Legal Opinion
Waste Resource Technologies v. DEPT. OF PUB. HLT. OF CITY AND CTY. OF SAN FRANCISCO
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 16, 1994No. A060784PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
POCHÉ, J.
The City and County of San Francisco (City) has a longstanding practice of granting to private entities what amounts to an exclusive franchise to collect refuse. The issue presented is whether the City’s authority to enter into this type of arrangement survived passage of the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989. We conclude that the City still has the power to grant an exclusive refuse collection permit.
Background
In November of 1932 the voters of San Francisco adopted an initiative measure entitled the Refuse Collection and Disposal Ordinance (Ordinance). It…
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