Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Carolyn Bloede, Director, Office of Sustainability
Subject: Amendment and Adoption of County Ordinance Code to Comply with Senate Bill 1383
RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation to:
A) Adopt an ordinance adding Chapter 4.106, Establishing an Edible Food Recovery Program to the San Mateo County Ordinance Code to implement an edible food recovery program pursuant to Senate Bill 1383 ("SB 1383"), previously introduced on November 16, 2021, and waive reading of the ordinance in its entirety; and
B) Adopt an ordinance amending Chapter 4.04, Solid Waste Collection, Transport, Storage and Disposal of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code to meet the requirements of SB 1383 for the unincorporated areas of the county, previously introduced on November 16, 2021, and waive reading of the ordinance in its entirety.
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BACKGROUND:
In September 2016, California Senate Bill 1383 (Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016), also known as SB 1383, established statewide emissions reduction targets for short-lived climate pollutants such as methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, which results from the landfilling of organic waste. The reduction target for methane is 40% below 2013 levels by 2030. SB 1383 also requires the State to reduce the amount of organic waste disposed of in landfills by 75 percent from 2014 levels by 2025. Given that SB 1383 includes statewide targets, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, known as CalRecycle, proposed regulations that require a more prescriptive approach for local jurisdictions to achieve specific requirements for reducing the amount of organic waste, such as food waste, that goes to landfill.
The SB 1383 regulations were approved on November 3rd, 2020 and require all cities and counties in California do the following: 1) pass an ordinance establishing an edible food recovery ("EFR") program; 2) pa...
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