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. , , ,. - " .1 OA - -:+ Legislative Bill Action '-' ............................................................... The fOIlO~to are summaries of just a few of thB legislative bills that are curranUy bBing actBd upon by the Le of Califomia Citi~ more infonnation about these and ott:er bills. please visit the league webslte's new "I nd Advocacy" page (www.cacities.c.!'9! issuesandadvocacy) - a on~st- 'cation to access infonnation about legislation. policy issues . and related developments. You can track infonnation on bills (www.cacities.orgllegtracking), locate legislators and legislative committees, send letters to legislators or thB media through the online Advocacy CentBr, research League policy positions, access useful related links, and much more. PUBLIC SAFETY AB 2406 (Bermudez). Fire Safety. AB 2406 Please fax a letters of opposition to Assem- Attempts to Impose NFPA 1110 Requirements on bly Appropriations, ATTN: Mary Acler, Fax: 319- Local Jurisdictions. ~ would require that every 2181, to express your opposition to this bill fire department within a city with a population greater ASAP! Staff: Natasha Foornan, Status: Asm. than 10,000 establish specified firefighter and emer- Approps, Position: Oppose. gency medical response time objectives. ~ would also require these departments to Jrepare and ~ (Bog h). Fire Prevention. Penalties. provide a report every two years to the local govern- ~ increases the fines for Public Resources ing body in which the fire department is located, as Code violations relating to fire and the danger associ- well as to the State Fire Marshall, which details ated wnh the spread of fire. ~ will increase thB whether or not the department is meeting these fines for illegal buming, making state law tougher tD standards. deter the illegal buming that occurs across California. ~ Though trash buming is currently illegal, the fines are While the League agrees that it is important for low and do not serve as a deterrent. ~ gives local governments to develop performance objectives cities and counties more authority to enforce laws and evaluations, League has recently seen new prohibiting illegal burning. Staff: Natasha Foaman, amendments to AB 2046 that now "specifically" Status: AsmFlr, Position: Support. - reference response time and staffing objectives that are drawn from a highly controversial standard Housing, Community and Economic adopted in 2001 by the National Fire Protection Association, known as NFPA 1710, that was opposed Development by many local officials across the country. The latest amendments - amend the Health and Safety Code, AB 2702 (Steinberg) Second Units. Moves to Section 13110.5 and provide that: "The report shall include, but not be limited to, a comparison of re- Assembly Appropriations: Opposition Needed: sponse time and staffing performance objectives After numerous revisions, M.2Z!JZ, legislation spon- sored by the California Association of Realtors and specified in Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 of Stan- housing advocacy groups, continues to move through dard1710 of the National Fire Protection Association (2001 Edition) to all of the following: (1) Each report- the Assembly. The legislation remains severely ing fire department; (2) Average of all fire depart- flawed.8§.2ZQZ mandates numerous standards for ments in each county; and, (3) Average of all fire local second unn ordinances that have proven unBC- departments reporting: ' ceptable to the residents of single-family housing. Policies in this bill such as those limning local Bbility to It appears that the latest amendments to~ prohibit absentee-landlord duplexes to be created in has the potential to have tremendous fiscàl impacts single-f~mily neighborhoods, reducing parking stan- on the state and local governments due to mandated dards, dictating ¡national minimum lot and unit sizes reporting requirements, and also creates a perception regardless of lot dimensions have already provoked a that would increase liability for cities and counties. reaction from residents. Furthermore, the mandated ~ densities for housing on school sites provision in this PAGE 7/PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site-www.cacities.org