For City Council Meeting [November 9, 2021]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Michael Tahan, Interim Public Works Director
Title
Request City Council Adopt Resolution No. 7798 Requesting that the State of California Legislature Delay Implementation of SB 1383 By Five Years.
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BACKGROUND
The Legislature of the State of California, by enactment of the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, ("AB 939" or the "Act") (codified at Public Resources Code ?? 4000 et seq.) established a solid waste management process which requires cities and other local jurisdictions to implement plans for source reduction, reuse and recycling as integrated waste management practices for solid waste attributed to sources within their respective jurisdictions.
Senate Bill 1383 (2015-2016), the short-lived climate pollutants bill, builds on existing legislation. The stated purpose of SB 1383 is to reduce organic waste disposal, recover edible food waste from the waste stream and reduce methane emissions. The goal of SB 1383 is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by the year 2030. To achieve this, the target is to reduce organic waste that ends up in the landfill by 50% by the year 2020 and 75% by the year 2025. In addition to reducing landfilled organics by 75%, the State will also be required to recover edible food that is currently thrown away by 20% through programs such as establishing edible food recovery programs.
Over the past several years, CalRecycle has been developing regulations to implement statewide organic waste diversion goals set forth in SB 1383 ("Regulations"). Although the Regulations have been in development for several years, they were not finalized until November 2020, only giving local governments thirteen months to fully implement various facets of the regulations that are to be effective January 1, 2022.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The timelines contemplated in SB 1383 and the Re...
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