AB 742 – Bad Bill Jeopardizes Property Rights, Usurps Local Land Use Process, Diminishes Business Climate
A broad and growing coalition of influential labor, business, education, and local government groups has come together to kill Assembly Bill 742, a so-called “gut and amend” measure that would usurp local government land use decision-making, put new jobs and vital revenue at risk, and further diminish the business climate in California.
The bill was cobbled together with new language just days before the end of the Legislative Session by Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) specifically to help the politically powerful and wealthy Pechanga Tribe of Luiseno Indians circumvent local land use authorities and kill a planned aggregate quarry project near Temecula.