Bill Text: CA SB351 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Climate change: Transformative Climate Communities Program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 368, Statutes of 2019. [SB351 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB351-Chaptered.html
Senate Bill
No. 351
CHAPTER 368
An act to amend Section 75241 of the Public Resources Code, relating to climate change.
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Approved by
Governor
September 27, 2019.
Filed with
Secretary of State
September 27, 2019.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 351, Hurtado.
Climate change: Transformative Climate Communities Program.
Existing law creates the Transformative Climate Communities Program, which is administered by the Strategic Growth Council. Existing law requires the council to award competitive grants to specified eligible entities for the development and implementation of neighborhood-level transformative climate community plans that include greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects that provide local economic, environmental, and health benefits to disadvantaged communities, as defined.
This bill would require the council to consider applications for projects undertaken in
unincorporated areas of a county.
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.
Section 75241 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:75241.
(a) The Strategic Growth Council shall award competitive grants to eligible entities through an application process. An eligible entity, including, but not limited to, a nonprofit organization, a community-based organization, a faith-based organization, a coalition or association of nonprofit organizations, a community development finance institution, a community development corporation, a local agency, a joint powers authority, or a tribal government, shall demonstrate multistakeholder partnerships with local agencies, community-based organizations, labor groups, workforce investment boards, and other stakeholders, as appropriate. The Strategic Growth Council shall award grants for projects that demonstrate community engagement in all phases.(b) (1) In awarding grants, the Strategic Growth Council shall make grant selections for plan development contingent on the implementation of one or more projects identified by the plan.
(2) In awarding grants, the Strategic Growth Council may give priority to plans and projects that cover areas that have a high proportion of census tracks identified as disadvantaged communities and that focus on communities that are most disadvantaged.
(3) The Strategic Growth Council may award a grant over multiple years.
(4) The Strategic Growth Council
shall consider applicants for projects undertaken in disadvantaged communities located in unincorporated areas of a county.
(c) To be eligible for funding under the program, a plan, and a project that implements a plan, shall demonstrate that it will achieve a reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases.
(d) The California Environmental Protection Agency shall provide assistance in performing outreach to disadvantaged communities and assessing the environmental justice benefits of project awards.
(e) Projects shall maximize climate, public health, environmental, workforce, and economic benefits.
