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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><strong>Climate change:</strong> Democratic Sens. <a href="https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/scott-wiener-1970/">Scott Wiener</a> of San Francisco, <a href="https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/lena-gonzalez-1981/">Lena Gonzales</a> of Long Beach </span>and<b> <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><a href="https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/henry-stern-1982/">Henry Stern</a> from Calabasa</span>s</b> <a href="https://twitter.com/Scott_Wiener/status/1620160839365046272?s=20&t=_KVBb68DDqKwnIQBLx3OlA">introduced, or rather reintroduced, a package of bills</a>.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Wiener put forward<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> <strong>SB 253</strong>, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act </span>— a <a href="https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/key-corporate-climate-accountability-3692165/#::text=Senator%20Scott%20Wiener's%20S.B.,to%20disclose%20their%20greenhouse%20emissions.">bill that failed last year</a> to require corporations<strong> </strong>with more than $1 billion in revenue that operate in California to <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article271831502.html">publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions</a>. He said the bill would make corporations “a heck of a lot more interested in buying clean energy.” </font></p>
<ul><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><strong>Wiener:</strong> “It gives large corporations two options:
disclose your emissions publicly or stop doing business in California —
and they won’t choose the latter.”
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<p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Gonzalez introduced <strong>SB 252</strong>, a proposal that was <a href="https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2022/06/california-crisis-lawmakers-solutions/">also blocked last year</a> and that seeks to force the state’s public pension funds to divest from fossil fuels. Stern introduced <strong><a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB261">SB 261</a></strong>, another measure that also failed last year. It requires companies that earn more than $500 million in revenue to prepare <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/Scott_Wiener/status/1620160852031832065">climate-related financial risk reports</a>. </font></span>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The climate efforts come in the midst of negotiations to cover a projected $22.5 billion budget deficit. Newsom has <a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/01/california-climate-budget/">proposed cutting $6 billion</a> from the $54 billion, five-year <a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/09/california-climate-change-legislature/">climate package he pushed through last year</a>. </span>
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</font></div><h1 class="page-header"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> Press Democrat: New state senate bill would force CalPERS, CalSTRS to divest from major fossil fuel holdings</font></h1>
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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pubdate field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="date-display-single">February 17, 2022</span></font></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">By MARY CALLAHAN</font></div>
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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">California’s two powerful public employee pension funds would be
required to withdraw their investments from fossil fuel companies to
help fight climate change under a state Senate bill introduced Thursday.</font></div>
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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Authored by Sen. Lena A. Gonzalez, D-Long Beach, and co-sponsored
by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, the legislation would give the
California Public Employees' Retirement System and the California State
Teachers' Retirement System until July 2027 to divest a combined $9.9
billion from the Carbon Underground 200 — a list of companies considered
to have the greatest potential for future emissions from their coal,
oil and gas reserves.</font></div>
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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The bill also would prohibit any new investments in those companies....</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></section></div><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">yikes ~ 100</span></font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><strong helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" calibri="Calibri" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">AB 813 would undermine yesterday’s hard-won victory on SB100 </strong><span helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" calibri="Calibri" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">and would sell out California’s booming clean energy industry in favor of out-of-state coal and natural gas developers. Over 120 organizations including the California Sierra Club and Earth Justice oppose it, as well as other policy experts.</span></font></p><p><span helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" calibri="Calibri" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">---</font></span></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" calibri="Calibri" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" /></font></p><table id="gaits-sponsorlist" class="sticky-enabled sticky-table" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px 1em; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><thead class="tableHeader-processed"><tr><th style="text-align: left; padding: 0.3em 0.5em; border-width: 1px 1px 2px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(136, 136, 136) rgb(136, 136, 136) rgb(102, 102, 102); border-image: initial; background-color: rgb(237, 244, 249);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Name</font></th><th style="text-align: left; 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border: 1px solid rgb(136, 136, 136); padding: 0.1em 0.6em;"><td style="padding: 0.3em 0.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Senator <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Henry Stern [D]</span></font></td><td style="padding: 0.3em 0.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Joint</font></td><td style="padding: 0.3em 0.5em;"><a href="https://legiscan.com/CA/people/henry-stern/id/18070" title="View other legislation sponsored by Senator Henry Stern [D]" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sponsored Bills</font></a></td><td style="padding: 0.3em 0.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">SD-027</font></td><td style="padding: 0.3em 0.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://followthemoney.org/entity-details?eid=39707348&default=candidate" target="blank" title="View FollowTheMoney financial contribution information for Senator Henry Stern [D]" class="ext" style="text-decoration-line: none;">FollowTheMoney</a><span class="ext" style="background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakagmaaadwxccuaaaacvbmveuaaacnp6fu1nr7qygwaaaaaxrstlmaqobyzgaaac9jrefucndjyagnygbyegbgcbbgce0qyhdsfgbwuw1g8jzswodkwsdgwajuesiaah6ibokmjxxcaaaaaelftksuqmcc="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKAgMAAADwXCcuAAAACVBMVEUAAACnp6fU1NR7qyGWAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAC9JREFUCNdjYAgNYGByEGBgCBBgCE0QYHDsFGBwUw1g8JzSwODkwsDgwAJUEsIAAH6IBoKmjXXcAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns:data="data" /></font></td><td style="padding: 0.3em 0.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Henry_Stern" target="blank" title="View the Ballotpedia page for Senator Henry Stern [D]" class="ext" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Ballotpedia</a><span class="ext" style="background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakagmaaadwxccuaaaacvbmveuaaacnp6fu1nr7qygwaaaaaxrstlmaqobyzgaaac9jrefucndjyagnygbyegbgcbbgce0qyhdsfgbwuw1g8jzswodkwsdgwajuesiaah6ibokmjxxcaaaaaelftksuqmcc="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKAgMAAADwXCcuAAAACVBMVEUAAACnp6fU1NR7qyGWAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAC9JREFUCNdjYAgNYGByEGBgCBBgCE0QYHDsFGBwUw1g8JzSwODkwsDgwAJUEsIAAH6IBoKmjXXcAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns:data="data" /></font></td><td style="padding: 0.3em 0.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/169182" target="blank" title="View the VoteSmart Bio for Senator Henry Stern [D]" class="ext" style="text-decoration-line: none;">VoteSmart</a><span class="ext" style="background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakagmaaadwxccuaaaacvbmveuaaacnp6fu1nr7qygwaaaaaxrstlmaqobyzgaaac9jrefucndjyagnygbyegbgcbbgce0qyhdsfgbwuw1g8jzswodkwsdgwajuesiaah6ibokmjxxcaaaaaelftksuqmcc="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKAgMAAADwXCcuAAAACVBMVEUAAACnp6fU1NR7qyGWAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAC9JREFUCNdjYAgNYGByEGBgCBBgCE0QYHDsFGBwUw1g8JzSwODkwsDgwAJUEsIAAH6IBoKmjXXcAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns:data="data" /></font></td></tr><tr class="odd" style="background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); border: 1px solid rgb(136, 136, 136); padding: 0.1em 0.6em;"><td style="padding: 0.3em 0.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski [D]</font></td><td style="padding: 0.3em 0.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Joint</font></td><td style="padding: 0.3em 0.5em;"><a href="https://legiscan.com/CA/people/bob-wieckowski/id/10972" title="View other legislation sponsored by Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski [D]" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sponsored Bills</font></a></td><td style="padding: 0.3em 0.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">HD-025</font></td><td style="padding: 0.3em 0.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://followthemoney.org/entity-details?eid=13008529&default=candidate" target="blank" title="View FollowTheMoney financial contribution information for Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski [D]" class="ext" style="text-decoration-line: none;">FollowTheMoney</a><span class="ext" style="background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakagmaaadwxccuaaaacvbmveuaaacnp6fu1nr7qygwaaaaaxrstlmaqobyzgaaac9jrefucndjyagnygbyegbgcbbgce0qyhdsfgbwuw1g8jzswodkwsdgwajuesiaah6ibokmjxxcaaaaaelftksuqmcc="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKAgMAAADwXCcuAAAACVBMVEUAAACnp6fU1NR7qyGWAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAC9JREFUCNdjYAgNYGByEGBgCBBgCE0QYHDsFGBwUw1g8JzSwODkwsDgwAJUEsIAAH6IBoKmjXXcAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns:data="data" /></font></td><td style="padding: 0.3em 0.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Bob_Wieckowski" target="blank" title="View the Ballotpedia page for Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski [D]" class="ext" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Ballotpedia</a><span class="ext" style="background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakagmaaadwxccuaaaacvbmveuaaacnp6fu1nr7qygwaaaaaxrstlmaqobyzgaaac9jrefucndjyagnygbyegbgcbbgce0qyhdsfgbwuw1g8jzswodkwsdgwajuesiaah6ibokmjxxcaaaaaelftksuqmcc="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKAgMAAADwXCcuAAAACVBMVEUAAACnp6fU1NR7qyGWAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAC9JREFUCNdjYAgNYGByEGBgCBBgCE0QYHDsFGBwUw1g8JzSwODkwsDgwAJUEsIAAH6IBoKmjXXcAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns:data="data" /></font></td><td style="padding: 0.3em 0.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/71025" target="blank" title="View the VoteSmart Bio for Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski [D]" class="ext" style="text-decoration-line: none;">VoteSmart</a>
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</font></div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Senator Henry Stern is a sixth-generation Californian and native of this district. He credits his passion for public service as a family trait, whose diverse history includes farming and ranching, music and film, and a steadfast commitment to helping young people fulfill their potential. Senator Stern was elected to represent the 27th Senate District, which includes parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, on November 8, 2016.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prior to his election, Stern worked as a senior policy advisor to former California State Senator Fran Pavley. As a staff member, he helped Senator Pavley pass common sense policies to improve the quality of life and economic sustainability of California. Together, they advanced bipartisan measures to balance the budget, respond to the drought, revitalize our education system, ensure safer communities, and update<b> California’s energy policy for the 21st century.</b></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Senator Stern has also lectured at UCLA and UC Berkeley, enjoys volunteering at his local Boys & Girls Club and is a member of the<b> Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Advisory Committee</b>, the Jewish Federation, the American Jewish Committee, and the Truman National Security Project.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">He is an alumnus of Harvard University and UC Berkeley Law.</font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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December 05, 2016</font></td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr style="clear: both; float: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; width: 1407.67px; border-style: none; height: 1px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" /><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><br clear="all" /></font><div id="title" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: normal;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">An act relating to the Budget Act of 2016. </strike></font><font class="blue_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">An act to add Title 24 (commencing with Section 120000) to the Government Code, and to amend Sections 42501, 42504, 42505, and 42506 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to state prerogative.</font></font></span></div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><br clear="all" /><br clear="all" /></font><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center"><h2 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: left; line-height: 1.2em; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: normal;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST</font></h2></div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="subject" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">SB 49, as amended, De León. <font style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Budget Act of 2016. </strike></font><font class="blue_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">California Environmental, Public Health, and Workers Defense Act of 2017.</font></font></span></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="digesttext" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font class="blue_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></font><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font class="blue_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(1) The federal Clean Air Act regulates the discharge of air pollutants into the atmosphere. The federal Clean Water Act regulates the discharge of pollutants into water. The federal Safe Drinking Water Act establishes drinking water standards for drinking water systems. The federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 generally prohibits activities affecting threatened and endangered species listed pursuant to that act unless authorized by a permit from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service, as appropriate.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Existing state law regulates the discharge of air pollutants into the atmosphere. The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act regulates the discharge of pollutants into the waters of the state. The California Safe Drinking Water Act establishes standards for drinking water and regulates drinking water systems. The California Endangered Species Act requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species and generally prohibits the taking of those species. The Protect California Air Act of 2003 prohibits air quality management districts and air pollution control districts from amending or revising their new source review rules or regulations to be less stringent than those rules or regulations that existed on December 30, 2002, except under certain circumstances. That act requires the state board to provide on its Internet Web site, and in writing for purchase by the public, a copy of the federal new source review regulations as they read on December 30, 2002, and a related document.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">This bill would prohibit state or local agencies from amending or revising their rules and regulations implementing the above state laws to be less stringent than the baseline federal standards, as defined, and would require specified agencies to take prescribed actions to maintain and enforce certain requirements and standards pertaining to air, water, and protected species. The bill would make conforming changes to the Protect California Air Act of 2003. By imposing new duties on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(2) Existing law provides for the enforcement of laws regulating the discharge of pollutants into the atmosphere and waters of the state. Existing law provides for the enforcement of drinking water standards. Existing law provides for the enforcement of the California Endangered Species Act.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">This bill would authorize a person acting in the public interest to bring an action to enforce certain standards and requirements implementing the above-mentioned state laws if specified conditions are satisfied. The bill would make the operation of this authorization contingent on the occurrence of certain events.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(3) Existing federal law generally establishes standards for workers’ rights and worker safety.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Existing state law generally establishes standards for workers’ rights and worker safety.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">This bill would prohibit a state agency that implements those laws from amending or revising its rules and regulations in a manner that is less stringent in its protection of workers’ rights or worker safety than standards established by federal law in existence as of January 1, 2016.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(4) Existing law authorizes a person to petition a court for the issuance of a writ of mandate to a public agency to compel the performance of an action required by law or to review a decision of the public agency.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">This bill would expressly authorize a person to petition a court for a writ of mandate to compel a state or local agency to perform an act required by, or to review a state or local agency’s action for compliance with, this measure.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(5) This bill would require state agencies, on a semi-annual basis, to report to the Legislature on compliance with the above requirements.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(6) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.</div><font style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></font><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left; display: inline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2016.</strike></strike></font></strike></strike></strike></strike></p><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="hidden" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: -500px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;"><h2 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: left; line-height: 1.2em; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: normal;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">DIGEST KEY</font></h2></span><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span id="vote" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Vote: <span style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: lowercase;">majority</span> </span><span id="appropriation" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Appropriation: <span style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: lowercase;">no</span> </span><span id="fiscalcommittee" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Fiscal Committee: <span style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: lowercase;"><font style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">no</strike></font><font class="blue_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">yes</font></span> </span><span id="localprogram" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Local Program: <span style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: lowercase;"><font style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">no</strike></font><font class="blue_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">yes</font></span> </span></font></strike></div></span></div><hr style="clear: both; float: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; width: 1407.67px; border-style: none; height: 1px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); text-align: justify;" /><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="hidden" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: -500px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; text-align: justify;"><h2 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: left; line-height: 1.2em; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: normal;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">BILL TEXT</font></h2></span></strike><div id="bill" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: uppercase;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; 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clear: left; line-height: 1.2em; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:</font></strike></strike></strike></strike></strike></strike></strike></strike></strike></strike></strike></strike></strike></strike></strike></strike></strike></strike></strike></h2><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div id="s1" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ActionLine" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><h3 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: left; line-height: 1.1; display: inline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font class="blue_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">SECTION 1.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></h3> <font class="blue_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Title 24 (commencing with Section 120000) is added to the Government Code, to read:</font></div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font class="blue_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><div id="law_heading" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font class="blue_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font class="blue_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font class="blue_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font class="blue_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font class="blue_text" style="border-width: 0px; 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California Environmental, Public Health, and Workers Defense Act of 2017</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></h4></div></div><div id="law_heading" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="id_8E736176-4AC6-48F8-8382-71CB5AF80BAF" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="law_heading_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h4 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; text-align: left;">DIVISION 1. General Provision</h4></div></div><div id="law_section" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><h6 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: bolder; display: inline;">120000.</h6> This title shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Environmental, Public Health, and Workers Defense Act of 2017.</div><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /></div></div><div id="law_heading" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="id_24EC13F1-491D-447D-AE16-9031455BA095" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="law_heading_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h4 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; text-align: left;">DIVISION 2. Environment, Natural Resources, and Public Health</h4></div></div></div><div id="law_heading" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="id_DB9CB895-F188-4742-8C48-4E1482377AC0" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="law_heading_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h5 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; text-align: left;">CHAPTER 1. Findings and Declarations</h5></div></div><div id="law_section" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><h6 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: bolder; display: inline;">120010.</h6> The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(a) For over four decades, California and its residents have relied on federal laws, including the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act) (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.), the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300f et seq.), and the federal Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. Sec 1531 et seq.), along with their implementing regulations and remedies, to protect our state’s public health, environment, and natural resources.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(b) These federal laws establish standards that serve as the baseline level of public health and environmental protection, while expressly authorizing states like California to adopt more protective measures.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(c) Beginning in 2017, a new presidential administration and United States Congress will be in control of one party that has signaled a series of direct challenges to these federal laws and the protections they provide, as well as to the underlying science that makes these protections necessary, and to the rights of the states to protect their own environment, natural resources, and public health as they see fit.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(d) It is therefore necessary for the Legislature to enact legislation that will ensure continued protections for the environment, natural resources, and public health in the state even if the federal laws specified in subdivision (a) are undermined, amended, or repealed.</div><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /></div><div id="law_section" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><h6 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: bolder; display: inline;">120011.</h6> The purposes of this division are to do all of the following:</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(a) Retain protections afforded under the federal laws specified in subdivision (a) of Section 120010 and regulations implementing those federal laws in existence as of January 1, 2016, or January 1, 2017, whichever is more stringent, regardless of actions taken at the federal level.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(b) Protect public health and welfare from any actual or potential adverse effect that reasonably may be anticipated to occur from pollution, including the effects of climate change.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(c) Preserve, protect, and enhance the environment and natural resources in California, including, but not limited to, the state’s national parks, national wilderness areas, national monuments, national seashores, and other areas with special national or regional natural, recreational, scenic, or historic value.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(d) Ensure that economic growth will occur in a manner consistent with the protection of public health and the environment and preservation of existing natural resources.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(e) Ensure that any decision made by a public agency that may adversely impact public health, the environment, or natural resources is made only after careful evaluation of all the consequences of that decision and after adequate procedural opportunities for informed public participation in the decisionmaking process.</div><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /></div></div><div id="law_heading" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="id_0998FDF2-9263-4E3B-B737-49F17E315E0E" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="law_heading_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h5 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; text-align: left;">CHAPTER 2. Definitions</h5></div></div><div id="law_section" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><h6 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: bolder; display: inline;">120020.</h6> For purposes of this division, the following definitions apply:</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(a) “Baseline federal standards” means the authorizations, policies, objectives, rules, requirements, and standards contained in federal laws or federal regulations implementing the federal laws in existence as of January 1, 2016, or January 1, 2017, whichever is more stringent.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(b) “Baseline federal standards for other federal laws” means the authorizations, policies, objectives, rules, requirements, and standards contained in other federal laws or federal regulations implementing the other federal laws in existence as of January 1, 2016, or January 1, 2017, whichever is more stringent.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(c) “Federal law” means any of the following:</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(1) The federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401 et seq.).</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(2) The federal Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531 et seq.).</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(3) The federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300f et seq.).</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(4) The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.).</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(d) “Other federal laws” means any other federal law not specified in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (c) relating to environmental protection, natural resources, or public health.</div><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /></div></div><div id="law_heading" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="id_E81B6989-B40A-4FDE-83EE-BC324B836C37" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="law_heading_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h5 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; text-align: left;">CHAPTER 3. Operative Provisions</h5></div></div><div id="law_heading" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="id_3BBA9083-3C3B-417D-9B18-5832B5430A9A" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="law_heading_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h5 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; text-align: left;">Article 1. General</h5></div></div><div id="law_section" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><h6 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: bolder; display: inline;">120030.</h6> (a) Except as authorized by state law, a state or local agency shall not amend or revise its rules and regulations to be less stringent than the baseline federal standards.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(b) Except as otherwise provided in state law, a state or local agency may establish rules and regulations for California that are more stringent than the baseline federal standards.</div><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /></div><div id="law_section" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><h6 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: bolder; display: inline;">120031.</h6> To the extent authorized by federal law and except as authorized by state law, a state or local agency that is delegated the authority to enforce other federal laws or that implements the state law that is an analogue to the other federal laws shall not amend or revise its rules and regulations to be less stringent than the baseline federal standards for other federal laws, but may establish rules and regulations for California that are more stringent than the baseline federal standards for other federal laws.</div><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /></div></div><div id="law_heading" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="id_B665C157-1454-4A33-B4A0-536300247C33" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="law_heading_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h5 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; text-align: left;">Article 2. Air</h5></div></div><div id="law_section" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><h6 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: bolder; display: inline;">120040.</h6> The Legislature finds and declares the following:</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(a) The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code) and the California Clean Air Act (Division 26 (commencing with Section 39000) of the Health and Safety Code) are the state analogue to the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401 et seq.).</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(b) The State Air Resources Board, air quality management districts, and air pollution control districts in California formulate and adopt the state implementation plans (SIPs) for California under the federal Clean Air Act as well as regional and local air quality regulations, and issue permits governing the emission of certain substances, including greenhouse gases, into the air.</div><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /></div><div id="law_section" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><h6 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: bolder; display: inline;">120041.</h6> Except as otherwise authorized by state law, all of the following apply:</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(a) To ensure no backsliding as a result of any change in the federal Clean Air Act or its implementing regulations, the State Air Resources Board, air quality management districts, and air pollution control districts shall maintain and enforce all air quality requirements and standards that are at least as stringent as required by the baseline federal standards, in addition to those required under state law.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(b) To the extent that the state board has not established a standard or requirement for an air pollutant for which a standard or requirement exists in the baseline federal standards, the State Air Resources Board shall adopt the standard or requirement to be at least as stringent as the baseline federal standards.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(c) The State Air Resources Board, regional air quality management districts, and air pollution control districts shall adopt SIPs for California that meet requirements that are at least as stringent as those required by the applicable baseline federal standards, in addition to those required by state law.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(d) If the federal transportation conformity program becomes less stringent than the applicable baseline federal standards, the State Air Resources Board, air quality management districts, and air pollution control districts shall adopt and implement equivalent requirements that are at least as stringent as those required by the applicable baseline federal standards, in addition to those required by state law.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(e) If the United States Environmental Protection Agency no longer implements the prevention of significant deterioration program in accordance with the applicable baseline federal standards, then, where an air quality management district or air pollution control district has not received authority to issue prevention of significant deterioration permits, the State Air Resources Board shall immediately establish a state prevention of significant deterioration program to issue permits that are at least as stringent as the applicable baseline federal standards.</div><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /></div></div><div id="law_heading" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="id_DCEBF377-0026-4A15-B017-0A79B3C62401" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="law_heading_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h5 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; text-align: left;">Article 3. Water</h5></div></div></div><div id="law_section" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><h6 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: bolder; display: inline;">120050.</h6> The Legislature finds and declares the following:</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(a) The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code) is the state analogue to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.), otherwise known as the federal Clean Water Act.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(b) The California Safe Drinking Water Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 116270) of Part 12 of Division 103 of the Health and Safety Code) is the state analogue to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300f et seq.).</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(c) The State Water Resources Control Board administers water rights and, together with the regional water quality control boards, implements the federal Clean Water Act and the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act to preserve, protect, enhance, and restore water quality by setting statewide policy, formulating and adopting water quality control plans, setting standards, issuing permits and waste discharge requirements, determining compliance with those permits and waste discharge requirements, and taking appropriate enforcement actions.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(d) The State Water Resources Control Board regulates public drinking water systems pursuant to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act and the California Safe Drinking Water Act to ensure the delivery of safe drinking water to Californians.</div><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /></div><div id="law_section" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><h6 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: bolder; display: inline;">120051.</h6> Except as otherwise authorized by state law, the following apply:</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(a) (1) To ensure no backsliding as a result of any change in the federal Clean Water Act, the State Water Resources Control Board and regional water quality control boards shall maintain and enforce all water supply and water quality standards that are at least as stringent as required by the applicable baseline federal standards, in addition to those required by state law.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(2) To ensure no backsliding as a result of any change in the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, the State Water Resources Control Board shall maintain and enforce all drinking water standards that are at least as stringent as required by the applicable baseline federal standards, in addition to those required by state law.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(b) (1) To the extent that the State Water Resources Control Board has not established a water supply or water quality standard or requirement for which a standard or requirement exists in the baseline federal standards, the State Water Resources Control Board shall adopt the standard or requirement to be at least as stringent as the baseline federal standards.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(2) To the extent that the State Water Resources Control Board has not established a drinking water standard or requirement for which a standard or requirement exists in the baseline federal standards, the State Water Resources Control Board shall adopt the standard or requirement to be at least as stringent as the baseline federal standards.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(c) (1) Waste discharge requirements and permits that are issued on and after January 1, 2018, shall be at least as protective of the environment and comply with all applicable water quality standards, effluent limitations, and restrictions as required by the applicable federal baseline standards, in addition to those required by state law.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(2) Drinking water supply permits that are issued on and after January 1, 2018, shall be at least as protective of public health and comply with all applicable drinking water standards as required by the applicable federal baseline standards, in addition to those required by state law.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(d) A water quality control plan adopted on or after January 1, 2018, shall be at least as protective of the environment pursuant to, and in compliance with, all applicable water quality standards, effluent limitations, and restrictions as required by the applicable baseline federal standards, in addition to those required by state law.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(e) When a waste discharge requirement or water quality control plan is renewed or amended, any water quality standards, effluent limitations, restrictions, and conditions shall be at least as protective of the environment pursuant to, and in compliance with, all applicable water quality standards, effluent limitations, and restrictions as required by the applicable baseline federal standards, in addition to those required by state law.</div><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /></div><div id="law_heading" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="id_C8AB57A7-8442-4E8F-AB50-A0B9C1B4D421" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="law_heading_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h5 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; text-align: left;">Article 4. Endangered and Threatened Species</h5></div></div></div><div id="law_section" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><h6 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: bolder; display: inline;">120060.</h6> The Legislature finds and declares the following:</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(a) The California Endangered Species Act (Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 2050) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code) is the state analogue to the federal Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531 et seq.).</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(b) The California Endangered Species Act prohibits the taking of any species that the Fish and Game Commission determines to be endangered or threatened, unless the Department of Fish and Wildlife allows for take incidental to otherwise lawful activity pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2081 of the Fish and Game Code.</div><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /></div><div id="law_section" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><h6 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: bolder; display: inline;">120061.</h6> Except as otherwise authorized by state law, both of the following apply:</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(a) To ensure no backsliding as a result of any change to the federal Endangered Species Act, all native species not already listed pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 2070) of Chapter 1.5 of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code that are listed as endangered or threatened pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act as of January 1, 2017, shall be listed as an endangered or threatened species, as appropriate, pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 2070) of Chapter 1.5 of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code. The Fish and Game Commission may review and modify the listing of species pursuant to this section.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">(b) Any new or revised consistency determination or incidental take permit issued to a permittee on or after January 1, 2018, shall only authorize incidental take if it requires conditions at least as stringent as required by the relevant baseline federal standards, including, but not limited to, any federal incidental take statement, incidental take permit, or biological opinion in effect and applicable to a permittee or project as of January 1, 2016, or January 1, 2017, whichever is more stringent. This subdivision does not modify the requirements of Section 2081 of the Fish and Game Code.</div><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /></div><div id="law_section" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /><div style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><h6 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: bolder; display: inline;">120062.</h6> To the extent authorized by the federal Reclamation Act of 1902 (Public Law 57-161) and other federal law, the California Endangered Species Act shall apply to the operation of the federal Central Valley Project.</div><p style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;" /></div></div><div id="law_heading" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="id_A82953D3-CD6C-4601-9767-B07DEFEDC0DB" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="law_heading_text" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h4 style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.1; text-align: left;">DIVISION 3. Labor Standards</h4></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><strike style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></strike></div></div></div>