AB 385: Regional park property: County of San Bernardino: Glen Helen Regional Park.

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

The Roberti-Z’berg-Harris Urban Open-Space and Recreation Program Act provides grants to cities, counties, and certain districts for recreational purposes, open-space purposes, or both, on the basis of population and need. The act requires property acquired or developed with the grant money to be used by the grant recipient only for the purpose for which the grant moneys were requested and prohibits any other use of the area except by a specific act of the Legislature.

This bill would authorize the County of San Bernardino to dispose of up to 4.2 acres of property at Glen Helen Regional Park, including property acquired or improved with grant moneys from the above act, subject to the acquisition of replacement park property of equal or greater recreational value approved by the Department of Parks and Recreation, to be used for park purposes and at no cost to the state or the county, as provided. To exercise the authorization to dispose of the above-described property, the bill would require the county to, among other things, submit to the department an independent appraisal of the fair market value of the Glen Helen Regional Park property and the proposed replacement property, provide the department with preliminary title reports of the Glen Helen Regional Park property and the proposed replacement property, and, before the county disposes of the Glen Helen Regional Park property, enter into a final written agreement with the department to transfer all of the county’s responsibilities and obligations to any grant contract applicable to the Glen Helen Regional Park property to the proposed replacement park property in perpetuity, as provided. The bill would require that these provisions become inoperative on January 1, 2029, if the County of San Bernardino has not acquired replacement park property on or before January 1, 2029.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. October 3, 2025Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 259, Statutes of 2025.
2. October 3, 2025Approved by the Governor.
3. September 4, 2025Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
4. August 29, 2025Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2791.).
5. August 26, 2025In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
6. August 25, 2025Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2250.).
7. August 20, 2025Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
8. August 19, 2025From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
9. July 9, 2025From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
10. July 2, 2025From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
11. June 23, 2025In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
12. June 4, 2025Referred to Com. on L. GOV.