September 19, 2013
Issue #99
Editor's Note
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The 115th Annual Conference & Expo begins this week in Sacramento with almost 1,800 attendees expected.
Meetings & Events
Updated List of League Signature and Veto Requests
The League has released the list of bills on which it is seeking the Governor’s signature or veto. City officials and interested stakeholders are strongly encouraged to submit sign/veto request letters.
Action Item, Legislation, Hot Bills, Assembly, Senate
The League of California Cities Past Presidents Council today announced the selection of former Long Beach Mayor Beverly O’Neill as the recipient of the 2013 Past Presidents’ Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was presented to Ms. O’Neill on Sept. 18 during the League’s opening General Session of the 2013 Annual Conference and Expo.
Meetings & Events, League Partners
Last Thursday the Legislature passed and sent to Governor Brown AB 300 (Perea), a bill that establishes a collection method for state and local taxes and fees levied on consumers of prepaid mobile telephone services.
Legislation, Revenue & Taxation, Municipal Finance, Telecommunications
SB 743 Heads to Governor with Several Statewide CEQA Implications
This year was supposed to be the year for California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) reform but even the best laid plans can go awry and the definition of “reform” viewed differently from party to party.
Environmental Quality, CEQA, Legislation
Last week the Legislature approved SB 99 (Committee on Budget & Fiscal Review), which contained the final version of the Active Transportation Program (ATP). Some additional provisions of the ATP are included in SB 95 and AB 101.
Federal, Transportation, Legislation
If all goes as expected Democrats will enter the remaining half of the 2013–14 session with solid supermajorities in both houses of the Legislature. The process has begun to fill three legislative seats, two Assembly and one Senate, vacated earlier in the year. Senate Democrats currently hold the lowest number of seats needed to establish a supermajority (27) while Assembly Democrats hold 53 seats and are just one seat shy of the two-thirds vote threshold (54).
Elections, Senate, Assembly |
