Chapter 2. General Provisions of California Government Code >> Title 7.86. >> Chapter 2.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this chapter govern the construction of this title.
  (a) "Authority" means a military base reuse authority.
  (b) "Basewide facility" means a public capital facility that, in the judgment of the board, is important to the overall reuse of the base, and has significance beyond any single city or the unincorporated area of a county.
  (c) "Board" means the governing board of the authority, as specified in Section 67820.
  (d) "Authority reuse plan" means the plan for the future use of the military base pursuant to Section 67830.
  (e) "Local facility" means a public capital facility that, in the judgment of the board, is important primarily within a single city or the unincorporated area of the county.
  (f) "Legislative body" means the city council of a city or the board of supervisors of a county.
  (g) "Member agency" means any of the counties and cities serving on the board of the authority.
  (h) "Public capital facilities" means all public capital facilities described in the authority reuse plan, including, but not limited to, roads, freeways, ramps, air transportation facilities and freight hauling and handling facilities, sewage and water conveyance and treatment facilities, school library and other educational facilities, and recreational facilities, that could most efficiently and conveniently be planned, negotiated, financed, or constructed by the authority to further the integrated future use of the military base.
  (i) "Redevelopment authority," for the purposes of federal law concerning the transfer of property at the military base, means the authority.

Counties and cities may establish an authority with the powers and duties set forth in this title upon the adoption of resolutions pursuant to Section 67820.

The authority is a public corporation of the State of California that is independent of the agencies from which its board is appointed. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the powers and duties of the authority are those granted or imposed by this title. The Legislature finds and declares that the planning, financing, and management of the reuse of military bases is a matter of statewide importance, and that the powers and duties granted to the authority by this title shall prevail over those of any local entity, including any city or county, whether formed under the general laws of the State of California or pursuant to a charter, and any joint powers authority.

The purpose of the authority is to plan for, finance, and manage the transition of the military base from military to civilian use.