Council File: 05-1273-S1
Title
RENEW LA PLAN
Subject
Motion - The City of Los Angeles collects solid waste from single family homes and apartment buildings with less than four units. Using a three-barrel system that requires residents to separate recyclables into a blue can, greenwaste and yard trimmings into a green can and the remaining trash into the black can for disposal.
This system has allowed the City of Los Angeles to receive a 62% diversion level, among the highest in the State of California. Beyond that, the City has set a goal of 70% diversion by 2010. We need to move beyond the concept of "waste management" to a new paradigm of maximum resource recovery.
It is imperative that the City of Los Angeles adopt and implement a far-reaching and ambitious plan. This plan should provide a blueprint to a City that is not dependent on landfills for disposal, but also strives further, to create renewable, green energy, ("green collar jobs") from incentivizing local recycling and re-manufacturing industries.
Doing so will preserve natural resources, reduce the traffic, emissions and other environmental hazards associated with landfilling and will provide a local, responsible and environmentally just plan for resource recovery, by returning formerly wasted resources back to beneficial use.
R.E.N.E.W. LA (Recovering Energy, Natural Resources and Economic Benefit from Waste for L.A.) is such a plan.
THEREFORE MOVE that the City Council adopt the RENEW LA plan as a resource management blueprint for the City of Los Angeles for the next 20 years.
Date Received / Introduced
06/28/2005
Last Changed Date
03/13/2006
Mover
GREIG SMITH
Second
JAN PERRY
File History
6-28-05 - This day's Council session
6-28-05 - Ref to Environmental Quality and Waste Management Committee
6-28-05 - File to Environmental Quality and Waste Management Committee Clerk
10-17-05 - Re-referred to Ad Hoc Committee on Recovering Energy, Natural Resources and Economic Benefit From Waste for Los Angeles (RENEW LA) and Environmental Quality and Waste Management Committee
10-17-05 - File to Ad Hoc Committee Clerk
2-7-06 - For ref - Communication from Councilmember Greig Smith, relative to RENEW LA, A Resource Management Blueprint for the City of Los Angeles, 2005-2025.
2-7-06 - Ref to Ad Hoc Committee on Recovering Energy, Natural Resources and Economic Benefit From Waste for Los Angeles (RENEW LA), Energy and Environment and Budget and Finance Committees - to Ad Hoc Committee Clerk
2-17-06 - Council Action - ADHOC on Recovering Energy, Natural Resources and Economic Benefit from Waste for L.A. Committee report ADOPTED to ADOPT Recovering Energy, Natural Resources and Economic Benefit from Waste for L.A. (RENEW LA) plan as a guide for solid waste and resource management for the City of Los Angeles for the next twenty years, on the condition that its legislative package of motions still proceed through the various Council policy committees.
2-17-06 - Council Action - Motion ADOPTED to APPROVE Energy and Environment Committees' report to CONCUR with the recommendation of the Budget and Finance Committee and the Ad Hoc Committee on Recovering Energy, Natural Resources and Economic Benefit from Waste for L.A.
2-17-06 - Council Action - Motion ADOPTED to APPROVE Budget and Finance Committees' report to CONCUR with the recommendation of the Ad Hoc Committee on Recovering Energy, Natural Resources and Economic Benefit from Waste for L.A.
2-24-06 - Communication from Southern California Association of Governments, dated February 11, 2006, relative to Support for RENEW L.A., is attached to Council file.
2-27-06 - File to Ad Hoc Committee on Recovering Energy, Natural Resources and Economic Benefit From Waste for L.A. Committee Clerk OK
2-27-06 - File to Budget and Finance Committee Clerk OK
2-27-06 - File to Energy and Environment Committee Clerk OK
3-2-06 - File in files
6-28-05 - Ref to Environmental Quality and Waste Management Committee
6-28-05 - File to Environmental Quality and Waste Management Committee Clerk
10-17-05 - Re-referred to Ad Hoc Committee on Recovering Energy, Natural Resources and Economic Benefit From Waste for Los Angeles (RENEW LA) and Environmental Quality and Waste Management Committee
10-17-05 - File to Ad Hoc Committee Clerk
2-7-06 - For ref - Communication from Councilmember Greig Smith, relative to RENEW LA, A Resource Management Blueprint for the City of Los Angeles, 2005-2025.
2-7-06 - Ref to Ad Hoc Committee on Recovering Energy, Natural Resources and Economic Benefit From Waste for Los Angeles (RENEW LA), Energy and Environment and Budget and Finance Committees - to Ad Hoc Committee Clerk
2-17-06 - Council Action - ADHOC on Recovering Energy, Natural Resources and Economic Benefit from Waste for L.A. Committee report ADOPTED to ADOPT Recovering Energy, Natural Resources and Economic Benefit from Waste for L.A. (RENEW LA) plan as a guide for solid waste and resource management for the City of Los Angeles for the next twenty years, on the condition that its legislative package of motions still proceed through the various Council policy committees.
2-17-06 - Council Action - Motion ADOPTED to APPROVE Energy and Environment Committees' report to CONCUR with the recommendation of the Budget and Finance Committee and the Ad Hoc Committee on Recovering Energy, Natural Resources and Economic Benefit from Waste for L.A.
2-17-06 - Council Action - Motion ADOPTED to APPROVE Budget and Finance Committees' report to CONCUR with the recommendation of the Ad Hoc Committee on Recovering Energy, Natural Resources and Economic Benefit from Waste for L.A.
2-24-06 - Communication from Southern California Association of Governments, dated February 11, 2006, relative to Support for RENEW L.A., is attached to Council file.
2-27-06 - File to Ad Hoc Committee on Recovering Energy, Natural Resources and Economic Benefit From Waste for L.A. Committee Clerk OK
2-27-06 - File to Budget and Finance Committee Clerk OK
2-27-06 - File to Energy and Environment Committee Clerk OK
3-2-06 - File in files
Online Documents (Doc)
| Title | Doc Date |
|---|
| Council Action | 02/17/2006 |
| Motion | 06/28/2005 |
| Report from Councilmember Smith | 06/01/2005 |
Council Vote Information
| Council Vote Information |
| Meeting Date: | 02/17/2006 |
| Meeting Type: | Regular |
| Vote Action: | Adopted |
| Vote Given: | (12 - 0 - 3) |
| Member Name | CD | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| TONY CARDENAS | 6 | YES |
| ERIC GARCETTI | 13 | YES |
| WENDY GREUEL | 2 | YES |
| JANICE HAHN | 15 | YES |
| JOSE HUIZAR | 14 | YES |
| TOM LABONGE | 4 | ABSENT |
| ALEX PADILLA | 7 | YES |
| BERNARD C PARKS | 8 | YES |
| JAN PERRY | 9 | YES |
| ED REYES | 1 | YES |
| BILL ROSENDAHL | 11 | ABSENT |
| GREIG SMITH | 12 | YES |
| JACK WEISS | 5 | ABSENT |
| HERB WESSON | 10 | YES |
| DENNIS ZINE | 3 | YES |