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Home My WebLink AboutItem 4.07 Jobs Hous BalanceCITY CLERK #0660-40 AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: April 18, 2000 SUBJECT: SB 2017-Jobs Housing Balance in the Bay Area Report Prepared by: Jason Behrmann. Management Assistant ATTACHMENTS: RECOMMENDATION: 1) 2) SB 2017 Bill Text Letter to State Legislators urging opposition to SB2017 Send Letter to State Legislators urging opposition to SB 2017 FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None DESCRIPTION: At the April 4, 2000 City Council Meeting, the Mayor requested that Staff draft a letter to the City's State Legislators opposing SB2017 and place the item on the April 18, 2000 Council Agenda. SB 2017 is a bill that would require the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Government (ABAG) to develop policy criteria to evaluate whether cities and counties are accepting their fair share of housing starts and participating in regional congestion reduction plans. The Bill requires the two regional agencies to develop a monitoring, evaluation, and incentive program to develop these criteria. This effort would produce a report that would be submitted to the Legislature by January 1, 2002 describing the basic policies that link land use decisions and transportation funding and planning. The study could result in a program that would lead to land use decisions being driven by regional or state agencies. The League of California Cities has not taken a stand on the bill yet, but the WHEELS Board of Directors recently voted to oppose the Bill. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Council oppose SB2017 and direct staff to send the attached letter with the Mayor's signature to the City's State Legislators and copies to affected agencies. H/cc-forms/agdastmt. doc COPIES TO: ITEM NO. SB 2017 Senate Bill - AMENDED Page 1 of 2 BILL NUMBER: SB 2017 AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 27, 2000 INTRODUCED BY Senator Perata FEBRUARY 25, 2000 An act to add and repeal Section 65588.5 of the Government Code, relating to local planning. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 2017, as amended, Perata. Local planning. (1) Existing law requires each city, county, and city and county to adopt for its jurisdiction a general plan that includes certain mandatory elements, including a housing element. The housing element is required to include, among other things, an identification and analysis of existing and projected housing needs and a statement of goals, policies, quantified objectives, financial resources, and scheduled programs for the preservation, improvement, and development of housing. This bill would require, until January 1, 2002, the Metropolitan Transportation .......... ~'~^~"a Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) to determine policy criteria based upon a balance of jobs and housing to evaluate whether local governments are implementing their fair share of housing starts, as well as participating in regional congestion reduction plans. It would require MTC and ABAG to develop a monitoring, evaluation, and incentive program as specified. They would also be required to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2002, that describes the basic policies to support linkage between land use decisions and transportation planning or funding, or both, and make recommendations regarding the use of incentives and disincentives to enforce the policies. By increasing the duties of local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed $1,000,000. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 65588.5 is added to the Government Code, to read: 65588.5. (a) The Metropolitan Transportation . .... ......... ~--~ Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments shall determine policy criteria based upon a balance of http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_2001-2.../sb_2017_bill_20000327_am~ ATTACHMENT '1 SB 2017 Senate Bill - AMENDED Page 2 of 2 jobs and housing to evaluate whether local governments are implementing their fair share of housing starts, as well as participating in regional congestion reduction plans. The commission and the association shall also develop a monitoring, evaluation, and incentive program in order to develop measurable criteria related to the connection of jobs, housing, and transportation in the Bay Area at jurisdictional, subregional and commute shed levels. The program shall do all of the following: (1) Prepare studies to determine baselines of jobs and housing available and needed in the Bay Area at jurisdictional, subregional, and commute shed corridors. (2) Establish criteria that prescribe reasonable planning outcomes for housing that support the connection of jobs, housing, and transportation in the Bay Area. (3) Create a monitoring and evaluation program to track production in housing and jobs with respect to measuring an appropriate jobs-housing balance in each jurisdiction. (4) Link study results, state housing planning goals, and criteria used to develop an incentive-based program to distribute transportation moneys. (b) The Metropolitan Transportation ~uthcrity Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments shall prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2002, that describes the basic policies to support linkage between land use decisions and transportation planning or funding, or both. The report shall also make recommendations regarding the use of incentives and disincentives to enforce the policies. {c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2002, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2002, deletes or extends that date. SECo 2. Notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. If the statewide cost of the claim for reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000), reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund. http://inf~.sen.ca.g~v/pub/bi~~/sen/sb-2~~ ~-2.../sb-2~ ~ 7-bi~~-2~~~~327-amended-sen.htm 04/10/2000 April 18, 2000 Senator Richard Rainey, Assemblywoman Lynn Leach <<Company>> <<Addressl>> <<City>>, <<State>> <<PostalCode>> Dear <<Title>> <<LastName>>, At its Meeting of April 18, 2000 the Dublin City Council voted to oppose SB 2017 relating to MTC/ABAG housing and jobs balance study. The City is concerned that the study could result in a program that would lead to land use decisions being driven by regional or state agencies. The City believes that all land use decisions should be left to local governments and that by creating land use incentives, the State would be manipulating how these decisions are made. We would like to urge you to consider opposing SB2017. Sincerely, Guy. S. Houston Mayor Dublin City Council Association of Bay Area Governments Metropolitan Transportation Commission League of California Cities ATTACHMENT 2