Bill Text: CA SB586 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Flood management: Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 10, Statutes of 2024. [SB586 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB586-Introduced.html
Introduced by Senator Eggman |
February 15, 2023 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 65865.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:65865.5.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, after the amendments required by Sections 65302.9 and 65860.1 have become effective, the legislative body of a city or county within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley shall not enter into a development agreement for property that is located within a flood hazard zone unless the city or county finds, based on substantial evidence in the record, one of the following:SEC. 2.
Section 65962 of the Government Code is amended to read:65962.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, after the amendments required by Sections 65302.9 and 65860.1 have become effective, each city and county within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley shall not approve a discretionary permit or other discretionary entitlement that would result in the construction of a new building or construction that would result in an increase in allowed occupancy for an existing building, or a ministerial permit that would result in the construction of a new residence, for a project that is located within a flood hazard zone unless the city or county finds, based on substantial evidence in the record, one of the following:SEC. 3.
Section 65962.1 of the Government Code is amended to read:65962.1.
(b)For purposes of this section, “Mossdale Tract” means an area of land identified as Reclamation District No. 17 on page 144 of Bulletin No. 37 (1930) of the Department of Water Resources, along with such contiguous urban and urbanizing areas to the east of the tract as would be subject to flooding from the San Joaquin River at an urban level of flood protection.
(c)Notwithstanding Section 8307 of the Water Code, the San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency may be required to contribute its fair and reasonable share of any property damage caused
by a flood to the extent that the state’s exposure to liability for property damage has been increased by cities or counties unreasonably approving, as defined in Section 8307 of the Water Code, any new development in the Mossdale Tract between the years 2025 and 2028.
SEC. 4.
Section 65962.2 of the Government Code is repealed.(a)For purposes of Sections 65865.5, 65962, and 66474.5, the City of West Sacramento shall achieve the urban level of flood protection by 2030.
(b)For purposes of this section, “City of West Sacramento” means the incorporated area in the County of Yolo as identified in Resolution No. 86-112 of the County of Yolo Board of Supervisors at Yolo County Official Records Book 1801, pages 384 to 403, inclusive, and Book 1801, pages 368 to 382, inclusive.
(c)Notwithstanding Section 8307 of the Water Code, the West Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency may be required to contribute its fair and reasonable share of any property damage caused by a flood to the extent that the state’s
exposure to liability for property damage has been increased by cities or counties unreasonably approving, as defined in Section 8307 of the Water Code, any new development in the City of West Sacramento between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2030.