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AB 2987 from page 12............. What Cities Can Do . Riahts-of-Wav. This bill fails to ad- equately protect the taxpayers' investment in public right-of-way. . Revenues. The local government rev- enues from franchise fees are in jeopardy in the current language in the bill. Serious legal flaws remain. The bill in its current form is a tax under the constitution of the state. The language needs to be amended to ensure that the traditional local franchise fee for local government are maintained and not taken over and preempted by the state tax currently in the bill. AIJ.2. the bill narrows the definition of "gross revenues" that is the basis for calculating local government revenues, likely resulting in a revenue loss. For these reasons, the city of is opposed to AB 2987 and asks for your NO vote on the bill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5B 1177 from page 1 SB 1177 undercuts the ability of local govern- ments to implement their development standards on density bonus projects. Density Bonus Law has become a Byzantine and litigation-oriented process due to a series of recent changes to the law. SB 1177 compounds the confusion and weakens local land use author- ity by deleting language from the statute which empowers local government to require developers to demonstrate that the waivers or modifications they are demanding are necessary "to make the housing units economically feasible. " It is replaced with other language that will allow developers to game the waiver process to attempt to demand more waivers than they really need to produce the density bonus units. Cities are encouraged to write an opposition letter to SB 1177 to Senator Hollingsworth and copy their senator and assemblymember. For a more detailed explanation of this bill, please review the League's most recent letter of opposition. A sample letter is also available by looking up SB 1177 on the League's bill search, located at www.cacities.ora/bilisearch. Legislative Action Bi II The following are summaries of just a few of the legislative bills that are currently being acted upon by the League of California Cities. For more information about these and other bills, please visit the League website's new "Issues and Advocacy" page (www.cacities.ora/ issuesandadvocacv) - a one-stop location to access information about legislation, policy issues and related developments. You can track information on bills (www.cacities.orgllegtracking), locate legisla- tors and legislative committees, send letters to legislators or the media through the online Advocacy Center, research League policy positions, access useful related links, and much more. ENVIRONMENTAL SB 1059 (Escutia). Transmission Line Corridors. Bill Amended - League Removes Opposition. SB 1059 was one of the most fiercely opposed energy bills of last year's ses- sion. However, last week the bill was amended to address all of the League's concerns about its preemption of local land use authority, general plan amendments and possible takings lawsuits. As a result of those amendments, the League and other local government associations have removed their opposition and are now neutral on the bill. Cities who were previously opposed are encouraged to review the amended bill and contact the author, Continued on Page 14 Visit the League's Official Website--www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS - PAGE 13 May 26, 2006 - Issue #21 .. ~..... _..._-_.~...... ...----.-------.< ._-~-_......._._..<_..."