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Posted on 04/24/2026 5:28:44 AM PDT by V_TWIN
The city of Los Angeles has a major street light problem. Thousands of the lights are out because thieves strip them of copper wire which they then turn around and sell for cash.
To deal with this problem and fix the lights, the city government is proposing a new TAX on the law abiding citizens who did not steal the copper wire. Can you even believe this?
The city wants to punish the people who didn’t ruin the street lights and make them pay to fix it. Unreal.
Mayor Karen Bass is urging voters to approve the measure, which would raise property-owner fees by an estimated 120% to help fund a $125 million program aimed at replacing more than 200,000 streetlights citywide. City officials say the current system generates roughly $45 million and has not been significantly updated since the 1990s, when Proposition 218 was adopted by California voters to require property-owner approval for new or increased local assessments.
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Yep, that's democrat logic alright.....no thought as to it going to happen over and over.
The definition of insanity is in full play here. SMH
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You know who doesn’t steal copper wire from street light circuits? The deceased, that’s who. Just sayin’.
Yup. About 10% to fix lights and 90% for the democrat party.
Restocking fee.
Can’t they just up the voltage and fry the bustards?
It is just ‘microlooting’…./s
My first thought.. If there were bulbs and switches made that could handle untransformed transmission line voltage, that would probably solve their problem...
City officials say the current system generates roughly $45 million and has not been significantly updated since the 1990s, when Proposition 218 was adopted by California voters to require property-owner approval for new or increased local assessments.”
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The thing to watch is not that the governments of California propose this as a ballot issue but whether the voters approve it. If they do, the insane reveal themselves. Maybe the politicians know their constituents too well.
People leaving CA in droves. Will the illegal and others pay for it?
democRATS always say...
“I see you have some money. Give it to me!”
Post this bill on JUST the illegals, Mayor Bass. See where that gets you.
New tax.
Not Law Enforcement.
Only a matter of a short time before these people start attacking home owners in mass and police will not respond. It is coming folks...
Wouldn’t mind a tax to buy bullets to shoot the looters.
The "Voters" approve it? THE VOTERS??
Oh, PuLeeZ. The California Legislature dictates the scam of the taxes in California, with the fraud of elections for a backup.
“From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs” _Karl Marx
Democrats believe if it takes crime to reach that goal then so be it.
“By any means necessary” is their mantra
Perhaps LA should institute a copper “buyback” program, where the thieves could simply take their copper into the local police station. They could offer above-market rates for it and then recycle the wire back into the lights.
tax the crap out of the recycle place that buy stolen copper wire they know its stolen so tax them
You tax to decrease the supply.
A better choice is a bounty on thieves.
“The city wants to punish the people who didn’t ruin the street lights and make them pay to fix it. Unreal.”
Punish? Is it punishment when I have to replace/repair loss/damage done to me during theft/vandalism of my house or other property? Is that unreal or the way it is.
But:
“Wouldn’t it make more sense to enforce the law and punish people for stealing the copper wire? Isn’t that the logical fix for this problem?”
Yes and yes if you can catch them.
Anybody got an alternative proposal?
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