Ballots have started arriving in mailboxes asking Los Angeles voters to pass a fee increase to fix streetlights broken or damaged by copper wire thieves.
The special ballot is being sent citywide to more than 550,000 property owners, and it contains the specific amount calculated for the property. If passed, this could tack on hundreds of dollars in fees for these property owners.
Mayor Karen Bass said one of the chief complaints her office gets is about streetlights. More than 200,000 streetlights across the city are in need of repair or replacement because of copper wire thieves…