Greenling Institute has created a tool to help local government
entities navigate the 40 plus grant and rebate programs funded by
the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF). The tool is incredibly
useful and can help you quickly and easily navigate the huge and
complicated list of grant programs.
A current CalRecycle rulemaking could dramatically impact how
county governments run their waste management programs. SB 1383
provided for a significant diversion of organic waste from
landfills and CalRecycle’s first draft of the rules implementing
the law had set forth an onerous and regimented statewide system.
Environmental Permitting
SB 1301 (Beall) – Request for Comments
As Introduced February 16, 2018
CSAC is asking for comments on SB 1301, by Senator Jim Beall, a
revised introduction of his bill from last year, SB 594 related
to expedited permitting. This new version would require state
natural resources agencies to report to the Legislature their
average processing times for designated permits.
CSAC hosted its second Disaster Recovery Summit and
Roundtable with the Governor’s Office, CAL OES and FEMA to
discuss disaster relief and recovery in the 13 northern and
southern California counties impacted by the terrible 2017 fire
season. The meeting, on February 16 was very productive and
allowed for staff from all the fire-impacted counties to share
their stories with key disaster relief administrators.
County representatives from Northern and Southern California fire
impacted counties will join together to discuss recovery and
rebuilding efforts tomorrow (Friday, February 16) in Sacramento
with leadership from the Governor’s Office, CalOES and FEMA. The
meeting is a followup from the Disaster Summit hosted after
the CSAC Annual Meeting last November. This event will provide a
forum for counties to share their experiences and lessons learned
from the devastation and destruction of the recent fires and
debris flows.
Effective immediately, Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs)
are required to submit all applicable GSP notification
information to DWR using the SGMA Portal – GSP Initial
Notification System. The Portal can be accessed at
this link.
Do you want to know what other California counties are doing or
not doing on Cannabis? Check out CSAC’s County Cannabis Ordinance Chart
and webpage for detailed information about cannabis ordinances
across the state. The chart and webpage include adopted ban
ordinances, cultivation regulations, tax ordinances in both
cities and counties, expected local ballot measures for 2018 and
much more.
Three Public Outreach Meetings To Vet Concepts for Indirect
Source Rule to Help Minimize Community Impacts From Freight
Facilities
CARB will hold three meetings across the state to share and
discuss concepts about a minimizing the impact of freight
facilities on local communities. The concepts and feedback are
part of a proposed plan to adopt a rule to achieve emission
reductions around freight facilities. CARB will be holding
meetings in Long Beach, Fresno and Sacramento to share and
discuss concepts.
The Monterey County Board of Supervisors joined San Luis Obispo
County in adopting a Joint Powers Agreement to join the
California Cannabis Authority, a Joint Powers Authority of county
government backed by CSAC and the CSAC Finance Corporation. The
California Cannabis Authority (CCA) will develop and manage a
statewide data platform that will gather, collect, and analyze
information from a myriad of data sources into one resource.
Cal Recycle will host two informal workshops, in Northern
California and Southern California to continue discussions about
new regulations that require significant reductions in landfill
waste. The regulations from SB 1383 require a 50 percent
reduction in organic waste sent to landfills statewide by 2020
and a 75 percent reduction by 2025. The benchmark for comparison
is the 2014 level.
Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, State Senators Mike McGuire
and Bill Dodd, and Assemblymembers Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, Jim
Wood, Monique Limón and Marc Levin announced the Wildfire
Survivors Insurance Recovery bill package at a press event on
Tuesday, January 16. The package includes several bills and
legislative proposals that may strengthen consumer protections
for those making insurance claims.
The Assembly Natural Resources Committee convened a wildfire
working group to discuss potential legislation in the
upcoming session. The group was comprised of a variety of
stakeholders and was attended by CSAC staff and several county
CAOs from fire-ravaged counties to discuss and share their
experience.
The Department of Transportation DOT has announced a second call
for adaptation planning grants with $40.8 million available for
transportation planning projects statewide. The application
deadline is February 23, at 5:00 p.m..
The Climate-Safe Infrastructure Work Group was created by AB 2800
(Quirk 2016) with a goal of examining how to integrate scientific
data concerning projected climate change impacts into state
infrastructure engineering. The Working Group’s first meeting
will be held in Sacramento on January 18.
WHERE: The Stanley Mosk Library and Courts Building, Room 500,
914 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA 95814
WHEN: 10 AM – 4 PM
CSAC has updated its database of County Cannabis Ordinances from
across the state and posted copies of local ordinances on our
website. The website also includes a chart with brief
descriptions of banned and legal cannabis activities in each
county per the ordinances submitted in a recent survey of local
governments. The list is subject to change because many counties
have temporary regulations in place while completing the process
of creating more permanent regulations.
The California Bureau of Cannabis Control began accepting license
applications on Friday, December 8 and will begin verifying
local permits and ordinances with each local jurisdiction’s
designated point of contact. This point of contact was collected
through a recent survey. Once the Bureau receives an application
from an applicant in your county, they will be sending a letter
to verify the local permit submitted to them.
Cal Recycle is wrapping up their informal rulemaking process to
implement SB 1383 (Lara, 2016), and will begin with the formal
process next year. SB 1383 aims at reducing short-lived
climate pollutants, including methane by implementing stringent
organic waste diversion targets for landfills.
