Bill Text: CA AB805 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: County of San Diego: transportation agencies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 658, Statutes of 2017. [AB805 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB805-Enrolled.html

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Enrolled  September 13, 2017

Passed  IN  Senate  September 07, 2017

Passed  IN  Assembly  September 11, 2017

Amended  IN  Senate  August 21, 2017

Amended  IN  Senate  July 13, 2017

Amended  IN  Assembly  May 30, 2017

Amended  IN  Assembly  May 11, 2017

Amended  IN  Assembly  April 20, 2017

Amended  IN  Assembly  April 06, 2017

Amended  IN  Assembly  March 23, 2017

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 805

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Introduced by Assembly Member Gonzalez Fletcher
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Frazier)

February 15, 2017

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An act to amend Sections 120050.2, 120051.6, 120102.5, 125102, 132351.1, 132351.2, 132351.4, 132352.3, 132354.1, 132360.1, and 132362 of, to add Sections 120221.5, 125222.5, and 132354.7 to, to add Article 11 (commencing with Section 120480) to Chapter 4 of Division 11 of, to add Article 9 (commencing with Section 125480) to Chapter 4 of Division 11.5 of, and to repeal Sections 120050.5 and 120051.1 of, the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 805, Gonzalez Fletcher. County of San Diego: transportation agencies.

(1) Existing law provides for the consolidation of certain regional transportation planning, programming, and related functions in San Diego County from various existing agencies including the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board, also known as the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS), and the North County Transit District (NCTD).

Existing law provides for the consolidated agency, commonly known as SANDAG, to be governed by a board of directors of 21 city and county members selected by the governing body of each member agency. Existing law provides that the officers of the board are the chairperson and the vice chairperson.

This bill would require the mayor and the president of the city council of the City of San Diego to serve on the board. The bill would delete the requirement for the chair of the County of San Diego Board of Supervisors to serve on the board. The bill would also revise the selection of alternate members of the board. The bill would require that the chairperson and vice chairperson be elected by the membership of the board every 2 years or when a vacancy exists by the weighted vote process and that the chairperson and the vice chairperson not represent the same subregion.

Existing law, in order for the SANDAG board to act on any item, generally requires a majority vote of the members present on the basis of one vote per agency as well as a weighted vote pursuant to a specified process, except in the case of consent items.

This bill would modify the weighted vote process.

Existing law provides for SANDAG to have 4 standing policy advisory committees named the executive, transportation, regional planning, and borders committees.

This bill would increase the membership of the transportation committee from 9 to 10 members and would additionally provide for an audit committee with specified responsibilities, including the appointment of an independent performance auditor. The bill would require SANDAG to submit an annual report to the Legislature, developed by its transportation committee, that outlines various matters related to public transit.

Existing law provides for the consolidated agency to prepare a regional comprehensive plan containing various elements, as specified.

This bill would require the regional comprehensive plan to address greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets set by the State Air Resources Board and would require the plan to include strategies that provide for mode shift to public transportation. The bill would also require the board members of the consolidated agency to make an annual report to their member agencies at a public meeting that includes a summary of the activities of the consolidated agency, including, but not limited to, program developments, project updates, changes to voter-approved expenditure plans, and potential ballot measures.

(2) Existing law creates MTS and NCTD, with various public transit responsibilities in the southern and northern parts of the County of San Diego, respectively. Existing law provides for MTS to be governed by a board of 15 members generally consisting of city and county representatives selected by member agencies. Existing law provides that the chairperson of the MTS board is a resident of the County of San Diego selected by the board, as specified.

This bill would require one of the 4 San Diego City Council members on the MTS board to be the mayor. The bill would grant to the City of Chula Vista a 2nd member, who would be the mayor. The bill would require the chairperson of the MTS board to be selected by the board. The bill would also revise the process for selecting alternate members of the MTS board.

Existing law generally provides that official acts of the MTS or NCTD board require the affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the board, except that a weighted vote of the MTS board may be requested pursuant to a specified process.

This bill would create a similar weighted voting process for NCTD and modify the weighted voting process for the MTS.

Existing law authorizes various transportation agencies, including SANDAG, to impose a transactions and use tax for transportation purposes within its jurisdiction, subject to approval of ²/₃ of the voters and various other requirements. Existing law provides for issuance of bonds backed by these tax revenues, as specified.

This bill would additionally authorize MTS and NCTD to individually impose a specified transactions and use tax within their respective portions of the County of San Diego, with revenues to be used for public transit purposes, as specified, serving their jurisdictions, and to issue bonds backed by these tax revenues, subject to similar requirements.

The bill would authorize the MTS and the NCTD to increase the amount of the necessary preparatory costs incident to the administration and operation of the ordinance imposing a transactions and use tax. The bill would also require the MTS and the NCTD to provide to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, within 45 days of the approval of the ordinance by the voters, a complete alphabetical list of all streets within the affected unincorporated area of their respective jurisdictions, maintain that list on their Internet Web sites, and provide a specified legal description and a map or plat.

Existing law authorizes the board of the MTS, the NCTD, and the consolidated agency to enter into and perform all necessary contracts to construct or develop property for transit purposes, including, but not limited to, employing labor and doing all acts necessary and convenient for the full exercise of the powers granted to each of these agencies.

This bill would prohibit the MTS, the NCTD, and the consolidated agency from entering into a construction contract over $1,000,000 with any entity unless the entity provides to each agency an enforceable commitment that the entity and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the project or a contract that falls within an apprenticeship occupation in the building and construction trades, except as specified.

(3) Existing law provides that if the consolidated agency provides compensation to the County of San Diego for the cost of including an ordinance or measure on the ballot, the consolidated agency may call an election, including an advisory election, in the county on any ordinance or measure regarding the governance of or matters related to the powers, privileges, or duties of the consolidated agency, including, but not limited to, merger or complete consolidation of the transit boards. However, existing law also provides that a complete consolidation requires enactment of a statute by the Legislature.

This bill would require that any ordinance or measure adopted pursuant to these provisions be consistent with, and not in conflict with, any other statutory provisions governing the consolidated agency.

(4) By imposing additional requirements on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: YES  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 120050.2 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

120050.2.

 The board consists of 15 members selected as follows:

(a) One member of the County of San Diego Board of Supervisors, appointed by the board of supervisors.

(b) One member of each city council appointed individually by the city councils of the Cities of Coronado, El Cajon, Imperial Beach, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, National City, Poway, and Santee.

(c) Four members of the City Council of the City of San Diego, one of whom shall be the mayor, and two members of the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, one of whom shall be the mayor, each appointed by their respective city council.

(d) The chairperson of the board shall be selected by a two-thirds vote of the board, a quorum being present. The chairperson shall serve for a term of two years, except that he or she is subject to removal at any time by a two-thirds vote of the board, a quorum being present.

SEC. 2.

 Section 120050.5 of the Public Utilities Code is repealed.

SEC. 3.

 Section 120051.1 of the Public Utilities Code is repealed.

SEC. 4.

 Section 120051.6 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

120051.6.

 The alternate members of the board shall be appointed as follows:

(a) The County of San Diego Board of Supervisors shall appoint a county supervisor, not already appointed under Section 120051, who represents one of the two supervisorial districts with the greatest percentage of its area within the incorporated area of the County of San Diego within the area under the jurisdiction of the transit development board as defined in Section 120054, to serve as an alternate member of the transit development board.

(b) The city councils of the cities specified in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 120050.2 shall each individually appoint a member of their respective city councils not already appointed pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 120050.2 to serve as an alternate member of the transit development board for each member of the city on the board.

(c) At its discretion, a city council or the county board of supervisors may appoint a second alternate member, in the same manner as first alternates are appointed, to serve on the board in the event that neither a member nor the alternate member is able to attend a meeting of the board.

(d) An alternate member and second alternate member shall be subject to the same restrictions and shall have the same powers, when serving on the board, as a member.

SEC. 5.

 Section 120102.5 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

120102.5.

 (a) A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. All official acts of the board require the affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the board present. However, after a vote of the members is taken, a weighted vote may be called by the members of any two jurisdictions.

(b) In the case of a weighted vote, the County of San Diego and each city shall, in total, exercise 100 votes to be apportioned annually based on population, except in the case of the City of San Diego. Each of the four representatives of the City of San Diego shall exercise 12 ¹/₂ weighted votes, for a total of 50 votes. The representatives for the City of Chula Vista shall split the votes allocated to that city evenly among its representatives.

(c) Approval under the weighted vote procedure requires the vote of the representatives of not less than three jurisdictions representing not less than 51 percent of the total weighted vote to supersede the original action of the board.

(d) When a weighted vote is taken on any item that requires more than a majority vote of the board, it shall also require the supermajority percentage of the weighted vote.

(e) For purposes of subdivision (b), the population of the County of San Diego is the population in the unincorporated area of the county within the area of jurisdiction of the transit development board pursuant to Section 120054.

(f) The board shall adopt a policy and procedure to implement this section.

SEC. 6.

 Section 120221.5 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:

120221.5.

 The board shall not enter into a construction contract over one million dollars ($1,000,000) with any entity unless the entity provides to the board an enforceable commitment that the entity and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the project or a contract that falls within an apprenticeship occupation in the building and construction trades in accordance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.

(a) This subdivision shall not apply if any of the following requirements are met:

(1) The board has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project or the board has contracted to use a skilled and trained workforce and the entity has agreed to be bound by that project labor agreement.

(2) The project or contract is being performed under the extension or renewal of a project labor agreement that was entered into by the board before January 1, 2017.

(3) The entity has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind the entity and all its subcontractors at every tier performing the project or the entity has contracted to use a skilled and trained workforce.

(b) For purposes of subdivision (a), “project labor agreement” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.

SEC. 7.

 Article 11 (commencing with Section 120480) is added to Chapter 4 of Division 11 of the Public Utilities Code, to read:

Article  11. Transactions and Use Tax

120480.

 (a) A retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable in the incorporated and unincorporated territory within the area of the board pursuant to Section 120054 shall be imposed by the board in accordance with Section 120485 and Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and Section 2 of Article XIII C of the California Constitution. The tax ordinance shall take effect at the close of the polls on the day of election at which the proposition is adopted. The initial collection of the transactions and use tax shall take place in accordance with Section 120483.

(b) If, at any time, the voters do not approve the imposition of the transactions and use tax, this chapter remains in full force and effect. The board may, at any time thereafter, submit the same, or a different, measure to the voters in accordance with this chapter.

120481.

 (a) The board, in the ordinance, shall state the nature of the tax to be imposed, the tax rate or the maximum tax rate, the purposes for which the revenue derived from the tax will be used, and may set a term during which the tax will be imposed. The purposes for which the tax revenues may be used shall be limited to public transit purposes serving the area of jurisdiction of the board, as determined by the board, including the administration of this division and legal actions related thereto. These purposes include expenditures for the planning, environmental reviews, engineering and design costs, and related right-of-way acquisition. The ordinance shall contain an expenditure plan that shall include the allocation of revenues for the purposes authorized by this section.

(b) As used in this section, “public transit purposes” includes the public transit responsibilities under the jurisdiction of the board as well as any repair, redesign, or ongoing maintenance of a right-of-way upon which transit is intended to travel, or any bikeway, bicycle path, sidewalk, trail, pedestrian access, or pedestrian accessway.

120482.

 (a) The county shall conduct an election called by the board pursuant to Section 120480.

(b) The election shall be called and conducted in the same manner as provided by law for the conduct of elections by a county.

120483.

 (a) Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this article shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 150 days after adoption of the ordinance.

(b) (1) Prior to the operative date of the ordinance, the board shall contract with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to perform all functions incident to the administration and operation of the ordinance. The costs to be covered by the contract may also include services of the types described in Section 7272 of the Revenue and Taxation Code for preparatory work up to the operative date of the ordinance. Any disputes as to the amount of the costs shall be resolved in the same manner as provided in that section.

(2) Notwithstanding Section 7272 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the maximum amount of preparatory costs incurred may exceed those costs as described in paragraph (1), if the increased amount reflects necessary preparatory costs.

(c) Within 45 days from the date the ordinance is approved by the voters, the board shall provide the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration with a complete alphabetical list of all streets within the affected unincorporated area under the jurisdiction of the board pursuant to Section 120054, which shall include beginning and ending street numbers, and shall maintain that list on its Internet Web site. The board shall also provide a legal description and a map or plat, that both describe the boundaries of the applicable unincorporated territory within the area of the board pursuant to Section 120054.

120484.

 The revenues from the taxes imposed pursuant to this article may be allocated by the board for public transit purposes consistent with the applicable regional transportation improvement program and the applicable regional transportation plan.

120485.

 The board, subject to the approval of the voters, may impose a maximum tax rate of one-half of 1 percent under this article and Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. The board shall not levy the tax at a rate other than one-half or one-fourth of 1 percent unless specifically authorized by the Legislature.

120486.

 The board, as part of the ballot proposition to approve the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, may seek authorization to issue bonds payable from the proceeds of the tax.

120487.

 Any action or proceeding wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this article or the issuance of any bonds thereunder or any of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned, or denied, shall be commenced within six months from the date of the election at which the ordinance is approved; otherwise, the bonds and all proceedings in relation thereto, including the adoption and approval of the ordinance, shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.

120488.

 The board has no power to impose any tax other than the transactions and use tax imposed upon approval of the voters in accordance with this article.

SEC. 8.

 Section 125102 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

125102.

 (a) A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. All official acts of the board require the affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the board present. However, after a vote of the members is taken, a weighted vote may be called by any two members.

(b) In the case of a weighted vote, the County of San Diego and each city shall, in total, exercise 100 votes to be apportioned annually based on population.

(c) Approval under the weighted vote procedure requires the vote of the representatives of not less than three jurisdictions representing not less than 51 percent of the total weighted vote to supersede the original action of the board.

(d) When a weighted vote is taken on any item that requires more than a majority vote of the board, it shall also require the supermajority percentage of the weighted vote.

(e) For purposes of subdivision (b), the population of the County of San Diego is the population in the unincorporated area of the county within the area of jurisdiction of the board pursuant to Section 125052.

(f) The board shall adopt a policy and procedure to implement this section.

SEC. 9.

 Section 125222.5 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:

125222.5.

 The district shall not enter into a construction contract over one million dollars ($1,000,000) with any entity unless the entity provides to the district an enforceable commitment that the entity and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the project or a contract that falls within an apprenticeship occupation in the building and construction trades in accordance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.

(a) This subdivision shall not apply if any of the following requirements are met:

(1) The district has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project or the district has contracted to use a skilled and trained workforce and the entity has agreed to be bound by that project labor agreement.

(2) The project or contract is being performed under the extension or renewal of a project labor agreement that was entered into by the district before January 1, 2017.

(3) The entity has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind the entity and all its subcontractors at every tier performing the project or the entity has contracted to use a skilled and trained workforce.

(b) For purposes of subdivision (a), “project labor agreement” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.

SEC. 10.

 Article 9 (commencing with Section 125480) is added to Chapter 4 of Division 11.5 of the Public Utilities Code, to read:

Article  9. Transactions and Use Tax

125480.

 (a) A retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable in the incorporated and unincorporated territory within the area of the board pursuant to Section 125052 shall be imposed by the board in accordance with Section 125485 and Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and Section 2 of Article XIII C of the California Constitution. The tax ordinance shall take effect at the close of the polls on the day of election at which the proposition is adopted. The initial collection of the transactions and use tax shall take place in accordance with Section 125483.

(b) If, at any time, the voters do not approve the imposition of the transactions and use tax, this chapter remains in full force and effect. The board may, at any time thereafter, submit the same, or a different, measure to the voters in accordance with this chapter.

125481.

 (a) The board, in the ordinance, shall state the nature of the tax to be imposed, the tax rate or the maximum tax rate, the purposes for which the revenue derived from the tax will be used, and may set a term during which the tax will be imposed. The purposes for which the tax revenues may be used shall be limited to public transit purposes serving the area of jurisdiction of the board, as determined by the board, including the administration of this division and legal actions related thereto. These purposes include expenditures for the planning, environmental reviews, engineering and design costs, and related right-of-way acquisition. The ordinance shall contain an expenditure plan that shall include the allocation of revenues for the purposes authorized by this section.

(b) As used in this section, “public transit purposes” includes the public transit responsibilities under the jurisdiction of the district as well as any repair, redesign, or ongoing maintenance of a right-of-way upon which transit is intended to travel, or any bikeway, bicycle path, sidewalk, trail, pedestrian access, or pedestrian accessway.

125482.

 (a) The county shall conduct an election called by the board pursuant to Section 125480.

(b) The election shall be called and conducted in the same manner as provided by law for the conduct of elections by a county.

125483.

 (a) Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this article shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 150 days after adoption of the ordinance.

(b) (1) Prior to the operative date of the ordinance, the board shall contract with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to perform all functions incident to the administration and operation of the ordinance. The costs to be covered by the contract may also include services of the types described in Section 7272 of the Revenue and Taxation Code for preparatory work up to the operative date of the ordinance. Any disputes as to the amount of the costs shall be resolved in the same manner as provided in that section.

(2) Notwithstanding Section 7272 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the maximum amount of preparatory costs incurred may exceed those costs as described in paragraph (1), if the increased amount reflects necessary preparatory costs.

(c) Within 45 days from the date the ordinance is approved by the voters, the board shall provide the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration with a complete alphabetical list of all streets within the affected unincorporated area under the jurisdiction of the board pursuant to Section 125052, which shall include beginning and ending street numbers, and shall maintain that list on its Internet Web site. The board shall also provide a legal description and a map or plat, that both describe the boundaries of the applicable unincorporated territory within the area of the board pursuant to Section 125052.

125484.

 The revenues from the taxes imposed pursuant to this article may be allocated by the board for public transit purposes consistent with the applicable regional transportation improvement program and the applicable regional transportation plan.

125485.

 The board, subject to the approval of the voters, may impose a maximum tax rate of one-half of 1 percent under this article and Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. The board shall not levy the tax at a rate other than one-half or one-fourth of 1 percent unless specifically authorized by the Legislature.

125486.

 The board, as part of the ballot proposition to approve the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax, may seek authorization to issue bonds payable from the proceeds of the tax.

125487.

 Any action or proceeding wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this article or the issuance of any bonds thereunder or any of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned, or denied, shall be commenced within six months from the date of the election at which the ordinance is approved; otherwise, the bonds and all proceedings in relation thereto, including the adoption and approval of the ordinance, shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.

125488.

 The board has no power to impose any tax other than the transactions and use tax imposed upon approval of the voters in accordance with this article.

SEC. 11.

 Section 132351.1 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

132351.1.

 (a) A board of directors consisting of 21 members shall govern the consolidated agency.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, “governing body” means the board of supervisors, council, council and mayor where the mayor is not a member of the council, authority, trustees, director, commission, committee, or other policymaking body, as appropriate, that exercises authority over an entity represented on the board of the consolidated agency.

(c) All powers, privileges, and duties vested in or imposed upon the consolidated agency shall be exercised and performed by and through a board of directors provided, however, that the exercise of all executive, administrative, and ministerial power may be delegated and redelegated by the board, to any of the offices, officers, or committees created pursuant to this chapter or created by the board acting pursuant to this chapter.

(d) The board shall be composed of one primary representative selected by the governing body of each city in the county and a member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. However, the City of San Diego and the County of San Diego shall each have a primary and secondary representative, which for the City of San Diego shall be the mayor of the City of San Diego and the president of the city council. Each director shall be a mayor, councilperson, or supervisor, as applicable, of the governing body that selected him or her, and shall serve until recalled by the governing body of the city or county. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as originally selected. Each city or county shall also select one alternate to serve on the board when the primary or secondary representative, if applicable, is not available. The alternate shall be subject to the same restrictions and have the same powers, when serving on the board, as the representative for whom he or she is substituting. The alternate shall be a mayor, councilperson, or supervisor, as applicable, of his or her governing body.

(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (d), in those years when the primary representative of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors is from a district that is substantially an incorporated area, a supervisor who represents a district that is substantially an unincorporated area shall be appointed to the board as the secondary representative. Alternatively, in those years when the primary representative of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors is from a district that is substantially an unincorporated area, a supervisor who represents a district that is substantially an incorporated area shall be appointed to the board as the secondary representative.

(f) At its discretion, each city or county may select a second alternate, in the same manner as the first alternate, to serve on the board in the event that neither the primary representative nor the first alternate is able to attend a meeting of the board. This alternate shall be subject to the same restrictions and have the same powers, when serving on the board, as the primary representative.

(g) The board may allow for the appointment of advisory representatives to sit with the board but in no event shall those representatives be allowed a vote. The current advisory representatives to the San Diego Association of Governments may continue their advisory representation on the consolidated agency at the discretion of their governing body. The governing bodies of the County of Imperial and the cities in that county may collectively designate an advisory representative to sit with the board.

SEC. 12.

 Section 132351.2 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

132351.2.

 (a) A majority of the member agencies constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In order to act on any item, the affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the board present is required. However, after a vote of the members is taken, a weighted vote may be called by the members of any two jurisdictions.

(b) The governing body of the City of San Diego and the County of San Diego shall allocate their weighted votes equally between their primary and secondary members.

(c) For the weighted vote, there shall be a total of 100 votes, except additional votes shall be allowed pursuant to subdivision (h). Each member agency shall have that number of votes determined by the following apportionment formula, provided that each agency shall have at least one vote, no agency shall have more than 50 votes, and there shall be no fractional votes:

(1) If any agency has 50 percent or more of the total population of the San Diego County region, allocate 50 votes to that agency and follow paragraph (2), and if not, follow paragraph (3).

(2) Total the population of the remaining agencies determined in paragraph (1) and compute the percentage of this total that each agency has.

(A) Multiply each percentage derived above by 50 to determine fractional shares.

(B) Boost fractions that are less than one to one and add the whole numbers.

(C) If the answer to subparagraph (B) is 50, drop all fractions and the whole numbers are the votes for each agency.

(D) If the answer to subparagraph (B) is less than 50, the remaining vote is allocated one each to the agency having the highest fraction excepting those whose vote was increased to one pursuant to subparagraph (B).

(E) If the answer to subparagraph (B) is more than 50, the excess vote is taken one each from the agency with the lowest fraction. In no case shall a vote be reduced to less than one.

(3) Total the population determined in paragraph (1) and compute the percentage of this total that each agency has.

(A) Boost fractions that are less than one to one and add the whole numbers.

(B) If the answer to subparagraph (A) is 100, drop all fractions and the whole numbers are the votes for each agency.

(C) If the answer to subparagraph (A) is less than 100, the remaining vote is allocated one each to the agency having the highest fraction excepting those whose vote was increased to one pursuant to subparagraph (A).

(D) If the answer to subparagraph (A) is more than 100, the excess vote is taken one each from the agency with the lowest fraction. In no case shall a vote be reduced to less than one.

(d) When a weighted vote is taken on any item that requires more than a majority vote of the board, it shall also require the supermajority percentage of the weighted vote.

(e) Approval under the weighted vote procedure requires the vote of not less than four members representing separate jurisdictions and not less than 51 percent of the total weighted vote to supersede the original action of the board.

(f) For purposes of subdivision (c), the population of the County of San Diego is the population in the unincorporated area of the county.

(g) The weighted vote formula under subdivision (c) shall be recomputed every July 1.

(h) Any newly incorporated city shall receive one vote under the weighted vote procedure until the next recomputation of the weighted vote formula under subdivision (c), at which time the new agency shall receive votes in accordance with the recomputed formula. Until this recomputation, the total weighted vote may exceed 100.

SEC. 13.

 Section 132351.4 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

132351.4.

 (a) The consolidated agency shall have five standing policy advisory committees named the executive, transportation, regional planning, borders, and audit committees. The responsibilities of the committees shall be established by the board. Committee membership may be expanded by the consolidated agency, and shall be selected in accordance with a process established by the consolidated agency. The membership shall be as follows:

(1) The executive committee shall consist of six voting members with board members representing east county, north county coastal, north county inland, south county, and the representative, or the representative’s alternate in their absence, from the City of San Diego and the county. The chairperson and the vice chairperson of the consolidated agency shall each be one of the six voting members.

(2) (A) The transportation committee shall consist of 10 voting members with board members or alternates representing east county, north county coastal, north county inland, south county and the mayor or a council member from the City of San Diego, a supervisor from the County of San Diego, a member of the board of the MTDB appointed by the board of the MTDB, a member of the board of the NCTD appointed by the board of the NCTD, a member of the governing board of the San Diego Unified Port District appointed by the board of the port, and a member of the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority appointed by the airport authority.

(B) Among its transportation responsibilities, the transportation committee shall provide a strong focus and commitment to meeting the public transit needs of the San Diego region, set transit funding criteria and recommend transit funding levels, and undertake transit responsibilities resulting from consolidation, as delegated by the board.

(C) The board shall provide a report, developed by the transportation committee, to the Legislature on or before July 1 of each year that outlines the public transit needs, transit funding criteria, recommended transit funding levels, and additional work on public transit, as delegated to the transportation committee by the board. The report shall specify the funds spent explicitly on public transportation. The report shall be submitted consistent with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(3) The regional planning committee shall consist of six voting members with board members or alternates representing east county, north county coastal, north county inland, south county, and the mayor or a council member from the City of San Diego, and a supervisor from the County of San Diego.

(4) The borders committee shall consist of seven voting members with board members or alternates representing east county, north county coastal, north county inland, south county, the mayor or a council member from the City of San Diego, a supervisor from the County of San Diego, and a mayor, council member, or supervisor from the County of Imperial.

(5) The audit committee shall consist of five voting members with two board members and three members of the public to be appointed by the board. The audit committee shall recommend to the board the contract of the firm conducting the annual financial statement audits and the hiring of the independent performance auditor and approve the annual audit plan after discussion with the independent performance auditor pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 132354.1.

(b) The board may appoint other standing and ad hoc working groups to advise it in carrying out its responsibilities.

(c) No board member may serve as a member of more than two standing policy advisory committees at any one time, except those board members serving on the audit committee.

SEC. 14.

 Section 132352.3 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

132352.3.

 The officers of the board are the chairperson and the vice chairperson. The chairperson and vice chairperson shall be elected by the membership of the board every two years or when a vacancy exists, by means of the weighted vote pursuant to Section 132351.2. The chairperson and vice chairperson shall not represent the same subregion, with the subregions being east county, north county coastal, north county inland, south county, the City of San Diego, and the County of San Diego. The board may create additional officers and elect members to those positions. However, no member may hold more than one office. The term of office for any officers of the board other than the chairperson and the vice chairperson shall be established by the board.

SEC. 15.

 Section 132354.1 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

132354.1.

 (a) The board shall arrange for a post audit of the financial transactions and records of the consolidated agency to be made at least annually by a certified public accountant.

(b) (1) The audit committee shall appoint an independent performance auditor, subject to approval by the board, who may only be removed for cause by a vote of at least two-thirds of the audit committee and the board.

(2) The independent performance auditor shall have authority to conduct or to cause to be conducted performance audits of all departments, offices, boards, activities, agencies, and programs of the consolidated agency. The auditor shall prepare annually an audit plan and conduct audits in accordance therewith and perform those other duties as may be required by ordinance or as provided by the California Constitution and general laws of the state. The auditor shall follow government auditing standards. All officers and employees of the consolidated agency shall furnish to the auditor unrestricted access to employees, information, and records, including electronic data, within their custody regarding powers, duties, activities, organization, property, financial transactions, contracts, and methods of business required to conduct an audit or otherwise perform audit duties. It is also the duty of any consolidated agency officer, employee, or agent to fully cooperate with the auditor, and to make full disclosure of all pertinent information.

(3) The auditor shall have the power to appoint, employ, and remove assistants, employees, and personnel as deemed necessary for the efficient and effective administration of the affairs of the office and to prescribe their duties, scope of authority, and qualifications.

(4) The auditor may investigate any material claim of financial fraud, waste, or impropriety within the consolidated agency and for that purpose may summon any officer, agent, or employee of the consolidated agency, any claimant, or other person, and examine him or her upon oath or affirmation relative thereto. All consolidated agency contracts with consultants, vendors, or agencies will be prepared with an adequate audit provision to allow the auditor access to the entity’s records needed to verify compliance with the terms specified in the contract. Results of all audits and reports shall be made available to the public in accordance with the requirements of the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of the Title 1 of the Government Code).

(c) The board shall develop and adopt internal control guidelines to prevent and detect financial errors and fraud based on the internal control guidelines developed by the Controller pursuant to Section 12422.5 of the Government Code and the standards adopted by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

(d) The board shall develop and adopt an administration policy that includes a process to conduct staff performance evaluations on a regular basis to determine if the knowledge, skills, and abilities of staff members are sufficient to perform their respective functions, and shall monitor the evaluation process on a regular basis.

(e) The board members shall make an annual report to their member agencies at a public meeting pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, that includes a summary of activities by the consolidated agency including, but not limited to, program developments, project updates, changes to voter-approved expenditure plans, and potential ballot measures.

SEC. 16.

 Section 132354.7 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:

132354.7.

 The consolidated agency shall not enter into a construction contract over one million dollars ($1,000,000) with any entity unless the entity provides to the consolidated agency an enforceable commitment that the entity and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the project or a contract that falls within an apprenticeship occupation in the building and construction trades in accordance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.

(a) This subdivision shall not apply if any of the following requirements are met:

(1) The consolidated agency has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project or the consolidated agency has contracted to use a skilled and trained workforce and the entity has agreed to be bound by that project labor agreement.

(2) The project or contract is being performed under the extension or renewal of a project labor agreement that was entered into by the consolidated agency before January 1, 2017.

(3) The entity has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind the entity and all its subcontractors at every tier performing the project or the entity has contracted to use a skilled and trained workforce.

(b) For purposes of subdivision (a), “project labor agreement” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.

SEC. 17.

 Section 132360.1 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

132360.1.

 In preparing and updating the regional comprehensive plan, it is the intent of the Legislature that:

(a) The regional comprehensive plan preserve and improve the quality of life in the San Diego region, maximize mobility and transportation choices, and conserve and protect natural resources.

(b) The regional comprehensive plan shall address the greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets set by the State Air Resources Board as required by Section 65080 of the Government Code and include strategies that provide for mode shift to public transportation.

(c) The regional comprehensive plan shall identify disadvantaged communities as designated pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code and include transportation strategies to reduce pollution exposure in these communities.

(d) In formulating and maintaining the regional comprehensive plan, the consolidated agency shall take account of and shall seek to harmonize the needs of the region as a whole, the plans of the county and cities within the region, and the plans and planning activities of organizations that affect or are concerned with planning and development within the region.

(e) The consolidated agency shall engage in a public collaborative planning process. The recommendations resulting from the public collaborative planning process shall be made available to and considered by the consolidated agency for integration into the draft regional comprehensive plan. The consolidated agency shall adopt a procedure to carry out this process including a method of addressing and responding to recommendations from the public.

(f) In formulating and maintaining the regional comprehensive plan, the consolidated agency shall seek the cooperation and consider the recommendations of all of the following:

(1) Its member agencies and other agencies of local government within the jurisdiction of the consolidated agency.

(2) State and federal agencies.

(3) Educational institutions.

(4) Research organizations, whether public or private.

(5) Civic groups.

(6) Private individuals.

(7) Governmental jurisdictions located outside the region but contiguous to its boundaries.

(g) The consolidated agency shall make the regional comprehensive plan, policies, and objectives available to all local agencies and facilitate consideration of the regional comprehensive plan in the development, implementation, and update of local general plans. The consolidated agency shall provide assistance and enhance the opportunities for local agencies to develop, implement, and update general plans in a manner that recognizes, at a minimum, land use, transportation compatibility, and a jobs-to-housing balance within the regional comprehensive plan.

(h) The consolidated agency shall maintain the data, maps, and other information developed in the course of formulating the regional comprehensive plan in a form suitable to assure a consistent view of developmental trends and other relevant information for the availability of and use by other government agencies and private organizations.

(i) The components of the regional comprehensive plan may include, but are not limited to, transportation, housing, water quality and supply, infrastructure, air quality, energy, solid waste, economy, and open space, including habitat. Performance standards and measurable criteria shall be established through a public process to ensure that the regional comprehensive plan is prepared consistent with these measures as well as in determining achievement of the regional comprehensive plan goals throughout its implementation.

(j) Any water supply component or provision of the regional infrastructure strategy regarding water supply contained in the regional comprehensive plan shall be consistent with the urban water management plan and other adopted regional water facilities and supply plans of the San Diego County Water Authority.

SEC. 18.

 Section 132362 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

132362.

 (a) In addition to the authority set forth in Article 5 (commencing with Section 132300) and Article 6 (commencing with Section 132320) of Chapter 2 of Division 12.7, if the consolidated agency provides compensation to San Diego County for the cost of including an ordinance or measure on the ballot, the consolidated agency may call an election, including an advisory election, in San Diego County on any ordinance or measure regarding the governance of or matters related to the powers, privileges, or duties of the consolidated agency, including, but not limited to, merger or complete consolidation of the transit boards.

(b) The ordinance or measure shall be consistent with, and shall not be in conflict with, any other provision of this chapter.

SEC. 19.

 If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.