as ktvu is elissa harrington reports. the programme does come with freebies for people looking to get rid of those unwanted items. would be pounded to the gate. tires beds, couches, dressers, some residents in east oakland said the amount of trash piling up on sidewalks vacant lots near overpasses and train tracks is out of control. 12 year old yea. ellie has a hard time just walking to the grocery store with her grandmother. sad because when my grandma go to the story, and we have to pass through the street because we can't get through the sidewalk is how much stress there is now. a new program aims to encourage people to stop illegal dumping and start cleaning up the city. it allows all oakland residents free, bulky way service. here's how it works. you can either hall the items yourself to the drop off site at the data st transfer station in san leandro. or schedule curbside pickup for the first time, renters can reach out directly to schedule a disposal. we want to encourage those of you who are renters to take advant

the goal is to get bulky items things like mattresses, tires and furniture off the street. and as part of the new effort, the city has partnered with waste management to offer free pickup and drop offs. ktvu elissa harrington live for us tonight in oakland with more on this new program, melissa. yes this is a real problem here in oakland, oakland public works said that it cleaned up more than 23,000 tons of illegal dumping in just one year's time. now with this new program does is create free options for residents to get rid of that bulky waste. would be pound up to the gate tires, beds, couche, dressers, some residents in east oakland said the amount of trash piling up on sidewalks vacant lots near overpasses and train tracks is out of control. 12 year old generally has a hard time just walking to the grocery store with her grandmother. sad because when i got to go to the story, and we have to pass through the street because we can't get through the sidewalk. is how much stress there is now. a new program aims to encourage people to stop illegal dumping and start cleaning

>> harrington furniture. >> the hon. london breed: it's a third generation irish family that owns it. you can go visit fiona, and she can get you anything that you want. there's something about connecting to your community. there's something about connecting to the small businesses in your community. it helps them stay in business, but it also helps us stay a better community as a whole. some of you remember food land. it turned into another store, but we all called it food land, and we knew everybody that worked there because that's what being in the community is about. when we take the time to do that, something different happens. we connect, we connect with community. so what we're asking people to do for the month of may is to connect with community, to connect with our small businesses, to go out of your way, to go out of your way -- well, not just go out of your way, but to make effort to buy locally. during this pandemic, this is what i've been doing, is going to my businesses. crystal way and a number of other cr

>> harrington furniture. >> the hon. london breed: it's a third generation irish family that owns it. you can go visit fiona, and she can get you anything that you want. there's something about connecting to your community. there's something about connecting to the small businesses in your community. it helps them stay in business, but it also helps us stay a better community as a whole. some of you remember food land. it turned into another store, but we all called it food land, and we knew everybody that worked there because that's what being in the community is about. when we take the time to do that, something different happens. we connect, we connect with community. so what we're asking people to do for the month of may is to connect with community, to connect with our small businesses, to go out of your way, to go out of your way -- well, not just go out of your way, but to make effort to buy locally. during this pandemic, this is what i've been doing, is going to my businesses. crystal way and a number of other cr

>> harrington furniture. >> the hon. london breed: it's a third generation irish family that owns it. you can go visit fiona, and she can get you anything that you want. there's something about connecting to your community. there's something about connecting to the small businesses in your community. it helps them stay in business, but it also helps us stay a better community as a whole. some of you remember food land. it turned into another store, but we all called it food land, and we knew everybody that worked there because that's what being in the community is about. when we take the time to do that, something different happens. we connect, we connect with community. so what we're asking people to do for the month of may is to connect with community, to connect with our small businesses, to go out of your way, to go out of your way -- well, not just go out of your way, but to make effort to buy locally. during this pandemic, this is what i've been doing, is going to my businesses. crystal way and a number of other cr

>> harrington furniture. >> the hon. london breed: it's a third generation irish family that owns it. you can go visit fiona, and she can get you anything that you want. there's something about connecting to your community. there's something about connecting to the small businesses in your community. it helps them stay in business, but it also helps us stay a better community as a whole. some of you remember food land. it turned into another store, but we all called it food land, and we knew everybody that worked there because that's what being in the community is about. when we take the time to do that, something different happens. we connect, we connect with community. so what we're asking people to do for the month of may is to connect with community, to connect with our small businesses, to go out of your way, to go out of your way -- well, not just go out of your way, but to make effort to buy locally. during this pandemic, this is what i've been doing, is going to my businesses. crystal way and a number of other cr

>> harrington furniture. >> the hon. london breed: it's a third generation irish family that owns it. you can go visit fiona, and she can get you anything that you want. there's something about connecting to your community. there's something about connecting to the small businesses in your community. it helps them stay in business, but it also helps us stay a better community as a whole. some of you remember food land. it turned into another store, but we all called it food land, and we knew everybody that worked there because that's what being in the community is about. when we take the time to do that, something different happens. we connect, we connect with community. so what we're asking people to do for the month of may is to connect with community, to connect with our small businesses, to go out of your way, to go out of your way -- well, not just go out of your way, but to make effort

focusing on state and consignment sales of use furniture and antiques. they were a fixture on valencia street for over 50 years and his daughter opportunities to run the business. i know that his family will miss him because i am friends with his son shane and my daughter is dear friends with shane's children deck land and evelyn. and they've all told us beautiful stories about their dad and their grandfather and he will be deeply, deeply missed and loved but his memory will continue. >> thank you, supervisor ronen. >> thank you, madam clerk, colleagues, today with supervisor haney i'm calling for a hearing to receive information from the public as well as from the office of economic and workforce development and there are subsidiary office, the office of small business on their collective efforts around business relief since we finalized our last budget, obviously during the pandemic, and how we have begun to pivot grants to small businesses to support their recovery efforts and by way of background, my office has had some issues, not directly around th

focusing on state and consignment sales of use furniture and antiques. they were a fixture on valencia street for over 50 years and his daughter opportunities to run the business. i know that his family will miss him because i am friends with his son shane and my daughter is dear friends with shane's children deck land and evelyn. and they've all told us beautiful stories about their dad and their grandfather and he will be deeply, deeply missed and loved but his memory will continue. >> thank you, supervisor ronen. >> thank you, madam clerk, colleagues, today with supervisor haney i'm calling for a hearing to receive information from the public as well as from the office of economic and workforce development and there are subsidiary office, the office of small business on their collective efforts around business relief since we finalized our last budget, obviously during the pandemic, and how we have begun to pivot grants to small businesses to support their recovery efforts and by way of background, my