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Legislative Bill Action
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<br /> priority eligibility in the award of competitive grants for · Conflicts With Housing Element Mandate. The
<br />infrastructure, housing, commercial or industrial devel- language in SB 1521 in many ways mirrors the
<br />opment, or other economic development, approach of housing element law, with the concepts
<br /> of local submission of plans, state review and
<br />The League is opposing this bill based on the comments, and sanctions if the state fails to approve
<br />following issues: the plan. Last year's SB 910 battle, is an example of
<br /> the concerns by local governments over state
<br />· Preservation of Local Land Use Authority. This bill, programs which begin by offering advisory review
<br /> would, in essence, compel a community to submit it's and comments, but later turn into legislative
<br /> entire general plan -- a document that has been measures which threaten fines, penalties, and the
<br /> declared by the Califomi;, Supreme Court as "the seizure of local revenues until compliance with state
<br /> constitution for all future developments" -- for review is achieved.
<br /> review and approval by a state entity. For those that
<br /> believe that local self government is the cornerstone Possible Amendments: There have been a number of
<br /> of democracy, this notion is unacceptable, meetings over possible amendments to this bill, but as
<br /> of this writing it is unclear if amendments will be pre-
<br />· Lack of Local Fiscal Tools Raise Stakes on Competi- sented which address local concerns. Staff: Dan Carrigg,
<br />tire Grants. Although it is true that this bill does Status: SenLG;Hrg-4/24, Position: Oppose,
<br />not require locals to submit their plans to OPE, it has
<br />the effect of excluding any local government that SB 1816 (Chesbro). Historical Resources. Native
<br />fails to do so from any competitive state grant Amexican Sacred Sites. Violations, SB 181~ establishes
<br />programs. Given the severe limitations on local the Native American Historic Resource Protection Act,
<br />finance imposed on local governments by Proposi- which would prohibit a person from knowingly and
<br />tion 13, Proposition 218, state diversions of prop- willfully excavating upon, removing, destroying, inJur-
<br />erty tax which total over $4.7 billion per year, two- ing, or defacing a Native American historic, cultural, or
<br />thirds votes requirements for most revenue raising sacred site, including any historic or prehistoric ruins,
<br />authority, local governments find themselves in a burial ground, archaeological site, any inscriptions made
<br />struggle to survive and garner sufficient revenue to by Native Americans at such a site, any Native American
<br />meet the infrastructure and service needs of the rock art, or any archaeological or historic feature situ-
<br />state's growing population, ated on private land or within any public park or place.
<br /> The also, upon conviction, subjects a person found
<br />· The State lacks A Coordinated (~ame Plan. Local guilty of such a violation, to imprisonment in the county
<br /> governments are required to balance competing .jail for not mom than one year, or in state prison for 16,
<br /> interests in their general plans. Local general plans20, or 24 months. Staff: Dan Carrigg, Status:
<br /> are required to be internally consistent, sub.ject toSenPubSfty;Hrg-4/23, Position: Review and Comment,
<br /> CEQA, and are the products of multi-year outreach
<br /> efforts to community groups in an attempt the craft SB 1588 (Senate Local Government Committee).
<br /> a coordinated vision for the community. State Mosquito Abatement. PestAbatemont, Vector Control
<br /> agency laws, programs, and policies that affect localDistricts. Existing law contains provisions relating to the
<br /> general plans and land use are not required to be establishment of mosquito abatement and vector control
<br /> internally consistent, districts, including the formation of a district, the
<br /> selection of a district governing board, and the powers
<br /> and duties of the board.
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