League of California Cities Priority Focus Editions #25 and #26. IN THIS ISSUE: Page 2: League Seeks Session Ideas for 2009 Planners Institute Page 3: Wildomar Becomes a City on July 1 Find a Bill Legislators Leg Committee or Ask League Leg Staff June 27 2008 Issue #25 2008 BILL FOR MORE INFILL TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS AND COUNTY ROADS GOES TO GOVERNOR Legislation that fast tracks additional allocations of bond funding authorized under Propositions 1C and 1B (2006) was approved by the Assembly and sent to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday June 26. AB 1252 (Caballero) provides an additional $150 million for infill infrastructure and transit oriented development (TOD) programs initiated through Prop. 1C. This allocation was requested by the Administration in response to the heavy demand for these funds at the local level. For more see Page 2. SAVE THE DATE FOR AIR QUALITY WORKSHOPS City officials will soon have a chance to weigh in on the future of the state s air quality. The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is holding three public workshops in July in preparation for drafting a scoping plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as required by AB 32 the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. For more see Page 2. GOVERNOR S OFFICE ISSUES TECHNICAL GUIDANCE ON CEQA AND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLEMENTATION Local government officials and their planning staff have a new resource to help address climate change. The Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR) recently published a new technical advisory on the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and climate change. For more see Page 2. AB 1252 Continued from Page 1 The FY 2007 08 budget provided $240 million for the Infill Infrastructure Fund and $95 million for Transit Oriented Development but the volume of applications exceeded those amounts four fold. AB 1252 provides an additional $100 million for infill infrastructure projects and another $50 million for TOD. As part of the Senate...
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