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SACRAMENTO • WASHINGTON, DC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA • CENTRAL CALIFORNIA • SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TPA Presentation to:
Orange County
Sanitation District
September 9, 2019
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Agenda
Legislative Schedule and Deadlines
Potential 2020 Water Bond
Priority Legislation
Priority Legislation Continued
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Legislative Schedule and Deadlines
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Legislative Schedule and Deadlines
•August 30 was the last day for bills to be heard in fiscal committees
–Over 600 bills were heard in just a few hours
•Approximately 810 bills are still eligible for consideration in 2019
•The Legislature has moved to Floor session only
•September 13 is the last day to pass bills
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Hot Topics in Sacramento
The following topics are expected to be discussed at length in the final
week of the legislative session:
•Housing legislation including rent control
•Labor classification
•Vaccine exemptions
•Various local control measures
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Potential 2020 Water Bond
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AB 352 (E. Garcia) –2020 Bond
•Asm. Eddie Garcia (D –Coachella) has amended his AB 352 to become a 2020 Wildfire/Climate Change/Water Bond
•Currently, the bill authorizes $3.9 billion
in GO bonds
•Dollar amounts for top-line categories include:
–$1.25 billion for natural disaster/climate
change resilience
–$925 million for safe drinking water
–$725 million for parks
–$475 million for fish and wildlife
–$100 million for agriculture
–$215 million for coastal protection
–$230 million for climate education
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Priority Legislation
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AB 756 (C. Garcia) –PFAS
•AB 756 authorizes the State Water Board to order public water
systems to monitor for PFAS substances
•Requires public water systems to
issue notifications for detection and
exceedance of PFAS authorized levels
•Amendments late in the process improved upon a possible
mandate for water systems
•Bill has been signed into law by Governor Newson
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SB 667 (Hueso) –Recycling Infrastructure
•Would authorize CalRecycle to create incentives and financing
mechanisms for the development of organic waste
infrastructure
•Largely seen as a path forward to compliance with short-lived
climate pollutants for jurisdictions (SB 1383, Lara)
•OCSD supported the bill in May 2019
•Bill was held in the Assembly Appropriations Committee’s
Suspense File and is now a two-year bill
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Priority Legislation
Continued
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2019 Legislation
Bill Description OCSD
Position
Status
AB 292 (Quirk)Changes the definition of potable reuse of recycled water by including raw water augmentation, treated drinking water augmentation, groundwater augmentation, or reservoir water augmentation within the definition of recycled water and deleting direct and indirect potable reuse.
Support Currently in the Senate Inactive File
AB 405 (Rubio)Would exempt chemicals used by a city, county, public utility, and sanitation district to treat water, recycled water, or wastewater from sales tax
Support Held in the Assembly Appropriations Committee
AB 1184 (Gloria)Would require all public agencies to maintain and archive all
transmitted electronic communications for two years minimum.
Oppose Currently on the Senate Floor
AB 1486 (Ting)Expands surplus land requirements for both the state and local agencies. Requires that agencies offer surplus land to affordable housing developers and others when they determine it will be sold.
Work with Author Currently on the Senate Floor.
AB 1672 (Bloom)Would prohibit manufacturers from labeling wipes as “flushable”
unless they meet objective standards
Support Held in the Assembly Appropriations
Committee
SB 200 (Monning)Provides $130 million per year for safe drinking water projects from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.Watch Signed into law.
SB 332 (Hertzberg)Requires each wastewater treatment facility that discharges
through an ocean outfall and affiliated water suppliers to reduce
the facility’s annual flow as compared to the average annual
wastewater discharge baseline volume by at least 50% on or
before January 1, 2030, and by at least 95% on or before January
1, 2040.
Work with
Author
Held in the Senate Appropriations
Committee
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Thank You
Cori Williams Eric O’Donnell
Southern California Senior Director Senior Associate
CWilliams@townsendpa.com EODonnell@townsendpa.com
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