LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 110, as introduced, Smyth. Parks and open space: Rim of the
Valley Trail Corridor: boundary revisions.
(1) Existing law provides that, if the Santa Monica Mountains
Conservancy determines, based on relevant scientific information and
land use planning studies, that a revision of the boundaries of the
Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor in the vicinity of Placerita Canyon
State Park east of Route 14, including Whitney Canyon, is necessary,
the executive director of the conservancy is required to prepare and
file with the Secretary of State and specified committees of the
Legislature, a revised map showing the changes in the boundaries of
the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor.
This bill instead, would, authorize the conservancy to revise the
boundaries of the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor in the vicinity of
the City of Santa Clarita, including Whitney Canyon, Elsmere Canyon,
and their adjacent watersheds. An owner of property located in
Elsmere Canyon would be authorized to request of the conservancy that
his or her property be included within the boundaries of the Rim of
the Valley Trail Corridor. The conservancy, upon receipt of the
request, would be authorized, in accordance with specified
procedures, to revise the map showing the boundaries of the Rim of
the Valley Trail Corridor to include the property in Elsmere Canyon
that is the subject of the request. The bill would provide that the
above authorization to the property owner would not affect inclusion
of the property in the corridor pursuant to other provisions of law.
(2) Existing law prohibits the provision related to the revision
of boundaries of the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor from being
interpreted to affect any portion of Elsmere Canyon, or from
affecting the decision of whether to permit Elsmere Canyon as a solid
waste facility.
The bill would delete that provision.
(3) The bill also would make a technical, nonsubstantive change.