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INFRASTRUCTURE BOND DETAILS from page 9 ....................... . $1.9 billion for new construction of school facilities. . $500 million for providing school facilities to charter schools. . $3.3 billion for modernization of school facilities. . $500 million for facilities for career technical education programs. . $1 billion for new construction to fund severely overcrowded school sites. . $1.5 billion for CA Community Colleges. . $890 million for UC and Hastings College of Law. . $690 million for CSU. Permit Streamlining - AB 1039 (Nunez/Perata) This is a "trailer bill", that would provide exemptions from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to streamline various transportation, levee repair and flood control projects funded by two bond measures that will appear on the November 7, 2006 statewide general election. Exempts the following projects from CEQA contained within the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality and Port Security Bond Act of 2006 (SB 1266) and places requirements on specific projects relating to permit streamlining: . Structural modification of specific existing and replacement highway structure projects in Alameda, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles Counties . Specific seismic retrofit projects on existing local bridges. Exempts the following projects from CEQA contained within the Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006 (AB 140): . Exempts the repair of critical levees of the Sacramento River Flood Control Project that are within an existing levee footprint. Requires the lead agency performing the repairs to conduct community outreach, sufficiently comply with standard construction practices, and to use emulsi- fied diesel fuel to the best extent possible with a sunset date of July 1, 2016. WHAT ABOUT THE RAIL BOND? Many city officials may remember that there is still a $10 billion rail bond that was passed by FIND A BILL, LEGISLATORS, LEG the Legislature more than a year ago, and is COMMITTEE - OR ASK LEG STAFF also set for the November 2006 ballot. Con- cerns have been raised about whether the Visit (and bookmark!) the League's state's bonding capacity would be unduly Legislative Resources page stressed by retaining this measure on the (www.cacities.orgllegresources). You'll find ballot. There are pending bills that would a roster and contact information for the remove it from the ballot. It's not clear at this League's legislative staff; the online Bill time what will happen. Search program, background materials on lobbying your legislators, and more. PAGE 10. PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Websiteuwww.cacities.org May 5, 2006 . Issue #18 ,-.....~'. ~.. .... .,._.~.__.'---' "~',",--"--- ..."~._~_._..^ _._....._~...