By Geoff Page
As reported here in The Rag last Friday, the City of San Diego held its Open House Meeting designed to garner input on the coming trash collection tax at the Point Loma Hervy Library, Monday August 26. According to those managing the event, about 40 members of the public attended.
To refresh memories, in 2022, Measure B, the ballot initiative that asked if San Diegans would be willing to pay for trash service, was approved. It was passed by only 50.48 percent of voters. To put that into perspective, the difference was only 3,839 votes out of 400,000 cast.
The city is now trying to figure out what to charge the public to collect trash. A person might wonder why this is much of an issue because the city should have all the records it would need to figure this out. But, as reported here in The Rag on April 5 of this year, the city approved $4.5 million dollars to have consultants study the issue of what to charge. That’s four million five hundred thousand dollars.
The Rag’s April article referenced a March 12 UT piece by David Garrick that broke down what the money was to be specifically used for. Of the $4.5 million, $1.7 million is budgeted for community outreach, including meetings like Monday’s at the library.
By Geoff Page
As reported here in The Rag last Friday, the City of San Diego held its Open House Meeting designed to garner input on the coming trash collection tax at the Point Loma Hervy Library, Monday August 26. According to those managing the event, about 40 members of the public attended.
To refresh memories, in 2022, Measure B, the ballot initiative that asked if San Diegans would be willing to pay for trash service, was approved. It was passed by only 50.48 percent of voters. To put that into perspective, the difference was only 3,839 votes out of 400,000 cast.
The city is now trying to figure out what to charge the public to collect trash. A person might wonder why this is much of an issue because the city should have all the records it would need to figure this out. But, as reported here in The Rag on April 5 of this year, the city approved $4.5 million dollars to have consultants study the issue of what to charge. That’s four million five hundred thousand dollars.
The Rag’s April article referenced a March 12 UT piece by David Garrick that broke down what the money was to be specifically used for. Of the $4.5 million, $1.7 million is budgeted for community outreach, including meetings like Monday’s at the library.