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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 437
Author: Correa (D)
Amended: 4/25/11
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMM. : 5-3, 5/10/11
AYES: DeSaulnier, Kehoe, Lowenthal, Pavley, Simitian
NOES: Gaines, Harman, Huff
NO VOTE RECORDED: Rubio
SUBJECT : Orange County Transportation Authority
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill limits the terms of certain city
members of the Orange County Transportation Authority board
of directors.
ANALYSIS : As the regional transportation planning agency
for Orange County, the Orange County Transportation
Authority (OCTA) plans and programs transportation
investments, manages a local voter-approved transportation
sales tax, operates public mass transit services, and
manages the 91 Express Lanes.
Existing law establishes OCTA's 18-member governing board
as follows:
Five members of the Orange County Board of Supervisors,
appointed by the board for the length of their
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supervisorial term.
Five city members, with one from each of the five
supervisorial districts, that the Orange County City
Selection Committee members elect within each
supervisorial district on a population-weighted voting
basis. The Orange County City Selection Committee
determines the length of terms for these members. (The
Orange County City Selection Committee is a voluntary
organization comprised of the cities of Orange County
that acts as the forum for selecting city representation
to organizations, such as OCTA, which require
representation from municipalities.)
Five city members, with one from each of the five
supervisorial districts, that the Orange County City
Selection Committee members elect without regard to
population on a "one city, one vote" within each
supervisorial district. The Orange County City Selection
Committee determines the length of terms for these
members.
Two public members appointed by a majority of the fifteen
voting members of OCTA for four-year terms.
One nonvoting member, who is the director of the
Department of Transportation's District 12 field office,
who the Governor appoints for a four-year term.
This bill restricts the "city member" appointed on the
basis of one city, one vote to two consecutive terms.
Background
The OCTA board is comprised of two classes of cities, the
larger cities with representatives selected on a population
basis and a second class of cities with representatives
selected on the basis of one city, one vote. Both classes
of cities are selected by the supervisorial district.
The unusual feature of the appointment process is that the
Orange County City Selection Committee determines the
length of the terms of the city representatives of both
classes. This Committee has representatives from all the
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Orange County cities. Because the selection of both
classes of city representatives is by the supervisorial
district, only the cities within a supervisorial district
may select the city representative. According to the OCTA
Web site, the term of the city representative is one year.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/11/11)
City of Westminster
OPPOSITION : (Verified 5/11/11)
Orange County Supervisor Pat Bates
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
this bill seeks to ensure broader representation on the
OCTA board by increasing the opportunity for smaller cities
to serve. This bill does not affect the tenure of the
representatives of the larger cities, protects the
interests of the larger cities in the county, and does not
force any city to serve if it does not wish to have
representation on the OCTA board.
JJA:mw 5/11/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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