Even the city's Metro bus depot was flooded, leaving critical transit vehicles partially submerged.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass conceded the obvious at the scene. "This is one of the challenges when our infrastructure is so old," Bass told reporters. "It is my understanding that these pipes are over 100 years old." West Hollywood Mayor John Heilman added that residents are in a "state of shock," dealing with water-damaged sub-garages and ruined cars, though no injuries were reported.
While Bass and Heilman survey the damage, HotAir reported that the rupture highlights exactly what critics have been screaming about: the lack of money and focus on infrastructure in favor of "ritzy homeless housing and pet projects." West Hollywood has built a reputation for pouring taxpayer dollars into Pride parades and DEI programs while the steel beneath their streets rusts away.
Los Angeles politicians will pose for the cameras at the sinkhole, but until they stop pouring taxpayer dollars into woke vanity projects and start replacing century-old steel, the next flood is just a matter of time.
