In This Issue:

• LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY – POSITIONS SET ON OVER 500 BILLS

• LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY – SUPPORTED BILLS

• LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY – OPPOSED BILLS

• UPCOMING EVENT: GREEN CALIFORNIA SUMMIT AND EXPOSITION APRIL 7-9

• UPCOMING EVENT: ICSC GREENTALK; RETAIL REAL ESTATE SUSTAINABILITY Q&A

• CBPA 2008 CALENDAR

LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY – POSITIONS SET ON OVER 500 BILLS

Over the first three months of 2008, the CBPA Legislative Committee and Sacramento staff have engaged in a process to filter through the more than 4,800 separate pieces of legislation introduced by the California State Legislature this session to identify those that may have an impact on the commercial, industrial, or retail real estate industry. Through this review process, more than 500 bills have been identified that may have a direct impact on CBPA members.

LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY – SUPPORTED BILLS

Here are a few examples of bills that CBPA is actively supporting and/or sponsoring:

AB 811 (Levine; D – Van Nuys) Authorizes cities to create local funding programs to enter into financing agreements with willing property owners for the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources and/or energy efficiency improvements.

AB 1451 (Leno; D - San Francisco) Positively modifies a property tax exclusion related to the construction or addition of an active solar energy system.

AB 1767 (Ma; D - San Francisco) Discourages graffiti crimes by disallowing civil-compromise for vandals.

AB 2025 (Silva; R - Newport Beach) Raises the dollar amount threshold for tenant abandoned property before a building owner/manager must conduct a public sale.

AB 2118 (Villines; R - Fresno) Prohibits a state agency from adopting a regulation that would require use of a specific technology unless that technology has been operational and proven effective.

AB 2130 (Hayashi; D - Castro Valley) Exempts workout facilities that do not maintain personnel on the premises from staffing requirements of existing laws relating AEDs.

AB 2144 (Smyth; R - Santa Clarita) Creates the “California Green Building Program” to recognize buildings designed to exceed state energy and water conservation standards.

SB 747 (Corbett; D - San Leandro) Focus for ADA lawsuit reform compromise that is being negotiated to protect property owners from “drive-by” lawsuits.

SB 1231 (Correa; D - Santa Ana) Creates a “Model Defensible Space Program,” to address issues related to fire safety in fire prone areas.

SB 1473 (Calderon; D - Montebello) Clarifies the Building Standards Commission as the primary state agency responsible for proposing and adopting non-residential Green Building Codes.

SB 1491 (McClintock; R - Thousand Oaks) Prohibits the State from mandating installation of a device that may be controlled remotely by any person or entity other than a building resident or non-residential owner/manager such as programmable communicating thermostat.

We will discuss more bills next week.

Click here to read the full legislative language for any of these bills.

LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY – OPPOSED BILLS

Here are a few examples of bills that CBPA is actively opposing:

AB 1065 (Lieber; D – Mountain View) Requires that all new buildings reduce energy usage at least 50% by 2020 and at least 80% by 2030.

AB 2030 (Lieu; D - Torrance) Requires that all new commercial buildings be “zero net energy” by 2030; requires all new non-residential buildings to generate 50% of energy on-site.

AB 2112 (Saldana; D – San Diego) Requires that all new residential buildings be “zero net energy” by 2020; requires all new homes, including multi-residential buildings, to generate 50% of energy on-site.

AB 2153 (Krekorian; D - Burbank) “Zero Net Water” mandate. Requires new residential or nonresidential projects to minimize and offset the projected water usage in a manner that could act as a building moratorium.

AB 2450 (Davis; D – Los Angeles) Would require a landlord who acquires title to residential rental property through foreclosure to provide 90 days notice to a tenant before the tenant may be removed.

AB 2461 (Davis; D – Los Angeles) Split roll property tax “study.” Gateway bill that may be used as a vehicle for a renewed effort to attempt a re-write of Proposition 13 protections and allow non-residential properties to be taxed at a higher rate than residential properties.

AB 2538 (Ruskin; D – Redwood City) “Carbon Labeling Act of 2008.” Requires the state to develop and implement a program for standardized labeling of the carbon footprint, of consumer products sold in California.

AB 2939 (Hancock; D – Berkeley) Allows local agencies to supplant statewide Title 24 building codes with private third party “green” building standards.

SB 1299 (Migden; D – San Francisco) Authorizes local jurisdictions that have rent control to require a property owner to replace the same number of residential rental units that were razed, and to make the replacement residential units subject to the same price control that applied to the former units.

SB 1550 (Florez; D - Fresno) Requires the Secretary of State to develop a climate change disclosure standard for use by companies doing business in the state.

We will discuss more bills next week.

Click here to read the full legislative language for any of these bills.
 

UPCOMING EVENT: GREEN CALIFORNIA SUMMIT AND EXPOSITION APRIL 7-9

Builders, property managers, developers, facilities managers and others involved in real estate should not miss the Green California Summit (April 7-9, Sacramento Convention Center). The event, guided by an Advisory Board that includes senior state officials and leaders from the real estate community, combines an exposition featuring hundreds of green products and services with seminars and training. Discover green tools that can save you money, preserve the environment and give you a competitive edge - and find out about regulations and policy that are changing the industry. For more information, click here. CBPA members get a special 20% discount – simply enter “CBPA” as a Coupon Code towards the end of the registration.

UPCOMING EVENT: ICSC GREENTALK; RETAIL REAL ESTATE SUSTAINABILITY Q&A

ICSC's Research Scholar, Jerry Yudelson, will answer your questions on green development and operations—drawing upon his expertise as a professional engineer and one of the leading authorities on green development and marketing green buildings. Find out more about the call by clicking here.

CBPA 2008 CALENDAR

June 10-11, 2008
California Commercial Real Estate Summit (CCRES) & CBPA Annual Meeting
Sacramento, CA

October 23, 2008
CBPA Awards Dinner
The Island (formerly the Four Seasons), Newport Beach, CA