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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2214
Author: Fuentes (D)
Amended: 8/3/10 in Senate
Vote: 27 - Urgency
SENATE NATURAL RES. & WATER COMMITTEE : 6-3, 8/10/10
AYES: Pavley, Kehoe, Lowenthal, Padilla, Simitian, Wolk
NOES: Cogdill, Hollingsworth, Huff
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-4, 8/12/10
AYES: Kehoe, Alquist, Corbett, Leno, Price, Wolk, Yee
NOES: Ashburn, Emmerson, Walters, Wyland
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 51-26, 6/1/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Public resources: Santa Monica Mountains
Conservancy:
Pacoima Wash
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the Santa Monica Mountains
Conservancy, by June 30, 2012, to complete a feasibility
study for the Pacoima Wash that establishes objectives for
the development of a greenbelt around the Pacoima Wash to
expand recreational opportunities and natural wildlife
habitat improvement. The study must also include an
inventory of existing land and its uses, and an analysis of
land parcels along the Pacoima Wash that show potential for
greenbelt and recreational development.
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ANALYSIS : The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
(Conservancy) was established by the Legislature in 1980 in
order to create a coordinated effort to protect the Santa
Monica Mountains Zone, a unique and valuable economic,
environmental, agricultural, scientific, educational, and
recreational resource to be held in trust for present and
future generations. Lands protected under the Conservancy,
the last of the large undeveloped areas adjacent to the
shoreline within the greater Los Angeles metropolitan
region, provide essential relief from the urban
environment. Since the Conservancy's creation, it has
helped to preserve over 60,000 acres of parkland in both
wilderness and urban settings and improved more than 114
public recreational facilities throughout Southern
California.
This bill:
1. Requires the Conservancy, by June 30, 2012, to complete
a feasibility study for the Pacoima Wash that
establishes objectives for the development of a
greenbelt around the Pacoima Wash to expand recreational
opportunities and natural wildlife habitat improvement.
The study must also include an inventory of existing
land and its uses, and an analysis of land parcels along
the Pacoima Wash that show potential for greenbelt and
recreational development.
2. Requires that the study be developed with community
input and that the Conservancy request voluntary
cooperation from other governmental authorities with
jurisdiction over the Pacoima Wash. The Conservancy
would develop the feasibility study with existing budget
resources.
Comments
Among the Conservancy's strategic objectives, as expressed
in its Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Annual Report, is the
integration of nature into the urban environment by
acquiring or creating parkland in urban areas and
developing joint power authorities. The Conservancy also
aims to create a "comprehensive, regional, and integrated
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trails plan." Current Conservancy actions fulfilling these
objectives include its implementation of the Los Angeles
County River Master Plan establishing 51 miles of
continuous river parkway and greenbelt.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12
2012-13 Fund
Preparation of study $50-$100 Bond*
Cost pressure for Unknown, potentially in
the millions Bond*
additional projects
* Various resources bonds
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/16/10)
Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
Pacoima Beautiful
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : The author states, "The Pacoima
Wash is a 10-mile flood control channel that was built in
the 1940s that runs from the Pacoima Dam in the San Gabriel
Mountains?and ending in the Arleta Spreading Grounds. In
between, lie the communities of Sylmar, Pacoima, and the
city of San Fernando. With few pedestrian connections
across, and fencing along its entire length, the Wash
attracts trash, graffiti, and fosters undesirable uses and
activities, both within the Wash itself, as well as in
locations where streets dead-end into it. At a time when
many similar flood control channels, in Los Angeles and
elsewhere are being restored as community amenities, the
Pacoima Wash stands as a great opportunity. Currently
space for physical activity is desperately needed in the
northeast San Fernando Valley?An improved Pacoima Wash
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could bring recreational and open space, serving as a key
resource in improving health and environmental
conditions?This bill seeks to codify the importance of the
Pacoima Wash as illustrated by non-profit groups in the San
Fernando Valley and the undeniable community support and
desire for development of the Pacoima Wash into a
recreational space and open space."
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Ammiano, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Blakeslee, Block,
Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero,
Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Coto, Davis, De La
Torre, De Leon, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes,
Furutani, Galgiani, Hall, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jones, Lieu, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,
Mendoza, Monning, Nava, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino,
Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson,
Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Yamada, John A. Perez
NOES: Adams, Anderson, Bill Berryhill, Conway, Cook,
DeVore, Emmerson, Fletcher, Fuller, Gaines, Garrick,
Gilmore, Hagman, Harkey, Jeffries, Knight, Logue, Miller,
Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, Norby, Silva, Smyth, Tran,
Villines
NO VOTE RECORDED: Tom Berryhill, Audra Strickland, Vacancy
CTW:mw 8/16/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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