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Staff Report
Meeting Date: Dec. 13, 2022
To: Legislative Subcommittee
From: Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director
Staff Contact:
Subject:
District:
Jason Haber, jason.haber@carlsbadca.gov
Legislative and Advocacy Update
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Recommended Action
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 and the priority legislation being tracked on behalf of the city (Exhibit 1).
Next Steps
Staff and RPPG will monitor, evaluate, and engage the Legislative Subcommittee in a discussion of
legislative activity and proposed measures that may impact city operations and policy priorities
during the Special Legislative Session and throughout the upcoming 2023/2024 Legislative Session.
Public Notification
Public notice of this item was posted in keeping with the Ralph M. Brown Act and was available for
public viewing and review at least 72 hours before the scheduled meeting date.
Exhibits
1. Legislative Monthly Report
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December 7, 2022
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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 (RPPG)
Re: Legislative Monthly Report
STATE LEGISLATIVE DEADLINES
• December 5 -Organizational Session
• January 1 -New laws take effect
• January 10 -Governor presents his January Budget Proposal
• February 17 -Last Day to introduce bills
Exhibit 1
Monday, December 5, 2022 California lawmakers returned to Sacramento to swear in new
members, elect leaders for the Assembly and Senate, and -in an unusual start to the regular
business of organizational session, which is when our state representatives come to the Capitol to
quite literally organize themselves and open the desk for bill introductions-immediately declare a
special legislative session to consider the Governor's "windfall tax" proposal on big oil.
California's 2023/2024 Legislature is Precedential
Approximately one third of the Legislature is composed of new members as a result of new district
boundaries and open seats. This presents an opportunity for RPPG to work closely with you to
enhance your visibility in Sacramento to educate new lawmakers on policy priorities of significance
to your organization and to local government operations. Many key committee assignments have
vacancies that will be filled by the new lawmakers, which will provide an opening for education of
these new members and a chance to establish and solidify working relationships to set the stage for
the years to come.
This year's 2022 Legislature is also the first ever to so closely proportionally represent the State's
population:
• For the first time in history, the percentage of LGBTQ+ lawmakers is a proportional match to
the population, with at least 10% representation (12 out of 120 seats are filled by LGBTQ+
members, with one hotly contested race still in play that could bump that number to 13),
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• A record number of women were elected to the Legislature, with at least 49 of 120
representatives now females and potentially 51 depending how the two too-close -to-be-
called races shake out,
• Nearly one third of the Legislature is Latino, a record for California
With so many new lawmakers and more diversity than ever, it will be interesting to see how the
newly varied perspectives brought to Sacramento impact policy discussions and if those
perspectives are mirrored by Legislative Leadership. These demographic changes can be expected
to continue to evolve in coming election cycles as 12-year legislative term limits enacted in 2012
continue to come into play, which should result in no less than 24 seats to turn over in 2024, and
another 20 seats in 2026 and again in 2028.
Attached is a roster of the incoming Assembly and Senate 2022 new member class (Attachment A).
New Leadership Codified
As voted on by the Democratic Caucus last month and previously reported out by RPPG, Monday
the Assembly made the transition in leadership official by declaring in HR 1 current Speaker
Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood, as the Speaker of the Assembly until June 30, 2023, and Assembly
member Robert Rivas, 0-Salinas, the Speaker-designate elected as the Speaker of the Assembly to
be sworn in on June 30, 2023.
In the Senate, Senator Toni G. Atkins, 0-San Diego, was re-elected President pro Tempore.
However, there was a changing of the guard on the Senate Republican side as Sen. Scott Wilk, R-
Santa Clarita, was replaced as Senate Republican leader by Sen. Brian Jones, R-Santee, who will take
over the role as of Jan. 1, 2023.
The Desk is Open: First bills of the 2023-24 Legislative Session Introduced
As a first order of business, each house officially opened the desk -which means members are able
to introduce bills. While there will be many, many more introduced prior to the February 17, 2023,
bill introduction deadline, the bills that are the first out the gate for lawmakers often provide a
foreshadowing of legislative priorities for the year.
In the Assembly 56 regular session bills and 2 special session bills were introduced. On the Senate
side, there were similarly 53 regular session bills and 2 special session bills. Of the 113 bills total
introduced the first day of session predictably at least a third 1/3 of them lack substantive language
and are "spot bills" with the remainder being mostly light on details.
Overarching themes noted include addressing homelessness, continued focus on affordable
housing, addressing exorbitant prices at the gas pump, firearms restrictions, climate resiliency and
water storage, electrical vehicle conversion/greenhouse gas emission reduction and stabilizing the
state's energy grid, and com batting the opioid epidemic and proliferation of fentanyl in
communities.
Attached is a bill report organized by issue area of those measures introduced that RPPG has flagged
as potentially important to local government (Attachment B).
Special Legislative Session Declared -Governor Newsom Presents Price Gouging Penalty Proposal
Governor Gavin Newsom and Senator Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, the Senate Budget Chair, unveiled
a proposed price gouging penalty on oil companies' excess profits after the Governor declared a
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special legislative session to address the exorbitant prices Californians are paying at the gas pump.
The language of the proposed price gouging penalty can be found here:
https:ijleginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill id=202320241SB2. In response,
Assembly and Senate Republicans have introduced measures in the special session that address
suspending the Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax. The language in the Governor's proposal is not fully vetted
and he said he would spend the next 30 days working with leadership and lawmakers to continue to
discuss the approach. The bills must sit in print for 30 days before they may be acted upon; the
Legislature officially reconvenes and opens for session on January 4, 2023.
As always, if you, your team, or the City Council have any questions on any of the developments
from this week or the legislation attached, please reach out: the RPPG team stands ready to assist.
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Attachment A
2022 INCOMING CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
Dawn Addis (D-30)
CI'IY COUNCILMEMBER / TEACHER
Juan C.1nillo (D-39)
COUNCILMBMBER,
CITY OF PALMDALE
Diane DL'l:on (R-72)
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
Dec. 13,2022
Juan Alanis (D-22)
STANISIAUS SHERIFF SERGEANT
Damon Connolly (D-12)
COUNlY SUPERVISOR
Bill .t:.<;sayli (R-63)
A11'0RNEY / BUSINESS OWNER
Jasmeet Bains (0-35)
FAMILY DOCTOR/ PHYSICIAN
Dian Papan (D-21)
SAN MATEO DEPU"IY MAYOR
Item #2
Gregg Hart(D-37)
SANTA BARBARA
COUNIY SUPERVISOR
Page 5 of 21
D-47
Race Too Close to Call as of
December 8, 2022
Official results due December
16,2022
Christy Holstege (D)
Greg Wallis (R) -leading by
69 votes
Jo h Lowenthal (D-69)
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER
Blanca P1tcheco (D-64)
DOWNEY MAYOR.
BUSINESSWOMAN
Dec. 13,2022
Jooh Hoover (D-7)
Board Member, Folsom Cordova
Unified School District
Stephanie Nguyen (D-10)
COUNCILMEMBER,
NONPROFrf DIRECTOR
Joe P.itterson (R-5)
ClTY COUNCIL.MAN,
B!JSINESSMAN
Corey Jackson (D-60)
RIVERSIDE COUNIY BOARD OF
EDUCATION MEMBER
Liz Ortega (D-20)
LABOR COUNCIL EXEClITIVE
Gail Pellerin (D-28)
RE11RED C.OUNIY CLERK
Item #2 Page 6 of 21
TriTa(R-70)
MAYOR/ BUSlNESSOWNER
Dec. 13,2022
Pilar Schiavo (D-40)
NURSES ORGANIZER
Avelino Valencia (D-68) Rick ChnvezZbur (D-51)
COUNCILMEMBER, CIVtl.RIGH1 ATIORNEY
A SEMBLYMEMl3ER'S DEPU1Y
Item #2 Page 7 of 21
2022 INCOMING CALIFORNIA STATE SENATORS
Marie Alvarado-Gil (D-4)
PUBLICSCHOOLADMINlSTRATOR
Caroline Menjivnr (D-20)
ON-PROflT PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Steve Padilla (D-18)
CHULA VISTA crJY
COUNClLMEMBER.
COMMJSSIONER
D-16
Race Too Close to Call as of
December 8, 2022
Official results due
December 16,2022
Melissa Hurtado (D) -
leading by 12 votes
David Shepard (R) Dec. 13, 2022
Angelique Ashby(D-
8) SACRAMENTO
CITY COUNCIL
MEMBER
Janet Nguyen (R-36)
CA.AS EMBLYMEMBER,
BUSINF.SS OWNER
Kelly Seya1to (R-32)
CA STATEASSEMBLYMEMBER
Aisha Wahnb (D-10)
HAYWARDC11Y
COUNCIL MEMBER
Catherine Blakespear (D-38)
ENCINITAS MAYOR
Roger Niello (R-6)
SMAll.. BUSINESSMAN
Lola Smallwood-Cueva (D-28)
EOUC'ATO.R,
COMMUN11Y ORGANIZER
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Introduced Legislation as of December 5, 2022:
Measures of Interest to Local Government
Cannabis
SB 51 (Bradford D) Cannabis provisional licenses: local equity applicants.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Attachment B
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The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), an initiative measure under existing
law, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use
cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances. AUMA authorizes legislative
amendment of its provisions with a 2/3 vote of both houses, without submission to the voters, to
further its purposes and intent. This bill would additionally authorize the Department of Cannabis
Control, in its sole discretion, to issue a provisional license for a local equity applicant for retailer
activities, indefinitely, if the applicant meets specified requirements. This bill would authorize the
department, in its sole discretion, to renew a provisional license until it issues or denies the provisional
licensee's annual license, subject to specified requirements, or until 5 years from the date the
provisional license was issued, whichever is earlier. By extending provisional licensure, the applications
for which are required to be signed under penalty of perjury, the bill would expand the scope of the
crime of perjury, and would thereby impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws.
Elections, Political Reform and Redistricting
AB 13 (Essayli R) Elections: Election Day holiday: voting by mail.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Current law requires the statewide general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November of each even-numbered year. Current law designates specific days as holidays in
this state. This bill would add the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of any even-
numbered year to the list of state holidays. day, this bill would create a state-mandated local program.
AB 37 (Mia Bonta) Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign funds: security expenses.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
The Political Reform Act of 1974 authorizes a candidate or elected officer to use campaign funds to pay
or reimburse the state for the costs of installing and monitoring a home or office electronic security
system if specified conditions are met. These conditions include that the candidate or elected officer has
received threats to physical safety that have been verified by law enforcement, that no more than
$5,000 in campaign funds be used for this purpose, and that the candidate or elected officer report the
expenditure of campaign funds to the Fair Political Practices Commission. This bill would eliminate those
conditions. The bill would instead authorize a candidate or elected officer to use campaign funds to pay
or reimburse the state for the reasonable costs of installing and monitoring a home or office electronic
security system, and for the reasonable costs of providing personal security to a candidate, elected
officer, or the immediate family and staff of a candidate or elected officer, if those costs are reasonably
related to the candidate or elected officer's status as a candidate or elected officer.
SB 24 (Umberg D) Elections: statewide direct primary.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Current law requires the statewide direct primary election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in March in each even-numbered year that is evenly divisible by four. Current law requires the
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presidential primary election to be consolidated with this statewide direct primary election and to be
held on the same date. This bill would change the date of the presidential primary and consolidated
statewide direct primary described above to an unspecified date.
Energy
AB 2 (Ward D) Recycling: solar photovoltaic modules.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would create a
convenient, safe, and environmentally sound system for the end-of-life management of photovoltaic
modules, minimization of hazardous waste, and recovery of commercially valuable materials.
AB 3 (Zbur D) Offshore wind energy.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
This bill would state the intent ofthe Legislature to enact future legislation to accelerate the approval,
implementation, and operation of offshore wind energy projects necessary to meet California's climate
action goals and the transition to a clean energy economy, clarify the authority of California
governmental agencies related to the analysis and selection offeasible alternatives for seawater ports
and transmission infrastructure improvements required to construct wind energy projects along the
California coast, and specify criteria for the analysis and selection of port and transmission alternatives
related to offshore wind energy projects to ensure the protection of the environment and sensitive
habitats and robust community participation and comment, to keep the maximum number of jobs
related to the construction of offshore wind energy projects in California, and to achieve environmental
justice goals.
AB SO (Wood D) Energy demand: communication.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Current law requires the Energy Commission, in consultation with specified state and federal agencies
and at least every 2 years, to conduct assessments and forecasts of all aspects of energy industry supply,
production, transportation, delivery and distribution, demand, and prices. This bill would express the
intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to improve consistent communication between
the Energy Commission, Independent System Operator, Public Utilities Commission, and investor-owned
utilities to ensure that the state is timely meeting energy demand.
SB 38 (Laird D) Battery storage facilities: safety systems.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation to address the need for
better safety systems at battery storage facilities.
Environmental and Climate
AB 9 (Muratsuchi D) California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: emissions limit.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the
state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. Under
the act, the state board is required to approve a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to
the statewide greenhouse gas emissions level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020 and to ensure that
statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by no later than
December 31, 2030. Under the act, a violation of a rule, regulation, order, emission limitation, emission
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reduction measure, or other measure adopted by the state board under the act is a crime. This bill
instead would require the state board to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced
to at least 55% below the 1990 level by no later than December 31, 2030.
AB 30 (Ward D) Atmospheric Rivers: Research, Mitigation, and Climate Forecasting Program.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Current law establishes the Atmospheric Rivers: Research, Mitigation, and Climate Forecasting Program
in the Department of Water Resources. Current law requires the department, upon an appropriation for
purposes of the program, to research climate forecasting and the causes and impacts that climate
change has on atmospheric rivers, to operate reservoirs in a manner that improves flood protection, and
to reoperate flood control and water storage facilities to capture water generated by atmospheric rivers.
This bill would rename that program the Atmospheric Rivers Research and Forecast Improvement
Program: Enabling Climate Adaptation Through Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations and Hazard
Resiliency (AR/Fl RO) Program . The bill would require the department to research, develop, and
implement new observations, prediction models, novel forecasting methods, and tailored decision
support systems to improve predictions of atmospheric rivers and their impacts on water supply,
flooding, post-wildfire debris flows, and environmental conditions.
AB 45 (Boerner Horvath D) Coastal resources: coastal development permits: blue carbon
demonstration projects: new development: greenhouse gas emissions.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
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
authorize the commission to authorize blue carbon demonstration projects, as defined, in order to
demonstrate and quantify the carbon sequestration potential of these projects to help inform the
state's natural and working lands and climate resilience strategies. The bill would, among other things,
authorize the commission to require an applicant with a project that impacts coastal wetland, subtidal,
intertidal, or marine habitats or ecosystems to build or contribute to a blue carbon demonstration
project.
SB 12 (Stern D) California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: emissions limit.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Under the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, the State Air Resources Board is required to
approve a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas
emissions level in 1990 to be ach ieved by 2020 and to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions
are reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by no later than December 31, 2030. Under the act, a
violation of a rule, regulation, order, emission limitation, emission reduction measure, or other measure
adopted by the state board under the act is a crime. This bill instead would require the state board to
ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emiss ions are reduced to at least 55% below the 1990 level by no
later than December 31, 2030.
SB 48 (Becker D) Building performance standards.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Existing law authorizes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to
prescribe, by regulation, energy efficiency standards, including appliance efficiency standards, to reduce
the wasteful, uneconomic, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy, including to reduce
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emissions of greenhouse gases associated with electricity generation and the timing of an appliance's
use, as specified.This bill would provide that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent
legislation to create building performance standards for improvements in energy efficiency and
reductions in the emissions of greenhouse gases in large buildings, including measures to ensure that
making the necessary investments to improve these buildings will improve equity and avoid
displacement or increased energy burdens, especially in disadvantaged communities.
SB 49 (Becker D) Tax incentives: solar canopies.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to provide tax incentives for the
construction of solar canopies over large parking lots to boost the local generation of clean electricity in
urban and suburban areas, as specified.
SB 7 (Blakespear D) Homelessness.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Homelessness and Mental Health
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation regarding homelessness and the
regional housing needs allocation.
SB 43 (Eggman D) Behavioral health.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to modernize and improve
California's behavioral health system.
SB 31 (Jones R) Encampments: sensitive areas: penalties.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Under current law, a person who lodges in a public or private place without permission is guilty of
disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. Current law also provides that a person who willfully and
maliciously obstructs the free movement of any person on any street, sidewalk, or other public place is
guilty of a misdemeanor. Under existing law, a public nuisance is anything that is injurious to health, or
is indecent or offensive to the senses, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or
property by an entire community, neighborhood, or considerable number of persons. Current law
provides various remedies against a public nuisance, including abatement by any public body or officer
authorized by law. This bill would prohibit a person from sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing, using,
maintaining, or placing personal property upon any street, sidewalk, or other public right-of-way within
1000 feet of a sensitive area, as defined. The bill would specify that a violation of this prohibition is a
public nuisance that can be abated and prevented, as provided.
SB 35 (Umberg D) Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
The Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act, effective January 1, 2023,
authorizes specified adult persons to petition a civil court to create a voluntary CARE agreement or a
court-ordered CARE plan and implement services, to be provided by county behavioral health agencies,
to provide behavioral health care, including stabilization medication, housing, and other enumerated
services, to adults who are currently experiencing a severe mental illness and have a diagnosis identified
in the disorder class schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, and who meet other specified criteria.
Current law authorizes CARE Act proceedings to commence in the county where the respondent resides,
is found, or is facing criminal or civil proceedings. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive
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changes to that provision.
Housing, Land Use and Planning
AB 11 (Jackson D) Affordable California Commission.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Current law declares that the availability of housing is of vital statewide importance. Current law
declares that the provision of housing affordable to low-and moderate-income households requires the
cooperation of all levels of government. Current law declares that housing prices in California have risen
dramatically in all parts of the state in the past decade, while the wealth gap, especially the racial wealth
gap, continues to be a growing problem in California. Existing law establishes various programs for the
development and preservation of affordable housing, including the Affordable Housing Revolving
Development and Acquisition Program and the California Dream for All Program. This bill would create
the Affordable California Commission. The bill would require that the commission be composed of 11
members, including 9 members appointed by the Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the
President pro Tempore of the Senate, as provided, and one member each from the Assembly and the
Senate, who would serve as ex officio nonvoting members, as specified.
AB 22 (Gipson D) Mobilehomes: mobile coaches.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would classify motor
coaches that are parked in a mobilehome park for a period of time that satisfies residency requirements
as mobilehome properties to give mobile coach owners the ability to build home equity. The bill would
state findings and declarations in that regard.
AB 42 (Ramos D) Tiny homes: fire sprinkler requirements.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Current law prohibits a local agency from requiring an accessory dwelling unit to provide fire sprinklers,
if they are not required for the primary residence. This bill would prohibit a local agency from imposing
or enforcing any requirement to provide fire sprinklers for any dwelling with a total floor area of less
than 500 square feet.
AB 49 (Soria D) Affordable housing.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would increase the supply of
affordable housing and reduce homelessness.
ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry D) Local government financing: affordable housing and public infrastructure:
voter approval.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
T-he California Constitution prohibits the ad valorem tax rate on real property from exceeding 1% ofthe
full cash value ofthe property, subject to certain exceptions. This measure would create an additional
exception to the 1% limit that would authorize a city, county, city and county, or special district to levy
an ad valorem tax to service bonded indebtedness incurred to fund the construction, reconstruction,
rehabilitation, or replacement of public infrastructure, affordable housing, or permanent supportive
housing, or the acquisition or lease of real property for those purposes, if the proposition proposing that
tax is approved by 55% of the voters of the city, county, or city and county, as applicable, and the
proposition includes specified accountability requirements. The measure would specify that these
provisions apply to any city, county, city and county, or special district measure imposing an ad valorem
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tax to pay the interest and redemption charges on bonded indebtedness for these purposes that is
submitted at the same election as this measure.
SB 4 (Wiener D) Planning and zoning: housing development: higher education institutions and
religious institutions.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
This bill would require that a housing development project be a use by right upon the request of an
applicant who submits an application for streamlined approval, on any land owned by an independent
institution of higher education or religious institution on or before January 1, 2024, if the development
satisfies specified criteria, including that the development is not adjoined to any site where more than
one-third of the square footage on the site is dedicated to industrial use. The bill would define various
terms for these purposes. Among other things, the bill would require that 100% of the units, exclusive of
manager units, in a housing development project eligible for approval as a use by right under these
provisions be affordable to lower income households, except that 20% of the units may be for
moderate-income households, provided that all of the units are provided at affordable rent, as set in an
amount consistent with the rent limits established by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, or
affordable housing cost, as specified. The bill would authorize the development to include ancillary uses
on the ground floor of the development, as specified.
SB 17 (Caballero D) Senior housing.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would create new
opportunities for the development of affordable senior housing.
SB 20 (Rubio D) Joint powers agreements: regional housing trusts.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
This bill would authorize 2 or more cities, by entering into a joint powers agreement pursuant to the
Joint Exercise of Powers Act, to create a regional housing trust for the purposes of funding housing to
assist the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income
within their jurisdictions. The bill would require a regional housing trust created pursuant to these
provisions to be governed by a board of directors consisting of a minimum of 9 directors, as specified.
The bill would authorize a regional housing trust to fund the planning and construction of housing,
receive public and private financing and funds, and authorize and issue bonds, as specified. The bill
would require the joint powers agreement establishing the regional housing trust to incorporate
specified annual financial reporting and auditing requirements.
SB 34 (Umberg D) Surplus land disposal: violations: Orange County.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Current law prescribes requirements for the disposal of land determined to be surplus land by a local
agency. Those requirements include a requirement that a local agency, prior to disposing of a property
or participating in negotiations to dispose of that property with a prospective transferee, send a written
notice of availability of the property to specified entities, depending on the property's intended use, and
send specified information in regard to the disposal of the parcel of surplus land to the Department of
Housing and Community Development. Current law, among other enforcement provisions, makes a local
agency that disposes of land in violation of these disposal provisions, after receiving notification of
violation from the department, liable for a penalty of 30% of the final sale price of the land sold in
violation for a first violation and 50% for any subsequent violation. Under current law, except as
specified, a local agency has 60 days to cure or correct an alleged violation before an enforcement
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action may be brought. Current law provides for the deposit and use of penalty revenues for housing, as
prescribed. This bill, until January 1, 2030, would require the County of Orange, or any city located
within Orange County, if notified by the department that its planned sale of surplus land is in violation of
existing law, to cure or correct the alleged violation within 60 days, as prescribed.
SB 37 (Caballero D) Tenancy.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
This bill would make findings and declarations relating to senior housing and would state the intent of
the Legislature to subsequently amend this bill to include provisions than would enact meaningful
tenancy reform to ensure that aging adults can remain safely housed.
AB 21 (Gipson D) Peace officers: training.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Public Safety
Current law requires specified categories of law enforcement officers to meet training standards
pursuant to courses of training certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training
(POST). Current law requires POST to require field training officers who are instructors for the field
training program to have at least 8 hours of crisis intervention behavioral health training to better train
new peace officers on how to effectively interact with persons with mental illness or intellectual
disability. This bill would require the commission to revise that training to include instruction on how to
effectively interact with persons with Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
AB 23 (Muratsuchi D) Theft: shoplifting: amount.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
This bill would amend Proposition 47 by reducing the threshold amount for petty theft and shoplifting
from $950 to $400. The bill would provide that it shall become effective only when submitted to, and
approved by, the voters of California.
AB 27 (Ta R) Sentencing: firearms enhancements.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Current law generally authorizes a court to dismiss an action or to strike or dismiss an enhancement in
the furtherance of justice. Current law requires a court to dismiss an enhancement if it is in the
furtherance of justice to do so, except if dismissal of that enhancement is prohibited by any initiative
statute. This bill would also prohibit a court from dismissing a firearms-related enhancement, as
defined.
AB 28 (Gabriel D) Firearms: gun violence protection tax.
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Summary: Current law imposes various taxes, including taxes on the privilege of engaging in certain
activities. The Fee Collection Procedures Law, the violation of which is a crime, provides procedures for
the collection of certain fees and surcharges. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would enact a tax to fund measures to protect against gun violence on firearms and
ammunition.
AB 29 (Gabriel D) Firearms: California Do Not Sell List.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
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Current law makes it a crime to sell or give possession of a firearm to these classes of persons prohibited
from owning a firearm. Current law requires the Department of Justice, upon submission of firearm
purchaser information by a licensed firearm dealer, to examine its records to determine whether a
potential firearm purchaser is prohibited by state of federal law from possessing, receiving, owning, or
purchasing a firearm. Current law requires the department to participate in the National Instant Criminal
Background Check System . This bill would require the Department of Justice to develop and launch a
secure Internet-based platform to allow a person who resides in California to voluntarily add their own
name to the California Do Not Sell List. The bill would require the department to ensure that information
on the list is uploaded and reflected in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. The bill
would make it a crime, punishable as misdemeanor or a felony, to transfer a firearm to a person who is
validly registered on the California Do Not Sell List.
AB 32 (Nguyen) Violent felonies: hate crimes.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Current law classifies certain felonies as violent felonies for purposes of various provisions of the Penal
Code. Current law imposes an additional one-year term for a sexually violent felony and a 3-year term
for a violent felony for each prior separate prison term served for a violent felony. This bill would
additionally define felony hate crimes as a violent felony, as specified. By increasing the punishment for
a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
AB 33 (Bains D) Fentanyl task force.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to a fentanyl task force, in
order to identify and address the fentanyl crisis as part of the opioid epidemic in this state. The bill
would further state the intent of the Legislature that any future appropriation made for the purpose of
implementing the fentanyl task force not exceed an unspecified dollar amount.
AB 36 (Gabriel D) Domestic violence protective orders: possession of a firearm.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Current law prohibits a person subject to a protective order, as defined, from owning, possessing,
purchasing, or receiving a firearm while that protective order is in effect and makes a willful and
knowing violation of a protective order a crime. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation to extend that prohibition for an additional 3 years after the expiration of a protective
order, unless the court finds the person to not be a threat to public safety.
SB 2 (Portantino D} Firearms.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address the United States
Supreme Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen (2022).
AB 40 (Rodriguez D} Emergency medical services.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
The Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act
creates the Emergency Medical Services Authority, which is respor:isible for the coordination of various
state activities concerning emergency medical services. Among other duties, current law requires the
authority to develop planning and implementation guidelines for EMS systems, provide technical
assistance to existing agencies, counties, and cities for the purpose of developing the components of
EMS systems, and receive plans for the implementation of EMS and trauma care systems from local EMS
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agencies. Current law makes a violation of the act or regulations adopted pursuant to the act punishable
as a misdemeanor. This bill would require the authority to develop an electronic signature for use
between the emergency department medical personnel at a receiving facility and the transporting
emergency medical personnel that captures the points in time when the hospital receives notification of
ambulance arrival and when transfer of care is executed for documentation of ambulance patient
offload time, as defined. The bill would require the authority to develop a statewide standard of 20
minutes, 90% of the time, for ambulance patient offload time.
SB 8 (Blakespear D) Firearms.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Current _law authorizes a court to issue a temporary gun violence restraining order prohibiting a person
from possessing a firearm or ammunition if there is reasonable cause to believe that a person poses a
significant danger of harm to themselves or to another person by having a firearm. This bill would state
the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to gun violence prevention.
SB 16 (Smallwood-Cuevas D) Civil rights: discrimination: enforcement.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
The Unruh Civil Rights Act generally prohibits business establishments from discriminating on specified
bases. The California Fair Employment and Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing and
employment on specified bases and provides procedures for enforcement by the Civil Rights
Department. Current law specifies that while it is the intent of the Legislature that the California Fair
Employment and Housing Act occupy the field of regulation of discrimination in employment and
housing, nothing in the act shall be construed to limit or restrict the application of the Unruh Civil Rights
Act. This bill would also specify that nothing in the California Fair Employment and Housing Act shall be
construed to limit or restrict efforts by local entities to enforce state law prohibiting discrimination
against classes of persons covered by the act in employment and housing.
SB 19 (Seyarto R) Anti-Fentanyl Abuse Task Force.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
This bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, establish the Anti-Fentanyl Abuse Task Force to
undertake various duties relating to fentanyl abuse including, among others, collecting and organizing
data on the nature and extent of fentanyl abuse in California and evaluating approaches to increase
public awareness of fentanyl abuse. The bill would require the task force to be chaired by the Attorney
General, or their designee, and would specify the membership of the task force. The bill would require
the first meeting of the task force to take place no later than March 1, 2024, and would require the task
force to meet at least once every 2 months. The bill would require the task force to report its findings
and recommendations to the Attorney General, the Governor, and the Legislature by July 1, 2025. The
bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2026.
SB 50 (Bradford D) Criminal procedure: arrests.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Existing law authorizes a peace officer to make an arrest pursuant to a warrant or without a warrant if,
among other circumstances, the officer has probable cause to believe that the person has committed a
public offense in the officer's presence. Under existing law, it is unlawful to disobey the lawful order,
signal, or direction of a uniformed peace officer performing any duties pursuant to the Vehicle Code or
to refuse to submit to any lawful vehicular inspection authorized by the Vehicle Code.This bill would
state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to limiting a peace officer's authority to
initiate pretextual stops to reduce racial profiling and the harm stemming from such stops. This bill
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contains other existing laws.
Revenue and Taxation
AB 14 (Davies R) Income tax: childcare savings and investment accounts.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law, in conformity with federal income tax law,
generally define "gross income" as income from whatever source derived, except as specifically
excluded. Those laws also provide various exclusions and deductions from gross income, including
exclusions and deductions for specified contributions to health savings accounts and medical savings
accounts, as defined. This bill would state the intention of the Legislature to enact legislation that would
establish similar tax-preferred savings and investment accounts for childcare expenses.
AB 16 (Dixon R) Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Law: adjustment suspension.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
The Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Law, administered by the California Department of Tax and Fee
Administration, imposes a tax upon each gallon of motor vehicle fuel removed from a refinery or
terminal rack in this state, entered into this state, or sold in this state, at a specified rate per gallon.
Existing law requires the department to adjust the tax on July 1 each year by a percentage amount equal
to the increase in the California Consumer Price Index, as calculated by the Department of Finance.
Article XIX of the California Constitution restricts the expenditure of revenues from the Motor Vehicle
Fuel Tax, Diesel Fuel Tax Law, and other taxes imposed by the state on fuels used in motor vehicles upon
public streets and highways to street and highway and certain mass transit purposes. This bill would
authorize the Governor to suspend an adjustment to the motor vehicle fuel tax, as described above,
scheduled on or after July 1, 2024, upon making a determination that increasing the rate would impose
an undue burden on low-income and middle-class families. The bill would require the Governor to notify
the Legislature of an intent to suspend the rate adjustment on or before January 10 of that year, and
would require the Department of Finance to submit to the Legislature a proposal by January 10 that
would maintain the same level of funding for transportation purposes as would have been generated
had the scheduled adjustment not been suspended.
AB 52 (Grayson D) Sales and Use Tax Law: manufacturing equipment: research and development
equipment.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
The Sales and Use Tax Law imposes state taxes on retailers measured by the gross receipts from the sale
of tangible personal property sold at retail in this state, or on the storage, use, or other consumption in
this state of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption
in this state. The Sales and Use Tax Law provides various exemptions from those taxes, including an
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, as
defined, that is, among other things, purchased by a qualified person for purchases for use primarily in
manufacturing, processing, refining, fabricating, or recycling of tangible personal property, as specified,
or purchased for use by a qualified person to be used primarily in research and development. Current
law prohibits the exemption described above from applying with respect to any tax levied by a county,
city, or district pursuant to, or in accordance with, the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax
Law or the Transactions and Use Tax Law, sales and use taxes imposed pursuant to certain provisions of
the Sales and Use Tax Law, and sales and use taxes imposed pursuant to certain provisions of the
California Constitution. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to expand the sales and use
tax exemption for manufacturing and research and development equipment to preserve California's
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status as a hub of innovation and technology and to encourage greater investment in California.
AB 53 (Fong, Vince R) Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Law: suspension of tax.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
This bill would suspend the imposition of the tax on motor vehicle fuels for one year. The bill would
require that all savings realized based on the suspension of the motor vehicle fuels tax by a person other
than an end consumer, as defined, be passed on to the end consumer, and would make the violation of
this requirement an unfair business practice, in violation of unfair competition laws, as provided. The bill
would require a seller of motor vehicle fuels to provide a receipt to a purchaser that indicates the
amount of tax that would have otherwise applied to the transaction.
ABXl 2 (Fong, Vince R) Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Law: suspension of tax.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
This bill would suspend the imposition of the tax on motor vehicle fuels for one year. The bill would
require that all savings realized based on the suspension of the motor vehicle fuels tax by a person other
than an end consumer, as defined, be passed on to the end consumer, and would make the violation of
this requirement an unfair business practice, in violation of unfair competition laws, as provided. The bill
would require a seller of motor vehicle fuels to provide a receipt to a purchaser that indicates the
amount of tax that would have otherwise applied to the transaction.
SB 5 (Nguyen R) Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Law: limitation on adjustment.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
The Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Law, administered by the California Department of Tax and Fee
Administration, imposes a tax upon each gallon of motor vehicle fuel removed from a refinery or
terminal rack in this state, entered into this state, or sold in this state, at a specified rate per gallon.
Current law requires the department to annually adjust the tax imposed by increasing the rates based
on the California Consumer Price Index, as specified. This bill would limit the above-described annual
adjustment to a maximum of 2% for rate adjustments made on or after July 1, 2023. This bill contains
other related provisions.
SB 32 (Jones R) Motor vehicle fuel tax: greenhouse gas reduction programs: suspension.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 requires the state board to adopt rules and
regulations to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas
emissions reductions to ensure that the statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40%
below the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit, as defined, no later than December 31, 2030.
Pursuant to the act, the State Air Resources Board has adopted the Low Carbon Fuel Standard
regulations. The act authorizes the state board to include in its regulation of those emissions the use of
market-based compliance mechanisms. Current law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties,
collected by the state board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based
compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. This bill would suspend
the Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulations for one year. The bill would also exempt suppliers of
transportation fuels from regulations for the use of market-based compliance mechanisms for one
year.
SBXl 1 (Jones R) Motor vehicle fuel tax: greenhouse gas reduction programs: suspension.
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Summary: The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 requires the State Air Resources Board
to adopt rules and regulations to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective
greenhouse gas emissions reductions to ensure that the statewide greenhouse gas emissions are
reduced to at least 40% below the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit, as defined, no later than
December 31, 2030. Pursuant to the act, the state board has adopted the Low Carbon Fuel Standard
regulations. The act authorizes the state board to include in its regulation of those emissions the use of
market-based compliance mechanisms. Current law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties,
collected by the state board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based
compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. This bill would suspend
the Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulations for one year. The bill would also exempt suppliers of
transportation fuels from regulations for the use of market-based compliance mechanisms for one year.
SBXl 2 (Skinner D) Energy: transportation fuels: supply and pricing: maximum gross gasoline refining
margin.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Current law requires operators of refineries in the state that produce gasoline meeting California
specifications, within 30 days of the end of each calendar month, to submit a report to the State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission containing certain information regarding its
refining activities related to the production of gasoline in that month. Current law requires the
commission to notify a refiner that has failed to timely provide the required information and imposes a
civil penalty on the refiner that fails to submit the required information within 5 days of being notified of
the failure. This bill would establish a maximum gross gasoline refining margin at an unspecified amount
per gallon and would authorize the commission to annually adjust the maximum gross gasoline refining
margin, as provided. The bill would authorize the commission to petition the court to enjoin a refiner
from exceeding the maximum gross gasoline refining margin. The bill would also authorize the
commission to assess an administrative civil penalty on a refiner for exceeding the maximum gross
gasoline refining margin, as provided. The bill would authorize the commission to grant a refiner's
request for an exemption from the maximum gross gasoline refining margin upon a showing by the
refiner of reasonable cause, and to subject the refiner to alternative maximum margins or other
conditions set by the commission. The bill would require a refiner seeking an exemption to file a
statement under the penalty of perjury setting forth the basis of the request for exemption.
Transportation and Public Works
AB 6 (Friedman D} Transportation planning
Introduced: 12/5/2022
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 in order to, among other things, achieve
certain targets established by the State Air Resources Board for the reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions from automobiles and light trucks in the region for 2020 and 2035, respectively. This bill
would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require regional
transportation agencies to prioritize and fund transportation projects, including those funded by a local
sales tax measure, that significantly contribute towards the goals outlined in a region's sustainable
communities strategy and the state's climate goals.
AB 7 (Friedman D) Transportation: funding: capacity projects.
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Introduced: 12/5/2022
Current law provides comprehensive regulation of ticket sellers and makes violations of those provisions
a misdemeanor. Current law requires a ticket seller to issue a refund upon request to a ticket purchaser
for canceled, postponed, or reschedu led events. Existing law also requires a ticket seller to disclose to a
purchaser the location of the seat represented by the ticket, as specified. This bill would require a ticket
seller to disclose to a purchaser the portion of the ticket price that represents a fee or surcharge and a
link to an internet web page that includes the refund requirements described above.
AB 31 {Carrillo, Juan D) Public transit: funding.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Current law provides various sources of funding for capital and operating expenses of public transit
systems and intercity rail in the state. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
subsequent legislation that would appropriate funds for the development and operation of a privately
run public transit system connecting the Victor Valley and the Antelope Valley in southern California.
Water
ABXl 5 (Mathis R) Statewide water storage: expansion.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
This is a spot bill without substantive language.
ABXl 7 (Mathis R) Natural Resources Agency: water storage projects: permit approval.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
This is a spot bill without substantive language.
ACA 2 (Alanis R) Public resources: Water and Wildfire Resiliency Act of 2023.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
This bill would establish the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund within the State Treasury, and would
require the Treasurer to annually transfer an amount equal to 3% of all state revenues that may be
appropriated as described from the General Fund to the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund. The
measure would require the moneys in the fund to be appropriated by the Legislature and would require
that 50% of the moneys in the fund be used for water projects, as specified, and that the other 50% of
the moneys in the fund be used for forest maintenance and health projects, as specified.
SB 23 (Caballero D) Water supply and flood risk reduction projects: expedited permitting.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
The California Safe Drinking Water Act provides for the operation of public water systems and imposes
on the State Water Resources Control Board various duties and responsibilities for the regulation and
control of drinking water in the state, including, among other things, overseeing the issuance and
enforcement of public water system permits, as provided. Current law authorizes specified works of
improvement for the control, conservation, and utilization of destructive flood waters and the
reclamation and protection of lands that are susceptible to overflow by flood waters. This bill would
express the intent ofthe Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to expedite the regulatory
permitting process for water supply and flood risk reduction projects, as provided.
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City of Carlsbad Legislative Subcommittee
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Quick Snapshot: 2023 Legislative Calendar
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January 3 Start of the 2023-24 legislative session
January 10 Governor to release 2023 budget proposal
February 17 Last day for bills to be introduced
Quick Snapshot: Organizational Session
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•Approximately one third of the Legislature is composed of new members as a result of new district boundaries and open seats.
•HR 1 codifies current Speaker Anthony Rendon, as the Speaker of the Assembly until June 30, 202 and Assembly member Robert Rivas, the Speaker-designate elected as the Speaker of the Assembly to be sworn in on June 30, 2023.
•Senator Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, was re-elected President pro Tempore.
•Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, was replaced as Senate Republican leader by Senator Brian Jones, R-Santee, who will take over the role as of Jan. 1, 2023.
2023 Legislative Session: Homelessness
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SB 7 (Blakespear) Homelessness.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation regarding homelessness and the regional housing needs allocation.
SB 31 (Jones) Encampments: sensitive areas: penalties.
This bill would prohibit a person from sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property upon any street, sidewalk, or other public right-of-way within 1000 feet of a sensitive area, as defined. The bill would specify that a violation of this prohibition is a public nuisance that can be abated and prevented.
SB 35 (Umberg D) Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program.
This bill would make technical, non substantive changes to the CARE Court program.
2023 Legislative Session: Housing and Transportation
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ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry) Local Government Financing: Affordable Housing and Public Infrastructure: Voter Approval
This bill will lower the necessary voter threshold from a two-thirds supermajority to 55 percent to approve local general obligation (GO) bonds and special taxes for affordable housing and public infrastructure projects.
AB 6 (Friedman) Transportation planning: Climate Goals
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require regional transportation agencies to prioritize and fund transportation projects, including those funded by a local sales tax measure, that significantly contribute towards the goals outlined in a region’s sustainable communities strategy and the state’s climate goals.
2023 Legislative Session: Public Safety
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AB 21 (Gipson)Peace officers: training.
Current law requires POST to require field training officers who are instructors for the field
training program to have at least 8 hours of crisis intervention behavioral health training
to better train new peace officers on how to effectively interact with persons with
mental illness or intellectual disability. This bill would require the commission to revise that
training to include instruction on how to effectively interact with persons with Alzheimer’s
disease or dementia.
AB 23 (Muratsuchi) Theft: shoplifting: amount.
This bill would amend Proposition 47 by reducing the threshold amount for petty theft
and shoplifting from $950 to $400. The bill would provide that it shall become effective
only when submitted to, and approved by, the voters of California.
Quick Snapshot: Special Legislative Session
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Notable bills introduced in the Special Session
SB X1 1 (Jones) Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax.
This bill would suspend the gas tax for one year.
SB X1 2 (Skinner)Maximum gross gasoline refining margin
This bill is Governor Newsom’s proposal to permit the state to fine oil refiners with “excessive profit margins” and funnel the penalty money back to Californians. The most contentious aspects —including the size of the penalty and the definition of “excessive” margins —remain unclear and will have to be worked out in negotiations with the Legislature.
Quick Snapshot: Looking Forward
RPPG is preparing the City’s End of Year report.
Meet with local delegation in the fall to discuss policy and financial priorities and strengthen relationships.
2023/2024 Legislative Session trends:
•Legislative and staff turnover due to upcoming election.
•New legislative leadership in the Assembly beginning July 1, 2023
•New committee assignments
•Declining State Revenues
•Special session for windfall profit tax will occur parallel to the regular session.
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