31118.5.
(a) On or before January 1, 2025, and upon appropriation by the Legislature pursuant to subdivision (j) of Section 42064 or another funding source for purposes of this section, the conservancy shall establish a five-year program to provide grants for all of the following activities:(1) Funding regular cleanups of beaches and the waterways that empty into them.
(2) Offering free park and recreation access to people who participate in beach and waterway cleanup.
(3) Funding capital projects to prevent waste from reaching the ocean.
(4) Increasing monitoring of, and research regarding, microplastics in the ocean and in sea life.
(b) (1) On or before January 1, 2029, the conservancy shall develop a report reviewing the efficacy of the program established in subdivision (a) and submit it to the Legislature as well as make it available on the conservancy’s internet website.
(2) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2030, and as of that date is repealed.