SECTIONS 32603 - California Statutes

PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE

SECTION 32603

32603. As used in this division, the following terms have the
following meaning:
(a) "Board" means the governing board of the San Gabriel and Lower
Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy.
(b) "Conservancy" means the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles
Rivers and Mountains Conservancy. The conservancy may also be known
as the Rivers and Mountains Conservancy.
(c) (1) "Territory" means the territory of the conservancy that
consists of those portions of Los Angeles County and Orange County
located within the San Gabriel River and its tributaries, the lower
Los Angeles River and its tributaries, and the San Gabriel Mountains,
including, without limitation, all of the following:
(A) The hydrologic basin or watershed that coincides with the
upper San Gabriel River watershed, including the Upper Rio Hondo
tributary, but not including any land area within the Santa Monica
Mountains Conservancy as described in Chapter 2 (commencing with
Section 33100) and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 33200) of
Division 23. The hydrologic basin or watershed is bounded by the San
Gabriel Mountains to the north, the San Jose Hills to the east, the
Puente Hills to the south, and by a series of hills and the Raymond
Fault to the west.
(B) The hydrologic basin or watershed that coincides with the
lower San Gabriel River watershed.
(C) The San Gabriel Mountains, including the Foothills Mountains
Conservancy and the Puente Hills and San Jose Hills area, except any
land area within the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy as described
in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 33100) and Chapter 3
(commencing with Section 33200) of Division 23.
(D) The hydrologic basin or watershed that coincides with the
lower Los Angeles River south of the northernmost boundary of the
City of Vernon, as of June 1, 1999, except any land area within the
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, as described in Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 33100) and Chapter 3 (commencing with
Section 33200) of Division 23.
(2) To assist persons in understanding the breadth of the
territory included within the territory described in paragraph (1),
the Legislature declares that that territory includes the territory
in all of the following cities and areas:
(A) The territory within the city boundaries, as of January 1,
2000, of the following cities: Alhambra, Anaheim, Arcadia, Artesia,
Azusa, Baldwin Park, Bell, Bell Gardens, Bellflower, Bradbury, Brea,
Buena Park, Cerritos, Claremont, Commerce, Compton, Covina, Cudahy,
Cypress, Diamond Bar, Downey, Duarte, El Monte, Fullerton, Glendora,
Hawaiian Gardens, Huntington Park, Industry, Irwindale, La Habra, La
Habra Heights, La Mirada, La Palma, La Puente, La Verne, Lakewood,
Long Beach, Los Alamitos, Lynwood, Maywood, Monrovia, Montebello,
Monterey Park, Norwalk, Paramount, Pico Rivera, Placentia, Pomona,
Rosemead, San Dimas, San Gabriel, Santa Fe Springs, Seal Beach,
Signal Hill, South El Monte, South Gate, Temple City, Vernon, Walnut,
West Covina, and Whittier.
(B) The unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County and Orange
County adjacent to the San Gabriel River and its tributaries, the
lower Los Angeles River and its tributaries, the San Gabriel
Mountains, the Foothill Mountains, the Puente Hills, and the San Jose
Hills area including, but not limited to, East Los Angeles.
(d) Nothing in this section shall affect the jurisdiction of any
other state conservancy.