Amended IN Assembly May 06, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3030Introduced by Assembly Member Kalra(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bloom, Reyes, and Robert Rivas)February 21, 2020 An act to add Section 9001.6 to the Public Resources Code, relating to resource conservation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3030, as amended, Kalra. Resource conservation: land and ocean conservation goal. goals.Existing law declares it to be the policy of the state that the protection and management of natural and working lands, as defined, is an important strategy in meeting the states greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals, and requires all state agencies, departments, boards, and commissions to consider this policy when revising, adopting, or establishing policies, regulations, expenditures, or grant criteria relating to the protection and management of natural and working lands.This bill would declare it to be the goal goals of the state by 2030 to conserve protect at least 30 percent 30% of the land and 30 percent areas and waters within the state; to protect at least 30% of the ocean within the state by 2030. waters off the coast of the state; and to support regional, national, and international efforts to protect at least 30% of the worlds land areas and waters and 30% of the worlds ocean. The bill would require these goals to be accomplished through an effort that includes specified objectives.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Access to public land, nature, and a healthy environment should be a right for all people, as that access is essential to the health, well-being, identity, culture, and economic prosperity of California.(b) California faces a conservation biodiversity and climate crisis, with nature in a steep decline and greenhouse gas emissions not declining at the rate scientists say is needed in the United States and worldwide.(c) Scientists are documenting a rapid loss of natural areas and wildlife in California, the United States, and throughout the world, including all of the following:(1) From 2001 to 2017, a quantity of natural areas equal to the size of a football field disappeared to development every thirty 30 seconds in the United States, constituting more than 1,500,000 acres per year.(2) The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services found that approximately 1,000,000 plant and animal species are threatened by with extinction over the coming decades as a result of land conversion, water diversions, development, climate change, invasive species, pollution, and other stressors. stressors, and direct exploitation, including wildlife trade.(3) The Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services found that more than 500,000 terrestrial species have insufficient habitat for long-term survival without habitat restoration.(3)(4) From 2001 to 2017, California has lost more than 1,000,000 acres of natural area.(4)(5) At least 686 California species are at risk of future extinction extinction, and native species in California have already declined by 20 percent.(d) Climate change is accelerating the decline of nature in California and the United States.(e) The Third National Climate Assessment found that climate change is reducing the ability of ecosystems to provide clean water and regulate water flows, limiting the ability of nature to buffer communities against disasters disasters, such as fires, storms, and floods, which and marine heatwaves. Many of these changes disproportionately impacts impact the health of communities of color and indigenous populations, and having have far-reaching effects on marine and terrestrial wildlife, including by altering habitats, forcing changes to migratory patterns, and altering the timing of biological events. events, causing shifts in species distributions, and warming and acidifying the ocean.(f) Nature, like the climate, is nearing a tipping point where the continued loss and degradation of the natural environment will push many ecosystems and wildlife species past the point of no return, threaten the health and economic prosperity of California and the United States, and increase the costs of natural disasters.(g) The existing protections for land, water, the ocean, and wildlife in California and the United States are not sufficient insufficient to prevent a further decline of nature.(h) Protected land, water, and ocean areas must support thriving biodiversity, contribute to climate resilience, and provide ecosystem services; be established with enduring measures; and managed so that their natural character, resources, and functions are preserved, maximized, and not impaired for current and future generations.(h)(i) Conserving and restoring nature is one of the most efficient and cost-effective strategies for fighting climate change.(j) The implementation of this policy includes promoting voluntary cooperation with private land owners.(i)(k) To confront the deterioration of natural systems and the loss of biodiversity around the world, and to remain below a 1.5 degrees Celsius increase in average global temperature, scientists recommend that roughly one-half of the planet be conserved.(j)(l) As a step toward achieving that goal, some scientists have recommended that all countries commit to conserving and protecting at least 30 percent of the land areas and waters and 30 percent of the ocean in each country by 2030, with a long-term goal of conserving one-half of the planet.SEC. 2. Section 9001.6 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:9001.6. (a) It is the goal of the state to conserve protect at least 30 percent of the land areas and waters within the state and 30 percent of the ocean within the state waters off the coast of California by 2030.(b)The goal described in subdivision (a) should be accomplished through an effort that includes all of the following objectives:(b) It is further the goal of the state to support regional, national, and international efforts to protect at least 30 percent of the worlds land areas and waters and 30 percent of the worlds ocean by 2030.(c) The goals described in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be accomplished through an effort that includes all of the following objectives:(1) Working with the federal government, local communities, Native American tribes, other countries, and private landowners to conserve natural places and resources.(2) Improving access to nature for all people in the state, including with a specific emphasis on increasing access for communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities.(3) Preventing extinction by recovering and restoring biodiversity, including species listed under the California Endangered Species Act (Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 2050) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code).(4) Enhancing climate resilience by protecting genetic diversity.(4)(5) Sequestering carbon and greenhouse gas emissions through natural measures in the land and ocean of the state. land, waters, and ocean.(5)(6) Focusing work at a landscape scale that is biologically and ecologically meaningful. meaningful, including at a landscape or seascape scale, where appropriate.(7) Collaborating with federal, regional, and international governments to support and advance protections for habitats that lie outside of the states jurisdiction to ensure effective protections for California species that travel, are migratory, or have ranges that extend beyond the borders of the state.(8) Securing the protection of ocean areas equivalent to 30 percent of the states ocean waters through protections in state waters or in federal ocean waters that the state helps to secure, or through a combination of both.(6)(9) Stabilizing ecosystems and the services of ecosystems, restoring degraded ecosystems, and maintaining and enhancing ecological functions. functions, including functional ecological connectivity across the states landscape in the face of human development and climate change.(10) Aligning the states economic and purchasing power with efforts to protect ecosystems and threatened biodiversity within the state, nationally, and internationally.(11) Ensuring that protected areas within the state are effectively managed and enforced.(12) Securing protections for habitat types that are underrepresented in protected areas. Amended IN Assembly May 06, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3030Introduced by Assembly Member Kalra(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bloom, Reyes, and Robert Rivas)February 21, 2020 An act to add Section 9001.6 to the Public Resources Code, relating to resource conservation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3030, as amended, Kalra. Resource conservation: land and ocean conservation goal. goals.Existing law declares it to be the policy of the state that the protection and management of natural and working lands, as defined, is an important strategy in meeting the states greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals, and requires all state agencies, departments, boards, and commissions to consider this policy when revising, adopting, or establishing policies, regulations, expenditures, or grant criteria relating to the protection and management of natural and working lands.This bill would declare it to be the goal goals of the state by 2030 to conserve protect at least 30 percent 30% of the land and 30 percent areas and waters within the state; to protect at least 30% of the ocean within the state by 2030. waters off the coast of the state; and to support regional, national, and international efforts to protect at least 30% of the worlds land areas and waters and 30% of the worlds ocean. The bill would require these goals to be accomplished through an effort that includes specified objectives.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Amended IN Assembly May 06, 2020 Amended IN Assembly May 06, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3030 Introduced by Assembly Member Kalra(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bloom, Reyes, and Robert Rivas)February 21, 2020 Introduced by Assembly Member Kalra(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bloom, Reyes, and Robert Rivas) February 21, 2020 An act to add Section 9001.6 to the Public Resources Code, relating to resource conservation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 3030, as amended, Kalra. Resource conservation: land and ocean conservation goal. goals. Existing law declares it to be the policy of the state that the protection and management of natural and working lands, as defined, is an important strategy in meeting the states greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals, and requires all state agencies, departments, boards, and commissions to consider this policy when revising, adopting, or establishing policies, regulations, expenditures, or grant criteria relating to the protection and management of natural and working lands.This bill would declare it to be the goal goals of the state by 2030 to conserve protect at least 30 percent 30% of the land and 30 percent areas and waters within the state; to protect at least 30% of the ocean within the state by 2030. waters off the coast of the state; and to support regional, national, and international efforts to protect at least 30% of the worlds land areas and waters and 30% of the worlds ocean. The bill would require these goals to be accomplished through an effort that includes specified objectives. Existing law declares it to be the policy of the state that the protection and management of natural and working lands, as defined, is an important strategy in meeting the states greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals, and requires all state agencies, departments, boards, and commissions to consider this policy when revising, adopting, or establishing policies, regulations, expenditures, or grant criteria relating to the protection and management of natural and working lands. This bill would declare it to be the goal goals of the state by 2030 to conserve protect at least 30 percent 30% of the land and 30 percent areas and waters within the state; to protect at least 30% of the ocean within the state by 2030. waters off the coast of the state; and to support regional, national, and international efforts to protect at least 30% of the worlds land areas and waters and 30% of the worlds ocean. The bill would require these goals to be accomplished through an effort that includes specified objectives. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Access to public land, nature, and a healthy environment should be a right for all people, as that access is essential to the health, well-being, identity, culture, and economic prosperity of California.(b) California faces a conservation biodiversity and climate crisis, with nature in a steep decline and greenhouse gas emissions not declining at the rate scientists say is needed in the United States and worldwide.(c) Scientists are documenting a rapid loss of natural areas and wildlife in California, the United States, and throughout the world, including all of the following:(1) From 2001 to 2017, a quantity of natural areas equal to the size of a football field disappeared to development every thirty 30 seconds in the United States, constituting more than 1,500,000 acres per year.(2) The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services found that approximately 1,000,000 plant and animal species are threatened by with extinction over the coming decades as a result of land conversion, water diversions, development, climate change, invasive species, pollution, and other stressors. stressors, and direct exploitation, including wildlife trade.(3) The Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services found that more than 500,000 terrestrial species have insufficient habitat for long-term survival without habitat restoration.(3)(4) From 2001 to 2017, California has lost more than 1,000,000 acres of natural area.(4)(5) At least 686 California species are at risk of future extinction extinction, and native species in California have already declined by 20 percent.(d) Climate change is accelerating the decline of nature in California and the United States.(e) The Third National Climate Assessment found that climate change is reducing the ability of ecosystems to provide clean water and regulate water flows, limiting the ability of nature to buffer communities against disasters disasters, such as fires, storms, and floods, which and marine heatwaves. Many of these changes disproportionately impacts impact the health of communities of color and indigenous populations, and having have far-reaching effects on marine and terrestrial wildlife, including by altering habitats, forcing changes to migratory patterns, and altering the timing of biological events. events, causing shifts in species distributions, and warming and acidifying the ocean.(f) Nature, like the climate, is nearing a tipping point where the continued loss and degradation of the natural environment will push many ecosystems and wildlife species past the point of no return, threaten the health and economic prosperity of California and the United States, and increase the costs of natural disasters.(g) The existing protections for land, water, the ocean, and wildlife in California and the United States are not sufficient insufficient to prevent a further decline of nature.(h) Protected land, water, and ocean areas must support thriving biodiversity, contribute to climate resilience, and provide ecosystem services; be established with enduring measures; and managed so that their natural character, resources, and functions are preserved, maximized, and not impaired for current and future generations.(h)(i) Conserving and restoring nature is one of the most efficient and cost-effective strategies for fighting climate change.(j) The implementation of this policy includes promoting voluntary cooperation with private land owners.(i)(k) To confront the deterioration of natural systems and the loss of biodiversity around the world, and to remain below a 1.5 degrees Celsius increase in average global temperature, scientists recommend that roughly one-half of the planet be conserved.(j)(l) As a step toward achieving that goal, some scientists have recommended that all countries commit to conserving and protecting at least 30 percent of the land areas and waters and 30 percent of the ocean in each country by 2030, with a long-term goal of conserving one-half of the planet.SEC. 2. Section 9001.6 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:9001.6. (a) It is the goal of the state to conserve protect at least 30 percent of the land areas and waters within the state and 30 percent of the ocean within the state waters off the coast of California by 2030.(b)The goal described in subdivision (a) should be accomplished through an effort that includes all of the following objectives:(b) It is further the goal of the state to support regional, national, and international efforts to protect at least 30 percent of the worlds land areas and waters and 30 percent of the worlds ocean by 2030.(c) The goals described in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be accomplished through an effort that includes all of the following objectives:(1) Working with the federal government, local communities, Native American tribes, other countries, and private landowners to conserve natural places and resources.(2) Improving access to nature for all people in the state, including with a specific emphasis on increasing access for communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities.(3) Preventing extinction by recovering and restoring biodiversity, including species listed under the California Endangered Species Act (Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 2050) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code).(4) Enhancing climate resilience by protecting genetic diversity.(4)(5) Sequestering carbon and greenhouse gas emissions through natural measures in the land and ocean of the state. land, waters, and ocean.(5)(6) Focusing work at a landscape scale that is biologically and ecologically meaningful. meaningful, including at a landscape or seascape scale, where appropriate.(7) Collaborating with federal, regional, and international governments to support and advance protections for habitats that lie outside of the states jurisdiction to ensure effective protections for California species that travel, are migratory, or have ranges that extend beyond the borders of the state.(8) Securing the protection of ocean areas equivalent to 30 percent of the states ocean waters through protections in state waters or in federal ocean waters that the state helps to secure, or through a combination of both.(6)(9) Stabilizing ecosystems and the services of ecosystems, restoring degraded ecosystems, and maintaining and enhancing ecological functions. functions, including functional ecological connectivity across the states landscape in the face of human development and climate change.(10) Aligning the states economic and purchasing power with efforts to protect ecosystems and threatened biodiversity within the state, nationally, and internationally.(11) Ensuring that protected areas within the state are effectively managed and enforced.(12) Securing protections for habitat types that are underrepresented in protected areas. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Access to public land, nature, and a healthy environment should be a right for all people, as that access is essential to the health, well-being, identity, culture, and economic prosperity of California.(b) California faces a conservation biodiversity and climate crisis, with nature in a steep decline and greenhouse gas emissions not declining at the rate scientists say is needed in the United States and worldwide.(c) Scientists are documenting a rapid loss of natural areas and wildlife in California, the United States, and throughout the world, including all of the following:(1) From 2001 to 2017, a quantity of natural areas equal to the size of a football field disappeared to development every thirty 30 seconds in the United States, constituting more than 1,500,000 acres per year.(2) The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services found that approximately 1,000,000 plant and animal species are threatened by with extinction over the coming decades as a result of land conversion, water diversions, development, climate change, invasive species, pollution, and other stressors. stressors, and direct exploitation, including wildlife trade.(3) The Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services found that more than 500,000 terrestrial species have insufficient habitat for long-term survival without habitat restoration.(3)(4) From 2001 to 2017, California has lost more than 1,000,000 acres of natural area.(4)(5) At least 686 California species are at risk of future extinction extinction, and native species in California have already declined by 20 percent.(d) Climate change is accelerating the decline of nature in California and the United States.(e) The Third National Climate Assessment found that climate change is reducing the ability of ecosystems to provide clean water and regulate water flows, limiting the ability of nature to buffer communities against disasters disasters, such as fires, storms, and floods, which and marine heatwaves. Many of these changes disproportionately impacts impact the health of communities of color and indigenous populations, and having have far-reaching effects on marine and terrestrial wildlife, including by altering habitats, forcing changes to migratory patterns, and altering the timing of biological events. events, causing shifts in species distributions, and warming and acidifying the ocean.(f) Nature, like the climate, is nearing a tipping point where the continued loss and degradation of the natural environment will push many ecosystems and wildlife species past the point of no return, threaten the health and economic prosperity of California and the United States, and increase the costs of natural disasters.(g) The existing protections for land, water, the ocean, and wildlife in California and the United States are not sufficient insufficient to prevent a further decline of nature.(h) Protected land, water, and ocean areas must support thriving biodiversity, contribute to climate resilience, and provide ecosystem services; be established with enduring measures; and managed so that their natural character, resources, and functions are preserved, maximized, and not impaired for current and future generations.(h)(i) Conserving and restoring nature is one of the most efficient and cost-effective strategies for fighting climate change.(j) The implementation of this policy includes promoting voluntary cooperation with private land owners.(i)(k) To confront the deterioration of natural systems and the loss of biodiversity around the world, and to remain below a 1.5 degrees Celsius increase in average global temperature, scientists recommend that roughly one-half of the planet be conserved.(j)(l) As a step toward achieving that goal, some scientists have recommended that all countries commit to conserving and protecting at least 30 percent of the land areas and waters and 30 percent of the ocean in each country by 2030, with a long-term goal of conserving one-half of the planet. SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Access to public land, nature, and a healthy environment should be a right for all people, as that access is essential to the health, well-being, identity, culture, and economic prosperity of California.(b) California faces a conservation biodiversity and climate crisis, with nature in a steep decline and greenhouse gas emissions not declining at the rate scientists say is needed in the United States and worldwide.(c) Scientists are documenting a rapid loss of natural areas and wildlife in California, the United States, and throughout the world, including all of the following:(1) From 2001 to 2017, a quantity of natural areas equal to the size of a football field disappeared to development every thirty 30 seconds in the United States, constituting more than 1,500,000 acres per year.(2) The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services found that approximately 1,000,000 plant and animal species are threatened by with extinction over the coming decades as a result of land conversion, water diversions, development, climate change, invasive species, pollution, and other stressors. stressors, and direct exploitation, including wildlife trade.(3) The Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services found that more than 500,000 terrestrial species have insufficient habitat for long-term survival without habitat restoration.(3)(4) From 2001 to 2017, California has lost more than 1,000,000 acres of natural area.(4)(5) At least 686 California species are at risk of future extinction extinction, and native species in California have already declined by 20 percent.(d) Climate change is accelerating the decline of nature in California and the United States.(e) The Third National Climate Assessment found that climate change is reducing the ability of ecosystems to provide clean water and regulate water flows, limiting the ability of nature to buffer communities against disasters disasters, such as fires, storms, and floods, which and marine heatwaves. Many of these changes disproportionately impacts impact the health of communities of color and indigenous populations, and having have far-reaching effects on marine and terrestrial wildlife, including by altering habitats, forcing changes to migratory patterns, and altering the timing of biological events. events, causing shifts in species distributions, and warming and acidifying the ocean.(f) Nature, like the climate, is nearing a tipping point where the continued loss and degradation of the natural environment will push many ecosystems and wildlife species past the point of no return, threaten the health and economic prosperity of California and the United States, and increase the costs of natural disasters.(g) The existing protections for land, water, the ocean, and wildlife in California and the United States are not sufficient insufficient to prevent a further decline of nature.(h) Protected land, water, and ocean areas must support thriving biodiversity, contribute to climate resilience, and provide ecosystem services; be established with enduring measures; and managed so that their natural character, resources, and functions are preserved, maximized, and not impaired for current and future generations.(h)(i) Conserving and restoring nature is one of the most efficient and cost-effective strategies for fighting climate change.(j) The implementation of this policy includes promoting voluntary cooperation with private land owners.(i)(k) To confront the deterioration of natural systems and the loss of biodiversity around the world, and to remain below a 1.5 degrees Celsius increase in average global temperature, scientists recommend that roughly one-half of the planet be conserved.(j)(l) As a step toward achieving that goal, some scientists have recommended that all countries commit to conserving and protecting at least 30 percent of the land areas and waters and 30 percent of the ocean in each country by 2030, with a long-term goal of conserving one-half of the planet. SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: ### SECTION 1. (a) Access to public land, nature, and a healthy environment should be a right for all people, as that access is essential to the health, well-being, identity, culture, and economic prosperity of California. (b) California faces a conservation biodiversity and climate crisis, with nature in a steep decline and greenhouse gas emissions not declining at the rate scientists say is needed in the United States and worldwide. (c) Scientists are documenting a rapid loss of natural areas and wildlife in California, the United States, and throughout the world, including all of the following: (1) From 2001 to 2017, a quantity of natural areas equal to the size of a football field disappeared to development every thirty 30 seconds in the United States, constituting more than 1,500,000 acres per year. (2) The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services found that approximately 1,000,000 plant and animal species are threatened by with extinction over the coming decades as a result of land conversion, water diversions, development, climate change, invasive species, pollution, and other stressors. stressors, and direct exploitation, including wildlife trade. (3) The Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services found that more than 500,000 terrestrial species have insufficient habitat for long-term survival without habitat restoration. (3) (4) From 2001 to 2017, California has lost more than 1,000,000 acres of natural area. (4) (5) At least 686 California species are at risk of future extinction extinction, and native species in California have already declined by 20 percent. (d) Climate change is accelerating the decline of nature in California and the United States. (e) The Third National Climate Assessment found that climate change is reducing the ability of ecosystems to provide clean water and regulate water flows, limiting the ability of nature to buffer communities against disasters disasters, such as fires, storms, and floods, which and marine heatwaves. Many of these changes disproportionately impacts impact the health of communities of color and indigenous populations, and having have far-reaching effects on marine and terrestrial wildlife, including by altering habitats, forcing changes to migratory patterns, and altering the timing of biological events. events, causing shifts in species distributions, and warming and acidifying the ocean. (f) Nature, like the climate, is nearing a tipping point where the continued loss and degradation of the natural environment will push many ecosystems and wildlife species past the point of no return, threaten the health and economic prosperity of California and the United States, and increase the costs of natural disasters. (g) The existing protections for land, water, the ocean, and wildlife in California and the United States are not sufficient insufficient to prevent a further decline of nature. (h) Protected land, water, and ocean areas must support thriving biodiversity, contribute to climate resilience, and provide ecosystem services; be established with enduring measures; and managed so that their natural character, resources, and functions are preserved, maximized, and not impaired for current and future generations. (h) (i) Conserving and restoring nature is one of the most efficient and cost-effective strategies for fighting climate change. (j) The implementation of this policy includes promoting voluntary cooperation with private land owners. (i) (k) To confront the deterioration of natural systems and the loss of biodiversity around the world, and to remain below a 1.5 degrees Celsius increase in average global temperature, scientists recommend that roughly one-half of the planet be conserved. (j) (l) As a step toward achieving that goal, some scientists have recommended that all countries commit to conserving and protecting at least 30 percent of the land areas and waters and 30 percent of the ocean in each country by 2030, with a long-term goal of conserving one-half of the planet. SEC. 2. Section 9001.6 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:9001.6. (a) It is the goal of the state to conserve protect at least 30 percent of the land areas and waters within the state and 30 percent of the ocean within the state waters off the coast of California by 2030.(b)The goal described in subdivision (a) should be accomplished through an effort that includes all of the following objectives:(b) It is further the goal of the state to support regional, national, and international efforts to protect at least 30 percent of the worlds land areas and waters and 30 percent of the worlds ocean by 2030.(c) The goals described in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be accomplished through an effort that includes all of the following objectives:(1) Working with the federal government, local communities, Native American tribes, other countries, and private landowners to conserve natural places and resources.(2) Improving access to nature for all people in the state, including with a specific emphasis on increasing access for communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities.(3) Preventing extinction by recovering and restoring biodiversity, including species listed under the California Endangered Species Act (Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 2050) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code).(4) Enhancing climate resilience by protecting genetic diversity.(4)(5) Sequestering carbon and greenhouse gas emissions through natural measures in the land and ocean of the state. land, waters, and ocean.(5)(6) Focusing work at a landscape scale that is biologically and ecologically meaningful. meaningful, including at a landscape or seascape scale, where appropriate.(7) Collaborating with federal, regional, and international governments to support and advance protections for habitats that lie outside of the states jurisdiction to ensure effective protections for California species that travel, are migratory, or have ranges that extend beyond the borders of the state.(8) Securing the protection of ocean areas equivalent to 30 percent of the states ocean waters through protections in state waters or in federal ocean waters that the state helps to secure, or through a combination of both.(6)(9) Stabilizing ecosystems and the services of ecosystems, restoring degraded ecosystems, and maintaining and enhancing ecological functions. functions, including functional ecological connectivity across the states landscape in the face of human development and climate change.(10) Aligning the states economic and purchasing power with efforts to protect ecosystems and threatened biodiversity within the state, nationally, and internationally.(11) Ensuring that protected areas within the state are effectively managed and enforced.(12) Securing protections for habitat types that are underrepresented in protected areas. SEC. 2. Section 9001.6 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read: ### SEC. 2. 9001.6. (a) It is the goal of the state to conserve protect at least 30 percent of the land areas and waters within the state and 30 percent of the ocean within the state waters off the coast of California by 2030.(b)The goal described in subdivision (a) should be accomplished through an effort that includes all of the following objectives:(b) It is further the goal of the state to support regional, national, and international efforts to protect at least 30 percent of the worlds land areas and waters and 30 percent of the worlds ocean by 2030.(c) The goals described in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be accomplished through an effort that includes all of the following objectives:(1) Working with the federal government, local communities, Native American tribes, other countries, and private landowners to conserve natural places and resources.(2) Improving access to nature for all people in the state, including with a specific emphasis on increasing access for communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities.(3) Preventing extinction by recovering and restoring biodiversity, including species listed under the California Endangered Species Act (Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 2050) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code).(4) Enhancing climate resilience by protecting genetic diversity.(4)(5) Sequestering carbon and greenhouse gas emissions through natural measures in the land and ocean of the state. land, waters, and ocean.(5)(6) Focusing work at a landscape scale that is biologically and ecologically meaningful. meaningful, including at a landscape or seascape scale, where appropriate.(7) Collaborating with federal, regional, and international governments to support and advance protections for habitats that lie outside of the states jurisdiction to ensure effective protections for California species that travel, are migratory, or have ranges that extend beyond the borders of the state.(8) Securing the protection of ocean areas equivalent to 30 percent of the states ocean waters through protections in state waters or in federal ocean waters that the state helps to secure, or through a combination of both.(6)(9) Stabilizing ecosystems and the services of ecosystems, restoring degraded ecosystems, and maintaining and enhancing ecological functions. functions, including functional ecological connectivity across the states landscape in the face of human development and climate change.(10) Aligning the states economic and purchasing power with efforts to protect ecosystems and threatened biodiversity within the state, nationally, and internationally.(11) Ensuring that protected areas within the state are effectively managed and enforced.(12) Securing protections for habitat types that are underrepresented in protected areas. 9001.6. (a) It is the goal of the state to conserve protect at least 30 percent of the land areas and waters within the state and 30 percent of the ocean within the state waters off the coast of California by 2030.(b)The goal described in subdivision (a) should be accomplished through an effort that includes all of the following objectives:(b) It is further the goal of the state to support regional, national, and international efforts to protect at least 30 percent of the worlds land areas and waters and 30 percent of the worlds ocean by 2030.(c) The goals described in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be accomplished through an effort that includes all of the following objectives:(1) Working with the federal government, local communities, Native American tribes, other countries, and private landowners to conserve natural places and resources.(2) Improving access to nature for all people in the state, including with a specific emphasis on increasing access for communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities.(3) Preventing extinction by recovering and restoring biodiversity, including species listed under the California Endangered Species Act (Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 2050) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code).(4) Enhancing climate resilience by protecting genetic diversity.(4)(5) Sequestering carbon and greenhouse gas emissions through natural measures in the land and ocean of the state. land, waters, and ocean.(5)(6) Focusing work at a landscape scale that is biologically and ecologically meaningful. meaningful, including at a landscape or seascape scale, where appropriate.(7) Collaborating with federal, regional, and international governments to support and advance protections for habitats that lie outside of the states jurisdiction to ensure effective protections for California species that travel, are migratory, or have ranges that extend beyond the borders of the state.(8) Securing the protection of ocean areas equivalent to 30 percent of the states ocean waters through protections in state waters or in federal ocean waters that the state helps to secure, or through a combination of both.(6)(9) Stabilizing ecosystems and the services of ecosystems, restoring degraded ecosystems, and maintaining and enhancing ecological functions. functions, including functional ecological connectivity across the states landscape in the face of human development and climate change.(10) Aligning the states economic and purchasing power with efforts to protect ecosystems and threatened biodiversity within the state, nationally, and internationally.(11) Ensuring that protected areas within the state are effectively managed and enforced.(12) Securing protections for habitat types that are underrepresented in protected areas. 9001.6. (a) It is the goal of the state to conserve protect at least 30 percent of the land areas and waters within the state and 30 percent of the ocean within the state waters off the coast of California by 2030.(b)The goal described in subdivision (a) should be accomplished through an effort that includes all of the following objectives:(b) It is further the goal of the state to support regional, national, and international efforts to protect at least 30 percent of the worlds land areas and waters and 30 percent of the worlds ocean by 2030.(c) The goals described in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be accomplished through an effort that includes all of the following objectives:(1) Working with the federal government, local communities, Native American tribes, other countries, and private landowners to conserve natural places and resources.(2) Improving access to nature for all people in the state, including with a specific emphasis on increasing access for communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities.(3) Preventing extinction by recovering and restoring biodiversity, including species listed under the California Endangered Species Act (Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 2050) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code).(4) Enhancing climate resilience by protecting genetic diversity.(4)(5) Sequestering carbon and greenhouse gas emissions through natural measures in the land and ocean of the state. land, waters, and ocean.(5)(6) Focusing work at a landscape scale that is biologically and ecologically meaningful. meaningful, including at a landscape or seascape scale, where appropriate.(7) Collaborating with federal, regional, and international governments to support and advance protections for habitats that lie outside of the states jurisdiction to ensure effective protections for California species that travel, are migratory, or have ranges that extend beyond the borders of the state.(8) Securing the protection of ocean areas equivalent to 30 percent of the states ocean waters through protections in state waters or in federal ocean waters that the state helps to secure, or through a combination of both.(6)(9) Stabilizing ecosystems and the services of ecosystems, restoring degraded ecosystems, and maintaining and enhancing ecological functions. functions, including functional ecological connectivity across the states landscape in the face of human development and climate change.(10) Aligning the states economic and purchasing power with efforts to protect ecosystems and threatened biodiversity within the state, nationally, and internationally.(11) Ensuring that protected areas within the state are effectively managed and enforced.(12) Securing protections for habitat types that are underrepresented in protected areas. 9001.6. (a) It is the goal of the state to conserve protect at least 30 percent of the land areas and waters within the state and 30 percent of the ocean within the state waters off the coast of California by 2030. (b)The goal described in subdivision (a) should be accomplished through an effort that includes all of the following objectives: (b) It is further the goal of the state to support regional, national, and international efforts to protect at least 30 percent of the worlds land areas and waters and 30 percent of the worlds ocean by 2030. (c) The goals described in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be accomplished through an effort that includes all of the following objectives: (1) Working with the federal government, local communities, Native American tribes, other countries, and private landowners to conserve natural places and resources. (2) Improving access to nature for all people in the state, including with a specific emphasis on increasing access for communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities. (3) Preventing extinction by recovering and restoring biodiversity, including species listed under the California Endangered Species Act (Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 2050) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code). (4) Enhancing climate resilience by protecting genetic diversity. (4) (5) Sequestering carbon and greenhouse gas emissions through natural measures in the land and ocean of the state. land, waters, and ocean. (5) (6) Focusing work at a landscape scale that is biologically and ecologically meaningful. meaningful, including at a landscape or seascape scale, where appropriate. (7) Collaborating with federal, regional, and international governments to support and advance protections for habitats that lie outside of the states jurisdiction to ensure effective protections for California species that travel, are migratory, or have ranges that extend beyond the borders of the state. (8) Securing the protection of ocean areas equivalent to 30 percent of the states ocean waters through protections in state waters or in federal ocean waters that the state helps to secure, or through a combination of both. (6) (9) Stabilizing ecosystems and the services of ecosystems, restoring degraded ecosystems, and maintaining and enhancing ecological functions. functions, including functional ecological connectivity across the states landscape in the face of human development and climate change. (10) Aligning the states economic and purchasing power with efforts to protect ecosystems and threatened biodiversity within the state, nationally, and internationally. (11) Ensuring that protected areas within the state are effectively managed and enforced. (12) Securing protections for habitat types that are underrepresented in protected areas.