In City of Glendale v. Trondsen (1957) 48 Cal.2d 93, the court held that a charge upon every occupied premise in the city for rubbish collection services whether or not such services were in fact utilized was valid either as a police power measure or as an excise tax on the privilege of accumulating rubbish and having available a collection service. The court also held that the charges were not "special taxes" prohibited by the city charter without a two-thirds vote since the term "special taxes" related only to property taxes.