Coastal resources: coastal development permits: disaster exemption.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide details on the exact financial impact or changes in permit numbers.

Coastal Development Permits: Disaster Exemption

This law changes how permits are needed when rebuilding after a disaster in California's coastal areas, especially if the new owner is different from the previous one.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the rules for getting permits to rebuild structures damaged by disasters.
• Requires local governments to check if new buildings will affect public access or open spaces.
• Sets up how the state might pay local agencies for extra work caused by this law.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who want to rebuild structures after a disaster in coastal areas of California, especially if they are not the original property owners.
• Local government officials who review and issue building permits.
• The California Coastal Commission

Terms To Know

Coastal Development Permit

A special permission needed to build or change something near the ocean in California.

Public Access Easement

An area that allows everyone to use for walking, viewing, and enjoying nature.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much money local agencies might need from the state.
• It is unclear if this law will change the overall number of permits needed.

Official Summary Text

SB 1229, as amended, Allen.
Coastal resources: coastal development permits: disaster exemption.
Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, requires anyone wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, except as specified, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission or a local government, as provided. The act provides that a coastal development permit is not required for the replacement of any structure, other than a public works facility, destroyed by a disaster.
This bill would prohibit that coastal development permit exemption from applying to the replacement of a structure by an applicant who was not listed as the property owner of record immediately preceding the disaster if replacement of the structure would, among other
things, encroach upon
a public access easement, lateral access easement, or vertical access easement,
an open space easement or deed restriction that has been
recorded or offered for dedication, as provided. By creating additional duties for a local government in reviewing coastal development permits, the bill would impose 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.

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