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Wildlife Conservation Board plan for Prop 4 biodiversity funds raises questions about oversight, scope and timing
Summary
The Wildlife Conservation Board and state conservancies described plans for roughly $197 million in biodiversity spending next fiscal year and a multi‑year allocation to meet California’s nature‑based climate targets; lawmakers pressed for more reporting and legislative guidance.
The Wildlife Conservation Board and partner conservancies described how they would deploy a chunk of Proposition 4’s biodiversity funding and sketched targets tied to the state’s nature‑based climate goals and the 30 by 30 conservation objective.
"The administration's climate bond expenditure plan includes $197,000,000 for biodiversity and nature based solutions," Jennifer Norris, executive director of the Wildlife Conservation Board, told the subcommittee. She said WCB would use the funds to support land protection, habitat restoration, and projects that the board expects will help the state meet its "by 2030" nature‑conservation targets.
Why it matters: the subcommittee heard that WCB has allocated nearly $900 million in grants over the last two years and that Proposition 4 proposes a large…
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