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�A-� UPDATE ON HOUSING ELEMENT THE DEAL from page 3 • • • • • • • • • • • • • _ LEGISLATION: AB 2158 AND AB 2348 . Governor to Chair Campaign. Gover- Two consensus housing bill have emerged nor advocates legislative approvai of the pro- following more than nine mor,`hs ,�f negoGa6ons posed amendment and serves as chairman of involving the League, intereste± le;,•islators, the the campaign to secure voter approval in No- Department of Housing and Cornmw ��tyy Development �ember 2004. (HCD), housing advocates and other interested parties. • LOCAI Initiative Still on Ballot. The Loca/ Taxpayers and Public Safety Protection The bills are AB 2158 (Lowenthal), with refortns to Act remains on the November 2004 ballot in the regional housing needs assessment (RHNA), cur- event legislature does not approve "agreement". rently on the Assembly Third Reading File; and AB If legislative approval were secured, the League 2348 (Mullin) which focuses on HCD housing element and the LOCAL Coalition would devote all of our reviews, permitted use, and density bonus law. AB efforts to passage of the new constitutional 2348 is currently on the Assembly Appropriations amendment. Committee Suspense File. The League has worked overthe pastseveral years to reach consensus with key stakeholders to develop comprehensive refortns to the housing — element process. Negotiations sponsored by Assem- bly Members Lowenthal and Wiggins were conducted SENATOR ACKERMAN TO SUCCEED during 2002 following the legislative defeat of SB 910 BRULTE AS MINORITY LEADER (Dunn), which sought to penalize cities that did not have an HCD-approved housing element as part of their general plan. More recently HCD convened a Senate Republicans unanimously — Housing Element Working Group (HEWG), with elected Senator Dick Ackerman, R-Fuller- League representatives playing an active role in ton, as the new minority leader Monday to discussions. succeed Senator Jim Brulte, R-Rancho Cucamonga. Senator Brulte is termed out The League board of directors has for the second in November, and has been widely quoted year focused on housing as one of its three strategic as eager to promote a"smooth transition" goals. Among the League's priorities for housing in his party's leadership. element reforms are: Senator Ackerman spent 12 years on • Reducing conflict between state, regional and the Fullerton City Council and two terms - local governments over the development and distribu- as mayor before winning a state Assembly tion of regional housing needs numbers. seat in a special election in 1995. He was elected to the Senate in 2000. In his first • improving the housing element review process session as a Senator, Ackerman served as at HCD, specifically related to disputes over land vice-chairman of the Senate Committee on inventories, adequate sites, and accoun6ng for Budget and Fiscal Review. He has also rehabilitated units. served on the Senate committees for the Judiciary, Housing and Community Devel- • Allowing communities producing housing to self- opment and Local Government. Promoting certify their elements. economic growth, reducing crime and protecting consumers are among his A detailed analysis of AB 2158 and AB 2348 is legislative interests. available on the League Housing and Community Development web page at www.cacities.org/hced. Visit the League's Official Web Site--www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS/PA6E 5