Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of the state highway system and associated property. The Planning and Zoning Law requires each city, county, and city and county to prepare and adopt a general plan that contains certain mandatory elements, including a land use element and an open-space element.
This bill would prohibit certain governmental entities from constructing, funding, or operating, or from taking property to construct, fund, or operate, a new major thoroughfare in San Clemente in an area that is subject to a conservation easement or that is designated as open space protected by a local initiative. The bill would provide that these provisions do not apply to the modification of major thoroughfares that exist in San Clemente on or before January 1, 2020.