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DIVISION 23. SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY [33000. - 33220.]

Division 23 added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1087.

§§ 33000–33220 · 55 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 33000–33010 · 11 sections
    • § 33000 This division shall be known as and may be cited as the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Act.
    • § 33001 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, as defined in Section 33105, is a unique and valuable economic, environmental,…
    • § 33002 The Legislature further finds and declares that prior to the preparation of the plan by the Santa Monica Mountains Comprehensive Planning Commission, planning…
    • § 33003 The Legislature further finds and declares that the coastal zone portion of the Santa Monica Mountains Zone has been evaluated as part of the California…
    • § 33004 The Legislature further finds and declares that the Santa Monica Mountains Comprehensive Planning Commission, composed of representatives of the state…
    • § 33005 Federal grant funds shall be used to accomplish the purposes of this division to the maximum extent possible.
    • § 33006 It is further declared to be the intent of the Legislature that, in making grants for park, recreation, or conservation purposes from funds received pursuant…
    • § 33007 In accomplishing the objectives of this division, private landowners, local governments, and all other public agencies shall be encouraged to participate in…
    • § 33008 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there are existing problems of substandard lots, incompatible land uses, conflicts with recreational use, and…
    • § 33009 In order to avoid the continuing problems identified in Section 33008, each local government’s implementation of the plan shall be a necessary condition of…
    • § 33010 For purposes of compliance with federal law, the references to the Santa Monica Mountains Comprehensive Planning Commission shall be deemed to mean the…
  2. CHAPTER 2. Definitions §§ 33100–33105.6 · 8 sections
    • § 33100 Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions set forth in this chapter shall govern the interpretation of this division.
    • § 33101 “Coastal zone” means that area described in Section 30103.
    • § 33102 “Conservancy” means the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.
    • § 33103 “Fund” means the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Fund.
    • § 33104 “Plan” means the plan approved by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to Section 507(n) of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C.…
    • § 33105 “Zone” means the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, which includes that part of the land area of the greater Los Angeles metropolitan region, landward of the Pacific…
    • § 33105.5 (a) For purposes of providing a recreational trail corridor, the zone shall also include hiking and equestrian trail connections and accessways generally…
    • § 33105.6 The recreational trail corridor for the Rim of the Valley Trail shall include the Santa Clarita Woodlands portion of the Santa Susana Mountains. The executive…
  3. CHAPTER 3. Establishment and Functions of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy §§ 33200–33215 · 35 sections
    • § 33200 (a) The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy is hereby established within the Natural Resources Agency. The conservancy is composed of nine voting members and…
    • § 33200.1 Three Members of the Senate, appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and three Members of the Assembly, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, shall…
    • § 33200.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, placement of the conservancy within the Resources Agency shall not confer upon the Secretary of the Resources…
    • § 33201 (a) The State Coastal Conservancy, pursuant to Division 21 (commencing with Section 31000), has the prime responsibility for carrying out projects identified…
    • § 33202 The conservancy may apply for grants from any source to be used for the purposes of this division, and shall apply for all grants authorized pursuant to…
    • § 33202.5 (a) For purposes of this section, “encroachment” means any unauthorized or unlawful interference with, or physical intrusion onto, or alteration of, the…
    • § 33203 The conservancy may acquire, pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 33207.5 and the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850) of…
    • § 33203.1 Notwithstanding Section 33203 or any other provision of this division, the executive director of the conservancy shall give notice of any proposed acquisition…
    • § 33203.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the conservancy may acquire and improve real property, or any interests therein, anywhere within the zone…
    • § 33204 The conservancy may, in accordance with the priorities of the plan, do the following: (a) Award grants or make interest-free loans to cities, counties,…
    • § 33204.2 (a) The conservancy may award grants to nonprofit organizations qualified as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954…
    • § 33204.27 (a) The conservancy may award grants to school districts and other local agencies for any of the purposes for which it may award grants to nonprofit…
    • § 33204.3 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The existing parks and open space owned by federal, state, and local agencies within the Rim…
    • § 33204.4 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The boundary of the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor should be determined exclusively upon the…
    • § 33204.5 (a) The conservancy shall conduct a study and implement a program to provide recreational access from downtown Los Angeles and the inner city to the zone in…
    • § 33204.7 On January 1, 1984, the Department of Parks and Recreation shall transfer Fryman Canyon, which was acquired pursuant to Section 4 of Chapter 809 of the…
    • § 33204.8 (a) (1) Notwithstanding the requirements in Section 33105.5, if the conservancy determines, based on relevant scientific information and land use planning…
    • § 33205 The conservancy shall not hold lands acquired in accordance with subdivision (d) of Section 33204 more than 10 years from the time of acquisition. A city,…
    • § 33205.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, concurrent with the transfers described in subdivision (b), the Department of Parks and Recreation shall…
    • § 33206 The conservancy may lease lands acquired in accordance and for purposes consistent with this division. Revenue from leases of land acquired with funds granted…
    • § 33207 (a) Areas offered for open-space dedication or trail easement by any person, and lands offered for sale because of tax delinquency, shall not be lost to public…
    • § 33207.1 (a) The conservancy shall, upon the request of a city or county, waive subdivision (b) of Section 33207 if it finds any of the following: (1) The property is…
    • § 33207.5 (a) The executive director, on behalf of the conservancy, shall, contemporaneously with the Los Angeles Unified School District completing all procedures and…
    • § 33207.6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon receipt of a resolution of the Board of Education of the Las Virgenes Unified School District, the conservancy…
    • § 33207.7 Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, upon mutual agreement of the conservancy and the governing body of each local government or special district,…
    • § 33208 The conservancy shall annually, beginning on January 1, 1981, transmit to the Governor and the Legislature a two-part report as follows: (a) The first part of…
    • § 33209 Every project submitted for funding pursuant to Section 33208 shall have an adopted project plan developed by, or in coordination with, the applicable local…
    • § 33210 Upon the request of a city, county, or recreation and park district within the zone, upon the request of the National Park Service, or on its own initiative,…
    • § 33211 The conservancy may: (a) Accept any gifts, donations, or bequests from individuals, corporations, or organizations, or accept grants of funds from private or…
    • § 33211.5 (a) The following conditions of use apply to property owned or subject to the management of the conservancy: (1) Opening and closing hours shall be posted on…
    • § 33211.6 (a) Dumping any refuse matter, except by permit signed by the executive director or the executive director’s authorized representative, on property owned or…
    • § 33212 (a) The executive director of the conservancy shall be exempt from civil service and shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the conservancy. The…
    • § 33213 (a) The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Advisory Committee is hereby created. The advisory committee consists of 26 members, as follows: (1) Fifteen…
    • § 33214 The conservancy and any city, county, or recreation and park district, in undertaking any project pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 33204, shall be…
    • § 33215 The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Fund is hereby established. Money deposited in the fund pursuant to Sections 33202, 33203, 33204, 33205, and 33206 shall…
  4. CHAPTER 4. Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries Working Group § 33220 · 1 section
    • § 33220 (a) There shall be within the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy an Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries Working Group. The Secretary of the Natural…