Coastal County And City Offshore Energy Assistance - - CA Public Resources

Section § 35030

This law states that the secretary can give grants to coastal counties and cities for activities related to offshore energy development, like planning, monitoring, and enforcement. Before getting these funds, counties and cities must report on how they will use the money and offer the public a chance to review and comment on this report through at least one public hearing.

(a) The secretary, after consulting with the California Coastal Commission and the State Lands Commission concerning offshore energy activities, shall award grants to coastal counties and cities to be used for the purposes of planning, assessment, mitigation, permitting, monitoring and enforcement, public services and facilities, and for other activities related to offshore energy development, consistent with the requirements of the state’s coastal management program.

(b) Prior to receiving grants under this chapter, each coastal county and city shall submit a report to the secretary describing how the funds are to be expended. Before submitting the report, each coastal county and city shall provide opportunities for the public to review and comment on the report and shall hold at least one public hearing on the report.

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(Repealed and added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1027, Sec. 2.)

Section § 35031

This law allows funds that weren't spent in a certain way to be used by coastal counties and cities in California. These funds are meant to help local governments manage coastal resources better. Specifically, they can be used to protect natural habitats like wetlands and beaches, minimize risks in flood-prone areas, provide public access to the coast, help with planning major coastal facilities like ports, and support other improvements in coastal management. The goal is to address both environmental and economic needs.

Any funds appropriated in accordance with this chapter and not expended as described in Section 35030, may be awarded by the secretary for technical and financial assistance to coastal counties and cities with approved local coastal programs to help them exercise effectively their responsibility for improving the management of the state’s coastal resources. Technical and financial assistance shall be made available to coastal counties and cities to do any of the following:

(a) Protect wetlands, flood plains, estuaries, beaches, dunes, and fish and wildlife and their habitat within coastal areas.

(b) Minimize the loss of life and property in coastal flood-prone, storm surge, geologic hazard, and erosion-prone areas.

(c) Provide public access to the coast for recreational purposes, to acquire coastal view sheds, and to preserve, maintain, and restore historic, cultural, and aesthetic coastal sites.

(d) Facilitate the process for siting major facilities along the coast related to fisheries, recreation, and ports and other coastal dependent commercial uses, giving full consideration to environmental concerns as well as the need for economic development.

(e) Promote other coastal management improvements determined by the secretary to be consistent with the state’s coastal management program.

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(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 977, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)

Section § 35032

This law required the Secretary, working with the California Coastal Commission, to create a competitive process by April 15, 1997. This process allows coastal counties and cities to apply for financial and technical help. Every year that there is funding, this process must be reviewed by April 15.

On or before April 15, 1997, the secretary, in cooperation with the California Coastal Commission, shall develop and implement a competitive application process to award coastal counties and cities financial and technical assistance pursuant to this chapter. Thereafter, the secretary shall review that process by April 15 of each year that funds are appropriated pursuant to this chapter.

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(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 977, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)

Section § 35033

This law states that when local governments receive financial help for projects, the assistance cannot cover more than 90% of the project's cost. Starting from 1997, half of the extra funds that California gets from a specific federal law about offshore lands, compared to what it got in 1996, should be set aside each year for grants to coastal counties and cities.

Any financial assistance provided to local governments under this chapter may not exceed 90 percent of the cost of carrying out the project. Commencing in the 1997 calendar year and in each calendar year thereafter, 50 percent of the amount of funds received by the state pursuant to Section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. Sec. 1337(g)) over the amount of funds so received in the 1996 calendar year shall be available, on an annual basis, for appropriation to the secretary for grants to coastal counties and cities pursuant to this chapter.

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(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 977, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.)

Section § 35034

Each year, the secretary checks how counties and cities spend money under this program. A maximum of $100,000 from the funds assigned each year can be used for administrative expenses. Out of this, no more than $50,000 is for costs related to the California Coastal Commission's evaluation of grant applications under this program.

On an annual basis, the secretary shall review and assess county and city expenditures under this program. Not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of the funds appropriated annually pursuant to this chapter may be used by the secretary to defray administrative costs and, of that amount, not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) may be used to cover costs incurred by the California Coastal Commission in the review of grant applications pursuant to this chapter.

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(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 977, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1997.)