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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1362
Author: Gordon (D)
Amended: 8/2/16 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE GOVERNANCE & FIN. COMMITTEE: 6-1, 6/29/16
AYES: Hertzberg, Nguyen, Beall, Hernandez, Lara, Pavley
NOES: Moorlach
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 56-15, 1/27/16 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control
District: board of trustees: appointment of members
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill establishes an alternative process under
which the size of the San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector
Control District's governing board may be reduced to seven
appointed members.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Grants, pursuant to the Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control
District Law (SB 1588, Local Government Committee, Chapter 395
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of the Statutes of 2002), California's 65 mosquito and vector
control districts broad statutory authority to conduct
programs for the surveillance, prevention, abatement, and
control of mosquitoes and other vectors.
2)Requires each mosquito and vector control district to be
governed by a board of trustees that must have at least five
members.
3)Specifies, for a district that is located entirely within a
single county and contains both incorporated territory and
unincorporated territory, that the county board of supervisors
and the city council of each city within the district may each
appoint one member to the district's board of trustees.
4)Requires, in a county with more than one city, that there be a
city selection committee to appoint city representatives to
boards, commissions, and agencies pursuant to statutory
guidelines. The membership of a city selection committee
consists of the mayor of each city within the county.
This bill:
1)Allows, notwithstanding existing law governing the appointment
of members to a mosquito and vector control district's board,
the members of the board of trustees of the San Mateo County
Mosquito and Vector Control District to be appointed as
follows:
a) The board of supervisors may appoint two trustees.
b) The city selection committee in the County of San Mateo,
established pursuant to state law, may appoint one trustee
from each county supervisorial district.
c) The city selection committee must not appoint a trustee
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to serve on the board at the same time as another trustee
if both trustees would represent the same city as a result
of that appointment.
2)Directs that the alternative appointment process established
by the bill only applies if a majority of city councils and
the board of supervisors in San Mateo County adopt respective
resolutions approving the change in the mosquito and vector
control district board's composition.
3)Requires that, upon adopting a resolution approving the change
in board composition, the city or county must forward a copy
to the Local Agency Formation Commission and requires the
commission to notify the mosquito and vector control district
and the city selection committee once a majority of
resolutions is collected.
Background
Because the San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control
District serves the entire county, which contains 20 cities, it
is governed by a 21-member board of trustees. In recent years,
San Mateo County officials and other stakeholders have raised
concerns about problems with the District's management and
oversight. In 2011, two employees in the District's finance
department faced criminal charges for embezzling hundreds of
thousands of dollars of district funds. A subsequent civil
grand jury report criticized the District's manager and board of
trustees for a lack of oversight. In 2012, the San Mateo County
Local Agency Formation Commission considered, but did not
approve, a proposal to change the District's sphere of influence
to allow for the District's dissolution and consolidation with
the County.
Some local officials in San Mateo County believe that the San
Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District's large
governing board has contributed to governance problems and
inadequate oversight of the District's activities. They want
the Legislature to give city and county officials in San Mateo
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the option of using an alternative process to appoint a
seven-member board of trustees to govern the San Mateo County
Mosquito and Vector Control District.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: Yes
SUPPORT: (Verified8/9/16)
San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District Trustee
Joe Galligan
San Mateo County Supervisor Don Horsley
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/9/16)
San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District
Two individuals
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: Supporters argue that the alternative
appointment process established by this bill preserves local
officials' authority over board appointments while reducing the
costs associated with meeting expenses and stipends for each
member's service, streamlining board communication, reducing
duplicative work, and providing more transparency on the board's
representation and decision-making.
ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION: Opponents argue that this bill
unjustifiably singles-out only one of California's numerous
mosquito and vector control districts by establishing an
alternative appointment process that could make the district's
board less representative and more politicized.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 56-15, 1/27/16
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Bloom, Bonta, Brown, Burke, Calderon,
Campos, Chang, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd,
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Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Gipson,
Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin,
Jones-Sawyer, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein,
Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte,
O'Donnell, Quirk, Rendon, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago,
Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Waldron, Weber,
Williams, Wood, Atkins
NOES: Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Brough, Chávez, Gatto,
Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Kim, Mathis, Olsen, Wagner, Wilk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bonilla, Chau, Cooper, Eggman, Eduardo
Garcia, Jones, Patterson, Ridley-Thomas
Prepared by:Brian Weinberger / GOV. & F. / (916) 651-4119
8/10/16 15:45:25
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