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Legislative Bill Action SB 1521 (Kuehl). Land Use. Model Planning help save the lives of persons hit with sudden cardiac Practices and Policies. As amended on May 6, SB arrest. While many cities want to install these ma- 1521 requires the Director of the Office of Planning chines in city buildings, they are reluctant to do so and Research (OPR), or his or her designee, and OPt~'s because of potential liability exposure. Private Planning and Advisory Council, to develop and periodi- building owners face the same dilemma. AB 2041, call}~ review model planning practices and policies that sponsored by the City of San Diego and supported by emphasize land uses that are economically, socially, a wide coalition of groups, would address the liability and environmentally sustainable and that promote issue and thus encourage installation of these ma- specified concepts, and to make the model practices chines. Staff: Yvonne Hunter, Status: AsmFIr' Posi- and policies available to cities, counties, and cities and tion: Support. counties by January 1, 2004. The bill also states that any city, county, or city and county that adopts and ENVIRONMENTAL implements substantially comparable practices and policies would receive priority eligibility in the award SB 1542 (Escutia). Solid Waste Facilities. of competitive grants, as defined, for infrastructure, Environmental Justice. As amended, SB 1542 no commercial or industrial development, or other longer authorizes the California Integrated Waste economic development. Management Board to concur or object (i.e., disap- prove) a solid waste facility permit based on environ- The League had taken an oppose position on mental,justice criteria. Rather, the bill now directs the earlier versions of this bill, which preempted local Waste Board to develop guidelines for use by local land use authority, and appeared to establish a quasi- agencies to consider environmental_justice issues housing element process where other local land use relative to solid waste facilities and requires the local issues would be subject to state review on a five-year Countywide Siting Element to include consideration of cycle. The amendments taken on May 6 have ad- environmental_justice issues. dressed a number of our initial concerns, and have caused the League to change its position on SB 1521 While these amer~cments respond to the League's to Support, if Amended. League staff is working with direct concern that the bill ultimately authorizes the the sponsors of this bill to eliminate the remaining Board to ob_ject to a permit based on environmental concerns. The bottom line is that while it may be justice grounds, the League still opposes SB 1542. It helpful to cities to be recognized in their efforts to is certainly better to consider environmental_justice promote various "smart growth" practices and poll- issues earlier in the process and at the local level, cies, the program must be framed as an award pro- which SB 1542 now provides. Under existing law, a gram, not as a future leverage point to expand state proposed new or expanded solid waste facility must involvement in local land use decisions. Cities are be included in a locally adopted and Waste Board encouraged to review the bill in its current form and approved Countywide Siting Element. However, as SB let the League know if you have any concerns. Staff: 1542 is currently written, the League continues to be Daniel Carrigg, Status: SenHou&gomDev, Position: concerned that the Waste Board could still overrule Support, if Amended. local decisions because it does not like how a local agency "considered" environmental `justice in the siting element. Staff: Yvonne Hunter, Status: ADMINISTRATIVE SenApps, Position: Oppose. AB 2041 (Vargas). Liability. Automated External Defibrillators. AB 2041 grants limited PUBLIC SAFETY immunity under California's Good Samaritan Law for persons and facility owners who use or install Auto- AB 2211 (Horton). Criminal Procedure. AB mated External Defibrillators (AEDs). These "fail safe" 2211 is a logical extension of community-oriented computerized life-saving machines can be used to policing, that may actually expand awareness of the Visit the League's Official Web Site--www. cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS/PAGE