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Agenda Item 17
AGENDA REPORT Reviewed: Initial
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AUGUST 20, 2024
HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
ALDO E. SCHINDLER, CITY MANAGER
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Staff and the City's consultant Townsend Public Affairs have prepared a summary of state
legislative activity.
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Receive and file legislative updates prepared by Townsend Public Affairs
2. Receive and file the updated legislative matrix as of August 6
FISCAL IMPACT:
Not applicable.
CORRELATION TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN:
Goal D: Strong Community and Regional Relationships
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
State Legislative Updates
Townsend Public Affairs (TPA) has created a summary of state legislative activity for the
month of July that is attached to the staff report.
Legislative Tracking Matrix
Attached is a legislative tracking matrix as of July 1 that tracks bills of interest.
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City Council Agenda Report
Legislative Update
August 20, 2024
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Attachments:
1. TPA July 2024 update
2. Legislative Matrix as of August 6
3. 2024 Legislative Platform
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TOWNSEND
TPA
MEMORANDUM
To: City of Tustin
From: Townsend Public Affairs
Date: August 2, 2024
Subject: July 2024 Legislative Monthly Report
July 3 marked the beginning of the Legislature's month -long Summer Recess, with legislators
returning on August 5. Despite the lack of legislative activity during the month of July, it was a
critical time for behind -the -scenes negotiations on bills and funding activity as the Legislature
gears up to tackle the final month of the 2023-2024 Legislative Session. Upon their return on
August 5, lawmakers will have over a thousand measures to consider and pass prior to their
adjournment on August 31. Following this legislative session's adjournment, the Governor will
have until September 30 to sign or veto bills.
In addition to the behind the scenes work this month, July also marked a critical milestone for the
finalization of statewide ballot initiatives California voters will consider at the November 5, 2024
General Election. Prior to its departure for summer recess, the Legislature finalized two final bond
proposals to fund projects related to climate resiliency and school facility improvements. The two
bond measures will appear among eight other ballot initiatives, ranging from local rent control to
serial theft prevention, and tax reforms.
Below is an overview of pertinent state actions from the month of July.
Governor Newsom Signs Executive Order to Address Homelessness
On July 25, Governor Newsom signed an Executive Order mandating state agencies to swiftly
address the issue of homeless encampments. The Order requires the adoption of policies and
plans that are generally aligned with the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans)
existing encampment policy. The Order emphasizes the need to address encampments on state
property and encourages collaboration with other state and local agencies to safeguard the dignity
and well-being of Californians experiencing homelessness.
The Order comes as a response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Grants Pass v. Johnson, which
authorizes states and local governments to enact policies and ordinances to enforce certain
standards related to the presence and regulation of homeless encampments.
The policies to be adopted by agencies under the Governor's authority are listed below:
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a. Whenever feasible, site assessment in advance of removal operations to determine
whether an encampment poses an imminent threat to life, health, safety, or infrastructure
such that exigent circumstances require immediate removal of the encampment.
b. Where exigent circumstances exist, as much advance notice to vacate as reasonable
under the circumstances.
c. Where no exigent circumstances exist, posting of a notice to vacate at the site at least 48
hours prior to initiating removal.
d. Contacting service providers to request outreach services for persons experiencing
homelessness at the encampment.
e. Collection, labeling, and storage for at least 60 days of personal property collected at the
removal site that is not a health or safety hazard.
The departments and agencies not under the Governor's authority were requested to adopt
policies consistent with the guidelines above. Additionally, the Order requires the California
Interagency Council on Homelessness (CaIICH) to develop guidance and provide technical
assistance consistent with this Order for local governments to follow in implementing their local
homelessness programs.
The Governor's Order encourages local governments to adopt policies consistent with the State
and to use all available resources and infrastructure, including resources provided by the State's
investments in housing and intervention programs, where appropriate and available. One
resource mentioned by Governor Newsom for local governments is the newly available $3.3 billion
in competitive grant funding from Proposition 1, which is meant to expand the behavioral health
continuum and provide appropriate care to individuals living with mental health conditions and
substance use disorders.
Following the release of the Order, CaIICH released a fact sheet which offers additional insight
into how the process will unfold. While there doesn't appear to be concrete timelines for the
release of guidance or technical assistance access, the Agency has indicated it will hold a series
of informational webinars during the month of August to help local agencies coordinate
encampment responses. Additionally, the agency has opened this email address
(calich(a)bcsh.ca.gov) as a resource to answer questions on best practices.
Looking Forward to the Legislature's Return in August
Upon the legislators' return from their Summer Recess on August 5, fiscal committee hearings
and House Floor sessions will resume at an accelerated pace. The upcoming legislative deadline
on August 16 marks the point by which measures must pass out of their respective fiscal
committees (in the opposite house) to proceed to the opposite House Floor for a final vote.
Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees will be considering legislation that originated in
the opposite house and has an unabsorbable fiscal impact to the state. Typically, any bill with a
fiscal impact exceeding $150,000 is placed on the fiscal committee's Suspense File. Measures
placed on the suspense file will face consideration during the Appropriation Committees'
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"suspense hearing" on August 15. These hearings feature the rapid reading of measures and their
status. Measures that are passed out of the Suspense File are moved to each House Floor for a
final vote.
From August 19 through August 31, each House Floor will conduct floor sessions only, during
which measures must pass off the Floor, in order to advance to the Governor's desk for a
signature or veto. Measures must pass out of each House Floor by the August 31 deadline, which
will begin the Legislature's Final Recess upon adjournment.
Below is a list of notable measures, organized by policy area, that will be heard in upcoming fiscal
committees:
Environmental Quality
• AB 347 (Ting) requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to enforce
compliance with existing and future product safety laws regulating the use of PFAS
chemicals.
• AB 2236 (Bauer -Kahan) revises the single -use carryout bag exception to include bags
provided before the point of sale designed to protect purchased items starting January 1,
2026, and changes the definition of a "recycled paper bag" to require at least 50%
postconsumer recycled materials by January 1, 2028. Additionally, this measure prohibits
stores from providing any bags at the point of sale, except as specified.
• AB 2346 (Lee) allows local jurisdictions to receive credit for purchasing recovered organic
waste products through agreements with direct service providers, including on a
prospective basis. Additionally, this measure permits counting compost from certain
operations and related investments towards procurement targets, with the Department of
Resources Recycling and Recovery reevaluating per capita procurement targets
periodically. AB 2346 allows local jurisdictions to set local procurement targets based on
waste characterization studies and allows for exceeding these targets over five years, with
an emphasis on prioritizing local compost use.
Housing and Land Use
AB 1886 (Alvarez) clarifies that a housing element or amendment is not considered
substantially compliant with housing element law until the local agency has adopted a
housing element that the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)
has determined is in substantial compliance with housing element law.
• AB 2023 (Quirk -Silva) creates a rebuttable presumption that a local government's
housing element or amendment is invalid if HCD found that the housing element or
amendment is not substantially in compliance with housing element law and makes
various changes to the housing element process.
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• AB 2485 (Carillo) seeks to enhance transparency in HCD's regional housing needs
calculation process by creating an advisory panel and requiring the publication of
methodologies used on HCD's website.
• AB 3093 (Ward) creates two new income categories, Acutely Low Income (ALI) and
Extremely Low Income (ELI), in the Regional Housing Needs Determination (RHND),
Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA), and Housing Element Law, among other
provisions.
• SIB 937 (Wiener) removes from existing law, the ability of a local agency to collect impact
fees or charges on "priority residential development projects," as defined, before the final
inspection or the date of the certificate of occupancy for all residential developments in all
circumstances.
Governance and Transparency
• AB 2557 (Ortega) restricts local governments' ability to contract out for a variety of
services.
• AB 2561 (McKinnor) requires public agencies with high vacancy rates to meet and confer
with the representative of employee organizations about strategies to fill vacancies, and
to hold a public hearing regarding the vacancy rates. The bill also stipulates possible
strategies agencies may use to fill vacancies.
• AB 2631 (Fong) requires the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) to provide an
ethics training course to local officials.
Public Safety
• AB 1725 (McCarty) requires municipalities to annually post on their internet websites
specified information relating to settlements and judgments of $50,000 or more resulting
from allegations of improper police conduct.
• AB 1794 (McCarty) authorizes counties to operate a Cal -Fast Pass program to allow
retailers to submit details of alleged shoplifting, organized retail theft, or grand theft directly
to the district attorney through an online portal on the district attorney's internet website.
• AB 2309 (Muratsuchi) authorizes any city attorney of a general law city limited authority
to prosecute misdemeanors committed within the city under specified circumstances, if
the legislative body of a city passes or an ordinance granting the prosecutorial authority
to the city attorney.
• SIB 610 (Wiener) makes changes related to wildfire designated area regulations and fire
protection building standards.
Transportation
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AB 2037 (Pagan) authorizes county sealers to test and verify as correct electrical vehicle
(EV) chargers operated by a public agency that is located in the county in which the sealer
has jurisdiction. If the EV charger is found to be incorrect, this measure requires the county
sealer to mark it with a tag and requires the charger to be repaired or corrected.
Additionally, AB 2037 authorizes a county sealer to assess a civil penalty against a public
agency, or contractor of the public agency, that removes or obliterates any tag or device
placed, or caused to be placed, by a sealer on an electric vehicle charger operated by the
public agency, except as provided.
SB 960 (Wiener) requires the Department of Transportation to incorporate "complete
streets" elements (bicycle, pedestrian, and transit facilities) into State Highway Operation
and Protection Program (SHOPP) projects and requires adding specific targets and
performance measures for these elements in the state's transportation goals.
Proposition 1 Funding Update
On July 17, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) released its anticipated Notice of
Funding Availability for Proposition 1 funds, in a new program referred to as Bond BHCIP Round
1: Launch Ready. Of the $6.38 billion in total funds passed by California voters on the March
primary ballot, this initial funding round will total up to $3.3 billion for construction projects. These
funds will be modeled after the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP)
which provided 5 rounds of funding in 2021-2023 to cities, counties, tribal entities, and nonprofit
and for -profit organizations.
The purpose of this funding round is to build local behavioral health outpatient treatment slots,
beds (residential/inpatient), and/or community campuses that fill a gap in the local or regional
behavioral health continuum of care. Funding cannot be used to supplement existing
infrastructure/services, rather, the funding must be used for the creation of new infrastructure.
The $3.3 billion in available funding will be made available through the following allocations:
$1.5 billion for cities, counties, and tribal entities (awarded competitively)
$1.8 billion for cities, counties, non -profits, and for -profits (awarded competitively,
following geographic allocation formulas)
$30 million to tribal entities across both accounts
As the Request for Applications (RFA) was released on July 17, the application portal will open
on August 9, with applications due by December 13, 2024. DHCS is hosting an informational
webinar on August 7, along with the Advocates for Human Potential (AHP) (the BHCIP
administrative entity), to review the funding opportunity, and application and award processes;
click here to register. Prior to the final application due date in December, mandatory pre -
application consultations will be held between August 9 — November 14.
Detailed information regarding eligibility and process criteria, as well as eligible facility types and
match requirements can be accessed here.
Notably, while this funding is principally for the development of clinical treatment facility
infrastructure, the Agency iterated an additional $2 billion in bond funds would be made available
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at the end of 2024 for the development of interim and permanent supportive housing facilities to
complement the clinical goals of BHCIP Round 1.
Report Released on the Public Health Impacts of Wildfire and Policy Recommendations
In mid -July, the Center for Law, Energy, and Environment (CLEE) at UC Berkeley held a briefing
and panel discussion on its report, "Scopinq the Public Health Impacts of Wildfire," which was
released this spring. The report discusses current research on the health impacts of wildfire,
reviews key issues, provides an overview of the current policy landscape, and identifies
recommendations for future resilience.
In recent years, the rapid increase of wildfires throughout the state has caused a significant rise
in public safety impacts, including the toll on mental health and the social consequences caused
by catastrophic wildfires. However, the public safety impacts have yet to be fully integrated into
current policies. According to the report, the lack of policy integration stems from the early stages
of research on the public health issues caused by wildfires, as well as the complex public health
challenges, which have made it difficult to address these issues with existing policies.
The report makes the following recommendations for policymakers:
1. Enhancing proactive capacity -building to address wildfire risk in the near term, by
expansions in the wildland fire sector workforce, research capabilities, data collection and
monitoring, wildfire smoke protection resources, emergency response, and wildfire
preparedness.
2. Facilitating the responsible implementation of ecologically beneficial fire, by establishing
integrated, community -led governance principles, developing multifaceted policies,
conducting public education and outreach, and significantly expanding research on the
effects of prescribed fires.
3. Building systems -level resilience in wildland fire and public health, by facilitating
coordinated, streamlined governance structures, developing integrated air quality
regulation frameworks, mitigating climate change, and incorporating wildland fire safety
into broader policy areas, such as housing and occupational protections.
It can be anticipated that the Legislature will hold future oversight and informational hearings in
late 2024 through early 2025, to increase disaster preparedness and wildfire resilience policies.
State Supreme Court Update
On July 25, the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 22, the Protect App-Based Drivers
and Services Act from 2020 that allowed Uber and other app-based services to classify drivers
and delivery workers as independent contractors. In Castellanos v. State of California, the court
considered whether Prop. 22 conflicted with California law, insofar as the Constitution vests the
Legislature alone with the authority to govern workers' compensation. In a win for gig -based
companies, the court determined Article XIV of the California Constitution does not prevent voters
from legislating on matters affecting workers' compensation via ballot initiatives. For now, app-
based drivers will continue to operate as independent contractors.
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH ACTIVITY
FY2025 Appropriations Updates
During the month of July, the Senate Committee on Appropriations advanced all twelve Fiscal
Year (FY2025) funding bills. Each vote comfortably passed out of the committee thus signaling
the same will likely occur on the Senate floor. As of the end of July, Senate Majority Leader Chuck
Schumer has not stated when he intends to schedule a vote.
• The FY2025 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act provides $98.7 billion in total discretionary funding. It includes
$1.4 billion for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program and $550 million for the
RAISE Grant program.
• The FY2025 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act
provides a total of $73.7 billion in discretionary funding.
• The FY2025 Interior and Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act provides
$44.6 billion in total funding. Included is $1.9 billion allocated from the National Parks and
Public Lands Restoration Fund for deferred maintenance projects.
• The Agriculture -FDA package would increase funding for the Special Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children to $7.7 billion. Senate Appropriations
Chair Patty Murray championed an $83 million increase to housing rental assistance, to
$1.7 billion. Veterans Affairs medical care would see a decrease to $112.6 billion, down
from $121 billion in FY2024.
A committee summary noted that the FY2025 figure will be augmented by money previously
approved for the Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund. Chair Patty Murray and Vice Chair Susan
Collins agreed to add billions in emergency funding: $13.5 billion for nondefense and nearly $21
billion for defense. The White House has called for the replenishment of the FEMA emergency
fund, which would be addressed in this package.
The House has struggled to pass their spending packages on the floor as multiple attempts have
failed. This is due to partisan policy riders that have been rejected on the floor. Once resolved,
the Chairs and Ranking Members of both the Senate and House Appropriations Committees will
resolve their differences over the remainder of the year. It is possible that all appropriations
packages will be approved by both chambers during the lame duck session after the election, but
could extend into early 2025
EXECUTIVE BRANCH ACTIVITY
White House Announces New Federal Actions to Lower Housing Costs
On July 16, President Biden announced new federal actions aimed at making rent more
affordable. He called on Congress to pass legislation that requires corporate landlords to either
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cap rent increases on existing units at 5% or risk losing federal tax breaks. Under the White House
plan, property owners with 50 or more units would not be able to take depreciation write-offs
available to all rental property owners unless they abide by the rental caps for the next two years.
Additional components of the announcement include:
• A call for all federal agencies to assess surplus federal land that can be repurposed to
build more affordable housing.
• An announcement that HUD and the Department of Health and Human Services plan to
release a final rule to make it easier for public and nonprofit developers to use federal
buildings and land to house the homeless.
• Interim guidance from the Department of Transportation to permit transit agencies to use
their property to support transit -oriented development.
• A call to action for local governments to build more affordable housing on public lands.
• The release of $325 million in Choice Neighborhood Grants aimed at building affordable
housing.
President Biden first revealed the new plan during June's presidential debate. National housing
advocates are split on the announcement. Some believe that this proposal mainly benefits higher -
income renters, and others are calling the plan "historic." The legislative proposal faces steep
odds in Congress, where it would have to pass the GOP -controlled House and win a supermajority
of votes in a closely divided Senate.
The announcement follows years of meetings between advocacy groups, industry leaders, and
the White House, which released a housing supply action plan in May 2022 and a blueprint toward
a renters' bill of rights in January 2023. In addition, the Biden Administration previously introduced
a federal rule to curb evictions in public housing, capped rent hikes for properties built with federal
tax credits, and initiated some limited tenant protections for rental properties with federally backed
mortgages.
FEMA's Disaster Fund Nears Depletion
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has denied aid to a growing roster of
municipalities as it copes with natural disasters that are increasing in frequency, strength, and
cost. FEMA is working with the Biden Administration and Congress to ensure that sufficient
funding is made available. If not, state and local governments will be forced to pay more long-
term. Lawmakers are considering a supplemental spending package, but it is not expected to
move until September at earliest —either prior to the Sept. 30 shutdown deadline or attached as
an amendment to a potential continuing resolution.
To emphasize the urgency, FEMA is managing 500 open disaster declarations going back
sometimes 20 years to Hurricane Katrina according to government officials. The US has been hit
by 15 weather and climate disasters that cost at least $1 billion this year, on top of 28 such events
last year. FEMA is also stretched thin by an expanded mission and captive to a hyper -partisan
federal budget process. Its Disaster Relief Fund could be depleted by mid -August without
additional money from Congress, said Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The
agency's most recent monthly report said the fund faces a deficit in excess of $6 billion without
supplemental appropriations. For local governments, it is becoming harder to acquire federal
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disaster aid for things like rebuilding damaged infrastructure in the aftermath of large-scale
events. Last year, FEMA denied 14 aid requests, the most since 2016.
FEMA Finalizes New Rule Guiding Use of Funds
FEMA has finalized a rule mandating that projects built using its funds consider the future risk of
flooding. FEMA officials said that the updated Federal Flood Risk Management Standard will go
into effect on September 9. The stated goal of the regulation is to make communities more resilient
and save taxpayers money by preventing repeat building of vulnerable structures in flood zones.
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AB 2 (Ward, D) Recycling: solar photovoltaic modules.
Status: 09/01/2023 - In committee: Held under submission.
1st House 2nd House
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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 7 (Friedman, D) Transportation: planning: project selection processes.
Status: 09/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/11/2023)(May be acted
upon Jan 2024)
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prsk policy Fi5CN Floor Pcsk Polity Fiscal 2nd Year Cp ACp c. Enrolled Vetoed C"ptered
Location: 09/14/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: The Transportation Agency is under the supervision of the Secretary of Transportation, who has the power of
general supervision over each department within the agency. The secretary, among other duties, is charged with developing
and reporting to the Governor on legislative, budgetary, and administrative programs to accomplish coordinated planning and
policy formulation in matters of public interest, including transportation projects. On and after January 1, 2025, and to the
extent applicable, feasible, and cost effective, this bill would require the agency, the Department of Transportation, and the
California Transportation Commission to incorporate specified goals into program funding guidelines and processes. (Based on
09/01/2023 text)
AB 52 (Grayson, D) Income tax credit: sales and use taxes paid: manufacturing equipment: research and development
equipment.
Status: 09/01/2023 - In committee: Held under submission.
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Location: 06/26/2023 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: The Bradley -Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law, authorizes counties and cities to impose local sales and
use taxes in conformity with the Sales and Use Tax Law, and current laws authorize districts, as specified, to impose transactions
and use taxes in accordance with the Transactions and Use Tax Law, which generally conforms to the Sales and Use Tax Law.
Exemptions from state sales and use taxes are automatically incorporated into the local tax laws. This bill would allow, for a
taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2024, and before January 1, 2029, a credit against those taxes to a taxpayer in
an amount equal to the amount of tax reimbursement paid during the taxable year for sales tax on gross receipts that would be
exempt from taxation under the Sales and Use Tax Law pursuant to the sales and use tax exemption described above but for
the provision that prohibits that exemption from applying with respect to any tax levied by a county, city, or district pursuant to, or
in accordance with, the Bradley -Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law or the Transactions and Use Tax Law, sales and
use taxes imposed pursuant to certain provisions of the Sales and Use Tax Law, and sales and use taxes imposed pursuant to
certain provisions of the California Constitution. (Based on 06/15/2023 text)
AB 67 (Muratsuchi. D) Homeless Courts Pilot Program.
Status: 09/01/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/28/2023)(May
be acted upon Jan 2024)
15t House 2nd House
Desk Policy RSral Floor U—k Poliey 2nd War Floor C.W..Can . Enrolled Vetoed ah pcered
Location: 09/01/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: Would, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, create the Homeless Courts Pilot Program, which would remain in
effect until January 1, 2029, to be administered by the Judicial Council for the purpose of providing comprehensive community -
based services to achieve stabilization for, and address the specific legal needs of, homeless individuals who are involved
with the criminal justice system. The bill would require applicant cities or counties seeking grant funds to provide a number of
specified services or program components, including, but not limited to, a diversion program enabling participating defendants
to have specified charges dismissed upon completion of a program, provision of temporary, time -limited, or permanent housing
during the duration of the program, and a dedicated representative to assist defendants with housing needs. The bill would
require an applicant for grant funding under the program to submit a plan for a new homeless court program or expansion of an
existing homeless court program, and would require any funding awarded to an applicant to be used in accordance with that
plan. (Based on 03/13/2023 text)
AB 262 (Holden, D) Children's camps: safety and regulation.
Status: 06/17/2024 - From inactive file. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Held at Desk.
1st noose
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Location: 07/02/2024 - Senate DESK
Summary: Current law requires the State Public Health Officer to establish rules and regulations establishing minimum
standards for organized camps, defined as a site with a program and facilities established for the primary purposes of providing
an outdoor group living experience with social, spiritual, educational, or recreational objectives, for 5 days or more during one
or more seasons of the year, except as specified. This bill would require the State Department of Social Services to convene
and consult with a stakeholder group on children's camp safety. The bill would require the stakeholder group to be composed
of representatives of designated state entities, including, but not limited to, the State Department of Public Health and the State
Department of Education, and other stakeholders, such as parent advocate groups, children's advocates and safety groups, and
local parks and health departments. The bill would require the department, following consultation with the stakeholder group,
and within 24 months after funds are appropriated, to submit its recommendations in a report to the Legislature, as specified.
The bill would require the recommendations to address, among other things, a definition for a children's camp, child supervision
requirements, requirements for camp licensure and regulation, and the government agency or agencies necessary to establish
and enforce rules and regulations relating to children's camps, as specified. The bill would require the report to include costs
estimates for implementation of the recommendations included in the report. (Based on 09/01/2023 text)
AB 440 (Pellerin, D) Ballot measures.
Status: 07/03/2024 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 82, Statutes of 2024
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Location: 07/03/2024 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: Current law requires a constitutional amendment, bond measure, or other measure submitted to the people by the
Legislature to appear on the ballot of the first statewide election occurring at least 131 days after the adoption of the proposal.
Pursuant to the time limit specified above, Assembly Constitutional Amendment 13 (ACA 13) of the 2023-24 Regular Session is
scheduled to appear on the ballot of the statewide general election occurring on November 5, 2024. If approved by the voters,
ACA 13 would provide that an initiative measure that includes one or more provisions that amend the Constitution to increase
the voter approval requirement to adopt any state or local measure is approved by the voters only if the proportion of votes cast
in favor of the initiative measure is equal to or greater than the highest voter approval requirement that the initiative measure
would impose. ACA 13 would specify that this requirement applies to statewide initiative measures that appear on the ballot on or
after January 1, 2024. ACA 13 would also expressly authorize a local governing body to hold an advisory vote for the purpose of
allowing voters within the jurisdiction to voice their opinions on an issue. This bill would call a special election to be consolidated
with the statewide general election scheduled for November 3, 2026, and would instead require the submission of ACA 13 to the
people at that election. (Based on 07/03/2024 text)
AB 453 (Cervantes, D) District -based elections.
Status: 08/05/2024 - From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent
Calendar.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #75 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - SECOND READING FILE
1st Mouse Znd House
rl+-,k W: it y F sr :I Dcsk Policy Fi-ral FlpOF Cd-d,Canc. Enrolled Veoed Chnptered
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate CONSENT CALENDAR
Summary: Current law requires a political subdivision that changes from an at -large method of election to a district -based
election, or that establishes district -based elections, to perform various actions before a public hearing at which it votes upon an
ordinance establishing district -based elections. Among these actions, the political subdivision must hold at least 2 public hearings
before drawing a draft map of the proposed boundaries and at least 2 public hearings after all maps are drawn, and invite the
public's input at these hearings. This bill would require a public hearing concerning district -based elections, as described above,
that is consolidated with a meeting of the governing body of the political subdivision that includes other substantive agenda
items, to begin at a fixed time regardless of its order on the agenda. The bill would require the governing body to provide notice
of the hearing to the public. (Based on 02/06/2023 text)
AB 460 (Bauer -Kahan, D) State Water Resources Control Board: water rights and usage: civil penalties.
Status: 08/05/2024 - VOTE: Placed on suspense file (PASS)
1st Mouse Znd House
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy FYacal Floor Co-d,Conc, Enrolled Vetoed Chnptered
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Under current law, the diversion or use of water other than as authorized by specified provisions of law is a trespass,
subject to specified civil liability. This bill would require the State Water Resources Control Board to adjust for inflation, by
January 1 of each year, beginning in 2025, the amounts of civil and administrative liabilities or penalties imposed by the board in
water right actions, as specified. (Based on 06/12/2024 text)
AB 573 (Garcia. D) Organic waste: meeting recovered organic waste product procurement targets.
Status: 09/01/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/14/2023)(May
be acted upon Jan 2024)
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Location: 09/01/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: Current law requires the State Air Resources Board to approve and begin implementing a comprehensive short-lived
climate pollutant strategy to achieve a certain reduction in statewide emissions of methane, including a goal of a 75% reduction
in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025. Current law requires the Department
of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations to achieve these organic
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waste reduction goals, that provide for, among other things, the calculation by the department of recovered organic waste
product procurement targets for each local jurisdiction, and that may include penalties to be imposed by the department for
noncompliance. This bill would require the department, for purposes of those regulations, to allow a local jurisdiction, until
December 1, 2031, in procuring recovered organic waste products to meet the target procurement requirements, to use
California -derived recovered organic waste that the local jurisdiction sends for processing at a facility or operation outside of the
state that meets certain conditions, as provided. (Based on 07/13/2023 text)
Position: Support
AB 799 (Rivas, Luz, D) Interagency Council on Homelessness: funding: state programs.
Status: 08/05/2024 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re -refer to committee. Read second time,
amended, and re -referred to Com. on APPR.
Calendar: 08/12/24 S-APPROPRIATIONS 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CABALLERO, ANNA, Chair
1st noose 2nd House
rink policy Fkcel Floor Dcsk polky rise! Floor Co40)-x. Enrolled Vetocd C"ptered
Location: 07/02/2024 - Senate Appropriations
Summary: Current law requires the Governor to create an Interagency Council on Homelessness, consisting of specified
members. Among other goals, current law requires the council to coordinate existing funding and applications for competitive
funding. Current law requires the council to create a statewide data system, which is known as the Homeless Data Integration
System, that collects local data through the Homeless Management Information System, with a goal of matching data on
homelessness to programs impacting homeless recipients of state programs. Current law also requires the council to collect,
compile, and make available to the public financial data provided to the council from all state -funded homelessness programs.
Current law defines state programs as any programs a California state agency or department funds, implements, or administers
for the purpose of providing housing or housing -based services to people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness,
except as specified. This bill would additionally require the council to include the Governor's Tribal Advisor. The bill would remove
the above -mentioned reference to competitive funding and would instead require the council to coordinate applications for
funding. The bill would require council staff to develop and regularly maintain a strategic funding guide and a calendar of new
or existing funding opportunities. The bill would require agencies and departments administrating state programs to provide the
council updated information on new or existing funding opportunities on a quarterly basis. (Based on 08/05/2024 text)
AB 863 (Aguiar-Curry, D) Carpet and flooring recycling: producer responsibility organizations: fines: succession: training.
Status: 07/29/2024 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Calendar: 08/12/24 S-APPROPRIATIONS 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CABALLERO, ANNA, Chair
1st House 2nd House
0-1, Poicy F-1 Floor Dcsk Policy Fi".1 rl C.-fCk— Enrolled VMoed UJ ptered
Location: 07/03/2024 - Senate Appropriations
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. The act requires a manufacturer of carpets sold in this state,
individually or through a carpet stewardship organization, to submit a carpet stewardship plan to the department, which is
required to include specified elements, including achieving specified carpet recycling rates and a funding mechanism that
provides sufficient funding to carry out the plan. The act requires the funding mechanism to establish and provide for a carpet
stewardship assessment to be added to the purchase price of carpet sold in the state by a manufacturer to a California retailer
or wholesaler or otherwise sold for use in the state and requires each retailer and wholesaler to add the assessment to the
purchase price of all carpet sold in the state. The act requires a manufacturer or carpet stewardship organization submitting
a carpet stewardship plan to pay the department an administrative fee, as determined by the department, and imposes
administrative civil penalties upon a person who violates these provisions. The act requires the carpet stewardship organization
to provide various reports to ensure compliance with these provisions. This bill would make the above -discussed product
stewardship for carpet program inoperative upon the completion of specified conditions, including that the department submits
a letter to the relevant committees of the Legislature indicating that specified conditions have been met and that the department
is prepared to implement a flooring producer responsibility program as discussed below. This bill would establish a flooring
producer responsibility program that would require producers of covered products to form and join a single product responsibility
organization (PRO) for the collection and recycling of a covered product. (Based on 06/20/2024 text)
AB 930 (Friedman, D) Local government: infrastructure financing districts: Reinvestment in Infrastructure for a Sustainable and
Equitable California (RISE) districts: housing development: restrictive covenants.
Status: 08/05/2024 - VOTE: Placed on suspense file (PASS)
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Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Current law authorizes certain local agencies to form a community revitalization authority within a community
revitalization and investment area, as described, and authorizes an authority to, among other things, provide for low- and
moderate -income housing and issue bonds, as provided. Current law authorizes a community revitalization and investment plan
to provide for the division of taxes within the plan area. This bill would authorize the legislative bodies of 2 or more specified local
governments to jointly form a Reinvestment in Infrastructure for a Sustainable and Equitable California district (RISE district) in
accordance with specified procedures. The bill would require at least one of the local governments to be a city or county within
the proposed RISE district boundaries. The bill would authorize a local government that lacks the authority to levy a property
tax to join a RISE district, by resolution, as specified. The bill would prohibit a RISE district from including territory within the
jurisdiction of a participating local government unless the city or county where the territory is located is also a participating local
government. (Based on 06/13/2024 text)
AB 972 (Maienschein, D) Local Assistance and Grant Program Streamlining Workgroup.
Status: 09/01/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 7/10/2023)(May
be acted upon Jan 2024)
1st Haase 2nd Nauss
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Location: 09/01/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: Current law establishes the Office of Planning and Research in the Governor's office for the purpose of serving
the Governor and the Governor's cabinet as staff for long-range planning and research and constituting the comprehensive
state planning agency. This bill would require the Office of Planning and Research, in consultation with the League of California
Cities, the California State Association of Counties, and the California Special Districts Association, to convene a statewide,
cross -agency Local Assistance and Grant Program Streamlining Workgroup, no later than January 1, 2025, to centralize local
assistance and develop a coordinated system to manage available state and federal funding to deliver the maximum number
of projects as efficiently as possible. The bill would require the Office of Planning and Research to appoint the workgroup
members, as specified. The bill would require the workgroup to develop a report that includes the workgroup's findings, plans,
and recommendations for short-term, medium -term, and long-term goals, as specified, no later than June 30, 2026. (Based on
06/29/2023 text)
AB 1034 (Wilson. D) Law enforcement: facial recognition and other biometric surveillance.
Status: 09/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/11/2023)(May be acted
upon Jan 2024)
1st House 2nd house
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Location: 09/14/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: Would prohibit a law enforcement agency or law enforcement officer from installing, activating, or using any biometric
surveillance system in connection with an officer camera or data collected by an officer camera. The bill would authorize a person
to bring an action for equitable or declaratory relief against a law enforcement agency or officer who violates that prohibition.
(Based on 05/01/2023 text)
AB 1082 (Kalra, D) Authority to remove vehicles.
Status: 09/01/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/28/2023)(May
be acted upon Jan 2024)
1st House 2nd house
rl,-,k Policy Fiscal Floor Dusk Policy 2nd War Floor C.W..Conc. Enrolled Vetoed al pte d
Location: 09/01/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: Current law authorizes a peace officer and specified public employees, as an alternative to removal of a vehicle, to
immobilize the vehicle with a device designed and manufactured for that purpose, if, among other circumstances, the vehicle is
found upon a highway or public lands by the peace officer or employee and it is known to have been issued 5 or more notices of
parking violations that are delinquent because the owner or person in control of the vehicle has not responded to the appropriate
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agency within a designated time period. This bill would instead allow only an agent of public higher educational institutions,
including the University of California, California State University, and California Community Colleges, to remove or immobilize a
vehicle under those circumstances. The bill would limit the related authority to conduct a lien sale to cover towing and storage
expenses to agents of public higher educational institutions, as specified. The bill would make various conforming and technical
changes. (Based on 08/14/2023 text)
Position: Oppose Unless Amended
AB 1168 (Bennett, D) Emergency medical services (EMS): prehospital EMS.
Status: 09/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/12/2023)(May be
acted upon Jan 2024)
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Location: 09/14/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: The Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act governs
local emergency medical services (EMS) systems and authorizes each county to develop an EMS program and designate a
local EMS agency. Current law requires a county to enter into a written agreement with a city or fire district that contracted for or
provided prehospital EMS as of June 1, 1980. Current law requires, until that written agreement is reached, prehospital EMS to
be continued at not less than the existing level and the administration of prehospital EMS by cities and fire districts contracting
for or providing those services as of June 1, 1980, to be retained by those cities and fire districts. This bill would require a city to
be treated as if it had retained its authorities regarding, and the administration of, prehospital EMS if specified requirements are
met. (Based on 07/13/2023 text)
AB 1297 (Quirk -Silva, D) Public restrooms.
Status: 09/01/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 7/10/2023)(May
be acted upon Jan 2024)
I" House 2nd House
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Location: 09/01/2023 - Senate 2 YEAR
Summary: Current law requires every public agency, as defined, that conducts an establishment serving the public or open
to the public and that maintains restroom facilities for the public, to make every water closet available without cost or charge,
as provided. Current law also requires publicly and privately owned facilities where the public congregates to be equipped with
sufficient temporary or permanent restrooms to meet the needs of the public at peak hours. This bill would require each local
government, as defined, to complete an inventory of public restrooms owned and maintained by the local government, either
directly or by contract, that are available to the general population in its jurisdiction by July 1, 2024. The bill would require local
governments to report their findings to the State Department of Public Health, which would be required to compile the information
and to report the availability of public restrooms to the Legislature by March 1, 2025, as specified. (Based on 06/21/2023 text)
AB 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: 05/22/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
1st Mouse 2nd House
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Location: 05/22/2024 - 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.
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Desk Policy Fsc61 Floor QpSk Ppli" Fi5c 1 Floor ConfC6rlc. Enrolled Veucd Clhapcered
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 1779 (Irwin, D) Theft: jurisdiction.
Status: 07/01/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #267 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE (Floor Mgr.- Newman)
1st HE se 2nd House
Peck Policy FKc6l Floor Gpsk Policy FSEeI Fl"r Lpcd,Lonc, Enrolled Vetoed Cf�ptered
Location: 07/01/2024 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: Current law defines types of theft, including petty theft, grand theft, and shoplifting. Current law also defines the
crimes of robbery and burglary. Current law sets forth specific rules relating to the jurisdiction for the prosecution of theft by fraud,
organized retail theft, and receiving stolen property, including that the jurisdiction for prosecution includes the county where an
offense involving the theft or receipt of the stolen merchandise occurred, the county in which the merchandise was recovered, or
the county where any act was done by the defendant in instigating, procuring, promoting, or aiding or abetting in the commission
of a theft offense or other qualifying offense. Current law jurisdictionally limits prosecution of each of the above to criminal actions
brought by the Attorney General. This bill would no longer limit the jurisdictional rules for the above crimes to criminal actions
brought by the Attorney General. If a case is brought by someone other than the Attorney General and multiple offenses are
committed by the same defendant in multiple jurisdictions, the bill would allow a criminal action to be brought in any of those
jurisdictions subject to a hearing on consolidation of the offenses, as specified. (Based on 06/29/2024 text)
Position: Support
AB 1794 (McCarty, D) Crimes: larceny.
Status: 08/05/2024 - VOTE: Placed on suspense file (PASS)
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Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacted as an initiative statute by Proposition 47, as approved by
the electors at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election, makes the theft of money, labor, or property petty theft
punishable as a misdemeanor, whenever the value of the property taken does not exceed $950. Under current law, if the value
of the property taken exceeds $950, the theft is grand theft, punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony. Proposition 47 requires
shoplifting, defined as entering a commercial establishment with the intent to commit larceny if the value of the property taken
does not exceed $950, to be punished as a misdemeanor. Under current law, if the value of all property taken over the course of
distinct but related acts motivated by one intention, general impulse, and plan exceeds $950, those values may be aggregated
into a single charge of grand theft. This bill would clarify that those values may be aggregated even though the thefts occurred in
different places or from different victims. The bill would also, declarative of existing law, provide that circumstantial evidence may
be used to prove that multiple thefts were motivated by one intention, general impulse, and plan. (Based on 04/11/2024 text)
Position: Support
AB 1886 (Alvarez, D) Housing Element Law: substantial compliance: Housing Accountability Act.
Status: 08/05/2024 - From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #12 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - SECOND READING FILE
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D"k Policy FSCdI Floor QS•5k poli" Fist l F144r Conf,C,prlc, Enrolled Vetoed Clhap[ered
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate SECOND READING
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. 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. The bill would create a rebuttable presumption of validity for
the department's findings as to whether the adopted element or amendment substantially complies with the Housing Element
Law. (Based on 07/01/2024 text)
Position: Oppose Unless Amended
AB 1889 (Friedman, D) Conservation element: wildlife and habitat connectivity.
Status: 08/05/2024 - VOTE: Placed on suspense file (PASS)
1st House 2nd House
Pack Phliky F -.r!I 'I,::: .r•A Pnl:;• Fi—I Floor C..[I:onc. Enrollod Vexed at pbered
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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, 2028, 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 by development to wildlife and habitat connectivity. The bill would
authorize a city, county, or city and county to incorporate by reference into its general plan an existing plan that meets these
requirements. The bill would authorize a city, county, or city and county preparing to update its conservation element to consider
incorporating appropriate standards, policies, and implementation programs, consult with specified entities, and consider relevant
best available science. (Based on 06/12/2024 text)
AB 1893 (Wicks, D) Housing Accountability Act: housing disapprovals: required local findings.
Status: 07/29/2024 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
Calendar: 08/12/24 S-APPROPRIATIONS 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CABALLERO, ANNA, Chair
1st House
2nd House
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Location: 07/03/2024 - Senate Appropriations
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. 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. Among these conditions, the act allows a local agency to disapprove a
housing development project that is inconsistent with the jurisdiction's zoning ordinances and general plan land use designation
as it existed on the date the application was deemed complete, if the jurisdiction has adopted a revised housing element
that is in substantial compliance with the Housing Element Law, as specified. This bill would make various changes to that
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condition. The bill would specify that a local agency may disapprove or condition approval of a housing development project or
emergency shelter, as described above, if the local agency makes written findings that on the date the application for the housing
development project or emergency shelter was deemed complete the jurisdiction did not have an adopted revised housing
element that was in substantial compliance with the Housing Element Law and the housing development project is not a builder's
remedy project, as defined. (Based on 06/26/2024 text)
AB 2023 (Quirk -Silva, D) Housing element: inventory of land: rebuttable presumptions.
Status: 07/31/2024 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
Calendar: 08/12/24 S-APPROPRIATIONS 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CABALLERO, ANNA, Chair
1st He119e 2nd House
Desk Polity FMtel Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Co.d.Cd— Enrolled Vetoed Chapb—d
Location: 07/03/2024 - Senate Appropriations
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 06/26/2024 text)
AB 2085 (Bauer -Kahan, D) Planning and zoning: permitted use: community clinic.
Status: 08/05/2024 - VOTE: Placed on suspense file (PASS)
1st House 2nd Ho —
Desk Polity RScal Floor Desk Poliey Fiscal Floor COrd.CO— Enrolled Vended ah pt—d
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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. The bill would provide that a development eligible for approval
pursuant to this process is not a "project" for purposes of CEQA, thereby expanding the exemption for ministerial approval of
projects under CEQA. (Based on 07/03/2024 text)
AB 2091 (Grayson, D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: public access: nonmotorized recreation.
Status: 08/05/2024 - VOTE: Placed on suspense file (PASS)
1st House 2nd House
rlC-,k Policy Fiscal Flovr Desk Policy Fkcd Floor Co ACo . Enrolled Vetoed apptered
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Would exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) a change in use approved by a lead agency
that is a park district to allow public access to preexisting paved and natural surface roads, preexisting trails, preexisting
pathways, and preexisting disturbed areas for vehicle parking, as specified, in areas used exclusively for nonmotorized
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recreation, if certain conditions are met. The bill would require the lead agency to post notice of, and hold, a public meeting to
consider and solicit public input on the change in use under consideration before making a determination to approve or carry out
the change in use, as specified. The bill would require the lead agency, if the lead agency determines that a change in use 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 06/27/2024 text)
AB 2199 (Berman, D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: residential or mixed -use housing projects.
Status: 08/05/2024 - From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #27 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - SECOND READING FILE
1511l—se 2nd House
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Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate SECOND READING
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. Current law, until January 1, 2025, exempts from 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. Current law requires a lead agency, if the lead agency determines that a residential or mixed -use
housing project qualifies for this exemption from CEQA and determines to approve or carry out the project, to file a notice of
exemption with the Office of Planning and Research and the county clerk in the county in which the project is located. This bill
would extend the operation of that exemption until January 1, 2035. 2032. (Based on 06/06/2024 text)
AB 2243 (Wicks, D) Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022: objective standards and affordability and site criteria.
Status: 08/05/2024 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re -refer to committee. Read second time,
amended, and re -referred to Com. on APPR.
Calendar: 08/12/24 S-APPROPRIATIONS 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CABALLERO, ANNA, Chair
1st Hause 2nd House
11-1, Rolmy Fiscal Floor Orsk Pull,y Fi—I Floor Cwd.Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbered
Location: 07/03/2024 - Senate Appropriations
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 08/05/2024 text)
AB 2283 (Pacheco, D) Civil actions: electronic service.
Status: 07/18/2024 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 151, Statutes of 2024
1st Hause 2nd House
D-k Policy FMcel Floor Desk Policy F 1 Flirnr Cwd.Cvnc. Enrolled Vetoed Ch pt r d
Location: 07/18/2024 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: Current law authorizes the service of documents in a civil action by electronic means pursuant to rules adopted by
the Judicial Council. Current law requires a court, on and after July 1, 2024, to electronically transmit those documents to a party
who is subject to mandatory electronic service, or who has consented to accept electronic service, as specified. This bill would
extend the deadline for courts to comply with the requirement described above to July 1, 2025, and would make a conforming
change to clarify that court's electronic transmittal of documents constitutes service of those documents. (Based on 07/18/2024
text)
AB 2285 (Rendon, D) Natural resources: equitable outdoor access: 30x30 goal: urban nature -based projects.
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Status: 06/24/2024 - In committee: Referred to suspense file.
1st house 2nd House
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Location: 06/24/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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 3000 goal and Outdoors for All, and, to the extent practical, maximize investment in
historically underserved 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, current or impending loss of parks or greenspace as a result of state or federal infrastructure projects, and the
availability of mobility options near a proposed land conservation site. (Based on 06/12/2024 text)
AB 2290 (Friedman, D) Transportation: Class III bikeways: bicycle facilities: Bikeway Quick -Build Project Pilot Program.
Status: 06/24/2024 - In committee: Referred to suspense file.
1st House 2nd House
D"k Polity F9t61 Floor pest PM Fi—I Floor Cocd.Cd— Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Location: 06/24/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Existing law establishes the Active Transportation Program in the Department of Transportation for the purpose
of encouraging increased use of active modes of transportation, such as biking and walking, with specified available funds to
be allocated to eligible projects by the California Transportation Commission and regional transportation agencies through the
adoption of a program of projects. Existing law requires the commission to develop guidelines regarding, among other topics,
project eligibility and project selection for the program of projects, as provided. This bill would prohibit, on and after January 1,
2026, the commission from adding a project that creates a Class III bikeway or adds a specific road marking used to inform road
users that bicyclists might occupy the travel lane to the program of projects, unless the bikeway or road marking is on a highway
with a design speed limit of 25 miles per hour or less or the project will implement improvements to reduce the design speed limit
to 25 miles per hour or less. (Based on 06/13/2024 text)
AB 2302 (Addis, D) Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences.
Status: 06/06/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #171 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE (Floor Mgr.- Laird)
1c1 hl—.. 2nd House
rl?,k Policy Fkcol Floor Dcsk poliSy Fscel Floor Co4.Conc, Enrolled Vetocd C"ptered
Location: 06/06/2024 - Senate 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
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than 2 meetings if the legislative body regularly meets fewer than 10 times per calendar year. This bill would revise those limits,
instead prohibiting such participation for more than a specified number of meetings per year, based on how frequently the
legislative body regularly meets. (Based on 02/12/2024 text)
AB 2309 (Muratsuchi, D) City attorney: state law: misdemeanor.
Status: 08/05/2024 - VOTE: Placed on suspense file (PASS)
1st H"Se 2nd House
rl•-.,k P': i,, F-.r !1-1r:::- 7)ryY Pnl:'r Fi5c 1 Floor Co-Kprrt, Enrolled Vetoed 1;hApterud
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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 to prosecute any misdemeanor committed within the city arising out of violation of state law, provided that specified
conditions are met, including that the legislative body of a city passes an ordinance granting that prosecutorial authority to the
city attorney. (Based on 07/03/2024 text)
AB 2338 (Jones -Sawyer, D) Statewide Homelessness Coordinator.
Status: 08/05/2024 - VOTE: Placed on suspense file (PASS)
1st Haase 2nd House
rl••.k W: ir, F•.r .:I -11:1. )rsk Pol" Fi—I Floor Cod.Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbered
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Current law establishes various programs to address homelessness, including requiring the Governor to create an
Interagency Council on Homelessness. This bill would require the Governor to appoint a Statewide Homelessness Coordinator,
within the Governor's office, subject to confirmation by the Senate, 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 06/20/2024 text)
AB 2346 (Lee, D) Organic waste reduction regulations: procurement of recovered organic waste products.
Status: 08/05/2024 - VOTE: Placed on suspense file (PASS)
1st Hause 2nd House
1�
11gtik Pylir,y MSul FlW no5k poli" FsSal Floor Cw4.0 nc. Enrolled Vetoed appterpd
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Current law requires the State Air Resources Board to complete, approve, and implement a comprehensive strategy
to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in the state to reduce the statewide methane emissions by 40% below
2013 levels by 2030. Current law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the state
board, to adopt regulations that achieve specified targets for reducing organic waste in landfills, as provided. The department's
organic waste regulations require local jurisdictions to annually procure a quantity of recovered organic waste products and
to comply with their procurement targets by directly procuring recovered organic waste products for use or giveaway or by
requiring, through a written agreement, that a direct service provider to the jurisdiction procure recovered organic waste products,
or both. Those regulations specify the types of recovered organic waste products that a jurisdiction may procure, including
compost that is produced at a compostable material handling operation or facility, or a specified digestion facility that composts
onsite. Other regulations of the department require all compostable materials handling activities to obtain a facility permit from
the department prior to commencing operations and meet other specified requirements, but exclude from those requirements
certain activities that the regulations state do not constitute a compostable material handling operation or facility, including the
composting of green material, agricultural material, food material, and vegetative food material, and the handling of compostable
materials under certain conditions, as provided. This bill would authorize local jurisdictions to be credited for the procurement of
recovered organic waste products through an agreement with a direct service provider, as defined, and would allow the direct
service provider agreement to include the procurement of recovered organic waste products on a prospective basis as long as
the purchase of those products occurs during the year for which the local jurisdiction seeks credit, and under other specified
circumstances. (Based on 07/03/2024 text)
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AB 2427 (McCarty, D) Electric vehicle charging stations: permitting: curbside charging.
Status: 07/01/2024 - In committee: Referred to suspense file.
15t House 2nd House
11cs1, Policy Fiscal Fl—r Orsk Policy Fiscal Flunr fn-F.Cvnc• Enrolled Vetoed Chapbcred
Location: 07/01/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Current law continues into existence the zero -emission vehicle (ZEV) division within GO -Biz as the Zero -Emission
Vehicle Market Development Office. Current law references GO-Biz's Electric Vehicle Charging Station Permitting Guidebook,
which recommends best practices for electric vehicle supply equipment permitting. This bill would require the office to develop
a model permitting checklist, model zoning ordinances, and best practices for permit costs and permit review timelines to help
local governments permit curbside charging stations as part of the office's development of the Electric Vehicle Charging Station
Permitting Guidebook or any subsequent updates. The bill would also require the office to consult with local governments,
electric vehicle service providers, and utilities while developing the above -described materials. (Based on 06/17/2024 text)
AB 2430 (Alvarez, D) Planning and zoning: density bonuses: monitoring fees.
Status: 08/05/2024 - From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent
Calendar.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #100 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - SECOND READING FILE
1st House 2nd House
rJ••.k W: i, ., 1...:1 -k:::• !r•.L Pnl.cy Fi-col Floor Cwd.Cvnc. Enrollcd Vetoed Chapbered
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate CONSENT CALENDAR
Summary: 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 06/20/2024 text)
AB 2485 (Carrillo, Juan. D) Regional housing need: determination.
Status: 08/05/2024 - VOTE: Placed on suspense file (PASS)
1s1: House 2nd House
Desk Policy Fkcel Floor Desk Policy Fl.—I Flo r C.W.C—. Enrolled Vetoed CHapbered
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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), in consultation with each council of governments, where applicable, to determine the existing and projected
need for housing for each region, at least 2 years prior to the scheduled revision of the housing element, as specified. That law
requires the department's determination to be based upon population projections produced by the Department of Finance and
regional population forecasts developed by the council of governments and used for the preparation of the regional transportation
plan, 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 a 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, requires the department, after consultation with
the council of governments, to make determinations on the data assumptions and the methodology the department will use to
determine the region's housing need, as specified. That law requires the department to provide its determinations to the council
of governments, as specified. This bill would for the 8th and subsequent revisions of the housing element require the department
to convene and engage stakeholders to consider improvements to the process of determining the existing and projected housing
need for each region before determining any region's existing projected housing need. The bill would require the department,
prior to finalization of the regional determination, as specified, to publish on the department's internet website a summary of the
information the department considered and determinations made by the department to improve the process of determining the
existing and projected housing need for each region. (Based on 07/03/2024 text)
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Position: Support
AB 2488 (Ting, D) Downtown revitalization and economic recovery financing districts: City and County of San Francisco.
Status: 08/05/2024 - Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #311 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fatal Floor C.W..Conc. Enrolled Vetoed ai,poered
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: Current law authorizes the legislative body of a city or a county to establish an enhanced infrastructure financing
district to finance public capital facilities or other specified projects of communitywide significance, including the acquisition,
construction, or rehabilitation of housing for persons of very low, low, and moderate income. Current law requires the legislative
body to establish a public financing authority, defined as the governing board of the enhanced infrastructure financing district,
at the same time the resolution to form an enhanced infrastructure district is adopted. Current law requires the public financing
authority to adopt an infrastructure financing plan that includes specified information, including a finding that the development
and financial assistance are of communitywide significance and provide significant benefits to an area larger than the area of the
district. This bill would authorize the City and County of San Francisco to designate one 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 limited to downtown San Francisco, as defined. The bill would establish a criteria for the composition of the district board.
The bill would require the City and County of San Francisco to establish the board for the district at the same time that it adopts
the resolution of intention. The bill would require the district to prepare and adopt a downtown revitalization financing plan that
includes specified information and requirements. In this regard, the bill would require a downtown revitalization financing plan to
include a requirement that incremental tax revenues be allocated back to the respective project for the purpose of financing the
debt service of the project for 30 years or until the district ceases to exist. The bill would also require the downtown revitalization
financing plan to identify each existing commercial office building within the district that may opt in to receive incremental tax
revenue from the district. (Based on 08/05/2024 text)
AB 2553 (Friedman, D) Housing development: major transit stops: vehicular traffic impact fees.
Status: 08/05/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #313 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE
1U House 2nd House
rl•-.k policy Fiscal Floor Peck Policy Fiscal Flom CoeK, . Enrolled Vetoed Chapcered
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate THIRD READING
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 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 06/12/2024 text)
AB 2557 (Ortega, D) Local agencies: contracts for special services and temporary help: performance reports.
Status: 08/05/2024 - VOTE: Placed on suspense file (PASS)
2.2 Ib119e 2nd House
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Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Would require, as of July 1, 2025, each county board of supervisors that solicits for and enters into a specified
contract for special services, except as specified, to post that contract and any related documents, as specified, on its internet
website. The bill would require, as of July 1, 2026, each contract, as described above, to include, among other things, the
objectives, desirables, and goals of the contract. The bill would require, before beginning a procurement process to contract for
functions, duties, responsibilities, or services, as specified, the board of supervisors, or its representative, to give reasonable
written notice to the exclusive employee representative of the workforce affected by the contract of its determination to begin
that process. The bill would also require, at least 30 days before the modification or renewal of the above -described contract, the
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board of supervisors, or its representative, to notify, as specified, the exclusive employee representative of the workforce affected
by the contract of the intent to modify or renew the contract. (Based on 07/03/2024 text)
AB 2561 (McKinnor, D) Local public employees: vacant positions.
Status: 08/05/2024 - VOTE: Placed on suspense file (PASS)
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy NMI Fl— C.W..Co— Enrolled Vetoed ai,ptered
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (act) authorizes local public employees, as defined, to form, join, and participate in the
activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation on matters of labor relations. The act
prohibits a public agency from, among other things, imposing or threatening to impose reprisals on employees, discriminating or
threatening to discriminate against employees, or otherwise interfering with specified employee rights guaranteed by the act. This
bill would require each public agency with high vacancy rates for more than 180 days, at the request of the recognized employee
organization, to promptly meet and confer with the representative of the recognized employee organization within 21 days about
substantive strategies to fill vacancies and to hold a public hearing within 90 days about high vacancy rates and specified related
matters. (Based on 07/03/2024 text)
AB 2574 (Valencia, D) Alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment programs and facilities: disclosures.
Status: 06/27/2024 - From Consent Calendar. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #241 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Pcsk Policy Fisol F14Vr Cpnf,Corlc, Enrolled Mved {h Aptered
Location: 06/27/2024 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: Current law requires certified adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery programs and licensed facilities to disclose
specified information to the State Department of Health Care Services, including ownership or a financial interest in a recovery
residence, as defined, and contractual relationships with entities that provide recovery services to clients of certified programs
or licensed facilities if the entity is not a part of a certified program or a licensed facility. This bill would require an organization
that operates, conducts, owns, or maintains a certified program or a licensed facility to disclose to the department whether the
licensee, or a general partner, director, or officer of the licensee owns or has a financial interest in a recovery residence and
whether it has contractual relationships with entities that provide recovery services to clients of certified programs or licensed
facilities if the entity is not a part of a certified program or a licensed facility. (Based on 04/25/2024 text)
AB 2583 (Berman, D) School zones: speed limits.
Status: 08/05/2024 - VOTE: Placed on suspense file (PASS)
1st House 2nd House
— qP W 0
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Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Current law establishes a prima facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour when approaching or passing a school building
or grounds contiguous to a highway or when the school grounds are not separated from the highway, as specified. Current
law authorizes a local authority, by ordinance or resolution, to reduce the prima facie speed limit based on an engineering and
traffic survey, as specified. This bill would, until January 1, 2028, instead establish a prima facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour
in a school zone, as defined, subject to specified conditions, including, among others, when a school speed limit sign states
"when children are present" and children are present, as defined, and when a school speed limit sign states specific hours, as
specified. The bill would, notwithstanding the above provision and until January 1, 2028, authorize a local authority, by ordinance
or resolution, to determine and declare a prima facie speed limit of 20 miles per hour in a school zone. The bill would, beginning
on January 1, 2028, establish a prima facie speed limit of 20 miles per hour in a school zone, subject to conditions similar to
those described above. (Based on 06/27/2024 text)
AB 2597 (Ward. D) Planning and zoning: revision of housing element: regional housing need allocation appeals: Southern
California Association of Governments.
Status: 07/02/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #282 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE
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Desk Policy FScal Floor Desk Ppli" Fist l FIPQF Coef,{,prrc, Enrolled Mood Clhap[ered
Location: 07/02/2024 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and each city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan
for the physical development of the county or city, and specified land outside its boundaries, that includes, among other specified
mandatory elements, a housing element. Current law requires, for the 4th and subsequent revisions of the housing element, the
Department of Housing and Community Development, in consultation with the council of governments, to determine the existing
and projected need for housing for each region, as specified. Current law requires the council of governments or delegate
subregion, as applicable, to adopt a final regional housing needs plan that allocates a share of the regional housing need to
each city, county, or city and county. Current law requires each council of governments and delegate subregion to distribute a
draft allocation of regional housing needs to each local government in the region or subregion. Current law authorizes, within 45
days following receipt of the draft allocation, a local government within the region or the delegate subregion or the department to
appeal to the council of governments or the delegate subregion for a revision of the share of the regional housing need proposed
to be allocated to one or more local governments, as specified. This bill would reduce the period to appeal from 45 days following
receipt of the draft allocation to 30 days. (Based on 06/10/2024 text)
AB 2631 (Fong, Mike, D) Local agencies: ethics training.
Status: 08/05/2024 - From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent
Calendar.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #104 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - SECOND READING FILE
1st Mouse and Mouse
rl+-,k P+: it y F sr :I Desk Policy Fi- al Floor Cor•1.[mc. Enrolled Veecd 1lhnptered
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate CONSENT CALENDAR
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. Current law requires an entity that develops curricula to satisfy the above -described requirements to consult with
the Fair Political Practices Commission and the Attorney General regarding the sufficiency and accuracy of the proposed course
content. Current law prohibits the Fair Political Practices Commission and the Attorney General, as specified, from precluding an
entity from also including local ethics policies in the curricula. This bill would 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 05/20/2024 text)
AB 2632 (Wilson, D) Planning and zoning: thrift retail stores.
Status: 08/05/2024 - From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #46 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - SECOND READING FILE
1st House Znd abuse
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Flppr Co.r{COA . Enrolled Vetoed Chplotered
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate SECOND READING
Summary: 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. Current 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. Current 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. The bill
would allow a local agency to require that thrift retail stores meet certain aesthetic or design standards, as prescribed. (Based on
07/02/2024 text)
AB 2675 (Low, D) Planning and zoning: regional housing needs: exchange of allocation.
Status: 05/07/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on RLS.
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L' [ Hake 2nd House
Desk Pallor F+ cC l Flop, pr5k Ppli" FiaC l Floor ConfCanc, Enrolled Mold Clhap[ered
Location: 05/06/2024 - Assembly Rules
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law 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 that includes, among other specified mandatory elements, a
housing element. That law, for the 4th and subsequent revisions of the housing element, requires the Department of Housing and
Community Development to determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region. That law further requires the
appropriate council of governments, or, for cities and counties without a council of governments, the department, to adopt a final
regional housing plan that allocates a share of the regional housing need to each city, county, or city and county in accordance
with certain requirements. This bill would authorize a city or county, by agreement, to transfer all or a portion of its allocation
of regional housing need to another city or county. The bill would allow the transferring city to pay the transferee city or county
an amount determined by that agreement, as well as a surcharge to offset the impacts and associated costs of the additional
housing on the transferee city. (Based on 05/06/2024 text)
AB 2684 (Bryan, D) Safety element: extreme heat.
Status: 06/18/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #199 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE (Floor Mgr.- Stern)
1st Hausa 2nd House
rJ••.k W: i, ., F•,r :I Clr pesk Policy pi —I Floor Cwd.Cvnc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbered
Location: 06/18/2024 - Senate THIRD READING
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 06/06/2024 text)
AB 2694 (Ward, D) Density Bonus Law: residential care facilities for the elderly.
Status: 06/20/2024 - From Consent Calendar. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #215 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Polity Rstal Floor C.W..Ca— Enrolled Vetoed al pte d
Location: 06/20/2024 - Senate THIRD READING
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: 08/05/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #315 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE
1s1, House 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Racal F14Vr Conf.QWK, Enrolled Vetoed Chplotered
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate THIRD READING
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
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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 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 or visitors of the development project that grants preferential parking privileges. (Based on 06/24/2024
text)
AB 2728 (Gabriel, D) Planning and zoning: housing development: independent institutions of higher education and religious
institutions.
Status: 08/05/2024 - VOTE: Placed on suspense file (PASS)
1st House
2nd House
rl••,k Polipy RtW Flour D-k Policy Fi—I Floor Cp.dCorx, Enrolled Vetoed CJiaptered
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan
that includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. That law requires the city's or county's planning agency,
after the legislative body has adopted a general plan, to submit an annual report to the legislative body, the Office of Planning
and Research, and the Department of Housing and Community Development. 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. (Based on 06/17/2024 text)
AB 2729 (Patterson, Joe. R) Development projects: permits and other entitlements: fees and charges.
Status: 08/05/2024 - Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #312 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE
1A House
2nd House
Dcsk Ppliry Fiscal Flo r OtC k Pnligy Filial Floor CordCorc Enrolled Vetoed G+apbtred
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and each city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan
for its physical development, and the development of specified land outside its boundaries, that includes, among other mandatory
elements, a housing element. Current law, the Permit Streamlining Act, among other things, requires a public agency that is the
lead agency for a development project to approve or disapprove that project within specified time periods. Current law extended
by 18 months the period for the expiration, effectuation, or utilization of a housing entitlement, as defined, that was issued before,
and was in effect on, March 4, 2020, and that would expire before December 31, 2021, except as specified. Current law provides
that if the state or a local agency extended the otherwise applicable time for the expiration, effectuation, or utilization of a housing
entitlement for not less than 18 months, as specified, that housing entitlement would not be extended an additional 18 months
pursuant to these provisions. This bill would extend by 18 months the period for the expiration, effectuation, or utilization of a
housing entitlement, as defined, that was issued before January 1, 2024, and that will expire before December 31, 2025, except
as specified. The bill would toll this 18-month extension during any time that the housing entitlement is the subject of a legal
challenge. By adding to the duties of local officials with respect to housing entitlements, this bill would impose a state -mandated
local program. (Based on 08/05/2024 text)
AB 2803 (Valencia, D) Campaign expenditures: criminal convictions: fees and costs.
Status: 08/05/2024 - From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #57 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - SECOND READING FILE
1st He ne
2nd House
Desk Polity FMt6l Floor 0-1, Policy FIStAl Floor Co d.Cdn Enrolled Vetoed CF'aptered
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate SECOND READING
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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 (Aguiar-Curry, D) Government Investment Act.
Status: 07/18/2024 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 155, Statutes of 2024
1st Mouse 2nd House
T/ • •
D1 k Pvlicy Fiscal Fl—r n,k PWl Fi—I Flour Cod.C6. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptr d
Location: 07/18/2024 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: The Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act defines various terms and prescribes procedures and parameters
for local jurisdictions to comply with specified provisions of the California Constitution. This bill, for purposes of ACA 1, would
define "affordable housing" to include rental housing, ownership housing, interim housing, and affordable housing programs such
as downpayment assistance, first-time homebuyer programs, and owner -occupied affordable housing rehabilitation programs,
that are affordable to households earning up to 150% of countywide median income. The bill would require a local government
to ensure that any project that is funded with ACA 1 bonded indebtedness to have an estimated useful life of at least 15 years
or 5 years if the funds are for specified public safety facilities, infrastructure, and equipment. The bill would define "public
infrastructure" to exclude the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of a sports stadium or arena where the
majority of the use of the facility is for private ticketed activities. The bill would prohibit ACA 1 bonded indebtedness from being
used for the acquisition or lease of any real property that has, at the time of acquisition or lease, been improved with one to 4
dwelling units, except as specified. (Based on 07/18/2024 text)
AB 2904 (Quirk -Silva. D) Zoning ordinances: notice.
Status: 06/11/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #175 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE
1st Mouse 2nd House
Dcsk Ppliry Rsral Floor OCsk Pnhi , Fi:.rrl F1pur CprdConc. Enrolled Vetoed Chnptered
Location: 06/11/2024 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: Current law requires the planning commission to hold a public hearing on any zoning ordinance or an amendment
to a zoning ordinance that changes any property from one zone to another. If the proposed ordinance or amendment to a zoning
ordinance affects the permitted uses of real property, current law requires notice of the hearing to be, among other things, mailed
or delivered at least 10 days prior to the hearing to the owner of the subject real property, as specified. This bill would instead
require notice of the planning commission's hearing on a proposed zoning ordinance or amendment to a zoning ordinance, if the
proposed ordinance or amendment to a zoning ordinance affects the permitted uses of real property, to be published, posted,
mailed, and delivered, or advertised, as applicable, at least 20 days before the hearing. (Based on 05/30/2024 text)
AB 2943 (Zbur D) Crimes: shoplifting.
Status: 08/05/2024 - Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #128 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - SECOND READING FILE (Floor Mgr.- Wiener)
1st Meuse 2nd House
1_� i is 0-
Desk Policy Rsenl Fldor Des4 Pnl:y ri•:,a Floor Conf.0 c, Enrolled Vetoed Chnptersd
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate SECOND READING
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 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. The bill would also clarify that evidence that distinct
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acts are motivated by one intention, one general impulse, and one plan may include, but is not limited to, evidence that the
acts involve the same defendant or defendants, are substantially similar in nature, or occur within a 90-day period. (Based on
08/05/2024 text)
Position: Support
AB 3012 (Grayson, D) Development fees: fee schedule template: fee estimate tool.
Status: 08/05/2024 - VOTE: Placed on suspense file (PASS)
1st House 2nd House
❑p51, Polity FS[31 Flopr :)Uyk Ppl:y Fi-.l Floor COr N:f rc Fnrp lyd UCfocd Chnpltrcd
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: 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 would authorize 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 fewer to meet these requirements on or before July 1, 2032. By requiring a city or
county to include a fee estimate tool on its internet website, the bill would impose a state -mandated local program. (Based on
06/12/2024 text)
AB 3057 (Wilson, D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: junior accessory dwelling units ordinances.
Status: 08/05/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #334 S-CONSENT CALENDAR FIRST LEGISLATIVE DAY
1st House 2nd Hera
Desk Policy Fiscel Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Cocd,Conc, Enrmllcd VMocd Vinpcered
Location: 07/03/2024 - Senate 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: 07/31/2024 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
Calendar: 08/12/24 S-APPROPRIATIONS 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CABALLERO, ANNA, Chair
1st House 2nd House
11rs1, Ppliry R-1 Floor Drsk Ppliry Fiscal Floor Cwd.Conc. Enrollcd Vetoed Chap[crrd
Location: 07/03/2024 - Senate Appropriations
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 for, among other things, the preservation of exterior facades of a building that face a street, 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
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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. The bill would provide, among other things relating to projects involving adaptive
reuse, that parking is not required for the portion of a project consisting of a building subject to adaptive reuse that does not have
existing onsite parking. (Based on 07/03/2024 text)
AB 3093 (Ward, D) Land use: housing element: streamlined multifamily housing.
Status: 07/31/2024 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
Calendar: 08/12/24 S-APPROPRIATIONS 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CABALLERO, ANNA, Chair
3,51 F -15e 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiscal FlWr QCSk PPIi" Fi5c 1 rliinr Co--Kolc. Enrolled Mood GhpptCred
Location: 07/03/2024 - Senate Appropriations
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development that
includes, among other things, a housing element. That law defines various terms for purposes of requirements applicable to
the housing element. Under current law, a housing element is required to include specified information, including an analysis
of special housing needs, such as those of the elderly, and quantification of the locality's existing and projected housing needs
for all income levels, including extremely low income households, calculated as provided. This bill would define acutely low,
extremely low, very low, lower, moderate, and above moderate income for purposes of requirements applicable to the housing
element, and would make related changes. (Based on 07/03/2024 text)
AB 3122 (Kalra, D) Streamlined housing approvals: objective planning standards and subdivision applications.
Status: 08/05/2024 - From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #65 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - SECOND READING FILE
1st H"Se 2nd House
rlq Sk Pplity R5cal FlWr pCSk PpliCy Fiw l FloVr Conf,{,or,c. Enrolled Vetoed GhpptYred
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate SECOND READING
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 is
subject to a requirement mandating a minimum percentage of below market rate housing based on, among other things, that the
project seeking approval dedicates 50% of the total number of units, as specified, to housing affordable to households making
at or below 80% of the area median income. Current law provides, however, that a local ordinance adopted by the locality that
requires that greater than 50% of the units be dedicated to housing affordable to households making at or below 80% of the
area median income applies. This bill would also include as an objective planning standard, notwithstanding that provision, if the
project application was submitted prior to January 1, 2019, and the project includes at least 500 units or more of housing, that
the project dedicates 20% of the total number of units, as specified, as affordable units, with at least 9% affordable to households
making at or below 50% of the area median income and the remainder affordable to households making at or below 80% of the
area median income. (Based on 07/01/2024 text)
AB 3177 (Carrillo, Wendy, D) Mitigation Fee Act: land dedications: mitigating vehicular traffic impacts.
Status: 08/05/2024 - From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #70 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - SECOND READING FILE
I&[ H—e 2nd House
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Dc5k Policy Fi Cc l Floor pr5k Ppli" Figt l Flnnr Cp--f C{ c, Enrolled Vetoed C"plcrcd
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate SECOND READING
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 within1/2 mile of a transit station, as specified. 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
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located within a transit priority area, as specified, for purposes of a local agency setting the rate for a mitigating vehicular traffic
impacts fee to reflect a lower rate of automobile trip generation. The bill would define "transit priority area" as an area within
1/2 mile of a major transit stop that is existing or planned, if the planned stop is scheduled to be completed within the planning
horizon included in a Transportation Improvement Program or applicable regional transportation plan. This bill would prohibit
a local agency from imposing a land dedication requirement, as defined, on a housing development to widen a roadway if the
land dedication requirement is for the purpose of mitigating vehicular traffic impacts, achieving an adopted traffic level of service
related to vehicular traffic, or achieving a desired roadway width. (Based on 06/13/2024 text)
ACA 10 (Aguiar-Curry, D) Local government financing: affordable housing and public infrastructure: voter approval.
Status: 06/27/2024 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 134, Statutes of 2024
1st House 2nd House
n-k Poky Fiscal Floor Drsk Poliry Final Floor CoWCanc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapterud
Location: 06/27/2024 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 1 of the 2023-24 Regular Session (ACA 1) would, if adopted by the
people, amend Section 4 of Article XIIIA, Section 2 of Article XIIIC, and Section 3 of Article XIIID of, and would add Section
2.5 of Article XIIIC to, the California Constitution, relative to local finance. Under these provisions, ACA 1 would condition the
imposition, extension, or increase of a sales and use tax or transactions and use tax imposed in accordance with specified law
or a parcel tax by a local government for the purposes of funding the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement
of public infrastructure, affordable housing, including downpayment assistance, or permanent supportive housing, or the
acquisition or lease of real property for those purposes, on the proposition proposing that tax being approved by a majority vote
of the membership of the governing board of the local government and by 55% of its voters voting on the proposition and the
proposition includes specified accountability requirements. ACA 1 would also make conforming changes. This measure would
remove the above -described provisions of ACA 1 relating to special taxes and make conforming changes in other provisions of
ACA 1. (Based on 06/27/2024 text)
ACA 16 (Bryan, D) Environmental rights.
Status: 06/06/2024 - Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #29 A -THIRD READING FILE - ASSEMBLY BILLS
1st Haase 2nd House
D] k Polity Fiscal Floor Orsk Policy Fi,,d Floor Cnr Kf Enrolled Veucd Choptc d
Location: 05/20/2024 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Would amend the California Constitution to declare that the people have a right to clean air and water and a healthy
environment considering the general well-being and other needs of the people. The measure would specify that the principles
inherent in these rights shall serve as a guide to all branches of government in the performance of their official duties and that
these rights shall inure to all people in equal measure and shall not be construed or applied in a manner inconsistent with duly
enacted laws of the state or other rights set forth in the California Constitution. (Based on 06/06/2024 text)
SB 7 (Blakespear, D) Regional housing need: determination.
Status: 06/26/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re -referred to Com.
on APPR.
Calendar: 08/07/24 A -APPROPRIATIONS 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS, BUFFY, Chair
1st House 2nd House
o
D"k Polley FiSe& Floor Desk Poliry Fisral rl CodkdO Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Location: 06/26/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: The Planning and Zoning 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
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requires the department to provide its determinations to each council of governments, as specified. That law, upon making that
determination, authorizes the council of governments to object to the determination. This bill, for regions in which the department
is required to distribute the regional housing need, would prohibit a city or county from filing an objection to the regional housing
need determination. (Based on 06/10/2024 text)
SIB 30 (Umberg, D) Transportation: zero -emission vehicle signage.
Status: 09/01/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/23/2023)(May
be acted upon Jan 2024)
1st House 2nd Hd
rl••,k Policy FKr6l Floor prsk Policy 2nd War Floor Locd,CAn Enrolled Vetoed Goa b—d
Location: 09/01/2023 - Assembly 2 YEAR
Summary: Would require the Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Governor's Office of Business and
Economic Development (GO -Biz) and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to develop
and design light -duty zero -emission vehicle charging and fueling station signage to be placed along state highways based on
charger or fueling type and vehicle compatibility, in order to increase consumer confidence in locating electric vehicle chargers
and hydrogen fueling stations. The bill would authorize the department to adopt rules and regulations for these purposes. (Based
on 06/19/2023 text)
SIB 37 (Caballero. D) Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities Housing Stability Act.
Status: 07/02/2024 - July 2 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Calendar: 08/15/24 A -APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS,
BUFFY, Chair
1st House 2nd House
Dosk Policy Fiscal Floor prsk Pnl:y Fivcal Floor [orKonc, Enrolled Vctood 6hnpNrcd
Location: 07/02/2024 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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)
SB 251 (Newman, D) Candidates' statements: false statements.
Status: 06/17/2024 - From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Maienschein. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #48 A -THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy F5c61 FlWr pc5k Pplicr ri•.:..i Floor CoAGoc,c, Enrolled Vetoed Lhaptcred
Location: 06/17/2024 - Assembly THIRD READING
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.
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1st wbuee 2nd House
Peck Policy Fiscal Floor QeSk Ppli" Ficcal Floor CoW..Cprrc, Enrolled Mood Clhaptered
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)
SB 399 (Wahab, D) Employer communications: intimidation.
Status: 06/19/2024 - June 19 set for second hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Calendar: 08/15/24 A -APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS,
BUFFY, Chair
1st House 2nd House
O.'
rl••.k W: iry Fir.:I Fl—r prsk Policy Flacal Floor Cordk—, Enrolled Vexed Chapbered
Location: 06/19/2024 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Would, except as specified, prohibit an employer from subjecting, or threatening to subject, an employee to
discharge, discrimination, retaliation, or any other adverse action because the employee declines to attend an employer -
sponsored meeting or affirmatively declines to participate in, receive, or listen to any communications with the employer or its
agents or representatives, the purpose of which is to communicate the employer's opinion about religious or political matters.
(Based on 05/02/2023 text)
SB 402 (Wahab. D) Involuntary commitment.
Status: 07/03/2024 - Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Com. on APPR.
Calendar: 08/07/24 A -APPROPRIATIONS 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS, BUFFY, Chair
1st House 2nd House
rl+.,k W: it, F a :l -I�Ql prsk Policy aleslll Floor CordConc, Enrolled Veoed Ghaptered
Location: 07/02/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
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, until January 1, 2030, a person to be taken into custody, pursuant to those provisions, by a licensed mental health
professional, as defined. The bill would require a licensed mental health professional who is not direct staff of, or contracted
by, a county to complete a specified training prior to exercising that authority and would prohibit those licensed mental health
professionals from transporting a person taken into custody pursuant to the above -described provisions unless specifically
authorized by the county to do so. (Based on 07/03/2024 text)
SB 450 (Atkins, D) Housing development: approvals.
Status: 09/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/14/2023)(May be
acted upon Jan 2024)
lsi Mouse 2nd House
■ i i i, i i �, l"4 r-1 f"1
r, k Pglity I+seal Floor Desk Policy Fiscel 2nd Y*lrr Co-K, . Enrolled Vetoed Chplotered
Location: 09/14/2023 - Assembly 2 YEAR
Summary: Current law requires a proposed housing development containing no more than 2 residential units within a
single-family residential zone to be considered ministerially, without discretionary review or hearing, if the proposed housing
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development meets certain requirements, including that the proposed housing development does not allow for the demolition
of more than 25% of the existing exterior structural walls, except as provided. Current law authorizes a local agency to impose
objective zoning standards, objective subdivision standards, and objective design standards, as defined, except as specified, on
the proposed housing development. Current law authorizes a local agency to deny a proposed housing development if specified
conditions are met, including that the building official makes a written finding that the proposed housing development project
would have a specific, adverse impact upon public health and safety or the physical environment, as provided. This bill would
remove the requirement that a proposed housing development does not allow for the demolition of more than 25% of the existing
exterior structural walls to be considered ministerially. The bill would prohibit a local agency from imposing objective zoning
standards, objective subdivision standards, and objective design standards that do not apply uniformly to development within
the underlying zone, but would specify that these provisions do not prohibit a local agency from adopting or imposing objective
zoning standards, objective subdivision standards, and objective design standards on the development if the standards are more
permissive than applicable standards within the underlying zone. The bill would remove the authorization for a local agency to
deny a proposed housing development if the building official makes a written finding that the proposed housing development
project would have a specific, adverse impact upon the physical environment. The bill would require the local agency to consider
and approve or deny the proposed housing development application within 60 days from the date the local agency receives the
completed application, and would deem the application approved after that time. (Based on 09/01/2023 text)
SB 532 (Wiener. D) Parking payment zones.
Status: 08/05/2024 - Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #1 A -SECOND READING FILE -- SENATE BILLS (Floor Mgr.- Ting)
ls! Mw 2nd House
D-1, Polity Fr5cal Floor Desk Policy Fscnl Flnnr C.W..Con Enrolled Vetoed aJ p[ered
Location: 08/05/2024 - Assembly SECOND READING
Summary: Current law allows a local authority to establish parking meter zones and fix the rate of fees for those zones by
ordinance. Current law prohibits a local authority from requiring payment of parking meter fees by a mobile device, as specified.
This bill would instead authorize, in the City and County of San Francisco, a local authority to require payment of parking fees
by a mobile device, if it meets certain requirements, such as adopting an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan
that does not utilize parking meters or payment centers in parking payment zones to provide reasonably accessible alternative
means for payment of parking fees using cash. The bill would also authorize the local authority in the City and County of San
Francisco to operate the above -described parking zone, for 5 years following the creation of the first zone, or until January 1,
2033, whichever is sooner. (Based on 08/05/2024 text)
SB 615 (Allen, D) Vehicle traction batteries.
Status: 07/03/2024 - Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Com. on APPR.
Calendar: 08/07/24 A -APPROPRIATIONS 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS, BUFFY, Chair
ls[ H—e 2nd House
0k Polity F5[al Floor DCSk Ppli" Fi—I Floor Co-K&ic. Enrolled VctOcd Chi,pcered
Location: 07/01/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: Current law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to convene the Lithium -Ion Car Battery Recycling
Advisory Group to review, and advise the Legislature on, policies pertaining to the recovery and recycling of lithium -ion vehicle
batteries sold with motor vehicles in the state. Current law also requires the advisory group to submit policy recommendations
to the Legislature aimed at ensuring that as close to 100% as possible of lithium -ion vehicle batteries in the state are reused
or recycled at end -of -life in a safe and cost-effective manner. This bill would repeal those requirements. The bill would instead
require vehicle traction batteries, as defined, in the state to be recovered, when possible, reused, repaired, repurposed, or
remanufactured and eventually recycled at the end of their useful life, as provided. The bill would also require a battery supplier,
as defined, to be responsible for, among other duties, ensuring the responsible end -of -life management of a vehicle traction
battery if it is removed from a vehicle that is still in service, as provided, or if the battery is offered or returned to the battery
supplier, reporting information regarding the sale, transfer, or receipt of a vehicle traction battery to the Department of Resources
Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), as provided, and developing and submitting to CalRecycle a battery management plan for
the collection of a battery for which they were the battery supplier and fully funding the cost of collection. The bill would impose
related duties on a secondary user, as defined, and a secondary handler, as defined, including, among other duties, ensuring
the responsible end -of -life management for a battery or returning a vehicle traction battery to the battery supplier, and reporting
information regarding the sale, transfer, or receipt of a vehicle traction battery, module, or cell to CalRecycle, as provided. (Based
on 07/03/2024 text)
SB 638 (Eggman, D) Climate Resiliency and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2024.
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Status: 07/06/2023 - July 11 hearing postponed by committee.
1st 140ise 2nd House
r, k Policy Fkdol Floor Desk Policy Fistpl Floor Cw40)nc, Enrolled Vetoed C"ptered
Location: 06/15/2023 - Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife
Summary: Would enact the Climate Resiliency and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2024 which, if approved by the voters, would
authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $6,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, for flood
protection and climate resiliency projects. (Based on 06/28/2023 text)
SB 707 (Newman, D) Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024.
Status: 07/03/2024 - From committee: Do pass as amended and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (July 1). Read
second time and amended. Re -referred to Com. on APPR.
Calendar: 08/07/24 A -APPROPRIATIONS 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS, BUFFY, Chair
1st House 2nd House
71-1, Poli'y F-1 Floor Peck Policy Fi—I Floor Co.d.Co Enrolled Uetord ChapMrrd
Location: 07/01/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: 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 July 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 July 1, 2030, whichever is earlier, the bill would make a producer subject to specified civil
penalties, unless the producer is a participant of a PRO, and all apparel and textiles are accounted for in the plan. The bill would
require the PRO to review the plan at least every 5 years after approval. The bill would also require a PRO to submit an annual
report to the department, as provided. The bill would require all reports and records provided to the department to be provided
under penalty of perjury. By expanding the scope of the crime of perjury, the bill would impose a state -mandated local program.
The bill would restrict public access to certain information collected for the purpose of administering the program. (Based on
07/03/2024 text)
SB 769 (Gonzalez, D) Local government: fiscal and financial training.
Status: 09/01/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 7/12/2023)(May
be acted upon Jan 2024)
1st House 2nd House
r, k hglioy Fsral Flour Desk Policy 7nd'har Floor Conf4 . Enrolled Vetoed apptered
Location: 09/01/2023 - Assembly 2 YEAR
Summary: Would require if a local agency provides any type of compensation, salary, or stipend to a member of a legislative
body, or provides reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred by a member of a legislative body in the
performance of official duties, all local agency officials, as defined, to receive at least 2 hours of fiscal and financial training, as
described. The bill would require the training to be received at least once every 2 years, as provided. The bill would exempt a
local agency official from the training requirements if they comply with specified criteria under existing law relating to eligibility
for appointment or election to, and continuing education for, the office of county auditor, county treasurer, county tax collector, or
county treasurer -tax collector. (Based on 06/22/2023 text)
SB 796 (Alvarado -Gil, D) Threats: schools and places of worship.
Status: 07/02/2024 - July 2 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Calendar: 08/15/24 A -APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS,
BUFFY. Chair
1st Heise 2nd House
r, k PVIiSy Fkpel Floor Dcsk Policy rise! Floor Co AConc, Enrolled Vetoed C"ptered
Location: 07/02/2024 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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Summary: Would make a person who willfully threatens to commit a crime which will result in death or great bodily injury to any
person who may be on the grounds of a school or place of worship, with specific intent and under certain circumstances, and
if the threat causes a person or persons reasonably to be in sustained fear for their own safety or the safety of another person,
guilty of a misdemeanor or felony punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a specified term, except that if the person is
under 18 years of age, the bill would make the person guilty of a misdemeanor. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a
state -mandated local program. (Based on 04/27/2023 text)
SB 830 (Smallwood -Cuevas. D) Public works.
Status: 09/14/2023 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/8/2023)(May be acted
upon Jan 2024)
1st House 2nd douse
0 i 0 0 -
11syk Policy Fiscal Floor )esk Policy Fiscal $nd Warr Cor•r<onc Fnru lcd Vctocd Chnplercd
Location: 09/14/2023 - Assembly 2 YEAR
Summary: Would, for public works contracts advertised for bid or awarded on or after July 1, 2024, expand the definition of
"public works" to include an offsite, custom fabrication of sheet metal ducts for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems
produced as a nonstandard item solely and specifically designed and engineered for installation in a project, as specified. The
bill would require a contractor engaging a third -party, permanent, and offsite fabrication facility to fabricate custom sheet metal
ducts for a public works project to enter into a contract with the facility that requires compliance with specified public works laws.
The bill would require certified copies of payroll records for the offsite, custom fabrication of sheet metal ducts to be accompanied
by a written time record of that work certified by each employee performing the work. By expanding the scope of a crime, the bill
would impose a state -mandated local program. (Based on 09/01/2023 text)
SB 834 (Portantino, D) Vehicles: preferential parking: residential, commercial, or other development project.
Status: 02/29/2024 - Re -referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
1st House 2nd Mouse
r11,k Policy Fsrel Flour Desk Poky Fiscal Floor Cord.Co Enrolled Vetoed Chapte d
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)
SB 867 (Allen, D) Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024.
Status: 07/03/2024 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 83, Statutes of 2024
1st Heise 2nd Meuse
rl.-.k Policy FF5CN Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Co40)nc, Enrolled Vetoed ChiiBbend
Location: 07/03/2024 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: Would enact the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024,
which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the
State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects for safe drinking water, drought, flood, and water resilience, wildfire and
forest resilience, coastal resilience, extreme heat mitigation, biodiversity and nature -based climate solutions, climate -smart,
sustainable, and resilient farms, ranches, and working lands, park creation and outdoor access, and clean air programs. (Based
on 07/03/2024 text)
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SB 905 (Wiener, D) Crimes: theft from a vehicle.
Status: 07/01/2024 - Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 15. Page 6106.) Read third time and amended. Ordered to
third reading.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #54 A -THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS (Floor Mgr.- Zbur)
1s1: House 2ntl House
Desk Polity FMc61 Floor Dusk Policy Fatal Flnnr Co.d.Con Enrolled Vetoed al pte d
Location: 06/24/2024 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Current law defines the crime of burglary to include entering a vehicle when the doors are locked with the intent to
commit grand or petit larceny or a felony. Current law makes the burglary of a vehicle punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony.
This bill 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. (Based on 07/01/2024 text)
Position: Support
SB 937 (Wiener. D) Development projects: permits and other entitlements: fees and charges.
Status: 06/27/2024 - Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Com. on APPR.
Calendar: 08/07/24 A -APPROPRIATIONS 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS, BUFFY, Chair
1st House 2ntl House
Deak Polity FMt61 Floor Dusk Policy Fisc.l Floor Co.d.Cdnc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapte d
Location: 06/26/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and each city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan
for its physical development, and the development of specified land outside its boundaries, that includes, among other mandatory
elements, a housing element. The Permit Streamlining Act, among other things, requires a public agency that is the lead agency
for a development project to approve or disapprove that project within specified time periods. Current law extended by 18 months
the period for the expiration, effectuation, or utilization of a housing entitlement, as defined, that was issued before, and was
in effect on, March 4, 2020, and that would expire before December 31, 2021, except as specified. Current law provides that
if the state or a local agency extended the otherwise applicable time for the expiration, effectuation, or utilization of a housing
entitlement for not less than 18 months, as specified, that housing entitlement would not be extended an additional 18 months
pursuant to these provisions. This bill would extend by 24 months the period for the expiration, effectuation, or utilization of a
housing entitlement for a priority designated 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. (Based on 06/27/2024 text)
SB 969 (Wiener. D) Alcoholic beverages: entertainment zones: consumption.
Status: 07/02/2024 - July 2 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Calendar: 08/15/24 A -APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS,
BUFFY. Chair
1s1, House 2nd House
Ap i W 0.
Desk Policy F1 CJl Floor Dusk policy Ficcal Floor CwOCo c. Enrolled Vetoed ChapMred
Location: 07/02/2024 - Assembly 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. Before enacting an ordinance to establish an entertainment
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zone, the bill would require a city, county, or city and county to notify local law enforcement and request feedback about specific
information, including, among others, the entertainment zone's proposed boundaries and days and hours of operation. (Based on
01 /25/2024 text)
SB 982 (Wahab. D) Crimes: organized theft.
Status: 07/01/2024 - Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 15. Page 6106.) Read third time and amended. Ordered to
third reading.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #55 A -THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS (Floor Mgr.- Ting)
lit House 2nd House
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor D-k Policy Fi•:,a Flnnr C.-d,.6— Enrolled Vetoed CF'aptered
Location: 06/24/2024 - Assembly THIRD READING
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 07/01/2024 text)
SB 1034 (Seyarto, R) California Public Records Act: state of emergency.
Status: 07/18/2024 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 161, Statutes of 2024.
1st House 2nd House
• - i • 00 • • • • h
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fstal Flonr Co-d,Lonc, Enrolled Vetoed Chept4red
Location: 07/18/2024 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: The California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public
inspection, except as specified. Existing 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. Existing 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, and appropriately examine
records during a state of emergency, as defined, proclaimed by the Governor in the jurisdiction where the agency is located when
the state of emergency currently affects, due to the state of emergency, the agency's ability to timely respond to requests due
to staffing shortages or closure of facilities where the requested records are located, except as specified. (Based on 07/18/2024
text)
SB 1037 (Wiener. D) Planning and zoning: housing element: enforcement.
Status: 07/03/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #83 A -THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS
]st House 2nd House
Desk Policy Pscal Floor er51r Ppli�, ri•.:..i Flog, CpACA c, Enrolled Vetoed Chaptcred
Location: 07/03/2024 - Assembly THIRD READING
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 planning or permitting application related to 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. The bill would require
that the penalties set forth in its provisions only apply when the local agency's acts or omissions, as described, are arbitrary,
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capricious, or entirely lacking in evidentiary support, contrary to established public policy, unlawful, or procedurally unfair. The
bill would require these civil penalties, as specified, to be deposited into the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund for the sole
purpose of supporting the development of affordable housing located in the affected jurisdiction, except as provided. (Based on
06/13/2024 text)
Position: Oppose Unless Amended
SB 1046 (Laird, D) Organic waste reduction: program environmental impact report: small and medium compostable material
handling facilities or operations.
Status: 07/02/2024 - July 2 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Calendar: 08/15/24 A -APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS,
BUFFY, Chair
1s1 R__ 2nd House
Desk Policy Fscal Floor QrSk Ppli" Fi—I rlivn Com.Cprrc, Enrolled Vetoed Ghppt�red
Location: 07/02/2024 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Current law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the State Air
Resources Board, to adopt regulations to achieve certain reduction targets in the organic waste disposed in landfills and to
analyze the progress that the waste sector, state government, and local governments have made in achieving those reduction
targets, as provided. Current law authorizes the department to provide incentives to facilitate progress towards the reduction
targets if the department determines that sufficient progress has not been made. 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, as provided. This bill 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 material, as specified. (Based on 06/12/2024 text)
SB 1054 (Rubio, D) Natural gas: customer credit.
Status: 07/02/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar.
(Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re -referred to Com. on APPR.
Calendar: 08/07/24 A -APPROPRIATIONS 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS, BUFFY, Chair
151 House 2nd House
rl.-..k Policy Fiscal Flob Peak MI" Fft"l Floor Co-f.QW . Enrolled Vetoed Chplotered
Location: 07/01/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency
charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The act authorizes the state board to include
the use of market -based compliance mechanisms in regulating those emissions. The implementing regulations adopted by
the state board provide for the direct allocation of greenhouse gas allowances to electrical corporations and gas corporations
pursuant to a market -based compliance mechanism. This bill would require the Public Utilities Commission to direct the balance
of the revenues received by a gas corporation as a result of that allocation to be credited directly to the residential customers of
the gas corporation, as specified. (Based on 05/20/2024 text)
SB 1059 (Bradford, D) Cannabis: local taxation: gross receipts.
Status: 06/25/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re -referred to
Com. on B. & P. From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re -referred to Com. on
APPR.
Calendar: 08/07/24 A -APPROPRIATIONS 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS, BUFFY, Chair
1st Mouse 2nd House
i
Desk Policy FMd6l Floor 0-1, Policy Fiscal Floor Cocd.Cd— Enrolled Vetoed Chapbered
Location: 06/25/2024 - Assembly 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
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purposes of the Cannabis Tax Law as it is defined under the Sales and Use Tax Law. This bill would prohibit a city or county from
including in the definition of gross receipts, for purposes of any local tax or fee on a licensed cannabis retailer, the amount of any
cannabis excise tax imposed under the Cannabis Tax Law or any sales and use taxes. By imposing new requirements on local
governments with respect to their taxes and fees, the bill would impose a state -mandated local program. (Based on 04/24/2024
text)
SB 1072 (Padilla. D) Local government: Proposition 218: remedies.
Status: 06/27/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #70 A -THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy FMd6l Floor Dcsk Policy FISCAP Floor Cocd.Cdnc. Enrolled Vetoed Chapbered
Location: 06/27/2024 - Assembly THIRD READING
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. 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
06/17/2024 text)
SB 1130 (Bradford. D) Electricity: Family Electric Rate Assistance: reports.
Status: 06/20/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re -referred to
Com. on APPR.
Calendar: 08/07/24 A -APPROPRIATIONS 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS, BUFFY, Chair
1st House 2nd House
Desk Policy F-1 Floor pock Policy Fis 1 r1Lm Cocd.Ca— Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Location: 06/19/2024 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: Would require the Public Utilities Commission, by June 1, 2025, and each year thereafter, to review each electrical
corporation's report to ensure it has sufficiently enrolled eligible households in the FERA program commensurate with the
proportion of households the commission determines to be eligible within the electrical corporation's service territory. If the
commission, in its review of a report, determines an electrical corporation has not sufficiently enrolled eligible households in
the FERA program, the bill would require the commission to require the electrical corporation to develop a strategy and plan to
sufficiently enroll eligible households within 3 years of the adoption of the strategy and plan. (Based on 02/13/2024 text)
SB 1134 (Caballero, D) Surplus land.
Status: 07/02/2024 - July 2 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Calendar: 08/15/24 A -APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS,
BUFFY. Chair
1st House 2nd House
rl•-.k P.: iry F -.r!I Pnl:.• Fi#ol Floor CwACoc,c, Enrolled Vetoed apptered
Location: 07/02/2024 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Current 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.
Current law sets forth procedures for the disposal of surplus land and provides that these procedures do not apply to exempt
surplus land. Current 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
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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 06/10/2024 text)
SB 1164 (Newman, D) Property taxation: new construction exclusion: accessory dwelling units.
Status: 06/24/2024 - June 24 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
1st House 2nd House
0— w �
perk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Flop, C.W..Con Enrolled Vetoed al p[ered
Location: 06/03/2024 - Assembly Revenue and Taxation
Summary: The California Constitution generally limits ad valorem taxes on real property to 1 % of the full cash value of that
property. For purposes of this limitation, "full cash value" is defined as the assessor's valuation of real property as shown on
the 1975-76 tax bill under "full cash value" or, thereafter, the appraised value of that real property when purchased, newly
constructed, or a change in ownership has occurred. This bill would exclude from classification as "newly constructed" and
"new construction" the construction of an accessory dwelling unit, as defined, if construction on 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. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
SB 1211 (Skinner, D) Land use: accessory dwelling units: ministerial approval.
Status: 06/26/2024 - Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass and re -refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26).
Re -referred to Com. on APPR.
Calendar: 08/07/24 A -APPROPRIATIONS 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS, BUFFY, Chair
1st House 2nd House
Dcsk Policy Fiscal Floor Pcsk Pnl:y Fi—I r'iv,r Cp.d,Lo Enrolled Vctocd ChapNrcd
Location: 06/26/2024 - Assembly 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 off 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)
SB 1243 (Dodd D) Campaign contributions: agency officers.
Status: 07/01/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/08/24 #72 A -THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS
1st House 2nd Meow
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rl+-,k Klicy Rstal Floc* Desk Polk:y Fatal Flpgr Conf.0 ix. Enrolled Vetoed 1lhnpterrd
Location: 07/01/2024 - Assembly THIRD READING
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 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. The bill would specify
that a person is not a "participant" for the purposes of these provisions if their financial interest in a decision results solely from an
increase or decrease in membership dues. (Based on 06/27/2024 text)
SB 1319 (Wahab, D) Skilled nursing facilities: approval to provide therapeutic behavioral health programs.
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Status: 07/02/2024 - July 2 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Calendar: 08/15/24 A -APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS,
BUFFY, Chair
1st House 2nd House
71-1, Policy Fiscal Floor rlrsk Polh:y Fiscal Floor CK{ Enrolled Vetoed Chnplcrrd
Location: 07/02/2024 - Assembly 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. Current law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act
of 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.
Current 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 05/16/2024 text)
SB 1361 (Blakespear. D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: local agencies: contract for providing services for
people experiencing homelessness.
Status: 08/05/2024 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
1st House 2nd House
D-1, Policy Fiscal Floor [lrsk 130,y F1"l Floor Co.d.Cd— E.Fal.d Vetoed Chapbc d
Location: 08/05/2024 - Senate ENROLLMENT
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 CEQNs
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)
SJR 13 (Newman, D) Navy North Hangar Fire: contamination cleanup.
Status: 07/17/2024 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 149, Statutes of 2024
1st House 2nd House
F]ryk Ppliry Fiscal Flppr Orsk Pnl,:y Fiunl Floor CWConc, Enrolled Veoed Chapt..rrd
Location: 07/17/2024 - Senate CHAPTERED
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 07/17/2024 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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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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