Your Monthly BIA Baldy View Chapter Update: July 2022
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BIA Member Call to Action Prevails!
BIA Baldy View Members -
After months of public testimony including hundreds of letters from BIASC members, I’m pleased to report that our statewide coalition prevailed in defeating Assembly Bill 2840 (Reyes), a bill so harmful to the homebuilding industry that the California Building Industry Association has identified it as a “Housing Killer.”
If passed and signed into law, AB 2840 would have:
- Stop the construction of certain types of housing proposals, including many mixed-use developments and master-planned communities.
- Worsen supply chain backlogs impacting homebuilders along with thousands of other California businesses.
- Impose costly labor mandates, making numerous housing proposals economically infeasible.
- Create massive state overreach and crippling local land use control.
This successful effort demonstrates the importance of BIASC Member engagement in our digital advocacy program. Stay tuned for future Call to Action Eblasts as we continue to work together and make a difference for our industry!
For any questions regarding the BIA Baldy View Chapter, please contact Senior Vice President Carlos Rodriguez at [email protected].
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Tim Roberts
BIA Baldy View Chapter President
Brookfield Residential
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Government Affairs Update
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Greetings Valued Members-
The BIA Baldy View Chapter continued our frontline advocacy efforts with these recent noteworthy efforts – for more information please contact Carlos Rodriguez at [email protected].
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Wildfire Legislation
BIASC continues to coordinate with CBIA in support of AB 2705 (S. Quirk-Silva). AB 2705 creates high standards for homebuilding in very high fire hazard severity zones thereby protecting California’s ability to meet the urgent need for more homes while addressing climate change concerns. These new development standards for homebuilding will preserve the development of fire-safe, climate resilient and energy efficient master planned communities.
Western Joshua Tree
BIASC Baldy View and LA Ventura Chapters continue our close collaboration in our strong opposition to listing the Western Joshua Tree as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA). On June 16, the California Fish and Game Commission voted 2-2 on whether to list the tree under the state Endangered Species Act. The tie vote doesn't mean the tree won't be listed. Instead, the commission will hear the issue again in October. In the meantime, they want more feedback from the Native American Tribes and asked the Department of Fish and Wildlife to work on a conservation plan. The Commission remained deadlocked despite a Department report which indicated, “The recent demographic trend information available to the Department suggests that density or extent of some populations may decline by the end of the 21st century (2100), but due to continuing recruitment, high abundance, widespread distribution, and the longevity of the species, the available demographic data does not currently suggest that Western Joshua Tree is likely to be at risk of disappearing from a significant portion of its range during this timeframe.” In September 2020, the Commission voted 4-0 that the petitioned action “may be warranted” making the Western Joshua Tree a candidate species even in light of the concerns raised during the public hearing process.
CARB Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has released the Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update for public review and comment. The previous (2017) update laid out how California would go about achieving various statutory goals aimed at drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. This latest effort is the first scoping plan that adds “carbon neutrality” as a science-based guide to “go beyond statutorily established emission targets”. Carbon neutrality takes it one step further by expanding actions to capture and store carbon (e.g., carbon sequestration) while drastically reducing human-caused sources of carbon pollution at the same time. As stated in the draft report, this means moving to zero-emission transportation by electrifying our cars, buses, trains, and trucks while simultaneously removing combustion engine vehicles from our roads. For the built environment, it means phasing out the use of natural gas in our homes and buildings. It also means clamping down on specific chemicals and refrigerants that are thousands of times more potent at trapping heat than carbon dioxide.
The report places a great emphasis on the need to rapidly upgrade and fire-harden our electrical grid. Since electrification of transportation and building sectors will play a critical role in the effort, California’s electrical grid will need to grow at unprecedented rates to ensure reliability and resiliency through the coming decades. However, that is much easier said than done. In addition to the tens of billions of dollars needed for even simple upgrades, one of the biggest hurdles to maintaining and expanding the electrical grid has always been the legal challenges initiated by the environmental community. BIASC and CBIA are strongly opposed to the proposed changes to the CARB scoping plan, and we are working with a broader business coalition to first delay the proposed modifications and to eventually modify them to be more achievable and cost effective. In their current form they will have an excessively negative impact on housing and in many cases simply take approved projects out of production.
RCIS
The BIA Baldy View Chapter continues to review the San Bernardino County Regional Conservation Investment Strategy (RCIS). According to a report, the RCIS provides a framework for conservation and mitigation actions in key regions of San Bernardino County. The County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino Council of Governments, and the Environment Element stakeholder group, in collaboration with the Southern California Association of Governments, developed a draft RCIS based on a set of biological and planning principles that arose from the Countywide Vision planning process. RCIS would be used by public agencies, environmental groups and the public when planning and carrying out conservation and mitigation actions in San Bernardino County. The RCIS includes dozens of Focal Species founded upon conservation goals and objectives that structure and focus the conservation strategy on priority actions and areas. Following approval by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the RCIS can be used on a voluntary basis by local jurisdictions to support conservation and mitigation decisions. BIA continues to explore the housing implications regarding the RCIS conservation goal of 54% of the County’s privately held lands within the RCIS boundary or approximately 622,000 acres. Click Here to learn more.
Solar Update - Net Energy Metering 3.0
In December, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) proposed a new net energy metering tariff (NEM 3.0) that includes a solar tax of $8/kW per month, which would add an average of at least $32 to the monthly electric bill of a typical solar customer. In addition, the NEM 3.0 proposal would reduce the value of credits given to customers in exchange for energy they send to the grid by about 80%. This proposal presents significant issues of concern for new home development including a negative impact to the solar lease option, which nearly 2/3 of California solar owners utilize. Similarly, the proposed reduction (80%) in NEM rate credit could worsen housing affordability. For example, a proposed $8/kW fee places the “cost-effectiveness” of the rooftop PV mandate into question. While this issue has been on hold for the past several months with the appointment of new CPUC President Alice Reynolds on May 9, the CPUC announced that it would re-open the public comment period until June 10, with the CPUC answering all public comments by June 24. BIASC continues to coordinate with CBIA in opposition to this proposal.
Fontana DIF
Following the adoption of a DIF study and increase in 2019, a resolution was also adopted requiring any subsequent increase to be based on the California Construction Cost Index (CCCI) for the preceding 12 months. The CCCI for the year 2021 was 13.4%. The targeted effective date for the proposed 13.4% DIF increase is January 1, 2023.
For more information on Government Affairs please contact Carlos Rodriguez at [email protected].
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Carlos Rodriguez
Senior Vice President
BIA Baldy View Chapter
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Thursday, July 21, 2022
Top Golf in Ontario
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Thank You to Our Sponsors
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Friday, July 22, 2022
Online Webinar
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Thursday, August 11, 2022
Pasadena, CA
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Friday, August 12, 2022
Ontario, CA
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Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Citrus Park in Riverside
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September 14 & 15, 2022
Anaheim Convention Center
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Additional Upcoming BIASC Events
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Check out the full list of upcoming BIASC and Chapter Events at biasc.org.
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Hangar 24, Irvine
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Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Top Golf in El Segundo
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Thursday, August 4, 2022
Wilson Creek Winery
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Check out the full list of upcoming BIASC and Chapter Events at biasc.org.
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Thursday, June 16, 2022
Miramonte Indian Wells Resort & Spa
Thank you to everyone who joined our BIASC Coachella Valley Chapter Energy Summit: Energy Solutions for the Coachella Valley on June 16, 2022 at the Miramonte Indian Wells Resort & Spa in Indian Wells. This Summit, co-hosted by the Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce, featured guest speaker Riverside County Supervisor V. Manuel Perez and additional guest speakers for the scheduled program included:
- Timothy Alan Simon, Esq. Commissioner Emeritus, California Public Utilities Commission
- Ann L. Trowbridge, Founding Partner, Day Carter & Murphy
- Bryan Montgomery, City Manager, City of Indio
- Henry Martinez, General Manager, Imperial Irrigation District
- Norman Brown, Vice President of Sales, Pulte Homes/Del Webb (PulteGroup)
Our BIASC New Member Reception and Social Networking Event also featured BIASC leadership including CEO Jeff Montejano, BIA Coachella Valley Senior Vice President Brian Nestande, Baldy View Chapter President Tim Roberts, Riverside Chapter President Mike Freeman and BIASC Governing Board Member Greg McWilliams.
Stay tuned for more BIA Coachella Valley Chapter news and events by visiting our NEW BIA Coachella Valley website at https://www.biacoachella.org/.
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