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Yucaipa approves modest solid-waste rate increase; 14 protests not a majority

3798730 · June 10, 2025
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The council approved a 1.9% residential solid-waste rate increase effective July 1 after receiving 14 written protests — not a majority under Prop. 218 rules. The SB 1383 administrative fee and organics-processing costs figure into the adjustments.

The Yucaipa City Council adopted new solid-waste rates on June 9 that will take effect July 1, approving a modest 1.9% increase for residential service levels after a public-hearing process required by Proposition 218.

Michael Heffman of Burtec (the city’s solid-waste contractor) presented the annual report and said the increase reflects the operator-fee adjustment (90% of the prior-year…

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