text:
(a) Notwithstanding Section 5540, a district, with the approval by a two-thirds vote of the members of its board of directors, may exchange real property or an interest in real property dedicated and used for park or open-space purposes, or both park and open-space purposes, for real property or an interest in real property that the board of directors determines to be of equal or greater value and necessary to be acquired for park or open-space purposes, or both park and open-space purposes.

(b) If a proposed exchange of real property or an interest in real property pursuant to subdivision (a) is not feasible due to inability to identify a compatible or comparable exchange on an equal or greater value basis or for park or open-space purposes under subdivision (a), the East Bay Regional Park District may accept monetary compensation concluded by a highest and best market value determined and documented by a certified, licensed appraiser. The acceptance of monetary compensation under this subdivision is only permissible when the real property or interest in real property exchange is with another public agency. Monetary compensation accepted pursuant to this subdivision shall be used to purchase real property or an interest in real property for park and open-space purposes.

(c) A district shall not in a calendar year exchange more than 10 acres of district-owned real property or an interest in real property pursuant to this section for other real property or an interest in real property, and the real property or interest in real property acquired by the district shall be adjacent to other real property owned by the district.

(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), the East Bay Regional Park District, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, and the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District may exchange up to a maximum of 80 acres of district-owned real property or an interest in real property in a calendar year pursuant to this section for other real property or an interest in real property, and real property or an interest in real property acquired pursuant to this section by the district shall be adjacent to other real property owned by the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 166, Sec. 4. (AB 769) Effective January 1, 2026.)


kind: section

code: PRC

text: Notwithstanding Section 5540, a district may, with the approval by a four-fifths vote of the board of directors, convey to another public agency any real property, or any interest in real property, dedicated and used for park or open-space purposes, or both, provided the public agency undertakes in a recorded written agreement to continue to use the real property, or the interest in the real property, for those purposes and not to convey the real property, or the interest in the real property, without the consent of a majority of the voters of the district at an election called and conducted by the board pursuant to Section 5540.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective April 17, 2002.)

division: 5. PARKS AND MONUMENTS

chapter: 3. Districts

path: 5. PARKS AND MONUMENTS > 3. Districts > 3. Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts


citation: PRC § 5541

text:
A district may plan, adopt, lay out, plant, develop, and otherwise improve, extend, control, operate, and maintain a system of public parks, playgrounds, golf courses, beaches, trails, natural areas, ecological and open space preserves, parkways, scenic drives, boulevards, and other facilities for public recreation, for the use and enjoyment of all the inhabitants of the district, and it may select, designate, and acquire land, or rights in land, within or without the district, to be used and appropriated for such purposes. It may cause such trails, parkways, scenic drives, and boulevards to be opened, altered, widened, extended, graded or regraded, paved or repaved, planted or replanted, repaired, and otherwise improved, may conduct programs and classes in outdoor science education and conservation education, and may do all other things necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this article.

The board of directors of a district shall not interfere with control of any of the foregoing or other public property, that are existing, owned or controlled by a municipality or county in the district, except with the consent of the governing body of the municipality, or of the county if the same is in unincorporated territory, and upon such terms as may be mutually agreed upon between the board of directors of the district and the governing body.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 857.)

article: 3. Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts


text:
The East Bay Regional Park District may plan, adopt, lay out, plant, develop, and otherwise improve, extend, control, operate, and maintain vehicular recreational areas and trails for the use and enjoyment of all the inhabitants of the district, and it may select, designate, and acquire land, or rights in land, within or without the district, to be used and appropriated for such purposes. The East Bay Regional Park District may cause such vehicular recreational areas and trails to be opened, altered, widened, extended, graded or regraded, paved or repaved, planted or replanted, repaired, and otherwise improved.

The Board of Directors of the East Bay Regional Park District shall not interfere with the control of any vehicular recreational area or trail that is existing, owned, or controlled by a municipality or county in the district, except with the consent of the governing body of the municipality, or of the county if the same is in unincorporated territory, and upon such terms as may be mutually agreed upon between the board of directors of the district and the governing body.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 288.)


text: The Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District may plan, acquire, preserve, protect, and otherwise improve, extend, control, operate, and maintain open-space areas, greenbelt areas, wildlife habitat areas, and regional parks for the use and enjoyment of all the inhabitants of the district. The district may select, designate, and acquire land, or rights in land, within or without the district, to be used and appropriated for those purposes.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1195, Sec. 25.7. Effective January 1, 1994.)


text: The district may develop, improve, operate, and maintain the real property conveyed pursuant to Section 5003.12 as a part of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District trail system.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 374, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1998.)


citation: PRC § 5542

text:
A district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of this article.

A district may not acquire by condemnation any of the lands, properties, or facilities of any municipal utility district which are appropriated to public use or are used in or are useful to the operations of the municipal utility district or which are within the watershed of any stream or reservoir which supplies water for domestic use or which the directors of the municipal utility district determine by resolution to be properties which are required for the purposes of the municipal utility district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 582.)


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and except as provided in subdivision (b), when property, whether owned in fee or lesser title interest, leased, or operated under a license, management agreement, or otherwise, is appropriated or otherwise acquired for public use as a regional park or regional open space or both operated by a district, there is a rebuttable presumption of its having been appropriated or otherwise acquired for the best and most necessary public use. The presumption established by this subdivision is a presumption affecting the burden of proof.

(b) When such property is sought to be acquired for city or county road, street, or highway purposes, and such property was dedicated to or established for park, recreational, or open-space purposes prior to the initiation of road, street, or highway route location studies, an action for declaratory relief may be brought by the district in the superior court to determine the question of which public use is the best and most necessary public use for such property. Such action for declaratory relief shall be filed and served within 120 days after publication by the city or county, as the case may be, in a newspaper of general circulation pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, and delivery of a written notice to the district by the city or county that a proposed route or site or an adopted route includes such property. Such action for declaratory relief shall have preference over all other civil actions in the matter of setting the same for hearing or trial to the end that any such action shall be quickly heard and determined. If an action for declaratory relief is not filed and served within such 120-day period, the right to bring such action is waived and the provisions of subdivision (a) shall not apply. When a declaratory relief action with respect to such property being sought for city or county road, street, or highway purposes may not be brought pursuant to this section, the provisions of subdivision (a) shall not apply.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 813.)


citation: PRC § 5543

text: A district may make contracts, employ labor, and do all acts necessary for the full exercise of its powers.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 94.)


citation: PRC § 5544

text: A district may borrow money, incur indebtedness, and issue bonds or other evidences of such indebtedness, but it shall not incur any funded indebtedness except in accordance with the provisions of section 5568 of this article.


text:
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the board may borrow money by the issuance of promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness in an amount, or of a value, not exceeding, in the aggregate at any one time, the greater of 5 percent of the total of the district’s general fund and development fund budgets for the year in which the loan is made, or the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), to be used for any revenue-producing purpose for which the district may expend funds.

A district shall not exercise the borrowing authority conferred by this section if the district, at any time during the previous two years, has not met the loan repayment requirements of this section and the repayment provisions set forth in the promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness issued for a loan entered into pursuant to this section. A district shall not expend, in any one year, any amount of money in excess of what it collects in property taxes, state and federal subventions, grants, loans, fees, gifts, bequests, or income from other sources.

Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this section shall be repaid during a period not to exceed five years from June 30th of the fiscal year in which it is incurred and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 10 percent per annum, or the rate allowed under Section 53531 of the Government Code, if higher, payable annually or semiannually or in part annually and in part semiannually.

Each indebtedness incurred under this section shall be authorized by a resolution of the board unanimously adopted, shall be evidenced by a promissory note or contract signed by the president of the board and attested by the secretary or treasurer, and shall be sold at not less than 95 percent of the principal amount in the manner determined by the board at a discount which equals the underwriter’s spread. The board shall determine that the discount reflects an underwriter’s spread which is both reasonable and customary under the prevailing market conditions. One of the two signatures may be by facsimile reproduction.

The indebtedness authorized to be incurred by this section shall be in addition to, and the provisions of this section shall not apply to, any bonded indebtedness authorized by vote of the electors.

Nothing in this section limits or restricts the authority of the district to issue promissory notes or deeds of trust in the acquisition of real property or the exercise of its right of eminent domain subject to the limitations in Section 5568.

Nothing in this section limits the authority of the district to borrow pursuant to Section 5544.3.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 371, Sec. 2.)


text:
(a) A district may acquire all necessary and proper lands and facilities, or any portion thereof, by means of a plan to borrow money or by purchase on contract.

(b) The amount of indebtedness to be incurred shall not exceed an amount equal to the anticipated property tax revenue allocations for the next five-year period derived pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of Part 0.5 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code or the anticipated tax income derived pursuant to Section 50077 of the Government Code, or both. The time period to repay the indebtedness shall not exceed the applicable time period provided in subdivision (c) or (d).

(c) All indebtedness that is incurred on or after July 1, 1982, pursuant to this section shall be repaid during a period not to exceed 20 years from the date on which it is incurred and shall bear interest at the rate allowed pursuant to Section 53531 of the Government Code, payable annually or semiannually or in part annually and in part semiannually. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, with respect to the East Bay Regional Park District only, all indebtedness incurred pursuant to this section for acquisition of lands and facilities designated in the district’s master plan, including the Chabot Ridgelands, shall be repaid during a period not to exceed 30 years and at a rate not exceeding the rate allowed in this section for other districts. All other acquisitions of land and facilities by the East Bay Regional Park District not designated in the master plan are subject to the 20-year repayment period limitation of this section.

(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), all indebtedness that is incurred by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, on or after January 1, 2012, pursuant to this section, shall be repaid during a period not to exceed 30 years from the date on which it is incurred and shall bear interest at the rate allowed pursuant to Section 53531 of the Government Code, payable annually or semiannually or in part annually and in part semiannually.

(e) Each indebtedness shall be authorized by a resolution adopted by the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the members of the district board, shall be evidenced by a promissory note or contract signed by the president of the board and attested by the secretary or treasurer, and shall be sold at not less than 95 percent of the principal amount in the manner determined by the board at a discount that equals the underwriter’s spread. The board shall determine that the discount reflects an underwriter’s spread that is both reasonable and customary under the prevailing market conditions. One of the two signatures may be by facsimile reproduction. At the time of making the general tax levy after incurring each indebtedness and annually thereafter until the indebtedness is paid or until there is a sum in the treasury set apart for that purpose sufficient to meet all payments of principal and interest on the indebtedness as they become due, a portion of the taxes levied and collected pursuant to Section 50077 of the Government Code, if any, shall be levied and collected and set aside sufficient to pay the interest on the indebtedness and the part of the principal that will become due before the proceeds of a tax levied at the next general tax levy will be available.

(f) For indebtedness incurred pursuant to subdivision (d), the resolution by the district board required pursuant to subdivision (e) shall specify the revenue pledged by the district to repay the indebtedness. The resolution shall recite in substance that the principal of, and interest on, the indebtedness are payable solely from the revenue pledged to repay the indebtedness and that the district is not obligated to pay the principal or interest except from the pledged revenue, and may provide for the same pledge to all other indebtedness incurred pursuant to this section, including indebtedness incurred prior to January 1, 2012, in order to maintain a parity relationship among all outstanding indebtedness incurred by the district pursuant to this section.

(g) The indebtedness authorized to be incurred by this section shall be in addition to, and this section shall not apply to, any bonded indebtedness authorized by vote of the electors.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 104, Sec. 1. (AB 612) Effective January 1, 2012.)


text: The district may, pursuant to Section 5544, borrow not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to cover operating expenses between the time of formation of the district and the first receipt of revenue under Section 5545.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1171.)


citation: PRC § 5545

text: It may levy and collect, or cause to be levied and collected, taxes to carry out any of its objects or purposes and to pay the obligations of the district. Taxes levied for any one fiscal year shall not exceed ten cents ($0.10) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed value of all real and personal property within the district. Any tax provided for in this section shall be exclusive of any tax levied to meet the bonded indebtedness of the district and the interest thereon.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 642.)


text: The board may submit a proposition to the electors of the district for an increase in the maximum rate of tax specified by Section 5545. The election shall be called and held in the same manner as a bond election, and approval by a majority of all votes cast shall be required to authorize such an increase.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 857.)


text: In the event the board of directors proposes to submit a special tax, as provided in Section 50077 of the Government Code, and a bond issue for approval by the voters of the district, or a zone or zones within the district, both the special tax and the bond issue may be consolidated and may appear on the ballot as a single proposition if the special tax and the bond issue are for the same object or purpose.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 565, Sec. 2. Effective September 19, 1981.)


text: Any tax imposed under Section 5545 by a district formed pursuant to Section 5506.5 shall be used exclusively for the acquisition of open-space, park, or recreation lands or for the development, operation, or maintenance of open-space, park, or recreation lands so acquired.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 762.)


citation: PRC § 5546

text: A district may contribute money, in those amounts the board of directors, by resolution, finds to be proper, to the State Park and Recreation Commission or to any municipality, county, or other public corporation, district, or agency, for the purpose of assisting in the acquisition of lands within or outside of the district for the purposes specified in section 5541, or for improving the lands in the manner therein specified, when in the judgment of the board of directors the acquisition or improvement is so located and planned as to be of benefit to the district. A district may grant funds to a private nonprofit entity for the purposes of this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 321, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)


citation: PRC § 5547

text:
The board of directors shall act only by ordinance, resolution, or a motion duly recorded in the minutes of the meeting. The ayes and noes shall be taken upon the passage of all ordinances or resolutions, and entered upon the journal of the proceedings of the board.

An ordinance, resolution, or motion shall not be passed or become effective without the affirmative votes of at least a majority of all the members of the board.

The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the board shall be in these words: “Be it ordained by the Board of Directors of the (giving the name) District.”

All resolutions and ordinances shall be signed by the president of the board and attested by the secretary, administrative secretary, or clerk, and all ordinances shall be published once within 30 days after adoption, in a newspaper of general circulation printed, published, and circulated in the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 362, Sec. 1.)


citation: PRC § 5548

text:
The president shall preside over all meetings of the board. He shall sign all contracts and conveyances on behalf of the district after they have been approved by the board, and he shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the board.

In the absence of the president, or in the event of his inability to act, the vice president shall perform all the powers and duties of the president.

If both the president and vice president are absent or unable to act, the board may select a president pro tempore, who shall perform all the powers and duties of the president.


citation: PRC § 5549

text:
(a) The general manager has the following administrative and executive functions, powers, and duties. The general manager shall do all of the following:

(1) Enforce this article and all ordinances and regulations of the district.

(2) Appoint and remove subordinates, clerks, and other employees, and exercise supervision and control over all departments and offices of the district, subject to the personnel rules, civil service or merit system, and policies adopted by the board.

(3) Attend all meetings of the board unless excused by the board.

(4) Submit to the board for adoption any measures, ordinances, and regulations the general manager deems necessary or expedient.

(5) Enforce all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the district or its inhabitants in any contract and report any violations to the board or the police department, as appropriate.

(6) Prepare and submit the annual budget to the board and perform all other duties imposed by this article or by the board.

(b) (1) With the approval of the board, the general manager may bind the district, in accordance with board policy that has been adopted in an open meeting, and without advertising, for the payment for supplies, materials, labor, or other valuable consideration for any purpose, including new construction of a building, structure, or improvement, in amounts not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). All expenditures shall be reported to the board of directors at its next regular meeting.

(2) A district may, by action of the board in an open meeting, increase the amount by which the general manager may bind the district above the fifty-thousand-dollar ($50,000) limit established in paragraph (1). An increase made pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed an amount equal to 2 percent, for each fiscal year following the operative date of the last adjustment, of the amount in effect when the board’s action is adopted.

(c) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), in a district with a population of 200,000 or more, and with the approval of the board, the general manager may bind the district, in accordance with board policy that has been adopted in an open meeting, for the payment for equipment, supplies, and materials for any purpose, including new construction of a building, structure, or improvement, excluding labor and services, when the annual aggregate cost does not exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).

(2) This subdivision applies only to the procurement of tangible equipment, supplies, and materials and shall not be interpreted to authorize the general manager to bind the district for labor or services, in an amount not exceeding one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), that are customarily or historically performed by district employees.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 166, Sec. 6. (AB 769) Effective January 1, 2026.)


citation: PRC § 5550

text:
(a) The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, applies to all districts.

(b) A board of directors may adopt an ordinance establishing an employee relations system that may include, but is not limited to, a civil service system or a merit system.

(c) With the prior permission of the board of supervisors of the principal county, a board of directors may adopt an ordinance that makes the employees of the district subject to the employee relations system of the principal county. The board of directors may adopt an ordinance that withdraws the employees of the district from the employee relations system of the principal county. A district in which the employees of the district are subject to the employee relations system of the principal county shall receive employee relations services at cost from the county.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 581, Sec. 2. (AB 1036) Effective January 1, 2012.)


citation: PRC § 5551

text: The secretary of the board, the administrative secretary, or the clerk, as the case may be, shall countersign and affix the seal to all contracts and conveyances on behalf of the district, shall act as secretary to the board and keep a record of its proceedings, and shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the appointing authority or by this article.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 362, Sec. 3.)


citation: PRC § 5552

text:
The controller is the custodian of the funds of the district and shall make payments by check or by warrant drawn upon the district’s depositories for obligations that have been first approved by a majority of the board of directors at a meeting of the board of directors. The board of directors also may, by resolution and under any terms and conditions which it may prescribe in the resolution, authorize the controller to pay demands against the district, without the prior, specific approval of the board, that are for any purpose for which an expenditure has been previously authorized in the district’s adopted budget and which do not exceed the amount of expenditure so authorized. Demands so paid shall be presented to the board of directors at the next regular meeting for its review and approval. If the funds of the district are maintained solely in the county treasury, the county auditor shall exercise the powers otherwise conferred by this section on the controller.

The board of directors shall by ordinance or resolution authorize signatories for checks or warrants drawn in payment of obligations and demands against the district. Authorized signatories shall be selected from members of the board of directors of the district, the general manager of the district, the administrative secretary, or any other officers and employees which may be designated by the board.

The controller shall keep an account of all receipts and disbursements, and shall deposit all money received by him or her in a depository or depositories selected by the board of directors.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1226, Sec. 22.)


text: Notwithstanding Section 5552, the boards of directors of the Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District and the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District may, by resolution, eliminate the requirement that demands against that respective district which are paid without the prior, specific approval of the board be presented to the board at the next regular meeting for its review and approval.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 872, Sec. 132. Effective January 1, 1997.)


citation: PRC § 5553

text: The controller shall install and maintain a system of auditing and accounting, which will at all times show the financial condition of the district, and he shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by this article, the board, or the general manager. Payment of employee salaries and benefits and other recurring claims may be authorized annually by the board.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 630.)


text: All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)


citation: PRC § 5555

text: The directors of the district, before assuming the duties of their office, shall take and subscribe an official oath, and file it in the office of the board. The official oath shall be in the form provided by law for official oaths of county officers.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 94.)


citation: PRC § 5556

text: The board may appoint, employ, or contract for the services of attorneys, consultants, advisers, and such other experts as they deem necessary, and shall authorize the appointment or employment by the general manager of such assistants, deputies, and other appointees and employees as may be deemed necessary by the board to carry out the purposes of this article, and the board shall determine the duties and compensation, or basis of compensation, of all such persons.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 455.)


citation: PRC § 5557

text: The board shall have a suitable office in the district where its maps, plans, documents, records, and accounts shall be kept, subject at all reasonable times and under reasonable regulations to public inspection.


text: The board may authorize at any time the destruction or disposition of any duplicate record, paper, or document, the original or a permanent photographic reproduction of which is in the files of the district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 687.)


text: A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 2006.)


citation: PRC § 5558

text:
(a) The board shall superintend, control, and make available to all of the inhabitants of the district, subject to its ordinances, rules, and regulations, all public parks, playgrounds, beaches, parkways, scenic drives, boulevards, open spaces, and other facilities for public recreation belonging to the district or under its control.

The board shall regulate, restrain, and control the kind of vehicles, and the time and conditions of travel or parking on such public parks, playgrounds, beaches, parkways, scenic drives, boulevards, open spaces, and other facilities for public recreation, and it shall employ a suitable police force and shall adopt all ordinances, rules, and regulations necessary for the administration, government, protection, and use of the property, improvements, and facilities belonging to the district or under its control.

The board shall, in general, do all acts necessary to the proper execution of the powers and duties granted to, and imposed upon, it by this article, and to manage and control the business and affairs of the district.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the board of any district organized pursuant to Sections 5506.5 and 5538.5 may designate and employ officers and employees of the county in which the district is located as the district police force required by this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 683, Sec. 1.)


text:
(a) By ordinance, a board of directors may declare that an encroachment onto district land constitutes a nuisance.

(b) (1) Upon adopting an ordinance pursuant to subdivision (a), the board of directors may, by ordinance, establish a nuisance abatement procedure to abate an encroachment onto district land that constitutes a nuisance and to collect abatement and related administrative costs and penalties, including any costs incurred for providing notice or recording a nuisance abatement lien pursuant to this section.

(2) The nuisance abatement procedure shall do all of the following:

(A) (i) Require the district, upon initiating a nuisance abatement proceeding, to provide notice of the proceeding to any party who is responsible for the nuisance or who owns, or is in possession of, a parcel upon which the nuisance is located, created, caused, committed, or maintained.

(ii) In a nuisance abatement proceeding to obtain a nuisance abatement lien, the notice provided pursuant to this subparagraph shall be served in the same manner as summons in a civil action in accordance with Article 3 (commencing with Section 415.10) of Chapter 4 of Title 5 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(iii) Notwithstanding clause (ii), in a nuisance abatement proceeding to obtain a nuisance abatement lien, if, after diligent search, a party who owns, or is in possession of, a parcel upon which the nuisance is located, created, caused, committed, or maintained cannot be found, the notice may be served by posting a copy of the notice in a conspicuous place on the parcel for a period of 10 days and publication of the notice in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the parcel is located pursuant to Section 6062 of the Government Code.

(B) Require the district to provide a party who is responsible for the nuisance or who owns, or is in possession of, a parcel upon which the nuisance is located, created, caused, committed, or maintained with an opportunity to appear and be heard before the abatement of the nuisance by the district or the recordation of a nuisance abatement lien.

(3) The nuisance abatement procedure may authorize the board of directors to provide for the summary abatement of a nuisance, consistent with the requirements of paragraph (2), at the expense of a party who is responsible for the nuisance or who owns, or is in possession of, a parcel upon which the nuisance is located, created, caused, committed, or maintained.

(4) (A) The nuisance abatement procedure may authorize the board of directors to collect abatement and related administrative costs and penalties through a nuisance abatement lien against a parcel upon which the nuisance is located.

(B) The nuisance abatement lien shall be recorded in the county recorder’s office in the county in which the parcel is located and, from the date of recording, shall have the force, effect, and priority of a judgment lien.

(C) The nuisance abatement lien shall specify the amount of the lien, the name of the district on whose behalf the lien is imposed, the date of the abatement order, the street address, legal description, and assessor’s parcel number of the parcel upon which the lien is imposed, and the name and address of the party who owns the parcel upon which the nuisance is located.

(D) If the nuisance abatement lien is discharged, released, or satisfied, notice of the discharge containing the information specified in subparagraph (C) shall be recorded by the district.

(E) The nuisance abatement lien and the discharge, release, or satisfaction of the lien shall be indexed in the grantor-grantee index.

(c) Notwithstanding Sections 6103 and 27383 of the Government Code or any other law, a county recorder may impose a fee on a district to reimburse the costs of processing and recording a nuisance abatement lien and providing notice pursuant to this section.

(d) A district may initiate a civil action to abate a nuisance in the name of the district, and, by the judgment in that action, the nuisance may be enjoined or abated and damages may be recovered, as provided in this section.

(e) A board of directors may, by ordinance, provide for the recovery of attorney’s fees by the prevailing party in any civil action or nuisance abatement proceeding to abate a nuisance.

(f) Section 5560 does not apply to an ordinance adopted pursuant to this section.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 268, Sec. 1. (AB 959) Effective January 1, 2022.)


citation: PRC § 5559

text:
The board may adopt regulations, and it shall cause the regulations made by it to be posted upon park or other property of the district to which they apply, and it shall cause them to be published at least once in a newspaper published in the county or counties within which the district is in whole or in part situated, and such posting and publication shall be sufficient notice to all persons.

The affidavit of the general manager or the secretary that the district rules and regulations have been so posted and published is prima facie evidence thereof. A copy of the rules and regulations, attested by any member of the board or by its secretary shall be prima facie evidence that the rules and regulations have been made by the board as provided by law.


citation: PRC § 5560

text:
(a) Violation of an ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted pursuant to this article is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment, unless the board provides that a violation of an ordinance, rule, or regulation is an infraction, that is punishable by:

(1) A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for a first violation.

(2) A fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200) for a second violation of the same ordinance, rule, or regulation within one year.

(3) A fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) for each additional violation of the same ordinance, rule, or regulation within one year.

(b) A superior court of a county lying wholly or in part within the district is a proper court for trial of all prosecutions under this article for violations of an ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted by the board.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 449, Sec. 36.5. Effective January 1, 2004.)


text: In order to protect property, improvements, and facilities of parks under its management or belonging to the district and to preserve the peace within such parks, the district board may confer, on uniformed park employees which it may designate, the authority to issue citations for misdemeanor and infraction violations of state law, city or county ordinances, or district regulations or ordinances, when the violation is committed within a district park and in the presence of the employee issuing the citation. The citations shall be issued in accordance with Chapter 5C (commencing with Section 853.5) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 335, Sec. 1.)


text:
(a) A district may enact in its ordinances clauses which provide that if any person is arrested for a violation of the ordinance, and such person is not immediately taken before a magistrate, the arresting officer shall prepare in duplicate a written notice to appear in court, containing the name and address of such person, the offense charged, and the time and place where and when such person shall appear in court.

(b) The time specified in the notice to appear must be at least five days after such arrest.

(c) The place specified in the notice to appear shall be the court of the magistrate before whom the person would be taken if the requirement of taking an arrested person before a magistrate were complied with, or shall be an officer authorized by such court to receive a deposit of bail.

(d) The officer shall deliver one copy of the notice to appear to the arrested person, and the arrested person in order to secure release must give his written promise so to appear in court by signing the duplicate notice which shall be retained by the officer. Thereupon the arresting officer shall forthwith release the person arrested from custody.

(e) The officer shall, as soon as practicable, file the duplicate notice with the magistrate specified therein. Thereupon the magistrate shall fix the amount of bail which in his judgment, in accordance with the provisions of Section 1275 of the Penal Code, will be reasonable and sufficient for the appearance of the defendant and shall indorse upon the notice a statement signed by him in the form set forth in Section 815a of the Penal Code. The defendant may, prior to the date upon which he promised to appear in court, deposit with the magistrate the amount of bail thus set. Thereafter, at the time when the case is called for arraignment before the magistrate, if the defendant shall not appear, either in person or by counsel, the magistrate may declare the bail forfeited, and may in his discretion order that no further proceedings shall be had in such case.

Upon the making of such order that no further proceedings be had, all sums deposited as bail shall forthwith be paid into the county treasury for distribution pursuant to Section 1463 of the Penal Code.

(f) No warrant shall issue on such charge for the arrest of a person who has given such written promise to appear in court, unless and until he has violated such promise or has failed to deposit bail, to appear for arraignment, trial or judgment, or to comply with the terms and provisions of the judgment, as required by law.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 813.)


text: A district may enact in its ordinances clauses which prohibit any person from willfully violating his written promise to appear in court regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he was orginally arrested.


text:
A district may further provide in its ordinance that when a person signs a written promise to appear at the time and place specified in the written promise to appear and has not posted bail as provided in Section 5560.5, the magistrate shall issue and have delivered for execution a warrant for his arrest within 20 days after his failure to appear as promised, or if such person promises to appear before an officer authorized to accept bail other than a magistrate and fails to do so on or before the date which he promised to appear, then, within 20 days after the delivery of such written promise to appear by the officer to a magistrate having jurisdiction over the offense.

When such person violates his promise to appear before an officer authorized to receive bail other than a magistrate, the officer shall immediately deliver to the magistrate having jurisdiction over the offense charged the written promise to appear and the complaint, if any, filed by the arresting officer.


text: A district may enact the foregoing as a separate and distinct ordinance which shall apply to all or one or more of its ordinances.


citation: PRC § 5561

text: The police appointed or employed by the board shall have, within the district for which they are appointed or employed, all the powers of police officers of municipal corporations except the power of serving and executing civil process.


text: The board may provide by resolution or regulation for the care, restitution, sale, or destruction of unclaimed property in the possession of the district. Any resolution or regulation adopted pursuant to this section shall provide therein (1) that such unclaimed property shall be held by the district for a period of at least six months, (2) that thereafter such property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, and (3) that notice of such sale shall be given by the board at least five days before the time therefor by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district. The board may dispose of any such property upon which no bid is made at any such sale.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1117.)


text:
The district shall be primarily responsible for the prevention and suppression of all fires on any lands in its possession or control, excluding all lands of a district located within the exterior boundaries of any municipality or other fire protection district.

For the purposes of the prevention and suppression of fires on such lands, the board may enter into co-operative mutual aid agreements with the federal government, the State, any municipality, county or district, or any person, corporation or association.


citation: PRC § 5562

text:
The board may acquire, construct, improve, maintain, and operate golf courses, bathhouses, boathouses, tennis courts, gymnasiums, and other special amusements and forms of recreation, and it may acquire, construct, or complete all buildings, structures, waterways, lakes, equipment, and other necessary or convenient facilities.

It may fix and collect fees for the use by the public of any boats, bathing suits, lockers, golf courses, tennis courts, or other special facilities, services, or equipment.


citation: PRC § 5563

text: If, in the opinion of the board, any land or property owned by the district, or any interest therein, becomes unnecessary for the purposes of the district, the board may, subject to the provisions of Section 5540, sell such lands or property, or interest therein. When land or property is temporarily unnecessary for park or open-space purposes, it may be leased for other purposes for a term not exceeding 25 years with an express provision in the lease that should the board by ordinance determine to use the lands for park, open-space, or other district purposes, the lease shall thereby be terminated. The proceeds of any sale or lease of lands or property, or any interest therein, shall be used for and applied to such purposes of the district as the board may, by resolution, determine.


text: Notwithstanding Sections 5540 and 5563, the Board of Directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District may, and the Board of Directors of the East Bay Regional Park District may, without obtaining the consent of the voters, lease real property for a term not exceeding 99 years. A lease entered into pursuant to this section shall be authorized by a resolution adopted by the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the members of the board, upon making an express finding that the purpose of the lease is for park or open-space purposes, or for an historic preservation, recreation, climate-resiliency, social equity, or agricultural purpose that is compatible with public use and enjoyment of the real property.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 166, Sec. 8. (AB 769) Effective January 1, 2026.)


citation: PRC § 5564

text:
(a) If it is necessary or advisable to acquire or construct any works, structures, or embankments, including nature-based and built, in order to protect the property of the district from damage by flood or storm waters, the board may acquire or construct those works, structures, or embankments.

(b) If the works, structures, or embankments are necessary or advisable not only to protect the property of the district, but other property not owned by the district as well, the board may enter into contracts with any flood control district or other municipal or public corporation, and may grant rights of way, for such periods of time as it shall determine, over the property of the district to such flood control district or other municipal or public corporation, whereby the flood control district or other municipal or public corporation may be permitted to construct such works, structures, or embankments.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 166, Sec. 10. (AB 769) Effective January 1, 2026.)


citation: PRC § 5565

text:
The legal title to all property acquired by the district under the provisions of this article shall immediately and by operation of law vest in the district, and shall be held by the district in trust for, and is dedicated and set apart for, the uses and purposes set forth in this article. The board may hold, use, acquire, manage, occupy, and possess such property, as provided in this article.

The board may take conveyances or other assurances for all property acquired by it under the provisions of this article in the name of the district, to and for the uses and purposes expressed in this article, and it may institute and maintain all actions and proceedings, or suits at law or in equity, necessary or proper in order to carry out the provisions of this article, or to enforce, maintain, protect, or preserve all rights, privileges, and immunities created by or acquired in pursuance of this article. In all courts, actions, suits, or proceedings, the board may sue, appear, and defend, in person or by attorneys and in the name of the district.


text:
(a) With the consent of the board of directors of a district, an irrevocable offer of dedication of real property or any interest in real property for any of the purposes authorized by this article may be made to the district pursuant to this section. The offer of dedication shall be executed, acknowledged, and recorded in the same manner as a conveyance of real property. The offer of dedication, when recorded in the office of the county recorder, shall be irrevocable and may be accepted at any time by the board of directors of the district.

(b) An offer of dedication may be terminated, and the right to accept the offer abandoned, by a majority vote of the board of directors of the district and only if the board of directors makes both of the following findings:

(1) The offer of dedication was never accepted and, therefore, termination or abandonment of the offer does not constitute a conveyance of an interest in real property dedicated for park or open-space purposes.

(2) Now, or in the future, the district cannot effectively use the real property, or interest in real property, that would be conveyed by the offer of dedication for park or open-space purposes.

(c) The procedure prescribed by this section is alternative to any other procedure authorized by law.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 59, Sec. 1. (AB 1962) Effective January 1, 2011.)


citation: PRC § 5566

text: It is the intent of the Legislature to provide a district with authority to impose special taxes. A district may impose special taxes pursuant to the procedures set forth in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code. In exercising that authority, a district may establish a zone or zones and a rate of tax for each zone, which is to be applied uniformly to all taxpayers within the zone. All revenue from a tax levied in a zone shall be expended in connection with land and facilities that are located in that zone, including a reasonable amount thereof allocated for general administrative expenses of the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 205, Sec. 1.)


citation: PRC § 5567

text: Every director and every other officer named in this article who is, in any manner interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded, or to be awarded, by the board, or in the profits to be derived from such a contract, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and conviction of a person under this section shall work a forfeiture of his office.


citation: PRC § 5568

text:
For the purpose of acquiring, constructing, or completing any improvement or improvements authorized by this article, or for the purpose of acquiring any land or other property necessary or useful therefor, the board of directors may incur an indebtedness not to exceed 5 percent of the assessed valuation of the real and personal property situated in the district or in any zone established pursuant to Section 5566 for the purpose of levying a tax to pay all sums coming due to repay the indebtedness. The district may issue bonds for the indebtedness under and in full compliance with the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 43600) of Chapter 4 of Division 4 of Title 4 of the Government Code. The provisions of that chapter, as they may exist from time to time and insofar as they may be applicable, shall govern all district bond issues, and the board of each district is the legislative branch of the district, and authorized to do all acts and things which may be done by the legislative branch of cities, towns, and municipal corporations in the incurring of indebtedness and the issuance and sale of bonds.

Taxes for the payment of the bonds shall be levied and collected in the manner provided in this article.

The bonds issued under this section shall be signed by the president of the board and the treasurer of the district, and countersigned by the secretary. The coupons shall be signed by the treasurer. If any officers whose signatures appear on the bonds or coupons cease to be officers before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, those signatures or countersignatures are, nevertheless, valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if the officers had remained in office until the delivery of the bonds.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 565, Sec. 4. Effective September 19, 1981.)


citation: PRC § 5569

text:
For the purpose of paying all sums coming due for principal and interest on all bonds of the district, there shall be levied and collected each year a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest on such bonds and, also, that part of the principal which will become due before the time for fixing the next general tax levy. If the maturity of the indebtedness created by the issue of bonds is made to begin more than one year after the date of the issuance of the bonds, the tax shall be levied and collected each year, to pay the interest on the indebtedness as it falls due, and, also, to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal on or before maturity.

The taxes in this section required to be levied and collected, shall be in addition to all other taxes levied for district purposes, and shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as other district taxes are collected, and shall be used for no purpose other than the payment of said bonds and accruing interest.


citation: PRC § 5570

text:
On or before the second Monday in August of each year, the county auditor of each county in which any portion of a district is located, shall transmit to the board of directors of the district and to the board of supervisors of each county in which the district is located, a statement in writing showing the total value of all real and personal property within the district and within his respective county, which value shall be ascertained from the assessment books of the county as equalized and corrected by the board of supervisors of the county.

The board of directors of the district shall, on or before the last Tuesday of August of each year, cause to be prepared and submitted to the board of supervisors of each county in which any portion of the district is located, a detailed statement showing separately:

(a) The estimated amount of money that will be required for the payment of principal and interest upon bonds and other indebtedness of the district before the time for fixing the next general tax levy.

(b) The estimated amount of money that will be required for the operation, maintenance, upkeep, and repair of the parks, playgrounds, parkways, scenic drives, boulevards, and property of the district, and to defray the expenses of administering the affairs of the district.


citation: PRC § 5571

text:
The board of supervisors of each county in which any part of the district is located, shall, at the time of making the general tax levy in each year, levy a tax upon all the real and personal property within the district and within their respective county at a rate sufficient to meet the proportion of taxes necessary to be raised in the county for the purpose of paying the principal and interest of the bonds and other indebtedness of the district and all other requirements of the district as shown by the estimate of the board of directors of the district. The amount of taxes to be raised in each county shall be in the same proportion as the assessed valuation of the taxable property in the district within the county is to the assessed valuation of all property in the district.

Such taxes shall be assessed, levied, and collected at the same time and in the same manner as other county taxes are assessed, levied, and collected, and shall, when collected, be deposited with the treasurer of the district.


citation: PRC § 5572

text: The boundaries of any district may be altered and new contiguous territory annexed, incorporated, and included and made a part of the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)


text: Where the annexation of territory to a district would otherwise be valid, except that such annexed territory was not within the boundaries of a municipal utility district organized and existing under Chapter 218 of the Statutes of 1921, or the Municipal Utility District Act, such annexation shall be valid. This section shall be applied retroactively to validate the annexation of such territory to a district as of the date that the annexation would otherwise have been valid.


citation: PRC § 5580

text:
(a) Notwithstanding Section 5594 or any other law, upon approval by the board of directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, the design-build process described in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 22160) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code may be used to award contracts for the construction, restoration, and improvement of buildings and facilities, the construction, restoration, and improvement of public access and recreation facilities, and nature-based infrastructure projects, including, but not limited to, habitat restoration projects, enhancement and remediation projects, and watershed, stream corridor, and pond improvement projects in that district.

(b) The minimum project limitation of one million dollars ($1,000,000), as described in subdivision (a) of Section 22162 of the Public Contract Code, shall not apply to the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District.

(c) For purposes of this section, all references in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 22160) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code to “local agency” shall mean the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District and its board of directors.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 169. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024.)


citation: PRC § 5581

text:
(a) Notwithstanding Section 5594 or any other law, upon approval by the board of directors of the East Bay Regional Park District, the design-build process described in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 22160) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code may be used to award contracts for the construction, restoration, and improvement of buildings and facilities, the construction, restoration, and improvement of public access and recreation facilities, and nature-based infrastructure projects, including, but not limited to, habitat restoration projects, enhancement and remediation projects, and watershed, stream corridor, and pond improvement projects in that district.

(b) The minimum project limitation of one million dollars ($1,000,000), as described in subdivision (a) of Section 22162 of the Public Contract Code, shall not apply to the East Bay Regional Park District.

(c) For purposes of this section, all references in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 22160) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code to “local agency” shall mean the East Bay Regional Park District and its board of directors.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 170. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024.)


citation: PRC § 5590

text: The bonds of any district issued pursuant to this article, are legal investments for all trust funds, and for the funds of all insurance companies, banks, both commercial and savings, and trust companies, and for the State school funds; and whenever any money or funds may by law be invested in bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties, or school districts in the State of California, such money or funds may be invested in district bonds issued in accordance with the provisions of this article; and whenever bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties, school districts, or municipalities may by law be used as security for the performance of any act, district bonds may be so used.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 94.)


citation: PRC § 5591

text: All bonds issued under the provisions of this article shall have the same force, value, and use as bonds issued by any municipality in this State, and shall be free and exempt from all taxation within this State.


citation: PRC § 5593

text: All matters and things necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of districts which are not provided for in this article shall be provided for by the board of directors of the district.


citation: PRC § 5594

text: All contracts for furnishing supplies, materials, labor, or other valuable consideration furnished the district, for maintenance projects involving contractor services to preserve, maintain, or repair any existing building, structure, or improvement, or for constructing any new building, structure, or improvement, when the expenditures will exceed the applicable amount specified in Section 5549, shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, after notice inviting bids, published in a newspaper in the district at least one week before the time of receiving bids. The board of directors may reject all bids and readvertise, or by a five-sevenths vote may elect to purchase the materials or supplies in the open market, or to construct the building, structure, or improvement by force account.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 48, Sec. 2.)


citation: PRC § 5595

text: This article shall be liberally construed to promote its objects and to carry out its intents and purposes.


citation: PRC § 5598

text:
(a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the East Bay Hills Conservation Program.

(b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1) The East Bay Hills encompass a unique landscape providing wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities, and significant ecological benefits, covering an area of approximately 30,000 acres in the Counties of Alameda and Contra Costa.

(2) The East Bay Hills are a resource of statewide cultural, historical, and environmental significance, facing development pressures and impacts from growing urbanization which threaten their ecological integrity and recreational value.

(3) The East Bay Hills are the ancestral land of the Ohlone and Bay Miwok who occupied the area for 10,000 years. Today, they are represented by the Ohlone Indian Tribe, the Muwekma Ohlone Indian Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area, and the Confederated Villages of Lisjan Nation.

(4) Recognized as a unique and valuable state resource, the East Bay Hills were protected from resource extraction in the early 1900s, further codified in a 1933 statute authorizing the creation of the East Bay Regional Park District to manage and conserve the natural landscape.

(5) The East Bay Hills encompass approximately 30 miles of wildland-urban interface for which the East Bay Regional Park District provides ongoing wildfire mitigation for the safety of the environment and community.

(6) The East Bay Hills provide critical corridors for wildlife, connecting the coastal ranges with the inland foothills.

(7) The East Bay Hills are home to California’s official state grass, Nassella pulchra, or purple needlegrass, as well as the federal- and state-listed endangered species Presidio clarkia and Tiburon buckwheat.

(8) In 1855, Oncorhynchus mykiss, rainbow trout, were first discovered by scientists within the Redwood Creek in the East Bay Hills and continue to thrive today.

(9) Residents of surrounding cities and visitors throughout the state use the East Bay Hills for outdoor recreation, connecting with nature and promoting well-being.

(10) The East Bay Skyline National Recreation Trail traverses through six of the East Bay’s most historic and picturesque parks and preserves, including the largest remaining natural stand of coast redwood found in the East Bay.

(11) The natural resources of the East Bay Hills contribute to climate resilience through carbon sequestration, water management, watershed health, erosion control, and habitat preservation.

(12) Furthermore, during times of high heat, the landscape serves as a place of respite, with the redwood forests holding cooler temperatures than surrounding urban areas.

(13) Protection of the East Bay Hills aligns with state and local conservation efforts, including local habitat conservation plans.

(14) If the East Bay Hills Conservation Program is established pursuant to this article, it will provide a necessary structure to implement restoration and preservation projects and recreational opportunities, and enhance the overall condition of the East Bay Hills.

(c) For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(1) “California tribe” means any federally recognized California Native American tribe or a nonfederally recognized Native American tribe listed on the California Tribal Consultation List maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission.

(2) “District” means the East Bay Regional Park District.

(3) “East Bay Hills” refers to the area defined by the ridgeline extending from the northern edge of Wildcat Canyon Regional Park to the southern edge of Lake Chabot Regional Park. “East Bay Hills” includes all adjacent natural lands within the control of the district, including the Sobrante Ridge Regional Preserve, Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area, Charles Lee Tilden Regional Park, Tilden Nature Area, Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve, Temescal Regional Recreation Area, Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve, Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve, Dr. Aurelia Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Roberts Regional Recreation Area, Leona Canyon Open Space Regional Preserve, and Anthony Chabot Regional Park.

(4) “Natural lands” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 9001.5.

(5) “Program” means the East Bay Hills Conservation Program established pursuant to this article.

(d) The district may establish and administer the East Bay Hills Conservation Program to address the resource and recreational goals of the East Bay Hills pursuant to this article.

(e) The district may collaborate with California tribes, and state, regional, and local partners to help achieve both of the following goals of the program:

(1) To restore, enhance, and preserve wildlife habitat, provide and enhance recreational opportunities, restore and preserve natural ecosystems, increase nature-based resilience to extreme weather events, and develop and maintain trails for public access.

(2) To ensure the protection and preservation of land and natural resources, including addressing water quality, erosion, and carbon sequestration from natural lands, while promoting educational experiences for the community.

(f) In carrying out the purposes of this article, the district shall have all necessary rights and powers to achieve the goals under subdivision (d), including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Acquiring and disposing of interests in real property.

(2) Undertaking, maintaining, and funding projects to enhance public access, restore natural habitats, and improve and construct new facilities for outdoor recreation.

(3) Providing technical assistance to landowners on best practices to enhance conservation and climate resilience on natural lands.

(4) Implementing wildlife connectivity measures across major roadways and urban barriers.

(g) The East Bay Hills shall be acknowledged as an area of statewide significance in local land use policy documents, such as general and specific plans, developed or updated on or after January 1, 2026, affecting land use within the East Bay Hills.

(h) This article shall not be construed as an expansion of the district’s rights or powers as they relate to local land use authority on lands in the East Bay Hills.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 754, Sec. 1. (SB 392) Effective January 1, 2026.)

article: 4. East Bay Hills Conservation Program

path: 5. PARKS AND MONUMENTS > 3. Districts > 4. East Bay Hills Conservation Program


citation: PRC § 5600

text:
(a) The owner of the disposal site known as the Puente Hills Landfill, located in an unincorporated portion of the County of Los Angeles, shall dedicate as open-space property within the disposal site, pursuant to the terms of condition 14 (a) of Los Angeles County Conditional Use Permit 92–250 (4). This dedication shall include the buffer zone, and “Canyon 6,” “Canyon 7,” and “Canyon 8” as specified in the conditional use permit.

(b) The owner of the disposal site referred to in subdivision (a) shall enter into an agreement with the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation for use of the disposal area as a public park when solid waste disposal activities are complete, as referenced in and modified by condition 14 (b) of Los Angeles County Conditional Use Permit 92–250 (4). This agreement shall include the funding for the preparation of a park master plan, and for the full development, operation, and maintenance of the park, in an amount appropriate to the level of development shown on the master plan.

(c) The consultation specified in Part VIII of the monitoring program of Los Angeles Conditional Use Permit 92–250 (4), relating to the Puente Hills Landfill Citizens Advisory Committee, shall include the subject of landscaping of the mitigation berm specified in condition 10 (b), and shall also include any other planning matters that would affect the physical development or future use of the landfill site. The committee shall include members of the Hacienda Heights Improvement Association.

(d) The Joint Powers Authority established pursuant to condition 15 of Los Angeles County Conditional Use Permit 92–250 (4) shall give due consideration to purchasing parcels near the landfill property, specifically those parcels near the Hacienda Heights area.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 91, Sec. 141. Effective January 1, 1996.)

path: 5. PARKS AND MONUMENTS > 3.1. Puente Hills Landfill Open-Space Dedication


citation: PRC § 5620

text: This chapter shall be known, and may be cited as, the Roberti-Z'berg-Harris Urban Open-Space and Recreation Program Act.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1748, Sec. 1.2.)

article: 1. General Provisions

path: 5. PARKS AND MONUMENTS > 3.2. Roberti-Z'berg-Harris Urban Open-Space and Recreation Program > 1. General Provisions


citation: PRC § 5621

text:
As used in this chapter:

(a) “City” and “county” both include the City and County of San Francisco; “county” does not include a county service area, or zone therein, within the County of San Bernardino empowered to provide public park and recreation services pursuant to the County Service Area Law (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 25210) of Part 2 of Division 2 of Title 3 of the Government Code).

(b) “Districts” means regional park districts formed under Article 3 (commencing with Section 5500) of Chapter 3; recreation and park districts formed under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 5780); any public utility district formed under Division 7 (commencing with Section 15501) of the Public Utilities Code in a nonurbanized area that employs a full-time park and recreation director and offers year-round park and recreation services on lands and facilities owned by the district; any community services district formed under Division 3 (commencing with Section 61000) of Title 6 of the Government Code in a nonurbanized area which is authorized to provide public recreation as specified in subdivision (e) of Section 61600 of the Government Code; any memorial district formed under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1170) of Division 6 of the Military and Veterans Code that employs a full-time park and recreation director and offers year-round park and recreation services on lands and facilities owned by the district; the Malaga County Water District exercising powers authorized under Section 31133 of the Water Code; and any county service area, or zone therein, within the County of San Bernardino which is empowered to provide public park and recreation services pursuant to the County Service Area Law (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 25210) of Part 2 of Division 2 of Title 3 of the Government Code), which is actually providing public park and recreation services, and which was reorganized prior to January 1, 1987, from a park and recreation district to a county service area or zone.

(c) “Urbanized area” consists of a central city or cities and surrounding closely settled territory, as determined by the Department of Finance on the basis of the most recent verifiable census data. “Urbanized county” means any county with a population of 200,000 or more, as determined by the Department of Finance on the basis of the most recent verifiable census data.

(d) “Heavily urbanized area” means a large city with a population of 300,000 or more and a large county or regional park district with a population of 1,000,000 or more, as determined by the Department of Finance on the basis of the most recent verifiable census data.

(e) “Nonurbanized area” means any city, county, or district which does not qualify as an urbanized area or urbanized county under the definitions in subdivision (c).

(f) “Block grant” means the allocation of moneys for one or more projects for the acquisition or development of recreational lands and facilities.

(g) “Need basis grant” means the allocation of moneys for one or more projects for the acquisition or development of recreational lands and facilities on a project-by-project basis, based upon need.

(h) “Account” means the Roberti-Z’berg-Harris Urban Open-Space and Recreation Program Account in the General Fund.

(i) “Special major maintenance project” means a rehabilitation or refurbishing activity performed on an annual or more infrequent interval, excluding capital improvements and routinized or other regularly scheduled and performed tasks such as grounds mowing, hedge trimming, garbage removal, and watering. Special major maintenance project includes activities which will reduce energy requirements to operate recreational lands or facilities.

(j) “Innovative recreation program” means specially designed, creative social, cultural, and human service activities which by their nature are intended to respond to the unique and otherwise unmet recreation needs of special urban populations, including, but not limited to, senior citizens, physically or emotionally handicapped, chronic and “new” poor, single parents, “latchkey” children, and minorities. The term includes special transportation programs designed to facilitate access of these groups to parks and recreational programs and facilities.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 158, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2009.)

chapter: 3.2. Roberti-Z'berg-Harris Urban Open-Space and Recreation Program

article: 1. General Provisions


citation: PRC § 5622

text:
The Legislature hereby finds and declares:

(a) The demand for recreation areas, facilities, and programs in California is far greater than the present supply, with the number of people who cannot be accommodated at the area of their choice or any comparable area increasing rapidly.

(b) The demand for recreation areas, facilities, and programs in the urban areas of our state are even greater: over 90 percent of the present population of California reside in urban areas; there continues to be approximately a 30-percent deficiency in open-space and recreation areas in the metropolitan areas of the state; less urban land is available, costs are escalating, and competition for land is increasing; and lack of sufficient annual operating funds has resulted in a general deterioration of existing facilities.

(c) There is a high concentration of urban social problems in California’s major metropolitan areas which can be partially alleviated by increased recreational opportunities.

(d) Within the urban areas there reside a broad spectrum and heavy concentration of special populations, including senior citizens, physically and emotionally handicapped, chronic and “new” poor, single parents, “latchkey children,” and minorities, who typically are unable, because of a variety of limiting circumstances, to avail themselves of use of remote, nonurban state and national parks and open spaces.

(e) The upward spiral in the cost of energy for private automobiles and all forms of public transportation during the recent period has further limited access to remote state and national parks and open spaces, and this provides an additional emphasis to the urgent need for close-to-home urban parks and open spaces.

(f) The need for local recreation areas, facilities, and programs is doubling at 10-year intervals.

(g) Unless the lands and waters that currently have significant recreation potential today are acquired or reserved for recreation as soon as possible, and unless there is a means available to provide a regularized, major rehabilitation program for existing facilities, there will be a marked shortage of recreation lands and waters on a local and regional basis.

(h) Cities, counties, and districts must exercise constant vigilance to see that the recreation lands and facilities they now have are not lost to other uses; they should acquire additional lands as such lands become available; and they should take steps to improve the facilities they now have.

(i) The state recognizes its partnership role with local government agencies and officials, in support of acquisition, development, and major rehabilitation of parks and open spaces in urbanized areas and heavily urbanized areas, as a means of fulfilling state support, and a proper level of response to the overwhelmingly large percentage of state residents whose parks and open-space needs can only be addressed in urban settings.

(j) The state further recognizes that every effort is necessary and appropriate to find and utilize resources, other than those secured exclusively through tax levies, in order to support and maintain this significant urban program.

(k) In view of the foregoing, the Legislature declares that an aggressive, coordinated, funded program for meeting existing and projected local recreation demands must be implemented without delay.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1748, Sec. 2.)

article: 1. General Provisions


citation: PRC § 5623

text: Grants to cities, counties, and districts pursuant to this chapter are intended to supplement and not to supplant local expenditures for park and recreation areas and facilities or to diminish in any way then current efforts for providing parks and recreation services.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 160.)

article: 1. General Provisions


citation: PRC § 5624

text:
(a) The program established by this chapter shall be administered by the Department of Parks and Recreation.

(b) The Roberti-Z’berg-Harris Urban Open-Space and Recreation Program Account is hereby created in the General Fund and the money therein is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the department for the program established by this chapter and funded pursuant to Item 271 of the Budget Act of 1976, Item 227 of the Budget Act of 1977, Item 222 of the Budget Act of 1978, Item 235 of the Budget Act of 1979, and Section 4 of Chapter 1166 of the Statutes of 1979, and pursuant to statutes enacted subsequent thereto that appropriate funds for this program.

(c) The unallocated balance in the General Fund appropriated pursuant to Item 271 of the Budget Act of 1976, Item 227 of the Budget Act of 1977, Item 222 of the Budget Act of 1978, Item 235 of the Budget Act of 1979, and Section 4 of Chapter 1166 of the Statutes of 1979 is hereby transferred to the account.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1748, Sec. 2.5.)

article: 2. Administration

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text: An amount equal to one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per capita of the state on the January 1 of the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the transfer is made, as specified in the Budget Act, shall be transferred annually to the Roberti-Z'berg-Harris Urban Open-Space and Recreation Program Account from the Special Account for Capital Outlay in the General Fund for the 1986–87 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter. Notwithstanding Section 5624, the funds transferred to the account pursuant to this section shall be available for expenditure only when appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act. This section shall not preclude the Legislature from augmenting this amount for the Roberti-Z’berg-Harris Urban Open-Space and Recreation Program from other fund sources, including tideland oil revenues.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1748, Sec. 3.)

article: 2. Administration


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, grants from moneys appropriated from the Parklands Fund of 1984 shall be made according to, and are governed by, this chapter as it existed on June 5, 1984. However, Section 5625.3, where applicable, shall be complied with regardless of the source of moneys for the grant.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1748, Sec. 3.5.)

article: 2. Administration


citation: PRC § 5625

text:
(a) Annual grants shall be made to cities, counties, and districts for recreational purposes, open-space purposes, or both, on the basis of population and need, as specified in this chapter. The director shall, by regulation, specify the procedures to be followed in applying for grant funds. The director shall propose criteria for determining priority of need, conduct public hearings on those proposed criteria, and, following the hearings, shall submit the proposed criteria to the Legislature for its approval by statute within 60 days of submission of the criteria. A new, revised, or amended criterion or a criterion to be deleted shall be submitted to the Legislature for its approval by statute. Following legislative approval, the director shall establish the criteria and publish them in the California Code of Regulations. The criteria, and a change thereof, shall be distributed in a convenient form to potential applicants.

(b) The director shall, by regulation, require the recipient of a grant under this chapter to submit periodic reports to the department with respect to its use of the grant, but the reports shall not be required to be submitted more frequently than annually.

(c) All projects and programs for which a grant is received shall be subject to state audit.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 68, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)

article: 2. Administration


text: Block grants may be made pursuant to this chapter for the rehabilitation of historical structures so long as the structure is located within a park or recreation area and the structure’s rehabilitation will complement or enhance the recreational use of the park or recreational area.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1474, Sec. 1. Effective September 30, 1986.)

article: 2. Administration


text: In addition to the application procedures specified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5625, prior to submitting an application for a grant for a project involving the acquisition of productive agricultural lands or other lands the acquisition of which may have an adverse economic impact on neighboring agricultural operations, the city, county, or district proposing to make the application shall hold a public hearing within the county in which the proposed project is located at which members of the public may comment on the proposed project. Notice of the hearing shall be published at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. A summary of comments made at the hearing by members of the public and representatives of the city, county, or district shall accompany the application. Copies of the summary shall also be available for inspection and review by any person.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1748, Sec. 5.)

article: 2. Administration


text: Grants made to cities, counties, and districts for each fiscal year pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5625 shall be based on the jurisdictional boundaries of recipients as of July 1st.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1166.)

article: 2. Administration


citation: PRC § 5626

text:
(a) The property acquired or developed pursuant to this chapter shall be used by the grant recipient only for the purpose for which the grant moneys were requested and no other use of the area shall be permitted except by the specific act of the Legislature. Any project funded with grant moneys received pursuant to this chapter shall conform to the recreation element of any applicable city or county general plan.

(b) Notwithstanding Item 271 of the Budget Act of 1976, Item 227 of the Budget Act of 1977, Item 222 of the Budget Act of 1978, Section 5627, 5628, 5629, or 5630, or any other provisions of law, jurisdictions eligible to receive need basis or block grant moneys pursuant to this chapter shall have one year from the effective date of each act appropriating grant moneys to apply for such grant moneys. Such moneys that are not applied for during the one-year period shall be allocated by the department pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 5630 during the succeeding fiscal year as grants to cities and recreation and park districts in urbanized areas on a project-by-project basis and on the basis of need.

(c) (1) Grant moneys shall be encumbered by the recipient of such moneys within three years of the date of approval by the director of the application for such moneys. Any part of grant moneys not encumbered within the three-year period shall revert to the unallocated balance in the account and may be reallocated by the department pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 5630 not later than the end of the next succeeding fiscal year.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subdivision, grant moneys appropriated by Item 271 of the Budget Act of 1976, Item 227 of the Budget Act of 1977, Item 222 of the Budget Act of 1978, Item 235 of the Budget Act of 1979, and Section 4 of Chapter 1166 of the Statutes of 1979, if the grant application is approved by the director prior to September 17, 1980, may be encumbered within three years of the date of grant approval or by December 31, 1981, whichever date is later.

(d) The legal counsel of the grant recipient shall certify to the department that the grant recipient has met, or will meet, all federal, state, and local environmental, public health, relocation, affirmative action, and clearinghouse requirements and all other appropriate codes, laws, and regulations prior to the expenditure of the grant funds.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 500, Sec. 3.)

article: 2. Administration


text:
(a) Notwithstanding Sections 5625 and 5626, the Olivehurst Public Utility District may use the Youth Center Building in Olivehurst, which was developed pursuant to a grant made under Section 5625, for youth and adult recreational programs, community service programs, and other public benefit and recreational programs consistent with the jurisdiction of the Olivehurst Public Utility District.

(b) Notwithstanding Sections 5625 and 5626, the Olivehurst Public Utility District may lease or enter into other forms of agreement for the recreational or community service use of the Youth Center Building in Olivehurst by public or private organizations or individuals, under terms and conditions approved by the Board of Directors of the Olivehurst Public Utility District.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 355, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)

article: 2. Administration


text: Notwithstanding Sections 5625 and 5626, the County of Los Angeles may convert to a use not authorized under those provisions not more than 9.67 acres of parkland in El Cariso Park, if the county complies with the Public Park Preservation Act of 1971 (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 5400)), and submits to the department a copy of all documents evidencing the county’s interest in the substitute parkland required under the act.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 499, Sec. 1. Effective September 14, 2004.)

article: 2. Administration


citation: PRC § 5627

text:
(a) Grant moneys received pursuant to this chapter shall be expended for high priority projects that satisfy the most urgent park and recreation needs, with emphasis on unmet needs in the most heavily populated and most economically disadvantaged areas within each jurisdiction.

(b) Grants received pursuant to this chapter shall be expended only for acquisition, development, or both, except that not more than 30 percent of the amount received by a city, county, or district in an annual period may be utilized for special major maintenance projects, provided the projects are related to land acquired or developed, or both, in whole or in part, with state moneys under this chapter, or for innovative recreation programs, or for both.

(c) Grants to cities, counties, and districts pursuant to this chapter shall be on the basis of 70 percent state money and 30 percent local matching money, not less than one-third of which shall be from private or nonstate sources of funds, for the project. Grants for acquisition shall be matched only by money or property donated to be part of the acquisition project. Grants for development may be matched by monetary contributions or, if nonmonetary contributions, as provided in regulations and standards which shall be established by the director after a public hearing. The component of local matching money consisting of funds from private or nonstate sources may, at the option of the grant recipient, be calculated as a percentage of the total amount granted in that fiscal year to a grant recipient, rather than on a project-by-project basis.

(d) The component of local matching money from private or nonstate sources required by subdivision (c) may be in the form of and include, but is not limited to, the following: cash donations, gifts of real property, equipment, and consumable supplies, volunteer services, free or reduced-cost use of lands, facilities, or equipment, and bequests and earnings from wills, estates, and trusts. Funds from nonstate sources that qualify for the purposes of subdivision (c) are funds from the federal government and local public agencies other than the grant recipient. Real property, cash, or other assets required to be transferred to a public agency pursuant to Section 66477 of the Government Code or any other provision of law may not qualify as funds from a private or nonstate source; however, they shall qualify as the monetary or nonmonetary contribution required to be furnished by the grant recipient pursuant to subdivision (c).

(e) The grant recipient shall certify to the department that there is available, or will become available prior to the encumbrance of any state funds for any work on the project for which application for a grant has been made, matching money from private or nonstate sources. Certification of the source and amount of nonstate funds shall be set forth in the application for a grant submitted to the department. However, in recognition of the fact that raising private funds frequently requires an initial evidence of matching public funds, the certification of the source and amount of the private funds shall be made by the applicant at least 30 days prior to actual release of state funds.

(f) Local matching money may not be required with respect to an applicant that has urgent unmet needs for recreational lands or facilities, and lacks the financial resources to acquire or develop recreational lands or facilities, as determined pursuant to a formula set forth in regulations adopted by the director after a public hearing. In addition, with respect to applications for grants submitted for areas where private financial resources are of limited availability or submitted for projects or programs that are not of a type likely to attract private funds, the director shall, if the project conforms to regulations adopted by the department, waive the requirement that at least one-third of local matching money be from private sources. The regulations shall establish criteria and procedures for the waiver. These criteria may provide for consideration of the average per capita income, unemployment rate, crime rate, and recent history of plant or business closures in the area of the applicant’s jurisdiction where the grant will be expended.

(g) Notwithstanding subdivisions (c), (d), (e), and (f), funds from the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002 (Chapter 1.696 (commencing with Section 5096.600)) that are or have been appropriated on or before June 30, 2004, for the purposes of this chapter do not require local matching money.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 240, Sec. 23. Effective August 13, 2003.)

article: 2. Administration


citation: PRC § 5628

text:
Sixty-nine percent of the moneys available for grant purposes in any one fiscal year shall be available only for block grants to cities, counties, and districts in urbanized areas for the acquisition or development of, or for special major maintenance of, recreational lands and facilities, or for innovative recreation programs, and shall be apportioned on the basis of population in the following manner:

(a) Sixty percent of the moneys shall be allocated to cities and to districts in urbanized areas in the proportion that the population of the jurisdiction bears to the population of all cities and districts in urbanized areas throughout the state. Recognizing that the boundaries of cities and of districts may overlap, only the population of the jurisdiction which will actually provide and administer the recreational service contemplated shall be counted in the area of overlapping jurisdiction. The population of districts within urbanized areas shall be certified by the board of supervisors of each county.

(b) Forty percent of the moneys shall be allocated to urbanized counties and to regional park districts in urbanized areas in the proportion that the total population of the jurisdiction bears to the total population of all urbanized counties and regional park districts in urbanized areas throughout the state. Recognizing that the boundaries of counties and regional park districts may overlap, only the population of the jurisdiction which will actually provide and administer the recreational service contemplated shall be counted in the area of overlapping jurisdiction.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 221, Sec. 2.)

article: 2. Administration


citation: PRC § 5629

text:
Fourteen percent of the moneys available for grant purposes in any one fiscal year shall be available only for block grants to cities, counties, and regional park districts in heavily urbanized areas for the acquisition or development of, or for special major maintenance of, recreational lands and facilities, or for innovative recreation programs, and shall be apportioned on the basis of population in the following manner:

(a) Sixty percent of the moneys shall be allocated to large cities which constitute heavily urbanized areas in the proportion that the population of the recipient bears to the population of all cities and recreation and park districts in heavily urbanized areas throughout the state.

(b) Forty percent of the moneys shall be allocated to large counties and regional park districts which constitute heavily urbanized areas in the proportion that the total population of the recipient bears to the total population of all large counties and regional park districts which constitute heavily urbanized areas throughout the state. Recognizing that the boundaries of counties and regional park districts may overlap, only the population of the jurisdiction which will actually provide and administer the recreational service contemplated shall be counted in the area of overlapping jurisdiction.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1748, Sec. 8.)

article: 2. Administration


citation: PRC § 5630

text:
Seventeen percent of the moneys available for grant purposes in any one fiscal year shall be available only for need basis grants to cities, counties, and districts on a project-by-project basis and on the basis of need for the acquisition or development of, or for special major maintenance of, recreational lands and facilities, or for innovative recreation programs, on the following basis:

(a) Eighty-eight percent of the moneys shall be available for grants to cities, counties, and districts in nonurbanized areas on a project-by-project basis and on the basis of need for the acquisition or development of, or for special major maintenance of, recreational lands and facilities, or for innovative recreation programs. The criteria for determining need shall include, but are not limited to, deficiencies in existing park and recreational lands and facilities, the impact of participants from outside the jurisdiction, and the overall merit of the grant proposal.

(b) Twelve percent of the moneys shall be available for grants to cities and recreation and park districts in urbanized areas on a project-by-project basis and on the basis of need for the acquisition or development of, or special major maintenance of, recreational lands and facilities, or for innovative recreation programs. The criteria for determining need shall include, but are not limited to, population density and the inability to complete park and recreation projects due to low total assessed valuation in the jurisdiction. Jurisdictions eligible for funds under subdivision (a) of Section 5629 shall not be eligible for funds under this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1748, Sec. 9.)

article: 2. Administration


text: Grants may be made to memorial districts only for indoor and outdoor park and recreation facilities that meet the requirements of this chapter and the criteria adopted pursuant to Section 5625.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 879, Sec. 4. Effective September 10, 1982.)

article: 2. Administration