Finding 26-5
The City of Oakland has thousands of businesses without mandatory garbage service, resulting in illegal dumping of their waste.
Jury report: Illegal Dumping in Oakland: City Buried Under Trash · PDF page 34
Permanent linkOfficial response
City of Oakland City Administration and City Council
Partially disagrees, citing an uncertain Waste Management estimate of 1,079 businesses without service; describes compliance outreach and a drafted enforcement ordinance, continued on page 8.
Read official response · PDF page 7Specific count and named provider support the response, but reasons do not fully address the causal claim that the businesses dump their waste.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.