The City Council Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a proposed ordinance increasing trash collection fees, the first rate adjustment in 17 years, with the rate hike expected to hit customers next month.

In April, council members instructed the Bureau of Sanitation and City Attorney’s office to draft the ordinance to update fees for its trash collection service, formally known as the Solid Resources Program. On Tuesday, council members voted 12-2 to approve the ordinance, which will require a second vote next week before it can be sent to Mayor Karen Bass for consideration.

Council members Adrin Nazarian and Monica Rodriguez opposed the increase while Councilman Curren Price was absent during the vote.

City officials have said the rate change is necessary to cover organic waste disposa

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