AB 694,
as amended, Rendon. begin deleteCalifornia end deletebegin insertState end insertCoastalbegin delete Commission: fees:end deletebegin insert Conservancy:end insert low-costbegin delete accommodation.end deletebegin insert accommodations.end insert
Existing law establishes the State Coastal Conservancy with prescribed powers and responsibilities for implementing and administering various programs intended to preserve, protect, and restore the state’s coastal areas.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would require the conservancy to develop, subject to the availability of funding, a program to assist, by loan or grant, private low-cost accommodations to meet their operation and maintenance needs in exchange for an easement or other legally binding instrument that protects the public benefit of the facility continuing to provide low-cost accommodations. This bill would create the Low-Cost Accommodations Program Account in the State Coastal Conservancy Fund and provide that moneys in the fund are available upon appropriation by the Legislature to fund this program.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would require the conservancy, in consultation with the California Coastal Commission, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and other relevant coastal public landholders, to develop a document containing a list of potential low-cost accommodations projects in each region of the coast and information on grant or loan programs. This bill would require the conservancy to provide the document to the commission and would require the commission to provide the document to local governments with local coastal programs. This bill would require the commission to refer to the list of potential low-cost accommodations projects, as prescribed.
end insertThe California Coastal Act of 1976 requires the California Coastal Commission to implement and administer various coastal protection programs in the state, and requires any person undertaking development in the coastal zone to obtain a coastal development permit issued by the commission in accordance with prescribed procedures. Existing law requires a person receiving a coastal development permit or certificate of exemption for development on a vacant lot within an area designated pursuant to certain provisions to pay an “in-lieu” public access fee, for deposit into the Coastal Access Account. Existing law authorizes money in the account to be available, upon appropriation, to the State Coastal Conservancy for grants to public and nonprofit entities for development, maintenance, and operation of new or existing facilities that provide public access to the shoreline of the sea.
end deleteThis bill would authorize “in-lieu” public access fees in the account to be made available, upon appropriation, to the commission for purposes of retaining and developing low-cost accommodations, as defined, along the coast by providing low-interest loans and entering into cost-sharing agreements for the renovation of those facilities.
end deleteThe bill would also declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to authorize the California Coastal Commission to accept conservation easements for purposes of low-cost accommodations in the coastal zone that would provide tax advantages to the property owner in return for the loss of development rights.
end deleteVote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
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(a) The conservancy shall develop, subject to the
4availability of funding, a program to assist, by loan or grant,
5private low-cost accommodations to meet their operation and
6maintenance needs in exchange for an easement or other legally
P3 1binding instrument that protects the public benefit of the facility
2continuing to provide low-cost accommodations.
3(b) The Low-Cost Accommodations Program Account is hereby
4created in the State Coastal Conservancy Fund. Moneys in the
5account shall accrue interest and be available, upon appropriation
6by the Legislature, to fund the program developed pursuant to this
7section. The conservancy may accept and deposit in the account
8funds from public and private sources.
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(a) The conservancy, in consultation with the
12commission, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and other
13relevant coastal public landholders, shall develop a document
14containing a list of potential low-cost accommodations projects
15in each region of the coast and information on grant or loan
16programs. The document shall include, but not be limited to, the
17following:
18(1) Specific projects that will increase low-cost accommodations
19at state parks in the coastal zone consistent with recommendations
20by the Parks Forward Commission.
21(2) Information on grant programs at the conservancy that assist
22public agencies and nonprofits in providing low-cost
23accommodations in the coastal
zone.
24(3) Information on the program developed pursuant to Section
2531124.
26(b) The conservancy shall provide the document developed
27pursuant to subdivision (a) to the commission. The commission
28shall refer to the list of potential low-cost accommodations projects
29as options for mitigation when considering coastal development
30permits that impact the availability of low-cost accommodations
31and when considering how to expend prior commitments of
32“in-lieu” public access fees. The commission shall provide the
33document to local governments with local coastal programs.
Section 30620.2 of the Public Resources Code
35 is amended to read:
(a) The Coastal Access Account is hereby created in
37the State Coastal Conservancy Fund. The money in the account
38shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the
39annual Budget Act, to the State Coastal Conservancy for grants to
40public agencies and private nonprofit entities or organizations for
P4 1the development, maintenance, and operation of new or existing
2facilities that provide public access to the shoreline of the sea, as
3defined in Section 30115. Any grant funds that are not expended
4for those purposes shall revert to the account.
5(b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) and Section 30610.3,
6“in-lieu” public access fees deposited in the account pursuant to
7subdivision (e) of Section 30610.3 may be made available, upon
8appropriation, to the commission for purposes of retaining and
9developing low-cost accommodations along the coast by providing
10low-interest loans and entering into cost-sharing agreements for
11the renovation of these facilities.
12(2) For purposes of this subdivision, “low-cost accommodations”
13means a facility that offers affordable accommodations for less
14than seven days, not including camping, in the coastal zone.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation
16that would authorize the California Coastal Commission to accept
17conservation easements for purposes of low-cost accommodations
18in the coastal zone that would provide tax advantages to the
19property owner in return for the loss of development rights.
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