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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPPP Item 4 - TPA Legislative Update 10.8.18WWW.TOWNSENDPA.COM SACRAMENTO • WASHINGTON, DC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA • NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TPA Presentation to: Orange County Sanitation District October 8, 2018 Slide 2 2017-18 Legislative Session: The Numbers •5,617 bills were introduced by the Legislature –3,759 by the Assembly –1,858 by the Senate 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 2015-2016 2017-2018 2015-2016 verses 2017-2018 Legislative Session Vetoed Chaptered Slide 3 Ballot Initiative Highlights: November 2018 Election Proposition 3 $8.77 Billion Water Bond Proposition 5 Amend Proposition 13 to allow homebuyers age 55 or older to transfer the tax-assessed value from their prior home to their new home Proposition 6 Eliminates SB 1 by repealing revenues and requires a majority of voters to approve new or increased state fuel and vehicle taxes in the future. Slide 4 Bill Status and Advocacy Bill Description OCSD Position Status AB 1933 (Maienschein) Would make clarifications regarding the greenhouse gas reduction benefits of organic waste recycling facilities Support Signed into law AB 2411 (McCarty)Would require CalRecycle to develop and implement a plan to maximize the use of compost for slope stabilization and for establishing vegetation Support if Amended Signed into law AB 2447 (Reyes)Would require a lead agency that is preparing an EIR or a negative declaration to provide certain notices required by CEQA to owners and occupants of property located within 1/2 mile of any parcel or parcels in Disadvantaged Communities Seek Amendments Vetoed SB 212 (Jackson)Would establish a stewardship program, where manufacturers or distributors would be required to establish and implement a stewardship program for covered drugs or for sharps Support Signed into law Water Tax Legislation Would add a voluntary tax on water for urban water users to provide funding for the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund Watch Bill is dead SB 929 (McGuire)Would require all independent special districts to have and maintain an internet web site. Support Signed into law SB 1077 (Wilk)Would recast the wrap-up insurance or other consolidated insurance program requirements for public and other works of improvement that are not residential construction Oppose Bill is dead SB 1440 (Hueso)Would require the Public Utilities Commission to consider adopting specific biomethane procurement targets or goals for each gas corporation Support Signed into law Slide 5 2019 Legislation Slide 6 Update on Legislative Concepts •Bill Concept 1 –Bid advertising requirements –Reached out to CASA/CSDA •Bill Concept 2 –Job Order Contracting –Reached out to CASA •Bill Concept 3 –Raising the contract/bid threshold –Reached out to CASA •Bill Concept 4 –Video Surveillance –Reached out to CSDA Slide 7 Pilot Reuse Grant Program •2018-2019 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund allocation -$25 million •CalRecycle has called a workshop on November 14 to solicit ideas for projects •TPA and staff are working on a letter from OCSD’s legislative delegation to advocate for funding for food waste digesters Slide 8 Thank You Cori Williams Eric O’Donnell Southern California Director Senior Associate cwilliams@townsendpa.com eodonnell@townsendpa.com www.townsendpa.com www.townsendpa.com