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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AB 2067
          Author:   Weber (D)
          Amended:  8/7/14 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER COMMITTEE  :  9-0, 6/10/14
          AYES: Pavley, Cannella, Evans, Fuller, Hueso, Jackson, Lara,  
            Monning, Wolk

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8

           SENATE FLOOR  :  32-0, 6/26/14 (Consent)
          AYES:  Anderson, Beall, Berryhill, Cannella, Corbett, Correa, De  
            León, DeSaulnier, Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Hancock,  
            Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Knight, Lara, Lieu,  
            Liu, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nielsen, Pavley, Roth,  
            Torres, Vidak, Walters, Wyland
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Block, Calderon, Leno, Padilla, Steinberg,  
            Wolk, Wright, Yee

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  75-0, 4/24/14 (Consent) - See last page for  
            vote


           SUBJECT  :    Urban water management plans

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill amends the Urban Water Management Planning  
          Act (Act) to simplify and update the demand management measure  
          (DMM) reporting requirements in a manner consistent with the  
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          recommendations of the independent technical panel (ITP); and  
          delays the due date for the urban water management plans (UWMPs)  
          from December 31, 2015, by six months to July 1, 2016.

           Senate Floor Amendments  of 8/6/14 add double-jointing language  
          with SB 1420 (Wolk) and make technical changes.

           ANALYSIS  :    

          Existing law: 

          1. Imposes various water use reduction requirements that apply  
             to urban retail water suppliers, including a requirement that  
             the state achieve a 20% reduction in urban per capita water  
             use by December 31, 2020. 

          2. Requires an urban retail water supplier to develop urban  
             water use targets and to report to the Department of Water  
             Resources (DWR) its progress on meeting its urban water use  
             target as a part of its UWMP. 

          3. Requires an urban wholesale water supplier to include in its  
             UWMP an assessment of its measures, programs, and policies to  
             help achieve the required water use reductions. 

          4. Requires, by December 31, 2016, the DWR to review the 2015  
             UWMPs and report to the Legislature on the progress towards  
             achieving the 20% reduction in urban water use.

          This bill:

          1. Amends the Act to simplify and update the DMMs reporting  
             requirements in a manner consistent with the recommendations  
             of the ITP.

          2. Delays the due date for the UWMPs from December 31, 2015, by  
             six months to July 1, 2016.

          3. Requires an urban retail water supplier to provide a  
             description of the nature and extent of DMMs implemented,  
             over the past five years, to achieve the required statewide  
             water reductions, as specified.

          4. Requires an urban wholesale water supplier to report on a  

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             subset of DMM categories as well as provide a description of  
             its distribution system asset management and wholesale  
             supplier assistance programs.

          5. Adds double-jointing language with SB 1420 (Wolk) to resolve  
             chaptering out conflicts.

           Background
           
          Under the Act, all urban water suppliers are required to prepare  
          and adopt UWMPs.  Updated every five years, the plans include,  
          among other things, a description of the service area of the  
          supplier, the identity and quantity of water resources, and  
          water use projections.  The next update is due December 31,  
          2016.  UWMPs help inform the public about the water challenges  
          faced by their local water supplier and the suppliers' plans for  
          addressing those challenges.  They are also the basis for making  
          water availability determinations under the "show us the water"  
          statutes (SB 610, Costa, Chapter 610, Statutes of 2001, and SB  
          221, Kuehl, Chapter 642, Statutes of 2001).  Compliance with the  
          Act is a requirement to receive state funding.

          AB 1420 (Laird, Chapter 628, Statutes of 2007), among other  
          things, required the DWR to convene an ITP to provide  
          information and recommendations to DWR and the Legislature on  
          new DMMs, technologies, and approaches.  The panel was to be  
          convened by January 1, 2009, and is required to report to the  
          Legislature no later than January 1, 2010, and every five years  
          thereafter. 

          In February 2014, the ITP issued its Report to the Legislature  
          on Urban Water Management Plan DMMs Reporting and Requirements.   
          The report made five recommendations for improving UWMPs.   
          Recommendation #1 was "Amend the Act to Simplify and Update the  
          DMMs Reporting Requirements."

          FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  8/8/14)

          Association of California Water Agencies
          California Municipal Utilities Association
          City of Pasadena

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          Desert Water Agency
          East Bay Municipal Utility District
          El Dorado Irrigation District
          La Puente Valley County Water District
          Newhall County Water District
          Pico Water District
          Roland Water District
          San Diego County Water Authority
          The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California


           ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT  :    According to the Association of  
          California Water Agencies, "The current list of 14 demand  
          management measures required by the Urban Water Management Plans  
          is outdated and unnecessary.  There have been many technological  
          advancements over the last decade that have made many of the  
          reporting requirements obsolete.  AB 2067 would implement a  
          streamlined approach to reporting the actions taken by an urban  
          water supplier to conserve water with the ability to report new  
          innovative approaches under the 'other' category."

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  75-0, 4/24/14
          AYES:  Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,  
            Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian  
            Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,  
            Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,  
            Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,  
            Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones,  
            Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein,  
            Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nestande, Olsen, Pan,  
            Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,  
            Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner,  
            Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A.  
            Pérez
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Gray, Harkey, Mansoor, Nazarian, Vacancy


          RM:d  8/11/14   Senate Floor Analyses 

                           SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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