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The Governor's final action was consistent with 75 percent of the League's requests. Out of 39 regular session bills, 29 decisions were consistent with the League's request, and 10 were not. Further information on bills can be found on the Leagues Web site at www.cacities.ora/billsearch. Top Priority Bills AS 566 (Nava). Mobile home parks: conversion. Request: Signature Result: Vetoed Enables cities to consider the level of support among residents when deciding whether to approve or disapprove the conversion of a mobile home park to resident ownership. Conversions have different effects on different owners. This bill is designed to ensure that all residents have a voice in a conversion decision. SB 802 (Leno). Public contracts: retention proceeds. Request: Veto Result: Vetoed Removes the authority of public entitles 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. These provisions would sunset Dec. 31, 2013. Other Bills with Positions AB 14 (Fuentes). Vehicles: nuisance abatement: impoundment. Request: Signature Result: Signed - Chapter 210 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. AS 18 (Knight). Local government: city councils. Request: Signature Result: Vetoed Extends the appointment period to fill a city council vacancy from 30 days to 60 days and makes polley for cities with at-large council elections consistent with the policy for cities with district- based council elections. AB 27 (Jeffries). Arson: aggravated: punishment. Request: Signature Result: Signed - Chapter 71 Extends the sunset date on sentencing provisions for aggravated arson convictions until 2014 and increases the threshold of property damage or loss by $1 million dollars from current threshold to reflect inflation. AB 64 (Krekorian). Energy: renewable energy resources: generation and transmission. Request: Veto Result: Vetoed AS 64 and S8 14 (Simitian) were the Legislature's attempt to reform California's energy generation and transmission system to achieve a 33 percent renewable portfolio standard (or 33 percent of California's electric load by renewable resources) by 2030. The League opposed an earlier version of this bill that included preemption of local energy facility siting. The Governor vetoed both AB 64 and SB 14 because he felt that the two bills would make it "more difficult and costly to achieve" a 33 percent renewable portfolio standard. Instead the Governor signed an Executive Order in September directing the state Air Resources Board to adopt regulations to meet the 33 percent standard. AB 83 (Feuer). Torts: personal liability Immunity. Request: Signature Result: Signed - Chapter 77 Clarifies that "Good Samaritan" immunity protections apply to volunteer emergency responders and laypersons that render emergency medical and non-medical care in good faith. AB 144 (Ma). Vehicles: distinguishing placards and special license plates. Request: Signature Result: Signed - Chapter 415 9A Page 3 3