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          Bill No:  AB 1600
          Author:   Torres (D), et al.
          Amended:  5/30/12 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE  :  9-0, 6/26/12
          AYES:  DeSaulnier, Gaines, Harman, Kehoe, Lowenthal, 
            Pavley, Rubio, Simitian, Wyland

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  75-0, 5/31/12 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction 
          Authority

           SOURCE  :     Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction 
          Authority


           DIGEST  :    This bill authorizes the extension of the Gold 
          Line light rail line from the City of Claremont in Los 
          Angeles County to the City of Montclair in San Bernardino 
          County.

           ANALYSIS  :    SB 1847 (Schiff), Chapter 1021, Statutes of 
          1998, created the Pasadena Metro Blue Line Construction 
          Authority, now known as the Metro Gold Line Foothill 
          Extension Construction Authority (Authority), to oversee 
          the planning, design, and construction of a light rail line 
          from east Pasadena to Claremont.  Currently, the Authority 
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          has sufficient resources to build the line as far as Azusa. 
           The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation 
          Authority (MTA) operates the light rail service and 
          maintains the line to East Pasadena. 

          The Authority's governing board consists of five voting 
          members, three of whom the city councils of the cities of 
          Los Angeles, Pasadena, and South Pasadena appoint, one of 
          whom is appointed by San Gabriel Valley Council of 
          Governments, and one member who is appointed by MTA.  The 
          Governor, the City of Pasadena, and the City of South 
          Pasadena each appoint one nonvoting member. 
           
           This bill:

          1. Authorizes the Authority to plan, design, and build an 
             extension of the Gold Line from the City of Claremont to 
             the City of Montclair.

          2. Authorizes the San Bernardino Associated Governments 
             (SANBAG) to appoint one nonvoting member to the 
             governing board.

          3. Authorizes MTA to operate each phase of the Gold Line 
             light rail beyond its current terminus in east Pasadena 
             to Azusa and Claremont.

          4. Authorizes MTA to operate the Gold Line light rail 
             trains outside of Los Angeles County, which is its area 
             of jurisdiction, to Montclair in San Bernardino County. 

          5. Prohibits MTA from operating on right-of-way owned by 
             SANBAG without a construction and maintenance agreement 
             between MTA, SANBAG, and the Authority. 

          6. Clarifies that the Authority may accept grants, fees, 
             allocations, and transfer of funds from federal, state, 
             and local agencies. 

          7. States that MTA does not have to allocate funds to 
             extending the light rail line to Montclair beyond the 
             funds that it has allocated as of January 1, 2012. 
          
           Comments

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          According to the author's office, this bill increases mass 
          transportation options in the eastern San Gabriel Valley 
          and in western San Bernardino County by authorizing the 
          construction of the Gold Line light rail system to 
          Montclair.  In addition, the Authority has determined that 
          the extension of the Gold Line to the City of Montclair 
          will have beneficial environmental and traffic impacts.  
          The Authority believes that Montclair, with a regional 
          transportation center, is the logical terminus for the Gold 
          Line because it allows for the intermodal interface with 
          the San Bernardino County bus system and with the Metrolink 
          commuter rail system. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes   
          Local:  Yes

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  8/6/12)

          Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority 
          (source)
          Cities of Arcadia, Azusa, Claremont, Duarte, Glendora, 
            Irwindale, La Verne, Monrovia, Montclair, Ontario, 
            Pasadena, Pomona, San Dimas, and South Pasadena
          County of San Bernardino 
          League of California Cities, Los Angeles County Division 
          San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  75-0, 5/31/12
          AYES:  Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, 
            Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, 
            Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Campos, Carter, Cedillo, 
            Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, Eng, Feuer, 
            Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth Gaines, Galgiani, 
            Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Halderman, 
            Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill, Huber, 
            Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue, 
            Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, 
            Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel 
            Pérez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, 
            Swanson, Torres, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, 
            John A. Pérez
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Charles Calderon, Donnelly, Mansoor, 

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            Mendoza, Valadao


          JJA:m  8/7/12   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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