The LA City Council and Mayor Karen Bass’ latest brainstorm – slapping property owners with a roughly 120% hike in the streetlight assessment fee (as high as $1,500+ for an apartment complex) – is peak government stupidity. Instead of stopping the thieves who have turned copper wire theft into a thriving local industry, LA City Hall has decided those responsible are the homeowners who keep paying taxes and somehow expecting streets to stay lit. Copper theft has surged a reported 1,200% in the