California 2023-2024 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB2732 Latest Draft

Bill / Amended Version Filed 04/16/2024

                            Amended IN  Assembly  April 16, 2024 Amended IN  Assembly  March 21, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2732Introduced by Assembly Member PapanFebruary 15, 2024An act to amend Section 8333.1 of the Government Code, relating to state grants.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2732, as amended, Papan. Grant Information Act of 2018: internet web portal: climate-related grants: childcare sector.Existing law, the Grant Information Act of 2018, requires the California State Library to create a funding opportunities internet web portal that provides a centralized location for grant seekers to find state grant opportunities. Existing law requires the Natural Resources Agency to update every 3 years the states climate adaptation strategy, known as the Safeguarding California Plan, and to coordinate with other state agencies to identify vulnerabilities to climate change by sectors, including, among others, transportation and public health.This bill would require the library, in consultation with the agency, to include on the above-described internet web portal the category childcare under the category tab, in order to ensure that the childcare sector has the ability to search for climate-related grants applicable to childcare providers. tab, and would also require the library to consult with all agencies and departments administering grants that are included on the portal to identify and indicate on the portal grants in which childcare providers are eligible applicants. The bill would require those agencies and departments to provide the library with information relating to the eligibility of childcare providers for grant identification purposes.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) The childcare sector is physically vulnerable to the stress of natural disasters and other extreme climate events, which puts childcare and development programs at an increased risk of permanent closure.(b) The consequences are often most severe for communities of color where environmental injustices and racial injustices compound.(c) Black and Latino children, families, and neighborhoods tend to have the least access to high-quality early care and education and are most likely to live in places with extreme weather made worse by climate change.SEC. 2. Section 8333.1 of the Government Code is amended to read:8333.1. (a) On or before July 1, 2020, the California State Library shall create a funding opportunities internet web portal that provides a centralized location for grant seekers to find state grant opportunities. The funding opportunities internet web portal shall include, but is not limited to, an interactive internet website that is launched to include, at a minimum, information identifying every grant administered by the state and any incentive opportunities allocated by statute or in the annual budget that will provide local assistance funds. The California State Library, in consultation with the Strategic Growth Council and the State Air Resources Board, shall ensure that the internet website is accessible and provides helpful information to a diverse set of potential applicants, including nonprofit and community-based organizations, and other entities that are working to support and benefit disadvantaged and low-income communities.(b) The California State Library shall provide a link to the internet web portal as specified and pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 12098.4.(c) In order to ensure that the childcare sector has the ability to search for climate-related grants applicable to childcare providers, the California State Library, in consultation with the Natural Resources Agency, The California State Library shall include on the internet web portal described in subdivision (a) the category childcare under the category tab.(d) (1) The California State Library shall consult with the agencies and departments administering grants that are included on the portal to identify and indicate on the portal grants in which childcare providers are eligible applicants.(2) The state agencies and departments described in paragraph (1) shall provide the California State Library with information relating to the eligibility of childcare providers for grant identification purposes.

 Amended IN  Assembly  April 16, 2024 Amended IN  Assembly  March 21, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2732Introduced by Assembly Member PapanFebruary 15, 2024An act to amend Section 8333.1 of the Government Code, relating to state grants.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2732, as amended, Papan. Grant Information Act of 2018: internet web portal: climate-related grants: childcare sector.Existing law, the Grant Information Act of 2018, requires the California State Library to create a funding opportunities internet web portal that provides a centralized location for grant seekers to find state grant opportunities. Existing law requires the Natural Resources Agency to update every 3 years the states climate adaptation strategy, known as the Safeguarding California Plan, and to coordinate with other state agencies to identify vulnerabilities to climate change by sectors, including, among others, transportation and public health.This bill would require the library, in consultation with the agency, to include on the above-described internet web portal the category childcare under the category tab, in order to ensure that the childcare sector has the ability to search for climate-related grants applicable to childcare providers. tab, and would also require the library to consult with all agencies and departments administering grants that are included on the portal to identify and indicate on the portal grants in which childcare providers are eligible applicants. The bill would require those agencies and departments to provide the library with information relating to the eligibility of childcare providers for grant identification purposes.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Assembly  April 16, 2024 Amended IN  Assembly  March 21, 2024

Amended IN  Assembly  April 16, 2024
Amended IN  Assembly  March 21, 2024

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill 

No. 2732

Introduced by Assembly Member PapanFebruary 15, 2024

Introduced by Assembly Member Papan
February 15, 2024

An act to amend Section 8333.1 of the Government Code, relating to state grants.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2732, as amended, Papan. Grant Information Act of 2018: internet web portal: climate-related grants: childcare sector.

Existing law, the Grant Information Act of 2018, requires the California State Library to create a funding opportunities internet web portal that provides a centralized location for grant seekers to find state grant opportunities. Existing law requires the Natural Resources Agency to update every 3 years the states climate adaptation strategy, known as the Safeguarding California Plan, and to coordinate with other state agencies to identify vulnerabilities to climate change by sectors, including, among others, transportation and public health.This bill would require the library, in consultation with the agency, to include on the above-described internet web portal the category childcare under the category tab, in order to ensure that the childcare sector has the ability to search for climate-related grants applicable to childcare providers. tab, and would also require the library to consult with all agencies and departments administering grants that are included on the portal to identify and indicate on the portal grants in which childcare providers are eligible applicants. The bill would require those agencies and departments to provide the library with information relating to the eligibility of childcare providers for grant identification purposes.

Existing law, the Grant Information Act of 2018, requires the California State Library to create a funding opportunities internet web portal that provides a centralized location for grant seekers to find state grant opportunities. Existing law requires the Natural Resources Agency to update every 3 years the states climate adaptation strategy, known as the Safeguarding California Plan, and to coordinate with other state agencies to identify vulnerabilities to climate change by sectors, including, among others, transportation and public health.

This bill would require the library, in consultation with the agency, to include on the above-described internet web portal the category childcare under the category tab, in order to ensure that the childcare sector has the ability to search for climate-related grants applicable to childcare providers. tab, and would also require the library to consult with all agencies and departments administering grants that are included on the portal to identify and indicate on the portal grants in which childcare providers are eligible applicants. The bill would require those agencies and departments to provide the library with information relating to the eligibility of childcare providers for grant identification purposes.

## 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) The childcare sector is physically vulnerable to the stress of natural disasters and other extreme climate events, which puts childcare and development programs at an increased risk of permanent closure.(b) The consequences are often most severe for communities of color where environmental injustices and racial injustices compound.(c) Black and Latino children, families, and neighborhoods tend to have the least access to high-quality early care and education and are most likely to live in places with extreme weather made worse by climate change.SEC. 2. Section 8333.1 of the Government Code is amended to read:8333.1. (a) On or before July 1, 2020, the California State Library shall create a funding opportunities internet web portal that provides a centralized location for grant seekers to find state grant opportunities. The funding opportunities internet web portal shall include, but is not limited to, an interactive internet website that is launched to include, at a minimum, information identifying every grant administered by the state and any incentive opportunities allocated by statute or in the annual budget that will provide local assistance funds. The California State Library, in consultation with the Strategic Growth Council and the State Air Resources Board, shall ensure that the internet website is accessible and provides helpful information to a diverse set of potential applicants, including nonprofit and community-based organizations, and other entities that are working to support and benefit disadvantaged and low-income communities.(b) The California State Library shall provide a link to the internet web portal as specified and pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 12098.4.(c) In order to ensure that the childcare sector has the ability to search for climate-related grants applicable to childcare providers, the California State Library, in consultation with the Natural Resources Agency, The California State Library shall include on the internet web portal described in subdivision (a) the category childcare under the category tab.(d) (1) The California State Library shall consult with the agencies and departments administering grants that are included on the portal to identify and indicate on the portal grants in which childcare providers are eligible applicants.(2) The state agencies and departments described in paragraph (1) shall provide the California State Library with information relating to the eligibility of childcare providers for grant identification purposes.

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) The childcare sector is physically vulnerable to the stress of natural disasters and other extreme climate events, which puts childcare and development programs at an increased risk of permanent closure.(b) The consequences are often most severe for communities of color where environmental injustices and racial injustices compound.(c) Black and Latino children, families, and neighborhoods tend to have the least access to high-quality early care and education and are most likely to live in places with extreme weather made worse by climate change.

SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) The childcare sector is physically vulnerable to the stress of natural disasters and other extreme climate events, which puts childcare and development programs at an increased risk of permanent closure.(b) The consequences are often most severe for communities of color where environmental injustices and racial injustices compound.(c) Black and Latino children, families, and neighborhoods tend to have the least access to high-quality early care and education and are most likely to live in places with extreme weather made worse by climate change.

SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

### SECTION 1.

(a) The childcare sector is physically vulnerable to the stress of natural disasters and other extreme climate events, which puts childcare and development programs at an increased risk of permanent closure.

(b) The consequences are often most severe for communities of color where environmental injustices and racial injustices compound.

(c) Black and Latino children, families, and neighborhoods tend to have the least access to high-quality early care and education and are most likely to live in places with extreme weather made worse by climate change.

SEC. 2. Section 8333.1 of the Government Code is amended to read:8333.1. (a) On or before July 1, 2020, the California State Library shall create a funding opportunities internet web portal that provides a centralized location for grant seekers to find state grant opportunities. The funding opportunities internet web portal shall include, but is not limited to, an interactive internet website that is launched to include, at a minimum, information identifying every grant administered by the state and any incentive opportunities allocated by statute or in the annual budget that will provide local assistance funds. The California State Library, in consultation with the Strategic Growth Council and the State Air Resources Board, shall ensure that the internet website is accessible and provides helpful information to a diverse set of potential applicants, including nonprofit and community-based organizations, and other entities that are working to support and benefit disadvantaged and low-income communities.(b) The California State Library shall provide a link to the internet web portal as specified and pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 12098.4.(c) In order to ensure that the childcare sector has the ability to search for climate-related grants applicable to childcare providers, the California State Library, in consultation with the Natural Resources Agency, The California State Library shall include on the internet web portal described in subdivision (a) the category childcare under the category tab.(d) (1) The California State Library shall consult with the agencies and departments administering grants that are included on the portal to identify and indicate on the portal grants in which childcare providers are eligible applicants.(2) The state agencies and departments described in paragraph (1) shall provide the California State Library with information relating to the eligibility of childcare providers for grant identification purposes.

SEC. 2. Section 8333.1 of the Government Code is amended to read:

### SEC. 2.

8333.1. (a) On or before July 1, 2020, the California State Library shall create a funding opportunities internet web portal that provides a centralized location for grant seekers to find state grant opportunities. The funding opportunities internet web portal shall include, but is not limited to, an interactive internet website that is launched to include, at a minimum, information identifying every grant administered by the state and any incentive opportunities allocated by statute or in the annual budget that will provide local assistance funds. The California State Library, in consultation with the Strategic Growth Council and the State Air Resources Board, shall ensure that the internet website is accessible and provides helpful information to a diverse set of potential applicants, including nonprofit and community-based organizations, and other entities that are working to support and benefit disadvantaged and low-income communities.(b) The California State Library shall provide a link to the internet web portal as specified and pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 12098.4.(c) In order to ensure that the childcare sector has the ability to search for climate-related grants applicable to childcare providers, the California State Library, in consultation with the Natural Resources Agency, The California State Library shall include on the internet web portal described in subdivision (a) the category childcare under the category tab.(d) (1) The California State Library shall consult with the agencies and departments administering grants that are included on the portal to identify and indicate on the portal grants in which childcare providers are eligible applicants.(2) The state agencies and departments described in paragraph (1) shall provide the California State Library with information relating to the eligibility of childcare providers for grant identification purposes.

8333.1. (a) On or before July 1, 2020, the California State Library shall create a funding opportunities internet web portal that provides a centralized location for grant seekers to find state grant opportunities. The funding opportunities internet web portal shall include, but is not limited to, an interactive internet website that is launched to include, at a minimum, information identifying every grant administered by the state and any incentive opportunities allocated by statute or in the annual budget that will provide local assistance funds. The California State Library, in consultation with the Strategic Growth Council and the State Air Resources Board, shall ensure that the internet website is accessible and provides helpful information to a diverse set of potential applicants, including nonprofit and community-based organizations, and other entities that are working to support and benefit disadvantaged and low-income communities.(b) The California State Library shall provide a link to the internet web portal as specified and pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 12098.4.(c) In order to ensure that the childcare sector has the ability to search for climate-related grants applicable to childcare providers, the California State Library, in consultation with the Natural Resources Agency, The California State Library shall include on the internet web portal described in subdivision (a) the category childcare under the category tab.(d) (1) The California State Library shall consult with the agencies and departments administering grants that are included on the portal to identify and indicate on the portal grants in which childcare providers are eligible applicants.(2) The state agencies and departments described in paragraph (1) shall provide the California State Library with information relating to the eligibility of childcare providers for grant identification purposes.

8333.1. (a) On or before July 1, 2020, the California State Library shall create a funding opportunities internet web portal that provides a centralized location for grant seekers to find state grant opportunities. The funding opportunities internet web portal shall include, but is not limited to, an interactive internet website that is launched to include, at a minimum, information identifying every grant administered by the state and any incentive opportunities allocated by statute or in the annual budget that will provide local assistance funds. The California State Library, in consultation with the Strategic Growth Council and the State Air Resources Board, shall ensure that the internet website is accessible and provides helpful information to a diverse set of potential applicants, including nonprofit and community-based organizations, and other entities that are working to support and benefit disadvantaged and low-income communities.(b) The California State Library shall provide a link to the internet web portal as specified and pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 12098.4.(c) In order to ensure that the childcare sector has the ability to search for climate-related grants applicable to childcare providers, the California State Library, in consultation with the Natural Resources Agency, The California State Library shall include on the internet web portal described in subdivision (a) the category childcare under the category tab.(d) (1) The California State Library shall consult with the agencies and departments administering grants that are included on the portal to identify and indicate on the portal grants in which childcare providers are eligible applicants.(2) The state agencies and departments described in paragraph (1) shall provide the California State Library with information relating to the eligibility of childcare providers for grant identification purposes.



8333.1. (a) On or before July 1, 2020, the California State Library shall create a funding opportunities internet web portal that provides a centralized location for grant seekers to find state grant opportunities. The funding opportunities internet web portal shall include, but is not limited to, an interactive internet website that is launched to include, at a minimum, information identifying every grant administered by the state and any incentive opportunities allocated by statute or in the annual budget that will provide local assistance funds. The California State Library, in consultation with the Strategic Growth Council and the State Air Resources Board, shall ensure that the internet website is accessible and provides helpful information to a diverse set of potential applicants, including nonprofit and community-based organizations, and other entities that are working to support and benefit disadvantaged and low-income communities.

(b) The California State Library shall provide a link to the internet web portal as specified and pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 12098.4.

(c) In order to ensure that the childcare sector has the ability to search for climate-related grants applicable to childcare providers, the California State Library, in consultation with the Natural Resources Agency, The California State Library shall include on the internet web portal described in subdivision (a) the category childcare under the category tab.

(d) (1) The California State Library shall consult with the agencies and departments administering grants that are included on the portal to identify and indicate on the portal grants in which childcare providers are eligible applicants.

(2) The state agencies and departments described in paragraph (1) shall provide the California State Library with information relating to the eligibility of childcare providers for grant identification purposes.