I-California ye-Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Programme (EEMP) eyaziwayo yaseCalifornia yaxhaswa ngemali ye-7 yezigidi kwi-Budget State ye-2013-14 ngomthetho osayinwe nguRhuluneli uJerry Brown namhlanje. Le kuphela kwenkxaso-mali yoncedo lwengingqi yelizwe ngokubanzi kumahlathi asezidolophini kulo nyaka-mali.
Ngelixa ukubuyiselwa kwenkxaso-mali ye-EEMP ngokuqinisekileyo kuza njengongezelelo olwamkelekileyo kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lukarhulumente, iindaba zokwenyani zigxile kwiinguqu ezisisigxina kwi-EEMP, kunye nokudalwa kwenkqubo entsha enokubonelela ngezibonelelo ezikhuphisanayo zezibonelelo zolonwabo.
Ummiselo osayinwe yiRhuluneli uBrown (uMthetho oYilwayo weSenethi wama-99) uhlengahlengisa amacandelo e-EEMP, ngolu hlobo lulandelayo:
1. Ulawulo lwe-EEMP lusuka kwiSebe lezoThutho ukuya kwi-Arhente yeZibonelelo zeNdalo. Olu luloyiso olukhulu loluntu lolondolozo olwaluneminyaka engama-20 lusenziwa. Njengenkqubo esisigxina ye-Arhente, silindele utshintsho oluninzi - zonke ezinokuthi zincede ababoneleli kunye nabafaki-zicelo. Oku kuquka ukuzibophelela kwe-Arhente ekulawuleni izivumelwano njengezibonelelo hayi izivumelwano. Kwaye ibandakanya inkxaso-mali yokuxhasa isikhundla esisisigxina kwi-Arhente yale nkqubo.
2. I-EEMP iya kujolisa ikakhulu ekuxhaseni ngemali imihlaba yobutyebi kunye namahlathi asezidolophini. Ukususela ekusekweni kwayo, i-EEMP ikwabonelele ngenkxaso-mali kwiiprojekthi “zolonwabo ezisecaleni kwendlela” (oko kukuthi, iipaki neendlela). Ezi projekthi ziyasuswa kwi-EEMP kwaye ziya kuxhaswa ngemali kwenye indawo. Ngako oko, ulwabiwo-mali lonyaka lwe-EEMP luza kuthotywa ukusuka kwi-10 lezigidi zeedola ukuya kwi-7 yezigidi zeedola (inzuzo encinci kwiindidi ezimbini ezishiyekileyo zinikwa ukuba izibonelelo zolonwabo ezisecaleni kwendlela zibalelwa kuma-35% azo zonke iiprojekthi ezixhaswa ngemali kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo).
3. Iipaki kunye neendlela zokuzonwabisa ziya kufaneleka ukuba zikhuphisane nembiza enkulu ngakumbi yemali esekwe phantsi kweNkqubo entsha yezoThutho oluSebenzayo, ebiyeyona nxalenye iphambili yeSB 99. ukwandisa umyinge wohambo oluphunyeziweyo ngokukhwela ibhayisekile kunye nokuhamba eCalifornia, ukonyusa ukhuseleko kunye nokuhamba kwabasebenzisi abangasebenzisi zithuthi, kunye nokuqhubela phambili iinzame zothutho ezisebenzayo zeearhente zengingqi ukufezekisa iinjongo zokunciphisa igesi eluhlaza. Iiprojekthi ezifanele ukufumana inkxaso-mali ziquka uphuhliso lweendlela zebhayisekile ezintsha, iindlela zokuhamba, iindlela zokuzonwabisa, kunye neepaki. Inkqubo yezoThutho eSebenzayo iya kuxhaswa nge-30 yezigidi zeedola kurhulumente kunye needola zomdibaniso, kwaye iqulathe zombini inkqubo yokhuphiswano lwengingqi kunye nelizwe lonke. Iipesenti ezingamashumi amabini anesihlanu eepesenti kufuneka zisetyenziselwe iiprojekthi ezinceda uluntu oluhlelelekileyo.
Zombini i-Arhente yeZibonelelo zeNdalo kunye neKhomishini yezoThutho yaseCalifornia iya kuphuhlisa izikhokelo zesibonelelo kwiiveki ezizayo. I-California ReLeaf iya kuqhubeka nokuhlala isebenza ngale nkqubo, kwaye ikhuthaze iNethiwekhi ukuba ibonelele ngoluntu kuzo zombini iidrafti ezizayo.
Okokugqibela, kwaye njengesiqhelo, intsebenziswano ngundoqo wempumelelo yethu. Kwaye eli bali lempumelelo ngekhe lenzekile ngaphandle komsebenzi omkhulu we IiNdlela eziKhuselekileyo eziya eZikolweni kuBambiswano lweSizwe, UGuqulo, Uloliwe ukuya kwiindlela zoLondolozo, ULondolozo lweNdalo, Ukuthenjwa kuMhlaba woLuntu, Pacific Forest Trust, kwaye i California Council of Land Trusts.