WITH JULIETTE GOODRICH. >> GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR JOINING US AT 6:00. >>> NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THEIR CITY BECOME A DUMPING GROUND. THAT IS WHY AN OAKLAND MAN WHO SAW THIS HAPPEN WAS SO SHOCKED HE SAYS HE HAD TO START RECORDING. SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE, A TRUCK BLATANTLY DUMPING PILES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEBRIS AT A CITY PARK. THIS HAPPENED EARLIER THIS WEEK IN A PARKING LOT NEXT TO OAKPORT PARK BY THE MLK JR. REGIONAL SHORELINE TRAIL. THE MAN WHO TOOK THE VIDEO SAYS IT'S BAD ENOUGH TO SEE IT HAPPEN. IT'S EVEN WORSE THE TRUCK VERY CLEARLY BELONGED TO A BUSINESS. DA LIN JOINING US LIVE. YOU REACHED OUT TO THE BUSINESS. WHAT DID THEY SAY? >> Reporter: YEAH, JULIETTE. THE OWNER SAYS YUP, IT IS HIS TRUCK IN THE VIDEO, BUT HE SAYS IT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM OR HIS COMPANY. MORE ON HIS RESPONSE SHORTLY, BUT THIS IS WHERE IT HAPPENED IN THIS PARKING LOT RIGHT HERE. PUBLIC WORKS CAME BY ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AGO AND THEY TOOK MOST OF THAT TRASH. THIS IS WHAT'S LEFT. A BRAZEN ACT, AROUND 3:30 ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON A WITNESS SAYS THERE WERE OTHER CARS AND PEOPLE IN THE PARKING LOT. >> WHEN HE WAS LOOKING ALL AROUND SEEING IF SOMEBODY WAS LOOKING AT HIM, SO THAT'S WHEN I DECIDED TO BRING OUT MY PHONE AND RECORD IT, SEE IF HE WAS GOING TO DUMP IT. SURE ENOUGH, HE OPENED UP THE DOORS AND HE KIND OF LOOKED AROUND, STARTED DUMPING IT, CLOSED HIS DOORS AND JUST SPED OFF. >> Reporter: THE WITNESS WANTS TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS DUE TO STATE OF REASONS. ASIDE FROM THE VIDEO, HE SHOT PICTURES OF THE TRUCK, INCLUDING THE LICENSE PLATE. THE WITNESS SAYS HE IMMEDIATELY REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO 311. HE WAS OUTRAGED SOMEONE WITH A COMPANY TRUCK WOULD TRASH HIS CITY. >> GOING THERE AS A KID TO THOSE FIELDS AND ACTUALLY WATCHING MY FRIENDS AND MYSELF PLAYING A LITTLE BIT OF SOCCER, I GREW UP HERE. I LOVE MY CITY. >> Reporter: THE TRUCK HAS THE LOGO OF GALINDO TREE CARE BASED OUT OF CONCORD. THE OWNER JOSE GALINDO SAID HE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. HE WROTE IN AN EMAIL RESPONSE, "I RENTED MY DUMPING TRUCK THIS PAST TUESDAY. I DIDN'T KNOW THE GUY WAS DUMPING GARBAGE EVERYWHERE. WHEN I ASKED FOR A COPY OF THE RENTAL AGREEMENT, HE COULD NOT IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE ONE. ON THE COMPANY WEBSITE NOWHERE DOES IT SAY TRUCK RENTAL AS PART OF THE BUSINESS. A MAN CALLED ME TO SAY HE IS THE PERSON SEEN HERE AND HE RENTED THE TRUCK FROM GALINDO TREE CARE. HE SAYS AN OAKLAND CITY WORKER INSTRUCTED HIM TO DUTCH THE CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS IN THIS PARKING LOT. I ASKED HIM FOR NAME AND EVIDENCE. HE DID NOT PROVIDE ANYTHING. >> I DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE. I THINK HE'S JUST LYING JUST TO COVER IT UP, YOU KNOW. I DON'T THINK A COMPANY WITH THEIR LOGO, THEIR LICENSE, THEY WON'T RENT OUT A TRUCK TO ANYBODY JUST BECAUSE THEIR INSURANCE WON'T COVER THAT PERSON IF HE'S IN AN ACCIDENT OR NOTHING. >> Reporter: AFTER WE SHARED THE VIDEO WITH THE CITY ON FRIDAY AN INSPECTOR CAME OUT TO INVESTIGATE. PUBLIC WORKS SENT TWO TRUCKS TO REMOVE THE CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS AND A LARGE PILE OF DIRT, NO INTERVIEW, BUT THE CITY SAYS IN 2023 THEY ISSUED AT LEAST 400 CITATIONS TO VIOLATORS. THE CITY PROVIDED THIS GRAPHIC SHOWING IN FISCAL YEAR 2021/2022 PUBLIC WORKS CREWS PICKED UP 17,000 TONS OF TRASH. THAT'S 34 MILLION POUNDS OF TRASH. >> I FEEL BAD, YOU KNOW. WHOLE FAMILIES COMING HERE ON SUNDAYS FOR THE PLAY IN THE FIELDS. >> Reporter: MANY FAMILIES PARK IN THIS LOT TO EITHER GO PLAY SOCCER AT OAKPORT FIELD OR WALK ON THE NEARBY WATERFRONT TRAIL. >> A LOT OF THAT ENDS UP IN THE WATER. ONCE IT STARTS RAINING, THAT ENDS UP ON THE BAY. >> Reporter: THE WITNESS WHO SHOT THE VIDEO IS ASKING OTHERS TO HELP KEEP OAKLAND CLEAN. >> TAKE OUT YOUR CAMERA AND JUST RECORD THEM AND REPORT THEM. LET'S MAKE OUR CITY LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER. >> Reporter: AN OAKLAND CITY SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE ILLEGAL DUMPING CITATION CAN GO UP TO $1,000. THAT'S ON TOP OF THE CLEANING COST FOR ALL OF THIS. SO IT APPEARS AN INVESTIGATOR WILL BE REACHING OUT TO GALINDO TREE CARE COMPANY VERY SOON. >> WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP ON THIS. SO MUCH CHEAPER TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY THAN FACE THE FINES AND HAVE THAT MESS BEHIND YOU. DA, THANK YOU. THANKS TO THAT PERSON WHO SHOT THAT VIDEO. WE'VE BEEN COVERING THIS PROBLEM A WHILE. THE CITY HAS BEEN TRYING VARIOUS STRATEGIES TO TACKLE ILLEGAL DUMPING. IT RECENTLY WRAPPED UP A 90-DAY PILOT PROGRAM TO ADDRESS THINGS LIKE TRASH AND GRAFFITI IN SOME OF ITS MOST TROUBLED NEIGHBORHOODS. THE OAKLAND FRESH PROGRAM STARTED IN JANUARY AND WRAPPED UP ON EARTH DAY. THE CITY SAYS IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OAKLAND PUBLIC WORKS STAFF CLEARED MORE THAN 140 PILES OF ILLEGALLY DUMPED DEBRIS IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENROLLED 75 LOCAL BUSINESSES IN GARBAGE TO REDU
