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�.A- I� Legislative Bill Action ............................................................... make joint-use laws more flexible for local agen- streamlined their parking, setbacks, and other standards. Typical of many bills, SB 1818 ap- cies. Staff: Dan Carrigg; Status: Gov; Position: w Request For Signature. proaches this issue in a one-size-fits-all fashion." Staff: Dan Carrigg; Status: Gov; Position: AB 2581 (Lieber) Mobilehome Parks: Con- Request for VETO. (See the League's online version. AB 2581 clarifies that if a mobilehome Advocacy Center at www.cacities.orq/ park is closed by a code enforcement agency advocacvicenter to access a sample letter to through a suspension of the permit to operate, the governor.) then the park owner is responsible for preparing SB 1056 (Alarcon) Development Projects: the required park conversion report. This mea- Superstore Retailers. SB 1056 undermines sure ensures that resident relocation and other �ocal land use authority by requiring a city or concerns will be appropriately considered if a park county, prior to approving or disapproving a must be closed due to code enforcement actions. ��superstore retailer", to require a specified eco- Staff: Dan Carrigg; Status: Gov; Position: nomic impact report be prepared by a public or Request For Signature. private entity that is professionally qualified in AB 2702 (Steinberg) Housing: Second economic analysis. •SB 1056 is oriented toward Units. AB 2702 limits local ability to regulate the halting the development of large retail centers due development of second housing units and prohibit to concerns about their impact on existing retail absentee-landlord duplexes within single family 9rocery chains and union jobs. Like many other zones. It would also mandate specific housing land uses, the approval of these large stores can densities for school sites, usurping local zoning be controversial. The analysis proposed in this bill, authority and undermining planning principles however, is not neutral on this issue, and will only relating to traffic, site conditions and other local fuel controversy and promote litigation. Each city considerations. These important land use deci- may reach different conclusions on the extent to sions should be left to local governments and Which these enterprises add to or extract value residents who can best determine the impacts the from their communities. In either case, this decision should be theirs, not the State decisions will have on a community. Staff: Dan Legislature's, to make. Staff: Dan Carrigg; Carrigg; Status: Gov; Position: Request for Status: Gov; Position: Request for VETO. VETO. (See the League's online Advocacy Center at www.cacities.orq/advocacvicenter to AB 3065 (Kehoe) General Plan: Safety access a sample letter to the governor, and a Element. AB 3065 requires approximately 50 sample letter to send to the editor of your cities within the state with designated very high local print and electronic media.) fire hazard severity zones to submit their safety SB 1818 (Hollingsworth) Density Bonuses. elements for review and comment by the State This legislation makes a number of changes to Board of Forestry and Fire Protection and any state Density Bonus Law, which not only reflect local agency that provides fire protection services flawed policy, but also would impose additional to the affected area. Although the League sup- unfunded state mandate costs on local govern- Ports improving communication between state ments. SB 1818 cuts in half the amount of afford- and local agencies on fire prevention and protec- able housing that developers must build under the tion strategies, our fire and safety officials believe law, while significantly increasing the concessions that there are more efficient, less cumbersome and density bonuses that must be provided. The and less costly ways of exchanging information bill fails to recognize that many communities than the expansion of the old "command and already have affordable housing plans in place, control" model where state staff are hired to await have aggressively zoned for high-density and have the submission of local plans. For instance, the September 3, 2004 -- www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS/PAGE 7