BILL NUMBER: AB 1169	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 17, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 20, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gomez

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to  amend Section 75125 of the Public Resources
  add Section 12815 to the Government  Code,
relating to public resources.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1169, as amended, Gomez.  Strategic Growth Council: state
funding signs.
   Existing law establishes the Strategic Growth Council in state
government that consists of various heads of state agencies and
certain other members. Existing law requires the council to engage in
certain activities, including identifying and reviewing activities
and funding programs of member state agencies that may be coordinated
to improve air and water quality,  improving  
improve  natural resources protection,  increasing
  increase  the availability of affordable housing,
 improving   improve  transportation,
 meeting   meet the  goals of the
California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006,  encouraging
  encourage  sustainable land use planning, and
 revitalizing   revit   alize 
urban and community centers in a sustainable manner. Existing law
provides for the council to award grants and loans to support the
planning and development of sustainable communities.
   This bill would require recipients of state  grant 
funding from the council or  its  member state agencies for
certain projects to post signs acknowledging the source of funds for
the project pursuant to guidelines adopted by the council. The bill,
if a project is funded from state and nonstate sources, would require
the state funding source to be listed first if state funding equals
50% or more of total project costs.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 12815 is added to the 
 Government Code   , to read:  
   12815.  (a) For purposes of this section, "agency" means the
Strategic Growth Council established pursuant to Section 75121 of the
Public Resources Code or any of its member agencies.
   (b) An agency shall require all recipients of state grant funding
from the agency for a project located in a public space and that
provides public benefits, as determined by the agency, to post signs
acknowledging the sources of funds for the project. If the project is
funded from state and nonstate sources, the state funding sources
shall be listed first if the state funding equals 50 percent or more
of the total project costs.
   (c) The Strategic Growth Council shall develop model guidelines
for the signage requirements.
   (d) Each agency shall develop signage requirements for its grant
program consistent with the model guidelines developed pursuant to
subdivision (c).  
  SECTION 1.    Section 75125 of the Public
Resources Code is amended to read:
   75125.  The council shall do all of the following:
   (a) (1) Identify and review activities and funding programs of
member state agencies that may be coordinated to improve air and
water quality, improve natural resource protection, increase the
availability of affordable housing, improve transportation, meet the
goals of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006
(Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and
Safety Code), encourage sustainable land use planning, and revitalize
urban and community centers in a sustainable manner. At a minimum,
the council shall review and comment on the five-year infrastructure
plan developed pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 13100)
of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 3 of the Government Code and the
State Environmental Goals and Policy Report developed pursuant to
Section 65041 of the Government Code.
   (2) Require all recipients of state funding from the council or
member state agencies for a project located in a public place and
that provides public benefits as determined by the council, to post
signs acknowledging the source of funds for the project, pursuant to
guidelines adopted by the council. If a project is funded from state
and nonstate sources, the state funding source shall be listed first
if state funding equals 50 percent or more of total project costs.
   (b) Recommend policies and investment strategies and priorities to
the Governor, the Legislature, and to appropriate state agencies to
encourage the development of sustainable communities, such as those
communities that promote equity, strengthen the economy, protect the
environment, and promote public health and safety, consistent with
subdivisions (a) and (c) of Section 75065.
   (c) Provide, fund, and distribute data and information to local
governments and regional agencies that will assist in developing and
planning sustainable communities.
   (d) Manage and award grants and loans to support the planning and
development of sustainable communities, pursuant to Sections 75127,
75128, and 75129. To implement this subdivision, the council may do
all of the following:
   (1) Develop guidelines for awarding financial assistance,
including criteria for eligibility and additional consideration.
   (2) Develop criteria for determining the amount of financial
assistance to be awarded. The council shall award a revolving loan to
an applicant for a planning project, unless the council determines
that the applicant lacks the fiscal capacity to carry out the project
without a grant. The council may establish criteria that would allow
the applicant to illustrate an ongoing commitment of financial
resources to ensure the completion of the proposed plan or project.
   (3) Provide for payments of interest on loans made pursuant to
this article. The rate of interest shall not exceed the rate earned
by the Pooled Money Investment Board.
   (4) Provide for the time period for repaying a loan made pursuant
to this article.
   (5) Provide for the recovery of funds from an applicant that fails
to complete the project for which financial assistance was awarded.
The council shall direct the Controller to recover funds by any
available means.
   (6) Provide technical assistance for application preparation.
   (7) Designate a state agency or department to administer technical
and financial assistance programs for the disbursing of grants and
loans to support the planning and development of sustainable
communities, pursuant to Sections 75127, 75128, and 75129.
   (e) No later than July 1, 2010, and every year thereafter, provide
a report to the Legislature that shall include, but is not limited
to, all of the following:
   (1) A list of applicants for financial assistance.
   (2) Identification of which applications were approved.
   (3) The amounts awarded for each approved application.
   (4) The remaining balance of available funds.
   (5) A report on the proposed or ongoing management of each funded
project.
   (6) Any additional minimum requirements and priorities for a
project or plan proposed in a grant or loan application developed and
adopted by the council pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 75126.