Thursday, January 19, 2012
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Nopales/Ocatillo/ Pinon Rooms
Indian Wells Ballroom
Mission Statement: The mission of the committee is to monitor and supervise the state implementation of C.A.R. public policy in legislation and regulation; and to evaluate policy recommendations that arise in C.A.R.'s four public policy committees: Transaction and Regulatory, Taxation and Government Finance, Land Use and Environmental, and Housing. The Legislative Committee reports to the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. (January 2010)
Presiding:
Wendy Furth, Chair
Oronzo "Otto" Catrina, Vice Chair
Geoff McIntosh, Vice Chair
Liaisons:
Patricia Bouie-Hinds, Executive Committee
Mel Wilson, Executive Committee
Staff:
Alex Creel
Stan Wieg
I. Introduction and Welcome - Wendy Furth
II. Legislative Update
A. Legislature and state budget developments - Oral update from staff.
B. Member mobilization - Update on Broker Involvement Program, member mobilization issues
III. Sponsored Legislation – 2012
A. AB 392 (Alejo) - Brown Open Meeting Act reform
B. Degree Broker experience requirements
C. Tax Assessor Appeal Board - Brown Act open meetings
D. Retrofit Requirements - burdens on transactions
E. Debt forgiveness tax safe harbor - pending federal action
IV. Sponsored Legislation - 2011
A. SB 150 (Correa) - CID Right to rent
B. SB 458 (Corbett) - Anti-Deficiency
C. SB 510 (Correa) - DRE manager proposal
D. AB 278 (Hill) - DRE Citation and Fine authority
E AB 771 (Butler) - CID disclosure fee limitation.
F. AB 392 (Alejo) - Brown Open Meeting Act reform Held on Appropriations Suspense file
G. SB 837 (Blakeslee) - TDS tweak for water conservation
H. DRE Broker experience requirement - pending 2012 introduction
V. Action items - Qualified Ballot Measure: Prohibits Political Contributions by Payroll Deduction. Prohibitions on Contributions to Candidates. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. *
VI. Reports of Standing Committees
A. Housing - John Torres
B. Land Use and Environmental - Sheri Setser
C. Taxation and Government Finance - Ted Loring
D. Transactions and Regulatory - Greg Galli
VII. Other
VIII. Adjournment
