CalCoast - Beach Restoration Legislation

Legislation - General

State Legislation

Bills CalCoast supported or followed this year (current as of 9/22/07):

AB 70 (Jones) - Makes cities and counties partially liable for flood damage if they approved new development on floodplains [Governor]

AB 258 (Krekorian) - Establishes a plastic debris eradication program to reduce the amount of preproduction plastics entering the marine environment by SWRCB. RWQCBs to implement a program to control discharges of preproduction plastic by January 1, 2009. [Governor]

AB 424 (Gaines) - Requires DFG, before approving a wetlands mitigation bank (WMB), to send a notice to any cities and counties affected by the WMB site and, conversely, requires a local agency to notify DFG of the local agency's approval of a proposed zoning ordinance or other land use change that may affect wetlands habitat located in the local agency's jurisdiction [Bill was gutted to deal w/tax credits.]
AB 548 (Levine) - Requires owners of apartment houses with five or more units to provide recycling bins for residents [Governor]

AB 740 (Laird) - Expands the marine invasive species program, administered by the State Lands Commission (SLC), by requiring specified in-water cleaning and record keeping for vessels that visit a California port or place, and requires SLC to develop regulations governing the management of hull fouling on vessels by January 1, 2012 [Governor]

AB 820 (Karnette) - Bans expanded polystyrene food packaging in government facilities [Died - Assembly Appropriations]

AB 821 (Nava) - Requires the use of non-lead ammunition to protect California Condor [Governor]

AB 828 (Ruskin) - Requires the WCB and DFG to study and identify the state's critical wildlife corridors and natural habitat lands. [Governor]

AB 904 (Feurer) - Enacts the Plastic and Marine Debris Reduction, Recycling, and Composting Act which would prohibit a food provider from distributing disposable food service packaging to a consumer, unless the food service packaging is either compostable packaging or recyclable packaging, and imposes penalties and fines that would be deposited in a Marine Debris Reduction Account [Two-Year Bill]

AB 923 (Wolk) - Directs DFG to implement California's Wildlife Action Plan and require that implementation include broad stakeholder involvement to assist in the prioritization process and ensure support for DFG's work. [Died - Senate Appropriations]

AB 938 (Calderon) - Allows cities, counties, and special districts that provide water, sanitation, or refuse collection services to impose user-based or regulatory fees to construct, operate, and maintain facilities that divert, intercept, or collect surface runoff, treat pollutants, and return the water to water bodies [Died - Senate Environmental Quality]

AB 1032 (Wolk) - Closes or restricts suction dredge gold mining on specified salmon spawning and wild trout streams for up to three years, or until DFG completes a court-ordered environmental review and updates its suction dredge regulations. [Governor]

AB 1056 (Leno) - Authorizes the Ocean Protection Council (OPC) to establish a science advisory team and deletes a requirement that the Coastal Conservancy approve OPC expenditures [Governor]

AB 1066 (Laird) - Requires a local coastal government and those lying within the San Francisco Bay to, beginning on January 1, 2009, consider the impacts of sea-level rise when amending its general plan [Died - Senate Appropriations]

AB 1280 (Laird) - Allows the Ocean Protection Council to issue grants and loans to DFG and the fishing industry to develop and ultimately implement sustainable fishery management plans (FMPs). [Governor]

AB 1338 (Huffman) - Requires a local coastal government to include a non-point source (NPS) pollution prevention element in its Local Coastal Program (LCP) when adopting or amending an LCP for approval by the California Coastal Commission [Two-year bill, but similar bill (SB 1916) died 2001]

AB 1420 (Laird) - Conditions bond monies and other state funds to urban water suppliers for water management on implementation of water conservation measures. [Governor]

AB 1489 (Huffman) - Proposes a broad array of policies to address the expenditure of bond funding for water programs approved in Prop 84 [Two-Year Bill]

SB 5 (Machado) - Requires developers of homes in flood hazard zones to notify buyers of flood risk; allows local jurisdictions to prepare flood protection plans, provided they include elements specified in the bills and are consistent with the state plan; and requires DWR to prepare a Central Valley Flood Protection Plan. [Governor]

SB 187 (Ducheny) - Provides funds from Prop 84 for Salton Sea restoration [Two- Year Bill]

SB 220 (Corbett) - Improves oversight and regulation of bottled and vended water. Increases inspection, labeling and consumer right to know requirements. [Governor]

SB 412 (Simitian) - Requires the state Energy Commission to assess whether the state needs to import liquefied natural gas [Died - Assembly Appropriations]

SB 562 (Wiggins) - Appropriates $5.3 million in Prop 84 funds to the Department of Fish and Game for the purposes of coastal salmon and steelhead fishery restoration projects. [Two-year bill, but might be taken up during special session]

SB 732 (Steinberg) - Establishes a Sustainable Communities Council to coordinate the activities of various state agencies that aim to improve air and water quality, natural resource protection, affordable housing, and transportation concerning bond funds. [Two-Year Bill]

SB 862 (Kuehl) - Reforms state water planning and reporting: establishes sanctions for failure to report on water diversion or use; requires the California Water Plan, after 2013, to report on the amount of energy produced and used under different water management strategies; changes requirements of urban water management plans; requires every agricultural water supplier to adopt an agricultural water management plan. [Governor]

SB 898 (Simitian) - Addresses derelict fishing gear and expands recycling labeling to bioplastics [Gutted to deal with voluntary contributions on personal income tax returns]

SB 899 (Simitian) - Bans the use of toxic compounds in plastic packaging and ban the use of plastic and polystyrene food packaging products [Two-Year Bill]

SB 974 (Lowenthal) - Imposes a $30 fee on each shipping container processed at the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland to fund congestion management and air quality improvement projects related to the ports [Died - Assembly Appropriations]

SB 1002 (Perata) - Appropriates $611 million from Proposition 1E and Proposition 84 for water-related projects, with an emphasis on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, including Delta emergency preparedness, seismic safety of flood control facilities, stormwater flood management, improvements to small community drinking water infrastructure, and planning and feasibility studies for surface storage, reducing ecosystem conflicts in the Delta, and maximizing existing facility efficiencies. [Governor]

SB 1021 (Padilla) - Authorizes the use of $15 million in CRV deposit funds for grants to local governments or NGOs to expand recycling of beverage containers by placing receptacles in multifamily residences [Governor]

SCA 12 (Torlakson) - Exempts property-related fees and charges for stormwater and surface water drainage from the requirements for either a majority vote of affected property owners or a 2/3rds vote of the electorate [Two-Year Bill]

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