Stockton promises $2 million to fix hundreds of broken streetlights

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Stockton promises $2 million to fix hundreds of broken streetlights

Stockton residents who have been left in the dark by untended streetlights can take heart with a multimillion-dollar initiative the city is launching.The City Council allocated $2 million this month to the Light Up Stockton project, which aims to repair or replace broken streetlights throughout the city.In a resolution authorizing the funding, the city noted there are 367 nonfunctional lights — about 2% of the 19,800 streetlamps throughout Stock…