Local Government Omnibus Act of 2019.

(1) Existing law requires the governing body of a public agency, within 70 days after the commencement of the agency's legal existence, to file with the Secretary of State, on a form prescribed by the secretary, and also with the county clerk of each county in which the public agency maintains an office, a specified statement of facts about the agency. Existing law requires this information to be updated within 10 days of a change in it. Existing law requires the Secretary of State and each county clerk to establish and maintain an indexed Roster of Public Agencies that contains this information. This bill would instead require the Secretary of State and each county clerk to establish and maintain an indexed Registry of Public Agencies containing the above-described information. This bill would make conforming changes. (2) The Planning and Zoning Law requires an attached housing development to be a permitted use, not subject to a conditional use permit, on any parcel zoned for an attached housing development if at least certain percentages of the units are available at affordable housing costs to very low income, lower income, and moderate-income households for at least 30 years, and if the project meets specified conditions relating to location, being subject to a discretionary decision other than a conditional use permit, and a negative or mitigated negative declaration having been adopted for the project under the California Environmental Quality Act. This bill would correct incorrect cross-references in these provisions. (3) Existing law authorizes a county water district to, pursuant to specified notice, protest, and hearing procedures, fix, on or before the first day of July in each calendar year, a water standby or availability charge of not more than $10 per acre per year for each acre of land, or $10 per year for each parcel of land less than an acre within the district to which water is made available for any purpose by the district, whether the water is actually used or not, as specified. Existing law authorizes an improvement district situated within the Joshua Basin Water District to impose a water standby or availability charge or assessment of not more than $30 per acre per year for land on which the charge or assessment is levied or $30 per year for a parcel less than one acre, as specified. This bill would repeal the provision authorizing an improvement district situated within the Joshua Basin Water District to impose a water standby or availability charge or assessment of not more than $30 per acre per year for land on which the charge or assessment is levied or $30 per year for a parcel less than one acre. (4) Existing law establishes procedures for the postponement of the payment of property taxes of a claimant who is the owner of a manufactured home. Existing law requires, in the case of a manufactured home situated on real property not owned by the claimant, all sums paid by the Controller to be secured by a security agreement in favor of the State of California when funds are transferred to the county by the Controller for postponed property taxes. Existing law requires the Controller or their authorized delegate, at any time the amount of the obligation secured by the security agreement for postponed property taxes is paid in full or otherwise discharged in the case of a manufactured home situated on real property not owned by the claimant, to transmit a release of lien to the owner of the manufactured home, or the owner's heirs or assigns. Existing law requires the owner, or the owner's heirs or assigns to transmit the Release of Lien and a fee of $6 to the Department of Housing and Community Development. This bill would instead require cost of the recording the release of the lien to be added to and become part of the obligation secured by the lien being released. This bill would require the Controller or their authorized delegate to transmit a Release of Lien and $6 fee to the Department of Housing and Community Development. (5) Existing law authorizes the boards of supervisors of specified counties to provide, by ordinance, that the public administrator be appointed by the board. Existing law also authorizes the boards of supervisors of specified counties, by ordinance, to appoint the same person to the offices of public administrator and public guardian. Existing law also authorizes the boards of supervisors of specified counties to separate the consolidated offices of district attorney and public administrator at any time, in order to make those appointments, as specified. This bill would apply these provisions to the County of Siskiyou. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Siskiyou. (6) Existing law authorizes a county board of supervisors to delegate to a purchasing agent or other appropriate county official the authority to lease real property for use by the county for a term not to exceed 5 years and for a rental not to exceed $7,500 per month and to amend those leases for improvements or alterations, as specified. This bill would increase the amount for a rental to an amount not to exceed $10,000 per month, as specified. (7) Existing law generally prescribes the duties of a county auditor. Existing law requires the county auditor to either make, or contract with a certified public accountant or public accountant to make, an audit of the accounts and records of every special district within the county for which an audit by a certified public accountant or public accountant is not otherwise provided. Existing law requires, for certain special districts, that a report of the audit be filed within 12 months of the end of the fiscal year or years under examination with the Controller and with the local agency formation commission of the county in which the special district is located, unless the special district is located in 2 or more counties, then with each local agency formation commission within each county in which the district is located. This bill would require, under the circumstances described above, that the report also be filed with the county auditor. (8) Existing law authorizes a county recorder to charge and collect fees in the amount and manner specified. Existing law requires a county recorder to charge $8 for recording a release of lien, encumbrance, or notice executed by the state, local agency, or other political subdivision if the original lien, encumbrance, or notice was recorded without fee, as specified. This bill would require the county recorder, in recording a release of lien, encumbrance, or notice executed by the state, local agency, or other political subdivision, to charge 2 times the fee charged to record the first page of a lien, encumbrance, or notice, as specified, on January 1 of the year the release is recorded, if the original lien, encumbrance, or notice was recorded without fee, as specified. (9) Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors, in counties with a population of 6,000,000 or more, to, by ordinance, authorize county officers having responsibility for the design and construction of county projects to enter into contracts for architectural, engineering, and related services where the amount of the contract does not exceed $75,000, as specified. This bill would increase that amount to $330,000. (10) The Williamson Act authorizes a city or county to contract with a landowner to limit the use of land devoted to agricultural use or located in an agricultural preserve designated by the city or county in exchange for reduced property tax assessments. That act allows a city or county, upon petition by a landowner, to enter into an agreement with the landowner to rescind a contract in order to simultaneously place other land within that city, the county, or the county where the contract is rescinded under an agricultural conservation easement, as specified, and requires that agreement to be approved by the Director of Conservation and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency. This bill would eliminate the requirement of approval of that agreement by the Director of Conservation. (11) Existing law authorizes park and recreation districts to provide, among other things, community recreation programs, recreation facilities, parks, and open space. This bill would authorize the Weed Recreation and Parks District to exercise any of the powers, functions, and duties of a cemetery district, as specified. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Weed Recreation and Parks District. (12) Existing property tax law requires the assessor to determine the new base year value for taxable real property that has been newly constructed. Existing property tax law requires a city, county, or city and county to transmit to the county assessor a copy of any building permit, and a copy of any certificate of occupancy or other document showing the date of completion of new construction, issued or finalized by that entity. Existing property tax law further requires the assessee to file with the county assessor a scale copy of the floor plans and exterior dimensions of the building designated at the time the assessee files, or causes to be filed, an approved set of building plans with the city, county, or city and county. This bill would expand these requirements to apply to building permits and certificates of occupancy issued or finalized by, and building plans filed with, any other entity authorized to issue a building permit. By adding to the duties of local agencies that issue building permits, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. (13) Beginning with the 2004–05 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, existing property tax law requires that each city, county, and city and county receive additional property tax revenues in the form of a vehicle license fee adjustment amount, as defined, from a Vehicle License Fee Property Tax Compensation Fund that exists in each county treasury, funded from ad valorem property tax revenues otherwise required to be allocated to educational entities. Existing law requires, on or before June 30 of each fiscal year, the county auditor to report to the Controller the vehicle license fee adjustment amount for the county and each city in the county for that fiscal year. This bill would require the county auditor to report to the Controller in an electronic format provided by the Controller. The bill would require the Controller to make the information available to the public in a readily accessible compiled electronic file via the Controller's internet website on or before September 1 of each year.