Protection of parklands: American River Parkway: County of Sacramento: removal of persons engaged in the act of unpermitted camping and clearing of unpermitted campsites.

Existing law authorizes a county board of supervisors, in order to protect county parks from damage and preserve the peace in them, to confer on the county officer in charge of parks, and on other uniformed park employees that it may designate, the authority to issue citations for specified violations committed within a county park, as provided. Existing law authorizes the establishment of a regional park district, regional park and open-space district, and regional open-space district, as provided. When a state agency, city, county, city and county, special district, or other political subdivision obtains possession of personal property from a person for temporary safekeeping, existing law requires that entity to take responsibility for the storage, documentation, and disposition of the property and to provide the person from whom the property was taken with a receipt and instructions for the retrieval of the property, as specified. This bill would authorize the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sacramento to order the removal of persons engaging in the act of unpermitted camping or the clearing of unpermitted campsites from the American River Parkway, as defined, for specified purposes. The bill would require the board, at least 72 hours before removing a person engaged in the act of unpermitted camping or clearing an unpermitted campsite, to provide written notice to that person or campsite occupant of its intent to take that action, except when there is an imminent danger, to use a harm-reduction and trauma-informed approach when removing that person, and to ensure that, during the removal of that person, the person receives access to onsite support services, as specified. The bill would require the board to make its best efforts to use all available funding and resources to provide immediate housing and services to those displaced persons. The bill would require the board, consistent with applicable law and any applicable agreements, to preserve, store, and make easily accessible to the owner, as close to the American River Parkway as possible, any personal property that is removed or cleared if the owner of the personal property, or the owner's designee, is present when the personal property is removed or cleared. The bill would require the County of Sacramento to ensure that demographic information of those displaced persons is entered into the local coordinated entry system. To the extent this bill would mandate that a local government provide a new program or higher level of service, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would state that its provisions are severable. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Sacramento and the American River Parkway. 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 the statutory provisions noted above.