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The memo League Executive Director Chris McKenzie sent this week is available on the League's Web site. http://www.cacities.org/resource files/28073.CityofficialmemoJunel.pdf 8A Page 14 League of California Cities Major Bill List Each legislative session, the League tracks hundreds of bills with potential impacts to cities but focuses its lobbying on a much smaller amount of legislation with the greatest potential impact. As of June 2, below is a list of major bills affecting cities with a brief description. The League's letters and sample letters are available at www.cacities.ora/billsearch. This list will be updated periodically through the legislative year. Below are the major bills pending in the Legislature of interest to cities and the League: Oppose AB 155 (Mendoza) Local government: bankruptcy proceedings. Requires local agencies contemplating bankruptcy to first obtain approval from the California Debt and Investment Advisory Committee (CDIAC) before filing for bankruptcy. AB 291 (Saldana) Coastal resources: coastal development permits. Prohibits any city that has been issued a notice of intent, cease and desist order, notice of violation, or a restoration order under the Coastal Act from being eligible to submit an application for a coastal development permit until the violation has been resolved. AB 479 (Chesbro) Solid waste: diversion. Proposes to increase a jurisdiction's diversion requirements for solid waste and dramatically increases the state's solid waste disposal fee. Specifically, this bill requires the owner or operator of a business that contracts for solid waste services and generates more than four cubic yards of total solid waste and recyclable materials per week to arrange for recycling service, consistent with state and local laws and requirements. to the extent that these services are offered and reasonably available from a local service provider. Requires specified local agencies, by Jan. 1, 2011, to adopt commercial recycling ordinances that include certain minimum requirements. Increases the fee a solid waste facility operator collects (tip fee) to $3.90 per ton of solid waste. AB 815 (Ma) Public contracts: bidding procedures: Has place-holder language, clarifying existing law shall not be construed to prohibit a local public entity from requiring a bidder to review all relevant bid documents provided by the local publiC entity, including but not limited to architectural or engineering plans and specifications, prior to submission of a bid, and report any errors and omissions noted by the contractor to the architect or owner. The legislation intends to address the decision on a public contracting case before the California Supreme Court that could potentially hold local agencies responsible for costly change orders if the local agencies fail to provide complete. full, and accurate plans and specifications, including cost efforts. This premature effort should be put on hold entirely until the courts render their decision. AB 853 (Arambula) Local government: organization. Requires Local Agency Formation Commission boards to process annexation applications for economically disadvantaged areas near city borders upon receiving support of 25 percent of the residents in that area. SB 802 (Lena) Public contracts: retention proceeds. Removes the authority of public entities to decide the appropriate amount of retention. This bill would require that contract retention proceeds not exceed 5 percent of the payment of all contracts entered into after January 2010 between a public entity and an original contractor, between an original contractor and a subcontractor, and between all subcontractors. SB.786 (Yee) Civil procedure: attorney's fees and costs. This measure prohibits a prevailing defendant from being awarded attorney's fees in any anti-SLAAP claim (Code of Civil Procedure Section 425.16) in which the underlying litigation arose from an action under the Brown Act, Public Records Act, or Bagley Keene Act. 6