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8A Page 2 'California's Climate Change' Continusd #rom Page 1... !n 2047, the Cafifornia Air Resources Board (ARB) adopted nine discrete early action items to be executed by significant GHG emitters by Jan. 1, 2010. City officials will be most inferested in the landfill methane capture item which requires gas coliection and contro{ measures on landfiills where these systems are not currently required. Methane is a potent GHG which can come from landfill emissions among other sources. ARB also adopted 35 early action items. These measures are currenEly underway or will be initiated by ARB between 2Q07 and 2012. A{ist and description of these items can be found at www.arb.ca.gov/cfimatech�r��e. Late last year, ARB quantified the 1990 emissions level at 427 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivaient (MMTCO2e). This is the level the state must reduce its emissions by 2020. In early 2008, subgroups of Gov. Arnold Schwarcenegger's Climate Action Team (CA� began meeting regularly to develop plans that wifl feed into the Scoping Plan required by AB 32. This plan will go to AF2B in November 2008. The Scaping Plan will be a document that describes how California will reduce emissions ta 19901evels by 2020 as well as provide a low carbon view for the state between 2020 and 2050. League staff is actively involved with two of the 11 subgroups: land use and local government and waste management. Rraft plans from the 11 subgroups shouid be released to the public by spring 2008. The League will provide updates on this process fhrough Priorrty Focus and the League's Web site (www.caci{ies.or�c ). 'Employes Relations Bilts' Continued from Page 1... SB 726 (Alquist). This legislation was recently amended and would provide retroactive presumptions for blood borne pathogens Eo pubiic safety employees in Santa Clara County. This retroactive presumption would require the affected public employers to reopen claims back to April 1, 1995. 7his is not only a dangerous precedent to be set for other entities across the state, but would result in a tremendous financial burden to cities and coun#ies affected in what promises to be a lean budget year to begin with. OPPOSE, SB 1115 {Migden). This Eegislation strips key and equitable apportionment provisions from the SB 899 reforms and potentially eliminates the employer's ability fo use any non-industrial circumstance in determining permanent disability. OPPOSE. AB 243 (Fuentes). Now dead, this bill woufd have allowed venue shopping for injured workers. Current !aw aflows cities fo object to a"change of venue" in a work comp case and AB 213 would have taken that abilify away. AB 1496 (Swanson). 7his is #he bill thaf will force cities to move ALL part-time workers into full- time positions within a three month period. The bill is in Senate Local Government Committee, where it is expected to stay due to issues with costs ta local government and concerns from the senator who holds the swing vote. If the bill makes it aut of committee and is amended, it will have to come back to the Assembly for concurrence, where the League will have another opportunity to kill it. OPPOSE. Positive Results for Lpcal Tax Measures Across Califarnia Along with the presidential primary candidates and s#ate level initiatives on the ballo# Tuesday, Feb. 5, neariy 100 local measures appeared on the ballots across the state, Sixty-two of these local measures related to city, county, speciai district or school bonds or taxes. The resuits were positive for most California cities with revenue measures on the ballot this week. 7hirteen of the 62 local revenue measures concerned city taxes. All seven majority vote city 2