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 03/26/26 - Amended Assembly
 02/20/26 - Introduced

 AB-2590 Resource conservation: sentinel landscapes.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 04/16/2026 09:00 PM

AB2590:v97#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 April 16, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 March 26, 2026

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 2590

Introduced by Assembly Member Jeff Gonzalez

February 20, 2026

 An act to amend Section 10230.2 of, and to add Division 9.5 (commencing with Section 9975) to, the Public Resources Code, relating to public resources, and making an appropriation therefor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2590, as amended, Jeff Gonzalez.
 Resource conservation: sentinel landscapes.

(1) Existing federal law establishes the federal Sentinel Landscapes Partnership, as part of which the United States Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the United States Secretary of Agriculture, the United States Secretary of the Interior, and the heads of other federal departments and agencies that elect to become full partners in the program, are authorized to establish and carry out a program to preserve and restore sentinel landscapes. Existing federal law authorizes federal departments and agencies to give to any eligible owner or manager of land within a designated sentinel landscape priority consideration for participation in any easement, grant, or assistance program and to coordinate actions between their departments and agencies and with other federal, state, interstate, and local agencies, Indian tribes, and private entities. Existing federal
 law defines “sentinel landscape” as a landscape-scale area encompassing one or more military installations or state-owned National Guard installations and the publicly and privately owned lands that serve to protect and support the rural economy, the natural environment, outdoor recreation, and the national defense missions of a military installation or state-owned National Guard installation.

This bill would enact the California Sentinel Landscapes Act and would require the Natural Resources Agency to designate a Sentinel Landscapes Program Manager to coordinate state participation in the federal Sentinel Landscapes Partnership, as prescribed. The bill would require state agencies that have conservation grant or easement authority, to the extent feasible and consistent with their existing statutory authority, to cooperate with the Sentinel Landscapes Program Manager.

This bill would authorize the Wildlife Conservation
 Board to provide grants for habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement projects that contribute to the objectives of are located within a federally designated sentinel landscape, as prescribed. The bill would create the California Sentinel Landscapes Fund, into which the Wildlife Conservation Board is authorized to deposit federal funds, grants, and gifts and donations, including interest earned, that are designated and required by the donor to be used exclusively for purposes of these projects. The bill would continuously appropriate to the Wildlife Conservation Board moneys in the fund to implement these projects, thereby making an appropriation.

This bill would authorize the Department of Conservation and the Strategic Growth Council, in evaluating applications for
 grants pursuant to the Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program, and the State Coastal Conservancy Conservancy, and Sierra Nevada Conservancy, in awarding grants or approving projects under their programs, evaluating applications for grants, to give priority consideration to projects that contribute to the objectives of within a federally designated
 sentinel landscape, as prescribed.

This bill would require the Natural Resources Agency, in collaboration with the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, Department of Conservation, Wildlife Conservation Board, State Coastal Conservancy, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, Department of Fish and Wildlife, and other relevant state entities, to regularly consult on how to align conservation opportunities with state and federal landscape protection goals. The bill would provide that implementation of the California Sentinel Landscapes Act is contingent upon the availability of federal funds, grants,