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��r 14 Legisiative Bill A�tion ............................................................... Guest Home Fire and Life SafetyAct, wouid require Gaming. Staff: Liisa Lawson, Status: SenApps, a residential care facility for the elderly, with no Hrg. 8/2; Position: Support. more than six guests, to install and maintain an operable automatic fire sprinkler system approved SB 58 (Johnson). Police Reports. Confi- by the State Fire Marshall. Automatic fire sprinklers dentiality. SB 58 would require county district will provide residents of care facilities the precious attomeys, the courts, and law enforcement to time needed to safely evacuate a building. In establish a mutually agreeable procedure to addition, fire sprinklers will eliminate hostile and protect personal cor�fidential information regard- dangerous fire conditions which emergency service ing a victim or witness contained in a police personnel face in fire and rescue operations. Staff: report submitted to a court. SB 58 is designed to Liisa Lawson; Status: SenApps, Hrg. 8/2; Posi- safeguard the privacy of personal information tion: Support. about victims and witnesses named in police reports that are filed with the courts. Staff: Liisa AB 2406 (Bermudez). F1re Safety. AB 2406 Lawson, Status: AsApps, Hrg. 8/4; Position: requires local government reports of statistical Support. information to the State Fire Marshal to be compat- ible with the National Fire Incident Reporting Sys- SB 1152 (Scott). Ammunition. SB 1152 tem (NFIRS) established by the Federal Emer- requires ammunitions sellers to check the gency Management qqency (FEMA). AB 2406 also identification of ammunition buyers to verify their requires the State Fire Marshal to compare local age. SB 1152 will also require ammunition fire department NFIRS reports (which would in- sellers to maintain a log of individuals who clude specific response time and staffing objec- purchase ammunition, allowing it to be checked tives) to the highly controversial Standard 1710 by law enforcement personnel. City police adopted in 2001 by the National Fire Protection departments are the primary providers of public Association (NFPA 1710). In difficult budget times safety services in California and frequently for the State of Califomia, AB 2406 would have respond to incidents invotving firearms. Tracking significant flnancial impact on cities, counties, and ammunition sales will help keep ammunition out special districts, many that are already struggling to of the hands of children and criminals, resulting provide public safety services despite tight budgets. in safer communities. Staff: Liisa Lawson, Staff: Liisa Lawson; Status: SenApps, Hrg. 8/2; Status: AsApps, Hrg. 8/4; Position: Support. Position: Oppose. AB 3089 (Horton) Indian Gaming. Special Distribution Fund. AB 3089would provide changes to SB 621 (Battin, 2003) enacted last year, which provided for the distribution process of local government mitigation money from the Special FOR LEGISLATORS' PHONE NUMBERS, Distribution Fund (SDF) relative to Indian Gaming. ADDRESSES AND E-MAIL PLEASE SEE THE Current law requires that these funds must be LEAGUE'S WEBSITE allocated by June 30, 2004, or they revert back to the Specia) Distribution Fund. AB 3089 would ��W-CACITIES.ORG/ADVOCACYCENTERI. provide an extension to this reversion date until December 31, 2004. AB 3089 will ensure that local governments are able to meet the deadline to receive grants from the SDF to mitigate for impacts associated with Indian PAGE 6/PRIORITY FOCUS luly 30, 2004--www.cacities.org