Bill > AB1486

This bill, building upon the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024 (Proposition 4), aims to improve climate resiliency on agricultural lands by establishing a grant program. Specifically, it requires the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, to create this program by July 1, 2026, using funds appropriated by the Legislature. The grants will be awarded to public postsecondary educational institutions designated as Agricultural Experiment Stations or Agricultural Research Institutes, which are defined as those designated by the University of California and the California State University, to develop or expand research farms focused on enhancing climate resiliency. The bill also clarifies that funding for these grants will not exceed $1,000,000 per institution and mandates that the research farms be constructed and maintained using environmentally sustainable infrastructure practices.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Budget and Finance

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