public sidewalks of Wilshire Boulevard at Fairfax Avenue, Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles, CA
Remove the gum and stains from the sidewalk on Wilshire Boulevard between Ogden Drive and Orange Grove Avenue, and Fairfax Avenue.
Scrape and steam every gum spot off the walk, one block face at a time. Read all of it
Not funded yet. Settles as earned credit, $700 proposed.
Proof it takes, the deadline, the level
- Proofbefore, after photos from fixed points + gum count in two test patches + drain covers shown in place + wash water disposal point named + bags weighed or counted + request or work order number cited
- Open until2026-11-19
- Levelentry
All of it: the words, the place, the proof
Scrape and steam every gum spot off the walk, one block face at a time. Gum that has been walked on for years turns black and bonds to the concrete, and a broom or a hose will not move it. On Wilshire Boulevard between Ogden Drive and Orange Grove Avenue, and Fairfax Avenue at the station heads, Los Angeles, count the gum spots in two marked 100 square foot test patches, scrape the loose gum by hand, then lift the bonded gum with low pressure hot water or a steam lance. Catch the scrapings and all wash water with a berm and a wet vacuum, so none reaches the gutter or a storm inlet, and recount the same two patches when you finish. Stop at belongings, a tent or bedding on the walk: do not touch or move them, never ask a person to move, and file them on MyLA311, the City of Los Angeles service request line, and Metro's 24-hour project hotline. For the payer: - Price: $700 per block face of about 300 feet, curb to building line, one side. Basis: two workers for one shift of about seven hours at about $45 an hour each plus steam gear, water recovery and supplies, about $100 a crew hour; proposed, to verify against the payer's unit price. - Likely payer: LA Sanitation and Environment (Clean Corridors) for corridor routes, or a business improvement district clean team (downtown: the DTLA Alliance Clean Team). In their words: specialized pressure washing and litter removal (LASAN on the $300,000 grant for the DTLA Clean Streets expansion); sidewalk wash-downs (the DTLA Alliance Clean Team's own count). - No license is needed. - No permit is needed; written permission from the owner, the BID or the City contract for the walk.
Fund it for $700. The receipt lands onchain once the proof is approved.
How this work is done
How this work is done
A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.
Bring
- hand steam lance or a low pressure hot water washer
- long handled gum scrapers and putty knives
- wet vacuum and a holding tank
- storm inlet drain covers and berms
- cones, a sign and hi-vis vests
- eye protection, heat resistant gloves and waterproof boots
- contractor bags and a scale or a bag counter
- chalk, tape measure, camera and GPS phone
Steps
- Walk the block face with the crew lead, photograph it wide from both ends, and chalk two test patches of 100 square feet each.
- Count the gum spots in each test patch and record both counts with a photo of each patch.
- Set cones on the walk side of every curb cut and driveway and cover every storm inlet downhill of the work with a drain cover and a berm. Do not start if a cone or a person would stand in a parking, bike or travel lane unless a trained flagger (Title 8 section 1599) or the City's approved traffic control plan is in place.
- Scrape the loose gum by hand with a long handled scraper and bag the scrapings.
- Lift the bonded gum with low pressure hot water or a steam lance, held at the angle and distance the equipment maker gives, one spot at a time.
- Vacuum up all wash water as you go and carry it to the disposal point the owner, the BID or the City contract names.
- Stop at any belongings, tent, bedding, needle, plaque or stamped paving: photograph it from where you stand and file it on MyLA311.
- Count the gum spots again in the same two test patches and photograph both, then the whole block face from the first vantage points.
- Weigh or count the bags of scrapings and record where the wash water and the bags went.
What counts as done
- Before and after photos of the whole block face from the same two vantage points, each with GPS and time
- The gum spot count in each 100 square foot test patch before and after, with a photo of each patch
- Every storm inlet downhill of the work photographed with its cover and berm in place before any water ran
- The wash water disposal point named and the bags of scrapings weighed or counted
- The MyLA311 service request number or the City work order this block answers, copied from the request, or none when there is none
Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.
What is promised, and what is not
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Packet WORK_1792510393298_k30wss3