During high rainfall events, the #Los_Angeles sewers overflow the sewage processing plants and carry untreated sewage into the Pacific Ocean. There are some areas where beaches and other seaside areas have been closed to the public since the 1970s.

I am not aware of any initiative by the City or the County of Los Angeles to build sewage staging areas to mitigate this … but I now live about 100 miles away, so I may have just missed it.

This is relevant because there was a heavy rain event within the past few days (possibly ongoing ... I haven't had time to check !SoCal weather)