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

Section of the Public Resources Code. (c) “Local agency” means any of the following:

(1) A transportation planning agency described in

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

Section of Title of the United States Code. (g) “Under-resourced community” has the same meaning as defined in

Section 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 titled “Defining Vulnerable Communities in the Context of Climate Adaptation.”