AB 2516, as amended, Gordon. Sea level rise planning: database.
Existing law establishes the Natural Resources Agency consisting of various entities, departments, and boards, including the Department of Water Resources, the California Coastal Commission, the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, the State Lands Commission, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, and the State Coastal Conservancy.
This bill would require, on or before January 1, 2016, the Natural Resources Agency, in collaboration with the Ocean Protection Council, to create, update monthly, and post on its Internet Web site a Planning for Sea Level Rise Database describing steps being taken throughout the state to prepare for, and adapt to, sea level rise. The bill would require various publicbegin insert agenciesend insert
and private entities to provide, by July 1, 2015, andbegin insert, beginning January 1, 2016,end insert on a monthly basis thereafter, information to the Natural Resources Agency to be included in the database, including descriptions of projects that address or prepare for sea level rise that arebegin delete withinend deletebegin insert under the control or jurisdiction ofend insert thebegin delete entity’s control or jurisdictionend deletebegin insert public agency or private entityend insert. The bill would require thebegin delete agencyend deletebegin insert
Natural Resources Agencyend insert to organize the database by geographic region and provide an entry for each city, county, and city and county within the coastal zone and San Francisco Bay area.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Division 20.6 (commencing with Section 30961)
2is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:
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On or before January 1, 2016, the Natural Resources
8Agency, in collaboration with the Ocean Protection Council, shall
9create and post on its Internet Web site a Planning for Sea Level
10Rise Database describing steps being taken throughout the state
11to prepare for, and adapt to, sea level rise. To be an effective
12inventory of sea level rise planning in the state, the Natural
13Resources Agency shall update the database on a monthly basis
14with information provided by the entities described in Section
1530964.
The Planning for Sea Level Rise Database shall include,
17but shall not be limited to, the following information:
18(a) Title and description of all state and local private and public
19projects addressing or preparing for sea level rise, including
20information described in Section 30963. For purposes of this
21division, “projects” includes studies, programs, modeling, mapping,
22cost-benefit analyses, vulnerability assessments, and adaptation
23assessments.
24(b) Information regarding which cities, counties, and cities and
25counties have implemented a local coastal program, including all
26of the following information:
27(1) When the local coastal program was created.
28(2) All dates on which the local coastal program was updated,
29if updated.
30(3) Whether the local coastal program addresses sea level rise.
P3 1(c) Cities, counties, and cities and counties that do not have a
2local coastal program in place.
To the extent applicable, the following information
4shall be included in the description of a project:
5(a) Purpose.
6(b) The person or entity charged with carrying out the project
7and other contributors or collaborators.
8(c) Whether the project is required to be completed by local,
9state, or federal law.
10(d) Geographic location of the project.
11(e) Geographic scope of the project.
12(f) If the project is an assessment, whether it is a risk or
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vulnerability assessment.
14(g) Whether the project has governance, environmental,
15economic, social equity, or public education objectives, or any
16combination thereof.
17(h) Whether the project results are measurable.
18(i) Whether the project is replicable and, if it is replicable,
19whether the project can be adjusted to apply to different sized
20regions.
21(j) Source of funding for the project.
22(k) Cost of the project.
23(l) Any scientific considerations or science-based facts that are
24involved in the project.
25(m) Relevant maps.
26(n) The project’s estimated date of completion.
27(o) Links to other Internet Web site materials that provide further
28information.
begin insert(a)end insertbegin insert end insert The followingbegin insert public agencies and privateend insert entities
30shall provide information described in Sections 30962 and 30963
31for projects and local coastal programs that arebegin delete withinend deletebegin insert under the
32controlend insertbegin insert or end insertbegin insertthe
jurisdiction ofend insert thebegin delete entity’s controlend deletebegin insert public agency or
33private entityend insertbegin delete or jurisdictionend delete, as applicable, to the Natural Resources
34Agency by July 1, 2015, andbegin insert, beginning January 1, 2016,end insert shall
35continue to provide updated information to the Natural Resources
36Agency on a monthly basis:
37(a)
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38begin insert(1)end insert Airports within the California coastal zone or San Francisco
39Bay area.
40(b)
end deleteP4 1begin insert(2)end insert California Coastal Commission.
2(c)
end delete
3begin insert(3)end insert State Energy Resources Conservation and Development
4Commission.
5(d) California ports.
end delete
6(4) Ports located in the California coastal zone or San Francisco
7Bay area.
8(e)
end delete9begin insert(5)end insert Department of Transportation.
10(f) Utilities within the
end delete
11begin insert(6)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertInvestor-owned utilities located in theend insert California coastal
12zone or the San Francisco Bay area.
13(7) Publicly owned electric and natural gas utilities located in
14the California coastal zone or San Francisco Bay area.
15(g)
end delete16begin insert(8)end insert Regional water quality control boards.
17(h)
end delete
18begin insert(9)end insert San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development
19Commission.
20(i)
end delete21begin insert(10)end insert State Coastal Conservancy.
22(j)
end delete23begin insert(11)end insert State Lands Commission.
24(k)
end delete25begin insert(12)end insert State Water Resources Control Board.
begin insert
26(b) This section does not require a project to be developed,
27adopted, or updated by a public agency or private entity listed in
28subdivision (a).
The Natural Resources Agency, in developing the
30Planning for Sea Level Rise Database, shall organize the database
31by geographic regions, provide an entry for each city, county, and
32city and county within the coastal zone and San Francisco Bay
33area, and include information described in Sections 30962 and
3430963 under each entry. Thebegin delete agencyend deletebegin insert Natural Resources Agencyend insert
35 shall organize the database in a manner it determines best to
36provide the public with clear, useful, and readily accessible
37information.
It is the intent of the Legislature that the Planning for
39Sea Level Rise Database provide the public with an educational
40tool that will enable parties to view up-to-date information from
P5 1a single, centrally located source about actions taken by cities,
2counties, cities and counties, regions, and public and private entities
3to address sea level rise.
Nothing in this division shall alter the duties,
5responsibilities, and jurisdiction of state agencies that provide
6information pursuant to this division.
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