For City Council Meeting January 13, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Tanya Williams, City Manager
FROM: Yazdan Emrani, P.E., Director of Public Works
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Request City Council to: (1) Approve a Non-financial Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Services and the City of Rialto to Partner on Food Recovery Efforts that Meet the Requirements of Senate Bill 1383, Effective from the Date of Execution through December 31, 2030; and (2) Authorize the City Manager or Their Designee to Execute all Related Documents.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1) Approve a Non-financial Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Services and the City of Rialto to partner on food recovery efforts that meet the requirements of Senate Bill 1383, effective from the date of execution through December 31, 2030; and
2) Authorize the City Manager or their designee to execute all related documents.
BACKGROUND
SB 1383 required the City of Rialto and the County of San Bernardino to adopt ordinances to reduce the amount of solid waste sent to landfills and promote organic waste recycling in California, including organic waste disposal reduction and food recovery. Additionally, the legislation requires 20% of edible food that would otherwise go to landfills to be recovered and directed to people in need by 2025. The City of Rialto adopted Ordinance No. 1664 on March 8, 2022, to meet the requirements of SB 1383.
SB 1383 placed commercial edible food generators into two tiers and mandated the establishment of an edible food recovery program. Required program elements include education and outreach, compliance monitoring, recordkeeping, and enforcement activities. Tier 1 generators are wholesale food vendors, food service providers, food distributors, grocery stores, and supermarkets over 10,000 sq. ft, and they must comply by January 2022. Tier ...
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