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Friday, February 10, 2012
Who picks up the leaves?
by Sarah Payne, published on December 22, 2008 at 5:51 PM
Storyline: City Governance
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As a result of the recent wintry weather, downtown Sacramento is coated with layers and layers of leaves. While driving around I noticed that there were tons of leaf piles in the street gutters. And they were everywhere, from H street to U Street.
One thing I noticed about the piles was that some people would make theirs so large it would actually spill over into parking spaces. I later learned that this is one of the reasons why the department asks people to sweep out their piles less than 24 hours before scheduled pick-up time.
311 informed me that the Solid Waste Department of the City Utilities Department is in charge of picking up the leaf piles.
For even more information about leaf-pile pickup, I contacted Solid Waste Dept. Public Information Officer Jessica Hess. Hess explained to me that the department is out six days a week picking up the leaf piles.
Do you have leaf piles in your street? Do you rake your own leaves or do you wait for the City to dispose of them? Have you seen their trucks picking up leaves in your street?
To see when the Solid Waste Dept. will be in your neighborhood, click here.
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Raking leaves can be a nice thing. It gets you out near your neighbors, it puts eyes on the street, and of course it keeps things tidy. A friend of mine used started raking and sweeping around his house in Boulevard Park back when there was a lot of drug activity on I Street, eventually other neighbors started and over time the street drug dealers got less and less comfortable and finally just stopped showing up.
I'm not a big fan of leaf blowers, though. I wish there were a quieter invention that blew leaves - I guess that's where the rake comes in - and the arms muscles get a work out too.
It's amazing how many leaves are scattered through the streets of Sacramento, but we are the city of trees.
311 seems to be a really good source of information for general city questions. I had never really thought to call them about things like this.
Typically, this is a weekly service. However, during leaf season, we can get backed up due to the large quantity of leaves. You can use the link in the article above to find out when we will be back in your area.