Crime Getting So Bad In Oakland, Officials Replace Traffic Lights With Stop Signs
LISA MOORE
CONTRIBUTOR
May 20, 2024
At the intersection of E. 12th Street and 16th Avenue in Oakland, California, drivers are now greeted with four-way stop signs hanging overhead where traffic lights used to hang.
The City of Oakland replaced the traffic lights with stop signs in response to months of recurring copper thefts and tampering with the lights’ electrical power boxes, CBS San Francisco reports.
“It’s just telling us that the city is giving up on us,” Tam Le, owner of Le’s Auto Body & Engine Repair at the intersection corner, told CBS San Francisco. “The city did try to fix the traffic light at least a few times. But once they fixed it, normally within a week or so, it will go out again.” (RELATED: Copper Wire Thieves Cost Blue City Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars: REPORT)
“Neighbors say the [stop] sign is a sign and a reflection of the city’s condition. They say the city’s inability to clear a homeless encampment next to the intersection is leading to this kind of issue,” Da Lin, who discovered the city’s action, reported on a KPIX broadcast.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/20/crime-oakland-officials-replace-traffic-lights-with-stop-signs/
