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8A <br /> Page 10 <br /> lost'E 54,000 jobs, a number that only s#ands#o grow larger with a taking o#redeve�opment <br /> funds.AB 2fi 4x,the biil that includes the redevelopment fund redirectian is, in effec#,an anti- <br /> economic stimufus bilf. <br /> The Sacramento Bee Features Database to Calcu{a#e tmpact of S#a#e Budge#on <br /> Gi#ies and Redevelopment AssociatiQ�s <br /> With#he ink of the state budget barely dry, local govemments across CaEifornia are bracing for <br /> the�mpact. The Sacramenfo Bee on Friday,Ju�y 31, posted a story online featu�ing a database <br /> #hat lets users calculate how much citiss, counties and redevelopment agencies are poised to <br /> lose. The database uses ir�formation from CalifiorniaCityFinance.com <br /> (www.caiifarniacityfinance.com}and the California Redevelopment Association. <br /> Sunday, readers wRll find a longer sfiory on the data�ase in the print iss�e of The Sacramento <br /> Bee. <br /> Visit www.sacbee.com190981starv12048655.h#ml and search your city, county andlor locaf <br /> redevelopmen#association to find out about the loss of#unds in your comrnunity#his year. <br /> �eague of CaCifornia Ci#ies Major Bi!! List <br /> Ea�h leg6s(ati��a sessior.fhe League tracks the hundreds of bi!!s►,rr!�ich ha�e�ote�tfia!impact�#o <br /> cities but foc�ses i#s' labbying on legisfation with the greatest potentiaf impact. Below is a fist, as <br /> of.fuiy 29,of major bitis with a brief description of the biil and ifis im.pact to cities.The Leagt�e's <br /> [etters and sample Ietters are available et www.cacities.orq/bii�search. <br /> This list wili be updated �eriodically through the legislative year. <br /> Below are the major bitis pending in the Legis[ature of interest to cities: <br /> Oppose <br /> SB 8U2{Leno)Public contracts: retention proceeds. Removes the authority of public entities <br /> to decide#he appropriate amount of retention.This bill would require that cvntract refiention <br /> proceeds not exceed 5 percent of tf�e paymen#of al{cont�racts enfered into a#ter January 2�1 Q <br /> between a public enfiity and an original contractor, between an originai cor�tractor and a <br /> subcon#rac#or, and between a[!subcontractars. <br /> SB?86(Yee) Civi! procedure: attorney`s fees and costs.This measure prohib�its a prevai(ing <br /> defendant from being awarded attorney's fees in any anti-SLAAP claim(Code o#Civil Procedure <br /> Seetion 425.16}in which the underiying litigation arose from an action under the Brown Act, <br /> Public Records Act,or Bagley Kee€�e Act. <br /> Support <br /> AB'f 8�Knight}Locaf government: city councils. Extends#he appoin#ment period to fifi a city <br /> councii vacancy from 3D days#0 60 days. <br /> AB 83�Feuer}Torts: persona[liabitity[mmunity. Expands Good Samaritan protections#or <br /> volu�teer!aw enforc�ment,fire, and medicai persannel for medicaf and non-medical ac#s of <br /> emergency care. This biI[is awaiting action by the Governor. <br /> AB 210(Hayashi)Green building standards, Clarifies the abili#y of a iocal govemment ta adopt <br /> green bt�ilding standards which are m�re stringen�than those adopted by#he 5tate and publisf�ed <br /> in the State Buifding Standards code. <br /> AB 4fi9(Eng�Sales and use taxes: qualified use tax payment.lmproves the coliecfiior�of use <br /> tax re�enues owed to the state and loca!go�ernments by cor�sumers and businesses through <br /> clari#ications made to sfate income tax return forms. <br /> �4 <br />