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Legislative Bill Action reduction practices to reduce the level of wild land conditions in addition to any other conditions ira- fire damage on private properties in the state, Staff: posed by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Natasha Fooman, Status: AsApps, Position: Watch. Control. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: AsApps, Position: Support. AB 2002 (Alquist). Urban Search and Rescue Purchasing Program. AB 2002 establishes the Urban AB 2993 (Firebaugh). Urban/Wild Land Inter- Search and Rescue Emergency Response Equipment face. AB 2993 defines urban wild land interface Purchasing Program, in order to assist state and local communities and requires the State Board of Forestry agencies in acquiring urban search and rescue emer- (BOF) to identify incentives or financial or regulatory gency response equipment. The bill requires the relief to landowners to immediately implement fuel director to establish an advisory committee to advise reduction pro~ects in forested areas surrounding the director on the development and implementation urban wild land interface communities. Staff: of the program. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: Natasha Fooman, Status: AsApps, Position: Watch, AsApps, Position: Support. SB 1350 (McPherson). Emergency Services, AB 2233 (Wright). Firefighting Equipment. AB Terrorism. SB 1350 appropriates General Fund 2233 enacts the Firefighting Equipment Bond Act of monies to the Office of Emergency Services to imple- 2002, which authorizes the State Treasurer to issue ment a statewide "first responded' terrorism-aware- $85 million in bonds for the purpose of financing the ness training program. The implementation of this thermal imaging equipment purchasing program and bill is closely tied to receipt of federal funding the provision of other firefighting equipment by OES through thc ;Yesident'~ "First Responder Initiative." to state and local agencies. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Staff: Natasi~ Fooman, Status: SenApps;Hrg-5/6, Status: AsApps, Position: Support. Position: Support. AB 2499 (Frommer). Criminal Procedure. A~B SB 1489 (Porata). Vehicle Speed Contests. SB 2499 amends the Penal Code by adding a section that 1489 adds "reckless driving on a highway, reckless requires every local and state law enforcement agency driving on an off-street parking facility or exhibition to keep and maintain all records generated or col- of speed on a highway" to the Vehicle Code to allow lected in the course of any investigation of a domestic for confiscation and a 30-day hold for driving behav- violence case or a case involving the sexual abuse of a ior associated with vehicle speed contests (commonly minor rot a minimum or 10 years, including but not referred to as "sideshows"). Staff: Natasha Fooman, limited to, all law enforcement reports and witness Status: SenApps, Position: Support. statements. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: AsApps, Position: Support. SB 1496 (polanco). Community Correctional Re-entry Centers. SB 1496 recasts the purpose and AB 2577 (Cox). Alcoholic Beverages. Retail objective of the community correctional re-entry Licenses. AB 2577 authorizes a local government to centers by providing that they are to be structured, determine that the public convenience and necessity highly supervised programs (therapeutic model), the would be served by the issuance of an alcoholic objective of which would be to increase public safety beverage retail license only if the license is made by aiding the transition of offenders into the commu- subject to conditions outlined by the local govern- nity. This bill also requires a local agency recom- ment. In the case that the local government makes mending re~ection of the Community Correctional Re- such a determination, AB 2577 requires that no entry Center site proposed by the department to license could be issued unless made subject to those provide information about how inmates paroled to Visit the League's Official Web Site--www. cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS/PAGE 9