AB 2454: State highways: report: southeast Los Angeles County.

California · Assembly · 2025–2026 Regular Session · last verified March 24, 2026

What AB 2454 does, verified March 24, 2026

The bill aims to improve the state highway system in the southeast portion of Los Angeles County. It requires the Department of Transportation to prepare a report assessing the department's services and the needs of state highway infrastructure in the area. The report must be submitted to the legislature and posted online by February 1, 2028, with an opportunity for public comment. The bill also establishes a necessity for a special statute for the county of Los Angeles, ensuring it receives adequate attention and support for its infrastructure needs.

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Last action: Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. (2026-03-23)Alert me

Author and sponsors

Asm. Jose Luis SolacheAuthor · California State Assembly

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Recent actions5 total · showing 5

Mar. 23, 2026	Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
Mar. 19, 2026	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
Mar. 19, 2026	Referred to Com. on TRANS.
Feb. 21, 2026	From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
Feb. 20, 2026	Read first time. To print.

Latest bill textAmended version, March 19, 2026 · 645 words

Amended IN Assembly March 19, 2026

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2454

Introduced by Assembly Member Solache

February 20, 2026

An act to ~~amend~~ add and repeal Section 91 91.1 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to ~~transportation.~~ state highways.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2454, as amended, Solache. ~~Department of Transportation: state highways.~~ State highways: report: southeast Los Angeles County.

Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and requires the department to improve and maintain the state highways.
This bill would require the department, in collaboration with the California Transportation Commission, to prepare a report to assess the services provided by the department to maintain and improve the state highway system, and the needs of state highway infrastructure, in the southeast portion of the County of Los Angeles. The bill would require the department to submit the report to the Legislature, and post the report on its internet website, on or before February 1, 2028. In preparing the report, the bill would require the department to provide an opportunity to comment on the topic of the report, as specified.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for County of Los Angeles.
Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and the California Transportation Commission, and vests with the department the obligation to improve and maintain state highways, including all traversable highways that have been adopted or designated as state highways by the commission.
~~This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.~~

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO

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

SECTION 1.

Section 91.1 is added to the Streets and Highways Code, to read:

91.1.
(a) (1) The department, in collaboration with the commission, shall prepare a report to assess the services provided by the department to maintain and improve the state highway system, and the needs of state highway infrastructure, in the southeast portion of the County of Los Angeles. The department shall submit the report to the Legislature, and post the report on its internet website, on or before February 1, 2028.
(2) The report shall include recommendations on how to improve both of the following in the southeast portion of the County of Los Angeles:
(A) State highway infrastructure and the department’s services with regard to the state highway system, including clean-up and maintenance services.
(B) The department’s communications and engagement with local governments regarding the maintenance and improvement of the state highway system.
(b) In preparing the report, the department shall provide an opportunity for the public to comment on the topic of the report through the department’s internet website.
(c) In preparing the report, the department is encouraged to do both of the following:
(1) Conduct outreach with relevant stakeholders, including, but not limited to, local governments, community-based organizations, environmental justice and equity-based organizations, organized labor, the transportation industry, metropolitan planning organizations, county transportation commissions, regional transportation planning agencies, and transit operators.
(2) Hold a public workshop in the southeast portion of the County of Los Angeles.
(d) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is inoperative on February 1, 2032, and is repealed on January 1, 2033.

SEC. 2.
The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique transportation needs in the County of Los Angeles.

SECTION 1.Section 91 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:
91.
~~The department shall improve and maintain the state highways, including all traversable highways that have been adopted or designated as state highways by the commission, as provided in this code.~~

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