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Board approves pilot for redesigned trash cans after supervisors trim prototype budget
Summary
The board approved release of $537,000 from Board‑reserved funds to pilot new trash‑can designs citywide, reducing the prototype budget after Supervisor Haney negotiated a nearly 50% cut to the prototype funding and insisted on citywide testing of multiple designs.
The Board of Supervisors on July 27 authorized the release of $537,000 in board‑reserved funds to pilot redesigned public trash cans and proceed toward a citywide replacement decision, approving an amendment by Supervisor Haney that reduced the prototype budget to $427,500.
Supervisor Haney and department staff told the board that San Francisco’s existing trash cans are at the end of their useful life,…
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