The City and County Pavement Improvement Center (CCPIC), a joint venture between CSAC, the League of California Cities (League), the University of California and the California State University systems, held the inaugural meeting of the Governing Board to set-priorities for the coming year.

The purpose of CCPIC is to promote and leverage the most advanced, cost-effective and sustainable pavement practices, science, tools, and resources to California’s cities and counties, which will help local agencies maximize the value of their local streets and roads.

January 4, 2018

The CSAC Housing, Land Use, and Transportation (HLT) Policy Committee took action today to recommend that the CSAC Executive Committee and Board of Directors oppose a potential initiative to repeal SB 1 and support ACA 5.

The Housing, Land Use and Transportation Policy Committee met on November 29 at CSAC’s Annual Meeting in Sacramento, with Sonoma County Supervisor David Rabbitt presiding as Chair, and Orange County Supervisor Lisa Bartlett and Tehama County Supervisor Bob Williams as co-vice Chairs. The materials provided at the meeting and the agenda are available at this link.

October 26, 2017

Governor Brown concluded legislative business by the October 15 deadline, ultimately signing 859 bills into law. CSAC will be publishing a series of updates on new laws from each policy area. This week, the report from the Housing, Land Use and Transportation policy unit provides information on housing bills signed by Governor Brown. Stay tuned for more updates from other policy areas over the next several weeks.

August 10, 2017

August 3, 2017

Legislative leaders and the Governor announced on July 17 their plan to pass a package of bills to address California’s housing crisis when the Legislature returns from its month-long summer recess August 21. According to a statement from Governor Brown, Speaker Rendon and President pro Tem de León, “the package of legislation… will include a general obligation bond, a permanent funding source for affordable housing and regulatory reform.”

June 8, 2017

The California Transportation Commission (CTC) is kicking off its SB 1 – the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 – implementation efforts today and tomorrow with the three-pronged goal of providing a high-level overview of SB 1 programs, getting input from the state, regions, cities, counties and other transportation stakeholders on SB 1 implementation issues, and specific implementation feedback and recommendations on SB 1 programs. The workshops will be webcast and the agendas are available here.

June 8, 2017

December 8, 2016

Supervisors David Rabbitt (Sonoma County) and Bob Williams (Tehama County) presided over the CSAC Housing, Land Use and Transportation Policy Committee meeting at CSAC’s Annual Meeting in Riverside County last week. Housing and transportation funding, widely regarded as two of the most significant unfinished agenda items from the 2015-16 legislative session, dominated the discussion.

CSAC and several partners released the 2016 California Statewide Local Streets and Roads Needs Assessment Report (2016 Report) this week and it confirms that the local backbone of the statewide transportation system continues to decline. The report also indicates that waiting any longer to begin addressing the revenue shortfall will only add to the long-term costs. The full assessment can be found at www.SaveCaliforniaStreets.org.

September 15, 2016

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) hosted a public workshop on strategies in the transportation and land use sector to help achieve the State’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals. The AB 32 Scoping Plan, which outlines the State’s comprehensive strategies to achieve our ambitious GHG reduction goals, is currently being updated to reflect the newest objective pursuant to SB 32 which requires reductions of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.

September 2, 2016

Land Use and Housing Bills

In addition to the failure of Governor Brown’s “by-right” housing proposal, which had been linked with $400 million in funding for affordable housing, the housing and land use bills that CSAC weighed in on in 2016 met mixed fates at the end of the two-year session. While bills aimed at streamlining and creating incentives for various types housing production were passed, bills that would have increased funding to subsidize the development of affordable homes stalled.

Second Units

August 25, 2016

July 21, 2016

While the deteriorating condition of our streets and roads and the lack of money to repair them has been the focus of CSAC’s transportation funding advocacy, CSAC and our partners in the Fix Our Roads Coalition wrote to the Legislature this week to stress some of the broader economic impacts of California’s transportation funding crisis.

July 7, 2016

On July 1, the Legislature left the Capitol for summer recess without taking action on the Governor’s “by-right” housing proposal. Counties will recall that the Governor proposed statutory language to streamline the approval of certain housing projects that include affordable units as part of his May budget revision. While the legislative leadership and the Governor agreed to set aside $400 million for housing priorities contingent upon agreement on the by-right proposal, the issue was not resolved along with the rest of the budget.

June 26, 2016

AB 2788 was pulled from committee this week as the author, Assembly Member Mike Gatto, indicated that it would not move forward this year. CSAC and its local government and planning partners quickly expressed our strong opposition when the proposal was amended into a different bill last week.

June 16, 2016

Commercial Development Bonus

AB 1934 (Santiago) – Neutral
As Amended on June 14, 2016

While the inclusion of the “by-right” multifamily housing development proposal and funding to build housing under the “No Place Like Home” initiative in the Governor’s May budget revision have attracted a lot of attention and staff time, CSAC continues to work with legislators on other proposals that aim to reduce barriers to the development of second units. Second units can include a new dwelling unit built on the same property as an existing home, or the conversion of part of an existing dwelling like a garage.

May 5, 2016

General Plans
SB 1000 (Leyva) – Support if Amended
As Amended on April 12, 2016