(Part 2) Best products from r/AskLosAngeles

First, find yourself a Safe Parking location and get in there if you can.

For Los Angeles: https://www.safeparkingla.org/

Long Beach's pilot Safe Parking program starts in September.

If you're not in a Safe Parking location, you'll want to block out your windows at night. Whether or not you're in a Safe Parking location, you also might want to get a good sleep mask and some earplugs.

If you're in neighborhoods, vary your parking spot as much as you can (choose different streets or different neighborhoods for the night if possible), and be a good neighbor -- no noise, no trash, no sitting in your vehicle with the music on even if the windows are up, no pacing up and down in front of houses talking on your phone at night, no peeing on trees or pooping in bushes, no sneaking up to houses to turn on their hose to get water, no chain-smoking outside someone's home, no drugs. All these things make it more likely that someone will ask the cops to ask you to move on.

A YMCA membership for showering and a bathroom is a great idea, especially if you need to get out of the heat and just sit somewhere air conditioned and read or charge your electronics. Some have wifi and TVs too. However, joining something like 24-hour Fitness means you have 24/7 access to showers and restrooms, although they might be less chill about people hanging out charging your electronics or reading or something.

Eggshell foam is going to get unbearably hot to sleep on and isn't going to provide you much support -- you're going to be aching in the morning after a night or two. If you have any spare cash, you can get an okay mattress at IKEA for $60.

Public libraries are also good for getting into air conditioning and charging your devices, plus you get to read whatever you want and stuff.

I bought this one, link. It checked every box I was looking for. Parking mode, cell phone view, rear camera, sleek look, fairly competitive price, good camera quality. The parking mode is my favorite feature. If there are a lot of cars or people on your street you can change the sensitivity of when it triggers the camera to start recording. The only issue I ran into was finding the cables to run the power into the fuse box. This is the only way you can use parking mode. I bought the cables from here. The website looks a little sketch but the cables came just fine. You could also get the gps module from them but I chose not to. Hope this helps friendo.

Framing my friend. Read this: https://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Hypothesis-Finding-Modern-Ancient/dp/0465028020

Start with a big wall map to learn the area. [Here's] (https://www.amazon.com/Los-Angeles-California-Wall-Map/dp/B0763R8GGY/ref=sxbs_sxwds-stvp?keywords=wall+map+los+angeles&pd_rd_i=B0763R8GGY&pd_rd_r=25c3f5cc-81ce-4dc7-928a-63ea4c5468d7&pd_rd_w=LJ73R&pd_rd_wg=2NMTb&pf_rd_p=a6d018ad-f20b-46c9-8920-433972c7d9b7&pf_rd_r=2WNECF7ADRBMXC67SVC7&qid=1566068291&s=office-products)
a very good one

There are a couple books dedicated to answering this question comprehensively:

• Secret Stairs: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles
  
• Stairway Walks in Los Angeles

https://www.amazon.com/All-Involved-Novel-Ryan-Gattis/dp/0062378805

I read this one and holy crap what a page turner. It's geared a little bit more towards young adults and it might technically be historical fiction but it really brings the whole situation to life.

I hope other people can actually answer your question instead of questioning why you want to read a book...

https://www.amazon.com/City-of-Los-Angeles-L-A/dp/B01MXYESZY

Looks like it'll tell you about events that the city puts on

Would the bag be at baggage claim even though LAX was my departure airport, not my destination? I would imagine the staff would at least figure out that someone departing LA wouldn’t be at the LAX baggage area.

My bag is a dark olive green, military-style duffel bag with no branding or writing on the outside. There is a red combination lock on the very top.

This is almost the same bag on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Rothco-Load-Canvas-Duffle-Olive/dp/B001FC8AFY/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=military+duffle+bags&qid=1562588306&s=gateway&sprefix=miltary+du&sr=8-3

You might try something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Pandawell-Lighting-Mobile-Portable-Rotating/dp/B01GL6CC7K/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=fan+phone&qid=1569358812&s=gateway&sr=8-3

I don't think any barbershop will have what you're looking for unfortunately

This and this

Alternative compressor

I got this one for my living room two summers ago, it's a bit loud but makes the summertime immeasurably more bearable.

Citronella candles are the standard. Try looking for them at Home Depot etc.

To capture idle cig smoke

To capture exhaled smoke

Try the Wine Rack.

A space pen!! I've had mine for 7 years and it's incredible.

http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Bullet-Chrome-Finish-400/dp/B000095K9D