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1Atò Legislative Bill Action ............................................................... soils engineering, or land surveying, and needs to reduce danger, save lives, and minimize risks know the location of subsurface insta!lations. associated with events that require multiple Please send all comments to agency response. AB 1831 will also li:'1sure that omorelos@cacities.oro. Staff: Natasha Fooman, state and local public safety agencies y. ill be Status: SenLG, Hrg. 5/5; Position: Review and allowed to maintain current communication Comment. systems until a specified performance standard is adopted. Staff: Natasha Fooman; Status: PUBLIC SAFETY AsApps; Position: Support. AB 1884 (Spitzer). Privacy Offenses. ~ (Oropeza). Grand Theft. AB 1814 Immunity. AB 1884 adds city attorney prosecu- provides that every person who feloniously steals, tors to the designated list of law enforcement takes, or carries away cargo of another is guilty of officers permitted to record or overhear communi- grand theft. cations for investigative purposes. Currently, city AB 1814 also defines "cargo' as "any goods, attorneys are allowed to record confidential wares, products, or manufactured merchandise communications, but must receive approval from that has been loaded into a trailer, rail car, or cargo the Attorney General or District Attorney to do so container, awaiting or in transit, valued at more on a case-by-case basis. The ability to record than $400." In California, cargo theft is estimated confidential communications is an invaluable tool. to account for between $1 million to $2 million in Delays in investigations can be lost opportunities losses every business day, an amount much to conduct and gather important evidence, unnec- higher than any other state. AB 1814 will help essarily jeopardizing public safety. Staff: affected law enforcement agencies accurately Natasha Fooman; Status: SenPubSfty; Position: track this type of grand theft, and will assist in Support. providing the necessary resources to the law enforcement agencies that protect our ports. ~(Pacheco). Arson. AB 1907 would Staff: Natasha Fooman; Status: AsmFlr; Posi- remove the sunset clause on California's aggra- tion: Support, vated arson statute, thereby making the law permanent. In 1994, the legislature passed AB 1831 (Bermudez) Homeland Security Senate Bill 1307 (Craven) which established the Funding. Federal Building. AB 1831 will in- crime of aggravated arson. This legislation was struct the California Statewide Interoperability passed in response to the Southern California Executive Committee (CALSIEC) to create a firestorms, which ravaged the counties of Los performance standard that ensures interoperability Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San among state and local public safety agency Diego, and Ventura. Of the 22 wildfires that struck communication devices that meets and exceeds Southern California in 1993, investigators deter- the federal Project 25 standards. AB 1831 will mined that 16 of the fires were the work of arson- also ensure that any utilization of funds from the ists. In all, almost 200,000 acres were scorched Office of Homeland Security for the purpose 1f and over 1,000 structures were destroyed, Arson interoperable communication shall meet the continues to be a major problem in California, standards set forth by the Committee. which severely impacts the safety of our commu- Interoperable communications among state and nities, including law enforcement, firefighters and local public safety agencies is integral to the safety other emergency responder personnel. AB 1907 of our communities, and just as importantly, to the ensures that arson suspects will be prosecuted, safety of our public safety personnel, who consis- thus sending a clear message that engaging in tently jeopardize their own safety to protect others. arson will result in severe penalties and restitution. The ability for multiple entities to communicate will Staff: Natasha Fooman; Status: Asm, Floor; Position: Support. Visit the league's Official Web Site-www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS/PAGE 8