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Bill No: SB 1006
Author: Pavley (D)
Amended: 8/20/10
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
SENATE FLOOR : 22-14, 6/2/10
AYES: Alquist, Calderon, Cedillo, Corbett, DeSaulnier,
Ducheny, Florez, Hancock, Kehoe, Leno, Liu, Lowenthal,
Negrete McLeod, Padilla, Pavley, Price, Romero, Simitian,
Steinberg, Wolk, Wright, Yee
NOES: Aanestad, Ashburn, Cogdill, Correa, Cox, Denham,
Dutton, Harman, Hollingsworth, Huff, Runner, Strickland,
Walters, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Oropeza, Wiggins, Vacancy, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 50-27, 8/23/10 - See last page for vote
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SUBJECT : Natural resources: climate change: Strategic
Growth
Council
SOURCE : Audubon California
Defenders of Wildlife
DIGEST : This bill expands the list of eligible
applicants for urban greening project and planning monies
available from the Strategic Growth Council.
Assembly Amendments revise the qualifications of the urban
greening program administered by the Strategic Growth
Council (SGC) to redefine "financial assistance" to include
a grant or a planning grant in accordance with specified
existing law, delete provisions of the bill that require
additional duties of the SGC with respect to providing
information regarding climate change adaptation strategies,
projects, or activities, delete provisions of the bill that
require the SGC to identify and review activities and
funding programs of member state agencies that may be
coordinated to address climate change, and provide that
grants shall be awarded for the purpose of planning grants
for urban greening programs.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1. Establishes the SGC, requires the SGC to take certain
actions with regard to coordinating specified programs
of member state agencies, and requires the SGC to manage
and award grants and loans to support the planning and
development of sustainable communities.
2. Directs the SGC to do all of the following:
A. Identify and review activities and funding
programs of member state agencies that may be
coordinated to improve air and water quality, improve
natural resource protection, increase the
availability of affordable housing, improve
transportation, meet the goals of AB 32 (Nunez),
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Chapter 488, Statutes of 2006, encourage sustainable
land use planning, and revitalize urban and community
centers in a sustainable manner.
B. Review and comment on the state's five-year
infrastructure plan and Environmental Goals and
Policy Report.
C. Recommend policies and investment strategies to
the Governor, Legislature, and appropriate state
agencies to encourage the development of sustainable
communities.
D. Provide, fund, and distribute data and information
to local governments and regional agencies that will
assist in developing and planning sustainable
communities.
E. Manage and award grants and loans to support the
planning and development of sustainable communities,
pursuant to the provisions of this bill, for which
specified implementation actions may be employed.
F. Provide, no later than July 1, 2010, and every
year thereafter, a report to the Legislature that
shall include, but not be limited to, a list of
applicants for financial assistance, identification
of which applications were approved, the amounts
awarded for each approved application, the remaining
balance of available funds, a report on the proposed
or ongoing management of each funded project, and any
additional minimum requirements and priorities for a
project or plan proposed in a grant or loan
application developed and adopted by the SGC.
3. Requires an applicant for financial assistance for a
plan or project pursuant to this bill to declare its
intention to follow a detailed budget and schedule.
4. Requires a project or plan funded pursuant to this bill
to be consistent with the state's planning policies and
reduce (as permanently as is feasible) greenhouse gas
emissions consistent with AB 32.
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5. Directs the SGC to manage and award financial assistance
to a city, county, or nonprofit organization for
preparing, planning, and implementing urban greening
projects that provide multiple benefits, as specified,
and are not mitigation actions required under existing
law.
6. Specifies that this financial assistance shall be funded
by the $90 million in Proposition 84 funds allocated for
urban greening projects.
7. Allows up to 25 percent of the moneys allocated for
urban greening by Proposition 84 to be used to award
revolving loans or grants to a COG, countywide
authority, metropolitan planning organization, local
government, or nonprofit organization for the purpose of
creating urban greening plans.
This bill:
1. Adds special districts and joint powers authorities to
the list of eligible applicants for urban greening
projects and plans.
2. Specifies that an eligible joint powers authority must
contain at least one member that individually would
qualify as an eligible applicant for the financial
assistance.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, there
is cost pressure of an unknown amount but potentially in
the millions of dollars resulting from expansion of the
types of entities that may receive financial assistance
from the SGC. (Proposition 84 bond funds)
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/23/10)
Audubon California (co-source)
Defenders of Wildlife (co-source)
California Coastkeeper Alliance
California Outdoor Heritage Alliance
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California ReLeaf
Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
Tree People
Watershed Conservation Authority
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
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."
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Ammiano, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Block, Blumenfield,
Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles
Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De
Leon, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Galgiani, Gatto,
Hall, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jones,
Lieu, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Monning, Nava, V.
Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana,
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Skinner, Solorio, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico,
Yamada, John A. Perez
NOES: Adams, Anderson, Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill,
Conway, Cook, DeVore, Fletcher, Fuller, Gaines, Garrick,
Gilmore, Hagman, Harkey, Jeffries, Knight, Logue, Miller,
Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, Norby, Silva, Smyth, Audra
Strickland, Tran, Villines
NO VOTE RECORDED: Furutani, Vacancy, Vacancy
CTW:mw 8/24/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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