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After more than 100 years of free trash services under the people’s ordinance, a new price could be tacked on thanks to Measure B. The city’s feedback meetings are meant to explain the how, why, and when this will happen.They are even changing the minds of those who originally voted no on the measure.
Because I'm on a fixed income and I don't, you know, my husband's in a memory care facility that costs a lot of money a month,” said Gloria Van Grove, another attendee at the event.The People’s Ordinance was originally adopted back in 1919 and prevented the city from charging for trash collection and disposal.It was even amended in 1986, before the Measure B vote undid that.“And do you remember whether you voted yes or no on Measure B?” I asked.“I voted no,” said Van Grove.
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