(a) The Baldwin Hills, Southern Ballona Creek Watershed, and Upper Dominguez Channel Urban Watershed Improvement Program is hereby established, to be administered by the conservancy for climate change adaptation improvements, to protect, conserve, and restore the health and resilience of the watersheds and communities of the region, in support of the purposes and programs described in Section 32565.5. In implementing this program, the conservancy shall coordinate and collaborate with other state agencies, federal agencies, local entities, and stakeholders.

(b) In implementing this program, notwithstanding Section 32575, the conservancy may test new funding, policy, planning, and implementation approaches with the area covered by an initiative to test new ways of accomplishing the program objectives and goals described in subdivision (a), with the intent of broadening the scope of the initiative to apply to the entire program area.

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Terms Used In California Public Resources Code 32573.1

  • Conservancy: means the Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy. See California Public Resources Code 32553
  • Southern Ballona Creek Watershed: means an approximately 40-square-mile portion of the area of land with the hydrologic unit code of 180701040300 including the Ballona Creek, a nine-mile long flood protection channel, including 50 yards on both sides of the channel for right-of-way, trail access, and greening. See California Public Resources Code 32553
  • Upper Dominguez Channel: means an approximately 33-square-mile portion of the area of land with the hydrologic unit code of 180701060101 including the Laguna Dominguez Trail, a one-mile long portion of the flood protection channel that drains the Los Angeles basin. See California Public Resources Code 32553

(c) This section shall not be construed as requiring the Legislature to appropriate additional funds.

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 714, Sec. 13. (SB 1052) Effective January 1, 2023.)

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