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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05221990 - 2.2 0 sti� TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator t~ Costa May 16 , 1990 County s- DATE: '°`���2'oun''t'` �P SUMMARY OF PROPOSITION 117, the California Wildlife SUBJECT: protection Act of 1990 SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION Determine what position the Board of Supervisors wishes to take on Proposition 117, the California Wildlife Protection Act of 1990 . BACKGROUND: on January 9, 1990 , the Board of Supervisors adopted the attached order endorsing the California Wildlife Protection Act of 1990 (prior to the time it was placed on the ballot and numbered as .Proposition 117 ) . On February 27 , 1990, the Board asked for a staff analysis of Proposition 117 . On April 10 , 1990 the County Administrator' s Office presented the following analysis of Proposition 117 to the ' Board of Supervisors. The Board referred this report to the Fish and Wildlife Committee for their review and recommendation. On May 15 , 1990 the Board of Supervisors received testimony from a member of the Fish & Wildlife Committee opposing Proposition 117. At this point the Board of Supervisors indicated its intent on May 22, 1990 to repeal its previous support of the California Wildlife Protection Act of 1990 and instead oppose Proposition 117 . CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT:YP�YES SIGNATURE: Lllz��/-Z" RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON May 2 2, 1990 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER X The Board rescinded its previously adopted posit-ion .in support of Proposition 117, the Cal.ifO n.ia Wildlife Protection Act of 1990; and adopted a position in opposition to Proposition 117. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS __ I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: ATTESTED May 22, 1990 County Administrator Members, Board of Supervisors PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Community Development Director SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Health Services Director County Counsel M382 (10/88) BY DEPUTY -2- The Board of Supervisors may wish to consider the report from the Fish and Wildlife Committee in conjunction. with the following analysis. Proposition 117 . creates a Habitat Conservation Fund for the following purposes: 1. The acquisition of habitat, including native oak woodlands, necessary to protect deer and mountain lions. 2. The acquisition of habitat to protect rare, endangered, threatened or fully protected species. 3 . The acquisition of habitat to further implement the Habitat Conservation Program. 4. The acquisition, enhancement or restoration of wetlands. 5. The acquisition, restoration or enhancement of aquatic habitat for spawning and rearing of anadromous salmonids and trout resources. 6. The acquisition, restoration or enhancement of riparian habitat. Of the money in the Habitat Conservation Fund, $14 ,000 ,000 annually is appropriated directly for various purposes as follows with the balance being appropriated to the Wildlife Conservation Board: $4,500,000 annually to the Department of Parks and Recreation, to be allocated as follows:. $1 ,500,000 for projects in the Santa Lucia Mountain Range in Monterey County and for grants to the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District. $1 ,000,000 for acquisitions in and adjacent to units of the state park system. $2 , 000,000 for 50% matching grants to local agencies for projects meeting the purposes specified above for the Habitat Conservation Fund as well as for the acquisition of wildlife corridors and urban trails, nature interpretation programs and other programs which bring urban residents into park and wildlife areas. $4 ,000 ,000 annually to the State Coastal Conservancy. $5,000 , 000 annually for the next ten fiscal years, beginning with the 1990-91 fiscal year, to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. These funds must be spent for the purposes spelled out above for the Habitat Conservation Fund for wildlife habitat and for related open-space projects within the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, the Rim of the Valley Corridor and the Santa Clarita Woodlands. Of the total of $50 ,000 ,000 appropriated for this purpose over the ten years, not less than $10,000,000 must be spent within the Santa Susana Mountains and the Simi Hills and not less than an additional $10,000, 000 must be spent within the Santa Clarita Woodlands. $500 , 000 annually to the California Tahoe Conservancy. The balance of the funds are. appropriated to the Wildlife Conservation Board. -3- These appropriations are effective July 1, 1990 and are repealed July 1, 2020. Upon the repeal of these specific appropriations all remaining funds are appropriated to the Wildlife Conservation Board. The Habitat Conservation Fund is guaranteed $30,000,000 per year in appropriations which may come from a variety of non-General Fund sources. However, any such funds which do not come from the other specified sources must be made up by .the General Fund as follows: 100 of the funds each year in the Unallocated Account in the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund (Proposition 99 ) are appropriated to the Habitat Conservation Fund. The Legislature is prohibited from appropriating any additional funds from the Unallocated Account in the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund (Proposition 99 ) for the purposes of this proposition or for any other natural resource or environmental protection program. $30,000,000 each year is transferred from the General Fund to the Habitat Conservation Fund. However, from this $30,000,000 are deducted any funds which are transferred to the Habitat Conservation Fund from any of the following sources: * The Public Resources Account in the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund (Proposition 99) . * The funds which are transferred from the Unallocated Account in the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund (Proposition 99 ) pursuant to the loo requirement above. * The California Environmental License Plate Fund. * The Endangered and Rare Fish, Wildlife, and Plant Species Conservation and Enhancement Account in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund. * Any other non-General Fund accounts and funds created by the Legislature or the people which may be used for purposes which are consistent with the purposes of this act. * Any bond funds which are authorized by the people after July 1, 1990 which may be used for purposes which are identical to the purposes specified for the Habitat Conservation Fund noted above. * The Wildlife Restoration Fund. Certain additional transfers or donations are specified to be in addition to and are not to be considered transfers which are to be offset against the $30,000,000 General Fund appropriation. Additional sections of Proposition 117 address the manner in which the. Proposition shall be administered. The Proposition provides that except for certain provisions extending the operative dates of the sections, the balance of Proposition can be amended by the Legislature only by a 4/5 vote in both houses and only then to further and be consistent with the Proposition. -4- Language now in the Fish and . Game Code dealing with the protection of mountain lions is repealed and replaced with language added by Proposition 117 dealing with the protection of mountain lions, which specifies that it can only be amended by the Legislature by a 4/5 vote and must be to further and be consistent with the Proposition. The argument in support of Proposition was signed by. Attorney General Van de Kamp, Senator Ed Davis and Assemblyman Richard Katz. The rebuttal to the argument. against Proposition 117 is signed by Assemblyman Friedman. The argument against Proposition 117 is signed by Senator Robert Beverly, among others.