HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-09-09; City Council Legislative Subcommittee; 02; Legislative and Advocacy UpdateMeeting Date: Sept. 9, 2025
To: Legislative Subcommittee
From: Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director
Staff Contact: Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director
jason.haber@carlsbadca.gov, 442-339-2958
Subject: Legislative and Advocacy Update
District: All
Recommended Action
Receive updates on federal and state legislative and budget activity and recent and ongoing
advocacy efforts; discuss and provide feedback to staff, including identifying high-priority bills,
advocacy positions, funding opportunities, and items for future City Council consideration.
Discussion
Staff and the city’s contract lobbyists – Federal: Carpi & Clay Government Relations / State:
California Public Policy Group – will present updates and overviews of federal and state legislative
and budget activity and the priority legislation and intergovernmental matters being tracked on
behalf of the city (Exhibits 1 through 4).
The Subcommittee is requested to provide feedback to help city staff and the city’s lobbying
consultants focus the city’s advocacy efforts on high-priority bills and to identify bills for future City
Council consideration.
Next Steps
Staff and the city’s contract lobbyists will monitor, evaluate, and engage the Legislative
Subcommittee in a discussion of legislative activity and proposed measures that may impact city
operations and policy priorities throughout the legislative session.
If the Legislative Subcommittee decides to refer any matters to the City Council, staff will work with
the City Manager to place an item on a future City Council agenda for consideration.
Exhibits
1.Carpi & Clay Government Relations – Federal Monthly Update, August 2025
2.California Public Policy Group – State Monthly Update, August 2025
3.California Public Policy Group – Summary of Suspense File Results — August 2025
4.California Public Policy Group – Priority State Legislation as of September 3, 2025
LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE
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Federal Issues Update
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Exhibit 1
California Sets Special Election on Congressional Redistricting
On August 21, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a measure setting up a November 4 special election on Proposition 50, which would temporarily institute new boundaries for the state’s 52 congressional districts until the Citizens Redistricting Commission adopts new maps in 2031
following the next decennial census. The measure would declare it the policy of California to support the nationwide use of independent redistricting commissions and urges Congress to pass related federal legislation and a constitutional amendment. Proponents have argued this measure would respond to redistricting efforts in Texas to add Republican seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, while opponents have criticized the proposal as partisan
gerrymandering and overriding the voter-approved independent redistricting process. The plan could shift up to five House seats currently held by Republicans to Democrats in 2026.
EPA Announces Cancellation of $7 Billion Solar Program
On August 7, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Zeldin announced the cancellation of the $7 billion “Solar for All” grant program, saying the move is required under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) signed into law in July. The OBBBA repealed the
program’s funding and statutory authority. The Solar for All Program was part of a broader $27
billion fund for climate-related projects created through the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations Update
Before departing for the traditional August recess, the Senate passed three appropriations bills (Agriculture-Rural Development-FDA, Legislative Branch, Military Construction-VA) as part of a “minibus” package. This was the first time the chamber has cleared any appropriations
measures before the August break since 2018. The House and Senate are scheduled to
reconvene September 2, with the House Appropriations Committee set to hold a subcommittee markup on the Labor-HHS-Education bill (September 2) and a full committee markup on the Financial Services-General Government bill (September 3).
Just before Congress returns to Washington, President Trump proposed on August 29
rescinding nearly $5 billion in foreign aid funding for the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development through a “pocket rescission,” a legally disputed maneuver that allows the President to withhold funds for 45 days but risks letting the money lapse at the end of the fiscal year without congressional approval. The Government Accountability Office has
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previously said such rescissions are unlawful. This “pocket rescission” fight adds another point of tension as Congress begins September with limited legislative days to resolve spending bills, likely consider a continuing resolution, and prevent a government shutdown before the
September 30 funding deadline.
FY26 Appropriations Bill
House Subcommittee Allocation (in Billions)
Passed House Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate Committee
Passed Senate
Agriculture-Rural Development-FDA
$25.523 June 23 by a 35-27 vote July 10 by a 27-0 vote August 1 by an 87-9 vote
Commerce-Justice-Science $76.824 July 17 by a 19-10 vote
Defense $831.513 June 12 by a 36-27 vote July 18 by a 219-202 vote July 31 by a 26-3 voteEnergy-Water Development $57.300 July 10 by a 35-27 voteFinancial Services-General Government
$23.198
Homeland Security $66.361 June 24 by a 36-27 vote
Interior-Environment $37.971 July 22 by a 33-28 vote July 24 by a 26-2 vote
Labor-HHS-
Education $184.491 July 31 by a
26-3 vote
Legislative Branch $6.700 June 26 by a 34-28 vote July 10 by a 26-1 vote August 1 by an 81-15 vote
MilCon-VA $152.091 June 10 by a 36-27 vote June 25 by a 218-206 vote July 26 by a 26-3 vote August 1 by an 87-9 vote State-Foreign Operations $46.218 July 23 by a 35-27 vote
Transportation-HUD $89.910 July 17 by a 35-28 vote July 24 by a 27-1 vote
Trump Administration Appointments
President Trump announced the following appointments to his administration in August:
Department/Agency Position Appointee
Agriculture Under Secretary of Rural Development Glen Smith
Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Neal Robbins
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Agriculture Chief of Staff, Rural Utilities
Service
Michael Pape
Commerce Assistant Secretary for
Oceans and Atmosphere
Timothy Petty
Housing and Urban
Development
Assistant Secretary for the
Office of Housing and
Federal Housing Commissioner
Francis Cassidy
Housing and Urban
Development
President, Government
National Mortgage Association
Joseph Gormley
Veterans Affairs Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals Terrence Gorman
LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY
Senate Confirms Molinaro as FTA Administrator. On August 2, the Senate confirmed
Marcus Molinaro as the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) by a 71-23 vote. Molinaro previously served as a Member of Congress and County Executive of Dutchess County, NY.
Senate Confirms Telle as Assistant Secretary for Civil Works. On August 2, the Senate
confirmed Adam Telle as the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works by a 72-22 vote.
Telle previously served as Chief of Staff for Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs during the first Trump administration.
Senate Confirms Nesvik as Fish and Wildlife Director. On August 1, the Senate
confirmed Brian Nesvik as the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by a 54-43 vote.
Nesvik is a former director of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and is a retired brigadier general in the Wyoming Army National Guard.
Senate Democrats Introduce Bill to Repeal Health Care Provisions in Budget Law,
Extend Premium Tax Credits. On August 4, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and
Senate Democrats introduced the Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act (S. 2556), which would repeal health care provisions in the recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and permanently extend enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits set to expire at the end of 2025. The sponsors say the OBBBA’s Medicaid and other health care
cuts—combined with the pending expiration of the tax credits—will cause millions of Americans to lose coverage or face higher costs. The proposal marks the latest move in the continuing partisan standoff over the OBBBA, which has sharply divided Congress.
Bipartisan Bill Proposes More Time to Use Federal Highway Emergency Relief Funds.
Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and John Cornyn (R-TX), along with Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA) and Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), introduced the Transportation Emergency Relief
Extension Act (H.R. 4847/S. 2635), which would extend the obligation deadline to use Federal Highway Administration Emergency Relief funds from two years to six years. The lawmakers
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said the change would give state and local agencies more flexibility to complete road, bridge, and highway repairs after natural disasters, addressing delays caused by regulatory and administrative requirements.
Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Bill on Pre-Disaster Mitigation Funds. Representatives Shomari C. Figures (D-AL) and Chuck Edwards (R-NC) introduced the Building Resilient
Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Act (H.R. 4560), which would reinstate and reform FEMA’s BRIC program. The bill would replace the current fully competitive grant process with
a formula-based system: one-third of BRIC funds allocated equally among states, one-third
based on population, and one-third directed to states most vulnerable to natural disasters.
Senators Introduce Bill to Provide Mortgage Relief After Disasters. Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced the Mortgage Relief for Disaster Survivors Act
(S. 2569), which would allow homeowners in federally, state, or tribally declared disaster areas to request up to 180 days of mortgage forbearance, with an optional 180-day extension, without interest or penalties. The measure aims to ease financial burdens for households recovering from events such as wildfires, floods, and hurricanes, and would apply to disasters declared on or after January 1, 2025. Representatives Judy Chu (D-CA) and Brad Sherman (D-CA)
introduced companion legislation in the House (H.R. 2928) in April.
Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Revive Federal Water Assistance Program. Representatives Eric Sorensen (D-IL) and Rob Bresnahan (R-PA) introduced the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) Establishment Act (H.R. 4733). The bill would re-establish and
make permanent the federal program, which provided aid to more than 1.5 million households before funding expired in 2022. The proposal would authorize $2.5 billion over five years for distribution through local utilities to help households afford water and wastewater services.
Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Standardize Food Date Labels and Reduce Waste. Senators
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced the Food Date Labeling Act (S. 2541), which would create two standardized labels for packaged foods—“Best If Used By” to indicate quality and “Use By” to indicate safety—replacing the patchwork of more than 50 terms currently in use. This bipartisan measure is aimed at reducing consumer confusion, cutting food waste, helping families save money, and increasing food donations. Representatives
Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced companion legislation in the House.
Bill Introduced to Extend HOV Lane Access for EVs. On August 12, Representatives Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) and Greg Stanton (D-AZ) introduced the HOV Lane Exemption
Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4948), which would extend a federal program that lets states allow electric and alternative fuel vehicles to use high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes through September 30, 2031. The program is currently set to expire on September 30, 2025.
Lawmakers Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Expand Safe Parking Programs. On August 22,
Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), and David Valadao (R-CA) reintroduced the Naomi Schwartz and Susan Rose Safe Parking Act (H.R. 5018). This legislation would make safe parking programs—designated overnight parking
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sites for people experiencing homelessness and living in vehicles—eligible for federal housing funds. These programs typically provide access to supportive services such as restrooms, showers, and rehousing assistance. First established in Santa Barbara in 2004, safe parking
initiatives have since been implemented in other communities as part of broader efforts to
address homelessness.
Bipartisan Congressional Recycling Caucus Relaunches. On August 13, Representative Haley Stevens (D-MI) announced the relaunch of the bipartisan Congressional Recycling
Caucus, which she will co-chair alongside Representatives David Joyce (R-OH), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), and Marinette Miller-Meeks (R-IA). Founded in 2006, the Caucus promotes policies to expand recycling access, support U.S. manufacturers, and strengthen America’s leadership in the circular economy. Currently, according to the Caucus, 21% of recyclable materials in the U.S. are actually recycled, and less than half of households have reliable
access to recycling.
CONGRESSIONAL LETTERS
California Members of Congress Urge Support for Orange County Veterans Cemetery.
On August 1, a bipartisan group of 20 Members of Congress—led by Representatives Young Kim (R-CA) and Lou Correa (D-CA)—sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in support of the California Department of Veterans Affairs’ pre-application for a new Southern California Veterans Cemetery at Gypsum Canyon in Anaheim Hills. Orange County
is the largest county in California without a dedicated veterans cemetery. The group cited
accessibility challenges for families traveling to Riverside National Cemetery, as well as broad local consensus, over 200 acres of donated land, and $55.5 million in secured state and local funding. Lawmakers urged VA to give full and fair consideration to the application, highlighting the project’s readiness and the importance of providing equitable access for Orange County
veterans and their families.
Senators Urge Release of FY25 AmeriCorps Funding. On August 1, members of the bipartisan Senate National Service Caucus—led by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA)—sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget urging the release of
all remaining Fiscal Year 2025 AmeriCorps funding appropriated under the Full-Year
Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act. The Senators noted that $1.26 billion was enacted for AmeriCorps to support national service and volunteer programs, including disaster response, tutoring, wildfire prevention, and veteran services. They expressed concern over delays in grantmaking following recent program closures, staff reductions, and grant
terminations, warning that further holdups could permanently disrupt operations for AmeriCorps
Seniors and other programs across the country.
Senators Express Opposition to Immigrant Benefit Restrictions. On August 4, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) led ten colleagues in
sending a letter to the Attorney General and the Secretaries of Health and Human Services,
Education, and Labor opposing recent policy changes that reinterpret the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act to restrict access to additional federal health, education, and workforce programs for certain immigrants, including some who are
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lawfully present. The Senators argued the reinterpretations—affecting programs such as Head Start, community health centers, career and technical education, workforce training, and services for survivors of violence—reverse decades of precedent, were implemented without
public comment, and will cause harm to communities and service providers. They urged the
agencies to rescind the guidance and restore prior eligibility policies. Members of Congress Urge HUD, USDA to Uphold Energy-Efficient Building Codes. On August 6, Representatives Dave Min (D-CA) and Johnny Olszewski (D-MD), Co-Chairs of the
House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Building Resilient Housing Task
Force, sent a letter urging the Departments of Housing & Urban Development and Agriculture urging them not to weaken building rules set in 2021 that require new homes to be more energy-efficient. The lawmakers argued that rolling back these codes would increase energy costs for homeowners and renters, raise default risks on federally backed loans, and reduce resilience
to natural disasters. FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
DOL Releases Industry-Driven Skills Training Fund NOFO. The Department of Labor has
released a Notice of Funding Opportunity, offering up to $30 million to support workforce training in high-demand and emerging industries. The grants—up to $8 million per state—will reimburse employers for outcome-based training programs aligned with federal priorities, including advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence infrastructure, nuclear energy,
domestic mineral production, and information technology. At least $5 million will be dedicated
to building a skilled workforce in the shipbuilding industry. Applications are due by September 5, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. ET. EPA Releases Midsize and Large Drinking Water System Resilience NOFO. The
Environmental Protection Agency has released a Notice of Funding Opportunity for $9.5
million through the Midsize and Large Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program. The program provides funding to public water systems serving at least 10,000 people to improve resilience against natural hazards, extreme weather, and cybersecurity threats. Applications are due by October 6, 2025.
FEDERAL FUNDING AWARDS
FHWA Announces FBP Formula Grants. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has
announced $175 million in funding under the Ferry Boat Program (FBP) to 35 states, Puerto
Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and America Samoa. The formula funding will help to improve ferry service and provide more cost-effective travel options for communities across the country that rely on ferries to get to work, promote tourism, and enable commerce. FEDERAL AGENCY ACTIONS AND PERSONNEL CHANGES
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President Trump Signs Executive Order on Federal Grantmaking. On August 7, President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to implement new policies for awarding and managing discretionary grants.
The order requires agencies to designate senior political appointees to review all funding
opportunity announcements and awards for alignment with agency priorities and the national interest, and to conduct annual reviews of active grants. It also promotes expanded use of “termination-for-convenience” clauses, allowing agencies to end grants if they no longer meet agency objectives, and directs OMB to revise the Uniform Guidance to make such provisions
standard across discretionary awards. The order includes new prohibitions on using grant
funds for certain activities and requires grantees to provide detailed justifications for each drawdown of funds.
President Trump Signs Executive Order on 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. On
August 5, President Trump signed an executive order establishing the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics to coordinate federal efforts in support of the Games. Chaired by the President and vice chaired by the Vice President, the Task Force includes Cabinet secretaries and senior White House and Trump administration officials. It will lead interagency planning related to security, transportation, border entry, and emergency
response. The order directs each participating agency to submit planning reports by October 1, 2025, and places the Task Force within the Department of Homeland Security for administrative purposes. The Task Force will operate through December 31, 2028.
President Trump Imposes Tariffs on Copper Imports. President Trump signed a
proclamation imposing tariffs of up to 50% on a range of imported copper products, including
pipes, wires, rods, sheets, and electrical components. The action follows a Section 232 investigation by the Department of Commerce, which concluded that rising copper imports—particularly from China—pose a threat to national security by undercutting domestic production and increasing foreign reliance. Effective August 1, the tariffs exclude raw materials such as
copper ores, cathodes, anodes, and scrap. The order also invokes the Defense Production Act
to boost domestic copper processing by requiring a portion of U.S.-produced copper inputs and scrap to be sold domestically, gradually increasing from 25% in 2027 to 40% by 2029.
White House Suspends Public Tours. The White House announced that public tours will be
paused beginning in September while construction begins on a new 90,000-square-foot ballroom. Tours, which had resumed in February, will be suspended indefinitely during construction. No timeline for resuming tours has been provided.
Judge Blocks FEMA From Redirecting Disaster Mitigation Funds Amid Legal Challenge.
On August 5, a federal judge in Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction blocking FEMA from reallocating $4 billion from the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program while a multistate lawsuit is pending. District Judge Richard Stearns ruled that the plaintiff states are likely to succeed on the merits and face potential irreparable harm if funds are diverted. The court found that FEMA has taken steps toward dismantling the BRIC
program and that the federal government failed to demonstrate any immediate hardship from pausing the reallocation. Judge Stearns noted that the federal government could still request
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court approval to access the funds in the event of an extraordinary disaster, even while the injunction is in effect.
CDC Narrows Scope of FoodNet Surveillance Program. The Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed changes to the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), which will now track only salmonella and shiga toxin-producing E. coli. The program had previously monitored six additional pathogens—campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio, and yersinia—but CDC said national surveillance of those illnesses
continues through other systems. FoodNet is a collaboration between CDC, USDA, FDA, and
10 state health departments, and works with more than 700 clinical laboratories nationwide. According to the agency, narrowing reporting requirements will allow staff to prioritize core activities focused on two of the leading causes of foodborne illness-related hospitalizations and deaths in the United States.
DOJ Publishes List of Sanctuary Jurisdictions. On August 5, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a list of 35 jurisdictions identified as having policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. The list was published in accordance with Executive Order 14287, signed by President Trump in April, which directed the identification of jurisdictions that
“impede the enforcement of federal immigration laws.” DOJ has stated it will continue pursuing legal action against noncompliant jurisdictions and will assist local governments seeking to revise policies to align with federal enforcement priorities. DOJ also noted this list will be updated periodically as more information becomes available.
DOJ Declines to Defend Hispanic-Serving Institution Grant Program. DOJ announced it will not defend a federal grant program for Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) in State of
Tennessee v. U.S. Department of Education. The program provides competitive grants to colleges and universities where at least 25% of undergraduates are Hispanic. More than 500 schools currently qualify, enrolling about two-thirds of the nation’s Hispanic undergraduates. In
a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson, DOJ stated the enrollment threshold amounts to an
unconstitutional racial classification, pointing to the Supreme Court’s 2023 Students for Fair
Admissions v. Harvard decision.
DOT Extends Stakeholder Comment Deadline on Surface Transportation
Reauthorization. DOT has extended the comment period for its Request for Information inviting stakeholder feedback to inform the development of the next surface transportation reauthorization bill, with the current authorization for federal surface transportation programs is set to expire on September 30, 2026. DOT is seeking input on policy ideas and statutory recommendations to improve safety, accelerate project delivery, promote economic growth,
and strengthen intergovernmental partnerships. Comments are due by September 8, 2025.
DOT Warns Three States Over Truck Driver English Proficiency Rule. On August 26, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that California, New Mexico, and Washington could lose federal Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) funding if they do not
adopt and enforce federal English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements for commercial motor vehicle drivers. The states were given 30 days to come into compliance before MCSAP funding may be withheld. A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration review cited limited
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enforcement of ELP violations in the three states between June 25 and August 21, 2025. The action coincides with a broader DOT audit of commercial driver’s license issuance for non-domiciled drivers.
DOT Publishes Strategic Plan RFI. DOT has published a request for information (RFI) that seeks public input into the development of the DOT Strategic Plan for FY 2026-2030. Comments are due by September 5, 2025.
DOT Publishes AV RFI. DOT has published a request for information that seeks information from the public, industry, infrastructure owner/operators, and other stakeholders to inform coordinated national research supporting Automated Driving Systems (ADS) transportation technology deployment and realizing safe efficient operations on our Nation's roadways. ADS-equipped vehicles have significant potential to transform safety and mobility but in order for
national deployment to scale effectively, research questions relating to the challenges and opportunities of ADS, including understanding disengagements, identifying factors that contribute or detract from reliable and consistent operations and interactions, and facilitating interoperable data standardization and real-time analytics, among others, are important to investigate further to support deployment and broad public acceptance. Comments are due by
October 17, 2025. DOT Launches Aviation Consumer Complaint System. DOT has launched a new, web-based system for submitting and handling air travel service complaints as part of the Aviation Complaint, Enforcement, and Reporting System (ACERS). When a complaint, comment, or
compliment is submitted, the airline or ticket agent will receive the submission in real time in the ACERS Aviation Industry Portal and by email. Consumers can air travel service complaints, comments, and compliments through ACERS’s consumer portal. DOT Terminates Aviation Consumer Hotline Regulations. DOT has announced that it is
terminating its rulemaking titled “Notifying Air Travelers of DOT's Aviation Consumer Hotline” (RIN 2105-AE83), which was previously listed in DOT's semiannual Regulatory Agenda. That rulemaking would have established a consumer complaints toll-free hotline telephone number and required airlines to display the number on their websites and at airports in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 42302, as amended by section 423 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Pub. L.
115-254). However, before DOT could complete a rulemaking, Congress enacted section 520 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (Pub. L. 118-63), which eliminated the requirement from section 42302 that the Department establish the consumer complaints hotline telephone number. Consistent with the Administration's focus on reducing regulation and Congress' elimination of this requirement section 42302, DOT is terminating the proceeding. The
termination was made on August 19, 2025. DOT Launches ARPA-I Ideas Challenge. DOT’s Advanced Research Project Agency-Infrastructure (ARPA-I) has launched a new Ideas Challenge open to all innovators across the public and private sectors to help transform the future of transportation. The challenge will be
conducted in two stages. In Stage 1, DOT will identify a critical transportation infrastructure
challenge, outline a breakthrough solution that could transform transportation, and submit an R&D plan that lays out a path toward deployment and commercialization and metrics for
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success. Stage 1 Concept Papers are due September 17, 2025, at 5:00 PM ET. The selected winners in Stage 1 will be invited to the Ideas Challenge Workshop to present their concept to USDOT leadership and stakeholders this fall. Winning teams from Stage 1 will be invited to
submit a detailed proposal for Stage 2. Up to 10 finalists will be chosen to advance to the
ARPA-I Ideas Challenge Final in early 2026 where they will present their project proposal to a distinguished panel of judges and audience members from the public and private sector to compete for Stage 2 prizes.
DOT IG Launches Audit of DCA Airspace Safety. On August 8, DOT’s Office of Inspector
General (IG) announced it will review FAA’s management of airspace around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) and its process for granting exemptions to Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast requirements. The audit follows the January 29 collision between a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines Flight 5342 near DCA that
killed 67 people. A National Transportation Safety Board report on the crash included urgent
recommendations to reduce conflicts between commercial and military aircraft. Lawmakers from both parties requested the audit, which will examine FAA oversight and safety procedures.
DOT IG Published Report on FTA’s Oversight of SSOAs. DOT IG has published a report
titled FTA’s Oversight of State Safety Oversight Agencies Could Be Enhanced Through Communication, Audit Process, and Data Management Improvements. The report finds that while the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) conducts the required triennial audits of State Safety Oversight Agencies (SSOAs), it does not communicate its audit methodology, such as specific indicators and evaluation steps, to those agencies, falling short of statutory
requirements. Although FTA completed 38 audits since 2019 yielding 221 findings, almost half of the reviewed subset lacked sufficient evidence or criteria, reflecting weak quality control and inconsistent application of audit standards. Additionally, FTA’s recommendation-tracking system is unreliable: it omits findings from before FY 2021 and lacks proper oversight for data accuracy thereafter. The report includes five recommendations to improve FTA’s
communication, audit rigor, and data management practices.
EPA to Defend 2024 Lead in Drinking Water Rule. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said it will defend a 2024 drinking water regulation requiring the replacement of nearly all lead service lines in the U.S. by 2037. The Biden-era rule, paused earlier this year,
also lowers the lead action level and requires utilities to provide water filters if elevated lead
levels are detected. The American Water Works Association has sued to overturn the rule, citing cost and timeline concerns. EPA said it is developing tools to support implementation flexibility and will announce any potential adjustments in the coming months.
EPA Proposes Partial Disapproval of California Heavy-Duty Vehicle Rule. On August 25,
EPA announced a proposal to partially disapprove California’s State Implementation Plan establishing inspection and maintenance requirements for heavy-duty vehicles, including those registered out of state or outside the country. The agency said the proposal is based on concerns that applying the rule to non-California vehicles could conflict with the Constitution’s
Commerce Clause and with Section 110 of the Clean Air Act. EPA will accept public comments for 30 days following the rule’s publication in the Federal Register before issuing a final decision.
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EPA Relaunches Public Guidance Document Portal. On August 13, EPA announced the relaunch of its online Guidance Portal, a centralized website providing public access to agency
guidance documents on air quality, water protection, hazardous waste management, and other
environmental programs. The portal consolidates active guidance documents, such as memoranda, policy statements, handbooks, and manuals, to make them easier for the public and regulated entities to locate. EPA noted documents that have been superseded with newer guidance are not included.
EPA to Host Webinar on Water Utility Workforce. EPA will host a webinar in its “Creating the Water Workforce of the Future” series on Wednesday, September 10 from noon-1:30 p.m. ET. The session will feature the Rural Community Assistance Partnership and Water Finance Assistance, highlighting a new certification program that provides leadership and management
training for water and wastewater utility administrative professionals. The initiative aims to
strengthen decision-making, resource management, and support for small communities.
EPA to Host Webinar on AI in Disaster Preparedness and Recovery. EPA will host a webinar on September 17 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET on applications of artificial intelligence (AI)
in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. Presenters will highlight real-world
examples of AI integration to improve predictive capabilities, streamline response activities, and optimize recovery processes in environmental emergencies. The event is open to state, local, tribal, and territorial agencies, as well as community organizations and other interested participants. EPA is offering certificates of attendance.
FAA and TSA Publish Joint NPRM Normalizing UAS BVLOS. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have published a joint notice of proposed rulemaking that proposes performance-based regulations to enable the design and operation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) at low altitudes beyond visual
line of sight (BVLOS) and for third-party services, including UAS Traffic Management (UTM), that support these operations. The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 directs the development of this proposed rule. This proposed rule is necessary to support the integration of UAS into the national airspace system (NAS). This proposed rule is intended to provide a predictable and clear pathway for safe, routine, and scalable UAS operations that include package delivery,
agriculture, aerial surveying, civic interest, operations training, demonstration, recreation, and flight testing. TSA proposes to make complementary changes to its regulations to ensure it can continue to impose security measures on these operations under its current regulatory structure for civil aviation. Comments are due in 60 days.
FAA Designates Aviation Safety Team and Aerospace Safety Issue Registry As Protected From Public Disclosure. FAA is proposing to designate safety and security information, reports, data, and work products provided to the FAA from the U.S. Aviation Safety Team (USAST) and its membership as protected from public disclosure. The FAA is authorized to protect voluntarily provided safety and security information from disclosure. This proposed
designation is intended to encourage the sharing of information between the FAA and the aviation industry during the discovery of system-level safety issues in the National Airspace System (NAS) and the development and implementation of safety enhancements to address
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these issues. The voluntarily provided information described in this proposed designation is critical to the FAA's safety mission because it supports a proactive and collaborative, data-driven strategy to reduce the risk of fatal and non-fatal accidents. Comments are due by
September 2, 2025.
FAA Seeks NPOAG Members. FAA has published a notice seeking interested persons to apply to fill four vacancies on the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG): one representing Native American tribes, one representing air tour operators, and two representing
environmental interests. Members serve three-year terms and provide input on safety, noise,
and resource protection related to flights over national parks and tribal lands. Applications are due by October 3, 2025. FHWA Publishes NEVI Formula Program Interim Final Guidance. The Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) has published revised National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program Interim Final Guidance. This Interim Final Guidance updates the existing NEVI Formula Program Guidance to align with clear and express statutory language aimed at streamlining and providing flexibility for implementation of the program. This Interim Final Guidance document is effective on August 13, 2025.
FHWA Rescinds Regulation on Advance Construction Project Designations. On August 21, FHWA issued a final rule rescinding a regulatory provision that required advance construction projects to include the “AC” prefix in their project numbers. The agency concluded that the requirement, originally issued in 1983 and revised in 1990, is not mandated by statute
and is inconsistent with current practices. The final rule will take effect on September 22, 2025. FRA to Keep California High-Speed Rail Funds in Reserve During Litigation. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has agreed to keep $4 billion in federal grants for California’s high-speed rail project in reserve while litigation over the funding proceeds. Under the
agreement, the funds revoked in July will not be reallocated to other projects during the court
case. California officials filed suit challenging the revocation, asserting it was arbitrary and would cause economic harm to the state. The administration has defended its decision, citing missed deadlines, budget overruns, and questions regarding the project’s long-term viability.
FRA Withdraws Additional Funding for California High-Speed Rail Projects. On August
26, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is canceling funding for four projects connected to California’s High-Speed Rail Project. The decision withdraws about $175 million in unobligated federal funds that had been designated for the Le Grand Overcrossing Project, Southern San Jose grade separations on
Monterey Road, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority’s Downtown Extension final design, and
the planned Madera high-speed rail station. The move follows the FRA’s July decision to terminate $4 billion in previously awarded grants to the California High-Speed Rail Authority after a federal review cited concerns about the project’s schedule and costs.
FRA Announces Termination of Grants to Baltimore-Washington SCMAGLEV. FRA has announced that it will terminate two grants totaling over $26 million for the Baltimore-Washington Superconducting Magnetic Levitation (SCMAGLEV). The project was proposed to
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be a high-speed rail project using superconducting magnetic levitation technology between Baltimore and Washington, DC. The termination is effective immediately.
FRA Publishes Emergency Escape Breathing Apparatus Standards Final Rule. FRA has published a final rule that extends the compliance dates in the emergency escape breathing apparatus final rule published on January 26, 2024. FRA is extending the compliance dates in response to concerns raised in a joint petition for reconsideration, as well as FRA's own investigation into the feasibility of these dates. The rule is effective on August 7, 2025.
FTA Publishes CIG Policy Guidance. FTA has published proposed policy guidance for the Capital Investment Grants (CIG) program. Revisions to the guidance are intended to address certain Executive Orders signed by the President in early 2025 and DOT Order 2100.7, “Ensuring Reliance Upon Sound Economic Analysis in Department of Transportation Policies,
Programs, and Activities.” Comments are due by September 2, 2025.
FTA Publishes CIG RFI. FTA has published a request for information (RFI) seeking suggestions from all transit stakeholders (transit authorities, planning officials, states, cities, the private sector, and the public) on ways to streamline and enhance the Capital Investment
Grants (CIG) Police Guidance while increasing the accountability of project sponsors and ensuring federal investment in the most successful projects. Comments are due by September 18, 2025.
FTA Hosts Virtual TAM Roundtable. FTA has announced it will host the 2025 Transit Asset
Management (TAM) Roundtable as a virtual event on September 17-18, 2025. The TAM Roundtable brings together participants from across the country who are directly involved in the management of transit capital assets. The TAM Roundtable is open to public sector employees only, including transit agency staff as well as state DOT and MPO staff focused on transit.
FTA Releases Video Series Providing Guidance for 2026 FIFA World Cup Host Cities and the 2028 LA Olympics. FTA has released a video series providing guidance to public transit agencies, private bus operators and host cities as they prepare to move millions of fans for the 2026 FIFA World Cup Games and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. This video series
follows guidance initiated through a "Dear Colleague" letter providing technical assistance and support for recipients related to events like the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Summer Olympics.
FTA to Host Webinar on Preparing for Major International Events. FTA will host a webinar on Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. ET on how federal charter bus regulations apply
to transit, especially for major events like the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2028 Olympic and
Paralympic Games. FTA staff will walk through requirements for public transit agencies, private bus operators, and host cities, and take Q&A. Advance registration is required.
GAO Issues Report on Water Infrastructure in Vulnerable Communities. On August 15,
the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report finding that the Environmental
Protection Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Department of Agriculture provided $64 billion in financial assistance for drinking water and wastewater projects between
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FY 2014-2023 but face challenges ensuring that vulnerable communities fully benefit. While the agencies have taken steps to reduce barriers, such as providing technical support and allowing federal cost-share flexibility, GAO found FEMA has not adequately communicated
options for meeting matching requirements, and limited data also make it difficult to assess
which communities benefit from programs. GAO recommended that EPA, FEMA, and USDA use EPA’s new water service area mapping tools to better track assistance.
GAO Publishes Q&A Report on Terrorist Watchlist Nomination and Redress Processes.
On August 14, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a Question & Answer (Q&A) report to Congressional Requestors titled “Terrorist Watchlist: Nominations and Redress Processes for U.S. Persons.” The report explains how U.S. persons, including citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents, may be added to the U.S. terrorist watchlist and how misidentifications or outdated listings can result in significant travel disruptions, such as denied
boarding or delays. It highlights that from December 7, 2021, to September 30, 2023, only about 1.5% (289) of redress inquiries to DHS TRIP were directly related to the watchlist, and of these, roughly one-third (88) led to removal from the list. The report also issued 24 recommendations to seven federal agencies to improve nomination and redress processes.
GAO Issues Report on Aviation Workforce. On August 21, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report titled “Aviation Workforce: Contributions and Characteristics of Selected Airport Workers.” The report examines the contributions and economic conditions of airport service workers, who perform tasks such as baggage handling, aircraft and terminal cleaning, passenger assistance, and food service. Using Federal Aviation Administration data,
GAO found that the 138 busiest U.S. commercial airports generated about $5.9 billion from ground transportation and parking services and $2.3 billion from terminal concessions in 2023. Median hourly wages for airport service workers were $19.74 (in 2024 dollars), higher than service workers across all industries but lower than other air transportation employees. Approximately 7% of airport service workers lived at or below the poverty line, compared with
15% of service workers in all industries.
HUD Signals English-Only Policy for Agency Communications. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has advanced a new policy requiring all official agency business to be conducted solely in English. The directive follows an executive order
signed by President Donald Trump earlier this year designating English as the official language
of the United States. According to HUD, the change is intended to streamline operations and ensure consistency in publications, internal communications, and public interactions. A public comment period on the policy will be offered in the coming months.
HHS Releases Drug Use and Health Survey Data. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) released findings from its 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), providing national, state, and local data on substance use and mental illness. The survey found that 16.8% of individuals aged 12 or older had a substance use disorder, while 23.4% of adults experienced any mental illness, including 5.6% with a
serious mental illness. For the first time, the survey measured generalized anxiety disorder, reporting symptoms among 21.7% of adults and 41.9% of adolescents. Other notable findings include a slight decline in adolescent major depressive episodes and suicide attempts,
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stagnant trends in opioid use disorder, and a persistent gap in access to treatment—only 19% of those needing substance use treatment received it in 2024.
Reclamation Announces 2026 Operating Conditions for Lake Powell and Lake Mead. On
August 15, the Bureau of Reclamation released its August 2025 24-Month Study, setting the 2026 operating conditions for Lake Powell and Lake Mead. Lake Powell is projected to be at 3,538 feet on Jan. 1, 2026, placing it in the Mid-Elevation Release Tier with a planned release of 7.48 million acre-feet. Lake Mead is expected to remain in a Level 1 Shortage Condition at
1,055 feet, triggering significant water reductions for Arizona, Nevada, and Mexico under
existing agreements. Current Colorado River operating guidelines expire at the end of 2026, and Interior officials emphasized the urgency of finalizing new post-2026 operating rules to address long-term drought and ensure water security for the 40 million people who rely on the river.
USDA Ends Funding for Large Solar Projects on Farmland. On August 19, Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the Department of Agriculture (USDA) is rescinding programs that support building utility-scale solar arrays on agricultural land, citing concerns about impacts on farmland availability and costs. USDA later clarified that smaller projects funded through the
Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) will continue, but loan guarantees for ground-mounted systems larger than 50 kilowatt-hours, as well as solar and wind projects under the Rural Development Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program, will face new restrictions.
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To: Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director
Cindie McMahon, City Attorney
City of Carlsbad
From: Sharon Gonsalves
Managing Director
California Public Policy Group
Re: CPPG Legislative Summary — August 2025
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Legislature Returns From Summer Recess For Final Stretch
The Legislature returned from its Summer Recess on August 18 after having spent the previous four
weeks on break. Since reconvening, the Legislature has moved quickly to advance remaining
measures. On August 29, the Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees held their final
Suspense File hearings of the year to send fiscal bills to the Floor. Of the 686 bills on the Suspense
File, 498 made it out of Appropriations and onto the Floor.
September 2 to September 12 is reserved for Floor session and only unscheduled, “off the floor”
hearings will occur. This is when a committee chair calls an impromptu hearing of their committee
during Floor session. Hearings of this type are typically announced with little warning and are held in
a nearby committee room, potentially delaying Floor session business. There’s also the 72-hour rule
to be aware of, which requires that a bill’s final language be publicly available for at least 72 hours
before it can be taken up for a final vote on the Floor. Given that the Legislature will adjourn for the
year on September 12, the last day that a bill could be amended is September 9.
During most of the legislative session, the Governor has 12 days to either sign or veto a bill received
from the Legislature, otherwise the bill automatically becomes law. Starting September 1, this
period increases to 30 days. The final date for the Governor to take action on a bill is October 12.
As of September 3, about 800 bills are still actively making their march through the legislative
process, while 270 have been chaptered, one has been vetoed, and approximately 1,700 are no
longer moving.
LOSSAN Rail Corridor Resiliency Update
On August 28, the Senate Transportation Subcommittee on the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Resiliency held
an informational hearing on the state of resiliency of the LOSSAN corridor. The subcommittee heard
from transportation experts, researchers, and the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO). The hearing
focused on maintaining the reliability of the corridor in the face of landslide and bluff-erosion risks
at San Clemente and Del Mar, while discussing advancing durable long-term fixes. Short-term
priorities centered on slope stabilization, drainage improvements, seawall/mesh reinforcement,
and tighter multi-agency operations for detours, bus bridges, and rider communications during
closures. Long-term, discussions were held around narrowing and progressing realignment
concepts to meet the California Coastal Commission’s railroad adaptation study milestones on
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schedule. A clear, phased pipeline of stabilization to resilience/capacity to realignment was
emphasized as the backbone for planning and public trust.
Witnesses and legislators aligned on pursuing a blend of state dollars and competitive federal
programs (e.g., FRA Corridor ID) but emphasized that success hinges on “grant-ready” projects and
regional coordination. To rebuild ridership and support the state’s goals, the committee pushed for
integrated, simpler fares across Amtrak/Metrolink/COASTER plus consistent, transparent public
updates during disruptions. Requested follow-ups included a consolidated, costed project list with
owners and timelines, regular progress reports on San Clemente/Del Mar work and
environmental/prelim-engineering for realignment, and a standardized incident communication
playbook.
Low Carbon Fuel Standard Informational Hearing
On August 27, the Assembly Select Committee on the Transportation Costs and Impact of the Low
Carbon Fuel Standard held an informational hearing on the costs and the impact of the Low Carbon
Fuel Standard (LCFS). The Committee examined whether California’s LCFS raises gasoline prices
and whether any added costs deliver value. California Air Resources Board chair Liane Randolph
stated that the program has had a role in improving air quality and spurring innovation amid federal
efforts to undermine LCFS. CARB’s Matt Botill outlined the declining carbon-intensity targets and
the credit/deficit system, noting alternative fuels grew from ~5% of volumes in 2006 to ~27% in 2024.
CEC Vice Chair Siva Gunda referenced SB 1322 and Oil Price Information Service data, and
discussion clarified that LCFS cannot easily be folded into Cap and Trade, and that fuels like
renewable diesel, electricity, hydrogen, and renewable nature gas can achieve negative carbon
intensity. UC Berkeley’s Aaron Smith stated that LCFS increases gas prices and overlaps with other
policies, while Andy Navarette, representing the International Council on Clean Transportation,
emphasized LCFS as a key zero emission vehicle enabler, citing $6k–$11k six-year electric vehicle
savings and the program’s crucial role in charging infrastructure, especially for trucking. UC Davis’s
Collin Murphy flagged design issues to watch (energy-economy ratios, additionality, Indirect Land
Use Change risk, rebound effects) and legal constraints on in-state-only crediting, while
stakeholders broadly agreed LCFS has been instrumental in cutting emissions and building
infrastructure.
Housing Affordability Informational Hearing
On August 27, the Assembly Select Committee on Housing Finance and Affordability held an
informational hearing to discuss housing affordability. Assemblymember Anamarie Avila Farias (D-
Martinez), who previously worked in affordable housing, opened the session by stressing the need to
simplify the financing landscape and deliver concrete recommendations to both the legislature and
the Governor, citing the current median Californian home price of $884,000. Assemblymember John
Harabedian (D-Sierra Madre) stated that, unless affordable housing is delivered quickly, California
will continue to fail its constituents. Christina Mun, representing the California Housing Partnership,
stated that affordable housing developments rely on a “stack” of multiple funding sources, typically
at least five, with the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit serving as the foundation. She claims that
subsidies are essential for low-income housing because affordable housing rents cannot alone
support mortgages or attract private capital.
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The most significant development centered around Federal policy changes, which have reshaped
how tax credits are paired with bond financing. Previously, projects needed 50 percent of their
funding backed by tax-exempt bonds to qualify for four percent federal tax credits for low-income
housing. Federal policy changes have reduced this requirement to 25 percent, effectively doubling
capacity. Marina Wiant, executive director of the California Tax Credit Allocation committee, stated
that under the old rules, the four percent program produced about 15,000 units annually, while the
9 percent program created around 3,000. With the new structure, the state could see as many as
30,000 units a year built under the four percent program alone. Rebecca Franklin, Deputy Director of
the California Housing Finance Agency, stated the need for a coordinated homelessness plan and
suggested reviving local financing tools. Assemblymember Quirk-Silva (D-Fullerton) stressed the
need for legislation targeting the finance landscape in California, specifically as related to Accessory
Dwelling Unit financing, while criticizing the lack of serious progress in the housing finance
landscape.
ADMINISTRATION UPDATE
On August 14, Governor Gavin Newsom and legislative leadership announced “the launch of a
statewide effort that will enable Californians to fight back against President Trump’s attempts to rig”
congressional elections in Texas. On August 18, Governor Newsom announced the introduction of
three pieces of legislation to implement this effort: AB 604 (Aguiar-Curry), ACA 8 (Rivas), and SB 280
(Cervantes). The legislative package calls a special election for November 4, 2025 asking voters to
approve a constitutional amendment that would temporarily supersede the congressional
redistricting process in the state constitution. Known as Proposition 50 on the ballot, the
amendment proposes to put newly drawn congressional districts into effect until the next
certification of those districts in 2031. The legislative package authorizes the Department of Finance
to determine the amount of funds, and to appropriate those funds, from the General Fund for
implementation. AB 604 and SB 280 were passed by the Legislature on August 21. That same day,
the Governor announced that he had signed the legislation into law. Both measures went into effect
immediately. ACA 8 was also passed by the Legislature on August 21. Since ACA 8 is a proposed
amendment to the constitution, it is not sent to the Governor to be acted upon. The proposed
temporary congressional districts can be viewed here.
ACTIVE POSITIONED LEGISLATION
•AB 87 (Boerner) Housing development: density bonuses.
Location: Assembly Concurrence
Position: Support
•AB 237 (Patel) Crimes: threats.
Location: Senate Floor
Position: Support
•AB 253 (Ward) California Residential Private Permitting Review Act: residential building
permits.
Location: Senate Floor
Position: Oppose
•AB 379 (Schultz) Crimes: prostitution.
Location: Assembly Chaptered
Position: Support
•AB 424 (Davies) Alcohol and other drug programs: complaints.
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Location: Senate Consent Calendar
Position: Support
•AB 492 (Valencia) Alcohol and drug programs: licensing.
Location: Assembly Enrollment
Position: Support
•AB 610 (Alvarez) Housing element: governmental constraints: disclosure statement.
Location: Senate Floor
Position: Oppose
•AB 650 (Papan) Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation.
Location: Senate Floor
Position: Support
•AB 996 (Pellerin) Public Resources: sea level rise plans.
Location: Senate Consent Calendar
Position: Support
•AB 1154 (Carrillo) Junior accessory dwelling units.
Location: Assembly Concurrence
Position: Watch
•SB 9 (Arreguín) Accessory Dwelling Units: ordinances.
Location: Senate Concurrence
Position: Watch
•SB 16 (Blakespear) Ending Street Homelessness Act.
Location: Assembly Housing and Community Development
Position: Watch
•SB 79 (Wiener) Housing development: transit-oriented development.
Location: Assembly Floor
Position: Oppose
•SB 92 (Blakespear) Housing development: density bonuses.
Location: Assembly Floor
Position: Support
•SB 346 (Durazo) Local agencies: transient occupancy taxes: short-term rental facilitator.
Location: Senate Enrollment
Position: Support
•SB 358 (Becker) Mitigation Fee Act: mitigating vehicular traffic impacts.
Location: Assembly Floor
Position: Oppose
•SB 707 (Durazo) Open meetings: meeting and teleconference requirements.
Location: Assembly Floor
Position: Oppose Unless Amended
LOOKING FORWARD
•September 12: Last day for the Legislature to pass bills; end of the 2025 legislative session
•October 12: Last day for the Governor to sign or veto bills
•January 1: All legislation signed into law in 2025, unless otherwise excepted, goes into effect
•January 5: The Legislature reconvenes for the second year of the 2025-26 legislative session
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Date: September 2, 2025
To: Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director
Cindie McMahon, City Attorney
City of Carlsbad
From: Sharon Gonsalves
Managing Director
California Public Policy Group
Re: CPPG Summary of Assembly and Senate Suspense File Results — August 2025
OVERVIEW
On August 29, the Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees convened to announce the
results of all “Suspense File” bills. Below is a brief description of the California State Legislature’s
Appropriations Committees’ Suspense File process and a list of key measures of interest that were
on the Suspense File and whether they passed out of the Committee or were held
BACKGROUND
The Suspense File is a process that the Legislature has used for decades to ensure that the fiscal
impacts of proposed legislation are considered in the context of the state’s updated fiscal forecast.
Under the Joint Rules of the Assembly and Senate, a bill is referred to the Appropriations Committee
when the bill does any of the following: (1) appropriate money; (2) result in a substantial expenditure
of state money; (3) result in a substantial loss of revenue to the state; or (4) result in a substantial
reduction of expenditures of state money by reducing, transferring, or eliminating any existing
responsibilities of any state agency, program, or function. In the Assembly, there is an automatic
referral if there is an estimated impact to the state of $150,000. In the Senate, there is an automatic
referral if there is an estimated impact to the state of $50,000 in general funds or of $150,000 in
special funds. All bills tagged as “fiscal” must be heard by the Appropriations Committee.
Occasionally, bills not tagged as fiscal are also sent to the Committee. A bill may be amended in the
Committee to reduce its fiscal impact.
A bill referred to the Appropriations Committee may be placed “on suspense.” While this is done for
practical reasons due to the large number of bills considered by the Committee, the Suspense File
is also another lever used by the Legislature to quietly “kill” bills that may be controversial or
politically inconvenient by holding them “under submission,” wherein a bill does not pass out of the
Committee and does not continue to advance. The Committee does not state the specific reason for
a bill being held. A majority of bills are placed on the Suspense File, and a bill may also be placed on
suspense at the discretion of the Committee chair. Not all bills in the Committee are put on
suspense; some are placed on consent and thereby waived through, while a small number are heard
and voted upon at one hearing.
The process begins when a bill is heard at a regular Appropriations Committee hearing, during which
it may be placed on the Suspense File by majority vote. Once all eligible bills have been placed on
suspense, the Committee considers them during a closed hearing. A few days later, an open
Exhibit 3
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Suspense File hearing is held where the Committee announces which bills have advanced and which
have not. No testimony is presented—neither author nor witness—at a Suspense File hearing.
The Suspense File follows state budget benchmarks and after Appropriations Committees have had
a better sense of available revenues. In the first house, Suspense File hearings are the week after the
release of the revision of the budget. In the second house, Suspense File hearings follow the
adoption of the final budget.
RESULTS
In hearings that lasted several hours and moved at rapid pace, the Assembly and Senate
Appropriations Committees announced the fates of 686 measures on the Suspense File. CPPG staff
carefully monitored the proceedings and tracked hundreds of items of interest. In total, 498
measures live to see another day, passing off the Suspense File and onto the Floor. All remaining
active bills now face their final legislative deadline of September 12 to make it to the Governor’s
desk.
ITEMS OF INTEREST ON THE SUSPENSE FILE
•AB 237 (Patel) Crimes: threats.
Passed out of committee
Position: Support
•AB 253 (Ward) California Residential Private Permitting Review Act: residential building
permits.
Passed out of committee
Amended to expand reporting requirements and add a sunset
Position: Oppose
•AB 339 (Ortega) Local public employee organizations: notice requirements.
Passed out of committee
Amended to remove the meet and confer requirement, expand the exemption for
public works project, and shorten the written notice requirement
•AB 424 (Davies) Alcohol and other drug programs: complaints.
Passed out of committee
Position: Support
•AB 532 (Ransom) Water rate assistance program.
Held in committee
Position: Watch
•AB 561 (Quirk-Silva) Restraining orders.
Passed out of committee
•AB 610 (Alvarez) Housing element: governmental constraints: disclosure statement.
Passed out of committee
Position: Oppose
•AB 650 (Papan) Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation.
Passed out of committee
Amended to address chaptering issues
Position: Support
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• AB 705 (Boerner) Public Utilities Commission: Independent Office of Audits and
Investigations.
Held in committee
• AB 942 (Calderon) Electricity: climate credits.
Passed out of committee
• AB 996 (Pellerin) Public Resources: sea level rise plans.
Passed out of committee
Position: Support
• AB 1109 (Kalra) Evidentiary privileges: union agent-represented worker privilege.
Held in committee
• SB 35 (Umberg) Alcohol and drug programs.
Held in committee
Position: Support
• SB 79 (Wiener) Housing development: transit-oriented development.
Passed out of committee
Amended to remove tier 3 provisions, provide fire severity zones and historic district
flexibility, modify definitions and make technical clarifications
Position: Oppose
• SB 274 (Cervantes) Automated license plate recognition systems.
Passed out of committee
• SB 329 (Blakespear) Alcohol and drug recovery or treatment facilities: investigations.
Held in committee
Position: Support
• SB 427 (Blakespear) Habitat Conservation Fund.
Passed out of committee
• SB 454 (McNerney) State Water Resources Control Board: PFAS Mitigation Program.
Passed out of committee
• SB 601 (Allen) Water: waste discharge.
Held in committee
• SB 680 (Rubio) Sex offender registration: unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.
Passed out of committee
• SB 707 (Durazo) Open meetings: meeting and teleconference requirements.
Passed out of committee
Amended to delay implementation of specified requirements by 6 months, modify
special district definitions and requirements, restore public comment language
with exemptions, other clarifying changes
Position: Oppose Unless Amended
• SB 827 (Gonzalez) Local agency officials: training.
Passed out of committee
Amended to clarify definitions
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City of Carlsbad: Priority Legislation as of September 3, 2025
Economic Development
SB 5 (Cabaldon) Enhanced infrastructure financing districts and community revitalization and
investment areas: allocation of taxes: agricultural land exclusion. (Amended 09/02/2025)
Existing law, the California Land Conservation Act of 1965, otherwise known as the Williamson Act,
authorizes a city or county to enter into contracts with owners of agricultural land to preserve the
land for agricultural use, as specified, in return for reduced property tax assessments. The act also
authorizes a landowner of specified agricultural land to petition the city or county to cancel the
Williamson Act contract in order to designate the land as a farmland security zone, whereby the
land is eligible for a specified property tax valuation and taxed at a reduced rate for specified
special taxes. Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city or a county to establish an
enhanced infrastructure financing district, with a governing body referred to as the public financing
authority, to finance public capital facilities or other specified projects of communitywide
significance. Existing law requires the public financing authority to prepare and adopt a proposed
infrastructure financing plan, as specified. Existing law authorizes the plan to require a certain
portion of specified taxes levied upon property within the district to be allocated to the district each
year, as specified. Existing law authorizes certain local agencies to form a Community
Revitalization and Investment Authority within a community revitalization and investment area to
carry out a community revitalization plan in that area for specified purposes. Existing law
authorizes the plan to require a certain portion of specified taxes levied upon property within the
area to be allocated to the authority to finance improvements, as specified. This bill would exclude
the taxes levied upon a parcel of land enrolled in or subject to a Williamson Act contract or a
farmland security zone contract, as specified, from the above-described allocations to the district
or authority, as applicable. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 53398.75 of
the Government Code proposed by SB 516 to be operative only if this bill and SB 516 are enacted
and this bill is enacted last. (Based on 09/02/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #172 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS (Floor Mgr.- Wilson)
Location: 08/18/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
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Emergency Response and Disaster Preparedness
AB 262 (Caloza) California Individual Assistance Act. (Amended 05/23/2025)
Existing law, the California Disaster Assistance Act, requires the Director of Emergency Services to
provide financial assistance to local agencies for their personnel costs, equipment costs, and the
cost of supplies and materials used during disaster response activities, incurred as a result of a
state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor, subject to specified criteria. The act continuously
appropriates moneys in the Disaster Assistance Fund and its subsidiary account, the Earthquake
Emergency Investigations Account, without regard to fiscal year, for purposes of the act. This bill
would enact the California Individual Assistance Act to establish a grant program to provide
financial assistance, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to local agencies, community-based
organizations, and individuals for specified costs related to a disaster, as prescribed. The bill would
require the director to allocate from the fund, subject to specified conditions, funds to meet the
cost of expenses for those purposes. The bill would require the director, in administering the
California Individual Assistance Act, to prioritize recipients that are not eligible for federal funding,
pursuant to specified regulation, due to the inability to meet minimum damage thresholds. This bill
would require the director to adopt regulations, as determined to be necessary, to govern the
administration of the program. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute. (Based on 05/23/2025 text)
Location: 06/11/2025 - Senate Governmental Organization
SB 326 (Becker) Wildfire safety: fire protection building standards: defensible space
requirements: The California Wildfire Mitigation Strategic Planning Act. (Amended 09/02/2025)
Existing law establishes the Office of the State Fire Marshal in the Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection and establishes the Deputy Director of Community Wildfire Preparedness and
Mitigation within the office. Existing law makes the deputy director responsible for fire
preparedness and mitigation missions of the department, as provided. Existing law requires the
department to establish a local assistance grant program for fire prevention and home hardening
education activities in California and specifies eligible activities under the local assistance grant
program, as provided. Under existing law, funding for this local assistance grant program is
contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature. This bill would require the deputy director, on
or before January 1, 2027, and every 3 years thereafter, in consultation with the state hazard
mitigation officer, as defined, to prepare a Wildfire Risk Mitigation Planning Framework sufficient to
quantitatively evaluate wildfire risk mitigation actions, as provided. The bill would require the
framework to allow for geospatial evaluation and comparison of wildfire risk mitigation actions, as
defined, sufficient to direct coordinated mitigation efforts and long-term collaborative mitigation
planning. The bill would require the deputy director to, each year the framework is completed,
submit a copy of the framework to the Legislature, the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, and
the Public Utilities Commission for review and consideration. This bill would require the deputy
director, on or before April 1, 2027, and every 3 years thereafter, in consultation with the state
hazard mitigation officer, to prepare a Wildfire Risk Baseline and Forecast for the state delineated
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on a statewide level and by county, as provided. The bill would require the forecast to include
geographic specificity as determined by the deputy director to be sufficient to evaluate targeted
wildfire risk mitigation actions, and to accomplish specific things, including establishing key risk
metrics for wildfire risk for the state as a whole, by county, and by geographic location. The bill
would require the deputy director to, each year the forecast is completed, submit a copy of the
forecast to the Legislature, the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, and the Public Utilities
Commission for review and consideration. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws. (Based on 09/02/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #32 A-SECOND READING FILE -- SENATE BILLS
Location: 08/20/2025 - Assembly SECOND READING
SB 499 (Stern) Residential projects: fees and charges. (Amended 08/20/2025)
Existing law, 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. If a local agency imposes any fees or charges on designated residential
developments for the construction of public improvements or facilities, existing law imposes
various conditions on the fees and charges. Among these conditions, existing law prohibits the
local agency from requiring the payment of those fees or charges until the date the first certificate
of occupancy or first temporary certificate of occupancy is issued, whichever occurs first, except
as specified. Existing law, for designated residential development projects, authorizes the local
agency to collect utility service fees related to connections at the time an application for service is
received if those fees do not exceed the costs incurred by the utility provider resulting from the
connection activities. This bill would additionally authorize a local agency to collect utility service
charges related to connections at the time an application is received, as described above. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 08/20/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #152 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS (Floor Mgr.- Ransom)
Location: 07/08/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Energy and Utilities
AB 420 (Petrie-Norris) Public utilities: property, franchises, and permits: exemption.
(Amended 07/17/2025)
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities.
Existing law prohibits public utilities, other than certain common carriers, from selling, leasing,
assigning, mortgaging, or otherwise disposing of, or encumbering, its assets that are necessary or
useful in the performance of its duties to the public, unless the public utility has secured an order
from the commission to do so for a qualified transaction above $5,000,000 or an approval from the
commission through the filing of an advice letter for a qualified transaction at or below $5,000,000.
This bill would exempt from that prohibition easements, or changes to easements, that have a
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ratepayer financial impact valued at $100,000 or less if a public utility that is a party to the qualified
transaction has gross annual California revenues of $500,000,000 or more. The bill would require,
beginning January 1, 2030, and every 5 years thereafter, those threshold values to increase to
reflect any increase in inflation, as specified. The bill would require each public utility to annually
file a Tier 1 advice letter with a report of all transactions performed pursuant to this exemption,
enumerated by date, value, location, and party. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws. (Based on 07/17/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #106 A-CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
Location: 08/26/2025 - Assembly CONCURRENCE
Notes1:
5/9/25 CP tagged priority, put on the list for next months leg committee
AB 942 (Calderon) Electricity: climate credits. (Amended 07/17/2025)
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as
the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. 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 pursuant to a market-
based compliance mechanism. Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with
regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the
PUC to continue a program of assistance to low-income electric and gas customers with annual
household incomes that are no greater than 200% of the federal poverty guidelines, as specified,
which is referred to as the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program. Existing law also
requires the PUC to continue a program of assistance to residential customers of the state’s 3
largest electrical corporations consisting of households of 3 or more persons with total household
annual gross income levels between 200% and 250% of the federal poverty guideline level, which is
referred to as the Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA) program. Existing law, except as provided,
requires revenues received by an electrical corporation as a result of the direct allocation of
greenhouse gas allowances to be credited directly to residential, small business, and emissions-
intensive trade-exposed retail customers of the electrical corporation, commonly known as the
California Climate Credit. This bill would exclude residential customers from receiving the
California Climate Credit if they are not enrolled in the CARE or FERA program and their total
electricity bills for the previous year were less than $300. This bill contains other existing
laws. (Based on 07/17/2025 text)
Location: 08/29/2025 - Senate Rules
Notes1:
4/30/25 CP marked as priority per city 6.16.25 bring back for check in
AB 1017 (Boerner) Energy: electrical and gas corporations: general rate cases. (Amended
04/03/2025)
Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to fix the rates and charges for public
utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, and requires the rates and charges
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to be just and reasonable. Existing law requires the commission, following the approval of a general
rate case of an electrical corporation or gas corporation, to review which costs, if any, differed from
the general rate case forecasts and to adjust the revenue requirements in the subsequent general
rate case based on the actual past costs in the corporation records. This bill would require an
electrical corporation or gas corporation, as a part of its general rate case, to provide to the
commission certain information, including, among other things, the authorized and actual rate of
return and return on equity for the past 10 years and projects related to the corporation’s
distribution capacity that include the forecast submitted in the prior general rate case of the
corporation. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 04/03/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #163 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE (Floor Mgr.- Becker)
Location: 08/20/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Environment and Climate
AB 1207 (Irwin) Climate change: market-based compliance mechanism: price ceiling.
(Amended 03/17/2025)
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
and requires the state board to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at
least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. The act, until January 1, 2031, authorizes the state board to
adopt a regulation establishing a system of market-based declining aggregate emissions limits for
sources or categories of sources that emit greenhouse gases (market-based compliance
mechanism) that meets certain requirements. Existing law requires the state board, in adopting the
regulation to, among other things, establish a price ceiling for emission allowances sold by the
state board. Existing law requires the state board, in establishing the price ceiling, to consider
specified factors, including the full social cost associated with emitting a metric ton of greenhouse
gases. This bill would require the state board to instead consider the full social cost associated
with emitting a metric ton of greenhouse gases, as determined by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency in November 2023. (Based on 03/17/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #170 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE
Location: 08/20/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
SB 427 (Blakespear) Habitat Conservation Fund. (Amended 05/23/2025)
Proposition 117, an initiative measure approved by the electors at the June 5, 1990, direct primary
election, enacted the California Wildlife Protection Act of 1990. The act creates the Habitat
Conservation Fund and requires the moneys in the fund to be used for specified purposes generally
relating to the acquisition, enhancement, or restoration of wildlife habitat. The act requires the
Controller, until June 30, 2020, to annually transfer $30,000,000 from the General Fund to the
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Habitat Conservation Fund, less any amount transferred to the Habitat Conservation Fund from
specified accounts and funds. The act, until July 1, 2020, continuously appropriates specified
amounts from the Habitat Conservation Fund to the Department of Parks and Recreation, the State
Coastal Conservancy, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, and the California Tahoe
Conservancy, and continuously appropriates the balance of the fund to the Wildlife Conservation
Board. This bill would require the Controller to continue to annually transfer $30,000,000 from the
General Fund, less any amount transferred to the Habitat Conservation Fund from specified
accounts and funds, to the Habitat Conservation Fund until June 30, 2035, and would continuously
appropriate that amount on an annual basis in the same proportions to the specified entities
described above until July 1, 2035. This bill contains other existing laws. (Based on 05/23/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #252 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS
Location: 09/02/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
SB 454 (McNerney) State Water Resources Control Board: PFAS Mitigation Program. (Amended
09/02/2025)
Existing law designates the State Water Resources Control Board as the agency responsible for
administering specific programs related to drinking water, including, among others, the California
Safe Drinking Water Act and the Emerging Contaminants for Small or Disadvantaged Communities
Funding Program. This bill, which would become operative upon an appropriation by the
Legislature, would enact a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) mitigation
program. As part of that program, the bill would create the PFAS Mitigation Fund in the State
Treasury and would authorize certain moneys in the fund to be expended by the state board, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, for specified purposes. The bill would authorize the state board to
seek out nonstate, federal, and private funds designated for PFAS remediation and treatment and
deposit the funds into the PFAS Mitigation Fund. The bill would continuously appropriate these
funds to the state board for specified purposes. The bill would authorize the state board to
establish accounts within the PFAS Mitigation Fund. The bill would authorize the state board to
expend moneys from the fund in the form of a grant, loan, or contract, or to provide assistance
services to water suppliers and sewer system providers, as those terms are defined, for multiple
purposes, including, among other things, to cover or reduce the costs for water suppliers
associated with treating drinking water to meet the applicable state and federal maximum PFAS
contaminant levels. The bill would require a water supplier or sewer system provider to include a
clear and definite purpose for how the funds will be used to provide public benefits to their
community related to safe drinking water, recycled water, stormwater, or treated wastewater in
order to be eligible to receive funds. The bill would require the state board to adopt guidelines to
implement these provisions, as provided. (Based on 09/02/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #256 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS (Floor Mgr.- Connolly)
Location: 09/02/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Notes1:
CalCities Sponsored
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Governmental Operations
AB 339 (Ortega) Local public employee organizations: notice requirements. (Amended
08/29/2025)
Existing law, the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, contains various provisions that govern collective
bargaining of local represented employees and delegates jurisdiction to the Public Employment
Relations Board to resolve disputes and enforce the statutory duties and rights of local public
agency employers and employees. Existing law requires the governing body of a public agency to
meet and confer in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of
employment with representatives of recognized employee organizations. Existing law requires the
governing body of a public agency, and boards and commissions designated by law or by the
governing body, to give reasonable written notice, except in cases of emergency, as specified, to
each recognized employee organization affected of any ordinance, rule, resolution, or regulation
directly relating to matters within the scope of representation proposed to be adopted by the
governing body or the designated boards and commissions. This bill would require the governing
body of a public agency, and boards and commissions designated by law or by the governing body
of a public agency, to give the recognized employee organization no less than 45 days’ written
notice before issuing a request for proposals, request for quotes, or renewing or extending an
existing contract to perform services that are within the scope of work of the job classifications
represented by the recognized employee organization, subject to certain exceptions. The bill would
require the notice to include specified information, including the anticipated duration of the
contract. The bill would also require the public agency, if an emergency or other exigent
circumstance prevents the public agency from providing the written notice described above, to
provide as much advance notice as is practicable under the circumstances. By imposing new
duties on local public agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill
contains other existing laws. (Based on 08/29/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #351 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE
Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
AB 370 (Carrillo) California Public Records Act: cyberattacks. (Chaptered 07/14/2025)
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, among other
things, the need to search for, collect, and appropriately examine records during a state of
emergency when the state of emergency currently affects the agency’s ability to timely respond to
requests due to staffing shortages or closure of facilities, as provided. This bill would also expand
the definition of unusual circumstances to include the inability of the agency, because of a
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cyberattack, to access its electronic servers or systems in order to search for and obtain a record
that the agency believes is responsive to a request and is maintained on the servers or systems in
an electronic format. Under the bill, the extension would apply only until the agency regains its
ability to access its electronic servers or systems and search for and obtain electronic records that
may be responsive to a request. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 07/14/2025 text)
Location: 07/14/2025 - Assembly CHAPTERED
AB 561 (Quirk-Silva) Restraining orders. (Amended 08/18/2025)
Existing law authorizes a person who has suffered harassment, as defined, to seek a temporary
restraining order and an order prohibiting harassment. Existing law prohibits a filing fee for, and a
fee for the service of process by a sheriff or marshal of, a protective or restraining order if the order
is based upon stalking, unlawful violence, or a credible threat of violence. This bill would authorize
a petition prohibiting harassment and any related filings to be submitted electronically, as
specified. The bill would require the request, notice of the court date, copies of the request to serve
on the respondent, and the temporary restraining order, if granted, to be provided to a petitioner
who filed electronically to be provided to the petitioner electronically, unless the petitioner notes,
at the time of electronic filing, that these documents will be picked up from the court. The bill
would authorize a party or witness to appear remotely at the hearing on the petition for a protective
order, and prohibit the superior court from charging a fee for the remote appearance. The bill would
require the superior court of each county to develop, and post on its internet website, local rules
and instructions regarding remote appearances for protective orders. The bill would make a
conforming change. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 08/18/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #489 S-SPECIAL CONSENT CALENDAR NO. 17
Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate CONSENT CALENDAR
AB 875 (Muratsuchi) Vehicle removal. (Enrolled 09/02/2025)
Existing law authorizes a peace officer or a regularly employed and salaried employee who is
engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations to remove a vehicle when,
among other things, the officer arrests a person driving or in control of a vehicle for an alleged
offense, and the officer is, by the Vehicle Code or other law, required or permitted to take, and does
take, the person into custody. This bill would additionally authorize a peace officer to remove a
vehicle that (1) has fewer than 4 wheels, but that does not meet the definition of an electric bicycle,
if that vehicle is powered by an electric motor capable of exclusively propelling the vehicle in
excess of 20 miles per hour on a highway and is being operated by an operator without a current
license to operate the vehicle, or (2) is a class 3 electric bicycle being operated by a person under
16 years of age. The bill would authorize a city, county, or city and county to adopt a regulation,
ordinance, or resolution imposing charges equal to its administrative costs relating to the removal,
seizure, and storage costs of the vehicle, as provided. The bill would require an agency to release a
seized vehicle to the owner, violator, or their agent after a minimum of 48 hours if certain
conditions are met, including that the costs of removal, seizure, and storage have been paid. The
bill would in certain circumstances authorize an agency to require, as a condition of release, proof
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that the violator has completed an electric bicycle safety and training program or a related local
bicycle safety course, as described. (Based on 09/02/2025 text)
Location: 08/28/2025 - Assembly ENROLLMENT
AB 1388 (Bryan) Law enforcement: settlement agreements. (Amended 05/23/2025)
Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, and requires the
commission to, among other things, establish a certification program for peace officers, as
defined. Existing law requires the commission to establish procedures for accepting complaints
from members of the public regarding peace officers or law enforcement agencies that may be
investigated. Existing law establishes, within the commission, the Peace Officer Standards
Accountability Division and requires the division, among other things, to bring proceedings seeking
the suspension or revocation of certification of a peace officer. This bill would additionally exempt
agreements between an employing agency and a peace officer that, among other things, require
the agency to destroy, remove, or conceal a record of a misconduct investigation. The bill would
declare that its provisions are severable. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws. (Based on 05/23/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #172 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE (Floor Mgr.- Arreguín)
Location: 08/20/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
ACA 1 (Valencia) Public finance. (Introduced 12/02/2024)
The California Constitution prohibits the total annual appropriations subject to limitation of the
State and of each local government from exceeding the appropriations limit of the entity of
government for the prior year adjusted for the change in the cost of living and the change in
population. The California Constitution defines “appropriations subject to limitation” of the State
for these purposes. This measure would change the 1.5% required transfer to an undetermined
percentage of the estimated amount of General Fund revenues for that fiscal year. The measure
would change the 10% limit on the balance in the Budget Stabilization Account to 20% of the
amount of the General Fund proceeds of taxes for the fiscal year estimate, as specified. The
measure would specify that funds transferred under these provisions to the Budget Stabilization
Account do not constitute appropriations subject to the above-described annual appropriations
limit. This bill contains other existing laws. (Based on 12/02/2024 text)
Location: 12/02/2024 - Assembly PRINT
SB 456 (Ashby) Contractors: exemptions: muralists. (Amended 04/02/2025)
Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, establishes the Contractors State License Board
within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the
licensure and regulation of contractors. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a person to
engage in the business, or act in the capacity, of a contractor without a license, unless exempted.
Existing law exempts from the Contractors State License Law, among other things, a nonprofit
corporation providing assistance to an owner, as specified. This bill would exempt from that law an
artist who draws, paints, applies, executes, restores, or conserves a mural, as defined, pursuant to
an agreement with a person who could legally authorize the work. (Based on 04/02/2025 text)
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Calendar: 09/03/25 #197 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS (Floor Mgr.- Jackson)
Location: 08/21/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
SB 464 (Smallwood-Cuevas) Employer pay data. (Amended 09/02/2025)
Existing law establishes the Civil Rights Department within the Business, Consumer Services, and
Housing Agency to enforce civil rights laws with respect to housing and employment and to protect
and safeguard the right of all persons to obtain and hold employment without discrimination based
on specified characteristics or status. Existing law requires a private employer that has 100 or more
employees to submit an annual pay data report to the Civil Rights Department that includes the
number of employees by race, ethnicity, and sex in 10 specified job categories, the number of
employees by race, ethnicity, and sex whose pay falls within federal pay bands, within each job
category the median and mean hourly rate for employees having any combination of those
characteristics, and the total number of hours worked by each employee counted in each pay band
during the “Reporting Year,” as specified. This bill would require an employer to collect and store
any demographic information gathered by an employer or labor contractor for the purpose of
submitting the pay data report separately from employees’ personnel records, and, beginning
January 1, 2027, increase the number of job categories, as specified above, to 23. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 09/02/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #47 A-SECOND READING FILE -- SENATE BILLS
Location: 08/20/2025 - Assembly SECOND READING
SB 827 (Gonzalez) Local agency officials: training. (Amended 09/02/2025)
Existing law imposes ethics training on specified local agency officials. Existing law requires each
training to be 2 hours and requires the officials to receive each training every 2 years, and as
described otherwise, with the first training within one year of commencing service. Existing law
requires the local agency to maintain records of the trainings, as prescribed. This bill would expand
which local agency officials are required to complete the above-described ethics training to
include department heads, or other similar administrative officers, as specified, and would instead
require officials who commence service on or after January 1, 2026, to receive their initial training
within 6 months of commencing service. The bill would require the local agency to publish post
clear instructions and contact information for requesting the training records on its internet
website, as specified. This bill would additionally require 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 from these
requirements specified local agency officials if they are in compliance with existing education
requirements specific to their positions. This bill would authorize a local agency or an association
of local agencies to contract with or otherwise collaborate with a provider of a training course to
offer one or more training courses, or sets of self-study materials with tests, to its local agency
officials to meet the training requirement, as described. The bill would require the training courses
and materials to be developed in consultation with experts in local government finance. finance, as
specified. The bill would require providers of training courses to provide participants with proof of
participation for purposes of complying with specified recordkeeping requirements. The bill would
require a local agency to provide information on training available at least once annually. By
imposing additional duties on local officials, the bill would create a state-mandated local
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program.This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 09/02/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #96 A-SECOND READING FILE -- SENATE BILLS (Floor Mgr.- Wicks)
Location: 08/20/2025 - Assembly SECOND READING
Health and Human Services
AB 424 (Davies) Alcohol and other drug programs: complaints. (Amended 03/19/2025)
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment
facilities serving adults by the State Department of Health Care Services, as prescribed. Existing
law prohibits the operation, establishment, management, conduct, or maintenance of an alcohol
or other drug recovery or treatment facility to provide recovery, treatment, or detoxification services
within this state without first obtaining a current valid license. This bill would, when the department
receives a complaint against a licensed alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility, or a
complaint alleging that a facility is unlawfully operating without a license, from a member of the
public, require the department to provide, within 30 10 days of the date of the complaint, notice to
the person filing the complaint that the complaint has been received and to provide, upon closing
the complaint, notice to the person filing the complaint that the complaint has been closed and
whether the department found the facility to be in violation of the provisions governing facility
licensure and regulation. (Based on 03/19/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #481 S-SPECIAL CONSENT CALENDAR NO. 17
Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate CONSENT CALENDAR
Position: Support
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4.16.25 CP tagged as support. 4.21.25 CP sent letter to the City for review. 4/22/25: Bill was on
consent. 5.12.25 CP submitted letter. 5.15.25 CP sent to delegation 7/14/25 CP Testified in Sen
Approps.
AB 492 (Valencia) Alcohol and drug programs: licensing. (Enrollment 09/02/2025)
Under existing law, the State Department of Health Care Services is responsible for administering
prevention, treatment, and recovery services for alcohol and drug abuse and problem gambling.
Existing law authorizes the department to issue a license to operate an alcohol or other drug
recovery or treatment facility upon receipt of a completed written application, fire clearance, and
licensing fee, as specified. This bill would require the department, whenever it issues a license to
operate an alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility, to concurrently provide written
notification of the issuance of the license to the city or county in which the facility is located. The
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bill would require the notice to include the name and mailing address of the licensee and the
location of the facility. (Based on 02/10/2025 text)
Location: 09/02/2025 - Assembly ENROLLMENT
Position: Support
Notes1:
2/24/25: Jason requested in an email that the bill be tagged priority. 3/18/25: DC tagged as support.
3/21/25: SG sent to the City. 4/1/25: SG testified in support in Assembly Health. 4/4/25: EN
received final letter, submitted to Assembly Health and Assembly Appropriations, and sent to
delegation. 6/11/25: SG testified on behalf of the City in support in Senate Health. 6/13/25: DC
submitted to Senate Approps Committee and sent to delegation.
Homelessness
SB 16 (Blakespear) Ending Street Homelessness Act. (Amended 06/23/2025)
Existing law, 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. Existing law requires the housing element to consist of an identification and
analysis of existing and projected housing needs and a statement of goals, policies, quantified
objectives, financial resources, and scheduled programs for the preservation, improvement, and
development of housing, as provided. Existing law requires each city, county, and city and county
to revise its housing element according to a specified schedule, as provided. Existing 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,
and requires the appropriate council of governments, or the department for cities and counties
without a council of governments, to adopt a final regional housing need plan that allocates a share
of the regional housing need to each city, county, or city and county, as provided. At least 2 years
before a scheduled revision of the housing element, as specified, existing law requires each
council of governments, or delegate subregion as applicable, to develop, in consultation with the
department, a proposed methodology for distributing the existing and projected regional housing
need to jurisdictions, as specified. Existing law requires that the final allocation plan ensure that
the total regional housing need, by income category, determined as specified, is maintained, and
that each jurisdiction in the region receive an allocation of units for low- and very low income
households. For the 7th and subsequent revisions of the housing element, existing law also
requires that the allocation to each region include an allocation of units for acutely low and
extremely low income households. This bill, until January 1, 2032, would require the council of
governments, or delegate subregion, as applicable, in developing the proposed allocation
methodology that allocates each jurisdiction’s share of the regional housing need for acutely low
income housing, to count any newly constructed interim housing, as specified, as meeting the
needs of acutely low income households. By imposing additional duties on local governments, this
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bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other existing laws. (Based
on 06/23/2025 text)
Location: 06/09/2025 - Assembly Housing and Community Development
Position: Watch
Notes1:
4/16/25: CP tagged as watch.
SB 634 (Pérez) Local government: homelessness. (Amended 06/24/2025)
The California Constitution authorizes a county or city to make and enforce within its limits all
local, police, sanitary, and other ordinances and regulations not in conflict with general laws.
Existing law establishes procedures for the enactment of ordinances by counties and cities and
makes a violation of a county or city ordinance, as applicable, a misdemeanor unless by ordinance
it is made an infraction. This bill would prohibit a local jurisdiction from adopting a local ordinance,
or enforcing an existing ordinance, that prohibits a person or organization from providing support
services, as specified, to a person who is homeless or assisting a person who is homeless with any
act related to basic survival. The bill would define various terms for these purposes. The bill would
include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather
than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. (Based
on 06/24/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #164 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS (Floor Mgr.- Bryan)
Location: 07/17/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Housing and Land Use
AB 39 (Zbur) General plans: Local Electrification Planning Act. (Amended 07/17/2025)
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires a city or county to adopt a comprehensive
general plan for the city’s or county’s physical development that includes various elements,
including, among others, a land use element that designates the proposed general distribution and
general location and extent of the uses of the land in specified categories, and a circulation
element that identifies the location and extent of existing and proposed major thoroughfares,
transportation routes, terminals, any military airports and ports, and other local public utilities and
facilities, as specified. This bill, the Local Electrification Planning Act, would require each city,
county, or city and county, on or after January 1, 2027, but no later than January 1, 2030, to prepare
and adopt a specified plan, or integrate a plan in the next adoption or revision of the general plan,
that includes locally based goals, objectives, policies, and feasible implementation measures that
include, among other things, the identification of opportunities to expand electric vehicle charging
and other zero-emission vehicle fueling infrastructure, as specified, and includes policies and
implementation measures that address the needs of disadvantaged communities, low-income
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households, and small businesses for equitable and prioritized investments in zero-emission
technologies that directly benefit these groups. For these purposes, the bill would authorize a city,
county, or city and county to designate a previously adopted similar plan that meets the above-
described requirements, as specified. By increasing the duties of local public officials, the bill
would establish a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws. (Based on 07/17/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #137 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE (Floor Mgr.- Limón)
Location: 08/20/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
AB 87 (Boerner) Housing development: density bonuses. (Amended 08/27/2025)
Existing 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, other incentives or concessions, and waivers or reductions of development
standards, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct, among other options, specified units
and meets other requirements. This bill would specify that certain provisions of the Density Bonus
Law do not require a city, county, or city and county to approve, grant a concession or incentive
requiring approval of, or waive or reduce development standards otherwise applicable to, transient
lodging as part of a housing development, except as specified. This bill would incorporate
additional changes to Section 65915 of the Government Code proposed by SB 92 to be operative
only if this bill and SB 92 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. (Based on 08/27/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #111 A-CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
Location: 09/02/2025 - Assembly CONCURRENCE
Position: Support
Notes1:
6/16/25: CP tagged as support. 6/19/25: CP sent draft letter of support to the City. 7/1/25: DC
submitted to Sen LG and sent to Senator Blakespear's office. 7/9/25: CS testified in Support at
Senate Local Gov Committee. 9/2/25: EN resubmitted letter to portal. 9/2/25: DC sent letter to Sen.
Blakespear and Gov's office.
AB 253 (Ward) California Residential Private Permitting Review Act: residential building
permits. (Amended 08/29/2025)
Existing law, the State Housing Law, establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards
for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law authorizes a county’s or city’s governing body
to prescribe fees for permits, certificates, or other forms or documents required or authorized
under the State Housing Law. This bill, the California Residential Private Permitting Review Act,
would require a county or city to prepare a residential building permit fee schedule and post the
schedule on the county’s or city’s internet website, if the county or city prescribes residential
building permit fees. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 08/29/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #343 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE
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Position: Oppose
Notes1:
4.16.25 CP tagged as oppose 4.21.25 CP sent letter to the city 5.12.25 CP submitted 5.15.25 CP
sent to delegation 7/2/25: CS testified in Senate Local Gov. 7/15/25 CP testified in Sen Housing.
8/18/25: EN testified in Senate Appropriations in opposition on behalf of the City.
AB 301 (Schiavo) Planning and zoning: housing development projects: postentitlement phase
permits: state agencies. (Amended 07/17/2025)
Existing law relating to housing development approval requires a local agency to compile a list of
information needed to approve or deny a postentitlement phase permit, to post an example of a
complete, approved application and an example of a complete set of postentitlement phase
permits for at least 5 types of housing development projects in the jurisdiction, as specified, and to
make those items available to all applicants for these permits no later than January 1, 2024.
Existing law establishes time limits for completing reviews regarding whether an application for a
postentitlement phase permit is complete and compliant and consequences for a local agency
that fails to meet that timeline, as provided. Existing law defines “postentitlement phase permit”
to, among other things, include a range of permits issued by a local agency. This bill would require
a state agency to comply with the above-described provisions relating to postentitlement phase
permits applicable to a local agency. The bill would require a state agency to make the information
list, as described above, and the above-described examples of a complete, approved application
and a complete set of postentitlement phase permits available on the agency’s internet website by
January 1, 2026. The bill would deem a postentitlement phase permit approved, and all related
reviews complete, if a state agency fails to meet the time limits for review of an application for that
permit. The bill would revise the definition of “postentitlement phase permit” for purposes of these
provisions to, among other things, include permits issued by a state agency and any
postentitlement review by a state agency that is necessary to begin construction of a development
that is intended to be at least 2/3 residential, excluding certain discretionary and ministerial
permits and reviews and subject to specified exceptions, and would define the term “state agency”
for these purposes. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency
statute. (Based on 07/17/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #136 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE (Floor Mgr.- Grayson)
Location: 08/19/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
AB 507 (Haney) Adaptive reuse: streamlining: incentives. (Amended 08/29/2025)
Existing law, 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.
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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, subject to specified exceptions. 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 or structure 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 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.
For an adaptive reuse project including mixed uses, the bill would require at least one-half of the
square footage of the adaptive reuse project to be dedicated to residential uses. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 08/29/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #371 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE
Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
AB 590 (Lee) Social Housing Bond Act of 2026. (Introduced 02/12/2025)
Under existing law, there are programs providing assistance for, among other things, emergency
housing, multifamily housing, farmworker housing, home ownership, and downpayment
assistance for first-time home buyers. Existing law also 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 Social Housing Bond Act of 2026 which, if approved by the
voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $950,000,000 pursuant to the State
General Obligation Bond Law, to fund social housing programs, as specified. The bill would create
the California Housing Authority, which would be governed by the California Housing Authority
Board, to ensure that social housing developments that are produced and acquired align with
specified goals and would authorize the authority to issue the bonds and, upon appropriation of the
Legislature, utilize funds from other sources to build more low, very low, and extremely low income
housing. The bill would create the Social Housing Revolving Loan Fund to be used, upon
appropriation of the Legislature, to provide zero-interest loan for the purpose of constructing
housing to accommodate a mix of household incomes. The bill would provide for the submission of
the bond act to the voters at the November 3, 2026, statewide general election. This bill contains
other related provisions. (Based on 02/12/2025 text)
Location: 03/03/2025 - Assembly Housing and Community Development
AB 609 (Wicks) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: housing development
projects. (Amended 05/05/2025)
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The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or
cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project
that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to
adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires
a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant
effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is
no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the
environment. CEQA exempts from its requirements various projects, including, but not limited to,
housing projects that meet certain requirements. This bill would exempt from the requirements of
CEQA a housing development project, as defined, that meets certain conditions relating to, for
example, size, density, and location, including specific requirements for any housing on the project
site located within 500 feet of a freeway. The bill would require a local government, as a condition
of approval for the development, to require the development proponent to complete a specified
environmental assessment regarding hazardous substance releases. If a recognized environmental
condition is found, the bill would require the development proponent to complete a preliminary
endangerment assessment and specified mitigation based on that assessment. Because a lead
agency would be required to determine whether a housing development project qualifies for this
exemption, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/05/2025 text)
Location: 05/20/2025 - Senate Rules
AB 610 (Alvarez) Housing element: governmental constraints: disclosure statement.
(Amended 07/17/2025)
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. Existing law, commonly
referred to as the Housing Element Law, prescribes requirements for a city’s or county’s
preparation of, and compliance with, its housing element, and requires the Department of Housing
and Community Development to review and determine whether the housing element substantially
complies with the Housing Element Law, as specified. Existing law requires the housing element to
include an analysis of potential and actual governmental constraints upon the maintenance,
improvement, or development of housing for all income levels, including, among others, locally
adopted ordinances that directly impact the cost and supply of residential development. Existing
law also requires the analysis to demonstrate local efforts to remove governmental constraints
that hinder the locality from meeting its share of the regional housing need. This bill would require
the housing element to include, in addition to the above-described analysis, a potential and actual
governmental constraints disclosure statement that contains, among other things, an
identification of each new or amended potential or actual governmental constraint, or revision
increasing the stringency of a governmental constraint, that was adopted after the due date of the
previous housing element and before submittal of the current draft housing element to the
department. By imposing new requirements upon local governments submitting a housing
element, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would make related
findings and declarations. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill
address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all
cities, including charter cities. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 07/17/2025 text)
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Calendar: 09/03/25 #267 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE (Floor Mgr.- Grayson)
Location: 08/29/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Position: Oppose
Notes1:
3/18/25: DC tagged as oppose. 3/23/25: SG sent draft letter to the City. 4/4/25: EN received final
letter, submitted to Assembly Housing and Assembly Local Government, and sent to delegation.
4/24/25: EN testified in opposition in Assembly Housing. 4/30/25: CP testified in opposition in Asm
LG. 5.15.25 CP sent to delegation 7/1/25: CS testified in Senate Housing Committee 7/3/25: DC
submitted to Sen Local Gov. 7/16/25: CS testified in Sen Local Gov. 8/18/25: EN testified in Senate
Appropriations in opposition on behalf of the City.
AB 650 (Papan) Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation.
(Amended 08/29/2025)
Existing law, 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. Existing law requires a public
agency to administer its programs and activities relating to housing and community development in
a manner to affirmatively further fair housing, and take no action that is materially inconsistent with
its obligation to affirmatively further fair housing. Existing law defines “affirmatively furthering fair
housing,” as provided. The Planning and Zoning Law requires that a housing element include,
among other things, a program that sets forth a schedule of actions during the planning period.
Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a
standardized reporting format for programs and actions taken pursuant to the requirement to
affirmatively further fair housing. This bill would require the department to develop the above-
described standardized reporting format on or before December 31, 2026. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 08/29/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #381 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE (Floor Mgr.- Becker)
Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Position: Support
Notes1:
CalCities sponsored. 4.16.25 CP Tagged as support 4.21.25 CP sent to the city 4/24/25: EN testified
in support in Assembly Housing. 4/30/25 CP testified in support in ASM Local Gov 5.12.25 CP
submitted letter 5.15.25 CP sent to delegation 7/14/25 CP Testified in Sen Approps.
AB 712 (Wicks) Housing reform laws: enforcement actions: fines and penalties. (Amended
07/03/2025)
Existing law within the Planning and Zoning Law describes various reforms and incentives enacted
by the Legislature to facilitate and expedite the construction of affordable housing. Existing law
within the Planning and Zoning Law, in certain civil actions or proceedings against a public entity
that has issued specified approvals for a housing development, authorizes a court to award all
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reasonably incurred costs of suit to a prevailing public entity or nonprofit housing corporation that
is a real party in interest and the permit applicant of the low- or moderate-income housing if the
court makes specified findings. This bill, where the applicant for a housing development is a
prevailing party in an action brought by the applicant to enforce the public agency’s compliance
with a housing reform law as applied to the applicant’s housing development project, would entitle
an applicant for a housing development project to reasonable attorney’s fees and costs and would
require a court to impose fines on a local agency, as specified. The bill would extend any period of
limitation for actions under any state law for a period of 60 days beginning on the date the applicant
provides written notice to the local agency indicating its intent to commence an action. The bill
would prohibit a public agency from requiring the applicant to indemnify, defend, or hold harmless
the public agency in any action alleging the public agency violated the applicant’s rights or deprived
the applicant of the benefits or protection provide by a housing reform law. The bill would define
housing reform law as a law that establishes or facilitates protections for the benefit of applicants
for housing development projects or imposes limitations on a public agency for the benefit of
housing development projects. (Based on 07/03/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #151 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE (Floor Mgr.- Caballero)
Location: 08/20/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
AB 736 (Wicks) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026. (Amended 04/10/2025)
Under existing law, there are programs providing assistance for, among other things, emergency
housing, multifamily housing, farmworker housing, home ownership for very low and low-income
households, and downpayment assistance for first-time home buyers. Existing law also 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 2026, 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 home
ownership programs, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome
Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program. This bill contains other related
provisions. (Based on 04/10/2025 text)
Location: 06/04/2025 - Senate Rules
AB 996 (Pellerin) Public Resources: sea level rise plans. (Amended 05/23/2025)
Existing law requires local governments lying in whole or in part within the coastal zone or within
the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission to, on or
before January 1, 2034, develop a sea level rise plan with specified required content as part of a
local coastal program that is subject to approval by the California Coastal Commission or the San
Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. This bill would authorize the
applicable commission, when approving a local coastal plan or an amendment to a local coastal
plan, to deem existing sea level rise information or plans prepared by a local government to satisfy
the content requirements for a sea level rise plan. The bill would provide that local governments are
encouraged, on or before January 1, 2029, to consult with the California Coastal Commission, in a
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voluntary early consultation, regarding sea level rise plans in the preparation of a local coastal
program or an amendment to a local coastal program. (Based on 05/23/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #507 S-SPECIAL CONSENT CALENDAR NO. 17
Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate CONSENT CALENDAR
Position: Support
Notes1:
5.19.25 CP tagged as watch for the city. 6.16.25 CP tagged as support . 6.19.25 CP sent letter to the
city. 6/24/25: SG testified in Sen NRW in support. 6.30.25: CP City signed on to a coalition letter
and will not provide an individual letter. 7.7.25 CP testified in Sen Appr
AB 1007 (Rubio, Blanca) Land use: development project review. (Amended 08/29/2025)
Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, requires a public agency that is the lead agency for a
development project to approve or disapprove a development project within specified time
periods. The act requires a public agency that is a responsible agency for specified development
projects to approve or disapprove the project within 90 days of the date on which the lead agency
has approved the project or within 90 days of the date on which the completed application has
been received and accepted as complete by the lead agency, whichever is longer. This bill would
reduce the time period that a responsible agency is required to approve or disapprove a project, as
described above, from 90 days to 45 days, except as provided. By increasing the duties of local
officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would include findings
that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal
affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 08/29/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #414 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE
Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
AB 1154 (Carrillo) Junior accessory dwelling units. (Amended 07/03/2025)
The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, provides for the creation of junior accessory
dwelling units by local ordinance, or, if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance, by ministerial
approval, in accordance with specified standards and conditions. Existing law requires an
ordinance that provides for the creation of a junior accessory dwelling unit to, among other things,
require owner-occupancy in the single-family residence in which the junior accessory dwelling unit
is permitted. Under this bill, that owner-occupancy requirement would apply only if the junior
accessory dwelling unit has shared sanitation facilities with the existing structure. The bill would
require an ordinance that provides for the creation of a junior accessory dwelling unit to require
that a rental of a junior accessory dwelling unit be for a term longer than 30 days. By imposing new
duties on local governments with respect to the approval of junior accessory dwelling units, the bill
would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws. (Based on 07/03/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #128 A-CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
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Position: Watch
AB 1308 (Hoover) Residential building permits: inspections: Housing Accountability Act.
(Amended 07/10/2025)
Existing law, the State Housing Law, establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards
for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law requires a county’s or city’s building
department to enforce the State Housing Law and the California Building Standards Code, and
other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the State Housing Law pertaining to standards
for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law requires a county or city, upon the applicant’s
request, to contract with or employ temporarily a private entity or person to check the plans and
specifications submitted with an application for a residential building permit to comply with the
State Housing Law or local ordinances adopted pursuant to the State Housing Law, when the
building department takes more than 30 days, as specified, to complete the plan check. Existing
law authorizes an enforcement agency to inspect any building to secure compliance with the State
Housing Law and the California Building Standards Code, and other rules and regulations
promulgated pursuant to the State Housing Law. This bill would require the building department to
conduct an inspection of the permitted work for specified new residential constructions of a
building and residential additions to an existing building within 10 business days of receiving a
notice of the completion of the permitted work authorized by a building permit issued for those
projects. By imposing new duties on local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 07/10/2025 text)
Location: 08/28/2025 - Senate DESK
SB 9 (Arreguín) Accessory Dwelling Units: ordinances. (Amended 06/19/2025)
The Planning and Zoning Law provides for the creation of an accessory dwelling unit by local
ordinance, or, if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance, by ministerial approval, in
accordance with specified standards. The law requires a local agency to submit an accessory
dwelling unit ordinance to the Department of Housing and Community Development within 60 days
after adoption. The law authorizes the department to submit written findings to a local agency as to
whether the ordinance complies with the standards. If the department finds that the ordinance
does not comply with the standards, the law requires the department to provide a local agency
reasonable time, no longer than 30 days, to respond to its findings. If the local agency does not
amend its ordinance in response to those findings or does not adopt a resolution with findings
explaining the reason the ordinance complies with the standards and addressing the department’s
findings, the law requires the department to notify the local agency and authorizes the department
to notify the Attorney General that the local agency is in violation of state law. This bill would
invalidate the ordinance if the local agency fails to submit a copy of the ordinance to the
department within 60 days of adoption or fails to respond to the department’s findings that the
ordinance does not comply with the standards within 30 days, as described above. (Based
on 06/19/2025 text)
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Position: Watch
SB 79 (Wiener) Housing development: transit-oriented development. (Amended 09/02/2025)
Existing law, 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, and
specified land outside its boundaries, that contains certain mandatory elements, including a
housing element. Existing law requires that the housing element consist of an identification and
analysis of existing and projected housing needs and a statement of goals, policies, quantified
objectives, financial resources, and scheduled programs for the preservation, improvement, and
development of housing, as specified. Existing law requires that the housing element include,
among other things, an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and
constraints that are relevant to the meeting of these needs, including an inventory of land suitable
for residential development, as provided. Existing 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, as specified, and requires the
appropriate council of local governments, or the department for cities and counties without a
council of governments, to adopt a final regional housing need plan that allocates a share of the
regional housing need to each locality in the region. Existing law requires the inventory of land to be
used to identify sites throughout the community that can be developed for housing within the
planning period and that are sufficient to provide for the jurisdiction’s share of the regional housing
need. Existing law requires each local government to revise its housing element in accordance with
a specified schedule. This bill would require that a housing development project, as defined, within
a specified distance of a transit-oriented development (TOD) stop, as defined, be an allowed use as
a transit-oriented housing development on any site zoned for residential, mixed, or commercial
development, if the development complies with applicable requirements, as specified. Among
these requirements, the bill would require a project to include at least 5 dwelling units and
establish requirements concerning height limits, density, and floor area ratio in accordance with a
development’s proximity to specified tiers of TOD stops, as provided. The bill would provide that,
for the purposes of the Housing Accountability Act, a proposed development consistent with the
applicable standards of these provisions as well as applicable local objective general plan and
zoning standards shall be deemed consistent, compliant, and in conformity with prescribed
requirements, as specified. The bill would provide that a local government that denies a project
meeting the requirements of these provisions located in a high-resource area, as defined, would be
presumed in violation of the Housing Accountability Act, as specified, and immediately liable for
penalties, beginning on January 1, 2027, as provided. These provisions would not apply to a local
agency until July 1, 2026, except as specified. The bill would specify that a development proposed
pursuant to these provisions is eligible for streamlined, ministerial approval pursuant to specified
law, except that the bill would exempt a project under these provisions from specified
requirements, and would specify that the project is required to comply with certain affordability
requirements, under that law. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 09/02/2025 text)
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Location: 08/20/2025 - Assembly SECOND READING
Position: Oppose
Notes1:
3/18/25: DC tagged as oppose. 3/23/25: CP sent draft letter to the City. 4/4/25: EN received final
letter, submitted to Senate Housing and Senate Local Government, and sent to delegation.
4/24/25: DC submitted letter to Sen LG. 5.15.25 CP sent to delegation 7/1/25: DC submitted to Asm
HCD and sent to Assemblymember Boerner. 7/2/25: Council Member Melanie Burkholder testified
in opposition in Assembly HCD. 7.4.25 CP submitted to Asm. Local Gov. 7/10/25: DC submitted to
Asm LG, Asm HCD, and Asm Nat Resources. 7/16/25 CP testified in Asm LG.
SB 92 (Blakespear) Housing development: density bonuses. (Amended 07/07/2025)
Existing 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, other incentives or concessions, and waivers or reductions of development
standards, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct specified units and meets other
requirements. This bill would specify that a concession and incentive shall not result in a proposed
project, as prescribed, with a specified commercial floor area ratio. The bill would also specify that
certain provisions of the Density Bonus Law do not require a city, county, or city and county to
approve, grant a concession or incentive requiring approval of, or waive or reduce development
standards otherwise applicable to, transient lodging as part of a housing development, except as
specified. (Based on 07/07/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #173 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS (Floor Mgr.- Ward)
Location: 08/18/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Position: Support
Notes1:
CP: 6.20.25: Sent letter to city 7/1/25: DC submitted to Asm HCD and sent to Assemblymember
Boerner. 7/2/25: Council Member Melanie Burkholder testified in support in Assembly HCD.
7/10/25: DC submitted to Asm LG and Asm HCD and sent to delegation and Gov's office. 7/16/25
CP testified in Asm. LG.
SB 262 (Wahab) Housing element: prohousing designations: prohousing local policies.
(Amended 08/28/2025)
Existing law, 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, and
specified land outside its boundaries, that includes, among other specified mandatory elements, a
housing element. Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development
to determine whether the housing element is in substantial compliance with those provisions.
Existing law requires the department to designate jurisdictions as prohousing pursuant to
emergency regulations adopted by the department, as prescribed. Existing law requires that
jurisdictions that are prohousing and that are in substantial compliance with specified provisions
be awarded additional points or preference in the scoring of applications for specified state
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programs. Existing law defines “prohousing local policies” for these purposes and specifies a
nonexhaustive list of examples of those policies, including local financial incentives for housing
and adoption of zoning allowing for use by right for residential and mixed-use development. This bill
would include in the definition of “prohousing local policies” policies that keep people housed, and
would include additional examples of prohousing local policies under the above-described
provisions, as specified. (Based on 08/28/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #190 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS (Floor Mgr.- Ahrens)
Location: 08/21/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
SB 346 (Durazo) Local agencies: transient occupancy taxes: short-term rental facilitator.
(Enrollment 09/02/2025)
Existing law authorizes a local authority, by ordinance or resolution, to regulate the occupancy of a
room or rooms, or other living space, in a hotel, inn, tourist home or house, motel, or other lodging
for a period of less than 30 days. This bill would authorize a local agency, defined to mean a city,
county, or city and county, to enact an ordinance to require a short-term rental facilitator, as
defined, to report, in the form and manner prescribed by the local agency, the physical address,
including 9-digit ZIP Code, of each short-term rental, as defined, during the reporting period. The
bill would also authorize a local agency to request additional information, as provided, when the
physical address is not sufficient for the local agency to identify a specific short-term rental. The
bill would authorize the local agency to impose an administrative fine or penalty for failure to file
the report, and would authorize the local agency to initiate an audit of a short-term rental
facilitator, as described. The bill would require a short-term rental facilitator, in a jurisdiction that
has adopted an ordinance, to include in the listing of a short-term rental any applicable local
license number associated with the short-term rental and any transient occupancy tax certification
issued by a local agency. The bill would state these provisions do not preempt a local agency from
adopting an ordinance that regulates short-term rentals, short-term rental facilitators, or the
payment and collection of transient occupancy taxes in a manner that differs from those described
in the bill. (Based on 07/07/2025 text)
Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate ENROLLMENT
Position: Support
Notes1:
4.16.25 CP Tagged support, Dani drafting letter 4.21.25 CP sent to city 5/6/25: EN testified in
support in Senate Judiciary. 5.12.25 CP submitted letter 5.15.25 CP sent to delegation 6/11/25: DC
submitted to Assembly Local Government. 7.2.25 DH testified Asm Loc Gov 7/3/25: DC submitted
to Asm Local Gov. 7/3/25: DC submitted to Asm Jud and Asm Local Gov. 7/15/25: CS testified in
Asm Judiciary.
SB 358 (Becker) Mitigation Fee Act: mitigating vehicular traffic impacts. (Amended 07/07/2025)
Existing law, 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. Existing 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 that fee, if the
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housing development satisfies all of certain prescribed characteristics, to reflect a lower rate of
automobile trip generation associated with such housing developments in comparison with
housing developments without the prescribed characteristics, unless the local agency adopts
findings after a public hearing establishing that the housing development, even with those
characteristics, would not generate fewer automobile trips than a housing development without
those characteristics. This bill would require those findings to be supported by substantial
evidence in the record before or as part of the housing development project approval process. This
bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 07/07/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #193 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS (Floor Mgr.- Ward)
Location: 08/21/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Position: Oppose
Notes1:
4.16.25 CP tagged as oppose 4.21.25 CP sent letter to the City. 4/30/25: EN testified in opposition
Senate Local Government. 5.12.25 CP submitted letter 5.15.25 CP sent to delegation 7.2.25 CP
testified in Asm Loc Gov 7/3/25: DC submitted to Asm LG.
SB 417 (Cabaldon) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026. (Introduced 02/18/2025)
Under existing law, there are programs providing assistance for, among other things, emergency
housing, multifamily housing, farmworker housing, home ownership for very low and low-income
households, and downpayment assistance for first-time home buyers. Existing law also 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 2026, 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 home
ownership 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 June 2, 2026, statewide primary election, in
accordance with specified law. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute. (Based on 02/18/2025 text)
Location: 02/18/2025 - Senate Rules
SB 543 (McNerney) Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units. (Enrollment
09/02/2025)
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, provides for the creation by
ordinance, or by ministerial approval if the local agency has not adopted an ordinance, of an
accessory dwelling unit (ADU) or a junior accessory dwelling unit (JADU) in accordance with
specified standards and conditions. Existing law defines the term “junior accessory dwelling unit”
for these purposes to mean a unit that is no more than 500 square feet in size and contained
entirely within a single-family structure. This bill would revise the definition of a “junior accessory
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dwelling unit” to require the size of a JADU to be no more than 500 square feet of interior livable
space. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 07/08/2025 text)
Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate ENROLLMENT
SB 838 (Durazo) Housing Accountability Act: housing development projects. (Amended
07/17/2025)
Existing law, 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. Existing law defines, for its purposes, a
housing development project as a use consisting of, among other things, mixed-use developments
consisting of residential and nonresidential uses meeting one of several conditions, including that
at least 2/3 of the new or converted square footage is designated for residential use. This bill would
revise the definition of “housing development project” to, in the case of mixed-use developments
with at least 2/3 of the new or converted square footage designated for residential use, require that
no portion of the project be designated for use as a hotel, motel, bed and breakfast inn, or other
transient lodging, except as specified. (Based on 07/17/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #177 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS
Location: 08/18/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Notes1:
4/11/25 CP tagged for the city.
Open Meetings and Transparency
SB 707 (Durazo) Open meetings: meeting and teleconference requirements. (Amended
09/02/2025)
Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a
legislative body, as defined, of a local agency be open and public and that all persons be permitted
to attend and participate. This bill would, beginning July 1, 2026, and until January 1, 2030, require
an eligible legislative body, as defined, to comply with additional meeting requirements, including
that, except as specified, all open and public meetings include an opportunity for members of the
public to attend via a 2-way telephonic service or a 2-way audiovisual platform, as defined, and
that the eligible legislative body take specified actions to encourage residents to participate in
public meetings, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 09/02/2025 text)
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Location: 08/20/2025 - Assembly SECOND READING
Position: Oppose Unless Amended
Notes1:
3/18/25: DC tagged as watch. 8/18/25: EN received oppose unless amended letter, tagged as
oppose unless amended, and submitted to portal. 8/18/25: DC sent letter to City's delegation and
Gov's office.
Public Safety and EMS
AB 237 (Patel) Crimes: threats. (Amended 07/03/2025)
Existing law makes it a crime to willfully threaten to commit a crime that will result in death or great
bodily injury to another person, with the specific intent that the statement is to be taken as a threat
that, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is made, is so unequivocal, unconditional,
immediate, and specific as to convey to the person threatened a gravity of purpose and an
immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and thereby reasonably causes the threatened
person to be in sustained fear for their own safety or the safety of their immediate family, as
defined. Under existing law, this crime is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for no more
than one year for a misdemeanor, or by imprisonment in state prison for a felony. This bill would
make it a crime for a person to willfully threaten, by any means, including, but not limited to, an
image or threat posted or published on an internet web page, to commit a crime at specified
locations, including a daycare and workplace, with specific intent that the statement is be taken as
a threat, even if there is no intent of actually carrying it out, if the threat, on its face and under the
circumstances in which it is made is so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as to
convey to the person or persons threatened a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect of
execution of the threat, and if the threat causes a person or person to reasonably be in sustained
fear for their own safety or the safety of others at the specified locations. This bill would make this
crime, for a person 18 years of age or older, punishable as a wobbler by imprisonment in the county
jail for not more than one year or by imprisonment in the county jail for 16 months or 2 or 3 years. If
a person under 18 years of age commits this crime, the bill would require the person to be referred
to specified services in lieu of being declared a ward of the court, if eligible. If the person is
ineligible, the bill would require the offense to be punished as a misdemeanor. By creating a new
crime and imposing additional duties on local governments, this bill would create a state-
mandated local program. This bill contains other existing laws. (Based on 07/03/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #236 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE
Location: 08/29/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Position: Support
Notes1:
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6.3.25 CP Drafted letter of support for Senate Public Safety Committee 6.16.25 CP tagged support
6.19.25 CP sent to city 7.1.25 CP Testified in Support in Sen Pub Saf 7/1/25: DC submitted to Sen
PS and sent to Senator Blakespear. 7.1.25 CP Testified in Senate Public Safety 8/18/25: EN testified
in Senate Appropriations in support on behalf of the City.
AB 379 (Schultz) Crimes: prostitution. (Chaptered 07/30/2025)
Current existing law, a person who solicits, or who agrees to engage in, or who engages in, any act
of prostitution is guilty of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. Under existing law, if the person
solicited was under 16 years of age, or if the person solicited was under 18 years of age at the time
of the offense and the person solicited was a victim of human trafficking, the offense is punishable
as a misdemeanor by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year and a fine not to
exceed $10,000 or as a felony by imprisonment in the county jail for 16 months or 2 or 3 years. This
bill would additionally make that increased punishment applicable if the solicited minor was more
than 3 years younger than the defendant at the time of the offense. The bill would require a
defendant subject to that increased punishment, if granted probation, to successfully complete an
education program on human trafficking and the exploitation of children, as specified. The bill
would make it a misdemeanor for any person to loiter in any public place with the intent to
purchase commercial sex, as specified. The bill would make any person who violates that crime or
who commits prostitution in exchange for providing compensation, money, or anything of value to
the other person subject to an additional fine of $1,000, and would establish the Survivor Support
Fund and require that additional fine be deposited in the fund. The bill would require the California
Victim Compensation Board to establish a grant program to provide grants to community-based
organizations that provide direct services and outreach to victims of sex trafficking and
exploitation, and would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, authorize moneys in the Survivor
Support Fund to be used for the purposes of that grant program. By creating a new crime and
increasing the punishment of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local
program. (Based on 07/30/2025 text)
Location: 07/30/2025 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Position: Support
Notes1:
6.16.25 CP tagged as support 6.19.25 CP sent to city 7/1/25: DC submitted to Sen Appr and sent to
Senator Blakespear. 7.7.25 CP testified in Senate Appr.
AB 438 (Hadwick) Authorized emergency vehicles. (Amended 05/29/2025)
Existing law authorizes the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol to issue authorized
emergency vehicle permits for certain vehicles, including any vehicle owned and operated by a
public utility and any vehicle owned and operated by a fire company, as specified, upon a finding
that the vehicle is used in responding to emergency calls for fire or law enforcement, the
immediate preservation of life or property, or the apprehension of law violators. This bill would
authorize the commissioner to issue an emergency vehicle permit to any vehicle owned by a
county, city, or city and county office of emergency services only while that vehicle is being used by
a public employee who is employed by the office in responding to any disaster. (Based
on 05/29/2025 text)
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Calendar: 09/03/25 #116 A-CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
Location: 09/02/2025 - Assembly CONCURRENCE
AB 1127 (Gabriel) Firearms: converter pistols. (Amended 08/29/2025)
Existing law prohibits any person from selling, leasing, or transferring any firearm unless the person
is licensed as a firearms dealer, as specified. Existing law prescribes certain requirements and
prohibitions for licensed firearms dealers. A violation of any of these requirements or prohibitions
is grounds for forfeiture of a firearms dealer’s license. For purposes of these provisions, existing
law defines “machinegun” to mean, among other definitions, any weapon that shoots or is
designed to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single
function of the trigger. This bill would prohibit a licensed firearms dealer to sell, offer for sale,
exchange, give, transfer, or deliver any semiautomatic machinegun-convertible pistol, except as
specified. For these purposes, the bill would define “machinegun-convertible pistol” as any
semiautomatic pistol with a cruciform trigger bar that can be readily converted by hand or with
common household tools into a machinegun by the installation or attachment of a pistol converter,
as specified, and “pistol converter” as any device or instrument that, when installed in or attached
to the rear of the slide of a semiautomatic pistol, replaces the backplate and interferes with the
trigger mechanism and thereby enables the pistol to shoot automatically more than one shot by a
single function of the trigger. The bill would make a violation of these provisions punishable by a
fine, a 2nd violation punishable by a fine that may result in a suspension or revocation of the
dealer’s license and removal from certain centralized lists maintained by the Department of
Justice, and a 3rd violation punishable as a misdemeanor that shall result in the revocation of the
dealer’s license and removal from certain centralized lists. (Based on 08/29/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #426 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE (Floor Mgr.- Blakespear)
Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
AB 1178 (Pacheco) Peace officers: confidentiality of records. (Amended 08/29/2025)
Existing law, the California Public Records Act, generally requires public records to be open for
inspection by the public. Existing law provides numerous exceptions to this requirement. Under
existing law, the personnel records of peace officers and custodial officers are confidential and not
subject to public inspection. Existing law provides certain exemptions to this confidentiality,
including the reports, investigations, and findings of certain incidents involving the use of force by a
peace officer. Existing law authorizes an agency to redact the records disclosed for specified
purposes including, among others, to remove personal data or information, as specified, and
where there is a specific, articulable, and particularized reason to believe that disclosure of the
record would pose a significant danger to the physical safety of the peace officer, custodial officer,
or another person. This bill would require a court in an action to compel disclosure pursuant to
specified provisions, in determining whether there is a specific, articulable, and particularized
reason to believe that disclosure of the record would pose a significant danger to the physical
safety of a person, to consider whether a particular peace officer’s duties demand
anonymity. (Based on 08/29/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #428 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE
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SB 28 (Umberg) Treatment court program standards. (Amended 05/23/2025)
Existing law, the Drug Court Programs Act, authorizes counties to implement a drug court program,
that, if implemented, requires a county alcohol and drug program administrator and the presiding
judge in the county to develop a plan that includes, among other things, drug courts for juvenile
offenders and drug courts for parents of children in certain family law cases. Existing law requires
counties and courts that opt to have treatment court programs to design and operate the programs
in accordance with state and national guidelines. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to, by
no later than January 1, 2026, revise the standards of judicial administration to reflect state and
nationally recognized best practices and guidelines for collaborative programs including those
described in these provisions. Existing law, the Treatment-Mandated Felony Act, an initiative
measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 36 at the November 5, 2024, statewide general
election, authorizes certain defendants convicted of specified felonies or misdemeanors to
participate in a treatment program, upon court approval, in lieu of a jail or prison sentence, or grant
of probation with jail as a condition of probation, if specified criteria are met. The Legislature may
amend this initiative by a statute passed in each house by a rollcall vote entered in the journal, 2/3
of the membership concurring, or by a statute that becomes effective only when approved by the
voters. This bill would include a new standard that, as part of the treatment court program, a drug
addiction expert, as defined, conducts a substance abuse and mental health evaluation of the
defendant, and submits the report to the court and the parties. The bill would remove the
requirement that the Judicial Council revise the standards of judicial administration. The bill would
require that a treatment program that complies with existing judicial standards be offered to a
person that is eligible for treatment pursuant to the Treatment-Mandated Felony Act. By requiring
the court to implement a treatment program that complies with existing judicial standards, the bill
would amend that initiative statute. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 05/23/2025 text)
Location: 06/05/2025 - Assembly Public Safety
SB 524 (Arreguín) Law enforcement agencies: artificial intelligence. (Amended 09/02/2025)
Existing law generally provides for the regulation of law enforcement agencies, including, among
other things, requiring each local law enforcement agency to conspicuously post on their internet
websites all current standards, policies, practices, operating procedures, and education and
training materials that would otherwise be available to the public under specified circumstances.
This bill would require each law enforcement agency to maintain a policy to require an official
report prepared by a law enforcement officer or any member of a law enforcement agency that is
generated using artificial intelligence either fully or partially to include specified information,
including a disclosure statement and the signature of the law enforcement officer or member of a
law enforcement agency who prepared the official report, as specified. If an officer or any member
of an agency uses artificial intelligence to create an official report, the bill would require the first
draft created to be retained for as long as the official report is retained. The bill would, except for
the official report, prohibit a draft of any report created with the use of artificial intelligence from
constituting an officer’s statement. The bill would require an agency utilizing artificial intelligence
to generate a first draft or official report to maintain an audit trail that identifies, at a minimum,
certain things, including the person who used artificial intelligence to create a report. The bill would
prohibit a contracted vendor from sharing, selling, or otherwise using information provided by a law
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enforcement agency to be processed by artificial intelligence, except as provided. The bill would
define terms for purposes of these provisions. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws. (Based on 09/02/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #52 A-SECOND READING FILE -- SENATE BILLS (Floor Mgr.- Schultz)
Location: 08/20/2025 - Assembly SECOND READING
Notes1:
5.9.25 CP tagged priority
SB 627 (Wiener) Law enforcement: masks. (Amended 08/21/2025)
Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to wear a mask, false whiskers, or any personal disguise, as
specified, with the purpose of evading or escaping discovery, recognition, or identification while
committing a public offense, or for concealment, flight, evasion, or escape from arrest or
conviction for any public offense. This bill would make it a crime for a law enforcement officer to
wear a facial covering in the performance of their duties, except as specified. The bill would define
law enforcement officer as anyone designated by California law as a peace officer and any officer
or agent of a federal law enforcement agency, or any person acting on behalf of a federal law
enforcement agency. The bill would make a violation of these provisions punishable as an
infraction or a misdemeanor, as specified. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-
mandated local program. The bill would require state and local law enforcement agencies, as
defined, on or before July 1, 2026, to adopt a policy to regulate the use of facial coverings pursuant
to these provisions. The bill would require any law enforcement agency operating in California to
maintain and publicly post a written policy limiting the use of facial coverings, as specified. The bill
would exempt personnel of any agency from the crime of wearing a facial covering if an agency
maintains a policy pursuant to this section. The bill would deem a policy consistent with these
provisions for the purposes of that exception unless a member of the public, an oversight body, or
a local governing authority challenges it. The bill would also impose a specified civil penalty against
certain officers for tortious conduct, including, but not limited to, false imprisonment or false
arrest of an individual while wearing a facial covering. The bill would, if the agency does not address
deficiencies within 90 days, authorize the complaining party to proceed to a court of competent
jurisdiction for a judicial determination of the exemption, as specified. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 08/21/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #212 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS (Floor Mgr.- Carrillo)
Location: 08/25/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Notes1:
6.16.25 tagged for check in
SB 635 (Durazo) Food vendors and facilities: enforcement activities. (Amended 09/02/2025)
Existing law authorizes a local authority, as defined, to adopt a program to regulate sidewalk
vendors if the program complies with specified standards. These standards include restricting the
local authority from requiring a sidewalk vendor to operate within specific parts of the public right-
of-way, except when that restriction is directly related to objective health, safety, or welfare
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concerns. A violation of these provisions is punishable only by an administrative fine, as specified.
This bill would prohibit a local authority, except as otherwise required by federal law, from
providing voluntary consent to an immigration enforcement agent to access, review, or obtain
certain records of the local authority that include personally identifiable information of any
sidewalk vendors in the jurisdiction without a subpoena or judicial warrant. The bill would also
prohibit a local authority and its personnel from disclosing or providing in writing, verbally, or in any
other manner personally identifiable information of any sidewalk vendor that is requested for
purposes of immigration enforcement, except pursuant to a valid judicial warrant. The bill would
define “personally identifiable information,” for these purposes, to include an individual’s name,
business name, home address, business address, birthdate, telephone number, California driver’s
license or identification, and other related information. The bill would also define “immigration
enforcement” for these purposes. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 09/02/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #65 A-SECOND READING FILE -- SENATE BILLS
Location: 08/20/2025 - Assembly SECOND READING
SB 680 (Rubio) Sex offender registration: unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. (Amended
05/23/2025)
Existing law, the Sex Offender Registration Act (act), requires a person convicted of specified
crimes to register with law enforcement as a sex offender while residing in California or while
attending school or working in California, as specified. Existing law establishes 3 tiers of
registration based on specified criteria, for periods of at least 10 years, at least 20 years, and life,
respectively, for a conviction of specified sex offenses. Existing law exempts from mandatory
registration under the act a person convicted of certain offenses involving minors if the person is
not more than 10 years older than the minor and if that offense is the only one requiring the person
to register. A willful failure to register, as required by the act, is a misdemeanor or felony,
depending on the underlying offense. This bill would require offenders convicted of engaging in an
act of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor who is more than 3 years younger than the offender
or, if the offender was 21 years of age or older, engaging in an act of unlawful sexual intercourse
with a minor who is under 16 years of age, if the offense occurred on or after January 1, 2026, to
register for 10 years as a tier one offender under the act, unless the offender was not more than 10
years older than the minor and if that offense is the only one requiring the offender to register. By
expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/23/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #288 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS (Floor Mgr.- Krell)
Location: 09/02/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Transportation and Public Works
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AB 382 (Berman) Pedestrian safety: school zones: speed limits. (Amended 06/26/2025)
Existing 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. Existing 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, notwithstanding the above provision and until January 1, 2029, 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, 2029, establish a prima
facie speed limit of 20 miles per hour in a school zone, as defined, subject to specified conditions,
including, among others, when a school speed limit sign states “children are present” and children
are present, as defined, and when a school speed limit sign states specific hours, as specified. By
establishing new prima facie speed limits in school zones that would require changes to local
speed limit signs, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 06/26/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #246 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE
Location: 08/29/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
AB 440 (Ramos) Suicide prevention. (Amended 04/10/2025)
Existing law authorizes the State Department of Public Health to establish the Office of Suicide
Prevention. Existing law authorizes the office, if established, to perform certain functions,
including, among others, conducting state-level assessment of regional and statewide suicide
prevention policies and practices and reporting on progress to reduce rates of suicide. This bill
would require the office to work with the Department of Transportation to identify cost-effective
strategies to reduce suicides and suicide attempts on the state’s bridges and roadways. This bill
would require the office to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature and specified policy
committees on the strategies that it identifies on or before December 31, 2027. The bill would
repeal its provisions on January 1, 2029. (Based on 04/10/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #482 S-SPECIAL CONSENT CALENDAR NO. 17
Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate CONSENT CALENDAR
AB 545 (Davies) Vehicles: electric bicycles. (Chaptered 07/14/2025)
Existing law defines an electric bicycle and classifies electric bicycles into 3 classes with different
restrictions. Under existing law, a “class 1 electric bicycle” is a bicycle equipped with a motor that,
among other things, provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling and ceases to provide
assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour. Under existing law, a “class 2
electric bicycle” is a bicycle equipped with a motor that may be used exclusively to propel the
bicycle and is not capable of providing assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles
per hour. Under existing law, a “class 3 electric bicycle” is a bicycle equipped with a speedometer
and a motor that, in pertinent part, provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that
ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 28 miles per hour. Existing law
prohibits a person from selling a product or device that can modify the speed capability of an
electric bicycle so that it no longer meets the definition of an electric bicycle. A violation of the
Vehicle Code is an infraction. This bill would also prohibit a person from selling an application that
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can modify the speed capability of an electric bicycle. By creating a new prohibition with respect to
the modification of an electric bicycle, the violation of which is an infraction, this bill would impose
a state-mandated local program. (Based on 07/14/2025 text)
Location: 07/14/2025 - Assembly CHAPTERED
AB 965 (Dixon) Vehicles: electric bicycles. (Chaptered 07/28/2025)
Existing law defines an electric bicycle and classifies electric bicycles into 3 classes with different
restrictions. Under existing law, a “class 1 electric bicycle” is a bicycle equipped with a motor that,
among other things, provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling and ceases to provide
assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour. Under existing law, a “class 2
electric bicycle” is a bicycle equipped with a motor that may be used exclusively to propel the
bicycle and is not capable of providing assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles
per hour. Under existing law, a “class 3 electric bicycle” is a bicycle equipped with a speedometer
and a motor that, in pertinent part, provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that
ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 28 miles per hour. Existing law
prohibits a person under 16 years of age from operating a class 3 electric bicycle. A violation of this
provision is punishable as an infraction. This bill would prohibit a person from selling a class 3
electric bicycle to a person under 16 years of age and would make a violation of that prohibition an
infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed $250. By creating a new infraction, this bill would
impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws. (Based on 07/28/2025 text)
Location: 07/28/2025 - Assembly CHAPTERED
AB 978 (Hoover) Department of Transportation and local agencies: streets and highways:
recycled materials. (Amended 07/01/2025)
The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 requires the Director of Transportation,
upon consultation with the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, to review and
modify all bid specifications relating to the purchase of paving materials and base, subbase, and
pervious backfill materials using certain recycled materials. Existing law requires the specifications
to be based on standards developed by the Department of Transportation for recycled paving
materials and for recycled base, subbase, and pervious backfill materials. Existing law requires a
local agency that has jurisdiction over a street or highway, to the extent feasible and cost effective,
to apply standard specifications that allow for the use of recycled materials in streets and
highways, except as provided. Existing law requires, until January 1, 2027, those standard
specifications to allow recycled materials at or above the level allowed in the department’s
standard specifications that went into effect on October 22, 2018, for specified materials. This bill
would indefinitely require a local agency’s standard specifications to allow recycled materials at a
level no less than the level allowed in the department’s specifications for those specified
materials. If a local agency’s standard specifications do not allow for the use of recycled materials
at a level that is equal to or greater than the level allowed in the department’s standard
specifications on the basis that the use of those recycled materials at those levels is not feasible,
the bill would authorize a person bidding on a contract to supply materials subject to those
specifications to request the local agency to provide the reason for that determination upon
request and would require the local agency to respond to that request, as specified. By increasing
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the duties of local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 07/01/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #101 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE (Floor Mgr.- Strickland)
Location: 07/08/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
SB 71 (Wiener) California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: transit projects. (Amended
09/02/2025)
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or
cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project
that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to
adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires
a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant
effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is
no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the
environment. CEQA, until January 1, 2030, exempts from its requirements active transportation
plans, pedestrian plans, or bicycle transportation plans for the restriping of streets and highways,
bicycle parking and storage, signal timing to improve street and highway intersection operations,
and the related signage for bicycles, pedestrians, and vehicles. This bill would extend the operation
of the above-mentioned exemption indefinitely. The bill would also exempt a transit
comprehensive operational analysis, as defined, a transit route readjustment, or other transit
agency route addition, elimination, or modification, from the requirements of CEQA. Because a
lead agency would be required to determine whether a plan qualifies for this exemption, the bill
would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws. (Based on 09/02/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #14 A-SECOND READING FILE -- SENATE BILLS
Location: 08/20/2025 - Assembly SECOND READING
SB 274 (Cervantes) Automated license plate recognition systems. (Amended 07/17/2025)
Existing law prohibits a public agency, which includes the state, a city, a county, a city and county,
or any agency or political subdivision of the state, a city, a county, or a city and county, including,
but not limited to, a law enforcement agency, from selling, sharing, or transferring automated
license plate recognition (ALPR) information, except to another public agency, and only as
otherwise permitted by law. Existing law defines ALPR information as information or data collected
through the use of an ALPR system. This bill would provide that “public agency” does not include a
transportation agency, as specified. The bill would authorize a law enforcement agency to use
ALPR information only for purposes of locating vehicles or persons when either are reasonably
suspected of being involved in the commission of a public offense. The bill would prohibit a public
agency from retaining ALPR information for more than 60 days after the date of collection if it does
not match information on an authorized hot list, as defined, and as of January 1, 2026, would
require a public agency to delete all ALPR information that has been held for more than 60 days and
does not match information on an authorized hot list within 14 days. By imposing new
requirements on public agencies, which include local agencies, this bill would impose a state-
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mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 07/17/2025 text)
Calendar: 09/03/25 #239 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS
Location: 09/02/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
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City of Carlsbad
Legislative Subcommittee
September 9, 2025
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2025 Legislative Calendar
•January 10—Governor’s budget proposal
•January 24—Last day to submit bill requests to the Office of Legislative Counsel
•February 21—Bill introduction deadline
•April 11-18—Legislative spring recess
•Mid-May—Governor’s May budget revise
•June 6—House of origin deadline
•June 15—Legislature must pass FY 25-26 Budget
•June 30—Governor must sign FY 25-26 Budget
•September 12—Last day for the Legislature to pass bills
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Budget Update
•Assembly Budget Committee is meeting Tuesday morning to review and discuss
September Trailer Bills
•15-20 budget related bills will be posted before midnight to meet the 72 hours
print rule.
•Bills serve as clean up to the June budget package.
•Proposition 4 climate bond appropriations is included in the Public Resources
Trailer bill as well state funding in response to federal actions.
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Legislative Update: Housing and Land Use
AB 87 (Boerner) Housing development: density bonuses.
This bill would specify that certain provisions of the Density Bonus Law do not require a city, county, or city and county to approve,
grant a concession or incentive requiring approval of, or waive or reduce development standards otherwise applicable to, transient
lodging as part of a housing development.
Status: Enrolled
Position: Support
SB 92 (Blakespear) Housing development: density bonuses.
The bill would also specify that certain provisions of the Density Bonus Law do not require a city, county, or city and county to
approve, grant a concession or incentive requiring approval of, or waive or reduce development standards otherwise applicable to,
transient lodging as part of a housing development. This bill would specify that a concession and incentive shall not result in a
proposed project with a specified commercial floor area ratio.
Status: Senate Unfinished Business
Position: Support
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Legislative Update: Housing and Land Use
AB 253 (Ward) California Residential Private Permitting Review Act: residential
building permits.
This bill, the California Residential Private Permitting Review Act, would allows an applicant for small residential
building permits to contract with or employ a private professional provider to check plans and specifications if
specified time periods elapse. This bill sunsets its provisions in 2036. This bill also requires a county or city to
prepare a residential building permit fee schedule and post the schedule on the county’s or city’s internet
website, if the county or city prescribes residential building permit fees.
Status: Senate Floor
Position: Oppose
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Legislative Update: Housing and Land Use
SB 79 (Wiener) Housing development: transit-oriented development.
This bill would require that a housing development project within a specified distance of a transit-oriented
development (TOD) stop be an allowed use as a transit-oriented housing development on any site zoned for
residential, mixed, or commercial development, if the development complies with applicable requirements. The bill
would provide that, for the purposes of the Housing Accountability Act, a proposed development consistent with the
applicable standards of these provisions as well as applicable local objective general plan and zoning standards shall
be deemed consistent, compliant, and in conformity with prescribed requirements. The bill would provide that a local
government that denies a project meeting the requirements of these provisions located in a high-resource area, would
be presumed in violation of the Housing Accountability Act and immediately liable for penalties, beginning on January
1, 2027.
Status: Assembly Floor
Position: Oppose
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Legislative Update: Housing and Land Use
AB 650 (Papan) Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation.
Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a standardized reporting
format for programs and actions taken pursuant to the requirement to affirmatively further fair housing. This bill would
require the department to develop the above-described standardized reporting format on or before December 31,
2026.
Status:Senate Floor
Position: Support
AB 610 (Alvarez) Housing element: governmental constraints: disclosure statement.
This bill would require the housing element to include a potential and actual governmental constraints disclosure
statement that contains an identification of each new or amended potential or actual governmental constraint, or
revision increasing the stringency of a governmental constraint, that was adopted after the due date of the previous
housing element and before submittal of the current draft housing element to the department.
Status:Senate Floor
Position: Oppose
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Legislative Update: Housing and Land Use
SB 346 (Durazo) Local agencies: transient occupancy taxes: short-term rental
facilitator.
This bill would authorize a local agency to enact an ordinance to require a short-term rental facilitator to report the
physical address, including 9-digit ZIP Code, of each short-term rental, during the reporting period. The bill would
also authorize a local agency to request additional information when the physical address is not sufficient for the
local agency to identify a specific short-term rental. The bill would authorize the local agency to impose an
administrative fine or penalty for failure to file the report and authorize the local agency to initiate an audit of a short-
term rental facilitator. The bill would require a short-term rental facilitator, in a jurisdiction that has adopted an
ordinance, to include in the listing of a short-term rental any applicable local license number associated with the
short-term rental and any transient occupancy tax certification issued by a local agency.
Status: Senate Enrollment
Position: Support
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Legislative Update: Housing and Land Use
SB 358 (Becker) Mitigation Fee Act: Vehicular Traffic Impacts
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 that fee, if the housing development satisfies all of certain prescribed
characteristics, to reflect a lower rate of automobile trip generation associated with such housing developments
in comparison with housing developments without the prescribed characteristics, unless the local agency
adopts findings after a public hearing establishing that the housing development, even with those
characteristics, would not generate fewer automobile trips than a housing development without those
characteristics. This bill would require those findings to be supported by substantial evidence in the record
before or as part of the housing development project approval process.
Status: Enrolled
Position: Oppose
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Legislative Update: Public Safety
AB 237 (Patel) Crimes: threats.
This bill would make it a crime for a person to willfully threaten, by any means, including, but not limited to, an
image or threat posted or published on an internet web page, to commit a crime at specified locations, including
a daycare and workplace, with specific intent that the statement is be taken as a threat, even if there is no intent
of actually carrying it out, if the threat, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is made is so
unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as to convey to the person or persons threatened a gravity
of purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and if the threat causes a person or person to
reasonably be in sustained fear for their own safety or the safety of others at the specified locations.
Status: Senate Floor
Position: Support
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Legislative Update: Public Safety
AB 379 (Schultz) Crimes: prostitution.
This bill would make an increased punishment applicable if the solicited minor was more than 3 years younger than
the defendant at the time of the offense. The bill would require a defendant subject to that increased punishment, if
granted probation, to successfully complete an education program on human trafficking and the exploitation of
children. The bill would make it a misdemeanor for any person to loiter in any public place with the intent to purchase
commercial sex. The bill would make any person who violates that crime or who commits prostitution in exchange for
providing compensation, money, or anything of value to the other person subject to an additional fine of $1,000, and
would establish the Survivor Support Fund and require that additional fine be deposited in the fund. The bill would
require the California Victim Compensation Board to establish a grant program to provide grants to community-based
organizations that provide direct services and outreach to victims of sex trafficking and exploitation, and would, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, authorize moneys in the Survivor Support Fund to be used for the purposes of that
grant program.
Status: Assembly Chaptered
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Legislative Update: Environment and
Climate
AB 996 (Pellerin) Public Resources: sea level rise plans.
This bill would authorize the applicable commission, when approving a local coastal plan or an amendment to a
local coastal plan, to deem existing sea level rise information or plans prepared by a local government to satisfy the
content requirements for a sea level rise plan. The bill would provide that local governments are encouraged, on or
before January 1, 2029, to consult with the California Coastal Commission, in a voluntary early consultation,
regarding sea level rise plans in the preparation of a local coastal program or an amendment to a local coastal
program.
Status: Enrolled
Position: Support
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Legislative Update: Health and Human Services
AB 492 (Valencia) Alcohol and drug programs: licensing.
Would require the State Department of Health Care Services, whenever it issues a license to operate an alcohol or other drug
recovery or treatment facility, to concurrently provide written notification of the issuance of the license to the city or county in which
the facility is located. The bill would require the notice to include the name and mailing address of the licensee and the location of
the facility.
Status: Enrolled
Position; Support
AB 424 (Davies) Alcohol and other drug programs: complaints.
This bill would, when the department receives a complaint against a licensed alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility, or
a complaint alleging that a facility is unlawfully operating without a license, from a member of the public, require the department to
provide, within 30 10 days of the date of the complaint, notice to the person filing the complaint that the complaint has been
received and to provide, upon closing the complaint, notice to the person filing the complaint that the complaint has been closed
and whether the department found the facility to be in violation of the provisions governing facility licensure and regulation.
Status: Enrolled
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Legislative Update: Labor
AB 339 (Ortega) Local public employee organizations: notice requirements.
This bill would require the governing body of a public agency, a board, or a commission, to give the recognized
employee organization no less than 45 days’ written notice before issuing a request for proposals, request for
quotes, or renewing or extending an existing contract to perform services that are within the scope of work of
the job classifications represented by the recognized employee organization, subject to certain exceptions. The
bill would require the notice to include specified information, including the anticipated duration of the contract.
The bill would also require the public agency, if an emergency or other exigent circumstance prevents the public
agency from providing the written notice described above, to provide as much advance notice as is practicable
under the circumstances.
Status: Enrollment
Position: No Position
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Legislative Update: Brown Act
SB 707 (Durazo) Open meetings: meeting and teleconference requirements.
This bill would, until January 1, 2030, require an eligible legislative body to comply with additional meeting
requirements, including that, except as specified, all open and public meetings include an opportunity for
members of the public to attend via a 2-way telephonic service or a 2-way audiovisual platform, as defined, and
that the eligible legislative body take specified actions to encourage residents to participate in public meetings.
Status: Assembly Floor
Position: Oppose Unless Amended
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Redistricting & Prop 50 Legislation
AB 604 (Aguiar-Curry), ACA 8 (Rivas), SB 280 (Cervantes)
•The legislative package calls a special election for November 4, 2025 asking voters to approve a constitutional
amendment that would temporarily supersede the congressional redistricting process in the state constitution.
•Known as Proposition 50 on the ballot, the amendment proposes to put newly drawn congressional districts into effect
until the next certification of those districts in 2031.
•The legislative package authorizes the Department of Finance to determine the amount, currently unspecified, to be
appropriated from the General Fund for implementation.
•AB 604 contains the new congressional maps.
•ACA 8 is the proposition (Prop 50) to voters to adopt those new congressional maps.
•SB 280 calls the special election for November 4, 2025 for ACA 8 to be voted on.
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Looking Forward
September – December
•CPPG submitting letters requesting signature or veto
•Governor has until October 12 to sign or veto bills
•Deep dive meeting with each department to revisit platform
•Develop and push legislative proposals for 2026
•End of Year Report
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Questions/Discussion
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