Hot Issues for the Week of June 17, 2013
Environmental Regulation
SUPPORT AB 227 (Gatto; D-Los Angeles) JOB CREATOR: Stops Drive-by Lawsuits — Protects small businesses from drive-by lawsuits by providing a 14-day right to cure for allegations of a failure to post a Prop 65 warning. Senate Environmental Quality Committee hearing June 19.
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Economic Development Barriers
OPPOSE SCA 3 (Leno; D-San Francisco) JOB KILLER: Lowers Vote Requirement for Tax Increases — Adds complexity and uncertainty to the current tax structure and pressure to increase taxes on commercial, industrial and residential property owners for education programs by giving school districts and community colleges new authority to enact a parcel tax from two-thirds to fifty-five percent. Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee hearing June 18.
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OPPOSE SCA 7 (Wolk; D-Davis) JOB KILLER: Lowers Vote Requirement for Tax Increases — Adds complexity and uncertainty to the current tax structure and pressure to increase taxes on commercial, industrial and residential property owners to finance library construction by giving local government new authority to enact special taxes, including parcel taxes, by lowering the vote threshold from two-thirds to fifty-five percent. Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee hearing June 18.
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OPPOSE SCA 9 (Corbett; D-San Leandro) JOB KILLER: Lowers Vote Requirement for Tax Increases — Adds complexity and uncertainty to the current tax structure and pressure to increase taxes on commercial, industrial and residential property owners to finance community and economic development projects by giving local government new authority to enact special taxes, including parcel taxes, by lowering the vote threshold from two-thirds to fifty-five percent. Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee hearing June 18.
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OPPOSE SCA 11 (Hancock; D-Oakland) JOB KILLER: Lowers Vote Requirement for Tax Increases — Adds complexity and uncertainty to the current tax structure and pressure to increase taxes on commercial, industrial and residential property owners by giving local government new authority to enact special taxes, including parcel taxes, by lowering the vote threshold from two-thirds to fifty-five percent. Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee hearing June 18.
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Housing and Land Use
OPPOSE AB 667 (Hernandez; D-West Covina) Stifles Economic Development — Undermines local land use discretion by mandating an additional and costly economic and community impact report prior to approving a permit to construct a large retail establishment. Senate Governance and Finance Committee hearing June 26.
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