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          Date of Hearing:   August 6, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

            SB 1345 (Natural Resources Committee) - As Amended:  June 17,  
                                        2014 

          Policy Committee:                             Natural  
          ResourcesVote:9-0
                       Local Government                                9-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          Yes    Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This omnibus committee bill extends the Wholesale Regional Water  
          System Security and Reliability (WRWSSR) Act and makes technical  
          and clarifying changes in the Water and Public Resources Codes.   
          Specifically, this bill: 

          1)Extends the Wholesale Regional Water System Security and  
            Reliability Act (WRWSSR Act) sunset date from 2015 to January  
            1, 2022.

          2)Corrects a Forest Practice Rules reference in the working  
            forest management plan (WFMP)  that describes the Southern  
            Subdistrict of the Coast Forest District (Southern  
            Subdistrict)

          3)Makes technical, non-substantive changes to the statute  
            governing the Central Valley Floor Protection Board (CVFPB)  
            liens.

          4)Extends the comment period to 120 days for the California  
            Seismic Safety Commission (CSSC) and the Department of Public  
            Health (DPH) to comment to the Joint Legislative Audit  
            Committee (JLAC) regarding changes or delays to the capital  
            improvement projects program required pursuant to the WRWSSR  
            Act.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Ongoing costs of less than $50,000 to the CSSC and DPH to be  








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          reimbursed by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Purpose.   This bill contains technical and clarifying changes  
            and extends the sunset date on the WRWSSR Act to ensure  
            continued state oversight until all improvements to San  
            Francisco's regional water system are completed.

           2)SF Bay Area Regional Water System  .  The WRWSSR Act requires  
            the City and County of San Francisco to adopt capital  
            improvement projects to restore and improve the Bay Area  
            regional water system.  These projects are executed under the  
            San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's (SFPUC) Water  
            System Improvement Program (WSIP).  
                
             Although the WRWSSR Act sunsets in 2015, projects related to  
            the seismic retrofit of San Francisco's Regional Water System  
            have fallen behind schedule.  Delays have occurred due to  
            unforeseen factors, including weather conditions, the  
            discovery of naturally occurring asbestos, and construction  
            material shortages.  

            The SFPUC estimates that 33 out of 47 projects will conclude  
            at the end of 2014 with all projects reaching completion in  
            2019.  Projects will lose state oversight in 2015 and the City  
            and County of San Francisco would no longer be statutorily  
            required to complete crucial projects, including the  
            replacement of the Calaveras Dam and construction of  
            seismically-engineered conduits installed where the Hetch  
            Hetchy Dam system crosses earthquake faults.  This bill  
            addresses this issue by extending the 2015 sunset date to  
            2022.

            Under the WRWSSR Act, the CSSC and DPH are required to provide  
            comments on public health and safety to the Joint Legislative  
            Audit Committee within 90 days of receiving notice of a  
            project delay.  This bill extends the comment period to 120  
            days.

           3)Southern Subdistrict  .  AB 904 (Chesbro), Chapter 648, Statutes  
            of 2013, created the WMFP.  The Southern Subdistrict, which  
            includes the counties of Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Mateo,  
            San Francisco, and Marin, is excluded from the WFMP.  The WFMP  
            statute references the wrong regulation to describe the  








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            Southern Subdistrict.  This bill fixes this drafting error.

           4)CVFPB Liens  .  SB 753 (Steinberg), Chapter 639, Statutes of  
            2013, granted the CVFPB authority to record a lien in response  
            to certain violation. The language contained an error by  
            granting CVFPB the authority to record the lien with the  
            county clerk instead of the county recorder.  This bill fixes  
            this drafting error.


          Analysis Prepared by  :    Jennifer Galehouse / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081