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• The California Assembly approved legislation Thursday authored by state Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, that provides the State Lands Commission with a tool allowing it to acquire public access to Martins Beach, the scenic shoreline south of Half Moon Bay that was closed to the public almost a decade ago when a Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla decided to shut a gate to the popular beach, according to Hill’s office.
Senate Bill 42 creates a subaccount within the State Lands Commission’s Kapiloff Fund to be used for public access efforts — such as environmental studies, analyses and assessments — at Martins Beach. The bill enables the subaccount to accept money from public, private and nonprofit entities, including San Mateo County, which will likely contribute matching funds, according to Hill’s office.
The bill also provides the State Lands Commission with the option to transfer up to $1 million of existing money from the Kapiloff Fund into the subaccount, but specifies that other money received by the subaccount must be used before Kapiloff funds are spent, according to Hill’s office.
With a vote initially tallied at 54-20, satisfying a two-thirds requirement for approval, the Assembly passed SB 42. The vote also conferred urgency status on the bill, meaning it would take effect immediately if it passes the Senate and is approved by Gov. Jerry Brown. SB 42 will be returned to the Senate next week for concurrence in recent amendments. If passed by the Senate, the bill would then go to the governor for his consideration. He has until Oct. 15 to act on bills, according to Hill’s office.
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