A. The City Manager and his/her designee are authorized to conduct inspections and investigations, at random or otherwise, of any collection container, collection vehicle loads, or transfer, processing, or disposal facility for materials collected from generators, or source separated materials to confirm compliance with this chapter by organic waste generators, commercial businesses (including multifamily dwellings), property owners, commercial edible food generators, haulers, self-haulers, food recovery services, and food recovery organizations, subject to applicable laws. This section alone does not allow the City to enter the interior of a private residential property for inspection.

B. Any person subject to this chapter shall provide or arrange for access during all inspections (with the exception of a private residential dwelling unit) and shall cooperate with the City or designee during such inspections and investigations. Such inspections and investigations may include confirmation of proper placement of materials in containers, inspection of edible food recovery activities, review of required records, or other verification or inspection to confirm compliance with any other requirement of this chapter. Failure to provide or arrange for: (1) access to the premises; (2) installation and operation of remote monitoring equipment, if such a program is adopted; or (3) access to records for any inspection or investigation is a violation of this chapter and may result in penalties.

C. Any records obtained by the City during its inspections, remote monitoring (if adopted), and other reviews shall be subject to the requirements and applicable disclosure exemptions of the Public Records Act as set forth in Section 6250 et seq. of the Government Code.

D. The City, authorized collector or designee shall accept written complaints from persons regarding an entity that may be potentially noncompliant with SB 1383 regulations, including receipt of anonymous complaints. The City shall administratively develop a system to accept anonymous complaints and require that all complaints be made in writing with the information specified in the SB 1383 regulations. (Ord. 2022-03 § 2, 2022.)