Farrell's plan includes pushing for more public trash cans, increasing the frequency of trash pickup, & rolling out a reusable container program to reduce single-use plastic waste. Similar programs are underway in London & Portland.
These so-called behested payments are donations elected officials request that private companies make to a nonprofit or cause of their liking. They are technically legal (to a degree), but to a normal person, this sure smells like a backroom deal.
As a supervisor representing the Marina, Pacific Heights and nearby neighborhoods between 2011 and 2018, Farrell directed more than $1.2 million to the Parks Alliance, which advocates for San Francisco open space and parks, by asking corporations and individuals to donate to the nonprofit more than 125 times.
There's an interesting contrast in some local media coverage of mayoral candidate Mark Farrell over the last two days. The SF Standard ran a Thursday piece on Farrell's proposal to put the SF Public Utilities Commission in charge of the city's arrangements with Recology.
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