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AB 587 (Chau) Mobilehomes Fees/Tax Amnesty Program: Assembly Bill 587 would provide an amnesty program for mobilehome owners who face outstanding tax and registration obligations. Status: AB 587 awaits consideration in the Senate Judiciary Committee. RCRC Position: Oppose Unless Amended
AB 1549 (Wood) State Highway Rights-of-Way: Fiber Optic: Assembly Bill 1549 requires the California Department of Transportation to maintain an inventory of broadband conduits that house fiber-optic communications located on state highway rights-of-way. The bill also requires that fiber optic conduit be installed during a major reconstruction of a state right-of-way. Status: AB 1549 recently gained passage in the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee. RCRC Position: Support
AB 2406 (Thurmond) Junior Accessory Dwelling Units: Assembly Bill 2406 would provide local governments the option to adopt an ordinance regarding the development of Junior Accessory Dwelling Units in single-family residential zones. Status: AB 2406 awaits final action on the Senate Floor. RCRC Position: Support
AB 2438 (Waldron): CEQA: Exemption: Recycled Water Pipelines. AB 2438 would, until January 1, 2020, exempt from CEQA a project for the construction and installation of a new pipeline or the maintenance, repair, restoration, reconditioning, relocation, replacement, removal, or demolition of an existing pipeline, not exceeding 8 miles in length, for the distribution of recycled water within a public street, highway, or right-of-way. Status: Awaits consideration in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee. RCRC Position: Support
AB 2678 (Gray): State-designated fairs: funding. Assembly Bill 2678 would dedicate the State portion of the sales and use tax collected from transactions at fairgrounds except for Los Angeles to support small - and medium-sized fairs. Status: Awaits consideration in the Senate Governance and Finance Committee. RCRC Position: Support
AB 2781 (Garcia): Supplemental Environmental Projects. Assembly Bill 2781 would direct 10% of all penalties collected by California Environmental Protection Agency boards, departments, and offices to fund environmental projects in disadvantaged communities using Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code for the definition (CalEnviro Screen) of a disadvantaged community (DAC). Status: Awaits consideration in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee. RCRC Position: Oppose
SB 1069 (Wieckowski) Land Use: Zoning. Senate Bill 1069 seeks to encourage the development of more affordable housing through various reforms to a local government’s planning requirements and zoning regulations. Status: SB 1069 gained passage in the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee and awaits consideration in the Assembly Local Government Committee. RCRC Position: Pending – Seeking Amendments
SB 1170 (Wieckowski): Public contracts: water pollution prevention plans: delegation. Senate Bill 1170 would prohibit a public entity, charter city, or charter county from delegating to a contractor the development of a plan, as defined, used to prevent or reduce water pollution or runoff on a public works contract, except as provided. The bill would also prohibit a public entity, charter city, or charter county from requiring a contractor on a public works contract that includes compliance with a plan to assume responsibility for the completeness and accuracy of a plan developed by that entity. Status: Awaits consideration in the Assembly Local Government Committee. RCRC Position: Oppose
SB 1188 (McGuire): Wildlife management areas: payment of taxes and assessments. Senate Bill 1188 will return the ‘may’ back to ‘shall’ in Fish and Game Code Section 1504 making future PILT payments required rather than permissive. Status: Gained passage in the Senate. RCRC Position: Support
SB 1317 (Wolk): Conditional use permit: groundwater extraction facility. Senate Bill 1317 would require a city or county overlying a basin designated as a high or medium priority basin to establish a process for the issuance of conditional use permits for the development of a groundwater extraction facility in order to prevent that facility from contributing to or creating an undesirable result. Status: Awaits consideration in the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee. RCRC Position: Oppose
SB 1396 (Wolk): Inner Coast Range Conservancy. Senate Bill 1396 would establish the Inner Coast Range Program within the Wildlife Conservation Board. The Inner Coast Range region as defined in the legislation includes all or part of the following counties: Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Shasta, Siskiyou, Solano, Tehama, Trinity and Yolo. Status: Awaits consideration in the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee. RCRC Position: Oppose
SCA 14 (Wolk) Legislative Procedure: Senate Constitutional Amendment 14 would require that legislation be in-print and available for public inspection for at least 72 hours preceding a vote in the second house of the Legislature. Status: SCA gained passage in the Senate and awaits consideration in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. RCRC Position: Support