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AB 1333 - (Hernandez) Local government Contracts. The proposed legislation threatens the authority entrusted to local governments. This bill imposes state-mandated contract review and findings for local agency evergreen contracts of more than $250,000. This legislation is unwarranted and unnecessary as current law requires openness and transparency in all actions of a local agency governing body and assumes local governments are incapable of making informed decisions in a transparent manner. AB 1373 - (Perez) Workers' Compensation: Firefighters and Peace Officers. This legislation is a reintroduction of AB 2451 (Perez) of 2012 with one important change: the prior measure would extend the statute of limitations from 240 to 480 weeks for a presumptive death benefit claim for cancer, tuberculosis, or MRSA to be filed on behalf of a firefighter or peace officer. AB 1373 leaves open the question of how long the statute of limitations and deletes the timeline. SB 311 - (Padilla) Local Elections: Charter Amendments and Charter Proposals. This bill restricts a city's ability to effectively and efficiently govern by restricting charter amendments and proposed charters to statewide general elections, thereby eliminating the option to place these items before the voters at regularly scheduled municipal elections and statewide primaries. By doing so the bill restricts cities' flexibility to deal with technical changes that may be needed to avoid litigation or generate much needed revenue. SB 313 - (De Leon) Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act. This bill prohibits disciplinary action and denial of promotion against a public safety officer where such action or denial is based on the placement of his name on a "Brady list" due to evidence of bias on dishonesty on the part of that officer, pursuant to Brady v. Maryland (1963) 373 U.S. 83. The bill clarifies that disciplinary action/denial of promotion can be based on the underlying actions that led to placement of the officer's name on the Brady list. SB 556 - (Corbett) Public Agency Liability Contractor Uniforms and Vehicles. This legislation stipulates that a public agency that contracts for labor or services with a contractor is jointly and severally liable for any damages caused during or in connection with the performance of work performed under the contract if a member of the public is lead to believe that a contractor or its employees are agents of the public agency by wearing a substantially similar uniform of the public agency or by using the logo of the public agency on a vehicle operated by the contractor or its employees. Submitted py: Approved by: ,, Maria Lara Nels n a o Assistant to the City Manager City Manager Page 6 of 6