Amended IN Senate May 16, 2024 Amended IN Senate March 20, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1098Introduced by Senator Blakespear(Coauthors: Senators Allen, Laird, Limn, Newman, and Umberg)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Boerner, Davies, Dixon, and Hart)February 13, 2024 An act to add Sections 14072.8 and 14072.10 to, and to add and repeal Section 14072.6 of, the Government Code, relating to transportation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1098, as amended, Blakespear. Passenger and freight rail: LOSSAN Rail Corridor.Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation in the Transportation Agency under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of Transportation. Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation, subject to approval of the Secretary of Transportation, to enter into an interagency transfer agreement under which a joint powers board assumes responsibility for administering the state-funded intercity rail service in certain rail corridors, including the LOSSAN Rail Corridor. Existing law defines the LOSSAN Rail Corridor as the intercity passenger rail corridor between San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Luis Obispo. Pursuant to this authority, the department entered into an interagency transfer agreement with the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency to administer intercity passenger rail service in the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.This bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to provide guidance and recommendations to, and coordination between, stakeholders as necessary to ensure the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, as specified.This bill would also require the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Director of Transportation, the California Transportation Commission, the Secretary for Environmental Protection, Protection and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, to submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, regarding the LOSSAN Rail Corridor that includes specified information. The bill would also require the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with stakeholders responsible for operating rail services along the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, to submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027, and biennially thereafter, on the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, as provided.This bill would require an unspecified entity the Secretary of Transportation to convene a working group composed of representatives of certain types of entities, including, among others, metropolitan planning organizations from specified counties. The bill would require the working group to submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, that provides recommendations to the secretary for inclusion in the above-described report due on or before January 1, 2026, on various topics relating to rail service in the LOSSAN Rail Corridor. Before the report is recommendations are submitted to the Legislature, secretary, the bill would require the report recommendations to be reviewed and approved by submitted to the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, and the North County Transit District. District for review and consideration. By adding to the duties of local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Southern California Rail Revitalization Act.SEC. 2. Section 14072.6 is added to the Government Code, to read:14072.6. (a) (1) The secretary, in consultation with the director, the commission, the Secretary for Environmental Protection, Protection and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, regarding the LOSSAN Rail Corridor that includes all of the following information:(A) A baseline summary of transportation and environmental conditions in existence as of January 1, 2025, along the rail corridor.(A)(B) Prioritized capital improvement projects in the corridor necessary to improve current services and accommodate future passenger and freight service growth consistent with the State Rail Plan prepared pursuant to Section 14036.(B)(C) Prioritized resiliency improvement projects in the corridor necessary to ensure the safe and continued movement of trains. resiliency of natural resources and transportation infrastructure.(C)(D) A description of administrative actions taken by the Transportation Agency using authority in existence before January 1, 2025, to improve operations and performance of the corridor.(D)(E) Recommendations for the corridor to connect with other passenger rail services.(E)(F) Strategies to support and improve existing rail service and resiliency planning in the corridor. increase ridership, including a description of necessary operations funding for increased service frequencies.(G) Recommendations to achieve zero-emission state-supported equipment, including an analysis of recommended technologies and necessary infrastructure.(H) Strategies and recommendations to support coastal hazard resiliency planning in the corridor.(I) Recommendations and information regarding any actions taken in response to those recommendations received from the working group pursuant to subdivision (c).(2) In preparing the report pursuant to this subdivision, the secretary shall consult existing plans and studies plans, studies, and guidance for the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, including, but not limited to, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Optimization Study and Study, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency Business Plan adopted by the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency. Agency, and the guidance document Critical Infrastructure at Risk: Sea Level Rise Planning Guidance for Californias Coastal Zone adopted by the California Coastal Commission.(3) When undertaking the duties pursuant to this subdivision, the secretaries identified in paragraph (1) may consult with any other state agency.(4) For projects identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the secretary shall include in the report all available funding sources, projected completion schedules for priority projects, current funding shortfalls, and recommended strategies and plans to address any funding shortfall.(b) The _____ secretary shall convene a working group that includes, but is not limited to, representatives of all of the following entities:(1) LOSSAN Rail Corridor track owners.(2) LOSSAN Rail Corridor passenger and freight rail operators. operators, including managing agencies, joint powers authorities, and transit districts responsible for rail services.(3) The county transportation commissions for the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura established pursuant to Division 12 (commencing with Section 130000) of the Public Utilities Code.(4) The metropolitan planning organizations for the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.(5) Business, community, transportation, environmental, labor, and civic organizations.(6) The California Coastal Commission.(c) (1) The working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b) shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, that provides recommendations to the secretary for inclusion in the report required pursuant to subdivision (a) on all of the following as necessary to ensure the long-term viability of comprehensive and coordinated passenger and freight rail services in in, or that connect to, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor: Corridor as of January 1, 2025:(A) Dedicated and formula funding distributions available for passenger rail operations, including intercity and regional rail services along the corridor.(B) Strategies to increase rail service coordination and reduce disruptions or delays, including, but not limited to, those caused by climate resiliency, resiliency vulnerabilities, track closures, state of good repair, equipment, and staffing. The recommendations made pursuant to this subparagraph should result in improved maintenance and conditions of assets, reduced track closures, and greater on-time performance.(C) Alternative management and operations models or structures that improve intercity and regional rail services.(D) Changes to state statutes, rules, or funding relating to intercity and regional rail services. necessary to improve the quality, performance, usage, management, or frequency of passenger rail services with a focus on streamlining, clarifying, and improving existing processes or procedures.(E) Opportunities for rail to accelerate and support equity, safety, sustainability, zero-emissions, equipment, and economic development goals.(F) Opportunities for metropolitan planning organizations to analyze, describe, and report progress in operating, maintaining, and improving the corridor consistent with state and local planning documents in their sustainable communities strategies or, if applicable, alternative planning strategies, adopted pursuant to Section 65080.(G) Opportunities for metropolitan planning organizations to adopt multiregional goals relating to passenger and freight rail service, capital improvement projects related to those services, and resiliency of those services along the corridor to include in their respective sustainable communities strategies or, if applicable, alternative planning strategies, adopted pursuant to Section 65080.(H) Improving connections to existing and planned public transit services.(I) Strategies that increase ridership and use of rail services.(J) Strategies to coordinate fleet equipment planning and management.(2) The working group shall consider the known and expected impacts of recommendations on the coastal environment and local communities, and consider opportunities to support the coastal zone and local communities when making recommendations.(2)(3) The report recommendations required pursuant to this subdivision shall include be developed with meaningful public engagement led by the working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b).(3)(4) Before submitting the report recommendations required pursuant to this subdivision to the Legislature, secretary, the working group shall submit the report recommendations to the governing boards of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, and the North County Transit District for review and approval. consideration. A governing board described in this paragraph shall notify the secretary of any action taken in response to these recommendations for inclusion in the report pursuant to subdivision (a).(d) (1) The reports report to be submitted pursuant to this section subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5, this section is repealed on January 1, 2030.SEC. 3. Section 14072.8 is added to the Government Code, to read:14072.8. (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5, the secretary, in coordination with stakeholders responsible for operating rail services along the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027, and every two years thereafter, on the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor that includes all of the following information:(1) Performance, ridership, usage, and quality of rail services.(2) Updates to capital improvement planning.(3) Progress in delivering fleet and infrastructure improvement projects.(4) Improvements to service and fare coordination.(5) Opportunities to increase the quality and frequency of services.(6) Updates on corridor resiliency, prepared in coordination with the California Coastal Commission, including updates on any projects identified by the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency pursuant to Section 14072.4 to increase climate resiliency on the corridor. These updates shall include the status of current and planned development projects in the coastal zone and an analysis of environmental conditions.(b) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.SEC. 4. Section 14072.10 is added to the Government Code, to read:14072.10. (a) The secretary shall provide guidance and recommendations to, and coordination between, stakeholders as necessary to ensure the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.(b) The responsibilities set forth in subdivision (a) shall include planning, as needed, for any of the following:(1) Service frequencies.(2) Equipment and fleet management.(3) Infrastructure improvement and state-of-good repair projects.(4) Resiliency of the corridor. corridor, including coordination with the California Coastal Commission as it relates to the California coastal zone.SEC. 5. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique need to address the resiliency and performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.SEC. 6. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
Amended IN Senate May 16, 2024 Amended IN Senate March 20, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1098Introduced by Senator Blakespear(Coauthors: Senators Allen, Laird, Limn, Newman, and Umberg)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Boerner, Davies, Dixon, and Hart)February 13, 2024 An act to add Sections 14072.8 and 14072.10 to, and to add and repeal Section 14072.6 of, the Government Code, relating to transportation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1098, as amended, Blakespear. Passenger and freight rail: LOSSAN Rail Corridor.Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation in the Transportation Agency under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of Transportation. Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation, subject to approval of the Secretary of Transportation, to enter into an interagency transfer agreement under which a joint powers board assumes responsibility for administering the state-funded intercity rail service in certain rail corridors, including the LOSSAN Rail Corridor. Existing law defines the LOSSAN Rail Corridor as the intercity passenger rail corridor between San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Luis Obispo. Pursuant to this authority, the department entered into an interagency transfer agreement with the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency to administer intercity passenger rail service in the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.This bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to provide guidance and recommendations to, and coordination between, stakeholders as necessary to ensure the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, as specified.This bill would also require the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Director of Transportation, the California Transportation Commission, the Secretary for Environmental Protection, Protection and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, to submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, regarding the LOSSAN Rail Corridor that includes specified information. The bill would also require the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with stakeholders responsible for operating rail services along the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, to submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027, and biennially thereafter, on the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, as provided.This bill would require an unspecified entity the Secretary of Transportation to convene a working group composed of representatives of certain types of entities, including, among others, metropolitan planning organizations from specified counties. The bill would require the working group to submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, that provides recommendations to the secretary for inclusion in the above-described report due on or before January 1, 2026, on various topics relating to rail service in the LOSSAN Rail Corridor. Before the report is recommendations are submitted to the Legislature, secretary, the bill would require the report recommendations to be reviewed and approved by submitted to the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, and the North County Transit District. District for review and consideration. By adding to the duties of local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES
Amended IN Senate May 16, 2024 Amended IN Senate March 20, 2024
Amended IN Senate May 16, 2024
Amended IN Senate March 20, 2024
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1098
Introduced by Senator Blakespear(Coauthors: Senators Allen, Laird, Limn, Newman, and Umberg)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Boerner, Davies, Dixon, and Hart)February 13, 2024
Introduced by Senator Blakespear(Coauthors: Senators Allen, Laird, Limn, Newman, and Umberg)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Boerner, Davies, Dixon, and Hart)
February 13, 2024
An act to add Sections 14072.8 and 14072.10 to, and to add and repeal Section 14072.6 of, the Government Code, relating to transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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SB 1098, as amended, Blakespear. Passenger and freight rail: LOSSAN Rail Corridor.
Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation in the Transportation Agency under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of Transportation. Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation, subject to approval of the Secretary of Transportation, to enter into an interagency transfer agreement under which a joint powers board assumes responsibility for administering the state-funded intercity rail service in certain rail corridors, including the LOSSAN Rail Corridor. Existing law defines the LOSSAN Rail Corridor as the intercity passenger rail corridor between San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Luis Obispo. Pursuant to this authority, the department entered into an interagency transfer agreement with the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency to administer intercity passenger rail service in the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.This bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to provide guidance and recommendations to, and coordination between, stakeholders as necessary to ensure the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, as specified.This bill would also require the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Director of Transportation, the California Transportation Commission, the Secretary for Environmental Protection, Protection and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, to submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, regarding the LOSSAN Rail Corridor that includes specified information. The bill would also require the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with stakeholders responsible for operating rail services along the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, to submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027, and biennially thereafter, on the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, as provided.This bill would require an unspecified entity the Secretary of Transportation to convene a working group composed of representatives of certain types of entities, including, among others, metropolitan planning organizations from specified counties. The bill would require the working group to submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, that provides recommendations to the secretary for inclusion in the above-described report due on or before January 1, 2026, on various topics relating to rail service in the LOSSAN Rail Corridor. Before the report is recommendations are submitted to the Legislature, secretary, the bill would require the report recommendations to be reviewed and approved by submitted to the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, and the North County Transit District. District for review and consideration. By adding to the duties of local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation in the Transportation Agency under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of Transportation. Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation, subject to approval of the Secretary of Transportation, to enter into an interagency transfer agreement under which a joint powers board assumes responsibility for administering the state-funded intercity rail service in certain rail corridors, including the LOSSAN Rail Corridor. Existing law defines the LOSSAN Rail Corridor as the intercity passenger rail corridor between San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Luis Obispo. Pursuant to this authority, the department entered into an interagency transfer agreement with the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency to administer intercity passenger rail service in the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.
This bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to provide guidance and recommendations to, and coordination between, stakeholders as necessary to ensure the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, as specified.
This bill would also require the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Director of Transportation, the California Transportation Commission, the Secretary for Environmental Protection, Protection and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, to submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, regarding the LOSSAN Rail Corridor that includes specified information. The bill would also require the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with stakeholders responsible for operating rail services along the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, to submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027, and biennially thereafter, on the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, as provided.
This bill would require an unspecified entity the Secretary of Transportation to convene a working group composed of representatives of certain types of entities, including, among others, metropolitan planning organizations from specified counties. The bill would require the working group to submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, that provides recommendations to the secretary for inclusion in the above-described report due on or before January 1, 2026, on various topics relating to rail service in the LOSSAN Rail Corridor. Before the report is recommendations are submitted to the Legislature, secretary, the bill would require the report recommendations to be reviewed and approved by submitted to the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, and the North County Transit District. District for review and consideration. By adding to the duties of local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Southern California Rail Revitalization Act.SEC. 2. Section 14072.6 is added to the Government Code, to read:14072.6. (a) (1) The secretary, in consultation with the director, the commission, the Secretary for Environmental Protection, Protection and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, regarding the LOSSAN Rail Corridor that includes all of the following information:(A) A baseline summary of transportation and environmental conditions in existence as of January 1, 2025, along the rail corridor.(A)(B) Prioritized capital improvement projects in the corridor necessary to improve current services and accommodate future passenger and freight service growth consistent with the State Rail Plan prepared pursuant to Section 14036.(B)(C) Prioritized resiliency improvement projects in the corridor necessary to ensure the safe and continued movement of trains. resiliency of natural resources and transportation infrastructure.(C)(D) A description of administrative actions taken by the Transportation Agency using authority in existence before January 1, 2025, to improve operations and performance of the corridor.(D)(E) Recommendations for the corridor to connect with other passenger rail services.(E)(F) Strategies to support and improve existing rail service and resiliency planning in the corridor. increase ridership, including a description of necessary operations funding for increased service frequencies.(G) Recommendations to achieve zero-emission state-supported equipment, including an analysis of recommended technologies and necessary infrastructure.(H) Strategies and recommendations to support coastal hazard resiliency planning in the corridor.(I) Recommendations and information regarding any actions taken in response to those recommendations received from the working group pursuant to subdivision (c).(2) In preparing the report pursuant to this subdivision, the secretary shall consult existing plans and studies plans, studies, and guidance for the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, including, but not limited to, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Optimization Study and Study, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency Business Plan adopted by the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency. Agency, and the guidance document Critical Infrastructure at Risk: Sea Level Rise Planning Guidance for Californias Coastal Zone adopted by the California Coastal Commission.(3) When undertaking the duties pursuant to this subdivision, the secretaries identified in paragraph (1) may consult with any other state agency.(4) For projects identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the secretary shall include in the report all available funding sources, projected completion schedules for priority projects, current funding shortfalls, and recommended strategies and plans to address any funding shortfall.(b) The _____ secretary shall convene a working group that includes, but is not limited to, representatives of all of the following entities:(1) LOSSAN Rail Corridor track owners.(2) LOSSAN Rail Corridor passenger and freight rail operators. operators, including managing agencies, joint powers authorities, and transit districts responsible for rail services.(3) The county transportation commissions for the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura established pursuant to Division 12 (commencing with Section 130000) of the Public Utilities Code.(4) The metropolitan planning organizations for the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.(5) Business, community, transportation, environmental, labor, and civic organizations.(6) The California Coastal Commission.(c) (1) The working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b) shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, that provides recommendations to the secretary for inclusion in the report required pursuant to subdivision (a) on all of the following as necessary to ensure the long-term viability of comprehensive and coordinated passenger and freight rail services in in, or that connect to, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor: Corridor as of January 1, 2025:(A) Dedicated and formula funding distributions available for passenger rail operations, including intercity and regional rail services along the corridor.(B) Strategies to increase rail service coordination and reduce disruptions or delays, including, but not limited to, those caused by climate resiliency, resiliency vulnerabilities, track closures, state of good repair, equipment, and staffing. The recommendations made pursuant to this subparagraph should result in improved maintenance and conditions of assets, reduced track closures, and greater on-time performance.(C) Alternative management and operations models or structures that improve intercity and regional rail services.(D) Changes to state statutes, rules, or funding relating to intercity and regional rail services. necessary to improve the quality, performance, usage, management, or frequency of passenger rail services with a focus on streamlining, clarifying, and improving existing processes or procedures.(E) Opportunities for rail to accelerate and support equity, safety, sustainability, zero-emissions, equipment, and economic development goals.(F) Opportunities for metropolitan planning organizations to analyze, describe, and report progress in operating, maintaining, and improving the corridor consistent with state and local planning documents in their sustainable communities strategies or, if applicable, alternative planning strategies, adopted pursuant to Section 65080.(G) Opportunities for metropolitan planning organizations to adopt multiregional goals relating to passenger and freight rail service, capital improvement projects related to those services, and resiliency of those services along the corridor to include in their respective sustainable communities strategies or, if applicable, alternative planning strategies, adopted pursuant to Section 65080.(H) Improving connections to existing and planned public transit services.(I) Strategies that increase ridership and use of rail services.(J) Strategies to coordinate fleet equipment planning and management.(2) The working group shall consider the known and expected impacts of recommendations on the coastal environment and local communities, and consider opportunities to support the coastal zone and local communities when making recommendations.(2)(3) The report recommendations required pursuant to this subdivision shall include be developed with meaningful public engagement led by the working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b).(3)(4) Before submitting the report recommendations required pursuant to this subdivision to the Legislature, secretary, the working group shall submit the report recommendations to the governing boards of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, and the North County Transit District for review and approval. consideration. A governing board described in this paragraph shall notify the secretary of any action taken in response to these recommendations for inclusion in the report pursuant to subdivision (a).(d) (1) The reports report to be submitted pursuant to this section subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5, this section is repealed on January 1, 2030.SEC. 3. Section 14072.8 is added to the Government Code, to read:14072.8. (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5, the secretary, in coordination with stakeholders responsible for operating rail services along the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027, and every two years thereafter, on the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor that includes all of the following information:(1) Performance, ridership, usage, and quality of rail services.(2) Updates to capital improvement planning.(3) Progress in delivering fleet and infrastructure improvement projects.(4) Improvements to service and fare coordination.(5) Opportunities to increase the quality and frequency of services.(6) Updates on corridor resiliency, prepared in coordination with the California Coastal Commission, including updates on any projects identified by the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency pursuant to Section 14072.4 to increase climate resiliency on the corridor. These updates shall include the status of current and planned development projects in the coastal zone and an analysis of environmental conditions.(b) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.SEC. 4. Section 14072.10 is added to the Government Code, to read:14072.10. (a) The secretary shall provide guidance and recommendations to, and coordination between, stakeholders as necessary to ensure the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.(b) The responsibilities set forth in subdivision (a) shall include planning, as needed, for any of the following:(1) Service frequencies.(2) Equipment and fleet management.(3) Infrastructure improvement and state-of-good repair projects.(4) Resiliency of the corridor. corridor, including coordination with the California Coastal Commission as it relates to the California coastal zone.SEC. 5. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique need to address the resiliency and performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.SEC. 6. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. The act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Southern California Rail Revitalization Act.
SECTION 1. The act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Southern California Rail Revitalization Act.
SECTION 1. The act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Southern California Rail Revitalization Act.
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SEC. 2. Section 14072.6 is added to the Government Code, to read:14072.6. (a) (1) The secretary, in consultation with the director, the commission, the Secretary for Environmental Protection, Protection and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, regarding the LOSSAN Rail Corridor that includes all of the following information:(A) A baseline summary of transportation and environmental conditions in existence as of January 1, 2025, along the rail corridor.(A)(B) Prioritized capital improvement projects in the corridor necessary to improve current services and accommodate future passenger and freight service growth consistent with the State Rail Plan prepared pursuant to Section 14036.(B)(C) Prioritized resiliency improvement projects in the corridor necessary to ensure the safe and continued movement of trains. resiliency of natural resources and transportation infrastructure.(C)(D) A description of administrative actions taken by the Transportation Agency using authority in existence before January 1, 2025, to improve operations and performance of the corridor.(D)(E) Recommendations for the corridor to connect with other passenger rail services.(E)(F) Strategies to support and improve existing rail service and resiliency planning in the corridor. increase ridership, including a description of necessary operations funding for increased service frequencies.(G) Recommendations to achieve zero-emission state-supported equipment, including an analysis of recommended technologies and necessary infrastructure.(H) Strategies and recommendations to support coastal hazard resiliency planning in the corridor.(I) Recommendations and information regarding any actions taken in response to those recommendations received from the working group pursuant to subdivision (c).(2) In preparing the report pursuant to this subdivision, the secretary shall consult existing plans and studies plans, studies, and guidance for the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, including, but not limited to, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Optimization Study and Study, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency Business Plan adopted by the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency. Agency, and the guidance document Critical Infrastructure at Risk: Sea Level Rise Planning Guidance for Californias Coastal Zone adopted by the California Coastal Commission.(3) When undertaking the duties pursuant to this subdivision, the secretaries identified in paragraph (1) may consult with any other state agency.(4) For projects identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the secretary shall include in the report all available funding sources, projected completion schedules for priority projects, current funding shortfalls, and recommended strategies and plans to address any funding shortfall.(b) The _____ secretary shall convene a working group that includes, but is not limited to, representatives of all of the following entities:(1) LOSSAN Rail Corridor track owners.(2) LOSSAN Rail Corridor passenger and freight rail operators. operators, including managing agencies, joint powers authorities, and transit districts responsible for rail services.(3) The county transportation commissions for the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura established pursuant to Division 12 (commencing with Section 130000) of the Public Utilities Code.(4) The metropolitan planning organizations for the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.(5) Business, community, transportation, environmental, labor, and civic organizations.(6) The California Coastal Commission.(c) (1) The working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b) shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, that provides recommendations to the secretary for inclusion in the report required pursuant to subdivision (a) on all of the following as necessary to ensure the long-term viability of comprehensive and coordinated passenger and freight rail services in in, or that connect to, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor: Corridor as of January 1, 2025:(A) Dedicated and formula funding distributions available for passenger rail operations, including intercity and regional rail services along the corridor.(B) Strategies to increase rail service coordination and reduce disruptions or delays, including, but not limited to, those caused by climate resiliency, resiliency vulnerabilities, track closures, state of good repair, equipment, and staffing. The recommendations made pursuant to this subparagraph should result in improved maintenance and conditions of assets, reduced track closures, and greater on-time performance.(C) Alternative management and operations models or structures that improve intercity and regional rail services.(D) Changes to state statutes, rules, or funding relating to intercity and regional rail services. necessary to improve the quality, performance, usage, management, or frequency of passenger rail services with a focus on streamlining, clarifying, and improving existing processes or procedures.(E) Opportunities for rail to accelerate and support equity, safety, sustainability, zero-emissions, equipment, and economic development goals.(F) Opportunities for metropolitan planning organizations to analyze, describe, and report progress in operating, maintaining, and improving the corridor consistent with state and local planning documents in their sustainable communities strategies or, if applicable, alternative planning strategies, adopted pursuant to Section 65080.(G) Opportunities for metropolitan planning organizations to adopt multiregional goals relating to passenger and freight rail service, capital improvement projects related to those services, and resiliency of those services along the corridor to include in their respective sustainable communities strategies or, if applicable, alternative planning strategies, adopted pursuant to Section 65080.(H) Improving connections to existing and planned public transit services.(I) Strategies that increase ridership and use of rail services.(J) Strategies to coordinate fleet equipment planning and management.(2) The working group shall consider the known and expected impacts of recommendations on the coastal environment and local communities, and consider opportunities to support the coastal zone and local communities when making recommendations.(2)(3) The report recommendations required pursuant to this subdivision shall include be developed with meaningful public engagement led by the working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b).(3)(4) Before submitting the report recommendations required pursuant to this subdivision to the Legislature, secretary, the working group shall submit the report recommendations to the governing boards of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, and the North County Transit District for review and approval. consideration. A governing board described in this paragraph shall notify the secretary of any action taken in response to these recommendations for inclusion in the report pursuant to subdivision (a).(d) (1) The reports report to be submitted pursuant to this section subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5, this section is repealed on January 1, 2030.
SEC. 2. Section 14072.6 is added to the Government Code, to read:
### SEC. 2.
14072.6. (a) (1) The secretary, in consultation with the director, the commission, the Secretary for Environmental Protection, Protection and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, regarding the LOSSAN Rail Corridor that includes all of the following information:(A) A baseline summary of transportation and environmental conditions in existence as of January 1, 2025, along the rail corridor.(A)(B) Prioritized capital improvement projects in the corridor necessary to improve current services and accommodate future passenger and freight service growth consistent with the State Rail Plan prepared pursuant to Section 14036.(B)(C) Prioritized resiliency improvement projects in the corridor necessary to ensure the safe and continued movement of trains. resiliency of natural resources and transportation infrastructure.(C)(D) A description of administrative actions taken by the Transportation Agency using authority in existence before January 1, 2025, to improve operations and performance of the corridor.(D)(E) Recommendations for the corridor to connect with other passenger rail services.(E)(F) Strategies to support and improve existing rail service and resiliency planning in the corridor. increase ridership, including a description of necessary operations funding for increased service frequencies.(G) Recommendations to achieve zero-emission state-supported equipment, including an analysis of recommended technologies and necessary infrastructure.(H) Strategies and recommendations to support coastal hazard resiliency planning in the corridor.(I) Recommendations and information regarding any actions taken in response to those recommendations received from the working group pursuant to subdivision (c).(2) In preparing the report pursuant to this subdivision, the secretary shall consult existing plans and studies plans, studies, and guidance for the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, including, but not limited to, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Optimization Study and Study, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency Business Plan adopted by the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency. Agency, and the guidance document Critical Infrastructure at Risk: Sea Level Rise Planning Guidance for Californias Coastal Zone adopted by the California Coastal Commission.(3) When undertaking the duties pursuant to this subdivision, the secretaries identified in paragraph (1) may consult with any other state agency.(4) For projects identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the secretary shall include in the report all available funding sources, projected completion schedules for priority projects, current funding shortfalls, and recommended strategies and plans to address any funding shortfall.(b) The _____ secretary shall convene a working group that includes, but is not limited to, representatives of all of the following entities:(1) LOSSAN Rail Corridor track owners.(2) LOSSAN Rail Corridor passenger and freight rail operators. operators, including managing agencies, joint powers authorities, and transit districts responsible for rail services.(3) The county transportation commissions for the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura established pursuant to Division 12 (commencing with Section 130000) of the Public Utilities Code.(4) The metropolitan planning organizations for the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.(5) Business, community, transportation, environmental, labor, and civic organizations.(6) The California Coastal Commission.(c) (1) The working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b) shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, that provides recommendations to the secretary for inclusion in the report required pursuant to subdivision (a) on all of the following as necessary to ensure the long-term viability of comprehensive and coordinated passenger and freight rail services in in, or that connect to, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor: Corridor as of January 1, 2025:(A) Dedicated and formula funding distributions available for passenger rail operations, including intercity and regional rail services along the corridor.(B) Strategies to increase rail service coordination and reduce disruptions or delays, including, but not limited to, those caused by climate resiliency, resiliency vulnerabilities, track closures, state of good repair, equipment, and staffing. The recommendations made pursuant to this subparagraph should result in improved maintenance and conditions of assets, reduced track closures, and greater on-time performance.(C) Alternative management and operations models or structures that improve intercity and regional rail services.(D) Changes to state statutes, rules, or funding relating to intercity and regional rail services. necessary to improve the quality, performance, usage, management, or frequency of passenger rail services with a focus on streamlining, clarifying, and improving existing processes or procedures.(E) Opportunities for rail to accelerate and support equity, safety, sustainability, zero-emissions, equipment, and economic development goals.(F) Opportunities for metropolitan planning organizations to analyze, describe, and report progress in operating, maintaining, and improving the corridor consistent with state and local planning documents in their sustainable communities strategies or, if applicable, alternative planning strategies, adopted pursuant to Section 65080.(G) Opportunities for metropolitan planning organizations to adopt multiregional goals relating to passenger and freight rail service, capital improvement projects related to those services, and resiliency of those services along the corridor to include in their respective sustainable communities strategies or, if applicable, alternative planning strategies, adopted pursuant to Section 65080.(H) Improving connections to existing and planned public transit services.(I) Strategies that increase ridership and use of rail services.(J) Strategies to coordinate fleet equipment planning and management.(2) The working group shall consider the known and expected impacts of recommendations on the coastal environment and local communities, and consider opportunities to support the coastal zone and local communities when making recommendations.(2)(3) The report recommendations required pursuant to this subdivision shall include be developed with meaningful public engagement led by the working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b).(3)(4) Before submitting the report recommendations required pursuant to this subdivision to the Legislature, secretary, the working group shall submit the report recommendations to the governing boards of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, and the North County Transit District for review and approval. consideration. A governing board described in this paragraph shall notify the secretary of any action taken in response to these recommendations for inclusion in the report pursuant to subdivision (a).(d) (1) The reports report to be submitted pursuant to this section subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5, this section is repealed on January 1, 2030.
14072.6. (a) (1) The secretary, in consultation with the director, the commission, the Secretary for Environmental Protection, Protection and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, regarding the LOSSAN Rail Corridor that includes all of the following information:(A) A baseline summary of transportation and environmental conditions in existence as of January 1, 2025, along the rail corridor.(A)(B) Prioritized capital improvement projects in the corridor necessary to improve current services and accommodate future passenger and freight service growth consistent with the State Rail Plan prepared pursuant to Section 14036.(B)(C) Prioritized resiliency improvement projects in the corridor necessary to ensure the safe and continued movement of trains. resiliency of natural resources and transportation infrastructure.(C)(D) A description of administrative actions taken by the Transportation Agency using authority in existence before January 1, 2025, to improve operations and performance of the corridor.(D)(E) Recommendations for the corridor to connect with other passenger rail services.(E)(F) Strategies to support and improve existing rail service and resiliency planning in the corridor. increase ridership, including a description of necessary operations funding for increased service frequencies.(G) Recommendations to achieve zero-emission state-supported equipment, including an analysis of recommended technologies and necessary infrastructure.(H) Strategies and recommendations to support coastal hazard resiliency planning in the corridor.(I) Recommendations and information regarding any actions taken in response to those recommendations received from the working group pursuant to subdivision (c).(2) In preparing the report pursuant to this subdivision, the secretary shall consult existing plans and studies plans, studies, and guidance for the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, including, but not limited to, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Optimization Study and Study, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency Business Plan adopted by the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency. Agency, and the guidance document Critical Infrastructure at Risk: Sea Level Rise Planning Guidance for Californias Coastal Zone adopted by the California Coastal Commission.(3) When undertaking the duties pursuant to this subdivision, the secretaries identified in paragraph (1) may consult with any other state agency.(4) For projects identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the secretary shall include in the report all available funding sources, projected completion schedules for priority projects, current funding shortfalls, and recommended strategies and plans to address any funding shortfall.(b) The _____ secretary shall convene a working group that includes, but is not limited to, representatives of all of the following entities:(1) LOSSAN Rail Corridor track owners.(2) LOSSAN Rail Corridor passenger and freight rail operators. operators, including managing agencies, joint powers authorities, and transit districts responsible for rail services.(3) The county transportation commissions for the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura established pursuant to Division 12 (commencing with Section 130000) of the Public Utilities Code.(4) The metropolitan planning organizations for the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.(5) Business, community, transportation, environmental, labor, and civic organizations.(6) The California Coastal Commission.(c) (1) The working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b) shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, that provides recommendations to the secretary for inclusion in the report required pursuant to subdivision (a) on all of the following as necessary to ensure the long-term viability of comprehensive and coordinated passenger and freight rail services in in, or that connect to, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor: Corridor as of January 1, 2025:(A) Dedicated and formula funding distributions available for passenger rail operations, including intercity and regional rail services along the corridor.(B) Strategies to increase rail service coordination and reduce disruptions or delays, including, but not limited to, those caused by climate resiliency, resiliency vulnerabilities, track closures, state of good repair, equipment, and staffing. The recommendations made pursuant to this subparagraph should result in improved maintenance and conditions of assets, reduced track closures, and greater on-time performance.(C) Alternative management and operations models or structures that improve intercity and regional rail services.(D) Changes to state statutes, rules, or funding relating to intercity and regional rail services. necessary to improve the quality, performance, usage, management, or frequency of passenger rail services with a focus on streamlining, clarifying, and improving existing processes or procedures.(E) Opportunities for rail to accelerate and support equity, safety, sustainability, zero-emissions, equipment, and economic development goals.(F) Opportunities for metropolitan planning organizations to analyze, describe, and report progress in operating, maintaining, and improving the corridor consistent with state and local planning documents in their sustainable communities strategies or, if applicable, alternative planning strategies, adopted pursuant to Section 65080.(G) Opportunities for metropolitan planning organizations to adopt multiregional goals relating to passenger and freight rail service, capital improvement projects related to those services, and resiliency of those services along the corridor to include in their respective sustainable communities strategies or, if applicable, alternative planning strategies, adopted pursuant to Section 65080.(H) Improving connections to existing and planned public transit services.(I) Strategies that increase ridership and use of rail services.(J) Strategies to coordinate fleet equipment planning and management.(2) The working group shall consider the known and expected impacts of recommendations on the coastal environment and local communities, and consider opportunities to support the coastal zone and local communities when making recommendations.(2)(3) The report recommendations required pursuant to this subdivision shall include be developed with meaningful public engagement led by the working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b).(3)(4) Before submitting the report recommendations required pursuant to this subdivision to the Legislature, secretary, the working group shall submit the report recommendations to the governing boards of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, and the North County Transit District for review and approval. consideration. A governing board described in this paragraph shall notify the secretary of any action taken in response to these recommendations for inclusion in the report pursuant to subdivision (a).(d) (1) The reports report to be submitted pursuant to this section subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5, this section is repealed on January 1, 2030.
14072.6. (a) (1) The secretary, in consultation with the director, the commission, the Secretary for Environmental Protection, Protection and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, regarding the LOSSAN Rail Corridor that includes all of the following information:(A) A baseline summary of transportation and environmental conditions in existence as of January 1, 2025, along the rail corridor.(A)(B) Prioritized capital improvement projects in the corridor necessary to improve current services and accommodate future passenger and freight service growth consistent with the State Rail Plan prepared pursuant to Section 14036.(B)(C) Prioritized resiliency improvement projects in the corridor necessary to ensure the safe and continued movement of trains. resiliency of natural resources and transportation infrastructure.(C)(D) A description of administrative actions taken by the Transportation Agency using authority in existence before January 1, 2025, to improve operations and performance of the corridor.(D)(E) Recommendations for the corridor to connect with other passenger rail services.(E)(F) Strategies to support and improve existing rail service and resiliency planning in the corridor. increase ridership, including a description of necessary operations funding for increased service frequencies.(G) Recommendations to achieve zero-emission state-supported equipment, including an analysis of recommended technologies and necessary infrastructure.(H) Strategies and recommendations to support coastal hazard resiliency planning in the corridor.(I) Recommendations and information regarding any actions taken in response to those recommendations received from the working group pursuant to subdivision (c).(2) In preparing the report pursuant to this subdivision, the secretary shall consult existing plans and studies plans, studies, and guidance for the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, including, but not limited to, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Optimization Study and Study, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency Business Plan adopted by the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency. Agency, and the guidance document Critical Infrastructure at Risk: Sea Level Rise Planning Guidance for Californias Coastal Zone adopted by the California Coastal Commission.(3) When undertaking the duties pursuant to this subdivision, the secretaries identified in paragraph (1) may consult with any other state agency.(4) For projects identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the secretary shall include in the report all available funding sources, projected completion schedules for priority projects, current funding shortfalls, and recommended strategies and plans to address any funding shortfall.(b) The _____ secretary shall convene a working group that includes, but is not limited to, representatives of all of the following entities:(1) LOSSAN Rail Corridor track owners.(2) LOSSAN Rail Corridor passenger and freight rail operators. operators, including managing agencies, joint powers authorities, and transit districts responsible for rail services.(3) The county transportation commissions for the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura established pursuant to Division 12 (commencing with Section 130000) of the Public Utilities Code.(4) The metropolitan planning organizations for the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.(5) Business, community, transportation, environmental, labor, and civic organizations.(6) The California Coastal Commission.(c) (1) The working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b) shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, that provides recommendations to the secretary for inclusion in the report required pursuant to subdivision (a) on all of the following as necessary to ensure the long-term viability of comprehensive and coordinated passenger and freight rail services in in, or that connect to, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor: Corridor as of January 1, 2025:(A) Dedicated and formula funding distributions available for passenger rail operations, including intercity and regional rail services along the corridor.(B) Strategies to increase rail service coordination and reduce disruptions or delays, including, but not limited to, those caused by climate resiliency, resiliency vulnerabilities, track closures, state of good repair, equipment, and staffing. The recommendations made pursuant to this subparagraph should result in improved maintenance and conditions of assets, reduced track closures, and greater on-time performance.(C) Alternative management and operations models or structures that improve intercity and regional rail services.(D) Changes to state statutes, rules, or funding relating to intercity and regional rail services. necessary to improve the quality, performance, usage, management, or frequency of passenger rail services with a focus on streamlining, clarifying, and improving existing processes or procedures.(E) Opportunities for rail to accelerate and support equity, safety, sustainability, zero-emissions, equipment, and economic development goals.(F) Opportunities for metropolitan planning organizations to analyze, describe, and report progress in operating, maintaining, and improving the corridor consistent with state and local planning documents in their sustainable communities strategies or, if applicable, alternative planning strategies, adopted pursuant to Section 65080.(G) Opportunities for metropolitan planning organizations to adopt multiregional goals relating to passenger and freight rail service, capital improvement projects related to those services, and resiliency of those services along the corridor to include in their respective sustainable communities strategies or, if applicable, alternative planning strategies, adopted pursuant to Section 65080.(H) Improving connections to existing and planned public transit services.(I) Strategies that increase ridership and use of rail services.(J) Strategies to coordinate fleet equipment planning and management.(2) The working group shall consider the known and expected impacts of recommendations on the coastal environment and local communities, and consider opportunities to support the coastal zone and local communities when making recommendations.(2)(3) The report recommendations required pursuant to this subdivision shall include be developed with meaningful public engagement led by the working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b).(3)(4) Before submitting the report recommendations required pursuant to this subdivision to the Legislature, secretary, the working group shall submit the report recommendations to the governing boards of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, and the North County Transit District for review and approval. consideration. A governing board described in this paragraph shall notify the secretary of any action taken in response to these recommendations for inclusion in the report pursuant to subdivision (a).(d) (1) The reports report to be submitted pursuant to this section subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5, this section is repealed on January 1, 2030.
14072.6. (a) (1) The secretary, in consultation with the director, the commission, the Secretary for Environmental Protection, Protection and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, regarding the LOSSAN Rail Corridor that includes all of the following information:
(A) A baseline summary of transportation and environmental conditions in existence as of January 1, 2025, along the rail corridor.
(A)
(B) Prioritized capital improvement projects in the corridor necessary to improve current services and accommodate future passenger and freight service growth consistent with the State Rail Plan prepared pursuant to Section 14036.
(B)
(C) Prioritized resiliency improvement projects in the corridor necessary to ensure the safe and continued movement of trains. resiliency of natural resources and transportation infrastructure.
(C)
(D) A description of administrative actions taken by the Transportation Agency using authority in existence before January 1, 2025, to improve operations and performance of the corridor.
(D)
(E) Recommendations for the corridor to connect with other passenger rail services.
(E)
(F) Strategies to support and improve existing rail service and resiliency planning in the corridor. increase ridership, including a description of necessary operations funding for increased service frequencies.
(G) Recommendations to achieve zero-emission state-supported equipment, including an analysis of recommended technologies and necessary infrastructure.
(H) Strategies and recommendations to support coastal hazard resiliency planning in the corridor.
(I) Recommendations and information regarding any actions taken in response to those recommendations received from the working group pursuant to subdivision (c).
(2) In preparing the report pursuant to this subdivision, the secretary shall consult existing plans and studies plans, studies, and guidance for the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, including, but not limited to, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Optimization Study and Study, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency Business Plan adopted by the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency. Agency, and the guidance document Critical Infrastructure at Risk: Sea Level Rise Planning Guidance for Californias Coastal Zone adopted by the California Coastal Commission.
(3) When undertaking the duties pursuant to this subdivision, the secretaries identified in paragraph (1) may consult with any other state agency.
(4) For projects identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the secretary shall include in the report all available funding sources, projected completion schedules for priority projects, current funding shortfalls, and recommended strategies and plans to address any funding shortfall.
(b) The _____ secretary shall convene a working group that includes, but is not limited to, representatives of all of the following entities:
(1) LOSSAN Rail Corridor track owners.
(2) LOSSAN Rail Corridor passenger and freight rail operators. operators, including managing agencies, joint powers authorities, and transit districts responsible for rail services.
(3) The county transportation commissions for the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura established pursuant to Division 12 (commencing with Section 130000) of the Public Utilities Code.
(4) The metropolitan planning organizations for the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.
(5) Business, community, transportation, environmental, labor, and civic organizations.
(6) The California Coastal Commission.
(c) (1) The working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b) shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, that provides recommendations to the secretary for inclusion in the report required pursuant to subdivision (a) on all of the following as necessary to ensure the long-term viability of comprehensive and coordinated passenger and freight rail services in in, or that connect to, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor: Corridor as of January 1, 2025:
(A) Dedicated and formula funding distributions available for passenger rail operations, including intercity and regional rail services along the corridor.
(B) Strategies to increase rail service coordination and reduce disruptions or delays, including, but not limited to, those caused by climate resiliency, resiliency vulnerabilities, track closures, state of good repair, equipment, and staffing. The recommendations made pursuant to this subparagraph should result in improved maintenance and conditions of assets, reduced track closures, and greater on-time performance.
(C) Alternative management and operations models or structures that improve intercity and regional rail services.
(D) Changes to state statutes, rules, or funding relating to intercity and regional rail services. necessary to improve the quality, performance, usage, management, or frequency of passenger rail services with a focus on streamlining, clarifying, and improving existing processes or procedures.
(E) Opportunities for rail to accelerate and support equity, safety, sustainability, zero-emissions, equipment, and economic development goals.
(F) Opportunities for metropolitan planning organizations to analyze, describe, and report progress in operating, maintaining, and improving the corridor consistent with state and local planning documents in their sustainable communities strategies or, if applicable, alternative planning strategies, adopted pursuant to Section 65080.
(G) Opportunities for metropolitan planning organizations to adopt multiregional goals relating to passenger and freight rail service, capital improvement projects related to those services, and resiliency of those services along the corridor to include in their respective sustainable communities strategies or, if applicable, alternative planning strategies, adopted pursuant to Section 65080.
(H) Improving connections to existing and planned public transit services.
(I) Strategies that increase ridership and use of rail services.
(J) Strategies to coordinate fleet equipment planning and management.
(2) The working group shall consider the known and expected impacts of recommendations on the coastal environment and local communities, and consider opportunities to support the coastal zone and local communities when making recommendations.
(2)
(3) The report recommendations required pursuant to this subdivision shall include be developed with meaningful public engagement led by the working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b).
(3)
(4) Before submitting the report recommendations required pursuant to this subdivision to the Legislature, secretary, the working group shall submit the report recommendations to the governing boards of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, and the North County Transit District for review and approval. consideration. A governing board described in this paragraph shall notify the secretary of any action taken in response to these recommendations for inclusion in the report pursuant to subdivision (a).
(d) (1) The reports report to be submitted pursuant to this section subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.
(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5, this section is repealed on January 1, 2030.
SEC. 3. Section 14072.8 is added to the Government Code, to read:14072.8. (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5, the secretary, in coordination with stakeholders responsible for operating rail services along the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027, and every two years thereafter, on the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor that includes all of the following information:(1) Performance, ridership, usage, and quality of rail services.(2) Updates to capital improvement planning.(3) Progress in delivering fleet and infrastructure improvement projects.(4) Improvements to service and fare coordination.(5) Opportunities to increase the quality and frequency of services.(6) Updates on corridor resiliency, prepared in coordination with the California Coastal Commission, including updates on any projects identified by the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency pursuant to Section 14072.4 to increase climate resiliency on the corridor. These updates shall include the status of current and planned development projects in the coastal zone and an analysis of environmental conditions.(b) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.
SEC. 3. Section 14072.8 is added to the Government Code, to read:
### SEC. 3.
14072.8. (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5, the secretary, in coordination with stakeholders responsible for operating rail services along the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027, and every two years thereafter, on the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor that includes all of the following information:(1) Performance, ridership, usage, and quality of rail services.(2) Updates to capital improvement planning.(3) Progress in delivering fleet and infrastructure improvement projects.(4) Improvements to service and fare coordination.(5) Opportunities to increase the quality and frequency of services.(6) Updates on corridor resiliency, prepared in coordination with the California Coastal Commission, including updates on any projects identified by the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency pursuant to Section 14072.4 to increase climate resiliency on the corridor. These updates shall include the status of current and planned development projects in the coastal zone and an analysis of environmental conditions.(b) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.
14072.8. (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5, the secretary, in coordination with stakeholders responsible for operating rail services along the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027, and every two years thereafter, on the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor that includes all of the following information:(1) Performance, ridership, usage, and quality of rail services.(2) Updates to capital improvement planning.(3) Progress in delivering fleet and infrastructure improvement projects.(4) Improvements to service and fare coordination.(5) Opportunities to increase the quality and frequency of services.(6) Updates on corridor resiliency, prepared in coordination with the California Coastal Commission, including updates on any projects identified by the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency pursuant to Section 14072.4 to increase climate resiliency on the corridor. These updates shall include the status of current and planned development projects in the coastal zone and an analysis of environmental conditions.(b) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.
14072.8. (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5, the secretary, in coordination with stakeholders responsible for operating rail services along the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027, and every two years thereafter, on the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor that includes all of the following information:(1) Performance, ridership, usage, and quality of rail services.(2) Updates to capital improvement planning.(3) Progress in delivering fleet and infrastructure improvement projects.(4) Improvements to service and fare coordination.(5) Opportunities to increase the quality and frequency of services.(6) Updates on corridor resiliency, prepared in coordination with the California Coastal Commission, including updates on any projects identified by the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency pursuant to Section 14072.4 to increase climate resiliency on the corridor. These updates shall include the status of current and planned development projects in the coastal zone and an analysis of environmental conditions.(b) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.
14072.8. (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5, the secretary, in coordination with stakeholders responsible for operating rail services along the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027, and every two years thereafter, on the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor that includes all of the following information:
(1) Performance, ridership, usage, and quality of rail services.
(2) Updates to capital improvement planning.
(3) Progress in delivering fleet and infrastructure improvement projects.
(4) Improvements to service and fare coordination.
(5) Opportunities to increase the quality and frequency of services.
(6) Updates on corridor resiliency, prepared in coordination with the California Coastal Commission, including updates on any projects identified by the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency pursuant to Section 14072.4 to increase climate resiliency on the corridor. These updates shall include the status of current and planned development projects in the coastal zone and an analysis of environmental conditions.
(b) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.
SEC. 4. Section 14072.10 is added to the Government Code, to read:14072.10. (a) The secretary shall provide guidance and recommendations to, and coordination between, stakeholders as necessary to ensure the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.(b) The responsibilities set forth in subdivision (a) shall include planning, as needed, for any of the following:(1) Service frequencies.(2) Equipment and fleet management.(3) Infrastructure improvement and state-of-good repair projects.(4) Resiliency of the corridor. corridor, including coordination with the California Coastal Commission as it relates to the California coastal zone.
SEC. 4. Section 14072.10 is added to the Government Code, to read:
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14072.10. (a) The secretary shall provide guidance and recommendations to, and coordination between, stakeholders as necessary to ensure the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.(b) The responsibilities set forth in subdivision (a) shall include planning, as needed, for any of the following:(1) Service frequencies.(2) Equipment and fleet management.(3) Infrastructure improvement and state-of-good repair projects.(4) Resiliency of the corridor. corridor, including coordination with the California Coastal Commission as it relates to the California coastal zone.
14072.10. (a) The secretary shall provide guidance and recommendations to, and coordination between, stakeholders as necessary to ensure the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.(b) The responsibilities set forth in subdivision (a) shall include planning, as needed, for any of the following:(1) Service frequencies.(2) Equipment and fleet management.(3) Infrastructure improvement and state-of-good repair projects.(4) Resiliency of the corridor. corridor, including coordination with the California Coastal Commission as it relates to the California coastal zone.
14072.10. (a) The secretary shall provide guidance and recommendations to, and coordination between, stakeholders as necessary to ensure the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.(b) The responsibilities set forth in subdivision (a) shall include planning, as needed, for any of the following:(1) Service frequencies.(2) Equipment and fleet management.(3) Infrastructure improvement and state-of-good repair projects.(4) Resiliency of the corridor. corridor, including coordination with the California Coastal Commission as it relates to the California coastal zone.
14072.10. (a) The secretary shall provide guidance and recommendations to, and coordination between, stakeholders as necessary to ensure the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.
(b) The responsibilities set forth in subdivision (a) shall include planning, as needed, for any of the following:
(1) Service frequencies.
(2) Equipment and fleet management.
(3) Infrastructure improvement and state-of-good repair projects.
(4) Resiliency of the corridor. corridor, including coordination with the California Coastal Commission as it relates to the California coastal zone.
SEC. 5. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique need to address the resiliency and performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.
SEC. 5. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique need to address the resiliency and performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.
SEC. 5. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique need to address the resiliency and performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.
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SEC. 6. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
SEC. 6. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
SEC. 6. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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