CSAC Bulletin Articles: Housing

Land Use/Planning

AB 402 (Dodd) – Request for Comment
As introduced on February 19, 2015

Assembly Bill 402, by Assembly Member Bill Dodd, would allow a Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) to authorize a city or special district to provide services outside its boundaries and Spheres of Influence (SOI) to serve existing or planned uses, subject to approval at publically noticed hearing where the commission makes specified determinations, including that such services will not adversely impact agriculture or open space. 

Transportation

Secretary of Transportation Announces Pilot Program for Local Hiring Preference

California’s transportation infrastructure needs were in the headlines again this week as Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins unveiled her proposal for an interim funding plan for transportation. The Speaker’s plan would raise approximately $2 billion per year for five years—a relatively small amount given the approximately $14 billion of unmet annual maintenance needs for state highways and local streets and roads. 

29TH ANNUAL LAND USE LAW & PLANNING CONFERENCE

CSAC is a proud sponsor of the annual UCLA Extension Land Use Law and Planning Conference to take place on January 30th in Los Angeles, CA at the Biltmore Hotel. 

On Wednesday, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) appointed most of the members of the 15-member technical advisory committee (TAC) charged with studying road usage charge alternatives to the state gas tax. Attendees of CSAC’s Annual Meeting last month in Anaheim may have attended  our workshop on the topic, where representatives from Caltrans and the California Association of Councils of Government entertained questions about the pilot project, which was mandated by SB 1077 (DeSaulnier, 2014).

Strategic Growth Council Releases Draft Guidelines for Cap and Trade Affordable Housing & Sustainable Communities Program

The Strategic Growth Council (SGC) released its Draft Guidelines for the Implementation of the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program on September 23.

Strategic Growth Council Releases Draft Guidelines for Cap and Trade Affordable Housing & Sustainable Communities Program

The Strategic Growth Council (SGC) released its Draft Guidelines for the Implementation of the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program on September 23.

Fate of Transportation Loan Repayment is Still Undecided

Last night, the Budget Conference Committee took up the early repayment of transportation loans, and specifically the $337 million in Highway User tax Account (HUTA) funds. The conferees did not take final action leaving the item open to further debate and negotiation.

Land Use

AB 52 (Gatto) – Neutral
To Engrossing and Enrolling on August 28, 2014

AB 52, by Assembly Member Mike Gatto would create a new resource area under CEQA for tribal cultural resources and create a process for consultation between local governments and tribes on individual projects. CSAC initially opposed the bill and worked with a coalition of stakeholders over the past two years to successfully amend the measure to reduce our most significant concerns.