Santa Ana River Conservancy Program.

Existing law establishes the State Coastal Conservancy with prescribed powers and responsibilities for implementing and administering various programs intended to preserve, protect, and restore the state's coastal areas. This bill would establish the Santa Ana River Conservancy Program, to be administered by the conservancy, to address the resource and recreational goals of the Santa Ana River region. The bill would authorize the conservancy to acquire interests and options in real property and would prescribe the management, powers, and duties of the conservancy for purposes of the program. The bill would also create the Santa Ana River Conservancy Program Account in the State Coastal Conservancy Fund and would authorize the conservancy to expend moneys in the account, upon appropriation, for land acquisition, capital improvements, and support of the program's operations. Existing law requires the conservancy, every 3 years, to prepare and submit to the Governor and to the Legislature a report describing progress that it made in achieving coastal conservancy objectives. The bill would require the conservancy to include information about the program in this report.