Could San Francisco Turn to Drones to Solve Its Illegal Dumping Problem? ^28%

KQED - By Spencer Whitney - 5/21/2026, 11:31 PM

Pessimism Bias 17.3% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 16.7% - Appeal to Authority 13.6%

San Francisco took a step forward on Thursday towards allowing the city to use drones and cameras to identify a visible problem — piles of illegally dumped trash on public streets. A Board of Supervisors committee advanced a proposal to use automated license plate readers on cameras and drones to sweep the city and capture evidence of... more