WILLITS, et al v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES - Notice of Proposed Settlement of Class Action Lawsuit

1. Access Barrier Removal in Existing Pedestrian Facilities

The Settlement Agreement requires the City to spend approximately $1.37 billion over the next thirty (30) years to implement a program to remove or remediate access barriers in existing Pedestrian Facilities. The City will allocate funding for the program according to the following schedule: $31 million per year for the first five years; $35.7 million per year for years six through ten; $41.2 million per year for years eleven through fifteen; $47.5 million per year for years sixteen through twenty; $54.8 million per year for years twenty one through twenty-five; and $63.17 million per year for years twenty-six through thirty.

The settlement funds will be used, among other things, for installation, repair, remediation, construction, design, inspection, monitoring and administrative fixed costs of or relating to the following types of improvements: (1) installation of missing curb ramps; (2) repair of damage that tree roots have caused to sidewalk or walkway surfaces; (3) upgrading of existing curb ramps; (4) repair of broken and/or uneven pavement in the pedestrian rights of way; (5) repair of vertical or horizontal displacement or upheaval of the sidewalk or crosswalk surfaces; (6) correction of non-compliant cross-slopes in sidewalks or sections of sidewalks; (7) removal of protruding and overhanging objects and/or obstructions; (8) widening of pedestrian rights of way; (9) providing clearance to the entrances of public bus shelters; (10) repair of excessive gutter slopes at the bottom of curb ramps leading into crosswalks; (11) elimination of curb ramp lips on curb ramps; (12) installation of accessible tree grates; (13) installation of utility covers; and (14) remediating other non-compliant conditions.