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q.A -►2 Legislative Bill Action ................................ ............................... or prohibit the installation, of water softening or conditioning appliances that discharge to the community sewer system." This bill was de- scribed in detail in Priority Focus on April 25. AB 334 was passed by the Assembly Environment, Safety and Toxics Committee, and since it is not a fiscal bill now awaits action on the Assembly Floor. Staff: Yvonne Hunter, Status: SenFlr, Position: Support. AB 1051 (Goldberg). Capital Facilities Fees. AB 1051 clarifies existing law regarding how public municipal utilities charge other public agencies for capital facilities fees. This bill is in response to numerous lawsuits filed by schools and other public agencies regarding utility fees. Cities that have municipal water, sewer, gas or electric utilities should take a close look at AB 1051 which is co- sponsored by the City of San Francisco, the City of Los Angeles and the East Bay Municipal Utility District. The bill passed the Assembly Local Government Committee and is now pending on the Assembly Floor. Staff: Yvonne Hunter; Status: AsFir; Position: Sup- port. bly Housing and Community Development Com- mittee wisely decided to make AB 1160 a two-year bill on April 30. This bill pre -empts local authority in three ways by: (1) imposing numerous restric- tions on local second unit ordinances, (2) reducing parking standards up to 58 percent on density bonus projects, and (3) establishing housing as a Permitted use on all public school sites. The League's successful lobbying effort was aided by the efforts of the League's regional representa- tives in generating phone calls into key members. The League's Peninsula Division also played a key role on the bill by sending a delegation of city officials to testify against the bill at both the As- sembly Local Government and Housing Commit- tee hearings. The Assembly Housing Committee is expected to hold hearings this fall to discern to what extent, if any, the state should intrude on local authority in these areas. In preparation for these discussions, the League will gather informa- tion from cities to provide Committee members with a comprehensive local perspective on these issues. Staff: Dan Carrigg, Status: Two-year bill, Pending in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee, Position: Oppose. ACA 10 (Harman). Storm Water Fees. Proposition 218. ACA 10 , strongly supported by the League, would place before the voters a measure to add storm water fees to those types of fees already exempt from the voter approval requirements of Proposition 218. ACA 10 passed the Assembly Local Government Committee this week and will be heard next in the Assembly Elections, Redistricting and Constitutional Amend- ments Committee. Staff: Yvonne Hunter, Sta- tus: AsElecRedisBConAm, Position: Support. HOUSING AB 1160 (Steinberg). Second Units /Density Bonuses /Housing on School Sites: Now Two - Year Bill. Thanks to the Leadership of Chairman Alan Lowenthal, and Assembly Members Salinas, Mountjoy, Runner, Cogdill and Kehoe, the Assem- SB 898 (Burton). Farmland Conservation. SB 898 would prevent cities and counties from zoning, rezoning or prezoning any "important cropland" for non - agricultural development until January 2015. This legislation would require cities and coun- ties seeking to utilize "important cropland" for non- agricultural purposes to first demonstrate that the request is accompanied by a specified land use proposal and that the proposed use is consistent with the city or county's general plan. If the non- agricultural development is residential, a specified percentage of units must be low and very low income. Cities would also have to find that the proposed non - agricultural project on "important cropland" does not contribute to further non- agricultural use in the area, prove that the pro- posed use is critical to the long -term economic development of the region and demonstrate that there are no aftemative sites that would provide a PAGE 12 /PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site-- www.cacities.org