Proposition 84 00.00
10/05
 
  Summary  
 
  Submitted as: "The Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006"  
 
  Type:  Amendment to the Public Resources Code  
  Subject:  $5.388 billion bond to finance water related projects.  
  Submitters:  Stephen J. Kaufman  
 
  Supporting Organization:  
  Name: Californians for Clean Water, Parks and Coastal Protection
591 Redwood Highway, #4000
Mill Valley, CA 94941 		 
  Email: info at yeson84.com  
  Web Site: www.yeson84.org  
    Phone: 818.784.1222  
 
  Opposing Organization:  
  Name: California Taxpayer Protection Committee
9971 Base Line Road
Elverta, CA 95626-9411		  
    Email: info at protecttaxpayers.com  
    Web Site: www.protecttaxpayers.com  
    Phone: 916.991.9300  
 
  Measure 84 authorizes the sale of $5.338 billion worth of general obligation bonds.  Proceeds from the bond sale are to go into a new fund in the State Treasury, The Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Fund of 2006.  
 
  The Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Finance Committee is created to be the formal committee for the bond, and will consist of the Controller, the Director of Finance, and the Treasurer, or their designated representatives. The Treasurer serves as chairperson of the committee.  The Secretary of the Resources Agency is the formal "board' for the bonds.  
 
  The fund is to be further broken down into categories of expenditure for various  special purposes as shown in the table below.  
 
         
Safe Drinking Water and Water Quality Projects  
    Total: $1.525 billion  
Account Name $B Source/Assigned Administrative Department Broad
Purpose
         
No Account 0.010 Shall be available Department of Health Services Grants and direct expenditures to fund emergency actions to ensure availability of safe drinking water supplies.
No Account 0.180 Shall be available Department of Health Services Grants for small community drinking water system infrastructure improvements and related actions to meet safe drinking water standards
Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund 0.050 Existing    Provide the state share needed to leverage federal funds to assist communities in providing safe drinking water.
State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund 0.080 Existing    Provide the state share needed to leverage federal funds to assist communities in making the infrastructure investments necessary to prevent pollution of drinking water sources.
No Account 0.060 Shall be available  Department of Health Services Loans and grants for projects to prevent or reduce contamination of groundwater that serves as a source of drinking water.
No Account 1.000 Shall be available, broken down regionally as follows: Department of Water Resources Grants for projects that assist local public agencies to meet the long term water needs of the state
           
  North Coast 0.037      
  San Francisco Bay 0.138      
  Central Coast 0.052      
  Los Angeles sub-region 0.215      
  Santa Ana sub-region 0.114      
  San Diego sub-region 0.091      
  Sacramento River 0.073      
  San Joaquin River 0.057      
  Tulare/Kern (Tulare Lake) 0.060      
  North/South Lahontan 0.027      
  Colorado River Basin 0.036      
  Inter-regional/Unallocated 0.100      
           
No Account 0.130 Shall be available Department of Water Resources Grants to implement Delta water quality improvement projects that protect drinking water supplies.
No Account 0.015 Shall be available State Water Resources Control Board Grants for projects that reduce the discharge of pollutants from agricultural operations into surface waters of the state.
         
Flood Control  
    Total: $800 million  
Account Name $B Source/Assigned Administrative Department Broad
Purpose
No Account 0.030 Shall be available Department of Water Resources Floodplain mapping, assisting local land-use planning, and to avoid or reduce future flood risks and damages.
No Account 0.275 Shall be available Department of Water Resources Flood control projects
No Account 0.040 Shall be available Department of Water Resources Flood Protection Corridor projects
No Account 0.275 Shall be available Department of Water Resources Flood control projects in the Delta increasing the Department's ability to respond to levee breaches and to reduce the potential for levee failures.
No Account 0.180 Shall be available Department of Water Resources Funding the state's share of the nonfederaI costs of flood control and flood prevention projects
         
Statewide Water Planning and Design  
    Total: $65 million  
Account Name $B Source/Assigned Administrative Department Broad
Purpose
No Account 0.065 Shall be available Department of Water Resources Planning and feasibility studies related to the existing and potential future needs for California's water supply, conveyance and flood control systems.
         
Protection of Rivers, Lakes, and Streams  
    Total: $928 million  
Account Name $B Source/Assigned Administrative Department Broad
Purpose
No Account 0.180 Shall be available Department of Water Resources Bay-Delta and coastal fishery restoration projects.
No Account 0.090   Allocated per the schedule below Projects related to the Colorado River
           
  No Account 0.036 Shall be available Department of Water Resources Projects that implement the Allocation Agreement as defined in the Quantification Settlement Agreement.
  No Account 0.007 Shall be available Department of Fish and Game Projects to implement the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan
  Salton Sea Restoration Fund 0.047 Shall be available for deposit    
           
No Account 0.054 Shall be available Department of Water Resources Development, rehabilitation, acquisition, and restoration costs related to providing public access to recreation and fish and wildlife resources
No Account 0.072 Shall be available Secretary of the Resources Agency Projects in accordance with the California River Parkways Act of 2004
No Account 0.018 Shall be available Department of Water Resources Urban Streams Restoration Program
San Joaquin River Conservancy 0.036 Shall be available    
No Account 0.072 Shall be available, per the following schedule.   Projects within the watersheds of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers
           
  San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy 0.036      
  Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy 0.036     Watershed protection activities throughout the watershed of the Upper Los Angeles River
           
Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy. 0.036 Shall be available    
State Coastal Conservancy 0.045 Shall be available   Projects to expand and improve the Santa Ana River Parkway
Sierra Nevada Conservancy. 0.054 Shall be available    
California Tahoe Conservancy 0.036 Shall be available    
California Conservation Corps 0.045 Shall be available, allocated per the following schedule:   Resource conservation and restoration projects
           
    0.025     Projects to improve public safety and improve and restore watersheds
    0.020     Grants to local conservation corps for acquisition and development of facilities to support local conservation corps programs
           
No account 0.090 Shall be available State Water Control Board Grants to local public agencies for the reduction and prevention of stormwater contamination of rivers, lakes, and streams.
No account 0.100 Shall be available Secretary of the Resources Agency Paying for a court settlement to restore flows and naturally-reproducing and self-sustaining populations of salmon to the San Joaquin River between Friant Dam and the Merced River.
         
Forest and Wildlife Conservation  
    Total: $450 million  
Account Name $B Source/Assigned Administrative Department Broad
Purpose
No account 0.180 Continuously appropriated State Water Control Board Forest conservation and protection projects
No account 0.135 Continuously appropriated State Water Control Board Development, rehabilitation, restoration, acquisition and protection of habitat
No account 0.090 Shall be available State Water Control Board Grants to implement or assist in the establishment of Natural Community Conservation Plans
No account 0.045 Shall be available, as follows:   Protection of ranches, farms, and oak woodlands
           
    0.015     Grazing land protection
    0.015     Oak Woodland Preservation
    0.010     Agricultural land preservation
    0.005   State Water Resources Control Board Grants to assist farmers in integrating agricultural activities with ecosystem restoration and wildlife protection
           
         
Protection of Beaches, Bays, and Coastal Waters  
    Total: $540 million  
Account Name $B Source/Assigned Administrative Department Broad
Purpose
No account 0.090 Shall be available State Water Resources Control Board Matching grants for protecting beaches and coastal waters from pollution and toxic contamination
State Coastal Conservancy 0.135 Shall be available    
San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy Program 0.108 Shall be available    
  0.045 Shall be available, allocated as follows:   Protection of the Santa Monica Bay and its watersheds
           
  Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy 0.020      
  Baldwin Hills Conservancy 0.010     Protection of the Ballona Creek/Baldwin Hills watershed.
  Rivers and Mountains Conservancy.. 0.015      
           
State Coastal Conservancy 0.045 Shall be available   Protection of Monterey Bay and its watersheds
State Coastal Conservancy 0.027 Shall be available   Protection of San Diego Bay and adjacent watersheds
California Ocean Protection Trust Fund 0.090 Shall be allocated and available    
         
Parks and Nature Education Facilities  
    Total: $500 million  
Account Name $B Source/Assigned Administrative Department Broad
Purpose
No account 0.400 Shall be available Department of Parks and Recreation Development, acquisition, interpretation, restoration and rehabilitation of the state park system and its natural, historical, and visitor serving resources
No account 0.100 Shall be available Department of Parks and Recreation Grants for nature education and research facilities and equipment
         
Sustainable Communities and Climate Change Reduction  
    Total: $580 million  
Account Name $B Source/Assigned Administrative Department Broad
Purpose
No account 0.090 As appropriated by the Legislature   Urban greening projects
No account 0.400 Shall be available Department of Parks and Recreation Competitive grants for local and regional parks.
No account 0.090 As appropriated by the Legislature   Planning grants and planning incentives
 
 
 
  Various limitations and requirements are imposed on projects financed with the Bond money:  
  Activities and projects financed with this bond money must comply with the California Environmental Quality Act  
  Property acquired for projects other than those having to do with Safe Drinking Water, Flood Control, and Statewide Water Planning must be from willing sellers.  
  No more than 5% of the money allocated to any program can be used to administer the program.  Up to 10% may be used for planning and monitoring for the projects.  
  Money allocated for competitive grant programs, but not used, goes to the General Fund.  
  Public works contracts paid for with bond money must include a labor compliance program.  
  An annual audit of bond expenditures is to be done, and posted on the Resource Agency's website, and a citizen advisory committee will be appointed to review it, as well as to recommend actions to further the purposes of the bond.  
  For projects that include land acquisition or restoration for the purpose of natural resource protection, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the board, and the State Coastal Conservancy must all give priority to the following:  
  Landscape/Habitat Linkages:  properties that link to, or contribute to linking, existing protected areas with other large blocks of protected habitat.  
  Watershed Protection:  projects that contribute to long-term protection of and improvement to the water and biological quality  
  Properties that support relatively large areas of under-protected major habitat types.  
  Properties that provide habitat linkages between two or more major biological regions.  
  Properties for which there is a non-state matching contribution toward the acquisition, restoration, stewardship or management costs.  
  At least fourteen days before approving one of these projects, the agency must submit, to the Resources Agency, an explanation as to how the proposed acquisition meets the above criteria, and post the explanation on its website.  
 
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