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L.A. City is raising trash collection fees for the first time in 17 years.
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L.A. City is raising trash collection fees for the first time in 17 years.

For the first time in 17 years, Los Angeles is raising trash collection fees starting in mid-November. Tom Carroll met up with his colleague Julia Wick, who just reported on the change, to explain why the city is doing it now—and what it could mean for you.

Tom Carroll. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Julia Wick.
By Tom Carroll and Julia Wick
California
Tom Carroll

Tom Carroll is a content creator for the Los Angeles Times. Before joining The Times in 2022, he created, produced and hosted the web series “Tom Explores Los Angeles.” He has produced stories for NPR and Gimlet. A fourth-generation Southern Californian, he is a graduate of Occidental College and the University of Southern California.

Julia Wick

Julia Wick is a former reporter at the Los Angeles Times. She and her colleagues won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news for reporting on a leaked audio recording that upended Los Angeles politics. She was also part of the team that was a 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist for work covering a fatal shooting on the set of the film “Rust.” Before joining The Times, Wick was the editor in chief of LAist.

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