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State Legislation Committee

April 14, 2004
10:00 am

City Hall, Room 288

MEETING MINUTES

I. ROLL CALL

Members Present

Steve Kawa - Mayor's Office of Public Policy and Finance
David Grenell - Supervisor Matt Gonzalez's Office
David Owen - Supervisor Aaron Peskin's Office
Donna Kotake - Assessor's Office
Mary Jane Winslow - City Attorney's Office
Peg Stevenson - Controller's Office
Jay Banfield - Treasurer's Office

Other Attendees

Kate Breen - Muni
Dianna Hammons - Department of Parking and Traffic
Mark Westlund - Department of Environment
Colleen Chawla - Department of Public Health
David Greenberg - City Attorney's Office
Margarita Gutierrez - City Attorney's Office

II. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

Action item: the Committee voted to approve the minutes of the April 14, 2004 meeting.

III. PROPOSED LEGISLATION

Action items: The Committee voted to take action on the following state legislation affecting the City and County of San Francisco:

    A. AB 2741 (Salinas and Wolk): to give Oakland and San Jose each a seat on the Metropolitan Transit Commission (MTC).

      Action: Oppose

    B. AB 2817 (Salinas): to transfer transportation funding and programming authority from the MTC to county congestion management agencies (such as the SFCTA).

      Action: no position taken, because the bill is expected to be tabled.

    C. AB 2568 (Yee): to double fines for moving violations on 19th Avenue.

      Action: Support

    D. SB 1612 (Speier): to enable counties to access federal subsidies for childcare for foster parents.

    Action: Support

    E. SB 1180 (Figueroa): to establish a statewide program for fluorescent lamp recycling.

      Action: Support

    F. 2004 State Legislative Plan: summarizes the Department's position on key legislative issues.

      Action: Support

    G. AB 2766 (Richman): to prohibit San Francisco County and other "over-equity" counties from receiving growth in Vehicle License Fee "Realignment" revenues.

      Action: Oppose

    H. AB 1881 (Berg): to authorize all counties to implement an integrated health and human services program.

      Action: Support

    I. AB 2301 (Maze): to eliminate the requirement for quarterly and estimated annual reports on indigent health care data.

      Action: Support

    J. AB 2483 (Chan): to develop a 3-year pilot program on integrating alcohol and drug treatment programs for youth.

      Action: Support

    K. AB 2871 (Berg): to authorize clean needle and syringe exchange programs without the requirement for regularly declaring a local state of emergency.

      Action: Support

    L. SB 1149 (Ortiz): to require the CA State Board of Pharmacy to disseminate information on Canadian pharmacies that meet requirements for safe dispensing of dangerous drugs to California residents.

      Action: Support

    M. SB 1152 (Scott): to make it a misdemeanor to sell ammunition to minors, and to require collection of information about ammunition buyers at the point of sale.

      Action: Support

    N. SB 1508 (Ducheny): to prohibit refinancing of rental property that has an outstanding code violation.

      Action: Continued until the May 12 meeting of the Committee.

IV. SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

Discussion item: no items were offered for the May 12 agenda.

V. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

Discussion item: No members of the public offered public comment.

VI. ADJOURNMENT