AB 2554 Summary

• Authorizes the Los Angeles County Flood Control District to impose fees or charges (in compliance with California Constitution Article XIII D) to pay for water quality improvement projects and stormwater pollution reduction.

• Requires fees to be collected together with county taxes and deposited into the county treasury, with the board of supervisors expending funds according to specified allocation percentages.

• Allocates fee revenues as follows: 10% to the district for administration and water quality programs, 40% to cities and unincorporated areas based on fees collected, and 50% to nine watershed authority groups for collaborative water quality improvements.

• Establishes nine watershed authority groups for Ballona Creek, Dominguez Channel, Upper and Lower Los Angeles River, Rio Hondo, Upper and Lower San Gabriel River, Santa Clara River, and Santa Monica Bay watersheds.

• Amends the district's authority to raise money by adding fee or charge imposition as a permitted method alongside bonds and property taxes, while maintaining prohibitions on other fundraising methods.