{"id":2249505,"date":"2024-05-21T13:26:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T17:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-city-took-down-traffic-light-at-busy-intersection-after-homeless-stole-copper-wire-residents-say\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T13:33:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T17:33:53","slug":"blue-city-took-down-traffic-light-at-busy-intersection-after-homeless-stole-copper-wire-residents-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-city-took-down-traffic-light-at-busy-intersection-after-homeless-stole-copper-wire-residents-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents report that a blue city removed a traffic light at a busy intersection due to homeless individuals stealing copper wire"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblue-city-took-down-traffic-light-at-busy-intersection-after-homeless-stole-copper-wire-residents-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2249505&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Residents in Oakland, California, witnessed the removal \u200dof a traffic light at a busy intersection due \u2064to continuous theft of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinas-spot-copper-premium-to-stay-elevated-as-demand-improves\/\" title=\"China\u2019s spot copper premium to stay elevated as demand improves\">copper wire<\/a>, \u2063attributed to a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lpga-pulls-tournament-from-portland-venue-over-concerns-about-player-safety-homeless-encampment\/\" title=\"LPGA Pulls Tournament From Portland Venue Over Concerns About Player Safety, Homeless Encampment\">nearby homeless encampment<\/a>. City workers substituted the lights \u200cwith four-way stop signs\u200c at East 12th\u2064 Street and 16th Avenue. The \u200dmove followed incidents of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theft-suspect-struck-and-killed-on-55-freeway-when-fleeing-from-officers\/\" title=\"Suspected thief dies on 55 Freeway while evading police.\">wire theft<\/a> and disruption \u200cof the electrical box \u2062to access power. Despite temporary stop signs, the reinstallation of traffic lights remains undetermined. Concerns arose from the nearby homeless\u2063 camp, spanning three blocks, with residents emphasizing the need for cleaning up \u200bthe area. Frustrated neighbors voiced their discontent, pointing to the homeless encampment as a contributing factor. The dysfunction of the \u200ctraffic lights was a \u200clongstanding issue preceding \u200dtheir \u200bremoval, with repair\u2064 attempts proving short-lived. As\u200c crime \u200drates surge in Oakland, particularly robberies and carjackings, the community\u2064 grapples with escalating \u200dsafety concerns.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Oakland, a blue city in California, took down a traffic light at a busy intersection after thieves kept swiping copper wire, and residents say the nearby homeless encampment is to blame.<\/p>\n<p>City workers replaced the traffic lights with four-way stop signs at the intersection located at East 12th Street and 16th Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>The move came after people repeatedly stole copper wire and tampered with the electrical box at the intersection to allegedly steal power.<\/p>\n<p>The city tried putting heavy cement blocks on top of the electrical boxes, but people simply dragged them out of the way, a city spokesman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/stop-signs-replace-some-oakland-traffic-lights-to-deter-copper-theft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. The stop signs are temporary, according to the city, but it does not have a timeline for reinstalling the traffic lights.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors expressed their frustration, and some blamed the homeless encampment around the intersection. The encampment spans about three blocks on 12th Street from 17th and 14th Avenues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you really want to fix the stop sign, I think you really have to clean up this homeless encampment,\u201d Tam Le, owner of Le\u2019s Auto Body &#038; Engine Repair, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/stop-signs-replace-some-oakland-traffic-lights-to-deter-copper-theft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> CBS San Francisco. He has been running his auto shop on a corner of the intersection for more than 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just telling us that the city is giving up on us,\u201d Le said.<\/p>\n<p>The traffic lights had not worked properly for months before they were taken down, residents said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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,\u201d Le said.<\/p>\n<p>Violent crime is up overall in Oakland compared to this time last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/cityofoakland2.app.box.com\/s\/sjiq7usfy27gy9dfe51hp8arz5l1ixad\/file\/1509820938476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the latest police data. Robberies, in particular, have spiked, topping 1,000 incidents already this year.<\/p>\n<p>Robberies involving a gun are up 21% to 409 incidents, and carjackings are up 4% to 166 incidents. Aggravated assaults are down but remain high at more than 900 incidents. Homicides are also down, but 23 people have already been killed this year.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Oakland residents have been sounding off about rising crime for at least a year.<\/p>\n<p>Last May, about 500 angry residents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hundreds-of-angry-oakland-residents-show-up-at-town-hall-on-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">showed<\/a> up to a town hall meeting on crime to demand answers from city leaders on Oakland becoming more dangerous, especially violent incidents perpetrated on women and the elderly.<\/p>\n<p>In July, the Oakland chapter of the NAACP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/oakland-naacp-blasts-city-leaders-over-crime-calls-for-state-of-emergency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blasted<\/a> city leaders and called for a state of emergency over the city\u2019s crime \u201ccrisis.\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/allen-west-the-lefts-moral-constitutional-and-judicial-relativism\/\" title=\"Allen West: The Left's Moral, Constitutional, and Judicial Relativism\">black civil rights organization<\/a>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/lets-stop-pretending-naacp-is-more-than-weaponized-left-wing-propaganda-machine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tends<\/a> to lean Left, blamed the \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement specifically as part of the reason for the crime spike.<\/p>\n<p>In nearby San Francisco, the worsening trifecta of crime, homelessness, and public drug use has caused many businesses to abandon the city\u2019s once bustling downtown area. This has left many commercial buildings empty and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/amid-homeless-and-drug-crises-san-franciscos-budget-deficit-could-reach-1-4-billion-officials-warn#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cut into<\/a> the city\u2019s tax revenue, exacerbating the city\u2019s growing budget deficit, which officials warned could reach nearly $1.4 billion by 2027.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oakland, a blue city in California, removed a traffic light at a busy intersection due to recurring theft of copper wire. Nearby homeless encampment residents are held responsible. City workers installed four-way stop signs at the East 12th Street and 16th Avenue intersection in response to the incidents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":2249506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1226532587.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2249505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1226532587.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2249505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2249506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2249505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2249505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2249505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}