Bill Text: CA SB1122 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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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

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1122	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	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  achieve   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 the council to provide
financial assistance for those purposes, 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. The bill would  require
  authorize  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.  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, 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


   75210.  (a) To support the planning and development of sustainable
communities, the council shall manage and award financial assistance
to a council of governments, metropolitan planning organization,
regional transportation planning agency, city, county, or joint
powers authority  ,  to develop, adopt, or 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  provided 
pursuant to this section.
   (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
council may adopt criteria and requirements for the development and
implementation of regional grant programs that include all of the
following:
   (1) Require that  project    
projects  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.
   (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.
   (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. 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 pricing, safe
routes to schools, and roadway modifications, such as roundabouts.
 
   (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.  
   (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.
 
   (6) Development and adoption of local plans and land use policies
that help to implement regional plans.  
   (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.  
   (d) 
    (e)  The council shall review the implementation of this
section on an annual basis and may revise the criteria and
requirements for project selection, evaluation, monitoring, and
verification developed pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of
subdivision (b), as needed, to improve program performance. 
   (e) 
    (f)  Moneys that are allocated for the regional grant
programs pursuant to the criteria and requirements adopted pursuant
to subdivision (b) 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 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.