San Diegans should use direct democracy rights to fight city’s trash fee

San Diegans should use direct democracy rights to fight city’s trash fee

San Diego homeowners get to contest proposed additions to property tax bills. The increases would pay for additions for trash collection that didn’t exist when voters narrowly approved Measure B in 2022. Now homeowners are asked to pay for new services such as the expenses for up to 130 new employees (and related costs); everyone’s new high-tech trash bins; new trash trucks; new facilities; etc. The city will be mailing or has mailed to each hom…

U-T Editorial Board Supports Trash Fee Protest

Time for bullied San Diegans to fight back, only starting with trash fee Editorial Board / San Diego Union-Tribune / April 17, 2025 San Diegans already disillusioned with City Hall have new reasons for angst. In a bizarre story that raised eyebrows around the world, the Union-Tribune revealed Sunday that newly elected City Attorney Heather Ferbert has allowed a top aide to receive pay and accrue vacation benefits while on a four-month global cru…