BILL NUMBER: AB 2754 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member John A. Perez
FEBRUARY 19, 2010
An act to amend Section 65040 of the Government Code, relating to
land use and planning.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2754, as introduced, John A. Perez. Land use and planning:
Office of Planning and Research: duties.
The Planning and Zoning Law provides that the Office of Planning
and Research is the comprehensive state planning agency, requires the
office to serve the Governor and his or her cabinet as staff for
long-range planning and research, and sets forth the various duties
of the office, including the duty that the office, in conjunction
with the Planning Advisory and Assistance Council, evaluate plans and
programs of state government, identify conflicts or omissions in
those plans and programs, and recommend to the Governor and
Legislature new actions to resolve those conflicts, advance statewide
environmental goals, and ensure state policies and programs conform
to adopted land use planning goals and programs.
This bill would additionally require the office to report to the
Governor and the Legislature, no later January 1, 2012, and by that
date every two years thereafter, on its efforts to accomplish its
above-listed duties in conjunction with the Planning Advisory and
Assistance Council.
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 65040 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
65040. The Office of Planning and Research shall serve the
Governor and his or her Cabinet as staff for long-range planning and
research, and constitute the comprehensive state planning agency. In
this capacity the office shall:
(a) Assisted by the Planning Advisory and Assistance Council
established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 65040.6, engage in
the formulation, evaluation and updating of long-range goals and
policies for land use, population growth and distribution, urban
expansion, development, open space, resource preservation and
utilization, air and water quality, and other factors which shape
statewide development patterns and significantly influence the
quality of the state's environment.
(b) Assist in the orderly preparation by appropriate state
departments and agencies of intermediate- and short-range functional
plans to guide programs of transportation, water management, open
space, recreation and other functions which relate to the protection
and enhancement of the state's environment.
(c) (1) In conjunction with the council,
evaluate plans and programs of departments and agencies of state
government, identify conflicts or omissions, and recommend to the
Governor and the Legislature new state policies, programs and
actions, or amendments of existing programs, as required, to resolve
conflicts, advance statewide environmental goals to respond to
emerging environmental problems and opportunities, and to
assure ensure that all state policies and
programs conform to the adopted land use planning goals and programs.
(2) Report to the Governor and the Legislature on its efforts to
accomplish the duties described in paragraph (1), no later than one
year after the operative date of the act that added this paragraph to
this section, and by that date every two years thereafter.
(d) Assist the Department of Finance in preparing, as part of the
annual state budget, an integrated program of priority actions to
implement state functional plans and to achieve statewide
environmental goals and objectives and take other actions to assure
that the program budget, submitted annually to the Legislature,
contains information reporting the achievement of state goals and
objectives by departments and agencies of state government.
(e) Coordinate the development of policies and criteria to ensure
the federal grants-in-aid administered or directly expended by state
government advance statewide environmental goals and objectives.
(f) Coordinate the development and operation of a statewide
environmental monitoring system to assess the implications of present
growth and development trends on the environment and to identify at
an early time, potential threats to public health, natural resources
and environmental quality.
(g) Coordinate, in conjunction with appropriate state, regional,
and local agencies, the development of objectives, criteria and
procedures for the orderly evaluation and report of the impact of
public and private actions on the environmental quality of the state
and as a guide to the preparation of environmental impact reports
required of state and local agencies in Sections 21102 and 21150 of
the Public Resources Code.
(h) Coordinate research activities of state government directed to
the growth and development of the state and the preservation of
environmental quality, render advice to the Governor, his or her
Cabinet, to the Legislature, and any agency or department of state
government, and provide information to, and cooperate with, the
Legislature or any of its committees or officers.
(i) Coordinate the technical assistance provided by state
departments and agencies in regional and local planning to assure
that such plans are consistent with statewide environmental goals and
objectives.
(j) Accept and allocate or expend grants and gifts from any
source, public or private, for the purpose of state planning and
undertake other planning and coordinating activities as will
implement the policy and intent of the Legislature as set forth
herein.
(k) Develop long-range policies to assist the state and local
agencies in meeting the problems presented by the growth and
development of urban areas and defining the complementary roles of
the state, cities, counties, school districts, and special districts
with respect to such growth.
( l ) Encourage the formation and proper functioning
of, and provide planning assistance to, city, county, district, and
regional planning agencies.
(m) Assist local government in land use planning.