Public resources: Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy: Los Angeles River parkway projects.

Existing law establishes the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy in the Natural Resources Agency and specifies the authority and purposes of the conservancy. This bill would require the conservancy to develop a feasibility study on or before June 30, 2012, for the creation of Los Angeles River parkway projects in, and adjacent to, the Los Angeles State Historic Park and Rio de Los Angeles State Park (Bowtie Parcel) . The bill would require the study to include, among other things, objectives for extending regional wildlife linkages and exploring river recreational activities. The bill would require the conservancy to develop the study with community input and to request voluntary cooperation of other governmental authorities with jurisdiction in the parks. The bill would also require the conservancy to use existing budget resources, and authorize the conservancy to use funds received from private and nonprofit sources in preparing the study. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.