BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
SB 1386 (Wolk) - Resource conservation: working and natural
lands
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|Version: March 28, 2016 |Policy Vote: E.Q. 6 - 0 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: No |
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|Hearing Date: April 25, 2016 |Consultant: Narisha Bonakdar |
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This bill does not meet the criteria for referral to the
Suspense File.
Bill
Summary:1) SB 1386 requires all relevant state agencies, departments,
boards, and commissions to consider the protection and
management of natural and working lands when revising, adopting,
or establishing policies, regulations, expenditures, or grant
criteria relating to the protection and management of natural
and working lands.
Fiscal
Impact: Minor and absorbable costs to impacted state entities.
Background:1) Proceeds from the cap-and-trade program are available for
appropriations from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF).
Based on the Governor's proposals, the Legislature has
authorized continuous appropriations from the GGRF for a number
of larger infrastructure and smart growth initiatives. Other
proposed appropriations from the GGRF have been decided within
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the annual budget setting process. Approximately 11 percent (or
$345 million out of $3,090 million) of the Governor's total
proposed GGRF expenditures for 2016-17 appear to be directed
towards managing natural and working lands, as defined in this
bill.
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|Investment |Department |Program |Amount*|
|Category | | | |
|------------------+------------------+---------------+-------|
|Short-lived |Department of |Climate Smart |55 |
|Climate |Food and |Agriculture - | |
|Pollutants |Agriculture |Healthy Soils | |
| | |and Dairy | |
| | |Digesters | |
|------------------+------------------+---------------+-------|
|Safeguarding |Departments of |Water & Energy |30 |
|California / |Food and |Efficiency | |
|Water Action Plan |Agriculture & | | |
| |Water Resources | | |
|------------------+------------------+---------------+-------|
| |Department of |Wetlands and |60 |
| |Fish and Wildlife |Watershed | |
| | |Restoration / | |
| | |CalEcoRestore | |
|------------------+------------------+---------------+-------|
|Safeguarding |Cal Fire |Healthy |150 |
|California / | |Forests | |
|Carbon | | | |
|Sequestration | | | |
|------------------+------------------+---------------+-------|
| | |Urban Forestry |30 |
|------------------+------------------+---------------+-------|
| |Natural Resources |Urban Greening |20 |
| |Agency | | |
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|TOTAL (* in millions of dollars) | |345 |
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Proposed Law:
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1)SB 1386 requires all relevant state agencies, departments,
boards, and commissions to consider the protection and
management of natural and working lands when revising, adopting,
or establishing policies, regulations, expenditures, or grant
criteria relating to the protection and management of natural
and working lands.
Staff
Comments:1) According to the author, "The California Department of Forestry
and Fire Protection, California Department of Fish and Wildlife,
California Department of Food and Agriculture, California
Strategic Growth Council, and other state bodies have programs
in place to reduce GHG emissions and undertake carbon
sequestration on natural and working lands using GGRF dollars."
Staff notes that costs to implement the bill will likely be
minimal; however, this bill may impact GGRF expenditures. Also,
to the extent that the bill establishes special consideration of
the natural and working land sectors for GGRF moneys, the bill
may become a precedent for other emissions-reducing sectors to
similarly seek general statutory recognition of their
importance.
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