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To: FOG724
  (n) Six hundred fifty million dollars ($650,000,000) shall be
deposited in the Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive
Account, which is hereby created in the fund. Funds in the account
shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, and
subject to such other conditions and criteria as the Legislature may
provide in statute, for the following purposes:
   (1) For grants for preservation of open space, acquisition of
wildlife habitat, and easements on agricultural land consistent with
mitigation and growth policies contained in a regional growth plan.
   (2) For infill incentive grants for capital outlay related to
infill development, including, but not limited to, all of the
following:
   (A) Urban park creation, development, or rehabilitation.
   (B) Water, sewer, or other public infrastructure costs associated
with infill development.
   (C) Transportation improvements related to infill development
projects.
   (D) Traffic mitigation.
   (3) For brownfield cleanup that promotes infill development
consistent with regional and local plans.

22 posted on 03/11/2006 1:01:31 PM PST by calcowgirl
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To: calcowgirl
   (p) (1) One billion four hundred fifty million dollars
($1,450,000,000) to be deposited in the Affordable Housing Account,
which is hereby created in the fund. The money in the account shall
be continuously appropriated in accordance with the following
schedule:

(snip)

   (D) One hundred thirty-five million dollars ($135,000,000) shall
be transferred to the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Fund to
be expended for farmworker housing programs authorized by Chapter
3.2 (commencing with Section 50517.5) of Part 2 of Division 31 of the
Health and Safety Code.

27 posted on 03/11/2006 1:05:39 PM PST by calcowgirl
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To: calcowgirl

The news just doesn't get better does it?


28 posted on 03/11/2006 1:05:46 PM PST by FOG724 (Arnold is not a Republican)
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To: calcowgirl
I can't make sense of all the verbose nonsense. I'm not a lawyer. But I think it has something to do with smart growth, dictated from Sacramento. At least that's my impression here. I still don't see what this has to do with infrastructure.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

32 posted on 03/11/2006 1:10:36 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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