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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 1600
Author: Torres (D), et al.
Amended: 5/30/12 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 9-0, 6/26/12
AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Harman, Kehoe, Lowenthal,
Pavley, Rubio, Simitian, Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 5/31/12 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction
Authority
SOURCE : Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction
Authority
DIGEST : This bill authorizes the extension of the Gold
Line light rail line from the City of Claremont in Los
Angeles County to the City of Montclair in San Bernardino
County.
ANALYSIS : SB 1847 (Schiff), Chapter 1021, Statutes of
1998, created the Pasadena Metro Blue Line Construction
Authority, now known as the Metro Gold Line Foothill
Extension Construction Authority (Authority), to oversee
the planning, design, and construction of a light rail line
from east Pasadena to Claremont. Currently, the Authority
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has sufficient resources to build the line as far as Azusa.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
Authority (MTA) operates the light rail service and
maintains the line to East Pasadena.
The Authority's governing board consists of five voting
members, three of whom the city councils of the cities of
Los Angeles, Pasadena, and South Pasadena appoint, one of
whom is appointed by San Gabriel Valley Council of
Governments, and one member who is appointed by MTA. The
Governor, the City of Pasadena, and the City of South
Pasadena each appoint one nonvoting member.
This bill:
1. Authorizes the Authority to plan, design, and build an
extension of the Gold Line from the City of Claremont to
the City of Montclair.
2. Authorizes the San Bernardino Associated Governments
(SANBAG) to appoint one nonvoting member to the
governing board.
3. Authorizes MTA to operate each phase of the Gold Line
light rail beyond its current terminus in east Pasadena
to Azusa and Claremont.
4. Authorizes MTA to operate the Gold Line light rail
trains outside of Los Angeles County, which is its area
of jurisdiction, to Montclair in San Bernardino County.
5. Prohibits MTA from operating on right-of-way owned by
SANBAG without a construction and maintenance agreement
between MTA, SANBAG, and the Authority.
6. Clarifies that the Authority may accept grants, fees,
allocations, and transfer of funds from federal, state,
and local agencies.
7. States that MTA does not have to allocate funds to
extending the light rail line to Montclair beyond the
funds that it has allocated as of January 1, 2012.
Comments
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According to the author's office, this bill increases mass
transportation options in the eastern San Gabriel Valley
and in western San Bernardino County by authorizing the
construction of the Gold Line light rail system to
Montclair. In addition, the Authority has determined that
the extension of the Gold Line to the City of Montclair
will have beneficial environmental and traffic impacts.
The Authority believes that Montclair, with a regional
transportation center, is the logical terminus for the Gold
Line because it allows for the intermodal interface with
the San Bernardino County bus system and with the Metrolink
commuter rail system.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/6/12)
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority
(source)
Cities of Arcadia, Azusa, Claremont, Duarte, Glendora,
Irwindale, La Verne, Monrovia, Montclair, Ontario,
Pasadena, Pomona, San Dimas, and South Pasadena
County of San Bernardino
League of California Cities, Los Angeles County Division
San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 5/31/12
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Campos, Carter, Cedillo,
Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, Eng, Feuer,
Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth Gaines, Galgiani,
Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Halderman,
Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hern�ndez, Hill, Huber,
Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell,
Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel
P�rez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio,
Swanson, Torres, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada,
John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Charles Calderon, Donnelly, Mansoor,
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Mendoza, Valadao
JJA:m 8/7/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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