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Legislative Bill Action sion, to regulate formal training of, and issue to each achieve compliance with the Regional Transportation Plan. funeral escort an identification card and an official insignia Even with the amendments, AB 2333 continues to assert patch indicating the funeral escort is authorized to direct that communities should conform to a document designed traffic in accordance with the movement of the funeral to be used for planning purposes only. AB 2333 takes away procession. Amendments were taken in Assembly Transpor- local control and penalizes cities and counties for not ration on April 22nd that apply this only to Los Angeles, conforming to something that is meant to guide long-range thereby extending an existing pilot program until January regional planning. Regional Transportation Plans are 2005. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: AsApps, Position: designed to guide transportation improvements and to help Neutral. cities, counties and others plan for the future, they are not supposed to be used to force cities and counties to build or AB 2037 (Diaz). Public Contracts. Claims. A[~ not build what is contained within them. AB 2333 sets a 2037 requires a public entity to include provisions in the bad precedent and erodes the ability for local governments contract for timely notification of the contractor of the to effectively plan for the future. Staff: Natasha Fooman, claim and for recovery of reasonable costs incurred by the Status: AsApps, Position: Oppose. public entity. This bill is a compromise with the engineer- ing contractors, and allows cities to charge a reasonable fee AB 2511 (Durra). Public Utilities. Relocation. AB for the notice, to cover our costs. Staff: Natesha Fooman, 2511 provides that a relocation agreement may be entered Status: AsApps, Position: Watch. into and that the agreement must Include the following elements: location ofwork to be completed, cost arrange- AB 2087 (Oropeza). Outdoor Advertising. AB 2087 ments between the parties for the work to be conducted, revises several provisions of the Outdoor Advertising Act schedule for the work to be completed, remedies for relating Lo billboards, AB 201~] expands existing redevelop- contract impairment, definition of default on the part of ment area advertising display exemptions from the Outdoor either party, remedies for default by either party and what advertising Act to apply to any redevelopment agency and constitutes abandonment of utility relocation work, and expands the exemption period from 10 to 20 years. Addi- remedies for addressing any abandonment. Additionally, AB tionally, this bill allows local governments the ability to 2511 provides that if a utility abandons relocation work authorize a display If it would not result in a concentration under a relocation agreement with a public entity, the local of displays that will have a negative impact on the safety or government may assume from the utility the work of aesthetic quality, AB 2087 provides local governments with relocating utilities. We support this bill, because it allows additional revenue and more flexibility is addressing local governments to prevent utilities from halting reloca- billboard concerns within their, jurisdictions. The League tion projects during times of financial difficulty, which supports this measure based upon our existing policy to occurred during the energy crisis in 2001. AB 2511 support the authority of cities to regulate billboards and provides the option to local governments to take over these other signage. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: AsApps, projects if a utility neglects to finish the relocation, and Position: Support. has a relocation agreement with a local government, which would help to ensure that these projects are completed in a AB 2333 (Nakano). Transportation Funding. AB timely manner. Currently utilities are responsible for 100% 2333 requires the Department of Transportation to give of these relocation costs because some local governments preference to pro~ects that facilitate airport development have rights-of-way, which predate easements to utilities. and access when allocating interregional funds to Los Therefore, it is critical that the language in the bill that Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties allows local governments to enter into a relocation contract within the Southern ~alifornia Association of Government's with a utility remain permissive. Staff: Natasha Fooman, .jurisdiction, if that county is consistent with the regional Status: AsApps, Position: Support. transportation plan developed by the association. Addi- tionally, AB 2333 authorizes the Southern California AB 2590 (Cogdlll). Prevailing Wages. AB 2590 Regional Airport Authority to review the master plans and requires the Director of Industrial Relations to determine a airport layout plans of each commercial airport or proposed basic trades general prevailing wage for the central valley airport in these counties in order to determine whether the region. The prevailing wage is supposed to be the rate that airport is in compliance or is taking the necessary steps to is most typically paid to a worker performing work of a PAGE 6/PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site--www. cacities.org