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Legislative Bill Action legal process where developers are favored to prevail when Current law provides that inmates paroled to a CCRC they sue local governments, and providing automatic must not be sewing a sentence for conviction of any violent attorneys fees. Draft letters of opposition are available on offense as specified in PC § 667.5. This bill would allow for the League's Web site under "Housing and Land Use." Staff: the "worst of the worst" to be paroled into these facilities, Daniel Carrigg, Status: SenApps, Position: Oppose. including murderers, rapists, and robbers. SB 1828 (Burton). Historical Resources. Affected While the League understands that those inmates Native American Sacred Sites. California Environmental transferred to a CCRC are soon scheduled for release from Quality Act. SB 182~ requires a mandatory finding of prison, the fact that violent inmates would be concentrated significance if a proposed project will adversely affect a at one facility, possibly in close proximity to residential Native American sacred site. It also prohibits approval by a neighborhoods, creates serious public safety concerns. public agency of the proposed project unless the tribe Local communities have made recommendations regarding accepts mitigation measures by the lead agency to offset the location of CCRCs with an understanding that these any adverse impacts, facilities would house non-violent offenders. Allowing violent offenders, who as a group have a 66% recidivism The League has taken an oppose position on this bill, rate, creates a whole new set of circumstances that the local specifically because of the provisions that have the effect of agency did not consider during review of a proposed transferring local permitting authority over land use to a location. Staff: Dan Carrigg; Status: AsApps, Position: third party. Our concerns are based primarily on the Oppose. language that prohibits anypoblic agency from issuing a permit for a development project if either an affected tribe AB 2370 (Thompson). Local Agency Formation. or the Native American ~,eritage Commission is not satisfied Annexation. AB 2370 prohibits a local agency formation with a public agency's proposed mitigation measures, This commission from approving or conditionally approving a provision provides "veto power" over a proposed oevelop- change of organization or reorganization or a change in a ment project, which is contrary to the League's Iongstand!ng sphere of influence of a local government agency that policy to protect local control of land use decisions. This would result iQ the annexation to a city or special district concept also raises constitutional questions both over the territory that is dedicated or restricted to agricultural uses, transfer of authority from a legisiative body to a tribe, as if the city or special district provides or would provide well as various issues over the separation of "church and facilities or services related to sawers, nonagricultural state," including whether a government can grant pre,eton- water, or streets and roads, unless the facilities or services rial treatment to Native Americans over others who ma~/ benefit land uses that are allowed under the contract or raise a religious or historical concern with a project. Staff: easement and the landowner consents to the change of Dan Carrigg, Status: AsApps, Position: Oppose. organization or reorganization. SI] 1496 (Polanco). Community Correctional The League has taken an oppose position on AB 2370 Reentry Centers: Violent Felons. SB ~ 537 removes the because the bill undermines the existing role of LAFCOs to current prohibition against the parole of violent felons into make decisions on local boundary issues and serves to limit community correctional reentry centers (CCRC) throughout growth even when the state, through the Department of the state, Furthermore, this bill would place further Housing and Community Development, ia enforcing housing demands on local agencies to determine the feasibility of a element laws designed to force communities to zone for an proposed (CCRC) site, by requiring a Ioca! agency that additional 220,000 housing units per year. recommends rejection of the site to provide the California Department of Corrections (CDC) with information about Cities in areas surrounded by Williamson Act lands how inmates who are paroled to that community will should take a serious look at the implications of this bill. receive services consistent with Penal Code § 6250.5 (b) Staff: Dan Carrigg, Status: SenLG, Position: Oppose. (drug and alcohol abuse counseling, employment skills, victim awareness, literacy training, etc.). PAGE lO/PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site--www.cacities.org