TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Steven Lederer, Public Works Director
REPORT BY: Amanda Griffis, Supervising Environmental Resource Specialist
SUBJECT: Approve recommendations for and authorize staff to issue reimbursements for Edible Food Recovery Capacity Building projects
RECOMMENDATION
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Approve recommendations for and authorize staff to issue reimbursements for Edible Food Recovery Capacity Building projects to support the expansion of edible food recovery programs as required by Senate Bill 1383. (Fiscal Impact: $90,000 Expense; Zone-1 Garbage; Budgeted; Discretionary)
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BACKGROUND
Senate Bill 1383 (SB 1383) requires that by 2025, California will recover 20% of edible food that would otherwise be sent to landfills, to feed people in need. SB 1383 directs that jurisdictions must establish food recovery programs and strengthen their existing food recovery networks; and food donors must arrange to recover the maximum amount of their edible food that would otherwise go to landfills; and food recovery organizations and services that participate in SB 1383 must maintain records.
Food donors who are required to donate excess edible food are split into two tiers, Tier 1 and Tier 2. Tier 1 donors were required to comply beginning January 1, 2022. Tier 2 donors were required to comply beginning January 1, 2024. Tier 1 donors include supermarkets, grocery stores, food service providers, food distributors and wholesale food vendors. Tier 2 donors include restaurants that are larger than 5,000 sq ft or have more than 250 seats, hotels with onsite food and more than 200 rooms, health facilities with onsite food and more than 100 beds, large venues, large events, state agency cafeterias and local education agencies.
SB 1383 requires Tier 1 and Tier 2 food donors to donate the maximum amount of their edible food that would otherwise be disposed. However, it does not require food recovery organizations and services to participate. It is at the discretion of indi...
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