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SACRAMENTO • WASHINGTON, DC
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA • NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
TPA Presentation to:
Orange County
Sanitation District
May 13, 2019
Slide 2
Agenda
Legislative Schedule
Governor’s May Revise
2019 Legislation
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Legislative Schedule
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Legislative Schedule
•April 26 was the policy committee deadline for bills that were
tagged as fiscal
•May 3 was the policy committee deadline for bills that were
tagged as non-fiscal
–Over 500 bills did not make these deadlines and are now two-year bills
–Over 2100 bills still remain for consideration in 2019
•All bills must pass their house of origin by May 31
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Governor’s May Revise
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Governor’s May Revise
•Governor Newsom announced a $213.5 billion Budget
–$147 Billion in General Fund expenditures
–Emphasis on early childhood education, healthcare, housing and homelessness, and emergency preparedness
•No change to waste diversion appropriations in proposed Cap and Trade Expenditure Plan
•Remains committed to working with the Legislature on a sustainable and reliable funding source for safe drinking water
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2019 Legislation
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SB 332 (Hertzberg) –Ocean Discharge
•TPA helped organize a meeting to discuss SB 332 (Hertzberg)
as a follow-up to our Sacramento advocacy trip
•Meeting attendees included OCSD, Natural Resources
Defense Council (NRDC), CA Coastkeeper, Senator
Hertzberg’s office, and OCWD
•Meeting focused on education surrounding OCSD’s current
operations and potential solutions for the bill going forward
•General feeling from NRDC is that they expect this bill to be
amended prior to its final consideration in the Legislature
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SB 332 (Hertzberg) –Ocean Discharge (Cont)
•Bill proponents find it
overwhelmingly wasteful to import
water just to discharge it after one
use
•NRDC and CA Coastkeeper
expressed their desire to address
early adopters and recyclers
•TPA helped OCSD staff develop a
comprehensive letter that outlines
suggested improvements for SB
332
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AB 1672 (Bloom) –Flushable Wipes
•Would prohibit labeling wipes as flushable unless they meet certain objective standards
•Passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee on April 23
•TPA was there to testify in support, along with CASA, CSDA, and several wastewater agencies
•AB 1672 was sent to the Assembly Appropriations Suspense File and will be taken up on May 16
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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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