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City of Pleasanton Legislative Platform 2016 0O0 agencies, including police officers, firefighters, and sheriffs, an additional year of a leave of absence without loss of salary when injured by a catastrophic injury at the hands of another, as defined. SB 1069(Wieckowski) Second Units and Removal of Local Land Use Authority (League of California Cities Opposition Letter) Would limit the ability of cities to impose certain standards on accessory dwelling units including repealing the ability of local governments to enact ordinances that prohibit accessory dwelling units; imposing a burdensome requirement for local agencies to act on an accessory dwelling unit permit application within 90-days after the submittal of a complete building permit;prohibiting local agencies from imposing parking standards on units that meet certain conditions, and prohibiting the imposition of sewer and water connection fees which will create practical impediments to the development of ADUs and unfunded capital costs for sewer and water providers. SB 1170(Wieckowski) Public Contracts:Water Pollution Prevention Plans. (League of California Cities Opposition Letterl Prohibits public agencies from requiring a contractor to develop or assume responsibility for a stormwater pollution prevention plan. SB 1317(Wolk) Ground Water Extraction Permit(League of California Cities Opposition Letter) Would,by July 1, 2017, require a city or county overlying a basin designated as a high-or medium- priority basin to establish a process for the issuance of conditional use permits for the development of a groundwater extraction facility in order to prevent a new groundwater extraction facility from contributing to or creating an undesirable result, as prescribed. By increasing the duties of cities and counties, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. SB 1318(Wolk) Local Government: Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure or Services. f League of California Cities Letter of Opposition) Prohibits Local Agency Formation Commissions (LAFCOs) from approving any future annexations or changes to city and special district spheres unless they provide services to designated disadvantaged unincorporated communities outside their jurisdictions. Requires LAFCO, for the first time, to study territory outside the originally intended spheres. Governor's "By Right" Housing Proposal (See Appendix for City of Pleasanton Letter of Opposition 6/7/16) A proposal by the Governor to pre-empt local discretionary land use approvals of specified housing developments by having all such approvals be considered "ministerial" actions, meaning eliminating opportunities for public review, project-level environmental review and restricting design review. 101 Page