A. 
Tier one commercial edible food generators must comply with the requirements of this section commencing January 1, 2022, and tier two commercial edible food generators must comply commencing January 1, 2024.
B. 
Large venue or large event operators not providing food services, but allowing for food to be provided by others, shall require food facilities operating at the large venue or large event to comply with the requirements of this section, commencing January 1, 2024.
C. 
Commercial edible food generators shall comply with the following requirements:
1. 
Arrange to recover the maximum amount of edible food that would otherwise be disposed.
2. 
Contract with, or enter into a written agreement with, food recovery organizations or food recovery services for: (a) the collection of edible food for food recovery; or (b) acceptance of the edible food that the commercial edible food generator self-hauls to the food recovery organization for food recovery.
3. 
Shall not intentionally spoil edible food that is capable of being recovered by a food recovery organization or a food recovery service
4. 
Allow city's designated enforcement entity or designated third party enforcement entity to access the premises and review records pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18991.4.
5. 
Keep records that include the following information:
a. 
A list of each food recovery service or organization that collects or receives its edible food pursuant to a contract or written agreement.
b. 
A copy of all contracts or written agreements.
c. 
A record of the following information for each of those food recovery services or food recovery organizations:
i. 
The name, address and contact information of the food recovery service or food recovery organization.
ii. 
The types of food that will be collected by or self-hauled to the food recovery service or food recovery organization.
iii. 
The established frequency that food will be collected or self-hauled.
iv. 
The quantity of food, measured in pounds recovered per month, collected or self-hauled to a food recovery service or food recovery organization for food recovery.
6. 
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or conflict with the protections provided by the California Good Samaritan Food Donation Act of 2017, the Federal Good Samaritan Act, or sharing tables and school food donation guidance pursuant to Senate Bill 557 of 2017 (approved by the Governor of the State of California on September 25, 2017, which added Article 13 [commencing with Section 49580] to Chapter 9 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, and to amend Section 114079 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to food safety, as amended, supplemented, superseded and replaced from time to time).
(Ord. 1838 § 1, 2021)
A. 
Food recovery services collecting or receiving edible food directly from commercial edible food generators, via a contract or written agreement, shall maintain the following records:
1. 
The name, address, and contact information for each commercial edible food generator that the service collects edible food from.
2. 
The quantity in pounds of edible food collected from each commercial edible food generator per month.
3. 
The quantity in pounds of edible food transported to each food recovery organization per month.
4. 
The name, address, and contact information for each food recovery organization that the food recovery service transports edible food to for food recovery.
B. 
Food recovery organizations collecting or receiving edible food directly from commercial edible food generators via a contract or written agreement, shall maintain the following records:
1. 
The name, address, and contact information for each commercial edible food generator that the organization received edible food from.
2. 
The quantity in pounds of edible food received from each commercial edible food generator per month.
3. 
The name, address, and contact information for each food recovery service that the organization received edible food from for food recovery.
C. 
Food recovery organizations and food recovery services that have their primary address physically located in the city and contract with or have written agreements with one or more commercial edible food generators shall report to the city the total pounds of edible food recovered in the previous calendar year from the tier one and tier two commercial edible food generators.
D. 
Food Recovery Capacity Planning. To support edible food recovery capacity planning assessments or other studies conducted by the county, or city, food recovery services and food recovery organizations operating in the city shall provide information and consultation to the city, upon request, regarding existing, or proposed new or expanded, food recovery capacity that could be accessed by the city and its commercial edible food generators. A food recovery service or food recovery organization contacted by the city shall respond to such request for information within sixty days, unless a shorter timeframe is otherwise specified by the city.
(Ord. 1838 § 1, 2021)
A. 
Requirements for Haulers.
1. 
Exclusive franchised hauler providing residential, commercial, or industrial organic waste collection services to generators within the city's boundaries shall meet the following requirements and standards as a condition of approval of a contract, agreement, or other authorization with the city to collect organic waste:
a. 
Upon the city's request, or if the hauler changes any facility(ies) to which it delivers material, report to the city the facilities to which they will transport organic waste including facilities for source separated recyclable materials and source separated green container organic waste.
b. 
Transport source separated recyclable materials and source separated green container organic waste to a facility, operation, activity, or property that recovers organic waste as defined in 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12, Article 2.
c. 
Obtain approval from the city to haul organic waste, unless it is transporting source separated organic waste to a community composting site or lawfully transporting C&D in a manner that complies with 14 CCR Section 18989.1, this chapter, and city's C&D ordinance.
B. 
Requirements for Facility Operators and Community Composting Operations.
1. 
Owners of facilities, operations, and activities that recover organic waste, including, but not limited to, compost facilities, in-vessel digestion facilities, and publicly-owned treatment works shall, upon city request, provide information regarding available and potential new or expanded capacity at their facilities, operations, and activities, including information about throughput and permitted capacity necessary for planning purposes. Entities contacted by the city shall respond within sixty days.
2. 
Community composting operators, upon city's request, shall provide information to the city to support organic waste capacity planning, including, but not limited to, an estimate of the amount of organic waste anticipated to be handled at the community composting operation. Entities contacted by the city shall respond within sixty days.
(Ord. 1838 § 1, 2021)
A. 
Landscaping. Any person that provides services directly to the city for landscaping maintenance, renovation, and construction shall:
1. 
Use compost and mulch, as practicable, produced from recovered organic waste, for all landscaping renovations, construction, or maintenance performed for the city, whenever available, and capable of meeting quality standards.
2. 
Keep and provide records of procurement of recovered organic waste products (either through purchase or acquisition) to city, upon completion of projects. Information to be provided shall include:
a. 
General description of how and where the product was used and if applicable, applied;
b. 
Source of product, including name, physical location, and contact information for each entity, operation, or facility from whom the recovered organic waste products were procured;
c. 
Type of product;
d. 
Quantity of each product; and
e. 
Invoice or other record demonstrating purchase or procurement.
B. 
Paper Products. All vendors providing paper products and printing and writing paper shall:
1. 
If fitness and quality are equal, provide recycled-content paper products and recycled-content printing and writing paper that consists of at least thirty percent, by fiber weight, postconsumer fiber instead of non-recycled products whenever recycled paper products and printing and writing paper are available at the same or lesser total cost than non-recycled items or at a total cost of no more than ten percent of the total cost for non-recycled items.
2. 
Certify in writing, the minimum percentage of postconsumer materials in the paper products and printing and writing paper offered or sold to the city. This certification requirement may be waived if the percentage of postconsumer material in the paper products, printing and writing paper or both can be verified by a product label, catalog, invoice, or a manufacturer or vendor internet website. Provide records to the city's recovered organic waste product procurement recordkeeping staff, in accordance with the city's recycled-content paper procurement policy(ies) of all paper products and printing and writing paper purchases within thirty days of the purchase (both recycled-content and non-recycled content, if any is purchased) made by any division or department or employee of the city. Records shall include a copy (electronic or paper) of the invoice or other documentation of purchase, written certifications for recycled-content purchases, purchaser name, quantity purchased, date purchased, and recycled content (including products that contain none), and if non-recycled content paper products or printing and writing papers are provided, include a description of why recycled-content paper products or printing and writing papers were not provided.
C. 
Mulch. In order for mulch to qualify as a recovered waste product or as SB 1383 Eligible Mulch, it must be in compliance with the land application standards listed:
1. 
The mulch is produced at one or more of the following:
a. 
A compostable material handling operation or facility as defined in 14 CCR Section 17852(a)(12), other than a chipping and grinding operation or facility as defined in Section 17852(a)(10), that is permitted or authorized under this division; or
b. 
Transfer/processing facility or transfer/processing operation as defined in 14 CCR Sections 17402(a)(30) and (31), respectively, that is permitted or authorized under this division; or
c. 
A solid waste landfill as defined in Public Resources Code Section 40195.1 that is permitted under Division 2 of Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations.
2. 
The mulch must meet or exceed the physical contamination, maximum metal concentration, and pathogen density standards for land application specified in 14 CCR Sections 17852(a)(24.5)(A)1 through 3:
(Ord. 1838 § 1, 2021; Ord. CC 2025-15, 11/3/2025)