The following provides a description of the major bills signed into law in 1977 by Governor Pete Wilson that address ocean and coastal resources. Some bills (such as AB 1581 and AB 1571) are listed twice due to the multiple categories that they represent.

AB 411 (Wayne)BEACH SANITATION: POSTING

Status: Chaptered 97- 0765

Summary: This bill mandates that the Dept. of Health Services regulations require local health officers to be responsible for testing of all public beaches within their jurisdiction for contamination, including, but not limited to, total coliform, fecal coliform, and enterococci bacteria, to establish protocols for determining the location of monitoring sites and monitoring frequency based on risks to the public. The Dept. would remain responsible for beaches within their jurisdiction. The bill also addresses requirements for posting, beach closures, or other methods to protect the public. Local governments are required to comply only if sufficient funds are allocated by the Legislature.

AB 1186 (Knox)GENERAL INDUSTRIAL OR CONSTRUCTION STORM WATER PERMIT

Status: Chaptered 97-0775

Summary: This bill requires the fees collected from the storm water discharges that are subject to a general industrial or construction storm water permit under the national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) to be accounted for separately in the Waste Discharge Permit Fund. This bill authorizes that not less than 50% of that money to be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be distributed to the Regional Water Board with jurisdiction over the permitted industry for use in storm water inspection and regulatory compliance issues.

AB 1429 (Shelley)WATER QUALITY

Status: Chaptered 97-0899

Summary: This bill requires the State Water Board, to the extent that funds are available for that purpose to prepare, and complete on or before January 1, 2000, an inventory of existing water quality monitoring activities within state coastal watersheds, streams, bays, estuaries, and coastal waters, as prescribed. This bill would require the submission of a report by July 1, 2001 to implement a comprehensive monitoring program.

AB 1581 (Keeley)COASTAL AND OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS: FUNDING 8/11/97

Status: Chaptered 97- 0779

Summary: This bill appropriates $420,000 from the General Fund for water quality monitoring analysis in addition to other appropriations (entire appropriation listed under Coastal Management category):

• $420,000 to the SWRCB to prepare an inventory of existing water quality monitoring activities.

SB 62 (McPherson)CALIFORNIA STATE MUSSEL WATCH PROGRAM

Status:Chaptered 97- 0781

Summary: This bill requires the State Water Resources Control Board, in conjunction with the Department of Fish and Game, to continue to implement the California State Mussel Watch Program. It appropriates $145,000 for this purpose.

SB 65 (McPherson)PUBLIC BEACHES: CONTAMINATION:WARNING SIGNS

Status: Chaptered 97- 0764

Summary: This bill requires warning signs for beaches that fail to meet bacteriological standards be visible from each legal beach access point identified by the health officer.

SB 105 (Ayala)WATER QUALITY: NOTIFICATION

Status: Chaptered 97- 0783

Summary: This bill requires the State OES to notify local health officers of discharges of hazardous substances or sewage into the waters of the State. Local health officers are charged with notifying the public if public health is threatened. This bill contains other

related revisions to the water code which were double-jointed to AB541 (which passed).

SB 673 (Karnette)WATER QUALITY: CONTAMINATED

SEDIMENT

Status: Chaptered 97- 0897

Summary: This bill would require the California Coastal Commission and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board to jointly establish and participate in the multi-agency Los Angeles Basin Contaminated Sediments Task Force, and to develop, based on the recommendations of the task force, a long-term management plan for the dredging and disposal of contaminated sediments in coastal waters adjacent to the County of Los Angeles. This bill contains other related provisions.

AB 459 (Firestone)SANITARY CONTROL OF SHELLFISH

Status: Chaptered 97- 0770

Summary: This bill requires the Department of Health Services, as a pilot program, to conduct sanitary surveys for enumerated areas containing naturally occurring populations of shellfish harvested by the public to assess water quality and shellfish quality, and requires the department to determine those areas that are unfit for recreational shellfish harvesting based upon prescribed standards. The Department is required to inform the public of those determinations twice per year. The bill requires the Legislature to appropriate funding to be operative.

AB 739 (Machado)FISH AND GAME: PENALTIES

Status: Chaptered 97- 0771

Summary: This bill imposes minimum and maximum punishments for the knowing and intentional taking of any mammal, bird, or fish, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions relating to penalties.

SB 364 (Sher)COMMERCIAL FISHING: SQUID

Status: Chaptered 97- 0785

Summary: This bill would, until April 1, 2001 authorize the taking of market squid north of Point Conception only during specified times and days in addition to other provisions to improve the management of this fishery.

SB 463 (Thompson, Keeley) ABALONE

Status: Chaptered 97- 0787

Summary: This bill prohibits the taking or landing of abalone for commercial or recreational purposes in ocean waters south of San Francisco Bay. It requires DFG to prepare a comprehensive abalone recovery and management plan for submission to the DFG Commission by 1/1/2003. Fishery management decisions, including opening the fishery, may be made by the Commission, if they are consistent with the management plan. The bill requires a valid $12 abalone stamp for sport take of abalone in approved

areas to be placed in the Abalone Restoration and Preservation Account for use in developing the plan and managing the fishery. The DFG Director is required to appoint a nine-member advisory committee, as specified, to recommend projects and budgets for

the abalone stamp revenues.

AB 1581 (Keeley)COASTAL AND OCEAN RESOURCES

MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS: FUNDING

Status: Chaptered 97- 0779

Summary: This bill appropriates $1,520,000 from the General Fund to be distributed as follows:

• $685,000 to the California Coastal Commission for administration and support of the commission and LCP grants to local governments.
• $420,000 to the SWRCB to prepare an inventory of existing water quality monitoring activities.
• $415,000 to the Resources Agency to purchase networking equipment for the California Coastal Commission and to contract for services no upgrade the Commission’s computer system.

AB 1571 (Ducheny)BUDGET ACT OF 1997: AUGMENTATIONS

Status:Chaptered 97- 0928

Summary: In augmentation of the Budget Act of 1997 this bill appropriates funds for a variety of coastal projects including:

• $700,000 to Boating and Waterways for grant to SANDAG to support the United States Navy Aircraft Carrier Homeporting Project for San Diego Bay.
• $1,000,000 to State Coastal Conservancy to acquire the Coast Dairies property in Santa Cruz County.
• $150,000 to Parks and Recreation to acquire small parcels adjacent to Tomales Bay State Park at Millerton Point.

Fiscal

SB 72 (McPherson)COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FEES: COASTAL ACCESS GRANTS

Status: Chaptered 97- 0782

Summary: This bill requires that coastal development permit fees collected by the California Coastal Commission be deposited in the Coastal Access Account, which the bill creates in State Coastal Conservancy Fund. The money would be available, upon

appropriation, for grants for the development, maintenance, and operation of new or existing public access facilities.

SB 1048 (Sher) COASTAL CONSERVANCY; SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CONSERVANCY PROGRAM

Status: Chaptered 97-896

Summary: This bill establishes the San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy Program, administered by the conservancy, for the purpose of addressing specified resource and recreational goals for the San Francisco Bay area in a coordinated, comprehensive, and

effective way.

AB 1571 (Ducheny)BUDGET ACT OF 1997: AUGMENTATIONS

Status: Chaptered 97-928

Summary: In augmentation of the Budget Act of 1997 this bill appropriates funds for a variety of coastal projects including:

• $700,000 to Boating and Waterways for grant to SANDAG to support the United States Navy Aircraft Carrier Homeporting Project for San Diego Bay.