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By Lauren Michele, January 2, 2012

A Gift for You!

What if the joy of the holiday season extended throughout the year and laid the foundation for community sustainability policy and planning? “Quality of Life” is a recent concept in the land use/ transportation/ environmental planning profession to depict how the creation of sustainable communities fosters individual “livability” — or happiness.  In an attempt to translate the abstract concept of “Livability Planning,” Lauren Michele has combined her graduate research on greenhouse gas reduction strategies and travel behavior policy with a vision for “People-Oriented Development” (POD) in the launch of a business and book – Policy in Motion.

Since the launch of my book in August, I have shared my technical research and “POD” vision with over 350 University students, emerging professionals, and leading experts — as well as over two dozen policy makers from the California Governor’s Office and State Legislature — all interested in more integrated sustainability planning at the local, regional and state levels of government.  Additionally, the book has been made available in the libraries of the State of California’s Department of Transportation, Energy Commission, and Air Resources Board for employees.

Policy in Motion is now certified as an Underutilized Disadvantaged Business Enterprisein the states of California and Nevada, and is seeking new partnership and creative opportunities with other private and public organizations across the Western United States and in Washington D.C.  Policy in Motion will also be expanding its Career Development Mentorship Program (Interns in Motion) in 2012 to include motivated high school students from downtown Sacramento to work together with undergraduate and graduate University student interns — to achieve this vision the organization is seeking shared office space opportunities.

“People-oriented development is a concept that goes beyond traditional planning concepts of promoting high density development near transit stations; rather, POD focuses on what makes people happy and how to offer existing neighborhoods job growth, community schools, places of gathering, quality travel, resource management, and housing diversity.  In a state that drives 800 million miles a day and spends ten percent of household income on cars, planning for PODs today will blossom beautiful communities tomorrow”
– Policy in Motion: Transportation Planning in California after AB 32

Download a free book sample of Policy in Motion’s highlights and have a beautiful holiday season! And don’t forget to check out the Policy in Motion Blog for the latest on all the planning acronyms to keep up with everything from performance based planning in MAP-21, LEED-ND, STARS; to webinars / events with APA, ULI, ASLA, SGC; for the scoop on regional/statewide planning under SB 375, SCS, RTP, CIB, HSR; and all the research / grant resource opportunities in between!

~  Lauren Michele  ~

Woman Business Owner & Author
530.848.4342 │lauren.michele@policyinmotion.com
Growing Beautiful Communities at www.policyinmotion.com

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By Lauren Michele, November 7, 2011

Sustainable Communities Planning Grant and Incentive Program 2011 Request for Proposals

(This information is also online at http://sgc.ca.gov/planning_grants.html)

INTRODUCTION

On behalf of the Strategic Growth Council (SGC), the Department of Conservation manages competitive grants to cities, counties, and designated regional agencies to promote sustainable community planning and natural resource conservation. The grant program supports development, adoption, and implementation of various planning elements. The Sustainable Communities Planning Grant Program offers a unique opportunity to improve and sustain the wise use of infrastructure and natural resources through a coordinated and collaborative approach.

2011 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

The Department of Conservation (DOC), Division of Land Resource Protection (DLRP), Planning Grant and Incentive Program has released the round two Sustainable Communities Planning Grant Request for Proposals (RFP) funded through the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Act of 2006 (Proposition 84). DOC has allocated approximately $18 million of Proposition 84 funds for round two. The funds awarded will support development, adoption, and implementation of Sustainable Community planning elements throughout the State, including, but not limited to, Climate Action Plans and General Plan amendments. The grants awarded from this solicitation will cover up to a three-year project period.  Grant requests for amounts from $100,000 to $1,000,000 will be considered.

APPLICATION PROCESS

DOC is utilizing the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) Financial Assistance Application Submittal Tool (FAAST) system to facilitate the application and review process, and to conserve paper. All applicants submitting proposals for funding through this grant must submit a complete electronic application using the FAAST system, by 5:00 P.M. on Wednesday, FEBRUARY 15, 2012. Late applications will not be accepted.

The application process through the FAAST system can be accessed through the link:  https://faast.waterboards.ca.gov

The 2011 RFP, which describes eligibility, program requirements, the application process, and the evaluation criteria, is posted on the SGC website at: http://www.sgc.ca.gov/meetings/20111102/pgip-guidelines-2011.pdf.

For technical questions about the State Water Board’s FAAST application, please contact FAAST staff by phone at (866) 434-1083, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., or by email at faast_admin@waterboards.ca.gov

For questions regarding this grant solicitation, please contact the DOC Planning Grant and Incentive Program staff by phone at (916) 322-3439, Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., or by email: SGCSustainableCommunities@conservation.ca.gov.

RFP WORKSHOPS

The DOC Planning Grant and Incentive Program Staff will hold workshops around the state in early 2012, with dates, times and locations to be announced.

HISTORY OF THE SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES PLANNING GRANT AND INCENTIVE PROGRAM

The SGC/DOC Sustainable Communities Planning Grant and Incentive Program 2010 awarded projects can be reviewed at http://www.sgc.ca.gov/selected_apps_2010.html.

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By Lauren Michele, October 31, 2011

Marking the first of California’s MPOs to release an RTP Update in a post SB-375 world, the SANDAG Board of Directors adopted the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy on Friday.  The Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS) is a new element of the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), as required by Senate Bill 375 (SB 375). SB 375 requires that Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) prepare a SCS as a new element of their RTPs, along with the traditional policy, action, and financial requirements.

Below is a summary and commentary from PublicCEO’s Dan Oney and NRDC’s Amanda Eakin.

SANDAG Adopts 2050 Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy Written by  Dan Oney

October 31, 2011

On Friday, the SANDAG Board of Directors adopted the 2050 Regional Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy. The plans, which came after two years of research, revision, and public comment, represents the region’s balanced vision for the evolution of the San Diego area transportation system over the next 40 years. “This RTP takes a balanced approach,” SANDAG Board Chair and Encinitas Deputy Mayor Jerome Stocks said. “It provides more transportation choices with an integrated system, it protects our environment, and it responsibly invests taxpayer funds.” The 2050 RTP lays out a plan for investing an estimated $214 billion in local, state, and federal transportation funds expected to come into the region over the next 40 years. The largest proportion of the funds will go toward transit, which will receive 36 percent of the funds in the first 10 years, with 34 percent going to highway improvements (largely for the addition of high occupancy vehicle lanes to existing freeway corridors), and 21 percent to local roads and streets. The percentage dedicated to transit will grow each decade, up to 44 percent from 2021 to 2030, 47 percent in the third decade, and 57 percent in the last decade of the plan. Along with the 2050 RTP, the Board adopted the Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS). The SCS details how the region will reduce greenhouse gas emissions to state-mandated levels over time. The inclusion of the SCS is required by Senate Bill 375, and the San Diego region is the first in California to produce a regional transportation plan with an SCS. The Board also adopted the Environmental Impact Report for the 2050 RTP and SCS. And the Board adopted the final Regional Housing Needs Assessment Plan. The 2050 RTP calls for increasing transportation choices in the region through an integrated system, including vast improvements to transit and a transformed highway system that includes 130 miles of Express Lanes to accommodate carpooling, vanpooling, and transit. This new system also will: Provide 156 new miles of trolley service Expand and speed up COASTER service in the North Coast Corridor Double transit service miles and increase frequency in key corridors Dedicate $3.8 billion for regional and local bicycle and pedestrian projects Create new carpool and telework incentive programs to reduce solo driving The plan also preserves our natural resources and promotes smart growth. It will: Meet state greenhouse gas reduction targets Preserve more than half of our land as open space, parkland and habitat Accommodate housing to meet projected population growth in San Diego County And it maximizes investments to meet the funding challenges faced by the region as we work to accomplish our many goals. The plan: Stimulates $4.4 billion annually in projected regional economic output Creates 35,600 jobs per year in the San Diego region Calls for equitable distribution of investments throughout the region San Diego Adopts Nation’s First Sustainable Communities Strategy Written by Amanda Eaken Posted October 28, 2011 Today the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) voted 14 – 1 to adopt the first Sustainable Communities Strategy to implement SB 375 in California. After hours of public testimony and debate, SANDAG Chairman Jerome Stocks summarized his thoughts on the day, and called for the vote. “We are the first in the state, the nation, and possibly the world to adopt a Sustainable Communities Strategy, and that does matter.” Since this summer, NRDC has been working with SANDAG to recommend improvements to the plan, and we are pleased to see that some of our recommendations have been incorporated into the final plan, and grateful to staff for their willingness to work with us, particularly at this late date. In particular, we are pleased to see SANDAG commit to adopt an early action measure for active transportation by next summer, to develop a transit-oriented development policy to ensure its $53 billion investment in transit leads to strong ridership gains, and to develop a complete streets policy. We also appreciate SANDAG’s commitment to evaluating alternative land use scenarios through its upcoming Regional Comprehensive Plan. But we need a clear commitment from SANDAG that these scenarios will be integratedland use and transportation scenarios which will re-assess SANDAG’s transportation network– as the Air Resources Board itself has recommended–in order to reverse the backsliding in the out years of the plan. As co-sponsor and drafter of SB 375, NRDC never once imagined that a region would be considered to have met its targets if the GHG reductions were temporary and eroded over time. AB 32 calls for permanent reductions. SB 375 implements AB 32. We are pleased to hear Boardmember Heebner commend staff for their commitment to “address and reverse the backsliding”, as well as invite us all to keep SANDAG honest in the months and years to come.  We will honor this request and ensure that through the Regional Comprehensive Plan and next Regional Transportation Plan, that SANDAG finds a way to make sure these critical pollution reduction gains are permanent. We also hereby commit to working with SANDAG to secure the necessary transit funding to make this goal a reality. Following quickly on the heels of adoption of this plan, the Southern California Association of Governments, SANDAG’s neighbor to the north, will consider a preferred scenario for their SB 375 plan next Thursday November 3rd at 10:30 am. Stay tuned.

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By Lauren Michele, August 17, 2011

Conservation Strategy Group’s “Sustainable California” News

Learn more at www.csgcalifornia.com

• Strategic Growth Council Developing Strategic Plan
• SB 375 Plans: California Air Resources Board Methodology for Reviewing Sustainable Communities Strategies
• Regional Planning and Community Challenge Grants
• State and Federal Funding Wizard – Prototype Released

Strategic Growth Council Developing a Strategic Plan

This year the Strategic Growth Council (SGC) has embarked on a strategic planning process to develop a set of specific goals, actions, and initiatives to guide their success over the next three years.  Facilitated by the Sacramento State Center for Collaborative Policy, the SGC has received input from over 100 individuals and 71 different organizations through interviews and focus groups.   On August 3, 2011 the Strategic Growth Council convened a large Strategic Planning Session where themes gathered from earlier interviews and focus groups were presented to and discussed by a broad group of stakeholders including members of the SGC.  The potential goals, actions, and initiatives discussed that day can be viewed here in the strategic planning session workbook.  Input received during the various forums will be drafted into a strategic plan in August.  The SGC is expected to release a draft strategic plan for public input in September and approve the final strategic plan at their meeting on October 5, 2011.

SB 375 Plans: California Air Resource Board Releases Methodology for Reviewing Sustainable Communities Strategies

The Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act of 2008, SB 375 (Steinberg), requires each of the state’s 18 metropolitan planning organizations (MPO) to develop a Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS) that demonstrates how the region will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) through integrated land use, housing, and transportation planning to meet the regional GHG emission reduction targets set by the California Air Resources Board (CARB).   Each SCS will be reviewed by CARB to determine if the proposed strategy will meet the GHG emission reductions target set for the region.   Below is an overview of the approach CARB will use when reviewing the SCS’s.  Further detail on the methodology can be found by clicking here. 

Travel Demand Models:  CARB will examine which travel models are used, how they were applied in the development of the SCS, and whether and how the MPO used other tools to capture the impact of SCS policies on GHG emissions.  Additionally, CARB will study the models’ validation, calibration, and peer review process.

Model Inputs:  CARB will evaluate whether or not the data, assumptions, and calculations each MPO uses are appropriate for SCS modeling.  The model inputs will be evaluated based on publicly available sources of information (e.g. Institute of Transportation Engineers, Caltrans, Highway Performance Monitoring System, etc.).

Sensitivity Analysis:  Sensitivity analyses examine the effect that specific changes within a model will have on model outputs.  CARB will conduct sensitivity analyses on the most relevant variables or groups of variables to compare the results with empirical literature or other pertinent information to determine if the results fall within a reasonable range.

Performance Indicators:  CARB will review the following performance indicators to determine whether the projected regional changes in per capita vehicle miles traveled, land use patterns, and vehicle activity patterns are consistent with the change in GHG emissions:

• Passenger vehicle miles traveled
• Commute trip mode share
• Residential density
• Distance of housing and employment from transit stations
• Bike and walk trips

The SCS will be included in the federally enforceable Regional Transportation Plan once adopted by the MPO.  If the contributions of the SCS do not meet the GHG emission reduction targets set by CARB, the MPO will be required to submit an “alternative planning strategy” to meet the target.  The “alternative planning strategy” will not be part of the Regional Transportation Plan.

Regional Planning and Community Challenge Grants – Notice of Funding Availability

The Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development released their Notice of Funding Availability for Regional Planning and Community Challenge Grants.  Please see below for further details on each of the programs. 

Regional Planning Grant

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Regional Planning Grant program will encourage grantees to support regional planning efforts that integrate housing, land use, economic and workforce development, transportation, and infrastructure developments in a manner that empowers regions to consider how all of these factors work together to bring economic competitiveness and revitalization to a community.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Pre-applications for the program are due on August 25th, 2011. Once communities are notified that they have been approved for the final application process, those applications will be due on September 26th, 2011.

CURRENT FUNDING AVAILABLE: $67 million, from which not less than $17.5 million shall be awarded to regions with a population of less than 500,000.

WEBSITE: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/administration/grants/nofa11/2011grpscrplccg

Community Challenge Planning Grant

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Community Challenge Planning grant program will be competitively awarded to state, local, and tribal governments for efforts such as amending or replacing local master plans, zoning, and building codes to promote mixed-use development; building more affordable housing; and the rehabilitation of older buildings and structures with the goal of promoting sustainability at the local and neighborhood levels.

APPLICATION DEADLINE:   This program does not require a pre-application.  Final applications are due on September 9th, 2011.

CURRENT FUNDING AVAILABLE: $28.6 million, of which not less than $3 million shall be awarded to jurisdictions with populations of less than 50,000

WEBSITE: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/administration/grants/nofa11/2011grpscrplccg

State and Federal Funding Wizard – Prototype Released

Several state agencies, including the Strategic Growth Council, Air Resources Board, and the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, as well as UC Davis have partnered on developing the Funding Wizard, a searchable database to locate funding across state and federal agencies for reducing the impacts of climate change and supporting sustainable communities.   

The prototype was released in June 2011 and can be accessed here:  http://www.coolcalifornia.org/funding-wizard#/wizard

In 2012, the Funding Wizard will be expanded to include additional funding opportunities, rebates, an online calendar, features for noticing upcoming grant deadlines and workshops, e-blast sign-up and automated distribution.

Sustainable California

Conservation Strategy Group manages Sustainable California as a forum for organizations and agencies to share information and identify opportunities for individuals and organizations to engage in urban sustainability policy development and funding programs, focusing on activities in California.

Conservation Strategy Group provides email updates on what’s happening at the Capitol and identifies opportunities to take action in support of urban sustainability. We have also established an online resource through which information could be shared.  Our hope is that the network would evolve over time so that participating organizations would also share information with each other.

This service is free and provided by Conservation Strategy Group.  For questions or comments, please contact Connie Gallippi at connie@csgcalifornia.com

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By Lauren Michele, July 11, 2011

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By Lauren Michele, June 19, 2011

Policy in Motion is tracking a handful of bills introduced this session pertaining to the integration of land use, transportation, housing affordability, and health within the context of sustainable community development in California. Below are summaries and links to legislative analyses for 21 relevant bills:

2011 Legislative Summaries—Updated June 18, 2011

AB 147 (Dickinson)—Subdivision Map Act

• Expands the existing eligible uses for transportation mitigation impact fees to transit, bike and pedestrian facilities.

• AB 147 Leg Info Bill Text (Amended in Senate May 31)
• AB 147 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Floor, June 16)
• AB 147 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Committee June 2)
• AB 147 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Floor; May 4)
• StatusJune 9: Read second time in Senate Governance and Finance Committee. Ordered to third reading.

AB 343 (Atkins) — Community Redevelopment Act

• Redevelopment Plans and subsequent projects to be in alignment with climate, air quality and energy conservation goals of Chapter 728 of the Statutes of 2008.

• AB 343 Leg Info Bill Text(Amended June 14)
• AB 343 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Committee May 18 )
• Status June 14: Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Committee on Government. & Finance.

AB 345 (Atkins) – Caltrans to consult with bike/pedestrian reps on traffic control devices.

• Caltrans to convene an advisory committee of representatives from groups representing bicycle and pedestrian users of streets, roads and highways and consult with this group regarding the installation of traffic control barriers and/or devices.

• Leg Info: Bill Text (April 4)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Committee; April 8)
• AB 345 Fact Sheet / More Info

AB 441 (Monning)–Health issues included in transportation plans.

• Requires the California Transportation Commission to include health issues in regional transportation plans. The Office of Planning and Research would develop guidelines for local government and regional agencies to incorporate health (improvement) issues into general plans.

• Leg Info: Bill Text (Amended March 24)
• AB 441 Leg Info Bill Analysis (May 4)
• AB 441 Fact Sheet / More Info
• Status: May 27^th-In committee, second hearing set, held under submission.

AB 539 (Williams) – Safe Routes to School speed limits.

• Authorizes local government to double fines for speeding in a school zones.
• Leg Info: Bill Text (Amended April 5)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis(Assembly Committee; April 8)

AB 605 (Dickinson) – OPR to set standards for VMT reductions and CEQA exemptions.

• A project could be exempt from CEQA analysis of transportation element if project met percentage reduction in vehicle trip miles.

• Leg Info Bill Text (Introduced Feb 16)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (available later)

AB 650 (Blumenfield) – Blue Ribbon Task Force on Public Transportation for the 21st Century

• Requires task force to be comprised of twelve transportation subject matter experts to prepare a written report which would include findings and recommendations regarding the current state of CA’s transit system, costs of creating the needed system, and potential funding sources.

• AB 650 Leg Info Bill Text (Amended June 14)
• AB 650 Leg Info Bill Analysis(Assembly Floor, May 28 )
• AB 650 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Committee June 16)
• Fact Sheet / More Info
• StatusJune 14: From committee chair, with author’s amendments: Amend, and re-referto committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Committee onTransportation & Housing. Hearing set for June 21.

AB 676 (Torres)–Expands use of transportation funds.

• Existing transportation expenditures are currently legally obligated for transportation related administration, operation, maintenance, local assistance, safety and rehabilitation projects. This bill would allocate remaining funds for the study of, and development and implementation of,capital improvement projects to be programmed in the state transportation improvement program.

• Leg Info Bill Text (Introduced Feb 17)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (available later)

AB 710 (Skinner) –Infill Development and Sustainable Community Act of 2011.

• Eliminates minimum parking requirements for infill and transit-oriented development. Prohibits city or county from requiring more than one parking space per residential unit and prohibits requirement of more than one parking space per 1,000 sq. ft of commercial units for residential or mixed-use project in a transit intensive area. Also modifies definition of sustainable communities to include communities that incentivize infill development.

• AB 710 Leg Info Text (Amended May 31)
• AB 710 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Floor May 31)
• Status June 16: In Senate, referred to Committee on Government and Finance..

AB 819 (Wieckowski) –Enhance bicycle safety, complete streets.

• This bill augments existing Dept. of Transportation responsibility for safety guidelines to include class IV bikeways, in addition to class I, II and III bikeways. The bill defines class IV bikeways as: “segregated bike lanes,” which provide a completely separated right-of-way designated for the exclusive use of bicycles on streets and are demarcated by either a physical barrier or by distinct paint markings, or both, to minimize or prevent travel by motor vehicles.

• Leg Info: Bill Text (Amended March 31)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (available later)

AB 931 (Dickinson) –CEQA exemption rule for infill housing modification.

• CEQA requirements are exempted for infill development if certain criteria are met. This bill would extend the current criteria for the preparation of a community-level environmental review from 5 to 20 years. It would also lower the density requirement for exemption from 20 to 15 units per acre.

• Leg Info: Bill Text (Amended April 15)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Committee; April 22)

AB 995 (Cedillo) – OPR report to legislatureon expediting Transit Oriented Development environmental review.

• This bill would require the Office of Planning and Research, not later than July 1, 2012, to prepare and submit to the Legislature a report containing recommendations for expedited environmental review for transit-oriented development.

• Leg Info: Bill Text (Introduced Feb 18)
• Leg Info: Bill Analysis (available later)

AB 1285 (Fuentes) — Regional greenhouse gas emission reduction program.

• Legislation to create community greenhouse gas emission reduction program. Would provide state oversight over local government and nonprofit investments relating to greenhouse gasses.

• AB 1285 Leg Info Bill Text(Amended May 11)
• AB 1285 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Committee; April 29)
• Status May 3: Do pass, re-referred to Committee on Appropriations. Amended May 11, re-referred to Committee on Appropriations.

SB 77 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) — Elimination of state redevelopment agencies.

• Elimination of state redevelopment agencies (RDAs) and an orderly “wind down” of their responsibilities and assets. Local Govt successor agencies would be created to maintain certain existing RDA obligations. Elimination of state RDA’s has been identified as a method to balance the state’s budget. Property taxes that formerly went to RDAs would be directed to schools and public safety operations. The bill will result in $1.7 billion in additional funding for the 2011-2012 budget.

• Leg Info: Bill Text (Amended March 15)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Floor; March 15)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Floor; March 15)
• Status June 14:Motion to reconsider continued to June 16.

SB 132 (Lowenthal) — School sittings to reflect state planning priorities.

• This bill would require the State Allocation Board to revise guidelines, rules, regulations, procedures, and policiesfor the acquisition of schoolsites and the construction of school facilities to reflect the state planning. This bill would also require that advice, standards, surveys, or information regarding the acquisition of school sites or the construction of school facilities provided by the StateDepartment of Education pursuant to this requirement reflect the state planning priorities.

• SB 132 Bill Text (Amended May 11)
• SB 132 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Floor, May 26 )
• Status June 9: Referred to Assembly Committee on Education.

SB 214 (Wolk) – Eliminate voter approval requirement for infrastructure finance districts.

• This bill would eliminate the requirement of voter approval to create and authorize an infrastructure financing district. This bill would authorize a legislative body to create an infrastructure finance district, adopt an infrastructure financing plan, and issue bonds by resolutions by resolution, not requiring voter approval.

• Leg Info Bill Text(Amended April 25)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Committee; April 28 )
• SB 214 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Floor; April 28 )
• Status: May 23^rd: Referred to Committee on Local Govt. Do pass Senate Governance and Finance Committee on April 27.

SB 310 (Hancock).–.Creation of the Transit Priority Project Program.

• This bill would eliminate the requirement of voter approval for the creation of an infrastructure financing district and would authorize the appropriate legislative body to create the district, adopt the plan, and issue the bonds by resolutions. This bill would also create a streamlined permit process for development that met certain criteria and it would create a program to reimburse developer fees if a project was located within an Infrastructure Finance District.

• Leg Info Bill Text (Amended March 24)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Committee; April 21)

SB 450 (Lowenthal) – Redevelopment agencies housing expenditures.

• This bill reforms how redevelopment agencies spend their Low &Moderate Income Housing Funds.

• Leg Info Bill Text (Amended April 11)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Committee; March 31)

SB 468 (Kehoe).–.An act to add Section 103 to the Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation.

• This bill would impose additional requirements on the departmentwith respect to proposed capacity-increasing state highway projects in the coastal zone, including requiring the department to collaborate with local agencies, the California Coastal Commission, and countywide or regional transportation planning agencies to develop traffic congestion reduction goals.

• Leg Info Bill Text (Amended March 29)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Committee; April 8)

SB 535 (De Leon) — California Communities Healthy Air Revitalization Trust.

• This bill would require a minimum of 10% of revenues generated from fees collected by the Air Resources Board from sources of greenhouse gas emissions would be deposited into a trust operated by the CA Treasury Dept. Funds would be in used in communities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or to mitigate health or environmental impacts of climate change.

• SB 535 Leg Info Bill Text (Amended May 31)
• SB 535 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Floor, May 31)
• Status June 16: Referred to Assembly Committee on Natural Resources, hearing date is June 27.

SB 907 (Evans and Perez)–.Master Plan for Infrastructure Financing and Development Commission

• This bill would create the Master Plan for Infrastructure Financing and Development Commission, consisting of specified members, and would require the commission to prepare and submit a strategy and plan for infrastructure development in California that meets certain criteria to the Legislature and the Governor by December 1, 2013..

• SB 907 Leg Info Bill Text (Amended May 3 )
• SB 907 Bill Analysis (Senate Floor; May 27)
• SB 907 Bill Analysis (Senate Committee May 31)
• Status: June 13: In Assembly, referred to Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy.

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By Lauren Michele, June 12, 2011

Policy in Motion is tracking a handful of bills introduced this session pertaining to the integration of land use, transportation, housing affordability, and health within the context of sustainable community development in California. Below are summaries and links to legislative analyses for 21 relevant bills:

2011 Legislative Summaries—Updated June 12, 2011

AB 147 (Dickinson)—Subdivision Map Act

• Expands the existing eligible uses for transportation mitigation impact fees to transit, bike and pedestrian facilities.

• AB 147 Leg Info Bill Text (Amended in Senate May 31)
• AB 147 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Floor, June 9)
• AB 147 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Committee June 2)
• AB 147 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Floor; May 4)
• StatusJune 9: Read second time in Senate Governance and Finance Committee. Ordered to third reading.

AB 343 (Atkins) — Community Redevelopment Act

• Redevelopment Plans and subsequent projects to be in alignment with climate, air quality and energy conservation goals of Chapter 728 of the Statutes of 2008.

• Leg Info: Bill Text(Introduced Feb 10)
• AB 343 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Committee May 18 )
• Status June 6: Hearing in Senate Governance and Finance Committee on June 22.

AB 345 (Atkins) – Caltrans to consult with bike/pedestrian reps on traffic control devices.

• Caltrans to convene an advisory committee of representatives from groups representing bicycle and pedestrian users of streets, roads and highways and consult with this group regarding the installation of traffic control barriers and/or devices.

• Leg Info: Bill Text (April 4)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Committee; April 8)
• AB 345 Fact Sheet / More Info

AB 441 (Monning)–Health issues included in transportation plans.

• Requires the California Transportation Commission to include health issues in regional transportation plans. The Office of Planning and Research would develop guidelines for local government and regional agencies to incorporate health (improvement) issues into general plans.

• Leg Info: Bill Text (Amended March 24)
• AB 441 Leg Info Bill Analysis (May 4)
• AB 441 Fact Sheet / More Info
• Status: May 27^th-In committee, second hearing set, held under submission.

AB 539 (Williams) – Safe Routes to School speed limits.

• Authorizes local government to double fines for speeding in a school zones.
• Leg Info: Bill Text (Amended April 5)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis(Assembly Committee; April 8)

AB 605 (Dickinson) – OPR to set standards for VMT reductions and CEQA exemptions.

• A project could be exempt from CEQA analysis of transportation element if project met percentage reduction in vehicle trip miles.

• Leg Info Bill Text (Introduced Feb 16)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (available later)

AB 650 (Blumenfield) – Blue Ribbon Task Force on Public Transportation for the 21st Century

• Requires task force to be comprised of twelve transportation subject matter experts to prepare a written report which would include findings and recommendations regarding the current state of CA’s transit system, costs of creating the needed system, and potential funding sources.

• Leg Info: Bill Text (Amended March 31)
• AB 650 Leg Info Bill Analysis(Assembly Floor, May 28 )
• Fact Sheet / More Info
• Status: June 8: Referred to Committees on Transportation and Housing. Hearing scheduled for June 21.

AB 676 (Torres)–Expands use of transportation funds.

• Existing transportation expenditures are currently legally obligated for transportation related administration, operation, maintenance, local assistance, safety and rehabilitation projects. This bill would allocate remaining funds for the study of, and development and implementation of,capital improvement projects to be programmed in the state transportation improvement program.

• Leg Info Bill Text (Introduced Feb 17)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (available later)

AB 710 (Skinner) –Infill Development and Sustainable Community Act of 2011.

• Eliminates minimum parking requirements for infill and transit-oriented development. Prohibits city or county from requiring more than one parking space per residential unit and prohibits requirement of more than one parking space per 1,000 sq. ft of commercial units for residential or mixed-use project in a transit intensive area. Also modifies definition of sustainable communities to include communities that incentivize infill development.

• AB 710 Leg Info Text (Amended May 31)
• AB 710 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Floor May 31)
• Status: June 2: In Senate, read first time, to Com on RLS for assignment.

AB 819 (Wieckowski) –Enhance bicycle safety, complete streets.

• This bill augments existing Dept. of Transportation responsibility for safety guidelines to include class IV bikeways, in addition to class I, II and III bikeways. The bill defines class IV bikeways as: “segregated bike lanes,” which provide a completely separated right-of-way designated for the exclusive use of bicycles on streets and are demarcated by either a physical barrier or by distinct paint markings, or both, to minimize or prevent travel by motor vehicles.

• Leg Info: Bill Text (Amended March 31)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (available later)

AB 931 (Dickinson) –CEQA exemption rule for infill housing modification.

• CEQA requirements are exempted for infill development if certain criteria are met. This bill would extend the current criteria for the preparation of a community-level environmental review from 5 to 20 years. It would also lower the density requirement for exemption from 20 to 15 units per acre.

• Leg Info: Bill Text (Amended April 15)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Committee; April 22)

AB 995 (Cedillo) – OPR report to legislatureon expediting Transit Oriented Development environmental review.

• This bill would require the Office of Planning and Research, not later than July 1, 2012, to prepare and submit to the Legislature a report containing recommendations for expedited environmental review for transit-oriented development.

• Leg Info: Bill Text (Introduced Feb 18)
• Leg Info: Bill Analysis (available later)

AB 1285 (Fuentes) — Regional greenhouse gas emission reduction program.

• Legislation to create community greenhouse gas emission reduction program. Would provide state oversight over local government and nonprofit investments relating to greenhouse gasses.

• AB 1285 Leg Info Bill Text(Amended May 11)
• AB 1285 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Committee; April 29)
• Status May 3: Do pass, re-referred to Committee on Appropriations. Amended May 11, re-referred to Committee on Appropriations.

SB 77 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) — Elimination of state redevelopment agencies.

• Elimination of state redevelopment agencies (RDAs) and an orderly “wind down” of their responsibilities and assets. Local Govt successor agencies would be created to maintain certain existing RDA obligations. Elimination of state RDA’s has been identified as a method to balance the state’s budget. Property taxes that formerly went to RDAs would be directed to schools and public safety operations. The bill will result in $1.7 billion in additional funding for the 2011-2012 budget.

• Leg Info: Bill Text (Amended March 15)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Floor; March 15)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Floor; March 15)
• Status June 10:Motion to reconsider continued to June 13.Passed Senate Floor Feb 14.Failed Assembly Floor March 16.

SB 132 (Lowenthal) — School sittings to reflect state planning priorities.

• This bill would require the State Allocation Board to revise guidelines, rules, regulations, procedures, and policiesfor the acquisition of schoolsites and the construction of school facilities to reflect the state planning. This bill would also require that advice, standards, surveys, or information regarding the acquisition of school sites or the construction of school facilities provided by the StateDepartment of Education pursuant to this requirement reflect the state planning priorities.

• SB 132 Bill Text (Amended May 11)
• SB 132 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Floor, May 26 )
• Status June 9: Referred to Assembly Committee on Education.

SB 214 (Wolk) – Eliminate voter approval requirement for infrastructure finance districts.

• This bill would eliminate the requirement of voter approval to create and authorize an infrastructure financing district. This bill would authorize a legislative body to create an infrastructure finance district, adopt an infrastructure financing plan, and issue bonds by resolutions by resolution, not requiring voter approval.

• Leg Info Bill Text(Amended April 25)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Committee; April 28 )
• SB 214 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Floor; April 28 )
• Status: May 23^rd: Referred to Committee on Local Govt. Do pass Senate Governance and Finance Committee on April 27.

SB 310 (Hancock).–.Creation of the Transit Priority Project Program.

• This bill would eliminate the requirement of voter approval for the creation of an infrastructure financing district and would authorize the appropriate legislative body to create the district, adopt the plan, and issue the bonds by resolutions. This bill would also create a streamlined permit process for development that met certain criteria and it would create a program to reimburse developer fees if a project was located within an Infrastructure Finance District.

• Leg Info Bill Text (Amended March 24)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Committee; April 21)

SB 450 (Lowenthal) – Redevelopment agencies housing expenditures.

• This bill reforms how redevelopment agencies spend their Low &Moderate Income Housing Funds.

• Leg Info Bill Text (Amended April 11)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Committee; March 31)

SB 468 (Kehoe).–.An act to add Section 103 to the Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation.

• This bill would impose additional requirements on the departmentwith respect to proposed capacity-increasing state highway projects in the coastal zone, including requiring the department to collaborate with local agencies, the California Coastal Commission, and countywide or regional transportation planning agencies to develop traffic congestion reduction goals.

• Leg Info Bill Text (Amended March 29)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Committee; April 8)

SB 535 (De Leon) — California Communities Healthy Air Revitalization Trust.

• This bill would require a minimum of 10% of revenues generated from fees collected by the Air Resources Board from sources of greenhouse gas emissions would be deposited into a trust operated by the CA Treasury Dept. Funds would be in used in communities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or to mitigate health or environmental impacts of climate change.

• SB 535 Leg Info Bill Text (Amended May 31)
• SB 535 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Floor, May 31)
• Status June 2: In Assembly, read first time, held at desk.

SB 907 (Evans and Perez)–.Master Plan for Infrastructure Financing and Development Commission

• This bill would create the Master Plan for Infrastructure Financing and Development Commission, consisting of specified members, and would require the commission to prepare and submit a strategy and plan for infrastructure development in California that meets certain criteria to the Legislature and the Governor by December 1, 2013..

• SB 907 Leg Info Bill Text (Amended May 3 )
• SB 907 Bill Analysis (Senate Floor; May 27)
• SB 907 Bill Analysis (Senate Committee May 31)
• Status: June 2: In Assembly, read first time, held at desk.

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By Lauren Michele, June 8, 2011

NRDC is pleased to announce the publication of A Citizen’s Guide to LEED-for Neighborhood Development. The Guide is a handbook to help anyone interested in green practices learn, in user-friendly fashion, the ingredients that can make a neighborhood-scale development green. It is available on the web for free. For more about the Guide, start here. To proceed directly to download, go here.

LEED-ND is a comprehensive and logical rating system that reflects the most current thinking about smart, green, sustainable, and well-designed neighborhoods. For neighborhood-scale development to be certified by the US Green Building Council as environmentally exemplary, it must meet the criteria contained in the LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system. The rating system was developed by USGBC, NRDC, and the Congress for the New Urbanism. It is administered by USGBC.

But the principles embodied in LEED-ND can be applied to situations other than those in which a development is seeking certification. While the formal LEED-ND process is a technical one, the Citizen’s Guide is user-friendly and accessible, to help anyone learn about environmental standards for green land development and become an advocate for implementing these standards in their own communities. NRDC hopes this handbook for citizens will help promote greater widespread adoption of sustainable practices to create more inclusive, healthy, and environmentally sound places for everyone.

The Guide simplifies the three major sections of the formal rating system:

• Smart Location and Linkage: Where to Build
• Neighborhood Pattern and Design: What to Build
• Green Infrastructure and Buildings: How to Manage Environmental Impacts

It also includes some creative suggestions to help users get started using LEED-ND’s diverse standards to evaluate and improve development proposals, to guide improvements to neighborhoods, to inform community planning and zoning, or to inform other policy-making.

The Guide also includes a “Sustainable Neighborhood Development Checklist.” The checklist is a sort of “crib sheet” for every LEED-ND credit and prerequisite, presenting them in an easy-to-use format for evaluating development proposals, assessing existing neighborhoods, and informing community planning and policy.

For more information about A Citizen’s Guide to LEED for Neighborhood Development, start here. To proceed directly to download, go here.

Kaid
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By Lauren Michele, June 6, 2011

Policy in Motion is tracking a handful of bills introduced this session pertaining to the integration of land use, transportation, housing affordability, and health within the context of sustainable community development in California. Below are summaries and links to legislative analyses for 21 relevant bills:

2011 Legislative Summaries—Updated June 5, 2011

AB 147 (Dickinson)—Subdivision Map Act

• Expands the existing eligible uses for transportation mitigation impact fees to transit, bike and pedestrian facilities.

• AB 147 Leg Info Bill Text (Amended in Senate May 31)
• AB 147 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Committee June 2)
• AB 147 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Floor; May 4)
• Status: May 31: From committee chair, with author’s amendments: Amend, and re-refer

to committee.  Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on

GOV. & F.

AB 343 (Atkins) — Community Redevelopment Act

• Redevelopment Plans and subsequent projects to be in alignment with climate, air quality and energy conservation goals of Chapter 728 of the Statutes of 2008.

• Leg Info: Bill Text(Introduced Feb 10)
• AB 343 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Committee May 18 )
• Status: June 2: In Senate, referred to Coms on Government and Finance and E Q.

AB 345 (Atkins) – Caltrans to consult with bike/pedestrian reps on traffic control devices.

• Caltrans to convene an advisory committee of representatives from groups representing bicycle and pedestrian users of streets, roads and highways and consult with this group regarding the installation of traffic control barriers and/or devices.

• Leg Info: Bill Text (April 4)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Committee; April 8 )
• AB 345 Fact Sheet / More Info

AB 441 (Monning)–Health issues included in transportation plans.

• Requires the California Transportation Commission to include health issues in regional transportation plans. The Office of Planning and Research would develop guidelines for local government and regional agencies to incorporate health (improvement) issues into general plans.

• Leg Info: Bill Text (Amended March 24)
• AB 441 Leg Info Bill Analysis (May 4)
• AB 441 Fact Sheet / More Info
• Status: May 27^th-In committee, second hearing set, held under submission.

AB 539 (Williams) – Safe Routes to School speed limits.

• Authorizes local government to double fines for speeding in a school zones.
• Leg Info: Bill Text (Amended April 5)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis(Assembly Committee; April 8 )

AB 605 (Dickinson) – OPR to set standards for VMT reductions and CEQA exemptions.

• A project could be exempt from CEQA analysis of transportation element if project met percentage reduction in vehicle trip miles.

• Leg Info Bill Text (Introduced Feb 16)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (available later)

AB 650 (Blumenfield) – Blue Ribbon Task Force on Public Transportation for the 21st Century

• Requires task force to be comprised of twelve transportation subject matter experts to prepare a written report which would include findings and recommendations regarding the current state of CA’s transit system, costs of creating the needed system, and potential funding sources.

• Leg Info: Bill Text (Amended March 31)
• AB 650 Leg Info Bill Analysis(Assembly Floor, May 28 )
• Fact Sheet / More Info
• Status: June 1: Read third time, passed, and ordered to Senate. In Senate, read first time, to Committee on RLS for assignment.

AB 676 (Torres)–Expands use of transportation funds.

• Existing transportation expenditures are currently legally obligated for transportation related administration, operation, maintenance, local assistance, safety and rehabilitation projects. This bill would allocate remaining funds for the study of, and development and implementation of,capital improvement projects to be programmed in the state transportation improvement program.

• Leg Info Bill Text (Introduced Feb 17)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (available later)

AB 710 (Skinner) –Infill Development and Sustainable Community Act of 2011.

• Eliminates minimum parking requirements for infill and transit-oriented development. Prohibits city or county from requiring more than one parking space per residential unit and prohibits requirement of more than one parking space per 1,000 sq. ft of commercial units for residential or mixed-use project in a transit intensive area. Also modifies definition of sustainable communities to include communities that incentivize infill development.

• AB 710 Leg Info Text (Amended May 31)
• AB 710 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Floor May 31)
• Status: June 2: In Senate, read first time, to Com on RLS for assignment.

AB 819 (Wieckowski) –Enhance bicycle safety, complete streets.

• This bill augments existing Dept. of Transportation responsibility for safety guidelines to include class IV bikeways, in addition to class I, II and III bikeways. The bill defines class IV bikeways as: “segregated bike lanes,” which provide a completely separated right-of-way designated for the exclusive use of bicycles on streets and are demarcated by either a physical barrier or by distinct paint markings, or both, to minimize or prevent travel by motor vehicles.

• Leg Info: Bill Text (Amended March 31)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (available later)

AB 931 (Dickinson) –CEQA exemption rule for infill housing modification.

• CEQA requirements are exempted for infill development if certain criteria are met. This bill would extend the current criteria for the preparation of a community-level environmental review from 5 to 20 years. It would also lower the density requirement for exemption from 20 to 15 units per acre.

• Leg Info: Bill Text (Amended April 15)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Committee; April 22)

AB 995 (Cedillo) – OPR report to legislatureon expediting Transit Oriented Development environmental review.

• This bill would require the Office of Planning and Research, not later than July 1, 2012, to prepare and submit to the Legislature a report containing recommendations for expedited environmental review for transit-oriented development.

• Leg Info: Bill Text (Introduced Feb 18 )
• Leg Info: Bill Analysis (available later)

AB 1285 (Fuentes) — Regional greenhouse gas emission reduction program.

• Legislation to create community greenhouse gas emission reduction program. Would provide state oversight over local government and nonprofit investments relating to greenhouse gasses.

• AB 1285 Leg Info Bill Text(Amended May 11)
• AB 1285 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Committee; April 29)
• Status May 3: Do pass, re-referred to Committee on Appropriations. Amended May 11, re-referred to Committee on Appropriations.

SB 77 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) — Elimination of state redevelopment agencies.

• Elimination of state redevelopment agencies (RDAs) and an orderly “wind down” of their responsibilities and assets. Local Govt successor agencies would be created to maintain certain existing RDA obligations. Elimination of state RDA’s has been identified as a method to balance the state’s budget. Property taxes that formerly went to RDAs would be directed to schools and public safety operations. The bill will result in $1.7 billion in additional funding for the 2011-2012 budget.

• Leg Info: Bill Text (Amended March 15)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Assembly Floor; March 15)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Floor; March 15)
• Status:Motion to reconsider continued to June 3.Passed Senate Floor Feb 14.Failed Assembly Floor March 16.Motion to reconsider continued to May 27.

SB 132 (Lowenthal) — School sittings to reflect state planning priorities.

• This bill would require the State Allocation Board to revise guidelines, rules, regulations, procedures, and policiesfor the acquisition of schoolsites and the construction of school facilities to reflect the state planning. This bill would also require that advice, standards, surveys, or information regarding the acquisition of school sites or the construction of school facilities provided by the StateDepartment of Education pursuant to this requirement reflect the state planning priorities.

• SB 132 Bill Text (Amended May 11)
• SB 132 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Floor, May 26 )
• Status: June 1: In Assembly, read first time, held at desk.

SB 214 (Wolk) – Eliminate voter approval requirement for infrastructure finance districts.

• This bill would eliminate the requirement of voter approval to create and authorize an infrastructure financing district. This bill would authorize a legislative body to create an infrastructure finance district, adopt an infrastructure financing plan, and issue bonds by resolutions by resolution, not requiring voter approval.

• Leg Info Bill Text(Amended April 25)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Committee; April 28 )
• SB 214 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Floor; April 28 )
• Status: May 23^rd: Referred to Committee on Local Govt. Do pass Senate Governance and Finance Committee on April 27.

SB 310 (Hancock).–.Creation of the Transit Priority Project Program.

• This bill would eliminate the requirement of voter approval for the creation of an infrastructure financing district and would authorize the appropriate legislative body to create the district, adopt the plan, and issue the bonds by resolutions. This bill would also create a streamlined permit process for development that met certain criteria and it would create a program to reimburse developer fees if a project was located within an Infrastructure Finance District.

• Leg Info Bill Text (Amended March 24)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Committee; April 21)

SB 450 (Lowenthal) – Redevelopment agencies housing expenditures.

• This bill reforms how redevelopment agencies spend their Low &Moderate Income Housing Funds.

• Leg Info Bill Text (Amended April 11)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Committee; March 31)

SB 468 (Kehoe).–.An act to add Section 103 to the Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation.

• This bill would impose additional requirements on the departmentwith respect to proposed capacity-increasing state highway projects in the coastal zone, including requiring the department to collaborate with local agencies, the California Coastal Commission, and countywide or regional transportation planning agencies to develop traffic congestion reduction goals.

• Leg Info Bill Text (Amended March 29)
• Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Committee; April 8 )

SB 535 (De Leon) — California Communities Healthy Air Revitalization Trust.

• This bill would require a minimum of 10% of revenues generated from fees collected by the Air Resources Board from sources of greenhouse gas emissions would be deposited into a trust operated by the CA Treasury Dept. Funds would be in used in communities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or to mitigate health or environmental impacts of climate change.

• SB 535 Leg Info Bill Text (Amended May 31)
• SB 535 Leg Info Bill Analysis (Senate Floor, May 31)
• Status June 2: In Assembly, read first time, held at desk.

SB 907 (Evans and Perez)–.Master Plan for Infrastructure Financing and Development Commission

• This bill would create the Master Plan for Infrastructure Financing and Development Commission, consisting of specified members, and would require the commission to prepare and submit a strategy and plan for infrastructure development in California that meets certain criteria to the Legislature and the Governor by December 1, 2013..

• SB 907 Leg Info Bill Text (Amended May 3 )
• SB 907 Bill Analysis (Senate Floor; May 27)
• SB 907 Bill Analysis (Senate Committee May 31)
• Status: June 2: In Assembly, read first time, held at desk.