Bill Text: CA AB2516 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Sea level rise planning: database.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 522, Statutes of 2014. [AB2516 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2516-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2516	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gordon
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Lowenthal, Muratsuchi,
 Skinner, and Ting)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add Division 20.6 (commencing with Section 30961) to the
Public Resources Code, relating to sea level rise.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2516, as amended, Gordon. Sea level rise planning: database.
   Existing law establishes the Natural Resources Agency consisting
of various entities, departments, and boards, including the
Department of Water Resources, the California Coastal Commission, the
State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, the
State Lands Commission, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and
Development Commission, and the State Coastal Conservancy.
   This bill would require, on or before January 1, 2016, the Natural
Resources Agency, in collaboration with the Ocean Protection
Council, to create, update monthly, and post on its Internet Web site
a Planning for Sea Level Rise Database describing steps being taken
throughout the state to prepare for, and adapt to, sea level rise.
The bill would require various public  agencies  and private
entities to provide, by July 1, 2015, and  , beginning January
1,   2016,  on a monthly basis thereafter, information
to the Natural Resources Agency to be included in the database,
including descriptions of projects that address or prepare for sea
level rise that are  within   under the control
or jurisdiction of  the  entity's control or
jurisdiction   public agency or private entity  .
The bill would require the  agency   Natural
Resources Agency  to organize the database by geographic region
and provide an entry for each city, county, and city and county
within the coastal zone and San Francisco Bay area.
   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.  Division 20.6 (commencing with Section 30961) is added
to the Public Resources Code, to read:

      DIVISION 20.6.  Planning for Sea Level Rise Database


   30961.  On or before January 1, 2016, the Natural Resources
Agency, in collaboration with the Ocean Protection Council, shall
create and post on its Internet Web site a Planning for Sea Level
Rise Database describing steps being taken throughout the state to
prepare for, and adapt to, sea level rise. To be an effective
inventory of sea level rise planning in the state, the Natural
Resources Agency shall update the database on a monthly basis with
information provided by the entities described in Section 30964.
   30962.  The Planning for Sea Level Rise Database shall include,
but shall not be limited to, the following information:
   (a) Title and description of all state and local private and
public projects addressing or preparing for sea level rise, including
information described in Section 30963. For purposes of this
division, "projects" includes studies, programs, modeling, mapping,
cost-benefit analyses, vulnerability assessments, and adaptation
assessments.
   (b) Information regarding which cities, counties, and cities and
counties have implemented a local coastal program, including all of
the following information:
   (1) When the local coastal program was created.
   (2) All dates on which the local coastal program was updated, if
updated.
   (3) Whether the local coastal program addresses sea level rise.
   (c) Cities, counties, and cities and counties that do not have a
local coastal program in place.
   30963.  To the extent applicable, the following information shall
be included in the description of a project:
   (a) Purpose.
   (b) The person or entity charged with carrying out the project and
other contributors or collaborators.
   (c) Whether the project is required to be completed by local,
state, or federal law.
   (d) Geographic location of the project.
   (e) Geographic scope of the project.
   (f) If the project is an assessment, whether it is a risk or
vulnerability assessment.
   (g) Whether the project has governance, environmental, economic,
social equity, or public education objectives, or any combination
thereof.
   (h) Whether the project results are measurable.
   (i) Whether the project is replicable and, if it is replicable,
whether the project can be adjusted to apply to different sized
regions.
   (j) Source of funding for the project.
   (k) Cost of the project.
   (l) Any scientific considerations or science-based facts that are
involved in the project.
   (m) Relevant maps.
   (n) The project's estimated date of completion.
   (o) Links to other Internet Web site materials that provide
further information.
   30964.   (a)    The following  public
agencies and private  entities shall provide information
described in Sections 30962 and 30963 for projects and local coastal
programs that are  within   under the control
  or   the   jurisdiction of  the
 entity's control   public agency or private
entity   or jurisdiction  , as applicable, to
the Natural Resources Agency by July 1, 2015, and  , beginning
January 1, 2016,  shall continue to provide updated information
to the Natural Resources Agency on a monthly basis: 
   (a) 
    (1)  Airports within the California coastal zone or San
Francisco Bay area. 
   (b) 
    (2)  California Coastal Commission. 
   (c) 
    (3)  State Energy Resources Conservation and Development
Commission. 
   (d) California ports.  
   (4) Ports located in the California coastal zone or San Francisco
Bay area.  
   (e) 
    (5)  Department of Transportation. 
   (f) Utilities within the 
    (6)     Investor-owned utilities located in
the  California coastal zone or the San Francisco Bay area.

   (7) Publicly owned electric and natural gas utilities located in
the California coastal zone or San Francisco Bay area.  

   (g) 
    (8)  Regional water quality control boards. 
   (h) 
    (9)  San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development
Commission. 
   (i) 
    (10)  State Coastal Conservancy. 
   (j) 
   (11)  State Lands Commission. 
   (k) 
    (12)  State Water Resources Control Board. 
   (b) This section does not require a project to be developed,
adopted, or updated by a public agency or private entity listed in
subdivision (a). 
   30965.  The Natural Resources Agency, in developing the Planning
for Sea Level Rise Database, shall organize the database by
geographic regions, provide an entry for each city, county, and city
and county within the coastal zone and San Francisco Bay area, and
include information described in Sections 30962 and 30963 under each
entry. The  agency   Natural Resources Agency
 shall organize the database in a manner it determines best to
provide the public with clear, useful, and readily accessible
information.
   30966.  It is the intent of the Legislature that the Planning for
Sea Level Rise Database provide the public with an educational tool
that will enable parties to view up-to-date information from a
single, centrally located source about actions taken by cities,
counties, cities and counties, regions, and public and private
entities to address sea level rise.
   30967.  Nothing in this division shall alter the duties,
responsibilities, and jurisdiction of state agencies that provide
information pursuant to this division.