“[Dumping] creates all the hardship and trash-looking ugliness that takes our neighborhood ... it wasn’t fully done — things needed to be put in place — but you have a template. You have a plan.” ...

The amount of trash and illegal dumping continues to skyrocket in San Jose, ... Dumped garbage blocks a sidewalk on Monterey Road in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024.

Illegal dumping is a big issue in the area, he said. "Trash, four-by-fours, anything you can imagine," he said about what he's seen dumped in his community. Jimenez says he's called Camden home ...