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Recent Legislative Activity To date, the City in some form or another has taken a position on the following legislative items: Assembly Bills: AB 217 - Support. (Bradford) Electricity: solar electricity: low-income households. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations that it is the goal of the state to install solar energy systems that have a generating capacity equivalent to 50 megawatts for low-income residential housing. This bill would impose a state-mandated local program. AB 210 - Support. (Wieckowski) Transactions and use taxes: County of Alameda and the County of Contra Costa. Existing law authorizes the County of Alameda to impose a transactions and use tax for the support of countywide transportation programs at a rate of no more than 0.5% that, in combination with other specified taxes, exceeds the combined rate of all these taxes that may be imposed, if certain requirements are met, including a requirement that the ordinance proposing the transactions and use tax be submitted to, and approved by, the voters on a certain date. Existing law repeals this authority on January 1, 2014, if the ordinance is not approved by the voters on that date. This bill would extend the authority of the County of Alameda, and would authorize the County of Contra Costa, to impose the transactions and use tax for countywide transportation programs until December 31, 2020, conditioned upon prior voter approval. AB 325 - Oppose. (Alejo) Housing Element Litigation: Four-Year Statute of Limitations. This bill expands the statute of limitations from one to four years to sue a city or county over the adoption of a self-certified housing element, the adoption of a density bonus ordinance, least-cost zoning law, and growth limitation ordinances, and anything else related to the implementation of housing element or decisions on affordable housing projects. AB 5 - Oppose. (Ammiano) Homelessness. This bill would provide that every homeless person has the right , among others, to move freely, rest, eat, share, accept, or give food or water, and solicit donations in public spaces, as defined, and the right to lawful self-employment, as specified, confidentiality of specified records, assistance of legal counsel in specified proceedings, and restitution, under specified circumstances. By requiring a county to pay the cost of providing legal counsel, as specified, the bill would increase the duties of local agencies, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. Senate Bills: SB 7 - Oppose. (Steinberg) Public Works: Charter Cities. This bill prohibits a charter city from receiving or using state funds or financial assistance for all construction projects if the city has a charter provision or ordinance authorizing a contractor's non-compliance with state prevailing wage requirements on any public works contract funded by city funds. Page 3 of 6