Existing law requires the Department of General Services to provide planning, acquisition, construction, and maintenance of state buildings and property, and maintain a statewide property inventory of all real property held by the state. Existing law, when a state agency builds upon state-owned real property, purchases real property, or replaces landscaping or irrigation, except as specified, requires the state agency to reduce water consumption and increase water efficiencies for that property where feasible, as defined, through specified water efficiency measures.

This bill would require the Department of General Services to review a certain SITES v2 Rating System to determine appropriate sustainability recommendations for use when installing or renovating a landscape of more than 5,000 square feet on state-owned real property and adopt regulations consistent with those sustainability recommendations in order to promote sustainable practices for landscapes on state-owned real property. review, at least every 5 years, any existing regulations and practices for sustainability, energy efficiency, and water efficiency requirements for landscapes on state-owned real property to ensure those regulations and practices reflect the most current sustainability and efficiency standards available.