The department shall provide soil conservation advisory services to local governments, land owners, farmers and ranchers, resource conservation districts, and the general public. The services shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(a) State level liaison with the resource conservation districts.
(b) Review of documents prepared under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)).
(c) Provision of information on the soil conservation components of the federal 1985 Food Security Act.
(d) Assistance to local governments on the development of soil conservation guidelines for general plans.
(e) Responding to inquiries from the general public.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 469, Sec. 4. (SB 785) Effective January 1, 2020.)