Key Votes
SB 375 - Global Warming and Land Use Policy - Key Vote
California Key Votes
Doug LaMalfa voted Nay (Passage With Amendment) on this legislation.
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Stages
- Sept. 30, 2008 Executive Signed
- Aug. 30, 2008 Senate Concurrence Vote Passed
- Aug. 25, 2008 House Bill Passed
- June 7, 2007 Senate Bill Passed
- Feb. 21, 2007 Introduced
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Legislation - Signed (Executive) - Sept. 30, 2008
Title: Global Warming and Land Use Policy
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (Senate) (25-14) - Aug. 30, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Global Warming and Land Use Policy
Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that requires the California Air Resource Board (ARB) to set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and requires metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to develop and implement sustainable community strategies that incorporate housing and transportation plans to reduce the number of miles driven per year by California residents in order to achieve the goals established by AB 32, passed in 2006, which requires the State of California to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels no later than 2020.
- - The relationship between land use density, household vehicle ownership, and vehicle miles traveled;
- The Impact of increased transportation service levels on household vehicle ownership and vehicle miles traveled;
- Changes in travel and land development that is likely to result from highway or passenger rail expansion;
- Mode splitting travel which incorporates automobile, transit, carpool, bicycle, and pedestrian trips; and
- Speed and frequency, days, and hours of operation of transit service.
- - General location of uses, residential densities, and building intensities within the region;
- Locations within the region sufficient to house the entire regional population, including all economic segments;
- Portions of the region capable of housing an eight-year projected population growth;
- Transportation networks capable of servicing the transportation needs of the region;
- Resource areas and farmland in the region;
- State housing goals; and
- A development pattern for the region that, when integrated with the transportation network, and other transportation policies and measures within the region, will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles and light trucks in order to meet emission reduction targets.
- - Outreach efforts to encourage active participation by stakeholders in the planning process;
- Consultation with congestion management agencies, transportation agencies, and transportation commissions;
- Workshops to provide the public with the necessary information to make an informed decision about the issues and policy choices;
- Preparation and distribution of a draft sustainable communities strategy and an alternative planning strategy;
- At least three public hearings on the developed strategies; and
- A process for enabling members of the public to request information regarding notices and updates.
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (49-22) - Aug. 25, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Global Warming and Land Use Policy
Vote to pass a bill that requires the California Air Resource Board (ARB) to set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and requires metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to develop and implement sustainable community strategies that incorporate housing and transportation plans to reduce the number of miles driven per year by California residents in order to achieve the goals established by AB 32, passed in 2006, which requires the State of California to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels no later than 2020.
- - The relationship between land use density, household vehicle ownership, and vehicle miles traveled;
- The Impact of increased transportation service levels on household vehicle ownership and vehicle miles traveled;
- Changes in travel and land development that is likely to result from highway or passenger rail expansion;
- Mode splitting travel which incorporates automobile, transit, carpool, bicycle, and pedestrian trips; and
- Speed and frequency, days, and hours of operation of transit service.
- - General location of uses, residential densities, and building intensities within the region;
- Locations within the region sufficient to house the entire regional population, including all economic segments;
- Portions of the region capable of housing an eight-year projected population growth;
- Transportation networks capable of servicing the transportation needs of the region;
- Resource areas and farmland in the region;
- State housing goals; and
- A development pattern for the region that, when integrated with the transportation network, and other transportation policies and measures within the region, will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles and light trucks in order to meet emission reduction targets.
- - Outreach efforts to encourage active participation by stakeholders in the planning process;
- Consultation with congestion management agencies, transportation agencies, and transportation commissions;
- Workshops to provide the public with the necessary information to make an informed decision about the issues and policy choices;
- Preparation and distribution of a draft sustainable communities strategy and an alternative planning strategy;
- At least three public hearings on the developed strategies; and
- A process for enabling members of the public to request information regarding notices and updates.
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (21-15) - June 7, 2007
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Feb. 21, 2007
Title: Global Warming and Land Use Policy
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Mark DeSaulnier (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Denise Moreno Ducheny (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dave Jones (CA - D) (Out Of Office)