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Agenda Item 4
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MEETING DATE: APRIL 2, 2024
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: NICOLE BERNARD, ACTING 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 March 20
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 February that is
attached to the staff report, as well as a Bill Introduction Deadline Report.
Legislative Tracking Matrix
Attached is a legislative tracking matrix as of March 20 that tracks bills of interest.
Attachments:
- TPA February 2024 update
- TPA Bill Introduction Deadline Report
- Legislative Matrix as of March 20
- 2024 Legislative Platform
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TPA
MEMORANDUM
To: City of Tustin
From: Townsend Public Affairs
Date: March 1, 2024
Subject: February 2024 Monthly Report
The month of February included the Legislature's bill introduction deadline of February 16,
featuring the introduction of over 1,500 new bill vehicles, and gave new insight into legislative
trends for the 2024 Legislative Session.
The February bill introduction deadline also signaled a change in legislative action, with the
beginning of legislative policy committee hearings to kickstart the bill deliberation process. It is
anticipated that hundreds of bills will begin to be heard in their respective policy and fiscal
committees in the next couple of weeks. Below is an overview of pertinent State actions from
February.
Attached to this report is a comprehensive memo with pertinent introduced legislation in 2024.
LAO Releases Revenue Update as Budget Deficit Grows
On February 20, the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) released an update to State Revenues in
relation to the State Budget. Previously, the LAO estimated that the State is facing a budget deficit
of about $58 billion, under the Governor's Proposed Budget released on January 10. The LAO
estimates that the deficit is about $24 billion below the Governor's Budget across 2022-23 to
2024-25. Under the LAO's estimates, this increases the previously estimated $58 billion deficit to
$73 billion.
As a few possible solutions to the budget deficit the LAO recommends both revenue increases
and spending reductions (on both a one-time and ongoing basis), as well as other tools, like
utilizing reserves and cost shifts. Additionally, the LAO recommends that Legislators evaluate
whether recent augmentations designated for one-time and temporary expenditures could be
retracted or minimized, by using two rationales. Firstly, to consider that when the allocations for
one-time and temporary expenditures were approved, it was under the understanding that they
would serve as a buffer for future budgetary challenges. For instance, the Administration
frequently projected "operating surpluses" in its multi -year forecasts, excluding such
expenditures, indicating an acknowledgment that the State's resources could not cover all
projected commitments. However, they could accommodate ongoing budgetary requirements.
Secondly, as the Legislature diminishes one-time and temporary expenditures in 2024-25, it
preserves a greater array of tools for addressing future budgetary challenges. The reduction of
such spending constitutes a "use or lose" mechanism in tackling budgetary issues —once funds
are allocated to recipients, retracting them becomes exceedingly impractical.
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The figure below from the LAO Report shows the breakdown of possible remaining one-time and
temporary spending.
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Summary of Possible Remaining One -Time and Temporary
Spending
(in millions)
2023-24
2024-28
2025-26
Business and Labor
$266
$284
$198
Criminal Justice
130
40
—
Education
602
1,195
1,109
Health and Human Services
867
301
701
Housing and Homelessness
1,599
—
260
Other
1,752
557
432
Resources and Environment
1,049
1,005
1,377
Transportation
146
739
1, 000
Totals
$6,411
$4,121
$5,676
Note- Amounts reflect one-time and temporary spending adapted in the 2021 and 2022 budget packages
Looking forward, Legislators will be in ongoing negotiations with the Administration to pass the
Budget Bill by the June 15 constitutional deadline to pass the State Budget.
Senate Leadership and Committee Changes
On February 5, Senator Mike McGuire was sworn in as Senate Pro Tern on the Senate Floor by
California Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero. Later in the week, on February 8,
Senate Pro Tern McGuire announced new Senate and Committee assignments. Leadership
changes include the appointment of Senator Lena Gonzalez as the Majority Leader, and Senators
Angelique Ashby and Aisha Wahab as co -Assistant Majority Leaders. These members will be
instrumental in leading the House and the Democratic Caucus' policy decisions and priorities for
the next few years.
Notable committee changes include the following:
• Senator Scott Wiener replaces Senator Nancy Skinner as the new Budget Chair
• Senator Nancy Skinner replaces Senator Scott Wiener as the new Housing Chair
• Senator Dave Cortese replaces Senator Lena Gonzalez as the new Transportation Chair
• The Senate Governance and Finance Committee has returned to its pre -redevelopment
dissolution roots and has split into two committees that mirror the Assembly: the Senate
Local Government Committee, whose chair will be Senator Maria Elena Durazo, and the
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee, whose chair will be Senator Steve Glazer.
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A full list of leadership changes and committee membership changes can be found here.
Cap and Trade Rulemaking Oversight Hearing
On February 13 the Senate Environmental Quality Committee, the Senate Budget and Fiscal
Review Subcommittee No. 2 On Resources, Environmental Protection, and Energy Committee
held a joint oversight hearing on Cap and Trade rulemaking. Cap and Trade is a market -based
emissions trading program administered by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) that
covers roughly 80% of California's GHG emissions and aims to reduce them. The program
imposes a declining, aggregate cap on the amount of GHGs allowed to be emitted in the State
each year and has been run by CARB for the past ten years. In running the program, CARB has
held workshops and solicited feedback on the changes they are considering. The hearing gave
legislators an opportunity to learn about how the changes being considered at CARB will affect
the nature of the State's climate policy. Panelists included:
• Liane Randolph, Chair, CARB
• Sarah Cornett, Fiscal and Policy Analyst, Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO)
• Katelyn Roedner Sutter, Assembly Appointee, Independent Emissions Market Advisory
Committee
• Catherine Garoupa, Chair, CARB Environmental Justice Advisory Committee
• Danny Cullenward, Vice Chair and Senate Appointee, Independent Emissions Market
Advisory Committee
• Matthew Botill, Chief, Industrial Strategies Division, CARB
The panelists discussed the current stake in the State's Cap and Trade rulemaking and presented
what is next for the State's program. The LAO had many legislative considerations, including
discussing the State balancing pursuing emissions reductions with potential cost impacts, and
asking if the Legislature wants to expand the program beyond 2030. One major concern
mentioned by the Committee and many panelists was regarding whether underserved
communities are truly benefiting from the program dollars.
AT&T Applies to Withdraw Landlines
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is holding public hearings for comment and
feedback on AT&T's application to withdraw landlines throughout the State. AT&T is requesting
to be relieved of its Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) obligations in certain areas of the State. If
approved, it would no longer be required to offer landline telephone service whereas it is currently
required to offer Basic Service in those areas. Basic Service includes nine service elements such
as Lifeline rates for eligible customers, free access to 9-1-1, Telephone Relay Service, and
directory and operator services.
AT&T is also applying to be relieved of its designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier
(ETC). An ETC is a telephone company that operates in a specific geographic area that receives
financial assistance from the federal government -established Universal Service Fund to provide
high quality and affordable telephone service to customers at all income levels.
The CPUC is holding multiple forums in February and March giving the public opportunity to
comment. At the hearings, there will be a brief overview of AT&T's proposal, with an AT&T
representative available to answer questions, and there will also be a forum for public comment.
The next two public hearings, on February 22 and March 14 will be held in person only, with a
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virtual meeting on March 19. Additional information on how to participate in the upcoming public
forums may be found here.
In the month of February, Congress was out of session for two weeks which led to a decline in
moving legislation. However, in February, updates on appropriations and new task forces were
released. Below is a summary of activities in both the executive and legislative branches in the
month of February.
Congress Approves Interim Funds to Avert Government Shutdown
During the February recess Lawmakers were hopeful that appropriations bill text would be
released prior to their return in late February. However, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
announced that this would not occur. This prompted President Biden to meet with Senate Majority
Leader Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries at the White House on February 27 to discuss strategies
to avert a government shutdown.
Ultimately, Speaker Johnson offered to push the government shutdown dates to March 8 and
March 22 to buy more time for leadership to finalize FY2024 appropriations bill text. This approach
played out on February 29 as the U.S. House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution
(CR) to fund the government for a few more days, avoiding a shutdown that had been in line to
occur the night of March 1. The Senate passed the bill on a 77-13 vote shortly after the House
acted, sending it to President Biden for his signature.
Under the deal, funding for Agriculture -FDA, Energy and Water, Military Construction -VA,
Transportation -HUD, Commerce -Justice -Science and Interior -Environment are extended to
March 8. Whereas Defense, Financial Services -General Government, Homeland Security, Labor-
HHS-Education, Legislative Branch, and State -Foreign Operations are extended to March 22.
The deal doesn't include any Ukraine aid, which House Republicans are holding up as they
demand a range of new restrictions on US immigration and border policies.
Under the parameters of the deal reached this week, two six -bill packages will come to the floor
of the House in March. When Congress returns to Washington, DC on March 4 we anticipate
action will be taken on the first package of bills, with action on the second coming during the week
of March 18.
Immigration Legislation Fails on Senate Floor
In February, the Senate Appropriations Committee released bill text for a much -anticipated
bipartisan immigration deal which quickly lost support among lawmakers culminating in a failed
procedural vote in the Senate. The $118 billion bipartisan legislation, negotiated by Senators Chris
Murphy, Kyrsten Sinema, and James Lankford, would have been the largest change to
immigration policy in nearly 40 years.
The bill focused on changes to asylum policy. Major changes to current laws included raising
"credible fear" standards by front -loading potential disqualifying questions immigration officials
can ask asylum seekers. Questions include whether migrants have disqualifying criminal
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histories, if they lived safely in third world countries prior, or if they could safely relocate within
their own countries.
The border bill would also end the practice of allowing migrants and their families who come to
the border lawfully to enter the U.S. for 90 days while they complete asylum interviews.
Additionally, new immigration laws would allow the children of people with H-1 B visas to get work
authorizations and freeze their legal ages while waiting for green cards, rather than face
deportation once they turn 21.
The National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), a labor union that represents U.S. Border Patrol
agents and staff released a statement in support of the legislation as they urged Congress to pass
the bill quickly.
Despite support from conservative leaning groups and the White House, the prospects of future
legislation regarding the border and immigration policy look slim.
Senate Approves $95 Billion National Security Package
On February 13, a $95 billion national security supplemental package for Ukraine, Israel, and
Taiwan was approved 70-29 by the U.S. Senate. Twenty-two Republicans voted in favor
overcoming a filibuster. It now moves to the House of Representatives, where it faces stiff
opposition from Speaker Mike Johnson and House Conservatives.
The spending package includes $60 billion in aid for Ukraine, $14 billion to support Israel„ $8
billion for Taiwan and partners in the Indo-Pacific to counter China, and $9.2 billion in
humanitarian assistance for Gaza.
Senate Conducts Delayed FAA Reauthorization Markup
The Senate Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee officially passed S. 1939 FAA
Reauthorization Act of 2023 after a logjam that kept the $107 billion aviation policy measure
stalled for more than seven months. The Committee canceled its original markup last year when
Senators couldn't agree on an amendment making changes to pilot training hours and retirement
age. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) offered an amendment during the markup to increase the
retirement age, but it was rejected. Congressional leaders must now iron out differences between
the Senate text and H.R. 3935, the House passed FAA Reauthorization legislation. It is unlikely
Congress will be ready for a final vote by the March 8 deadline, shortly after they're set to come
back from recess.
Lawmakers Nearing WIC Deal
Congress is nearing a deal on funding for the Women Infant and Children (WIC) program that
could help progress appropriations on Capitol Hill. A funding deal on WIC would alleviate one of
the issues holding up the appropriations process and help pave the way for Congress to pass a
full suite of appropriations bills for the fiscal year of 2024.
As it stands, the proposal involves adding a pilot program named Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) -Choice to the agriculture spending bill. SNAP -Choice places
limitations on future SNAP recipients and has substantial backing from conservatives. In
exchange, extra funding would be allocated to the WIC program, a measure that was pushed for
by democrats. The proposal is supported by the Appropriations Agriculture Chair Andy Harris thus
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signaling strong support. The framework for the deal has been passed to leadership for further
negotiations.
Top House Leaders Announce Bipartisan Al Task Force
Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced a bipartisan task force
to explore potential legislation to address concerns around artificial intelligence. This comes after
a robocall imitating President Biden sought to discourage people from voting for him in the New
Hampshire Democratic primary election. Strong attention was brought to this issue thus prompting
the Federal Communications Commission to rule that Al -generated phone calls are illegal shortly
after. Speaker Johnson and Leader Jeffries have each appointed twelve members to the Task
Force on Artificial Intelligence that represent key committees of jurisdiction. Congressman Jay
Obernolte (CA-23) is the Chairman of the 24 member task force and Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-
36) is the Co -Chair. To read their joint statement click here.
White House Calls on Congress to Extend Affordable Connectivity Program
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) paused new enrollees for the Affordable
Connectivity Program (ACP) on February 7. This came as the program is set to run out of funding
this April unless Congress allocates additional money. The ACP is a federal initiative to ensure
low-income Americans have home internet access by providing $30-$75 subsidies for those who
qualify. In October of 2023, the White House sent Congress a supplemental request for $6 billion
to extend funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program. Currently, there are 23 million
subscribers to the program that will lose access to home internet if funding expires.
HUD Partners with States to Address Homelessness
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) announced that California, along with seven states and Washington D.C.,
was selected to participate in a new federal initiative. The Housing and Services Partnership
Accelerator (Accelerator) will help strengthen partnerships across housing, disability, aging, and
health sectors; increase accessibility to available federal programs and resources; and maximize
federal flexibilities to help keep people healthy. The program provides technical assistance to
states implementing recently issued HHS guidance regarding clinically appropriate and evidence -
based services that can be covered under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program
(CHIP).
EPA Finalizes Stronger Standards for Soot Pollution
Despite some pushback, the Biden-Harris Administration finalized a new rule to reduce soot
pollution this week. The new rule strengthened air quality standards for fine particulate matter
known as PM 2.5 from a level of 12 micrograms per cubic meter to 9 micrograms per cubic meter.
According to the EPA, the updated standard will prevent up to 4,500 premature deaths and yield
up to $46 billion in net health benefits in 2032.
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MEMORANDUM
To: City of Tustin
From: Townsend Public Affairs
Date: March 1, 2024
Subject: 2024 State Bill Introductions
The State Legislature returned from interim recess on January 3 to begin the second year of the
2023-24 legislative session. As it is the second year of a two-year session, those bills that did not
progress in the previous session and were marked as "2-Year Bills" had the opportunity to
progress at the behest of their authors until the end of January. Additionally, legislators had until
February 16 to introduce new bills. The legislature has introduced 2,124 new bill vehicles prior to
the deadline; 1,505 Assembly Bills, and 619 Senate Bills.
Below is an overview of pertinent introduced bills:
Housing and Land Use
• AB 1889 (Friedman) requires local governments to incorporate a wildlife connectivity plan
into the next update or amendment to its general plan beginning after January 1, 2025
• AB 2584 (Lee) prevents institutional investors that own more than 1,000 single-family
homes from purchasing additional properties and converting them into rentals.
• AB 2583 (Berman) requires local governments to identify and establish school routes for
all schools located within the scope of the general plan and establish a posted speed limit
no more than 25 miles per hour within a school route beginning 2025 and within every
amendment or update to the general plan thereafter.
• AB 3057 (Wilson) exempts from CEQA the adoption of an ordinance by a city or county
to provide for the creation of junior accessory dwelling units in single-family residential
zones.
• AB 3068 (Haney) deems an adaptive reuse project a use by right in all zones, so long as
it conforms to affordable housing minimums and other requirements.
Homelessness
• SB 1011 (Jones) prohibits unhoused individuals from loitering on public property, so long
as peace officers provide them with 72 hours of notice and resources related to available
services and housing.
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• SIB 1361 (Blakespear) exempts from CEQA's requirements actions taken by a local
agency to approve a contract for providing services for people experiencing
homelessness.
Public Safety
• AB 2309 (Muratsuchi) authorizes the city attorney of any general law city or chartered
city to prosecute any misdemeanor committed within the city arising out of violation of
state law without the consent of the district attorney.
• AB 2574 (Valencia) codifies existing case law from 2019, which determined that
unlicensed recovery homes operating as part of a licensed treatment facility located
elsewhere may be considered unlawful business use within a residential zone.
• AB 3085 (Gipson) increases punishments for various offenses related to driving a vehicle
recklessly or participating in a speed contest, particularly those that occur during a
sideshow event.
• SIB 905 (Wiener) clarifies that the victim of a car burglary does not need to prove that their
vehicle was locked to press charges, thus strengthening prosecution resources.
• SIB 982 (Wahab) makes permanent the current law that is in effect until January 1, 2026,
which makes a person guilty of organized retail theft, punishable as a misdemeanor or a
felony.
Public Works
• AB 2346 (Lee) authorizes local jurisdictions to be credited for the procurement of
recovered organic waste products through an agreement with a direct service provider
and would allow the direct service provider agreement to include the procurement of
recovered organic waste products on a prospective or retrospective basis as long as the
purchase of those products occurs during the year for which the local jurisdiction seeks
credit. The bill also allows local governments to count investments made for the expansion
of capacity of compostable materials into their procurement targets.
• AB 2619 (Connolly) repeals the CPUC net energy metering 3.0 (NEM 3.0) ruling that cut
incentives for customers to install solar and would restore the previous net energy
metering incentives/market.
Revenue and Taxation
• AB 2430 (Alvarez) prohibits local governments from charging monitoring fees on
developments that include a 100% affordability component for lower income households
and have received a density bonus. Additionally, the bill phases out all monitoring fees on
existing properties that meet these standards beginning 2025.
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• AB 2553 (Friedman) revises zoning standards by which a local government may impose
a vehicular traffic impact fee from a "transit station" to a "major transit stop," thus narrowing
the applicability of sites eligible for the imposition of those fees. The bill further modifies
the definition of what constitutes a major transit stop to increase the frequency of service
intervals from 15 to 20 minutes.
• AB 2813 (Aguiar-Curry) makes statutory changes to ACA 1 which will appear on the
November 2024 ballot to lower the voter threshold for the passage of general obligation
bonds from 2/3 to 55%. This bill modifies the allowable uses of funds generated via bonds
to include affordable housing programs. Further, the bill specifies that special taxes are
limited to a useful life of at least 15 years or 5 years if the funds are used for public safety
purposes. The bill also specifies that a local government may commit revenues to projects
or programs administered by nonprofit organizations for affordable or permanent
supportive housing programs.
Retail Theft
• AB 1772 (Ramos) proposes constitutional reforms to clarify the aggregation over several
theft crimes to trigger grant theft felony penalties.
• AB 1779 (Irwin) would no longer limit the jurisdictional rules for theft crimes to criminal
actions brought by the Attorney General, which would allow for the cross -jurisdictional
prosecution of theft crimes that occur in more than one location.
• AB 1787 (Villapudua) is a spot bill to propose constitutional changes to Proposition 47 to
voters. While this is a spot bill, meaning no substantive language currently exists in the
bill, this bill and Author represents a coalition of moderate minded elected officials know
as the "problem solvers caucus". Ideas from this bill will likely be folded into a larger Prop
47 reform package or bill.
• AB 1794 (McCarty) is a spot bill to propose constitutional changes to Proposition 47 to
voters. While this is a spot bill, meaning no substantive language currently exists in the
bill, this Author has been tapped by Legislative Leadership to lead the Prop 47 reform
efforts. This is all to say AB 1794 will likely be one of the higher profile reform bills this
year.
• AB 1990 (Carrillo) clarifies officers can arrest a person for shoplifting and theft, even if
crime isn't witnessed and they do not need to cite and release.
• AB 2438 (Petrie -Norris) creates a new felony enhancement of 1, 2, or 3 years for those
charged with conspiracy theft crimes.
• SB 22 (Umberg) proposes Proposition 47 reforms including aggregating theft amounts to
amount to grant theft felony, adds enhancements for organized theft crimes, includes
enhancements for the trafficking and furnishing of fentanyl, among other provisions.
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SB 905 (Wiener) removes hurdles to prosecutors holding auto burglars accountable by
removing the requirement that a victim prove a vehicle was locked in order to establish a
crime.
SB 923 (Archuleta) revises the definition of shoplifting to require an intent to steal retail
property or merchandise. This bill would also require a person convicted of petty theft or
shoplifting, if the person has 2 or more prior convictions for specified theft -related offenses,
to be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for up to one year, or for 16 months, or
2 or 3 years (depending on what they are charged with) and would make conforming
changes.
• SB 1144 (Skinner) disrupts the sale of stolen goods on online marketplaces by requiring
that third -party sellers be certified, and bans sellers suspected of criminal activity from
operating through online marketplace platforms.
Transportation
• AB 2029 (Jackson) requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on
public access to electric vehicle charging stations and requires a report to the Legislature
on or before January 1, 2025.
• AB 2427 (McCarty) requires GO -Biz to develop a model permitting checklist, model
zoning ordinances, and best practices for permit costs and permit review timelines to help
local governments permit curbside charging stations as part of the office's development
of the Electric Vehicle Charging Station Permitting Guidebook or any subsequent updates.
• AB 2626 (Dixon) extends the compliance dates for local government set forth in the
Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation by 10 years.
• AB 2744 (McCarty) prohibits the addition of a right -turn or travel lane within 20 feet of a
marked or unmarked crosswalk where there is not already a dedicated and marked right -
turn or travel lane, and would prohibit vehicles from using this 20-foot area for right turns
unless the area is already marked as a dedicated right -turn lane before January 1, 2025.
• SB 926 (Wahab) requires the Transportation Agency to develop a plan to consolidate all
Bay Area transit agencies that are located within the geographic jurisdiction of the
Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
• SB 960 (Wiener) requires all transportation projects funded or overseen by the
Department of Transportation to provide comfortable, convenient, and connected
complete streets facilities unless an exemption is documented and approved.
• SB 1216 (Blakespear) prohibits, on and after January 1, 2025, an agency responsible for
the development or operation of bikeways or highways where bicycle travel is permitted
from installing a Class III bikeway or restriping a Class III bikeway on a highway that has
a posted speed limit greater than 30 miles per hour.
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Water
• AB 805 (Arambula) authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water
Board) to require a sewer service provider —for a sewer system that has the reasonable
potential to cause a violation of water quality objectives; impair present or future beneficial
uses of water; or cause pollution, nuisance, or contamination of waters of the state —to
contract with an administrator designated or approved by the State Water Board.
• AB 1827 (Pagan) provides that the fees or charges for property -related water service
imposed or increased, as specified, may include the incrementally higher costs of water
service due to specified factors, including the higher water usage demand of parcels.
• AB 2257 (Wilson) restricts legal actions against local agencies for alleged noncompliance
with constitutional provisions regarding fees or assessments and requires individuals or
entities to submit written objections specifying noncompliance grounds before filing
lawsuits. This measure limits judicial review to specific documents if agencies follow set
procedures and prohibits separate legal actions on the adequacy of agency responses.
• SIB 1072 (Padilla) requires, if a property -related fee or charge creates revenues in
excess of the local government's reasonable cost of providing the specific benefit or
specific government service, that the excess revenues be used only to reduce the
subsequently adopted and following property -related fee or charge.
• SIB 1110 (Ashby) requires the State Water Control Resources Board to consider lower
cost actions the water supplier has implemented or will implement in order to help the
water supplier achieve overall water supply resiliency in determining whether to issue an
informational order.
• SIB 1147 (Portantino) requires the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
(OEHHA) to study the health impacts of microplastics in drinking water, including bottled
water, in order to evaluate and identify safe and unsafe levels of microplastics in those
types of water, and, on or before January 1, 2026, to develop and deliver to the state
board, among other things, public health standards and goals for a safe level of
microplastics in those waters.
• SIB 1218 (Newman) declares that it is the established policy of the State to encourage
and incentivize, but not mandate, the development of emergency water supplies, and to
support their use during times of water shortage.
• SB 1330 (Archuleta) changes the current requirements for the Department of Water
Resources and State Water Resources Control Board report and recommendation of
variances of unique water usage cases. The changes in the report include calculating
water use objectives, including allowing a portion of non -irrigated areas to be included in
the calculation. This measure also extends the timeline for the Board to issue orders to
non -compliant suppliers and requires the Department to report progress to the Legislature.
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Looking Forward
Although the February 16 bill introduction deadline has passed, as always Members will have the
opportunity to amend or "gut and amend" existing bills into entirely new policies throughout the
session, so long as their progress adheres to the 72-hour in print rule. Policy Committee hearings
in both houses are anticipated to begin in the coming weeks to determine the outcome of
hundreds of bills, with the next deadline on April 26 for Policy Committees to hear and report to
fiscal committees, fiscal bills introduced in their house.
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City of Tustin Legislative Matrix
3/20/2024
AB 2 (Ward, D) Recycling: solar photovoltaic modules.
Status: 09/01/2023 - In committee: Held under submission.
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Summary: The Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 (act) requires a retailer selling a covered electronic device in this
state to collect from a consumer at the time of retail sale a covered electronic waste recycling fee or a covered battery -
embedded waste recycling fee, as specified. The act defines "covered electronic device" to include certain video display
devices and battery -embedded products. The act requires all charges collected pursuant to the act to be deposited into
specified subaccounts within the Electronic Waste Recovery and Recycling Account, and outlines certain other requirements
related to the establishment, adjustment, and administration of the charge. Moneys in the subaccounts are continuously
appropriated for specified purposes, including, but not limited to, paying covered electronic waste recycling fee refunds and
making electronic waste recovery and recycling payments. Current law incorporates the requirements and other provisions of
the act by reference as requirements and provisions of the hazardous waste control laws. The act also expressly authorizes the
Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to enforce the act, and all regulations adopted pursuant to the act, through
the hazardous waste control laws. A violation of the hazardous waste control laws is a crime. This bill would, among other
things, expand the definition of "covered electronic device" to include a "customer -owned solar PV module," as defined, thereby
expanding the scope of the act to include covered solar photovoltaic (PV) module products, for limited purposes, as provided.
The bill would also require, on or before October 1, 2026, and on or before October 1 each year thereafter, CalRecycle to
establish a covered solar PV recycling fee based on the reasonable regulatory costs to administer covered electronic waste
recycling. The bill would require the charge to be imposed upon a consumer or a service provider serving the consumer for
the purchase of a new or refurbished covered solar PV module product. The bill would also require the charge to be adjusted
annually based on the California Consumer Price Index. The bill would create the Covered Solar PV Module Recycling Fee
Subaccount as a continuously appropriated fund in the Electronic Waste Recovery and Recycling Account. Because the funds
deposited to the Covered Solar PV Module Recycling Fee Subaccount would be a new source of funds in the continuously
appropriated subaccount within the continuously appropriated Electronic Waste Recovery and Recycling Account, the bill would
make an appropriation. (Based on 06/28/2023 text)
AB 6 (Friedman, D) Transportation planning: regional transportation plans: Solutions for Congested Corridors Program: reduction
of greenhouse gas emissions.
Status: 07/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was TRANS. on 6/14/2023)(May be acted
upon Jan 2024)
1st Nause 2nd House
R 0 0 0 ti.
Peak Policy Fiscal Floor Desk 2rM W#r Fiscal Floor Co -KC c, Enrolled Vetoed Chpptered
Location: 07/14/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: Current law requires that each regional transportation plan also include a sustainable communities strategy
prepared by each metropolitan planning organization in order to, among other things, achieve certain targets established by the
State Air Resources Board for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles and light trucks in the region for
2020 and 2035, respectively. This bill would require the state board, after January 1, 2024, and not later than September 30,
2026, to establish additional targets for 2035 and 2045, respectively, as specified. (Based on 03/16/2023 text)
AB 7 (Friedman. D) Transportation: planning: project selection processes.
Status: 09/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/11/2023)(May be
acted upon Jan 2024)
1st Flause 2nd House
Pesk Polity Fatal Floor Dask Polity Fatal Ind War C..K.v Enrolled Vetoed G+apbe d
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Summary: The Transportation Agency is under the supervision of the Secretary of Transportation, who has the power of
general supervision over each department within the agency. The secretary, among other duties, is charged with developing
and reporting to the Governor on legislative, budgetary, and administrative programs to accomplish coordinated planning and
policy formulation in matters of public interest, including transportation projects. On and after January 1, 2025, and to the
extent applicable, feasible, and cost effective, this bill would require the agency, the Department of Transportation, and the
California Transportation Commission to incorporate specified goals into program funding guidelines and processes. (Based
on 09/01/2023 text)
AB 52 (Grayson, D) Income tax credit: sales and use taxes paid: manufacturing equipment: research and development equipment.
Status: 09/01/2023 - In committee: Held under submission.
1s1 Mouse 2nd Neese
Desk Policy F"e6l Floor Desk Policy FjKal Floor Cwd,Conc, Enrolled Vetoed Chnptered
Location: 06/26/2023 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: The Bradley -Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law, authorizes counties and cities to impose local sales
and use taxes in conformity with the Sales and Use Tax Law, and current laws authorize districts, as specified, to impose
transactions and use taxes in accordance with the Transactions and Use Tax Law, which generally conforms to the Sales and
Use Tax Law. Exemptions from state sales and use taxes are automatically incorporated into the local tax laws. This bill would
allow, for a taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2024, and before January 1, 2029, a credit against those taxes to a
taxpayer in an amount equal to the amount of tax reimbursement paid during the taxable year for sales tax on gross receipts
that would be exempt from taxation under the Sales and Use Tax Law pursuant to the sales and use tax exemption described
above but for the provision that prohibits that exemption from applying with respect to any tax levied by a county, city, or district
pursuant to, or in accordance with, the Bradley -Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law or the Transactions and Use
Tax Law, sales and use taxes imposed pursuant to certain provisions of the Sales and Use Tax Law, and sales and use taxes
imposed pursuant to certain provisions of the California Constitution. (Based on 06/15/2023 text)
AB 67 (Muratsuchi, D) Homeless Courts Pilot Program.
Status: 09/01/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/28/2023)
(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
1A House and House
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Oe6k PPligy 2A/Vgar Floor Co-K, c Enrolled Vetoed Chpptered
Location: 09/01/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: Would, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, create the Homeless Courts Pilot Program, which would
remain in effect until January 1, 2029, to be administered by the Judicial Council for the purpose of providing comprehensive
community -based services to achieve stabilization for, and address the specific legal needs of, homeless individuals who are
involved with the criminal justice system. The bill would require applicant cities or counties seeking grant funds to provide a
number of specified services or program components, including, but not limited to, a diversion program enabling participating
defendants to have specified charges dismissed upon completion of a program, provision of temporary, time -limited, or
permanent housing during the duration of the program, and a dedicated representative to assist defendants with housing
needs. The bill would require an applicant for grant funding under the program to submit a plan for a new homeless court
program or expansion of an existing homeless court program, and would require any funding awarded to an applicant to be
used in accordance with that plan. (Based on 03/13/2023 text)
AB 262 (Holden, D) Children's camps: safety and regulation.
Status: 09/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/11/2023)(May be
acted upon Jan 2024)
15e Neese 2nd Neese
rl,-,k W: it r F ,r :I 2nd YMr Orsk Policy Fis€el Floor Cord,Conc, Enrolled Vetoed Cnnpttrcd
Location: 09/14/2023 - Assembly 2 YEAR
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Summary: Current law requires the State Public Health Officer to establish rules and regulations establishing minimum
standards for organized camps, defined as a site with a program and facilities established for the primary purposes of providing
an outdoor group living experience with social, spiritual, educational, or recreational objectives, for 5 days or more during one
or more seasons of the year, except as specified. This bill would require the State Department of Social Services to convene
and consult with a stakeholder group on children's camp safety. The bill would require the stakeholder group to be composed
of representatives of designated state entities, including, but not limited to, the State Department of Public Health and the State
Department of Education, and other stakeholders, such as parent advocate groups, children's advocates and safety groups,
and local parks and health departments. The bill would require the department, following consultation with the stakeholder
group, and within 24 months after funds are appropriated, to submit its recommendations in a report to the Legislature, as
specified. The bill would require the recommendations to address, among other things, a definition for a children's camp, child
supervision requirements, requirements for camp licensure and regulation, and the government agency or agencies necessary
to establish and enforce rules and regulations relating to children's camps, as specified. The bill would require the report to
include costs estimates for implementation of the recommendations included in the report. (Based on 09/01/2023 text)
AB 440 (Wicks, D) Density Bonus Law: maximum allowable residential density.
Status: 09/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/6/2023)(May be
acted upon Jan 2024)
1st Hau 2nd House
Desk Roney Fiscal Flour Desk Rolk:y Fiscal idd Yiir Cod.Ca E-AW Vetoed Cncptrn,l
Location: 09/14/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: Current law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to provide a developer
that proposes a housing development within the city or county with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions, as
specified, if the developer agrees to construct certain types of housing. Current law provides for the calculation of the amount
of density bonus for each type of housing development that qualifies under these provisions. Current law defines the term
"density bonus" for these purposes to mean a density increase over the otherwise maximum allowable gross residential density
as of the date of the application, as described. Current law defines the term "maximum allowable residential density" for these
purposes to mean the maximum number of units allowed under the zoning ordinance, specific plan, or land use element of the
general plan, or, if a range of density is permitted, the maximum number of units allowed by the specific zoning range, specific
plan, or land use element of the general plan applicable to the project. Current law provides under that definition that if the
density allowed under the zoning ordinance is inconsistent with the density allowed under the land use element of the general
plan or specific plan, the greater density prevails. This bill would instead define "maximum allowable residential density" to
mean the greatest number of units allowed under the zoning ordinance, specific plan, or land use element of the general plan,
or, if a range of density is permitted, the greatest number of units allowed by the specific zoning range, specific plan, or land
use element of the general plan applicable to the project. (Based on 03/30/2023 text)
AB 453 (Cervantes, D) District -based elections.
Status: 07/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was E. & C.A. on 5/10/2023)(May be acted
upon Jan 2024)
1st Heu 2nd HowS
Desk Fahey Frrnl Flppr Desk 2nd Yp Fiscal Flppr Cod.Conc. I-Al.d Vetoed Chapbr d
Location: 07/14/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: Current law requires a political subdivision that changes from an at -large method of election to a district -based
election, or that establishes district -based elections, to perform various actions before a public hearing at which it votes upon
an ordinance establishing district -based elections. Among these actions, the political subdivision must hold at least 2 public
hearings before drawing a draft map of the proposed boundaries and at least 2 public hearings after all maps are drawn,
and invite the public's input at these hearings. This bill would require a public hearing concerning district -based elections,
as described above, that is consolidated with a meeting of the governing body of the political subdivision that includes other
substantive agenda items, to begin at a fixed time regardless of its order on the agenda. The bill would require the governing
body to provide notice of the hearing to the public. (Based on 02/06/2023 text)
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AB 460 (Bauer -Kahan, D) State Water Resources Control Board: water rights and usage: interim relief: procedures.
Status: 07/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was N.R. & W. on 6/7/2023)(May be acted
upon Jan 2024)
1st HWse 2nd Huse
Peck Polity Fatal Flour 9es1, 2nd Yh Fiscal Flppr Cocd,CpncEnrolled Vetoed Chapbered
Location: 07/14/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: Current law authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to investigate all streams, stream systems,
lakes, or other bodies of water, take testimony relating to the rights to water or the use of water, and ascertain whether water
filed upon or attempted to be appropriated is appropriated under the laws of the state. Current law requires the board to take
appropriate actions to prevent waste or the unreasonable use of water. This bill would authorize the board, in conducting
specified investigations or proceedings to inspect the property or facilities of a person or entity, as specified. The bill would
authorize the board, if consent is denied for an inspection, to obtain an inspection warrant, as specified, or in the event of an
emergency affecting public health and safety, to conduct an inspection without consent or a warrant. (Based on 05/18/2023
text)
AB 573 (Garcia. D) Organic waste: meeting recovered organic waste product procurement targets.
Status: 09/01/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/14/2023)
(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
1st Hdl5e 2nd House
Desk Polity Fiscal Floor Desk puliw 2nd /Vgar Floor Co-Kor,c, Enrolled Vetoed Chpptered
Location: 09/01/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: Current law requires the State Air Resources Board to approve and begin implementing a comprehensive
short-lived climate pollutant strategy to achieve a certain reduction in statewide emissions of methane, including a goal of a
75% reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025. Current law requires the
Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations to achieve these
organic waste reduction goals, that provide for, among other things, the calculation by the department of recovered organic
waste product procurement targets for each local jurisdiction, and that may include penalties to be imposed by the department
for noncompliance. This bill would require the department, for purposes of those regulations, to allow a local jurisdiction,
until December 1, 2031, in procuring recovered organic waste products to meet the target procurement requirements, to use
California -derived recovered organic waste that the local jurisdiction sends for processing at a facility or operation outside of
the state that meets certain conditions, as provided. (Based on 07/13/2023 text)
Position: Support
AB 799 (Rivas, Luz, D) Homelessness: financing plan.
Status: 09/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/12/2023)(May be
acted upon Jan 2024)
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy Fscal Fluor Gesk Polley Fscal 20d 'hir Cocd.Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Ch,pbcred
Location: 09/14/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: Would require the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, in collaboration with continuums of care,
counties, and big cities, as defined, and other stakeholders, to establish and regularly update a financing plan to solve
homelessness by the year 2035. The bill would require the council to establish and update statewide performance metrics
to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in homelessness and to increase successful exits from homelessness to permanent
housing by updating the Statewide Action Plan for Preventing and Ending Homelessness in California, no later than January 1
2025, and would require the council to publish these goals on its internet website, as specified. (Based on 09/01/2023 text)
AB 817 (Pacheco. D) Open meetings: teleconferencing: subsidiary body.
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Status: 01/25/2024 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 8.) In Senate. Read first time. To Com.
on RLS. for assignment.
1st House 2nd Heise
01
Desk Polity FKt6l Flour D"k Pullcy Fiscal Floor Co.d,Co Enrolled Vetoed Ul pbered
Location: 01/25/2024 - Senate Rules
Summary: The Ralph M. Brown Act requires, with specified exceptions, each legislative body of a local agency to provide
notice of the time and place for its regular meetings and an agenda containing a brief general description of each item of
business to be transacted. The act also requires that all meetings of a legislative body be open and public, and that all
persons be permitted to attend unless a closed session is authorized. The act generally requires for teleconferencing that the
legislative body of a local agency that elects to use teleconferencing post agendas at all teleconference locations, identify
each teleconference location in the notice and agenda of the meeting or proceeding, and have each teleconference location
be accessible to the public. Existing law also requires that, during the teleconference, at least a quorum of the members of
the legislative body participate from locations within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises
jurisdiction. Current law authorizes the legislative body of a local agency to use alternate teleconferencing provisions during
a proclaimed state of emergency (emergency provisions) and, until January 1, 2026, in certain circumstances related to the
particular member if at least a quorum of its members participate from a singular physical location that is open to the public and
situated within the agency's jurisdiction and other requirements are met (nonemergency provisions). This bill, until January 1,
2026, would authorize a subsidiary body, as defined, to use similar alternative teleconferencing provisions and would impose
requirements for notice, agenda, and public participation, as prescribed. In order to use teleconferencing pursuant to this act,
the bill would require the legislative body that established the subsidiary body by charter, ordinance, resolution, or other formal
action to make specified findings by majority vote, before the subsidiary body uses teleconferencing for the first time and every
12 months thereafter. (Based on 01/17/2024 text)
AB 863 (Aguiar-Curry, D) Carpet recycling: carpet stewardship organizations: fines: succession: training.
Status: 09/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/11/2023)(May be
acted upon Jan 2024)
1st Heise 2nd House
Desk Polity Fire& FI06r 065k P61ity Fiscal ind Yh Co.d.Co Enrolled Vetoed Chwbe d
Location: 09/14/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: Current law requires a manufacturer of carpets sold in this state to submit, either individually or through a carpet
stewardship organization, a carpet stewardship plan that meets specified requirements to the Department of Resources
Recycling and Recovery. Current law imposes a carpet stewardship assessment per unit of carpet sold in the state that is
remitted to the carpet stewardship organization and may be expended to carry out the organization's carpet stewardship plan.
Current law requires the carpet stewardship plan to provide sufficient funding to carry out the plan, including for grants to
state -approved apprenticeship programs for training apprentice and journey -level carpet installers in proper carpet recycling
practices. Current law requires a carpet stewardship organization to include in the plan a description of the process by which
the carpet stewardship organization will transfer assessment funds to a successor carpet stewardship organization in the
event that should become necessary. Current law requires a carpet stewardship organization in possession of assessment
funds to, as directed by the department, transfer those funds to a successor carpet stewardship organization with an approved
plan. Existing law authorizes the department to administratively impose civil penalties on any person who is in violation of any
provision of the carpet stewardship laws, of up to $5,000 per day or $10,000 per day if the violation is intentional, knowing, or
negligent. This bill would amend those penalties to $10,000 per day or $50,000 per day if the violation is intentional, knowing,
or reckless. (Based on 07/06/2023 text)
AB 930 (Friedman, D) Local government: Reinvestment in Infrastructure for a Sustainable and Equitable California (RISE) districts.
Status: 01/29/2024 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 16.) In Senate. Read first time. To Com.
on RLS. for assignment.
1st House 2nd House
Desk Polity FKt6l Floor DeSk Pulley Fiscal Floor Co.d,Co Enrolled Vetoed Uh ptered
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Summary: Would authorize the legislative bodies of 2 or more cities or counties to jointly form a Reinvestment in Infrastructure
for a Sustainable and Equitable California district (RISE district) in accordance with specified procedures. The bill would
authorize a special district to join a RISE district, by resolution, as specified. The bill would require the Office of Planning
and Research (OPR) to develop guidelines for the formation of RISE districts no later than November 30, 2026. The bill
would provide for the establishment of a governing board of a RISE district with representatives of each participating local
government. (Based on 01/22/2024 text)
AB 972 (Maienschein. D) Local Assistance and Grant Program Streamlining Workgroup.
Status: 09/01/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 7/10/2023)
(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
1A Manse 2nd House
• i s 00J--�--�
Peak Policy Fisebl Floor Desk Pnl.:y Ind War Floor CordConc, Enrolled Vetoed Chnpbered
Location: 09/01/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: Current law establishes the Office of Planning and Research in the Governor's office for the purpose of serving
the Governor and the Governor's cabinet as staff for long-range planning and research and constituting the comprehensive
state planning agency. This bill would require the Office of Planning and Research, in consultation with the League of California
Cities, the California State Association of Counties, and the California Special Districts Association, to convene a statewide,
cross -agency Local Assistance and Grant Program Streamlining Workgroup, no later than January 1, 2025, to centralize local
assistance and develop a coordinated system to manage available state and federal funding to deliver the maximum number
of projects as efficiently as possible. The bill would require the Office of Planning and Research to appoint the workgroup
members, as specified. The bill would require the workgroup to develop a report that includes the workgroup's findings, plans,
and recommendations for short-term, medium -term, and long-term goals, as specified, no later than June 30, 2026. (Based on
06/29/2023 text)
AB 1034 (Wilson, D) Law enforcement: facial recognition and other biometric surveillance.
Status: 09/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/11/2023)(May be
acted upon Jan 2024)
1st Meuse 2nd House
pcsk Poliry Fsral Floor Desk Policy Racal ind Yaa,Co d.Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbrrrd
Location: 09/14/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: 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. The bill would
authorize a person to bring an action for equitable or declaratory relief against a law enforcement agency or officer who violates
that prohibition. (Based on 05/01/2023 text)
AB 1082 (Kalra, D) Authority to remove vehicles.
Status: 09/01/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/28/2023)
(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
1st House 2nd FR%lm
Desk Polity Fi3cel Floor 06tk Policy Ind War Floor Cod.Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbered
Location: 09/01/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: Current law authorizes a peace officer and specified public employees, as an alternative to removal of a vehicle, to
immobilize the vehicle with a device designed and manufactured for that purpose, if, among other circumstances, the vehicle
is found upon a highway or public lands by the peace officer or employee and it is known to have been issued 5 or more
notices of parking violations that are delinquent because the owner or person in control of the vehicle has not responded to the
appropriate agency within a designated time period. This bill would instead allow only an agent of public higher educational
institutions, including the University of California, California State University, and California Community Colleges, to remove or
immobilize a vehicle under those circumstances. The bill would limit the related authority to conduct a lien sale to cover towing
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and storage expenses to agents of public higher educational institutions, as specified. The bill would make various conforming
and technical changes. (Based on 08/14/2023 text)
Position: Oppose Unless Amended
AB 1168 (Bennett, D) Emergency medical services (EMS): prehospital EMS.
Status: 09/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/12/2023)(May be
acted upon Jan 2024)
1st House 2nd House
Desk Polity FMt61 Floor Desk Polity F 1 2nd WiAr Cord.Cvnc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapb—d
Location: 09/14/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: The Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act governs
local emergency medical services (EMS) systems and authorizes each county to develop an EMS program and designate
a local EMS agency. Current law requires a county to enter into a written agreement with a city or fire district that contracted
for or provided prehospital EMS as of June 1, 1980. Current law requires, until that written agreement is reached, prehospital
EMS to be continued at not less than the existing level and the administration of prehospital EMS by cities and fire districts
contracting for or providing those services as of June 1, 1980, to be retained by those cities and fire districts. This bill would
require a city to be treated as if it had retained its authorities regarding, and the administration of, prehospital EMS if specified
requirements are met. (Based on 07/13/2023 text)
AB 1176 (Zbur, D) General plans: Local Electrification Planning Act.
Status: 07/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was GOV. & F. on 6/14/2023)(May be acted
upon Jan 2024)
15t House 2nd Hoke
�Y�� �rti rti r-, rti
r1CSk Fylir, F... !1-1,:::A-3 and Yovr Fis<al Floor CwACo c. Enrolled Vetoed C"pbCrcd
Location: 07/14/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a comprehensive general plan for the city's or
county's physical development that includes various elements, including, among others, a land use element that designates the
proposed general distribution and general location and extent of the uses of the land in specified categories, and a circulation
element that identifies the location and extent of existing and proposed major thoroughfares, transportation routes, terminals,
any military airports and ports, and other local public utilities and facilities, as specified. This bill, the Local Electrification
Planning Act, would require a city, county, or city and county to prepare and adopt a specified plan, or otherwise integrate
a plan into the general plan, that, among other things, identifies opportunities to expand electric vehicle charging to meet
the needs of the city's, county's, or city and county's current and future visitors, residents, and businesses, and includes
policies and implementation measures that address the needs of disadvantaged communities, low-income households, and
small businesses for investments in zero -emission technologies that directly benefit these groups, as specified. (Based on
05/26/2023 text)
AB 1297 (Quirk -Silva, D) Public restrooms.
Status: 09/01/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 7/10/2023)
(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
1sl Hause 2nd House
Desk Policy Fscel Flour Desk Polity 2nd Wor Floor Co-K, c, Enrolled Vetoed appoered
Location: 09/01/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: Current law requires every public agency, as defined, that conducts an establishment serving the public or open
to the public and that maintains restroom facilities for the public, to make every water closet available without cost or charge,
as provided. Current law also requires publicly and privately owned facilities where the public congregates to be equipped
with sufficient temporary or permanent restrooms to meet the needs of the public at peak hours. This bill would require each
local government, as defined, to complete an inventory of public restrooms owned and maintained by the local government,
either directly or by contract, that are available to the general population in its jurisdiction by July 1, 2024. The bill would require
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local governments to report their findings to the State Department of Public Health, which would be required to compile the
information and to report the availability of public restrooms to the Legislature by March 1, 2025, as specified. (Based on
06/21 /2023 text)
AB 1318 (Rivas, Luz, D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: residential projects.
Status: 07/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was E.Q. on 5/31/2023)(May be acted upon
Jan 2024)
1st House
2nd House
Desk Polity FMt6l Floor Desk NO 74ar Fatal Floor Cod.Co.rc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapb—d
Location: 07/14/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be
prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve
that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not
have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a
significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial
evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment.This bill would expand the exemption
by increasing the size of a residential project that would qualify for the exemption to include a project of not more than 5 acres
in total area. The bill would require a lead agency approving an exempt residential project on an urbanized infill site to file a
notice of exemption with the Office of Planning and Research, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws. (Based on 02/16/2023 text)
AB 1567 (Garcia. D) Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparation, Flood Protection, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Clean
Energy, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2024.
Status: 06/14/2023 - Referred to Corns. on N.R. & W. and GOV. & F.
lst House 2nd 1/e
Desk polity Fiscal Flop, Desk ppfty Fatal Floot roM.{pnc. Enrpllad Vetoed I;hpptered
Location: 06/14/2023 - Senate Natural Resources and Water
Summary: Would enact the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparation, Flood Protection, Extreme Heat
Mitigation, Clean Energy, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2024, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the
issuance of bonds in the amount of $15,995,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects
for safe drinking water, wildfire prevention, drought preparation, flood protection, extreme heat mitigation, clean energy, and
workforce development programs. (Based on 05/26/2023 text)
AB 1657 (Wicks. D) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024.
Status: 03/04/2024 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re -refer to committee. Read second time,
amended, and re -referred to Com. on APPR.
IA reuse 2nd House
Desk Polity Fisc61 Floor Desk Policy Fii ml Floor CordCom, Enrolled Vetoed Chnptersd
Location: 03/04/2024 - Senate Appropriations
Summary: Current law authorizes the issuance of bonds in specified amounts pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond
Law and requires that proceeds from the sale of these bonds be used to finance various existing housing programs, capital
outlay related to infill development, brownfield cleanup that promotes infill development, and housing -related parks. This bill
would enact the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024, which, if adopted, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount
of $10,000,000,000 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, including, among others, the Multifamily
Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program. This bill would provide
for submission of the bond act to the voters at the March 5, 2024, statewide general election in accordance with specified
law. (Based on 03/04/2024 text)
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AB 1773 (Dixon, R) Vehicles: electric bicycles.
Status: 02/26/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on TRANS.
1st House 2nd House
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Desk Policy p5cdl Flop, QrSk Ppli" Fiupl Floor ConfConc, Enrolled Vetoed q;lhaptered
Location: 01/16/2024 - Assembly Transportation
Summary: Current law prohibits the use of a motorized bicycle on a bicycle path or trail, bikeway, bicycle lane, equestrian trial,
or hiking or recreational trail, as specified, unless the governing body of a local public agency, which has jurisdiction over the
path or trail, permits the operation. Current law authorizes a governing body of a local public agency, which has jurisdiction over
the path or trail, to prohibit the use of an electric bicycle on an equestrian trial, or hiking or recreational trail. A violation of the
Vehicle Code is a crime and a person convicted of an infraction for a violation of either the Vehicle Code or a local ordinance
adopted pursuant to the code is subject to a specified fine schedule, except as otherwise provided. This bill would clarify
that a recreational trail for these purposes includes a boardwalk, as defined, regardless of whether the facility also provides
bicycle access. Notwithstanding specified law, the bill would impose a fine, not to exceed $35, against a person convicted of an
infraction for a violation of an ordinance prohibiting or regulating electric bicycles on recreational trails. (Based on 02/22/2024
text)
AB 1845 (Alanis, R) Crimes: Grant program for identifying, apprehending, and prosecuting resale of stolen property.
Status: 02/22/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on PUB. S.
lsi Hdl5e 2nd House
Desk Pallk7 Fiscal Floor Vv5k PPIi" Fiscal Floor Conf.ConC, Enrolled Vetoed CHaptered
Location: 01/29/2024 - Assembly Public Safety
Summary: Current law establishes the Board of State and Community Corrections to provide statewide leadership,
coordination, and technical assistance to promote effective state and local efforts and partnerships in California's adult and
juvenile criminal justice system, as specified. Under current law, the board administers several grant programs, including a
mentally ill offender crime reduction grant program, a medication -assisted treatment grant program, and a violence intervention
and prevention grant program. This bill would, until January 1, 2030, create the Identifying, Apprehending, and Prosecuting
Resale of Stolen Property Grant Program to be administered by the board. The bill would require the board to award grants,
on a competitive basis, to county district attorneys' offices and law enforcement agencies, acting jointly to investigate and
prosecute receiving stolen goods crimes and criminal profiteering. The bill would require the board to prepare and submit a
report to the Legislature, as specified, regarding the impact of the grant program. The bill's provisions would be operative only
to the extent that funding is provided, by express reference, in the annual Budget Act or another statute. (Based on 02/21/2024
text)
AB 1889 (Friedman, D) General plan: wildlife connectivity element.
Status: 02/05/2024 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and W., P., & W.
15t House 2nd House
Desk Pcliry Fiscal Flppr rlesk Pnligy Fi:.s ,il Floor {nr1.[onc Fora Ird Vetoed Chnpterrd
Location: 02/05/2024 - Assembly Local Government
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of a city or county to adopt a comprehensive general
plan that includes various elements, including land use and housing elements, as specified. This bill would require a general
plan to include a wildlife connectivity element, or related goals, policies, and objectives integrated in other elements, that
considers the effect of development within the jurisdiction on fish, wildlife, and habitat connectivity, as specified. The bill would
require the wildlife connectivity element to, among other things, identify and analyze connectivity areas, permeability, and
natural landscape areas within the jurisdiction, incorporate and analyze specified guidelines and standards, incorporate and
analyze relevant information from specified sources, and incorporate and analyze relevant best available science. The bill
would require a city or county subject to these provisions to adopt or review the wildlife connectivity element, or related goals,
policies, and objectives integrated in other elements, upon the adoption or next revision of one or more elements on or after
January 1, 2025. (Based on 01/22/2024 text)
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AB 1893 (Wicks, D) Housing Accountability Act: housing disapprovals: required local findings.
Status: 02/05/2024 - Referred to Corns. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.
1st House 2nd House
Desk Paliry p5cC l Fluor Vv5k poli" FiSL l Floor Cpnf.{Onc. EnrvllCd Vetoed q;lhaptered
Location: 02/05/2024 - Assembly Housing and Community Development
Summary: The Housing Accountability Act, among other things, prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning
approval in a manner that renders infeasible, a housing development project for very low, low-, or moderate -income
households unless the local agency makes written findings as to one of certain sets of conditions, as specified. One set of
conditions is that (A) the jurisdiction has adopted a housing element that is in substantial compliance with the Housing Element
Law, and (B) the housing development project is inconsistent with both the jurisdiction's zoning ordinance and general plan
land use designation as specified in any element of the general plan as it existed on the date the application was deemed
complete. This bill would authorize a local agency to disapprove or conditionally approve a housing development project for
very low, low-, or moderate -income households if it makes a finding that (A) the local agency has failed to adopt a revised
housing element that is in substantial compliance with the Housing Element Law, (B) the housing development project is
proposed for a site zoned for residential use or residential mixed -use development, and (C) the housing development project
exceeds specified density requirements, has a density that is less than the minimum allowed by state or local law, or does not
meet objective standards quantifiable, written development standards, as specified. (Based on 01/23/2024 text)
AB 2023 (Quirk -Silva, D) Housing element substantial compliance: rebuttable presumptions.
Status: 02/12/2024 - Referred to Corns. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.
1st House 2nd House
6••.t Nlioy Fscal Fluor Desk Policy Fatal Floor Cod.Cooc. Enrolled Vetoed ChcpMred
Location: 02/12/2024 - Assembly Housing and Community Development
Summary: The Housing Element Law prescribes requirements for a city's or county's preparation of, and compliance with, its
housing element, and requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to review and determine whether the
housing element substantially complies with the Housing Element Law, as specified. Current law also requires the department
to review any action or failure to act by a city, county, or city and county that it determines is inconsistent with an adopted
housing element and requires the department to provide a reasonable time no longer than 30 days for the city, county, or city
and county to respond. Current law creates a rebuttable presumption in any action filed on or after January 1, 1991, taken to
challenge the validity of a housing element of the validity of the element or amendment if the department has found that the
element or amendment substantially complies with the requirements of the Housing Element Law. This bill would create a
rebuttable presumption of invalidity in any legal action challenging an action or failure to act by a city, county, or city and county
if the department finds that the city, county, or city and county's action or failure to act does not substantially comply with its
adopted housing element or specified obligations under the Housing Element Law. (Based on 01/31/2024 text)
AB 2085 (Bauer -Kahan. D) Planning and zoning: ministerial approval: community clinic.
Status: 03/04/2024 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and NAT. RES.
lsi House 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiscel Floor Desk Policy Fscal Floor Conf,Co c, Enrolled Vetoed CHaptered
Location: 03/04/2024 - Assembly Local Government
Summary: Would authorize a development proponent to submit to a local agency an application for a licensed community
clinic that is located in a zone where office, retail, health care, or parking are a principally permitted use. The bill would make
the development subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process where the development is not subject to a conditional
use permit or any other nonlegislative discretionary approval, as described. The bill would provide that a development eligible
for approval pursuant to this process is not a "project" for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), thereby
expanding the exemption for ministerial approval of projects under CEQA. By establishing the streamlined, ministerial approval
process for these developments, the bill would impose a state -mandated local program. (Based on 02/05/2024 text)
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AB 2089 (Holden, D) Local government: collection of demographic data.
Status: 02/06/2024 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
lst House 2nd House
P"k Polity FStal Floor Pcsk Ppli" Fiscal Floor Co..K&ic. Enrolled Vetoed CHPpbered
Location: 02/05/2024 - Assembly PRINT
Summary: Current law requires the State Controller's Office, to the extent the office has completed the functionality
necessary, and the Department of Human Resources, when collecting demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of
Californians hired into state employment, to use additional collection categories and tabulations for specified Black or African
American groups. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2026, require a city, county, or city and county, when collecting
demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of persons, to include the additional collection categories and tabulations
for specified Black or African American groups, as described above. (Based on 02/05/2024 text)
AB 2091 (Grayson, D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: public access: nonmotorized recreation.
Status: 03/19/2024 - VOTE: Do pass as amended and be re -referred to the Committee on [Water, Parks, and Wildlife] (PASS)
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy Fisc61 Floor Desk Policy Focal Floor Co.d,Co.rc, Enrolled Vetoed Chapbered
Location: 03/19/2024 - Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife
Summary: Would exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) a change in use to allow public access, as
provided, for nonmotorized recreation, as defined, in areas acquired for open space or park purposes. The bill would require
the lead agency, if the lead agency determines that an activity is not subject to CEQA pursuant to this provision and determines
to approve or carry out the activity, to file a notice with the State Clearinghouse in the Office of Planning and Research and with
the county clerk of the county in which the land is located, as provided. By imposing duties on public agencies related to the
exemption, this bill would create a state -mandated local program. (Based on 02/28/2024 text)
AB 2199 (Berman, D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: residential or mixed -use housing projects.
Status: 03/19/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
1st H—s. 2ntl House
Nr—
pork Polity Fiscal Floor C—k Poliey pi —I Floor C.W..Co.rc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbtred
Location: 03/18/2024 - Assembly Natural Resources
Summary: Current law, until January 1, 2025, exempts from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) residential or
mixed -use housing projects, as defined, located in unincorporated areas of a county meeting certain requirements. Current
law requires a lead agency, if the lead agency determines that a residential or mixed -use housing project qualifies for this
exemption from CEQA and determines to approve or carry out the project, to file a notice of exemption with the Office of
Planning and Research and the county clerk in the county in which the project is located. This bill would extend the operation of
that exemption indefinitely. By also extending indefinitely the requirement on a lead agency to determine the applicability of the
exemption and to file a notice of exemption with the office and the county clerk, this bill would impose a state -mandated local
program. (Based on 03/18/2024 text)
AB 2243 (Wicks, D) Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022: objective standards and affordability and site criteria.
Status: 03/19/2024 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re -refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read
second time and amended.
15t House 2no House
Desk Pcliry Fiscal Floor DCsk Policy Fixel Floor ConKorc. Enrolled Veoed ClapbrrCd
Location: 03/18/2024 - Assembly Housing and Community Development
Summary: The Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022, until January 1, 2033, authorizes a development
proponent to submit an application for an affordable housing development or a mixed -income housing development that meets
specified objective standards and affordability and site criteria, including being located within a zone where office, retail, or
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parking are a principally permitted use. The act makes a development that meets those objective standards and affordability
and site criteria a use by right and subject to one of 2 streamlined, ministerial review processes depending on, among other
things, the affordability requirements applicable to the project. This bill would make various changes to the objective standards
and affordability and site criteria applicable to an affordable housing development or mixed -income housing development
subject to the streamlined, ministerial review process under the act. (Based on 03/19/2024 text)
AB 2283 (Pacheco, D) Public Records: employee personnel records: notice.
Status: 02/26/2024 - Referred to Com. on JUD.
1st H"Se 2nd House
r,.,k Paliry PyruI FIVVr OVC k PpliSy Frtpl Floor Co f.C{ nc. Enrolled Vetoed 1;lhAptercd
Location: 02/26/2024 - Assembly Judiciary
Summary: Would require a public agency that receives a request for the personnel records of one of the public agency's
employees to provide written notice, as prescribed, to the employee within 48 hours of receipt of the request if specified
conditions are met. By imposing new duties on local agencies, this bill would impose a state -mandated local program. (Based
on 02/08/2024 text)
AB 2285 (Rendon, D) Environmental protection: 30x30 goal: urban nature -based investments: parity.
Status: 03/19/2024 - VOTE: Do pass as amended and be re -referred to the Committee on [Water, Parks, and Wildlife] (PASS)
1st Nurse 2nd House
0-
I]syk Pnliry P-1 Fl—r tlrsk Pnli�y Fim"', Floor Cor KQn, Enrolled Velucd fhnpterrd
Location: 03/19/2024 - Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife
Summary: By Executive Order No. N-82-20, Governor Gavin Newsom directed the Natural Resources Agency to combat the
biodiversity and climate crises by, among other things, establishing the California Biodiversity Collaborative and conserving at
least 30% of the state's lands and coastal waters by 2030. Current law requires the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency
to prepare and submit, on or before March 31, 2024, and annually thereafter, a report to the Legislature on the progress made
in the prior calendar year toward achieving the goal to conserve 30% of California's lands and coastal waters by 2030. Current
law provides that it is the goal of the state to conserve at least 30% of California's lands and coastal waters by 2030, known
as the 30x30 goal. This bill would encourage the Governor's office, state agencies, and the Legislature, when distributing
resources towards conservation and restoration goals during future budgetary deliberations, to ensure parity in allocations
toward urban nature -based investments. The bill would provide that ensuring parity in allocations toward urban nature -based
investments shall include consideration of, among other things, higher land value acquisition and development costs per acre,
the acute health needs of a local population due to historic lack of greenspace access and development externalities, local park
needs assessment plans, and the availability of mobility options near a proposed land conservation site. (Based on 03/11/2024
text)
AB 2290 (Friedman. D) Transportation: Class III bikeways: bicycle facilities: Bikeway Quick -Build Project Pilot Program.
Status: 02/26/2024 - Referred to Com. on TRANS.
1st Haase 2nd Ho—
"'. 'i, Paliry F—I Fl—r !7rsk POky pik"d Floor C.W..Cv Enrolled Vetoed aJ p[c d
Location: 02/26/2024 - Assembly Transportation
Summary: Current law requires the California Transportation Commission to develop guidelines and project selection criteria
for the Active Transportation Program, as provided. Current law establishes 4 classifications of bikeways and defines a "Class
III bikeway" as a bikeway that provides a right-of-way on -street or off-street, designated by signs or permanent markings and
shared with pedestrians and motorists. This bill would prohibit the allocation of Active Transportation Program funds for a
project that creates a Class III bikeway unless the project is on a residential street with a posted speed limit of 20 miles per
hour or less. (Based on 02/12/2024 text)
AB 2302 (Addis, D) Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences.
Status: 02/26/2024 - Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
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Desk Policy Fiscal Fl—, D,k Policy Fiscal Floor Cwd.Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbr d
Location: 02/26/2024 - Assembly Local Government
Summary: The Ralph M. Brown Act generally requires for teleconferencing that the legislative body of a local agency that
elects to use teleconferencing post agendas at all teleconference locations, identify each teleconference location in the notice
and agenda of the meeting or proceeding, and have each teleconference location be accessible to the public. Current law also
requires that, during the teleconference, at least a quorum of the members of the legislative body participate from locations
within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction. The act provides an exemption to the
jurisdictional requirement for health authorities, as defined. Current law, until January 1, 2026, authorizes the legislative body
of a local agency to use alternative teleconferencing in specified circumstances if, during the teleconference meeting, at least
a quorum of the members of the legislative body participates in person from a singular physical location clearly identified on
the agenda that is open to the public and situated within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises
jurisdiction, and the legislative body complies with prescribed requirements. Current law imposes prescribed restrictions on
remote participation by a member under these alternative teleconferencing provisions, including establishing limits on the
number of meetings a member may participate in solely by teleconference from a remote location, prohibiting such participation
for a period of more than 3 consecutive months or 20% of the regular meetings for the local agency within a calendar year, or
more than 2 meetings if the legislative body regularly meets fewer than 10 times per calendar year. This bill would revise those
limits, instead prohibiting such participation for more than a specified number of meetings per year, based on how frequently
the legislative body regularly meets. (Based on 02/12/2024 text)
AB 2309 (Muratsuchi, D) City attorney: state law: misdemeanor.
Status: 02/26/2024 - Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
19e House 2nd House
� r
rl,--,k Fgliry Fiscal Floor Dv5k Policy Fi nl Floor CwACor,c, Enrolled Vetoed appbered
Location: 02/26/2024 - Assembly Public Safety
Summary: Current law authorizes the city attorney of any general law city or chartered city to, with the consent of the district
attorney of that county, prosecute any misdemeanor committed within the city arising out of violation of state law, as specified.
This bill would remove the above -described consent requirement and, instead, authorize the city attorney of any general law
city or chartered city to prosecute any misdemeanor committed within the city arising out of violation of state law. (Based on
02/12/2024 text)
AB 2338 (Jones -Sawyer, D) Statewide Homelessness Coordinator.
Status: 03/13/2024 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
1st Haase 2nd House
%r__
Dcsk Paliry Fiscal Fl— [lesk policy Fi;cal Floor C-147—c Enrurlyd Vetoed aapWred
Location: 03/04/2024 - Assembly Housing and Community Development
Summary: Current law requires the Interagency Council on Homelessness to, among other things, identify mainstream
resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California and promote systems
integration to increase efficiency and effectiveness to address the needs of people experiencing homelessness. This bill would
require the Governor to appoint a Statewide Homelessness Coordinator, within the Governor's office, to serve as the lead
person for ending homelessness in California. This bill would require the coordinator to perform prescribed duties, including,
among others, identifying a local leader in each relevant city, county, city and county, or other jurisdiction to serve as a liaison
between the coordinator and that jurisdiction, overseeing homelessness programs, services, data, and policies between
federal, state, and local agencies, coordinating the timing of release of funds and applications for funding for housing and
housing -based services impacting Californians experiencing homelessness, and, in collaboration with local leaders, providing
annual recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor, as specified. (Based on 03/04/2024 text)
AB 2346 (Lee, D) Organic waste reduction regulations: procurement of recovered organic waste products.
Status: 02/26/2024 - Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
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Desk Fn.IKY F--61 Fl—r prsk Policy R-1 Flppr Cwd.Ca I-Aled Vetoed Chi pbc d
Location: 02/26/2024 - Assembly Natural Resources
Summary: Current law requires the State Air Resources Board to complete, approve, and implement a comprehensive
strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in the state to reduce the statewide methane emissions by 40%
below 2013 levels by 2030. Current law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with
the state board, to adopt regulations that achieve specified targets for reducing organic waste in landfills, as provided. The
department's organic waste regulations require local jurisdictions to annually procure a quantity of recovered organic waste
products and to comply with their procurement targets by directly procuring recovered organic waste products for use or
giveaway or by requiring, through a written agreement, that a direct service provider to the jurisdiction procure recovered
organic waste products, or both. Those regulations specify the types of recovered organic waste products that a jurisdiction
may procure, including compost that is produced at a compostable material handling operation or facility, or a specified
digestion facility that composts onsite. Other regulations of the department require all compostable materials handling activities
to obtain a facility permit from the department prior to commencing operations and meet other specified requirements, but
exclude from those requirements certain activities that the regulations state do not constitute a compostable material handling
operation or facility, including the composting of green material, agricultural material, food material, and vegetative food
material, and the handling of compostable materials under certain conditions, as provided. This bill would authorize local
jurisdictions to be credited for the procurement of recovered organic waste products through an agreement with a direct service
provider, as defined, and would allow the direct service provider agreement to include the procurement of recovered organic
waste products on a prospective or retrospective basis as long as the purchase of those products occurs during the year for
which the local jurisdiction seeks credit. (Based on 02/12/2024 text)
AB 2384 (Wilson, D) Public swimming pools: emergency telephones.
Status: 02/26/2024 - Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
1st House 2nd House
Desk rl iky F—I FI—, prsk p0i,y pi —I Flppr C.W..C—,. Enrolled Vetoed Ch,pbc d
Location: 02/26/2024 - Assembly Health
Summary: Current law requires the State Department of Public Health to adopt and enforce regulations relating to public
swimming pools. Existing law provides various building and safety standards for public swimming pools, as defined. Current
law requires that every person or entity operating or maintaining a public swimming pool do so in a sanitary, healthful, and safe
manner. Current law requires county health officers to enforce department regulations and authorizes a county health officer or
any department inspector to enter the premises of a public swimming pool and investigate for violations, as specified. This bill
would require a person or entity that owns or maintains a public swimming pool, as defined, to ensure that there is an operating
telephone on or adjacent to the pool deck, available for emergency use, at all times. (Based on 02/12/2024 text)
AB 2427 (McCarty, D) Electric vehicle charging stations: permitting: curbside charging.
Status: 03/04/2024 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and TRANS.
lst House 2nd House
rJ••,k Poliry Fy 1 FI—r 01 ,k PWIi y Fir", Flppr C.-iC — Enrolled Vetoed G+apbr d
Location: 03/04/2024 - Assembly Local Government
Summary: Current law continues into existence the zero -emission vehicle (ZEV) division within GO -Biz as the Zero -Emission
Vehicle Market Development Office. Current law references GO-Biz's Electric Vehicle Charging Station Permitting Guidebook,
which recommends best practices for electric vehicle supply equipment permitting. This bill would require the office to develop
a model permitting checklist, model zoning ordinances, and best practices for permit costs and permit review timelines to help
local governments permit curbside charging stations as part of the office's development of the Electric Vehicle Charging Station
Permitting Guidebook or any subsequent updates. The bill would also require the office to consult with local governments,
electric vehicle service providers, and utilities while developing the above -described materials. (Based on 02/13/2024 text)
AB 2430 (Alvarez. D) Planning and zoning: density bonuses: monitoring fees.
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Status: 02/26/2024 - Referred to Corns. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy Fscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.Co c. Enrolled Vetoed Chplotered
Location: 02/26/2024 - Assembly Housing and Community Development
Summary: Current law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city, county, or city and county to provide
a developer that proposes a housing development within the city or county with a density bonus, waivers or reductions of
development standards, parking ratios, and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct
certain types of housing, including a housing development in which 100% of the units are for lower income households, except
that up to 20% of the units in the development may be for moderate -income households, as specified. This bill would prohibit
a city, county, or city and county from charging a monitoring fee, as defined, on those types of housing developments if certain
conditions are met. The bill would provide that, beginning on January 1, 2025, any housing development that is currently
placed in service, is subject to monitoring fees, and meets those conditions shall no longer be subject to those fees. (Based on
02/13/2024 text)
AB 2439 (Quirk -Silva. D) Public records: owners and developers.
Status: 03/13/2024 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Calendar: 04/02/24 A -JUDICIARY 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 KALRA, ASH, Chair
1st House 2nd House
0—
Desk Paligr Focal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Co ACo c, Enrolled Vetoed appWud
Location: 02/26/2024 - Assembly Judiciary
Summary: The California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies, as defined, to make their records available
for public inspection, unless an exemption from disclosure applies. Current law declares that access to information concerning
the conduct of the people's business is a fundamental and necessary right of every person in this state. Current law requires
specified state and local bodies to establish written guidelines for accessibility of records. Current law requires the state and
local bodies to post a copy of these guidelines in a conspicuous public place at the offices of these bodies, and to make
available a copy of the guidelines upon request, free of charge, to any person requesting that body's records. This bill would
additionally require an owner, developer, or their agents who receives public funds or the equivalent of public funds from a
public agency to perform a public works project, as defined, to be subject to the act in connection with records that it prepares,
owns, uses, or retains relating to that public works project. The bill would require the owner, developer, or their agents to
establish written guidelines for accessibility of records. (Based on 02/13/2024 text)
AB 2485 (Carrillo, Juan, D) Regional housing need: determination.
Status: 03/19/2024 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re -refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read
second time and amended.
1st Haase 2nd House
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DEsk PaIigy Fiseal Flo r Desk Polley Fixal Floor CMd.CA c. Enrolled Vetoed ChapEered
Location: 03/18/2024 - Assembly Housing and Community Development
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan
for the physical development of the county or city, which includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element.
That law requires, for the 4th and subsequent revisions of the housing element, the Department of Housing and Community
Development (department) to determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region, as specified. That law
requires the department, in consultation with the council of governments, to determine the existing and projected need of
housing for each region in a specified manner. That law requires the department's determination to be based upon population
projections produced by the Department of Finance, as specified. That law also requires the department to meet and consult
with the council of governments regarding the assumptions and methodologies to be used to determine each region's housing
need and requires the council of governments to provide data assumptions from the council of governments' projections,
as specified. That law authorizes the department to accept or reject the information provided by the council of governments
and, after consultation with each council of governments, to make determinations on the council of governments' data
assumptions and the methodology the department will use to determine each region's housing need. That law requires the
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department to provide its determinations to each council of governments, as specified. This bill would require the department
to publish on its internet website the data sources, analyses, and methodology, as specified, prior to finalization of the regional
determination. (Based on 03/19/2024 text)
AB 2488 (Ting, D) Downtown revitalization and economic recovery financing districts.
Status: 03/19/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on L. GOV.
1A Meuse 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiscel Floor Dcsk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf Cone Enrolled Vetoed CMaptersd
Location: 03/18/2024 - Assembly Local Government
Summary: Current law authorizes the legislative body of a city or a county to establish an enhanced infrastructure financing
district to finance public capital facilities or other specified projects of communitywide significance, including the acquisition,
construction, or rehabilitation of housing for persons of very low, low, and moderate income. Current law requires the legislative
body to establish a public financing authority, defined as the governing board of the enhanced infrastructure financing district,
at the same time the resolution to form an enhanced infrastructure district is adopted. Current law requires the public financing
authority to adopt an infrastructure financing plan that includes specified information, including a finding that the development
and financial assistance are of communitywide significance and provide significant benefits to an area larger than the area
of the district. This bill would authorize a local government to designate one or more downtown revitalization and economic
recovery financing districts for the purpose of financing office -to -residential conversion projects with incremental tax revenues
generated by office -to -residential conversion projects within the district. (Based on 03/18/2024 text)
AB 2553 (Friedman, D) Housing development: major transit stops: vehicular traffic impact fees.
Status: 02/15/2024 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
1A House 2nd House
Peak Policy Fi Scol Floor DCSk Policy Fiscal Floor Cw4.Co•+c• Enrolled Vetoed C"poercd
Location: 02/14/2024 - Assembly PRINT
Summary: The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exempts from its requirements residential projects on infill sites
and transit priority projects that meet certain requirements, including a requirement that the projects are located within 1/2 mile
of a major transit stop. CEQA defines "major transit stop" to include, among other locations, the intersection of 2 or more major
bus routes with a frequency of service interval of 15 minutes or less during the morning and afternoon peak commute periods.
This bill would revise the definition of "major transit stop" to increase the frequency of service interval to 20 minutes. The bill
would additionally define "major transit stop" to include a site in an urbanized area that is being served by an on -demand
transit service at least 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. Because the bill would require a lead agency to make an additional
determination as to whether a location is a major transit stop for purposes of determining whether residential or mixed -use
residential projects are exempt from CEQA, this bill would impose a state -mandated local program. (Based on 02/14/2024 text)
AB 2561 (McKinnor, D) Local public employees: vacant positions.
Status: 03/19/2024 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
1st House 2nd House
ri••.k Paliry Fiscel Floor Desk Pnli,y pi —I Floor Conf.Conc. Fnro Ird Vetoed Chapbcrcd
Location: 03/11/2024 - Assembly Public Employment and Retirement
Summary: Would require each public agency with bargaining unit vacancy rates exceeding 10% for more than 90 days within
the past 180 days to meet and confer with a representative of the recognized employee organization to produce, publish, and
implement a plan consisting of specified components to fill all vacant positions within the subsequent 180 days. The bill would
require the public agency to present this plan during a public hearing to the governing legislative body and to publish the plan
on its internet website for public review for at least one year. By imposing new duties on local public agencies, the bill would
impose a state -mandated local program. The bill would also include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a
matter of statewide concern. (Based on 03/11/2024 text)
AB 2574 (Valencia, D) Alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities.
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Status: 03/04/2024 - Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
1st M—e 2nd House
Desk Polity Fiscal Flour Dr k Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.CO c. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbered
Location: 03/04/2024 - Assembly Health
Summary: Current law requires an alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility that serves 6 or fewer persons
to be considered a residential use of property for the purposes of local regulations, regardless of whether or not unrelated
persons are living together. This bill would exempt an unlicensed home for persons recovering from alcoholism or drug abuse
in a neighborhood zoned for residential use from being considered a residential use of property when specified evidence
demonstrates that the facility is an integral part of a licensed drug treatment facility located elsewhere. (Based on 02/14/2024
text)
AB 2583 (Berman, D) School zones and walk zones.
Status: 03/13/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on TRANS.
1st Mouse 2nd House
rl+--,k Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Cord,Conc, Enrolled Vetoed Chnptcicil
Location: 03/11/2024 - Assembly Transportation
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of a city or county to adopt a comprehensive general
plan that includes various elements, including a circulation element to plan for transportation routes. This bill would require,
upon any substantive revision of the circulation element on or after January 1, 2025, the legislative body of a city or county,
to identify and establish school walk zones for all schools located within the scope of the general plan. The bill would define
a "school walk zone" to mean all roadways and sidewalks within1/2 mile in all directions of the boundary line of a school
grounds. (Based on 03/12/2024 text)
AB 2597 (Ward. D) General plans: housing elements: postentitlement phase permits.
Status: 03/04/2024 - Referred to Corns. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.
1st Mouse 2nd House
Desk Pnlicy F—I Floor Dr k Policy Fiscal Flour Co d.Cocrc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbr d
Location: 03/04/2024 - Assembly Housing and Community Development
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development within
its boundaries that includes, among other specified mandatory elements, a housing element. Current law requires the housing
element to contain an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints relevant to meeting these
needs. Current law requires the assessment and inventory to include, among other things, an analysis of potential and actual
governmental constraints upon the maintenance, improvement, or development of housing for all income levels. Current law
requires the analysis to include, among other things, local processing and permit procedures. Existing law requires a city or
county to complete a review of an application for a postentitlement phase permit to determine if an application is complete and
compliant and if to approve or deny an application, within certain time limits, as specified. Current law also requires a city or
county to provide an option for an applicant to apply for, and retrieve, a postentitlement phase permit on the city's or county's
internet website, as specified. This bill would require that the above -described analysis of governmental constraints included
in the housing element additionally include the number of applications for a postentitlement phase permit that did not meet the
above -described time limits and the progress of complying with the above -described internet website requirement (Based on
02/14/2024 text)
AB 2619 (Connolly. D) Net energy metering.
Status: 03/04/2024 - Referred to Com. on U. & E.
1st House 2nd House
Desk Pnlicy Fiscal Floor D-k Policy Focal Floor C.W..C—,. Enrolled Vended Ch,pbcred
Location: 03/04/2024 - Assembly Utilities and Energy
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Summary: Current law requires every electric utility, defined to include electrical corporations, local publicly owned
electric utilities, and electrical cooperatives, to develop a standard contract or tariff for net energy metering, as defined, for
generation by a renewable electrical generation facility, as defined, and to make this contract or tariff available to eligible
customer -generators, as defined, upon request on a first -come -first -served basis until the time that the total rated generating
capacity used by eligible customer generators exceeds 5% of the electric utility's aggregate customer peak demand. Current
law requires the Public Utilities Commission to have developed a 2nd standard contract or tariff for each large electrical
corporation, as defined, to provide net energy metering to additional eligible customer -generators in the electrical corporation's
service territory and imposes no limitation on the number of new eligible customer -generators entitled to receive service
pursuant to this 2nd standard contract or tariff. Current law requires the commission, in developing the 2nd standard contract
or tariff, to ensure that customer -sited renewable distributed generation continues to grow sustainably and to include specific
alternatives designed for growth among residential customers in disadvantaged communities. Current law authorizes the
commission to revise the 2nd standard contract or tariff as appropriate. Pursuant to that authorization, the commission has
instituted rulemakings and issued decisions relating to the 2nd standard contract or tariff. This bill would require all eligible
customer -generators of large electrical corporations receiving service under the 2nd standard contract or tariff to be subject to
a specified version of the tariff developed by the commission in a specified rulemaking. The bill would require the commission
to develop a new standard contract or tariff providing for net energy metering for eligible customer -generators of large electrical
corporations, and would require every other electric utility to revise its standard contract or tariff providing for net energy
metering. (Based on 02/14/2024 text)
AB 2626 (Dixon, R) Advanced Clean Fleets regulations: local governments.
Status: 03/04/2024 - Referred to Corns. on TRANS. and NAT. RES.
19! hoax 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor CocdCom, Enrolled Vetoed Chnpbersd
Location: 03/04/2024 - Assembly Transportation
Summary: Current law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt and implement motor vehicle emission standards,
in -use performance standards, and motor vehicle fuel specifications for the control of air contaminants and sources of air
pollution that the state board has found necessary, cost effective, and technologically feasible. Pursuant to its authority, the
state board has adopted the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation, which imposes various requirements for transitioning local,
state, and federal government fleets of medium- and heavy-duty trucks, other high -priority fleets of medium- and heavy-duty
trucks, and drayage trucks to zero -emission vehicles. The Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation authorizes entities subject to the
regulation to apply for exemptions from its requirements under certain circumstances. This bill would extend the compliance
dates for local government set forth in the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation by 10 years. The bill would prohibit the state
board from taking enforcement action against a local government for violating the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation if the
alleged violation occurs before January 1, 2025. (Based on 02/14/2024 text)
AB 2631 (Fong, Mike, D) Local agencies: ethics training.
Status: 03/04/2024 - Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.
Calendar: 03/20/24 A -ELECTIONS 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 444 PELLERIN, GAIL, Chair
1st House 2nd HmlS
Desk Pn.IKY F-al Floor Desk Policy Fiycal Floor Co d.Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbe d
Location: 03/04/2024 - Assembly ELECTIONS
Summary: Current law requires all local agency officials to receive training in ethics, at specified intervals, if the local agency
provides certain monetary payments to a member of a legislative body, as provided. Current law requires all local agency
officials who are members of specified public bodies to receive the above -described training, whether or not the member
receives any type of compensation, salary, or stipend or reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of official duties. This bill would, contingent upon an appropriation for these purposes, require the Fair Political
Practices Commission, in consultation with the Attorney General, to create, maintain, and make available to local agency
officials an ethics training course, as specified. (Based on 02/14/2024 text)
AB 2632 (Wilson, D) Planning and zoning: thrift retail stores.
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Status: 03/04/2024 - Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
1st Hdlse 2nd Ho —
Desk Policy FiScel Flour PCak Policy Racal Floor Conf.0 nc. Enrolled Vetoed CHapbered
Location: 03/04/2024 - Assembly Local Government
Summary: Would prohibit a city, including a charter city, a county, or a city and county, from treating a thrift retail store,
as defined, differently from a nonthrift retail store for purposes of zoning, development standards, or permitting. The bill
would allow a city, county, or city and county to require that thrift retail stores meet certain aesthetic or design standards, as
prescribed. The bill would prohibit a city, including a charter city, a county, or a city and county, from prohibiting a thrift retail
store from receiving used and donated items for sale in the store or other thrift retail stores, or reuse or recycling, or both reuse
and recycling, through other means. By imposing additional duties on local officials, the bill would impose a state -mandated
local program. (Based on 02/14/2024 text)
AB 2684 (Bryan, D) Safety element: extreme heat.
Status: 03/04/2024 - Referred to Corns. on L. GOV. and E.M.
1st House 2nd House
Mill—
Dcsk Paliry Fscal Fl— Cc k Policy pi —I Floor C.W..Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbcred
Location: 03/04/2024 - Assembly Local Government
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of a city or county to adopt a comprehensive, long-
term general plan that includes various elements, including, among others, a safety element for the protection of the community
from unreasonable risks associated with the effects of various geologic and seismic hazards, flooding, and wildland and urban
fires. Current law requires the planning agency to review and, if necessary, revise the safety element upon each revision of its
housing element or local hazard mitigation plan, but not less than once every 8 years, to identify new information relating to
flood and fire hazards and climate adaptation and resiliency strategies applicable to the city or county that was not available
during the previous revision of the safety element. This bill would require a city or county, upon the next revision of its local
hazard mitigation plan on or after January 1, 2024, to review and update its safety element as necessary to address the
hazard of extreme heat, as specified. The bill, after the initial revision of the safety element pursuant to these provisions, would
require the planning agency to review and revise the safety element upon each revision of the housing element or local hazard
mitigation plan to identify new information relating to extreme heat hazards and climate adaptation and resiliency strategies that
was not available during the previous revision of the safety element. (Based on 02/14/2024 text)
AB 2694 (Ward, D) Density Bonus Law: residential care facilities for the elderly.
Status: 03/19/2024 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re -refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read
second time and amended.
1st Haase 2nd House
%r__
Dcsk Paliry Fiscal Fl— Desk Policy pi —I Floor C-147—c Enrurlyd Vetoed CHapWred
Location: 03/04/2024 - Assembly Housing and Community Development
Summary: The Density Bonus Law requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development,
as defined, within the city or county with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer
agrees to construct, among other options, a senior citizen housing development, as defined. The Density Bonus Law defines
a "development" for these purposes to include a shared housing development. This bill would expand the definition of a
development for the above -described purposes to include a residential care facility for the elderly, as defined. By expanding a
city or county's duty to administer the Density Bonus Law, this bill would impose a state -mandated local program. (Based on
03/19/2024 text)
AB 2712 (Friedman, D) Automobile parking requirements: development projects.
Status: 03/11/2024 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D.
1st HWse 2nd House
0—
Desk Policy Fiscal Flour Oesk Policy Fatal Floor Cwd.Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptored
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Location: 03/11/2024 - Assembly Local Government
Summary: Current law prohibits a public agency from imposing any minimum automobile parking requirement on any
residential, commercial, or other development project that is located within 1/2 mile of public transit, as defined, unless the
public agency makes written findings, within 30 days of the receipt of a completed application, that not imposing or enforcing
minimum automobile parking requirements on the development would have a substantially negative impact on, among other
things, the city's, county's, or city and county's ability to meet its share of the regional housing need for low- and very low
income households. This bill would instead provide a public agency with 60 days from the receipt of a completed application to
make those written findings. (Based on 02/14/2024 text)
AB 2728 (Gabriel, D) Planning and zoning: housing development: independent institutions of higher education and religious
institutions.
Status: 03/12/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
1'l Ilonae 2ntl House
Dusk "my F—I Floor Dusk Policy Fatal Floor Cwd.Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Uh pberud
Location: 03/11/2024 - Assembly Housing and Community Development
Summary: The Affordable Housing on Faith and Higher Education Lands Act of 2023 (the act) requires a housing
development project on certain lands owned by an independent institution of higher education or a religious institution to be
a use by right if the development project satisfies specified criteria, including that a specified percentage of the development
project's total units are for lower income households. This bill would require the program in the housing element to develop
a plan that incentivizes and promotes the production of very low, low-, and moderate -income housing on land owned by
religious institutions and independent institutions of higher education. The bill would require a local government to include
in the annual report specified information relating to housing development projects under the act, including the number of
applications submitted and the total number of building permits issued under the act. The bill would require the Department of
Housing and Community Development to develop a list of existing state grants and financial incentives in connection with the
planning, construction, and operation of very low, low-, and moderate -income housing on land owned by religious institutions
and independent institutions of higher education, and to develop a set of model partnership agreements that can be used by
those institutions when they partner with an affordable housing builder. (Based on 03/11/2024 text)
AB 2729 (Patterson, Joe, R) Residential fees and charges.
Status: 03/04/2024 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D.
IM Maass 2ne How9
Peak Pallcsr Fi cW Floor Dusk Policy Fatal Floor Co.dConc, Enrolled Vetoed G,apbered
Location: 03/04/2024 - Assembly Local Government
Summary: Current law prohibits a local agency that imposes fees or charges on a residential development for the construction
of public improvements or facilities from requiring the payment of those fees or charges until the date of the final inspection or
the date the certificate of occupancy is issued, whichever occurs first, except that the payment may be required sooner if the
local agency determines that the fees or charges will be collected for public improvements or facilities for which an account
has been established and funds appropriated and for which the local agency has adopted a proposed construction schedule
or plan prior to final inspection or issuance of the certificate of occupancy, or if the fees or charges are to reimburse the local
agency for expenditures previously made. This bill would delete the above -described authorization for a local agency to require
payment of fees or charges prior to the date of final inspection or issuance of the certificate of occupancy, whichever occurs
first. (Based on 02/15/2024 text)
AB 2744 (McCarty, D) Vehicles: pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicle safety.
Status: 03/04/2024 - Referred to Com. on TRANS.
1st Hauee 2ntl House
Peak Pdigr Fscal Flour Desk Polky Fiscal Floor Co.dCo c, Enrolled Vetoed Chppbered
Location: 03/04/2024 - Assembly Transportation
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Summary: Current law authorizes a legislative body of a city, whenever this legislative body determines that it is necessary
for the more efficient maintenance, construction, or repair of streets and roads within the city, to contract with the board of
supervisors of any county for the rental of the county's equipment, as specified. This bill would, beginning on January 1, 2025,
prohibit the addition of a right -turn or travel lane within 20 feet of a marked or unmarked crosswalk where there is not already a
dedicated and marked right -turn or travel lane, and would prohibit vehicles from using this 20-foot area for right turns unless the
area is already marked as a dedicated right -turn lane before January 1, 2025. (Based on 02/15/2024 text)
AB 2813 (Aguiar-Curry, D) Government Investment Act.
Status: 02/16/2024 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
1st Fla use 2na House
40,
Reek Policy F 1 Floor prsk Policy F 1 Floor Cocd,Lonc, Enrolled Vetoed 0,Ppterrd
Location: 02/15/2024 - Assembly PRINT
Summary: The Legislature adopted ACA 1 at the 2023-24 Regular Session of the Legislature, which, if approved by the
voters, would amend and add provisions of the California Constitution to (1) create an additional exception to the 1 % limit
on the ad valorem tax rate on real property by authorizing a local jurisdiction to levy an ad valorem tax to service bonded
indebtedness incurred to fund the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of public infrastructure, affordable
housing, or permanent supportive housing, if the proposition proposing that tax is approved by 55% of the voters in that local
jurisdiction; and (2) authorize a local jurisdiction to impose, extend, or increase a sales and use tax to fund the construction,
reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of public infrastructure, affordable housing, or permanent supportive housing,
if the proposition proposing that tax is approved by 55% of the voters in that local jurisdiction. Pursuant to the existing law
described above, ACA 1 is scheduled to appear on the ballot at the November 5, 2024, statewide general election. This bill
would authorize a local government that imposes a tax under ACA 1 to commit revenues to affordable housing programs,
including downpayment assistance, first-time home buyer programs, and owner -occupied affordable housing rehabilitation
programs. The bill would require a local government to ensure that any project that is funded with ACA 1 bonded indebtedness
or ACA 1 special taxes to have an estimated useful life of at least 15 years or 5 years if the funds are for specified public safety
buildings, facilities, and equipment. (Based on 02/15/2024 text)
AB 2904 (Quirk -Silva. D) Zoning ordinances: notice.
Status: 03/11/2024 - Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
lsi H—e 2no House
Desk Pnlicy F+ col Flog, prsk Pplky Fs l Floor Conf.C�c Enrolled Vetoed Chpptered
Location: 03/11/2024 - Assembly Local Government
Summary: Current law requires the planning commission to hold a public hearing on any zoning ordinance or an amendment
to a zoning ordinance that changes any property from one zone to another. Current law, if the proposed ordinance or
amendment to a zoning ordinance affects the permitted uses of real property, requires notice of the hearing to be, among other
things, mailed or delivered at least 10 days prior to the hearing to the owner of the subject real property, as specified. This bill
would instead require notice of the planning commission's hearing on a proposed zoning ordinance or amendment to a zoning
ordinance, if the proposed ordinance or amendment to a zoning ordinance affects the permitted uses of real property, to be
mailed or delivered at least 60 days before the hearing to the owner of each property subject to the proposed zoning ordinance
or amendment to a zoning ordinance, as specified. (Based on 02/15/2024 text)
AB 2909 (Santiago. D) Historical property contracts: qualified historical property: adaptive reuse.
Status: 03/11/2024 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D.
1st House 2nd House
Desk Pnliry FSCdl Flq , Ur k Ppli" Fixnl Floor Cw40)nc, Enrolled Vetoed q;lhPptered
Location: 03/11/2024 - Assembly Local Government
Summary: Existing law authorizes an owner of any qualified historical property to contract with the legislative body of a
city, county, or city and county to restrict the use of the property, as specified, in exchange for lowered assessment values.
Existing law defines "qualified historical property" as privately owned property that is not exempt from property taxation and
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is either listed in the National Register of Historic Places or located in a registered historic district, as defined, or listed in any
state, city, county, or city and county official register of historical or architecturally significant sites, places, or landmarks. This
bill, starting January 1, 2026, and until January 1, 2036, would additionally define as "qualified historical property" a privately
owned property that is not exempt from property taxation that was constructed at least 30 years prior to the year a legislative
body and property owner enter into a contract to restrict the use of the property, as specified, and that is located on a site that
satisfies certain criteria, including, among others, being in a zone where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use.
The bill would require a contract entered into to restrict the use of that qualified historical property to require adaptive reuse
of the qualified historical property. The bill would also update an obsolete cross-reference. This bill contains other existing
laws. (Based on 02/15/2024 text)
AB 3012 (Grayson, D) Development fees: fee schedule template: fee estimate tool.
Status: 03/12/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on L. GOV.
1st Hause 2nd House
Pcsk "my F—I Floor 0-1, Policy Fiscal Floor Co d.Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Uh pterrd
Location: 03/11/2024 - Assembly Local Government
Summary: The Permit Streamlining Act, which is part of the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each public agency to
provide a development project applicant with a list that specifies the information that will be required from any applicant for
a development project. This bill would require a city or county that has an internet website to make a fee estimate tool that
the public can use to calculate an estimate of fees and exactions, as specified, for a proposed housing development project
available on its internet website. The bill authorizes the city or county to choose the format of the fee estimate tool. The bill
would require a city or county with a population of greater than 500,000 to meet these requirements on or before July 1, 2031.
The bill would require a city or county with a population of 500,000 or less to meet these requirements on or before July 1,
2032. By requiring a city or county to include a fee estimate tool on its internet website, the bill would impose a state -mandated
local program. (Based on 03/11/2024 text)
AB 3057 (Wilson, D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: junior accessory dwelling units ordinances.
Status: 03/11/2024 - Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and H. & C.D.
1st HNN" 2nd House
rl, Rniky F'S[ul Floor QSSk Ppli" Fimt,l Floor CwdConc, Enrolled Vetoed Chem,s d
Location: 03/11/2024 - Assembly Natural Resources
Summary: The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative
declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate
that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment.
CEQA exempts from its requirements the adoption of an ordinance by a city or county to issue a zoning variance, special
use permit, or conditional use permit for a dwelling unit to be constructed, or which is attached to or detached from, a primary
residence on a parcel zoned for a single-family residence, as provided, or to provide for the creation of accessory dwelling
units in areas zoned to allow single-family or multifamily dwelling residential use. This bill would expand the above CEQA
exemption to include the adoption of an ordinance by a city or county to provide for the creation of junior accessory dwelling
units in single-family residential zones. (Based on 02/16/2024 text)
AB 3068 (Haney, D) Adaptive reuse: streamlining: incentives.
Status: 03/11/2024 - Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.
1st Hause 2nd House
11-1, rl i y M—I Flwr Oei k Puli�y Fi,c,d Floor Co, r.fvnc_ Fnrn Ird IAKnrd Chppterrd
Location: 03/11/2024 - Assembly Housing and Community Development
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for
its physical development, and the development of certain lands outside its boundaries, that includes, among other mandatory
elements, a housing element. That law allows a development proponent to submit an application for a development that is
subject to a specified streamlined, ministerial approval process not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development
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satisfies certain objective planning standards, including that the development is a multifamily housing development that
contains two or more residential units. This bill would deem an adaptive reuse project a use by right in all zones, regardless of
the zoning of the site, and subject to a streamlined, ministerial review process if the project meets specified requirements. In
this regard, an adaptive reuse project, in order to qualify for the streamlined, ministerial review process, would be required to
be proposed for an existing building that is less than 50 years old or meets certain requirements regarding the preservation of
historic resources, including the signing of an affidavit declaring that the project will comply with the United States Secretary
of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation or receive federal or state historic rehabilitation tax credits, as specified. The bill
would require an adaptive reuse project to comply with any broadly applicable housing affordability requirement, as defined,
adopted by the local government and would require at least one-half of the square footage of the adaptive reuse project to be
dedicated to residential uses, unless the project is an office conversion project, as specified. (Based on 02/16/2024 text)
AB 3086 (Santiago, D) General plan: annual report: housing units.
Status: 03/11/2024 - Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.
1st N__ 2nd House
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Location: 03/11/2024 - Assembly Housing and Community Development
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development of the
city or county that includes, among other elements, a housing element. That law requires the housing element to include,
among other things, an identification and analysis of existing and projected housing needs. That law requires the city or county
to provide by April 1 of each year an annual report to, among other entities, the Department of Housing and Community
Development that includes, among other specified information, the number of units of housing demolished and new units
of housing that have been issued a completed entitlement, a building permit, or a certificate of occupancy. This bill would
additionally require the city or county to include in the annual report the number of units in the city or county with long-term
affordable covenants or restrictions that expired in the prior year and the number of units in the city or county subject to a local
rent control or any form of rent or price control that were withdrawn from rent or lease. (Based on 02/16/2024 text)
AB 3122 (Kalra, D) Streamlined housing approvals: objective planning standards.
Status: 02/17/2024 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
1st Neese 2na House
D.A Policy F 1 Flour n,r k Policy Fi—I Floor Cord-C—c. Er,rollcd NMocd Chaptcrcd
Location: 02/16/2024 - Assembly PRINT
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a multifamily
housing development that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process, as provided, and not subject to a
conditional use permit, if the development satisfies specified objective planning standards, including, among others, that the
development proponent has committed to record, prior to the issuance of the first building permit, a land use restriction or
covenant providing that any lower or moderate -income housing units required remain available at affordable housing costs
or rent to persons and families of lower or moderate income, as specified. Current law authorizes a development proponent
to request a modification to a development that has been approved under the streamlined, ministerial approval process if
that request is submitted to the local government before the issuance of the final building permit. Current law authorizes a
local government to apply objective planning standards adopted after the development application was first submitted to the
requested modification if the development is revised such that (1) the total number of residential units or total square footage of
construction changes by 15% or more or (2) the development is revised such that the total number of residential units or total
square footage of construction changes by 5% or more and it is necessary to impose an objective standard beyond those in
effect when the development application was submitted in order to mitigate or avoid a specific, adverse impact upon the public
health or safety. This bill would instead authorize a local government to apply objective planning standards adopted after the
development application was first submitted to the requested modification if the development is revised such that (1) the total
square footage of construction increases by 15% or more or the total number of residential units decreases by 15% or more
or (2) the total square footage of construction increases by 5% or more or the total number of residential units decreases by
5% or more and it is necessary to impose an objective standard beyond those in effect when the development application was
submitted in order to mitigate or avoid a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety. (Based on 02/16/2024 text)
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AB 3177 (Carrillo, Wendy, D) Mitigation Fee Act: land dedications: mitigating vehicular traffic impacts.
Status: 02/17/2024 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
1st House 2nd House
Msk Polity F*scal Floor Puck Ppli" Fiscal Floor Co-K&ic, Enrolled Vetoed Chi,ptered
Location: 02/16/2024 - Assembly PRINT
Summary: The Mitigation Fee Act imposes various requirements with respect to the establishment, increase, or imposition of
a fee by a local agency as a condition of approval of a development project. Current law requires a local agency that imposes
a fee on a housing development for the purpose of mitigating vehicular traffic impacts to set the rate for the fee to reflect a
lower rate of automobile trip generation if the housing development satisfies specified characteristics, including that the housing
development is located within a 1/2 mile of a transit station. Current law defines transit station for these purposes to mean a
rail or light -rail station, ferry terminal, bus hub, or bus transfer station. This bill would instead require the housing development
to be located within a 1/2 mile of a transit priority area for purposes of a local agency setting the rate for a mitigating vehicular
traffic impacts fee to reflect a lower rate of automobile trip generation. The bill would define "transit priority area" as an area
within 1/2 mile of a major transit stop that is existing or planned, if the planned stop is scheduled to be completed within the
planning horizon included in a Transportation Improvement Program or applicable regional transportation plan. (Based on
02/16/2024 text)
AB 3181 (Pellerin, D) Electricity: outages.
Status: 03/11/2024 - Referred to Com. on U. & E.
1st House 2nd House
Peak FMigr F-61 Floor D65k Policy Fscal Floor Co.dCo.rc, Enrolled Vetoed Chapbe d
Location: 03/11/2024 - Assembly Utilities and Energy
Summary: Would require, if one or more customers served by an electrical distribution circuit experiences 4 or more discrete
electrical outages, as defined, during a single calendar year, the electrical corporation that owns and operates that circuit to
perform a review of that circuit to determine the cause of the outages and implement system improvements to reduce the
anticipated risk of future outages on that circuit below the threshold level of 4 outages per calendar year. The bill would require
the electrical corporation to make the findings of the circuit review, the scope of work expected to be performed to reduce the
anticipated risk of future outages on that circuit, and the expected reduction in the risk of future outages resulting from that
work available to the impacted customers and the city, county, or city and county in which the circuit is located. (Based on
02/16/2024 text)
AB 3219 (Sanchez, R) Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation: local governments.
Status: 03/12/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on TRANS.
1st House 2nd House
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Peck "my F-1 Floor Dusk Policy Fxal FIpoY Co d.Co.rc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbe d
Location: 03/11/2024 - Assembly Transportation
Summary: The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state
agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases and requires the state board to adopt
rules and regulations to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emission reductions
from those sources. Pursuant to its authority, the state board has adopted the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation, which
imposes various requirements for transitioning local, state, and federal government fleets of medium- and heavy-duty trucks,
other high -priority fleets of medium- and heavy-duty trucks, and drayage trucks to zero -emission vehicles. The Advanced Clean
Fleets Regulation authorizes entities subject to the regulation to apply for exemptions from its requirements under certain
circumstances. This bill would provide that the requirements of the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation do not apply to the
purchase by a local government of vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 8,500 pounds if the price of the
zero -emission version of a vehicle is more than an unspecified percentage of the price of a comparable internal combustion
engine version of that vehicle. (Based on 03/11/2024 text)
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ACA 10 (Haney, D) Fundamental human right to housing.
Status: 06/07/2023 - 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.
1st House 2nd House
Pesk Policy Fiscal Flour V-1, Policy Focal Floor C..KM Enrolled Vetoed Chapbe d
Location: 06/07/2023 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: The California Constitution enumerates various personal rights, including the right to enjoy and defend life and
liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety, happiness, and privacy. This
measure would declare that the state recognizes the fundamental human right to adequate housing for everyone in California.
The measure would make it the shared obligation of state and local jurisdictions to respect, protect, and fulfill this right, by all
appropriate means, as specified. (Based on 03/06/2023 text)
ACA 16 (Bryan, D) Environmental rights.
Status: 03/11/2024 - Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
1st House 2nd House
Pesk FMigr F-61 Floor Desk Policy Focal Floor Co.d,Conc, Enrolled Vetoed Chapbe d
Location: 03/11/2024 - Assembly Natural Resources
Summary: The California Constitution declares various inalienable rights of the people, including the right to enjoy and
defend life and liberty, acquire, possess, and protect property, and pursue and obtain safety, happiness, and privacy. This
measure would amend the California Constitution to declare that the people have a right to clean air and water and a healthy
environment. (Based on 01/25/2024 text)
SIB 7 (Blakespear, D) Planning and zoning: annual report: housing for extremely low income households.
Status: 01/29/2024 - Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Held
at Desk.
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy F,r :I -I,::: orxk Pnhi y Fatal Floor Cn.d.Coix. Enrolled Vetoed ChnplCnrd
Location: 01/29/2024 - Assembly DESK
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development within
its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. That law requires the planning agency of a city or county
to provide by April 1 of each year an annual report to, among other entities, the Department of Housing and Community
Development. The law requires that the annual report include, among other specified information, the number of net new
units of housing, including both rental housing and for -sale housing, that have been issued a completed entitlement, building
permit, or certificate of occupancy, and the income category, by area median income, that each unit of housing satisfies, as
specified. This bill would revise and recast these provisions to specify that the income category includes extremely low income
households, as defined. (Based on 01/22/2024 text)
SB 30 (Umberg, D) Transportation: zero -emission vehicle signage.
Status: 09/01/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/23/2023)
(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
1st House 2ntl House
n1 k Poky Fscal Floor }ryL PM 2 ,1 V; ar Floor C.W..Conc. Enrolled Vetoed fhppli d
Location: 09/01/2023 - Assembly 2 YEAR
Summary: Would require the Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Governor's Office of Business and
Economic Development (GO -Biz) and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to 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, in order to increase consumer confidence in locating electric vehicle
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chargers and hydrogen fueling stations. The bill would authorize the department to adopt rules and regulations for these
purposes. (Based on 06/19/2023 text)
SB 37 (Caballero, D) Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities Housing Stability Act.
Status: 01/29/2024 - Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Held
at Desk.
1st House 2nd Hose
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor amok Policy Fiscal Floor Cwd•Conc• Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Location: 01/29/2024 - Assembly DESK
Summary: Current law establishes various programs to address homelessness, including requiring the Governor to create an
Interagency Council on Homelessness and establishing the Homeless Emergency Aid program for the purpose of providing
localities with one-time grant funds to address their immediate homelessness challenges, as specified. Current law commits to
the Department of Housing and Community Development the administration of various housing assistance programs, including
provisions relating to residential hotel rehabilitation and tasks the department, in consultation with each council of governments,
with the determination of each region's existing and projected housing need. This bill would, upon an appropriation by
the Legislature for this express purpose, require the Department of Housing and Community Development, commencing
January 1, 2025, to begin developing the Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities Housing Stability Pilot Program. (Based on
01 /22/2024 text)
SIB 251 (Newman, D) Candidates' statements: false statements.
Status: 01/16/2024 - Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Held
at Desk.
1s1 House 2nd Fknuse
D]{ k Polity Fly[al -k:::• D.Fk Policy Fiscal Floor CwACp c• Enrolled Vetoed C"poercd
Location: 01/16/2024 - Assembly DESK
Summary: Current law permits a candidate for nonpartisan elective office, and an officer whose recall is being sought,
to file with the elections official a candidate's statement that includes a brief description of the candidate's education and
qualifications. Current law requires an elections official to include in the county voter information guide a candidate's statement
from a candidate for nonpartisan elective office and from an officer whose recall is being sought. Current law prohibits
a candidate for nonpartisan elective office, or an incumbent in a recall election, to knowingly make a false statement of
material fact in the candidate's statement with the intent to mislead the voters in connection with the candidate's campaign
for nomination or election to an office. Violation of this prohibition is punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000. This bill would
increase the maximum fine amount to $5,000. (Based on 01/03/2024 text)
SB 252 (Gonzalez, D) Public retirement systems: fossil fuels: divestment.
Status: 07/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was P.E. & R. on 6/8/2023)(May be acted upon
Jan 2024)
]tee A-- 2nd House
ri••.k F•: iry Fiscal Floor 7r-sA ind V Fiscal Floor C.W..Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptercd
Location: 07/14/2023 - Assembly 2 YEAR
Summary: Would prohibit the boards of the Public Employees' Retirement System and the State Teachers' Retirement
System from making new investments or renewing existing investments of public employee retirement funds in a fossil fuel
company, as defined. The bill would require the boards to liquidate investments in a fossil fuel company on or before July 1,
2031. The bill would temporarily suspend the above -described liquidation provision upon a good faith determination by the
board that certain conditions materially impact normal market mechanisms for pricing assets, as specified, and would make this
suspension provision inoperative on January 1, 2035. The bill would provide that it does not require a board to take any action
unless the board determines in good faith that the action is consistent with the board's fiduciary responsibilities established in
the California Constitution. (Based on 05/18/2023 text)
Position: Oppose Unless Amended
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SB 363
SIB 399
SIB 402
SIB 450
(Eggman, D) Facilities for inpatient and residential mental health and substance use disorder: database.
Status: 09/01/2023 - September 1 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
lst House 2nd House
Desk Polity Fiscal Floor Desk Pplky Fil"I Floor Cord.Cooc. Enrolled Vetoed q;lhaptered
Location: 08/23/2023 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Would require, by January 1, 2026, the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the State
Department of Public Health and the State Department of Social Services, and by conferring with specified stakeholders,
to develop a real-time, internet-based database to collect, aggregate, and display information about beds in specified types
of facilities, such as chemical dependency recovery hospitals, acute psychiatric hospitals, and mental health rehabilitation
centers, among others, to identify the availability of inpatient and residential mental health or substance use disorder treatment.
The bill would require the database to include a minimum of specific information, including the contact information for a facility's
designated employee, the types of diagnoses or treatments for which the bed is appropriate, and the target populations served
at the facility, and have the capacity to, among other things, enable searches to identify beds that are appropriate for individuals
in need of inpatient or residential mental health or substance use disorder treatment. (Based on 05/18/2023 text)
(Wahab. D) Employer communications: intimidation.
Status: 09/01/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. on 7/11/2023)(May be acted upon
Jan 2024)
lsi M—e 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk PPliw 2nd /Vgar Floor Co-Ko-,c, Enrolled Vetoed Chi,ptered
Location: 09/01/2023 - Assembly 2 YEAR
Summary: Would, except as specified, prohibit an employer from subjecting, or threatening to subject, an employee to
discharge, discrimination, retaliation, or any other adverse action because the employee declines to attend an employer -
sponsored meeting or affirmatively declines to participate in, receive, or listen to any communications with the employer or its
agents or representatives, the purpose of which is to communicate the employer's opinion about religious or political matters.
(Based on 05/02/2023 text)
(Wahab, D) Involuntary commitment.
Status: 01/29/2024 - Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 1.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Held
at Desk.
]mot Meuse 2nd House
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rl+-,k W: iry Fiscal Floor 405k Pnli¢y Fixel Floor Cord.CA . Enrolled Vetoed Chnpbered
Location: 01/29/2024 - Assembly DESK
Summary: The Lanterman-Petris-Short Act authorizes the involuntary commitment and treatment of persons with specified
mental disorders. Under the act, when a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is a danger to self or others, or gravely
disabled, the person may, upon probable cause, be taken into custody by specified individuals, including, among others,
by peace officers and designated members of a mobile crisis team, and placed in a facility designated by the county and
approved by the State Department of Health Care Services for up to 72 hours for evaluation and treatment. This bill would
additionally authorize a person to be taken into custody, pursuant to those provisions, by a licensed mental health professional,
as defined. (Based on 01/12/2024 text)
(Atkins, D) Housing development: approvals.
Status: 09/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/14/2023)(May be
acted upon Jan 2024)
1st House 2nd House
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Desk Policy Fiscal Fluor Desk Polity Fiscal Ind YNer Conf Con,, Enrolled Vetoed Cf�pbe d
Location: 09/14/2023 - Assembly 2 YEAR
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Summary: Current law requires a proposed housing development containing no more than 2 residential units within a
single-family residential zone to be considered ministerially, without discretionary review or hearing, if the proposed housing
development meets certain requirements, including that the proposed housing development does not allow for the demolition
of more than 25% of the existing exterior structural walls, except as provided. Current law authorizes a local agency to impose
objective zoning standards, objective subdivision standards, and objective design standards, as defined, except as specified,
on the proposed housing development. Current law authorizes a local agency to deny a proposed housing development if
specified conditions are met, including that the building official makes a written finding that the proposed housing development
project would have a specific, adverse impact upon public health and safety or the physical environment, as provided. This bill
would remove the requirement that a proposed housing development does not allow for the demolition of more than 25% of the
existing exterior structural walls to be considered ministerially. The bill would prohibit a local agency from imposing objective
zoning standards, objective subdivision standards, and objective design standards that do not apply uniformly to development
within the underlying zone, but would specify that these provisions do not prohibit a local agency from adopting or imposing
objective zoning standards, objective subdivision standards, and objective design standards on the development if the
standards are more permissive than applicable standards within the underlying zone. The bill would remove the authorization
for a local agency to deny a proposed housing development if the building official makes a written finding that the proposed
housing development project would have a specific, adverse impact upon the physical environment. The bill would require the
local agency to consider and approve or deny the proposed housing development application within 60 days from the date
the local agency receives the completed application, and would deem the application approved after that time. (Based on
09/01 /2023 text)
SIB 532 (Wiener, D) San Francisco Bay area toll bridges: tolls: transit operating expenses.
Status: 08/23/2023 - August 23 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
1st Haase 2nd House
rl••.k W: iry Fscal Fl—r prsk Polity rjapl Floor Cwd.C—c. E-Aled Vetoed Chapterrd
Location: 07/05/2023 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: Would, until December 31, 2028, require the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) to increase the toll rate for vehicles for
crossing the state-owned toll bridges in the San Francisco Bay area by $1.50, as adjusted for inflation. The bill would require
the revenues collected from this toll to be deposited in the Bay Area Toll Account, would continuously appropriate moneys
from this toll increase and other specified tolls, and would require moneys from this toll to be transferred to the Metropolitan
Transportation Commission (MTC) for allocation to transit operators that provide service within the San Francisco Bay area
and that are experiencing a financial shortfall, as specified. The bill would direct MTC to require each transit operator eligible to
receive an allocation from the account to, on an annual basis, submit a 5-year projection of its operating needs, as specified.
(Based on 06/29/2023 text)
SB 537 (Becker, D) Open meetings: multijurisdictional, cross -county agencies: teleconferences.
Status: 09/14/2023 - Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Bryan.
1st Hause 2nd House
D-k policy F-1 Floor prsk PM ri—I FloorCwd.Cvnc. En Alcd Vetoed al pberrd
Location: 09/14/2023 - Assembly INACTIVE FILE
Summary: Current law, until January 1, 2024, authorizes the legislative body of a local agency to use alternate
teleconferencing provisions during a proclaimed state of emergency or in other situations related to public health that exempt
a legislative body from the general requirements (emergency provisions) and impose different requirements for notice,
agenda, and public participation, as prescribed. The emergency provisions specify that they do not require a legislative body
to provide a physical location from which the public may attend or comment. Current law, until January 1, 2026, authorizes
the legislative body of a local agency to use alternative teleconferencing in certain circumstances related to the particular
member if at least a quorum of its members participate from a singular physical location that is open to the public and situated
within the agency's jurisdiction and other requirements are met, including restrictions on remote participation by a member
of the legislative body. These circumstances include if a member shows "just cause," including for a childcare or caregiving
need of a relative that requires the member to participate remotely. This bill would expand the circumstances of "just cause"
to apply to the situation in which an immunocompromised child, parent, grandparent, or other specified relative requires the
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member to participate remotely. The bill would authorize the legislative body of a multijurisdictional, cross -county agency, as
specified, to use alternate teleconferencing provisions if the eligible legislative body has adopted an authorizing resolution, as
specified. The bill would also require the legislative body to provide a record of attendance of the members of the legislative
body, the number of community members in attendance in the teleconference meeting, and the number of public comments
on its internet website within 10 days after a teleconference meeting, as specified. The bill would require at least a quorum of
members of the legislative body to participate from one or more physical locations that are open to the public and within the
boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction. (Based on 09/05/2023 text)
SB 615 (Allen, D) Vehicle traction batteries.
Status: 07/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was E.S. & T.M. on 6/8/2023)(May be acted
upon Jan 2024)
1s1 House 2nd House
Desk Policy F"e6l Floor Desk Ind Vtor Fiscal Floor Cord,Conc, Enrolled Vetoed Chnptered
Location: 07/14/2023 - Assembly 2 YEAR
Summary: Current law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to convene the Lithium -Ion Car Battery Recycling
Advisory Group to review, and advise the Legislature on, policies pertaining to the recovery and recycling of lithium -ion vehicle
batteries sold with motor vehicles in the state. Current law also requires the advisory group to submit policy recommendations
to the Legislature aimed at ensuring that as close to 100% as possible of lithium -ion vehicle batteries in the state are reused
or recycled at end -of -life in a safe and cost-effective manner. This bill would repeal those requirements. The bill would instead
require vehicle traction batteries, as defined, in the state to be recovered and reused, repurposed, or remanufactured and
eventually recycled at the end of their useful life in a motor vehicle or any other application. The bill would also require a vehicle
manufacturer, dealer, automobile dismantler, automotive repair dealer, and nonvehicle secondary user to be responsible
for ensuring the responsible end -of -life management of a vehicle traction battery once it is removed from a vehicle or other
application to which the vehicle traction battery has been used. The bill would make a vehicle or battery manufacturer
responsible for collecting a stranded battery, as defined, and repurposing the battery, if possible, but would require the
manufacturer to ensure the battery is recycled if it cannot be reused. The bill would require, by January 1, 2025, a battery
supplier, as described, to be responsible for the development of a core exchange program for replacing a battery, module, or
cell removed from a vehicle, as specified. (Based on 04/12/2023 text)
SB 638 (Eggman, D) Climate Resiliency and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2024.
Status: 07/06/2023 - July 11 hearing postponed by committee.
1st House 2nd House
• • - 0 •
Desk Polity F+scel Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor C.W..Co.rc. Enrolled Vetoed CHapterrd
Location: 06/15/2023 - Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife
Summary: Would enact the Climate Resiliency and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2024 which, if approved by the voters, would
authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $6,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, for flood
protection and climate resiliency projects. (Based on 06/28/2023 text)
SB 707 (Newman, D) Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2023.
Status: 07/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was NAT. RES. on 6/15/2023)(May be acted
upon Jan 2024)
1s1: House 2nd House
Desk Policy Fi col Floor Desk 2nd Vtor Fiscal Floor Cord,Com, Enrolled Vetoed CHapEered
Location: 07/14/2023 - Assembly 2 YEAR
Summary: The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, administered by the Department of Resources
Recycling and Recovery, generally regulates the disposal, management, and recycling of solid waste. The act establishes
stewardship programs for various products, including, among others, carpet, mattresses, and pharmaceutical and sharps
waste. This bill would enact the Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2023, which would require producers, as defined, either
independently or through the creation of one or more stewardship organizations, to establish a stewardship program for the
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collection and recycling of a covered product. The bill would define a "covered product' to include any postconsumer apparel or
postconsumer textile article that is unwanted by a consumer, except as specified. The bill would require a program operator, as
defined, to submit a complete stewardship plan to the department for review and approval, disapproval, or conditional approval.
The bill would require the program operator to review the plan at least every 5 years after approval. The bill would also require
a program operator to submit an annual report to the department. The bill would require all reports and records provided to the
department to be provided under penalty of perjury. (Based on 07/03/2023 text)
SB 769 (Gonzalez, D) Local government: fiscal and financial training.
Status: 09/01/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 7/12/2023)
(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
1st House 2nd House
Desk Polity Fisted Floor Desk Polity 2nd War Floor Cord.Conc. En Alcd Vetoed at pbered
Location: 09/01/2023 - Assembly 2 YEAR
Summary: Would require if a local agency provides any type of compensation, salary, or stipend to a member of a legislative
body, or provides reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred by a member of a legislative body in the
performance of official duties, all local agency officials, as defined, to receive at least 2 hours of fiscal and financial training, as
described. The bill would require the training to be received at least once every 2 years, as provided. The bill would exempt a
local agency official from the training requirements if they comply with specified criteria under existing law relating to eligibility
for appointment or election to, and continuing education for, the office of county auditor, county treasurer, county tax collector,
or county treasurer -tax collector. (Based on 06/22/2023 text)
SB 796 (Alvarado -Gil, D) Threats: schools and places of worship.
Status: 07/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was PUB. S. on 6/8/2023)(May be acted upon
Jan 2024)
1st House 2nd House
Desk policy Fiscal Floor Desk 2nd Yvpr Fiwpl Floor Co -KC c Enrolled Vetted Chi,pbered
Location: 07/14/2023 - Assembly 2 YEAR
Summary: Would make a person who willfully threatens to commit a crime which will result in death or great bodily injury to
any person who may be on the grounds of a school or place of worship, with specific intent and under certain circumstances,
and if the threat causes a person or persons reasonably to be in sustained fear for their own safety or the safety of another
person, guilty of a misdemeanor or felony punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a specified term, except that if the
person is under 18 years of age, the bill would make the person guilty of a misdemeanor. By creating a new crime, this bill
would impose a state -mandated local program. (Based on 04/27/2023 text)
SB 830 (Smallwood -Cuevas, D) Public works.
Status: 09/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/8/2023)(May be
acted upon Jan 2024)
1st House 2nd Ho-
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Location: 09/14/2023 - Assembly 2 YEAR
Summary: Would, for public works contracts advertised for bid or awarded on or after July 1, 2024, expand the definition of
"public works" to include an offsite, custom fabrication of sheet metal ducts for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems
produced as a nonstandard item solely and specifically designed and engineered for installation in a project, as specified.
The bill would require a contractor engaging a third -party, permanent, and offsite fabrication facility to fabricate custom sheet
metal ducts for a public works project to enter into a contract with the facility that requires compliance with specified public
works laws. The bill would require certified copies of payroll records for the offsite, custom fabrication of sheet metal ducts to be
accompanied by a written time record of that work certified by each employee performing the work. By expanding the scope of
a crime, the bill would impose a state -mandated local program. (Based on 09/01/2023 text)
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SB 834 (Portantino, D) Vehicles: preferential parking: residential, commercial, or other development project.
Status: 02/29/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
1st House 2nd House
D�k Policy FRcJl Floor Dc-Sk PgliSy Fiscal Floor Co-K&ic. Enrolled Vetoed 1;lhaptered
Location: 02/29/2024 - Assembly Rules
Summary: Current law authorizes the legislative body of a city or a county to adopt ordinances establishing requirements
for parking, and permits variances to be granted from the parking requirements of a zoning ordinance for nonresidential
development if the variance will be an incentive to the development and the variance will facilitate access to the development
by patrons of public transit facilities. Current law prohibits a public agency from imposing any minimum automobile parking
requirement on any residential, commercial, or other development project, as defined, that is located within 1/2 mile of public
transit, as defined. Current law, notwithstanding the above -described prohibition, authorizes a city, county, or city and county to
impose or enforce minimum automobile parking requirements on a housing development project if specified conditions are met.
Current law authorizes a local authority to authorize preferential parking for designated groups to park on specified streets if the
local authority determines that use of the permits will not adversely affect parking conditions for residents and merchants in the
area. This bill would prohibit a local authority from issuing any permit conferring preferential parking privileges to any residents
or vendors of any developments within 1/2 mile of public transit and exempt from parking minimums. The bill would require
the local authority to revise the boundaries of any such preferential parking district to exclude those developments from its
boundaries. The bill would make related findings and declarations, and state that it is the intent of the Legislature to discourage
car use by incentivizing development near public transit. (Based on 02/22/2024 text)
(Allen, D) Drought, Flood, and Water Resilience, Wildfire and Forest Resilience, Coastal Resilience, Extreme Heat Mitigation,
SB 867 Biodiversity and Nature -Based Climate Solutions, Climate Smart Agriculture, Park Creation and Outdoor Access, and Clean
Energy Bond Act of 2024.
Status: 07/06/2023 - July 10 hearing postponed by committee.
151: House 2nd House
Peak Policy FKd6l Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor C..d,C Enrolled Vetoed Uh pl, r d
Location: 06/20/2023 - Assembly Natural Resources
Summary: Would enact the Drought, Flood, and Water Resilience, Wildfire and Forest Resilience, Coastal Resilience,
Extreme Heat Mitigation, Biodiversity and Nature -Based Climate Solutions, Climate Smart Agriculture, Park Creation and
Outdoor Access, and Clean Energy Bond Act of 2024, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of
bonds in the amount of $15,500,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects for drought,
flood, and water resilience, wildfire and forest resilience, coastal resilience, extreme heat mitigation, biodiversity and nature -
based climate solutions, climate smart agriculture, park creation and outdoor access, and clean energy programs. (Based on
06/22/2023 text)
SB 903 (Skinner, D) Environmental health: product safety: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Status: 03/18/2024 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Com. on
E.Q.
Calendar: 04/03/24 S-ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ALLEN, BENJAMIN, Chair
1st House 2nd House
n^-•k PVHcy F"Ul Floor Desk Polity Fiscal Floor CoACa c, Enrolled Veucd Ci,aptvcd
Location: 02/29/2024 - Senate Environmental Quality
Summary: Would, beginning January 1, 2030, prohibit a person from distributing, selling, or offering for sale a product that
contains intentionally added PFAS, as defined, unless the Department of Toxic Substances Control has made a determination
that the use of PFAS in the product is a currently unavoidable use, the prohibition is preempted by federal law, or the product
is used. The bill would specify the criteria and procedures for determining whether the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl
substances (PFAS) in a product is a currently unavoidable use, for renewing that determination, and for revoking that
determination. The bill would require the department to maintain on its internet website a list of each determination of currently
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unavoidable use, when each determination expires, and the products and uses that are exempt from the prohibition. The bill
would impose a civil penalty for a violation of the prohibition, as specified. The bill would establish the PFAS Penalty Account
and require all civil penalties received to be deposited into that account and, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to be used
for the administration and enforcement of these provisions, as specified. (Based on 03/18/2024 text)
SB 905 (Wiener, D) Crimes: theft from a vehicle.
Status: 03/18/2024 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Com. on
PUB S.
Calendar: 04/02/24 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 WAHAB, AISHA, Chair
1st Hause 2na House
mr—
Dusk Polmy F 1 Fl—r prsk Poky pi —I Floor Co.dConc, Enrolled Vetoed G,apbercd
Location: 02/14/2024 - Senate Public Safety
Summary: Would make forcibly entering a vehicle, as defined, with the intent to commit a theft therein a crime punishable by
imprisonment in a county jail for a period not to exceed one year or imprisonment in a county jail for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years.
By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state -mandated local program. (Based on 03/18/2024 text)
SB 908 (Cortese, D) Public records: legislative records: electronic messages.
Status: 01/09/2024 - From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 8.
1st Nurse 2na House
0-
D-1, Pnliry P-1 Fl—r [lisk Pnli�y Fi,t,l Floor Cwd.Cdnc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbucd
Location: 01/08/2024 - Senate Rules
Summary: Would prohibit an elected or appointed official or employee of a public agency from creating or sending a public
record using a nonofficial electronic messaging system unless the official or employee sends a copy of the public record to an
official electronic messaging system, as specified. By imposing additional duties on local agencies, the bill would create a state -
mandated local program. (Based on 01/08/2024 text)
SB 923 (Archuleta, D) Theft.
Status: 03/18/2024 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Com. on
PUB S.
Calendar: 04/02/24 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 WAHAB, AISHA, Chair
1sb Nurse 2ntl House
Pesk Palley Fiscal Floor Dusk Polity Fiscal Floor Co-K{ c, Enrolled Vetoed appbered
Location: 02/14/2024 - Senate Public Safety
Summary: The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacted by Proposition 47, as approved by the voters at the November
4, 2014, statewide general election, defines and prohibits an act of shoplifting and prohibits prosecution for an act of shoplifting
under any other law. Existing law defines shoplifting as entering a commercial establishment with intent to commit larceny while
the establishment is open during regular business hours.This bill would revise the definition of shoplifting to require an intent to
steal retail property or merchandise. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 03/18/2024
text)
SB 937 (Wiener, D) Development projects: permits and other entitlements: fees and charges.
Status: 03/15/2024 - Set for hearing April 3.
Calendar: 04/03/24 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARIA ELENA, Chair
1st House 2ntl House
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prsk Fn.IKY Fscal Floor prsk Policy Fi; , Floor Cwd.Cdnc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbr d
Location: 02/21/2024 - Senate Local Government
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and each city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general
plan for its physical development, and the development of specified land outside its boundaries, that includes, among other
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mandatory elements, a housing element. The Permit Streamlining Act, among other things, requires a public agency that is
the lead agency for a development project to approve or disapprove that project within specified time periods. Current law
extended by 18 months the period for the expiration, effectuation, or utilization of a housing entitlement, as defined, that was
issued before, and was in effect on, March 4, 2020, and that would expire before December 31, 2021, except as specified.
Current law provides that if the state or a local agency extended the otherwise applicable time for the expiration, effectuation,
or utilization of a housing entitlement for not less than 18 months, as specified, that housing entitlement would not be extended
an additional 18 months pursuant to these provisions. This bill would extend by 18 months the period for the expiration,
effectuation, or utilization of a housing entitlement, as defined, that was issued before January 1, 2024, and that will expire
before December 31, 2025, except as specified. The bill would toll this 18-month extension during any time that the housing
entitlement is the subject of a legal challenge. (Based on 01/17/2024 text)
SB 955 (Seyarto, R) Office of Planning and Research: Infrastructure Gap -Fund Program.
Status: 03/19/2024 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Com. on L.
GOV.
Calendar: 04/03/24 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARIA ELENA, Chair
1st Hausa 2ntl Hawse
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fscal Floor C.W..Cocrc. EnrcAled Vetoed CHapbe d
Location: 02/21/2024 - Senate Local Government
Summary: Would require the Office of Planning and Research, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to establish the
Infrastructure Gap -Fund Program to provide grants to local agencies to develop and construct infrastructure projects, as
defined. The bill would authorize the office to provide funding for up to 20% of a project's total cost, as specified. The bill would
require the office to develop guidelines and criteria to implement the program. The bill would make these provisions operative
January 1, 2027. (Based on 03/19/2024 text)
SB 969 (Wiener, D) Alcoholic beverages: entertainment zones: consumption.
Status: 03/12/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re -referred to
Com. on APPR.
1st House 2nd House
DOI< Policy Tifc/A Floor peck Policy Fi4 al Floor Co 4.Conc, Enrolled Vetoed Chnmt ed
Location: 03/12/2024 - Senate Appropriations
Summary: The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act contains various provisions regulating the application for, the issuance of,
the suspension of, and the conditions imposed upon alcoholic beverage licenses by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control. Current law defines "entertainment zone" for purposes of the act as a zone created by ordinance on or after January
1, 2024, in the City and County of San Francisco, that authorizes consumption of one or more types of alcoholic beverages
on public streets, sidewalks, or public rights -of -way adjacent to and during a special event permitted or licensed by the
department. Current law authorizes the City and County of San Francisco to establish an entertainment zone, subject to certain
requirements, including providing specified information relating to the entertainment zone to the department and establishing
a process or procedure by which persons in possession of alcoholic beverages in the entertainment zone may be readily
identifiable as being 21 years of age or older. This bill would, instead, define "entertainment zone" as a zone created by a city,
county, or city and county ordinance on or after January 1, 2025, that authorizes consumption of one or more types of alcoholic
beverages on public streets, sidewalks, or public rights -of -way. The bill would additionally authorize any city, county, or city and
county to establish an entertainment zone, subject to the above -described requirements. (Based on 01/25/2024 text)
SB 982 (Wahab, D) Crimes: organized theft.
Status: 03/12/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re -referred to
Com. on APPR.
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor ConfConc, Enrolled Vetoed Cnnpttred
Location: 03/12/2024 - Senate Appropriations
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Summary: Current law, until January 1, 2026, makes a person guilty of organized retail theft, punishable as a misdemeanor or
a felony, as specified, if the person acts in concert with one or more persons to steal merchandise from one or more merchant's
premises or online marketplaces with the intent to sell or return the merchandise for value, acts in concert with 2 or more
persons to receive, purchase, or possess merchandise knowing or believing it to have been stolen, acts as an agent of another
to steal merchandise from one or more merchant's premises or online marketplaces as part of an organized plan to commit
theft, or recruits, coordinates, organizes, supervises, directs, manages, or finances another to undertake acts of theft. This bill
would extend the operation of the crime of organized retail theft indefinitely. (Based on 03/05/2024 text)
SB 1011 (Jones. R) Encampments: penalties.
Status: 02/23/2024 - Set for hearing April 16.
Calendar: 04/16/24 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 WAHAB, AISHA, Chair
1s1 Mouse 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiscel Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Cwd,Conc, Enrolled Vetood Chapbersd
Location: 02/14/2024 - Senate Public Safety
Summary: Under current law, a nuisance is anything that is injurious to health or indecent or offensive to the senses, or an
obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property. Current law also
provides that a nuisance is anything that obstructs the free passage or use of any public park, square, street, or highway,
among other things. Under current law, a public nuisance is a nuisance that affects the entire community, neighborhood, or
a considerable number of persons. Current law provides various remedies against a public nuisance, including abatement
by any public body or officer authorized by law. This bill would prohibit a person from sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing, using,
maintaining, or placing personal property upon a street or sidewalk if a homeless shelter, as defined, is available to the person.
The bill would also prohibit sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property within 500 feet
of a public or private school, open space, or major transit stop, as specified. The bill would specify that a violation of this
prohibition is a public nuisance that can be abated and prevented, as specified. The bill would also provide that a violation of
the prohibition may be charged as a misdemeanor or an infraction, at the discretion of the prosecutor. The bill would prohibit a
person from being found in violation of the bill's provisions unless provided notice, at least 72 hours before commencement of
any enforcement action, as specified. (Based on 02/05/2024 text)
SB 1034 (Seyarto, R) California Public Records Act: state of emergency.
Status: 02/14/2024 - Referred to Com. on JUD.
Calendar: 04/02/24 S-JUDICIARY 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2100 UMBERG, THOMAS, Chair
1st House 2ntl House
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Peck Policy Flscol Floor Desk Policy Focal Floor C.W..Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbo d
Location: 02/14/2024 - Senate Judiciary
Summary: The California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public
inspection, except as specified. Current law requires each agency, within 10 days of a request for a copy of records, to
determine whether the request seeks copies of disclosable public records in possession of the agency and to promptly notify
the person of the determination and the reasons therefor. Current law authorizes that time limit to be extended by no more
than 14 days under unusual circumstances, and defines "unusual circumstances" to include certain circumstances. This
bill would revise the unusual circumstances under which the time limit may be extended to include the need to search for,
collect, appropriately examine, and copy records during a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor when the state of
emergency has affected the agency's ability to timely respond to requests due to decreased staffing or closure of the agency's
facilities. (Based on 02/06/2024 text)
SB 1037 (Wiener, D) Planning and zoning: housing element: enforcement.
Status: 03/19/2024 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Com. on
RLS.
1st House 2ntl House
Desk Policy Fi r l Flour Desk Policy Focal Floor C.W..Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbered
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Location: 02/06/2024 - Senate Rules
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development within
its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. The Planning and Zoning Law requires the Department
of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to determine whether the housing element is in substantial compliance
with specified provisions of that law. The Planning and Zoning Law requires HCD to notify a city, county, or city and county,
and authorizes HCD to notify the office of the Attorney General, that the city, county, or city and county is in violation of state
law if the local government has taken action in violation of specified provisions of law. The Planning and Zoning Law also
requires, among other things, that an application for a housing development be subject to a specified streamlined, ministerial
approval process if the development satisfies certain objective planning standards. This bill, in any action brought by the
Attorney General, on behalf of HCD or in an independent capacity, to enforce the adoption of housing element revisions, as
specified, or to enforce any state law that requires a city, county, or local agency to ministerially approve any land use decision
or permitting application for a housing development project, as specified, would subject the city, county, or local agency to
specified remedies, including a civil penalty of, at minimum, $10,000 per month, and not exceeding $50,000 per month, for
each violation, as specified. (Based on 03/19/2024 text)
SB 1046 (Laird, D) Organic waste reduction: program environmental impact report: composting facilities.
Status: 03/05/2024 - Set for hearing March 20.
Calendar: 03/20/24 S-ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ALLEN, BENJAMIN, Chair
lsi Hdl5e 2nd House
Dgsk Pnliry Fi 5cJI Flq r Vcr k PpliSy Fi: l Floor Cp-K&ic, Enrolled Vetoed 1;lhPptered
Location: 02/14/2024 - Senate Environmental Quality
Summary: Current law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the State Air
Resources Board, to adopt regulations to achieve certain reduction targets in the organic waste disposed in landfills and to
analyze the progress that the waste sector, state government, and local governments have made in achieving those reduction
targets, as provided. Current law authorizes the department to provide incentives to facilitate progress towards the reduction
targets if the department determines that sufficient progress has not been made. This bill would require the Department of
Resources Recycling and Recovery to prepare a program environmental impact report that streamlines the process with which
jurisdictions can develop and site small and medium compost facilities for processing organic waste, as specified. This bill
contains other existing laws. (Based on 02/07/2024 text)
SB 1049 (Padilla, D) Department of Industrial Relations: living wage: report and employer certification program.
Status: 02/14/2024 - Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and HOUSING.
1st House 2nd House
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rlp Sk Pnliry PSrul FIVOr Oce k Policy FiK'l Floor Co -Kant, Enrolled Vltord {haptered
Location: 02/14/2024 - Senate L., P.E. & R.
Summary: Would require the Department of Industrial Relations, in conjunction with the Secretary of Labor and Workforce
Development and the Director of Housing and Community Development, to develop a certification program for employers that
pay a living wage, which the bill would define as the lowest wage that allows full-time and part-time wage earners to afford a
decent standard of living, as specified. In order to determine a decent standard of living, the bill would require the department
to examine housing costs by county, by region, and in the state and create a formula to ascertain the living wage for each
county, each region, and the state. The bill, commencing in 2025, would also require the department to report to the Legislature
by December 15 of each year the living wage in each county, each region, and the state and develop a method to annually
adjust figures to account for housing cost inflation and inflation broadly. (Based on 02/07/2024 text)
SB 1054 (Rubio, D) Climate Pollution Reduction in Homes Initiative: grants.
Status: 02/21/2024 - Referred to Com. on E., U. & C.
1st Meuse 2nd House
pc5k Pplicy F yr ul Floor Orsk Policy Fimcvl Floor Cord,Lonc. Enrolled Vetoed ChmpEered
Location: 02/21/2024 - Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications
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Summary: Would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, establish the Climate Pollution Reduction in Homes Initiative, which
would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in consultation with the Department
of Community Services and Development, to award grants for local service providers, as defined, nonprofit organizations, and
regional collections of local governments to provide financial assistance to low-income households for the purchase of zero -
carbon -emitting appliances. The initiative would require the commission to develop guidelines for implementation, as specified,
and authorize local service providers, nonprofit organizations, and regional collections of local governments to use those grant
moneys for outreach and technical assistance, rebates, loans, installation, educational information, and other support services
to assist low-income households. (Based on 02/08/2024 text)
SIB 1055 (Min, D) Accessory dwelling units: regional housing need.
Status: 03/13/2024 - March 19 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
1s1 Meuse 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiscel Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Cwd,Conc, Enrolled Velood ChapWrsd
Location: 02/21/2024 - Senate Housing
Summary: Current law requires the planning agency of a city or county to provide an annual report to its legislative body, the
Office of Planning and Research, and the Department of Housing and Community Development by April 1 of each year that
includes, among other information, the city's or county's progress in meeting its share of regional housing needs, as described.
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes a local agency, by ordinance or ministerial approval, to provide for the
creation of accessory dwelling units in areas zoned for residential use, as specified. Current law authorizes a local agency
to impose standards on accessory dwelling units that include, but are not limited to, parking, height, setback, landscape,
architectural review, and maximum size of a unit. Current law prohibits a local agency from establishing height limitations for
accessory dwelling units, including height limitations that would prohibit attached accessory dwelling units from attaining a
height of 25 feet, as specified. This bill would prohibit a qualifying local agency from imposing height limitations that would
prohibit an attached accessory dwelling unit from attaining a height of 16 feet, as specified. The bill would define "qualifying
local agency" as a local agency that the Department of Housing and Community Development has determined that the number
of housing units that have been entitled by the local agency, as shown on its most recent annual progress report, is greater
than the local agency's share of the regional housing need, for the low- and very low income categories, prorated for that
annual reporting period. (Based on 02/08/2024 text)
SB 1059 (Bradford, D) Cannabis: local taxation: gross receipts.
Status: 03/18/2024 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Com. on
RLS.
1st Mouse 2nd House
4 ��1� �r1 rti r1i
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Location: 02/08/2024 - Senate Rules
Summary: The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), an initiative measure, authorizes a person
who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult -use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and
applicable local ordinances. The Medicinal and Adult -Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), among other
things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult -use cannabis activities. Existing law, the
Cannabis Tax Law, imposes an excise tax upon purchasers of cannabis or cannabis products sold in this state at the rate of
15% of the gross receipts of any retail sale by a cannabis retailer, and prior to July 1, 2022, a cultivation tax on all harvested
cannabis that entered the commercial market, as specified. Existing law provides that taxes imposed under the Cannabis
Tax Law are in addition to any other tax imposed by a city or county. Existing law defines "gross receipts" for purposes of the
Cannabis Tax Law as it is defined under the Sales and Use Tax Law.This bill would prohibit a city or county from including
in the definition of gross receipts, for purposes of any local tax or fee on a licensed cannabis retailer, the amount of any
cannabis excise tax imposed under the Cannabis Tax Law or any sales and use taxes. By imposing new requirements on local
governments with respect to their taxes and fees, the bill would impose a state -mandated local program. (Based on 03/18/2024
text)
SIB 1072 (Padilla, D) Local government: Proposition 218: remedies.
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Status: 02/21/2024 - Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
1st Hdlse 2nd House
Desk Policy Fatal Floor DC k Policy Fatal Floor Conf.Co c. Enrolled Vetoed CHapOered
Location: 02/21/2024 - Senate Local Government
Summary: The California Constitution sets forth various requirements for the imposition of local taxes. The California
Constitution excludes from classification as a tax assessments and property -related fees imposed in accordance with
provisions of the California Constitution that establish requirements for those assessments and property -related fees. Under
these requirements, an assessment is prohibited from being imposed on any parcel if it exceeds the reasonable cost of the
proportional special benefit conferred on that parcel, and a fee or charge imposed on any parcel or person as an incident of
property ownership is prohibited from exceeding the proportional cost of the service attributable to the parcel. This bill would
require, if a property -related fee or charge creates revenues in excess of the local government's reasonable cost of providing
the specific benefit or specific government service, that the excess revenues be used only to reduce the subsequently adopted
and following property -related fee or charge. The bill would declare that this provision is declaratory of existing law. (Based on
02/12/2024 text)
SIB 1116 (Portantino, D) Unemployment insurance: trade disputes: eligibility for benefits.
Status: 02/21/2024 - Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor DCak Policy Fatal Floor Co -KC c, Enrolled Vetoed appWud
Location: 02/21/2024 - Senate L., P.E. & R.
Summary: Current law provides for the payment of unemployment compensation benefits and extended benefits to eligible
individuals who meet specified requirements. Under current law, unemployment benefits are paid from the Unemployment
Fund, which is continuously appropriated for these purposes. Current law makes an employee ineligible for benefits if the
employee left work because of a trade dispute and specifies that the employee remains ineligible for the duration of the trade
dispute. Existing case law holds that employees who left work due to a lockout by the employer, even if it was in anticipation of
a trade dispute, are eligible for benefits. This bill would restore eligibility after the first 2 weeks for an employee who left work
because of a trade dispute. (Based on 02/13/2024 text)
SIB 1130 (Bradford. D) Electricity: Family Electric Rate Assistance: reports.
Status: 03/19/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 19). Re -referred to
Com. on APPR.
15t Ilause 2nd House
Desk Policy PIFCIM Floor Dkak Policy Fatal Floor Co -KC c, Enrolled Vetoed Chapoered
Location: 03/19/2024 - Senate Appropriations
Summary: Would require the Public Utilities Commission, by June 1, 2025, and each year thereafter, to review each electrical
corporation's report to ensure it has sufficiently enrolled eligible households in the FERA program commensurate with the
proportion of households the commission determines to be eligible within the electrical corporation's service territory. If the
commission, in its review of a report, determines an electrical corporation has not sufficiently enrolled eligible households in
the FERA program, the bill would require the commission to require the electrical corporation to develop a strategy and plan to
sufficiently enroll eligible households within 3 years of the adoption of the strategy and plan. (Based on 02/13/2024 text)
SIB 1134 (Caballero, D) Surplus land.
Status: 03/18/2024 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Com. on
RLS.
1s1, House 2nd House
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Location: 02/13/2024 - Senate Rules
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Summary: Existing law provides for the disposal of land owned by a local agency that is surplus and is not necessary for the
agency's use. The local agency is required to declare the land either "surplus land" or "exempt surplus land," as prescribed.
Existing law sets forth procedures for the disposal of surplus land and provides that these procedures do not apply to exempt
surplus land. Existing law, for prescribed surplus land parcels developed with residential units, requires minimum percentages
of residential units developed on the parcel to be sold or rented at affordable housing cost or affordable rent.This bill, with
regard to surplus land, would require each parcel of land to be considered a distinct unit of surplus land, with the exception
of contiguous parcels that are disposed of simultaneously to the same receiving entity or any entity working in concert with
another receiving entity, which parcels the bill would require to be treated as a single unit of land. (Based on 03/18/2024 text)
SB 1148 (Blakespear, D) Electrical service: multifamily dwellings and local government buildings.
Status: 02/21/2024 - Referred to Corns. on E., U. & C. and L., P.E. & R.
151 House 2nd Meuse
Desk Policy Fiscel Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Cwd,Conc, Enrolled Vetoed Chapbersd
Location: 02/21/2024 - Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications
Summary: Current law requires the Public Utilities Commission to require every residential unit in an apartment house or
similar multiunit residential structure, condominium, or mobilehome park issued a building permit on or after July 1, 1982,
with certain exceptions, to be individually metered for electrical and gas service. This bill would add an exception from the
requirement that every residential unit be individually metered for electrical service for a multifamily dwelling that includes
a microgrid, as defined, and that meets specified requirements, including, among other things, that each tenant's electricity
costs are less than what the tenant would have paid without the deployment of the microgrid, that the multifamily dwelling
uses electricity generated from renewable energy resources, that all construction workers employed in the construction of the
dwelling are paid at least the general prevailing rate of wages, as specified, and that the owner of the dwelling bills tenants
using one of 3 specified methods. The bill would require the commission to authorize the use of a master meter in any building
owned or operated by a local government. (Based on 02/14/2024 text)
SB 1164 (Newman, D) Property taxation: new construction exclusion: accessory dwelling units.
Status: 03/19/2024 - Set for hearing April 10.
Calendar: 04/10/24 S-REVENUE AND TAXATION 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 GLAZER, STEVE, Chair
15t House 2nd House
Desk Pnli[Y Fiscal Floor Desk Policy pi —I Flppr Co fCdnc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbercd
Location: 02/21/2024 - Senate Revenue and Taxation
Summary: The California Constitution generally limits ad valorem taxes on real property to 1 % of the full cash value of that
property. For purposes of this limitation, "full cash value" is defined as the assessor's valuation of real property as shown on
the 1975-76 tax bill under "full cash value" or, thereafter, the appraised value of that real property when purchased, newly
constructed, or a change in ownership has occurred. This bill would exclude from classification as "newly constructed" and
"new construction" the construction of an accessory dwelling unit, as defined, until 15 years have passed since construction
on the accessory dwelling unit was completed or there is a subsequent change in ownership of the accessory dwelling unit.
The bill would require the property owner to, prior to or within 30 days of completion of the project, notify the assessor that the
property owner intends to claim the exclusion for an accessory dwelling unit and submit an affidavit stating that the owner shall
make a good faith effort to ensure the unit will be used as residential housing for the duration the owner receives the exclusion.
The bill would require the State Board of Equalization to prescribe the manner and form for claiming the exclusion and would
require all additional documents necessary to support the exclusion to be filed by the property owner with the assessor not later
than 6 months after the completion of the project. Because this bill would require an affidavit by a property owner and a higher
level of service from county assessors, it would impose a state -mandated local program. (Based on 02/14/2024 text)
SIB 1211 (Skinner, D) Land use: accessory dwelling units:
Status: 03/06/2024 - Set for hearing March 19.
1st House 2nd House
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Summary: Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes a local agency, by ordinance, to provide for the creation of
accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in areas zoned for residential use, as specified. Existing law requires ministerial approval of
accessory dwelling units, as specified, if the local agency does not adopt an ordinance governing accessory dwelling units, as
described. Under existing law, a local agency is also required to ministerially approve an application for a building permit within
a residential or mixed -use zone to create any of specified variations of accessory dwelling units. This bill contains other existing
laws. (Based on 02/15/2024 text)
SB 1243 (Dodd, D) Campaign contributions: agency officers.
Status: 03/18/2024 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Com. on
RLS.
1st Haase 2nd house
Pesk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Co.d,Conc, Enrolled Vetoed Chnptersd
Location: 02/15/2024 - Senate Rules
Summary: The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibits certain contributions of more than $250 to an officer of an agency by
any party, participant, or party or participant's agent in a proceeding while a proceeding involving a license, permit, or other
entitlement for use is pending before the agency and for 12 months following the date a final decision is rendered in the
proceeding, as specified. The act requires disclosure on the record of the proceeding, as specified, of certain contributions of
more than $250 within the preceding 12 months to an officer from a party or participant, or party's agent. The act disqualifies
an officer from participating in a decision in a proceeding if the officer has willfully or knowingly received a contribution of more
than $250 from a party or a party's agent, or a participant or a participant's agent, as specified. The act allows an officer to cure
certain violations of these provisions by returning a contribution, or the portion of the contribution of in excess of $250, within
14 days of accepting, soliciting, or receiving the contribution, whichever comes latest. This bill would raise the threshold for
contributions regulated by these provisions to $1,000, as specified. The bill would limit the prohibition on contributions made
during and after a proceeding to the 9 months before and after a final decision in a proceeding is made, and it would extend
the period during which an officer may cure a violation to within 30 days of accepting, soliciting, or directing the contribution,
whichever is latest. (Based on 03/18/2024 text)
SIB 1319 (Wahab, D) Behavioral health treatment facilities.
Status: 02/29/2024 - Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and L. GOV.
lit House 2nd House
Pesk Pallcsr Fiscal Floor Dusk Policy Fxal Floor Co.d,Conc, Enrolled Vetoed 0,piered
Location: 02/29/2024 - Senate Health
Summary: Current law authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to establish a Behavioral Health Continuum
Infrastructure Program to award grants, as specified, for the construction, acquisition, and rehabilitation of behavioral health
treatment resources, as described. The program exempts a facility project funded by a grant pursuant to the program from the
California Environmental Quality Act, if it meets specified requirements, and local zoning and use permits, as specified .This bill
would apply those exemptions to an entity, facility, or project that is converting a long-term health care facility or skilled nursing
facility, as defined, to a facility that will expand the capacity of behavioral health treatment resources in the community. (Based
on 02/16/2024 text)
SIB 1361 (Blakespear. D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: local agencies: contract for providing services for people
experiencing homelessness.
Status: 03/08/2024 - Set for hearing April 3.
Calendar: 04/03/24 S-ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ALLEN, BENJAMIN, Chair
1s1: Hausa 2nd House
Pcsk Pdigr Fscol Flour Desk Polky Fiscal Floor Co..f,Ca c, Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Location: 02/29/2024 - Senate Environmental Quality
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Summary: The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative
declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or
mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the
environment. CEQA exempts for its requirements, among other things, actions taken by the Department of Housing and
Community Development, the California Housing Finance Agency, or a local agency not acting as the lead agency to provide
financial assistance or insurance for the development and construction of residential housing for persons and families of low or
moderate income, as provided. This bill would additionally exempt from CEQA's requirements actions taken by a local agency
to approve a contract for providing services for people experiencing homelessness. (Based on 02/16/2024 text)
SB 1376 (Gonzalez, D) Public contracts: Local Agency Public Construction Act: reporting.
Status: 03/18/2024 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Com. on
RLS.
1st House 2nd House
Dusk "my F--I Floor Dusk Policy F I Floor Co d.Cocrc. E-AW Vetoed Uh pbr d
Location: 02/16/2024 - Senate Rules
Summary: The Local Agency Public Construction Act sets forth the requirements for competitive bidding on various types of
contracts awarded by local agencies. The State Contract Act requires the Department of General Services to make available a
report on state contracting activity containing specified information. This bill would require a participating local public entity, as
defined, commencing January 1, 2026, and monthly thereafter, to compile and submit to the Office of Planning and Research
prescribed information on the entity's contracting activity similar to the information required for the State Contract Act report.
The bill would require the Office of Planning and Research, commencing July 1, 2026, to develop and maintain a public online
database and accompanying data dictionary compiling the submitted data on its internet website. Commencing January 1,
2027, and annually thereafter, the bill would require the Office of Planning and Research, in collaboration with the California
State Auditor, as specified, to review the databases established pursuant to the bill and, together with the participating local
public entities, make recommendations to the Legislature on further transparency and reporting improvements for requiring
local public entities to submit similar data. (Based on 03/18/2024 text)
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CITY OF TUSTIN
2024 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
The Mayor and City Manager are authorized to submit advocacy letters on behalf of the
City if the proposed clearly follows the City's adopted legislative platform.
PURPOSE
The City of Tustin's 2024 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 2024 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 disaster
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 costs to CalPERS.
8. Support the reimbursement of local governments for disaster related expenses,
including the need for essential public safety service overtime, personal protective
equipment, public health response 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.
13.Oppose efforts to further erode local control over permitting and enforcement of
street vending.
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Economic Development
14. Support international, statewide, regional, and local efforts to attract, retain and
provide resources for current and future commercial and industrial businesses.
15. 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.
16. Support economic development initiatives that preserve and enhance a positive
business climate and maintain and grow the business tax base.
17. 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
18.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.
19.Oppose legislation, proposals, or regulations that penalize local governments for
noncompliance with their housing element or regional housing needs assessment
requirements.
20. 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.
21. 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 retaining local control.
22. Monitor local, state, and federal actions related to medical and recreational
marijuana regulatory changes.
23. Support local control over the licensure and regulation of alcoholism or drug abuse
recovery or treatment facilities.
24.Oppose legislation that would erode local control over City owned property,
including Tustin Legacy and Pacific Center East.
25. Support proposals that provide funding or tools to preserve historic neighborhoods
and structures.
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26.Oppose proposals that increase requirements and place undue burdens on the
City with regard to the Surplus Land Act.
27.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
28.Oppose efforts that erode funding for vital regional and community services that
negatively impact resident 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.
29. Support efforts that strengthen policies to fund parks, open space acquisitions,
bike lanes, and active transportation opportunities.
30. Promote local agency control over policies that recognize the benefits of parks and
recreation facilities.
31. Support efforts to increase funding, accessibility and programs for seniors.
32. Support policies that foster the creation and sustenance of public art initiatives.
Public Works
33. Support increased state and federal funding of transportation improvements with
regional or sub -regional benefits for all modes of transportation.
34. Support protection of dedicated transportation -related tax revenues and enhance
the ability of local agencies to finance local transportation programs and facilities.
35. Support all efforts to create efficiencies within the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA).
36. Support measures and reforms which streamline the CEQA process for the
development of housing and mixed -use infill projects that support transit.
37. Support legislation that allows local governments to continue to retain full authority
to reject projects or to condition project approvals and impose mitigation measures.
38. Support efforts to facilitate public -private partnerships to complete development
projects.
39.Oppose efforts to remove City representation on regional boards that oversee
water, drainage and/or sewage.
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40. Support efforts that fund broadband infrastructure.
41. 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
42. 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.
43. Support the enhancement of a reliable and sustainable water supply for California
as well as measures that improve water quality in the region.
44. Monitor the development of a state framework for long term water conservation
measures.
45. Support policy development, funding and research for water conservation,
addressing urban runoff and beach closures and required programs associated
with Orange County National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
permits.
46. Support efforts to address long term water resiliency and affordability without
implementing a statewide water tax.
47.Oppose efforts that restrict or eliminate local permitting and enforcement of water
quality measures.
48.Oppose efforts that unilaterally reduces the indoor water use standards without the
input of local and regional stakeholders.
Human Resources and Risk Management
49.Oppose measures that reduce local control over employee relations issues or
mandate new or enhanced local government employee benefits.
50. Support pension reform measures designed to (i) control or decrease employer
liability, or (ii) increase transparency in reporting, without imposing undue
hardships or administrative burdens on local government.
51.Oppose redundant or unnecessary proposals (legislation or policies) that require
excessive human resources burdens without sufficient reimbursement.
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Public Safety
52. Support measures that encourage community safety and well-being including
those which support state and federal reimbursement of homeland security related
expenses.
53.Oppose legislation that places burdensome restrictions on law enforcement and
limits their ability to protect public safety.
54.Oppose legislative attempts at early release of incarcerated prisoners and
measures that would further de -criminalize non-violent offenses.
55. Support funding for local mitigation efforts related to Proposition 47 (The Reduced
Penalties for Some Crimes Initiative — 2014) and Proposition 57 (The Public Safety
and Rehabilitation Act — 2016)
56. Support initiatives involving county, state, and federal governments to reduce and
prevent homelessness in Orange County.
57. Support measures that provide funding and local resources for wildfire fire
prevention, suppression, and mitigation.
58. Support local control over adult entertainment facilities, alcohol establishments
and properties where illegal drugs are sold.
59. 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.
60. Support legislation increasing resources and local authority for abatement of public
vandalism, especially graffiti.
61. Support regional and state proposals to increase funding for locally operated
homeless shelters.
62.Oppose efforts to limit the City's ability to enforce parking rules and regulations
and recover the costs of implementation and maintenance.
63. Support efforts that add de-energization to the conditions that constitute a state
and local emergency.
64.Oppose efforts that change the public safety personnel certification framework and
subject the City to additional litigation.
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65. Support efforts to address loud noise vehicles by providing public safety officers
with resources to enforce state laws and local ordinances.
66. Support legislation that deters the distribution, sales, and consumption of
controlled substances.
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