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Assemblymembe r Noree n Evans, Chai r Senato r Denis e Moren o Ducheny, Vic e Chai r

Members: Senato r Bo b Dutton, Senato r Mar k Leno, Senato r Ala n Lowenthal, an d Senator Mimi Walters Assemblymembe r Bo b Blumenfield, Assemblymembe r Kevi n D e León, Assemblymembe r Roge r Niello, an d Assemblymembe r Ji m Nielse n

2009-10 Budge t Conferenc e Committe e

o n SB 61

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I tem # Titl e Page 054 0 Secretary o f th e Natural Resources Agency 360 0 Departmen t o f Fis h an d Game Environmental Licens e Plat e Fee........................................................................................... 1 336 0 Energy Resources Conservatio n an d Developmen t Commissio n ARR A Funds for the State Energ y Program.......................................................................... 2 Alternative and Renewable Fuel & Vehicle Technolog y Program: Hydrogen Component . 3 348 0 Departmen t o f Conservatio n Restructu re Beverag e Contain er Recycling Fund.................................................................. 4 354 0 Departmen t o f Forestry an d Fi re Protectio n Revised Emergen cy Respons e Initiative................................................................................ 5 356 0 State Lands Commission Tranquillon Oil and Gas......................................................................................................... 6 360 0 Departmen t o f Fis h an d Game Marin e Lif e Protection Act .................................................................................................... 7 379 0 Departmen t o f Parks an d Recreatio n Eliminate General Fund Support for the State Park System ................................................. 8 386 0 Department of Water Resources Delta Habitat and Conveyan ce Program................................................................................ 9

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I tem # Titl e 94 0 Sta te Wate r Resources Control Boa rd ARR A Funds for 604(b) and Orphan Underground Storage Tank Cleanup ......................... 10 398 0 Offic e o f Environmental Heal th Haza rd Assessmen t Fund Shift fro m General Fund to Special Funds ................................................................... 11 RESOURCES , CALEPA , AN D ENERG Y ITEM S RECOMMENDE D FO R VOTE ONLY........................................................................ 12

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0540 Natural Resources Agenc y

2009 May Issue Descriptio n Budg et A ct Revis e Comments

0540-011-014 0 Secretar y of the Natura l Resource s Agenc y

3600-001-014 0 Department o f Fis h an d Gam e

310 Environmental License Plate The M ay Revise proposes to reduce ELP F 111 F ee (ELPF ) funding for Fish and Gam e b y an additional $2.5

The 2009 Budget Act includes a million. This reduction will del ay a Febru ary $4.7 million reduction to th e Budget augmentatio n of $3 million (FGPF) for ELPF expenditures i n Resourc es 15 n ew Wardens until 2010-11 . departments due to declinin g revenues . In Janu ary the Governo r introduced trailer bill languag e to increase the ELPF b y $4 p er plat e. The Assembl y approve d the TBL . The Senate adopted TB L tha t increased the ELPF b y $8 an d used the additional funds fo r n ew fish and game wardens .

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3360 Energ y Resource s Conservatio n an d Developmen t Commissio n


3360-001-089 0 Energ y Resources Conservatio n an d Development Commission

3360-001-046 5

30 2 ARR A Funds for the State 53,628,000 226,093,000 Energy Progra m (SEP) The SE P funds will b e used to provid e loans , grants , technical assistance and support of commercially-available energ y efficien cy and renewabl e energ y technologies and related projects . These projects will focus on improving commercial and residential building energ y efficien cy and promoting green workforce development . The commission will develop a prog ram plan for spending th e funds b y mid-Jul y 2009. Th e plan must be approved b y DOE . Proposal includes nine limited-t erm PYs .


3360 Energ y Resource s Conservatio n an d Developmen t Commissio n

2009 May Issue Descriptio n Budget Act Revise Comments

20 4 Alternativ e an d Renewabl e $40,000,00 0 Fuel an d Vehicl e Technology Program: Hydrog en Component The 2008-09 Budget Act includes $75 million for the ARFVT . Th e 2009-10 Budget Act includes $102 million for the ARFVT. The Energ y Commission has developed an Investment Plan for ho w to spend the ARFV T funds. The Investment Plan includes $40 million for hydrogen projects. The Assembl y adopted budget bill language to cap the hydrogen spending t o $6 million in the budget year.


3480 Departmen t o f Conservatio n

2009 May Issu e Descriptio n Budg et A ct Revis e Comments

3480-001-013 3 Department o f Conservatio n 3480-101-0133

109 Restructu re Beverag e 564,829,000 -203,193,000 Contain er Recyclin g Fun d TB L (BCRF ) Th e BCR F is projected to have a negative fund balance of $161.9 million b y the end of 2009-10 . To bring th e fund into balan ce, th e Governo r proposes: 1. Decreas e BCR F

expenditures b y $1.1 million and 10 PY .

2. Eliminate progr am expenditures currentl y in statut e (PR C 14581 ). Retain onl y handling fee payments at $4 0 million annually .

3. Creat e a n ew $20 million local assistan ce competitive grant progr am to repl ace th e programs eliminated b y th e trail er bill .


3540 Departmen t o f Forestr y an d Fir e Protectio n


3540-001-000 1 Department o f Forestr y an d Fire Protectio n 3540-001-1014 11 0 Revis ed Emergency Response 564,829,000 76,000,000 The LA O has an alternativ e proposal for a State

Initiative (ERI) TB L Responsibilit y A rea (SRA ) fee. Th e SR A fee as Repl ace $76 million o f proposed b y the LA O would be a fee on the CalFire’s General Fund bas e owners of structures in SR A that would be with a n ew ERI fee. generall y proportional to the additional costs imposed on the state as a result of the presence The enhancements to the of those structures. CalFi re budget that proposed in Janu ary will be delayed until F Y 2010-11 .

The Assembl y approved the Janu ary proposal fo r a 2.8 percent ER I fee fo r additional fire fighters and equipment , and added $5 million for fuels reduction competitiv e grants .

The Senat e rejected th e Janu ary proposal for a 2.8 percent ER I. For a more detailed discussion of the ERI fee proposal , please see it em 0690-001-1014 .


3560 Stat e Land s Commissio n


3560-001-000 1 State Lands Commissio n Tranquillon Oil an d Gas 9,447,000 TB L

The Plains Exploration and Production Compan y (PXP) State would use an existin g oil revenue: platfo rm in federal waters to 2009-10: drill to state waters . Separat e $100 million confidential agreements with the Environmental Defens e Counsel 2010-11 require PXP to donate 3,900 through acres of coastal area lands to the 2023-24: state for conservatio n purposes royalties and decommission 3 oil dependent on platforms and other coastal price of oil infrastructure in 14 years . per barrel , but Without federal cooperation , th e the DO F terms of this agreement are not estimates a enforceabl e. total of $1.8 billion The State Lands Commission (assumes (SLC) rejected this project . The $75/barrel ) trailer bill would allo w th e Director of DO F to approv e th e project in lieu of the SLC .


3600 Departmen t o f Fis h an d Gam e


3600-001-000 1 Department o f Fis h an d Gam e

Marine Life Protection Act 74,831,000 The Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) directs the state to reevaluat e and redesign California’s The LA O proposed to reduce syst em of marine protected areas (MPAs) to: the MLP A b y $4.4 million • Increase coherence and effectiveness in General Fund . That is th e enti re protecting the state's marine life and amount of the state funding for habitats , marine ecosystems, and marine the MLPA . natural heritage; and • Improve recreational , educational and The Department of Fish and stud y opportunities provided b y marine Game (DGF) receives matching ecosystems subject t o minimal human funds fro m private foundations , disturban ce. the federal government, and th e Department of Parks an d Recreation . Th ere are fiv e stud y areas fo r Marine Protected Areas (MPA ) along the California coast . One of these studies has been completed .


3790 Departmen t o f Par ks an d Recreatio n


3790-001-000 1 Department o f Parks an d Recreatio n

3790-001-0392

10 7 Eliminate General Fund 143,408,000 -110,000,000 Support for the State Pa rk Sys tem Eliminate $70 million Gener al Fund in 2009-10 and eliminat e all General Fund for state park s in 2010-11 ($143 million ). In 2009-10 , the General Fun d reduction will lead t o th e closure of 220 state parks . The closure of parks will lead t o a loss of $40 million in pa rk user fee revenu e.


3860 Departmen t o f Wate r Resource s


3860-510-050 2 Department o f Water Resources 3860-001-6026

30 5 Delta Habita t an d Conveyance 0 Progra m Delta Habitat and Conservation Conveyance: 11 permanent and 4 tempo rary P Y to begin environmental and engineering work for an environmental impact report on alternative wat er conveyan ce. Thes e P Y would be paid for b y the State Water Project at $2.6 million . Both the Senate and Assembl y rejected this part o f th e BCP . CALFE D Conveyance Program : $180,000 fro m Proposition 1 3 bond funds and two limited t erm P Y for the South Delta Fis h Facilit y Improvemen t Projects . The Assembl y approved and th e Senate rejected this part of th e proposal .


3940 Stat e Wate r Resource s Control Boar d


3940-001-089 0 Sta te Wate r Resources Control Boar d 3940-001-0439

15 5 ARR A Funds fo r 604(b ) an d 268,113,000 16,240,000 Orpha n Undergroun d Storag e TB L Tan k (UST ) Cleanu p $2.6 million in American Recov ery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA ) funds fo r Clean Wat er Act Section 604(b ) project planning . $13.6 million in ARR A funds fo r th e US T Orphan Site Cleanup Fund . Th e proposal also includes budget trailer bill language waiving th e requirement to deposit $10 million in US T funds into th e Orph an fund when federal funds ar e availabl e and allowing th e use of federal funds to fulfill requirements for Orphan US T Cleanu p funds .


3980 Offic e o f Environmental Healt h Hazar d Assessmen t


3980-001-000 1 Offic e of Environmenta l Heal th Hazar d Assessmen t 3980-001-0044 3980-001-0106 3980-001-3056

050 Fund Shift fro m General 8,340,000 1,639,000 Note: The Governor proposes to eliminat e Fund to Special Funds OEHH A starting Jul y 1 , 2010 . Shift $1.6 million and 7 PY fro m General Fund t o special funds as follows: - $840,000 fro m MV A - $201,000 fro m Department of Pesticide Regulation Fund - $598,000 fro m Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Fund . The shift would p ay for activities related to hazard evaluation of toxic air contaminants , public health pesticide activities , and Proposition 65 activities.


2009 Item/Issue No. Description Budget Proposal Assembly Senate Recommendation

Act 0540-001-0140 Secretary of Natural Resources 0540-501-0140

0540-492 1 101 CALFED Science 0 2,899,000 AAB - $2.89 million with 5 $1.5 million with 3 year $2,899,000; Senate

year encumbrance; BBL to encumbrance; BBL to move liquidation period (3 conform science program CBDA funds to a new years); Senate TBL;

with new Bay-Delta governance structure if Assembly BBL governance structure if adopted by the Legislature;

adopted by the Legislature TBL to post science through the policy process. contracts online.

2 102 CALFED Science Reappropriation 0 BBL AAB - Reappropriations with Approved Reappropriations Senate 5 year encumbrance period. with 3 year encumbrance

period.

0540-493 Secretary of Natural Resources

3 150 Coastal Impact Assistance 0 0 May Revise Item - Not Heard May Revise Item - Not Heard AAB Program Reappropriation in Subcommittee in Subcommittee

0540-001-6051 Secretary of Natural Resources/ 0555-001-0044 Secretary for CalEPA/

3600-001-8018 Department of Fish and Game

4 304 New River Project 0 0 $2 million to CalEPA from BBL to provide $800,000 to Senate Salton Sea funds for New locals from river parkways

River EIR funds for New River EIR.

0555-001-0235 Environmental Protection Agency

6 199 Proposition 99 Reduction 0 -8,000 May Revise Item - Not Heard May Revise Item - Not Heard AAB in Subcommittee in Subcommittee

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Act 3340-001-0001 California Conservation Corps

7 100 Emergency Response Expenditure 0 BBL AAB - Language allows CCC Not heard Approve language with Authority - Collins Dugan to bypass JLBC when notification to JLBC

Reimbursement Account seeking expenditure of when authority is used Federal, local, or private without the 30-day wait

funds during an emergency. period CCC currently has such

authority for state funds.

3340-001-6051 California Conservation Corps 8 201 Proposition 84 - Additional bond 0 0 Not heard Increase of $7 million Prop Senate

funds for the California 84 funds for CCC and BBL Conservation Corps that requires state CCC to do

outreach to foster youth.

9 201 Proposition 84 - Additional bond 0 0 Not heard Increase of $6.7 million Prop Senate funds for the Local Conservation 84 for local corps and BBL

Corps that requires local corps to do outreach to foster youth.

3360-001-0465 Energy Resources Conservation 3360-001-3062 and Development Commission

10 001 April Letter: Siting Program 0 2,252,000 Approved proposal with Not heard Senate Workload Requirements change to fund 40 percent of

proposal from fee revenue.



2009 Item/Issue No. Description Budget

Act Proposal Assembly Senate Recommendation

3360-001-0465 Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission

11 104 Siting Renewable Generation and Transmission

0 2,589,000 AAB Not heard Senate

3540-001-0001 Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

12 302 CDF - Diesel Retrofits 0 2,762,000 AAB - $2.7 million from GF. $2.7 million from AB 118 funds with BBL allowing the

use of the fund source for

Senate

one year.


13 112 Delay Vehicle Replacements 0 -17,000,000 May Revise Item - Not Heard in Subcommittee

May Revise Item - Not Heard in Subcommittee

AAB


14 199 Proposition 99 Reduction 0 -53,000 May Revise Item - Not Heard in Subcommittee


AAB

3540-490 Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

15 105 Extension of Liquidation for Bonds 0 0 Not heard AAB Senate


16 701 Restore Funding for Lease Revenue Projects

0 290,344,000 AAB Approved as budgeted +1,000

Assembly




Act 3600-001-0001 Department of Fish and Game

17 303 Board of Forestry (BOF) 0 0 No action TBL that requires the BOF to Conference Regulations adopt permanent Steelhead Compromise (CC):

and Chinook regulations and Senate TBL modified to the regulations find all state that BOF must

logging within a watershed is adopt permanent a take on fish. regulations by June 30,

2010.

3600-001-0001 Department of Fish and Game 18 199 Proposition 99 Reduction 0 -362,000 May Revise Item - Not Heard May Revise Item - Not Heard AAB

in Subcommittee in Subcommittee

3600-001-0001 Department of Fish and Game 3600-001-0200

19 110 One-time $30 million fund shift 0 0 May Revise Item - Not Heard May Revise Item - Not Heard AAB with BBL requiring from Fish and Game Preservation in Subcommittee in Subcommittee notification to JLBC if Fund to replace General Fund for federal funds will be DFG activities. lost

3600-001-0995 Department of Fish and Game 20 102 Environmental Review Support 0 500,000 AAB - Reimbursement Rejected Senate

Authority to allow Sempra Energy, Tejon Ranch, and

the Orange County Transportation Authority to

fund staff at DFG for permit review.

21 302 Renewable Energy Regulatory 0 3,057,000 AAB - $3,057,000 and 21 Rejected Senate Action Team PYs to develop Natural

Communities Conservation Plans (NCCP) for renewable energy siting.



Item/Issue No. Description 2009

Budget Act

Proposal Assembly Senate Recommendation

3600-001-6051 Department of Fish and Game 22 201 Prop 84: Ecosystem Restoration

Plan: NCCP for Delta 0 8,914,000 Not heard $8.9 million with BBL

restricting the uses of the funds for the program.

23 202 Prop 84: Ecosystem Restoration Program

22,022,000 0 AAB Rejected Approve contingent on a Bay-Delta

governance structure approved through the

policy process.

24 3600-001-0001 3600-001-0140 3600-001-0200 3600-001-0320 3600-001-3103

3600-001-3117

Department of Fish and Game

25 301 Diesel Vehicle Retrofits Program 0 900,000 AAB - $900,000 from various funds

$900,000 from AB 118 (ARFVT) funds with BBL

allowing the use of the fund source for one year

Senate

3680-101-0890 Department of Boating and Waterways

26 102 Boating Infrastructure Grant Program

0 1,250,000 May Revise Item - Not Heard in Subcommittee


AAB

3790-001-0001 Department of Parks and Recreation

27 301 Diesel Vehicle Retrofits Program 0 1,635,000 AAB - $1.6 million from GF $1.6 million from AB 118 (ARFVT) funds with BBL

allowing the use of the fund source for one year

Senate

3790-001-0235 Department of Parks and Recreation

28 199 Proposition 99 Reduction 0 -1,254,000 May Revise Item - Not Heard in Subcommittee


AAB




Budget Act


3810-491 Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy

29 101 Extension of liquidation: Various Bond Funds

0 0 AAB - extension of liquidation for various bond

and special funds

Not heard Assembly

3850-301-0005 Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy

30 301 Proposition 12: Capital Outlay Projects

0 0 Not heard $343,000 in Prop 12 for priority land purchase.

Senate


31 301 Proposition 40: Capital Outlay 0 0 Not heard $456,000 in Prop 40 for priority land purchase.

Senate


32 301 Proposition 84: Capital Outlay Projects

0 0 Not heard $6 million in Prop 84 for priority land purchase.

Senate

3860-001-0001 Department of Water Resources

33 251 Central Valley Flood Protection Board

0 0 Not heard Reduced GF support for the Board by $1,000

TBL requiring board members to be appointed by Jan 1,

2010. 34 203 Delta Levees 0 0 Not heard Reduced $3.9 million GF

from Delta Levees Program May Revise Proposal: Fund shift of $7 million

GF for Prop 1E funds.





Budget Act


35 305 Pajaro River Flood Control Project 0 0 $5 million Prop 1E Integrated Regional Water

Management - Stormwater funds for first phase of the

project, with BBL stating that this is in consideration of and contingent upon

availability of federal funding.

Not heard Assembly


36 106 April Letter: Delta Fishery Improvements

0 367,000 Not heard AAB: 4 PY to implement new requirements of biological

opinion.

Assembly

37 202 State Water Project (SWP) Reporting Language

0 0 Not heard Trailer bill to require annual reporting of SWP

expenditures.

CC - Senate language enhanced.

38 301 SWP New and Expanded Operating Requirements

5,920,000 0 AAB - $5.9 million and 42 PY $3.1 million and 19 PY Senate

39 302 SWP Program Management Group 1,544,000 0 AAB - $1.5 million and 9 PY Rejected proposal Senate

40 303 SWP Climate Change Energy 1,705,000 0 AAB - $1.7 million and 9 PY Approved $236,000 and one PY

Senate

41 304 SWP 16 flow monitoring stations -280,000 0 AAB - savings of $280,000 SWP

Rejected proposal Assembly

3900-490 Air Resources Board 42 190 Proposition 1B Reappropriation 0 0 May Revise Item - Not Heard

in Subcommittee May Revise Item - Not Heard

in Subcommittee AAB

3910-001-0387 California Integrated Waste Management Board




Act 43 153 April Letter: Education in the 0 250,000 Not heard AAB: 500,000 over two years Assembly

Environment Initiative. of Water Quality funds for the Education and the

Environment Initiative. $500,000 already transferred

in 2008-09 via Section letter.

3930-001-0106 Department of Pesticide Regulation

44 TBL Require 20 percent reduction in 0 0 Not Heard Approved TBL Approve TBL Volitile Organic Compound

Emissions for Central Valley

3940-001-0439 State Water Resources Control Board

45 199 Proposition 99 Reduction 0 -303,000 May Revise Item - Not Heard May Revise Item - Not Heard AAB in Subcommittee in Subcommittee

46 154 Interagency Agreement with 0 870,000 May Revise Item - Not Heard May Revise Item - Not Heard AAB Department of Water Resources in Subcommittee in Subcommittee

for bond funded work on IRWM program.

3960-001-0014 Department of Toxic Substances Control

47 101 Increase TSCA Fee and Offset 0 0 Not heard TBL to increase the TSCA Senate General Fund Environmental Fee by 15

percent (approximately $4 million) to replace GF.

8660-001-0462 Public Utilities Commission 48 105 Energy Efficiency Savings Goals 0 461,000 AAB $461,000 with BBL to restrict Senate

and Utility Performance Incentives the PUC from engaging in workforce education and

training development in the Energy Efficiency program.




Act 49 106 Renewable Portfolio Standard and 0 322,000 AAB Not heard Senate

Renewable Transmission



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