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Staffing, equipment shortages leading to missed street sweeping routes in Long Beach • Long Beach Post News

The city’s Street Sweeping division has up to 14 routes to service per day and has 18 positions (17 sweeper operators and one supervisor) budgeted in the division but has been reduced to just nine sweeper operators at its lowest point, Diko Melkonian, deputy director of Public Works wrote in the memo. ....

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Long Beach City Council could extend outdoor parklet program through June 2022 • Long Beach Post News

Long Beach City Council could extend outdoor parklet program through June 2022 • Long Beach Post News
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Buried in trash from the COVID-19 pandemic, Long Beach refuse workers focus on targeted cleanups with extra funding • Long Beach Post News


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Old couches, televisions and overflowing bins clogged alleyways. Furniture was sometimes labeled with a “COVID” sign as a warning that someone in that household had been infected. Trash trucks increased daily routes to manage the overflow.
“Last year was by far the worst I’ve ever seen it,” he said. “We were slammed.”
As more people stayed home in the pandemic and produced more trash, Long Beach last year saw a roughly 13% increase in refuse collection, amounting to about 25,000 tons of extra garbage, said Diko Melkonian, who heads the Environmental Services Bureau in Public Works.
The city also saw a 38% increase in requests to pick up bulky items and a 34% increase in illegal dumping in alleys (about 700 additional requests per month), as residents with more time on their hands cleaned out their garages and yards. The department saw about 140,000 complaints and calls for trash service last year, up 30% from the previous year. ....

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