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SACRAMENTO • WASHINGTON, DC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA • CENTRAL CALIFORNIA • SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TPA Presentation to:
Orange County
Sanitation District
October 14, 2019
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Agenda
Legislative Schedule and Deadlines
Legislative Recap –Priority Two Year Bills
Priority Legislation Status
Legislative Proposals for 2020
Potential 2020 Ballot Measures
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Legislative Schedule and Deadlines
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Legislative Schedule Recap
•September 13 was the last day to pass bills
–Disruptions from protestors
•Proposition 54 (2016) impacts
•Approximately 2,600 policy bills were introduced
•Just over 1,000 bills passed and were sent to the Governor
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Legislative Recap:
Priority Two Year Bills
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Two-Year Bills
•AB 510 (Cooley) –Local Government Records
–Authorizes the destruction of routine video monitoring
–Failed to pass Assembly Local Government Committee
–Still of interest to CSDA and other agencies in 2020
•AB 1672 (Bloom) –Flushable Wipes
–Places performance and labeling standards on flushable wipes
–Failed to pass Assembly Appropriations Committee
–Wide support from the wastewater industry
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Two -Year Bills (Continued)
•SB 332 (Hertzberg) –Wastewater recycling
–Requires reductions of ocean discharge volumes by 95% by 2040
–Failed to pass the Senate Appropriations Committee
–Theme of mandating wastewater discharge reductions is expected to
return
•SB 667 (Hueso) –Recycling infrastructure and facilities
–Would help create incentives and financing mechanisms for the
development of organic waste infrastructure
–Failed to pass the Assembly Appropriations Committee
–Organics recycling and funding is expected to be a larger topic as local
mandated deadlines are approaching
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Priority Legislation Status
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2019 Priority 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 Two-year bill
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 Two-year bill
AB 1184 (Gloria)Would require all public agencies to maintain and archive all
transmitted electronic communications for two years
minimum.
Oppose Currently on the
Governor’s desk
AB 1672 (Bloom)Would prohibit manufacturers from labeling wipes as
“flushable” unless they meet objective standards
Support Two-year bill
SB 69 (Wiener)Provides $130 million per year for safe drinking water
projects from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
Oppose Unless
Amended
Two-year bill
SB 667 (Hueso)This bill would direct CalRecycle to create incentives and
financing mechanisms for the development of organic waste
infrastructure
Support Two-year bill
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Legislative Proposals for
2020
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2019 Legislative Proposals
Bill Concept 1 –Bid Advertising Requirements
Presented to CSDA
Bill Concept 2 –Job Order Contracting
Presented to CASA
Bill Concept 4 –Raising the Contract/Bid Threshold
Presented to CASA
OCSD Led
Legislative Proposals
Bill Concept 3 –Video Surveillance
Bill Introduced by CSDA
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Potential 2020 Ballot
Measures
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Potential 2020 Ballot Measures
•Split Roll Tax Reform
–Amends Proposition 13 (1978)
–Returns commercial properties to the previous reassessment schedule
–50 percent overall share in 1978 28 percent currently
–$10.8 billion –$12 billion estimated annual revenues to schools and local
services
•Natural Resources/Climate Change/Wildfire Bonds
–Starting point is $4 billion
–Aiming for November 2020 ballot
–Legislature will need to act quickly when they return
–Money for safe drinking water, clean water revolving funds, climate
resiliency, wildfire prevention
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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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