What is a smart city?
A smart city is an urban area that uses digital technology to collect data and to operate/provide city services like transportation, sanitation and public utilities. Data can be collected from citizens, devices, buildings, or cameras. There are currently 142 smart cities around the world.
Los Angeles
"Smart LA 2028"
https://ita.lacity.gov/sites/g/files/wph1626/files/2021-05/SmartLA2028%20-%20Smart%20City%20Strategy.pdf
"California Homeowners Are Getting Cancelled By Their Insurers And The Reasons Are Dubious"
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-01-12/california-homeowners-are-getting-cancelled-by-their-insurers-and-the-reasons-are-dubious"California Insurer Canceled Policies Months Before Los Angeles Wildfires"
https://www.newsweek.com/california-insurer-canceled-policies-months-before-los-angeles-wildfires-2011521
“CHD Sues Los Angeles Over Refusal to Release ‘Smart City’Documents”
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/chd-lawsuit-los-angeles-smart-city-documents/Maui
"JUMPSmartMaui Project"
https://social-innovation.hitachi/en-us/case_studies/the-new-smart-grid-in-hawaii-jumpsmartmaui-project/
"Maui wildfire report: Officials declined extra help before a deadly inferno engulfed Lahaina, killing more than 100 people"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CSg77dX8HY
FOR FURTHER READING
"Now is the time for a 'great reset'"
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2020/06/now-is-the-time-for-a-great-reset/
"15 Minute City by the World Economic Forum is the Ghettoization of Humanity"
https://allisrael.com/world-economic-forum-15-minute-city-the-ghetto-ization-of-humanity
"15 minute city plans cause controversy"
https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2023/01/25/15-minute-city-plans-cause-controversy/
“What is the Internet of Things?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKRVILAohck
"15 minute cities: burning to the ground"
https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/03/15-minute-cities-burning-to-the-ground/