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The practice of dumping green waste on the street may become a thing of the past. The City Council will discuss a proposal Tuesday to ask voters if they want to place their piles of leaves in bins instead of in the street. The people of Sacramento banned bins in 1977. “On September 27, 1977, city of Sacramento voters passed Measure A, an initiative ordinance that prohibited the city from requiring containerized collection of yard and garden refuse (green waste),” according to a Utilities Department report that will be presented to the City Council Nov. 10. The department is asking the City Council if it wants to sponsor an initiative to overturn the ban on the bins. A city ordinance est