On July 10, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted to pass the first reading of an ordinance requiring medicine manufacturers to create and fund a medicine take back program. Read the text of the ordinance (PDF). A second reading is scheduled for July 24. Read the SF Examiner article and check the Alameda County Safe Meds site for updates. Alameda County also held a series of stakeholders meetings in May to gather public input.