State Legislation Committee

May 1, 2006

11:00 am

City Hall, Room 288

Draft Meeting Minutes

Members Present

Mayor’s Office (Chair) – Amiee Albertson
Supervisor Alioto-Pier’s Office – Sarah Ballard
City Attorney’s Office – MaryJane Winslow
Treasurer’s Office – Pauline Marx

Assessor’s Office – Craig Dziedzic

Controller’s Office – Peg Stevenson

Members Absent

Supervisor Aaron Peskin’s Office – David Owen

Additional Attendees

Douglas Shoemaker – Mayor’s Office of Housing

Brian Roberts – Department of Telecommunications and Information Services

Jean Alexander – City Attorney’s Office

        I.      ROLL CALL

      II.      APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

Action item: the Committee approved the minutes of the April 3, 2006 meeting of the State Legislation Committee.

    III.      PROPOSED LEGISLATION

Action items:  the Committee took the following positions on the following state legislation affecting the City and County of San Francisco:

A.      AB 2567 (Arambula):  to provide tax credits for businesses that perform research and development on renewable energy technologies.

Position taken:  Tabled

B.      SB 1754 (Lowenthal):  to create Housing Infrastructure Finance districts.

Position taken:  Support

C.      SB 1712 (Migden):  to create a three-year pilot project in San Francisco to increase the number of adoptions of hard to place foster youth

Position taken:Support

D.  AB 2987 (Nuñez):to replace local cable franchising with statewide franchise administered by the California Department of Corporations.

Position taken:  Oppose

E.      SB 1619 (Dutton):to exempt from the state's sales tax the amount that aviation fuel costs more than $1.13 per gallon.

Position taken:Oppose

    IV.      SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

Discussion item:  no additional bills were suggested.

      V.      GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

Discussion item:  there was no public comment.

    VI.      ADJOURNMENT