Bill Text: CA SB1301 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Tijuana River Valley: watershed action plan.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 368, Statutes of 2020. [SB1301 Detail]

Download: California-2019-SB1301-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1301

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Introduced by Senator Hueso

February 21, 2020

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An act relating to public resources.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1301, as introduced, Hueso. Tijuana River Valley: binational watershed management plan.

Existing law makes certain specified funds available to the County of San Diego for the development, improvement, rehabilitation, protection, and restoration of natural and park lands in the Tijuana River Valley, for studies, as prescribed, and for the development of a campground planned for the Tijuana River Valley, as described.

This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to later enact legislation that would provide a framework to work with the governments of the State of Baja California and the Republic of Mexico to develop a binational watershed management plan for the Tijuana River Valley with the purpose of bringing multiple stakeholders to assess the needs of the Tijuana River Valley and collaborate to develop an ecosystem-based strategy to conserve, restore, and protect the Tijuana River Valley and enhance the overall health of the watershed while addressing transboundary flows of pollution across the border through goals, timelines, and potential action items.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 It is the intent of the Legislature to later enact legislation that would provide a framework to work with the governments of the State of Baja California and the Republic of Mexico to develop a binational watershed management plan for the Tijuana River Valley with the purpose of bringing multiple stakeholders to assess the needs of the Tijuana River Valley and collaborate to develop an ecosystem-based strategy to conserve, restore, and protect the Tijuana River Valley and enhance the overall health of the watershed while addressing transboundary flows of pollution across the border through goals, timelines, and potential action items.