Pico Rivera officials are hoping that wards from the California Youth Authority can solve a longstanding problem: the lack of painted street numbers on curbs in front of people's homes.
Twelve youths from the Fred C. Nelles School in Whittier have begun painting the first of 16,000 curbside addresses in the city's southeast corner. The work should be finished by the end of June. The city supplies the paint and the tools. The youths, ages 18 to 21, are paid minimum wage through a federal job-training program, said Christine Schaefer, assistant to the city manager. Some of their earnings will go to a restitution fund for crime victims. An adult supervisor is monitoring each painting crew, Schaefer said.
