A New Advocacy Approach for Building Stronger Cities and a Stronger State, continued
The League has worked with other stakeholders and key legislators to develop and support legislation that will expand fiscal options for cities.
League Outreach to Legislature And Governor Outreach and Legislative Actions. League officers met with the governor’s representatives and most of the legislative leaders in early January to explore common ground for joint agendas. The entire
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League board met with Gov. Brown in April to discuss the importance of local diversity and control, economic development and careful implementation of criminal justice realignment to avoid dangerous community impacts. Proactive Legislation. The League supported a number of key pieces of legislation around economic development, affordable housing, infrastructure finance and community development, including AB 1080, SB 33 and SB 391. • AB 1080 (Alejo) concerns new taxincrement authority to address the needs of areas impacted by poverty and blight; • SB 33 (Wolk) reforms existing law on infrastructure financing districts to remove impediments to its use; and • SB 391 (DeSaulnier), the California Homes and Jobs Act, provides $500 million annually for affordable housing. New Revenue Options for Cities. The League has worked with other stakeholders and key legislators to develop and support legislation that will expand fiscal options for cities, including new sources of transportation infrastructure funding (some of which are still in development for 2014) and various constitutional amendment proposals that would reduce the vote required for new revenues. While the League has registered formal support for the following measures, none are expected to move out of the Senate this year. • ACA 8 (Blumenfield) lowers the threshold for voter approval to 55 percent for general obligation bonds to finance new infrastructure and public safety facilities; • SCA 4 (Liu) and SCA 8 (Corbett) are identical measures that authorize new, extended or increased special taxes by a local government for local transportation projects with 55 percent voter approval;
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