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City of Pleasanton Legislative Platform 2016 <br /> 000 <br /> AB 2853 (Gatto) Public Records. (League of California Cities Letter of Support) <br /> Allows a public agency to direct the requester of a Public Record Act request of information that is <br /> already publically available online, to the website rather than producing another copy. <br /> SB 807(T. Gaines) Drones: First Responders. (League of California Cities Notice of Sponsorship) <br /> This measure would provide immunity to first responders who damage a civilian drone directly <br /> interfering with ambulance services, firefighting-related services, and search and rescue operations. <br /> SB 873 (Beall) Sales of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. (League of California Cities Letter of <br /> Support) <br /> Allows a developer who receives an award of state LIHTCs to sell the credits to an investor without <br /> requiring the investor to be part of the ownership entity. The measure increases the value of LIHTCs <br /> and largely eliminates the federal tax impacts associated with investors claiming state credits. <br /> SB 1221 (Hertzberg)Firefighters:Interaction with Mentally Disabled Persons. (League of California <br /> Cities Letter of Support) <br /> Authorizes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to extend to firefighters a <br /> continuing education course on interaction with mentally disabled persons currently available to law <br /> enforcement personnel. <br /> SBX1-1 (Beall) Transportation Funding. (see Appendix for League of California Cities Letter of <br /> Support) <br /> This bill,in its current form would generate about$4.5 billion annually for transportation for state <br /> highways and local streets and roads maintenance. <br /> Bills to Oppose <br /> AB 2299 (Bloom) Land Use: Housing:2nd Units. (League of California Cities Opposition Letter) <br /> Requires local agencies to adopt an ordinance to allow the creation of 2nd units in single-family and <br /> multi-family residential zones and places restrictions on parking standards for specified units. <br /> AB 2501 (Bloom) Housing:Density Bonuses. (League of California Cities Opposition Letter) <br /> Makes significant changes to density bonus law.Further limits the ability of a city to interpret its own <br /> development standards,imposes unrealistic timelines on reviewing density bonus applications, while <br /> also diminishing the role of planning commissions. <br /> SB 897 (Roth) Workers' compensation. (League of California Cities Opposition Letter) <br /> Current law provides that certain peace officers,firefighters, and other specified public employees are <br /> entitled to a leave of absence without loss of salary while disabled by injury or illness arising out of and <br /> in the course of employment, for the period of the disability,not to exceed one year.The leave of <br /> absence is in lieu of temporary disability payments or maintenance allowance payments otherwise <br /> payable under the workers' compensation system.This bill would allow certain employees of local <br /> 91 Page <br />