Bill Text: CA AB833 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Freeway caps.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2023-07-11 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB833 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB833-Amended.html

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Amended  IN  Senate  June 19, 2023

Amended  IN  Assembly  April 20, 2023

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 833

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Introduced by Assembly Member Luz Rivas Rendon

February 14, 2023

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An act to add Section 5006.43 to the Public Resources Code, relating to state parks. and repeal Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 898) of Division 1 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 833, as amended, Luz Rivas Rendon. State parks: Rio de Los Angeles State Park: expansion plan: Los Angeles River. Freeway caps.

Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and provides that the department has full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights in property acquired for state highway purposes and authorizes and directs the department to lay out and construct all state highways between the termini designated by law and on the locations as determined by the commission.

This bill would require the department to prepare a plan for adding caps to freeway segments that divide disadvantaged, underrepresented, urban communities, as specified. The bill would require the department to submit the plan to the Legislature by January 1, 2030. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2031.

Existing law designates all parks, public campgrounds, monument sites, landmark sites, and sites of historical interest established or acquired by the state, or that are under its control, as the state park system, except as specified. Under existing law, the Department of Parks and Recreation controls the state park system, which is made up of units, one of which is the Rio de Los Angeles State Park.

This bill would require the department to collaborate and coordinate with the County of Los Angeles, the City of Los Angeles, other cities along the Los Angeles River, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, and the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy to develop a plan to expand the Rio de Los Angeles State Park on lands along the Los Angeles River and its tributaries, as specified.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 898) is added to Division 1 of the Streets and Highways Code, to read:

CHAPTER  10. Freeway Caps

898.

 (a) The department shall prepare a plan for adding caps to freeway segments that divide disadvantaged, underrepresented, urban communities. The plan shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(1) The location of each freeway segment that divides a disadvantaged, underrepresented, urban community.

(2) A list of the freeway segments, derived from those identified pursuant to paragraph (1), where constructing a cap is feasible.

(3) For each freeway segment identified pursuant to paragraph (2), an estimate of the cost and time required to construct the cap.

(b) The department shall submit the plan to the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, by January 1, 2030.

898.5.

 This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.

SECTION 1.Section 5006.43 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:

5006.43.

(a)(1)The department shall collaborate and coordinate with the County of Los Angeles, the City of Los Angeles, other cities along the Los Angeles River, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, and the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy to develop a plan to expand the Rio de Los Angeles State Park on lands along the Los Angeles River and its tributaries.

(2)The plan shall, at a minimum, consider all of the following:

(A)The development of multibenefit parks and recreation spaces that are climate resilient and increase park equity.

(B)An assessment of the present and future demand for parks and recreation spaces along the Los Angeles River and its tributaries.

(C)How to prioritize implementation of the elements of the plan.

(D)Recommendations for future funding needs.

(b)The department shall include opportunities for public input and engagement in the development of the plan.

(c)The department shall, when feasible, coordinate the plan with existing plans, studies, and reports.