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  MAY 7, 2014
	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,  
quarterly, 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  to the
agency  , by July 1, 2015, and, beginning January 1, 2016, on a
 monthly   quarterly  basis thereafter,
 sea level rise planning  information  to the
Natural Resources Agency to be included in the database, including
descriptions of projects   , as defined,  that
 address or prepare for sea level rise that are 
 is  under the control or jurisdiction of the public
 agency   agencies  or private 
entity   entities  . The bill would require the
 Natural Resources Agency   agency  to 
determine which information is necessary for inclusion in the
database and 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.  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.  
   30962.  For purposes of this division, "sea level rise planning
information" means studies, programs, modeling, mapping, cost-benefit
analyses, vulnerability assessments, adaptation, assessments, and
local coastal programs certified pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing
with Section 30500) of Division 20, that have been developed for the
purposes of addressing or preparing for sea level rise. 

   30961.  
    30963.   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   Agency, beginning January 1,
2016,  shall update the database  on a monthly basis
  quarterly  with information  provided by
the entities  described in Section 30964  and provided
by the entities described in Section 30965  . 
   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) 
    30964.    (a) No later than July 1, 2015, the
entities listed in Section 30965 shall submit to the Natural
Resources Agency sea level rise planning information, and, beginning
January 1, 2016, any new or updated sea level rise planning
information on a quarterly basis, in a format determined by the
agency. The Natural Resources Agency shall make a determination as to
which sea level rise planning information is necessary for inclusion
in the database and may include any of the following: 
    (1)  Purpose. 
   (b) 
    (2)  The person or entity charged with  carrying
out the project   developing the sea level rise
planning information  and other contributors or collaborators.

   (c) 
    (3)  Whether the  project  sea
level rise planning information  is required to be 
completed   developed  by local, state, or federal
law. 
   (d) Geographic location of the project.  
   (e) 
    (4)  Geographic scope of the  project 
 sea level rise planning information  . 
   (f) 
    (5)  If the  project   sea level
rise planning information  is an assessment, whether it is a
risk or vulnerability assessment. 
   (g) 
    (6)  Whether the  project   sea
level rise planning information  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.  
   (7) The types of resources and infrastructure items on which the
sea level rise planning information focuses. Types of resources and
infrastructure items include, but are not limited to, wetlands,
piers, and residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation
structures.  
   (j) 
    (8)  Source of funding for the  project
  sea level rise planning information  . 
   (k) 
    (9)  Cost of the  project   sea
level rise planning information  . 
   (l) 
    (10)  Any scientific considerations or science-based
facts that are involved in the  project   sea
level rise planning information  . 
   (m) 
    (11)  Relevant maps. 
   (n) The project's estimated date of completion.  

   (o) 
    (12)  Links to other Internet Web site materials that
provide further information. 
   (b) The California Coastal Commission shall provide the Natural
Resources Agency with information regarding which cities, counties,
and cities and counties located in the coastal zone, as defined in
Section 30103, 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.
 
   (4) Cities, counties, and cities and counties that do not have a
local coastal program in place.  
   30964.  
    30965.   (a) The following public agencies and private
entities shall provide  sea level rise planning  information
described in  Sections 30962 and 30963 for projects and
local coastal programs that are   Section 30964 that is
 under the control or the jurisdiction of the public agency or
private entity, 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   quarterly  basis:
   (1) Airports within the California coastal zone or San Francisco
Bay area.
   (2) California Coastal Commission.
   (3) State Energy Resources Conservation and Development
Commission.
   (4) Ports located in the California coastal zone or San Francisco
Bay area.
   (5) Department of Transportation.
   (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.
   (8) Regional water quality control boards.
   (9) San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.
   (10) State Coastal Conservancy.
   (11) State Lands Commission.
   (12) State Water Resources Control Board.
   (b) This section does not require  a project 
 sea level rise planning information  to be developed,
adopted, or updated by a public agency or private entity listed in
subdivision (a). 
   30965.  
    30966.   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
  Section 30964  under each entry. The 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.