In developing transportation related issues and proposals to bring forward for consideration by TWIC, staff receives input from the Board of Supervisors (BOS), references the County's adopted Legislative Platforms, coordinates with our legislative advocates, partner agencies and organizations, and consults with the Committee itself.
Recommendations are summarized in the Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s) section at the end of this report. Specific recommendations, if provided, are underlined in the report below. This report includes up to four sections, 1: LOCAL, 2: REGIONAL, 3: STATE, and 4: FEDERAL.
1. LOCAL
No written report in April.
2. REGIONAL
No written report in April.
3. STATE
3.1: Legislative Report
The April State legislative reports from the County's advocate, Mark Watts, is attached. The report covers the following issues:
- Senate Leadership Changes
- State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), State Highway Operation and Protection Program (SHOPP)
- Update: Proposition 69 and Status of SB 1 Repeal Initiative
Note that the Board of Supervisors is taking this issue up at their April 10th meeting with the following recommendation:
ADOPT Resolution No. 2018/130 which establishes; SUPPORT for Proposition 69, a constitutional amendment (Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5) to prevent new transportation funds from being diverted for non-transportation purposes, and OPPOSITION to the proposed November ballot proposition (Proposed Initiative 17-0033) that would repeal the new Senate Bill 1 (2017) transportation funds and make it more difficult to raise state and local transportation funds in the future, as recommended by the Transportation, Water, and Infrastructure Committee.
- AB 2923 (Chiu) Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) - Transit Oriented Development (TOD). A copy of the bill is attached.
- SB 827 (Wiener) – Transit Rich Housing Bonus. A copy of the bill is attached.
RECOMMENDATION: DISCUSS state issues of note, and take ACTION as appropriate.
4. FEDERAL
No written report in April.
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