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Legislative Bill Action The following are summaries of.just a few of the legislative bills that are currently being acted upon by the League of California Cities. The League encourages you to review the bills on its Web site at www. cacities, org/ legtracking and contact the appropriate committees to demonstrate your support or opposition of issues. Your assistance is appreciated. TEANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS SB 1918 (Torlakson). Vehicles. Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices (EPAMDs). SB 1916 ACA 11 (Richman). Infrastructure. Finance. passed the Senate Transportation Committee this ACA 11 goes a long way toward decreasing the year- week, with an amendment that makes the provisions to-year funding uncertainties that impede tong-term of this bill sunset in 2005, While we appreciate a planning and implementation of infrastructure sunset date being added to SB 1918, we are still construction, maintenance and rehabilitation. It opposed to this bill for two reasons, First, classifying dedicates a percentage of the growth of the General an EPAMD as a pedestrian presents safety issues for Fund, beginning in FY 04-05 to meet California's pedestrians who would have to share a limited space infrastructure needs. These funds would be used to on the sidewalk with vehicles moving five times their meet transportation, education, water, and park and speed. Second, SB 1918 presents a liability risk for open space needs across California. In each category, cities. If we tell EPAMD users they can operate on a 50 percent would be available for state pro`jects and sidewalk or within a bike lane, local governments 50 percent for local projects. Additionally, ACA 11 could then be liable if something went wrong. While would allow entities receiving distributions from the we commend the author and sponsor for allowing infrastructure fund to exchange these funds with local governments to regulate where and when a other entities for the purpose of exchanging eligible Segway can be operated, until each.jurisdiction can funds in one category for those in another. This will pass an ordinance regulating Segways they could be provide much needed flexibility for`jurisdictions to held liable for any accidents that occurred, Staff: prioritize and meet their most critical infrastructure Natasha Fooman, Status: SenApps;Hrg-5/13, Pesi- needs first, Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: tion: Oppose Unless Amended. AsElecReapp&ConAm, Position: Support. SB 1466 (Alarcon). Contracts for Labor or HOUSING AND LAND USE Services. SB 1466 exposes public agencies to civil Two Bad Housing/Land Use Bills (AB 2292 and and criminal penalties and undermines an agency's AB 1866) Move Out Of Assembly Local Government confidence in determining the Iowerst responsible Committee. Cities Need To Let Legislators Know bidder, This bill implies that any entity that enters Where They Stand. Despite the opposition of the into a labor contract for construction,.janitorial or League, the California State Association of Counties, security guard services, should know if the contract and the American Planning Association, and a handful does not provide sufficient funds to allow the con- of individual cities, the Assembly Local Government tractor to comply with all labor laws and regulations, Committee voted both AB 2292 (Durra), and AB 1866 If an entity enters into a contract that does not (Wright) out of committee, AB 2292 affects preemp- provide sufficient funds, SB 1466 makes the entity tion of rocar authority and property rights as it relates guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to civil penalties, to providing density bonuses. AB 1866 addresses Additionally, SB 1466 establishes a rebuttable pre- preemption of local authority on second units and sumption that the entity entering into a contract for density bonuses. Although the Chair and several labor or services does not violate the provisions of members stated that their votes were contingent upon this bill if the contract contains comprehensive future productive discussions and negotiations with information about the contractor and it's workforce, the local government opposition, the fact that these This rebuttable presumption would be extremely bills were allowed to leave the "local government" difficult for a public agency to successfully argue, committee in this form should be considered a wake- Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: SenLbr&lndRel, up call to any city concerned about retaining their Position: Oppose. local land use discretion and authority. Visit the League's Official Web Site--www. cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS/PAGE 5