HomeMy WebLinkAbout08 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Agenda Item 8
Reviewed:
AGENDA REPORT City Manager
Finance DirectorN/A
MEETING DATE: MARCH 21, 2017
T0: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JEFFREY C. PARKER, CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT- LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
SUMMARY:
Staff has prepared an update of proposed key legislative items.
RECOMMENDATION:
At the direction of the City Council.
SB 1 (Beall) Passes out of Senate Government and Finance Committee
Next Hearing in is the Senate Appropriations Committee
Sen. Jim Beall's (D-San Jose) SB 1 cleared another hurdle on March 8, passing out of
its third of three policy committees. The measure generates an additional $6 billion
annually for California's local and state transportation network and is supported by the
Fix Our Roads Coalition.
SB 54 (De Leon); Law Enforcement: Sharing Data
Awaiting third reading in Senate
Existing law provides that when there is reason to believe that a person arrested for a
violation of specified controlled substance provisions may not be a citizen of the United
States, the arresting agency shall notify the appropriate agency of the United States
having charge of deportation matters. This bill would repeal those provisions. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 540 (Roth) Creates Blueprint for More Housing Construction
League-Sponsored Bill Scheduled for First Committee Hearing on March 21
Local elected leaders are acutely aware of the severity of California's housing
affordability crisis and their role in fashioning solutions. While numerous factors are
contributing to the problem, there is an agreement that more needs to be done to create
a path for and streamline new housing construction. Local governments do not build
homes. Cities are responsible for planning and land use decisions that allow housing to
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be built. The League of California Cities® is sponsoring Sen. Richard Roth's (D-
Riverside) SB 540 to create a robust system for planning and streamlining housing
approvals and construction that ensures public engagement on the upfront planning
process.
SB 711 (Hill), Local-State Sustainable Investment Incentive Program
Cities Encouraged to Support Measure Focused on Addressing Local Financing Gaps
for TOD, Affordable Housing and Facilities within a Disadvantaged Community
Despite all the state's focus on infill development and greenhouse gas reduction, the
sobering reality is that —absent sufficient resources to address financing gaps --- many
desirable projects fail to pencil-out. Such missed opportunities will frustrate the state's
efforts to achieve its greenhouse gas reduction goals.
AB 346 (Daly & Brough) Redevelopment., Housing Successor: Low and Moderate
Income Housing Asset Fund
Currently in Policy Committees
Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies and community development agencies
as of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of successor agencies to wind
down the affairs of the dissolved redevelopment agencies and to, among other things,
make payments due for enforceable obligations and to perform duties required by any
enforceable obligation. This bill would authorize a housing successor to use funds
remaining in the Low and Moderate Income Housing Asset Fund for homelessness
services, transitional housing, or emergency housing services, as well as for the
development of affordable housing.
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