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Legislative Bill Action ................................ ............................... GPAC. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: SenFlr Position: Support. AB 1044 (Negrete McLeod). Licenses to Carry Firearms. AB 1044 makes specked changes in the statutes pertaining to licenses to carry concealable weapons (CCWs) in California. AB 1044 removes the Department of Justice's (DOJ) obligation to file and store all copies of CCW permits and, instead, requires DOJ to maintain a list of all CCWs. The DOJ has no supervisory authority or oversight over sheriffs and police chiefs regarding the issuance of these permits, therefore making them unnecessary. The obligation to file and store copies of CCW permits results in significant burdens and ex- penses with no benefits to DOJ. AB 1044 pro- vides that DOJ will no longer be required to main- tain hard copy printouts of firearm- related informa- tion in its databases. Commonly, digital formatting is the preferred and most efficient means to provide such information, with less cost. AB 1044 also relieves DOJ of the obligation to adopt and implement the Standard CCW application form and provides that DOJ review and, as necessary, revise the standard CCW application. This bill exempts the CCW applications form from the requirements of the Administrative Procedures Act by stating that the standard form is deemed to be a local form and thus exempt from that Act. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: SenFlr, Position: Support. AB 1186 (Strickland). Gambling Control Act. Proposition Player Services. AB 1186 requires the California Gambling Control Commis- sion (CGCC) to issue licenses for proposition player services only to persons that CGCC is satisfied are of good character and whose prior activities, including any criminal record, do not pose a threat to public interest, or to the effective regulation and control of gambling. This bill is intended to ensure that people who have had criminal convictions cannot be issued a license to become a proposition player. According to the author, AB 1186 is needed to maintain the integrity of the proposition player industry. This bill is important to public safety because it prevents players with criminal records from participating in local gambling at lodian casinos, thus eliminating problems that may ve associated with such an individual, which could require additional law enforcement in certain incidences. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: SenFlr, Position: Support. SB 814 (Vincent). Gambling. The League opposes SB 814 relative to legal gaming and gaming licenses. As Indian gaming has begun to spread rapidly, with very few controls, SB 814 would further limit local government rights and voter control. SB 814 modifies license require- ments for card clubs. Specifically, it increases a moratorium on the construction and licensing of new non - Indian gambling establishments (i.e., card clubs) from January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2010. SB 814 also authorizes the California Gambling Control Commission to renew a gam- bling license for a period of up to five years. Expanding the moratorium on construction and licensing of non - Indian gaming establishments benefits both existing "card clubs' and "Indian Gaming' by effectively halting local governments from approving new gaming facilities for an addi- tional three years, thus extending the monopoly these establishments currently maintain. Further- more, this limits the right of the voters to approve local gambling establishments. The League opposes any action to eliminate the option of a California municipality to act by a vote of the people to authorize gaming locally. The League believes the current moratorium on gaming, January 1, 2007, should not be changed. Extending the date to January 1, 2010, will result in unregulated Indian Gaming establishments throughout the state, with no funding mechanism for cities to mitigate gaming impacts on the local community. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: AsApps;Hrg -8/20, Position: Oppose. ENVIRONMENTAL SB 196 (Kuehl). Regional Water Quality Control Boards. This week SB 196 authored by Senator Sheila Kuehl and sponsored by the Visit the League's Official Web Site -- www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS /PAGE 11