HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-06-11; City Council Legislative Subcommittee; ; Legislative and Advocacy UpdateMeeting Date: June 11, 2024
To: Legislative Subcommittee
From: Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director
Staff Contact: Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director
jason.haber@carlsbadca.gov, 442-339-2958
Subject: Legislative and Advocacy Update
District: All
Recommended Action
Receive updates on federal and state legislative and budget activity and recent and ongoing
advocacy efforts; discuss and provide feedback to staff, including identifying high-priority bills,
advocacy positions, funding opportunities, and items for future City Council consideration.
Discussion
Staff and the city’s contract lobbyists – Federal: Carpi & Clay / State: Renne Public Policy Group –
will present updates and overviews of federal and state legislative activity (Exhibits 1 and 2) and
the priority legislation (Exhibit 3) and intergovernmental matters being tracked on behalf of the
city.
The Subcommittee is requested to provide feedback to help city staff and the city’s lobbying
consultants focus the city’s advocacy efforts on high-priority bills and to identify bills for future City
Council consideration.
Next Steps
Staff and the city’s contract lobbyists will monitor, evaluate, and engage the Legislative
Subcommittee in a discussion of legislative activity and proposed measures that may impact city
operations and policy priorities throughout the 2024 Legislative Session.
Exhibits
1.Carpi & Clay – Federal Update
2.Renne Public Policy Group – State Update
3.Renne Public Policy Group – Priority Legislation as of June 6, 2024
LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE
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May 31, 2024
City of Carlsbad
Federal Update
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FY25 Appropriations Update
House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-OK) announced several important fiscal year (FY) 2025 appropriations updates, including subcommittee allocations and a markup schedule for all twelve annual appropriations bills. Funding levels include defense and non-defense spending as developed by the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.
FY25 Appropriations Bill
Subcommittee Allocation (in
billions)
Subcommittee Markup Date
Full Committee
Markup Date
Agriculture-Rural Development $25.873 June 11th July 10th
Commerce-Justice-Science $78.288 June 12th July 9th
Defense $833.053 June 5th June 13th
Energy-Water Development $59.19 June 28th July 9th
Financial Services $23.608 June 5th June 13th
Homeland Security $64.805 June 4th June 12th
Interior-Environment $37.739 June 28th July 9th
Labor-HHS $186.586 June 27th July 10th
Legislative Branch $7.125 May 23rd June 13th
MilCon-VA $147.520 May 21st May 23rd
State-Foreign Ops $51.713 June 4th June 12th
THUD $90.4 June 27th July 10th
Additionally, House Members submitted their fifteen community project requests to the House Appropriations Committee for consideration in the appropriations bills. Members
are required to post their projects lists on their websites. The House Appropriations
Exhibit 1
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Committee will provide links to all Members websites who submitted projects once they are compiled and those links will be found HERE.
On behalf of the City of Carlsbad, Rep. Mike Levin submitted the following request to the House Appropriations Committee:
Carlsbad Village Railroad Double Track Trenching—$1.3 million
Over the next two months, the House Appropriations Committee will be working to put together the twelve appropriations bills. On the Senate side, Senators Butler and Padilla will be posting their respective community project request lists that they submitted to the Senate Appropriations Committee in early June.
Congress Passes Five-Year FAA Reauthorization Bill
After weeks of negotiations, Congress approved the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (H.R. 3935), which provides a five-year extension for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The act allocates a total of $66.7 billion for FAA operations, $19.4 billion for airport
infrastructure grants, $17.8 billion for facilities and equipment, and $1.6 billion for research and development. Additionally, the legislation extends the authorization for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) through fiscal year 2028. EPA Releases National Security Memorandum for Critical Infrastructure
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new National Security Memorandum (NSM) to replace the decade-old presidential policy document on critical infrastructure protection. The NSM clarifies the roles and responsibilities of the lead
federal agencies identified to improve the resilience of our critical infrastructure sectors
against all hazards. EPA is the lead federal agency for the water sector. The NSM also implements a coordinated nationwide approach to assess and manage sector-specific risks.
Legislative Activity
Second Chance Act Reauthorization Introduced in House. Rep. Carol Miller (R-WV) introduced the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2024 (H.R. 8028) with bipartisan
support. The bill would reauthorize funding for Second Chance Act grant funding programs to support reentry grant programs, substance use treatment services, and supportive housing at the county level. The legislation was referred to the Judiciary Committee for consideration. Affordable Connectivity Program Bill Introduced in Senate. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) introduced new legislation (S. 4317) to provide $6 billion for the Affordable Connectivity Program, which is set to run out of funding at the end of May. The bill also updates the program and would require a spectrum auction. It was referred to the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee for consideration.
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COPS Recruitment Bill Passes Congress. The House and Senate passed the Recruit
and Retain Act (S. 546) to expand the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Community Oriented Policing Services grant program to support law enforcement recruitment efforts. The bill
expands the COPS program to allow funds to be used for reducing application-related
fees for recruits and directs the DOJ to award competitive grants to partnerships between law enforcement agencies and educational institutions. The bill also directs DOJ to issue guidance for understaffed law enforcement agencies applying for COPS grants. The bill has been presented to President Biden for his signature.
Federal Funding Opportunities & Announcements
BJA Releases Second Chance Act NOFO. The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Bureau
of Justice Assistance (BJA) released a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for $19.8 million through the FY24 Second Chance Act Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes program. The grant program funds reentry services and programs focused on strengthening education and employment outcomes for formerly incarcerated individuals returning to their communities. There are two funding categories:
Improving Reentry Education Outcomes and Improving Reentry Employment Outcomes. The Grants.gov deadline is July 11th and the JustGrants deadline is July 18th. COPS Office Releases Safer Outcomes NOFOs. DOJ’s Office of Community Oriented Policing (COPS Office) released NOFOs through the Safer Outcomes Program. Funding
opportunities include:
Support for Law Enforcement Agencies: $7 million. Funding will support law enforcement officers, support personnel employed by law enforcement agencies, and mental health professionals working on crisis intervention teams as
employees. Applicants must submit an SF-424 and SF-LLL on the Grants.gov solicitation page by July 23rd. Full applications are due in JustGrants by July 30th.
Expansion of Regional De-Escalation Training Centers: $4 million. Funding will support training centers seeking to provide de-escalation and crisis response
training for law enforcement in a multistate region. Applicants must submit an SF-
424 and SF-LLL on the Grants.gov solicitation page by July 23rd. Full applications are due in JustGrants by July 30th.
Curriculum Integration for Law Enforcement Academies and State-Level Training Commissions: $5 million. Funding will support two different sub-
categories: the Academy Path and the Commission Path. Awards through the
Academy Path will integrate de-escalation and crisis response concepts throughout a curriculum of instruction used to train sworn officer candidates within a law enforcement academy setting. Awards through Commission Path will integrate de-escalation and crisis response concepts throughout the development
of statewide law enforcement training standards or a program of mandated training
for law enforcement officers. Applicants must submit an SF-424 and SF-LLL on the Grants.gov solicitation page by July 23rd. Full applications are due in JustGrants by July 30th.
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DOE Extends EECBG Deadline. The Department of Energy (DOE) extended the deadline for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The program supports local government projects to improve energy efficiency, reduce energy
costs, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Applications are now due by October 31st. DOT Publishes Stage 1 SMART Grants NOFO. The Department of Transportation (DOT) published a NOFO for the availability of $50 million through the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) grants program. In Stage 1, grants
will help fund demonstration projects focused on advanced smart city or community
technologies and systems to improve transportation efficiency and safety. Applications are due by July 12th. DOT Announces Round 1 SS4A Grant Awards. DOT announced $63 million to 99
projects across the country through the first round of the Safe Streets for All (SS4A) grants program. The grants will help fund planning and demonstration projects help the nation’s cities, counties, metropolitan planning organizations, and Tribal governments better understand the safety challenges in their communities and begin to identify solutions to make our streets, roads, and highways safer for all road users.
EPA Publishes Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grant Program NOFO. EPA published a NOFO for $932 million in competitive grant funding under the Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program. The program will help support the replacement of existing non-zero-emission Class 6 and 7 heavy-duty vehicles with zero-emission Class 6 and 7 heavy-duty vehicles
(including some transit vehicles). Applications are due by July 25, 2024. EPA Announces $3 Billion for Lead Pipe Replacement. EPA announced $3 billion in funding to help all states and territories identify and replace lead service lines through the Lead Service Line formula grant program. The awarded funding will be proportional to the
number of lead service lines identified in each state or territory. In addition, EPA released
a memo and outreach documents that clarify how states and territories can use this funding and other funding opportunities to reduce lead exposure in drinking water. EPA Announces Clean School Bus Rebate Awards. EPA announced $875.67 million
in Clean School Bus Rebates for 531 school districts in 47 states, the District of Columbia, and several tribes and territories. The Clean School Bus Program offers grants and rebates for school districts to procure zero emission school buses to replace older, diesel powered school buses.
EPA Announces $302 Million in Brownfields Grants. EPA announced $302 million in grants for brownfield cleanup projects. EPA awarded $231 million to 181 projects in 178 communities through the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant Programs, $68 million for 31 existing, high performing Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grant projects, and $3 million for Grow America, an RFL
Technical Assistance provider.
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EPA Announces $14 Million in Brownfields Job Training NOFO. EPA announced a NOFO for $14 million in grants through the Brownfields Job Training Program. The grants will allow nonprofit and other eligible organizations to recruit, train, and retain a local,
skilled workforce by prioritizing unemployed and under-employed workers, including low-income individuals living in communities disproportionately impacted by solid and hazardous waste, in environmental jobs. Applications are due by August 15th. FRA Publishes Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Grants
NOFO. FRA published a NOFO for the availability of $2.03 billion through the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Grant Program for projects located on the Northeast Corridor (NEC). The grants will help fund capital projects on the NEC that reduce state of good repair backlog, improve performance, or expand or establish new intercity passenger rail service. Applications are due by July 14, 2024.
HUD Announces $5.5 Billion in Grant Allocations. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced $5.5 billion in formula grant allocations to states, counties, insular areas, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and local governments nationwide. Allocations include:
Community Development Block Grants: $3.3 billion
HOME Investment Partnerships Program: $1.3 billion
Housing Opportunities for Persons with HIV/AIDS: $455 million
Emergency Solutions Grants: $290 million
Recovery Housing Program: $30 million
Housing Trust Fund: $214 million HUD Announces FHAP Awards. HUD announced $26 million in non-competitive funding for 77 state, county, and local government agencies through the Fair Housing
Assistance Program (FHAP). Funding will support agencies that administer fair housing
laws that provide rights, remedies, and procedures outlined by the Fair Housing Act. Joint Office Announces CFI NOFO. The Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (Joint Office) announced a NOFO for $1.3 billion through the Charging and Fueling
Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program to support the deployment of electric vehicle charging equipment and other alternative fueling infrastructure. The grant is divided equally into two funding categories: Community Charging and Fueling Grants and Alternative Fuel Corridor Grants. Applications are due by August 28th.
OJJDP Releases FY25 Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence NOFO. DOJ’s Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) released a NOFO for $6.8 million through the FY24 Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence program. Grants will support projects that develop and/or enhance support services for children exposed to violence to reduce the adverse impact of violence on youth, families,
and communities, and to help family-serving organizations better recognize and help
families at risk for exposure to violence. Grants.gov applications are due by June 24th, and JustGrants applications are due by July 8th.
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Federal Agency Personnel & Regulatory Announcements
President Biden Announces Expansion of White House EJ Advisory Council. President Biden announced the appointment of 12 additional members to the White House Environmental Justice (EJ) Advisory Council. The EJ Advisory Council advises the administration on EJ issues across all federal agencies. The Council is holding a public hearing on June 5th and 6th which will include the newly appointed members. EPA Publishes Final PFOA and PFOS CERCLA Rule. EPA published its final rule to designate two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), including their salts and structural
Isomers — as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as Superfund. The rule will enable investigation and cleanup of these chemicals and ensure that leaks, spills, and other releases are reported. The rule is effective July 8th. EPA Announces 2023 Top Cities for ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings. EPA announced its annual Top Cities for ENERGY STAR certified commercial and multifamily buildings for 2023. Los Angeles came in first with 876 certified buildings, followed by Washington, DC, with 631, and New York with 390. The list includes the top 25 cities by metro area, and there are separate top ten lists for mid-sized and small cities.
EPA Launches ENERGY STAR Webpage and Partnership. EPA launched a new home savings web tool and the ENERGY STAR Home Upgrade Service Provider Partnership. The new web tool is a zip code-based resource that allows users to identify all energy efficiency incentives in their area. The new ENERGY STAR Home Upgrade
Service Provider Partnership features companies and community-based organizations that specialize in services to assist customers with sales, incentives, and financing for comprehensive energy efficiency upgrades.
FCC Issues WEA Proposed Rule. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
issued a proposed rule to implement multilingual Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA). The proposal would require mobile carriers participating in WEA to support a set of pre-translated WEA messages in English, the 13 most spoken languages in the United States, and American Sign Language. Comments are due by June 12th.
FEMA and NOAA Prepare for 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season. FEMA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced preparations for the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which begins on June 1st. NOAA forecasters predict that there will be up to 25 named storms, of which up to 13 are expected to be hurricanes.
Up to seven of the storms are predicted to be major hurricanes with sustained winds of
111 miles per hour or higher. FEMA is preparing distribution centers across the country and is updating standing contingency contracts to support rapid disaster response and recovery operations.
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FHWA Names New Deputy Administrator. FHWA named Kristin White as the new Deputy Administrator. Ms. White has served as FHWA Chief Counsel since July 2023.
FRA Finalizes Reports on Safety and Performance of Long Trains. FRA finalized three reports on the safety and performance of long trains. The reports have been sent to the National Academies of Sciences (NAS) to inform an ongoing NAS study to look at the impact of trains longer than 7,500 feet. FRA’s reports include findings from tests conducted on air brake racks and the air brake system of a stationary train to examine
how the length of long trains affects air brake system behavior and performance. FRA’s research team also conducted tests on a moving train to better understand the dynamic performance of long trains and collect data on train dynamics and brake system performance.
HUD Announces Housing Voucher Program Rule. HUD release a final rule implementing changes to the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) tenant-based program and the Project-Based Voucher (PBV) program authorized by the Housing Opportunity
Modernization Act of 2016. HUD made several modifications to the HCV and PBV programs, including establishing a statutory definition of public housing agency-owned
housing. The rule is effective on June 6th. HUD Issues FHA Guidance on AI. HUD released two guidance documents addressing the application of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) as it relates to artificial intelligence (AI). The first guidance is on AI applications for tenant screening and makes clear that use of third
party screening companies that may use AI must comply with FHA and ensure that all
housing applicants are given equal opportunity. The second guidance is on advertisers and online platforms used for housing to ensure providers do not unlawfully deny consumers information about housing opportunities based on a consumer’s protected characteristics.
HUD Issues HOME Program Proposed Rule. HUD issued a proposed rule to modernize regulations for the HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) Program. The proposed rule aims to streamline regulations for the program, align resources and funding with other federal housing programs, reduce administrative burdens, improve assistance
and protections for renters, provide funding support for homeowners, and promote green and climate resilient building practices. Comments are due by July 29th. IRS Announces Direct File as Permanent Tax Filing Option. The IRS announced that Direct File will be a permanent option for filing federal tax returns beginning with the 2025
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June 6, 2024
To: Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director
Cindie McMahon, City Attorney
City of Carlsbad
From: Sharon Gonsalves
Director of Government Affairs
Renne Public Policy Group
RE: RPPG Monthly Legislative Summary – May 2024
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
May a Whirlwind of Activity as Lawmakers Rush to Meet Deadlines
May was a month of fiscal and legislative deadlines for the Administration and the Legislature:
•The May Budget Revision to the January Budget proposal for fiscal year 2024-25 was released by
Governor Gavin Newsom on May 10.
•The last day for policy committees to meet prior to May 28 was May 17.
•The deadline for fiscal committees to hear and send bills introduced in their house to the Floor was also
May 17.
•The week of May 20 was reserved for Floor session, where legislators met for long hours and deliberated
on hundreds of bills before the house of origin deadline on May 24.
•May 30 Budget subcommittees of both houses held final hearings to take actions on all open items, so
that the budget committees can craft language and a legislative Budget can be passed on time.
•Committee meetings resumed on May 28 and bills must pass both houses of the Legislature by August
31 in order to advance to the Governor’s desk, where they will be approved or vetoed by September 30.
As of June 3, approximately 1,600 pieces of legislation of the more than 2,400 introduced since the start of the
year continue to make their way through the legislative process. From this point onward, we can expect to see
more to be halted in policy and fiscal committees, as well as on the Floor. For reference, last year, 1,406 of the
more than 3,000 measures introduced made it all the way through both houses, with the Governor signing 890
bills into law and vetoing 156 bills.
BUDGET UPDATE
On May 11, RPPG sent the City a summary of the Governor’s May Budget Revision that had been released on
May 10 for fiscal year 2024-25. As stated in the memo, total state Budget spending for 2024-25 as projected by
the Administration is now $288.1 billion, a $3.4 billion decrease from the January Proposal, with a deficit of $27.6
billion, a $10.3 billion decrease from the January Proposal. RPPG will send a final 2024-25 Budget update for the
year once it is finalized.
In an odd budget release, little detail was immediately made available by the Administration. On May 13, the
Administration released a list of balancing proposals for the Budget that can be found here. More budget detail
was released in the budget subcommittee agenda packets over the weeks that followed, as committees met to
wrap up proposed budget action by the Legislature.
Exhibit 2
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On May 29, the Legislature released their Joint Legislative Budget Summary (here and here) which summarizes
the action both houses have agreed to take on a legislative Budget deal. Budget subcommittee hearings had
their final hearings late last week to take action on all open items. The Budget language that will accompany this
package is being drafted by staff and will be voted on by both houses prior to the June 15 deadline. Discussions
continue between the Administration and the Legislature, hammering out final details, and the Governor will
sign a budget deal prior to July 1.
Climate Bond
On May 30, Politico leaked the rumored details of a climate bond, airing both the Senate and Assembly potential
proposals. The Assembly has drafts for three versions: $6 billion, $8 billion and $10 billion, while the Senate has
drafts for two: $6.8 billion and $9 billion. The drafts show the decreased investments across the board in water,
energy, outdoor and open spaces, and wildfire resiliency, but look to maintain small pots of funding for most.
However, the level of proposed investments would then be very little on a statewide scale to be impactful. RPPG
is following activity and will provide details as they become available. A deal must be made and passed by the
Legislature no later than June 27 for it to make it to the Secretary of State to be placed on the November ballot.
RPPG LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY
RPPG continues to review priority bills—keeping City staff apprised of developments on legislation during our
standing meetings and throughout the month as needed. RPPG continues to work hand in hand with City staff
to gather client-specific information while actively engaging with lawmakers and agency officials on legislation
of interest to the City.
AB 2715
Sharon Gonsalves had several meetings with the Senate Local Government Committee to discuss the origins of
the bill and potential amendments. After discussions, it was determined that the bill language should move
forward as is.
AB 2489 and AB 2557 Analyses
On May 8, RPPG sent the City updated analyses of AB 2489 (Ward) and AB 2557 (Ortega). AB 2489 was held in
the Assembly Appropriations Committee on May 17, while AB 2557 continues to advance as of this writing.
Suspense File
On May 17, RPPG sent the City a summary of the outcomes of the suspense file hearings that had been held that
day for the Assembly and the Senate Appropriations Committees.
SB 1123 Analysis
On May 29, RPPG sent the City an analysis of SB 1123 (Caballero) - see attached.
House of Origin
On May 28, RPPG sent the City a summary of the house of origin deadline. The memo also provided an update
on the legislative session up to that point, as well as an outlook on the rest of the session, including what to
expect in terms of process and deadlines for the rest of the year.
Update on Positioned Legislation
RPPG is closely monitoring and providing updates on bills on which the City has adopted a position.
•AB 817 (Pacheco) Open meetings: teleconferencing: subsidiary body
o Status: Senate Local Government
o City Position: Support
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•AB 1779 (Irwin) Theft: jurisdiction
o Status: Senate Public Safety
o City Position: Support
•AB 1802 (Jones-Sawyer) Crimes: organized theft
o Status: Senate Public Safety
o City Position: Support
•AB 1886 (Alvarez) Housing Element Law: substantial compliance: Housing Accountability Act
o Status: Senate Housing
o City Position: Oppose
•AB 2081 (Davies) Substance abuse: recovery and treatment programs
o Status: Senate Health
o City Position: Support
•AB 2234 (Boerner) Vehicles: electric bicycles
o Status: Senate Rules awaiting assignment
o City Position: Sponsor
•AB 2257 (Wilson) Local government: property-related water and sewer fees and assessments:
remedies
o Status: Senate Judiciary
o City Position: Support
•AB 2557 (Ortega) Local agencies: contracts for special services and temporary help: performance
reports
o Status: Senate Local Government
o City Position: Oppose
•AB 2560 (Alvarez) Density Bonus Law: California Coastal Act of 1976
o Status: Senate Housing
o City Position: Oppose
•AB 2561 (McKinnor) Local public employees: vacant positions
o Status: Senate Rules awaiting assignment
o City Position: Oppose
•AB 2574 (Valencia) Alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment programs and facilities: disclosures
o Status: Senate Health
o City Position: Support
•AB 2684 (Bryan) Safety element: extreme heat
o Status: Senate Local Government
o City Position: Support
•AB 2715 (Boerner) Ralph M. Brown Act: closed sessions
o Status: Senate Local Government
o City Position: Sponsor
•AB 2729 (Patterson, Joe) Residential fees and charges
o Status: Senate Local Government
o City Position: Oppose
•AB 2943 (Zbur) Crimes: shoplifting
o Status: Senate Rules awaiting assignment
o City Position: Support
•AB 3093 (Ward) Land use: housing element: streamlined multifamily housing
o Status: Senate Housing
o City Position: Oppose
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•AJR 12 (Alvarez) Tijuana River: cross-border pollution
o Status: Senate Environmental Quality
o City Position: Support
•SB 689 (Blakespear) Local coastal program: bicycle lane: amendment
o Status: Assembly Natural Resources
o City Position: Support
•SB 905 (Wiener) Crimes: theft from a vehicle
o Status: Assembly Rules awaiting assignment
o City Position: Support
•SB 1011 (Jones) Encampments: penalties
o Status: Held in committee
o City Position: Support
•SB 1037 (Wiener) Planning and zoning: housing element: enforcement
o Status: Assembly Rules awaiting assignment
o City Position: Oppose
•SB 1116 (Portantino) Unemployment insurance: trade disputes: eligibility for benefits
o Status: Assembly Rules awaiting assignment
o City Position: Oppose
Priority Bills
RPPG has tagged 144 bills for the City as “priority,” which may be of potential interest, or may impact operations
or priority issues, per the legislative platform. We will continue to bring bills of potential interest to staff for the
City’s review in the coming weeks.
ADMINISTRATION ACTIONS
AT&T Carrier of Last Resort Update
The PUC recently announced that they proposed to reject AT&T’s request to withdraw as carrier of last resort.
According to a CalMatters article, there were no telecommunications companies that responded to AT&T’s
application to replace it as the carrier of last resort. The PUC’s decision is not final until it votes at a June 20
meeting, when it will also consider changing rules for carriers of last resort.
Prop 1 Update
On May 14, in San Mateo County, the Governor held a press conference to provide an update on the availability
of funding from Proposition 1. The two part initiative, known as the Mental Health Services Act, includes a bond
to build treatment facilities and permanent supportive housing for people with mental health and addiction
challenges. The initiative also makes changes to a longstanding tax on personal incomes over $1 million.
Joined by Senator Susan Eggman, Senator Josh Becker, Business, Consumer Services, and Housing (BCSH)
Secretary Moss, and Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Secretary Dr. Ghaly, Governor Newsom
announced the first installment of $3.1 billion that would be made available this summer, with applications due
in the fall. Originally it was expected that the Notice Of Funding Assistance (NOFA) would not be released until
2025, which would delay when the funding would be available to communities. Additionally, it is understood
that local agencies and organizations have been briefed by the California Health and Human Services Agency,
California Veterans Affairs Agency (CalVet), and the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)
on what resources and tools will be available.
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Additionally, a bond guidance for supportive housing ($2 billion overall, with $1 billion for veterans) is expected
by the end of 2024 from HCD.
A new website has become available to serve as a resource for those in need of mental health support services
and will include updates on the state’s ongoing progress to implement Proposition 1. The website is
mentalhealth.ca.gov.
The press conference can be viewed here.
LOOKING FORWARD
•JUNE 15: Legislature must pass the main budget bill
•JUNE 30: Governor must sign the main budget bill
•JULY 5—AUGUST 4: Summer Recess
•AUGUST 31: Last day for the Legislature to pass bills; end of the 2023-2024 legislative session
•SEPTEMBER 30: Last day for the Governor to sign or veto bills
Attachment:
A. RPPG Analysis of SB 1123 (Caballero)
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May 29, 2024
To: Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director
Cindie McMahon, City Attorney
City of Carlsbad
From: Sharon Gonsalves
Director of Government Affairs
Renne Public Policy Group
RE: RPPG Analysis of SB 1123 (Caballero) – Starter Home Revitalization Act of 2021i
(As Amended April 23, 2024)
Existing Law SB 1123 Comments
As of July 1, 2024ii, requires
local agencies to grant
ministerial approval, within 60
days, of a subdivision or parcel
map on a multifamily zoned
parcel of five acres or less, that
will result in 10 or fewer
parcels, and contain 10 or fewer
residential units, that meet
specified conditions. Housing
developments proposed for
those lots must also be
approved ministerially.
Local agencies may impose
objective zoning, subdivision
and design standards, but those
standards may not “physically
preclude:”
a) Densities listed under
housing element law (Mullin
Densities).iii
b) Setbacks between units
greater than building code.
c) Side and rear setbacks
greater than four feet.
d) Parking requirements greater
than one space per unit, unless
within ½ mile of major transit
corridor, or a car share vehicle
Changes made by SB 1123 take
effect on January 1, 2025.
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is located within one block of
parcel.
e) Locals may not require a floor
area ratio (FAR) less than 1.0 for
projects of between 3-7 units,
or 1.25 for 8-10 units.
Locals can deny a project based
on specific, adverse impact.
Provisions of Existing law
affected by this bill:
• Project must be on a
multifamily zoned parcel
of less than five acres,
substantially surrounded
by urban uses.
Reduces maximum parcel size
from 5 to 1.5 acres.
Allows projects to be also on
vacant parcels zoned for single
family. (In 2023, the author had
proposed applying her SB 684 to
single-family zones, but that
provision was stricken from the
bill in the September 1 version)
Provides that local agencies
may impose height limits on
developments built on single
family lots of no less than the
height limit allowed pursuant
to the existing zoning
designation applicable to the
lot.
This change cuts both ways.
Reducing maximum parcel size
removes many parcels from
application, but expanding law
to apply to single-family zoned
parcels picks up many others.
There is a large policy difference
from expanding this law to
single-family zoned parcels.
When an area is zoned for
multifamily, adjacent property
owners are presumably aware
of the potential density. It is
quite different for single-family
parcels, where residents have
an expectation that similar
single-family development will
be located close to them.
10 single-family units on a 1.5
acre parcel would generate
(noise, traffic, privacy and other
concerns) similar to living
adjacent to a multifamily
building or mobilehome park.
Unlike, SB 9 (Atkins), of 2021,
which allows up to 4 units on a
single-family parcel, this bill
does not prohibit these units
from being rented for less than
30 days as vacation rentals.
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• Projects may produce 10
or fewer single-family
units. Locals are not
required to permit
ADUs/JADUs.
• Parcels can’t be less than
600ft, locals can go
smaller.
• Homes cannot exceed
1,750 “net habitable”
sq.ft.
• Prohibits a housing
development on a
proposed site from being
required to comply with
any size, width, depth, or
dimensions beyond the
minimum parcel size.
• Housing units proposed
to be subdivided are one
of the following:
a) Fee simple
ownership.
b) Common interest
development.
Bill allows local governments to
permit ADUs/JADUs, but
provides they don’t count
against the allowable
maximum of 10 units.
Provides that if parcels are
zoned for single-family, they
can’t be less than 1,200 ft, but
locals can allow less.
Bill makes various clarifications
to definition of “net habitable”
sq. ft. definition, including
permitting headroom of 6.5
feet.iv
Adds “frontage” to list of
minimum items (size, width,
depth) lots do not need to
comply with
Bill authorizes homes to be
owned in Tenancy in Common.
v
Given the constant expansion of
ADU laws, it will be difficult for
local governments to count on
this (non-ADU/JADU) provision
to stick in the law.
Existing law’s minimum of
600sq.ft. is incredibly small,
making 1,200sq.ft (also very
small) look like an
improvement. That said, such
small lots provide little area for
exterior patios, parking vehicles,
storage sheds, etc. Conditions
similar to a dense mobilehome
park can be expected.
Under existing law, Sec.
66499.41(d), locals can continue
to condition approval of the
subdivision/parcel map on
compliance with building codes.
Eliminating the ability of locals
to require lots to have
“frontage” means that they do
not have to be adjacent to a
street. Presumably, such lots
will be “walk in,” with any
vehicles parked somewhere
else. Locals should ensure there
is fire access to these
structures.
Seems more of a clarification.
There is no particular issue with
tenancy in common, compared
to other authorized ownership
structures under the law.
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c) Housing cooperative.
d) Community land
trust.
• Prohibits subdivisions of
parcels located in various
areas, including on prime
farmland, wetlands, very
high fire hazard zones,
hazardous waste sites,
earthquake faults,
floodways, etc.
Provides that the proposed
subdivision will not result in any existing dwelling unit being
“alienable” separate from the
title to any other existing
dwelling unit on the lot.
This provision could be aimed at
prohibiting this law from being
used to convert an existing
rental multifamily building into
ownership condos.
1) Slippery Slope on Single-Family: As dozens of housing bills emanate from the Legislature each
year, it becomes difficult to track their overlapping implications. In this case, we have:
a. In 2021, SB 9 (Atkins) allows for single family parcels to be split, with the resulting parcel
at least 1,200sq.ft., and up to two units to be built on each parcel.
b. In 2021, AB 803, (Boerner Horvath) was enacted and took effect January 1, 2022. This
bill allowed small lot subdivisions to be created on multifamily parcels of five or fewer
acres. Locals retained discretionary approval authority, and CEQA applies. This law,
however, appears somewhat eclipsed by SB 684 (Caballero).
c. In 2023, SB 684 (Caballero) is enacted, and rather than attempting to amend AB 803, it
proposes a similar law, addressing small lot subdivisions on multifamily zoned parcels of
five acres or less, through a ministerial approval process, thus avoiding CEQA. (By its
terms, SB 684 does not take effect until July 1, 2024).
d. Before SB 684 takes effect, SB 1123 (Caballero) is proposing some significant changes to
SB 684, including allowing the division of these small lot subdivisions to occur on single-
family parcels, allowing up to 10 units on 1.5 acres. (These changes would take effect on
July 1, 2025). (In 2023, the author had proposed applying SB 684 to single-family zones,
but that provision was stricken from the bill in the September 1 version)
Legislative measures that change conditions related to single-family parcels are among the most
controversial bills in the Legislature. For residents and communities these bills touch on
concerns about the single-family property owner’s expectations based on the zoning of the
neighborhood and adjacent properties when purchasing the property, and concerns about
increased, noise, traffic, loss of privacy, etc. These issues are further compounded when the
Legislature makes such legislation subject to ministerial approvals, because local residents
affected by these measures are denied due process and an opportunity to comment on these
zoning changes with their local legislative body, nor are such changes subject to environmental
reviews under CEQA.
2) Multifamily vs. Single Family Zoning: There is a big difference between AB 803 and SB 684’s
application of this small lot subdivision requirement to multifamily zoned parcels vs single-family
zoned parcels. It comes down to due process and the expectations of adjacent property
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owners. When the multi-family zoning was established by the local agency, it was likely vetted
at a public hearing along with additional CEQA analysis. Affected residents had at least a forum
to become aware of the proposal and have input. Those purchasing property in the area could
also incorporate such information into their decisions. In other words, the density associated
with multifamily on the parcel is expected, so if it ended up being divided into smaller parcels in
accordance with AB 803 or SB 684, the intensity of the use would be relatively similar. That is
not the case with existing single-family zoning. In this case, property owners have no knowledge
that SB 1123 can result in a 10-unit development next to them.
3) Expansion of SB 9? The highly controversial SB 9 (Atkins), which locals are still adjusting to, and
is subject to pending litigation,vi allows a single family parcel to be split in half, with the resulting
parcels containing a minimum of 1,200 sq.ft. SB 1123, however, would allow a vacant single-
family parcel of up to 1.5 acres to be divided into 10 parcels. This is a major expansion of the
limitations of SB 9. According to the Senate Local Government Committee’s analysisvii of the bill:
a. Lot’s larger than 1/3rd of an acre could potentially accommodate 10 units. b. For most lots in the state, the maximum would be between 4-6 units.
c. Given the median lot size in the state of 8,300 sq.ft., those lots could accommodate five
units.
4) Vacation Rentals: SB 9 prohibits units created under that bill from being used as vacation
rentals for terms of 30 days or less; SB 1123, however, has no such limitation, which could
encourage the use of this legislation for vacation rentals in coastal and other tourist
destinations.
5) Density Akin to a Mobilehome Park: In a typical subdivision of single family homes on larger
parcels, homes are often set back from the road, with landscaping, and accessory structures. In
contrast, SB 1123 would allow a up to 10 units of 1,750 sq.ft. homes to be placed in these
neighborhoods. Such intense development, akin to a mobilehome park, will incite concerns
from nearby property owners, since the applicable zoning never contemplated such
development. Given that the bill requires the development to be processed ministerially, the
affected residents will have no access to public hearings, CEQA analysis, and other due process
associated with local zoning changes.
6) Vacant Single-Family Parcels? While the bill states that it applies to vacant single-family
parcels, it is not clear if a parcel can become “vacant” simply by removing an existing single-
family structure.
7) Parcels Within Homeowner’s Associations: SB 9 has been interpreted to not allow property
owners residing on single-family parcels subject to covenants, codes and restrictions (CC&Rs)
within a homeowner’s association (HOA) to split their parcels without HOA approvals. Since SB
1123, as drafted also does not appear to affect HOAs, it will likely only apply to single-family
parcels that are not subject to HOA’s.
8) Punishing Good Actors: Local agencies are required to adopt extensive housing elements which
must accommodate their assigned regional housing needs through zoning at the local level. It is
unclear why local agencies which have HCD certified housing elements, should be subject to
such disruptive “wildcat” legislative rezoning proposals. Local zoning provides clarity and
stability to local residents and property owners, and “good actor” communities should be
exempt from such destabilizing laws.
i The origin of this law was enacted by Assm. Boerner Horvath, as AB 803, Ch. 154 of 2021. That law is still on the books as Gov’t
Section 64499.40, which establishes parameters for local agencies to approve the development on multifamily parcels of small-
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lot development of single-family homes owned fee-simple. Under this law, locals have discretionary review authority, CEQA
applies, and can deny developments that:
1) Fail to meet the section’s requirement.
2) Fail to meet other requirements applicable to subdivisions in within Division 2 of the Government Code, not in
conflict with the Section.
3) Fail to comply with local general plan, zoning, subdivision, and design standards not in conflict with the section.
4) The development would have a specific, adverse impact on health and safety.
In 2023, however, Senator Caballero authored (SB 684 (Caballero), Ch. 783, of 2023) a similar, but more detailed measure, that
required ministerial approval of subdivision and parcel maps in Section 66499.41. Most developers would likely now use the
Caballero bill, rather than AB 803, since it offers ministerial approval.
ii Operative date of Sections of the Government Code added by SB 684 (Caballero), Ch. 783, of 2023: 65852.28,
65913.4.5, and 66499.41, except for subdivision (h).
iii Sec. 65583.2(c )(3)(B): (B) The following densities shall be deemed appropriate to accommodate housing for lower income
households:
(i) For an incorporated city within a nonmetropolitan county and for a nonmetropolitan county that has a micropolitan
area: sites allowing at least 15 units per acre.
(ii) For an unincorporated area in a nonmetropolitan county not included in clause (i): sites allowing at least 10 units per
acre.
(iii) For a suburban jurisdiction: sites allowing at least 20 units per acre.
(iv) For a jurisdiction in a metropolitan county: sites allowing at least 30 units per acre.
iv “For purposes of this paragraph, “net habitable square feet” means the finished and heated floor area fully enclosed by the
inside surface of walls, windows, doors, and partitions, and having a headroom of at least six and one-half feet, including working, living, eating, cooking, sleeping, stair, hall, service, and storage areas, but excluding garages, carports, parking spaces,
cellars, half-stories, and unfinished attics and basements.”
v “Tenancy in common,” is defined to mean: “An interest in common is one owned by several persons, not in joint ownership or
partnership.”
vi https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/04/25/la-court-strikes-down-controversial-california-law-abolishing-single-
family-zoning/
vii https://ct3k1.capitoltrack.com/ViewFile.aspx?doc=\sen\sb_1101-
1150/sb_1123_cfa_371258_sen_comm.html&r=/BillInfo.aspx?measure=SB+1123|r=/workspace.aspx
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Priority Legislation June 6, 2024
Cannabis
AB 2850 (Rodriguez) Cannabis. (Amended 03/21/2024) Link
Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), approved by the voters
as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation,
distribution, transport, storage, manufacturing, testing, processing, sale, and use of marijuana for
nonmedical purposes by people 21 years of age and older. Under AUMA, a person 18 years of age or
older who plants, cultivates, harvests, dries, or processes more than 6 living cannabis plants, or any part
thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be charged with a felony if specified conditions exist,
including when the offense causes substantial environmental harm to public lands or other public
resources. The act additionally makes it an infraction for a person less than 21 years of age to plant,
cultivate, harvest, dry, or process fewer than 6 living cannabis plants.This bill would amend AUMA to
make it a felony, punishable by 16 months or 2 or 3 years in county jail, for a person over 18 years of
age, but under 21 years of age to plant, cultivate, harvest, dry, or process any quantity of living cannabis
plants. The bill would additionally make it a felony, punishable by 16 months or 2 or 3 years in county
jail, for a person over 21 years of age to plant, cultivate, harvest, dry, or process more than 6 living
cannabis plants. By increasing the penalty for a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local
program. This bill contains other existing laws. (Based on 03/21/2024 text)
Status: 04/23/2024 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
SB 512 (Bradford) Cannabis: taxation: gross receipts. (Amended 05/03/2023) Link
The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), an initiative measure, 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. The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of
commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities. This bill, beginning January 1, 2024, would
exclude from the terms “gross receipts” and “sales price” under the Sales and Use Tax Law the amount
of the cannabis excise tax imposed under the Cannabis Tax Law and the amount of any tax imposed by a
city or county on the privilege of engaging in commercial cannabis activity, as specified. The bill would also prohibit a city or county from including in the definition of gross receipts, for purposes of any local
tax or fee on a licensed cannabis retailer the amount of any cannabis excise tax imposed under the
Cannabis Tax Law or any sales and use taxes. By imposing new requirements on local governments with
respect to their taxes and fees, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/03/2023 text)
Exhibit 3
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{city of
Carlsbad
Califo r nia
Status: 07/10/2023 - July 10 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. July 10 hearing. Held in
committee and under submission.
Economic Development
AB 2922 (Garcia) Economic development: capital investment incentive programs. (Amended 04/15/2024) Link
Prior law, until January 1, 2024, authorized a county, city and county, or city to establish a capital
investment incentive program, pursuant to which the county, city and county, or city was authorized to
pay, upon request, a capital investment incentive amount that does not exceed the amount of property
tax derived from that portion of the assessed value of a qualified manufacturing facility, as defined, that
exceeds $150,000,000 to a proponent of a qualified manufacturing facility for up to 15 years. This bill
would reestablish the authorization for capital investment incentive programs until January 1, 2035. The bill would make conforming changes. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute. The bill would make conforming changes. This bill contains other related
provisions. (Based on 04/15/2024 text)
Status: 05/22/2024 - Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Calendar: 06/05/24 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARIA
ELENA, Chair
Elections, Political Reform and Redistricting
AB 2631 (Fong, Mike) Local agencies: ethics training. (Amended 05/20/2024) Link
Existing law requires all local agency officials to receive training in ethics, at specified intervals, if the
local agency provides certain monetary payments to a member of a legislative body, as provided. Existing law requires all local agency officials who are members of specified public bodies to receive the
above-described training, whether or not the member receives any type of compensation, salary, or
stipend or reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official
duties. Existing law requires an entity that develops curricula to satisfy the above-described
requirements to consult with the Fair Political Practices Commission and the Attorney General regarding the sufficiency and accuracy of the proposed course content. Existing law prohibits the Fair Political
Practices Commission and the Attorney General, as specified, from precluding an entity from also
including local ethics policies in the curricula. This bill would require the Fair Political Practices
Commission, in consultation with the Attorney General, to create, maintain, and make available to local
agency officials an ethics training course, as specified. (Based on 05/20/2024 text)
Status: 05/23/2024 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Notes: CalCities sponsored
Emergency Response and Disaster Preparedness
AB 2330 (Holden) Endangered species: incidental take: wildfire preparedness activities.
(Amended 05/16/2024) Link
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The California Endangered Species Act prohibits the taking of an endangered, threatened, or candidate
species, except as specified. Under the act, the Department of Fish and Wildlife (department) may authorize the take of listed species by certain entities through permits or memorandums of
understanding for specified purposes. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to identify areas in
the state as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones based on consistent statewide
criteria and based on the severity of fire hazard that is expected to prevail in those areas. Existing law
requires a local agency to designate, by ordinance, moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones in its jurisdiction within 120 days of receiving recommendations from the State Fire Marshal, as
provided. This bill would authorize a city, county, city and county, special district, or other local agency
to submit to the department a locally designed plan to conduct wildfire preparedness activities on land
designated as a fire hazard severity zone, as defined, that minimizes impacts to wildlife and habitat for
candidate, threatened, and endangered species, and meets specified criteria. The bill would require the department to notify the local agency within 90 days of receipt of the plan if an incidental take permit or
other permit is needed, or if there are other considerations, exemptions, or streamlined pathways that
the wildfire preparedness activities qualify for, including, but not limited to, the State Board of Forestry
and Fire Protection’s California Vegetation Treatment Program. The bill would require the department
to provide the local agency, in its notification, a description of the candidate, endangered, and
threatened species within the plan area and reasonable measures to avoid, minimize, and fully mitigate
the take of the candidate, threatened, and endangered species, as provided. The bill would require the
department, commencing January 1, 2026, to annually post a summary of the plan submissions that
includes specified information, including the number of incidental take permits issued, on its internet
website, as specified. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
Calendar: 06/25/24 S-NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2100 MIN, DAVE,
Chair
Notes: CalCities sponsored
Energy and Utilities
AB 1912 (Pacheco) Electricity: legislation imposing mandated programs and requirements: third-party review. (Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Existing law regulates public utilities, including electrical corporations. The California Council on Science
and Technology is organized as a nonprofit corporation in response to an Assembly Concurrent
Resolution in 1988. This bill would request the council to establish a program to, upon request of the
Legislature, assess legislation that would establish a mandated requirement or program or otherwise
affect electrical ratepayers, as specified. The bill would request the council to develop and implement
conflict-of-interest provisions that would prohibit a person from participating in an analysis for which the person knows or has reasons to know that the person has a financial interest. The bill would request
the council to annually inform the Public Utilities Commission of the amount necessary to fund the work
of the council pursuant to the bill, not to exceed $2,000,000. The bill would require the commission, on
June 15 of each year, to assess large electrical corporations, as defined, their proportionate share of the
June 11, 2024 Item #2 Page 22 of 89
amount reported by the council, as provided. The bill would require the large electrical corporations to
pay their proportionate shares no later than August 1 of each year. The bill would require the moneys collected to be deposited into the Electric Programs Benefit Fund, which would be established by the
bill. The bill would continuously appropriate the moneys in the fund to the council to support the work
of the council in providing analyses under the bill. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1,
2030. This bill contains other related provisions. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 05/23/2024 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
AB 2462 (Calderon) Public Utilities Commission: written reports: energy. (Amended 04/08/2024) Link
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including
electrical corporations and gas corporations. Existing law requires the commission to annually prepare and submit to the Governor and Legislature a written report that contains the commission’s
recommendations for actions that can be undertaken during the succeeding 12 months to limit utility
cost and rate increases consistent with the state’s energy and environmental goals, including goals for
reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, and requires the commission, in preparing the report, to
require certain electrical corporations and gas corporations to study and report on measures they recommend be undertaken to limit costs and rate increases. This bill would require that the report also
consider how the adoption of electrification may impact total energy costs borne by consumers, as
specified, and contain recommendations that may take longer than 12 months to implement, but could
lead to substantial reductions in monthly electricity bills. The bill would also expand the above-described
goals to additionally include goals for encouraging beneficial electrification. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/08/2024 text)
Status: 05/24/2024 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
AB 2666 (Boerner) Public utilities: rate of return. (Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility, including electrical and gas corporations, and requires those rates and charges to be just and
reasonable. This bill would require the commission, following each general rate case test year, to review
which costs, if any, each electrical corporation or gas corporation was able to reduce to achieve profits
and to adjust the authorized revenue requirement in the subsequent general rate case, as appropriate,
based on the actual past costs the corporation records. The bill would require the commission to
establish guidelines for electrical corporations and gas corporations to calculate and report annually
their actual rates of return to the commission. The bill would require the commission to adopt controls
to adequately track those corporations’ actual rates of return relative to their forecasted rates of return
and to require those corporations to identify the cost categories where projected costs exceeded actual
costs. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 05/24/2024 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
SB 1292 (Bradford) Electricity: fixed charges: report. (Amended 04/30/2024) Link
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to adopt new, or expand existing, fixed
charges, as defined, for the purpose of collecting a reasonable portion of the fixed costs of providing
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electrical service to residential customers. Under existing law, the commission may authorize fixed
charges for any rate schedule applicable to a residential customer account. Existing law requires the commission, no later than July 1, 2024, to authorize a fixed charge for default residential rates on an
income-graduated basis, as specified. This bill would require the commission, on or before January 1,
2028, but no sooner than 2 years after the adoption of the income-graduated fixed charge for
residential rates, to submit a report to the relevant policy committees of both houses of the Legislature
on the electrical corporations’ implementation of the fixed charge, as specified. The bill would prohibit the commission from authorizing a fixed charge other than the income-graduated fixed charge for
default residential rates until 30 days after the report is submitted. (Based on 04/30/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Com. on U. & E.
Calendar: 07/01/24 A-UTILITIES AND ENERGY 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 PETRIE-NORRIS,
COTTIE, Chair
SB 1314 (Nguyen) Electricity: fixed charges. (Introduced 02/16/2024) Link
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including
electrical corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to adopt new, or expand existing, fixed
charges, as defined, for the purpose of collecting a reasonable portion of the fixed costs of providing
electrical service to residential customers. Under existing law, the commission may authorize fixed
charges for any rate schedule applicable to a residential customer account. Existing law requires the commission, no later than July 1, 2024, to authorize a fixed charge for default residential rates on an
income-graduated basis, as provided. Existing law requires increases to electrical rates and charges in
rate design proceedings to be reasonable and subject to a reasonable phase-in schedule relative to the
rates and charges in effect before January 1, 2014. This bill would repeal those provisions relating to
fixed charges and rate increases. This bill contains other related provisions. (Based on 02/16/2024 text)
Status: 02/29/2024 - Referred to Com. on E., U. & C.
SB 1326 (Jones) Electricity: fixed charges. (Introduced 02/16/2024) Link
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities,
including electrical corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to adopt new, or expand
existing, fixed charges, as defined, for the purpose of collecting a reasonable portion of the fixed costs of
providing electrical service to residential customers. Under existing law, the commission may authorize
fixed charges for any rate schedule applicable to a residential customer account, and is required, no
later than July 1, 2024, to authorize a fixed charge for default residential rates. Existing law requires
these fixed charges to be established on an income-graduated basis, with no fewer than 3 income
thresholds, so that low-income ratepayers in each baseline territory would realize a lower average
monthly bill without making any changes in usage. Existing law requires the PUC to continue the
California Alternative Rates for Energy (CARE) program to provide assistance to low-income electric and
gas customers with annual household incomes that are no greater than 200% of the federal poverty
guideline levels, as specified. This bill would require the PUC to require each electrical corporation to
offer default rates to residential customers with at least 2 usage tiers, as provided. The bill would
eliminate the requirement that the fixed charges be established on an income-graduated basis as
described above, repeal related findings and declarations of the Legislature, and authorize the
commission to instead authorize fixed charges that, as of January 1, 2015, do not exceed $10 per
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residential customer account per month for customers not enrolled in the CARE program and $5 per
residential customer account per month for customers enrolled in the CARE program. The bill would authorize the maximum allowable fixed charge to be adjusted by no more than the annual percentage
increase in the Consumer Price Index for the prior calendar year, as specified. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 02/16/2024 text)
Status: 04/23/2024 - April 22 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.)
Reconsideration granted.
SB 1374 (Becker) Net energy metering. (Amended 03/18/2024) Link
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including
electrical corporations. Existing law requires the commission to develop a standard contract or tariff, which may include net energy metering, for eligible customer-generators, as defined, with a renewable
electrical generation facility, as defined, that is a customer of a large electrical corporation. Existing law
requires, in developing the standard contract or tariff for large electrical corporations, the commission
to take specified actions. This bill would require, no later than July 1, 2025, the commission to ensure
that any contract or tariff established by the commission pursuant to the above described provisions for renewable electrical generation facilities configured to serve either multiple customers with meters on a
single property, or multiple meters of a single customer on a property or a set of contiguous properties
owned, leased, or rented by the customer, meets certain requirements, including that eligible customer-
generators are authorized to elect to aggregate the electrical load, as specified. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 03/18/2024 text)
Status: 05/28/2024 - Referred to Com. on U. & E.
Environment and Climate
AB 1567 (Garcia) Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparation, Flood Protection,
Extreme Heat Mitigation, Clean Energy, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2024.
(Amended 05/26/2023) Link
The California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of
2018, approved by the voters as Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018, statewide primary election,
authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $4,100,000,000 pursuant to the State General
Obligation Bond Law to finance a drought, water, parks, climate, coastal protection, and outdoor access
for all program. Article XVI of the California Constitution requires measures authorizing general
obligation bonds to specify the single object or work to be funded by the bonds and further requires a
bond act to be approved by a 2/3 vote of each house of the Legislature and a majority of the voters. This
bill would enact the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparation, Flood Protection,
Extreme Heat Mitigation, Clean Energy, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2024, which, if
approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $15,995,000,000
pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects for safe drinking water, wildfire
prevention, drought preparation, flood protection, extreme heat mitigation, clean energy, and workforce development programs. This bill contains other related provisions. (Based on 05/26/2023
text)
Status: 05/22/2024 - Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
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AB 1992 (Boerner) Coastal resources: coastal development permits: blue carbon demonstration
projects. (Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, requires anyone wishing to perform
or undertake any development in the coastal zone, except as specified, in addition to obtaining any
other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to
obtain a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission, 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 nonresidential project that impacts coastal
wetland, subtidal, intertidal, or marine habitats or ecosystems to build or contribute to a blue carbon
demonstration project. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
Calendar: 06/17/24 S-NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER 3 p.m. or upon adjournment of Session - 1021
O Street, Room 1200 MIN, DAVE, Chair
AB 2236 (Bauer-Kahan) Solid waste: reusable grocery bags: standards: plastic film prohibition.
(Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Existing law prohibits a store, as defined, from providing a single-use carryout bag, as defined, to a
customer, with specified exceptions, including an exemption for bags used to contain unwrapped food.
Existing law requires a reusable grocery bag sold by a store to a customer at the point of sale to be made
by a certified reusable grocery bag producer and to meet specified requirements with regard to the bag’s durability, material, labeling, heavy metal content, and, with regard to reusable grocery bags made
from plastic film, recycled material content. Existing law prohibits a producer of reusable grocery bags
made from plastic film from selling or distributing those bags unless the producer is certified by a third-
party certification entity, and provides proof of that certification and a certification fee to the
department, as specified. Existing law also prohibits a store from selling or distributing a recycled paper bag at the point of sale unless the store makes that bag available for purchase for not less than $0.10.
Existing law defines “recycled paper bag,” in part, as a paper carryout bag that contains a minimum of
40% postconsumer recycled materials, except as provided, and meets other requirements. Existing law
allows a retail establishment to voluntarily comply with these requirements, if the retail establishment
provides the department with irrevocable notice. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2026, revise
and recast those provisions to, among other things, revise the single-use carryout bag exception to
include a bag provided to a customer before the customer reaches the point of sale, that is designed to
protect a purchased item from damaging or contaminating other purchased items in a checkout bag, or
to contain an unwrapped food item, as specified. The bill would revise the definition of “recycled paper
bag” to require it be made from a minimum of 50% postconsumer recycled materials on and after
January 1, 2028, without exception. The bill would also require a reusable grocery bag sold by a store to
a customer at the point of sale to meet different requirements, including that it not be made from
plastic film material. The bill would also repeal the provisions relating to certification of reusable grocery
bags, and would repeal a provision relating to certain obsolete at-store recycling program requirements.
The bill would make related conforming changes. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Com. on E.Q.
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AB 2346 (Lee) Organic waste reduction regulations: procurement of recovered organic waste
products. (Amended 04/10/2024) Link
Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to complete, approve, and implement a
comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in the state to reduce the
statewide methane emissions by 40% below 2013 levels by 2030. Existing law requires the Department
of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations that
achieve specified targets for reducing organic waste in landfills, as provided. The department’s organic
waste regulations require local jurisdictions to annually procure a quantity of recovered organic waste
products and to comply with their procurement targets by directly procuring recovered organic waste
products for use or giveaway or by requiring, through a written agreement, that a direct service provider
to the jurisdiction procure recovered organic waste products, or both. Those regulations specify the
types of recovered organic waste products that a jurisdiction may procure, including compost that is
produced at a compostable material handling operation or facility, or a specified digestion facility that
composts onsite. Other regulations of the department require all compostable materials handling
activities to obtain a facility permit from the department prior to commencing operations and meet
other specified requirements, but exclude from those requirements certain activities that the
regulations state do not constitute a compostable material handling operation or facility, including the
composting of green material, agricultural material, food material, and vegetative food material, and the
handling of compostable materials under certain conditions, as provided. This bill would authorize local
jurisdictions to be credited for the procurement of recovered organic waste products through an
agreement with a direct service provider, as defined, and would allow the direct service provider
agreement to include the procurement of recovered organic waste products on a prospective or
retrospective basis as long as the purchase of those products occurs during the year for which the local
jurisdiction seeks credit. The bill would also authorize local jurisdictions to count towards their procurement targets, compost produced and procured from specified compost operations, as defined,
and, until 2030, investments made for the expansion of the capacity of compostable materials handling
operations or community composting operations, as provided. (Based on 04/10/2024 text)
Status: 05/15/2024 - Referred to Com. on E.Q.
AJR 12 (Alvarez) Tijuana River: cross-border pollution. (Amended 05/29/2024) Link
This measure would, among other things, urge the United States Congress and President Joseph R. Biden
to fully fund the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Comprehensive Infrastructure
Solution for the Tijuana River due to the ongoing impacts to public health, the environment, and the
local economy caused by cross-border pollution and would urge President Joseph R. Biden to declare a national emergency due to those ongoing impacts. (Based on 05/29/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to
committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
Position: Support
Calendar: 06/05/24 S-ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 GONZALEZ,
LENA, Chair
06/06/24 #14 S-SECOND READING
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Notes: 2/14/24: EN tagged as pending support. 2/15/24: EN sent draft support letter to the City for
review. 3/12/24: EN received finalized letter, tagged as support, and emailed author's office; bill is in rules. 3/14/24: EN submitted letter to Senate EQ and emailed delegation.
SB 638 (Eggman) Climate Resiliency and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2024.
(Amended 06/28/2023) Link
The California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of
2018, approved by the voters as Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018, statewide primary direct election,
authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $4,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General
Obligation Bond Law to finance a drought, water, parks, climate, coastal protection, and outdoor access
for all program. Article XVI of the California Constitution requires measures authorizing general
obligation bonds to specify the single object or work to be funded by the bonds and further requires a
bond act to be approved by a 2/3 vote of each house of the Legislature and a majority of the voters. This
bill would enact the Climate Resiliency and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2024 which, if approved by the
voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $6,000,000,000 pursuant to the State
General Obligation Bond Law, for flood protection and climate resiliency projects. This bill contains other
related provisions. (Based on 06/28/2023 text)
Status: 07/06/2023 - July 11 hearing postponed by committee.
SB 867 (Allen) Drought, Flood, and Water Resilience, Wildfire and Forest Resilience, Coastal Resilience, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Biodiversity and Nature-Based Climate Solutions, Climate Smart Agriculture, Park Creation and Outdoor Access, and Clean Energy Bond Act of 2024. (Amended 06/22/2023) Link
The California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018, approved by the voters as Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018, statewide primary election,
authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $4,100,000,000 pursuant to the State General
Obligation Bond Law to finance a drought, water, parks, climate, coastal protection, and outdoor access
for all program. Article XVI of the California Constitution requires measures authorizing general
obligation bonds to specify the single object or work to be funded by the bonds and further requires a bond act to be approved by a 2/3 vote of each house of the Legislature and a majority of the voters. This
bill would enact the Drought, Flood, and Water Resilience, Wildfire and Forest Resilience, Coastal
Resilience, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Biodiversity and Nature-Based Climate Solutions, Climate Smart
Agriculture, Park Creation and Outdoor Access, and Clean Energy Bond Act of 2024, which, if approved
by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $15,500,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects for drought, flood, and water resilience, wildfire
and forest resilience, coastal resilience, extreme heat mitigation, biodiversity and nature-based climate
solutions, climate smart agriculture, park creation and outdoor access, and clean energy programs. This
bill contains other related provisions. (Based on 06/22/2023 text)
Status: 07/06/2023 - July 10 hearing postponed by committee.
SB 972 (Min) Methane emissions: organic waste: landfills. (Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to approve and begin implementing a
comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in the state and to achieve a reduction in specified emissions, including methane, as provided. Existing law requires the methane
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reduction goals to include a 75% reduction target from the 2014 level by 2025. Existing law requires the
Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations, as provided, that achieve the targets for reducing organic waste in landfills. This bill would
require the department to provide procedures for local jurisdictions to request technical assistance
regarding organic waste and methane reduction requirements from the department, to post those
procedures on its internet website, and to provide that technical assistance, as specified. The bill would
require the department to report to the Legislature, on or before January 1, 2028, on, among other things relating to organic waste and methane reduction, the status of the technical assistance provided
to local jurisdictions and, on or before January 1, 2031, on the state’s ability to meet the targets for
reducing the disposal of organic waste in landfills and any recommendations to modify the program to
achieve those goals. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
Notes: CalCities sponsored
SB 1053 (Blakespear) Solid waste: reusable grocery bags: standards: plastic film prohibition.
(Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Existing law prohibits a store, as defined, from providing a single-use carryout bag, as defined, to a
customer, with specified exceptions, including an exemption for bags used to contain unwrapped food.
Existing law requires a reusable grocery bag sold by a store to a customer at the point of sale to be made by a certified reusable grocery bag producer and to meet specified requirements with regard to the
bag’s durability, material, labeling, heavy metal content, and, with regard to reusable grocery bags made
from plastic film, recycled material content. Existing law prohibits a producer of reusable grocery bags
made from plastic film from selling or distributing those bags unless the producer is certified by a third-
party certification entity, and provides proof of that certification and a certification fee to the department, as specified. Existing law also prohibits a store from selling or distributing a recycled paper
bag at the point of sale unless the store makes that bag available for purchase for not less than $0.10.
Existing law defines “recycled paper bag,” in part, as a paper carryout bag that contains a minimum of
40% postconsumer recycled materials, except as provided, and meets other requirements. Existing law
allows a retail establishment to voluntarily comply with these requirements, if the retail establishment provides the department with irrevocable notice. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2026, revise
and recast those provisions to, among other things, revise the single-use carryout bag exception to
include a bag provided to a customer before the customer reaches the point of sale, that is designed to
protect a purchased item from damaging or contaminating other purchased items in a checkout bag, or
to contain an unwrapped food item, as specified. The bill would revise the definition of “recycled paper bag” to require it be made from a minimum of 50% postconsumer recycled materials on and after
January 1, 2028, without exception. The bill would also require a reusable grocery bag sold by a store to
a customer at the point of sale to meet different requirements, including that it not be made from
plastic film material. The bill would also repeal the provisions relating to certification of reusable grocery
bags, and would repeal a provision relating to certain obsolete at-store recycling program requirements.
The bill would make related conforming changes. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
SB 1175 (Ochoa Bogh) Organic waste: reduction goals: local jurisdictions: waivers.
(Amended 05/13/2024) Link
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Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to approve and begin implementing a
comprehensive short-lived climate pollutant strategy to achieve a certain reduction in statewide emissions of methane, including a goal of a 75% reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of
organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025. Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling
and Recovery, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations that achieve those targets for
reducing organic waste in landfills that may include, among other things, different levels of
requirements for local jurisdictions and phased timelines based upon their progress in meeting the organic waste reduction goals, and penalties to be imposed by the department for noncompliance. The
department’s regulations authorize low-population and elevation waivers for a local jurisdiction, based
on, among other things, a consideration of the jurisdiction’s census tracts, that exempt the jurisdiction
from all or some of the department’s organic waste collection requirements. This bill would require the
department to revise the regulations to require the department to consider, in addition to census tracts, alternatives to those census tracts, as provided, when deciding the geographic boundaries of a low-
population or elevation waiver, as specified. The bill would prohibit the department from considering
those alternatives when deciding the boundaries for those waivers until it adopts the revised
regulations. This bill contains other existing laws. (Based on 05/13/2024 text)
Status: 05/28/2024 - Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
Calendar: 06/10/24 A-NATURAL RESOURCES 2:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 BRYAN, ISAAC, Chair
SB 1193 (Menjivar) Airports: leaded aviation gasoline. (Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Existing law, the State Aeronautics Act, governs various matters relative to aviation in the state, and
authorizes the Department of Transportation to adopt, administer, and enforce rules and regulations for
the administration of the act. Under existing law, a violation of the State Aeronautics Act is a crime. This
bill would prohibit an airport operator or aviation retail establishment, as defined, from selling, distributing, or otherwise making available leaded aviation gasoline to consumers, consistent with a
specified timeline, as provided. The bill would exempt an airport operator or aviation retail
establishment from that prohibition if the board of supervisors of the county in which the point of sale
occurs has made a final, written determination supported by clear and convincing evidence, after a
noticed public hearing, that an unleaded aviation replacement fuel is not commercially available in the county. The bill would authorize an airport operator or aviation retail establishment to make a written
request to the board of supervisors of a county to make the above determination, as provided. Because
these provisions would be a part of the State Aeronautics Act, the bill would impose a state-mandated
local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/16/2024
text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and L. GOV.
SB 1361 (Blakespear) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: local agencies: contract for
providing services for people experiencing homelessness. (Amended 04/08/2024) Link
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause
to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it
proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a
negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency
to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the
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environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial
evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA exempts for its requirements, among other things, actions taken by the Department of Housing and Community
Development, the California Housing Finance Agency, or a local agency not acting as the lead agency to
provide financial assistance or insurance for the development and construction of residential housing for
persons and families of low or moderate income, as provided. This bill would additionally exempt from
CEQA’s requirements actions taken by a local agency to approve a contract for providing services for people experiencing homelessness, as provided. This bill contains other existing laws. (Based on
04/08/2024 text)
Status: 05/13/2024 - Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and H. & C.D.
Calendar: 06/10/24 A-NATURAL RESOURCES 2:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 BRYAN, ISAAC, Chair
Governmental Operations
AB 1725 (McCarty) Law enforcement settlements and judgments: reporting.
(Amended 01/03/2024) Link
Existing law requires each law enforcement agency to monthly furnish specified information to the
Department of Justice regarding the use of force by a peace officer. This bill would require
municipalities, as defined, to annually post on their internet websites specified information relating to settlements and judgments of $50,000 or more resulting from allegations of improper police conduct,
including, among other information, amounts paid, broken down by individual settlement and
judgment, information on bonds used to finance use of force settlement and judgment payments, and
premiums paid for insurance against settlements or judgments resulting from allegations of improper
police conduct. The bill would also require municipalities to annually post additional information pertaining to settlements and judgments, as specified, irrespective of the amount paid. By increasing
requirements for local governments, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill
would make legislative findings and declarations. (Based on 01/03/2024 text)
Status: 06/04/2024 - From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR.
(Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 4).
AB 2257 (Wilson) Local government: property-related water and sewer fees and assessments: remedies. (Amended 04/23/2024) Link
The California Constitution specifies various requirements with respect to the levying of assessments
and property-related fees and charges by a local agency, including notice, hearing, and protest
procedures, depending on the character of the assessment, fee, or charge. Existing law, known as the
Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act, prescribes specific procedures and parameters for local
jurisdictions to comply with these requirements. This bill would prohibit, if a local agency complies with
specified procedures, a person or entity from bringing a judicial action or proceeding alleging noncompliance with the constitutional provisions for any new, increased, or extended fee or
assessment, as defined, unless that person or entity has timely submitted to the local agency a written
objection to that fee or assessment that specifies the grounds for alleging noncompliance, as specified.
This bill would provide that local agency responses to the timely submitted written objections shall go to
the weight of the evidence supporting the agency’s compliance with the substantive limitations on fees
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and assessments imposed by the constitutional provisions. The bill would also prohibit an independent
cause of action as to the adequacy of the local agency’s responses. This bill would, if the local agency complies with the specified procedures, provide that in any judicial action or proceeding to review,
invalidate, challenge, set aside, rescind, void, or annul the fee or assessment for failure to comply with
the procedural and substantive requirements of specified constitutional provisions in the fee or
assessment setting process, the court’s review is limited to a record of proceedings containing specified
documents, except as otherwise provided. The bill would provide that this limitation does not preclude any civil action related to a local agency’s failure to implement a fee or assessment in compliance with
the manner adopted by the local agency. The bill would make related findings and declarations. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/23/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. GOV.
Position: Pending Support
Notes: 3/28/24: EN marked as pending support. 5/21/24: EN tagged as support. 5/28/24: EN sent the
City a draft letter for review.
AB 2421 (Low) Employer-employee relations: confidential communications.
(Introduced 02/13/2024) Link
Existing law that governs the labor relations of public employees and employers, including the Meyers-
Milias-Brown Act, the Ralph C. Dills Act, provisions relating to public schools, provisions relating to
higher education, and provisions relating to the the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District,
prohibits employers from taking certain actions relating to employee organization, including imposing or
threatening to impose reprisals on employees, discriminating or threatening to discriminate against employees, or otherwise interfering with, restraining, or coercing employees because of their exercise of
their guaranteed rights. Those provisions of existing law further prohibit denying to employee
organizations the rights guaranteed to them by existing law. This bill would also prohibit a local public
agency employer, a state employer, a public school employer, a higher education employer, or the
district from questioning any employee or employee representative regarding communications made in confidence between an employee and an employee representative in connection with representation
relating to any matter within the scope of the recognized employee organization’s
representation. (Based on 02/13/2024 text)
Status: 05/23/2024 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
AB 2455 (Gabriel) Whistleblower protection: state and local government procedures.
(Amended 06/03/2024) Link
Existing law authorizes a city, county, or city and county auditor or controller to maintain a
whistleblower hotline to receive calls from persons who have information regarding fraud, waste, or abuse by local government employees, as specified. Existing law authorizes the county auditor to refer
calls received on the whistleblower hotline to the appropriate government authority for review and
possible investigation. During the initial review of a call, existing law requires the auditor, controller, or
other appropriate governmental agency to hold in confidence information disclosed through the
whistleblower hotline, as specified. Upon receiving specific information that an employee or local government has engaged in an improper activity, as defined, existing law authorizes a city or county
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auditor to conduct an investigative audit of the matter, as specified. This bill would expand the above-
described duties and authorizations to the auditor’s or controller’s designee, as specified. The bill would recast information regarding fraud, waste, or abuse by local government employees as improper
governmental activity, as defined, and expand its scope to include activity by a local agency, employee,
or contractor or subcontractor. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 06/03/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to
committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-JUDICIARY 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2100 UMBERG, THOMAS, Chair
AB 2557 (Ortega) Local agencies: contracts for special services and temporary help: performance
reports. (Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Current law relating to the government of counties authorizes a county board of supervisors to contract
for certain types of special services on behalf of the county, any county officer or department, or any district or court in the county. Existing law requires those special services contracts to be with persons
who are specially trained, experienced, expert, and competent to perform those services. This bill would
require each person who enters into a specified contract for special services with the board of
supervisors to submit semiannual performance reports, as prescribed, every 180 days, to the board of
supervisors and the exclusive representative of the employee organization. The bill would require the board or its representative to monitor semiannual performance reports to evaluate the quality of
services. The bill would require contract terms exceeding 2 years to undergo a performance audit, as
prescribed, by an independent auditor approved by the board to determine whether the performance
standards are being met. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and L., P.E. & R.
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 DURAZO, MARIA ELENA,
Chair
AB 2561 (McKinnor) Local public employees: vacant positions. (Amended 03/11/2024) Link
Existing law, the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (act), authorizes local public employees, as defined, to form,
join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of
representation on matters of labor relations. The act prohibits a public agency from, among other things, imposing or threatening to impose reprisals on employees, discriminating or threatening to
discriminate against employees, or otherwise interfering with specified employee rights guaranteed by
the act. This bill would require each public agency with bargaining unit vacancy rates exceeding 10% for
more than 90 days within the past 180 days to meet and confer with a representative of the recognized
employee organization to produce, publish, and implement a plan consisting of specified components to fill all vacant positions within the subsequent 180 days. The bill would require the public agency to
present this plan during a public hearing to the governing legislative body and to publish the plan on its
internet website for public review for at least one year. By imposing new duties on local public agencies,
the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would also include findings that changes
proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern. (Based on 03/11/2024 text)
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Status: 05/23/2024 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Position: Pending Oppose
Notes: 5/21/24: EN tagged as oppose. 5/28/24: EN sent the City a draft letter for review.
AB 2939 (Rendon) Parks: counties and cities: interpretive services. (Introduced 02/15/2024) Link
Existing law authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation, as a means of furthering its mission to
expand access to state parks and outdoor recreation to all, and contingent upon the availability of its
resources, to enter into community access agreements, as defined, with eligible entities, as defined, to
provide interpretive services and visitor services, as defined, at units of the state parks system to underserved park users, as defined. This bill would require that use of local parks, as defined, by eligible
entities, as defined, to provide interpretative services, as defined, to 30 or fewer participating park
visitors at a time be considered an allowable public use of the local park, and would require cities,
counties, and cities and counties to treat this use of the local park in the same manner as general public
use of the local park, provided that no benefit is conferred by cities, counties, or cities and counties on eligible entities that is not conferred on the general public. To the extent that this bill would impose new
duties on cities, counties, and cities and counties, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 02/15/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and N.R. & W.
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 DURAZO, MARIA ELENA,
Chair
SB 689 (Blakespear) Local coastal program: bicycle lane: amendment. (Amended 06/03/2024) Link
The California Coastal Act of 1976 requires any person wishing to perform or undertake any
development in the coastal zone, as defined, 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, as provided. The act requires the issuance of a coastal development permit if the proposed development is in conformity with the certified local coastal program. The act provides for the
certification of local coastal programs by the California Coastal Commission. This bill would provide that
an application by a local government to convert an existing motorized vehicle travel lane into a
dedicated bicycle lane, dedicated transit lane, or a pedestrian walkway shall not require a traffic study
for the processing of either a coastal development permit or an amendment to a local coastal program. The bill would require, if a proposal to convert an existing motorized vehicle travel lane into a dedicated
bicycle lane, dedicated transit lane, or a pedestrian walkway within the developed portion of an existing
road right-of-way requires an amendment to a local coastal program, that the amendment be processed
in accordance with the procedures applicable to de minimus local coastal program amendments if the
executive director of the commission makes specified determinations. (Based on 06/03/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-
referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
Position: Support
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Calendar: 06/10/24 A-NATURAL RESOURCES 2:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 BRYAN, ISAAC, Chair
Notes: 6/7/23: EN tagged as pending support -- Jason said in an email they are supporting it. No letter as
of yet because it's a two year bill. 1/5/24: Jason said in an email that we should verbally support in
committees the week of the 8th and that he would get back to us about a letter. 1/9/24: SG testified in
support in Senate Natural Resources. 1/9/24: EN testified in support in Senate Transportation. 1/22/24:
EN followed up with Jason about the support letter. 1/29/24: EN followed up with Jason about the
support letter. 1/29/24: Bill is on the Senate Floor. EN received finalized letter, tagged as support,
submitted to Senate, and emailed delegation. 5/22/24: EN submitted letter to Asm Natural Resources
and emailed delegation and governor's office. 6/5/24: EN resubmitted letter to Assembly Natural
Resources, emailed delegation and governor's office, and sent letter to the City.
SB 1050 (Bradford) California American Freedmen Affairs Agency: racially motivated eminent domain.
(Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Existing law establishes, until January 1, 2030, the Racial Equity Commission within the Office of
Planning and Research and requires the commission to develop resources, best practices, and tools for
advancing racial equity by, among other things, developing a statewide Racial Equity Framework that includes methodologies and tools that can be employed to advance racial equity and address structural
racism in California. This bill would require the Office of Legal Affairs, which would be established within
the California American Freedmen Affairs Agency as provided by SB 1403 of the 2023–24 Regular
Session, to, upon appropriation by the Legislature, review, investigate, and make certain determinations
regarding applications from persons who claim they are the rightful owner, as defined, of property taken as a result of racially motivated eminent domain. The bill would define “racially motivated eminent
domain” to mean when the state, county, city, city and county, district, or other political subdivision of
the state acquires private property for public use and does not distribute just compensation to the
owner at the time of the taking, and the taking, or the failure to provide just compensation, was due, in
whole or in part, to the owner’s ethnicity or race. Upon a determination that providing property or just compensation is warranted, as provided, the bill would require the Office of Legal Affairs to certify that
the rightful owner is entitled to specified property or compensation from the Fund for Reparations and
Reparative Justice, which would be established as provided by SB 1331 of the 2023–24 Regular Session.
Upon a determination that an applicant is not a rightful owner or issuing property or just compensation
is not warranted, the bill would require the Office of Legal Affairs to notify the applicant of its finding and provide an appeal process, as specified. The bill would make every finding, decision, determination,
or other official act of the California American Freedmen Affairs Agency subject to judicial review. This
bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Com. on JUD.
Calendar: 06/11/24 A-JUDICIARY 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 KALRA, ASH, Chair
SB 1090 (Durazo) Unemployment insurance: disability and paid family leave: claim administration.
(Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Existing unemployment compensation disability law requires workers to pay contribution rates based
on, among other things, wages received in employment and benefit disbursement, for payment into the
Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund, for purposes of compensating in part for the wage loss
sustained by any individual who is unable to work due to the employee’s own sickness or injury, among
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other reasons. Existing law sets forth standards for eligibility to receive unemployment compensation
disability benefits. Existing law requires, for purposes of unemployment compensation disability benefits, the Employment Development Department to issue the initial payment for unemployment
compensation disability benefits to a monetarily eligible claimant who is otherwise determined eligible
by the department within 14 days of receipt of the claimant’s properly completed first disability claim.
Existing law provides for purposes of the paid family leave program that eligible workers shall receive
benefits generally in accordance with unemployment and disability compensation law. This bill would instead require, for purposes of unemployment compensation disability benefits, the issuance of the
initial payment for those benefits within 14 days of receipt of the claimant’s properly completed first
disability claim or as soon as eligibility begins, whichever is later. The bill would apply the same initial
payment issuance schedule applicable to unemployment compensation disability benefits to the paid
family leave program and repeal the requirement that eligible workers receive benefits generally in accordance with unemployment and disability compensation law. The bill would make these changes
operative when the next scheduled improvement of the Employment Development Department’s
integrated claims management system is implemented. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Com. on INS.
SB 1116 (Portantino) Unemployment insurance: trade disputes: eligibility for benefits. (Introduced 02/13/2024) Link
Existing law provides for the payment of unemployment compensation benefits and extended benefits
to eligible individuals who meet specified requirements. Under existing law, unemployment benefits are
paid from the Unemployment Fund, which is continuously appropriated for these purposes. Existing law
makes an employee ineligible for benefits if the employee left work because of a trade dispute and
specifies that the employee remains ineligible for the duration of the trade dispute. Existing case law
holds that employees who left work due to a lockout by the employer, even if it was in anticipation of a trade dispute, are eligible for benefits. This bill would restore eligibility after the first 2 weeks for an
employee who left work because of a trade dispute. The bill would codify specified case law that holds
that employees who left work due to a lockout by the employer, even if it was in anticipation of a trade
dispute, are eligible for benefits. The bill would specify that the bill’s provisions do not diminish eligibility
for benefits of individuals deprived of work due to an employer lockout or similar action, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 02/13/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Com. on INS.
Position: Pending Oppose
Notes: 5/21/24: EN tagged as oppose. 5/28/24: EN sent the City a draft letter for review.
SB 1441 (Allen) Examination of petitions: time limitations and reimbursement of costs.
(Amended 04/04/2024) Link
Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires state and local agencies to make their records
available for public inspection, except as provided. Existing law generally includes in the meaning of
“public records” any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public’s business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or
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characteristics. Under existing law, certain election petitions are not public records and are not open to
inspection except by certain persons. Specifically, existing law authorizes, among other persons, the proponents of a petition found to be insufficient or their designated representative to examine the
petition no later than 21 days after certification of the insufficiency. This bill would require the
examination to conclude no later than 60 days after it commenced. The bill would also require the
proponent to reimburse all costs incurred by the county elections official due to the examination within
30 days after the examination concludes. The bill would, before an examination is conducted and at the beginning of each day following, require the proponent of a petition who requests to examine a petition
and a memorandum to deposit with the elections official a sum required by the elections official to
cover the cost of the examination for that day. The bill would authorize the return of any money
deposited in excess of the cost of the examination and provide that money not required to be refunded
be deposited in the appropriate public treasury. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/04/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Coms. on JUD. and ELECTIONS.
Calendar: 06/11/24 A-JUDICIARY 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 KALRA, ASH, Chair
Health and Human Services
SB 363 (Eggman) Facilities for inpatient and residential mental health and substance use disorder:
database. (Amended 05/18/2023) Link
Existing law generally requires the State Department of Public Health to license, inspect, and regulate
health facilities, defined to include, among other types of health facilities, an acute psychiatric hospital.
Existing law generally requires the State Department of Social Services to license, inspect, and regulate
various types of care facilities, including, among others, a community crisis home. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate facilities that provide residential
nonmedical services to adults who are recovering from problems related to alcohol, drug, or alcohol and
drug misuse or abuse, and who need alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug recovery treatment or
detoxification services. This bill would require, by January 1, 2026, the State Department of Health Care
Services, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Social Services, and by conferring with specified stakeholders, to develop a real-time, internet-based database
to collect, aggregate, and display information about beds in specified types of facilities, such as chemical
dependency recovery hospitals, acute psychiatric hospitals, and mental health rehabilitation centers,
among others, to identify the availability of inpatient and residential mental health or substance use
disorder treatment. The bill would require the database to include a minimum of specific information, including the contact information for a facility’s designated employee, the types of diagnoses or
treatments for which the bed is appropriate, and the target populations served at the facility, and have
the capacity to, among other things, enable searches to identify beds that are appropriate for individuals
in need of inpatient or residential mental health or substance use disorder treatment. This bill contains
other related provisions. (Based on 05/18/2023 text)
Status: 09/01/2023 - September 1 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Position: Support
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Notes: 3/14/23 SG: Subcommittee approved support position 3/22/23 SG: Testified in support in Senate
Health Committee 4/7/23 AB: Submitted letter of support to the Judiciary Committee and the Author. 4/7/23: EN emailed letter to delegation. 4/11/23 SG: Testified in support in Senate Judiciary Committee
4/24/23 SG: Testified in support in Senate Approps 6/6/23: EN submitted to Asm Health and emailed
City, delegation, and governor's office. 6/13/23: AS testified in Asm Health.
Homelessness
AB 2338 (Jones-Sawyer) Statewide Homelessness Coordinator. (Amended 03/04/2024) Link
Existing law establishes various programs to address homelessness, including requiring the Governor to
create an Interagency Council on Homelessness. Existing law requires the council to, among other
things, identify mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end
homelessness in California and promote systems integration to increase efficiency and effectiveness to address the needs of people experiencing homelessness. This bill would require the Governor to appoint
a Statewide Homelessness Coordinator, within the Governor’s office, to serve as the lead person for
ending homelessness in California. This bill would require the coordinator to perform prescribed duties,
including, among others, identifying a local leader in each relevant city, county, city and county, or other
jurisdiction to serve as a liaison between the coordinator and that jurisdiction, overseeing homelessness programs, services, data, and policies between federal, state, and local agencies, coordinating the timing
of release of funds and applications for funding for housing and housing-based services impacting
Californians experiencing homelessness, and, in collaboration with local leaders, providing annual
recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor, as specified. This bill contains other related
provisions. (Based on 03/04/2024 text)
Status: 06/04/2024 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
Housing and Land Use
AB 1176 (Zbur) General plans: Local Electrification Planning Act. (Amended 05/29/2024) Link
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires a city or county to adopt a comprehensive general
plan for the city’s or county’s physical development that includes various elements, including, among
others, a land use element that designates the proposed general distribution and general location and
extent of the uses of the land in specified categories, and a circulation element that identifies the
location and extent of existing and proposed major thoroughfares, transportation routes, terminals, any
military airports and ports, and other local public utilities and facilities, as specified. This bill, the Local
Electrification Planning Act, would require a city, county, or city and county to prepare and adopt a
specified plan, or otherwise integrate a plan into the general plan, that, among other things, identifies
opportunities to expand electric vehicle charging to meet the needs of the city’s, county’s, or city and
county’s current and future visitors, residents, and businesses, and includes policies and implementation
measures that address the needs of disadvantaged communities, low-income households, and small
businesses for investments in zero-emission technologies that directly benefit these groups, as specified.
The bill would require a city, county, or city and county to adopt a specified plan, or otherwise integrate
the plan into the general plan, on or after January 1, 2026, but no later than January 1, 2029. The bill would deem a plan adopted pursuant to these provisions as a regional plan for specified purposes. The
bill would require that the above-described provisions only apply to a city, county, or city and county
with a population greater than 75,000 residents. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws. (Based on 05/29/2024 text)
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Status: 05/29/2024 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to
committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Calendar: 06/05/24 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARIA
ELENA, Chair
AB 1657 (Wicks) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024. (Amended 03/04/2024) Link
Under existing law, there are programs providing assistance for, among other things, emergency
housing, multifamily housing, farmworker housing, home ownership for very low and low-income
households, and downpayment assistance for first-time home buyers. Existing law also authorizes the
issuance of bonds in specified amounts pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law and requires
that proceeds from the sale of these bonds be used to finance various existing housing programs, capital outlay related to infill development, brownfield cleanup that promotes infill development, and housing-
related parks. This bill would enact the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024, which, if adopted, would
authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General
Obligation Bond Law. Proceeds from the sale of these bonds would be used to finance programs to fund
affordable rental housing and homeownership programs, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program.
This bill would provide for submission of the bond act to the voters at the March 5, 2024, statewide
general election in accordance with specified law. This bill contains other related provisions. (Based on
03/04/2024 text)
Status: 03/04/2024 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to
committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
AB 1820 (Schiavo) Housing development projects: applications: fees and exactions.
(Amended 04/29/2024) Link
Existing law requires a city or county to deem an applicant for a housing development project to have submitted a preliminary application upon providing specified information about the proposed project to
the city or county from which approval for the project is being sought. Existing law requires a housing
development project be subject only to the ordinances, policies, and standards adopted and in effect
when the preliminary application was submitted. This bill would authorize a development proponent
that submits a preliminary application for a housing development project to request a preliminary fee
and exaction estimate, as defined, and would require the local agency to provide the estimate within 30
business days of the submission of the preliminary application. For development fees imposed by an
agency other than a city or county, the bill would require the development proponent to request the fee
schedule from the agency that imposes the fee. The bill would specify that the preliminary fee and
exaction estimate is for informational purposes only and does not affect the scope, amount, or time of
payment of any fee or exaction, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws. (Based on 04/29/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING.
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 DURAZO, MARIA ELENA,
Chair
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AB 1886 (Alvarez) Housing Element Law: substantial compliance: Housing Accountability Act.
(Amended 04/15/2024) 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. Existing law, commonly
referred to as the Housing Element Law, prescribes requirements for a city’s or county’s preparation of,
and compliance with, its housing element, and requires the Department of Housing and Community
Development to review and determine whether the housing element substantially complies with the
Housing Element Law, as specified. If the department finds that a draft housing element or amendment
does not substantially comply with the Housing Element Law, existing law requires the legislative body
of the city or county to either (A) change the draft element or amendment to substantially comply with
the Housing Element Law or (B) adopt the draft housing element or amendment without changes and
make specified findings as to why the draft element or amendment substantially complies with the
Housing Element Law despite the findings of the department. Existing law requires a planning agency to
promptly submit an adopted housing element or amendment to the department and requires the
department to review the adopted housing element or amendment and report its findings to the
planning agency within 60 days. This bill would require a planning agency that makes the above-
described findings as to why a draft housing element or amendment substantially complies with the
Housing Element Law despite the findings of the department to submit those findings to the
department. The bill would require the department to review those finding in its review of an adopted
housing element or amendment. The bill would create a rebuttable presumption of validity for the
department’s findings as to whether the adopted element or amendment substantially complies with
the Housing Element Law. Because the bill would require planning agencies to submit specified findings
to the department with an adopted housing element or amendment, the bill would impose a state-
mandated local program. This bill would provide that a housing element or amendment is considered substantially compliant with the Housing Element Law when the local agency has adopted a housing
element or amendment and the department or a court of competent jurisdiction determines the
adopted housing element or amendment to be in substantial compliance with the Housing Element Law.
The bill would specify that a determination of substantial compliance continues until the department or
a court of competent jurisdiction determines otherwise or the end of the applicable housing element cycle. The bill would provide that these provisions are declaratory of existing law. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/15/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Com. on HOUSING.
Position: Pending Oppose
Notes: 5/21/24: EN tagged as oppose. 5/28/24: EN sent the City a draft letter for review.
AB 1889 (Friedman) Conservation element: wildlife and habitat connectivity.
(Amended 06/04/2024) Link
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires the legislative body of a city or county to adopt a
comprehensive general plan that includes various elements, including land use, housing, and
conservation elements, as specified. Existing law requires the conservation element to consider the
effect of development within the jurisdiction on natural resources located on public lands. This bill
would additionally require the conservation element to consider the effect of development within the
jurisdiction on the movement of wildlife and habitat connectivity. The bill would require the
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conservation element, upon the next update of one or more elements on or after January 1, 2028, to,
among other things, identify and analyze connectivity areas, permeability, and natural landscape areas within the jurisdiction, identify and analyze existing or planned wildlife passage features, and consider
the impacts of development and the barriers caused by development to wildlife and habitat
connectivity. The bill would authorize a city, county, or city and county to incorporate by reference into
its general plan an existing plan that meets these requirements. The bill would authorize a city, county,
or city and county preparing to update its conservation element to consider incorporating appropriate standards, policies, and implementation programs, consult with specified entities, and consider relevant
best available science. The bill would authorize a city, county, or city and county to consult with other
appropriate entities and include the above-described required information in a separate component or
section of the general plan entitled a wildlife connectivity element. The bill would include related
legislative findings and declarations. By adding to the duties of county and city officials in the administration of their land use planning duties, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 06/04/2024 text)
Status: 06/04/2024 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to
committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 DURAZO, MARIA ELENA, Chair
AB 1893 (Wicks) Housing Accountability Act: housing disapprovals: required local findings.
(Amended 04/30/2024) 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. Existing law, commonly
referred to as the Housing Element Law, prescribes requirements for a city’s or county’s preparation of, and compliance with, its housing element, and requires the Department of Housing and Community
Development to review and determine whether the housing element substantially complies with the
Housing Element Law, as specified. Existing law, the Housing Accountability Act, among other things,
prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible,
a housing development project for very low, low-, or moderate-income households unless the local agency makes written findings as to one of certain sets of conditions, as specified. Existing law defines
“housing for very low, low-, or moderate-income households” for purposes of the Housing
Accountability Act to mean at least 20% of the total units shall be sold or rented to lower income
households or 100% of the units are sold or rented to persons and families of moderate income. This bill
would revise that definition to mean at least 10% of the units are dedicated to very low income households, 100% of the units are dedicated to lower income households at an affordable rent
consistent with rent limits established by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, 100% of the
units are sold or rented to persons and families of moderate income, or the housing development
consists of 10 units or fewer that is on a project site that is smaller than one acre with a minimum
density of 10 units per acre. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/30/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.
AB 2023 (Quirk-Silva) Housing element: inventory of land: rebuttable presumptions.
(Amended 03/21/2024) Link
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The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development
within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law, commonly referred to as the Housing Element Law, prescribes requirements for a city’s or county’s preparation of,
and compliance with, its housing element, and requires the Department of Housing and Community
Development to review and determine whether the housing element substantially complies with the
Housing Element Law, as specified. Existing law requires the housing element to include an inventory of
land suitable and available for residential development. If that inventory of sites does not identify adequate sites to accommodate the need for groups of all household income levels, as provided,
existing law requires that the local government rezone sites within 3 years after the date the housing
element is adopted or within one year if the local government fails to adopt a housing element that the
department finds to be in substantial compliance with the Housing Element Law within 120 days of the
statutory deadline to adopt the housing element. This bill, for the 7th and each subsequent revision of the housing element, would require a local government to complete the rezoning of sites within one
year of the statutory deadline for the adoption of the housing element or the earlier of 3 years after the
date the housing element is adopted or 90 days after receipt of comments from the department, as
specified, if the local government satisfies certain requirements, including submitting a draft element or
draft amendment to the department for review within specified timeframes and adopting a draft
element or draft amendment that the department finds to be insubstantial compliance with the Housing
Element Law, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on
03/21/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and JUD.
AB 2085 (Bauer-Kahan) Planning and zoning: permitted use: community clinic.
(Amended 04/09/2024) Link
The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, authorizes a development proponent to submit an
application for a housing development that is subject to a specified streamlined, ministerial approval process not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development satisfies certain objective planning
standards. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to
prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a
project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or
to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA does not apply to the approval of ministerial projects. This bill would make a development that meets specified
objective planning standards, including that, among other things, it is on a parcel that is within a zone
where office, retail, health care, or parking are a principally permitted use, a permitted use and would
require a local agency to review an application for that development on an administrative,
nondiscretionary basis. The bill would require a local agency, within 60 calendar days of receiving an application pursuant to these provisions, to approve or deny the application subject to specified
requirements, including that, among other things, if the local agency determines that the development
is in conflict with any of the above-described standards, the local agency is required to provide the
development proponent written documentation of which standard or standards the development
conflicts with, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/09/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and E.Q.
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Calendar: 06/05/24 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARIA
ELENA, Chair
AB 2199 (Berman) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: residential or mixed-use housing
projects. (Amended 04/18/2024) Link
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause
to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it
proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a
negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. Existing law, until January 1,
2025, exempts from CEQA residential or mixed-use housing projects, as defined, located in
unincorporated areas of a county meeting certain requirements, except for residential or mixed-use
housing projects if certain conditions exist, as specified. Existing law requires a lead agency, if the lead
agency determines that a residential or mixed-use housing project qualifies for this exemption from
CEQA and determines to approve or carry out the project, to file a notice of exemption with the Office of
Planning and Research and the county clerk in the county in which the project is located. This bill would
extend the operation of that exemption until January 1, 2035. By also extending the requirement on a
lead agency to determine the applicability of the exemption and to file a notice of exemption with the
office and the county clerk, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would also make this exemption inapplicable to a residential or mixed-use housing project that may cause
substantial adverse impact to tribal cultural resources, as defined. This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/18/2024 text)
Status: 05/22/2024 - Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and HOUSING.
Calendar: 06/05/24 S-ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 GONZALEZ,
LENA, Chair 06/06/24 #12 S-SECOND READING
AB 2243 (Wicks) Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022: objective standards and
affordability and site criteria. (Amended 06/04/2024) Link
Existing law, the Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022, until January 1, 2033, authorizes a
development proponent to submit an application for an affordable housing development or a mixed-
income housing development that meets specified objective standards and affordability and site criteria,
including being located within a zone where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use. The
act makes a development that meets those objective standards and affordability and site criteria a use
by right and subject to one of 2 streamlined, ministerial review processes depending on, among other
things, the affordability requirements applicable to the project. This bill would make various changes to
the objective standards and affordability and site criteria applicable to an affordable housing
development or mixed-income housing development subject to the streamlined, ministerial review
process under the act. Among other changes to those objective standards, the bill would prohibit an
affordable housing development subject to the act from demolishing a historic structure that was placed
on a national, state, or local historic register. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws. (Based on 06/04/2024 text)
Status: 06/04/2024 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to
committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
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AB 2387 (Pellerin) Mobilehome parks: additional lots: exemption from additional fees or charges.
(Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Existing law, the Mobilehome Parks Act (act), generally regulates various classifications of mobilehome
and related vehicle parks, and imposes enforcement duties on the Department of Housing and
Community Development and local enforcement agencies. The act authorizes any person to file an
application with the governing body of a city or county for a conditional use permit for a mobilehome
park. The act requires a person, before operating a mobilehome park, and each year thereafter, to
obtain a valid permit from the enforcement agency in order to operate the park. The act also requires
the owner of a mobilehome park to obtain a permit to create, move, shift, or alter park lot lines. This bill
would, subject to specified exceptions, authorize an owner of an existing mobilehome park that is
subject to, or intends to qualify for, a valid permit to operate the park, to apply to the enforcement
agency to add additional specified lots to the mobilehome park not to exceed 10% of the previously
approved number of lots in the mobilehome park, if the owner has not had their permit to operate
suspended. The bill would require the owner to apply to the enforcement agency for, and obtain from
the enforcement agency, all required permits pursuant to the act before adding additional lots. The bill
would exempt the additional lots from any business tax, local registration fee, use permit fee, or other
fee, except those fees that apply to the existing lots in the park, and would prohibit the owner from
reducing the size of, or interfering with, certain existing facilities without first complying with specified
requirements for creating, moving, shifting, or altering lot lines. The bill would provide that the
additional lots are considered new construction, as defined, except as provided, and specify how certain
laws adopted by a city, county, or city and county that establish a maximum rent apply to additional lots.
This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 05/23/2024 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
AB 2430 (Alvarez) Planning and zoning: density bonuses: monitoring fees.
(Amended 04/18/2024) Link
Existing law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city, county, or city and county
to provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the city or county with a density
bonus, waivers or reductions of development standards and parking ratios, and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct certain types of housing, including a
housing development in which 100% of the units are for lower income households, except that up to
20% of the units in the development may be for moderate-income households, as specified. This bill
would prohibit a city, county, or city and county from charging a monitoring fee, as defined, on those
types of housing developments if certain conditions are met, except as specified. The bill would provide that, beginning on January 1, 2025, any housing development that is currently placed in service, is
subject to monitoring fees, and meets those conditions shall no longer be subject to those fees. By
imposing new duties on local governments, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This
bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/18/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.
AB 2433 (Quirk-Silva) California Private Permitting Review and Inspection Act: fees: building permits. (Amended 05/20/2024) Link
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Existing law, the State Housing Law, establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for
buildings used for human habitation. Existing law authorizes the governing body of a county or city to prescribe fees for permits, certificates, or other forms or documents required or authorized under the
State Housing Law, and fees to defray the cost of enforcement required by the law to be carried out by
local enforcement agencies. This bill, the California Private Permitting Review and Inspection Act, would
require a building department of the county or city to prepare a schedule of the above-described fees
and post the schedule on the county or city’s internet website if the city or county prescribes the fees. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/20/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
AB 2485 (Carrillo, Juan) Regional housing need: determination. (Amended 03/19/2024) Link
The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term
general plan for the physical development of the county or city, which includes, among other mandatory
elements, a housing element. That law requires, for the 4th and subsequent revisions of the housing
element, the Department of Housing and Community Development (department) to determine the
existing and projected need for housing for each region, as specified. That law requires the department, in consultation with the council of governments, to determine the existing and projected need of
housing for each region in a specified manner. That law requires the department’s determination to be
based upon population projections produced by the Department of Finance, as specified. That law also
requires the department to meet and consult with the council of governments regarding the
assumptions and methodologies to be used to determine each region’s housing need and requires the council of governments to provide data assumptions from the council of governments’ projections, as
specified. That law authorizes the department to accept or reject the information provided by the
council of governments and, after consultation with each council of governments, to make
determinations on the council of governments’ data assumptions and the methodology the department
will use to determine each region’s housing need. That law requires the department to provide its determinations to each council of governments, as specified. This bill would require the department to
publish on its internet website the data sources, analyses, and methodology, as specified, prior to
finalization of the regional determination. The bill would also require the department, for the 7th and
subsequent revisions of the housing element, to assemble and convene an advisory panel that includes,
among others, an expert on the data assumptions by each council of governments to advise the department on the assumptions and methodology it will use to determine each region housing need.
The bill would also require the department to consult with the advisory panel before making
determinations on the council of governments’ data assumptions and methodology it will use to
determine each region’s housing need for the 7th and subsequent revisions of the housing element. The
bill would also additionally require the department to publish its determination on its internet website. (Based on 03/19/2024 text)
Status: 05/23/2024 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
AB 2553 (Friedman) Housing development: major transit stops: vehicular traffic impact fees.
(Amended 04/15/2024) Link
Existing law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to
prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a
project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or
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to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a
lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no
substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment.
CEQA exempts from its requirements residential projects on infill sites and transit priority projects that
meet certain requirements, including a requirement that the projects are located within 1/2 mile of a
major transit stop. CEQA defines “major transit stop” to include, among other locations, the intersection of 2 or more major bus routes with a frequency of service interval of 15 minutes or less during the
morning and afternoon peak commute periods. This bill would revise the definition of “major transit
stop” to increase the frequency of service interval to 20 minutes. This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/15/2024 text)
Status: 05/15/2024 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING.
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 DURAZO, MARIA ELENA,
Chair
AB 2560 (Alvarez) Density Bonus Law: California Coastal Act of 1976. (Amended 04/24/2024) Link
Existing law, referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to provide a developer that
proposes a housing development within the city or county with a density bonus and other incentives or
concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct specified percentages of units for lower income households or very low income households, and meets other requirements. Existing law, the
California Coastal Act of 1976 (act), regulates development, as defined, in the coastal zone, as defined,
and requires a new development to comply with specified requirements. The Density Bonus Law
provides that its provisions do not supersede or in any way alter or lessen the effect or application of the
act, and requires that any density bonus, concessions, incentives, waivers or reductions of development standards, and parking ratios to which an applicant is entitled under the Density Bonus Law be
permitted in a manner consistent with the act. This bill would provide that any density bonus,
concessions, incentives, waivers or reductions of development standards, and parking ratios to which an
applicant is entitled under the Density Bonus Law be permitted notwithstanding the act if the
development is not located on any of specified sites. (Based on 04/24/2024 text)
Status: 05/21/2024 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
AB 2574 (Valencia) Alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment programs and facilities:
disclosures. (Amended 04/25/2024) Link
Existing law grants the sole authority in state government to the State Department of Health Care
Services to certify alcohol or other drug programs and to license adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery
or treatment facilities. Existing law requires certified programs and licensed facilities to disclose
specified information to the department, including ownership or a financial interest in a recovery
residence, as defined, and contractual relationships with entities that provide recovery services to
clients of certified programs or licensed facilities if the entity is not a part of a certified program or a
licensed facility. This bill would require an organization that operates, conducts, owns, or maintains a
certified program or a licensed facility to disclose to the department whether the licensee, or a general
partner, director, or officer of the licensee owns or has a financial interest in a recovery residence and
whether it has contractual relationships with entities that provide recovery services to clients of
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certified programs or licensed facilities if the entity is not a part of a certified program or a licensed
facility. (Based on 04/25/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Calendar: 06/12/24 S-HEALTH 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ROTH, RICHARD, Chair
Notes: CalCities sponsored
AB 2583 (Berman) School zones and walk zones. (Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Current law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires the legislative body of a city or county to adopt a
comprehensive general plan that includes various elements, including a circulation element to plan for
transportation routes.This bill would require, upon any substantive revision of the circulation element
on or after January 1, 2025, the legislative body of a city or county, to identify and establish school walk
zones for all schools located within the scope of the general plan. The bill would define a “school walk zone” to mean all roadways and sidewalks within 1,000 feet in all directions of the boundary line of a
school grounds. By placing new duties on county and city officials with respect to their land use
planning, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and L. GOV.
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-TRANSPORTATION 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 CORTESE, DAVE, Chair
AB 2632 (Wilson) Planning and zoning: thrift retail stores. (Amended 04/22/2024) Link
(1)Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, 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 and of any land outside its boundaries that relates to its planning. Existing law authorizes
the legislative body, if it deems it to be in the public interest, to amend all or part of an adopted general
plan, as provided. Existing law also authorizes the legislative body of any county or city, pursuant to specified procedures, to adopt ordinances that, among other things, regulate the use of buildings,
structures, and land as between industry, business, residences, open space, and other purposes.This bill
would prohibit a local agency, as defined, from treating a thrift retail store, as defined, differently from a
nonthrift retail store engaged in the sale of new items that are similar to items sold by a thrift retail
store for purposes of zoning, development standards, or permitting, except as specified. The bill would allow a local agency to require that thrift retail stores meet certain aesthetic or design standards, as
prescribed. The bill would prohibit a local agency from prohibiting a thrift retail store from receiving
used and donated items for sale in the store or other thrift retail stores, or reuse or recycling, or both
reuse and recycling, through other means. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 04/22/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
AB 2667 (Santiago) Affirmatively furthering fair housing: housing element: reporting.
(Amended 04/09/2024) Link
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Existing law requires a public agency to administer its programs and activities relating to housing and
community development in a manner to affirmatively further fair housing, and take no action that is materially inconsistent with its obligation to affirmatively further fair housing. Existing law defines
“affirmatively furthering fair housing” as taking meaningful actions that, taken together, address
significant disparities in housing needs and in access to opportunity, replacing segregated living patterns
with truly integrated and balanced living patterns, transforming racially and ethnically concentrated
areas of poverty into areas of opportunity, and fostering and maintaining compliance with civil rights and fair housing laws. Existing law requires a housing element to include a program that sets forth a
schedule of actions during the planning period, each with a timeline for implementation such that there
will be beneficial impacts of the programs within the planning period, that the local government is
undertaking or intends to undertake to implement the policies and achieve the goals and objectives of
the housing element through, among other things, the administration of land use and development controls and the provision of regulatory concessions and incentives. Existing law requires this program
to affirmatively further fair housing and consist of specified components, including a summary of fair
housing issues in the jurisdiction and an assessment of the jurisdiction’s fair housing enforcement and
fair housing outreach capacity. This bill would require the Department of Housing and Community
Development to develop a standardized reporting format for programs and actions taken with regards
to the local agency affirmatively further fair housing that enables the reporting of the assessment
components described-above, as specified. The bill would require local governments to utilize the
standardized reporting format for the 7th and each subsequent revision of the housing element. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/09/2024 text)
Status: 05/24/2024 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
AB 2675 (Low) Planning and zoning: regional housing needs: exchange of allocation. (Amended 05/06/2024) 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,
among other specified mandatory elements, a housing element. That law, for the 4th and subsequent
revisions of the housing element, requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to
determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region. That law further requires the
appropriate council of governments, or, for cities and counties without a council of governments, the department, to adopt a final regional housing plan that allocates a share of the regional housing need to
each city, county, or city and county in accordance with certain requirements. This bill would authorize a
city or county, by agreement, to transfer all or a portion of its allocation of regional housing need to
another city or county. The bill would allow the transferring city to pay the transferee city or county an
amount determined by that agreement, as well as a surcharge to offset the impacts and associated costs of the additional housing on the transferee city. The bill would also require the transferring city or
county and the transferee city or county to report to the council of governments and the department
specified information about the transfer, as provided. (Based on 05/06/2024 text)
Status: 05/07/2024 - Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
AB 2684 (Bryan) Safety element: extreme heat. (Amended 04/15/2024) Link
The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of a city or county to adopt a comprehensive,
long-term general plan that includes various elements, including, among others, a safety element for the
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protection of the community from unreasonable risks associated with the effects of various geologic and
seismic hazards, flooding, and wildland and urban fires. This bill would require a city or county, upon the next update of one or more of the elements included in the general plan on or after January 1, 2028, to
review and update its safety element as necessary to address the hazard of extreme heat, as specified.
The bill would authorize a city or county that has adopted an extreme heat action plan or other
document that fulfills commensurate goals and objectives to use that information in the safety element,
as specified, and, upon doing so, would require the city or county to summarize and incorporate into the safety element the other plan or document. The bill would also authorize a city or county to use or
reference information in the Extreme Heat Action Plan and the State Hazard Mitigation Plan, as
described, to comply with the above-described updating requirement. This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/15/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Position: Support
Calendar: 06/05/24 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARIA
ELENA, Chair 06/06/24 #9 S-SECOND READING
Notes: 4/3/24: S. Gonsalves requested priority tag. 4/9/24: EN tagged as pending support. 4/16/24: EN
sent a draft letter to the City. 5/20/24: EN sent an updated letter to the City for review. 5/20/24: EN received final letter, tagged as support, submitted to portal, and emailed delegation. 5/29/24: EN
submitted letter to Senate Local Government, emailed delegation and governor's office, and sent letter
to the City. 6/5/24: AS me too'd in support in Senate Local Government.
AB 2728 (Gabriel) Planning and zoning: housing development: independent institutions of higher
education and religious institutions. (Amended 04/15/2024) Link
The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan that includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. That law requires the
city’s or county’s planning agency, after the legislative body has adopted a general plan, to submit an
annual report to the legislative body, the Office of Planning and Research, and the Department of
Housing and Community Development. Existing law, the Affordable Housing on Faith and Higher
Education Lands Act of 2023 (the act), requires a housing development project on certain lands owned
by an independent institution of higher education or a religious institution to be a use by right if the
development project satisfies specified criteria, including that a specified percentage of the
development project’s total units are for lower income households. This bill would require a local
government to include in the annual report specified information relating to housing development
projects under the act, including the number of applications submitted and the total number of building
permits issued under the act. The bill would require the Department of Housing and Community
Development, by July 1, 2025, to develop and publish a list of existing state grants and financial
incentives in connection with the planning, construction, and operation of very low, low-, and
moderate-income housing on land owned by religious institutions and independent institutions of
higher education, and a set of model partnership agreements that can be used by those institutions
when they partner with an affordable housing builder. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws. (Based on 04/15/2024 text)
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Status: 05/23/2024 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
AB 2729 (Patterson, Joe) Residential fees and charges. (Amended 04/25/2024) Link
Existing law prohibits a local agency that imposes fees or charges on a residential development for the
construction of public improvements or facilities from requiring the payment of those fees or charges
until the date of the final inspection or the date the certificate of occupancy is issued, whichever occurs
first. However, under existing law, a local agency is authorized to collect utility service fees at the time
an application for utility service is received, and a local agency is authorized to require payment sooner
if the local agency determines that the fees or charges will be collected for public improvements or
facilities for which an account has been established and funds appropriated and for which the local
agency has adopted a proposed construction schedule or plan prior to final inspection or issuance of the
certificate of occupancy, or if the fees or charges are to reimburse the local agency for expenditures
previously made. This bill would limit the utility service fees authorized to be collected at the time an
application for utility service is received to utility service fees related to capacity charge connections.
The bill would delete the above-described authorization for a local agency to require payment of fees or
charges prior to the date of final inspection or issuance of the certificate of occupancy, whichever occurs
first, and would instead authorize a local agency to require payment of fees or charges at earlier times if
any of certain circumstances are satisfied, including authorizing the local agency to require the payment of those fees and charges at the time the local agency issues a permit if the local agency determines,
and provides supporting documentation to the applicant establishing, that construction for the public
improvement or facility for which the fee or charge is required has commenced or will commence within
24 months of the issuance of the permit, as specified. (Based on 04/25/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING.
Position: Pending Oppose
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 DURAZO, MARIA ELENA,
Chair
Notes: 5/21/24: EN tagged as oppose. 5/28/24: EN sent the City a draft letter for review.
AB 2904 (Quirk-Silva) Zoning ordinances: notice. (Amended 05/30/2024) Link
Existing law requires the planning commission to hold a public hearing on any zoning ordinance or an
amendment to a zoning ordinance that changes any property from one zone to another. Existing law, if the proposed ordinance or amendment to a zoning ordinance affects the permitted uses of real
property, requires notice of the hearing to be, among other things, mailed or delivered at least 10 days
prior to the hearing to the owner of the subject real property, as specified. This bill would instead
require notice of the planning commission’s hearing on a proposed zoning ordinance or amendment to a
zoning ordinance, if the proposed ordinance or amendment to a zoning ordinance affects the permitted uses of real property, to be published, posted, mailed, and delivered, or advertised, as applicable, at
least 20 days before the hearing. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 05/30/2024 text)
Status: 05/30/2024 - Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Calendar: 06/10/24 S-APPROPRIATIONS 11 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CABALLERO, ANNA, Chair
AB 2909 (Santiago) Historical property contracts: qualified historical property: adaptive reuse.
(Amended 04/18/2024) Link
Existing law authorizes an owner of any qualified historical property to contract with the legislative body
of a city, county, or city and county to restrict the use of the property, as specified, in exchange for
lowered assessment values. Existing law defines “qualified historical property” as privately owned
property that is not exempt from property taxation and is either listed in the National Register of
Historic Places or located in a registered historic district, as defined, or listed in any state, city, county, or
city and county official register of historical or architecturally significant sites, places, or landmarks.
Existing law establishes the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program of 2019, which requires the Department
of Housing and Community Development to establish and administer a grant program to fund capital
improvement projects pursuant to specified requirements. Existing law provides that capital
improvement projects that may be funded under the grant program include, among other things, those
related to adapted reuse, which means, when referring to building structures, retrofitting and
repurposing of existing buildings that create new residential rental units, as specified. This bill, starting
January 1, 2026, and until January 1, 2036, would additionally define as “qualified historical property” a
privately owned property that is not exempt from property taxation that was constructed at least 30 years prior to the year a legislative body and property owner enter into a contract to restrict the use of
the property, as specified, and that is located within the City of Los Angeles on a site that satisfies
certain criteria, including, among others, being in a zone where office, retail, or parking are a principally
permitted use. The bill would require a contract entered into to restrict the use of that qualified
historical property to require adaptive reuse of the qualified historical property, dedicate at least 3 units to live-work artist lofts, and facilitate, promote, and accommodate active transportation, as specified.
The bill would also update an obsolete cross-reference. This bill contains other existing laws. (Based on
04/18/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING.
AB 2967 (Ting) Teacher Housing Act of 2016: nonprofit organization employees.
(Amended 04/29/2024) Link
Existing law, the Teacher Housing Act of 2016, authorizes a school district to establish and maintain
programs, as provided, that address the housing needs of teachers and school district employees who
face challenges in securing affordable housing. The act restricts programs established under its provisions to teachers and school district employees, with certain exceptions. The act defines the term
“teacher or school district employee” for these purposes to mean any person employed by a unified
school district maintaining prekindergarten, transitional kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, an
elementary school district maintaining prekindergarten, transitional kindergarten, and grades 1 to 8,
inclusive, or a high school district maintaining grades 9 to 12, inclusive, including, but not limited to, certificated and classified staff. The act creates a state policy supporting housing for teachers and school
district employees and permits school districts and developers in receipt of local or state funds or tax
credits designated for affordable rental housing to restrict occupancy to teachers and school district
employees, as specified. This bill would expand the authority provided under the act to include
programs that address the housing needs of nonprofit organization employees who face challenges in
securing affordable housing. The bill would define “nonprofit organization employee” for these
purposes to include employees of a nonprofit organization operating early childhood, prekindergarten,
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or schoolage childcare, classrooms, or programs, or expanded learning classrooms and programs, on
school district property with funding from the State Department of Education, the federal Head Start program, or other public funding targeted to children from families of low and moderate income. The
bill would make conforming changes to the act in this regard. The bill, for housing made available or a
contract for housing entered into on or after January 1, 2025, would require a program established
under these provisions to provide teachers, school district employees, and nonprofit organization
employees with a right of first refusal to occupy housing acquired, constructed, rehabilitated, or preserved under the act. The bill would require teachers or school district employees to be prioritized
before nonprofit organization employees. (Based on 04/29/2024 text)
Status: 06/04/2024 - From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 4).
Calendar: 06/06/24 #63 S-THIRD READING
AB 3012 (Grayson) Development fees: fee schedule template: fee estimate tool.
(Amended 04/18/2024) Link
Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, which is part of the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each
public agency to provide a development project applicant with a list that specifies the information that
will be required from any applicant for a development project. The act requires a city, county, or special
district that has an internet website to make available on its internet website certain information, as
applicable, including its current schedule of fees and exactions. This bill would require a city or county that has an internet website to make a fee estimate tool that the public can use to calculate an estimate
of fees and exactions, as specified, for a proposed housing development project available on its internet
website. The bill authorizes the city or county to choose the format of the fee estimate tool. The bill
would require a city or county with a population of greater than 500,000 to meet these requirements on
or before July 1, 2031. The bill would require a city or county with a population of 500,000 or less to meet these requirements on or before July 1, 2032. By requiring a city or county to include a fee
estimate tool on its internet website, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/18/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING.
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 DURAZO, MARIA ELENA,
Chair
AB 3057 (Wilson) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: junior accessory dwelling units
ordinances. (Amended 04/08/2024) Link
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause
to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it
proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency
to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the
environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial
evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA exempts
from its requirements the adoption of an ordinance by a city or county to issue a zoning variance, special use permit, or conditional use permit for a dwelling unit to be constructed, or which is attached to or
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detached from, a primary residence on a parcel zoned for a single-family residence, as provided, or and
the adoption of an ordinance to provide for the creation of accessory dwelling units in areas zoned to allow single-family or multifamily dwelling residential use. This bill would expand the above CEQA
exemption to include the adoption of an ordinance by a city or county to provide for the creation of
junior accessory dwelling units in single-family residential zones. This bill contains other existing
laws. (Based on 04/08/2024 text)
Status: 05/15/2024 - Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and HOUSING.
Calendar: 06/05/24 S-ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 GONZALEZ,
LENA, Chair
AB 3093 (Ward) Land use: housing element: streamlined multifamily housing.
(Amended 05/06/2024) Link
The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development
that includes, among other things, a housing element. That law defines various terms for purposes of requirements applicable to the housing element. Under existing law, a housing element is required to
include specified information, including an analysis of special housing needs, such as those of the
elderly, and quantification of the locality’s existing and projected housing needs for all income levels,
including extremely low income households, calculated as provided. This bill would define acutely low,
extremely low, very low, lower, moderate, and above moderate income for purposes of requirements applicable to the housing element, and would make related changes. The bill would modify the specified
information required to be included in the housing element, including by removing the calculation
method for extremely low income households and by specifying acutely and extremely low income
households as a special housing need. (Based on 05/06/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Com. on HOUSING.
AB 3122 (Kalra) Streamlined housing approvals: objective planning standards. (Introduced 02/16/2024) Link
Existing law, 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, as provided, and not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development satisfies specified
objective planning standards, including, among others, that the development proponent has committed
to record, prior to the issuance of the first building permit, a land use restriction or covenant providing
that any lower or moderate-income housing units required remain available at affordable housing costs
or rent to persons and families of lower or moderate income, as specified. Existing law authorizes a
development proponent to request a modification to a development that has been approved under the
streamlined, ministerial approval process if that request is submitted to the local government before the
issuance of the final building permit. Existing law authorizes a local government to apply objective
planning standards adopted after the development application was first submitted to the requested
modification if the development is revised such that (1) the total number of residential units or total
square footage of construction changes by 15% or more or (2) the development is revised such that the
total number of residential units or total square footage of construction changes by 5% or more and it is
necessary to impose an objective standard beyond those in effect when the development application
was submitted in order to mitigate or avoid a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety.
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This bill would instead authorize a local government to apply objective planning standards adopted after
the development application was first submitted to the requested modification if the development is revised such that (1) the total square footage of construction increases by 15% or more or the total
number of residential units decreases by 15% or more or (2) the total square footage of construction
increases by 5% or more or the total number of residential units decreases by 5% or more and it is
necessary to impose an objective standard beyond those in effect when the development application
was submitted in order to mitigate or avoid a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety. By reducing the ability of a local government to impose objective planning standards adopted after the
development application was first submitted when reviewing a requested modification, the bill would
impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 02/16/2024 text)
Status: 06/04/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation:
To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
AB 3177 (Carrillo, Wendy) Mitigation Fee Act: land dedications: mitigating vehicular traffic impacts.
(Amended 04/30/2024) Link
Existing law, the Mitigation Fee Act, imposes various requirements with respect to the establishment,
increase, or imposition of a fee by a local agency as a condition of approval of a development project.
Existing law requires a local agency that imposes a fee on a housing development for the purpose of
mitigating vehicular traffic impacts to set the rate for the fee to reflect a lower rate of automobile trip
generation if the housing development satisfies specified characteristics, including that the housing development is located within1/2 mile of a transit station. Existing law defines transit station for these
purposes to mean a rail or light-rail station, ferry terminal, bus hub, or bus transfer station. This bill
would instead require the housing development to be located within 1/2 mile of a transit priority area
for purposes of a local agency setting the rate for a mitigating vehicular traffic impacts fee to reflect a
lower rate of automobile trip generation. The bill would define “transit priority area” as an area within 1/2 mile of a major transit stop that is existing or planned, if the planned stop is scheduled to be
completed within the planning horizon included in a Transportation Improvement Program or applicable
regional transportation plan. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 04/30/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING.
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 DURAZO, MARIA ELENA,
Chair
SB 7 (Blakespear) Planning and zoning: annual report: housing for extremely low income households.
(Amended 01/22/2024) Link
Existing law, 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. That law
requires the planning agency of a city or county to provide by April 1 of each year an annual report to,
among other entities, the Department of Housing and Community Development. The law requires that
the annual report include, among other specified information, the number of net new units of housing,
including both rental housing and for-sale housing, that have been issued a completed entitlement,
building permit, or certificate of occupancy, and the income category, by area median income, that each
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unit of housing satisfies, as specified. This bill would revise and recast these provisions to specify that
the income category includes extremely low income households, as defined. By requiring cities and counties to include additional information in their annual reports, the bill would impose a state-
mandated local program. (Based on 01/22/2024 text)
Status: 01/29/2024 - Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly.
Read first time. Held at Desk.
SB 37 (Caballero) Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities Housing Stability Act.
(Amended 01/22/2024) Link
Existing law establishes various programs to address homelessness, including requiring the Governor to
create an Interagency Council on Homelessness and establishing the Homeless Emergency Aid program for the purpose of providing localities with one-time grant funds to address their immediate
homelessness challenges, as specified. Existing law commits to the Department of Housing and
Community Development the administration of various housing assistance programs, including
provisions relating to residential hotel rehabilitation and tasks the department, in consultation with
each council of governments, with the determination of each region’s existing and projected housing need. This bill would, upon an appropriation by the Legislature for this express purpose, require the
Department of Housing and Community Development, commencing January 1, 2025, to begin
developing the Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities Housing Stability Pilot Program. The bill would
require the department, in administering the program, to offer competitive grants to nonprofit
community-based organizations, continuums of care, public housing authorities, and area agencies on aging, as specified, to administer a housing subsidy program for older adults and adults with disabilities
who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, as defined, in up to 5 geographic regions
or counties. This bill contains other related provisions. (Based on 01/22/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and AGING & L.T.C.
Calendar: 06/12/24 A-HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 437
WARD, CHRISTOPHER, Chair
SB 312 (Wiener) California Environmental Quality Act: university housing development projects:
exemption. (Amended 06/03/2024) Link
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause
to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project that it
proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a
negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency
to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the
environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial
evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. Existing law,
until January 1, 2030, exempts from CEQA a university housing development project carried out by a
public university on real property owned by the public university if the project meets certain
requirements, including that each building within the project is certified as Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum or better by the United States Green Building Council. Existing
law requires the lead agency, if the university housing development project is exempt from CEQA under
the above provision, to file the LEED certificate for buildings within the project and a notice determining
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that the construction impacts of the project have been fully mitigated with the Office of Planning and
Research and the county clerk of the county in which the project is located. Existing law requires a university housing development project carried out by the University of California, in order to be exempt
from CEQA under this law, to be consistent with the most recent long-range development plan EIR
certified on or after January 1, 2018, as provided. This bill would extend the application of the university
housing development project exemption until January 1, 2032. The bill would instead require a
university housing development project carried out by the University of California, in order to be exempt from CEQA under this law, to be consistent with the land use designation in the most recent long-range
development plan that has an EIR prepared for that plan, or an EIR prepared for any subsequent
amendment to that plan relating to housing, that was certified not more than 25 years before the
approval of the project. The bill would remove the requirement to file the LEED certificate with the
county clerk of the county in which the project is located. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 06/03/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-
referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
Calendar: 06/10/24 A-NATURAL RESOURCES 2:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 BRYAN, ISAAC, Chair
SB 834 (Portantino) Vehicles: preferential parking: residential, commercial, or other development
project. (Amended 02/22/2024) Link
The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term
general plan for its physical development, and the development of certain lands outside its boundaries,
that includes, among other mandatory elements, a land use element, and a conservation element.
Existing law also authorizes the legislative body of a city or a county to adopt ordinances establishing
requirements for parking, and permits variances to be granted from the parking requirements of a zoning ordinance for nonresidential development if the variance will be an incentive to the development
and the variance will facilitate access to the development by patrons of public transit facilities. Existing
law prohibits a public agency from imposing any minimum automobile parking requirement on any
residential, commercial, or other development project, as defined, that is located within 1/2 mile of
public transit, as defined. Existing law, notwithstanding the above-described prohibition, authorizes a city, county, or city and county to impose or enforce minimum automobile parking requirements on a
housing development project if specified conditions are met. Existing law authorizes a local authority to
authorize preferential parking for designated groups to park on specified streets if the local authority
determines that use of the permits will not adversely affect parking conditions for residents and
merchants in the area. This bill would prohibit a local authority from issuing any permit conferring preferential parking privileges to any residents or vendors of any developments within 1/2 mile of public
transit and exempt from parking minimums. The bill would require the local authority to revise the
boundaries of any such preferential parking district to exclude those developments from its boundaries.
The bill would make related findings and declarations, and state that it is the intent of the Legislature to
discourage car use by incentivizing development near public transit. The bill finds that reducing greenhouse gases and dependence on car use is a matter of statewide concern and not a municipal
affair, and this bill applies to all cities, including charter cities. By changing the duties of local planning
officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 02/22/2024 text)
Status: 02/29/2024 - Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
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SB 937 (Wiener) Development projects: permits and other entitlements: fees and charges.
(Amended 04/08/2024) Link
The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and each city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term
general plan for its physical development, and the development of specified land outside its boundaries,
that includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. Existing law, the Permit
Streamlining Act, among other things, requires a public agency that is the lead agency for a
development project to approve or disapprove that project within specified time periods. Existing law
extended by 18 months the period for the expiration, effectuation, or utilization of a housing
entitlement, as defined, that was issued before, and was in effect on, March 4, 2020, and that would
expire before December 31, 2021, except as specified. Existing law provides that if the state or a local
agency extended the otherwise applicable time for the expiration, effectuation, or utilization of a
housing entitlement for not less than 18 months, as specified, that housing entitlement would not be
extended an additional 18 months pursuant to these provisions. This bill would extend by 24 months the
period for the expiration, effectuation, or utilization of a housing entitlement, entitlement for a priority
residential development project, as those terms are defined, that was issued before January 1, 2024,
and that will expire before December 31, 2025, except as specified. The bill would toll this 24-month
extension during any time that the housing entitlement is the subject of a legal challenge. By adding to
the duties of local officials with respect to housing entitlements, this bill would impose a state-
mandated local program. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a
matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including
charter cities. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/08/2024
text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D.
Position: Neutral
Calendar: 06/12/24 A-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 CARRILLO, JUAN, Chair
Notes: 3/21/24: EN tagged as pending oppose. Sharon sent draft letter to the City for review. 4/22/24:
EN tagged as neutral, no letter was submitted.
SB 951 (Wiener) California Coastal Act of 1976: coastal zone: coastal development.
(Amended 04/03/2024) Link
Existing law requires a city or county to prepare and adopt a general plan for its jurisdiction that
contains certain mandatory elements, including a housing element. Existing law requires the housing
element to identify adequate sites for housing, including rental housing, factory-built housing,
mobilehomes, and emergency shelters, among other things. Existing law requires the housing element
to contain an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints relevant to the
meeting of these needs. Existing law requires rezoning, including adoption of minimum density and
development standards, as specified, when an inventory of sites does not identify adequate sites to
accommodate the need for groups of specified household income levels. This bill would additionally
apply specified rezoning standards for any necessary local coastal program updates for jurisdictions
located within the coastal zone. By imposing new duties on local governments with regard to the
administration of housing elements, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/03/2024 text)
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Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and H. & C.D.
SB 1037 (Wiener) Planning and zoning: housing element: enforcement. (Amended 04/25/2024) Link
Existing law, 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. The Planning
and Zoning Law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to determine
whether the housing element is in substantial compliance with specified provisions of that law. The
Planning and Zoning Law requires HCD to notify a city, county, or city and county, and authorizes HCD to
notify the office of the Attorney General, that the city, county, or city and county is in violation of state
law if the local government has taken action in violation of specified provisions of law. The Planning and
Zoning Law also requires, among other things, that an application for a housing development be subject
to a specified streamlined, ministerial approval process if the development satisfies certain objective
planning standards. This bill, in any action brought by the Attorney General, on behalf of HCD or in an
independent capacity, to enforce the adoption of housing element revisions, as specified, or to enforce
any state law that requires a city, county, or local agency to ministerially approve any land use decision
or permitting application for a housing development project, as specified, would subject the city, county,
or local agency to specified remedies, including a civil penalty of, at minimum, $10,000 per month, and
not exceeding $50,000 per month, for each violation, as specified. The bill would require that the penalties set forth in its provisions only apply when local land use decisions or actions are arbitrary,
capricious, entirely lacking in evidentiary support, contrary to established public policy, unlawful, or
procedurally unfair. The bill would require these civil penalties, as specified, to be deposited into the
Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund for the sole purpose of supporting the development of affordable
housing located in the affected jurisdiction, except as provided, and would require that expenditure of any penalty moneys deposited into the fund under these provisions be subject to appropriation by the
Legislature. In the event a city, county, or local agency fails to pay civil penalties imposed by the court,
the bill would authorize the court to require the Controller to intercept any available state and local
funds and direct those funds to the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund to correct the jurisdiction’s
failure to pay, as specified. The bill would make a related statement of legislative findings and declarations. This bill contains other related provisions. (Based on 04/25/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD.
Position: Pending Oppose
Calendar: 06/12/24 A-HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 437
WARD, CHRISTOPHER, Chair
Notes: 5/21/24: EN tagged as oppose. 5/28/24: EN sent the City a draft letter for review.
SB 1077 (Blakespear) Coastal resources: local coastal program: amendments: accessory and junior
accessory dwelling units. (Amended 05/20/2024) Link
Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, establishes the California Coastal
Commission and provides for planning and regulation of development in the coastal zone, as defined.
The act requires the commission to adopt, after public hearing, procedures for the preparation,
submission, approval, appeal, certification, and amendment of a local coastal program, as provided. Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes a local agency to provide for the creation of
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accessory dwelling units in areas zoned for residential use, as specified. Existing law also authorizes a
local agency to provide for the creation of junior accessory dwelling units in single-family residential zones, as specified. Existing law authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development to
review, adopt, amend, or repeal guidelines to implement uniform standards or criteria that supplement
or clarify certain statutory terms, references, and standards related to accessory dwelling units. This bill
would require, by an unspecified date, the commission, in coordination with the department, to
coordinate to develop and provide guidance for local governments to facilitate the preparation of amendments to a local coastal program to clarify and simplify the permitting process for accessory
dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units within the coastal zone. The bill would require the
commission, in coordination with the department, to convene at least one public workshop to receive
and consider public comments on the draft guidance before the finalization of the guidance document
and to post the guidance document on the commission’s internet website, as specified. To the extent the bill would create additional duties for a local government, the bill would impose a state-mandated
local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/20/2024
text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and H. & C.D.
SB 1092 (Blakespear) Coastal resources: coastal development permits: appeals: report.
(Amended 05/16/2024) Link
The California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, requires anyone wishing to perform or
undertake any development in the coastal zone, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal
development permit from the California Coastal Commission or a local government, as provided. The act
authorizes an appeal to the commission for any action taken by a local government on coastal
development permit applications, as provided. The act requires the commission to hear the appeal and
establishes specified appeal procedures, as provided. This bill would require the commission, on or before December 31, 2025, to provide a report to the Legislature that provides information regarding
appeals of local government coastal development permits to the commission, including, among other
things, the percentage of local government coastal development permit actions that were appealed to
the commission. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and L. GOV.
SB 1134 (Caballero) Surplus land. (Amended 03/18/2024) Link
Existing law provides for the disposal of land owned by a local agency that is surplus and is not necessary
for the agency’s use. The local agency is required to declare the land either “surplus land” or “exempt
surplus land,” as prescribed. Existing law sets forth procedures for the disposal of surplus land and
provides that these procedures do not apply to exempt surplus land. Existing law, for prescribed surplus
land parcels developed with residential units, requires minimum percentages of residential units
developed on the parcel to be sold or rented at affordable housing cost or affordable rent.This bill, with
regard to surplus land, would require each parcel of land to be considered a distinct unit of surplus land,
with the exception of contiguous parcels that are disposed of simultaneously to the same receiving
entity or any entity working in concert with another receiving entity, which parcels the bill would require
to be treated as a single unit of land. (Based on 03/18/2024 text)
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Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
SB 1211 (Skinner) Land use: accessory dwelling units: ministerial approval.
(Amended 04/23/2024) Link
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes a local agency, by ordinance, to provide for the
creation of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in areas zoned for residential use, as specified. That law
prohibits, if a local agency adopts an ordinance to create ADUs in those zones, the local agency from
requiring the replacement of offstreet parking spaces if a garage, carport, or covered parking structure is
demolished in conjunction with the construction of, or is converted to, an ADU. This bill would also
prohibit the local agency from requiring the replacement of offstreet parking spaces if an uncovered
parking space is demolished in conjunction with the construction of, or is converted to, an ADU. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/23/2024 text)
Status: 05/28/2024 - Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.
Calendar: 06/12/24 A-HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 WARD, CHRISTOPHER, Chair
SB 1234 (Allen) Coastal resources: local land use plan: zoning ordinances and district maps:
nonsubstantive modifications. (Amended 04/23/2024) Link
The California Coastal Act of 1976 requires a land use plan of a proposed local coastal program to be
submitted to the California Coastal Commission for certification. The act authorizes the commission to
suggest modifications, which, if adopted and transmitted to the commission by the local government,
shall cause the land use plan to be deemed certified upon confirmation of the executive director of the
commission. The act requires a local government to submit to the commission the zoning ordinances,
zoning district maps and, where necessary, other implementing actions that are required under the act.
The act authorizes the commission to suggest modifications in the rejected zoning ordinances, zoning
district maps, or other implementing actions, which, if adopted by the local government and transmitted
to the commission, shall be deemed approved upon confirmation by the executive director of the
commission. This bill would authorize the legislative body of a city or county to delegate to its planning
director or equivalent position the authority to adopt nonsubstantive modifications to a land use plan,
or a zoning ordinance, zoning district map, or other implementing action, if specified conditions are met.
The required conditions would include that the legislative body adopt a policy via ordinance or
resolution at a regular public meeting delegating the authority to a public official and that the policy
include a definition of the scope of modifications that would qualify as nonsubstantive, as
provided. (Based on 04/23/2024 text)
Status: 05/24/2024 - In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
SB 1342 (Atkins) California Environmental Quality Act: infrastructure projects: County of San Diego. (Amended 04/08/2024) Link
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause
to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a
negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency
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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. Existing law
authorizes the Governor to certify projects meeting certain requirements as infrastructure projects and
provides those certified projects with certain streamlining benefits, including requiring the lead agency
to prepare the record of proceedings concurrently with the environmental review process and requiring
the resolution of an action or proceeding challenging the certification of an EIR for certified projects or the granting of any project approvals, to the extent feasible, within 270 days of the filing of the record of
proceedings with the court, as specified. Existing law requires the lead agency, within 10 days of the
certification of an infrastructure project, to provide a public notice of the certification, as provided. If a
lead agency fails to approve a project certified as an infrastructure project before January 1, 2033,
existing law specifies that the certification is no longer valid. This bill would include the San Vicente Energy Storage Facility project proposed by the San Diego County Water Authority and a project for the
repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of the South Bay Sewage Treatment Plant in the County of San
Diego, operated by the International Boundary and Water Commission, as infrastructure projects,
thereby providing the above-described streamlining benefits to those 2 projects. To the extent the bill
would increase the duties of a lead agency regarding projects proposed by a third party, this bill would
impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 04/08/2024 text)
Status: 05/28/2024 - Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
SB 1395 (Becker) Shelter crisis: Low Barrier Navigation Center: use by right: building standards.
(Amended 04/18/2024) Link
Existing law authorizes a governing body of a political subdivision, as those terms are defined, to declare
a shelter crisis if the governing body makes a specified finding. Upon declaration of a shelter crisis,
existing law, among other things, suspends certain state and local laws, regulations, and ordinances to the extent that strict compliance would prevent, hinder, or delay the mitigation of the effects of the
shelter crisis and allows a city, county, or city and county, in lieu of compliance, to adopt by ordinance
reasonable local standards and procedures for the design, site development, and operation of homeless
shelters and the structures and facilities therein. Existing 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 to lease, convey, or encumber land owned by a city, county, or city and county, or to facilitate
the lease, conveyance, or encumbrance of land owned by the local government for, or to provide
financial assistance to, a homeless shelter constructed or allowed by these provisions. Existing law
repeals these provisions on January 1, 2026. This bill would expand the exemption from the California
Environmental Quality Act described above to include action taken by a state agency or a city, county, or city and county, to approve a contract to provide services for people experiencing homelessness to a
homeless shelter constructed pursuant to, or authorized by, these provisions, as specified. This bill
would extend the repeal date of these provisions to January 1, 2036. The bill would make other
nonsubstantive, conforming changes. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 04/18/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and NAT. RES.
Calendar: 06/12/24 A-HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 437
WARD, CHRISTOPHER, Chair
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Open Meetings and Transparency
AB 817 (Pacheco) Open meetings: teleconferencing: subsidiary body. (Amended 05/29/2024) Link
Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires, with specified exceptions, each legislative body of a local
agency to provide notice of the time and place for its regular meetings and an agenda containing a brief
general description of each item of business to be transacted. The act also requires that all meetings of a
legislative body be open and public, and that all persons be permitted to attend unless a closed session is authorized. The act generally requires for teleconferencing that the legislative body of a local agency
that elects to use teleconferencing post agendas at all teleconference locations, identify each
teleconference location in the notice and agenda of the meeting or proceeding, and have each
teleconference location be accessible to the public. Existing law also requires that, during the
teleconference, at least a quorum of the members of the legislative body participate from locations within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction. Existing law
authorizes the legislative body of a local agency to use alternate teleconferencing provisions during a
proclaimed state of emergency (emergency provisions) and, until January 1, 2026, in certain
circumstances related to the particular member if at least a quorum of its members participate from a
singular physical location that is open to the public and situated within the agency’s jurisdiction and other requirements are met (nonemergency provisions). Existing law imposes different requirements for
notice, agenda, and public participation, as prescribed, when a legislative body is using alternate
teleconferencing provisions. The nonemergency provisions impose restrictions on remote participation
by a member of the legislative body and require the legislative body to provide specific means by which
the public may remotely hear and visually observe the meeting. This bill, until January 1, 2026, would authorize a subsidiary body, as defined, to use similar alternative teleconferencing provisions and would
impose requirements for notice, agenda, and public participation, as prescribed. The bill would require
at least one staff member of the local agency to be present at a designated primary physical meeting
location during the meeting. The bill would require the local agency to post the agenda at the primary
physical meeting location. The bill would require the members of the subsidiary body to visibly appear on camera during the open portion of a meeting that is publicly accessible via the internet or other
online platform, as specified. The bill would also require the subsidiary body to list a member of the
subsidiary body who participates in a teleconference meeting from a remote location in the minutes of
the meeting. In order to use teleconferencing pursuant to this act, the bill would require the legislative
body that established the subsidiary body by charter, ordinance, resolution, or other formal action to make specified findings by majority vote, before the subsidiary body uses teleconferencing for the first
time and every 12 months thereafter. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 05/29/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to
committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Position: Support
Calendar: 06/05/24 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARIA
ELENA, Chair
Notes: 4/20/23: EN tagged as support and added Carlsbad to support coalition letter and submitted to
the portal. 1/2/24: EN submitted coalition letter to Assembly LG and emailed delegation. 1/5/24: EN
submitted coalition letter to Assembly LG and emailed delegation. 1/10/24: AS testified in support in
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Assembly LG. 1/23/24: EN sent Assembly coalition floor alert to all Assembly offices. 1/25/24: EN sent
Assembly coalition floor alert to all Assembly offices. 1/25/24: EN emailed coalition support letter to the City. 5/30/24: AS me too'd in support in Senate Local Government. 6/5/24: AS me too'd in support in
Senate Local Government.
AB 2095 (Maienschein) Publication: newspapers of general circulation. (Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Existing law requires various types of notices to be provided in a “newspaper of general circulation,” as
that term is defined, in accordance with certain prescribed publication periods and legal requirements.
Existing law requires a newspaper of general circulation to meet certain criteria, including publication, a
bona fide subscription list of paying subscribers, and printing and publishing at regular intervals in the
state, county, or city where publication is to be given. This bill would require any public notice that is
legally required to be published in a newspaper of general circulation to be published in the
newspaper’s print publication, on the newspaper’s internet website or electronic newspaper available
on the internet, and on a statewide internet website maintained as a repository for notices by a majority
of California newspapers of general circulation, as specified. This bill contains other related
provisions. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Com. on JUD.
AB 2302 (Addis) Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences. (Introduced 02/12/2024) Link
Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a
legislative body, as defined, of a local agency be open and public and that all persons be permitted to
attend and participate. The act generally requires for teleconferencing that the legislative body of a local
agency that elects to use teleconferencing post agendas at all teleconference locations, identify each teleconference location in the notice and agenda of the meeting or proceeding, and have each
teleconference location be accessible to the public. Existing law also requires that, during the
teleconference, at least a quorum of the members of the legislative body participate from locations
within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction. The act
provides an exemption to the jurisdictional requirement for health authorities, as defined. Existing law, until January 1, 2026, authorizes the legislative body of a local agency to use alternative
teleconferencing in specified circumstances if, during the teleconference meeting, at least a quorum of
the members of the legislative body participates in person from a singular physical location clearly
identified on the agenda that is open to the public and situated within the boundaries of the territory
over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction, and the legislative body complies with prescribed
requirements. Existing law imposes prescribed restrictions on remote participation by a member under
these alternative teleconferencing provisions, including establishing limits on the number of meetings a
member may participate in solely by teleconference from a remote location, prohibiting such
participation for a period of more than 3 consecutive months or 20% of the regular meetings for the
local agency within a calendar year, or more than 2 meetings if the legislative body regularly meets
fewer than 10 times per calendar year. This bill would revise those limits, instead prohibiting such
participation for more than a specified number of meetings per year, based on how frequently the
legislative body regularly meets. The bill, for the purpose of counting meetings attended by
teleconference, would define a “meeting” as any number of meetings of the legislative body of a local
agency that begin on the same calendar day. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws. (Based on 02/12/2024 text)
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Status: 05/22/2024 - Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Calendar: 06/05/24 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARIA
ELENA, Chair
06/06/24 #7 S-SECOND READING
AB 2715 (Boerner) Ralph M. Brown Act: closed sessions. (Amended 04/24/2024) Link
Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, generally requires that all meetings of a legislative body of a local
agency be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate. Existing law
authorizes a legislative body to hold a closed session with specified individuals on, among other things,
matters posing a threat to the security of essential public services, as specified. This bill would
additionally authorize a legislative body to hold a closed session with other law enforcement or security personnel and to hold a closed session on a threat to critical infrastructure controls or critical
infrastructure information, as defined, relating to cybersecurity. This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/24/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD.
Position: Sponsor
Calendar: 06/05/24 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARIA
ELENA, Chair
Notes: 2/14/24: EN tagged as sponsor. 2/26/24: SG sent a draft sponsor letter to the City for review.
3/12/24: EN received finalized letter, submitted to Assembly Local Government, and emailed author's
office. 5/1/24: City Attorney Cindie McMahon gave primary testimony in support in Assembly Local
Government. 5/29/24: EN submitted sponsor letter to Senate Local Government, emailed delegation and governor's office, and sent letter to City. 6/5/24: DH provided primary testimony in support in
Senate Local Government.
SB 537 (Becker) Open meetings: multijurisdictional, cross-county agencies: teleconferences.
(Amended 09/05/2023) Link
Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a
legislative body, as defined, of a local agency be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate. The act generally requires for teleconferencing that the legislative body of a local
agency that elects to use teleconferencing post agendas at all teleconference locations, identify each
teleconference location in the notice and agenda of the meeting or proceeding, and have each
teleconference location be accessible to the public. Existing law also requires that, during the
teleconference, at least a quorum of the members of the legislative body participate from locations within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction. The act
provides an exemption to the jurisdictional requirement for health authorities, as defined. Existing law,
until January 1, 2026, authorizes the legislative body of a local agency to use alternative
teleconferencing in certain circumstances related to the particular member if at least a quorum of its
members participate from a singular physical location that is open to the public and situated within the agency’s jurisdiction and other requirements are met, including restrictions on remote participation by a
member of the legislative body. These circumstances include if a member shows “just cause,” including
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for a childcare or caregiving need of a relative that requires the member to participate remotely. This bill
would expand the circumstances of “just cause” to apply to the situation in which an immunocompromised child, parent, grandparent, or other specified relative requires the member to
participate remotely. The bill would authorize the legislative body of a multijurisdictional, cross-county
agency, as specified, to use alternate teleconferencing provisions if the eligible legislative body has
adopted an authorizing resolution, as specified. The bill would also require the legislative body to
provide a record of attendance of the members of the legislative body, the number of community members in attendance in the teleconference meeting, and the number of public comments on its
internet website within 10 days after a teleconference meeting, as specified. The bill would require at
least a quorum of members of the legislative body to participate from one or more physical locations
that are open to the public and within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency
exercises jurisdiction. The bill would require a member who receives compensation for their service, as specified, on the legislative body to participate from a physical location that is open to the public. The
bill would require the legislative body to identify in the agenda each member who plans to participate
remotely and to include the address of the publicly accessible building from which each member will
participate via teleconference. The bill would prohibit a member from participating remotely pursuant
to these provisions unless the remote location is the member’s office or another location in a publicly
accessible building and is more than 40 miles from the in-person location of the meeting. The bill would
repeal these alternative teleconferencing provisions on January 1, 2026. This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 09/05/2023 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - From inactive file. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 06/06/24 #29 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS (Floor Mgr.- Hart)
Notes: 9/12/23: EN tagged as pending support, City requested a request for signature letter. 9/14/23:
Bill ordered to inactive file. EN removed position.
Public Safety and EMS
AB 667 (Maienschein) Firearms: gun violence restraining orders. (Amended 01/03/2024) Link
Existing law allows a court to issue a gun violence restraining order prohibiting and enjoining a named
person from having custody or control of any firearms or ammunition if the person poses a significant
danger of causing personal injury to themselves or another by having custody or control of a firearm or
ammunition. Existing law authorizes a court to issue a gun violence restraining order to prohibit a
person from purchasing or possessing a firearm or ammunition for a period of one to 5 years, subject to
renewal for additional one- to 5-year periods, if the subject of the petition poses a significant danger of
self-harm or harm to another in the near future by having a firearm and the order is necessary to
prevent personal injury to the subject of the petition or another. Existing law makes it a crime to own or
possess a firearm in violation of a gun violence restraining order. If the court finds evidence of an
extreme risk of violence, including repeated and egregious instances of specified facts, and those facts
existed 12 months prior to a petition being filed, this bill would require a court to issue a gun violence
restraining order for 5 years. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-
mandated local program. This bill contains other existing laws. (Based on 01/03/2024 text)
Status: 06/04/2024 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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AB 1779 (Irwin) Theft: jurisdiction. (Amended 04/25/2024) Link
Existing law defines types of theft, including petty theft, grand theft, and shoplifting. Existing law also
defines the crimes of robbery and burglary. Existing law sets forth specific rules relating to the
jurisdiction for the prosecution of theft by fraud, organized retail theft, and receiving stolen property,
including that the jurisdiction for prosecution includes the county where an offense involving the theft
or receipt of the stolen merchandise occurred, the county in which the merchandise was recovered, or
the county where any act was done by the defendant in instigating, procuring, promoting, or aiding or
abetting in the commission of a theft offense or other qualifying offense. Existing law jurisdictionally
limits prosecution of each of the above to criminal actions brought by the Attorney General. This bill
would no longer limit the jurisdictional rules for the above crimes to criminal actions brought by the
Attorney General. If a case is brought by someone other than the Attorney General and multiple
offenses are committed by the same defendant in multiple jurisdictions, the bill would allow a criminal
action to be brought in any of those jurisdictions subject to a hearing on consolidation of the offenses,
as specified. The bill would require the prosecution to present written evidence at the hearing that all
district attorneys in counties with jurisdiction over the offenses agree to the venue. The bill would
require charged offenses from jurisdictions where there is not a written agreement from the district
attorney to be returned to that jurisdiction. (Based on 04/25/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Coms. on PUB S. and APPR.
Position: Pending Support
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 WAHAB, AISHA, Chair
Notes: 5/21/24: EN tagged as support. 5/28/24: EN sent the City a draft letter for review.
AB 1794 (McCarty) Crimes: larceny. (Amended 04/11/2024) Link
Existing law, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacted as an initiative statute by Proposition 47,
as approved by the electors at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election, makes the theft of
money, labor, or property petty theft punishable as a misdemeanor, whenever the value of the property
taken does not exceed $950. Under existing law, if the value of the property taken exceeds $950, the
theft is grand theft, punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony. Proposition 47 requires shoplifting,
defined as entering a commercial establishment with the intent to commit larceny if the value of the
property taken does not exceed $950, to be punished as a misdemeanor. Under existing law, if the value
of all property taken over the course of distinct but related acts motivated by one intention, general
impulse, and plan exceeds $950, those values may be aggregated into a single charge of grand theft.
This bill would clarify that those values may be aggregated even though the thefts occurred in different
places or from different victims. The bill would also, declarative of existing law, provide that
circumstantial evidence may be used to prove that multiple thefts were motivated by one intention,
general impulse, and plan. The bill would also authorize counties to operate a program to allow retailers
to submit details of alleged shoplifting, organized retail theft, or grand theft directly to the county district attorney through an online portal on the district attorney’s internet website. The bill would
require counties that participate in the program to conduct an evaluation and collect specified
information, and to report that information to the Assembly and Senate Public Safety Committees and
the Board of State and Community Corrections, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions
and other existing laws. (Based on 04/11/2024 text)
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Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Com. on PUB S.
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 WAHAB, AISHA, Chair
Notes: Note: This bill is part of the Assembly’s Public Safety Retail Theft Package and an intent bill.
AB 1802 (Jones-Sawyer) Crimes: organized theft. (Amended 04/01/2024) Link
Existing law, until January 1, 2026, makes a person guilty of organized retail theft, punishable as a
misdemeanor or a felony, as specified, if the person acts in concert with one or more persons to steal
merchandise from one or more merchant’s premises or online marketplaces with the intent to sell or
return the merchandise for value, acts in concert with 2 or more persons to receive, purchase, or possess merchandise knowing or believing it to have been stolen, acts as an agent of another to steal
merchandise from one or more merchant’s premises or online marketplaces as part of an organized plan
to commit theft, or recruits, coordinates, organizes, supervises, directs, manages, or finances another to
undertake acts of theft. This bill would extend the operation of the crime of organized retail theft
indefinitely. By extending the operation of an existing crime, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/01/2024
text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Com. on PUB S.
Position: Support
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 WAHAB, AISHA, Chair
Notes: 2/22/24: EN tagged as pending support. 2/26/24: SG sent a draft support letter to the City for review. 3/12/24: EN tagged as support, submitted to Asm Public Safety Committee, and emailed
delegation. 4/9/24: EN testified in support in Asm PS. 6/4/24: EN submitted letter to Senate Public
Safety, emailed delegation and governor's office, and sent letter to the City.
AB 1843 (Rodriguez) Emergency ambulance employees. (Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Under the Emergency Ambulance Employee Safety and Preparedness Act, an initiative measure enacted
by the voters as Proposition 11 at the November 6, 2018, statewide general election, every emergency
ambulance employee is entitled to employer-paid mental health services through an employee
assistance program (EAP), and requires the EAP coverage to provide up to 10 mental health treatments
per issue per calendar year. The act defines “issue” for purposes of those provisions to mean mental
health conditions such as, among other things, stress, depression, or substance abuse. This bill would instead require an EAP to provide up to 20 mental health treatments per issue per calendar year, and
would include post-traumatic stress disorder in the definition of “issue” for purposes of those
provisions. The bill would require a treatment provider under an EAP to have a certification in providing
mental health services to first responders or emergency medical services personnel, as specified. The bill
would also require an EAP to schedule an appointment with a mental health treatment provider within 48 hours, upon request of an emergency ambulance employee. This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 05/24/2024 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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AB 1960 (Soria) Sentencing enhancements: property loss. (Amended 05/16/2024) Link
State law, repealed as of January 1, 2018, required a court to impose an additional term of
imprisonment, as specified, on a person who takes, damages, or destroys property in the commission or
attempted commission of a felony, as specified. This bill would, until January 1, 2030, create sentencing
enhancements for taking, damaging, or destroying property in the commission or attempted
commission of a felony, as specified. By adding new sentencing enhancements, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Com. on PUB S.
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 WAHAB, AISHA, Chair
AB 1972 (Alanis) Regional property crimes task force. (Amended 04/11/2024) Link
Existing law authorizes the Governor to appoint and commission individuals designated by a railroad
company to serve as police officers. Existing law, until January 1, 2026, requires the Department of the
California Highway Patrol to coordinate with the Department of Justice to convene a regional property
crimes task force to identify geographic areas experiencing increased levels of property crimes and assist
local law enforcement with resources, such as personnel and equipment. This bill would require the task force to assist railroad police and would specify cargo theft as a property crime for consideration by the
regional property crimes task force. (Based on 04/11/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Com. on PUB S.
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 WAHAB, AISHA, Chair
AB 1978 (Fong, Vince) Vehicles: speed contests. (Amended 04/15/2024) Link
Existing law prohibits a person from engaging in a motor vehicle speed contest or exhibition of speed on a highway or in an offstreet parking facility. Existing law also prohibits a person from obstructing or
placing a barricade or obstruction upon a highway or in an offstreet parking facility for the purpose of
facilitating or aiding any motor vehicle speed contest or exhibition, as specified. This bill would authorize
a peace officer to not take a person into custody for violation of obstructing or placing a barricade or
obstruction upon a highway or in an offstreet parking facility for the purpose of facilitating or aiding a motor vehicle speed contest or exhibition of speed, as specified, if the peace officer causes the removal
and seizure of the vehicle used to commit that offense. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws. (Based on 04/15/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Com. on RLS.
AB 1990 (Carrillo, Wendy) Criminal procedure: arrests: shoplifting. (Amended 04/16/2024) Link
Existing law prohibits shoplifting, defined as entering a commercial establishment with intent to commit
theft while that establishment is open during regular business hours, where the value of the property
that is taken or intended to be taken does not exceed $950. Existing law requires an act that falls within this definition to be charged as shoplifting and not as burglary or theft. Under existing law, shoplifting is
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punishable as a misdemeanor, except when the defendant has prior convictions, as specified. Existing
law authorizes a peace officer to make a warrantless arrest for a misdemeanor when the officer has probable cause to believe the person to be arrested has committed the misdemeanor in the officer’s
presence. Existing law also authorizes a private person to make an arrest for a misdemeanor committed
in their presence, and requires the person to deliver the arrested person to a peace officer or
magistrate. Existing law additionally authorizes a merchant to detain a person for a reasonable time and
in a reasonable manner to determine if a person has unlawfully taken merchandise. Existing law authorizes a peace officer to make a warrantless arrest for specified misdemeanors relating to domestic
violence, violation of a restraining order, and carrying a concealed firearm at an airport that did not
occur in the officer’s presence. This bill would authorize a peace officer to make a warrantless arrest for
a misdemeanor shoplifting offense not committed in the officer’s presence if the officer has probable
cause to believe that person has committed shoplifting, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/16/2024 text)
Status: 05/24/2024 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
AB 2021 (Bauer-Kahan) Crimes: selling or furnishing tobacco or related products and paraphernalia to
underage persons. (Amended 03/20/2024) Link
Existing law prohibits the sale or furnishing of tobacco or tobacco products or paraphernalia, as
specified, to a person who is under 21 years of age. Under existing law, a violation of this prohibition is
punishable by a fine of $200 for the first offense, $500 for the 2nd offense, and $1,000 for the 3rd
offense, either as a misdemeanor or by a civil action, as specified. This bill would create a separate fine of $1,000 for the first offense, $5,000 for the 2nd offense, and $10,000 for the 3rd offense for firms,
corporations, businesses, retailers, or wholesalers, who violate this prohibition. (Based on 03/20/2024
text)
Status: 05/28/2024 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
AB 2042 (Jackson) Police canines: standards and training. (Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Existing law requires all law enforcement agencies to maintain a use of force policy, as specified, and
requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to implement courses of instruction
for the training of law enforcement officers in the use of force. This bill would require the commission,
on or before January 1, 2026, to develop standards and training guidelines, as specified, for the use of
canines by law enforcement. The bill would authorize the commission to periodically update these
guidelines. This bill contains other related provisions. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 05/24/2024 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
AB 2081 (Davies) Substance abuse: recovery and treatment programs. (Amended 04/04/2024) Link
Existing law grants the State Department of Health Care Services the sole authority in state government
to license adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities. The department is authorized
to issue a license to specified types of facilities if certain criteria are met. Existing law requires licensees
to report specified events and incidents to the department, including, among others, the death of a resident at a licensed facility. Existing law authorizes the department to investigate allegations of
violations of governing law and take action upon a finding of a violation, as specified. This bill would
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require an operator of a licensed alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility or certified
alcohol or other drug program to include on its internet website and intake form paperwork a disclosure that an individual may check the internet website of the State Department of Health Care Services to
confirm whether the facility’s license or program’s certification has been placed in probationary status,
been subject to a temporary suspension order, been revoked, or the operator has been given a notice of
operation in violation of law. The bill would require the disclosure to include a link to the department’s
internet website that contains the Probationary Status, Temporary Suspension Order, Revoked and Notice of Operation in Violation of Law Program List. The bill would authorize a violation of this
requirement to be subject to penalty imposed by the department. (Based on 04/04/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Calendar: 06/12/24 S-HEALTH 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ROTH, RICHARD, Chair
Notes: CalCities sponsored
AB 2943 (Zbur) Crimes: shoplifting. (Amended 05/20/2024) Link
Existing law divides theft into grand theft and petty theft. Existing law punishes petty theft as a
misdemeanor while grand theft is punished as either a misdemeanor or a felony. Existing law lists
specific types of theft which are grand theft and all other cases of theft as petty theft. Existing law authorizes a person to be charged with grand theft if the property taken exceeds $950 over the course
of distinct but related acts. This bill would clarify that those related acts include acts committed against
multiple victims or in counties other than the county of the current offense. The bill would also clarify
that evidence that distinct acts are motivated by one intention, one general impulse, and one plan may
include, but is not limited to, evidence that the acts involve the same defendant or defendants, are substantially similar in nature, or occur within a 90-day period. This bill contains other related provisions
and other existing laws. (Based on 05/20/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Com. on PUB S.
Position: Pending Support
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 WAHAB, AISHA, Chair
Notes: 5/21/24: EN tagged as pending support.
AB 3209 (Berman) Crimes: theft: retail theft restraining orders. (Amended 06/04/2024) Link
Existing law prohibits the theft of merchandise from a retail establishment. Existing law authorizes a
court, upon sentencing a person for specified offenses, including stalking and elder abuse, to issue a
criminal protective order prohibiting the person from contacting any victim of their offense. This bill
would authorize a court, when sentencing a person for an offense involving theft from a retail establishment, vandalism of a retail establishment, or battery of an employee of a retail establishment,
to issue a criminal protective order prohibiting a person from entering the retail establishment,
including any parking lots and including other franchise or chain locations of the retail establishment, as
specified. The bill would also authorize a prosecuting attorney, city attorney, county counsel, or attorney
representing a retail establishment to file a petition for the issuance of a criminal protective order of this
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type against a person who has been arrested, including, but not limited to, the issuance of a citation in
lieu of a custodial arrest, 2 or more times for any of the offenses at the same retail establishment, as specified. The bill would make a violation of these orders punishable as a misdemeanor. By creating a
new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 06/04/2024 text)
Status: 06/04/2024 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to
committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB S.
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 WAHAB, AISHA, Chair
AB 3241 (Pacheco) Law enforcement: police canines. (Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to maintain a policy on the use of force, as specified.
The bill would require, on or before July 1, 2027, each law enforcement agency that utilizes canines to
maintain a policy for the use of canines by the agency that, at a minimum, complies with the guidelines
adopted by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, and would require law enforcement agencies to establish a training regimen that includes a course certified by the commission.
This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 05/24/2024 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
SB 21 (Umberg) Controlled substances. (Amended 05/02/2024) Link
Existing law makes it a crime to possess for sale or purchase for purpose of sale, transport, or sell,
various controlled substances, including, among others, fentanyl. Existing law requires the court, when
granting probation after conviction of any controlled substance offense, as specified, to order as a
condition of probation that the defendant secure education or treatment from a local community
agency and requires the court or probation department to refer defendants to controlled substance
education or treatment programs that adhere to specified standards. Existing law permits a defendant
to withdraw their plea of guilty or plea of nolo contendere and enter a plea of not guilty and authorizes
a court to set aside a verdict of guilty, if the defendant has met certain requirements. This bill would
require a person who is convicted of, or who pleads guilty or no contest to, the above-described crimes
as they relate to fentanyl to receive a written advisory of the danger of distribution of controlled
substances and that, if a person dies as a result of that action, the distributor can be charged with
homicide or murder. The bill would require that the fact the advisory was given be on the record and
recorded on the abstract of the conviction. This bill contains other related provisions. (Based on
05/02/2024 text)
Status: 05/02/2024 - Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. From committee with
author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
SB 53 (Portantino) Firearms: storage. (Amended 05/28/2024) Link
Existing law generally regulates the possession of firearms, including imposing storage requirements to
prevent children from gaining access to firearms. This bill would, beginning on January 1, 2026, prohibit
the owner or other lawfully authorized user of a firearm from keeping or storing a firearm in a residence
owned or controlled by that person unless the firearm is stored in a locked box or safe that is listed on
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the Department of Justice’s list of approved firearm safety devices and is properly engaged so that the
firearm cannot be accessed by any person other than the owner, as specified. The bill would make a first violation of this offense punishable as an infraction, and a second or subsequent violation punishable as
a misdemeanor. The bill would exempt firearms that are permanently inoperable from these provisions.
The bill would require the Department of Justice to promptly engage in a public awareness and
education campaign to inform residents about these standards for storage of firearms. The bill would
additionally prohibit a person convicted under these provisions from owning, purchasing, receiving, or possessing a firearm within one year of the conviction, as specified. The bill would make a violation of
this provision punishable as a misdemeanor or felony. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 05/28/2024 text)
Status: 06/04/2024 - June 4 hearing postponed by committee.
Calendar: 06/11/24 A-PUBLIC SAFETY 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 126 MCCARTY, KEVIN, Chair
SB 905 (Wiener) Crimes: theft from a vehicle. (Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Existing law defines the crime of burglary to include entering a vehicle when the doors are locked with
the intent to commit grand or petit larceny or a felony. Existing law makes the burglary of a vehicle
punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony. This bill would make forcibly entering a vehicle, as defined,
with the intent to commit a theft or a felony therein a crime punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not to exceed one year or imprisonment in a county jail for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years. By
creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 05/28/2024 - Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Position: Support
Calendar: 06/11/24 A-PUBLIC SAFETY 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 126 MCCARTY, KEVIN, Chair
Notes: 2/22/24: EN tagged as pending support. 2/26/24: SG sent a draft support letter to the City for
review. 3/12/24: EN tagged as support, submitted to Senate PS, and emailed delegation. 4/2/24: EN me
too'd in Senate PS. 5/29/24: EN submitted letter to Senate Local Government, emailed delegation and
governor's office, and sent letter to the City.
SB 982 (Wahab) Crimes: organized theft. (Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Existing law, until January 1, 2026, makes a person guilty of organized retail theft, punishable as a
misdemeanor or a felony, as specified, if the person acts in concert with one or more persons to steal
merchandise from one or more merchant’s premises or online marketplaces with the intent to sell or
return the merchandise for value, acts in concert with 2 or more persons to receive, purchase, or
possess merchandise knowing or believing it to have been stolen, acts as an agent of another to steal merchandise from one or more merchant’s premises or online marketplaces as part of an organized plan
to commit theft, or recruits, coordinates, organizes, supervises, directs, manages, or finances another to
undertake acts of theft. This bill would extend the operation of the crime of organized retail theft
indefinitely. By extending the operation of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated
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local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/16/2024
text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Calendar: 06/11/24 A-PUBLIC SAFETY 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 126 MCCARTY, KEVIN, Chair
SB 1144 (Skinner) Marketplaces: online marketplaces. (Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Existing law generally requires an online marketplace to require a high-volume third-party seller on the
online marketplace to make certain disclosures. Existing law requires an online marketplace to suspend
future sales activity of a high-volume third-party seller that is not in compliance with those information sharing requirements, as specified. Existing law imposes certain information retention and security
requirements on an online marketplace and prohibits specified uses of that information. Existing law
generally defines a “high-volume third-party seller,” for purposes of the above-described provisions, as a
third-party seller who has entered into a certain number of consumer product sales transactions
through an online marketplace for which payment is processed by the online marketplace, as specified. Existing law defines an “online marketplace,” for purposes of those provisions, as a consumer-directed,
electronically accessed platform that includes features that allow for, facilitate, or enable, and are used
by, a third-party seller to engage in the sale, purchase, payment, storage, shipment, or delivery of a
consumer product and that has a contractual relationship with consumers governing their use of the
platform to purchase consumer products. This bill would revise the types of transactions that qualify a third-party seller as a “high-volume third-party seller,” for those purposes. Specifically, the bill would
remove the conditions that the transactions be made through an online marketplace and that the online
marketplace process the payment and, instead, would add the condition that the transactions were
made utilizing an online marketplace. The bill would also revise the definition of “online marketplace”
by removing the conditions that the above-described features be used by third-party sellers, and that the platform have the above-described contractual relationship with consumers. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD. Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and P. & C.P.
pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
Calendar: 06/11/24 A-JUDICIARY 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 KALRA, ASH, Chair
SB 1242 (Min) Crimes: fires. (Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Existing law prohibits unlawfully causing a fire by recklessly setting fire to, burning, or causing to be
burned, any structure, forest land, or property. A violation of this prohibition is punishable as either a
misdemeanor or a felony. This bill would, for the purposes of sentencing for a violation of these
provisions, make it a factor in aggravation that the offense was carried out within a merchant’s premises
in order to facilitate organized retail theft. By increasing the punishment for a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Calendar: 06/11/24 A-PUBLIC SAFETY 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 126 MCCARTY, KEVIN, Chair
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SB 1381 (McGuire) Property crimes: regional property crimes task force. (Amended 03/20/2024) Link
Existing law, until January 1, 2026, requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol to
coordinate with the Department of Justice to convene a regional property crimes task force to identify
geographic areas experiencing increased levels of property crimes, including, among other property
crimes, organized retail theft and vehicle burglary, and assist local law enforcement with resources, such
as personnel and equipment. This bill would include the sale of stolen goods as a property crime to be
considered in the identification of geographic areas experiencing increased levels of property
crimes. (Based on 03/20/2024 text)
Status: 06/04/2024 - From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 4).
Calendar: 06/06/24 #13 A-SECOND READING FILE -- SENATE BILLS
SB 1416 (Newman) Sentencing enhancements: sale, exchange, or return of stolen property.
(Amended 06/04/2024) Link
Existing law defines types of theft, including petty theft, grand theft, and shoplifting. Existing law also
defines the crime of burglary, which consists of entering specified buildings, places, or vehicles with the
intent to commit grand or petty theft or a felony. This bill would, until January 1, 2030, create
sentencing enhancements for selling, exchanging, or returning for value, or attempting to sell, exchange, or return for value, any property acquired through one or more acts of shoplifting, theft, or burglary
from a retail business, if the property value exceeds specified amounts. The bill would additionally make
these enhancements apply to any person acting in concert with another person to violate these
provisions. By adding new sentencing enhancements, this bill would impose a state-mandated local
program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 06/04/2024 text)
Status: 06/04/2024 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-
referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Calendar: 06/11/24 A-PUBLIC SAFETY 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 126 MCCARTY, KEVIN, Chair
Revenue and Taxation
AB 1932 (Ward) Personal income tax: mortgage interest deduction. (Amended 04/03/2024) Link
The Personal Income Tax Law allows various deductions in computing the income that is subject to the
taxes imposed by that law, including, in modified conformity with federal income tax laws, a deduction
for a limited amount of interest paid on acquisition indebtedness, as defined, with respect to a qualified
residence of the taxpayer. Existing law limits the aggregate amount treated as acquisition indebtedness
for these purposes to $1,000,000, or $500,000 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return. Existing law specifies for these purposes that a qualified residence includes the taxpayer’s
principal residence and one other residence selected by the taxpayer, as provided. This bill, for taxable
years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, would disallow the deduction of acquisition indebtedness
with respect to a qualified residence of a taxpayer other than the principal residence. This bill would
require the Franchise Tax Board, in consultation with the Department of Finance, to estimate the amount of additional revenue resulting from the above-described modifications made with respect to
the calculation of taxable income under the Personal Income Tax Law by this bill and to notify the
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Controller of that amount, as provided. The bill would establish the continuously appropriated Housing,
Homeownership, and Homelessness Prevention Response Fund in the State Treasury, and would direct the Controller to transfer an amount from the General Fund to that fund equal to the above-described
estimates. The bill would require the moneys be used for housing purposes, as specified. By establishing
a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation. (Based on 04/03/2024 text)
Status: 05/16/2024 - Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. In committee: Held under submission.
AB 2274 (Dixon) Taxation: sales and use taxes: exemption: school supplies tax holiday.
(Amended 03/21/2024) Link
Existing sales and use tax laws impose 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, and provides various exemptions from the taxes imposed by those laws. This bill, on and after
January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2030, would exempt from those taxes the gross receipts from the
sale of, and the storage, use, or other consumption of, qualified school supplies, as defined, purchased
during the first weekend in August, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday and ending at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 03/21/2024 text)
Status: 04/01/2024 - Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing
canceled at the request of author.
AB 2616 (Lee) Personal income tax: mortgage interest deduction. (Introduced 02/14/2024) Link
The Personal Income Tax Law allows various deductions in computing the income that is subject to the
taxes imposed by that law, including, in modified conformity with federal income tax laws, a deduction
for a limited amount of interest paid on acquisition indebtedness, as defined, with respect to a qualified
residence of the taxpayer. Existing law limits the aggregate amount treated as acquisition indebtedness
for these purposes to $1,000,000, or $500,000 in the case of a married individual filing a separate
return. Existing law specifies for these purposes that a qualified residence includes the taxpayer’s
principal residence and one other residence selected by the taxpayer, as provided. This bill, for taxable
years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, would disallow the deduction of acquisition indebtedness
with respect to a qualified residence of a taxpayer other than the principal residence. This bill would
require the Franchise Tax Board, in consultation with the Department of Finance, to estimate the
amount of additional revenue resulting from the above-described modifications made with respect to
the calculation of taxable income under the Personal Income Tax Law by this bill and to notify the
Controller of that amount, as provided. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 02/14/2024 text)
Status: 02/15/2024 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
AB 2854 (Irwin) Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law. (Amended 04/10/2024) Link
The Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Bradley-Burns) authorizes counties and cities to
impose local sales and use taxes in conformity with the Sales and Use Tax Law. Existing law, on or after January 1, 2016, prohibits a local agency from entering into any form of agreement that would result,
directly or indirectly, in the payment, transfer, diversion, or rebate of Bradley-Burns local tax revenues
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to any person, as defined, for any purpose, if the agreement results in a reduction in the amount of
Bradley-Burns local tax revenues that, in the absence of the agreement, would be received by another local agency and the retailer continues to maintain a physical presence within the territorial jurisdiction
of that other local agency, with specified exceptions. This bill would require a local agency, as defined, to
annually provide specified information relating to each agreement resulting in the direct or indirect
payment, transfer, diversion, or rebate of Bradley-Burns local tax revenues to the California Department
of Tax and Fee Administration. The bill would additionally require the local agency to publish that information on its internet website. The bill would impose monetary penalties on any local agency that
fails to provide information to the department or fails to publish information to its internet website.
website, as prescribed. By expanding the duties of local agencies, this bill would impose a state-
mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on
04/10/2024 text)
Status: 05/23/2024 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
AB 3005 (Wallis) Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Law: adjustment suspension. (Introduced 02/16/2024) Link
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 Law, 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, 2025, 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. This bill contains other related provisions
and other existing laws. (Based on 02/16/2024 text)
Status: 03/11/2024 - Referred to Com. on TRANS.
ACA 18 (Wallis) Road usage charges: vote and voter approval requirements.
(Introduced 02/16/2024) Link
The California Constitution requires any change in state statute that increases the tax liability of any taxpayer to be imposed by an act passed by 2/3 of the membership of each house of the Legislature,
and prohibits specified taxes on real property from being so imposed. For these purposes, the California
Constitution defines a “tax” as any state levy, charge, or exaction, except as described in certain
exceptions. The California Constitution describes one of those exceptions as a charge imposed for
entrance to or use of state property, or the purchase, rental, or lease of state property, except charges
governed by a specified provision of the California Constitution. This measure, on or after its effective
date, would provide that the exception described above does not include a road usage charge, as
described, thereby requiring the imposition of this type of charge to be subject to the 2/3 vote
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requirement. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 02/16/2024
text)
Status: 02/17/2024 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
SB 1072 (Padilla) Local government: Proposition 218: remedies. (Amended 04/24/2024) Link
The California Constitution sets forth various requirements for the imposition of local taxes. The
California Constitution excludes from classification as a tax assessments and property-related fees
imposed in accordance with provisions of the California Constitution that establish requirements for
those assessments and property-related fees. Under these requirements, an assessment is prohibited
from being imposed on any parcel if it exceeds the reasonable cost of the proportional special benefit
conferred on that parcel, and a fee or charge imposed on any parcel or person as an incident of property ownership is prohibited from exceeding the proportional cost of the service attributable to the parcel.
Existing law, known as the Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act, prescribes specific procedures
and parameters for local compliance with the requirements of the California Constitution for
assessments and property-related fees. This bill would require a local agency, if a court determines that
a fee or charge for a property-related service, as specified, violates the above-described provisions of the California Constitution relating to fees and charges, to credit the amount of the fee or charge
attributable to the violation against the amount of the revenues required to provide the property-
related service, unless a refund is explicitly provided for by statute. The bill would declare that these
provisions are declaratory of existing law. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 04/24/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
SB 1164 (Newman) Property taxation: new construction exclusion: accessory dwelling units.
(Amended 05/16/2024) Link
The California Constitution generally limits ad valorem taxes on real property to 1% of the full cash value of that property. For purposes of this limitation, “full cash value” is defined as the assessor’s valuation of
real property as shown on the 1975–76 tax bill under “full cash value” or, thereafter, the appraised
value of that real property when purchased, newly constructed, or a change in ownership has occurred.
This bill would exclude from classification as “newly constructed” and “new construction” the
construction of an accessory dwelling unit, as defined, if construction on the unit is completed on or
after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2030, until one of specified events occurs. The bill would
require the property owner to, among other things, notify the assessor that the property owner intends
to claim the exclusion for an accessory dwelling unit and submit an affidavit stating that the owner shall
make a good faith effort to ensure the unit will be used as residential housing for the duration the
owner receives the exclusion. The bill would require the State Board of Equalization to prescribe the
manner and form for claiming the exclusion. Because this bill would require an affidavit by a property
owner and a higher level of service from county assessors, it would impose a state-mandated local
program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
Calendar: 06/17/24 A-REVENUE AND TAXATION 2:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 126 IRWIN, JACQUI, Chair
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Transportation and Public Works
AB 6 (Friedman) Transportation planning: regional transportation plans: reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions. (Amended 05/30/2024) Link
Existing law requires certain transportation planning agencies to prepare and adopt regional
transportation plans directed at achieving a coordinated and balanced regional transportation system.
Existing law requires that each regional transportation plan include a sustainable communities strategy prepared by each metropolitan planning organization in order to, among other things, achieve certain
regional 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. Existing law
requires the state board to update the regional targets every 8 years until 2050. Existing law requires a
metropolitan planning organization, before adopting a sustainable communities strategy, to quantify the reduction in the emissions of greenhouse gases projected to be achieved by the sustainable
communities strategy and set forth the difference, if any, between the amount of that reduction and the
regional targets. This bill would require the state board to update the regional targets indefinitely,
rather than only until 2050, and authorize the state board to update the years to which those targets
apply, as specified. The bill would additionally require a metropolitan planning organization, before adopting amendments to a regional transportation plan that could impact a sustainable communities
strategy, to quantify the reduction in the emissions of greenhouse gases projected to be achieved by
those amendments and set forth the difference, if any, between the amount of that reduction and the
regional targets established by the state board. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws. (Based on 05/30/2024 text)
Status: 05/30/2024 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to
committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-TRANSPORTATION 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 CORTESE, DAVE, Chair
AB 627 (Jackson) Drayage trucks: voucher incentive project. (Amended 01/22/2024) Link
Existing law establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring
and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The state board, in this capacity, administers the
California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project under which the agency
issues a limited number of vouchers to incentivize the purchase and use of zero-emission commercial
vehicles. The Budget Act of 2023 appropriated funds from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the
state board for zero-emission drayage trucks to be administered through the project and, in expending
those funds, requires the state board, before January 1, 2025, to limit the number and award amount
levels under the project based on fleet size. This bill would require the state board to ensure that a
voucher provided under the project for the purchase of a new, or the retrofit of a used, drayage truck is
provided to an operator in an amount determined pursuant to a sliding scale established by the state
board, based on the number of drayage trucks the operator owns. In administering the project, the bill
would require the state board to prioritize the award of those vouchers to operators meeting certain criteria. The bill would also require the state board to ensure that these vouchers may be used to
purchase a new drayage truck using, or to retrofit a used drayage truck to use, hydrogen fuel cell or
battery electric technology as its source of propulsion. (Based on 01/22/2024 text)
Status: 05/01/2024 - Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and TRANS.
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Calendar: 06/05/24 S-ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 GONZALEZ,
LENA, Chair
AB 637 (Jackson) Zero-emission vehicles: fleet owners: rental vehicles. (Amended 09/06/2023) Link
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the
state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. Existing law
also generally designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency with the primary
responsibility for the control of vehicular air pollution. Existing law requires the state board to adopt and
implement motor vehicle emission standards, in-use performance standards, and motor vehicle fuel
specifications for the control of air contaminants and sources of air pollution the state board has found
to be necessary, cost effective, and technologically feasible, to carry out specified purposes, unless
preempted by federal law. This bill would, if the state board requires a fleet owner to acquire zero-
emission vehicles as part of its fleet, require the state board to authorize the rental of a zero-emission
vehicle or vehicles for a cumulative total of 260 days in a calendar year to be deemed ownership of one
zero-emission vehicle for purposes of meeting that obligation. (Based on 09/06/2023 text)
Status: 05/01/2024 - Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and TRANS.
Calendar: 06/05/24 S-ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 GONZALEZ,
LENA, Chair
AB 1774 (Dixon) Vehicles: electric bicycles. (Introduced 01/03/2024) Link
Existing law defines an electric bicycle as a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 750 watts, and requires electric bicycles to comply with specified equipment and
manufacturing requirements. Existing law prohibits a person from tampering with or modifying an
electric bicycle so as to change the speed capability of the bicycle, unless they appropriately replace the
label indicating the classification required, as specified. A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime. This
bill would clarify that the exception to this prohibition only applies if the bicycle continues to meet the
definition of an electric bicycle. This bill would prohibit a person from selling a product or device that
can modify the speed capability of an electric bicycle such that it no longer meets the definition of an
electric bicycle. Because the bill would prohibit a person from selling certain products, the violation of
which would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 01/03/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To
Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Calendar: 06/10/24 S-APPROPRIATIONS 11 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CABALLERO, ANNA, Chair
AB 1890 (Patterson, Joe) Public works: prevailing wage. (Introduced 01/22/2024) Link
Existing law defines the term “public works” for the purposes of requirements regarding the payment of
prevailing wages, the regulation of working hours, and the securing of workers’ compensation for public
works projects. Existing law requires an entity awarding a public works contract, as specified, to provide
notice to the Department of Industrial Relations. Existing law requires civil penalties to be imposed on
an entity that fails to provide that required notice and authorizes the Labor Commissioner to issue a
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citation for civil penalties to an entity that fails to provide the required notice. This bill would
additionally require the awarding body to provide notice to the department if there is a change in the identity of a contractor or subcontractor performing the project or, within 30 days, if the total amount
of the contract change exceeds $10,000. By creating new notification requirements for public agencies,
this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws. (Based on 01/22/2024 text)
Status: 05/01/2024 - Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
Calendar: 06/05/24 S-LABOR, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND RETIREMENT 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room
113 SMALLWOOD-CUEVAS, LOLA, Chair
AB 2037 (Papan) Weights and measures: electric vehicle chargers. (Amended 06/04/2024) Link
Existing law regulates advertising that indicates the price of motor vehicle fuel, including electricity sold
as a motor vehicle fuel. Existing law requires a county sealer to enforce the advertising requirements.
Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a crime. Existing law defines “correct,” for purposes of testing and verifying the accuracy of a weighing or measuring device, as a weight or measure or a
weighing, measuring, or counting instrument that meets certain tolerance and specification
requirements. This bill would authorize a county sealer to test and verify as correct any electric vehicle
charger operated by a public agency, as defined, that is located in the county in which the sealer has
jurisdiction. The bill would require a county sealer, upon testing and finding that an electric vehicle charger operated by a public agency is incorrect, as defined, to cause it to be marked with the words
“out of order” and require the charger to be repaired or corrected, as specified. The bill would authorize
a county board of supervisors to charge an annual registration fee for the cost of inspecting and testing
an electric vehicle charger operated by a public agency, as specified. The bill would authorize a county
sealer to levy a civil penalty against a public agency, or a vendor or entity contracted by the public agency to provide and maintain electric vehicle charger services on behalf of the public agency, that
removes or obliterates a tag or device placed on an electric vehicle charger operated by a public agency,
as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 06/04/2024
text)
Status: 06/04/2024 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to
committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D.
Calendar: 06/10/24 S-BUSINESS, PROFESSIONS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 10 a.m. and upon
adjournment of Session, if necessary - 1021 O Street, Room 2100 ASHBY, ANGELIQUE, Chair
AB 2234 (Boerner) Vehicles: electric bicycles. (Amended 04/17/2024) Link
Existing law defines an electric bicycle and classifies electric bicycles into 3 classes with different
restrictions. Under existing law, a “class 1 electric bicycle” is a bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling and ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle
reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour. Under existing law, a “class 2 electric bicycle” is a bicycle
equipped with a motor that may be used exclusively to propel the bicycle and is not capable of providing
assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour. Under existing law, a “class 3
electric bicycle” is a bicycle equipped with a speedometer and a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of
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28 miles per hour. Existing law prohibits a person under 16 years of age from operating a class 3 electric
bicycle. This bill, the San Diego Electric Bicycle Safety Pilot Program, would, until January 1, 2029, authorize a local authority within the County of San Diego, or the County of San Diego in unincorporated
areas, to adopt an ordinance or resolution that would prohibit a person under 12 years of age from
operating a class 1 or 2 electric bicycle. The bill would make a violation of an ordinance or resolution
that is adopted for this purpose an infraction punishable by either a fine of $25 or completion of an
electric bicycle safety and training course, as specified. The bill would, if an ordinance or resolution is adopted, require the county to, by January 1, 2028, submit a report to the Legislature that includes,
among other things, the total number of traffic stops initiated for a violation of the ordinance or
resolution, the results of those traffic stops, and the actions taken by a peace officer during a traffic
stop, as specified. The bill would require a local authority or county to administer a public information
campaign for at least 30 calendar days prior to the enactment of the ordinance or resolution, as specified. The bill would require the local authority or county to only issue warning notices for the first
60 days after the passage of the ordinance or resolution. (Based on 04/17/2024 text)
Status: 05/23/2024 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Position: Sponsor
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-TRANSPORTATION 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 CORTESE, DAVE, Chair
Notes: 2/8/24: EN tagged as sponsor. 3/6/24: SG sent the City a draft letter for review. 3/12/24: EN received finalized letter, submitted to Assembly Transportation, and emailed author's office. 4/22/24:
City Manager Scott Chadwick gave primary testimony in support in Assembly Transportation. 5/15/24:
SG me too'd in support in Assembly Appropriations. 6/4/24: EN submitted letter to Senate Judiciary,
emailed governor's office and delegation, and sent letter to City.
AB 2259 (Boerner) Transportation: bicycle safety handbook. (Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Existing law establishes within state government the Transportation Agency, which consists of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the California Transportation Commission, the Department
of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Transportation, the High-Speed Rail Authority, and the Board of
Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun. The agency is under the
supervision of the Secretary of Transportation, who has the power of general supervision over each
department within the agency. Existing law imposes various duties on the secretary, including advising
the Governor on, and assisting the Governor in establishing, major policy and program matters affecting
each department, office, or other unit within the agency. This bill would, upon appropriation by the
Legislature, require the agency to develop and distribute, on or before September 1, 2025, a bicycle
safety handbook that includes information on, among other things, existing laws regulating bicycles and
e-bikes. The bill would require the agency to make a downloadable electronic version of the bicycle
safety handbook available on specified internet websites. In developing the handbook, the bill would
require collaboration and consultation between the agency and prescribed state entities, including,
among others, the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of the California Highway
Patrol. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - Referred to Com. on TRANS.
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-TRANSPORTATION 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 CORTESE, DAVE, Chair
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AB 2290 (Friedman) Transportation: Class III bikeways: bicycle facilities: Bikeway Quick-Build Project
Pilot Program. (Amended 04/01/2024) Link
Existing law establishes the Active Transportation Program in the Department of Transportation for the
purpose of encouraging increased use of active modes of transportation, such as biking and walking,
with specified available funds to be allocated to eligible projects by the California Transportation
Commission and regional transportation agencies. Existing law requires the commission to develop
guidelines and project selection criteria for the program, as provided. Existing law establishes 4
classifications of bikeways and defines a “Class III bikeway” as a bikeway that provides a right-of-way on-
street or off-street, designated by signs or permanent markings and shared with pedestrians and
motorists. This bill would prohibit the allocation of Active Transportation Program funds for a project
that creates a Class III bikeway unless the project is on a street with a design speed limit of 20 miles per
hour or less or the project will reduce the design speed limit to 20 miles per hour or less. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/01/2024 text)
Status: 05/24/2024 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-TRANSPORTATION 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 CORTESE, DAVE, Chair
AB 2813 (Aguiar-Curry) Government Investment Act. (Amended 04/29/2024) Link
Existing law, known as the Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act, defines various terms and
prescribes procedures and parameters for local jurisdictions to comply with specified provisions of the
California Constitution. The Legislature adopted Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1 (ACA 1) at the
2023–24 Regular Session of the Legislature, which, if approved by the voters, would amend and add
provisions of the California Constitution to (1) create an additional exception to the 1% limit on the ad valorem tax rate on real property by authorizing a local jurisdiction 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, if the proposition
proposing that tax is approved by 55% of the voters in that local jurisdiction; and (2) authorize a local
jurisdiction to impose, extend, or increase a sales and use tax to fund the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of public infrastructure, affordable housing, or permanent supportive
housing, if the proposition proposing that tax is approved by 55% of the voters in that local jurisdiction.
This bill, for purposes of ACA 1, would define “affordable housing” to include rental housing, ownership
housing, interim housing, and affordable housing programs such as downpayment assistance, first-time
homebuyer programs, and owner-occupied affordable housing rehabilitation programs. The bill would
require a local government to ensure that any project that is funded with ACA 1 bonded indebtedness or
ACA 1 special taxes to have an estimated useful life of at least 15 years or 5 years if the funds are for
specified public safety buildings, facilities, and equipment. This bill would specify that a parcel tax
imposed pursuant to ACA 1 may include an exemption for persons who are 65 years of age or older,
older whose annual income does not exceed 250% of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines, persons
receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, or persons receiving Social Security Disability
Insurance Benefits and whose yearly income does not exceed specified amounts. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/29/2024 text)
Status: 05/22/2024 - Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
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SB 768 (Caballero) California Environmental Quality Act: Transportation Agency: vehicle miles
traveled: study. (Amended 05/29/2024) Link
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause
to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project that it
proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a
negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency
to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the
environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial
evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. Existing law
requires the Office of Planning and Research to prepare, develop, and transmit to the Secretary of the
Natural Resources Agency for certification and adoption proposed revisions to guidelines establishing
criteria for determining the significance of transportation impacts of projects within transit priority areas
to promote the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the development of multimodal transportation
networks, and a diversity of land uses. Existing law establishes the Transportation Agency in state
government with various duties and responsibilities. The agency is under the supervision of the
Secretary of Transportation, who has the power of general supervision over specified departments and
offices, including the Department of Transportation. This bill would require the Transportation Agency,
in consultation with local governments and other interested parties, as specified, by January 1, 2028,
and subject to an appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, to conduct and post on its internet
website a study on how vehicle miles traveled is used as a metric for measuring transportation impacts
pursuant to CEQA. The bill would require the study to include, among other things, an analysis of the
differences in the availability and feasibility of mitigation measures for vehicle miles traveled in rural,
suburban, and urban areas. The bill would repeal those provisions on January 1, 2029. This bill contains
other existing laws. (Based on 05/29/2024 text)
Status: 05/29/2024 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-
referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
Calendar: 06/10/24 A-NATURAL RESOURCES 2:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 BRYAN, ISAAC, Chair
SB 915 (Cortese) Local government: autonomous vehicle service. (Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Existing law authorizes an autonomous vehicle, as defined, to be operated on public roads for testing
purposes by a driver who possesses the proper class of license for the type of vehicle being operated if
certain requirements are met, including that the vehicle is being operated solely by employees, contractors, or other persons designated by the manufacturer. Existing law prohibits an autonomous
vehicle from being operated on public roads until the manufacturer submits an application to the
Department of Motor Vehicles containing certain certifications regarding safety and other technological
requirements and the department approves that application pursuant to adopted regulations. Existing
law, commencing January 1, 2030, and to the extent authorized by federal law, prohibits the operation of certain new autonomous vehicles that are not zero-emission vehicles, as defined. Existing law
provides for the local regulation of certain types of transportation services, including taxicab companies.
Existing law requires each city or county in which a taxicab company is substantially located to adopt an
ordinance or resolution in regards to taxicab transportation service, that includes provisions for a
permitting program for taxicab drivers. Under existing law, it is unlawful to operate a taxicab company
without a valid permit to operate issued by each city or county in which the taxicab company is
substantially located. This bill would authorize a city with a population of 250,000 or greater that an
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autonomous vehicle service, as defined, has received authorization by the Department of Motor
Vehicles, the Public Utilities Commission, or any other applicable state agency to operate, to protect the public health, safety, and welfare by enacting an ordinance in regard to autonomous vehicle services
within that jurisdiction. The bill would require each city that enacts an ordinance to include certain
provisions within that ordinance. These would include a policy for entry into the business of providing
autonomous vehicle services including a permitting program that includes, among other things, the
establishment of reasonable vehicle caps and hours of service restrictions. The bill would authorize a city with a population of less than 250,000 that shares a border or is contiguous to a city that has enacted an
autonomous vehicle services ordinance to enact an ordinance substantially consistent with that
autonomous vehicle services ordinance. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and C. & C.
Calendar: 06/17/24 A-TRANSPORTATION 2:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WILSON, LORI, Chair
Notes: Cal Cities Sponsored
SB 1098 (Blakespear) Passenger and freight rail: LOSSAN Rail Corridor. (Amended 05/16/2024) Link
Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation in the Transportation Agency under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of Transportation. Existing law authorizes the
Department of Transportation, subject to approval of the Secretary of Transportation, to enter into an
interagency transfer agreement under which a joint powers board assumes responsibility for
administering the state-funded intercity rail service in certain rail corridors, including the LOSSAN Rail
Corridor. Existing law defines the LOSSAN Rail Corridor as the intercity passenger rail corridor between San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Luis Obispo. Pursuant to this authority, the department entered into an
interagency transfer agreement with the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency to administer intercity passenger
rail service in the LOSSAN Rail Corridor. This bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to
provide guidance and recommendations to, and coordination between, stakeholders as necessary to
ensure the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/16/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Com. on TRANS.
Calendar: 06/17/24 A-TRANSPORTATION 2:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WILSON, LORI, Chair
SB 1216 (Blakespear) Transportation projects: Class III bikeways: prohibition. (Amended 04/16/2024) Link
Existing law establishes 4 classifications of bikeways and defines a “Class III bikeway” as a bikeway that provides a right-of-way on-street or off-street, designated by signs or permanent markings and shared
with pedestrians and motorists. This bill would define “sharrow” as the pavement marking used to
inform road users that bicyclists might occupy the travel lane. The bill would prohibit, on and after
January 1, 2025, an agency responsible for the development or operation of bikeways or highways
where bicycle travel is permitted from installing or restriping a Class III bikeway or a sharrow on a highway that has a posted speed limit greater than 30 miles per hour. This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/16/2024 text)
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Status: 05/28/2024 - Referred to Com. on TRANS.
SB 1271 (Min) Electric bicycles, powered mobility devices, and storage batteries.
(Amended 04/24/2024) Link
Existing law defines an electric bicycle as a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric
motor of less than 750 watts, and classifies electric bicycles into 3 classes with different restrictions for
various purposes, including the requirement that manufacturers and distributors of electric bicycles
apply a label that is permanently affixed to each electric bicycle that contains, among other things, the
classification number of the electric bicycle, as specified. Existing law defines “class 1 electric bicycle” as
a bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that
ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour, and defines “class
3 electric bicycle” as a bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is
pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 28 miles per hour,
and equipped with a speedometer. This bill would clarify that an electric bicycle is a bicycle equipped
with fully operable pedals and an electric motor with continuous rated mechanical power of not more
than 750 watts. The bill would also clarify the definitions of “class 1 electric bicycle” and “class 3 electric
bicycle” by providing that the motor on a class 1 electric bicycle is not capable of exclusively propelling
the bicycle nor providing assistance to reach speeds greater than 20 miles per hours and the motor on a class 3 electric bicycle is not capable of exclusively propelling the bicycle. This bill contains other existing
laws. (Based on 04/24/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and E.M.
Calendar: 06/17/24 A-TRANSPORTATION 2:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WILSON, LORI, Chair
SB 1383 (Bradford) California Advanced Services Fund: Broadband Public Housing Account.
(Amended 04/09/2024) Link
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish the Broadband Public Housing Account in the California Advanced Services Fund and makes the moneys in the account available to the
commission to award grants to low-income communities to finance projects to connect broadband
networks that offer free broadband service that meets or exceeds state standards for residents of low-
income communities. This bill would make moneys in the account available instead for grants and loans
to finance projects to connect broadband networks that offer broadband service for residents of low-
income communities and would revise the requirement that the broadband service be free to require
certain grantees to provide residential subscribers within low-income communities with a free or low-
cost broadband internet access service plan, as provided. The bill would authorize the commission to
make grants to support the deployment of network devices to address barriers to consistent
deployment of broadband services in a low-income community. The bill would specify that the
requirement to provide a free or low-cost broadband internet access service plan does not apply to a
grantee that is awarded grants for the sole purpose of deployment network devices to improve
broadband services. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on
04/09/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Com. on C. & C.
Notes: CalCities sponsored
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Water and Wastewater
AB 305 (Villapudua) California Flood Protection Bond Act of 2024. (Amended 04/25/2023) Link
The California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of
2018, approved by the voters as Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018, statewide primary election,
authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $4,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General
Obligation Bond Law to finance a drought, water, parks, climate, coastal protection, and outdoor access for all program. The California Constitution requires a measure authorizing general obligation bonds to
specify the single object or work to be funded by the bonds and further requires the measure to be
approved by a 2/3 vote of each house of the Legislature and a majority of the voters. This bill would
enact the California Flood Protection Bond Act of 2024 which, if approved by the voters, would
authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $4,500,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law for flood protection projects, as specified. The bill would provide for the
submission of these provisions to the voters at the November 5, 2024, statewide general
election. (Based on 04/25/2023 text)
Status: 05/22/2024 - Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
AB 805 (Arambula) Sewer service: disadvantaged communities. (Amended 05/15/2024) Link
Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board and the 9 California regional water quality
control boards regulate water quality in accordance with the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act
and the federal Clean Water Act. Existing law authorizes a regional board to order the provision of sewer
service by a receiving sewer system, as defined, to a disadvantaged community served by an inadequate
onsite sewage treatment system, as defined. This bill would authorize the state board, until January 1,
2029, and after it makes specified findings by resolution or a prescribed process, to require a sewer
service provider to contract with an administrator designated or approved by the state board for
administrative, technical, operational, legal, or managerial services to assist a designated sewer system
with the provision of adequate sewer service, as defined. The bill would also authorize the state board
to order a designated sewer system to accept those services, including full management and control of
all aspects of the designated sewer system, from an administrator. The bill would define “designated
sewer system” for these purposes as a sewer system that serves a disadvantaged community that is
either an inadequate sewer system or a sewer system that has demonstrated a failure to maintain
technical, managerial, and financial capacity to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/15/2024 text)
Status: 05/15/2024 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
Calendar: 06/05/24 S-ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 GONZALEZ,
LENA, Chair 06/06/24 #11 S-SECOND READING
AB 3121 (Hart) Urban retail water suppliers: written notice: conservation order: dates.
(Introduced 02/16/2024) Link
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Existing law authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board, on and after January 1, 2025, to issue
a written notice to an urban retail water supplier that does not meet its urban water use objective. Existing law authorizes the board, on and after January 1, 2026, to issue a conservation order to an
urban retail water supplier that does not meet its urban water use objective. This bill would instead
provide that the date the board is authorized to issue a written notice to January 1, 2026 and a
conservation order to January 1, 2027. (Based on 02/16/2024 text)
Status: 05/08/2024 - Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
Calendar: 06/11/24 S-NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2100 MIN, DAVE,
Chair
ACA 2 (Alanis) Water Resiliency Act of 2024. (Amended 03/06/2024) Link
The California Constitution declares that the general welfare requires that the water resources of the
state be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent of which they are capable, and that the right to the
use of water does not extend to the waste or unreasonable use, method of use, or method of diversion of water. This measure would require the Treasurer to annually transfer an amount equal to 1.5% of all
state revenues from the General Fund to the California Water Resiliency Trust Fund, which the measure
would create. The measure would continuously appropriate moneys in the fund to the California Water
Commission for its actual costs of implementing these provisions and for specified water infrastructure
projects. The measure would require the California State Auditor to annually conduct a programmatic review and an audit of expenditures from the California Water Resiliency Trust Fund and to report those
findings, as specified. The measure would authorize a project funded pursuant to these provisions to
elect to be subject to a streamlined review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, as
specified. The measure would provide that its provisions are severable and would require the Attorney
General to defend against any action challenging the validity of the measure, except as provided. (Based on 03/06/2024 text)
Status: 03/19/2024 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
SB 1110 (Ashby) Urban retail water suppliers: informational order: conservation order.
(Amended 04/24/2024) Link
Existing law authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board, on and after January 1, 2024, to issue
informational orders pertaining to water production, water use, and water conservation to an urban
retail water supplier that does not meet its urban water use objective, as provided. This bill would
instead authorize the board to issue the informational orders on and after January 1, 2026. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/24/2024 text)
Status: 05/28/2024 - Referred to Com. on W., P., & W.
SB 1255 (Durazo) Public water systems: needs analysis: water rate assistance program.
(Amended 06/03/2024) Link
The California Safe Drinking Water Act provides for the operation of public water systems and imposes
on the State Water Resources Control Board various responsibilities and duties relating to the regulation
of drinking water to protect public health. Existing law establishes the Safe and Affordable Drinking
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Water Fund in the State Treasury to help water systems provide an adequate and affordable supply of
safe drinking water in both the near and long terms. Existing law requires the state board to annually adopt a fund expenditure plan, as provided, and requires expenditures from the fund to be consistent
with the fund expenditure plan. Existing law requires the state board to base the fund expenditure plan
on data and analysis drawn from a specified drinking water needs assessment. This bill would require
the state board to update a needs analysis of the state’s public water systems to include an assessment,
as specified, of the funds necessary to provide a 20% bill credit for low-income households served by community water systems with fewer than 3,300 service connections and for community water systems
with fewer than 3,300 service connections to meet a specified affordability threshold on or before July
1, 2026, and on or before July 1 of every 3 years thereafter. This bill contains other existing laws. (Based
on 06/03/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. From committee with author's amendments. Read
second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M.
SB 1330 (Archuleta) Urban retail water supplier: water use. (Amended 04/24/2024) Link
Existing law requires an urban retail water supplier to calculate its urban water use objective no later
than January 1, 2024, and by January 1 every year thereafter. Existing law requires each urban retail
water supplier’s water use objective to be composed of the sum of specified aggregate estimates,
including efficient outdoor irrigation of landscape areas with dedicated irrigation meters or equivalent
technology in connection with water used by commercial water users, industrial water users,
institutional water users, and large landscape water users (CII). Existing law requires an urban retail water supplier to submit reports to the Department of Water Resources, as provided, by the same
dates. This bill would require the department to collect and update data for outdoor residential
landscapes and CII landscapes at least once every 10 years and post the data on its internet website. The
bill would authorize an urban retail water supplier to submit reports by January 1 or July 1 whether
reporting is submitted on a calendar year or fiscal year basis. The bill would require, as part of the report to be submitted in 2026, each urban retail water supplier to provide a narrative that describes the water
demand management measures that the supplier plans to implement to achieve its urban water use
objective by January 1, 2030. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based
on 04/24/2024 text)
Status: 05/28/2024 - Referred to Com. on W., P., & W.
SB 1390 (Caballero) Groundwater recharge: floodflows: diversion. (Amended 04/24/2024) Link
Existing law declares that all water within the state is the property of the people of the state, but the
right to the use of the water may be acquired by appropriation in the manner provided by law. Existing
law requires the appropriation to be for some useful or beneficial purpose. Existing law provides,
however, that the diversion of floodflows for groundwater recharge does not require an appropriative
water right if certain conditions are met, including that a local or regional agency that has adopted a
local plan of flood control or has considered flood risks as part of its most recently adopted general plan
has given notice, as provided, of imminent risk of flooding and inundation of lands, roads, or structures.
Existing law also requires the person or entity making the diversion for groundwater recharge purposes
to file with the State Water Resources Control Board a final report 15 days after the diversions cease.
These requirements apply to diversions commenced before January 1, 2029. This bill would extend the
operation of these requirements to diversions commenced before June 1, 2032. The bill would revise,
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recast, and expand the conditions that are required to be met for the diversion of floodwaters for
groundwater recharge that do not require an appropriative water right. The bill would require that a local or regional agency take specified actions, including making a declaration that diversion of
floodflows for groundwater recharge from a delineated stretch of waterway within its jurisdiction is in
accordance with one of certain enumerated plans relating to flood control or flood risk, as specified, or a
county emergency operations plan. The bill would require diversions to cease no later than 90 days after
commencing, unless they are renewed, and would authorize a local or regional agency to renew a diversion for an additional 30 days by notifying the board of its intention to continue diverting 15 days
before its expiration. The bill would also require the final report to be made by an entity and contain
information, if applicable, describing the forecasting models used to determine a likely imminent escape
of surface water and a description of the methodology used to determine the abatement of flood
conditions. The bill would require that temporary floodflow diversions be consistent with the most junior priority relative to all water rights holders in the watershed and prohibit those diversions from
injuring a prior water rights holder. (Based on 04/24/2024 text)
Status: 06/03/2024 - Referred to Com. on W., P., & W.
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City of Carlsbad Legislative Subcommittee
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2024 Legislative Calendar
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•January 10—Governor’s Budget Proposal
•January 31—House of Origin Deadline (1st Year bills)
•February 16—Introduction Deadline (2nd Year Bills)
•March 21-April 1—Legislative Spring Recess
•Mid-May—Governor’s May Budget Revise
•May 24—House of origin deadline; last day for 2nd year bills to advance to the opposite house
•June 15—Legislature must pass FY 24-25 Budget
•June 30—Governor must sign FY 24-25 Budget
•August 31—Last day for the Legislature to pass bills
•September 30—Last day for the Governor to sign or veto bills
2024-2025 State Budget Update
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•$45 billion budget deficit.
•HHAP. Provides $1 billion to HHAP Round 6 to provide local governments continued funding
to combat the homelessness crisis.
•Low Income Housing Tax Credits. Approves $500 million for Low Income Housing Tax Credit
program, as proposed by the Governor. Affordable Housing. Rejects proposed cuts to
Multifamily Housing, Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) 2.0, and Housing Navigation and
Maintenance Program.
•Includes $16.9 million General Fund to implement Behavioral Health Transformation:
Behavioral Health Services Act.
•Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Shift. Protects over $5.2 billion in climate related
investments by shifting the costs from the General Fund to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Fund (GGRF).
Climate Bond Update
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•On May 30, Politico leaked the rumored details of a climate bond, airing both the Senate
and Assembly potential proposals.
•The Assembly has drafts for three versions: $6 billion, $8 billion, and $10 billion.
•The Senate has drafts for two: $6.8 billion and $9 billion.
•The drafts show the decreased investments across the board in water, energy, outdoor
and open spaces, and wildfire resiliency, but look to maintain small pots of funding for
most.
•A deal must be made and passed by the Legislature no later than June 27 for it to make it
to the Secretary of State to be placed on the November ballot.
Public Safety Update
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•California Drug and Theft Crime Penalties and Treatment-Mandated Felonies Initiative.
•Allows felony charges for possessing certain drugs, including fentanyl, and for thefts
under $950, both currently chargeable only as misdemeanors, with two prior drug or
two prior theft convictions. Defendants who plead guilty to felony drug possession and
complete treatment can have charges dismissed. Increases sentences for other drug
and theft crimes. Currently pending signature verification. Must qualify by June 27 to be
on the November ballot.
•Supporters include:
•California District Attorneys Association
•California Police Chiefs Association
•California Retailers Association
•California Business Roundtable
•Assembly and Senate have introduced their own public safety legislative packages.
Bills of Interest
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Bills that the committee has or may want to position on.
City Sponsored Bills
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AB 2234 (Boerner) Vehicles: electric bicycles
Authorizes a local authority within the County of San Diego to adopt an ordinance
or resolution that would prohibit a person under 12 years of age from operating a
class 1 or 2 electric bicycle. If an ordinance or resolution is adopted, the bill would
require the county to submit a report to the Legislature on specified outcomes.
City Position: Sponsor
Status: Senate Transportation, hearing set for 6/11
AB 2715 (Boerner) Ralph M. Brown Act: closed sessions
Authorizes a legislative body to hold a closed session with other law enforcement
or security personnel and to hold a closed session on a threat to critical
infrastructure controls or critical infrastructure information relating to cybersecurity.
City Position: SponsorStatus: Senate Judiciary, hearing not set
Positioned Legislation: Brown Act
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AB 817 (Pacheco) Open meetings: teleconferencing: subsidiary body
This bill would permit subsidiary bodies currently covered by the Ralph M.
Brown Act to continue to meet via virtual teleconference without
complying with physical location posting requirements.
City Position: Support
Status: Held in Senate Local Government
Positioned Legislation: Transportation
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SB 689 (Blakespear) Local coastal program: bicycle lane: amendment
This bill would provide that an application by a local government to convert
an existing motorized vehicle travel lane into a dedicated bicycle lane shall
not require a traffic study for the processing of either a coastal
development permit or an amendment to a local coastal program.
City Position: Support
Status: Passed Assembly Natural Resources on 6/10
Positioned Legislation: Public Safety
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AB 1779 (Irwin) Theft: jurisdiction
This bill would authorize prosecutors to charge related incidents of
organized retail theft even if some of those offenses occurred in another or
multiple other county jurisdictions.
City Position: Support
Status: Senate Public Safety, hearing set for 6/11
AB 1802 (Jones-Sawyer) Crimes: organized theft
This bill would extend the operation of the crime of organized retail theft
and the operation of the regional property crimes task force indefinitely.
City Position: Support
Status: Senate Public Safety, hearing set for 6/11
Positioned Legislation: Public Safety
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SB 905 (Wiener) Crimes: theft from a vehicle
This bill would make forcibly entering a vehicle with the intent to commit a
theft or a felony therein a crime.
City Position: Support
Status: Assembly Public Safety, hearing set for 6/11
Positioned Legislation: Gov Ops
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AB 2257 (Wilson) Local government: property-related water and sewer
fees and assessments: remedies
This bill would prohibit a person or entity from bringing a judicial action or
proceeding alleging noncompliance with the constitutional provisions for
any new, increased, or extended fee or assessment unless that person or
entity has timely submitted to the local agency a written objection to that
fee or assessment that specifies the grounds for alleging noncompliance.
City Position: Support
Status: Senate Judiciary, hearing set for 6/18
Positioned Legislation: Housing and Land Use
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AB 2560 (Alvarez) Density Bonus Law: California Coastal Act of 1976
This bill would eliminate the California Coastal Act exemption from Density
Bonus Law.
City Position: Oppose
Status: Senate Housing, hearing not set
AB 1886 (Alvarez) Housing Element Law: substantial compliance: Housing
Accountability Act
This bill would create a rebuttable presumption of validity for the
Department of Housing and Community Development’s findings when
reviewing a planning agency’s draft housing element.
City Position: Oppose
Status: Senate Housing, hearing set for 6/18
Positioned Legislation: Housing and Land Use
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AB 2684 (Bryan) Safety element: extreme heat
This bill would require a city, upon the next update of one or more of the
elements included in the general plan on or after January 1, 2028, to review
and update its safety element to address the hazard of extreme heat.
City Position: Support
Status: Senate Appropriations, hearing not set
AB 3093 (Ward) Land use: housing element: streamlined multifamily housing
This bill would require local governments to account for the housing needs
of people experiencing homelessness or near homelessness in their housing
elements.
City Position: Oppose
Status: Senate Housing, hearing not set
Positioned Legislation: Housing and Land Use
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AB 2729 (Patterson) Residential fees and charges
This bill would prohibit a local agency from requiring payment of fees or
charges prior to the date of final inspection or issuance of the certificate of
occupancy and would instead authorize a local agency to require
payment of fees or charges at earlier times under certain circumstances.
City Position: Oppose
Status: Senate Local Government, hearing set for 6/11
Positioned Legislation: Housing and Land Use
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SB 1037 (Wiener) Planning and zoning: housing element: enforcement
This bill,in any action brought by the Attorney General,on behalf of HCD to
enforce the adoption of housing element revisions or to enforce any state
law that requires a local agency to ministerially approve any land use
decision or permitting application for a housing development project,
would subject the local agency to specified remedies,including a civil
penalty of,at minimum,$10,000 per month,and not exceeding $50,000 per
month,for each violation.
City Position: Oppose
Status: Assembly Housing, hearing set for 6/12
Positioned Legislation: Community Services
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AB 2081 (Davies) Substance abuse: recovery and treatment programs
This bill would require a licensed recovery facility or certified drug program
to disclose whether the facility’s license or program’s certification has been
placed in probationary status, been subject to a temporary suspension
order, been revoked, or the operator has been given a notice of operation
in violation of law.
AB 2574 (Valencia) Alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment
programs and facilities: disclosures
This bill would require an operator of a certified program or a licensed facility
to disclose to the department whether the licensee, or a general partner or
director have a financial interest in a recovery residence or entity that
provides recovery services.
City Positions: Support on AB 2081 and AB 2574
Status: Senate Health, hearing set for 6/12
Positioned Legislation: Labor Relations
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AB 2557 (Ortega) Local agencies: contracts for special services and
temporary help: performance reports
This bill would require each person who enters into a contract for special
services with a local agency—or had entered into such a contract in the
prior five years—to submit quarterly performance reports every 180 days to
the local agency and the employee organization.
City Position: Oppose
Status: Senate Local Government, hearing set for 6/11
Positioned Legislation: Labor Relations
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AB 2561 (McKinnor) Local public employees: vacant positions
This bill would require each public agency with bargaining unit vacancy rates
exceeding 10%for more than 90 days to produce and implement a plan to fill
all vacant positions within the subsequent 180 days.This plan would be
presented during a public hearing to the governing legislative body and
published on its internet website for at least one year.
City Position: Oppose
Status: Senate Labor, hearing not set
SB 1116 (Portantino) Unemployment insurance: trade disputes: eligibility for
benefits
This bill would grant employees unemployment eligibility after two weeks of
leaving work to strike.City Position: Oppose
Status: Assembly Insurance, hearing not set
Legislative Update: Public Safety
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AB 1794 (McCarty) Crimes: larceny
This bill would allow retail theft over $950 to be aggregated even though the
thefts occurred in different places or from different victims. The bill would also
authorize counties to operate a program to allow retailers to submit details of
alleged shoplifting and organized retail theft, directly to the county district
attorney through an online portal.
Status: Senate Public Safety, hearing set for 6/11
AB 2943 (Zbur and Rivas) Crimes: shoplifting
This bill would make it a crime for any person to possess property unlawfully
that was acquired through one or more acts of theft from a retail business with
the intent to sell the merchandise and its value exceeds $950.
Status: Senate Public Safety, hearing set for 6/11
Legislative Update: Public Safety
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AB 3209 (Ward) Crimes: theft: retail theft restraining orders
This bill would authorize a court, when sentencing a person for an offense
involving theft from a retail establishment, to issue a criminal protective order
prohibiting a person from entering the retail establishment. The bill would also
authorize a prosecuting attorney, city attorney, county counsel, or attorney
representing a retail establishment to file a petition for the issuance of a
criminal protective order of this type against a person who has been arrested,
including, but not limited to, the issuance of a citation in lieu of a custodial
arrest, 2 or more times for any of the offenses at the same retail establishment.
City Position: For Discussion
Status: Senate Public Safety, hearing set for 6/11
Legislative Update: Public Safety
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SB 1242 (Min) Crimes: fires
This bill would, for the purposes of sentencing for recklessly setting fire to
property, make it a factor in aggravation that the offense was carried out
within a merchant’s premises in order to facilitate organized retail theft.
City Position: For Discussion
Status: Assembly Public Safety, hearing set for 6/11
Legislative Update: Public Safety
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AB 2042 (Jackson) Police canines: standards and training
This bill would also require the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, by no
later than January 1, 2026, to certify courses of training for all law enforcement canine
handlers and those law enforcement supervisors directly overseeing canine programs in the
use of canines by law enforcement.
City Position: For Discussion
Status: Senate Rules
AB 3241 (Pacheco) Law enforcement: police canines
The bill would require, on or before July 1, 2027, each law enforcement agency that utilizes
canines to maintain a policy for the use of canines by the agency that, at a minimum,
complies with the guidelines adopted by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and
Training, and would require law enforcement agencies to establish a training regimen that
includes a course certified by the commission.
City Position: For Discussion
Status: Senate Rules
Legislative Update: Transportation
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AB 1774 (Dixon) Vehicles: electric bicycles
This bill would prohibit a person from selling a product or device that can
modify the speed capability of an electric bicycle such that it no longer meets
the definition of an electric bicycle.
City Position: For Discussion
Status: Senate Appropriations, hearing not set
AB 2259 (Boerner) Transportation: bicycle safety handbook
This bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, require the
Transportation Agency to develop and distribute a bicycle safety handbook
that includes information on existing laws regulating bicycles and e-bikes.
City Position: For Discussion
Status: Senate Transportation, hearing set for 6/11
Legislative Update: Transportation
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SB 1271 (Min) Electric bicycles, powered mobility devices, and storage
batteries
This bill would clarify that an electric bicycle is a bicycle equipped with fully
operable pedals and an electric motor with continuous rated mechanical
power of not more than 750 watts. The bill would also clarify the definitions of
“class 1 electric bicycle” and “class 3 electric bicycle” by providing that the
motor on a class 1 electric bicycle is not capable of exclusively propelling the
bicycle nor providing assistance to reach speeds greater than 20 miles per
hours and the motor on a class 3 electric bicycle is not capable of exclusively
propelling the bicycle.
City Position: For Discussion
Status: Assembly Transportation, hearing set for 6/17
Legislative Update: Environment and Climate
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AB 2761 (Hart) Product safety: plastic packaging: Reducing Toxics in
Packaging Act
This bill would enact the Reducing Toxics in Packaging Act, which would
prohibit a person from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, or distributing in
the state plastic packaging that contains certain chemicals.
City Position: For Discussion
Status: Senate Environmental Quality, hearing set for 6/19
Legislative Update: Environment and Climate
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SB 1053 (Blakespear) and AB 2236 (Bauer-Kahan)
Solid waste: reusable grocery bags: standards: plastic film prohibition
These bills would ban the use of plastic bags at checkout in stores and
would revise the definition of “recycled paper bag” to require it be made
from a minimum of 50% percent postconsumer recycled materials, without
exception. The bills would also require a reusable grocery bag sold by a
store to a customer at the point of sale to meet different requirements
including that it not be made from plastic film material.
City Position: For Discussion
Status: SB 1053: Assembly Natural Resources, hearing not set
AB 2236: Senate Environmental Quality, hearing set for 7/3
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