File #: 2015-0529   
Type: Oral Report / Presentation Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/8/2015 In control: Executive Management Committee
On agenda: 6/18/2015 Final action: 6/18/2015
Title: RECEIVE oral Federal/State Affairs update.
Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
Indexes: Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program, Agreements, Alhambra, Articulated buses, Assembly Bill 468, Baldwin Park, Bicycling, Bids, Budget, Budgeting, Bus rapid transit, California Climate Investments Program, California Environmental Quality Act, California Sustainable Freight Action Plan, California Transportation Commission, Cap-and-Trade, Children, City of Los Angeles, Claremont, Cleaning, Commerce, Community Revitalization Authority Bill, Construction, Contractors, Covina, Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project, Debt, El Monte, Eminent domain, Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program, Environmental Impact Report, Eric Garcetti, Fare Evasion, Farebox, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, Franchises, Freight transportation, Fuels, Full Funding Grant Agreement, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Government funding, Grant Aid, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, Guidelines, Guideways, High occupancy toll lanes, High occupancy vehicle lanes, High speed rail, Highway planning, Highway safety, Highway transportation, Highway Trust Fund, Housing, I-110, Information management, Labor, Law enforcement, Laws and legislation, Light rail transit, Local transportation, Los Angeles International Airport, Low Carbon Transit Operations Program, Maintenance, Maintenance practices, Maps, Mass Transit Account, Metro Crenshaw Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail K Line, Metrolink, Metrolink San Bernardino Line, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, Multimodal, Multimodal transportation, Near zero emissions, New Starts Program, Operations and Maintenance, Oral Report / Presentation, Partnerships, Passenger transportation, Payment, Pensions, Pilot studies, Policy, legislation and regulation, Pomona, Positive train control, Private transportation, Procurement, Project delivery, Property Agreement, Public service, Public works, Purchasing, Railroad safety, Rates, fares and tolls, Redevelopment, Regional transportation, Research management, Revenue Service, Ridesourcing, Rosemead, Safety, Safety and security, Safety programs, San Dimas, San Fernando, Section 5307, Senate Bill 1, Senate Bill 375, Senate Bill 535, Senate Bill 9, South Bay Cities subregion, South Bay Service Sector, State departments of transportation, State highways, State Of Good Repair, State Transportation Improvement Program, Subassemblies, Subcontractors, Toll bridges, Tolls, Traffic Congestion Relief Fund, Traffic Congestion Relief Program, Transfer on 2nd Boarding, Transfers, Transit buses, Transit operators, Transit Oriented Development, Transit safety, Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998, Trucking, Trust Funds, United States Department Of Transportation, Urban development, Urban transportation, Vehicle occupancy, Weight, Work environment
Attachments: 1. Leg Matrix June 2015
Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JUNE 18, 2015

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: MONTHLY STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE REMARKS


Title
RECEIVE oral Federal/State Affairs update.

Discussion
DISCUSSION
This report was prepared on June 5, 2015 and will be updated with more current information at the Executive Management Committee on June 18, 2015.

Chairman Garcetti and members of the committee, I am pleased to provide an update on a number state legislative items.
Metro's Ballot Measure Authorization Legislation Approved in the State Senate

SB 767 (De Leon), which would authorize Metro to place a sales tax measure on a future ballot was approved in the State Senate. The bill has been amended to incorporate legislation from last year, SB 1037 (Hernandez). The Board of Directors adopted a Work with Author position on that measure. The measure will now be moved to the Assembly and will soon be considered in the Assembly Transportation Committee.
AB 194 High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes Authorization Process Legislation Passes the Assembly

AB 194 (Frazier), which would re-open the process at the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to approve HOT lanes, passed the Assembly. This bill is modeled on legislation sponsored by Metro last year and would allow local agencies to apply to the CTC for permission to operate HOT lanes projects such as Metro's ExpressLanes. The bill will now be transmitted to the Senate and will proceed through the committee process in the Senate.
State Budget Update

The Budget Conference Committee has begun meetings this week. The following is an update of a few key issues.

Cap and Trade Funding Proposals
Staff are pursuing an opportunity to carve out some cap and trade funds which could be controlled by local transportation authorities. The Strategic Growth Council recently allocated a disproportionately lower amount of Affordable Housing funds to Southern California. The transportation commissions in ...

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