SACRAMENTO — Prospects of what some might consider an added layer of bureaucracy took one step forward on May 30, as California’s Assembly members unanimously approved Assembly Bill 1918 (AB 1918). The bill proposes to establish an Office of Sustainable Outdoor Recreation.
AB 1918, which was proposed by Assembly member Eduardo Garcia, D-El Centro, is now being considered in the State Senate; the bill’s first stop is the upper house’s Committee on Rules.
A recently published legislative analysis of AB 1918 stated the office, if ultimately created, would achieve four goals:
– Promote economic development and job growth in California’s outdoor recreation economy
– Develop data on the effects of outdoor recreation in California
– Recommend and coordinate policies to increase and enhance recreational activities, and
– Operate as the “central point of contact for the outdoor recreation industry in California.”
The office would also have an advisory board “to provide advice, expertise, support and service,” according to the Assembly’s most recent legislative analysis.
Members of the advisory board would hail from nonprofit organizations, tourism boards, businesses offering outdoor recreational goods or services, government agencies engaged in land management and state agencies.
Other states have similar offices or agencies already in place, according to a statement issued by Garcia’s...
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