SAN DIEGO—The California State legislature has managed to stop come of the crazy bills and passed some good ones. That was according to Rex Hime, president and CEO of California Business Properties Assoc.
Hime spoke to more than 4,000 pre-registered attendees at ICSC Western Conference and Deal Making event, held this week in San Diego.
Some of the crazy ones he pointed to included a bill that mandated that all toilet bowls would need be updated. Another bill (AB718) said that “if you were homeless and had a car, you would be protected and be able to park in parking lots and live in your car.”
Hime referred to those are “zombie bills” noting that “they will keep coming back.”
But one significant item he pointed to was that “The legislature has chosen not to address the deficient that we have for transportation needs. They have called upon us to figure out other ways to get around and have a road diet.”
He encouraged the audience to vote this November, pointing out that California has managed to put 17 different ballot measures. One of the more controversial measures is a ballot initiative to require that porn stars have to wear condoms, he said. There is also a measure dealing with legalizing recreational marijuana in CA. He pointed to two death penalty measures on the ballot…one that wants to get rid of it, and one wants to expedite it.
But the bills that he said would be most important to those in the room? “The California Public School Facility Bonds Initiative, also known as Proposition 51, will authorize the state to make more money available for the construction of schools in California.
And he encouraged a “Vote No” on The California Voter Approval Requirement for Revenue Bonds above $2 Billion Initiative, also known as Proposition 53, which says that “if there is an infrastructure project and it has a cost of $2 billion and it is going to be done with revenue bonds, that after you have gone through the approval process and all the challenges, you will then have to put it on the ballot for a statewide vote.” He adds that “it basically means the end of major infrastructure projects in CA because the ability of a county to go out and campaign statewide is very challenging… it is probably the most important item on the ballot for each and every one of you today.”
Keep checking back with GlobeSt.com for more from the event.
SAN DIEGO—The California State legislature has managed to stop come of the crazy bills and passed some good ones. That was according to Rex Hime, president and CEO of California Business Properties Assoc.
Hime spoke to more than 4,000 pre-registered attendees at ICSC Western Conference and Deal Making event, held this week in San Diego.
Some of the crazy ones he pointed to included a bill that mandated that all toilet bowls would need be updated. Another bill (AB718) said that “if you were homeless and had a car, you would be protected and be able to park in parking lots and live in your car.”
Hime referred to those are “zombie bills” noting that “they will keep coming back.”
But one significant item he pointed to was that “The legislature has chosen not to address the deficient that we have for transportation needs. They have called upon us to figure out other ways to get around and have a road diet.”
He encouraged the audience to vote this November, pointing out that California has managed to put 17 different ballot measures. One of the more controversial measures is a ballot initiative to require that porn stars have to wear condoms, he said. There is also a measure dealing with legalizing recreational marijuana in CA. He pointed to two death penalty measures on the ballot…one that wants to get rid of it, and one wants to expedite it.
But the bills that he said would be most important to those in the room? “The California Public School Facility Bonds Initiative, also known as Proposition 51, will authorize the state to make more money available for the construction of schools in California.
And he encouraged a “Vote No” on The California Voter Approval Requirement for Revenue Bonds above $2 Billion Initiative, also known as Proposition 53, which says that “if there is an infrastructure project and it has a cost of $2 billion and it is going to be done with revenue bonds, that after you have gone through the approval process and all the challenges, you will then have to put it on the ballot for a statewide vote.” He adds that “it basically means the end of major infrastructure projects in CA because the ability of a county to go out and campaign statewide is very challenging… it is probably the most important item on the ballot for each and every one of you today.”
Keep checking back with GlobeSt.com for more from the event.
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