Environmental Affairs Division- Local Enforcement Agency (LEA) is now part of the Code Enforcement Bureau within LADBS. It is directed at the City wide permitting, inspection and regulation of solid waste facilities and certain recycling facilities. These facilities are involved with collection, transfer, storage and disposal or recycling of materials which are regulated by state law. The LEA Permit Information page provides news on many LEA facilities. The Sunshine Canyon Information page provides specific information regarding this landfill facility.

The LEA protects the health and safety of the community by serving as the lead City investigators and inspector for solid waste and recycling operations that could have a significant public health and environmental impact if not properly regulated. The LEA accomplishes this by conducting unannounced periodic inspections of permitted facilities and issuing corrective notices and enforcement orders in the case of non-compliance. The LEA also investigates citizen's complaints related to solid waste or recycling facilities and directly order corrective measures or make referral to the proper agency(s) should conditions require follow up.

The LEA has worked collaboratively to introduce or pass recent state legislation that created a procedure for recycling facilities to obtain temporary permit under certain conditions and altered the way applications for solid waste facility are to be handled at the local, rather than state level.

The LEA is also looking beyond enforcement to create opportunities for education for grades 7 -12 with emphasis on the environmental crisis of where solid waste will go in the future. It is working to establish an environmental education center at a former disposal site to educate youth on recycling, trash-to-energy opportunities, composting and the impacts of local landfill gas and solid waste transportation-related emissions on global climate change.

It is the LEAs policy to investigate all public complaints related to solid waste facilities within 24-hours of receipt. Please call (213)252-3939 or use the LEA Referral to submit your request. All odor complaints should be directed to the South Coast Air Quality Management District at 1 (800) CUT-SMOG.