Bill Text: CA AB1482 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

Bill Title: Climate adaptation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 603, Statutes of 2015. [AB1482 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1482-Introduced.html

---

BILL NUMBER: AB 1482	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gordon

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 75125 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to the Strategic Growth Council.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1482, as introduced, Gordon. Strategic Growth Council: duties.
   Existing law establishes the Strategic Growth Council in state
government and assigns to the council certain duties, including
providing, funding, and distributing data and information to local
governments and regional agencies that will assist in the development
and planning of sustainable communities.
   This bill would expand the duties of the council to include
overseeing and coordinating state agency actions to adapt to climate
change and identifying and pursuing opportunities for state agencies
to collaborate with federal or local agencies in their climate
adaptation efforts.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 75125 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   75125.  The council shall do all of the following:
   (a) Identify and review activities and funding programs of member
state agencies that may be coordinated to improve air and water
quality, improve natural resource protection, increase the
availability of affordable housing, improve transportation, meet the
goals of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006
(Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and
Safety Code), encourage sustainable land use planning, and revitalize
urban and community centers in a sustainable manner. At a minimum,
the council shall review and comment on the five-year infrastructure
plan developed pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 13100)
of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 3 of  Title 2 of  the
Government Code and the State Environmental Goals and Policy Report
developed pursuant to Section 65041 of the Government Code.
   (b) Recommend policies and investment strategies and priorities to
the Governor, the Legislature, and to appropriate state agencies to
encourage the development of sustainable communities, such as those
communities that promote equity, strengthen the economy, protect the
environment, and promote public health and safety, consistent with
subdivisions (a) and (c) of Section 75065.
   (c) Provide, fund, and distribute data and information to local
governments and regional agencies that will assist in developing and
planning sustainable communities.
   (d) Manage and award grants and loans to support the planning and
development of sustainable communities, pursuant to Sections 75127,
75128, and 75129. To implement this subdivision, the council may do
all of the following:
   (1) Develop guidelines for awarding financial assistance,
including criteria for eligibility and additional consideration.
   (2) Develop criteria for determining the amount of financial
assistance to be awarded. The council shall award a revolving loan to
an applicant for a planning project, unless the council determines
that the applicant lacks the fiscal capacity to carry out the project
without a grant. The council may establish criteria that would allow
the applicant to illustrate an ongoing commitment of financial
resources to ensure the completion of the proposed plan or project.
   (3) Provide for payments of interest on loans made pursuant to
this article. The rate of interest shall not exceed the rate earned
by the Pooled Money Investment Board.
   (4) Provide for the time period for repaying a loan made pursuant
to this article.
   (5) Provide for the recovery of funds from an applicant that fails
to complete the project for which financial assistance was awarded.
The council shall direct the Controller to recover funds by any
available means.
   (6) Provide technical assistance for application preparation.
   (7) Designate a state agency or department to administer technical
and financial assistance programs for the disbursing of grants and
loans to support the planning and development of sustainable
communities, pursuant to Sections 75127, 75128, and 75129.
   (e)  No later than July 1, 2010, and every year
thereafter, provide a   Provide   an annual
 report to the Legislature that shall include, but  is
  need  not  be  limited to, all of the
following:
   (1) A list of applicants for financial assistance.
   (2) Identification of which applications were approved.
   (3) The amounts awarded for each approved application.
   (4) The remaining balance of available funds.
   (5) A report on the proposed or ongoing management of each funded
project.
   (6) Any additional minimum requirements and priorities for a
project or plan proposed in a grant or loan application developed and
adopted by the council pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 75126.

   (f) Oversee and coordinate state agency actions to adapt to
climate change.  
   (g) Identify and pursue opportunities for state agencies to
collaborate with federal or local agencies in their climate
adaptation efforts.