TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Executive Office
MEETING DATE: April 8, 2025
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Darcie Antle
PHONE:
707-463-4441
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Kelly Hansen
PHONE:
707-463-4441
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Ratification of a Letter of Support for Assembly Bill 830 - State Highways: Encroachment Permits: Relocating or Removing Encroachments: Public Utility Districts
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Ratify letter of support for Assembly Bill 830 - state highways: encroachment permits: relocating or removing encroachments: public utility districts.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
The Board of Supervisors regularly issues support letters that align with the 2025 Legislative Platform. These letters advocate for adequate and ongoing federal and state funding, timely distribution of resources, increased local authority, and flexibility in administering and providing services.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and vests it with full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights in property acquired for state highway purposes. Existing law authorizes the department to issue written permits to, among other things, place, change, or renew an encroachment. Existing law requires a permit issued to a county, city, public corporation, or political subdivision that is authorized by law to establish or maintain any works or facilities in, under, or over any public highway, to contain a provision that, in the event the future improvement of the highway necessitates the relocation or removal of the encroachment, the permittee will relocate or remove the encroachment at the permittee's sole expense, as provided.
This bill would exempt a public utility district from the above-described provision and instead would require the department to bear the sole expense of relocating or removing the public utilit...
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