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Several years ago, it was mandated that cities with storm systems that feed into the bay must reduce the amount of trash by 70 . Oakland is way behind. The only way to comply now is to spend more money on cleanup efforts and a trapping system to keep the trash out. For oakland to avoid lawsuits and penalties that will cost taxpayers a lot, they have to add this money to the budget and clean up more trash and do it quick. Reporter he wants the city to spendnearly 2. 3 million over the years to clean the hot spots. These are where the homeless camps are located. Once the trash sits there, it gets worse and atracks more dumping. So i want crews dedicated to hot spots, not waiting for complaints. Reporter another Council Member is behind another plan that will require millions of dollars. To put more of these trash capture devices on our drains and storm water system. Thats going to help. But we have a lot more to do. Reporter the goal is to have zero trash in the storm drains by 2022. In

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