BILL NUMBER: AB 347	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chang

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2015

    An act to amend Section 65401 of the Government Code,
relating to housing.   An act to amend Section 50271 of
the Government Code, relating to city selection committees  
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	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 347, as amended, Chang.  General plan.  
Local agencies: city selection committees: County of Los Angeles.
 
   Existing law provides that in any county in which 2 or more cities
are incorporated there is a city selection committee for the purpose
of appointing city representatives to boards, commissions, and
agencies as required by law. Existing law provides that the
membership of each city selection committee shall consist of the
mayor of each city within the county and that when the mayor is
unable to attend a meeting of the city selection committee, he or she
shall designate another member of the city's legislative body to
attend and vote at the meeting in the mayor's place.  
   This bill, for the city selection committee in the County of Los
Angeles, would require that when the mayor is unable to attend a city
selection committee meeting the vice mayor or mayor pro tempore
serve as the voting member on his or her behalf, and if the vice
mayor or mayor pro tempore are unable to attend that meeting then the
next ranking council member would be required to serve as the voting
member on the mayor's behalf, as provided.  
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles.
 
   The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city, county, or city and
county to adopt a comprehensive general plan that addresses a number
of elements. If a general plan has been adopted, each county or city
officer, department, board, or commission, as specified, is required
to submit a list of proposed public works for the ensuing fiscal
year. The agency receiving the list of proposed public works is
required to prepare, as specified, a coordinated program of proposed
public works for the ensuing fiscal year.  
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

   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 50271 of the  
Government Code   is amended to read: 
   50271.   (a)    When the mayor is unable to
attend a meeting of a city selection committee, the mayor shall
designate another member of the city's legislative body to attend and
vote at the meeting as the mayor's representative. 
   (b) For the city selection committee in the County of Los Angeles,
the following shall apply when the mayor is unable to attend a
meeting of the city selection committee:  
   (1) The vice mayor or mayor pro tempore shall serve as the voting
member and shall be entitled to one vote.  
   (2) (A) In the absence of the mayor and the vice mayor or mayor
pro tempore, the next ranking council member shall serve as the
voting member and shall be entitled to one vote.  
   (B) The ranking council member shall be determined by seniority of
service on the council. 
   SEC. 2.    The Legislature finds and declares that a
special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be made
applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the
California Constitution because of the challenges faced as a result
of the current governance structure of the County of Los Angeles.
 
  SECTION 1.    Section 65401 of the Government Code
is amended to read:
   65401.  If a general plan or part thereof has been adopted, within
the time fixed by the legislative body, each county or city officer,
department, board, or commission, and each governmental body,
commission, or board, including the governing body of any special
district or school district, whose jurisdiction lies wholly or
partially within the county or city, whose functions include
recommending, preparing plans for, or constructing major public
works, shall submit to the official agency, as designated by the
respective county board of supervisors or city council, a list of the
proposed public works recommended for planning, initiation, or
construction during the ensuing fiscal year. The official agency
receiving the list of proposed public works shall list and classify
all of these recommendations and shall prepare a coordinated program
of proposed public works for the ensuing fiscal year. The coordinated
program shall be submitted to the county or city planning agency for
review and report to the official agency as to conformity with the
adopted general plan or part thereof.