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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1957
Author: Dickinson (D)
Amended: 3/6/14 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 11-0, 6/17/14
AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Beall, Cannella, Galgiani, Hueso,
Lara, Liu, Pavley, Roth, Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 8/14/14
AYES: De Le�n, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: Walters, Gaines
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 5/27/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : State Highway Route 16
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill authorizes the California Transportation
Commission (CTC) to relinquish segments of State Route (SR) 16
in the City of Sacramento as well as in the unincorporated
portion of Sacramento County.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1. Identifies the California state highway system through a
description of segments of the state's regional and
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interregional roads that are owned and operated by the
Department of Transportation (Caltrans).
2. Defines a "state highway" as any roadway that is acquired,
laid out, constructed, improved, or maintained as a state
highway according to legislative authorization.
3. Specifies that it is the intent of the Legislature for the
routes of the state highway system to connect the communities
and regions of the state and that they serve the state's
economy by connecting centers of commerce, industry,
agriculture, mineral wealth, and recreation.
4. Provides a two-step process for the state to expand or delete
a section of the state highway system that begins with the
Legislature amending existing law and then CTC making
findings that it is in the best interest of the state to
include or delete a specified portion of roadway from the
system.
This bill:
1. Authorizes CTC to relinquish to the City of Sacramento the
portion of SR 16 within its city limits, upon terms and
conditions approved by CTC.
2. Authorizes CTC to relinquish to Sacramento County the portion
of SR 16 within the unincorporated area of the county that is
east of the City of Sacramento and west of Watt Avenue, upon
terms and conditions approved by CTC.
3. Provides that the relinquishment will become effective the
date following the county recordation of the relinquishment
resolution.
4. Specifies that following the effective date of
relinquishment, the relinquished segment will no longer be a
state highway and may not be considered for future adoption
as a state highway.
5. Requires the City of Sacramento and Sacramento County to:
A. Ensure the continuity of traffic flow, including any
traffic signal progression, and to provide signage
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directing motorists to the continuation of SR 16.
B. Maintain the federal Surface Transportation
Assistance Act truck route designation for SR 16.
Comments
According to the author's office, local and regional plans
include a major concentration of new development along the
corridor that will transform SR 16, also known as Jackson
Highway or Jackson Road, into a route of both interregional and
local significance. At this time, however, the state does not
have the resources to improve SR 16, nor does it have any plans
to do so. The author's office argues that without this bill,
any road improvement process will be cumbersome, inefficient,
and expensive because Caltrans will need to be involved in the
review and approval process. This bill enables the local
governments to convert the SR 16 corridor from a state highway
to an urban arterial consistent with local and regional
transportation plans.
Relinquishments . Each session, the Legislature passes and the
Governor signs numerous bills authorizing CTC to relinquish
segments of the state highway system to local jurisdictions.
Relinquishment transactions are generally preceded by a
negotiation of terms and conditions between the local
jurisdiction and Caltrans. Once an agreement has been
established, CTC typically approves the relinquishment and
verifies its approval via a resolution. Relinquishments can be
a win-win as they provide recipient agencies with greater
control over a local segment of the state highway system and
relieve Caltrans of any further responsibility to improve,
maintain, or repair the segment.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, unknown
one-time costs ranging from minor up to $2.5 million to Caltrans
prior to the relinquishment of the designated segments of SR 16
(State Highway Account). These costs will be offset in future
years due to avoided maintenance costs on the relinquished
segments.
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SUPPORT : (Per Senate Transportation and Housing Committee
analysis of 3/6/14; unable to reverify at time of writing)
City of Sacramento
Sacramento Area Council of Governments
Sacramento County Board of Supervisors
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 5/27/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez,
Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi,
Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Perea, John A. P�rez, V.
Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas,
Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski,
Wilk, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Patterson, Quirk-Silva, Vacancy
JA:d 8/17/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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