
SB 1
DEFINES "INEFFICIENT LAND USE"
AS "BLIGHT"!
DEFINES "INEFFICIENT LAND USE"
AS "BLIGHT"!
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sb1 funds plan bay area

CA ASSEMBLY BILL 1
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2013–2014 REGULAR SESSION
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 03, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 05, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 02, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 15, 2013
SB-1 Sustainable Communities Investment Authority. (2013-2014)
SENATE BILL No. 1
Introduced by Senator Steinberg
(Coauthor: Senator DeSaulnier)
December 03, 2012
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SUMMARY
SB 1, as amended, Steinberg. Sustainable Communities Investment Authority. The Community Redevelopment Law authorizes the establishment of redevelopment agencies in communities to address the effects of blight, as defined. Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies and community development agencies, as of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of successor agencies. Existing law provides for various economic development programs that foster community sustainability and community and economic development initiatives throughout the state. This bill would authorize certain public entities of a Sustainable Communities Investment Area, as described, to form a Sustainable Communities Investment Authority (authority) to carry out the Community Redevelopment Law in a specified manner. The bill would require the authority to adopt a Sustainable Communities Investment Plan for a Sustainable Communities Investment Area and authorize the authority to include in that plan a provision for the receipt of tax increment funds provided that certain economic development and planning requirements are met. The bill would authorize the legislative body of a city or county forming an authority to dedicate any portion of its net available revenue, as defined, to the authority through its Sustainable Communities Investment Plan. The bill would require the authority to contract for an independent financial and performance audit every 5 years. The bill would establish prequalification requirements for entities that will receive more than $1,000,000 from the Sustainable Communities Investment Authority and would require the Department of Industrial Relations to monitor and enforce compliance with prevailing wage requirements for specified projects within a Sustainable Communities Investment Area. The bill would deposit moneys received by the department from developer charges related to the costs of monitoring and enforcement in the State Public Works Enforcement Fund. By depositing a new source of revenue in the State Public Works Enforcement Fund, a continuously appropriated special fund, the bill would make an appropriation. Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
To see a summary of SB1, go to the California Government website: https://www.govtrack.us/states/ca/bills/2013/sb1
SB 1, as amended, Steinberg. Sustainable Communities Investment Authority. The Community Redevelopment Law authorizes the establishment of redevelopment agencies in communities to address the effects of blight, as defined. Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies and community development agencies, as of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of successor agencies. Existing law provides for various economic development programs that foster community sustainability and community and economic development initiatives throughout the state. This bill would authorize certain public entities of a Sustainable Communities Investment Area, as described, to form a Sustainable Communities Investment Authority (authority) to carry out the Community Redevelopment Law in a specified manner. The bill would require the authority to adopt a Sustainable Communities Investment Plan for a Sustainable Communities Investment Area and authorize the authority to include in that plan a provision for the receipt of tax increment funds provided that certain economic development and planning requirements are met. The bill would authorize the legislative body of a city or county forming an authority to dedicate any portion of its net available revenue, as defined, to the authority through its Sustainable Communities Investment Plan. The bill would require the authority to contract for an independent financial and performance audit every 5 years. The bill would establish prequalification requirements for entities that will receive more than $1,000,000 from the Sustainable Communities Investment Authority and would require the Department of Industrial Relations to monitor and enforce compliance with prevailing wage requirements for specified projects within a Sustainable Communities Investment Area. The bill would deposit moneys received by the department from developer charges related to the costs of monitoring and enforcement in the State Public Works Enforcement Fund. By depositing a new source of revenue in the State Public Works Enforcement Fund, a continuously appropriated special fund, the bill would make an appropriation. Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
To see a summary of SB1, go to the California Government website: https://www.govtrack.us/states/ca/bills/2013/sb1
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1, as amended, Steinberg. Sustainable Communities Investment Authority.
The Community Redevelopment Law authorizes the establishment of redevelopment agencies in communities to address the effects of blight, as defined. Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies and community development agencies, as of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of successor agencies.
Existing law provides for various economic development programs that foster community sustainability and community and economic development initiatives throughout the state.
This bill would authorize certain public entities of a Sustainable Communities Investment Area, as described, to form a Sustainable Communities Investment Authority (authority) to carry out the Community Redevelopment Law in a specified manner. The bill would require the authority to adopt a Sustainable Communities Investment Plan for a Sustainable Communities Investment Area and authorize the authority to include in that plan a provision for the receipt of tax increment funds provided that certain economic development and planning requirements are met. The bill would authorize the legislative body of a city or county forming an authority to dedicate any portion of its net available revenue, as defined, to the authority through its Sustainable Communities Investment Plan. The bill would require the authority to contract for an independent financial and performance audit every 5 years.
The bill would establish prequalification requirements for entities that will receive more than $1,000,000 from the Sustainable Communities Investment Authority and would require the Department of Industrial Relations to monitor and enforce compliance with prevailing wage requirements for specified projects within a Sustainable Communities Investment Area. The bill would deposit moneys received by the department from developer charges related to the costs of monitoring and enforcement in the State Public Works Enforcement Fund. By depositing a new source of revenue in the State Public Works Enforcement Fund, a continuously appropriated special fund, the bill would make an appropriation.
To read the full text of SB1, go to the California Government website: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1
SB 1, as amended, Steinberg. Sustainable Communities Investment Authority.
The Community Redevelopment Law authorizes the establishment of redevelopment agencies in communities to address the effects of blight, as defined. Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies and community development agencies, as of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of successor agencies.
Existing law provides for various economic development programs that foster community sustainability and community and economic development initiatives throughout the state.
This bill would authorize certain public entities of a Sustainable Communities Investment Area, as described, to form a Sustainable Communities Investment Authority (authority) to carry out the Community Redevelopment Law in a specified manner. The bill would require the authority to adopt a Sustainable Communities Investment Plan for a Sustainable Communities Investment Area and authorize the authority to include in that plan a provision for the receipt of tax increment funds provided that certain economic development and planning requirements are met. The bill would authorize the legislative body of a city or county forming an authority to dedicate any portion of its net available revenue, as defined, to the authority through its Sustainable Communities Investment Plan. The bill would require the authority to contract for an independent financial and performance audit every 5 years.
The bill would establish prequalification requirements for entities that will receive more than $1,000,000 from the Sustainable Communities Investment Authority and would require the Department of Industrial Relations to monitor and enforce compliance with prevailing wage requirements for specified projects within a Sustainable Communities Investment Area. The bill would deposit moneys received by the department from developer charges related to the costs of monitoring and enforcement in the State Public Works Enforcement Fund. By depositing a new source of revenue in the State Public Works Enforcement Fund, a continuously appropriated special fund, the bill would make an appropriation.
To read the full text of SB1, go to the California Government website: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1
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why does citizens sonoma oppose sb1?
- It gives the government taxing power without a vote of the People.
- It allows government taking by eminent domain for "sustainable development" by newly authorized "sustainable community investment areas".
- It gives government authority to declare our suburbs as blight to take our property
- Sustainable development is a radical land use plan that seeks to change our current suburban, rural and urban land uses to urban, open space/agriculture and habitat.
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WHAT IS THE
CURRENT STATUS
OF SB1?
To find out the current status of SB1, go to the California Government website: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml
CURRENT STATUS
OF SB1?
To find out the current status of SB1, go to the California Government website: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml
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KILL THE BILL
Declare Your Opposition
to SB1 Today!
Here is the link to the District Senators . . .
http://senate.ca.gov/senators?sort=party-a
Here is the phone number of the Governor's office to request that he VETO Senate Bill 1 . . .
Governor Jerry Brown
Phone: (916) 445-2841
Fax: (916) 558-3160
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sb1 news updates

"Plan Bay Area Opponents See New Legislative Threat on Horizon", by Richard Halstead, Marin IJ, on February 2, 2014:
http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_25038802/plan-bay-area-opponents-see-new-legislative-threat?IADID=Search-www.marinij.com-www.marinij.com