Bill Text: CA SB811 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: State Highway Route 710.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2014-02-27 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. [SB811 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB811-Enrolled.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 811 ENROLLED
BILL TEXT
PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 19, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 5, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 24, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 28, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 6, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 3, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Senator Lara
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
An act to add Section 103.1 to the Streets and Highways Code,
relating to transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 811, Lara. State Highway Route 710.
Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has
full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing law
imposes various requirements for the development and implementation
of transportation projects.
This bill would impose various additional requirements on the
department, or on another agency, if that agency agrees to assume
responsibility as the lead agency, with respect to the I-710 corridor
project in the County of Los Angeles from State Highway Route 60 in
East Los Angeles to Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach. The bill would
require the lead agency, in consultation with all interested
community organizations, to include, within the environmental review
process for the project, alternatives to address the air quality,
public health, and mobility impacts the project will have on
neighboring communities, including, in its entirety, Community
Alternative 7, as defined, as a complete project alternative. The
bill would require the final environmental document approved by the
lead agency to include an investment in identified mitigation
measures and community benefits for the affected communities and the
Los Angeles River. The bill would require the lead agency to submit a
report in that regard to the I-710 EIR/EIS Project Committee at
least 90 days prior to approving the final environmental document for
the project. The bill would make legislative findings and
declarations.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 103.1 is added to the Streets and Highways
Code, to read:
103.1. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(1) "I-710 corridor project" means the proposed program of
improvements to the State Highway Route 710 Corridor in the County of
Los Angeles within the State Highway Route 710 Corridor project
study area, which extends from State Highway Route 60 in East Los
Angeles to Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach. The I-710 corridor project
does not include any extension of State Highway Route 710 through
South Pasadena from State Highway Route 10 to State Highway Route
210.
(2) "Community Alternative 7" means an alternative infrastructure
plan developed by a coalition of community partners, and submitted
for consideration to the I-710 corridor project's lead agency in
response to the first draft environmental review document, and voted
on by the I-710 EIR/EIS Project Committee to be included in the
recirculated draft EIR/Supplemental EIS document.
(3) "Lead agency" means the department, unless another agency
agrees to assume responsibility as the lead agency for the I-710
corridor project under the California Environmental Quality Act
(Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources
Code), in which case "lead agency" means that other agency.
(4) "Los Angeles River" or "river" means the Los Angeles River
within the State Highway Route 710 Corridor project study area,
including the adjacent tributaries of Compton Creek and Rio Hondo.
(5) "I-710 EIR/EIS Project Committee" means the committee
facilitated by the project's lead agency as a part of the I-710
corridor project community participation framework, and is comprised
of elected officials from I-710 corridor project corridor communities
and funding partner representatives who make recommendations to the
funding partners and the department on key assumptions and decisions
in the environmental review process. The funding partners include the
department, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
Authority, the Gateway Cities Council of Governments, the Southern
California Association of Governments, the Ports of Los Angeles and
Long Beach, and the Interstate 5 Joint Powers Authority.
(b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) The proposed I-710 corridor project is a project of national
significance that is intended to expand capacity on State Highway
Route 710 in the County of Los Angeles to accommodate the movement of
freight from and to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, thereby
providing economic benefits in the region and beyond. However, the
I-710 corridor project, as proposed, may have adverse public health,
air quality, and quality-of-life impacts on residents residing near
the corridor from East Los Angeles to Long Beach.
(2) The proposed I-710 corridor project is a "goods movement"
project that should be aligned with the principles laid out in the
2007 Goods Movement Action Plan, prepared by the California
Environmental Protection Agency and the Business, Transportation and
Housing Agency. These principles highlight the importance of goods
movement projects that provide local communities with benefits and
improvements.
(3) The proposed I-710 corridor project is a transportation
project that should be consistent with the goals of Assembly Bill 32
(Ch. 488, Stats. 2006) and Senate Bill 375 (Ch. 728, Stats. 2008) of
reducing greenhouse gases by reducing vehicle miles traveled and
increasing public transit use and active transportation.
(4) Community Alternative 7 includes these principles, goals, and
improvements. On January 31, 2013, the I-710 EIR/EIS Project
Committee voted to recommend that the lead agency consider Community
Alternative 7 in its entirety in the draft environmental review
document for the project.
(c) The lead agency, in consultation with all interested community
organizations, shall include, within the environmental review
process, alternatives to address the air quality, public health, and
mobility impacts that the I-710 corridor project could have on
neighboring communities. One of these alternatives shall be Community
Alternative 7, studied in its entirety, as a complete project
alternative.
(d) The final environmental document approved by the lead agency
for the I-710 corridor project shall include an investment in
identified mitigation measures where there are impacts to the
affected communities and the Los Angeles River.
(e) At least 90 days prior to approving the final environmental
document for the I-710 corridor project, the lead agency shall submit
a report to the I-710 EIR/EIS Project Committee describing the
identified mitigation measures and community benefits that will be
included in the project and providing evidence of meeting the
requirements of this section.
