BILL NUMBER: AB 2276	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Brown

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 75213 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to greenhouse gases.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2276, as introduced, Brown. Greenhouse gases: emissions
reduction.
   Existing law requires the Strategic Growth Council to develop and
administer the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program
to reduce greenhouse gas 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.
   Existing law requires a project eligible for funding pursuant to
the program to be encouraged to promote specified objectives and
economic growth, reduce public fiscal costs, support civic
partnerships and stakeholder engagement, and integrate and leverage
existing housing, transportation, and land use programs and
resources.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 75213 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   75213.  A project eligible for funding pursuant to the program
shall be encouraged to promote the objectives  of 
 specified in  Section 75210  ,  and
economic growth, reduce public fiscal costs, support civic
partnerships and stakeholder engagement, and integrate and leverage
existing housing, transportation, and land use programs and
resources.