BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB
1004 (Dahle)
As Amended May 14, 2015
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes |Ayes |Noes |
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|----------------+------+-----------------------+-------------------|
|Natural |9-0 |Williams, Dahle, | |
|Resources | |Cristina Garcia, | |
| | |Hadley, Harper, | |
| | |McCarty, Rendon, Mark | |
| | |Stone, Wood | |
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|----------------+------+-----------------------+-------------------|
|Appropriations |17-0 |Gomez, Bigelow, Bloom, | |
| | |Bonta, Calderon, | |
| | |Chang, Daly, Eggman, | |
| | |Gallagher, Eduardo | |
| | |Garcia, Holden, Jones, | |
| | |Quirk, Rendon, Wagner, | |
| | |Weber, Wood | |
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SUMMARY: Alters the California Tahoe Conservancy's (Conservancy)
powers. Specifically, this bill:
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1)Expands the Conservancy's authorization to engage in property
transactions, or request the Director of General Services to act
on its behalf, to promote the state's planning priorities and
sustainable communities strategies.
2)Prohibits the Conservancy from selling real property that has
been acquired through eminent domain, including a sale that
promotes the state's planning priorities and sustainable
communities strategies.
3)Requires the Conservancy to submit a progress report to the
appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature by
January 1, 2018.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee:
1)No additional state costs.
2)Potential increases in future land sale revenue.
COMMENTS:
1)Conservancy. Since its establishment in 1984, the Conservancy
has acquired and manages nearly 4,700 parcels encompassing 6,500
acres for public access, water quality, and wildlife protection
purposes. The Conservancy was created to maintain an
equilibrium between the region's natural endowment and its
manmade environment, to protect the natural environment,
including water quality, air quality, wildlife, and habitat
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areas, to acquire, restore, and manage property, and to preserve
the scenic beauty and recreational opportunities of the region.
2)Tahoe Livable Communities Program (TLC). In December 2012, the
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and Tahoe Metropolitan Planning
Organization adopted the Lake Tahoe Sustainable Communities
Strategy (Lake Tahoe SCS). The Lake Tahoe SCS seeks to reduce
per capita greenhouse gas emissions 12% by 2020 and an
additional 7% by 2035. To achieve these targets, the Lake Tahoe
SCS promotes clustered development in the Basin's town centers.
The Conservancy has developed the TLC to assist in implementing
the Lake Tahoe SCS and other statewide planning priorities. The
TLC will refocus the Conservancy's land acquisition and
marketable rights program to do the following:
a) Acquire and restore aging developed properties on
environmentally sensitive lands and retire or transfer the
development rights to town centers;
b) Sell, lease, or exchange vacant Conservancy land in these
town centers;
c) Acquire the remaining private properties in several of
Lake Tahoe's roadless subdivisions to remove the threat of
development.
This bill would clarify the Conservancy's authority to sell,
exchange or transfer real property to implement the TLC. A
component of the TLC will have the Conservancy engaged in
efforts to create more vibrant walkable town centers in the Lake
Tahoe region. The Conservancy owns parcels in town centers that
could be developed into infill mixed-use development. These
parcels would be exchanged for parcels in environmentally
sensitive areas. The goal of this is to shrink the development
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footprint in the Lake Tahoe region and to shift the existing
land use pattern from scattered auto-centric districts to
vibrant walkable and bike-able town centers. This is a new
approach to achieve the Conservancy's mission and has not been
done before at any conservancy.
Analysis Prepared by:
Michael Jarred / NAT. RES. / (916) 319-2092 FN:
0000429