Thursday, January 27, 2022

the California governor finally had to do something about the Los Angeles train robberies. It's only going to cost the California taxpayers millions of dollars. Why isn't Union Pacific guarding, and securing, their own damn cargo?

 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom visited the site of a series of much-publicized thefts from Union Pacific intermodal trains on Thursday, Jan 20, 2022, promising the state would provide $255 million over three years to help combat the problem.

To tackle the massive amount of litter created by the thefts, California is taking immediate action to support cleanup efforts – doing here what the Clean California program has done throughout the state. Since its launch in 2021, the Governor’s $1.1 billion Clean California initiative has expanded state and local litter abatement efforts and engaged communities in projects to create beautiful, safe public spaces. Clean California is generating new jobs for working Californians with an emphasis on hiring people exiting homelessness, at-risk youth, veterans, those reentering society from incarceration, local artists and students. Within the past 6 months, Caltrans collected more than 5,666 tons of litter.

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/01/20/governor-newsom-brings-in-state-support-for-rail-theft-in-los-angeles-highlights-state-efforts-to-fight-and-prevent-crime/

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4 comments:

  1. I don't understand how robbing the trains causes a trash/litter problem?

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    1. opening the packaging to discover what's being transported... and why bother taking the boxes and packaging? Thieves are only interested in the goods, and leave the packaging where it was when the products are pulled out. I take my bills out of the envelopes when I get my mail, and throw the envelopes in the post office trash can, and only bring the things I order from Amazon home, and I leave the padded envelopes at the post office, in the trash.

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    2. https://ktla.com/news/local-news/train-derails-near-site-of-recent-thefts-in-lincoln-heights/

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  2. When the railroad cops arrest the thieves, they turn them over to the city, which just lets them go. They come right back. The railroad does not have it's own jails or courts. It is not the old days, when people feared the railroad bulls.

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