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 04/13/26 - Amended Assembly
 02/20/26 - Introduced

 AB-2679 State highways: public parking: traffic control.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 07/09/2026 09:00 PM

AB2679:v95#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 July 09, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 June 10, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 May 18, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 April 13, 2026

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 2679

Introduced by Assembly Member Hadwick

February 20, 2026

 An act to add Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 898) to Division 1 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state highways, and making an appropriation therefor. highways.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2679, as amended, Hadwick.
 State highways: public parking: traffic control.

Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and vests the department with full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights in property acquired for state highway purposes. Existing law establishes the Tahoe Transportation District as a special purpose district managed by representatives from the States of California and Nevada to, among other things, operate a public transportation system in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

This bill would authorize the department, within the Tahoe corridor, to contract with a state agency, a local government, or the district relating to safety, access, and parking in the corridor to (1) designate the portions of state highways that constitute the corridor, (2) prevent
 unsafe parking and pedestrian movement, movement in the corridor, as provided, and (3) enhance public access to the corridor and public recreation sites, by, among other things, developing public parking, establishing and collecting fees for public parking, and developing transit facilities and pedestrian pathways to connect public parking to recreation sites, as specified.

This bill would require all moneys collected from a fee for that public parking to be deposited into the Tahoe Safe Recreation Access Fund, which the bill would establish, and would continuously appropriate moneys in the fund to
 would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, require the department to use those moneys for purposes of improving transportation facilities on state highways in the Tahoe Basin, as specified, thereby making an appropriation. specified. The bill would require all penalty moneys collected through citations issued for failing to pay parking fees to be deposited into the Tahoe Safe Recreation Access Penalty Account, which the bill would establish, and would continuously appropriate moneys in the account to would, upon
 appropriation by the Legislature, require the department to use those moneys for enforcement of parking restrictions and prohibitions on state highways in the Tahoe Basin, thereby making an appropriation. Basin.

This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Lake Tahoe Basin.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 TWO_THIRDSMAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 YESNO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) Lake Tahoe is a national and international resource of unique ecological, recreational, and economic importance. Tahoe’s natural beauty supports a regional economy exceeding $5,000,000,000 annually and provides outdoor recreation for millions of Californians and visitors each year.

(b) Existing law sets forth the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact, an interstate agreement between the States of California and Nevada pursuant to which the bistate Tahoe Regional Planning Agency regulates land use and transportation within the Lake
 Tahoe Basin to achieve environmental goals.

(c) Growing visitation and limited roadway capacity have increased safety risks and environmental impacts along state highways in the Lake Tahoe Basin. High-use recreation corridors experience hazardous parking behavior, pedestrian conflicts, and congestion that undermine public safety and environmental protection.

(d) A 2025 safety review documented severe and persistent roadway hazards