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Legislative Bill Action within walking distance of local schools, shops and that require a permit. It does not apply to specified businesses. The bill would requires each county types of landscaping, including homeowner-pro- transportation program to base its awards on certain vialed landscaping at single-family and multi-family criteria. We need your input, please contact League projects, cemeteries and any project with a land- staff if you have any concerns with this legislation, scaped area less than 2500 square feet. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: SenTrans; Hrg-3/19, Position: Watch. AB 2734 requires DWR to prepare an updated model water efficient landscape ordinance by Janu- ENVIRONMENTAL ary 31, 2004. It requires cities and counties by January 1, 2005, to either update their existing SB 1916 (Figueroa). Local Coastal Plan landscape ordinance so that it at least meets the Amendments. Nonpoint Source Pollution. SB 1916 standards of the updated model ordinance or to requires that when a city or county with a certified adopt the updated model ordinance. If thejurisdic- Local Coastal Plan proposes a major amendment to tion chooses the former, it would be required to send the LCP, the LCP be must updated by the city or a copy of its ordinance to DWR for evaluation to county to include a nonpoint source pollution determine if the ordinance is consistent with the element. This requirement would also be applied to updated model ordinance. AB 2734 also specifies new LCPs being submitted to the Coastal Commission how local agencies shall enforce the ordinance. for certification. The author's office and Coastal Finally, as currently drafted, the bill prohibits a city Commission indicate that SB 1916 generally codifies or county that is not enforcing the model ordinance what already is the practice of many.jurisdictions, as or has not adopted its own ordinance that DWR well as requirements of the Coastal Commission's approves from receiving specified water bond funds. review and approval of LCP amendments. Coastal The author's office has indicated a willingness to cities are encouraged to review SB 191§ and send reconsider this provision. their comments to Yvonne Hunter; care of the Sacramento office; huntery@cacities.org. The Assembly Member Pavley has stated her intent to League's Environmental Quality Policy Committee will work closely with the League and individual cities to review this bill in late March. Staff: Yvonne Hunter, craft a bill that results in updates of existing water Status: SenNatRes&Wild, Position: Review and efficient landscape ordinances and ensures that they Comment. are enforced. AB 2734 also addresses issues of conserving water devices in homes that are sold. AB 2734 (Pavley). Water Landscape Ordi- Cities are encouraged to review AB 2734 and send nances. In 1990, California enacted AB 325 (Clute/ their comments to the League's Sacramento office. Chapter 1145, Statu~es of 1990), which required the In particular, we would like to hear from cities that State Department of Water Resources (DWR) to adopt have adopted and are enforcing water efficient a model water efficient landscape ordinance. The landscape ordinances, or have adopted findings that model water ordinance prepared by the DWR would eradicate the need for such an ordinance. The take effect by January 1, 1993, if a local agency had League's Environmental Quality Policy Committee will not adopted its own water efficient landscape review the bill in late March. Staff: Yvonne Hunter, ordinance or had not adopted findings based on Status: AsWP&Wild and AsLG, Position: Review and climatic, geological, or topographical conditions or Comment. water availability which stated that the water effi- cient landscape ordinance was unnecessary,. AB 325 AB 2351 (Canciamilla). Water Quality. Manda- (and the model ordinance and thus AB 2734) applies tory Minimum Penalties. As we reported in Priority to all new and rehabilitated landscaping for public Focus #6, February 8, 2002 issue, the League is co- agency projects and private development projects sPOnSoring legislation with the California Associa- Visit the League's Official Web Site--www. cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS/PAGE 7