LEGISLATION TRACKING:

State Legislation

OCBC Sponsored Bill – SB 872 (Ackerman) State and Local Partnership Program.

OCBC submitted position letters on the following bills:

SUPPORT:

• AB 566 (Plescia) Water conservation
• AB 1177 (Solario) Accelerated English Acquisition and Literacy Pilot Program
• AB 1406 (Huffman) Permits the indoor use of recycled water in condominiums
• AB 1574 (Houston) Reconveyance Financing, Accountability and Disclosure
• AB 1559 (Berryhill) merit-based admissions policy for community college nursing programs
• SB 139 (Scott) Nursing education requirements
• SB 303 (Ducheny) Housing Affordability Act
• SB 13 and SB 314 (Wyland) Career Technical Education
• SB 571 (Yee) Defines Organized Retail Crime
• SB 645 (Correa) Design-build contract authority for the Orange County Sanitation District
• SB 956 (Correa) Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV) transportation plan for Rancho Mission Viejo

OPPOSE:

• AB 520 (Brownley)Hospital staffing requirements
• AB 1457 (Huffman) Prohibits road improvements in or near any part of the state park, recreational area or monument
• AB 1459 (Levine) Amends Coastal Act to prohibit condo hotels
• SB 375 (Steinberg) Transportation planning: travel demand models
• SB 990 (Kuehl) Land use restrictions: Santa Susanna Field Laboratory

State Appointments:

Carl Guardino to the California Transportation Commission (CTC) - SUPPORT

Timothy Alan Simon to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) - SUPPORT

Michael B. Matsuda, Commission on Teacher Credentialing- SUPPORT

Federal Legislation

• Fiscal Year 2008 Federal Appropriations – funding for the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC). SUPPORT
• SR-241 Foothill South Toll Road Extension – Opposed amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act intended to halt construction of the project.