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STATE LEGISLATION - SENATE BILL 1886 (Hayden)
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BACKGROUND
State Senator Tom Hayden is authoring SB 1886, which is currently located in the Assembly
Transportation Committee. The Senate has already approved the measure.
This bill will create.the San Fernando Valley Transportation Authority (SFVTA) which will
settle under the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
(MTA). The SFVTA will be the sole planning and programming entity for the San Fernando
Valley. The SFVTA will closely parallel the structure of the MTA. The SFVTA will recommend
plans and programs on behalf of the San Fernando Valley to the MTA, as well as prioritize
those plans and programs. The SFVTA will also implement and administer those plans as its
own administrative body when funding becomes available. However, final -funding decisions
will remain with the MTA. Specific dynamics of the proposed authority are as follows:
• The borders of the SFVTA will stretch from the northern ends of the cities of San Fernando
and Los Angeles to the Los Angeles County lines in the west, Mulholland Drive to the
south, and the city of Glendale to the east.
The governing board will consist of 20 members. Fifteen of the members will have voting
privileges and are appointed as follows: the cities of San Fernando, Glendale, and Burbank
respectively appoint one member; the cities of Calabasas, Agoura Hills, Hidden Hills, and
Westlake Village may appoint one combined member. Other agencies who will appoint
voting members include the city of Los Angeles which may appoint three members, the Los
Angeles County Board of Supervisors may appoint one member, the Speaker of the State
Assembly may appoint two members, -the State Senate Rules Committeeappoints two
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members, and the Governor may appoint three members.
• The five non-voting members will consist of one appointment from Caltrans, the Southern
California Association of Governments, MTA, County of Ventura, and the North County
Transportation Coalition.
• Funding for the SFVTA will come from the MTA. The bill does state however that the MTA
will be required to allocate funds to the SFVTA so that they will be able to function as the
program administrator for the San Fernando Valley.
Proponents of the bill cite a failure of the MTA in its representation of the San Fernando
Valley. They claim the misrepresentation of the San Fernando Valley will be solved with the
separation of the MTA and the formation of the SFVTA. Such examples of the MTA's failure
include the stalling of planned rail construction for the San Fernando Valley. Critics of the
MTA also cite that mismanagement and overly optimistic revenue projections have hampered
services (both rail and bus) into the San Fernando Valley.
Opponents of the bill are highly critical of the SFVTA claiming the new organization is an exact
mirror image of the MTA structurally and therefore, is predestined to the same failures of the
MTA. Opponents also state that the inclusion of the SFVTA will create a jurisdictional struggle
in Los Angeles County, which in turn will spawn a bureaucratic nightmare and -stall
transportation planning for southern California.
The effects of the SFVTA on Santa Clarita Transit are not fully known. However, it is safe to
state that the normal bus and rail operations for the City of Santa Clarita into the San
Fernando Valley will not be significantly affected. Also, with the inclusion of a North County
Transportation Coalition Representative within the SFVTA, the concerns and wishes of Santa
Clarita will be expressed with the board and create more cohesive understanding of
transportation issues affecting the San Fernando Valley and the North County.
FISCAL IMPACT
It is not presently known if funds from the MTA to Santa Clarita will be effected with the
passage of this bill. The creation of the SFVTA may produce more competition for Santa Clarita
in attempts to gain funds from the MTA.
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California 1997-98 Regular Session
1997 CA SB 1886
Amended
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Hayden
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 15, 1998
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 26, 1998
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 29, 1998
'AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 25, 1998
SENATE BILL No. 1886
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INTRODUCED BY Senator Hayden
FEBRUARY 19, 1998
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An act to add Division 19.3 (commencing with Section 183000) to the Public
Utilities Code, relating to transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1886, as amended, Hayden. Transportation: San Fernando Valley
Transportation Planning Authority.
(1) Existing law establishes the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority as the single successor agency to the Southern
California Rapid Transit District and the Los Angeles County Transportation
commission and makes that authority responsible for, among other things,
operating public mass transit guideway projects and bus routes and conducting
transportation planning and programming, within the County of Los Angeles.
This bill would create the. San Fernando Valley Transportation Planning
Authority (hereafter the authority) and would make the authority the sole
responsible entity for the planning and programming of transportation
projects and services for the San Fernando Valley region, as defined.
The bill would require the authority to have a board of directors,
appointed not later than February 1, 1999, and consisting of 20 members, with
15 voting members appointed, as specified, and 5 nonvoting members
representing certain public entities. The board would be required to appoint
a chief executive officer.
The bill would require the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
Authority to provide the board of the authority with adequate funds, from
state transportation improvement program funds designated for administration,
to enable the authority to carry out its duties and responsibilities as the
transportation planner and programmer for the San Fernando Valley region.
Because all of the above provisions would impose duties upon local
governmental entities, the bill would impose a state -mandated local program.
(2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state.
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Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement,
including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund to pay the costs of
mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide and other procedures for
claims whose statewide costs exceed $1,000,000.
This bill would provide that; if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement
for those. costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State -mandated
local program: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) The San Fernando Valley is a region of more than 1.2 million people.
(b) Since 1980, residents of the San Fernando Valley region have paid one
billion three hundred million dollars ($1,300,000,000) in transactions and
use taxes imposed under Proposition A (1980) and Proposition C (1990) for
mass transit improvements.
(c) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has
failed to utilize moneys generated in the San Fernando Valley region under
Proposition A and Proposition C to improve mass transit in that region.
(d) Rail lines planned for the San Fernando Valley region fromtheCity of
North Hollywood to warner Center and from the City of North Hollywood to the
City of Sylmar have repeatedly been removed from the priority list of
construction projects compiled by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority and submitted to the state and federal governments
for matching funds.
(e) Because of overcommitments, overly optimistic revenue projections, and
mismanagement, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
can no longer meet its obligations to provide adequate bus service or other
forms of mass transit to residents of the San Fernando Valley region.
(f) It is, therefore, necessary to create the San Fernando Valley
Transportation Planning Authority to ensure responsible transportation
planning for the San Fernando Valley region and to ensure that residents of
that region receive appropriate.benefits from the sales tax revenues
generated under Propositions A and C.
SEC. 2. Division 19.3 (commencing with Section 183000) is added to the
Public Utilities Code, to read:
DIVISION 19.3. THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
AUTHORITY
CHAPTER 1. DEFINITIONS
183000. The "authority" is the San Fernando Valley Transportation Planning
Authority created under Section 183100.
[D> 183010. The "Antelope Valley region" is _. <D]
[A>.183010. The North County Transportation Coalition is a subregional
transportation planning agency representing the Cities of Lancaster and
Palmdale in the Antelope Valley and the City of Santa Clarita in northern Los
Angeles County. <A]
183015. The "board" is the board of directors of the authority, as
described in Section 183110.
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183017. The "commission" is the California Transportation Commission.
183020. The "department" is the Department of Transportation.
183025. (a) "Proposition A" is the transactions and use tax measure
adopted by the voters of the County of Los Angeles at the general election on
November 4, 1980.
(b) "Proposition C" is the transactions and use tax measure adopted by the
voters of the County of Los Angeles at the general election on November 6,
1990.
183030. The "San Fernando Valley region" or "region" is the area bordered
by the northern city limits of the City of San Fernando and the City of Los
Angeles to the north, the western Los Angeles County line to the west,
Mulholland Drive to the south, and the eastern city limits of the City of
Glendale to the east.
CHAPTER 2. CREATION OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
AUTHORITY
183100. There is hereby created the San Fernando Valley Transportation
Planning Authority. The authority shall have the sole responsibility for the
planning and programming of transportation projects and services for the San
Fernando Valley region. The authority shall prepare a transportation
improvement [D> program, which <D] [A> program. After the requirements of
Section .130304 have been met, the transportation improvement program prepared
by the authority <A] shall be incorporated into the regional transportation
improvement program and submitted to the commission for subsequent inclusion
into the state transportation improvement program. The transportation
improvement program prepared by the authority shall be based on an estimate
made by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the
total amount of transportation funds available for programming in the San
Fernando Valley region. That estimate shall be formulated to provide the
region with a fair and equitable share of the total transportation funds
available in the county.
183110. (a) The authority shall have a board of directors consisting of 20
members,.as follows:
(1) Fifteen voting members, who shall be appointed as follows:
(A) The Mayors of the Cities of San Fernando, Burbank, and Glendale shall
each appoint one member, subject to approval by a majority of the membership
of the respective city council.
(B) The Mayors of the Cities of Calabasas, Agoura Hills, Hidden Hills, and
Westlake Village shall have a combined appointment of one member, subject to
approval by a majority of the membership of each city council.
(C) The Mayor of the City of Los Angeles shall appoint three members,
subject to approval by a majority of the membership of the city council.
(D) The Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles shall appoint
one member.
(E) The Speaker of the Assembly shall appoint two members.
(F) The Senate Rules Committee shall'appoint two members.
(G) The Governor shall appoint three members.
(2) Five nonvoting members, with each member representing one of the
following:
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(C) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
(D) The County of Ventura.
[D> (E) The Antelope Valley region. <D)
[A> (E) The North County Transportation Coalition. <A]
(b) All (A> voting <A] board members shall be residents of the San
Fernando Valley region and shall be able to provide proof of one or both of
the following:
(1) Demonstrated expertise or knowledgein the area of regional
transportation planning and programming, combined with an understanding of
the transportation needs of the San Fernando Valley region.
(2) Demonstrated history of involvement in community and civic affairs.
(c) (1) Board members shall be appointed to a term of four years and may
not be removed prior to the end of that term, except by a two-thirds vote of
the full board.
(2) A board member may be reappointed by the appointing authority at the
conclusion of that member's term.
(d) Each voting member shall be compensated on a per diem basis at the
rate of one hundred dollars ($100) per day, not to exceed four hundred
dollars ($400) in any calendar month, for attending board meetings and for
performance of any other services for the authority as authorized by the
board.
(e) The members of the board shall be appointed not later than February 1,
1999.
183115. (a) The board shall appoint a full-time chief executive officer
who shall act for the board under its direction and perform those duties
delegated by the board.
(b) The chief executive officer shall be appointed to a term of four years
and shall be.removed from office only upon the occurrence of one or both of
the following:
(1) A two-thirds majority of the members of the board votes for removal.
(2) The chief executive officer violates a federal or state law,
regulation, -local ordinance, or policy or practice of the authority, relative
to ethical practices, including, but not limited to, the acceptance of gifts
or contributions.
(c) The chief executive officer has all of the powers and duties in the
San Fernando Valley region that the Chief Executive Officer of the Los
Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority had on December 31,
1998, as those duties relate to the planning and programming of
transportation projects and services for the San Fernando Valley region.
CHAPTER 3. FUNDING
183300. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall
provide the board with adequate funds, from state transportation improvement
program funds designated for administration, to enable the San Fernando
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Valley Transportation Planning Authority to carry out its duties and
responsibilities as the transportation planner and programmer for the San
Fernando Valley region.
SEC. 3. Notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, if the
Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated
by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those
costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of
Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. If the statewide cost of the
claim for reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000;000),
reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund.
Notwithstanding Section 17580 of the Government Code; unless otherwise
specified, the provisions of this act shall become operative on the same date
that the act takes effect pursuant to the California Constitution.
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