Bill Text: CA AB2620 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2620

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Bill Title: California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: wireless telecommunications facility: broadband internet access projects.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced) 2026-04-16 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2620 Detail]

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2620

Introduced by Assembly Member Carrillo

February 20, 2026

An act to amend Section 32602 of the Public Resources Code, relating to conservation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2620, as introduced, Carrillo. San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy.

Existing law establishes the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy in the Natural Resources Agency and prescribes the purposes, membership, and functions and duties of the conservancy.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 32602 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

32602.

There is in the Natural Resources Agency the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy, which is created as a state agency for the following purposes:

(a) To acquire and manage public lands located within the lower Los Angeles River and San Gabriel River watersheds, the Dominguez Channel watershed, and Santa Catalina Island, and to provide for open-space, low-impact recreational and educational uses, water conservation, watershed improvement, wildlife and habitat restoration and protection, and watershed improvement within the territory.

(b) To preserve the San Gabriel River and the lower Los Angeles River, the Dominguez Channel watershed, and Santa Catalina Island in a manner that is consistent with existing and adopted river and flood control projects for the protection of life and property.

(d) To provide for the public’s enjoyment and enhancement of recreational and educational experiences on public lands in the San Gabriel Watershed and lower Los Angeles River, the San Gabriel Mountains, the Dominguez Channel watershed, and Santa Catalina Island in a manner that is consistent with the protection of lands and resources in those watersheds.