BILL NUMBER: AB 2214	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 27, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 6, 2010

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 amended, 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 develop a feasibility
study 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 study, and to
request voluntary cooperation of other governmental authorities with
jurisdiction over the Pacoima Wash.  The bill would require
the study 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 the Los Angeles River tributary
extending from the Lopez Debris Basin to the Tujunga Wash/Pacoima
Wash confluence.
  SEC. 2.  Section 33216 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   33216.  (a) On or before June 30, 2011, the conservancy shall
develop a feasibility study for the Pacoima Wash. The study shall
include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
   (1) Establish objectives for development of a greenbelt around the
Pacoima Wash for the purposes of expanding recreational
opportunities and the improvement of natural habitat to support
wildlife.
   (2) Establish the boundaries of the study.
   (3) Inventory existing land and its uses.
   (4) Analyze land parcels along the Pacoima Wash that show
potential for development of a greenbelt and other recreational
developments.
   (5) Engage in community outreach and input.
   (6) Analyze the  topology   topography 
of the Pacoima Wash.
   (b) In preparing the study 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 study 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) Provision of recommendations 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) 
    (c)  The Legislature intends that at the beginning of
its new charge to prepare a study pursuant to subdivision (a), the
conservancy do so within its existing budgetary resources. As grant
opportunities  present themselves   become
available  , the Legislature intends that the conservancy apply
for those grants. In instances when it cannot apply for grants due to
ineligibility, the Legislature encourages the  commission
  conservancy  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
  with community-based organizations with an 
interest in seeing the Pacoima Wash develop into a greenbelt.