Is your special district located in a rural area serving a small-sized population? If so, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDARD) program may have funding available for your district. Those who attended CSDA’s Special Districts Legislative Days conference last...
Little Hoover Commission report calls for delay of SB 1383 Organics Waste Implementation Last week, the Little Hoover Commission (LHC) voted 7-1 to approve a report on the implementation of Senate Bill 1383 (Lara of 2016) , which required local agencies providing solid waste collection...
Comments from affected special districts and others in the public related to a proposed national drinking water standard for PFAS chemicals are due on or before May 30, 2023. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently held a virtual public hearing to review the proposed...
The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) has announced that “Due to the high volume of questions that were submitted, extra time is necessary to provide responses. The grant application due date has been extended to allow additional time for applicants to review...
I n 2015, the Costa Mesa Sanitary District (CMSD) became the first agency in Southern California to implement a curbside Organics Recycling Program that accepted both food scraps and yard waste. Although CMSD had been promoting zero waste practices long before the state legislature passed...