BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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Recommended Position on State Legislation: SB 705 (Allen) Solid Waste: Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Containers, *AB 388 (Mullin) Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Wetland Restoration Projects *AB 646 (Kalra) Rental Property Disclosures: Flood Hazard Areas, *SB 252 (Dodd) Water Wells, and Other Legislation Which May Require Urgent Consideration for a Position by the Board.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Adopt a position of "Support" on: SB 705 (Allen) Solid Waste: Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Containers.
B. * Adopt a position of "Support" on: AB 388 (Mullin) Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Wetland Restoration Projects.
C. *Adopt a position of "Support" on: AB 646 (Kalra) Rental Property Disclosures: Flood Hazard Areas.
D. *Adopt a position of "Oppose unless Amended" on: SB 252 (Dodd) Water Wells.
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SUMMARY:
SB 705 (Allen) Solid Waste: Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Containers
(A-5/26/2017)
Position Recommended: Support
Position Priority: 3
SB 705 enacts the Ocean Pollution Reduction Act of 2017, which prohibits a food vendor from dispensing prepared food to a customer in an expanded polystyrene food service container. The bill defines food vendor in a manner intended to cover most types of food service establishments, except for state hospitals, correctional facilities, and K-12 school campuses, as these facilities are captive environments from which littering is unlikely to occur.
The bill bans chain restaurants from providing polystyrene food service containers beginning January 1, 2020. The ban would then be applied to all other vendors such as food trucks, small family owner restaurants, and street vendors, on January 1, 2022.
The bill would allow a city or county to grant an exemption from the ban to a food vendor who demonstrates that the ban will impose an undue economic hardship for one year increments.
The bill also requires the California Department of Resources Recycling and ...
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