BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 34 (Roger Hernández)
As Amended July 8, 2013
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |57-19|(April 29, |SENATE: |32-2 |(September 3, |
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Original Committee Reference: W., P. & W.
SUMMARY : Requires Nuestra Seńora Reina de La Paz (La Paz),
which includes the home and burial site of the late César
Chávez, to be registered as a state historic landmark, and
requires the State Office of Historic Preservation to identify
other historical resources associated with the labor and civil
rights movements or California's modern history appropriate for
potential listing on the California Register of Historical
Resources.
The Senate amendments :
1)Modify the legislative findings and declarations in this bill
by deleting reference to a general deficit of sites on the
California Historic Register associated with California's
modern history and civil rights, and instead declare the
Legislature's desire to recognize more historical sites as
historical resources, historical landmarks, and points of
historical interest that are associated with California's
labor and civil rights movements and modern history.
2)Require the State Office of Historic Preservation (the Office)
to educate the public on the process for nominating historical
resources for listing in the California Register, with
particular emphasis on nominating resources associated with
the labor movement, civil rights movement, and the state's
modern history, by providing information in its quarterly
newsletter or other appropriate publications, and on the
Office's Internet Web site.
3)Require the Office by January 1, 2015, to identify publicly
owned resources that may be appropriate for potential listing
as historical resources, historical landmarks, or points of
historical interest for their association with the labor
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movement, the civil rights movement, or the state's modern
history, and require the Office to report its findings to the
State Historical Resources Commission (Commission).
EXISTING LAW :
1)Establishes the California Register as the authoritative guide
to the state's significant historical and archeological
resources.
2)Provides three ways in which a historical resource is
automatically listed in the California Register: formal
eligibility for or listing in the National Register of
Historic Places; designation as a California Historical
Landmark numbered 770 or higher; or designation as a
California Point of Historical Interest in or after January
1998.
3)Provides that the California Register may also include other
types of historical resources, including California Historical
Landmarks numbered 769 or lower, that the Commission
determines are significant based upon the following criteria:
a) is associated with events that have made a significant
contribution to the broad patterns of California's history and
cultural heritage; b) is associated with the lives of persons
important in our past; c) embodies the distinctive
characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of
construction, represents the work of an important creative
individual, or possesses high artistic values; or d) has
yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in
prehistory or history.
4)Authorizes the Commission to adopt procedures governing
nominations of resources for listing in the California
Register.
5)Defines California Historical Landmarks as sites, buildings,
features, or events of statewide significance and value.
Provides that to be considered a California Historical
Landmark a resource must meet at least one of the following
criteria: a) the property is the first, last, only, or most
significant historical property of its type in the region; b)
the property is associated with an individual or group having
a profound influence on the history of California; or c) the
property is a prototype of, or an outstanding example of, a
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period, style, architectural movement, or construction, or if
it is one of the more notable works, or the best surviving
work, in a region of a pioneer architect, designer, or master
builder.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
COMMENTS : This bill would designate La Paz as a state
historical landmark, and also require the Office to identify
additional sites associated with the state's labor movement,
civil rights movement, or modern history for potential
designation on the California Register as state historical
resources, and to educate the public about the process for
nominating such resources for listing. The Assembly version
required that the Office identify at least five such resources
for potential listing. The Senate amendments delete the
requirement for at least five resources to be identified and
instead require that they identify publicly owned resources that
may be appropriate for listing, without specifying a number.
The Senate amendments also require that the Office report its
findings to the Commission. In addition, the Senate amendments
add specificity regarding the means that the Office is required
to use to educate the public on the nomination process, by
requiring that information be provided in the Office's quarterly
newsletter or other appropriate publications, and on the
Office's Web site. Finally, the Senate amendments modify the
legislative findings and make other technical changes.
Analysis Prepared by : Diane Colborn / W., P. & W. / (916)
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