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OAKLAND, Calif. (KTVU) - Some East Bay residents say they're sick of living in areas prone to illegal garbage dumping and its time that city officials do something about it.
Members of Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) picked up illegally dumped trash from the streets of Oakland and delivered it to city leaders.
"The system is broken it's not enough people working to deal with all this trash. Usually we're the last ones they come to pick up," says Lizzie Holloway of Oakland.
"I can tell you whose trash it is, but the city of Oakland does not enforce it like we should," says Oakland City Council member Noel Gallo.
Every weekend for the last four years Council member Gallo says he has helped clean up the trash in district five, the area he represents. Gallo says illegal dumping is an ongoing problem in the city of Oakland despite laws to address the issue.
However, he says the city is lacking when it comes to enforcing those laws.
"I can't arrest anyone and I can't cite anyone, but certainly our police department can and we may need to extend it to the fire department because they have authority to do that," says Gallo.
But until then people living in parts of East Oakland just have to live with the situation. Bags and bags of trash, stoves, even car parts littering their streets.
"This isn't how humans are supposed to live. We shouldn't have to live like this. We have enough resources to at least come out and get this within 48 hours," says Oakland resident Anthony Mcrae.
People living in the community say often times it takes four to five days to pick up their trash. So they took matters into their own hands, picking up the trash themselves and dumping it at the doorstep of city leaders inside Oakland City Hall.
"Are you worried about getting a ticket for illegal dumping? No, I don't mind getting that ticket. It's worth it," says Holloway.
Council member Gallo says the city is purchasing surveillance cameras, which they will put in parts of the city where illegal dumping is rampant.