One Bay Area city tried an innovative program to deal with its abandoned shopping cart problem. Here’s what happened.

Earlier this year, San Jose politicians announced they were targeting the thousands of abandoned shopping carts clogging creeks and blighting streets. Now the first data on a pilot program aimed at curbing the problem is in, and the city must decide whether the results justify the financial cost of expanding it.

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