Chapter 4Powers and Duties

Section § 22050

Explanation

This law gives the commission the authority to accept gifts, donations, or grants from various sources. It allows them to form committees from their own members. They can also hire professional services when needed if the services can't be handled by their officers, employees, or other government agencies. Lastly, they can do anything else necessary to fulfill their responsibilities under this division.

The commission may:
(a)CA Public Resources Code § 22050(a) For purposes of this division, accept any gifts, donations, or bequests from individuals or organizations, or accept grants of funds from private or public agencies.
(b)CA Public Resources Code § 22050(b) Appoint committees from its membershp.
(c)CA Public Resources Code § 22050(c) Contract for or employ any professional services required by the commission or for the performance of services which in its opinion cannot satisfactorily be performed by its officers and employees or provided by other federal, state, or local governmental agencies.
(d)CA Public Resources Code § 22050(d) Do any and all other things necessary to carry out the purposes of this division.
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(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1556.)

Section § 22051

Explanation
Within nine months, a commission must study various factors impacting a specified zone to assess current and future conditions, with focus areas like air quality, open spaces, water resources, recreation, historical sites, waste management, geology, transportation, population growth, energy production, land use, and legal regulations. The goal is to understand how these factors affect the environment and community, and to plan for sustainable management and preservation.
Within nine months of the first meeting of the commission, the commission shall make a detailed study of all factors that may significantly affect or cause irreversible modification of the present and future status of the zone and its relationship with the region, and any other factors, including, but not limited to:
(a)CA Public Resources Code § 22051(a) The zone as an airshed resource for the region, considering climatology and meteorology.
(b)CA Public Resources Code § 22051(b) Open space, including scenic easements, parks, and natural preserves, and fire hazards and fire prevention.
(c)CA Public Resources Code § 22051(c) Watersheds, floods, and flood damage prevention.
(d)CA Public Resources Code § 22051(d) Beaches, estuaries, lagoons, coastal bluffs, springs, creeks, lakes, fish, wildlife, and natural plantlife of the zone and the effects of development thereon.
(e)CA Public Resources Code § 22051(e) Recreation, including beaches, parks, and other facilities for sport fishing, surfing, pleasure boating, picnicking, camping, mountaineering, hiking, and horseback riding.
(f)CA Public Resources Code § 22051(f) Inventory of Indian settlements and other historical and archeological sites, fossil beds, unusual plantlife, and geological formations for possible future preservation and utilization.
(g)CA Public Resources Code § 22051(g) Water supply, water quality, and waste disposal, including sewage plants and outfalls and thermal and radioactive pollution.
(h)CA Public Resources Code § 22051(h) Solid waste disposal, including the effect of sanitary landfill activities.
(i)CA Public Resources Code § 22051(i) Geology, erosion, soil types, land stability, and grading practices.
(j)CA Public Resources Code § 22051(j) Proposed transportation plans, including present and projected traffic patterns, and new methods of solving transportation problems.
(k)CA Public Resources Code § 22051(k) Projected population and related housing development within the zone and the impact thereof on the zone and region.
(l)CA Public Resources Code § 22051(l) Power and desalination plants.
(m)CA Public Resources Code § 22051(m) Exploration and exploitation of oil and gas and other minerals and natural resources.
(n)CA Public Resources Code § 22051(n) Present land uses and known proposals for change, including impact of land appraisal and tax policies.
(o)CA Public Resources Code § 22051(o) Present ownerships, including the administration of publicly owned properties.
(p)CA Public Resources Code § 22051(p) Present regulation of land and water uses and activities of all levels of government.
(q)CA Public Resources Code § 22051(q) Present laws affecting the zone.
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(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1556.)

Section § 22053

Explanation

This law section requires the commission to examine various studies to figure out what is needed to balance conservation and development. Based on this examination, they must establish policies and priorities and then propose further legislative actions to implement these policies.

The commission shall analyze the interrelations of the studies prepared pursuant to Section 22051 in order to ascertain what is needed for balanced conservation and development, determine a set of policies and priorities based on this analysis, and prepare a proposal for further legislative action to provide for implementation of these policies.
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(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1556.)

Section § 22055

Explanation

This law states that the commission was set to disband on the 61st day following the end of the 1972 Regular Session of the Legislature.

The existence of the commission shall terminate on the 61st day after the final adjournment of the 1972 Regular Session of the Legislature.
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(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1556.)

Section § 22056

Explanation

This law allows the commission to gather current land use information, studies, and plans from city and county governments to aid in their work. Federal agencies are asked to comply with these requests, while state and local agencies are required to do so. Additionally, the commission must share its findings with any cooperating governmental agencies that request them.

In the preparation of its studies, the commission may ask for current land use information, studies, and plans of cities and counties. Federal governmental agencies are requested to, and state and local governmental agencies shall, comply with the requests of the commission for such information. The commission shall make its studies available to cooperating governmental agencies upon request.
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(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1556.)

Section § 22057

Explanation

This law allows the commission to create technical advisory committees. These committees can have members who volunteer without getting paid. The commission decides who is on these committees and what they are allowed to do.

The commission may appoint technical advisory committees, whose members shall serve without compensation, and prescribe their membership, powers, and duties.
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(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1556.)