BILL NUMBER: AB 2214	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fuentes

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to add Sections 33103.5 and 33216 to the Public Resources
Code, relating to public resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2214, as introduced, Fuentes. Public resources: Santa Monica
Mountains Conservancy: Pacoima Wash.
   Existing law establishes the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy in
the Natural Resources Agency and specifies the authority and
purposes of the conservancy.
   This bill would require the conservancy to prepare a coordinated
development and recreational access plan on or before June 30, 2011,
for the Pacoima Wash, as the bill would define that term. The bill
would require the conservancy to use existing budget resources and
voluntary private and nonprofit local resources when preparing the
plan, and to request voluntary cooperation of other governmental
authorities with jurisdiction over the Pacoima Wash. The bill would
require the plan to provide, among other things, for the
establishment of a greenbelt in the Pacoima Wash, and the acquisition
of real property in and abutting the Pacoima Wash and the subsequent
lease, rental, sale, or other transfer of that property for park
purposes.
   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 33103.5 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   33103.5.  "Pacoima Wash" means ____.
  SEC. 2.  Section 33216 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   33216.  (a) The conservancy shall prepare a coordinated
development and recreational access plan on or before June 30, 2011,
for the Pacoima Wash.
   (b) In preparing the plan required by subdivision (a), the
conservancy shall use existing budget resources and voluntary private
and nonprofit local resources, and request voluntary cooperation of
the other governmental authorities with jurisdiction over the Pacoima
Wash.
   (c) The plan required by subdivision (a) shall provide for all of
the following:
   (1) Development of a greenbelt around the Pacoima Wash as a
priority of the conservancy.
   (2) Acquisition of real property in and abutting the Pacoima Wash,
and the subsequent lease, rental, sale, or other transfer of that
property for park purposes.
   (3) A means by which to apply for grants or loans to purchase or
restore park, recreation, conservation, or open-space opportunities
in the Pacoima Wash.
   (4) Acceptance of dedications or easements of tax delinquent
property in the Pacoima Wash.
   (5) Implementation of a program designed to provide and enhance
recreational access to the Pacoima Wash for residents of the San
Fernando Valley.
   (6) The establishment of a greenbelt in the Pacoima Wash.
   (d) The Legislature intends that at the beginning of its new
charge to prepare a plan pursuant to subdivision (a), the commission
do so within its existing budgetary resources. As grant opportunities
present themselves, the Legislature intends that the commission
apply for those grants. In instances when it cannot apply for grants
due to ineligibility, the Legislature encourages the commission to
partner on those grants with the community-based organization Pacoima
Beautiful, which is a major community stakeholder in the San
Fernando Valley with a vested interest in seeing the Pacoima Wash
develop into a greenbelt.