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SACRAMENTO • WASHINGTON, DC
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA • CENTRAL CALIFORNIA • SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TPA Presentation to:
Legislative and
Public Affairs
Committee
September 13, 2021
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Agenda
Legislative Calendar
Budget Trailer Bills
Bill Status
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Legislative Calendar
•Legislative Session ended September 10
Floor Session only: August 30 to September 10
•Governor has until October 10 to sign or veto legislation
•Recall election: September 14
•Legislature will return in January 2022
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2021-2022 Trailer Bill Status
One-Time Investments: Resources
•Drought Package:Provides approximately $3 billion to
address and get ahead of the emerging drought.
•Climate Resiliency Package:Provides approximately $3.7
billion over three years to make needed climate resiliency investments. This is $2.4 billion more than what was proposed in the Governor’s May Revision.
•Wildfire Package: Provides approximately $1 billion over multiple years for various wildfire prevention and response
efforts to wildfires.
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2021-2022 State Budget Update – Water and Sanitation
Drought Package: AB/SB 170
• Total of $855 million appropriated in 2021-2022 (Total Water
Resilience Package estimated at $4.6 billion)
• $120 million for continued SGMA implementation
• $115 million for groundwater cleanup and recycling
• $30 million to the State Board for PFAS support
• Increases to overall funding amounts from the adopted
Budget
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2021-2022 State Budget Update – Water and Sanitation
Natural Resources: AB/SB 155
• CEQA exemptions for native fish and wildlife habitat protection
projects
• Extends the provisions preventing the discontinuing of water
service to customers due to nonpayment to December 31, 2021
• Establishes specific reporting requirements for water
extractions and diversions
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AB 361 (Rivas) – Open Meetings/Teleconferences
Details
• Allows local agencies to use teleconferencing for public
meetings without complying with specific Brown Act restrictions in certain state and local emergencies.
• Local agencies would be required to declare at a public
meeting that in-person meetings would present imminent risks to the health or safety of attendees.
• Includes significant protections for public access and public
comment during virtual meetings.
Status
•Currently on the Governor’s Desk
•OC San position: Support
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AB 818 (Bloom) – Flushable Wipes
• Reintroduction of AB 1672 (Bloom)
from last year.
• “DO NOT FLUSH” labeling and a
universal moniker required in
accordance with widely accepted
voluntary guidelines established by
the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry’s code of practice.
• Adds enforcement provisions
including civil penalties and fines.
•Currently on the Governor’s Desk
•OC San position: Support
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Bill Status
Bill Description OCSD Position Status
AB 59 (Gabriel) Would change the statute of limitations for rate
protests through judicial proceedings. Would
require that fees collected in an excess of the
amount needed to provide a service be rebated
to ratepayers.
Oppose Two-Year Bill. Will
be eligible to return
in January 2022
AB 339 (Lee) Would require a local agency to provide a call-in
or internet-based service for public meeting.
Applies to cities and counties with more than
250,000 people.
Neutral Currently on the
Governor’s Desk
AB 622 (Friedman) This bill would require, on or before January 1,
2024, that all washing machines sold as new in
California contain a microfiber filtration system
with a mesh size of 100 microns or smaller.
Support Two-Year Bill. Will
be eligible to return
in January 2022
AB 1434 (Friedman) Would revise the indoor residential water use
targets to make them more restrictive and
ambitious.
Oppose Two-Year Bill. Will
be eligible to return
in January 2022
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Cori Takkinen
Vice President
CTakkinen@townsendpa.com
www.townsendpa.com
Eric O’Donnell
Senior Associate
EODonnell@townsendpa.com
www.townsendpa.com
Thank You
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