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California Legislature Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife 2017-2018 LEGISLATIVE BIll SUMMARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS EDUARDO GARCIA, CHAIR JAMES GALLAGHER, VICE CHAIR FRANK BIGELOW WENDY CARRILLO STEVEN S. CHOI KANSEN CHU LAURA FRIEDMAN TODD GLORIA MATTHEW HARPER ASH KALRA MARC LEVINE DEVON MATHIS BLANCA E. RUBIO RUDY SALAS, JR. JIM WOOD COMMITTEE STAFF CATHERINE FREEMAN RYAN OJAKIAN KEITH CIALINO CHINOOK SHIN REPUBLICAN CAUCUS STAFF CALVIN RUSCH TABLE OF CONTENTS INFORMATIONAL AND OVERSIGHT HEARINGS .......................................... 1 May 11, 2017 – Update on Oroville Dam ........................................................................ 3 Background – Update on the Oroville Dam by Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review .................................................................................................. 5 Background – Budget Subcommittee No. 3 DWR Dam Safety Program Budget Proposal ....................................................................................................................... 9 January 10, 2018 Oroville Dam Update and Safety Efforts - Agenda .......................... 15 Background – 2017 Legislative and Budget Actions Related to Dam Safety .............. 17 Background - Oroville Dam Update and Dam Safety Efforts ...................................... 21 March 20, 2018 - California Water Commission Water Storage Investment Program . 25 Background ................................................................................................................ 27 May 8, 2018 – Ensuring Successful Implementation of the Salton Sea Management Plan ............................................................................................................................... 29 Background – Ensuring Successful Implementation of the Salton Sea Management Plan ............................................................................................................................ 31 Background – Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review ........................... 35 June 12, 2018 – Joint Initiative Hearing on Proposition 3 (Initiative Statute No 1806) .. 39 Background – Joint Hearing on Initiative Statute #1806 ............................................. 41 BILLS BY ISSUE AREA........................................................................................ 55 FISH AND WILDLIFE ................................................................................................... 55 AB 8 (Bloom) - Mountain lions: depredation permits. .................................................................. 55 AB 472 (Frazier) - Water transfers: idled agricultural land: wildlife, waterfowl, and bird nesting habitat. ............................................................................................................................................. 55 AB 478 (Waldron) - Sport fishing licenses: age requirement. ..................................................... 55 AB 521 (Frazier) - Hunting: elk tags: fees for residents. ............................................................. 55 AB 573 (Bigelow) - Wild pigs. ........................................................................................................ 56 AB 661 (Mayes) - Magnesia Spring Ecological Reserve: Mirage Trail. ..................................... 56 AB 718 (Frazier) - Mosquito abatement and vector control districts: fees: exemptions. .......... 56 AB 944 (Limón) - California Spiny Lobster Commission. ........................................................... 56 Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee i 2017 -2018 Legislative Summary AB 947 (Gallagher) - Department of Fish and Wildlife: lake or streambed alteration agreements: definitions. ................................................................................................................. 56 AB 986 (Gallagher) - Hunting and sport fishing licenses: sport fishing license duration: reduction in license fees for veterans. .......................................................................................... 57 AB 1050 (Travis Allen) - California Endangered Species Act: Delta smelt. ............................... 57 AB 1097 (Levine) - State beaches and parks: smoking ban. ...................................................... 57 AB 1133 (Dahle) - California Endangered Species Act: experimental populations. ................. 58 AB 1151 (Gloria) - Vaquita-harmful fish and fish products. ......................................................... 58 AB 1228 (Bloom) - Marine fisheries: experimental fishing permits............................................. 58 AB 1337 (Patterson) - Fish and Game Commission: meetings and hearings: live broadcast. 59 AB 1544 (Dahle) - Hunting: nonlead ammunition. ....................................................................... 59 AB 1573 (Bloom) - Marine fisheries: experimental fishing permits............................................. 59 AB 1587 (Levine) - Invasive species: dreissenid mussels. ......................................................... 60 AB 1617 (Bloom) - Department of Fish and Wildlife: funding. .................................................... 60 AB 1630 (Bloom) - California Transportation Plan: wildlife movement and barriers to passage. .......................................................................................................................................................... 60 AB 1687 (Bloom) - Pesticides: use of anticoagulants. ................................................................. 60 AB 2151 (Gray) - Hunting: antelope, elk, bear, and bighorn ram tags: apprentice tags: fees for residents. ......................................................................................................................................... 60 AB 2191 (O'Donnell) - Ocean Protection Council: White Shark Population Monitoring and Beach Safety Program. .................................................................................................................. 60 AB 2348 (Aguiar-Curry) - California Waterfowl Habitat Program: eligibility: winter-flooded rice lands................................................................................................................................................. 61 AB 2369 (Gonzalez Fletcher) - Fishing: marine protected areas: violations. ............................ 61 AB 2421 (Mark Stone) - Wildlife Conservation Board: Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Rescue Program. ............................................................................................................................ 61 AB 2422 (Bloom) - Pesticides: use of anticoagulants. ................................................................. 61 AB 2465 (Gallagher) - Sport fishing licenses: decline in sales: advisory group. ....................... 61 AB 2470 (Grayson) - Invasive species.......................................................................................... 61 AB 2545 (Gallagher) - Department of Fish and Wildlife: lake or streambed alteration agreements: definitions. ................................................................................................................. 62 AB 2627 (Kalra) - Migratory birds: Migratory nongame Bird Treaty Act: incidental take. ......... 62 AB 2640 (Wood) - Protected species: Lost River sucker and shortnose sucker limited take authorization. ................................................................................................................................... 62 Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee ii 2017 -2018 Legislative Summary AB 2670 (Kiley) - Free hunting days. ............................................................................................ 62 AB 2697 (Gallagher) - Wildlife, bird, and waterfowl habitat: idled agricultural lands. ............... 62 AB 2805 (Bigelow) - Wild pigs: validations. .................................................................................. 63 AB 3102 (Gray) - Lake or streambed alteration agreements: limitation on mitigation measures: environment. .................................................................................................................................... 63 AB 3117 (Mathis) - Hunting: nonlead ammunition: temporary suspension: criteria. ................. 63 SB 144 (McGuire) - Fish and wildlife: steelhead trout: fishing report-restoration card. ............ 63 SB 161 (McGuire) - Fish and Game Commission: tribal committee. ......................................... 63 SB 187 (Berryhill) - Sport fishing licenses: duration. ................................................................... 64 SB 234 (Berryhill) - Fishing: local regulation: report. ................................................................... 64 SB 269 (McGuire) - Commercial fishing businesses and marine aquaria: landing receipts. ... 64 SB 290 (Jackson) - Marine mammals and sea turtles: entanglement and stranding: emergency rescue services: grants. ............................................................................................. 64 SB 473 (Hertzberg) - California Endangered Species Act. ......................................................... 65 SB 495 (Vidak) - Protected species: blunt-nosed leopard lizard: taking or possession. .......... 65 SB 506 (Nielsen) - Department of Fish and Wildlife: lake or streambed alteration agreements: Internet Web site. ............................................................................................................................ 65 SB 518
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