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2015 State Legislative Summary Page 5 of 7 <br />Smoke Ordinance was one of the first in the state to be expanded to prohibit the use of -e- <br />cigarettes in public places. <br />Senate Bill 140 (Leno) E-Cigarettes would have placed e-cigarettes in the same category at <br />tobacco products in terms of statewide regulations. While SB 140 stalled in policy committee this <br />year, Senator Leno has pledged to reintroduce the bill next year and continue working with us to <br />move the bill forward. <br />Law Enforcement Accountability <br />A major legislative policy in the Capitol at the beginning of the year was legislation addressing <br />officer-related homicides involving unarmed men and women of color. The Legislature began <br />exploring best practices for the use of police body-worn cameras in California and the City of San <br />Leandro was often mentioned as an example of a City that has effectively used this technology <br />while balancing the needs of residents. TPA provided ongoing updates to the City of these various <br />bills including: <br />Assembly Bill 66 (Weber) Body Cameras. This bill proposed to establish mandatory <br />requirements and recommended guidelines for the use of body-worn cameras by peace <br />officers and the handling of the resulting video and audio data. The bill successfully made it <br />out of the Assembly Public Safety Committee and the Privacy and Consumer Protection <br />committee, but is currently on hold in the Assembly Appropriations committee and is eligible <br />to be considered next session. <br />Assembly Bill 69 (Rodriguez) Body Cameras. This bill requires law enforcement agencies to <br />consider specified best practices when establishing policies and procedures for <br />downloading and storing data from body-worn cameras. This bill was signed into law by the <br />governor. <br />Assembly Bill 953 (Weber) Racial Profiling. This bill proposes to change the state's <br />definition of "racial profiling" and requires local law enforcement agencies to collect <br />demographic data on the people they stop. This bill was signed into law by the governor. <br />San Leandro Hospital <br />TPA was asked to assist the City and provide support to the ongoing efforts regarding San <br />Leandro Hospital. TPA arranged a briefing meeting with the Mayor, City Manager and our East Bay <br />legislative delegation. The focus of the briefing was to provide the current status of the San <br />Leandro Hospital, discuss next steps, and brainstorm how the coalition can continue working <br />together on this regional asset. <br />The Mayor expressed her vision to come up with a game plan that the delegation can all get <br />behind and implement successfully. TPA helped secure the following attendees to the meeting: <br />Assembly Member Bonta, Assembly Member Quirk, Supervisor Chan, Senator Hancock’s District <br />Director, and staff from Senator Wieckowski’s office. From that meeting, various strategies were <br />implemented and are moving forward. <br />AB 72 (Bonta) Eden Township Healthcare District: special taxes: authorization. TPA <br />alerted the City to a bill, Assembly Bill 72 (Bonta) that was introduced at the last week of <br />session. <br />This bill sought to allow the Eden Township Healthcare District (ETHD) to impose special <br />taxes. More specifically the bill would: allow the ETHD, until January 1, 2026, to impose <br />special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures required by state law, require <br />ETHD’s board of directors to determine the basis and nature of a special tax and its <br />manner of collection, require that special taxes imposed by the ETHD must apply <br />uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the district; and declare the