To the editor: It’s no shock the Bureau of Avenue Lighting is taking a “allow them to eat lumens” angle towards residents complaining concerning the harsh colour and undesirable bed room illumination with the brand new LEDs (“L.A.’s golden streetlights have turned harsh white. Homeowners aren’t happy,” Could 8). Mild air pollution comes not simply from unshielded, harshly shiny streetlights, however from mild emitted by a wide range of different public properties corresponding to parks and faculties. Wasted illumination of the sky and different folks’s property doesn’t enhance public security. A reliable administration would have used correct shielding (and temperature) early on through the transition to LEDs and negotiated an affordable worth given the quantity.
The article states that the town has transitioned 650 lights to photo voltaic this 12 months. At this price, we’ll be absolutely photo voltaic in solely 92 extra years! Clearly shifting quicker than the town’s homelessness efforts.
Jesse Goldbaum, Woodland Hills
