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In the 1880s, San Jose built a simple sewage disposal system that discharged untreated wastewater directly into the San Francisco Bay. It was the largest sewage disposal system in the South Bay, with enough capacity for 250,000 people despite a population under 15,000, in order to discharge organic waste from the city's many fruit canneries.
It operated as an open burning dump until 1956 when it became a landfill. In 1956, the San Jose Scavenger Company started the landfill operations. In 1968, it was annexed into the city of San Jose as a non-conforming zone. [4] In 1973, Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) of Northern California began operation of this site late in 1973. [7]
The former San Jose City Hall in 1854; San Jose's is California's oldest civilian settlement, founded in 1777. On January 4, 1850, the California constitutional committee recommended the formation of 18 counties.
The government of San Jose, officially the City of San José, operates as a charter city within California law under the San José City Charter. [1] The elected government of the city, which operates as a council–manager government, is composed of the Mayor of San Jose (currently Matt Mahan), the San Jose City Council, and several other elected offices.
In 1988, San Francisco's Solid Waste Management Program set diversion goals, calling for a 32 percent reduction in the city's waste stream by 1992 and 43 percent by 2002. However, in 1989, the California legislature preempted San Francisco's goals by passing the Integrated Waste Management Act (AB 939), which set waste reduction goals of 25 ...
Anthony P. Hamann (September 26, 1909 – March 27, 1977), better known as A. P. Hamann or Dutch, was the city manager of San Jose, California, USA, from 1950 to 1969.During his tenure, San Jose grew from a small agriculture-based city of 95,000 residents to a large economically diverse city of almost 500,000.
This is a list of city managers of San Jose, California from the establishment of the office by charter amendment in 1916. Thomas H. Reed July 1916–October 1918; W. C. Bailey August 1918–October 1920; C. B. Goodwin October 1920–May 1944; John J. Lynch May 1944–1946; O. W. Campbell June 1946–December 1949; Anthony P. "Dutch" Hamann ...
San Francisco started to make changes to their waste management policies in 2009 with the expectation to be zero waste by 2030. [101] Council made changes such as making recycling and composting a mandatory practice for businesses and individuals, banning Styrofoam and plastic bags, putting charges on paper bags, and increasing garbage ...