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          Bill No:  AB 2103
          Author:   Hill (D)
          Amended:  6/2/10 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE  :  3-0, 6/9/10
          AYES:  Kehoe, DeSaulnier, Price
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Cox, Aanestad

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  74-0, 5/6/10 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority

          SOURCE  :     San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority


           DIGEST  :    This bill prescribes the method of how the San  
          Francisco Bay Restoration Authority (SFBRA) places a  
          regional funding measure before the voters of the SFBRA.

           ANALYSIS  :    Proposition 218 (1996) established that a tax  
          levied by a special-purpose authority is a special tax  
          requiring 2/3 voter approval.  State law authorizes the  
          legislative body of any district to levy a special tax with  
          2/3 voter approval (AB 2345, Chappie, 1980).  

          The SFBRA is a regional entity with jurisdiction extending  
          throughout the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area (AB 2954  
          [Lieber], Chapter 690, Statutes of 2008).  SFBRA's purpose  
          is to raise and allocate resources for the restoration,  
          enhancement, protection, and enjoyment of wetlands and  
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          wildlife habitats in the San Francisco Bay and along its  
          shoreline.  SFBRA can levy a special tax consistent with  
          the provisions of Proposition 218.

          This bill requires the board of supervisors of the county  
          or counties in which the San Francisco Bay Restoration  
          Authority proposes to levy a special tax to call a special  
          election on the measure.  This bill requires the special  
          election to be consolidated with the next regularly  
          scheduled statewide election and requires that the measure  
          be submitted to the voters in the appropriate counties,  
          consistent with specified constitutional requirements.

          This bill requires each county included in the measure to  
          use the ballot question, title, and summary, and ballot  
          language provided in the resolution of the Authority.  The  
          bill requires the county clerk of each county to report the  
          results of the special election to the Authority.

          This bill inserts, into the statute authorizing the San  
          Francisco Bay Restoration Authority to levy a special tax,  
          a cross-reference to the statute that generally authorizes  
          special districts to levy special taxes.

           Comments
           
          The SFBRA is responsible for helping to restore 36,000  
          acres of San Francisco Bay shoreline into tidal wetlands,  
          an endeavor that may cost more than $1.4 billion over 50  
          years.  To cover some of these costs, and leverage  
          additional state and federal funding, SFBRA officials  
          anticipate the need to seek 2/3 voter approval for special  
          taxes, as authorized by current law.  This bill adds  
          language to SFBRA's authorizing statute clarifying some of  
          the rules that would apply to an election on a special tax  
          proposed by the Authority.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  No    
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  6/10/10)

          San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority (source) 
          Association of Bay Area Governments

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          Save the Bay
          Trust for Public Land
          DMB Associates, Inc.


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  
          AYES:  Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill  
            Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Blumenfield,  
            Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles  
            Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De  
            La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer,  
            Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines,  
            Galgiani, Garrick, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi,  
            Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight,  
            Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Miller, Monning, Nava,  
            Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino,  
            Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio,  
            Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico,  
            Tran, Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Bass, Block, Gilmore, Mendoza, Norby


          AGB:nl  6/16/10   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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