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Yucaipa council defends decision not to use temporary stop signs during PSPS; vows follow-up actions
Summary
After extended Southern California Edison shutoffs left many traffic signals dark, Yucaipa officials said temporary stop signs posed safety and liability risks and described steps — increased enforcement, grant applications and potential warming/charging sites — to reduce harm. Council pledged a post-incident review.
Yucaipa city officials told residents at their Jan. 13 meeting that the city did not place temporary stop signs during recent public-safety power shutoffs because doing so could create safety hazards and legal exposure, and because staff could not ensure rapid removal if signals were reenergized.
City Manager (speaker 11) said the shutoffs were coordinated by Southern California Edison and described poor advance notice and inconsistent outage maps, noting, “Southern California Edison has announced that we may see shutoffs again at some point this week,” and criticized Edison—or “very poor communication.”
Captain Walker of the county sheriff epartment, who…
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