LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE

ITEM:		DISCUSSION ITEMS
3.	UPDATE ON STATE WATER BOND AND STRATEGIES FOR GETTING FIRST IN LINE
Meeting Date:			August 20, 2014	Budgeted:	N/A
From:			David J. Stoldt	Program/
			General Manager	Line Item No.:
Prepared By:			David J. Stoldt	Cost Estimate:
General Counsel Approval: N/A
Committee Recommendation: N/A
CEQA Compliance: N/A

Summary: On August 13, 2014 the California Legislature approved AB 1471, a new Water Bond that will be placed before the voters in the November election.

Attached as Exhibit 3-A is a summary of the bill. Of the $7.5 billion, only approximately $2.4 billion will be relevant to the needs of the Monterey Peninsula.

Section	Amount in AB 1471 ($million)	Amount Relevant To Monterey Peninsula	Discussion
Ch. 5	$520	$0	Water quality for small and disadvantaged communities; Unlikely to help Peninsula, but would be relevant to assist Watsonville and other impaired areas of the County; However, limits construction grants to $5 million ($20 million for regional projects) which doesn’t help enough.
Ch. 6	$1,495	$505	Most of this money is earmarked. Of $302.5 million in Section 79731 only $100.5 is to the State Coastal Conservancy and most of that will be expended elsewhere; Other possible moneys include Section 79733 with $200 million for enhanced stream flows, Section79735(b) with $20 million for urban watersheds, but 25% is earmarked for disadvantaged communities, and Section 79737 with $285 million for watershed restoration outside of the Delta. All other monies in this Chapter are earmarked for elsewhere in the State.
Ch. 7	$810	$343	Section 79744 is $510 million of geographic funding through the IRWM program. The Central Coast has only $43 million authorized. In earlier Rendon and Hueso bills, $58 million was targeted for the Central Coast region. In the June revision to SB 848 (Wolk) the regional amount was $85 million. This is a reduction. However, we favorably view Section 79746 with $100 million for water conservation and Section 79747 with $200 million for stormwater. However, this is a reduction for stormwater from $500 million in the June version. We on the Central Coast are faced with other California regulatory mandates to eliminate stormwater discharges to Areas of Special Biological Significance (i.e. Monterey Bay) so a higher funding level is preferred and assurances that ocean dischargers can compete for the funds is needed. Prop 84’s stormwater rules excluded ocean dischargers.
Ch. 8	$2,700	$0	State Water Project, CALFED, Bay-Delta only.
Ch. 9	$725	$725	We love this. Includes water recycling, desalination, and potable reuse. This is up from $500 million in the June version.
Ch. 10	$900	$730	We might be able to apply for funding of the Aquifer Storage and Recovery or Groundwater Replenishment projects here, but will be a stretch. 10% set aside for disadvantaged communities.
Ch. 11	$395	$100	This is primarily a Delta levee protection chapter. However, the Carmel River lagoon barrier and other flood control measures would compete for crumbs of the remainder.
TOTAL	$7,195	$2,403

EXHIBIT

3-A Summary of AB 1471

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