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, updatebegin delete quarterlyend deletebegin insert biannuallyend insert, and post onbegin delete itsend deletebegin insert
anend insert 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 public agencies and private entities to provide to the agency, by July 1, 2015, and, beginning January 1, 2016, on abegin delete quarterlyend deletebegin insert biannualend insert basis thereafter, sea level rise planning information, as defined, that is under the control or jurisdiction of the public agencies or private entities. The bill would require the agency to determine which information is necessary for inclusion in the database and 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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It is the intent of the Legislature that the Planning for
8Sea Level Rise Database provide the public with an educational
9tool that will enable parties to view up-to-date information from
10a single, centrally located source about actions taken by cities,
11counties, cities and counties, regions, and public and private entities
12to address sea level rise.
For purposes of this division, “sea level rise planning
14information” means studies, programs, modeling, mapping,
15cost-benefit analyses, vulnerability assessments, adaptation,
16assessments, and local coastal programs certified pursuant to
17Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 30500) of Divisionbegin delete 20,end deletebegin insert 20end insert
18 that have been developed for the purposes of addressing or
19preparing for sea level rise.
On or before January 1, 2016, the Natural Resources
21Agency, in collaboration with the Ocean Protection Council, shall
22create and post onbegin delete itsend deletebegin insert anend insert Internet Web site a Planning for Sea Level
23Rise Database describing steps being taken throughout the state
24to prepare for, and adapt to, sea level rise. To be an effective
25inventory of sea level rise planning in the state, the Natural
26Resources Agency, beginning January 1, 2016, shall update the
27databasebegin delete quarterlyend deletebegin insert
biannuallyend insert with information
described in Section
2830964 and provided by the entities described in Section 30965.
(a) No later than July 1, 2015, the entities listed in
2Section 30965 shall submit to the Natural Resources Agency sea
3level rise planningbegin delete information,end deletebegin insert informationend insert and, beginning January
41, 2016, any new or updated sea level rise planning information
5on abegin delete quarterlyend deletebegin insert biannualend insert basis, in a format determined by the
6agency. The Natural Resources
Agency shall make a determination
7as to which sea level rise planning information is necessary for
8inclusion in the database and may include any of the following:
9(1) Purpose.
10(2) The person or entity charged with developing the sea level
11rise planning information and other contributors or collaborators.
12(3) Whether the sea level rise planning information is required
13to be developed by local, state, or federal law.
14(4) Geographic scope of the sea level rise planning information.
15(5) If the sea level rise planning information is an assessment,
16whether it is a risk or vulnerability assessment.
17(6) Whether the sea level rise planning information has
18governance, environmental, economic, social equity, or public
19education objectives, or any combination thereof.
20(7) The types of resources and infrastructure items on which
21the sea level rise planning information focuses. Types of resources
22and infrastructure items include, but are not limited to, wetlands,
23piers, and residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation
24structures.
25(8) Source of funding for the sea level rise planning information.
26(9) Cost of the sea level rise planning information.
27(10) Any scientific considerations or science-based facts that
28are involved in the sea level rise planning information.
29(11) Relevant maps.
30(12) Links to other Internet Web site materials that provide
31further information.
32(b) The California Coastal Commission shall provide the Natural
33Resources Agency with information regarding which cities,
34counties, and cities and counties located in the coastal zone, as
35defined in Section 30103, have implemented a local coastal
36program, including all of the following information:
37(1) When the local coastal program was created.
38(2) All dates on which the local coastal program was updated,
39if updated.
40(3) Whether the local coastal program addresses sea level rise.
P4 1(4) Cities, counties, and cities and counties that do not have a
2local coastal program in place.
(a) The following public agencies and private entities
4shall provide sea level rise planning information described in
5Section 30964 that is under the control or the jurisdiction of the
6public agency or private entity, as applicable, to the Natural
7Resources Agency by July 1, 2015, and, beginning January 1,
82016, shall continue to provide updated information to the Natural
9Resources Agency on abegin delete quarterlyend deletebegin insert biannualend insert basis:
10(1) Airports within the California coastal zone or San Francisco
11Bay area.
12(2) California Coastal Commission.
13(3) State Energy Resources Conservation and Development
14Commission.
15(4) Ports located in the California coastal zone or San Francisco
16Bay area.
17(5) Department of Transportation.
18(6) Investor-owned utilities located in the California coastal
19zone or the San
Francisco Bay area.
20(7) Publicly owned electric and natural gas utilities located in
21the California coastal zone or San Francisco Bay area.
22(8) Regional water quality control boards.
23(9) San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development
24Commission.
25(10) State Coastal Conservancy.
26(11) State Lands Commission.
27(12) State Water Resources Control Board.
28(b) This section does not require sea level rise planning
29information to be developed, adopted, or updated by a public
30agency or private entity listed in subdivision (a).
31(c) The Ocean Protection Council, when necessary, shall request
32the information required by this section.
The Natural Resources Agency, in developing the
34Planning for Sea Level Rise Database, shall organize the database
35by geographic regions, provide an entry for each city, county, and
36city and county within the coastal zone and San Francisco Bay
37area, and include information described in Section 30964 under
38each entry. The Natural Resources Agency shall organize the
39database in a manner it determines best to provide the public with
40clear, useful, and readily accessible information.
Nothing in this division shall alter the duties,
2responsibilities, and jurisdiction of state agencies that provide
3information pursuant to this division.
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