Cleaning up your street and neighborhood

In case you weren't aware, the practice of placing items out in the street or on the sidewalk (like furniture) is illegal. Craigslist is a far better option for giving stuff away...

Now, since none of you have ever done anything like this, I should still point out that somehow things end up on the sidewalk in front of our houses. Sunset Scavenger won't take them away with the trash, so what do you do?

Call the Department of Public Works by dialing 28-CLEAN. Give them the location and description of the trash and they'll send a truck out to pick it all up. If there is any incriminating evidence within the pile of trash about where it came from, they will fine the perpetrator, too.

If things are allowed to linger on the streets, it invites more trash to accumulate. Just like graffitti... which by the way, you can contact DPW about as well.... See the link above for more details.

If you do have stuff that belongs to you that you can't give or throw away, Sunset Scavenger will pick up large items once per year by appointment as part of your regular service. If you have a lot of stuff, I have great haulers who will come and take it all away for you, too.

Thanks for doing your part to keep SF clean!