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          Date of Hearing: April 27, 2015   


                       ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES


                                 Das Williams, Chair


          AB 1169  
          Gomez - As Amended April 20, 2015


          SUBJECT:  Strategic Growth Council:  state funding signs


          SUMMARY:  Requires all recipients of Strategic Growth Council  
          (SGC) or member state agencies' funding for projects in public  
          places to post signs acknowledging the source of funds.


          EXISTING LAW: 


          1)Requires, pursuant to the California Global Warming Solutions  
            Act (AB 32), the Air Resources Board (ARB) to adopt a  
            statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limit equivalent to  
            1990 levels by 2020.


          2)Creates SGC, which consists of the Director of Office of  
            Planning and Research, the Secretary of Natural Resources  
            Agency, the Secretary for Environmental Protection, the  
            Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of California  
            Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Business, Consumer  
            Services, and Housing, the Secretary of Food and Agriculture,  
            and one member of the public to be appointed by the Governor.










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          3)Requires SGC to develop and administer the Affordable Housing  
            and Sustainable Communities Program to reduce GHG emissions  
            through projects that implement land use, housing,  
            transportation, and agricultural land preservation practices  
            to support infill and compact development and that support  
            other related and coordinated public policy objectives.  
            Continuously appropriates to the SGC 20% of the annual  
            proceeds of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF).


          FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown


          COMMENTS:  AB 1169 requires SGC to develop guidelines to require  
          all recipients of state funding from the council or member state  
          agencies for projects that benefit the public and are in public  
          places to post signs acknowledging the source of the funds.  
          There have been similar requirements for signage in the Safe  
          Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal  
          Protection Bond Act of 2000 (Proposition 12) and Water Quality,  
          Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 (Proposition  
          1). AB 1169 would affect many projects funded by the GGRF and  
          voter passed resource bonds to help educate the public about how  
          those projects are funded. 



          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:


          Support


          None on file


          Opposition










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          None on file


          Analysis Prepared by:Michael Jarred / NAT. RES. / (916) 319-2092