Gov. Code, § 14561

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Adaptation Planning Guide” means the document created and updated by the Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with the Office of Planning and Research and the Natural Resources Agency, pursuant to Section 71356 of the Public Resources Code.

(b) “California State Adaptation Strategy” means the state’s climate adaptation strategy updated pursuant to Section 71153 of the Public Resources Code.

(c) “Local agency” means any of the following:

(1) A transportation planning agency described in Section 29532 or 29532.1.

(2) A county transportation commission established under Section 130050, 130050.1, or 130050.2 of the Public Utilities Code.

(3) Any other local or regional transportation entity that is designated by statute as a regional transportation agency.

(4) A joint exercise of powers authority established pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1, with the consent of a transportation planning agency or a county transportation commission for the jurisdiction in which the transportation project will be developed.

(5) A local transportation authority created or designated pursuant to Division 12.5 (commencing with Section 131000) or Division 19 (commencing with Section 180000) of the Public Utilities Code.

(6) The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority established pursuant to Part 12 (commencing with Section 100000) of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code.

(7) A city, county, or a city and a county.

(8) A federally recognized Native American tribe.

(d) “Natural infrastructure” has the same meaning as defined in subsection (a) of Section 101 of Title 23 of the United States Code.

(e) “PROTECT program” means the federal Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation program established pursuant to Section 176 of Title 23 of the United States Code.

(f) “Resilience improvement plan” means a resilience improvement plan developed as part of the PROTECT program pursuant to Section 176 of Title 23 of the United States Code.

(g) “Under-resourced community” has the same meaning as defined in Section 71130 of the Public Resources Code.

(h) “Vulnerable community” has the same meaning as the definition of “vulnerable communities” that was adopted by the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program Technical Advisory Council at the council’s April 2, 2018, meeting and recorded in the resource guide published by the Office of Planning and Research in July 2018 titled “Defining Vulnerable Communities in the Context of Climate Adaptation.”