BILL NUMBER: AB 339	CHAPTERED  09/15/99

	CHAPTER   377
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 15, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 15, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 26, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 23, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 17, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JULY 12, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 13, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Runner
   (Coauthor:  Senator Knight)

                        FEBRUARY 11, 1999

   An act to add Section 33204.4 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to parks and open space.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 339, Runner.  Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor:  boundary
revisions.
   Existing law required the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy to
prepare a coordinated trail development plan and recreational access
program for the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor, as specified, and
to submit the plan and program to specified committees of the
Legislature not later than June 30, 1990, and authorized the
conservancy to make minor boundary changes in the Rim of the Valley
Trail Corridor in the form of maps and descriptions to be included in
the plan and to be submitted to the Secretary of State not later
than July 31, 1990.
   This bill would provide that, if the conservancy determines, based
on relevant scientific information and land use planning studies,
that a revision of the boundaries of the Rim of the Valley Trail
Corridor in the vicinity of Placerita Canyon State Park east of State
Route 14 is necessary, the executive director of the conservancy
would be required to prepare and file with the Secretary of State,
the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources, and the Senate Committee
on  Natural Resources and Wildlife, a revised map showing the
changes in the boundaries of the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor.
The bill would specify that nothing in those provisions shall be
interpreted to affect any portion of Elsmere Canyon, or to have an
effect on the decisions whether or not to permit Elsmere Canyon as a
solid waste facility, as specified.
   Existing law provides that the State Coastal Conservancy has the
prime responsibility for carrying out projects identified in
certified local coastal programs for jurisdictions within the coastal
zone portion of the Santa Monica Mountains Zone.
   This bill would provide that notwithstanding those provisions, the
provisions added by the bill would not affect the jurisdiction of
the coastal conservancy.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 33204.4 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   33204.4.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1) The boundary of the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor should be
determined exclusively upon the best scientific and resource-based
information regarding trail, recreational, and environmental
resources in the area.
   (2) Landowners, local government entities, members of the public,
and other affected parties should be afforded maximum participation
in the process by which the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor is
delineated.
   (b) (1) Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 33015.5, if
the conservancy determines, based on relevant scientific information
and land use planning studies, and after holding at least one public
hearing in the area that would be affected by a revision of the
boundaries of the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor, that a boundary
revision in the vicinity of Placerita Canyon State Park east of State
Route 14, including Whitney Canyon and its adjacent watersheds, is
necessary, the executive director shall prepare and file with the
Secretary of State, the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and
the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildlife, a revised map
showing the changes in the boundaries of the Rim of the Valley Trail
Corridor.
   (2) A revised map prepared pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
supported by relevant scientific information and be in accordance
with the purposes and objectives of Section 33204.3.
   (c) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to affect any
portion of Elsmere Canyon.  In addition, nothing in this section
shall be interpreted to have any effect on the decisions whether or
not to permit Elsmere Canyon as a solid waste facility, as identified
in the final Los Angeles County Countywide Siting Element, prepared
and approved pursuant to Division 30 (commencing with Section 40000).

   (d) Notwithstanding Section 33201, nothing in this section shall
affect the jurisdiction of the State Coastal Conservancy.