Furnaces, on average, last 15-20 years, heat pumps last 16 years, and air conditioning units last 10-15 years. Tankless water heaters last more than 20 years, while an electric or gas water heater has a life expectancy of about 10 years.
LAFD proposed budget, 2014-15. By Ben Welsh. In a bid to roll back cuts that folÂ­lowed the ecoÂ­nomÂ­ic downÂ­turn five years ago, the Los Angeles Fire DeÂ­partÂ­ment is conÂ­sidÂ­erÂ­ing a reÂ­quest to boost its budget by nearly 10% next year, pushÂ­ing anÂ­nuÂ­al spendÂ­ing to a high of more than $600 milÂ­lion.
At $3.684 a gallon, Los Angeles area consumers paid 34.2 percent more than the $2.745 national average in August 2015. A year earlier, consumers in the Los Angeles area paid 9.3 percent more than the national average for a gallon of gasoline.The local price of a gallon of gasoline has ranged from 2.9 to 34.2 percent above the national average in the month of August during the past five years.asoline prices averaged $3.684 a gallon in the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County area in August 2015, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.