Street lights in La Puente are about to get more energy-efficient now that Los Angeles County has put in motion a plan to give the city control over a lighting district and more than $7 million set aside for street light maintenance.
On Tuesday, the county Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution indicating their intent to transfer the County Lighting District 1744, which is contained within La Puente boundaries, to the city. As part of the transfer, the city would assume control of an estimated $7.3 million currently held by the county for the district.
That money and the roughly $600,000 in annual tax revenues would be used to pay for the maintenance and operation of lights along residential and commercial streets throughout the city.
“For La Puente, this is a game changer” said City Manager David Carmany. “It’s a way that we can make their tax dollars go further and provide better coverage and better facilities for them which is the name of the game.