Cal. Public Resources Code § 41791.5

(a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 41791, and except as provided in subdivision (b), each city, county, and regional agency shall submit its source reduction and recycling element and its nondisposal facility element to the board in accordance with the following schedule: (A) For any jurisdiction with less than eight years of remaining disposal site capacity, the source reduction and recycling element and the nondisposal facility element shall be submitted on or before April 30, 1994. (B) For any jurisdiction with eight or more years, but less than 15 years, of remaining disposal site capacity, the source reduction and recycling element and the nondisposal facility element shall be submitted on or before August 31, 1994. (C) For any jurisdiction with 15 or more years of remaining disposal site capacity, the source reduction and recycling element and the nondisposal facility element shall be submitted on or before December 31, 1994. (2) For purposes of this section, “remaining disposal site capacity” means capacity remaining as of January 1, 1990. For each jurisdiction, disposal site capacity shall be deemed to be the countywide permitted disposal site capacity. (3) Notwithstanding Section 41791, a county or regional agency that has adopted a countywide or regional agency integrated waste management plan may submit the plan and its elements to the board for review and approval pursuant to the schedule set forth in paragraph (1). (b) A city which is incorporated after January 1, 1990, shall submit a source reduction and recycling element, a household hazardous waste element, and a nondisposal facility element to the board for approval within 18 months from the date that the city was incorporated or within 18 months of the effective date of this section, whichever is later.