Bill Text: CA SB1218 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 1218 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Delta Stewardship Council: annual water supply reliability estimation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-13 - April 19 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. [SB1218 Detail]

Download: California-2021-SB1218-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1218

Introduced by Senators Hurtado and Cortese

February 17, 2022

An act to add Section 85215 to the Water Code, relating to water.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1218, as introduced, Hurtado. Delta Stewardship Council: annual water supply reliability estimation.

Existing law, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009, establishes the Delta Stewardship Council, which is required to develop, adopt, and commence implementation of a comprehensive management plan, known as the Delta Plan, for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

This bill would require the council, at least once annually, to publish on its internet website, in consultation with relevant state and federal agencies and the public, a water supply reliability estimation for the water flows into the Delta and out of the Straits of Carquinez and into the San Francisco Bay.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 85215 is added to the Water Code, to read:

85215.

At least once annually, the council, in consultation with relevant state and federal agencies and the public, shall publish on its internet website a water supply reliability estimation for the water flows into the Delta and out of the Straits of Carquinez and into the San Francisco Bay.