Coastal resources: State Coastal Conservancy: grants: ocean waste.

Existing law establishes in the Natural Resources Agency the State Coastal Conservancy. Existing law authorizes the conservancy to undertake educational projects and programs, including projects and programs relating to the preservation, protection, enhancement, maintenance, and enjoyment of coastal resources, as provided. This bill would require the conservancy, on or before January 1, 2025, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to establish a 5-year program to provide grants for specified activities, including funding regular cleanups of beaches and the waterways that empty into them. The bill would require the conservancy, on or before January 1, 2029, to develop a report reviewing the efficacy of this program and submit the report to the Legislature as well as make it available on the conservancy's internet website.