It seems everyones opposition is due to all of the trees in Midtown but, what everyone fails to realize (possibly they aren't even reading draft but just going by hearsay?) is that the current draft of the proposal states that the claw would still be used during the Fall/Winter when leaves/branches fall.

For those that want to know the reasons to move to a containered system, I encourage you to read up at http://www.sacbike.org/greenwaste/

Gabriel, you've stated before-you rent
How many units are at your residence?
Under the proposal 1SFR/unit='s 3 Bins 2='s 6 Bins 3='s 9 Bins and so forth
Do you and your other residents keep them locked up-put away so as to avoid vandalism, graffiti, scavengering
Do the tenants take responsibility for putting them out and retrieving them? the P/O?
Do you have restricted street-sweeping parking enforcement?
How large of a lot is your parcel? 40x80 or 40x160 or other
Where do you store your bins currently? Out of the Egress Pathways? Out of the Public Right-of-ways? Do you notice that uniformly in your travels through midtown?
The info states how neat and clean those containers are- The picture depicts three nice clean containers sitting in the street with no cars around-Yah Sure!--How regularly do you physically pick-up the wet decaying leaves, debris and more in your gutters and parking area to place it in your trash can-It's an entirely different and DIRTY process that one can't do as simply as with a rake-into a pile for pickup. And cars-when is the last time there were no cars in front of your residence-oh ya- street sweeping day.

Under the proposal, all waste would be containerized
Street sweeping has been reduced to once every 2 months and since the claw would be eliminated The Grids Street sweeping parking enforcement should thus be removed. As a resident owner that pays that utility bill I and my neighbors feel we are being penalized for loss of on-street parking if street sweeping is only 6x's a year and the claw is removed. SABA statement about proposed weekly sweeping seems untrue given given public safety funding concerns . Additionally you already see little if any posted parking enforcement on primarily commercial street frontage as compared to residential street frontage in the same neighborhood.
To change the those street sweeping enforcement signs within the Grids current parking enforcement areas to reflect trash pick-up enforcement is selective enforcement not being bestowed upon the rest of the city's residents-hence No Trash Pick-Up Parking Enforcement would be more in line with the "one size fits all" mentality being waged.
How much revenue goes into the general fund from that 8AM-12PM enforcement in those few select areas-Including Holidays? How much could be generated with city wide enforcement?

So again I ask you-Where are all those green waste, recycle and trash bins going on trash day?

Remember that picture I asked you to respond to and yet you never did?

http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/story/2343463.html

Right where that green waste pile is beyond the parked cars!

On all streets including the 1-way bike lane streets, pick-up occurs on only one side a day , the cans in those bike lanes won't be a problem since you and I will have the other side of the street's bike lane to use....you just need to pay attention and use a light at night, since a lot of cans go out the night before.

Bike, Walk,Run or Drive along S & T streets on Monday or Tuesdays-No parking enforcement-Trash pick-up day-North of R should thus be treated like South of R
And where we have diagonal parking-Think Way out
That will give you an idea of the results of your position-without considering the other ramifications

Unless of course you are supporting City-Wide Trash Pick-up Day Parking Enforcement. Maybe a little extreme, but it sort of demonstates the disparity being shoved upon selected residential neighborhoods that additionally do not have the lot size to accommodate these bins

So what about street Vacuums? Where's that solution in any of yours or Solid Waste's discussion? Didn't think that far out of the Box? 1 street Vacuum does the work of 1 Claw + 1 Compactor with NO street abrasion. There would be a justifiable reason for parking enforcement that would could coincide with trash pick-up.
And we wouldn't have all those extra bins clogging up our streets and yards!

Gabriel... I looked at your link.
it's funny - all the supporters of containerization listed on that webpage are tree-hugging organizations (Save the river, Bikers, hikers, etc.)

If you guys succeed in forcing us on leaf bins... I will be thinking of you when I cut down my tree.

I invite any supporters of the claw to sign-up here:
http://www.southsidepark.org/claw

To all these folks too lazy to use a rake and put their leaves in a bin.... try using the mulching function on your lawn mower. The grass and earth will love it. All the effort you will have to make is opening your wallet to pay the neighborhood kid that mows your lawn...because you are too lazy to do that either.

fifthgensacramentan, I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.

Lasy ass city residents have enjoyed a service that they don't need to do any thing but push the piles into the gutter,great for storm drains,great for the roads too! the labor equipment.carbon footprint. the dam noise that I have had to listen to being across the street chippings should go back
to the earth where it came from and this policy which is not used by others has outlived its utility How come a county resident is mandated to use and pay for pickup,but the city cant change! BS 40 tears ago I remember the two garbage men that hung off of the backs of the trucks and we didnt have to move the cans !