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Bill No: SB 64
Author: Liu (D), et al.
Amended: 6/24/15
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE: 10-1, 4/28/15
AYES: Beall, Cannella, Allen, Gaines, Galgiani, Leyva,
McGuire, Mendoza, Roth, Wieckowski
NOES: Bates
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: 6-0, 5/18/15
AYES: Lara, Beall, Hill, Leyva, Mendoza, Nielsen
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bates
SENATE FLOOR: 36-2, 5/22/15
AYES: Allen, Bates, Beall, Berryhill, Block, Cannella, De
León, Gaines, Galgiani, Hall, Hancock, Hernandez, Hertzberg,
Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Lara, Leno, Leyva, Liu, McGuire,
Mendoza, Mitchell, Monning, Moorlach, Nguyen, Nielsen, Pan,
Pavley, Roth, Runner, Stone, Vidak, Wieckowski, Wolk
NOES: Anderson, Morrell
NO VOTE RECORDED: Fuller
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 80-0, 9/1/15 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: California Transportation Plan
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill requires the California Transportation
Commission (CTC) to review the California Department of
Transportations (Caltrans) 2015 California Transportation Plan
(Plan) and prepare specific, action-oriented recommendations for
statewide integrated multimodal transportation system
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improvements.
Assembly Amendments add a requirement that the CTC also provide
specific, action-oriented recommendations in their annual report
to the Legislature.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Establishes the CTC to advise and assist the Administration
and the Legislature in formulating and evaluating state
policies and plans for transportation programs.
Beginning December 31, 2015, and every five years thereafter,
Caltrans is required to update the Plan. The Plan shall
describe the state's transportation policies and performance
objectives and shall incorporate elements of the regional
transportation plans. Consultation and coordination with the
CTC, Strategic Growth Council, Air Resources Board, and others
is required.
2)Requires the CTC to provide an annual report to the
Legislature explaining and summarizing the major policies and
decisions it has adopted.
This bill requires the CTC to review the 2015 Plan and provide
specific action-oriented recommendations for statewide
integrated multimodal transportation system improvements to the
Legislature and the Governor by December 31, 2016, and every
five years thereafter. It also requires the CTC to include
specific, action-oriented recommendations in their annual report
to the Legislature.
Comments
Purpose. The author believes that "the direction of California
environmental protection, transportation, housing, and
infrastructure financing policies has been to break down the
silos created by single-purpose bureaucratic organizations and
legislative mandates. The 21st century goal now is to produce
integrated planning processes that recognize the relationships
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among land use; transportation and housing; air quality; and
energy planning, regulatory, and infrastructure funding
processes." The author believes that the Plan, a twice-a-decade
document, should reflect this outlook and provide actionable
suggestions for the Governor and Legislature. Moreover, the
author is looking to the CTC to analyze the Plan and make
specific recommendations on actions the Legislature should take
to achieve its goals.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee:
Minor costs (up to $100,000) every five years for the CTC to
review the Plan and report its recommendations. The CTCs
costs to incorporate recommendations for legislation into its
annual report should be minor and absorbable. (State Highway
Account)
Notwithstanding the above costs associated solely with this
bill, in the 2015-16 Budget Act, the CTC received funding for
a two-year, limited-term Supervising Transportation Planner to
fulfill its responsibilities under SB 486 (DeSaulnier, Chapter
917, Statutes of 2014). The CTC indicates that, to fulfill the
requirements of both SB 64 and SB 486, it would seek to
convert this position to permanent status.
SUPPORT: (Verified9/1/15)
None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified9/1/15)
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None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 80-0, 9/1/15
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang,
Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle,
Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina
Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez,
Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden,
Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder,
Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina,
Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen,
Patterson, Perea, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez,
Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting,
Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Atkins
Prepared by:Randy Chinn / T. & H. / (916) 651-4121
9/1/15 21:12:26
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