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9.A -29 Legislative Bill Action ................................ ............................... wireless telephone or other driver distraction or inattention is a known or suspected associated factor to the cause of the collision. AB 1737 re- quires the report to specify whether the telephone was being used in a hand -held or hands -free mode at the time of the traffic collision, if the traffic colli- sion report concludes that a wireless telephone was a known or suspected associated factor to the cause of the traffic collision. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: AsTrans; Hrg -4/21, Position: Review and Comment. SB 134 (Figueroa). Private Works of Improve- ment. Liens. SB 134 requires the owner of a private work of improvement to notify, by registered or certified mail, the original contractor, and any claimant who has provided a preliminary 20 -day notice prior to the recording of a mechanic's lien or stop notice, that a notice of completion or notice of cessation has been recorded within 10 days of recordation of that notice of completion or notice of cessation. SB 134 provides that failure to give notice shall extend the period of time in which the contractor or claimant may file a mechanic's lien or stop notice to 90 days and provides that this exten- sion would be the sole liability incurred for failure to give notice. SB 134 defines "owner" as a person who has an interest in real property, or the person's successor in interest on the date a notice of cessa- tion from labor is filed for record, who causes a building, improvement, or structure, to be con- structed, altered, or repaired on the property. But B 134 excludes from that definition a person who occupies the real property as a personal residence. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: SenJud;Hrg -4/22. Position: Review and Comment. SB 839 (Dunn). Public Contracts. Consulting Services. SB 839 revises the State Contract Act to also prohibit a person, firm, or subsidiary thereof that has been awarded a consulting services contract from being financially interested in the provision of services, the procurement of goods or supplies, or any other related action that is re- quired, suggested, or otherwise deemed appropri- ate in the end product of the consulting services contract. SB 839 specifies that a willful violation of the existing prohibition against submitting a bid or being awarded a contract, or the additional prohibi- tion against being financially interested, is punish- able by a fine of not more than $1,000 and impris- onment in the county jail not exceeding one year or by imprisonment in the state prison. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: SenGO; Hrg4/22, Position: Review and Comment. SB 974 (Alarcon). Public Contracts. Prefer- ences. Socially Responsible Business. SB 974 requires the state to award at least a 5% prefer- ence, and authorizes a local agency to award a preference of at least 5 %, but not more than 10 %, to a California -based socially responsible business that certifies under penalty of perjury that it meets at least 10 of 13 criteria. SB 974 makes legislative declarations that promoting socially responsible businesses serves a public purpose, and intends to promote those businesses that honor, respect, and safeguard human health and safety, worker dignity, environmental sustainability, and the community in which the businesses operate, by facilitating the participation of those businesses in all public contracts. SB 974 applies sanctions to a business that obtains a contract pursuant to a preference obtained by means of a false certification. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: SenGO; Hrg -4/22, Position: Review and Comment. HOUSING AND LAND USE AB 218 (Simitian). Housing Elements. As a matter of existing policy, the League supports legislation which would improve the housing element review process. The state review process currently lacks clarity in a number of areas, including the definition "housing unit." AB 218 would direct the Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt the definition of "housing unit" and "unit" that are outlined in the 2000 United States Census for the purposes of applying housing element law. AS 218 recently passed the Assembly Local Government Committee, 8 -0. The legislation is now pending in the Assembly Housing and Development Committee, where a hearing date has been set for May 7. Staff: Dan Carrigg, Status: AsHouBComDev, Position: Support. AB 531 (Kehoe). $10 Billion Infrastructure Bond. AS 531 would provide a significant stream of funding to assist local governments as they seek to Visit the League's Official Web Site-- www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS /PAGE 9