About this episode

Jon Fleischman discusses the implications of LA's new streetlight tax and related city council proposals.

Los Angeles property owners have until June 2 to vote on an assessment that would nearly quadruple what they currently pay for streetlights, a decision cities across California are increasingly facing. As the ballot goes out, the city council is simultaneously advancing a proposal that would change how street-level enforcement works across LA neighborhoods. How well do we understand the full picture before we vote? In this episode, California policy observer Jon Fleischman walks through the mechanics behind LA’s streetlight assessment, the enforcement proposal moving through the city council, and what both decisions together reveal about how local government sets its priorities. *Views expressed in this video/article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of California Insider.

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Guest: Jon Fleischman

Topics covered

• streetlight tax
• property owners
• local government
• city council
• enforcement proposal
• California politics

Keywords

• streetlight tax
• Los Angeles
• property owners
• city council
• local government
• assessment
• enforcement

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Places: Los Angeles, California

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