Thursday October 8, 2009
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Convention Center, Room J1-J4
San Jose, CA

Presiding:
Heath Hilgenberg, Chair
Liz Anderson Fitzgerald, Vice Chair
Pat "Ziggy" Zicarelli, Vice Chair

Bill Jansen, Executive Committee Liaison
Terry Wunderlich, Executive Committee Liaison
Allen Chaing, NAR Liaison

Staff:
Alex Creel
Stan Wieg

I. Welcome and Opening Remarks - Heath Hilgenberg, Chair
* Special Announcements*

II. Legislative Overview
a. Member mobilization report - DeAnn Kerr
b. Ballot propositions, Budget issues and special sessions
c. Considerations in sponsoring legislation*

III. 2010 Sponsored Legislation
1. SB 206 (Dutton) Homebuyer tax credit
2. Extending Anti-deficiency protections to refinanced purchase money mortgages
3. CID Right to rent
4. Local vacant property maintenance ordinances

IV. Reports of Committees and Task Forces
a. Common Interest Development - Mike Riley
b. Equal Opportunity and Cultural Diversity - Cathlyne Scharetg
c. Housing Opportunity - Steve White
d. Land Use and Environmental - Lisa Meutterties
e. Local Governmental Relations - Tim Brigham
f. Manufactured Housing - Carl San Miguel
g. Property Management - Don Readinger
h. Real Estate Finance - Skip Zeleny
i. Taxation - Cynthia Carley

V. Appraisal Issues
a. HVCC update
b. Portable appraisals*
c. Appraisal management company regulation.*
d. SB 237 (Calderon); Appraisal management company regulation

VI. Unconstitutional Property Restrictions; Electronic Redaction*

VII. Loan Modification Restrictions
a. SB 94 (Calderon)
b. AB 764 (Nava)

VIII. Point of Sale Updates
1. SB 407 (Padilla), Toilet retrofit
2. SB 183 (Lowenthal), Disclosures and carbon monoxide detectors
3. AB 758 (Skinner), Comprehensive home energy conservation program
4. AB 985 (De La Torre), Illegal restrictive covenants

IX. Department of Real Estate
a. "Poison Pill" statute changes*
b. Advance fee contract issues*
c. AB 33 (Nava) consolidation into new Department of Financial Services super-agency
d. SAFE Act compliance; separately licensing loan originators - AB 34, SB 36
e. LAO report "DRE: Opportunities to Improve Consumer Protection"
f. DRE task force review of examination questions
g. SB 496 (Maldonado) Barring licenses to sex offenders

X. Formaldehyde and Proposition 65 Update

XI. Bills of Others
[Note: For a complete listing of pending legislation and C.A.R. positions, please see the Legislative Program Report, which is updated every other month and available on-line through the Government Affairs section of car.org ]

- AB 255 (Anderson) Prohibiting Google Earth street views
- AB 260 (Lieu) Higher cost loan originator restrictions
- AB 329 (Feuer), SB 660 (Wolk); Reverse mortgage restrictions
- AB 350 (Lieu), Debt payment services
- AB 457 (Monning); Notice to owners of lien actions
- AB 919 (Nava) Mortgage information and records retention
- AB 957 (Galgiani); "Buyer's choice" in selection of escrow
- AB 1118 (Hayashi); Licensing home inspectors
- AB 1160 (Fong); Translation of contract disclosures
- SB 109 (Calderon); Real estate auctions
- SB 306 (Calderon); short pay beneficiary statement request
- SB 318 (Calderon); Dogfighting forfeitures

X. Introduction of 2010 Committee Leadership

XI. Adjournment