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SB 1383 Regulation Review and Update; and Recovered Edible Food Storage Contracts
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Requested Action(s)
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a) Receive an informational update on SB 1383 Regulations;
b) Review and approve the Recovered Edible Food Storage Contract with The Lord’s Table (Sacred Heart of Red Bluff);
c) Review and approve the Recovered Edible Food Storage Contract with The Salvation Army;
d) Review and approve the Recovered Edible Food Storage Contract with Corning Christian Assistance;
e) Review and approve the Recovered Edible Food Storage Contract with Poor and The Homeless Tehama County Coalition (P.A.T.H)
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Background Information:
As the Board is aware, the Office of Administrative Law approved the SB 1383 final regulations on November 3, 2020. The deadline by which jurisdictions must comply with SB 1383 regulations has not been changed. Below is a summary of work completed since the June 3rd Full Board Meeting.
• Agency staff met with Reeds Creek Elementary School’s Garden Coordinator on June 4th to help prepare the compost bin for the summer and discuss how the program will work in the fall when students return.
• Agency staff attended Tehama Together’s Food Share meeting on July 11th hosted by Rancho Tehama Community Church Food Pantry. Staff shared updates on the grant funding that will allow the Agency to purchase equipment to assist food pantries increase their capacity.
• Agency staff participated in the Tehama County Library’s Summer Reading Program by providing compost presentations and a seed planting activity at the Los Molinos branch on July 16th, the Red Bluff branch on July 17th, and the Corning branch on July 18th.
• Agency staff attended Tehama Together’s Community Food Alliance meeting on August 12th. Staff were able to reconnect with CalFresh Healthy Living, who work with local schools on gardening and healthy eating. Staff set up a meeting with CalFresh to discuss how we can collaborate on projects at schools they are currently working with to incorporate composting education and cafeteria waste sorting.
• Agency staff met with Reeds Creek Elementary School teachers on August 13th to discuss how the cafeteria waste sorting and compost program will work with the 6th Grade class Career Technical Education (CTE) program for the new school year.
• Agency staff met with staff from the North Valley Community Food Bank on August 28th. The Food Bank is located in Colusa County and is affiliated with Food Pantries in Tehama County. Staff discussed the SB 1383 regulations and how our Agency is implementing them; as well as ways the Food Bank can assist Commercial Edible Food Generators ensure they are recovering the maximum amount of edible food and how they can assist their partner Food Pantries with complying with the regulations.
• Agency staff gave a composting and cafeteria waste sorting presentation on September 12th to the Reeds Creek Elementary School 6th Grade class who will be managing the programs as part of their CTE.
• Agency staff met with Bend Elementary School staff and CalFresh Healthy Living on September 18th to discuss how the Agency can assist with cafeteria waste sorting and composting supplies, as well as education.
• Agency staff provided composting education and demonstrations at the Manton Apple Festival on October 5th.
• Agency staff conducted inspections of Tier 1 Commercial Edible Food Generators on June 5th, June 6th, June 12th, July 12th, August 15th, and August 16th.
• Agency staff conducted inspections of Tier 2 Commercial Edible Food Generators on June 6th, June 18th, June 21st, June 27th, and July 25th.
• Agency staff conducted inspections of Food Recovery Organizations on June 17th, June 21st, June 28th, July 11th, August 8th, August 9th, August 16th, August 28th, August 29th, and September 17th.
• Assembly Bill 2902 (Wood) passed out of the Senate on August 27, 2024, and was signed by the Governor on September 6, 2024. Key highlights of the bill include the following:
o Extending the rural jurisdiction exemption until January 1, 2037, or until the County reaches population of 70,000.
o Requires CalRecycle to adopt regulations to establish a process to renew the exemption after that date for periods of up to 5 years, if the County has not reached a population of 70,000.
o Excludes residents included in CalRecycle-issued low population or elevation waivers from the population in determining a local jurisdiction’s organic waste procurement target.
o Exempts bear bins from the collection bin lid color requirements.
o Requires CalRecycle to evaluate ways to incentivize carbon farming and require CalRecycle to evaluate ways to maximize local benefits of edible food recovery programs and explore where recovered food may be suitable for animal feed operations.
o The bill will require compliance reviews once every 4 years instead of the current 2-year cycle.
As the Agency is implementing the requirements of SB 1383 on behalf of its member jurisdictions, staff have been working on food recovery capacity since 2021. The Agency was recently awarded funds to assist Food Recovery Organizations increase their capacity to take in more recovered foods. The attached agreements between the Agency and the various Food Recovery Organizations listed satisfies the service agreement portion of the grant funding requirements and ensures that edible food from commercial edible food generators in all jurisdictions in Tehama County will be able to be recovered.