vcia legislative tracker

VICA Legislative TrackerAs of 7/18/2013

Bill ID Author Subject Status Summary Position Status action Topic

S.208 Feinstein (D-CA) Referred to the

Senate

Committee on

Commerce,

Science, and

Transportation

H.R.456 Schiff (D-CA) Referred to the

House

subcommittee on

Aviation

H.R. 2120 Schiff (D-CA) Valley-Wide Noise Relief Act Referred to

House

subcommittee on

Aviation

Authorizes the proprietors of Van Nuys Airport (VNY) and Burbank Bob

Hope Airport (BUR) to ban aircraft operations between the hours of 10

p.m. and 7 a.m.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

Meetings

AVIATION

H.R. 5 Kline (R-PA) Student Success Act Reported by

House Education

and the

Workforce

Committee;

Pending House

floor vote.

Proposes to replace the tenets of the No Child Left Behind Act, by

eliminating the Average Yearly Progress target and the "highly quilified

teacher" requirement, replacing them both with state-established

accountability systems. The bill also eliminates 70 federal programs in

favor of a state- and local-based approach.

watch Board Action

Pending

EDUCATION

H.R.115 Holt (D-NJ) School Building Enhancement Act Referred to the

House

subcommittee on

Early Childhood,

Elemetary, and

Secondary

Provide grants to states and local educational agencies (LEAs) for

implementation of the EnergySmart Schools Program, the Energy Star for

K-12 School Districts program and the development of state-level school

energy efficiency plans

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

EDUCATION

ENERGY

H.R.209 Serrano (D-NY) Classroom paraprofessionals Referred to the

House

subcommittee on

Early Childhood,

Elemetary, and

Secondary

Education

Allocates funds to states for distribution to local educational agencies

(LEAs) to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

EDUCATION

H.R.114 Holt (D-NJ) Online Job Training Act Referred to the

House

subcommittee on

Higher Education

and Workforce

Training

Awards National Online Workforce Training Grants to educational

institutions, community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, state

or local boards, or units of general local government that provide online

workforce training

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

EDUCATION

LABOR

S.52 Boxer (D-CA) Promoting Efficiency and Savings

in Government Act

Referred to the

Senate

Committee on

Environment and

Public Works

Establishes minimum energy efficiency standards for buildings owned or

leased by the federal government

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

ENERGY

S.45 Boxer (D-CA) West Coast Ocean Protection Act Referred to the

Senate

Committee on

Energy and

Natural

Resources

Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease for the

exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any area of

the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon and

Washington

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

ENERGY

ENVIRONMENT

FEDERAL

AVIATIONAdvocacy

Letters

Meetings

Los Angeles Residential Helicopter

Noise Relief Act

oppose Existing

Position

Directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator to issue

regulations for helicopter operations in Los Angeles County, including

designating helicopter flight paths and altitudes Helicopter operations

related to emergency, law enforcement, or military activities are exempt

from these regulations

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FEDERALS. 332 Boxer (D-CA) Climate Protection Act Referred to the

Committee on

Environment and

Public Works

Set a long-term emissions reduction goal of 80 percent by 2050 and

enacts a carbon fee of $20 per ton of carbon or methane-equivalent

emissions This fee would rise at the rate of 56 percent annually over a ten-

year period

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

ENVIRONMENT

H.R.407 Serrano (D-NY) Clean Vehicles Incentive Act Referred to the

House

Committee on

Ways and Means

Establishes a general business tax credit for the cost of clean-fuel vehicle

property and the use of clean-burning fuel

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

ENVIRONMENT

S. 1188 Collins (R-ME) Forty Hour Is Full Time Act of 2013 Reffered to the

Senate House

Committee on

Finance

watch

H.R. 2575 Young (R-IN) Save American Workers Act Referred to the

House

Committee on

Ways and Means

watch

H.R.119 Holt (D-NJ) Research Activities Permanent

Credit

Referred to the

House

Committee on

Ways and Means

Makes permanent the federal tax credit for increasing research activities watch Referred to

Health

Comm.

Referred to

M&T Comm.

HEALTHCARE

TECHNOLOGY

H.R.120 Holt (D-NJ) Create Jobs by Expanding the R&D

Tax Credit Act

Referred to the

House

Committee on

Ways and Means

Increases the rate of the tax credit for increasing research activities in

2013 and 2014, extends such tax credit through 2014

watch Referred to

Health

Comm.

Referred to

M&T Comm.

HEALTHCARE

TECHNOLOGY

H.R.478 Gingrey (R-GA) E-Verify Modernization Act Referred to

House

subcommittee on

Immigration and

Border Security.

Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act

of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program permanent and mandatory

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

LABOR

H.R. 300 Sherman (D-CA) Visa Waiver for Israel Act Referred to

House

subcommittee on

Immigration and

Border Security.

Allows citizens of Israel to travel to the United States without obtaining a

visa, for stays of 90 days or less for business, tourism, visiting or pleasure

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

INTERNATIONAL

N/A Obama Trans-Pacific Partnership Under negoitation Eliminates tariffs and other barriers to US trade with several Pacific Ocean

nations, including Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New

Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam

watch Referred to

Int. Comm.

INTERNATIONAL

N/A Obama European Union-United States

Free Trade Agreement

Under negoitation Eliminates tariffs and other barriers to US trade with the 27 nations of the

European Union

watch Referred to

Int. Comm.

INTERNATIONAL

Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to define a full-

time employee as one working 40 hours per week.

HEALTHCARE

TAXATION

LABOR

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FEDERALH.R. 51 Fitzpatrick (R-PA) Hire Just One Act Referred to the

House

Committee on

Ways & Means

subcommittee on

Allows states to implement an employment assistance voucher program,

where unemployment compensation may be transfered to an employer to

subsidize the cost of employing the otherwise unemployed individual.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

LABOR

S. 460 Harkin (D-IA) Fair Minimum Wage Act Referred to

Senate Senate

Committee on

Health,

Education, Labor,

and Pensions

Raises the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, and then annually

increases it accordingly to inflation.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

Meetings

LABOR

S. 744 Schumer (D-NY) Border Security, Economic

Opportunity, and Immigration

Modernization Act

Senate Passed;

Awaiting House

hearing.

Enacts comprehensive immigration reform allowing the estimated 11

million undocumented immigrants in the United States to seek legal

status, in conjunction with efforts to secure the U.S.-Mexican border.

watch Board Action

Pending

LABOR

H.R.615 Honda (D-CA) Market Based Manufacturing

Incentives Act

Referred to the

House

Committee on

Ways and Means

Establishes a tax credit for the purchase of new products certified as

assembled in the United States and consisting of at least 60% of

components assembled or otherwise produced in the United States

watch Referred to

M&T Comm.

MANUFACTURING

TAXATION

H.R.616 Honda (D-CA) Scaling Up Manufacturing Act Referred to the

House

Committee on

Ways and Means

Establishes a tax credit for up to 25% of their costs of constructing a

manufacturing facility and equipment purchases for use at the facility

watch Referred to

M&T Comm.

MANUFACTURING

TAXATION

S.55 Boxer (D-CA) Congressional and Executive pay Referred to the

Senate

Committee on

Homeland

Security and

Governmental

Affairs

Prohibits members of Congress and the President from receiving basic

pay if they fail to reach a appropriations agreement resulting in a shutdown

or the public debt ceiling is reached

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

POLITICAL REFORM

H.R.367 Young (R-IN) Regulations From the Executive in

Need of Scrutiny Act

Ordered to be

Amemded by

House Judiciary

Committee

Requires congressional approval of major rules of the executive branch

before they may take effect Provides that a joint resolution of approval of

a major rule must be enacted within 70 session days or legislative days

after the agency proposing the rule submits its report on such rule to

Congress, in order for the rule to be approved and take effect

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

Meetings

POLITICAL REFORM

H.R. 148 Van Hollen (D-MD) Democracy is Strengthened by

Casting Light on Spending in

Elections (DISCLOSE) Act

Referred to the

House

subcommittee on

the Constitution

and Civil Justice

Creates myriad new campaign finance reporting requirements for

American businesses

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

Meetings

POLITICAL REFORM

H.R.886 Gerlach (R-PA) America's Small Business Tax

Relief Act

Referred to the

House

Committee on

Ways and Means

Makes permanent the five-year federal carryback of general business

credits for eligible small businesses and develops alternative general tax

rules for business credits

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

TAXATION

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FEDERALH.R.122 Holt (D-NJ) Creating Jobs From Innovative

Small Businesses Act

Referred to

House

Committeess on

Small Business

and Ways and

Means

Establishes a general business tax credit of 20% of the amount paid to

acquire an equity investment in a qualified high technology small business

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

TAXATION

S. 743 Enzi (R-WY) Marketplace Fairness Act Reffered to the

House

subcommittee on

Regulatory

Reform,

Commercial and

Antitrust Law

Allows states to require online retailers to collect and remit state sales

taxes on products, if they do a physical presence in the state.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy TAXATION

TECHNOLOGY

SB 691 Hancock Nonvehicular air pollution control:

penalties.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Increases the civil penalty for single-day massive release of non-vehicle

air contaminants from $10,000 to $100,000.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy AIR QUALITY

AB 1375 Chau California Global Warming

Solutions Act of 2006: market-

based compliance mechanisms:

Clean Technology Investment

Account.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Allocates cap-and-trade revenues toward clean technology development,

demonstration, and deployment projects by non-profits.

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

AIR QUALITY

ENERGY

AB 1079 Bradford Economic development: energy

management area and plans.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Authorizes local jurisdictions to work collaboratively with utilities

and energy service companies to designate energy management

areas that would eligible for state-funded energy use reduction

infrastructure.

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

AIR QUALITY

ENERGY

SB 11 Pavley Alternative fuel and vehicle

technologies: funding programs.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Extends existing air quality incentive programs, including the Carl Moyer

program the Alternative & Renewable Fuel & Vehicle Technology Program

(ARFVTP) Lower Emission School Bus Program, through 2024.

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

AIR QUALITY

ENERGY

TRANSPORTATION

SB 605 Lara California Global Warming

Solutions Act of 2006: Greenhouse

Gas Reduction Fund and scoping

plan.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Requires the revised AB 32 scoping plan to prioritize pollution reduction

investments that directly benefit the state economy and environment.

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

AIR QUALITY

ENVIRONMENT

AB 245 Grove California Global Warming

Solutions Act of 2006: public

meetings.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Requires the Western Climate Initiative, Incorporated, (implementation

body of California's cap-and-trade system) to the Bagley-Keene Open

Meeting Act.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

AIR QUALITY

ENVIRONMENT

REGULATORY

REFORM

SB 798 De León California Green Infrastructure

Bank Act.

SEN 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Establishes the California Green Infrastructure Bank to distribute cap-and-

trade revenues.

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

AIR QUALITY

ENVIRONMENT

TAXATION

AB 1051 Bocanegra Housing. ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Allocates cap-and-trade revenue to transit-oriented development projects. watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

Referred to

Land Use

Comm.

Referred to

Trans.

Comm.

AIR QUALITY

LAND USE

TRANSPORTATION

STATE

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FEDERALAB 574 Lowenthal California Global Warming

Solutions Act of 2006: Greenhouse

Gas Reduction Fund: sustainable

communities strategies.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Allocates cap-and-trade revenue to local agencies for

transportation projects, programs and policies that help to reduce

greenhouse gas emissions from mobile sources.

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

Referred to

Trans.

Comm.

AIR QUALITY

LOCAL

TRANSPORTATION

AB 1023 Eggman Air resources: greenhouse gas

emissions.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Allocates cap-and-trade revenues to provide incentives to industry sectors

that can reduce their emissions through waste reduction, recycling,

composting, and recycled manufacturing projects.

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

AIR QUALITY

MANUFACTURING

AB 153 Bonilla California Global Warming

Solutions Act of 2006: offsets.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Requires the Air Resources Board to to adopt a process for the review of

new offset protocols that may be used to comply with state emissions

standards.

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

AIR QUALITY

TAXATION

AB 8 Perea Alternative fuel and vehicle

technologies: funding programs.

ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Extends existing air quality incentive programs, including the Carl Moyer

program the Alternative & Renewable Fuel & Vehicle Technology Program

(ARFVTP) Lower Emission School Bus Program, through 2024.

oppose Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

AIR QUALITY

TRANSPORTATION

AB 684 Medina Workforce training: General

Educational Development test

preparation: grants.

ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Allows high school dropouts preparing for the General Educational

Development (GED) test to be eligible for student financial aid to be used

for both test preparation and subsequent career employment training at a

postsecondary educational institution.

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

EDUCATION

AB 386 Levine Public postsecondary education:

cross-enrollment: online education

at the California State University.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Allows students enrolled at a CSU campus to enroll in online courses

offered by any CSU campus systemwide.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy EDUCATION

AB 913 Chau Charter schools. ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Applies the Brown Act, Public Records Act and Political Reform Act to

charter schools, and permits an employee of a charter school to serve on

the governing board of that charter school.

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

EDUCATION

SB 5 Padilla Teacher credentialing. SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Doubles the amount of professional preparation experience that may be

used toward a K-12 teaching credential, and allows a baccalaureate

degree in education to satisfy the requirement.

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

EDUCATION

AB 181 Logue Public postsecondary education:

Baccalaureate Degree Pilot

Program: University of California.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Establishes a pilot program to establish a coordinated curriculum model

that enables students to earn a baccalaureate degree from a participating

University of California campus within 3 years of graduating from a

secondary school, at a cost of less than $20,000. See Also: AB 51 (Logue)

and SB 32 (Price)

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

EDUCATION

SB 45 Corbett The Leroy F. Greene School

Facilities Act of 1998.

SEN 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Establishes a state general obligation bond program to provide funds for

construction and modernization of educational facilities, pending approval

by voters on the November 2014 statewide ballot.

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

EDUCATION

SB 440 Padilla Public postsecondary education:

Student Transfer Achievement

Reform Act.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Expands the provisions of the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act

(STAR) to require that community colleges to create associate transfer

degrees in every major and areas of emphasis within majors and requires

the CSU system to accept these degrees.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

EDUCATION

SB 185 Walters Instructional materials: digital

format.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Permits K-12 schools to purchase instructional materials and

supplemental materials in either printed or digital format, and allows

school districts to create district-wide online digital databases of

instructional materials.

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

EDUCATION

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FEDERALAB 67 Olsen Public postsecondary education:

funding.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Prohibits tuition increases by the California State University system until

January 1, 2017, and urges the Regents of the UC system to do the same.

oppose Board Voted

to Oppose

Advocacy

Letters

Meetings

EDUCATION

AB 330 Chau Student financial aid: disclosures. ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Requires postsecondary educational institutions to disclose their net price

calculators and average student debt per graduate to the California

Student Aid Commission as a condition of eligibility for the Cal Grant

Program and include these figures on its website and print materials.

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

EDUCATION

AB 450 Jones-Sawyer Postsecondary education:

community college trustee areas.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Requires the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Community College

District to establish by July 1, 2014 an additional trustee district and

reapportion the existing 6 districts to equalize population across the 7

districts.

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

EDUCATION

SB 118 Lieu Unemployment insurance:

education and workforce

investment systems.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Requires the California Workforce Investment Board to target resources to

strategic industry sectors and clusters.

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

EDUCATION

SB 300 Hancock Instructional materials: revised

curriculum framework: science.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Requires the state Board of Education to adopt a revised curriculum

framework and evaluation criteria for instructional materials in science

based on the Next Generation of Science Standards.

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

EDUCATION

AB 159 Chávez Public postsecondary education:

tuition and mandatory systemwide

fees.

ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Requires the University of California and California State University

systems to set in-state tuition rate for each incoming first-year class and

not to increase the rate on that class of students for at least 6 academic

years. See Also: AB 138 (Olsen)

oppose Board Voted

to Oppose

Advocacy

Letters

EDUCATION

AB 138 Olsen Public postsecondary education:

undergraduate tuition and

mandatory systemwide fees.

ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Requires the University of California and California State University

systems to set in-state tuition rate for each incoming first-year class and

not to increase the rate on that class of students for at least 4 academic

years.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

EDUCATION

SB 195 Liu California postsecondary

education: state goals.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Sets cross-sector goals for public higher education institutions and

establishes a working group to determine appropriate metrics for

achievement of these goals.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

EDUCATION

SB 64 Corbett California Global Warming

Solutions Act of 2006: market-

based compliance mechanisms:

Clean Technology Investment

Account.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Establishes a competitive financial assistance program for energy

efficiency and clean energy onsite generation projects, in order to

implement the Clean Energy Jobs Act (Proposition 39 of November 2012).

.

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

EDUCATION

ENERGY

SB 39 De León Energy: school facilities: energy

efficiency upgrade projects.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Implements the Clean Energy Jobs Act (Proposition 39 of November

2012) by establishing procedures for administering financial assistance to

K-12 public schools, colleges and universities, and other public buildings

and facilities for energy efficiency retrofiting, including priorizing

procedures. See Also: AB 39

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

EDUCATION

ENERGY

AB 39 Skinner Energy: conservation: financial

assistance.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Implements the Clean Energy Jobs Act (Proposition 39 of November

2012) by establishing procedures for administering financial assistance to

K-12 public schools, colleges and universities, and other public buildings

and facilities for energy efficiency retrofiting, including priorizing

procedures. Also establishes accountability measures for funds

dedicated to the California Conservation Corps, Certified Community

Conservation Corps, Youth Build, and other existing workforce

development programs for green job training. See Also: SB 39

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

EDUCATION

ENERGY

LABOR

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FEDERALAB 29 Williams Proposition 39: implementation. ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Appropriates $152 million per year to public higher education energy

efficiency projects from funds allocated by the Clean Energy Jobs Act

(Proposition 39 of November 2012). See Also: SB 64

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

EDUCATION

ENVIRONMENT

AB 283 Bloom Community colleges: property tax

revenues.

ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Automatically adjusts appropriations to the California Community Colleges

system if property tax revenues are higher than expected.

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

EDUCATION

FISCAL

SB 594 Steinberg California Career Pathways

Investment.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Creates three new financing tools to encourage the development of

corporate partnerships with schools for career pathways programs.

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

EDUCATION

FISCAL

SB 58 Cannella Public postsecondary education:

funding.

SEN 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Prohibits tuition increases by the University of California, California State

University and California Community College systems until FY 2018-2019

(the expiration of the Proposition 30 tax increases).

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

EDUCATION

FISCAL

AB 182 Buchanan Bonds: school districts and

community college districts.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Sets a maximum debt-to-principal ratio on bonds issued by K-12 school

and community college districts.

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

Referred to

GA Comm.

EDUCATION

FISCAL

SB 173 Liu Education funding: adult health and

safety education.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Establishes an evaluation system for adult programs and noncredit

community college courses to determine eligibility for state funding.

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

Referred to

Health

Comm.

EDUCATION

HEALTHCARE

SB 137 Emmerson Developmental services: regional

centers.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Requires regional centers under contract with the Department of

Developmental Services to specify, on their website, the actual rates paid

to each vendor and the amount of public funds provided to any nonprofit

housing organizations outside of the regular request for proposal process.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

EDUCATION

HEALTHCARE

AB 375 Buchanan School employees: dismissal or

suspension: hearing.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Modifies the reasons that a permanent school employee may be fired. support Board Voted

to Support

Referred to

Ed. Comm.

Referred to

GA Comm.

Letters EDUCATION

LABOR

AB 778 Bocanegra Employment: workforce and

demographic changes: study.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Requires the Director of Industrial Relations to study workforce and

demographic changes in the workforce in California in the previous 20

years and projected workforce needs in the coming 30 years.

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

Referred to

GA Comm.

EDUCATION

LABOR

AB 653 V. Manuel Pérez Economic development. ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Omnibus bill that establishes various pro-business initiatives, including a

sales and use tax exemption for manufacturing equipment purchases;

personal and corporate tax credits for research and development

expenses and corporate donations to postsecondary educational

institutions for occupational training; legislative approval of a state agency

regulations; and establishment of regionalized system of innovation hubs.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy EDUCATION

MANUFACTURING

REGULATORY

REFORM

TAXATION

TECHNOLOGY

SB 284 De León Income taxes: credits: contributions

to education funds.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Establishes an income or franchise tax credit for cash contributions to the

College Access Tax Fund distibuted as Cal Grant B awards.

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

EDUCATION

TAXATION

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FEDERALSB 520 Steinberg Student instruction: California

Online Student Access Platform:

Incentive Grant programs.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Establishes a state grant program to incentivize faculty at the University of

California (UC), the California State University (CSU), and the California

Community College (CCC) systems to develop additional online courses.

watch Board Action

Pending

EDUCATION

TECHNOLOGY

AB 144 Wilk Education: authorized classes and

courses of instruction: technology.

ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Modifies the administration of the California Technology Assistance

Project, which provides a regionalized network of technical assistance to

school districts on the implementation of education technology

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

EDUCATION

TECHNOLOGY

AB 1014 Williams Energy: electrical corporations:

green tariff shared renewable

program.

ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Allows customers of investor-owned utilities to purchase an interest in a

community renewable energy facility and receive a monthly bill credit as

dividends. (See Also: SB 43)

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

ENERGY

SB 43 Wolk Shared Renewable Energy Self-

Generation Program.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Allows customers of investor-owned utilities to purchase an interest in a

community renewable energy facility and receive a monthly bill credit as

dividends. (See Also: AB 1014)

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

ENERGY

SB 804 Lara Solid waste: energy. SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Clarifies the waste conversion technologies that can be defined within

"biomass conversion."

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

ENERGY

AB 122 Rendon Energy: energy assessment:

nonresidential buildings: financing.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Creates a financing program for energy efficiency improvements in

nonresidential buildings.

Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

ENERGY

SB 34 Calderon Greenhouse gas: carbon capture

and storage.

SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Creates a regulatory framework for carbon capture and storage (CCS)

projects, including those used for enhanced oil extraction.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

ENERGY

AB 327 Perea Electricity: natural gas: rates. ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Elimates the tier 1 and 2 residential rate caps established during the 2001-

2002 energy crisis to allow for more equitable distribution of energy costs

between residential and commercial consumers.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy ENERGY

SB 4 Pavley Oil and gas: well stimulation. SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Establishes a comprehensive regulatory program for hydraulic fracturing

(fracking), including a permitting process and public notification and

disclosure requirements.

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

ENERGY

AB 217 Bradford Electricity: solar electricity: low-

income households.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Extends a bill surcharge for investor-owned utilities customers to fund

monetary incentives for the installation of solar energy systems on low-

income residential housing.

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

ENERGY

AB 1301 Bloom Oil and gas: hydraulic fracturing. ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Imposes a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) until the

Legislature determines restrictions on its future use.

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

ENERGY

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FEDERALSB 241 Evans Oil Severance Tax Law. SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Imposes an oil severance tax of 9.9 percent of the gross value of each

barrel produced in California.

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

ENERGY

SB 48 Hill Public utilities: research and

development projects.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Requires annual merit reviews of all research and development and

demonstration projects for an electrical or gas corporation using

ratepayers funds.

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

ENERGY

AB 869 Medina Utilities: emergency response. ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Requires large gas and electric corporations to develop emergency

response plans.

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

ENERGY

AB 1257 Bocanegra Energy: State Energy Resources

Conservation and Development

Commission: natural gas.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Requires the California Energy Commission to prepare and submit a

report every four years to the Governor and Legislature identifying

strategies to maximize natural gas use.

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

Meetings

ENERGY

SB 124 Corbett Public contracts: bid preferences:

clean energy.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Requires state agencies and the California State University system to

provide a 5 percent bid preference to California manufacturers when

purchasing clean energy systems.

watch Board Action

Pending

ENERGY

MANUFACTURING

SB 370 Lieu Income tax: credits: qualified

commercial production.

SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Establishes a $15 million tax credit program for television commercial

production.

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

PR

ENTERTAINMENT

AB 3 Bocanegra Income taxes: credits: film. ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Expands or continues the California Film and Television Tax Credit

Program

watch Referred to

Ent. Comm.

ENTERTAINMENT

AB 1256 Bloom Civil law: privacy: entry and exit of

facilities.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Expands the crime of invasion of privacy to include non-physical

trepassing and news-gathering on public and non-residential premises.

watch Referred to

Ent. Comm.

ENTERTAINMENT

AB 286 Nazarian Income taxes: credit: qualified

motion pictures.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Expands the eligibility parameters for film productions to apply for the

California Film and Television Tax Credit Program.

watch Referred to

Ent. Comm.

ENTERTAINMENT

AB 332 Hall Occupational safety and health:

adult films.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Expands workplace safety standards and the permitting process for adult

film production.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

ENTERTAINMENT

AB 576 V. Manuel Pérez Revenue Recovery and

Collaborative Enforcement Team

Act: pilot program.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Creates a multiagency partnership, to be known as the Revenue

Recovery and Collaborative Enforcement Team , to combat illegal

underground economic operations.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy ENTERTAINMENT

FISCAL

MANUFACTURING

AB 1309 Perea Workers' compensation:

professional athletes.

ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Eliminates a loophole in our workers compensation system that allows out-

of-state retired professional athletes to claim damages for cumulative

injuries sustained partially in California.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

Meetings

PR

ENTERTAINMENT

LABOR

SB 123 Corbett Environmental and land use court. SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Requires superior courts to establish an environmental and land-use

division to process civil proceedings brought pursuant to the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

watch Referred to

Land Use

Comm.

ENTERTAINMENT

LAND USE

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FEDERALAB 779 Bocanegra Alcoholic beverages. ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Authorizes a licensed beer manufacturer that produces more than 60,000

barrels of beer per year to manufacture and sell cider and perry. VICA

recommends an amendment to remove the 60,000 barrel threshold, in

order to allow smaller breweries to manufacture cider.

support if

amended

Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

ENTERTAINMENT

LOCAL

MANUFACTURING

AB 1413 Committee on

Revenue and

Taxation

Corporation Tax Law: tentative

minimum tax: credits: exempt

organizations.

ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Provides that the film and television tax credit may be used to reduce the

qualified corporate taxpayer's regular income tax beyond the tentative

minimum tax (TMT) for taxable years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2011.

Permits federal tax-exempt organizations formed under Internal Revenue

Code Section 501(c)(4), (5), (6), or (7) to be treated as tax-exempt

organizations for California tax purposes, without approval by the

Franchise Tax Board (FTB).

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

ENTERTAINMENT

TAXATION

SB 383 Jackson Credit cards: personal information. Dead. Requires a business that accepts credit cards for purchase of an

electronically downloaded product to dispose of the personally identifible

information collected.

watch Referred to

Ent. Comm.

Referred to

M&T Comm.

ENTERTAINMENT

TECHNOLOGY

AB 1291 Lowenthal Privacy: Right to Know Act of 2013:

disclosure of a customer's personal

information.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Requires businesses that collect and retain personally-identifiable

information through their website or mobile application to provide a copy of

that information to the customer, upon request, as well as the names and

contact information for all third parties with which the business has shared

the information.

watch Referred to

Ent. Comm.

ENTERTAINMENT

TECHNOLOGY

SB 501 Corbett Social networking Internet Web

sites: privacy: minors.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Requires social networking websites to remove personal identifying

information within 96 hours of a user request, including requests by

parents of users under 18 years of age.

watch Referred to

Ent. Comm.

Referred to

GA Comm.

ENTERTAINMENT

TECHNOLOGY

AB 370 Muratsuchi Consumers: internet privacy. ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Requires websites to disclose whether it collects personally identifiable

information and whether it honors browser settings to disable online

tracking.

watch Referred to

Ent. Comm.

Referred to

GA Comm.

ENTERTAINMENT

TECHNOLOGY

SB 405 Padilla Solid waste: single-use carryout

bags.

Dead. Prohibits major retailers, including grocers, from providing single-use

plastic bags, while allowing for the distribution of paper bags.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

Meetings

ENVIRONMENT

AB 158 Levine Solid waste: single-use carryout

bags.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Prohibits major retailers, including grocers, from providing single-use

plastic bags, while allowing for the distribution of paper bags.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

ENVIRONMENT

SB 731 Steinberg Environment: California

Environmental Quality Act and

sustainable communities strategy.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Enacts comprehensive reform of the California Environmental Quality Act,

including: 1) expanding the infill exemption, 2) streamlining the process for

several types of projects, 3) adopting thresholds of significance for certain

environmental impacts, 4) streamlining the process for projects subject to

a full EIR, 5) giving clearer instruction to trial courts, and 6) addressing

document dumping.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

ENVIRONMENT

JUDICIARY

LAND USE

AB 976 Atkins Coastal resources: California

Coastal Act of 1976: enforcement:

penalties.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Allows the Coastal Commission to impose a penalty of up to 75 percent of

the maximum civil penalty that may be imposed by a superior court for a

violation of the California Coastal Act.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

ENVIRONMENT

LAND USE

AB 515 Dickinson Environmental quality: California

Environmental Quality Act: judicial

review.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Establishes CEQA compliance divisions of all superior courts, in order to

hear and resolve CEQA challenge actions and proceedings.

watch Referred to

Land Use

Comm.

ENVIRONMENT

LAND USE

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FEDERALSB 617 Evans California Environmental Quality

Act.

SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Requires assessments under CEQA to consider the exposure of project to

natural hazards or adverse environmental conditions, and expands notice

requirements.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

ENVIRONMENT

LAND USE

SB 1 Steinberg Sustainable Communities

Investment Authority.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Allows local governments to establish Sustainable Communities

Investment Authorities to finance transit priority project areas, walkable

communities, and clean energy manufacturing sites.

watch Referred to

Land Use

Comm.

ENVIRONMENT

LAND USE

TAXATION

SB 529 Leno Recycling: fast food facilities. SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Mandates that quick service restaurants only provide customers with

disposable food service packaging or single-use bags that are either

“compostable” or “recyclable."

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

Meetings

ENVIRONMENT

MISC

AB 70 Morrell Budget Bill: public availability. ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Requires all bills related to the state budget to be available online to the

public for 3 days before any vote is taken.

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy FISCAL

SB 810 Price Franchise Tax Board: tax credit

certificates for exporters and

importers: income tax credit.

SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Authorizes up to $100 million in tax credits per year to qualifying importers

and exporters between 2014 and 2018, in order to incentivize

continued high levels of California port activity following the Panama Canal

expansion.

watch Referred to

Int. Comm.

Referred to

M&T Comm.

FISCAL

INTERNATIONAL

LOCAL

MANUFACTURING

TAXATION

AB 886 Allen California Transportation Financing

Authority: tax credit certificates for

exporters and importers: income

tax credit.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Authorizes up to $100 million in tax credits per year to qualifying importers

and exporters between 2014 and 2018, in order to incentivize continued

high levels of California port activity following the Panama Canal

expansion.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

Referred to

Int. Comm.

FISCAL

INTERNATIONAL

LOCAL

TAXATION

AB 208 Gorell State employees: additional

compensation.

ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Prohibits salaried state employees from "moonlighting," earning additional

compensation by being employed at a second, hourly-wage job within the

same agency.

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

FISCAL

LABOR

AB 668 Gray Economic disaster area. ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Requires high unemployment areas to be considered economic disaster

areas, and prioritizes state funding toward public projects in those areas.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

Referred to

Land Use

Comm.

FISCAL

LABOR

LAND USE

AB 750 Garcia Economic development: cities. ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Authorizes cities to dispose of municipally-owned real property, if the

legislative body of the city finds substantial evidence that the disposition of

the property would stimulate job creation and economic development

within the city.

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Coalition

FISCAL

LAND USE

LOCAL

AB 690 Campos Jobs and infrastructure financing

districts: voter approval.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Authorizes the creation of jobs and infrastructure financing districts,

modeled after infrastructure financing districts, to provide incentives

to targeted industries.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy FISCAL

LAND USE

LOCAL

AB 113 Committee on Budget Budget Act of 2012. Law. Appropriates additional funds to Secretary of State's office for hiring

overtime and temporary workers to eliminate the backlog of business

filings.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy FISCAL

MISC

ACA 3 Campos Local government financing: public

safety services: voter approval.

ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Lowers the voter approval threshold for local bond measures specifically

designated to fund public safety services, equipment, or facilities from two-

thirds to 55 percent.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

FISCAL

POLITICAL REFORM

TAXATION

SCA 9 Corbett Local government: economic

development: special taxes: voter

approval.

SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Lowers the voter approval threshold for special taxes to finance

community and economic development projects from two-thirds to 55

percent.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

FISCAL

POLITICAL REFORM

TAXATION

SB 32 Price Business investment: tax credits. SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Designates $200 million in tax credits to be sold at auction, and the

proceeds to be distributed to early-stage companies.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

FISCAL

TAXATION

SB 365 Wolk Income and corporation taxes:

credits: information and operative

time period.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Requires any corporate or personal tax credit to include a 10-year sunset,

as well as specified goals and performance indicators.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

Meetings

FISCAL

TAXATION

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FEDERALAB 50 Pan Health care coverage: Medi-Cal:

eligibility: enrollment.

ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Allows a hospital that is a participating Medi-Cal provider to determine

whether an individual is eligible for Medi-Cal and to provide the individual

with medical assistance during the presumptive eligibility period.

watch Referred to

Health

Comm.

HEALTHCARE

AB 880 Gomez Medi-Cal program costs: large

employer responsibility.

Dead. Assesses a penalty against large employers (500+ employees) if their

employees enroll in Medi-Cal, as well as makes it illegal to alter an

employee's status to avoid providing health insurance in accordance with

the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

oppose Board Voted

to Oppose

Advocacy

Coalition

PR

HEALTHCARE

AB 771 Jones Public health: wellness programs. ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Directs the state Secretary of California Health and Human Services to

apply for California to be a participating pilot state in the wellness program

demonstration project authorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable

Care Act, in which employers can offer employee rewards of up to 50% of

the cost of health care coverage for participating in a wellness program.

watch Referred to

Health

Comm.

HEALTHCARE

AB 676 Fox Health care coverage:

postdischarge care needs.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Establishes time frames and other requirements for a health plan or

insurer to facilitate the discharge of a patient who no longer requires

inpatient hospital care.

watch Referred to

Health

Comm.

HEALTHCARE

SB 506 Hill Ephedrine: retail sale. SEN 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Implements a real-time, stop-sale tracking system for over-the-counter

medications containing pseudoephedrine (PSE), to prevent their use in

illegal drug production.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

Meetings

HEALTHCARE

SB 136 Gaines Insurance: brokers and agents:

notice of appointment.

SEN 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Modifies the requirements for insurance broker-agent licensing. watch Referred to

Health

Comm.

HEALTHCARE

AB 975 Wieckowski Health facilities community

benefits.

Dead. Narrows the definition of hospital-provided community benefits, as well as

how charity care is calculated and credited.

oppose Board Voted

to Oppose

Advocacy

Letters

Meetings

HEALTHCARE

AB 219 Perea Health care coverage: cancer

treatment.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Places a $100 cap on the health insurance deductable for orally

administered anticancer medications.

watch Referred to

Health

Comm.

HEALTHCARE

AB 889 Frazier Health care coverage: prescription

drugs.

ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Prohibits a health care service plan or health insurer from requiring that a

patient try and fail on more than two medications (step therapy) before

allowing the patient access to the preferred medication, prescribed by their

physician.

support Board Voted

to Support

Letters HEALTHCARE

SB 18 Hernandez California Health Benefits Review

Program: health insurance.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Requests the California Health Benefits Review Program assess the

impact that health coverage mandates will have on essential health

benefits (EHBs) and the California Health Benefits Exchange

(Covered California).

watch Referred to

Health

Comm.

HEALTHCARE

SB 746 Leno Health care coverage: premium

rates.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Requires health plans to annually disclose certain aggregate claims data

to purchasers in the large group market.

watch Referred to

Health

Comm.

HEALTHCARE

SB 639 Hernandez Health care coverage. SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Requires insurers to offer only health plans comparable to the

standardized “precious metal” plans established by the federal Patient

Protection and Affordable Care Act, regardless of whether they participate

in the state health insurance exchange.

watch Referred to

Health

Comm.

HEALTHCARE

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FEDERALSB 353 Lieu Health care coverage: language

assistance.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Requires insurers who market in languages other than English to translate

certain documents into those languages, including welcome letters,

notices of initial coverage, applications to participate in benefits, eligibility

letters, translation notices, notices of grievance rights, and uniform

summaries of benefits.

watch Referred to

Health

Comm.

HEALTHCARE

SB 161 Hernandez Stop-loss insurance coverage. SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Restricts ability of small employers in California to self-insure for health

care coverage by unreasonably changing the spending thresholds and

requirements of stop-loss policies.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

Meetings

PR

HEALTHCARE

SB 20 Hernandez Health care: workforce training. SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Transfers monies from a defunct program for high-risk Californians to

obtain health insurance to a program that repays physicians' student loans

in exchange for three years of service in underserved areas.

watch Referred to

Health

Comm.

HEALTHCARE

AB 633 Salas Emergency medical services: civil

liability.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Precludes an employer from any civil or criminal liability for any act in

which an employee provides emergency medical services to a patron or

co-worker.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

HEALTHCARE

LABOR

AB 459 Mitchell Public contracts: healthy and

sustainable food.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Requires vending machines in public buildings to contain strictly food and

drinks that meet certain nutritional guidelines.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

HEALTHCARE

MANUFACTURING

SB 808 De León Sales and use taxes: air common

carrier: employing Medi-Cal

recipients.

SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Excludes the sales and use tax exemption for jet fuel for employers that do

not provide health care to its employees.

watch Referred to

Aviation

Comm.

HEALTHCARE

TAXATION

TRANSPORTATION

AB 412 Allen International trade. ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Requires the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic

Development to study the potential roles of the state in global markets.

watch Referred to

Int. Comm.

INTERNATIONAL

SB 397 Hueso Vehicles: enhanced driver's

license.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue enhanced driver

licenses to U.S. citizens to expedite legal traffic along the U.S.-Mexican

border.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

Referred to

Int. Comm.

Referred to

M&T Comm.

INTERNATIONAL

LABOR

TECHNOLOGY

TRANSPORTATION

AB 1400 Committee on Jobs,

Economic

Development, and the

Economy

Export documents: expiration. ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Authorizes a person requesting an export document to make the request

electronically.

watch Referred to

Int. Comm.

Referred to

M&T Comm.

INTERNATIONAL

MANUFACTURING

AB 715 Dickinson Evidence: interpreters. ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Before amendments: reduced the standard of review regarding the

admissibility of evidence used to support a summary judgment.

oppose Board Voted

to Oppose

Advocacy

PR

JUDICIARY

AB 1165 Skinner Occupational safety and health:

violations.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Creates a new adjudication procedure to stay abatement for an

employment safety violation.

oppose Board Voted

to Oppose

Advocacy

Letters

JUDICIARY

LABOR

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FEDERALAB 729 Roger Hernández Evidentiary privileges: union agent-

represented worker privilege.

ASM Passed;

SEN 3rd Reading

(Awaiting Floor

Vote)

Grants union representatives the same evidentiary privilege as afforded to

attorneys and doctors under attorney-client and physician-patient privilege.

oppose Board Voted

to Oppose

Advocacy

Letters

PR

JUDICIARY

LABOR

SB 462 Monning Employment: compensation. SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Restricts when an employer may obtain its attorney's fees ("loser pays") to

when the employer can prove the action was brought in bad faith.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

Meetings

JUDICIARY

LABOR

AB 211 Wilk Unfair competition: enforcement. ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Institutes protective measures for businesses against frivolous unfair

competition lawsuits.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

JUDICIARY

MISC

SB 713 Correa Liability: good faith reliance on

administrative ruling.

SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Affirms that employers may rely upon the written advice of a state agency

regarding how to comply with a law or regulation.

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

JUDICIARY

REGULATORY

REFORM

AB 227 Gatto Proposition 65: enforcement. ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Protects small businesses from drive-by lawsuits by providing a 14-day

right to cure for allegations of a failure to post a Proposition 65 warning.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

Meetings

JUDICIARY

REGULATORY

REFORM

AB 241 Ammiano Domestic work employees: labor

standards.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Adds new regulations on the wages for domestic workers, including

overtime compensation and rest periods, and establishes a private right of

action for violation.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

LABOR

AB 1164 Lowenthal Liens: employees and workers. ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Allows employees to file liens on an employer's personal property, or real

property where the work was performed, based on an alleged wage

violation.

oppose Board Voted

to Oppose

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

PR

LABOR

AB 155 Alejo Employment: payroll records: right

to inspect.

ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Allows former employees who have been terminated for misconduct to

receive copies of their payroll records. (VICA-opposed provisions allowing

the former employee to enter the employers premises to inspect their

records have been removed.)

oppose Board Voted

to Oppose

Advocacy

Letters

Meetings

LABOR

AB 228 Logue Labor Commissioner: employee

claims.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Authorizes the Labor Commissioner, or his or her deputies, to waive

employer penalties for loss of wage claims if the employer resolves the

claim within 30 days of notice.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

LABOR

AB 152 Yamada Unemployment: Self-Employment

Assistance Program.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Establishes the Self-Employment Assistance Program to train unemployed

workers on self employment, while allowing them to continue collecting

unemployment benefits.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

Meetings

LABOR

SB 404 Jackson Fair employment: familial status. SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Establishes a protected class for employees who are, or may be, family

caregivers.

oppose Board Voted

to Oppose

Advocacy

Letters

LABOR

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FEDERALSB 400 Jackson Employment protections: victims of

domestic violence, sexual assault,

or stalking.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Expands protections from employment discrimination or retaliation for

employees who are victims of stalking, domestic abuse or sexual assault.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

LABOR

SB 435 Padilla Compensation: piece-rate workers:

rest and recovery periods.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Extends existing rest period protections available within the Industrial

Welfare Commission orders to workers paid on a "piece-rate basis"

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

Meetings

LABOR

AB 360 Alejo Workers' compensation:

independent contractors.

ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Extends workers compensation laws to independent contractors. watch Referred to

GA Comm.

LABOR

AB 10 Alejo Minimum wage: annual adjustment. ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Increases the state minimum wage to $8.25 per hour beginning in 2014,

$8.75 in 2015, $9.25 in 2016, $9.50 in 2017 and $10 in 2018.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

Meetings

PR

LABOR

AB 906 Pan Personal services contracts:

independent contractors.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Limits the term for independent contractors hired by the state to 2 years,

and prohibits the contracting state agency from renewing the contract,

unless authorized by the relevant public employee union.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

LABOR

AB 907 Conway Employment: flexible work

schedules.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Permits an individual nonexempt employee to request an employee-

selected flexible work schedule providing for workdays up to 10 hours per

day within a 40-hour workweek

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

LABOR

SB 761 DeSaulnier Family temporary disability

insurance.

Dead. Prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee who

applies for or intends to apply for paid family leave.

oppose Referred to

GA Comm.

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

Meetings

LABOR

SB 655 Wright Fair Employment and Housing Act:

unlawful practices.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Provides that an employee prevails in an employment discrimination case

and imposes a $25,000 penalty, even if the discrimating factor was not the

motivating factor for dismissal.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

LABOR

SB 626 Beall Workers' compensation. SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Repeals the employer protections in last year’s workers compensation

reform package by eliminating the employer right to independent medical

review (IMR) of claims.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

Meetings

LABOR

AB 442 Nazarian Employees: wages. ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Requires employers that violates employee wage regulations to pay

liquidated damages to an employee in excess of wage restitution.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

LABOR

AB 305 V. Manuel Pérez Income taxes: hiring credits:

investment credits.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Creates the California New Markets Tax Credit Program for businesses

that undertake development projects in low-income areas.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

LABOR

LAND USE

TAXATION

of 29



FEDERALAB 1383 Committee on Labor

and Employment

Employment regulations: local

enforcement.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Allows local jurisdictions to issue more stringent employment regulations

than prescribed in state law.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

LABOR

LOCAL

SB 434 Hill Personal income and corporation

taxes: hiring credits: enterprise

zones.

Dead. Sets various restrictions on enterprise zones, including the elimination of

retroactive hiring credits.

oppose Referred to

GA Comm.

Advocacy LABOR

LOCAL

MANUFACTURING

TAXATION

SB 133 DeSaulnier Redevelopment. SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Establishes stricter reporting guidelines for redevelopment

agencies regarding low- and moderate-income housing requirements.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

LABOR

MANUFACTURING

AB 825 Medina Income taxes: credits: hiring full-

time employees.

ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Expands eligibility for the new hire tax credit to employers of 50 or fewer

employees.

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy LABOR

TAXATION

AB 662 Atkins Local government: infrastructure

financing districts.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Allows infrastructure financing districts to include redevelopment project

areas and redecevelopment successor agency to fulfill long-term

enforceable obligations, if the project does not require new tax funds or tax

increment diversion.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

LAND USE

AB 116 Bocanegra Land use: subdivision maps:

expiration dates.

Law. Automatically extends by 24 months the expiration date of tentative maps

or vesting tentative maps issued after 2000, and extends pre-2000 maps,

as long as the map is consistent with the local jurisdiction's current general

plan.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

LAND USE

AB 203 Stone Coastal resources: coastal

development permits: penalties.

Dead. Halts the coastal development permit process if the applicant has an

unresolved California Coastal Act violation, cease and desist order

or restoration order issued by the California Coastal Commission's staff.

oppose Board Voted

to Oppose

Advocacy

Letters

LAND USE

SB 754 Evans California Environmental Quality

Act.

SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Increases the complexity and cost of CEQA compliance by 1) prohibiting a

lead agency from asking a project proponent to draft an EIR, 2) forcing re-

analysis of projects that are more than 7 years old, 3) creating a new

cause of action to allow anyone to stop a project by alleging a mitigation

measure has not been implemented, and 4) removing limits on

archeological resources mitigation fees.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

LAND USE

AB 878 Torres Land use: local planning. ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Modifies the requirements for the housing element of a general plan of a

city or county.

watch Referred to

Land Use

Comm.

LAND USE

SB 787 Berryhill Environmental quality: the

Sustainable Environmental

Protection Act.

SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Prohibits a CEQA lawsuit from alleging noncompliance based on topics or

criteria for which compliance obligations are already identified, or if the EIR

already complies with (A) existing state environmental law, (B) local

planning requirements, and (C) incorporates applicable mitigation

requirements.

watch Referred to

Land Use

Comm.

LAND USE

AB 380 Dickinson California Environmental Quality

Act: notice requirements

ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Requires all CEQA-related notices to be posted in print and online by the

county clerk within 24 hours of receipt and to remain posted for 30 days.

watch Referred to

Land Use

Comm.

LAND USE

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FEDERALSB 401 Hueso Administrative practices. SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Requires an economic impact analysis for all new commercial building

standards.

watch Referred to

Land Use

Comm.

LAND USE

AB 953 Ammiano California Environmental Quality

Act.

Dead. Requires CEQA documents to include a detailed statement of any

potential effects that may result from a natural hazard or disaster.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

LAND USE

AB 543 Campos California Environmental Quality

Act: translation.

ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Requires CEQA notices to be translated into languages spoken by at least

25 percent of the population within the lead agency's jurisdiction.

watch Referred to

Land Use

Comm.

LAND USE

AB 562 Williams Economic development subsidies:

review by local agencies.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Requires local agencies to hold public hearings before approving an

economic development subsidy.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

LAND USE

AB 667 Roger Hernández Land use: development project

review: superstores.

ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Requires major retailers to undergo a local economic impact report before

building a facility.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

Meetings

PR

LAND USE

SB 33 Wolk Infrastructure financing districts:

voter approval: repeal.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Streamlines the formation and operation of infrastructure financing districts

to fund public works projects.

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

LAND USE

AB 1229 Atkins Land use: zoning regulations. ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Authorizes cities and counties to mandate that private developers set

aside a percentage of new housing for low-income rental for up to 55

years.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

PR

LAND USE

LOCAL

AB 229 John A. Pérez Local government: infrastructure

and revitalization financing districts.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Authorizes the creation of an infrastructure and revitalization financing

district (as a successor to redevelopment agencies) if approved by two-

thirds of local voters.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy LAND USE

LOCAL

AB 243 Dickinson Local government: infrastructure

and revitalization financing districts.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Authorizes the creation of an infrastructure and revitalization financing

district, modeled after infrastructure financing districts, to fund economic

development projects.

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

LAND USE

LOCAL

AB 22 Blumenfield Sidewalks: repairs. ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Prohibits the governing body of a city or county from shifting responsibility

for repairing or reconstructing damaged streets, sidewalks, or driveways

from the local government to property owners, unless the change is

approved by a majority of the jurisdiction's voters.

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

LAND USE

LOCAL

AB 59 Bonta School districts: parcel taxes. ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Authorizes school district ballot measures to include assessment of

property taxes according to a "split roll" system.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

LAND USE

POLITICAL REFORM

TAXATION

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FEDERALAB 1026 Quirk Toxic chemicals: listing. ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Requires evidence that a substance is known to cause cancer or

reproductive toxicity before being included on the Proposition 65 list of

hazarous materials.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

LAND USE

REGULATORY

REFORM

AB 188 Ammiano Property taxation: change in

ownership.

ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Alters Proposition 13 property tax protections and institutes a "split roll"

system.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

Meetings

PR

LAND USE

TAXATION

SB 391 DeSaulnier California Homes and Jobs Act of

2013.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Assesses a $75 fee on real estate documents to fund construction of

affordable housing. VICA supports if amended to include a cap on the

number of taxable documents.

support if

amended

Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

LAND USE

TAXATION

AB 561 Ting Taxation: documentary transfer tax. ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Expands the types of properties subject to a local documentary transfer

tax.

watch Referred to

Land Use

Comm.

LAND USE

TAXATION

ACA 8 Blumenfield Local government financing: voter

approval.

ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Lowers the voting threshold to pass infrastructure bonds to 55 percent

from the current two-thirds supermajority.

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

Meetings

PR

LAND USE

TAXATION

TRANSPORTATION

AB 1290 John A. Pérez Transportation planning. ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Integrates land use and transportation decisions by requiring annual

review of local sustainable communities strategies by the California

Transportation Commission (CTC).

watch Board Action

Pending

LAND USE

TRANSPORTATION

AB 128 Bradford Peace officers: airport law

enforcement.

ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Expands the authority of airport law enforcement officers employed by the

Los Angeles World Airports to any place in the state related to airport-

related homeland security.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

LOCAL

AB 965 Brown State government: small business

certification.

ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Creates a statewide small business certification system. watch Referred to

GA Comm.

LOCAL

MISC

SB 155 Padilla Vehicles: motor vehicle

manufacturers and distributors.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Increases the responsibilities of motor vehicle manufacturers to their

dealers.

watch Referred to

Trans.

Comm.

LOCAL

TRANSPORTATION

SB 747 DeSaulnier Public Health Impact Report. SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Allows the Department of Public Health to require manufacturers of

consumer products to undergo a public health report if it suspects the

product will contribute to a public health epidemic, (ie: obesity, cancer,

lack of sleep) and allows the department to restrict or prohibit the sale of

these products.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

Meetings

MANUFACTURING

SB 12 Corbett Consumer affairs. SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Establishes the Made in California Program to foster purchases of

products manufactured in California, and requires products manufactured

with a "Made in California" label to be approved by the Governor's Office of

Business and Economic Development.

support Board Voted

to Support

Referred to

M&T Comm.

Letters MANUFACTURING

SB 19 Knight Sales and use taxes: exemptions:

property for use in space flight.

SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Exempts equipment and materials used to construct, reconstruct, or

improve commercial space launch sites from the state sales and use tax.

watch Referred to

M&T Comm.

MANUFACTURING

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FEDERALSB 193 Monning Hazard evaluation system and

information service.

ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Requires manufacturers, formulators, suppliers, and distributors of

chemicals to report customer names and addresses to the state Hazard

Evaluation System and Information Service.

watch Board Action

Pending

MANUFACTURING

SB 412 Knight Sales and use taxes: exemption:

aerospace products manufacturing:

research and development.

SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Establishes a state sales and use tax exemption for purchases of

aerospace manufacturing equipment.

watch Referred to

M&T Comm.

MANUFACTURING

TAXATION

TECHNOLOGY

SB 376 Correa Sales and use taxes: exemption:

manufacturing: research and

development.

SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Establishes a state sales-and-use tax exemption for purchases of

manufacturing and research and development equipment.

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

MANUFACTURING

TAXATION

TECHNOLOGY

AB 486 Mullin Sales and use taxes: exemption:

manufacturing research and

development.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Establishes a state sales-and-use tax exemption for purchases of

manufacturing and research and development equipment.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

MANUFACTURING

TAXATION

TECHNOLOGY

AB 491 Torres Corporations: bylaws: emergency

powers.

Pending Gov

Sign/Veto

Allows corporations to adopt special bylaws in the event of an emergency. watch Referred to

GA Comm.

MISC

AB 9 Holden Income taxes: credits: enterprise

zone.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Enacts legislation that promotes job and business growth and encourages

economic development.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

MISC

AB 172 Weber State agency contracts:

microbusiness preference.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Grants a 7 percent bid preference on state agency contracts to

microbusinesses and non-small businesses with microbusiness

subcontractors.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

MISC

AB 53 John A. Pérez Governor's Office of Business and

Economic Development: biennial

California Economic Development

Strategic Plan.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Requires the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development to

prepare an economic development strategic plan.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

MISC

AB 160 Alejo California Public Employees'

Pension Reform Act of 2013:

exceptions.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Exempts federally-regulated pension plans from the California Public

Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

PENSION REFORM

SB 24 Walters Public employees' retirement:

benefit plans.

SEN 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Removes the requirement that a local agency must receive state

legislative approval in order to reduce its public retirement system's

defined benefit pension plan.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

PENSION REFORM

AB 800 Gordon Political Reform Act of 1974 ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Allows the Fair Political Practices Commission to audit or investigate of a

political action committee (PACs) prior to the election.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

POLITICAL REFORM

SB 29 Correa Vote by mail ballots and election

result statements.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Allows vote by mail ballots to be counted if received by the election

officials within 3 days after election day, as long as the ballot is

postmarked on or before election day.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

POLITICAL REFORM

AB 914 Gordon Political Reform Act of 1974:

campaign disclosures.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Directs the Fair Political Practices Commission to create a Nonprofit and

Multipurpose Organization Disclosure Statement form for nonprofit

corporations to report if they spend more than $50,000 toward political

purposes.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy POLITICAL REFORM

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FEDERALSB 3 Yee Political Reform Act of 1974. SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Establishes a single, statewide electronic filing system that consolidates

the filing of all campaign statements and reports, and requires all political

action committees (PACs) to designate a treasurer.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

POLITICAL REFORM

ACA 6 Gatto Initiatives: constitutional

amendments: voter approval.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Increases the vote threshold for initiative measures proposed by the

public from a majority to 55% of the votes cast.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

POLITICAL REFORM

AB 476 Jones-Sawyer Primary election: ballot contents. ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Modifies the requirements for the information printed on primary election

ballots.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

POLITICAL REFORM

AB 644 Wieckowski Campaign finance: advisory

election.

ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Places an advisory question on an upcoming ballot to ask whether there

should be a Consitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme

Court's ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission

oppose Referred to

GA Comm.


SCA 10 Wolk Legislative procedure. SEN 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Prohibits the Legislature from passing a bill until it has been available to

the public in print and online for at least 72 hours preceding the vote.

support Existing

Position


ACA 4 Olsen Legislative procedure. ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Prohibits the Legislature from voting on a bill until it has been made

available to the public for at least 72 hours preceding the vote.

support Board Voted

to Support


SB 121 Evans Corporations: political activities:

shareholder disclosure.

SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Requires a corporation that plans to make a political contribution or

expenditure to notify their shareholders at least 24 hours before the

contribution or expenditure.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

POLITICAL REFORM

AB 510 Ammiano Political Reform Act of 1974:

advertisement disclosures.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Requires a political action committee (PAC) that pays for the appearance

of an expert in a political advertisement to disclose the amount of the

payment.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

POLITICAL REFORM

SB 26 Correa Political Reform Act of 1974: slate

mailers.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Requires more prominent disclosure notices on slate mailers. watch Referred to

GA Comm.

POLITICAL REFORM

SB 52 Leno Political Reform Act of 1974:

campaign disclosures.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Requires political action committees (PACs) to disclose detailed

information about its three largest donors in all advertisements and to

maintain a website listing its 10 largest donors.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

POLITICAL REFORM

AB 354 Dahle Local ballot measures: impartial

analysis.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Requires the published analysis of a local ballot measure pamphlet to

include whether the measure was placed on the ballot by a voter petition

or a governing body

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

POLITICAL REFORM

SB 27 Correa Political Reform Act of 1974. SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Requires discloure of out-of-state donors to a non-profit with the intention

that the payment will be used to make a contribution to support or oppose

a California state or local candidate or ballot measure, and requires

political action committees that raise at least $1 million to post an online

list of their top 10 donors.

support Existing

Position


SB 2 Lieu Political Reform Act of 1974. SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Requires more extensive disclosure statements in television, audio and

print advertisements, and authorizes the Fair Political Practices

Commission to perform audits before an election and seek injunctions for

campaign finance violations.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

POLITICAL REFORM

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FEDERALAB 45 Dickinson Political Reform Act of 1974. ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Revises various provisions of campaign finance law, including raising

the contribution threshold requiring donor disclosure from $100 to $250;

requiring multipurpose organization to disclose political contributions (see

also: SB 3 and SB 37); extending the period before a legislator must

dislose their surplus campaign funds after leaving office; requiring a filing

officer to affix a date stamp to statements of economic interests; repealing

the online filing requirement for campaign statements if the Secretary of

State's website is unavailable, and requires the Secretary of State to

submit campaign and lobbying statements to the FPPC.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

POLITICAL REFORM

SCA 11 Hancock Local government: special taxes:

voter approval.

SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Lowers the voter approval threshold for special taxes from two-thirds to 55

percent.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

POLITICAL REFORM

TAXATION

SCA 8 Corbett Transportation projects: special

taxes: voter approval.

SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Lowers the voter approval threshold for imposing special taxes to fund

local transportation projects from two-thirds to 55 percent. See Also: SCA

4

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

Referred to

Trans.

Comm.

POLITICAL REFORM

TAXATION

TRANSPORTATION

SCA 4 Liu Local government transportation

projects: special taxes: voter

approval.

SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Lowers the voter approval threshold for imposing special taxes to fund

local transportation projects from two-thirds to 55 percent. See Also: SCA

8

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

Referred to

Trans.

Comm.

POLITICAL REFORM

TAXATION

TRANSPORTATION

AB 19 Ting Internet Voting Pilot Program. ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Implements a pilot program whereby a county may enable voters to vote

via the Internet.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

POLITICAL REFORM

TECHNOLOGY

SB 176 Galgiani Administrative procedures. SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Passed Policy

Comm. Awaiting

Fiscal Comm.

Hearing)

Requires state agencies proposing to adopt regulations to involve parties

that would be subject to those regulations in public discussions prior to

establishing the regulation.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

Referred to

M&T Comm.

REGULATORY

REFORM

AB 12 Cooley State government: Administrative

Procedure Act: standardized

regulatory impact analyses.

ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Requires the Department of Finance and Office of Administrative Law to

annually review the economic impact of existing major regulations and to

recommend legislative actions to improve the economic analysis process.

support if

amended

Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

PR

REGULATORY

REFORM

AB 769 Skinner Taxation: deductions: net operating

loss carrybacks.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Disallows the use of net operating loss carrybacks by individual and

corporate taxpayers.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

TAXATION

AB 458 Wieckowski Income taxes: deductions: punitive

damages.

ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Eliminates the personal and corporate tax deduction for payment of

punitive damages.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

TAXATION

AB 456 Morrell Taxation: deductions: net operating

losses.

ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Extends the carryback period for the state personal and corporate tax

deduction for net operating losses.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

TAXATION

SB 622 Monning Taxation: sweetened beverage tax:

Children's Health Promotion Fund.

SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Imposes a per-ounce tax on sweetened beverages. oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

Meetings

TAXATION

AB 990 Conway Income taxes: minimum franchise

tax.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Reduces the annual minimum franchise tax from $800 to $700. watch Referred to

GA Comm.

TAXATION

of 29



FEDERALSB 209 Lieu Income taxes: exclusion: deferral:

qualified small business stock.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Repeals the decision by the Franchise Tax Board to retroactively tax small

business investors that received the qualified small business stock

(QSBS) incentive.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

TAXATION

AB 833 Harkey Tax information: administration. ASM Passed;

SEN 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Requires the development of a single Internet Web site portal to enable

online, self-service access to tax filing services.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

TAXATION

AB 879 Bocanegra Emerging technology and

biotechnology company: income

taxes: net operating losses:

transfers.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Allows emerging technology and biotechnology companies to sell their

unused net operating loss carrybacks or carryovers.

watch Referred to

M&T Comm.

TAXATION

TECHNOLOGY

AB 250 Holden California Innovation Initiatives. ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Creates the California Innovation Hub Program within the Governor?s

Office of Business and Economic Development.

watch Referred to

M&T Comm.

TECHNOLOGY

SB 51 Wright Internet gambling. SEN 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Establishes a framework for intrastate Internet gambling. support if

amended

Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

TECHNOLOGY

AB 777 Muratsuchi Taxes: exemption: space flight

property.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Exempts space flight vessels from being taxed as property. watch Referred to

M&T Comm.

TECHNOLOGY

AB 242 Chau Privacy: Internet. ASM 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Requires website privacy policy statements to be no more than 100 words

and be written at an 8th grade reading level.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

TECHNOLOGY

AB 405 Gatto Highways: high-occupancy vehicle

lanes: County of Los Angeles.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Allows all vehicles to use the high-occupancy vehicle lane on State

Highway Route 134 between State Route 170 and Interstate 5 during non-

rush hour times.

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

TRANSPORTATION

SB 142 DeSaulnier Public transit. SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Allows transit districts to levy special benefit assessments on real property

to finance transit projects.

watch Board Action

Pending

TRANSPORTATION

AB 749 Gorell Public-private partnerships. ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Extends the sunset date on legislative authorization for the California

Department of Transportation and regional transportation agencies to

enter into public-private partnership (P3s) agreements through 2022.

support Referred to

Trans.

Comm.

Advocacy TRANSPORTATION

AB 1002 Bloom Vehicles: registration fee:

sustainable communities

strategies.

ASM 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Increases the vehicle registration fee by $6 to fund transportation

projects included in local sustainable community strategies.

watch Referred to

Trans.

Comm.

TRANSPORTATION

AB 179 Bocanegra Public transit: electronic transit fare

collection systems: disclosure of

personal information.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Prohibits a transportation agency from selling or sharing personally

identifiable information of transit users that participate in an electronic

transit fare collection system.

watch Board Action

Pending

TRANSPORTATION

SB 40 Pavley Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking

Water Supply Act of 2012.

SEN 2nd

Reading (2 YR

BILL)

Reduces the amount of the general obligation bonds to be issued to

finance a safe water and water supply reliability program, if the Safe,

Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012 (slated for the

November 2014 ballot) is approved by voters.

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

WATER

of 29



FEDERALSB 42 Wolk The California Clean, Secure Water

Supply and Delta Recovery Act of

2014.

SEN 1st Reading

(2 YR BILL)

Replaces the the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of

2012 (slated for the November 2014 ballot) with a revised, renegotiated

version to finance to finance?environmental and infrastructure

improvements in the?Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region.

watch Referred to

EE&U

Comm.

WATER

SB 735 Wolk Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Reform Act of 2009: multispecies

conservation plans.

SEN Passed;

ASM 1st Reading

(Awaiting Comm.

Hearing)

Undermines Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009 by

requiring development of multispecies conservation plans for the Bay-

Delta.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy WATER

AB 300 Perea Telecommunications: prepaid

mobile telephony services: state

surcharge and fees: local charges

collection.

ASM Passed;

SEN 2nd

Reading (Passed

Policy Comm.;

Awaiting Fiscal

Comm. Hearing)

Establishes a prepaid telephone surcharge to fund critical emergency

services. This surcharge would be equal the amount currently being paid

by contracted phone customers and is based upon a percentage of sale

price.

support Board Voted

to Support

Referred to

M&T Comm.

Letters

Ballot Designation

Pending

Gatto Rainy Day Budget Stabilization

Fund Act

Slated for

November 2014

ballot

Requires 3 percent of general revenues to be deposited each year into the

state 'rainy day' fund, unless revenues drop below last year's budget

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

FISCAL

Ballot Designation

Pending

California Chamber of

Commerce &

California State

Council of Laborers

Safe, Clean and Reliable Drinking

Water Supply Act

Slated for

November 2014

ballot

Allows the state to borrow $111 billion to overhaul the state's water system support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

WATER

Ballot Designation

Pending

Consumer Watchdog Insurance Rate Public Justification

and Accountability

Slated for

November 2014

ballot

Grants the Insurance Commissioner the power to deny premium increases

for individual and small group policies

watch Referred to

Health

Comm.

Referred to

GA Comm.

HEALTHCARE

N/A Burbank-Pasadena-

Glendale Airport

Authority

Bob Hope Burbank Airport

Regional Intermodal Transportation

Center

Under

construction.

Completion

scheduled for

Summer 2014.

Located along Empire Avenue, across from the Bob Hope Airport Train

Station, the RITC will be a three-level structure that houses a consolidated

rental car facility and customer service building, as well as a bus transit

station on the ground level An elevated moving walkway will convey rental

car customers and rail and bus passengers between the airport passenger

terminal and the RITC

support Existing

Position

Advocacy AVIATION

TRANSPORTATION

N/A LAUSD

Superintendent John

Deasy

Elimination of LAUSD DACE and

Regional Occupational Centers

Board of Ed

approved

reduced cuts for

2012. Awaiting

report on 2013

funding.

Eliminates the LAUSD Department of Adult and Career Education (DACE)

and reduces funding to Regional Occupational Centers & Programs

(ROCP) by 75 percent, in order to reallocate $196 million to other LAUSD

programs and personnel

oppose Board Voted

to Oppose

Advocacy

Letters

AVIATION EDUCATION

N/A Los Angeles World

Airports

Renovation of VNY Runway

16R/34L

Under

Construction.

Completion

scheduled for

August 2013.

Initial Los Angeles World Airports proposed a complete reconstruction of

the runway during a 16 week closure of the airport Revised proposal

renovates segments of runway during a series of 2-3 night closures over 5

months between January and May 2013

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Meetings

AVIATION

N/A Los Angeles World

Airports

VNY Deficit Recovery Program Board of Airport

Commissioners

approved.

Dormant

implementation

provisions

included in new

leases, pending

Board of Airport

Commissioners

action.

Allows the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) to recover any Van Nuys

Airport operational cost deficit by charging additional rent to airport tenants

at the end of the fiscal year.

watch Board Action

Pending

AVIATION

LOCAL

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FEDERALBallot Designation

Pending

LAUSD

Superintendent John

Deasy

Los Angeles Unified School District

Parcel Tax

Postponed to

future ballot.

Establishes a $298 annual parcel tax on property owners within the district watch Referred Ed.

Comm.

EDUCATION

N/A LAUSD School Board

member Tamar

Galatzan

Implementation of Local Control

Funding Formula

Postponed to

August LAUSD

Board meeting.

Ensures that supplemental and concentration grants allocated for students

in need, are used to specifically benifit those students. State funding would

follow the child and school, instead of district.

watch Referred to

Ed. Comm.

EDUCATION

N/A First 5 LA Budget for Los Angeles Universal

Preschool

Failed. Full

funding granted.

Lowers Funding for Los Angeles Universal Preschool significantly over the

next three school years (2013 - 16). Also, forces mandatory seat reduction

for students in LAUP program.

Oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

Testimony

EDUCATION

N/A Southern California

Edison

San Onofre Nuclear Generating

Station

Liscence

agreement failed.

Nuclear Station

shut.

Requested the restart and operation of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating

Station (SONGS) Unit 2.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

Testimony

ENERGY

N/A Los Angeles

Department of Water

and Power

LADWP Coal Replacement

Strategy

LADWP Board

Approved.

Awaiting City

Council action.

LADWP will eliminate coal power from Navajo Generating Station in 2015

and will transform Intermountain Power Plant by building a new plant on-

site that complies with CA emission standards.

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

ENERGY

ENVIRONMENT

BOS-13-1693 Antonovich County Facility Filming Rates /

Grand Park

Board of

Supervisors

approved.

Originally set filming fees for Grand Park between City Hall and Bunker Hill

in downtown Los Angeles at $20,000 per block or $80,000 for the entire

block -- compared to an average of $1,500 for most other Los Angeles

landmarks. Following VICA advocacy, fees reduced to $2,000-$6,000 per

block.

oppose

unless

amended

Existing

Position

Advocacy

Testimony

ENTERTAINMENT

CF-13-0479 Huizar Spring Street / Repainting Bike

Lane Green / Green Bike Lanes

Program

Council

approved.

Originally required a complete repainting of the Spring Street bicycel lane

between Temple and 7th St. in highly reflective, flourescent green paint, to

the detriment of filming along the popular corridor at a cost of more than

$40,000. Following VICA advocacy, repainting delayed until state

approves an industry-recommended dark green, minimalist design that

reduces the impact on filming, at a cost of approximately $10,000.

support as

amended

Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Meetings

PR

ENTERTAINMENT

TRANSPORTATION

ENV-2007-0254-EIR NBCUniversal NBC Universal Evolution project Board of

Supervisors

approved.

Construction to

begin Summer

2013.

Proposes $3B project that would create 31,000 construction jobs, and is

expected to add 12,000 full-and part-time jobs in a variety of industries

after completion The 391-acre project site is expected to include

neighborhood shops and restaurants, additional studios and office space,

as well as park and open space and Community facilitiy

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

Testimony

ENTERTAINMENT

LAND USE

Pending Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures' Hollywood

Project

Environmental

Impact Report

released. Final

EIR in

preparation.

Enhances studio operations and invest in state-of-the-art soundstages and

production facilities, including an LEED-certified headquarters building,

technologically-advanced soundstages and adjacent production offices

with new climate control and lighting systems, production support facilities

for storage and on-lot distribution of lighting, props and other technical

resources, upgraded employee amenities, increased gathering spaces for

employees, high-tech post production facilities, parking and production

“basecamps," and improved circulation for studio trucks and trailers

support in

concept

Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

PR

ENTERTAINMENT

LAND USE

TR071216-(5) Disney Disney//ABC Studios at the Ranch Board of

Supervisors

approved.

Expands the Disney Golden Oak Ranch in Santa Clarita and creates new,

state-of-the-art studio space and soundstages.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

Testimony

ENTERTAINMENT

LAND USE

CF-10-1797 Alarcon Wastehaulers Franchise System

for Multifamily Residential Buildings

Council

approved.

Implementation

plan being

negotiated with

Department of

Sanitation.

Implements a franchise system for refuse and recycling collection for

multifamily residential properties VICA and strategic partners support a

non-exclusive system, in which any hauler willing to conform to the city's

environmental and labor restrictions may continue to operate However,

indications show that the department will enact an exclusive system Under

such a system, the city would be divided into six wastesheds and a limited

number of haulers would be allowed to operate

oppose

unless

amended

Existing

Position

Advoacy

Coalition

Letters

Meetings

PR

Testimony

ENVIRONMENT

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FEDERALN/A Los Angeles County

Flood control District

Clean Water, Clean Beaches

Stormwater Cleanup Parcel Fee

Postponed to

future ballot.

Imposes a parcel fee to fund water quality improvement. The rate of the

fee is $0.026185 per square foot, which is then multiplied by the parcel

size and the percentage of impervious area.

oppose as

currently

written

Board Voted

to Oppose

Advocacy

Letters

Meetings

Testimony

Ad Hoc

ENVIRONMENT

N/A Republic Waste

Services

Overturn Nine Inch Soil Mandate

for Sunshine Canyon Landfill

Awaiting Council

Approval.

In September 2010, the L.A. County Department of Public Works issued a

letter requiring the Sunshine Canyon Landfill to place nine inches of soil on

the landfill’s disposal area, daily. This soil is left in place, meaning new

garbage is placed on top, worsening the odor issues. This request would

overturn the requirement.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

ENVIRONMENT

CF-09-0235 Garcetti Foreclosure Registry Program Council

approved.

Awaiting Chief

Legislative

Analyst report on

implementation of

foreclosed

inspections.

Requires lenders to pay a fee on foreclosed properties upon the notice of

default to fund dedicated code enforcement staff to conduct proactive

inspections of properties, and report monthly on the status of foreclosed

properties

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

Meetings

Testimony

PR

FINANCIAL

CF-09-2560 Garcetti CORE Blueprint for Reform of City

Collections

Inspector General

for Revenue

Efficiency

Fernando

Campos hired to

review and

implement

recommendation

s.

In October 2010, CORE released their Blueprint for Reform of City

Collections which included 65 recommendations applying to several city

departments and provides opportunities for enhancing revenue collections.

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

Testimony

PR

FISCAL

CF-12-0600-S154 Villaraigosa Creation of Los Angeles City

Economic Development Non-Profit

or Department

Council approved

$2 million for

study. Former

Councilmember

Jan Perry

appointed as

General

Manager.

Preliminary plan

pending.

Creates a economic development non-profit or department to mirror

similar institutions in other major US and international cities. VICA working

closely with the Mayor's office and the Council to determine appropriate

model that does not conflict with existing private economic development

institututions in Los Angeles

watch Refered to

GA Comm.

Meetings

Coalition

FISCAL

LAND USE

Pending AIDS Healthcare

Foundation

Los Angeles City Health

Department

Slated for June

2014 ballot

If approved by City of L.A. voters, the proposed measure would require the

city to establish its own public health department within 120 days and bars

the city from contracting with the county for the enforcement of public

health laws.

watch Board Action

Pending

HEALTHCARE

CF-12-1000 Los Angeles

Department of City

Planning

General Plan Update / Health &

Wellness Chapter

Consultant, Raimi

+ Associates,

undergoing

community

outreach.

Citizens Advisory

Council meetings

underway.

Establishes a health and wellness chapter in the city's General Plan to

guide land use planning decisions. VICA participating in citizens advisory

committeee meetings along with health advocates and non-profits.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Meetings

HEALTHCARE

LAND USE

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FEDERALCF-10-1716 Koretz Amending the Hotel Workers

Retention Ordinance

Council

approved.

Awaiting City

Attorney to draft

ordinance

language.

that manufacture in Los Angeles County, when bidding on City contracts

for goods.

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

Testimony

LABOR

CF-12-0493 Alarcon Hotel Modernization / Living Wage Council approved

an economic

analysis, based

on VICA's

suggestion

Increases the Tourism Marketing District fee on hotel guests and reinvests

the funds into renovating city hotels, in order to create a nexus to mandate

"living wage" at non-union hotels Based on the Airport Hospitality

Enhancement Zone surrounding LAX

oppose Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Meetings

LABOR

LAND USE

CF-08-2020 Greuel Sign Ordinance Revision Awaiting final

draft from

Planning

Department.

VICA on advisory

committee.

Makes changes to the sizes, types and locations of signage permittable in

the City of Los Angeles Recommendations by VICA and coalition partners

were implemented Additional recommendations are pending, specifically

increased brightness maximums for digital signs, redefined on-site and off-

site designations to allow for cross-promotion and reduction in the

minimum size requirements for a sign district

support, if

amended

Board Voted

to Support, if

Amended.

Advocacy

Coalition

Meetings

Letters

Testimony

LAND USE

CF-11-1072 Zine Clean Hands Ordinance Council

approved.

Awaiting City

Attorney to draft

ordinance

language.

Precludes the processing of new building permit applications until the

applicant remedies any existing Zoning Code violations. Mirrors an

existing County of Los Angeles ordinance.

watch Refered to

Land Use

Comm

LAND USE

CF-11-1602 Englander North Valley Manufacturing Zone Council

approved.

Pending Planning

& Land Use

Management

Committee

action.

Expands the criteria for a restricted light manufacturing zone in Council

District 12 to include advanced manufacturers (VICA supports a citywide

expansion of the criteria for restricted light manufacturing districts)

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy LAND USE

CF-11-1981-S5 Zine Public-Private Parternship with

Westfield

Council

approved.

Expedits development of community benefits as part of The Village at

Westfield Topanga project from 15 years to 2 years using the city tax

revenue generated by the new commercial space at Westfield Topanga

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

Meetings

PR

LAND USE

CF-12-01460 Department of City

Planning

Zoning Code Reform Council approved

contract with

consultant, Code

Studio, to

undergo drafting

process,

beginning with

downtown L.A.

Revises the entire Zoning Code for the City of Los Angeles, in order to

streamline the application process for minor entitlement requests that are

not controversial; standardize the rules for calculating floor area, height,

and density; and update core findings to provide a better framework for

analyzing the merits of proposed development projects

support Existing

Position

Advovcacy

Letters

Meetings

Testimony

LAND USE

CPC-2010-3315-CA Department of City

Planning

Planned Development Districts Pending Planning

Commission

action

Modifies the Residential Planned Development supplemental use district

establishment provisions to enable innovative, mixed use and infill

development projects as planned developments in the City of Los Angeles

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

Meetings

LAND USE

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FEDERALENV-2004-6000-EIR M. David Paul &

Associates

Construction

Il Villagio Toscano Planning

Commission

approved.

Pending Planning

and Land Use

Management

Committee

action.

Mixed-used complex at the corner of Sepulveda Blvd and Camarillo St in

Sherman Oaks, which will revitalize Ventura and Sepulveda Boulevards as

a walkable environment in accordance with the our region’s air quality and

transit-oriented development goals

support Board Voted

to Support

AdvocacyM

eetings

Testimony

LAND USE

ENV-2008-2141-EIR Fifteen Group Land

and Development

New Wyvernwood Pending Planning

Commission

action.

Redevelops a 69-acre low-income housing property located in the Boyle

Heights community into a new mixed-use residential/commercial

community The project includes up to 4,400 apartments and

condominiums; 325,000 square feet of retail, office and civic space; and

10 acres of parks and open space

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy LAND USE

ENV-2008-3471-EIR Los Angeles City

Planning Department

Warner Center 2035 Plan Pending Planning

Commission

action.

Replaces Warner Center Specific Plan to provide urban design guidelines

including increasing the floor area ratios, height and density for

commercial and mixed use lots Plan is targeted at a net increase of 14

million sq ft of new non-residential area, including 125 million sq ft of office

and 23 million sq ft of retail, as well as 235 million square feet of

residential area consisting of 19,848 units

support Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

Letters

PR

LAND USE

Pending Department of City

Planning

"12 to 2" Development Reform Council

approved.

Pending

implementation.

Reduces the number of city departments that review development plans

from twelve to two Under the plan, the Planning and Building & Safety

departments would be the sole points of contact for builders during the

entitlement process

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Meetings

Coalition

LAND USE

Pending Forestar Real Estate

Group LLC

Hidden Creeks Estates & Preserve Pending Planning

Commission

action.

Approves construction of a residential community of 188 luxury homes on

a 285-acre site northwest of the final build-out of Porter Ranch

support in

concept

Board Voted

to Support

Advocacy

PR

LAND USE

Pending Los Angeles County

Department of

Regional Planning

Hillside Management Area

Ordinance

Latest draft

ordinance

released in

December 2012;

Department

undergoing public

outreach,

including VICA.

Establishes a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for any new development of a

parcel or lot in the county that is entirely or partially on a natural slope of

25 percent or greater Establishes design standards for applicable lots

relative to location, lot width, structure height, terracing, grading, street

access and design, stormwater runoff, and retaining walls Requires 70

percent of net rural land and 25 percent of all other areas of applicable lots

to be designated open space

watch Refered to

Land Use

Comm

LAND USE

Title 22.56.215 Los Angeles County

Department of

Regional Planning

Revised Significant Ecological Area

Ordinance

Latest draft

ordinance

released in

December 2012;

Department

undergoing public

outreach,

including VICA.

Establishes a SEA conditional use permit for proposed development in

SEA areas Expands the SEA areas of the county from 125,787 acres to

645,517 acres and divides them into 27 SEA districts Eliminates by-right

exemptions from the SEA for grading projects, single family residences

and vegetation clearance of certain sizes

watch Refered to

Land Use

Comm

LAND USE

10-2414-S2 Buscaino Manufacturing Local Bid

Preference

Awaiting Council

Approval.

Establishes a Local Manufacturing Ordinance that would provide a

preference to companies that manufacture in L.A. County, when bidding

on City contracts for goods. The Department of Water and Power,The Port

of Los Angeles and Los Angeles World Airports be requested to

adopt the local preference.

Support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

MANUFACTURING

12-1682-S1 Huizar Neighborhood Council Membership Pending

Education and

Neighborhoods

Committee action

Removes the current definition of factual basis stakeholder for

neighborhood council participation and substitutes it with a community

interest stakeholder defined as a person who affirms a substantial and

ongoing participation within the Neighborhood Counci I boundaries.

watch Referred to

GA Comm.

MISC

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FEDERALCF-09-1914 Business Tax

Advisory Committee

Business Tax Advisory Committee

Proposals

Council

rereferred item to

Budget and

Finance

Committee as of

July 2.

Recommends that the City of Los Angeles reduce the highest class rates

by half over 5 years and begin process of eliminating the gross receipts

tax for all classes, based on an economic analysis by Dr Charles Swenson

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Letters

Meetings

Testimony

PR

TAXATION

CF-13-0002-S94 Rosendahl, Koretz Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor

Project / Funding Propositions

Pending Rules,

Elections and

Intergovernmenta

l Relations

Committee

action.

Includes in the City of Los Angeles 2013-2014 State Legislative Program

opposition to the use of funding from transportation projects in the City of

Los Angeles

as part of the contract award recommendation for the Crenshaw/LAX

Transit Corridor Project that

will be considered by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation

Authority (MTA).

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

Testimony

PR

TAXATION

TRANSPORTATION

Item 67 (March 28,

2013 Los Angeles

Metropolitan

Transportation

Authority Board of

Directors Meeting)

San Fernando Valley

Transportation

Priorities

Antonovich, Yaroslavsky, Najarian,

Wilson

Los Angeles

Metropolitan

Transportation

Authority (MTA)

Board of

Directors

approved -- open

to amendment.

Directs the MTA CEO to recognize formally the priorities of the San

Fernando Valley Council of Governments (SFVCOG)

and return within 90 days with a presentation to the Board that includes

the following for each of the SFVCOG transportation priorities:

- Current project status

- Current placement in the Long Range Transportation Plan

- Estimated costs

- Strategies for implementation

- Current and potential funding opportunities

- Recommended legislative initiatives as well as outreach plan to work

with other jurisdictions and agencies

- Coordination with and integration into other MTA initiatives such as the

Bus Rapid Transit Study

support if

amended

to include

US-101

Corridor

Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

Testimony

TRANSPORTATION

Item 70 (June 27, 2012

Los Angeles

Metropolitan

Transportation

Authority Board of

Directors Meeting)

Katz Congestion Mitigation Fee Los Angeles

Metropolitan

Transportation

Authority (MTA)

Board of

Directors

approved.

Directs the MTA CEO to work with our Sacramento delegation to

investigate, hold hearings and ascertain whether the CMP is still an

appropriate, useful and consistent tool aligned with our state and regional

objectives. Motion resulted from VICA advocacy against the institution of

this massive fee on all new development to fund minor local transportation

projects, predominately bicycle lanes.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Coalition

Meetings

PR

Testimony

TRANSPORTATION

N/A Accelerated Regional

Transportation

Improvements: I-5

North Capacity

Enhancements

Project

Los Angeles Metropolitian

Transportation Authority

Final EIR under

development.

Establishes a public-private partnership to accelerate the construction of

High Occupancy Toll Lanes on Interstate 5 in the Santa Clarita Valley

between SR-14 and Parker Rd., as part of the Los Angeles Metropolitian

Transportation Authority (MTA) I-5 North Capacity Enhancements Project

support Board Voted

to Support

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Letters

Testimony

TRANSPORTATION

Pending VICA U.S. 101 Corridor Improvements

Project

Stakeholder

group organized,

pending first

meeting in

partnership with

San Fernando

Valley Council of

Government.

Prioritizes Los Angeles Metropolitian Transportation Authority’s (MTA)

funding to relieve congestion along the US-101 corridor in Los Angeles

County, including a complete roadway improvement project focused on

major chokepoints at the I-405, SR-170 and SR-134 in the Long Range

Transportation Plan (LRTP)’s Recommended Plan section under Freeway

Improvements and Gap Closures.

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TRANSPORTATION

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FEDERALCF-13-0002-100 LaBonge SB 211 (Robbins) / Light Rail /

North Hollywood to Hazeltine

Avenue

Pending Rules,

Elections and

Intergovernmenta

l Relations

Committee

action.

Includes in the City of Los Angeles 2013-2014 State Legislative Program

support and sponsorship of any legislation which would repeal Public

Utilities Code section 130265, enacted in 1991 as SB 211 (Robbins) which

prohibits a light rail along the Metro Orange Line route between the North

Hollywood Metro station and Hazletine Avenue; and supports any

legislative and/or

administrative action by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan

Transportation Authority

(Metro) which would prioritize the development of rail-based transit for

corridors with the

highest ridership in the San Fernando Valley in its Long Range

Transportation Plan. Resolution is a direct result of VICA advocacy.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

Meetings

PR

TRANSPORTATION

N/A Los Angeles

Metropolitan

Transportation

Authority

East San Fernando Valley Transit

Corridor

Scoping Process

complete.

Preliminary EIR

due early 2014

Constructs a transit line through the east San Fernando Valley from

Sylmar to Sherman Oaks. VICA supports a light rail transit (LRT) system

along Van Nuys Blvd.

support Existing

Position

Advocacy

Letters

Meetings

PR

TRANSPORTATION

N/A Los Angeles

Department of City

Planning

Compass Blueprint Proposal for the

Southern California Association of

Governments

Awaiting Planning

Commission

action.

Enhance the use of existing infrastructure by funding studies of parking

demand management strategies in the Van Nuys Central Business

District, making it a cost-effective catalyst for improved mobility and

economic development.

support Existing

Position

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Letters

TRANSPORTATION

LOCAL

Measure LA-A Wesson Neighborhood Public Safety and

City Services

Funding and Accountability

Measure

Failed. Increases the sales tax in the City of Los Angeles by a half-cent, for a

combined rate of 9%

oppose Board Voted

to Oppose

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Coalition

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Meetings

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PR

TAXATION

Proposition LA-C California Common

Cause

Citizens United Supreme Court

Ruling.

Failed. Directs the City of Los Angeles to support a Consitutional amendment to

overturn the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. Federal

Elections Commission , which removes restrictions on political

contributions by labor unions and corporations to independent

expenditures.

Oppose Board Voted

to Oppose

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PR

POLITICAL REFORM

Measure LA-D Koretz Medical Marijuana Law. Allows medical marijuana dispensaries that opened prior to 2007, to

remain open, and increase taxes to $60 per $1,000 in gross receipts.

Support Board Voted

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HEALTHCARE

TAXATION

Proposition LA-E Americans for Safe

Access

Medical Marijuana Failed. Allows medical marijuana dispensaries that were operating prior to the

2007 moratorium, to remain open, without tax changes.

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to Oppose

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Letters

PR

HEALTHCARE

TAXATION

Proposition LA-F The Committee to

Protect Patients and

Neighborhoods

Medical Marijuana Failed. Allows an unlimited amount of marijuana dispensaries to open or remain

in business, and increases the tax on medical marijuana sales to $60 per

$1,000 of sales.

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to Oppose

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PR

HEALTHCARE

TAXATION

Measure B-S Burbank City Council Special Tax to Support

Sewer/Refuse Customer

Assistance Programs

Failed. Institutes an annual fee on Burbank residents to subsidize reduced trash

and sewer service rates for low-income seniors and disabled residents

support Board Voted

to Support

PR TAXATION

Measure BUSD-S Burbank Unified

School District

Burbank Schools Improvement

Measure

Law. Expands the Burbank USD's bond program by an additional $110 million

in bonds to fund technology improvements and facility renovations to all

district schools

support Board Voted

to Support

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Coalition

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PR

EDUCATION

TAXATION

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