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Garbage Fees to Rise? Give Feedback

June 23, 2023 by San Francisco Refuse Rates Administrator

Did you know that San Franciscans have a say in setting their rates for recycling, landfill, and compost disposal?

Recology — the company the City contracts with to handle the disposal of waste, recycling, and compost — is requesting higher rates from residents that would go into effect in October 2023. The Refuse Rate Board is holding two to three more public hearings between June and July, 2023 where residents can attend in person, online, or phone in. Members of the public are encouraged to ask questions or give input about Recology’s requested rate increases, proposed environmental goals, and other topics related to the rate-setting process.

See meeting details below under Upcoming Public Hearings.

What are Recology’s potential rate increases for residents?

Recology is requesting to increase the monthly charges for basic service by 6.15% over 2 years (3.90% on October 1, 2023, and an additional 2.17% on October 1, 2024), with similar increases to the various surcharges that may apply to individual customers (distance, elevation, access). Recology states this is intended to cover the cost of existing refuse service, as well as the cost of increased abandoned material collection, public bin collection, weekend cleanup events, and contamination. At the City’s request, the rates also would continue to cover costs incurred by certain City departments related to solid waste management.

The City’s Refuse Rates Administrator is recommending a lower cumulative increase to the monthly charges for basic refuse service, of 3.92% over 2 years (0.00% on October 1, 2023, and then a 3.92% increase on October 1, 2024).

Can’t attend a public hearing virtually or in person?

That’s okay! You can still submit comments, questions, and objections to Recology’s rate increases through an online form. This input will be considered on an ongoing basis.

In addition, ratepayers can submit a formal Prop 218 written protest. Formal protests will be counted aloud in the final public hearing at the end of the rate-setting process and can prevent a rate increase if the majority of ratepayers mail them in. Please follow these instructions.

Upcoming Public Hearings

Members of the public attend in person, online, or call in.

At the final Refuse Rate Board hearing, all protests will be counted and the Board will hold a final vote to adopt new refuse rates.

Monday, June 26, 2023 at 9 a.m.
Meeting Details

Monday, July 24, 2023 at 12:30 p.m.
Meeting Details

Friday, July 28, 2023 at 9 a.m.
(Tentative, if necessary)

 

Submit Your Written Comment or Objection

Submit a Public Information Request

For more details, visit the website for the Office of the Refuse Rate Administrator.

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3 days ago
Glen Park Association

Saturday’s Glen Park Greenway Work Party is Cancelled.

“I’m very sorry to say that
we have cancelled our Work Party for this Saturday July 12, along with all organized volunteer activity on the Greenway until further notice.
As you may have read in the news, our fiscal sponsor, San Francisco Parks Alliance (SFPA), has shut itself down. Just as SFPA has shut itself down, the Greenway, as an organized part of SFPA, has also been “shut down.” We are busy looking for a suitable alternative fiscal sponsor that is willing to replace SFPA. That search is going well but it is a slow process. We had hoped to find temporary ways to enable the Greenway project to function responsibly as a community activity without a fiscal sponsor. Sadly, despite our best efforts and the help of many others in Glen Park, we have failed. That is why we must cancel our Saturday Work Party and discontinue future work parties and other organized volunteer activity on the Greenway (like weeding and watering) until further notice. We recognize that the Greenway is public open space and that the organizers of the Greenway project have no control over the activities of you or of anyone else on the Greenway. However, if you do venture onto the Greenway to satisfy your urge for outdoor recreation, please be aware that your activity is not in any way organized or sanctioned by the organizers of the Glen Park Greenway project. I’m well aware of the efforts that many of the
Greenway’s supporters are making to get the Greenway organized with a new fiscal sponsor and I’m confident that this will be arranged within weeks or perhaps a few months.
However long it takes, I will contact you with news of our progress.
Many thanks for all that you do for the Greenway.”

Nicholas Dewar, volunteer Project Director

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Wonder what’s stopping just organizing it separate from that non-profit. It seems like the volunteers largely come from Glen Park.

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7 days ago
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It was a beautiful day for the annual #july4th celebration on Laidley street!

📷: Photos courtesy of Michael Waldstein

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