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Legislative Bill Action Map Act is a bona fide resident conversion by aries, proposes to spend a minimum of 25 percent requiring a ballot survey of resident support. Staff: of its budget promoting or encouraging mass Daniel Carrigg, Status: GovDesk, Position: transit use upon submission of a petition signed by REQUEST FOR SIGNATURE. property owners in the proposed district who will pay more than 30 percent of the proposed assess- AB 2175 (Daucher). General Plan: Human ments to be levied. This bill provides that these Services. AB 2175 requires the State Office of assessments could bo levied for a maximum of 10 Planning and Research to add to guidelines for years. This bill seeks to provide local govern- addressing human service matters within the ments with additional tools to improve areas context of the guidelines of city or county general surrounding public transit stations. The League plans and defines "human service matters" as supports this effort to establish creative tools for provisions to assist communities to establish local governments to use to improve their commu- goals addressing the needs of targeted community nities. Staff: Daniel Carrigg, Status: GovDesk, members, including but not limited to, seniors, Position: REQUEST FOR SIGNATURE. children, young adults, families, workers, and persons with disabilities. As a matter of existing SB 1586 (Haynes). District Annexations. policy, the League supports advisory guidance on SB 1586 requires a special distdct to make written planning issues by state agencies in a consultation findings supported by substantial evidence when it format. The advisory guidelines for human service requests that a local agency formation commis- matters would developed pursuant to this legisla- sion (LAFCO) terminate a proceeding that in- tion would be of assistance to local governments cludes annexation of territory. More specifically,. attempting to incorporate human service principles this bill: into their general plans. Staff: Daniel Carrigg, Requires that any resolution from a special - Status: GovDesk, Position: REQUEST FOR district requesting termination of proceedings be SIGNATURE. based on written findings supported by substantial evidence in the record that the request is justified SB 1509 (Dunn). Property Tax Revenue by financial or service related concerns. Shifts. Exemption. Affordable Housing Develop- Provides for judicial review of a resolution ments. SB 1509 requires local governments to be requesting termination of proceedings. reimbursed for their property tax losses for any Specifies that the soumes upon which a affordable housing units they approve on and after distdct may base its written findings of financial or January 1,2003. The money would be shifted service concerns may include an urban water back to the local government from the amount that management plan, capital improvement plan, the local government pays into the Educational financial statement, comprehensive annual finan- Revenue Augmentation Fund. The bill further cial report, integrated resource management plan, requires as a condition of receiving reimbursement or other information related to the ability of the that the local jurisdiction's housing element is district to provide services. determined by the State Department of Housing Makes related definitions. and Community Development to be in substantial compliance with existing housing element law. When cities need to move forward with an Staff: Daniel Carrigg, Status: GovDesk, Position: annexation to provide infrastructure, jobs, or REQUEST FOR SIGNATURE. housing for its citizens, a special district should not have unilateral authority to block the annex- AB 2561 (Vargas). Business Improvement ation. The League agrees that the appropriate Districts. AB 2561 allows a city council to initiate agency to make these types of decisions is the proceedings to form a business district in an area affected area's Local Agency Formation Commis- containing a mass transit station within its bound- Visit the League's Official Web Site--www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS/PAGE 11