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Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Snapcrap!

Yes, you read that right, SnapC-R-A-P, not "chat," an app created and launched last week by Sean Miller. It alerts San Francisco's Public Works Department that a citizen using the app on their smartphone has found a pile of excrement on a sidewalk that needs to be cleaned up. The app (only currently available for iOS users) uses GPS to locate the pile (human or otherwise) and alert clean-up crews where to find it. Users get to keep track of their complaints, too!

"City officials have taken steps in recent years to combat the persistent problem of human waste on streets, including placing public toilets in 12 neighborhoods and, most recently, forming a team of five public works staffers — dubbed the poop patrol — who soon will begin combing neighborhoods and steam-cleaning areas where waste is found." http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-snapcrap-20181008-story.html

Another link with a video:
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Snapcrap-App-Developer-Hopes-to-Help-Clean-Up-San-Francisco-Streets-495076441.html

Los Osos has a poop problem too, some human. But the bulk of poop left around is supplied by dogs with lazy owners who fail to pick up after them. I don't think an app would help our situation any, but our town would be a lot nicer if we could fix the open air waste problem, especially since we finally have a sewer to fix the below ground poop and pee problem caused by septic tank density.

I do know that some LO citizens DO pick up the doo-doo left by shameless dog owners, and a hearty THANK-YOU goes out to each one of you.

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