ECA Newsletter 5-11-18
John’s Soapbox
The Hard Part May Be Keeping What We Got!
Ready for a fight? The signature gathering to get the repeal of Senate Bill 1 on the November Ballot is done and there appears to be enough signatures to qualify for the Repeal initiative. Sides are lining up, monies are being committed, and the biggest battle we have seen in California in many years is shaping up to be a “doozy”.
For ECA member firms, and North Bay citizens, we are already seeing the benefits of the SB-1 revenues in funding projects that will complete the HOV Lane addition to Highway 101 as well as other local benefits to fixing our roads and bridges. Should the repeal of SB-1 be successful, it would be a catastrophe for ECA members and local Cities and Counties as well. link
United Contractors has set aside a $1 million “war chest” to stop the repeal effort. The League of California Cities does not want to see the repeal succeed either.
On Tuesday, the ECA is hosting Petaluma Vice Mayor Mike Healy and Regional Public Affairs Manager for the North Bay Division of the League of California CitiesNancy Hall Bennett to speak to us about how we can help in fighting to keep SB-1 in place. This regular Board Meeting is being opened up to all ECA Members due to the importance of this effort. If you are interested in hearing about the effort to defeat the Repeal of SB-1 efforts, please come to our meeting on Tuesday, May 15, at 1000 Apollo Way in the training room, from 12-1pm. RSVP to mary@nceca.org.
The Battle Begins—–
That’s All Folks-
John
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The ECA is busy working with other Associations on new regulations being imposed on rural property owners that have septic tanks and leach fields. Next week I will include the proposed new regulations that would, along with many other changes, impose a mandatory 5-year inspection on your septic tank and leach field that would include soil testing and add quite a few dollars to the cost of owning homes in the unincorporated areas of Sonoma County. We are actively trying to come up with a compromise to very stringent staff proposals that are going to the Supervisors on May 22, 2018.
