Today, Lost Angeles is the home of scores of refugee's, nomads, immigrants and criminals.  Life here is hard, most areas are completely without food, clean water, or electricity. 

Travel is treacherous, and warring clans mean extreme care must be placed in where you find yourself.  Food is the easiest solved problem as long as you like fish, although some of the clans have resorted to cannibalism. 

Windmills, and waterwheels have been erected to generate electricity in some parts of the ruins, while in others they make due with gas powered generators. 

The only real export of the area is salvage, and trade with the aquatic nomads is a large part of the continued survival of the Angelinos.  The wall built to cordon off the city still stands, now with armed border patrol guards to keep anyone from Lost Angeles from entering the city.  In response, patrols are set up along the outskirts of Lost Angeles by the clans, consisting of ski boats and whatever other fast water craft they can muster to keep outsiders away.  They will usually make contact before attacking to find out the purpose of the visitors, but some clans, specifically the Southern clan have been known to attack first, especially if the  visitors appear threatening.

Lost Angeles is the perfect spot to hide, as it is a no man's land no county, state, or government has  jurisdiction there.  This also makes it the ideal place to smuggle things in and out of the country.  Of course this also means the government or anyone else can attack it, whenever, and with whatever, they like.

The foolish can often be seen entering the ruins in search of treasure, never to be seen again.  The ruins still hold the federal reserve, several large banks and other such institutions.  And the promise of their riches is a great call indeed.  Anything above the water has been thoroughly looted.  Some outsiders use LA as a hiding place for goods, or to smuggle goods in and out of the country.  These people usually have relationships with one or more of the clans, to act as guides and/or protection.

Several languages are spoken here, with the most common being a variation on streetslang, with Spanish and Chinese being the primary contributors.