CA AB1773

Appropriates $40,000,000 from the General Fund to the Controller for the 2022–23 fiscal year to make subvention payments to counties under the Williamson Act program.

Distributes subvention payments to counties in proportion to their losses from reduced assessed property taxes resulting from Williamson Act contracts.

Finds that preserving agricultural land protects the state's economic resources, prevents costly urban sprawl, and provides public benefits including open space and scenic value.

Notes that urban land emits 70 times more greenhouse gases than irrigated cropland, and the Williamson Act helps prevent conversion of farmland to urban use.

Recognizes the open-space subvention program as crucial to counties' continued participation in California's primary land conservation program.