AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 20, 2023
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 15, 2023
SENATE BILL No. 337
Introduced by Senator Min
(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Kalra)
(Coauthor: Senator Stern)
February 7, 2023
An act to amend Sections Section 71450 and 71452 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental protection.
legislative counsel’s digest
SB 337, as amended, Min. Environmental protection: biodiversity and conservation report. lands and coastal waters conservation goal.
By Executive Order No. N-82-20, Governor Gavin Newsom directed the Natural Resources Agency to combat the biodiversity and climate crises by, among other things, establishing the California Biodiversity Collaborative and conserving at least 30% of the state’s California’s lands and coastal waters by 2030. Existing law requires the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to prepare and submit, on or before March 31, 2024, and annually thereafter, a report to the Legislature on the progress made in the prior calendar year toward achieving the goal to conserve 30% of state California’s lands and coastal waters by 2030.
This bill would provide that it is the goal of the state to conserve at least 30% of state California’s lands and coastal waters by 2030, and require the secretary to post the report described above on the agency’s internet website, as provided. 2030.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes no.
State-mandated local program: no.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
line 1 SECTION 1. Section 71450 of the Public Resources Code is line 2 amended to read:
line 3 71450. (a) For the purposes of this part, the following line 4 definitions apply:
line 5 (1) “30x30 goal” means the goal to conserve 30 percent of state line 6 California’s lands and coastal waters by 2030 established in line 7 subdivision (b) and by Executive Order No. N-82-20. line 8 (2) “Pathways to 30x30 Report” means the report entitled line 9 “Pathways to 30x30 California: Accelerating Conservation of line 10 California’s Nature” that was issued by the Natural Resources line 11 Agency on April 22, 2022.
line 12 (b) It is the goal of the state to conserve at least 30 percent of line 13 California’s land lands and coastal waters by 2030. line 14 SEC. 2. Section 71452 of the Public Resources Code is line 15 amended to read:
line 16 71452. (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the line 17 Government Code, the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency line 18 shall prepare and submit, on or before March 31, 2024, and line 19 annually thereafter, a report to the Legislature on the progress line 20 made in the prior calendar year toward achieving the 30x30 goal. line 21 The report shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following line 22 information:
line 23 (1) The number of acres conserved in the prior calendar year line 24 and the number of acres remaining that need to be conserved to line 25 meet the 30x30 goal, including information on how that goal is line 26 conserving California’s imperiled biodiversity. line 27 (2) A summary of the progress made in the prior calendar year line 28 to advance toward the 30x30 goal and the near-term priority actions line 29 identified in the Pathways to 30x30 Report.
line 30 (3) How and where state funding that was expended in the prior line 31 calendar year was used in furtherance of the 30x30 goal, including line 32 the amount of funding expended for land and water conservation, line 33 science and research, public outreach and engagement, and line 34 managing, monitoring, and restoring conserved lands and water. line 35 (4) The progress made by the 30x30 Partnership in the prior line 36 calendar year, including by the 30x30 Coordinating Committee, line 37 California Biodiversity Council, and California Biodiversity line 38 Network.
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line 1 (5) The status of, and progress made by, CA Nature, which is line 2 the suite of interactive mapping and visualization tools developed line 3 pursuant to the 30x30 goal, and other scientific research or tools line 4 developed in the prior calendar year to support the 30x30 goal. line 5 (6) The coordination between local, state, and federal agencies line 6 in support of the 30x30 goal.
line 7 (7) The progress made in the prior calendar year to address line 8 equity as part of the 30x30 goal, including state funding invested line 9 in community engagement, planning, acquisition and restoration, line 10 and expenditures for efforts by tribes or community-based groups. line 11 (8) Identified barriers to implementing the 30x30 goal and line 12 recommended actions taken or needed to address those barriers. line 13 (9) Interim benchmarks for the next calendar year to help meet line 14 the 30x30 goal and specific actions to implement the 30x30 goal. line 15 (b) A report to be submitted pursuant to this section shall be line 16 submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government line 17 Code.
line 18 (c) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall post line 19 the report on the Natural Resources Agency’s internet website line 20 where it shall be publicly accessible.
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