Creates the Interagency Task Force until 1/1/11 for
the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley, to coordinate
federal/state/local economic development activities. Requires task
force to meet once a month; report to Legislature and Governor by
12/1/06; and to create a web page on the BTH site.
6/21/05
Sen. B, P, & ED
AB 37 (Torrico)
Creates a tax credit for taxpayers that create specified
jobs throughout the state.
4/19/05
(S: CALED)
Assm. Rev & Tax - to suspense 5/16
AB 168 (Ridley-Thomas)
Requires BOE and FTB to each provide to the Legislature,
DOF, and LAO, a report, based on a static revenue analysis, of the
estimated revenue losses attributable to each tax expenditure, to
the extent feasible, that produced a revenue loss in excess of $25
million in the prior fiscal year. Requires DOF to provide to the
Legislature and LAO, a similar report, including a comparison of
the reports submitted by BOE and FTB, in odd-numbered years. Requires
LAO to review the reports and make recommendations to the Legislature
as to which tax expenditures should be modified or repealed. Requires
that each report contain two to 10 expenditures with all included
in a report at least once every eight years.
6/27/05
Treasurer Phil Angelides
Sen. Approp. 8/15
AB 199 (Tran)
Increases the number of EZs from 42 to 52.
Intro 1/31/05
(S: League of CA Cities)
Assm. Approp. - DIED ON SUSPENSE 5/25
AB 234 (Haynes)
Eliminates the Employment Training Panel.
Intro 2/7/05
Assm. Labor
AB 251 (Haynes)
Creates the CA New Markets Venture Capital Program
under BTH to encourage investment in low- or moderate-income areas.
Intro 2/8/05
Introduced
AB 261 (Koretz)
Spot bill re: Film California First Program.
Intro 2/8/05
Introduced
AB 285 (Haynes)
Spot bill re: encouraging investment of venture capital
in economically depressed areas, through BTH.
Intro 2/9/05
Introduced
AB 344 (Villines)
Creates a state sales and use tax exemption for investment
in manufacturing equipment, telecommunication equipment, research
and development, and electrical generation activities.
4/21/05
Assm. Rev & Tax - to suspense 5/16
AB 345 (La Malfa)
Allows state agencies to use private sector investment
capital to fund infrastructure improvements.
3/31/05
Consulting Engineers & Land Surveyors of CA
Assm. Local Govt.
AB 350 (Matthews)
Infrastructure financing districts in jobs-housing
opportunity zones - SEE HOUSING LIST.
AB 382 (Chan)
Eliminates the 1/1/06 sunset date in the CA Industrial
Development Financing Act, which authorizes local agencies throughout
the state to issue Industrial Development Bonds upon approval of
the CA Industrial Development Financing Advisory Commission within
the state Treasurer's Office.
Intro 2/11/05
Alameda County
Sen. Approp. 8/15
AB 485 (Arambula)
Requires the State and Consumer Services Agency to
conduct a feasibility study on the creation of a Master Business
License Center.
5/26/05
Sen. Approp. 8/15
AB 604 (Houston)
Requires the WIB, instead of the State Job Training
Coordinating Council, to develop an education and job training report
card.
6/27/05
Sen. Approp. 8/15
AB 678 (Nakanishi)
Continuously appropriates federal formula monies from
the Consolidated Work Program Fund to EDD to provide federal WIA
funds to local workforce investment areas.
Intro 2/17/05
Assm. Approp. - HELD ON SUSPENSE 5/25
AB 710 (Houston)
Establishes the CA Business Investment Services Unit
within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency.
5/26/05
Labor and Workforce Development Agency
Sen. GM, E, & A - FAILED TWICE - DEAD 7/13/05
AB 732 (Leslie)
Requires the Governor to designate an agency to designate
and annually recertify 25 CA renewal communities to be linked with
specified funding.
Intro 2/17/05
Assm. Jobs & Eco Dev
AB 735 (Arambula)
Requires the LAO to develop a process to review tax
exceptions and to report to the Legislature and others by 12/31/06
and on even-numbered years thereafter. Directs both Rev & Tax
Committees to review the report and make recommendations to the
Legislature re: elimination of tax exceptions; these recommendations
would be reviewed as part of the budget process.
Intro 2/17/05
(O: CA Taxpayers' Assn.)
Assm. Rev & Tax
AB 777 (Nunez)
Requires CA Film Commission to conduct a statewide
analysis of the impact of runaway film production on the CA film
industry and report to the Legislature by 3/1/06.
6/13/05
Sen. Approp. 8/15
AB 905 (Houston)
Spot bill re: international trade.
Intro 2/18/05
Introduced
AB 925 (Ridley-Thomas)
Provides for the oversight and regulation of community
developments by the Insurance Commissioner, and requires the Commissioner
to provide certain information on these investments to the public.
4/7/05
Assm. Insurance
AB 957 (Haynes)
Establishes the CA New Markets Venture Capital Program
in BTH.
Intro 2/18/05
Assm. Jobs & Eco Dev
AB 1004 (Nava)
Looks like a spot bill re: Commission for Economic
Development.
Intro 2/18/05
Assm. Jobs & Eco Dev
AB 1139 (Dymally)
Requires DOF to submit an annual Unified Economic
Development Budget to the Legislature by October 1 each year that
includes both on-budget and tax incentives. NOTE: ALSO CONTAINS
PROBLEMATIC LANGUAGE RE: LOCAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENTS - CBP IS
WORKING WITH DYMALLY'S OFFICE.
4/19/05
AFSCME (O: CalTax)
Assm. Jobs & Eco Dev - FAILED TWICE - DEAD
AB 1302 (Jerome Horton)
Spot bill re: ensuring a "vibrant and growing
small business sector to create more good paying jobs in a dynamic
economy." AMENDED 5/2 - NOW REQUIRES OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE
LAW, IN THE COURSE OF THE RULEMAKING PROCESS UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE
PROCEDURES ACT, TO MAKE A DETERMINATION OF THE "BURDEN"
PLACED ON AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES. (NOTE: THE 2005-06
BUDGET CREATES A "ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT ENFORCEMENT COALITION"
WITHIN DIR TO COORDINATE ENFORCEMENT AGAINST UNDERGROUND REGULATIONS.)
5/2/05
Assm. Approp.
AB 1351 (Vargas)
Establishes a process for determining
whether a state agency is using an "underground regulation"
(defined as any guideline, manual, standard of general application,
or rule, which has not been adopted as a regulation pursuant to
the Administrative Procedures Act.) 6/27 AMENDMENTS REMOVE THE APPROPRIATION.
7/7 amendments add advance public notice requirements when agencies
plan to adopt an emergency regulation, and allow agencies to adopt
emergency regulations for only 90 days.
7/7/05
Office of Administrative Law
Sen. Approp. 8/15
AB 1361 (Dymally)
Provides that all EZs may be granted an
extension to 25 years.
6/28/05
City of Los Angeles
Sen. Rev & Tax
AB 1388 (Ridley-Thomas)
Authorizes DOF to transfer funds from the GF to the
CA Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund for the repayment
of a loan made pursuant to the Budget Act of 2003.
6/28/05
8/15. App Sen rop.
AB 1437 (Strickland)
Creates the Film Promotion and Marketing Fund into
which funds from public and private sources will be deposited and
allocated to the CA Film Commission
5/31/05
CA Film Commission (S: Dept. of Finance)
Senate Floor
AB 1516 (Arambula)
Requires the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development
to include, among other components of a biennial economic strategy
panel, a California Regional Economies Project, and specifies its
membership and mission.
7/1/05
Sen. Approp.
AB 1543 (McCarthy)
Spot bill re: enterprise zones.
Intro 2/18/05
Introduced
AB 1562 (Assm. Jobs & Eco Dev Committee)
Authorizes BTH to be responsible for coordinating
and conducting international trade and investment programs and activities
in the state. Requires the Secretary, by 4/1/06, to present the
Governor and Legislature an international trade and investment strategy.
Requires the Secretary, to the extent sufficient resources (including
non-state funds) are available, to develop a statewide collaborative
partnership of public-private international trade development organizations.
4/25/05
Assm. Approp. - HELD ON SUSPENSE 5/25
AB 1563 (Assm. Jobs & Eco Dev Committee)
Requires HCD report re: EZs to include a review of
any efforts made re: training of unemployed individuals. Requires
EDD and Dept. of Ed to provide info.
6/13/05
Sen. Approp.
AB 1582 (Dymally)
Spot bill re: enterprise zones.
Intro 2/18/05
Introduced
AB 1584 (Evans)
Requires the WIB to develop an education and job training
report card program.
Intro 2/18/05
Senate Labor & IR
SB 6 (Ducheny & Denham)
Allows post-1990 enterprise zones to seek a 5-year
extension (20 year total); currently, pre-1990 EZs have this authority.
Note: affects 19 EZs.
3/7/05
CA Assn. of EZs (O: CA Tax Reform Assn.)
Sen. Rev & Tax
SB 27 (Escutia)
For taxable years beginning on or after 1/1/05, and
before 1/1/07, provides that the aggregate amount of all tax credits
that contain a carryover provision may not reduce the "net
tax," or "tax," as applicable, for the taxable year
by more than 50%. Extends by 2 years the carryover period of any
credit limited by this provision.
Intro 12/8/04
Sen. Rev & Tax
SB 58 (Murray)
Authorizes a tax credit re: wages paid in motion picture
production. Requires BTH to report to the Legislature re: effectiveness
of tax incentives created by the bill.
4/18/05
Sen. Rev & Tax
SB 293 (Ducheny)
Deletes obsolete language in the state Unemployment
Insurance Code relative to workforce training and job services and
incorporates provisions of WIA and additional changes from its reauthorization
as well as provisions that would guide the state's implementation.
5/17/05
Assm. Labor
SB 314 (Romero)
Authorizes the Employment Training Panel to award
contracts to projects that train workers in seasonal industries.
5/23/05
Farmworker Institute for Education and Leadership
Development
Assm. Approp.
SB 348 (Figueroa)
Prohibits a state official, including the Governor,
from binding the state, or giving consent to the federal government
to bind the state, to provisions of a Proposed International Trade
Agreement, including government procurement rules. Authorizes the
Governor to do this only upon enactment of a statute explicitly
authorizing it.
5/3/05
Assm. Approp.
SB 577 (Figueroa)
Among other things, requires DOF/FTB to submit a report
re: effectiveness of tax expenditures to Legislature. SEE STATE
OPS LIST.
SB 625 (Battin)
State and local surplus property - eco dev - SEE STATE
OPS LIST
SB 665 (Migden)
Repeals the CA Occupational Information Coordinating Committee
and instead establishes the CA Career Resources Network.
5/3/05
Governor
Pending Assm. Floor (consent)
SB 847 (Ducheny)
Requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing,
in consultation with the California Department of Education, to
adopt regulations to ensure that a teacher assigned to provide instruction
in a career technical education course is highly qualified, as defined
by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
5/3/05
Assm. Ed
SB 850 (Escutia)
Requires the CPUC to determine the availability, and
level of competition in the provision, of two-way broadband access
by census track by 7/1/06. Requires the state's Chief Information
Officer to develop a broadband deployment strategy for the state.
3/30/05
Sen. Approp. - DIED ON SUSPENSE 5/26
SB 992 (Ashburn)
Spot bill re: economic development and military base
closures.
Intro 2/18/05
Introduced
SB 1024 (Perata)
Bond for public works and improvements - SEE TRANSPORTATION
LIST.
Note: Bills re: condos, mobilehomes/manufactured
housing, housing discrimination, tenant-renter, and homeowners' tax
credits/exemption bills are not included. Redevelopment bills and housing
element bills are included. District-specific bills are not included.
Bill
Description
As Amended
Sponsor(s)
Status
Bill
AB 237 (Arambula)
Authorizes HCD to forgive a loan under the Farmworker
Housing Program under specified circumstances. Urgency.
Intro 2/7/05
Assm. Housing
AB 350 (Matthews)
Authorizes cities and counties to create infrastructure
financing districts in designated jobs-housing opportunity zones.
7/7/05
Sen. Local Govt.
AB 389 (Arambula)
Spot bill re: county board of supervisor control over
farmworker housing in agricultural zones.
Intro 2/11/05
Introduced
AB 406 (Haynes)
Vehicle for indemnification re: construction defects.
4/28/05
Senate pending assignment
AB 517 (Hancock)
Authorizes the City of Berkeley Redevelopment Agency
to extend its redevelopment area to 2020. NOTE: PER CRA, MULLIN
REQUESTED ALL TIME LIMITS BILLS BECOME 2-YEAR BILLS SO CAN FURTHER
REVIEW.
Intro 2/16/05
Assm. Housing
AB 549 (Salinas)
Establishes a pilot program to determine whether a
housing element substantially complies with state law.
Intro 2/16/05
Assm. Local Govt.
AB 559 (Emmerson)
Spot bill re: authorizing an RDA to pledge its TIF
revenues for payment on loans, advances, or indebtedness.
Intro 2/16/05
Introduced
AB 691 (Hancock)
Authorizes local governments to declare that a previously
adopted specific plan or redevelopment plan that meets specified
requirements constitutes a transit village plan, after publishing
a notice of intent as specified.
5/31/05
BART
Senate Floor
AB 712 (Canciamilla)
Modifies the circumstances that trigger the requirement
that a local government make a housing density reduction finding.
6/27/05
CAR, CRLA, WCLP
Sen. Judiciary
AB 758 (Calderon)
Prohibits certain indemnification and defense agreements
in residential construction contracts.
7/6/05
Numerous contractor associations
Senate Floor
AB 773 (Mullin)
Spot bill re: zoning for housing developments.
Intro 2/18/05
Introduced
AB 781 (Leno)
Limits Ellis Act prohibitions on compelling owners
of residential property to offer or continue to offer accommodations,
to those who have owned the property for 5 years. AMENDED 4/26 -
NOW REQUIRES LONGER NOTICE PERIOD TO SENIORS ON NOTICES TO WITHDRAW
FROM RENTAL HOUSING.
4/26/05
Assm. Housing
AB 782 (Mullin)
Spot bill re: "the need to make more housing
available."
Intro 2/18/05
Introduced
AB 890 (Cogdill)
Spot bill re: "lack, supply, and cost of housing."
Per Housing CA, Administration working group will discuss CEQA,
land supply, etc. PER HOUSING CA, ADMINISTRATION HAS INDICATED THIS
IS A TWO-YEAR BILL, SPEARHEADED BY LUCY DUNN (HCD) AND SUNNE MCPEAK
(BTH). PER HOUSING CA 6/16, MCPEAK NOW MEETING WITH CBIA, LEAGUE
TO TRY TO REACH AGREEMENT.
Intro 2/18/05
Governor
Introduced
AB 912 (Ridley-Thomas)
Starting 1/1/06, exempts from gross income the amount
of interest earned by corporations from loans granted to customers
for purposes of redeveloping brownfields in blighted areas.
Intro 2/18/05
Assm. Rev & Tax
AB 921 (Daucher)
Authorizes an RDA to extend its redevelopment plan
for an additional 25 years without making a new finding of blight.
NOTE: PER CRA, MULLIN REQUESTED ALL TIME LIMITS BILLS BECOME 2-YEAR
BILLS SO CAN FURTHER REVIEW.
Intro 2/18/05
(O: WCLP)
Assm. Housing
AB 939 (Mullin)
Expands San Mateo County's redevelopment area to include
within ½ mile of BART stations within San Mateo County and
within ½ mile of El Camino Real within San Mateo County.
Limits the maximum amount of pooled housing funds that may be used
to purchase property to the equivalent of 80% of the appraised value
of the property to be purchased.
4/6/05
Assm. Housing
AB 941 (Canciamilla)
Requires a homeowner, on and after 1/1/06, prior to
filing any action for construction defect claims, to contact the
builder to inform the builder of the nature and location of the
defect and allow the builder to inspect the defect at a mutually
convenient time.
4/13/05
CBIA
Assm. Judiciary
AB 986 (Torrico)
Spot bill re: California's "severe housing shortage."
AMENDED 4/26 - NOW REQUIRES JOINT COMMITTEE OF ABAG AND METROTRANS
COMMISSION TO PREPARE A PLAN RE: TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONES
FOR THE BAY AREA AND SUBMIT TO LEGISLATURE BY 1/1/07.
4/26/05
Assm. Local Govt.
AB 1038 (Houston)
Vehicle for construction defect litigation.
4/28/05
Senate pending assignment
AB 1167 (Chu)
Authorizes El Monte RDA to amend its redevelopment
plan to include transit oriented development and increase the plan's
effectiveness by 10 years. NOTE: PER CRA, MULLIN REQUESTED ALL TIME
LIMITS BILLS BECOME 2-YEAR BILLS SO CAN FURTHER REVIEW.
4/11/05
Assm. Housing
AB 1203 (Mullin)
Spot bill re: "grayfields" housing and investment
zones in areas where additional job growth and high density housing
is needed to match transportation and other regional priorities.
(i.e., unused strip malls in areas with established infrastructure).
Per Mullin in 7/6 League newsletter, this is a two-year bill.
Intro 2/18/05
Introduced
AB 1233 (Jones)
Requires a city or county to rezone, within one year
of the start of a new housing element planning period, sufficient
land to make up for any shortage of adequate sites from the previous
planning period.
6/14/05
(S: Housing CA, O: League)
Senate Floor
AB 1259 (Daucher)
Rewards local governments that exceed 80% of regional
housing needs goals over a five-year period with an increased share
of property taxes.
3/31/05
(S: Housing CA)
Assm. Local Govt.
AB 1352 (Bogh)
Allows two redevelopment agencies to adopt a resolution
for the purpose of pooling housing funds.
4/25/05
City of Anaheim (O: WCLP)
Assm. Local Govt.
AB 1367 (Evans)
Prohibits state, local, and regional government agencies
from enacting regulations re: fair share that are contrary to the
land use determinations made in compliance with locally adopted
land use initiatives.
4/11/05
Assm. Local Govt.
AB 1372 (Nunez)
Authorizes employers of farmworkers to provide short-term
housing (45 days max) in hotels, motels, or apartment buildings.
Intro 2/18/05
Assm. Housing
AB 1387 (Jones)
Authorizes local governments to approve residential
projects in infill sites in urbanized areas without having to mitigate
for traffic impacts.
4/18/05
Assm. Natural Resources
AB 1390 (Jones)
Creates a 10-year statute of limitations on bringing
action against an RDA for various violations related to its low-
and moderate-income housing fund.
6/9/05
Public Interest Law Project, WCLP
Sonoma County Housing Advocacy Group
HCD (S: WCLP)
Assm. Floor (Concurrence)
AB 1450 (Evans)
Requires that units targeted for moderate-income households
as part of a housing development receiving a density bonus be affordable
at a rent that does not exceed 30% of 120% of the area's median
income, and creates requirements for the continued affordability
and resale of these units.
4/4/05
Assm. Local Govt.
AB 1461 (Salinas)
Deletes, until 1/1/09, existing limitations on grant
amounts re: allocations of funds made under the CDBG Program and
instead requires HCD to make its own determination of the maximum
annual allocation of funds.
6/13/05
Senate Floor
AB 1472 (Coto)
Authorizes an RDA to extend the time limit on the
effectiveness of a redevelopment area plan for a maximum of 10 additional
years under specified circumstances. NOTE: PER CRA, MULLIN REQUESTED
ALL TIME LIMITS BILLS BECOME 2-YEAR BILLS SO CAN FURTHER REVIEW.
4/20/05
Assm. Housing
AB 1479 (Frommer)
Requires HCD to report to the Legislature and Governor
re: units produced under the Jobs-Housing Balance Improvement Program.
4/13/05
Assm. Housing
AB 1512 (Garcia)
Allows the CalHFA to use not more than $75 million
from the CA Housing Downpayment Assistance Program to make short-term
loans for the acquisition of land and the development of for-sale
housing. Also allows a designee of the general counsel to advise
the board of directors, chairperson, and executive director when
the general counsel is unavailable.
5/31/05
CalHFA (S: League of CA Cities)
Sen. Trans & Housing
AB 1606 (Salinas)
Spot bill re: redevelopment of military installations.
AMENDED 4/14 - NOW AUTHORIZES WATSONVILLE RDA TO EXTEND THE EFFECTIVENESS
OF ITS REDEVELOPMENT PLAN TO 2020. AMENDED 4/25 - NOW REQUIRES THAT
INCOME ELIGIBLITY FOR PURPOSES OF HOUSING UNDER REDEVELOPMENT MUST
BE BASED UPON THE INCOME OF EACH INDIVIDUAL LIVING IN THE UNIT AND
NOT THE AGGREGATE INCOME OF THOSE LIVING IN THE UNIT.
4/25/05
Assm. Local Govt.
SB 44 (Kehoe)
Requires all cities and counties to add air quality
concerns to their general plans. Their deadline is one year after
the deadline for revising their housing elements after 2007. Part
of Senate Democratic leadership's land use package.
5/17/05
(S: Attorney General, O: Dept. of Finance)
Assm. Approp. 7/13 - DO PASS
SB 51 (Kuehl)
Deletes the 1/1/06 sunset date on the law requiring
60 days notice to terminate a tenant.
Intro 1/10/05
Western Center on Law & Poverty
Assembly Floor
SB 223 (Torlakson)
Establishes the Job-Center Housing Planning Program
within HCD to provide revolving loans for the adoption of specific
plans for infill development. Authorizes HCD to issue loans of up
to $1 million to local governments for specified planning activities,
for a term not to exceed 10 years, at an interest rate of 3% simple
interest annually (or recalculated at 6% simple interest, if the
specific plan that is the subject of the loan is not adopted within
two years).
7/1/05
Assm. Approp.
SB 253 (Torlakson)
Housing code cleanup.
5/24/05
(S: CRLA)
Pending Assm. Floor (consent)
SB 321 (Morrow)
Development fees - SEE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LIST.
SB 326 (Dunn)
Intended to encourage affordable infill housing by
including smaller attached duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes,
rather than just multifamily housing, in the definition of housing
that does not require a conditional use permit.
6/21/05
CAR, CRLA, WCLP
Assm. Floor
SB 365 (Ducheny)
Clarifies that two planning and zoning laws are expressly
applicable to charter cities. Per League, applies to charter cities
provisions in existing law that require that a multifamily residential
housing project is a permitted use not subject to a CUP on any parcel
zoned for multifamily housing.
Intro 2/17/05
(S: CRLA)
Assm. Approp. 7/13 - DO PASS
SB 435 (Hollingsworth)
Housing density bonus law - mainly cleanup to last
year's SB 1818 (Hollingsworth). PER LEAGUE 6/17, THIS IS NOW JUST
A TECHNICAL CLEANUP BILL TO SB 1818 - CONTROVERSIAL LANGUAGE AMENDED
OUT.
6/21/05
CAR, CRLA, WCLP
Assm. Approp. 7/13 - DO PASS
SB 521 (Torlakson)
Repeals the requirement that housing in a transit
village development plan must be within a mile of the exterior of
the transit station's parcel. Also expands the geographic scope
of a transit village development district and adds a sixth item
to the list of economic conditions that cause blight. Per Housing
CA, allows RDAs to use tax increment financing to develop high-density
projects around transit stations. Part of Senate Democratic leadership's
land use package.
5/27/05
CA Transit Assn., SF BART District (O: DOF)
Assm. Housing
.
SB 527 (Alquist)
Requires that housing assistance under redevelopment
housing set-asides be available in at least the same proportion
as the population under the age of 65 bears to the total low-income
population of the community.
5/9/05
City of San Jose (S: WCLP)
ENROLLED AND TO GOVERNOR 6/27- RETURNED BY GOVERNOR AT REQUEST
OF SENATE - ACTION RESCINDED WHEREBY ASSEMBLY PASSED
SB 575 (Torlakson,
Ducheny, Dunn)
Makes substantial changes to the exemptions and enforcement
provisions of the Anti-NIMBY Law. PER LEAGUE 6/24, AUTHOR HAS AGREED
TO TAKE WORKING GROUP'S AMENDMENTS.
6/16/05
CA Apartment Assn., CA Housing Council, CRLA, WCLP
Assembly Floor
SB 587 (Battin)
Spot bill re: CalHome program.
Intro 2/18/05
Introduced
SB 588 (Runner)
Authorizes redevelopment plans for spending excess
surplus funds to include economic development and transportation
infrastructure.
Intro 2/18/05
Sen. Trans & Housing
SB 832 (Perata)
Revises the CEQA infill exemption by allowing an acreage
limit for residential projects to increase to 10 acres and the unit
limit to increase to 300 if the site is located in a city with a
population of more than 200,000 persons and the city council determines
the acreage and units by council resolution. Per Housing CA, expands
the current CEQA exemption for infill development and establishes
new procedures to resolve regional conflicts between local governments
related to development projects. Part of Senate Democratic leadership's
land use package.
5/4/05
(S: CA Apartment Assn.)
Assm. Approp.
SB 940 (Torlakson)
Requires DIR to regularly publish, on the Internet,
all available wage rates for residential projects. Per Housing CA,
speeds the development of subsidized homes by requiring DIR to post
all available residential wage rates on its website. PER HOUSING
CA 6/28, DOF TESTIFIED IN OPPOSITION AT THE ASSM. LABOR COMMITTEE
HEARING.
Intro 2/22/05
Housing CA, State Bldg. & Construction Trades
Council
Assembly Floor
SB 950 (Torlakson)
Helps to preserve the affordability of subsidized
housing units when they become eligible for conversion to market
rate.
6/16/05
CA Housing Partnership Corp., CA Coalition for Rural
Housing
Assm. Approp.
SB 968 (Torlakson)
Renames the "circulation" element the "transportation"element.
PER LEAGUE, THIS IS THEIR SPOT BILL FOR THEIR HOUSING TASK FORCE.
5/5/05
League of CA Cities, CBIA, Homeownership Advancement
Foundation
Assm. Local Govt.
SB 1024 (Perata)
$7.7 billion bond for capital improvements, including
affordable housing incentives. SEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LIST.
SB 1069 (Soto)
Allows RDAs to refinance their older bonds with new
bonds that have the same maturity dates as their older bonds, provided
the total payments for principal and interest are less..
Intro 2/18/05
CA Public Securities Assn.
Assembly Floor
SB 1087 (Florez)
Requires water and sewer providers to reserve water
and sewer capacity for lower- income housing. Intended to eliminate
significant roadblocks experienced by affordable housing developers
in their efforts to build affordable housing in rural areas.
7/12/05
CA Coalition for Rural Housing (S: Housing CA)
Assm. Approp
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILLS 2005 Updated 7/19/05 (updates highlighted)
Bill
Description
As Amended
Sponsor(s)
Status
AB 1248 (Umberg)
Prohibits a county from charging a fee to other local
agencies for booking and detention of an arrested person in the
county jail, except in cases of arrest for specified nonfelonious
offenses.
CA Police Chiefs Assn. (S: League, O: CSAC)
Assm. Local Govt. 4/13 - HELD
ACA 7 (Nation)
Reduces the 2/3 voter approval requirement for local
special taxes, to 55 percent.
Intro 12/6/04
(S: League)
Assm. Approp. - DIED ON SUSPENSE 5/25
ACA 13 (Harman/ Jones/ Mullin)
Flood control assessments.
4/21/05
Assm. Local Govt.
ACA 16 (Gordon)
Lowers the vote threshold for approval of a special
tax for the purpose of providing supplemental funding for sheriff,
police, or fire protection services from a two-thirds to a 55% majority
of votes cast.
Intro 3/31/05
CA Professional Firefighters, LA Co. Sheriffs Dept.(S:
League)
Assembly Floor
ACA 22 (LaMalfa)
Per League of CA Cities, prohibits local governments
from using eminent domain if it results in a later use of the property
by a private party (with a few narrow exceptions for PUC-regulated
entities and incidental uses). See also SCA 15.
Intro 7/13/05
(O: League)
Introduced
SB 149 (Speier)
Exempts the Broadmoor Police Protection District in
San Mateo County from the 1992-93 and 1993-94 ERAF shifts. Requires
that any increase in property tax revenue allocated to the District
supplement, not supplant, the District's budget.
4/12/05
Broadmoor Police Protection District
Sen. Local Govt.
SB 321 (Morrow)
Amends the Mitigation Fee Act by assigning local agencies
the burden of producing evidence to establish that a mitigation
fee does not exceed the cost of the public facility, service, or
regulatory activity before they establish, increase, or impose the
fee.
4/14/05
Sen. Local Govt.
SB 1060 (Campbell)
Authorizes two or more local agencies within a county
to enter into a contract to exchange property tax revenues for Bradley-Burns
sales and use tax revenues. The contract requires the approval by
a majority vote of the entire membership of the governing body of
each affected local agency (counties cities, and special districts).
(Prop. 1A allows mutually willing local agencies within the same
county to voluntarily exchange property tax revenues and sales tax
revenues, with the Legislature's permission).
5/5/05
S: League
Assm. Local Govt.
SCA 15 (McClintock)
Per League of CA Cities, prohibits local governments
from using eminent domain if it results in a later use of the property
by a private party (with a few narrow exceptions for PUC-regulated
entities and incidental uses). See also ACA 22.
Intro 7/14/05
(O: League)
Introduced
STATE OPS AND BUDGET PROCESS BILLS 2005 Updated 7/19/05 (updates/new bills highlighted)
Bill
Description
As Amended
Sponsor(s)
Status
AB 38 (Tran)
Provides that members of certain boards and commissions
shall receive no salary, just per diem, for 2006-07 through 2008-09.
4/13/05
Assm. B&P 4/26 - FAILED/ RECONSIDERATION GRANTED
AB 53 (Negrete McLeod)
Consolidates the functions of the Health and Human
Services Data Center and the Stephen P. Teale Data Center.
4/19/05
Assm. Approp.
AB 92 (Leslie)
Provides that, during the 30 days prior to adjournment
for a recess, amendments that would delete and replace the entire
text or substantially alter the subject matter of the bill require
a 4/5 vote.
3/31/05
Introduced
AB 94 (Haynes)
Requires all state agencies, boards, departments,
etc. to report to Sen/Assm Rules Committees and Sen/Assm Budget
Committees re: financial activities for 2000-01 through 2004-05
by 1/15/06, and annually thereafter. Report would include items
such as midyear adjustments and percentage increase over prior year
spending.
Intro 1/10/05
Assm. B&P - FAILED 3/8
AB 214 (Richman)
Requires a 3-year, rather than a 1-year, calculation
for the highest annual average compensation at the end of employment,
for purposes of PERS retirement.
Intro 2/3/05
Assm. PERS
AB 219 (Nakanishi)
Requires the California State Library to create and
maintain a website for purposes of distributing a list of state
government publications to libraries throughout the state. Allows
state agencies to forgo distribution of hardcopies of their reports
to the Library if the requirements of this bill are fulfilled.
4/5/05
(O: SEIU)
Sen. Approp. 8/15
AB 239 (Jerome Horton)
Requires the Governor to submit with the Proposed
Budget a report on current and proposed contracts for services.
Intro 2/7/05
AFSCME (O: Dept. of Finance)
Sen. Approp. 8/15
AB 301 (Assm. B&P Committee)
Requires DGS to update its inventory of state property
annually.
Intro 2/9/05
Sen. GM, E & A
AB 302 (Assm. B&P Committee)
Requires DGS to establish a program to centralize
the sale of surplus personal property using the best available technology,
including the Internet, and requires DGS to impose an additional
charge on each item of surplus property that is sold under this
program to recover its costs in establishing the program.
6/30/05
Sen. GM, E & A
AB 337 (Harman)
Spot bill re: Commission on Uniform State Laws.
Intro 2/10/05
Introduced
AB 457 (Torrico)
Spot bill re: minimizing unfunded liabilities in PERS
and STRS. Part of a reform package. GUTTED 6/16 - NOW RE: NONPROFIT
FUNDRAISERS.
6/16/05
Senate GO
AB 458 (Torrico)
Spot bill re: creating more stable and predictable
retirement contribution rates for public employers and employees.
Part of a reform package. GUTTED 6/23 - NOW A HORTON BILL RE: PROPERTY
TAXES AND PUBLIC UTILITIES.
6/23/05
Senate Rules
AB 500 (La Malfa)
Reduces the minimum state mandate reimbursement claim
amount from $1,000 to $200. Per League, this reverses a 2002 action.
Intro 2/16/05
(S: League of CA Cities, CSAC)
Assm. Approp. - DIED ON SUSPENSE 5/25
AB 511 (Richman)
Prohibits public agency contributions to a defined
contribution plan for employees covered by the Social Security Act
from exceeding 6% of an employee's base salary (up to 9% for public
safety employees). This bill will only go into effect if "a
specified constitutional amendment" (presumably ACA 5) is passed.
Intro 2/16/05
Assm. PERS
AB 518 (Canciamilla)
Requires DOF to provide the Legislature
five-year projections for (a) annual GF revenues; (b) annual GF
expenditures, in aggregate and by department; and (c) annual Total
PYs, in aggregate and by department. The five-year projections shall
be provided with the Governor's Proposed Budget in January, with
the Governor's May Revision, and within 30 days of signing the final
budget act. If the projections show any fiscal year to be out of
balance, the report must include options for closing the GF gap.
5/4/05
(S: AFSCME, O: Dept. of Finance)
Sen. Approp. 8/15
AB 593 (Frommer)
Requires DGS to transfer specified state lands to
the CA Hope Public Trust, which this bill would create with specified
appointees of the Governor, Treasurer, and Controller, for the purposes
of managing state properties for the benefit of public colleges
and universities.
6/1/05
State Treasurer Phil Angelides
Sen. Approp. 8/15
AB 636 (Huff)
Requires the CPR to assess the Legislature and report
to the Governor and Legislature by 12/31/05.
Intro 2/17/05
Introduced
AB 725 (Richman)
Requires DOF to establish a task force to develop
uniform guidelines for grant administration and oversight.
4/27/05
Assm. Approp. - DIED ON SUSPENSE 5/25
AB 836 (Huff)
Requires zero-based budgeting for state agencies.
Intro 2/18/05
Assm. Budget
AB 1024 (Walters)
Abolishes a number of vocational boards and transfers
them to the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Intro 2/18/05
Assm. B&P
AB 1026 (Jerome Horton)
Spot bill re: streamlining and consolidating tax agencies.
Intro 2/18/05
Introduced
AB 1561 (Umberg)
Spot bill re: penalties and/or removal from office
for appointed members of boards and commissions who do not adequately
attend meetings or perform other duties.
Intro 2/18/05
Introduced
AB 1568 (Torrico)
Spot bill re: reform of public employee retirement
systems.
Intro 2/18/05
Introduced
AB 1600 (Niello)
Spot bill re: "final compensation" retirement
calculation for state employees.
Intro 2/18/05
Introduced
AB 1615 (Klehs)
Requires cities, counties, special districts, and
RDAs to report all past due taxes levied and assessed that are still
receivable as part of their annual report to the State Controller's
Office.
4/20/05
Assm. Approp. - DIED ON SUSPENSE 5/25
AB 1702 (Frommer)
Appropriates $500 million from the amount made available
to the General Fund from the Economic Recovery Bond Act to specified
transportation purposes and pledges to backfill an equivalent amount
to the General Fund from the net proceeds of bonds sold from the
state's tribal gaming bonds.
4/7/05
Assm. Approp. - DIED ON SUSPENSE 5/25
ACA 1 (Calderon)
Spot bill re: two-year budget.
Intro 12/6/04
Introduced
ACA 5 (Richman)
Establishes the California Public Employee Defined
Contribution Plan for new hires as of 7/1/07. NOTE: AN INITIATIVE
HAS BEEN FILED WITH SIMILAR LANGUAGE (GOVERNOR HAS DROPPED SUPPORT).
SEE ALSO ACAX1 1.
Intro 12/6/04
Assm. PERS
ACA 12 (Umberg)
Requires the Governor to submit a 2-year bill to the
Legislature beginning in 2007 and each odd-numbered year thereafter.
Intro 2/18/05
Assm. Budget
ACA 14 (DeVore)
Replaces the BOE with the California Tax Commission.
(S: Bill Leonard, BOE member)
Assm. Approp. - DIED ON SUSPENSE 5/25
ACA 18 (Nation)
Creates a procedure for legislative review of initiative
measures.
7/12/05
Assm. Approp.
ACA 19 (Keene)
Revises the biennial legislative session to make every
other year a budget session.
Intro 4/21/05
Assigned to Assm. Budget and Assm. Rules
ABX1 3 (Richman)
Establishes defined contribution plans and hybrid
plans for public employees hired on and after 7/1/07, and makes
various changes to the laws governing public employee retirement
systems, as specified.
Intro 4/14/05
Assm. Public Sector (XS committee) - FAILED 5/25
ABX1 4 (Torrico)
Requires the establishment of Taxpayer Risk Reduction
Accounts in both CalPERS and '37 act systems for the purpose of
stabilizing public employer contributions to the retirement systems.
Intro 5/4/05
Assm. Ways & Means (XS Committee)
ABX1 5 (Torrico)
Adds a definition of fraud to PERS law, the Teachers'
Retirement Law, and the '37 Act, and establishes civil and criminal
penalties for committing such fraud.
5/19/05
Assm. Ways & Means (XS Committee)
ABX1 6 (Evans)
Makes various changes to the laws governing public
employee retirement in an effort to eliminate or reduce pension
spiking and disability retirement abuse.
6/2/05
Assm. Ways & Means (XS Committee
ACAX1 1 (Richman)
Establishes the CA Public Employee Defined Contribution
Plan, which would apply to new hires on or after 7/1/07. NOTE: AN
INITIATIVE HAS BEEN FILED WITH SIMILAR LANGUAGE (GOVERNOR HAS DROPPED
SUPPORT). SEE ALSO ACA 5.
Intro 1/6/05
(S: Howard Jarvis; O: everyone else)
Assm. Public Sector (XS committee)
ACAX1 4 (Keene)
Provides for ongoing spending authority in the event
of a late budget, across-the-board spending cuts to prevent GF spending
from exceeding revenues, changes to Prop. 98, protection for Prop.
42 transportation funding, and prohibitions on GF borrowing from
special funds. NOTE: KEENE IS CARRYING THIS FOR THE GOVERNOR.
4/11/05
Department of Finance
Assm. Budget Process (XS committee)
ACAX1 8 (Richman)
Establishes the CA Public Employee Defined Contribution
and Hybrid Plans, applicable to employees hired on or after 7/1/07.
Intro 4/18
Assm. Public Sector (XS committee) -FAILED 5/25
SB 99 (Battin)
Establishes a Commission on Asset Review and Divestiture
to review the inventory of state property and to make recommendations.
4/19/05
Sen. Approp. - DIED ON SUSPENSE 5/26
SB 154 (Chesbro)
Authorizes PERS to contract with out-of-state public
employee pension and health systems to provide benefits to CA employees
and annuitants who live out of state.
4/21/05
Sen. PERS
SB 216 (Dutton)
Abolishes the Franchise Tax Board and transfers its
powers to BOE, effective 1/1/07. Also transfers tax administrative
functions of EDD and the Dept. of Insurance to BOE.
Intro 2/10/05
Sen. GM, E, and EA
SB 265 (Campbell)
Eliminates 2 of the current 14 paid state holidays.
(This proposal is included in the Governor's Proposed Budget).
3/29/05
Sen. PERS 4/11 - HELD
SB 503 (Figueroa)
Requires each state or local body that maintains an
Internet Web site, to make the written guidelines accessible from
the homepage of its Web site through a link titled "Guidelines
for How to Obtain Public Records." Requires an agency that
maintains a Web site and that has information that is an identifiable
public record available to it in electronic format to make that
information accessible to the public for a minimum of 3 years from
the homepage of the agency's Web site.
6/22/05
Assm. GO
SB 577 (Figueroa)
Addresses various issues raised by the CPR re: fiscal
responsibility. Among other things, requires FTB/DOF to report to
the Legislature re: effectiveness of tax expenditures and requires
DOF to submit, along with the budget, a long-term financial plan
for the state.
5/31/05
(S: CSEA)
Assm. Approp.
SB 625 (Battin)
Requires DGS and local government agencies to make
an exclusive offer to sell surplus state property to a local government
or nonprofit organization engaged in economic development.
5/27/05
City of Anaheim
Assm. B&P 6/21 - FAILED/RECON. GRANTED
SB 796 (Figueroa)
Establishes the Government Modernization, Efficiency,
Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2005, which would require
the performance of executive branch agencies to be reviewed and
graded, and require state agencies to provide specified information
on their Web sites to assist consumers in obtaining government services
and participating in the regulatory process.
5/31/05
(O: Dept. of Finance)
Assm. Approp.
SB 834 (Figueroa)
Requires the Procurement Division of DGS to identify
information technology maintenance and support service providers
who have multiple contracts with the state and report this information
to the Legislature, including an evaluation of whether the state
should negotiate a single master services contract with each of
the identified vendors.
4/18/05
Assm. B&P
SB 836 (Dutton)
Spot bill re: boards, commissions, committees, and
bureaus within the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Intro 2/18/05
Introduced
SB 880 (Ashburn)
Authorizes state and local PERS boards to create reserve
accounts.
4/11/05
Sen. PERS 5/9 - HELD
SB 884 (Ashburn)
Provides that any changes to retirement formulas can
only apply prospectively.
4/11/05
Sen. PERS 5/9 - HELD
SB 888 (Ashburn)
Requires state and local PERS boards to create hybrid
retirement programs for employees hired on or after 1/1/06.
4/11/05
Sen. PERS 5/9 - HELD
SB 889 (Ashburn)
Spot bill re: stabilizing of PERS funds.
Intro 2/18/05
Introduced
SB 891 (Ashburn)
Spot bill re: stabilizing funds for county retirement
systems.
Intro 2/18/05
Introduced
SB 892 (Ashburn)
Spot bill re: local agency pension trusts.
Intro 2/18/05
Introduced
SB 900 (Denham)
Intended to provide a clear and efficient framework
for DGS to dispose of property that has been approved by the Legislature
as surplus.
5/3/05
Sen. Approp. - DIED ON SUSPENSE 5/26
SB 903 (Denham)
Spot bill re: surplus state property.
Intro 2/18/05
Introduced
SB 954 (Figueroa)
Requires an information technology (IT) procurement
checklist to be completed by state agencies prior to new IT procurements,
and requires all state agencies, when procuring IT, to conform to
the "Information Technology Procurement Guidelines." 7/7
amendments add urgency clause.
7/7/05
Assm. Jobs & Eco Dev
SB 1063 (Ashburn)
State employees: furloughs.
Intro 2/18/05
Sen. PERS 5/9 - HELD
SCA 2 (McClintock)
Among other things, imposes new intermediate legislative
budget deadlines - that if missed would transfer budget appropriation
authority to the Administration, significantly modify the current
State's Appropriation limit, eliminate appropriations limits for
local government, expand the definition of taxes to include "fees"
as specified, and impose limits on the issuance of general obligation
(GO) bonds. Requires the Controller to concur in the Governor's
action.
3/29/05
Sen. Budget
SCA 5 (McClintock)
Provides the Governor unilateral authority to reduce
or eliminate items of appropriation (after a Budget has been enacted),
and may suspend the operation of any statute to the extent that
a reduction or elimination of an appropriation renders the statute
operationally infeasible. The Governor would first make a determination
that GF revenues will decline below estimated GF revenue amounts,
or GF expenditures will increase above the GF revenue estimate for
that particular fiscal year. Requires the Controller to concur with
the Governor's action.
3/29/05
Sen. Budget
SCA 9 (Ducheny)
Changes the name of the BOE to the CA Tax Commission
and changes membership and duties.
Intro 2/18/05
Sen. Rev & Tax
SBX1 2 (Dunn)
Requires the establishment of new Taxpayer Adverse
Risk Prevention Accounts in both the PERS law and the '37 Act for
the purpose of stabilizing public employer contributions to the
retirement systems.
Intro 5/12/05
Sen. Approp.
SBX1 5 (Ducheny)
Repeals existing provisions and enacts new provisions
of the '37 Act re: the determination of final compensation, and
enacts similar final compensation provisions for independent public
retirement systems, providing that all of the new provisions are
modeled after the final compensation provisions in existing PERS
law.
Intro 5/17/05
Senate Floor
SBX1 7 (Ashburn)
Provides that specified retirement formulas in PERS
are only applicable on service rendered after the effective date
of the contract amendment adopting the benefit.
Intro 5/19/05
Sen. PERS - FAILED 5/23
SBX1 8 (Ashburn)
Provides that additional concurrent agreements (such
as a side letter, appendix, or other addendum) to a ratified MOU
that requires the expenditure of funds may not become effective
unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
Intro 5/19/05
Sen. PERS - FAILED 5/23
SBX1 9 (Ashburn)
Provides that an election by a state employee from
the PERS Second Tier to First Tier shall only be valid if made at
least 3 years prior to retirement and shall only be valid if agreed
to by the member's spouse or designated beneficiary. Deletes the
existing provision to allow past Second Tier service to be converted
to First Tier.
Intro 5/19/05
Sen. PERS - FAILED 5/23
SBX1 10 (Ashburn)
Requires the creation of "hybrid" retirement
plans that offer characteristics similar to that of a defined benefit
and of a defined contribution plan for certain public employees
hired after 1/1/06.
Intro 5/19/05
Sen. PERS - FAILED 5/23
SBX1 11 (Ashburn)
Deletes references in the '37 Act to the county retirement
board retiring the member for disability, effective on the expiration
of any leave of absence with compensation or with the member's consent.
Instead provides that if the member is shown to be permanently incapacitated
to the retirement board's satisfaction, the member shall be retired
for disability when it has been shown that the member is permanently
incapacitated.
Intro 5/19/05
Sen. PERS - FAILED 5/23
SBX1 12 (Ashburn)
Prohibits PERS local miscellaneous, state miscellaneous,
state industrial, school members, or university member from being
eligible for the 2% @ age 55 retirement formula if they are hired
1/1/06. Prohibits the continued availability of the 3% @ age 60
retirement formula for local miscellaneous members who are hired
on or after 1/1/06. Provides that these public employees hired on
or after 1/1/06 are instead subject to the PERS 2% at age 60 formula.
Intro 5/19/05
Sen. PERS - FAILED 5/23
SBX1 13 (Ashburn)
Provides the PERS and other county and local retirement
systems the authority to establish pension contribution stabilization
accounts.
Intro 5/19/05
Sen. PERS - FAILED 5/23
SCAX1 2 (McClintock)
Provides that if, following budget enactment, the
Governor determines that GF spending will exceed estimated revenues,
the Governor shall by proclamation reduce or eliminate one or more
items of appropriation for that fiscal year.
3/29/05
Sen. Budget
SCAX1 3 (McClintock)
Provides that the Governor may by proclamation reduce
or eliminate one or more items of appropriation from the General
Fund to prevent GF spending from exceeding the estimate of GF revenues
for that FY. Provides that the Legislature may override or amend
an action taken by the Governor to reduce or eliminate an appropriation
by 2/3 vote. Requires the Controller to concur in the Governor's
determination before the Governor can take action.
3/29/05
Governor
Sen. Budget
GRP 1
Governor's Reorganization Plan re: Dept. of Corrections
and Rehabilitation. The Legislature and Governor reached a compromise
agreement in the form of SB 737 (Romero, Chapter 10, Statutes of
2005), a follow-up to GRP 1.
Intro 2/22/05 (can't be amended)
Governor
Took effect 5/5/05 (SB 737 took effect 7/1/05)
GRP 2
Governor's Reorganization Plan re: Dept. of Technology
Services. Took effect 7/9/05 since Legislature chose not to reject.
Intro 5/9/05 (can't be amended)
Governor
Took effect 7/9/05
GRP 3
Governor's Reorganization Plan re: Department of Energy.
Little Hoover Commission recommends that the Legislature reject
due to questions on legality of transferring some PUC functions
to new Department.
Intro 6/13/05 (can't be amended)
Legislature must reject by mid-August or becomes law
Note: mainly budget- or transportation-finance-related
bills; i.e., bills like special license plates or DUI are not included.
Bill
Description
As Amended
Sponsor(s)
Status
AB 189 (S. Horton)
Expands the number of SANDAG authorized "high
occupancy toll" (HOT) lane pilot projects from 2 to 3. GUTTED
4/11 - NOW ESTABLISHES A COORDINATED ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS
FOR 3 HIGHWAY CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.
4/11/05
Assm. Approp. - DIED ON SUSPENSE 5/25
AB 209 (Plescia)
Spot bill re: San Diego County Regional Transportation
Commission's transportation tax.
Intro 1/31/05
Introduced
AB 267 (Daucher)
Revises the terms under which a local or regional
transportation agency may utilize their own local funds to make
advance expenditures for projects in the STIP.
6/1/05
Orange Co. Transportation Authority
Pending Sen. Approp.
AB 426 (Bogh)
Requires Caltrans, until 1/1/09, to convert all 24-hour
HOV lanes on state highways in Riverside County into part-time HOV
lanes that operate only during peak periods.
4/20/05
Assm. Approp. - DIED ON SUSPENSE 5/25
AB 489 (Bermudez)
Extends the due dates for an annual report required
of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach from 1/31/05 to 1/31/06,
and annually thereafter from 2007 to 2008.
5/24/05
CA Assn. of Port Authorities
Pending Senate Floor (Concurrence)
AB 509 (Richman)
Authorizes regional transportation agencies to enter
into agreements to finance regional user-fee based transportation
projects.
Intro 2/16/05
Assm. Trans
AB 540 (Liu)
Requires CalTrans, prior to finalizing design and
beginning construction on a state highway project, to first meet
and confer with the local governing body and to then hold at least
one public hearing.
Intro 2/16/05
Assm. Trans
AB 697 (Oropeza)
In any year in which the budget has not been enacted
by July 1, provides that all monies in the Highway Users Tax Account
in the Transportation Tax Fund from the prior FY are continuously
appropriated and may be encumbered until the budget is enacted.
Urgency.
Intro 2/17/05
Associated General Contractors of CA, CSAC, League
Assm. Approp. - DIED ON SUSPENSE 5/25
AB 713 (Torrico)
Provides for the submission of the Safe, Reliable
High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century to the
voters at the November 2008 election.
Intro 2/17/05
Sen. Trans & Housing
AB 714 (Torrico)
Spot bill re: High-Speed Rail Authority.
Intro 2/17/05
Introduced
AB 850 (Canciamilla)
Allows CalTrans to contract with public and private
entities to expand the number of toll roads and other toll facilities
and high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes.PART OF GOVERNOR'S "GO
CALIFORNIA" INITIATIVE.
5/3/05
Assm. Approp. - DIED ON SUSPENSE 5/25
AB 969 (Karnette)
Requires BTH Secretary to develop a strategy to accomplish
specified transportation objectives.
Intro 2/18/05
Assm. Trans
AB 1157 (Frommer)
Requires CalTrans to develop specified performance
