Request for Approval
To: Zoe Heller
Deputy Director, Materials Management and Local Assistance Division
From: Michelle Martin
Branch Chief, Financial Resources Management Branch
Request Date: April 13, 2023
Decision Subject: Awards for the SB 1383 Local Assistance Grant Program, Third Round Funding (Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, Fiscal Year 2021–22)
Action By: April 20, 2023
Summary of Request
Staff requests approval of grant awards for the SB 1383 Local Assistance Grant Program (Program) for fiscal year (FY) 2021–22. Staff reviewed 20 eligible applications totaling $6,262,275 for third round funding.
Funding
The FY 2021–22 Budget Act allocated $60,000,000 to be used to provide grants to local jurisdictions to assist in the implementation of regulations adopted by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery pursuant to Chapter 395 of the Statutes of 2016; $3,000,000 (5 percent) has been allocated for administrative costs. Funds totaling $50,618,358 were awarded in previous cycles.
Table 1. Funding
Fund Source Amount
Available
Amount to
Fund Item
Amount
Remaining Line Item
Greenhouse Gas
Reduction Fund
(FY 2021–22)
$6,381,642 $6,033,858 $347,784 Local
Assistance/Grants
Background and Findings
Statutory Authority
Senate Bill (SB) 1383 Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016, set methane emissions reduction targets for California in a statewide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants.
SB 170 Budget Act of 2021 authorizes CalRecycle to award grants to local jurisdictions to assist in the implementation of programs to meet these statutory requirements.
Program Background
The SB 1383 Local Assistance Grant Program provides funding to assist local jurisdictions with meeting the requirements below:
• Provide organics collection services to all residents and businesses • Conduct education and outreach to the community
• Secure access to recycling and edible food recovery capacity • Establish edible food recovery program
• Procure recyclable and recovered organic products
• Monitor compliance and conduct enforcement
Criteria and Process
The Eligibility Criteria and Evaluation Process was approved by the Deputy Director on December 28, 2021, and presented at the January 2022 CalRecycle Monthly Public Meeting.
The Notice of Funds Available were placed on the CalRecycle website on January 4, 2022, with an appropriate notice sent to stakeholders. Applications were due February 1, 2022.
CalRecycle received 476 applications requesting $54,947,783. Staff reviewed the applications in accordance with the approved evaluation criteria; 393 applications met the application requirements and adopted their enforceable ordinance, or similarly enforceable mechanism, by April 1, 2022, and were therefore eligible for first round funding. One application was deemed ineligible and therefore disqualified. First round funding grants were awarded in April 2022.
The remaining 82 applications were moved to second round funding and were given a secondary due date of June 14th, 2022. Staff reviewed the applications in accordance with the approved evaluation criteria; 62 applications met the application requirements and adopted their enforceable ordinance, or similarly enforceable mechanism, and were eligible for second round funding. Second round funding grants were awarded in September 2022.
Staff reviewed the remaining 20 applications in accordance with the approved evaluation criteria and identified 14 applicants who are eligible for third round funding. These 14 applicants adopted an enforceable ordinance, or similarly enforceable mechanism, that met CalRecycle’s criteria.
The types of projects recommended for funding include: bins, education and outreach materials, recordkeeping subscriptions, compost procurement, and personnel and administrative costs.
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of 14 grant awards as listed below for $6,033,858.
Table 2. Recommended Awards
Applicant Award Amount
Alpine County $20,000
City of Compton $129,212
City of Los Angeles $5,144,473
City of Nevada City $20,000
City of Redlands $94,312
City of Rio Dell $20,000
City of Shasta Lake $20,000
City of Visalia $183,590
El Dorado County $212,198
Applicant Award Amount
Kings County $44,192
Rancho Murieta Community Services District $20,000
Shasta County $85,881
Sunset Beach Sanitary District $20,000
Town of Paradise $20,000
Total Award $6,033,858
Deputy Director Actions
On the basis of the information and analysis in this Request for Approval and the findings set out herein, I hereby conditionally approve the grant awards for the SB 1383 Local Assistance Grant Program as listed in Table 2. Each proposed grantee’s award is subject to the following condition:
• The recommended grantee 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.
• The recommended grantee must have a valid Resolution in place within 60 days of the date of the award email.
• The recommended grantee is responsible for submitting all outstanding documents required by CalRecycle during the application process, as well as those identified in the Application Guidelines and Instructions, prior to the release of funding.
___________________________ ____________________________ Zoe Heller Dated
Deputy Director