SB 355, as amended, Lara. San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy.
Existing law establishes the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy, which is responsible for the preservation and protection of specified lands within the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains area, as defined. Existing law prescribes the duties of the conservancy, and requires that its governing board be comprised of 13 voting members and 7 nonvoting members, as specified. Existing law requires that the voting members include, among other members, representatives of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, the Gateway Cities Council of Governments, and the Orange County Division of the League of California Cities, as prescribed.
This bill would increase to 15 the number of voting members of the governing board, by adding 2 members who are residents of a city not otherwise represented on the
governing board at the time of the member’s appointment, one bordering the Lower Los Angeles River and the other bordering the San Gabriel River, as prescribed. The bill would also increase the number of nonvoting members to 9, and would require that one Member of the Senate, appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and one Member of the Assembly, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, serve as nonvoting members. The bill would require that those legislators serving as nonvoting membersbegin delete represent a district that is at least partially contained within the territory of the conservancy andend delete participate in activities of the conservancy only to the extent that participation is compatible with his or her duties as a legislator.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 32605 of the Public Resources Code is
2amended to read:
The board shall consist of 15 voting members and 9 ex
4officio, nonvoting members, as follows:
5(a) The 15 voting members of the board shall be the following:
6(1) One member of the Board of Supervisors of the County of
7Los Angeles, or his or her designee, who represents the area or a
8portion thereof contained within the territory of the conservancy,
9appointed by the Governor.
10(2) Two members of the Governing Board of the San Gabriel
11Valley Council of Governments, one of whom shall be a mayor
12or city council member of a city bordering along the San Gabriel
13River, and one of whom shall be a mayor or city council member
14of a city bordering the San Gabriel Mountains
area. One member
15shall be appointed by a majority of the membership of that
16governing board, and one member shall be appointed by the Senate
17Committee on Rules from a list of two or more potential members
18submitted by the governing board. If the governing board fails to
19provide to the Senate Committee on Rules a list of two or more
20potential members, at least 30 days prior to the date a current
21member’s term of office expires, the Senate Committee on Rules
22may appoint a mayor or city council member of a city bordering
23along the San Gabriel River or the San Gabriel Mountains, or a
P3 1member of the public who resides within the territory of the
2conservancy.
3(3) Two members of the Board of Directors of the Gateway
4Cities Council of Governments, one of whom shall be the mayor
5of the City of Long Beach or a city council member of the City of
6Long Beach appointed by the mayor, and one of whom shall be
7appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly from a list
of two or
8more potential members submitted by the executive committee of
9the Board of Directors of the Gateway Cities Council of
10Governments. The executive committee shall submit lists of
11potential members to the Speaker of the Assembly until an
12acceptable member is appointed.
13(4) Two members of the Orange County Division of the League
14of California Cities, both of whom shall be a mayor or city council
15member of a city bordering along the San Gabriel River or a
16tributary thereof. One member shall be appointed by a majority of
17the membership of the city selection committee of Orange County,
18and one member shall be appointed by the Governor from a list
19of two or more potential members submitted by the city selection
20committee.
21(5) One member shall be a representative of a member of the
22San Gabriel Valley Water Association appointed by a majority of
23the membership of the board of
directors of the San Gabriel Valley
24Water Association.
25(6) One member shall be a representative of the Central Basin
26Water Association appointed by a majority of the membership of
27the board of directors of the Central Basin Water Association.
28(7) One member shall be a resident of Los Angeles County
29appointed by the Governor from a list of potential members
30submitted by local, state, and national environmental organizations
31that operate within the County of Los Angeles and within the
32territory of the conservancy and that have participated in planning
33for river restoration or open space, or both, or river preservation.
34(8) One member, appointed by the Governor, who is a resident
35of a city, not otherwise represented on the board at the time of the
36member’s appointment, bordering the Lower Los Angeles River.
37The Governor
shall make the appointment from a list of two or
38more potential members submitted by the executive committee of
39the Board of Directors of the Gateway Cities Council of
40Governments. The executive committee shall submit lists of
P4 1potential members to the Governor until he or she appoints a
2member.
3(9) One member, appointed by the Governor, who is a resident
4of a city, not otherwise represented on the board at the time of the
5member’s appointment, bordering the San Gabriel River. The
6Governor shall make the appointment from a list of two or more
7potential members submitted to the Governing Board of the San
8Gabriel Valley Council of Governments. The governing board
9shall submit lists of potential members to the Governor until he or
10she appoints a member.
11(10) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, or his or
12her designee.
13(11) The Secretary for Environmental Protection, or his or her
14designee.
15(12) The Director of Finance, or his or her designee.
16(b) (1) Seven of the ex officio, nonvoting members shall be the
17following officers or an employee of each agency designated
18annually by that officer to represent the office or agency:
19(A) The District Engineer of the United States Army Corps of
20Engineers.
21(B) The Regional Forester for the Pacific Southwest Region of
22the United States Forest Service.
23(C) The Director of the Los Angeles County Department of
24Public Works.
25(D) The Director of the Orange County Public
Facility and
26Resource Department.
27(E) A member of the San Gabriel River Watermaster, appointed
28by a majority of the members of the San Gabriel River
29Watermaster.
30(F) The Director of Parks and Recreation.
31(G) The Executive Officer of the Wildlife Conservation Board.
32(2) (A) Two of the ex officio, nonvoting members shall be the
33following:
34(i) One Member of the Senate, appointed by the Senate
35Committee onbegin delete Rules, whose Senate district is at least partially begin insert
Rules.end insert
36contained within the territory of the conservancy.end delete
37(ii) One Member of the Assembly, appointed by the Speaker of
38thebegin delete Assembly, whose Assembly district is at least partially begin insert Assembly.end insert
39contained within the territory of the conservancy.end delete
P5 1(B) A member appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall meet
2with the conservancy and participate in its activities to the extent
3that participation is compatible with his or her duties as abegin delete Member
4of the
Legislator.end delete
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