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SACRAMENTO • WASHINGTON, DC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA • CENTRAL CALIFORNIA • SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TPA Presentation to:
Orange County
Sanitation District
July 8, 2019
Slide 2
Agenda
Legislative Schedule and Deadlines
FY 2019-2020 Budget
Water Tax Update
Cap and Trade
2019 Legislation
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Legislative Schedule and Deadlines
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Legislative Schedule and Deadlines
•May 31 was the last day for bills to pass out of their house of
origin
•Over 1,900 bills are still eligible for consideration in 2019
•July 12 is the second-house policy committee deadline
•Summer Recess starts July 12 and goes through August 12
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FY 2019-2020 Budget
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FY 2019-2020 Budget
•Final Budget proposal signed by Governor Newsom on June
27
•$214.8 billion Budget is largest in State history
•Includes strong investments
in education, early childhood
development, healthcare, and
housing/homelessness
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FY 2019-2020 Budget Continued
•Specifically, the Budget includes the following appropriations
and positions:
–$19.4 billion in reserves
–Over $2 billion in one-time housing and homelessness funding
–More per-pupil education spending than ever before
–Significant expansion of Medi-Cal
–Over $300 million for disaster preparedness and recovery
–Over $1 billion in Proposition 68 funds
•Other major investments in safe drinking water and Cap and
Trade
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Water Tax Update
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Safe Drinking Water Proposal
•Legislative leadership and the Governor agreed to a safe
drinking water funding deal during the Budget negotiations
•Negotiated Budget deal for FY 19 -20:
–$100 million from the Greenhouse Gas
Reduction Fund (GGRF)
–$30 million from the General Fund
•Pledged to authorize a continuous $130 million per year from
the GGRF for future fiscal years
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SB 200 (Monning) –Drinking Water
•New negotiated safe drinking water deal was amended into
SB 200 (Monning)
•SB 200 now contains a 5 percent continuous appropriation
from the the GGRF up to $130 million per year
–Provides a General Fund backstop until 2030
–Funding would still be used for grants, loans, contracts, or services to help
water systems provide safe and affordable drinking water
•Passed the Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic
Materials Committee on July 2 with 8 ayes and 1 nay
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Cap and Trade
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Cap and Trade Expenditure Plan
•Fiscal Year 19-20 Budget included a $1.4 billion Cap and
Trade appropriation
•Includes:
–$238 million for the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project;
–$182 million for clean trucks, buses, and off-road freight equipment
including the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive
Project and advanced technology freight demonstration and pilot
commercial deployment projects;
–$165 million for Healthy & Resilient Forests to reduce the risk of wildfire;
–$25 million for waste diversion projects
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2019 Legislation
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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 Natural Resources and Water Committee
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 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
Working with Author on amendments.
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)Would establish the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund in
the State Treasury. No funding attached.
Watch Passed the Assembly Environmental
Safety and Toxic Materials Committee
and referred to the Assembly
Appropriations Committee
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
SB 667 (Hueso)Would require CalRecycle to develop an investment strategy to drive innovation and support technological development and infrastructure in order to meet specified organic waste reduction and recycling targets
Support Passed the Assembly Natural Resources Committee and referred to the Assembly Appropriations Committee
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Thank You
Cori Williams Eric O’Donnell
Southern California Director Senior Associate
CWilliams@townsendpa.com EODonnell@townsendpa.com
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