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Department of Sanitation's enforcement capacity and complaint handling
1:13:50
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Council Member Sanchez inquires about the Department of Sanitation's enforcement capacity, focusing on the number of agents, complaints received, and violations issued.
- Sanitation has 35 dedicated enforcement agents
- They received approximately 22,000-25,000 complaints in the last year
- The department issued about 5,000 violations in the fiscal year to date
- Highlights the high volume of complaints relative to the number of enforcement personnel
Pierina Sanchez
1:13:50
We are looking forward to speaking with you.
1:13:54
But from the health department's perspective, the focus that we bring to the conversation is on food safety.
1:14:02
Thank you.
1:14:04
Turning to Department of Sanitation, so am I understanding correctly, you have 35 agents dedicated to enforcement.
1:14:11
You've received 22,000 complaints in last year and each issued 5,000 violations?
Joshua Goodman
1:14:17
Yes, that's correct.
1:14:19
It's 35 sanitation police officers.
1:14:22
In calendar year 2024, it was about 25,000 complaints.
1:14:28
If you want to do fiscal year '25, to date it's 22,000.
1:14:31
So that's about how many we're looking at in an average year, and thus far in fiscal twenty five we've issued just shy of 5,000 summonses.