BILL NUMBER: AB 2616	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Burke
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Mark Stone)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Sections 30213 and 30301 of, and to add Section
30006.6 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to coastal resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2616, as introduced, Burke. California Coastal Commission:
membership: environmental justice.
   Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, establishes the
California Coastal Commission and prescribes the membership and
functions and duties of the commission. Existing law provides that
the commission consists of 15 members.
   This bill would increase the membership of the commission to 18
and would require 3 additional members to be appointed, one each by
the Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of the
Assembly, who represent and work directly with communities in the
state that are most burdened by, and vulnerable to, high levels of
pollution and issue of environmental justice, as defined.
   Existing law requires maximum access and recreational
opportunities to be provided to the public in the state's coastal
areas and, in that regard, requires lower cost visitor and
recreational facilities to be protected, encouraged, and, where
feasible, provided.
   This bill would additionally require housing opportunities for
persons of low and moderate income to be protected, encouraged, and,
where feasible, provided in coastal areas. The bill would also
specify that the act does not preclude or otherwise restrict the
consideration of environmental justice or the equitable distribution
of environmental benefits in communities throughout the state.
   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 30006.6 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   30006.6.  This division shall not preclude or otherwise restrict
the consideration of environmental justice, as defined in subdivision
(e) of Section 65040.12 of the Government Code, or the equitable
distribution of environmental benefits in communities throughout the
state.
  SEC. 2.  Section 30213 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   30213.  Lower cost visitor and recreational facilities  and
housing opportunities for persons of low and moderate income 
shall be protected, encouraged, and, where feasible, provided.
Developments providing public recreational opportunities are
preferred.
   The commission shall  not: (1) require   not
do either of the following: 
    (a)     Require  that overnight room
rentals be fixed at an amount certain for any privately owned and
operated hotel, motel, or other similar visitor-serving facility
located on either public or private  lands; or (2) establish
  lands. 
    (b)     Establish or  approve any
method for the identification of low or moderate income persons for
the purpose of determining eligibility for overnight room rentals in
any  such   of those  facilities.
  SEC. 3.  Section 30301 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   30301.  The commission shall consist of the following  15
  18  members:
   (a) The Secretary of the  Natural  Resources Agency.
   (b) The Secretary of Transportation.
   (c) The Chairperson of the State Lands Commission.
   (d) Six representatives of the public from the state at large. The
Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of the
Assembly shall each appoint two of these members.
   (e) Six representatives selected from six coastal regions. The
Governor shall select one member from the north coast region and one
member from the south central coast region. The Speaker of the
Assembly shall select one member from the central coast region and
one member from the San Diego coast region. The Senate Committee on
Rules shall select one member from the north central coast region and
one member from the south coast region. For purposes of this
division, these regions are defined as follows:
   (1) The north coast region consists of the Counties of Del Norte,
Humboldt, and Mendocino.
   (2) The north central coast region consists of the Counties of
Sonoma and Marin and the City and County of San Francisco.
   (3) The central coast region consists of the Counties of San
Mateo, Santa Cruz, and Monterey.
   (4) The south central coast region consists of the Counties of San
Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.
   (5) The south coast region consists of the Counties of Los Angeles
and Orange.
   (6) The San Diego coast region consists of the County of San
Diego. 
   (f) Three representatives of, and who work directly with,
communities in the state that are most burdened by, and vulnerable
to, high levels of pollution and issues of environmental justice, as
defined in subdivision (e) of Section 65040.12 of the Government
Code, including, but not limited to, communities with diverse racial
and ethnic populations and communities with low-income populations.
The Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of the
Assembly shall each appoint one of these members.