Coastal resources: local coastal program: monarch butterfly habitat.

Plain English Breakdown

The exact date of when local governments must update their local coastal programs is not specified in the bill text.

Protecting Monarch Butterfly Habitats in Coastal Areas

This law requires local governments near the coast of California to include protection plans for monarch butterfly habitats when updating their local coastal programs.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife, working with the California Coastal Commission, to identify places where monarch butterflies spend winter along the coast by January 1, 2028.
• Asks these departments to create model policies by July 1, 2028, for local governments to protect and restore monarch butterfly habitats.
• Requires local coastal programs to include protection plans for monarch butterfly sites when they are updated after the guidance on model policies is finalized.

Who It Names or Affects

• Local governments near the coast of California
• The Department of Fish and Wildlife
• The California Coastal Commission

Terms To Know

Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Habitat

Areas where monarch butterflies spend winter, usually in trees or bushes.

Local Coastal Program

A plan made by local governments to manage development and protect natural resources along the coast.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much money will be given to help local governments follow these new rules.
• It is unclear which specific areas of the coast will be affected by this law.

Official Summary Text

AB 2254, as amended, Addis.
Coastal resources: local coastal program: monarch butterfly habitat.
Existing law establishes the Department of Fish and Wildlife and sets forth the duties of that department, which include administering various programs for the protection and conservation of fish and wildlife. Existing law authorizes the department to take feasible actions to conserve monarch butterflies and the unique habitats they depend upon for successful migration.
Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, establishes the California Coastal Commission and provides for planning and regulation of development in the coastal zone, as defined. The act requires the commission to adopt, after public hearing, procedures for the preparation, submission, approval, appeal, certification, and amendment of a local coastal
program, as provided. The act generally requires each local government, as specified, to prepare a local coastal program for certification by the commission.
This bill would require, on or before
July 1, 2027, the commission
January 1, 2028, the department, in coordination with the commission, to identify monarch butterfly overwintering habitat sites in the coastal zone and current local government monarch butterfly overwintering habitat management plans or policies. The bill would also require, on or before July 1, 2028, the department, in coordination with the commission,
to develop and provide guidance on model policies to be used by a local government for the protection of monarch butterfly overwintering
habitat.
habitat, including habitat restoration and enhancement.
The bill would require,
on and after July 1, 2027,
after the above-described guidance on model policies is finalized,
a local government with a monarch butterfly overwintering habitat site located within their jurisdiction and the coastal zone, as described, at the time of their next amendment to their local coastal program, to include monarch butterfly overwintering habitat site protection policies in their local coastal program. By imposing additional duties on a local government, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state.
Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Current Bill Text

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