State forest land: Jackson Demonstration State Forest.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to engage in the management, protection, and reforestation of state forests and requires the Department of Parks and Recreation to have control of the state park system. This bill would authorize the Director of General Services, subject to the approval of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, to grant an option to the City of Fort Bragg and the County of Mendocino for either entity to acquire title to certain property for the purpose of developing a solid waste transfer station. The bill would require, if this option is exercised, that the entity acquiring title to the property execute and record in favor of the Department of Parks and Recreation a covenant restricting the uses and activities at a specified Caspar Landfill property and an option to purchase a specified portion of the Caspar Landfill property. The bill would authorize the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Department of Parks and Recreation to be compensated for the loss of certain property, as provided. The bill would also authorize the Department of Parks and Recreation, with the approval of the Director of General Services, to transfer a certain portion of Russian Gulch State Park to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, to be included as a part of the Jackson Demonstration State Forest, if the City of Fort Bragg or the County of Mendocino exercises that option. The bill would provide that if successful development and operation of a solid waste transfer station does not occur 10 years from the date of recordation of the transfer document, the title to the property would revert back to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the entity acquiring title would be required to reimburse the state for the administrative costs incurred by the state to process the reversionary documents. The bill would also require the city or county to indemnify the state against liability that arises from any injury caused by, or any remediation required by, any contamination on the landfill. The bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to authorize access to the landfill property to the county in order for the county to perform monitoring, as specified.