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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2067
Author: Weber (D)
Amended: 8/7/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER COMMITTEE : 9-0, 6/10/14
AYES: Pavley, Cannella, Evans, Fuller, Hueso, Jackson, Lara,
Monning, Wolk
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SENATE FLOOR : 32-0, 6/26/14 (Consent)
AYES: Anderson, Beall, Berryhill, Cannella, Corbett, Correa, De
Le�n, DeSaulnier, Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Hancock,
Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Knight, Lara, Lieu,
Liu, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nielsen, Pavley, Roth,
Torres, Vidak, Walters, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Block, Calderon, Leno, Padilla, Steinberg,
Wolk, Wright, Yee
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 4/24/14 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT : Urban water management plans
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill amends the Urban Water Management Planning
Act (Act) to simplify and update the demand management measure
(DMM) reporting requirements in a manner consistent with the
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recommendations of the independent technical panel (ITP); and
delays the due date for the urban water management plans (UWMPs)
from December 31, 2015, by six months to July 1, 2016.
Senate Floor Amendments of 8/6/14 add double-jointing language
with SB 1420 (Wolk) and make technical changes.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1. Imposes various water use reduction requirements that apply
to urban retail water suppliers, including a requirement that
the state achieve a 20% reduction in urban per capita water
use by December 31, 2020.
2. Requires an urban retail water supplier to develop urban
water use targets and to report to the Department of Water
Resources (DWR) its progress on meeting its urban water use
target as a part of its UWMP.
3. Requires an urban wholesale water supplier to include in its
UWMP an assessment of its measures, programs, and policies to
help achieve the required water use reductions.
4. Requires, by December 31, 2016, the DWR to review the 2015
UWMPs and report to the Legislature on the progress towards
achieving the 20% reduction in urban water use.
This bill:
1. Amends the Act to simplify and update the DMMs reporting
requirements in a manner consistent with the recommendations
of the ITP.
2. Delays the due date for the UWMPs from December 31, 2015, by
six months to July 1, 2016.
3. Requires an urban retail water supplier to provide a
description of the nature and extent of DMMs implemented,
over the past five years, to achieve the required statewide
water reductions, as specified.
4. Requires an urban wholesale water supplier to report on a
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subset of DMM categories as well as provide a description of
its distribution system asset management and wholesale
supplier assistance programs.
5. Adds double-jointing language with SB 1420 (Wolk) to resolve
chaptering out conflicts.
Background
Under the Act, all urban water suppliers are required to prepare
and adopt UWMPs. Updated every five years, the plans include,
among other things, a description of the service area of the
supplier, the identity and quantity of water resources, and
water use projections. The next update is due December 31,
2016. UWMPs help inform the public about the water challenges
faced by their local water supplier and the suppliers' plans for
addressing those challenges. They are also the basis for making
water availability determinations under the "show us the water"
statutes (SB 610, Costa, Chapter 610, Statutes of 2001, and SB
221, Kuehl, Chapter 642, Statutes of 2001). Compliance with the
Act is a requirement to receive state funding.
AB 1420 (Laird, Chapter 628, Statutes of 2007), among other
things, required the DWR to convene an ITP to provide
information and recommendations to DWR and the Legislature on
new DMMs, technologies, and approaches. The panel was to be
convened by January 1, 2009, and is required to report to the
Legislature no later than January 1, 2010, and every five years
thereafter.
In February 2014, the ITP issued its Report to the Legislature
on Urban Water Management Plan DMMs Reporting and Requirements.
The report made five recommendations for improving UWMPs.
Recommendation #1 was "Amend the Act to Simplify and Update the
DMMs Reporting Requirements."
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/8/14)
Association of California Water Agencies
California Municipal Utilities Association
City of Pasadena
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Desert Water Agency
East Bay Municipal Utility District
El Dorado Irrigation District
La Puente Valley County Water District
Newhall County Water District
Pico Water District
Roland Water District
San Diego County Water Authority
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the Association of
California Water Agencies, "The current list of 14 demand
management measures required by the Urban Water Management Plans
is outdated and unnecessary. There have been many technological
advancements over the last decade that have made many of the
reporting requirements obsolete. AB 2067 would implement a
streamlined approach to reporting the actions taken by an urban
water supplier to conserve water with the ability to report new
innovative approaches under the 'other' category."
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 4/24/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein,
Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nestande, Olsen, Pan,
Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A.
P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Gray, Harkey, Mansoor, Nazarian, Vacancy
RM:d 8/11/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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