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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
Date:	June 18, 2019

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Subject:

ADOPT advocacy positions on the following state bills: AB 1568 (McCarty), SB 137 (Dodd), SB 228 (Jackson), SB 336 (Dodd)

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 06/18/2019

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	John Cunningham (925) 674-7833
cc:	Lara Delaney

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: June 18, 2019
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT advocacy positions on the following state bills: OPPOSE AB 1568 (McCarty), SUPPORT SB 137 (Dodd), SUPPORT SB 228 (Jackson), and OPPOSE SB 336 (Dodd). Note that AB 1568 (McCarty) was held in Appropriations and will not advance this year; an advocacy letter will not be sent at this time.

FISCAL IMPACT:

There is no direct fiscal impact from the adoption of advocacy positions. The fiscal impact of each bill, if known, is included in the background information for each bill.

BACKGROUND:

At its April 8, 2019 and June 10, 2019 meetings, the Transportation, Water, and Infrastructure Committee (Chair Mitchoff, Vice Chair Andersen) considered the following bills and directed staff, by unanimous vote, to send them to the Board of Supervisors for adoption of an advocacy position, AB 1568 (McCarty), SB 137 (Dodd), SB 228 (Jackson), and SB 336 (Dodd).

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

AB 1568 (McCarty) was held in Appropriations and will not advance this year; an advocacy letter will not be sent at this time.

Details

AB 1568 (McCarty): Housing law compliance: prohibition on applying for state grants.
Description: Prohibits cities and counties from applying for state grants, except for specified transportation funding, if the city or county has been found to violate state housing law.
Position Recommendation: OPPOSE - Rationale: AB 1568 does not include a clear definition of what constitutes a "state grant". That said, the bill puts a significant amount of funding available to the County at risk.
Status: Re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Other: California State Association of Counties (CSAC) letter of opposition: http://blob.capitoltrack.com/19blobs/904c4ddb-0294-4bab-ad6d-2d42790d346f
Bill Text: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB137

SB 137 (Dodd): Federal transportation funds: state exchange programs
Description: The bill would allow the state, regions, cities and counties to reduce the cost of transportation projects and provide for more projects to be completed with the same amount of revenue by expanding the existing Match Exchange Program to include eligibility for larger regions and for local safety and bridge projects.
Position Recommendation: SUPPORT - Rationale: CSAC estimates that the federal aid process adds anywhere from fifteen to forty percent to the cost of a project; especially for smaller projects. This bill does not require, but authorizes, the state to expand the successful Match Exchange Program to the extent that state funds are available and that the additional exchanges would not compromise other state funded projects or activities.
Status: Assembly Transportation Committee
Other: CSAC is the sponsor.
Bill Text: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB137

SB 228 (Jackson): Master Plan on Aging
Description: This bill requires the Governor to appoint a Master Plan (on Aging) Director and establishes an Aging Task Force. The bill would require a series of other actions and directives impacting numerous state departments and stakeholders resulting in the identification of policies and priorities that need to be implemented in California to prepare for the aging of its population
Position Recommendation: SUPPORT - Rationale: SB 228 is consistent with the County's existing platform including 2016-17 revisions made in response to the Aging Imperative planning process which the County participated in.
Status: Assembly Aging and Long Term Care Committee
Other: CSAC Support Letter: http://blob.capitoltrack.com/19blobs/f51ae919-0f19-4a8d-9622-3bcee38983a8

Bill Text: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB228


SB 336 Dodd: Transportation: fully-automated transit vehicles
Description: This bill requires transit operators to staff their autonomous transit vehicles with at least one trained employee.
Position Recommendation: OPPOSE - Rationale: From the Senate Transportation Analysis, "By requiring an employee in virtually every AV used for public transit purposes, this bill diminishes the benefit of using AVs, making them less useful as a tool to help transit agencies provide their riders with better service."
Status: Assembly Transportation Committee
Bill Text: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB336

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If action is not taken the Board will forgo an opportunity to communicate policy positions to the State Legislature.