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Residents complain to council about pre-dawn Recology pickups, RV waste and trash burdens
Summary
Several Pacifica residents told the council that Recology of the Coast has been collecting trash at or before 4:40 a.m. at some apartment complexes and asked the city to enforce contract pickup times, adjust routes, and address oversized-vehicle sanitation and RV parking impacts along the 400 block of Esplanade.
Multiple residents and callers raised complaints during public comment at the Feb. 10 Pacifica City Council meeting about early-morning trash pickups by Recology of the Coast and ongoing sanitation issues tied to oversized vehicles and RVs in beach-adjacent blocks.
Amanda Norquist, a resident at 380 Talbot Avenue, said she started noticing early and frequent truck activity beginning the week of Jan. 13; she said drivers woke residents before 5 a.m. and that she recorded a truck departing an apartment cluster at 4:51 a.m. Norquist told the council she had repeatedly reported the issue to…
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