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Legislative Bill Action The followin§ are summaries of. just a few of the legislative bills that are currently being acted upon by the Leegue of ~lifornia ¢ities. The League encoura§es J/ou to review th~ bills on its Web site at wwwocacities.org/ legtracking and contact the appropriate committees to demonstrate your suppor~ or opposition of issues. Your assistance is appreciated. REVENUE AND TAXATION would change Section 22038 of the Public Contract Code to AB 2065 (Nakano). Property Tax: Assessment Roll. require two business days notice to the apparent Iow bidder Existing law requires the county assessor to prepare an prior to a governing body rejecting all bids and declaring assessment roll with "the name and address, if known, of that the project can be more economically performed by the assessee," AB 2065; as proposed with pending amend- employees of the agency. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: ments, would enable an assessee, at their cost, to request AsApps, Position: Support the California Construction that property address information maintained by the Cost Accounting Amendments, Watch on the other assessor but not required, be made available only for portions of the bill. internal purposes. The bill further suggests that nothing in it shall be construed to limit disclosure of information under SCR 45 (Costa). The William H. "Harry' Armstrong Revenue and Taxation Code Section 408, nor would it Interchar~e. Harry Armstrong has served on the Clovis City Council since 1970, was President of the League from 1982- require modification of local roll information created prior to the date of any assessee request, An additional proposed 1983, and has served on the League Board of Directors for fifteen years, Harry Armstrong has championed transporta- amendment would include cities and special districts, or their duly authorized agents, under Section 408 disclosure tion issues in and around Clovis, and was an ardent sup- (final language is pending). The California Judges Associa- porter of the Highway Route 168 project. S(~R 45 names the tion, sponsors o¢ the bill', are interested in the ability to Herndon Avenue Interchange the William H. "Harry" keep their property addresses out o¢ public hands, but Armstrong Interchange. The League feels this is a fitting understand our concerns about maintaining adequate access tribute to Harry Armstrong's years of public service. Staff: to the information needed by cities to fulfill their obliga- Natasha Fooman, Status: AsmFIr, Position: Su@pert. tions and duties, Please submit comments immediately $B 1656 (Rgueroa). Congestion Management. to Jean Korinke at ikorinke@cacities.oro; 9161658-8245. Staff: Jean Korinke, Status: SenRev&Tax;Hrg-7/2, Posi- Transportation. Congestion Management Programs. SB tion: Review and Comment. 1636 declares that existing Level of Service {LOS) standards do not apply to streets and highways within an infill opportunity zone if a city or county includes those streets TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS and highways under an alternate area wide LOS standard or S9 1582 (Committee on Transportation). Transper- a multi-modal composite or personal LOS standard. SB 1636 tation. SB 1582 is an omnibus transportation bill, which is provides local governments with additional flexibility in going to be amended to include language from the California determining the appropriate LOS for infill opportunity zones Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission. These within their jurisdictions. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: amendments would have the Controller adopt cost account- AsmFIr, Position: Support. lng procedures, including cost accounting and reporting requirements, for implementation by cities with a popula- $R___141)1~ (Alarcon). Contracts for Labor or Services. tion less than 75,000 (existing law is 10,000), For the S8 1466 exposes puOlic agencies to civil penalties and purposes of these cost accounting procedures, cities with a unde mines an agency's confidence in determining the population less than 75,000 will assume an overhead rate lowers responsible bidder. This bill implies that any entity equal to :~0% of the total costs of a public project, and Cities that enters into a labor contract for construction,janitorial with a population greater than 74,000 can either calculate or security guard services, should know if the contract does an actual overhead rate or use a rate equal to 20% of the not provide sufficient funds to allow the contractor to total cost o¢ a public project. Additionally, the amendments comply with all labor laws and regulations. $B 1466 also Visit the League's Official Web $ite--www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCU$/PAG£ 9