Members voted 13-2 on the motions after a debate that featured much frustration about the proliferation of copper wire thefts impacting city infrastructure — and even statues and plaques.
Los Angeles City Council members Kevin de León and Traci Park along with LAPD Deputy Chief Michael Oreb, far right, held a joint news conference on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024 to address copper wire theft impacting communities across the city. The thefts are costing the city millions of dollars in infrastructure repair, and leaving thousands of street lights in the dark – even parts of the new Sixth Street Bridge.
LAPD Deputy Chief Michael Oreb along with Los Angeles City Council members Kevin de León and Traci Park, held a joint news conference on the Sixth Street Bridge on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024 to address copper wire theft impacting communities across the city. Wires have been pulled out of dozens of electrical boxes along the Sixth Street Bridge as thieves have been stealing copper, as seen in Los Angeles on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023.
Hernandez said the city is placing too much effort on fixing and catching up to the amount of damage already done.Wires pulled out of dozens of electrical boxes along the Sixth Street Bridge arches are seen after thieves stole copper wire from the new Los Angeles structure on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023.
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