In the wake of those reports, Mayor Eric Garcetti promised a citywide crackdown on illegal dumpers. We will not tolerate businesses that use our public streets, spaces, or alleyways as their private dumping ground, the Mayor said in June 2019.
Garcetti promised to install a network of surveillance cameras and to levy stiff fines for those caught illegally dumping trash.
But two years later, LA has only 22 cameras to watch 470 square miles; that s fewer cameras than cities like Philadelphia, which has 100 cameras to cover a much smaller area.
To find out how easy it could be to catch illegal dumpers, the I-Team installed two cameras along a city alley, east of downtown.