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SB-1425 Open-space element: updates.(2021-2022)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 65565.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:

65565.5.
 (a) Every city and county shall review and update its local open-space plan by January 1, 2026. The update shall include plans and an action program, as required by Section 65564, that address all of the following:
(1) Access to open space for all residents in a manner that considers social, economic, and racial equity, correlated with the environmental justice element or environmental justice policies in the general plan, as applicable.
(2) Climate resilience and other cobenefits of open space, correlated with the safety element.
(3) Rewilding opportunities, correlated with the land use element.
(b) For purposes of this section, “rewilding opportunities” may include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Opportunities to preserve, enhance, and expand an integrated network of open space to support beneficial uses, such as habitat, recreation, natural resources, historic and tribal resources, water management, and aesthetics.
(2) Establishing a natural communities conservation plan to provide for coordinated mitigation of the impacts of new development.
SEC. 2.
 No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.
SEC. 3.
 The Legislature finds and declares that the preservation of open space is a matter of statewide concern and is not a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, Section 1 of this act adding Section 65565.5 to the Government Code applies to all cities, including charter cities.