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8A Page 1 l.EAGUE C. · ~CtfIES I Advocate Weekl October 9, 2009 Issue #39-2009 IN THIS ISSUE: Page 3: Ninth Circuit Concludes City's Mobile home Rent Control Ordinance Constitutes a "Taking" Under the Constitution Ninth Circuit to Consider Retiree Benefit Case SENATE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO SACRAMENTO NEXT WEEK: SB 67,65, OTHER ISSUES REMAIN IN BALANCE The Senate is expected to return to session on Tuesday, Oct. 13. close to a month after the official end of the 2009 legislative session. The goal is to address a number of items, including two of critical importance to local agencies. S8 67 contains clean-up language to the Proposition 1A property tax provisions that will enable California Communities to move forward with the securitization program benefiting more than 700 local agencies. SB 65 contains necessary clean up to the Highway User Tax Account (HUTA or gas tax) deferral language. For more, see Page 2. .................................... LEAGUE SUMMARIES OF RTAC REPORT NOW AVAILABLE Last week, the Regional Targets Advisory Committee (RTAC) released its report advising the state Air Resources Board (ARB) on how to set regional targets for transportation related greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks under S8 375. For more, see Page 2. .................................... STATE'S RAID ON TRANSIT FUNDS RULED ILLEGAL State Supreme Court Rejects State's Request for Review The California Supreme Court last week rejected the state's request to review a lower court's ruling that the recent seizures of transit funding were illegal. Earlier this year, the Third District Court of Appeal ruled that the state violated statutory and constitutional amendments enacted by voters since 1990. By not accepting the state's petition for review, the high court upheld the lower courts ruling. For more, see Page 3.