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Committee approves amendments and forwards ordinance to expand illegal-dumping enforcement
Summary
Supervisors accepted amendments and unanimously recommended forwarding an ordinance to expand the definition of illegal dumping (including e-waste), authorize Public Works to impose administrative penalties, and clarify enforcement procedures; sponsor cited about 91,000 service requests last year and an annual cleanup cost of roughly $10 million.
The Public Safety & Neighborhood Services Committee on July 9 approved amendments and forwarded to the full Board an ordinance that would expand the city’s tools to address illegal dumping.
Sponsor Supervisor Shimon Walton said the ordinance would revise Article 26 of the Administrative and Public Works Code to broaden the definition of illegal dumping (including electronic waste), make each act a separate violation subject to abatement or enforcement, authorize the Public Works Director to impose administrative fines…
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