Illegal dumping complaints have fallen dramatically over the past three years in San Joaquin County, but there’s still too much junk strewn around vacant lots, gullies and roadsides that needs to be picked up and hauled away.
That was the conclusion of officials appearing before the county Board of Supervisors this week to monitor progress of the “Three E’s” plan.
The county’s Illegal Dumping Task Force, formed in 2022, developed its Education, Enforcement and Eradication plan. The efforts bring together the Administrator’s Office, Public Works, the Sheriff’s Office, Community Development and the District Attorney’s Office to support the county’s illegal dumping ordinance…