Bill Text: CA AB1469 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 1469

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Bill Title: Santa Clara Valley Water District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-10-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 729, Statutes of 2023. [AB1469 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB1469-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1469

Introduced by Assembly Member Kalra

February 17, 2023

An act to amend Section 4 of the Santa Clara Valley Water District Act (Chapter 1405 of the Statutes of 1951), relating to the Santa Clara Valley Water District.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1469, as introduced, Kalra. Santa Clara Valley Water District.

The Santa Clara Valley Water District Act creates the Santa Clara Valley Water District, and authorizes the district to provide for the conservation and management of flood, storm, and recycled waters, and other waters, for beneficial uses and to enhance natural resources in connection with carrying out the purposes of the district.

This bill would additionally authorize the district to assist unsheltered people living along streams, in riparian corridors, or otherwise within the district’s jurisdiction, in consultation with cities and the County of Santa Clara, as appropriate, to provide solutions or improve outcomes for the unsheltered individuals.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 4 of the Santa Clara Valley Water District Act (Chapter 1405 of the Statutes of 1951), as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 279 of the Statutes of 2006, is amended to read:

Sec. 4.

(a) The purposes of this act are to authorize the district to provide comprehensive water management for all beneficial uses and ~~protection from flooding~~ flood protection risk within ~~Santa Clara County.~~ the County of Santa Clara.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the district work collaboratively with other appropriate entities in ~~Santa Clara County~~ the County of Santa Clara in carrying out the purposes of this act.

(1) ~~Protect Santa Clara County~~ Reduce the risks to the County of Santa Clara from floodwater and stormwater of the district, including tidal floodwater and the floodwater and stormwater of streams that have their sources outside the district, but flow into the district.

(2) ~~Protect from that~~ Reduce the risks of floodwater or stormwater to the public highways, ~~life~~ life, and property in the district, and the watercourses and watersheds of streams flowing within the district.

(3) Provide ~~for the conservation and management of floodwater,~~ flood risk reduction and provide for the conservation and management of stormwater, or recycled water, or other water from any sources within or outside the ~~watershed~~ watersheds in which the district is located for beneficial and useful purposes, including spreading, storing, retaining, and causing the waters to percolate into the soil within the district.

(4) Protect, save, store, recycle, distribute, transfer, exchange, manage, and conserve in any manner any of the waters.

(5) Increase and prevent the waste or diminution of the water supply in the district.

(6) Obtain, retain, protect, and recycle drainage, stormwater, floodwater, or treated wastewater, or other water from any sources, within or outside the ~~watershed~~ watersheds in which the district is located for any beneficial uses within the district.

(7) Enhance, protect, and restore streams, riparian corridors, and natural resources in connection with carrying out the purposes set forth in this section.

~~(8)~~
(8) Assist unsheltered people living along streams, in riparian corridors, or otherwise within the district’s jurisdiction, in consultation with cities and the County of Santa Clara, as appropriate, to provide solutions or improve outcomes for the unsheltered individuals.

(9) Preserve open space in ~~Santa Clara County~~ the County of Santa Clara and support the county park system in a manner that is consistent with carrying out the powers granted by this section.