Wrecked and abandoned boats litter the shoreline or sink below the surface at Oakland Estuary, and nonprofits have been fighting for years to clean up the mess.
San Jose garbage and illegal dumping is becoming such a big problem, the city is pushing for a $3 million budget to combat the issue.
"I don't know what to think about it because this is insane, and it goes down the whole way. It's taken up a football field or two, and it's just completely sad."
"If people used cans as they are intended, we wouldn't really be having this hearing, we really wouldn't be seeing the issues that we're seeing on the street."
The state of California will dedicate $750,000 for a one-year pilot program to target illegal dumping in Contra Costa and Alameda counties.
Video shows the moments before a trash truck dumped burning garbage in the area, igniting the blaze which resulted in the loss of 76 structures, mainly homes at a hilltop mobile home park, according to fire officials.