California 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB2333 Amended / Bill

Filed 03/11/2024

                    Amended IN  Assembly  March 11, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2333Introduced by Assembly Member SantiagoFebruary 12, 2024 An act to amend Section 1800 104.12 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to streets and state highways. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2333, as amended, Santiago. City streets and highways. State highways: airspace leases: report.Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of the state highway system, including associated property. Existing law authorizes the department to lease to public agencies or private entities areas above or below state highways, subject to any reservations, restrictions, and conditions that the department deems necessary to ensure adequate protection to the safety and the adequacy of highway facilities and to abutting or adjacent land uses.This bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, to submit a report to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Transportation with specified information on every airspace site leased by the department, including information about site inspections and each sites proximity to sensitive infrastructure. Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city to do any and all things necessary to lay out, acquire, and construct a section or portion of a street or highway within its jurisdiction as a freeway and to make an existing street or highway a freeway.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NOYES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 104.12 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:104.12. (a) (1) The department may lease to public agencies or private entities for any term not to exceed 99 years the use of areas above or below state highways, subject to any reservations, restrictions, and conditions that it deems necessary to ensure adequate protection to the safety and the adequacy of highway facilities and to abutting or adjacent land uses. Authorized emergency vehicles, as defined in Section 165 of the Vehicle Code, which that are on active duty and are not merely being stored, stored shall be given preference in the use of these areas, and no payment of consideration shall be required for this use of the areas by these vehicles. Prior to Before entering into any lease, the department shall determine that the proposed use is not in conflict with the zoning regulations of the local government concerned. The leases shall be made in accordance with procedures to be prescribed by the commission, except that, in the case of leases with private entities, the leases shall only be made after competitive bidding unless the commission finds, by unanimous vote, that in certain cases competitive bidding would not be in the best interests of the state. The possibilities of entering into the leases, and the consequent benefits to be derived therefrom, may be considered by the department in designing and constructing the highways. Revenues(2) Revenues from the leases shall be deposited in the State Highway Account. If leased property was provided to the department for state highway purposes through donation or at less than fair market value, the lease revenues shall be shared with the donor or seller if so provided by contract when the property was acquired. If the donor or seller was a local agency which that no longer exists at the time the department enters into the lease, the local agencys share of lease revenues shall be paid to the county or counties within which the local agency was situated.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in any case where sufficient land or airspace exists within the right-of-way of any highway, constructed in whole or in part with federal-aid highway funds, to accommodate needed passenger, commuter, or high-speed rail, magnetic levitation systems, and highway and nonhighway public mass transit facilities, the department may make the land or airspace available, with or without charge, to a public entity for those purposes, subject to any reservations, restrictions, or conditions that it determines necessary to ensure adequate protection to the safety and adequacy of highway facilities and to abutting or adjacent land uses.(c) The department shall consider future lease potential of areas above or below state highway projects when planning new state highway projects. This consideration shall be accomplished by intradepartment consultation between offices concerned with project development and airspace lease development.(d) On or before January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the Assembly Committee on Transportation and the Senate Committee on Transportation that includes all of the following information on every airspace site leased by the department:(1) Department district number.(2) Parcel number.(3) Property number.(4) Route.(5) Street number.(6) Street name.(7) Tenant.(8) Start tenancy date.(9) End tenancy date.(10) Square footage leased.(11) Use type.(12) Last inspection date.(13) Whether the site was in compliance with the leases obligations based on the last inspection.(14) The type of action taken if the site is not in compliance with the leases obligations.(15) Whether the site is under, or near, sensitive infrastructure.(16) The sites proximity to sensitive infrastructure.SECTION 1.Section 1800 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:1800.The legislative body of a city may do any and all things necessary to lay out, acquire, and construct a section or portion of a street or highway within its jurisdiction as a freeway and to make an existing street or highway a freeway.

 Amended IN  Assembly  March 11, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2333Introduced by Assembly Member SantiagoFebruary 12, 2024 An act to amend Section 1800 104.12 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to streets and state highways. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2333, as amended, Santiago. City streets and highways. State highways: airspace leases: report.Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of the state highway system, including associated property. Existing law authorizes the department to lease to public agencies or private entities areas above or below state highways, subject to any reservations, restrictions, and conditions that the department deems necessary to ensure adequate protection to the safety and the adequacy of highway facilities and to abutting or adjacent land uses.This bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, to submit a report to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Transportation with specified information on every airspace site leased by the department, including information about site inspections and each sites proximity to sensitive infrastructure. Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city to do any and all things necessary to lay out, acquire, and construct a section or portion of a street or highway within its jurisdiction as a freeway and to make an existing street or highway a freeway.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NOYES  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Assembly  March 11, 2024

Amended IN  Assembly  March 11, 2024

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill 

No. 2333

Introduced by Assembly Member SantiagoFebruary 12, 2024

Introduced by Assembly Member Santiago
February 12, 2024

 An act to amend Section 1800 104.12 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to streets and state highways. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2333, as amended, Santiago. City streets and highways. State highways: airspace leases: report.

Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of the state highway system, including associated property. Existing law authorizes the department to lease to public agencies or private entities areas above or below state highways, subject to any reservations, restrictions, and conditions that the department deems necessary to ensure adequate protection to the safety and the adequacy of highway facilities and to abutting or adjacent land uses.This bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, to submit a report to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Transportation with specified information on every airspace site leased by the department, including information about site inspections and each sites proximity to sensitive infrastructure. Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city to do any and all things necessary to lay out, acquire, and construct a section or portion of a street or highway within its jurisdiction as a freeway and to make an existing street or highway a freeway.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.

Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of the state highway system, including associated property. Existing law authorizes the department to lease to public agencies or private entities areas above or below state highways, subject to any reservations, restrictions, and conditions that the department deems necessary to ensure adequate protection to the safety and the adequacy of highway facilities and to abutting or adjacent land uses.

This bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, to submit a report to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Transportation with specified information on every airspace site leased by the department, including information about site inspections and each sites proximity to sensitive infrastructure. 

Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city to do any and all things necessary to lay out, acquire, and construct a section or portion of a street or highway within its jurisdiction as a freeway and to make an existing street or highway a freeway.



This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.



## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 104.12 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:104.12. (a) (1) The department may lease to public agencies or private entities for any term not to exceed 99 years the use of areas above or below state highways, subject to any reservations, restrictions, and conditions that it deems necessary to ensure adequate protection to the safety and the adequacy of highway facilities and to abutting or adjacent land uses. Authorized emergency vehicles, as defined in Section 165 of the Vehicle Code, which that are on active duty and are not merely being stored, stored shall be given preference in the use of these areas, and no payment of consideration shall be required for this use of the areas by these vehicles. Prior to Before entering into any lease, the department shall determine that the proposed use is not in conflict with the zoning regulations of the local government concerned. The leases shall be made in accordance with procedures to be prescribed by the commission, except that, in the case of leases with private entities, the leases shall only be made after competitive bidding unless the commission finds, by unanimous vote, that in certain cases competitive bidding would not be in the best interests of the state. The possibilities of entering into the leases, and the consequent benefits to be derived therefrom, may be considered by the department in designing and constructing the highways. Revenues(2) Revenues from the leases shall be deposited in the State Highway Account. If leased property was provided to the department for state highway purposes through donation or at less than fair market value, the lease revenues shall be shared with the donor or seller if so provided by contract when the property was acquired. If the donor or seller was a local agency which that no longer exists at the time the department enters into the lease, the local agencys share of lease revenues shall be paid to the county or counties within which the local agency was situated.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in any case where sufficient land or airspace exists within the right-of-way of any highway, constructed in whole or in part with federal-aid highway funds, to accommodate needed passenger, commuter, or high-speed rail, magnetic levitation systems, and highway and nonhighway public mass transit facilities, the department may make the land or airspace available, with or without charge, to a public entity for those purposes, subject to any reservations, restrictions, or conditions that it determines necessary to ensure adequate protection to the safety and adequacy of highway facilities and to abutting or adjacent land uses.(c) The department shall consider future lease potential of areas above or below state highway projects when planning new state highway projects. This consideration shall be accomplished by intradepartment consultation between offices concerned with project development and airspace lease development.(d) On or before January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the Assembly Committee on Transportation and the Senate Committee on Transportation that includes all of the following information on every airspace site leased by the department:(1) Department district number.(2) Parcel number.(3) Property number.(4) Route.(5) Street number.(6) Street name.(7) Tenant.(8) Start tenancy date.(9) End tenancy date.(10) Square footage leased.(11) Use type.(12) Last inspection date.(13) Whether the site was in compliance with the leases obligations based on the last inspection.(14) The type of action taken if the site is not in compliance with the leases obligations.(15) Whether the site is under, or near, sensitive infrastructure.(16) The sites proximity to sensitive infrastructure.SECTION 1.Section 1800 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:1800.The legislative body of a city may do any and all things necessary to lay out, acquire, and construct a section or portion of a street or highway within its jurisdiction as a freeway and to make an existing street or highway a freeway.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 104.12 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:104.12. (a) (1) The department may lease to public agencies or private entities for any term not to exceed 99 years the use of areas above or below state highways, subject to any reservations, restrictions, and conditions that it deems necessary to ensure adequate protection to the safety and the adequacy of highway facilities and to abutting or adjacent land uses. Authorized emergency vehicles, as defined in Section 165 of the Vehicle Code, which that are on active duty and are not merely being stored, stored shall be given preference in the use of these areas, and no payment of consideration shall be required for this use of the areas by these vehicles. Prior to Before entering into any lease, the department shall determine that the proposed use is not in conflict with the zoning regulations of the local government concerned. The leases shall be made in accordance with procedures to be prescribed by the commission, except that, in the case of leases with private entities, the leases shall only be made after competitive bidding unless the commission finds, by unanimous vote, that in certain cases competitive bidding would not be in the best interests of the state. The possibilities of entering into the leases, and the consequent benefits to be derived therefrom, may be considered by the department in designing and constructing the highways. Revenues(2) Revenues from the leases shall be deposited in the State Highway Account. If leased property was provided to the department for state highway purposes through donation or at less than fair market value, the lease revenues shall be shared with the donor or seller if so provided by contract when the property was acquired. If the donor or seller was a local agency which that no longer exists at the time the department enters into the lease, the local agencys share of lease revenues shall be paid to the county or counties within which the local agency was situated.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in any case where sufficient land or airspace exists within the right-of-way of any highway, constructed in whole or in part with federal-aid highway funds, to accommodate needed passenger, commuter, or high-speed rail, magnetic levitation systems, and highway and nonhighway public mass transit facilities, the department may make the land or airspace available, with or without charge, to a public entity for those purposes, subject to any reservations, restrictions, or conditions that it determines necessary to ensure adequate protection to the safety and adequacy of highway facilities and to abutting or adjacent land uses.(c) The department shall consider future lease potential of areas above or below state highway projects when planning new state highway projects. This consideration shall be accomplished by intradepartment consultation between offices concerned with project development and airspace lease development.(d) On or before January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the Assembly Committee on Transportation and the Senate Committee on Transportation that includes all of the following information on every airspace site leased by the department:(1) Department district number.(2) Parcel number.(3) Property number.(4) Route.(5) Street number.(6) Street name.(7) Tenant.(8) Start tenancy date.(9) End tenancy date.(10) Square footage leased.(11) Use type.(12) Last inspection date.(13) Whether the site was in compliance with the leases obligations based on the last inspection.(14) The type of action taken if the site is not in compliance with the leases obligations.(15) Whether the site is under, or near, sensitive infrastructure.(16) The sites proximity to sensitive infrastructure.

SECTION 1. Section 104.12 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:

### SECTION 1.

104.12. (a) (1) The department may lease to public agencies or private entities for any term not to exceed 99 years the use of areas above or below state highways, subject to any reservations, restrictions, and conditions that it deems necessary to ensure adequate protection to the safety and the adequacy of highway facilities and to abutting or adjacent land uses. Authorized emergency vehicles, as defined in Section 165 of the Vehicle Code, which that are on active duty and are not merely being stored, stored shall be given preference in the use of these areas, and no payment of consideration shall be required for this use of the areas by these vehicles. Prior to Before entering into any lease, the department shall determine that the proposed use is not in conflict with the zoning regulations of the local government concerned. The leases shall be made in accordance with procedures to be prescribed by the commission, except that, in the case of leases with private entities, the leases shall only be made after competitive bidding unless the commission finds, by unanimous vote, that in certain cases competitive bidding would not be in the best interests of the state. The possibilities of entering into the leases, and the consequent benefits to be derived therefrom, may be considered by the department in designing and constructing the highways. Revenues(2) Revenues from the leases shall be deposited in the State Highway Account. If leased property was provided to the department for state highway purposes through donation or at less than fair market value, the lease revenues shall be shared with the donor or seller if so provided by contract when the property was acquired. If the donor or seller was a local agency which that no longer exists at the time the department enters into the lease, the local agencys share of lease revenues shall be paid to the county or counties within which the local agency was situated.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in any case where sufficient land or airspace exists within the right-of-way of any highway, constructed in whole or in part with federal-aid highway funds, to accommodate needed passenger, commuter, or high-speed rail, magnetic levitation systems, and highway and nonhighway public mass transit facilities, the department may make the land or airspace available, with or without charge, to a public entity for those purposes, subject to any reservations, restrictions, or conditions that it determines necessary to ensure adequate protection to the safety and adequacy of highway facilities and to abutting or adjacent land uses.(c) The department shall consider future lease potential of areas above or below state highway projects when planning new state highway projects. This consideration shall be accomplished by intradepartment consultation between offices concerned with project development and airspace lease development.(d) On or before January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the Assembly Committee on Transportation and the Senate Committee on Transportation that includes all of the following information on every airspace site leased by the department:(1) Department district number.(2) Parcel number.(3) Property number.(4) Route.(5) Street number.(6) Street name.(7) Tenant.(8) Start tenancy date.(9) End tenancy date.(10) Square footage leased.(11) Use type.(12) Last inspection date.(13) Whether the site was in compliance with the leases obligations based on the last inspection.(14) The type of action taken if the site is not in compliance with the leases obligations.(15) Whether the site is under, or near, sensitive infrastructure.(16) The sites proximity to sensitive infrastructure.

104.12. (a) (1) The department may lease to public agencies or private entities for any term not to exceed 99 years the use of areas above or below state highways, subject to any reservations, restrictions, and conditions that it deems necessary to ensure adequate protection to the safety and the adequacy of highway facilities and to abutting or adjacent land uses. Authorized emergency vehicles, as defined in Section 165 of the Vehicle Code, which that are on active duty and are not merely being stored, stored shall be given preference in the use of these areas, and no payment of consideration shall be required for this use of the areas by these vehicles. Prior to Before entering into any lease, the department shall determine that the proposed use is not in conflict with the zoning regulations of the local government concerned. The leases shall be made in accordance with procedures to be prescribed by the commission, except that, in the case of leases with private entities, the leases shall only be made after competitive bidding unless the commission finds, by unanimous vote, that in certain cases competitive bidding would not be in the best interests of the state. The possibilities of entering into the leases, and the consequent benefits to be derived therefrom, may be considered by the department in designing and constructing the highways. Revenues(2) Revenues from the leases shall be deposited in the State Highway Account. If leased property was provided to the department for state highway purposes through donation or at less than fair market value, the lease revenues shall be shared with the donor or seller if so provided by contract when the property was acquired. If the donor or seller was a local agency which that no longer exists at the time the department enters into the lease, the local agencys share of lease revenues shall be paid to the county or counties within which the local agency was situated.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in any case where sufficient land or airspace exists within the right-of-way of any highway, constructed in whole or in part with federal-aid highway funds, to accommodate needed passenger, commuter, or high-speed rail, magnetic levitation systems, and highway and nonhighway public mass transit facilities, the department may make the land or airspace available, with or without charge, to a public entity for those purposes, subject to any reservations, restrictions, or conditions that it determines necessary to ensure adequate protection to the safety and adequacy of highway facilities and to abutting or adjacent land uses.(c) The department shall consider future lease potential of areas above or below state highway projects when planning new state highway projects. This consideration shall be accomplished by intradepartment consultation between offices concerned with project development and airspace lease development.(d) On or before January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the Assembly Committee on Transportation and the Senate Committee on Transportation that includes all of the following information on every airspace site leased by the department:(1) Department district number.(2) Parcel number.(3) Property number.(4) Route.(5) Street number.(6) Street name.(7) Tenant.(8) Start tenancy date.(9) End tenancy date.(10) Square footage leased.(11) Use type.(12) Last inspection date.(13) Whether the site was in compliance with the leases obligations based on the last inspection.(14) The type of action taken if the site is not in compliance with the leases obligations.(15) Whether the site is under, or near, sensitive infrastructure.(16) The sites proximity to sensitive infrastructure.

104.12. (a) (1) The department may lease to public agencies or private entities for any term not to exceed 99 years the use of areas above or below state highways, subject to any reservations, restrictions, and conditions that it deems necessary to ensure adequate protection to the safety and the adequacy of highway facilities and to abutting or adjacent land uses. Authorized emergency vehicles, as defined in Section 165 of the Vehicle Code, which that are on active duty and are not merely being stored, stored shall be given preference in the use of these areas, and no payment of consideration shall be required for this use of the areas by these vehicles. Prior to Before entering into any lease, the department shall determine that the proposed use is not in conflict with the zoning regulations of the local government concerned. The leases shall be made in accordance with procedures to be prescribed by the commission, except that, in the case of leases with private entities, the leases shall only be made after competitive bidding unless the commission finds, by unanimous vote, that in certain cases competitive bidding would not be in the best interests of the state. The possibilities of entering into the leases, and the consequent benefits to be derived therefrom, may be considered by the department in designing and constructing the highways. Revenues(2) Revenues from the leases shall be deposited in the State Highway Account. If leased property was provided to the department for state highway purposes through donation or at less than fair market value, the lease revenues shall be shared with the donor or seller if so provided by contract when the property was acquired. If the donor or seller was a local agency which that no longer exists at the time the department enters into the lease, the local agencys share of lease revenues shall be paid to the county or counties within which the local agency was situated.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in any case where sufficient land or airspace exists within the right-of-way of any highway, constructed in whole or in part with federal-aid highway funds, to accommodate needed passenger, commuter, or high-speed rail, magnetic levitation systems, and highway and nonhighway public mass transit facilities, the department may make the land or airspace available, with or without charge, to a public entity for those purposes, subject to any reservations, restrictions, or conditions that it determines necessary to ensure adequate protection to the safety and adequacy of highway facilities and to abutting or adjacent land uses.(c) The department shall consider future lease potential of areas above or below state highway projects when planning new state highway projects. This consideration shall be accomplished by intradepartment consultation between offices concerned with project development and airspace lease development.(d) On or before January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the Assembly Committee on Transportation and the Senate Committee on Transportation that includes all of the following information on every airspace site leased by the department:(1) Department district number.(2) Parcel number.(3) Property number.(4) Route.(5) Street number.(6) Street name.(7) Tenant.(8) Start tenancy date.(9) End tenancy date.(10) Square footage leased.(11) Use type.(12) Last inspection date.(13) Whether the site was in compliance with the leases obligations based on the last inspection.(14) The type of action taken if the site is not in compliance with the leases obligations.(15) Whether the site is under, or near, sensitive infrastructure.(16) The sites proximity to sensitive infrastructure.



104.12. (a) (1) The department may lease to public agencies or private entities for any term not to exceed 99 years the use of areas above or below state highways, subject to any reservations, restrictions, and conditions that it deems necessary to ensure adequate protection to the safety and the adequacy of highway facilities and to abutting or adjacent land uses. Authorized emergency vehicles, as defined in Section 165 of the Vehicle Code, which that are on active duty and are not merely being stored, stored shall be given preference in the use of these areas, and no payment of consideration shall be required for this use of the areas by these vehicles. Prior to Before entering into any lease, the department shall determine that the proposed use is not in conflict with the zoning regulations of the local government concerned. The leases shall be made in accordance with procedures to be prescribed by the commission, except that, in the case of leases with private entities, the leases shall only be made after competitive bidding unless the commission finds, by unanimous vote, that in certain cases competitive bidding would not be in the best interests of the state. The possibilities of entering into the leases, and the consequent benefits to be derived therefrom, may be considered by the department in designing and constructing the highways.

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(2) Revenues from the leases shall be deposited in the State Highway Account. If leased property was provided to the department for state highway purposes through donation or at less than fair market value, the lease revenues shall be shared with the donor or seller if so provided by contract when the property was acquired. If the donor or seller was a local agency which that no longer exists at the time the department enters into the lease, the local agencys share of lease revenues shall be paid to the county or counties within which the local agency was situated.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in any case where sufficient land or airspace exists within the right-of-way of any highway, constructed in whole or in part with federal-aid highway funds, to accommodate needed passenger, commuter, or high-speed rail, magnetic levitation systems, and highway and nonhighway public mass transit facilities, the department may make the land or airspace available, with or without charge, to a public entity for those purposes, subject to any reservations, restrictions, or conditions that it determines necessary to ensure adequate protection to the safety and adequacy of highway facilities and to abutting or adjacent land uses.

(c) The department shall consider future lease potential of areas above or below state highway projects when planning new state highway projects. This consideration shall be accomplished by intradepartment consultation between offices concerned with project development and airspace lease development.

(d) On or before January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the Assembly Committee on Transportation and the Senate Committee on Transportation that includes all of the following information on every airspace site leased by the department:

(1) Department district number.

(2) Parcel number.

(3) Property number.

(4) Route.

(5) Street number.

(6) Street name.

(7) Tenant.

(8) Start tenancy date.

(9) End tenancy date.

(10) Square footage leased.

(11) Use type.

(12) Last inspection date.

(13) Whether the site was in compliance with the leases obligations based on the last inspection.

(14) The type of action taken if the site is not in compliance with the leases obligations.

(15) Whether the site is under, or near, sensitive infrastructure.

(16) The sites proximity to sensitive infrastructure.





The legislative body of a city may do any and all things necessary to lay out, acquire, and construct a section or portion of a street or highway within its jurisdiction as a freeway and to make an existing street or highway a freeway.