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Legislative Bill Action ................................................................ 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 to access information about legislation, policy issues and related develop- ments. You can track information on bills (www.cacities.org/billsearch), locate legislators and legislative committees, send letters to legislators or the media through the online Advocacy Center (www.cacities.org/advocacycenter), research League policy positions, access useful related links, and much more. PUBLIC SAFETY Automatic fire sprinklers will provide residents of care facilities the precious time needed to AB 1688 (Niello). Illegal Dumping Enforce- safely evacuate a building. In addition, fire sprin- ment Officers. AS 1688 will grant illegal dumping klers will eliminate hostile and dangerous fire enforcement officers powers of arrest to enforce conditions emergency service personnel face in illegal dumping laws. This will allow these en- fire and rescue operations. Staff: Uisa Lawson forcement officers to conduct complete investiga- Stark; Status: SenHumanS, 6/13; Position: tions without further burdening limited police Support. resources for basic investigative procedures. SB 412 (Figueroa). Massage Therapy. Just Properly empowered civil enforcement officers when it seemed like the supporters had thrown in are important to California's effort to fight the the towel and were not going pursue SB 412, epidemic of illegal dumping. Illegal dumping which would establish a statewide licensing poses a public safety, health, and environmental scheme to regulate the practice of massage hazard on communities, which costs taxpayers therapy, a newly amended version of the bill was and governments money in clean up and mitiga- in print this week. tion expenditures. Many who reviewed the previous version were AB 1688 represents a means to effectively significantly bent out of shape due to many of its utilize current resources without increasing costs provisions. These included provisions that pre- or draining limited police resources to protect the empted city and county regulatory authority over environment and reduce the millions of taxpayer massage therapists. The newly amended version doflars spent each year to clean up illegal dump- attempts to respond to many of the issues raised ing. Staff: Uisa Lawson Stark; Status: by the League, based upon comments by city SenPubSafe; 6/13, Position: Support. attorneys and public safety representatives who have worked with the League on the bill. AB 2836 (Karnette). Fire Protection. Resi- dential Care Facility for the Elderly. AB 2836 As amended, SB 412 would establish ex peri- will require a residential care facility for the elderly ence and educational requirements for an indi- with four or more residents to install and maintain vidual to become certified as a massage therapist. an operable automatic fire sprinkler system Individuals with such certification would not be approved by the State Fire Marshal no later than required to meet additional experience and educa- January 1, 2014. If a facility is licensed on or after tion requirements in order to practice in any city or January 1, 2010, it is automatically required to county. install and maintain an automatic fire sprinkler system. Visit the league's Official Website..www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS - PAGE 11 June 2, 2006 - Issue #22