BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:Title
Adopt Recommended Positions on State Legislation: AB 30 (Ward) Atmospheric Rivers: Research, Mitigation, and Climate Forecasting Program, *AB 400 (Blanca, Rubio) Local Agency Design-Build Projects: Authorization, SB 23 (Caballero) Expedited Permitting for Water Supply and Flood Risk Reduction Projects, *SB 532 (Wiener) Ballot Measures: Local Taxes and Other Legislation Which May Require Urgent Consideration for a Position by the Board.
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RECOMMENDATION:Recommendation
A. Adopt a position of "Support" on: AB 30 (Ward) Atmospheric Rivers: Research, Mitigation, and Climate Forecasting Program;
B. *Adopt a Position of "Support" on: AB 400 (Blanca, Rubio) Local agency design-build projects: authorization;
C. Adopt a position of "Support" on: SB 23 (Caballero) Expedited Permitting for Water Supply and Flood Risk Reduction Projects; and
D. *Adopt a position of "Support" on: SB 532 (Wiener) Ballot measures: local taxes.
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SUMMARY:
AB 30 (Ward) Atmospheric Rivers: Research, Mitigation, and Climate Forecasting Program (I-12/05/22)
Position Recommendation: Support
Priority Recommendation: 3
SB 758 (Block, 2015) established the Atmospheric Rivers: Research, Mitigation, and Climate Forecasting Program (Program) in the Department of Water Resources (DWR). The law requires DWR, upon an appropriation of funding, to research climate forecasting and the causes and impacts that climate change has on atmospheric rivers, and to use its existing authority to operate reservoirs in a manner that improves flood protection, and to re-operate flood control and water storage facilities to capture water generated by atmospheric rivers. DWR has implemented the Program.
AB 30 (Ward) would delete provisions of the Water Code that make the operation of the Program contingent upon the legislative appropriation of special fund moneys, and instead would simply require DWR to operate the Program as part of their annual department budget. The b...
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