BILL NUMBER: AB 551	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ting

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act relating to land use.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 551, as introduced, Ting. Land use: zoning.
   The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of each
county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for
the physical development of the county or city and of any land
outside its boundaries that bears relation to its planning. That law
requires this general plan to include several elements, including
land use, circulation, housing, open-space, and conservation
elements, which are required to meet specified requirements.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would create incentives for owners of undeveloped
property in urban residential areas to lease their land for
agricultural use or the creation of urban green space, or both.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would create incentives for owners of undeveloped
property in urban residential areas to lease their land for
agricultural use or the creation of urban green space, or both.