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March 19, 2019
Mayor and City Council
Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Jason Haber, Assistant to the City Manager
ja son.haber@carlsbadca .gov or 760-434-2958
State Legislative Update
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Receive an update from California Strategies & Advocacy (California Strategies) summarizing
the 2019 California legislative calendar, highlights of the Governor's proposed FY 2019-20
budget, legislative trends and pertinent bills introduced for the 2019-2020 legislative
session and identify the City Council's priority issues for staff and consultants to focus on in
developing an advocacy strategy and approach to updating the city's legislative platform.
Executive Summary
The city's state legislative consultant, California Strategies, will present a report (Exhibit 1)
summarizing the 2019 California legislative calendar, highlights ofthe Governor's proposed FY
2019-20 budget, legislative trends, and pertinent bills introduced for the 2019-2020 legislative
session.
This report will serve as a template for a monthly legislative update to be provided to the City
Council and will be used to plan resources needed to manage the city's legislative and
intergovernmental affairs program. Staff will present the City Council with a program
resourcing strategy and funding request in the proposed FY 2019-20 city operating budget.
Discussion
City of Carlsbad Council Policy No. 39 (Exhibit 2) establishes the guidelines of the city's
legislative program and calls for the city to adopt a legislative platform expressing the city's
general legislative concerns.
The City of Carlsbad 2018 Legislative Platform (Exhibit 3) outlines the adopted position of the
City Council on priority issues and matters that impact the city's ability to operate effectively,
without precluding the consideration of additional legislative and budget issues that arise
during the state legislative session. The statements outlined in the platform allow the mayor,
council members, and staff to take rapid action on these and other legislative issues if
necessary.
March 19, 2019 Item #6 Page 1 of 68
Originally adopted in 1988, the city's legislative platform is based on the San Diego County
Legislative Coalition's platform and has been added to over time, as needed. The city's
legislative platform was most recently updated in August 2018 to oppose new offshore oil and
gas leasing, drilling and exploration in state and federal waters in the Pacific Ocean. A
comprehensive update of the legislative platform has not occurred since its original adoption.
On October 30, 2018, the City Council directed staff to return to City Council at a future date to
discuss potential revisions to the city's legislative platform, as well as a resourcing strategy to
accomplish the city's legislative goals. This item provides an opportunity for City Council to
consider a comprehensive list of proposed bills and budget proposals that could impact the city
during the current session and to identify priority issues for staff and consultants to focus on in
developing an advocacy strategy and approach to updating the city's legislative platform. City
Council feedback will enable staff to identify and return to City Council to request the resources
needed to accomplish that work and manage the city's legislative and intergovernmental affairs
program.
Fiscal Analysis
This item has no fiscal impact.
Next Steps
Staff will work with California Strategies to develop an advocacy strategy to address the City
Council's priority issues and will develop a recommended approach to updating the city's
legislative platform. Staff will present the City Council with a program resourcing strategy and
funding request in the proposed FY 2019-20 city operating budget.
Environmental Evaluation (CEQA)
Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, this action does not constitute a "project"
within the meaning of CEQA in that it has no potential to cause either a direct physical change
in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment,
and therefore does not require environmental review.
Public Notification
This item was noticed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act and was available for public
viewing and review at least 72 hours prior to scheduled meeting date.
Exhibits
1. State Legislative Update (California Strategies) -March 2019
2. City of Carlsbad Council Policy No. 39
3. City of Carlsbad 2018 Legislative Platform
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AB 141
AB 286
AB 397
AB 717
Introduced Bills 2019
Cannabis
(Cooper D) Cannabis: sale to minors.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/3/2018 !l.t!!!LRdf
Introduced: 12/3/2018
Status: 12/4/2018-From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
Location: 12/3/2018-A. PRINT
Summary: Current law prohibits an adult-use licensee from selling or transferring cannabis or
cannabis products to a person unless the person presents documentation that reasonably appears to
be a valid government-issued identification card showing he or she is 21 years of age or older. Current
law authorizes a medicinal cannabis licensee to sell or transfer cannabis or cannabis products to a
person who is 18 years of age or older and who has a medicinal cannabis card or a referral from a
physician or who is the primary caregiver for a person with a medicinal cannabis card or a referral from
a physician. Violation of these provisions may result, in a felony charge and the suspension, revocation,
or probation of the commercial cannabis license and specified fines. This bill would make technical, ·
nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
(Cooper D) Cannabis: informational, educational, or training events.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/12/2018 html odf
Introduced: 12/12/2018
Status: 1/24/2019-Referred to Com. on B. & P.
Location: 1/24/2019-A. B.&P.
Summary: Would authorize retailers, cultivators, and manufacturers that are licensed under MAUCRSA
to participate in, and not be required to obtain a temporary cannabis event license or other temporary
license for, a cannabis informational, educational, or training event held for state and local government
officials and their employees, including, but not limited to, legislators, city council members, law
enforcement organizations, emergency medical services staff, firefighters, child protective services, and
social workers; employees of health care facilities; and employees of public and private schools, if
specified conditions are met.
(Banta D) Taxation: cannabis.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/28/2019 !l.t!!!LRdf
Introduced: 1/28/2019
Status: 2/7/2019-Referred to Corns. on REV. & TAX. and B. & P.
Location: 2/7/2019-A. REV. & TAX
Summary: The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), an initiative measure
approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, and additionally
amended by statute, imposes an excise tax commencing January 1, 2018, on the purchase of cannabis
and cannabis products at the rate of 15% of the average market price of any retail sale by a cannabis
retailer. This bill would reduce that excise tax rate to 11 % on and after the operative date of this bill
until June 1, 2022, at which time the excise tax rate would revert back to 15%. This bill would suspend
the imposition of the cultivation tax on and after the operative date of this bill until June 1, 2022.
(Chau D) Vehicles: driving under the influence: cannabis.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/6/2019 !l.t!!!LRdf
Introduced: 2/6/2019
Status: 2/15/2019-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 2/15/2019-A. PUB. S.
Calendar: 3/19/2019 9 a.m. -State Capitol, Room 126 ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY, JONES-SAWYER,
Chair
Summary: Would recast specified provisions to make driving under the influence of cannabis, or driving
under the combined influence of cannabis and another drug, each a separate offense, but with no
changes to the penalty.
(Nazarian D) Public contracts: armored courier services.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2019 !l.t!!!LRdf
Introduced: 2/19/2019
Status: 2/20/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
Location: 2/19/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would require a state agency, in consultation with the State Treasurer's Office, to contract
with an armored car service provider to pickup, count, and transport to a bank or financial institution
the cash remits of any state-imposed taxes and fees that are administered by that state agency from
participating businesses in California, including cannabis-related businesses. The bill would also
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March 19, 2019 Item #6 Page 8 of 68
AB 833
AB 858
AB 953
authorize the state agency to enter into an agreement with a local government, special district, or
other local entity imposing a tax or fee to provide the armored car service.
(Lackey R) Cannabis transportation: safety requirements.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/20/2019 ht!nL._Qdf
Introduced: 2/20/2019
Status: 2/21/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
Location: 2/20/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would expressly authorize the Bureau of Cannabis Control to establish additional security
requirements for vehicles carryin~ $1,000,000 or more of cannabis, cannabis products, cash, or a
combination of those.
(Levine D) Cannabis: cultivation.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/20/2019 l!lm.L.ll.df
Introduced: 2/20/2019
Status: 2/21/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March · 23.
Location: 2/20/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Under current law, the Department of Food and Agriculture may issue cannabis cultivation
licenses to commercial cannabis businesses that differ depending on the size of the cultivation site and
whether the site is indoor, outdoor, or mixed, including a Type lC, or "specialty cottage," license, which
authorizes a licensee to engage in cultivation using a combination of natural and supplemental artificial
lighting at a maximum threshold, to be determined by the licensing authority, of 2,500 square feet or
less of total canopy size for mixed-light cultivation, up to 25 mature plants for outdoor cultivation, or
500 square feet or less of total canopy size for indoor cultivation, on one premises. This bill would
instead, for outdoor cultivation authorized by a Type lC license, require the licensing authority to
determine a maximum threshold of 2,500 square feet or less of total canopy size, with the option to
meet an alternative maximum threshold to be determined by the licensing authority of up to 25 mature
plants.
(Ting D) Cannabis: state and local taxes: payment by digital asset.
Current Text: Introduced : 2/21/2019 htmLQdf
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would, on and after January 1, 2020, allow the legislative body of a city or the board of
supervisors of a county to determine and implement a method by which a licensee under MAUCRSA
may remit any city or county cannabis license tax amounts due by payment using stablecoins, as
defined. The bill would authorize that city or county in determining that method to either accept
stablecoins directly into a digital wallet controlled by that jurisdiction or to utilize a third-party digital
asset payment processor that allows for the immediate conversion of any payments made by
stablecoins into United States dollars and deposit into an account of that jurisdiction.
AB 1291 (Jones-Sawyer D) Adult-use cannabis and medicinal cannabis: license application: labor peace
agreements,
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 .!J..t!!l!_Qdf
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PRINT ·
Summary: This bill would require, if an applicant with 20 or more employees has not already entered
into a labor peace agreement, the applicant to provide a statement that the applicant will enter a
labor peace agreement within 60 days of employing 20 employees. This bill would also require an
applicant for a state license under MAUCRSA, if the applicant has less than 20 employees at the time of
application and has not yet entered into a labor peace agreement, to provide a notarized statement as
a part of its application indicating that the applicant will enter into and abide by the terms of a labor
peace agreement within 60 days of employing 20 employees. By expanding the scope of the crime of
perjury, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws.
AB 1470 (Quirk D) Cannabis packaging.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 .!J..t!!l!_Qdf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read firsttime.
Location: 2/22/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), which includes
the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA, provides for the licensure and
regulation of commercial cannabis activity. Current law places restrictions on the packaging and
labeling of cannabis and cannabis products, including requiring the packaging to be resealable,
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SB 223
SB 475
SB 527
SB 625
SB 658
state license before the licensee's temporary license expiration date, and would require the extended
temporary license to expire on December 31, 2019, unless otherwise revoked.
(Hill D) Pupil health: administration of medicinal cannabis: schoolsites.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/7/2019 .b.t!!JLlldf
Introduced: 2/7/2019
Status: 3/5/2019-Set for hearing March 20.
Location: 2/21/2019-S. ED.
Calendar: 3/20/2019 9 a.m. -John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SENATE EDUCATION, LEYVA, Chair
Summary: Would enact Jojo's Act, which would authorize the governing board of a school district, a
county board of education, or the governing body of a charter school maintaining kindergarten or any
of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to adopt, at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing board or body,
a policy, as provided, that allows a parent or guardian of a pupil to possess and administer to the pupil
who is a qualified patient entitled to the protections of the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 medicinal
cannabis, excluding cannabis in a smokeable or vapeable form, at a schoolsite. The bill would authorize
the policy to be rescinded for any reason, as provided.
(Skinner D) Cannabis: trade samples: cultivation tax: exemption.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 .!:l.trnL.J2df
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-S. RLS.
Summary: Would prohibit the sale of cannabis or a cannabis product that is designated a tradesample,
but would allow those trade samples to be given for no consideration to an employee of the licenseethat
designated the trade sample or to another licensee. The bill would allow the bureau to establish by
regulation a limit on the quantity of samples carried by employees of a licensee and a limiton the
quantity of samples transferred between licensees on a monthly basis.
(Caballero D) Local government: Williamson Act: cultivation of cannabis.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 .!:l.trnL.J2df
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-S. RLS.
Summary: This bill would additionally provide that unless the board or council after notice and hearing,
makes a finding to the contrary, the cultivation of cannabis pursuant to certain types of cultivators
licenses issued pursuant to the Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act and the
cultivation of industrial hemp, is a compatible use on land under a Williamson Act contract, and would
prohibit the exclusion of land occupied by the cultivation of cannabis or the cultivation of industrial
hemp pursuant to these provisions from an agricultural preserve by reason of that use.
(Hill D) Party buses: cannabis.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 llt!.:nLJldf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27. Read first time.
Location: 2/22/2019-S. RLS.
Summary: Current law prohibits a passenger in a motor vehicle being driven upon a highway from
drinking any alcoholic beverage or smoking or ingesting any cannabis product. Current law exempts
passengers in any bus, taxicab, or limousine, as specified, from this prohibition.This bill would instead
exempt the ingestion of cannabis products by a passenger in bus, taxicab, or limousine only if there
are no passengers under 21 years of age present and the driver is sealed off from the passenger
compartment, as specified.
(Bradford D) The California Cannabis Equity Act.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 .b.t!!JLlldf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27. Read first time.
Location: 2/22/2019-S. RLS.
Summary: The California Cannabis Equity Act of 2018, authorizes the Bureau of Cannabis Control,
upon request by a local jurisdiction, to provide technical assistar)ce to a specified local equity program,
which the act defines as a program adopted or operated by a local jurisdiction that focuses on
inclusion and support of individuals and communities in California's cannabis industry who are linked to
populations or neighborhoods that were negatively or disproportionately impacted by cannabis
criminalization. The act requires the bureau to administer a grant program for local jurisdictions that
have adopted or operate a local equity program, as specified. This bill would state the intent of the
Legislature to enact legislation providing support and funding to local jurisdictions with established
cannabis equity programs.
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SB 684
AB 220
AB 225
AB 378
AB 452
(Umberg D) Traffic safety: driving under the influence of cannabis pilot program.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 !J1mL..Jldf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27. Read first time.
Location: 2/22/2019-S. RLS.
Summary: Current law allocates a portion of the California Cannabis Tax Fund to the Department of
the California Highway Patrol to fund internal programs and grants, including grants to local
governments for the enforcement of laws related to driving under the influence of alcohol and other
drugs, including cannabis. This bill would authorize a pilot program to be administered by the
department and conducted in 3 cities, as specified. The program, if funded by the department using
discretionary funds available from the California Cannabis Tax Fund, would fund the testing, as
specified, of drivers suspected of driving under the influence of cannabis for the purpose of data
collection and would require the participating cities to return that data to the department.
Child Care
(Bonta D) Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign funds: childcare costs.
Current Text: .Introduced: 1/16/2019 ht!IlLJl.df
Introduced: 1/16/2019
Status: 2/4/2019-Referred to Com. on E. & R.
Location: 2/4/2019-A. E. & R.
Summary: The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign
financing, including the use of campaign funds for specific expenditures. The act prohibits the use of
campaign funds to pay for professional services not directly related .to a political, legislative, or
governmental purpose.This bill would authorize the use of campaign funds to pay for child care
expenses resulting from a candidate or officeholder engaging in campaign activities or performing
official duties.
(Brough R) Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign funds: childcare costs.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/16/2019 !J1mL..Jldf
Introduced: 1/16/2019
Status: 2/4/2019-Referred to Com. on E. & R.
Location: 2/4/2019-A. E. & R.
Summary: The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of campaign
financing, including the use of campaign funds for specific expenditures.This bill would provide that
campaign funds may be used to pay for child care provided for a candidate's dependent child if the
costs are incurred as a direct result of campaign activity.
(Limon D) Childcare: family childcare providers: bargaining representative.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/5/2019 !J1mL..Jldf
Introduced: 2/5/2019
Status: 2/6/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
Location: 2/5/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: The Child Care and Dev~lopment Services Act administered by the State Department of
Education, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer childcare and development
programs that offer a full range of services for eligible children from infancy to 13 years of age,including,
among others, resource and referral programs, alternative payment programs, and family childcare
home education networks. This bill would authorize family childcare providers, as defined, to form, join,
and participate in the activities of provider organizations, as defined, and to seek the certification of a
provider organization to act as the representative for family childcare providers on matters related to
childcare subsidy programs pursuant to a petition and election process overseen bythe Public
Employment Relations Board or a neutral 3rd party designated by the board.
(Mullin D) Childcare: early childhood programs: grants.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/11/2019 !J1mL..Jldf
Introduced: 2/11/2019
Status: 2/12/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
Location: 2/11/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: The Child Care and Development Services Act establishes the California Child Care Initiative
Project and provides that the objective of the project is to increase the availability of quality childcare
programs in the state.This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that
appropriates between $25,000,000 and $35,000,000 to create a grant program to develop childcare
facilities that serve children from birth to three years of age, inclusive.
AB 1001 (Ting D) Childcare: local planning councils.
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AB 352
SB 351
SB 576
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 b.tmL..Qdf
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: This bill would revise the makeup requirements for local planning councils, as provided. The
bill would provide that certain of the requirements imposed on local planning councils in order for the
local planning council to identify local priorities apply only if the department adopts a statewide
database to collect information about families seeking childcare, families' eligibility for childcare, and
enrollment in childcare. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
(Caballero D) Personal income taxes: working families child care tax credit.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/3/2018 b.tmL..Qdf
Introduced: 12/3/2018
Status: 1/16/2019-Referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Location: 1/16/2019-S. GOV. & F.
Summary: The Personal Income Tax Law, in modified conformity to federal income tax law, authorizes
a credit for household and dependent care expenses necessary for gainful employment, as provided.
This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2025, for a
taxpayer with an allowable credit in excess of tax liability, would allow a payment to the taxpayer in
excess of that credit amount, subject to the annual Budget Act or a bill providing for appropriations
.related to the Budget Act, as provided, not to exceed a specified amount.
Climate Change
(Garcia, Eduardo D) California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Greenhouse Gas
Reduction Fund: investment plan: Transformative Climate Communities Program.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/4/2019 !ltmL....l!df
Introduced: 2/4/2019
Status: 2/11/2019-Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
Location: 2/11/2019-A. NAT. RES.
Calendar: 3/25/2019 2:30 p.m. -State Capitol, Room 447 ASSEMBLY NATURAL
RESOURCES, FRIEDMAN, Chair
Summary: Would, beginning July 1, 2020, require state agencies administering competitive grant
programs that allocate moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to give specified communities
preferential points during grant application scoring for programs intended to improve air quality, to
include a specified application timeline, to allow applicants from the Counties of Imperial and San Diego
to include daytime population numbers in grant applications, and to require grant eligibility and scoring
criteria to define disadvantaged community consistent with specified allocation requirements of the
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund so as not to preclude low-income communities, as defined, from
applying for or being awarded a grant.
(Hurtado D) Climate change: Transformative Climate Communities Program.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2019 b.tmL..Qdf
Introduced: 2/19/2019
Status: 3/5/2019-Set for hearing April 3.
Location: 2/28/2019-S. E.Q.
Calendar: 4/3/2019 9:30 a.m. -Room 3191 SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, ALLEN, Chair
Summary: Current law creates the Transformative Climate Communities Program, which is
administered by the Strategic Growth Council. Current law requires the council to award competitive
grants to specified eligible entities for the development and implementation of neighborhood-level
transformative climate community plans that include greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects that
provide local economic, environmental, and health benefits to disadvantaged communities, as defined.
This bill would authorize the council to award grants under the program to both incorporated and
unincorporated communities.
(Umberg D) State Coastal Conservancy: coastal climate change adaptation, infrastructure, and
readiness program.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 b.tmL..Qdf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27. Read first time.
Location: 2/22/2019-S. RLS.
Summary: Would require the State Coastal Conservancy to develop and implement a coastal climate
adaptation, infrastructure, and readiness program designed to, among other things, improve the
climate change resiliency of the state's coastal communities, infrastructure, and habitat, as prescribed,
and host an international conference on coastal climate change not less than once every 2 years.
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AB 654
AB 801
Community Aggregation
(Rubio, Blanca D) Public records: utility customers: disclosure of personal information.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/15/2019 .!l1r!JLJldf
Introduced: 2/15/2019
Status: 2/28/2019-Referred to Com. on JUD.
Location: 2/28/2019-A. JUD.
Calendar: 3/26/2019 9 a.m. -State Capitol, Room 437 ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY, STONE, MARK, Chair
Summary: wo·uld authorize a local agency to disclose the name, utility usage data, and home address
of utility customers to an officer or employee of another governmental agency when the disclosure is
not necessary for the performance of the other governmental agency's official duties but is to be used
for scientific, educational, or research purposes, and the requesting agency receiving the disclosed
material agrees to maintain it as confidential in accordance with specified criteria.
(Levine D) Solar energy systems.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/20/2019 .!l1r!JLJldf
Introduced: 2/20/2019
Status: 2/21/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
Location: 2/20/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to remove obstacles to the
expansion of community-shared solar electric generation systems as an option for onsite solar electric
generation requirements in California.
AB 1276 (Bonta D) Green New Deal.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 .!l1r!JLJldf
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Current law establishes various environmental and economic policies. This bill would state
the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to develop and implement a Green New Deal with the
objective of reaching specified environmental outcomes within the target window of 10 years from the
start of execution of the plan and accomplishing certain social goals.
AB 1371 (Cunningham R) California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: offshore wind generation.
SB 155
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 .!l1r!JLJldf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read firsttime.
Location: 2/22/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would require the Public Utilities Commission to determine appropriate targets for the
procurement of offshore wind generation on behalf of retail end-use customers of retail sellers in
California in order to meet the goals that eligible renewable energy resources supply 60% of retail
sales of electricity to Cal ifornia end-use customers by December 31, 2030, and that eligible renewable
energy resources and zero-carbon resources supply 100% of retail sales of electricity to California end-
use customers and 100% of electricity procured to serve all state agencies by December 31, 2045.
(Atkins D) California Environmental, Public Health, and Workers Defense Act of 2019.
Current Text: Introduced : 12/3/2018 l!t!nL.J1df
Introduced: 12/3/2018
Status: 2/12/2019-Set for hearing March 20.
Location: 1/16/2019-S. E.Q.
Calendar: 3/20/2019 Upon adjournment of Environmental Quality Committee -Room 3191
SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, ALLEN, Chair
Summary: Current state law regulates the discharge of air pollutants into the atmosphere. The Porter-
Cologne Water Quality Control Act regulates the discharge of pollutants into the waters of thestate.
The California Safe Drinking Water Act establishes standards for drinking water and regulates drinking
water systems. The California Endangered Species Act requires the Fish and Game Commission to
establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species, and generallyprohibits the
taking of those species. This bill would require specified agencies to take prescribed actions regarding
certain federal requirements and standards pertaining to air, water, and protected species, as
specified.
(Bradford D) Public utilities: regulation.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/23/2019 .!l1r!JLJldf
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SB 255
SB 288
SB 350
SB 520
SB 646
SB 774
Introduced: 1/23/2019
Status: 1/31/2019-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 1/23/2019-S. RLS.
Summary: Under current law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public
utilities.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation reforming the regulation
of public utilities.
(Bradford D) Women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprise procurement:
electric service providers: energy storage system companies: community choice aggregators.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/12/2019 ll.tmL...11df
Introduced: 2/12/2019
Status: 2/21/2019-Referred to Com. on E., U. & C.
Location: 2/21/2019-S. E. U., & C.
Summary: Current law directs the Public Utilities Commission to require every electrical corporation,
gas corporation, water corporation, wireless telecommunications service provider, and telephone
corporation with annual gross revenues exceeding $25,000,000, and their regulated subsidiaries and
affiliates, to annually submit a detailed and verifiable plan for increasing procurement from women,
minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprises, as defined, in all categories, including a
renewable energy project, as defined, and wireless telecommunications, broadband, smart grid, and
rail projects. Existing law requires the reporting of certain information about the implementation of the
plans. This bill would extend these requirements to electric service providers, community choice
aggregators, and energy storage system companies, as defined, and would change the $25,000,000
annual gross revenue threshold above which these requirements become applicable to $1,000,000 in
gross annual California revenues.
(Wiener D) Electricity: self-generation and storage.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/13/2019 ht!:!:!L..Qdf
Introduced: 2/13/2019
Status: 2/21/2019-Referred to Com. on E., U. & C.
Location: 2/21/2019-S. E. U., & C.
Summary: Would, by January 1, 2021, require the PUC and the governing board of each local publicly
owned electric utility to, among other things, create one or more tariffs that offer fair compensation for
customer-sited energy storage systems that export electricity to the electrical grid and to consider one
or more tariffs for customer-sited energy storage and renewable energy systems to support grid
reliability and community resiliency in the event of emergencies or grid outages.
(Hertzberg D) Electricity: resource adequacy: multiyear centralized resource adequacy
mechanism.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2019 ht!:!:!L..Qdf
Introduced: 2/19/2019
Status: 2/28/2019-Referred to Com. on E., U. & C.
Location: 2/28/2019-S. E. U., & C.
Summary: Would authorize the Public Utilities Commission to consider a multiyear centralized resource
adequacy mechanism, among other options, to most efficiently and equitably meet specified resource
adequacy objectives.
(Hertzberg D) Electrical service: provider of last resort.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 ht!:!:!L..Qdf
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-S. RLS.
Summary: Would authorize the Public Utilities Commission to develop threshold attributes, as
specified, for a load-serving entity to serve as a provider of last resort to provide electrical service to
retail end users in California. The bill would authorize the commission to establish a structure, such as
an auction, to determine which load-serving entity should serve as the provider of last resort and what
benefits a load-serving entity would receive if selected to serve as the provider of last resort.
(Morrell R) Local agency utility services: extension of utility services.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 ht!:!:!L..Qdf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27. Read first time.
Location: 2/22/2019-S. RLS.
Summary: Would prohibit a city or district providing the extended service from denying the extension
of a utility service to a property owner located within the extended service area based upon a
property owner's election not to participate in an annexation or preannexation proceeding.
(Stern D) Electricity: local clean energy generation and storage systems.
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AB 136
AB 139
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 hll!.!L__Qdt
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27. Read first time.
Location: 2/22/2019-S. RLS .
Summary: The Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act establishes
the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission with various responsibilities
with respect to developing and ir,:iplementirrn the state's energy policies.This bill would state the intent
of the Legislature to enact later legislation to require the commission to develop and implement a
program to deploy local clean energy generation and storage systems throughout California, as
specified.
Grou Homes
(Quirk-Silva D) Alcohol and drug programs: residential recovery and treatment ombudsperson:
pilot program.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/5/2018 hll!.!L__Qdt
Introduced: 12/5/2018
Status: 1/24/2019-Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Location: 1/24/2019-A. HEALTH
Calendar: 3/19/2019 1:30 p.m. -State Capitol, Room 4202 ASSEMBLY HEALTH, WOOD, Chair
Summary: Would require the State Department of Health Care Services to establish the Office of the
State Ombudsperson for Substance Abuse Residential Recovery and Treatment as a one-year pilot
project, from January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021, inclusive. The bill would require the office to work
in concert with participating counties to collaborate in investigations of complaints received by the
counties against alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities and recovery residences. The
bill would require each participating county, by July 1, 2022, to report to the Legislature on the results
of the county's collaboration with the pilot program.
Homeless
(Burke D) Housing: safe and clean shelter for children.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/3/2018 hll!.!L__Qdt
Introduced: 12/3/2018
Status: 1/17/2019-Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Location: 1/17/2019-A. H. & C.D.
Summary: Current law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development in the
Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, and requires the department to administer various
housing programs throughout the state, including programs that address the needs of homeless
individuals and families, and reviewing local ordinances for the design, development, and operation of
homeless shelters in cities and counties that have declared a shelter crisis. This bill would declare that
it is the policy of the state that every child has the right to safe and clean shelter and that no child
should be without safe and clean shelter by 2025.
(Rivas, Luz D) Individuals or families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness: definition.
Current Text: Amended: 2/26/2019 hll!.!L__Qdt
Introduced: 12/3/2018
Last Amend: 2/26/2019
Status: 2/27/2019-Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Location: 1/17/2019-A. H. & C.D.
Summary: The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act establishes various programs and grants to
provide a range of services to homeless individuals and families, and defines the terms "homeless,"
"homeless individual," and "homeless person" to mean, among other things, an individual or family
who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence or an individual who resided in a shelter
or place not meant for human habitation and who is exiting an institution where the individual
temporarily resided. This bill would require the coordinating council to compile a list of federal, state,
and local funding sources, programs, and services for addressing homelessness, and the definitions of
. "homeless" and "at risk of homelessness" used for those purposes, and would require state and local
governmental entities that provide programs and services to individuals and families who are
homeless or at risk of homelessness, or funding for those programs and services, to provide the
coordinating council with the existing definitions of those terms.
(Quirk-Silva D) Emergency and Transitional Housing Act of 2019.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/11/2018 ht.rnLJ2df
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AB 148
AB 891
Introduced: 12/11/2018
Status: 1/24/2019-Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Location: 1/24/2019-A. H. & C.D.
Summary: The The Planning and Zoning Law requires, after the legislative body of the city or county
has adopted all or part of a general plan, the planning agency to investigate and make
recommendations to the legislative body of the city or county regarding reasonable and practical
means to implement the general plan or element and to provide by April 1 of each year an annual
report to the legislative body, the Office of Planning and Research, and the Department of Housing and
Community Development that includes specified information pertaining to the implementation of the
general plan, including, among other things, a listing of sites rezoned to accommodate that portion of
the city's or county's share of the regional housing need for each income level that could not be
accommodated on specified sites. This bill would additionally require the report to include the number
of emergency shelter beds currently available within the jurisdiction and the number of shelter beds
that the jurisdiction has contracted for that are located within another jurisdiction, as specified.
(Quirk-Silva D) Regional transportation plans: sustainable communities strategies.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/14/2018 html odf
Introduced: 12/14/2018
Status: 1/24/2019-Referred to Corns. on TRANS. and NAT. RES.
Location: 1/24/2019-A. TRANS.
Summary: Current law requires certain transportation planning agencies to prepare and adopt a
regional transportation plan directed at achieving a coordinated and balanced regional transportation
system. Current law requires the regional transportation plan to include, if the transportation planning
agency is also a metropolitan planning organization, a sustainable communities strategy. This bill
would require each sustainable communities strategy to identify areas within the region sufficient to
house an 8-year projection of the emergency shelter needs for the region, as specified.
(Burke D) Public property: safe parking program.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/20/2019 ll!!:nL..J2df
Introduced: 2/20/2019
Status: 3/4/2019-Referred to Corns. on L. GOV. and A. & A.R.
Location: 3/4/2019-A. L. GOV.
Summary: Would require a city with a population greater than 330,000 and each county, in
coordination with cities and local nonprofit entities, as specified, to establish a safe parking program
that provides safe parking locations and options for individuals and families living in their vehicles. The
bill would require the safe parking programs be developed and implemented by June 1, 2022.
SB 48 (Wiener D) Homelessness: right to shelter.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/3/2018 ll!!:nL..J2df
Introduced: 12/3/2018
Status: 1/16/2019-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 12/3/2018-S. RLS.
Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that creates a right to shelter
for unhoused residents throughout the state, which would be required to include the navigation center
model. The bill would state the purposes of this legislation, including ensuring that every person living
on California's streets has the ability to promptly secure shelter that is safe and supportive. The bill
would specify certain elements that this right to shelter would include. The bill would specify that the
right to shelter is not intended to be in lieu of prioritizing permanent housing for people who lack
housing.
SB 258 (Hertzberg D) Department of Community Services and Development: grants: homeless shelters:
pets and veterinary services.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/12/2019 ll!!:nL..J2df
Introduced: 2/12/2019
Status: 3/5/2019-Set for hearing March25.
Location: 2/21/2019-5. HUM. S.
Calendar: 3/25/2019 3 p.m. -Room 2040 SENATE HUMAN SERVICES, HURTADO, Chair
Summary: Current law establishes the Department of Community Services and Development and
requires the department to, among other things, mobilize public and private resources in support of
antipoverty and community services programs.This bill would require the department to develop and
administer a program to award grants to qualified homeless shelters, as described, for the provision of
shelter, food, and basic veterinary services for pets owned by homeless people. The bill would
appropriate $5,000,000 from the General Fund to the department for this grant program.
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AB 671
AB 705
AB 724
AB 725
AB 831
standards the ordinance is required to impose with respect to matters, including, among others,
maximum unit size, parking, and height standards.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to
these provisions.
(Friedman D) Accessory dwelling units.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/15/2019 b.t!nLl2df
Introduced: 2/15/2019
Status: 2/19/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
Location: 2/15/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes a local agency to provide by ordinance for the
creation of accessory dwelling units in single-family and multifamily residential zones and sets forth
standards the ordinance is required to impose, including, among others, maximum unit size, parking,
and height standards.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
(Stone. Mark D) Mobilehome parks: change of use.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2019 l:!t!!.!Lildf
Introduced: 2/19/2019
Status: 2/28/2019-Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Location: 2/28/2019-A. H. & C.D.
Summary: Would require the management to give homeowners at least 60 days' written notice that
the management will be appearing before a local governmental board, commission, or body to obtain
local approval for the intended change of use of the mobilehome park and comply with other specified
provisions. The bill would also require the local government to first make a finding that the approval of
the closure of the mobilehome park and of its conversion into its intended new use will not result in, or
materially contribute to, a shortage of housing opportunities and choices within the local jurisdiction for
low-and moderate-income households.
(Wicks D) Rental data registry.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2019 htmL.Qdf
Introduced: 2/19/2019
Status: 2/20/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
Location: 2/19/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would create a rental
registry that would serve as a repository for data collected by cities and counties about their stock of
housing and other data on evictions, displacements, and other tenancy information.
(Wicks D) General plans: housing element: above moderate-income housing.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2019 .!llinL..Qdf
Introduced: 2/19/2019
Status: 2/28/2019-Referred to Corns. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.
Location: 2/28/2019-A. H. & C.D.
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires that the housing element include, among other
things, an inventory of land suitable for residential development, to be used to identify sites that can
be developed for housing within the planning period and that are sufficient to provide for the
jurisdiction's share of the regional housing need determined pursuant to specified law. This bill would
prohibit more than 20% of a jurisdiction's share of regional housing need for above moderate-income
housing from being allocated to sites with zoning restricted to single-family development.
(Grayson D) Department of Housing and Community Development: study: local fees: new
developments. ·
Current Text: Introduced: 2/20/2019 .!llinL..Qdf
Introduced: 2/20/2019
Status: 3/4/2019-Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Location: 3/4/2019-A. H. & C.D.
Summary: Current law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development, by June 30,
2019, to complete a study to evaluate the reasonableness of local fees charged to new developments,
as defined, and requires the study to include findings and recommendations regarding potential
amendments to the Mitigation Fee Act to substantially reduce fees for residential development.This bill
would require the department to post the study on its internet website on or before March 1, 2020.
AB 1006 (Grayson D) Manufactured or prefabricated housing units: statewide standards.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 l:!t!!.!Lildf
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Current law, the Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes a local agency to provide, by
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ordinance, for the creation of manufactured homes in single-family and multifamily residential zones
and sets forth required ordinance standards, including, among others, maximum unit size, parking, and
roof overhang standards. This bill would prohibit a local agency from imposing additional building
standards for projects that are constructed using prefabricated and manufactured units, beyond those
set forth in the California Building Standards Code.
AB 1110 (Friedman D) Rent increases: noticing.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 llli!:!L..Qdf
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would require 90 days' notice if a landlord of a residential dwelling with a month-to-month
tenancy increases the rent by more than 10%, but no more than 15%, of the amount of the rent
charged to a tenant annually. This bill would require 120 days' notice if a landlord of a residential
dwelling with a month-to-month tenancy ·increases the rent by more than 15% of the amount of the
rent charged to a tenant annually.
AB 1197 (Santiago D) California Environmental Quality Act: affordable housing projects.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 llli!:!L..Qdf
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would
establish a streamlined administrative and judicial process for environmental reviews performed
pursuant to CEQA for affordable housing projects.
AB 1497 (Holden D) Hosting platforms.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 llli!:!L..Qdf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read firsttime.
Location: 2/22/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: The California Fair Employment and Housing Act prohibits an owner of housing from
engaging in specific acts of discrimination against a person seeking to purchase, rent, or lease any
housing accommodation. Current law requires a hosting platform, as defined, to provide notice, as
specified, to an offerer listing a residence for short-term rental on the hosting platform. This bill would
express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would make hosting platforms subject to
fair housing laws.
AB 1731 (Boerner Horvath D) Short-term rentals: coastal zone.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 llli!:!L..Qdf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read firsttime.
Location: 2/22/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would authorize a housing platform to make available a residentially zoned or residentially
used unit within a residential property that is located within the coastal zone as a short-term rental
365 days per year if the primary resident lives onsite of the residential property full time. The bill would
prohibit a housing platform from making available residential property that is located within the coastal
zone in which the primary resident does · not live onsite full time as a short-term rental for more than
30 days per year, unless the primary resident makes the residential property available as a short-term
rental in accordance with the Lower Cost Coastal Accommodations Program administered by the State
Coastal Conservancy.
(Beall D) Local-State Sustainable Investment Incentive Program.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/3/2018 llli!:!L..Qdf
Introduced: 12/3/2018
Status: 1/24/2019-Referred to Corns. on GOV. & F. and HOUSING.
Location: 1/24/2019-S. GOV. & F.
Calendar: 3/20/2019 9:30 a.m. -Room 112 SENATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE, MCGUIRE, Chair
Summary: Would establish in state government the Local-State Sustainable Investment Incentive
Program, which would be administered by the Sustainable Investment Incentive Committee. The bill
would authorize a city, county, city and county, joint powers agency, enhanced infrastructure financing
district, affordable housing authority, community revitalization and investment authority or transit
village development district to apply to the Sustainable Investment Incentive Committee to participate
in the program and would authorize the committee to approve or deny applications for projects
meeting specific criteria.
SB 6 (Beall D) Residential development: available land.
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SB 182
SB 330
Current Text: Amended: 2/27/2019 .!lli!!L..Jl.df
Introduced: 12/3/2018
Last Amend: 2/27/2019
Status: 2/27 /2019-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-
referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 12/3/2018-S. RLS.
Summary: Would require the Department of Housing and Community Development to furnish the
Department of General Services with a list of local lands suitable and available for residential
development as identified by a local government as part of the housing element of its general plan.
The bill would require the Department of General Services to create a database of that information and
information regarding state lands determined or declared excess and to make this database available
and searchable by the public by means of a link on its internet website.
(Skinner D) Keep Californians Housed Act.
Current Text: Amended: 3/4/2019 .!lli!!L..Jl.df
Introduced: 12/3/2018
Last Amend: 3/4/2019
Status: 3/4/2019-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-
referred to Com. on HOUSING.
Location: 3/4/2019-S. HOUSING
Summary: Current law requires a tenant or subtenant in possession of a rental housing unit under a
month-to-month lease at the time that property is sold in foreclosure to be provided 90 days' written
notice to quit before the tenant or subtenant may be removed from the property. Current law also
provides tenants or subtenants holding possession of a rental housing unit under a fixed-term
residential lease entered into before transfer of title at the foreclosure sale the right to possession
until the end of the lease term, except in specified circumstances. Existing law repeals these provisions
as of December 31, 2019. This bill would delete the above-described repeal date, thereby extending ·
the operation of these provisions indefinitely.
(Wiener D) Planning and zoning: housing development: equitable communities incentive.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/3/2018 htmLJ!df
Introduced: 12/3/2018
Status: 1/24/2019-Referred to Corns. on HOUSING and GOV. & F.
Location: 1/24/2019-S. HOUSING
Summary: Would require a city, county, or city and county to grant upon request an equitable
communities incentive when a development proponent seeks and agrees to construct a residential
development, as defined, that satisfies specified criteria, including, among other things, that the
residential development is either a job-rich housing project or a transit-rich housing project, as those
terms are defined; the site does not contain, or has not contained, housing occupied by tenants or
accommodations withdrawn from rent or lease in accordance with specified law within specified time
periods; and the residential development complies with specified additional requirements under
existing law.
(Jackson D) General plans: safety element.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/29/2019 !ilirlLJldf
Introduced: 1/29/2019
Status: 2/6/2019-Referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Location: 2/6/2019-S. GOV. & F.
Summary: Would require the safety element, upon the next revision of the housing element or the
hazard mitigation plan, on or after January 1, 2020, whichever occurs first, to be reviewed and
updated as necessary to include a comprehensive retrofit plan, as specified. The bill would also require
the planning agency to review and, if necessary, revise the safety element upon each revision of the
housing element or local hazard mitigation plan, but not less than once every 8 years to identify new
information relating to retrofit updates applicable to the city or county that was not available during
the previous revision of the safety element.
(Skinner D) Housing Crisis Act of 2019.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2019 !!1!nL.J.ldf
Introduced: 2/19/2019
Status: 2/28/2019-Referred to Corns. on GOV. & F. and HOUSING.
Location: 2/28/2019-S. GOV. & F.
Summary: Would, notwithstanding specified prohibitions, allow a city or county to prohibit the commercial
use of land zoned for residential use consistent with the authority of the city or county
conferred by other law. The bill would state that these prohibitions would apply to any zoning
ordinance adopted or amended on or after January 1, 2018, and that any zoning ordinance adopted,
or amendment to an existing ordinance or t'o an adopted general plan, on or after that date that does
not comply would be deemed void.
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Immigration.
AB 589 (Gonzalez D) Employment: unfair immigration-related practices.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/14/2019 htmLQdf
Introduced: 2/14/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Referred to Corns. on L. & E. and JUD.
Location: 2/25/2019-A. L. & E.
Calendar: 3/20/2019 1:30 p.m. -State Capitol, Room 447 ASSEMBLY LABOR AND
EMPLOYMENT, KALRA, Chair
Summary: Would make it unlawful for an employer to knowingly destroy, conceal, remove, confiscate,
or possess any actual or purported passport or other immigration document, or any other actual or
purported government identification document of another person in the course of committing, or with
the intent to commit, trafficking, peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or a coercive labor practice.
The bill would impose specified civil and criminal penalties for a violation.
AB 1324 (Levine D) Foster children: immigration counsel.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 !J1rl'.lLQdf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read firsttime.
Location: 2/22/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would require the State Department of Social Services, subject to the availability of funding,
to contract with nonprofit legal services organizations to provide legal services to children who are
undocumented immigrants in foster care and specify the required qualifications for those nonprofit
legal services organizations.
AB 1615 (Arambula D) Mental health: anti-immigration activities and rhetoric.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 htmL.J2df
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read firsttime.
Location: 2/22/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Current law governs the operation and financing of community mental health services for
the mentally disordered in every county through locally administered and locally controlled community
mental health programs.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to
mitigate the impact of anti-immigration activities and rhetoric on the mental health and well-being of
children in immigrant families in California by, among other things, investing in community-based
treatment modalities.
Labor Relations
AB 5 (Gonzalez D) Worker status: independent contractors.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/3/2018 !J1rl'.lLQdf
Introduced: 12/3/2018
Status: 12/4/2018-From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
Location: 12/3/2018-A. PRINT
Summary: Current law, as established in the case of Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court
of Los Angeles (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903 (Dynamex), creates a presumption that a worker who performs
services for a hirer is an employee. Current law requires a 3-part test, commonly known as the "ABC"
test, to establish that a worker is independent contractor.This bill would state the intent of the
Legislature to include provisions within this bill would codify the decision in the Dynamex case and
clarify its application.
(Melendez R) Employment standards: independent contractors and employees.
Current Text: Amended: 2/25/2019 !J1rl'.lLQdf
Introduced: 12/3/2018
Last Amend: 2/25/2019
Status: 2/26/2019-Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
Location: 1/17/2019-A. L. & E.
Summary: Current case law establishes a three-part test, known as the "ABC" test, for determining
whether a worker is considered an independent contractor for purposes of specified wage orders.
Under this test, a worker is properly considered an independent contractor only if the hiring entity
establishes; 1) that the worker is free from the control and direction of the hirer in connection with the
performance of the work, both under the contract for performance of the work and in fact; 2) that the
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AB 314
AB 674
AB 789
worker performs work outside the usual course of the hiring entity's business; and 3) that the worker
is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business of the same
nature as the work performed for the hiring entity. This bill would, instead, require a determination of
whether a person is an employee or an independent contractor to be based on a specific multifactor
test, including whether the person to whom service is rendered has the right to control the manner
and means of accomplishing the result desired, and other identified factors.
(Bonta D) Public employment: labor relations: release time.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/30/2019 b.tmL.ll.df
Introduced: 1/30/2019
Status: 2/11/2019-Referred to Com. on P.E. & R.
Location: 2/11/2019-A. P.E. & R.
Calendar: 3/20/2019 9 a.m. -State Capitol, Room 444 ASSEMBLY PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND
RETIREMENT, RODRIGUEZ, Chair
Summary: Current law, including the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, the Ralph C. Dills Act, the Trial Court
Employment Protection and Governance Act, the Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor
Relations Act, Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations Act, and the Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Transit Employer-Employee Relations Act, as well as provisions
commonly referred to as the Educational Employment Relations Act and the Higher Education Employer-
Employee Relations Act, regulates the labor relations of the state, the courts, and specified local public
agencies and their employees. These acts generally require the public entities in this context to grant
employee representatives of recognized employee organizations reasonable time offwithout loss of
compensation or benefits for certain purposes in connection with labor relations, commonly referred to
as release time. This bill would prescribe requirements relating to release time
that would apply to all of the public employers and employees subject to the acts described above and
would generally repeal the provisions relating to release time in those acts.
(Petrie-Norris D) Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: enforcement power.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/15/2019 b.tm.L.ll.df
Introduced: 2/15/2019
Status: 2/19/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
Location: 2/15/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Current law establishes within the Department of Industrial Relations the Division of Labor
Standards Enforcement under the direction of the Labor Commissioner. Current law authorizes the
Labor Commissioner, the commissioner's deputies, and the commissioner's agents to, among other
things, issue subpoenas for the purpose of carrying out the laws that the Division of Labor Standards
Enforcement is responsible for enforcing. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision
authorizing the commissioner, the commissioner's deputies, and the commissioner's agents to issue
subpoenas and engage in other enforcement activities.
(Flora R) Labor standards enforcement.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/20/2019 b.tmL.ll.df
Introduced: 2/20/2019
Status: 2/21/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
Location: 2/20/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Current law requires the Labor Commissioner to establish and maintain a field enforcement
unit in order to ensure that minimum labor standards are adequately enforced.This bill would make
nonsubstantive changes to this provision.
AB 1736 (_Qfily_D) Local agency public construction.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 !lt!!.lLQdf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read firsttime.
Location: 2/22/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Current law, the Local Agency Public Construction Act, authorizes a public entity subject to
that act to require each prospective bidder for a public contract to complete and submit to the entity a
standardized questionnaire and financial statement. Current law prohibits the standardized
questionnaire from requiring prospective bidders to disclose specified violations if those violations
were based on a subcontractor's failure to comply with specified provisions and the bidder had no
knowledge of the subcontractor's violations.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions.
AB 1768 (Carrillo D) Contractors: subcontractor withholding.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 b.tm.L.ll.df
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read firsttime.
Location: 2/22/2019-A. PRINT
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AB 585
AB 747
AB 881
Summary: Current law regulates public works contracts and imposes certain duties on contractors and
subcontractors, as specified. Existing law authorizes a contractor to withhold from a subcontractor
sufficient sums to cover any penalties withheld from the contractor by the awarding body on account of
the subcontractor's failure to comply with the provisions described above. Current law also authorizes
a contractor to recover the amount of the penalty or forfeiture in a suit at law if payment has already
been made to the subcontractor. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
provision.
Land Use
(Limon D) Public lands: assignments and transfers: oil, gas, and mineral leases.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/14/2019 l.!t!!JL!!df
Introduced: 2/14/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
Location: 2/25/2019-A. NAT. RES.
Summary: Current law authorizes, with respect to oil, gas, and mineral leases, the assignment,
transfer, or sublet as to all or any part of certain leased or permitted lands, as prescribed, subject to
approval by the State Lands Commission, to any person, association of persons, or corporation, who
at the time of the proposed assignment, transfer, or sublease, possesses certain qualifications. This bill
would authorize the commission, in considering an approval of an assignment, transfer, or sublease of
a lease or permit under those provisions, to consider whether the proposed assignee, as defined, is
likely to comply with the terms of the assigned lease or permit for the duration of both the primary
term of the original lease or permit and any extended term of. the lease because of production, as
determined by specified factors.
(Levine D) Planning and zoning: general plan: safety element.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2019 !.l!!!.JL..!!df
Introduced: 2/19/2019
Status: 2/28/2019-Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Location: 2/28/2019-A. L. GOV.
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a general plan to include certain mandatory
elements, including a safety element for the protection of the community from unreasonable risks
associated with the effects of various geologic hazards, flooding, wildland and urban fires, and climate
adaptation and resilience strategies. That law requires th~ safety element to address, among other
things, evacuation routes related to identified fire and geologic hazards. This bill would require the
safety element's address of evacuation routes to include their capacity under a range of emergency
scenarios.
(Bloom D) Accessory dwelling units.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/20/2019 !.l!!!.JL..!!df
Introduced: 2/20/2019
Status: 3/4/2019-Referred to Corns . on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.
Location: 3/4/2019-A. H. & C.D.
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law provides for the creation of accessory dwelling units by local
ordinance, or, if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance, by ministerial approval, in accordance
with specified standards and conditions. Curent law requires the ordinance to designate areas where
accessory dwelling units may be permitted and authorizes the designated areas to be based on
criteria that includes, but is not limited to, the adequacy of water and sewer services and the impact of
accessory dwelling units on traffic flow and public safety: This bill would instead require a local agency
to designate these areas based on the adequacy of water and sewer services and the impact of
accessory dwelling units on traffic flow and public safety.
AB 1118 (Rubio, Blanca D) Land use: general plan: livability issues for older adults.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 !.l!!!.JL..!!df
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would require the of Planning and Research, commencing January 1, 2020, upon the next
revision of the guidelines, to amend the guidelines to include elements of the domains of livability
developed by the World Health Organization that specifically address livability issues for older adults.
Local Government Financing
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Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2019 b.tm.Ludf
Introduced: 2/19/2019
Status: 3/4/2019-Referred to Corns. on J., E.D., & E. and REV. & TAX.
Location: 3/4/2019-A. J., E.D. & E.
Summary: Would enact the Place-Based Economic Strategies Act, which would create the Office of
Place-Based Economic Strategies, headed by the deputy director of the Office of Place-Based Economic
Strategies, for the purposes of supporting place-based and other geographically targeted economic
development programs, including, but not limited to, federal California Promise and California
Opportunity Zones. The bill would require the office to serve as a liaison between community and
economic stakeholders and the state agencies that oversee programs and offer services that are
intended to finance and support business and economic development needs, as specified.
AB 1479 (Cervantes D) Opportunity Zone Credit Enhancement Act.
Current Text: Introd·uced: 2/22/2019 b.tm.Ludf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read firsttime.
Location: 2/22/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would require the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank to consider
providing a credit enhancement to support an economic development facility in a qualified opportunity
zone and to establish procedures for the expeditious review of applications for those credit
enhancements. The bill would further authorize the bank to provide credit enhancements that support
financing for economic development facilities located in a qualified opportunity zone.
AB 1701 (Cervantes D) California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank: economic development
facilities: redevelopment agencies.
SB 315
SB 619
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 b.tm.Ludf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read first time.
Location: 2/22/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would require the I-Bank to establish criteria, priorities, and guidelines for receiving and
reviewing applications to enter into a development agreement with a redevelopment agency in which
the redevelopment agency would agree to commit a portion of property tax increment to finance a
project for economic development facilities jn a low-income census tract, including an Opportunity Zone
designated by the United States Treasury.
(Caballero D) California Environmental Quality Act: qualified opportunity zones.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/3/2018 b.tm.Ludf
Introduced: 12/3/2018
Status: 2/12/2019-Set for hearing March 20.
Location: 1/16/2019-S. E.Q.
Calendar: 3/20/2019 Upon adjournment of Environmental Quality Committee -Room 3191
SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, ALLEN, Chair
Summary: Would establish specified procedures for the administrative and judicial review of the
environmental review and approvals granted for projects located in qualified opportunity zones thatare
funded, in whole or in part, by qualified opportunity funds, or by moneys from the Greenhouse Gas
Reduction Fund and allocated by the Strategic Growth Council. Because a public agency would be
required to comply with those new procedures, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(Hertzberg D) Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development: opportunity zones:
promise zones.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/15/2019 b.tm.Ludf
Introduced: 2/15/2019
Status: 2/28/2019-Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.
Location: 2/28/2019-S. B., P. & E.D.
Summary: Would require the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, in cooperation
with the Office of Planning and Research, to track specified information regarding California
Opportunity Zone and California Promise Zone investments and to post that information on the
Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development's internet website.
(Hueso D) Promise Zones: credit reporting pilot program: educational services.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 b.tm.Ludf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27. Read first time.
Location: 2/22/2019-S. RLS.
Summary: Current law requires, among other things, that the Governor's Office of Business and
Economic Development (GO-Biz) convene, at least annually, representatives from various programs
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AB 287
AB 672
and agencies across the state and from various federal programs and agencies for the purpose of
discussing how California can leverage Promise Zones and Opportunity Zones to meet state and local
community and economic development needs, as provided. This bill would require, as part of this
annual convention, that the office assist with educational partnerships. The bill would make other
nonsubstantive changes.
Pensions
(Voepel R) Public employees' retirement: annual audits.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/28/2019 .!l1!nl...Jldf
Introduced: 1/28/2019
Status: 2/7/2019-Referred to Com. on P.E. & R.
Location: 2/7/2019-A. P.E. & R.
Summary: Current law requires each state and local public pension or retirement system, on and after
the 90th day following the completion of the annual audit of the system, to provide a concise annual
report on the investments and earnings of the system, as specified, to any member who makes a
request and pays a fee, if required,· for the costs incurred in preparation and dissemination of that
report. This bill would also require each state and local pension or retirement system to post a concise
annual audit of the information described above on that system's internet website no later than the
90th day following the audit's completion.
(Cervantes D) Public employees' retirement: disability retirement: reinstatement.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/15/2019 ht!!lL...l2df
Introduced: 2/15/2019
Status: 2/28/2019-Referred to Com. on P.E. & R.
Location: 2/28/2019-A. P.E. & R.
Summary: PERL authorizes a person retired for disability to be employed by any employer without
reinstatement in the system if specified conditions are met. This bill ould prohibit a person who has
retired for disability from being employed by any employer without reinstatement from retirement if the
position is the position from which the person retired or if the position includes duties or activities that
the person was previously restricted from performing at the time of retirement, unless an exception
applies. The bill would require, if a person retired for disability is employed by an employer without
reinstatement, an employer to provide to the board the nature of the employment and the duties and
activities the person will perform.
Privac
AB 1416 (Cooley D) Business: collection and disclosures of Consumer personal information.
AB 739
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 .!l1!nl...Jldt
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read firsttime.
Location: 2/22/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would specify that the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 does not restrict a
business's ability comply with any rules or regulations. The bill would further specify that the act does
not restrict a business's ability to collect, use, retain, sell, authenticate, or disclose personal
information in order to: (1) exercise, defend, or protect against legal claims, (2) protect against or
prevent fraud or unauthorized transactions, (3) protect against or prevent security incidents or other
malicious, deceptive, or illegal activity, or (4) investigate, report, or prosecute those responsible for
protecting against fraud, unauthorized transactions, and preventing security incidents or other
specified activities.
Publlc Health
(McCarty D) Flavored tobacco products.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2019 .!l1!nl...Jldt
Introduced: 2/19/2019
Status: 2/20/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
Location: 2/19/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would prohibit a tobacco retailer from selling, offering for sale, or possessing with the
intent to sell or offer for sale, a flavored tobacco product, as defined. The bill would make a violation of
this prohibition an infraction punishable by a fine of $250 for each violation. The bill would state the
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AB 164
AB 165
AB 222
AB 276
Status: 2/26/2019-In committee: Hearing for testimony only.
Location: 2/26/2019-A. PUB. S.
Calendar: 3/19/2019 9 a.m. -State Capitol, Room 126 ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY, JONES-SAWYER,
Chair
Summary: The bill would specify information an agency may provide if it is investigating voluminous
complaints, as defined, regarding the violation of the same rule or policy. The bill would specify, among
other things, that the provisions regarding investigations and interrogations, as described above, do
not preclude eliminating or adding other policy or rule citations as warranted by the discovery of new
information or evidence in the course of an investigation. This bill contains other related provisions.
(Cervantes D) Firearms: prohibited persons.
Current Text: Amended: 2/20/2019 htr.r!Ll!df
Introduced: 1/7/2019
Last Amend: 2/20/2019
Status: 2/26/2019-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 1/24/2019-A. PUB. S.
Calendar: 3/12/2019 9 a.m. -State Capitol, Room 126 ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY, JONES-SAWYER,
Chair
Summary: Under current law, a person who purchases or receives a firearm, attempts to purchase or
receive a firearm, or owns or possesses a firearm knowing that the person is prohibited from doing so
by a temporary restraining order, an injunction, or a protective order, as specified, is guilty of a crime.
This bill would expand the scope of this crime to a person who is prohibited from purchasing or
possessing a firearm in any jurisdiction by a valid order issued in another jurisdiction that is similar or
equivalent to a temporary restraining order, injunction, or protective order issued in this state.
(Gabriel D) Peace officer training: gun violence restraining orders.
Current Text: Amended: 2/20/2019 htr.r!Ll!df
Introduced: 1/7/2019
Last Amend: 2/20/2019
Status: 2/26/2019-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.)
(February 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 2/26/2019-A. APPR ..
Summary: Would require the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to develop and
implement, on or before January 1, 2021, a course of training regarding gun violence restraining
orders. The bill would require the course to be incorporated into the course or courses of basic training
for law enforcement officers on or before January 1, 2021, and would require the course or courses to
include specified topics, including the process of filing a petition for gun violence restraining orders and
situational training to assist officers in identifying when a gun violence restraining order is appropriate.
(Voepel R) Law enforcement: cooperation with immigration authorities.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/16/2019 htr.r!Ll!df
Introduced: 1/16/2019
Status: 2/26/2019-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 2/4/2019-A. PUB. S.
Summary: Current law generally prohibits law enforcement from providing information regarding the
release date of an individual from custody or from transferring an individual to immigration authorities
without a warrant or judicial probable cause determination, unless the person has been convicted of
specified crimes. This bill would allow information regarding the release or transfer of an individual to
be provided to immigration authorities if the individual has been convicted of misdemeanor or felony
assault or battery against the person of a peace officer or firefighter, as specified.
(Friedman D) Firearms: storage.
Current Text: Amended: 2/21/2019 htr.r!Ll!df
Introduced: 1/28/2019
Last Amend: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 2/7/2019-A. PUB. S.
Calendar: 3/12/2019 9 a.m. -State Capitol, Room 126 ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY, JONES-SAWYER,
Chair
Summary: Would require a person who is 18 years of age or older and who is the owner, lessee,
renter, or other legal occupant of a residence, while that person is outside that residence, as defined,
to ensure that any firearm that person owns or controls is securely stored against theft or
unauthorized access. The bill would define a firearm as being securely stored if it is secured with an
operable device that is listed on the Department of Justice's roster of approved firearm safety devices,
as specified. The bill would exempt a person from this section if the firearm is loaned under specified
conditions, and would exempt an unloaded antique firearm from these provisions.
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AB 332
AB 339
AB 340
(Lackey R) Peace officers: training.
Current Text: Amended: 2/15/2019 llli!JL.J,df
Introduced: 1/31/2019
Last Amend: 2/15/2019
Status: 2/19/2019-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 2/15/2019-A. PUB. S.
Summary: Would authorize a law enforcement agency that is sponsoring a peace officer trainee, or an
entity that operates a peace officer training academy, to permit a peace officer trainee to have at least
one, but not more than 3, opportunities to remediate the skills portion of the learning domains relating
to vehicle operation and firearms proficiency. The bill would require a sponsoring law enforcement
agency or an entity that operates a peace officer training academy to offer the same number ofremedial
opportunities to all peace officer trainees, as specified.
(Irwin D) Gun violence restraining orders: law enforcement procedures.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/31/2019 ll.t.m.L.Jl.df
Introduced: 1/31/2019
Status: 2/11/2019-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 2/11/2019-A. PUB. S.
Calendar: 3/12/2019 9 a.m. -State Capitol, Room 126 ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY, JONES-SAWYER,
Chair
Summary: Current lasw authorizes an immediate family member to petition the court for an ex parte
temporary gun violence restraining order. Existing law authorizes a court, after notice and hearing, to
issue a gun violence restraining order for a period of one year which may be renewed, as specified.
This bill would require each law enforcement agency to develop and adopt written policies and
standards regarding the use of gun violence restraining orders.
(Irwin D) Firearms: armed prohibited persons.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/31/2019 l:!.tmL.Qdf
Introduced: 1/31/2019
Status: 2/11/2019-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 2/11/2019-A. PUB. S.
Calendar: 3/12/2019 9 a.m. -State Capitol, Room 126 ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY, JONES-SAWYER,
Chair
Summary: Would authorize a county to establish and implement a Disarming Prohibited Persons
Taskforce (DPPT) team program, consisting of officers and agents from specified law enforcement
agencies, for the purpose of, among other things, identifying, monitoring, arresting, and assisting in
the prosecution of individuals who are armed and prohibited from possessing a firearm. The bill would
additionally require the Department of Justice, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to award grants
to DPPT teams that apply for the purpose of investigating, locating, apprehending, and prosecuting
individuals who are in possession of a firearm, despite their prohibited status, in the DPPT team's
jurisdiction.
AB 392 (Weber D) Peace officers: deadly force.
AB 503
Current Text: Introduced: 2/6/2019 1:ilinL.Qdf
Introduced: 2/6/2019
Status: 2/15/2019-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 2/15/2019-A. PUB. S.
Summary: Would redefine the circumstances under which a homicide by a peace officer is deemed
justifiable to include when the killing is in self-defense or the defense of another, consistent with the
existing legal standard for self-defense, or when the killing is necessary to prevent the escape of a
fleeing felon whose immediate apprehension is necessary to prevent death or serious injury. The bill
would additionally bar the use of this defense if the peace officer acted in a criminally negligent manner
that caused the death, including if the officer's criminally negligent actions created the necessity for the
use of deadly force.
(Flora R) Gun-free school zone.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/13/2019 l.!1!r!.L...i!df
Introduced: 2/13/2019
Status: 2/21/2019-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PUB. S.
Calendar: 3/19/2019 9 a.m. -State Capitol, Room 126 ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY, JONES-SAWYER,
Chair
Summary: Current law makes it a crime to possess a firearm in a place that the person knows, or
reasonably should know, is a school zone. Current law defines a school zone as an area in, or on the
grounds of, a public or private school providing instruction in kindergarten or grades 1 to 12, inclusive,
or within a distance of 1,000 feet from the grounds of the public or private school. This bill would
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exempt from that crime a person who holds a valid concealed carry license who is carrying the firearm
described in the license to, from, or in a church, synagogue, or other building used as a place of
worship on the grounds of a public or private school providing instruction in kindergarten or grades 1
to 12, inclusive, if the person has the written permission of the school authority and subject to
specified conditions.
AB 1064 (Muratsuchi D) Firearms dealers: conduct of business.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 htmL..J2df
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Current law regulates licensed firearms dealers and provides that a license is subject to
forfeiture for a breach of specified prohibitions in current law. This bill would authorize the Department
of Justice to impose a civil fine not exceeding $1000 for a breach of those prohibitions, and a civil fine
not exceeding $3,000 for a breach of those prohibitions when the licensee has received written
notification from the department regarding the breach and fails to take corrective action, as specified,
or the department determines the licensee committed the breach knowingly or with gross negligence.
AB 1069 (Rodriguez D) Peace officers' body-worn cameras: privacy.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 .tl1.!nL..Qdf
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would protect the privacy
of individuals recorded by body-worn cameras utilized by law enforcement officers and the privacy of
law enforcement officers wearing body-worn cameras.
AB 1071 (Limon D) Evidence-Based Policing Pilot Program.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 htmL..J2df
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would establish an evidence-based policing pilot program within the Department of Justice
to gather data and analyze data on the efficacy of evidence-based policing programs. The bill would
require the department to convene a task force to design a pilot program that would operate in 3
cities, as specified, would provide training to management and supervisory police personnel on the
implementation of evidence-based policing, as defined, and would gather crime-related data fromthose
cities for a period of 2 years during which evidence-based policing practices are implemented.
AB 1096 (Melendez R) Firearms: concealed carry licenses.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 ht!DL.Qdf
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would require the sheriff of a county, or the chief or other head of a municipal police
department, to issue a license to carry a concealed handgun or to carry a loaded and exposed
handgun, as specified, if good cause exists for the issuance and the applicant is of good moral
character and satisfies certain othercriteria.
AB 1215 (Ting D) Law enforcement: body-worn cameras: best practices.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 l!tillL....lldf
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Current law requires law enforcement agencies, departments, or entities to consider
certain best practices regarding the downloading and storage of body-worn camera data when
establishing policies and procedures for the implementation and operation of a body-worn camera
system, as specified. As part of those best practices for consideration, current law states that
nonevidentiary data including video and audio recorded by a body-worn camera should be retained for
a minimum of 60 days, that evidentiary data including those types of content should be retained for a
minimum of 2 years under specified circumstances, and that, if evidence that may be relevant to a
criminal prosecution is obtained from a recording made by a body-worn camera, the law enforcement
agency should retain the recording for additional time, as specified.
AB 1297 (McCarty D) Firearms: concealed carry license.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 1:!IDJ.LQdf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
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Location: 12/3/2018-S. RLS.
Summary: The Community Redevelopment Law authorized the establishment of redevelopment
agencies in communities to address the effects of blight, as defined. Current law dissolved
redevelopment agencies as of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of successor
agencies, as defined, to wind down the affairs of the dissolved redevelopment agencies. This bill would
state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to redevelopment.
Sea Level Rise
AB 1011 (Petrie-Norris D) Coastal resources: coastal development permits: waiver of filing fees.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 blr.!!L.Jldf
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would authorize the California Coastal Commission to waive the filing fee for an application
for a coastal development permit required under the California Coastal Act of 1976 for a private
nonprofit organization that qualifies for tax-exempt status under specified federal law if the permit is
required for a habitat restoration project or a project to provide public access to coastal resources.
AB 1300 (Kamlager-Dove D) State Coastal Conservancy: Explore the Coast Program.
SB 367
AB 684
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 ll1m.L..Jl.df
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read firsttime.
Location: 2/22/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Current law establishes the State Coastal Conservancy with prescribed powers and
responsibilities relating to the acquisition, protection, preservation, and enhancement of coastal lands
within the coastal zone, as defined. Current law, for purposes of those provisions, defines a "nonprofit
organization" to mean any private, nonprofit organization, that qualifies as a nonprofit organization
under a specified provision of the Internal Revenue Code, and whose purposes are consistent with
those provisions governing the conservancy. This bill would revise that definition by eliminating the
requirement that a nonprofit organization have purposes that are consistent with those provisions
governing the conservancy.
(Hueso D) State Coastal Conservancy: grants: educational projects and programs.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/20/2019 blr.!!L.Jldf
Introduced: 2/20/2019
status: 2/28/2019-Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
Location: 2/28/2019-S. N.R. & W.
Summary: Current law establishes the State Coastal Conservancy and prescribes the membership,
functions, and duties of the conservancy with regard to the protection, preservation, and
enhancement of specified coastal lands in the state. Current law authorizes the conservancy to fund
and undertake plans and feasibility studies and to award grants to public agencies and nonprofit
organizations for these purposes. This bill would additionally authorize the conservancy to provide
technical assistance, and award grants for that purpose.
Smart & Connected Cities Technolog
(Chau D) California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/3/2018 ll1m.L..Jl.df
Introduced: 12/3/2018
Status: 12/4/2018-From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
Location: 12/3/2018-A. PRINT
Summary: Current law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, beginning January 1, 2020,
grants consumers various rights with regard to their personal information held by businesses,
including the right to request a business to disclose specific pieces of personal information it has
collected. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to the California
Consumer Privacy Act of 2018.
(Levine D) Building standards: electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/15/2019 ll1m.L..Jl.df
Introduced: 2/15/2019
Status: 2/28/2019-Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Location: 2/28/2019-A. H. & C.D.
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Summary: Under current law, the California Building Standards Commission is required to adopt,
approve, codify, and publish mandatory building standards for the installation of electric vehicle
charging infrastructure for parking spaces in multifamily dwellings and nonresidential development.
This bill would require the Department of Housing and Community Development to review the
standards for the installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure every 4 years and update the
standards as needed pursuant to that review.
AB 1079 (Santiago D) Telecommunications: privacy protections.
AB 556
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 htmL.Qdf
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Current law prohibits a provider of mobile telephony services, as defined, or any affiliate or
agent of the provider, when providing the name and dialing number of a subscriber for inclusion in a
directory or directory database, from including the dialing number of any subscriber without first
obtaining the express consent of that subscriber. Current law authorizes providing those telephone
numbers without regard to consent to a law enforcement agency, fire protection agency, public health
agency, public environmental health agency, city or county emergency services planning agency, or
private for-profit agency operating under contract with, and at the direction of, one or more of these
agencies, for the exclusive purpose of responding to a 911 call or communicating an imminent threat to
life or property. This bill would additionally authorize providing those telephone numbers to those
parties without consent for the purpose of testing the systems that respond to 911 calls or testing
systems that communicate threats to life or property.
State Parks
(Carrillo D) Outdoor experiences: community access program: grant program.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/13/2019 htmL.Qdf
Introduced: 2/13/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Referred to Com. on W., P., & W.
Location: 2/25/2019-A. W.,P. & W.
Calendar: 3/26/2019 9 a.m. -State Capitol, Room 444 ASSEMBLY WATER, PARKS AND
WILDLIFE, GARCIA, EDUARDO, Chair
Summary: Would require the Natural Resources Agency to develop and implement a community access
program focused on engagement programs, technical assistance, or facilities that maximize safe and
equitable physical admittance, especially for low-income and disadvantaged communities, to natural or
cultural resources, community education programs, or recreational amenities. The bill would authorize
the agency to · develop a grant program for innovative transportation projects that providedisadvantaged
and low-income youth with access to outdoor experiences, as specified.
AB 1718 (Levine D) State parks: state coastal beaches: smoking ban.
SB 719
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 htmL.Qdf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read firsttime.
Location: 2/22/2019-A. PRIN,T
Summary: Would make it an infraction for a person to smoke, as defined, on a state coastal beach or
in a unit of the state park system or to dispose of used cigar or cigarette waste on a state coastal
beach or in a unit of the state park system, with certain exceptions, as specifically provided. The bill
would establish a state-mandated local program by creating a new crime.
(Glazer D) State parks: state coastal beaches: smoking ban.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/3/2018 htmL.Qdf
Introduced: 12/3/2018
Status: 2/20/2019-Set for hearing March 12.
Location: 1/16/2019-S. N.R. & W .
. Calendar: 3/12/2019 9:30 a.m. -Room 112 SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER, STERN, Chair
Summary: Would make it an infraction punishable by a fine of up to $25 for a person to smoke, as
defined, on a state coastal beach, as defined, or in a unit of the state park system, as defined, or to
dispose of used cigar or cigarette waste on a state coastal beach or in a unit of the state park system
unless the disposal is made in an appropriate waste receptacle. The bill would establish a state-
mandated local program by creating a new crime.
(Hueso D) Veterans: exemption from reservation fees to use state park facilities.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 htmL.Qdf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
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AB 608
AB 610
AB 818
Status: 2/25/2019-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27. Read first time.
Location: 2/22/2019-S. RLS.
Summary: Current law requires the Department of Parks and Recreation to issue a park pass for free
use of all park facilities in the state park system to a veteran of war, as defined, in which the United
States has been, or may be, engaged, and who meets specified criteria, such as having been
honorably discharged from service.This bill would additionally exempt these veterans from any
requirement to pay a reservation fee for those facilities.
Taxes and Fees
(Petrie-Norris D} Property taxation: exemption: low-value properties.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/14/2019 .!l1!llL.Qdf
Introduced: 2/14/2019
Status: 2/28/2019-Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
Location: 2/28/2019-A. REV. & TAX
Calendar: 3/18/2019 2:30 p.m. -State Capitol, Room 126 ASSEMBLY REVENUE AND
TAXATION, BURKE, Chair
Summary: The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature, with the approval of 2/3 of the
membership of each legislative house, to allow a county board of supervisors to exempt from property
taxation those properties having a full value too low to justify the costs of assessment and collection.
Existing property tax law implementing this authority generally limits any exemption granted under this
constitutional provision by a county board of supervisors to real property with a total base year value,
or personal property with a full value, not exceeding $10,000. This bill, on and after January 1, 2020,
would increase the $10,000 limit to $50,000.
(Obernolte R} Elections: local bond measures: tax rate statement.
Current Text: Introduced:. 2/14/2019 .!l1!llL.Qdf
Introduced: 2/14/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Referred to Com. on E. & R.
Location: 2/25/2019-A. E. & R.
Summary: Current law requires local governments, when submitting for voter approval a bond
measure that will be secured by an ad valorem tax, to provide the voters with a statement that
includes estimates of the tax rates required to fund the measure. Tax rates are expressed as the rate
per $100 of assessed valuation on all property to be taxed to fund the bond measure. This bill would
instead require that the tax rate be expressed as the rate per $100,000 of assessed valuation on all
property to be taxed to fund the bond measure.
(Cooley D} Local government finance: vehicle license fee adjustment amounts.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/20/2019 .!l1!llL.Qdf
Introduced: 2/20/2019
Status: 3/4/2019-Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Location: 3/4/2019-A. L. GOV.
Summary: Current property tax law, for the 2006-07 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter,
requires the vehicle license fee adjustment amount to be the sum of the vehicle license fee adjustment
amount for the prior fiscal year, if specified provisions did not apply, and the product of the amount as
so described and the percentage change from the prior fiscal year in the gross taxable valuation within
the jurisdiction of the entity. Current law establishes a separate vehicle license fee adjustment amount
for a city that was incorporated after January 1, 2004, and on or before January 1, 2012. This bill
would establish a separate vehicle license fee adjustment amount for a city incorporating after January
1, 2012, including an additional separate vehicle license fee adjustment amount for the first fiscal year
of incorporation and for the next 4 fiscal years thereafter ..
(Aguiar-Curry D} Local government financing: affordable housing and public infrastructure: voter
approval.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/3/2018 .!l1!llL.Qdf
Introduced: 12/3/2018
Status: 12/4/2018-From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
Location: 12/3/2018-A. PRINT
Summary: The California Constitution prohibits the ad valorem tax rate on real property from
exceeding 1 % of the full cash value of the property, subject to certain exceptions. This measure would
create an additional exception to the 1 % limit that would authorize a city, county, or city and county to
levy an ad valorem tax to service bonded indebtedness incurred to fund the construction,
reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of public infrastructure or affordable housing, if the
proposition proposing that tax is approved by 55% of the voters of the city, county, or city and county,
as applicable, and the proposition includes specified accountability requirements.
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AB 159
AB 176
AB 659
AB 697
Trans ortation
(Voepel R) Vehicles: commercial inspection facilities and platform scales.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/7/2019 !ili!l.Ll!df
Introduced: 1/7/2019
Status: 1/24/2019-Referred to Com. on TRANS.
Location: 1/24/2019-A. TRANS.
Summary: Current law requires every driver of a commercial vehicle to stop and submit the vehicle to
an inspection of the size, weight, equipment, and smoke emissions of the vehicle at any location
where members of the Department of the California Highway Patrol are conducting tests and
inspections of commercial vehicles and when signs are displayed requiring the stop. This bill would
require, if the department or other state or local agencies provide information to drivers, including
signage, on the hours of operation of a commercial inspection facility or platform scale, or whether a
facility or scale is open or closed, that the department or agency update that information as soon as it
changes to enhance driver awareness of when they are required to stop, pursuant to the above-
described provision. ·
(Cervantes D) California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority:
sales and use taxes: exclusions.
Current Text: Amended: 2/25/2019 !ili!J.Ll!df
Introduced: 1/9/2019
Last Amend: 2/25/2019
Status: 2/26/2019-Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
Location: 1/24/2019-A. NAT. RES.
Summary: The California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act
authorizes, until January 1, 2021, the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation
Financing Authority to provide financial assistance in the form of a sales and use tax exclusion for
projects, including those that promote California-based manufacturing, California-based jobs,
advanced manufacturing, reduction of greenhouse gases, or reduction in air and water pollution or
energy consumption. The act prohibits the sales and use tax exclusions from exceeding $100,000,000
for each calendar year. This bill would extend the authorization to provide financial assistance in the
form of a sales and use tax exclusion for qualifying projects until January 1, 2031, and would extend
the sales and use tax exclusion until January 1, 2031.
(Mullin D) Transportation: emerging transportation technologies: California Smart City Challenge
Grant Program.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/15/2019 h!!!!L..Jldf
Introduced: 2/15/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Referred to Com. on TRANS.
Location: 2/25/2019-A. TRANS.
Summary: Would establish the California Smart City Challenge Grant Program to enable municipalities
to compete for grant funding for emerging transportation technologies to serve their transportation
system needs, and would specify certain program goals. The bill would require the commission to form
the California Smart City Challenge Workgroup on or before July 1, 2020, to guide the commission on
program matters, as specified. The bill would require the commission, in consultation with the
workgroup, to develop guidelines on or before March 1, 2021, for the program, which would not be
subject to the Administrative Procedure Act, and would authorize the commission to revise them as
necessary.
(Ting D) Bicycles.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2019 h!!TILP.df
Introduced: 2/19/2019
Status: 2/28/2019-Referred to Com. on TRANS.
Location: 2/28/2019-A. TRANS.
Summary: Current law requires any person operating a bicycle under specified conditions to ride as
close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, except under specified conditions,
including, among other things, when reasonably necessary to avoid conditions that make it unsafe or
when approaching a place where a right turn is authorized. This bill would recast those provisions to
instead require a person operating a bicycle to ride in the right-hand lane or bicycle lane, if one is
present, and would additionally require a person operating a bicycle in a lane that is wide enough for a
vehicle and bicycle to travel safely side by side within the lane to ride far enough to the right in order to
allow vehicles to pass, except when it is reasonably necessary to avoid conditions that make ithazardous
to continue along the right-hand edge of the lane, and when approaching a place where a right turn is
authorized.
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AB 752
AB 847
AB 983
(Gabriel D) Public transit: transit centers: lactation rooms.
Current Text: Introduced : 2/19/2019 ~dt
Introduced: 2/19/2019
Status: 2/20/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
Location: 2/19/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Current law imposes various requirements on transit operators.This bill would state the
intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation to expand access to lactation rooms in transit
centers.
(Grayson D) Transportation finance: priorities: housing.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/20/2019 ~dt
Introduced: 2/20/2019
Status: 2/21/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
Location: 2/20/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would require the Department of Housing and Community Development, on or before June
30, 2020, and on or before June 30 every year thereafter, to review each production report submitted
by a city or county in accordance with the provisions described above to determine if that city or county
has met its very low, low-, and moderate-income housing goals, as defined, for that reporting period.
The bill would require the department, if it determines that a city or county has met one of those
housing goals, to submit a certification of that result to the Controller by no later than June 30 of that
year.
(Boerner Horvath D) Transportation electrification.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 b.tm!.....lldf
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would require an electrical corporation to work with local agencies or regional planning
agencies in its service territory with responsibility for planning electric vehicle deployment to determine
where to install new electrical charging stations along local transit corridors. The bill would authorize
an electrical corporation to file an application with the PUC by December 31, 2020, with the support of
the local or regional planning agency, for the infrastructure investments required to support electrical
charging stations at transit corridor entry and exit points or other locations.
AB 1025 (Grayson D) Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 ~dt
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Current law establishes the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program to fund
transformative capital improvements that will modernize California's intercity, commuter, and urban rail
systems and bus and ferry transit systems to achieve certain policy objectives. Current law prescribes
the eligibility requirements for projects under the program.This bill would make a nonsubstantive
change to the provision related to project eligibility.
AB 1112 (Friedman D) Transportation and land use.
Currerit Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 ht!:nL.p_df
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to encourage the use of
micro-mobility transportation.
AB 1238 (Cunningham R) Electric vehicle charging stations.
SB 127
Current Text: Introduced : 2/21/2019 b.tm!.....lldf
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to encourage business
owners to build onsite electric vehicle charging stations.
(Wiener D) Transportation funding: active transportation: complete streets.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/10/2019 b.tm!.....lldf
Introduced: 1/10/2019
Status: 1/24/2019-Referred to Com. on TRANS.
Location: 1/24i2019-S. TRANS.
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AB 129
AB 792
. AB 793
AB 815
AB 886
Summary: Would establish a Division of Active Transportation within the Department of Transportation
and require that an undersecretary of the Transportation Agency be assigned to give attention to
active transportation program matters to guide progress toward meeting the department's active
transportation program goals and objectives. The bill would require the California Transportation
Commission to give high priority to increasing safety for pedestrians and bicyclists and to the
implementation of bicycle and pedestrian facilities.
Waste
(Bloom D) Waste management: plastic microfiber.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/4/2018 htmLQdf
Introduced: 12/4/2018
Status: 1/7/2019-Read first time.
Location: 12/4/2018-A. PRINT
Summary: Would declare the intent of the Legislature to, among other things, enact legislation to
recognize the emerging threat that microfibers pose to the environment and water quality and would
make related findings and declarations.
(Ting D) Recycling: plastic beverage containers: minimum content standards.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/20/2019 b.t!!!L.Qdf
Introduced: 2/20/2019
Status: 2/21/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
Location: 2/20/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would set minimum
content standards for plastic beverage containers in California .
(Ting D) Beverage container recycling: processors: reporting.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/20/2019 b.t!!!L.Qdf
Introduced: 2/20/2019
Status: 2/21/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 23 .
Location: 2/20/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Current law, the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, requires
a distributor to pay a redemption payment for every beverage container sold or offered for sale in the
state to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. Current law requires processors of
beverage containers to report specified information relating to beverage containers to the department,
in the form and manner prescribed by the department, within 10 days after each month.This bill would
instead require processors to submit those reports within 15 days after each month.
(Aguiar-Curry D) Integrated waste management plans: source reduction and recycling element:
dual stream recycling programs.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/20/2019 b!r!lLJl.df
Introduced: 2/20/2019
Status: 3/4/2019-Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
Location: 3/4/2019-A. NAT. RES.
Summary: Current law requires a city, county, or regional agency to submit an annual report to the
department summarizing its progress in reducing solid waste. Current law requires the Department of
Resources Recycling and Recovery to review a jurisdiction's compliance with the diversion requirements
every 2 or 4 years, as specified, and requires the department to issue an order of compliance if the
department finds, after considering specified factors, the jurisdiction failed to make a good faith effortto
implement its source reduction· and recycling element. After issuing an order of compliance, current law
authorizes the department to impose administrative civil penalties upon that jurisdiction, as provided.
This bill would require, for purposes of these provisions, the department to find that a jurisdiction made
a good faith effort to implement its source reduction and recycling element if the jurisdiction has adopted
a ·dual stream recycling program.
(Eggman D) Plastic bags.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/20/2019 b!r!lLJl.df
Introduced: 2/20/2019
Status: 3/4/2019-Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
Location: 3/4/2019-A. NAT. RES.
Summary: Current law, until January 1, 2020, requires an operator of a store, as defined, to establish
an at-store recycling program that provides to customers the opportunity to return clean plastic
carryout bags to that store, and requires a manufacturer of plastic carryout bags to develop
educational materials to encourage the reduction, reuse, and recycling of plastic bags and make those
materials available to those stores .. This bill would extend the operation of those requirements to
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SB 372
SB 724
AB 912
Last Amend: 2/25/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-
referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 12/11/2018-S. RLS.
Summary: Would require the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to develop criteria to
determine which types of single-use packaging or products are reusable, recyclable, or compostable.
The bill would require local governments, solid waste facilities, recycling facilities, and composting
facilities to provide information requested by the department for purposes of developing that criteria.
By imposing additional duties on local governments, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.
(Wieckowski D) Single-use plastic products: extended producer responsibility.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/20/2019 1:!.t!l:!Ll!dt
Introduced: 2/20/2019
Status: 2/28/2019-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 2/20/2019-S. RLS.
Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would address extended
producer responsibility for single-use plastic products, including collecting waste consisting of those
products, the transport and treatment of those products, the costs of litter cleanup, and awareness-
raising measures.
(Stern D) The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act.
Current Text: Introduced : 2/22/2019 1:!.t!l:!Ll!dt
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27. Read first time.
Location: 2/22/2019-S. RLS.
Summary: Would, if there is a certified recycling center located within one mile of an unserved
convenience zone, would require the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to grant that
convenience zone an exemption from the redemption requirements and would increase the total
number of exemptions that may be granted otherwise to 50% of the number identified as eligible. The
bill would require the department to review exemptions every 5 years to determine if each exemption
still meets the prescribed exemption criteria.
Water Management
(Friedman D) Water conservation: water meters: accuracy standards.
Current Text: Amended: 2/25/2019 1:!.t!l:!Ll!df
Introduced: 12/3/2018
Last Amend: 2/25/2019
Status: 2/26/2019-Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M.
Location: 1/17/2019-A. E.S. & T.M.
Summary: Would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, on
or before January 1, 2022, to adopt regulations setting standards for the accuracy of water meters, as
specified. The bill would prohibit any water meter manufactured on or after the effective date of those
regulations from being sold or offered for sale in the state, or installed by a water purveyor, unless it is
certified by the manufacturer to be in compliance with those standards.
(Muratsuchi D) Marine invasive species: ballast water and biofouling management requirements.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/20/2019 1:!.t!l:!Ll!dt
Introduced: 2/20/2019
Status: 2/21/2019-From printer. May be heard in c·ommittee March 23.
Location: 2/20/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: The Marine Invasive Species Act requires the State Lands Commission to implement and
administer laws regulating the uptake or discharge of ballast water from vessels that impact marine
species in the state's waterways. This bill would, for purposes of the act, define the term "land" and
would revise the coastal boundaries used to define the "Pacific Coastal Region," as specified.
AB 1080 (Gonzalez D) California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 !JlmL...Qdf
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would establish the California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act, which
would require the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the State
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Water Resources Control Board and the Ocean Protection Council, to adopt regulations to source
reduce and recycle 75% of single-use packaging and products sold or distributed in California by 2030.
AB 1414 (Friedman D) Urban retail water suppliers: reporting.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 !J.tmL..Qdf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read firsttime.
Location: 2/22/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would require each urban retail water supplier on or before January 1 of each year until
January 1, 2024, to submit a completed and validated water loss audit report as prescribed by the
Department of Water Resources. The bill would require on or before January 1, 2024, and on or before
January 1 of each year thereafter, each urban retail water supplier to submit a completed and
validated water loss audit report for the previous calendar year or previous fiscal year as part of an
existing report relating to its urban water use.
AB 1798 (Levine D) Ocean acidification.
SB 332
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 l:!.tmL..J2df
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read firsttime.
Location: 2/22/2019-A. PRINT
Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would address ocean
acidification.
(Wiener D) Ocean resources management: state policy.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/9/2019 l:!.tmL..J2df.
Introduced: 1/9/2019
Status: 1/16/2019-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 1/9/2019-S. RLS.
Summary: Current law, the California Ocean Resources Management Act of 1990, declares that it is
the policy of the State of California to take specified actions related to the preservation, protection,
development, and enhancement of the state's ocean resources and ensure coordinated management
of ocean resources with appropriate federal, state, and local agencies.This bill would make
nonsubstantive changes in these provisions.
(Hertzberg D) Wastewater treatment: recycled water.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2019 l:!.tmL..J2df
Introduced: 2/19/2019
Status: 3/5/2019-Set for hearing April 3.
Location: 2/28/2019-S. E.Q.
Calendar: 4/3/2019 9:30 a.m. -Room 3191 SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, ALLEN, Chair
Summary: Would declare, except in compliance with the bill's provisions, that the discharge of treated
wastewater from ocean outfalls is a waste and unreasonable use of water. The bill would require each
wastewater treatment facility that discharges through an ocean outfall and affiliated water suppliers to
reduce the facility's annual flow as compared to the average annual wastewater discharge baseline
volume, as prescribed, by at least 50% on or before January 1, 2030, and by at least 95% on or before
January 1, 2040. The bill would subject the owner or operator of a wastewater treatment facility, as
well as the affiliated water suppliers, to a civil penalty of $2,000 per acre-foot of water above the
required reduction in overall volume discharge for the failure to meet these deadlines.
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SB 283
SB 401
SB 465
SB 486
SB 541
Summary: CEQA provides that a project may have a significant effect on the environment if the project
may cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. This bill would
make nonsubstantive changes in the provision relating to historical resources.
(Bates R) Fatal vehicular accidents: chemical test results.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/13/2019 .!lt!:nL..Qdf
Introduced: 2/13/2019
Status: 2/21/2019-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 2/21/2019-S. PUB. S.
Summary: Current law requires a county coroner, or the coroner's appointed deputy, upon notification
of a death involving a motor vehicle, as specified, to take blood and urine samples from the body of the
deceased and make related chemical tests to determine the alcoholic contents, if any, of the body.
Current law authorizes the coroner to perform other chemical tests, as deemed appropriate. Existing
law requires the detailed medical findings resulting from these examinations to be reduced to writing
or otherwise permanently preserved, as specified. These requirements do not apply to testing of
deceased persons under 15 years of age unless circumstances indicate the possibility of alcohol or
specified drug consumption, and do not apply when the death has occurred more than 24 hours after
the accident. This bill would additionally apply these provisions to a county medical examiner.
(Bates R) Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limitations.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/20/2019 .!lt!:nL..Qdf
Introduced: 2/20/2019
Status: 2/28/2019-Referred to. Com. on E. & C.A.
Location: 2/28/2019-S. E. & C.A.
Summary: Would prohibit a person from making to a committee controlled by a candidate for elective
office that is primarily formed to support or oppose one or more ballot measures, and prohibit such a
committee from receiving, a contribution in excess of the contribution limit for elective state offices, as
specified. The bill would prohibit a candidate for any elective office, or the candidate's controlled
committees, from making a contribution to another candidate for elective office or a committee
controlled by a candidate that is primarily formed to support or oppose one or more ballot measures in
excess of the contribution limit established for candidates for elective state office.
(Bates R) Diablo Canyon nuclear powerplant.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 ll!!:!!)__Qdf
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-S. RLS.
Summary: PG&E, under existing law, is undergoing the process of decommissioning the Diablo Canyon
Units 1 and 2 powerplant to permanently shut down the powerplant before its operating licenses
expire. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provisions related to the funding of the
mitigation settlement and retention program and to the integrated resource plans. This bill contains
other existing laws. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provisions related to the
funding of the mitigation settlement and retention program and to the integrated resource plans. This
bill contains other existing laws.
(Bates R) Alcoholism and drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 .!lt!:nL..Qdf
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
Location: 2/21/2019-S. RLS.
Summary: Current law defines an "alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility" as any
premises, place, or building that provides residential, nonmedical services to adults who are recovering
from problems related to alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug misuse or abuse, and who need alcohol,
drug, or alcohol and drug recovery treatment or detoxification services. Under current law, new
licenses for these facilities are issued for a 2-year period, and onsite program visits for compliance are
required to be conducted at least once during this period. This bill would make technical,
nonsubstantive changes to the facility definition.
(Bates R) School safety: lockdown drills.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 b.t.!Dl..Jldf
Introduced:2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27. Read first time.
Location: 2/22/2019-S. RLS.
Summary: Would require every public, charter, and private, as provided, school that provides
educational services to pupils in kindergarten or in any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to conduct a
lockdown, as defined, drill, at least twice per school year. By expanding the duties of a public school,
the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
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SCR 21
Summary: This measure would honor the late former President George H.W. Bush and dedicate June
12, 2019, and every June 12 thereafter, as President George H.W. Bush Day.
(Bates R) Costa Mesa Fire Captain Michael Kreza Memorial Highway.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/27/2019 b!m!..__Qdf
Introduced: 2/27/2019
Status: 2/27/2019-Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 2/27/2019-S. RLS.
Summary: This measure would designate the portion of Interstate 5 between the Avery Parkway and
El Toro Road in the County of Orange as the Costa Mesa Fire Captain Michael Kreza Memorial Highway.
The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate
signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering
that cost, to erect those signs.
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AB 467
AB 522
AB 931
AB 983
Boerner Horvath
(Boerner Horvath D) Competitions on state property: prize compensation: gender equity.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/11/2019 htm.L....12df
Introduced: 2/11/2019
Status: 3/4/2019-Referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M.
Summary: Would require the Department of Parks and Recreation, the State Lands Commission and
the California Coastal Commission to include in permit or lease conditions, for a competition event to
be held on land under the jurisdiction of the entity, as described, and that awards prize compensation,
as defined, to competitors in gendered categories, a requirement that the prize compensation be
identical between ~he gendered categories at each participant level.
(Boerner Horvath D) Student financial aid: California Community College Transfer Cal Grant
Entitlement Program.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/13/2019 htm.L....12df
Introduced: 2/13/2019
Status: 2/14/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
Summary: Under current law, the Student Aid Commission administers the Cal Grant Program, among
other duties. The Cal Grant Program comprises the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement awards, the
California Community College Transfer Entitlement awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards,
the Cal Grant C awards, and the Cal Grant T awards. Existing law establishes eligibility requirements
for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions, as
defined. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provisions establishing eligibility for the
California Community College Transfer Cal Grant Entitlement Program
(Boerner Horvath D) State and local boards and commissions: representation: appointments.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/20/2019 l!!mL...Qdt
Introduced: 2/20/2019
Status: 2/21/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
Summary: Current law establishes the policy of the Legislature to ensure equal access to specific
information about the many local regulating and advisory boards, commissions, and committees and to
ensure equal opportunity to be informed of vacancies on those boards. Existing law requires each
legislative body of a local agency to prepare an appointments list of all regular and ongoing boards,
commissions, and committees that are appointed by the legislative body of the local agency. This bill,
on and after January 1, 2025, would require the composition of each state and local board and
commission with appointed . members to have a specified minimum number of women board members
or commissioners based on the total number of board members or commissioners on that board.
(Boerner Horvath D) Transportation electrification.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 htm.L....12df
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Summary: Would require an electrical corporation to work with local agencies or regional planning
agencies in its service territory with responsibility for planning electric vehicle deployment to determine
where to install new electrical charging stations along local transit corridors. The bill would authorize
an electrical corporation to file an application with the PUC by December 31, 2020, with the support of
the local or regional planning agency, for the infrastructure investments required to support electrical
charging stations at transit corridor entry and exit points or other locations.
AB 1017 (Boerner Horvath D) Railroads: at-grade pedestrian crossings: supplemental safety measure
improvements.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 ht!!lL..Qdt
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Summary: The Public Utilities Commission has the exclusive power to determine and prescribe the
manner and the terms of installation, operation, maintenance, use, and protection of specified rail
crossings. Under current law, except as provided, a bell, siren, horn, whistle, or similar audible warning
device shall be sounded at any public crossing in accordance with federal law. To the extent consistent
with federal law, this bill would require the commission to identify standardized supplemental safety
measure improvements for at-grade pedestrian crossings, as specified.
AB 1139 (Boerner Horvath D) Building standards: commercial shopping centers: pedestrian accessibility,,
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 ht!!lL..Qdt
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Summary: Would require the California Building Standards Commission, commencing with the next
triennial edition of the California Building Standards Code adopted after January 1, 2020, to adopt,
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approve, codify, and publish mandatory standards that, when an application is submitted for a building
permit for improvements to a commercial shopping center, would require as a condition of approving
that building permit that the proposed improvements include pedestrian accessibility improvements to
make the commercial shopping center accessible to pedestrians if specified conditions apply.
AB 1201 (Boerner Horvath D) Unfair Practices Act.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 l!.t.mLl!df
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Summary: Current law defines unfair competition to mean and include an unlawful, unfair, or
fraudulent business act or practice, unfair, deceptive, untrue, or misleading advertising, and any false
representations to the public and provides that any person who engages, has engaged, or proposes
to engage in unfair competition is liable for a civil penalty. Current law requires that one-half of a
penalty collected as the result of an action brought by the Attorney General be paid to the treasurer of
the county in which the judgment was entered and the other half to the General Fund. This bill would
make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.
AB 1231 (Boerner Horvath D) Emergency services.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2019 htrnLl1df
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Status: 2/22/2019-From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Summary: Would require response time requirements in any contract for ground emergency medical
transportation entered into, amended, or renewed, by a state or local entity on and after January 1,
2020, to be consistent with performance standards established by the International Academies of
Emergency Dispatch. By increasing the duties of local entities, this bill would create a state-mandated
local program.
AB 1315 (Boerner Horvath D) Subdivisions: local ordinances.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 lilinL.P.df
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read firsttime.
Summary: The Subdivision Map Act provides that when a local ordinance requires improvements for a
division of land which is not a subdivision of 5 or more lots, regulations must be limited to the
dedication of rights-of-way, easements, and the construction of reasonable offsite and onsite
improvements of the parcels being created. Existing law provides that a subdivider is not required to
fulfill those construction requirements until a permit or other grant of approval for development of the
parcel is issued, unless otherwise provided by ordinance. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes
to those provisions.
AB 1347 (Boerner Horvath D) Electricity: renewable energy and zero-carbon resources: state and local
government buildings.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 lilinL.P.df
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read first time.
Summary: Current law establishes the policy of the state that eligible renewable energy resources
and zero-carbon resources supply 100% of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers
and 100% of electricity procured to serve all state agencies by December 31, 2045.This bill would
establish the policy of the state that eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources
supply 100% of all retail sales of electricity to state and local government buildings by December 31,
2030, and to all California end-use customers by December 31, 2045.
AB 1426 (Boerner Horvath D) Coastal resources: certification of local coastal programs.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 ll!r!!L....lldf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read first time.
Summary: The California Coastal Act of 1976 specifies that it does not permit the California Coastal
Commission to certify a local coastal program that provides for a lesser degree of environmental
protection than that provided by the plans and policies of any state regulatory agency that are
formally adopted by that agency, are used in the regulatory program of that agency, and are legally
enforceable. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in that provision.
AB 1492 (Boerner Horvath D) Speed limits.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 htrnL...l,df
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/1019-Read first time.
Summary: Would, notwithstanding any other law, authorize a local authority to determine and
declare, by ordinance or resolution, a prima facie speed limit of 15 miles per hour as part of a traffic
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calming program, as defined, if the local authority determines the prima facie speed limit of 25 miles
per hour is not reasonable or safe. The bill would provide that the declared prima facie speed limit is
effective when appropriate signs are erected to give notice of the speed limit.
AB 1570 (Boerner Horvath D) Military veterans: claims.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 htmL..l!ctf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read first time.
Summary: Current law authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to assist every veteran of the
United States, and the dependent or survivor of every veteran of the United States, in presenting and
pursuing specified claims, including claims for disability compensation benefits and burial benefits, as
the veteran, dependent, or survivor may have against the United States arising out of military service,
and in establishing any rights to any privilege, preference, care, or compensation provided for by the
laws of the United States or of this state. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to
that provision.
AB 1585 (Boerner Horvath D) Accessory dwelling units.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 htmL..l!ctf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read first time.
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes a local agency to provide by ordinance for the
creation of accessory dwelling units in single-family and multifamily residential zones and sets forth
standards the ordinance is required to impose, including, among others, maximum unit size, parking,
and height standards.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
AB 1607 (Boerner Horvath D) Gender discrimination: notification.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 htmL..l!ctf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read firsttime.
Summary: Current law prohibits a business establishment from discriminating against a person
because of the person's gender with respect to the price charged for services of similar or like kind .
Current law also requires specified business establishments to disclose in writing the pricing for each
standard service, as defined, to display, in a specified manner, a sign stating that it is illegal to base
pricing on gender and that a complete price list is available upon request, and to display, in a specified
manner, a price list, and to provide the customer with a copy of the complete price list upon request.
This bill would require a city, county, or city and county that issues local business licenses to provide
written notification of the above provisions to the licensee at the time the business license is issued.
AB 1632 (Boerner Horvath D) Office of Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise
Services.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 !lt!nLJl.df
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read firsttime.
Summary: Current law establishes the Office of Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business
Enterprise Services within the Department of General Services to, among other things, provide
technical and managerial aids to small businesses, microbusinesses, and disabled veteran business
enterprises by conducting workshops on matters in connection with government procurement
contracting, and assisting small businesses, microbusinesses, and disabled veteran business
enterprises in complying with the procedures for bidding on state contracts.This bill would make
nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
AB 1640 (Boerner Horvath D) Local government finance: budget reserves.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 ht!nL.Qctf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read first time.
Summary: Would require a local government by September 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, to submit
a written report to the State Controller's office on how it plans to spend any of its budget reserves, as
defined, on specified priorities over a 5-year fiscal period, including, among others, mental and
behavioral health services and affordable housing. The bill would provide this reporting requirement
only applies to a local government if the local government's budget reserve in the immediately
preceding fiscal year was in excess of 30 percent of the total expenditures of the local government in
that fiscal year.
AB 1731 (Boerner Horvath D) Short-term rentals: coastal zone.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 htm.L....l!ctf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read firsttime.
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Summary: Would authorize a housing platform to make available a residentially zoned or residentially
used unit within a residential property that is located within the coastal zone as a short-term rental
365 days per year if the primary resident lives onsite of the residential property full time. The bill would
prohibit a housing platform from making available residential property that is located within the coastal
zone in which the primary resident does not live onsite full time as a short-term rental for more than
30 days per year, unless the primary resident makes the residential property available as a short-term
rental in accordance with the Lower Cost Coastal Accommodations Program administered by the State
Coastal Conservancy.
AB 1749 (Boerner Horvath D) Coastal resources: development permits.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 !ltJ:nL....Qdf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read first time.
Summary: The California Coastal Act of 1976 requires the California Coastal Commission to provide, by
regulation, for the issuance of coastal development permits by the executive director of the
commission or, where the development permit authority has been delegated to a local government, by
an appropriate local official designated by resolution of the local government without compliance with
the procedures prescribed in the act in cases of emergency, except as provided, and for certain
nonemergency developments, as described. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes . in
that provision governing the issuance of development permits in cases of emergency.
AB 1762 (Boerner Horvath D) California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 ll!!!!LJ!df
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read first time.
Summary: The California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program requires the Public Utilities
Commission to establish a renewables portfolio standard requiring all retail sellers, as defined, to
procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources during
specified compliance periods. The program additionally requires each local publicly owned electric utility,
as defined, to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy
resources to achieve the targets established by the program. This bill would state the intent of the
Legislature to enact legislation to reform the program.
AB 1778 (Boerner Horvath D) Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: investment plan.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 h1r!:!l_Qdf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read firsttime.
Summary: The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 authorizes the State Air Resources
Board to include use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Current law requires all moneys, except
for fines and penalties, collected by the state board as part of a market-based compliance mechanism
to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available upon appropriation.
Current law requires the moneys from the fund to be used to facilitate the achievement of reductions
of greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the act, as specified. This bill would make technical,
nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
AB 1785 (Boerner Horvath D) Transportation: North County Transit District.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 ht!:r!LJ1df
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read first time.
Summary: Current law creates the North County Transit District, with various powers and duties
relative to the planning and operation of a transit system in north San Diego County. Current law
requires the district to plan, construct, and operate, or let a contract to operate, public transit systems
in conformance with, and to the extent provided for in, specified laws.This bill would make
nonsubstantive changes to the latter provision.
AB 1791 (Boerner Horvath D) Informational returns.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/22/2019 htmLQdf
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Status: 2/25/2019-Read firsttime.
Summary: Would require a person that files a Form 1099 with respect to a nonresident who
performed services within the state and a person required to file a Form 6050W to file a duplicate of
that form, respectively, with the Franchise Tax Board, under specified circumstances. The bill would
additionally require a third-party settlement organization to report to the Franchise Tax Board, and any
participating payee with an address within the state, any information required by Section 6050W of
the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the third-party network transactions related to that
participating payee, as provided, and would lower the de minimis threshold for that information, as
provided.
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Exhibit 2
CITY OF CARLSBAD Page 1 of 2
Policy No. __ "'"39...__ ____ _
COUNCIL POLICY STATEMENT Date Issued 4 /19 /94
General Subject: Administration
Effective Date 4 / 2 o / 9 4
Cancellation Date ------
Supersedes No.39 dated 2/19/91
Specific Subject: Legislative Program
Copies to: City Council, City Manager, City Attorney, Department and Division Heads,
Employee Bulletin Boards, Press, File
PURPOSE: To establish the guidelines of the City's legislative program.
BACKGROUND: Historically, the City handled legislation in an ad hoc procedure. As the
number of bills the City addressed increased, so did the need to establish a
program that more efficiently and effectively handled legislative matters. Staff
researched the programs of several cities in San Diego Country to develop an
appropriate and flexible program for Carlsbad.
POLICY: 1. Participate in the County Legislative Coalition, which will serve to
promote the unified position of municipalities in San Diego County to
the State and Federal legislature.
2. Adopt a legislative platform expressing the City's general legislative
concerns.
3. The Mayor or his/her designee will review specific bills for consistency
with the platform. Bills of interest to the City not covered by the
platform shall be forwarded to the entire City Council for
consideration.
4. Only the City Council may authorize a letter be sent on behalf of the
City to oppose or support legislation. If a Board, Committee,
Commission or advisory group believes the City should send such a
letter, staff members for that group will forward the request to the City
Manager's Office. The request will be processed according to this
policy.
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r
CUY OF CARLSBAD Page 2 of 2
Policy No .. __ :..,39-. ____ _
COUNCIL POLICY STATEMENT Date Issued__._4.,./-=1-=-94--/-=-9--=-4 ___ _
General Subject:
Specific Subject:
Copies to:
PROCEDURE:
Administration
Legislative Program
Effective Date 4/20/94
Cancellation Date ------Supersedes No.39 dated 2/19/91
City Council, City Manager, City Attorney, Department and Division Heads,
Employee Bulletin Boards, Press, File
A. Adopt the County Legislative Coalition's platform as a base and add
to it as needed.
B. Staff will monitor the League of California Cities' Legislative Bulletin,
the San Diego County Legislative Coalition, SAND AG and department
heads to learn about bills which would have a direct and significant
impact on the City of Carlsbad.
C. Staff will present pertinent bills to the Mayor or his/her designee for
review. If a bill is consistent with the adopted platform, the Mayor or
his/her designee will authorize appropriate action. If a bill is not
covered by the adopted platform, it will be placed on the Council
Agenda for consideration.
D. Staff will present requests from a Board, Committee, Commission or
advisory group to support or oppose legislation to the Mayor or his/her
designee for review. If a bill is consistent with the adopted platform,
the Mayor or his/her designee will authorize appropriate action. If a
bill is not covered by the adopted platform, it will be placed on the
Council Agenda for consideration.
E. Staff will provide the full Council with a monthly update on the
progress of key bills.
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Exhibit 3
CITY OF CARLSBAD
2018 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
The City will actively monitor and advocate or oppose legislation as
directed by the City Council, through this platform, to protect the City's
interests and local legislative authority and will take appropriate action
when required to safeguard and/or advance the City's interests. This
includes preserving and protecting the City's charter powers, duties and
prerogatives to enact local legislation concerning local affairs.
The purpose of this Legislative Platform is to clearly outline the position of
the City Council on priority issues and matters that impact the city's ability
to operate effectively, without precluding the consideration of additional
legislative and budget issues that arise during the legislative session.
The statements outlined below allow the mayor, council members, and staff
to take rapid action on these and other legislative issues if necessary.
1. General Government:
(a) Oppose legislation or constitutional amendments that weaken or interfere
with the powers of charter cities and preserve local autonomy or home
rule authority.
(b) Support measures which would strengthen cities' ability to reorganize and
consolidate water districts, sewer districts, school districts, and other
special districts that operate within or provide service to a city.
(c) Support legislation that provides State assistance for local public libraries.
(d) Support measures which provide adequate funding for the State Library.
(e) Support measures which lead to a state or national energy policy.
(f) Support state and federal funding and legislation for the arts that benefits
local communities.
(g) Support legislation reducing and providing for recovery of costs,
maintaining privacy, and eliminating attorney's fees for administering
public records laws.
(h) Oppose federal measures which remove the deduction of all state and
local taxes for federal income tax purposes.
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(i) Support legislation and regulations of telecommunications facilities and
services that:
1. Maintain local control over public right-of-ways.
2. Provide just compensation for use of right-of-ways and
overseeing public service standards.
3. Ensure public, education, and governmental access is available
and affordable.
4. Provide free access for public information services and
announcements.
5. Maintain local control, including but not limited to discretionary
permits over wireless communications facilities.
6. Reinstates competition in the telecommunications industry.
U) Support legislation prohibiting firms from bidding on City projects if the firm
is currently involved in legal proceedings against the City arising from prior
projects.
(k) Support legislation that facilitates economic development efforts and
encourages businesses to locate or remain in California.
(I) Oppose measures that would eliminate state licensing requirements for
professionals involved in designing public and private developments.
(m) Support legislation that will foster independence of older Californians.
(n) Support legislation that requires cable television companies to assure that
audio and video portions of adult entertainment channels are completely
blocked 24 hours a day in the homes of non-subscribers.
(o) Support measures that provide funding for community park facilities, open
space, and recreation programs.
(p) Support legislation that either requires citizen initiatives to comply with
CEQA before placing the initiative on the ballot or exempting from this
requirement a City Council initiated ballot measure dealing with the same
subject matter on the same ballot.
2. Local Government Finance:
(a) Support measures that implement basic structural changes in state
government that result in state budget expenditures being brought into
balance with state revenues.
(b) Support measures which safeguard existing revenue sources from
preemption by the State or County.
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(c) Support measures which would provide fiscal independence to cities.
(d) Support legislation that makes funds to support public facilities (ie.
facilities, open space) more available to local municipalities.
(e) Support measures which relieve taxpayers of the burden of paying for
services which could be charged directly to the service user, and which
simplify the process of establishing such fees.
(f) Support legislation that would provide greater accountability on the part of
counties for the distribution of funds back to municipalities, including, but
not limited to, fines and forfeitures.
(g) Support measures to reinstate flexibility in the administration of Article XIII-
B (The Gann Initiative).
(h) Oppose any change in revenue allocations which would negatively
(current or future) affect local government, including the redistribution of
sales tax, property tax, transient occupancy tax and other taxes and fees.
(i) Oppose any measure that shifts revenue from any unit of local
government to other agencies.
U) Oppose any measure that would make cities more dependent on the State
for financial stability and policy direction.
(k) Support legislation to eliminate or repeal unfunded state and federal
mandates or to require timely reimbursement and oppose measures that
would impose those mandates for which there is no guarantee of local
reimbursement or offsetting benefits, or would shift the cost of government
services to cities.
(I) Oppose any measure that restricts or limits a public entity's ability to use
tax exempt debt for the purchase or construction of public purpose
improvements.
(m) Oppose legislation that shifts State/County criminal justice costs to cities.
(n) Oppose the use of the federal gas tax for federal debt reduction.
(o) Support legislation that streamlines permitting processes without
undermining the ability of local government to apply and be compensated
for the enforcement of reasonable building, planning and fire protection
standards.
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(p) Oppose legislation that creates surcharges for state oversight of state
mandated programs.
(q) Support legislation that allows cities with civil service/personnel systems to
contract out services to the private sector to save taxpayer dollars.
(r) Support legislation that assists cities to enforce and collect local taxes.
(s) Support legislation that would exempt stormwater and urban runoff
management programs from Proposition 218 requirements.
(t) Oppose any measure or legislation that prevents local franchising of cable
television or video services, regardless of the technology used to deliver
the cable television or video services to the subscriber.
(u) Oppose legislation that would erode or purport to erode a charter city's
ability to design, implement, determine wage rates or fund any and all
public works projects within its jurisdiction.
(v) Oppose any legislation that attempts to repeal or eliminate the "pay first
and litigate later" provisions of law and oppose any bill or amendment that
proposes to reduce or eliminate the obligation of any online travel agency
to pay transient occupancy taxes under state or local law."
3. Labor Relations:
(a) Support legislation that limits the ability of employees to receive workers'
compensation benefits for occupational injuries/illnesses that result from
stress, disciplinary action, or performance evaluations or consultations.
(b) Support any measure that would reverse the imposition of compulsory and
binding arbitration with respect to public employees.
(c) Oppose any measure that would grant employee benefits that should be
decided at the local bargaining table.
(d) Oppose any legislation that would reduce local authority to resolve public
employee disputes, and support legislation that would preserve court
jurisdiction, and/or impose regulations of an outside agency (such as
PERB).
(e) Oppose measures that propose a standard higher than the normal civil
ones in disciplinary proceedings for peace officers.
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(f) Oppose legislation that expands or extends any presumptions of
occupational injury or illness and support legislation that repeals the
presumption that the findings of a treating physician are correct.
(g) Oppose legislation that increases workers' compensation benefits without
providing for concurrent cost controls.
(h) Support legislation that improves access to, and reduces the cost of,
healthcare for public employees.
4. Tort Reform:
(a) Support measures to reform California's tort system to reduce/limit liability
exposure for public agencies and restore the ability of public agencies to
obtain affordable insurance.
(b) Support legislation that recognizes or broadens immunities for public
agencies and oppose legislation that attempts to limit or restrict existing
immunities.
(c) Support legislation that requires plaintiffs' to make a good faith showing of
liability prior to filing a lawsuit against a public entity.
5. Transportation:
(a) Support measures that would increase the ability of local agencies to
finance local transportation facilities.
(b) Support measures to finance local and regional transportation facilities
and improvements, including alternative modes of transportation and
transportation demand management systems.
(c) Support legislation that provides for effective and efficient transportation
alternatives.
(d) Oppose transportation proposals that would adversely affect the quality of
life in North San Diego County by causing traffic congestion, air pollution
or other problems.
(e) Encourage and support double tracking of the rail corridor within the City
limits in a manner that:
1. Improves public safety access and response times.
2. Eliminates or reduces existing at-grade rail crossings within the rail
corridor.
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3. Improves local, regional, and coastal access for all travel modes
(bike, pedestrian, vehicle, transit).
4. Minimizes impacts to neighborhoods.
5. Maximizes community and neighborhood connections.
6. Protects and/or improves the economic vibrancy of surrounding
neighborhoods and the city.
7. Protects and/or enhances environmental resources.
6. Coastline:
(a) Support measures which provide funding for urban waterfront restoration
and enhancement.
(b) Support legislation that would aid the restoration, preservation and
enhancement of beachfront property, sand, bluffs, access and parking.
(c) Support measures that would preserve and extend the authority of cities
over land use regulations, over the placement of onshore facilities which
service offshore oil drilling.
(d) Support legislation that requires the double hulling of all new oil tankers
and the retrofitting of all existing oil tankers.
(e) Support legislation that promotes aquatic research, education, aqua
culture, and other related uses.
(f) Oppose any new offshore oil and gas leasing, drilling and exploration in all
State of California and U.S. waters in the Pacific Ocean.
(g) Support legislation providing that if Coastal Commission staff has an
opportunity to participate in local and or regional habitat management
plans, there is a presumption of consistency with the Federal Coastal
Management Act.
7. Water Management:
(a) Support a balanced water transportation and regional storage system that
provides for the needs of San Diego County, while protecting the Delta
and Central Valley regions with minimal impact on agriculture and the
environment.
(b) Support measures that increase water supply and storage facilities within
the region and allow for economically feasible water transfers within the
system.
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(c) Support efforts that will encourage water conservation practices by all
water consumers.
(d) Support efforts to assist in the production and distribution of reclaimed
water.
(e) Support measures that provide for the equitable allotment and distribution
of preferential water rights.
(f) Support legislation and regulations that encourage the use and
development of alternative water sources, including desalination.
(g) Support legislation that allows Water Districts to award contracts in
conformity with the provisions of the local City Charter.
8. Environment:
(a) Support legislation that complements Council's Environmental
Sustainability Guiding Principles.
(b) Support efforts for the safe and cost effective disposal of solid, hazardous
and medical waste. ·
(c) Support legislation that encourages timely action to reduce the amount of
ozone depleting compounds discharged into the atmosphere.
(d) Support legislation that allocates state and/or federal funds for the
construction of facilities to capture and treat the flow of raw sewage
entering San Diego from Tijuana.
(e) Support measures, which promote the recycling/reclaiming of natural
resources, including water, timber, oil, gas minerals and earth metals.
(f) Support measures that would make low-interest loans and/or grants
available to local agencies for programs that would encourage the
recycling/reclaiming of resources.
(g) Support legislation that streamlines federal and State of California's
environmental review processes and limits court reviews of environmental
documentation.
(h) Support legislation to develop an ongoing funding source to implement the
federally mandated Clean Water Act of 1987 and to ensure protection of
local resources.
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9.
(i) Support legislation that provides funding to improve recreational water
quality, habitat management, and open space.
U) Support legislation that promotes alternatively powered vehicles in the
State vehicle buying program.
(k) Oppose environmental legislation that creates an unfunded mandate for
cities to implement and fund.
Waste Management:
(a) Oppose legislation restricting the ability of local governments to regulate
solid waste and recyclable materials.
(b) Support measures that promote market development of recyclable
materials.
(c) Support legislation toward the procurement of recyclable and recycled
materials.
(d) Support legislation that promotes source reduction measures.
(e) Support measures that encourage the streamlining of California Integrated
Waste Management Board grant programs and provide maximum
flexibility to local government.
(f) Oppose legislation regulating "flow control" of solid waste materials.
10. Safety Services:
(a) Support legislation that strengthens local law enforcement.
(b) Support measures which strengthen present state or federal laws to
increase penalties and give local governments the power to restrict or
regulate the sale, manufacture, or use of dangerous drugs.
(c) Support measures that would provide a greater share of seized assets to
localities and increased discretion for local spending.
(d) Support legislation that discourages, prevents, and penalizes driving
under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
(e) Support legislation that enhanced local agencies ability to recover costs
from guilty parties for damage to public property and services in accidents
involving driving under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.
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(f) Support legislation that would allow for the destruction, confiscation, or
extended safekeeping of firearms or other deadly weapons involved in
domestic violence incidents.
(g) Oppose legislation that would restrict or reduce the ability of local
government to determine the extent or method of fire hazard mitigation
necessary in or around wildland areas.
(h) Support legislation granting immunity to or limiting liability of governmental
entities and their employees who provide emergency medical instructions
and/or treatment as a part of their public safety dispatch system.
(i) Oppose legislation that would restrict a local government from revising the
delivery of emergency medical service to its citizens and support
measures that broaden these powers.
G) Support legislation that would assist local safety agencies in
regionalization of activities such as training, crime labs, and other
appropriate functions.
(k) Support legislation that would provide funding for addiction rehabilitation
treatment.
(I) Support legislation that provides financial assistance to local agencies for
Homeland Security.
11. Land Use Planning:
(a) Support legislation to strengthen the legal and fiscal capability of local
agencies to prepare, adopt and implement fiscal plans for orderly growth,
development, beautification and conservation of local planning areas,
including, but not limited to, regulatory authority over zoning, subdivisions,
annexations, and redevelopment areas.
(b) Support measures in local land use that is consistent with the doctrine of
"home rule" and the local exercise of police powers in planning and zoning
processes.
(c) Support legislation requiring environmental review of initiatives to amend a
general plan or zoning ordinance before the initiative is placed on the
ballot or enacted.
(ct) Support legislation to allow cities to issue all coastal development permits
within their jurisdiction consistent with a previously certified coastal plan.
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(e) Support legislation that facilitates and provides funds for habitat
management planning, maintenance, administration, and local control.
(f) Oppose legislation or constitutional amendments that would restrict the
power of California cities to use eminent domain for public purpose
projects.
(g) Support measures that allow local agencies to condition mobile home park
conversions from rental to resident ownership pursuant to local land use
regulations including a requirement to provide public improvements and
infrastructure where necessary to promote the health, safety, and welfare
of park residents.
12. Housing and Community Development:
(a) Support efforts to develop federal and state participation, financial support
and incentives (tax benefits, grants, loans) for programs which provide
adequate, affordable housing (home ownership and/or rental
opportunities) for all economic segments of the community including the
elderly, handicapped, and low-income persons.
(b) Support legislation that provides incentives (tax benefits, grants, loans,
credits for affordable units) to local agencies, private developers and non-
profit groups in order to rehabilitate residential units and commercial
properties.
(c) Support legislation that would provide additional funding for rental subsidy
assistance programs (such as Section 8) via more vouchers or
certificates.
(d) Support repeal of Article 34 (Public Housing Project Law) of the California
Constitution.
(e) Support legislation that allows entitlement cities to use CDBG funds for
new construction of housing units.
(f) Support state inclusionary housing legislation that allows for adoption of
local programs such as that implemented in Carlsbad.
(g) Support the repeal or modification of the Davis-Bacon Wage Act, as it
relates to charter cities, that set a prevailing wage scale for public projects,
substantially increasing the cost of publicly assisted housing
developments.
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(h) Support legislation that will consolidate and streamline the administration
and reporting requirements for the Community Development Block Grant
program.
(i) Support the consolidation of the Section 8 Certificate and Voucher
Programs.
U) Oppose legislation that would give the State financial administrative
responsibilities for the Community Development Block Grant program
(CDBG).
(k) Oppose legislation that makes the local municipality or redevelopment
agency financially responsible for the removal, abatement or mitigation of
hazardous materials.
(I) Support legislation that requires availability of adequate school facilities
contemporaneously with occupancy of housing.
13. Redevelopment:
(a) Support reform of reporting requirements for the Redevelopment Agency
that simplify the process and eliminate the confusion regarding which
reports to file with which State agency (Housing and Community
Development or Controllers Office or both).
(b) Oppose legislation that would prohibiUlimit the establishment of new
redevelopment project areas and/or expansion of existing project areas.
(c) Oppose any legislation that allows reallocation of tax increment revenues
by the State to finance agencies and/or projects other than the
redevelopment project which generated the increment.
(d) Oppose legislation or constitutional amendments that would restrict the
power of California cities to use eminent domain for redevelopment
projects, including economic redevelopment, where a prior finding of blight
has been determined.
14. Child Care:
(a) Support the reduction of present regulatory complexities.
(b) Support the reduction of the burden of insurance costs.
(c) Support funding for the construction, renovation and/or maintenance of
child care facilities.
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(d) Support the provision of reasonable tax incentives for employers who offer
child care services.
(e) Support legislation that restores local control over quality childcare in
areas such as licensure, staffing, education and training.
15. Immigration:
(a) Support legislation which recognizes the unique and difficult problems
associated with recent legal and illegal immigrants to the United States,
and assist local communities in dealing with these problems in such areas
as housing, health services, education and employment.
(b) Support legislation to increase the number of border patrol agents at the
International Border.
(c) Support state and federal assistance to local communities attempting to
address the needs of migrant workers.
16. Energy:
(a) Support legislation that develops regulatory and market mechanisms that
ensure the State achieves the greatest level of energy self-sufficiency and
security as soon as practical.
(b) Support legislation that establishes a market structure and rules that
promote real competition and reasonable, justifiable prices.
(c) Support legislation that aggressively pursues refunds to consumers for
rates that have been determined to be unjust or unreasonable.
(d) Support legislation that commits to and expedites the development of
needed infrastructure (e.g. generation, transmission, and natural gas
pipelines) to create robust and functional markets.
(e) Support legislation that increases the diversity of the State and region's
energy resources, particularly increasing the use of higher-efficiency,
clean distributed generation (e.g. combined heat and power) and
renewable resources.
(f) Support legislation that encourages and incentivizes the adoption of new
and emerging technologies that provide real-time pricing to promote better
price response by consumers.
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(g) Support legislation that promotes municipal renewable energy
development.
(h) Support legislation that allows net electrical metering.
(i) Support legislation that provides financial incentives for renewable energy.
U) Support legislation that minimizes adverse environmental impacts of the
State and the region's energy use.
(k) Support legislation that encourages funding programs for and promotion of
alternate energy sources
(I) Support legislation that prohibits the California Energy Commission from
issuing any license to operate a power plant unless and until it has
received the report required by the California Coastal Commission under
the Warren-Alquist Act.
17. Public Health:
(a) Support any measure that protects children and youth from exposure to
tobacco, second hand smoke and tobacco-related products.
(b) Support legislation that recognizes and prevents the adverse impacts
affecting the public health and welfare of its citizens, and particularly
minors.
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City of Carlsbad
March 19, 2019
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California State Budget
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“This budget demonstrated that responsible
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—Gavin Newsom, 2019
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Reduce Unfunded Pension Liability
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Strengthen Rainy Day Fund
Improve Emergency Readiness
Bring Government Into the Digital Age
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•Affordability & Opportunity
Working Families Tax Credit
Health Care Subsidies, Expansion and Rx Reform
Housing Development
Cradle to Career
Newsom Budget Themes
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•Justice & Dignity
•Homelessness Epidemic
•Mental Health System
•Criminal Justice Reform –Rehabilitation & Re-Entry
Newsom Budget Themes
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Newsom’s Homelessness Proposals
•Permanent Supportive Housing—Accelerate Existing Bond Grants
•Temporary Housing--$500 Million
o Emergency Shelters
o Navigation Centers
o Supportive Housing
•CEQA Streamlining
•CalTrans Airspace for Emergency Shelters
•Supplemental Security Income Advocacy
•Whole Person Care Pilots ($100 Million)
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Housing
Newsom’s Housing Proposal
•$1.75 Billion Package
•$1 Billion in Tax Credits
•$750 Million in Supports and Incentives
o$250M for Planning Grants for Cities
o$500M for Incentives for Cities Meeting Goals
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Newsom Housing Proposal
•HCD to Establish New Short-term RHNA’s
•Based on Jobs, Households and Affordability
•City Goals and Regional Goals
•Accelerate Three-Year Plans to Two-Years
•$250 Million--Planning & Process Improvement
•CEQA Reform
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Newsom Housing Proposal
•Long-term Housing Reform
•HCD and OPR to improve RHNA Process & Methodology
•With CalTrans, link SB1 Transportation Funds to Housing
•Middle Class Housing Production
o$500 Million expansion of State Housing Tax Credit Program
oPair this with existing 4% Fed Tax Credit
oTargeted at New Construction
•Expansion of CalHFA Mixed Income Loan Program--$500M
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Housing/Land Use/Redevelopment
•AB 11 (Chiu)—Community Redevelopment Law of 2019
•AB 68 (Ting)—Land Use—Accessory Dwelling Units
•AB 139 (Quirk-Silva) – Emergency and Transitional Housing Act of 2019
•AB 579 (Daly)—Development Fees
•AB 725 (Wicks)—Housing Plan/Above Moderate-Income Housing
•AB 1177 (Frazier)—Housing—Repeal Skilled Workforce
•AB 1197 (Santiago)—CEQA—Affordable Housing
•AB 1279 (Bloom)—Development—High Resource Areas
•AB 1515 (Friedman)—CEQA—Transit Priority Areas
Housing/Land Use/Redevelopment
•AB 1648 (Levine)—CEQA—LEA’s—Affordable Housing
•AB 1731 (Boerner-Horvath)—Short Term Rentals—Coastal Zones
•AB 1775 (Reyes)—Development Fee Definition
•SB 25 (Caballero)—CEQA—Opportunity Zones
•SB 330 (Skinner)—Housing Crisis Act of 2019
•SB 532 (Portantino)—Redevelopment Bond Proceeds
•SB 621 (Glazer)—CEQA—Affordable Housing
Labor and Employment
Labor and Employment Legislation
•Dynamex Codification—AB 5 (Gonzalez)
•CA Workforce & Future of Work
Commission
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Transportation
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Newsom Transportation Proposal
•$23.5 billion for the state’s transportation departments
and programs in 2019-20
o Increase of $1.4 billion, or 6 percent, over the current year:
$14.6 billion for the California Department of Transportation
$2.8 billion for local streets and roads
$2.8 billion for the California Highway Patrol (CHP)
$1.2 billion for the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
$1 billion for transit assistance
$1.1 billion for various other transportation programs
Transportation Legislation
•AB 40 (Ting)—Zero Emission Vehicle Strategy
•AB 983 (Boerner-Horvath)—Transportation Electrification
•AB 1046 (Ting)—Charge Ahead California Initiative
•AB 1366 (Gonzalez)—San Diego Airport Authority
•AB 1397 (Burke)—Railroad Reconstruction Tax Credit
•SB 59 (Allen)—Automated Vehicle Technology Policy
•SB 127 (Wiener)—Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Plans
•SB 336 (Dodd)—Fully Automated Transit Vehicles
•AB 1413 (Gloria) –Transportation: Local Transportation Authorities: Transaction and Use Taxes
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Privacy
CA Consumer Privacy Act
•Enacted in 2018—AB 375 (Chau) & SB 1121 (Dodd)
•Alastair Mactaggart—Californians for Consumer Privacy
•Far-reaching & Impactful to All Businesses & Nonprofits
•State & Local Government Also Affected
•Attorney General Rulemaking Process
•CA Legislature—Extremely Protective of CCPA
CA Privacy Legislation
•AB 25 (Chau)—CA Consumer Privacy Act (Lead Bill for Amends)
•AB 1202 (Chau)—Data Brokers
•AB 1242 (Irwin)—Office of Cybersecurity
•AB 1355 (Chau)—De-Identified Consumer Information
•AB 1416 (Cooley)—Fraud & Criminal Activity
•AB 1564 (Berman)—Disclosure Methods
•AB 1760 (Wicks)—Private Right of Action
•SB 299 (Jackson)—Anti-Discrimination
•SB 561 (Jackson)—Consumer Remedies/Private Rights of Action
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Other Legislation
Legislation
Climate Change:
•SB 576 (Umberg) –State Coastal Conservancy: coastal climate change
adaptation, infrastructure, and readiness program
Community Choice Aggregation:
•AB 56 (Garcia, E) –Statewide Central Electricity Procurement Entity
•AB 1276 (Bonta) –Green New Deal
•SB 155 (Bradford) –Public Utilities: regulation
•SB 288 (Wiener) –Electricity: self-generation and storage
•SB 295 (McGuire) –Public utility Districts: Ordinances
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Legislation
Public Safety:
•AB 54 (Ting) –Peace Officers: video & audio recording: disclosure
•AB 392 (Weber) –Peace Officers: deadly force•AB 1555 (Gloria) –California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
State Parks:
•AB 1718 (Levine) –State Parks: smoking ban
Taxes:
•ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry) –Local Government: affordable housing & public infrastructure: voter approval.
Waste Management:
•AB 1080 (Gonzalez) -California Circular Economy & Plastic Pollution Reduction Act
Water Management:
•AB 1588 (Gloria and Gray) –Drinking Water and Wastewater Operator Certification Programs•SB 69 (Wiener) –Ocean Resiliency Act of 2019•SB 332 (Hertzberg) –Wastewater Treatment: recycled water
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Legislative Engagement
Legislative Calendar
January
•Jan 7 –Legislature reconvenes
•Jan 10 –Budget must be submitted by Governor
•Jan 25 –Last day to submit bill requests to the Office of Legislative Counsel
February
•Feb 22 –Last day for bills to be introduced
March
•Budget sub-committees start hearing the Governor’s budget
•Policy committees start to hear legislation
April
•April 11 –Spring Recess begins
•April 22 –Legislature reconvenes
•April 26 –Last day for policy committees to hear and report to fiscal committees fiscal bills introduced in their house
May
•May 3 –Last day for policy committees to hear non-fiscal bills
•May 10 –Last day for policy committees to meet prior to house of origin deadline
•May 14 –Governor’s May Revise Budget due
•May 17 –Last day for fiscal committees to hear house of origin bills.
•May 15 –24 –Budget sub-committee’s complete hearings (dates are approximate)
•May 27 –June 7 –Budget Conference Committee meets to resolve difference (dates are approximate)
•May 28-31 –Floor Session Only
•May 31 –Last day for bills to be passed out of the house of origin
Legislative Engagement
Legislative Calendar (continued)
June
•June 3 –Policy committee meetings may resume to hear legislation
•June 15 –Budget Bill must be passed by midnight
July
•July 10 –Last day for policy committees to hear fiscal bills
•July 12 –Last day for policy committees to hear non-fiscal bills. Summer Recess begins.
August
•Aug 12 –Legislature reconvenes
•Aug 30 –Last day for fiscal committees to hear bills
September
•Sept 3-13 –Floor Session Only
•Sept 6 –Last day to amend bills on the Floor
•Sept 13 –Last day for each house to pass bills. Interim Study Recess begins
October
•Oct 13 –Last day for Governor to sign or veto bills passed by the Legislature by September 13th and in the Governor’s possession
after September 13th
Legislative Engagement
•Revising the City of Carlsbad’s Legislative
Platform
•Opportunities for Legislative Engagement
•Timing & Opportunity to Engage
•Leveraging Advocacy Organizations
•Council Communication & Feedback
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