Clean Streets

Los Angeles should have the cleanest streets in the world, but instead City Hall lets garbage pile up in our district while they argue over whose job it is to clean it up. My We Love LA legislation will:

Create Jobs With Rapid-Response Clean Teams - to hire and train local workers for more rapid-response trash removal in our cities. We’ll pay for this through existing Department of Labor workforce grants and AmeriCorps infrastructure programs as well as partnering with the LA Conservation Corps.

Kick-off Federal “Adopt-a-Block” Grants for Local Action - create federal community cleanup grants that expand to cover trash on our streets that go directly to neighborhood councils, churches, schools, and nonprofits. Federal HUD and EPA community funds will also be redirected toward micro-grants and volunteer supplies like garbage bags, rakes, and more.

Enforce federal Crackdown on Illegal Dumping and Corporate Neglect - federal enforcement against illegal dumpers, waste haulers, and slumlords using environmental and consumer protection laws. Fines from these cases go directly into the federal grant pool for trash pickup.