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SA Page 22 Support AB 18 (Knight) Local government: city councils. Extends the appointment period to fill a city council vacancy from 30 days to 60 days. AB 210 (Hayashi) Green building standards. Clarifies the ability of a local government to adopt green building standards which are more stringent than those adopted by the State and published In the State Building Standards code. AB 262 (Ba..) American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan: energy activities, programs, or projects. Revises state law to ensure that federal funds may be allocated according to the specifications of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). AS 469 (Eng) Sales and use taxes: qualified use tax payment. Improves the collection of use tax revenues owed to the state and local governments by consumers and businesses through clarifications made to state income tax return forms. AB 596 (Evans) Community planning grants. Creates a new competitive program to provide funding for planning projects consistent for a number of state goals related to climate change, public engagement. affordable housing, transit, downtown revitalization. water quality, protection of farmland and open space, and ,other planning priorities. Local governments could then leverage these funds with local money to kick-start needed planning projects across the state. AB 715 (Caballero) City ordinances: publishing and posting requirements. Authorizes a city, within 15 days after the passage of an ordinance, to post the ordlnance on Its official Web &Jte and to mail notice of paSsage of the ordinance to those who have filed a written request for mailed notices In lieu of publishing the ordinance in a newspaper of general circulation. AS 1284 (Huffman) Substance abuse: adult recovery maintenance facilities. Alters the process by which the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs may issue a license for an adult recovery maintenance facility In three important ways: (1) provides a notice and commenting procedure so that the local agency may have the opportunity to address specific circumstances related to the license; (2) allows the department to impose requirement for the health and safety of the residents of the proposed facility as a condition of licensure; and (3) deny the license If the proposed facility would result In or exacerbate the over-concentration of facilities within a particular area. ACA 9 (Huffman) Local government bonds: special taxes: voter approval. Proposes a constitutional amendment to be submitted before the state's voters to' allow them to decide if it was appropriate to adjust voter thresholds for local Infrastructure bonds or a special tax to a 55 percent super majority. 5B 268 (Harman) Alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facllttles: licensing. Assures that state licensed drug and alcohol facilities comply with local zoning codes. It asks applicants to certify that they are consistent with local zoning codes and then asks the Department of DNg and Alcohol Programs to verify that statement. In aderatlon, it assures that state licensed facilities conform to fire codes. SB 415 (Oropeza) Alcoholic beverages: licenses: local government review. Provides local agencies with more reasonable standards by which they may review alcoholic beverage license applications. Specifically, this measure provides that any of the notified local authorities may request the time extension, and that the review would be extended from 20 days to 30 days. Watch sa 93 (Kehoe) Redevelopment: funding construction of public facilities. Contains provisions which expose local redevelopment projects across California to unnecessary costs, delays and litigation. Sen. Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) originally Introduced the legislation In response to what she viewed as an Inappropriate use of funds to construct public facilities outside of a designated redevelopment project area in San Diego, but the bill, as drafted, also affects existing 4