SECTIONS 22020-22026 - California Statutes

PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE

SECTION 22020-22026

22020. There is in the state government a Ventura-Los Angeles
Mountain and Coastal Study Commission, consisting of 15 members:
(a) The Secretary of the Resources Agency or his deputy.
(b) The Planning Officer of the State Office of Planning or his
deputy.
(c) One member of the State Lands Commission, selected by the
State Lands Commission.
(d) One member of the Board of Supervisors of Ventura County,
selected by such board of supervisors.
(e) One member of the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County,
selected by such board of supervisors.
(f) One member of the Los Angeles City Council, selected by such
city council.
(g) One member representing the Southern California Association of
Governments selected by the executive committee of such association.
(h) Eight members of the public, appointed by the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall be residents of the
region and who shall have special knowledge or experience in the
fields of conservation, parks and recreation, real estate and
development, planning, public health, air pollution, water quality,
and economics. There shall be balanced representation between
conservation and user interests.

22021. The members of the commission shall serve at the pleasure of
their respective appointing powers. The members shall serve without
compensation, but each of the members shall be reimbursed for his
actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his
duties.

22022. (a) The commission shall meet twice a month, and may meet in
subcommittee with authority to conduct hearings within special areas
of interest. The public shall be given reasonable prior notice of
the time and place of commission meetings, and all such meetings
shall be open to the public.
(b) All meetings of the commission shall be held at a place
reasonably convenient to its members and the public in a meeting room
that affords adequate space for its members, its staff, the news
media, and the public that may reasonably be expected to attend the
meeting.

22023. The time and place of the first meeting of the commission
shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Resources Agency, but in
no event shall it be scheduled for a date later than February 1,
1971.

22024. The commission shall select from among its members a chair
and a vice chair.

22025. All vacancies in the commission membership shall be filled
in the same manner in which original appointments were made.

22026. The commission shall appoint a director who shall have
charge of coordinating and administering the affairs of the
commission, subject to the direction and policies of the commission.
The director shall, subject to approval of the commission, appoint
such employees as may be necessary in order to carry out the
functions of the commission.