City of Oakland has no priorities.

#OaklandResidentsMatter

There was another tire dumping reported by another reporter. It is not difficult for Oakland police to find out who are dumping. Just like reporter @simplyblu mentioned, COA has less priority for this area.

This dumping is not related to Waste Management problems at all. WM is not responsible for picking up illegal dumping -- that's on the Oakland Department of Public Works.

As I understand it, Public Works only gets involved if the garbage is actually blocking traffic. Otherwise, it's Waste Management that picks it up. Here's a quote from the article I referred to above:

"Through the newly amended contract, compost collection rates immediately dropped to 30 percent below that of trash collection. Business’ compost rates will be determined by the size of the bin they use, as well as the frequency of collection. To achieve citywide cost reductions, Waste Management negotiators reconfigured programs to create easements for low-income seniors and exemptions for multi-family building owners still occupying a second unit, and lowered the number of daily pickups around the city for illegal dumping. They also cancelled plans for a local customer call center, which was projected to have cost $800,000."

Here's the article: https://oaklandnorth.net/2015/10/09/oakland-city-council-votes-to-reduce-compost-collection-rates/

Thanks for the article. I wasn't aware that the responsibility was split, but it seems you're correct in saying it's a WM issue. My mistake. I guess the next step is to pressure our Council members to raise the number of street-dumping pickups, although the article doesn't specify how many WM makes or how that compares with complaint calls. Yeesh.

Right - all we know is that bad as it is, it's about to get worse...

City of Oakland Public Works Department addressed this issue on 10/10/2015, service request # 609683.

Thanks for fixing this issue!

Thanks for fixing this issue!

Thanks for fixing this issue!