SB 1201: Clean California Local Grant Program of 2021: Clean California State Beautification Program of 2021: homeless encampments.

Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with possession and control of the state highway system and associated property, and requires the department to improve and maintain state highways. Under existing law, the department administers the Clean California Local Grant Program of 2021 to provide funding for grants to specified local entities for purposes of beautifying and cleaning up local streets and roads, tribal lands, parks, pathways, transit centers, and other public spaces, and administers the Clean California State Beautification Program of 2021 to provide funding for purposes of beautifying and cleaning up state highways.

This bill would authorize local governments to use funding received under those programs to clean up homeless encampments on or around highway rights-of-way, within one mile of the freeway or flood channels under and surrounding the highways. The bill would apply that provision only to appropriations made by the Legislature on or after January 1, 2023, for purposes of those programs.