'Not A Pothole': LA Officials Respond To Schwarzenegger Video

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles city officials were not too keen on Arnold Schwarzenegger's decision to terminate a "giant pothole" in Brentwood this week, which the former governor chronicled Tuesday in a social media video that racked up nearly 4 million views on Twitter.

In the clip, Schwarzenegger tells viewers that the whole neighborhood had grown restless as the missing chunk in the road snarled cars and bicycles for three weeks with no sign of coming repairs. He then fills the hole himself, a skill the former governor said he picked up during his years as a bricklayer.

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"I always say, let's not complain, let's do something about it," he said. "You have to do it yourself."

But there is one small issue: According to the city, it wasn't actually a pothole.

Speaking to NBC Los Angeles on Tuesday, a city spokesperson told the station the apparent crack in question was a service trench that SoCal Gas crews dug for permitted work scheduled to run through May.

"As is the case with similar projects impacting City streets, SoCal Gas will be required to repair the area once their work is completed," the spokesperson explained.

According to the Associated Press, a spokesperson for Schwarzenegger said neighbors had filed repeated requests for repairs after powerful winter storms tore up local roads, but never heard back on the one in the video. Representatives for Schwarzenegger, SoCal Gas, and the Department of Public Works had not responded to requests for more details Wednesday, NBC reported.

The unprecedented winter and early spring storms led to nearly 20,000 pothole reports filed in Los Angeles since the end of December. Mayor Karen Bass said more than 17,500 were filled by the first week of this month.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.