Planning and zoning: flood protection: Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley.

(1) Existing law requires each city and county within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley to amend its general plan, as specified, within 24 months of the adoption of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan by the Central Valley Flood Protection Board. Existing law requires the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, the Department of Water Resources, and local flood agencies to collaborate with cities or counties by providing the cities and counties with information and other technical assistance to assist with complying with these requirements. This bill would instead require each city and county to amend its general plan, as specified, within 24 months of July 2, 2013. (2) Existing law prohibits a city or county within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley from entering into a development agreement for property that is located in a flood hazard zone unless the city or county makes specified findings, including, among others, that certain conditions have been imposed by the city or county. This bill would additionally authorize a city or county to make a finding that the property in an undetermined risk area, as defined, has met the urban level of flood protection, as specified. (3) Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to develop preliminary maps for the 100- and 200-year flood plains protected by project levees, as specified, and to provide the preliminary maps to cities and counties within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley. This bill would additionally require the department, on or before July 2, 2013, to release floodplain maps, as specified, and the available data as to the water surface elevation of flooding in urban areas, as specified. The bill would provide that the department's issuance of floodplain maps are not subject to, among other things, the California Environmental Quality Act and the California Endangered Species Act. This bill would provide that the state or any state agency is not liable for any claim based upon the exercise or performance of a discretionary or ministerial function or duty pursuant to these provisions, as specified.