He talks about creating an authority in order to control local sanitation districts.

Local sanitation districts do nothing but pick up the garbage.

Sacramento, Calif., $75 million of debt securities for the regional sanitation district.

An area-wide sanitation district was formed in 1923 to provide sewer facilities.

Beginning in 1952 the community maintained its own sanitation district; it was annexed by the city in 1963.

Pete Sampieri, the superintendent for the sanitation district, would have preferred to be consulted.

The agency is the third-largest sanitation district in the western United States.

Positions held varied greatly, from mayor to city council, school board to sanitation district.

The plan would affect 24 of the city's 59 sanitation districts - those where alternate-side parking is in effect six days a week.

In addition, only 4 of the city's 59 sanitation districts were rated "dirty" this year, compared with 7 last year.