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The
assemblyman used suggestions expressed at the forum (originally
crafted in a working group of the Sacramento Area Council of
Governments) as a springboard to amend AB 680. For example, a
comment card collected at the forum asked, “Why don’t you
amend your bill to include a provision for cities under 10,000
population to pay a fee to SACOG to help finance ‘regional’
affordable housing and ‘regional’ open space programs?”
New
language in AB 680 calls for the establishment of an open-space
conservancy for the Sacramento region and cities and counties to
pay a new, sliding scale regional impact fee to help fund the
preservation of open space.
The
last amendment to AB 680 provides: If state legislators decide to
allocate a greater share of property taxes and vehicle license
fees toward the state budget, AB 680 would not take effect.
On
January 30, the Assembly passed modified AB 680 by one vote.
The state Senate must pass or reject AB 680 by Aug. 31. Any
revisions must be reconciled with the version of the bill passed
by the Assembly. A finalized version will need Gov. Gray Davis’s
signature in order to become law.
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