BILL NUMBER: SB 811 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 24, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 28, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 6, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 3, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Senator Lara
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
An act to add Section 103.1 to the Streets and Highways Code,
relating to transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 811, as amended, Lara. State Highway Route 710.
Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has
full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing law
imposes various requirements for the development and implementation
of transportation projects.
This bill would impose various additional requirements on the
department, or on another agency, if that agency agrees to assume
responsibility as the lead agency with respect to the I-710 expansion
project in the County of Los Angeles from State Highway Route 60 in
East Los Angeles to Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach. The bill would
require the lead agency, in consultation with all interested
community organizations, to consider include
, within the environmental review process for the project,
alternatives to address the air quality, public health, and mobility
impacts the project will have on neighboring communities ,
including, in its entirety, Community Alternative 7, as defined, as a
complete project alternative . The bill would require the
final environmental document approved by the lead agency to include
an investment in identified mitigation measures and community
benefits for the affected communities and the Los Angeles
River. The bill would require the lead agency to submit a report in
that regard to the Legislature at least 90 days prior to approving
the final environmental document for the project , and would
require the Senate Committee on Transportation
and Housing and the Assembly Committee on Transportation to hold a
public joint hearing on the proposed final environmental
document at least 60 days prior to approval of the final
environmental document . The bill would make legislative
findings and declarations.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 103.1 is added to the Streets and Highways
Code, to read:
103.1. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(1) "I-710 expansion project" means the proposed program of
improvements to the State Highway Route 710 Corridor in the County of
Los Angeles within the State Highway Route 710 Corridor project
study area, which extends from State Highway Route 60 in East Los
Angeles to Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach. The I-710 expansion project
does not include any extension of State Highway Route 710 through
South Pasadena from State Highway Route 10 to State Highway Route
210.
(2) "Community Alternative 7" means an alternative infrastructure
plan developed by a coalition of community partners, and submitted
for consideration to the I-710 expansion project's lead agency in
response to the first draft environmental review document. Community
Alternative 7 includes mitigation measures and community benefits to
address existing and future public health concerns for the affected
area.
(2)
(3) "Lead agency" means the department, unless another
agency agrees to assume responsibility as the lead agency for the
I-710 expansion project under the California Environmental Quality
Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public
Resources Code), in which case "lead agency" means that other agency.
(3)
(4) "Los Angeles River" or "river" means the Los
Angeles River within the State Highway Route 710 Corridor project
study area, including the adjacent tributaries of Compton Creek and
Rio Hondo.
(5) "Project committee" means the committee facilitated by the
project's lead agency as a part of the I-710 expansion project
community participation framework, and is comprised of elected
officials from I-710 expansion project corridor communities and
funding partner representatives who make recommendations to the
funding partners and the department on key assumptions and decisions
in the environmental review process. The funding partners include the
department, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
Authority, the Gateway Cities Council of Governments, the Southern
California Association of Governments, the Ports of Los Angeles and
Long Beach, and the Interstate 5 Joint Powers Authority.
(b) The Legislature finds and declares that the
all of the following:
(1) The proposed I-710 expansion
project is a project of national significance that is intended to
expand capacity on State Highway Route 710 in the County of Los
Angeles to accommodate the movement of freight from and to the ports
of Los Angeles and Long Beach, thereby providing economic benefits in
the region and beyond. However, the I-710 expansion project, as
proposed, will have adverse public health, air quality, and
quality-of-life impacts on residents residing near the corridor from
East Los Angeles to Long Beach.
(2) The proposed I-710 expansion project is a "goods movement"
project that should be aligned with the principles laid out in the
2007 Goods Movement Action Plan, prepared by the California
Environmental Protection Agency and the Business, Transportation and
Housing Agency. These principles require that the project be
developed in a way that provides improvements to the communities
housing the project. For the I-710 expansion project, these
improvements include all of the following:
(A) River improvements including those that contribute to
revitalization of the river and green, active space along the river.
(B) Bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure; public transit
infrastructure and operations.
(C) Targeted hiring and job training related to the construction
and operation of the project.
(D) Improvements to conditions at sensitive sites, such as
schools, homes, and elderly care facilities.
(3) The proposed I-710 expansion project is a transportation
project that should be aligned with the goals of Assembly Bill 32
(Chapter 488, Statutes of 2006) and Senate Bill 375 (Chapter 728,
Statutes of 2008) of reducing greenhouse gases by reducing vehicle
miles traveled and increasing public transit use and active
transportation.
(4) Community Alternative 7 includes these principles, goals, and
improvements. On January 31, 2013, the project committee for the
proposed I-710 expansion project voted to recommend that the lead
agency consider Community Alternative 7 in its entirety in the draft
environmental review document for the project.
(c) The lead agency, in consultation with all interested community
organizations, shall consider include
, within the environmental review process, alternatives to address
the air quality, public health, and mobility impacts the I-710
expansion project will have on neighboring communities , and
shall identify measures to improve conditions presently affecting the
communities surrounding the existing Route 710 freeway. One of these
alternatives shall be Community Alternative 7, considered in its
entirety, as a complete project alternative .
(d) The final environmental document approved by the lead agency
for the I-710 expansion project shall include an investment in
identified mitigation measures and community benefits for
the affected communities and the Los Angeles River.
(e) At least 90 days prior to approving the final environmental
document for the I-710 expansion project, the lead agency shall
submit a report to the Legislature describing the identified
mitigation measures and community benefits that will be
included in the project and providing evidence of meeting the
requirements of this section. The report shall be submitted pursuant
to Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(f) At least 60 days prior to approval by the lead agency of the
final environmental document for the I-710 expansion project, the
Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing and the Assembly
Committee on Transportation shall hold a public joint hearing on the
proposed final environmental document.