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9 A- ,� <br />Legislative Bill Action <br />........names on ................ ............................... <br />greater than 10 percent canopy cover or that may <br />have historic0y supported greater than 10 percent <br />canopy cover. The brill would require the Board to <br />develop guidelines for the conversion of timberland <br />and oak woodland conversion in compliance with <br />CEQA, and for issuing permits for oak woodland <br />conversion by 2005. An applicant for oak woodland <br />conversion would be required to shoulder the costs <br />associated with processing the permit. Guidelines <br />issued pursuant to this section of SB 711 could <br />specify the conditions under which the conversion <br />of fewer than 50 acres of oak woodland would not <br />have a significant effect on the environment, and <br />the conditions under which the conversion of fewer <br />than three acres of oak woodland would qualify for <br />an exemption from this section. SB 711 would also <br />require the guidelines to outline alternatives for <br />mitigating conversion of both timberland and oak <br />woodlands. One possible alternative would be a <br />monetary contribution to the California Forest <br />Legacy Program or the Oak Woodlands Conserva- <br />tion Fund for the conversion of timberlands and <br />oak woodlands respectively. Contributions would <br />be proportional in value to the acreage proposed <br />for conversion. A League subcommittee on CEQA <br />has made a number of suggestions of how the <br />concept of oak woodland conversion could be <br />approached in a less intrusive manner, and in <br />recognition of the many local ordinances that _ <br />already exist. Although discussions are underway, <br />it is unclear how much the author is willing to <br />accommodate local concerns. Staff: Dan Carrigg, <br />Status: AsApps, Position: Oppose Unless <br />Amended. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL <br />B 196 (Kuehl). Regional Water Quality <br />Control Boards. Municipal Members. As origi- <br />nally introduced, SB 196 would have clarified that <br />local government representatives appointed to the <br />nine regional water quality control boards shall be a <br />supervisor or mayor or council member. The <br />author recently accepted amendments proposed by <br />the State Water Resources Control Board to re- <br />organize the regional boards and reduce the -F <br />membership from nine to seven positions. Local <br />government would still retain two members on the <br />re- structured regional boards, and these members <br />would be specified to be either a county supervisor, <br />mayor or city council member. This new language <br />is a significant improvement over Existing law, since <br />it specifies that the local government members <br />must actually be supervisors, mayors or city council <br />members. Given the broader changes to the <br />regional board composition that the amendments <br />recently made, the League is no longer the bill <br />sponsor. However, the League remains a strong <br />supporter of SB 196 SB 196 unanimously passed <br />the Assembly Appropriations Committee on <br />Wednesday. Staff: Yvonne Hunter, Status: Asmfir, <br />Position: Support. <br />EMPLOYEE RELATIONS <br />AS 1156 (Nunez). Meyers - Milias -Brown Act. <br />Local Public Agencies. The Meyers- Milias -Brown <br />Act (MMBA) authorizes a local public agency to <br />adopt reasonable rules and regulations after <br />consultation in good faith with representatives of an <br />employer - employee organization or organizations <br />for the administration of employer - employee rela- <br />tions under the act. <br />AB 1156 reviews the definition of "employee <br />organization" for the purposes of the act to include <br />any organization that seeks to represent employ- <br />ees of a public agency in their relations with that <br />public agency. The bill would authorize a public <br />agency to adopt reasonable rules and regulations <br />after consultation in good faith with representatives <br />of a recognized employer - employee organization or <br />organizations. AB 1156 specifies that employees of <br />a local public agency and employee organizations <br />may challenge a rule or regulation of a public <br />agency as a violation of the act. The MMBA cur- <br />rently delegates jurisdiction to the Public Employ- <br />ment Relations Board (PERB) to resolve disputes <br />and enforce the statutory duties and rights of local <br />public agency employers and employees, including <br />processing unfair labor charges. The act prohibits <br />the board from finding it an unfair labor practice for <br />an employee organization to violate a rule or <br />regulation adopted by a public agency if that rule or <br />regulation is in violation of the act, based on <br />legislation that was passed in 2000, SB 739. <br />AB 1156 specifies that the powers of the PERB <br />Visit the League's Official Web Site-- www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS /PAGE 9 <br />