LA man regrets asking city to fix pothole: ‘Laughing at how bad this is’

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Key points

• The Post previously documented that a majority of LA's 22, 000 lane miles face structural failure.
• The property owner remarked on May 9, 2025 the request was submitted.
• After three months of looking at a massive crater on his property, a Los Angeles man woke up to an even bigger mess.
• He was abruptly jolted awake on Monday by a loud asphalt truck completing a not-so-great job.
• Another chimed in, claiming that the mayor would wrap it up in a bow to sell it as a success to the property holder.

According to a Reddit post, a sizeable pothole had been collecting rubble for over a year after the homeowner begged the county to come out and fix the monstrosity. The property owner remarked on May 9, 2025 the request was submitted.

He was abruptly jolted awake on Monday by a loud asphalt truck completing a not-so-great job. The LA resident claims the workers left "asphalt everywhere, " not even trying to fill the potholes but instead "just splashing it around everywhere."

"They're here for maybe 30 minutes then leave. I obtain a chance to check out the work eventually and I'm laughing at how bad this is, " the post read. "The worst pothole filling I've ever seen, after 13 months waiting."

While it was the county workers who failed to appropriately patch the divot, it was the mayor – Karen Bass – who took the heat with a flood of users blaming her for the poor job. "Karen Bass's Los Angeles. Third world sh-, " one Redditor wrote.

Another chimed in, claiming that the mayor would wrap it up in a bow to sell it as a success to the property holder. "Karen Bass is gonna make a video patting herself on the back and saying it couldn't be done properly a car was parked there."

Notably, a third commenter offered the homeowner some advice when the weather starts to turn.

"Just wait till it rains, it will be everywhere, " they remarked. "Up here – they do this weird patching and then when it rains it all just flows down the street in large chunks – plus lots of marble size pieces that stick to tires."

They suggested throwing dirt on the ground so the pieces don't stick to the bottom of their shoes.

Notably, the terrible filling is a phenomenon that the mayor herself can't seem to obtain rid of. Just last week Bass was blasted after promising to fix a pothole and instead filling the street with "no parking" signs.

"So we couldn't repair the pothole, " Bass remarked in a video posted to social media. "So you know what we did? We put up no parking signs so that hopefully there won't be anybody parked here tomorrow morning."

For context, the post infuriated residents as drivers are constantly complaining regarding road conditions.

Streets all over the city have been forced to abandon paving projects after severe budget constraints have forced the city to employ temporary "spot-treating" and patching individual potholes.

For context, the Post previously documented that a majority of LA's 22, 000 lane miles face structural failure.

For now, LA man regrets asking city to fix pothole: 'Laughing at how bad remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.