Sheraton Grand Hotel

Grand Nave Ballroom, Magnolia

Sacramento , California

Thursday, June 5, 2008

8:00 a.m.-9:35 a.m. 
 

Presiding:

Liz Anderson-Fitzgerald, Chair

Wendi-Mae Davis, Vice Chair
Allen Chiang, Vice Chair
Jeanette Way, Committee Liaison
Larry Matteson, Rural Forum Chair

C.A.R. Staff: Elizabeth Gavric, Legislative Advocate

I.  Opening Comments: Chairwoman Anderson-Fitzgerald

II. Discussion/Information Items 

A. Report from Green Task Force - Bob Hart, Chair
 
B. Report from REALTOR® Committee on Air Quality - Carol Banner

C. Report from Onsite Wastewater Disposal "Septic" Working Group: Current Status of SWRCB AB 885 Draft Statewide Regulations for Septic Systems

D. Legislative Update

1.  Boards, Departments and Special Districts

     a.  AB 938 (Calderon C.) Water Districts: Urban Runoff - Support

     b.  AB 1159 (Coto) Insurance: State Earthquake Authority - Support

     c.  AB 1338 (Huffman) Public Resources: Local Coastal Programs - Oppose

     d.  SB 838 (Cogdill) Fire Prevention and Protection -Support

     e.  SB 1231 (Correa) Fire Safety - Support

     f.  SB 1295 (Ducheny) Coastal Act: Coastal Redevelopment Permit: Appeal - Support

     g.  SB 1595 (Kehoe) Public Resources: fire protection: fuels management: forest protection - Amend

2.  California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

     a.  SB 1165 (Kuehl) Environment: Environmental Impact Report - Oppose

     b.  SB 1210 (Dutton) Environmental Quality: Short Form EIR - Support

     c.  SB 1238 (Machado) Wildlife Resources - Oppose Unless Amended

     d.  SB 1631 (Ackerman) Public Works: Environmental Complaints - Support

3.  Disclosures

     a.  AB 2733 (Brownley) Real Property Disclosures - Oppose

     b.  AB 2881 (Wolk) Nuisance: Agricultural Activity: Costs: Right to Farm - Amended!

     c.  SB 1386 (Lowenthal) Carbon Monoxide - Amended!

4.  Green Buildings & Energy Efficiency

     a.  AB 1065 (Lieber) Public Resources: Building Standards - Oppose

     b.  AB 2030 (Lieu) Building Standards - Oppose

     c.  AB 2112 (Saldana) Energy: Building Standards - Oppose

     d.  AB 2309 (DeSaulnier) Energy Systems - Support

     e.  AB 2678 (Nunez) Energy: Energy Audit - Oppose Unless Amended

     f.  AB 2916 (Nunez) State Buildings: Energy Efficiency Measures - Oppose

5.  Land Use and Conservation

     a.  AB 838 (Blakeslee) Parks and Recreation Easements - Amend

     b.  AB 2514 (Eng) Human Remains - Oppose

6.  Planning and Zoning

     a.  AB 1985 (Strickland) Sidewalks: Repairs - Support

     b.  AB 1991 (Mullin) Subdivisions: Tentative Maps - Support

     c.  AB 2219 (Parra) Subdivisions: Water Supply - Support

     d.  AB 2447 (Jones) Subdivision Maps: Disapproval -Amended!

     e.  SB 375 (Steinberg) Transportation Planning: Travel Models: Reviews - Oppose

7.  Water Supply 

     a.  AB 2046 (Jones) Water Supply Assessments: Groundwater - Oppose 

III.    Other

IV.    Adjournment