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Draft Report Safeguarding California Plan: 2017 Update – California’s Climate Adaptation Strategy. The Safeguarding California Plan: 2017 Update identifies overarching strategies for climate change adaptation. The document outlines ongoing actions and cost-effective and achievable steps to make California more resilient to climate change across ten different policy areas: agriculture, biodiversity and habitat, forests, ocean and coast, water, emergency management, energy, land use and community development, public health, and transportation. Agency: Natural Resources Agency Status: The draft was released on May 8, 2017. Six public meetings are planned in May and June. The final version incorporating public comments is scheduled for release in July 2017. The draft update and scheduled public meeting details can be accessed here. RCRC Comments: Staff is seeking input from member counties. RCRC Advocate: Staci Heaton sheaton@rcrcnet.org or Mary Pitto mpitto@rcrcnet.org
Draft 2017 Update to the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (CVFPP). The CVFPP is a long-range plan for improving flood risk management in the Sacramento and San Joaquin river Basins. The plan provides a comprehensive framework for system-wide management and flood risk reduction planning and is required to update every five years. This first update refines the overall near and long-term investment needs established in the CVFPP, and includes recommendations on policies and financing that support comprehensive flood risk management actions locally, regionally, and system-wide. Agency: Department of Water Resources Status: The draft was released on December 30, 2016, with comments due by March 31, 2017. Five public outreach hearings were held in February and March 2017 throughout the Central Valley. The CVFP Board held two workshops in April 2017 and will be holding three additional workshops in May and June 2017. The draft update, draft Supplemental Program EIS, and scheduled workshop details can be accessed here. RCRC Comments: Staff is seeking input from member counties. RCRC Advocate: Mary Pitto mpitto@rcrcnet.org