Plain English Breakdown
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Grant Program Expansion for Edible Food Recovery
This law expands an existing state grant program to provide financial assistance specifically for projects that recover edible food.
What This Bill Does
- Expands the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant program to include financial assistance for recovering edible food.
- Adds construction or expansion of facilities as eligible infrastructure projects if they help develop, implement, or expand edible food waste recovery operations.
- Requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to consider how much new capacity a project will create when awarding grants for edible food recovery.
Who It Names or Affects
- The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
- Organizations that apply for state grants to build or expand facilities for saving edible food
Terms To Know
- Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
- A state fund holding money collected through market-based rules on greenhouse gas emissions, excluding fines and penalties.
- Edible food recovery
- The process of recovering food for human consumption to prevent it from becoming waste.
Limits and Unknowns
- Grants are only available if the state legislature approves funding through an appropriation.
- The text does not specify how much money will be set aside or exactly which projects qualify beyond general descriptions.