This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Climate Resilience Districts Act.

It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this division to provide the ability for local governments to create districts for the purpose of addressing climate change effects and impacts through activities and actions that include mitigation and adaptation, as necessary and appropriate, to achieve all of the following:

For purposes of this division:

(A) A project that addresses river, bay, or sea level rise, or rising groundwater, including wetlands or marsh restoration, vegetated dunes, living shorelines, erosion control, or levees.

(B) A project that addresses extreme heat or the

urban heat island effect, including increasing shade, deploying cool building and surface materials, using cool pavements; constructing, improving, or modifying new or existing facilities; or increasing access to cooling opportunities.

(C) A project that addresses extreme cold, rain, or snow, including constructing, improving, or modifying new or existing facilities.

(D) A project that addresses the risk of wildfire, including establishing fire breaks, prescribed burning, structure hardening, or vegetation control.

(E) A project that addresses drought, including multiuse land repurposing, groundwater replenishment, groundwater storage, or conjunctive use.

(F) A project that addresses the risk of flooding, including structure elevation or relocation,

wetlands restoration, flood easements or bypasses, or levees.

(G) A project that intends to improve air quality.

additional priorities for projects.

resolution to be a participating entity, as described in subdivision (c), and alternatively adopts a resolution at a noticed public hearing stating that it agrees to participate in, and have its territory subject to, the jurisdiction, powers, and authority of the district conditioned upon the city or county also being represented on the governing body of the district pursuant to Section 62305.

pursuant to this division is hereby deemed to also be an enhanced infrastructure financing district pursuant to Chapter 2.99 (commencing with Section 53398.50) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 and shall be subject to statutory provisions for enhanced infrastructure financing districts.

district may join a district initiated by a city, county, city and county, or a combination of cities and counties.

project.

the district proposes to achieve.

In addition to the powers granted to an enhanced infrastructure financing district pursuant to Chapter 2.99 (commencing with Section 53398.50) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5, a district has the power to do all of the following within the territorial jurisdiction of a city, county, or city and county that is a participating entity, or a participating member city or county, pursuant to this division and is represented on the governing board in accordance with Section 62305:

C, and XIII   D of the California Constitution, including, but not limited to, a benefit assessment levied pursuant to paragraph (2).

22500) of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code), notwithstanding Section 22501 of the Streets and Highways Code.

refunding of any outstanding indebtedness, subject to any applicable constitutional requirements.

Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1).

district that requires voter approval shall be submitted to the voters within the boundaries of the district in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code applicable to districts, including the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9300) of Division 9 of the Elections Code.

federal decennial census, among those counties in which the measure will be submitted to the voters.

district in two or more counties, the elections officials of those counties shall mutually agree to use the same letter designation for the measure.

this division or other revenues pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 62253, including any proceeds of a debt issuance, and each year thereafter, the district shall contract for an independent audit conducted in accordance with generally accepted governmental auditing standards.

Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, to perform all work on the project that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades.

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burden that cannot reasonably be expected to be reversed or alleviated during the term of the infrastructure financing plan by private enterprise or governmental action, or both, without redevelopment.

district, which may be accomplished by reference to a map on file in the office of the clerk of the city or in the office of the recorder of the county, as applicable. The map may identify, within a district, certain areas which shall be referred to as “project areas.”

(ii) The legislative body of the city or county that elects to make an allocation pursuant to clause (i) shall enact an ordinance to establish the following:

the city or county will calculate the revenues derived from sales and use taxes and transactions and use taxes to be allocated to the district.

(II) The decision process by which the city or county will determine the amount that will be dedicated to the proposed district.

(A) Describe specifically the boundaries of the proposed area.

(B) Describe the purpose of the infrastructure financing plan.

(C) State the day, hour, and place when and where the public can inspect documents related to the district.

district shall post notice of the meeting described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) in an easily identifiable and accessible location on the district’s internet website at least 10 days before the meeting. The notice shall do all of the following:

all of the information required in Section 53398.63. The infrastructure financing plan shall be made available for public inspection at least 30 days before the governing board of the district’s public meeting. The designated official shall consult with each affected taxing entity, and, at the request of any affected taxing entity, shall meet with representatives of an affected taxing entity. Any affected taxing entity may suggest revisions to the plan.

only the following:

programs.

this division.

the statement required by Section 54900 may be filed with the auditor of each levying county, and the statement and the map or plat shall be filed with each assessor whose roll is used for the levy and with the State Board of Equalization in Sacramento, no later than January 31 of the year in which the assessments or taxes are to be levied.

section shall be residents of, own property in, or represent a business within the boundaries of the district and shall serve terms of not fewer than four years, subject to any applicable term limits established by the legislative body.