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a) For purposes of this section, the following

definitions apply: (1) “State Route Terminus” means the Route Terminus in the City of Alhambra, north of Route 10, built and currently operating as State Route 710. (2) “The State Route Terminus adjacent areas” means any department-owned areas or any areas impacted by past department planning for State Route 710, within the geographic area in any jurisdiction of the County of Los Angeles bounded by North Eastern Street to the west; Huntington Drive, west of the intersection of Huntington Drive and West Main Street, and West Main Street, east of that intersection, on the north; South Fremont Avenue on the east; and Route on the south, excluding the State Route Terminus. (b)

(1) The department shall establish and administer a Terminus Regional Planning Task Force, composed of the following members: (

A) Two representatives from the City of Alhambra. (

B) Two representatives from the City of Los Angeles, one of whom resides in the Zip Code. (

C) One representative from the County of Los Angeles. (

D) One representative from the California State University, Los Angeles. (

E) One representative from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. (

F) One representative from a business or workforce entity. (

G) One representative from a community-based organization. (

H) No more than two additional members to be appointed by the department.

(2) The department shall issue a solicitation of interest throughout the community and, from respondent entities, select the business or workforce entity and the community-based organization to be represented on the task force pursuant to subparagraphs (

F) and (

G) of paragraph (1), respectively.

(3) Each of the entities identified in subparagraphs (

A) to (E), inclusive, of paragraph (1) and each of the entities selected pursuant to paragraph (2) shall nominate its representative to the department. The Mayor of the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles City Council shall jointly nominate the representatives of the City of Los Angeles. The Alhambra City Council shall nominate the representatives of the City of Alhambra.

(4) The department, in considering the nominations, shall ensure jurisdictional balance on the task force. (c)

(1) The task force shall meet quarterly, incorporating robust community engagement, to discuss the issues of traffic and potential land uses, including affordable housing, student housing, workforce development space, public university expansion, parks, open space, and alternative transportation.

(2) By December 1, 2025, the task force shall complete and submit a report to the Legislature, in compliance with

Section of the Government Code, on projects and land use in the State Route Terminus adjacent areas addressing the issues identified in paragraph (1), including a

summary and status of the Alhambra Arterial Project.

(3) Notwithstanding any other law, the report required to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (2) shall not be considered a land use study. (

d) Upon completing its duties required under subdivision (c), the task force shall dissolve. (

e) Nothing in this

section shall be construed to authorize the task force to impede a local jurisdiction’s ability to implement projects at the State Route Terminus or in State Route Terminus adjacent areas. (

f) This

section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.