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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 3 PPP State 02-11-19WWW.TOWNSENDPA.COM SACRAMENTO • WASHINGTON, DC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA • NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TPA Presentation to: Orange County Sanitation District February 11, 2019 Slide 2 Agenda Legislative Schedule Governor Newsom’s Budget Water Tax Update 2019 Legislation Slide 3 Legislative Schedule Slide 4 Legislative Schedule •Legislature returned December 3 to start the first year of a new two-year session •Bill introduction deadline is February 22 •Approximately 600 bills have been introduced so far •It is anticipated that 2,400 bills will be introduced before the bill introduction deadline Slide 5 Governor Newsom’s Budget Slide 6 Governor Newsom’s Budget •$209 billion Budget –$144 billion General Fund •Estimated $15 billion surplus •Significant investments in: –Early childhood education –Affordable housing/homelessness –Emergency preparedness Slide 7 Governor Newsom’s Budget Cont. Water •$168.5 million from Proposition 68 •$20 million from General Fund Cap and Trade •$1 billion expenditure plan proposed •$25 million for waste diversion programs Slide 8 Water Tax Update Slide 9 Water Tax Update •Governor Newsom included the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund in his Budget request –Consistent with Governor Brown’s January 2018 Budget request and SB 623 (Monning, 2017) –Includes the same urban water system tax •Senator Monning has introduced SB 200 –Spot bill that is expected to be a legislative vehicle for the water tax Slide 10 Water Tax Update Cont. •ACWA is expected to introduce a proposal that would establish a Drinking Water Trust that would be funded through the State’s General Fund, Bonds, donations, etc. •Legislature hosted a joint informational committee hearing on safe and affordable drinking water on February 6 –Speakers included: •Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot •Community Water Center Executive Director Susana De Anda •Eastern Municipal Water District General Manager Paul Jones Slide 11 2019 Legislation Slide 12 2019 Legislation Bill Description OCSD Position Status AB 68 (Ting)Accessory dwelling unit bill that restricts the ability to impose a related connection fee or capacity charge Watch Introduced AB 69 (Ting)Accessory dwelling unit bill that restricts the ability to impose a related connection fee or capacity charge Watch Introduced AB 129 (Bloom)Spot bill –Related to microfibers and water quality Watch Introduced AB 231 (Mathis)Would exempt from CEQA a project to construct or expand a recycled water pipeline for the purpose of mitigating drought conditions Watch Introduced AB 292 (Quirk)The bill would require the state board to adopt uniform water recycling criteria for raw water augmentation, on or before December 31, 2023. Watch Introduced SB 13 (Wieckowski)Spot bill –Express the intent of the Legislature to restrict fees associated with accessory dwelling units Watch Introduced SB 200 (Monning)Spot bill –Would establish the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund in the State Treasury. Watch Introduced Slide 13 Thank You Cori Williams Eric O’Donnell Southern California Director Senior Associate CWilliams@townsendpa.com EODonnell@townsendpa.com www.townsendpa.com www.townsendpa.com