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Goal is to identify 20K registered San Diego voters willing to sign a petition to repeal or reduce the City's trash and parking fees.
SIGN THE PETITION
The BALBOA PARK FREE PARKING RESTORATION ACT is headed to the 2026 ballot. We need 80,000 registered San Diego voters to sign the petition to qualify the initiative. Register now up to sign the petition.
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WHY REPEAL THE TRASH FEE...
Voters approved a 2022 measure based on misleading estimates of $23-29/month, but now face new trash fees of $43.60/month and rising to $55 - the highest in the county. San Diego should contract with private trash haulers like every other city in the county to save the City and taxpayers.
WHY REPEAL THE PARKING
FEES...
The City is using parking fees as a new profit center to generate revenue over and above the nominal cost to maintain parking stalls. Parking fees should only be enough to cover basic maintenance and generate turnover to allow for more public access. The new parking fees make San Diego less affordable.
Hold City Hall Accountable
It's time for San Diego voters to tell City Hall, "No more fees." The City needs to address the $250M deficit through organizational reforms, not on the backs of everyday San Diegans.
-Richard Bailey
-Richard Bailey
Next Steps
Gauge
Draft
Petition
A qualified legal team will draft the initiative.
File Petition
The initiative will be filed with the City of San Diego.
collect signatures
Once approved, organizers will leverage the 20K that volunteered to sign the petition, to collect signatures.
vote!
The initiative to repeal or reduce the City's trash and parking fees will be on the November 2026 ballot.
You should know...
The form above IS NOT the actual petition, rather it is the first step of gauging public support for a repeal or reduction of the City's trash and parking fees. If enough people express an interest in signing a future petition, an official effort will be launched.
Proposition 218 allows voters to place a referendum on the ballot with approximately 21K signatures of registered voters from the City of San Diego to repeal or reduce parcel-related fees, including the new fee for trash collection.
The City of San Diego charter allows the City Council to reconsider previously imposed non-parcel fees, such as the parking fees, with 24,500 signatures. Additionally, a ballot measure to repeal the parking fees can be placed on the ballot with approximately 82,000 signatures.
It is undetermined at this time whether either initiative would be for an outright repeal or reduction of the trash and/or parking fees.
If voters pass any changes, only voters would be allowed to change the fees in the future.
Proposition 218 allows voters to place a referendum on the ballot with approximately 21K signatures of registered voters from the City of San Diego to repeal or reduce parcel-related fees, including the new fee for trash collection.
The City of San Diego charter allows the City Council to reconsider previously imposed non-parcel fees, such as the parking fees, with 24,500 signatures. Additionally, a ballot measure to repeal the parking fees can be placed on the ballot with approximately 82,000 signatures.
It is undetermined at this time whether either initiative would be for an outright repeal or reduction of the trash and/or parking fees.
If voters pass any changes, only voters would be allowed to change the fees in the future.
Paid for by Repeal The Fees Ballot Measure Committee by Richard Bailey FPPC ID 1488777
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