SB 854 Summary

• Establishes Department of Fish and Wildlife's mission and core programs, requiring a comprehensive service-based budget review with deadlines for completion by January 15, 2021.

• Expands nutrition incentive programs by creating the Healthy Stores Refrigeration Grant Program to fund refrigeration units in food deserts and modifying the Nutrition Incentive Matching Grant Program to include community-supported agriculture and farm stands as qualified entities.

• Designates five segments of the Mokelumne River (Segments A1, A2, B, C1-C2, D, and E) as components of the California Wild and Scenic Rivers system with special protections and provisions for existing water rights.

• Creates Martins Beach Subaccount in the Land Bank Fund with up to $1 million in state funding to acquire public access rights-of-way or easements to the shoreline at Martins Beach in San Mateo County.

• Appropriates $100 million from the Natural Resources and Parks Preservation Fund for design and construction of the California Indian Heritage Center for cultural preservation and tribal engagement.