SB 1139

Bill Subjects

City Of Sacramento Flood Protection Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency

Abstract

Unless a city or county within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley makes certain findings after the effective date of specified amendments to its general plan, the Planning and Zoning Law prohibits a city or county from entering into a development agreement for property located in a flood hazard zone; approving a discretionary permit, ministerial permit, or other discretionary entitlement for a project that is located within a flood hazard zone, as specified; or approving a tentative map, or a parcel map for which a tentative map was not required, for a subdivision that is located within a flood hazard zone. Those findings include, among others, that the local flood management agency has made adequate progress on the construction of a flood protection system that will result in flood protection equal to or greater than the urban level of flood protection in urban or urbanizing areas. Existing law further requires urban and urbanizing areas protected by any levee that is part of the facilities of the State Plan of Flood Control to achieve the urban level of flood protection by 2025. Existing law extends that deadline to 2030 for the City of West Sacramento. This bill would extend that deadline for achieving the urban level of flood protection for the City of Sacramento to 2030. The bill would also make a related change regarding the potential liability of the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency for property damage caused by a flood during that extended time period. The bill would require, on or before December 31, 2029, the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency to provide a report to specified committees and subcommittees of the Legislature describing plans and actions taken to improve flood protection in the preceding 5 years in the City of Sacramento, as provided. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Sacramento.