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Rules Committee Advances Amendments to Restructure Refuse Rate Setting; Flags Recology, 1932 Ordinance History
Summary
Committee heard competing ballot initiatives to overhaul the 1932 refuse ordinance and voted to amend and continue two files, file competing hearings, and continue debate to a special Feb. 22 meeting; Controller proposes creating a refuse rate administrator in the Controller's Office to improve transparency and monitoring.
The Rules Committee on Feb. 14 took procedural action on four competing measures aimed at dismantling elements of the century‑old 1932 refuse collection and disposal ordinance and creating new oversight over refuse rate setting.
Chair Aaron Peskin framed items 2–5 as responses to a corruption scandal tied to Recology and said the working group—composed of city staff and a range of stakeholders—developed a draft ordinance (file number ending in 22052) that would make the Controller the refuse rate administrator. Natasha Meehaw of the Controller’s Office told the committee the current process is ad hoc, opaque and lacks ongoing monitoring; the proposed change would centralize rate‑setting…
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