PARK BOND June 5, 2018

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Endorsing Organizations

The Trust for Public Land and The Nature Conservancy are heading up campaign committees, each of four organizations. They report the following have officially endorsed the Park Bond:

Bear Yuba Land Trust Bruce Saito Outdoor Recreation Partners California Park & Recreation Society California State Parks Foundation Californians Against Waste Endangered Habitats League Environmental Defense Fund The Escondido Creek Conservancy Friends of the LA River Groundwork Richmond John Gioia Town of Mammoth Lakes Natural Heritage Institute Placer Land Trust Sempervirens Fund Sierra Business Council Sierra Cascade Land Trust Council Surfrider Foundation Truckee Donner Land Trust Tim Wendler

Item 12, Attachment 2; Page 1 of 7 The Committee for Clean Water, Natural Resources & Parks SB 5 (de León) The California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Act of 2018

Environmental & Social Equity Investments Conservancies & Wildlife • $725 million for parks in park-poor neighborhoods • $30 million for projects that implement the Salton Sea Management Program California’s Outdoor Spaces • $180 million to state conservancies • $200 million for local park grants (grants based on population) o $6 million to Baldwin Hills Conservancy • $15 million for park and recreation grants for jurisdictions with a o $27 million to California Tahoe Conservancy population of 200,000 or less o $7 million to Coachella Mountains Conservancy • $30 million for competitive grants to local park districts, open space o $12 million for Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy districts, and open space authorities to create, expand, or restore o $12 million to San Diego River Conservancy parks ($5 million for projects in units of the state park system managed o $30 million to Lower Los Angeles River and Mountains by non-profit organizations) Conservancy • $40 million for grants to local agencies that have approved local park o $6 million to Conservancy revenue measures o $30 million to Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy

o $30 million to Sierra Nevada Conservancy State Parks, Natural & Cultural Legacy o $20 million to State Coastal Conservancy • $218 million for existing state parks and improving public access to • $137 million to the Wildlife Conservation Board, including $5 million parks for regional conservation investment strategies, $52 million for Natural o $10 million for state parks enterprise projects Community Conservation Plan projects, and up to $10 million to the o $5 million for local agencies that operate a unit of the state park UC Natural Reserve System system • $200 million for voluntary settlement agreements o $18 million for fairground facility improvements • $50 million for Dept. of Fish & Wildlife deferred maintenance o $30 million for low cost coastal accommodations • $170 million to the California Natural Resources Agency for Salton Sea

o $25 million for state parks natural resource projects

Climate Preparedness & Habitat Resiliency Trails & Greenway • $18 million for wildlife & natural systems conservation direct • $30 million for non-motorized infrastructure development and access expenditures and grants improvements competitive grants (up to 25% for innovation • $30 million to remove barriers to between habitat areas and increase transportation programs that expand outdoor experiences to connectivity, including $10 million for the California Waterfowl Habitat disadvantaged youth) Program Rural Recreation, Tourism, & Economic Enrichment • $25 million to restore rivers and streams in support of fisheries and • $25 million for competitive grants to non-urbanized areas wildlife, including $5 million for salmon and steelhead projects in Klamath-Trinity watershed Rivers, Creeks, & Waterways • $60 million to improve wildlife & fish passage, including $30 million for • $162 million for river parkways and urban streams restoration Southern California Steelhead habitat o $37.5 million to Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy • $60 million for upper watersheds protection in the Sierra Nevada and o $37.5 million for San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Cascades Mountains Conservancy • $30 million to improve conditions for fish and wildlife in streams o $16 million for the Santa Ana Conservancy Program • $40 million for grants to assist coastal communities and fisheries with o $10 million to the Lower American River Conservancy Program climate change adaptation, with 35% to the SF Bay Area Conservancy o $3 million for the Los Gatos Creek and Guadalupe River Program, and 12% to the West Coyote Hills Program o $3 million for the Russian River • $30 million for innovative farm practices that improve climate resilience o $10 million for parkway along the Santa Margarita River • $50 million for forest restoration & fire protection including hazardous o $5 million for Clear Lake fuel load reduction and management for wildfire and climate change, o $10 million for the River Parkways Act of 2004 with at least 30% for urban forestry projects o $10 million for Urban Streams Restoration Program to the • $40 million to state and local conservation corps for restoration & Department of Water Resources protection projects and equipment o $20 million for parkway along the Los Angeles River • $60 million to restore natural, cultural, ethnic, and community resources, and convert fossil fuel plants to green space, with $20 Ocean & Coastal Protection million of this amount for multi-benefit “green infrastructure”

• $175 million for coastal and ocean resource protection benefiting disadvantaged communities o $35 million for grants to protect ocean and coastal ecosystems o $30 million for low cost coastal accommodations Flood Protection and Repair o $85 million for protection of beaches, bays, wetlands, & coastal • $550 million for flood protection and repair, including $350 million for watersheds flood protection, $100 million for stormwater, mudslide, and other o $20 million for coastal forest watershed health flood-related protections, and $100 million for urban multibenefit o $5 million for estuarine lagoons and coastal wildlife areas flood projects

Groundwater Sustainability Regional Water Sustainability • $80 million for groundwater cleanup • $290 million for regional water sustainability, including $50 million for groundwater sustainability planning Clean Drinking Water and Drought Preparedness • $100 million for water recycling, including $20 million for agricultural

• $250 million for clean and safe drinking water operations to implement irrigation systems that save water

Item 12, Attachment 2; Page 2 of 7 WATER BOND November 6, 2018

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Item 12, Attachment 2; Page 3 of 7 Short Summary of major programs in Water Supply and Water Quality Bond Act of 2018

Safe drinking water and wastewater treatment for disadvantaged communities. $750 million. Provides safe drinking water and wastewater treatment for disadvantaged communities, especially in the Central Valley.

Wastewater recycling. $400 million. Recycles wastewater mainly for landscaping and industrial uses

Groundwater desalination. $400 million. Converts salty groundwater to usable water supply.

Urban water conservation. $300 million. Leak detection, toilet replacement, landscape conversion.

Agricultural water conservation. $50 million. Improves inefficient irrigation systems, increasing river flows

Central valley flood management, including flood plain restoration. $100 million. Makes farms and communities more flood safe, and makes flood plains for habitat friendly. Additional $50 million for retrofit of a reservoir (probably Bullard’s Bar) for better flood management.

San Francisco Bay Wetlands and flood improvements. $200 million. Improves wetlands in to provide flood protection and mitigate sea level rise.

Data management. $60 million. Better data collection and management: streamflow, etc.

Stormwater management $600 million for a variety of state agencies. Capture and treatment of stormwater flows improved river and ocean water quality and increasing water supplies

Watershed Improvement $2355 million to a wide variety of state agencies. Pays for better management of watersheds throughout the state to improve water quality and water supply. Includes $150 million for the Los Angeles River, as well as $100 million for the Delta Conservancy, which helps fund the governor’s Eco-Restore program. Includes $80 million for the removal of Matilija Dam, a silted- in dam in Ventura County. $200 million for ecological restoration and dust control at the Salton Sea. Watershed restoration after fires in the Sierra Nevada and elsewhere receives $100 million. Funds state conservancies and state parks to better manage watersheds.

Land Management for Water Yield. $100 million. Removal of invasive weeds which use excessive amounts of surface and groundwater such as tamarisk, yellow starthistle, and Arundo. Estimates of water savings are in excess of one million acre feet per year.

Fisheries restoration. $400 million. Restoring fish habitat. Supplements necessary streamflows.

Groundwater. $675 million. Implements the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act., stabilizing groundwater levels in overdraft groundwater basins.

Water and specific habitat improvements for fisheries. $500 million. Purchase of water for fish and waterfowl.

Item 12, Attachment 2; Page 4 of 7 Completion of fish screens in Central Valley. $100 million. Will prevent baby fish from being diverted into irrigation systems.

San Joaquin River fisheries Restoration. $100 million. Restoration of Spring Run Chinook Salmon downstream of Friant dam.

Waterfowl habitat. $280 million. Helps meet waterfowl obligations under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, and other waterfowl habitat improvement programs.

Bay Area Regional Reliability. $250 million. Improves interconnections between Bay Area water agencies, making it easier to survive droughts.

Improvement to Friant Kern Canal and other Friant water interconnections. $750 million. Restores lost capacity to Friant Kern Canal, pays for groundwater recharge programs, water conservation and possibly new water conveyance in the Friant area.

Oroville Dam Spillway Repair. $200 million. Makes Oroville Dam more flood safe.

The initiative also allows state and federal water contractors to recover the funds they pay in climate change charges due to implementation of AB 32, and use those funds in their own systems for water and energy conservation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Item 12, Attachment 2; Page 5 of 7 Water Supply and Water Quality Act of 2018 – Endorsements (12/17)

Conservation & Environmental Justice Organizations American Woodland Conservancy Ducks Unlimited Placer Land Trust Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Foothill Watershed Collaborative Putah Creek Council Association Friends of Orinda Creeks Quail Forever Bear-Yuba Land Trust Friends of Watershed Program California Native Plant Society Friends of the Sacramento Urban Creeks Council California Urban Streams Partnership Friends of Wild Cherry Canyon Salmonid Restoration Foundation California Waterfowl Association Grassroots Ecology Santa Barbara Urban Creeks Council California Watershed Network Lower Putah Creek Coordinating Save The Bay California Wildlife Committee Sierra Nevada Alliance Foundation/California Oaks Fund Mattole Salmon Group Sonoma Ecology Center Carrizo Plain Conservancy National Wild Turkey Foundation Truckee Donner Land Trust Center for Sustainable Neighborhoods Natural Heritage Institute Tubb Canyon Desert Conservancy Community Water Center Nor-Cal Guides & Sportsmens Delta Waterfowl Association Wildcat San Pablo Creeks Watershed Dry Creek Conservancy Pheasants Forever Council Worth a Dam

Agricultural organizations California Dairies California Rice Commission California Fresh Fruit California Rice Industry Association American Pistachio Growers

Water agencies Arvin Edison Water Storage District City of Big Bear Lake, Department of Madera Irrigation District Assn of California Water Agencies Power and Water Northern California Water Assn Bear Valley Basin Groundwater Friant Water Authority Porterville Irrigation District Sustainability Agency Kern-Tulare Water District Saucelito Irrigation District Big Bear Municipal Water District Lindmore Irrigation District Solano County Water Agency Borrego Water District Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation Dist. Tulare Irrigation District

BrigadierIndividuals General Gerald Galloway, U.S. Army (Retired) Brian Jordan, Vice President, Tetra Tech Ron Gastelum, Former CEO and GM of the Metropolitan Peter B Moyle, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, UC Davis Water District of Southern California Ann L. Riley, Ph.D.

Business California Building Industry Association Sierra Business Council Northern California Water Association Water Bond Support (November 2017), and members: Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District G&K Farms, LLC. Richvale Irrigation District B&B Ranch Garden Highway Mutual Water Co. Sutter Extension Water District Brophy Water District Garner, Garner & Stoy Knaggs Ranch Browns Valley Irrigation District Glenn Colusa Irrigation District Larry Pires Farms City of Colusa Hallwood Irrigation District Lindauer River Ranch, Inc. City of Redding Henle Family Limited Partnership Llano Seco Rancho Crain Orchards, Inc. Hershey Land Row Crop, LLC. M&T Ranch Danna & Danna Inc. J.A. Driver Maxwell Irrigation District Edwards Ranch Joint Water Districts Board Meridian Farms Water Co. Feather Water District Biggs-West Gridley Water Dist. Natomas Mutual Water Co. Fedora Farms Butte Water District North Yuba County Water District

Item 12, Attachment 2; Page 6 of 7 Oji Brothers Farms, Inc. Reclamation District 1004 Sycamore Trust Pacific Farms & Orchards Reclamation District 108 Taylor Brothers Farms Pacific Gold Agriculture Reclamation District 2035 Tehama Angus Ranch, Inc. Paul Bertagna Richter Brothers, Inc. Thermalito Irrigation District Pelger Mutual Water Company Rising Eagle Ranch Tudor Mutual Water Co. Pleasant Grove-Verona Mutual Water Co. River Garden Farms Tuttle Ranches Plumas Mutual Water Co. Riverview Land & Equipment, Inc. Western Canal Water District Princeton-Codora-Glenn Irrigation Dist. South Sutter Water District William P. Locket Provident Irrigation District South Yuba Water District Yolo County Flood Control & WCD R. Gorrill Ranch Enterprises Sutter Bypass-Butte Slough WUA Yuba County Water Agency Ramirez Water District Sutter Mutual Water Company

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