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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10 LEGISLATIVE UPDATEAgenda Item 10 Reviewed: AGENDA REPORT City Manager Finance Director �A MEETING DATE: MAY 2, 2017 TO: 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. NEW ITEMS (SINCE LAST UPDATE MARCH 21, 2017) AB 252 (Ridley-Thomas) Local government: taxation: prohibition: video streaming services. Would, until January 1, 2023, prohibit the imposition by a city, city and county, or county, including a chartered city, city and county, or county, of a tax on video streaming services, including any tax on the sale or use of video streaming services or any utility user tax on video streaming services. League of California Cities — OPPOSES Association of California Cities Orange County - OPPOSES Location: Assembly Revenue and Taxation AB 890 (Medina): Local land use initiatives: environmental review. Would require a proponent of a proposed initiative ordinance, at the time he or she files a copy of the proposed initiative ordinance for preparation of a ballot title and summary with the appropriate elections official, to also request that an environmental review of the proposed initiative ordinance be conducted by the appropriate planning department. League of California Cities — OPPOSES Location: Assembly Natural Resources Legislative Update May 2, 2017 Page 2 AB 1250 (Jones -Sawyer) Counties and cities: contracts for personal services. Would prohibit any city or county from contracting out any work until the city or county can show that the work will save the entity money and will not displace workers. In addition, the measure stipulates that employee benefit costs (e.g. CalPERS, healthcare, etc.) cannot be a sole factor in justifying a contract for service. League of California Cities — OPPOSES Location: Assembly Public Employee, Retirement and Social Security SB 35 (Wiener) Planning and zoning: affordable housing: streamlined approval process. Would pre-empt local discretionary land use authority by making approvals of multifamily developments and accessory dwelling units (ADUs) that meet inadequate criteria, "ministerial" actions. League of California Cities OPPOSES Association of California Cities Orange County - OPPOSES Location: Senate Governance and Finance Administration Trailer Bill Implementing Prop. 64: Various Cannabis Budget Change Proposals The League of California Cities® would like to make all cities aware of how the Administration's Cannabis Regulation Trailer Bill, up for a hearing in Assembly Budget, Subcommittee No. 4 on April 25, proposes to implement Proposition 64. It will undermine local control and local enforcement. The issues are presented in the form of questions, which are available, that local officials can pose to their statewide elected representatives. League of California Cities — OPPOSES Location - Recommendation to Hold Open at April 25 Subcommittee Hearing UPDATES OF PRIOR ITEMS (LAST UPDATE MARCH 21, 2017) SB 1 (Beall): Transportation Funding Sen. Jim Beall's (D -San Jose) SB 1 cleared both houses and is now being prepared for final delivery to the governor for final action. 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. Location: Enrolled (Signed by Governor) Legislative Update May 2, 2017 Page 3 SB 54 (De Leon): Law Enforcement: Sharing Data 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. Association of California Cities Orange County - OPPOSES California Police Chiefs Association – OPPOSES Location: In Assembly; Read First Time – Held at Desk SB 540 (Roth): Workforce Housing Opportunity Zone 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 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. League of California Cities – SUPPORTS Location: Headed to the Senate Committee on Appropriations where it will examine the state's ability to fund the new revolving loan program, established in SB 540, to assist cities with up -front planning and environmental review efforts. The measure must be acted on by the May 26 fiscal committee deadline. SB 711 (Hill): Local -State Sustainable Investment Incentive Program 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. League of California Cities – SUPPORTS Location: Re-referred to Committee on Appropriations AB 346 (Daly & Brough): Redevelopment: Housing Successor: Low and Moderate Income Housing Asset Fund 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 Legislative Update May 2, 2017 Page 4 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. Association of California Cities Orange County - SUPPORTS Location: Re-referred to Committee on Local Government