SB 462: California Farmland Conservancy Program: conservation easements: funding.

The bill aims to support agricultural conservation and sustainable land management in California by providing funding for the California Farmland Conservancy Program. The program will offer financial assistance, including grants or contracts, for projects and activities on agricultural lands that support conservation and sustainable land management. The bill requires the controller to transfer $20,000,000 from the general fund to the California Farmland Conservancy Program Funding Account each fiscal year, starting with the 2025-26 fiscal year. The funding will be used to award grants for agricultural conservation easements on agricultural land, and the program will continuously appropriate moneys in the account to the department for expenditure as provided.