A COTERIE OF OAKLAND political big wigs gathered at City Hall on Monday to praise the passage of a new ordinance that increases penalties for illegal dumping and expands efforts to clean up city streets. 

The amendments to Oakland’s illegal dumping law were sponsored by Mayor Barbara Lee and City Councilmember Zac Unger and passed unanimously by the City Council last week. 

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.