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Agenda Packet - Community Advisory Commission - 02/11/2020
COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING February 11, 2020 - 6:00 PM 31111 Greenspot Road, Highland, CA 92346 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL OF COMMISSION MEMBERS PUBLIC COMMENTS Any person wishing to speak to the Board of Commissioners is asked to complete a Speaker Card and submit it to the District Clerk prior to the start of the meeting. Each speaker is limited to three (3) minutes, unless waived by the Chairman of the Commission. Under the State of California Brown Act, the Board of Commissioners is prohibited from discussing or taking action on any item not listed on the posted agenda. The matter will automatically be referred to staff for an appropriate response or action and may appear on the agenda at a future meeting. DISCUSSION/INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 1. Hazard Mitigation Plan Update 2. Sterling Natural Resource Center Project Update 3. Legislative Update 4. Outreach Update 5. Commissioner Comments 6. Staff's Comments ADJOURN Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2(a), any request for a disability- related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, that is sought in order to participate in the above-agendized public meeting should be directed to the District Clerk at (909) 885-4900 at least 72 hours prior to said meeting. B O AR D AG E ND A S TAF F R E P O RT Agenda Item #1. Meeting Date: F eb ruary 11, 2020 Dis c us s io n Item To: C ommis s io n Members F rom: Direc tor of S trategic S ervic es Subject: Hazard Mitigation P lan Up d ate R E C O MME N D AT IO N: T his item is fo r info rmatio nal p urp o s es only. B AC KGR O UN D / AN ALYS IS : Just like at home, it is important that Eas t Valley Water Dis tric t take step s to p rep are for emergenc ies . T he F ed eral Emergenc y Management Agency (F E MA) and C alifo rnia O ffice of Emergenc y S ervic es (C al O ES ) req uires communities and organizations to d evelop and maintain a Hazard Mitigation P lan (HMP ). T his plan allo ws the D istrict to b e eligib le fo r grant as s is tance after a d is aster and is to b e updated every five years and s ubmitted to F EMA for review and ap p ro val. T he R o b ert T. S tafford Disas ter R elief and Emergenc y As s is tance Act (S taffo rd Ac t), as amended by the Dis as ter Mitigation Act of 2000 p ro vides the legal b as is for s tate, loc al, tribal, and territo ry governments to und ertake ris k-based ap p roac hes to red uc ing natural hazard ris ks through mitigation planning. S pecific ally, the S tafford Ac t requires state, loc al, trib al, and territo rial governments to d evelo p and adopt F EMA-approved Hazard Mitigatio n P lans as a c onditio n fo r rec eiving c ertain types of non-emergenc y d is as ter as sistanc e. T he HMP is the only emergency related p lan that is available for p ublic review. T his community-d riven, living d o cument examines vulnerabilities to natural and man-mad e hazard s and then id entifies strategies to red uc e o r eliminate imp acts . Within the HMP is a review of p ro jects c o mp leted within the last five years, recent natural and man-mad e events , and mos t rec ent s cientific data o n hazard s whic h is then us ed to develop the Hazard Mitigatio n P lan’s s trategy to id entify and p rio ritize the mos t effec tive mitigation ac tions . Much like o ther strategic p lanning elements in plac e thro ugho ut the Dis tric t, the HMP includ es a s eries o f meas urable go als and o b jectives that facilitate succ es s evaluation and p ro ject progress. In the Dis tric t’s c as e, the Hazard Mitigatio n P lan foc uses on red uc ing d amage to infras truc ture and interrup tion in c ritic al lifeline services that could b e imp acted within the s ervic e area. Hazard mitigatio n projects s uc h as s ewer and main pipeline replac ement with earthquake res is tant material, can help p ro tec t the community fro m the effec ts o f a d isaster. Development o f this approac h allo ws for p ro jects to be c o nsidered within the annual b udget pro cess for in-ho use fund ing while also provid ing potential eligib ility for S tate and/o r F ed erally fund ed mitigation grants. R es p ec tfully s ubmitted : Kelly Mallo y Directo r o f S trategic S ervices A P lanning Team with representatives fro m the Dis tric t’s internal p ro grams has b een developed to guid e the d o cument up d ate. G iven the importance of c o llaboratio n and a c o mprehens ive understanding o f vulnerab ilities , the Dis trict is s eeking input from community memb ers regard ing p otential hazards p res ent within the District’s s ervic e area to be c onsidered fo r inc o rp o ratio n into the HMP ’s go als and o b jec tives . AG E N C Y G O ALS AN D OB J E C T IVE S : G o al and O bjec tives I I I - Deliver P ublic S ervic e with P urpose W hile Emb rac ing C ontinuo us G rowth a) Ad vanc e Emergency P repared ness Effo rts G o al and O bjec tives I V - P romo te P lanning, Maintenanc e and P res ervatio n o f Dis tric t R esources a) Ad vanc e Emergency P repared ness Effo rts F IS C AL IMPAC T T his item is ap p ro ved in the F is c al Year 2019-20 bud get. HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING Risk Results & Mitigation Strategy February 11, 2020 © Arcadis 2016 Agenda 07 February 2020 2 •Why Plan for Hazard Mitigation •Risk Results and Mitigation Strategies •Discussion WHY PLAN FOR HAZARD MITIGATION? 07 February 20203 © Arcadis 2016 •Evaluates natural and man-made hazards •Develops a strategy to reduce or eliminate impacts, including damage to infrastructure and interruption in critical water and wastewater services that impact the service area. •Breaks the cycle of disaster, damage, restoration, and repeated damage by improving District assets. What is a Hazard Mitigation Plan? The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) require communities and organizations to develop hazard mitigation plans to be eligible for grant assistance before or after a disaster. © Arcadis 2016 What is the Mitigation Strategy? 07 February 2020 7 It is the heart of the Hazard Mitigation Plan It serves as the blueprint for reducing potential losses identified in the Risk Assessment It is made up of three main components: goals, objectives, and actions It summarizes these components in an action plan. © Arcadis 2016 Goals, Objectives, Actions, and Action Plan 07 February 2020 8 Action Plan Actions Objectives Goals•What long-term outcomes do you want to achieve? •How will you define and organize mitigation actions to connect with goals? •What specific actions will the District and others take to reduce risk to hazards? •How will the action be prioritized and implemented? © Arcadis 2016 Mitigation Goals •Represent what the District seeks to achieve through mitigation plan implementation •Required to be in the plan and must be consistent with the hazards identified in the Risk Assessment •Goals may be based on: –Risk Assessment Findings –Outreach Activities –Community Goals (San Bernardino HMP) –State Hazard Mitigation Plan Goals The hazard mitigation strategy shall include a description of mitigation goals to reduce or avoid long-term vulnerabilities to the identified hazards. 44 CFR §201.6(c)(3)(i) 07 February 2020 9 © Arcadis 2016 Mitigation Objectives •Define strategies and are implementation steps to achieve goals. •Specific and measurable. •Expand on the goals and provide more detail on the ways to accomplish them. While not required, the District may continue to develop objectives to help define or organize mitigation actions. 07 February 2020 10 © Arcadis 2016 Mitigation Actions •A specific action, project, activity, or process taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property from hazards. •Typical types of mitigation actions include: •Local plans and regulations •Structure and infrastructure projects •Natural systems protection •Education and awareness programs •May include Preparedness and Response Actions. The hazard mitigation strategy shall include a section that identifies and analyzes a comprehensive range of specific mitigation actions and projects being considered to reduce the effects of each hazard, with particular emphasis on new and existing buildings and infrastructure. 44 CFR §201.6(c)(3)(ii) 07 February 2020 11 © Arcadis 2016 Types of Mitigation Actions 07 February 2020 12 Mitigation Type Examples Local Plans and Regulations •Hazard mitigation plan integration •Capital improvement programs •Open space preservation •Master planning •Risk and vulnerability assessments Structure and Infrastructure Projects •Elevation of structures and equipment in the 100-year floodplain •Utility undergrounding •Structural retrofits (wind and earthquake) •Floodwalls and floodproofing •Safe rooms Natural Systems Protection •Sediment and erosion control •Stream and wetlands restoration •Forest management (defensible space) Education and Awareness •Media spots (tv, radio, and mailings) •Websites with maps and information •Presentations and outreach to customers / the public RISK RESULTS AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES 07 February 202013 © Arcadis 2016 Current Jurisdiction 07 February 2020 14 © Arcadis 2016 All Hazards Strategy Protect lives, mitigate damage to infrastructure, and meet levels of service for the District’s customers. 2020 Goal Objectives 07 February 2020 15 •Continually understand and measure impacts on critical assets from all hazards. •Periodically provide state and local agencies with updated information on hazards, vulnerabilities, and mitigation actions completed. •Comply with all applicable local codes and standards and ensure the protection of life, property, and continuity of service. © Arcadis 2016 •Ensure that all District investment in high-risk areas is protected by mitigation measures that provide safety and protect infrastructure. •Identify and mitigate all imminent threats to life safety. •Identify projects that would provide water supply reliability. •Establish a partnership with all levels of government and the business community to improve and implement levels of service. •Educate District employees and customers of the risks, mitigation actions, and contingency plans established to enhance safety. All Hazards Strategy Objectives 07 February 2020 16 © Arcadis 2016 R = TL x V x C •R is annual risk in $ •TL is annual threat likelihood (frequency) •V is vulnerability •C is consequence in $ Methodology for Calculating Risk The equation is from the EPA recommended J100 methodology, tailored to water utilities © Arcadis 2016 Top Risks: Earthquake High High High Threat Likelihood: 20% chance of 7+ magnitude earthquake on the San Andreas Fault near the EVWD service area in next 30 years Vulnerability Consequence Why is this high risk? EVWD service area borders the San Andreas Fault and is near the San Jacinto Fault. A 7+ magnitude earthquake could cause: •Maximum ground shaking •Other disasters like wildfire and landslides •Damage to critical infrastructure •Potential loss of water/wastewater services to customers until infrastructure is repaired •Potential public health impacts if the sewer line breaks © Arcadis 2016 Earthquake Risk 07 February 2020 19 San Andreas Faultline Source: USGS & Google Earth © Arcadis 2016 Earthquake Strategy Avoid damages to District property. The District is adhering to new building, mechanical, and fire codes critical to the protection of property and life and the reduction of seismic risk, fire, and flood hazards. 2020 Goal •When possible, pursue funding for retrofit programs to bring non-compliant structures up to code. •Design new District facilities to withstand an 8.0 magnitude earthquake Objectives 07 February 2020 20 © Arcadis 2016 Why is this high risk? •Droughts have long-term regional economic impacts. FEMA estimates water services are worth $105 per capita per day and wastewater services are $49 per capita per day. •Droughts can impact development decisions and prime the environment for wildfires and flash floods. •Leasing additional water rights during a drought is costly. •Customers will need to comply with drought conservation measures, which include reducing or eliminating outdoor water use to meet indoor water needs. Top Risks: Drought Medium Medium -Low High Threat likelihood: Climate change may worsen droughts Vulnerability Consequence © Arcadis 2016 Drought Risk 07 February 2020 22Source: NOAA Service area climate classification: Hot and semi- arid © Arcadis 2016 Drought Strategy Improve drought preparedness through mitigation over the long-term and the objectives listed below that align with the objectives of the California Water Plan (2018). 2020 Goal •Identify and secure new water sources to increase diversity and redundancy in the water supply. •Improve operational efficiency and transfers by maintaining water production and distribution to ensure reliable service to customers. •Reduce water demand by prioritizing water use for health and safety purposes. •Focus on water conservation measures that reduce nonessential water uses. •Adhere to updated state drought level regulations. Objectives 07 February 2020 23 © Arcadis 2016 Top Risks: Wildfire Why is this high risk? •Threat likelihood: Santa Ana winds occur annually, and it is difficult to predict where wildfires will occur. •The foothills are considered a “very high fire hazard severity zone” •Could result in a short-term boile water notice. •Could result in temporary loss of service to higher elevation homes if critical equipment is damaged from a wildfire. •Wildfires create conditions prone to flashfloods (mud and landslides) High Medium High Threat likelihood Higher along the foothills Vulnerability Reduced -fire department responds quickly Consequence © Arcadis 2016 Wildfire Risk 07 February 2020 25Source: CalFire © Arcadis 2016 Wildfire Strategy Minimize the potential risks resulting from the exposure of District residents to manmade and natural wildfires. 2020 Goal •Increase the District’s wildfire response capacity. •Require identification of critical facilities in need of improvement, and alternatives for mitigation. •Implement improvements to existing and new facilities in wildfire hazard areas. Objectives 07 February 2020 26 © Arcadis 2016 Why is this high risk? •Often occur after wildfires and earthquakes •Could block road access •Risks are similar to wildfire and earthquake •Note: EVWD does not expect floods/flashfloods to cause water/wastewater service interruptions Top Risks –Floods & Flashfloods High Low Medium Threat likelihood Higher along the foothills Vulnerability Building structures provide some protection. Risk score © Arcadis 2016 Flood & Flash Flood Risk 07 February 2020 28 FEMA Flood Map: Most facilities are not in the flood zones Flashflood Likelihood Source: FEMA & USGS © Arcadis 2016 Floods and Flash Floods Strategy Minimize potential flood risks at the District’s critical facilities. 2020 Goal •Require identification of critical facilities at risk and alternatives for mitigation. •Implement floodproofing measures and upgrade critical facilities in flood hazard areas. •Continually increase the District’s understanding of flood hazards as it relates to critical facilities. Objectives 07 February 2020 29 © Arcadis 2016 Top Risks: Loss of Power 07 February 2020 30 High Medium Medium Threat likelihood Vulnerability Risk score Why is this high risk? •Power impacts the entire system •Threat likelihood is correlated with the Santa Ana winds and wildfires. Power is shut off by Southern California Edison during high winds •Vulnerability is dependent on whether a facility has an onsite generator. EVWD is working toward increasing the number of generators. •If a power outage is prolonged (7+ days), customers at higher elevations may lose service depending on generator availability. © Arcadis 2016 Dependency Hazard Strategy Maximize the State Water Project resource while maintaining reliable alternate and redundant water sources. 2020 Goal •Develop a strategy and set benchmarks to annually bank State Water Project credits. Objective 07 February 2020 31 © Arcadis 2016 Dependency Hazard Strategy Ensure accessibility to supply critical spares in the event of a disaster. 2020 Goal •Maintain an accurate inventory of the District’s critical spares. •Identify vendors or establish MOUs to access critical supplies in case of an event. Objective 07 February 2020 32 © Arcadis 2016 Dependency Hazard Strategy, con’t. Minimize power loss downtime, and maximize service continuity to the greatest extent possible. 2020 Goal •Identify alternative sources of power. •Continually collaborate with other utility companies to expand knowledge base of alternative energy sources. •Identify facilities in need of retrofit or improvement to allow for alternative energy sources. Objective 07 February 2020 33 ADDITIONAL MITIGATION STRATEGIES 07 February 202034 © Arcadis 2016 Land Subsidence Strategy Prevent excessive groundwater pumping which may induce land subsidence. 2020 Goal •Support the Valley District’s efforts for responsible basin management. Objectives 07 February 2020 35 © Arcadis 2016 Physical Adversary Strategy Prevent and promote preparedness for physical threats inside and outside the District’s facilities. 2020 Goal •Maintain headquarter evacuation preparedness with staff. •When applicable, implement physical protective features into the design of the building to heighten security measures. Objectives 07 February 2020 36 © Arcadis 2016 Cyber Attack Strategy Minimize potential risks resulting from breach of cyber security and strengthen resistance against cyber failure. 2020 Update •Expand staff education and training for cyber security, including manual operations in case of system failure. •Increase resources to prevent compromises to cybersecurity. •Develop a contingency strategy or recovery plan if system is compromised. Objectives 07 February 2020 37 © Arcadis 2016 Proximity Hazards Strategy Prevent proximity hazards from effecting the quality of water the District provides. 2020 Goal •Actively monitor ground wells. •Leverage regional working groups to discuss and collaborate on proximity hazards that may impact water quality. Objectives 07 February 2020 38 © Arcadis 2016 Discussion 07/02/2020 39 •From your perspective, have we accurately captured the natural hazards affecting our area and their consequences (e.g., disruption of service)? •Do the mitigation strategies and goals adequately respond to the natural hazards? •What hazards have your organizations been mitigating? What actions are you taking? •Are there opportunities for collaboration on solutions? •What would it take for your organization to collaborate on a solution? THANK YOU! B O AR D AGE N D A S TAF F R E P ORT Agenda Item #2. Meeting Date: F ebruary 11, 2020 Dis c ussion Item To: C ommis s io n Members F rom: Direc tor of S trategic S ervic es Subject: S terling Natural R es o urc e C enter P rojec t Update R E C O MME N D AT IO N: T his item is fo r info rmatio nal p urp o s es only. B AC KGR O UN D / AN ALYS IS : T he S terling Natural R es o urc e C enter has s et o ut to “Make Every S o urc e a R esource,” with maximum flexibility and cost effic ienc ies through the p ro gres s ive des ign-b uild metho d . T his proc urement method fo s ters a team enviro nment between the c ontracto rs , d es ign team, and the Dis tric t to c onsider o p p o rtunities to enhanc e the p ro ject to b etter s erve the c o mmunity further into the d es ign pro cess than in a traditional des ign-b id -b uild p ro ject. T he District has s uc c es s fully finalized the fund ing agreement with the S tate Water R es ourc es C ontrol Board for the lo w interest loan and P ropos ition 1 grant. Additio nally, the firs t reimburs ement payment has also b een received . C urrently, the p ro jec t is fully funded thro ugh a lo w interest S tate loan, and succ es s ful award of P ro p o s itio n 1 and Urban G reening grants to taling over $8 million in fund ing. In January, the projec t rec eived ap proval from the C alifo rnia Alternative Energy and Ad vanced Trans p o rtatio n F inancing Authority (C AE AT FA) 2020 fund ing c yc le. T he Dis trict o riginally applied fo r this program in 2019 and was p lac ed on the 2020 wait lis t d ue to a lac k o f availab le fund s . P artic ip ating in this p rogram can res ult in ap p ro ximately $3.5 million in s ales tax s avings . C o nstruc tio n effo rts continue to fo c us o n the treatment facilities on the east side o f the p ro ject. T he c urrent activities are fo c used on installing reb ar, p ouring concrete, and water tes ting fac ilities that will ultimately s tore wastewater. Engineering effo rts are also underway to inc o rp o rate the diges ter technolo gy into the proc es s es and the generation of elec tric ity within the revis ed projec t s c hedule. T he team is meeting with the various agenc ies regarding cooperative effo rts and regulato ry ap p ro vals nec es s ary fo r the p ro jec t. Agencies currently coord inating in the S N R C inc lude the S tate Water R es ourc es C ontrol Board Division o f Drinking Water, R egio nal Water Q uality C ontro l Bo ard , S an Bernard ino C o unty F lo o d C o ntro l, S an Bernard ino International Airp o rt Authority, S an Bernardino C ity Unified S c hool Dis tric t, S o uth C oas t Air Q uality Management District, C ity o f Highland, C ity o f R ed lands , and C ity of S an Bernard ino. G iven the vis ib ility of the cons truc tion progres s , the District c o ntinues to p ro vid e regular up dates at s p ecial events and thro ugh b ill ins erts and ad vertisements in the Highland C ommunity News . Additio nally, community memb ers are encouraged to view the c onstruc tion c amera o n the District's web s ite. T his is a s afe way fo r the community to have an ins id e look at the efforts und erway to cons truc t the S terling Natural R es o urc e C enter. T he R es p ec tfully s ubmitted : Kelly Mallo y Directo r o f S trategic S ervices community to have an ins id e look at the efforts und erway to cons truc t the S terling Natural R es o urc e C enter. T he Dis tric t will be is s uing a call fo r vo lunteers to s erve o n a c o mmittee to p ro vide projec t updates and gather community inp ut. T he ed uc atio nal pathway program with Ind ian S prings High S cho o l is launc hing this month with nearly 30 s tud ents participating. T he P athway P ro gram is mad e possible thro ugh a collaboration b etween the S an Bernard ino C ity Unified S c hool Dis tric t, S an Bernardino Valley C ommunity C o llege, and Eas t Valley Water Dis tric t. T he benefits of this pro gram were rec ently highlighted at the S an Bernardino C o unty S tate of the C o unty event. AG E N C Y G O ALS AN D OB J E C T IVE S : G oal and O b jectives I - Implement Effec tive S o lutio ns T hrough Visionary Leadership a) Identify O pportunities to O p timize Natural R esourc es B O AR D AGE N D A S TAF F R E P ORT Agenda Item #3. Meeting Date: F ebruary 11, 2020 Dis c ussion Item To: C ommis s io n Members F rom: Direc tor of S trategic S ervic es Subject: Legis lative Up d ate R E C O MME N D AT IO N: T his item is fo r info rmatio nal p urp o s es only. B AC KGR O UN D / AN ALYS IS : Active engagement in the legis lative pro cess is imp erative to public adminis tratio n. T he d ecis io ns mad e b y elected o fficials and s taff shap e the day-to -d ay ac tivities of the Dis trict. In o rd er to remain engaged in the d is cus s io ns taking p lac e 500 miles away, the Dis tric t works clos ely with T he O nate G roup and R es o lute. T he legis lature res umed s es s io n in early January, and have a number of bills that could impac t the District and cus tomers within the service area. T he highes t priority issue has b een engaging in a d ialo gue relating to three climate res ilienc y b o nds navigating the proc es s : G overnor News om’s $4.75 billion prop o s al, S B 45 by S enator Allen (no w a $5.5 billion b o nd) and Assemblymember Eduardo G arcia’s AB 352 (p leas e note G arc ia’s b o nd is b eing rewritten and will b e introduced in a new b ill). W hile Assemblymember Mullin als o intro d uc ed a bond late las t year, it is expec ted G arcia’s b ill will b e the Assembly’s vehicle. In c o o rd inatio n with S an Bernard ino Valley Munic ip al Water Dis trict and Eas tern Munic ipal Water Dis trict a joint c o mment was p repared and sub mitted to the C alifornia Munic ipal Utilities Assoc iation to b e inc luded in their c o alitio n letter. S p ecific ally, the comment ad d res s ed the inclus ion of s ep tic -to -s ewer p rojec t within the funding c riteria. Lo o king ahead , the Dis trict antic ipates engagement in the regulatio ns regard ing the electrical ab ility to proac tively d e-energize power lines in high fire d anger c o nditio ns . T he extent and propos als of this topic are in the early s tages o f develo p ment, b ut inc lud e cons id eratio n of minimum notific ation req uirements , id entifying thes e events as emergencies thus ap plying exemp tio ns fro m air q uality requirements fo r running generators , and p o tential fund ing fo r alternative energy equipment. T his rap id disc us s io n is a direct b enefit of having recently adopted an updated Legis lative P latfo rm. T he d o cument p ro vides polic y d irec tion for s taff that fac ilitates timely res p o nse to issues as they arise. Ad d itionally regulations have taken effec t whic h is requiring actio n by the Dis trict includ ing: S ervice Dis c onnectio ns C o ns ervatio n Water Q uality S taff will c o ntinue to work c losely with legislative advo cates in S acramento . T he Dis tric t recently b ecame R es p ec tfully s ubmitted : Kelly Mallo y Directo r o f S trategic S ervices S taff will c o ntinue to work c losely with legislative advo cates in S acramento . T he Dis tric t recently b ecame memb ers of the C alifo rnia Municipal Utilities As s o ciatio n, which is a valuable resource fo r legis lative actio ns with an emphas is on water and energy agenc ies . AG E N C Y G O ALS AN D OB J E C T IVE S : ATTACH M E N TS: Description Type SB 4 5 Backup Material AB 3 52 Backup Material Water Efficiency Fact Sheet Backup Material Governors Budget P roposal-Climate Resilience Backup Material AMENDED IN SENATE JANUARY 23, 2020 AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 30, 2019 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 4, 2019 AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 5, 2019 SENATE BILL No. 45 Introduced by Senators Allen, Portantino, and Stern (Coauthors: Senators Beall, Hill, Hueso, Hurtado, McGuire, Mitchell, and Wiener) December 3, 2018 An act to add Division 47 (commencing with Section 80200) to the Public Resources Code, relating to a wildfire prevention, safe drinking water, drought preparation, and flood protection program, by providing the funds necessary therefor through an election for the issuance and sale of bonds of the State of California and for the handling and disposition of those funds, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. legislative counsel’s digest SB 45, as amended, Allen. Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2020. The California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018, approved by the voters as Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018, statewide primary direct election, authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $4,100,000,000 93 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a drought, water, parks, climate, coastal protection, and outdoor access for all program. This bill would enact the Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2020, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $4,189,000,000 $5,510,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects for a wildfire prevention, safe drinking water, drought preparation, and flood protection program. This bill would provide for the submission of these provisions to the voters at the March 3, November 3, 2020, statewide primary general election. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. Vote: 2⁄3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: line 1 SECTION 1. Division 47 (commencing with Section 80200) line 2 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read: line 3 line 4 DIVISION 47. WILDFIRE PREVENTION, SAFE DRINKING line 5 WATER, DROUGHT PREPARATION, AND FLOOD line 6 PROTECTION BOND ACT OF 2020 line 7 line 8 Chapter 1. General Provisions line 9 line 10 80200. This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the line 11 Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Drought Preparation, line 12 and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2020. line 13 80201. The people of California find and declare all of the line 14 following: line 15 (a) California’s changing climate creates increased risks of line 16 catastrophic wildfire, drought, floods, severe heat events, intense line 17 rain events, and sea level rise that will impact California’s line 18 residents, agriculture, water supply, water quality, and the health line 19 of forests, watersheds, fish and wildlife, our biodiversity, and our line 20 economy. 93 — 2 — SB 45 line 1 (b) Climate change threatens and undermines California’s ability line 2 to provide access to clean, safe, and reliable drinking water. line 3 (c) These risks and impacts vary by region and can overwhelm line 4 the resources of local governments and communities that must line 5 cope with changing conditions and severe climate change-related line 6 events. line 7 (d) Reducing vulnerability to fire, flood, drought, and other line 8 climate change-related events, and building the trained workforce line 9 needed to accomplish this goal, requires a statewide investment line 10 to save lives and increase climate resilience of communities and line 11 natural systems. line 12 (e) An integrated statewide investment that prevents wildfires line 13 and other natural disasters, reduces near-term climate change line 14 risks, and increases long-term resilience to climate change and line 15 prevents wildfires and other natural disasters will save local and line 16 state agencies and California residents billions of dollars by line 17 preventing or reducing the amount of damage that would otherwise line 18 occur. line 19 (f) The investment of public funds pursuant to this division will line 20 result in public benefits that will address the most critical statewide line 21 needs and priorities for public funding while saving local and state line 22 agencies billions of dollars. line 23 80202. (a) In the appropriation and expenditure of funding line 24 authorized by this division, priority shall be given to projects that line 25 leverage private, federal, and local funding or produce the greatest line 26 public benefit. An administering state agency may pool funding line 27 for these projects. line 28 (b) To the extent practicable, when disbursing funds available line 29 pursuant to this division, an administering state agency shall line 30 prioritize projects that do any of the following: line 31 (1) Reduce near-term risks of climate impacts while promoting line 32 long-term resilience. line 33 (2) (A) Promote equity, foster community resilience, and protect line 34 the most vulnerable by prioritizing projects that meaningfully line 35 benefit disadvantaged communities and vulnerable populations. line 36 (B) An administering state agency shall consider vulnerability line 37 experienced by the state’s urban and rural populations. line 38 (3) Incorporate natural and green infrastructure solutions that line 39 enhance and protect natural resources, rural environments, and line 40 urban environments, including those that preserve or restore 93 SB 45 — 3 — line 1 ecological or engineered systems in ways that support natural line 2 system functions, services, and quality, and that reduce risk. line 3 (4) Avoid solutions that would likely worsen climate impacts line 4 or transfer risks unreasonably from one area, location, or social line 5 group, to another. line 6 (5) Advance solutions to prevent displacement of low-income line 7 residents that could occur as an unintended consequence of a line 8 project that causes an increase in the cost of owning or renting line 9 property. line 10 (c) In developing policies, plans, or projects to disburse funds line 11 pursuant to this division, an administering state agency shall line 12 consider the best readily available science, including local and line 13 traditional knowledge, and including consideration of future line 14 climate conditions. line 15 (c) line 16 (d) A project that receives money pursuant to this division shall line 17 include signage informing the public that the project received line 18 funding from the Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, line 19 Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2020. line 20 80203. For purposes of this division, the following definitions line 21 apply: line 22 (a) “Committee” means the Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking line 23 Water, Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection Finance line 24 Committee created pursuant to Section 80402. line 25 (b) “Community access” means engagement programs, technical line 26 assistance, or facilities that maximize safe and equitable physical line 27 admittance, especially for low-income communities, to natural or line 28 cultural resources, community education, or recreational amenities line 29 and includes transportation, physical activity programming, line 30 education, and culturally relevant communication related to water, line 31 parks, climate, coastal protection, and other outdoor pursuits. line 32 (c) “Conservation actions on private lands” means projects with line 33 willing landowners that involve the adaptive management or line 34 protection of natural resources in response to changing climate line 35 conditions and threats to habitat and wildlife. These projects result line 36 in habitat conditions on private lands that, when necessary to be line 37 managed dynamically over time, contribute to the long-term health line 38 and resiliency of vital ecosystems, ecosystem services, and enhance line 39 fish and wildlife populations. 93 — 4 — SB 45 line 1 (d) “Disadvantaged community” means a community with a line 2 median household income of less than 80 percent of the area line 3 average. line 4 (e) “Economically distressed area” means a municipality with line 5 a population of 20,000 persons or less, a rural county, or a line 6 reasonably isolated and divisible segment of a larger municipality line 7 where the segment of the population is 20,000 persons or less, line 8 with an annual median household income that is less than 85 line 9 percent of the statewide median household income, and with one line 10 or more of the following conditions, as determined by the Natural line 11 Resources Agency: line 12 (1) Financial hardship. line 13 (2) An unemployment rate at least 2 percent higher than the line 14 statewide average. line 15 (3) Low population density. line 16 (f) “Extremely low income household” has the same meaning line 17 as set forth in Section 50106 of the Health and Safety Code. line 18 (f) line 19 (g) “Fire hardening” means all costs, including costs of design, line 20 preparation, and inspection, incurred in the following: line 21 (1) Replacing or installing any of the following: line 22 (A) Ember-resistant vents. line 23 (B) Fire-resistant roofing. line 24 (C) Fire-resistant siding. line 25 (D) Fire-resistant eaves. line 26 (E) Fire-resistant soffits. line 27 (F) Fire-resistant windows. line 28 (G) Other fire hardening activities or investments approved by line 29 the State Fire Marshal. line 30 (2) Tree removal and trimming within 100 feet of an eligible line 31 building. line 32 (g) line 33 (h) “Fund” means the Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, line 34 Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection Fund created pursuant line 35 to Section 80213. line 36 (h) line 37 (i) “Local coastal program” has the same meaning as in Section line 38 30108.6. line 39 (i) 93 SB 45 — 5 — line 1 (j) “Natural infrastructure” means using natural ecological line 2 systems or processes to reduce vulnerability to climate line 3 change-related hazards or other related climate change effects line 4 while increasing the long-term adaptive capacity of coastal and line 5 inland areas by perpetuating or restoring ecosystem services. This line 6 includes, but is not limited to, the conservation, preservation, or line 7 sustainable management of any form of aquatic or terrestrial line 8 vegetated open space, such as beaches, dunes, tidal marshes, reefs, line 9 seagrass, flood plains, parks, rain gardens, and urban tree canopies line 10 to mitigate high heat days. It also includes systems and practices line 11 that use or mimic natural processes, such as permeable pavements, line 12 bioswales, and other engineered systems, such as levees, that are line 13 combined with restored natural systems to provide clean water, line 14 conserve ecosystem values and functions, and provide a wide array line 15 of benefits to people and wildlife. line 16 (j) line 17 (k) “Protection” means those actions necessary to prevent harm line 18 or damage to persons, property, or natural resources or those line 19 actions necessary to allow the continued use and enjoyment of line 20 property or natural resources and includes acquisition, line 21 development, restoration, preservation, and interpretation, as line 22 defined by Section 75005. line 23 (l) “Regional greenprint” means a plan that identifies natural line 24 lands, water resources, urban habitats, working lands, and line 25 recreational and other open spaces that conserve ecosystem values line 26 and functions, support climate mitigation and resilience, provide line 27 associated benefits to people, and are integrated into community line 28 and regional growth strategies. line 29 (k) line 30 (m) “Resilience” means the ability of a system an entity or line 31 system, including an individual, a community, or a natural system, line 32 and its component parts to absorb, accommodate, or recover from line 33 the effects of a hazardous event in a timely and efficient manner, line 34 including through ensuring the preservation, restoration, or line 35 improvement of its essential basic structures and functions. In the line 36 case of natural and working lands, resilience includes the line 37 preservation, restoration, or enhancement of the ability to sequester line 38 carbon. line 39 (l) 93 — 6 — SB 45 line 1 (n) (1) “Restoration” means the improvement of physical line 2 structures or facilities, and, in the case of natural systems and line 3 landscape features, includes, but is not limited to, any of the line 4 following: line 5 (A) The control of erosion. line 6 (B) Stormwater capture and storage, or to otherwise reduce line 7 stormwater pollution. line 8 (C) The control and elimination of invasive species. line 9 (D) The planting of native species. line 10 (E) The removal of waste and debris. line 11 (F) Prescribed burning and managing natural ignitions for line 12 ecological restoration purposes. line 13 (G) Fuel hazard reduction. line 14 (H) Fencing out threats to existing or restored natural resources. line 15 (I) Road elimination or road improvements to prevent line 16 sedimentation in streams. line 17 (J) Improving instream, riparian, flood plain, or wetland habitat line 18 conditions. line 19 (K) Forest restoration. line 20 (L) Other plant plant, fish, and wildlife habitat improvement to line 21 increase the natural system value of the property, or coastal or line 22 ocean resources. line 23 (2) “Restoration” includes activities described in subdivision line 24 (b) of Section 79737 of the Water Code. line 25 (3) “Restoration” also includes activities, such as the planning, line 26 monitoring, and reporting that are necessary to ensure successful line 27 implementation of the restoration objectives. line 28 (m) line 29 (o) “Severely disadvantaged community” means a community line 30 with a median household income of less than 60 percent of the line 31 area average. line 32 (n) line 33 (p) “Small community waste water wastewater treatment line 34 facility” has the same meaning as is consistent with the use of this line 35 term for the purposes of the State Water Pollution Control line 36 Revolving Fund Small Community Grant Fund, as described in line 37 Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 79720) of Division 26.7 of line 38 the Water Code. line 39 (o) line 40 (q) “State air board” means the State Air Resources Board. 93 SB 45 — 7 — line 1 (p) line 2 (r) “Tribe” means a federally recognized Native American tribe line 3 or a nonfederally recognized Native American tribe listed on the line 4 California Tribal Consultation List maintained by the Native line 5 American Heritage Commission. line 6 (q) line 7 (s) “Vulnerable population” means a subgroup of population line 8 within a region or community that faces a disproportionately line 9 heightened risk or increased sensitivity to impacts of climate line 10 change and that lacks adequate resources to cope with, adapt to, line 11 or recover from such impacts. line 12 (r) line 13 (t) “Water board” means the State Water Resources Control line 14 Board. line 15 80204. An amount that equals not more than 5 percent of the line 16 funds allocated for a grant program pursuant to this division may line 17 be used to pay the administrative costs of that program. line 18 80205. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), up to 10 line 19 percent of funds allocated for each program funded by this division line 20 may be expended for planning and monitoring necessary for the line 21 successful design, selection, and implementation of the projects line 22 authorized under that program. This section shall not otherwise line 23 restrict funds ordinarily used by an agency for “preliminary plans,” line 24 “working drawings,” and “construction” as defined in the annual line 25 Budget Act for a capital outlay project or grant project. line 26 (b) Funds used for planning, monitoring, and implementing of line 27 programs that benefit disadvantaged communities, extremely low line 28 income households, economically distressed areas, vulnerable line 29 populations, or socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers may line 30 exceed 10 percent of the funds allocated if the state agency line 31 administering the moneys determines that there is a need for the line 32 additional funding. line 33 (c) To the maximum extent feasible, funding allocated pursuant line 34 to this division shall be consistent with the regional strategies line 35 developed and implemented pursuant to Section 80229. line 36 (d) A state agency administering funds pursuant to this division line 37 may make a grant to a federal agency if the state agency determines line 38 a grant is the most efficient way to implement the intent of this line 39 division on federally managed lands. 93 — 8 — SB 45 line 1 (e) At least 35 percent of the funds available pursuant to this line 2 division shall be allocated for projects serving that provide line 3 meaningful and direct benefits to disadvantaged communities, line 4 vulnerable populations, or economically distressed areas. At least line 5 15 areas. Fifteen percent of the funds available pursuant to this line 6 division this allocation shall be allocated for projects serving that line 7 provide meaningful and direct benefits to severely disadvantaged line 8 communities. communities or extremely low income households. line 9 80206. Before approving a grant or contract pursuant to Chapter line 10 3 (commencing with Section 80230), Chapter 4 (commencing with line 11 Section 80240), Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 80250), line 12 Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 80260), or Chapter 7 line 13 (commencing with Section 80270), an administering entity shall line 14 make one or more of the following findings: line 15 (a) The expenditure will reduce the risk of wildfire, flood, sea line 16 level rise, drought, unhealthy exposure to heat or air pollution, or line 17 other danger that is associated with, or exacerbated by, climate line 18 change, or any combination of these things. line 19 (b) The expenditure will increase the resilience of a community line 20 of residents, workers, visitors, or a natural system to the risks of line 21 wildfire, flood, sea level rise, drought, unhealthy exposure to heat line 22 or pollution, or other danger that is associated with or exacerbated line 23 by climate change, or any combination of these things. line 24 (c) The expenditure will help a community recover from the line 25 impacts of a wildfire, flood, drought, or other climate-related line 26 events, or help restore a natural system or public recreation areas line 27 area from the impacts of wildfire, flooding, drought, or other line 28 climate-related events, or any combination of these things. line 29 (d) The expenditure will help a community develop a plan for line 30 or analysis to support increasing the community’s resilience to the line 31 impacts of climate change, responding to wildfire, flood, drought, line 32 unhealthy exposure to heat or pollution, or other danger associated line 33 with or exacerbated by climate change, recovering from damage line 34 from wildfire, flood, drought, or other events associated with or line 35 exacerbated by climate change, or helping train a workforce to line 36 improve resilience, response, or recovery from events that are line 37 associated with or exacerbated by climate change, or any line 38 combination of these things. 93 SB 45 — 9 — line 1 (e) The expenditure will help improve the resilience of a line 2 community’s water supplies supply or provide safe drinking water line 3 or clean water benefits in light of California’s changing climate. line 4 80207. (a) Moneys allocated pursuant to this division shall line 5 not be used to fulfill any environmental mitigation requirements line 6 imposed by law. line 7 (b) Subdivision (a) does not preclude the use of moneys awarded line 8 pursuant to this division for purposes of providing safe drinking line 9 water or improving water quality. line 10 80208. Funds provided pursuant to this division, and any line 11 appropriation or transfer of those funds, shall not be deemed to be line 12 a transfer of funds for the purposes of Chapter 9 (commencing line 13 with Section 2780) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code. line 14 80209. For grants awarded for projects that serve a line 15 disadvantaged community, extremely low income households, an line 16 economically distressed area, vulnerable populations, or socially line 17 disadvantaged farmers or ranchers, the administering entity may line 18 provide advanced payments in the amount of 25 percent of the line 19 grant award to the recipient to initiate the project in a timely line 20 manner. manner, and may maintain advance payments in line 21 increments of 25 percent of the award, as needed, throughout line 22 project implementation. The administering entity shall adopt line 23 additional requirements for the recipient of the grant regarding the line 24 use of additional advanced payments to ensure that the moneys line 25 are used properly and the project is completed. line 26 80210. (a) Up to 10 percent of the funds available pursuant to line 27 each chapter of this division may be allocated for technical line 28 assistance and capacity building for all of the entities identified in line 29 Section 80209. The entity administering the moneys shall operate line 30 a multidisciplinary technical assistance program for these purposes. line 31 (b) Funds used for providing technical assistance and capacity line 32 building for disadvantaged communities, vulnerable populations, line 33 and extremely low income households, or economically distressed line 34 areas may exceed 10 percent if the state agency administering the line 35 moneys determines that there is a need for the additional funding. line 36 80211. Eligible applicants under this division are public line 37 agencies, nonprofit organizations, park and open-space districts line 38 and authorities, resource conservation districts, joint powers line 39 authorities, tribes, entities responsible for implementing natural line 40 community conservation plans or regional habitat conservation 93 — 10 — SB 45 line 1 plans, and regional collaboratives for climate adaptation for line 2 projects and programs that are consistent with this division. line 3 80212. Up to 5 percent of the funds available to each agency line 4 pursuant to this division may be used for community access line 5 projects. line 6 80213. (a) The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to line 7 this division, exclusive of refunding bonds issued and sold pursuant line 8 to Section 80412, shall be deposited in the Wildfire Prevention, line 9 Safe Drinking Water, Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection line 10 Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. Moneys in line 11 the fund are available upon appropriation by the Legislature. line 12 (b) Proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division line 13 shall be allocated according to the following schedule: line 14 (1) One billion six hundred nineteen million dollars line 15 ($1,619,000,000) Two billion two hundred million dollars line 16 ($2,200,000,000) for wildfire prevention, drought, or other natural line 17 disaster prevention and community resilience from climate change line 18 impacts, in accordance with Chapter 2 (commencing with Section line 19 80220). line 20 (2) One billion one hundred seventy million dollars line 21 ($1,170,000,000) One billion four hundred seventy million dollars line 22 ($1,470,000,000) for providing safe drinking water and protecting line 23 water supply and water quality from climate risks, in accordance line 24 with Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 80230). line 25 (3) Five hundred twenty million dollars ($520,000,000) Six line 26 hundred twenty million dollars ($620,000,000) for protecting fish line 27 and wildlife from climate risks, in accordance with Chapter 4 line 28 (commencing with Section 80240). line 29 (4) One hundred ninety million dollars ($190,000,000) for line 30 protecting agricultural land from climate risks, in accordance with line 31 Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 80250). line 32 (5) Six hundred thirty million dollars ($630,000,000) Nine line 33 hundred seventy million dollars ($970,000,000) for protecting line 34 coastal lands, oceans, bays, waters, natural resources, and wildlife line 35 from climate risks, in accordance with Chapter 6 (commencing line 36 with Section 80260). line 37 (6) Sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) for climate resilience, line 38 workforce development, and education, in accordance with Chapter line 39 7 (commencing with Section 80270). 93 SB 45 — 11 — line 1 80214. The Legislature may enact legislation necessary to line 2 implement programs funded by this division. line 3 line 4 Chapter 2. Wildfire Prevention and Community line 5 Resilience from Climate Impacts line 6 line 7 80220. The sum of one billion six hundred nineteen million line 8 dollars ($1,619,000,000) two billion two hundred million dollars line 9 ($2,200,000,000) shall be available for the reduction in the risk of line 10 wildfire threat to lives, properties, and natural habitats. line 11 80221. Of the funds made available by Section 80220, one line 12 hundred seventy-five million dollars ($175,000,000) shall be line 13 available to the Office of Emergency Services, in conjunction with line 14 the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, for a prehazard line 15 mitigation grant program. The grant program shall be allocated to line 16 assist local and state agencies to leverage additional funds, line 17 including matching grants from federal agencies. Sixty percent of line 18 allocations In allocating funds pursuant to this section section, the line 19 Office of Emergency Services and the Department of Forestry and line 20 Fire Protection shall benefit consider benefits to disadvantaged line 21 communities, vulnerable populations, including those with access line 22 and functional needs, at-risk infrastructure, and socially line 23 disadvantaged farmers or ranchers, and economically distressed line 24 areas ranchers to reduce the vulnerability of those most in need. line 25 Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, the following: line 26 (a) Grants to local agencies, state agencies, joint powers line 27 authorities, and tribes for projects that reduce wildfire risks to line 28 people and property consistent with approved local hazard line 29 mitigation plans. line 30 (b) Grants to local agencies, state agencies, joint powers line 31 authorities, and tribes tribes, and multijurisdictional local line 32 government partnerships for improvements to detection, warning, line 33 and evacuation systems, emergency notification systems, and line 34 improvements in fire and disaster response communication line 35 planning, communication, and infrastructure. line 36 (c) Grants to local agencies, state agencies, joint powers line 37 authorities, tribes, resource conservation districts, fire safe councils, line 38 and nonprofit organizations for fire hardening projects, risk line 39 reduction buffers, and incentives to remove structures that 93 — 12 — SB 45 line 1 significantly increase hazard risk, including the reduction or line 2 prevention of wildfires igniting along roadways. line 3 (d) Grants from the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection line 4 in support of a wildfire risk reduction planning support grants line 5 program. line 6 (e) Grants to local agencies, state agencies, special districts, line 7 joint powers authorities, and tribes tribes, and vulnerable line 8 populations to incentivize installation of microgrids, distributed line 9 generation and storage systems, or in-home backup power systems, line 10 powered by clean energy distribution systems that provide line 11 continuity of electrical service in response to, or anticipation of, line 12 disruption due to wildfire public safety power shutoffs, wildfire, line 13 or other disaster. line 14 80222. Of the funds made available by Section 80220, one line 15 hundred ninety-five million dollars ($195,000,000) two hundred line 16 eighty million dollars ($280,000,000) shall be available to the line 17 Natural Resources Agency and to its departments, boards, and line 18 conservancies for projects to reduce the risk of wildfire spreading line 19 into populated areas from wildlands and to improve forest health line 20 and fire resiliency. The Natural Resources Agency shall identify line 21 the highest risk areas that are near communities and recommend line 22 to the Legislature allocations by region based on wildfire risk and line 23 affected population. Eligible projects include, but are not limited line 24 to, the following: line 25 (a) Restoration of natural ecosystem functions in high fire hazard line 26 areas with preference given to those projects that provide multiple line 27 benefits, including, but not limited to, protection of agricultural line 28 lands, habitat protection, watershed improvement, and use of line 29 prescribed fire and managing natural ignitions for resource benefit, line 30 including fuels reduction, and science-based vegetation treatment line 31 programs that provide long-term reduction of wildfire risk and line 32 protect lives and properties. Projects shall be designed and managed line 33 to be durable over time and, to the extent practicable, shall line 34 accelerate the creation or restoration of resilient natural habitat line 35 conditions reflective of historic fire frequency, reduce habitat line 36 fragmentation, and prioritize projects that ensure the maintenance line 37 of diverse, natural, climate-resilient conditions, including older line 38 native forest structure and composition. Projects shall reflect the line 39 concurrence of the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the water 93 SB 45 — 13 — line 1 board, respectively, when a project may affect their statutory line 2 jurisdiction. line 3 (b) Other projects that reduce wildfire risk to populated areas, line 4 protect habitat, wildlife, or watershed resources, and increase line 5 wildfire resilience through enhancing the long-term ecological line 6 health of natural systems. line 7 (c) Grants to fire safe councils, nongovernmental organizations line 8 with demonstrated expertise, and resource conservation districts line 9 for development and implementation of community wildfire line 10 protection plans that promote and create incentives for community line 11 wildfire safety, defensible space, and other projects to improve line 12 fire resilience. Projects shall be in compliance with Section 4483. line 13 80223. Of the funds made available by Section 80220, the sum line 14 of seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) shall be available to line 15 the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to enhance line 16 California’s fire prevention, fuel management, and fire response, line 17 as follows: line 18 (a) Seven million dollars ($7,000,000) shall be made available line 19 to improve water quality at CAL-FIRE facilities to enhance safe line 20 human use and consumption. line 21 (b) Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be made available line 22 to upgrade existing infrastructure and for new Department of line 23 Forestry and Fire Protection facilities for suppression and fuel line 24 reduction crews. line 25 (c) Sixteen million dollars ($16,000,000) shall be made available line 26 for the purchase of Type 3 engines and related equipment to be line 27 used for fire suppression and fuel reduction. line 28 (d) Five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be made available line 29 to enhance the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s line 30 communications centers and mobile communications. line 31 communications, including the capacity to provide culturally line 32 relevant and multilingual communication services. line 33 (e) Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be made available line 34 to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for grants to line 35 assist local agencies for equipment for wildland firefighting, fire line 36 prevention, and fuel management. line 37 (f) Seven million dollars ($7,000,000) shall be made available line 38 to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for a public or line 39 private conservancy to identify and understand the increasing scale line 40 of fires, fire risks, modernized vegetation management, efficacious 93 — 14 — SB 45 line 1 building materials, and effective partnerships in preparing and line 2 responding to fires, and to understand and develop methods to line 3 reduce exposure to and the impacts of hazardous and other line 4 materials that can impair the health and safety of first responders line 5 and community members from fires. line 6 80224. Of the funds made available by Section 80220, two line 7 hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) three hundred million line 8 dollars ($300,000,000) shall be available to the Natural Resources line 9 Agency for the implementation of the Regional Fire and Forest line 10 Capacity Program to fund coordinated and integrated regional line 11 approaches to the restoration of watersheds, reduction in the line 12 conditions that lead to catastrophic wildfire, and the protection of line 13 natural resources throughout California. line 14 80225. (a) Of the funds made available by Section 80220, the line 15 sum of two hundred twenty-five million dollars ($225,000,000) line 16 shall be available to the Natural Resources Agency and its line 17 departments, boards, and conservancies for the protection, line 18 restoration, and improvement of forests, including redwoods, line 19 conifers, oak woodlands, chaparral, deserts, coastal forests, and line 20 other habitat types to ensure the long-term ecological health of line 21 these natural systems, to reduce risk of extreme wildfires, floods, line 22 and other climate impacts, and to improve water supply and water line 23 quality, carbon sequestration, community access, and other public line 24 benefits. Projects shall be based on the best available science line 25 regarding forest and ecosystem restoration, and shall be undertaken line 26 to protect and restore ecological values and to promote conditions line 27 that are more resilient to wildfire, climate change, and other line 28 disturbances. Where appropriate, projects may include activities line 29 on lands owned by the United States. Eligible projects include, line 30 but are not limited to, grants to assist with the following: line 31 (1) Protection and restoration of large, intact forests and other line 32 natural landscape, prevention of forest fragmentation through line 33 subdivision, restoration of natural fire regimes and climate resilient line 34 climate-resilient conditions through forest restoration and line 35 prescribed fire, and managing natural ignitions for ecological line 36 restoration purposes when and where it is safe to do so. line 37 (2) Improvement of forest and ecosystem resilience, and line 38 reduction of tree mortality from pests and impacts from invasive line 39 species. 93 SB 45 — 15 — line 1 (3) Establishment of regional forest and ecosystem restoration line 2 projects that include plant nurseries, reforestation, and revegetation line 3 projects, to promote climate resilient climate-resilient ecosystems line 4 in climate stressed areas. line 5 (4) Development of a standardized system for quantifying direct line 6 carbon emissions from fuel reduction activities for the purposes line 7 of meeting the accounting requirements for Greenhouse Gas line 8 Reduction Fund expenditures and the development of a historic line 9 baseline of greenhouse gas emissions from California’s natural line 10 fire regime reflecting conditions before modern fire suppression, line 11 undertaken consistent with Section 38535 of the Health and Safety line 12 Code. line 13 (5) Land acquisition by the Department of Forestry and Fire line 14 Protection of large coast redwood forest lands in counties with line 15 high population densities from willing sellers to prevent further line 16 fragmentation of coast redwood forest land or expansion of the line 17 wildland-urban interface, and protect coastal old-growth redwood line 18 and coastal old-growth Douglas fir trees and recruit additional line 19 late-successional forest stands. Preference shall be given to line 20 counties with an average housing unit density of 200 or greater line 21 per square mile of land area. line 22 (b) Of the funds made available by subdivision (a), not less than line 23 fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be allocated to the Sierra line 24 Nevada Watershed Improvement Program created by Section line 25 33345.1. Preference for grant funding under this subdivision shall line 26 be given to projects that improve the health and resiliency of state line 27 lands, and to multibenefit landscape-scale projects consistent with line 28 the state’s climate adaptation and fire resiliency goals. Projects line 29 shall include long-term monitoring of carbon storage, biological line 30 diversity, and other ecosystem benefits and services. line 31 (c) Of the funds made available by subdivision (a), not less than line 32 fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be allocated to the state line 33 air board, in consultation with the Natural Resources Agency and line 34 the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, for pilot projects line 35 and incentives for innovative forest products technology that reduce line 36 greenhouse gas emissions consistent with Senate Bill 32 of the line 37 2015–16 Regular Session. An eligible project funded by this line 38 subdivision includes a project consistent with the recommendations line 39 developed pursuant to Sections 717 and 4630.2. to incentivize new line 40 projects in California that convert forest and other vegetation 93 — 16 — SB 45 line 1 waste removed for wildfire mitigation to beneficial uses that line 2 maximize reductions in the emissions of greenhouse gases, provide line 3 local benefits for air quality, and help to increase local community line 4 resilience against climate change impacts. Preference shall be line 5 given to projects that can provide negative emissions, as defined line 6 by the state air board. line 7 (d) Of the funds made available by subdivision (a), twenty-five line 8 million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be allocated for the line 9 establishment of a Forest Carbon Monitoring Program that includes line 10 the following projects: line 11 (1) Mapping of current carbon storage and sequestration patterns line 12 by collecting field plots and high resolution high-resolution line 13 airborne light detection and ranging. line 14 (2) Developing a carbon monitoring system using satellite data line 15 to evaluate monthly and annual carbon fluxes. line 16 (3) Independent validation of carbon storage and sequestration line 17 maps. line 18 (4) Mapping of current vegetation, fuel condition, and habitat line 19 by collecting field plots and high-resolution airborne light detection line 20 and ranging. line 21 (4) line 22 (5) Making all data publicly available to guide forest line 23 management and forest health decisions, wildfire evaluation, and line 24 emergency preparedness planning and operations. line 25 80226. Of the funds made available by Section 80220, fifty line 26 million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be available to the Department line 27 of Parks and Recreation to plan for and implement projects to line 28 reduce the risks of fire, flood, inundation, sea level rise, and other line 29 risks associated with climate change and for the protection and line 30 restoration of infrastructure and natural resources for units of the line 31 state park system. line 32 80227. Of the funds made available by Section 80220, the sum line 33 of one hundred twenty-nine million dollars ($129,000,000) four line 34 hundred sixty million dollars ($460,000,000) shall be available to line 35 the following conservancies according to their governing statutes line 36 for climate resilience, wildfire prevention, and natural resource line 37 protection and allocated in accordance with the following schedule: line 38 (a) Baldwin Hills Conservancy, five million dollars line 39 ($5,000,000). ten million dollars ($10,000,000). 93 SB 45 — 17 — line 1 (b) California Tahoe Conservancy, ten million dollars line 2 ($10,000,000). forty million dollars ($40,000,000). line 3 (c) Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy, ten million dollars line 4 ($10,000,000). twenty million dollars ($20,000,000). line 5 (d) Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, twelve million line 6 dollars ($12,000,000). forty million dollars ($40,000,000). line 7 (e) San Diego River Conservancy, fifteen million dollars line 8 ($15,000,000). eighty-five million dollars ($85,000,000). line 9 (f) San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains line 10 Conservancy, twenty-four million dollars ($24,000,000). eighty-five line 11 million dollars ($85,000,000). line 12 (g) San Joaquin River Conservancy, five million dollars line 13 ($5,000,000). ten million dollars ($10,000,000). line 14 (h) Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, twenty-four million line 15 dollars ($24,000,000). eighty-five million dollars ($85,000,000). line 16 (i) Sierra Nevada Conservancy, twenty-four million dollars line 17 ($24,000,000). eighty-five million dollars ($85,000,000). line 18 80228. (a) Of the funds made available by Section 80220, the line 19 sum of three hundred ninety-five million dollars ($395,000,000) line 20 shall be available for the reduction of climate impacts on line 21 disadvantaged communities and vulnerable populations. Eligible line 22 projects include, but are not limited to, the following: line 23 (1) Multibenefit green natural infrastructure and urban greening line 24 projects that reduce the risks of and exposure to extreme heat and line 25 flooding or that promote long-term resilience and reduce heat line 26 island effects. line 27 (2) Establishment of cooling centers, clean air centers, hydration line 28 stations, emergency shelters, back up solar power and storage, and line 29 facilities, including fairgrounds, to safeguard vulnerable line 30 populations from extreme heat events and air pollution caused by line 31 wildfires and from other public health threats exacerbated by line 32 climate change. line 33 (3) Improvements to public infrastructure, including natural line 34 infrastructure, that provide climate resilience benefits, including, line 35 but not limited to, sustainable stormwater capture technologies, line 36 permeable pavement projects, rain gardens, cool roofs, and line 37 stormwater detention basins. line 38 (4) Improvements to city park, county park, regional park, and line 39 open-space preserve infrastructure, including natural infrastructure, line 40 to promote resilience and adaptation or the promotion and 93 — 18 — SB 45 line 1 enhancement of natural resources and water conservation and line 2 efficiencies on local and regional public park lands and open space line 3 open-space lands. line 4 (5) Multibenefit projects that reduce risks of exposure to toxic line 5 or hazardous materials that may increase as a result of wildfires, line 6 flooding, sea level rise, or reduced water flows to polluted bodies line 7 of water. line 8 (6) Urban streams restoration projects, including, but not limited line 9 to, multibenefit erosion and flood control improvements that line 10 provide community access to clean water, daylight streams to line 11 create shaded corridors, and restore natural infrastructure pursuant line 12 to Sections 7048 and 7049 of the Water Code. line 13 (7) Competitive grants consistent with the California Cultural line 14 and Historical Endowment Act, established pursuant to Chapter line 15 13 (commencing with Section 20050) of Part 11 of Division 1 of line 16 Title 1 of the Education Code, for projects that protect California’s line 17 cultural and historic resources from climate impacts or inform the line 18 public about resiliency to climate change. line 19 (b) Of the funds made available by subdivision (a), seventy-five line 20 million dollars ($75,000,000) shall be allocated for urban greening line 21 projects pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 75129, including line 22 at least twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) pursuant to line 23 Section 4799.12 to protect or augment California’s urban forests. line 24 (c) Of the funds made available by subdivision (a), twenty line 25 million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be allocated for projects line 26 pursuant to Division 22.8 (commencing with Section 32600), line 27 including, but not limited to, expansion of access corridors to line 28 encourage fewer greenhouse gas emissions, expansion of green line 29 spaces to reduce the urban heat island effect, and expansion of line 30 ecosystem-based water management projects. line 31 (d) Of the funds made available by subdivision (a), twenty line 32 million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be allocated for projects line 33 pursuant to Division 23 (commencing with Section 33000), line 34 including, but not limited to, expansion of access corridors to line 35 encourage fewer greenhouse gas emissions, expansion of green line 36 spaces to reduce the urban heat island effect, and expansion of line 37 ecosystem-based water management projects. line 38 80229. (a) Of the funds made available by Section 80220, the line 39 sum of one hundred twenty-five million dollars ($125,000,000) line 40 two hundred forty million dollars ($240,000,000) shall be available 93 SB 45 — 19 — line 1 to the Strategic Growth Council to fund the development and line 2 implementation of regional and subregional climate metrics and line 3 strategies to improve the resilience of local communities and line 4 natural resources to the impacts of climate change and to help local line 5 communities and natural resources adapt to a changing climate. line 6 Strategies funded pursuant to this section may also include line 7 components to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. line 8 (b) (1) The Strategic Growth Council shall collaborate with the line 9 Natural Resources Agency, state conservancies, regional climate line 10 collaboratives, regional planning agencies, joint powers authorities, line 11 other public agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and tribes line 12 from each region of the state to determine appropriate geographic line 13 boundaries for regional and subregional climate strategies. line 14 strategies, including regional greenprints. The formation of the line 15 regions may be based on, or adapted from, the Regional Forest line 16 and Fire Capacity Program or California’s Fourth Climate Change line 17 Assessment, and shall cover the entire geographic area of the State line 18 of California. line 19 (2) The Strategic Growth Council shall award funding to state line 20 conservancies, regional climate collaboratives, joint powers line 21 authorities, nongovernmental organizations, community-based line 22 organizations, and public agencies from each region to implement line 23 subdivision (a). line 24 (3) Each regional strategy shall include an assessment of climate line 25 vulnerabilities and risks and identification of environmental, line 26 economic, public health, and social climate vulnerabilities, line 27 including impacts to vulnerable populations, populations and line 28 disadvantaged communities, and identify complementary line 29 opportunities for greenhouse gas reductions. Relevant regional or line 30 local plans may be used to develop the assessment. line 31 (c) Of the funds made available by subdivision (a), forty million line 32 dollars ($40,000,000) shall be allocated to the Strategic Growth line 33 Council for grants to local governments and joint powers line 34 authorities to develop or update general plans and zoning line 35 ordinances to facilitate timely investment in projects that address line 36 flood and fire resilience, sea level rise, climate adaptation, and line 37 environmental justice objectives, pursuant to Section 65302 of the line 38 Government Code. line 39 (d) Of the funds made available by subdivision (a), twenty line 40 million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be allocated to the Strategic 93 — 20 — SB 45 line 1 Growth Council for implementation of the regional climate line 2 collaborative program established pursuant to Section 71131. line 3 (e) Of the funds made available by subdivision (a), one hundred line 4 thirty-five million dollars ($135,000,000) shall be allocated to the line 5 Strategic Growth Council for the implementation of the line 6 Transformative Climate Communities Program established line 7 pursuant to Section 75240 for projects that address wildfire, flood, line 8 drought, heat, air pollution, and other climate risks and that line 9 improve the resilience of local communities. line 10 (f) (1) Of the funds made available by subdivision (a), ten line 11 million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be allocated to the Strategic line 12 Growth Council for green alleyway projects that include, but are line 13 not limited to, impervious pavements, rain gardens, and other line 14 low-impact pavement materials. Projects shall include line 15 pedestrian-scale lighting fixtures to ensure adequate lighting for line 16 public safety purposes and use bollards, signs, and design features line 17 that make clear the intended alley use. line 18 (2) From moneys made available pursuant to paragraph (1), line 19 the Strategic Growth Council shall award funding to local line 20 governments, community-based organizations, neighborhood line 21 associations, joint powers authorities, and nongovernmental line 22 organizations. Preference shall be given to projects that directly line 23 benefit disadvantaged communities. line 24 (d) line 25 (g) In implementing this section, the Strategic Growth Council line 26 shall collaborate with the Office of Planning and Research and line 27 relevant agencies to develop grant guidelines that enhance climate line 28 resilience while promoting integration of local planning line 29 requirements pursuant to Division 20 (commencing with Section line 30 30000), the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (Public Law line 31 106-390), and other applicable laws or policies as determined by line 32 the Strategic Growth Council. line 33 line 34 Chapter 3. Ensuring Safe Drinking Water and line 35 Protecting Water Supply and Water Quality from Climate line 36 Risks line 37 line 38 80230. The sum of one billion one hundred seventy million line 39 dollars ($1,170,000,000) four hundred seventy million dollars 93 SB 45 — 21 — line 1 ($1,470,000,000) shall be available for the protection of line 2 California’s water supply and water quality. line 3 80231. Of the funds made available by Section 80230, one line 4 hundred ninety million dollars ($190,000,000) shall be available line 5 for grants to provide safe drinking water. water, protect drinking line 6 water sources, and promote public health. Ten percent of the funds line 7 made available pursuant to this section shall be allocated for line 8 grants to provide outreach and technical assistance that directly line 9 benefits disadvantaged communities. Eligible applicants shall line 10 include nonprofit organizations, technical assistance providers, line 11 and tribal nations. Eligible projects include, but are not limited line 12 to, the following: line 13 (a) (1) Safe drinking water projects that are consistent with line 14 Section 79724 of the Water Code. the fund expenditure plan line 15 developed by the water board pursuant to Article 4 (commencing line 16 with Section 116768) of Chapter 4.6 of Part 12 of Division 104 of line 17 the Health and Safety Code. line 18 (2) Projects funded pursuant to paragraph (1) may include line 19 system improvements to help meet state, federal, and local line 20 regulations governing fire flow standards for public fire protection. line 21 (b) Clean water projects that are consistent with Section 79723 line 22 of the Water Code. that may include grants and loans to assist line 23 with septic system upgrades or consolidation of septic systems to line 24 address water quality contamination and public health threats in line 25 disadvantaged communities and projects that promote resilience line 26 and adaptation of small community wastewater treatment facilities line 27 at risk from sea level rise, consistent with an updated, certified line 28 local coastal program, with a preference for projects that provide line 29 for wastewater recharge or recycling. line 30 (c) Grants and loans to assist with septic system upgrades or line 31 consolidation of septic systems in order to address water quality line 32 contamination in disadvantaged communities. line 33 (d) line 34 (c) Projects that implement countywide drought and water line 35 shortage contingency plans adopted pursuant to Chapter 10 line 36 (commencing with Section 10609.40) of Part 2.55 of Division 6 line 37 of the Water Code. line 38 (e) (1) Sustainable groundwater management projects that use line 39 captured stormwater and flood waters for recharge purposes. 93 — 22 — SB 45 line 1 (2) Eligible projects shall include recharge projects that reduce line 2 contaminant loading to groundwater or dilute existing groundwater line 3 contamination. line 4 (3) Projects shall not cause or contribute to increased line 5 contamination of groundwater supplies used by disadvantaged line 6 communities. line 7 (4) Preference shall be given to projects that benefit line 8 disadvantaged communities. line 9 (f) Projects that promote resilience and adaptation of small line 10 community wastewater treatment facilities at risk from sea level line 11 rise, consistent with an updated, certified local coastal program. line 12 Preference shall be given to projects that provide for wastewater line 13 recharge or recycling. line 14 80232. Of the funds made available by Section 80230, one line 15 hundred ninety million dollars ($190,000,000) two hundred million line 16 dollars ($200,000,000) shall be available to the Wildlife line 17 Conservation Board, or other entity designated by the Legislature line 18 for these purposes, for groundwater sustainability projects that line 19 provide wildlife habitat and support implementation of the line 20 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (Part 2.74 (commencing line 21 with Section 10720) of Division 6 of the Water Code). Eligible line 22 projects include, but are not limited to, the following: line 23 (a) Creation, protection, or restoration of permanent wildlife line 24 habitat. line 25 (b) Contracts Projects for seasonal wetland habitat that provides line 26 aquifer replenishment. Any groundwater recharge achieved through line 27 this funding shall remain in the basin to improve groundwater line 28 conditions. Payments shall be linked to achievement and delivery line 29 of defined conservation outcomes, the duration of those outcomes, line 30 and the commitment of matching funds. line 31 (c) Projects that improve groundwater supply, including line 32 groundwater recharge, resulting in improved baseflows in rivers line 33 and streams, and groundwater supply improvement for fish and line 34 wildlife habitat. line 35 80232.5. (a) Of the funds made available by Section 80230, line 36 one hundred thirty million dollars ($130,000,000) shall be line 37 allocated to the Department of Water Resources for competitive line 38 grants for projects that develop and implement groundwater plans line 39 and projects in accordance with the groundwater planning 93 SB 45 — 23 — line 1 requirements established pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with line 2 Section 10000) of the Water Code. line 3 (b) (1) Funding preference shall be given to plans that include line 4 projects that address water quality and quantity needs of line 5 disadvantaged communities, including, but not limited to, well line 6 mitigation programs, short- and long-term drinking water quality line 7 and quantity projects, and projects that enhance drought and water line 8 shortage resiliency. line 9 (2) At least 10 percent of the funds allocated pursuant to this line 10 section shall be allocated for grants that provide outreach and line 11 technical assistance that directly benefits disadvantaged line 12 communities. Eligible applicants shall include nonprofit line 13 organizations, technical assistance providers, and tribal nations. line 14 80233. (a) Of the funds made available by Section 80230, the line 15 sum of four hundred ten million dollars ($410,000,000) two line 16 hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) shall be available for line 17 the protection and restoration of rivers, lakes, and streams to line 18 improve climate resilience, water supplies, water quality, and other line 19 benefits. To the extent feasible, preference shall be given to natural line 20 infrastructure projects. Eligible projects include, but are not limited line 21 to, the following: The funds made available pursuant to this section line 22 shall be allocated as follows: line 23 (1) Multibenefit river and urban stream parkway line 24 (a) (1) Sixty-five million dollars ($65,000,000) for multibenefit line 25 river projects that protect and restore riparian habitats, improve line 26 climate resilience, enhance natural drainages, protect and restore line 27 watersheds, and improve water supply resilience, improve instream line 28 flow, or provide public access. line 29 (2) Multibenefit watershed protection or restoration projects line 30 that improve climate resilience within the Los Angeles River line 31 watershed and the San Gabriel River watershed that are line 32 implemented pursuant to Section 79508 of the Water Code. line 33 (3) Climate Multibenefit watershed protection and climate line 34 resilience projects identified in shall be consistent with the Lake line 35 Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program. Preference for grant line 36 funding under this paragraph shall be given to projects that line 37 improve the health and resiliency of state lands, and to multibenefit line 38 landscape-scale projects consistent with the state’s climate line 39 adaptation and fire resiliency goals. Projects shall include 93 — 24 — SB 45 line 1 long-term monitoring of carbon storage, biological diversity, and line 2 other ecosystem benefits and services. line 3 (b) Of the funds made available by subdivision (a), the sum of line 4 one One hundred eighty-five million dollars ($185,000,000) shall line 5 be available to the Natural Resources Agency and allocated as line 6 follows: line 7 (1) One hundred sixty-five million dollars ($165,000,000) for line 8 outlay projects and operations that provide air quality and habitat line 9 benefits and benefits, including projects identified in the Eastern line 10 Coachella Valley’s Action Plan for Climate Resilience or that line 11 implement the Natural Resources Agency’s Salton Sea line 12 Management Program. line 13 (2) Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) to the Salton Sea line 14 Authority for purposes consistent with the New River Water line 15 Quality, Public Health, and River Parkway Development Program, line 16 as described in Section 71103.6. line 17 (c) Of the funds made available by subdivision (a), seventy line 18 million dollars ($70,000,000) shall be available pursuant to line 19 Division 22.8 (commencing with Section 32600) for projects that line 20 improve the climate resiliency or the protection of the Los Angeles line 21 River watershed or are consistent with the Lower Los Angeles line 22 River Revitalization Plan. line 23 (d) (1) Of the funds made available by subdivision (a), seventy line 24 million dollars ($70,000,000) shall be available pursuant to line 25 Division 23 (commencing with Section 33000) for projects that line 26 improve the climate resiliency or the protection of the Los Angeles line 27 River watershed and are a part of the revitalization plan developed line 28 by the Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries Working Group line 29 pursuant to Section 33220. line 30 80233.5. Of the funds made available by Section 80230, the line 31 sum of two hundred forty million dollars ($240,000,000) shall be line 32 available for the protection and restoration of urban streams and line 33 river parkways to improve climate resilience, water supplies, water line 34 quality, and other benefits. To the extent feasible, preference shall line 35 be given to natural infrastructure projects. At least 40 percent of line 36 the allocation made pursuant to this section shall benefit line 37 disadvantaged communities, vulnerable populations, or socially line 38 disadvantaged farmers or ranchers. The funds made available line 39 pursuant to this section shall be allocated as follows: 93 SB 45 — 25 — line 1 (a) Seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) shall be available for line 2 multibenefit urban stream and river parkway projects that protect line 3 and restore riparian habitats, improve climate resilience, enhance line 4 natural drainages, protect and restore watersheds, and provide line 5 public access. line 6 (b) Seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) shall be available line 7 pursuant to Division 22.8 (commencing with Section 32600) for line 8 projects that improve the climate resiliency or the protection of line 9 the Los Angeles River watershed or are consistent with the Lower line 10 Los Angeles River Revitalization Plan. line 11 (c) (1) Seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) shall be available line 12 pursuant to Division 23 (commencing with Section 33000) for line 13 projects that improve the climate resiliency or the protection of line 14 the Los Angeles River watershed and are a part of the revitalization line 15 plan developed by the Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries line 16 Working Group pursuant to Section 33220 or the Los Angeles line 17 River Master Plan. line 18 (2) Forty million dollars ($40,000,000) of the funds available line 19 pursuant to this subdivision shall be allocated for projects that line 20 include, but are not limited to, projects that protect or enhance the line 21 Los Angeles River, parkway projects that include connectivity to line 22 parks and open space in neighboring communities within the San line 23 Fernando Valley, including Aliso Creek, the Tujunga Wash, and line 24 projects along the Arroyo Seco waterway. line 25 (e) Of the funds made available by subdivision (a), twenty-five line 26 million dollars ($25,000,000) line 27 (d) Thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be available for line 28 multibenefit watershed protection, restoration, and public access line 29 projects that improve climate resilience pursuant to the Lower line 30 American River Conservancy Program (Chapter 10.5 (commencing line 31 with Section 5845) of Division 5). line 32 80234. (a) Of the funds made available by Section 80230, the line 33 sum of one hundred forty million dollars ($140,000,000) shall be line 34 available for flood management projects that are components of line 35 multibenefit flood management system improvements that reduce line 36 risks to public safety and provide improvement to wildlife habitat. line 37 Eligible project types include, but are not limited to, levee setbacks, line 38 connecting rivers with flood plains, enhancement of flood plains line 39 and bypasses, off-stream groundwater recharge, improved line 40 coordination and management of surface and groundwater supplies, 93 — 26 — SB 45 line 1 and land acquisitions and easements necessary for these project line 2 types. To the extent feasible, project selection shall be guided by line 3 approved local hazard mitigation plans and preference shall be line 4 given to natural infrastructure projects and projects that improve line 5 drought resiliency. Eligible projects include, but are not limited line 6 to, the following: line 7 (1) Multibenefit flood management projects that reduce the line 8 impacts of climate change on inland or coastal infrastructure, line 9 communities, or ecosystems, and provide ecosystem, wildlife, or line 10 groundwater recharge benefits. line 11 (2) Natural infrastructure projects to reduce flood intensity and line 12 slow watershed runoff. line 13 (3) Projects that capture, clean, or otherwise productively use line 14 stormwater. line 15 (4) Projects that provide matching grants for, or otherwise line 16 leverage funding from, the Federal Emergency Management line 17 Agency, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, or other line 18 federal mitigation and resiliency funding. line 19 (5) Projects that provide benefits to anadromous and other native line 20 fish species along migratory corridors. line 21 (6) Projects that restore streams to a more natural state by line 22 improving sediment and debris control or removing drainage line 23 obstructions, culverts, and paved channels to enable more line 24 stormwater to be absorbed and gradually released by soil and line 25 plants. line 26 (b) Of funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (a), at least fifty line 27 million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be allocated for multibenefit line 28 flood management projects in urban coastal watersheds. line 29 80235. Of the funds made available by Section 80230, one line 30 hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be available to the line 31 water board for recycled water projects pursuant to Section 79140 line 32 of the Water Code. line 33 80236. Of the funds made available by Section 80230, ten line 34 million dollars ($10,000,000) ninety million dollars ($90,000,000) line 35 shall be available for projects that improve water data collection, line 36 monitoring, and management through enhanced quality and line 37 availability of water data. Up to eighty million dollars line 38 ($80,000,000) shall be made available as matching grants to line 39 groundwater sustainability agencies for the purchase of monitoring line 40 equipment and construction of monitoring wells. Eligible expenses 93 SB 45 — 27 — line 1 include, but are not limited to, the purchase and installation of line 2 stream gauges, monitoring wells, and well meters required for line 3 monitoring groundwater conditions. line 4 80237. Of the funds made available by Section 80230, the sum line 5 of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be available line 6 to the Natural Resources Agency for implementation of the line 7 settlement agreement to restore the San Joaquin River referenced line 8 in Section 2080.2 of the Fish and Game Code and allocated as line 9 follows: line 10 (a) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be available for line 11 restoration of capacity of the Friant-Kern Canal that was lost due line 12 to subsidence, consistent with the water management goal under line 13 the September 13, 2006, Stipulation of Settlement. For the purposes line 14 of awarding funding under this section, a cost share from nonstate line 15 sources of not less than 50 percent of the total costs of the project line 16 shall be required. line 17 (b) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be available to line 18 implement the restoration goal of the September 13, 2006, line 19 Stipulation of Settlement, including funding for restoration projects line 20 identified in paragraph 11 of the September 13, 2006, Stipulation line 21 of Settlement, and funding to support the work of the Restoration line 22 Administrator and Technical Advisory Committee. The Restoration line 23 Administrator and Technical Advisory Committee shall use these line 24 funds in part to review and provide input regarding the line 25 implementation of projects identified in paragraph 11 of the line 26 September 13, 2006, Stipulation of Settlement. line 27 80238. (a) Of the funds made available by Section 80230, line 28 thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be available for water line 29 infrastructure upgrades to increase climate resilience, improve line 30 wildlife and fish passage, and modernize water infrastructure. line 31 (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 80205, funds line 32 for feasibility studies of projects pursuant to this section may line 33 exceed 10 percent of the funds allocated. line 34 line 35 Chapter 4. Protecting Fish and Wildlife From Climate line 36 Risks line 37 line 38 80240. The sum of five hundred twenty million dollars line 39 ($520,000,000) six hundred twenty million dollars ($620,000,000) line 40 shall be available for the purposes of this chapter. 93 — 28 — SB 45 line 1 80241. Of the funds made available by Section 80240, five six line 2 hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) ($600,000,000) shall be line 3 available to the Wildlife Conservation Board for the protection of line 4 California’s fish and wildlife resources in response to changing line 5 climate conditions and the highly variable habitat needs of fish line 6 and wildlife, as well as for restoration and stewardship projects line 7 that restore or manage the land to improve its resilience to climate line 8 impacts and natural disasters. Eligible projects include, but are not line 9 limited to, the following: line 10 (a) Salmon and other fishery preservation, enhancement, and line 11 habitat restoration projects, including, but not limited to, projects line 12 to benefit fall-run Chinook salmon and the state’s obligations under line 13 the federal Central Valley Project Improvement Act (Title 34 of line 14 Public Law 102-575). line 15 (b) Projects to protect and restore wetlands and fish and wildlife line 16 habitat, including, but not limited to, refuges for migratory birds. line 17 (c) Projects for the protection and restoration of fish and wildlife line 18 corridors and habitat linkages, the construction or repair of line 19 corridors, and the removal or modification of barriers. Projects line 20 may include planning, monitoring, and data collection necessary line 21 to track movement of wildlife around and across transportation line 22 facilities and to establish the best locations to construct wildlife line 23 crossing features, including fish passage improvements. line 24 (d) Land acquisition projects, including, but not limited to, those line 25 that protect land from development. line 26 (e) Restoration and stewardship projects that restore or manage line 27 the land to improve its resilience to climate impacts and natural line 28 disasters. line 29 (f) Projects for conservation actions on private lands, including, line 30 but not limited to, incentives and technical assistance for private line 31 landowners to implement conservation actions. line 32 (g) Projects for the protection of threatened and endangered line 33 species, including projects within natural community conservation line 34 plans or habitat conservation plans. Projects may include land line 35 acquisition through either easement or fee title. line 36 (h) Projects that include acquisition of water from willing sellers, line 37 acquisition of land that includes water rights or right to water, and line 38 other projects that provide water for fish and wildlife or improve line 39 aquatic or riparian habitat conditions. 93 SB 45 — 29 — line 1 (i) Project for the development and implementation of regional line 2 conservation investment strategies that include climate resilience line 3 elements. line 4 (j) Restoration activities to control or eradicate invasive plants line 5 and species. line 6 (k) Protection and restoration of redwood forests. line 7 (l) Protection and restoration of oak woodlands pursuant to line 8 Section 1363 of the Fish and Game Code and grasslands pursuant line 9 to Section 10330. line 10 80242. Of the funds made available by Section 80240, twenty line 11 million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be available to the Department line 12 of Fish and Wildlife to improve the climate resilience of fish and line 13 wildlife habitat. Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, line 14 the following: line 15 (a) Establishment of a statewide system for the collection and line 16 analysis of wildlife vehicle collisions that shall be publicly line 17 available. line 18 (b) Projects identified by the Department of Fish and Wildlife line 19 to implement climate resiliency for wildlife, including projects to line 20 survey and map plants and vegetation in California and to maintain line 21 this information in a standardized and replicable system. line 22 (c) Projects identified by the Department of Fish and Wildlife line 23 to plan for and implement projects to reduce the risks of fire, flood, line 24 inundation, sea level rise, and other risks associated with climate line 25 change and for the protection and restoration of infrastructure and line 26 natural resources for lands managed by the Department of Fish line 27 and Wildlife. line 28 line 29 Chapter 5. Protecting Agricultural Lands from Climate line 30 Risks line 31 line 32 80250. The sum of one hundred ninety million dollars line 33 ($190,000,000) shall be available for the purposes of this chapter. line 34 As used in this chapter, “small- and medium-sized farms” shall line 35 have the meaning determined by the Department of Conservation. line 36 80251. Of the funds made available by Section 80250, one line 37 hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be available to the line 38 Department of Food and Agriculture to improve the climate line 39 resilience of agricultural lands and ecosystem health and allocated line 40 as follows: 93 — 30 — SB 45 line 1 (a) Forty-five million dollars ($45,000,000) shall be available line 2 for grants to promote practices on farms and ranches that improve line 3 soil health, carbon sequestration, water quality, and enhanced line 4 groundwater recharge and surface water supplies, and provide fish line 5 and wildlife habitat. At least 35 percent of the funds allocated line 6 pursuant to this subdivision shall be allocated to projects that line 7 provide direct and meaningful benefits to socially disadvantaged line 8 farmers and ranchers. Priority shall be given to small- and line 9 medium-sized farms. line 10 (b) Forty-five million dollars ($45,000,000) shall be available line 11 for grants to promote on-farm water use efficiency with a focus line 12 on for multibenefit projects that improve groundwater management, line 13 water quality, surface water use efficiency, drought and flood line 14 tolerance, on-farm water use efficiency, or water supply and water line 15 quality conditions for fish and wildlife. At least 35 percent of the line 16 funds allocated pursuant to this subdivision shall be allocated to line 17 projects that provide direct and meaningful benefits to socially line 18 disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. Priority shall be given to line 19 small- and medium-sized farms. line 20 (c) Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be available to the line 21 Secretary of Food and Agriculture for deposit into the Invasive line 22 Species Account for the purposes of funding invasive species line 23 projects and activities recommended by the Invasive Species line 24 Council of California. Priority shall be given to projects that restore line 25 and protect ecosystem health. line 26 80252. (a) Of the funds made available by Section 80250, line 27 ninety million dollars ($90,000,000) shall be available to the line 28 Department of Conservation for the protection and restoration of line 29 farmland and rangelands, including the acquisition of fee title or line 30 easements, that improve climate resilience and provide multiple line 31 benefits. Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, grants line 32 for the protection and restoration of agricultural lands. Allowable line 33 uses include, but are not limited to, down payment assistance, line 34 interest rate assistance, and infrastructure for land improvement. line 35 (b) In awarding funds for farmland and rangeland projects line 36 pursuant to this section, the Department of Conservation shall give line 37 preference to projects for small- and medium-sized farms. At least line 38 35 percent of the funds allocated pursuant to this subdivision shall line 39 be allocated to projects that provide direct and meaningful benefits 93 SB 45 — 31 — line 1 to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. Priority shall be line 2 given to small- and medium-sized farms. line 3 line 4 Chapter 6. Protecting Coastal Lands, Bays, and Oceans line 5 from Climate Risks line 6 line 7 80260. The sum of six hundred thirty million dollars line 8 ($630,000,000) nine hundred seventy million dollars line 9 ($970,000,000) shall be available for the protection and restoration line 10 of coastal and ocean resources from the impacts of sea level rise, line 11 ocean acidification, and other impacts of climate change. Eligible line 12 projects include, but are not limited to, projects to protect, restore, line 13 and increase the resilience of coastal and ocean ecosystems, coastal line 14 watersheds, lands, beaches, bluffs, grassland, chaparral, shrubland, line 15 forests, waters, wetlands, natural resources, trails, public access line 16 facilities, fisheries, and wildlife populations in coastal areas, and line 17 protect water quality. Priority shall be given to local assistance line 18 projects that address sea level rise and that help coastal line 19 communities and coastal watersheds increase resilience to the line 20 impacts of climate change. line 21 80261. Of the funds provided by Section 80260, one hundred line 22 million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be available to the State line 23 Coastal Conservancy for projects that are consistent with the San line 24 Francisco Bay Restoration Authority Act (Title 7.25 (commencing line 25 with Section 66700) of the Government Code), including, but not line 26 limited to, projects that address sea level rise, flood management, line 27 and wetland restoration. line 28 80262. (a) Of the funds provided by Section 80260, the sum line 29 of three hundred sixty seven hundred million dollars line 30 ($360,000,000) ($700,000,000) shall be available for projects line 31 identified by the State Coastal Conservancy. line 32 (b) For projects funded pursuant to this section, the State Coastal line 33 Conservancy shall have made one or more of the findings required line 34 in Section 80206. Projects funded pursuant to this section may line 35 include projects for the purposes of the San Francisco Bay Area line 36 Conservancy Program established pursuant to Chapter 4.5 line 37 (commencing with Section 31160) of Division 21 and the Santa line 38 Ana River Conservancy Program, established pursuant to Chapter line 39 4.6 (commencing with Section 31170) of Division 21. 93 — 32 — SB 45 line 1 (c) Of the amount made available by subdivision (a), five thirty line 2 million dollars ($5,000,000) ($30,000,000) shall be available to line 3 restore and protect coastal habitat, dunes, wetlands, uplands, and line 4 estuary conditions, or forest habitat associated with estuarine and line 5 designated wildlife areas. areas, including coastal conservation line 6 aquaculture for native California marine plants and wildlife in line 7 designated areas. line 8 (d) Of the amount made available by subdivision (a), one line 9 hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be available for the line 10 restoration of coastal land for public uses on surplus land for line 11 formerly fossil-fueled powerplants. line 12 80263. Of the funds provided in Section 80260, fifty million line 13 dollars ($50,000,000) shall be available for deposit into the line 14 California Ocean Protection Trust Fund for grants consistent with line 15 Section 35650 to increase resilience from the impacts of climate line 16 change. Priority shall be given to projects that conserve, protect, line 17 and restore marine wildlife, healthy ocean and coastal ecosystems line 18 including, but not limited to, estuarine and kelp forest habitat, the line 19 state’s system of marine protected areas, and sustainable fisheries. line 20 80264. Of the funds provided in Section 80260, ten million line 21 dollars ($10,000,000) shall be available for projects identified by line 22 the Department of Fish and Wildlife to implement climate-ready line 23 fisheries management approaches that expand opportunities for line 24 experimentation and adaptive cooperative management, and to line 25 implement modernized electronic fisheries data management line 26 systems and increase the use of electronic technologies to improve line 27 fisheries management responses and resiliency under changing line 28 ocean conditions. line 29 80265. Of the funds provided in Section 80260, ten million line 30 dollars ($10,000,000) shall be available for projects identified by line 31 the Department of Fish and Wildlife to support the management line 32 of kelp ecosystems. Funds shall be used for the ongoing monitoring line 33 of kelp ecosystems and for the implementation of an adaptive kelp line 34 management plan. line 35 80266. Of the funds provided in Section 80260, one hundred line 36 million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be allocated to the State line 37 Coastal Conservancy for grants to remove or upgrade outdated or line 38 obsolete dams and water infrastructure. Projects may also install line 39 infrastructure to increase climate resilience, enhance sediment line 40 supply, improve wildlife and fish passage, and modernize water 93 SB 45 — 33 — line 1 infrastructure, including related planning, permitting, habitat line 2 restoration, and recreational improvements. Funds for planning, line 3 monitoring, and implementation of projects pursuant to this section line 4 may exceed 10 percent of the funds allocated if the State Coastal line 5 Conservancy determines there is a need for the additional funding. line 6 80267. Projects funded pursuant to this chapter shall be line 7 consistent with the sea level rise policies and guidelines established line 8 by the California Coastal Commission, Ocean Protection Council, line 9 San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, line 10 and State Coastal Conservancy, if applicable. line 11 line 12 Chapter 7. Climate Resilience, Workforce Development, line 13 and Education line 14 line 15 80270. (a) The sum of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) line 16 shall be available for climate resilience and natural disaster line 17 prevention and restoration projects and programs that promote line 18 workforce development, disaster volunteering and preparedness, line 19 education, and career pathway opportunities for careers in fire line 20 prevention and management, watershed and forest restoration, line 21 forestry, prescribed fire, forest and vegetation management, line 22 invasive plant management, park and open-space operations and line 23 management, fisheries management, nature-based recreation and line 24 tourism, sustainable forest products industries, and sustainable line 25 agriculture. agriculture, and disaster response and preparedness. line 26 Programs and projects funded pursuant to this section shall line 27 support the implementation of priorities included in this division. line 28 In allocating funds, agencies shall give preference to programs line 29 and projects that prioritize volunteer service and workforce line 30 development opportunities for low-income individuals with line 31 employment barriers, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision line 32 (j) of Section 14005 of the Unemployment Insurance Code. line 33 (b) (1) Of the funds made available by subdivision (a), thirty line 34 million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be allocated to the California line 35 Conservation Corps for purposes specified in subdivision (a). line 36 (2) The California Conservation Corps shall expend at least 50 line 37 percent of the funds made available pursuant to paragraph (1) as line 38 grants to certified local conservation corps for purposes specified line 39 in subdivision (a). 93 — 34 — SB 45 line 1 (c) Of the funds made available by subdivision (a), five million line 2 dollars ($5,000,000) shall be allocated to the California Community line 3 Colleges for workforce development programs for prescribed fire line 4 treatments, forest and woodland restoration, fire hardening, line 5 defensible space management, and approved community defense line 6 techniques. line 7 (d) Of the funds made available by subdivision (a), fifteen line 8 million dollars ($15,000,000) shall be allocated to the University line 9 of California for a Fire Outreach and Extension Program that line 10 includes fire extension advisors located in selected counties. line 11 (e) Of the funds made available by subdivision (a), ten million line 12 dollars ($10,000,000) shall be allocated to the California State line 13 Universities for fire education purposes. line 14 line 15 Chapter 8. Fiscal Provisions line 16 line 17 80400. (a) Bonds in the total amount of four billion one line 18 hundred eighty-nine million dollars ($4,189,000,000) five billion line 19 five hundred ten million dollars ($5,510,000,000), not including line 20 the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with line 21 Section 80412, may be issued and sold to provide a fund to be line 22 used for carrying out the purposes expressed in this division and line 23 to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving line 24 Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code. The line 25 bonds, when sold, issued, and delivered, shall be and constitute a line 26 valid and binding obligation of the State of California, and the full line 27 faith and credit of the State of California is hereby pledged for the line 28 punctual payment of both the principal of, and interest on, the line 29 bonds as the principal and interest become due and payable. line 30 (b) The Treasurer shall sell the bonds authorized by the line 31 committee pursuant to this section. The bonds shall be sold upon line 32 the terms and conditions specified in a resolution to be adopted line 33 by the committee pursuant to Section 16731 of the Government line 34 Code. line 35 80401. The bonds authorized by this division shall be prepared, line 36 executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State line 37 General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with line 38 Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government line 39 Code), as amended from time to time, and all of the provisions of 93 SB 45 — 35 — line 1 that law, except subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 16727 of the line 2 Government Code, apply to the bonds and to this division. line 3 80402. (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance line 4 and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law line 5 (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division line 6 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), of the bonds authorized by line 7 this division, the Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, line 8 Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection Finance Committee is line 9 hereby created. For purposes of this division, the Wildfire line 10 Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Drought Preparation, and Flood line 11 Protection Finance Committee is the “committee” as that term is line 12 used in the State General Obligation Bond Law. line 13 (b) The committee consists of the Director of Finance, the line 14 Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary of the Natural Resources line 15 Agency, the Director of State Planning and Research, and the line 16 executive director of the Strategic Growth Council. line 17 Notwithstanding any other law, any member may designate a line 18 representative to act as that member in that member’s place for all line 19 purposes, as though the member were personally present. line 20 (c) The Treasurer shall serve as the chairperson of the line 21 committee. line 22 (d) A majority of the committee may act for the committee. line 23 80403. The committee shall determine whether or not it is line 24 necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized by this division line 25 in order to carry out the actions specified in this division and, if line 26 so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues line 27 of bonds may be authorized and sold to carry out those actions line 28 progressively, and it is not necessary that all of the bonds line 29 authorized to be issued be sold at any one time. line 30 80404. For purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law line 31 (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division line 32 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), “board,” as defined in line 33 Section 16722 of the Government Code, means the Secretary of line 34 the Natural Resources Agency. line 35 80405. There shall be collected each year and in the same line 36 manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, line 37 in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount line 38 required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds each line 39 year. It is the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in 93 — 36 — SB 45 line 1 regard to the collection of the revenue to do and perform each and line 2 every act that is necessary to collect that additional sum. line 3 80406. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government line 4 Code, there is hereby continuously appropriated from the General line 5 Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this division, and line 6 without regard to fiscal years an amount that will equal the total line 7 of the following: line 8 (a) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and line 9 interest on, bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division, as the line 10 principal and interest become due and payable. line 11 (b) The sum that is necessary to carry out the provisions of line 12 Section 80409. line 13 80407. The board may request the Pooled Money Investment line 14 Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, line 15 including other authorized forms of interim financing that include, line 16 but are not limited to, commercial paper, in accordance with line 17 Section 16312 of the Government Code for the purpose of carrying line 18 out this division. The amount of the request shall not exceed the line 19 amount of the unsold bonds that the committee has, by resolution, line 20 authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this division, line 21 excluding refunding bonds authorized pursuant to Section 80412, line 22 less any amount loaned and not yet repaid pursuant to this section line 23 and withdrawn from the General Fund pursuant to Section 80409 line 24 and not yet returned to the General Fund. The board shall execute line 25 those documents required by the Pooled Money Investment Board line 26 to obtain and repay the loan. Any amounts loaned shall be line 27 deposited in the fund to be allocated in accordance with this line 28 division. line 29 80408. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, line 30 or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 line 31 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title line 32 2 of the Government Code), if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant line 33 to this chapter that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect line 34 that the interest on the bonds is excluded from gross income for line 35 federal tax purposes under designated conditions or is otherwise line 36 entitled to any federal tax advantage, the Treasurer may maintain line 37 separate accounts for the bond proceeds invested and for the line 38 investment earnings on those proceeds, and may use or direct the line 39 use of those proceeds or earnings to pay any rebate, penalty, or line 40 other payment required under federal law or take any other action 93 SB 45 — 37 — line 1 with respect to the investment and use of those bond proceeds, as line 2 may be required or desirable under federal law in order to maintain line 3 the tax-exempt status of those bonds and to obtain any other line 4 advantage under federal law on behalf of the funds of this state. line 5 80409. For the purposes of carrying out this division, the line 6 Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General line 7 Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the line 8 unsold bonds that have been authorized by the committee to be line 9 sold for the purpose of carrying out this division, excluding line 10 refunding bonds authorized pursuant to Section 80412, less any line 11 amount loaned pursuant to Section 80407 and not yet repaid and line 12 any amount withdrawn from the General Fund pursuant to this line 13 section and not yet returned to the General Fund. Any amounts line 14 withdrawn shall be deposited in the fund to be allocated in line 15 accordance with this division. Any moneys made available under line 16 this section shall be returned to the General Fund, with interest at line 17 the rate earned by the moneys in the Pooled Money Investment line 18 Account, from proceeds received from the sale of bonds for the line 19 purpose of carrying out this division. line 20 80410. All moneys deposited in the fund that are derived from line 21 premiums and accrued interest on bonds sold pursuant to this line 22 division shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for line 23 transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond line 24 interest, except that amounts derived from premiums may be line 25 reserved and used to pay the cost of bond issuance before any line 26 transfer to the General Fund. line 27 80411. Pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law line 28 (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division line 29 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the cost of bond issuance line 30 shall be paid or reimbursed out of the bond proceeds, including line 31 premiums, if any. To the extent the cost of bond issuance is not line 32 paid from premiums received from the sale of bonds, these costs line 33 shall be allocated proportionally to each program funded through line 34 this division by the applicable bond sale. line 35 80412. The bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division line 36 may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with line 37 Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of line 38 the Government Code, which is a part of the State General line 39 Obligation Bond Law. Approval by the voters of the state for the line 40 issuance of the bonds under this division shall include approval 93 — 38 — SB 45 line 1 of the issuance of any bonds issued to refund any bonds originally line 2 issued under this division or any previously issued refunding bonds. line 3 Any bond refunded with the proceeds of a refunding bond as line 4 authorized by this section may be legally defeased to the extent line 5 permitted by law in the manner and to the extent set forth in the line 6 resolution, as amended from time to time, authorizing that refunded line 7 bond. line 8 80413. The proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this line 9 division are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article line 10 XIII B of the California Constitution, and the disbursement of these line 11 proceeds is not subject to the limitations imposed by that article. line 12 80414. Notwithstanding Section 16727 of the Government line 13 Code, funds provided pursuant to this division may be used for line 14 grants and loans to nonprofit organizations to repay financing line 15 described in Section 22064 of the Financial Code related to projects line 16 that are consistent with the purpose of the respective provisions line 17 of this division. line 18 SEC. 2. Section 1 of this act shall take effect upon the approval line 19 by the voters of the Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, line 20 Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2020. line 21 SEC. 3. Section 1 of this act shall be submitted to the voters line 22 at the March 3, November 3, 2020, statewide primary general line 23 election in accordance with provisions of the Government Code line 24 and the Elections Code governing the submission of a statewide line 25 measure to the voters. line 26 SEC. 4. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the line 27 immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within line 28 the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into line 29 immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are: line 30 In order to fund wildfire prevention, safe drinking water, drought line 31 preparation, and flood protection programs at the earliest possible line 32 date, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately. O 93 SB 45 — 39 — AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 14, 2019 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2019 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 14, 2019 california legislature—2019–20 regular session ASSEMBLY BILL No. 352 Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia (Coauthor: Senator Hueso) February 4, 2019 An act to add Section 16428.87 to the Government Code, to amend Section 39720 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Sections 75240, 75241, and 75243 of the Public Resources Code, relating to greenhouse gases. An act to add Division 47 (commencing with Section 80200) to the Public Resources Code, relating to a wildfire prevention, safe drinking water, drought preparation, and flood protection program, by providing the funds necessary therefor through an election for the issuance and sale of bonds of the State of California and for the handling and disposition of those funds. legislative counsel’s digest AB 352, as amended, Eduardo Garcia. California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: grant programs and Transformative Climate Communities Program. Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2020. Under existing law, programs have been established pursuant to bond acts for, among other things, drought, water, parks, climate, coastal protection, and outdoor access for all. 96 This bill would enact the Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2020, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $3,920,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a wildlife prevention, safe drinking water, drought preparation, and flood protection program. The bill would provide for the submission of these provisions to the voters at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election. The bill would provide that its provisions are severable. (1) The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available upon appropriation by the Legislature. This bill, beginning July 1, 2020, would require state agencies administering competitive grant programs that allocate moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to give specified communities preferential points during grant application scoring for programs intended to improve air quality, to include a specified application timeline. This bill would require the Department of Finance to include in an annual report to the Legislature specified information on the applications received for each grant program allocating moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. (2) Existing law creates the Transformative Climate Communities Program, which is administered by the Strategic Growth Council. Existing law requires the council to award competitive grants to specified eligible entities for the development and implementation of neighborhood-level transformative climate community plans that include greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects that provide local economic, environmental, and health benefits to disadvantaged communities, as defined. Existing law authorizes the council, when awarding grants under the program, to give priority to plans and projects that cover areas that have a high proportion of census tracts identified as disadvantaged communities and that focus on communities that are most disadvantaged. 96 — 2 — AB 352 This bill would additionally authorize the council, when awarding grants under the program, to give priority to plans and projects covering areas that have a high proportion of census tracts identified as low-income communities, as defined. The bill would authorize applicants from the Counties of Imperial and San Diego to include daytime population numbers in their grant applications. The bill would prohibit the council when adopting the program’s guidelines from limiting the geographic boundaries of a project to a number of square miles. (3) In regards to a certain amendment, this bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of Imperial and San Diego. Vote: majority 2⁄3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: line 1 SECTION 1. Division 47 (commencing with Section 80200) is line 2 added to the Public Resources Code, to read: line 3 line 4 DIVISION 47. WILDFIRE PREVENTION, SAFE DRINKING line 5 WATER, DROUGHT PREPARATION, AND FLOOD line 6 PROTECTION BOND ACT OF 2020 line 7 line 8 Chapter 1. General Provisions line 9 line 10 80200. This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the line 11 Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Drought Preparation, line 12 and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2020. line 13 80201. (a) In expending funds pursuant to this division, an line 14 administering state agency shall give priority to projects that line 15 leverage private, federal, and local funding or produce the greatest line 16 public benefit. An administering state agency may pool funding line 17 for these projects. line 18 (b) To the extent practicable, when disbursing funds available line 19 pursuant to this division, an administering state agency shall line 20 prioritize projects that do any of the following: line 21 (1) Reduce near-term risks of climate change impacts while line 22 promoting long-term resilience. 96 AB 352 — 3 — line 1 (2) Promote equity, foster community resilience, and protect line 2 the most vulnerable by meaningfully benefiting disadvantaged line 3 communities and vulnerable populations. line 4 (3) Incorporate natural and green infrastructure solutions that line 5 enhance and protect natural resources and urban environments, line 6 including those that preserve or restore ecological or engineered line 7 systems in ways that support natural system functions, services, line 8 and quality, and that reduce risk. line 9 (4) Avoid maladaptive solutions that would likely worsen climate line 10 change impacts or transfer risks unreasonably from one area, or line 11 social group, to another. line 12 (5) Advance solutions to prevent displacement of low-income line 13 residents that could occur as an unintended consequence of a line 14 project that causes an increase in the cost of owning or renting line 15 real property. line 16 (c) A project funded pursuant to this division shall include line 17 signage informing the public that the project received funding line 18 from the Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Drought line 19 Preparation, and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2020. line 20 80202. For purposes of this division, the following definitions line 21 apply: line 22 (a) “Air board” means the State Air Resources Board. line 23 (b) “Committee” means the Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking line 24 Water, Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection Bond Finance line 25 Committee created pursuant to Section 80272. line 26 (c) “Community access” means engagement programs, technical line 27 assistance, or facilities that maximize safe and equitable physical line 28 admittance, especially for low-income communities, to natural or line 29 cultural resources, community education, or recreational amenities line 30 and includes transportation, physical activity programming, line 31 education, and communication related to water, parks, climate, line 32 coastal protection, and other outdoor pursuits. line 33 (d) “Conservation actions on private lands” means projects line 34 with willing landowners that involve the adaptive, flexible line 35 management or protection of natural resources in response to line 36 changing climate conditions and threats to habitat and wildlife. line 37 These projects result in habitat conditions on private lands that, line 38 when managed dynamically over time, contribute to the long-term line 39 health and resilience of vital ecosystems and ecosystem services, line 40 and enhance fish and wildlife populations. 96 — 4 — AB 352 line 1 (e) “Department” means the Department of Parks and line 2 Recreation. line 3 (f) “Disadvantaged community” means a community with a line 4 median household income less than 80 percent of the statewide line 5 average. line 6 (g) “Fire hardening” means all costs, including costs of design, line 7 preparation, and inspection, incurred as a result of the following: line 8 (1) Replacing or installing all of the following: line 9 (A) Ember-resistant vents. line 10 (B) Fire-resistant roofing. line 11 (C) Fire-resistant siding. line 12 (D) Fire-resistant eaves. line 13 (E) Fire-resistant soffits. line 14 (F) Fire-resistant windows. line 15 (2) Tree removal and trimming within 100 feet of an eligible line 16 building. line 17 (h) “Fund” means the Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, line 18 Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection Fund created pursuant line 19 to Section 80215. line 20 (i) “Groundwater sustainability agency” has the same meaning line 21 as defined in Section 10721 of the Water Code. line 22 (j) “Heavily urbanized city” means a city with a population of line 23 300,000 or more. line 24 (k) “Heavily urbanized county” means a county with a line 25 population of 3,000,000 or more. line 26 (l) “Interpretation” includes, but is not limited to, a line 27 visitor-serving amenity that enhances the ability to understand line 28 and appreciate the significance and value of natural, historical, line 29 and cultural resources and that may use educational materials in line 30 multiple languages, digital information in multiple languages, and line 31 the expertise of a naturalist or other skilled specialist. line 32 (m) “Nonprofit organization” means a nonprofit corporation line 33 qualified to do business in California and qualified under Section line 34 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. line 35 (n) “Protection” means any of the following: line 36 (1) Actions necessary to prevent harm or damage to persons, line 37 property, or natural, cultural, or historic resources. line 38 (2) Actions to improve access to public open spaces. line 39 (3) Actions to allow the continued use and enjoyment of property line 40 or natural, cultural, or historic resources, including site 96 AB 352 — 5 — line 1 monitoring, acquisition, development, restoration, preservation, line 2 and interpretation. line 3 (o) “Resilience” means the ability to prevent, cope with, adapt line 4 to, or recover from disturbances, including those caused as a result line 5 of increased climate-related risk. line 6 (p) “Restoration” means the improvement of physical structures line 7 or facilities and, in the case of natural systems and landscape line 8 features, includes, but is not limited to, projects for the control of line 9 erosion, stormwater capture and storage or capture to otherwise line 10 reduce stormwater pollution, the control and elimination of line 11 invasive species, the planting of native species, the removal of line 12 waste and debris, prescribed burning, fuel hazard reduction, line 13 fencing out threats to existing or restored natural resources, road line 14 elimination, improving instream, riparian, or managed wetland line 15 habitat conditions, and other plant and wildlife habitat line 16 improvement to increase the natural system value of the property line 17 or coastal or ocean resources. “Restoration” includes activities line 18 described in subdivision (b) of Section 79737 of the Water Code. line 19 (q) “Severely disadvantaged community” means a community line 20 with a median household income less than 60 percent of the line 21 statewide average. line 22 (r) “Tribe” means a federally recognized Native American tribe line 23 or a nonfederally recognized Native American tribe listed on the line 24 California Tribal Consultation List maintained by the Native line 25 American Heritage Commission. line 26 (s) “Vulnerable population” means a subgroup of a population line 27 within a region or community that faces disproportionately line 28 heightened risk or increased sensitivity to impacts of climate line 29 change and that lacks adequate resources to cope with, adapt to, line 30 or recover from, those impacts. line 31 (t) “Water board” means the State Water Resources Control line 32 Board. line 33 80203. An amount that equals not more than 5 percent of the line 34 funds allocated for a program funded pursuant to this division line 35 may be used to pay the administrative costs of that program. line 36 80204. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), up to 10 line 37 percent of funds allocated for each program funded pursuant to line 38 this division may be expended, including, but not limited to, by line 39 grants, for planning and monitoring necessary for the successful line 40 design, selection, and implementation of the projects authorized 96 — 6 — AB 352 line 1 under that program. This section shall not otherwise restrict funds line 2 ordinarily used by an agency for “preliminary plans,” “working line 3 drawings,” and “construction,” as defined in the annual Budget line 4 Act for a capital outlay project or grant project. Planning may line 5 include feasibility studies for environmental site cleanup that would line 6 further the purpose of a project that is eligible for funding under line 7 this division. Monitoring may include measuring greenhouse gas line 8 emission reductions and carbon sequestration associated with line 9 program expenditures under this division. line 10 (b) Funds used for planning projects that benefit disadvantaged line 11 communities or severely disadvantaged communities may exceed line 12 10 percent of the funds allocated if the administering state agency line 13 determines that there is a need for the additional funding. line 14 (c) (1) For purposes of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section line 15 80235), Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 80245), Chapter 5 line 16 (commencing with Section 80250), Chapter 6 (commencing with line 17 Section 80255), Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 80260), or line 18 Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 80265), at least 20 percent line 19 of the funds available pursuant to each chapter of this division line 20 shall be allocated for projects serving severely disadvantaged line 21 communities. line 22 (2) For purposes of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section line 23 80220), at least 15 percent of the funds available pursuant to that line 24 chapter shall be allocated for projects serving severely line 25 disadvantaged communities. line 26 (d) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), an administering line 27 state agency may allocate up to 10 percent of the funds available line 28 pursuant to each chapter of this division for technical assistance line 29 to disadvantaged communities. Each administering state agency line 30 shall operate a multidisciplinary technical assistance program for line 31 disadvantaged communities. line 32 (2) Funds used for providing technical assistance to line 33 disadvantaged communities may exceed 10 percent of the funds line 34 allocated for a chapter if the state agency administering the line 35 available moneys determines that there is a need for additional line 36 funding. line 37 (e) An administering state agency shall allocate up to 5 percent line 38 of the funds available pursuant to each chapter of this division for line 39 community access projects that are in combination with or 96 AB 352 — 7 — line 1 otherwise related to a project funded by this division. A community line 2 access project may include, but is not limited to, the following: line 3 (1) Transportation. line 4 (2) Physical activity programming. line 5 (3) Resource interpretation. line 6 (4) Multilingual translation. line 7 (5) Natural science. line 8 (6) Workforce development and career pathways. line 9 (7) Education. line 10 (8) Communication related to water, parks, climate, coastal line 11 protection, and other outdoor pursuits. line 12 80205. (a) Before disbursing grants pursuant to this division, line 13 each state agency that receives funding to administer a competitive line 14 grant program under this division shall do all of the following: line 15 (1) (A) Develop and adopt project solicitation and evaluation line 16 guidelines. The guidelines shall include monitoring and reporting line 17 requirements and may include a limitation on the dollar amount line 18 of grants to be awarded. If the state agency has previously line 19 developed and adopted project solicitation and evaluation line 20 guidelines that comply with the requirements of this subdivision, line 21 it may use those guidelines. line 22 (B) Guidelines adopted pursuant to this subdivision shall line 23 encourage, where feasible, inclusion of the following project line 24 components: line 25 (i) Efficient use and conservation of water supplies. line 26 (ii) Use of recycled water. line 27 (iii) The capture of stormwater to reduce stormwater runoff, line 28 reduce water pollution, or recharge groundwater supplies, or a line 29 combination thereof. line 30 (iv) Provision of safe and reliable drinking water supplies to line 31 park and open-space visitors. line 32 (2) Conduct three public meetings to consider public comments line 33 before finalizing the project solicitation and evaluation guidelines. line 34 The state agency shall publish the draft project solicitation and line 35 evaluation guidelines on its internet website at least 30 days before line 36 the public meetings. One meeting shall be conducted at a location line 37 in northern California, one meeting shall be conducted at a line 38 location in the central valley of California, and one meeting shall line 39 be conducted at a location in southern California. 96 — 8 — AB 352 line 1 (3) For statewide competitive grant programs, submit the project line 2 solicitation and evaluation guidelines to the Secretary of the line 3 Natural Resources Agency. The Secretary of the Natural Resources line 4 Agency shall verify that the guidelines are consistent with line 5 applicable statutes and for all the purposes enumerated in this line 6 division. The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall post line 7 an electronic form of the guidelines submitted by state agencies line 8 and the subsequent verifications on the Natural Resources Agency’s line 9 internet website. line 10 (4) Upon adoption, transmit copies of the project solicitation line 11 and evaluation guidelines to the fiscal committees and the line 12 appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. line 13 (b) Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of line 14 Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to line 15 the development and adoption of program and project guidelines line 16 and selection criteria adopted pursuant to this division. line 17 80206. (a) The Department of Finance shall provide for an line 18 independent audit of expenditures pursuant to this division. The line 19 Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall publish a list of line 20 all program and project expenditures pursuant to this division not line 21 less than annually, in written form, and shall post an electronic line 22 form of the list on the agency’s internet website in a downloadable line 23 spreadsheet format. The spreadsheet shall include information line 24 about the location and footprint of each funded project, the line 25 project’s objectives, the status of the project, anticipated outcomes, line 26 any matching moneys provided for the project by the grant line 27 recipient, and the applicable chapter of this division pursuant to line 28 which the grant recipient received moneys. line 29 (b) If an audit, required by statute, of any entity that receives line 30 funding authorized by this division is conducted pursuant to state line 31 law and reveals any impropriety, the California State Auditor or line 32 the Controller may conduct a full audit of any or all of the activities line 33 of that entity. line 34 (c) The state agency issuing any grant with funding authorized line 35 by this division shall require adequate reporting of the expenditures line 36 of the funding from the grant. line 37 (d) The costs associated with the publications, audits, statewide line 38 bond tracking, cash management, and related oversight activities line 39 provided for in this section shall be funded from this division. line 40 These costs shall be shared proportionally by each program 96 AB 352 — 9 — line 1 through this division. Actual costs incurred to administer nongrant line 2 programs authorized by this division shall be paid from the funds line 3 authorized in this division. line 4 80207. If any moneys allocated pursuant to this division are line 5 not encumbered or expended by the recipient entity within the time line 6 period specified by the administering state agency, the unexpended line 7 moneys shall revert to the administering state agency for allocation line 8 consistent with the applicable chapter. line 9 80208. To the extent feasible, a project whose application line 10 includes the use of services of the California Conservation Corps line 11 or certified community conservation corps, as defined in Section line 12 14507.5, shall be given preference for receipt of a grant under line 13 this division. line 14 80209. To the extent feasible, a project that includes water line 15 efficiencies, stormwater capture for infiltration or reuse, or carbon line 16 sequestration features in the project design may be given priority line 17 for grant funding under this division. line 18 80210. (a) Moneys allocated pursuant to this division shall line 19 not be used to fulfill any environmental mitigation requirements line 20 imposed by law. line 21 (b) Subdivision (a) does not preclude the use of moneys awarded line 22 pursuant to this division for purposes of providing safe drinking line 23 water or improving water quality. line 24 80211. To the extent feasible in implementing this division, a line 25 state agency receiving funding under this division shall seek to line 26 achieve wildlife conservation objectives through projects on public line 27 lands or voluntary projects on private lands. Projects on private line 28 lands shall be evaluated based on the durability of the benefits line 29 created by the investment. Funds may be used for payments for line 30 the protection or creation of measurable habitat improvements or line 31 other improvements to the condition of endangered or threatened line 32 species, including through the development and implementation line 33 of habitat credit exchanges. line 34 80212. A state agency that receives funding to administer a line 35 grant program under this division shall report to the Legislature line 36 by January 1, 2030, on its expenditures pursuant to this division line 37 and the public benefits received from those expenditures. line 38 80213. Funds provided pursuant to this division, and any line 39 appropriation or transfer of those funds, shall not be deemed to 96 — 10 — AB 352 line 1 be a transfer of funds for the purposes of Chapter 9 (commencing line 2 with Section 2780) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code. line 3 80214. For grants awarded for projects that serve a line 4 disadvantaged community or severely disadvantaged community, line 5 the administering state agency may provide advanced payments line 6 in the amount of 25 percent of the grant award to the recipient, line 7 including state-related entities, to initiate the project in a timely line 8 manner. The administering state agency shall adopt additional line 9 requirements for the recipient of the grant regarding the use of line 10 the advanced payments to ensure that the moneys are used line 11 properly. line 12 80215. (a) The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant line 13 to this division, exclusive of refunding bonds issued and sold line 14 pursuant to Section 80282, shall be deposited in the Wildfire line 15 Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Drought Preparation, and Flood line 16 Protection Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. line 17 Moneys in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the line 18 Legislature, for purposes of this division. line 19 (b) Proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division line 20 shall be allocated according to the following schedule: line 21 (1) One billion two hundred fifty million dollars line 22 ($1,250,000,000) for wildfire, flood, drought, or other natural line 23 disaster prevention and community resilience from climate change line 24 impacts, in accordance with Chapter 2 (commencing with Section line 25 80220). line 26 (2) Nine hundred twenty-five million dollars ($925,000,000) line 27 for providing safe drinking water and protecting water supply and line 28 water quality from climate risks, in accordance with Chapter 3 line 29 (commencing with Section 80235). line 30 (3) Seven hundred twenty-five million dollars ($725,000,000) line 31 for the creation and expansion of safe neighborhood parks in line 32 park-poor neighborhoods, in accordance with Chapter 4 line 33 (commencing with Section 80245). line 34 (4) Four hundred seventy-five million dollars ($475,000,000) line 35 for protecting fish and wildlife from climate risks, in accordance line 36 with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 80250). line 37 (5) One hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) for protecting line 38 agricultural land from climate risks, in accordance with Chapter line 39 6 (commencing with Section 80255). 96 AB 352 — 11 — line 1 (6) Two hundred fifteen million dollars ($215,000,000) for line 2 protecting coastal lands, oceans, bays, waters, natural resources, line 3 and wildlife from climate risks, in accordance with Chapter 7 line 4 (commencing with Section 80260). line 5 (7) Two hundred thirty million dollars ($230,000,000) for line 6 climate resilience, workforce development, and education, in line 7 accordance with Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 80265). line 8 80216. The Legislature may enact legislation necessary to line 9 implement programs funded by this division. line 10 line 11 Chapter 2. Wildfire Prevention and Community line 12 Resilience from Climate Change Impacts line 13 line 14 80220. The sum of one billion two hundred fifty million dollars line 15 ($1,250,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the line 16 Legislature, for community wildfire protection, the restoration of line 17 areas impacted by wildfire, flood, drought, or other natural line 18 disaster, natural disaster prevention, community climate resilience, line 19 and other specified climate-related purposes. line 20 80221. Of the funds made available pursuant to Section 80220, line 21 one hundred twenty-five million dollars ($125,000,000) shall be line 22 available to the Office of Emergency Services for purposes of this line 23 section. Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, grants to line 24 public agencies, joint powers authorities, nonprofit organizations, line 25 and tribes, for revegetation, invasive plant control, and other line 26 projects to reduce erosion, flood, debris flow, and mudslide risk; line 27 cleanup of damaged or hazardous sites; upgrades to damaged or line 28 destroyed infrastructure to enhance public safety and make the line 29 infrastructure more resilient to future fire, flood, and other natural line 30 disasters; and habitat restoration on both public and private lands. line 31 Funds authorized by this chapter may be used to meet matching line 32 grant requirements of the Federal Emergency Management Agency line 33 or other federal mitigation and resilience grant programs. line 34 80222. Of the funds made available pursuant to Section 80220, line 35 one hundred seventy-five million dollars ($175,000,000) shall be line 36 available to the Office of Emergency Services for a prehazard line 37 mitigation grant program. The prehazard mitigation grant program line 38 shall be allocated to assist local and state agencies and tribes to line 39 leverage additional funds, including matching grants from federal 96 — 12 — AB 352 line 1 agencies. Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, any of line 2 the following: line 3 (a) Grants to local and state agencies, joint powers authorities, line 4 and tribes for projects that reduce wildfire risks to people and line 5 property consistent with approved local hazard mitigation plans. line 6 (b) Grants to local and state agencies, joint powers authorities, line 7 and tribes for improvements to detection, warning, and evacuation line 8 systems, emergency notification systems, and fire and disaster line 9 response communication and infrastructure. line 10 (c) Grants to local and state agencies, resource conservation line 11 districts, joint powers authorities, fire safe councils, tribes, and line 12 nonprofit organizations for development and implementation of line 13 community wildfire protection plans that promote and incentivize line 14 structural and community retrofit projects, defensible space, fuel line 15 breaks, and other projects to improve fire resilience. line 16 (d) Grants to local and state agencies, tribes, joint powers line 17 authorities, resource conservation districts, fire safe councils, and line 18 nonprofit organizations for fire hardening projects, risk reduction line 19 buffers, and incentives to remove vulnerable structures in hazard line 20 zones. line 21 80223. Of the funds made available pursuant to Section 80220, line 22 seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) shall be available to line 23 the Natural Resources Agency and its departments, boards, and line 24 conservancies to support community fire prevention and fire line 25 resilience programs. Eligible projects include, but are not limited line 26 to, either of the following: line 27 (a) Restoration of natural ecosystem functions near communities line 28 in high fire hazard areas with preference given to those projects line 29 that provide multiple benefits, including, but not limited to, line 30 protection of agricultural and natural lands for fuel breaks, habitat line 31 protection and restoration, open-space access, watershed line 32 improvement, and invasive species removal, and that use line 33 prescribed fire and science-based vegetation treatment programs line 34 to reduce wildfire risk and protect lives and property. line 35 (b) Grants to local and state agencies, tribes, nonprofit line 36 organizations, joint powers authorities, fire safe councils, and line 37 resource conservation districts for development and line 38 implementation of community wildfire protection plans, and line 39 projects that reduce the risk of wildfires to habitable structures line 40 and communities. 96 AB 352 — 13 — line 1 80224. Of the funds made available pursuant to Section 80220, line 2 one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be available to line 3 the Natural Resources Agency for the implementation of the line 4 Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program to fund coordinated line 5 and integrated regional approaches to the restoration of line 6 watersheds, reduction in the conditions that lead to catastrophic line 7 wildfire, and the protection of natural resources throughout line 8 California. line 9 80225. Of the funds made available pursuant to Section 80220, line 10 one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) shall be available line 11 to the Natural Resources Agency and its departments, boards, and line 12 conservancies for the protection, restoration, and improvement of line 13 forests, including redwoods, conifers, oak woodlands, chaparral, line 14 riparian habitat, coastal forests, and other habitat types to ensure line 15 the long-term ecological health of these natural systems, to reduce line 16 the risk of extreme wildfires, floods, and other climate change line 17 impacts, and to improve water supply and water quality, carbon line 18 sequestration, community access, and other public benefits. line 19 Projects shall be based on the best available science regarding line 20 forest and ecosystem protection and restoration and shall be line 21 undertaken to protect and restore ecological values, including line 22 multibenefit ecological services, and to promote conditions that line 23 are more resilient to wildfire, climate change, and other line 24 disturbances. Projects may, where appropriate, include activities line 25 on lands owned by the United States. Eligible projects include, line 26 but are not limited to, any of the following: line 27 (a) Protection and restoration of large, intact forests and other line 28 natural landscapes, prevention of forest fragmentation through line 29 subdivision, and restoration of natural fire regimes and climate line 30 resilient conditions. line 31 (b) Restoration of the ecological health and resilience of forests line 32 through active forest management and prescribed fire. Priority line 33 shall be given to improvement of forest and ecosystem resilience line 34 that results in multiple watershed benefits, including through the line 35 Sierra Nevada Watershed Improvement Program established line 36 pursuant to Section 33345.1. line 37 (c) (1) Infrastructure and technology projects to increase forest line 38 health. Not less than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be line 39 allocated to the air board for pilot projects and incentives for line 40 innovative forest products technology that reduce greenhouse gas 96 — 14 — AB 352 line 1 emissions and contribute to meeting California’s greenhouse gas line 2 emissions reduction goals. The air board shall consult with the line 3 Natural Resources Agency and the Department of Forestry and line 4 Fire Protection in the implementation of this subdivision. line 5 (2) Eligible projects under this subdivision include projects line 6 consistent with recommendations developed pursuant to Sections line 7 717 and 4630.2. line 8 (d) Establishment of regional forest and ecosystem restoration line 9 projects that include plant nurseries, reforestation, landscape-scale line 10 planning, and revegetation projects, to promote climate-resilient line 11 ecosystems in climate-stressed areas. line 12 (e) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be allocated line 13 for the establishment of a Forest Carbon Monitoring Program line 14 that includes any of the following projects: line 15 (1) Mapping of current carbon storage and sequestration line 16 patterns by collecting field plots and high-resolution airborne light line 17 detection and ranging (LiDAR). line 18 (2) Developing a carbon monitoring system using satellite data line 19 to evaluate monthly and annual carbon fluxes. line 20 (3) Independent validation of carbon storage and sequestration line 21 maps. line 22 (4) Making all data publicly available to guide forest line 23 management and forest health decisions, wildfire evaluation, and line 24 emergency preparedness planning and operations. line 25 80226. Of the funds made available pursuant to Section 80220, line 26 one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be available to line 27 the department to plan for and implement projects to reduce the line 28 risks of fire, flood, inundation, sea level rise, and other risks line 29 associated with climate change and for the protection and line 30 restoration of infrastructure and natural resources for units of the line 31 state park system. line 32 80227. Of the funds made available pursuant to Section 80220, line 33 one hundred thirty million dollars ($130,000,000) shall be line 34 available for the following conservancies according to their line 35 governing statutes for climate resilience, wildfire prevention, and line 36 natural resource protection and allocated in accordance with the line 37 following schedule: line 38 (a) Baldwin Hills Conservancy: six million dollars ($6,000,000). line 39 (b) California Tahoe Conservancy: thirteen million dollars line 40 ($13,000,000). 96 AB 352 — 15 — line 1 (c) Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy: ten million line 2 dollars ($10,000,000). line 3 (d) Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy: fifteen million line 4 dollars ($15,000,000). line 5 (e) San Diego River Conservancy: fifteen million dollars line 6 ($15,000,000). line 7 (f) San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains line 8 Conservancy: twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000). line 9 (g) San Joaquin River Conservancy: six million dollars line 10 ($6,000,000). line 11 (h) Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy: twenty-five million line 12 dollars ($25,000,000). line 13 (i) Sierra Nevada Conservancy: fifteen million dollars line 14 ($15,000,000). line 15 80228. (a) Of the funds made available pursuant to Section line 16 80220, two hundred ninety-five million dollars ($295,000,000) line 17 shall be available to make communities in urban areas and line 18 vulnerable populations more resilient to the impacts of climate line 19 change, including any of the following: line 20 (1) Multibenefit green infrastructure and urban greening line 21 projects that reduce the risks of and exposure to extreme heat and line 22 flooding, or that promote long-term resilience and reduce heat line 23 island effects. line 24 (2) Establishment of cooling centers, clean air centers, hydration line 25 stations, emergency shelters, and facilities to safeguard vulnerable line 26 populations from extreme heat events and air pollution caused by line 27 wildfires and from other public health threats exacerbated by line 28 climate change. line 29 (3) Improvements to public infrastructure, including natural line 30 infrastructure, that provide climate resilience benefits, including, line 31 but not limited to, sustainable stormwater capture technologies, line 32 permeable pavement projects, rain gardens, cool roofs, and line 33 stormwater detention basins. line 34 (4) Improvements to city park, county park, regional park, and line 35 open-space preserve infrastructure, including natural line 36 infrastructure, to promote resilience and adaptation or the line 37 promotion and enhancement of natural resources and water line 38 conservation and efficiencies on local and regional public park line 39 lands and open-space lands. 96 — 16 — AB 352 line 1 (5) Multibenefit projects that reduce risks of exposure to toxic line 2 or hazardous materials that may increase as a result of wildfires, line 3 flooding, sea level rise, or reduced water flows to polluted bodies line 4 of water. line 5 (b) (1) At least 60 percent of the funds available pursuant to line 6 this section or described in Section 80229 shall be allocated to line 7 projects that provide direct and meaningful benefits to line 8 disadvantaged communities. At least one-third of that amount shall line 9 be allocated to projects that benefit severely disadvantaged line 10 communities. line 11 (2) Projects that receive funding pursuant to this section or line 12 Section 80229 shall include robust public engagement and outreach line 13 plans that prioritize the engagement of disadvantaged communities line 14 and vulnerable populations, as applicable. line 15 80229. (a) Of the funds available pursuant to Section 80228, line 16 sixty-five million dollars ($65,000,000) shall be allocated for urban line 17 greening projects pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 75129, line 18 including at least twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) line 19 pursuant to Section 4799.12 to protect or augment California’s line 20 urban forests. line 21 (b) Of the funds available pursuant to Section 80228, fifty line 22 million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be allocated, pursuant to line 23 Division 22.8 (commencing with Section 32600), for implementing line 24 projects consistent with the Lower Los Angeles River Revitalization line 25 Plan. line 26 (c) Of the funds available pursuant to Section 80228, fifty million line 27 dollars ($50,000,000) shall be allocated, pursuant to Division 23 line 28 (commencing with Section 33000), for projects that are a part of line 29 the revitalization plan developed by the Upper Los Angeles River line 30 and Tributaries Working Group pursuant to Section 33220. line 31 (d) Of the funds available pursuant to Section 80228, twenty-four line 32 million dollars ($24,000,000) shall be allocated for projects, line 33 including, but not limited to, expansion of access corridors to line 34 encourage fewer greenhouse gas emissions, expansion of green line 35 spaces to reduce urban heat islands and air particulate pollution, line 36 and expansion of ecosystem-based water management projects. line 37 The funds described in this subdivision shall be allocated as line 38 follows: line 39 (1) Twelve million dollars ($12,000,000) pursuant to Division line 40 22.8 (commencing with Section 32600). 96 AB 352 — 17 — line 1 (2) Twelve million dollars ($12,000,000) pursuant to Division line 2 23 (commencing with Section 33000). line 3 80230. (a) Of the funds made available pursuant to Section line 4 80220, one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be line 5 available to the Strategic Growth Council to fund the development line 6 and implementation of regional and subregional climate strategies line 7 to improve the resilience of local communities and natural line 8 resources to the impacts of climate change and to help local line 9 communities and natural resources adapt to a changing climate. line 10 Strategies funded pursuant to this section may also include line 11 components to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. line 12 (b) (1) Of the funds made available pursuant to this section, line 13 not less than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be allocated line 14 for the implementation of regional climate strategies. The Strategic line 15 Growth Council shall collaborate with the Natural Resources line 16 Agency, state conservancies, regional climate collaboratives, line 17 regional planning agencies, joint powers authorities, other public line 18 agencies, and tribes from each region of the state to determine line 19 appropriate geographic boundaries for regional and subregional line 20 climate strategies. The formation of the regions may be based on, line 21 or adapted from, the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program line 22 and shall cover the entire geographic area of California. line 23 (2) The Strategic Growth Council shall award funding pursuant line 24 to this subdivision to state conservancies, regional climate line 25 collaboratives, joint powers authorities, and other public agencies line 26 from each region to implement paragraph (1). line 27 (3) Each regional strategy shall include an assessment of climate line 28 vulnerabilities and risks and identification of environmental, line 29 economic, public health, and social climate vulnerabilities, line 30 including impacts to vulnerable populations and complementary line 31 opportunities for greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Relevant line 32 regional or local plans may be used to develop the assessment. line 33 (c) In implementing this section, the Strategic Growth Council line 34 shall collaborate and consult with relevant agencies to develop line 35 grant guidelines that advance climate resilience while promoting line 36 integration of local planning requirements pursuant to Division line 37 20 (commencing with Section 30000), the federal Disaster line 38 Mitigation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-390), and other applicable line 39 laws or policies, as determined by the Strategic Growth Council. 96 — 18 — AB 352 line 1 Chapter 3. Safe Drinking Water and Protecting Water line 2 Supply and Water Quality from Climate Risks line 3 line 4 80235. The sum of nine hundred twenty-five million dollars line 5 ($925,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the line 6 Legislature, for the protection of California’s water resources. line 7 80236. An eligible applicant under this chapter is a public line 8 agency, joint powers authority, nonprofit organization, public line 9 utility, tribe, or mutual water company. To be eligible for funding line 10 under this chapter, a project proposed by a public utility that is line 11 regulated by the Public Utilities Commission or a mutual water line 12 company shall have a clear and definite public purpose and shall line 13 benefit the customers of the water system and not the investors. line 14 80237. Of the funds made available pursuant to Section 80235, line 15 two hundred seventy-five million dollars ($275,000,000) shall be line 16 available for the protection of California’s water supply and water line 17 quality. Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, any of the line 18 following: line 19 (a) (1) Safe drinking water projects that are consistent with line 20 Section 79724 of the Water Code. line 21 (2) Projects funded pursuant to paragraph (1) may include line 22 system improvements to help meet state, federal, and local line 23 regulations governing fire flow standards for public fire protection. line 24 (b) Clean water projects that are consistent with Section 79723 line 25 of the Water Code. line 26 (c) Grants and loans to assist with septic system upgrades or line 27 consolidation of septic systems in order to address water quality line 28 contamination in disadvantaged communities. line 29 (d) Projects that implement countywide drought and water line 30 shortage contingency plans adopted pursuant to Chapter 10 line 31 (commencing with Section 10609.40) of Part 2.55 of Division 6 of line 32 the Water Code. line 33 (e) (1) Sustainable groundwater management projects that use line 34 captured stormwater and floodwaters for recharge purposes. line 35 (2) (A) Eligible projects pursuant to this subdivision shall line 36 include recharge projects that reduce contaminant loading to line 37 groundwater or dilute existing groundwater contamination. line 38 (B) Projects described by this paragraph shall not cause or line 39 contribute to increased contamination of groundwater supplies line 40 used by disadvantaged communities. 96 AB 352 — 19 — line 1 (C) Preference shall be given to projects that benefit line 2 disadvantaged communities. line 3 (f) Projects that improve water data collection, monitoring, and line 4 management to enhance the quality and availability of water data. line 5 (g) Projects to reduce groundwater consumption and to restore line 6 habitat in groundwater basins subject to the Sustainable line 7 Groundwater Management Act (Part 2.74 (commencing with line 8 Section 10720) of Division 6 of the Water Code). Grants may be line 9 for protection and habitat restoration consistent with a line 10 groundwater sustainability plan or an alternative approved by the line 11 Department of Water Resources. line 12 80238. (a) Of the funds made available pursuant to Section line 13 80235, one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be line 14 available to the Wildlife Conservation Board for groundwater line 15 sustainability projects that provide wildlife habitat and support line 16 implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act line 17 (Part 2.74 (commencing with Section 10720) of Division 6 of the line 18 Water Code). line 19 (b) (1) Of the funds described in this section, seventy-five line 20 million dollars ($75,000,000) shall be allocated for the creation, line 21 protection, or restoration of permanent wildlife habitat. line 22 (2) Of the funds described in this section, ten million dollars line 23 ($10,000,000) shall be allocated for contracts for seasonal wetland line 24 habitat that provide aquifer replenishment. line 25 (3) Of the funds described in this section, ten million dollars line 26 ($10,000,000) shall be allocated for projects that improve line 27 groundwater supply. Projects may include groundwater recharge, line 28 improved baseflows in rivers and streams, and groundwater supply line 29 improvement for fish and wildlife habitat. Any groundwater supply line 30 benefits shall remain in the basin to support sustainable line 31 groundwater conditions. line 32 80239. Of the funds made available pursuant to Section 80235, line 33 three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) shall be available line 34 for the protection and restoration of rivers, lakes, and streams to line 35 improve climate resilience, water supplies, water quality, and line 36 other benefits. To the extent feasible, preference shall be given to line 37 natural infrastructure projects. Eligible projects include, but are line 38 not limited to, any of the following: line 39 (a) Multibenefit river and urban stream parkway projects that line 40 protect and restore riparian habitats, improve climate resilience, 96 — 20 — AB 352 line 1 enhance natural drainages, protect and restore watersheds, and line 2 provide urban access. line 3 (b) One hundred eighty-five million dollars ($185,000,000) line 4 shall be available to the Salton Sea Authority and allocated as line 5 follows: line 6 (1) One hundred seventy-five million dollars ($175,000,000) line 7 for capital outlay projects that provide air quality and habitat line 8 benefits and that implement the Natural Resources Agency’s Salton line 9 Sea Management Program. line 10 (2) Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for purposes consistent line 11 with the New River Water Quality, Public Health, and River line 12 Parkway Development Program, as described in Section 71103.6. line 13 (c) Multibenefit watershed protection or restoration projects line 14 that improve climate resilience within the Los Angeles River line 15 watershed and the San Gabriel River watershed and are line 16 implemented pursuant to Section 79508 of the Water Code. line 17 80240. Of the funds made available pursuant to Section 80235, line 18 one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) shall be available line 19 for flood management projects that are components of multibenefit line 20 flood management system improvements that reduce risks to public line 21 safety and provide improvement to wildlife habitat. Eligible project line 22 types include, but are not limited to, levee setbacks, projects line 23 connecting rivers with flood plains, enhancement of flood plains line 24 and bypasses, offstream groundwater recharge, and land line 25 acquisitions and easements necessary for these project types. To line 26 the extent feasible, project selection shall be guided by approved line 27 local hazard mitigation plans and preference shall be given to line 28 natural infrastructure projects. Eligible projects include any of line 29 the following: line 30 (a) Multibenefit flood management projects that reduce the line 31 impacts of climate change on inland or coastal infrastructure, line 32 communities, or ecosystems, and provide ecosystem, wildlife, or line 33 groundwater recharge benefits. line 34 (b) Natural infrastructure projects to reduce flood intensity and line 35 slow watershed runoff. line 36 (c) Projects that capture, clean, or otherwise productively use line 37 stormwater. line 38 (d) Projects that provide matching grants for, or otherwise line 39 leverage funding from, the Federal Emergency Management 96 AB 352 — 21 — line 1 Agency, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, or other line 2 federal mitigation and resilience funding. line 3 (e) Projects that provide benefits to fish, waterfowl, wildlife, line 4 and anadromous and other native fish species along migratory line 5 corridors. line 6 (f) Projects that restore streams to a more natural state by line 7 removing drainage obstructions, culverts, and paved channels to line 8 enable more stormwater to be absorbed and gradually released line 9 by soil and plants. line 10 (g) Of the funds made available pursuant to this section, at least line 11 fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be allocated for line 12 multibenefit flood management projects in urban coastal line 13 watersheds. line 14 80241. Of the funds made available pursuant to Section 80235, line 15 one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be available for line 16 recycled water projects pursuant to Section 79140 of the Water line 17 Code. line 18 line 19 Chapter 4. Investments in Green and Social Equity, line 20 Enhancing California’s Disadvantaged Communities line 21 line 22 80245. (a) The sum of seven hundred twenty-five million line 23 dollars ($725,000,000) shall be available to the department, upon line 24 appropriation by the Legislature, for the creation and expansion line 25 of safe neighborhood parks in park-poor neighborhoods in line 26 accordance with the Statewide Park Development and Community line 27 Revitalization Act of 2008’s competitive grant program described line 28 in Chapter 3.3 (commencing with Section 5640) of Division 5. line 29 (b) When developing or revising criteria or guidelines for the line 30 grant program, the department may give additional consideration line 31 to projects that incorporate stormwater capture and storage or line 32 otherwise reduce stormwater pollution. line 33 (c) The department shall perform its due diligence by conducting line 34 a rigorous prequalification process to determine the fiscal and line 35 operational capacity of a potential grant recipient to manage a line 36 project to do both of the following: line 37 (1) Maximize the project’s public benefit. line 38 (2) Implement the project in a timely manner. line 39 80246. Of the amount available pursuant to subdivision (a) of line 40 Section 80245, not less than 20 percent shall be available for the 96 — 22 — AB 352 line 1 rehabilitation, repurposing, or substantial improvement of existing line 2 park infrastructure in communities of the state that will lead to line 3 increased use and enhanced user experiences. line 4 80247. Of the amount available pursuant to subdivision (a) of line 5 Section 80245, to correct historic underinvestments in the central line 6 valley, the Inland Empire, and gateway, rural, and desert line 7 communities, forty-eight million dollars ($48,000,000) shall be line 8 available for local park creation and improvement grants to the line 9 communities identified by the department as park deficient within line 10 those areas for active recreational projects, including aquatic line 11 centers, to encourage youth health, fitness, and recreational line 12 pursuits. Projects that include the partial or full donation of land, line 13 materials, or volunteer services and that demonstrate line 14 collaborations of multiple entities and the leveraging of scarce line 15 resources may be given consideration. Entities that receive a grant line 16 under this section may also be eligible to receive other grants line 17 under subdivision (a) of Section 80245. line 18 line 19 Chapter 5. Protecting Fish and Wildlife from Climate line 20 Risks line 21 line 22 80250. The sum of four hundred seventy-five million dollars line 23 ($475,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the line 24 Legislature, to the Wildlife Conservation Board for the protection line 25 of California’s fish and wildlife resources in response to changing line 26 climate conditions and the highly variable habitat needs of fish line 27 and wildlife, as well as restoration and stewardship projects that line 28 restore or manage the land or habitat to improve its resilience to line 29 climate impacts and natural disasters. Eligible projects include, line 30 but are not limited to, any of the following: line 31 (a) Projects to enhance wildlife habitat, recognizing the highly line 32 variable habitat needs required by fish and wildlife. Eligible line 33 projects include acquisition of water or water rights from willing line 34 sellers, acquisition of land that includes water rights or contractual line 35 rights to water, short- or long-term water transfers and leases, line 36 projects that provide water for fish and wildlife, projects that line 37 improve aquatic or riparian habitat conditions, or projects to line 38 benefit salmon and steelhead. line 39 (b) Projects for the acquisition, development, rehabilitation, line 40 restoration, protection, and expansion of wildlife corridors and 96 AB 352 — 23 — line 1 open space to improve connectivity and reduce barriers between line 2 habitat areas and to protect and restore habitat associated with line 3 the Pacific Flyway. line 4 (c) Land acquisition projects that protect land from line 5 development. line 6 (d) The provision of hunting and other wildlife-dependent line 7 recreational opportunities to the public through voluntary line 8 agreement with private landowners, including opportunities line 9 pursuant to Section 1572 of the Fish and Game Code. line 10 (e) Incentives, matching grants, and technical assistance for line 11 private landowners to implement conservation actions. line 12 (f) Acquisition, development, rehabilitation, restoration, line 13 protection, and expansion of habitat that furthers the line 14 implementation of natural community conservation plans adopted line 15 pursuant to the Natural Community Conservation Planning Act line 16 (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 2800) of Division 3 of the line 17 Fish and Game Code) to help resolve resource conflicts by line 18 balancing communitywide conservation, planning, and economic line 19 activities. Funding pursuant to this subdivision shall not be used line 20 to offset mitigation obligations otherwise required, but may be line 21 used as part of a funding partnership to enhance, expand, or line 22 augment conservation efforts required by mitigation. line 23 (g) Projects for the development and implementation of regional line 24 conservation investment strategies that are not otherwise funded line 25 by the state pursuant to Section 800 of the Streets and Highways line 26 Code. line 27 (h) Restoration activities to control or eradicate invasive plants line 28 or insects that degrade wildlife corridors or habitat linkages, line 29 inhibit the recovery of threatened or endangered species, or reduce line 30 the climate resilience of a natural system and species. line 31 (i) Protection and restoration of redwood forests in order to line 32 accelerate old growth characteristics, maximize carbon line 33 sequestration, improve water quality, and build climate resilience. line 34 line 35 Chapter 6. Protecting Agricultural Lands from Climate line 36 Risks line 37 line 38 80255. The sum of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) line 39 shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for line 40 purposes of this chapter. 96 — 24 — AB 352 line 1 80256. Of the funds made available pursuant to Section 80255, line 2 fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be available to the line 3 Department of Food and Agriculture for improvements in climate line 4 resilience of agricultural lands and ecosystem health and allocated line 5 to eligible projects as follows: line 6 (a) Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) for grants to promote line 7 practices on farms and ranches that improve soil health, improve line 8 water quality, enhance groundwater recharge and surface water line 9 supplies, and improve fish and wildlife habitat. At least 35 percent line 10 of the funds allocated pursuant to this subdivision shall be line 11 allocated to projects that provide direct and meaningful benefits line 12 to farmers and ranchers in disadvantaged communities. Priority line 13 shall be given to small- and medium-sized farms. line 14 (b) Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) for grants to promote line 15 on-farm water use efficiency with a focus on multibenefit projects line 16 that improve groundwater management, climate resiliency, water line 17 quality, surface water use efficiency, drought and flood tolerance, line 18 or water supply and water quality conditions for fish and wildlife. line 19 At least 35 percent of the funds allocated pursuant to this line 20 subdivision shall be allocated to projects that provide direct and line 21 meaningful benefits to farmers and ranchers in disadvantaged line 22 communities. Priority shall be given to small- and medium-sized line 23 farms. line 24 (c) Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to be deposited in the line 25 Invasive Species Account established pursuant to Section 7706 of line 26 the Food and Agricultural Code for purposes of funding invasive line 27 species projects and activities recommended by the Invasive line 28 Species Council of California. Priority shall be given to projects line 29 that restore and protect ecosystem health. line 30 80257. Of the funds made available pursuant to Section 80255, line 31 fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be available to the line 32 Department of Conservation for the protection, restoration, and line 33 enhancement of farmland and rangeland, including the acquisition line 34 of fee titles or easements, that improve climate resilience, line 35 open-space soil health, carbon soil sequestration, erosion control, line 36 watershed restoration, conservation projects, water quality, water line 37 retention, and provide multiple benefits. In awarding funds for line 38 farmland and rangeland projects pursuant to this section, the line 39 Department of Conservation shall give preference to projects for line 40 small- and medium-sized farms. At least 35 percent of the funds 96 AB 352 — 25 — line 1 allocated pursuant to this section shall be allocated to projects line 2 that provide direct and meaningful benefits to farmers and ranchers line 3 in severely disadvantaged communities. line 4 line 5 Chapter 7. Protecting Coastal Lands, Bays, and Oceans line 6 from Climate Risks line 7 line 8 80260. The sum of two hundred fifteen million dollars line 9 ($215,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the line 10 Legislature, for the protection and restoration of coastal and ocean line 11 resources from the impacts of climate change and ocean line 12 acidification. Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, line 13 projects to restore coastal and ocean ecosystems, beaches, bluffs, line 14 grassland, chaparral, shrubland, forests, wetlands, coastal line 15 marshes, estuaries, marine habitat, and wildlife in coastal areas line 16 from climate impacts. line 17 80261. (a) Of the funds made available pursuant to Section line 18 80260, eighty million dollars ($80,000,000) shall be available to line 19 the State Coastal Conservancy for projects to protect, restore, and line 20 increase the resilience of beaches, bays, coastal dunes, wetlands, line 21 coastal forests, and coastal watershed resources pursuant to line 22 Division 21 (commending with Section 31000), including land line 23 acquisition. Twenty-five percent of this amount shall be available line 24 for the San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy Program pursuant line 25 to Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 31160) of Division 21. line 26 (b) Of the funds made available pursuant to Section 80260, line 27 thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000) shall be available for line 28 deposit into the California Ocean Protection Trust Fund for grants line 29 consistent with Section 35650 to increase resilience from the line 30 impacts of climate change. Priority for grants pursuant to this line 31 subdivision shall be given to projects that conserve, protect, and line 32 restore marine wildlife and healthy ocean and coastal ecosystems line 33 with a focus on the state’s system of marine protected areas and line 34 sustainable fisheries. line 35 (c) Of the funds made available pursuant to Section 80260, line 36 twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be available to the State line 37 Coastal Conservancy for grants and expenditures for the line 38 protection, restoration, and improvement of coastal forest line 39 watersheds, including managed forest lands, forest reserve areas, line 40 redwood forests, and other forest types. Eligible project types shall 96 — 26 — AB 352 line 1 include projects that improve water quality and supply, increase line 2 coastal watershed storage capacity, reduce fire risk, provide line 3 habitat for fish and wildlife, or improve coastal forest health. line 4 80262. Projects funded pursuant to this chapter shall be line 5 consistent with the sea level rise policies and guidelines established line 6 by the California Coastal Commission, the Ocean Protection line 7 Council, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development line 8 Commission, and the State Coastal Conservancy, if applicable. line 9 line 10 Chapter 8. Climate Resilience, Workforce Development, line 11 and Education line 12 line 13 80265. (a) The sum of two hundred thirty million dollars line 14 ($230,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the line 15 Legislature, for climate resilience and natural disaster prevention line 16 and restoration projects and programs that promote workforce line 17 development, and career pathway opportunities for careers in fire line 18 prevention and management, watershed restoration, forestry, line 19 prescribed fire management, forest and vegetation management, line 20 invasive plant management, park and open space operations and line 21 management, fisheries management, nature-based recreation and line 22 tourism, sustainable forest products industries, and sustainable line 23 agriculture. In allocating the funds, an administering state agency line 24 shall give priority to programs and projects that prioritize line 25 workforce development opportunities for low-income residents. line 26 (b) (1) Of the moneys made available pursuant to this section, line 27 up to thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be available to the line 28 California Conservation Corps for the purposes specified in line 29 subdivision (a). line 30 (2) The California Conservation Corps shall expend at least 50 line 31 percent of the funds made available pursuant to paragraph (1) as line 32 grants to certified local conservation corps for the purposes line 33 specified in subdivision (a). line 34 line 35 Chapter 9. Fiscal Provisions line 36 line 37 80270. (a) Bonds in the total amount of three billion nine line 38 hundred twenty million dollars ($3,920,000,000), not including line 39 the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with line 40 Section 80282, may be issued and sold to provide a fund to be used 96 AB 352 — 27 — line 1 for carrying out the purposes expressed in this division and to line 2 reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving Fund line 3 pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code. The bonds, line 4 when sold, issued, and delivered, shall be and constitute a valid line 5 and binding obligation of the State of California, and the full faith line 6 and credit of the State of California is hereby pledged for the line 7 punctual payment of both the principal of, and interest on, the line 8 bonds as the principal and interest become due and payable. line 9 (b) The Treasurer shall sell the bonds authorized by the line 10 committee pursuant to this section. The bonds shall be sold upon line 11 the terms and conditions specified in a resolution to be adopted line 12 by the committee pursuant to Section 16731 of the Government line 13 Code. line 14 80271. The bonds authorized by this division shall be prepared, line 15 executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State line 16 General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with line 17 Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government line 18 Code), as amended from time to time, and all of the provisions of line 19 that law apply to the bonds and to this division. line 20 80272. (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance line 21 and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law line 22 (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division line 23 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), of the bonds authorized by line 24 this division, the Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, line 25 Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection Bond Finance line 26 Committee is hereby created. For purposes of this division, the line 27 Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Drought Preparation, line 28 and Flood Protection Bond Finance Committee is the “committee,” line 29 as that term is used in the State General Obligation Bond Law. line 30 (b) The committee consists of the Director of Finance, the line 31 Treasurer, the Controller, and the Secretary of the Natural line 32 Resources Agency. Notwithstanding any other law, any member line 33 may designate a representative to act as that member in their place line 34 for all purposes, as though the member were personally present. line 35 (c) The Treasurer shall serve as the chairperson of the line 36 committee. line 37 (d) A majority of the committee may act for the committee. line 38 80273. The committee shall determine whether or not it is line 39 necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized by this division line 40 in order to carry out the actions specified in this division and, if 96 — 28 — AB 352 line 1 so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues line 2 of bonds may be authorized and sold to carry out those actions line 3 progressively, and it is not necessary that all of the bonds line 4 authorized to be issued be sold at any one time. line 5 80274. For purposes of the State General Obligation Bond line 6 Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of line 7 Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), “board,” as defined line 8 in Section 16722 of the Government Code, means the Secretary line 9 of the Natural Resources Agency. line 10 80275. There shall be collected each year and in the same line 11 manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, line 12 in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an line 13 amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds line 14 each year. It is the duty of all officers charged by law with any line 15 duty in regard to the collection of the revenue to do and perform line 16 each and every act that is necessary to collect that additional sum. line 17 80276. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government line 18 Code, there is hereby continuously appropriated from the General line 19 Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this division, and line 20 without regard to fiscal years, an amount that will equal the total line 21 of the following: line 22 (a) The sum necessary annually to pay the principal of, and line 23 interest on, bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division, as the line 24 principal and interest become due and payable. line 25 (b) The sum that is necessary to carry out Section 80279. line 26 80277. The board may request the Pooled Money Investment line 27 Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, line 28 including other authorized forms of interim financing that include, line 29 but are not limited to, commercial paper, in accordance with line 30 Section 16312 of the Government Code, for the purpose of carrying line 31 out this division. The amount of the request shall not exceed the line 32 amount of the unsold bonds that the committee has, by resolution, line 33 authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this division, line 34 excluding any refunding bonds authorized pursuant to Section line 35 80282, less any amount loaned and not yet repaid pursuant to this line 36 section and withdrawn from the General Fund pursuant to Section line 37 80279 and not yet returned to the General Fund. The board shall line 38 execute those documents required by the Pooled Money Investment line 39 Board to obtain and repay the loan. Any amounts loaned shall be 96 AB 352 — 29 — line 1 deposited in the fund to be allocated in accordance with this line 2 division. line 3 80278. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, line 4 or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 line 5 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title line 6 2 of the Government Code), if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant line 7 to this chapter that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect line 8 that the interest on the bonds is excluded from gross income for line 9 federal tax purposes under designated conditions or is otherwise line 10 entitled to any federal tax advantage, the Treasurer may maintain line 11 separate accounts for the bond proceeds invested and for the line 12 investment earnings on those proceeds and may use or direct the line 13 use of those proceeds or earnings to pay any rebate, penalty, or line 14 other payment required under federal law or take any other action line 15 with respect to the investment and use of those bond proceeds, as line 16 may be required or desirable under federal law in order to line 17 maintain the tax-exempt status of those bonds and to obtain any line 18 other advantage under federal law on behalf of the funds of this line 19 state. line 20 80279. For purposes of carrying out this division, the Director line 21 of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund line 22 of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold line 23 bonds that have been authorized by the committee to be sold for line 24 the purpose of carrying out this division, excluding refunding line 25 bonds authorized pursuant to Section 80282, less any amount line 26 loaned pursuant to Section 80277 and not yet repaid and any line 27 amount withdrawn from the General Fund pursuant to this section line 28 and not yet returned to the General Fund. Any amounts withdrawn line 29 shall be deposited in the fund to be allocated in accordance with line 30 this division. Any moneys made available under this section shall line 31 be returned to the General Fund, with interest at the rate earned line 32 by the moneys in the Pooled Money Investment Account, from line 33 proceeds received from the sale of bonds for the purpose of line 34 carrying out this division. line 35 80280. All moneys deposited in the fund that are derived from line 36 premiums and accrued interest on bonds sold pursuant to this line 37 division shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for line 38 transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond line 39 interest, except that amounts derived from premiums may be 96 — 30 — AB 352 line 1 reserved and used to pay the cost of bond issuance before any line 2 transfer to the General Fund. line 3 80281. Pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law line 4 (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division line 5 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the cost of bond issuance line 6 shall be paid or reimbursed out of the bond proceeds, including line 7 premiums, if any. To the extent the cost of bond issuance is not line 8 paid from premiums received from the sale of bonds, these costs line 9 shall be allocated proportionally to each program funded through line 10 this division by the applicable bond sale. line 11 80282. The bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division line 12 may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with line 13 Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of line 14 the Government Code, which is a part of the State General line 15 Obligation Bond Law. Approval by the voters of the state for the line 16 issuance of the bonds under this division shall include approval line 17 of the issuance of any bonds issued to refund any bonds originally line 18 issued under this division or any previously issued refunding bonds. line 19 Any bond refunded with the proceeds of a refunding bond as line 20 authorized by this section may be legally defeased to the extent line 21 permitted by law in the manner and to the extent set forth in the line 22 resolution, as amended from time to time, authorizing that refunded line 23 bond. line 24 80283. Notwithstanding Section 16727 of the Government line 25 Code, funds provided pursuant to this division may be used for line 26 grants and loans to nonprofit organizations to repay financing line 27 described in Section 22064 of the Financial Code related to line 28 projects that are consistent with the purpose of the respective line 29 provisions of this division. line 30 80284. The proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this line 31 division are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article line 32 XIII B of the California Constitution, and the disbursement of these line 33 proceeds is not subject to the limitations imposed by that article. line 34 SEC. 2. Section 1 of this act shall take effect upon the approval line 35 by the voters of the Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, line 36 Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2020, as line 37 set forth in Section 1 of this act. line 38 SEC. 3. Section 1 of this act shall be submitted to the voters at line 39 the November 3, 2020, statewide general election in accordance 96 AB 352 — 31 — line 1 with provisions of the Elections Code and Government Code line 2 governing the submission of a statewide measure to the voters. line 3 SEC. 4. The provisions of this act are severable. If any line 4 provision of this act or its application is held invalid, that invalidity line 5 shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given line 6 effect without the invalid provision or application. line 7 line 8 line 9 All matter omitted in this version of the bill line 10 appears in the bill as amended in the line 11 Assembly May 20, 2019. (JR11) line 12 O 96 — 32 — AB 352 Water Efficiency Legislation will Make California More Resilient to Impacts of Future Droughts On May 31, 2018, Governor Brown signed two bills which build on the ongoing efforts to “make water conservation a California way of life.” SB 606 (Hertzberg) and AB 1668 (Friedman) reflect the dedicated work of many water suppliers, environmental organizations, and members of the Legislature. SB 606 and AB 1668 emphasize efficiency and stretching existing water supplies in our cities and on farms. Efficient water use is the most cost-effective way to achieve long term conservation goals, as well provide the water supply reliability needed to adapt to the longer and more intense droughts climate change is causing in California. Some have misinterpreted the immediate impact of this law. It does not impose individual mandates for homeowners or businesses. The mandates will fall on urban water suppliers – not customers. What Are the Specific Requirements for Urban and Agricultural Water Suppliers? • Specifically, the bills call for creation of new urban efficiency standards for indoor use, outdoor use, and water lost to leaks, as well as any appropriate variances for unique local conditions. The State Water Board will adopt these standards by regulation no later than June 30, 2022, after full and robust public and stakeholder processes. • Each urban retail water agency will annually, beginning November 2023, calculate its own objective, based on the water needed in its service area for efficient indoor residential water use, outdoor residential water use, commercial, industrial and institutional (CII) irrigation with dedicated meters, and reasonable amounts of system water loss, along with consideration of other unique local uses (i.e., variances) and “bonus incentive,” or credit, for potable water reuse, using the standards adopted by the Board. . • Urban water agencies must meet their water use objective. Those that don’t may be subject to enforcement by the Board. Starting in 2023, the State Water Board may issue informational orders to urban water suppliers that do not meet their water use objective, and may issue conservation orders beginning in 2025. • The indoor water use standard will be 55 gallons per person per day (gallons per capita daily, or GPCD) until January 2025; the standard will become stronger over time, decreasing to 50 GPCD in January 2030. For the water use objective, the indoor use is aggregated across population in an urban water supplier’s service area, not each household. • The outdoor water use standard will be based on land cover, climate, and other factors determined by the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Resources Control Board. The State Water Resources Control Board will adopt the outdoor standard by June 2022. • The water leaks standard will be set by the State Water Resources Control Board pursuant to prior legislation (SB 555, 2015) by July 2020. • In addition, the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Resources Control Board will work collaboratively to define performance measures for Commercial, Institutional, and Industrial (CII) water use by October 2021. The State Water Board will adopt the CII performance measures by June 2022. • To enhance drought planning and preparedness, urban water agencies also will be required to update urban water management plans that specify reliability of water supply, define the agency's strategy for meeting its water needs, including conducting annual “stress tests” of supply versus demand to ensure water service continuity assuming the five worst or driest years in the supplier’s historical record. • Agricultural water users will be required to expand existing agricultural water management plans to include an annual water budget that specifies water supply versus use, and creates water efficiency objectives to improve both delivery and historical water loss. • In addition, agricultural water users must provide specifics on how they will stretch their water supplies during long term, or multi-year droughts while meeting water allocation needs to grow crops and support livestock. Background: Governor Brown’s April 2017 Executive Order lifted his January 2014 drought declaration for most of the state and replaced it with a long-term plan to better prepare the state for future droughts. The order included establishing a framework for efficient water use that reflects the state’s diverse climate, landscape and population growth. In April 2017, five state agencies (State Water Board, Department of Water Resources, Energy Commission, Public Utilities Commission, Department of Food and Agriculture) published a framework document that was used to formulate the water conservation legislation. For more information, please visit our webpage on water conservation and efficiency statutes on the State Water Resources Conservation Portal. (This fact sheet was last updated June 7, 2018) B O AR D AGE N D A S TAF F R E P ORT Agenda Item #4. Meeting Date: F ebruary 11, 2020 Dis c ussion Item To: C ommis s io n Members F rom: Direc tor of S trategic S ervic es Subject: O utreac h Up d ate R E C O MME N D AT IO N: T his item is fo r info rmatio nal p urp o s es only. B AC KGR O UN D / AN ALYS IS : T he District c o ntinues to utilize various avenues of c o mmunic ation to engage with the c o mmunity. By d ivers ifying its communic atio n outlets , the Dis tric t s eeks to exp and its reach o f community memb ers that wo uld o therwis e be o verlooked with a s ingular o utlet. R ecent p rojec ts have inc luded, but are not limited to: S o c ial Med ia C o mmunity Events & Dis tric t Ho s ted Wo rks ho ps Bill Inserts Direc t Mailers P rint Advertis ements Event S pons o rship 's T he Dis tric t c o ntinues to ac tively utilize s oc ial media as p art of its on-go ing o utreach effo rts . T hro ugh pos ts o n F acebook, Twitter, and Ins tagram, the Dis tric t p ro vides the public with S terling Natural R es ource C enter projec t b enefits and pro gress , news up d ates, community event informatio n, conservation tips , rebate p ro gram information, and services availab le to cus tomers . Bill ins erts c o ntinue to b e o ne o f the mos t effective outreac h o utlets . By inc luding informatio nal materials in the water bill, the Dis tric t ensures c o mmunity memb ers within the s ervic e area have informatio n readily acc es sible and are encouraged to engage with the Dis tric t as a res ult o f the insert. In c ultivating effec tive outreac h efforts , the Dis tric t c o nsiders divers ity within its s ervic e area and their d ifferentiating c o mmunic ation p references , bac kgrounds and p rimary language. As res ult, the Dis tric t no w p ro vides its most c ritical o utreac h materials in multiple languages . Ad d itionally, the Dis trict is invo lved in a number of c ons tructio n pro jects within the service area. A foc us ed effo rt is undertaken o n eac h project to inform res idents that c ould have their s ervice direc tly imp acted alo ng with res id ents that c o uld b e ind irectly imp ac ted by lane c lo s ures o r equip ment staging. T his o utreac h has proven to b e an effective communicatio n tool that ens ures that res idents are confident in the quality and legitimac y o f wo rk taking plac e near their ho me or p lac e of b usines s , while als o provid ing a d irec t contac t number s hould they have R es p ec tfully s ubmitted : Kelly Mallo y Directo r o f S trategic S ervices taking plac e near their ho me or p lac e of b usines s , while als o provid ing a d irec t contac t number s hould they have q uestio ns or concerns. AG E N C Y G O ALS AN D OB J E C T IVE S : G o al and O bjec tives I I - Maintain a C ommitment to S us tainab ility, Transparenc y, and Ac c o untability b ) Utilize Effective C ommunic atio n Method s d ) P rovide Q uality I nfo rmation to Enc o urage C o mmunity Engagement F IS C AL IMPAC T T here is no fis cal impac t as s o c iated with this agend a item.