Legislature Returns August 2; Floor and Committee Hearings to Begin
The Legislature is scheduled to reconvene after their summer recess on August 2nd. We have a handful of priority bills that will be heard on the Senate and Assembly floors and in committee upon the Legislature's return. Please see the following list and notify your Senate or Assembly representatives to support the following bills:
SB 82 (Hancock) Community colleges: parking and transportation fees.
Increases the ceiling that community college districts are authorized to charge students and district employees for parking and transportation costs. Any fee for transportation services would have to be approved by a vote of the students.
Status: To be heard on the Assembly Floor.
Position: Support
Sample letter
SB 1320 (Hancock) Transit fare evasion and passenger misconduct: administrative adjudication.
Authorizes the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, Foothill Transit, and the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District to adopt and enforce an administrative adjudication ordinance addressing fare evasion and passenger misconduct.
Status: To be heard on the Assembly Floor.
Position: Support
Sample letter
AB 987 (Ma) Transit village development districts.
Recasts the area in a transit village development district to include all land within 1/2 mile of a transit station entrance.
Status: To be heard on the Senate Floor
Position: Support
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AB 2324 (Perez) Transit: public transit facilities.
Makes it a misdemeanor to carry weapons at a public transit facility, trespass in an unauthorized area of a public transit facility, and/or destroy property at a public transit facility.
Status: To be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Position: Support
Sample letter
AB 2703 (Perez) Transportation: bond-funded projects: letter of no prejudice.
Authorizes an eligible recipient of the Proposition 1A High-speed Rail Bond Act connectivity pot ($950 million) to utilize the letter of no prejudice (LONP) process.
Status: In Senate, soon to be assigned to committee.
Position: Support
Sample letter
Please contact Legislative and Regulatory Assistant Sabrina Means
at sabrina@caltransit.org if you have any questions.
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