Request for Approval
Revised February 2026
To: Michelle Martin
Deputy Director, Division of the Circular Economy
From: Lauren Barva
Branch Chief, Financial Resources Management Branch II
Request Date: January 6, 2026
Decision Subject: Awards for the Beverage Container Recycling City/County Payment Program (California Beverage Container Recycling Fund, Fiscal Year 2025–26)
Action By: January 20, 2026; February 5, 2026
Summary of Request
Staff requests approval of 390 payments for the Beverage Container Recycling City/County Payment Program (Program) for fiscal year (FY) 2025–26 in the amount of $9,511,921. Staff received 391 eligible Funding Requests that included 430 jurisdictions, requesting a total of $9,538,381 in eligible costs for this program. The funding available for FY 2025-26 is $10,500,000.
Funding
The Beverage Container Recycling City/County Payment Program has a continuous appropriation from the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund of $10,500,000 per fiscal year. The amount remaining reflects the total of all eligible funds from the jurisdictions that did not apply or were denied funding.
Table 1. Funding
Fund Source Amount
Available
Amount to
Fund Item
Amount
Remaining Line Item
California Beverage
Container Recycling
Account (FY 2025–26)
$10,500,000 $9,538,381
$9,511,921
$961,619
$988,079
Local Assistance/
Grants
Background and Findings
Statutory Authority
Public Resources Code section 14581(a)(3)(A) of the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act authorizes CalRecycle to expend $10,500,000 annually for payments to cities and counties for beverage container recycling and litter cleanup activities. Payments are calculated on a per capita basis, with a minimum payment of $5,000 to cities and $10,000 to counties.
Program Background
The program provides annual funding to California cities and counties for beverage container recycling projects that assist in achieving an 80 percent recycling rate for the state.
Incorporated areas of a city, city and county, or the unincorporated area of a county as reported by the California Department of Finance’s annual population report (Report E-1 Population Estimates for Cities, Counties, and the State Population Estimates with Annual Percent Change (January 1, 2024, and 2025), are eligible to receive funding. Jurisdictions receive funding on a per capita basis, or a minimum of $5,000 for cities and $10,000 for counties, whichever is greater. All funds shall be available for expenditure until January 5, 2028, and are subject to reporting requirements.
Criteria and Process
The Notice of Funds Available was posted on the CalRecycle website on August 19, 2025, with an appropriate notice sent to stakeholders. Funding Requests were due November 18, 2025.
There are 540 jurisdictions statewide. CalRecycle received 391 eligible Funding Requests, including 13 Regional Funding Requests, which include 39 participating jurisdictions. Of the remaining 110 jurisdictions, 1 failed to submit a Payment Program Resolution, 1 withdrew their Funding Request and 109 did not submit a Funding Request and therefore are ineligible to receive funding. Any remaining funds will revert back to the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund. All funds shall be available for expenditure until January 5, 2028, and are subject to reporting requirements.
Listed below are the types of projects recommended for funding.
The types of projects recommended for funding include implementation of new or existing curbside or neighborhood drop-off beverage container recycling programs, the purchase and/or installation of recycling bins for collection of California Refund Value (CRV) materials, public education and outreach promoting beverage container recycling, cooperative regional efforts among two or more cities and counties, purchase and installation of water refill stations, litter reduction and cleanup where the waste stream includes beverage containers, and in some instances, the expansion of current recycling collection activities in underserved areas and locations.
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of 391 390 payment awards as listed below for $9,538,381 $9,511,921.
Table 2. Recommended Awards
Applicant Award Amount
Alameda County $37,033
Alpine County $10,000
Amador County $10,000
Butte County $13,936
City of Alameda $19,794
City of Albany $5,431
City of Alhambra $20,618
City of Aliso Viejo $12,714
City of American Canyon $5,878
City of Anaheim $84,366
City of Antioch $29,074
City of Arcadia $14,165
City of Arcata $5,044
City of Arroyo Grande $5,000
City of Atascadero $7,780
City of Azusa $12,413
City of Bakersfield $103,404
City of Baldwin Park $17,785
City of Banning $8,226
City of Barstow $6,472
City of Beaumont $15,048
City of Bell Gardens $9,829
City of Bellflower $19,213
City of Belmont $7,306
City of Benicia $6,812
City of Berkeley $31,916
City of Beverly Hills $8,225
City of Big Bear Lake $5,000
City of Biggs $5,000
City of Blue Lake $5,000
City of Bradbury $5,000
City of Brawley $7,489
City of Brea $12,146
City of Brentwood $16,532
City of Brisbane $5,000
City of Buellton $5,000
City of Buena Park $20,690
City of Burbank $26,460
City of Burlingame $8,128
City of Calabasas $5,977
City of Calexico $10,222
City of Calimesa $5,000
City of Calipatria $5,000
City of Camarillo $17,313
City of Capitola $5,000
Applicant Award Amount
City of Carlsbad $28,972
City of Carmel-by-the-Sea $5,000
City of Carpinteria $5,000
City of Cathedral City $13,068
City of Ceres $12,491
City of Cerritos $12,139
City of Chico $28,353
City of Chino $23,771
City of Chowchilla $5,000
City of Chula Vista $69,530
City of Citrus Heights $21,578
City of Claremont $9,541
City of Clearlake $5,000
City of Clovis $32,106
City of Coachella $11,282
City of Coalinga $5,000
City of Colfax $5,000
City of Colton $13,467
City of Corning $5,000
City of Coronado $5,931
City of Costa Mesa $27,486
City of Covina $12,930
City of Culver City $10,303
City of Cupertino $15,078
City of Cypress $12,539
City of Daly City $25,479
City of Davis $16,452
City of Del Mar $5,000
City of Desert Hot Springs $8,548
City of Diamond Bar $13,532
City of Dinuba $6,770
City of Dos Palos $5,000
City of Downey $27,867
City of Duarte $6,210
City of Dublin $18,730
City of East Palo Alto $7,534
City of Eastvale $17,528
City of El Cajon $26,162
City of El Centro $11,681
City of El Cerrito $6,730
City of El Monte $26,912
City of El Paso De Robles (Paso Robles) $8,008
City of El Segundo $5,000
City of Elk Grove $45,308
City of Emeryville $5,000
Applicant Award Amount
City of Encinitas $15,600
City of Escondido $37,342
City of Eureka $6,794
City of Fairfield $30,042
City of Folsom $23,125
City of Fontana $54,237
City of Fortuna $5,000
City of Foster City $8,400
City of Fountain Valley $14,274
City of Fowler $5,000
City of Fremont $57,541
City of Fresno $137,267
City of Fullerton $35,141
City of Galt $6,786
City of Garden Grove $42,519
City of Gardena $15,184
City of Gilroy $15,661
City of Glendale $47,611
City of Glendora $12,970
City of Goleta $8,422
City of Gonzales $5,000
City of Grass Valley $5,000
City of Greenfield $5,482
City of Gridley $5,000
City of Grover Beach $5,000
City of Guadalupe $5,000
City of Hanford $15,424
City of Hawaiian Gardens $5,000
City of Hawthorne $21,424
City of Hayward $40,275
City of Hemet $22,967
City of Hercules $6,819.00
City of Hermosa Beach $5,047.00
City of Hesperia $25,390
City of Hidden Hills $5,000
City of Highland $14,404
City of Holtville $5,000
City of Hughson $5,000
City of Huntington Beach $47,838
City of Huntington Park $13,412
City of Huron $5,000
City of Imperial $5,994
City of Imperial Beach $6,854
City of Indian Wells $5,000
City of Indio $23,116
Applicant Award Amount
City of Irvine $78,679
City of Irwindale $5,000
City of Jurupa Valley $26,406
City of Kerman $5,000
City of King City $5,000
City of Kingsburg $5,000
City of La Cañada Flintridge $5,329
City of La Habra $15,415
City of La Habra Heights $5,000
City of La Mesa $15,343
City of La Mirada $12,228
City of La Palma $5,000
City of La Puente $9,601
City of La Verne $8,312
City of Lafayette $6,531
City of Laguna Beach $5,968
City of Laguna Hills $7,823
City of Laguna Niguel $16,411
City of Lake Elsinore $18,507
City of Lake Forest $21,912
City of Lakewood $20,181
City of Lancaster $44,061
City of Larkspur $5,000
City of Lawndale $7,958
City of Lemon Grove $7,295
City of Livermore $21,484
City of Lodi $16,863
City of Loma Linda $6,597
City of Lomita $5,389
City of Lompoc $11,046
City of Long Beach $114,051
City of Los Alamitos $5,000
City of Los Angeles $942,907
City of Los Banos $12,391
City of Malibu $5,000
City of Manhattan Beach $8,742
City of Martinez $9,422
City of Maywood $6,394
City of Mendota $5,000
City of Menifee $28,714
City of Menlo Park $8,560
City of Merced $24,468
City of Mill Valley $5,000
City of Millbrae $6,067
City of Milpitas $20,505
Applicant Award Amount
City of Mission Viejo $22,920
City of Modesto $54,382
City of Monrovia $9,939
City of Montclair $9,596
City of Montebello $15,791
City of Monterey $7,077
City of Monterey Park $14,940
City of Moorpark $8,915
City of Moreno Valley $52,185
City of Morgan Hill $11,826
City of Morro Bay $5,000
City of Mountain View $21,635
City of Murrieta $27,847
City of Napa $19,478
City of National City $14,865
City of Needles $5,000
City of Nevada City $5,000
City of Newman $5,000
City of Newport Beach $20,687
City of Norwalk $25,214
City of Novato $13,077
City of Oakdale $6,083
City of Oakland $105,178
City of Oakley $11,882
City of Oceanside $43,219
City of Ontario $45,692
City of Orange $34,712
City of Orinda $5,130
City of Oroville $5,204
City of Oxnard $49,214
City of Pacifica $9,520
City of Palm Desert $13,148
City of Palmdale $41,439
City of Paramount $13,245
City of Pasadena $34,935
City of Patterson $6,731
City of Perris $20,339
City of Pico Rivera $15,330
City of Piedmont $5,000
City of Pinole $5,000
City of Pismo Beach $5,000
City of Pittsburg $19,143
City of Placentia $13,640
City of Placerville $5,000
City of Pleasant Hill $8,632
Applicant Award Amount
City of Pleasanton $19,354
City of Point Arena $5,000
City of Pomona $37,985
City of Porterville $16,010
City of Poway $12,755
City of Rancho Cordova $21,374
City of Rancho Cucamonga $43,625
City of Rancho Mirage $5,000
City of Rancho Palos Verdes $10,383
City of Rancho Santa Margarita $11,763
City of Red Bluff $5,000
City of Redding $23,361
City of Redlands $18,434
City of Redondo Beach $17,108
City of Redwood City $20,544
City of Reedley $6,912
City of Rialto $26,317
City of Richmond $28,290
City of Ridgecrest $7,350
City of Rio Dell $5,000
City of Rio Vista $5,000
City of Riverbank $6,786
City of Riverside $79,098
City of Rolling Hills Estates $5,000
City of Rosemead $12,785
City of Roseville $39,325
City of Sacramento $130,127
City of Salinas $39,853
City of San Bernardino $55,110
City of San Bruno $10,851
City of San Buenaventura (Ventura) $27,158
City of San Carlos $7,633
City of San Clemente $15,824
City of San Diego $346,627
City of San Dimas $8,781
City of San Francisco $207,306
City of San Jacinto $13,888
City of San Joaquin $5,000
City of San Jose $241,070
City of San Juan Capistrano $9,056
City of San Leandro $21,955
City of San Luis Obispo $12,547
City of San Marcos $24,243
City of San Mateo $26,010
City of San Pablo $8,117
Applicant Award Amount
City of San Rafael $15,091
City of San Ramon $20,868
City of Sanger $7,019
City of Santa Ana $77,867
City of Santa Barbara $21,620
City of Santa Clara $33,450
City of Santa Clarita $57,482
City of Santa Fe Springs $5,000
City of Santa Maria $27,950
City of Santa Monica $23,281
City of Santa Paula $8,154
City of Santee $15,013
City of Sausalito $5,000
City of Seal Beach $6,371
City of Seaside $8,243
City of Signal Hill $5,000
City of Simi Valley $31,048
City of Solana Beach $5,000
City of Soledad $7,086
City of Solvang $5,000
City of South El Monte $5,175
City of South Gate $23,218
City of South Lake Tahoe $5,540
City of South San Francisco $16,446
City of Stockton $79,231
City of Sunnyvale $39,615
City of Susanville $5,000
City of Taft $5,000
City of Tehama $5,000
City of Temecula $27,953
City of Thousand Oaks $30,471
City of Torrance $35,581
City of Tracy $24,511
City of Tulare $18,315
City of Turlock $18,122
City of Tustin $19,869
City of Twentynine Palms $6,335
City of Ukiah
• Mendocino County
• City of Willits
• City of Fort Bragg
$30,745
City of Union City $16,755
City of Upland $19,823
City of Vacaville $25,731
City of Vallejo $30,407
Applicant Award Amount
City of Victorville $35,029
City of Villa Park $5,000
City of Visalia $36,495
City of Vista $25,343
City of Walnut $7,308
City of Wasco $6,822
City of Watsonville $12,932
City of West Covina $27,267
City of West Hollywood $9,045
City of West Sacramento $13,990
City of Westlake Village $5,000
City of Westmorland $5,000
City of Whittier $21,964
City of Wildomar $9,486
City of Williams $5,000
City of Winters $5,000
City of Woodlake $5,000
City of Woodland $15,518
City of Yucaipa $13,851
Contra Costa County $43,980
Del Norte County
• City of Crescent City
$15,000
El Dorado County $39,849
Fresno County $40,119
Glenn County
• City of Willows
• City of Orland
$20,000
Humboldt County $18,067
Imperial County $10,000
Inyo County $10,000
Kern County $76,123
Lake County $11,978
Los Angeles County $247,606
Madera County $19,773
Mariposa County $10,000
Merced County $22,401
Modoc County $10,000
Mono County $10,000
Monterey County $26,576
Napa County
• City of Yountville
• City of St. Helena
• City of Calistoga
$25,000
Nevada County $17,146
Placer County $28,589
Applicant Award Amount
Riverside County $103,449
Sacramento County $148,879
San Benito County
• City of San Juan Bautista
• City of Hollister
$26,063
San Bernardino County $73,861
San Diego County $125,876
San Joaquin County
• City of Mountain House
• City of Ripon
• City of Manteca
• City of Lathrop
• City of Escalon
$84,782
San Luis Obispo County $30,258
San Mateo County $15,948
Santa Barbara County $35,122
Santa Clara County $23,130
Santa Cruz County $32,238
Shasta County
• City of Shasta Lake
• City of Anderson
$26,861
Sierra County
• City of Loyalton
$15,000
Siskiyou County
• City of Yreka
• City of Montague
• City of Fort Jones
• City of Etna
$30,000
Solano County
• City of Dixon
$15,332
Sonoma County
• City of Windsor
• City of Sonoma
• City of Sebastopol
• City of Santa Rosa
• City of Rohnert Park
• City of Petaluma
• City of Healdsburg
• City of Cotati
• City of Cloverdale
$134,895
Stanislaus County $27,720
Tehama County $10,987
City Town of Apple Valley $18,870
City Town of Atherton $5,000
City Town of Corte Madera $5,000
Applicant Award Amount
City Town of Danville $10,932
City Town of Fairfax $5,000
City Town of Hillsborough $5,000
City Town of Loomis $5,000
City Town of Los Altos Hills $5,000
City Town of Los Gatos $8,571
City Town of Mammoth Lakes $5,000
City Town of Moraga $5,000
City Town of Paradise $5,000
City Town of San Anselmo $5,000
City Town of Tiburon $5,000
City Town of Truckee $5,000
City Town of Woodside $5,000
City Town of Yucca Valley $5,787
Trinity County $10,000
Tulare County $34,226
Tuolumne County
• City of Sonora
$17,849
Yolo County $10,000
Yuba County
• Sutter County
• City of Yuba City
• City of Wheatland
• City of Marysville
• City of Live Oak
$60,220
Total Award $9,538,381 $9,511,921
Deputy Director Action
On the basis of the information and analysis in this Request for Approval and the findings set out herein, I hereby conditionally approve the payments for the Beverage Container Recycling City/County Payment Program for FY 2025-26 as listed in Table 2. Each proposed applicant’s payment is subject to two conditions:
1. The recommended jurisdictions must pay all outstanding debts due to CalRecycle, or bring current any outstanding payments owed to CalRecycle, within 60 days of the date of the award email.
2. Compliance with the Beverage Container Recycling City/County Payment Program Guidelines, Fiscal Year 2025-26, which included a Funding Request due date of November 18, 2025.
___________________________ ___________________________ Michelle Martin Dated
Deputy Director