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Legislative Bill Action
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<br />current survey by the California Redevelopment
<br />Association, 28 agencies had used the Act on 170 Put very simply, because SB 1542 would permit
<br />sites, involving 191 parcels. Thus, the League the Waste Board to approve or object to a permit
<br />believes it is important to continue and expand the based on "location" standards, the Board could
<br />applicability of the Act as a way of facilitating and object to a permit because a majority of the Board
<br />stimulating clean up of contaminated properties. SB disagreed with the local agency even after the local
<br />1684 is sponsored by the California Red. e?elopment agency had completed extensive local environmental
<br />Agencies Association. Staff: Yvonne Hunter, Status: review, public hearings, and decisions about land
<br />SenEnv0ual;Hrg-4/1, Position: Support. use conditions that must be met before granting a
<br /> conditional use permit. While the League is sympa-
<br /> SB 1542 (Escutia). Solid Waste Facilities. thetic to issues of environmental justice, SB 1542 is
<br />Environmental Justice. Local Pre-emption. SB an inappropriate way to address this important issue.
<br />1542 addresses what the author perceives as envi- Staff: Yvonne Hunter, Status: SenEnvQual, Position:
<br />ronmentaIjustice issues related to the siting and Oppose.
<br />approval of solid waste facilities. Under existing law,
<br />a local enforcement agency prepares a solid waste
<br /> HUMAN RESOURCES
<br />facility permit for a solid waste facility, based on
<br />state law. The California Integrated Waste Manage- AB 2492 (Dickerson). Workers' Compensation
<br />ment Board is required to concur or object to the Injury. Lower Back Impairment. Last year, SB 424
<br />permit, but it may object only if the permit does not (Burton; Chapter 834, Statutes of 2001), provided
<br />meet state minimum environmental standards. At that in the case of a member of a police department
<br />the same time, the host jurisdiction for the facility is of a city, county, or city and county, or a member of
<br />undergoing the land use and CEQA process for the the sheriffs office of a county, or a peace officer
<br />facility, employed by the Department of the California
<br /> Highway Patrol or the University of California, the
<br /> SB 1542 requires the inclusion of "location" and term injury includes a lower back impairment. This
<br />environmental justice considerations in a solid waste measure would additionally apply this provision to
<br />facility permit. It authorizes the California Inte- harbor police, marshals, jail custodians, and state
<br />grated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) to object police. Staff: Amy Brown, Status: Aslns, Position:
<br />to a solid waste facility permit based on location and Oppose.
<br />environmental justice grounds. Environmental
<br />justice would be defined to mean "... consideration ~ (Goldberg). Labor Standards. Local
<br />of environmental justice concerns when locating, Jurisdiction. Existing law provides that provisions
<br />designing, operating, maintaining, and reusing solid of state law regulating wages, hours, and working
<br />waste facilities, including, but not limited to, the fair conditions for employees to not restrict the exercise
<br />treatment of people of all races, cultures, and Of local police powers over those matters in a more
<br />incomes." stringent manner. This bill would define a local
<br /> .jurisdiction as a city, county, district, or agency, or
<br /> The League opposes SB 1542 as an intrusion any subdivision or combination thereof, and provide
<br />into the local solid waste facility permitting author- that a local.jurisdiction that expends funds provided
<br />ity that is now vested with Local Enforcement Agen- to it by a state agency, or operates a program or
<br />cies, as well as an intrusion into local land use engages in an activity that has received assistance
<br />authority. In granting the Waste Board this author- from a state agency, may establish and apply its own
<br />ity, SB 1542 also authorizes the Waste Board to ' labor standards with regard to the expenditure,
<br />ignore and override CEOA review, as well as local land program, or activity, so long as the local standards
<br />use planning, review, and permit authority, do not conflict with state law. ~ prohibits
<br /> state agencies from requiring that a local jurisdiction
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