Community Relief Program
This page was last updated January 17, 2025
Visit chiquitalandfillcommunityrelief.com to apply!
Applications for funding for the month of January are due by January 31, 2025. If you have not yet submitted any application for this program, please complete the Application. If you have submitted an application previously, you must complete the Recertification Form. Both forms are available here. The forms and information are also available in Spanish. For more information on how to complete the forms, view the slides from the May community information meeting (en Español).
Chiquita’s Community Relief Program is meant to assist with offsetting costs associated with odor mitigation. This Program is different from and in addition to Los Angeles County’s Landfill Utility Relief Program. Chiquita has retained a third-party administrator to administer this program.
Through this Program, residents of Val Verde, Live Oak, Hasley Hills, Hillcrest Parkway, Hasley Canyon and Stevenson Ranch since last spring have been able to request funding that can be used to assist with the claimed expenses associated with odor mitigation, including temporary relocation, home hardening, and increased utility bills. Applicants are also able to request an air filtration device or replacement air filters.
This is not a reimbursement program. Instead, applicants that submit valid, geographically eligible applications receive a payment each month that they can use as needed, similar to a stipend. Payment amounts vary among applicants based on a variety of factors, including geographic location and Chiquita’s assessment of the extent of odor impacts based on objective odor data.
The checks have been mailed out for valid or corrected, geographically eligible applicants that applied in March-November. Most recently, checks were mailed out the week of December 23 for eligible applicants that submitted new valid applications in the month of November, valid recertifications, and those that had corrected application materials from their previous applications. Checks for eligible applicants that submit new valid applications or valid recertifications in the month of December are expected to be mailed the week of January 20.
Submission of the application form and receipt of compensation does not constitute a release of any legal claims you may have against Chiquita Canyon Landfill or any related entities and does not constitute a waiver of any additional damages to which you may be entitled.
In-person Application Assistance events will be held in the community to provide help with applying for a Unique Household ID, filling out the Application Form, filling out the monthly Recertification Form, or any other questions related to the Chiquita Community Relief Program. Staff will be available to answer any questions and provide assistance in English and Spanish. Chiquita is providing additional in-person Application Assistance events on the following dates and times at the locations listed below:
- January 17, 2025 – Castaic Library (10:30 am – 4:00 pm)
- January 18, 2025 – Castaic Library (10:30 am – 4:00 pm)
View the Chiquita Canyon Community Relief Program Information Sheet for more details (en Español).
View the two letters Chiquita submitted to Senator Scott Wilk (en Español) and to the U.S. EPA, Supervisor Kathryn Barger, and South Coast AQMD (en Español) on August 29, 2024, containing the latest updates on the Community Relief Program and responding to letters received on July 25 from Senator Wilk and August 7 from the U.S. EPA, Supervisor Barger, and South Coast AQMD.
