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Senate Bill No. 792

Introduced by Senator DeSaulnier

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(Coauthors: Senators Hancock, Hill, and Leno)

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February 22, 2013

An act to begin insert amend Section 101 of, and to end insert add begin delete Sections 66537.1, 66537.2, 66537.3, 66537.4, 66537.6, and 66537.7 to the Government end delete begin insert Section 101.13 to, the end insert begin insert Streets and Highways end insert Code, relating to begin delete planning. end delete begin insert transportation. end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 792, as amended, DeSaulnier. begin delete Regional entities: San Francisco Bay Area. end delete begin insert State highway system: naming or designation of state highway segments or structures. end insert

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Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to expend reasonable sums for the placement of name plaques at the boundaries of certain districts or on state highway bridges if the Legislature, by concurrent resolution, so requests. Existing law designates names for certain state highway segments.

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This bill would delete the above-referenced provisions relating to placement of name plaques by the department pursuant to a concurrent resolution of the Legislature. This bill would enact new provisions requiring the department to erect appropriate signs, plaques, or markers naming or designating a specified state highway segment or structure in honor of a person or entity if a member of the Legislature, as specified, requests the naming or designation in writing, the department receives sufficient funds from nonstate sources to cover the costs of reviewing the request and erecting the appropriate signs, plaques, or markers, as determined by the department, and other conditions are satisfied.

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Existing law creates the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the Bay Area Toll Authority, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, with various powers and duties relative to all or a portion of the 9-county San Francisco Bay Area region with respect to transportation, air quality, and environmental planning, as specified. Another regional entity, the Association of Bay Area Governments, is created under existing law as a joint powers agency comprised of cities and counties with regional planning responsibilities. Existing law provides for a joint policy committee of certain member agencies in this 9-county area to collaborate on regional coordination. Existing law requires regional transportation planning agencies, as part of the regional transportation plan adopted in urban areas, to develop a sustainable communities strategy, coordinating transportation, land use, and air quality planning, with specified objectives.

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This bill would require the member agencies of the joint policy committee to complete an analysis of common functions and identify opportunities to save costs, reduce redundancies, and further the goals of the member agencies. The bill would require the analysis to also include a statement relative to the expected reduction of overhead, operation, and management costs. The bill would also require the joint policy committee to maintain an Internet Web site containing information relevant to the committee’s activities and to appoint an advisory committee on economic competitiveness with specified members from the business community and other organizations to adopt goals and policies related to economic development, including social equity issues.

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The bill would require the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to convene a public engagement advisory group to provide recommendations in the development of a draft public participation plan with respect to the regional transportation plan update, as specified.

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By imposing new duties on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and other regional entities, the bill would impose 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program:  begin delete yes end delete begin insert no 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 101 of the end insert begin insert Streets and Highways Code end insert begin insert is
amended to read: end insert

101.  

begin delete (a) end delete begin delete   end delete The department shall keep in repair all objects or
markers adjacent to a state highway begin delete which end delete begin insert that end insert have been erected
to mark registered historical places and shall keep begin delete such end delete begin insert those end insert
markers free from vegetation begin delete which end delete begin insert that end insert may obscure them from
view.

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(b) When the Legislature, by concurrent resolution, has
designated names for certain districts and state highway bridges,
and requested the placing of name plaques at the boundaries of
the districts or on the bridges, the department is authorized to
expend reasonable sums for such plaques.

(c) Any major bridge not previously named by the Legislature
may be named by the Legislature, by concurrent resolution, for a
serviceman killed in action who was a resident of the county in
which the bridge is located. The name shall be selected from names
submitted to the department by veterans’ associations as defined
by Section 1260 of the Military and Veterans Code.

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begin insert SEC. 2. end insert   

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begin insert Section 101.13 is added to the end insert begin insert Streets and Highways
Code end insert begin insert , to read: end insert

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begin insert 101.13. end insert   

(a) Consistent with the signing requirements for the
state highway system, the department shall erect appropriate signs,
plaques, or markers naming or designating specified segments of
the state highway system or highway structures in honor of a
person or entity if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The naming or designation is requested in writing by a
member of the Legislature who represents the legislative district
in which the highway segment or structure is located.

(2) (A) The request identifies the specific highway segment or
structure to be named or designated.

(B) If a highway segment is to be named or designated for one
or more individuals, it shall not exceed five miles in length.

(3) The individual or individuals for whom a highway segment
or structure is to be named or designated shall be deceased.

(4) The request indicates, in the case of an individual or entity
being honored, that the individual or entity has provided
extraordinary public service or some exemplary contribution to
the public good, and has a connection to the community in which
the highway segment or structure is located.

(5) The proposed naming or designation does not supersede
any existing naming or designation, unless the request is able to
document that there is no opposition to rescinding the existing
naming or designation from the party or parties that requested
the original naming or designation.

(6) The department has received sufficient funds from nonstate
sources to cover the costs, as determined by the department, of
reviewing the request and erecting the appropriate signs, plaques,
or markers.

(7) The naming or designation meets any other conditions
established by the department.

(b) Any sign, plaque, or marker installed by the department
shall remain until it has been destroyed or the department
determines that it has deteriorated to the point that it is no longer
serviceable or until the designation of the affected highway segment
or structure is overridden by a subsequent naming or designation,
whichever occurs first. A sign, plaque, or marker that is destroyed
or becomes unserviceable may be replaced by the department upon
the receipt by the department of sufficient funds from nonstate
sources.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 66537.1 is added to the Government Code,
to read:

66537.1.  

The member agencies of the joint policy committee
created pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 66536 shall complete
an analysis of common functions and identify opportunities to save
costs, reduce redundancies, and further the goals of the member
agencies. The analysis shall also include a statement as to the
expected reduction in the cost of overhead and in the cost of
operation and management of the member agencies.

SEC. 2.  

Section 66537.2 is added to the Government Code, to
read:

66537.2.  

(a) Prior to initiating public outreach and participation
efforts for a regional transportation plan update, including the
sustainable communities strategy pursuant to subparagraphs (B)
and (C) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 65080, the
Metropolitan Transportation Commission, in consultation with the
Association of Bay Area Governments, the Bay Area Air Quality
Management District, and the San Francisco Bay Conservation
and Development Commission, shall issue, for public comment,
a draft public participation plan to meet the public participation
requirements under federal law and Section 65080.

(b) (1) At least 30 days before issuing the draft under
subdivision (a), the Metropolitan Transportation Commission shall
convene a public engagement advisory group to meet as needed
before the draft is issued for public comment and until the adoption
of the public participation plan. The public engagement advisory
group shall include, but shall not be limited to, persons representing
local planning agencies, congestion management authorities or
other local government agencies, low-income communities,
communities of color, seniors, persons with disabilities, business,
and environmental organizations. Meetings of the public
engagement advisory group shall be subject to the Ralph M. Brown
Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of
Division 2 of Title 5).

(2) The public engagement advisory group shall be charged
with all of the following tasks:

(A) Reviewing the public participation process in connection
with the development and adoption of the previous regional
transportation plan and sustainable communities strategy and
assessing both of the following:

(i) Strengths and weaknesses.

(ii) The degree to which the public participation plans were
implemented, and the degree to which specific implementation
actions contributed to a robust, inclusive, and transparent process.

(B) Identifying key decision points in the process by which the
previous regional transportation plan and sustainable communities
strategy were developed and adopted.

(C) Providing recommendations to the Metropolitan
Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area
Governments in developing a draft public participation plan that
seeks to do all of the following:

(i) Provide a clear process map, timeline, and description of all
key decision points.

(ii) Set forth outreach activities designed to meaningfully inform
and engage San Francisco Bay area residents, including activities
targeting populations traditionally underrepresented in regional
planning, such as minority and low-income populations.

(iii) Set forth the role of advisory committees in the development
and approval of the regional transportation plan update and
sustainable communities strategy.

(iv) Set forth the role of other agencies and local jurisdictions
in the planning process, and prescribe requirements for inclusive
public engagement and transparency.

(v) Address any other priority concerns raised by the public
engagement advisory group.

SEC. 3.  

Section 66537.3 is added to the Government Code, to
read:

66537.3.  

The joint policy committee shall maintain an Internet
Web site containing relevant information pertaining to the joint
policy committee’s activities.

SEC. 4.  

Section 66537.4 is added to the Government Code, to
read:

66537.4.  

The joint policy committee shall be subject to the
Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950)
of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5).

SEC. 5.  

Section 66537.6 is added to the Government Code, to
read:

66537.6.  

(a) The joint policy committee shall appoint an
advisory committee on economic competitiveness with members
from the business community, including representatives of small
businesses and the technology and manufacturing sectors,
community colleges, public and private universities, labor, local
governments, community organizations with an interest in
expanding economic opportunity for low-income populations and
communities, and other organizations involved with the private
economy.

(b) The joint policy committee, in consultation with the advisory
committee, shall adopt goals and policies related to economic
development. The goals and policies shall also promote amenities
that are special to the region and contribute to the region’s quality
of life. Social equity goals and considerations shall be integrated
throughout to ensure that low-income populations and populations
of color share fairly in the benefits and burdens of the economic
development goals and policies and their implementation and
include strategies to improve the economic conditions and
opportunities for all residents with special attention given to
opportunities available for low-income residents and populations
of color.

(c) Meetings of the advisory committee on economic
competitiveness shall be subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act
(Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division
2 of Title 5).

SEC. 6.  

 If the Commission on State Mandates determines
that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement
to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

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