BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: June 29, 2011
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Cathleen Galgiani, Chair
SB 276 (Wright) - As Amended: May 10, 2011
SENATE VOTE : 38-0
SUBJECT : Expositions and fairs: California Science Center:
police and security services.
SUMMARY : This bill would allow the Executive Director of the
California Science Center (CSC) to appoint specified security
and safety personnel if there is no Exposition Park Manager
(Manager).
EXISTING LAW:
1)Creates the Sixth District Agricultural Association, known as
the CSC. �Food and Agriculture Code (FAC) section 4101]
2)Requires CSC to create the position of Manager to be filled by
a person appointed by the Governor to manage, schedule, and
administer all park-related events, including oversight for
the police and security services of the park. Allows the
Manager to appoint specified security and safety personnel.
�FAC section 4108]
FISCAL EFFECT : This bill has been keyed non-fiscal by
Legislative Counsel.
COMMENTS :
According to the author, the budget for CSC has been
significantly reduced, which requires changes and elimination of
managerial functions. The 2011-2012 budget passed by the
legislature eliminates funding for the Manager. This bill is
needed to transfer the responsibilities of the Manager to the
Executive Director of CSC (Executive Director), in order to keep
the park running, in the absence of the Manager's office.
The Manager is responsible for administering all park related
events. Exposition Park is a 160 acre state property located in
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the City of Los Angeles, which includes the county Museum of
Natural History, CSC and IMAX, the California African American
Museum, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Sports Arena, the
City EXPO Center and other attractions.
Opponents state that the Manager, as well as the Office of
Exposition Park Management, was created as a result of a state
audit report citing the management of the State's interest in
Exposition Park were not being properly managed at the time.
Furthermore, opponents state that this bill would negatively
impact the quality of services provided at Exposition Park.
RELATED LEGISLATION :
AB 340 (Wright) Chapter 479, Statutes of 2001, established,
statutorily, the position of Exposition Park Manager appointed
by the Governor's office and transferred the authority to
appoint the chief and assistant chief of museum security from
the executive director of the California Science Center to the
park manager.
The 2011-2012 Budget Act, SB 69 (Leno), passed by the
Legislature would eliminate funding for the Office of the
Exposition Park Management. This bill was vetoed by Governor
Brown on June 16, 2011.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file.
Opposition
City of Los Angeles
County of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission
Analysis Prepared by : Victor Francovich / AGRI. / (916)
319-2084
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