AB 1417: Energy: Voluntary Offshore Wind and Coastal Resources Protection Program: community capacity funding activities and grants.

The bill aims to expand the voluntary offshore wind and coastal resources protection program by authorizing the state energy resources conservation and development commission to allocate funds for capacity funding activities and grants within local communities and tribal communities. This expansion will make a local community, a local government, a California tribe, a nonprofit organization, or a coalition of these entities eligible for these grants. The bill also requires public disclosure of donations received from offshore wind entities and updates reporting requirements for these donations. Additionally, the bill requires an annual report to the legislature on the implementation and effectiveness of the activities and grants funded by the program.