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Measure SCR 50
Authors Stern  
Coauthors: Addis   Aguiar-Curry   Ahrens   Alvarez   Arambula   Ávila Farías   Bains   Bennett   Berman   Boerner   Bonta   Bryan   Calderon   Caloza   Connolly   Davies   Elhawary   Fong   Gabriel   Garcia   Gipson   Mark González   Haney   Harabedian   Hart   Irwin   Jackson   Kalra   Krell   Lee   Lowenthal   McKinnor   Muratsuchi   Nguyen   Ortega   Pacheco   Papan   Patel   Pellerin   Petrie-Norris   Quirk-Silva   Ramos   Ransom   Celeste Rodriguez   Michelle Rodriguez   Rogers   Blanca Rubio   Schiavo   Schultz   Sharp-Collins   Solache   Soria   Stefani   Valencia   Ward   Wilson   Zbur  
Subject Maladaptation.
Relating To
Title Relative to climate change.
Last Action Dt 2025-07-18
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
Active? Y
Vote Required None
Appropriation None
Fiscal Committee No
Local Program None
Substantive Changes None
Urgency None
Tax Levy None
Leginfo Link Bill
Actions
2025-07-18     Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 149, Statutes of 2025.
2025-07-18     Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 1 p.m.
2025-07-14     In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-07-10     Coauthors revised.
2025-07-10     Read. Adopted. (Page 2507.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-06-24     From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 23).
2025-06-05     Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
2025-05-28     In Assembly. Held at Desk.
2025-05-27     Read. Adopted. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 1235.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-04-23     From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 840.) (April 22).
2025-04-04     Set for hearing April 22.
2025-04-02     Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
2025-03-26     Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.
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Chaptered     2025-07-18
Enrolled     2025-07-15
Introduced     2025-03-26
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, California is experiencing the unprecedented effects of a changing climate that are projected to worsen with even moderate increases in carbon dioxide emissions over the currently estimated 424 parts per million, far above the baseline for a stable environment of 280 parts per million; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Exceptionally dry conditions and hurricane-force winds caused the recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area and led to the deaths of 29 people, the destruction of more than 5,000 structures, the displacement of over 100,000 people, a sixteenfold rise in hospital visits due to smoke exposure, and a projected economic loss of over $250 billion; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, The duration and severity of multiyear wet or dry periods impact California’s social, economic, and natural systems throughout the state and 2025 is expected to be another drought year; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Researchers from the University of California, Davis, estimate that in 2015 alone the drought cost California’s agricultural economy $1.84 billion and led to the loss of over 10,000 jobs; the University of California, Los Angeles, found the 22-year-long southwest North American megadrought is the region’s driest two decades in 1,200 years; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Climate change is predicted to increase both the strength of atmospheric rivers and the frequency of 1-in-1,000-year storms, like those that struck the central coast City of Pajaro in 2023 and the City of Los Angeles in 2024; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Extreme heat events are becoming longer lasting, more frequent, and more intense. In the 2022 California coastal inland event alone, there were nearly 200 deaths, more than 140 adverse birth outcomes, over 2,000 hospitalizations, and over 4,200 emergency department visits, all attributable to the extreme heat that affected 34,000,000 people over 14 days with most of the impacts experienced in the health and safety sector; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, While climate change affects everyone, people of color, immigrants, the elderly, women, California Native American tribes, and lower-income populations experience increased exposure and sensitivity to climate hazards and a reduced capacity to adapt; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, California’s climate adaptation strategy recognizes that climate change threatens communities and natural places in every part of our state for centuries to come; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Avoiding maladaptation means examining any action taken by the state that is ineffective or increases the adverse risk of climate-related outcomes and is crucial to facing the climate crisis our state faces; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Only two state planning documents, the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation’s (GO-LCI) Planning and Investing for a Resilient California and the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services’ California Adaptation Planning Guide, cite processes that avoid maladaptation, indicating that maladaptation-avoidant strategies are not widely dispersed nor comprehensive and deliberate; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, The costs associated with direct climate impacts by 2050, totaling approximately $113 billion per year, are predominately composed of human mortality, damages to coastal properties, and the threat of droughts and megafloods; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, These costs will continue to grow, but by taking proactive steps now and integrating a deliberate approach intended to avoid maladaptation, California can minimize future disruption and enable communities, infrastructure, and natural systems to withstand changing average conditions and extreme events; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, According to a 2024 Climate Resiliency Report, every $1 spent preparing for climate disasters is worth $13 in saved economic costs for the community; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Because adaptation investments are primarily publicly funded, the costs of adaptation programs and their resulting benefits must be carefully considered to justify efficient spending and resource allocation; now, therefore, be it</html:p>
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					<html:i>Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring,</html:i>
					 That the Legislature recognizes the serious and urgent threat maladaptation poses to the success and cost effectiveness of the state’s climate resilience actions; and be it further
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					<html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
					 That the Legislature calls on the GO-LCI to work with other state departments, researchers, and communities to develop and adopt a statewide policy with an agreed upon definition for maladaptation and to evaluate the effectiveness of measures to improve climate resilience; and be it further 
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					<html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
					 That the Legislature calls upon GO-LCI to review its policies and plans in the state’s Adaptation Clearinghouse database and evaluate their progress to determine if any have or are likely to be maladapted; and be it further
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					<html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
					 That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
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Last Version Text Digest This measure would, among other things, recognize the serious and urgent threat maladaptation poses to the success and cost effectiveness of the state’s climate resilience actions.