CSAC is seeking feedback from counties on two bills in the
agriculture, environment, and natural resources portfolio. Please
send your feedback to Catherine Freeman (cfreeman@counties.org) and Ada
Waelder (awaelder@counties.org) by
April 8, 2022.
AB 2538 (Rivas) – Wildfire Smoke Notification. AB
2538 would require the Office of Emergency Services to integrate
a plan for targeted alerts for public health dangers, including
smoke from wildfires. These alerts would be sent in text and
voice messages in multiple languages based on ZIP Code. The bill
would also require each county to integrate these alerts in the
next update to its emergency plan.
AB 2048 (Santiago) – Solid Waste Franchise
Agreements. AB 2048 would require local jurisdictions to
post current franchise agreements between contract waste and
recycling haulers and public agencies to their website. Cal
Recycle would, in turn, maintain a publicly accessible database
of these agreements.
