Five regional Air Quality Boards in the federal nonattainment zone now allow the outlawed Tier 0 die

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Five regional Air Quality Boards in the federal
non-attainment zone now allow the outlawed Tier
0 diesel engines to legally operate under a
compliance order.
No other Air Quality Boards in the state provided
this allowance.
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Sacramento City Council will hear a presentation
next Tuesday that includes staff support for our
proposed ordinance to provide a preference for
local contractors bidding public work
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The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors
denied a staff proposed building permit fee
increase of 35
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The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will
have a hearing on February 3rd to consider a
proposal to lower building inspection fees
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SBE PAC successfully supported the election of
two dozen local candidates
SBE was the first trade/business association to
support the newly-elected City of Sacramento
Mayor Kevin Johnson.
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Washington Unified School Board in West
Sacramento retracted past policies and began to
publicly bid projects to local contractors this
year.
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Sacramento City Council approved the Railyards
Project -- the biggest infill development
project in the United States
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The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors asked
staff not to bring back any building or
planning fee increases in 2008.
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The Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission,
comprised of Sacramento County Supervisors and
representatives from surrounding cities, pulled a
proposed anti-development Open Space Mitigation
Policy.
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The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors
created a Building Industry Advisory Committee.
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San Juan Unified School District in Sacramento
County dedicated 25 million to turn San Juan
High Schoolinto a regional vocational education
hub.
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The City of Davis passed an industry friendly
construction and demolition-recycling ordinance.
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Washington Unified School District in West
Sacramento inserted 7 million of Vocational
Education funding into their proposed facilities
bond measure.
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El Dorado County implemented a commercial
construction fast-track program.
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Sacramento City Council passed the most lenient
construction and demolition recycling ordinance
in the State of California by removing numeric
requirements, upfront deposits, and 81 of
projects from compliance.
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The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors denied
a staff proposed building permit fee increase of
42.
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The Yolo County Board of Supervisors retracted a
previously passed construction and demolition
recycling ordinance and re-passed the ordinance
without upfront deposits for complying companies.
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The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors passed
a General Plan Amendment for a 340 increase on
commercial floor area ratio.
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Sacramento County has created an express line so
that professional contractors dont have to wait
in line behind the average citizen getting a
permit.
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Sacramento County Board of Supervisors denied a
proposal that would tie building permit fees to
annual labor negations.
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The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors passed
an SBE-created General Plan Amendment to remove
ministerial projects from General Plan
consistency review.
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