On September 19, 2016, Governor Brown signed into law Senate Bill No. 1383 (SB 1383), the Short-lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Act, which places requirements on multiple entities including the San Bernardino County, other jurisdictions, residential households, commercial businesses and business owners, commercial edible food generators, solid waste haulers, self-haulers, food recovery organizations, and food recovery services to support achievement of statewide organic waste disposal reduction targets, reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated from the production of methane from the landfilling of organics and also help reduce food insecurity by requiring commercial edible food generators arrange to have the maximum amount of their edible food, that would otherwise be disposed, be recovered for human consumption.
(Ord. 4434, passed - -2022)