AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 30, 2017

AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 23, 2017

california legislature—2017–18 regular session

ASSEMBLY BILL No. 18

Introduced by Assembly Members Eduardo Garcia, Chiu, Chu,Eggman, Gonzalez Fletcher, Kalra, Levine, Limón, McCarty,and Thurmond

December 5, 2016

An act to add Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 5880) toDivision 5 of the Public Resources Code, relating to a clean water,climate, coastal protection, and outdoor access for all program, byproviding the funds necessary therefor through an election for theissuance and sale of bonds of the State of California and for the handlingand disposition of those funds, and declaring the urgency thereof, totake effect immediately.

legislative counsel’s digest

AB 18, as amended, Eduardo Garcia. California Clean Water,Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018.

Under existing law, programs have been established pursuant to bondacts for, among other things, the development and enhancement of stateand local parks and recreational facilities.

This bill would enact the California Clean Water, Climate, CoastalProtection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018, which, if approvedby the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in an amount of$3,105,000,000 $3,470,000,000 pursuant to the State General ObligationBond Law to finance a clean water, climate, coastal protection, andoutdoor access for all program.

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The bill would provide for the submission of these provisions to thevoters at the June 5, 2018, statewide direct primary election.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as anurgency statute.

Vote: 2⁄3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.

State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

line 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 5880) is line 2 added to Division 5 of the Public Resources Code, to read: line 3 line 4 Chapter 14. California Clean Water, Climate, Coastal

line 5 Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018

line 6 line 7 Article 1. General Provisions line 8 line 9 5880. (a)  The people of California find and declare all of the

line 10 following: line 11 (1)  From California’s beautiful rivers, streams, coastal line 12 shorelines, and other waterways, to our federal, state, local, and line 13 regional parks and outdoor settings, to our vast network of trails line 14 connecting people with natural landscapes, Californians value the line 15 diversity of outdoor experiences afforded to this state and its line 16 citizens. line 17 (2)  Demand for local parks has exceeded available funding by line 18 a factor of 8 to 1, with particularly high demand in urban, line 19 disadvantaged communities. line 20 (3)  Many Californians across the state lack access to safe parks, line 21 trails, and recreation areas, which limits their ability to experience line 22 the outdoors, improve their physical and emotional health, exercise, line 23 and connect with their communities. line 24 (4)  Investments to create new and improve existing parks and line 25 recreation areas, and to create trail networks that provide access line 26 from neighborhoods to parks and recreational opportunities, will line 27 help ensure all Californians have access to safe places to exercise line 28 and enjoy recreational activities. line 29 (5)  The California Center for Public Health Advocacy estimates line 30 that inactivity and obesity cost California over forty billion dollars line 31 ($40,000,000,000) annually, through increased health care costs

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line 1 and lost productivity due to obesity-related illnesses, and that even line 2 modest increases in physical activity would result in significant line 3 savings. Investments in infrastructure improvements such as biking line 4 and walking trails and pathways and water quality and supply, line 5 whether in urban or natural areas, are cost-effective ways to line 6 promote physical activity. line 7 (6)  Continued investments in the state’s parks, trails, and natural line 8 resources, and greening urban areas will help mitigate the effects line 9 of climate change, making cities more livable, and will protect

line 10 California’s natural resources for future generations. line 11 (7)  California’s outdoor recreation economy represents an line 12 eighty-seven-billion-dollar ($87,000,000,000) industry, providing line 13 over 700,000 jobs and billions of dollars in local and state revenues. line 14 (8)  California’s state, local, and regional park system line 15 infrastructure and national park system infrastructure are aging, line 16 and a significant infusion of capital is required to protect this line 17 investment. line 18 (9)  There has been a historic underinvestment in parks, trails, line 19 and outdoor infrastructure in disadvantaged areas and many line 20 communities throughout California. line 21 (10)  Tourism is a growing industry in California and remains line 22 an economic driver for the more rural parts of the state. line 23 (b)  It is the intent of the people of California that all of the line 24 following shall occur in the implementation of this chapter: line 25 (1)  The investment of public funds pursuant to this chapter will line 26 result in public benefits that address the most critical statewide line 27 needs and priorities for public funding. line 28 (2)  In the appropriation and expenditure of funding authorized line 29 by this chapter, priority will be given to projects that leverage line 30 private, federal, or local funding or produce the greatest public line 31 benefit. line 32 (3)  To the extent practicable, a project that receives moneys line 33 pursuant to this chapter will include signage informing the public line 34 that the project received funds from the California Clean Water, line 35 Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of line 36 2018. line 37 (4)  To the extent practicable, when developing program line 38 guidelines for urban recreation projects and habitat protection or line 39 restoration projects, administering entities are encouraged to give line 40 favorable consideration to projects that provide urban recreation

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line 1 and protect or restore natural resources. Additionally, the entities line 2 may pool funding for these projects. line 3 (5)  To the extent practicable, a project in a disadvantaged line 4 community that receives money pursuant to this chapter will line 5 provide workforce education, training, and quality job line 6 opportunities. line 7 5880.01. The following definitions govern the construction of line 8 this chapter: line 9 (a)  “Committee” means the California Clean Water, Climate,

line 10 Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Finance Committee line 11 created by Section 5891.02. line 12 (b)  “Conservation actions on private lands” means projects with line 13 willing landowners that involve the adaptive flexible management line 14 of natural resources in response to changing conditions and threats line 15 to habitat and wildlife and that result in habitat conditions on line 16 private lands that, when managed dynamically over time, contribute line 17 to the long-term health and resiliency of vital ecosystems and line 18 enhance wildlife populations. line 19 (c)  “Department” means the Department of Parks and line 20 Recreation. line 21 (d)  “Disadvantaged community” has the same meaning as set line 22 forth in subdivision (g) of Section 75005. line 23 (e)  “Fund” means the California Clean Water, Climate, Coastal line 24 Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Fund, created by Section line 25 5880.085. line 26 (f)  “Heavily urbanized city” means a city with a population of line 27 300,000 or more. line 28 (g)  “Heavily urbanized county” means a county with a line 29 population of 3,000,000 or more. line 30 (h)  “Interpretation” includes, but is not limited to, a line 31 visitor-serving amenity that enhances the ability to understand and line 32 appreciate the significance and value of natural, historical, and line 33 cultural resources and that may utilize educational materials in line 34 multiple languages, digital information, and the expertise of a line 35 naturalist or other skilled specialist. line 36 (i)  “Nonprofit organization” means a nonprofit corporation line 37 qualified to do business in California and qualified under Section line 38 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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line 1 (j)  “Preservation” means rehabilitation, stabilization, restoration, line 2 development, and reconstruction, or any combination of those line 3 activities. line 4 (k)  “Protection” means those actions necessary to prevent harm line 5 or damage to persons, property, or natural, cultural, and historic line 6 resources, actions to improve access to public open-space areas, line 7 or actions to allow the continued use and enjoyment of property line 8 or natural, cultural, and historic resources, and includes acquisition, line 9 development, restoration, preservation, and interpretation.

line 10 (l)  “Restoration” means the improvement of physical structures line 11 or facilities and, in the case of natural systems and landscape line 12 features, includes, but is not limited to, projects for the control of line 13 erosion, the control and elimination of exotic species, removal of line 14 waste and debris, prescribed burning, fuel hazard reduction, fencing line 15 out threats to existing or restored natural resources, road line 16 elimination, and other plant and wildlife habitat improvement to line 17 increase the natural system value of the property. Restoration line 18 projects shall include the planning, monitoring, and reporting line 19 necessary to ensure successful implementation of the project line 20 objectives. line 21 (m)  “Severely disadvantaged community” means a community line 22 with a median household income less than 60 percent of the line 23 statewide average. line 24 5880.02. An amount that equals not more than 5 percent of the line 25 funds allocated for a grant program pursuant to this chapter may line 26 be used to pay the administrative costs of that program. line 27 5880.03. (a)  Except as provided in subdivision (b), up to 12.5 line 28 percent of funds allocated for each program funded by this chapter line 29 may be expended for planning and monitoring necessary for the line 30 successful design, selection, and implementation of the projects line 31 authorized under that program. This section shall not otherwise line 32 restrict funds ordinarily used by an agency for “preliminary plans,” line 33 “working drawings,” and “construction” as defined in the annual line 34 Budget Act for a capital outlay project or grant project. Planning line 35 may include feasibility studies for environmental site cleanup that line 36 would further the purpose of a project that is eligible for funding line 37 under this chapter. line 38 (b)  Funds used for planning projects that benefit disadvantaged line 39 communities may exceed 12.5 percent of the funds allocated if the

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line 1 state agency administering the moneys determines that there is a line 2 need for the additional funding. line 3 5880.04. (a)  (1)  Except as provided in paragraph (2), at least line 4 20 percent of the funds available pursuant to each article of this line 5 chapter shall be allocated for projects serving severely line 6 disadvantaged communities. line 7 (2)  At least 15 percent of the funds available pursuant to Article line 8 8 (commencing with Section 5888) and Article 9 (commencing line 9 with Section 5889) shall be allocated for projects serving severely

line 10 disadvantaged communities. line 11 (b)  (1)  Except as provided in subdivision (c), paragraph (2), line 12 up to 10 percent of the funds available pursuant to each article of line 13 this chapter may be allocated for technical assistance to line 14 disadvantaged communities and small communities. The agency line 15 administering the moneys shall operate a multidisciplinary line 16 technical assistance program for disadvantaged communities and line 17 small communities. line 18 (c) line 19 (2)  Funds used for providing technical assistance to line 20 disadvantaged communities or small communities may exceed 10 line 21 percent of the funds allocated if the state agency administering the line 22 moneys determines that there is a need for the additional funding. line 23 (3)  For purposes of this subdivision, “small community” means line 24 a city with a population of 25,000 or less, or a county with a line 25 population of 100,000 or less. line 26 5880.05. Before disbursing grants pursuant to this chapter, line 27 each state agency that receives funding to administer a competitive line 28 grant program under this chapter shall do the following: line 29 (a)  (1)  Develop and adopt project solicitation and evaluation line 30 guidelines. The guidelines shall include monitoring and reporting line 31 requirements and may include a limitation on the dollar amount line 32 of grants to be awarded. If the state agency has previously line 33 developed and adopted project solicitation and evaluation line 34 guidelines that comply with the requirements of this subdivision, line 35 it may use those guidelines. line 36 (2)  Guidelines adopted pursuant to this subdivision shall line 37 encourage, where feasible, inclusion of the following project line 38 components: line 39 (A)  Efficient use and conservation of water supplies. line 40 (B)  Use of recycled water.

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line 1 (C)  The capture of stormwater to reduce stormwater runoff, line 2 reduce water pollution, or recharge groundwater supplies, or a line 3 combination thereof. line 4 (D)  Provision of safe and reliable drinking water supplies to line 5 park and open-space visitors. line 6 (b)  Conduct three public meetings to consider public comments line 7 before finalizing the guidelines. The state agency shall publish the line 8 draft solicitation and evaluation guidelines on its Internet Web site line 9 at least 30 days before the public meetings. One meeting shall be

line 10 conducted at a location in northern California, one meeting shall line 11 be conducted at a location in the central valley of California, and line 12 one meeting shall be conducted at a location in southern California. line 13 (c)  Submit the guidelines to the Secretary of the Natural line 14 Resources Agency. The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency line 15 shall verify that the guidelines are consistent with applicable line 16 statutes and for all the purposes enumerated in this chapter. The line 17 Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall post an electronic line 18 form of the guidelines submitted by state agencies and the line 19 subsequent verifications on the Natural Resources Agency’s line 20 Internet Web site. line 21 (d)  Upon adoption, transmit copies of the guidelines to the fiscal line 22 committees and the appropriate policy committees of the line 23 Legislature. line 24 5880.06. (a)  The Department of Finance shall provide for an line 25 independent audit of expenditures pursuant to this chapter. The line 26 Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall publish a list of line 27 all program and project expenditures pursuant to this chapter not line 28 less than annually, in written form, and shall post an electronic line 29 form of the list on the agency’s Internet Web site in a downloadable line 30 spreadsheet format. The spreadsheet shall be based on information line 31 submitted by the administering entity of each grant program to line 32 the Natural Resources Agency and shall include information about line 33 the location and footprint of each funded project, the project’s line 34 objectives, the status of the project, anticipated outcomes, any line 35 matching moneys provided for the project by the grant recipient, line 36 and the applicable article of this chapter pursuant to which the line 37 grant recipient received moneys. line 38 (b)  If an audit, required by statute, of any entity that receives line 39 funding authorized by this chapter is conducted pursuant to state line 40 law and reveals any impropriety, the California State Auditor or

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line 1 the Controller may conduct a full audit of any or all of the activities line 2 of that entity. line 3 (c)  The state agency issuing any grant with funding authorized line 4 by this chapter shall require adequate reporting of the expenditures line 5 of the funding from the grant. line 6 5880.065. If any moneys allocated pursuant to this chapter are line 7 not encumbered or expended by the recipient entity within the time line 8 period specified by the administering agency, the unexpended line 9 moneys shall revert to the administering entity for allocation

line 10 consistent with the applicable article. line 11 5880.07. To the extent feasible, a project whose application line 12 includes the use of services of the California Conservation Corps, line 13 certified community conservation corps, as defined in Section line 14 14507.5, or other nonprofit entities that provide job training and line 15 education opportunities for veterans, foster care recipients, line 16 farmworkers, or local youth in conservation or restoration projects line 17 shall be given preference for receipt of a grant under this chapter. line 18 5880.075. To the extent feasible, a project that includes water line 19 efficiencies, stormwater capture, or carbon sequestration features line 20 in the project design may be given priority for grant funding under line 21 this chapter. line 22 5880.076. Moneys allocated pursuant to this chapter shall not line 23 be used to fulfill any mitigation requirements imposed by law. line 24 5880.077. (a)  To the extent feasible in implementing this line 25 chapter and except as provided in subdivision (b), a state agency line 26 receiving funding under this chapter shall seek to achieve wildlife line 27 conservation objectives through projects on public lands or line 28 voluntary projects on private lands. Funds may be used for line 29 payments for the creation of measurable habitat improvements or line 30 other improvements to the condition of endangered or threatened line 31 species, including through the development and implementation line 32 of habitat credit exchanges. line 33 (b)  This section shall not apply to Article 2 (commencing with line 34 Section 5881), Article 3 (commencing with Section 5882), Article line 35 5 (commencing with Section 5884), or Article 6 (commencing line 36 with Section 5885). line 37 5880.078. A state agency that receives funding to administer line 38 a grant program under this chapter On or before January 1, 2027, line 39 the Natural Resources Agency shall report to the Legislature by

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line 1 January 1, 2027, on its the expenditures made pursuant to this line 2 chapter and the public benefits received from those expenditures. line 3 5880.080. A state conservancy receiving funding pursuant to line 4 this article shall endeavor to allocate funds that are complementary, line 5 but not duplicative, of authorized expenditures made pursuant to line 6 Chapter 188 of the Statutes of 2014. line 7 5880.082. Funding pursuant to this chapter may be used for line 8 grants and loans to nonprofit organizations to repay financing line 9 described in Section 22064 of the Financial Code for projects that

line 10 are consistent with the purposes of this chapter. line 11 5880.084. For grants awarded for projects that serve a line 12 disadvantaged community, the administering entity shall provide line 13 advanced payments in the amount of 25 percent of the grant award line 14 to the recipient to initiate the project in a timely manner. The line 15 administering entity may adopt additional requirements for the line 16 recipient of the grant regarding the use of the advanced payments line 17 to ensure that the moneys are used properly. line 18 5880.085. The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to line 19 this chapter shall be deposited in the California Clean Water, line 20 Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Fund, line 21 which is hereby created in the State Treasury. line 22 5880.09. The Legislature may enact legislation necessary to line 23 implement programs funded by this chapter. line 24 line 25 Article 2. Investments in Environmental and Social Equity, line 26 Enhancing California’s Disadvantaged Communities line 27 line 28 5881. (a)  The sum of nine hundred million dollars line 29 ($900,000,000) shall be available to the department, upon line 30 appropriation by the Legislature, for the creation and expansion line 31 of safe neighborhood parks in park-poor neighborhoods in line 32 accordance with the Statewide Park Development and Community line 33 Revitalization Act of 2008 competitive grant program described line 34 in Chapter 3.3 (commencing with Section 5640). line 35 (b)  When developing or revising criteria or guidelines for the line 36 grant program, the department may give additional consideration line 37 to projects that incorporate stormwater capture and storage or line 38 otherwise reduce stormwater pollution. pollution and projects that line 39 are in communities or unincorporated areas of a county that do line 40 not have parks. The department shall perform its due diligence by

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line 1 conducting a rigorous prequalification process to determine the line 2 fiscal and operational capacity and ability of a potential grant line 3 recipient to do both of the following: line 4 (1)  Manage a project to maximize public benefit in perpetuity. line 5 (2)  Implement the project in a timely manner. line 6 5881.01. Of the amount available pursuant to subdivision (a) line 7 of Section 5881, not less than 20 percent shall be available for the line 8 rehabilitation, repurposing, or substantial improvement of existing line 9 park infrastructure in communities of the state that will lead to

line 10 increased use and enhanced user experiences. line 11 5881.02. Of the amount available pursuant to subdivision (a) line 12 of Section 5881, to correct historic underinvestments in the central line 13 valley, Inland Empire, gateway, and desert communities, the sum line 14 of forty million dollars ($40,000,000) shall be available for local line 15 park improvement grants to the communities within those areas line 16 identified by the department as park deficient within those areas line 17 for active recreational projects, including aquatic centers, to line 18 encourage youth health, fitness, and recreational pursuits. Projects line 19 that include the donation of land, materials, or volunteer services line 20 and that demonstrate collaborations of multiple entities and the line 21 leveraging of scarce resources may be given consideration. Entities line 22 that receive a grant under this section may also be eligible to line 23 receive other grants under subdivision (a) of Section 5881. line 24 line 25 Article 3. Investments in Protecting, Enhancing, and Accessing line 26 California’s Local and Regional Outdoor Spaces line 27 line 28 5882. For (a)  The sum of five hundred seventy million dollars line 29 ($570,000,000) shall be available in accordance with this article. line 30 (b)  The director of the department shall annually forward a line 31 statement of the total amount to be appropriated each fiscal year line 32 for projects approved for grants pursuant to this article to the line 33 Director of Finance for inclusion in the annual Budget Act. A list line 34 of eligible jurisdictions and the amount of grant funds to be line 35 allocated to each jurisdiction shall also be made available by the line 36 department. line 37 (c)  Funds appropriated pursuant to this article shall be line 38 encumbered by the recipient within three years from the date the line 39 appropriation is effective. Regardless of the date of encumbrance line 40 of the granted funds, the recipient is expected to complete all

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line 1 funded projects within eight years of the effective date of the line 2 appropriation. line 3 (d)  For purposes of this article, “district” means any regional line 4 park district, regional park and open-space district, or regional line 5 open-space district formed pursuant to Article 3 (commencing line 6 with Section 5500) of Chapter 3, any recreation and park district line 7 formed pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 5780), line 8 or any authority formed pursuant to Division 26 (commencing line 9 with Section 35100). With respect to any community or

line 10 unincorporated region that is not included within a district, and in line 11 which no city or county provides parks or recreational areas or line 12 facilities, “district” also means any other entity, including, but not line 13 limited to, a district operating multiple-use parklands pursuant to line 14 Division 20 (commencing with Section 71000) of the Water Code, line 15 that is authorized by statute to operate and manage parks or line 16 recreational areas or facilities, employs a full-time park and line 17 recreation director, offers year-round park and recreation services line 18 on land and facilities owned by the entity, and allocates a line 19 substantial portion of its annual operating budget to parks or line 20 recreation areas or facilities. line 21 5882.01. (a)  The sum of (1)  Of the funds available pursuant line 22 to Section 5882, four hundred twenty-five million dollars line 23 ($425,000,000) shall be available to the department, upon line 24 appropriation by the Legislature, for local park rehabilitation, line 25 creation, and improvement grants to local governments on a per line 26 capita basis. Grant recipients shall be encouraged to utilize awards line 27 to rehabilitate existing infrastructure and to address deficiencies line 28 in neighborhoods lacking access to the outdoors. line 29 (b)   line 30 Unless the entity has been identified as a disadvantaged line 31 community, an entity that receives an award pursuant to this section line 32 shall be required to provide a match of 20 percent as a local share. line 33 (2)  Of the funds available pursuant to Section 5882, thirty line 34 million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be available to the department, line 35 upon appropriation by the Legislature, for grants to cities and line 36 districts in urbanized counties providing park and recreation line 37 services within jurisdictions of 200,000 or less in population. For line 38 purposes of this paragraph, “urbanized county” means a county line 39 with a population of 500,000 or more. An entity that is eligible to

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line 1 receive funds under this paragraph shall also be eligible to receive line 2 funds available under paragraph (1). line 3 (b)  Unless the entity has been identified as a disadvantaged line 4 community, an entity that receives an award pursuant to this line 5 section shall be required to provide a match of 20 percent as a line 6 local share. line 7 (c)  (1)  (A)  The department shall allocate 60 percent of the line 8 funds available pursuant to each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of line 9 subdivision (a) to cities and districts, other than a regional park

line 10 district, regional park and open-space district, open-space line 11 authority, or regional open-space district. Each city’s and district’s line 12 allocation shall be in the same ratio as the city’s or district’s line 13 population is to the combined total of the state’s population that line 14 is included in incorporated and unincorporated areas within the line 15 county, except that each city or district shall be entitled to a line 16 minimum allocation of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000). line 17 If the boundary of a city overlaps the boundary of a district, the line 18 population in the overlapping area shall be attributed to each line 19 jurisdiction in proportion to the extent to which each operates and line 20 manages parks and recreational areas and facilities for that line 21 population. If the boundary of a city overlaps the boundary of a line 22 district, and in the area of overlap the city does not operate and line 23 manage parks and recreational areas and facilities, all grant funds line 24 for that area shall be allocated to the district. line 25 (B)  On or before April 1, 2020, a city and a district that are line 26 subject to subparagraph (A), and whose boundaries overlap, shall line 27 collaboratively develop and submit to the department a specific line 28 plan for allocating the grant funds in accordance with the formula line 29 specified in subparagraph (A). If, by that date, the plan has not line 30 been developed and submitted to the department, the director shall line 31 determine the allocation of the grant funds between the affected line 32 jurisdictions. line 33 (2)  (A)  The department shall allocate 40 percent of the funds line 34 available pursuant to each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision line 35 (a) to counties and regional park districts, regional park and line 36 open-space districts, open-space authorities formed pursuant to line 37 Division 26 (commencing with Section 35100), and regional line 38 open-space districts formed pursuant to Article 3 (commencing line 39 with Section 5500) of Chapter 3.

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line 1 (B)  Each county’s allocation under subparagraph (A) shall be line 2 in the same ratio that the county’s population is to the total state line 3 population, except that each county shall be entitled to a minimum line 4 allocation of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000). line 5 (C)  In any county that embraces all or part of the territory of line 6 a regional park district, regional park and open-space district, line 7 open-space authority, or regional open-space district, and whose line 8 board of directors is not the county board of supervisors, the line 9 amount allocated to the county shall be apportioned between that

line 10 district and the county in proportion to the population of the county line 11 that is included within the territory of the district and the line 12 population of the county that is outside the territory of the district. line 13 (3)  For the purpose of making the calculations required by line 14 paragraphs (1) and (2), population shall be determined by the line 15 department, in cooperation with the Department of Finance, on line 16 the basis of the most recent verifiable census data and other line 17 verifiable population data that the department may require to be line 18 furnished by the applicant city, county, or district. line 19 (d)  The Legislature intends all recipients of funds pursuant to line 20 paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a) to use those funds to line 21 supplement local revenues in existence on the effective date of the line 22 act adding this chapter. To receive an allocation pursuant to line 23 paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a), the recipient shall not line 24 reduce the amount of funding otherwise available to be spent on line 25 parks or other projects eligible for funds under this chapter in its line 26 jurisdiction. A one-time allocation of other funding that has been line 27 expended for parks or other projects, but that is not available on line 28 an ongoing basis, shall not be considered when calculating a line 29 recipient’s annual expenditures. For purposes of this subdivision, line 30 the Controller may request fiscal data from recipients for the line 31 preceding three fiscal years. Each recipient shall furnish the data line 32 to the Controller no later than 120 days after receiving the request line 33 from the Controller. line 34 (e)  The director of the department shall prepare and adopt line 35 criteria and procedures for evaluating applications for grants line 36 allocated pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a). The line 37 application shall be accompanied by certification that the project line 38 is consistent with the park and recreation element of the applicable line 39 city or county general plan or the district park recreation plan, as line 40 the case may be.

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line 1 (f)  To utilize available grant funds as effectively as possible, line 2 overlapping and adjoining jurisdictions and applicants with similar line 3 objectives are encouraged to combine projects and submit a joint line 4 application. A recipient may allocate all or a portion of its per line 5 capita share for a regional or state project. line 6 5882.02. (a)  (1)  The department shall allocate 60 percent of line 7 the funds available pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5882.01 line 8 to cities and districts, other than a regional park district, regional line 9 park and open-space district, open-space authority, or regional

line 10 open-space district. Each city’s and district’s allocation shall be line 11 in the same ratio as the city’s or district’s population is to the line 12 combined total of the state’s population that is included in line 13 incorporated and unincorporated areas within the county, except line 14 that each city or district shall be entitled to a minimum allocation line 15 of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000). If the boundary of a line 16 city overlaps the boundary of a district, the population in the line 17 overlapping area shall be attributed to each jurisdiction in line 18 proportion to the extent to which each operates and manages parks line 19 and recreational areas and facilities for that population. If the line 20 boundary of a city overlaps the boundary of a district, and in the line 21 area of overlap the city does not operate and manage parks and line 22 recreational areas and facilities, all grant funds for that area shall line 23 be allocated to the district. line 24 (2)  On or before April 1, 2020, a city and a district that are line 25 subject to paragraph (1), and whose boundaries overlap, shall line 26 collaboratively develop and submit to the department a specific line 27 plan for allocating the grant funds in accordance with the formula line 28 specified in paragraph (1). If, by that date, the plan has not been line 29 developed and submitted to the department, the director shall line 30 determine the allocation of the grant funds between the affected line 31 jurisdictions. line 32 (b)  (1)  The department shall allocate 40 percent of the funds line 33 available pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5882.01 to counties line 34 and regional park districts, regional park and open-space districts, line 35 open-space authorities formed pursuant to Division 26 line 36 (commencing with Section 35100), and regional open-space line 37 districts formed pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section line 38 5500) of Chapter 3. line 39 (2)  Each county’s allocation under paragraph (1) shall be in the line 40 same ratio that the county’s population is to the total state

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line 1 population, except that each county shall be entitled to a minimum line 2 allocation of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000). line 3 (3)  In any county that embraces all or part of the territory of a line 4 regional park district, regional park and open-space district, line 5 open-space authority, or regional open-space district, and whose line 6 board of directors is not the county board of supervisors, the line 7 amount allocated to the county shall be apportioned between that line 8 district and the county in proportion to the population of the county line 9 that is included within the territory of the district and the population

line 10 of the county that is outside the territory of the district. line 11 (c)  For the purpose of making the calculations required by this line 12 section, population shall be determined by the department, in line 13 cooperation with the Department of Finance, on the basis of the line 14 most recent verifiable census data and other verifiable population line 15 data that the department may require to be furnished by the line 16 applicant city, county, or district. line 17 (d)  The Legislature intends all recipients of funds pursuant to line 18 subdivision (a) of Section 5882.01 to use those funds to supplement line 19 local revenues in existence on the effective date of the act adding line 20 this chapter. To receive an allocation pursuant to subdivision (a) line 21 of Section 5882.01, the recipient shall not reduce the amount of line 22 funding otherwise available to be spent on parks or other projects line 23 eligible for funds under this chapter in its jurisdiction. A one-time line 24 allocation of other funding that has been expended for parks or line 25 other projects, but that is not available on an ongoing basis, shall line 26 not be considered when calculating a recipient’s annual line 27 expenditures. For purposes of this subdivision, the Controller may line 28 request fiscal data from recipients for the preceding three fiscal line 29 years. Each recipient shall furnish the data to the Controller no line 30 later than 120 days after receiving the request from the Controller. line 31 5882.04. (a)  The director of the department shall prepare and line 32 adopt criteria and procedures for evaluating applications for grants line 33 allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5882.01. The line 34 application shall be accompanied by certification that the project line 35 is consistent with the park and recreation element of the applicable line 36 city or county general plan or the district park recreation plan, as line 37 the case may be. line 38 (b)  To utilize available grant funds as effectively as possible, line 39 overlapping and adjoining jurisdictions and applicants with similar line 40 objectives are encouraged to combine projects and submit a joint

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line 1 application. A recipient may allocate all or a portion of its per line 2 capita share for a regional or state project. line 3 5882.06. (a)  The sum of Of the funds available pursuant to line 4 Section 5882, one hundred ten million dollars ($110,000,000) shall line 5 be available to the department, upon appropriation by the line 6 Legislature, for grants to regional park districts, counties, regional line 7 open-space districts, open-space authorities formed pursuant to line 8 Division 26 (commencing with Section 35100), and eligible line 9 nonprofit organizations on a competitive grant basis to create,

line 10 expand, improve, rehabilitate, or restore parks and park facilities, line 11 including, but not limited to, trails, regional trail networks, regional line 12 sports complexes, low-cost accommodations in park facilities, and line 13 visitor, outdoor, and interpretative facilities serving youth and line 14 communities of color. line 15 (b)  In awarding moneys, the department shall encourage line 16 applicants seeking funds for acquisition projects to perform projects line 17 in conjunction with new or enhanced public use and public access line 18 opportunities. line 19 (c)  Preference may be given to multiuse trail projects over line 20 single-use trail projects. line 21 5882.08. The sum of Of the funds available pursuant to Section line 22 5882, five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be available to the line 23 department department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, line 24 for grants, awarded proportionally based on populations served, line 25 to local agencies that have obtained local voter approval between line 26 November 1, 2012, through November 30, 2018, inclusive, for line 27 revenue enhancement measures aimed at improving and enhancing line 28 local or regional park infrastructure. A recipient of a grant under line 29 this section shall receive at least two hundred fifty thousand dollars line 30 ($250,000) for the purposes of the revenue enhancement measure. line 31 5882.10. (a)  The director of the department shall annually line 32 forward a statement of the total amount to be appropriated each line 33 fiscal year for projects approved for grants pursuant to this article line 34 to the Director of Finance for inclusion in the annual Budget Act. line 35 A list of eligible jurisdictions and the amount of grant funds to be line 36 allocated to each jurisdiction shall also be made available by the line 37 department. line 38 (b)  Funds appropriated pursuant to this article shall be line 39 encumbered by the recipient within three years from the date the line 40 appropriation is effective. Regardless of the date of encumbrance

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line 1 of the granted funds, the recipient is expected to complete all line 2 funded projects within eight years of the effective date of the line 3 appropriation. line 4 line 5 Article 4. Restoring California’s Natural, Historic, and Cultural line 6 Legacy line 7 line 8 5883. (a)  The sum of three hundred thirty million dollars line 9 ($330,000,000) shall be available to the department, upon

line 10 appropriation by the Legislature, in accordance with this article, line 11 for restoration and preservation of existing state park facilities and line 12 units, to promote greater access to those units through the provision line 13 of low-cost overnight accommodations in ways that enhance access line 14 and recreational opportunities for disadvantaged communities, to line 15 preserve and increase public access to those facilities and units, line 16 and to protect the natural, cultural, and historic resources of those line 17 facilities and units. Not less than 80 percent of these funds shall line 18 be available for capital improvements that address the department’s line 19 backlog of deferred maintenance or that enhance park access and line 20 user experiences. line 21 (b)  Of the amount available pursuant to subdivision (a), the sum line 22 of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) shall be available for line 23 enterprise projects that facilitate new or enhanced park use and line 24 user experiences and increase revenue generation to support line 25 operations of the department. line 26 (c)  Of the amount available pursuant to subdivision (a), the sum line 27 of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) shall be available to the line 28 department for grants to local agencies that operate a unit of the line 29 state park system to address an urgent need for the restoration of line 30 aging infrastructure that, without restoration, would compromise line 31 the continued operation of the unit. Unless a local agency has been line 32 identified as a disadvantaged community, a local agency that line 33 receives a grant pursuant to this subdivision shall be required to line 34 provide a match of not less than 25 percent. line 35 (b)  The department, in expending the funding available under line 36 this article, shall endeavor, where practical, to partner with cities, line 37 counties, nonprofit organizations, and nongovernmental line 38 organizations to maximize leveraging opportunities to enhance line 39 tourism, visitation, and visitor experiences.

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line 1 5883.01. The department, in expending the funding available line 2 under this article, shall endeavor, where practical, to partner with line 3 cities, counties, nonprofit organizations, and nongovernmental line 4 organizations to maximize leveraging opportunities to enhance line 5 tourism, visitation, and visitor experiences. line 6 5883.02. Of the funds available pursuant to Section 5883, line 7 fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) shall be available for line 8 enterprise projects that facilitate new or enhanced park use and line 9 user experiences and increase revenue generation to support

line 10 operations of the department. line 11 5883.04. Of the funds available pursuant to Section 5883, line 12 fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) shall be available to the line 13 department for grants to local agencies that operate a unit of the line 14 state park system to address an urgent need for the restoration of line 15 aging infrastructure that, without restoration, would compromise line 16 the continued operation of the unit. Unless a local agency has been line 17 identified as a disadvantaged community, a local agency that line 18 receives a grant pursuant to this section shall be required to line 19 provide a match of not less than 25 percent. line 20 5883.06. Of the funds available pursuant to Section 5883, ten line 21 million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be available for projects in line 22 units of the state park system that are managed by nonprofit line 23 organizations that have entered into operating agreements with line 24 the department. Of this amount, not less than thirty-three percent line 25 shall be available to nonprofit organizations that operate a unit line 26 in the Inland Empire State Park Program. line 27 5883.08. Of the funds available pursuant to Section 5883, line 28 seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) shall be available to the line 29 department according to the following schedule to address major line 30 infrastructure rehabilitation, to improve tourism and visitor line 31 experiences, and to promote the health and safety of units within line 32 the state park system: line 33 (a)  Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to implement a Central line 34 Valley State Park Program. To be eligible under this paragraph, line 35 a park shall be located in a county within the central valley from line 36 the County of Sacramento south to the base of the Tehachapi line 37 Mountain Range. line 38 (b)  Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to implement a Central line 39 Coast State Park Program.

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line 1 (c)  Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) to implement an East line 2 Bay State Park Program. line 3 (d)  Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to implement a High line 4 Desert-Coachella Valley State Park Program. line 5 (e)  Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to implement an Inland line 6 Empire State Park Program. line 7 (f)  Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) to implement a San line 8 Diego State Park Program. line 9

line 10 Article 5. Trails and Greenway Investment line 11 line 12 5884. (a)  The sum of forty-five million dollars ($45,000,000) line 13 shall be available to the Natural Resources Agency, working in line 14 cooperation with the department, upon appropriation by the line 15 Legislature, for competitive grants to local agencies, state line 16 conservancies, federally recognized Native American tribes, line 17 nonfederally recognized California Native American tribes listed line 18 on the California Tribal Consultation List maintained by the Native line 19 American Heritage Commission, and nonprofit organizations to line 20 provide nonmotorized infrastructure development and line 21 enhancements that promote new or alternate access to parks, line 22 waterways, outdoor recreational pursuits, and forested or other line 23 natural environments to encourage health-related commuting and line 24 opportunities for Californians to reconnect with nature. line 25 (b)  Of the amount made available pursuant to this section, up line 26 to 25 percent may be made available to communities for innovative line 27 transportation programs that provide new and expanded outdoor line 28 experiences to disadvantaged youth. line 29 (c)  Alignment, development, and improvement of nonmotorized line 30 infrastructure and trails that lead to safer interconnectivity among line 31 parks, waterways, and natural areas as well as projects of regional line 32 and statewide significance that serve to eliminate barriers to line 33 seamless trail use may be encouraged. line 34 (d)  The Natural Resources Agency is encouraged, when line 35 designing guidelines for grants awarded under this article, to utilize line 36 existing program guidelines, including, if applicable, guidelines line 37 that have been established for the California Recreational Trails line 38 Act (Article 6 (commencing with Section 5070) of Chapter 1) and, line 39 to the extent possible, to design guidelines that are consistent with

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line 1 the California Recreational Trails Plan, as described in Article 6 line 2 (commencing with Section 5070) of Chapter 1. line 3 (e)  Unless the entity has been identified as a disadvantaged line 4 community, an entity that receives an award under this article line 5 shall be required to provide a match of 20 percent. line 6 5884.01. Unless the entity has been identified as a line 7 disadvantaged community, an entity that receives an award under line 8 this article shall be required to provide a match of 20 percent. line 9 5884.02. Of the amount authorized under Section 5884, not

line 10 less than three million dollars ($3,000,000) shall be available to line 11 heavily urbanized cities for projects utilizing abandoned rail line 12 corridors. line 13 line 14 Article 6. Rural Recreation, Tourism, and Economic Enrichment line 15 Investment line 16 line 17 5885. (a)  The sum of forty million dollars ($40,000,000) shall line 18 be available to the department, upon appropriation by the line 19 Legislature, to administer a competitive grant program for cities, line 20 counties, and districts in nonurbanized areas, that are eligible for line 21 a grant under the Roberti-Z’berg-Harris Urban Open-Space and line 22 Recreation Program Act (Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section line 23 5620)). Notwithstanding subdivisions (c) and (e) of Section 5621 line 24 and for the purposes of this section, the definition of “nonurbanized line 25 area” shall be updated by the department to reflect current line 26 population levels. A nonurbanized area shall include counties with line 27 populations of less than 500,000 people. In awarding the grants, line 28 the department may consider the following factors: line 29 (1)  Whether the project would provide new recreational line 30 opportunities in rural communities that have demonstrated line 31 deficiencies and lack of outdoor infrastructure in support of line 32 economic and health-related goals. line 33 (2)  Whether the project proposes to acquire and develop lands line 34 to enhance resident recreation while promoting the quality of line 35 tourism experiences and the economic vitality of the community. line 36 These enhancements may include accessibility for individuals with line 37 disabilities, trails, bikeways, regional or destination-oriented line 38 recreational amenities, and visitor centers. line 39 (3)  Whether the project includes collaboration between public line 40 and nonprofit organizations, including, but not limited to, nonprofit

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line 1 land trusts, to facilitate public access to privately owned lands for line 2 regional trail development, wildlife viewing, recreation, or outdoor line 3 experiences for youth. line 4 (b)  Unless the entity has been identified as a disadvantaged line 5 community, an entity that receives an award under this article shall line 6 be required to provide a match of 20 percent. line 7 (c)  The department may also give priority to projects that line 8 provide incidental economic value, including protecting line 9 infrastructure and providing access to quality drinking water, and

line 10 projects that protect the environment through improved habitat line 11 connectivity, climate adaptation, and carbon sequestration. line 12 line 13 Article 7. California River Recreation, Creek, Stormwater, and line 14 Waterway Improvement Program line 15 line 16 5886. (a)  The sum of five hundred ten million dollars line 17 ($510,000,000) shall be available in accordance with this article. line 18 (b)  To the maximum extent feasible, the Natural Resources line 19 Agency and the department are encouraged, when developing line 20 guidelines for grants awarded under this article, to utilize existing line 21 programs where communities enter into partnerships with state line 22 agencies for multibenefit projects to enhance and restore line 23 waterways, including, but not limited to, the Riverine Stewardship line 24 Technical Assistance program. line 25 5886. (a)  The sum of line 26 5886.01. (a)  Of the amount authorized under Section 5886, line 27 seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) shall be available to the line 28 Natural Resources Agency, upon appropriation by the Legislature, line 29 for grants pursuant to the California River Parkways Act of 2004 line 30 (Chapter 3.8 (commencing with Section 5750)). Eligible projects line 31 shall include, but are not limited to, projects that protect and line 32 enhance urban creeks. line 33 (1)  Of the amount made available pursuant to this subdivision, line 34 not less than five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be available line 35 for the Lower American River Conservancy Program, as described line 36 in Chapter 375 of the Statutes of 2016. line 37 (2)  Of the amount made available pursuant to this subdivision, line 38 not less than five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be available line 39 for improvements in and along the Guadalupe River and its line 40 headwaters or contributing tributaries, including Los Gatos Creek,

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line 1 upon the enactment of subsequent legislation that demonstrates a line 2 comprehensive local and regional approach to restoration, public line 3 recreation, and management of the river corridor. line 4 (3)  Of the amount made available pursuant to this subdivision, line 5 five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be available for line 6 improvements in and along the Russian River upon the enactment line 7 of subsequent legislation that provides a comprehensive regional line 8 use management plan to reduce conflict and promote cooperative line 9 public recreation, commercial activity, and habitat protection

line 10 benefits. line 11 (4)  Of the amount made available pursuant to this subdivision, line 12 five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be available to the Santa line 13 Ana River Conservancy Program pursuant to Chapter 4.6 line 14 (commencing with Section 31170) of Division 21. line 15 (5)  Of the amount made available pursuant to this subdivision, line 16 five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be available for line 17 improvements in and around Clear Lake and its watershed upon line 18 the enactment of legislation subsequent to the effective date of this line 19 section that demonstrates a comprehensive local and regional line 20 approach to restoration, public recreation, and management of line 21 the lake and its surrounding resources and recreation areas. line 22 Research conducted on the condition of the lake and its watershed line 23 and the establishment of an action plan for management of the line 24 lake is eligible for funding under this paragraph. line 25 (b)  Unless the entity has been identified as a disadvantaged line 26 community, an entity that receives an award under this article line 27 section shall be required to provide a match of 20 percent. line 28 (c)  To maximize cooperation and leverage resources, the Natural line 29 Resources Agency may give priority to projects that include line 30 partnerships among federal, state, and local agencies and to projects line 31 proposed by nonprofit organizations, including, but not limited to, line 32 nonprofit land trusts. line 33 5886.01. The sum of ninety million dollars ($90,000,000) line 34 5886.02. Of the amount authorized under Section 5886, one line 35 hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be available to the line 36 Natural Resources Agency, upon appropriation by the Legislature, line 37 for project grants for the protection and enhancement of an urban line 38 creek, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 7048 of the Water line 39 Code, and its tributaries, pursuant to Division 22.8 (commencing line 40 with Section 32600) and Division 23 (commencing with Section

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line 1 33000) of this code and Section 79508 of the Water Code. Money line 2 available pursuant to this section shall be equally divided between line 3 projects in areas described in Division 22.8 (commencing with line 4 Section 32600) and projects in areas described in Division 23 line 5 (commencing with Section 33000). Projects serving disadvantaged line 6 communities shall have priority for funding under this section. line 7 5886.03. The sum of Of the amount authorized under Section line 8 5886, ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be available to the line 9 department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to implement

line 10 the Urban Streams Restoration Program, established pursuant to line 11 Section 7048 of the Water Code. line 12 5886.04. The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) Of line 13 the amount authorized under Section 5886, three hundred million line 14 dollars ($300,000,000) shall be available to the Salton Sea line 15 Authority, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for capital outlay line 16 projects that provide air quality and habitat benefits and that line 17 implement the Natural Resources Agency’s Salton Sea line 18 Management Program. Of this amount, not less than ten twenty line 19 million dollars ($10,000,000) ($20,000,000) shall be available for line 20 purposes consistent with the New River Water Quality, Public line 21 Health, and River Parkway Development Program, as described line 22 in Section 71103.6. line 23 5886.05. (a)  The sum of twenty-five million dollars line 24 ($25,000,000) Of the amount authorized under Section 5886, thirty line 25 million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be available available, upon line 26 appropriation by the Legislature, to the Natural Resources Agency line 27 for competitive grants to cities, counties, regional park districts, line 28 park districts, regional open-space districts, open-space authorities, line 29 conservation-based nonprofit organizations, and joint powers line 30 authorities for stormwater capture projects that lead to improved line 31 or enhanced park, parkway, open-space, greenways, or green line 32 infrastructure and provide for at least two of the following benefits: line 33 (1)  Reduces flooding. line 34 (2)  Reduces water pollution. line 35 (3)  Facilitates increased recharge of groundwater or otherwise line 36 stores water for reuse. line 37 (4)  Increases or otherwise enhances habitat for fish and wildlife. line 38 (5)  Promotes adaptation and protections against sea level rise. line 39 (6)  Reduces heat island effects.

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line 1 (b)  In implementing this section, the Natural Resources Agency line 2 may draw from existing guidelines and provisions such as the line 3 urban greening program, as described in Section 75129, as that line 4 section existed at the time this act was enacted. line 5 5886.06. To the maximum extent feasible, the Natural line 6 Resources Agency and the department are encouraged, when line 7 developing guidelines for grants awarded under this article, to line 8 utilize existing programs where communities enter into partnerships line 9 with state agencies for multibenefit projects to enhance and restore

line 10 waterways, including, but not limited to, the Riverine Stewardship line 11 Technical Assistance program. line 12 line 13 Article 7.5. State Conservancy Funding line 14 line 15 5887. The sum of one hundred forty-five million dollars line 16 ($145,000,000) one hundred sixty million dollars ($160,000,000) line 17 shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, in line 18 accordance with the following schedule, to fulfill the purposes of line 19 the specified entity: line 20 (a)  Baldwin Hills Conservancy, five million dollars line 21 ($5,000,000). line 22 (b)  California Tahoe Conservancy, twenty million dollars line 23 ($20,000,000). line 24 (c)  Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy, ten million dollars line 25 ($10,000,000). line 26 (d)  Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, ten million line 27 dollars ($10,000,000). line 28 (e)  San Diego River Conservancy, fifteen million dollars line 29 ($15,000,000). line 30 (f)  San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains line 31 Conservancy, twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000). thirty line 32 million dollars ($30,000,000). line 33 (g)  San Joaquin River Conservancy, ten million dollars line 34 ($10,000,000). line 35 (h)  Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, twenty-five million line 36 dollars ($25,000,000). thirty million dollars ($30,000,000). line 37 (i)  Sierra Nevada Conservancy, twenty-five million dollars line 38 ($25,000,000). thirty million dollars ($30,000,000). line 39 5887.01. The Legislature shall strive to consider population line 40 size, land mass, and natural resource significance as factors when

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line 1 determining the amount of any other funds to be made available line 2 to an entity listed in Section 5887. line 3 5887.02. A receiving entity in Section 5887 shall develop and line 4 adopt a strategic master plan that identifies priorities and specific line 5 criteria for selecting projects for funding. The strategic plan shall line 6 include strategies for providing public access to conserved lands line 7 wherever feasible and be consistent with project goals and line 8 objectives. line 9 5887.03. Conservancies, in expending the funding available

line 10 under this article, shall endeavor, where practical, to partner with line 11 cities, counties, nonprofit organizations, and nongovernmental line 12 organizations to acquire open space and create urban greenway line 13 corridors. line 14 line 15 Article 8. Ocean, Bay, and Coastal Protection line 16 line 17 5888. The sum of two hundred eighty million dollars line 18 ($280,000,000) shall be available in accordance with this article. line 19 5888. The sum of line 20 5888.02. Of the amount authorized under Section 5888, one line 21 hundred eighty million dollars ($180,000,000) shall be available, line 22 upon appropriation by the Legislature, to fund projects that enhance line 23 and protect coastal and ocean resources in the state as follows: line 24 (a)  The sum of forty-five million dollars ($45,000,000) shall be line 25 available for deposit into the California Ocean Protection Trust line 26 Fund for grants consistent with Section 35650. Priority shall be line 27 given to projects that conserve, protect, and restore marine wildlife line 28 and healthy ocean and coastal ecosystems with a focus on the line 29 state’s system of marine protected areas and sustainable fisheries. line 30 (b)  The sum of forty million dollars ($40,000,000) shall be line 31 available to the San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy Program line 32 (Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 31160) of Division 21). line 33 (c)  The sum of ninety-five million dollars ($95,000,000) shall line 34 be available to the State Coastal Conservancy for the protection line 35 of beaches, bays, and coastal watershed resources, including the line 36 acquisition of fee title or conservation easements of land in or line 37 adjacent to the California coastal zone with open-space, line 38 recreational, biological, cultural, scenic, or agricultural values, line 39 or any combination thereof, or land adjacent to marine protected line 40 areas, including marine conservation areas, whose preservation

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line 1 will contribute to the ecological quality of the marine protected line 2 areas, and including the protection of coastal agricultural resources line 3 pursuant to Section 31150 and projects to complete the California line 4 Coastal Trail pursuant to Section 31408. line 5 (d)  In implementing this section, the administering entity may line 6 give special consideration to the acquisition of lands that are in line 7 deferred certification areas of county local coastal plans. line 8 5888.02. In implementing Section 5888, the administering line 9 entity may give special consideration to the acquisition of lands

line 10 that are in deferred certification areas of county local coastal plans. line 11 5888.03. The sum of Of the amount authorized under Section line 12 5888, one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be line 13 available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Natural line 14 Resources Agency to fund projects that improve existing or develop line 15 new lower-cost lower cost accommodations on coastal public lands line 16 and coastal lands owned or operated by nonprofit organizations, line 17 including, but not limited to, state, regional, and local parks, line 18 conservancies, and lands held by harbor or open-space districts. line 19 line 20 Article 9. Climate Preparedness, Habitat Resiliency, Resource line 21 Enhancement, and Innovation line 22 line 23 5889. (a)  The sum of six hundred thirty-five million dollars line 24 ($600,000,000) ($635,000,000) shall be available, upon line 25 appropriation by the Legislature, to plan, develop, and implement line 26 climate adaptation and resiliency projects that improve a line 27 community’s ability to adapt to the unavoidable impacts of climate line 28 change. Projects shall improve and protect coastal and rural line 29 economies, agricultural viability, wildlife corridors, or habitat, line 30 develop future recreational opportunities, or enhance drought line 31 tolerance and water retention, in accordance with the following line 32 schedule: this article. line 33 (a)  (1)   Four hundred million dollars ($400,000,000) shall be line 34 available to the Wildlife Conservation Board for grants for any of line 35 the following: line 36 (A)  Projects for the acquisition, development, rehabilitation, line 37 restoration, protection, and expansion of wildlife corridors and line 38 open space, including projects to improve connectivity and reduce line 39 barriers between habitat areas. In awarding grants pursuant to this line 40 subparagraph, priority may be given to projects that protect

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line 1 state-designated wildlife corridors and wildlife corridors threatened line 2 by urban development. line 3 (B)  Projects for the acquisition, development, rehabilitation, line 4 restoration, protection, and expansion of habitat that promote the line 5 recovery of threatened and endangered species. line 6 (C)  Projects to improve climate adaptation and resilience of line 7 natural systems. line 8 (D)  Projects to protect and improve existing open-space line 9 corridors and trail linkages related to utility or transportation

line 10 infrastructure that provide habitat connectivity and public access line 11 or trails. line 12 (E)  Projects to restore rivers and streams in support of fisheries line 13 and wildlife, including, but not limited to, reconnection of rivers line 14 with their flood plains, riparian and side-channel habitat restoration, line 15 and restoration and protection of upper watershed forests and line 16 meadow systems that are important for fish and wildlife resources line 17 and projects that are consistent with the purposes of subdivision line 18 (f) of Section 79738 of the Water Code. Priority shall be given to line 19 projects supported by multistakeholder public or private line 20 partnerships, or both, using a science-based approach and line 21 measurable objectives to guide identification, design, and line 22 implementation of regional actions to benefit salmon and steelhead. line 23 (F)  In implementing this subdivision, the Wildlife Conservation line 24 Board may provide matching grants for incentives to landowners line 25 for conservation actions on private lands or use of voluntary habitat line 26 credit exchange mechanisms. The matching grant shall not exceed line 27 50 percent of the total cost of the incentive program. line 28 (2)  Applications submitted pursuant to this subdivision that line 29 promote projects seeking to preserve the working character of line 30 lands, including uninterrupted agricultural and rangeland practices, line 31 through conservation easements, may be given additional line 32 consideration. line 33 (3)  Of the amount subject to this subdivision, fifty-five million line 34 dollars ($55,000,000) shall be available for the acquisition, line 35 development, rehabilitation, restoration, protection, and expansion line 36 of habitat that furthers the implementation of natural community line 37 conservation plans adopted pursuant to the Natural Community line 38 Conservation Planning Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section line 39 2800) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code) to help resolve line 40 resource conflicts by balancing communitywide conservation,

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line 1 planning, and economic activities. Funding pursuant to this line 2 paragraph shall not be used to offset mitigation obligations line 3 otherwise required. line 4 (4)  Of the amount subject to this subdivision, five million dollars line 5 ($5,000,000) shall be administered through the Department of Fish line 6 and Wildlife for competitive grants to wildlife rehabilitation line 7 facilities operated by nongovernmental entities. line 8 (5)  Of the amount subject to this subdivision, not less than forty line 9 million dollars ($40,000,000) shall be available for the acquisition,

line 10 development, rehabilitation, restoration, protection, and expansion line 11 of wildlife corridors and open space to improve connectivity and line 12 reduce barriers between habitat areas and to protect and restore line 13 habitat associated with the Pacific Flyway. In awarding grants line 14 pursuant to this paragraph, priority may be given to projects that line 15 protect state-designated wildlife corridors. Of the amount described line 16 in this paragraph, five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be line 17 available for the California Waterfowl Habitat Program. line 18 (6)  The Wildlife Conservation Board shall develop or update a line 19 strategic master plan that identifies priorities and specific criteria line 20 for selecting projects pursuant to paragraph (1). line 21 (7)  Activities funded pursuant to this subdivision shall be line 22 consistent with the state’s climate adaptation strategy, as provided line 23 by Section 71153, and the statewide objectives provided in Section line 24 71154. line 25 (b)  The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be line 26 available for deposit into the California Climate Resilience line 27 Account, established pursuant to Section 31012, for projects that line 28 assist coastal communities, including those reliant on commercial line 29 fisheries, with adaptation to climate change, including projects line 30 that address ocean acidification, sea level rise, or the protection line 31 of habitat associated with the Pacific Flyway. line 32 (c)  The sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be line 33 available for projects that reduce fire risk, improve forest health, line 34 and provide feedstock for compost, energy, or alternative fuels line 35 facilities. Projects may include, but are not limited to, forest line 36 restoration projects that include hazardous fuel reduction, postfire line 37 watershed rehabilitation, and forest management practices that line 38 promote forest resilience to wildfire, climate change, and other line 39 disturbances. Unless otherwise specified by the Legislature, project

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line 1 funds shall be equally administered by the Department of Forestry line 2 and Fire Protection and by the Sierra Nevada Conservancy. line 3 (d)  The sum of thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000) shall line 4 be available to the California Conservation Corps for projects to line 5 rehabilitate or improve parks and restore watersheds, including line 6 regional and community fuel load reduction projects on public line 7 lands, and stream and river restoration projects. Not less than 50 line 8 percent of these funds shall be in the form of grants to certified line 9 local community conservation corps, as defined in Section 14507.5,

line 10 including local community conservation corps that have secured line 11 certification within the last three to five years prior to the grant line 12 application date. line 13 (e)  The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be line 14 available for projects that improve agricultural and open-space line 15 soil health, to improve carbon soil sequestration, erosion control, line 16 water quality, and water retention, which may in part be allocated line 17 to the Department of Conservation for watershed restoration and line 18 conservation projects on agricultural lands pursuant to Section line 19 9084. line 20 (f)  (1)  The sum of seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) line 21 shall be available to the Natural Resources Agency to award line 22 funding to projects identified by local agencies, nonprofit line 23 organizations, nongovernmental land conservation organizations, line 24 federally recognized Native American tribes, or nonfederally line 25 recognized California Native American tribes listed on the line 26 California Tribal Consultation list maintained by the Native line 27 American Heritage Commission, as follows: line 28 (A)  Projects that involve the restoration, protection, and line 29 acquisition of Native American, natural, cultural, and historic line 30 resources within the state. line 31 (B)  Projects that convert and repurpose properties or parts of line 32 properties formerly operating as fossil fuel powerplants on the line 33 effective date of this chapter to create permanently protected open line 34 space, tourism, and park opportunities through fee title or line 35 conservation easements. line 36 (C)  Projects that enhance park, water, and natural resource line 37 values through improved recreation, tourism, and natural resource line 38 investments in those areas of the state not within the jurisdiction line 39 of a state conservancy or areas served by public-private landscape line 40 level collaboratives.

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line 1 (D)  Projects that enhance visitor experiences through line 2 development, expansion, and improvement of science centers line 3 operated by foundations or other nonprofit organizations in heavily line 4 urbanized counties. line 5 (2)  Before a grant is awarded pursuant to this subdivision, a line 6 project applicant shall demonstrate availability to the applicant of line 7 a minimum 20-percent match from other funds. Project applicants line 8 shall be encouraged to leverage all available local, federal, and line 9 nongovernmental sources to maximize funding distribution.

line 10 (b)  In implementing this section, the administering entity may line 11 give special consideration to the acquisition of lands that are in line 12 deferred certification areas of county local coastal plans. line 13 5889.02. In implementing Section 5889, the administering line 14 entity may give special consideration to the acquisition of lands line 15 that are in deferred certification areas of county local coastal plans. line 16 5889.02. (a)  Of the amount available pursuant to Section 5889, line 17 four hundred million dollars ($400,000,000) shall be available to line 18 the Wildlife Conservation Board for grants for any of the following, line 19 in accordance with subdivision (c): line 20 (1)  Projects for the acquisition, development, rehabilitation, line 21 restoration, protection, and expansion of wildlife corridors and line 22 open space, including projects to improve connectivity and reduce line 23 barriers between habitat areas. In awarding grants pursuant to line 24 this paragraph, priority may be given to projects that protect line 25 state-designated wildlife corridors and wildlife corridors line 26 threatened by urban development. line 27 (2)  Projects for the acquisition, development, rehabilitation, line 28 restoration, protection, and expansion of habitat that promote the line 29 recovery of threatened and endangered species. line 30 (3)  Projects to improve climate adaptation and resilience of line 31 natural systems. line 32 (4)  Projects to protect and improve existing open-space line 33 corridors and trail linkages related to utility or transportation line 34 infrastructure that provide habitat connectivity and public access line 35 or trails. line 36 (5)  Projects to restore rivers and streams in support of fisheries line 37 and wildlife, including, but not limited to, reconnection of rivers line 38 with their flood plains, riparian and side-channel habitat line 39 restoration, and restoration and protection of upper watershed line 40 forests and meadow systems that are important for fish and wildlife

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line 1 resources and projects that are consistent with the purposes of line 2 subdivision (f) of Section 79738 of the Water Code. Priority shall line 3 be given to projects supported by multistakeholder public or private line 4 partnerships, or both, using a science-based approach and line 5 measurable objectives to guide identification, design, and line 6 implementation of regional actions to benefit salmon and steelhead. line 7 (6)  Projects in wildlife areas pertaining directly to providing line 8 pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, with line 9 environmental educational experiences, public outreach and

line 10 education, and wildlife viewing activities. Eligible projects shall line 11 include public access enhancements, wildlife viewing platforms, line 12 pedestrian walkways, interpretive and directional signage, and line 13 visitor outreach stations. Priority under this paragraph shall be line 14 given to public-private partnerships that are consistent with land line 15 management plans for wildlife areas, as determined by the line 16 Department of Fish and Wildlife. line 17 (b)  (1)  The Wildlife Conservation Board shall develop or update line 18 a strategic master plan that identifies priorities and specific criteria line 19 for selecting projects pursuant to subdivision (a). line 20 (2)  Activities funded pursuant to this section shall be consistent line 21 with the state’s climate adaptation strategy, as provided by Section line 22 71153, and the statewide objectives provided in Section 71154. line 23 (3)  In implementing this section, the Wildlife Conservation line 24 Board may provide matching grants for incentives to landowners line 25 for conservation actions on private lands or use of voluntary line 26 habitat credit exchange mechanisms. The matching grant shall line 27 not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the incentive program. line 28 (4)  Applications submitted pursuant to this section that promote line 29 projects seeking to preserve the working character of lands, line 30 including uninterrupted agricultural and rangeland practices, line 31 through conservation easements, may be given additional line 32 consideration. line 33 (c)  Moneys described in subdivision (a) shall be available as line 34 follows: line 35 (1)  Fifty-five million dollars ($55,000,000) for the acquisition, line 36 development, rehabilitation, restoration, protection, and expansion line 37 of habitat that furthers the implementation of natural community line 38 conservation plans adopted pursuant to the Natural Community line 39 Conservation Planning Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section line 40 2800) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code) to help resolve

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line 1 resource conflicts by balancing communitywide conservation, line 2 planning, and economic activities. Funding pursuant to this line 3 paragraph shall not be used to offset mitigation obligations line 4 otherwise required. line 5 (2)  Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be administered line 6 through the Department of Fish and Wildlife for competitive grants line 7 to wildlife rehabilitation facilities operated by nongovernmental line 8 entities. line 9 (3)  Not less than forty million dollars ($40,000,000) for the

line 10 acquisition, development, rehabilitation, restoration, protection, line 11 and expansion of wildlife corridors and open space to improve line 12 connectivity and reduce barriers between habitat areas and to line 13 protect and restore habitat associated with the Pacific Flyway. In line 14 awarding grants pursuant to this paragraph, priority may be given line 15 to projects that protect state-designated wildlife corridors. Of the line 16 amount described in this paragraph, five million dollars line 17 ($5,000,000) shall be available for the California Waterfowl line 18 Habitat Program. line 19 5889.04. (a)  Of the amount available pursuant to Section 5889, line 20 forty million dollars ($40,000,000) shall be available for deposit line 21 into the California Climate Resilience Account, established line 22 pursuant to Section 31012, for projects that assist coastal line 23 communities, including those reliant on commercial fisheries, with line 24 adaptation to climate change, including projects that address line 25 ocean acidification, or sea level rise. line 26 (b)  Of the amount available under this section, eight million line 27 dollars ($8,000,000) shall be available to the State Coastal line 28 Conservancy to fund a conservation program within West Coyote line 29 Hills if that program is established by Senate Bill 714 of the line 30 2017–18 Regular Session or other legislation. line 31 5889.06. Of the amount made available pursuant to Section line 32 5889, fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be available equally line 33 to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Sierra line 34 Nevada Conservancy for projects that provide ecological line 35 restoration of forests. Projects may include, but are not limited line 36 to, forest restoration activities that include hazardous fuel line 37 reduction, postfire watershed rehabilitation, prescribed or line 38 managed burns, acquisition of forest conservation easements or line 39 fee interests, and forest management practices that promote forest

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line 1 resilience to severe wildfire, climate change, and other line 2 disturbances. line 3 5889.08. Of the amount available pursuant to Section 5889, line 4 thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000) shall be available to the line 5 California Conservation Corps for projects to rehabilitate or line 6 improve parks and restore watersheds, including regional and line 7 community fuel load reduction projects on public lands, and stream line 8 and river restoration projects. Not less than 50 percent of these line 9 funds shall be in the form of grants to certified local community

line 10 conservation corps, as defined in Section 14507.5, including local line 11 community conservation corps that have secured certification line 12 within the last three to five years prior to the grant application line 13 date. line 14 5889.10. Of the amount available pursuant to Section 5889, line 15 ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be available for projects line 16 that improve agricultural and open-space soil health, to improve line 17 carbon soil sequestration, erosion control, water quality, and line 18 water retention, which may in part be allocated to the Department line 19 of Conservation for watershed restoration and conservation line 20 projects on agricultural lands pursuant to Section 9084. line 21 5889.12. (a)  Of the amount available pursuant to Section 5889, line 22 one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be available to line 23 the Natural Resources Agency to award funding to projects line 24 identified by local agencies, nonprofit organizations, line 25 nongovernmental land conservation organizations, federally line 26 recognized Native American tribes, or nonfederally recognized line 27 California Native American tribes listed on the California Tribal line 28 Consultation list maintained by the Native American Heritage line 29 Commission, as follows: line 30 (1)  Projects that involve the restoration, protection, and line 31 acquisition of Native American, natural, cultural, and historic line 32 resources within the state. line 33 (2)  Projects that convert and repurpose properties or parts of line 34 properties formerly operating as fossil fuel powerplants on the line 35 effective date of this chapter to create permanently protected open line 36 space, tourism, and park opportunities through fee title or line 37 conservation easements and open-space projects that convert and line 38 repurpose properties or parts of properties formerly operating as line 39 oil and gas fields or brownfields on the effective date of this chapter

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line 1 to create permanently protected open-space, tourism, and park line 2 opportunities through fee title or conversion easements. line 3 (3)  Projects that enhance park, water, and natural resource line 4 values through improved recreation, tourism, and natural resource line 5 investments in those areas of the state not within the jurisdiction line 6 of a state conservancy or areas served by public-private landscape line 7 level collaboratives. line 8 (4)  Projects that enhance visitor experiences through line 9 development, expansion, and improvement of science centers

line 10 operated by foundations or other nonprofit organizations in heavily line 11 urbanized counties. line 12 (5)  Projects that convert water intensive recreational facilities line 13 into natural, low-impact, passive park or open-space lands for line 14 recreational and habitat benefit. line 15 (6)  Projects that promote all-inclusive play through the funding line 16 of Americans with Disabilities Act compliant playground line 17 equipment. line 18 (b)  Before a grant is awarded pursuant to this section, a project line 19 applicant shall demonstrate availability to the applicant of a line 20 minimum 20-percent match from other funds. Project applicants line 21 shall be encouraged to leverage all available local, federal, and line 22 nongovernmental sources to maximize funding distribution. line 23 (c)  Of the amount allotted under this section, not less than line 24 twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be made available line 25 for projects that convert and repurpose brownfield sites and that line 26 provide low-income, underserved communities in high density line 27 neighborhoods access to recreation, and enhance and restore line 28 natural areas or habitat. line 29 line 30 Article 10. Fiscal Provisions line 31 line 32 5891. (a)  Bonds in the total amount of three billion one line 33 hundred five million dollars ($3,105,000,000), four hundred line 34 seventy million dollars ($3,470,000,000) not including the amount line 35 of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section 5891.12, line 36 may be issued and sold to provide a fund to be used for carrying line 37 out the purposes expressed in this chapter and to reimburse the line 38 General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving Fund pursuant to line 39 Section 16724.5 of the Government Code. The bonds, when sold, line 40 shall be and constitute a valid and binding obligation of the State

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line 1 of California, and the full faith and credit of the State of California line 2 is hereby pledged for the punctual payment of both the principal line 3 of, and interest on, the bonds as the principal and interest become line 4 due and payable. line 5 (b)  The Treasurer shall sell the bonds authorized by the line 6 committee pursuant to this section. The bonds shall be sold upon line 7 the terms and conditions specified in a resolution to be adopted line 8 by the committee pursuant to Section 16731 of the Government line 9 Code.

line 10 5891.01. The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be line 11 prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided line 12 in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing line 13 with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the line 14 Government Code), and all of the provisions of that law apply to line 15 the bonds and to this chapter. line 16 5891.02. (a)  Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance line 17 and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law line 18 (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division line 19 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), of the bonds authorized by line 20 this chapter, the California Clean Water, Climate, Coastal line 21 Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Finance Committee is line 22 hereby created. For purposes of this chapter, the California Clean line 23 Water, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All line 24 Finance Committee is the “committee” as that term is used in the line 25 State General Obligation Bond Law. line 26 (b)  The committee consists of the Director of Finance, the line 27 Treasurer, and the Controller. Notwithstanding any other provision line 28 of law, any member may designate a representative to act as that line 29 member in his or her place for all purposes, as though the member line 30 were personally present. line 31 (c)  The Treasurer shall serve as the chairperson of the line 32 committee. line 33 (d)  A majority of the committee may act for the committee. line 34 5891.03. The committee shall determine whether or not it is line 35 necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized by this chapter in line 36 order to carry out the actions specified in this chapter and, if so, line 37 the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues of line 38 bonds may be authorized and sold to carry out those actions line 39 progressively, and it is not necessary that all of the bonds line 40 authorized to be issued be sold at any one time.

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line 1 5891.04. For purposes of the State General Obligation Bond line 2 Law, “board,” as defined in Section 16722 of the Government line 3 Code, means the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency. line 4 5891.05. There shall be collected each year and in the same line 5 manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, line 6 in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount line 7 required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds each line 8 year. It is the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in line 9 regard to the collection of the revenue to do and perform each and

line 10 every act that is necessary to collect that additional sum. line 11 5891.06. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government line 12 Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the line 13 State Treasury, for the purposes of this chapter, an amount that line 14 will equal the total of the following: line 15 (a)  The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and line 16 interest on, bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter, as the line 17 principal and interest become due and payable. line 18 (b)  The sum that is necessary to carry out the provisions of line 19 Section 5891.09, appropriated without regard to fiscal years. line 20 5891.07. The board may request the Pooled Money Investment line 21 Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account line 22 in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code for the line 23 purpose of carrying out this chapter less any amount withdrawn line 24 pursuant to Section 5891.09. The amount of the request shall not line 25 exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that the committee has, by line 26 resolution, authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out line 27 this chapter. The board shall execute those documents required by line 28 the Pooled Money Investment Board to obtain and repay the loan. line 29 Any amounts loaned shall be deposited in the fund to be allocated line 30 in accordance with this chapter. line 31 5891.08. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, line 32 or of the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells line 33 bonds that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the line 34 interest on the bonds is excluded from gross income for federal line 35 tax purposes under designated conditions or is otherwise entitled line 36 to any federal tax advantage, the Treasurer may maintain separate line 37 accounts for the bond proceeds invested and for the investment line 38 earnings on those proceeds, and may use or direct the use of those line 39 proceeds or earnings to pay any rebate, penalty, or other payment line 40 required under federal law or take any other action with respect

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line 1 to the investment and use of those bond proceeds, as may be line 2 required or desirable under federal law in order to maintain the line 3 tax-exempt status of those bonds and to obtain any other advantage line 4 under federal law on behalf of the funds of this state. line 5 5891.09. For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the line 6 Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General line 7 Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the line 8 unsold bonds that have been authorized by the committee to be line 9 sold for the purpose of carrying out this chapter less any amount

line 10 borrowed pursuant to Section 5891.07. Any amounts withdrawn line 11 shall be deposited in the fund. Any moneys made available under line 12 this section shall be returned to the General Fund, with interest at line 13 the rate earned by the moneys in the Pooled Money Investment line 14 Account, from proceeds received from the sale of bonds for the line 15 purpose of carrying out this chapter. line 16 5891.10. All moneys deposited in the fund that are derived line 17 from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold pursuant to this line 18 chapter shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for line 19 transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond line 20 interest, except that amounts derived from premiums may be line 21 reserved and used to pay the cost of bond issuance prior to any line 22 transfer to the General Fund. line 23 5891.11. Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section line 24 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, line 25 the cost of bond issuance shall be paid out of the bond proceeds, line 26 including premiums, if any. To the extent the cost of bond issuance line 27 is not paid from premiums received from the sale of bonds, these line 28 costs shall be shared proportionately by each program funded line 29 through this chapter by the applicable bond sale. line 30 5891.12. The bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter line 31 may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with line 32 Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of line 33 the Government Code, which is a part of the State General line 34 Obligation Bond Law. Approval by the voters of the state for the line 35 issuance of the bonds under this chapter shall include approval of line 36 the issuance of any bonds issued to refund any bonds originally line 37 issued under this chapter or any previously issued refunding bonds. line 38 5891.13. The proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by line 39 this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in line 40 Article XIIIB of the California Constitution, and the disbursement

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line 1 of these proceeds is not subject to the limitations imposed by that line 2 article. line 3 SEC. 2. The Secretary of State shall submit Section 1 of this line 4 act to the voters at the June 5, 2018, statewide direct primary line 5 election. line 6 SEC. 3. Section 1 of this act shall take effect upon approval line 7 by the voters of the California Clean Water, Climate, Coastal line 8 Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018, as set forth line 9 in Section 1 of this act.

line 10 SEC. 4. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the line 11 immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within line 12 the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into line 13 immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are: line 14 In order to fund a California clean water, climate, coastal line 15 protection, and outdoor access for all program at the earliest line 16 possible date, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.

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