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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 1006
Author: Pavley (D)
Amended: 6/1/10
Vote: 21
SENATE NATURAL RES. & WATER COMMITTEE : 6-3, 4/13/10
AYES: Pavley, Kehoe, Lowenthal, Padilla, Simitian, Wolk
NOES: Cogdill, Hollingsworth, Huff
SENATE ENV. QUALITY COMMITTEE : 4-2, 4/19/10
AYES: Simitian, Corbett, Lowenthal, Pavley
NOES: Runner, Strickland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Hancock
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-3, 5/27/10
AYES: Kehoe, Alquist, Corbett, Leno, Price, Wolk, Yee
NOES: Denham, Walters, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Cox
SUBJECT : Natural resources: climate change: Strategic
Growth
Council
SOURCE : Audubon California
Defenders of Wildlife
The Nature Conservancy
DIGEST : This bill requires the Strategic Growth Council
to provide guidelines and information to local governments
to assist with the development of climate change adaptation
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strategies and projects, and expands the eligible
recipients of existing bond funds for sustainable community
planning to include special districts, councils of
governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and joint
powers authorities. This bill also specifies guidelines
and clarifies information to be provided to local
governments.
ANALYSIS : The Strategic Growth Council (Council) was
created by SB 732 (Steinberg), Chapter 729, Statutes of
2008, and consists of the Director of State Planning and
Research, the Secretary of the Resources Agency, the
Secretary for Environmental Protection, the Secretary of
Business, Transportation and Housing, the Secretary of
California Health and Human Services, and one public
member. The purpose of the Council is to coordinate the
activities of the member agencies in order to more
effectively and efficiently achieve the following goals:
improve air and water quality, protect natural resource and
agriculture lands, increase the availability of affordable
housing, improve infrastructure systems, promote public
health, and assist state and local entities in the planning
of sustainable communities. The Council is charged with
the following responsibilities:
1. Identify and review activities and funding programs of
member state agencies to meet the council's goals.
2. Recommend policies and investment strategies and
priorities to encourage the development of sustainable
communities.
3. Provide, fund, and distribute date and information to
local governments and regional agencies that will assist
in the development and planning of sustainable
communities.
4. Manage and award grants and loans from Proposition 84 to
support the planning and development of sustainable
communities.
On November 7, 2006, the voters approved the voter
initiative titled "The Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality
and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection
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Bond Act of 2006" (also known as Proposition 84). One
provision of Proposition 84 provided $90 million for urban
greening projects that "reduce energy consumption, conserve
water, improve air and water quality, and provide other
community benefits." The Council was directed to
administer two grant programs to with the urban greening
monies- one for projects and one for urban greening
planning in Section 75129 of the Public Resources Code.
Eligible applicants for these funds are specified as
cities, counties, or nonprofit organizations for the urban
greening projects and councils of governments, countywide
authorities, metropolitan planning organizations, local
governments, or nonprofit organizations for the urban
greening planning projects.
This bill requires the Council to provide guidelines and
distribute information to local governments that will
assist with the development of climate change adaptation
strategies and projects. The strategies and projects are
intended to protect natural ecosystem functions, protect
communities, and avoid environmental degradation and
greenhouse gas emissions.
This bill expands the eligible recipients of Proposition
84-funded grants and loans for sustainable communities. In
addition to the currently eligible cities, counties and
nonprofit organizations, this bill authorizes special
districts, councils of governments, metropolitan planning
organizations, and joint powers authorities to receive
financial assistance for sustainable communities.
This bill clarifies information provided to local
governments, including information regarding climate change
adaptation strategies, projects, or activities that do all
of the following:
1. Protect, conserve, restore, or enhance natural ecosystem
functions.
2. Use effective approaches to protect communities,
including practices that utilize, enhance, or mimic
natural processes and functions.
3. Avoid environmental degradation and emission of
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greenhouse gases.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12
2012-13 Fund
Guideline development $300 General
Cost pressure on bond funds Unknown Bond*
* Proposition 84
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/1/10)
Audubon California (co-source)
Defenders of Wildlife (co-source)
The Nature Conservancy (co-source)
California Coastkeeper Alliance
California Outdoor Heritage Alliance
California ReLeaf
Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
Tree People
Watershed Conservation Authority
OPPOSITION : (Verified 6/1/10)
California Central Valley Flood Control Association
Department of Finance
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : The author, regarding the proposed
expansion of the council's responsibilities, states,
"California is at the forefront of climate change solutions
that achieve significant, near-term reductions in the
carbon pollution that is causing global warming.
Notwithstanding these essential mitigation measures,
California is already experiencing dramatic, unavoidable
climate change impacts due to carbon pollution already
committed to the atmosphere and oceans. These climate
change impacts include documented sea-level rise, increased
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erosion, increased weather severity, altered water cycles,
reduced snowpack and earlier snow melt, increased wildfire
occurrence and severity, altered rainfall patterns,
disrupted food supply, and migration of plant and animal
species. These impacts could expose the state and local
governments to trillions of dollars in costs. Thus, in
addition to mitigation, state and local governments must
strategically plan to adapt to these and other unavoidable
climate change impacts."
The Watershed Conservation Authority in support of the
bill, regarding the eligibility expansion, "Currently JPAs
and special districts, such as Water or Parks and
Recreation Districts, are not included under the list of
eligible applicants. Based on the demonstrated performance
of JPA's and special districts in green projects, the
incorporation of these additional groups to the eligible
applicant list is critical."
ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION : The California Central Valley
Flood Control Association, in opposition to an earlier
version of the bill states,
"SB 1006 should be amended to preclude application of its
provisions to development of the Central Valley Flood
Protection Plan and the State Plan of Flood Control, as
well as the Delta Levee Maintenance and Special Projects
programs. There are many areas of the Central Valley and
Delta where it is not feasible to use nonstructural
approaches to protect communities, particularly practices
that utilize, enhance, or mimic the natural hydrologic
cycle process."
CTW:mw 6/1/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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