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8A Page 12 on different owners.This bill is designed to ensure that all residents have a voice in a conversion decision. Top priorlty bi!!.LetEers from cities wftl help ensure that AB 5661s slgned. SB 802(Leno)Public contracts: retention proceeds.REQUEST VETO.Removes the authority of pubiic entities to decide the appropriate amount of retention.Thrs 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 entihr and an original contractor,beiween an original contractor and a subcontractor,and between all subcontractors.These provisions would sunset Dec.31,2013. Top priority blll. LeKers from citres wll!help ensure�haf SB 8421s vetoed. Priority Bills AB 18(Knlght)Locai government:city councils. REQUEST SIGNATURE.Extends the appointment period to fill a city council vacancy ftom 30 days to 60 days and makes policy for cities with at-large council elections consistent with the poficy for cities with district-based council elections. AB 469(Eng)Sates and use taxes: quallfied use tax payment. REQUEST SIGNATURE. improves the coliec�on of use tax revenues owed to the state and locat govemments by consumers and businesses through clarifications made to state income tax return forms. AB 793(Jones)Employment discrimination.REQUEST VET�.Revises the statute of limita�ons for any workplace claim or lawsuit relating to compensation so that the statue of limitations is renewed each time an employees'compensation is"affecked,"including each time an employee is paid.This would encompass a b�oad array of workplace decisions,including hiring�job evaluations, and promotions. AB 13fi6(Feuer).Residential self-regenerating water softeners.REQUEST SIGNATURE. Authorizes local agencies that own or operate a communiiy sewer system or water recycling facility to control salinity inputs from residential self-regenerating water softeners. � SB 93(Kehoej Redevelopment:funding constructton of public facilities. REQUEST SIGNATURE.Restricts the funding of public facilities outside a redevelopment project area. In order to fund public facilities outside of,or not contiguous to, a project area the legislative body would have to make specified findings and these findings would be subject to legal challenges. Makes no substantive changes in redevelopment agency authority to fund public facilities inside or contiguous to a redevelopment project area. SB 186(DeSaulnier)Workers'compensation: pre-designation.REQUEST VETa.Repeals the sunset date for provisions that allow injured workers to pre-designate their primary treating physician for workers'compensation purposes. SB 359(Romero)Records: disclosure exerr�ptions.REQUEST SIGNATURE.Updates the Califomia Public Records Act(CPRA)alphabetical list of records exempt from disclosure and requires that a bill be introduced every legislative session to ensure that the index is continuaUy updated. SB 415(Oropeza)Alcoholic beverages: licenses—local goverr�ment review.REQUEST SIGNATURE.Provides local agencies with more reasonabte standards by which they may review alcoholic beverage iicense applications.Speciflcalfy,this measure provides that any of the Iocal officials notifted of alcoholic beverage license requests may request the time extension,and that � the additional review period would be extended from 20 days to 30 days. Other Bills AB 14(Fuentes)Vehicles: nuisance abatement: impoundment.REQUEST SIGNATURE. Allows a city or county,or city and county,to enact a local ordinance permitting the impoundment of vehicles declared as a public nuisance for no more than 30 days if the vehicle's owner is arrested on charges related to prostitution or illegal dumping offenses,with one prior conviction for those offenses. , �