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                       SENATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
                            Senator Dave Cox, Chair


          BILL NO:  SB 1070                     HEARING:  5/5/10
          AUTHOR:  Cogdill                      FISCAL:  No
          VERSION:  4/20/10                     CONSULTANT:  Detwiler
          
                               TULARE LAKE BASIN

                           Background and Existing Law  

          The State Department of Water Resources (DWR) regularly  
          revises the California Water Plan.  DWR's Bulletin 160-09  
          is the "California Water Plan Update 2009."

          DWR must also prepare the Central Valley Flood Protection  
          Plan.  Within two years of the Plan's adoption by the  
          Central Valley Flood Protection Board, cities and counties  
          in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley must amend their  
          general plans to protect lives and property.  The statutory  
          definition of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley  
          specifically excludes the Tulare Lake basin, including the  
          Kings River (SB 5, Machado, 2007).

          As DWR started implementing the 2007 legislation, its maps  
          placed some of the City of Fresno in the Sacramento-San  
          Joaquin Valley planning area.  Because the statute  
          specifically excluded the Tulare Lake basin from that  
          planning area, Fresno officials want the Legislature to  
          clarify the exclusion.


                                   Proposed Law  

          Senate Bill 1070 defines the "Tulare Lake basin" as the  
          Tulare Lake Hydrologic Region as defined by the California  
          Water Plan Update 2009.


                                     Comments  

           Over the line  .  To clarify what land is outside the  
          Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley planning area for flood  
          protection, SB 1070 creates a specific definition that  
          relies on the California Water Plan's designation of the  
          Tulare Lake basin.  
          




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                         Support and Opposition  (4/29/10)

           Support  :  City of Fresno, Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control  
          District, Kings River Conservation District, Kings River  
          Water Association.

           Opposition  :  Unknown.