Amended in Assembly March 17, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2574

Introduced by Assembly Member Rodriguez

February 21, 2014

An act to begin delete add Section 9600.6 to end delete begin insert amend Sections 132400 and 132450 of end insert the begin delete Unemployment Insurance end delete begin insert Public Utilities end insert Code, relating to begin delete employment development end delete begin insert the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority end insert .

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2574, as amended, Rodriguez. begin delete Employment Development Department: workforce needs: biennial report. end delete begin insert Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority. end insert

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Existing law creates the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority for purposes relating to the development of a light rail project extending from the City of Los Angeles to the Cities of Pasadena and Montclair.

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This bill would provide for the extension of the project to the City of Ontario, instead of the City of Montclair.

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Existing law creates the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) and requires LACMTA to assume responsibility for operating all completed phases of the light rail project. Existing law grants LACMTA the authority to operate the portion of the light rail project that extends approximately one-half mile from the Los Angeles and San Bernardino County line to the Montclair Transit Center, subject to approval by the San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) of an operations and maintenance agreement, as specified, with respect to the portion of the project on the right-of-way owned by SANBAG.

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This bill would instead grant LACMTA authority to operate the portion of the light rail project that extends from the Los Angeles and San Bernardino County line to the LA/Ontario International Airport, subject to the approval of SANBAG described above.

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Because this bill would require a local authority to assume additional responsibilities, it would create a state-mandated local program.

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The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

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This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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Existing law requires the Employment Development Department to administer various job training and placement programs and services for eligible persons, as provided, and requires that the department, among other things, develop a statewide plan and area plans to coordinate all programs it administers, as specified. Existing law requires the director of the department to prepare an annual report for the Governor, the Legislature, and the California Workforce Investment Board regarding the training expenditures made by local workforce investment boards in the prior fiscal year, as specified.

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This bill would require the department to develop a biennial report regarding state workforce need projections and credential production, as specified. The bill would also require the department, by January 1, 2015, and every 2 years thereafter, to provide a copy of the report to the appropriate policy committees in both the Assembly and Senate, to the Governor, to the Board of Regents of the University of California, the Board of Trustees of the California State University, and to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and to collaborate with the State Department of Education in providing the report to the public school districts. The bill would authorize the department to provide the report electronically.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert .

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Section 132400 of the end insert begin insert Public Utilities Code end insert begin insert is
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132400.  

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have
the following meanings:

(a) The “authority” is the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Construction Authority created under this chapter, formerly known
as the Pasadena Metro Blue Line Construction Authority.

(b) The “board” is the governing board of the authority.

(c) The “commission” is the California Transportation
Commission.

(d) The “LACMTA” is the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority.

(e) The “project” is the Los Angeles-Pasadena Foothill
Extension Gold Line light rail project, formerly known as the Los
Angeles-Pasadena Metro Blue Line, extending from Union Station
in the City of Los Angeles to Sierra Madre Villa Boulevard in the
City of Pasadena and any mass transit guideway that may be
planned east of Sierra Madre Villa Boulevard along the rail
right-of-way extending to the City of begin delete Montclair. end delete begin insert Ontario. end insert

(f) The “extension cities” are the Cities of Arcadia, Monrovia,
Duarte, Irwindale, Azusa, Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne,
Pomona, Claremont, begin delete and Montclair. end delete begin insert Montclair, Upland, and
Ontario. end insert

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begin insert SEC. 2. end insert   

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begin insert Section 132450 of the end insert begin insert Public Utilities Code end insert begin insert is amended
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132450.  

(a) (1) The LACMTA shall assume responsibility
for operating all completed phases of the project.

(2) Subject to subparagraph (A), the LACMTA shall have the
authority to operate the portion of the project located in the County
of San Bernardino, which extends begin delete approximately one-half mile end delete
from the Los Angeles and San Bernardino County line to the
begin delete Montclair Transit Center. end delete begin insert LA/Ontario International Airport. end insert

(A) With respect to the portion of the project on the right-of-way
owned by the San Bernardino Associated Governments, the
LACMTA’s authority to operate the project shall be contingent
upon the approval of the board of directors of the San Bernardino
Associated Governments, acting as the county transportation
commission, through approval of an operations and maintenance
agreement with the LACMTA.

(B) The operations and maintenance agreement shall provide
that the San Bernardino Associated Governments reimburse the
LACMTA for the costs of operating that portion of the line located
in the County of San Bernardino.

(C) Prior to the commencement of construction of the portion
of the project in the County of San Bernardino, the authority shall
enter into a construction agreement with the San Bernardino
Associated Governments, acting as the county transportation
commission.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the
LACMTA to allocate funds to the project beyond funds that have
been allocated as of January 1, 2012.

(b) The authority shall be dissolved when project construction
has been completed.

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No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district are the result of a program for which legislative authority
was requested by that local agency or school district, within the
meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code and Section 6
of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 9600.6 is added to the Unemployment
Insurance Code, to read:

9600.6.  

(a) The department shall, in consultation with the
University of California, the California State University, the
California Community Colleges, the California Workforce
Investment Board, and any other entity deemed appropriate by
department, develop a biennial report regarding state
workforce-need projections and credential production. The report
is to be produced to the extent practicable within available existing
resources and subject to data currently collected by and accessible
to state agencies. The report shall do all of the following:

(1) Indicate the state’s anticipated workforce needs and the
number of degrees, certificates, and other credentials that public
and private institutions of higher education expect to issue.

(2) Indicate the state’s anticipated number of degrees,
certificates, and other credentials that high school career and
technical programs, apprenticeship programs, and other public or
private workforce training programs expect to issue.

(3) Identify any workforce needs, including areas of
specialization within a particular vocation, that may not be met by
the education, training, and apprenticeship programs as reported
pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2).

(4) Identify institutions, whether public or private, that may
meet projected workforce needs.

(b) (1) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government
Code, the department shall, by January 1, 2015, and every two
years thereafter, provide a copy of the report to the appropriate
policy committees in both the Assembly and Senate, to the
Governor, to the Board of Regents of the University of California,
the Board of Trustees of the California State University, and to
the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.

(c) The department shall collaborate with the State Department
of Education in providing the report to the public school districts
in this state.

(d) The report required by this section may be provided
electronically.

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