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Rick Caruso is right: LA needs public-private partnerships if it is going to turn around.
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it → need → partnerships
There are simply things the city can’t do on its own.
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city → be → own
Whether that’s because of poor leadership, or incompetence, or budget shortfalls, the city of LA has been run so badly for so long that it seems to have forgotten how to do basic things.
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it → ’ → things
That’s where innovation and investment happen.
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innovation → ’ → ?
It’s where people with the most skills go to pursue their dreams.
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people → ’ → dreams
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Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.
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Report → start → news
Public service can be noble — but the public sector isn’t providing good service.
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sector → provide → service
Caruso’s idea is to use the private sector to fill gaps where the city is failing.
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city → use → gaps
And he should know: That’s the story of how he saved the Palisades Village Mall when almost everything around it burned down.
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everything → know → it
A former water commissioner, Caruso knew that the public sector wasn’t prepared.
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sector → know → ?
So in addition to building his mall out of fire-resistant materials, Caruso also invested in private firefighters.
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Caruso → build → firefighters
When the inferno swept through, and the reservoirs ran out of water, Caruso had a fleet of water tankers at the ready.
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Caruso → sweep → ready
They helped save the mall — and some of the surrounding properties.
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They → help → properties
As Caruso has explained in the California Post, the purpose of public-private partnerships is not to replace city services.
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purpose → explain → services
Nor will it let the city off the hook for its responsibilities.
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city → let → responsibilities
Partnerships exist to add onto what the city is already doing (or supposed to be doing).
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city → exist → what
Many public schools already have these kinds of arrangements, with parents forming nonprofit organizations to fundraise for additional enrichment activities like art and science.
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parents → have → art
Some on the hard left flinch every time they hear the word “private.”
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they → flinch → word
They want government to do everything — even if government does it badly, or not at all.
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government → want → it
But “private” doesn’t have to mean “profit.”
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private → have → profit
The partnerships Caruso is talking about are with nonprofit organizations in the public sector.
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Caruso → talk → sector
Many of them exist to serve the public.
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Many → exist → public
They just aren’t controlled by politicians.
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They → control → politicians
Let’s face reality.
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’s → face → reality
We have poor choices for mayor.
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We → have → mayor
Change is needed — urgently.
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Change → need → ?
But it’s going to have to come from outside of government.
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it → go → government
Because we need new ideas.
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we → need → ideas
And this one works.
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one → work → ?
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