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Los Cabos regulates its Public Services Directorate for the first time in 44 years and brings the slaughterhouse and market back under it

The new set of rules aims to bring order to municipal services and returns the Municipal Slaughterhouse and Market to Public Services, after a transition that began in November.

By Miguel Díaz Miró · Responsible editor ·
City Council session of the Los Cabos government

The Los Cabos City Council approved, for the first time in 44 years, a set of rules for the General Directorate of Public Services, the department in charge of the municipality's services, the city government reported. The goal is to give a clear legal framework to an area that had operated without formal administrative regulation.

As part of the reorganization, the Municipal Slaughterhouse —previously under the Treasury— and the Municipal Market —which was under the Secretariat General— are being brought back under Public Services. The city said a transition is under way, with the transfer of assets, staff and equipment to the directorate.

"This is about bringing order where there never was any. Regulating Public Services is not red tape; it is making sure the slaughterhouse and the market work with clarity, transparency and a direct benefit to residents," said sixth council member Marisela Montaño Peralta.

The city government added that, in parallel, the Municipal Market's roof was repaired with waterproofing donated by council members. The process to enact the regulation began in November.

What it means for residents: a set of rules spells out exactly what the directorate must do, how each service should be provided and who can be held accountable when something fails. In a municipality that includes Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo, Public Services usually covers tasks such as street lighting, garbage collection, parks and gardens, cemeteries and the running of the slaughterhouse and market, so having written rules makes it easier to track complaints and demand accountability.

Residents who want to report a failing municipal service can go to the Los Cabos City Hall offices or the municipality's citizen-service channels, where the complaint is logged for follow-up by the corresponding directorate.

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