Delta Stewardship Council.

The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009 establishes the Delta Stewardship Council as an independent agency of the state. The act requires the council, on or before January 1, 2012, to develop, adopt, and commence implementation of a comprehensive management plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta Plan) , meeting specified requirements. The act establishes the Delta Independent Science Board to provide oversight of the scientific research, monitoring, and assessment programs that support adaptive management of the Delta through periodic reviews. This bill would require the council, in the course of developing and adopting the Delta Plan, to direct the board to conduct an assessment of certain stressors on populations of native fish species in the Delta, the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, and the tributaries to those rivers below the rim dams of the central valley, and recommend changes in statute and actions by state agencies to remedy the situation in as timely a manner as possible.