Alameda County Board of Supervisors Personnel, Administration, and Legislation (PAL) Committee LEGISLATIVE POSITION REQUEST FORM
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Alameda County Board of Supervisors Personnel, Administration, and Legislation (PAL) Committee LEGISLATIVE POSITION REQUEST FORM Submission deadline is noon on the Monday two weeks prior to the PAL meeting. See FAQ for additional instructions. Title (Bill/Reg. No., Bill/Reg. Title, Author): AB-125 (Rivas) Equitable Economic Recovery, Healthy Food Access, Climate Resilient Farms, and Worker Protection Bond Act of 2022. Version (Date amended): 04/15/2021 Position Requested: Support Current Status of Bill/Regulation (Has the bill been This is a two-year bill currently in the Assembly Committee on referred to committee, or set for hearing? If so, Natural Resources. It has not received a hearing date. when and what committee? Next hearing?) (Where relevant include comment period dates/deadlines): Alignment Shared Visions 10X Goals Operating Principles with Vision ☒ Thriving & Resilient Population ☒ Employment for All ☒ Collaboration 2026: ☐ Safe & Livable Communities ☐ Eliminate Homelessness ☒ Equity ☒ Healthy Environment ☒ Eliminate Poverty and Hunger ☐ Fiscal Stewardship ☐ Prosperous & Vibrant Economy ☐ Crime Free County ☐ Innovation ☐ Healthcare for All ☒ Sustainability ☒ Accessible Infrastructure ☒ Access Alignment with Legislative Platform (i.e. “issue”/plank or Employment for All / “Transition to Circular Economy,” N/A if not in legislative platform) Eliminate Poverty and Hunger / “Food/Nutrition Security,” Accessible Infrastructure / “Climate Change Adaption” Summary (Summary of item, use Legislative Counsel’s Digest, Bill Analysis, or Bill Summary): AB 125, as amended, Robert Rivas. Equitable Economic Recovery, Healthy Food Access, Climate Resilient Farms, and Worker Protection Bond Act of 2022. Existing law requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to promote and protect the agricultural industry of the state. Existing law under Article XVI of the California Constitution requires measures authorizing general obligation bonds to specify the single object or work to be funded by the bonds and further requires a bond act to be approved by a 2/3 vote of each house of the Legislature and a majority of the voters. This bill would enact the Equitable Economic Recovery, Healthy Food Access, Climate Resilient Farms, and Worker Protection Bond Act of 2022, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $3,302,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, to finance programs related to, among other things, agricultural lands, food and fiber infrastructure, climate resilience, agricultural professionals, including farmers, ranchers, and farmworkers, workforce development and training, air quality, tribes, disadvantaged communities, nutrition, food aid, meat processing facilities, fishing facilities, and fairgrounds. The bill would provide for the submission of the bond act to the voters at the November 8, 2022, statewide general election. Background of Bill: ☐ New bill ☐ Previously Introduced ☒ Amended ☐ Clean-Up Bill ☐ Gut and Amend ☐ Urgency Clause ☐ Similar to other current bills we have positions on Seeking Amendments? No Previous Legislation: Page 1 of 5 Form revision 01/09/2020 Alameda County Board of Supervisors Personnel, Administration, and Legislation (PAL) Committee LEGISLATIVE POSITION REQUEST FORM If YES, attach amendments. Do all other impacted agencies/departments concur? N/A If YES, list each department and contact person. If NO, see FAQ. Potential State/Federal Fiscal Impacts (include $ $3,302,000,000 estimate): Potential Net County Cost Impacts (include $ $2,187,000,000 of total AB 125 Bond Funding will be estimate): allocated in the form of infrastructure improvement grants that Alameda County programs and services may be eligible for. Fiscal Impact: ☒ Adds revenue ☐ Unfunded mandate ☐ Cost savings ☐ Additional costs ☐ New/increased fees to offset costs ☐ Reduces or reduces fees ☐ Includes appropriation ☐ Minor impact – program absorption ☐ Redirects resources ☐ None of the above ☐ Changes fines/penalties Potential Impacts to County Residents (Include specific data): Proposes the Equitable Economic Recovery, Healthy Food Access, Climate Resilient Farms, and Worker Protection Bond Act of 2021 (EER Bond) authorizes $3.302 billion in general obligation bonds. The EER Bond would finance a variety of projects that focus on improving Agriculture resilience and sustainability, protecting the health of farmworkers, expanding healthy food access and combating hunger, improving regional food economies, supporting Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) planning, aid in pest management, reduce food waste and improve state and county fairgrounds. Potential Impacts to County Programs, Services, Operations or Departments (Be specific): AB 125 would authorize the issuance of bonds of $3,302,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance programs related to, among other things, agricultural lands, food and fiber infrastructure, climate resilience, agricultural professionals, including farmers, ranchers, and farmworkers, workforce development and training, air quality, tribes, disadvantaged communities, nutrition, food aid, meat processing facilities, fishing facilities, and fairgrounds. Per AB 125, if the EER Bond is approved by voters during the November 2022 statewide general election, Alameda County’s ALL IN Eats initiative would be eligible to apply to a variety of proposed state grant programs, including: • Improve Agricultural Resilience and Advance Sustainable Agriculture ($780,000,000): e.g. includes a $175 million grant from Dept. of Food & Agriculture to incentivize farmers and ranchers to increase carbon sequestration and decrease carbon emissions. • Expand Health Food Access and Combating Hunger ($750,000,000): e.g. includes a $270 million grant from Dept. Of General Services to ensure that communities and Tribes have adequate access to healthy, culturally-relevant, and California-grown food products. • Strengthen Regional Food Economies ($600,000,000): e.g. includes a $500 million grant from Dept. of Food & Agriculture to enhance local and regional food and fiber infrastructure in response to changing climate conditions, to strengthen urban-rural connectivity, and to support the development of more resilient and more equitable food economy. • Protect Groundwater Resources ($75,000,000): e.g. includes a $50 million grant to groundwater sustainability agencies, counties, local agencies, and nongovernmental organizations for development or implementation of local programs supporting or facilitating reduced use of groundwater and multi-benefit land repurposing at the basin scale. • Support 21st Century Ecological Pest Management ($10,000,000): e.g. consists of grants from the Dept. of Food & Page 2 of 5 Form revision 01/09/2020 Alameda County Board of Supervisors Personnel, Administration, and Legislation (PAL) Committee LEGISLATIVE POSITION REQUEST FORM Agriculture to nonprofit organizations, public agencies, tribal governments, tribal organizations, crop or pest advisors, farmers, and insectaries to construct insectaries to produce beneficial organisms in support of ecological integrated pest management. • Reduce Food Waste & Increase Compost Production ($200,000,000): e.g. consists of grants or performance payments for compost infrastructure and food recovery projects at existing and new community composting facilities, on-farm composting facilities, and commercial composting facilities to reduce short-lived climate pollutants and nitrous oxide emissions and to support sequestration of carbon in the state’s agricultural and urban soils. Additionally there may be potential funding opportunities available for the Alameda County Fairgrounds Board of Directors to take advantage of as described in Chapter 9 of the funding allocation breakdown: • Rebuilding and Greening State & County Fairgrounds ($100,000,000): funding to restore, upgrade, modernize, and improve state and county fairgrounds to serve as community centers, exposition sites, emergency and evacuation shelters, food and agriculture education centers, and farm incubator and food business centers. For a complete list of AB 125 (Rivas)’s proposed bond funding allocations, see this bill summary: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60243f10d076ef5db9d75eb4/t/60874b79e0eb64087c96a4da/161947941841 8/AB+125+summary+4-14-21.pdf Reporting Requirements: ☐ Requires one-time report/study ☐ Requires new reporting form(s) ☐ Requires annual report ☐ Requires amended reporting form(s) ☒ No reporting requirement List Known Supporters: Agricultural Institute of Marin (Co-Sponsor), American Farmland Trust (Co- Sponsor), California Climate & Agricultural Network, (CALCAN) (Co-Sponsor), Californians for Pesticide Reform, (Co-Sponsor), Carbon Cycle Institute (Co- Sponsor), CCOF (Co-Sponsor), Center for Food Safety; the (Co-Sponsor), Central California Environmental Justice, Network (Co-Sponsor), Centro Binacional Para El Desarrollo, Indígena Oaxaqueno (Co-Sponsor), Community Alliance With Family Farmers, (Co-Sponsor), Monterey Bay Central Labor Council, , AFL-CIO (Co-Sponsor), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), (Co-Sponsor), Pesticide Action Network (Co-Sponsor), Roots of Change (Co-Sponsor), Sustainable Agriculture Education, (Co-Sponsor), A Better Course – for Alemany Farmers, Market, Acterra: Action for a Healthy Planet, Agriculture & Land Based Training, Association (ALBA), Alameda County Board of Supervisors, Alameda County Community Food Bank, Alianza Ecologista, Alliance