BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ó



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          Date of Hearing:   January 23, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                 AB 1179 (Bocanegra) - As Amended:  January 6, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              Local  
          GovernmentVote:7-2

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill adds the Superintendent of Public Instruction or his  
          or her designee to the membership of the Strategic Growth  
          Council. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor absorbable costs for the Department of Education.

           COMMENTS  

        1)Purpose  .  According to the author, the state has taken  
            significant steps to better align statewide transportation,  
            energy and land use infrastructure investments to promote  
            sustainability, efficient use of resources and reduction in  
            greenhouse gas emissions levels.  The author notes the  
            establishment of the Strategic Growth Council is one of these  
            steps.  The author argues, despite the importance of schools  
            as community infrastructure and their impact on the state's  
            sustainable communities priorities, the state's K-12 facility  
            program remains disconnected from broader efforts to align  
            infrastructure investments.  According to the author, this  
            bill implements the recommendations contained in a 2012 report  
            prepared by the University of California Berkeley, Center for  
            Cities and Schools.

        2)Background.   The Strategic Growth Council is a cabinet level  
            committee tasked with coordinating the activities of member  
            state agencies. The membership of the SGC includes the  
            secretaries from the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing  
            Agency, the Transportation Agency, the Health and Human  








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            Services Agency, the Environmental Protection Agency, the  
            Natural Resources Agency, the director of the Governor's  
            Office of Planning and Research, and a public member appointed  
            by the Governor.

            The council manages and awards financial assistance to  
            eligible entities, including councils of governments,  
            metropolitan planning organizations, regional transportation  
            planning agencies, cities, counties and joint powers  
            authorities.  Grants are made to help develop regional plans  
            addressing problems related to air and water quality, natural  
            resource protection, affordable housing, transportation, and  
            sustainable land use while helping to meet the goals of AB 32  
            (The Global Warming Solutions Act, 2006).



           Analysis Prepared by  :    Roger Dunstan / APPR. / (916) 319-2081