Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, sets forth the procedures for incorporations and changes of organizations of cities, including procedures for disincorporation. This bill would provide that every city with a population of less than 150 people as of January 1, 2010, would be disincorporated into that city's respective county as of 91 days after the effective date of the bill, unless a county board of supervisors determines, by majority vote within the 90-day period following enactment of these provisions, that continuing such a city within that county's boundaries would serve a public purpose if the board of supervisors determines that the city is in an isolated rural location that makes it impractical for the residents of the community to organize in another form of local governance. The bill would also require the local agency formation commission within the county to oversee the terms and conditions of the disincorporation of the city, as specified. The bill would become operative only if AB 781 of the 2011–12 Regular Session is enacted.
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This measure would proclaim May 2011 as Buy California Small Business First Month.
This measure would proclaim July 27, 2011, as Korean War Veterans Armistice Day. It would urge Californians to remember the Korean War and those who fought against communism. It would also urge Governor Jerry Brown to proclaim July 27, 2011, as Korean War Armistice Day and instruct all state departments, agencies, interested groups, organizations, and individuals to fly the United States flag at half-mast on July 27, 2011, in memory of the veterans who died as a result of their service in Korea.
This measure would urge Congress to extend the alternative minimum tax holiday for private activity bonds.
Existing law authorizes the County of San Luis Obispo to undertake any efforts necessary to construct and operate a community wastewater collection and treatment system to meet the wastewater collection and treatment needs within the Los Osos Community Services District. Existing law prohibits the Los Osos Community Services District, on and after January 1, 2007, from undertaking any efforts to design, construct, and operate a community wastewater collection and treatment system within, or for the benefit of, the district, until the County of San Luis Obispo adopts a resolution that would return the responsibility to the Los Osos Community Services District, as specified. This bill would authorize the County of San Luis Obispo, and the Los Osos Community Services District, upon resuming the responsibilities of operating a community wastewater collection and treatment system, to develop a program that would offset the assessments and charges adopted by the county for very low and low-income households with outside funds, including grants. The bill would prohibit the county and the district from including in an assessment or charge an amount to cover the costs in offsetting the services. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of San Luis Obispo and the Los Osos Community Services District.
This measure would proclaim the month of June to be June Dairy Month in California, in honor of the work of dairy producers in California, and would encourage all Californians to continue to support the American dairy industry by including dairy products as part of a healthy diet.
This measure would urge Congress to defeat H.R. 1161 in order to protect and preserve the ability of California wineries, and all wineries in the United States, to ship wine directly to consumers without discrimination or unnecessary limitation between in-state and out-of-state wine producers.
Existing law, the Williamson Act, authorizes a city or county to enter into 10-year contracts with owners of land devoted to agricultural use, whereby the owners agree to continue using the property for that purpose, and the city or county agrees to value the land accordingly for purposes of property taxation. Existing law sets forth procedures for reimbursing cities and counties for property tax revenues not received as a result of these contracts. This bill would, beginning January 1, 2011, and until January 1, 2016, authorize a county, in any fiscal year in which payments authorized for reimbursement to a county for lost revenue are less than12 of the participating county's actual foregone general fund property tax revenue, to revise the term for newly renewed and new contracts and require the assessor to value the property, as specified, based on the revised contract term. The bill would provide that a landowner may choose to nonrenew and begin the cancellation process. The bill would also provide that any increased revenues generated by properties under a new contract shall be paid to the county. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
This measure would recognize May 2011 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.