Brazen illegal dumping in Oakland caught on camera 

Props to the camera man. Owner of that truck is a liar 💯

The owner sounds like a liar

Horse pocky. The tree company knows exactly who dumped this stuff. There should be a $10,000 fine for businesses that illegally dump stuff.

$1,000 fine that's it? Sounds like a bargain compared to the time and money saved going to a dump. Fine should be $10,000... see how many people dump then.

I ran my own landscape business. There's no way I would ever rent out any of my equipment. The truck owner is obviously lying.

the dude in the truck has the same logo on his safety vest

These guys are charging some one a dumping fee , then instead of taking it to the county dump and paying them , they keep the money and do an illegal dump.. It's the same with tire dumping..

Boycott Galindo Tree Company!!

Company should be responsible for bill. No matter of “rented.” His truck his problem.

Should make commercial dumping a felony

Owner says he rented it out , can't produce any documentation .Anonymous caller said he was the renter , said a city official whose name he didn't have , told him to dump it there . So mister Galindo as well as being an illegal dumper , is also a prolific liar . He tipped it in a park ! What a dirtbag .

Galindo can't even lie their way out of this one. TRASH company.

Why can’t some inspector suspend the Business or Contractor License of that company? Take them out of Business immediately.

"Oh yeah I rented my truck to someone... nah I don't have any proof of me doing it, but yeah that's it... oh yeah he paid in cash too so I don't even know who it was" Unfortunately illegal dumping fines are disgustingly low, so there's no real discouragement to it at all.

That is definitely him/his employee lol

Jose Galindo needs to go to prison. There is zero chance that he is not connected with this. What a crook.

Weak on crime. Only $1,000 fine. Ridiculous. I want to see a follow up on this and see what the prosecution is.

Kinda funny that some guy who 'rented the truck' had the same logo on the back of his hi viz safety vest as the logo on the truck. Must have rented that too! A real full-service rental.

his biz license should be revoked and be banned from operating a business in the future.

He has everything to do with it! Hold this business owner accountable. What a POS.

Give offenders a week in jail and bill them the clean up cost...

So you rent your truck out without requiring a copy of drivers liscense, proof of insurance, credit card, deposit, contract, return date, agreement on gas used, Great business man

In Oakland you can't tell an illegal dumping site from a homeless encampment.

So I hope the company received a citation?

Pretty brazen to dump in the afternoon hours thinking no one is watching.

your truck your responsibility!!

Yep, my truck with all my info on it but nothing to do with me.

Well we don’t enforce contractor laws so we have a bunch of unlicensed and uninsured guys doing projects and we’re literally saying “Yeah we like to break the law to save money” so what do we all expect?

I live in San Jose and I see this everywhere

the Oakland city better hurry up to catch that company before they disappear or run away,,

It's always smart to have a giant sign letting you know who is responsible.

Sigh, why do people do this?

Oakland's garbage include all of the criminals, vandals, and sideshows.

There should be criminal charges, and not just pittance fines. For this business $1,000 is barely a slap on the wrist.

Thank You for covering this , this will go a long way

The Business Owner new exactly what they were doing

That's what happens when a state makes doing business financially impossible.

I absolutely love this very thorough report! This is what it is to inform your community for the better.

Part of the problem is waste management charges a lot of money to dump construction debris. Looking at that load it would cost close to $1000 to legally dump it.....the citation might be cheaper.

The company has everything to do with it.

Thank you getting involved. Hero!!!

Thank you, Da Lin, for this superb journalism!

You are only allowed to do this if you are homeless

They would’ve charged him 1k to dump legally 🤣🤣

i've seen it before, but not in an empty field like this but some other company's trash bin w/o the company's permission. this is horrible.

My dude Da Lin. Great to see him still on the beat.

Increase the Fine to help fund Oakland's City Budget. Also, Court Order of 32 hours of Work Detail.

WTF is wrong with people?

Oakland never ceases to amaze me

All I see is another hard-working immigrant helping to make this country a better place.

I'm 43 and have lived in San Francisco all my life. Oakland has never looked habitable. It's always depressed me whenever I went there.

Build the wall.

how much was that company dumping before he got caught

Record 'em and report 'em! Thank you, cameraman witness!

I live in farmland down south of Morgan Hill. And every weekend, trucks like this come by and dump somewhere in our neighborhood and they do it at night when everyone is sleeping and since our house is 500 ft off the road, you never hear them do it. Drive down the street and bam, new pile of garbage. It takes about a week for it to get cleaned up and Piles that end up in front of my house I end up cleaning up and running to the dump just to get rid of it since sometimes they pull up into my field and dump it and if its not on the city street, I get stuck with the bill of cleaning it up. And it sucks, it costs money to dump and I am having to pay someone else's bill. I think it should be a high fine and minimum 30 days in jail for the first offense, and double it on the second, then give them a year for the third and remove their drivers license and make them wear ankle bracelets so they can be tracked. Its a huge problem, 34 million pounds of illegally dumped garbage just in Oakland, what about all the other cities around it? And companies like this do rent out their trucks, especially if business is slow and they need money to make the payments on those trucks. Its a risk yes with insurance, but sometimes you have to do it to make ends meet and pay the bills. It sucks for them if someone like this uses it to do something illegal because everyone will blame the business instead of the driver. SO this tree business will lose business because someone rented his truck committed a crime and he will pay for it just like we all paid to have that mess cleaned up.

I rent my trucks to anyone for cash, heck I dont even ask for a permit or id its so complicated. Right well gosh we better tell your insurance company you rent out for cash to unknown folks, be a shame those policies get killed.

What is the city going to do now?

This isn't the only time this company has dumped in the area

It happens in any ghetto across the country.

Oakland is going to Oakland

Our world would be safer and better in every respect if there were more citizens like the one who recorded and reported the incident. Kudos to him!

How did this person notice someone was dumping trash in a trash dump of a city?

Oakland is a dump. Not illegal.

I see these guys all over the east bay , 😂seems legit , in all honesty you can’t really tell in Oakland but ya that’s crazy

Why would the employee choose to break the law when the only one that profits from this is the company owner? My guess is that the employee will be vilified by the company as though it was the employees idea to dump it at the park. You can see that the driver of the truck is wearing a vest with the same logo as the company -- IOW's, the driver is an employee of the company!

Thanks for all info, calling and writing the company, BBB, and sharing! This company will be out of business, no wants to do business with this company anymore!

Japan doesn’t have this problem.

Are you sure? This is Oakland I don’t think anything is illegal.

A worker ain't going to tell you to go dump that in a park. He's lying and you do not rent out your equipment. He know as owner he knows what he was doing so hope the city sues him and shut him down

Altamont pass road is constantly having construction companies dumping items on the side of the road. It took Alameda county nearly a year to clean up the mess after it was so bad it started blocking the road in places.

Good job, citizen videographer!!!

What do you think Greyhound buses do with they grey tanks? They have no places in place to off load toilets, not at any of their bus stations. This i personally had to smell on recent trip but also was verified via bus driver and mechanic sitting behind him

Wow, at least the city knows who to go after for the cleanup.

The owner was shocked. When asked for comment, he said, "We don't condone that in any way! I always tell my employees to cover our logo before they do ... er.. I mean we rented it out that weekend... Yeah, that's the ticket..."

broken window phenomenon.

They do it here in Hayward,CA too. Off industrial ave and winton ave .

Absolutely ridiculous

In Pa they used to impound the truck and suspend your driver's license for quite a long time, and that was just for starters, There were felony charges involved. Not sure what it is now.

“You guys know if this is 2024 Oakland?.. yea ok.” -driver

Oakland already struggles with this. Smh.

Companies have been doing this for years especially pre pandemic and the citys do nothing about it especially when your a town people drive through to their destination.

Where exactly is the border ?

Great 👍 job to the man who filmed it

who edited this video???

How in the heck is that stupid owner going to not take responsibility saying it doesn't have anything to do with him? Yes it does. That's your truck. Those are your workers. That's your crap. I hope the city gets that owner and puts him out of business and sues him for everything he has

his truck his problem , then he or she can go after the person that rented it

These Companies should Definitely be held accountable. They hire the drivers, tell them to make the junk go away and don't bring it back. You can bet if there was accountability, they would be registered as frequent violators, who see Oakland as a "go to" dumpsite, and with the gentleman filming the act, got caught this time. Years ago, public dumps were accessible to all, and the problem wasn't as prevalent, as now. Fees to dump have gone crazy high, that's if what you're dumping qualifies for that particular dumpsite. How about those billion some odd gallons of toxic liquid substances (including raw sewage) that got dumped into San Francisco bay and surrounding waterways last week. Think about how tough it was to determine how much, and for how long that has been going on, and more importantly, who cleans up that toxic mess, as it makes its way into your ground water table .

Trash being dumped in Oakland is like dumping in a dump. He got confused...😅

shout out to you man, finally someone with a brain

DON'T DO BUSINESS WITH THIS PEOPLE.... DISGUSTING!!!!

I used to walk on that trail when I worked on Rollins Way.

Dumping charges is outrageous

And nothing will be done

It’s Oakland, how can you tell one pile of rubbish from another?

It probably blends in with the area

good job brother keep filming

“No one wants to see their city become a dumping ground.” That’s why they’re living in Oakland, so they don’t have to see it become one, it already is one.

SMH

It was a misunderstanding someone that works for the Oakland city told him he can dump there. It’s not the company’s fault it’s the guy that told him he can dump there. Most of the people that are commenting haven’t even had service from Galindo tree care.

They should be charged 100k fine to help clean up Oakland from all the trash that they didn't get caught dumping.