In an inexplicable move, the mayor of San Francisco, Damián Bernarte, decided to municipalize part of the waste collection service. This places even more burden on public finances instead of solving the problem with austerity and order.
The measure, presented as a "cost-saving," actually hides a political decision: not to touch the structure of positions, advisors, and duplicated functions within the municipality. Instead of reducing political spending or modernizing the State, he chooses to add more responsibilities to the already limited local budget.
With municipal trucks and personnel, the State will now take over what a private company had been doing until now. However, far from representing an improvement, the decision raises doubts: does the municipality really have the capacity to take on more functions? Why not start by adjusting where the most is spent, which is in politics?
A political whim: spending more to avoid touching the municipal caste itself
In San Francisco there is an uncomfortable reality: there are too many positions, functions are duplicated and salaries are paid that do not always correlate with efficiency. However, the local government's response to the challenge of maintaining services was the same as always: spend more, instead of organizing what is already in place.
