Counties, CSAC Gear Up for Reform Effort
By Paul McIntosh, Executive Director
pmcintosh@counties.org
Next week, nearly 100 county supervisors, county administrative officers and other leaders will join their city and school board partners at the Local Government Summit on State Governance and Fiscal Reform, July 17- 18, in Sacramento. More than 400 participants are already signed up for this important event and registration is available through Monday, July 13.
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Is AB 155 on Pause or on Stop?
In a somewhat unusual move, Assembly Member Tony Mendoza announced to the Senate Local Government Committee on Wednesday, July 8, that he would not take his bill, AB 155, up for a vote. He did, however, agree to present the measure to the committee and take testimony from proponents and opponents. This essentially means that AB 155 remains under the jurisdiction of the Committee, with no additional Senate Local Government Committee hearings scheduled for the remainder of the year.
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Administration of Justice
SB 126, by Senator Gil Cedillo, is a technical clean-up measure to his measure SB 1369 from last year that authorized remote caller bingo.
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Agriculture and Natural Resources
The California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA) is considering the possible introduction of legislation regarding the inspection of private sewer laterals (PSLs) at the time of the sale of a home. A private sewer lateral (or private lateral) is the pipe that transports wastewater from a building to the public sewer main in the street.
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Employee Relations
This week, Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner rejected a request from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) to raise the Workers’ Compensation Claims Cost Benchmark (Benchmark) by 23.7%.
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Government Finance and Operations
SB 10, by Senator Mark Leno, would allow counties to put a measure before their voters to impose an assessment on vehicles owned by county residents.
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Health and Human Services
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has filed a motion with the U.S. District Court to compel the state to comply with last week’s injunction by aU.S. District Court Judge on the wage reduction to In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers included in the February budget package.
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Housing, Land Use and Transportation
AB 494, by Assembly Member Anna Caballero, as amended in committee on July 8 but not yet in print, would exempt from the Subdivision Map Act the lease of agriculturally zoned land to nonprofit organizations for the purpose of operating an agricultural labor housing project if the property meets three conditions: (1) The property is not more than five acres; (2) the lease is for at least 30 years; and (3) the lease is signed before January 1, 2020.
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Indian Gaming
SB 357, by Senator Denise Ducheny, would extend the sunset date from January 1, 2010, to January 1, 2021, for the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund (SDF) local mitigation grant program.
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Washington, D.C., Report
Congress returned to Washington on July 6 following its one-week Independence Day recess.
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