Two Westside L.A. Council members pool their funding for street light repairs

Two City Council members representing West Los Angeles communities will pool discretionary money to support a repair crew to fix street lights in their respective areas, it was announced on Friday.

Council members Katy Yaroslavsky and Traci Park, who represent the 5th and 11th Council Districts, respectively, held a news conference Friday morning to highlight their effort.

The council members introduced a motion to allocate $500,000 to accelerate repairs of inoperable streetlights across the Westside...