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Ocean Protection Council and Coastal Conservancy outline phased Prop 4 rollout for sea-level rise and coastal resilience
Summary
Witnesses from the Ocean Protection Council and the California Coastal Conservancy described multi-year spending plans for Prop 4 coastal allocations, emphasizing grant programs for local adaptation, kelp initiatives and San Francisco Bay projects while urging staged appropriations tied to staffing and project readiness.
The subcommittee heard administration witnesses from the Ocean Protection Council (OPC) and California Coastal Conservancy describe how Proposition 4 funding for coastal resilience would be phased.
Caitlin Kalua (deputy director, OPC) summarized OPC—s allocations under the bond: $135 million for marine and coastal ecosystem work and $75 million for a program to implement sea-level-rise mitigation and adaptation via the agency—s SB 1 sea-level-rise grant program. "The proposed budget from the prop 4 funds is 7.5 to the Ocean Protection Council, which reflects these needed…
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