Transportation: freight: statewide economic growth, prosperity, and resiliency assessment.

The Economic Revitalization Act establishes the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, also known as GO-Biz, to serve as the Governor's lead entity for economic strategy and the marketing of California on issues relating to business development, private sector investment, and economic growth. The act authorizes the office, among other things, to make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature regarding policies, programs, and actions to advance statewide economic goals. This bill would require GO-Biz, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, the California Transportation Commission, and the Transportation Agency, to prepare a statewide economic growth, prosperity, and resiliency assessment of the California freight sector on or before December 31, 2021, and to update the assessment at least once every 5 years. The bill would require the assessment to identify specified information, and would require the office, in developing the assessment, to consult with the Legislature and representatives from a cross section of public and private sector freight stakeholders. Existing law requires the Transportation Agency to prepare a state freight plan on or before December 31, 2014, and every 5 years thereafter, with specified elements to govern the immediate and long-range planning activities and capital investments of the state with respect to the movement of freight. This bill would require the Transportation Agency to incorporate the findings of the assessment into the state freight plan, as specified.