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Legislative Bill Action park owner took the issue to court, claiming that ness is to provide contract security guards). the city council did not have the author~ to im- Proprietary secudty guards are those employed by pose more stringent requirements. A lower court a private business or public agency. This bill denied the park owner's petition, but earlier this would therefore require all security guards em- year, the Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed ployed by a pdvate agency that do not carry a the decision (El Dorado Palm Springs, Ltd. v. City deadly weapon to register with the Bureau of of Palm Springs, et al., and El Dorado Mobile Security and Investigative Services, and also Country Club Homeowners Association), ruling abide by specific training and weapons mainte- that the city was limited to the scope of existing nance requirements. The author is attempting to law. in May of this year, the League's Legal minimize the employment of private security Advocacy Committee filed an amicus brief urging guards with criminal histories by subjecting private the Fourth District Court of Appeals to grant the security guards to existing background check City of Palm Springs' petition for review of the processes applied to employees in one segment case. However, the appellate court had stated in of the pdvate secudty guard arena. Implementa- its reversal that any question of broadening exist- tion of this bill is scheduled for January 1,2004, lng law should be dealt with by the Legislature, not and the author has expressed a willingness to the court. This bill is designed to respond to the address public agency concerns during the next issue by ensuring that more than 50 percent plus session. Please notify the League regarding the one of the residents have to purchase their sites extent to which your city utilizes proprietary secu- before a park is considered conerted to resident rity guards. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: ownership. Staff: Dan Carrigg, Status: SenFIr, SenFIr, Position: Review and Comment, Position: Support, For legislators'phone r~nbe~ addresses and e-n~il ADMINISTRATIVE SB 994 (Morrow). Skateboard Park Liability. are listed under "Resources." This week the Senate concurred in the Assembly amendments to SB 994 and sent it to the Gover- nor for action. SB 994 extends the sunset in existing law that provides limited liability protection for public agencies that have skateboard parks. The bill has received widespread local govern- ment support and has no opposition. Cities are encouraged to send letters to the Governor asking that he sign SB 994. Staff: Yvonne Hunter, Sta- tus: On Governor's Desk, Position: Request Signature. PUBLIC SAFETY AB 248 (Correa). Private Security Services. AB 248 subjects proprietary security guards to the registration and regulation provisions in current law that apply to guards working for pdvate patrol operators (i.e., those agencies whose sole busi- Visit the League's Official Web Site--www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS/PAGE 11