California Science Center: parking facilities.

Existing law establishes the Sixth District Agricultural Association, also known as the California Science Center, and requires the California Science Center to manage or operate its parking facilities in a manner that preserves and protects the interests of itself and the California African American Museum and that recognizes the cultural and educational character of Exposition Park. Existing law requires all revenues received by the California Science Center from its parking facilities to be deposited in the Exposition Park Improvement Fund in the State Treasury, and specifies that the funds may only be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for improvements to Exposition Park. This bill would provide that the California Science Center shall not delegate to any other party the power to manage and operate its parking facilities, and would specify that those provisions are declaratory of existing law. The bill would require the California Science Center to establish the minimum and maximum parking rates that may be charged at parking facilities in Exposition Park. The bill would also prohibit the California Science Center from entering into, and the Director of General Services from approving, any sale of, or lease for a term of more than 10 years for the use of, its parking facilities, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, or the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, unless the Legislature authorizes the proposed sale or lease by statute, except if the lease contains terms that require the lessee to perform substantial capital improvements. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.