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 on April 13 the request for 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.
