HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026-06-09; City Council Legislative Subcommittee; 02; Legislative and Advocacy UpdateMeeting Date: June 9, 2026
To: Legislative Subcommittee
From: Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director
Staff Contact: Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director
jason.haber@carlsbadca.gov, 442-339-2958
Subject:
District:
Recommended Action
Receive updates on federal and state legislative and budget activity and the city’s 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 3). Attachments also include a Summary of
Assembly and Senate Suspense File Results and a Summary of Governor Newsom’s Revised
Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-27 (Exhibits 4 and 5).
On May 18, 2026, the City received the attached correspondence from the nonprofit Climate
Action Campaign requesting the Legislative Subcommittee’s consideration of several energy
affordability-related bills, which are endorsed by the Climate Action Campaign (Exhibit 6).
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
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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, May 29, 2026
2.California Public Policy Group Legislative Summary: May 2026
3.California Public Policy Group – Priority State Legislation as of June 4, 2026
4.CPPG Summary of Assembly and Senate Suspense File Results: May 2026
5.CPPG Summary of Governor Newsom’s Revised Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-27
6.Correspondence Received
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May 29, 2026
City of Carlsbad
Federal Update
Fiscal Year 2027 Appropriations Update
Over the past month, the House Appropriations Committee continued to make progress on advancing the twelve FY27 appropriations bills. To date, the Committee has passed seven of the spending bills. Additionally, the full House passed the first FY27 spending bill, the Military
Construction–Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill. Looking ahead to the June, the Committee is on track to pass all twelve spending bills before the July 4th Congressional recess. The Senate Appropriations Committee continues to have discussions between Republicans and Democrats to come to a bipartisan agreement on top-line funding levels. The Committee has yet to publish a markup schedule for the FY27 appropriations bills.
FY27
Appropriations Bill
Subcommittee
Allocation (in
House
Subcommittee Markup
House Full
Committee Markup House Floor
Agriculture–Rural Development–FDA $26.27 23 by a 10–7 29 by a 35–25
Commerce–Justice–Science $77.341 30 by an 8–6 13 by a 32–28
Energy–Water
Development 15 by a voice 20 by a 34–25
General $25.298 Passed on April 17 by a 9–6 vote 22 by a 34–28
June 3
June 5 June 9
Legislative Branch $7.3 Passed on April
30 by a 5–4 vote 13 by a 34–28
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Military
Construction–VA $157 17 by a voice 21 by a 58–0 May 15 by a
National Security–State $47.32 23 by an 8–5 28 by a 35–27
May 21 June 3
Congressional Republicans Hit Roadblock on Reconciliation 2.0 Bill
In May, Congressional Republicans continue to work towards the goal of passing a second reconciliation package, containing $70 billion for in multi-year funding for Customs and Border
Patrol (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), by June 1st. The plan was for both the House and the Senate to vote on the package before the Congressional Memorial Day recess. However, challenges arose related to $1 billion included in the package for the Secret Service (including funding for the ballroom), as well as the Administration’s announcement of the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund. As a result, neither the House nor
the Senate voted on the bill prior to leaving Washington, DC. Congressional Republicans are expected to take up the legislation when Congress reconvenes next week.
OMB Proposes Sweeping Overhaul of Federal Grant Regulations
On May 29, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a proposed rule that would represent a significant overhaul of federal grant regulations. It would give federal
agencies broad authority to terminate grants on the basis that they no longer serve program
goals, agency priorities, or the national interest. Key provisions also include placing senior political appointees in charge of screening grant proposals; instituting new reviews of recipients' foreign connections; barring grant recipients from implementing DEI policies, gender transition services, or voter registration drives; requiring grant materials to be written in English; and
requiring recipients to pass E-Verify immigration status screening. The rule has a 45-day public
comment period with a target implementation date of October 1, 2026.
House Committee Approves Surface Transportation
Reauthorization Bill
On May 22, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved the Building
Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-Term Development for America’s 250th Act or the BUILD America 250 Act (H.R. 8870) by a 62–2 vote. The bill would reauthorize surface transportation programs beyond the expiration of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on September 30. It would authorize more than $580 billion over five years for surface transportationprograms, including the following levels for the following agencies:
•Federal Highway Administration (FHWA): $393.34 billion
•Federal Transit Administration (FTA): $102.74 billion
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• Federal Railroad Administration (FRA): $64.53 billion
• Office of the Secretary (OST): $10.78 billion
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA): $5.68 billion
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA): $5.18 billion
• Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA): $614.13 million FEMA Review Council Releases Final Report
On May 7, the President's Council to Assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released its final report, following months of delays. The Council was established by Executive Order 14180 on January 24, 2025, to conduct a full-scale evaluation of FEMA and
recommend structural changes. The report's guiding doctrine is that disaster response should
be locally executed, state or tribally managed, and federally supported, and it calls for implementing reforms over a phased two-to-three-year period. The report made the following ten recommendations:
Equipping states, local governments, tribes, and territories to lead disaster response
with the federal government in a supporting role
Enhancing critical federal programs and resources to support communities
Realigning the criteria for federal disaster assistance
Replacing the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program with a two-phase funding structure
Streamlining the Individual Assistance program into a single direct payment program
Reforming the Public Assistance program to provide direct funding
Reforming the National Flood Insurance Program for financial stability and risk resilience
Reducing administrative costs
Revitalizing a unified national network for partnership
Transforming the agency
Several recommendations require congressional action to implement, including the replacement of the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, streamlining of the Individual Assistance program, reform of the Public Assistance program, reform of the National Flood Insurance
Program, and the broader agency transformation.
LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY
Senate Confirms Trump Administration Nominees. On May 18, the Senate voted 46–43 to
confirm 49 of President Trump's nominees, the fourth time Republicans have used a new process allowing nominees to be grouped together to advance confirmations. Among those confirmed are:
• Seval Oz, Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Research and Technology
• Daniel Edwards, Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Aviation and International Affairs
• Richard Kloster, Member of the Surface Transportation Board
• Michael Graham, Member of the National Transportation Safety Board
• Steven H. Haines, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Analysis
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• Robert Harvey, Federal Maritime Commissioner
• Stevan Pearce, Director of the Bureau of Land Management
• Kyle Haustveit, Under Secretary of Energy
• Matthew Anderson, Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
• Wesley Brooks, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
House Committee Advances Bill to Improve Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility.
On May 21, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the Recycling Infrastructure
and Accessibility Act (H.R. 2145) by a 48–0 vote. The bill would establish an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pilot grant program to improve recycling accessibility in areas located more than 75 miles from a materials recovery facility, with eligible projects including expanding
recycling collection programs, increasing transfer stations, and supporting public-private
partnerships to reduce transportation and collection costs. The bill would also direct EPA to coordinate with state, local, and tribal governments to collect recycling and composting data and compile a nationwide inventory of materials recovery facilities every four years. The bill now advances to the full House for consideration.
Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Create Tax Credit for Water Reuse Projects. On May 13, Senators Katie Britt (R-AL) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) introduced the Advancing Water Reuse Act (S. 4506), which would create a 30 percent investment tax credit for qualifying water reuse projects. Eligible projects include installation or expansion of onsite water recycling systems at
manufacturing, food processing, and other industrial facilities including data centers; replacement of freshwater use with recycled water from a municipal provider; and construction or expansion of municipal water recycling systems for industrial purposes. The bill has been referred to the Senate Finance Committee. Bill Introduced to Require Data Centers to Pay for Own Power and Grid Upgrades. On May 18, Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced the Energy Cost Fairness and Reliability Act (S. 4559), which would require large load facilities with peak demand exceeding 50 megawatts, including data centers, to bring their own power and pay 100 percent of the cost of grid network upgrades required for their interconnection. The bill would also direct the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission to update transmission policies to allow data centers to reduce demand during peak energy periods and to allow grid operators to curtail power to data centers during peak demand. It would prohibit data centers from drawing power from existing generating facilities already serving other customers. The bill would also direct the Department of Energy to collect data on data center energy use and establish an AI testbed at a national
laboratory. Problem Solvers Caucus Launches Bipartisan Gerrymandering Working Group. On May 27, the House Problem Solvers Caucus announced the formation of a bipartisan working group focused on reforming the congressional redistricting process. The working group, co-
chaired by Representatives Jeff Hurd (R-CO) and Ed Case (D-HI), includes ten members evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats. Members have cited the influence of partisan redistricting on political polarization and electoral competitiveness as motivating
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factors. The group is expected to examine potential redistricting reforms ahead of the 2030 Census.
House Democrats Launch End Corruption Caucus. On May 27, Representatives Jason Crow (D-CO), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Mike Levin (D-CA) launched the End Corruption Caucus, which is focused on advancing anti-corruption legislation and restoring public trust in government. As part of the launch, the three Members introduced a resolution calling on the House to denounce corruption in all its forms and oppose policies that benefit
special interests at the expense of the American people. The caucus intends to address issues including dark money in elections, stock trading by Members of Congress, and the revolving door between the public and private sectors. CONGRESSIONAL LETTERS
Lawmakers Urge USTR to Address Tijuana River Sewage Crisis in USMCA Negotiations. On April 28, Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla and Representatives Juan Vargas, Sara Jacobs, Scott Peters, and Mike Levin sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Jamieson Greer urging the Administration to use the mandated United States–Mexico–Canada
Agreement (USMCA) review to address the transboundary sewage crisis in the Tijuana River Valley. The letter requests that USTR press Mexico to establish an operations and maintenance reserve account and a multi-annual funding program for water infrastructure projects; allow EPA to use North American Development Bank loans as a match for Border
Water Infrastructure Program grants; and commit to seeking an increase in annual Border
Water Infrastructure Program appropriations to $100 million. The lawmakers cited contaminated wastewater and trash flows from Mexico that harm water quality, close beaches, and affect public health for more than three million San Diego County residents. FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
FEMA Publishes FY2025 Fire Grant NOFOs. On May 19, FEMA published NOFOs for three fire grant programs, with applications due June 22, 2026.
• The Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program makes available $291.6 million for fire departments and emergency medical services agencies for personal protective equipment, emergency response vehicles, and health and wellness initiatives.
• The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program makes
available $324 million for fire departments and volunteer firefighter interest organizations for firefighter salaries, training, and recruitment.
• The Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) grant program makes available $32.4 million
for fire departments, nonprofits, and research institutions for community fire prevention
and firefighter safety research. FHWA Publishes BIP NOFO. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has published a NOFO for the availability of $3 billion through the Bridge Investment Program (BIP). The NOFO
will fund projects under two categories: Planning (supports planning, feasibility analyses, and
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revenue forecasting associated with the development of a future BIP eligible project) and Project (supports bridge replacement, rehabilitation, preservation, and protection projects with total eligible costs up to $100 million). Planning applications are due June 15. Project
applications are due June 29. FRA Publishes Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program NOFO. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published a NOFO for the availability of $1.1 billion through the Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program. The program helps to fund highway-rail or pathway-rail
grade crossing improvement projects, including but not limited to elimination projects, that improve safety and mobility of people and goods. Applications are due June 8. Reclamation Publishes Title XVI Water Recycling and Reuse Program NOFO. The Bureau of Reclamation has published a NOFO for the Title XVI Water Recycling and Reuse Program,
which funds the planning, design, and construction of water reclamation, recycling, and reuse projects. The NOFO has two application periods. The first application period closes on August 26, 2026. The second application period closes on August 26, 2027. Reclamation Publishes Desalination Construction Program NOFO. The Bureau of
Reclamation has published a NOFO for the Desalination Construction Program, which funds
the planning, design, and construction of desalination facilities for seawater or brackish groundwater or surface water. The NOFO has two application periods. The first application period closes on August 26, 2026. The second application period closes on August 26, 2027.
Reclamation Publishes Enhancing Water Resources Program NOFO. The Bureau of
Reclamation has published a NOFO for the Enhancing Water Resources Program, which funds projects that benefit water resource management for multiple uses, including water conservation and efficiency projects, water infrastructure improvements, and river and watershed restoration. The NOFO has two application periods. The first application period
closes on September 9, 2026. The second application period closes on September 8, 2027.
FEDERAL FUNDING AWARDS
DOT Announces RIA Grant Program Awards. DOT has announced $20 million to 20
projects in 17 states through the Regional Infrastructure Accelerators (RIA) grant program to accelerate the delivery of regional infrastructure through innovative approaches to planning, financing, and partnerships. These projects will expand transportation options, spur economic development, and bolster important regional connections.
EPA Awards BEACH Act Grants. On May 21, EPA announced $9.75 million in grants to coastal and Great Lakes states, tribes, and territories under the Beaches Environmental
Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act to monitor water quality at beaches and notify the public when elevated bacteria levels make swimming unsafe.
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FEDERAL AGENCY ACTIONS AND PERSONNEL CHANGES
OPM Proposes Governmentwide NDA for Federal Employees. On May 27, the Office of
Personnel Management published a draft nondisclosure agreement (NDA) for public comment that federal agencies could elect to require of both new and existing employees. The proposed NDA would require employees to acknowledge and agree to comply with existing legal obligations to protect non-public, confidential, or proprietary government information, and
would remain in effect after an employee leaves federal service. Former employees who signed
the NDA would need written permission from an authorized agency official before disclosing information designated as confidential. Violations could result in legal penalties including financial restitution. OPM states the NDA preserves existing whistleblower protections and does not create new restrictions on employee speech beyond those that already exist in law.
The NDA would be optional for individual agencies to adopt. Public comments are due June
26. DOJ to Hold Webinars on Proposed Bureau of Justice Grants Consolidation. The Department of Justice will host webinars on the proposed consolidation of the Office of
Community Oriented Policing Services, the Office of Justice Programs, and the Office on
Violence Against Women into a new Bureau of Justice Grants on June 4 and June 10. Attendance is limited to one representative per organization. Department and grant component leadership will present on the proposed structural changes and implementation timeline, followed by a question-and-answer session.
DOT Publishes Administrative Rulemaking, Guidance, and Enforcement Procedures Final Rule. DOT has published a final rule that reinstates and expounds upon procedural reforms for the Department's rulemakings, guidance documents, and enforcement actions rescinded by a final rule published by the Department on April 2, 2021, “Administrative
Rulemaking, Guidance, and Enforcement Procedures.” Accordingly, this final rule revises and
updates the Department's internal policies and procedures relating to the issuance of rulemaking documents. In addition, this final rule updates the Department's procedural requirements governing the review and clearance of guidance documents, and the initiation and conduct of enforcement actions, including administrative enforcement proceedings and
judicial enforcement actions brought in federal court. The final rule went into effect on May 27.
EPA Launches Interactive Permitting Authority Map. On May 6, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched the EPA Permitting Authority Map, an interactive online tool that allows users to identify which regulatory agency holds permitting authority for EPA
environmental permit programs at any given location. The tool is intended to reduce uncertainty
in the permitting process by consolidating permitting authority information in a single, publicly accessible resource. EPA also released new informational tools to help communities, local officials, and developers assess the suitability of Brownfield and Superfund sites for industrial reuse, including data center development, through an updated Redevelopment Mapper.
EPA Reports Wastewater Flows into Tijuana River Following Pipeline Leak. On May 15, EPA reported that an unexpected leak in Tijuana's Parallel Gravity Line forced Mexico to shut down pump stations along the border, sending millions of gallons of wastewater into the Tijuana
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River. Mexico estimated repairs would take 24 to 36 hours. The recently expanded South Bay treatment plant was treating approximately 75 percent of the wastewater flowing into the river at the time of EPA's report. EPA noted the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission
is taking proactive measures to mitigate sediment and trash flows and is in communication with Mexico demanding the repairs be instantly completed. Mexico began rehabilitating the Parallel Gravity Line in November 2025 and expects to complete construction in July 2026 as part of Minute 333, a bilateral agreement signed last year. Several additional Mexico-side infrastructure projects under that agreement are scheduled for completion in 2026, 2027, and
2028. EPA Proposes to Rescind PFAS Drinking Water Standards for Four Substances and Extend PFOA and PFOS Compliance Deadline. On May 20, EPA published two proposed rules related to the 2024 PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation. The first
proposed rule would rescind drinking water standards for four substances—perfluorohexane
sulfonic acid (PFHxS), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid and its ammonium salt (HFPO-DA, commonly known as GenX chemicals), and hazard index mixtures of these three PFAS plus perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS)—on the basis that the 2024 rule followed an unlawful procedure under the Safe Drinking Water Act by finalizing
regulatory determinations for these substances simultaneously with the drinking water
standards rather than sequentially. The second proposed rule would retain the existing PFOA and PFOS maximum contaminant levels of 4.0 parts per trillion each while providing eligible public water systems the option to request a two-year extension of the April 2029 compliance deadline to April 2031. Systems granted an extension with PFOA or PFOS levels at or above
12 parts per trillion would be required to implement short-term mitigation measures. EPA will
hold a virtual public hearing on July 7. Comments are due July 20. FEMA Administrator Nominated. On May 11, President Trump nominated Cameron Hamilton to serve as Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
The nomination has been referred to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs. Hamilton previously served as FEMA's Acting Administrator at the start of the current administration before being dismissed. FHWA Publishes Final Rule Rescinding Certain Required Federal-Aid Contract
Provisions. On May 11, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published a final rule
that rescinds certain regulations issued on October 2, 1987, Required Contract Provisions, because they were deemed no longer necessary. The rule is effective on June 10. FRA Publishes Regulatory Relief to Allow Speeds Up to 45 MPH for Non-Traversable
Curbs Final Rule. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has published a final rule that
revises the definition of a non-traversable curb in FRA's train horn regulation in conformance with five longstanding FRA waivers that allow highway speeds up to 45 miles per hour where these highway curbs are present in quiet zones established and maintained in accordance with the regulation. The rule went into effect on May 28.
FRA Publishes Bridge Load Capacity Evaluation Requirements Final Rule. FRA has published a final rule that eliminates the federal requirement that defines the process a track
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owner must follow when scheduling the evaluation of bridges with no load capacity determination. The requirement was intended as a transitional measure to phase in compliance after the bridge safety regulations became effective and is no longer necessary because the
regulations have been in effect for almost 15 years and the transitional period for compliance has ended. The rule went into effect on May 28. FRA Publishes Repealing a Track Surface Requirement Final Rule. FRA has published a final rule that repeals the runoff parameter from FRA's track surface requirements for track
Classes 1 through 5. FRA has found that other geometry requirements in FRA's regulations
already address the same safety issue. The rule went into effect on May 28. FRA Publishes Removing Stenciling Requirement for Freight Cars Used for Tourist, Historic, Excursion, Educational, Recreational, or Private Purposes and Not
Interchanged Final Rule. FRA has published a final rule that excludes railroad freight cars
used exclusively for tourist, historic, excursion, educational, recreational, or private purposes and that are not interchanged from the requirement that all restricted freight cars, including cars more than 50 years old, be stenciled with specific information. The rule went into effect on May 28.
FRA Publishes Certification of Signal Employees NPRM. FRA published an NPRM that responds to petitions for reconsideration of its May 21, 2024, final rule addressing the Certification of Signal Employees. Based on FRA's review and analysis of the issues raised in the petitions for reconsideration, this document proposes to rescind the final rule. Comments
are due July 14.
FRA Publishes Training Rule. FRA has published a final rule that responds to petitions for rulemaking, FRA is issuing this final rule to amend its regulation on Training, Qualification, and Oversight for Safety-Related Railroad Employees (Training Rule) to codify agency guidance
and clarify existing requirements. The rule is effective on July 14.
FRA Publishes Certification of Dispatchers NPRM. FRA has published an NPRM that responds to petitions for reconsideration of its May 21, 2024, final rule addressing the Certification of Dispatchers. Based on FRA's review and analysis of the issues raised in the
petitions for reconsideration, this document proposes to rescind the final rule. Comments are
due July 14. HUD Publishes FY26 CPD Income and Rent Limits. On May 8, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published updated FY26 income limits and rent limits for
Community Planning and Development (CPD) programs, effective June 1. The updated income
limits apply to the Community Development Block Grant, CDBG Disaster Recovery, Emergency Solutions Grants, HOME Investment Partnerships, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS, Housing Trust Fund, Neighborhood Stabilization, and Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity programs. Updated rent limits apply to the HOME and Housing
Trust Fund programs.
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Date: June 4, 2026
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: May 2026
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Lawmakers Work to Meet Legislative and Fiscal Deadlines
Governor Gavin Newsom released the May Revision of his January budget proposal for fiscal year
2026-27 on May 14. Policy committees had until May 8 to advance non-fiscal bills, while
Appropriations Committees held Suspense File hearings on May 15, during which some fiscal bills
were moved to the Floor and others were held. Budget committees then held final hearings in late
May to finalize budget language and ensure passage of the primary budget bill by June 15. During the
final week of May, legislators spent long hours debating hundreds of bills on the Floor ahead of the
May 29 house of origin deadline. Committee hearings resumed on June 1, and the Legislature will
adjourn for summer recess on July 2 before reconvening on August 3. Bills must pass both houses
by August 31 to reach the Governor’s desk, where they must be signed or vetoed by September 30.
As of June 4, about 1,450 bills remain active. As the session progresses, more measures are
expected to be held in policy and fiscal committees or fail to move forward on the Floor.
Budget Update
In a press release on May 14, Governor Newsom announced that the revised budget includes a $1.8
billion reduction in General Fund spending and projects a balanced budget with no deficit in the
current fiscal year or the next fiscal year. The press release further stated that, “The revised Budget
does not propose significant new ongoing General Fund spending commitments.” The revised
budget proposes total state spending of $349.4 billion. This includes $246.6 billion from the General
Fund, $95.5 billion from special funds, and $7.3 billion from bond funds. The proposal also includes
$29.9 billion in total reserves.
On May 18, the LAO released its initial report of the Governor’s revised Budget proposal. The report
indicates that the state’s current fiscal condition is highly unusual. Despite strong revenue growth,
the budget remains overextended due to a structurally higher spending baseline, reduced reserves,
a significant accumulation of debt, and an ongoing operating deficit. At the same time, the state may
face future revenue volatility, as its revenue outlook is increasingly dependent on AI-driven equity
valuations that are approaching levels last seen during the height of the dot-com bubble.
High Speed Rail Authority Tax Increment Financing Proposal
The California High-Speed Rail Authority continues to advocate for inclusion of a proposal in this
year’s budget that would authorize the Authority to cap and capture property and sales tax revenues
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and exercise land use authority within a half-mile of high-speed rail stations through state-
administered tax increment financing (TIF) districts. The Authority argues in its 2026 Business Plan
that it should be granted the ability to establish land value capture districts relying on TIF to help fund
rail construction and operations. The proposal would represent a significant expansion of state
authority and would require constitutional amendments to grant the Authority independent taxing
and land use powers.
A local government association opposition letter can be found here.
More information on the proposal can be found here and here.
2026 ELECTIONS UPDATE
Governor’s Race
California’s top-two primary was held on June 2, but significant shifts are still possible as later-
arriving vote-by-mail ballots continue to be counted. The Secretary of State has until July 10 to certify
the results, and in close races it may take days or even weeks before winners are officially
determined.
With Governor Gavin Newsom termed out, a crowded field of roughly 60 candidates competed for a
spot on the November ballot. Three candidates emerged as the leading contenders: Republican
Steve Hilton, Democrat Xavier Becerra, and Democrat Tom Steyer. Early returns show Hilton and
Becerra holding the top two positions, with Steyer running third. Under California’s top-two primary
system, the two highest vote-getters advance to the general election regardless of party affiliation.
Voters also weighed in on all Assembly seats and the even-numbered Senate districts. The results
will influence the legislative committees and member relationships most relevant to local
government priorities. A combination of retirements, redistricting, and open seats is expected to
bring new lawmakers to Sacramento and reshape committee assignments in the coming year.
ADMINISTRATION ACTIONS UPDATE
On May 27, Governor Gavin Newsom held a press conference and issued a press release announcing
that he had signed SB 73 (Cervantes) [Chapter 10, Statutes of 2026] into law. The bill restricts law
enforcement agencies and officers from engaging in certain conduct related to elections. The bill
also clarifies that a person who is observing the processing of vote by mail ballots is prohibited from
challenging whether signatures compare. In his press release, the Governor stated that the
legislation is about “strengthening California’s existing election safeguards in response to growing
threats of election interference and intimidation, including efforts by allies of President Donald
Trump to undermine confidence in elections and disrupt lawful election administration.”
ACTIVE POSITIONED BILLS
•AB 2179 (Patel) Workplace violence: restraining orders.
o Location: Senate Judiciary
o Position: Sponsor
•AB 2453 (Rodriguez, Michelle) Vehicles: off-highway motor vehicles.
o Location: Senate Transportation
o Position: Sponsor
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•AB 35 (Alvarez) Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean
Air Bond Act of 2024: Administrative Procedure Act: exemption: program guidelines and
selection criteria.
o Location: Senate Natural Resources And Water
o Position: Support
•AB 748 (Harabedian) Single-family and multifamily housing units: preapproved plans.
o Location: Senate Rules
o Position: Oppose
•AB 1337 (Ward) Information Practices Act of 1977.
o Location: Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, And Consumer Protection
o Position: Oppose
•AB 1569 (Davies) Pupil safety: electric bicycle: safety and training program.
o Location: Senate Education
o Position: Support
•AB 1614 (Dixon) Vehicles: bicycles.
o Location: Senate Transportation
o Position: Support
•AB 1821 (Pacheco) California Public Records Act: agency response time.
o Location: Senate Rules
o Position: Support
•AB 1942 (Bauer-Kahan) Electric bicycles: registration and special license plates.
o Location: Assembly Appropriations Suspense File
o Position: Watch
•AB 2296 (Papan) Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation.
o Location: Senate Rules
o Position: Support
•AB 2346 (Wilson) Vehicles: electric bicycles and speed limits.
o Location: Senate Rules
o Position: Support
•AB 2433 (Alvarez) Housing development: density bonus.
o Location: Senate Rules
o Position: Oppose Unless Amended
•SB 490 (Umberg) Alcohol and drug programs.
o Location: Assembly Desk
o Position: Support
•SB 677 (Wiener) Housing development: transit-oriented development.
o Location: Assembly Desk
o Position: Oppose
•SB 722 (Wahab) Transit-oriented housing development: excluded parcels and sites.
o Location: Assembly Housing And Community Development
o Position: Support
•SB 758 (Umberg) Public health: nitrous oxide.
o Location: Assembly Desk
o Position: Support
•SB 866 (Blakespear) Planning and zoning: housing element: unhoused population.
o Location: Assembly Desk
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o Position: Watch
•SB 936 (Blakespear) Nitrous oxide: sales.
o Location: Assembly Desk
o Position: Support
•SB 1014 (Grayson) Development projects: preliminary estimate of required improvements:
onsite and offsite improvements.
o Location: Assembly Local Government
o Position: Oppose
•SB 1036 (Grayson) Mitigation Fee Act.
o Location: Assembly Local Government
o Position: Watch
•SB 1159 (Cabaldon) Artificial intelligence: transparency and governance.
o Location: Assembly Privacy And Consumer Protection
o Position: Support
•SB 1167 (Blakespear) Vehicles: electric bicycles.
o Location: Assembly Desk
o Position: Support
•SJR 12 (Laird) Proposed 2026–2031 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing
Program: opposition.
o Location: Assembly Natural Resources
o Position: Support
LOOKING FORWARD
•June 15: Legislature must pass the primary budget bill
•June 30: Governor must sign the primary budget bill
•July 2: Summer Recess begins upon adjournment
•August 3: Legislature reconvenes from Summer Recess
•August 31: Last day for the Legislature to pass bills; end of the session
•September 30: Last day for the Governor to sign or veto bills
GRANT WRITING
CPPG continues to monitor new regional, state, and federal grant opportunities on behalf of the City
of Carlsbad. The May 2026 Municipal Funding Outlook was sent out on May 27th. On May 11th. CPPG
Consultant Heather Montano and Grant Services Assistant Kylie Sheridan met with Staff to discuss
the Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant. On May 21st, Director of Grant Services Jake Whitaker and
Grant Services Intern Remi Beck met with Jason Haber and Darcy Davidson to discuss upcoming fire
funding opportunities. The Monthly Grants Meeting was held on May 29th. Opportunities are being
tracked for many of the City’s high priority project areas, including transportation infrastructure,
recreation and open space, climate adaptation, and sustainability.
Grant applications in progress include the Coastal Conservancy Grant Program and SB1 Sea Level
Rise Track 2 Full Application.
Pending applications include:
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•SB1 Sea Level Rise Adaptation Track 2 Letter of Intent submitted on February 20, 2026 for
$2,000,000. Funding will be used for the South Carlsbad Coastal Adaptation Project.
•Safe Streets and Roads for All submitted on May 26, 2026 for $1,984,000. Funding will be
used to update the City’s Local Roadway Safety Plan.
Additionally, CPPG sent grant alerts on the following upcoming funding opportunities: Urban
Greening Program, Crossing Safety/Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program, and Wildfire
Prevention Grants.
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City of Carlsbad Priority Legislation as of June 4, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
SB 1159 (Cabaldon) Artificial intelligence: transparency and governance. (Amended
03/25/2026)
The California Constitution provides that people have the right of access to information concerning
the conduct of the people’s business. Various provisions of existing law, including the California
Public Records Act, the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, and the Ralph M. Brown Act, provide, with
some exceptions, for public access to government records and meetings of government bodies.
Among those acts, the California Public Records Act defines “person” to include any natural
person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, or association. Existing law, the
Political Reform Act of 1974, imposes various requirements and limitations with respect to the
conduct of public officials, campaign expenditures and disclosures, political advertisements,
lobbying, the ballot pamphlet, and other aspects of political reform. The act defines “person” to
mean an individual, proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, syndicate, business trust,
company, corporation, limited liability company, association, committee, and any other
organization or group of persons acting in concert. Existing law, the Administrative Procedure Act,
governs, among other things, the procedures for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations
by state agencies and for the review of those regulatory actions by the Office of Administrative Law.
This bill would specify that, for purposes of the California Public Records Act, the Bagley-Keene
Open Meeting Act, the Ralph M. Brown Act, the Political Reform Act of 1974, the Administrative
Procedure Act, and CEQA, “person,” “interested person,” “participant,” “member of the public,”
as applicable, and any other similar terms under each act referring to those who may engage with
governmental agencies, do not include artificial intelligence, as defined, systems, autonomous
agents, robots, or other nonhuman entities, whether physical or digital. The bill would make
findings and declarations related to these provisions. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws. (Based on 03/25/2026 text)
Location: 05/18/2026 - Assembly Privacy And Consumer Protection
Position: Support
Notes1:
5/13/26: KB marked as support per client request. 5/15/26: KB shared draft letter with the client.
5/29/26: KB submitted letter to portal and delegation.
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Emergency Response and Disaster Preparedness
AB 262 (Caloza) California Housing and Homelessness Agency: PINK Alert. (Amended
05/27/2026)
Existing law, the Governor’s Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2025, beginning July 1, 2026, eliminates
the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency and instead establishes the Business and
Consumer Services Agency and the California Housing and Homelessness Agency (agency).
Existing law requires the agency to coordinate with the California Health and Human Services
Agency and the California Consumer Protection Agency on various state policies, including
housing. This bill would require the agency to create a study on issues impacting pregnant people
experiencing homelessness and report the results of the study, as well as recommendations to
establish a PINK Alert, to the Legislature by July 1, 2028. The bill would require the
recommendations to include how the PINK Alert can meet specified conditions, including that it be
a system that nonprofits can opt in to in order to get notifications if there is a pregnant person in
need of emergency housing or prenatal services. (Based on 05/27/2026 text)
Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Human Services
AB 442 (Hadwick) Z’berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973: working forest management
plans: nonindustrial timber management plans. (Amended 06/01/2026)
Under the Z’berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973, the Legislature finds and declares the policy
of the state to encourage prudent and responsible forest management of nonindustrial
timberlands by approving working forest management plans in advance. This bill would increase
the maximum acreage for nonindustrial tree farmers and nonindustrial management plans to 4,000
acres and for working forest landowners and working forest management plans to 15,000 acres.
This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 06/01/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/09/26 S-NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2100
BECKER, JOSH, Chair
Location: 05/06/2026 - Senate Natural Resources And Water
AB 1559 (Calderon) Residential property insurance images. (Amended 04/13/2026)
Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including residential property insurance.
Existing law requires an insurer to send various notices to a policyholder at specified intervals. This
bill would require an admitted insurer to notify a residential property insurance policyholder that
aerial images may be taken or obtained of the insured property, as specified, unless a claim has
been submitted or is pending on the property and the images will be used only for evaluating the
claim. The bill would require the insurer to provide the aerial images upon request, as specified,
and would require the notice to include instructions regarding how a policyholder may make that
request. This bill would prohibit an admitted insurer from basing a decision to terminate insurance
coverage, as defined, on an aerial image of the insured property taken more than 180 days prior to
sending notice of that decision to the policyholder, except as specified. The bill would require an
admitted insurer that bases a decision to terminate insurance coverage on an aerial image to
provide the policyholder with that aerial image, notice of that decision, and the opportunity to
dispute the accuracy of the image, and to verify remediation, before the effective date of the
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decision to terminate insurance coverage. This bill would make the above-described provisions
operative on July 1, 2027. (Based on 04/13/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/10/26 S-INSURANCE 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2100 PADILLA, STEPHEN,
Chair
Location: 05/27/2026 - Senate Insurance
AB 2101 (Gipson) Human trafficking: notice and training: disaster sites. (Amended 05/18/2026)
Existing law requires specified businesses and other establishments, including, among others,
airports, intercity passenger rail or light rail stations, bus stations, and truck stops, to post a notice,
as developed by the Department of Justice, that contains information relating to slavery and human
trafficking, including information regarding specified nonprofit organizations that a person can call
for services or support in the elimination of slavery and human trafficking. This bill would
additionally require a privately operated entity that operates in a designated disaster site or
designated mitigation site, as those terms are defined, that is involved in the response, recovery,
rebuilding, or cleanup of a disaster site, permitting related to recovery, rebuilding, or cleanup of a
disaster site, or efforts to mitigate or prevent the occurrence of a disaster, to post the above-
described notice, except for telecommunications companies or internet service providers. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/18/2026 text)
Location: 05/28/2026 - Senate Rules
AB 2341 (Fong) Local government: emergency response services: use of languages other than
English. (Amended 05/05/2026)
Existing law requires, in the event of an emergency within the jurisdiction of a local agency that
provides emergency response services and that serves a population within which 5% or more of the
people speak English less than “very well,” according to American Community Survey data, and
jointly speak a language other than English, that the local agency provide information related to the
emergency in English and in all languages spoken jointly by the 5% or more of the population that
speaks English less than “very well,” as specified. This bill would revise these provisions to instead
require the local agency to provide information related to an emergency within a local agency’s
jurisdiction in English and translated in each language spoken by 5% or more of the population that
speaks English less than “very well.” The bill, to determine whether a language meets the criteria
for translation, would require a local agency to calculate the total population of those within its
jurisdiction that speaks English less than “very well,” and, for each language included in the
American Community Survey data, determine whether speakers of any language who speak
English less than “very well” comprise at least 5% of the total population of that jurisdiction that
speaks English less than “very well.” The bill would make organizational and clarifying changes to
the above-described provisions, as specified. This bill would declare that it is to take effect
immediately as an urgency statute. (Based on 05/05/2026 text)
Location: 05/27/2026 - Senate Emergency Management
AB 2385 (Petrie-Norris) Local reconstruction agencies. (Amended 04/27/2026)
The Community Redevelopment Law established redevelopment agencies in each community and
granted specified powers to those redevelopment agencies for the purpose of promoting
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redevelopment in blighted areas. Existing law dissolved those community redevelopment agencies
in 2012. Other existing law, the Disaster Recovery Reconstruction Act of 1986, authorizes each city,
county, or other local subdivision, as provided, to prepare, prior to a disaster, plans and ordinances
facilitating the expeditious and orderly recovery and reconstruction of the area in case of a
disaster. Existing law authorizes the plans and ordinances to include, among other things, a
contingency plan of action and organization for short-term and long-term recovery and
reconstruction to be instituted after a disaster. Existing law authorizes the plans and ordinances to
include the authority and proposed organization for establishment of a local reconstruction
authority with powers parallel to those of a community redevelopment agency, except as specified.
This bill would refer to those plans as a disaster recovery plan and would require a city or county
that prepares a disaster recovery plan to amend its general plan, if necessary, as provided, to
ensure consistency between both plans. The bill would revise the contingency plan of action and
organization to include intermediate recovery and reconstruction, in addition to the short-term and
long-term recovery and reconstruction, and would specify elements that may be included in the
contingency plan of action and organization. The bill would require the Office of Land Use and
Climate Innovation, in consultation with other specified state and local entities, to assess the
recovery and rebuilding needs of jurisdictions across the state and develop model ordinance
language, as provided. The bill would also require the Office of Emergency Services, in consultation
with the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, to prepare guidance on disaster recovery
plans, as provided. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 04/27/2026 text)
Location: 05/27/2026 - Senate Rules
SB 877 (Pérez) Residential property insurance: loss estimate transparency. (Amended
04/27/2026)
Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including residential property insurance.
Existing law prohibits a policy of residential property insurance from being issued or renewed by an
insurer unless the named insured is provided a copy of specified information, including the
California Residential Insurance Disclosure. Under existing law, the California Standard Form Fire
Insurance Policy requires an insured to notify every claimant that they can request copies of claim-
related documents, as defined, that the insurer is required to provide within 15 calendar days of the
request.Under existing law, it is a misdemeanor to issue or countersign a fire policy that varies from
the standard form fire insurance policy. This bill would expand the definition of claim-related
documents for purposes of the above-described provisions to include all documents, whether
preliminary or final, that in any way relate to the amount of loss, covered damage, and cost of
repairs. The bill would make changes to the standard form for fire insurance, thus expanding the
scope of an existing crime and imposing a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other
existing laws. (Based on 04/27/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/17/26 A-INSURANCE 9:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 CALDERON, LISA, Chair
Location: 05/26/2026 - Assembly Insurance
SB 904 (Seyarto) Recovery from wildfires. (Amended 05/27/2026)
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of
emergency when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and
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property exist, and authorizes the Governor to exercise certain powers in response to that
emergency, including, but not limited to, suspending specified statutes, ordinances, orders,
regulations, or rules. This bill would impose specific duties on the Department of Housing and
Community Development if the Office of Emergency Services makes a written determination,
within 10 days after the date that the Governor declared a state of emergency relating to a wildfire,
that the wildfire caused substantial structural damage requiring significant rebuilding efforts, as
defined. The bill would require the department, under this condition, to consult with other specified
state entities and local governments to identify state permitting requirements, provisions in the
California Building Standards Code, and local procedures that could be suspended or revised to
support recovery and rebuilding efforts as a result of the wildfire, as specified. The bill would
require the department to prepare and submit initial and periodic reports to the Governor and
Legislature with the information and recommendations. This bill, except as provided, would
require, upon the Governor’s declaration of a state of emergency relating to a wildfire, every state
agency or political subdivision, as defined, involved in postdisaster response, debris removal,
reconstruction, housing, or land-use permitting to accept electronic submission of any application,
form, plan set, appeal, or request for state agency or political subdivision action related to recovery
efforts for that state of emergency, as provided. 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 05/27/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/10/26 A-HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9:30 a.m. - State Capitol,
Room 447 HANEY, MATT, Chair
Location: 05/26/2026 - Assembly Housing And Community Development
SB 911 (Becker) Transfer of real property: fire hazard severity zones: compliance
documentation. (Amended 06/01/2026)
Existing law requires a seller of a real property that is located in a high or very high fire hazard
severity zone to provide to the buyer documentation stating that the property is in compliance with
specified fire safety requirements or local vegetation management ordinances. If the seller of a real
property as described above has not obtained that documentation of compliance, existing law
requires the seller and the buyer to enter into a written agreement pursuant to which the buyer
agrees to obtain documentation of compliance with those specified fire safety requirements or
local vegetation management ordinances. In a local jurisdiction that has not enacted an ordinance
requiring an owner or buyer to obtain documentation of compliance, and if a state or local agency,
or other government entity, or other qualified nonprofit entity, provides an inspection with
documentation for the jurisdiction in which the property is located, existing law requires the buyer
to obtain documentation of compliance within one year of the date of the close of escrow. Existing
law requires each county assessor and recorder to make available, without charge and upon
request, a form entitled “Preliminary Change of Ownership Report,” which transferees of real
property are required complete and authorized to file with the recorder concurrent with the
recordation of any document effecting a change in ownership. This bill would additionally require
the buyer to disclose whether they have an obligation to obtain documentation of compliance
within one year of the date of the close of escrow pursuant to that agreement on the preliminary
change of ownership report. The bill would require the county assessor to make available to the
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and to local fire agencies the property address of any
property, and name of the transferee, for which the transferee indicated on the preliminary change
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of ownership report that the property is located in a high or very high fire hazard severity zone and
that the transferee has an obligation to obtain documentation of compliance within one year of the
date of the close of escrow pursuant to that written agreement. The bill would also require that fire
department, or the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, as applicable, to conduct a
compliance inspection at the property if it has not received documentation of compliance from a
qualified entity or otherwise certified compliance within one year of the date of the close of escrow.
The bill would authorize the local fire department to prioritize compliance inspections and
reinspections based on certain factors. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 06/01/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/16/26 A-JUDICIARY 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 KALRA, ASH, Chair
Location: 06/01/2026 - Assembly Judiciary
Energy and Utilities
AB 1761 (Rogers) Electricity: calculation methodology: data disclosure. (Amended 03/19/2026)
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities,
including electrical corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and
charges for every public utility and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable.
This bill would require the commission to ensure that all data serving as a basis for any decision or
ruling issued by the commission, or in any proposal or analysis provided by commission staff, for
the determination or application of a calculation methodology for any charge imposed on
customers of a load-serving entity to recover costs associated with contracts, electrical
corporation-owned generation, or any other resource or value included in that charge and any other
charge derived from those costs, is made available to load-serving entities and ratepayer
advocates on behalf of customers. The bill would require the commission to require an electrical
corporation or other party, in submitting a proposal or analysis for the determination or application
of a calculation methodology for any charge imposed on customers of a load-serving entity to
recover costs associated with contracts, electrical corporation-owned generation, or any other
resource or value included in that charge and any other charge derived from those costs, to make
all data serving as a basis for that proposal or analysis available to load-serving entities and
ratepayer advocates on behalf of customers. The bill would require that data to meet specified
requirements, including that it is made through a public disclosure, except for market-sensitive
data, as provided. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 03/19/2026 text)
Location: 05/28/2026 - Senate Rules
AB 1820 (Schiavo) Electric vehicle charging stations: permit fees. (Amended 03/16/2026)
Existing law requires a city, county, or city and county to administratively approve an application to
install an electric vehicle charging station through the issuance of a building permit or similar
nondiscretionary permit, and requires every local government to adopt an ordinance that creates
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an expedited, streamlined permitting process for electric vehicle charging stations, as provided.
Existing law defines “electric vehicle charging station” to mean any level of electric vehicle supply
equipment station that is designed and built in compliance with specified provisions, and delivers
electricity from a source outside an electric vehicle into a plug-in electric vehicle. Existing law
requires fees charged by a local agency for specified purposes, including permits, to not exceed
the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee is charged, unless a
question regarding the amount of the fee charged in excess of this cost is submitted to, and
approved by, 2/3 of the electors. Existing law, until January 1, 2034, prohibits a city, county, city or
county, or charter city from charging a permit fee for a solar energy system that exceeds the
estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee is charged, which cannot
exceed $450 plus $15 per kilowatt for each kilowatt above 15kW for residential solar energy
systems, and $1,000 plus $7 per kilowatt for each kilowatt between 51kW and 250kW, plus $5 for
every kilowatt above 250kW, for commercial solar energy systems, unless the city, county, city and
county, or charter city provides substantial evidence of the reasonable cost to issue the permit as
part of a written finding and an adopted resolution or ordinance, as provided. This bill, until January
1, 2036, would prohibit a city, county, city or county, or charter city from charging a permit fee for
an electric vehicle charging station that exceeds the estimated reasonable cost of providing the
service for which the fee is charged, which cannot exceed $100 plus $15 per kilowatt for each
kilowatt above 15kW for residential electric vehicle charging stations, and $500 plus $5 per kilowatt
for each kilowatt between 51kW and 250kW, plus $2 for every kilowatt above 250kW, for
commercial electric vehicle charging stations, unless the city, county, city and county, or charter
city provides substantial evidence of the reasonable cost to issue the permit as part of a written
finding and an adopted resolution or ordinance, as provided. By requiring local agencies to perform
additional duties, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based
on 03/16/2026 text)
Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Local Government
AB 2369 (Rogers) Electricity: energy storage: energy-only resources. (Amended 05/18/2026)
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public
utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with the
State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission), to
provide transmission-focused guidance to the Independent System Operator (ISO) about resource
portfolios of expected future renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources, as specified,
to allow the ISO to identify and approve transmission facilities needed to interconnect resources
and reliably serve the needs of load centers. In providing that guidance, existing law requires the
PUC and the Energy Commission to annually provide projections to support the Independent
System Operator’s planning and approvals in its annual transmission planning process, as
provided. This bill would require the PUC and Energy Commission, as part of providing those
projections, to also identify cost-effective opportunities to increase the reliability contribution or
mitigate congestion of planned or existing energy-only resources through transmission capacity
expansions. (Based on 05/18/2026 text)
Location: 05/27/2026 - Senate Rules
SB 222 (Wiener) Residential heat pump systems: water heaters and HVAC: installations.
(Amended 01/15/2026)
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Existing law establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission
and prescribes the authorities, duties, and responsibilities of the commission pertaining to energy
matters. Existing law requires the commission, on or before January 1, 2019, in consultation with
the Contractors State License Board, local building officials, and other stakeholders, to approve a
plan that promotes compliance with specified regulations relating to building energy efficiency
standards in the installation of central air-conditioning and heat pumps, as specified. Existing law
authorizes the commission to adopt regulations to increase compliance with permitting and
inspection requirements for central air-conditioning and heat pumps, and associated sales and
installations, consistent with the above-described plan. The bill would require a city, county, or city
and county, beginning July 1, 2027, to adopt and offer asynchronous inspections for installations of
residential heat pump water heater or heat pump HVAC systems, as defined, that do not require a
licensed contractor and building inspector to be simultaneously present during the inspection. The
bill would authorize a building inspector to contact the licensed contractor who performed the
installation by telephone call or real-time video conferencing during their inspection, and, if the
building inspector determines during an asynchronous inspection that there is an issue with an
installation of the heat pump water heater or heat pump HVAC system and that the licensed
contractor who performed the installation must be present to perform tests or cure the installation,
to require the licensed contractor who performed the installation to schedule an additional
inspection in which the building inspector and the licensed contractor who performed the
installation are required to be simultaneously present during the additional inspection. The bill
would specify that these provisions do not require a local entity described above to discontinue
offering inspections for the installation of a residential heat pump water heater or heat pump HVAC
system where in a building inspector and licensed contractor who performed the installation are
simultaneously present. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 01/15/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/10/26 A-HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9:30 a.m. - State Capitol,
Room 447 HANEY, MATT, Chair
Location: 05/18/2026 - Assembly Housing And Community Development
SB 886 (Padilla) California Technology Innovation and Ratepayer Protection Act. (Amended
05/14/2026)
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities,
including electrical corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and
charges for every public utility and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable.
This bill, the California Technology Innovation and Ratepayer Protection Act, would require the
commission, on or before July 1, 2027, to establish a rate structure that includes an electrical
corporation tariff for the interconnection of the participating customer facilities and the provision
of transmission, distribution, and generation services to participating customers, as specified. The
bill would require the commission, as part of establishing the electrical corporation tariff, to, at a
minimum, establish eligibility criteria for participating customers, evaluate the risks and benefits of
the electrical corporation tariff to nonparticipating customers, ensure that the electrical
corporation tariff prevents the creation of stranded costs for, or cost shifts to, nonparticipating
customers, and, for unbundled customers, ensure that charges generally included in the
generation component of their bills are assessed separately from charges generally included in the
transmission and distribution components of their bills. The bill would require that the electrical
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corporation tariff require a participating customer that submits an application for interconnection
of a facility to an electrical corporation to disclose whether an application for the same facility has
been submitted in other electrical corporation service territories or other jurisdictions and to
disclose each instance in which an application for the same facility has been submitted. The bill
would also require that the electrical corporation tariff, among other things, assign cost
responsibility for all transmission facility upgrades triggered by a new facility interconnection to the
applicable participating customer and require an early termination fee to be assessed against a
participating customer under specified circumstances. The bill would require a participating
customer to prefund a contract of at least 15 years in duration through the electrical corporation,
community choice aggregator, or electric service provider for the installation of new, incremental,
zero-carbon energy resources, and to participate in a new demand response program authorized
by the commission, as provided. The bill would also require each electrical corporation to publish
and update maps showing locations where participating customers can interconnect without the
need for significant, costly, and time-consuming transmission upgrades. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/14/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/24/26 A-UTILITIES AND ENERGY 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 PETRIE-
NORRIS, COTTIE, Chair
Location: 06/01/2026 - Assembly Utilities And Energy
Environment and Climate
AB 35 (Alvarez) Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air
Bond Act of 2024: Administrative Procedure Act: exemption: program guidelines and selection
criteria. (Amended 01/14/2026)
Existing law, the Administrative Procedure Act, sets forth the requirements for the adoption,
publication, review, and implementation of regulations by state agencies. The Safe Drinking Water,
Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024 (act), approved by the
voters as Proposition 4 at the November 5, 2024, statewide general election, authorized the
issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation
Bond Law to finance projects for safe drinking water, drought, flood, and water resilience, wildfire
and forest resilience, coastal resilience, extreme heat mitigation, biodiversity and nature-based
climate solutions, climate-smart, sustainable, and resilient farms, ranches, and working lands,
park creation and outdoor access, and clean air programs. Existing law authorizes certain
regulations needed to effectuate or implement programs of the act to be adopted as emergency
regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, as provided. Existing law requires
the emergency regulations to be filed with the Office of Administrative Law and requires the
emergency regulations to remain in effect until repealed or amended by the adopting state agency.
This bill, notwithstanding the above, would exempt the adoption of regulations needed to
effectuate or implement programs of the act from the requirements of the Administrative
Procedure Act, as provided. The bill would require a state entity that receives funding to administer
a competitive grant program established using the Administrative Procedure Act exemption to do
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certain things, including develop draft project solicitation and evaluation guidelines and to submit
those guidelines to the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, except as provided. The bill
would require the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to post an electronic form of the
guidelines submitted by a state entity and the subsequent verifications on the Natural Resources
Agency’s internet website. The bill would authorize the use of certain previously developed
program guidelines and selection criteria for these purposes, as provided. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 01/14/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/09/26 S-NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2100
BECKER, JOSH, Chair
Location: 05/06/2026 - Senate Natural Resources And Water
Position: Support
Notes1:
1/14/26: DA tagged as support. 1/15/26: SG sent draft support letter to the City for review. 1/26/26:
EN received final Word draft of letter, finalized, and sent back to the City for their records. 1/26/26:
DA submitted letter to portal and delegation. 5/7/26: KB submitted letter to portal.
AB 1777 (Garcia) Air pollution: indirect sources. (Introduced 02/09/2026)
Existing law generally designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency with the
primary responsibility for the control of vehicular air pollution, and air pollution control districts
and air quality management districts with the primary responsibility for the control of air pollution
from all sources other than vehicular sources. Existing law authorizes air districts to adopt and
implement regulations to reduce or mitigate emissions from indirect sources of air pollution.
Existing law requires the state board to adopt rules and regulations relating to vehicular emissions
standards, as specified, that will achieve the ambient air quality standards required by federal law
in conjunction with other measures adopted by the state board, air districts, and the United States
Environmental Protection Agency. This bill would authorize the state board, if necessary to carry
out that duty to achieve those ambient air quality standards, to adopt regulations to reduce or
mitigate emissions from indirect sources of pollution. This bill contains other related provisions
and other existing laws. (Based on 02/09/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/04/26 #11 A-THIRD READING FILE - ASSEMBLY BILLS
Location: 05/18/2026 - Assembly Third Reading
AB 2253 (Boerner) Solid waste: products: environmental marketing claims. (Amended
04/08/2026)
Existing law requires a manufacturer or supplier making an environmental marketing claim relating
to the recycled content of a plastic food container product to maintain specified information and
documentation in written form in its records in support of that claim. Existing law requires the
maintained information to include that the recycled content for materials has been diverted from
the solid waste stream either during the manufacturing process (preconsumer) or after consumer
use (postconsumer) and that the recycled content claim conforms to the uniform standards for
recycled content contained in the Federal Trade Commission Guides for the Use of Environmental
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Marketing Claims. Existing law provides for the imposition of a civil penalty by a city, county, or the
state for a violation of these provisions. This bill would expand the application of those provisions
from plastic food container products to all products. The bill would revise the reference to the
Federal Trade Commission Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims to specifically
refer to those guides as they read on January 1, 2026. The bill would additionally require
documentation in written form that the recycled content claim is based on the actual physical
recycled content used in the production of the product, calculated as specified, without the use of
certain types of accounting. The bill would define “postconsumer” for purposes of these
provisions. (Based on 04/08/2026 text)
Location: 05/28/2026 - Senate Rules
AB 2254 (Addis) Coastal resources: monarch butterfly habitat. (Amended 05/18/2026)
Existing law establishes the Department of Fish and Wildlife and sets forth the duties of that
department, which include administering various programs for the protection and conservation of
fish and wildlife. Existing law authorizes the department to take feasible actions to conserve
monarch butterflies and the unique habitats they depend upon for successful migration. Existing
law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, establishes the California Coastal
Commission and provides for planning and regulation of development in the coastal zone, as
defined. This bill would require, on or before January 1, 2028, the department, in coordination with
the commission, to identify monarch butterfly overwintering habitat sites in the coastal zone and
current local government monarch butterfly overwintering habitat management plans or policies.
The bill would also require, on or before July 1, 2028, the department, in coordination with the
commission, to develop and provide guidance on model policies to be used by a local government
for the protection of monarch butterfly overwintering habitat, including habitat restoration and
enhancement. The bill would require, after the above-described guidance on model policies is
finalized, a local government with a monarch butterfly overwintering habitat site located within
their jurisdiction and the coastal zone, as described, to develop and implement enforceable
monarch butterfly overwintering habitat site protection policies, as provided. By imposing
additional duties on a local government, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/18/2026 text)
Location: 05/28/2026 - Senate Rules
SB 887 (Padilla) California Environmental Quality Act: environmental leadership development
projects: data centers: clean energy powerplant projects. (Amended 05/18/2026)
(1)The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare,
or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project
that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to
adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires
a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant
effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is
no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the
environment. This bill would prohibit the application of categorical exemption to a project for the
development and operation of a data center, as defined. By increasing the duties of a lead agency
in relation to the environmental review of a data center project, 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 05/18/2026 text)
Location: 06/01/2026 - Assembly Natural Resources
SB 1075 (Reyes) Air resources: toxic air contaminants: criteria air pollutants: community
emissions reduction programs: local community emissions reduction plans. (Amended
05/22/2026)
Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to prepare a statewide strategy to reduce
emissions of toxic air contaminants and criteria air pollutants in communities affected by a high
cumulative exposure burden that includes an assessment and identification of those communities.
Existing law requires the statewide strategy to be updated at least once every 5 years. Existing law
requires the state board, based on the assessment and identification, to select locations around
the state for preparation of community emissions reduction programs. Existing law requires the
assessment and identification to prioritize disadvantaged communities, as defined. Existing law
requires the regional air quality management district or the regional air pollution control district
encompassing the location selected by the state board, within one year of selection, to adopt a
community emissions reduction program to achieve emissions reductions for the location selected
using cost-effective measures, as provided. Existing law requires the state board to provide grants
to community-based organizations for technical assistance and to support community
participation in the implementation of the statewide strategy. Under this existing regulatory
authority, the state board provides grants to development and implement local community
emissions reduction plans. This bill would revise the definition of “disadvantaged community” to
include a disadvantaged unincorporated community. By expanding the definition of
“disadvantaged community,” the bill would expand the duties of districts in the preparation of
community emissions reduction programs, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. The
bill would require the local community emissions reduction plans to be submitted to the state
board for review and approval and would authorize the state board or the relevant air district to
enforce those plans. The bill would specify that a steering committee formed by an air district to
assist it in the development and implementation of a community emissions reduction program
remains active until the emissions objectives identified in the program are achieved or more than 5
years have passed since the adoption of the community emissions reduction program and 2/3 of
the members of the committee vote to disband the committee. The bill would require members of
the steering committee to meet certain requirements. The bill would specify eligible uses for the
grants provided. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 05/22/2026 text)
Location: 05/27/2026 - Assembly Desk
SJR 12 (Laird) Proposed 2026–2031 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing
Program: opposition. (Amended 03/16/2026)
This measure would request that the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management hold public
hearings in California on the proposed 2026–2031 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas
Leasing Program, preparean environmental impact statement to accompany the program, and
provide the public the opportunity to comment on a draft programmatic environmental impact
statement for potential offshore oil and gas leasing in California. The measure would strongly and
unequivocally oppose any new offshore drilling and declare unequivocal support for the current
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federal prohibition on new oil or gas drilling in federal waters offshore of the Pacific coast. (Based
on 03/16/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/08/26 A-NATURAL RESOURCES 2:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 BRYAN,
ISAAC, Chair
Location: 05/26/2026 - Assembly Natural Resources
Position: Support
Notes1:
5/12/26: KB added support positioning after City's leg committee. 5/15/26: KB shared draft letter
with the client. 5/29/26: KB submitted letter to portal and delegation.
Governmental Operations
AB 1337 (Ward) Information Practices Act of 1977. (Amended 06/01/2026)
Existing law, the Information Practices Act of 1977, prescribes a set of requirements, prohibitions,
and remedies applicable to agencies, as defined, with regard to their collection, storage, and
disclosure of personal information, as defined. Existing law exempts from the provisions of the act
counties, cities, any city and county, school districts, municipal corporations, districts, political
subdivisions, and other local public agencies, as specified. This bill would, beginning January 1,
2028, recast those provisions to, among other things, remove that exemption for local agencies,
and would revise and expand the definition of “personal information.” The bill would make other
technical, nonsubstantive, and conforming changes. Because the bill would expand the duties of
local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 06/01/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/15/26 S-PRIVACY, DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, AND CONSUMER PROTECTION 3
p.m. or upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 CABALDON, CHRISTOPHER,
Chair
Location: 05/06/2026 - Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, And Consumer Protection
Position: Oppose
Notes1:
6/16/25. CPPG tagged as oppose. 6/29/25: CPPG sent letter to City. 7/1/25: CPPG submitted to Sen
Jud and sent to Senator Blakespear. 5/27/26: EN updated draft letter for Senate Privacy and sent to
the City for review. 5/28/26: KB submitted letter to portal and delegation. 6/2/26: Bill amended; EN
resubmitted letter to portal.
AB 1383 (McKinnor) Public employees’ retirement benefits. (Amended 05/13/2026)
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The Public Employees’ Retirement Law (PERL) establishes the Public Employees’ Retirement
System (PERS) to provide a defined benefit to members of the system based on final
compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. Existing law
creates the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund, which is continuously appropriated for purposes
of PERS, including depositing employer and employee contributions. Under the California
Constitution, assets of a public pension or retirement system are trust funds. The California Public
Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) establishes a variety of requirements and
restrictions on public employers offering defined benefit pension plans. In this regard, PEPRA
restricts the amount of compensation that may be applied for purposes of calculating a defined
pension benefit for a new member, as defined, by restricting it to specified percentages of the
contribution and benefit base under a specified federal law with respect to old age, survivors, and
disability insurance benefits. Existing law, the Teachers’ Retirement Law, establishes the State
Teachers’ Retirement System (STRS) and creates the Defined Benefit Program of the State
Teachers’ Retirement Plan, which provides a defined benefit to members of the program, based on
final compensation, creditable service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. This
bill, for service performed on and after January 1, 2027, would prohibit the pensionable
compensation for calendar year 2027 used to calculate the defined benefit paid to a new member
of a retirement system subject to PEPRA who retires from the system from exceeding specified
percentages of the contribution and benefit base under the specified federal law with respect to
old age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits. The bill would make related, conforming
changes to these provisions on pensionable compensation. The bill also would require a new
member of STRS to be subject to specified limits of the Teachers’ Retirement Law. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/13/2026 text)
Location: 05/06/2026 - Senate Labor, Public Employment And Retirement
AB 1439 (Garcia) Public retirement systems: development projects: labor standards.
(Amended 06/02/2026)
The California Constitution grants the retirement board of a public employee retirement system
plenary authority and fiduciary responsibility for investment of moneys and administration of the
retirement fund and system. These provisions qualify this grant of powers by reserving to the
Legislature the authority to prohibit investments if it is in the public interest and the prohibition
satisfies standards of fiduciary care and loyalty required of a retirement board. Existing law
prohibits the boards of the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) and the State Teachers’
Retirement System (STRS) from making certain new investments or renewing existing investments
of public employee retirement funds, including in a thermal coal company, as defined. Existing law
provides that a board is not required to take any action regarding those investments unless the
board determines in good faith that the action is consistent with the board’s fiduciary
responsibilities established in the California Constitution. This bill would request the University of
California, Berkeley, Labor Center to conduct an independent study to analyze the extent of labor
standards protections in California real estate and infrastructure development projects funded
through the real asset portfolios of PERS and STRS. The bill would request that the study and a
report of its findings be completed and provided to the Legislature and the Department of Finance
by January 1, 2028, as specified. (Based on 06/02/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/10/26 S-LABOR, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND RETIREMENT 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street,
Room 2200 SMALLWOOD-CUEVAS, LOLA, Chair
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Location: 05/06/2026 - Senate Labor, Public Employment And Retirement
AB 1564 (Ahrens) Employer-employee relations: confidential communications. (Amended
05/18/2026)
Existing law that governs the labor relations of public employees and employers, including, among
others, the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, the Ralph C. Dills Act, provisions relating to public schools,
and provisions relating to higher education prohibits employers from taking certain actions relating
to employee organization, including imposing or threatening to impose reprisals on employees,
discriminating or threatening to discriminate against employees, or otherwise interfering with,
restraining, or coercing employees because of their exercise of their guaranteed rights. Those
provisions of existing law further prohibit denying to employee organizations the rights guaranteed
to them by existing law. This bill would prohibit a public employer from questioning a public
employee, a representative of a recognized employee organization, or an exclusive representative
regarding communications made in confidence between an employee and an employee
representative in connection with representation relating to any matter within the scope of the
recognized employee organization’s representation. The bill would also prohibit a public employer
from compelling a public employee, a representative of a recognized employee organization, or an
exclusive representative to disclose those confidential communications to a third party. The bill
would not apply to a criminal investigation or when a public safety officer is under investigation and
certain circumstances exist. (Based on 05/18/2026 text)
Location: 05/27/2026 - Senate Rules
AB 1577 (Bauer-Kahan) Data centers: reporting. (Amended 05/18/2026)
Existing law establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission
and vests the commission with various responsibilities with respect to developing and
implementing the state’s energy policies. Existing law requires the commission to biennially adopt
an integrated energy policy report, as specified, and to make the reports accessible to state, local,
and federal entities and to the general public. This bill would require the commission to establish a
process for the owner of a data center, as defined, to submit specified information to the
commission, including, among other information, the data center’s location and size, the data
center’s power usage effectiveness, as defined, and the quantity of fuel consumed by onsite
generators or other fuel-based energy systems, as specified. The bill would require the owner of a
data center to submit the required information in the manner specified by the commission. The bill
would require the commission, beginning with the 2029 edition of the integrated energy policy
report, and in subsequent editions as deemed appropriate by the commission, to include an
assessment of electrical load trends for data centers, as provided. The bill would require the
commission to annually publish the information submitted in an anonymized and aggregated
format on its internet website. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 05/18/2026 text)
Location: 05/27/2026 - Senate Rules
AB 1578 (Jackson) State and local officials: sexual harassment training and education: anti-
hate speech training. (Amended 05/22/2026)
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The California Fair Employment and Housing Act makes specified employment practices unlawful,
including the harassment of an employee directly by the employer or indirectly by agents of the
employer with the employer’s knowledge. Under existing law, the Civil Rights Department
administers these provisions. Existing law requires a specified employer with 5 or more employees
to, by January 1, 2021, provide at least 2 hours of classroom or other effective interactive training
and education regarding sexual harassment to all supervisory employees and at least one hour of
classroom or other effective interactive training and education regarding sexual harassment to all
nonsupervisory employees in California and, after that date, once every 2 years. Existing law
requires an employer to include prevention of abusive conduct as a component of that training and
education. This bill would additionally require, beginning on January 1, 2028, for an employer that is
a state agency or local agency that the above-described training and education include, as a
component of the training and education for elected officials, anti-hate speech training, as
described. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 05/22/2026 text)
Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Local Government
AB 1680 (Calderon) California FAIR Plan Association. (Amended 04/13/2026)
The California FAIR Plan Association is a joint reinsurance association in which all insurers
licensed to write basic property insurance participate to administer a program for the equitable
apportionment of basic property insurance for persons who are unable to obtain that coverage
through normal channels. Existing law requires the Insurance Commissioner to approve the
association’s plan of operation and authorizes the commissioner to examine the association’s
books, records, files, papers, and documents that relate to its operation. Existing law authorizes
the commissioner to impose civil penalties for various violations of the Insurance Code. This bill
would require the association to take corrective actions to correct violations of applicable statutes,
regulations, statutory accounting principles, or other applicable rules identified in a report of
examination or other operational report. The bill would subject the association to a fine of not more
than $20,000 for failing to take correction action within a timeframe agreed upon by the
commissioner or a person designated by the commissioner. The bill would set other civil penalty
amounts for violations of provisions relative to the association as not to exceed $10,000 for each
act in violation or not to exceed $20,000 if the act was willful, and would require the commissioner
to impose those penalties, as specified. The bill would also authorize the commissioner to require
the association to both adjust the policy limits available under programs underwritten by the
association and make additional coverage offerings available for fair rental value coverage under
the association’s renters’ property insurance program. (Based on 04/13/2026 text)
Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Insurance
AB 1821 (Pacheco) California Public Records Act: agency response time. (Amended
04/06/2026)
Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires each state or local agency, upon a request
for a copy of records that reasonably describes an identifiable record or records, to make the
records promptly available to any person upon payment of fees covering direct costs of
duplication, or a statutory fee if applicable, except with respect to public records exempt from
disclosure by express provisions of law. 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
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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, as defined. This bill would instead require each agency to determine
whether the request seeks copies of disclosable public records in possession of the agency and to
promptly notify the person as described above within 10 business days of a request for a copy of
records. The bill would instead authorize the time period for each agency to respond to be
extended by no more than 14 business days. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws. (Based on 04/06/2026 text)
Location: 05/28/2026 - Senate Rules
Position: Support
Notes1:
4/14: City approved stance on bill. 4/16: SG and KB confirmed stance in weekly meeting. 4/17: KB
sent City draft of the letter. 4/22/26: KB testified on behalf of the City at Asm Appropriations.
4/28/26: KB submitted letter to delegation and portal (Assembly Judiciary Committee and
Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1883 (Bryan) Workplace surveillance tools. (Amended 05/18/2026)
Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement within the Department of
Industrial Relations. Existing law authorizes the division, which is headed by the Labor
Commissioner, to enforce the Labor Code and all labor laws of the state, the enforcement of which
is not specifically vested in any other officer, board, or commission. This bill would generally
regulate the use of workplace surveillance tools and an employer’s use of worker data. The bill
would prohibit an employer from using a workplace surveillance tool on workers for various
purposes, including preventing compliance with laws or regulations, inferring information about
workers engaging in a protected activity, making inferences about an individual’s emotional state
or based on their gait, or collecting neural data. The bill would prohibit an employer from using
facial recognition technology to make inferences about a worker for firing, deactivation, or
disciplinary purposes. The bill would, with certain exceptions, also prohibit an employer from using
a workplace surveillance tool to infer specified categories of information about a worker, including,
among others, their veteran status, ancestral history, religious beliefs, or disability status. This bill
would require the Labor Commissioner to enforce the bill’s provisions, would authorize an
employee to bring a civil action for specified remedies for a violation of the bill’s provisions, and
would authorize a public prosecutor to enforce the provisions. The bill would subject an employer
who violates the bill’s provisions to a civil penalty of up to $500 for each violation. The bill would
define various terms for purposes of its provisions. This bill contains other related
provisions. (Based on 05/18/2026 text)
Location: 05/28/2026 - Senate Rules
AB 1961 (Ahrens) Civil actions: protective orders: workplace violence. (Amended 04/16/2026)
Existing law authorizes an employer or collective bargaining representative of an employee who
has suffered harassment, unlawful violence, or a credible threat of violence from any individual, to
seek a workplace violence restraining order on behalf of the employee and, at the discretion of the
court, any number of other employees at the workplace or at other workplaces of the employer.
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Existing law authorizes one or more representative parties to bring suit for the benefit of a class of
parties if the question is one of a common or general interest, of many persons, or when the parties
are numerous, and it is impracticable to bring them all before the court. This bill would authorize an
employer to seek a workplace violence restraining order on behalf of all employees at the
employer’s workplace or a location at which a group of employees perform their primary job duties
if harassment, unlawful violence or a credible threat of violence is directed at that workplace or
location. The bill would not require an employer to name any individual employee as a protected
party if the employer seeks a workplace violence restraining order on behalf of all employees at the
employer’s workplace or a location at which a group of employees perform their primary job duties.
This bill would require the Judicial Council, on or before January 1, 2028, to adopt or modify its
forms, as specified. (Based on 04/16/2026 text)
Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Judiciary
AB 2033 (Papan) Local Agency Public Construction Act: job order contracting: cities.
(Amended 05/22/2026)
Existing law, the Local Agency Public Construction Act, sets forth procedures that a local agency is
required to follow when procuring certain services or work. Existing law authorizes certain local
agencies to engage in job order contracting, as prescribed. This bill would establish a pilot program
to authorize a city to use job order contracting as a procurement method. The bill would impose a
$3,000,000 cap on awards under a single job order contract and a $750,000 cap on any single job
order. The bill would limit the term of an initial contract to a maximum of 12 months, with
extensions as prescribed. The bill would establish various additional procedures and requirements
for the use of job order contracting under this authorization. The bill would require the city, on or
before January 1, 2030, to submit to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature
a report on the use of job order contracting under the bill. The bill would repeal these provisions on
January 1, 2032. (Based on 05/22/2026 text)
Location: 05/28/2026 - Senate Rules
AB 2179 (Patel) Workplace violence: restraining orders. (Amended 06/01/2026)
Existing law authorizes any employer or authorized bargaining representative, as specified, whose
employee has suffered unlawful violence or a credible threat of violence that can reasonably be
construed to be carried out or to have been carried out at the workplace, to seek a temporary
restraining order and an order after hearing on behalf of the employee and other employees at the
workplace, as described. This bill would, beginning on July 1, 2027, allow any party or witness to a
petition for a restraining order to appear remotely at a hearing and would prohibit any fee for
appearing remotely. The bill would require the court of each county to develop rules and
instructions for such remote appearances and post them on its website. The bill would also,
commencing on July 1, 2027, require courts to allow filings related to such protective orders to be
submitted electronically, as specified. The bill would make conforming changes. (Based
on 06/01/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/09/26 S-JUDICIARY 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2100 UMBERG, THOMAS, Chair
Location: 05/20/2026 - Senate Judiciary
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Position: Sponsor
Notes1:
2/19/26: Bill introduced; EN tagged as sponsor. 2/24/26: EN sent draft sponsor letter to City for
review. EN received final letter and sent to delegation and author's office. Bill not yet referred to a
committee. 3/10/26: DA submitted sponsor letter to portal. 3/11/26: DA submitted sponsor letter
to delegation. 3/24/26: SG provided primary support testimony. 4/15/26: Bill on consent. 5/29/26:
KB submitted letter to portal.
SB 1005 (Caballero) Local agency: payment: rounding amount. (Introduced 02/09/2026)
Existing law requires a public agency to accept specified methods of payment for designated
obligations. This bill would authorize a local agency to round the amount of any payment made
wholly or partly in cash to the local agency, or any refund or other amount tendered wholly or partly
in cash by the local agency, to the nearest $0.05. The bill would apply to a local agency only if the
governing body of the local agency adopts, by majority vote, a resolution to make its provisions
applicable to the local agency. The bill would define terms for its purposes. (Based
on 02/09/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/04/26 #1 A-SECOND READING FILE -- SENATE BILLS
Location: 05/04/2026 - Assembly Local Government
SB 1187 (Durazo) Open meetings: majority. (Introduced 02/19/2026)
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. Existing law defines “meetings” for these purposes to mean any
congregation of a majority of the members of a legislative body at the same time and location, as
specified, to hear, discuss, deliberate, or take action on any item that is within the subject matter
jurisdiction of the legislative body. This bill would define “majority” for purposes of the act to mean
the number of members of the legislative body equaling more than half of the total number of seats
on the legislative body. The bill would specify that if a seat on the legislative body is vacant, that
seat is to still be counted as a seat on the legislative body. This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 02/19/2026 text)
Location: 05/18/2026 - Assembly Local Government
SB 1229 (Allen) Coastal resources: coastal development permits: disaster exemption.
(Amended 04/09/2026)
Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, requires anyone wishing to
perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, except as specified, in addition to
obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional,
or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission
or a local government, as provided. The act provides that a coastal development permit is not
required for the replacement of any structure, other than a public works facility, destroyed by a
disaster. This bill would prohibit that coastal development permit exemption from applying to the
replacement of a structure by an applicant who was not listed as the property owner of record
immediately preceding the disaster if replacement of the structure would, among other things,
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encroach upon an open space easement or deed restriction that has been recorded or offered for
dedication, as provided. By creating additional duties for a local government in reviewing coastal
development permits, the bill would impose state-mandated local program. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/09/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/08/26 A-NATURAL RESOURCES 2:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 BRYAN,
ISAAC, Chair
Location: 05/26/2026 - Assembly Natural Resources
Health and Human Services
SB 490 (Umberg) Alcohol and drug programs. (Amended 01/05/2026)
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of adult alcohol or other drug recovery or
treatment facilities by the State Department of Public Health and prohibits the operation of one of
those facilities without a current valid license. Existing law requires the department, if a facility is
alleged to be in violation of that prohibition, to conduct a site visit to investigate the allegation.
Existing law requires, if the department’s employee or agent finds evidence that the facility is
providing services without a license, the employee or agent to take specified actions, including,
among others, submitting the findings of the investigation to the department and issuing a written
notice to the facility that includes the date by which the facility is required to cease providing
services. Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State
Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive
health care services, through fee-for-service or managed care delivery systems. The Medi-Cal
program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law
establishes the Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program (Drug Medi-Cal) and authorizes the department
to enter into a Drug Medi-Cal contract with each county for the provision of alcohol and drug use
services within the county service area. This bill would require the department, if it determines it
has jurisdiction over the allegation, to initiate that investigation within 10 days of receiving the
allegation and, except as specified, complete the investigation within 60 days of initiating the
investigation. The bill would require the department, if it receives a complaint that does not fall
under its jurisdiction, to notify the complainant that it does not investigate that type of complaint.
The bill would require the employee or agent to provide the notice described above within 10 days
of the employee or agency submitting their findings to the department and to conduct a followup
site visit to determine whether the facility has ceased providing services as required. The bill would
authorize, in counties that elect to administer the Drug Medi-Cal organized delivery system and
that provide optional recovery housing services, the county behavioral health agency to request
approval from the department to conduct a site visit of a recovery residence that is alleged to be
operating without a license. The bill would permit the department to approve that request in certain
circumstances, including that the department has sufficient evidence to substantiate the
allegation. (Based on 01/05/2026 text)
Location: 01/26/2026 - Assembly Desk
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Position: Support
Notes1:
Cal Cities sponsored. 4/14: City approved stance on bill. 4/16: SG and KB confirmed stance in
weekly meeting. 4/17: KB sent City draft of the letter. 4/28: KB submitted letter to delegation and
portal (Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 989 (Blakespear) Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court
Program. (Amended 05/14/2026)
Existing law, the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act, authorizes
specified persons, including a person with whom the respondent resides, family members, and
first responders, among others, to petition a civil court to create a voluntary CARE agreement or a
court-ordered CARE plan and implement services, to be provided by county behavioral health
agencies, to provide behavioral health care, including stabilization medication, housing, and other
enumerated services, to adults who are currently experiencing a severe mental illness and have a
diagnosis identified in the disorder class schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, and who
meet other specified criteria. This bill would authorize a first responder to contact the county
behavioral health agency in the county in which the individual resides or is found to request the
agency file a petition to commence the CARE process. The bill would require the agency to review
the request and determine whether to file a petition within 30 business days. The bill would require
the agency, upon completion of the review, to notify the first responder that made the referral of
specified information, including whether or not a petition was filed. Because the bill would require
a higher level of service from county agencies, this bill would create a state-mandated local
program. This bill would require the department to create a referral form to be used by the first
responders and would require the department to issue guidance on the procedure to request that
the agency file a petition to commence the CARE process. The bill would also require the agency to
include specified data in their annual report to the department.This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/14/2026 text)
Location: 05/27/2026 - Assembly Desk
Homelessness
SB 866 (Blakespear) Planning and zoning: housing element: unhoused population. (Amended
04/28/2026)
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 requires the
housing element to include, among other things, an assessment of housing needs and an inventory
of resources and constraints that are relevant to meeting these needs. Existing law establishes the
Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) program for the purpose of providing
jurisdictions with grant funds to support regional coordination and expand or develop local
capacity to address their immediate homelessness challenges, as specified. Existing law provides
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for the allocation of funding under the program among continuums of care, cities, counties, and
tribes in 6 rounds, with rounds 1 to 5, inclusive, administered by the Interagency Council on
Homelessness and round 6 administered by the Department of Housing and Community
Development, as provided. Existing law establishes round 7 of the program and states the intent of
the Legislature to enact future legislation that specifies the parameters, as specified. For a local
government that does not receive HHAP funding, this bill would require the assessment to include,
among other things, specified data regarding the population of individuals who are unhoused and a
description of key actions that will be taken to reduce individuals who are unhoused based on the
data. By imposing additional duties on local governments, 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 04/28/2026 text)
Location: 05/27/2026 - Assembly Desk
Position: Watch
Notes1:
4/16/26: KB marked as watch per client request.
Housing and Land Use
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)
Calendar: 06/04/26 #29 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE
Location: 05/14/2026 - Senate Third Reading
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AB 748 (Harabedian) Single-family and multifamily housing units: preapproved plans.
(Amended 01/05/2026)
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, provides for the adoption and administration of zoning
laws, ordinances, rules and regulations by counties and cities and the implementation of those
general plans as may be in effect in those counties or cities. In that regard, existing law requires
each local agency, by January 1, 2025, to develop a program for the preapproval of accessory
dwelling unit plans. This bill would require each local agency, as defined, to develop a program for
the preapproval of single-family and multifamily residential housing plans, whereby the local
agency accepts single-family and multifamily plan submissions for preapproval and approves or
denies the preapproval applications, as specified. The bill would require a large jurisdiction, as
defined, to develop this program by July 1, 2027, and a small jurisdiction, as defined, to develop a
program by January 1, 2029. The bill would require the local agency to post preapproved single-
family or multifamily residential housing plans and the contact information of the applicant on the
local agency’s internet website. This bill would require a local agency to either approve or deny
ministerially an application for a single-family or multifamily residential housing unit within 30 days
if the lot meets certain conditions and the application utilizes specified plans that have been
preapproved by the local agency or that are identical to a plan used in an application approved by
the local agency. The bill would prohibit the preapproval program from applying to single-family or
multifamily residential housing plans intended for use in certain communities and developments,
as specified. This bill contains other existing laws. (Based on 01/05/2026 text)
Location: 01/27/2026 - Senate Rules
Position: Oppose
Notes1:
4/14: City approved stance on bill. 4/16: SG and KB confirmed stance in weekly meeting. 4/17: KB
sent City draft of the letter. 4/28: KB submitted letter to Assembly Local Government Committee,
Assembly Appropriations Committee, and Assembly Housing and Community Development
Committee and delegation.
AB 750 (Quirk-Silva) Department of Housing and Community Development. (Amended
04/29/2026)
Existing law authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development, upon
appropriation, to make loans or grants, or both loans and grants, to rehabilitate, capitalize
operating subsidy reserves for, and extend the long-term affordability of department-funded
housing projects that have an affordability restriction that has expired, that have an affordability
restriction with a remaining term of less than 10 years, or are otherwise at risk of conversion to
market-rate housing. This bill would also authorize the department to make those loans and grants
to rehabilitate, capitalize operating subsidy reserves for, and extend the long-term affordability of
housing projects that qualify as a challenged development, as defined. The bill would require the
department to grant priority for these loans and grants to housing projects that are department
funded and have an affordability restriction that has expired or have a remaining term of less than
10 years, or are otherwise at risk for conversion. (Based on 04/29/2026 text)
Location: 05/13/2026 - Senate Housing
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AB 956 (Quirk-Silva) Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units. (Amended
05/27/2026)
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, provides for the creation by local ordinance, or by
ministerial approval if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance, of accessory dwelling units in
areas zoned for single-family or multifamily dwelling residential use in accordance with specified
standards and conditions. Existing law also 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 single-family residential zones in accordance with specified standards and conditions.
Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, governs the management and
operation of common interest developments. Existing law defines “common interest development”
for purposes of the act to include, among other things, a planned development and a condominium
project. Existing law makes void and unenforceable any covenant, restriction, or condition
contained in any instrument affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in a planned development,
and any provision of a governing document, that effectively prohibits or unreasonably restricts the
construction or use of an accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory dwelling unit on a lot zoned
for single-family residential use that meets the above-described standards and conditions for
those units. This bill would expand the provision that makes void and unenforceable any covenant,
restriction, or condition contained in any instrument affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in
a planned development to include any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in an
instrument affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in a common interest development. The bill
would revise the provision governing prohibitions or restrictions on the construction or use of an
accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory dwelling unit on a lot zoned for single-family residential
use to instead apply to the construction or use of an accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory
dwelling unit on a lot zoned to allow single-family residential use. This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/27/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/10/26 S-HOUSING 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair
Location: 05/27/2026 - Senate Housing
AB 1294 (Haney) Planning and zoning: housing development: standardized application form.
(Amended 04/28/2026)
The Permit Streamlining Act, among other things, requires each public agency to provide a
development project applicant with a list that specifies the information that will be required from
any applicant for a development project. The act requires a public agency that has received an
application for a development project to determine in writing whether the application is complete
within 30 calendar days and to immediately transmit the determination to the applicant of the
development project. This bill, except with respect to applications for housing development
projects located in certain jurisdictions, would require that an application for a housing
entitlement, as defined, be deemed complete upon payment of the permit processing fees and
upon completing specified requirements, when applicable, including, among other things,
providing a description of the proposed housing development project and a list of the approvals
requested by the applicant to the city, county, or city and county from which approval for the
housing entitlement is being sought. The bill would require, on or before July 1, 2027, the
Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt a standardized application form
that applicants for a housing entitlement may use for the purpose of satisfying these requirements
and would require, on or after October 1, 2027, a city, county, or city and county to accept an
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application submitted on the standardized application form. The bill would prohibit the city,
county, or city and county from requiring submission of any other forms, beside the standardized
application form, except as specified. The bill would authorize the city, county, or city and county
to develop its own application forms or templates for different housing entitlements, subject to the
requirements of this bill. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 04/28/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/10/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 DURAZO,
MARÍA ELENA, Chair
Location: 04/28/2026 - Senate Local Government
AB 1621 (Wilson) Planning and Zoning Law: postentitlement phase permits: Housing
Accountability Act. (Amended 06/03/2026)
The Planning and Zoning Law requires a local agency or state agency to compile one or more lists
that specify in detail the information required from any applicant for a postentitlement phase
permit, as defined. Existing law also establishes time limits for completing reviews regarding
whether an application for a postentitlement phase permit is complete and compliant, and
whether to approve or deny an application. Existing law requires the time limits to be tolled, if the
local agency or state agency requires review of the application by an outside entity, until the
outside entity completes the review and returns the application, as specified. This bill would
prohibit a local agency or state agency from requiring or requesting more than 2 plan check and
specification reviews in connection with an application for a building permit, as part of its review.
The bill would authorize a local agency or state agency to deny an application that is not compliant
with the permit standards following 2 plan check and specification reviews. The bill would also
authorize an applicant to request additional submittals of applications that are not compliant with
the permit standards. The bill, if a local agency or state agency finds that a complete application is
noncompliant, would prohibit a local agency or state agency from requesting or requiring any
action or inaction as a result of a building inspection undertaken to assess compliance with the
applicable building permit standards that would represent a deviation from a previously approved
building plan or similar approval for the building permit, except as specified. This bill would remove
the above-described tolling requirements relating to outside entity reviews and, instead, would
require, if federal or state law requires review of the application by another public agency that is
independent of the local agency or state agency before the local agency or state agency is
authorized to act on the application, the time limits to be tolled for the application until the public
agency completes the review and returns the application to the local agency or state agency. The
bill would require the local agency or state agency to notify the applicant of the tolling, as specified.
This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 06/03/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/10/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 DURAZO,
MARÍA ELENA, Chair
Location: 05/06/2026 - Senate Local Government
AB 1738 (Carrillo) State Housing Law: remote inspections. (Amended 05/18/2026)
Existing law, the State Housing Law, establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards
for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law requires the building department of every city
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or county to enforce the provisions of the State Housing Law, the State Building Standards Code,
and other specified rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the State Housing Law
pertaining to standards for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law authorizes an officer,
employee, or agent of an enforcement agency to enter and inspect any building or premises
whenever necessary to secure compliance with, or prevent a violation of, any provision of the State
Housing Law, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code, and other
rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of the State Housing Law. Existing
law provides certain immunities to a public entity or employee immunity relative to an inspection or
license, as provided. This bill would require a city, including a charter city, county, or city and
county to offer a homeowner or contractor the option of requesting remote inspections for all or a
subset of an inspection required by a building permit for specified works in one- or 2-family
dwelling units, by July 1, 2027, as provided. The bill would apply the above-described immunities to
remote inspections. The bill would authorize these local agencies, at their discretion, to set up a
process to perform onsite audits to confirm that a homeowner or contractor accurately
represented the work subject to the remote inspection and to temporarily ban the homeowner or
contractor from using the remote inspection if the homeowner is found to have willfully
misrepresented the work, as provided. By imposing new duties on local agencies, the 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 05/18/2026 text)
Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Local Government
AB 1903 (Wicks) Construction defects. (Amended 05/18/2026)
Existing law specifies the rights and requirements of a homeowner to bring an action for
construction defects, including applicable standards for home construction, the statute of
limitations, the burden of proof, the damages recoverable, and detailed prelitigation procedures.
This bill would establish an alternative process for certified buildings, as established by the bill,
and would provide that the bill’s provisions only apply to condominium projects and townhouse
developments constructed on or after January 1, 2027. The bill would authorize a builder to obtain
a certified building status for a building by undergoing private inspection, repairs, and reinspection
during construction, as provided. The bill would prohibit future challenges to the status of the
building as a certified building once certified. The bill would authorize the builder of a certified
building to establish its own process for handling postconstruction claims. The bill would specify
that a builder has a complete and unrestricted right to inspect and repair a certified building at
times mutually agreed upon by the builder and claimant and within timeframes established by the
builder. If a claimant refuses the offer of repair or prevents, restricts, delays, or frustrates access
for more than 7 days from the mutually agreed upon day, the bill would deem the builder to have
received a release. The bill would require an inspector to meet specified criteria, including, among
others, that they are a private licensed architect, engineer, or general contractor, and to certify to
the Department of Real Estate that they meet the criteria. On or before July 1, 2028, the bill would
require the Department of Real Estate to post on its internet website a list of eligible inspectors.
This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/18/2026 text)
Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Judiciary
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AB 1914 (Schiavo) General plan elements: childcare. (Amended 04/27/2026)
The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of a city or county to adopt a
comprehensive, long-term general plan that includes various elements, including, among others, a
land use, circulation, housing, safety, and environmental justice element. Existing law requires a
city or county to update its general plan elements subject to certain criteria and timelines. This bill
would require a city, county, or city and county, on or after January 1, 2028, but no later than
January 1, 2033, to prepare and adopt a childcare plan or integrate a childcare plan into the next
adoption of the city, county, or city and county’s general plan to address the childcare needs of the
jurisdiction, as specified. 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 04/27/2026 text)
Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Local Government
AB 1997 (Lee) Land use: housing development approvals: timelines and processes. (Amended
05/18/2026)
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 (EIR) 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. The Permit Streamlining Act sets forth various procedures for the review
and approval of development project applications. Among other things, the act requires a public
agency that is the lead agency for a development project to approve or disapprove the project
within a specified period of time, which varies depending on the project’s phase in the CEQA
process. This bill would additionally require approval or disapproval of a housing development
project within 30 days from the date of certification by the lead agency of the EIR, if the EIR is
prepared pursuant to specified provisions of CEQA if certain other conditions are met. By imposing
additional 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 05/18/2026 text)
Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Local Government
AB 2012 (Hoover) Vehicles: transportation of manufactured homes. (Amended 05/20/2026)
Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation or a local authority, upon application in
writing and if good cause appears, to issue a special or annual permit for the transporting of a
manufactured home that does not exceed 14 feet in total width, exclusive of lights and devices,
upon any highway, as specified. Existing law prescribes specified requirements and conditions for
transporting the above-described manufactured homes, and makes it unlawful for a person to
violate any of the terms or conditions of the above-described permits. This bill would remove the
good cause requirement for the department or the local authority to issue the above-described
permits for manufactured homes under specified conditions. The bill would clarify that a special
permit is not required to move a manufactured home if the applicant has obtained an annual
permit. (Based on 05/20/2026 text)
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Location: 06/01/2026 - Senate Rules
AB 2051 (Wicks) Public resources: Coastal Resilience Permitting Working Group. (Amended
03/25/2026)
Existing law establishes the Natural Resources Agency and vests the agency with jurisdiction over
various public resources. Existing law establishes the California Environmental Protection Agency
and sets out its mission for programs, policies, and standards. Under existing law, various state
entities, including the California Coastal Commission, the California Environmental Protection
Agency, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife have responsibilities with respect to coastal
permitting and development. This bill would require the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency,
in consultation with the Secretary for Environmental Protection, to convene a Coastal Resilience
Permitting Working Group for the purpose of developing a Coastal Resilience Permitting Roadmap
for coastal resilience projects proposed in specified areas. The bill would require the Coastal
Resilience Permitting Working Group to consist of representatives from federal, state, and local
agencies, including, among others, the California Coastal Commission, the California
Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife. The bill would, on or
before January 1, 2028, require the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to submit the
Coastal Resilience Permitting Roadmap to the Governor and the relevant fiscal and policy
committees of the Legislature. The bill would require, on or before April 1, 2027, the Secretary of
the Natural Resources Agency, in collaboration with the California Coastal Commission, the San
Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, the Department of Fish and Wildlife,
and the California Regional Water Quality Boards with jurisdiction over the coast and the San
Francisco Bay, to convene a Coastal Resilience Permit Advisory Group to support the deliberations
of the Coastal Resilience Permitting Working Group. (Based on 03/25/2026 text)
Location: 06/01/2026 - Senate Rules
AB 2152 (González, Mark) California Environmental Quality Act: essential local fire station
projects: judicial streamlining. (Amended 05/18/2026)
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or
cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project
that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to
adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires
a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant
effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is
no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the
environment. This bill would authorize an essential local fire station project, as defined, to be
eligible for judicial streamlining, if the lead agency, at its discretion, makes specified
determinations based upon substantial evidence in the record regarding the project, including the
determination that the project will employ best practices to avoid or mitigate significant
environmental effects, as provided. The bill would require the lead agency, upon determination
that a project, activity, or approval is eligible for judicial streamlining pursuant to these provisions,
to file a notice of determination with specified content with the Office of Land Use and Climate
Innovation, as provided. The bill would require the Judicial Council to, on or before July 1, 2027,
adopt rules of court that apply to any action or proceeding brought to attack, review, set aside,
void, or annul the certification of an environmental impact report, mitigated negative declaration,
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or negative declaration for an essential local fire station project, including any potential appeals to
the court of appeal or the Supreme Court, to be resolved, to the extent feasible, within 365
calendar days of the filing of the certified record of proceedings with the court. (Based
on 05/18/2026 text)
Location: 05/28/2026 - Senate Rules
AB 2296 (Papan) Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation.
(Amended 05/18/2026)
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. For the 4th and subsequent
revisions of the housing element, existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community
Development, in consultation with each council of governments, to determine each region’s
existing and projected need for housing, 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 plan that allocates a share of the regional housing need to each city, county, or city and
county, as provided. Existing law authorizes at least 2 or more cities and a county, or counties, at
least 28 months prior to the scheduled housing element revision, to form a subregional entity to
allocate the subregion’s existing and projected housing need among its members. If the council of
governments does not receive a notification of this formation at least 28 months prior to the
update, existing law requires the council of governments to implement specified requirements
regarding the regional housing need process. Existing law requires the council of governments to
determine the share of regional housing need assigned to each delegate subregion at least 25
months prior to the scheduled revision. This bill would extend the above-described timeline for
cities and counties to form a subregional entity to allocate the subregion’s housing need, as
provided, from 28 months to 34 months, and the above-described timeline for the council of
governments to determine the share of regional housing need assigned to each subregion from 25
months to 31 months, respectively. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 05/18/2026 text)
Location: 05/28/2026 - Senate Rules
Position: Support
Notes1:
4/14: City approved stance on bill. 4/16: SG and KB confirmed stance in weekly meeting. 4/17: KB
sent City draft of the letter. 4/22/26: II testified in support on behalf of the city in Assembly Local
Government committee. 4/28/26: KB submitted letter of support to delegation and portal
(Assembly Appropriations Committee, Assembly Local Government Committee, and Assembly
Housing and Community Development Committee).
AB 2415 (Hoover) Transit-oriented housing developments: alternative plans. (Amended
04/23/2026)
Existing law requires a housing development project to be an allowed use as a transit-oriented
housing development on any site zoned for residential, mixed, or commercial development within
prescribed distances of a transit-oriented development stop if the development complies with
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specified requirements. Existing law applies these provisions to a local agency beginning July 1,
2026, unless the local agency adopts an ordinance or local transit-oriented development
alternative plan, as specified. Existing law prescribes requirements for these plans, including
requiring that the plan not reduce the capacity in any transit-oriented development zone in total
units or residential floor area by more than 50%. Existing law defines various terms for these
purposes. This bill would provide that a transit-oriented development alternative plan may reduce
the capacity in up to one transit-oriented development zone in total units or residential floor area
by more than 50% if certain requirements are met. (Based on 04/23/2026 text)
Location: 05/27/2026 - Senate Rules
AB 2433 (Alvarez) Housing development: density bonus. (Amended 04/22/2026)
Existing law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to grant a
density bonus, other incentives or concessions, and waivers or reductions of development
standards, as specified, to an applicant for a housing development when the applicant seeks a
density bonus for the housing development, as specified, if the applicant agrees to construct,
among other things, a specified percentage of units for very low income, lower income, or senior
citizen housing, and meets other requirements. This bill would, instead, require a city or county to
grant a density bonus, other incentives or concessions, and waivers or reductions of development
standards, as specified, to an applicant for a housing development when the applicant submits an
application for a housing development that a city, county, or city and county determines meets
specified criteria, including, among others, the housing development includes specified
percentage of units for very low income, lower income, or senior citizen housing. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/22/2026 text)
Location: 05/28/2026 - Senate Rules
Position: Oppose Unless Amended
Notes1:
4/16/26: KB marked as watch per client request. 5/13/26: KB marked as OUA per client request.
5/15/26: KB shared draft letter with the client. 5/29/26: KB submitted letter to portal and
delegation.
AB 2576 (Harabedian) Transit-oriented development. (Amended 05/28/2026)
Existing law provides that a housing development project shall be an allowed use as a transit-
oriented housing development if specified conditions and requirements are met. Existing law
provides that these provisions do not apply to a local agency until July 1, 2026, unless the local
agency adopts an ordinance or local transit-oriented development alternative plan, as defined,
deemed compliant by the Department of Housing and Community Development before July 1,
2026. Existing law specifies that, beginning on January 1, 2027, a local government that denies a
housing development project meeting the requirements referenced above that is located in a high-
resource area is presumed to be in violation of specified law and immediately liable for specified
penalties. Existing law specifies exclusions from the provisions described above, including a site
with a historic resource designated as of January 1, 2025, on a local register. This bill would also
exclude from the provisions described above, a contributing site within a historic district included
on the State Historic Resources Inventory designated before January 1, 2025, and a parcel
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individually listed as a historical resource included on the State Historic Resources Inventory
designated before January 1, 2025. (Based on 05/28/2026 text)
Location: 05/13/2026 - Senate Housing
AB 2601 (Lee) Planning and zoning: housing development: streamlined approval and
subdivisions. (Amended 04/16/2026)
Under the Planning and Zoning Law, the legislative body of a city or county may adopt ordinances
that, among other things, regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land, as provided. The
Subdivision Map Act vests the authority to regulate and control the design and improvement of
subdivisions in the legislative body of a local agency and sets forth procedures governing the local
agency’s processing, approval, conditional approval or disapproval, and filing of tentative, final,
and parcel maps. Existing law requires a local agency to consider ministerially a proposed housing
development containing no more than 2 residential units within a single-family residential zone,
without discretionary review or a hearing, if the proposed housing development meets specified
requirements. Existing law requires a local agency to ministerially approve a parcel map for an
urban lot split if the parcel meets specified requirements. This bill would require that an
application for a proposed housing development containing no more than 2 residential units within
a single-family residential zone, as described above, be eligible for concurrent processing with an
application for a parcel map for an urban lot split, as provided. The bill would authorize a local
agency to condition issuance of building permits, grading permits, or certificates of occupancy for
a proposed housing development upon the applicant first obtaining approval and recording a
parcel map for eligible parcels pursuant to the above-described urban lot split provisions. The bill
would allow the primary dwellings in an urban lot split under these provisions to be developed or
converted to condominiums upon request of the applicant, as specified, or, if the housing
development includes an existing unit, allow the applicant to request a condominium conversion
for that unit pursuant to state and local law. The bill would specify that a “parcel map” for purposes
of these provisions means a parcel map prepared in accordance with specified provisions of the
Subdivision Map Act and may include a condominium plan if proposed by the subdivider, as
specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 04/16/2026 text)
Location: 05/13/2026 - Senate Housing
AB 2689 (Ávila Farías) Low-income housing tax credits: lease nonrenewal: good cause.
(Amended 04/30/2026)
Existing law, in modified conformity with federal income tax laws, establishes a low-income
housing tax credit program through which the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee allocates
low-income housing tax credits aimed at providing affordable low-income housing within and
throughout the state. Existing federal law sets limitations and guidelines regarding what projects
are eligible for credits, including a requirement that an extended low-income housing commitment
is in effect, and a prohibition against eviction except for good cause. This bill would specify, for
housing projects where the low-income housing commitment requires 100% of the units, not
including any manager's units, to be restricted to lower income households, as defined, that good
cause for nonrenewal of a lease includes cases where the nonrenewal relates to a household
whose income exceeds 140% of the area median income for at least 2 consecutive years and 30%
of the household's monthly income exceeds the fair market rent for the county where they reside.
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The bill would require an owner to provide notice of the potential of good cause for nonrenewal
described above if the household's income exceeds 140% of the area median income during any
income certification, as specified. The bill would also require an owner electing to not renew a
lease as described above to issue a notice of nonrenewal describing the basis of good cause for
nonrenewal at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the lease, as specified. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/30/2026 text)
Location: 06/01/2026 - Senate Rules
AB 2748 (Quirk-Silva) Building standards: affordable housing developments: electric vehicle
charging. (Amended 05/18/2026)
Existing law, the State Housing Law, establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards
for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law requires the building department of every city
or county to enforce within its jurisdiction all the provisions published in the California Building
Standards Code and the provisions of the State Housing Law, as provided. Existing law makes any
violation of the State Housing Law a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000, by
imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, or by both. This bill would exempt a new or existing
affordable housing development, as defined, for which a permit application is submitted between
January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2030, from the requirements for installation of low power Level
2 or higher electric vehicle charging receptacles in the 2025 California Green Building Standards
Code, as provided. The bill would, instead, require those affordable housing developments for
which a permit application is submitted between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2030, to
comply with the applicable requirements for installation of low power Level 2 or higher electric
vehicle charging receptacles in the 2022 edition of the California Building Standards Code. The bill
would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2032. By adding to the duties of local officials, and 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 05/18/2026 text)
Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Housing
SB 417 (Cabaldon) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026. (Amended 01/22/2026)
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, November 3, 2026, statewide primary
general election, in accordance with specified law. This bill would declare that it is to take effect
immediately as an urgency statute. (Based on 01/22/2026 text)
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Calendar: 06/04/26 #22 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS
Location: 05/18/2026 - Assembly Third Reading
SB 677 (Wiener) Housing development: transit-oriented development. (Amended 01/08/2026)
Existing law requires 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 certain applicable requirements, as provided. Among these
requirements, existing law establishes requirements concerning height limits, density, and
residential floor area ratio in accordance with a development’s proximity to specified tiers of TOD
stops, as provided, and requires a development to meet specified labor standards that require that
a specified affidavit be signed under penalty of perjury, under specified circumstances. Existing law
specifies that a development proposed pursuant to these provisions is eligible for streamlined,
ministerial approval, as provided. Existing law defines, among other terms, the term “high-
frequency commuter rail” for purposes of these provisions to mean a commuter rail service
operating a total of at least 48 trains per day across both directions, not including temporary
service changes of less than one month or unplanned disruptions, and not meeting the standard
for very high frequency commuter rail, at any point in the past three years. Existing law also defines
the term “Tier 2 transit-oriented development stop” for these purposes to mean a TOD stop within
an urban transit county, as defined, excluding a Tier 1 transit-oriented development stop, as
defined, served by light rail transit, by high-frequency commuter rail, or by bus service meeting
specified standards. This bill would revise the definition of “high-frequency commuter rail” to
instead mean a public commuter or intercity rail station with a total of at least 48 passenger trains
on average per weekday across all directions, not including temporary service changes of less than
one month or unplanned disruptions, and not meeting the standard for very high frequency
commuter rail, at any point in the past three years. By increasing the duties of local officials, and by
expanding the crime of perjury, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill
contains other existing laws. (Based on 01/08/2026 text)
Location: 01/26/2026 - Assembly Desk
Position: Oppose
Notes1:
1/13/26: EN tagged as oppose. 1/14/26: KR testified in opposition in Senate Local Government
Committee. 1/15/26: SG sent draft oppose letter to the City for review. 1/26/26: EN received final
Word draft of letter, finalized, and sent back to the City for their records. 1/26/26: DA submitted
letter to portal and delegation.
SB 722 (Wahab) Transit-oriented housing development: excluded parcels and sites. (Amended
01/15/2026)
Existing law requires that a housing development project, as defined, within a specified distance of
a transit-oriented development 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 certain, applicable requirements, as provided. Among these
requirements, existing law prohibits a proposed development under these provisions from being
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located on sites where the development would require demolition of housing, or that was
previously used for housing, that is subject to rent or price controls, as provided. This bill would
additionally prohibit the development from being located on an existing parcel of land or site
governed under the Mobilehome Residency Law, the Recreational Vehicle Park Occupancy Law,
the Mobilehome Parks Act, or the Special Occupancy Parks Act. This bill would declare that it is to
take effect immediately as an urgency statute. (Based on 01/15/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/10/26 A-HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9:30 a.m. - State Capitol,
Room 447 HANEY, MATT, Chair
Location: 05/04/2026 - Assembly Housing And Community Development
Position: Support
Notes1:
1/14/26: DA tagged as support. 1/15/26: SG sent draft support letter to the City for review. 1/26/26:
EN received final Word draft of letter, finalized, and sent back to the City for their records. 1/26/26:
DA submitted letter to portal and delegation. 5/5/26: KB submitted letter to portal.
SB 996 (Padilla) Manufactured housing: classification as real property. (Amended 05/14/2026)
The Mobilehome Parks Act requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to
establish regulations for manufactured home, mobilehome, and commercial modular foundation
systems. Existing law authorizes a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular to
be installed on a foundation system as either a fixture or improvement to the real property if certain
conditions are met. In this regard, existing law requires, among other things, a manufactured
home, mobilehome, or commercial modular owner or licensed contractor to obtain a building
permit from the appropriate enforcement agency before installing the manufactured home,
mobilehome, or commercial modular on a foundation system by, among other things, submitting
written evidence acceptable to the enforcement agency that the manufactured home,
mobilehome, or commercial modular owner owns, holds title to, or is purchasing the real property
where the mobilehome is to be installed on a foundation system. Existing law specifies that a lease
held by the owner, that is transferable, for the exclusive use of the real property where the
manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular is to be installed, is deemed to comply
with that requirement if the lease is for a term of 35 years or more, or if fewer than 35 years, for a
term mutually agreed upon by the lessor and lessee, and the term of the lease is not revocable at
the discretion of the lessor except for cause, as specified. A willful violation of these provisions is a
crime. This bill would specify that the authorization to install a manufactured home, mobilehome,
or commercial modular as either a fixture or improvement to the real property applies to
permanent foundation systems. The bill would remove the agreements that are deemed to comply
with the requirement that the owner or contractor provide written evidence that the manufactured
home, mobilehome, or commercial modular owner owns, holds title to, or is purchasing the real
property where the mobilehome is to be installed. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws. (Based on 05/14/2026 text)
Location: 06/01/2026 - Assembly Housing And Community Development
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SB 1014 (Grayson) Development projects: preliminary estimate of required improvements:
onsite and offsite improvements. (Amended 06/03/2026)
Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act (act), sets forth various procedures for the review and
approval of development project applications, including, among other things, requiring each public
agency to compile one or more lists that specify in detail the information that will be required from
any applicant for a development project. The act also requires a city, county, or city and county to
deem an applicant for a housing development project to have submitted a preliminary application
upon providing specified information about the proposed project to the city, county, or city and
county from which approval for the project is being sought. This bill would permit an applicant who
submits a preliminary application for a housing development project, as specified, or an
application if a preliminary application is not submitted, to include in the preliminary application or
application a request for a preliminary estimate of required improvements, as provided. The bill
would require a city, county, or city and county that receives a request under these provisions to
provide the preliminary estimate within 30 business days of the submission of the request, as
provided. The bill would authorize, for improvements required by a public agency, as specified, the
applicant to request, within 30 days of submission, a list of the types of improvements that may be
required, as provided. The bill, within 30 business days of deeming an application for a
postentitlement phase permit complete, would additionally require the city, county, or city and
county to provide the applicant with an itemized list of all onsite and offsite improvements that will
be required prior to issuance of, or otherwise in connection with, that permit, as provided. The bill
would specify that its provisions do not relieve a city, county, or city and county of its obligation to
comply with certain requirements before subjecting a housing development project to an
improvement that was not in effect when a preliminary application was submitted, as provided. The
bill would define various terms for these purposes. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws. (Based on 06/03/2026 text)
Location: 06/01/2026 - Assembly Local Government
Position: Oppose
Notes1:
4/14: City approved stance on bill. 4/16: SG and KB confirmed stance in weekly meeting. 4/17: KB
sent City draft of the letter. 4/28: KB submitted letter to delegation and portal (Senate Housing
Committee, Senate Appropriations Committee, Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 1016 (Blakespear) Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court
Program and court-ordered evaluations. (Amended 05/14/2026)
Existing law, the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act (CARE Act),
authorizes specified persons, including a person with whom the respondent resides, family
members, and first responders, among others, to petition a civil court to create a voluntary CARE
agreement or a court-ordered CARE plan and implement services, to be provided by county
behavioral health agencies, to provide behavioral health care, including stabilization medication,
housing, and other enumerated services, to adults who are currently experiencing a severe mental
illness and have a diagnosis identified in the disorder class schizophrenia and other psychotic
disorders, or bipolar I disorder with psychotic features, and who meet other specified criteria.
Existing law requires the Judicial Council to develop a mandatory form for use to file a CARE
process petition with the court and any other forms necessary for the CARE process, to be signed
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under the penalty of perjury, and requires the form to contain certain information, including either a
specified affidavit of a licensed behavioral health professional or evidence the respondent was
detained for a minimum of two intensive treatments pursuant to specified provisions of law. This
bill would, among other things, authorize a petitioner of a CARE Act petition to request that the
court order a mental health evaluation under the LPS Act if the petitioner believes that the person
may not be willing or able to participate in the CARE process and a CARE plan or CARE agreement
due to the severity of their mental disorder or lack of insight into their mental disorder, and would
require the Judicial Council to include on the mandatory petition form an option for the petitioner to
request that evaluation. The bill would authorize the court to issue an order for a mental health
evaluation under the LPS Act if the CARE Act petition or report prepared by the county behavioral
health agency establishes probable cause to support the evaluation and the respondent will not
voluntarily receive crisis intervention services or an evaluation, as specified. The bill would also
make other technical, conforming changes. By expanding the crime of perjury and imposing a
higher level of service on counties, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/14/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/16/26 A-JUDICIARY 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 KALRA, ASH, Chair
Location: 06/01/2026 - Assembly Judiciary
SB 1036 (Grayson) Mitigation Fee Act. (Amended 04/16/2026)
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, including requiring the local agency to identify the use to which the fee is to
be put and determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the fee’s use and the type of
development project on which the fee is imposed. This bill would require the amount of a fee that is
imposed on a development project that demolishes or changes an existing use to be offset to
account for the demolition or change so that the amount of the fee is attributable only to the
development project’s incremental impact on public facilities or services, as provided. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/16/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/04/26 #2 A-SECOND READING FILE -- SENATE BILLS
Location: 05/11/2026 - Assembly Local Government
Position: Watch
SB 1117 (Cervantes) Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units.
(Introduced 02/17/2026)
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) in accordance with specified standards and conditions. Existing law
requires fees charged for the construction of ADUs to be determined in accordance with specified
provisions of the Mitigation Fee Act. Existing law prohibits a local agency, special district, or water
corporation from imposing any impact fee upon the development of an ADU that has 750 square
feet of interior livable space or less, and requires any impact fees charged for an ADU that has
more than 750 square feet of interior livable space to be charged proportionately in relation to the
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square footage of the primary dwelling unit. This bill would additionally require the charge to be
based only on the area in excess of 750 square feet of interior livable space. By changing the duties
of local agencies with regard to calculating fees for ADUs, the 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 02/17/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/10/26 A-HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9:30 a.m. - State Capitol,
Room 447 HANEY, MATT, Chair
Location: 05/26/2026 - Assembly Housing And Community Development
SB 1169 (Grayson) Subdivision Map Act: tentative maps: expiration dates. (Amended
04/08/2026)
Existing law, the Subdivision Map Act, (act) vests the authority to regulate and control the design
and improvement of subdivisions in the legislative body of a local agency and sets forth procedures
governing the processing, approval, conditional approval or disapproval, and filing of tentative
maps, among other maps. Existing law requires a vesting tentative map to be filed and processed in
the same manner as a tentative map, except as specified. The act generally requires a subdivider to
file a tentative map with the local agency, as specified, and the local agency, in turn, to approve,
conditionally approve, or disapprove the map within a specified time period. Under existing law, an
approved tentative map expires 24 months after its approval or conditional approval. Existing law
authorizes the approval or conditional approval to be extended up to 24 months pursuant to local
ordinance, and by 48 months, as provided, if the subdivider is required to expend more than a
certain amount of money to construct, improve, or finance the construction or improvement of
public improvements outside the property boundaries of the tentative map, as provided. Existing
law prohibits those extensions from extending the tentative map more than 10 years from its
approval or conditional approval, except as specified. This bill would extend the initial expiration
period of an approved or conditionally approved tentative map to 8 years, except as provided. The
bill would remove the authorization to extend the approval or conditional approval by 48 months if
the subdivider is required to expend more than a certain amount of money to construct, improve,
or finance the construction or improvement of public improvements outside the property
boundaries of the tentative map. 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. By adding to the duties of local planning officials, this bill would
impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws. (Based on 04/08/2026 text)
Location: 05/18/2026 - Assembly Local Government
SB 1272 (Menjivar) Local ordinances: administrative fines or penalties. (Amended 04/30/2026)
Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a local agency, as defined, to, by ordinance, make
any violation of an ordinance subject to an administrative fine or penalty. Existing law requires a
local agency to set forth, by ordinance, the administrative procedures that govern the imposition,
enforcement, collection, and administrative review of those administrative fines or penalties. This
bill would require, for any violation pertaining to building, plumbing, electrical, or other similar
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structural or zoning issues, that do not create an immediate danger to health or safety, of any
ordinance enacted by the local agency, the reasonable period of time to correct or otherwise
remedy the violation to be no less than 6 months if certain conditions are met, including that the
current owner of the property submits a sworn affidavit that the current owner was not responsible
for any action that caused the violation and that the current owner had no knowledge of the
violation at the time the owner took title to the property. By requiring a sworn affidavit, the bill
would expand the crime of perjury, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/30/2026 text)
Location: 05/26/2026 - Assembly Local Government
POU-Energy
SB 1138 (Padilla) Load-serving entities: resource adequacy requirements. (Amended
04/09/2026)
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities,
including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the commission, in consultation with the
Independent System Operator, to establish resource adequacy requirements for all load-serving
entities, as provided. Existing law defines load-serving entity, for that purpose, as an electrical
corporation, electric service provider, or community choice aggregator. Existing law requires each
load-serving entity to be subject to the same requirements for resource adequacy, the renewables
portfolio standard program, and the integrated resource planning process that apply to electrical
corporations, as provided. This bill would require the commission to authorize a load-serving entity
to demonstrate compliance with resource adequacy requirements by selling to, or otherwise
making transactions with, another load-serving entity to meet not more than 25% of its compliance
obligations with contracts that are of a short-term duration, and to authorize those transactions to
be denominated in the same unit of time used to denominate resource adequacy compliance
requirements. The bill would authorize the commission to suspend or adjust that authority of a
load-serving entity to sell to, or otherwise make transactions with, another load-serving entity, as
specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 04/09/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/10/26 A-UTILITIES AND ENERGY 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 PETRIE-
NORRIS, COTTIE, Chair
Location: 05/26/2026 - Assembly Utilities And Energy
Public Safety and EMS
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AB 762 (Irwin) Disposable, battery-embedded vapor inhalation device: prohibition. (Amended
01/26/2026)
Existing law regulates the manufacture, sale, and disposal of various single-use products,
including single-use foodware accessories and condiments and single-use carryout bags. Existing
law prohibits a store from, among other things, providing, distributing, or selling a carryout bag at
the point of sale, except as specified. Existing law defines terms for these purposes. This bill would
prohibit, beginning January 1, 2027, a person from importing or manufacturing for sale in this state
a new or refurbished disposable, battery-embedded vapor inhalation device, and, beginning
January 1, 2028, a person from selling, distributing, or offering for sale a new or refurbished
disposable, battery-embedded vapor inhalation device in this state. The bill would define a
“disposable, battery-embedded vapor inhalation device” to mean a vaporization device that
contains nicotine but not cannabis or a cannabis product, as defined, and that is not designed or
intended to be reused, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 01/26/2026 text)
Location: 05/20/2026 - Senate Environmental Quality
AB 1753 (Stefani) Protective orders: firearms and ammunition: notice and procedures.
(Amended 05/18/2026)
Existing law establishes procedures by which a person may petition the court for certain protective
or restraining orders, including civil harassment restraining orders, domestic violence restraining
orders, elder or dependent adult abuse restraining orders, gun violence restraining orders,
postsecondary school restraining orders, and workplace violence restraining orders, to enjoin a
restrained person from taking specified actions. Before a hearing on the issuance or denial of a
domestic violence restraining order or gun violence restraining order, existing law requires the
court to ensure that a search has been conducted to determine, among other things, if the subject
of the proposed order owns or possesses a firearm as reflected in the Department of Justice
Automated Firearms System. If after the search, the court finds that the subject of the proposed
order owns or possesses a firearm, existing law requires the court to make a written record as to
whether the subject has relinquished the firearm and provided proof of the required storage, sale,
or relinquishment of the firearm. Upon a court’s issuance of such a protective order, existing law
requires the restrained person to relinquish any firearm and ammunition in that person’s
immediate possession or control, according to specified procedures. Existing law prescribes
procedures by which the restrained person must certify compliance with the court, and for the
court to determine, by a preponderance of the evidence, whether the person has a firearm in
violation of the order. This bill would make clarifying and conforming changes to the procedures
relating to the protective or restraining orders described above by explicitly requiring the restrained
person to relinquish, in addition to any firearm, any ammunition in that person’s immediate
possession or control. The bill would require courts to permit a party, support person, or witness to
appear remotely at a hearing for a postsecondary educational institution or workplace violence
restraining order at no cost. This bill would also require courts to develop rules and instructions for
such remote appearances and to post them on its website. This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/18/2026 text)
Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Public Safety
AB 1941 (González, Mark) Organized metal theft. (Amended 03/26/2026)
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Existing law makes a person who is a dealer in or collector of junk, metals, or secondhand
materials, or their agent, employee, or representative, who buys or receives any wire, cable,
copper, lead, solder, mercury, iron, or brass that the person knows or reasonably should know is
used by or belongs to specified entities, including a railroad, certain utility companies, or a public
entity engaged in furnishing public utility service, without using due diligence to ascertain that the
person selling or delivering that material has a legal right to do so, guilty of criminally receiving that
property and, in addition to imprisonment, makes that act punishable by a fine of not more than
$5,000. This bill would prohibit organized metal theft, described as acting in concert with one or
more persons to steal metal materials from one or more of specified materials and items with the
intent to sell, exchange, or return those metal materials for value, acting in concert with 2 or more
persons to receive, purchase, or possess those metal materials knowing or believing it to have
been stolen, acting as an agent of another to steal those metal materials as part of an organized
plan to commit theft, or recruiting, coordinating, organizing, supervising, directing, managing, or
financing another to undertake acts of theft of metal. The bill would make a violation of organized
metal theft punishable as either a misdemeanor or a felony. The bill would make related findings
and declarations and state the intent of the Legislature. By creating new crimes, the bill would
impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws. (Based on 03/26/2026 text)
Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Public Safety
AB 2556 (Boerner) Evidence: credibility of witnesses and evidence affected or excluded by
extrinsic policies. (Introduced 02/20/2026)
Existing law sets forth the procedure by which, in any prosecution for rape or other specified sexual
offenses, evidence of sexual conduct of the complaining witness may be offered to attack the
credibility of the complaining witness. This procedure involves, among other things, the filing of a
written motion by the defendant, accompanied by an affidavit filed under seal stating an offer of
proof, and, if the court determines that the offer is sufficient, a hearing out of the presence of the
jury regarding the offer of proof. At the conclusion of the hearing, the court may make an order
stating what evidence may be introduced by the defendant. Under existing law, these procedures
do not apply if the specified offenses are alleged to have occurred in a local detention facility or
state prison, as defined. This bill would remove this exception, thereby also applying these
procedures to specified offenses alleged to have occurred in a local detention facility or state
prison. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 02/20/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/09/26 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE,
Chair
Location: 05/06/2026 - Senate Public Safety
SB 239 (Arreguín) Crimes: criminal threats. (Amended 05/28/2026)
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, as specified. Under existing law, this crime is punishable as a
misdemeanor or by imprisonment in state prison as a felony. Existing law, for the purposes of
sentencing for a felony violation of these provisions, authorizes the court to consider, as a factor in
aggravation, that the defendant willfully threatened to commit a crime that would result in the
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death or great bodily injury of a state constitutional officer, a Member of the Legislature, or a judge
or court commissioner, as specified. This bill would additionally authorize the court to consider, as
a factor in aggravation, that the defendant willfully threatened to commit a crime that would result
in the death or great bodily injury of a county or city elections official, or a local agency official, as
specified. (Based on 05/28/2026 text)
Location: 06/01/2026 - Assembly Public Safety
Notes1:
3/18/25: DC tagged as support. 3/21/25: SG sent letter to the City for review. 4/4/25: EN received
final letter, submitted to Senate Local Government and Senate Judiciary, and sent to delegation.
5/6/25: EN testified in support in Senate Judiciary. 5.15.25 CP sent to delegation 1/27/26: DA
removed position and priority due to gut and amend.
SB 758 (Umberg) Public health: nitrous oxide. (Amended 01/22/2026)
Existing law, the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003, requires a retailer, as
defined, to hold a license from the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to engage
in the sale of cigarettes or tobacco products. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor. This
bill would expand those provisions to prohibit a retailer from selling nitrous oxide in any retail
location, subject to certain exceptions. By expanding the definition of an existing crime, this bill
would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws. (Based on 01/22/2026 text)
Location: 01/27/2026 - Assembly Desk
Position: Support
Notes1:
4/14: City approved stance on bill. 4/16: SG and KB confirmed stance in weekly meeting. 4/17: KB
sent City draft of the letter. 4/28: KB submitted letter to portal and delegation (Senate
Appropriations Committee, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 936 (Blakespear) Nitrous oxide: sales. (Amended 05/18/2026)
Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to possess nitrous oxide with the intent of inhaling it for
specified purposes, including to cause intoxication. Existing law also makes it a misdemeanor to
sell nitrous oxide to any person under 18 years of age. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to
dispense nitrous oxide to a person and knowing that the person will use it for specified prohibited
purposes, if that person then causes death or great bodily injury to themselves or another person.
This bill would, except as specifically exempted, prohibit the sale and distribution of a nitrous oxide
container that is capable of holding more than 8 grams of nitrous oxide or from which an individual
may directly inhale nitrous oxide. The bill would also prohibit the sale and distribution of a nitrous
oxide that has, or is marketed as having, the taste or smell of any food. The bill would prohibit
knowingly selling or distributing a device that allows an individual to inhale nitrous oxide from the
container or hold nitrous oxide for the purposes of inhalation. The bill would punish a violation of
these provisions as an infraction, as specified. The bill would also authorize a court to suspend the
business license, including a license to sell tobacco products, if the business has a prior
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conviction for violating these prohibitions. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws. (Based on 05/18/2026 text)
Location: 05/22/2026 - Assembly Desk
Position: Support
Notes1:
5/12/26: KB added support after City's leg committee meeting approval. 5/15/26: KB shared draft
letter with the client. 5/29/26: KB submitted letter to portal and delegation.
SB 1013 (Cervantes) Automated license plate recognition systems. (Amended 05/14/2026)
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, a public transit operator, or a local department of transportation or public
works department, as specified. The bill would, beginning January 1, 2027, require new, updated,
expansions of, or addendums of contractual agreements with ALPR vendors, manufacturers, or
suppliers to mandate that no default access is provided to any national ALPR database and that an
agency’s collected scans are by default not accessible to any other agency, and would impose new
requirements on sharing between California state law enforcement agencies. 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 or locating an individual who has been reported as missing to a law enforcement agency.
The bill would prohibit a public agency from retaining ALPR information for more than 30 days after
the date of collection if it does not match information on an authorized hot list, as defined, and as
of January 1, 2027, would require a public agency to delete all ALPR information that has been held
for more than 30 days within 14 days unless it is retained in the evidence file of an active
investigation or criminal proceeding or matches information on an authorized hot list. By imposing
new requirements on public agencies, which include local agencies, this bill would impose a state-
mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 05/14/2026 text)
Location: 05/26/2026 - Assembly Transportation
SB 1156 (Caballero) Vehicles: driving under the influence. (Amended 04/09/2026)
Existing law makes it a crime to operate a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and
sets forth the penalties for a violation of these provisions. Under existing law, if a person is
convicted of a driving under the influence violation and the offense occurs within 10 years of one or
more separate driving under the influence violations that resulted in convictions, the offense is
subject to escalating fines, suspensions, and other sanctions. This bill would require a court, when
imposing a sentence for certain driving under the influence offenses to prohibit the person from
purchasing alcohol for a period of 3 to 10 years. The bill would require the court to consider certain
factors in imposing the prohibition. (Based on 04/09/2026 text)
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Location: 05/26/2026 - Assembly Public Safety
Transportation and Public Works
AB 1421 (Wilson) Vehicles: Road Usage Charge Technical Advisory Committee. (Amended
01/05/2026)
Existing law requires the Chair of the California Transportation Commission to create a Road Usage
Charge Technical Advisory Committee in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation to guide
the development and evaluation of a pilot program assessing the potential for mileage-based
revenue collection as an alternative to the gas tax system. Existing law additionally requires the
Transportation Agency, in consultation with the commission, to implement the pilot program, as
specified. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2027. This bill would require the
commission, in consultation with the Transportation Agency, to consolidate and prepare research
and recommendations related to a road user charge or a mileage-based fee system. The bill would
require the commission to submit a report, as specified, on the research and recommendations
described above to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature by no later than
January 1, 2027. The bill would require the commission to consult with appropriate state agencies
and other stakeholders, as specified, in preparing the research and recommendations and report
described above. (Based on 01/05/2026 text)
Location: 01/29/2026 - Senate Rules
AB 1569 (Davies) Pupil safety: electric bicycle: safety and training program. (Amended
04/13/2026)
Existing law establishes the State Department of Education in state government, and vests the
department with specified powers and duties relating to the state’s public school system. Existing
law establishes the Department of the California Highway Patrol, under the control of the
Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, within the Transportation Agency. Existing law
requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol to develop statewide safety and training
programs based on evidence-based practices for users of electric bicycles. This bill would require,
on or before March 1, 2028, the State Department of Education, in consultation with the
Department of the California Highway Patrol, to develop a standardized electric bicycle safety and
training program for pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, as provided. In developing the program, the
bill would authorize the State Department of Education and the Department of the California
Highway Patrol to collaborate with local law enforcement agencies or local governments that have
implemented electric bicycle training programs already to ensure the program reflects proven best
practices. The bill would encourage local educational agencies and parent organizations to offer
training demonstrations to pupils and parents on electric bicycle operations in collaboration with
local law enforcement agencies or local governments, as specified. (Based on 04/13/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/10/26 S-EDUCATION 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2100 PÉREZ, SASHA RENÉE, Chair
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Location: 05/27/2026 - Senate Education
Position: Support
Notes1:
2/19/26: Bill introduced; EN tagged as support. 2/24/26: EN sent draft support letter to City for
review. EN received final letter and sent to delegation and author's office. Bill not yet referred to a
committee. 3/10/26: DA submitted support letter to portal and delegation. 4/8/26: CS attended
Asm. Education Committee - bill on consent. 4/17/26: KB sent draft letter to City for review.
5/11/26: KB followed up with the City on draft letter. 5/28/26: KB submitted letter to portal.
AB 1614 (Dixon) Vehicles: bicycles. (Introduced 01/21/2026)
Existing law, the California Bicycle Transportation Act, establishes 4 classifications of facilities,
referred to as bikeways, that provide primarily for, and promote, bicycle travel. Existing law requires
a person operating a bicycle, which includes an electric bicycle, upon a highway to ride the bicycle
upon or astride a permanent and regular seat unless the bicycle was designed by the manufacturer
to be ridden without a seat. Existing law requires a person riding as a passenger on a bicycle upon a
highway to be upon or astride a seat attached to the bicycle, as specified. A violation of these
provisions in punishable as an infraction. This bill would make those provisions applicable to the
operation of a bicycle upon a Class I bikeway. By expanding an existing infraction, this bill would
impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws. (Based on 01/21/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/09/26 S-TRANSPORTATION 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 CORTESE, DAVE,
Chair
Location: 05/20/2026 - Senate Transportation
Position: Support
Notes1:
2/10/26: EN tagged as support. 2/13/26: EN sent draft support letter to the City for review. 2/24/26:
EN followed up on draft letter. 2/27/26: DA submitted letter to portal and delegation. 4/6/26: EN
testified in support in Assembly Transportation. 5/21/26: CPPG resubmitted letter to portal.
AB 1976 (Wicks) Streets and highways: pedestrian and bicycle facilities. (Amended
05/21/2026)
Existing law grants the legislative body of a city certain powers with respect to city streets and
highways, including the power to construct and maintain those streets and highways. Existing law
grants the board of supervisors of a county general supervision, management, and control of
county highways and authorizes the board of supervisors to lay out, construct, improve, and
maintain county highways. This bill would prohibit a city or county from holding a community input
meeting to reconsider, delay, or prevent implementation of a proposed pedestrian or bicycle safety
project if that project is included in an approved plan that will be implemented as part of the
circulation element of the city or county’s general plan, as specified. At a public meeting where a
contract is awarded for, or when county or city staff, as applicable, are directed to begin, the
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construction of a pedestrian or bicycle safety project, or anytime thereafter, the bill would prohibit
the city or county from terminating the project unless the city or county makes at least one
specified finding at a public meeting. If a city or county establishes a process for residents of the
city or county to submit a petition to request the installation of a traffic-calming measure, the bill
would prohibit the city or county from requiring the petition to contain the signatures of more than a
majority of the total number of persons whose residences are located, in whole or in part, within
1,000 feet of the proposed traffic-calming measure, as specified. To the extent that the bill
increases the duties of local officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This
bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/21/2026 text)
Location: 06/01/2026 - Senate Rules
AB 2059 (Wilson) California Environmental Quality Act: transportation impacts: vehicle miles
traveled: mitigation. (Amended 04/22/2026)
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 requires the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation to prepare, develop,
and transmit to the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency for certification and adoption
proposed revisions to the CEQA implementation guidelines to establish criteria for determining the
significance of transportation impacts of projects within transit priority areas, and requires the
criteria to promote the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the development of multimodal
transportation networks, and a diversity of land uses. CEQA requires the office to recommend
potential metrics, including, among other metrics, vehicle miles traveled, to measure these
transportation impacts. This bill would, except as provided, specify that a transportation project is
presumed to have a less than significant transportation impact as determined by the vehicle-miles-
traveled metric if at least 80% of the project lies within one or more nonmetropolitan counties.
Because the bill would impose additional duties on a lead agency in its analysis of significant
transportation impacts, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/22/2026 text)
Location: 05/27/2026 - Senate Environmental Quality
AB 2346 (Wilson) Vehicles: electric bicycles and speed limits. (Amended 03/26/2026)
Existing law defines an electric bicycle as a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an
electric motor of less than 750 watts, and classifies electric bicycles into 3 classes with different
restrictions for various purposes. This bill would require all class 1 and class 2 electric bicycles
manufactured, sold, or offered for sale on or after January 1, 2029, to be equipped with a
speedometer. The bill would also require all electric bicycles manufactured, sold, or offered for
sale on or after January 1, 2029, to be equipped with an integrated front lamp and a rear lamp, as
specified. The bill would also require manufacturers and distributors of electric bicycles to include
a written description of California’s electric bicycle laws with the bicycle’s packaging to be
provided to the consumer. The bill would also require sellers and distributors of electric bicycles to
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provide specified disclosures at or before the point of sale. The bill would make a violation of these
provisions punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed $15,000 for a first violation and not to exceed
$50,000 for each subsequent violation, upon an action brought by the Attorney General, a city
attorney, a county counsel, or a district attorney. The bill would specify that a violation of these
provisions is not a criminal offense. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 03/26/2026 text)
Location: 05/28/2026 - Senate Rules
Position: Support
Notes1:
3/22/26: SG sent draft support letter to the City for review. 3/26/26: KB added support. Still awaiting
letter. 04/01/26: KB submitted letter of support to delegation and Asm transportation committee.
AB 2453 (Rodriguez, Michelle) Vehicles: off-highway motor vehicles. (Amended 05/28/2026)
Existing law regulates the operation of recreational off-highway motor vehicles on lands, other than
a highway, that are open and accessible to the public. Existing law generally prohibits a motor
vehicle from being driven upon a highway unless it is registered. However, existing law authorizes
off-highway motor vehicles that are issued identification plates or devices to cross highways in
certain situations, including, among others, a peace officer operating an off-highway motor vehicle
in an emergency response situation. This bill would expand the above-described provision to
additionally authorize first responders, as defined, to operate off-highway motor vehicles in an
emergency response situation. The bill would also authorize peace officers and first responders to
operate off-highway motor vehicles upon a highway, at a distance not to exceed 5 miles, for the
purpose of accessing off-highway recreational areas or locations of patrol, within jurisdictions that
have adopted a policy or plan for the operation of those off-highway motor vehicles pursuant to the
provisions described below. The bill would require peace officers and first responders operating
off-highway motor vehicles pursuant to these provisions to comply with the terms and
requirements of the policy or plan adopted by the applicable local authority. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/28/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/09/26 S-TRANSPORTATION 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 CORTESE, DAVE,
Chair
Location: 05/20/2026 - Senate Transportation
Position: Sponsor
Notes1:
4/6/26: AB 1909 folded into AB 2453. SG sent draft co-sponsor letter to the City for review. EN
tagged as sponsor. 4/7/26: AB 2453 on consent in Assembly Transportation 4/13/26: KB submitted
sponsor letter to delegation and portal (Assembly Appropriations Committee, Assembly
Transportation Committee) 6/1/26: KB submitted sponsor letter to portal.
AB 2595 (Papan) Vehicles: electric bicycles. (Introduced 02/20/2026)
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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
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
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. This bill, the San Mateo Electric Bicycle Safety Pilot
Program, would, until January 1, 2031, authorize a local authority within the County of San Mateo,
or the County of San Mateo in unincorporated areas, to adopt an ordinance or resolution that
would prohibit a person under 12 years of age from operating a class 1 or 2 electric bicycle. For the
first 60 days following the adoption of an ordinance or resolution for this purpose, the bill would
make a violation of the ordinance or resolution punishable by a warning notice. After 60 days, the
bill would make a violation of the ordinance or resolution punishable by a fine of $25, except as
specified. This bill would make a parent or legal guardian with control or custody of an
unemancipated minor who violates the ordinance or resolution jointly and severally liable with the
minor for the amount of the fine imposed. The bill would, if an ordinance or resolution is adopted,
require the county to, by January 1, 2030, submit a report to the Legislature that includes, among
other things, the total number of traffic stops initiated for a violation of the ordinance or resolution,
the results of those traffic stops, and the actions taken by a peace officer during a traffic stop, as
specified. The bill would require a local authority or county to administer a public information
campaign for at least 30 calendar days prior to the enactment of the ordinance or resolution, as
specified. (Based on 02/20/2026 text)
Location: 05/20/2026 - Senate Transportation
SB 555 (Caballero) Workers’ compensation: average annual earnings. (Amended 06/01/2026)
Existing law establishes a workers’ compensation system, administered by the Administrative
Director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries
sustained in the course of employment. Existing law provides for temporary disability, permanent
total disability, or permanent partial disability benefits, among other benefits, for an injured
employee and requires the computation of an injured employee’s average annual earnings and
average weekly earnings for purposes of determining those disability benefits. Existing law
requires, for computing average annual earnings for purposes of permanent partial disability
indemnity, that average weekly earnings be taken at various amounts, including between $240 and
$435 for injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2014, except as specified. This bill would require,
for computing average annual earnings for purposes of permanent partial disability indemnity, that
average weekly earnings be taken at between $363 and $658 for injuries occurring on or after
January 1, 2027. (Based on 06/01/2026 text)
Location: 05/04/2026 - Assembly Insurance
SB 909 (Smallwood-Cuevas) Public works. (Amended 05/14/2026)
Existing law requires that, except as specified, not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem
wages be paid to workers employed on public works and imposes misdemeanor penalties for a
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willful violation of this requirement. Existing law defines “public works” for the purposes of
regulating public contracts as, among other things, construction, alteration, demolition,
installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for, in whole or in part, out of public funds.
Existing law generally requires a contractor or subcontractor to be registered with the Department
of Industrial Relations to be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, or engage in the
performance of any public work contract. Existing law requires a contractor or subcontractor to
meet specific conditions to qualify for this registration, including that a contractor or subcontractor
pay an initial application fee and an annual renewal fee set by the Director of Industrial Relations.
Existing law authorizes the department to establish and adjust annual registration and renewal fees
up to $800 by publishing the fees on the department’s internet website. This bill would increase the
fee limit to $1,000. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 05/14/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/10/26 A-LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 ORTEGA,
LIZ, Chair
Location: 06/01/2026 - Assembly Labor And Employment
SB 922 (Laird) Vehicles: local agency charges: use of streets or highways. (Amended
03/11/2026)
Existing law prohibits a local agency from imposing a tax, permit fee, or other charge for the
privilege of using its streets or highways, other than a permit fee for an extralegal load unless the
local agency had imposed the fee prior to June 1, 1989. This bill would expressly limit this
prohibition to charges based on weight. The bill would also explicitly state that a fee, charge, or
surcharge imposed by or for a local agency to recover the cost of street maintenance and repair
and other costs associated with the use of its streets, roads, or highways to provide public services
or public works is not a tax, permit fee, or other charge that is prohibited by the provision above.
The bill would provide that nothing in the Vehicle Code prohibits a local agency from imposing or
collecting this fee, charge, or surcharge. The bill would delete obsolete references and make other
technical changes. (Based on 03/11/2026 text)
Location: 05/26/2026 - Assembly Local Government
Notes1:
Cal Cities sponsored bill.
SB 1087 (Cabaldon) Transportation planning: sustainable communities strategies:
transportation funding programs. (Amended 04/09/2026)
Existing law requires certain transportation planning agencies to prepare and adopt regional
transportation plans directed at achieving a coordinated and balanced regional transportation
system. Existing law requires a regional transportation plan to include a policy element, a
sustainable communities strategy prepared by a metropolitan planning organization, an action
element, and a financial element, as provided. Existing law requires those transportation planning
agencies to adopt and submit every 4 years, except as provided, an updated regional
transportation plan to the California Transportation Commission and the Department of
Transportation. Existing law requires a sustainable communities strategy to achieve regional
targets set by the State Air Resources Board for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from
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the automobile and light truck sector in the region for 2020 and 2035, respectively, and requires the
state board to update those targets every 8 years, consistent with each metropolitan planning
organization’s timeframe for updating its regional transportation plan, as specified. Existing law
establishes certain procedural requirements for setting and updating those targets and authorizes
the state board to revise the targets every 4 years based on changes in specified factors. This bill
would instead require, commencing with the first or 2nd regional transportation plan prepared on
or after January 1, 2027, as determined by the applicable metropolitan planning organization, the
regional transportation plan to include an 8-year sustainable communities strategy prepared by the
metropolitan planning organization. Upon the submission of a regional transportation plan that
does not include a new sustainable communities strategy, the bill would require the metropolitan
planning organization to submit a sustainable communities strategy implementation report. This
bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/09/2026 text)
Location: 05/27/2026 - Assembly Desk
SB 1167 (Blakespear) Vehicles: electric bicycles. (Amended 05/14/2026)
Existing law defines an electric bicycle as a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an
electric motor that does not exceed 750 watts of power. Existing law classifies electric bicycles into
3 classes with different restrictions for various purposes, and requires, among other things, a class
3 electric bicycle to be equipped with a speedometer. Existing law prohibits certain vehicles that do
not meet the definition of an electric bicycle from being advertised, sold, offered for sale, or labeled
as an electric bicycle, as specified. A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime. This bill would amend
the type of vehicles that are prohibited from being advertised, sold, offered for sale, or labeled as
electric bicycles, including, among others, motor-driven cycles and mopeds. The bill would
additionally make a violation of this provision a misleading statement for purposes of unfair
competition and false advertising provisions of the Business and Professions Code. By creating
new crimes related to the advertisement, sale, offer, and labeling of electric bicycles, and by
expanding the application of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local
program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 05/14/2026 text)
Location: 05/26/2026 - Assembly Desk
Position: Support
Notes1:
3/22/26: SG sent draft support letter to the City for review. 3/26/26: KB added support. Still awaiting
letter. 04/01/26: KB submitted letter of support to delegation and Sen Transportation Committee.
04/07/26: KR testified at Senate Transportation Committee. 4/16/26: KB submitted letter of support
to portal. (Senate Transportation Committee, Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senate
Natural Resources and Water Committee)
SB 1324 (Blakespear) Passenger and freight rail: LOSSAN Rail Corridor: working group report.
(Amended 03/23/2026)
Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation in the Transportation Agency. Existing
law authorizes the department, subject to approval of the Secretary of Transportation, to enter into
an interagency transfer agreement under which a joint powers board assumes responsibility for
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administering state-funded intercity rail service in certain rail corridors, including the LOSSAN Rail
Corridor. Existing law defines the LOSSAN Rail Corridor as the intercity passenger rail corridor
between San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Luis Obispo. Pursuant to this authority, the department
entered into an interagency transfer agreement with the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency to
administer intercity passenger rail service in the LOSSAN Rail Corridor. Existing law requires the
Secretary of Transportation to convene a working group composed of representatives of certain
types of entities, including, among others, representatives from county transportation
commissions and metropolitan planning organizations from specified counties. Existing law
requires the working group to submit consensus recommendations and feedback in a report to the
Legislature on or before February 1, 2026, on various topics relating to rail service in the LOSSAN
Rail Corridor. This bill would instead require the working group to submit this report to the
Legislature on or before February 1, 2027. By extending the duties of representatives of local
agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other existing
laws. (Based on 03/23/2026 text)
Location: 05/11/2026 - Assembly Transportation
Water and Wastewater
AB 2180 (Ward) Local government: Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act: proportional
cost of service. (Amended 05/22/2026)
The California Constitution specifies various requirements with respect to the levying of
assessments and property-related fees and charges by a local agency. As part of those
requirements, the California Constitution mandates that such fees or charges that are extended,
imposed, or increased satisfy certain requirements, including, but not limited to, that the amount
of the fee or charge imposed upon any parcel or person as an incident of property ownership not
exceed the proportional cost of the service attributable to the parcel. Existing law, known as the
Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act (act), prescribes specific procedures and
parameters for local jurisdictions to comply with these requirements and, among other things,
authorizes an agency providing water, wastewater, sewer, or refuse collection services to adopt a
schedule of fees or charges authorizing automatic adjustments that pass through increases in
wholesale charges for water, sewage treatment, or wastewater treatment or adjustments for
inflation under certain circumstances. This bill would authorize a local government to demonstrate
the proportional cost of the service attributable to the parcel by any method that reasonably
allocates the ascertainable cost of providing service to all parcels, if substantiated as provided.
The bill would, however, provide that for water or sewer service fee or charge impositions, a local
government is not required to provide an exact measure of the cost of the service at each parcel
and may instead impose uniform or tiered rates to parcel or customer classes that are defined
based on common characteristics indicative of likely water or sewer use. The bill would provide
that the proportional cost of service within each tier of water service may be substantiated by using
any reasonable basis for allocating costs attributed to the tier, as described, and would provide a
local government discretion to determine the costs allocated to each tier as long as the rate for
each tier does not exceed the proportional cost of service reasonably allocated to parcels subject
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to that tier. The bill would specify that its provisions do not apply to fees for water connections or
sewer connections, or capacity charges, as specified. (Based on 05/22/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/10/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 DURAZO,
MARÍA ELENA, Chair
Location: 05/06/2026 - Senate Local Government
AB 2469 (Papan) Data centers: water use disclosures. (Amended 05/22/2026)
The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes the legislative body of any county or city to adopt
ordinances that, among other things, regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land as between
industry, businesses, residences, and open space, as specified. This bill would prohibit a city,
county, or city and county from approving a discretionary or ministerial permit or other entitlement
that would result in the construction, or an expansion that increases the maximum peak water use,
of a data center unless specified conditions are satisfied, including, among others, that the
applicant provides the city, county, or city and a county prescribed information. The bill would
include in this prescribed information a water scarcity plan, a water supply assessment, and a
water use assessment, each as provided. The bill would also include in the specified conditions
that the applicant assumes responsibility for the full cost of any required water conveyance,
treatment or storage, or distribution infrastructure improvements necessary to serve the project,
as determined by the Department of Water Resources or the applicable water supplier. By
expanding the duties of local agencies to administer these provisions, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 05/22/2026 text)
Location: 05/28/2026 - Senate Rules
SB 1085 (Durazo) Water supply planning: housing developments. (Amended 04/23/2026)
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to be
responsible for determining whether a project is exempt from CEQA and whether an environmental
impact report, a negative declaration, or a mitigated negative declaration is required. Existing law
requires a city or county that determines a certain type of project is subject to the requirements of
CEQA to identify any public water system that may supply water for the project and to request
those public water systems to prepare a specified water supply assessment, as provided. This bill,
among other things, would instead require a city or county, upon receipt of a preliminary
application for a housing development project that meets certain conditions, or upon a
development application for certain projects being determined as complete or deemed complete,
to make that identification of public water systems. The bill would require a city or county, within
15 days of receiving an application that meets either of the above-mentioned criteria, to request
each identified public water system to determine whether the projected water demand associated
with the proposed project was included in the most recently adopted urban water management
plan. By imposing additional duties on a city or county, the bill would impose a state-mandated
local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 04/23/2026 text)
Calendar: 06/16/26 A-WATER, PARKS AND WILDLIFE 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 444 PAPAN,
DIANE, Chair
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Location: 05/26/2026 - Assembly Water, Parks And Wildlife
Wildfire
AB 1642 (Harabedian) Wildfires: contamination standards. (Amended 05/22/2026)
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. The Department of Toxic
Substances Control regulates the handling and management of hazardous waste and hazardous
materials. This bill would require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt, no later
than July 1, 2027, emergency regulations specifying the science-informed, health-based standards
for investigation, environmental testing, and clearance, to guide the removal of lead and asbestos
inside and outside of homes, schools, workplaces, and other structures in residential areas after a
wildfire, as provided. The bill would also require the department, in consultation with the Office of
Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, to adopt regulations by July 1, 2028, specifying science-
informed, health-based standards for hazardous chemicals following a wildfire, and would require
those standards to be established at chemical levels to ensure safe reoccupancy and prevent new
cancer cases attributable to such fires, as provided. (Based on 05/22/2026 text)
Location: 05/28/2026 - Senate Rules
Total Measures: 99
Total Tracking Forms: 99
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Date: May 15, 2026
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: May 2026
OVERVIEW
On May 14, the Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees met to announce the disposition
of bills placed on the “Suspense File” in their house of origin. Below is a brief overview of the
Suspense File process used by the Legislature’s Appropriations Committees, followed by a list of
key measures of interest and whether they were advanced out of committee or held.
BACKGROUND
The Suspense File is a long-standing legislative process used by the California State Legislature to
evaluate the fiscal impact of proposed legislation in light of the state’s updated budget outlook.
Under the Joint Rules of the Assembly and Senate, bills are referred to the Appropriations Committee
if they appropriate money, result in a substantial expenditure or loss of state revenue, or significantly
reduce state expenditures by transferring or eliminating government responsibilities or programs. In
the Assembly, bills with an estimated state fiscal impact of at least $150,000 are automatically
referred to Appropriations, while in the Senate the threshold is $50,000 in General Fund costs or
$150,000 in special fund costs. All bills identified as “fiscal” must be heard in Appropriations, though
some non-fiscal bills may also be referred. In some cases, bills are amended in committee to reduce
their fiscal impact.
Once referred to the Appropriations Committee, a bill may be placed “on suspense,” a procedural
tool used to manage the large volume of fiscal legislation considered by the committee. The
Suspense File also functions as a mechanism for the Legislature to quietly halt bills that may be
controversial or politically sensitive, as measures held “under submission” do not advance, no
public vote is taken, and no explanation is provided for why the bill was held. Most fiscal bills are
placed on the Suspense File, although some may proceed on consent or be voted on during a regular
hearing. In addition, Appropriations Committee chairs have discretion to place bills on suspense
regardless of fiscal thresholds.
The process begins when bills are heard during a regular Appropriations Committee hearing and, by
majority vote, placed on suspense. After all eligible bills have been added, the committee reviews
them in a closed-door hearing. A few days later, the committee holds a public Suspense File hearing
to announce which bills have advanced and which have been held. No testimony from bill authors
or witnesses is taken during these hearings.
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The timing of Suspense File hearings generally aligns with key state budget milestones, allowing
lawmakers to consider legislation after gaining a clearer picture of available revenues. In the first
house, Suspense File hearings typically occur around the release of the Governor’s May Revision,
while hearings in the second house generally follow adoption of the final state budget.
RESULTS
During hearings that lasted several hours and moved at a rapid pace, the Assembly and Senate
Appropriations Committees convened to determine the fate of 962 measures on the Suspense File.
CPPG staff closely monitored the proceedings and tracked hundreds of bills of interest. We have
included links to the most current bill language for all measures referenced below. If you have any
questions regarding the status or language of any of the bills listed below, or other measures we are
tracking on your behalf that may not appear on this list, please let us know.
In total, 792 measures advanced off the Suspense File and onto the Floors of their respective houses.
These bills must now meet the next legislative deadline of May 29 to pass out of their house of origin.
Assembly Appropriations Committee
Of the 635 measures on the Assembly Appropriations Committee’s Suspense File, 465 passed out
of the Committee as is or with amendments.
Senate Appropriations Committee
Of the 327 measures on the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Suspense File, 242 passed out of
the Committee as is or with amendments.
ITEMS OF INTEREST ON THE SUSPENSE FILE
•AB 1557 (Papan) Vehicles: electric bicycles.
o Position: Support
o Held in committee
•AB 1667 (Boerner) Serious felonies: furnishing fentanyl to a minor.
o Position: Support
o Passed out of committee
o Amended to add a knowledge requirement
•AB 1708 (Solache) Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program: round 8:
smaller jurisdictions.
o Position: Support
o Held in committee
•AB 1866 (Rogers) California Disaster Assistance Act: minimum damages thresholds.
o Position: Support
o Held in committee
•AB 1942 (Bauer-Kahan) Electric bicycles: registration and special license plates.
o Position: Watch
o Held in committee
•AB 2296 (Papan) Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation.
o Position: Support
o Passed out of committee.
o Amend to delete the department analysis.
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•AB 2346 (Wilson) Vehicles: electric bicycles and speed limits.
o Position: Support
o Passed out of committee
•AB 2373 (Dixon) The California Coastal Act: local coastal program: sea level rise plan:
neighborhood-scale adaptation approach.
o Position: Support
o Held in committee
•AB 2517 (Calderon) Fire safety: fire hazard severity zones.
o Position: Support
o Held in committee
•SB 866 (Blakespear) Planning and zoning: housing element: unhoused population.
o Position: Watch
o Passed out of committee
•SB 936 (Blakespear) Nitrous oxide: sales.
o Position: Support
o Passed out of committee
•SB 1167 (Blakespear) Vehicles: electric bicycles.
o Position: Support
o Passed out of committee
o Amended to make technical and clarifying changes and add coauthors
•SB 1318 (Allen) Coastal resources: local coastal program: coastal development permit:
non-owner-occupied short-term rentals.
o Position: Support
o Held in committee
•SB 877 (Pérez) Residential property insurance: loss estimate transparency.
o Passed out of committee
•SB 894 (Allen) Wildfire resiliency: financial assistance.
o Passed out of committee
o Amended to make contingent upon appropriation or the availability of federal or
private funds
•SB 951 (Reyes) Employment: technological displacement: notice.
o Passed out of committee
o Amended to align timelines to existing California Warn Act and exclude certain alias
•SB 1001 (Archuleta) Local agency, public utility, or mutual water company: personnel
access: Personal Identity Verification-Interoperable.
o Held in committee
•SB 1164 (Cervantes) Elections.
o Passed out of committee
o Amended to make technical and clarifying changes
•SB 1360 (Cervantes) Elections: translation of election materials.
o Passed out of committee
•SB 1319 (Durazo) California Public Records Act: public investment funds.
o Held in committee
•SB 1268 (Gonzalez) Outdoor public recreation spaces: equitable access.
o Passed out of committee
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•SB 1349 (Gonzalez) Taxation: tax expenditures: Legislative Analyst’s Office: assessment,
report, and recommendation.
o Passed out of committee
•SB 1220 (Hurtado) Firearms: prohibited persons.
o Passed out of committee
•SB 947 (McNerney) Employment: automated decision systems.
o Passed out of committee
o Amended per author to narrow the scope of predictive behavior analysis, modify the
enforcement language, and make technical and clarifying changes
•SB 1313 (McNerney) Drinking water: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
o Held in committee
•SB 1350 (McNerney) Energy: renewable electrical generation facilities: definition.
o Passed out of committee
o Amended to add guardrails that protect the RPS program and state renewable
resources, emission reductions and California’s clean energy goals
•SB 1125 (Menjivar) Water Rate Assistance Program.
o Passed out of committee
o Amended to remove the pilot program, add a 180-day notice requirement, and
make clarifying changes
•SB 1198 (Menjivar) Vehicles: reckless driving: impoundment.
o Passed out of committee
o Amended to delay implementation
•SB 996 (Padilla) Manufactured housing: classification as real property.
o Passed out of committee
o Amended to add coauthors
•SB 1138 (Padilla) Load-serving entities: resource adequacy requirements.
o Passed out of committee
•SB 1075 (Reyes) Air resources: toxic air contaminants: criteria air pollutants: community
emissions reduction programs: local community emissions reduction plans.
o Passed out of committee
o Amended to require CARB oversight in lieu of audit authority
•SB 1327 (Reyes) Weights and measures: electric vehicle supply equipment: state authority.
o Held in committee
•SB 1359 (Stern) Gas Transition Responsibility and Electrification Act.
o Passed out of committee
o Amended to better align with the existing CPUC proceeding
•SB 1004 (Wiener) Law enforcement: masks.
o Passed out of committee
o Amended to remove urgency clause and correct conflicting language between state
and federal agents
•AB 736 (Wicks) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026.
o Passed out of committee
•AB 1564 (Ahrens) Employer-employee relations: confidential communications.
o Passed out of committee
o Amended to remove intent language
AB 2007 (Bauer-Kahan) Youth programs: identifying information of youth.
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o Passed out of committee
•AB 1934 (Bennett) State Fire Marshal: home hardening certification program
implementation plan.
o Passed out of committee
•AB 2170 (Boerner) California Environmental Quality Act: overburdened communities:
notices and hearings: translations.
o Held in committee
•AB 1883 (Bryan) Workplace surveillance tools.
o Held in committee
o Amended to revise the facial recognition prohibition and make other changes.
•SB 417 (Cabaldon) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026.
o Passed out of committee
•AB 1680 (Calderon) California FAIR Plan Association.
o Passed out of committee
•AB 2517 (Calderon) Fire safety: fire hazard severity zones.
o Held in committee
•AB 1777 (Garcia) Air pollution: indirect sources.
o Passed out of committee
•AB 2111 (Papan) Electricity: transmission planning and transmission facilities.
o Passed out of committee.
•AB 2385 (Petrie-Norris) Local reconstruction agencies.
o Passed out of committee.
•AB 2493 (Petrie-Norris) Electrical corporations: interconnection: transmission: permitting:
auditor.
o Passed out of committee.
•AB 2656 (Petrie-Norris) Public employees: notice: artificial intelligence performing service
within scope of work.
o Passed out of committee.
•AB 1881 (Ramos) California Indian Freedom Act of 2026.
o Passed out of committee
o Amended to clarify definitions.
•AB 1605 (Ransom) Driving under the influence: alcohol sales.
o Held in committee.
•AB 1761 (Rogers) Electricity: calculation methodology: data disclosure.
o Passed out of committee.
•AB 2578 (Rogers) Outdoor recreation: outdoor economy: strategic initiatives: support
organizations.
o Held in committee.
•AB 2545 (Schiavo) Report: labor force impact: artificial intelligence.
o Passed out of committee.
•AB 1898 (Schultz) Workplace artificial intelligence tools.
o Held in committee
•AB 1859 (Ortega) Public works.
o Passed out of committee.
o Amended to further specify access rules and make related changes.
•AB 1954 (Ward) Municipal golf courses: reservations.
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o Passed out of committee.
•AB 2027 (Ward) Worker data: prohibitions: artificial intelligence.
o Held in committee.
•AB 1903 (Wicks) Construction defects.
o Passed out of committee.
o Amended with clarifying changes.
•AB 2739 (Soria) Water: affordability and system stabilization.
o Passed out of committee.
•AB 2094 (Harabedian) Social Housing Strategy and Implementation Program.
o Held in committee
•AB 1578 (Jackson) State and local officials: sexual harassment training and education: anti-
hate speech training.
o Passed out of committee
•AB 1941 (González, Mark) Organized metal theft.
o Passed out of committee
•AB 2218 (Kalra) Water policy: California Native American tribes.
o Passed out of committee
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Date: May 18, 2026
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 Governor Newsom’s Revised Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-27
OVERVIEW
Background
The following provides a topline summary of Governor Gavin Newsom’s revised state Budget
proposal for fiscal year 2026-27 (FY 26-27), with an emphasis on issues and programs of particular
interest to the City of Carlsbad. In addition to the summary below, you will also see occasional line
items that have a “CPPG Note.” These notes highlight specific Budget items identified through both
our internal “Deep Dive” review process and ongoing discussions with agency staff. The notes are
intended to identify potential fiscal or policy opportunities for the City of Carlsbad that may align with
the Administration’s proposal. If you have questions regarding other Budget areas or line items not
specifically discussed below, please feel free to contact our team for additional information or
further analysis. An overview of Budget areas that directly impact local agencies begins here.
The Governor’s Budget can be found here.
May Revision by the Numbers
•$349.4 billion total Budget (~8.0% increase in total state spending compared with FY 25-26)
o $246.6 billion General Fund
o $95.5 billion in special funds
o $7.3 billion in bond funds
•$29.9 billion in total reserves
o $4.5 billion in the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties
o $10.3 billion in the Public School System Stabilization Account
o $15.1 billion in the Budget Stabilization Account
Budget Summary
In a press release on May 14, Governor Newsom announced that the revised Budget includes a $1.8
billion reduction in General Fund spending and projects a balanced Budget with no deficit in the
current fiscal year or the next fiscal year. It also projects no structural deficit through July 2028. The
press release further stated that, “The revised Budget does not propose significant new ongoing
General Fund spending commitments. Instead, the Governor’s plan prioritizes fiscal restraint, long-
term sustainability, and protecting the state against future economic volatility.”
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Governor Newsom’s presentation of his final May Revise focused heavily on framing a narrative,
seemingly geared for a national audience, highlighting the accomplishments of his Administration
and urging California’s critics to “update their talking points.”
“California dominates!” he proclaimed, touting examples of how the state leads in Fortune 500
companies, research and development, agriculture, manufacturing, new business creation and
other fields, while contrasting this against other states and nations. Sharp criticisms were levied by
the Governor against President Trump and his Administration.
When focusing on the details of his proposed May Revise, the Governor announced that revenue
projections increased $16.5 billion over January’s estimates. Instead of proposing new spending, he
is seeking approval of a two-year balanced Budget, that he maintains would reduce the state’s
structural deficit (estimated by the Legislative analyst to range between $20-$30 billion) to zero by
July of 2028, with additional out-year structural deficits cut in half.
In order to accomplish this the Governor is proposing to:
•Set aside $9.74 billion in a state surplus holding account to use for the FY 2027-28 Budget.
•Approve three separate tax increases:
o Renewing the Managed Care Organization Tax, yielding between $2.3 and $1.7 billion
annually
o Establishing a cap on corporate tax credits of $5 million, or 50 percent of tax liability,
yielding $1.7 billion annually when fully implemented.
o Expanding the sales tax to apply to (non-streaming) digital prewritten software
purchases. This proposal would yield $900 million annually for the state, and $1.1
billion for local governments when fully implemented.
•Reduce state costs of Medi-Cal by:
o Increasing the monthly premium for adults with unsatisfactory immigration status
from $30 to $50, which will yield $427 million in state savings in FY 2027-28, and
reduced amounts in out years.
o Reinstating prior Medi-Cal asset tests for senior and disabled recipients, yielding
nearly $500 million annually in savings.
However, significant new funding for housing and homelessness programs remains limited. There
are no new funding proposals, nor did the Governor mention the potential of an affordable housing
bond. Aside for a $100 million proposal to assist LA fire victims rebuild their homes, the Governor
focused on the familiar theme of local governments. On housing, he proposes to exempt state
funded affordable housing projects from paying local impact fees, which he says will save about
$10,000 per unit. On homelessness, he wants local governments to have HCD’ Prohousing
designations and offer matching funds to be eligible for state allocations. As in past years, the effort
to boost affordable housing and homeless funding will need to come from legislators negotiating
amendments to the Governor’s Budget.
AREAS OF INTEREST TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CPPG has identified several items in the Budget revision that may be of interest to the City of
Carlsbad. As Budget negotiations continue, we will closely monitor developments and provide
updates regarding potential funding opportunities, policy changes, and any proposed restrictions
that could affect the City of Carlsbad.
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•Sales Tax Expansion to Digital Software
•Housing and Homelessness
•Natural Resources and Environment
•Economic Development
•Transportation
•Public Safety
•General Government
Sales Tax Expansion to Digital Software
It is not often that a Governor’s May Revise includes a proposal that would boost local government
discretionary revenues by $1.1 billion annually. Unlike the income tax or other state revenue
sources, a proposed expansion of the applicability of the sales tax also benefits local governments.
In his press conference, the Governor stated that the proposal to expand the sales tax to downloads
of prewritten digital software (non-streaming) also includes Software as Service (SaaS). The
Governor stated the proposal promotes equity between the way that brick and mortar vs online
purchases are treated, mirrors the practices of 35 other states, and mostly applies to business-to-
business transactions.
Housing and Homelessness
In his presentation of the Budget, the Governor emphasized that the state has made significant
progress towards meeting its housing goals with the help of local governments across the state, but
that considerable work still must be done to solve the housing crisis. While several new investments
are proposed, the Budget does not include significant new ongoing expenditures.
Specifically, the May Revision proposes the following:
•Prohibit Application & Encourage Waivers of Local Fees:
o Prohibit local impact fee imposition on state-funded projects: As a condition of receiving
state funding, local governments serving as lead- or co-applicants would be prohibited
from imposing development impact fees on projects receiving state funding.
o Encourage local fee waivers by allowing development fee waivers granted by local
governments to count as a “local contribution” in state affordable housing programs.
CPPG Note: The document is explicit that this does not require local jurisdictions to
change their underlying fee structures overall; it applies only when a local
government is a participant in a state-funded program. The stated goal is to “direct
state investments toward building affordable housing rather than offsetting locally
imposed costs.” The draft language of this Budget trailer bill can be viewed HERE.
•Improve State Agency Coordination: In furtherance of the Governor’s goal to improve
coordination between state housing agencies, the May Revision proposes transferring
positions, including communications capacity for the California Housing and Homeless
Agency (CHHA), information technology and administrative support for the Department of
Housing and Community Development, leadership for the Housing Development and
Finance Committee.
•Assist Disaster Recovery: To expedite rebuilding in the wake of emergency declarations, the
Governor proposes the creation of a $100 million Disaster Rebuilding Fund to expand access
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to construction and renovation financing for disaster-impacted homeowners. This
investment will be used to reduce borrowing costs and facilitate access to private financing
through a combination of a loan loss guarantee program and an interest rate buydown
program, facilitated by philanthropic contributions, non-profits, and lenders who have
committed to participate in the fund.
•Maintain Existing HHAP Funding: The Governor’s proposal maintains the allocation of $1
billion for Round 6 to the Homelessness Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP)
funding, and up to $500 million for Round 7 contingent upon enhanced accountability and
performance requirements. The Governor announced that future eligibility for HHAP funding
will be conditioned upon housing element compliance, encampment management,
Prohousing policy adoption, and matching local funds (which could be satisfied by granting
fee waivers under the proposed policy).
•State Highway Cleanup: The Governor is proposing to continue efforts to clean up
encampments along state highways with an additional $40 million allocated to the Clean
California program, and $6.2 million for a two-year to sustain efforts addressing
homelessness and encampments on the state highway right-of-way.
CPPG Note: The Clean California Program has been a key source of competitive
grant funding for local agencies.
•Infill Infrastructure: $7 million is proposed to be reappropriated to the Infill Infrastructure
Grant Program.
Natural Resources and Environment
In the area of natural resources and environment, the May Revision proposes several allocations:
•State Parks:
o $125 million to purchase the 161-acre Golden Gate Fields property, so it can be
converted to a park.
•Recycling: Allocates the following from the Beverage Container Recycling Fund:
o $100 million to the Beverage Container Quality Infrastructure Grant Program to
upgrade sorting and processing infrastructure and produce cleaner, higher-quality
material streams.
o $50 million to the Rural Recycling Incentive Payments Program to support locally
driven solutions that increase participation in underserved areas and promote
equitable access to California Redemption Value refunds.
•CalEPA: Shifts $9.6 million of various ongoing General Fund appropriations for boards,
departments, and offices within the California Environmental Protection Agency to
alternative fund sources. These shifts will include emergency response for the Department
of Toxic Substances Control, operational costs for the Office of the Secretary for
Environmental Protection, and administrative activities at the California Air Resources
Board.
Economic Development
The economic development proposals in the Governor’s January Budget continue, including the
proposed five-year extension of the Cal-Competes program. The May Revise builds upon those with
several additional proposals that promote economic opportunities:
•Reducing Cost of Establishing a New Business: The Governor proposes to bolster new
business formation by cutting in half the state tax that new businesses (limited liability
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companies, limited partnerships, and limited liability partnerships) formed in 2027, 2028, or
2029 must pay in their first year in operation from $800 to $400.
•Remanufacturing of Recycled Products: $75 million from the Beverage Container Recycling
Fund is proposed to be allocated over three years to expand in-state remanufacturing for
recycling products.
Transportation
In the area of transportation, the May Revision proposes the following allocations:
•Incorporating GenAI: $16.4 million is allocated from the State Highway Account to fund
engagement, governance, and implementation of innovative GenAI solutions to enhance
safety for vulnerable roadway users and to gain traffic mobility insights on the state highway
system.
Public Safety
In the area of public safety, the May Revision includes the following:
•Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: The May Revise reports total funding
allocated to CDCR will be approximately $14.6 billion. The state prison population, which is
getting increasingly older, is estimated at 87,611 in FY 2026-27, and projected to decline to
85,210 by 2030. Prop. 36 is expected to contribute 1,547 to this population upon full
implementation. The May Revise proposes numerous additional expenditures for CDCR
ranging from increased compensation for incarcerated firefighter pay, food costs, medical,
staffing and other expenses.
•Board of State and Community Corrections:
o Combatting Human Trafficking: $10 million is allocated to the BSCC to administer a
competitive Vertical Prosecution grant program aimed at preventing human
trafficking.
•Emergency Response:
o Unified 911 System: $141.9 million is allocated to the State Emergency Telephone
Number Account to continue the NG 9-1-1 deployment and transition the
architecture from a regional model to a unified statewide system model.
o SoCal Operations: $12.5 million is allocated ongoing General Fund to hire and
onboard staff and bring the Southern Emergency Operations facility online.
•Nonprofit Security: $40 million is allocated to support physical security enhancements to
nonprofit organizations that have historically been targets of hate-motivated violence.
•Crime Victim Assistance: $25 million is proposed to offset decreasing federal funding
supporting a variety of services for victims of crime.
•Legal Services: $10.8 million is proposed to be allocated ongoing to the Legal Services
Revolving Fund to maintain current service levels and address increased demand for legal
services from client agencies.
•Organized Retail Crime: $2.2 million one-time General Fund is allocated to the Department
of Justice to resolve 27 organized retail criminal enterprise existing cases stemming from the
original funding provided in 2022-23.
General Government
In the area of general government, the May Revision includes:
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•Supporting Media Engagement: $10 million is proposed to be allocated annually to the
California Civic Media Program, a public-private partnership, to support the work of
California’s newsrooms, increase access to information, and strengthen community
engagement statewide.
•Cannabis Allocations:
o Dispersing Cannabis Revenue: $414.1 million is estimated to be available for
cannabis fund allocations in 2026-27 as follows:
▪Education, prevention, and treatment of youth substance use disorders and
school retention—60 percent ($248.5 million)
▪Clean-up, remediation, and enforcement of environmental impacts created
by illegal cannabis cultivation—20 percent ($82.8 million)
▪Public safety-related activities—20 percent ($82.8 million)
o Industrial Hemp: $8.4 million General Fund is proposed to offset lower than expected
fee revenues in recent years for the implementation of the Industrial Hemp Program.
THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST’S OFFICE WEIGHS IN
On May 18, the LAO released its initial report of the Governor’s revised Budget proposal. The report
indicates that the state’s current fiscal condition is highly unusual. Despite strong revenue growth,
the budget remains overextended due to a structurally higher spending baseline, reduced reserves,
a significant accumulation of debt, and an ongoing operating deficit. At the same time, the state may
face future revenue volatility, as its revenue outlook is increasingly dependent on AI-driven equity
valuations that are approaching levels last seen during the height of the dot-com bubble.
Recent LAO Budget Update
The LAO’s most recent Budget update finds that California’s General Fund spending has grown by
more than $100 billion since 2019-20, rising from $146 billion to a proposed $248 billion in 2026-27.
Spending increased by approximately 70 percent over this period while revenues grew by only 60
percent, producing structural deficits the LAO estimates at $20 billion to $30 billion annually. About
70 percent of the spending growth went to maintaining existing services, driven largely by rising costs
in Medi-Cal, Developmental Services, IHSS, K-14 education, and child care.
The LAO further notes that health and human services commitments have expanded faster than
revenues can sustain, and that constitutional requirements under Propositions 98 and 2 dedicate
roughly half of any new revenue to specific purposes. As a result, closing a $20-$30 billion gap
through new taxes alone would require raising $30-$60 billion, making substantial spending
reductions likely unavoidable.
Cap-and-Invest
On May 6, the LAO released a report analyzing CARB’s proposed amendments to California’s cap-
and-invest program and their potential impact on Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF)
revenues. Under SB 840 (2025), GGRF revenues flow through a four-tier structure where Tier 3
programs, including affordable housing, transit, wildfire resilience, and clean drinking water, receive
funding only after higher tiers are satisfied. These programs have been critical funding sources for
local agencies, with combined commitments of nearly $2 billion annually.
CARB’s April 2026 proposal would increase free industry allowances and create a new
Manufacturing Decarbonization Incentive program, adding up to 118 million allowances above the
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existing cap. The LAO projects this would cut auction revenues to roughly $2 billion annually, about
half of recent levels, leaving Tier 3 programs with little or no funding after Tier 2 obligations are met.
TIMING AND NEXT STEPS
•Budget Negotiations: Before Democrats gained supermajorities in both houses, the
Assembly and Senate typically convened a Budget conference committee to reconcile
differences between their spending plans. In recent years, however, Budget agreements
have more commonly been negotiated privately between the Administration and legislative
leadership.
•June 15 Deadline: The Legislature must pass and send a Budget bill to the Governor by June
15 in order to comply with the constitutional deadline.
•June 25 Deadline: This is the deadline for the Legislature to place items on the November
ballot.
CPPG Note: This is a significant date in the effort to reform the real property transfer
tax (also known as the documentary transfer tax), as a legislative compromise—likely
through the budget process—may be reached. If no agreement is made, the measure
will remain on the November ballot.
•June 30 Fiscal Deadline and Federal Uncertainty: The Governor must sign the Budget
before July 1, the start of the new fiscal year, and retains authority to line-item veto specific
appropriations. Numerous budget trailer bills move alongside the main Budget bill, with
others advancing before summer recess or by end of session. Notably, the May Revision does
not account for potential federal budget or policy changes that could significantly affect
health, welfare, and other state-funded programs. If federal actions materially impact state
finances, the Legislature may need to revisit and revise the Budget later in the year through
the trailer bill process.
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Melissa Rhodes
From:Melissa.Rhodes@carlsbadca.gov
Subject:Legislative Subcommittee: Energy Affordability Legislative Bill List
Attachments:CAC Energy Affordability Explainer.pdf
From: Anthony Dang <anthony@climateactioncampaign.org>
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2026 5:26 PM
To: Jason Haber <jason.haber@carlsbadca.gov>
Cc: Serena Pelka <serena@climateactioncampaign.org>; Teresa Acosta <teresa.acosta@carlsbadca.gov>
Subject: Legislative Subcommittee: Energy Affordability Legislative Bill List
Dear Jason Haber,
Climate Action Campaign met with Councilmember Acosta today to discuss energy affordability bills
to reflect what didn't make it past the appropriations committee last Friday.
Climate Action Campaign Energy Affordability Bill List UPDATED 5/18
We are excited to share our vetted list with you to move through the Legislative Subcommittee support
process. I've also attached a one pager about the energy affordability crisis if helpful.
Let me know what else you may need from us for these bills to be considered for the next legislative
subcommittee on June 9th.
Best,
Anthony
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Anthony Dang
Policy and Community
Outreach Manager
(619) 419-1222 Ext. 704
anthony@climateactioncampaign.org
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Ending the climate crisis to protect the people and places we love.
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safe.
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Exhibit 6
State legislators are advancing 14 bills that pivot away from this profit-first model and help
lower bills for our communities.
This package of legislation will:
Cap utility profits;
Stop utility overspending;
Provide immediate relief.
SDG&E generates profit primarily by building and expanding infrastructure such as
poles and wires.Regulators allow them to charge us the full cost of the build plus a
guaranteed ~10% profit on each project for years.
The more they spend, the more they make.They have no incentive to choose the most
cost-effective or energy-efficient solution when “gold-plating” the grid is more profitable
for shareholders.
Electricity is an essential human need, yet 1 in 3 San Diego families are behind on bills.
Rates are more than 8 times higher than in 2007, with no end in sight.
6 rate increase proposals from Sempra are on the California Public Utilities
Commission’s desk.
While residents struggle, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) recorded $563 million in
profit in 2025 alone, despite regulatory penalties.
Champion a formal resolution in support of this 14-bill legislative package
to lower costs and protect our communities.
Summary:Utility rates are skyrocketing, straining families with no end in sight. Relief is
possible by supporting a package of state legislation that will help to lower bills through
structural reforms to our broken energy system.
The Solution
The Action
The Culprit
The Problem
CA Voter Support:94%are concerned about the cost
of living.
72%want their government to do more to limit
rate hikes
60%are less likely to support a legislator who fails
to take the opportunity to lower electricity bills.
Summary:Utility rates are skykrocketing,straining families with no end in sight.Relief is
possible by supporting a package of state legislation that will help to lower bills through
structural reforms to our broken energy system.
SDG&E generates profit primarily by building and expanding infrastructure such as
poles and wires.Regulators allow them to charge us the full cost of the build plus a
guaranteed ~10%profit on each projoect for years.
The more they spend,the more they make.They have no incentive to choose the most
cost-effffective or energy-efffficient solution when “gold-plating”the grid is more profitable
for shareholders.
CA Voter Support:94%are concerned about the cost
of living.
72%want their government to do more to limit
rate hikes
60%are less likely to support a legislator w
Champion a formal r n k
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Climate Action Campaign 2026 Energy Affordability and Accountability Bill Package
1.Assembly Bill 2463 (Petrie-Norris) requires the CPUC to conduct a comprehensive,
systemwide review of methodologies used to determine the cost of capital and
authorized return on equity for electrical and gas corporations to bring greater
consistency and ratepayer protection.
2.Senate Bill 905 (Becker) seeks to reduce shareholder profits on safety investments,
expand options for low-cost public financing of capital projects, tie executive pay to
reducing rate increases, and improve grid capacity.
3.Senate Bill 1098 (Perez) limits the use of balancing and memorandum accounts to bring
more spending decisions into General Rate Cases, reducing unlimited corporate
overspending.
4.Senate Bill 943 (Becker) directs the CPUC to develop a more equitable methodology
for calculating high-voltage transmission charges and authorizes rate adjustments for
industrial customers who switch to clean electricity.
5.Assembly Bill 1761 (Rogers) requires the CPUC and investor-owned utilities to publicly
disclose all data and methodologies used to calculate the Power Charge Indifference
Adjustment (PCIA) to identify billing errors.
6.Senate Bill 1138 (Padilla) gives load-serving entities flexibility to meet up to 25% of
resource adequacy obligations through short-term transactions, reducing unnecessary
procurement costs passed to ratepayers.
7.Senate Bill 1359 (Stern) directs the CPUC to rigorously review gas infrastructure
investments of $10,000,000 or more to ensure non-gas pipeline alternatives are
prioritized, and requires developers, rather than ratepayers, to pay all upfront costs for
new natural gas line extensions starting in 2030.
8.Assembly Bill 2516 (Petrie-Norris) establishes the California Grid Manufacturing
Initiative to aggregate demand, coordinate procurement of critical grid components, and
incentivize in-state manufacturing.
9.AB 2493 (Petrie-Norris) helps prevent wasteful utility overspending by increasing
independent oversight of transmission projects and enabling lower-cost alternatives
instead of expensive infrastructure buildouts.
10.Senate Bill 1159 (Cabaldon) clarifies that AI systems and autonomous agents do not
qualify as "persons" or "members of the public" under the California Public Records Act,
thereby protecting the integrity of utility rate-setting proceedings.
11.Senate Bill 913 (Becker) strengthens grid reliability by allowing home batteries and EVs
to coordinate as "virtual power plants" that sell clean energy back to the grid.
12.Senate Bill 886 (Padilla) requires the CPUC to establish a dedicated tariff for large data
centers to ensure grid infrastructure costs are paid by the data centers themselves, not
passed on to ratepayers.
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SB 905 (Becker): Electricity Bill
Savings for California Residents
California families have seen their electricity bills nearly double in the last decade — driven by wildfire
costs and a regulatory system that rewards utilities for spending more, not less. SB 905 takes aim at root
causes: lowering utility profits on wildfire spending, tying executive pay to affordability, aligning utility
shareholder incentives with ratepayer interests, and exploring cheaper ways to finance grid infrastructure
— so California’s energy system works for families, not just shareholders.
California voters want leaders to take action to reduce bills and strengthen California’s grid:
•83% of voters say reducing electricity bills should be a top or important priority for lawmakers.
•86% support requiring utilities to show they are making efficient use of the existing grid before building
new infrastructure and passing those costs on to customers.
•86% support tying utility executive pay to customer bill affordability, while nearly three in four support
reducing investor-owned utilities’ guaranteed profit levels.
The bill includes six key components aimed at lowering costs and shifting utility incentives:
1. Lower Profit Margins on Wildfire Spending
Wildfire mitigation is the single largest driver of rising electricity bills in California. California residents
are already paying for that work — but utilities are also collecting inflated profits on top of it, even though
wildfire spending actually reduces their own financial risk. SB 905 directs the CPUC to consider lowering
profit margins for wildfire mitigation and other utility investments that are subject to less CPUC review or
primarily reduce utility risk — so California residents stop being overcharged for making the grid safer.
2. Ties Executive Pay to Keeping Bills Affordable
California families have seen their electricity bills nearly double in the last decade. Over that same period,
utility executives have collected tens of millions in compensation and bonuses. SB 905 creates a direct
incentive for a wide range of executives to prioritize affordability by requiring utilities to tie a portion of
executive pay to keeping electricity rates from rising faster than inflation over a rolling three-year period.
If bills keep climbing, executive paychecks should feel it too.
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3. Strengthens Utility Performance Accountability
California regulators currently track whether utilities keep the lights on — but there’s no equivalent
standard for keeping bills affordable. SB 905 begins to change that, directing the CPUC to develop a
comprehensive performance framework for utilities that includes affordability as a core metric for the
first time — and requiring that data be published on a public dashboard so California residents can see for
themselves how their utility is performing. The CPUC may use this framework to set targets to improve
utility performance over time.
4. Get More Out of the Grid We’ve Already Paid For
When utilities build new infrastructure, they earn guaranteed profits on
it — which means they have a financial incentive to build more, not make
smarter use of what already exists. California families end up footing the
bill for costly new construction that may not have been necessary in the
first place. SB 905 tackles this by requiring utilities to publicly report
how much capacity their existing distribution grid has, where it’s being
underused in off-peak times or where it could be better balanced in peak
times, and where new homes, businesses, and clean energy resources
could connect without expensive new infrastructure. It also allows
grid planners and utilities to see where new infrastructure to address
capacity-constrained areas is most cost-effective and necessary,
supporting system reliability and prioritizing affordability. Finally, the bill
requires the CPUC to consider whether to set targets and a timeline by which each utility should meet the
metrics, and incorporates grid utilization metrics into utilities’ existing distribution planning process.
5. Lower-Cost Financing Means Lower Bills
When utilities finance infrastructure using shareholder dollars, they earn guaranteed profits on that
investment — and customers pay both the construction cost and the profit markup on top of it. SB 905
directs the CPUC to explore cheaper financing options that could deliver the same infrastructure without
the profit markup, lowering long-term costs for California families. These financing options, which include
the use of private bonds and public debt, can reduce costs passed onto ratepayers by 1/3 or more.
Conclusion
California residents are paying too much to power their lives while utilities bring in record-breaking profits
off a system that rewards over-spending – not pursuing low-cost, efficient options. Reforming the system
will support efficient and sustainable grid infrastructure and lower bills for families.
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2026 Legislative Calendar
•January 1: All legislation signed into law in 2025, unless otherwise stated, goes into effect
•January 5: The Legislature reconvenes for the 2026 legislative session
•January 10: The Governor releases fiscal year 2026-27 budget proposal
•January 31: Last day for two-year bills to advance out of their house of origin
•February 20: Last day for the Legislature to introduce bills
•March 25: Spring Recess begins upon adjournment
•April 6: Legislature reconvenes from Spring Recess
•Mid-May: Governor releases the May revision of the state budget
•May 29: Last day for the Legislature to pass bills out of their house of origin
•June 15: Legislature must pass the primary budget bill
•June 30: Governor must sign the primary budget bill
•July 2: Summer Recess begins upon adjournment
•August 3: Legislature reconvenes from Summer Recess
•August 31: Last day for the Legislature to pass bills; end of the 2026 session
•September 30: Last day for the Governor to sign or veto bills
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Sponsored and
Positioned Bills
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City Sponsored Bill
AB 2179 (Patel) Workplace violence: restraining orders.
This bill would, beginning on July 1, 2027, allow any party or witness to a petition for a restraining order to
appear remotely at a hearing and would prohibit any fee for appearing remotely.
Status: Senate Judiciary
AB 2453 (Rodriguez, Michelle)Vehicles: off-highway motor vehicles.
This bill would authorize first responders to operate off-highway motor vehicles in an emergency response
situation. The bill would also authorize peace officers and first responders to operate off-highway motor
vehicles upon a highway, at a distance not to exceed 5 miles, for the purpose of accessing off-highway
recreational areas or locations of patrol, within jurisdictions that have adopted a policy or plan for the
operation of those off-highway motor vehicles pursuant to the provisions as specified.
Status:Senate Transportation
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Positioned Legislation
Bill Bill Name Location Position
AB 35 (Alvarez)Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought
Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024:
Administrative Procedure Act: exemption: program
guidelines and selection criteria.
Senate Natural Resources And Water –
06/09/26
Support
AB 748
(Harabedian)
Single-family and multifamily housing units:
preapproved plans.
Senate Rules Oppose
AB 1337 (Ward)Information Practices Act of 1977.Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies,
And Consumer Protection
Oppose
AB 1569 (Davies)Pupil safety: electric bicycle: safety and training
program.
Senate Education – 06/10/26 Support
AB 1614 (Dixon)Vehicles: bicycles.Senate Transportation Support
AB 1821 (Pacheco)California Public Records Act: agency response time.Senate Rules Support
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Positioned Legislation
Bill Bill Name Location Position
AB 2296 (Papan)Planning and zoning: housing element: regional
housing needs allocation.
Senate Rules Support
AB 2346 (Wilson)Vehicles: electric bicycles and speed limits.Senate Rules Support
AB 2433 (Alvarez)Housing development: density bonus.Senate Rules Oppose
Unless
Amended
SB 490 (Umberg)Alcohol and drug programs.Assembly Desk Support
SB 677 (Wiener)Housing development: transit-oriented development.Assembly Desk Oppose
SB 722 (Wahab)Transit-oriented housing development: excluded
parcels and sites.
Assembly Housing And Community
Development (06/10/26)
Support
SB 758 (Umberg)Public health: nitrous oxide.Assembly Desk Support
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Positioned Legislation
Bill Bill Name Location Position
SB 936
(Blakespear)
Nitrous oxide: sales.Assembly Desk Support
SB 1014 (Grayson)Development projects: preliminary estimate of
required improvements: onsite and offsite
improvements.
Assembly Local Government Oppose
SB 1159
(Cabaldon)
Artificial intelligence: transparency and governance.Assembly Privacy And Consumer
Protection
Support
SB 1167
(Blakespear)
Vehicles: electric bicycles.Assembly Desk Support
SJR 12 (Laird)Proposed 2026–2031 National Outer Continental Shelf
Oil and Gas Leasing Program: opposition.
Assembly Natural Resources -
06/08/26
Support
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Legislative Update
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Legislative Update: Homelessness
SB 866 (Blakespear) Planning and Land Use: Unhoused Population.
This bill will require a local government that does not receive funding under the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP)
Program, to include in their housing elements additional data on unhoused populations and actions taken to address homelessness.
The bill will be amended to only impact cities with over 50,000 people.
Status: Assembly Housing and Community Development
AB 1294 (Haney) Planning and zoning: housing development: standardized application form.
This bill will require the Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt a standardized housing entitlement application
form, and requires cities and counties to accept applications submitted on that form, with applications deemed complete upon payment
of fees and satisfaction of specified requirements.
Status: Senate Local Government
AB 1621 (Wilson) Planning and Zoning Law: postentitlement phase permits: Housing Accountability Act.
This bill will prohibit local and state agencies from requiring more than 2 plan check and specification reviews for building permit
applications, and prohibits agencies from requiring deviations from previously approved building plans during inspections.
Status: Senate Local Government – 06/10/26
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Legislative Update: Energy and Utilities
AB 1761 (Rogers) Electricity: calculation methodology: data disclosure.
This bill will require the Public Utilities Commission to ensure that all data underlying any charge calculation methodology
imposed on customers of load-serving entities is made publicly available to load-serving entities and ratepayer advocates,
except for market-sensitive data.
Status: Senate Rules
SB 1138 (Padilla) Load-serving entities: resource adequacy requirements.
This bill authorizes load-serving entities to demonstrate up to 25% of their resource adequacy compliance obligations
through short-term transactions with other load-serving entities, with the Public Utilities Commission retaining authority to
suspend or adjust that authorization.
Status: Assembly Utilities and Energy – 06/10/26
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Legislative Update: Public Safety and EMS
SB 239 (Arreguín) Crimes: criminal threats.
This bill will expand the list of protected persons that a court may consider as an aggravating sentencing factor for felony
criminal threats to include county and city elections officials and local agency officials, in addition to the existing
protections for state constitutional officers, legislators, and judges.
Status: Assembly Public Safety
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Legislative Update: Water and Wastewater
SB 1085 (Durazo) Water supply planning: housing developments.
This bill will require cities and counties, within 15 days of receiving a qualifying preliminary or complete housing
development application, to identify applicable public water systems and request each to determine whether the project's
projected water demand was included in the most recently adopted urban water management plan.
Status: Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife
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Legislative Update: Governmental Operations
SB 1187 (Durazo D ) Open meetings: majority.
This bill will define "majority" under the Ralph M. Brown Act as more than half of the total number of seats on a legislative
body, and specifies that vacant seats still count toward the total seat count for that calculation.
Status: Assembly Local Government
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JLAC - the Decriminalization of Loitering for
Prostitution
What would this audit do?
The audit would review the impacts of SB 357 (Wiener, 2022) and AB 379 (Schultz, 2025) to provide an objective, data-
driven assessment of the impacts that loitering for prostitution has on California cities.
Why is this important to Cal Cities members:
Cal Cities has been working for the past two years to address the repeal of the loitering for prostitution statute, under SB
357 (Wiener). While AB 379 (Schultz) included some reforms to address the consequences of SB 357, data showing how
these laws impact prostitution within cities and the impact on our members has been difficult to obtain.
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Questions/Discussion
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