REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
June 11, 2024
FROM
NOEL CASTILLO, Director, Department of Public Works - Solid Waste Management
SUBJECT
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Grant Award from the California Department of Recycling Resources and Recovery for the 2022-23 Senate Bill 1383 Local Assistance Grant Program
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Accept grant award from the California Department of Recycling Resources and Recovery for the 2022-23 (Cycle 4) Senate Bill 1383 Local Assistance Grant Program in the amount of $778,319, to assist with the implementation of regulation requirements associated with Senate Bill 1383.
(Presenter: Noel Castillo, Director, 387-7906)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of the Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The 2022-23 California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) Senate Bill 1383 Local Assistance Grant Program (Grant) funds of $778,319 will be split between the Department of Public Works - Solid Waste Management (SWMD), Department of Public Health (DPH), and the Purchasing Department (Purchasing). No local match is required. DPH and SWMD will each receive $339,159.50, and Purchasing will receive $100,000, per each department's request based on needs. Sufficient appropriation and revenue have been included in the 2023-24 budgets and will be included in future recommended budgets for each department.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
On September 19, 2016, Governor Brown signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 1383 (Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016), establishing methane emissions reduction targets in an effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in various sectors of California's economy. CalRecycle developed the SB 1383 regulations (approved by the Office of Administrative Law on November 3,...
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