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SB-1468 Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. (2009-2010)

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2009–2010 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 1468

Introduced  by  Senator Padilla

February 19, 2010

An act relating to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 1468, as introduced, Padilla. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
Existing law requires various state agencies to administer programs relating to water supply, water quality, and flood management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009 establishes the Delta Stewardship Council, which is required to develop, adopt, and commence implementation of a comprehensive management plan for the Delta (Delta Plan) by January 1, 2012. The act authorizes the incorporation of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan into the Delta Plan if certain requirements are met.
This bill would state legislative findings and declarations relative to the development of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan and the activities of the Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force and the Delta Vision Committee.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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


SECTION 1.

 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) In September 2006, Governor Schwarzenegger issued Executive Order S-17-06 to initiate a thorough process in the development of a durable vision and strategic plan for sustainable management of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta that balances the demands of both the environment and water supplies.
(b) Executive Order S-17-06 established the Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force, a stakeholder coordination group, and the Delta Vision Committee, which resulted in implementation recommendations to both the Governor and the Legislature in January 2009.
(c) The Bay Delta Conservation Plan is currently in development, in observance of the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531 et seq.) and the Natural Community Conservation Planning Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 2800) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code), to advance a plan to provide for environmental restoration and reliable water supplies from the Delta for more than 20 million people.
(d) Acknowledgment of and reference to both the Bay Delta Conservation Plan and the activities of the Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force and the Delta Vision Committee are essential to resolving conflicting demands throughout the Delta.
(e) Structural improvement to both the form and function of the Delta will allow California to more aggressively achieve the Governor’s 20 percent by 2020 water conservation goal throughout the state.