HomeMy WebLinkAbout04 LEGISLATIVE UPDATEAgenda Item _______
Reviewed:
City Manager _______
Finance Director _______
MEETING DATE: AUGUST 15, 2023
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MATTHEW S. WEST, CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
SUMMARY:
Staff and the City’s consultant Townsend Public Affairs (TPA) have prepared a summary
of state legislative activity.
RECOMMENDATION:
1.Receive and file the updated legislative matrix as of August 4.
2.Receive and file legislative updates prepared by TPA.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Not applicable.
DISCUSSION:
State Legislative Updates
TPA has created a summary of state legislative activity for the month of July that is
attached to the staff report.
Legislative Tracking Matrix
Attached is a legislative tracking matrix as of August 4 that tracks bills of interest as well
as bills tracked by the League of California Cities (LOCC), the Municipal Water District of
Orange County (MWDOC) and other state and local associations.
Attachments:
-TPA July 2023 update
-Legislative Matrix as of August 4
-2023 Legislative Platform
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M E M O R A N D U M
To: City of Tustin
From: Townsend Public Affairs
Date: August 7, 2023
Subject: July 2023 Monthly Report
STATE UPDATES
The first half of July featured numerous legislative policy committees as the Legislature worked
to consider bills before the July 14 deadline. The deadline marked the final day for bills in their
second house to move out of their policy committees and into fiscal committees or the second
house floor for final consideration. July 14 also marked the beginning of the Legislative Summer
Recess, with legislators returning August 14.
Despite the lack of legislative activity at the end of the month, July was a critical time for behind-
the-scenes negotiations on bills and funding activity as the Legislature gears up to tackle the
final month of the legislative session. As of their return on August 14, the Legislature will have
1,231 measures to consider before adjourning for the Interim Recess on September 14.
State Budget
In mid-July, Governor Newsom signed into law the final pieces of the 2023-24 State Budget deal
reached with lawmakers. Alongside the infrastructure bills, Governor Newsom also signed into
law AB 102, known as “Budget Bill Jr.”, which amends a version of the Budget passed last month.
The Budget Bill Jr. reflects the final budget agreement as a result of negotiations between the
Governor and Legislators.
Included in the trailer bill package is AB 129, which contains implementing language for budget
programs related to housing and homelessness. While AB 129 does not contain significant
funding changes to key housing programs, the measure contains significant changes to the
Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) program, which directs $1 billion in
supportive funding to cities, counties, and continuums of care to address homelessness. These
changes include a new requirement for regional collaboration, comprehensive homelessness plan
development, and the identification of specific roles and responsibilities for each jurisdiction will
help further efforts toward the establishment of a comprehensive homelessness response system.
While the measure does not provide for ongoing funding of the program, the changes reflect the
Governor’s desire to see more local accountability with the use of homelessness dollars.
The package also includes SB 125, which serves as the transportation budget trailer bill. SB 125
makes numerous changes to transportation funding and eligibility, including requiring CalSTA to
develop and administer an accountability program for the distribution of funds from the Zero-
Emission Transit Capital Program and the TIRCP (General Fund), requiring a regional
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transportation planning agency to submit a regional short-term financial plan to CalSTA in order
to receive the funds from these funding sources, and requiring a regional transportation planning
agency to submit a long-term financial plan by June 26, 2026.
Other notable bills include the infrastructure streamlining package, which accelerates the clean
energy and infrastructure projects the state needs to address climate change. The bill package
aims to cut down on the process, paperwork, and litigation time for infrastructure projects that are
subject to California’s Environmental Quality Act.
The plan also requires CalTrans to earmark $50 million of federal funds over the next four years
to support the state’s high road construction careers program. Lawmakers have said this is meant
to provide greater inclusion and equity in employment for women, veterans, and others who come
from economically disadvantaged areas.
Update on Proposed Statewide Bond Measures
The Governor’s Administration and the Legislature have proposed a number of statewide bond
measures to address issues related to housing production, behavioral health services, climate
resiliency, and the modernization of school facilities, among others. The proposed statewide
bonds feature roughly $100 billion in total funding. This contrasts with the State’s estimated
borrowing limit, which is estimated to be $26 billion.
The State does not impose limitations on how much it can borrow, however, in deciding which
measures to prioritize, the Legislature and Administration will weigh a number of factors. Those
include voter sentiment and the State’s economic outlook and its debt service ratio — the
percentage of the State’s general fund that is spent paying down its debt. The State’s annual debt
service from the general fund sits at $8.1 billion and is expected to grow to $8.9 billion in 2026-
27, according to estimates from the California Department of Finance.
Bond measures for the March primary ballot must be approved by two-thirds of lawmakers by the
end of the legislative session on September 14, and then signed by Governor Newsom. Items for
the November 2024 general election can be voted on until early next summer. High-profile
proposed bond measures include the following:
• AB 531 (Irwin) enacts the Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2023, which places
a $4.68 billion General Obligation Bond authorization before voters at the March 2024
statewide primary election to fund behavioral health infrastructure. These funds would be
used for the construction of care facilities throughout the state to support those struggling
with mental illness and substance abuse.
• AB 1567 (Garcia) and SB 867 (Allen) both propose over $15 billion in bonds for a
comprehensive climate resiliency package. Funds would be used for drought, flood, and
fire mitigation, coastal resilience, park and outdoor access programs, and clean energy
development, among other things. The two near-identical measures are parked in the
Senate and the Assembly as a means to facilitate negotiations between both houses and
the Administration on final funding priorities.
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• AB 1657 (Wicks) Enacts the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024, which places a $10
billion General Obligation bond before voters in the March 2024 primary election to finance
specified affordable housing and homeownership programs. Programs include the
Multifamily Housing Program to finance the construction of permanent and transitional
housing for lower-income households, and the CalHOME program, which provides grants
to local public agencies and non-profit developers to assist individuals and households
through deferred-payment loans.
The Governor has publicly announced his support for a behavioral health facilities capital
construction bond (AB 531) totaling $4.8 billion and is prioritizing its placement on the March 2024
primary election ballot.
In addition, he is supportive of a climate resiliency bond – even going so far as to predicate
portions of the state’s total climate budget on the passage of a future bond. The passage of these
bonds would provide for ongoing funding programs that align with numerous state and local goals.
including clean energy development, parks and recreation, affordable housing, and
transportation, to name a few.
Speaker Rivas Makes Assembly Leadership Changes
In early July, Assembly Speaker Rivas announced his appointments for Speaker Pro Tem and
Assembly Majority Leader. Assembly Member Cecilia Aguiar-Curry will assume the role of
Speaker Pro Tem, and Assembly Member Isaac Bryan will be the new Majority Leader for the 62-
member Democratic caucus.
Replacing Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry as chair of the Assembly Local Government
Committee is Assembly Member Juan Carrillo. Assembly Member Carrillo previously served as a
Council Member on the Palmdale City Council. His chairship of the committee overseeing local
policy issues could bring changes to the future progression of local government policy proposals.
These changes came just days after Speaker Rivas replaced former Assembly Speaker Rendon.
Following the Legislature’s Summer Recess (which reconvenes August 14), it is expected that
Speaker Rivas will make additional changes to Assembly policy committee chairs, which are likely
to include high-profile committees overseeing issues like the state budget, housing, and
transportation.
County Superior Court Issues Major Ruling on “Builder’s Remedy” Case
In mid-July, a Los Angeles County Judge ruled that the City of La Canada Flintridge failed to
rezone sites to accommodate the City's regional housing needs allocation (RHNA) in a timely
manner and that the City's housing element will not be considered substantially compliant with
State law until the city has done so. The court rejected the City's argument that compliance with
the deadlines in state housing element law is not mandatory and that cities are not subject to
penalties when they fail to meet these deadlines.
The suit was brought by Californians for Homeownership, a nonprofit affiliated with the California
Association of Realtors that frequently files pro-housing lawsuits against cities. The case centered
on the Builder’s Remedy and its application within the City due to its non-compliant housing
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element. The Builder’s Remedy is a longstanding California statute that has come into the
spotlight due to the growing number of jurisdictions throughout the state that have not been able
to keep pace with RHNA requirements. The law states that cities and counties out of compliance
with Housing Element law have forfeited their authority to deny affordable housing projects on the
grounds the project is inconsistent with zoning and/or General Plan standards.
Some local governments had previously argued that their jurisdictions were not subject to a
“noncompliant as a matter of law until rezoning is complete" penalty so long as they adopt a
substantive Housing Element no later than 1-year-late deadline. This was often referred to as a
process of “self-certification.” In its ruling, the Court rejected this argument and stated that the
City is subject to the penalties of a noncompliant housing Element unless it formally certifies its
housing element before the 1-year-late deadline pursuant to the California Department of Housing
and Community Development’s (HCD) standards.
This constitutes the first decision of the first court case involving the Builder’s Remedy. While the
ruling ultimately clarified the City’s noncompliance with state housing law and it being subject to
Builder’s Remedy, the Judge also denied one motion from Californians for Homeownership that
sought an immediate ruling to discredit the City’s housing element. Instead of issuing an
immediate ruling, the judge sent that issue to a trial that could take place later this summer. The
Judge also declined to issue an explicit declaration that the Builder’s Remedy applies in the City
because he determined that Californians for Homeownership, without a pending project, does not
have that legal standing, although he indicated that a developer with a pending project would be
likely to win such a declaration.
Rent Control Initiative Headed to November Ballot
In late-July, Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced that the AIDS Healthcare Foundation
collected enough signatures to effectively place a rent control initiative on the November 2024
General Election Ballot. Over 800,000 signatures were obtained throughout the State with Los
Angeles County holding the largest signatures collected within California’s 58 counties. The
initiative sets to expand local governments’ authority to enact rent control on residential property.
Similar rent control measures have been placed on previous election ballots and both failed; Prop.
10 in 2018 and Prop. 21 in 2020.
Under current law, the Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act (Costa-Hawkins), enacted in 1995,
limits the ability of local governments to set limits on rent control. Costa-Hawkins creates three
main limitations: First, rent control cannot apply to any single-family homes. Second, rent control
cannot apply to any newly built housing completed on or after February 1, 1995. Lastly, rent
control laws cannot tell landlords what they can charge a new renter when first moving in.
The initiative would prohibit the State from limiting the right of local governments to maintain,
enact, or expand residential rent control. All property owners would be subject to price controls
set by local governments within their jurisdictional boundaries.
Court Overturns California Ban on Local Government Workers Seeking Political Donations
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In late-July, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that California is violating the rights of
more than a million local government employees in the State by forbidding them to ask coworkers
for contributions to a political candidate, while not imposing the same ban on state employees.
Additionally, the Court stated that California failed to justify the unequal treatment.
State laws previously prohibited both state and local government employees from seeking
campaign contributions from other employees. However, a law signed by Governor Jerry Brown
in 1976 exempted State workers from this rule and left the ban in place on local employees.
Violation of this law includes misdemeanor crime charges.
Judge Martha Berzon, writing for the three-judge panel that reviewed the legal challenge, rejected
arguments from state Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office that the two-tiered rules were necessary
to prevent coercion and corruption, and that uniform, statewide oversight over state workers justified
the additional level of scrutiny for county and local employees. Presuming the circuit court’s decision
stands, local government workers would likely be governed by the same rules as state employees,
which include prohibitions against political solicitation during work hours and citing one’s work title
or rank in those communications.
More than 1 million local government employees would be affected by the court’s ruling, according
to Berzon’s decision. The ruling reverses U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr.’s decision to
uphold the political solicitation ban in 2021.
FEDERAL UPDATES
The month of July saw several developments on the federal appropriations front, and the
announcement of major policy initiatives in the issue areas of homelessness, energy rebate
programs, FAA reauthorization, and housing and zoning. Below is the overview of pertinent
federal actions from the month of July.
Biden-Harris Administration Takes Action to Address Veteran Homelessness
The Biden Administration announced new measures to prevent and reduce homelessness among
veterans. Of those measures are the Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO),
a new Legal Services for Veterans Grant Program, as well as The Department of Labor Veterans’
Employment and Training Service (VETS) Program. With these programs, the Administration
aims to house a minimum of 38,000 veterans permanently in 2023.
Below is detailed information regarding these programs:
1. Continuum of Care Program:, the Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) issued a NOFO, providing approximately $3.1 billion through the Continuum of
Care program. This funding will assist nonprofit organizations, states, tribes, and local
governments in rehousing homeless individuals, families, and veterans. The program will
also focus on promoting access to affordable housing programs and other support
services. HUD strongly encourages collaboration with local Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) Medical Centers to ensure effective support for veterans and their families.
The closing Date for Applications is September 28, 2023.
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2. Legal Services for Veterans Grant Program: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
is awarding $11.5 million to public and nonprofit organizations through its new Legal
Services for Veterans Grant Program. Funds will support veterans experiencing or at risk
of homelessness, including providing legal representation to help prevent eviction and
helping veterans obtain public benefits for which they are eligible.
3. HUD and VA “Boot Camps” Series: HUD and VA are launching a series of “Boot
Camps” to help public housing agencies and VA Medical Centers improve their processes
and more quickly transition veterans from homelessness to permanent housing with wrap-
around supportive services under the HUD-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH)
program. These Boot Camps will seek to improve program efficiency, impact, and
utilization of the HUD-VASH program, which pairs rental assistance with vital case
management and supportive services. HUD also recently issued guidance to public
housing agencies on ways they can support efforts to address homelessness using all of
their programs.
Home Energy Rebate Programs
The Biden-Harris Administration has opened applications for states and territories to access $8.5
billion in Home Energy Rebate programs. These programs aim to make energy-efficient home
upgrades more affordable, reduce energy costs, and support clean energy and climate objectives.
The Home Energy Rebate programs consist of two components:
• Home Efficiency Rebates Program: Offers $4.3 billion in grants to state energy offices to
lower upfront costs for energy efficiency upgrades in homes based on predicted energy
savings.
• Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates Program: Provides $4.275 billion in grants to
state energy offices to reduce upfront costs for efficient electric technologies in homes,
with additional grants for Indian tribes.
The Department of Energy (DOE) has provided full federal guidance and instructions in the
Administrative and Legal Requirements Document (ALRD) to assist states and territories in
applying for their allocation of the Home Energy Rebate programs. The DOE has collaborated
closely with stakeholders, incorporating feedback and recommendations from various sources,
including state energy offices, electric utilities, energy efficiency experts, equipment
manufacturers, consumer advocates, home contractors, and more. The goal is to make sure that
these programs cater to the specific needs of all communities across the country.
Overall, these programs are part of the Administration's efforts to advance clean energy adoption,
address climate change, and promote equitable access to energy-efficient homes which in turn
will support job growth in historically underserved communities.
House Passes Reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration While Senate
Progress Stalls
The U.S. House of Representatives approved its version of a reauthorization of the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) in July. Meanwhile, the Senate’s version stalled in the Commerce
Committee over disagreements on pilot training hours and long-haul slots at Reagan National
Airport in Washington, D.C., among other issues. The delay sets up a busy August and September
as lawmakers race to pass a compromise bill before the September 30 lapse in authorizations.
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Senators announced that they will continue to negotiate on the legislation through the August
recess. One of the biggest sticking points is revising a rule that requires 1,500 training hours for
commercial pilots, with up to 100 of those hours allowed in a simulator. Senate Majority Leader
Chuck Schumer stated that passing the FAA reauthorization is one of his top priorities for
September when the Senate returns from recess.
Provisions of note in the House-passed version include the following:
Airport Improvement Program
• Increases amounts apportioned by formula to airports for planning and development.
• Decreases annual authorization for discretionary grants to $100 million, from $1.11 billion
in fiscal 2023.
• Expands the definition of eligible projects to include childcare facilities for airport
employees or runway improvements after a natural disaster.
General Aviation
• Requires reexamination of airmen certifications to be completed within one year and
processing of aircraft registrations within 10 days.
• Provides certain data privacy protections for private aircraft owners and operators and
prohibits the use of real-time location information in noncriminal investigations.
• Requires new rules for flight instructor certificates and experimental
aircraft authorizations.
Infrastructure, Environment, and Noise
• Establishes a two-year review deadline for aviation infrastructure projects subject to
environmental review.
• Makes permanent a streamlined process to authorize passenger facility charges.
• Requires FAA to work with local communities when revising a flight procedure to reduce
aircraft noise.
Drones and Airspace
• Implements a program to test and evaluate activities at drone test ranges to safely
integrate unmanned aerial systems into the national airspace system.
• Directs FAA to create risk-based requirements for the safe operation of drones and
establish a process to approve fixed sites for recreational drone operations.
• Allows FAA to permit aircraft to operate in areas under a temporary flight restriction;
waivers for sporting would have to meet minimum distance requirements.
Conference negotiations between the House and Senate will take place over the month of August,
with action in the House and Senate on a path forward expected in September.
President Biden’s Student Loan Relief Fallback Plans
In view of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Biden’s sweeping student loan
forgiveness proposal, the Administration is moving forward with a more targeted approach that
will forgive $39 billion in student debt for over 800,000 borrowers. The changes are a result of the
Department of Education’s failure to accurately track progress toward loan forgiveness and to
rectify the situation. The Department has implemented several new fixes to income-driven
repayment plans. Under these plans, borrowers will see any outstanding debt wiped after they
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have made eligible payments for 20 or 25 years depending on the loan. Eligible borrowers will
receive notification of forgiveness which will automatically occur within 30 days of notice.
July also saw progress on the Administration’s Saving on a Valuable Education, or SAVE, plan.
The plan will lower the monthly payment for many borrowers and will replace the old Revised Pay-
as-You-Earn (REPAYE) student loan system. Those who are already in the REPAYE program
will be automatically switched to the SAVE program. The new plan will prevent single low-income
borrowers from having to make any monthly payments if they make less than $30,600 a year and
would decrease the amount of monthly payments from 10% of discretionary income to 5%. Unpaid
interest would also be forgiven if qualified borrowers make their monthly payments. The
Department of Education has estimated that 85% of community college students would be debt-
free within 10 years if they enroll in the new plan. The plan will go fully into effect by July 1, 2024,
however, the Administration will implement three parts of the program before payments resume.
Housing and Zoning Updates
In late July, the White House announced multiple actions that would ease restrictive and costly
land use and zoning rules, expand financing for energy-efficient housing, and promote
commercial-to-residential conversion opportunities.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) unveiled a $85 million federal
program called the Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing, whereby the agency will award
grants of up to $10 million to jurisdictions that are working to remove barriers to housing
production. Funding can be used to allow for higher-density zoning and rezoning for multifamily
and mixed-use housing, streamlining affordable housing development, and reducing
requirements related to parking and other land use restrictions. The Administration will also be
allocating funds to increase the housing supply through zoning reform. Additional information
about this program can be found here.
Of note to multifamily builders and developers, the Administration has made it easier to build and
rehabilitate apartments with FHA-insured mortgages by increasing the threshold at which a
multifamily loan is considered a large loan (and therefore, subject to additional underwriting
requirements) from $75 million to $120 million. This change will simplify underwriting and reduce
development costs for large multifamily properties financed with FHA-insured mortgages without
presenting undue risk to FHA.
HUD also announced that it will allow larger loans to participate in the agency’s Low-Income
Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Pilot Program, which increases the number of apartment sites eligible
for a program that streamlines financing. HUD also previously updated guidelines to allow public
housing authorities (PHAs) to more easily use housing vouchers and mixed-finance transactions
to create or preserve housing.
Federal Appropriations Updates
The month of July presented Congress with three weeks of uninterrupted time to chip away at the
12 Appropriations Bills that will become the FY24 Budget. Both the House and Senate made
progress by passing bills through at least the subcommittee process but will have the task of full
chamber consideration as well as hashing out differences in the separate bodies’ versions all
before the September 30 deadline.
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On the Senate side, all 12 bills have been approved by the appropriations committee: gearing up
for a floor vote once the chamber returns after the August recess. This has been the first time in
five years that the Senate Appropriations Committee has been able to pass through individual
bills in committee. This leaves the Senate ahead of the House in the process, a rare occurrence.
The House Appropriations Committee still needs to approve its Commerce-Justice-Science and
Labor-HHS-Education bills.
The House has begun working to pass bills through the full chamber, however before breaking
for August recess only passed through the Military appropriations bill. House Republicans failed
to hold a vote before the August recess on their Agriculture-FDA appropriations bill as
conservatives pushed for additional cuts to spending. The House isn’t scheduled to return until
September 12, when it will have just 12 planned workdays to approve the additional 11 bills.
In addition to needing to complete chamber work, the appropriations chairs and leadership will be
tasked with negotiating key topline differences between the two passed versions. Notably, while
the House kept all of its bills well below the agreed-upon amounts. President Biden has signaled
that he will not sign any package that comes in below the agreed-upon numbers from the debt
ceiling deal, which was s previously decided earlier this year.. More than $100 billion separates
the House and Senate government funding bills. This is an additional factor that will make it
challenging to meet the September 30 deadline.
The below chart highlights the differences in each chamber’s proposed levels, as compared to
the 2023 levels that were agreed to maintain in this year’s proposal.
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As is usually the case, the two chambers will likely have to consider a short-term holdover
measure prior to hashing out differences in the FY24 bill, if they want to prevent a government
shut-down. Once Congress returns in September, there will be talks of both moving forward to
consolidate differences and the begining discussions of what a continuing resolution may include
House and Senate Advance Dramatically Different National Defense Authorization Acts
Setting Up Contentious Fall Conference
In July the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate both focused on advancing the annual
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a bill that has become law each year for more than
six decades. Whereas the Senate maintained the traditional bipartisan character of the bill,
approving their $886 billion version by a vote of 86-11, the House took a more contentious
approach, passing their version mostly along party lines, with just four Republicans and four
Democrats voting opposite the majority of their party.
This dynamic sets up a difficult conference scenario this Fall, as the House and Senate will have
to work to reconcile their differences if they want to keep the more than sixty-year streak of
authorizations for the military alive. The reason for the partisan nature of the House’s bill is a
number of controversial provisions related to abortion, diversity, and other social policies that
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were all added as amendments during floor consideration. Some highlights of contentious
provisions in the House NDAA are provided below:
On abortion, the Department of Defense (DOD) would be prohibited from paying for or
reimbursing service members’ travel expenses to receive an abortion, or expenses for DOD
health-care providers to obtain a state license to perform abortion services. The measure would
rescind an October 2022 Pentagon memo, issued in response to the Supreme Court’s decision
to overturn Roe v. Wade, that gave service members a travel allowance to access legal abortion
services in other states if they’re not available where the member is stationed. It also reimbursed
DOD health-care providers who sought to become licensed to perform abortion services in a new
state, among other policies.
Gender transition procedures would be prohibited for minor dependent children through the
military’s Exceptional Family Member Program. TRICARE would also be prohibited from covering
sex reassignment surgery or hormone treatment.
DOD would be prohibited from establishing any new diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) positions
or filling vacant positions within the department. The measure also would eliminate a deputy
inspector general position for diversity and inclusion.
The Senate’s NDAA largely sidestepped social issues. Reconciling the two bills will be a major
focus of the fall’s legislative agenda on Capitol Hill.
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Bill Bill Summary Bill Status Position
SB 43 (Eggman)
Behavioral Health.
Would update California's 1967 conservatorship law by
expanding the definition of "gravely disabled" to include
conditions that result in a substantial risk of serious harm to an
individual's physical or mental health.
Status: 7/13/2023-
Read second time and
amended. Re-referred
to Com. on APPR.
Watch
SB 363 (Eggman)
Facilities for
Inpatient and
Residential Mental
Health and
Substance Use
Disorder:
Database.
Would establish a real-time, internet-based dashboard to collect,
aggregate, and display information about available beds in
psychiatric and substance abuse facilities.
Status: 6/13/2023-
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on APPR. with
recommendation: To
consent calendar.
(Ayes 15. Noes 0.)
(June 13). Re-referred
to Com. on APPR.
Watch
AB 33 (Bains)
Fentanyl Addiction
and Overdose
Prevention Task
Force.
Would establish a task force to analyze data on the extent of fentanyl
use in California and evaluate approaches to increase public
awareness.
Status: 6/28/2023-
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on APPR with
recommendation: To
Consent Calendar.
(Ayes 5. Noes 0.)
(June 27). Re-referred
to Com. on APPR.
Status: 6/7/2023-
Referred to Com. on
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SB 19 (Seyarto)
Anti-Fentanyl
Abuse Task Force.
Would establish a task force to analyze data on the extent of fentanyl
use in California and evaluate approaches to increase public
awareness.
Status: 7/12/2023-
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on APPR. (Ayes
8. Noes 0.) (July 11).
Re-referred to Com.
on APPR.
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AB 799 (L. Rivas)
Homeless
Housing,
Assistance, and
Prevention
Program:
Homelessness
Accountability Act.
This measure would create new accountability requirements for
local governments accessing state funding through the Homeless
Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program (HHAP).
Status: 7/11/2023-
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on APPR. (Ayes
10. Noes 0.) (July 10).
Re-referred to Com.
on APPR.
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AB 1215 (Carrillo)
Pets Assistance
with Support
Grant Program:
Homeless
Shelters: Domestic
Violence Shelters:
Pets.
Would create a grant program for homeless and domestic violence
shelters to accommodate pets.
Status: 7/3/2023-In
committee: Referred
to APPR suspense
file.
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AB 1321 (Bonta)
California
Coordinated
Neighborhood and
Community
Services Grant
Program.
Would create a competitive grant program to implement a
comprehensive, integrated continuum of cradle-to-career
solutions at the neighborhood level.
Status: 7/3/2023-In
committee: Referred
to APPR suspense
file.
Watch
AB 262 (Holden)
Children’s Camps:
Regulation.
Would require the State Department of Social Services to establish
and lead a stakeholder workgroup to gather information and
provide recommendations to the Legislature regarding the
development of subsequent legislation for children’s camps.
Status: 7/5/2023-From
committee: Do pass
and re-refer to Com.
on APPR. (Ayes 5.
Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-
referred to Com. on
APPR.
Watch
Public Safety
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AB 1034 (Wilson)
Law Enforcement:
Facial Recognition
and Other
Biometric
Surveillance.
Would prohibit a law enforcement agency or law enforcement
officer from installing, activating, or using any biometric
surveillance system in connection with an officer camera or data
collected by an officer camera and would authorize a person to
bring an action for equitable or declaratory relief against a law
enforcement agency or officer who violates that prohibition.
Would sunset on January 1, 2034.
Status: 7/13/2023-
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on APPR. (Ayes
10. Noes 0.) (July 12).
Re-referred to Com.
on APPR.
Watch
SB 796 (Alvarado-
Gil) Threats.
Would make it a crime for a person to willfully threaten to commit
a crime that will result in death or great bodily injury at a
particular location or event.
Status: 7/14/2023-
Failed Deadline
pursuant to Rule
61(a)(10). (Last
location was PUB. S.
on 6/8/2023)(May be
acted upon Jan 2024)
Watch
AB 40 (Rodriguez)
Emergency
Medical Services.
Would require the EMS authority to develop an electronic
signature for use between the emergency department medical
personnel at a receiving facility and the transporting emergency
medical personnel that captures the points in time when the
hospital receives notification of ambulance arrival and when
transfer of care is executed for documentation of ambulance
patient offload time and would require the authority to develop a
statewide standard of 20 minutes, 90% of the time, for ambulance
patient offload time.
Status: 7/5/2023-From
committee chair, with
author's amendments:
Amend, and re-refer
to committee. Read
second time,
amended, and re-
referred to Com. on
HEALTH.
Watch
AB 2 (Ward)
Recycling: Solar
Photovoltaic
Modules.
Would create end-of-life management of photovoltaic modules (or
solar panels), minimization of hazardous waste, and recovery of
commercially valuable materials.
Status: 7/12/2023-
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on APPR. (Ayes
5. Noes 0.) (July 12).
Re-referred to Com.
on APPR.
Watch
Environment
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AB 573 (E. Garcia)
Organic Waste
Disposal
Reduction Targets.
This measure intends to support rural and/or border cities with
meeting SB 1383 procurement targets.
Status: 7/13/2023-
Read second time and
amended. Re-referred
to Com. on APPR.
Watch
AB 863 (Aguiar-
Curry) Carpet
Recycling: Carpet
Stewardship
Organizations:
Fines:
Succession:
Procedure.
Would increase the per day penalty for violations of carpet
stewardship laws. Would provide that if a carpet stewardship
organization violates a provision of the carpet stewardship law
three times, they become ineligible to act and the successor rules
will apply.
Status: 7/6/2023-Read
second time and
amended. Re-referred
to Com. on APPR.
Watch
AB 1526 (Asm. Nat
Resources) Solid
Waste.
Summary: Current law requires the Department of Conservation and the State
Water Resources Control Board to provide to the fiscal and relevant policy
committees of the Legislature an annual report regarding certain aspects of the
implementation of the Underground Injection Control Program until October 1, 2024.
This bill would make these provisions inoperative on October 1, 2029, and would
repeal them as of January 1, 2030.
Status: 7/12/2023-
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on APPR with
recommendation: To
Consent Calendar.
(Ayes 7. Noes 0.)
(July 12). Re-referred
to Com. on APPR.
Watch
SB 615 (Allen)
Solid Waste:
Lithium Vehicle
Batteries.
Would require electric vehicle manufacturers, dealers and other
parties to be responsible for making sure lithium-ion vehicle
batteries are recycled and repurposed at the end of their useful
life.
Status: 6/15/2023-
June 20 set for first
hearing canceled at
the request of author.
Watch
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SB 707 (Newman)
Textile Recovery.
Would require textile producers to establish a stewardship program
for the collection and recycling of a covered textile product.
Status: 7/14/2023-
Failed Deadline
pursuant to Rule
61(a)(10). (Last
location was NAT.
RES. on
6/15/2023)(May be
acted upon Jan 2024)
Watch
AB 50 (Wood)
Energy Utility
Communication.
This measure aims to address situation delays with connecting
projects to the grid, including housing projects.
Status: 7/13/2023-
Read second time and
amended. Re-referred
to Com. on APPR.
Watch
AB 1132
(Freidman) Solar
Permit Fees.
Would extend to 2034 the current limit on permit fees that a city or
county may charge for a residential and commercial solar energy
system.
Status: 6/27/2023-
Read second time.
Ordered to third
reading.
Watch
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SB 272 (Laird) Sea
Level Rise
Planning.
Would require local governments in coastal areas to implement
sea level rise planning and adaptation by 2034. Would also require
the California Coastal Commission and the San Francisco Bay
Conservation and Development Commission to establish guidelines
for the preparation of that planning and adaptation by 2024.
Status: 6/20/2023-
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on APPR. (Ayes
10. Noes 1.) (June
19). Re-referred to
Com. on APPR.
Watch
AB 1567 (E.
Garcia), SB 638
(Eggman), and SB
867 (Allen)
Would collectively propose $20 billion in bonds for safe drinking
water, wildfire prevention, drought preparation, flood protection,
and extreme heat mitigation.
Status: 6/14/2023-
Referred to Coms. on
N.R. & W. and GOV.
& F.
Watch
SB 69 (Cortese)
CEQA Document
Requests.
Would require local agencies to provide any subsequent revised or
amended copy of CEQA documents upon request by mail or email
and to submit the documents to the state clearinghouse. Would toll
the statutes of limitation periods for each document request.
Status: 7/12/2023-
Read second time and
amended. Re-referred
to Com. on APPR.
Watch
AB 460 (Bauer-
Kahan) State
Water Board
Authority.
Would authorize the State Water Resources Control Board to fine
$10,000 for each day in which a violation occurs and $5,000 for
each acre-foot of water diverted in violation of an interim relief
order.
Status: 7/14/2023-
Failed Deadline
pursuant to Rule
61(a)(10). (Last
location was N.R. &
W. on 6/7/2023)(May
be acted upon Jan
2024)
Watch
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SB 4 (Wiener)
Planning and
Zoning: Housing
Development:
Higher
Education
Institutions and
Religious
Institutions.
Would require that a housing development project be a use by right on
any land owned by an independent institution of higher education or
religious institution on or before January 1, 2024.
Status: 7/18/2023-
From committee: Do
pass as amended and
re-refer to Com. on
APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes
1.) (July 10).
Watch
SB 423 (Wiener)
Streamlined
Housing
Approvals:
Multifamily
Housing
Developments.
Would modify and expand SB 35 provisions that allow certain
multifamily housing developments to take advantage of a streamlined,
ministerial approval process. Specifically, this measure would:
• Remove the 2026 sunset and makes the statutes permanent.
• Apply SB 35 provisions to the Coastal Zone.
• Allow the state to approve housing developments on property they
own or lease.
• Prohibit a city from enforcing its inclusionary housing ordinance if the
income limits are higher than those in SB 35.
Status: 7/18/2023-
From committee: Do
pass as amended and
re-refer to Com. on
APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes
0.) (July 10)..
Oppose Unless
Amended
SB 34 (Umberg)
Surplus land
disposal:
violations: Orange
County.
Prohibits Orange County, or any city located therein, from proceeding with a
planned disposal of surplus land if it receives a notice of violation from the
Department of Housing and Community Development and the violation is not
corrected within 60 days.
Status: 7/12/2023-
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on H. & C.D.
(Ayes 6. Noes 2.)
(July 12). Re-referred
to Com. on H. & C.D.
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on APPR. (Ayes
6. Noes 2.) (July 12).
Re-referred to Com.
on APPR.
Oppose Unless
Amended
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AB 1505
(Rodriguez)
Seismic
retrofitting: soft
story multifamily
housing
Would appropriate $250,000,000 from the General Fund to the California
Residential Mitigation Program, as opposed to in the 2023-2024 Budget Act, for the
purpose of implementing the Seismic Retrofitting Program for Soft Story Multifamily
Housing.
Status: 7/11/2023-
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on APPR with
recommendation: To
Consent Calendar.
(Ayes 14. Noes 0.)
(July 11). Re-referred
to Com. on APPR.
Support
AB 1490 (Lee)
Affordable
Housing
Development
Projects: Adaptive
Reuse.
Would require a city or county to provide, to a 100% affordable housing
project, the following:
• Approving all entitlements and permits within 30 days or less.
• Waiving local building and permit fees.
• Low-income utility rates shall be available.
• No minimum floor area ratio.
• No additional parking requirements.
• Local affordable housing funds shall include adaptive reuse as an
eligible project.
Status: 7/10/2023-
Read second time and
amended. Re-referred
to Com. on APPR.
Watch
AB 480 (Ting)
Surplus Land
AB 480 makes various changes to the Surplus Land Act regarding the disposal
process, HCD’s authority, and penalties for violations.
Status: 7/11/2023-
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on APPR. (Ayes
9. Noes 2.) (July 10).
Re-referred to Com.
on APPR.
Oppose Unless
Amended
SB 747 (Caballero)
Land Use:
Economic
Development,
surplus land
This bill makes changes to the Surplus Land Act (SLA) by addressing substantive
issues with the SLA as it exists today, and reaffirms the role of the Economic
Opportunity Law when local agencies dispose of property.
Status: 7/18/2023-
From committee: Do
pass as amended and
re-refer to Com. on
APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes
0.) (July 12).
Support
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AB 519 (Schiavo)
Affordable
Housing:
Consolidated
Funding
Application
Process.
Would require the Department of Housing and Community
Development, by July 1, 2024, to establish a workgroup to develop a
consolidated application for the purposes of obtaining grants, loans,
tax credits, credit enhancement, and other types of financing for
building affordable housing, and developing a coordinated review
process for the application.
Status: 7/11/2023-
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on APPR with
recommendation: To
Consent Calendar.
(Ayes 11. Noes 0.)
(July 10). Re-referred
to Com. on APPR.
Watch
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AB 1657 (Wicks)
The Affordable
Housing Bond Act
of 2024.
Would enact The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024, which, if
adopted, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the yet-todetermined
amount pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond
Law. Proceeds from the sale of these bonds would be used to finance
programs to fund affordable rental housing and homeownership
programs.
Status: 7/13/2023-
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on APPR. (Ayes
6. Noes 2.) (July 12).
Re-referred to Com.
on APPR.
Watch
SB 834
(Portantino)
Housing:
California Family
Home
Construction and
Homeownership
Bond Act of 2023.
Would enact the California Family Home Construction and
Homeownership Bond Act of 2023, which, if adopted, would authorize
the issuance of bonds in the amount of $25 billion pursuant to the State
General Obligation Bond Law to finance the California Family Home
Construction and Homeownership Program.
Status: 7/12/2023-July
12 set for first hearing
canceled at the
request of author.
Watch
ACA 1 (Aguiar-
Curry) Local
Government
Financing:
Affordable
Housing
and Public
Infrastructure:
Voter Approval.
Would authorize a local government to impose, extend, or increase a
sales and use tax or transactions and use tax for the purposes of
funding the construction, rehabilitation, or replacement of public
infrastructure, affordable housing, or permanent supportive housing if
the proposition proposing that tax is approved by 55% of its voters
voting on the proposition.
Status: 7/13/2023-
Read second time and
amended.
Watch
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ACA 10 (Haney)
Fundamental
Human Right to
Housing.
Would declare that the state recognizes the fundamental human right
to adequate housing for everyone in California. Would make it the
shared obligation of state and local jurisdictions to respect, protect,
and fulfill this right by all appropriate means.
Status: 6/7/2023-
Coauthors revised.
From committee: Be
adopted, and re-refer
to Com. on APPR. Re-
referred. (Ayes 6.
Noes 2.) (June 7). Re-
referred to Com. on
APPR.
Watch
AB 6 (Friedman)
Transportation
Planning.
Would prioritize transportation funding that significantly contribute
towards the goals outlined in a region’s sustainable communities'
strategy.
Status: 7/14/2023-
Failed Deadline
pursuant to Rule
61(a)(10). (Last
location was TRANS.
on 6/14/2023)(May be
acted upon Jan 2024)
Watch
AB 744 (Carrillo)
Transportation
Planning.
Would authorize the California Transportation Commission to
establish best practices for use of data in transportation planning
and to identify data elements that should be made available to
state and local agencies for transportation planning.
Status: 7/12/2023-
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on APPR with
recommendation: To
Consent Calendar.
(Ayes 16. Noes 0.)
(July 11). Re-referred
to Com. on APPR.
Watch
Transportation
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AB 316 (Aguiar-
Curry)
Transportation:
Autonomous
Vehicles.
Would prohibit the operation of an autonomous vehicle with a
gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more on public roads for
testing purposes, transporting goods, or transporting passengers
without a human safety operator physically present in the
autonomous vehicle at the time of operation.
Status: 7/12/2023-
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on APPR. (Ayes
14. Noes 0.) (July 11).
Re-referred to Com.
on APPR.
Watch
SB 30 (Umberg)
Transportation:
Zero-Emission
Vehicle Signage.
Would develop and design light-duty zero-emission vehicle
charging and fueling station signage to be placed along state
highways based on charger or fueling type and vehicle
compatibility.
Status: 6/27/2023-
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on APPR. with
recommendation: To
consent calendar.
(Ayes 15. Noes 0.)
(June 26). Re-referred
to Com. on APPR.
Watch
AB 1637 (Irwin)
Website Domains.
Would state the intent to require a local jurisdiction to adopt a
“.gov” domain by 2025.
Status: 7/10/2023-In
committee: Referred
to APPR. suspense
file.
Watch
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AB 400 (Rubio)
Public Contracts:
Design Build.
Would remove the January 1, 2025 sunset for local agencies to
use design build on specified projects thereby making the
authority permanent.
Status: 7/13/2023-
Read third time.
Passed. Ordered to
the Assembly. (Ayes
37. Noes 0.). In
Assembly.
Concurrence in
Senate amendments
pending. May be
considered on or after
August 11 pursuant to
Assembly Rule 77.
Watch
SB 706 (Caballero)
Public Contracts:
Progressive
Design Build.
Would authorize all cities, counties, city and counties, or special
districts to use the progressive design-build process for other
projects in addition to water-related projects, and would remove
the project cap.
Status: 6/28/2023-
Read second time and
amended. Re-referred
to Com. on APPR.
Watch
AB 334 (Rubio)
Public Contracts:
Conflict of
Interests.
Would establish that an independent contractor, who meets
specified requirements, is not an officer for purposes of being
subject to the prohibition on being financially interested in a
contract.
Status: 7/6/2023-From
committee: Do pass
and re-refer to Com.
on APPR with
recommendation: To
Consent Calendar.
(Ayes 11. Noes 0.)
(July 6). Re-referred to
Com. on APPR.
Watch
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AB 52 (Grayson)
Sales and Use Tax
Law:
Manufacturing
Equipment:
Research and
Development
Equipment.
This measure states the intent of the Legislature to expand the sales
and use tax exemption for manufacturing and research and
development equipment.
Status: 6/26/2023-In
committee: Referred
to APPR. suspense
file.
Watch
AB 1203 (Bains)
Sales and Use
Taxes:
Exemptions:
Breast Pumps and
Related Supplies.
Would exempt from the California sales and use tax the gross
receipts for the sale of breast pumps, breast pump collection and
storage supplies, breast pump kits, and breast pads. This exemption
would apply on or after January 1, 2024, and ends January 1, 2029.
Status: 7/3/2023-In
committee: Referred
to APPR suspense
file.
Watch
AB 1249 (Ta) Sales
and Use Taxes:
Exemption: Tax
Holiday: School
Supplies.
Would exempt from sales and use taxes the gross receipts from the
sale of qualified school supplies for the two-day period beginning
at 12:01 a.m. on the third Saturday of July annually and ending at
11:59 p.m. on the following day. This exemption would apply on or
after January 1, 2024, and ends January 1, 2029
Status: 5/1/2023-In
committee: Set, final
hearing. Held under
submission.
Watch
AB 84 (Ward)
Property Tax:
Welfare
Exemption:
Affordable
Housing.
Would expand eligibility for exemptions from property taxes for
affordable rental housing (e.g., “welfare exemptions”). Specifically,
would expand this partial exemption to property acquired,
rehabilitated, developed, or operated, or any combination of
these factors, with financing from qualified 501(c)(3) bonds
Status: 7/5/2023-From
committee chair, with
author's amendments:
Amend, and re-refer
to committee. Read
second time,
amended, and re-
referred to Com. on
GOV. & F.
Watch
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SB 532 (Wiener)
Ballot Measures:
Local Taxes.
Would change the requirements for statements included on local
ballots regarding the purpose of the measures that are being
voted on. For measures that increase a tax with more than one
rate or authorizes bonds, this measure would require that local
ballots include the statement “see voter guide for measure
information statement.”
Status: 7/6/2023-From
committee: Do pass
and re-refer to Com.
on APPR. (Ayes 10.
Noes 4.) (July 5). Re-
referred to Com. on
APPR.
Watch
SB 721 (Becker)
Special Taxes:
Vacant Land.
Would amend the California Government Code to specify that
taxes levied on vacant sites by a city, county, or special district are
a special tax, for parcels identified in a city’s housing element
inventory
Status: 7/14/2023-
Failed Deadline
pursuant to Rule
61(a)(10). (Last
location was P. & C.P.
on 6/1/2023)(May be
acted upon Jan 2024)
Watch
AB 972
(Maienschein)
Uniform
Procedures for
Local Assistance
and
Climate Resiliency
Grant Programs.
Would coordinate, align, and streamline local government
assistance resources by convening a statewide, cross-agency
Local Assistance and Grant Program Streamlining Workgroup no
later than April 2024.
Status: 7/10/2023-In
committee: Referred
to APPR. suspense
file.
Watch
SB 252 (Gonzalez)
Public Retirement
Systems: Fossil
Fuels:
Divestment.
Would require CalPERS to divest from fossil fuels by 2030.
Status: 7/14/2023-
Failed Deadline
pursuant to Rule
61(a)(10). (Last
location was P.E. & R.
on 6/8/2023)(May be
acted upon Jan 2024)
Watch
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AB 1484 (Zbur)
Temporary Public
Employees.
Would require temporary employees to be automatically
included in the same bargaining unit as the permanent
employees upon the request of the recognized employee
organization.
Status: 7/12/2023-
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on APPR. (Ayes
4. Noes 1.) (July 12).
Re-referred to Com.
on APPR.
Watch
SB 399 (Wahab)
Employer
Communications:
Intimidation.
Would prohibit an employer from requiring its employees to
attend an employer-sponsored meeting or participate in any
communications with the employer, the purpose of which is to
communicate the employer’s opinion about religious matters,
political matters.
Status: 7/11/2023-
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on APPR. (Ayes
7. Noes 3.) (July 11).
Re-referred to Com.
on APPR.
Watch
SB 751 (Padilla)
Franchise
Agreements:
Labor Impasse.
Would prohibit a city, county, or city and county from entering an
exclusive franchise agreement for services on or after
January 1, 2024, or an agreement amended on or after that
date, that contains a force majeure provision that can be
triggered by a labor impasse.
Status: 7/11/2023-
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on APPR. (Ayes
8. Noes 3.) (July 10).
Re-referred to Com.
on APPR.
Watch
AB 504 (Reyes)
State And Local
Public Employees:
Labor
Relations:
Disputes.
Would allow local public employees to refuse to enter property
that is the site of a primary labor dispute, perform work for an
employer involved in a primary labor dispute, or go through or
work behind a primary picket line. Would prohibit an employer
from directing an employee to take those actions.
Status: 7/13/2023-
Read second time and
amended. Re-referred
to Com. on APPR.
Watch
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AB 453
(Cervantes)
District-based
Elections.
Would require a public hearing concerning district-based
elections that is consolidated with a meeting of the governing
body include other substantive agenda items, to begin at a fixed
time.
Status: 7/14/2023-
Failed Deadline
pursuant to Rule
61(a)(10). (Last
location was E. & C.A.
on 5/10/2023)(May be
acted upon Jan 2024)
Watch
AB 764 (Bryan)
Elections: City
And County
Redistricting.
This measures states the intent of the Legislature to add new to
add new requirements to the Fair Maps Acts.
Status: 7/13/2023-
From committee:
Amend, and do pass
as amended and re-
refer to Com. on
APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes
2.) (July 12). Read
second time and
amended. Re-referred
to Com. on APPR.
Watch
AB 1248 (Bryan)
Local
Redistricting:
Independent
Redistricting
Commissions.
Would require independent redistricting commissions for cities
over 300,000 in population.
Status: 7/13/2023-
From committee: Do
pass and re-refer to
Com. on APPR. (Ayes
5. Noes 2.) (July 12).
Re-referred to Com.
on APPR.
Watch
AB 557 (Hart)
Open Meetings:
Local Agencies:
Teleconferences.
Would allow cities to meet remotely during proclaimed states of
emergency under modified Brown Act requirements. Would also
provide greater flexibility for agencies that meet on a fixed date
every month by extending the AB 361 renewal period to 45 days.
Status: 6/29/2023-
Read second time.
Ordered to third
reading.
Watch
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SB 730
(Lowenthal)
California Public
Records Act:
Public Agency
Employees: Notice
Requirements:
Personnel And
Medical
Information.
Would require a city to promptly provide an employee with
written notice of a request to disclose a record related to
personnel, medical, or similar information of that employee.
Would also require the agency, before disclosing, to provide not
less than 21 days’ written notice to the employee of its intent to
disclose.
Status: 3/13/2023-Set
for hearing April 17.Watch
SB 251 (Newman)
Political Reform
Act of 1974:
Elected Officers:
Conflicts of
Interest.
Would prohibit an elected officer from employment by any other
elected officer with the same constituency, except if the elected
officer first began their employment by the other officer with the
same constituency on or before December 31, 2023.
Status: 4/19/2023-
April 18 set for first
hearing. Failed
passage in committee.
(Ayes 2. Noes 0.)
Reconsideration
granted.
Watch
AB 37 (Bonta)
Political Reform
Act of 1974:
Campaign Funds:
Security
Expenses.
Would expand the ability for officials to expend campaign funds
for security expenses.
Status: 7/10/2023-
Read second time and
amended. Re-referred
to Com. on APPR.
Watch
SB 769 (Gonzalez)
Local
Government:
Fiscal and
Financial
Training.
Would require local officials to have two hours of fiscal training
every two years
Status: 7/12/2023-July
12 set for first hearing.
Placed on APPR.
suspense file.
Watch
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CITY OF TUSTIN
2023 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
The Mayor and City Manager are authorized to submit advocacy letters on behalf of the City if the
proposed state or federal legislation clearly follows the City’s adopted legislative platform.
PURPOSE
The City of Tustin’s 2023 Legislative Platform confirms the City Council’s position on current
issues with the potential to directly or indirectly impact the City, thereby establishing guidelines to
actively pursue pending legislation through monitoring and communications activities. Below are
the Guiding Principles and Policy Statements that will allow City staff to address 2023 legislative
and regulatory issues in a timely manner, without precluding the consideration of additional
legislative and budget issues that may arise during the legislative session.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
I. PRESERVE LOCAL CONTROL
Preserve and protect the City’s powers, duties and prerogatives to enact local legislation
and policy direction concerning local affairs and oppose legislation that preempts local
authority. Local agencies should preserve authority and accountability for land use
planning, revenues raised and services provided.
II. PROMOTE FISCAL STABILITY
Support measures that promote fiscal stability, predictability, financial independence, and
preserve the City’s revenue base and maximum local control over local government
budgeting. Oppose measures that shift local funds to the County, State or Federal
Governments and/or make cities more dependent on the County, State or Federal
Governments for financial stability, such as unfunded mandates or mandated costs with
no guarantee of local reimbursement or offsetting benefits.
III. SUPPORT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Support opportunities that allow the City to compete for its fair share of regional, state and
federal funding. Support funding for programs including, but not limited to economic
development such as infrastructure investment and housing, transportation projects
including road resurfacing, bicycle and pedestrian safety, multi-modal transportation
systems and transit-oriented development, air quality, water quality and local water
reliability, parks and recreation, historic preservation, natural resources, hazard mitigation,
public safety, public health and COVID-19 business and government recovery.
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POLICY STATEMENTS
Local Governance
1. Oppose state or federal efforts to “borrow” local revenues and encourage the state to find
other methods of balancing its budget.
2. Support local government action, rather than the imposition of state, federal or regional
mandates upon local governments, as well as federal mandates placed on the state.
3. Support maximum flexibility for local government in contracting and contract negotiations.
4. Support open government initiatives as well as the principles of the open meetings
provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act at all levels of government.
5. Support legislation that facilitates the flexibility of local governments to share resources to
increase efficiencies and decrease costs.
6. Support legislation that preserves the ability of local governments to determine the
appropriate type of election and representation for their jurisdiction.
7. Oppose and monitor efforts to increase City contribution cost to CalPERS.
8. Support the reimbursement of local governments for COVID-19 related expenses,
including the need for essential public safety service overtime, personal protective
equipment, and small business relief.
9. Support and monitor efforts to increase the City’s ability to recover payment related fees
from customers
10. Support efforts to provide local legislative bodies with additional flexibilities regarding
remote meetings and Ralph M. Brown Act requirements.
11. Oppose policies that would increase the voter threshold for local revenue measures or would
increase the potential for litigation over local taxes and fees.
12. Oppose efforts to de-localize the redistricting process.
Economic Development
13. Support international, statewide, regional, and local efforts to attract, retain and provide
resources for current and future commercial and industrial businesses.
14. Support policies and programs that encourage working with other cities, counties and
government agencies to jointly leverage resources and assets to create and strengthen
economic clusters within the region.
15. Support economic development initiatives that preserve and enhance a positive business
climate and maintain and grow the business tax base.
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16. Support policies and initiatives that will facilitate development of City owned property,
including Tustin Legacy and Pacific Center East. Oppose policies and initiatives that run
counter.
Land Use Planning and Housing
17. Oppose legislation, proposals, or regulations that impose regional, state, or federal growth
development or land use planning standards within the City without the City’s direct input.
18. Oppose legislation, proposals, or regulations that penalize local governments for
noncompliance with their housing element or regional housing needs assessment
requirements.
19. Support efforts to provide flexibility to local governments as well as resources for local
governments to allow them to submit compliant housing elements and complete the
required rezoning.
20. Support housing measures that promote the development and enhancement of safe and
affordable housing and accessible housing within the City for all economic segments of
the population, while still retaining local control.
21. Monitor local, state, and federal actions related to medical and recreational marijuana
regulatory changes.
22. Support local control over the licensure and regulation of alcoholism or drug abuse
recovery or treatment facilities.
23. Oppose legislation that would erode local control over City owned property, including
Tustin Legacy and Pacific Center East.
24. Support proposals that provide funding or tools to preserve historic neighborhoods and
structures.
25. Oppose proposals that increase requirements and place undue burdens on the City with
regard to the Surplus Land Act and Tustin Legacy.
26. Oppose efforts that require the City to ministerially approve housing development projects
without adequate input from local agencies or a robust public engagement process.
Parks and Recreation
27. Oppose efforts that erode funding for vital regional and community services that negatively
impact Californian's access to parks, open space, bike lanes and bike ways, after school
programming, senior services and facilities that promote physical activity and protect
natural resources.
28. Support efforts that strengthen policies to fund parks, open space acquisitions, bike lanes,
and active transportation opportunities.
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29. Promote local agency control over policies that recognize the benefits of parks and
recreation facilities.
30. Support efforts to increase funding, accessibility and programs for seniors.
Public Works
31. Support increased state and federal funding of transportation improvements with regional
or sub-regional benefits for all modes of transportation.
32. Support protection of dedicated transportation-related tax revenues and enhance the
ability of local agencies to finance local transportation programs and facilities.
33. Support all efforts to create efficiencies within CEQA.
34. Support measures and reforms which streamline the CEQA process for the development
of housing and mixed-use infill projects that support transit.
35. Support legislation that allows local governments to continue to retain full authority to
reject projects or to condition project approvals and impose mitigation measures.
36. Support efforts to facilitate public private partnerships to complete development projects.
37. Oppose efforts to remove City representation on regional boards that oversee water,
drainage and/or sewage.
38. Support efforts that fund broadband infrastructure.
39. Support efforts that assist the City in meeting its waste and recycling mandates and adding
flexibility to comply with state regulations.
Water Quality and Water Supply
40. Support and monitor legislation that increases the availability of, and funding for, water
conservation, water reuse technologies, water recycling, local water storage and other
water supply technologies such as the Groundwater Replenishment System project.
41. Support the enhancement of a reliable and sustainable water supply for California as well
as measures that improve water quality in the region.
42. Monitor the development of a state framework for long term water conservation measures.
43. Support policy development, funding and research for water conservation, addressing
urban runoff and beach closures and required programs associated with OC NPDES
permits.
44. Support efforts to address long term water resiliency and affordability without
implementing a statewide water tax.
45. Oppose efforts that restrict or eliminate local permitting and enforcement of water quality
measures.
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46. Oppose efforts that unilaterally reduces the indoor water use standards without the input
of local and regional stakeholders.
Human Resources and Risk Management
47. Oppose measures that reduce local control over employee relations issues or mandate
new or enhanced local government employee benefits.
48. Support pension reform measures designed to control or decrease employer liability or
increase transparency in reporting without imposing undo hardships or administrative
burdens on local government.
49. Oppose redundant or unnecessary proposals that require excessive human resources
burdens without sufficient reimbursement.
Public Safety
50. Support measures that encourage community safety and well-being including those which
support state and federal reimbursement of homeland security related expenses.
51. Oppose legislation that places burdensome restrictions on law enforcement and limits their
ability to protect public safety.
52. Oppose legislative attempts at early release of incarcerated prisoners and measures that
would further de-criminalize non-violent offenses.
53. Support funding for local mitigation related to Proposition 47 and Proposition 57
54. Support initiatives involving county, state, and federal governments to reduce and prevent
homelessness in Orange County.
55. Support measures that provide funding and local resources for wildfire fire prevention,
suppression, and mitigation.
56. Support local control over adult entertainment facilities, alcohol establishments and
properties where illegal drugs are sold.
57. Support local control for the regulation of cultivation, storage, manufacture, transport and
use of medicinal and recreational marijuana and monitor legislative and administration
activity to create a regulatory structure for medical and adult use.
58. Support legislation increasing resources and local authority for abatement of public
vandalism, especially graffiti.
59. Support regional and state proposals to increase funding for locally operated homeless
shelters.
60. Oppose efforts to limit the City’s ability to enforce parking rules and regulations and
recover the costs of doing so.
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61. Support efforts that adds de-energization to the list of conditions that constitutes a state
and local emergency.
62. Oppose efforts that changes the certification framework for public safety personnel and
subjecting the City to additional litigation.
63. Support efforts to address loud noise vehicles by providing public safety officers with
resources to enforce state laws and local ordinances.
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