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Home My WebLink About09 LEGISLATIVE UPDATEAgenda Item 9 Reviewed: AGENDA REPORT City Manager (jtA Finance Director MEETING DATE: AUGUST 15, 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. The last day for policy committees to meet and report bills was on July 21, and the legislature is now in Summer Recess until August 21. The status of prior updates remains essentially the same. Once the legislature is reconvened the houses will have until September 15 to pass bills. UPDATES OF PRIOR ITEMS (LAST UPDATE JULY 5, 2017) AB 572 (Quirk -Silva): Alcoholism or drug abuse treatment facilities: Orange County Pilot Program This bill would require the Department of Health Care Services to establish a voluntary pilot program to locate a Compliance Investigator within the County of Orange to investigate complaints against licensed adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities. This would be an added resource for cities, helping them to enforce state and local regulations, and provide patients with better outcomes. This legislation was brought to ACC -OC by Orange County cities to combat the complex issues related to sober living facilities. Association of California Cities Orange County— SPONSORED Location: Passed Senate — Moving Through Assembly 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 Legislative Update August 15, 2017 Page 2 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: Passed Assembly — Moving through Senate 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 — SUPPORTS (Changed from OPPOSITION) Association of California Cities Orange County - OPPOSES Location: Passed Assembly — Moving through Senate AB 1323 (Weber): Sustainable Water Use and Demand Reduction: Stakeholders Working Group AB 1323 would require the Department of Water Resources to convene a stakeholder working group to develop, evaluate, and recommend proposals for establishing new water use targets for urban water suppliers. A number of bills have been introduced in the Legislature proposing the next iteration of long-term water use efficiencies beyond the existing 2020 -time frame. Inevitably, those bills represent different stakeholder perspectives, visions, and approaches to the development of California's future efficiency and conservation framework. In the face of these conflicting perspectives, AB 1323 takes an important and necessary step towards creating consensus recommendations that can be advanced legislatively. Association of California Cities Orange County — SUPPORTS Location: Passed Assembly — Moving through Senate AB 1479 (Bonta) Public Records: Supervisor of Records: Fines oppose League Opposes AB 1479 (Bonta) would place substantial burdens on local agencies by adding onerous, costly and unnecessary requirements in processing California Public Records Act (CPRA) requests. AB 1479 would mandate that every local agency assign a "Supervisor of Record" to review each public records act denial prior to the final determination being issued. Association of California Cities Orange County - OPPOSES Location: Passed Assembly — Moving through Senate Legislative Update August 15, 2017 Page 3 AB 1654 (Rubio): Water Shortage: Urban Water Management Plan This bill would create a new process of drought -response planning and reporting by local water suppliers. By requiring water suppliers to describe and analyze the reliability of their water supplies in greater detail, AB 1654 would improve overall urban water management planning. Annual reporting from every urban retail water supplier would allow the state to better identify suppliers experiencing water shortages, as well as suppliers prepared to deal with drought conditions. Association of California Cities Orange County— SUPPORTS League of California Cities — SUPPORTS Location: Passed Assembly — Moving through Senate AB 1668 (Friedman): Water Management Planning This bill creates a new drought response plan by making numerous changes to water supply planning, and drought planning to incorporate climate change, and enhance water supply analysis. Unlike the Rubio bills, being supported by ACC -OC (AB 968 and AB 1654), this bill would require three separate reporting mechanisms, which would be unnecessary and burdensome to local governments. Association of California Cities Orange County - OPPOSES Location: Passed Assembly — Moving through Senate SB 2 (Atkins) Building Homes and Jobs Act SB 2 would generate hundreds of millions of dollars per year for affordable rental or ownership housing, supportive housing, emergency shelters, transitional housing and other housing needs via a $75 recordation fee on specified real estate documents. League of California Cities — SUPPORTS Location: Awaiting Third Senate Reading SB 3 (Beall) Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018 Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018 authorizes a $3 billion general obligation bond to fund affordable housing programs and infill infrastructure projects. League of California Cities — SUPPORTS Location: Passed Senate — Moving through Assembly Legislative Update August 15, 2017 Page 4 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: Passed Senate — Moving through Assembly 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: Passed Senate — Moving through Assembly 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: Passed Senate — Moving through Assembly SB 649 (Hueco): Wireless Telecommunications Facilities The bill would establish a streamlined permitting process for small cell wireless facilities, and limit the fees that local governments may charge for placement of small cells on city or county owned infrastructure. This is concerning to cities in Orange County and throughout the State, because it severely restricts the ability for cities to make necessary discretionary decisions related to the aesthetic and safety of small cell and wireless infrastructure within their jurisdictions. Legislative Update August 15, 2017 Page 5 League of California Cities – OPPOSES Association of California Cities Orange County - OPPOSES Location: Passed Senate – Moving through Assembly 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: Passed Senate – Moving through Assembly