SANITATION – Instead of fixing inefficiency and demanding accountability, Los Angeles leaders are balancing the budget on the backs of struggling families.
Los Angeles families are already living at the breaking point. Rents are at record highs, groceries cost more each week, utility bills are climbing, and wages have not kept up with inflation. Yet, instead of relief, City Hall has decided to hit Angelenos with another financial blow: a staggering 54% increase in trash collection fees.
Let’s call this what it is — a tax by another name. For thousands of households, this increase is not a small change. It is hundreds of dollars more per year on top of already stretched budgets. The City may frame this as a necessary adjustment for “rising operating costs” and “labor obligations,” but to everyday residents, it feels like a betrayal…