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BACKGROUND The law. In September 2016, Governor Brown signed into law SB 1383 (Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016), establishing methane emissions reduction targets in a statewide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP) in various sectors of California's economy. The law codifies the California Air Resources Board's Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy, established pursuant to SB 605 (Lara, Chapter 523, Statutes of 2014), to achieve reductions in the statewide emissions of short-lived climate pollutants. These actions to reduce short-lived climate pollutants seek to address the many impacts of climate change on human health and on the environment. Methane emissions resulting from the decomposition of organic waste in landfills are a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions contributing to global climate change. Organic materials including waste that can be readily prevented, recycled, or composted account for a significant portion of California's overall waste stream. Rule Making. As it pertains to CalRecycle, SB 1383 establishes targets to achieve a 50 percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020 and a 75 percent reduction by 2025. The law grants CalRecycle the regulatory authority required to achieve the organic waste disposal reduction targets and establishes an additional target that not less than 20 percent of currently disposed edible food is recovered for human consumption by 2025. In 2017, informal rulemaking was conducted by CalRecycle through public meetings, workshops, and the development of draft regulations for review and comment. City staff joined the staff of StopWaste in forming a SB 1383 working group which was highly engaged in the rulemaking process submitting written and in-person comments and meeting with CalRecycle staff. In December 2018, CalRecycle received approval to begin the formal rulemaking process which was completed in October 2020 and the final regulations were approved by the Office of Administrative Law on November 3, 2020. Implementation of SB1383. All regulations go into effect January 1, 2022. The City is required to address seven areas identified in the regulations which include: 1. Provide organic waste collection services to all residents and businesses. 2. Establish an edible food recovery program for all Tier 1 and 2 commercial edible food generators. 3. Conduct education and outreach to all generators. 4. Procure certain levels of compost, renewable gas used for transportation fuels, electricity, heating applications, or pipeline injection, or electricity from biomass conversion produced from organic waste. 5. Plan and secure access for recycling and edible food recovery capacity. 6. Monitor compliance and conduct enforcement. 7. Adopt an ordinance, or similarly enforceable mechanism that is consistent with these regulatory requirements prior to 2022. Page 2 of 9