San Diego County Regional Airport Authority.

(1) Existing law provides for the formation and functioning of city selection committees in any county in which 2 or more cities are incorporated, for the purpose of appointing city representatives to boards, commissions, and agencies as required by law. The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority Act establishes the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority as a local entity of regional government with jurisdiction throughout the County of San Diego and requires that the authority prepare, adopt, and amend an airport land use compatibility plan for each airport in San Diego County utilizing a public collaborative planning process. Existing law requires the authority to adopt a comprehensive plan on the future development of San Diego's regional international airport. The authority is governed by a 9-member board of directors, 4 of whom are appointed by city selection committees of specified cities within the County of San Diego. This bill would delete references to the city selection committees appointing the 4 directors, and instead would require the mayors of those cities to jointly appoint the directors in a public meeting that is publicly noticed by the authority and each of the cities, as specified. By requiring the cities to provide notice of these meetings, thereby increasing the duties of local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would provide that there are 9 voting members of the board of directors and would delete outdated provisions relative to the initial terms of office of the various directors and the first meeting of the board. The bill would authorize the authority to issue guidance to cities concerning the appointment process. The bill would provide that a director's term of office commences on February 1 of the year in which the appointment commences, rather than on the first Monday in February. The bill would specify procedures for the composition of a 3-person executive committee. The bill would delete outdated provisions relative to the authority's audit committee. The bill would authorize, instead of require, the authority to adopt a comprehensive plan on the future development of San Diego's regional international airport. (2) The San Diego Unified Port District Act established the San Diego Unified Port District. The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority Act requires the port to transfer all title and ownership of the San Diego International Airport, as defined, but to retain trusteeship of lands underlying the airport consistent with the State Land's Commission's requirement, subject to a 66-year lease to the authority for control of the airport property. This bill would delete outdated provisions relative to the transition of title and ownership of the San Diego International Airport from the port to the authority. (3) 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 these statutory provisions.