(a) Not later than July 1, 2011, the commission shall prepare and adopt, by a majority vote of the membership of the commission, an economic sustainability plan. The economic sustainability plan shall include information and recommendations that inform the Delta Stewardship Council’s policies regarding the socioeconomic sustainability of the Delta region.
(b) The economic sustainability plan shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Public safety recommendations, such as flood protection recommendations.
(2) The economic goals, policies, and objectives in local general plans and other local economic efforts, including recommendations on continued socioeconomic sustainability of agriculture and its infrastructure and legacy communities in the Delta.
(3) Comments and recommendations to the Department of Water Resources concerning its periodic update of the flood management plan for the Delta.
(4) Identification of ways to encourage recreational investment along the key river corridors, as appropriate.
(Added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 5, Sec. 23. (SB 1 7x) Effective February 3, 2010.)
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