The Los Cabos municipal government has activated its Temporary Employment Program, putting 200 workers on the streets to sweep, haul debris, and maintain public spaces across both Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo. Mayor Christian Agúndez Gómez ordered the deployment, splitting the workforce evenly: 100 in each city.
Crews are performing manual sweeping and debris removal along main avenues and sections of the Transpeninsular Highway (Highway 1), the two-lane road connecting the twin cities. The municipality plans to expand the work into residential neighborhoods and public parks in the coming weeks.
Part of a Broader Cleanup Campaign
The temporary employment push fits into a wider sanitation campaign the Agúndez administration has ramped up in recent months. Just days earlier, on April 24, Los Cabos cleanup crews finished work on 21 streets in the La Ballena neighborhood of Cabo San Lucas, removing junk and waste as part of a crackdown on illegal dumping. Last September, more than 1,000 volunteers joined a mass dawn cleanup that covered 12 neighborhoods in Cabo San Lucas.
The Temporary Employment Program serves a dual purpose. It puts short-term wages in the pockets of local residents while tackling maintenance backlogs the municipality’s regular staff cannot cover alone. Mexico’s federal government has long funded similar temporary employment schemes, typically paying participants a daily wage tied to the minimum salary.
What Drivers and Residents Should Know
Work crews will be operating in traffic lanes and public areas throughout both cities. The municipality is asking drivers to slow down near cleanup zones and avoid disturbing freshly cleared areas. Expect visible crew activity along the Transpeninsular corridor between San José del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas, as well as on the main boulevards in each town center.
The program arrives as Los Cabos enters its slower summer season, when tourist foot traffic drops but infrastructure maintenance becomes a priority before the hurricane months of August through October.
Originally reported by Colectivo Pericú.