CA AB 769

enacted

Regional park and open-space districts.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law establishes procedures for the formation of regional park, park and open-space, and open-space districts and prescribes the powers, functions, and duties of those districts. Existing law requires the board of directors of these districts to appoint a general manager as chief administrative officer of the district and a controller and authorizes appointment of other subordinate officers, as provided. This bill would consolidate and modify roles and compensation of board-appointed officers, as specified. Existing law prohibits a district from validly conveying land actually dedicated and used for park or open-space purposes without the consent of a majority of the district's voters voting at a special election when the lease of the land exceeds 25 years. This bill would require, for the conveyance described above to occur, the consent of the district's voters voting at a special election when the lease of the land exceeds 50 years. Existing law authorizes a district to exchange park and open-space land by a unanimous vote of the board if the new park and open-space land is equal or greater in value and needed for park or open-space purposes. Existing law authorizes the East Bay Regional Park District, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, and the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District to exchange up to 40 acres of district-owned park or open-space land in a calendar year. This bill would instead authorize the exchange of park or open-space land by a 23 vote of the board, and would authorize the East Bay Regional Park District when a compatible and comparable exchange is not feasible, to accept compensation in an exchange with a public agency, provided that compensation is used to purchase park and open-space land. The bill would authorize the above-listed districts to exchange up to 80 acres of district-owned land in a calendar year. This bill would make other changes related to park and open-space districts, including, among others, repealing specified authorizations and requirements regarding the East Bay Regional Park District. Existing law generally authorizes the general manager of a regional park, park and open space, and open-space district, with district board approval, to bind the district, in accordance with board policy, and without advertising, for the payment for supplies, materials, labor, or other valuable consideration for any purpose in amounts not exceeding $50,000. Existing law authorizes the district, by action of the board in an open meeting, to increase the amount by which the general manager of the district may bind the district above that limit. This bill would authorize a general manager of a district with a population of 200,000 or more, with the approval of the board, to bind the district, in accordance with board policy that has been adopted in an open meeting, for the payment for equipment, supplies, and materials for any purpose, including new construction of a building, structure, or improvement, excluding labor and services, when the annual aggregate cost does not exceed $150,000, as provided. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the East Bay Regional Park District.

Introduced: 2025-03-28
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 166, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Regionalparkandopen-spacedistricts

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-18
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2025-02-19
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2025-03-28
Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
referral-committee
2025-03-28
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-01
Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
referral-committee
2025-04-07
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-08
Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
referral-committee
2025-05-01
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 30).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-05-05
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-06
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-12
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1515.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-13
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-05-21
Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
referral-committee
2025-07-16
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 16).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-07-17
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2459.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-03
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-08
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3016.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-15
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-10-01
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-10-01
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 166, Statutes of 2025.
became-law

Versions

02/18/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-18Compare
03/28/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-28Compare
04/07/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-07Compare
05/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-05Compare
07/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-17Compare
09/10/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-10Compare
10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass as amended.
2025-04-30 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Stefani: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ward: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Ta: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Hoover: yes
AB 769 Wilson Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-12 · pass · 78-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Ellis: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Krell: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Bains: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Ta: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Soria: yes
- Chen: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Papan: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Fong: yes
- Flora: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Patel: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Hart: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Addis: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Haney: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ward: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Berman: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Davies: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Stefani: other
Do pass as amended
2025-07-16 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wiener: yes
- Laird: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Choi: yes
3rd Reading AB769 Wilson By Arreguín
2025-09-03 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Becker: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Limón: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Allen: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Padilla: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Choi: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Grayson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Niello: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Laird: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Jones: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grove: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Caballero: yes
AB 769 Wilson Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-08 · pass · 79-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Nguyen: other

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