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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11. (Handout) Updated Priority Legislation Tracking Sheet Central San 2019 Priority Legislative Tracking Sheet as of 4/3/19 Item 11. (Handout) (Updated Tracking Sheet) Industry Position Date of Federal/ Author Legislation Also Known As Summary Organization(s) PriorityRecommended b Board Board Notes State List/Position Staff Direction Decision 1 State Ting AB 68 Land Use: This bill reintroduces language from 2018 Oppose Unless Watch 03/07/19 Watch 3/27/19 Amended and referred to Committee on D-San Francisco Accessory AB 2890 (Ting) regarding accessory dwelling Amended: ACWA, Housing and Community Development. Dwelling Units units with prohibitions on local ordinances CSDA, CMUA, CASA from imposing some limitations on size and location. This bill maintains a wastewater utility's ability to collect a proportional connection fee, but prohibits capacity and connection fees on ADUs or junior ADUs that are "substantially" within the existing space of a single-family dwelling or accessory structure, including reconstruction of an existing space with substantially the same physical dimensions as the existing accessory structure. 2 State Ting AB 69 Land Use: This bill introduces language related to Watch: ACWA Watch 03/07/19 Watch 3/27/19 Amended and referred to Committee on D-San Francisco Accessory oversight by the state on local ordinances on Housing and Community Development. Dwelling Units size and location that would impact construction of accessory dwelling units. This bill does not address utility connection fees at this time. 3 State Wiekowski SB 13 Accessory This bill is a spot bill regarding accessory CSDA: Oppose Watch 03/07/19 Watch 4/1/19 Need clarification from author on whether D-Fremont Dwelling Units dwelling units. In 2018 this author did "impact fees" are inclusive of"connection fees". introduce language that would eliminate the 3/26/19 Set for hearing in April 2, Committee on utility connection fee for new construction of Housing and Community Development an accessory dwelling unit. 4 State Friedman AB 1180 Water: recycled This bill requires Title 22 for non-potable Sponsored by Support 03/07/19 Support 4/1/19 Sent back to Appropriations Committee. D-Glendale water uses to be updated by the Water Board by WateReuse California, 3/27/19 Passed out to Appropriations Committee. 2023. It also requires that a change over Support: CASA, CSDA Support letter sent to Assembly Environmental device (such as swivel ell) be incorporated Safety and Toxic Materials on 3/19/19. into the Title 17 update currently underway. A draft for the Title 17 changes will be released in late summer 2019. WRCA (a member of the Title 17 handbook committee) has requested that a change over device or swivel ell be included as part of this update. Central San 2019 Priority Legislative Tracking Sheet as of 4/3/19 Industry Position Date of- Board Author Legislation Also Known As Summary Or anization s PriorityRecommended b Board Notes State List/Position Staff Direction Decision 5 State Bloom AB 1672 Nonwoven This bill shall not allow an entity to label a Sponsored by CASA Support 03/07/19 Support 4/2/19 Letter of support drafted for Roger's D-Santa Monica disposable covered product as safe to flush, safe for signature. 3/28/19 Bill will be heard in the Asm. products sewer systems, or safe for septic systems, Environmental Safety and Toxics Materials unless the product is a flushable wipe. The Committee on April 9th, and again in the entity must certify if their product is flushable Assembly Judiciary Committee on April 23rd. In under compliance with the performance print on 3/18/19. Will likely be triple referred to standards. Noncompliant products will be committees. issued a notice of violation by the enforcing agency, providing 30 days for the products to be recalled and may be penalized for every day thereafter. 6 State Hertzberg D SB 332 Ocean Discharge This bill proposes a 50% reduction in ocean Opposed: CASA, CSDA, Oppose 03/07/19 Oppose 4/3/19 At hearing - CASA testified. Many Van Nuys & Wiener discharges by 2030, and a 95% reduction in ACWA. Oppose Unless Unless concerns from the committee, but passed to D-San Francisco ocean discharges by 2040. Amended: WateReus. Amended Judiciary Committee. Coalition formed to oppose Support: Clean Water bill. CASA developing opposition letter, and will Action, Heal the Bay, issue Call-to-Action within two weeks. Main issues Sierra Club, Friends of with the bill: unfunded mandate, does not take the River, City of Los into consideration wet weather flows and storage Angeles constraints, current permit restrictions on discharges to streams, etc, potential State growth that could increase discharge flows. 7 State Cooley AB 510 Local Existing law authorizes the head of a Sponsored by CSDA Support 03/07/19 Support 4/1/19 This bill is dead. Consumers Attorneys D-Rancho Cordova Government department of a county or city, or the head of asked author to pull the bill. Author complied. Records: a special district to destroy recordings of Letter of support sent 3/19/19. destruction of routine video monitoring maintained by that records county, city, or special district after one year if that person receives approval from the legislative body and the written consent of the agency attorney and to destroy recordings of telephone and radio communications maintained by that county, city, or special district after 100 days if that person receives approval from the legislative body and the written consent of the agency attorney. This bill would exempt the head of a department of a county or city, or the head of a special district from these recording retention requirements if the county, city, or special district adopts a records retention policy governing recordings of routine video monitoring and recordings of telephone and radio communications. Central San 2019 Priority Legislative Tracking Sheet as of 4/3/19 Industry Position Date of- Board Author Legislation Also Known As Summary Organization(s) Priority Recommended by Board Notes State List/Position Staff Direction Decision 8 State Rubio AB 405 Sales and use Would exempt from Sales and Use Tax the CASA: Support, Support 03/07/19 Watch In Revenue and Tax committee. Fact sheet D-Baldwin Park taxes: exemption: gross receipts from the sale in this state of, Watch provided to Board on 3/21. water treatment and the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of, chemicals used to treat water, recycled water, or wastewater regardless of whether those chemicals or other agents become a component part thereof and regardless of whether the treatment takes place before or after the delivery to consumers. 9 State Wiener SB 69 Ocean Resiliency This bill prescribes nutrient removal by Sponsored by Coast Oppose 03/21/19 Oppose 4/1/19 Author provided amendments which did D-San Francisco Act of 2019 denitrification without scientific basis and Keepers, not address any of the impacts to the wastewater without regard to ongoing collaborative Oppose: CASA Unless industry. Set for April 9 hearing in Senate Natural nutrients research efforts currently underway Amend to remove Resources and Water. in the Bay Area. It also disregards the denitrification section current regulation of nutrients by the SF Bay and address marine Regional Water Board through the Nutrients managed area section Watershed Permit (approved by EPA). This is an unfunded mandate that could cost up to $12.4B in costs to Bay Area dischargers. This bill does apply to both ocean and bay dischargers. 10 State Allen D SB 54 (paired California Circular SB 54/AB 1080 establish a comprehensive Support: California Support 03/21/19 Support 3/25/19 Read second time in Appropriations Santa Monica bill is AB 1080) Economy and framework to address the pollution and Product Stewardship Committee. Attached fact sheet for March 21 st Skinner Plastic Pollution waste crisis. Specifically, single-use plastic Council Board meeting.. D-Berkeley Reduction Act packaging and products sold or distributed in Stern D California by must be reduced, recycled or Canoga Park composted by 75 percent by 2030. All single Wiener D use packaging and products must be San Francisco recyclable or compostable on and after 2030. As part of a shift towards a more circular economy, the bills also instructs CalRecycle to develop incentives and policies to encourage in-state manufacturing using recycled material generated in California. CalRecycle will be given authority to adopt regulations to meet these goals, including developing criteria to determine which packaging material qualifies as recyclable or compostable. Central San 2019 Priority Legislative Tracking Sheet as of 4/3/19 Industry Position Date of Federal/ Board Author Legislation Also Known As Summary Organization(s) PriorityRecommended b Board Notes State List/Position Staff Direction Decision 11 State Ting AB 1486 Local agencies: This bill would require a special district that Oppose: CASA, Oppose Oppose 03/21/19 Oppose 4/1/19 Referred again to Committee on Local D-San Francisco surplus land would sale, lease, transfer, or other Unless Amend: CSDA Government. 3/14/19 Referred to Asm Local conveyance their real property to first send Government Committee. Similar to a bill last year written notice of availability for possible bill which the Board opposed. affordable housing. 12 Federal Congressmember H.R. 1764 Permit term This bill would amend the Federal Water Support: CASA Support 03/21/19 Support 3/28/19 Interagency Letter of Support led by Garamendi D extension Pollution Control Act to extend National Central San sent to DeSaulnier's office with cc to California 3rd District Pollutant Discharge Elimination System CASA. Attached letter for 4/4/19 Board meeting. Permit (NPDES) for up to 10 years. State Stone AB 749 Settlement Prohibits a settlement agreement in an Dppose: CSDA Oppose04/04/19 4/1/19 HR and Legal reviewed and requested this D-Monterey Bay agreements: employment dispute from containing a be placed as priority legislation, position: Oppose. restraints in trade provision prohibiting, preventing, or otherwise restricting a settling party that is an aggrieved person from working for the employer against which the aggrieved person has filed a claim. The result will be that all serious discipline matters and terminations will have to be tried to a verdict, increasing attorney's fees.