Bill Text: CA SB741 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Coastal resources: coastal development permit: exemption: Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-05-06 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. [SB741 Detail]
Download: California-2025-SB741-Amended.html
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Amended
IN
Senate
April 21, 2025 |
| Introduced by Senator Blakespear |
February 21, 2025 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, establishes the California Coastal Commission and provides for planning and regulation of development in the coastal zone, as defined. The act requires the commission to provide, by regulation, for the issuance of coastal development permits by the executive director of the commission or, where the development permit authority has been delegated to a local government, by an appropriate local official designated by resolution of the local government without compliance with the procedures prescribed in the act in cases of emergency, except as provided, and for certain nonemergency developments, as described.
This bill would include as an emergency, for purposes of the latter provision, a local emergency declaration by a municipality, county, or special district.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 30600 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:30600.
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), and in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, any person, as defined in Section 21066, wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, other than a facility subject to Section 25500, shall obtain a coastal development permit.SEC. 2.
The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique economic importance of the Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor associated with the statewide transport of passengers and freight, requiring the need to address routine repair and maintenance work in the coastal zone quickly to minimize disruption while maintaining rail service and constitutionally protected public access to the shoreline.(a)The commission shall provide, by regulation, for the issuance of coastal development permits by the executive director of the commission or, where the coastal development permit authority has been delegated to a local government pursuant to Section 30600.5, by an appropriate local official designated by resolution of the local government without compliance with the procedures specified in this chapter in cases of emergency, including a local emergency declaration by a municipality, county, or special district, other than an emergency provided for under Section 30611, and for the following nonemergency developments: improvements to any existing structure; any single-family dwelling; any development of four dwelling units or less within any incorporated
area that does not require demolition; any other developments not in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) other than any division of land; and any development specifically authorized as a principal permitted use and proposed in an area for which the land use portion of the applicable local coastal program has been certified. That permit for nonemergency development shall not be effective until after reasonable public notice and adequate time for the review of such issuance has been provided.
(b)If one-third of the appointed members of the commission so request at the first meeting following the issuance of that permit by the executive director, such issuance shall not be effective, and, instead, the application shall be processed in accordance with the commission’s procedures for permits and pursuant to the provisions of
this chapter.
(c)A permit issued by a local official pursuant to this section shall be scheduled on the agenda of the governing body of the local agency at its first scheduled meeting after that permit has been issued. If, at that meeting, one-third of the members of that governing body so request, the permit issued by the local official shall not go into effect and the application for a coastal development permit shall be processed by the local government pursuant to Section 30600.5.
(d)Monetary limitations shall not be required for emergencies covered by this section.
