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Crosscurrents is our award-winning radio news magazine, broadcasting Mondays through Thursdays at 11 a.m. on 91.7 FM. We make joyful, informative stories that engage people across the economic, social, and cultural divides in our community. Listen to full episodes at kalw.org/crosscurrents

Cleaning up San Francisco's streets

 Christopher McDaniels
Courtesy of Christopher McDaniels
Christopher McDaniels

This story aired in the July 13, 2023 episode of Crosscurrents.

"We clean 24 hours a day, but we can't maintain it ... immediately after we clean, it's back in its original condition."

To finish up our series Trash Week, Crosscurrents host Hana Baba talked to Christopher McDaniels — the superintendent of the Bureau of Street Environmental Services, working within San Francisco’s Department of Public Works.

In this interview, they discussed littering, illegal dumping, and how his department is addressing the trash problem in the City.

This story was made to be heard. If you are able, press the play button above to listen.

Reporter Mary Catherine O'Connor helped produce the interview.

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Hana Baba is host of Crosscurrents, KALW's weeknight newsmagazine that broadcasts on KALW Public Radio in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Mary Catherine O’Connor is a radio and print reporter whose beats include climate change, energy, material circularity, waste, technology, and recreation. She was a 2022-23 Audio Academy Fellow at KALW . She has reported for leading publications including Outside, The Guardian, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera America, and many trade magazines. In 2014 she co-founded a reader-supported experiment in journalism, called Climate Confidential.