Bill Text: CA SB1122 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Sustainable communities: Strategic Growth Council.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-23 - Held in committee and under submission. [SB1122 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB1122-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 1122 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 5, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 8, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 24, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Senator Pavley
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
An act to add Division 44 (commencing with Section 75200) to the
Public Resources Code, relating to sustainable communities.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1122, as amended, Pavley. Sustainable communities: Strategic
Growth Council.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the
State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with
monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases.
The act authorizes the state board to include use of market-based
compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for
fines and penalties, collected by the state board from the auction or
sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to
be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be
available upon appropriation. Existing law requires the Department of
Finance, in consultation with the state board and any other relevant
state agency, to develop, as specified, a 3-year investment plan for
the moneys deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Existing
law authorizes moneys from the fund to be allocated for the purpose
of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in this state through specified
investments, including funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
through strategic planning and development of sustainable
infrastructure projects.
Existing law requires certain transportation planning activities
by designated regional transportation planning agencies, including
development of a regional transportation plan. Certain of these
agencies are designated under federal law as metropolitan planning
organizations. Existing law requires metropolitan planning
organizations to adopt a sustainable communities strategy, subject to
specified requirements, as part of a regional transportation plan,
which is to be designed to achieve certain targets established by the
State Air Resources Board for the reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions from automobiles and light trucks in the region.
Existing law establishes the Strategic Growth Council and requires
the council to, among other things, manage and award grants and
loans to support the development, adoption, or implementation of a
regional plan or other planning instrument consistent with a regional
plan that achieves specified objectives, including meeting the goals
of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. Existing law
specifies that the financial assistance provided shall be funded by
the bond proceeds from the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and
Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006.
This bill would additionally require
authorize the council to provide manage
and award financial assistance for those purposes,
the purpose of supporting the implementation of
sustainable communities strategies or alternative planning
strategies, to be funded from moneys from the Greenhouse Gas
Reduction Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, and
would additionally require the regional plan or other planning
instrument to meet the requirements of an applicable sustainable
communities strategy. Legislature. The bill
would authorize require the council to
develop and implement regional grant programs to support the
implementation of sustainable communities strategies, alternative
transportation plans, or other regional greenhouse gas emission
reduction plans within a developed area. The bill would require the
council, in consultation with specified public agencies, to establish
standards for integrated modeling systems and measurement methods,
and standards for the use of moneys awarded. adopt
guidelines for the use of the funds by recipients. The bill
also would authorize the council to award financial assistance for
the development and implementation of agricultural, natural resource,
and open space land protection plans that are consistent with the
implementation of sustainable communities strategies, alternative
transportation plans, planning strategies,
or other regional greenhouse gas emission reduction plans.
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 44 (commencing with Section 75200) is added to
the Public Resources Code, to read:
DIVISION 44. Sustainable Communities Implementation
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISION
75200. For the purposes of this division, "council" means the
Strategic Growth Council established pursuant to Section 75121.
CHAPTER 2. SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
75205. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the council may
expend moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, established
pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the Government Code, for the purposes
of this division.
75210. (a) To support the planning and development of sustainable
communities, the council shall may
manage and award financial assistance to a council of governments,
metropolitan planning organization, or regional
transportation planning agency, city, county, or joint
powers authority to develop, adopt, or agency to
implement a regional plan or other planning instrument
consistent with a regional plan that improves air and water quality,
improves natural resource protection, increases the availability of
affordable housing, improves transportation, meets the goals of the
California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5
(commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code),
encourages sustainable land use, and meets the requirements of
Section 65080 of the Government Code. Moneys from the Greenhouse Gas
Reduction Fund established pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the
Government Code shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be
expended by the council for providing financial assistance pursuant
to this section. sustainable communities strategy or
alternative planning strategy adopted pursuant to Section 65080 of
the Government Code that the State Air Resources Board has determined
would, if implemented, achieve the greenhouse gas emission reduction
targets established by the board, or if a sustainable communities
strategy is not required for a region by law, a regional
transportation plan that includes programs and policies to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
(b) To support the implementation of sustainable communities
strategies, alternative transportation plans, or other regional
greenhouse gas emission reduction plans within a developed area, the
(b) The council may
shall adopt criteria and requirements
guidelines for the development and
implementation of regional grant programs use of the
funds by award recipients that include all of the following:
(1) Require that projects meeting threshold
criteria relating to project feasibility and applicant capacity
be selected within each region by the regional granting authority
through a competitive public process based on reduction in the
emissions of greenhouse gases.
(2) Establish the methods for evaluating, monitoring, and
verifying project effectiveness, including those related to
travel demand reduction, system efficiency, safety improvements,
demographic characteristics, and integrated land use and
transportation strategies. greenhouse gas emission
reductions as well as other grant requirements.
(3) Provide for the development and implementation of projects
that integrate infrastructure investment with land use or local code
changes to achieve the maximum reduction in the emissions of
greenhouse gases.
(3) Ensure compliance with Section 39713 of the Health and Safety
Code.
(4) Provide for public participation in the review of proposed
projects.
(5) Provide for consultation and coordination with air pollution
control districts and air quality management districts.
(c) The council, in consultation with the State Air Resources
Board and the metropolitan planning organizations, shall establish
standards for integrated modeling systems and measurement methods to
ensure consistency in evaluating the potential effectiveness of
projects and verifying the actual benefits of projects after
completion.
(d) The council, in consultation with the California
Transportation Commission and the State Air Resources Board, shall
establish standards for the use of moneys to ensure compliance with
this division and Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code.
Eligible
(d) Eligible uses of the moneys
shall include any of the following:
(1) Transportation network and demand management, including, but
not limited to, trip reduction programs, congestion and parking
pricing, safe routes to schools, and roadway
modifications, such as roundabouts. modifications.
(2) Public transportation, including operations, maintenance, and
capital costs.
(3) Road and bridge maintenance; operations and retrofits for
complete streets, bike and pedestrian safety enhancements; and urban
greening.
(2) Increasing public transportation service or frequency of
service.
(3) Enhancing transit and active transportation options, including
complete streets, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and roadway
improvements that facilitates transit operation.
(4) Clean transportation fueling infrastructure and support.
(5) Multimodal network connectivity to reduce travel
distances and improve access to parks, schools, jobs,
housing, and markets for rural and urban communities,
including neighborhood scale planning. communities.
(6) Development and adoption of local plans and land use policies
that help to implement regional plans that 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, and meet the
requirements of Section 65080 of the Government Code.
a sustainable communities strategy or alternative planning strategy
adopted pursuant to Section 65080 of the Government Code
that the State Air Resources Board has determined would, if
implemented, achieve the greenhouse gas reduction targets established
by the board, or if a sustainable communities strategy is not
required for a region by law, a regional transportation plan that
includes programs and policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
(7) Community infrastructure, including public works and municipal
improvements necessary to support transit-oriented development,
affordable housing, infill in existing urbanized areas, and small
walkable communities in rural neighborhoods.
(8) Multiuse facilities and accommodations for bicyclists,
pedestrians, and neighborhood electric vehicles.
(9) Administrative costs and development, and use of evaluation,
monitoring, and verification systems.
systems, if the administrative costs for each recipient do not exceed
5 percent of the award.
(e) The council shall review the implementation of this section on
an annual basis and may revise the criteria and
requirements guidelines for project selection,
evaluation, monitoring, and verification developed pursuant to
paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (b), as needed, to improve
program performance.
(f) Moneys that are allocated for the regional grant programs
pursuant to the criteria and requirements adopted pursuant
to subdivision (b) this section shall be
allocated to the regional granting authority in each region on a per
capita basis.
75211. The council may award financial assistance to a city,
county, city and county, or regional agency for the development and
implementation of agricultural, natural resources, and open-space
land protection plans that reduce the emissions of
greenhouse gases and that are consistent with and support the
implementation of sustainable communities strategies, alternative
planning strategies, or other regional greenhouse gas emissions
reduction plans.
