Section 30001 Of Chapter 1. General Provisions And Definitions From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 10. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1.
30001
. The Legislature hereby finds and declares:
(a) There is an imperative need for a comprehensive mass rapid
transit system in the southern California area, and particularly in
Los Angeles County. Diminution of congestion on the streets and
highways in Los Angeles will facilitate passage of all Californians
motoring through the most populous area of this state and will
especially benefit domiciliaries of that county who reside both
within and without the rapid transit district. It is, further, the
declared policy of the state to foster the development of trade and
the movement of people in and around the Los Angeles area for the
benefit of the entire state, and one of the purposes of the Southern
California Rapid Transit District is to further this policy.
(b) In view of the limited powers of the Los Angeles Metropolitan
Transit Authority (herein sometimes referred to as "authority") it
has become apparent that the authority is unable to solve the transit
problems of the southern California area and provide the needed
comprehensive mass rapid transit system.
(c) It is, therefore, necessary to provide a successor corporation
to the authority, to wit: a transit district, and to establish such
transit district governed by representatives of the governmental
agencies in the southern California area so that there will be
sufficient power and authority to solve the transportation problems
in the southern California area and to provide the needed
comprehensive mass rapid transit system.
(d) It is evident, therefore, that such a transit district may
plan to meet the transit needs and problems of the whole southern
California area; and that the estimates of future population growth
for the southern California area make it imperative that a
comprehensive plan for rapid transit contain projections of
population trends extending over the next 30 years.