SB 392: Regional park districts: East Bay Regional Park District: East Bay Hills Conservation Program.

Official summary

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

Existing law establishes procedures for the formation of regional park districts and prescribes the powers, functions, and duties of those districts. The East Bay Regional Park District is one such regional park district.

This bill would authorize the East Bay Regional Park District to establish and administer the East Bay Hills Conservation Program to address resource and recreational goals of the East Bay Hills, as defined. The bill would authorize the Park District to collaborate with California Native American tribes and state, regional, and local partners to help achieve specified goals of the program. The bill would require the East Bay Hills to be acknowledged as an area of statewide significance in local land use policy documents developed or updated on or after January 1, 2026, affecting land use within the East Bay Hills. To the extent that this bill would impose new duties on local entities, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the East Bay Regional Park District.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5

“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 13, 2025Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 754, Statutes of 2025.
2. October 13, 2025Approved by the Governor.
3. September 5, 2025Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
4. August 29, 2025Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2287.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
5. August 27, 2025Ordered to special consent calendar.
6. August 21, 2025In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
7. August 21, 2025Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2706.) Ordered to the Senate.
8. July 17, 2025Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
9. July 16, 2025From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 16).
10. July 3, 2025From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
11. July 3, 2025Coauthors revised.
12. June 13, 2025From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.