BILL NUMBER: AB 2214	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 3, 2010
	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.   An act
relating to public resources, and declaring the urgency thereof, to
take effect immediately. 



	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
 complete  a feasibility study on or before June
30,  2011   2012  , for the Pacoima Wash,
as  the bill would define that term   identified
by the Los Angeles County Flood Control   District  .
The bill would require the conservancy to use existing budget
resources  and voluntary   when preparing the
study and   would allow the conservancy to also use funds
received from  private and nonprofit  resources when
preparing the study, and to request voluntary cooperation of other
governmental authorities with jurisdiction over the Pacoima Wash
  sources for this purpose  . 
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute. 
   Vote:  majority   2/3  . Appropriation:
no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    (a) For the purposes of this section,
the following terms have the following meanings:  
   (1) "Conservancy" means the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.
 
   (2) "Pacoima Wash" means the Los Angeles River tributary system
identified by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District as the
Pacoima Wash, extending from the Lopez Debris Basin to the Pacoima
Spreading Grounds and the Pacoima Diversion Channel between the
Pacoima Spreading Grounds and its confluence with Tujunga Wash. 

   (b) On or before June 30, 2012, the conservancy shall complete a
feasibility study for the Pacoima Wash, that shall include, at a
minimum, all of the following:  
   (1) 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) An inventory of existing land and its uses.  
   (3) Identification of land parcels along the Pacoima Wash that
show potential for development of a greenbelt and other recreational
developments.  
   (c) The conservancy shall develop the feasibility study with
community input and shall request voluntary cooperation of other
governmental authorities with jurisdiction over the Pacoima Wash.
 
   (d) In preparing the study required by subdivision (b), the
conservancy shall use existing budget resources. The conservancy may
also use funds received from private and nonprofit sources for this
purpose. 
   SEC. 2.    This act is an urgency statute necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety
within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go
into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
 
   In order to determine as soon as possible how to expand
recreational opportunities and develop a greenbelt along the Pacoima
Wash, thereby better protecting the environment, it is necessary that
this act take effect immediately.  
  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 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 resources, and request voluntary cooperation of the
other governmental authorities with jurisdiction over the Pacoima
Wash.
   (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 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
conservancy to partner with community-based organizations with an
interest in seeing the Pacoima Wash develop into a greenbelt.