California Landfill Management and Education Funding Initiative (2024)
| California Landfill Management and Education Funding Initiative | |
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Environment and Education | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The California Landfill Management and Education Funding Initiative (#23-0006) was not on the ballot in California as an initiated state statute on November 5, 2024.
The initiatives would have made changes to landfill management to reduce the amount of methane released by landfills and dedicated penalties collected from landfills in violation of the act to state education funds.[1][2]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was as follows:[3]
| “ | Requires landfill upgrades. Authorizes only specified private companies to administer upgrade funding and certain education funds. Initiative statute.[4] | ” |
Petition summary
The summary provided for inclusion on signature petition sheets was as follows:[3]
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Requires closed landfills to implement aerobic bioreactor technology that uses liquid and air to speed decomposition and reduce methane gas emissions. Prohibits state funding for required landfill upgrades and instead authorizes only NGD Consortium (consisting of several related private companies) to administer funding. Establishes funds, administered by NGD Consortium, for public schools and college savings accounts for students in communities with upgraded landfills; these funds will be financed by fines on noncompliant landfills and some of NGD Consortium’s profits from the measure’s programs.[4] |
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Fiscal impact
The fiscal impact statement was as follows:[3]
| “ | Increased state costs from administering new regulatory and funding programs likely totaling several millions of dollars annually. Uncertain local government cost impacts depending upon whether new requirements for landfills result in higher costs for providing waste collection and disposal services. Uncertain state and local government revenue impacts depending on a number of factors including the amount generated from various funding sources to support compliance for landfills and educational costs.[4] | ” |
Full text
The full text of the initiative can be read here.
Path to the ballot
The state process
In California, the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute is equal to 5 percent of the votes cast in the preceding gubernatorial election. Petitions are allowed to circulate for 180 days from the date the attorney general prepares the petition language. Signatures need to be certified at least 131 days before the general election. As the verification process can take multiple months, the secretary of state provides suggested deadlines for ballot initiatives.
The requirements to get initiated state statutes certified for the 2024 ballot:
- Signatures: 546,651 were required.
- Deadline: The deadline for signature verification was 131 days before the general election, which was around June 27, 2024. However, the process of verifying signatures can take multiple months and proponents are recommended to file signatures at least two months before the verification deadline.
Signatures are first filed with local election officials, who determine the total number of signatures submitted. If the total number is equal to at least 100 percent of the required signatures, then local election officials perform a random check of signatures submitted in their counties. If the random sample estimates that more than 110 percent of the required number of signatures are valid, the initiative is eligible for the ballot. If the random sample estimates that between 95 and 110 percent of the required number of signatures are valid, a full check of signatures is done to determine the total number of valid signatures. If less than 95 percent are estimated to be valid, the initiative does not make the ballot.
Details about this initiative
- The initiatives were filed on July 3, 2023, by Michael F. Liddell.[2]
- The initiative was cleared for signature gathering on September 7, 2023.[2]
- Proponents did not turn in a sufficient number of signatures by the circulation deadline of March 4, 2024.[2]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ California Attorney General's Office, "Full text," accessed July 5, 2023
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 California Secretary of State's Office, "List of petitions," accessed May 12, 2023
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 California Secretary of State, "Initiatives and Referenda Cleared for Circulation," accessed October 20, 2021
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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