Organized by me, Boaz Hepner, with my two major partners: The Jewish Federation and Katy Yaroslavsky’s CD5 office.
Here are the stats for my hugely successful 2026 neighborhood cleanup (the Jewish Journal was a proud official partner):
-4,000 to 5,000 pounds of trash removed
-173 people (125 in 2025, 60 in 2024)
-46 partnerships (27 last year)
-12 synagogues (several denominations)
-7 schools
-4 restaurants made food (3 last year)
-4 orgs from the special needs community
-4 offices of politicians
-2 Spanish immersion schools
-2 scout troops
-10/31/27
That’s ⬆️ the date for NEXT year’s cleanup!
Here’s a nice slideshow from the event.
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Boaz Hepner works as a Registered Nurse in Saint John’s Health Center. He moonlights as a podcaster, leading a large, friendly, bipartisan gathering on Zoom, allowing everyone to speak freely, just as if they were at a Shabbat table. He is a Pico/Robertson native, where he has led an annual neighborhood cleanup since 2009. He enjoys spending time with his wife Adi and children Natalia and Liam, and pursuing his passions of movies, poker and traveling.
