FIVE-YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN - 6820

The California Infrastructure Planning Act requires the Governor to submit a Five-Year Infrastructure Plan (Plan) to the Legislature in conjunction with the Governor’s Budget. The Plan identifies infrastructure needs statewide and sets out priorities for funding. The Plan also evaluates these infrastructure needs in the overall context of available funding sources, what the state could afford, and how the state could grow in the most sustainable way possible.

As part of their Five-Year Plan submissions, departments with capital outlay needs are required to include the following information:

• Mission and program responsibilities,
• Description of the department’s existing facilities,
• Summary of the department’s drivers of infrastructure needs,
• Summary of the department’s proposal,
• Description of how departments integrate climate adaptation strategies into planning their infrastructure projects.

Executive Order (EO) B-30-15: In April 2015, the Governor issued EO B-30-15, establishing greenhouse gas reduction targets and specifying steps for consideration of climate impacts. The EO requires all state agencies to consider the impacts of climate change in all planning and investment activities, including capital outlay projects. All Five- Year Infrastructure Plans must include information about how departments will integrate climate adaptation strategies into planning their infrastructure projects, and how this information will be used to inform the development of future guidance for incorporating climate adaptation and resilience into infrastructure planning.