Category: illegal dumping

Garcetti Budgets for Homelessness, Climate Change in Final State of the City Address

April 14, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—In his final State of the City address at the Sixth Street Bridge, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti highlighted some of the programs and investments for the upcoming fiscal year—with a special focus on public safety, climate change, and housing shortage, plus a $1 billion investment into addressing homelessness. “My goal is to hand…

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Los Angeles Attempts to Curb 450 Percent Rise in Illegal Dumping

April 14, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—After the city’s auditor indicated illegal dumping had increased by 450 percent in a recent four-year span, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved April 13 to request an additional $16 million for its Bureau of Sanitation to crack down on the issue and clean up the city’s streets. The funds—which would pay for…

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Los Angeles Approves Motion as Part of Plan to Address Illegal Dumping

March 9, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—As the amount of trash found on city streets quintupled in five years, the Los Angeles City Council approved on March 9 the last of five motions introduced by Councilman Kevin de León as part of his plan to reduce illegal dumping throughout the city. Councilors voted 11–0 to pass four of the motions on…

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Los Angeles Approves Motions to Combat Illegal Dumping Throughout City

March 1, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles City Council approved on March 1 some components of a plan aimed at reducing illegal dumping throughout the city, including shortening the time it takes to deploy cleanup teams when a report is made about excess trash and debris. “The city of Los Angeles is facing a crisis when it comes…

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Los Angeles City Council Passes Motion to Crack Down on Illegal Dumping

August 25, 2021
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The Los Angeles City Council voted Aug. 25 to crack down on illegal dumping in the city, an issue that has been brewing over the last few years.   Under the measure, the city will reconvene an interdepartmental group who will focus on targeting dumping after a report from the Los Angeles Controller’s office in March found…

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Amidst Geopolitical Clamor, Indian Silk Industry Identifies Illegal Chinese Dumping

March 16, 2021
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VARANASI—Last year as the bilateral relations between India and China reached their abysmal low after a bloody conflict in Galwan, the silk industry of India reiterated its call for a ban on silk imports and illegal silk dumping from China, saying this was an effort to destroy the indigenous Indian industry. China is the largest…

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