Program Responsibilities: Sustainability Program

Statewide Technical and Analytical Resources Division

The Statewide Technical and Analytical Services Division supports local sustainability efforts for jurisdictions and for reuse and recycling businesses that are being implemented by the Local Assistance and Market Development Division (LAMD) by providing technical expertise and topical information. Staff members are expert consultants to field staff in LAMD to help local jurisdictions and businesses, which may require on-the-ground assessments of local situations as requested and participation in local projects.

The division also oversees policy development and provides guidance to LAMD in areas such as organics market development, procurement, environmentally preferable products and product stewardship, construction and demolition (C&D) diversion, plastics, universal waste, and tires and tire-derived products. It oversees and implements data collection, database management, and analysis, and web site management. The division is also responsible for the Board's Climate and Technical Research Section, which evaluates technologies that can convert post-recycled residuals into energy, alternative fuels, and other products; and it coordinates the Board's Climate Change policies and initiatives.

The division comprises two branches:

The Program Services Branch provides technical expertise to LAMD, the Financial Assistance Division, and other staff and their clients in selected functional/topical areas. They serve as expert consultants, trainers, and mentors in these areas to assist LAMD staff in helping local jurisdictions and businesses. The branch leads and coordinates statewide programmatic efforts in the same functional/topical areas.

The Analytical Services Branch supports local sustainability and policy efforts for the Board, local jurisdictions, state agencies and reuse and recycling businesses through data collection, management and analysis (including trend analysis). The branch serves as an information clearinghouse for data on California's waste stream; develops tools to reduce jurisdictions' and State agencies' time and costs to reach 50 percent diversion and increase diversion measurement accuracy; assists in developing survey tools to gather information; investigates the waste stream and provides this critical data to jurisdictions, stakeholders and other decision makers; and assists in the development and implementation of measures to quantify the success of the Sustainability Program.

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Last updated: November 29, 2007