§ 21080.20

21080.20. (a) (1) (A) This division does not apply to an active transportation plan, a pedestrian plan, or a bicycle transportation plan for the restriping of streets and highways, bicycle parking and storage, signal timing to improve street and highway intersection operations, and the related signage for bicycles, pedestrians, and vehicles.

(B) This division does not apply to a transit comprehensive operational analysis, transit route readjustment, or other transit agency route addition, elimination, or modification.

(2) An active transportation plan or pedestrian plan is encouraged to include the consideration of environmental factors, but that consideration does not inhibit or preclude the application of this section.

(3) An individual project that is a part of an active transportation plan, pedestrian plan, or transit comprehensive operational analysis remains subject to this division unless another exemption applies to that project.

(b) Before determining that a project described in subdivision (a) is exempt pursuant to this section, the lead agency shall hold noticed public hearings in areas affected by the project to hear and respond to public comments. Publication of the notice shall be no fewer times than required by Section 6061 of the Government Code by the public agency in a newspaper of general circulation in the area affected by the proposed project. If more than one area will be affected, the notice shall be published in the newspaper of largest circulation from among the newspapers of general circulation in those areas.

(c) If a local agency determines that a project is not subject to this division pursuant to this section and it determines to approve or carry out that project, the notice shall be filed with the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation and the county clerk in the county in which the project is located in the manner specified in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 21152.

(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Active transportation plan” means a plan developed by a local jurisdiction that promotes and encourages people to choose walking, bicycling, or rolling through the creation of safe, comfortable, connected, and accessible walking, bicycling, or rolling networks, and encourages alternatives to single-occupancy vehicle trips.

(2) “Pedestrian plan” means a plan developed by a local jurisdiction that establishes a comprehensive, coordinated approach to improving pedestrian infrastructure and safety.

(3) “Transit comprehensive operational analysis” means a plan that redesigns or modifies a transit operator’s or local agency’s public transit service network, including the routing of fixed route and microtransit services.

(Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 742, Sec. 1. (SB 71) Effective January 1, 2026.)