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CAO Tells Committee RBR Program Could Cost City $172M; Committee Advances Item Without Recommendation
Summary
The CAO recommended terminating the Removing Barriers to Recycling (RBR) program, citing projected city costs of $172 million over nine years and a potential $58 million payout by 2027; the committee split on the recommendation and advanced the item to council without endorsement.
The City Administrative Officer recommended the committee adopt recommendations to terminate the Removing Barriers to Recycling (RBR) program tied to the RecycLA franchise contracts, saying the program is projected to cost the city $172,000,000 over nine years and that the general fund has already subsidized about $19,370,000.
The CAO, Janice Yu, told the committee the program currently costs the city roughly $2.5 million per month and that, if the program continues through contract expiration, the city faces an additional projected payout of about $58,000,000 in fiscal 2026–27. Yu said the report was prepared in coordination with…
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