This webpage was updated on December 5, 2024

Proposition 84: Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006


OPC Proposition 84 funds are no longer available.  


Proposition 84 Competitive Grant Program

On August 7, 2017, the OPC approved the development and implementation of a competitive grant program using Proposition 84 funds (see background information below). An OPC staff memo and presentation from the November 1, 2017 meeting, provide an overview of the program.

Proposition 84 Grant Guidelines

1-Pager on the Proposition 1 and Proposition 84 Competitive Grant Programs

The solicitation for preliminary research proposals was to address OPC’s priority topic areas:

  • Ocean acidification and hypoxia, and other changes in ocean conditions from a changing climate
  • Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
  • Sea-level rise adaptation and coastal resilience
  • Coastal sediment management
  • Marine pollution
  • Marine renewable energy

The solicitation for preliminary proposals opened on January 10, 2018 and closed on March 15, 2018.

In October 2018, OPC approved 24 innovative research projects to be administered by University of Southern California Sea Grant and California Sea Grant, allocating $6 million in funding through the Proposition 84 Competitive Grants Program. After years of dedicated research, the final data and deliverables were received in 2024, marking a significant milestone in advancing science to protect California’s coast and ocean.

Completed Projects

University of Southern California Sea Grant administered 12 projects in the areas of sea-level rise adaptation and coastal resilience, coastal sediment management, marine pollution, and marine renewable energy

California Sea Grant administered 12 projects in the areas of ocean acidification and hypoxia, and sustainable fisheries and aquaculture. 

  • An ecophysiological framework to assess hypoxia driven habitat loss in the California Current Ecosystem [Project link forthcoming in December 2024]. C. Deutsch, Princeton University. Administered by California Sea Grant. 

Background

The Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Act of 2006 (Prop 84) was passed by voters in 2006 (California Public Resources Code (PRC) Division 43). Funding from Prop 84 is intended to fund projects that provide safe drinking water to Californians, protect the public from flooding, protect waters of the State from pollution and habitat destruction, protect coastal areas for future generations, and provide for sustainable and livable communities through urban greening.

Prop 84, Chapter 7 “Protection of Beaches, Bays, and Coastal Waters,” allocates $90 million to the OPC for projects consistent with the California Ocean Protection Act (PRC Division 26.5) and for development of scientific data needed to adaptively manage the State’s marine resources and reserves, the development and implementation of projects to foster sustainable fisheries, and the development and implementation of projects to conserve marine wildlife.

More information about Proposition 84 can be found at the California Natural Resources Agency’s Bond Accountability Website

Contact

General Inquiries
copcpublic@resources.ca.gov

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