City of San Diego to Host Forums on New Trash Fees Due to Passage of Measure B

San Diego residents will be asked to weigh in on their trash collection and recycling needs through a series of community forums to be held in all nine city council districts.

The meetings, in August and September, are part of an effort by city to determine how much it will charge in fees for waste services at single-family homes, it was announced Thursday.. Most are in-person, but one will be virtual.

The recent voter-approved Measure B, an amendment to the “People’s Ordinance,” paved the way for the city to adopt a monthly fee for solid trash pickup for single-family homes and multi-family complexes with up to four residences on a single lot.

Such fees are expected to eventually apply to around 285,000 residential properties currently serviced by the city. The new services and fees are not expected to roll out until next summer.

The meetings will each be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Attendees will be asked to provide feedback on their service preferences and giveaway items for their households such as kitchen pails for food scrap collection.

The meetings, all in local library branches, are:

• Aug. 5, Logan Heights Library, 567 S. 28th Street, for District 8
• Aug. 6, Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library, 5148 Market St., for District 4
• Aug. 12, Mira Mesa Library, 8405 New Salem St., for District 6
• Aug. 13, Mission Valley Library, 2123 Fenton Parkway, for District 9
• Aug. 19, Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library, 215 W. Washington St., for District 3
• Aug. 26, Point Loma/Hervey Library, 3701 Voltaire St., for District 2
• Aug. 27, Serra Mesa-Kearny Mesa Library, 9005 Aero Drive, for District 7
• Sept. 3, Scripps Miramar Ranch Library, 10301 Scripps Lake Drive, for District 5
• Sept. 9, La Jolla/Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave., for District 1

The virtual meeting will be from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Aug. 24.

– City News Service