Alameda County Board of Supervisors Personnel, Administration, and Legislation (PAL) Committee LEGISLATIVE POSITION REQUEST FORM

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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 of Communities for Sustainable, Fisheries, Asian Business Institute and Resource, Center, Bay Area Ranchers' Cooperative, INC, CA4health, California Alliance of Nurses for Healthy, Environments, CAP OC Food Bank, CAUSE, CUESA, California Association of Area Agencies on, Aging, California Association of Food Banks, California Cattlemen’s Association, California Community Colleges – Employer, Engagement for Agriculture, Water &, Environmental Programs, California Compost Coalition, California FarmLink, California Food and Farming Network, California Institute for Rural Studies, California Interfaith Power & Light, California Rural Legal Assistance, Foundation AB 125, Page 9, California State Grange, Californians Against Waste, Capay Valley Farm Shop, Cardoza and Cardoza Farming Co., Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Ecoliteracy, Center for Environmental Health, Center for Good Food Purchasing, Center for

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Land-Based Learning, Center for Regenerative Agriculture &, Resilient Systems, Center for Wellness and Nutrition, Central Coast Ag Network & City Farm, SLO, Central Valley Partnership, Ceres Community Project, Chez Panisse, Clean Water and Air Matter, Coastside Farmers Market, Common Table Creative, Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Community Environmental Council, Cooperation Humbolt, Cultiva La Salud, Dock to Dish LA, Double OG, Ecology Center, Environmental Working Group, Everyone’s Harvest, FACTS: Families Advocating for Chemical, and Toxins Safety, Farm to Pantry, Fibershed, Fillmore Farms, Food Forward, Food Share of Ventura County, Food System Coalition of San Luis Obispo, County, Food for People, Fresh Approach, Friends of the Earth, Full Belly Farm, Full Circle Wool, GMO Free California, GMO Science, Good Eggs, Green Foothills, Greenbelt Alliance, Guru Ram Das Orchards, Health Care Without Harm, Hercules Farm, House Farm Workers!, IRM, Inc (Fresno Interdenominational, Refugee Ministries), Innovative Health Solutions, Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative, Intertribal Agriculture Council, Kiss the Ground, L.A. Compost, LaRocaa Vineyards, Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, Little Manila Rising, Little Paradise Farm, Los Angeles Food Policy Council, Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, Madera Coalition for Community Justice, Manzanita Manor Organics, Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Matthiasson Family Vineyards, McGrath Family Farms, Meals on Wheels California, Mount Shasta Farmers’ Market, National Young Farmers Coalition, North Coast Growers Association, North County Farmers Market Association, Nourish California, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, One Fair Wage, Open Silo, Organic Farming Research Foundation, Organic Pastures, PT Ranch, Pacific Coast Farmers’ Market Association, Paicines Ranch, Pitzer College, Point Blue Conservation Science, Prevention Institute, Public Health Institute, Republic Services, Repurpose, Inc., Riverside Food Cooperative, Inc., Riverside Unified School District, Robert Skinskey Vineyards, Rustic Canyon Family, Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services, Sacramento Food Policy Council, San Bernardino Valley Concert Association, San Diego Fishermen’s Working GroupAB 125, Page 10, San Diego Food Bank, San Diego Roots Sustainable Food Project, San Francisco Bay Physicians for Social, Responsibility, Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority, Save Mount Diablo, Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz, County, Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, Second Harvest of the Greater Valley, Sierra Harvest, Sierra Orchards, Slow Food California, Social Justice Learning Institute, Solano Land Trust, Sonoma Safe Ag Safe Schools, Sunrise Movement Orange County, Sustainable Agriculture Education, Sustainable Economic Enterprises of Los, Angeles, Sustainable Economies Law Center, Taylor Farm Retail Inc., The Climate Center, The Cloverleaf Farm, The Edible Schoolyard Project, The Praxis Project, The SF Market, True Grass Farms, United Food and Commercial Workers, (WFCW) Western States Council, Vineyard Team, Western United Dairies, Wild Farm Alliance, Yolo Food Bank, Zero Foodprint. SUPPORT IF AMENDED: Alliance for Communities for Sustainable Fisheries, San Diego Fishermen’s Working Group List Known Opposition: OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED: Coalition for Sustainable Food Practices, Eat for the Earth, and Physicians Against Red Meat. Requestor (who is asking for the County to take a position? e.g., agency/dept., association, organization) Alameda County Board of Supervisors, District 3

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Approved by Department Head Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan, District 3 – 06/09/2021 (Name/Date): Submitter (Name, Title, Dept.): Vanessa Cedeno, Deputy Chief of Staff & Policy Director, Office of Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan, District 3 Submission Date: 06/09/2021 CAO Analyst: Laura Lloyd Additional Comments:

For Internal CAO Use Only: Date Received: Date to Analyst: Date from Analyst: Target PAL date: CAO recommendation:

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