L.A. City Council Exempts Red Light Cams From Arizona Boycott

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A few weeks ago, the city where I was born and lived until age 9, Los Angeles,  made a great big hairy deal about boycotting the state where I live now, Arizona, over its passage of SB1070, which requires police to enforce laws on illegal immigration identical to those in both California and federal law.  The boycott meant the city of L.A. refused to do business with Arizona, its cities and businesses based in the state.

But that's not important now. At least when it comes to the city's red-light cameras, supplied and operated by American Traffic Solutions of....Scottsdale, Arizona.

Standing by the boycott would have meant shutting down the cameras. And if that had happened, and someone had been killed at an intersection with a formerly working red light camera, city councilman Richard Alarcon said "the media would have a field day".

So, the council voted 13-0 to temporarily exempt the red-light camera program from the boycott.

Full story with a fascinating insight (no matter which side you take on the immigration enforcement issue) into politicians unanimously voting to sustain a program that loses the city money and is of dubious success in terms of accident reduction from The Los Angeles Times.

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L.A..'s Arizona Boycott Could Mean End Of Red Light Cams

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Los Angeles is among the cities boycotting Arizona's new immigration enforcement law. But where does that leave the city in its dealings with the Arizona-based supplier of its red-light cameras? The story from KABC-TV.

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California License Plates May Go Digital, Display Advertising

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California is considering a digital license plate. Yes, digital. Stop for four seconds or more and the letters and numbers disappear, replaced by....advertising (and Amber Alerts).

The revenues (higher plate fees, plus ad dollars) would supposedly help the Golden State dig out of its financial hole.  The full story from KABC-TV.

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You Go, Girl! 4 Foot 11 Woman Fights Off Carjacker

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If that's what Rosalina Ruiz will do for an old RAV4, I'd hate to really tick her off.

God bless her.

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Lock Up Your 19 Year Old Accords! The Top 10 Most Stolen Cars In California

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There's probably at least one of every kind of desirable vehicle on a street or in a garage somewhere in the Golden State.

But what do thieves steal most? The answers may surprise you. From The Los Angeles Times.

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Street Sign Fails To Yield To Heather Locklear, Police Say

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Police have ticketed actress Heather Locklear for a weekend accident in which a car hit a street sign near her Thousand Oaks, California home.

A neighbor reported the crash 16 hours after hearing it, but police say a surveillance camera shows Locklear's car passing by at the time and debris at the scene has been tied to her vehicle.

Full story from CNN.

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