Rachel Gordon
Director of Policy and Communications at San Francisco Public Works. Speaks in this episode about the city's trash can placement, redesign process, and litter policy.
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Mar 31, 2026 • 28min
Service Request #3: Why Is There So Much Litter in San Francisco?
Rachel Gordon, policy and communications director at San Francisco Public Works, gets into San Francisco’s litter puzzle. She talks trash can placement and a 2017 experiment that flooded intersections with bins. Then the conversation turns to why more cans failed, how vandalism shaped a nine-year redesign, and why street cleanliness became a civic flashpoint.
