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Council approves motion to pursue citywide RFP for automated public toilets and related street furniture
Summary
Councilmember Pacheco's motion to pursue a citywide request for proposals (RFP) that could bundle automated public toilets, standardized news racks and bus-shelter advertising cleared the council; the CLA will develop the RFP and return to the council, with staff noting potential capital and operating costs and examples from San Francisco.
Councilmember Pacheco said he had traveled to San Francisco to study automated, self‑cleaning public toilets and urged the council to direct the Chief Legislative Analyst’s office to prepare a citywide RFP that could bundle automated toilets with news racks and bus shelter advertising.
"When I was elected to the city council, there was an article written by Sister Callahan... One of the major issues that came up were the portable toilets," Councilmember Pacheco said, recounting discussions with business improvement districts and homeless service providers.…
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