March 25, 2008 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA 801 12th Street, Suite 220, Sacramento, CA 95814   (916) 442-9210/ FAX 916-442-7352/lwvc@lwvc.org

Campaign Finance

AB 583
(Hancock) Political Reform Act of 1974: California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act of 2007. (A-06/04/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 06/14/2007-Referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A.

Location: 06/14/2007-S E.,R. & C. A.
Summary: Would enact the California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act of 2007, which would authorize eligible candidates for Governor and for one unspecified seat in the Senate and another in the Assembly to obtain public funds according to specified procedures and requirements, provided that certain thresholds are attained. The bill would impose primary responsibility for the administration of the provisions of the bill on the Fair Political Practices Commission. This bill would create the Clean Money Fund and, from January 1, 2009 until March 31, 2010, would transfer an amount equal to $0.01 per day times the number of California residents 18 years of age or older from the General Fund to the Clean Money Fund. It would continuously appropriate those moneys in the Clean Money Fund to the Fair Political Practices Commission for the purpose of the public financing provisions of the act. The bill would make funding for the administrative and enforcement costs of the act subject to appropriation by the Legislature. It would repeal its operative provisions on January 1, 2011. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
06/06/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:45 N:34 A:1)
05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0)
04/17/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:5 N:2 A:0)

Position: Support

SCA 9
(Ashburn) Legislative reform: redistricting, term limits, salary, and contribution reports. (A-05/14/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 06/07/2007-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Location: 06/07/2007-A DESK
Summary: Would instead allow a person, during his or her lifetime, to serve not more than 12 years in the Senate, the Assembly, or both, in any combination of terms, except that a Senator or Member of the Assembly in office on the effective date of this measure, whether or not he or she has previously served in the other house, would be eligible to serve a total of 12 consecutive years in the house in which he or she is currently serving. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
06/07/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:29 N:5 A:6)
05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:1 A:6)
05/29/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1)
05/16/2007 SEN. E., R. & C.A. (Y:5 N:0 A:0)

Position: Monitor

Children Family Issues

AB 1578
(Leno) Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and Support Act of 2007: California College Pathways Program. (A-08/20/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 08/30/2007-In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.

Location: 08/30/2007-S APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary:  which would be known as the Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and Support Act of 2007, would make statements of legislative intent relating to the establishment and provision of services and financial support necessary to help foster youth achieve their educational goals. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
08/27/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:15 N:0 A:2)
07/12/2007 SEN. ED. (Y:9 N:0 A:0)
06/04/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:75 N:3 A:2)
05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:13 N:4 A:0)
04/17/2007 ASM. HIGHER ED. (Y:6 N:0 A:1)
04/10/2007 ASM. HUM. S. (Y:5 N:0 A:2)

Position: Support

Coastal

SB 412
(Simitian) State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: natural gas. (A-08/20/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 08/30/2007-Set, second hearing. Held in committee and under submission.

Location: 08/30/2007-A APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Would enact the Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Act and would require the Energy Commission, in consultation with affected state agencies, including, but not limited to, the Public Utilities Commission, the State Air Resources Board, the State Lands Commission, the Department of Water Resources, and the California Coastal Commission, to adopt and submit to the Legislature and the Governor, on or before July 1, 2008, the Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Report of 2008 that would be incorporated into the integrated energy policy of 2007 and would contain specified information. The Energy Commission would be required to prepare a draft report, on or before April 1, 2008, to solicit public comments in the preparation of the report, and to hold 2 public hearings, one in Los Angeles and the other in the San Francisco Bay area , to consider the results of the liquefied natural gas needs assessment study and to provide an opportunity for public comment. The Energy Commission would be required to include a Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Report in every integrated energy policy report adopted after January 1, 2009. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
07/09/2007 ASM. NAT. RES. (Y:6 N:3 A:0)
07/02/2007 ASM. U. & C. (Y:7 N:5 A:0)
06/04/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:23 N:14 A:3)
05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:1)
05/14/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1)
04/24/2007 SEN. E.,U. & C. (Y:5 N:3 A:1)

Position: Support

Community College System

AB 1578
(Leno) Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and Support Act of 2007: California College Pathways Program. (A-08/20/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 08/30/2007-In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.

Location: 08/30/2007-S APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary:  which would be known as the Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and Support Act of 2007, would make statements of legislative intent relating to the establishment and provision of services and financial support necessary to help foster youth achieve their educational goals. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
08/27/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:15 N:0 A:2)
07/12/2007 SEN. ED. (Y:9 N:0 A:0)
06/04/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:75 N:3 A:2)
05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:13 N:4 A:0)
04/17/2007 ASM. HIGHER ED. (Y:6 N:0 A:1)
04/10/2007 ASM. HUM. S. (Y:5 N:0 A:2)

Position: Support

SB 890
(Scott) Pupils: Early Commitment to College program. (A-08/20/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 08/30/2007-Hearing postponed by committee. (Refers to 8/30/2007 hearing)

Location: 08/30/2007-A DEAD
Summary: Would establish, until January 1, 2020, the Early Commitment to College program. Participation by pupils and school districts in the program would be voluntary. A pupil scheduled to graduate from high school after 2017 would not be allowed to participate. The Superintendent of Public Instruction would be required, among other program duties, to designate the 30% of school districts that operate middle and high schools with the highest proportion of low-income pupils, as defined, as College Opportunity Zones. A school that is designated as a College Opportunity Zone by the Superintendent would be required to give all pupils enrolled in grades 6 to 9, inclusive, and their parents or guardians the opportunity to sign a "Save Me a Spot in College" pledge developed by the Superintendent. Schools not designated as a College Opportunity Zone would be required to give pupils who are eligible for free and reduced-price meals and are enrolled in grades 6 to 9, inclusive, and their parents or guardians the opportunity to sign a pledge. Participating school districts would be required to provide college information and college preparation events inclusive of pupils who sign the pledge. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
07/12/2007 ASM. ED. (Y:7 N:3 A:0)
07/03/2007 ASM. HIGHER ED. (Y:7 N:0 A:0)
06/06/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:32 N:3 A:5)
05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1)
05/14/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1)
04/26/2007 SEN. ED. (Y:9 N:0 A:0)

Position: Support

Education Pre K-12

SB 344
(Machado) State and local governments: public finance. (E-03/24/2008  html  pdf)

Status: 03/24/2008-Urgency clause adopted. Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 33. Noes 1.) To enrollment.

Location: 03/24/2008-S ENROLLMENT
Summary: Dropped because amended 3/3/08 to cover a different subject.

Vote Events:
03/24/2008 SEN. FLOOR (Y:33 N:1 A:6)
03/11/2008 SEN. B., F. & I. (Y:9 N:0 A:2)
03/10/2008 ASM. FLOOR (Y:70 N:3 A:7)
03/05/2008 ASM. APPR. (Y:15 N:0 A:2)
07/12/2007 ASM. ED. (Y:10 N:0 A:0)
06/06/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:26 N:13 A:1)
05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:1)
05/21/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1)
04/26/2007 SEN. ED. (Y:5 N:1 A:3)

Position: Drop

SB 890
(Scott) Pupils: Early Commitment to College program. (A-08/20/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 08/30/2007-Hearing postponed by committee. (Refers to 8/30/2007 hearing)

Location: 08/30/2007-A DEAD
Summary: Would establish, until January 1, 2020, the Early Commitment to College program. Participation by pupils and school districts in the program would be voluntary. A pupil scheduled to graduate from high school after 2017 would not be allowed to participate. The Superintendent of Public Instruction would be required, among other program duties, to designate the 30% of school districts that operate middle and high schools with the highest proportion of low-income pupils, as defined, as College Opportunity Zones. A school that is designated as a College Opportunity Zone by the Superintendent would be required to give all pupils enrolled in grades 6 to 9, inclusive, and their parents or guardians the opportunity to sign a "Save Me a Spot in College" pledge developed by the Superintendent. Schools not designated as a College Opportunity Zone would be required to give pupils who are eligible for free and reduced-price meals and are enrolled in grades 6 to 9, inclusive, and their parents or guardians the opportunity to sign a pledge. Participating school districts would be required to provide college information and college preparation events inclusive of pupils who sign the pledge. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
07/12/2007 ASM. ED. (Y:7 N:3 A:0)
07/03/2007 ASM. HIGHER ED. (Y:7 N:0 A:0)
06/06/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:32 N:3 A:5)
05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1)
05/14/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1)
04/26/2007 SEN. ED. (Y:9 N:0 A:0)

Position: Support

Energy

SB 375
(Steinberg) Transportation planning: travel demand models: sustainable communities strategy: environmental review. (A-03/24/2008  html  pdf)

Status: 01/28/2008-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Location: 03/24/2008-A APPR.
Summary: Would require the commission, by July 1, 2009, to adopt guidelines for travel demand models used in the development of regional transportation plans by certain transportation planning entities. The bill would require the Department of Transportation to assist the commission, on request, in this regard, and would impose other related requirements. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
07/09/2007 ASM. TRANS. (Y:8 N:5 A:1)
07/03/2007 ASM. L. GOV. (Y:5 N:1 A:1)
06/07/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:21 N:15 A:4)
05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:1)
05/29/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1)
04/23/2007 SEN. E.Q. (Y:5 N:2 A:0)

Position: Support

SB 412
(Simitian) State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: natural gas. (A-08/20/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 08/30/2007-Set, second hearing. Held in committee and under submission.

Location: 08/30/2007-A APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Would enact the Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Act and would require the Energy Commission, in consultation with affected state agencies, including, but not limited to, the Public Utilities Commission, the State Air Resources Board, the State Lands Commission, the Department of Water Resources, and the California Coastal Commission, to adopt and submit to the Legislature and the Governor, on or before July 1, 2008, the Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Report of 2008 that would be incorporated into the integrated energy policy of 2007 and would contain specified information. The Energy Commission would be required to prepare a draft report, on or before April 1, 2008, to solicit public comments in the preparation of the report, and to hold 2 public hearings, one in Los Angeles and the other in the San Francisco Bay area , to consider the results of the liquefied natural gas needs assessment study and to provide an opportunity for public comment. The Energy Commission would be required to include a Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Report in every integrated energy policy report adopted after January 1, 2009. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
07/09/2007 ASM. NAT. RES. (Y:6 N:3 A:0)
07/02/2007 ASM. U. & C. (Y:7 N:5 A:0)
06/04/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:23 N:14 A:3)
05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:1)
05/14/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1)
04/24/2007 SEN. E.,U. & C. (Y:5 N:3 A:1)

Position: Support

Government

AB 887
(De La Torre) Redevelopment: eminent domain: relocation assistance. (A-07/18/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 09/11/2007-To inactive file on motion of Senator Romero. From inactive file. To third reading. (Page 2557.)

Location: 09/11/2007-S THIRD READING

Calendar: 03/27/08 11 SEN ASSEMBLY BILLS-THIRD READING FILE
Summary: Would require a redevelopment agency, on and after January 1, 2008, to comply with certain notification requirements prior to adopting a resolution of necessity for the purposes of acquiring property by eminent domain, and within a specified time prior to taking certain actions relating to redevelopment. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
07/12/2007 SEN. JUD. (Y:3 N:1 A:1)
07/12/2007 SEN. L.GOV. (Y:3 N:2 A:0)
07/11/2007 SEN. L.GOV. (Y:5 N:0 A:0)
07/11/2007 SEN. L.GOV. (Y:2 N:3 A:0)
05/21/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:50 N:13 A:16)
05/07/2007 ASM. U. & C. (Y:10 N:1 A:1)

Position: Support

ACA 8
(De La Torre) Eminent domain. (A-09/06/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 01/10/2008-Motion to reconsider continued until next Legislative day.

Location: 08/30/2007-A UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Summary: Would require the public use for which the private property is taken to be stated in writing, prior to the commencement of eminent domain proceedings. This bill contains other existing laws.

Vote Events:
09/11/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:45 N:31 A:3)
08/30/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0)
08/22/2007 ASM. L. GOV. (Y:5 N:2 A:0)
07/12/2007 ASM. RLS. (Y:11 N:0 A:0)
07/03/2007 ASM. JUD. (Y:7 N:3 A:0)

Position: Support

Health Care

AB 1
(Laird) Health care coverage. (A-09/07/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 09/12/2007-Senate amendments concurred in. (Ayes 47. Noes 28. Page 3343.) Held at Desk.

Location: 09/12/2007-A DESK
Summary: Would expand eligibility for the Medi-Cal program and would expand eligibility for the Healthy Families Program by allowing children with family incomes at or below 300% of the federal poverty level to qualify for the program and would delete the specified citizenship and immigration status requirements. The bill would require the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, by January 2008, in consultation with stakeholders, to implement a process for an applicant's self-certification of income and income deductions for purposes of establishing eligibility for the Healthy Families Program. The bill would create the Healthy Families Buy-In Program that would be administered by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board and would make the coverage provided under the Healthy Families Program available to children whose household income exceeds 300% of the federal poverty level and who meet other specified criteria. The bill would specify that coverage under the buy-in program would include services provided under the California Children's Services Program (CCSP) for children eligible for CCSP and would deem the child's family financially eligible for benefits under CCSP. Because the bill would thereby expand eligibility for the CCSP, which is administered by a county's public health or social welfare department, it would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would specify the family contribution required for children enrolled in the buy-in program and would require an additional payment, as determined by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, from the family of a child determined eligible for CCSP. The bill would also make various related modifications to the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program, and would require the State Department of Health Care Services and the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board to maximize federal matching funds for the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program. Because the expansion of and modifications to the Medi-Cal program would impose certain duties on counties relative to administration of that program, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board and the State Department of Health Care Services to take specified actions to improve and coordinate the application and enrollment processes for the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program and to develop a process to transition the enrollment of children from local children's health initiatives into those programs. The bill would specify that an entity's use of the automated enrollment gateway system for presumptive eligibility determinations for WIC applicants would be required only to the extent that adequate financial assistance is available for that purpose. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
09/12/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:47 N:28 A:4)
09/11/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:23 N:15 A:2)
08/30/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:9 N:7 A:1)
08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1)
07/11/2007 SEN. HEALTH (Y:7 N:3 A:1)
06/07/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:47 N:25 A:8)
05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0)
04/24/2007 ASM. HEALTH (Y:12 N:4 A:1)

Position: Support

ABX1 1
(Nunez) Health care reform. (A-01/16/2008  html  pdf)

Status: 02/25/2008-From committee without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).

Location: 01/24/2008-A HEALTH
Summary: Would require the agency, in consultation with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS), to assume lead agency responsibility for professional review and development of best practice standards for high-cost chronic diseases that state health care programs would be required to implement upon their adoption. The bill would additionally require the agency, in consultation with PERS and health care provider groups, to develop health care provider performance measurement benchmarks, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
01/28/2008 SEN. HEALTH (Y:1 N:7 A:3)
12/17/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:46 N:31 A:2)
12/17/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0)
11/14/2007 ASM. HEALTH X1 (Y:12 N:5 A:1)

Attachments:
Letter to Senate Health Committee

Position: Oppose

SB 32
(Steinberg) Health care coverage: children. (A-09/07/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 09/11/2007-Placed on inactive file on request of Assembly Member Bass.

Location: 09/11/2007-A INACTIVE FILE
Summary: Would expand eligibility for the Medi-Cal program and would expand eligibility for the Healthy Families Program by allowing children with family incomes at or below 300% of the federal poverty level to qualify for the program and would delete the specified citizenship and immigration status requirements. The bill would require the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, by January 2008, in consultation with stakeholders, to implement a process for an applicant's self-certification of income and income deductions for purposes of establishing eligibility for the Healthy Families Program. The bill would create the Healthy Families Buy-In Program that would be administered by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board and would make the coverage provided under the Healthy Families Program available to children whose household income exceeds 300% of the federal poverty level and who meet other specified criteria. The bill would specify that coverage under the buy-in program would include services provided under the California Children's Services Program (CCSP) for children eligible for CCSP and would deem the child's family financially eligible for benefits under CCSP. Because the bill would thereby expand eligibility for the CCSP, which is administered by a county's public health or social welfare department, it would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would specify the family contribution required for children enrolled in the buy-in program and would require an additional payment, as determined by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, from the family of a child determined eligible for CCSP. The bill would also make various related modifications to the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program and would require the State Department of Health Care Services and the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board to maximize federal matching funds for the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program. Because the expansion of, and modifications to, the Medi-Cal program would impose certain duties on counties relative to administration of that program, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board and the State Department of Health Care Services to take specified actions to improve and coordinate the application and enrollment processes for the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program and to develop a process to transition the enrollment of children from local children's health initiatives into those programs. The bill would specify that an entity's use of the automated enrollment gateway system for presumptive eligibility determinations for WIC applicants would be required only to the extent that adequate financial assistance is available for that purpose. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
08/30/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0)
07/03/2007 ASM. HEALTH (Y:12 N:5 A:0)
06/07/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:25 N:13 A:2)
05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:1)
05/14/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1)
04/25/2007 SEN. HEALTH (Y:7 N:3 A:1)

Position: Support

SB 840
(Kuehl) Single-payer health care coverage. (A-07/10/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 07/10/2007-Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Location: 07/10/2007-A APPR.
Summary: Would establish the California Healthcare System to be administered by the newly created California Healthcare Agency under the control of a Healthcare Commissioner appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate. The bill would make all California residents eligible for specified health care benefits under the California Healthcare System, which would, on a single-payer basis, negotiate for or set fees for health care services provided through the system and pay claims for those services. The bill would provide that a resident of the state with a household income, as specified, at or below 200% of the federal poverty level would be eligible for the type of benefits provided under the Medi-Cal program. The bill would require the commissioner to seek all necessary waivers, exemptions, agreements, or legislation to allow various existing federal, state, and local health care payments to be paid to the California Healthcare System, which would then assume responsibility for all benefits and services previously paid for with those funds. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
07/03/2007 ASM. HEALTH (Y:12 N:5 A:0)
06/06/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:23 N:15 A:2)
05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:1)
05/14/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1)
04/18/2007 SEN. HEALTH (Y:6 N:4 A:1)

Position: Support

Housing

AB 239
(DeSaulnier) Recording fees: Contra Costa and San Mateo Counties. (A-04/30/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 06/27/2007-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

Location: 06/07/2007-S L. GOV.
Summary: Would authorize the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors or the San Mateo Board of Supervisors to additionally charge a flat fee of not more than $25, as specified for each document that is recorded, if the document is in excess of one page, for every real estate instrument, as defined, paper, or notice required or permitted by law to be recorded in Contra Costa County or San Mateo County. The bill would require the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors or the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, if it charges this fee, to establish a fund for deposit of the moneys raised by the increase, which shall be used to assist in the development of affordable housing for extremely low income households, very low income households, lower income households, and moderate-income households. This bill contains other related provisions.

Vote Events:
05/29/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:42 N:35 A:3)
05/09/2007 ASM. H. & C.D. (Y:5 N:2 A:0)
03/28/2007 ASM. L. GOV. (Y:5 N:2 A:0)

Position: Support for Local League Action

SB 46
(Perata) Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006: Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Account. (A-07/16/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 07/16/2007-Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Location: 07/16/2007-A APPR.
Summary: Would establish the Infill Incentive Grant Program of 2007, to require the Department of Housing and Community Development, upon appropriation by the Legislature of the funds in the Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Account for certain purposes, to establish and administer a competitive grant program to allocate those funds to selected qualifying infill projects, as defined, for capital outlay related to infill housing development and related infill infrastructure needs. This bill contains other related provisions.

Vote Events:
07/11/2007 ASM. H. & C.D. (Y:5 N:2 A:0)
06/07/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:24 N:12 A:4)
05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:11 N:4 A:2)
05/21/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1)
04/17/2007 SEN. T. & H. (Y:7 N:3 A:1)

Position: Support

Juvenile Justice/Dependency

AB 1578
(Leno) Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and Support Act of 2007: California College Pathways Program. (A-08/20/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 08/30/2007-In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.

Location: 08/30/2007-S APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary:  which would be known as the Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and Support Act of 2007, would make statements of legislative intent relating to the establishment and provision of services and financial support necessary to help foster youth achieve their educational goals. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
08/27/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:15 N:0 A:2)
07/12/2007 SEN. ED. (Y:9 N:0 A:0)
06/04/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:75 N:3 A:2)
05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:13 N:4 A:0)
04/17/2007 ASM. HIGHER ED. (Y:6 N:0 A:1)
04/10/2007 ASM. HUM. S. (Y:5 N:0 A:2)

Position: Support

Land Use

AB 887
(De La Torre) Redevelopment: eminent domain: relocation assistance. (A-07/18/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 09/11/2007-To inactive file on motion of Senator Romero. From inactive file. To third reading. (Page 2557.)

Location: 09/11/2007-S THIRD READING

Calendar: 03/27/08 11 SEN ASSEMBLY BILLS-THIRD READING FILE
Summary: Would require a redevelopment agency, on and after January 1, 2008, to comply with certain notification requirements prior to adopting a resolution of necessity for the purposes of acquiring property by eminent domain, and within a specified time prior to taking certain actions relating to redevelopment. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
07/12/2007 SEN. JUD. (Y:3 N:1 A:1)
07/12/2007 SEN. L.GOV. (Y:3 N:2 A:0)
07/11/2007 SEN. L.GOV. (Y:5 N:0 A:0)
07/11/2007 SEN. L.GOV. (Y:2 N:3 A:0)
05/21/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:50 N:13 A:16)
05/07/2007 ASM. U. & C. (Y:10 N:1 A:1)

Position: Support

ACA 8
(De La Torre) Eminent domain. (A-09/06/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 01/10/2008-Motion to reconsider continued until next Legislative day.

Location: 08/30/2007-A UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Summary: Would require the public use for which the private property is taken to be stated in writing, prior to the commencement of eminent domain proceedings. This bill contains other existing laws.

Vote Events:
09/11/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:45 N:31 A:3)
08/30/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0)
08/22/2007 ASM. L. GOV. (Y:5 N:2 A:0)
07/12/2007 ASM. RLS. (Y:11 N:0 A:0)
07/03/2007 ASM. JUD. (Y:7 N:3 A:0)

Position: Support

SB 375
(Steinberg) Transportation planning: travel demand models: sustainable communities strategy: environmental review. (A-03/24/2008  html  pdf)

Status: 01/28/2008-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Location: 03/24/2008-A APPR.
Summary: Would require the commission, by July 1, 2009, to adopt guidelines for travel demand models used in the development of regional transportation plans by certain transportation planning entities. The bill would require the Department of Transportation to assist the commission, on request, in this regard, and would impose other related requirements. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
07/09/2007 ASM. TRANS. (Y:8 N:5 A:1)
07/03/2007 ASM. L. GOV. (Y:5 N:1 A:1)
06/07/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:21 N:15 A:4)
05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:1)
05/29/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1)
04/23/2007 SEN. E.Q. (Y:5 N:2 A:0)

Position: Support

Open Government

SB 1019
(Romero) Peace officer records: confidentiality. (A-06/20/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 06/26/2007-Set, first hearing. Held in committee without recommendation.

Location: 06/26/2007-A PUB. S.
Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to abrogate the California Supreme Court decision in Copley Press, Inc. v. Superior Court and to restore public access to meetings and hearings regarding peace officer discipline that were open prior to the Copley Press decision. This bill contains other related provisions.

Vote Events:
06/04/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:22 N:11 A:7)
04/17/2007 SEN. PUB. S. (Y:3 N:2 A:0)

Position: Support

Redistricting

ACA 1
(Price) Elections: redistricting. (A-06/20/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 06/21/2007-Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Location: 06/21/2007-A APPR.
Summary: Would assign the responsibility for adjusting boundary lines of Senate, Assembly, congressional, and State Board of Equalization districts to a commission that , subject to specified conditions, consists of 11 members, including the 9 public members of the Milton Marks "Little Hoover" Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy and 2 additional persons appointed by those 9 members . It would require the Legislature to establish, by statute, procedures to ensure compliance with specified requirements for membership on the commission. This bill contains other related provisions.

Vote Events:
06/12/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:6 N:1 A:0)

Position: Monitor

ACA 4
(Villines) Reapportionment. (A-06/20/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 06/21/2007-Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Location: 06/21/2007-A APPR.
Summary: Would repeal these provisions and instead provide for the establishment of the Independent Citizens' Commission on Redistricting, to be comprised of 11 voters, registered as specified, who would be required, on or before January 31 of each year ending in the number one, to adjust the boundary lines of the Senate, Assembly, congressional, and State Board of Equalization districts pursuant to a mapping process in accordance with certain standards, prioritized in a certain order and applied in a manner consistent with specified federal law. This bill contains other related provisions.

Vote Events:
06/12/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:4 N:2 A:1)

Position: Monitor

SCA 9
(Ashburn) Legislative reform: redistricting, term limits, salary, and contribution reports. (A-05/14/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 06/07/2007-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Location: 06/07/2007-A DESK
Summary: Would instead allow a person, during his or her lifetime, to serve not more than 12 years in the Senate, the Assembly, or both, in any combination of terms, except that a Senator or Member of the Assembly in office on the effective date of this measure, whether or not he or she has previously served in the other house, would be eligible to serve a total of 12 consecutive years in the house in which he or she is currently serving. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
06/07/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:29 N:5 A:6)
05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:1 A:6)
05/29/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1)
05/16/2007 SEN. E., R. & C.A. (Y:5 N:0 A:0)

Position: Monitor

SCA 10
(Lowenthal) Election: redistricting. (I-04/23/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 06/07/2007-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Location: 06/07/2007-A DESK
Summary: Would delete these requirements, and would instead create a procedure for the appointment of an independent redistricting commission, composed of 11 members, that would be charged with establishing Senate, Assembly, congressional, and State Board of Equalization districts in accordance with designated goals prioritized in a specified order. This bill contains other related provisions.

Vote Events:
06/07/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:34 N:2 A:4)
05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:15 N:0 A:2)
05/29/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1)
05/16/2007 SEN. E., R. & C.A. (Y:5 N:0 A:0)

Position: Support

Reproductive Choices

AB 1511
(Leno) Sexual health: Stronger Families for California Act. (A-04/17/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 08/30/2007-In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.

Location: 08/30/2007-S APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Would establish the Stronger Families for California Program , a continuing information and public education program, within the department, with the primary goal of decreasing teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases through a continuing information and public education program that equips parenting adults, as defined, with the communication skills necessary to talk with their children abo ut sex, sexual health, and making well-informed decisions to protect their health and safety, as specified. This bill contains other existing laws.

Vote Events:
07/09/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:17 N:0 A:0)
06/27/2007 SEN. HEALTH (Y:7 N:4 A:0)
06/05/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:48 N:31 A:1)
05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0)
04/10/2007 ASM. HEALTH (Y:12 N:5 A:0)

Position: Support

State and Local Finance

SB 98
(Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Taxation. (A-09/06/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 01/14/2008-Placed on inactive file on request of Senator Romero.

Location: 01/14/2008-S INACTIVE FILE
Summary:  for calendar years beginning on and after July 1, 2008, would exempt from those state taxes the gross receipts derived from the sale in this state of, and the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of, low-sulfur fuel products for use in a vessel's auxiliary or main engine sold to a water common carrier for use in California's territorial or internal waters, as provided. This exemption would continue until June 30, 2013, with respect to the exemption for products used in a vessel's auxiliary engine. With respect to exemption for products used in a vessel's main engine, the exemption would continue until June 30, 2013, or for 6 months following the publication of a specified finding, whichever occurs first. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
09/11/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:57 N:16 A:6)
07/20/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:51 N:19 A:10)
07/19/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:51 N:19 A:10)
04/19/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:30 N:6 A:4)

Position: Oppose

Term Limits

SCA 9
(Ashburn) Legislative reform: redistricting, term limits, salary, and contribution reports. (A-05/14/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 06/07/2007-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Location: 06/07/2007-A DESK
Summary: Would instead allow a person, during his or her lifetime, to serve not more than 12 years in the Senate, the Assembly, or both, in any combination of terms, except that a Senator or Member of the Assembly in office on the effective date of this measure, whether or not he or she has previously served in the other house, would be eligible to serve a total of 12 consecutive years in the house in which he or she is currently serving. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
06/07/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:29 N:5 A:6)
05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:1 A:6)
05/29/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1)
05/16/2007 SEN. E., R. & C.A. (Y:5 N:0 A:0)

Position: Monitor

Transportation

AB 1358
(Leno) Planning: circulation element: transportation. (A-07/18/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 02/13/2008-To inactive file on motion of Senator Ducheny.

Location: 02/13/2008-S INACTIVE FILE
Summary: Would require, commencing January 1, 2010, that the legislative body of a city or county, upon any revision of the circulation element of the general plan, modify the circulation element to accommodate the safe and convenient travel of users of streets, roads, and highways, defined to include motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, children, persons with disabilities, seniors, movers of commercial goods, and users of public transportation , in a manner that is suitable to the rural, suburban, or urban context of the general plan . By requiring new duties of local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1)
07/11/2007 SEN. L.GOV. (Y:3 N:2 A:0)
06/05/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:48 N:30 A:2)
05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0)
04/18/2007 ASM. L. GOV. (Y:5 N:2 A:0)

Position: Support

SB 375
(Steinberg) Transportation planning: travel demand models: sustainable communities strategy: environmental review. (A-03/24/2008  html  pdf)

Status: 01/28/2008-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Location: 03/24/2008-A APPR.
Summary: Would require the commission, by July 1, 2009, to adopt guidelines for travel demand models used in the development of regional transportation plans by certain transportation planning entities. The bill would require the Department of Transportation to assist the commission, on request, in this regard, and would impose other related requirements. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
07/09/2007 ASM. TRANS. (Y:8 N:5 A:1)
07/03/2007 ASM. L. GOV. (Y:5 N:1 A:1)
06/07/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:21 N:15 A:4)
05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:1)
05/29/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1)
04/23/2007 SEN. E.Q. (Y:5 N:2 A:0)

Position: Support

Voting Rights

AB 1654
(Huffman) Integrated Regional Water Management Planning Act. (A-03/11/2008  html  pdf)

Status: 03/13/2008-Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

Location: 03/13/2008-S RLS.
Summary: Dropped because amended 03/11/08 to cover a different subject.

Vote Events:
01/29/2008 ASM. FLOOR (Y:49 N:25 A:5)
01/24/2008 ASM. APPR. (Y:11 N:5 A:0)
01/08/2008 ASM. E. & R. (Y:4 N:3 A:0)

Position: Drop

Water

AB 224
(Wolk) Water supply planning. (A-08/01/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 08/30/2007-In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.

Location: 08/30/2007-S APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Would enact the Climate Change and Water Resource Protection Act of 2007. The bill would require the Department of Water Resources, as part of its statewide water resource management responsibilities, to include an analysis of the potential effects of climate change, to the extent applicable, in reports or plans that the department is required to prepare. The bill would prohibit the department from approving a request for a specified grant, submitted after January 1, 2010, unless certain requirements are met. The department would be required, by July 1, 2008, to identify available peer-reviewed information, or the best available scientific information, regarding climate change and water resources for the state and each of the state's hydrologic regions for specified uses. The bill , on and after January 1, 2009, would require an urban water supplier and an agricultural water supplier that is required to prepare a water management plan to take certain action relating to specified climate change information. This bill contains other related provisions.

Vote Events:
08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1)
07/10/2007 SEN. E.Q. (Y:4 N:3 A:0)
06/26/2007 SEN. N.R. & W. (Y:6 N:1 A:1)
06/04/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:47 N:31 A:2)
05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0)
04/23/2007 ASM. NAT. RES. (Y:6 N:1 A:2)
04/10/2007 ASM. W.,P. & W. (Y:7 N:5 A:1)

Position: Support

SBX2 1
(Perata) Water quality, flood control, water storage, and wildlife preservation. (I-09/14/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 01/07/2008-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 20.) To Assembly.

Location: 01/07/2008-A ASSEMBLY
Summary:  with regard to those bond funds, would appropriate $610,890,000 as follows: of the funds made available pursuant to the Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006, $50,000,000 to the Department of Water Resources for essential emergency preparedness supplies and projects, and $150,000,000 to the department for stormwater flood management project grants; of the funds made available pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006, $50,000,000 to the State Department of Public Health for grants and loans for small community drinking water systems infrastructure improvements and related actions, $50,400,000 to the State Department of Public Health for grants for projects to prevent or reduce the contamination of groundwater that serves as a source of drinking water, $40,000,000 to the department for administrative costs, planning grants, and local groundwater assistance grants, $50,000,000 to the department for projects to relocate existing Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta water intake facilities, $60,000,000 to the department for expenditures to increase the department's ability to respond to levee breaches and to reduce the potential for levee failure, $100,000,000 to the department for the acquisition, preservation, protection, and restoration of Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta islands, $12,000,000 to the department to complete planning and feasibility studies associated with new surface storage under the California Bay-Delta Program, $15,000,000 to the department for planning and feasibility studies to identify potential options for the reoperation of the state's flood protection and water supply systems , $10,000,000 to the department to update the California Water Plan, $10,000,000 to the department for planning and feasibility studies for projects to reduce ecosystem conflicts in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and $10,000,000 to the State Coastal Conservancy for projects on the Santa Ana River; and of the funds made available under the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002, $3,490,000 to the department for planning and feasibility studies associated with surface storage under the California Bay-Delta Program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Vote Events:
01/07/2008 SEN. FLOOR (Y:23 N:11 A:6)
10/09/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:7 A:0)
10/08/2007 SEN. N.R. & W. (Y:5 N:1 A:2)

Position: Support

SBX2 2
(Perata) Safe Drinking Water Act of 2008. (A-10/08/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 10/09/2007-Unanimous consent granted to consider without reference to file. Read second time. Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 15.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Perata. Reconsi

Location: 10/09/2007-S THIRD READING
Summary: Would enact the Safe Drinking Water Act of 2008 which, if approved by the voters, would authorize, for the purposes of financing a specified water supply reliability and environmental restoration program, the issuance of bonds in the amount of $6,835,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law. This bill contains other related provisions.

Vote Events:
10/09/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:36 N:0 A:4)
10/09/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:23 N:12 A:5)
10/09/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:7 A:0)
10/08/2007 SEN. N.R. & W. (Y:5 N:1 A:2)

Position: Support

SBX2 3
(Cogdill) Water Supply Reliability Bond Act of 2008. (I-09/19/2007  html  pdf)

Status: 10/08/2007-SEN. N.R. & W. Vote - Do pass.

Location: 10/04/2007-S N.R. & W.
Summary: Would enact the Water Supply Reliability Bond Act of 2008 which, if approved by the voters, would authorize, for the purposes of financing a specified water supply reliability and environmental restoration program, the issuance of bonds in the amount of $9,085,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law. This bill contains other related provisions.

Vote Events:
10/08/2007 SEN. N.R. & W. (Y:2 N:4 A:2)

Position: Oppose


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