Division of State Architect – Coalition for Adequate School Housing

Legislature & Governor Reach Budget Deal; Update on AB 2429

Posted on June 13, 2016 by CASH

June 3, 2016

By Rebekah Cearley

2016-17 Budget

On Thursday, June 9, 2016, the Legislature and Governor announced the framework for a deal on the FY 2016-17 budget. Some details are still being refined, and the deal still must be approved by both houses of the Legislature. We expect the Legislature to take up the budget bill and related trailer bills in time to meet the June 15 constitutional deadline. The deal reflects one of the Governor’s top priorities, placing an extra $2 billion into the state’s Rainy Day Fund. The deal also addresses one of the Legislature’s top priorities by including $400 million for affordable housing, tied to future regulatory reform.

Posted in Construction, Finance, General, Legislation, State Agency AB 2429, Asm. Thurmond, Budget, Division of State Architect

State Allocation Board Meeting Notes – August 26, 2015

Posted on August 27, 2015 by CASH

August 27, 2015

Minutes

The minutes from the June 30, 2015, meeting were approved unanimously.

Executive Officer Statement

Lisa Silverman provided updates on the following:Close of 2014 Charter School Facilities Program (CSFP) Funding Round – In November 2014, the State Allocation Board (Board) provided unfunded approvals for Preliminary Charter School Apportionments in the 2014 funding round, which was open until July 24, 2015. Nine schools with 13 projects worth $157.0 million have been approved, and $0.5 million in bond authority remains for the 2014 round. Once this is apportioned at a future meeting, the remaining applications will be returned to applicants.
Status of Fund Releases for Priority Funding Apportionments – On April 15, 2015, the Board approved $113.6 million in priority funding apportionments for 41 projects representing 22 school districts. Districts that received an apportionment were required to submit a valid Fund Release Authorization (Form SAB 50-05) containing an original signature by Tuesday, July 14, 2015, to Office of Public School Construction (OPSC). OPSC received 27 fund release requests totaling $96.7 million. Twelve Career Technical Education Facilities Program Projects were approved as a reservation of funds.
Regulation Update – OPSC anticipates that regulations adopted by the Board in October 2014 will be in effect on October 1, 2015. These regulations align the Charter School Preliminary Apportionment general site development grant with the one provided in the New Construction program.
Upcoming Bond Sale – There will be a General Obligation Bond sale on August 26, 2016. Staff anticipates receiving bond proceeds for the School Facility Program from this sale.

Posted in State Agency Assembly Member Nazarian, Career Technical Education, Career Technical Education Facilities Program, Charter School Facilities Program, Charter School Facility Grant Program, CSFP, Division of State Architect, DSA, Emergency Repair Program, Facility Hardship, Form SAB 50-05, Fund Release Authorization, General Obligation Bond, Labor Code, office of public school construction, OPSC, Preliminary Charter School Apportionments, Prevailing Wage Monitoring, Priority Funding Apportionments, PWM, SAB, School Facility Program, Seismic Mitigation Program, SMP, state allocation board

C.A.S.H. August Facility Planners Update

Posted on July 31, 2015 by CASH

July 31, 2015

Facility Planners Meeting
August 2015

Californians for Quality Schools (CQS) Update
With the help of our members and supporters, C.A.S.H. believes we will meet 100% or
greater of our State School Bond initiative signature gathering threshold and will be
qualified by the end of September 2015. Upon qualification, we will begin a campaign for
which we will need to raise $1.5 to $2.5 million. The total campaign cost is expected to be
approximately $10 million, so we will be expanding outreach to other education
organizations and to local school districts and county offices of education for grassroots
efforts.

Posted in General AB 566, AB 715, AB 882, amicus curiae, Appellate Court, Assessable Space, BSC, Building Standards Commission, C.A.S.H. Board of Directors, C.A.S.H. Legislative Advisory Committee, California Green Building Standards, California Water Commission, Californians for Quality Schools, CQS, Davis v. Fresno, Department of Water Resources, Division of State Architect, DSA, DWR, Facility Planners, federal tax code requirements, Finance Committee, Fresno USD, LAC, Lease-Leaseback, Local Bond Funding, Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance, MWELO, Portable Electronic Devices, Prequalification, Senate Education Committee, Senate Governance, State School Bond Initiative, Supreme Court, Title 24

Building Standards Commission Approves Additional Irrigation Efficiency Regulations

Posted on July 21, 2015 by CASH

July 21, 2015

Today the Building Standards Commission (BSC) unanimously approved additional emergency regulations proposed by the Division of the State Architect (DSA), expanding upon the new water efficiency requirements previously adopted on May 29, 2015, for public schools and community college irrigated landscape areas. Today’s regulations provide additional implementation detail and supplant the regulations approved in the previous action, which were serving as a placeholder. Representatives from the Coalition for Adequate School Housing (C.A.S.H.) participated in the DSA stakeholder input process, and our feedback contributed to positive modifications that were incorporated in the final regulations, though the new requirements will still ultimately increase project costs.

Posted in Legislation BSC, Building Standards Commission, C.A.S.H., Cal Green Code, CALGreen, California Administrative Code, California Green Building Standards, California Green Building Standards Code, Chet Widom, Coalition for Adequate School Housing, Department of Water Resources, Division of State Architect, DSA, DWR, ETAF, Evapotranspiration adjustment factor, Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance, MWELO, SLAs, Special Landscape Areas, Title 23

C.A.S.H. July Facility Planners Update

Posted on July 1, 2015 by CASH

July 1, 2015

Facility Planners Meeting

State School Bond Efforts
Efforts in the Legislature
Efforts on a state school bond have taken a backseat to other priorities in the Legislature, which does not need to act until next year to place a bond on the November 2016 ballot.

Only one of the three main bond bill vehicles met recent legislative deadlines to make it out of Appropriations Committee and to the floor. SB 114 (Liu) was passed out of Senate Appropriations Committee without the addition of a specific dollar amount; however this bill

Posted in Legislation 2015-16 Budget Act, AB 104, AB 1126, AB 1347, AB 1565, AB 566, AB 715, AB 882, AB 93, BSC, Building Standards Commission, Building Standards Commission Code, California Apartment Association, California Environmental Quality Act, California Public Records Act, Californians for Quality Schools, CEQA, Claims Process, CQS, Davis v. Fresno, Department of Water Resources, Division of State Architect, DSA, Executive Order B-29-15, Facility Inspection Tool, FIT, Fresno USD, General Fund Spending, Governor's Executive Order, LCAP, LCFF, Lease-Leaseback, Local Control Accountability Plan, Local Control Funding Formula, Routine Restricted Maintenance Account, RRMA, SARC, SB 114, SB 78, SB 97, School Accountability Report Card, School Facility Program, Senate Education Committee, SFP, Signature Gathering, State School Bond, State School Bond Initiative, State Water Board, Water Board