Major coastal resorts: audits: waste.

(1) Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, requires anyone wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, except as specified, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission or a local government, as provided. This bill would establish the Major Coastal Resorts Environmental Accountability Act, and would define "major coastal resort" for these purposes. The bill would require a major coastal resort, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant, to every 2 years prepare an audit of the major coastal resort's compliance with specified provisions, including the coastal development permit, as provided. The bill would require the commission to compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with the audit. The bill would require the major coastal resort to provide for the qualified consultant's compensation for the audit, as provided. The bill would prohibit the major coastal resort from discriminating or retaliating against any employee or applicant for employment for, among other things, participating in the audit or an investigation, as provided. The bill would require the major coastal resort to post the audit on its internet website and to provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments. The bill would authorize the commission to charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling and updating the list of qualified, independent consultants and receiving copies of the audits, as provided. The bill would subject a major coastal resort that violates these requirements to specified administrative penalties assessed by the commission. The bill would permit the use of any nonorganic pesticide, as defined, or fertilizing material, as defined, on areas of a golf course at a major coastal resort only as provided. The bill would subject a major coastal resort that violates this requirement to specified administrative penalties assessed by the Department of Pesticide Regulation. (2) Existing law prohibits lodging establishments from providing a small plastic bottle containing a personal care product to a person staying in a sleeping room accommodation, in any space within the sleeping room accommodation, or within bathrooms shared by the public or guests. This bill would prohibit a major coastal resort from providing to guests specified materials, including single-use plastic bottled beverages. The bill would require a major coastal resort to, among other things, provide at least one recycling bin or container in each guest room, as provided. The bill would require the major coastal resort to maintain records related to these requirements for 3 years. The bill would subject a major coastal resort that violates these requirements to specified administrative penalties assessed by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.