City officials said the solution is developing the next generation of trash can, one that is sturdy and can stand up to tampering, vandalism, and can incorporate recycling bins and high tech innovations like an automatic notification system when the trash inside needs to be picked up.

This is the part that really makes it peak San Francisco. What's the point of hostile design if your trash cans won't be hacked and used to mine Bitcoin within a week? (Extra points if they incorporate an electronic locking system that inevitably bricks itself)