Bill Text: CA AB2621 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Office of Planning and Research: regional climate networks: climate adaptation action plans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-08-20 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2621 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB2621-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
May 05, 2020 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
May 04, 2020 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Mullin |
February 20, 2020 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law establishes the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program under the administration of the Office of Planning and Research to coordinate regional and local efforts with state climate adaptation strategies to adapt to the impacts of climate change, as specified.
This bill would require the Strategic Growth Council, by June 1, 2021, to establish guidelines for the development of regional climate adaptation plans by regional collaboratives. The bill would require
the council, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to develop a grant program to assist the development of qualified regional climate adaptation plans, as specified.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
It is the intent of the Legislature to do both of the following:SEC. 2.
Section 71133 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:71133.
(a) (1) For purposes of this section, “plan” means a regional climate adaptation action plan.SEC. 3.
Section 71134 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:71134.
(a) As part of developing the guidelines pursuant to Section 71133, the Strategic Growth Council shall make recommendations to relevant policy committees of the Legislature by January 1, 2022, on both of the following:(a)By June 1, 2021, the council shall establish guidelines for the development of regional climate adaptation plans that are developed, with community participation, by regional collaboratives consisting of local governments whose jurisdictions collectively cover at least one county and reflect the regions identified in California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment.
(b)The regional climate plans, at a minimum, shall include all of the following:
(1)The identification of the planning area’s most critical vulnerabilities to public health, infrastructure, and natural resources consistent with California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment.
(2)An assessment of the planning entity’s ability to minimize regional climate vulnerabilities.
(3)Corresponding strategies to reduce risks associated with the most critical identified vulnerabilities, and identification of priority projects to implement those strategies.
(4)Necessary phasing of projects and required monitoring to assess effectiveness of the projects.
(c)The guidelines shall do both of the following:
(1)Prioritize the use of natural infrastructure to respond to climate vulnerabilities, where feasible.
(2)Ensure the plan’s consistency with other relevant planning documents, including a county’s general
plan, local hazard mitigation plan, sustainable communities strategy, and local coastal program.
(a)The council, upon appropriation by the Legislature, shall develop and implement a grant program to assist the development of qualified regional climate adaptation plans pursuant to the guidelines established in Section 71158. The appropriated funds shall be allocated to applicants as follows:
(1)At least 60 percent of the funds shall be available to applicants based on the percent of the state’s population in the jurisdiction of the applicant for the implementation of the regional climate adaptation plan, but not less than two million dollars ($2,000,000) shall be allocated to each applicant.
(2)Up to 5 percent of the funds shall be available to support applicants in
developing qualified climate adaptation plans.
(3)The remaining balance of the funds may be used to increase the amount of the grant awarded to an applicant under subdivision (a) to the extent the qualified regional climate adaptation plan does any of the following:
(A)Protects vulnerable communities.
(B)Protects natural resources prioritized by the state.
(C)Enhances statewide climate adaptation strategies, as identified by the most recent update to the Safeguarding California Plan under Section 71153.
(D)Reduces or sequesters carbon emissions.
(b)Grant funds made available in the Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking
Water, Climate Resilience, Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2020 (Division ____ (commencing with Section ____)) for purposes of climate resiliency shall be used to fund the grant program developed pursuant to subdivision (a).