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HomeMy WebLinkAbout96.Item No. 4 State Legislative Update March 2019WWW.TOWNSENDPA.COM SACRAMENTO • WASHINGTON, DC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA • NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TPA Presentation to: Orange County Sanitation District April 8, 2019 Slide 2 Agenda Legislative Schedule Water Tax Update 2019 Legislation Slide 3 Legislative Schedule Slide 4 Legislative Schedule •Bills are currently making their way through their policy committees •Bills that have a fiscal tag will need to pass their policy committees by April 26 •Bills that do not have a fiscal tag will need to pass their policy committees by May 3 Slide 5 Water Tax Update Slide 6 Water Tax Update –SB 200 •Senator Monning amended SB 200 on March 11 •New provisions in the bill provide more details about what the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund can do •Requires the SWRCB to administer the Fund and consider how the funds are spent •Does not include any funding source including agricultural fees or a drinking water tax Slide 7 Water Tax Update –SB 669 •SB 669 creates a Safe Drinking Water Fund (Trust) •ACWA Sponsored –No movement or change •Money would be provided from: •SB 669 will be heard in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee on April 10 •Federal Contributions •Voluntary Contributions •Gifts •Grants •General Fund Transfers •Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds •State Bond Funding •Net Revenue from Interest Slide 8 Water Tax Update –AB 217 •Senator Eduardo Garcia amended AB 217 to include provisions to address safe drinking water •AB 217 takes an all-encompassing approach to the issue: –Same agricultural fees as SB 623 –$200 million/year for 5 years from the General Fund –$0.50 per month for urban water customers •Passed the Asm. ESTM Committee on a party-line vote 6-3 •Sent to the Assembly Appropriations Committee Slide 9 2019 Legislation Slide 10 AB 510 (Cooley) •AB 510 would allow cities,counties,and special districts to adopt their own video retention policies •CSDA Sponsored legislation –OCSD Support •Author has pulled the bill and decided to make it a two-year effort –Received major pushback from consumer attorney groups who were concerned about transparency •CSDA intends to work with stakeholders and try again next year Slide 11 Advocacy Day Recap •Meetings included: –State Water Resources Control Board Member Sean Maguire –Assembly Budget Subcommittee 3 –Resources and Transportation •Follow up Bill Summary Status Meetings AB 1486 (Ting)Would require local agencies to offer surplus land to affordable housing developers and schools first before disposing Will be heard in Assembly Local Government on April 10 Met with Assembly Member Ting’s office to discuss concerns SB 332 (Hertzberg)Would require a 50% and eventual 95% reduction in ocean outfall discharges Passed Senate Environmental Quality Committee and will be heard in Senate Judiciary Committee Met with the offices of Senator Hertzberg and Umberg, as well as Senate Judiciary Committee to express concerns AB 129 (Bloom)Would require the SWRCB to identify best practices for clothing manufacturers to reduce microfiber shedding during washing Will be heard in the Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee on April 9 Met with Assembly Member Bloom’s office to offer ourselves as a resource AB 1672 (Bloom)Prohibits the labeling of products as flushable unless the product meets certain performance standards Will be heard in the Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee on April 9 Met with Assembly Member Bloom’s office to offer ourselves as a resource Slide 12 Thank You Cori Williams Eric O’Donnell Southern California Director Senior Associate CWilliams@townsendpa.com EODonnell@townsendpa.com www.townsendpa.com www.townsendpa.com