AgdaPkt 2008-08-25 Joint City Council, HHCC and Redevelopment

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8A Page 15 Take Action The League supports this legislation because it would improve municipal water quality statewide. The League asks city officials to send the Governor a letter to request his signature on this bill. A sample letter can be found on the League's Web site at www.cacities.ora/billsearch. Plug in AS 2270 to find the letter. FACT Act Compliance Required by November Final rules have been set out by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions (FACT) Act of 2003 which requires compliance by November 1, 2008. The FACT Act added new provisions to the Federal Credit Reporting Act to protect consumers against identity theft. New regulations published November 1, 2007 require financial institutions and creditors to develop and implement written identity theft prevention programs. It is important that city officials understand that they may be considered a "creditor" as it is defined in the act, according to the Federal Trade Commission. A city could be considered a creditor if they provide for deferred payments on goods or services. "Deferring payments" refers to postponing payments to a future date and/or installment payments on fines or costs. Likely examples for cities may include providing public utility services or providing a payment plan for parking tickets. To comply with the new FACT Act regulations, known as the Red Flag Rules, entities will be required to provide for the identification, detection, and response to patterns, practices, or specific activities ("red flags") that could indicate identity theft in their identity theft prevention programs. The League is working to determine more clearly how the FACT Act could affect cities and will provide an update in the near future. Please contact League Legislative Analyst Natasha Karl with questions at (916) 658-8~54 or nkarlla>.cacities.orq. Paid Sick Leave Bill Conceivably Dead AS 2716 (Ma), the paid sick leave legislation the League has been tracking for months, failed to move forward last week when it was not taken off the Senate Appropriations suspense file. This bill and issue may be dead for the remainder of the 2008 legislative session. Assembly Member Ma's bill would have required every employer in California to provide one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked to any employee who worked seven or more calendar days in a year. Private sector employers labeled this bill as a "job killer and cost driver." It also would have proved to be an administrative nightmare to overlay the legislation's requirements on top of existing local government sick leave policies. This is particularly true as it applies to part-time and seasonal employees in public sector employment. . Although AS 2716 is dead for this legislative session, it's not going away permanently. Assembly Member Ma says she remains deeply committed to the issue. Almost three years ago, Measure F, a measure nearly identical to AS 2716, was passed in San Francisco, the district the Assembly Member represents. She has promised to bring the bill back in the next legislative session, which is not surprising given her dedication to the issue. City officials should expect a new version of AS 2716 in 2009. Proposal for Second Prop. 1 B Allocation Moves Forward The League's proposal to include a Proposition 1 S Local Streets and Roads allocation in the FY 2008-09 state budget is moving forward as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office and legislative leadership are currently reviewing the language. The proposal, developed in collaboration with the Department of Finance (DOF), would allow cities who already received their FY 2007-08, to receive funding on a first come, first serve basis. The language was developed to ensure cities could program or spend the second allocation of funds within the next fiscal year to drive economic growth through infrastructure improvements. 6