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AGENDA REPORT
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Agenda Item 9
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City Manager
Finance Director N/A
MEETING DATE: MAY 7, 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. Take an OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED position on AB 1886 (Alvarez) Housing
element law: substantial compliance: Housing Accountability Act
2. Take a SUPPORT position on AB 2485 (Carrillo) Regional housing need:
determination
3. Take a SUPPORT position on AB 2943 (Zbur) Crimes: shoplifting
4. Receive and file the updated legislative matrix as of April 25
5. 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 April that is
attached to the staff report.
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Agenda Report — Legislative Update
May 7, 2024
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Recommended Position on Legislation
Staff and TPA are recommending the following positions on bills. A draft letter is
attached to the staff report. If the City Council wishes to take positions on additional
bills, staff can return with those items at a subsequent City Council meeting.
AB 1886 (Alvarez,) Housing element law: substantial compliance: Housing Accountability
Act.
- Summary: Encourages "builder's remedy" projects by eliminating Housing Element
self -certification for the purpose of what it means to have a housing element "in
substantial compliance with the law."
- Recommended Position: Oppose Unless Amended
AB 2485 (Carrillo) Reaional housina need: determination.
- Summary: Seeks to enhance transparency in the HCD regional housing needs
calculation process by creating an advisory panel and requiring the publication of
methodologies used on HCD's website.
- Recommended Position: Support
AB 2943 (Zbur) Crimes: shoplifting.
- Summary: Makes numerous changes to law that strengthens law enforcement
positions and provides additional enforcement tools to combat retail theft.
- Recommended Position: Support
Legislative Tracking Matrix
Attached is a legislative tracking matrix as of April 25 that tracks bills of interest.
Attachments:
- TPA April 2024 update
- Draft AB 1886 Letter
- Draft AB 2485 letter
- Draft AB 2943 letter
- Legislative Matrix as of April 25
- 2024 Legislative Platform
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TCD`WNSEND
TPA
MEMORANDUM
To: City of Tustin
From: Townsend Public Affairs
Date: April 2, 2024
Subject: March 2024 Monthly Report
The month of March continued with the Legislature's quick pace of considering and amending
legislation to ensure bills progressed through their first house. In addition to the growing
momentum of legislative progress within the Legislature, March featured numerous developments
related to addressing priority issues such as the State Budget, retail theft, and affordability in the
utility sector. The Legislature also observed its Spring Recess from March 22 — March 29 and
returned to Sacramento on April 1.
March featured numerous policy committees and robust agendas for bill considerations. This pace
will continue through April and May before bills cross over to their second house by the May 24
legislative deadline. The Legislature will shift its focus once again to the budget process in May,
which marks the release of the Governor's "May Revision" of the January budget proposal,
followed by the constitutional deadline of July 1 wherein the Governor must sign a budget bill into
law.
In addition to policy committee events, March saw several bill amendments. With the bill
introduction deadline on February 16, the Legislature introduced 1,520 Assembly Bills and 639
Senate Bills, for a total of 2,159 bills. In addition, there are 397 combined Assembly and Senate
"2-year bills" that were introduced in 2023, which have been able to resume the legislative process
since January 2024.
Notable bills that were amended in March are listed below.
BILL
SUBJECT
SUMMARY
If approved by voters, makes amendments to Prop 47 by
reducing the threshold amount for petty theft and shoplifting
AB 1787
from $950 to $450; increases criminal punishment for repeat
(Villapudua)
Retail Theft
petty theft offenders; reduces the current amount for the
aggregated value of the merchandise stolen, received,
purchased, or possessed from $950 to $450 within a 12-
month period and repeals the sunset provision.
Authorizes the CA Council on Science and Technology to
AB 1912
Utilities
assess legislation that would establish a mandated
(Pacheco)
requirement or program or otherwise affect electrical
ratepayers, upon request of the Legislature.
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AB 2037
Transportation
Expands the jurisdiction of county sealers to include publicly
Pa an
Infrastructure
operated EV chargers.
Requires licensed alcoholism or drug abuse
recovery/treatment facilities and certified alcohol or other
drug programs to include a disclosure on its internet
websites in the event of legal, disciplinary, or enforcement
AB 2081
Sober Living
actions initiated by the State Department of Health Care
Davies
Facilities
Services wherein the facility or program is found to be in
violation. The disclosure must encompass the date and
specifics of the violation and must be publicly accessible on
the website no later than 14 business days subsequent to
the determination of the violation. Violation of the website
posting requirement can lead to a fine of $2,500.
Amends existing net energy metering (NEM) laws for
renewable energy generation facilities, directing the Public
Utilities Commission (PUC) to periodically revise standard
contracts or tariffs to ensure sustainable growth aligns with
AB 2256
Utilities
State climate goals. The revisions are required to be based
(Friedman)
on independent assessments of the cost of service and total
benefits, with a requirement that benefits exceed costs.
Additionally, large electrical corporations are mandated to
make these revised contracts available to all eligible
customer -generators starting on July 1, 2026.
Requires the Governor to appoint a Statewide Homelessness
Coordinator, within the Governor's office, to serve as the lead
person for ending homelessness in California. AB 2338
requires the coordinator to identify a local leader in each
relevant city, county, city and county, or other jurisdiction to
AB 2338
serve as a liaison between the coordinator and that
Jones-
Homelessness
jurisdiction, overseeing homelessness programs, services,
Sawyer)
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.
Makes several amendments to the Affordable Housing and
High Road Jobs Act of 2022. It revises how a development
proponent can apply for an affordable or mixed -income
housing development. Among changes, this measure
AB 2443
Housing and
prohibits any demolition of a historic structure listed on any
Wicks
Land Use
national, State, or local historic register in such
developments. Additionally, this measure shortens the
timeline for local governments to assess whether a
development complies with the Act from 60-90 days to 30
days, and clarifies approval timelines based on the housing
unit count, among other changes.
AB 2485
Housing and
Requires the Department of Housing and Community
(Carillol
Land Use
Development to publish on its Internet website the data
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sources, analyses, and methodology, as specified, prior to
finalization of the regional determination.
Requires 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
AB 2561
Public
implement a plan consisting of specified components to fill
(McKinnor)
Employment
all vacant positions within the subsequent 180 days.
Additionally, this measure requires 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.
Under existing law, vests the Public Utilities Commission with
regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical
corporations, and requires electrical corporations to
construct, maintain, and operate their electrical lines and
SB 1003
Utilities
equipment in a manner that will minimize the risk of
Dodd
catastrophic wildfire posed by those electrical lines and
equipment. SB 1003 requires those operations to take into
account the need to minimize those risks as soon as possible
and the amount of risk addressed for the cost of the proposed
mitigation.
Requires additional guidelines for the California Coastal
Commission (Commission) to comply with when reviewing
appeals related to multifamily housing development and
SB 1092
Housing and
requires a report to be submitted to the Legislature by 2028.
(Blakespear)
Land Use
This measure allows for appeals to be made to the
commission by the applicant, any affected person, or two
members of the Commission, however, amends the
requirements for the Commission to hear an appeal.
For SLA purposes, requires each parcel of land to be
SB 1134
Housing and
considered a distinct unit of surplus land, with the exception
Carillo
Land Use
of contiguous parcels that are disposed of simultaneously to
the same receiving entity.
Increases the current threshold for local government elected
official contributions from $250 to $1000 and limits the time
frame for contributions to 9 months before and after the final
decision (a 3 month reduction from the current 12-month
SB 1243
Elections
period). Additionally, it extends the period during which an
(Dodd)
officer may cure a violation from 14 days to within 30 days of
accepting, soliciting, or directing the contribution. This
measure clarifies that individuals are not considered
"participants" if their financial interest in a decision is solely
due to an increase or decrease in membership dues.
Senate President pro Tempore and Bipartisan Senate Coalition Announce Legislation for
a Safer California
In late February, Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire and a bipartisan coalition of
Senate members announced a legislative package aimed a safer California. The plan, titled
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Working Together for a Safer California, addresses the fentanyl crisis and retail and community -
based crime. The plan, consisting of fourteen legislative measures, encompasses strategies such
as enhancing access to treatment, providing rehabilitative services for individuals already involved
in the criminal justice system, preventing the trafficking of hazardous new substances, and
tackling and discouraging incidents of retail theft and community -based crimes.
In March, many of the measures from the legislative package were amended to add substantial
language, from the measures original spot language form. Notable measures from the legislative
package are listed below.
Retail Theft and Community -Based Crime
• SB 905 (Wiener) Creates a new crime of forcibly entering a vehicle with the intent to
commit theft, and also creates a new crime of unlawfully possessing property acquired
through theft from a vehicle with intent to sell where the value of the property possessed
exceeds $950.
• SB 982 (Wahab) Removes the current sunset date on the provision of law that criminalizes
organized retail theft, thereby making the operation of the law permanent.
• SB 1144 (Skinner) Requires third -party sellers on an online marketplace to be certified,
and bans sellers suspected of criminal activity from operating through online marketplace
platforms.
• SB 1242 (Min) Requires courts to impose higher penalties on criminals who create fires
to engage in retail theft, which do not impact Proposition 47.
• SB 1416 (Newman) Increases penalties on professional organized retail theft in
particularly significant large-scale resale schemes.
Fentanyl Crisis and Substance Use Treatment Measures
• SB 910 (Umberg) Establishes Statewide standards used by collaborative courts to
improve programming, drug testing, and medication -assisted treatment for individuals
moving through the criminal justice system.
• SB 1385 (Roth) Supports navigators in hospital emergency departments and in the
criminal justice system to ensure patients and justice -involved individuals are connected
to evidence -based treatment for opioid use disorder and to ongoing treatment services.
• SB 1442 (Ochoa Bogh) Empowers CaIRX to supply California with vital United States
Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) approved testing and health assessment
equipment, to aid in increased access to affordable fentanyl testing strips for diagnostics
purposes.
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SB 1468 (Ochoa Bogh) Encourages providers to make use of the new federal Drug
Enforcement Agency (DEA) rule to allow practitioners to dispense a three-day supply of
narcotic medication to start detoxification treatment or maintenance treatment for people
who use opioids.
• SB 1502 (Ashby) Prevents illicit use and trafficking of Xylazine (aka "tranq"), an animal
tranquilizer with no approved human use that is increasingly being found in the illicit drug
supply.
State Budget Update —Senate Releases Early Action Plan
On March 14, the Senate released its budget priorities document, which overviews their proposed
amendments to the Governor's January budget proposal. The priority document is titled "Protect
our Progress," and serves as an important benchmark for the negotiations between the
Governor's Administration, the Assembly, and the Senate one how each stakeholder would like
to see the State's spending plan for the fiscal year implemented. Since the release of the
Governor's January Budget proposal, which outlined a $38 billion projected shortfall, the
Legislative Analyst Office (LAO) has reported the problem could grow by an additional $15 billion,
which would take the shortfall to $53 billion. The May Revision of the January Budget Proposal
which will incorporate April tax receipts and revenue returns data will provide a more precise
number, which could range from lower than $38 billion to higher than $53 billion.
The Senate report suggests that the Legislature could enhance the management of the shortfall
by promptly implementing several billion dollars' worth of proposed solutions. To be precise, the
adoption of $17.1 billion in solutions, aligned with the Governor's proposal for a partial utilization
of the Rainy -Day Fund, constitutes Step 1 of the Senate's Protect Our Progress 2024 budget plan,
achieving the following objectives:
• "Shrinks the Shortfall" from a projected $38-$53 billion to a more manageable $9-24 billion.
• Positions the Legislature and the Governor to best protect progress by maximizing the
time and energy spent focusing on the most challenging solutions to close the remaining
budget shortfall during the critical time leading up to the June 15 constitutional deadline
for the Legislature to pass the Budget Bill.
Notably, the Senate proposes to approve several of the Governor's proposed funding deferrals,
shifts, and delays. This includes the proposed $260 million delay of Supplemental HHAP round
five funding, which is directed to local government for homelessness programs and services.
The Senate proposal does not address the Governor's proposed spending reductions for core
programs such as the Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) grant program and the Active
Transportation Program (ATP), which provide critical dollars to local governments for housing
production and transportation network infrastructure and planning. The lack of information on
these programs suggests the negotiation process is still underway between both houses of the
Legislature.
The next step in the early action plan, Step 2 of the Senate's Protect Our Progress 2024 budget
plan, is anticipated to be released later in the Spring and will provide a comprehensive proposal
for a balanced, responsible budget that protects core programs and services. The release of the
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priority outline document will soon be complemented by the Assembly's priorities, which will
eventually be incorporated into the Legislature's official budget proposal bill following negotiations
between both houses.
On March 20, Governor Newsom and Senate Pro Tern McGuire reached a tentative compromise
to help close the current budget shortfall. Currently, no official language has been released,
however, a compromise is anticipated to address the current shortfall with cost savings of
between $12-18 billion.
March Presidential Primary Election Update
On Tuesday, March 5, millions of Californians cast their ballot in the State's Primary Election.
Although a majority of ballots have been counted, there are many remaining ballots still to be
tabulated, prior to the election being certified on April 12. Over the next couple of weeks, counties
will be processing and reporting their uncounted ballots, which, in some counties, could comprise
over 50 percent of the total votes cast. As a result, the outcome of some close contests will likely
not be known for several weeks.
California's top -two system advances the top two candidates, regardless of political identification,
to the November 2024 General Election in statewide and congressional races. However,
candidates in local races can win outright if they garner more than 50% of the vote.
Regarding election results, county officials have until April 2 to report the final outcomes for
presidential delegates, and until April 5 to report all other State contests to the Secretary of State.
The results will be certified by the Secretary of State on April 12.
Proposition 1, $6.38 Billion Mental Health Bond
Proposition 1 was the only statewide initiative for voter consideration in the March Primary
Election. During the 2023 Legislative Session, the Legislature approved AB 531 (Irwin) and SB
326 (Eggman) which comprised a package of reforms to the State's behavioral health care
continuum. Specifically, AB 531 authorized $6.38 billion in general obligation bonds to finance
permanent supportive housing and behavioral health treatment settings for individuals
experiencing homelessness and behavioral health challenges. Notably, the measure contains
a $1.5 billion set aside specifically for cities and counties. SB 326 complemented the capital
project development goals of AB 531 by revising the Mental Health Services Act (MSHA) to
include the expansion of services to individuals with diagnosed mental health disorders and
substance use disorders, as well as recasting funding priorities to include the development and
maintenance of supportive housing solutions.
In late March, following a narrow vote margin, proponents of Proposition 1 announced that the
measure won 50.2% to 49.8%, securing enough of a margin to ensure its passage. This measure
required a simple majority vote to pass. Under Proposition 1, California will use -$6.4 billion in
bond funding to build housing and residential treatment facilities for people with mental illness
and will divert more of the State's mental health funding to intensive treatment.
Changes include how to use funds from the Mental Health Services Act, which voters passed in
2004 to levy a 1 % tax on people whose incomes exceed $1 million. The tax typically nets between
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$2 billion and $3.5 billion for mental health services each year. Under current law, most of the
funding goes to counties which have significant discretion to spend the money as they see fit.
Proposition 1 will shift more of the funding to State government control and would increase the
amount counties must spend on housing and services for people with severe mental illness and
addiction.
The State will now task various agencies to begin the regulatory process to decide how, when,
and where funds will be spent.
Affordability Concerns in the Electric Utility Sector: Assembly Utility and Energy
Committee Oversight Hearing
On March 6 the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee held an oversight hearing regarding
affordability concerns in the electric utility sector, current cost drivers, and implications of future
trends. The Committee, chaired by Assembly Member Cottie Petrie -Norris, heard from panelists,
discussed and addressed concerns related to the increasing costs of electricity, and explored
solutions to make electricity services more cost-effective and affordable.
The hearing focused on understanding the contributing factors to high electricity rates and
gathering information from various stakeholders to mitigate the burden on ratepayers and
concluded with public comment. Additionally, the oversight hearing also served as the mandatory
annual legislative update of the Public Utilities Commission and Public Advocate's Office.
The panelists discussed the factors contributing to escalating rates such as wildfire mitigation
costs, distribution costs, and the shift to clean energy, as well as potential solutions, including
improving wildfire spending, reducing cross subsidies for rooftop solar customers, and
reevaluating the financing of the clean energy transition. Possible proposals to lower high energy
rates to consumers includes income -graduated fixed charges, external funding sources,
alternative financing options, and low-income customer bill relief, as well as the need to balance
affordability with the transition to clean energy source.
Committee Members echoed concerns regarding the costs of electricity rates and the impact on
affordability, the need for transparency and communication from the CPUC and the Public
Advocates Office. It is anticipated that the Committee will hold informational hearings throughout
the year to further the dialogue regarding the raised issues.
Congressional Representatives Send Letter of Concerns over Income -Based Utility Charge
Proposal
On March 25, seventeen Congressional Members of the California Delegation sent a letter to the
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) expressing concerns over a proposal that would
change the way utility charges are applied. The concerns center on the passage of AB 205 in
2022, which required the CPUC to implement a utility rate schedule based on household income,
not energy usage. Since then, the State's largest investor -owned utilities (IOUs) have formed a
joint proposal to implement the income -graduated rate schedule, with households earning less
than $69,000 set to pay a standard rate of approximately $34 per month and households earning
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over $180,000 set to pay upwards of $128 per month. The Members of Congress who signed the
letter didn't outright oppose a fixed charge but expressed the CPUC should avoid a "high" charge.
The CPUC proposal has been a hot topic issue as Legislators are driven by growing concerns
from constituents regarding utility bills. In the last ten years, PG&E prices have surged by up to
127%. According to the rulemaking process, the CPUC will have to formally adopt one of the rate
proposals by July 1, 2024, which will then kickstart the process of official implementation prior to
the 2026 deadline.
To halt the fixed charge proposal, Assembly Member Irwin has introduced Assembly Bill 1999
which would repeal the income -graduated utility rate charge structure for residents serviced by
investor -owned utilities (IOUS). Additionally, the measure would instead reinstate the CPUC's
maximum fixed rates of $10 per residential customer account per month for customers not
enrolled in the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program and $5 per residential
customer account per month for customers enrolled in the CARE program.
AB 1999 (Irwin) is currently pending a hearing date in the Assembly Utilities Committee.
FY 2024 Appropriations Complete
In March, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 4366) and the
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2882), ending the FY 2024 appropriations process
five months into the fiscal year and averting a government shutdown.
House Democrats prevented several policy riders from being attached to legislation by House
Freedom Caucus members. These riders took aim at Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, LGBTQ+,
and human rights initiatives. House Democrats also staved off large spending cuts to the foreign
operations budget, making it possible for Ukraine and Israel funding negotiations to resume. The
House is quickly beginning the FY 2025 process due to the late enactment of FY 2024
appropriations.
FY 2025 spending caps were agreed upon by President Biden and former Speaker Kevin
McCarthy during Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) negotiations in spring 2023, so the focus will be
on disbursement across agencies and programs. Congressional leadership is expected to
continue to debate nondefense spending beyond the $710.7 billion cap dictated by the FRA. On
March 20, the House Ways and Means Committee and multiple House Appropriations
Subcommittees held hearings on President Biden's budget request, officially moving on from FY
2024.
Nonetheless, there may be delays, as Congresswoman Kay Granger is stepping down as House
Appropriations Committee Chairwoman. Her announcement came hours after the House voted
to pass H.R. 2882. Committee Vice Chairman Tom Cole was first to announce his candidacy for
Chair.
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President Biden Releases FY 2025 Budget
The White House released the annual Presidential budget proposal, outlining President Biden's
tax and spending priorities for the next decade. President Biden requested $7.3 trillion in total
spending for FY 2025. The budget proposes $3.3 trillion of net deficit reduction through 2034.
During President Biden's State of the Union address, he pitched a higher minimum corporate tax
and a 25% minimum tax for billionaires. According to an Office of Management and Budget official,
the U.S. would see debt reductions if the proposals were enacted. The budget proposal also
opposes benefit cuts to Social Security and Medicare. Democrats and Republicans continue to
discuss altered funding levels for senior entitlement programs, a conversation which occurs every
year.
Senator Schumer Outlines Upcoming Senate Agenda
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer aims to return to other legislative activities now that the
government is funded through September. Measures that Senator Schumer has indicated he
would like to advance in the coming months include:
• S. 1409, the Kids Online Safety Act, requires covered platforms such as social networks
to protect minors from sexual exploitation and online bullying. This measure has 65
bipartisan cosponsors and may be one of the easier items to cross off the agenda.
• H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, provides tax
cuts to corporations who spend money on research and development projects, and
expands the child tax credit. This measure passed the House with major bipartisan support
but faces an uphill battle in the Senate.
• S. 2860, the Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation Banking Act (SAFER), intends to
help state -legal cannabis businesses access the banking system. This measure could see
a vote on the Senate Floor in the coming months.
Each of these items could be attached as an amendment to the mandatory FAA Reauthorization
and FISA Reauthorization.
Congress Passes Legislation to Reduce Fentanyl Trafficking
On March 7, Congress passed S. 206, the End Fentanyl Act with overwhelming bipartisan
support. By requiring the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to update its
policies every three years, this legislation hopes to reduce international drug trafficking into the
U.S. The recent focus on border reform discussions has brought national attention to all issues
within that jurisdiction. This provided a catalyst for the legislation to be signed by President Biden.
EPA Announces Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy -Duty Vehicles
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Standards for Heavy -Duty Vehicles - Phase 3 on March 29. The rule updates national greenhouse
gas pollution standards for heavy-duty vehicles of model years 2027-2032 to reduce pollution and
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climate change. Heavy-duty vehicles account for 25 percent of emissions from the transportation
sector, the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. The new standards will be
applicable to HD vocational vehicles such as delivery trucks, refuse haulers, and other public
utility trucks; transit, shuttle, and school buses; and tractors.
According to the EPA, the new standards will avoid 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions
and provide $13 billion in annualized net benefits to society in public health, climate safety,
and savings for truck owners and operators. The final standards will reduce air pollution for nearly
72 million people who live near truck freight routes. This rule is similar to the Multi -Pollutant
Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light -Duty and Medium -Duty Vehicles that
was finalized earlier in March. President Biden is continuing to prioritize greenhouse gas
emissions reduction during an election year.
The State of California enacted new greenhouse gas emissions standards last year. They are
stricter than the newly released Phase 3. The state's standards are expected to supersede the
federal regulations for large truck fleets operating within the state, whether they are registered in
California or not.
Phase 3 is an expansion of Phase 2. Enacted in 2016, Phase 2 allowed manufacturers to discern
which emissions control technologies were best for their company, from internal combustion
engine vehicles to hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, battery electric vehicles, and
hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
Additionally, the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, along with the Departments of Energy
and Transportation and the EPA, announced the National Zero Emission Freight Corridor
Strategy, an action plan for deploying a zero -emission freight by 2040.
Below are additional resources provided by the EPA:
• Fact Sheet: Final Standards to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Heavy -Duty
Vehicles for Model Year 2027 and Beyond (pdf)
• Regulatory Impact Analysis: Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles: Heavy -
Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards Regulatory Impact Analysis (pdf)
• Response to Comments: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy -Duty
Vehicles: Phase 3 (pdf)
EPA to Finalize National Standards for PFAS in Drinking Water
The EPA is close to finalizing enforceable national drinking water standards for per- and
polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as forever chemicals. Between 3,400 and
6,300 public water systems —serving up to 94 million people —could be affected by the new rule,
according to the EPA. The agency estimates that implementation of the new standards could cost
local governments and utilities between $772 million and $1.7 billion a year nationwide.
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The EPA's new regulation would target six compounds, including two of the most frequently
detected ones—PFOS and PFOA—and cap their maximum contaminant level in public drinking
water to just 4 parts per trillion. That's the lowest level at which the substances can be reliably
detected in the lab and is lower than the allowable amount from any enforceable state regulation
currently in place.
Local governments have expressed concern that without additional funding from Congress, the
required upgrades will place an undue financial burden on them.
The EPA has until September to finalize the new rule, though the Agency has said it expects the
final rule to come out in early 2024. After that, local governments will have three years to comply,
which could involve finding new sources of water or installing specialized treatment facilities.
Meanwhile, congressional committees are considering legislation to shield government entities
and passive recipients of PFAS from liability. There is concern that airports and waste
management operators could be held liable for PFAS contamination under the superfund law
once EPA finalizes its new standard. Legislation has been under negotiation for more than a year
and further action is hoped for this year.
Treasury and IRS Finalize Elective Pay Rules for Clean Energy Tax Credits
Rules on direct pay for the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) clean energy tax credits were finalized
by the Department of Treasury and the IRS. Under the IRA, eligible entities are allowed to receive
elective payments for twelve clean energy tax credits. Elective pay is a mechanism in the IRA that
helps enable state, local, and Tribal governments, and non-profit organizations to take advantage
of clean energy tax credits. The elective pay final rule clarifies the law's scope and requirements
for eligibility and lays out the process and timeline to claim and receive an elective payment.
The final rules can be accessed on treasury.gov. Additionally, the IRS is hosting reoccurring
webinars on Thursdays from 1-2:30pm EST until April 24.
Elective pay resources can be accessed below:
• Elective Pay Overview, Publication 5817
• Rural Electric Cooperatives, Publication 5817-A
• U.S. Territorial Governments, Publication 5817-B
• Tax -Exempt Organizations, Publication 5817-D
• State and Local Government, Publication 5817-E
• Clean Energy Tax Incentives: Elective Pay Eligible Tax Credits, Publication 5817-G
• IRS Elective Pay Frequently Asked Questions
• Treasury.gov/IRS-ResourcesHub
• IRS.gov/ElectivePay
• Clean Energy.gov/DirectPay
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Department of Justice Introduces new Behavioral Health Funding Opportunities
The Department of Justice introduced two funding opportunities through the Second Chance Act
aimed at diminishing recidivism and enhancing reintegration outcomes for individuals returning
from local jails and juvenile facilities. The Improving Adult and Youth Crisis Stabilization and
Community Reentry Program hopes to minimize the potential for crisis and improve recovery for
people with serious mental illness, substance use disorders and co-occurring disorders. The
Second Chance Act Pay for Success initiative assists county governments in pricing, writing,
negotiating, funding, and managing contracts with service providers that pay for reentry services.
Applications for both grants are due at Grants.gov on April 25, 2024, at 8:59 p.m. EST or
at JustGrants on April 30, 2024, at 8:59 p.m. EST.
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The Honorable David Alvarez
10210 Street, Suite 5320
Sacramento, CA 95814
SUBJECT: AB 1886 (Alvarez) Notice of Opposition Unless Amended
Dear Assembly Member Alvarez:
The City of Tustin (City) regrets to inform you of its oppose unless amended position on AB 1886
because it turns its back to a fundamental provision of housing element law: A city may disagree
with HCD; explain why its housing element is in substantial compliance with the law; and then
adopt that housing element which is thereafter considered "in substantial compliance with housing
element law." The City has adopted an oppose unless amended position to this bill in accordance
with its 2024 Legislative Platform, Land Use Planning and Housing, policy statement 19: Oppose
legislation, proposals, or regulations that penalize local governments for noncompliance with
their housing element or regional housing needs assessment requirements.
For decades, cities have worked with HCD to draft housing plans that accommodate their fair share
of housing at all income levels. These extensive and complex plans can take years to develop,
include public involvement and engagement, and environmental review. Cities go to great lengths
to ensure that their housing element substantially complies with the law, even if HCD disagrees.
Current law acknowledges this fact by allowing cities to "self -certify" their housing element or
take the issue to court and have a judge make the final determination of substantial compliance.
AB 1886 encourages "builder's remedy" projects by eliminating self -certification for the purpose
of what it means to have a housing element "in substantial compliance with the law." The
"builder's remedy" allows a developer to choose any site other than a site that is identified for very
low-, low-, or moderate -income housing, and construct a project that is inconsistent with both the
city's general plan and zoning. AB 1886 facilitates such projects for those cities that have a good
faith disagreement based in substantial evidence.
The City believes AB 1886 is counterproductive. What is really needed is for HCD to partner with
cities to provide meaningful direction that helps them finalize their housing elements and put those
plans to work so that much needed housing construction can occur.
For these reasons, the City remains opposed unless amended to address the concerns above.
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Sincerely,
Austin Lumbard
Mayor
cc: Senator Dave Min
Assembly Member Cottie Petrie -Norris
League of California Cities, ci . lettersncacities.org
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The Honorable Juan Carrillo
10210 Street, Suite 4320
Sacramento, CA 95814
SUBJECT: AB 2485 (Carrillo) Notice of Support
Dear Assembly Member Carrillo:
The City of Tustin (City) is pleased to inform you of its support of AB 2485 which seeks to enhance
transparency in the Department of Housing and Community Development's (HCD) regional
housing needs calculation process by creating an advisory panel and requiring the publication of
methodologies used on HCD's website. The City has adopted a support position to this bill in
accordance with its 2024 Legislative Platform, Land Use Planning and Housing, policy statement
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.
AB 2485 aims for transparency in the RHNA determination process by providing COGS, housing
stakeholders, members of the public, and all interested parties with information on the data sources,
analyses, and calculation methods used by HCD. This bill would establish a formal review process
by creating an expert panel to advise HCD on its assumptions, data, and analyses prior to a final
RHNA determination.
This bill will increase local government stakeholder engagement on the RHNA allocations for
future cycles of the housing element revision process. This in turn will increase transparency and
ensure that HCD is responsible for its methodologies in assessing regional housing needs
allocations.
For these reasons, the City of Tustin is pleased to support AB 2485.
Sincerely,
Austin Lumbard
Mayor
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The Honorable Rick Zbur
10210 Street, Suite 4250
Sacramento, CA 95814
SUBJECT: AB 2943 (Zbur) Notice of Support
Dear Assembly Member Zbur:
The City of Tustin (City) is pleased to inform you of its support of AB 2943 which makes
numerous changes to law that strengthens law enforcement positions and provides additional
enforcement tools to combat retail theft.
Specifically, this bill authorizes peace officers to make warrantless arrests for misdemeanor
shoplifting, ensures that theft against multiple victims committed in multiple counties may be
aggregated and charged as grand theft, and creates new penalties for possession of stolen property
with the intent to resell.
Existing law authorizes a person to be charged with grand theft if the property taken exceeds $950
over the course of distinct but related acts. AB 2943 clarifies that those related acts include acts
committed against multiple victims or in counties other than the county of the current offense. This
measure also clarifies that in determining whether acts are motivated by one intention, one general
impulse, and one plan, the court may consider, but is not limited to, evidence that the acts involve
the same defendant or defendants, are substantially similar in nature, or occurs within a 60-day
period. AB 2943 extends the sunset date on existing provisions that authorize non -release for
arrests relating to repeat thefts and organized retail theft until January 1, 2031.
Commercial burglary has increased statewide, becoming the most common type of retail crime in
recent years and is at its highest rate since 2008. In 2022, Kern, San Francisco, and Fresno
experienced the highest rates of commercial burglary, and rates in Fresno, Alameda, and Orange
Counties were 50% higher than before the pandemic. Additionally, Los Angeles County currently
has the highest rate of commercial robbery, which is a violent crime defined as theft involving the
threat or use of force.
Widespread retail crime is not only bad for business and a source of shopper inconvenience — it is
an issue of safety for workers and business owners, as well as an issue of the public's perception
of safety. AB 2943 contains crucial elements to aid law enforcement to keep our communities and
businesses safe.
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For these reasons the City of Tustin supports AB 2943.
Sincerely,
Austin Lumbard
Mayor
cc: Senator Dave Min
Assembly Member Cottie Petrie -Norris
League of California Cities, cityletterskeacities.org
Townsend Public Affairs
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AB 2 (Ward, D) Recycling: solar photovoltaic modules.
Status: 09/01/2023 - In committee: Held under submission.
1st hawse end muse
Desk Policy FKcel Floor Desk Ppli" Fiscal Floor CwACp c. Enrolled Vetoed Ch+ ptered
Location: 08/14/2023 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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 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.
1st Hnwse 2nd House
Gc;k Policy Fistel Fluor Desk Polity Fftdl Floor Cocd.Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptrrcd
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
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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 817 (Pacheco, D) Open meetings: teleconferencing: subsidiary body.
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.
I&[ H—e 2nd pease
Desk Policy Fkcel Floor Desk P*" Fiscal Floor Co 4.Conc. Enrolled Vetoed C"ptered
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 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.
lit Mouse 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiscal Flddr Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.Cmc. Enrolled Vetoed CMapbtred
Location: 01/29/2024 - Senate Rules
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 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 Coms. on N.R. & W. and GOV. & F.
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Desk Policy Fycel Fldar Desk Pplicy Fi3 vl Floor Conf.CmcEnrolled Vetoed Chnptersd
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.
1" H—e 2n9 House
Desk Policy Fiscal Flour Desk Nlky Fhwal Floor Co.KoncEnrolled Vetoed CHaptered
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)
AB 1773 (Dixon, R) Vehicles: electric bicycles.
Status: 04/17/2024 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
1st House 2ntll House
Desk Pnliry R-1 Floor Dcsk Policy pi —I Flop, C.W..Cp Enrolled Vetoed CHaptered
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: 04/24/2024 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
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Desk Policy Tiscel Floor Desk policy Fiscal Floor Conf Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chnptered
Location: 04/24/2024 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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 1886 (Alvarez, D) Housing Element Law: substantial compliance: Housing Accountability Act.
Status: 04/16/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on L. GOV.
1s1[ HUUse 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiscel Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Cocd,Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chnptered
Location: 04/10/2024 - Assembly Local Government
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. Current law, commonly referred to as 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. If the department finds that a draft
housing element or amendment does not substantially comply with the Housing Element Law, current law requires the
legislative body of the city or county to either (A) change the draft element or amendment to substantially comply with the
Housing Element Law or (B) adopt the draft housing element or amendment without changes and make specified findings
as to why the draft element or amendment substantially complies with the Housing Element Law despite the findings of
the department. Current law requires a planning agency to promptly submit an adopted housing element or amendment to
the department and requires the department to review the adopted housing element or amendment and report its findings
to the planning agency within 60 days. This bill would require a planning agency that makes the above -described findings
as to why a draft housing element or amendment substantially complies with the Housing Element Law despite the
findings of the department to submit those findings to the department. The bill would require the department to review
those finding in its review of an adopted housing element or amendment. (Based on 04/15/2024 text)
AB 1889 (Friedman, D) conservation element: wildlife and habitat connectivity.
Status: 04/23/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 23). Re -referred
to Com. on APPR.
1st Haase 2nd House
Desk Policy Flicrrl Floor Desk Policy Fscal Floor C.W..Conc. Enrolled Vetoed CHaptered
Location: 04/23/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
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, housing, and conservation elements, as specified.
Current law requires the conservation element to consider the effect of development within the jurisdiction on natural
resources located on public lands. This bill would additionally require the conservation element to consider the effect of
development within the jurisdiction on the movement of wildlife and habitat connectivity. The bill would require the
conservation element, upon the next update of one or more elements on or after January 1, 2026, to, among other things,
identify and analyze connectivity areas, permeability, and natural landscape areas within the jurisdiction, identify and
analyze existing or planned wildlife passage features, and consider the impacts of development and the barriers caused
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by development to wildlife and habitat connectivity. The bill would authorize a city, county, or city and county to
incorporate by reference into their general plan an existing plan that meets these requirements. The bill would require
authorize a city, county, or city and county preparing to update its conservation element to consider incorporating
appropriate standards, policies, and zoning, implementation programs, consult with specified entities, and consider
relevant best available science. (Based on 04/15/2024 text)
AB 1893 (Wicks, D) Housing Accountability Act: housing disapprovals: required local findings.
Status: 04/22/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on L. GOV.
1st House 2nd House
Pdsk P Imy F-61 Floor Vu,k Policy Fiscal Floor C..d,Lo En 11.d Vetoed Cl�pbe d
Location: 04/17/2024 - Assembly Local Government
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 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. 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. Under the act, one set of conditions available to a local agency for the finding
necessary to disapprove a housing development project for very low, low-, or moderate -income households is that (A) the
jurisdiction has adopted a housing element that is in substantial compliance with the Housing Element Law, and (B) the
jurisdiction has met or exceeded its share of the regional housing need allocation for the planning period for the income
category proposed for the housing development project. Current law defines "housing for very low, low-, or moderate -
income households" for purposes of the Housing Accountability Act to mean at least 20% of the total units shall be sold or
rented to lower income households or 100% of the units are sold or rented to persons and families of moderate income.
This bill would revise that definition to mean at least 10% of the units are dedicated to lower very low income households,
100% of the units are dedicated to lower income households at an affordable rent consistent with rent limits established
by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, 100% of the units are sold or rented to persons and families of
moderate income, or the housing development consists of 10 units or fewer. (Based on 04/18/2024 text)
AB 2023 (Quirk -Silva. D) Housing element: inventory of land: rebuttable presumptions.
Status: 04/11/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re -referred
to Com. on L. GOV.
1st House 2nd House
Wr—
D"k Fc.Imy FiSW Floor Vu,k Policy Fiscal Floor C..d,Lo En 11.d Ve-d G+apbe d
Location: 04/10/2024 - Assembly Local Government
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 requires the
housing element to include an inventory of land suitable and available for residential development. If that inventory of sites
does not identify adequate sites to accommodate the need for groups of all household income levels, as provided, current
law requires that the local government rezone sites within 3 years after the date the housing element is adopted or within
one year if the local government fails to adopt a housing element that the department finds to be in substantial compliance
with the Housing Element Law within 120 days of the statutory deadline to adopt the housing element. This bill, for the 7th
and each subsequent revision of the housing element, would require a local government to complete the rezoning of sites
within one year of the statutory deadline for the adoption of the housing element or the earlier of 3 years after the date the
housing element is adopted or 90 days after receipt of comments from the department, as specified, if the local
government satisfies certain requirements, including submitting a draft element or draft amendment to the department for
review within specified timeframes and adopting a draft element or draft amendment that the department finds to be
insubstantial compliance with the Housing Element Law, as specified. (Based on 03/21/2024 text)
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AB 2085 (Bauer -Kahan, D) Planning and zoning: permitted use: community clinic.
Status: 04/23/2024 - Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.)
(April 22). Re -referred to Com. on APPR.
1st House 2nd House
Peak policy FlFCA Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.Conc. Enrolled Vetoed aH pte d
Location: 04/22/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
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 does not apply to the approval of ministerial projects. This bill would make a development
that meets specified objective planning standards, including that, among other things, it is on a parcel that is within a zone
where office, retail, health care, or parking are a principally permitted use, a permitted use and would require a local
agency to review an application for that development on an administrative, nondiscretionary basis. The bill would require a
local agency, within 60 calendar days of receiving an application pursuant to these provisions, to approve or deny the
application subject to specified requirements, including that, among other things, if the local agency determines that the
development is in conflict with any of the above -described standards, the local agency is required to provide the
development proponent written documentation of which standard or standards the development conflicts with, as
specified. (Based on 04/09/2024 text)
AB 2089 (Holden, D) Local government: collection of demographic data.
Status: 04/24/2024 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
291 House 2nd House
Peak Policy FiFcal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Co-Ko-ic. Enrolled Vetoed Chpptered
Location: 04/24/2024 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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 employees of the city, county, or city and county,
to include the additional collection categories and tabulations for specified Black or African American groups, as described
above. The bill would make related findings and declarations. (Based on 04/08/2024 text)
AB 2091 (Grayson, D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: public access: nonmotorized recreation.
Status: 04/23/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re -referred
to Com. on APPR.
1st House 2nd House
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Peck Polity Fiscal Floor 0#tk Policy Fiscal Floor Cord.Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbered
Location: 04/23/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: Would exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) a change in use approved by a public
agency to allow public access, as provided, exclusively for nonmotorized recreation, as defined, in areas acquired or
managed by a public agency 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. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2030. (Based on
03/21 /2024 text)
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AB 2199 (Berman, D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: residential or mixed -use housing projects.
Status: 04/22/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on APPR.
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy Raral Floor Desk Polity Fiscal Floor C.W..Conc. Enrolled Vetoed CJhapb red
Location: 04/15/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
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,
except for residential or mixed -use housing projects if certain conditions exist, as specified. Existing 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 until January 1, 2035. By also extending 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. The bill would also make this exemption inapplicable to a residential or mixed -use housing project that may
cause substantial adverse impact to tribal cultural resources, as defined. (Based on 04/18/2024 text)
AB 2243 (Wicks, D) Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022: objective standards and affordability and site
criteria.
Status: 04/22/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on L. GOV.
1st House 2nd House
1.
Desk Pnlicy F5ce1 Floor Desk Policy Focal Floor Co d.Cdnc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbe d
Location: 04/17/2024 - Assembly Local Government
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 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 04/18/2024 text)
AB 2283 (Pacheco, D) Public Records: employee personnel records: notice.
Status: 02/26/2024 - Referred to Com. on JUD.
1st Mouse 2nd House
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Desk Policy Fiscel Floor Desk Polity Fiscal Floor Co.d•Conc• Enrolled Vetoed Chnplersd
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) Natural resources: equitable outdoor access: 30x30 goal: urban nature -based projects.
Status: 04/16/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on APPR.
1st Mouse 2nd Hence
Desk Policy Flecel Floor Dusk Policy F I Floor C..d•Conc• Enrolled Vetoed CMapbc d
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Location: 04/09/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
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 provide that, to advance and
promote environmental, conservation, and public access policies and budget actions, the Governor's office, state
agencies, and the Legislature, when distributing resources, shall aspire to recognize the coequal goals and benefits of the
30x30 goal and Outdoors for All, and, to the extent practical, maximize investment in urban communities consistent with
those initiatives. The bill would encourage decisionmakers, when distributing resources to achieve the goals and benefits
of the 30x30 goal and Outdoors for All, to consider factors that are unique to urban settings, including, 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 04/15/2024 text)
AB 2290 (Friedman, D) Transportation: Class III bikeways: bicycle facilities: Bikeway Quick -Build Project Pilot Program.
Status: 04/09/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 8). Re -referred
to Com. on APPR.
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy pi —I Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor C.W..C—,. Enrntled Vetoed a6 pwred
Location: 04/08/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: 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 street with a design speed limit of 20 miles per hour or less or the project will
reduce the design speed limit to 20 miles per hour or less. (Based on 04/01/2024 text)
AB 2302 (Addis, D) Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences.
Status: 04/15/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 04/25/24 #142 A -THIRD READING FILE - ASSEMBLY BILLS
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy Fisdel FlWr Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Cwd,Cooc. Enrolled Vetoed Cihnptered
Location: 04/15/2024 - Assembly THIRD READING
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)
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AB 2309 (Muratsuchi, D) City attorney: state law: misdemeanor.
Status: 04/24/2024 - Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23).
Calendar: 04/25/24 #100 A -SECOND READING FILE -- ASSEMBLY BILLS
1st House 2nd House
Peck Pnliry Fi Coll Flg r QCSk PpliCy pis nl Floor Goof)-, Enrolled Vetoed 1;lhaptered
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, notwithstanding the above -described authorization for city attorneys, 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, provided that the legislative body of a city passes an ordinance granting that prosecutorial authority
to the city attorney. (Based on 04/17/2024 text)
AB 2338 (Jones -Sawyer, D) Statewide Homelessness Coordinator.
Status: 04/24/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re -referred
to Com. on APPR.
1st House 2nd House
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Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fatal Floor Cocd.Ca— Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Location: 04/24/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
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: 04/24/2024 - From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 24).
Calendar: 04/25/24 #64 A -SECOND READING FILE -- ASSEMBLY BILLS
1st Hause 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor ]rsk Polley Fiacal Floor Cocd.Cooc. Enrolled Vemrd ChapL—d
Location: 04/24/2024 - Assembly CONSENT CALENDAR
Summary: The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery'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
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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. The bill would also authorize local jurisdictions to count towards their procurement targets,
compost produced and procured from specified compost operations, as defined, and, until 2030, investments made for the
expansion of the capacity of compostable materials handling operations or community composting operations, as
provided. (Based on 04/10/2024 text)
AB 2384 (Wilson, D) Public swimming pools.
Status: 04/09/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on HEALTH. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request
of author.
1st Haase 2nd House
Desk Policsr Fscal Floor Desk Policy Focal Floor C.W..Conc. Enrolled Vetoed CHapte 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. Current law requires a public wading pool to have at least 2 circulation suction outlets per pump
that are hydraulically balanced and symmetrically plumbed through one or more "T" fittings, as specified. Current law
requires a public wading pool suction outlet to be covered with antivortex grates or similar protective devices, as specified.
Current law requires a public swimming pool to be equipped with anti -entrapment devices or systems that comply with the
ANSI/APSP-16 performance standard or successor standard designated by the federal Consumer Product Safety
Commission. Current law also requires a public swimming pool with a single suction outlet that is not an unblockable
suction outlet to be equipped with at least one specified device or system designed to prevent physical entrapment by
pool drains. This bill would require a public swimming pool constructed on or after January 1, 2025, to comply with the
standards and requirements of the federal Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (act). (Based on 04/08/2024
text)
AB 2427 (McCarty, D) Electric vehicle charging stations: permitting: curbside charging.
Status: 04/23/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re -referred
to Com. on APPR.
1st House 2nd House
Desk IWity Fletel Floor Desk Policy Focal Floor Cucd.Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbe d
Location: 04/22/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: 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 04/02/2024 text)
AB 2430 (Alvarez, D) Planning and zoning: density bonuses: monitoring fees.
Status: 04/22/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on L. GOV.
1st House 2nd House
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Desk Palicr Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Focal Flour Co-Ko c Enrolled Vetoed appoered
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Location: 04/17/2024 - Assembly Local Government
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 and 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, except as specified. 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 04/18/2024 text)
AB 2439 (Quirk -Silva, D) Public works: prevailing wages: access to records.
Status: 04/18/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re -referred
to Com. on APPR.
161 He 2nd House
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Desk Policy Fii[HI Floor t)c5k policy Fixnl Floor CorFl:Or[. Enrdlcd Vowd Chnpwcd
Location: 04/18/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: Existing law defines "public works," for the purposes of regulating public works contracts, as, among other
things, construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for, in whole or in part,
out of public funds. Existing law requires each contractor and subcontractor on a public works project to keep accurate
payroll records, showing the name, address, social security number, work classification, straight time and overtime hours
worked each day and week, and the actual per diem wages paid to each journeyman, apprentice, worker, or other
employee employed by the contractor or subcontractor in connection with the public work. Existing law requires any copy
of records made available for inspection as copies and furnished upon request to the public or any public agency to be
marked or obliterated to prevent disclosure of an individual's name, address, and social security number but specifies that
any copy of records made available to a Taft -Hartley trust fund for the purposes of allocating contributions to participants
be marked or obliterated only to prevent disclosure of an individual's full social security number, as specified.This bill
would require an owner, a developer, or the agent of an owner or developer, that, among other things, receives public
funds from a public agency to perform specified public works projects, to make available upon written request from a joint
labor-management committee, a multiemployer Taft -Hartley trust fund, or a specified tax-exempt organization specified
public works records in their possession, including requests for bids and submitted bid documents, inspection and work
logs, and funding documentation. (Based on 04/01/2024 text)
AB 2485 (Carrillo, Juan, D) Regional housing need: determination.
Status: 04/17/2024 - Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.)
(April 17). Re -referred to Com. on L. GOV.
1st Haase 2nd House
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Pesk Palmy Fiscal Floor Dcsk policy Fiscal Floor COrd.Co— En Alcd VMord Chaptcrcd
Location: 04/17/2024 - Assembly Local Government
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 department to provide its determinations to each council of
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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: City and County of San Francisco.
Status: 04/24/2024 - From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 24).
Calendar: 04/25/24 #115 A -SECOND READING FILE -- ASSEMBLY BILLS
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy Frsc61 Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Co4.Conc. Enrolled Vetood Ckaptered
Location: 04/18/2024 - Assembly Housing and Community Development
Summary: Would authorize the City and County of San Francisco to designate a downtown revitalization and economic
recovery financing district for the purpose of financing office -to -residential conversion projects with incremental tax
revenues generated by office -to -residential conversion projects within the district. The bill would require the boundaries of
the district to be contiguous with the boundaries of the City and County of San Francisco. (Based on 04/18/2024 text)
AB 2489 (Ward, D) Local agencies: contracts for special services and temporary help.
Status: 04/23/2024 - VOTE: Do pass as amended and be re -referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (PASS)
1st House 2nd House
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Desk Policy FlocM Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor CordConc. Enrolled Vetoed Chnptersd
Location: 04/23/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: Current law relating to the government of counties authorizes a county board of supervisors to contract for
certain types of special services on behalf of the county, any county officer or department, or any district or court in the
county. Current law requires those special services contracts to be with persons who are specially trained, experienced,
expert, and competent to perform those services. This bill would require the board or a representative, at least 10 months
before beginning a procurement process to contract with persons for special services that are currently, or were in the
previous 10 years, performed by employees of the county represented by an employee organization, to notify, in writing,
the exclusive employee representative of the workforce affected by the contract of its determination to begin that process.
The bill would require persons with whom the board of supervisors enter into a contract for special services to perform
functions that are currently, or were in the previous 10 years, performed by employees of the county, any county officer or
department, or any district or court in the county represented by an employee organization to use employees who meet or
exceed the minimum qualifications and standards required of bargaining unit civil service employees who perform or
performed the same job functions, as specified. (Based on 03/21/2024 text)
AB 2553 (Friedman, D) Housing development: major transit stops: vehicular traffic impact fees.
Status: 04/24/2024 - From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 24).
Calendar: 04/25/24 #103 A -SECOND READING FILE -- ASSEMBLY BILLS
1st HWSe 2nd House
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Desk Policy FMc61 Floor Dcsk Policy Fatal Floor Cwd.Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Location: 04/24/2024 - Assembly CONSENT CALENDAR
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. (Based on 04/15/2024 text)
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AB 2557 (Ortega, D) Local agencies: contracts for special services and temporary help: performance reports.
Status: 04/24/2024 - From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes
2.) (April 23).
Calendar: 04/25/24 #5 A -SECOND READING FILE -- ASSEMBLY BILLS
l" H—e 2nd House
DeSk Policy Eisen Floor Peak Policy Fiscal Floor Co�fConc. Enrolled Vetoed Cnaprerrd
Location: 04/23/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: Current law relating to the government of counties authorizes a county board of supervisors to contract for
certain types of special services on behalf of the county, any county officer or department, or any district or court in the
county. Current law requires those special services contracts to be with persons who are specially trained, experienced,
expert, and competent to perform those services. This bill would require each contract for special services to include
specific performance standards and requirements. The bill would require the board or a representative, at least 10 months
before beginning a procurement process to contract with persons for special services that are currently, or were in the
prior 10 years, performed by employees of the county represented by an employee organization, to notify, in writing, the
exclusive employee representative of the workforce affected by the contract of its determination to begin that process. The
bill would require each person who enters into such a contract with the board of supervisors to submit quarterly
performance reports, as prescribed, every 90 days, to the board of supervisors and the exclusive representative of the
employee organization. The bill would require the board or its representative to monitor quarterly performance reports to
evaluate the quality of services and withhold payments to the contractor under prescribed circumstances, which
circumstances the bill would deem to be a breach of contract. (Based on 04/08/2024 text)
AB 2561 (McKinnor, D) Local public employees: vacant positions.
Status: 04/17/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 17). Re -referred
to Com. on APPR.
15t Flause 2nd House
Desk Policy Fisr.al Floor Drsk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.Cpmc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbucd
Location: 04/17/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
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.
Status: 04/24/2024 - From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 23).
Calendar: 04/25/24 #23 A -SECOND READING FILE -- ASSEMBLY BILLS
151 Nause 2nd House
Desk Pnligy F: cal Floor PCsk Ppliw Fiscal Floor Co-K, c Enrolled Vetoed Chpptered
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)
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AB 2583 (Berman, D) School zones and walk zones.
Status: 04/16/2024 - Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.)
(April 15). Re -referred to Com. on L. GOV.
1st House 2nd House
Desk Pcllcsr Fscal Floor Desk Policy Focal Floor C.W..Cocrc. Enrolled Vetoed CHapte d
Location: 04/15/2024 - 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 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. (Based on 04/08/2024 text)
AB 2597 (Ward, D) Planning and zoning: revision of housing element: Southern California Association of Governments.
Status: 04/22/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. Re -referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint
Rule 10.5.
Is[House 2nd House
Desk Policy Fixr.al Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.Cmc. Enrolled Vetoed CHaptercd
Location: 04/22/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: Existing law requires certain local governments to revise their housing elements 18 months after the adoption
of every 2nd regional transportation plan update, but no later than 8 years after the deadline for the previous update of the
housing element, as specified.This bill would extend the above -described deadline for certain local governments that are
within the regional jurisdiction of the Southern California Association of Governments and that have a compliant housing
element as of the adoption of the second regional transportation plan update, as specified, except the County of Los
Angeles and local governments within the County of Los Angeles, to revise their housing elements 30 months after
adoption of every 2nd regional transportation plan update for the 7th and subsequent revisions of the housing
element. (Based on 04/01/2024 text)
AB 2619 (Connolly, D) Net energy metering.
Status: 04/17/2024 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
1st House 2nd House
rl, • Pnliry Fiscal Floor Drsk policy Fiscal Floor CoACo c Enrolled Vetoed CHaptered
Location: 03/04/2024 - Assembly Utilities and Energy
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
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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.
1A House 2nd House
Desk Paliry F c[ l Flq r Qr5k Policy FiK'l Floor Co-f,C c Enrolled Ve ued 1;lhaptered
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: 04/10/2024 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
1st Hause 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscel Floor CoACOn . Enrolled Vetoed 1:hPP erect
Location: 04/10/2024 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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.
Status: 04/23/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on APPR.
1st Hause 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Ocsk Policy Fiscal Floor C..d,C Enrolled Moed CHapbe d
Location: 04/18/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: (1)Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, requires the legislative body of each
county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city and
of any land outside its boundaries that relates to its planning. Existing law authorizes the legislative body, if it deems it to
be in the public interest, to amend all or part of an adopted general plan, as provided. Existing law also authorizes the
legislative body of any county or city, pursuant to specified procedures, to adopt ordinances that, among other things,
regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land as between industry, business, residences, open space, and other
purposes.This bill would prohibit a local agency, as defined, from treating a thrift retail store, as defined, differently from a
nonthrift retail store engaged in the sale of new items that are similar to items sold by a thrift retail store for purposes of
zoning, development standards, or permitting, except as specified. (Based on 04/22/2024 text)
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AB 2684 (Bryan, D) Safety element: extreme heat.
Status: 04/23/2024 - Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.)
(April 22). Re -referred to Com. on APPR.
1st House 2nd House
1 �y
Pesk Policy Fl.CA Floor Desk Policy F—al Floor Co.d.Co.rc. Enrolled Vetoed Ct'aptered
Location: 04/22/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: Would require a city or county, upon the next update of one or more of the elements included in the general
plan on or after January 1, 2028, to review and update its safety element as necessary to address the hazard of extreme
heat, as specified. The bill would authorize a city or county that has adopted an extreme heat action plan or other
document that fulfills commensurate goals and objectives to use that information in the safety element, as specified, and,
upon doing so, would require the city or county to summarize and incorporate into the safety element the other plan or
document. The bill would also authorize a city or county to use or reference information in the Extreme Heat Action Plan
and the State Hazard Mitigation Plan, as described, to comply with the above -described updating requirement. (Based on
04/15/2024 text)
AB 2694 (Ward, D) Density Bonus Law: residential care facilities for the elderly.
Status: 04/17/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent
Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re -referred to Com. on APPR.
1st Ha use 2na House
PlSk policy ri-I Floor 0651, Policy Fecal Floor Co d.Cdnc. Enrolled Vetoed Clhapbe d
Location: 04/17/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
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, 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, and defines various other terms, including "shared housing unit." 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, and would specify that, in the case of a residential care facility, a "shared housing unit" includes a unit without a
common kitchen where a room is shared by unrelated persons. (Based on 04/09/2024 text)
AB 2712 (Friedman, D) Preferential parking privileges: transit -oriented development.
Status: 04/24/2024 - Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 24).
Calendar: 04/25/24 #116 A -SECOND READING FILE -- ASSEMBLY BILLS
1st House 2na House
D-1, "ky Fscol Floor Desk Policy F 1 Floor Co.dCp.rc, Enrolled Vet-d thapbe d
Location: 04/18/2024 - Assembly Housing and Community Development
Summary: Current law authorizes a local authority, by ordinance or resolution, to prohibit or restrict the stopping,
parking, or standing of vehicles on certain streets or highways during all or certain hours of the day. Current law
authorizes the ordinance or resolution to include a designation of certain streets upon which preferential parking privileges
are given to residents and merchants adjacent to the streets for their use and the use of their guests, under which the
residents and merchants may be issued permits that exempt them from the prohibition or restriction of the ordinance or
resolution. 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 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, for
purposes of its provisions, define "development project" to mean a residential, commercial, or other development project
exempt from minimum automobile parking requirements, or subject to parking minimum reductions based on any other
applicable law, located within the boundaries of the City of Los Angeles. This bill, for a development project that is located
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within a preferential parking area, would require the development project to be excluded from the boundaries of the
preferential parking area and would prohibit the local authority, as defined, from issuing any permit to the residents,
vendors, or visitors of the development project that grants preferential parking privileges. (Based on 04/18/2024 text)
AB 2728 (Gabriel, D) Planning and zoning: housing development: independent institutions of higher education and
religious institutions.
Status: 04/16/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on L. GOV.
I&[ Ho— 2nd House
DCSk Pa1icY Fncel Floor VC k PpliSy Fiscal Floor CoACpx+c, Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Location: 04/10/2024 - Assembly Local Government
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 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, by July 1, 2025, to develop and publish 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 a
set of model partnership agreements that can be used by those institutions when they partner with an affordable housing
builder. (Based on 04/15/2024 text)
AB 2729 (Patterson, Joe, R) Residential fees and charges.
Status: 04/24/2024 - From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24).
Calendar: 04/25/24 #117 A -SECOND READING FILE -- ASSEMBLY BILLS
1st Meuse 2nd House
0—;6k
Peak PcHry Fscal Flppr GeSk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.CvncEnrolled Vetoed GhnpWrsd
Location: 02/15/2024 - Assembly Housing and Community Development
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: 04/22/2024 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
1st House 2nd House
Desk Palicy FRcol Floor QeSk PpliSy Fiscal Floor Co-f.QWc, Enrolled Vetoed Chepterrd
Location: 03/04/2024 - Assembly Transportation
Summary: Current law authorizes the legislative body of a city to do any and all things necessary to lay out, acquire, and
construct a section or portion of a street or highway within its jurisdiction as a freeway and to make an existing street or
highway a freeway. 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
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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 construction of slip lanes, as defined. (Based on 04/15/2024 text)
AB 2751 (Haney, D) Employer communications during nonworking hours.
Status: 04/18/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 17). Re -referred
to Com. on APPR.
I&[House 2.d House
Desk Policy IFIs[&I Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Co 4.Conc. Enrolled Vetoed CHaptered
Location: 04/18/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: This bill would require a public or private employer to establish a workplace policy that provides employees
the right to disconnect from communications from the employer during nonworking hours, except as specified. The bill
would define the "right to disconnect" to mean that, except for an emergency or for scheduling, as defined, an employee
has the right to ignore communications from the employer during nonworking hours. The bill would require nonworking
hours to be established by written agreement between an employer and employee. The bill would authorize an employee
to file a complaint of a pattern of violation of the bill's provisions with the Labor Commissioner, punishable by a specified
civil penalty. (Based on 03/21/2024 text)
AB 2803 (Valencia, D) Campaign expenditures: criminal convictions: fees and costs.
Status: 04/24/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re -referred
to Com. on APPR.
1st House 2ntl House
Pesk Policy Fl.CA Floor Desk Policy Fscal Floor Cocd.Conc. Enrolled Vended CHapbe d
Location: 04/24/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: The Political Reform Act of 1974 deems all campaign contributions to be held in trust for expenses associated
with seeking or holding office, and generally authorizes expenditures associated therewith if they are reasonably related to
a political, legislative, or governmental purpose. Current law prohibits the use of campaign funds to pay or reimburse
fines, penalties, judgments, or settlements, except as specified. Current law provides that the expenditure of campaign
funds for attorney's fees and other costs in connection with administrative, civil, or criminal litigation are not related to a
political, legislative, or governmental purpose unless the litigation is directly related to activities of a committee that are
consistent with its primary objectives or arises directly out of a candidate's or elected officer's activities, duties, or status
as a candidate or elected officer, as specified. This bill would prohibit campaign funds from being used to reimburse
expenditures for attorney's fees and other costs in connection with criminal litigation if the litigation results in a conviction
of the candidate or elected officer for a felony involving certain types of offenses, as specified. (Based on 04/16/2024 text)
AB 2813 (Acluiar-Curry, D) Government Investment Act.
Status: 04/01/2024 - Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
1st House 2ntl House
Gcsk Ralicsr Fi r l Flour Desk Polly Focal Floe, C.W..Cocrc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Location: 04/01/2024 - Assembly Local Government
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
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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: 04/23/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on APPR.
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy Matnl Floor DeSk Policy Fatal Floor Co d.Cdr Enrolled Vetoed ChWp d
Location: 04/18/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: 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 published, posted, mailed, and delivered, or advertised, as applicable, at least 20
days before the hearing. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/22/2024 text)
AB 2909 (Santiago, D) Historical property contracts: qualified historical property: adaptive reuse.
Status: 04/24/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re -referred
to Com. on APPR.
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy liscrl Floor Desk Polky Fiscal Floor Co ACOn . Enrolled Vetoed CJ,apWed
Location: 04/24/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: Current 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. Current law defines "qualified historical property" as privately owned property that is not exempt from property
taxation and 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. Current law establishes the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program of 2019, which requires the Department of
Housing and Community Development to establish and administer a grant program to fund capital improvement projects
pursuant to specified requirements. Current law provides that capital improvement projects that may be funded under the
grant program include, among other things, those related to adapted reuse, which means, when referring to building
structures, retrofitting and repurposing of existing buildings that create new residential rental units, as specified. 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 within the City of Los Angeles on a site that satisfies certain criteria, including, among others, being in a zone
where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use. (Based on 04/18/2024 text)
AB 2943 (Zbur, D) Crimes: shoplifting.
Status: 04/24/2024 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy PI.inl Floor Gesk Policy Fatal Floor Co.dCp.rc, Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Location: 04/24/2024 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Current law divides theft into grand theft and petty theft. Existing law punishes petty theft as a misdemeanor
while grand theft is punished as either a misdemeanor or a felony. Current law lists specific types of theft which are grand
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theft and all other cases of theft as petty theft. Current law authorizes a person to be charged with grand theft if the
property taken exceeds $950 over the course of distinct but related acts. This bill would clarify that those related acts
include acts committed against multiple victims or in counties other than the county of the current offense. (Based on
04/11/2024 text)
AB 3012 (Grayson, D) Development fees: fee schedule template: fee estimate tool.
Status: 04/24/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent
Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re -referred to Com. on APPR.
1st Hausa 2.d Hausa
W-0—.r
Desk Poky pi —I Flour Desk Policy Fatal Floor COW..Ca— E-Al.d Vetoed Chapbe d
Location: 04/24/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
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. The act requires a city, county, or special district that has an internet website to make available on
its internet website certain information, as applicable, including its current schedule of fees and exactions. 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. (Based on
04/18/2024 text)
AB 3057 (Wilson, D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: junior accessory dwelling units ordinances.
Status: 04/24/2024 - From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 24).
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1st House 2nd House
qw—
Desk Policy Fiscal FFk- Dr k Policy Fatal Floor C.W..Conc. E-Al.d Vetoed I:h,pb red
Location: 04/24/2024 - Assembly CONSENT CALENDAR
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 and the adoption of
an ordinance 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
04/08/2024 text)
AB 3068 (Haney, D) Adaptive reuse: streamlining: incentives.
Status: 04/22/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on L. GOV.
15t Haase 2nd House
Wr—
Desk Falicy F--61 Flour Desk Policy Fatal Floor Co.d.Cd— Enraged Vetoed CHapbe d
Location: 04/17/2024 - Assembly Local Government
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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 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 meet specified
affordability criteria. In this regard, the bill would require an adaptive reuse project for rental housing to include either 8%
of the unit for very low income households and 5% of the units for extremely low income households or 15% of the units
for lower income households. For an adaptive reuse project for owner -occupied housing, the bill would require the
development to offer either 30% of the units at an affordable housing cost to moderate -income households or 15% of the
units at an affordable housing cost to lower income households. The bill would require at least one-half of the square
footage of the adaptive reuse project to be dedicated to residential uses. (Based on 04/18/2024 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.
lsi Haase 2nd House
Desk PaIiCY Fiscal Floor DrSk Policy Fiscal Floor Co-Ko-,c, Enrolled Vetoed Chplotered
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: 04/17/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent
Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re -referred to Com. on L. GOV.
1st Haase 2nd House
Desk Policy' F+ cal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Co-K, c, Enrolled Vetoed Chplotered
Location: 04/17/2024 - Assembly Local Government
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
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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)
AB 3177 (Carrillo, Wendy, D) Mitigation Fee Act: land dedications: mitigating vehicular traffic impacts.
Status: 04/22/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on L. GOV.
1st House 2nd 111-
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Desk P'ollcY Fscel Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor C.W..Cocrc. Enrolled Vetoed CHapte d
Location: 04/17/2024 - Assembly Local Government
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 withinl/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 withinl/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. (Based on 04/18/2024 text)
AB 3181 (Pellerin, D) Electricity: outages.
Status: 03/11/2024 - Referred to Com. on U. & E.
1st Haase 2nd House
mr-
Desk Pa.IKY Frsc61 Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Co d.Cdnc. 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 Horse 2nd House
Desk Pcligy Fi c61 Fleur Desk Policy Fiscal Floor CocdCmc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
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
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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)
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
- 0 �'�J
Desk Policy FlsCrrl Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor C.W..Conc. Enrolled Vetoed CHaptered
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: 04/09/2024 - Coauthors revised. From committee: Be adopted, and re -refer to Com. on APPR. Re -referred. (Ayes
8. Noes 3.) (April 8). Re -referred to Com. on APPR.
151 House 2no House
'We--eli�
Desk Policy Fixr.al Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.Cmc. Enrolled Vetoed CHapEercd
Location: 04/09/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: 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 2no House
:0
Dcsk Policy Fiscel Floor 0051L Policy Fiscal Floor Conf Conc. Enrolled Vetoed CHaptered
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)
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SIB 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 Hause 2nd 9-
D
esk Poicy Fiscal Floor 6es1, Policy Fiscal Floor Cord.Co.rc. Enrolled Vetoed aH pte d
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.
1st Hause 2nd House
0 *b
Pesk Policy Fiscal Floor D.A Policy Fiscal Floor C.W..Conc. E-Al.d Vetoed I:h,p6cred
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)
SIB 363 (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.
1st Hause 2nd House
Pcsk Micy Fisdal Floor D85k Pulrcy M-1 Floor C..d,Co Enrolled Vetoed Chaptercd
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)
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SB 402
SB 532
SB 638
SB 707
(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.
1st House 2nd Rouse
Desk Policy Frscel Floor 6es1, Policy Fiscal Floor Cord.Co.rc. Enrolled Vetoed CHapte d
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)
(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 House 2nd House
41
Desk Polity Fi cW Floor Desk Policy Fl—I Floor C..d,Co Enrolled Vetoed CHapte M
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)
(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
40 0 1 � ry r1 ri
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor De6k pu" Fiscal Floor Cp..Kc. Enrolled Vetoed CHaptered
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)
(Newman, D) Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024.
Status: 04/03/2024 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Com.
on NAT. RES.
1st House 2n9 House
Desk Policy Fi5[el Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Co.d,Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chnptered
Location: 04/03/2024 - Assembly Natural Resources
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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 a stewardship program known as the Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024, which would
require a producer of apparel, as defined, or textile articles, as defined, to form and join a producer responsibility
organization or PRO. The bill would require the PRO to be approved by the department pursuant to the requirements of
the bill, as provided. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations to implement the program no earlier than
January 1, 2028. The bill would require the PRO to submit to the department, for approval or disapproval, a complete plan
for the collection, transportation, repair, sorting, and recycling, and the safe and proper management, of apparel, as
defined, and textile articles, as defined, in the state. Upon approval of a plan, or commencing January 1, 2030, whichever
is earlier, the bill would prohibit a producer from selling, offering for sale, importing, or distributing apparel or textiles in or
into the state, unless the producer is a participant of a PRO, the department has approved the plan, and other criteria are
met. (Based on 04/03/2024 text)
SIB 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.
15t Hause 2nd House
Q kd v
Desk Policy Fis[el Floor Desk Policy Fixal Floor Cord.Corc. Enrolled Vetoed Cnapttrcd
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
SB 867 Mitigation, 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.
1st Hause 2nd House
Q,' Q'U'
Peak Policy Fiscal Floor Desk PolFcy Fiscal Floor Cord.Conc. Enrolled Veined Cl pttrrd
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)
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SB 903 (Skinner, D) Environmental health: product safety: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Status: 04/22/2024 - Set for hearing April 29.
Calendar: 04/29/24 S-APPROPRIATIONS 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CABALLERO, ANNA, Chair
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy VIFCA Floor Desk Polk:y Focal Floor Cocd.Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Ckapte d
Location: 04/15/2024 - Senate Appropriations
Summary: Would, beginning January 1, 2032, prohibit a person from distributing, selling, or offering for sale a product
that contains intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (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 previously used. The bill would specify the criteria and
procedures for determining whether the use of 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 unavoidable use, when each determination expires, and the products and
uses that are exempt from the prohibition. The bill would impose an administrative penalty for a violation of the prohibition,
as specified. The bill would establish the PFAS Penalty Account and require all administrative 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 04/11/2024 text)
SB 905 (Wiener, D) Crimes: theft from a vehicle.
Status: 04/04/2024 - Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Com. on APPR.
1st House 2ntl House
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Desk Policy VIFCA Floor Desk Polk:y Fscal Floor Co.d.Cmc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapte d
Location: 04/02/2024 - Senate Appropriations
Summary: Would make forcibly entering a vehicle, as defined, with the intent to commit a theft or a felony 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
04/04/2024 text)
SB 923 (Archuleta, D) Theft.
Status: 04/10/2024 - April 16 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
1st House 2nd House
Dock FMiw Fscal Flour Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Co-K, c. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptcrcd
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: 04/22/2024 - Set for hearing April 29.
Calendar: 04/29/24 S-APPROPRIATIONS 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CABALLERO, ANNA, Chair
1st House 2nd House
Peck Policy IFI.C.l Floor Desk Policy Fatal Floor Cocd.Cocrc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
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Location: 04/16/2024 - Senate Appropriations
Summary: 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 24 months the
period for the expiration, effectuation, or utilization of a housing entitlement, entitlement for a priority residential
development project, as those terms are defined, that was issued before January 1, 2024, and that will expire before
December 31, 2025, except as specified. The bill would toll this 24-month extension during any time that the housing
entitlement is the subject of a legal challenge. By adding to the duties of local officials with respect to housing
entitlements, this bill would impose a state -mandated local program. The bill would include findings that changes
proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities,
including charter cities. (Based on 04/08/2024 text)
SB 955 (Sevarto, R) Office of Planning and Research: Infrastructure Gap -Fund Program.
Status: 04/15/2024 - April 15 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
1st House 2na House
Peak Policy F1. wl Floor Desk Policy Fatal Floor Cocd.Cocrc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Location: 04/15/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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, subject to specified
requirements, including, among other things, that the office is prohibited from awarding a grant to a local agency unless
the local agency provides funding that has been raised through local taxes for at least 10% of the infrastructure project's
total cost. The bill would require the office to develop guidelines to implement the program that establish the criteria by
which grant applications will be evaluated and funded. The bill would make these provisions operative January 1,
2027. (Based on 04/04/2024 text)
SB 969 (Wiener, D) Alcoholic beverages: entertainment zones: consumption.
Status: 04/08/2024 - April 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
1s1: House 2no House
Desk Policy plisdwl Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor CwdCmc. Enrolled Vetoed Chnptersd
Location: 04/08/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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.
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Status: 04/08/2024 - April 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
1st Hause 2nd House
Pcsk Poicy Pleirrl Fluor pcsk Policy Fxal Fluor Cu.dC— Enrolled Vetoed Chapb—d
Location: 04/08/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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)
SIB 1011 (Jones, R) Encampments: penalties.
Status: 04/16/2024 - April 16 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 1. Noes 3.) Reconsideration
granted.
lsi H_ 2nd House
Peak Pafiry F t l Flu r pCSk poir" RS al Floor CoACo c, Enrolled Vetoed Chpptered
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)
SIB 1034 (Sevarto, R) California Public Records Act: state of emergency.
Status: 04/23/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
Calendar: 04/25/24 #113 S-CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND LEGISLATIVE DAY
1st Hause 2nd House
[3-k Polity Fitd6l Flour !lrsk Pulky Fecal Floor Cwd.C— Enrolled Vetoed Chapt—d
Location: 04/22/2024 - Senate CONSENT CALENDAR
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, as defined,
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, except as specified. (Based on 04/04/2024 text)
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SIB 1037 (Wiener, D) Planning and zoning: housing element: enforcement.
Status: 04/24/2024 - From committee: Do pass as amended and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (April 23).
Calendar: 04/25/24 #11 S-SENATE BILLS - SECOND READING FILE
1st House 2nd House
1 �y
Desk Policy FIsC.,I Flour Drsk Policy Fiscal Floor Cprd.Co.rc. Enrolled Vetoed aW pterod
Location: 04/24/2024 - Senate Appropriations
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)
SIB 1046 (Laird, D) Organic waste reduction: program environmental impact report: small and medium compostable
material handling facilities or operations.
Status: 04/23/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
Calendar: 04/25/24 #115 S-CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND LEGISLATIVE DAY
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy Fis[el Floor Rrsk Policy Fiscal Floor Coof.Conc, Enrolled Vetord Chantcrrd
Location: 04/22/2024 - Senate CONSENT CALENDAR
Summary: Would require the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to prepare and certify, by January 1,
2027, a program environmental impact report that streamlines the process with which jurisdictions can develop and site
small and medium compostable material handling facilities or operations, as defined, for processing organic waste, as
specified. (Based on 04/09/2024 text)
SIB 1049 (Padilla, D) Department of Industrial Relations: living wage: report and employer certification program.
Status: 04/22/2024 - Set for hearing April 29.
Calendar: 04/29/24 S-APPROPRIATIONS 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CABALLERO, ANNA, Chair
1st House 2nd House
Desk Polity Fiscal Fl—r Rusk Policy Fiscal Floor Co.d,Co Enrolled Vetoed Uh pbe d
Location: 04/16/2024 - Senate Appropriations
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)
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SB 1054 (Rubio, D) Climate Pollution Reduction in Homes Initiative: natural gas: customer credit.
Status: 04/22/2024 - VOTE: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re -refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
(PASS)
1st House 2nd House
1
Pesk Policy Fl.CA Floor Desk Policy F—al Floor Cocd.Cocrc. Enrolled Vetoed Ct'aptered
Location: 04/22/2024 - Senate Appropriations
Summary: Would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in consultation with
the Department of Community Services and Development, to develop and supervise the Climate Pollution Reduction in
Homes Initiative to require gas corporations to jointly 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 bill would require the Energy Commission, as part of developing
and administering the initiative, to develop guidelines, 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 03/20/2024 text)
SB 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.
1st House 2na House
mr-
Pe9k Policy F-61 Floor 0651, Policy Fecal Floor Cocd.Cdnc. Enrolled Vetoed Ghapbe d
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: 04/24/2024 - Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Com. on APPR.
151 H—e 2nd House
Pesk Policy Fiecol Flour Dusk Ppllty Fscal Floor Co -KC c- Enrolled Vetoed Chi,ptered
Location: 04/22/2024 - Senate Appropriations
Summary: 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. Current law provides that taxes
imposed under the Cannabis Tax Law are in addition to any other tax imposed by a city or county. Current 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
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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 04/24/2024 text)
SIB 1072 (Padilla, D) Local government: Proposition 218: remedies.
Status: 04/24/2024 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Com.
on L. GOV.
Calendar: 05/01/24 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARIA ELENA, Chair
151 House Znd House
rv-,k Policy Fiscel Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor CwdConc, Enrolled Vetoed Chnpttlml
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. Current law, known as the Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act, prescribes specific procedures and
parameters for local compliance with the requirements of the California Constitution for assessments and property -related
fees. This bill would require a local agency, if a court determines that a fee or charge for a property -related service, as
specified, violates the above -described provisions of the California Constitution relating to fees and charges, to credit the
amount of the fee or charge attributable to the violation against the amount of the revenues required to provide the
property -related service, unless a refund is explicitly provided for by statute. (Based on 04/24/2024 text)
SIB 1116 (Portantino, D) Unemployment insurance: trade disputes: eligibility for benefits.
Status: 04/24/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 24). Re -referred
to Com. on APPR.
15t House Znd House
I.0.
Pusk Policy Iriscrrl Floor Dusk Policy Fatal Floor Cocd.Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chap Mr d
Location: 04/24/2024 - Senate Appropriations
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: 04/08/2024 - April 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
1st House Znd House
pc5k mipy FlFdel Flour Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Co-K, c, Enrolled Vetoed Chpptered
Location: 04/08/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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
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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: 04/17/2024 - Set for hearing May 1.
Calendar: 05/01/24 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARIA ELENA, Chair
1st House 2nd House
r-1 PY rR i1 !'h r-1 ri
Desk Policy Fscel Flom Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Co 4.Conc. Enrolled Wood Ck�pterod
Location: 04/03/2024 - Senate Local Government
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)
SIB 1148 (Blakespear, D) Electrical service: master meters.
Status: 04/23/2024 - April 22 set for second hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 6. Noes 6.)
1st House 2nd House
Mir
Desk Policy Fscal Floor Desk Polk:y Fiscal Floor Co-KoC . Enrolled Vetoed ChppWed
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 site, as defined, that
includes deployment of an electrical generation and energy storage facility and that meets specified requirements,
including, among other things, that deployment of the electrical generation and energy storage facility is capable of
providing backup electricity to the multifamily site using renewable energy resources, that the owner of the multifamily site
does not increase rent in association with the costs of the deployment's components or lease agreement, that each
tenant's electricity costs are less than what the effective fully bundled rate would have been if billed by the relevant load -
serving entity, and that the owner bills the nonresidential meters and residential tenants for electricity usage directly, as
measured by private submeters installed by the owner for each individual unit at the site, as specified. (Based on
04/04/2024 text)
SIB 1164 (Newman, D) Property taxation: new construction exclusion: accessory dwelling units.
Status: 04/22/2024 - April 22 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
1st House 2nd House
Dcsk miry FIFcrl Flour Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Co-K, c. Enrolled Vetoed Chpptered
Location: 04/22/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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, if construction on
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the unit is completed on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2030, until one of specified events occurs. The
bill would require the property owner to, among other things, 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. (Based on 04/11/2024 text)
SIB 1211 (Skinner, D) Land use: accessory dwelling units: ministerial approval.
Status: 04/23/2024 - Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Com. on APPR.
1st House 2nd House
Pesk Policy ri—I Flour Dusk Policy Fsca1 Floor Co.d,L Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Location: 04/17/2024 - Senate Appropriations
Summary: 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. That law prohibits, if a local agency
adopts an ordinance to create ADUs in those zones, the local agency from requiring the replacement of offstreet parking
spaces if a garage, carport, or covered parking structure is demolished in conjunction with the construction of, or is
converted to, an ADU. This bill would also prohibit the local agency from requiring the replacement of offstreet parking
spaces if an uncovered parking space is demolished in conjunction with the construction of, or is converted to, an
ADU. (Based on 04/23/2024 text)
SIB 1243 (Dodd, D) Campaign contributions: agency officers.
Status: 04/12/2024 - Set for hearing April 30.
Calendar: 04/30/24 S-ELECTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2100
BLAKESPEAR, CATHERINE, Chair
1st House 2nd House
Desk Pa1icy Fscol Floor Peak Poky Fi tal Floor Co ACo c. Enrolled Vetoed ;lhaptercd
Location: 04/03/2024 - Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments
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)
SB 1319 (Wahab, D) Skilled nursing facilities: approval to provide therapeutic behavioral health programs.
Status: 04/22/2024 - April 22 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
1st House f 2nd House
Desk Policy PI.C.4 Floor Dusk Policy Fxa1 Floor Cwd,Lo Enrolled Vetoed Chaptcred
Location: 04/22/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Current law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including, but not limited to, skilled
nursing facilities, by the State Department of Public Health. The Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of
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1983 establishes, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI), a program of
seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals constructed on and after March 7, 1973. The act requires the
governing board or other governing authority of a hospital, before adopting plans for the hospital building, as defined, to
submit to HCAI an application for approval, accompanied by the plans, as prescribed. Current law establishes the Medi-
Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), and under which qualified
low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal
Medicaid program provisions. Existing law authorizes DHCS to adopt regulations to certify providers enrolled in the Medi-
Cal program, and applicants for enrollment as providers, including providers and applicants licensed as health care
facilities. This bill would require a licensed skilled nursing facility that proposes to provide therapeutic behavioral health
programs in an identifiable and physically separate unit of a skilled nursing facility, and that is required to submit an
application and receive approvals from multiple departments, as specified above, to apply simultaneously to those
departments for review and approval of application materials. The bill, when an applicant for approval from one of the
specified departments is unable to complete the approval process because the applicant has not obtained required
approvals and documentation from one or both of the other departments, would authorize the applicant to submit all
available forms and supporting documentation, along with a letter estimating when the remaining materials will be
submitted. (Based on 04/15/2024 text)
SIB 1361 (Blakespear, D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: local agencies: contract for providing services
for people experiencing homelessness.
Status: 04/18/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
Calendar: 04/25/24 #108 S-CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND LEGISLATIVE DAY
1st House 2nd House
Peck Policy FScel Fl—r C-1, policy Final Floor C—fCo.rc. Enrolled Vetoed aH ptered
Location: 04/16/2024 - Senate CONSENT CALENDAR
Summary: The California Environmental Quality Act (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, as provided. (Based on 04/08/2024 text)
SIB 1376 (Gonzalez, D) Public contracts: Local Agency Public Construction Act: reporting.
Status: 04/23/2024 - Set for hearing April 29.
Calendar: 04/29/24 S-APPROPRIATIONS 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CABALLERO, ANNA, Chair
1st HWse 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiecnl Floor Drsk Policy Filial Floor Cord,Com, Enrolled Vetoed CHaptered
Location: 04/17/2024 - Senate Appropriations
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 to review the database 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, as specified. (Based on 04/18/2024 text)
SJR 13 (Newman, D) Navy North Hangar Fire: contamination cleanup.
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Status: 04/15/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 04/25/24 #65 S-SENATE BILLS -THIRD READING FILE
1st Neese 2nd House
Detk PQIi'y Fi5e6i Fk— Vr,k PO'y pi —I Floor Cq Kvac F-OW til ,d [hapte d
Location: 04/15/2024 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: Would, among other things, urge the United States Congress and President Joseph R. Biden to support a
$100,000,000 supplemental funding request to address the ongoing impacts on public health, the environment, and the
local economy caused by cross -jurisdictional pollution from the Navy North Hangar Fire. The measure would also urge
President Biden to declare a national emergency due to those ongoing impacts, and would urge President Biden and the
United States Congress to include in future federal budgets sufficient ongoing operational and maintenance funding for
Navy North Hangar Fire remediation. (Based on 04/08/2024 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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