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9A As recently amended, 5B 412 clarifies that a local govemment may adopt an ordinance to Page 27 regulate anyone who is not a certified massage therapist. Local govemments may also enforce the requirements of the state certifICation and may shut down any massage therapy business in which illegal activity occurs. The League's neutral position was adopted in late July by the League's board of directors after a lengthy discussion. The California State Association of Counties (CSAC) is also neutral on 56412, which passed out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee this week and is now pending on the Assembly Floor. Staff: Yvonne Hunter; Status: Assembly Floor; Position: Neutral. S8 1430. (Alquist). The Local Pandemic and Emergency Health Preparedness Act of 2006. SB 1430 will ensure local government control in the case of an emergency health and public safety crisis. 581430 further allows local resources to be used in an efficient and effective manner in the case of an emergency. Current law allows the Director of the State Department of Health Services, or the local health officer, to declare a county health emergency in the event a release, spill, escape, or entry of hazardous or medical waste. SB 1430 would extend current law to include a threat or spread of a contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, chemical agent, non-communicable biological agent, or radioactive agent, such as an avian flu outbreak or act of bioterrorism. SB 1430 also grants local health officers the ability to issue a pre..event order to local first responders to immediately issue an isolation of exposed individuals, which will aid in the prevention of further spread of diseases and/or agents that pose a public health and safety crisis. Staff: Liisa Lawson Stark; Status: AsmAppr; Position: Support. ~ (Scott). Alcoholic Beverages. Licensing RestrictIons. 5B 148 would provide additional bases from which the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to revoke or suspend alcoholic beverage licenses. Under current law, cities or counties can only enforce zoning ordinances that were present when a licensee obtained a license for alcohol sales. It does not, however, give cities the ability to change the law and enforce it. SB 148 would allow ABC to suspend or revoke an alcoholic beverage license if the licensee fails to correct objectionable conditions cited by a district attorney, city attorney or county counsel. 5B 148 would also assist cities and counties throughout California in addressing repeated public safety problems often associated with nuisance liquor stores such as vandalism, littering, loitering, graffiti, excessive loud noises, public drunkenness and lewd conduct. 5B 148 will aI/ow cities to more effectively enforce their laws and also allow liquor storeowners a reasonable amount of time to comply with any change in law. Staff: Liisa Lawson Stark; Status: AsmAppr, 8/16; Position: Support. TRANSPORTATION S8 1404 (Machado). Vehicles. Parking Violations. Street Cleaning. SB 1404 would add Section 22507.6 to the Vehicle Code to specify that a person is not in violation of a local ordinance if they park in an area with posted restrictions for street cleaning or sweeping, unless street cleaning occurs during the posted time period. The League is opposed to this measure for several reasons: . 5B 1404 is !,lnnecessarv and attemDts to interfere with a city's authoritv to Drovide services to residents. Cities in California do not believe that there is a problem with current street cleaning programs that requires state intervention of a local service. Under current law, cities have the right to provIde and manage services within their jurisdictions, and resolving any local issues should be left up to the entities responsible for providing purely local services. Residents and cities alike benefit from a predictable, posted schedule to allow local jurisdictions the flexibility to provide services in addition to street cleaning during specific times, including tree trimming, street repair, and utility line maintenance. 10 ^-'._'_,,,_,.__.,~