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Legislative-Bill Action that community will alternatively receive treatment for HUMAN RESOURCES addiction to alcohol or controlled substances based AB 2509 (Goldberg). Labor Standards. Local on the therapeutic community model. Staff: Natasha Jurisdiction. AB 2509 clarifies that state assistance Fooman, Status: SenApps, Position: Review and does not prevent localities from applying their own Comment. labor standards to their projects. Many cities throughout California have adopted higher labor SB 1528 (Vincent). Shopping Carts. SB 1528 standards related to their economic development reduces from three to two the number of days that funding. Many local development projects are fi- are provided for a shopping cart owner to retrieve an nanced through a mix of state and local funds, impounded cart following notification in order to During the Wilson administration, various state avoid any storage fees or fines. Staff: Natasha agencies required local governments to refrain from Fooman, Status: SenApps, Position: Support. applying their labor standards to local prOJects that received state assistance. Because of this outdated SB 1565 (Polanco). Bioterrorism Preparedness. policy, many cities were forced to apply a much lower SB 1565 requires, upon the availability of sufficient labor standard to their pro~ects. AB 2509 will allow non-state funds, the Board of Governors of the cities to apply a labor standard that is frequently less California Community Colleges to consult with the stringent than the one applied by the state. Staff: Office of Emergency Services regarding the state's Amy Brown, Status: AsmFIr, Position: Support. basic standardized terrorism awareness curriculum for purposes of providing a model to be used bV Califor- SB 1516 (Romero). Public Safety Officers. nia Community Colleges trainir of fi~ responder Procedural Bill of Rights. SB 1516 expands the personnel. The bill requires the model curnculum to Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights (COw be designed for use by the California Community ernment Code sections 3300-331~), commonly known Colleges to increase the capacity of the state to as POBOR (Peace Officers' Bill of Rights). The bill protect the public in the event of an attack or threat provides that upon a finding by a superior court, any of attack by one or more terrorists or criminals that public safety department who willfully violates any utilize pathogehs, toxins, or radiological agents, provision of the Act with intent to injure a public Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: SenApps, Position: safety officer, shall be liable for actual damages Support in Concept. suffered by the public safety officer whose right or protection was denied, including exemplary damages, SB 1891 (Perata). Bicycle Theft. Existing law a civil penalty and attorney's fees, SB 1516 is unnec- authorizes cities and counties to provide, by ordi- essary. Public safety officers have extensive employee nance or resolution, that no resident may operate a rights under current law including constitutional bicycle on any highway or other public property property interest rights for which minimum proce- within the_jurisdiction of that local entity unless the dures are established in case law and Attorney General bicycle is licensed, The bill authorizes an Internet opinion, POBOR, civil service or merit protection, and bicycle registration service, as defined, to register rights to collectively bargain employee due process bicycles and issue bicycle licenses. A bicycle regis- procedures, It would also lead to unnecessary toted with the Internet bicycle registration service, litigation, Staff: Amy Brown, Status: SenPubSfty;Hrg- recognized in an appropriate ordinance or resolution 5/7, Position: Oppose, by a city or county, would be deemed under this bill to be registered and licensed in accordance with existing law. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: SenTrans, Position: Review and Comment. PAGE lO/PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site--www. cacities.org