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DRAFT 2021 Recommended Positions on Bills Assembly Bill/ Summary Guiding Recommended City Position TVC League of Senate Bill Principle Position CA Cities Position SB 54 (Allen) Would declare the intent of the Sustainable Support. The City took a support None Watch Solid waste: Legislature to enact the Plastic Development position on this bill last year. disposable Pollution Producer Responsibility Senator Allen reintroduced it this packaging and Act, which would significantly reduce year. food ware the amount of disposable packaging and food ware waste entering California's waste stream, polluting oceans, littering local communities and beaches, and costing local governments millions of dollars in cleanup costs through source reduction requirements and increased composting and recycling. _ SB 38 Would require beverage Sustainable Conditional Support. This bill None Watch (Wieckowski) manufacturers in the state to form a Development begins to consider a solution to Beverage beverage container stewardship the California Redemption Value containers organization. The organization would Program that is impacting the Buy be required to develop and submit to Back Center portion of the the Department of Resources program. It is expected that there Recycling and Recovery a plan, annual report, and budget for the may be many amendments to the recovery and recycling of empty bill and as such conditional beverage containers in the state support is recommended. similar to that described in the Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act. The bill would require the organization to establish a stewardship fee, to be paid by beverage manufacturer members of the organization, to assist in covering the costs of implementing the beverage container stewardship program. The bill would require the DRAFT organization to reimburse the department for the department's costs of enforcing the program. 12 Februa,y 5. 2021