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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 276
Author: Wright (D)
Amended: 5/10/11
Vote: 21
SENATE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE : 7-0, 5/3/11
AYES: Cannella, Rubio, Berryhill, Evans, La Malfa, Vargas,
Wolk
SUBJECT : Expositions and fairs: California Science
Center: police and
security services
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill authorizes the Executive Director of
the California Science Center to appoint specified security
and safety personnel if there is no Exposition Park
Manager.
ANALYSIS : Existing law provides for the Sixth District
Agricultural Association (DAA), known as the California
Science Center, and establishes the position of Exposition
Park Manager to manage, schedule, and administer
park-related events. The Exposition Park Manager is
authorized to appoint specified security and safety
personnel. Like all other DAAs, the California Science
Center is governed by a nine-member board appointed by the
Governor.
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This bill authorizes the Executive Director of the
California Science Center to appoint the chief and
assistant chief of museum security and safety and other
safety officer appointments if there is no Exposition Park
Manager.
Background
Exposition Park is a 160-acre state property in the City of
Los Angeles which houses the California Science Center,
California African American Museum, Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum &
Sports Arena, EXPO Center, Rose Garden, and Jesse Brewer
Park.
In the 1999 Budget Act, the Office of Park Manager was
created following a report by the University of California,
Los Angeles, which concluded there was a need for a park
manager position.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/18/11)
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OPPOSITION : (Verified 5/18/11)
City of Los Angeles
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author: "The
2011-12 budget as adopted by the Legislature, eliminates
funding for the Office of Exposition Park Management.
Section 830.3 of the Penal Code authorizes the Exposition
Park Manager to appoint the chief and assistant chief of
museum security and safety who shall have the powers of
peace officers. This bill is necessary to give the
authority to appoint the specified officers to the
Executive Director of the California Science Center in
instances where the Exposition Park Manager position is
eliminated or unfilled."
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MEL:mw 5/18/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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