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 more sanitation workers, trucks for pickup, camera surveillance to catch illegal dumpers and a public education campaign—will be requested to be included in the city’s upcoming budget, which covers July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
“Illegal dumping is not only a blight, it has a negative effect on the way we see our own city, the way we feel about our surroundings and moreover, it’s just plain unhealthy and dangerous,” LA City Councilmember Paul Koretz said. “So if we’re really going to tackle this issue, we need to be providing the bureau with the resources needed to do that, and that includes education and enforcement to deter illegal dumping.”
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