ADVOCACY

 

CRRA monitors and advocates for positions on California legislation, regulation, and state budget items affecting recycling rules, infrastructure and markets, consistent with CRRA’s Vision, Mission and Principles.

 
 

 2023-2024 Policy Committee Members:

Committee Co-Chairs

Doug Kobold
Manuel Medrano

Members at Large:

Ruth Abbe
Richard Anthony
Susan Collins
Matthew Cotton
John Davis
Colleen Foster
Tim Goncharoff

Joe LaMariana
Nick Lapis
Gary Liss
Laura McKaughan
Heidi Sanborn
Coby Skye
Jordan Wells
Avecita Jones

2015

December 16, 2015
Multi-Coalition letter: Remaining 2015-16 GGRF Expenditure Plan

October 27, 2015
CRRA letter to Santa Cruz County - Proposed EPR Ordinance - Support

October 23, 2015
CRRA Letter to ARB Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy

September 22, 2015
CRRA Supports - AB 1045 - Letter to Governor Brown

September 22, 2015
CRRA Supports - AB 876 - Letter to Governor Brown

September 22, 2015
CRRA Support - AB 199- Letter to Governor Brown

September 11, 2015
CRRA Monitored Bills - Current Status

September 1, 2015
CRRA Letter to Assemblyman Richard S. Gordon

August 28, 2015
CRRA Supports - AB 199 - Senate Environmental Quality Committee

August 28, 2015
CRRA Supports AB 199 - Senate Governance and Finance Committee

August 28, 2015
CRRA Supports AB 199 - Senate Appropriations Committee

August 10, 2015
Letter to Mayor Michael D. Antonovich, Support Proposed EPR Ordinance

July 13, 2015
CRRA Monitored and Priority Bills - Recent Legislative Actions

July 1, 2015
CRRA Monitored and Priority Bills – Recent Legislative Actions

July 1, 2015
AB 901 Disposal Reporting - CRRA Support, July 1, 2015

July 1, 2015
Cap-and-Trade Expenditures - CalRecycle Funding July 1, 2015

June 8, 2015
CRRA Monitored and Priority Bills - Update

May 28, 2015
CRRA Monitored and Priority Bills - Recent Legislative Actions

May 18, 2015
CRRA Letter to Jimmy Gomez, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Appropriations re: AB1159 (Sharing Responsibility for Alkaline Battery and Needle Management) Support

March 12, 2015
CRRA Letter to Assembly Member Das Williams Re: AB199 (Eggman) Recycling Market Development Sales & Use Tax Exemption - Support

March 2, 2015
CORC Letter to State Water Resources Control Board Re: General Waste Discharge Requirements for Composting Operations - Comments on Draft EIR

March 2, 2015
CRRA Letter to State Water Resources Control Board Re: General Waste Discharge Requirements for Composting Operations - Comments on Draft EIR

February 26, 2015
Letter of Concern on AB45 - Household Hazardous Waste Local Government Mandate

2013

June 11, 2013
CRRA Letter to Senator Alex Padilla, ChairAB 1021 (Eggman)
Recycling Market Development Sales and Use Tax Exemption – Support

June 11, 2013
CRRA Letter to Senator Lois Wolk, ChairAB 1021 (Eggman)
Recycling Market Development Sales and Use Tax Exemption – Support

March 1, 2013
CRRA Letter to CARB Chair Mary Nichols
Waste Reduction Funding in Cap-and-Trade Auction Proceeds Investment Plan

2012

AB 2670 is a comprehensive approach to recycling organic material and correcting the waste of the economic and environmental opportunities under the current system. It parallels AB 341 and CalRecycle Strategic Directive 6.1, which proposes that organics in landfill be reduced by 50 percent by 2020.

2010

11/10/2010
CRRA Letter to Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Supporting Ordinance To Ban Plastic Bags

10/14/2010
CRRA Letter to San Jose Mayor & City Council
Supporting Ordinance To Ban Plastic Bags

10/14/2010
CRRA Letter to San Jose Planning Commission
Supporting Certification of EIR (Ordinance To Ban Plastic Bags)

9/8/2010
CRRA Letter to Governor Schwarzenegger
Supporting signing into law SB 1454 (DeSaulnier) Labeling standards for bio-plastics

9/7/2010
CRRA Letter to Governor Schwarzenegger
Supporting signing into law AB 2398 (Pérez) EPR for carpet and AB 1343 (Huffman) EPR for paint

9/3/2010
CRRA Letter to Governor Schwarzenegger
Supporting signing into law AB 737 (Chesbro) 75% and mandatory recycling

6/23/2010
CRRA Letter to Climate Action Reserve
Supporting Adoption of Composting Protocol

6/16/2010
CRRA Letter to Senator Simitian
Support if Amended AB 1998 (Browley) Bans single-use carry out bags

5/19/2010
CRRA Letter to FLorida Gov Charlie Crist
Veto HR 569 & SB 1052 repealing the ban on landfilling yard trimmings

4/29/2010
CRRA Letter to Senate Appropriations
Supporting SB 920 (Yee) White pages telephone directory opt-OUT

4/29/2010
CRRA Letter to Senate Appropriations
Supporting SB 1241 (Wolk) Grants for agricultural use of compost

4/29/2010
CRRA Letter to Senate Appropriations
Supporting SB 1454 (DeSaulnier) Labeling standards for bio-plastics

4/29/2010
CRRA Letter to Senate Appropriations
Supporting AB 1343 (Huffman) EPR for paint

4/29/2010
CRRA Letter to Assembly Appropriations
Supporting AB 2139 (Chesbro) EPR for pesticides, sharps & butane containers

4/29/2010
CRRA Letter to Assembly Appropriations
Supporting AB 2176 (Blumenfield) EPR for mercury-containing lamps

4/29/2010
CRRA Letter to Assembly Appropriations
Supporting AB 2398 (Perez) EPR carpet

4/29/2010
CRRA Letter to Senator Kehoe
Supporting SB 390 (Kehoe) Recycling Market Development

4/20/2010
CRRA Letter to Senate AppropriationsSupporting SB 1100 (Corbett) EPR for household batteries

4/15/2010
CRRA Letter to Senator Simitian
Supporting SB 1454 (DeSaulnier) Labeling standards for bio-plastics

4/12/2010
CRRA Letter to Senator Simitian
Supporting SB 1241 (Wolk) Grants for agricultural use of compost

4/12/2010
CRRA Letter to Assembly Member Chesbro
Supporting AB 2139 (Chesbro) EPR for pesticides, sharps & butane tanks

4/6/2010
CRRA Letter to Assembly Member Chesbro
Supporting AB 2398 (Perez) EPR for carpet

4/6/2010
CRRA Letter to Assembly Member Nava
Supporting AB 2176 (Blumenfield) EPR for mercury-containing lamps

4/6/2010
CRRA Letter to Senator Padilla
Supporting SB 920 (Yee) White pages telephone directory op-in

4/6/2010
Letter to US EPA signed by CRRA
Landfill Methane Outreach Program

4/2/2010
CRRA letter to Senator Simitian
Supporting SB 1100 (Corbett) EPR for household batteries

3/2/2010
CRRA letter to Governor SchwarzeneggerSupporting AB 7 (Evans) Restoring funding to California's Bottle Bill

2009

11/3/2009
CRRA letter to CIWMB
Comments on Organics LCA Tool

10/14/2009
CRRA letter to US EPA Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Response to invitation for stakeholder input

9/24/2009
CRRA letter to Governor Schwarzenegger
Supporting SB 402 (Wolk) Support strengthening California's Bottle Bill

9/21/2009
CRRA letter to Governor Schwarzenegger
Opposing AB 1173 (Huffman) Fluorescent lamp recycling

9/18/2009
CRRA letter to Governor Schwarzenegger
Supporting AB 473 (Blumenfield) Multi-family Recycling

8/26/2009
CRRA letter to Governor Schwarzenegger
Supporting keeping Dept. of Resources, Recycling and Recovery at CalEPA

8/26/2009
CRRA letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
Supporting AB 479 (Chesbro) 75% diversion plus mandatory commercial recycling

8/21/2009
CRRA letter to Assembly Member Saldana
Supporting AB 925 (Saldana) Bottle Caps

July 2009
Letter to Senate pro Tem Steinberg and Assembly Speaker Bass signed by CRRA
Beverage container recycling funding proposal

6/25/2009
CRRA/GRRN letter to US Assembly Speaker Pelosi
Support with amendments HR 2425 "American Clean Energy and Security Act"

6/15/2009
CRRA letter to Senate Environmental Quality Committee
Supporting AB 479 (Chesbro) 75% diversion plus mandatory commercial recycling

6/12/2009
CRRA letter to Senate Environmental Quality CommitteeOpposing AB 222 (Adams)

6/12/2009
CRRA letter to Assembly Member Huffman
Supporting if amended AB 1343 (Huffman)

6/12/2009
CRRA letter to Joint Budget Committee
Opposing Dept. of Finance proposal for cuts to DOC

6/10/2009
CRRA letter to Senate Environmental Quality Committee
Supporting AB 1329 (Brownley) prohibiting PVC packaging

5/28/2009
CRRA, GAIA and StopWaste.Org floor alert to all Assembly members"VOTE NO" on AB 222 (Adams)

5/27/2009
CRRA letter to Assembly Member Davis
Supporting AB 87 (Davis) Single-use bag fee

5/26/2009
CRRA letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee Chair De Leon
Supporting AB 1358 (Hill) banning EPS take-out food packages

5/4/2009
CRRA letter to Assembly Member Skinner and Senator Kehoe
Supporting AB 1581 and Opposing SB 390

4/21/2009
CRRA Letter Opposing AB 222
Opposing AB 222 (Adams) Conversion Technologies and Biorefineries

4/7/2009
CRRA letter to Assembly Natural Resources Committee
Supporting AB 283 (Chesbro) CA Product Stewardship Act

3/27/2009
CRRA letter to Governor Schwarzenegger
Opposing SB 44 (Denham) Abolishing CIWMB

3/27/2009
Letter to CARB signed by CRRA
Low Carbon Fuel Standard

3/19/2009
CRRA letter to Ocean Protection Council
Supporting MEA on single-use bags

2/4/2009
CRRA Letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein
Recycling and the Economic Stimulus Plan

2/4/2009
CRRA Letter to Senator Barbara BoxerRecycling and the Economic Stimulus Plan

1/8/2009
CRRA letter to NRC
Transition to Green

11/19/2008
Letter to CARB signed by CRRA
Mandatory Commercial Recycling in AB 32 Scoping Plan

11/18/2008
CRRA letter to CIWMB
Omission of Zero Waste in AB 32 Scoping Plan

10/6/2008
CRRA letter to Ocean Protection Council
Support EPR in Draft Implementation Strategy to Reduce and Prevent Ocean Litter

7/15/2008
CRRA letter to CARB
Recycling in Draft AB 32 Scoping Plan

3/28/2008
CRRA Letter to Assembly Member Huffman
Supporting AB 2640 (Huffman) organics out of landfills