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reduction, recycling, and composting facilities. Additionally, jurisdictions are not prohibited
from implementing source reduction, recycling, and composting activities designed to
exceed these requirements.

Assembly Bill 341

Assembly Bill 341 amended the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 to
include a provision declaring that it is a policy goal of the State that not less than 75 percent
of solid waste generated be source reduced, recycled, or composted by the year 2020, and
annually thereafter. In addition, AB 341 required the California Department of Resources
Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to develop strategies to achieve the State's policy goal.
CalRecycle conducted several stakeholder workshops and published a discussion document
in May 2012 titled California's New Goal: 75 Percent Recycling, which identifies concepts
that CalRecycle believes would assist the State in reaching the 75 percent goal by 2020
(CalRecycle 2016a).

Assembly Bill 1826

In October 2014 Governor Brown signed AB 1826 Chesbro (Chapter 727, Statutes of 2014),
requiring businesses to recycle their organic waste on and after April 1, 2016, depending on
the amount of waste they generate per week. This law also requires that on and after January
1, 2016, local jurisdictions across the state implement an organic waste recycling program
to divert organic waste generated by businesses, including multifamily residential dwellings
that consist of five or more units (however, multifamily dwellings are not required to have a
food waste diversion program). Organic waste (also referred to as organics) means food
waste, green waste, landscape and pruning waste, nonhazardous wood waste, and food-
soiled paper waste that is mixed in with food waste. This law phases in the mandatory
recycling of commercial organics over time. In particular, the minimum threshold of organic
waste generation by businesses decreases over time, which means an increasingly greater
proportion of the commercial sector will be required to comply (CalRecycle 2016b).

California Water Code

Sections 10910 through 10915 of the California Water Code require preparation of a project-
specific Water Supply Assessment for developments consisting of 500 or more dwelling
units. Sections 10610.4, 10617, and 10620 of the California Water Code require urban water
suppliers to develop water management plans to actively pursue the efficient use of available
supplies.

State Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO) and Executive Order
B-29-15

The MWELO (23 CCR Division 2, Chapter 2.7) establishes an outdoor water budget for new
landscaped areas that are 500 square feet or larger, and rehabilitated landscaped areas that
are 2,500 square feet or larger (DWR 2015). Executive Order (EO) B-29-15 called for
revisions to the MWELO in order to increase water efficiency standards for new and
rehabilitated landscapes through more efficient irrigation systems, greywater usage, on-site
storm water capture, and by limiting the portion of landscapes that can be covered in turf. It
also established a goal of achieving a statewide reduction in potable urban water usage of

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