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City Council Legislative Subcommittee
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May 10, 2022
City Council Legislative Subcommittee
Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director
Legislative and Advocacy Update
Recommendation: Receive an update on state and federal legislative and budget activity and
recent and ongoing advocacy efforts; discuss and provide feedback to staff, including
identifying high-priority bills, advocacy positions, and items for future City Council
consideration.
Discussion:
Staff and the Renne Public Policy Group (RPPG) will present an update and overview of state
legislative activity (Exhibit 1) and the priority legislation being tracked on behalf of the city
(Exhibit 2). The Subcommittee is requested to provide feedback to help city staff and the city's
lobbying consultants focus the city's advocacy efforts on high-priority bills and to identify bills
for future City Council consideration.
Position Letters Authorized or Submitted to Committees and/or Legislative Offices
SB 54 {Allen): Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act -Support
SB 513 {Hertzberg) Homeless shelters grants: pets and veterinary services -Support
SB 897 {Wieckowski): Accessory Dwelling Units -Oppose
SB 1157 {Hertzberg): Indoor Residential Water Use -Oppose Unless Amended
SB 1466 (Stern): Aff. Housing and Community Development Investment Program {Held by Author)
AB 500 {Ward) Local planning: coastal development: streamlined permitting -Oppose
AB 1672 (Boerner Horvath): Public Swimming Pools: Lifeguards -Support {Sponsor)
AB 1682 (Boerner Horvath): Vessels: Public Safety Activities -Support (Sponsor)
AB 1737 (Holden): Children's Camps Local Registration and Inspections -Oppose
AB 2097 {Friedman): Residential and Commercial Parking Requirements -Oppose
AB 2179 {Grayson): Development Fees -Oppose (Gut and Amend to COVID-19 Tenant Relief)
SB 1186 (Wiener): Medicinal Cannabis Patients' Right of Access Act -Oppose
SB 1338 (Um berg): CARE Court Program -Support
SB 1105 (Hueso): SD Regional Affordable Housing Finance Agency-Oppose
Staff continues to evaluate bills that may impact city operations and policy priorities, which will
be presented for discussion and feedback from the Legislative Subcommittee.
Exhibits:
1. RPPG Legislative Monthly Report -May 2022
2. Priority Legislation List -May 3, 2022
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Exhibit 1
Cal f o r n a
May 4, 2022
To: Mayor Matt Hall, Legislative Subcommittee Member
Council member Teresa Acosta, Legislative Subcommittee Member
Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director
City of Carlsbad
From: Sharon Gonsalves, Director of Government Affairs
Renne Public Policy Group
Re: State Legislative Update
April 29 was the last for policy bills that have been keyed fiscal to pass policy committees. Several
contentious bills failed to be voted on prior to the deadline including:
AB 2932 {Low) This bill proposed a thirty-two hour work week. The bill had been referred to the
Assembly Labor and Employment Committee but missed the April 29 deadline for legislative policy
committees to send it along for consideration by fiscal committees.
AB 1993 {Wicks) This bill would have required California businesses to require their employees and
independent contractors receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The author did not advance the bill stating
the threat of COVID was entering a new and less threatening phase.
AB 1464 {Pan) This bill would have required sheriffs and police officers to enforce public health orders
by State or County health officials. The Senate Health Committee placed a hearing of this bill on April
26, however the day of the committee the bill was withdrawn from consideration.
UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE DEADLINES
• April 29: Last day for policy committees to hear and report to fiscal committees fiscal
bills introduced in their house.
• May 6 Last day for policy committees to hear and report to the floor nonfiscal bills
introduced in their house (J.R. 61{b)(6)).
• May 13 Last day for policy committees to meet prior to May 31 (J.R. 61{b)(7)).
• May 20 Last day for fiscal committees to hear and report to the floor bills introduced in
their house (J.R. 61 (b)(8)).
Last day for fiscal committees to meet prior to May 31 (J.R. 61 (b)(9)).
• May 23-27 Floor session only. No committee may meet for any purpose except for Rules
Committee, bills referred pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2, and Conference Committees (J.R.
61(b)(10)).
• May 27 Last day for each house to pass bills introduced in that house (J .R. 61(b)(11)).
• May 31 Committee meetings may resume (J.R. 61(b)(12)).
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CITY SPONSORED LEGISLATION
AB 1672 {Boerner Horvath) Public Swimming Pools: lifeguards.
This bill sponsored by the City of Carlsbad would authorize lifeguards who are certified by the United
States Lifesaving Association (USLA) to provide services at municipal operated swimming pools. The
measure advanced off the Assembly floor on May 2, 2022 with a vote of 68-0 and is now in the Senate
Rules Committee awaiting referral to Senate policy committees.
AB 1682 {Boerner Horvath) Public safety: Speeding vessels: lifeguard rescue vessels.
This bill is joint authored by Assemblymember Chris Ward and co-sponsored by the City of San
Diego. The measure was passed out of the Assembly on March 7 on a unanimous vote. It is
anticipated that this bill will not be heard in Senate Public Safety until mid-to-late May, ~fter the
majority of Senate bills have made it through their house of origin policy committees.
CALIFORNIA GAS REBATE
Despite the Governor providing lawmakers with the budget trailer bill language to delay the
implementation of the gas tax adjustment that will go into effect on July 1, lawmakers failed to pass
an early budget action item by the May 1, 2022 deadline.
However, t he gasoline price relief for taxpayers continues to be top of mind for lawmakers. Legislative
leadership would like to do that with direct payments, and they are concerned cutting the gas tax
would deplete critical funds for road repair. A bipartisan group of lawmakers say they are prepared
to introduce a bill that would completely suspend the state's $0.51 per gallon tax for a year.
The Governor has expressed concerns that under the proposal there is no guarantee the benefits will
be passed on to Californians and "not just go back to oil companies and corporations."
SENATE BUDGET PRIORITIES
Ahead on the release of the Governor's May Revise, Senate Democrats released their budget
priorities for the 2022/2023 fiscal year. In what has been deemed the "Putting Wealth to Work Plan,"
the Senate Pro Tern Toni Atkins and Senate Budget Chair Nancy Skinner are proposing to add $65
billion in combined current year and budget year revenues to the Governor's forecast. Highlights of
the Senate plan include:
• Climate -$18 billion package to build off of t he Governor's January budget which proposes
significant investments in electrical vehicles, abandoned oil well clean up, clean energy
projects and building decarbonization.
o Water and Drought: $7.S billion in state and federal funds to build a climate-resilient
water system, including $2 billion to reba lance the state water supply and water
rights,
o Wildfire Preparedness and Response: $6.6 billion over five years for fuel reduction,
biomass accumulation, workforce development and training, Regional
Conservancies, and expa nding staffing ratios for all engines.
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o Sea Level Rise: $3.3 billion over multiple years to.improve resilience, including
protecting natural resources, urban waterfronts, ports, and infrastructure; $1 billion
to offset the impacts of climate change on disadvantaged communities.
o Biodiversity & Outdoor Access for All: $1 billion over multiple years to conserve
state lands and coastal waters, fund urban greening and forestry, and expand access
to outdoors through conservancies and other conservation entities.
• Mental Health: Expand investments in school-based mental health services, accelerate
implementation of behavioral health treatment beds, and provide funding for financial
incentives to encourage people to enter the behavioral health workforce.
• Housing: $2.7 billion for affordable housing and home ownership, including $1 billion for
the California Dream for All program, a new revolving fund for first-time homebuyers to
partner with the state and purchase homes with little or no down payment and reduce
mortgage costs by more than 20 percent.
• Homelessness: $3 billion, over three years, to build on last year's historic $12 billion two-
year investment, which would include additional funding for Project Homekey, local
funding, and encampment resolutions.
• Public Safety: Increased funding to support victims of crime through support programs, the
Restitution Fund, and Trauma Recovery Centers; expansion of homelessness pre-and post-
release transitional housing and programs; and investments that improve equitable access
to justice.
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The plan also includes sending $8 billion back to Californians in rebates as a way to offset the rising
cost of energy and consumer goods. Under the plan, California would send $200 to every taxpayer,
with another $200 per dependent. Eligibility would be limited to those making less than $125,000 for
individuals and $250,000 for joint filers.
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Priority Legislation May 3, 2022
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AB 1944 (Lee) Local government: open and public meetings. (Amended: 4/18/2022)Link
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The Ralph M. Brown Act contains specified provisions regarding the timelines for posting an agenda and providing for
the ability of the public to observe and provide comment. The act allows for meetings to occur via teleconferencing
subject to certain requirements, particularly that the legislative body notice each teleconference location of each
member that will be participating in the public meeting, that each teleconference location be accessible to the public,
that members of the public be allowed to address the legislative body at each teleconference location, that the
legislative body post an agenda at each teleconference location, and that at least a quorum of the legislative body
participate from locations within the boundaries of the local agency jurisdiction. The act provides an exemption to the
jurisdictional requirement for health authorities, as defined. This bill would require the agenda to identify any member
of the legislative body that will participate in the meeting remotely. The bill would also require an updated agenda
reflecting all of the members participating in the meeting remotely to be posted, if a member of the legislative body
elects to participate in the meeting remotely after the agenda is posted.
Status: 4/26/2022-ln committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Client Position: pending support
Notes: 5/2/22 -SG: Carlsbad subcommittee approved supporting AB 1944.:... pending council approval of platform
admendment.
AB 2449 (Rubio, Blanca) Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences. (Introduced: 2/17/2022)Link
Current law, until January 1, 2024, authorizes a local agency to use teleconferencing without complying with specified
teleconferencing requirements in specified circumstances when a declared state of emergency is in effect, or in other
situations related to public health. This bill would authorize a local agency to use teleconferencing without complying
with those specified teleconferencing requirements if at least a quorum of the members of the legislative body
participates in person from a singular location clearly identified on the agenda that is open to the public and situated
within the local agency jurisdiction. The bill would impose prescribed requirements for this exception relating to notice,
agendas, the means and manner of access, and procedures for disruptions. The bill would require the legislative body to
implement a procedure for receiving and swiftly resolving requests for reasonable accommodation for individuals with
disabilities, consistent with federal law.
Status: 3/3/2022-Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Client Position: pending support
Notes: 5/2/22 -SG: Carlsbad subcommittee approved supporting AB 2449 -pending council approval of platform
admendment.
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SB 1100 (Cortese) Open meetings: orderly conduct. (Amended: 4/21/2022)Link
The Ralph M. Brown Act requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body of a local agency, as
those terms are defined, be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate. Current law
requires every agenda for regular meetings of a local agency to provide an opportunity for members of the public to
directly address the legislative body on any item of interest to the public, before or during the legislative body
consideration of the item, that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body. Current law authorizes the
legislative body to adopt reasonable regulations to ensure that the intent of the provisions relating to this public
comment requirement is carried out, including, but not limited to, regulations limiting the total amount oftime
allocated for public testimony on particular issues and for each individual speaker. Current law authorizes the members
of the legislative body conducting the meeting to order the meeting room cleared and continue in session, as prescribed,
if a group or groups have willfully interrupted the orderly conduct of a meeting and order cannot be restored by the
removal of individuals who are willfully interrupting the meeting. This bill would authorize the presiding member of the
legislative body conducting a meeting to remove an individual for disrupting the meeting.
Status: 5/2/2022-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 7.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time.
Held at Desk.
Client Position: Watch
Notes: SG: Discuss further at 5/10 subcommittee meeting
Cannabis
SB 1186 (Wiener) Medicinal Cannabis Patients Right of Access Act. (Amended: 4/25/2022)Link
Would enact the Medicinal Cannabis Patients Right of Access Act, which, on and after January 1, 2024, would prohibit a
local jurisdiction from adopting or enforcing any regulation that prohibits the retail sale by delivery within the local
jurisdiction of medicinal cannabis to medicinal cannabis patients or their primary caregivers by medicinal cannabis
businesses, as defined, or that has the effect of prohibiting the retail sale by delivery within the local jurisdiction of
medicinal cannabis to medicinal cannabis patients or their primary caregivers in a timely and readily accessible manner
and in types and quantities that are sufficient to meet demand from medicinal cannabis patients within the local
jurisdiction, as specified. The bill, on and after January 1, 2024, would provide that the act may be enforced by an action
for writ of mandate brought by a medicinal cannabis patient or their primary caregiver, a medicinal cannabis business,
the Attorney General, or any other party otherwise authorized by law.
Status: 4/29/2022-Set for hearing May 9.
Client Position: Oppose
Notes: Subcommittee motioned to oppose the bill. RPPG drafting letter of opposition.
Children, Youth and Recreation
AB 1737 (Holden) Children camps: local registration and inspections. (Amended: 4/20/2022)Link
Current law requires the State Public Health Officer to establish rules and regulations establishing minimum standards
for organized camps. Current law requires the State Fire Marshal to adopt minimum fire safety regulations for organized
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camps. Current law requires local health officers to enforce building standards relating to organized camps and the other
rules and regulations adopted by the State Public Health Officer. Current law defines organized camp, for these
purposes, as a site with a program and facilities established for the primary purposes of providing an outdoor group
living experience with social, spiritual, educational, or recreational objectives, for 5 days or more during one or more
seasons of the year, except as specified. Current law requires the Director of Public Health to consider the Camp
Standards of the American Camping Association when adopting rules and regulations pursuant to these provisions. This
bill would include children camps within the definition of organized camps and would define children camp as a camp
that offers daytime or overnight experiences administered by adults who provide social, cultural, educational,
recreational, or artistic programming to more than 5 children between 3 and 17 years of age for 5 days or longer during
at least one season, except as specified.
Status: 4/27 /2022-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to
Com. on APPR.
Client Position: Oppose
Notes: 04/27 SG: Submitted letter of opposition through the Legislative portal
AB 1789 (Bennett) Outdoor recreation: California Recreational Trails System Plan: California Trails Commission: Trails
Corps Program: grant program. (Amended: 4/6/2022)Link
Current law establishes within the Natura l Resources Agency the Department of Parks and Recreation, which is under
the control of the Director of Parks and Recreation. Current law requires the director to cause t o be prepared, and
continuously maintained, a comprehensive plan for the development and operation of a statewide system of recreation
trails, which is known as the California Recreational Trails System Plan. Current law requires the plan to be continuously
reviewed, revised, and updated by the director. Current law requires the director to submit a report every 2 years to the
Legislature describing the progress in carrying out the plan, as provided. This bill would require the director, on or
before January 1, 2024, to prepare and provide to the Legislature a full update of the plan.
Status: 4/7 /2022-Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Client Position:
Notes: Discuss further at 5/10 subcommittee meeting
AB 2346 (Gabriel) Outdoor recreation: Outdoors for All Program. (Amended: 4/19/2022)Link
Would establish in the Natural Resources Agency the Outdoors for All Program to support access to natural or cultural
resources for at -risk youth, outdoor environmental educational experiences for underserved and at-risk populations,
and equitable access to parks and outdoor spaces for all Californians. This program would encompass the existing
Outdoor Equity Grants Program and Youth Community Access Program, as well as the Californians Outside Program,
established by this bill, to provide grants to an eligible entity, as defined, for projects that provide transportation to
outdoor spaces, outdoor-related recreation, outdoor physical activity programming, outdoor education, natural
resources workforce development, and communications related to water, parks, climate, coastal protection, and other
outdoor pursuits.
Status: 4/26/2022-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. {Ayes 14. Noes 0.) {April 26). Re-referred to
Com. on APPR.
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Notes: Discuss further at 5/10 subcommittee meeting
AB 2465 (Bonta. Mia) Pupil instruction: third-grade literacy: literacy grant program. (Amended: 4/28/2022)Link
Would create the Family and Community Literacy: Supporting Literacy and Bi literacy in Schools, Families, and
Communities Grant Program for the purpose of supporting the goal of all of California pupils reading at grade level by
third grade and engaging families at every stage of that process. The bill would require the department to award
competitive grants from the California Family Literacy Innovation Project to local educational agencies, as provided. This
bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Status: 5/2/2022-Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Client Position:
Notes:
Elections. Political Reform and Redistricting
AB 1416 (Santiago) Elections: ballot label. (Amended: 1/27/2022)Link
Current law defines the ballot label as the portion of the ballot containing the names of the candidates or a statement of
a measure. For statewide measures, current law requires the Attorney General to prepare a condensed version of the
ballot title and summary, including the fiscal impact summary prepared by the Legislative Analyst that is printed in the
state voter information guide. This bill would additionally require the ballot label for statewide measures, and, at the
option of a county, the ballot label or similar description on the ballot of county, city, district, and school district
measures, to include a listing of nonprofit organizations, businesses, or individuals taken from the signers or the text of
ballot arguments printed in the voter information guide that support and oppose the measure, as specified. The bill
would require a nonprofit organization, business, or individual to meet certain criteria before being listed on the ballot
label or similar description of the measure on the ballot.
Status: 2/1/2022-ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Client Position:
Notes:
AB 2582 (Bennett) Recall elections: local offices. (Amended: 5/2/2022)Link
The California Constitution reserves to the electors the power to recall an elective officer and requires the Legislature to
provide for recall of local officers. Current law requires a recall election to include the question of whether the officer
sought to be recalled shall be removed from office and an election for the officer successor in the event the officer is
removed from office. This bill would instead require a recall election for a local officer to include only the question of
whether the officer sought to be recalled shall be removed from office. If a local officer is removed from office in a recall
election, the bill would provide that the office is vacant until it is filled according to law.
Status: 5/2/2022-Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
Client Position:
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ACA 12 (Lee) Elections: nonpartisan office. (Introduced: 3/16/2022)Link
The California Constitution designates as nonpartisan all judicial, school, county, and city offices, including the
Superintendent of Public Instruction. The California Constitution prohibits including the political party preference of a
candidate for nonpartisan office on the ballot for the office.This measure would instead permit the political party
preference, or lack of a political party preference, of a candidate for nonpartisan office, except for judicial offices, to be
indicated on the ballot in the manner provided by statute.
Status: 4/25/2022-ln committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Client Position:
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SB 1131 (Newman) Safe at Home program: election workers and reproductive health care providers.
(Amended: 4/18/2022)Link
Current law establishes an address confidentiality program for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking,
human trafficking, or elder or dependent adult abuse, commonly known as the Safe at Home program, under which an
adult person, or a guardian on behalf of a minor or an incapacitated person, states that they are a victim of domestic
violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or elder or dependent adult abuse, and designates the Secretary of
State as the agent for service of process and receipt of mail. Under current law, when the Secretary of State certifies the
person as a program participant, the person actual address is confidential. Under the program, any person who makes a
false statement in an application is guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would create a similar program for election
workers, as defined. This bill would require the Secretary of State to approve an application of a program participant for
a substitute address to be designated by the secretary. The secretary would also be required to charge program
participants a fee to defray the actual costs of maintaining the program and to reimburse the General Fund, as specified.
Status: 4/29/2022-Set for hearing May 9.
Client Position:
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Energy
SB 379 (Wiener) Residential solar energy systems: permitting. (Amended: 1/12/2022)Link
Current law requires a city or county to approve administratively applications to install solar energy systems through the
issuance of a building permit or similar nondiscretionary permit. Current law requires every city, county, or city and
county to develop a streamlined permitting process for the installation of small residential rooftop solar energy systems,
as that term is defined. Current law prescribes and limits permit fees that a city or county may charge for a residential
and commercial solar energy system. Current law creates the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development
Commission (Energy Commission) in the Natural Resources Agency and prescribes its duties, which include administering
programs for the installation of so lar energy systems.This bill would require every city, county, or city and county to
implement an online, automated permitting platform that verifies code compliance and issues permits in real time for a
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solar energy system, as defined, that is no larger than 38.4 kilowatts alternating current nameplate rating and an energy
storage system, as defined, paired with a solar energy system that is no larger than 38.4 kilowatts alternating current
nameplate rating.
Status: 1/24/2022-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 1.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time.
Held at Desk.
Client Position:
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SB 833 (Dodd) Community Energy Resilience Act of 2022. (Amended: 3/21/2022)Link
Current law assigns the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission various duties, including
applying for and accepting grants, contributions, and appropriations, and awarding grants consistent with the goals and
objectives of a program or activity the commission is authorized to implement or administer. This bill, the Community
Energy Resilience Act of 2022, would require the commission to develop and implement a grant program for local
governments to develop community energy resilience plans that help achieve energy resilience objectives and state
clean energy and air quality goals.
Status: 4/4/2022-April 4 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Client Position:
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SB 884 (McGuire) Electricity: expedited utility distribution infrastructure undergrounding program.
(Amended: 4/26/2022)Link
Would require the Public Utilities Commission to establish an expedited utility distribution infrastructure
undergrounding program, and would authorize a large electrical corporation, as defined, to participate in the program
by submitting to the commission, on or before July 1, 2023, a plan that identifies the eligible undergrounding projects
that it will construct as part of the program, including timelines for the completion of those undergrounding projects, as
specified. If the com mission approves the electrical corporation plan, the bill would require a telecommunications
provider to cooperate with the electrical corporation to underground any of its infrastructure on utility poles that will be
removed as part of an undergrounding project, except as specified, require each undergrounding project to fully exhaust
all available federal, state, and other non ratepayer moneys before any costs are recovered from ratepayers, and deem
each undergrounding project to be an environmental leadership development project for purposes of the Jobs and
Eco nomic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2021 and a development project for purposes of the
Permit Streamlining Act, as specified. The bill would require that an electrical corporation earn a rate of return on its
investments or expenditures made pursuant to the program, subject to a performance metric developed by the
commission that would, at a minimum, require the withholding of those earnings until 60 consecutive months have
elapsed without either the undergrounding project infrastructure causing a deenergization event or a wildfire resulting
from the undergrounding project infrastructure.
Status: 4/29/2022-Set for hea ring May 9.
Client Position:
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AB 1001 (Garcia, Cristina) Environment: mitigation measures for air quality impacts: environmental justice.
(Amended: 3/22/2022)Link
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a
project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that
effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the
environment. This bill would require mitigation measures, identified in an environmental impact report or mitigated
negative declaration to mitigate the adverse effects of a project on air quality of a disadvantaged community, to include
measures for avoiding, minimizing, or otherwise mitigating for the adverse effects on that community. The bill would
require mitigation measures to include measures conducted at the project site that avoid or minimize to less than
significant the adverse effects on the air quality of a disadvantaged community or measures conducted in the affected
disadvantaged community that directly mitigate those effects.
Status: 3/22/2022-From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second
time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Client Position:
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AB 1985 (Rivas, Robert) Organic waste: list: available products. (Introduced: 2/10/2022)Link
Current law requires, no later than January 1, 2018, the State Air Resources Board to approve and begin implementing a
comprehensive short-lived climate pollutant strategy to achieve a reduction in statewide emissions of methane by 40%,
hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40%, and anthropogenic black carbon by 50% below 2013 levels by 2030. Current law
requires the methane emissions reduction goals to include a 50% reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of
organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020 and a 75% reduction by 2025. Current law requires the Department of
Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations to achieve these organic
waste reduction goals, including a requirement intended to meet the goal that not less than 20% of edible food that is
currently disposed of be recovered for human consumption by 2025. This bill would require the department to compile
and maintain on its internet website a list, organized by ZIP Code, of information regarding persons or entities that
produce and have available in the state organic waste products and update the list at least every 6 months.
Status: 4/27 /2022-ln committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
Client Position:
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AB 2142 (Gabriell Income taxes: exclusion: turf replacement water conservation program. (Amended: 4/6/2022)Link
Current law provides an exclusion from gross income for any amount received as a rebate or voucher from a local water
or energy agency or supplier for the purchase or installation of a water conservation water closet; energy efficient
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clothes washers, and plumbing devices, as specified. This bill would, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1,
2022, and before January 1, 2027, under the Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law, provide an
exclusion from gross income for any amount received as a rebate, voucher, or other financial incentive issued by a public
water system, as defined, local government, or state agency for participation in a turf replacement water conservation
program.
Status: 4/7 /2022-Re-referred to Com . on REV. & TAX.
Client Position:
Notes:
AB 2160 (Bennett) Coastal resources: coastal development permits: fees. (Amended: 3/29/2022)Link
The California Coastal Act of 1976 provides for the certification of local coastal programs by the California Coastal
Commission. The act prohibits the commission, except as provided, from exercising its-coastal development permit
review authority, as specified, over any new development within the area to which the certified local coastal program,
or any portion thereof, applies. Current law requires a local government, if it has been delegated authority to issue
coastal development permits, to recover any costs incurred from fees charged to individual permit applicants. Current
law authorizes the local government to elect to not levy fees, as provided. This bill would, at the request of an applicant,
as defined, for a coastal development permit, authorize a city or county to waive or reduce the permit fee for specified
projects. The bill would authorize the applicant, if a city or county rejects a fee waiver or fee reduction request, to
submit the coastal development permit application directly to the commission.
Status: 4/28/2022-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Client Position:
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AB 2593 (Boerner Horvath) Coastal resources: coastal development permits: blue carbon projects: new development:
greenhouse gas emissions. (Amended: 4/18/2022)Link
The California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, requires anyone wishing to perform or undertake any
development in the coastal zone, except as specified, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any
local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit from the
California Coastal Commission, as provided. This bill would require the commission to require an applicant with a project
that impacts coastal wetland, intertidal, or marine habitats or ecosystems seeking a coastal development permit to
mitigate greenhouse gas emissions by building or contributing to a blue carbon project, as defined.
Status: 5/2/2022-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 11.)
Client Position:
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SB 45 (Portantino) Short-lived climate pollutants: organic waste reduction goals: local jurisdiction assistance.
(Amended: 1/3/2022)Link
Current law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the State Air Resources
Board, to adopt regulations to achieve the organic waste reduction goals established by the state board for 2020 and
2025, as provided. Current law requires the department, no later than July 1, 2020, and in consultation with the state
board, to analyze the progress that the waste sector, state government, and local governments have made in achieving
these organic waste reduction goals. This bill would require the department, in consultation with the state board, to
provide assistance to local jurisdictions, including, but not limited to, any funding appropriated by the Legislature in the
annual Budget Act, for purposes of assisting local agencies to comply with these provisions, including any regulations
adopted by the department.
Status: 1/24/2022-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time.
Held at Desk.
Client Position:
Notes:
SB 54 (Allen) Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act. (Amended: 2/25/2021)Link
Would establish the Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act, which would prohibit producers of single-use,
disposable packaging or single-use, disposable food service ware products from offering for sale, selling, distributing, or
importing in or into the state such packaging or products that are manufactured on or after January 1, 2032, unless they
are recyclable or compostable.
Status: 1/24/2022-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 7.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time.
Held at Desk.
Client Position: Support
Notes:
SB 867 (Laird) Sea level rise planning: database. (Introduced: 1/24/2022)Link
Current law requires the Natural Resources Agency, in collaboration with the Ocean Protection Council, to create,
update biannually, and post on an internet website a Planning for Sea Level Rise Database describing steps being taken
throughout the state to prepare for, and adapt to, sea level rise. Current law further requires that various public
agencies and private entities provide to the agency, on a biannual basis, sea level rise planning information, as defined,
that is under the control or jurisdiction of the public agencies or private entities, and requires the agency to determine
the information necessary for inclusion in the database, as prescribed. Current law repeals these provisions on January
1, 2023.This bill would extend the sunset date for the above provisions until January 1, 2028.
Status: 4/21/2022-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time.
Held at Desk.
Client Position:
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AB 2387 (Garcia, Eduardo) Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparation, Flood Protection, Extreme
Heat Mitigation, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2022. (Amended: 3/21/2022)Link
Would enact the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparation, Flood Protection, Extreme Heat
Mitigation, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2022, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the
issuance of bonds in the amount of $7,430,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance
projects for safe drinking water, wildfire prevention, drought preparation, flood protection, extreme heat mitigation,
and workforce development programs.
Status: 4/26/2022-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 25). Re-referred to
Com. on APPR.
Client Position:
Notes:
Government Operations and Economic Development
AB 1672 (Boerner Horvath) Public swimming pools: lifeguards. (Amended: 4/21/2022)Link
Would authorize a local public agency that is certified by the United States Lifesaving Association to use qualified
lifeguard personnel, as defined, to provide lifeguard services at a public swimming pool if certain requirements are met.
Status: 5/2/2022-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0.)
Client Position: Sponsor
Notes:
AB 2164 (Lee) Disability access: funding. (Amended: 3/23/2022}Link
The federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the California Building Standards Code require that specified
buildings, structures, and facilities be accessible to, and usable by, persons with disabilities. Current law establishes a
Disability Access and Education Revolving Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, within the Division of the State
Architect for purposes of increasing disability access and compliance with construction-related accessibility
requirements and developing educational resources for businesses to facilitate compliance with federal and state
disability laws, as specified. This bill would expand the purpose of the fund to include providing financial assistance to
small businesses, as defined, for construction of physical accessibility improvements.
Status: 4/6/2022-ln committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
Client Position:
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AB 2932 (Low) Workweek: hours and overtime. (Amended: 3/24/2022)Link
Would require that work in excess of 32 hours in a workweek be compensated at the rate of no less than 11/2 times the
employee regular rate of pay. The bill would require the compensation rate of pay at 32 hours to reflect the previous
compensation rate of pay at 40 hours and would prohibit an employer from reducing an employee regular rate of pay as
a result of this reduced hourly workweek requirement. The bill would exempt an employer with no more than 500
employees from the above provisions. By expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local
program
Status: 4/29/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(S). (Last location was L. & E. on 3/24/2022)
Client Position:
Notes: Bill will not move forward
SB 1044 (Durazo) Employers: state of emergency or emergency condition: retaliation. (Amended: 3/23/2022)Link
Would prohibit an employer, in the event of a state of emergency or an emergency condition, as defined, from taking or
threatening adverse action against any employee for refusing to report to, or leaving, a workplace within the affected
area because the employee feels unsafe. The bill would also prohibit an employer from preventing any employee from
accessing the employee mobile device or other communications device for seeking emergency assistance, assessing the
safety of the situation, or communicating a person to confirm their safety. The bill would require an employee to notify
the employer of the state of emergency or emergency condition requiring the employee to leave or refuse to report to
the workplace, as specified. The bill would clarify that these provisions are not intended to apply when an official state
of emergency remains in place but emergency conditions that pose an imminent and ongoing risk of harm to the
workplace, the worker, or the worker home have ceased.
Status: 4/4/2022-April 4 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Client Position:
Notes:
SB 1088 (Bradford) Public employment: law enforcement labor relations. (Amended: 3/16/2022)Link
The Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act grants a variety of employment rights and protections to public
safety officers, as defined, including with respect to investigations, interrogations, and disciplinary procedures. This bill
would prohibit a procedural violation of the act deemed to be without substantive effect, as specified, from being the
basis for reversing or modifying discipline of a public safety officer.
Status: 4/29/2022-Set for hearing May 9.
Client Position:
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AB 2211 (Ting) Shelter crisis: homeless shelters. (Amended: S/2/2022)Link
Upon declaration of a shelter crisis, current law, among other things, suspends certain state and local laws, regulations,
and ordinances, including those prescribing standards of housing, health, or safety to the extent that strict compliance
would in any way prevent, hinder, or delay the mitigation of the effects of the shelter crisis. 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, and provides that homeless shelters constructed or allowed
pursuant to these shelter crisis declarations are not subject to specified laws, including the Special Occupancy Parks Act.
Current law defines a homeless shelter as a facility with overnight sleeping accommodations, the primary purpose of
which is to provide temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness that is not in existence after the declared
shelter crisis. Current law provides that a temporary homeless shelter community may include supportive and self-
sufficiency development services and that a homeless shelter includes a parking lot owned or leased by a city, county, or
city and county specifically identified as one allowed for safe parking by homeless and unstably housed individuals.
Current law repeals these provisions as of January 1, 2026. This bill would extend the repeal date of these provisions to
January 1, 2030.
Status: 5/2/2022-Read second time and amended.
Client Position:
Notes:
AB 2325 (Rivas, Luz) Coordinated homelessness response: Office of the lnteragency Council on Homelessness.
(Amended: 4/25/2022)Link
Current law requires the Governor to establish the California lnteragency Council on Homelessness, formerly known as
the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council, and to appoint specified members of that coordinating council.
Current law requires agencies and departments administering state programs created on or after July 1, 2017, to
collaborate with the council to adopt guidelines and regulations to incorporate core components of Housing First, as
defined. Current law establishes the goals ofthe council, which include identifying mainstream resources, benefits, and
services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California. Current law requires that the coordinating
council be under the direction of an executive director, who is under the direction of the Business, Consumer Services,
and Housing Agency, and staffed by employees of that agency. This bill would place the California lnteragency Council on
Homelessness under the jurisdiction of the Office of the lnteragency Council on Homelessness, which the bill would
establish within the Governor office, under the control of a director, on or before September 30, 2023.
Status: 4/26/2022-Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Client Position:
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AB 2339 (Bloom) Housing element: emergency shelters: regional housing need. (Amended: S/2/2022)Link
The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term
general plan for the physical development of the county or city that includes a housing element. Current law requires
that the housing element identify adequate sites for housing, including rental housing, factory-built housing,
mobilehomes, and emergency shelters, and make adequate provision for the existing and projected needs of all
economic segments of a community. Current law also requires that the housing element include an analysis of potential
and actual governmental constraints upon the maintenance, improvement, or development of housing for all income
levels. This bill would revise the requirements of the housing element, as described above, in connection with 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. The bill would delete language regarding emergency shelter
standards structured in relation to residential and commercial developments and instead require that emergency
shelters only be subject to specified written, objective standards.
Status: 5/2/2022-Read seco nd time and amended.
Client Position:
Notes:
AB 2631 (O'Donnell) Government Claims Act. (Introduced: 2/18/2022)Link
The Government Claims Act establishes the liability and immunity of a public entity for its acts or omissions that cause
harm to persons. This bill would provide that a public entity is liable for injury relating to the effects of that public entity
homelessness policies on another public entity.
Status: 3/10/2022-Referred to Corns. on L. GOV. and JUD.
Client Position:
Notes:
SB 513 (Hertzberg) Homeless shelters grants: pets and veterinary services. (Amended: 1/3/2022)Link
Current law establishes the California Emergency Solutions and Housing Program, under the administration of the
Department of Housing and Community Development and requires the department to, among other things, provide
rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services to ensure housing affordability to people who are
experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness. This bill would require the department, subject to an
appropriation in the annual Budget Act, to develop and administer a program to award grants to qualified homeless
shelters, as described, for the provision of shelter, food, and basic veterinary services for pets owned by people
experiencing homelessness.
Status: 1/24/2022-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time.
Held at Desk.
Client Position: Support
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SB 847 (Hurtado) COVID-19 relief: tenancy: grant program. (Amended: 4/28/2022)Link
The COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act, until October 1, 2025, establishes procedural requirements and limitations on evictions
for nonpayment of rent due to COVID-19 rental debt, as defined. Current law, among other things, prohibits a tenant
that delivers to a landlord or files with the court a declaration, under penalty of perjury, of COVID-19-related financial
distress, as defined, from being deemed in default with regard to the COVID-19 rental debt, as prescribed. This bill
would, until January 1, 2025, create a grant program under the administration of the department and would req uire the
department to, among other things, award a program grant, as defined, to a qualified applicant who submits a complete
application, as defined, on a first-come, first-served basis, except that the bill would require the program to provide
gra nts to all tier one applicants, as defined, before processing the applications of other applicants, as specified. The bill
would define qualified applicant to mean a landlord who satisfies certain criteria, including that the landlord has applied
for rental assistance funds pursuant to the State Rental Assistance Program and either received a negative final decision,
as specified, or the landlord has been notified that an application to the State Rental Assistance Program was submitted,
as specified, but 20 days have passed without a final decision being rendered.
Status: 4/28/2022-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Client Position:
Notes:
SB 1282 (Bates) Opioid Master Settlement Agreement. (Amended: 4/18/2022)Link
Would establish the California Opioid Settlement Fund in the State Treasury and would require the total amount of the
state share of funds received pursuant to the Master Settlement Agreement, defined to mean the National Opioid
Settlement agreement announced on February 25, 2022, by the Attorney General of the State of California between
California and other states and the leading United States opioid product manufacturers, to be deposited in the fund. The
bill would require distribution offunds from the fund to be made by annual appropriation of the Legislature consistent
with the requirements of this bill, to the extent permissible under the terms of the Master Settlement Agreement,
including a requirement that at least 60% of the funds appropriated be used to provide addiction-related services for
people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless and priority shall be given to certain activities, including,
among others, creating new, or expanding existing, substance use disorder treatment facilities.
Status: 4/29/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last location was JUD. on 4/18/2022)
Client Position: Watch
Notes: Bill will not move forward
Housing, Land Use and Planning
AB 500 (Ward) Local planning: coastal development: streamlined permitting. (Amended: 8/31/2021)Link
The Coastal Act generally requires each local government lying, in whole or in part, within the coastal zone to prepare a
local coastal program for that portion of the coastal zone within its jurisdiction. Ths bill would require a loca l
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government lying, in whole or in part, within the coastal zone that has a certified land use plan or a fully certified local
coastal program to adopt, by January 1, 2024, an amendment to that plan or program, as applicable, specifying
streamlined permitting procedures in nonhazardous zones for the approval of (1) accessory dwelling units or junior
accessory dwelling units, consistent with specified requirements relating to the rental of those units (2) projects in w hich
a specified percentage of the units will be affordable to lower income households or designated for supportive housing,
as those terms are defined, and (3) Low Barrier Navigation Centers, as defined. The bill would require that the
amendment be submitted to, and processed and approved by, the commission consistent with the above-described
requirements for the amendment of a loca l coastal program.
Status: 9/10/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(15). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/9/2021)(May be
acted upon Jan 2022)
Client Position: Oppose
Notes:
AB 916 (Salas) Zoning: accessory dwelling units: bedroom addition. (Amended: 1/3/2022)Link
The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes the legislative body of any county or city to adopt ordinances that regulate the
use of buildings, structures, and land as between industry, business, residences, open space, and other purposes.This bill
would prohibit a city or county legislative body from adopting or enforcing an ordinance requiring a public hearing as a
condition of adding space for additional bedrooms or reconfiguring existing space to in crease the bedroom co unt within
an existing house, condominium, apartment, or dwelling. The bill would include findings that ensuring adequate housing
is a matter of statewide conce rn and is not a municipal affair, and that the provision applies to all cities, including
charter cities. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Status: 1/27 /2022-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for
assignment.
Client Position:
Notes:
AB 1445 (Levine) Planning and zoning: regional housing need allocation: climate change impacts.
(Amended: 1/3/2022)Link
Would, commencing January 1, 2025, require that a council of governments, a delegate subregion, or the Department of
Housing and Community Development, as applicable, additionally consider among these factors emergency evacuation
route capacity, wildfire risk, sea level rise, and other impact s caused by climate change.
Status: 2/1/2022-ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Client Position:
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AB 1748 (Seyartol Exempt surplus land: regional housing need. (Amended: 4/6/2022llink
Current law prescribes requirements for the disposal of surplus land by a local agency. Current law provides that an
agency is not required to follow the requirements for disposal of surplus land for exempt surplus land, except as
provided. Current law categorizes as exempt surplus land, surplus land that a local agency is transferring to another
local, state, or federal agency for the agency use. This bill would add to the definition of exempt surplus land, surplus
land that is zoned for a density of up to 30 residential units, if residential properties within a radius of 500 feet of the site
are zoned to have an allowable density of fewer than 30 dwelling units per acre and the most recent annual progress
report, as described, submitted by the city or county that owns the surplus land shows that the total number of low-
income and very low income housing units built within the city or county meets or exceeds proportionate annual
progress toward the number of those housing units needed to meet the city or county share of regional housing need
for the 6th cycle of its housing element, as described.
Status: 4/27/2022-ln committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage.
Client Position:
Notes:
AB 2011 (Wicks) Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022. (Amended: 4/18/2022)Link
The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a multifamily housing
development that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process and not subject to a conditional use permit if
the development satisfies specified objective planning standards. This bill would make certain housing developments
that meet specified affordability and site criteria and objective development standards a use by right within a zone
where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use, and would subject these development projects to one of
2 streamlined, ministerial review processes. The bill would require a development proponent for a housing development
project approved pursuant to the streamlined, ministerial review process to require, in contracts with construction
contractors, that certain wage and labor standards will be met, including that all construction workers shall be paid at
least the general prevailing rate of wages, as specified. The bill would require a development proponent to certify to the
local government that those standards will be met in project construction.
Status: 4/28/2022-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 27). Re-referred to
Com. on RLS.
Client Position:
Notes:
AB 2053 (Lee) The Social Housing Act. (Amended: 4/6/2022)link
Would enact the Social Housing Act and would create the California Housing Authority, as an independent state body,
the mission of which would be to produce and acquire social housing developments for the purpose of eliminating the
gap between housing production and regional housing needs assessment targets, as specified. The bill would prescribe a
definition of social housing that would describe, in addition to housing owned by the authority, housing owned by other
entities, as specified, provided that all social housing developed by the authority would be owned by the authority. The
bill would prescribe the composition of the California Housing Authority Board, which would govern the authority, and
would be composed of appointed members and members who are elected by residents of social housing developments,
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as specified. The bill would prescribe the powers and duties of the authority and the board. The bill would provide that
the authority is bound to revenue neutrality, as defined, and would require the authority to recover the cost of
development and operations over the life of its properties through the mechanism of rent cross-subsidization, as
defined.
Status: 4/21/2022-Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April
20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Client Position:
Notes:
AB 2063 (Berman) Density bonuses: affordable housing impact fees. (Amended: 4/21/2022)Link
Current law prohibits affordable housing impact fees, including inclusionary zoning fees and in-lieu fees, from being
imposed on a housing development affordable units. This bill would prohibit affordable housing impact fees, including
inclusionary zoning fees and in-lieu fees, from being imposed on a housing development density bonus units, unless the
city, county, or city and county has adopted a local density bonus ordinance or established a local housing program on or
before January 1, 2022, that allows for a density bonus of at least 50% for any for-sale or rental housing development
containing restricted affordable units that dedicates a specified percentage of units for extremely low, very low, low-, or
moderate-income households. By imposing new restrictions on the ability of a local government to impose affordable
housing impact fees, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Status: 4/25/2022-Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Client Position:
Notes:
AB 2094 (Rivas, Robert) General plan: annual report: extremely low-income housing. (Introduced: 2/14/2022)Link
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. Current law requires the planning agency of a city or
county to provide an annual report to certain specified entities by April 1 of each year that includes, among other
information, the city or county progress in meeting its share of regional housing needs and local efforts to remove
governmental constraints to the maintenance, improvement, and development of housing, as specified. This bill would
additionally require a city or county annual report to include the locality progress in meeting the housing needs of
extremely low income households, as specified.
Status: 4/20/2022-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to
Com. on APPR.
Client Position:
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AB 2097 (Friedman) Residential and commercial development: remodeling, renovations, and additions: parking
requirements. (Introduced: 2/14/2022)Link
Would prohibit a public agency from imposing a minimum automobile parking requirement, or enforcing a minimum
automobile parking requirement, on residential, commercial, or other development if the development is located on a
parcel that is within one-half mile of public transit, as defined. When a project provides parking voluntarily, the bill
would authorize a public agency to impose specified requirements on the voluntary parking. The bill would prohibit
these provisions from reducing, eliminating, or precluding the enforcement of any requirement imposed on a new
multifamily or nonresidential development to provide electric vehicle supply equipment installed parking spaces or
parking spaces that are accessible to persons with disabilities. The bill would exem pt certai n commercial parking
requirements from these provisions if the requirements of the bill conflict with an existing contractual agreement of the
public agency that was executed before January 1, 2023.
Status: 4/28/2022-Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR . (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April
27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Client Position: Oppose
Notes: SG: 4/27/2022 -Letter of Opposition submitted through portal
AB 2234 (Rivas, Robert) Planning and zoning: housing: postentitlement phase permits. (Amended: S/2/2022)Link
The Housing Accountability Act, among other things, prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or co nditioning
approval in a manner that renders infeasible, specified housing development projects, including projects for very low,
low, or moderate-income households and projects for emergency shelters, that comply with applicable, objective
general plan, zoning, and subdivision standards and criteria in effect at the time the application for the project is
deemed complete, unless the local agency makes specified written findings supported by a preponderance of the
evidence in the record. The act authorizes a project applicant, a person who would be eligible to apply for residency in
the housing development or emergency shelter, or a housing organization to bring a lawsuit to enforce its provisions.
This bill would require a loca l agency to compile a list of information needed to approve or deny a postentitlement
phase permit, as defined, to post an example of an ideal application and an example of an ideal complete set of
postentitlement phase permits for the most common housing development projects in the jurisd iction, and to make
those items available to all applicants for these permits no later than January 1, 2024. The bill would define local agency
for these purposes to mean a city, county, or city and county. No later than January 1, 2024, except as specified, the bill
would require a local agency to require permits to be applied for, completed, and stored through a process on its
internet website, and to accept applications and related documentation by electronic mail until that internet website is
established.
Status: 5/2/2022-Read second time and amended.
Client Position:
Notes:
AB 2328 (Flora) Local ordinances: home experience sharing. (Introduced: 2/16/2022)Link
Current law defines "hosting platform" as a marketplace that is created for the primary purpose of facilitating the rental
of a residential unit, as specified. This bill would prohibit a city or county from prohibiting or effectively prohibiting the
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use of property as a home experience sharing unit. The bill would define "home experience sharing unit" as a privately
owned, noncommercial property or residential dwelling unit that is rented partially for a fee for a period of fewer than
18 continuous hours and that does not provide sleeping accommodations to transients. The bill would authorize a city or
county to reasonably regulate home experience sharing units to protect the public health and safety, as specified. This
bill contains other related provisions.
Status: 4/27 /2022-ln committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Client Position:
Notes: Bill will not move forward
AB 2357 (Ting) Surplus land. (Amended: 4/5/2022)Link
Current law prescribes requirements for the disposal of surplus land by a local agency, as defined, and requires, except
as provided, a loca l agency disposing of surplus land to comply with certain notice requirements before disposing of the
land or participating in negotiations to dispose of the land with a prospective transferee, particularly that the local
agency send a notice of availability to specified entities that have notified the Department of Housing and Community
Development of their interest in surplus land, as specified. Under current law, if the local agency receives a notice of
interest, the local agency is required to engage in good faith negotiations with the entity desiring to purchase or lease
the surplus land. This bill would also require the department to maintain on its internet website a listing of all entities,
including housing sponsors, that have notified the department of their interest in su rplus land for the purpose of
developing low-and moderate-income housing.
Status: 4/28/2022-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 27). Re-referred to
Com. on APPR.
Client Position:
Notes:
AB 2428 (Ramos) Mitigation Fee Act: fees for improvements: timeline for expenditure. (Introduced: 2/17/2022)Link
The Mitigation Fee Act, requires a local agency that establishes, increases, or imposes a fee as a condition of approval of
a development project to, among other things, determine a reasonable relationship between the fee use and the type of
development project on which the fee is imposed. The Mitigation Fee Act also imposes additional requirements for fees
imposed to provide for an improvement to be constructed to serve a development project, or which is a fee for public
improvements, as specified, including that the fees be deposited in a separate capital facilities account or fund. This bill
would require a loca l agency that requires a qualified applicant, as described, to deposit fees for improvements, as
described, into an escrow account as a condition for receiving a conditional use permit or equivalent development
permit to expend the fees within 5 years of the deposit.
Status: 4/29/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(S). (Last location was L. GOV. on 3/3/2022)
Client Position:
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AB 2656 (Ting) Housing Accountability Act: disapprovals: California Environmental Quality Act.
(Amended: 4/18/2022)Link
The Housing Accountability Act, prohibits a local agency from disapproving a housing development project, as described,
unless it makes certain written findings based on a preponderance of the evidence in the record. The act defines
disapprove the housing development project as including any instance in which a local agency either votes and
disapproves a proposed housing development project application, including any required land use approvals or
entitlements necessary for the issuance of a building permit, or fails to comply with specified time periods. The
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and
certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that the lead agency proposes to carry out or
approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if the lead agency finds
that the project will not have that effect. This bill would define disapprove the housing development project as also
including any instance in which a local agency denies a project an exemption from CEQA for which it is eligible, as
described, or requires further environmental study to adopt a negative declaration or addendum for the project or to
certify an environmental impact report for the project when there is a legally sufficient basis in the record before the
local agency to adopt a negative declaration or addendum or to certify an environmental impact report without further
study.
Status: 4/26/2022-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 25). Re-referred to
Com. on APPR.
Client Position:
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SB 897 (Wieckowski) Accessory dwelling units: junior accessory dwelling units. (Amended: 4/18/2022)Link
The Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes a local agency, by ordinance or ministerial approval, to provide for the creation
of accessory dwelling units in areas zoned for residential use, as specified. Current law authorizes a local agency to
impose standards on accessory dwelling units that include, but are not limited to, parking, height, setback, landscape,
architectural review, and maximum size of a unit. This bill would require that the standards imposed on accessory
dwelling units be objective. For purposes of this requirement, the bill would define objective sta ndard as a standard that
involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and is uniformly verifiable, as specified.
Status: 4/25/2022-April 25 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Client Position: Oppose
Notes: SG -Draft letter of opposition sent 3/17 /22 Testified in Senate Housing 3/17 /22 Testified in Senate Governance
and Finance 4/7 /22 Draft letter reflecting amended language sent 4/18/22 Letter submitted through portal 4/27 /22
SB 1032 (Becker) Public Utilities Commission: electrical transmission grid development and expansion: study.
(Amended: 4/28/2022)Link
Under current law, it is the policy of the state that eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources
supply 100% of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers and 100% of electricity procured to serve all
state agencies by December 31, 2045. Current law requires the Public Utilities Commission to submit various reports to
the Legislature. This bill would require the commission, on or before January 1, 2024, to submit to the Governor and the
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Legislature a study identifying proposals to accelerate the development of, and reduce the cost to ratepayers of
expanding, the state electrical transmission grid as necessary to achieve the state goals, and meet the state
requirements, to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases, as specified.
Status: 5/2/2022-Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Client Position:
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SB 1105 (Hueso) San Diego Regional Equitable and Environmentally Friendly Affordable Housing Finance Agency.
(Amended: 4/25/2022)Link
The San Francisco Bay Area Regional Housing Finance Act establishes the Bay Area Housing Finance Agency to raise,
administer, and allocate funding for affordable housing in the San Francisco Bay area, as defined, and provide technical
assistance at a regional level for tenant protection, affordable housing preservation, and new affordable housing
production. This bill, the San Diego Regional Equitable and Environmentally Friendly Housing Act, would establish the
San Diego Regional Equitable and Environmentally Friendly Affordable Housing Agency and would state that the agency
purpose is to increase the supply of equitable and environmentally friendly housing in the County of San Diego by
providing for significantly enhanced funding and technical assistance across the regional level for equitable and
environmentally friendly housing projects and programs, equitable housing preservation, and rental protection
programs, as specified.
Status: 4/29/2022-Set for hearing May 9.
Client Position: Oppose
Notes: Subcommittee make the motion to oppose the bill. RPPG drafting letter of opposiiton
Mental Health
SB 1338 (Umberg) Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program.
(Amended: 4/7 /2022)Link
The Lanterman-Petris-Short Act provides for short-term and longer-term involuntary treatment and co nservatorships for
people who are determined to be gravely disabled. This bill would enact the Community Assistance, Recovery, and
Empowerment (CARE) Act, which would authorize specified people to petition a civil court to create a CARE plan and
implement services, to be provided by county behavioral health agencies, to provide behavioral health care, stabilization
medication, and housing support to adults who are suffering from schizophrenia spectrum and psychotic disorders and
who lack medical decision making capacity. The bill would specify the process by which the petition is filed and
reviewed, including requiring the petition to be signed under penalty of perjury, and to contain specified information,
including the acts that support the petitioner belief that the respondent meets the CARE criterion.
Status: 4/29/2022-Set for hearing May 9.
Client Position: Support
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The Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November
2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the Mental Health Services Fund (MHSF), a continuously appropriated
fund, to fund various county mental health programs, including children mental health care, adult and older adult
mental health care, prevention and early intervention programs, and innovative programs. This bill would require the
California Health and Human Services Agency, by July 1, 2025, to establish the California MHSA Outcomes and
Accountability Review (MHSA-OAR), consisting of performance indicators, county se lf-assessments, and county MHSA
improvement plans, to facilitate a local accountability system that fosters continuous quality improvement in co unty
programs funded by the MHSA and in the collection and dissemination by the agency of best practices in service
delivery. The bill would require the agency to convene a workgroup, as specified, to establish a workplan by which the
MHSA-OAR shall be conducted, including a process for qualitative peer reviews of counties MHSA services and uniform
elements for the county MHSA system improvement plans.
Status: 5/2/2022-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Client Position:
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AB 1682 (Boerner Horvath) Vessels: public safety activities. (Amended: 2/28/2022)Link
Current law generally regulates the operation of vessels and associated equipment used, to be used, or carried in vessels
used on waters subject to the jurisdiction of the state. Current law provides specified exemptions to the above-
described provision, including for a vessel whose owner is a state or subdivision thereof, that is used principally for
governmental purposes, and which is clearly identifiable as such. This bill would define subdivision thereof or subdivision
of the state to include cities and counties.
Status: 3/17 /2022-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for
assignment.
Client Position: Sponsor
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AB 2062 (Salas) Local law enforcement hiring grants. (Introduced: 2/14/2022)Link
Would, upon appropriation of funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act and until January 1, 2029, require the
Board of State and Community Corrections to establish a grant program to provide $50,000,000 in grants to local law
enforcement agencies to incentivize peace officers to work in local law enforcement agencies that are in underserved
communities and to live in the communities that they are serving. The bill would require grant funds to be used to
provide a 5-year supplement to peace officer salaries in local law enforcement agencies that are in underserved
communities that have had a homicide rate higher than the state average for the past 5 years or more and where the
peace officer lives within 5 miles of the office in which they work. The bill would require local law enforcement agencies
that receive grants to report specified information to the board annually and would require the board to report to the
Legislature and the Governor office on the efficacy of the program, as prescribed, on or before July 1, 2028.
Status: 4/27 /2022-ln committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
Client Position:
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AB 2294 {Jones-Sawyer) Diversion for repeat retail theft crimes. (Amended: 4/18/2022)Link
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Current law requires a peace officer to release a person who has been arrested for a misdemeanor after securing that
person promise to appear, as specified, unless certain conditions are met for nonrelease, including, among others, there
is reason to believe that the person would not appear as required or there was a reaso nable likelihood that the offense
or offenses for which the person was arrested would continue or resume. This bill, until January 1, 2026, would include
in the reasons for non release that the person has been cited, arrested, or convicted for misdemeanor or felony theft
from a store in the previous 6 months and that there is probable cause to believe that the person arrested is guilty of
committing organized retail theft.
Status: 4/20/2022-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 19). Re-referred to
Com. on APPR.
Client Position:
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AB 2644 (Holden) Juveniles: custodial interrogation. (Amended: 4/7/2022)Link
Current law requires that a youth 17 years of age or younger consult with legal counsel in person, by telephone, or by
video conference prior to a custodial interrogation and before waiving any of the above-specified rights. This bill would
prohibit law enforcement officers from employing threats, physical harm, deception, or psychologically manipulative
interrogation tactics, as specified, during an interrogation of a youth 25 years of age or younger.
Status: 4/27 /2022-ln committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
Client Position: Watch
Notes: 5/2/22 -SG: SD County public safety delegation will be sending a letter of opposition.
AB 2715 (Gray) Organized retail theft. (Introduced: 2/18/2022)Link
Current law, until January 1, 2026, makes it a misdemeanor to commit organized retail theft. Current law defines
organized retail theft to include, among other acts, acting as an agent of another individual or group of individuals to
steal merchandise from one or more merchant premises or online marketplaces as part of an organized plan to commit
theft. Under current law, acts of organized retail theft that are committed on 2 or more separate occasions within a 12-
month period and that have an aggregate value that exceeds $950 are punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony. This bill
would remove the requirement that the person acting in concert with one or more person to steal merchandise from
one or more merchant premises or on line marketplace have the intent to sell, exchange, or return the merchandise for
value.
Status: 4/29/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last location was PUB. S. on 3/10/2022)
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SB 1000 (Becker) Law enforcement agencies: radio communications. (Amended: 3/16/2022)Link
Current law establishes the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) to make specified criminal
justice databases, including individual criminal histories, wanted and missing persons, and stolen firearms, vehicles, and
property, available to participating law enforcement agencies. Current law prohibits unauthorized access to CLETS and
the unlawful use of CLETS information by authorized users. Current law authorizes the Attorney General to adopt
policies, procedures, and practices related to the use of CLETS. These rules require a participating agency to restrict
access to CLETS and define access as the ability to see or hear any information obtained from CLETS. This bill would
require a law enforcement agency, including the California Highway Patrol, municipal police departments, county sheriff
departments, specified local law enforcement agencies, and specified university and college police departments, to
ensure public access to the radio communications of that agency, as specified.
Status: 4/29/2022-Set for hearing May 9.
Client Position:
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SB 1038 (Bradford) Law enforcement: facial recognition and other biometric surveillance. (Introduced: 2/15/2022)Link
Current law, until January 1, 2023, prohibits a law enforcement agency or law enforcement officer from installing,
activating, or using any biometric surveillance system in connection with an officer camera or data collected by an
officer camera. Current law allows a person to bring an action for equitable or declaratory relief against a law
enforcement agency or officer who violates this prohibition. This bill would extend these provisions indefinitely.
Status: 3/16/2022-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Client Position:
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SB 1464 (Pan) Law enforcement: public health orders. (Amended: 4/18/2022)Link
Current law requires all sheriffs to execute all lawful orders of a department in their counties. Cu rrent law authorizes
each sheriff to enforce all orders of the State Department of Public Health or of the local health officer issued for the
purpose of preventing the spread of any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease. Current law authorizes each
peace officer of every political subdivision of the county to enforce within the area subject to their jurisdiction all orders
of the State Department of Public Health or of the local health officer issued for the purpose of preventing the spread of
any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease. This bill would instead require those sheriffs and peace officers to
enforce those orders. By expanding the duties of local law enforcement, this bill would create a state-mandated local
program.
Status: 4/29/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(S). (Last location was HEALTH on 3/9/2022)
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AB 411 {Irwin) Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2022. {Amended: 1/24/2022)Link
Existing law, the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014 (the 2014 bond act), authorizes the
issuance of bonds in the amount of $600,000,000, as specified, for expenditure by the California Housing Finance
Agency, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide
housing to veterans and their families pursuant to the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014
(VHHPA).This bill would enact the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2022 to authorize the
issuance of bonds in an amount not to exceed $600,000,000 to provide additional funding for the VHHPA. The bill would
provide for the handling and disposition of the funds in the same manner as the 2014 bond act. This bill contains other
related provisions.
Status: 2/1/2022-ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Client Position:
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AB 1951 {Grayson) Sales and use tax: exemptions: manufacturing. {Amended: 4/27 /2022)Link
The Sales and Use Tax Law provides various exemptions from those taxes, including a partial exemption from those
taxes, on and after July 1, 2014, and before July 1, 2030, for the gross receipts from the sale of, and the storage, use, or
other consumption of, qualified tangible personal property purchased by a qualified person for purchases not exceeding
$200,000,000, for use primarily in manufacturing, processing, refining, fabricating, or recycling of tangible personal
property, as specified; qualified tangible personal property purchased for use by a qualified person to be used primarily
in research and development, as provided; qualified tangible personal property purchased for use by a qualified person
to be used primarily to maintain, repair, measure, or test any qualified tangible personal property, as provided; and
qualified tangible personal property purchased by a contractor purchasing that property for use in the performance of a
construction contract for the qualified person, that will use that property as an integral part of specified processes.
Current law, on and after January 1, 2018, and before July 1, 2030, additionally exempts from those taxes the sale of,
and the storage, use, or other consumption of, qualified tangible personal property purchased for use by a qualified
person to be used primarily in the generation or production, as defined, or storage and distribution, as defined, of
electric power. This bill would, on and after January 1, 2023, and before January 1, 2028, eliminate the limitation of
$200,000,000 in purchases by a qualified person, and would make this a full exemption. The bill would repeal these
provisions on January 1, 2028, and would revert to the above-described partial exemption on that date.
Status: 4/28/2022-Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
Client Position:
Notes: 03/03/22 DH: Sent detailed breakdown of bills implications to client for review. No further direction provided.
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AB 1622 (Chen) Smog check program: catalytic converter theft. (Introduced: 1/10/2022)Link
Existing law establishes a motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program, commonly known as the smog check
program, that is administered and enforced by the Department of Consumer Affairs. The smog check program requires
inspection of motor vehicles upon initial registration, biennially upon renewal of registration, upon transfer of
ownership, and in certain other circumstances. Among other things, the smog check program requires the department
to provide a licensed smog check station with a sign informing customers about options when their vehicle fails a
biennial smog check inspection. Existing law requires the sign to be posted conspicuously, as provided, and requires the
sign in all licensed smog check stations. Existing regulations implement this requirement. A person who violates these
laws, including any order, rule, or regulation of the department adopted pursuant to these laws, is guilty of a
misdemeanor.This bill would require the department to provide a licensed smog check station with a sign informing
customers about strategies for deterring catalytic converter theft, including the etching of identifying information on the
catalytic converter. The bill would require the sign to be posted conspicuously in an area frequented by customers and
would require it in all licensed smog check stations. The bill would also authorize stations where licensed smog check
technician repairs are performed to offer and recommend to customers the etching as an optional service provided in
conjunction with the smog check. Because the department would adopt regulations implementing the new
requirements and a violation of these regulations would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Status: 4/29/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(S). (Last location was TRANS. on 1/10/2022)
Client Position: Watch
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AB 1717 (Aguiar-Curry) Public works: definition. (Introduced: 1/27/2022)link
Current law requires that, except as specified, not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, determined
by the Director of Industrial Relations, be paid to workers employed on public works projects. Current law defines the
term "public works" for purposes of requirements regarding the payment of prevailing wages to include construction,
alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for using public funds, except as
specified. Current law makes a willful violation of laws relating to the payment of prevailing wages on public works a
misdemeanor. This bill would expand the definition of "public works" to include fuel reduction work paid for in whole or
in part out of public funds performed as part of a fire mitigation project, as specified.
Status: 4/27 /2022-ln committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
Client Position:
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AB 1740 (Muratsuchi) Catalytic converters. (Introduced: 1/31/2022)link
Current law requires a core recycler, as defined, who accepts a catalytic converter for recycling to maintain a written
record of specified information regarding the transaction, including the item type and quantity, amount paid for the
catalytic converter, and identification number, if any, and the vehicle identification number, for not less than 2 years.
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Current law makes it a crime to violate these requirements. This bill would additionally require a core recycler to
maintain a written record of the year, make, and model of the vehicle from which the catalytic converter was removed.
Status: 4/28/2022-Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
Client Position:
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AB 1778 (Garcia, Cristina) State transportation funding: freeway projects: poverty and pollution: Department of
Transportation. (Amended: 3/24/2022)Link
Current law authorizes the Department of Transportation to do any act necessary, convenient, or proper for the
construction, improvement, maintenance, or use of all highways that are under its jurisdiction, possess ion, or control.
Current law requires the department to prepare and submit to the Governor a proposed budget, as provided. This bill
would require the department to consult the California Healthy Places Index, as defined, as a condition of using state
funds or personnel time to fund or permit freeway projects, as provided. The bill would require the department to
analyze housing and environmental variables through the index, as provided, and would prohibit any state funds or
personnel time from being used to fund or permit freeway projects in areas that fall within the zero to 50th percentile
on the housing and environmental variables analyzed through the index, as provided.
Status: 4/19/2022-Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April
18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Client Position: Watch
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AB 1833 (Ward) San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board: North County Transit District: consolidated
agency: public contracting. (Amended: 4/27 /2022)Link
The Mills-Deddeh Transit Development Act establishes the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board, also
known as the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System, with specified powers and duties related to the operation of
public transit services in a portion of the County of San Diego. Current law requires the board, North County Transit
District, and conso lidated agency to follow specified procedures when contracting for certain services, the acquisition or
lease of materials, supplies, or equipment, architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land
surveying, or co nstruction project management services. Existing law requires those entities to follow different
procedures when the amount of the contract exceeds specified thresholds. This bill would increase those thresholds
from $100,000, or $50,000 in certain instances, to $150,000, and would make other clarifying changes, as specified.
Status: 5/2/2022-Assembly Rule 96 suspended. Withdrawn from committee. Ordered to second reading.
Client Position: Watch
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AB 1946 (Boerner Horvath) Electric Bicycles: Safety and Training Program (Amended 3/11/22) Link
This bill directs the California Highway Patrol {CHP), in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, to develop, by
September 1, 2023, statewide safety standards and training programs for users of electric bicycles (e-bikes). The bill
directs the CHP to post the safety standards and training programs on it internet website by September 1, 2023.
Status: 5/2/22 -In Senate. To Committee on Rules for assignment.
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AB 2237 (Friedman) Transportation planning: regional transportation improvement plan: sustainable communities
strategies: climate goals. (Amended: 4/18/2022)Link
Current law requires certain transportation planning agencies to prepare and adopt regional transportation plans
directed at achieving a coordinated and balanced regional transportation system. Current law requires each regional
transportation plan to also include a sustainable communities strategy prepared by each metropolitan planning
organization. Current law requires the Strategic Growth Council, by January 31, 2022, to submit a report to the relevant
policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature that includes, among other things, an overview of those sustainable
communities strategies, an assessment of how implementation of those sustainable communities strategies will
influence the configuration of the statewide integrated multimodal transportation system, and a review of the potential
impacts and opportunities for coordination of specified funding programs, including the Affordable Housing and
Sustainable Communities Program. This bill would require the council, in consultation with the State Air Resources
Board, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Transportation Agency, to convene a task
force to review the roles and responsibilities of metropolitan planning organizations and to define sustainable
community.
Status: 4/26/2022-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 25). Re-referred to
Com. on APPR.
Client Position:
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AB 2367 (Ward) Regional transportation plans: implementation authority: San Diego Association of Governments.
(Amended: 4/27 /2022)Link
Current law requires each regional transportation plan to also include a sustainable communities strategy prepared by
each metropolitan planning organization. Existing law provides for the consolidation of certain regional transportation
planning, programming, and related functions in the County of San Diego from various agencies. Current law provides
for the consolidated agency, commonly known as the San Diego Association of Governments (SAN DAG), to be governed
by a 21-member board of directors, each of whom is selected by the governing body of a city in the county or the San
Diego County Board of Supervisors, as specified. Current law authorizes SAN DAG to exercise specified rights and powers
including, among other things, adopting a regional transportation plan and issuing bonds, as provided. This bill would
explicitly authorize SAN DAG to implement every component of the regional transportation plan and to seek resources
and funding for projects identified in the sustainable communities strategy, as provided. The bill would also authorize
SAN DAG to exercise its bonding authority to implement the regional transportation plan, as provided.
Status: 5/2/2022-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. {Ayes 70. Noes 0.)
Client Position: Watch
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AB 2953 (Salas) Department of Transportation and local agencies: streets and highways: recycled materials.
(Amended: 3/17/2022)Link
Would require the Department of Transportation and a local agency that has jurisdiction over a street or highway, to the
extent feasible and cost effective, to use advanced technologies and material recycling techniques that reduce the cost
of maintaining and rehabilitating streets and highways and that exhibit reduced levels of greenhouse gas emissions
through material choice and construction method. The bill would require, beginning January 1, 2024, a local agency that
has jurisdiction over a street or highway, to the extent feasible and cost effective, to apply standard specifications that
allow for the use of recycled materials in streets and highways, as specified. The bill would exempt cities and counties
whose revenues do not exceed specified thresholds from these requirements. By increasing the duties of local agencies,
this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Status: 4/19/2022-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. {Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to
Com. on APPR.
Client Position:
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SB 922 (Wiener) California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: transportation-related projects.
(Amended: 4/4/2022llink
CEQA, until January 1, 2030, exempts from its requirements bicycle transportation plans for an urbanized area for
restriping of streets and highways, bicycle parking and storage, signal timing to improve street and highway intersection
operations, and related signage for bicycles, pedestrians, and vehicles under certain conditions. This bill would specify
that the requirement that the bicycle transportation plan is for an urbanized area or urban cluster, as designated by the
United States Census Bureau. The bill would extend the exemption to an active transportation plan or pedestrian plan in
an urbanized area or urban cluster. The bill would define active transportation plan and pedestrian plan. The bill would
specify that individual projects that are a part of an active transportation plan or pedestrian plan remain subject to the
requirements of CEQA unless those projects are exempt by another provision of law.
Status: 4/19/2022-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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SB 932 (Portantino) General plans: circulation element: bicycle and pedestrian plans and traffic calming plans.
(Amended: 3/23/2022)Link
Current law states the Legislature intention that a county or city general plan and the elements and parts of that general
plan tom prise an integrated, internally consistent and compatible statement of policies for the adopting agency. This bill
would emphasize the intent of the Legislature to fight climate change with these provisions.
Status: 4/26/2022-VOTE: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
(PASS)
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AB 2635 (Levine) Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006: public, educational, and government
access channels. (Amended: 3/11/2022)Link
The Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006 provides that the holder of a state franchise is not a public
utility as a result of providing video services and does not provide the Public Utilities Commission with authority to
regulate the rates, terms, and conditions of video service, except as explicitly set forth in the act. The act requires a
holder of a state franchise to designate a sufficient amount of capacity on its network for public, educational, and
governmental access (PEG) channels, as specified. The act requires that the PEG signal be receivable by all subscribers,
without the need for any equipment other than the equipment necessary to receive the lowest cost tier of service, and
that PEG access capacity is of similar quality and functionality to that offered by commercial channels on the lowest cost
tier of service, as specified. This bill would instead require that the PEG signal be receivable by all subscribers, without
the need for any equipment different from that equipment necessary to receive the highest quality broadcast television
channels, and that PEG access capacity is of similar quality and functionality to that offered by commercial channels, as
specified.
Status: 5/2/2022-Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 18. Noes 18.). Motion to reconsider made by Assembly
Member Levine.
Client Position:
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SB 612 (Portantinol Electrical corporations and other load-serving entities: allocation of legacy resources.
(Amended: 5/20/2021)Link
Would require an electrical corporation, by July 1, 2022, and not less than once every 3 years thereafter, to offer an
allocation of certain electrical resources to its bundled customers and to other load-serving entities, including electric
service providers and community choice aggregators, that serve departing load customers who bear cost responsibility
for those resources. The bill would authorize a load-serving entity within the service territory of the electrical
corporation to elect to receive all or a portion of the vintaged proportional share of those legacy resources allocated to
its end-use customers and, if it so elects, would require it to pay to the electrical corporation the commission-
established market price benchmark for the vintage proportional share of the resources received.
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Status: 7 /14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(ll). (Last location was U. & E. on 6/10/2021)(May be acted
upon Jan 2022)
Client Position: Support
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AB 2106 (Rivas, Robert) Water quality: permits. (Amended: 3/15/2022)Link
The State Water Resources Control Board and the 9 California regional wat er quality control boards regulate water
quality and prescribe waste discharge requirements in accordance with the federal national pollutant discharge
elimination system (NPDES) permit program established by the federal Clean Water Act and the Porter-Cologne Water
Quality Control Act. Current law requires each regional board to formulate and adopt water quality control plans for all
areas within the region, as provided. This bill would require, on or before December 31, 2024, the state board to
modernize its Stormwater Multiple Application and Report Tracking System (SMARTS) database through specified
actions.
Status: 3/23/2022-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (March 22). Re-referred to
Com. on APPR.
Client Position:
Notes:
SB 1157 (Hertzberg) Urban water use objectives: indoor residential water use. {Introduced: 2/17/2022)Link
Current law requires the Department of Water Resources, in coordination with the State Water Resources Control
Board, and including collaboration with and input from stakeholders, to conduct necessary studies and investigations
and authorizes the department and the board to jointly recommend to the Legislature a standard for indoor residential
water use. Current law, until January 1, 2025, establishes 55 gallons per capita daily as the standard for indoor
residential water use. Existing law establishes, beginning January 1, 2025, the greater of 52.5 gallons per capita daily or a
standard recommended by the department and the board as the standard for indoor residential water use, and
beginning January 1, 2030, establishes the greater of SO gallons per capita daily or a standard recommended by the
department and the board as the standard for indoor residential water use. This bill would eliminate the option of using
the greater of 52.5 gallons per capita daily and the greater of 50 gallons per capita daily, as applicable, or a standard
recommended by the department and the board as the standard for indoor residential water use.
Status: 4/21/2022-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 9.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time.
Held at Desk.
Client Position: Oppose Unless Amended
Notes:
City of Carlsbad Legislative Subcommittee
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May 10, 2022
Legislative Calendar
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Early May—Governor will present “May Revision” of his FY22-23 budget
proposal.
May 27—House of origin deadline last day for bills introduced in 22’ to
advance to the opposite house.
June 30 -FY22-23 Budget Must be signed by the Governor.
July 1-July 31—Legislative Summer Recess
August 1-31—Last month of the two-year legislative session
September 30—Last day for Governor to sign or veto legislation
AB 1672 –Lifeguard Certification Equivalency
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Introduced on January 20, AB 1672 by Assemblymember Tasha Boerner Horvath will allow for lifeguard certification by the United State’s Lifesaving Association (USLA) be permitted to work as lifeguards at city operated swimming pools.
•Bill was amended on March 7 to address concerns raised by USLA.
•RPPG continues to meet with committee members, consultants and stakeholders.
•Amended on Assembly Floor.
AB 1682 –Water Vessels Speed Limit Exemption
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Introduced on January 24, AB 1682 is joint authored by Assemblymember Tasha Boerner Horvath and Assemblymember Chris Ward. This bill will exempt City water vessels from the current 5 mile per hour speed limit requirement.
City of San Diego is a co-sponsor.
Next Steps: •Meet with committee members and consultants in the Senate.•Continue to build support coalition and meet with stakeholders.•Bill was on consent in the Assembly. •In Senate Rules Committee awaiting referral.
2022/2023 Budget Requests
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2022/2023 State Budget: Funding Requests
Ahead of the May Revise, it is estimated tax revenues will be $65 billion higher than forecasted in January. Key budget asks for local agencies include:
$500 million for New Housing and Economic Development Program•Would encourage State-Local Partnerships to make significant investments in:•Affordable Housing
•Public Infrastructure
•Economic Development
$933.5 million for Unfunded State Mandates•Over $933 million is owed to local governments for state mandated local programs.
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Bills of Interest
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2022 Legislation: Mental Health
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SB 1338 (Umberg) CARE Court
CARE Court connects a person struggling with untreated mental illness with a court-ordered Care
Plan for up to 24 months. Each plan is managed by a care team in the community and can
include clinically prescribed, individualized interventions with several supportive services,
medication, and a housing plan. The client-centered approach also includes a public defender
and supporter to help make self-directed care decisions in addition to their full clinical team, as
well as opportunities for early engagement and settlement agreements for treatment plans.
The Governor’s May Revision to the Budget will include costs for the new Care Court process,
including judges and appointed counsel.
Status: Assembly AppropriationsCity Position: Support
2022 Legislation: Mental Health
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SB 965 (Eggman) Conservatorships: Medical Record: Hearsay Rule
This bill creates,in a proceeding under the LPS Act,an exception to the rule against hearsay that
allows an expert witness to rely on the out-of-court statements of medical professionals who have
treated the person who is the subject of the conservatorship petition.Status:Senate Floor
SB 1227 (Eggman) Involuntary Commitment: Intensive Treatment
This bill would authorize an additional 30-day period of treatment if the patient is still in need of
intensive treatment and the certification for the additional 30-day treatment period has begun. The
bill also would make changes to the evaluation requirements for determining whether the patient is
likely to qualify for appointment of a conservator.
Status: Senate Appropriations
2022 Legislation: Housing and Land Use
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SB 1105 (Hueso) San Diego Regional Equitable and Environmentlally Friendly Affordable Housing
Finance Agency (SD REEF)
This bill would create and a new regional authority that covers all of San Diego County and the
cities in the County.
•Creates the governance structure:
•One appointee and alternate appointed by the Mayor of San Diego
•One appointee and alternate appointed by the Board of Supervisors
•On member and alternate from the SANDAG east county,north county coastal,
north county inland and the south county subregions.
•Governing Board would be authorized to:
•Place revenue measures on the ballot,incur dept,hire staff and apply for grants,
among others
•Establishes how funding will be expended.
•50%would go to SD Reef
•50%would go to eligible jurisdictions
Status: Senate Appropriations
2022 Legislation: Housing and Land Use
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AB 2011 (Wicks) The Affordable Housing and High Road Job Act of 2022
This bill would create a ministerial streamlined approval process for 100% affordable housing in
commercially-zoned areas and for mixed-income housing along commercial corridors.
•Ensures certain wage and labor standards will be met including being paid at least
prevailing wage.
•For projects of 50 or more units, contractors must either participate in a state approved
apprenticeship program or request workers from such a program and provide health
benefits.
•Enforcement mechanisms will be instilled to ensure payroll and benefit requirements are
being met.
•There is a potential for a reduction in sales tax revenue and TOT from the loss of
commercial properties.
Status: Passed Assembly Housing 4/27; Re-referred to Rules Committee
2022 Legislation: Transportation
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AB 2953 (Salas)Streets and Highways:Recycled Materials
This bill would require Caltrans and local agencies that have jurisdiction over a street or
highway to use to the extent possible recycled materials.Status:Assembly Appropriations
SB 922 (Wiener)CEQA:Exemptions:Transportation Related Projects.
In 2020 Governor Newsom signed into law,SB 288 (Wiener),temporarily exempting from CEQA
certain clean transportation projects that have benefits to the environment and communities.
Under current law,these CEQA exemptions sunset on January 1,2023.This bill would eliminate
the sunset date and streamline CEQA with statutory exemptions on transit and active
transportation projects.
Status:Senate Floor
2022 Legislation: Climate Resiliency
AB 1789 (Bennett) Outdoor recreation: California Recreational Trails System Plan: California Trails Commission: Trails Corps Program: grant program
This bill creates the California Trails Commission establishes the Trails Corps Program within the California Conservation Corps and appropriates funding for competitive grants to specified entities to provide nonmotorized infrastructure development and enhancements.Status: Assembly Appropriations Committee
AB 2160 (Bennett) Coastal resources: coastal development permits: fees
This bill amends the California Coastal Act to authorize a city or county, at the request of an applicant for a coastal development permit, to waive or reduce the permit fee for specified projects.Status: Assembly Floor
AB 2346 (Gabriel) Outdoor recreation: Outdoors for All Program
Establishes the Outdoors for All Program at the California Natural Resources Agency and creates the Californians Outside Program to provide grants for outdoor access and education purposes.Status: Assembly Appropriations Committee
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2022 Legislation: Brown Act
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AB 1944 (Lee)Local government: open and public meetingsThis bill was amended 4/18 to: •State that if an official is participating from a public place, that the official must publicize their address and make it available to the public in accordance with current law. •States that there is an exemption from posting an official’s physical location if the official is participating from a private location. •Specifies that in exchange for the use of hybrid meetings, the local jurisdiction shall provide two-way teleconferencing for members of the public. •This bill would sunset in 2030.Status:Assembly Floor
AB 2294 Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences This bill would authorize a local agency to use teleconferencing without complying with thosespecifiedteleconferencingrequirementsifatleastaquorumofthemembersofthelegislativebodyparticipatesinpersonfromasingularlocationclearlyidentifiedontheagendathatisopentothepublicandsituatedwithinthelocalagency’s jurisdiction.Status: Assembly Floor
2022 Legislation: Elections
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AB 1416 (Santiago) Elections: Ballot LabelThis bill would require a statewide ballot measure include a list of supporters and opponents. This bill would permit a local ballot measure to include a list of support and opposition for the measure.Status:Senate Elections Committee
SB 1131 (Newman) Safe and Home Program: Election Workers and Reproduction Health Care ProvidersCurrent law establishes an address confidentiality program for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or elder or dependent adult abuse, commonly known as the Safe at Home program. This bill would create a similar program for election workers.Status: Senate Appropriations Committee
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