AB 341 would require businesses to recycle
UPDATE (10-06-2011): Governor Brown signs AB 341.UPDATE: Recycling industry efforts help preserve rights of businesses and recyclers. Introduced on February 10, 2011, AB 341 would make some notable...
View ArticleAB 818, as introduced, Blumenfield. Solid waste: multifamily dwellings
Introduced on February 17, 2001, AB 818, would create that "Renters' Right to Recycle Act" and would require the owner of a multifamily dwelling, defined as a residential facility that consists of 5...
View ArticleBill would make "grand theft" include copper theft over $250
Recently amended, AB 316 (Carter) now provides that the definition of grand theft shall include the theft of copper materials exceeding a value of $250. An earlier version would have allowed law...
View ArticleAB 508 to give bidding preference to protect displaced recycling services...
Introduced on February 15, 2011, AB 508 (Swanson) would give a bidding preference to solid waste handling and recycling contractors and subcontractors who agree to retain, for a period of at least 90...
View ArticleSB 862 would create the Southern California Goods Movement Authority
If passed, SB 862 (Lowenthal) would create the Southern California Goods Movement Authority, which shall be composed of one representative from each of the following: The Port of Los Angeles,...
View ArticleAB 1149 would extend market development payments until Jan. 2017
Current law allows the department to make discretionary expenditures (after core expenditures) of up to $10,000,000 to make market development payments for empty plastic beverage containers. These...
View ArticleSB 567 would specify when certain labels like "compostable" and "marine...
SB 567 (DeSaulnier) would specify when certain labels like "compostable" and "marine degradable" could be used in connection with plastic products. Existing law prohibits a person from selling a...
View ArticleAB 950 would deem independent drayage truck operators to be employees
AB 950 would make drayage truck operators employees of those persons who arrange for or engage their services. As a result, drayage truck drivers would be employees for purposes of state employment...
View ArticleAB 712 would deny money to local governments that restrict or prevent...
AB 712 would prohibit the department from making any payments, grants, or loans to a local government that has adopted or is enforcing a land-use restriction that prevents the siting or operation of a...
View ArticleAB 1178 would prohibit local government from restricting the importation of...
Existing law authorizes a city or county to assess special fees of a reasonable amount on the importation of waste from outside of the county to publicly owned or privately owned facilities. AB 1178...
View ArticleMandatory Commercial Recycling regulation update
This just in from CalRecycle:Climate ChangeAs you know, CalRecycle and the Air Resources Board (ARB) had intended to address the proposed Mandatory Commercial Recycling regulations at the ARB meeting...
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Assemblyman Introduces Bill to Improve Port Traffic Congestion
http://labusinessjournal.com/news/2016/jun/23/assemblyman-introduces-bill-improve-port-traffic-c/By OLGA GRIGORYANTSThursday, June 23, 2016 Photo courtesy of the Port of Long Beach. In the latest...
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