Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries Working Group: membership: revitalization plan.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide specific details about how the new member will be chosen or what happens if the conservancy does not adopt proposed changes.

Upper Los Angeles River Working Group: Membership Changes

This law adds one more member to the Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries Working Group, requires yearly meetings for progress review, and mandates that proposed changes to the revitalization plan be adopted by the conservancy.

What This Bill Does

• Adds an additional member to the working group, making up to 25 members in total.
• Requires one of the representatives appointed to the working group to represent the city council district within Los Angeles with the most Upper Los Angeles River miles.
• Makes the working group meet at least once a year to evaluate and report on the implementation of their revitalization plan to the conservancy, and propose any necessary amendments.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Upper Los Angeles River Working Group
• People living near the Upper Los Angeles River and its tributaries

Terms To Know

revitalization plan

A detailed plan to improve and restore the health of a river or waterway.

tributary

A smaller stream that flows into a larger river or body of water.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how the new member will be chosen.
• It is unclear what happens if the conservancy does not adopt proposed changes to the revitalization plan.

Official Summary Text

SB 832, as amended, Allen.
Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries Working Group: membership: revitalization plan.
Existing law establishes the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and prescribes the membership, functions, and duties of the conservancy regarding the acquisition, preservation, and improvement of real property within the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, as defined. Existing law establishes within the conservancy the Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries Working Group with designated membership of no more than 23 appointed representatives. Existing law requires the working group to develop, through watershed-based planning methods and community engagement, a revitalization plan for the Upper Los Angeles River, the tributaries of the Pacoima Wash, Tujunga Wash, and Verdugo Wash, the Arroyo Seco, and any additional tributary waterway that the working group determines to be necessary. Existing law requires the working group to submit the revitalization plan to the conservancy for adoption,
and requires the conservancy to submit a copy of the revitalization plan to the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife and the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water, as specified.
This bill would add an additional member to the working group, for a total of no more than
24
25
appointed representatives. The bill would require one of the representatives appointed to the working group to represent the city council district within the City of Los Angeles with the greatest number of Upper Los Angeles River miles. The bill would require the working group to meet at least once each year to evaluate and report on implementation of the revitalization plan to the conservancy, and propose amendments to the revitalization plan to the conservancy for adoption. The bill
would require
an amendment to the revitalization plan adopted by the conservancy to be submitted to the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife and the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water, as provided.
the working group to submit proposed amendments to the revitalization plan to the conservancy, and would require that the conservancy take action to adopt the proposed amendments, as specified.

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