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7A Page 1 0 'Busy Week For Eminent Domain Issues' Continued from Page 1... AB 887 (De La Torre). This is the League-supported companion measure to ACA 8 designed to address a special set of issues that arise when a redevelopment agency takes a small business. AB 887 passed out of both the Senate Local Government and the Senate Judiciary Committees th is week. ACA 2 (Walters). This League-opposed measure would have prohibited nearly all uses of eminent domain related to redevelopment and was defeated this week in the Assembly Committee on Judiciary. Although much progress has been made, there is still more work ahead on eminent domain reform. ACA 8 will need the support of a number of Republicans to secure the two-thirds vote needed to place the measure on the ballot. League staff and others are engaged in sensitive negotiations to achieve this goal. No further action is likely in the next few weeks because of the Legislature's immediate budget focus. 'League Takes Position On 56 375' Continued from Page 1... The intent of SB 375 is to align transportation funds with regional strategies designed to reduce reliance on automotive use and vehicle miles traveled. This will help achieve the landmark greenhouse gas reduction goals established by AB 32 (Nunez) which passed last year. The League remains supportive of the stated intent of the bill, and since the April 17 version of the legislation has worked with the author and sponsors to make sure that city concerns would be addressed in the legislative process. League Objectives with S8 375: . Protect Local Land Use Authoritv. The League seeks clear assurances that S8 375 does not directly or indirectly undercut local land use authority when a regional agency develops and adopts a "preferred growth scenario. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. The bill now says explicitly that "nothing in a preferred growth scenario shall be interpreted as superseding or interfering with the exercise of the land use authority of cities and counties within the region", . Ensure Full Participation. The League wants to ensure that any role of the regional transportation planning agencies in adopting approaches-and allocating funding-to projects supporting greenhouse gas reductions reflects a "bottoms up" precess involving full participation and agreement of its participating cities and counties. . Realistic Emission Reduction Taroets. It is imperative to the League that if regional targets for emissions reductions are established by the Air Resources Board, that those targets are neither excessive nor arbitrary but are realistic. They also must be established as part of a collaborative process involving local governments, transportation agencies, the business sector and other stakeholders with knowledge and experience in land use and transportation policy. . Treatment of Specific Lands. The League wants to make sure that local land use powers are not infringed upon by provisions in the bill which exclude certain lands (parks. open space, lands subject to conservation or agricultural easements, etc,) from a regional .preferred growth scenario" adopted by regional transportation planning agencies. . Reduce Surprises. And finally, the League wants to ensure that all remaining vagueness in SB 375's language is removed to guarantee that there are no surprises for local governments based upon future litigation. Cities are Urged to Examine S8 375 Closely as it Moves FOlWard Cities should take a close look at SB 375 and help assess its impacts on your city. As explained above, the bill is set to be heard next in the Assembly Committee on Appropriations where the 2