CA AB1486

Exempts the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements for design, site acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance of specified structures and equipment until January 1, 2017

Exemption applies only to projects on publicly owned sites that already contain antenna support structures, antennas, equipment enclosures, or public safety radio transmission facilities

Exemption requires compliance with multiple conditions including no substantial adverse impact on wetlands, riparian areas, protected habitat, or historical resources; compliance with FCC radiation standards; and adherence to height restrictions (70 feet for monopoles, 180 feet for lattice towers)

Exemption applies to antennas, antenna support structures, equipment enclosures, central system switch facilities, and associated foundations and equipment for the LA-RICS broadband mobile data and land mobile radio systems

Enacted as an urgency statute effective immediately to enable LA-RICS to meet federal grant deadline requirements