BILL NUMBER: SB 1001	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Knight

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2014

   An act to amend Section 56001 of the Government Code, relating to
local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1001, as introduced, Knight. Local government.
   Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government
Reorganization Act of 2000, makes certain findings and declarations
relating to local government organizations, including, among other
things, the encouragement of orderly growth and development, and
logical formation and modification of the boundaries of local
agencies, as specified.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these findings and
declarations.
   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.  Section 56001 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   56001.  The Legislature finds and declares  that 
it is the policy of the state to encourage orderly growth and
development  which   that  are essential to
the social, fiscal, and economic well-being of the state. The
Legislature recognizes that the logical formation and determination
of local agency boundaries is an important factor in promoting
orderly development and in balancing that development with sometimes
competing state interests of discouraging urban sprawl, preserving
open-space and prime agricultural lands, and efficiently extending
government services. The Legislature also recognizes that providing
housing for persons and families of all incomes is an important
factor in promoting orderly development. Therefore, the Legislature
further finds and declares that this policy should be effected by the
logical formation and modification of the boundaries of local
agencies, with a preference granted to accommodating additional
growth within, or through the expansion of, the boundaries of those
local agencies  which   that  can best
accommodate and provide necessary governmental services and housing
for persons and families of all incomes in the most efficient manner
feasible.
   The Legislature recognizes that urban population densities and
intensive residential, commercial, and industrial development
necessitate a broad spectrum and high level of community services and
controls. The Legislature also recognizes that when areas become
urbanized to the extent that they need the full range of community
services, priorities are required to be established regarding the
type and levels of services that the residents of an urban community
need and desire; that community service priorities be established by
weighing the total community service needs against the total
financial resources available for securing community services; and
that those community service priorities are required to reflect local
circumstances, conditions, and limited financial resources. The
Legislature finds and declares that a single multipurpose
governmental agency is accountable for community service needs and
financial resources and, therefore,  that agency  may be the
best mechanism for establishing community service priorities
especially in urban areas. Nonetheless, the Legislature recognizes
the critical role of many limited purpose agencies, especially in
rural communities. The Legislature also finds  that 
, whether governmental services are proposed to be provided by a
single-purpose agency, several agencies, or a multipurpose agency,
responsibility should be given to the agency or agencies that can
best provide government services.