BILL ANALYSIS Ó ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 565| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ THIRD READING Bill No: AB 565 Author: Monning (D) Amended: 8/30/11 in Senate Vote: 21 SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER COMM. : 8-1, 6/28/11 AYES: Pavley, Cannella, Evans, Fuller, Kehoe, Padilla, Simitian, Wolk NOES: La Malfa SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 6-3, 8/25/11 AYES: Kehoe, Alquist, Lieu, Pavley, Price, Steinberg NOES: Walters, Emmerson, Runner ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 58-19, 5/31/11 - See last page for vote SUBJECT : Conservation: State Coastal Conservancy SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill authorizes the State Coastal Conservancy to make a grant to a for-profit company in order to facilitate the removal or alteration of the San Clemente Dam on the Carmel River. ANALYSIS : Existing law authorizes the State Coastal Conservancy (Conservancy) to undertake or award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for projects related to coastal watershed and coastal and marine habitat water quality, sediment management, and living marine CONTINUED AB 565 Page 2 resources protection and restoration. This bill authorizes the Conservancy to award a grant to a for-profit entity to accomplish removal or alteration of the San Clemente Dam if the Conservancy fined that the project is of regional or statewide significance and that a grant to a public agency or nonprofit organization will not achieve removal or alteration of the dam. This bill states that the total expenditures of any state general obligation bond funds for the removal or alteration of the San Clemente Dam and related activities shall not exceed eighteen million dollars. Background The California Coastal Conservancy was created (commencing with Public Resources Code Section 31100) to protect, conserve, restore, and enhance environmental and human-based resources of the California coast and ocean for environmentally sustainable and prudent use by current and future generations. According to Section 31111 the Coastal Conservancy is authorized to provide grants only to public agencies and nonprofit organizations in order to fulfill its mission. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No According to the Senate Appropriations Committee: Fiscal Impact (in thousands) Major Provisions 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Fund Grants for dam removal $18,000 Bond* Federal *Various general obligation bond funds. SUPPORT : (Verified 8/26/11) California American Water Company California State Coastal Conservancy CONTINUED AB 565 Page 3 California Trout Carmel River Steelhead Association Carmel River Watershed Conservancy Monterey County Board of Supervisors Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Planning and Conservation League Trout Unlimited ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION : According to the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District "The San Clemente Dam Removal project represents an extraordinary opportunity for public and private interests to work together to remove an unsafe dam and initiate a watershed restoration process that will bring this river back to life. The project will permanently remove the public safety risk posed by the dam, restore access to 25 miles of spawning and rearing habitat for steelhead trout, and provide new recreational opportunities for the public through the transfer of approximately 900 acres of watershed lands to public ownership." ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 58-19, 5/31/11 AYES: Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Davis, Dickinson, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Galgiani, Gatto, Gordon, Hagman, Hall, Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Lara, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez NOES: Conway, Cook, Donnelly, Beth Gaines, Garrick, Grove, Halderman, Harkey, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Silva, Valadao, Wagner NO VOTE RECORDED: Achadjian, Bill Berryhill, Gorell CTW:do 8/29/11 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE CONTINUED AB 565 Page 4 **** END **** CONTINUED