AB 1469: Santa Clara Valley Water District.

The Santa Clara Valley Water District Act creates the Santa Clara Valley Water District, and authorizes the district to provide for the conservation and management of flood, storm, and recycled waters, and other waters, for beneficial uses and to enhance natural resources in connection with carrying out the purposes of the district.

Existing law prescribes requirements for the disposal of surplus land by a local agency. Existing law defines terms for these purposes. Existing law defines surplus land to generally mean land owned in fee simple by a local agency for which the local agencys governing body takes formal action in a public meeting declaring that the land is surplus and not necessary for the agencys use. Existing law defines agencys use to include land that is being used, is planned to be used pursuant to a written plan adopted by the local agencys governing board, or is disposed of to support agency work or operations. Existing law excludes from agencys use commercial or industrial uses or activities, or property disposed of for the sole purpose of investment or generation of revenue, unless the local agency is a district, except as specified, and the agencys governing body takes specified actions in a public meeting.

This bill would additionally authorize the district to take certain actions in order to assist unsheltered people living along streams, in riparian corridors, or otherwise within the districts jurisdiction, in consultation with a city or the County of Santa Clara to provide solutions or improve outcomes for the unsheltered individuals. The bill would require, if the district elects to use the above-described authority, the district to provide a report to the appropriate committees of the Legislature on or before July 1, 2029, and a subsequent report on or before July 1, 2034, containing specified information, including, among other things, the districts actions taken to assist unsheltered people. The bill would provide that the use of land by the district for these specified actions constitutes agencys use for purposes of the prescribed requirements related to the disposal of surplus land by a local agency, and would make this provision operative only if SB 747 of the 202324 Regular Session is enacted as provided.

This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Santa Clara.