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Legislative Bill Action adequate housing development and transit oriented recycling incentive program for cathode ray tubes (i.e., public improvements to provide affordable housing and computer terminals), which have recently been deter- job access to California's growing workforce. The bill mined to be hazardous. These bills would establish a authorizes a city and/or county, if located in a specified fee that consumers would pay when purchasing new metropolitan statistical area, that has adopted, among CRTs in California. The money would be used to fund a other things, a transit village plan, to create a housingvariety of e-waste recycling programs, including grants opportunity district, subject to approval by the State to local governments. Staff: Yvonne Hunter, Status: Department of Housing and Community Development AsNatRes;Hrg-6/24, Position: Support. (HCD). AB 1284 specifies that HCD may only approve 12 districts. AB 1284 further requires a portion of the PUBLIC SAFETY property tax revenues resulting from increases in assessed value due to affordable housing construction AB 2002 (Alquist). Office of Emergency to be paid to the district. Services. AB 2002 requires the Office of Emergency Services (ORS) to establish a search and rescue advisory AB 1284 also authorizes a housing opportunity committee assigned to develop recommendations for district to issue bonds and enter into other forms of addressing the equipment needs of the state's urban indebtedness for the purpose of constructing afford- search and rescue teams. Currently, local agencies are able housing and transit oriented public improvements responsible for purchasing and maintaining urban search within a district or the adjacent area. Although we are and rescue equipment, that must be available for use reviewing the details of this recently amended bill, the around the state and country if either the Federal bill is intended to provide some additional tools to local Emergency Management Agency and/or the ORS de- governments. Staff: Dan Carrigg, Status: SenLG; Hrg- clares a disaster and requests resources. Therefore, 6/19, Position: Support [Cities are encouraged to local agencies would benefit from a statewide assess- review and comment on details of this proposal.] ment of the resource needs and preparation of financ- ing alternatives to meet these needs. Staff: Natasha ENVIRONMENTAL Fooman, Status: SenApps, Position: Support. SB 1526. SB 1587 (Romero). Solid Waste. AB 2018 (Alquist). Public Safety Communi- Zero Waste. Landfill Enforcement. In their current cations. AB 2018 establishes the Public Safety Com- forms, both SB 1526 and SB 1587 are dead for the year. mu.qication Advisory Board (Board), which would be Both bills, which have had numerous informal and responsible for developing and implementing a state- formal iterations since draft proposals were circulated wide integrated public safety communication system late last year, have been put on hold by the author, that facilitates interoperability and other shared uses of Although the current versions of the bills exclude many public safety spectrum. This bill requires the Board to of the provisions that caused the League to oppose determine which state agencies need new or upgraded them, the League still remains opposed because of the communication equipment in order to enter into an remaining problems in the bills. Staff: Yvonne Hunter, agreement for interoperability or other shared use of Status: SB 1 §26-Senate inactive File; SB 1587-Senate public safety spectrum. Also, AB 2018 requires the Appropriations Suspense File, Position: Oppose. Board to assist specified state agencies with the development of interoperability agreement or other SB 1523 (Sher); SB 1619 (Romero). E- shared use of public safety spectrum with local agen- Waste. CRT Recycling. Companion bills, SB 1573 and cies, In order to increase the chances of a successful SB 1619 would establish a much-needed, market-based state-local project, the League has requested one Visit the League's Official Web Site--www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS/PAGE 13