BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 1443
Author: Simitian (D)
Amended: 4/14/10
Vote: 21
SENATE NATURAL RES. & WATER COMMITTEE : 9-0, 4/13/10
AYES: Pavley, Cogdill, Hollingsworth, Huff, Kehoe,
Lowenthal, Padilla, Simitian, Wolk
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 9-0, 5/3/10
AYES: Kehoe, Cox, Corbett, Leno, Price, Walters, Wolk,
Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Alquist, Denham
SUBJECT : Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Multi-Hazard
Coordination
Task Force
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill extends the sunset of the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Multi-Hazard Coordination Task
Force (Task Force) until a required report is submitted and
repeals the governing code section for the Task Force until
January 1, 2013.
ANALYSIS : Under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Emergency Preparedness Act of 2008, the Office of Emergency
Services (later renamed the California Emergency Management
Agency, or Cal EMA) is required to establish the Task
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Force, upon the availability of funding.
The Task Force is to be led by Cal EMA, and is to include
the Delta Protection Commission, the Department of Water
Resources (DWR), and a single representative from each of
the five Delta counties.
The Task Force is charged to do all of the following:
1. Make recommendations to Cal EMA relating to the creation
of an interagency unified command system organizational
framework.
2. Coordinate the development of a draft emergency
preparedness and response strategy for the Delta region.
3. Develop and conduct an all-hazard emergency response
exercise in the Delta, designed to test regional
coordination protocols already in place.
The Task Force is required to submit a report with its
strategy and recommendations to the Legislature and the
Governor prior to January 1, 2011, and shall cease to exist
on or before January 1, 2011.
These provisions sunset on January 1, 2011.
This bill extends the life of the Task Force until the
required report is submitted to the Legislature and repeals
the governing code section as of January 1, 2013.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, Cal EMA
periodically conducts statewide emergency response
exercises with other state agencies and local governments,
pursuant to direction from the Governor's Office. The next
exercise, Golden Guardian 2011, will be conducted in May
2011, and include a large scale flood scenario in the
Delta. DWR is expected to participate in this exercise.
DWR indicates that the report will likely be done by
January 2011. If the report is not done by that time,
Committee staff estimates that there may be need for some
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minor additional staff costs in 2011 to complete the
report. Because Cal EMA and DWR will be participating in
Golden Guardian in May 2011, Committee staff does not
anticipate that the Task Force will conduct another
exercise pursuant to this bill.
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
there is a possibility that the Task Force will not
complete their work on time. Cal EMA has experienced
furloughs which have resulted in lost worked days to the
Task Force. Cal EMA believes that they will finish on time
by
January 1, 2011; however, if they do experience any
additional delays the Task Force may have to come back in
2011 to seek reauthorization for their work. This in turn
would further delay the ultimate work product. Extending
the reporting due date and sunset date, as proposed by this
bill, will eliminate the risk of additional delay, should
the Task Force not complete its work by January 1, 2011.
CTW:mw 5/4/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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