Law enforcement and elected officials meet on Monday morning to urge California Governor Gavin New Roosom to sign a new bill calling for stricter laws to steal copper wires.
Living copper theft has left Los Angeles and California in the dark and taxpayers cost millions of reform bills. Sixth Street Bridge – which runs in the center of Los Angeles and Bilwe Haits – was called “Light Stars” once but was in the dark because the thieves were mixed with open electrical boxes and took copper wires.
“The Sixth Street Bridge in Los Angeles is no longer shining at night and it is covered with writings. The thieves are stolen again and again copper wires and left the bridge in the dark. The patrol has increased and asked to remove writing on the walls,” Los Angeles Lilian Police chief has been deployed. Caranza on X recently.
Los Angeles neighborhoods were also affected. In September, the copper thieves in the Broadway Pass in East Gardina left comprehensive damage to the power columns and companies in the South Bay. The accident came just one day after a series of copper theft was reported in West Rancho Dominguez.
In April, the stolen wires in Los Veles left entire streets in the dark. A security camera in the neighborhood caught a suspect in the law. The video shows that the neighborhood has become dark as the suspect cuts wires.
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Viturable boxes target thieves on copper wires in Los Veles. (Ktla) -
Thieves continue in copper wires, saboteurs in the plague in the sixth street bridge in the center of Los Angeles. (Lillian L. Caranka/LAPD) -
Thieves continue in copper wires, saboteurs in the plague in the sixth street bridge in the center of Los Angeles. (Lillian L. Caranka/LAPD) -
Thieves continue in copper wires, saboteurs in the plague in the sixth street bridge in the center of Los Angeles. (Lillian L. Caranka/LAPD) -
The benefit column to which copper wire thieves overthrew the southern Broadway in Gardina. September 2025 (David Matthews) -
The damaged benefit column on the sidewalk is located along the south of Broadway in Gardina after thieves hit the copper wires. September 2025 (David Matthews) -
The base of the user pillar is divided and cut wires after copper theft in Gardina. September 2025 (David Matthews) -
Common photos with KTLA show the effects of copper wire theft in local companies in West Rancho Dominguez on September 26, 2025.
The news conference will be held on Monday 8:45 am in the arts region of Los Angeles to urge news to sign Assembly Bill 476 It can help reduce thefts.
AB 476 would enhance the audit of unwanted merchants and recycling platforms, which requires them to provide detailed records, and check the identifiers of the sellers and their ownership of copper. The draft law will also expand the restrictions imposed on possession of scrap minerals from infrastructure and increase penalties for replacement.
Only last year, Los Angeles received nearly 46,000 street interruptions, 40 % of them due to copper theft, and officials said in a press release.
On Monday, the news conference will be attended by Parliament Member Mark Gonzalez (De Los Angeles), Los Angeles County lawyer Nathan Hachman, Los Angeles City Council member, Sabil Gourado, LAPD officials, local residents, business leaders and community defenders.