Financial Assistance Programs - Grants and Loans

PROPOSITION 13

In March 2000, California voters approved Proposition 13 (2000 Water Bond), which authorizes the State of California to sell $1.97 billion in general obligation bonds to support safe drinking, water quality, flood protection and water reliability projects throughout the state.

The State Water Resources Control Board (waterboards) was authorized to allocate $763.9 million of these funds to local projects throughout California. Most of this funding has been awarded to projects through competitive grant selection processes.  Additional information on Proposition 13 awarded and available funding can be found below by selecting funding programs below.

The Division of Financial Assistance adminsters the following Proposition 13 funded programs:

• Small Community Wastewater Grants
• State Revolving Fund
• Water Recycling Construction Program
• Seawater Intrusion Control
• Lake Elsinore and San Jacinto Watershed
• Nonpoint Source Pollution Control
• Coastal Nonpoint Source Pollution Control
• Pesticide Research and Identification of Source, and Mitigation (PRISM) Grants
• Wastewater Construction Grants
• Watershed Protection
• Southern California Integrated Watershed Program

For the text of Proposition 13, please click here.