SB 1 (Steinberg) – Support
As Amended on May 2, 2013
SB 1, by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, which would
create a structure for continuing economic development activities
consistent with the state’s sustainable development goals. It
would prohibit a county or city that had a redevelopment area
from forming a Sustainable Communities Investment Authority
pursuant to the bill until all of the former redevelopment
agency’s debts are fully paid.
SCA 9 (Corbett) – Support
As Introduced on December 14, 2012
SCA 11 (Hancock) – Support
As Introduced on January 25, 2013
SCA 9 and SCA 11, by Senators Ellen Corbett and Loni Hancock, are
among this year’s measures that would reduce the vote threshold
for special taxes to 55 percent, from the current two-thirds vote
requirement. SCA 11 would do so generally, while SCA 9 would do
so for special taxes to fund community and economic development
projects.
AB 561 (Ting) – Support
As Amended on April 30, 2013
AB 561, by Assembly Member Phil Ting, would clarify aspects of
the Documentary Transfer Tax Act, which allows county boards of
supervisors to impose a tax at a specified rate on deeds and
instruments by which realty is sold.
SB 1 (Steinberg) – Support
As Amended on April 15, 2013
SB 1, by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, would create
a structure for continuing economic development activities
consistent with the state’s sustainable development goals.
SB 636 (Hill) – Support
As Introduced on February 22, 2013
SB 636, by Assembly Member Jerry Hill, would modify a provision
included in the last year’s redevelopment budget trailer bill (AB
1484) relating to the allocation of property tax revenues from
the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund (RPTTF).
AB 2273 (Ridley- Thomas) – Support
As Introduced on February 21, 2014
AB 2273, by Assembly Member Sebastian Ridley-Thomas, would
require reimbursement for counties’ costs to administer special
elections taking place after January 1, 2013.
SB 636 (Hill) – Support
As Introduced on February 22, 2013
SB 636, by Senator Jerry Hill, would modify a provision included
in the last year’s redevelopment budget trailer bill (AB 1484)
relating to the allocation of property tax revenues from the
Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund (RPTTF).
The Department of Finance has asked the Commission on State
Mandates to revisit a claim related to the Sexually Violent
Predators program, which the Commission first
found to be a mandate in 1998. The
Department claims that
the passage of Proposition 83 (Jessica’s Law, 2006) eliminated
the state’s liability for the mandate.
Next Tuesday, March 19, Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 will
consider the Governor’s proposal to reimburse counties and cities
that would otherwise lose money under the state’s “Triple Flip”
and “VLF Swap” revenue shifts.
Every year, the Legislature introduces a number of bills that
would affect the sales and use taxes; many of them would grant
exemptions from the tax, others would expand or shrink the base.
This year is no exception.
AB 741 (Brown) – Oppose
As Introduced on February 21, 2013
AB 741, by Assembly Member Cheryl Brown, would reallocate
property taxes from counties to cities.
The bill attempts to alleviate financial difficulties some cities
with relatively low property tax shares are experiencing, in
particular those cities that relied on redevelopment funds to
support city operations.
ACA 8 (Blumenfield) – Support
As Introduced on February 13, 2013
ACA 8, by Assembly Member Bob Blumenfield, would lower the vote
threshold to 55 percent for counties, cities, and special
district measures to raise property taxes and issue bonds to pay
for public safety improvements, facilities, and buildings.
SCA 11 (Hancock) – Support
As Introduced on January 25, 2013
SCA 11, by Senator Loni Hancock, would allow voters of counties,
cities, and special districts to approve special taxes with a 55
percent vote. It also cleans up the constitutional language about
special taxes.
ACA 3 (Campos) – Support
As Introduced on January 22, 2013
ACA 3, by Assembly Member Nora Campos, would allow local voters
of counties, cities, and special districts to increase property
tax rates with a 55 percent vote to pay debt incurred to fund
fire, sheriff, police, or emergency response facilities and
equipment. The measure would also allow local voters to fund
supplemental public safety services by passing a special tax with
55 percent approval.
SB 1 (Steinberg) – Pending
As Introduced on December 3, 2012
SB 1, by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, would
implement a local economic development program similar to the one
contemplated in last year’s SB 1156, which the Governor vetoed.
The powers granted in the bill focus on redeveloping transit
priority areas, small walkable communities, and the manufacture
of clean energy equipment.
The Senate Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments
is holding a hearing next Tuesday, October 23, to talk gather
information about barriers to voter participation.
Three panels will discuss barriers for different groups,
including minority groups and voters with disabilities.
SB 1272 (Kehoe) – Support
Chapter No. 507, Statutes of 2012
SB 1272, by Senator Christine Kehoe, extends the term of central
committee members to four years from two. This change, though
minor on its face, would be a major benefit for county election
offices, for two main reasons.
AB 1098, by Assembly Member Wilmer Amina Carter, would have
allocated Vehicle License Fee revenues to cities that either
incorporated or annexed inhabited land since August 2005,
including those that did so in the future.
Currently, the great majority of Vehicle License Fee revenues
fund 1991 Realignment and 2011 Realignment, with a small portion
paying for DMV and FTB (Franchise Tax Board) administrative
costs.
AB 1098 (Carter) – Request for Veto
As Enrolled on September 5, 2012
AB 1098, by Assembly Member Wilmer Amina Carter, would allocate
Vehicle License Fee revenues to cities that either incorporated
or annexed inhabited land since August 2005, including those that
do so in the future. The author amended this language into the
bill on the day before the end of the legislative session and is
identical to SB 1566 (Negrete McLeod), which died in the Senate
Appropriations Committee in the spring.
SB 1156 (Steinberg) – Support
AS Enrolled on August 29, 2012
SB 1156, by Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg, would
create a structure for continuing redevelopment-like activities
in certain areas, mostly those in areas with ready access to
transit services.
AB 2618 (Ma) – Support
As Enrolled on August 16, 2012
AB 2618, by Assembly Member Fiona Ma, would ensure that
purchasers of cars at auction pay the appropriate amount of sales
or use tax on those transactions.
SB 1156 (Steinberg) – Support
As Proposed to Be Amended
SB 1156, by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, would
create a structure for continuing local economic development
activities in transit priority areas and for the manufacture of
renewable energy equipment.
SB 1156 (Steinberg) – Support in Concept
As Amended June 27, 2012
SB 1156, by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, would
create a structure for continuing economic development activities
similar to redevelopment in certain areas, mainly transit
priority areas.
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 heard an issue of interest to
counties at their meeting on Tuesday, March 20. The item relates
specifically to Amador and Mono Counties, which find themselves
in or near the position where all of their school entities
qualify as “basic aid” schools. Because of this, they have no
source of reimbursement for the ‘Triple Flip’ and ‘VLF Swap’
financing mechanisms.
AB 1692 (Wieckowski) – Pending
As Introduced on February 15, 2012
AB 1692, by Assembly Member Bob Wieckowski, would add successor
agencies to the list of local public entities allowed to file for
bankruptcy protection.
AB 1585 (Pérez) – Pending
As Introduced on February 2, 2012
AB 1585, by Speaker John Pérez, would make several changes
related to the redevelopment agency dissolution process, and in
particular to issuance of new bonds, enforceable obligations,
employees, and housing funds and responsibilities.
AB 1413 (Fong) – Support
As Amended on January 5, 2012
AB 1413, by Assembly Member Paul Fong, would fix several issues
related to the statutory implementation of Proposition 14. In
doing so it would make future elections less expensive for
counties.
AB 1413 (Fong) – Support
As Amended on January 5, 2012
AB 1413, by Assembly Member Paul Fong, would fix several issues
related to the statutory implementation of Proposition 14. In
doing so it would make future elections less expensive for
counties.
AB 1191 (Huber) – Sponsor
As Amended on January 4, 2012
AB 1191, by Assembly Member Alyson Huber, provides counties and
their cities a process to seek reimbursement for revenues lost as
a result of the triple-flip and the VLF swap. CSAC and the
Regional Council of Rural Counties are jointly sponsoring the
bill.
AB 1413 (Fong) – Support
As Amended on January 5, 2012
AB 1413, by Assembly Member Paul Fong, would fix several issues
related to the statutory implementation of Proposition 14. In
doing so it would make future election procedures clearer for
voters and less expensive for counties and, in turn, the
state.
ACA 4 (Blumenfield) – Support
As Introduced on December 6, 2010
A month remains before the Legislature returns to Sacramento to
begin the second year of their two-year legislative session.
Several bills that did not make it through the process last year
are likely to see some action in the first part of 2012. ACA 4 is
one of those bills.
CSAC’s Government Finance and Operations policy committee will
meet in two weeks at the 117th Annual Meeting.
The committee will hear a presentation from the Legislative
Analyst’s Office about their fiscal forecast. They will review
what the sluggish recovery of the economy means for the state
budget, and what that, in turn, means for counties.
The measure to guarantee counties revenue for realignment wasn’t
the only initiative filed this week. California Forward, which
has been working on state reform issues for several years, also
filed a ballot measure, the Government
Performance and Accountability Act.
AB 506 (Wieckowski) – Neutral
Chapter No. 675, Statutes of 2011
AB 506, by Assembly Member Bob Wieckowski, was, until the final
days of the legislative session, the latest iteration of the
municipal bankruptcy bill that CSAC and our partners have been
fighting in recent years.
SBX1 8 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) – No Position
Vetoed
Earlier this week, Governor Brown vetoed SBX1 8. This bill would
have modified the provisions of the budget that eliminated
redevelopment agencies unless they provided more money for
schools and other interests.
The Governor in his veto message said he thought it unwise to
modify legislation that was currently pending review by the
Supreme Court. The Court has said it will rule on the
redevelopment lawsuits by January 15.
AB 155 (Calderon) – Chaptered
Chapter No. 13, Statutes of 2011
The Governor has signed AB 155, by Assembly Member Charles
Calderon, which deals with the collection of state and local use
taxes, and which was significantly amended on the final day of
the legislative session.
AB 155 (Calderon) – Support
Enrolled on September 9, 2011
AB 155, by Assembly Member Charles Calderon, which deals with the
collection of state and local use taxes, was significantly
amended on the final day of the legislative session.
AB 506 (Wieckowski) – Oppose
As Amended August 31, 2011
CSAC remains opposed to AB 506, by Assembly Member Bob
Wieckowski, a measure that counties will recall requires local
agencies to first participate in a “neutral evaluation” process
prior to seeking Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. We anticipate
additional amendments to AB 506 to cross the desk today; these
amendments, however, do not substantively improve the bill.
AB 506 (Wieckowski) – Oppose
As Amended August 15, 2011
This week, AB 506 emerged from the Senate Rules Committee in
substantially the same form it was when it arrived in the Senate
Governance and Finance Committee prior to the Legislature’s
summer recess. Over the objections of Senate Republicans, the
Rules Committee moved the bill to Senate Appropriations where it
was sent to the Suspense File in the morning and voted out of the
committee in the afternoon. Now, AB 506 awaits a vote on the
Senate Floor.
As part of this year’s budget, the Legislature suspended
essentially all mandates that the Commission has deemed
reimbursable over the years. In fact, most reimbursable mandates
have already been suspended for years, some since as long ago as
1991. The current list of suspended mandates now numbers 61,
while only 13 mandates received funding.
AB 506 (Wieckowski) – Oppose
As Amended August 31, 2011
CSAC remains opposed to AB 506, by Assembly Member Bob
Wieckowski, a measure that counties will recall requires local
agencies to first participate in a “neutral evaluation” process
prior to seeking Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. We anticipate
additional amendments to AB 506 to cross the desk today; these
amendments, however, do not substantively improve the bill.
AB 946 (Butler) – Request for Comment
As Amended on July 13, 2011
AB 946, by Assembly Member Betsy Butler, was amended on Tuesday
to restart the State-County Property Tax Administration Program,
affectionately known as PTAP.
AB 506 (Wieckowski) – Oppose
As Proposed to be Amended
This week, the Senate Governance and Finance Committee heard AB
506, Assembly Member Bob Wieckowski’s bill to require that a
local agency engage in a “neutral evaluation” prior to seeking
Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. This bill is strongly opposed by
CSAC and our local government partners, along with the California
Chamber of Commerce, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, and
many individual counties, cities, and special districts in the
state.
Senate Governance and Finance Committee Cancels Hearing
Due to the budget debates on Wednesday, the Senate Governance and
Finance Committee canceled its hearing set for that day. The
committee has rescheduled hearings for the three bills we
reported last week, AB 686, AB 820, and AB 902, for June 29.
