SF has huge problems with street people emptying out garbage cans in search for food and tradable goods. The Big Belly options that were tried turned out to be targets for vandals and when they did work out the compacted trash ended up being too heavy for haulers to handle without specialized equipment.
The reason you think this is overcomplicating things is that you haven't bothered to actually investigate the problem or attempts that have been made to solve it.
Those are not serious or widespread problems. Other cities manage to make do with cheaper options. This is just another case of lazy, overpaid government employees trying to justify their jobs.
This is filthy, wretched, evil garbage. San Francisco is very much unlike most cities. Instead of being satisfied with overflowing and consistently pillaged bins people are trying to better. You are against this because you are not observing the situation, because you are not capable of understanding how complex human systems like our biggest cities function, because you have contempt for everything outside your experience. Instead of trying to understand what is going on you just project. You rely on government employees and their works, but see all of them and lazy and useless. This is just another case of lazy critics trying to justify their ennui.
The reason you think this is overcomplicating things is that you haven't bothered to actually investigate the problem or attempts that have been made to solve it.