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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11. Legislative Matters Update Page 1 of 2 Item 11. CENTRAL SAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS POSITION PAPER MEETING DATE: MARCH 2, 2023 SUBJECT: RECEIVE UPDATE ON PENDING LEGISLATIVE MATTERSAND PROVIDE DIRECTION ON PRIORITY LEGISLATION SUBMITTED BY: INITIATING DEPARTMENT: EMILY BARNETT, COMMUNICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION-COMM SVCS AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS MANAGER INTERGOV REL REVIEWED BY: PHILIP R. LEIBER, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Roger S. Bailey Kenton L. Alm General Manager District Counsel ISSUE In accordance with Board Policy No. BP 026 — Legislative Advocacy, the Board may provide direction to staff on positions related to priority legislation. BACKGROUND Under BP 026 — Legislative Advocacy, when legislation has direct impact on Central San or special significance to the Board, the General Manager will present information to the Board on priority legislation. The Board may then provide direction as to Central San's position on the legislation. Staff has reviewed pending legislation and worked with member associations to identify possible direct impacts on Central San. The process to create and pass legislation is constantly in flux; the priority legislation presented in this Position Paper represents the most confident analysis and due diligence research at this time. As new information becomes available, it will be presented at future Board meetings. March 2, 2023 Regular Board Meeting Agenda Packet- Page 75 of 313 Page 2 of 2 A priority legislation tracking sheet for Board review and input will be sent prior to the Board meeting with the latest information. Staff will discuss several of the priority items at this meeting and expand on others in the coming weeks as more information becomes available. ALTERNATIVES/CONSIDERATIONS The Board may choose from the following positions on each piece of legislation: • Support • Support if Amended • Neutral • Oppose Unless Amended • Oppose FINANCIAL IMPACTS None. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION This matter was not reviewed by a Board Committee. RECOMMENDED BOARD ACTION If applicable, take one of the following actions on Priority Legislative Tracking Sheet or another legislative matter: 1. Adopt staff recommended position(s)on the priority legislation; or 2. Adopt a different position on one or more pieces of the priority legislation; or 3. Take no action. Strategic Plan Tie-In GOAL ONE: Customer and Community Strategy 1—Deliver high-quality customer service, Strategy 2- Promote initiatives to advance affordable and equitable access to services GOAL TWO:Environmental Stewardship Strategy 2- Educate on pollution prevention and environmental protection GOAL FOUR: Governance and Fiscal Responsibility Strategy 2- Encourage and facilitate public participation, Strategy 3- Maintain financial stability and sustainability March 2, 2023 Regular Board Meeting Agenda Packet- Page 76 of 313 Central San 2023 Priority Legislative Tracking Sheet as of 3/1 /23 Item 11. Green Shading- bill enacted, (Handout) Gray Shading- bill is dead, White Shading- bill in progress Red Shad*n2 - bill was vetoed Industry Position Date of Federal/ Organization(s) Board Author Legislation Also Known As Summary Recommended Board Notes State Priority Decision List/Position by Staff Direction 1 State Grayson AB 759 Amendment to the This bill would amend the 1939 Act that currently governs the process for the distribution CASA: Sponsor Support 3/2/2023 2/14/23 Bill went into print. 2/8/23 Sanitary Districts of checks for sanitary districts. It would remove the following language: The treasurer Assemblymember Damon Connolly signed on as a Act shall pay out money of the district only upon the written order of the board, signed by the cosponsor. 2/1/23 Assemblymember Grayson president and countersigned by the secretary. It would amend the Act with the following agrees to author the legislation. 1/27/23 Central language: The district board shall appoint a treasurer who shall be responsible for the San requested CASA Legislative Committee deposit and withdrawal of funds of the district in the manner prescribed by the board. sponsor the legislation.1/9/23 Staff and CASA met with Senator Glazer staff to request bill authorship. Senator Glazer was supportive but, due to bandwidth, could not carry the bill. 2 State Grayson AB 281 Planning and This bill would add special districts to post entitlement permit approval timelines. CASA: Work with Watch 3/2/2023 2/3/23 CSDA, ACWA, CASA working on zoning: housing: Author amendments for the local government committee. postentitlement phase permits 3 State Papan AB 246 Menstrual SPOT BILL (additional language needed). This bill would state the intent of the CASA: Work with Watch 3/2/2023 products: Legislature to enact legislation to eliminate PFAS from menstrual products. Author perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) 4 State Bauer-Kahan AB 234 Microparticles SPOT BILL (additional language needed). This bill would express the intent of the CASA: Watch Watch 3/2/2023 Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would prohibit the sale in this state of rinse-off cosmetics, detergents, waxes, and polishes that contain intentionally added synthetic polymer microparticles, including products identified in the synthetic polymer microparticle Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) restrictions adopted by the European Union (EU). 5 State Bauer-Kahan AB 363 Pesticides: This bill would require the department, by July 1, 2024, to publish a reevaluation of the Support 3/2/2023 Several of the products that would be reevaluated neonicotinoids for latest science regarding the impacts of neonicotinoid pesticides, on pollinating insects, also contain PFAS and microplastics. nonagricultural aquatic ecosystems, and human health when used for nonagricultural protection of use: reevaluation: outdoor ornamental plants, trees, and turf, and, by July 1, 2026, to adopt regulations regulations governing that use that are necessary to protect the health of honeybees, native bees, and other pollinating insects, aquatic ecosystems, and human health. The bill would require that the reevaluation consider the impacts to pollinating insects, aquatic ecosystems, and human health, including the cumulative impacts of exposure. Central San 2023 Priority Legislative Tracking Sheet as of 3/1/23 Green Shading- bill enacted, Gray Shading- bill is dead, White Shading- bill in progress FedOrIndustry, Position Board Date of eral/ ganizations) Author Legislation Also Known As Summary Recommended Board Notes State Priority Decision List/Position by Staff Direction 6 State Hart AB 557 Open meetings: This bill seeks to extend and expand the provisions of AB 361, which sunsets at the end CSDA Sponsor Support 3/2/2023 2/28/23 CSDA requests support letters from Local agencies: of 2023. This bill would extend the teleconferencing provisions when a declared state of special districts. teleconferences emergency is in effect, or in other situations related to public health indefinitely. The bill would also extend the period for a legislative body to make the above-described findings related to a continuing state of emergency and social distancing to not later than 45 days vs. the 30 days prescribed for in AB 361. 7 State Caballero SB 747 Surplus land: Existing law, commonly referred to as the Surplus Land Act, imposes specified CSDA: Work with Watch 3/2/2023 2/14/23 CSDA working extensively with author. notice of requirements on a local agency before it disposes of its surplus land, and imposes Author exemption specified enforcement and reporting duties on the Department of Housing and determination Community Development. Among those requirements on a local agency, existing law requires a written notice of availability for developing low-and moderate-income housing to be sent to certain local public entities and to housing sponsors that have notified the department of their interest in surplus Iand.This bill would authorize a local agency to declare administratively that land is exempt surplus land if the declaration and findings are published and available for public comment, and the local public entities and housing sponsors described above are notified at least 30 days before the declaration takes Pffprt. 8 State Ting AB 480 Surplus land Existing law prescribes requirements for the disposal of surplus land by a local agency, CSDA: Watch Watch 3/2/2023 This bill was recently transitioned from a spot bill as defined, and requires, except as provided, a local agency disposing of surplus land to to a fully submitted bill. More staff time is needed comply with certain notice requirements before disposing of the land or participating in for review. negotiations to dispose of the land with a prospective transferee, particularly that the local agency send a notice of availability to specified entities that have notified the Department of Housing and Community Development of their interest in surplus land, as specified. Under existing law, if the local agency receives a notice of interest, the local agency must engage in good faith negotiations with the entity desiring to purchase or lease the surplus land. Existing law defines terms for purposes of these provisions, including the term "exempt surplus land,"which includes, among other things, surplus land that is put out to open, competitive bid by a local agency, as specified, for purposes of a mixed-use development that is more than one acre in area, that includes not less than 300 housing units, and that restricts at least 25% of the residential units to lower- income households with an affordable sales price or an affordable rent for a minimum of 55 years for rental housing and 45 years for ownership housing. This bill would modify these provisions to require that the mixed-use development include not less than 300 residential units.