HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-05-26; City Council Legislative Subcommittee; ; Legislative Update and Draft City of Carlsbad 2020 Legislative PlatformCity Council Legislative Subcommittee
Meeting Date: May 26, 2020
To: City Council Legislative Subcommittee
From: Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director
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Carlsbad
Item 1: Legislative Update and Draft City of Carlsbad 2020 Legislative Platform
Recommendation: Receive an update on state and federal legislative and budget activity,
recent and ongoing advocacy efforts and operational needs, and provide feedback to staff to
prepare the Draft 2020 Legislative Platform for City Council consideration.
Discussion:
The city's state lobbyist, California Strategies, will present an overview of the bills they have
identified as having the.most significant potential impact on the city (Exhibit 1), as well as an
overview of the Governor's May Revision of the 2020-21 State Budget, with an emphasis on
Housing and Homelessness items (Exhibit 2).
The attached redline Draft City of Carlsbad 2020 Legislative Platform (Exhibit 3) incorporates
feedback and suggested edits provided by city staff and the City Council Legislative
Subcommittee. The document highlights changes made to the previously reviewed draft
document, based upon feedback provided at the Subcommittee's meeting on May 12.
This item will provide an opportunity to discuss final Subcommittee recommendations and to
provide feedback to staff to prepare the document for City Council consideration on June 16.
Exhibits:
1. Carlsbad Bill List (5-22-20) -California Strategies
2. Overview of May Revision 2020-21 State Budget -Housing and Homelessness
3. Redline Draft City of Carlsbad 2020 Legislative Platform
City Manager's Office
lnterfi~vernmental Affairs
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Exhibit 1
Carlsbad Revised Bill List -5-22-20
CE A
AB 2553 (Ting D) Shelter crisis declarations.
Current Text: Amended: 5/12/2020 ~ R£l!
Introduced: 2/19/2020
Last Amend: 5/12/2020
Status: 5/22/2020-Action From APPR.: Read second time and amended.Re-referred to APPR ..
Location: 5/22/2020-A. APPR.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed
1st House 2nd House Cone. Chaptered
Calendar: 5/22/2020 #4 ASSEMBLY SECOND READING FILE --ASSEMBLY BILLS
Summary: Current law, upon a declaration of a shelter crisis by specified local jurisdictions, specifies
additional provisions applicable to a shelter crisis declared by one of those jurisdictions. Current law,
among other things, exempts from the California Environmental Quality Act specified actions by a state
agency or a city, county, or city and county relating to land owned by a local government to be used
for, or to provide financial assistance to, a homeless shelter constructed pursuant to these provisions.
Current law requires a city, county, or city and county that declares a shelter crisis pursuant to these
provisions to develop a plan to address the shelter crisis on or before July 1, 2019, or July 1, 2020, as
applicable, and to annually report to specified committees of the Legislature on or before January 1,
2019, or on or before January 1 of the year following the declaration of the shelter crisis, as applicable,
and annually thereafter until January 1, 2023. Current law repeals these additional provisions as of
January 1, 2023. This bill would instead apply those additional provisions to a shelter crisis declared by
any county or city.
AB 2580 (Eqqman D) Conversion of motels and hotels: streamlining.
SB 950
Current Text: Amended: 5/11/2020 ~ .wJ!
Introduced: 2/20/2020
Last Amend: 5/11/2020
Status: 5/22/2020-Action From APPR.: Read second time and amended.Re-referred to APPR ..
Location: 5/22/2020-A. APPR.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed
1st House 2nd House Cone. Chaptered
Calendar: 5/22/2020 #9 ASSEMBLY SECOND READING FILE --ASSEMBLY BILLS .
Summary: Would aut~orlze a development proponent to submit an application for a development for
the complete conversion, as defined, of a structure with a certificate of occupancy as a motel or hotel
into multifamily housing units to be subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process, provided
that development proponent reserves at least 20% of the proposed housing units for lower income
households. The bill WO\Jld not apply to a hotel or motel conversion on a site that is in a coastal zone,
as defined. The bill would require a local government to notify the development proponent in writing if
the local government determines that the development conflicts with any of those objective standards
within 30 days of submitting a complete application; otherwise, the development would be deemed to
comply with those standards.
(Jackson D) California Environmental Quality Act: housing and land use.
Current Text: Amended: 3/19/2020 ~ .wJ!
Introduced: 2/10/2020
Last Amend: 3/19/2020
Status: 5/13/2020-Set for hearing May 29.
Location: 5/11/2020-S. E.Q.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf.
1st House 2nd House Cone. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Calendar: 5/29/2020 1:30 p.m. -4203 SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, ALLEN, Chair
Summary: The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to
prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report (EIR)
on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the
environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect.
CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may
have a significant effect on the environment If revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that
effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect
on the environment. This bill would exempt from the requirements of CEQA emergency shelters,
supportive housings, and transitional housings meeting certain requirements.
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SB 995 {Atkins D) Environmental quality: Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental
Leadership Act of 2011: housing projects.
Current Text: Amended: 5/19/2020 !l!!!!!. ~
Introduced: 2/12/2020
Last Amend: 5/19/2020
Status: 5/19/2020-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-
referred to Com. on EQ.
Location: 2/20/2020-5. E.Q.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polle Fiscal Floor Conf.
1 t H 2 d H Co Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered s ouse n ouse nc.
Calendar: 5/29/2020 1:30 p.m. -4203 SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, ALLEN, Chair
Summary: CEQA requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that
may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that
effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect
on the environment. CEQA authorizes the preparation of a master EIR and authorizes the use of the
master EIR to limit the environmental review of subsequent projects that are described in the master
EIR, as specified. This bill would require a lead agency to prepare a master EIR for a general plan, plan
amendment, plan element, or specified plan for housing projects where the state has provided funding
for the preparation of the master EIR.
Coastal Resources
AB 2619 {Stone, Mark D) Coastal resources: Program for Coastal Resilience, Adaptation, and Access.
AB 196
AB 664
Current Text: Introduced: 2/20/2020 !l!!!!!. ~
Introduced: 2/20/2020
Status: 5/14/2020-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (May 13).
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 5/13/2020-A. APPR.
Desk Polle Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. E II d V t d
1st House 2nd House Cone. nro e e oe Chaptered
Summary: Would establish the Program for Coastal Resilience, Adaptation, and Access for the purpose
of funding specified activities intended to help the state prepare, plan, and implement actions to
address and adapt to sea level rise and coastal climate change. The 9ill would create the Coastal
Resilience, Adaptation, and Access Fund In the State Treasury, and would authorize the California
Coastal Commission and specified state agencies to expend moneys in the fund, upon appropriation in
the annual Budget Act, to take actions, based upon the best scientific information, that are designed
to address and adapt to sea level rise and coastal climate change, as prescribed.
COVID-19
{Gonzalez D) Workers' compensation: COVID-19: essential occupations and industries.
Current Text: Amended: 5/5/2020 !l!!!!!. ~
Introduced: 1/10/2019
Last Amend: 5/5/2020
Status: 5/5/2020-From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee.
Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
Location: 5/5/2020-5. L., P.E. & R.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polit Fiscal Floor Conf · Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House Cone.
Summary: Would define "injury," for certain employees who are employed in an occup_ation or industry
deemed essential In the Governor's Executive Order of March 19, 2020 (Executive Order N-33-20),
except as specified, or who are subsequently deemed essential, to include coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) that develops.or manifests itself during a period of employment of those persons in the
essential occupation or industry. The bill would apply to injuries occurring on or after March 1, 2020,
would create a conclusive presumption, as specified, that the injury arose out of and in the course of
the employment, and would extend that presumption following termination of service for a period of 90
days, commencing with the last date actually worked.
{Cooper D) Workers' compensation: injury: communicable disease.
Current Text: Amended: 5/18/2020 !l!!!!!. ~
Introduced: 2/15/2019
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SB 893
SB 939
Last Amend: 5/18/2020
Status: 5/18/2020-From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to
committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
Location: 7/12/2019-5. L., P.E. & R.
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Summary: Would define "injury," for certain state and local firefighting personnel, peace officers,
certain hospital employees, and certain fire and rescue services coordinators who work for the Office of
Emergency Services to include being exposed to or contracting, on or after January 1, 2020, a
communicable disease, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), that is the subject of a state or
local declaration of a state of emergency that is issued on or after January 1, 2020. The bill would
create a conclusive presumption, as specified, that the injury arose out of and in the course of the
employment. The bill would apply to injuries that occurred prior to the declaration of the state of
emergency. The bill would also exempt these provisions from the apportionment requirements.
(Caballero D) Workers' compensation: hospital employees.
Current Text: Amended: 4/29/2020 .!!1!!l!. RS!!
Introduced: 1/28/2020
Last Amend: 4/29/2020
Status: 5/18/2020-May 14 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 0. Noes 2.)
Reconsideration granted.
Location: 2/6/2020-5. L., P.E. & R.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf.
1 t H 2 d H C Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered s ouse n ouse one.
Summary: Current law creates a rebuttable presumption that specified injuries ?ustained in the
course of employment of a specified member of law enforcement or a specified first responder arose
out of and in the course of employment. This bill would define "injury," for a hospital employee who
provides direct patient care in an acute care hospital, to include infectious diseases, musculoskeletal
injuries, and respiratory diseases, as defined. The bill would create rebuttable presumptions that
these injuries that develop or manifest in a hospital employee who provides direct patient care in an
acute care hospital arose out of and in the course of the employment.
(Wiener D) Emergencies: COVID-19: commercial tenancies: evictions.
Current Text: Amended: 5/13/2020 .!!1!!l!. RS!!
Introduced: 2/6/2020
Last Amend: 5/13/2020
Status: 5/13/2020-Set for hearing May 22. From committee with author's amendments. Read second
time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Location: 5/11/2020-S. JUD.
Desk Polle Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf.
1 t H 2 d H C Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered s ouse -n ouse one.
Calendar: 5/22/2020 9 a.m. -John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SENATE JUDICIARY, JACKSON,
Chair
Summary: Would prohibit a person, business, or other entity from evicting tenants of commercial real
property, including businesses and nonprofit organizations, and from taking specified other actions
relating to the eviction of tenants of commercial real property, during the pendency of the state of
emergency proclaimed by the Governor on March 4, 2020, related to COVID-19. The bill would make an
eviction in violation of ~hose provisions void, against public policy, and unenforceable, and would make
harassment or mistreatment of or retaliation against a tenant punishable by a fine not to exceed
$2,000 for each violation. The bill would make it an act of unfair competition and an unfair business
practice to violate the foregoing prohibition.
SB 1159 (Hill D) Workers' compensation: COVID-19: critical workers.
Current Text: Amended: 4/22/2020 .!!1!!l!. RS!!
Introduced: 2/20/2020
Last Amend: 4/22/2020
Status: 5/18/2020-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (May 14).
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 5/14/2020-S. APPR.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polle Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
1st House 2nd House Cone.
Summary: Would, until an unspecified date, define "injury" for a critical worker, as specified, to include
illness or death that results from exposure to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) under specified
circumstances. The bill would create a disputable presumption, as specified, that an injury that
develops or manifests itself while a critical worker is employed arose out of and in the course of the
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employment.
Densi Bonus
AB 2345 {Gonzalez D) Planning and zoning: density bonuses: affordable housing.
Current Text: Amended: 5/11/2020 .!:l!mL Jl2!
Introduced: 2/18/2020
Last Amend: 5/11/2020
Status: 5/21/2020-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR.
(Ayes 7. Noes O.) (May 20).
Location: 5/20/2020-A. APPR.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed
1st House 2nd House Cone. Chaptered
Calendar: 5/22/2020 #8 ASSEMBLY SECOND READING·FILE --ASSEMBLY BILLS
Summary: Current law specifies the number of incentives or concessions that an applicant can receive
under the Density Bonus Law. Current law specifies that an applicant shall receive 3 incentives or
concessions for projects that include at least 30% of the total units for lower income households, at
least 15% for very low income households, or at least 30% for persons or families of moderate income
in a common fnterest development. Current law specifies that an applicant shall receive 4 incentives or
concessions for projects in which 100% of the total units are for lower income households, as
specified. This bill, instead, would authorize an applicant to receive 3 incentives or concessions for
projects that include at least 30% of the total units for lower income households, at least 12% of the
total units for very low income households, or at least 30% for persons or families of moderate income
in a common interest development.
SB 1085 {Skinner D) Density Bonus Law: qualifications for incentives or concessions: student housing for
lower income students: moderate-income persons and families: local government constraints.
Current Text: Amended: 5/18/2020 .!:l!mL Jl2!
Introduced: 2/19/2020
Last Amend: 5/18/2020
Status: 5/18/2020-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-
referred to Com. on HOUSING. ·
Location: 5/18/2020-S. HOUSING
Desk Polic · Fiscal Floor Desk Polle Fiscal Floor Conf . E II d V t d Chaptered 1st House 2nd House Cone. nro e e oe
Calendar:
5/26/2020 9 a.m. -Senate Chamber SENATE HOUSING, WIENER, Chair
5/27/2020 9 a.m. -Senate Chamber SENATE HOUSING, WIENER, Chair
Summary: The Density Bonus Law requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a
housing development in the city or county with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions for
the production of lower income housing units, or for the donation of land within the development, if the
developer agrees to, among other things, construct a specified percentage of units for very low
income, low-income, or moderate-income households or qualifying residents, including lower income
students. Current law defines "incentives or concessions" to include, among other things, regulatory
incentives or concessions proposed by the developer or the city or county that result in identifiable and
actual cost reductions to provide for affordable housing costs, as specified.This bill would revise that
definition of "incentives or concessions" to include those proposed regulatory incentives or
concessions that the developer determines result In Identifiable and actual cost reductions to provide
for affordable housing costs.
Disaster Pre aredness
AB 2054 {Kamlager D) Emergency services: community response: grant program.
Current Text: Amended: 3/9/2020 .!:l!mL 22!
Introduced: 2/3/2020
Last Amend: 3/9/2020
Status: 5/13/2020-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May
12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 5/12/2020-A. APPR.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polle Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed
1st House 2nd House Cone. Chaptered
Summary: Would, until January 1, 2024, enact the Community Response Initiative to Strengthen
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resident accountholders through the records of a public utility, as specified.
Health
AB 2265 (Ou irk-Silva D) Mental Health Services Act: use of funds for substance use disorder treatment.
Current Text: Amended: 5/20/2020 h!!:!2L MI
Introduced: 2/14/2020
Last Amend: 5/20/2020
Status: 5/21/2020-Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 5/20/2020-A. APPR.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor CConf. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
1st House 2nd House one.
Summary: Would authorize funding from the Mental Health Services Act, to be used to treat a person
with cooccurring mental health and substance use disorders when the person would be eligible for
treatment of the mental health disorder pursuant to the MHSA. The bill would also authorize the use of
MHSA funds to assess whether a person has cooccurring mental health and substance use disorders
and to treat a person who is preliminarily assessed to have cooccurring mental health and substance
use disorders, even when the person is later determined not to be eligible for services provided with
MHSA funds. The bill would require a person being treated for cooccurring mental health and substance
use disorders who is determined to not need the mental health services that are eligible for funding
pursuant to the act, to be, as quickly as possible, referred to substance use disorder treatment
services.
Homeless
AB 1860 (Santiago D) Local government finance: special taxes: homeless housing and services.
Current Text: Amended: 5/4/2020 h!!:!2L .rul!
Introduced: 1/7/2020
Last Amend: 5/4/2020
Status: 5/5/2020-Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
Location: 4/24/2020-A. REV. & TAX
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf
1st House 2nd House Con~. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Summary: Would authorize a local government t o impose, extend, or increase a sales and use tax or
transactions and use tax in accordance with specified law or a parcel tax, as defined, for the purposes
of funding homeless housing and services, as defined, subject to a majority vote of the electorate of
the local government voting on the proposition. The measure would require that the ordinance or
resolution proposing the tax be approved by a 2/3 vote of the governing board of the local
government, include specified additional accountability requirements,·and otherwise comply with
specified requirements relating to the imposition of special taxes. The bill would also make conforming
and other nonsubstantive changes.
AB 2329 (Chiu D) Homelessness: statewide needs and gaps analysis.
Current Text: Amended: 5/11/2020 h!!:!2L .rul!
Introduced: 2/14/2020
Last Amend: 5/11/2020
Status: 5/21/2020-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To
Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 5/20/2020-A. APPR.
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1st House 2nd House Cone. nro e e oe Chaptered
Summary: Current law requires the Governor to create the Homeless Coordinating and Financing
Council to, among other things, identify mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be
accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California and to serve as a statewide facilitator,
coordinator, and policy development resource on ending homelessness in California. This bill, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, would require the council to conduct, or contract with an entity to
conduct, a statewide needs and gaps analysis to, among other things, identify state programs that
provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and create a financial model that
will assess certain investment needs for the purpose of moving persons experiencing homelessness
into permanent housing.
AB 3269 (Chiu D) State and local agencies: homelessness plan.
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Current Text: Amended: 5/4/2020 !llin1. .QQ.!
Introduced: 2/21/2020 -
Last Amend: 5/4/2020
Status: 5/22/2020-Action From APPR.: Read second time and amended.Re-referred to APPR ..
Location: 5/22/2020-A. APPR.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed
1st House 2nd House Cone. Chaptered
Calendar: 5/22/2020 #12 ASSEMBLY SECOND READING FILE --ASSEMBLY BILLS
Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature that each state and local agency aim to reduce
homelessness within its jurisdiction by 90% by December 31, 2028. The bill would require the
Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council to set a benchmark goal in reducing homelessness by
January 1, 2028, for each state and local agency subject to these provisions, based upon the needs
and gaps analysis described above, and annual homelessness reduction benchmarks that progress
toward the benchmark goal. The bill, on or before January 1, 2022, would require each state and local
agency, as defined, to develop an actionable plan to achieve the benchmark goal set by the
coordinating council.
AB 3300 (Santiago D) Homelessness: California Access to Housing and Services Act.
AB 725
Current Text: Amended: 5/4/2020 html .QQ.f
Introduced: 2/21/2020
Last Amend: 5/4/2020
Status: 5/21/2020-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (May 20).
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 5/20/2020-A. APPR.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed 1st House 2nd House Cone. Chaptered
Summary: By executive order, the Governor required the Department of Finance to establish the
California Access to Housing and Services Fund, administered by the State Department of Social
Services, to provide funding for additional affordable housing units, providing rental and operating
subsidies, and stabilizing board and care homes. This bill, the California Access to Housing and
Services Act, would establish the California Access to Housing and Services Fund in the State Treasury
and continuously appropriate moneys in the fund solely for the purpose of implementing and
administering the bill's provisions.
Housin
(Wicks D) General plans: housing element: moderate-income and above moderate-income
housing: suburban and metropolitan jurisdictions.
Current Text: Amended: 1/16/2020 !l!!ll!. M.!
Introduced: 2/19/2019
Last Amend: 1/16/2020
Status: 1/30/2020-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Read first time. To Com.
on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 1/30/2020-5. RLS.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed
1st House 2nd House Cone. Chaptered
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
require that at least 25% of a metropolitan jurisdiction's share of the regional housing need for
moderate-income housing be allocated to sites with zoning that allows at least 2 units of housing, but
no more than 35 units per acre of housing. The bill would require that at least 25% of a metropolitan
jurisdiction's share of the regional housing need for above moderate-income housing be allocated to
sites with zoning that allows at least 2 units of housing, but no more than 35 units per acre of
housing.
AB 1279 (Bloom D) Planning and zoning: housing development: high-opportunity areas.
Current Text: Amended: 4/24/2020 !l!!llJ. .e&!
Introduced: 2/21/2019
Last Amend: 4/24/2020
Status: 4/24/2020-From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to
committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
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Calendar: 5/22/2020 #2 ASSEMBLY SECOND READING FILE --ASSEMBLY BILLS
Summary: Current law prohibits an owner of residential real property from terminating the tenancy of
certain tenants without just cause, either at-fault or no-fault of the tenant. Current law also exempts
certain types of residential real properties or residential circumstances from these provisions, including
housing that has been issued a certificate of occupancy within the previous 15 years. This bill would,
among other things, additionally exempt housing that has been issued a final inspection, final permit,
or simila_r approval for initial residential occupancy of the unit within the previous 15 years.
AB 3107 (Bloom D) Planning and zoning: general plan: housing development.
Current Text: Amended: 5/11/2020 !Um!. J2l!!
Introduced: 2/21/2020
Last Amend: 5/11/2020
Status: 5/21/2020-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 20).
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 5/20/2020-A. APPR.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed
1st House 2nd House Cone. Chaptered
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires that the housing element include, among other
things, an inventory of land suitable and available for residential development, as provided. If that
inventory does not identify adequate sites to accommodate the need for groups of all household
income levels, as specified, existing law requires the city or county to rezone those sites within
specified periods. This bill, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of a city's or county's general
plan, specific plan, zoning ordinance, or regulation, would require that a housing development be an
authorized use on a site designated in any element of the general plan for commercial if certain
conditions apply. Among these conditions, the bill would require that the housing development be
subject to a recorded deed restriction requiring that at least 20% of the units have an affordable
housing cost or affordable rent for lower income households, as those terms are defined, and located
on a site that satisfies specified criteria.
AB 3308 (Gabriel D) School districts: employee housing.
Current Text: Amended: 5/11/2020 .tum!. .l!S!.!
Introduced: 2/21/2020
Last Amend: 5/11/2020
Status: 5/22/2020-Action From H. & C.D.: Read second time and amended.To SECOND READING.
Location: 5/22/2020-A. SECOND READING
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed
1st House 2nd House Cone. Chaptered
Calendar: 5/22/2020 #7 ASSEMBLY SECOND READING FILE --ASSEMBLY BILLS
Summary: Would specify that the state policy created by the Teacher Housing Act of 201 includes
permitting school districts and developers in receipt of permitting school districts and developers in
receipt of tax credits designated for affordable rental housing to restrict occupancy on land owned by
school districts to teachers and school district employees of the school district that owns the land, so
long as that housing does not violate any other applicable laws, but excluding those laws that may
prohibit any priority or preference in favor of teachers and school district employees in occupying the
housing.
AB 3352 (Friedman D) State Housing Law: enforcement response to complaints.
Current Text: Amended: 5/12/2020 html J2l!!
Introduced: 2/21/2020
Last Amend: 5/12/2020
Status: 5/21/2020-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (May 20).
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 5/20/2020-A. APPR.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
1st House 2nd House Cone.
Summary: Current law deems a building, portion of a building, or premises on which a building is
located to be a substandard building if any one of specified conditions exists to the extent that it
endangers the life, limb, health, property, safety, or welfare of the public or its occupants. Current law
deems a building, portion of a building, or premises on which a building is located to be in violation of
the State Housing Law if it contains lead hazards, as specified, that are likely to endanger the health
of the public or the occupants; This bill would, beginning July 1, 2021, require a city or county that
receives a complaint of a substandard building or a lead hazard violation, as described above, from a
tenant, resident, or occupant, or an agent of a tenant, resident, or occupant, to inspect the building,
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portion of the building intended for human occupancy, or premises of the building, cite the lead hazard
violations or the building, portion of the building intended for human occupancy, or premises on which
the building is located as being substandard, as applicable, and provide free copies of the inspection
report and citations issued, if any, to the tenant, resident, occupant, or agent, and to all potentially
affected tenants, residents, occupants, or the agents of those individuals, as specified.
(Beall D) Economic development: housing: workforce development: climate change
infrastructure,
Current Text: Amended: 5/6/2020 html RI!!
Introduced: 1/6/2020
Last Amend: 5/6/2020
Status: 5/14/2020-Set for hearing May 26 and May 27.
Location: 5/12/2020-S. HOUSING
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf · Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House Cone.
Calendar:
5/26/2020 9 a.m. -Senate Chamber SENATE HOUSING, WIENER, Chair
5/27/2020 9 a.m. -Senate Chamber SENATE HOUSING, WIENER, Chair
Summary: Would continuously appropriate the sum of $10,000,000,000 from the General Fund for
expenditure over the 2020-21 fiscal year and each of the 4 following fiscal years. Of that amount, the
bill would require the Controller to allocate for each of those fiscal years $1,805,000,000 among
various housing programs administered by the .Department of Housing and Community Development,
the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program, and for distribution by the Ca lifornia
Wo rkforce Development Board among local agencies to participate in, Invest in, or partner with new or
existing preapprentlceship training programs established as specified. The bill would require the
Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency to establish deadlines for applications and
submitting final reports under the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program with respect
to moneys allocated to that program under the bill.
(Wiener D) Planning and zoning: housing development: density.
Current Text: Amended: 5/21/2020 .tl!m!. RI!!
Introduced: 1/30/2020
Last Amend: 5/21/2020
Status: 5/21/2020-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-
referred to Com. on HOUSING.
Location: 2/12/2020-S. HOUSING
Desk Polle Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
1st House 2nd House Cone.
Calendar:
5/26/2020 9 a.m. -Senate Chamber SENATE HOUSING, WIENER, Chair
5/27/2020 9 a.m. -Senate Chamber SENATE HOUSING, WIENER, Chair
Summary: Would authorize a local government to pass an ordinance, notwithstanding any local
restrictions on adopting zoning ordinances, to zone any parcel for up to 10 units of residential density
per parcel, at a height specified by the local government in the ordinance, if the parcel is located In a
transit-rich area, a jobs-rich area, or an urban infill site, as those terms are defined. In this regard, the
bill would require the Department of Housing and Community Development, in consultation with the
Office of Planning and Research, to determine jobs-rich areas and publish a map of those areas every
5 years, co mmencing January 1, 2022, based on specified crit eria.
SB 1138 (Wiener D} Housing element: emergency shelters: rezoning of sites.
Current Text: Amended : 3/24/2020 .tl!m!. .llSl!
Introduced: 2/19/2020
Last Amend: 3/24/2020
Status: 5/14/2020-Set for hearing May 26 and May 27.
Location: 2/27 /2020-S. HOUSING
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf.
1 H 2 d H Cone. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered st ouse n ouse
Calendar:
5/26/2020 9 a.m. -Senate Chamber SENATE HOUSING, WIENER, Chair
5/27/2020 9 a.m. -Senate Chamber SENATE HOUSING, WIENER, Chair
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of each county and city to adopt
a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the co unty or city that
includes a housing element . Current law requires that the housing element identify adequate sites for
housing, including rent al housing, factory-built housing, mobilehomes, and emergency shelters, and to
make adequate provision for the existing and projected needs of all economic segments of a
community. This bill would revise the requirements of the housing element, as described above, in
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connection with identifying zones or zoning designations that allow residential use, including mixed
use, where emergency shelters are allowed as a permitted use without a conditional use or other
discretionary permit. If an emergency shelter zoning designation where residential use is a permitted
use is unfeasible, the bill would permit a local government to designate zones for emergency shelters
in a nonresidential zone if the local government demonstrates that the zone is connected to amenities
and services, as specified, that serve homeless people.
SB 1299 (Portantino D) Housing development: incentives: rezoning of idle retail sites.
Current Text: Amended: 4/1/2020 ht!!!!. ~
Introduced: 2/21/2020
Last Amend: 4/1/2020
Status: 5/14/2020-Set for hearing May 26 and May 27.
Location: 5/11/2020-S. HOUSING
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf.
1st House 2nd House Cone.
Calendar:
Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
5/26/2020 9 a.m. -Senate Chamber SENATE HOUSING, WIENER, Chair
5/27/2020 9 a.m. -Senate Chamber SENATE HOUSING, WIENER, Chair
Summary: Current law establishes, among other housing programs, the Workforce Housing Reward
Program, which requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to make local
assistance grants to cities, counties, and cities and counties that provide land use approval to housing
developments that are affordable to very low and low-income households. This bill, upon appropriation
by the Legislature, would require the department to administer a program to provide incentives in the
form of grants allocated as provided to local governments that rezone idle sites used for a big box
retailer or a commercial shopping center to instead allow the development of workforce housing. The
bill would define various terms for these purposes. In order to be eligible for a grant, the bill would
require a local government, among other things, to apply to the department for an allocation of grant
funds and provide documentation that it has met specified requirements.
SB 1385 (Caballero D) Local planning: housing: commercial zones.
Current Text: Amended: 5/20/2020 ht!!!!. ~
Introduced: 2/21/2020
Last Amend: 5/20/2020
Status: 5/21/2020-Set for hearing May 28.
Location: 5/11/2020-S. GOV. & F.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf.
1st House 2nd House Cone. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Calendar: 5/28/2020 8:30 a.m. -John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SENATE GOVERNANCE AND
FINANCE, MCGUIRE, Chair .
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive,
long-term general plan for its physical development, and the development of certain lands outside its
boundaries, that includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. This bill, the
Neighborhood Homes Act, would deem a housing development project, as defined, an authorized use
on a neighborhood lot that is zoned for office or retail commercial use under a local agency's zoning
code or general plan. The bill would require the density for a housing development under these
provisions to meet or exceed the density deemed appropriate to accommodate housing for lower
income households according to the type of local jurisdiction, including a density of at least 20 units
per acre for a suburban jurisdiction.
Labor Relations
SB 1173 (Durazo D) Public employment: labor relations: employee information.
Current Text: Amended: 3/26/2020 ht!!!!. ~
Introduced: 2/20/2020
Last Amend: 3/26/2020
Status: 5/18/2020-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (May 14).
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 5/14/2020-S. APPR.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polle Fiscal Floor Conf. E II d V d
1st House 2nd House Cone. nro e etoe Chaptered
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, and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Transit Employer-
Employee Relations Act, provisions commonly referred to as the Educational Employment Relations Act,
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and the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act, among others, regulates the labor
relations of the state, the courts, and specified local public agencies and their employees. Current law
requires these public employers to provide certain labor representatives with the names and home
addresses of newly hired e·mployees, as well as their job titles, departments, work locations,
telephone numbers, and personal email addresses, within 30 days of hire or by the first pay period of
the month following hire. Current law also requires the public employers to provide this information for
all employees in a bargaining unit at least every 120 days, except as specified. This bill would generally
authorize an exclusive representative to file a charge of an unfair labor practice with the Public
Employment Relations Board, as specified, alleging a violation of the above-described requirements.
Land Use
AB 3155 (Rivas, Robert D) Subdivision Map Act: streamlined approval process: subdivisions.
Current Text: Amended: 5/12/2020 l!r!!ll .rul!
Introduced: 2/21/2020
Last Amend: 5/12/2020
Status: 5/22/2020-Action From APPR.: Read second time and amended.Re-referred to APPR ..
Location: 5/22/2020-A. APPR.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
1st House 2nd House Cone.
Calendar: 5/22/2020 #11 ASSEMBLY SECOND READING FILE --ASSEMBLY BILLS
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use
development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law
provides for various incentives intended to facilitate and expedite the construction of affordable
housing. Existing law, until January 1, 2026, authorizes a development proponent to submit an
application for a multifamily housing development that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval
process, as provided, and not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development satisfies 3
specified objective planning standards. This bill would exempt a project from the 3 objective planning
standards, as specified, if the project involves the subdivision of a parcel for 10 or fewer units and is
not a part of a larger project involving more than 10 units, the project Is not a public work, as defined,
and the project satisfies the requirements of any applicable inclusionary housing ordinance of the loca l
government, as specified.
AB 3234 (Gloria D) Subdivision Map Act.
Current Text: Amended: 5/18/2020 l!r!!ll .rul!
Introduced: 2/21/2020
Last Amend: 5/18/2020
Status: 5/19/2020-Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 5/12/2020-A. APPR.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf
Cone·. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would specify that no tentative or final map shall be required for the creation of a parcel or
parcels necessary for the development of a small lot subdivision for a housing development project, as
defined in the Housing Accountability Act, that meets specified criteria, including that the site is an infill
site, as defined, is located in an urbanized area or urban cluster, as defined, and the proposed site to
be subdivided is no larger than 5 acres, among other requirements. The bill would authorize a city,
county, or city and county to provide by ordinance for the creation of a small lot subdivision if that
ordinance meets the same requirements or requires smaller lots, less parking, or greater density than
those requirements.
SB 1120 (Atkins D) Subdivisions: tentative maps.
Current Text: Amended: 5/20/2020 l!r!!ll .rul!
Introduced: 2/19/2020
Last Amend: 5/20/2020
Status: 5/21/2020-Set for hearing May 28.
Location: 2/27/2020-S. GOV. & F.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. 1st House 2nd House Cone. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Calendar: 5/28/2020 8:30 a.m. -John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SENATE GOVERNANCE AND
FINANCE, MCGUIRE, Chair
Summary: Would require a proposed housing development containing 2 residential units to be
considered ministerially, without discretionary review or hearing, in zones where allowable uses are
limited to single-family residential development if the proposed housing development meets certain
requirements, including that the proposed housing development would not require demolition or
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alteration requiring evacuation or eviction of an existing housing unit that is subject to a recorded
covenant, ordinance, or law that restricts rents to levels affordable to persons and families of
moderate, low, or very low income.
Local Government
SB 1386 {Moorlach R) Local government: assessments, fees, and charges: water.
Current Text: Amended: 4/1/2020 .b!!!lJ. Jl!l.!
Introduced: 2/21/2020
Last Amend: 4/1/2020
Status: 5/22/2020-Action From GOV. & F.: Read second time.To THIRD READING.
Location: 5/22/2020-S. THIRD READING
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed 1st House 2nd House Cone. Chaptered
Calendar: 5/22/2020 #2 SENATE SENATE BILLS -SECOND READING FILE
Summary: The Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act prescribes specific procedures and
parameters for local jurisdictions to comply with these requirements and, among other things,
authorizes an agency providing water, wastewater, sewer, or refuse collection services to adopt a
schedule of fees or charges authorizing automatic adjustments that pass through increases in
wholesale charges for water, sewage treatment, or wastewater treatment or adjustments for inflation
under certain circumstances. Current law defines, among other terms, the term "water" for these
purposes to mean any system of public improvements intended to provide for the production, storage,
supply, treatment, or distribution of water from any source. This bill would specify that "water" for
purposes of the Propos-ition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act also includes the public fixtures,
appliances, and appurtenances connected to an above-described system of public improvements
intended to provide for the production, storage, supply, treatment, or distribution of water from any
source.
Micromobili
AB 2168 (McCarty D) Planning and zoning: electric vehicle charging stations: permit application: approval.
Current Text: Amended: 5/4/2020 .!l!!!l!. /213!
Introduced: 2/11/2020
Last Amend: 5/4/2020 .
Status: 5/5/2020-Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Location: 3/2/2020-A. L. GOV.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. 1st House 2nd House Cone. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Summary: Would require an application to install an electric vehicle charging station to be deemed
complete If, 5 business days after the application was submitted, the building official of the city, county,
or city and county has not deemed the application complete, as specified, and if the building official has
not issued a one-written correction notice, as specified. The bill would require an application to install
an electric vehicle charging station to be deemed approved if 15 business days after the application
was deemed complete certain conditions are met, including that the building official of the city, county,
or city and county has not approved the application, as specified, and the building official has not made
findings that the proposed installation could have an adverse impact, as described above, and
required the applicant to apply for a use permit.
AB 2421 (.2Y.ir,k D) Land use: permitting: wireless communications.
Current Text: Amended: 3/12/2020 html R9J
Introduced: 2/19/2020
Last Amend: 3/12/2020
Status: 5/12/2020-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes O.) {May 12).
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 5/12/2020-A. APPR.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor . Conf. E II d V t d
1st House 2nd House Cone. nro e e oe Chaptered
Summary: Would, until January 1, 2024, require local agencies to adopt specified approval procedures
for an application to install an emergency standby generator, that meets specified standards, within
the physical footprint of a macro cell tower site. Because this bill would impose new duties on local
agencies, it would impose a state-mandated local program.
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AB 3116 (Irwin D) Mobility devices: personal information.
Current Text: Amended: 5/12/2020 html £!!!
Introduced: 2/21/2020
Last Amend: 5/12/2020
Status: 5/13/2020-Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 5/12/2020-A. APPR.
Desk Poli Fiscal Floor Desk Polle Fiscal Floor CConf. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
1st House 2nd House one.
Summary: Would authorize a public agency, defined as a state or local public entity that issues a ·
permit to an operator for mobility services or that otherwise regulates an operator, to require an
operator to periodically submit to the public agency anonymized trip data and the operator's mobility
devices operating In the geogra-phic area under the public agency's jurisdiction and provide specified
notice of that requirement to the operator. The bill would authorize a public agency to share
anonymized trip data with a contractor, agent, or other public agency only if specified conditions are
met, including that the purpose of the sharing is to assist the public agency in the promotion and
protection of transportation planning, integration of mobility options, and road safety. The bill would
prohibit a public agency from sharing trip data with a contractor or agent.
Miscellaneous
AB 2570 (Stone, Mark D) False Claims Act.
SB 793
SB 865
Current Text: Amended: 5/4/2020 .!!!ml. £!!!
Introduced: 2/20/2020
Last Amend: 5/4/2020
Status: 5/12/2020-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (May 11).
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 5/11/2020-A. APPR.
Desk Polle Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed
1st House 2nd House Cone. Chaptered
Summary: The False Claims Act requires a complaint filed by a qui tam plaintiff to be filed in superior
court in camera and allows· the complaint to remain under seal for up to 60 days to allow for the
Attorney General or prosecuting attorney to elect to intervene and proceed with the action or to
decline to proceed, as specified. The act prohibits service to be made on the defendant until after the
complaint is unsealed. This bill, with respect to whether a false record or statement is material, would
require that the materiality test focus on the potential effect of the false record or statement when it is
made. This bill would specify that the amount of damages, as described above, include consequential
damages. The bill would state that these changes are declaratory of existing law.
(Hill D) Flavored tobacco products.
Current Text: Amended: 5/5/2020 .!!!ml. £!!!
Introduced: 1/6/2020
Last Amend: 5/5/2020
Status: 5/13/2020-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (May 13).
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 5/13/2020-S. APPR.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor CConf. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
1st House 2nd House one.
Summary: Would prohibit a tobacco retailer, or any of the tobacco retailer's agents or employees, from
selling, offering for sale, or possessing with the Intent to sell or offer for sale, a flavored tobacco
product or a tobacco product flavor enhancer, as those terms are 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 intent of the Legislature that these provisions not be construed to preempt or prohibit the
adoption and Implementation of local ordinances related to the prohibition on the sale of flavored
tobacco products. The bill would state that its provisions are severable.
(HiU D) Excavations: subsurface installations.
Current Text: Amended: 5/7/2020 .!!!ml. £!!!
Introduced: 1/17/2020
Last Amend: 5/7/2020
Status: 5/12/2020-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May
12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 5/12/2020-S. APPR.
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described occurs if a legal entity or other person obtains a controlling or majority ownership interest in
the legal entity. Current law requires the Franchise Tax Board to include a question on returns for
partnerships, banks, and corporations to assist in the determination of whether a change in ownership
under the circumstances described above has occurred. This bill would additionally specify that if 90%
or more of the· direct or indirect ownership interests in a legal entity are sold or transferred in a single
transaction, as defined, the real property owned by that legal entity has changed ownership whether
or not any one legal entity or person that is a party to the transaction obtains control, as defined.
Public Safe
AB 2236 (Gabriel D) Peace officer training: hate crimes.
Current Text: Amended: 5/7/2020 ht!!!!. .Ill!!
Introduced: 2/13/2020
Last ·Amend: 5/7/2020
Status: 5/20/2020-Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with
recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 5/19/2020-A. APPR.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed
1st House 2nd House Cone. Chaptered
Summary: Current law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to
develop and implement a course of instruction and training for specified peace officers on the topic of
· hate crimes. Current law requires that training to be implemented into the basic course and requires,
as specified, all state and local law enforcement agencies to provide the training to all peace officers
they employ. This bill would require POST to develop and periodically update an interactive refresher
course on hate crimes for in-service peace officers, and require specified peace officers to take the
course every 5 years.
AB 2481 (Lackey R) Sexual assault forensic evidence: testing.
Current Text: Amended: 5/11/2020 .!il!nl.. .Ill!!
Introduced: 2/19/2020
Last Amend: 5/11/2020
Status: 5/20/2020-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 19).
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 5/20/2020-A. APPR.
Desk Poli Fiscal Floor Desk Polk Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
1st House . 2nd House Cone.
Summary: Would require a law enforcement agency, for any sexual assault forensic evidence received
by the law enforcement agency prior to January 1, 2016, to submit that evidence to the crime lab on or
before January 31, 2022. The bill would additionally require a crime lab, for any sexual assault
evidence kit received by a law enforcement agency prior to January 1, 2016, and submitted to the
crime lab on or after January 1, 2021, to process that evidence kit no later than January 31, 2023,
except as specified. Because the bill would impose a higher level of service on local law enforcement
agencies In processing that evidence, it would impose a state-mandated local program.
AB 2532 (Irwin D) Firearms: gun violence reslraining orders.
Current Text: Amended: 5/7/2020 l!!!!lL .ru!!
Introduced: 2/19/2020
Last Amend: 5/7/2020
Status: 5/20/2020-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (May 19).
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 5/20/2020-A. APPR.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed
1st House 2nd House Cone. Chaptered
Summary: Current law, commencing on September 1, 2020, authorizes specified individuals, including
a law enforcement officer, or a family member, employer, or coworker of-a person, to petition the court
to issue an order restraining that person from possessing a firearm, as specified, or to petition the
court for the renewal of such an order. This bill would authorize a district attorney, county counsel, or
city attorney to file a petition on behalf of a law enforcement officer, requesting the issuance or
renewal of these orders, and to represent an officer in any subsequent court proceeding related to the
issuance or renewal of the order. ·
AB 2617 (Gabriel D) Firearms: gun violence restraining orders.
Current Text: Amended: 5/6/2020 h1m1. .Ill!!
Introduced: 2/20/2020
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SB 664
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
1st House 2nd House Cone.
Summary: Current law declares the intent of the Legislature to preserve, upgrade, and expand the
supply of housing to persons and families of low or moderate income, through the sale of specified
surplus residential property owned by public agencies. Current law establishes priorities and
procedures that any state agency disposing of that surplus residential property is required to follow,
and defines relevant terms for these purposes.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions.
Workers Com ensation
(Allen D) Electronic toll and transit fare collection systems.
Current Text: Amended: 9/10/2019 l!!!!l!. 119!
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Last Amend: 9/10/2019
Status: 9/15/2019-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(15). (Last location was P. & C.P. on
9/10/2019)(May be acted upon Jan 2020)
Location: 9/15/2019-A. 2 YEAR
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk 2 ear Fiscal Floor Conf.
1st House 2nd House Cone. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
Summary: Current law requires the Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Golden
Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District and all known entities planning to implement a toll
facility, to develop and adopt functional specifications and standards for an automatic vehicle
identification system, in compliance with specified objectives, including that a vehicle owner shall not
be required to purchase or install more than one device to use on all toll facilities, and generally
requires any automatic vehicle identification system purchased or installed after January 1, 1991, to
comply with those specifications and standards. Current law authorizes operators of toll facilities on
federal-aid highways engaged in an interoperability program to provide only specified information
regarding a vehicle's use of the toll facility. This bill would expand the above-described objective so
that a user of a toll facility shall also not be required to purchase or install more than one device to use
on all toll facilities.
Total Measures: 60
Total Tracking Forms: 60
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SB 934
Senator Pat Bates -2020 Bills
(Bates R) Corporate taxes: exempt organizations: filing fees.
Current Text: Amended: 4/29/2020 html Mf
Introduced: 2/6/2020
Last Amend: 4/29/2020
Status: 5/21/2020-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 21).
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 5/21/2020-5. APPR.
Desk Polle Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed
1st House 2nd House Cone. Chaptered
Summary: The Corporation Tax Law exempts the income of various types of nonprofit organizations
from taxes Imposed by that law, except as provided, if an application for exemption is filed with, and a
filing fee of $25 is paid to, the Franchise Tax Board and the Franchise Tax Board issues a determination
exempting the organization from tax. Current law also requires, among other things, that filing fee to
be paid when an organization whose exemption was revoked applies to reestablish as an exempt
organization. This bill would eliminate the $25 filing fee on January 1, 2021.
SB 1090 (Bates R) Coastal erosion: installation of shoreline protective devices: application process.
Current Text: Amended: 4/9/2020 .!JSm!. Mt
Introduced: 2/19/2020
Last Amend: 4/9/2020
Status: 5/15/2020-Set for hearing May 26.
Location: 5/11/2020-5. N.R. & W.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polle Fiscal Floor Conf.
1 t H 2 d H C Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered s ouse n ouse one.
Calendar: 5/26/2020 1:30 p.m. -John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES
AND WATER, STERN, Chair
Summary: Would, except as provided, require the California Coastal Commission or a loca l
government with an approved local coastal program to approve the repair, maintenance, or
construction of retaining walls, return walls, seawalls, revetments, or similar shoreline protective
devices for beaches or adjacent existing residential properties In the coastal zone In t he Counties of
Orange and San Diego that are designed to mitigate or protect against coastal erosion. If a local
government denies the application for a shoreline protective device, the bill would require the local
·government to inform the commission, in writing, of Its decision with supporting evidence. The bill
would require the commission, if it denies an application or if it receives notice of a local government's
denial, to submit a report to the Legislature of its denial or the report from the loca l government.
SB 1319 ~ R) Property taxation: change in ownership.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2020 .!JSm!. Mf
Introduced: 2/21/2020
Status: 3/5/2020-Referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Location: 3/5/2020-5. GOV. & F.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polle Fiscal Floor CConf. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
1st House 2nd House one.
Summary: Current law specifies those circumstances in which the transfer of ownership interest s in a
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other legal entity results in a change in ownership
of the real property owned by that entity, and generally provides that a change in ownership as so
described occurs if a legal entity or other person obtains a controlling or majority ownership Interest in
the legal entity. Current law requires the Franchise Tax Board to include a question on returns for
partnerships, banks, and corporations to assist in the determination of whether a change in ownership
under the circumstances described above has occurred. This bill would additionally specify that if 90%
or more of the direct or indirect ownership interests in a legal entity are sold or transferred in a single
transaction, as defined, the real property owned by that legal entity has changed ownership whether
or not any one legal entity or person that is a party to the transaction obtains control, as defined.
SB 1373 (Bates R) State highways: State Route 241: reduction.
Current Text: Amended: 5/19/2020 html .ru!f
Introduced: 2/21/2020
Last Amend: 5/19/2020
Status: 5/19/2020-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-
referred to Com. on TRANS.
Location: 5/11/2020-5. TRANS.
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Total Measures: 4
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf.
1 t H 2 d H C Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered s ouse n ouse one.
Calendar: 5/29/2020 9 a.m. -Senate Chambers SENATE TRANSPORTATION, BEALL, Chair
Summary: Current law establishes the state highway system throughout the state and designates
State Route 241 from State Route 5 south of the City of San Clemente to State Route 91 in the City of
Anaheim.This bill would delete from the state highway system the portion of State Route 241 from
State Route 5 south of the City of San Clemente to Oso Parkway east of the City of Mission Viejo.
Total Tracking Forms: 4
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Asm Tasha Boerner Horvath
AB 1426 (Boerner Horvath D) Public resources: San Onofre State Beach: Richard H. and Donna O'Neill
Conservancy: road construction.
Current Text: Amended: 1/23/2020 .tl!!!!!. .12!!1
Introduced: 2/22/2019
Last Amend: 1/23/2020
Status: 1/28/2020-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 1/28/2020-S. RLS.
Desk Polle Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed
1st House 2nd House Cone. Chaptered
Summary: Would prohibit certain joint powers agencies from constructing, funding, or operating a
major thoroughfare within a specified area of Southern California, and would restrict the authority of
the Department of Transportation to approve, permit, take possession of, or otherwise authorize the
construction of a major thoroughfare in that same area, as specified. The bill would prohibit a state
agency, city, county, joint powers authority, regional transportation agency, or other local government
entity, or any other person or entity, from constructing, funding, approving, or otherwise authorizing
the building of a street, road, or highway in or on, or that encroaches on, San Onofre State Beach or
lands that are part of the Richard H. and Donna O'Neill Conservancy, with specified exceptions.
AB 1927 (Boerner Horvath D) Witness testimony in sexual assault cases: inadmissability in a separate
prosecution.
Current Text: Amended: 3/2/2020 .tl!!!!!. .12!!1
Introduced: 1/15/2020
Last Amend: 3/2/2020
Status: 3/11/2020-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Location: 3/11/2020-A. THIRD READING
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed
1st House 2nd House Cone. Chaptered
Calendar: 5/22/2020 #56 ASSEMBLY THIRD READING FILE -ASSEMBLY BILLS
Summary: Would make the testimony of a victim or witness in a felony prosecution for a violation or
attempted violation of specified crimes of sexual assault that states that the victim or witness, at or
around the time of the violation or attempted violation, unlawfully possessed or used a controlled
substance or alcohol inadmissible in a separate prosecution of that victim or witness to prove illegal
possession or use of that controlled substance or alcohol.
AB 1949 (Boerner Horvath D) Fisheries: California Ocean Resources Enhancement and Hatchery Program.
Total Measures: 3
Current Text: Introduced: 1/17/2020 .tl!!!!!. .12!!1
Introduced: 1/17/2020
Status: 5/14/2020-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To
Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 5/14/2020-A. APPR.
Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Desk Polic Fiscal Floor Conf. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered
1st House 2nd House Cone ..
Summary: Would expand the purpose of the California Ocean Resources Enhancement and Hatchery
to encompass any marine fish species important to sport and commercial fishing. The bill would revise
provisions relating to the advisory panel by, among other things, specifying which members are voting
members, by adding a voting member representing the public or nongovernmental organization
interests, or both, by providing for an alternate member to be designated for each voting member, and
by establishing 3-year terms for each member and alternate member. The bill would require all
members and alternate members to be appointed by the director after soliciting nominations for
members and evaluating certain criteria. Except for the advisory panel's advisory function, the bill
would eliminate the advisory panel's other functions, Including the power to approve financing of any
part of the program.
Total Tracking Forms: 3
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Total Budget
May Revise for 2020-21
May 14, 2020
• The 2020-2021 Total Budget is projected to be $203.3 billion
• The 2020-21 General Fund budget is projected to be $133.9 billion.
Exhibit 2
• Rainy Day Fund-The Budget draws down $16.2 billion in Rainy Day Fund over three years.
The May Revision reflects the withdrawal of $8.3 billion, including $7.8 billion from the
RainyDay Fund and $450 million from the Safety Net Reserve in 2020-21 .
Budget Toplines
Today, Governor Newsom presented an extremely sobering May Revise update to his January
budget proposal. He reviewed the significant economic circumstances from the COVIO19
pandemic-including a projected 24.5% unemployment rate in CA and a $42.28 reduction in tax
revenues--that have negatively impacted all programs in the 2020-21 budget. The Governor indicated
that there has been a 22. 3% reduction in revenues from the time he introduced his January budget
proposal. The three, primary tax revenue sources for the State have been impacted, as follows:
Personal Income Tax-reduced by 25.5%; Corporate Tax-reduced by 22. 7%; and, Sales Tax-
reduced by 27.2%. In his May Revise, Governor Newsom is proposing a $133.98 General Fund
budget (9.4% decrease from 2019-20 budget) and a total budget of $203.38 from all sources (5.4%
decrease from 2019-20 budget). He is projecting a $54.38 budget deficit that will need to be filled to
meet the Constitutional requirement for a "balanced budget". This deficit includes a projected $42.28
reduction in revenues and a corresponding $13. 18 increase in caseload growth. While under the May
Revision the budget would be balanced next year, a significant structural out-year deficit would
remain, increasing to over $16 billion by 2023-24.
May Revision Proposes Balanced Solutlon
(dollars in billions)
Cancelled Expansions & Other Reductions
Reserves
Borrowing/Transfers/Deferrals
New Revenues
Federal Funds
Triggers
$8.4
8.8
10.4
4.4
8.3
14.0
$54.3
The Governor stated that the May Revision is guided by the principle of prudent fiscal management
to: protect public health, public safety and public education; provide assistance to small businesses
and Californians most hurt by the pandemic; and to invest in a safe and quick economic recovery.
He presented several "solutions" that he is proposing for the CA Legislature to adopt in the annual
budget bill, as well as significant cuts across programs and general government.
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Solutions & Cuts
• Rainy Day Fund-The Governor is proposing to draw down the entire $16. 2B that has been
saved over the past several budget cycles in the Fund, but he is proposing to do this over a
three-year period. In Year 1 (2020-21), he is proposing to draw down $7.8B. Year 2 (2021-
2022), he is proposing $5.4B. For Year 3 (2022-23), he is proposing $2.9B.
• Safety Net Reserve-The Governor is proposing to use, over two budget cycles, the $900M
that is in the Safety Net Reserve. In Year 1 (2020-21), the Governor is proposing to use $450M
from this Reserve. For Year 2 (2021-22), he is proposing to draw down the remaining $450M.
• Proposition 98 (K-14) Reserve-The Governoris proposing to use $524 from this fund.
• CARES Act-The Governor is projecting using $8.3B of federal CARES Act funds,
representing 15% of "solutions" to close the deficit. Specifically, the May Revision proposes to:
o Use $4.4 bi/lion for schools to run summer programs and other programs that address
equity gaps that were widened during the school closures.
o Direct $3.8 billion to protect public health and public safety; $1.3 billion to counties for
public health, behavioral health and other health and human services programs; and
$450 million to cities for public safety and to support homeless individuals.
• January 2020 Budget Proposal Rollbacks-The Governor is proposing to not move forward
with most of his January proposals, representing a 15% reduction in costs.
• Special Funds, Borrowing and Deferrals-Borrow $4.1B from Special Funds, and $6.3B in
deferrals. (19% of solutions)
• Program Cuts and Trigger--The Governor is proposing a variety of prqgram funding
reductions, totaling $14B, but these are only "triggered" if President Trump and Congress do
not enact some version of the Heroes Act, that just passed the House. Depending on the
amount of federal relief, some or all of these proposed cuts may not be effectuated.
• State Workforce Wage Cuts-The Governor is proposing both a 10% reduction in employee
salaries, and a 5% reduction resulting from new "efficiency'' measures for state agencies and
departments.
• Revenue Enhancements-The Governor is proposing to place limits on several existing tax
credits and tax extensions. This represents 8% of his deficit closing solutions.
Budget Summary:
Housing and Homelessness
Project Roomkey-the May Revision proposes $750 million in federal funding and directs the use of
these funds to purchase hotels and motels secured through Project Roomkey, to be owned and
operated by local governments or non-profit providers. This includes $150 million in General Fund
backfill for previously provided funds. This proposal would replace the $750 million California Access
the Services Fund proposed in the Governor's January proposal.
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• The state will also use these funds to provide significant technical assistance to local
jurisdictions or other parties seeking to purchase and operate former Project Roomkey hotels
and motels to address homelessness in their localities.
Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council Administrative Resources-$1.5 million
General Fund ongoing and 10 permanent Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council positions to
effectively carry out statutory mandates and strengthen its strategic coordination of the state's efforts
to address homelessness.
CARES Act Distribution to Local Governments-The May Revision allocates a portion, $1.7
billion, of the state's $9.5 billion CARES Act funding to local governments-$450 million to cities that
did not receive a direct allocation and $1.3 billion to counties based on population size-to be used
toward homelessness, public health, public safety, and other services to combat the COVID-19
pandemic.
• Cities-Six California cities received a direct CARES Act allocation as a result of their size-for
a total of $1. 5 billion direct from the federal government. The May Revision supplements this
by providing $450 million to all cities that did not receive a direct allocation. Of these recipients,
cities with populations above 300,000 will receive a direct state allocation while all other cities
will be provided funding through their counties. Recipient jurisdictions must spend these funds
consistent with federal law and are advised to prioritize these dollars to supplement existing
efforts by counties and Continuums of Care to address the impacts of COVID-19 on people
experiencing homelessness, including but not limited to outreach and hygiene efforts, shelter
and housing supports, public safety, and rental subsidies.
• Counties-The state is allocating $1.3 billion of its CARES Act funding directly to counties
based on population size to address the public health, behavioral health, and other health and
human services needs that have arisen as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
*Funding is contingent on adherence to federal guidance and the state's stay-at-home orders and will
be released upon jurisdictions' certification of both.
The allocations are detailed in the following chart.
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Statutory Changes to Streamline Funding for Housing Programs-Certain statutory changes to
existing housing programs to streamline funding. This includes the creation of a joint application for
tax credits between the Tax Credit Allocation Committee and California Debt Limit Allocation
Committee, the realignment of Housing and Community Development's program award schedules to
expedite funding awards and have a greater impact on the ground, and working on improvements to
revamp the state's housing planning process with input from key stakeholders and local governments.
Funds Proposed for Reversion-Given the increased federal funds and anticipated future actions
to support jobs and infrastructure, as well as the effects of the COVID-19 Recession, the following
funds are proposed for reversion:
• $250 million in mixed-income development funds over the next three years.
• $200 million in infill infrast,ructure grant funds.
• $115 million in other housing program funds.
The May Revision maintains several proposals from the Governor's January budget. These include:
• $500 million in low-income housing state tax credits.
• Ongoing funding including a real estate transaction fee (estimated at $277 million for 2020-21)
for affordable housing.
• Ongoing revenue from cap and trade auction proceeds (estimated at $452 million for 2020-21)
for infill development that also reduces vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gas emissions.
• $4 billion in Proposition 1 bonds for veterans and affordable housing programs.
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Exhibit 3
DRAFT
CITY OF CARLSBAD
2020 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
The Legislative Platform provides a foundation for the City of Carlsbad's
Intergovernmental Affairs Program and enables the city to efficiently and effectively
address intergovernmental and legislative matters affecting the city. The purpose of this
Legislative Platform is to clearly expresses the city's position on, and provide a basis for
prioritizing and acting upon, a broad range of intergovernmental and legislative matters
that may impact the city's ability to operate effectively.
The City Council has identified the following Guiding Principles, Legislative Priorities and
Position Statements to guide the city's advocacy efforts. The Legislative Platform will be
reviewed annually by the City Council Legislative Subcommittee and amended as
needed by the City Council.
Guiding Principles
I. Preserve Local Control -The city supports the broadest authority for our citizens and
the City Council to make decisions and provide public services locally. As cities are
voluntarily created by the residents of a community to provide local self-government
and to make decisions at the local level to best meet the needs of the community, the
city opposes preemption of local control.
II. Maintain Fiscal Responsibility -The city supports legislative and budget measures
that protect and enhance its existing funding sources, revenue base and control over
local government budgeting. The city opposes efforts to shift local funds to the county,
state or federal governments, diminish its revenue base or impose new mandates that
are unfunded or inadequately funded.
Ill. Protect Quality of Life -The city supports legislative and budget actions that
preserve the safety, security and well-being of our residents, businesses and visitors.
The city opposes efforts that would negatively impact the infrastructure, public safety,
community development, community services and environmental programs that
support city efforts to maintain and enhance the quality of life in Carlsbad.
2020 Legislative Priorities
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2020 Legislative Platform: Position Statements
1. Community Services
Arts, Cultural Resources, Histori<; Preservation and Education
(a) Support funding and legislation that supports the arts, culture, historic
preservation & education.
Child Care
{a) Support measures that reduce regulatory complexities and the burden of
insurance costs for child care providers.
(b) Support funding for the construction, renovation and maintenance of child
care facilities.
(c) Support the provision of reasonable tax incentives for employers who offer
child care services.
(d) Suppprt legislation that restores local control over child care services in
areas such as licensure, staffing, education and training.
Public Parks/Recreational Facilities
(a) Support funding for community park facilities, open space, and recreation
·programs.
(b) Support legislation that preserves the ability to implement integrated
pest management practices.
Public Libraries
(a) Support funding for local public libraries and the State Library.
(b) Oppose Internet filtering laws that apply to publicly funded libraries.
(c) Support legislation that preserves library patron privacy.
(d) Support legislation that preserves net neutrality.
Seniors
(a) Support legislation that fosters independence of older Californians.
Healthy Cities
(a) Support legislation that recognizes and prevents adverse impacts affecting
public health and the welfare of citizens, and particularly minors.
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(b) Support funding and legislation that assists local communities in
addressing problems associated with recent legal and illegal immigrants to
the United States, in areas such as housing, health services, education and
employment.
(c) Support funding for local communities attempting to address the needs of
migrant workers.
2. Environmental Quality
(a) Support legislation that complements the city's Environmental and
Sustainability Guiding Principles.
(b) Support funding and legislation to improve recreational water quality,
habitat management, and open space.
(c) Support funding and legislation that facilitates and protects local control
of habitat management planning, maintenance and administration.
Climate Change
(a) Support legislation that promotes market penetration of alternative fuel
vehicles.
(b) Support funding and legislation that facilitates actions to mitigate the
sources of greenhouse gas emissions.
(c) Support legislation that reduces the amount of ozone depleting
compounds discharged into the atmosphere.
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
(a) Support legislation that either requires citizen initiatives to comply with
CEQA before being placed on the ballot or exempting from this
requirement a City Council initiated ballot measure dealing with the same
subject matter on the same ballot.
(b) Support legislation that streamlines federal and state environmental
review processes and limits court reviews of environmental
documentation.
Hazardous Materials
(a) Support efforts for the proper and cost-effective disposal of solid,
hazardous and medical waste.
(b) Oppose legislation that makes local municipalities financially responsible
for the removal, abatement or mitigation of hazardous materials.
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(c) Support funding and legislation that addresses concerns regarding the safe
handling and storage of nuclear waste generated at the decommissioned
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, particularly as it relates to the
vulnerability to damage from seismic activity, landslides, tsunamis and sea
level rise.
Solid Waste
(a) Support legislation that preserves the ability of local governments to
regulate solid waste and recyclable materials.
(b) Support measures that promote procurement and market development of
recyclable and recycled materials.
(c) Support legislation that promotes source reduction measures.
(d) Oppose legislation regulating "flow control" of solid waste materials.
(e) Support measures that promote the recycling and reclaiming of natural
resources, including water, timber, oil, gas minerals and earth metals.
(f) Support measures that would make low-interest loans and grants available
to local agencies for programs that encourage the recycling and reclaiming
of resources.
(g) Support measures that would reduce the use of single-use plastics and
Styrofoam packaging and prevent these materials from entering the waste
stream, including public education and community partnership initiatives.
(h) Support legislation that facilitates development of local and regional
recycling and composting facilities.
Utilities
(a) Support legislation that establishes regulatory and market mechanisms to
maximize the state's energy self-sufficiency and security ..
(b) Support legislation that establishes regulatory and market mechanisms
that promote competition and reasonable, justifiable energy 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 expedites the development of needed
infrastructure (e.g., generation, transmission, and natural gas pipelines) to
create robust and functional markets.
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(e) Support legislation that increases the diversity of the state's 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.
(g) Support legislation that promotes municipal renewable energy
development.
(h) Support legislation that allows net energy metering.
(i) Support legislation that provides financial incentives for renewable energy.
U) Support legislation that minimizes adverse environmental impacts of the
state's and the region's energy use.
(k) Support funding and legislation that promotes of alternative 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.
(m) Support legislation that protects competitive neutrality, procurement
autonomy, ratepayer affordability, reliability, decarbonization and social
equity initiatives of community choice aggregation.
(n) Support legislation that establishes rules under which Public Safety Power
Shutoff events can be undertaken.
Coastal Issues
(a) Support measures that 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, public
infrastructure and parking.
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(c) Support measures that would preserve and extend the authority of cities
over land use regulations concerning the placement of onshore facilities
which service offshore oil drilling.
(d) Support legislation that requires the double hulling of oil tankers.
(e) Support legislation that promotes aquatic research, education and
aquaculture.
(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.
(h) Support legislation to allow cities to issue all coastal development permits
within their jurisdiction consistent with a previously certified coastal plan.
(i) Support legislation that allocates state and federal funds for the
construction of facilities to capture and treat the flow of raw sewage
entering San Diego from Tijuana.
3. Water
General Principles
(a) Support measures that provide for the equitable allotment and
distribution of preferential water rights.
Water Conservation
(a) Support measures that will encourage water conservation practices by all
water consumers.
(b) Support measures that ensure conservation credit for municipal
investments in water recycling systems and development of alternative
sources.
Water Recycling
(a) Support measures that promote the production and distribution of
reclaimed water.
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Water Storage & Conveyance Systems
(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.
New Technology
(a) Support legislation and regulations that encourage the use and
development of alternative water sources, including desalination.
(b) Support funding and legislation that promotes the development of
engineering solutions and alternative uses to eliminate wastewater
treatment ocean discharges.
Financial Considerations
(a) 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.
(b) Support legislation that would exempt stormwater and urban runoff
management programs from Proposition 218 requirements.
(c) Support legislation that allows Water Districts to award contracts in
conformity with the provisions of the local City Charter.
4. Governance, Transparency, and Labor Relations
Labor Relations
(a) Support legislation that allows cities with civil service/personnel systems
to contract out services to the private sector to save taxpayer dollars.
(b) 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.
(c) Support any measure that would reverse the imposition of compulsory and
binding arbitration with respect to public employees.
(d) Oppose any measure that would grant employee benefits that should be
decided at the local bargaining table.
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(e) 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).
(f) Oppose measures that propose a standard higher than the normal civil
standards in disciplinary proceedings for peace officers.
(g) Support legislation that clarifies existing labor laws concerning whether
an individual is considered an employee rather than an independent
contractor.
(h) Support measures that promote efforts to advance workplace diversity,
equity and inclusion.
(i) Oppose measures that would expand release time for union business.
(j) Oppose measures that would establish confidentiality privileges for union
representatives.
(k) Oppose measures that would require municipalities to pay erroneous
retirement benefits.
Workers' Compensation
(a) 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.
(b) Oppose legislation that increases workers' compensation benefits without
providing for concurrent cost controls.
Governance and Ethics
(a) Oppose legislation or constitutional amendments that weaken or
interfere with the powers of charter cities and diminish local autonomy
or home rule authority.
(b) Support legislation that reduces and provides for recovery of costs,
maintains privacy and eliminates attorney's fees for administering public
records laws.
(c) Support legislation that improves access to, and reduces the cost of,
healthcare for public employees.
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(d) Support measures that reform California's tort system to reduce and limit
liability exposure for public agencies and restore the ability of public
agencies to obtain affordable insurance.
(e) Support legislation that recognizes or broadens immunities for public
agencies and oppose legislation that attempts to limit or restrict existing
immunities.
(f) Support legislation that requires plaintiffs to make a good faith showing of
liability prior to filing a lawsuit against a public entity.
5. Housing, Community and Economic Development
Planning and Zoning
(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 are 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.
(d) Oppose legislation or constitutional amendments that would restrict the
power of California cities to use eminent domain for public purpose
projects.
(e) 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.
(f) Support legislation that preserves the authority of local agencies to
regulate short-term vacation rentals.
(g) Support legislation that enables local agencies to effectively address issues
concerning public safety and proper management of group homes.
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(h) Oppose legislation that would diminish local control to set and assess
development review and building inspection fees.
Housing
(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 Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for new construction of housing
units.
(f) Support state legislation that strengthens local inclusionary housing
programs.
(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.
(h) Support legislation that will consolidate and streamline the administration
and reporting requirements for the CDBG program.
(i) Oppose legislation that would give the State financial administrative
responsibilities for the CDBG program.
U) Support legislation that requires availability of adequate school facilities
contemporaneously with occupancy of housing.
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(k) Support measures that would establish a formula-based Regional Housing
Needs Assessment allocation methodology that reflects the unique needs
and practical capacity of loca.l communities.
(I) Oppose measures that diminish local authority to implement growth
management initiatives that ensure communities do not exceed carrying
capacities and the provision of adequate public facilities.
(m) Support measures that would exempt affordable housing_projects from
complying with the California Environmental Quality Act.
Subdivision Map Act
(a) Support legislation that would automatically extend approved or
conditionally approved tentative, final and parcel maps under the
Subdivision Map Act during and for a limited time period after a statewide
financial or public health crisis, or other declared State of Emergency.
Economic Development
(a) Support legislation that facilitates economic development efforts and
encourages businesses to locate or remain in California.
(b) 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.
(c} Support legislation that would establish new tax increment financing tools.
(-E}(d) Support legislation that helps busin esses who have had business
interruption insurance claims denied, or otherwise incur unrecoverable
revenue losses resulting from a statewide financial or public health crisis,
or other declared State of Emergency.
fd}(e) Support legislation that protects small businesses from extraordinary
health insurance premium increases being applied during and for a limited
time period after a statewide financial or public health crisis, or other
declared State of Emergency.
·fe}(f) Support legislation· that would remove impediments to the automatic
extension of local permits during and for a limited time period after a
statewide financial or public health crisis, or other declared State of
Emergency.
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6. Public Safety
Fire Services
(a) 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.
(b) Oppose legislation that would diminish local control to set and assess fire
inspection fees.
(c) Support legislation that preserves local agencies' ministerial development
review and approval rights, including applicability to accessory dwelling
units.
(d) Oppose legislation that attempts to circumvent code requirements by
statute.
Emergency Services and Preparedness
(a) 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.
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
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.
Support legislation that would enhance cost recovery or provide funding
for emergency medical services and pre-hospital care,
Support legislation that would strengthen community and disaster
preparedness, public safety, and resiliency.
Support legislation that would enhance statewide wildland fire safety
infrastructure.
Support legislation that provides state and federal emergency funding and
regulatory relief that allows cities to devote the necessary resources and
meet the operational challenges of protecting the public health, safety and
welfare in response to a declared State of Emergency.
Law Enforcement
(a) Support legislation that strengthens local law enforcement.
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(b) Support measures that would provide a greater share of seized assets to
localities and increased discretion for local spending.
(c) Support legislation that would allow for the destruction, confiscation, or
extended safekeeping of firearms or other deadly weapons involved in
domestic violence incidents.
(d) Support legislation that strengthens penalties for repeat drug and property
crime offenders.
Drugs & Alcohol
(a) 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.
(b) Support legislation that discourages, prevents, and penalizes driving under
the influence of drugs or alcohol.
(c) 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.
(d) Support legislation that would provide funding for addiction rehabilitation
treatment.
(e) Support any measure that protects children and youth from exposure to
tobacco, second hand smoke and tobacco-related products.
(f) Support legislation that preserves local control over medical and adult-use
cannabis businesses, and enhances and protects maximum local
regulatory, land use, and enforcement authority in relation to such
businesses.
Homelessness
(a) Support funding and legislation that provides resources for local agencies
to provide referral services for persons experiencing homelessness.
(b) Support measures that provide resources to address the mental health
needs of persons experiencing homelessness.
Miscellaneous
(a) Support legislation that would assist local safety agencies in regionalization
of activities such as training, crime labs, specialty responses such as
hazardous materials and technical rescue, and other appropriate
functions.
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(b) Support legislation to increase the number of border patrol agents at the
International Border.
(c) Support legislation that provides financial assistance to local agencies for
Homeland Security.
(d) Support the enactment of legislation to prevent gun violence.
(e) Support measures to expand mental health and social-emotional health
services and the inclusion of safety education in schools.
(f) Support measures to provide resources to develop school safety
guidelines, conduct comprehensive school safety audits and maintain
continued vigilance and monitoring of safety matters in schools.
(g) Support legislation to eliminate restrictions on the collection and
compiling of data related to violence perpetrated with firearms, including
research into the causes and consequences of gun violence.
(h) Support measures to provide funding to support 911 communication
centers.
(i) Support measures to provide funding to support the San Diego Law
Enforcement Coordination Center.
7. Revenue and Taxation
(a) Support legislation that assists cities to enforce and collect local taxes.
(b) Support measures that protect the fiscal independence of cities and
safeguard existing revenue sources from preemption by any other public
agency.
(c) 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.
(d) Support legislation that makes funds to support public facilities (i.e.,
facilities, open space) more available to local municipalities.
(e) Oppose legislation that attempts to eliminate the "pay first and litigate
later" provisions of law and oppose any bill that proposes to reduce or
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eliminate the obligation of any online travel agency to pay transient
occupancy taxes under state or local law.
(f} 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.
(g) Oppose federal measures which remove the deduction of all state and
local taxes for federal income tax purposes.
(h) Support measures that implement basic structural changes in state
government that result in state budget expenditures being brought into
balance with state revenues.
(i) 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.
(j) 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.
(k) Support measures to reinstate flexibility in the administration of Article
XIII-B {The Gann Initiative).
(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 and 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.
(p) Oppose measures that propose significant economic changes without the
completion of a balanced, comprehensive economic analysis.
State Mandates
(a) Support legislation that would eliminate unfunded state and federal
mandates or would require timely reimbursement to cities.
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(b) Oppose measures that would impose mandates for which there is no
guarantee of local reimbursement or offsetting benefits, or would shift the
cost of government services to cities.
(c) Oppose legislation that creates surcharges for state oversight of state
mandated programs.
8. Transportation, Communication and Public Works
Transportation
(a) Support measures that would increase the ability of local agencies to
finance local and regional transportation facilities and improvements,
including alternative modes of transportation and transportation demand
management systems and transportation systems management initiatives.
(b) Support legislation that provides for effective and efficient transportation
alternatives.
(c) 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.
(d) 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.
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.
(e) Oppose legislation that diminishes local control over the regulation and
deployment of micro-mobility solutions.
(f) Oppose measures that would result in the consolidation of the North
County Transit District and Metropolitan Transit System.
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(g) Support measures that protect residents, businesses and visitors from the
adverse impacts of aircraft operating at McClellan-Palomar Airport.
(h) Oppose changes in aviation policies that would allow McClellan-Palomar
Airport to expand without authorization from the city.
(i) Support legislative and regulatory initiatives to study and mitigate the
noise and air quality impacts associated with air traffic overflights.
U) Support measures that would increase local control over airports located
within municipal boundaries.
Public Works
(a) 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.
(b) Support funding and legislation that supports utilities undergrounding.
Contracts
(a) 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.
(b) Oppose measures that would eliminate state licensing requirements for
professionals involved in designing public and private developments.
(c) Support measures that would clarify the roles and responsibilities of public
agency officers and employees as related to the prohibition on entering into
or participating in making contracts in which they have a financial interest.
Telecommunications
(a) Support legislation and regulations of telecommunications facilities and
services that:
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1. Maintain local control over the public right-of-way.
2. Provide just compensation for the use of right-of-way 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.
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(b) 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.
(c) 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.
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