BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2509
Author: Hayashi (D)
Amended: 4/8/10 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE : 3-1, 6/16/10
AYES: Kehoe, DeSaulnier, Price
NOES: Aanestad
NO VOTE RECORDED: Cox
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 49-27, 5/13/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Transit village plan
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill adds, as an eighth characteristic that
cities and counties must include in their transit village
plans, other land uses that provide direct linkages for
traveling to and from educational facilities. This bill
also adds economic development and job creation as the 14th
item in the list of public benefits that a transit village
plan may demonstrate.
ANALYSIS : The Transit Village Development Act allows
cities and counties to plan for more intense development
around transit stations: rail or light-rail stations, ferry
terminals, bus hubs, or bus transfer stations. Transit
village plans identify areas where local officials want to
encourage transit-oriented development and grant density
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bonuses (AB 3152, Bates, Chapter 780, Statutes of 1994). A
transit village plan for a transit village development
district must address seven characteristics:
? A neighborhood centered on a transit station.
? A mix of housing types.
? Other land uses, including retail and civic uses.
? Pedestrian and bicycle access.
? Intermodal transit service.
? Public benefits beyond increasing transit use,
identifying at least five benefits from a statutory list
of 13 items (AB 1320, Dutra, Chapter 42, Statutes of
2004):
1. Air quality improvements
2. Cost-effective infrastructure
3. Increased local tax revenues
4. Increased transit revenues
5. Infill and resource preservation
6. Job opportunities
7. Live-work options
8. More affordable housing
9. Nearby retail sales
10. Neighborhood redevelopment
11. Pedestrian safety
12. Reduced energy consumption
13. Traffic congestion relief
? Sites for awarding a land use density bonus.
This bill adds, as an eighth characteristic that cities and
counties must include in their transit village plans, other
land uses that provide direct linkages for traveling to and
from educational facilities.
This bill also adds economic development and job creation
as the 14th item in the list of public benefits that a
transit village plan may demonstrate.
Prior Legislation
This bill is almost identical to AB 1158 (Hayashi) from
last year, which the Governor vetoed. The veto message
called last year's bill "unnecessary" and said that "not
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all local governments have a need to include educational
facilities in a transit village plan." This year's Hayashi
bill differs from AB 1158 by including economic development
and job creation as one of transit village planning's
benefits.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/17/10)
California Transit Association
Chabot-Las Positas Community College District
City of Torrance
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
State Building and Construction Trades Council of
California
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Ammiano, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Blakeslee, Block,
Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Charles
Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De
Leon, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani,
Galgiani, Hall, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman,
Jones, Lieu, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Monning,
Nava, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas,
Saldana, Solorio, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico,
Yamada, John A. Perez
NOES: Adams, Anderson, Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill,
Conway, Cook, DeVore, Emmerson, Fletcher, Fuller, Gaines,
Garrick, Gilmore, Harkey, Jeffries, Knight, Logue,
Miller, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, Norby, Silva, Smyth,
Audra Strickland, Tran, Villines
NO VOTE RECORDED: Caballero, Hagman, Skinner
AGB:nl 6/17/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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