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CA Pub Res Code § 71153 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 34 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION|PART 3.7 - Climate Change and Climate Adaptation|Section 71153.

71153.  (a) By July 1, 2017, and every three years thereafter, the agency shall update the state’s climate adaptation strategy, known as the plan. As part of the update, the agency shall coordinate with other state agencies to identify a lead agency or group of agencies to lead adaptation efforts in each sector. The updates to the plan shall include all of the following:(1) Vulnerabilities to climate change by sector, as identified by the lead agency or group of agencies, and regions, including, at a minimum, the following sectors:(A) Water.(B) Energy.(C) Transportation.(D) Public health.(E) Agriculture.(F) Emergency services.(G) Forestry.(H) Biodiversity and habitat.(I) Ocean and coastal resources.(2) Priority actions needed to reduce risks in those sectors, as identified by the lead agency or group of agencies.(b) By January 1, 2017, and every three years thereafter, the agency shall release a draft plan. Between the release of the draft plan and the publication of the final update of the plan, the agency shall hold at least three public hearings for the purpose of providing an opportunity for the public to review and provide written and oral comments on the draft plan. The public hearings shall be held in northern California, the central valley of California, and southern California. (c) The agency shall annually report to the Legislature, consistent with Section 9795 of the Government Code, on actions taken by each applicable agency to implement the plan.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 603, Sec. 2. (AB 1482) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Pub Res Code § 71160 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 34 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION|PART 3.7 - Climate Change and Climate Adaptation|Section 71160.

71160.  (a) The agency shall explore and may implement options within the agency’s jurisdiction to establish a more coordinated and efficient regulatory review and permitting process for coastal adaptation projects that use natural infrastructure.(b) (1) By July 1, 2023, the agency shall report to the Legislature on suggestions and recommendations for improving and expediting the coordination between appropriate agencies in their regulatory review and permitting process for coastal adaptation projects that use natural infrastructure.(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under this subdivision is inoperative on July 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.(3) The report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(c) (1) For purposes of this section, “coastal adaptation projects that use natural infrastructure” means development, as defined in Section 30106, that relies on natural ecological systems or processes to reduce vulnerability to climate change related hazards, or other related climate change effects, while increasing the long-term adaptive capacity of coastal and inland areas by perpetuating or restoring ecosystem services. This includes, but is not limited to, the conservation, preservation, or sustainable management of any form of aquatic or terrestrial vegetated open space, such as beaches, dunes, tidal marshes, reefs, seagrass, parks, rain gardens, and urban tree canopies. It also includes systems and practices that use or mimic natural processes, such as permeable pavements, bioswales, and other engineered systems, such as levees that are combined with restored natural systems, to provide clean water, conserve ecosystem values and functions, and provide a wide array of benefits to people and wildlife.(2) Coastal adaptation projects that use natural infrastructure may also include, but are not limited to, both of the following:(A) Soft strategies that avoid fixing the shoreline with hard structures and instead rely on the use of dynamic systems to attenuate coastal hazards, such as dune or wetland restoration.(B) Hybrid armoring that combines fixing the shoreline to some limited extent, such as with a buried revetment or other shoreline protective device, with a nature-based feature to provide ecological benefits.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 369, Sec. 2. (AB 72) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Pub Res Code § 71275 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 34 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION|PART 3.8 - REFINERY SAFETY|Section 71275.

71275.  (a) The California Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the following agencies, shall examine ways to improve public and worker safety through enhanced oversight of refineries and to strengthen emergency preparedness in anticipation of any future refinery incident, and shall facilitate coordination among these agencies to protect the public, fence line communities, and refinery workers from risks associated with refinery operations throughout the state:(1) The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.(2) The California Environmental Protection Agency.(3) The State Air Resources Board.(4) The Department of Toxic Substances Control.(5) The State Water Resources Control Board.(6) The Department of Industrial Relations.(7) The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal-OSHA).(8) The State Department of Public Health.(9) The Emergency Medical Services Authority.(10) The Office of the State Fire Marshal.(11) Certified unified program agencies in areas with refineries.(12) Local air districts in areas with refineries.(13) The United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9.(b) Local agencies and the United States Environmental Protection Agency may elect to participate in the efforts provided for in this section at their option.(c) (1) The California Environmental Protection Agency shall convene at least two public meetings annually to provide members of the public with current information on refinery safety and to receive information from the public regarding health and safety concerns associated with refinery operations.(2) The California Environmental Protection Agency shall request representatives from each agency listed in subdivision (a) to attend the public meetings convened pursuant to this subdivision.(3) Meetings convened pursuant to this subdivision shall be held in geographically distinct locations in areas where a refinery is located.(d) The provisions of this section shall be carried out by agency personnel within the scope of their existing duties.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 590, Sec. 1. (AB 1649) Effective January 1, 2018. Note: Sections 71200 through 71271 are located in Division 36, which follows Section 71424.)
CA Pub Res Code § 71300 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 34 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION|PART 4 - STATEWIDE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION|Section 71300.

71300.  (a) For purposes of this part, the following definitions shall apply:(1) “Department” means the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.(2) “Office” means the Office of Education and the Environment of the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, as established pursuant to this section.(3) “Program” means the statewide environmental education program prescribed in this part.(b) The Office of Education and the Environment previously established in the California Environmental Protection Agency is hereby established in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. The office shall dedicate its effort to implementing the statewide environmental education program prescribed pursuant to this part, including the integrated waste educational requirements specified in paragraph (9) of subdivision (b) of Section 71301. The office, through staffing and resources, shall give a high priority to implementing the statewide environmental education program.(c) The office, under the direction of the department, in cooperation with the State Department of Education and the State Board of Education, shall develop and implement a unified education strategy on the environment for elementary and secondary schools in the state. The office shall develop a unified education strategy to do all of the following:(1) Coordinate instructional resources and strategies for providing active pupil participation with onsite conservation efforts.(2) Promote service-learning opportunities between schools and local communities.(3) Assess the impact to participating pupils of the unified education strategy on pupil achievement and resource conservation.(d) The State Department of Education and the State Board of Education, in cooperation with the department, shall develop and implement to the extent feasible, a teacher training and implementation plan, to guide the implementation of the unified education strategy, for the education of pupils, faculty, and administrators on the importance of integrating environmental concepts and programs in schools throughout the state. The strategy shall project the phased implementation of elementary, middle, and high school programs.(e) In implementing this part, the office may hold public meetings to receive and respond to comments from affected state agencies, stakeholders, and the public regarding the development of resources and materials pursuant to this part.(f) In implementing this part, the office shall coordinate with other agencies and groups with expertise in education and the environment.(g) Any instructional materials developed pursuant to this part shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 60000) of Part 33 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, including, but not limited to, reviews for legal and social compliance before the materials may be used in elementary or secondary public schools.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 356, Sec. 36. (SB 96) Effective September 26, 2013.)
CA Pub Res Code § 71302 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 34 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION|PART 4 - STATEWIDE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION|Section 71302.

71302.  (a) Using the education principles for the environment required to be developed pursuant to Section 71301, the office, in cooperation with the Secretary for Environmental Protection, the Natural Resources Agency, the State Department of Education, and the State Board of Education, shall develop a model environmental curriculum that incorporates these education principles for the environment. The model curriculum shall be aligned with applicable State Board of Education adopted academic content standards in science, mathematics, English/language arts, and history/social sciences, to the extent that any of those content areas are addressed in the model curriculum.(b) The model curriculum shall be submitted to the Instructional Quality Commission for review. The commission shall submit its recommendation to the Secretary for Environmental Protection and to the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency.(1) The Secretary for Environmental Protection and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall review and comment on the model curriculum.(2) The model curriculum along with the comments by the Secretary for Environmental Protection and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall be submitted to the State Board of Education for its approval.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 356, Sec. 38. (SB 96) Effective September 26, 2013.)
CA Pub Res Code § 71303 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 34 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION|PART 4 - STATEWIDE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION|Section 71303.

71303.  (a) As determined appropriate by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Department of Education shall incorporate into publications that provide examples of curriculum resources for teacher use, those materials developed by the office that provide information on the education principles for the environment developed pursuant to Section 71300.(b) If the Superintendent of Public Instruction determines that materials developed by the office that provide information on the education principles for the environment are not appropriate for inclusion in publications that provide examples of curriculum resources for teacher use, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall collaborate with the office to make the changes necessary to ensure that the materials are included in that information.(c) Pursuant to Section 71302, the department shall coordinate with the Secretary for Environmental Protection, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Department of Education, and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to facilitate use of the model environmental curriculum by elementary and secondary schools to the extent that funds are available for this purpose.(d) The department, the Secretary for Environmental Protection, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Department of Education, and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency may collaborate with other federal, state, and local entities, and nongovernmental entities including nonprofit organizations, associations, businesses, individuals, and private entities, and may enter into interagency agreements, memoranda of understanding, and contracts to ensure implementation of this part.(e) The department shall make the model curriculum available electronically on the department’s Internet Web site. The State Department of Education shall make readily identifiable on its Internet Web site a link to the department’s Internet Web site containing the curriculum.(f) The State Department of Education, to the extent feasible and to the extent that funds are available for this purpose, shall encourage the development and use of instructional materials and active pupil participation in campus and community environmental education programs. To the extent feasible, the environmental education programs should be considered in the development and promotion of after school programs for elementary and secondary school pupils and state and local professional development activities to provide teachers with content background and resources to assist in teaching about the environment.(g) The State Department of Education shall explore implementation of this section from its baseline resources dedicated to this purpose and if funding is not available from that source, then funding may be provided to the department, pursuant to appropriation by the Legislature, under Section 71305.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 356, Sec. 39. (SB 96) Effective September 26, 2013.)
CA Pub Res Code § 71304 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 34 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION|PART 4 - STATEWIDE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION|Section 71304.

71304.  (a) The office, in coordination with the Secretary for Environmental Protection, shall be responsible for the statewide coordination of regulatory administrative decisions that require the development or encourage the promotion of environmental education for elementary and secondary school pupils.(b) All California Environmental Protection Agency or Natural Resources Agency boards, departments, or offices that take regulatory actions or take enforcement actions requiring the development of, or encouraging the promotion of, environmental education for elementary and secondary school pupils shall, prior to adoption or approval of the action, seek comments on the action from the office in order to promote consistency with this part and cross-media coordination.(c) The office shall coordinate with all state agencies to develop and distribute environmental education materials.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 356, Sec. 40. (SB 96) Effective September 26, 2013.)
CA Pub Res Code § 71305 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 34 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION|PART 4 - STATEWIDE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION|Section 71305.

71305.  (a) The Environmental Education Account is hereby established within the State Treasury. Moneys in the account may, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be expended by the department for the purposes of this part. The Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery shall administer this part, including, but not limited to, the account.(b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the department may accept and receive federal, state, and local funds and contributions of funds from a public or private organization or individual. The account may also receive proceeds from a judgment, settlement, fine, penalty, or other mechanism, in state or federal court, when the funds are contributed or the judgment specifies that the proceeds are to be used for the purposes of this part. The account may receive those funds, contributions, or proceeds from judgments, that are specifically designated for use for environmental education purposes. Private contributors shall not have the authority to further influence or direct the use of their contributions.(c) Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency that requires the development of, or encourages the promotion of, environmental education for elementary and secondary school pupils, may contribute to the account.(d) The department shall immediately deposit any funds contributed pursuant to subdivision (b) into the account.(e) The Legislature finds and declares that the maintenance of the account is of the utmost importance to the state and that it is essential that any moneys in the account be used solely for the purposes authorized in this section and not be used, loaned, or transferred for any other purposes. Further, state agencies that promote environmental education for elementary and secondary school pupils will benefit from the environmental curriculum adopted pursuant to this part and should provide equitable and balanced support for the program.(Amended (as added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 718, Sec. 23) by Stats. 2013, Ch. 356, Sec. 41. (SB 96) Effective September 26, 2013.)
CA Pub Res Code § 71340 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 34 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION|PART 4.4 - California Climate Change Assessment|Section 71340.

71340.  (a) The Office of Planning and Research, through the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program established pursuant to Part 4.5 (commencing with Section 71350), shall develop the California Climate Change Assessment, in coordination with the Natural Resources Agency, the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, and the Strategic Growth Council, and in consultation with partner public agencies designated by the Office of Planning and Research. The Office of Planning and Research may also contract with outside entities, including public universities, research institutions, organizations that serve vulnerable communities, and other technical experts to produce the assessment. (b) The Office of Planning and Research shall complete the assessment no less frequently than every five years, and may release components of the assessment on a rolling basis as they become available.(c) The Office of Planning and Research shall consider research from independent, scientifically peer-reviewed panels, financial reports, and other relevant and reasonably accessible data.(d) For purposes of this part, “vulnerable communities” has the same meaning as the definition of “vulnerable communities” that was adopted by the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program Technical Advisory Council at the council’s April 2, 2018, meeting and recorded in “Defining Vulnerable Communities in the Context of Climate Adaptation,” the resource guide published by the Office of Planning and Research in July 2018.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 136, Sec. 1. (SB 1320) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Pub Res Code § 71341 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 34 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION|PART 4.4 - California Climate Change Assessment|Section 71341.

71341.  The California Climate Change Assessment shall provide an integrated suite of products that report the impacts and risks of climate change, based on the best available science, and identify potential solutions to inform legislative policy. These products shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(a) Downscaled climate projections that assess climate change impacts throughout the state, including at regional and local levels, for near-term, medium-term, and long-term timescales, and under varied emissions scenarios, as appropriate and supported by the availability of the data, as determined by the Office of Planning and Research.(b) A set of research reports that examine, but need not be limited to, all of the following:(1) How climate change will affect built systems, natural systems, and social systems, including the welfare of vulnerable communities, and the potential fiscal and economic impacts of these effects in California.(2) Identification of potential climate adaptation and mitigation responses, including their costs and benefits.(c) Regionally specific reports that can inform regional and local vulnerability assessments, adaptation planning, and community resilience efforts.(d) Reports on issues of statewide significance, including, but not limited to, environmental justice considerations, impacts on the systems identified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), and the unique risks posed to, and research and monitoring approaches used by, tribal communities.(e) Decision-support tools for planners, decisionmakers, and others, including organizations that serve vulnerable communities, that allow for actionable application of assessment research findings. To the extent data is available, this shall include guidance regarding assessment of the financial and economic costs and benefits of adaptation decisions.(f) Examples of best practices for planning for future climate conditions and approaches to building adaptation and resilience, while also meeting established greenhouse gas emission reduction goals.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 136, Sec. 1. (SB 1320) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Pub Res Code § 71342 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 34 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION|PART 4.4 - California Climate Change Assessment|Section 71342.

71342.  (a) The Office of Planning and Research shall engage with regional and local governments, tribes, vulnerable communities, businesses, and members of the public, as necessary, in determining the scope of the assessment.(b) All final assessment products shall be posted on or accessible through a state internet website in an accessible format.(c) Upon completion of the assessment, the Office of Planning and Research shall make accessible to the Department of Finance for purposes of assessing liabilities in the state budget, and to regional and local governments, tribes, and vulnerable communities, the contents and application of the assessment, including the downscaled projections specified in subdivision (a) of Section 71341 and the decision-support tools specified in subdivision (e) of Section 71341.(d) Development of the assessment shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 136, Sec. 1. (SB 1320) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Pub Res Code § 71343 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 34 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION|PART 4.4 - California Climate Change Assessment|Section 71343.

71343.  (a) The implementation of this part is contingent upon an appropriation of funds by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute for purposes of this part.(b) (1) The Office of Planning and Research may receive and accept gifts, donations, contributions, or bequests of money from public, nonprofit, or philanthropic sources for purposes of this part.(2) The expenditure of all moneys received for purposes of this part shall be subject to an appropriation by the Legislature.(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 136, Sec. 1. (SB 1320) Effective January 1, 2021.)