STOCKTON — The Stockton City Council is set to vote on upping fines for illegal dumping and giving out a reward to people who help catch those who do it.
Stockton locals agree with this proposal and want to see their city cleaned up.
“It makes Stockton look ugly,” Eduardo Hernandez said.
Hernandez has lived in Stockton his whole life and is fed up with his neighborhood being someone else’s dumpster.
“They just drop it off anywhere, honestly,” he said. “They don’t really care. They’re basically messing up their own place where they live at.”
Mattresses, empty chairs, cribs, and even entire refrigerators have been left illegally on the side of the road.
Now, the city council proposes to put harder punishments on illegal dumpers and rewards for those who call them out.
Vice Mayor Kimberly Warmsley said she fully backs the proposal.
“I see people drive right up and just start dumping stuff right out of their cars,” she said. “So I’m looking to [Tuesday’s] meeting to convene and do just that.”