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Commencing on July 1, 2024, each of the following shall occur:

(a) (1) The California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine, an office within the California Health and Human Services Agency, succeeds to, and is vested with, all the duties and responsibilities of the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, formerly the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, related to the administration or implementation of the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine’s programs.

(2) All books, documents, and records, including, but not limited to, outreach campaign supplies and print materials, of the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, formerly the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, pertaining to functions transferred to the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine shall be transferred to the California Health and Human Services Agency.

(3) Any action by or against the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation and any of its predecessors, including the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, pertaining to matters vested in the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine by this act shall not abate but shall continue in the name of the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine and shall be transferred to the California Health and Human Services Agency.

(4) No contract, license, or other agreement to which the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, formerly the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, is a party related to the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine shall be void or voidable by reason of this act, but shall continue in full force and effect under the terms of the contract, with the California Health and Human Services Agency assuming all of the rights, obligations, liabilities and duties of the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation under the contract, license, or other agreement as it relates to the to the administration or implementation of the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine’s programs.

(5) All unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds available for use in connection with any function or the administration of any law transferred to the California Health and Human Services Agency by this subdivision shall be transferred to the agency for the use and for the purpose for which the appropriation was originally made or the funds were originally available. If there is any doubt as to where those balances and funds are transferred, the Department of Finance shall determine where the balances and funds are transferred. The Department of Finance shall make the final determination of the budgetary and accounting transactions and treatments to ensure the proper implementation of the transfer of duties, powers, and responsibilities from the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, formerly the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, to the California Health and Human Services Agency, as described in this subdivision.

(b) (1) The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, succeeds to, and is vested with, all the duties and responsibilities of the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, formerly the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, related to the administration or implementation of the Community Economic Resilience Fund Program, including the Just Transition program.

(2) All books, documents, and records, including, but not limited to, outreach campaign supplies and print materials, of the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, formerly the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, pertaining to functions transferred to the Community Economic Resilience Fund Program shall be transferred to Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.

(3) Any action by or against the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation and any of its predecessors, including the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, pertaining to matters vested in the Community Economic Resilience Fund Program by the act adding this section shall not abate but shall continue in the name of the Community Economic Resilience Fund Program and shall be transferred to the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.

(4) No contract, license, or other agreement to which the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, formerly the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, is a party related to the Community Economic Resilience Fund Program shall be void or voidable by reason of this act, but shall continue in full force and effect under the terms of the contract, Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development assuming all of the rights, obligations, liabilities, and duties of the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation under the contract, license, or other agreement as it relates to the administration or implementation of the Community Economic Resilience Fund Program, including the Just Transition program.

(5) All unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds available for use in connection with any function or the administration of any law transferred to the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development by this subdivision shall be transferred to the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development for the use and for the purpose for which the appropriation was originally made or the funds were originally available. If there is any doubt as to where those balances and funds are transferred, the Department of Finance shall determine where the balances and funds are transferred. The Department of Finance shall make the final determination of the budgetary and accounting transactions and treatments to ensure the proper implementation of the transfer of duties, powers, and responsibilities from the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, formerly the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, to the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, as described in this subdivision.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 41, Sec. 49. (SB 164) Effective June 29, 2024.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE


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The Office of Planning and Research shall serve the Governor and the Governor’s Cabinet as staff for long-range planning and research, and constitute the comprehensive state planning agency. In this capacity, the office shall:

(a) Assisted by the Planning Advisory and Assistance Council established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 65040.6, engage in the formulation, evaluation and updating of long-range goals and policies for land use, population growth and distribution, urban expansion, development, open space, resource preservation and utilization, air and water quality, and other factors that shape statewide development patterns and significantly influence the quality of the state’s environment.

(b) Assist in the orderly preparation by appropriate state departments and agencies of intermediate- and short-range functional plans to guide programs of transportation, water management, open space, recreation and other functions that relate to the protection and enhancement of the state’s environment.

(c) In conjunction with the council, evaluate plans and programs of departments and agencies of state government, identify conflicts or omissions, and recommend to the Governor and the Legislature new state policies, programs and actions, or amendments of existing programs, as required, to resolve conflicts, advance statewide environmental goals to respond to emerging environmental problems and opportunities, and to assure that all state policies and programs conform to the adopted land use planning goals and programs.

(d) Assist the Department of Finance in preparing, as part of the annual state budget, an integrated program of priority actions to implement state functional plans and to achieve statewide environmental goals and objectives and take other actions to assure that the program budget, submitted annually to the Legislature, contains information reporting the achievement of state goals and objectives by departments and agencies of state government.

(e) Coordinate the development of policies and criteria to ensure the federal grants-in-aid administered or directly expended by state government advance statewide environmental goals and objectives.

(f) Coordinate the development and operation of a statewide environmental monitoring system to assess the implications of present growth and development trends on the environment and to identify at an early time, potential threats to public health, natural resources and environmental quality.

(g) Coordinate, in conjunction with appropriate state, regional, and local agencies, the development of objectives, criteria and procedures for the orderly evaluation and report of the impact of public and private actions on the environmental quality of the state and as a guide to the preparation of environmental impact reports required of state and local agencies in Sections 21102 and 21150 of the Public Resources Code.

(h) Coordinate research activities of state government directed to the growth and development of the state and the preservation of environmental quality, render advice to the Governor, the Governor’s Cabinet, to the Legislature, and any agency or department of state government, and provide information to, and cooperate with, the Legislature or any of its committees or officers.

(i) Coordinate the technical assistance provided by state departments and agencies in regional and local planning to assure that such plans are consistent with statewide environmental goals and objectives.

(j) Accept and allocate or expend grants and gifts on behalf of the State of California from any source, public or private, for the purpose of state planning and undertaking other planning and coordinating activities, and supporting community partnerships and strategic communication activities, as will implement the policy and intent of the Legislature as set forth herein.

(k) Develop long-range policies to assist the state and local agencies in meeting the problems presented by the growth and development of urban areas and defining the complementary roles of the state, cities, counties, school districts, and special districts with respect to such growth.

(l) Encourage the formation and proper functioning of, and provide planning assistance to, city, county, district, and regional planning agencies.

(m) Assist local government in land use planning.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 48, Sec. 53. (SB 189) Effective June 30, 2022.)

division: 1. PLANNING AND ZONING

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In developing a land use policy for the state, the Office of Planning and Research shall cooperate with the Department of Transportation and other federal, state, regional, and local agencies in their development of a viable, feasible, and attainable long-range master plan for aviation that will provide a framework for discussions, a program of accomplishments, and a means to resolve the complex problems of air transportation in California. Such policy and plan shall be guided by the environmental goals and policies of the State Environmental Goals and Policy Report (Section 65041).

The office shall advise the Legislature, from time to time, of long-range budgetary projections of the state’s share of the costs relating to the development of new airports and related communities. The projections and information relating to airports shall be provided by the Department of Transportation.

It is the intent of the Legislature that society not be compelled to tolerate environmental pollution and that there be provided a level of air service acceptable to society without unacceptable costs in terms of pollution, congestion, or dollars.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 212.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

chapter: 1.5. Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation

article: 4. Powers and Duties


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(a) In connection with its responsibilities under subdivision (l) of Section 65040, the office shall develop and adopt guidelines for the preparation of and the content of the mandatory elements required in city and county general plans by Article 5 (commencing with Section 65300) of Chapter 3. For purposes of this section, the guidelines prepared pursuant to Section 50459 of the Health and Safety Code shall be the guidelines for the housing element required by Section 65302. In the event that additional elements are hereafter required in city and county general plans by Article 5 (commencing with Section 65300) of Chapter 3, the office shall adopt guidelines for those elements within six months of the effective date of the legislation requiring those additional elements.

(b) The office may request from each state department and agency, as it deems appropriate, and the department or agency shall provide, technical assistance in readopting, amending, or repealing the guidelines.

(c) The guidelines shall be advisory to each city and county in order to provide assistance in preparing and maintaining their respective general plans.

(d) The guidelines shall contain the guidelines for addressing environmental justice matters developed pursuant to Section 65040.12.

(e) The guidelines shall contain advice including recommendations for best practices to allow for collaborative land use planning of adjacent civilian and military lands and facilities. The guidelines shall encourage enhanced land use compatibility between civilian lands and any adjacent or nearby military facilities through the examination of potential impacts upon one another.

(f) The guidelines shall contain advice for addressing the effects of civilian development on military readiness activities carried out on all of the following:

(1) Military installations.

(2) Military operating areas.

(3) Military training areas.

(4) Military training routes.

(5) Military airspace.

(6) Other territory adjacent to those installations and areas.

(g) By March 1, 2005, the guidelines shall contain advice, developed in consultation with the Native American Heritage Commission, for consulting with California Native American tribes for all of the following:

(1) The preservation of, or the mitigation of impacts to, places, features, and objects described in Sections 5097.9 and 5097.993 of the Public Resources Code.

(2) Procedures for identifying through the Native American Heritage Commission the appropriate California Native American tribes.

(3) Procedures for continuing to protect the confidentiality of information concerning the specific identity, location, character, and use of those places, features, and objects.

(4) Procedures to facilitate voluntary landowner participation to preserve and protect the specific identity, location, character, and use of those places, features, and objects.

(h) Commencing January 1, 2009, but no later than January 1, 2014, upon the next revision of the guidelines pursuant to subdivision (i), the office shall prepare or amend guidelines for a legislative body to accommodate the safe and convenient travel of users of streets, roads, and highways in a manner that is suitable to the rural, suburban, or urban context of the general plan, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 65302.

(1) In developing guidelines, the office shall consider how appropriate accommodation varies depending on its transportation and land use context, including urban, suburban, or rural environments.

(2) The office may consult with leading transportation experts including, but not limited to, bicycle transportation planners, pedestrian planners, public transportation planners, local air quality management districts, and disability and senior mobility planners.

(i) The office shall provide for regular review and revision of the guidelines established pursuant to this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 657, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2009.)

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article: 4. Powers and Duties


text: When requested by a local or regional agency, the office may furnish information and technical and professional advice on the preparation, adoption, amendment, and implementation of general plans, specific plans, or other local or regional plans, the preparation, adoption, amendment, and enforcement of regulations, procedures, programs, and legislation required for the implementation of local or regional plans, and information and technical and professional advice concerning planning problems.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 799, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.)

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(a) The office shall divide the state into regional planning districts. Insofar as possible, the districts shall be established to include:

(1) Natural physiographical regions containing complete watersheds of major streams, and the land upon which the waters of such watersheds are put to beneficial use.

(2) Areas having mutual, social, environmental, and commercial interests as exemplified by connecting routes of transportation, by trade and by common use of open space and recreation areas within the region.

(b) The regional planning districts established by the Council on Intergovernmental Relations pursuant to former Section 34216 shall remain in effect as the regional planning districts of the office until changed by the office.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 641.)

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(a) The office shall notify a city or county with a general plan that has not been revised within eight years.

(b) The office shall notify the Attorney General if a general plan of a city or county has not been revised within ten years.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 437, Sec. 2. Effective September 24, 1993.)

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(a) The Planning Advisory and Assistance Council is hereby created within the office, the membership of which shall be as follows: three city representatives; three county representatives; one representative of each district, provided that at least two of the district representatives are representatives of metropolitan areawide planning organizations and that at least one of the district representatives is a representative of a nonmetropolitan planning organization; and one representative of Indian tribes and bands which have reservations or rancherias within California. The city and county representatives appointed pursuant to this subdivision shall be selected by the director from nominees submitted by the League of California Cities and by the California State Association of Counties. Representatives of areawide planning organizations appointed pursuant to this subdivision shall be selected by the director from nominees submitted by the several areawide planning organizations within the state. Other district representatives shall be appointed by the director. The representative of Indian tribes and bands shall be a member of one tribe or band, and shall be selected by the director.

Appointment to the advisory council shall be for a term of two years, provided that the members of the first council shall classify themselves by lot so that one-half shall serve an initial term of one year and one-half shall serve an initial term of two years. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner provided for the original appointment.

(b) The council shall provide such advice as may be necessary to assist the office in discharging the requirements of Sections 65040 to 65040.4, inclusive. In particular, the council shall:

(1) Assist the office in the preparation of the state long-range goals and policies, in the manner specified in subdivision (a) of Section 65040.

(2) Evaluate the planning functions of the various state agencies involved in planning, in the manner specified in subdivision (c) of Section 65040.

(3) Make appropriate decisions and provide such advice and assistance as may be required by federal statute or regulation in connection with any federal program administered by the office.

(c) The council shall meet on call of the director of the office, who shall convene at least two council meetings during each year.

(d) Council members shall serve without compensation, but they may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in connection with their duties.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 580, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1998.)

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article: 4. Powers and Duties


text:
(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) “Energy security and military mission goals” means federal laws, regulations, or executive orders, related to alternative fuel and vehicle technology, clean energy, energy efficiency, water and waste conservation, greenhouse gas emissions reductions, and related infrastructure, including, but not limited to, the federal laws, regulations, and executive orders, and the goals set forth therein, of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 8201 et seq.), the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 17001 et seq.), the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 15801 et seq.), and the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 13201 et seq.), and the goals set forth in Executive Order No. 13514, Executive Order No. 13423, and Executive Order No. 13221.

(2) “State energy and environmental policies” includes, but is not limited to, policies involving alternative fuels and vehicle technology and related fueling infrastructure, renewable electricity generation and related transmission infrastructure, energy efficiency and demand response, waste management, recycling, water conservation, water quality, water supply, greenhouse gas emissions reductions, and green chemistry.

(b) A state agency that is identified by the Office of Planning and Research pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) shall, when developing and implementing state energy and environmental policies, consider the direct impacts of those policies upon the United States Department of Defense’s energy security and military mission goals.

(c) The Office of Planning and Research shall do both of the following:

(1) Identify state agencies that develop and implement state energy and environmental policies that directly impact the United States Department of Defense’s energy security and military mission goals in the state.

(2) Serve as a liaison to coordinate effective inclusion of the United States Department of Defense in the development and implementation of state energy and environmental policy.

(d) This section shall not do any of the following:

(1) Interfere with the existing authority of, or prevent, an agency or department from carrying out of its programs, projects, or responsibilities.

(2) Limit compliance with requirements imposed under any other law.

(3) Authorize or require the United States Department of Defense to operate differently from any other self-generating ratepayer, or alter an existing rate structure.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 100. (AB 383) Effective January 1, 2014.)

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article: 4. Powers and Duties


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The Office of Planning and Research shall develop a housing cost manual which may be used by local agencies in assessing the impact on housing costs of alternative land use proposals and land use regulatory programs of local agencies and as an aid in evaluating private land use proposals.

The manual shall present economic and technical criteria for local agencies to use in developing or acting on, or both, general plan elements, zoning regulations, subdivision map regulations, alternative land use proposals and policies, and private land use proposals. The manual shall include a step-by-step program which local agencies may follow, including, but not limited to, sources of data, methods of summarizing and using the data, formulas for evaluating the impacts on housing costs of land use and land use regulatory decisions, and a guideline on how to prepare a single statement of results.

The Office of Planning and Research shall complete the housing cost manual required by this section by January 1, 1981.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 854.)

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article: 4. Powers and Duties


text:
(a) On or before January 1, 2004, the Office of Planning and Research shall, if sufficient federal funds become available for this purpose, prepare and publish an advisory planning handbook for use by local officials, planners, and builders that explains how to reduce land use conflicts between the effects of civilian development and military readiness activities carried out on military installations, military operating areas, military training areas, military training routes, and military airspace, and other territory adjacent to those installations and areas.

(b) At a minimum, the advisory planning handbook shall include advice regarding all of the following:

(1) The collection and preparation of data and analysis.

(2) The preparation and adoption of goals, policies, and standards.

(3) The adoption and monitoring of feasible implementation measures.

(4) Methods to resolve conflicts between civilian and military land uses and activities.

(5) Recommendations for cities and counties to provide drafts of general plan and zoning changes that may directly impact military facilities, and opportunities to consult with the military base personnel prior to approving development adjacent to military facilities.

(c) In preparing the advisory planning handbook, the office shall consult with persons and organizations with knowledge and experience in land use issues affecting military installations and activities.

(d) The office may accept and expend any grants and gifts from any source, public or private, for the purposes of this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 401, Sec. 46. (AB 2763) Effective January 1, 2015.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Powers and Duties


text: As used in this article, “State Clearinghouse” means the office of that name established by executive action of the Governor or any successor office designated by the Governor as the clearinghouse for information from the Office of Management and Budget in accordance with the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 (P.L. 90-577).

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 12035 by Stats. 1996, Ch. 872, Sec. 40. Effective January 1, 1997.)

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article: 4. Powers and Duties


text: The “State Clearinghouse” shall submit such information acquired by it pursuant to the application of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 (P.L. 90-577) to an agency designated for that purpose by concurrent resolution of the Legislature.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 12036 by Stats. 1996, Ch. 872, Sec. 41. Effective January 1, 1997.)

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article: 4. Powers and Duties


text:
(a) There is in state government, within the State Clearinghouse, the federal grant administrator who is an individual designated by the Governor to serve as the state’s primary point of contact for information on federal grants related to community, economic, and local development.

(b) The federal grant administrator may to do any of the following:

(1) Work with representatives from state and local government, nonprofit organizations, foundations, institutions of higher learning, and other interested parties on applying for and managing federal grants.

(2) Identify employees within state government with expertise in federal grant management.

(3) Support the establishment of a statewide network of individuals who serve as point of contact for federal grant opportunities, including, but not limited to, individuals in local governments, special districts, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, and foundations.

(4) Provide or facilitate the provision of in-person and online training to encourage and improve the ability to pursue and manage federal grants.

(5) Develop and maintain information on the Office of Planning and Research’s Internet Web Site related to new federal grant opportunities, grant management best practices, and other resources to support the ability of state and local governments and nonprofit organizations to apply and manage federal grants.

(c) On or before January 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, the federal grant administrator shall prepare a summary of federal grant funding to the state that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following performance metrics:

(1) Number of federal grants awarded to the state during the three years prior to the establishment of the federal grant administrator and during the report year.

(2) Number of completed federal grant applications submitted by the state during the report year.

(3) Total federal dollars received by the state through federal grants during the report year.

(4) Total federal grant dollars expended by the state during the report year.

(5) Total federal grant dollars received in the state by school districts and local governments during the report year.

(6) Number of training sessions hosted by the federal grant administrator and attendance at those events during the report year.

(7) Other relevant information regarding federal grant activities within the state during the report year, as determined by the federal grant administrator.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 444, Sec. 1. (AB 1348) Effective January 1, 2017.)

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(a) The office shall be the coordinating agency in state government for environmental justice programs.

(b) The director shall do all of the following:

(1) Consult with all of the following:

(A) The Secretary for Environmental Protection.

(B) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency.

(C) The Secretary of Transportation.

(D) The Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing.

(E) The Working Group on Environmental Justice established pursuant to Section 71113 of the Public Resources Code.

(F) Any other appropriate state agencies and all other interested members of the public and private sectors in this state.

(2) Coordinate the office’s efforts and share information regarding environmental justice programs with the Council on Environmental Quality, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the General Accounting Office, the Office of Management and Budget, and other federal agencies.

(3) Review and evaluate any information from federal agencies that is obtained as a result of their respective regulatory activities under federal Executive Order 12898, and from the Working Group on Environmental Justice established pursuant to Section 71113 of the Public Resources Code.

(c) When it adopts its next edition of the general plan guidelines pursuant to Section 65040.2, but in no case later than July 1, 2003, the office shall include guidelines for addressing environmental justice matters in city and county general plans. The office shall hold at least one public hearing before the release of any draft guidelines, and at least one public hearing after the release of the draft guidelines. The hearings may be held at the regular meetings of the Planning Advisory and Assistance Council.

(d) The guidelines developed by the office pursuant to subdivision (c) shall recommend provisions for general plans to do all of the following:

(1) Propose methods for planning for the equitable distribution of new public facilities and services that increase and enhance community quality of life throughout the community, given the fiscal and legal constraints that restrict the siting of these facilities.

(2) Propose methods for providing for the location, if any, of industrial facilities and uses that, even with the best available technology, will contain or produce material that, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical or chemical characteristics, poses a significant hazard to human health and safety, in a manner that seeks to avoid overconcentrating these uses in proximity to schools or residential dwellings.

(3) Propose methods for providing for the location of new schools and residential dwellings in a manner that seeks to avoid locating these uses in proximity to industrial facilities and uses that will contain or produce material that because of its quantity, concentration, or physical or chemical characteristics, poses a significant hazard to human health and safety.

(4) Propose methods for promoting more livable communities by expanding opportunities for transit-oriented development so that residents minimize traffic and pollution impacts from traveling for purposes of work, shopping, schools, and recreation.

(e) (1) For purposes of this section, “environmental justice” means the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of people of all races, cultures, incomes, and national origins, with respect to the development, adoption, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.

(2) “Environmental justice” includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(A) The availability of a healthy environment for all people.

(B) The deterrence, reduction, and elimination of pollution burdens for populations and communities experiencing the adverse effects of that pollution, so that the effects of the pollution are not disproportionately borne by those populations and communities.

(C) Governmental entities engaging and providing technical assistance to populations and communities most impacted by pollution to promote their meaningful participation in all phases of the environmental and land use decisionmaking process.

(D) At a minimum, the meaningful consideration of recommendations from populations and communities most impacted by pollution into environmental and land use decisions.

(f) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 28, Sec. 53. (SB 170) Effective June 29, 2026. Inoperative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 54 of Stats. 2026, Ch. 28.)

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text:
(a) The office shall be the coordinating agency in state government for environmental justice programs.

(b) The director shall do all of the following:

(1) Consult with all of the following:

(A) The Secretary for Environmental Protection.

(B) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency.

(C) The Secretary of Transportation.

(D) The Secretary of California Housing and Homelessness.

(E) The Working Group on Environmental Justice established pursuant to Section 71113 of the Public Resources Code.

(F) Any other appropriate state agencies and all other interested members of the public and private sectors in this state.

(2) Coordinate the office’s efforts and share information regarding environmental justice programs with the Council on Environmental Quality, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the General Accounting Office, the Office of Management and Budget, and other federal agencies.

(3) Review and evaluate any information from federal agencies that is obtained as a result of their respective regulatory activities under federal Executive Order 12898, and from the Working Group on Environmental Justice established pursuant to Section 71113 of the Public Resources Code.

(c) When it adopts its next edition of the general plan guidelines pursuant to Section 65040.2, but in no case later than July 1, 2003, the office shall include guidelines for addressing environmental justice matters in city and county general plans. The office shall hold at least one public hearing before the release of any draft guidelines, and at least one public hearing after the release of the draft guidelines. The hearings may be held at the regular meetings of the Planning Advisory and Assistance Council.

(d) The guidelines developed by the office pursuant to subdivision (c) shall recommend provisions for general plans to do all of the following:

(1) Propose methods for planning for the equitable distribution of new public facilities and services that increase and enhance community quality of life throughout the community, given the fiscal and legal constraints that restrict the siting of these facilities.

(2) Propose methods for providing for the location, if any, of industrial facilities and uses that, even with the best available technology, will contain or produce material that, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical or chemical characteristics, poses a significant hazard to human health and safety, in a manner that seeks to avoid overconcentrating these uses in proximity to schools or residential dwellings.

(3) Propose methods for providing for the location of new schools and residential dwellings in a manner that seeks to avoid locating these uses in proximity to industrial facilities and uses that will contain or produce material that because of its quantity, concentration, or physical or chemical characteristics, poses a significant hazard to human health and safety.

(4) Propose methods for promoting more livable communities by expanding opportunities for transit-oriented development so that residents minimize traffic and pollution impacts from traveling for purposes of work, shopping, schools, and recreation.

(e) (1) For purposes of this section, “environmental justice” means the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of people of all races, cultures, incomes, and national origins, with respect to the development, adoption, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.

(2) “Environmental justice” includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(A) The availability of a healthy environment for all people.

(B) The deterrence, reduction, and elimination of pollution burdens for populations and communities experiencing the adverse effects of that pollution, so that the effects of the pollution are not disproportionately borne by those populations and communities.

(C) Governmental entities engaging and providing technical assistance to populations and communities most impacted by pollution to promote their meaningful participation in all phases of the environmental and land use decisionmaking process.

(D) At a minimum, the meaningful consideration of recommendations from populations and communities most impacted by pollution into environmental and land use decisions.

(f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.

history: (History: Repealed (in Sec. 53) and added by Stats. 2026, Ch. 28, Sec. 54. (SB 170) Effective June 29, 2026. Operative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.)

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The office shall serve as the state’s liaison to the United States Department of Defense in order to facilitate coordination regarding issues that are of significant interest to the state and the department, particularly with regard to any proposed federal Base Realignment and Closure actions. In this role, the office shall do all of the following:

(a) Coordinate with the department and other state agencies, state departments, local governments, and other private and public entities to ensure the sustainability of defense activities within the state.

(b) Develop legislation that supports the relationship between the state and the department.

(c) Work with federal defense agencies to address regulatory activities by state agencies that affect the sustainability of defense operations within the state.

(d) Develop any necessary regional or stateside strategies necessary for the establishment and retention of the state’s military facilities and installations that are potentially impacted by any proposed federal Base Realignment and Closure actions.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 395, Sec. 1. (AB 342) Effective January 1, 2013.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Powers and Duties


text: On or before January 1, 2021, the Office of Planning and Research shall complete a study on the effectiveness of tax increment financing tools for increasing housing production, including a comparison of the relative advantages and disadvantages of infrastructure financing districts, enhanced infrastructure financing districts, affordable housing authorities, use of the Neighborhood Infill Finance and Transit Improvements Act, and use of the Second Neighborhood Infill Finance and Transit Improvements Act. The study shall also include an analysis of the impacts of extending the Second Neighborhood Infill Finance and Transit Improvements Act to areas around bus stops, including segregated bus rapid transit, and make recommendations to the Legislature.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 559, Sec. 3. (SB 961) Effective January 1, 2019.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Powers and Duties


text:
(a) The California Complete Count - Census 2020 Office, under the Government Operations Agency, shall partner with local contracted educational agencies to make information described in subdivision (b) about the 2020 federal decennial census available to students and their parents or guardians at schools.

(b) The information provided pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) The importance of the census.

(2) The privacy protections and policies set forth by the United States Census Bureau.

(3) Community-based resources available to assist with completing the federal census questionnaire.

(4) How to access resources provided by the United States Census Bureau.

(5) Any other information the California Complete Count - Census 2020 Office determines is necessary or convenient to encourage participation in the census.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 560, Sec. 1. (AB 1666) Effective October 8, 2019.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Powers and Duties


text: The Office of Planning and Research, when it adopts its next edition of the general plan guidelines pursuant to Section 65040.2, shall include the provisions of, or a reference to, paragraph (3) of subdivision (g) of Section 65302, and any other materials related to fire hazards or fire safety it deems appropriate.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 311, Sec. 1. (SB 1241) Effective January 1, 2013.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Powers and Duties


text: Before July 1, 2020, the office shall update the guidance document entitled “Fire Hazard Planning General Plan Technical Advice Series” in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Office of Emergency Services, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and other fire and safety experts. The guidance document shall include specific land use strategies to reduce fire risk to buildings, infrastructure, and communities. The office shall update the guidance document thereafter as necessary.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 626, Sec. 3. (SB 901) Effective January 1, 2019. See same-numbered section added by Sec. 4 of Stats. 2018, Ch. 641.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Powers and Duties


text: By July 1, 2020, the office shall, in consultation with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, and other fire and safety experts, update the guidance document entitled “Fire Hazard Planning, General Plan Technical Advice Series.” The guidance document shall include specific land use strategies to reduce fire risk to buildings, infrastructure, and communities. The office shall, on and after July 1, 2020, update the guidance document not less than once every eight years.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 641, Sec. 4. (AB 2911) Effective January 1, 2019. See same-numbered section added by Sec. 3 of Stats. 2018, Ch. 626.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Powers and Duties


text:
The Governor shall prepare and thereafter shall cause to be maintained, regularly reviewed, and revised a comprehensive State Environmental Goals and Policy Report. In the preparation of the report, priority shall be given to the development of statewide land use policy, including the recommendations resulting from the land use planning and implementation program set forth in Section 65040.6, and including the recommendations of the Planning Advisory and Assistance Council established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 65040.6. The report shall contain, but not be limited to, the following:

(a) An overview, looking 20 to 30 years ahead, of state growth and development and a statement of approved state environmental goals and objectives, including those directed to land use, population growth and distribution, development, the conservation of natural resources, and air and water quality.

(b) Description of new and revised state policies, programs and other actions of the executive and legislative branches required to implement statewide environmental goals, including intermediate-range plans and actions directed to natural resources, human resources and transportation.

(c) On and after January 1, 2004, any revision to the report shall provide that the goals are consistent with the state planning priorities specified pursuant to Section 65041.1.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1016, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2003.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

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text:
The state planning priorities, which are intended to promote equity, strengthen the economy, protect the environment, and promote public health and safety in the state, including in urban, suburban, and rural communities, shall be as follows:

(a) To promote infill development and equity by rehabilitating, maintaining, and improving existing infrastructure that supports infill development and appropriate reuse and redevelopment of previously developed, underutilized land that is presently served by transit, streets, water, sewer, and other essential services, particularly in underserved areas, and to preserving cultural and historic resources.

(b) To protect environmental and agricultural resources by protecting, preserving, and enhancing the state’s most valuable natural resources, including working landscapes such as farm, range, and forest lands, natural lands such as wetlands, watersheds, wildlife habitats, and other wildlands, recreation lands such as parks, trails, greenbelts, and other open space, and landscapes with locally unique features and areas identified by the state as deserving special protection.

(c) To encourage efficient development patterns by ensuring that any infrastructure associated with development, other than infill development, supports new development that does all of the following:

(1) Uses land efficiently.

(2) Is built adjacent to existing developed areas to the extent consistent with the priorities specified pursuant to subdivision (b).

(3) Is located in an area appropriately planned for growth.

(4) Is served by adequate transportation and other essential utilities and services.

(5) Minimizes ongoing costs to taxpayers.

history: (History: Amended (as added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1016) by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1109, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 5. Statewide Environmental Goals and Policy Report


text:
Every officer, agency, department, or instrumentality of state government, including, but not limited to, all trustee agencies as defined in Section 21070 of the Public Resources Code, shall do all of the following:

(a) Cooperate in the preparation and maintenance of the State Environmental Goals and Policy Report.

(b) By January 1, 2005, ensure that their entity’s functional plan is consistent with the state planning priorities specified pursuant to Section 65041.1 and annually demonstrate to the office, and to the Department of Finance when requesting infrastructure pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13102, how the plans are consistent with those priorities.

(c) Comply with any request for advice, assistance, information or other material.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 565, Sec. 27. (SB 1148) Effective January 1, 2013.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE


text: The maximum public understanding and response to alternative statewide environmental goals, policies and actions shall be sought in the preparation and maintenance of the State Environmental Goals and Policy Report. The Governor shall consider the desirability of periodic public hearings, the formation of citizen advisory groups and other appropriate actions to accomplish this purpose.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1534.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE


text: Upon completion of the State Environmental Goals and Policy Report, the Governor, prior to approval, shall seek the advice of the Legislature and for this purpose shall transmit the report to the Speaker of the Assembly and to the Senate Rules Committee.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE


text: The Legislature may assign the report for study to one or more standing committees, or to a joint committee and may hold hearings, solicit testimony and take other appropriate action to secure review of the report. Following such review, the Legislature may act by resolution to approve the environmental goals and policies proposed in the report as an indication of legislative intent; or state findings and conclusions and offer changes, deletions or modifications in the environmental goals and policies of the report, or both.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE


text: The Governor shall consider any advice offered by the Legislature as provided in Section 65045 and, upon his approval, shall transmit the report to the Legislature, to state agencies, departments and boards, appropriate federal agencies and to the chief executive officer of every city and county in the state.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE


text:
Upon approval by the Governor, the State Environmental Goals and Policy Report shall serve to:

(a) Record approved goals, policies and decisions of state government related to statewide growth and development and the preservation of environmental quality.

(b) Advise the Legislature of statutory action required to implement state environmental goals and objectives.

(c) Inform other levels of government and the public at large of approved state environmental goals and objectives and the proposed direction of state programs and actions in achieving them.

(d) Provide a clear framework of goals and objectives as a guide to the preparation and evaluation of state functional plans.

(e) Serve as a basis for judgments about the design, location and priority of major public programs, capital projects and other actions, including the allocation of state resources for environmental purposes through the budget and appropriation process.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE


text:
(a) The State Environmental Goals and Policy Report shall be revised, updated, and transmitted by the Governor to the Legislature every four years. Any revision on and after January 1, 2004, shall be consistent with the state planning priorities specified pursuant to Section 65041.1. The Governor may, at any time, inform and seek advice of the Legislature on proposed changes in state environmental goals, objectives, and policies.

(b) The Office of Planning and Research shall report to the Governor and the Legislature annually on or before January 1 regarding the implementation of the State Environmental Goals and Policy Report. The office shall give priority to the preparation of this report, but shall fund the report only out of its existing resources.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 296, Sec. 17.5. Effective January 1, 2004.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE


text: Following approval of the State Environmental Goals and Policy Report as provided in Section 65046, the report shall serve as a guide for state expenditures. In transmitting the annual budget to the Legislature, information shall be included relating proposed expenditures to the achievement of statewide goals and objectives set forth in the report.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1016, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2003.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE


text:
There is hereby established a Statewide Director of Immigrant Integration. The director shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The director shall serve as the statewide lead for the planning and coordination of immigrant services and policies in California. The duties of the Statewide Director of Immigrant Integration shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(a) Develop comprehensive statewide report on programs and services that serve immigrants, including immigrants regardless of legal presence. The report shall include all of the following:

(1) Federal and state laws, regulations, and policies that create programs or authorize the access or participation of immigrants, including immigrants without legal presence.

(2) Programs and services currently managed by a state agency or department to support California immigrants, such as naturalization services and other immigrant assistance programs, and the agency or department responsible for administering the funding or implementing the program.

(b) On or before January 10, 2017, report to the Governor and the Legislature on the programs and services described in subdivision (a) and a statewide plan for better implementation and coordination of immigrant assistance policies and programs.

(c) On or before July 10, 2017, develop an online clearinghouse of immigrant services, resources, and programs.

(d) Monitor the implementation of statewide laws and regulations that serve immigrants.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 25, Sec. 36. (SB 84) Effective June 24, 2015.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE


text:
(a) The Immigrant Integration Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be used for any purpose authorized by this chapter.

(b) The Immigrant Integration Fund may be funded by both private and public funds. Cash donations received pursuant to this subdivision shall be deposited into the fund and shall be made available immediately upon deposit and appropriation by the Legislature for the purposes described in this chapter.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 25, Sec. 37. (SB 84) Effective June 24, 2015.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE


text:
For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) (1) “Ethnic media” means any organization that produces news or culturally relevant media that serves ethnic, racial, or cultural communities residing in California, including priority populations, racial and linguistic minorities, immigrant communities, indigenous groups, and other historically underserved and underrepresented groups.

(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), “priority populations” for purposes of this article, mean members of underserved, disadvantaged, and hard-to-reach communities, including, but not limited to, people who are any of the following:

(A) Asian American.

(B) Black or African American.

(C) Immigrants or refugees.

(D) Native American or members of Tribal communities.

(E) Latinx.

(F) LGBTQ+.

(G) Limited English proficiency (LEP).

(H) Middle Eastern or North African.

(I) Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

(J) People with disabilities.

(K) Religious minorities.

(L) Low-income communities.

(b) “Ethnic media outlet” means an entity that provides a substantial amount of ethnic media content through broadcast, print, or digital means, including television, radio, or online outlets on a daily, weekly, or other regular interval, and that has continuously produced that content for at least one year.

(c) “Community media outlet” means a nonprofit organization, small business, or microbusiness, as defined in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 14837, in which at least one-half of the content is originally produced community news and cultural content of specific interest to a community, city, neighborhood, or region in the state through broadcast, print, or digital means, including television, radio, or online outlets on a daily, weekly, or other regular interval, and that has continuously produced that content for at least one year.

(d) “Office” means the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 352, Sec. 2. (AB 1511) Effective January 1, 2025. Inoperative July 1, 2028. Repealed as of January 1, 2029, pursuant to Section 65054.3.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

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text: The office shall assist state agencies and departments in marketing, advertising, and outreach to priority populations identified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65054.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 5.7. Diverse, Ethnic, and Community Media


text:
(a) A state agency or department that expends funds on marketing, advertising, or outreach shall, no later than July 1, 2025, develop a plan for increasing expenditures directed to ethnic media outlets and community media outlets serving the populations identified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65054 to improve outreach to and engagement of members of populations served by those outlets, particularly when the target audience for the campaign aligns with populations served by such media outlets.

(b) Each state agency or department that is required to develop a plan pursuant to subdivision (a) shall report annually on its progress in implementing the plan, including total expenditures directed to ethnic media outlets and community media outlets serving the populations identified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65054 during the preceding fiscal year. The report shall be posted on the agency’s or department’s internet website no later than September 1 each year.

(c) The Department of General Services shall develop a template for the report required pursuant to subdivision (b) and make it available to all state agencies and departments no later than December 1, 2025.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE


text: This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2028, and, as of January 1, 2029, is repealed.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 352, Sec. 2. (AB 1511) Effective January 1, 2025. Inoperative July 1, 2028. Repealed as of January 1, 2029, by its own provisions. Repeal affects Article 5.7, commencing with Section 65054.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE


text: This chapter may be cited and shall be known as the Regional Planning Law.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1811.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

chapter: 2. Regional Planning Districts

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions

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text: The Legislature finds and declares that the people of California have a fundamental interest in the orderly development of the urban regions of the State in which large segments of the State’s population are concentrated.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


text:
The Legislature further finds and declares:

(a) That the State has a positive interest in the preparation and maintenance of a long-term, general plan for the physical development of each of the State’s urban areas that can serve as a guide to the affected local governmental units within such areas and to the state departments and divisions that are charged with constructing state-financed public works within such urban areas.

(b) That continuing growth of the State, and particularly urban areas within the State, present problems which are not confined to the boundaries of any single county or city.

(c) That the planning activities of counties and cities can be strengthened and more effectively performed when conducted in relation to studies and planning of an urban regional character.

(d) That in order to assure, insofar as possible, the orderly and harmonious development of the urban areas of the State, and to provide for the needs of future generations, it is necessary to develop a means of studying, forecasting, and planning for the physical growth and development of these areas.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


text: “District,” as used in this chapter, means a district created and operating under this chapter.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


text: “Board,” as used in this chapter, means the regional planning board.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


text: “Official census,” as used in this chapter, means any decennial or special federal census, or an official estimate of the State Department of Finance.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


text: “Region,” as used in this chapter, means the area included within a district.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


text: “Regional plan,” as used in this chapter, means a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the region, and any land outside its boundaries which in the board’s judgment bears relation to its planning. The regional plan shall consist of a text and a map or maps, and such recommendations of the regional planning board concerning current or future problems as may in its opinion affect the region as a whole and are proper for inclusion in the regional plan.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


text: A regional plan shall be advisory only and shall not have any binding effect on the counties and cities located within the boundaries of the regional planning district for which the regional plan is adopted.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


text: There is hereby created a regional planning district in each of the regional areas designated by the Council on Intergovernmental Relations for the purposes of this chapter after a public hearing within the region. No county, city and county, or city shall be divided in determining the boundaries of a regional planning district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 544.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 2. Creation of Districts

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text: The boundaries of every regional planning district shall be coextensive with the boundaries of the region within which it is situated.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 2. Creation of Districts


text: A district shall not transact any business or exercise any of its powers under this chapter unless the legislative bodies of two-thirds of the counties and two-thirds of the cities, located within the boundaries of the district, by resolution declare that there is a need for such a district to function in the region.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 2. Creation of Districts


text: A district shall not transact any business or exercise any of its powers under this chapter if two-thirds of the cities and counties within the district are participating in regional planning pursuant to a joint powers agreement under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 2. Creation of Districts


text: The city selection committee organized in each county within a district pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 50270) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 shall meet within 60 days after the date upon which the district becomes operative for the purpose of making the first appointments to the district board as prescribed in Sections 65063.1 and 65063.3. Succeeding appointments to the board shall be made by such city selection committees as required by this chapter.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1232.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 3. City Selection Committees

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text: The Regional Planning Board shall be the governing body of the district, and shall be selected as provided in this article.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1811.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Governing Body

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text:
The number of members of the board to which each county is entitled shall be determined as follows:

(a) Each county having, within the district, a population of 350,000 or less shall have two (2) members of the regional planning board, one (1) appointed by the board of supervisors and one (1) appointed by the city selection committee.

(b) Each county having, within the district, a population of more than 350,000 and not more than 600,000 shall have four (4) members of the regional planning board. Two members shall be appointed by the board of supervisors and two (2) members shall be appointed by the city selection committee.

(c) Each county having, within the district, a population of more than 600,000 shall have six (6) members of the regional planning board. Three (3) members shall be appointed by the board of supervisors and three (3) members shall be appointed by the city selection committee.

The population figures as used herein shall be determined by the latest official census.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Governing Body


text:
Within 60 days after the date the district first becomes operative, the board of supervisors of each county in the district shall appoint as members of the regional planning board of said district the number authorized by Section 65063.1.

The members of the regional planning board appointed by boards of supervisors shall be members of said boards of supervisors.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Governing Body


text: The members of the regional planning board appointed by the city selection committee shall be mayors or members of the city councils of the cities.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Governing Body


text: A member of the board of supervisors of any county, or a mayor or member of a city council of any city within any county, in the district may be appointed to and serve contemporaneously as a member of the regional planning board.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Governing Body


text: After the members of the regional planning board to be appointed by the city selection committees and the county boards of supervisors have been designated, they shall meet and appoint one citizen-at-large member for each county included in the district who will be full members of the regional planning board. These citizens-at-large members shall be selected from among persons living within the district who have made outstanding contributions to, or have demonstrated an active interest in, matters of regional concern.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Governing Body


text: The term of office of the member shall be four years and until the appointment and qualification of his successor; provided that the first members of the board shall classify themselves by lot within the city and county group and the citizen-at-large group so that approximately one-third (13) of the members of each group shall hold office for two (2) years, approximately one-third (13) shall hold office for three (3) years and approximately one-third (13) shall hold office for four (4) years. The power which originally appointed a member whose term has expired shall appoint his successor for a full term of four (4) years. Any member may be removed by the power appointing him.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Governing Body


text: No supervisor, mayor, or city council member shall hold office on the regional planning board after ceasing to hold the office of supervisor, mayor, or city council member, respectively, and that person’s membership on the board shall thereafter be considered vacant, except that any mayor who continues to hold office as a city council member, or city council member who continues to hold office as mayor, shall not be considered to have ceased to hold office under this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 699, Sec. 19. (SB 894) Effective January 1, 2011.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Governing Body


text: Any vacancy on the regional planning board shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the power which originally appointed the member whose position had become vacant.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Governing Body


text: No person while serving as a member of the regional planning board shall be eligible to be appointed to any salaried office or employment in the service of the district nor shall he become eligible for such appointment within one (1) year after he has ceased to be a member.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Governing Body


text: The board is the governing body of the district and shall exercise all of the powers of the district, except as otherwise provided.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Governing Body


text: A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business and may act for the board.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Governing Body


text: The board may elect a chairman and other officers as it deems necessary from among its own members.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Governing Body


text: The board may appoint an executive committee, consisting of the chairman of the board, and not more than eight or less than four other members of the board, and such executive committee may carry on the administrative and executive functions of the board between full meetings.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Governing Body


text: The board shall meet at least six times in each year, and may call additional meetings at its own discretion, or, during periods between meetings, at the discretion of the chairman or of a majority of the executive committee.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Governing Body


text: Each member of the board shall receive the actual and necessary expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties, plus a compensation of twenty dollars ($20) for each day attending the meetings of the board, but such compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) in any one year.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Governing Body


text: The provisions for the executive committee set forth in this article shall not be construed to limit the board or the executive committee from setting up any other committees or groups which it may see fit.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 4. Governing Body


text: The district shall have power to establish and maintain such offices as are judged best to facilitate the accomplishment of the purposes of the district, and to take by grant, purchase, devise, or gift, or to lease or rent, and to hold, use, and enjoy any property necessary or convenient to the establishment, maintenance, or operation of such offices, and to exchange or dispose of such property, except that the district shall not purchase real property.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 5. Powers and Duties of District

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text:
The district may perform the following four major functions:

(a) The district may prepare, maintain, and regularly review and revise, a regional plan as defined in Section 65060.7, and may, after at least two public hearings in different parts of the region and such other public meetings as may appear to it advisable, adopt such plan as the regional plan for the region. In preparing, adopting, maintaining, reviewing and revising the regional plan, the board shall take account of and seek to harmonize, within the framework of the needs of the regional community as a whole, the master or general plans of cities and counties within the region, and the plans and planning activities of state, federal and other public and private agencies, organizations and instrumentalities within the region and adjacent to it.

(b) The district, acting in its own judgment, may make, publish, or assist in making or publishing, studies or investigations of the resources of the region and of existing or emerging problems of any nature related to the physical growth and development, living conditions, beauty, or prosperity of the region, or any part thereof.

(c) The district may, acting in its own judgment, offer its facilities and services to assist in the solution of problems related to physical development involving two or more governing bodies, planning commissions, agencies, organizations or instrumentalities, public or private; and may otherwise participate in any program or activity intended to seek or find common or co-operative solutions to problems related to physical development or the integration of policies related to physical development and conservation within the region, or in any part thereof.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 5. Powers and Duties of District


text: The district shall have power to contract or otherwise participate in, and to accept grants, funds, or services from the federal government, its agencies or instrumentalities in connection with any federal program judged by the board to be relevant to its functions; and the board shall similarly have the power to contract or otherwise participate in, and to accept grants, funds, or services from the State, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or any city, county, civic organization or private person in connection with any program judged by the board to be relevant to its function.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 5. Powers and Duties of District


text: The district shall have power to contract with any person, firm, association, or corporation, or to contract for any other types of services judged by the board to be necessary or convenient for carrying out the purposes of the district.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 5. Powers and Duties of District


text: The board, acting with the advice of the director, shall determine the compensation, number, and general duties of personnel employed by the district.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 5. Powers and Duties of District


text: The board shall appoint a regional planning director.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 6. Regional Planning Director

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text:
The regional planning director shall be the chief administrative and planning officer and technical adviser of the board. The director shall, subject to the supervision of the board:

(a) Direct and administer the preparation, maintenance, regular review and revision of the regional plan, and administer and execute all of the other functions and duties of the district set forth in this chapter.

(b) Appoint and remove personnel of the district.

(c) Serve, or designate personnel to serve, as executive secretary to the board.

(d) Perform such other duties and exercise such other powers as the board may delegate to him.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 6. Regional Planning Director


text: To facilitate effective and harmonious planning and development of the region, all county and city legislative bodies, and all county, city or other planning agencies within the district shall file with the board, for its information, all county or city master or general plans, the elements of such master or general plans, and any other published development plans, zoning ordinances, official maps, subdivision regulations, or amendments or revisions thereof. All agencies, organizations and instrumentalities of the State within the region shall file with the board, for its information, all public plans, maps, reports and other documents which are related to regional planning or physical development.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 7. Co-ordination of Local Planning

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text: To facilitate further the effective and harmonious planning of the district, the board may request from the federal government, its agencies and instrumentalities, and from private organizations, agencies, or individuals, copies of those plans, maps, reports and other documents which are related to regional planning.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 7. Co-ordination of Local Planning


text: County or city legislative bodies, planning commissions, and all other county or city planning agencies within the district, and agencies, organizations and instrumentalities of the state and federal government within the district, and private planning consultants acting within the district, may submit proposals for any master or general plan, the elements of any master or general plan, any other plan, map, report, capital improvement program, proposed bond issue, or any other report or document or amendments or revisions thereto, prior to their adoption, to the regional planning board for its advice thereon, which advice the board shall give whenever in its opinion it is reasonably possible for it to do so. Such advice shall consist of a report as to the conformance of such proposals to the regional plan, the possible effect of such proposals on other portions of the region, and any other matters which in the judgment of the board may be of assistance to the body requesting such advice.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 7. Co-ordination of Local Planning


text: In addition to the other reports, studies and documents provided in this chapter, the board shall submit to the legislative bodies and to the planning agencies of all of the counties, cities, and to other governmental agencies and instrumentalities, official representatives, other agencies, organizations and individuals, public or private, designated by the board, an annual report on or before the first day of March. The annual report shall contain a report on the status of the regional plan, and descriptions of those sections of the regional plan which have been amended, revised, added or deleted during the year, and a brief report of other major activities.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 7. Co-ordination of Local Planning


text: Pursuant to concurrent resolution adopted by the boards of supervisors of the several counties in which the district functions, such counties may lend to the district out of available funds an amount not to exceed seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) in order to enable the district to perform its functions and meet its obligations. The loan shall be repaid out of the first tax revenues of the district and shall be repaid out of such revenues prior to the payment of any other obligations of the district.

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article: 8. Financial Provisions

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text: Before the 15th day of June of each year the board shall estimate and determine the amount of money required by the district for purposes of the district during the ensuing fiscal year and shall apportion this amount to the counties included within the district, one-half according to the relative value of all the property in each county within the district as determined by the board and one-half in the proportion that the population of each county bears to the total population of the district. For the purposes of this section the board shall base its determination of the population of the several counties on the latest official census information available to it. The total amount of money required by the district for district purposes during any one fiscal year shall not exceed one-half cent ($0.005) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed valuation of all the property included in the district.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 8. Financial Provisions


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On or before the 15th day of June of each year, the board shall inform the boards of supervisors of each county of the amount apportioned to the county. Each board of supervisors shall levy an ad valorem tax on the taxable property within the county included within the district sufficient to secure the amount so apportioned to it and such taxes shall be levied and collected together with, and not separately from, the taxes for county purposes and paid to the treasurer of each of the counties to the credit of the district.

The board of supervisors, in lieu of levying a tax to secure the amount so apportioned, and if funds are available in the county general fund, may require such amount to be paid by the county treasurer from the general fund of the county to the district treasury.

In lieu of levying a tax and in lieu of using money in the county general fund to secure all or part of the amount so apportioned to the county, the board of supervisors may, with the consent of the board, contribute to the district services of county officers or employees.

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article: 8. Financial Provisions


text: Taxes levied by the board of supervisors for the benefit of the district shall be a lien upon all property within such county lying within the district and shall have the same force and effect as other liens for taxes. Their collection may be enforced in the same manner as liens for county taxes are enforced.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 8. Financial Provisions


text: The treasurers of the several counties within the district shall pay into the district treasury all funds held by them to the credit of the district.

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article: 8. Financial Provisions


text: The district board shall, in carrying out the provisions of this article, comply as nearly as possible with the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 29000) of Division 3 of Title 3 of the Government Code.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 8. Financial Provisions


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(a) The Legislature finds and declares, consistent with Section 65088, that it is in the interest of the State of California to have an integrated state and regional transportation planning process. It further finds that federal law mandates the development of a state and regional long-range transportation plan as a prerequisite for receipt of federal transportation funds. It is the intent of the Legislature that the preparation of these plans shall be a cooperative process involving local and regional government, transit operators, congestion management agencies, and the goods movement industry and that the process be a continuation of activities performed by each entity and be performed without any additional cost.

(b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the last attempt to prepare a California Transportation Plan occurred between 1973 and 1977 and resulted in the expenditure of over eighty million dollars ($80,000,000) in public funds and did not produce a usable document. As a consequence of that, the Legislature delegated responsibility for long-range transportation planning to the regional planning agencies and adopted a seven-year programming cycle instead of a longer range planning process for the state.

(c) The Legislature further finds and declares that the Transportation Blueprint for the Twenty-First Century (Chapters 105 and 106 of the Statutes of 1989) is a long-range state transportation plan that includes a financial plan and a continuing planning process through the preparation of congestion management plans and regional transportation plans, and identifies major interregional road networks and passenger rail corridors for the state.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1177, Sec. 3. Effective September 30, 1992.)

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chapter: 2.3. Long-Range Transportation Planning

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text: For purposes of this chapter, “department” means the Department of Transportation.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 605, Sec. 2. (AB 285) Effective January 1, 2020.)

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text: The department shall update the California Transportation Plan every five years consistent with this chapter. The second update shall be completed by December 31, 2020.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 605, Sec. 3. (AB 285) Effective January 1, 2020.)

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The California Transportation Plan shall include all of the following:

(a) A policy element that describes the state’s transportation policies and system performance objectives. These policies and objectives shall be consistent with legislative intent described in Sections 14000, 14000.5, 14000.6, and 65088.

(b) A strategies element that incorporates the broad system concepts and strategies synthesized from the adopted regional transportation plans prepared pursuant to Section 65080. The California Transportation Plan shall not be project specific.

(c) A financial element that summarizes the full cost of implementing the California Transportation Plan through the first 10 years of the planning period and includes a summary of available revenues through the planning period and an analysis of what is feasible within the plan if constrained by a realistic projection of available revenues. The financial element shall also evaluate the feasibility of any policy assumptions or scenarios included in the plan. The financial element may include a discussion of tradeoffs within the plan considering financial constraints.

(d) A recommendations element that includes economic forecasts and recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor to achieve the plan’s broad system concepts, strategies, and performance objectives.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 629, Sec. 2. (AB 2086) Effective January 1, 2025.)

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The California Transportation Plan shall consider all of the following subject areas for the movement of people and freight:

(a) Mobility and accessibility.

(b) Integration and connectivity.

(c) Efficient system management and operation.

(d) Existing system preservation.

(e) Safety and security.

(f) Economic development, including productivity and efficiency.

(g) Environmental protection, air quality, and quality of life.

(h) Environmental justice.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 605, Sec. 4. (AB 285) Effective January 1, 2020.)

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(a) The department shall address in the California Transportation Plan how the state will achieve maximum feasible emissions reductions in order to attain a statewide reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and 40 percent below 1990 levels by December 31, 2030, as required by the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code), and how the plan is consistent with, and supports attaining, all state ambient air quality standards, as set forth in Section 70200 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations, and national ambient air quality standards, as established pursuant to Section 7409 of Title 42 of the United States Code, in all areas of the state, as described in California’s state implementation plans required by the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401 et seq.), taking into consideration the use of alternative fuels, new vehicle technology, tailpipe emissions reductions, ride sharing, vehicle pooling, and expansion of public transit, commuter rail, intercity rail, bicycling, and walking. The plan shall identify the statewide integrated multimodal transportation system needed to achieve these results.

(b) Commencing with the third update to the California Transportation Plan, the department shall include the following information in the plan:

(1) A forecast of the impacts of advanced and emerging technologies over a 20-year horizon on infrastructure, access, and transportation systems. For purposes of this paragraph, “advanced and emerging technologies” includes, but is not limited to, shared, autonomous, connected, and electric transportation options.

(2) A review of the progress made implementing past California Transportation Plans including, but not limited to, a review of actions taken in each region of the state to achieve the goals and policies outlined in the plan.

(c) (1) The Strategic Growth Council shall complete a report by January 31, 2022, and shall submit this report to the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature. The report shall contain all of the following:

(A) An overview of the California Transportation Plan and all sustainable communities strategies and alternative planning strategies prepared pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 65080, and an assessment of how implementation of the California Transportation Plan, sustainable communities strategies, and alternative planning strategies will influence the configuration of the statewide integrated multimodal transportation system.

(B) A review of the potential impacts and opportunities for coordination of the following funding programs: the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program, the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program, the Transformative Climate Communities Program, and the Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program. The review shall be conducted in consultation with the agencies that administer these programs. The review shall include recommendations for the improvement of these programs or other relevant transportation funding programs to better align the programs to meet long-term common goals, including the goals outlined in the California Transportation Plan.

(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under paragraph (1) is inoperative on January 31, 2026, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.

(3) A report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 605, Sec. 5. (AB 285) Effective January 1, 2020.)

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text: Development of the California Transportation Plan shall incorporate the Clean Freight Corridor Efficiency Assessment’s findings and recommendations made pursuant to Section 14517.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 769, Sec. 4. (SB 671) Effective January 1, 2022.)

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text: The department shall consult with, coordinate its activities with, and make a draft of its proposed plan, and each update, available for review and comment to the California Transportation Commission, the Strategic Growth Council, the State Air Resources Board, the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, the air quality management districts, public transit operators, and the regional transportation planning agencies. The department shall also provide an opportunity for input by the general public. Prior to adopting the plan or update, the department shall make a final draft available to the Legislature and Governor for review and comment. The commission may present the results of its review and comment to the Legislature and the Governor. The Governor shall adopt the plan and submit the plan to the Legislature and the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 92. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)

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text: The California Transportation Commission shall review recommendations in the update to the California Transportation Plan prepared by the department in 2015, and every five years thereafter, and prepare specific, action-oriented, and pragmatic recommendations for transportation system improvements. A report containing the specific recommendations shall be submitted to the Legislature and the Governor by December 31, 2016, and every five years thereafter, and in compliance with Section 9795.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 711, Sec. 2. (SB 64) Effective January 1, 2016.)

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text:
(a) The department shall prepare, in cooperation with the metropolitan planning agencies, a Federal Statewide Transportation Improvement Program in accordance with Section 135(g) of Title 23 of the United States Code. The Federal Statewide Transportation Improvement Program shall be submitted by the department to the United States Secretary of Transportation by not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the department shall not be required to submit a Federal Statewide Transportation Improvement Program to the United States Secretary of Transportation for 2020.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 113, Sec. 1. (SB 1291) Effective September 18, 2020.)

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(a) (1) On or before January 1, 2027, the department shall enhance an existing public online dashboard, such as the Rebuilding California internet website, to display how annual project investments from funding programs are advancing the vision and goals of the California Transportation Plan, using readily available, significant performance metrics for each funding program, as determined by the department, in consultation with other stakeholders, including, but not limited to, equity-focused partners. The department shall also report on the dashboard on the status of the implementation of the short-, mid-, and long-term implementation actions included in the implementation element of the California Transportation Plan.

(2) At the same time that the California Transportation Plan is required to be updated pursuant to Section 65071, the department shall update the performance metrics displayed on the dashboard pursuant to paragraph (1) to reflect any significant changes to the funding programs consistent with the requirements for determining the performance metrics set forth in paragraph (1).

(3) The department shall present the data on the dashboard described in paragraph (1) in a searchable, consistent, transparent, and digestible manner, and shall periodically update the data required by this section on the dashboard.

(b) For purposes of this section, “funding programs” means all of the following programs:

(1) The Active Transportation Program (Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 2380) of Division 3 of the Streets and Highways Code).

(2) The interregional transportation improvement program.

(3) The Local Partnership Program created pursuant to Sections 2032 and 2033 of the Streets and Highways Code.

(4) The Solutions for Congested Corridors Program (Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 2390) of Division 3 of the Streets and Highways Code).

(5) The state highway operation and protection program.

(6) The Trade Corridor Enhancement Program established pursuant to Chapter 4.8 (commencing with Section 2192) of Division 3 of the Streets and Highways Code.

(7) The Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (Part 2 (commencing with Section 75220) of Division 44 of the Public Resources Code).

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 629, Sec. 3. (AB 2086) Effective January 1, 2025.)

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