HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-07-11; City Council Legislative Subcommittee; ; Legislative and Advocacy UpdateLEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE
Staff Report
Meeting Date: July 11, 2023
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 and intergovernmental matters being tracked on behalf of the city (Exhibit
3).
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 2023/2024 Legislative Session.
Public Notification
Public notice of this item was posted in keeping with the Ralph M. Brown Act and was available for
public viewing and review at least 72 hours before the scheduled meeting date.
Exhibits
1. Carpi & Clay -Federal Update
2. Renne Public Policy Group -State Update
3. Carlsbad Priority Bill List -July 6, 2023
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City of Carlsbad
Federal Update
FY 2024 Appropriations Update
June 30, 2023
In June, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees began work on the Fiscal Year
(FY) 2024 appropriations bills. The debt deal reached between the Administration and
House Republicans included a deal on spending caps-set at FY 2023 spending levels.
However, House Republicans have agreed that these caps represent a "ceiling" on spending
and will be marking up to levels below those listed in the debt deal. The Senate has
announced that they will be marking up bills to the levels in the agreed package. Both the
House and the Senate Appropriations Committee are expected to continue to work on their
respective bills during the month of July.
Below is a chart that outlines the topline numbers for each of the twelve appropriations
subcommittees in the House and Senate, as well as the status of each bill. Congress must
approve FY 2024 appropriations bills before the end of the fiscal year on September 30th or
approve a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded beyond that date.
SUBCOMMITTEE FY 2023
ENACTED
(in billions)
Agriculture-FDA $25.48
Commerce-$82.44
Justice-Science
Defense $797.73
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FY 2024 FY 2024
HOUSE SENATE
(in billions) (in billions)
$17.83 $25.99
$58.67 $69.63
$826.44 $823.26
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STATUS
House: Approved by
Committee on June 14th by
a vote of 34-27.
Senate: Approved by
Committee on June 22nd by
a vote of 28-0.
House: TBD
Senate: TBD
House: Approved by
Committee on June 15th by
a vote of 34-24.
Senate: TBD
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Energy & Water $54 $52.37 $56.73 House: Approved by
Committee on June 22nd by
a vote of 34-24.
Senate: TBD
Financial Services $27.55 $11.31 $16.80 House: Approved by
Subcommittee.
Senate: TBD
Homeland $60.7 $62.79 $56.92 House: Approved by
Security Committee on June 21st by
a vote of 33-25.
Senate: TBD
Interior-$38.85 $25.41 $37.85 House: TBD
Environment
Senate: TBD
Labor-HHS-$207.36 $147.09 $195.23 House: TBD
Education
Senate: TBD
Legislative Branch $6.9 $6.74 $6.76 House: Approved by
Committee on June 21st by
a vote of 33-24.
Senate: TBD
MilCon-VA $154.16 $155.70 $154.35 House: Approved by
Committee on June 13th by
a vote of 34-27.
Senate: Approved by
Committee by a vote of
28-0.
State-Foreign Ops $59.69 $41.36 $58.35 House: Approved by
Subcommittee.
Senate:
Transportation, $87.33 $65.20 $88.09 House: TBD
Housing & Urban
Development Senate: TBD
0MB Releases Spring 2023 Regulatory Agenda
The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) released President
Biden's latest Unified Regulatory Agenda. This agenda is a roadmap for which federal rules
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and regulations the agencies will be targeting over the next 6 months. The complete agenda,
which can be searched by each individual federal agency, can be found HERE.
IRS Releases Proposed Guidance on IRA Tax Credits Elective Pay and
Transferability
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed guidance on the following two clean
energy tax credits that were included in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA):
■ Elective pay makes certain clean energy tax credits effectively refundable. With
elective pay, an eligible entity (such as a local government) that qualifies for a clean-
energy investment tax credit can notify the IRS of their intent to claim the credit and
file an annual tax return to claim elective pay for the full value of the credit. The IRS
would then pay the local government the value of the credit. NOTE: Elective pay is
sometimes also known as "direct pay," which should not be confused with the lRS
payment method. Comments on the elective pay proposal are due by August 14th
and a public hearing is scheduled for August 21st at 10:00 am ET. More information
can be found HERE.
■ Transferability allows entities that qualify for a tax credit but are not eligible to use
elective pay to transfer all or a portion of the credit to a third-party buyer in exchange
for cash. The buyer and seller would negotiate and agree to the terms and pricing.
Comments on the transferability proposal are due by August 14th and a public hearing
is scheduled for August 23rd at 10:00 am ET. More information can be found HERE.
EPA Releases Solar for All NOFO
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity
(NOFO) for its Solar for All program. The Solar for All program is part of the Greenhouse Gas
Reduction Fund that was created by the IRA. The NOFO will award a total of $7 billion for up
to 60 grants to states, territories, tribal governments, municipalities, and nonprofits to
expand low-income and disadvantaged community access to residential solar. EPA will host
a webinar on the NOFO on July 12th at 1:00 pm ET and registration can be found HERE.
Applicants must submit a Notice of Intent to apply by August 14th. Applications are due by
September 26th and more information can be found HE.R.E.
NOAA Releases $2.6 Billion Climate and Coastal Resilience Framework
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced a $2.6 billion
framework to "protect coastal communities and restore marine resources." Elements of the
framework include:
■ Climate Resilience Regional Challenge ($575 million)
■ Tribal Priorities ($390 million)
■ Climate-Ready Fisheries ($349 million)
■ Ocean-Based Climate Resilience Accelerators ($100 million)
■ Climate-Ready Workforce ($60 million)
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More information on the framework and its programs can be found HERE..
NTIA Announces State Allocations for $42.45 Billion BEAD Program
The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) announced state allocations for the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity,
Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program authorized by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
(BIL). The funding will support state projects to upgrade and deploy broadband
infrastructure. State allocations can be found HERE.
Bipartisan Senate Bill Seeks to Align FEMA Disaster Assistance
Deadlines
Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the Disaster Assistance
Deadlines Alignment Act (S. 1858) to create a single application for two Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) disaster relief programs. The Disaster Unemployment
Assistance (DUA) program the Individuals and Household Program (IHP) currently have
different deadlines following a disaster. The DUA deadline is 30 days and the IHP deadline is
60 days after a federal disaster declaration. The legislation would require at least 60 days for
disaster survivors to submit applications for both programs. The Senate Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs Committee approved the legislation, and the bill now awaits
consideration on the Senate floor.
President Biden Announces New Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
President Bi den announced that Tom Perez will serve as the new Director of White House
Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. Perez, who previously served as Secretary of Labor
during the Obama Administration, is replacing outgoing Director Julie Chavez Rodriguez.
Congressional Letters
California Delegation Outlines Farm Bill Priorities. A bipartisan group of California
Members sent a letter to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees outlining priorities
for the 2023 Farm Bill. The letter urges funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program and other food programs, exports and specialty crop programs, conservation and
forestry provisions, and workforce development. The letter can be found HERE.
Bipartisan Group of Senators Urge DOE to Reconsider Proposed Grid Transformer
Rule. A bipartisan group of 47 Senators, led by Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), sent a letter to
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm urging DOE to reconsider
proposed efficiency standards for distribution transformers. The Senators request that DOE
allow manufacturers to continue using grain-oriented steel cores in transformers despite
lower efficiency compared to amorphous steel core transformers. The letter can be found
Hfillli.
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Bipartisan Group of Senators Urge Treasury and 0MB to Expedite SLFRF IFR. A
bipartisan group of Senators, led by Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Alex Padilla (D-CA),
sent a letter to Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and White House Office of
Management and Budget (0MB) Director Shalanda Young urging their offices to expedite the
release of the Interim Final Rule (IRF) on how state and local governments can use American
Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Relief Funds (SLFRF) for additional
infrastructure. The FY23 omnibus appropriations package included the State, Local, Tribal,
and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act, which allows
state and local governments to use SLFRF for additional infrastructure projects. The letter
asks for an updated time line for the release of the !RF. The letter can be found .fl.E..BE.
Federal Funding Opportunities/ Announcements
DOE Extends EECBG Pre-Award Information Sheet Deadline. DOE extended the deadline
for Pre-Award Information Sheets for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
(EECBG) program to July 31st. Formula-eligible entitie_s must submit the Pre-Award
Information Sheet to begin the application process. Applications for the EECBG program are
due by August 7th and more information can be found HERE.
DOT Announces RAISE Grant Awards. DOT awarded more than $2.2 billion to 162 projects
through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE)
program. The program funds projects that improve safety, environmental sustainability,
quality of life, mobility and community connectivity, economic competitiveness and
opportunity including tourism, state of good repair, partnership and collaboration, and
innovation. A full list of grant awards can be found .fl.E..BE.
DOT Announces MEGA Program NOFO. DOT announced a NOFO for the National
Infrastructure Project Assistance (MEGA) program. MEGA funds major projects that are too
large or complex for traditional funding programs. The program will provide grants on a
competitive basis to support multijurisdictional or regional projects of significance that may
also cut across multiple modes of transportation. Eligible projects may include highway,
bridge, freight, port, passenger rail, and related public transportation projects of national
and regional significance. DOT will award approximately 50% of funding to projects greater
than $500 million in cost, and approximately SO percent to projects greater than $100
million but less than $500 million in cost. Applications are due by August 21st and more
information can be found HERE.
DOT Announces INFRA Program NOFO. DOT announced a NOFO for the Infrastructure for
Rebuilding America (INFRA) program. The program funds highway, multimodal freight and
rail projects that will improve safety, generate economic benefits, reduce congestion,
enhance resiliency, and hold the greatest promise to eliminate supply chain bottlenecks and
improve critical freight movements. Applications are due by August 21st and more
information can be found .fl.E..BE.
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DOT Issues RRIF and RRIF Express NOFO. DOT issued a NOFO that expands the ability of
eligible borrowers to access funds by removing the caps on Cost Assistance for advisor fees
and Credit Risk Premium (CRP) Assistance, provides greater flexibility by allowing
unaudited financial statements in lieu of audited financial statements in certain
circumstances, and makes other clarifications. The NOFO also implements a sunset date of
December 1st, 2023. Following the sunset date, this NOFO will expire, and all benefits made
available in the NOFO will become available to any eligible RRIF borrower, consistent with
existing law. All projects that were previously eligible for RRIF Express financing remain
eligible under the NOFO. Letters of Interest from prospective RRIF borrowers for RRIF
Express will be accepted on a rolling basis and more information can be found HERE.
FEMA Publishes $290 Million Shelter and Services Program NOFO. FEMA published a
NOFO for the availability of $290 million for the first round of funding for the Shelter and
Services Program. This program provides funding to eligible recipients for costs associated
with providing shelter and services to non-citizen migrants released by the Department of
Homeland Security. An additional $73 million in program funding will be announced later
this summer. Applications for the first round of funding are due by July 12th and more
information can be found HE.RE.
FHWA Announces WCPP NOFO. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced
a NOFO for the Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program (WCPP). WCPP provides funding for
construction and non-construction projects that help reduce wildlife vehicle collisions and
improve habitat connectivity for terrestrial and aquatic species. Applications are due by
August 1st and more information can be found HERE.
FRA Announces RCE Grant Awards. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
announced more than $570 million in Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) Grant awards to
projects in 32 states. The funding will help address more than 400 at-grade crossings
nationwide, improve safety, and make it easier to get around railroad tracks by adding grade
separations, closing at-grade crossings, and improving existing at-grade crossings where
train tracks and roads intersect. A full list of grant awards can be found HERE.
HUD Publishes DRGR System Release 8.8 Fact Sheets. The Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) published fact sheets for its Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting
(DRGR) System Release 8.8. The DRGR System provides Community Development Block
Grant Disaster Recovery (CD BG-DR) program recipients with a continually updated platform
to access grant funding and report performance accomplishments for grant-funded
activities. The fact sheets for System Release 8.8 can be found HERE..
HUD Announces $45 Million in Stability Vouchers for 32 States. HUD announced $45
Million for 3,379 Stability Vouchers to 135 public housing authorities (PHAs) and partnering
Continuum of Care (CoC) communities across the United States through the Stability Voucher
Program. This program provides Housing Choice Voucher assistance to PHAs partnered with
local CoCs to assist households experiencing or at risk of homelessness, those fleeing or
attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, human
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trafficking, and veterans and families that include a veteran that meets program criteria. The
list of awardees can be found HERE.
HUD Updates CPD Income Eligibility Calculator. HUD updated the Community Planning
and Development (CPD) Income Eligibility Calculator to reflect FY23 income limits for all
grant programs. The updated calculator can be found HERE.
HUD Publishes Community Project Funding Grants Website. HUD published a new
website for information on the Community Project Funding grants program. The program
funds projects focused on housing, homelessness prevention, workforce training, public
facilities and parks, resilience planning, and other critical infrastructure projects. The
website can be found HERE.
NOAA Announces Climate-Ready Workforce for Coastal Communities Competition.
NOAA announced the Climate-Ready Workforce for Coastal States, Tribes, and Territories
Initiative, a competitive funding opportunity for coastal communities to lead partnerships
on workforce training and development for climate resiliency. Letters of Intent are due by
November 30th and applications are due by February 13th. More information, including a list
of upcoming information webinars, can be found HERE.
NTIA Announces $930 Million for Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure
Program. NTIA announced $930 million in funding for 35 states. and Puerto Rico through
the Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program. This program funds projects
that connect local and regional broadband networks to national internet networks. The list
of awardees and more information can be found HERE.
Federal Agency Personnel/Regulatory Announcements
President Bi den Appoints New Executive Director of Federal Permitting Improvement
Steering Council. President Biden appointed Eric Beightal as Executive Director of the
Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council, replacing Christine Harada. The 16-
member council seeks to streamline the federal permitting process for large-scale
infrastructure, including energy, coastal restoration, broadband, and electric transmission
projects.
White House Launches Invest.gov. The White House launched a new resource that details
federally funded infrastructure and energy projects. Invesq~ov features an interactive map
that shows projects funded and jobs created by projects funded through BIL and IRA.
DOT Publishes Equity Action.Plan RFI. DOT published an RFI for stakeholder feedback on
DOT's work to advance equity and how it has impacted organizations and communities.
Additionally, DOT is seeking input on performance metrics, data sets, tools, and research to
measure and advance transportation equity. Comments were due by June 30th and more
information can be found HERE.
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DOT Seeks Comment on National Travel and Tourism Infrastructure Strategic Plan.
DOT is seeking public input to help in updating DOT's National Travel and Tourism
Infrastructure Strategic Plan (NTTISP). Comments are due by July 17th and more information
can be found HERE.
DOT Publishes a Final Rule Updating Formal Enforcement Procedures for Unfair and
Deceptive Practices Regulations. DOT published a Final Rule that amends its regulations
regarding the formal enforcement procedures that are available if the DOT's Office of
Aviation Consumer Protection takes enforcement action against an airline or ticket agent,
and efforts to settle the matter through a consent order are unsuccessful. Consistent with
existing law, this final rule clarifies that DOT may bring a civil action in a United States
District Court. The rule is effective on July 17th and more information can be found HE.RE.
EPA Requests Nominations for National Environmental Youth Advisory Council. EPA is
requesting nominations for its new National Environmental Youth Advisory Council
(NEYAC). NEYAC will advise the EPA Administrator on environmental issues as they relate
to youth communities. Nominations are due by August 22nd and more information can be
found Hfillli.
EPA to Host Webinar on Stormwater Management and Green Infrastructure. EPA will
host a webinar to discuss how green infrastructure can be used in off-site stormwater
management. EPA recently developed several off-site stormwater management case studies
to provide examples of a range of strategies. The webinar will be held on July 26th at 2:00 pm
ET and registration can be found HERE.
EPA Launches Nationwide Community Lead Awareness Sessions. EPA announced it will
hold a series of free educational session on the dangers of lead and ways to reduce and
prevent lead exposure. The series will include two types of sessions: "Understanding Lead"
sessions for community members and "Train-the-Trainer" sessions for community leaders.
A list of sessions and registration information can be found HERE.
EPA Announces CRWU Technical Assistance Initiative. EPA announced it is providing
free technical assistance for climate change risk assessments through the Creating Resilient
Water Utilities (CRWU) program. The program provides water utilities and stakeholders
with tools, training, and technical assistance to improve climate resilience. Responses are
requested by August 15th and more information can be found HERE.
FAA Publishes ARFF Vehicle HRET Operations, Training, and Qualifications AC. FAA
published an Advisory Circular (AC) that contains FAA standards and recommendations for
the training of airport firefighting and rescue (ARFF) personnel in the proper operation and
tactical use of ARFF vehicles and vehicles equipped with High Reach Extendable Turret
(HRET). The AC can be found .Hfillli.
FAA and NPS Request NPOAG Applications. FAA and the National Park Service (NPS)
published a request for interested persons to apply to fill one current and five upcoming
vacancies on the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG). The current opening
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is for a representative of Native American tribes. The upcoming openings are for another
representative of Native American tribes, two representatives of the commercial air tour
operators, and three representatives of environmental concerns. Applications are due by
July 27th and more information can be found HERE.
FAA Seeks Public Comment on EA for New Control Towers at Smaller Airports. FAA is
requesting public comment on an environmental assessment (EA) to replace 31 air traffic
control towers at smaller airports across the country. FAA has set aside $500 million from
BIL to support site evaluation, preparation, and construction activities. Comments are due
by July 31st and more information can be found HERE.
FCC Publishes Updated National Broadband Map. The Federal Communication
Commission (FCC) published Version 2 of the National Broadband Map. The updated map
includes an additional 1 million locations, including 330,000 new homes and businesses.
More information can be found !:lfilIB.
FEMA Publishes Community Disaster Resilience Zone Act RFI. FEMA published an RF!
for implementation of the Community Disaster Resilience Zone Ac:t of 2022. The legislation
allows FEMA to develop disaster resilience nationwide by designating resilience zones in at-
risk communities. Comments are due by July 25th and more information can be found !:lfilIB.
FEMA Requests Feedback on BRIC Program. FEMA is seeking feedback from state, local,
and tribal government entities on the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities
(BRIC) grant program to update and improve implementation of the program. Comments are
due by August 16th and more information, including how to submit comments, can be found
HERE.
FHWA and FTA Announce the Designation of Transportation Management Areas.
FHWA and FTA announced that all urbanized areas with populations greater than 200,000,
as determined by the 2020 Census, are hereby identified as Transportation Management
Areas (TMA). This action supersedes the agencies' previous designations of TM As. The notice
was effective on June 5th and more information can be found HERE.
FHWA Issues Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs Final Rule.
FHWA has issued a final rule amending the uniform procedures implementing the State
Highway Safety Grant Program to waive for FY24 the requirement that targets for the
common performance measures be identical to targets in the State Highway Safety
Improvement Plan. This final rule makes a corresponding change to a similar requirement
in the Federal Highway Administration's performance management regulation. The final rule
is effective on June 5th and more information can be found .HE,Rli.
FHWA Releases NEVI Program Guidance. FHWA released updates to the National Electric
Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. The latest guidance is effective on June 2nd, and
supersedes previous guidance issued on February 10th• The full memo can be found HERE.
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FHWA Publishes Climate Change and Extreme Weather in Transportation Asset
Management Handbook. FHWA published a new handbook titled "Addressing Resilience
to Climate Change & Extreme Weather in Transportation Asset Management". The handbook
explains how to develop a baseline understanding of the transportation. The handbook also
steps through the core elements of an asset management plan, providing ideas and emerging
practices on how to consider natural hazard resilience in the asset inventory, the
performance gap assessment, asset management objectives and targets, the risk
management process, life-cycle planning, investment strategies and financial plans, and
information on monitoring risks over time. The handbook can be found HERE.
FRA Issues Signal Employees Certification NPRM. FRA issued an NPRM that requires
railroads to develop programs for the certification of signal employees and to submit those
written certification programs to FRA for approval prior to implementation. Signal
employees are responsible for the installation, testing, troubleshooting, repair, and
maintenance of railroad signal systems which, for purposes of this proposed rule, include
highway-rail and pathway grade crossing warning systems, unusual contingency detection
devices, broken rail detection systems, power-assisted switches, and switch point indicators.
Comments are due by July 31st and more information can be found 1:1..E.RE..
IRS Releases Updated Energy Community Bonus Eligibility Guidance for Clean Energy
ITC and PTC. IRS released updated information regarding the energy community bonus for
the clean energy Investment Tax Credit (ITC) and Production Tax Credit (PTC) authorized
by IRA. The program provides eligible communities with an ITC or PTC boost of up to 10%
for projects, facilities, and technologies located in energy communities. The new guidance
includes updated local unemployment rate data and technical clarifications regarding
eligibility for communities. More information can be found HERE.
Joint Office of Energy and Transportation Releases 2030 National Charging Network
Report. The Joint Office of Energy and Transportation released a report entitled "The 2030
National Charging Network: Estimating U.S. Light-Duty Demand for Electric Vehicle Charging
Infrastructure." The report provides information on the estimated number, type, and
location of chargers needed nationwide for electric vehicles through 2030. The report can be
found ~-
NHTSA Releases Qt Traffic Fatalities Estimate. NHTSA released its first projections for
traffic fatalities in 2023, estimating that 9,330 people died in traffic crashes in the first three
months of the year. This is a 3.3% decrease as compared to fatalities during the same time in
2022. More information can be found HERE.
NHTSA Issues Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs Final
Rule. NHTSA has issued a final rule that amends the uniform procedures implementing the
State Highway Safety Grant Program to waive, for fiscal year 2024, the requirement that
targets for the common performance measures be identical to targets in the State Highway
Safety Improvement Plan. This final rule makes a corresponding change to a similar
requirement in the FHWA's performance management regulation. More information can be
found HERE.
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PAVE Task Force Announces Actions to Address Property Appraisal Bias. The
Interagency Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE), co-chaired by
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge and White House Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden,
announced actions to prevent algorithmic bias in home valuation, increase transparency and
enforcement of appraisal bias, and provide federal resources to aid policy and research
actions on appraisal bias. More information can be found HERE.
TSA Requests STSAC Nominations. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is
requesting nominations for individuals to serve on the Surface Transportation Security
Advisory Committee (STSAC). All applicants must represent one of the constituencies
specified below in order to be eligible for appointment. STSAC's mission is to provide advice,
consultation, and recommendations to the TSA Administrator on improving surface
transportation security matters, including developing, refining, and implementing policies,
programs, initiatives, rulemakings, and security directives pertaining to surface
transportation security, while adhering to sensitive security information requirements. The
STSAC considers risk-based approaches in the performance of its duties. Applications are
due by July 20th, and more information can be found HERE.
USDA and DOI Release 2023 Direction to Wildland Fire Leadership Memo. USDA
Secretary Tom Vilsack and DOI Secretary Deb Haaland published a joint memo for federal
agency leaders responsible for managing and coordinating wildfire response that outlines
goals and priorities for the remainder of 2023. The memo discusses wildland fire workforce,
increasing hazardous fuels treatments and post-wildfire restoration, and funding wildland
fire science. The memo can be found .Hfillli.
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Exhibit 2
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July 5, 2023
To: Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director
Allegra Frost, Assistant City Attorney
City of Carlsbad
From: Sharon Gonsalves
Director of Government Affairs
Renne Public Policy Group
RE: Legislative Summary-June 2023
JUNE MARKED KEY DEADLINE FOR BILLS IN SECOND HOUSE AND FOR STATE BUDGET
June closed out a busy several months of fiscal and legislative deadlines for the Legislature, including
the June 2 deadline for bills to leave their first house and the June 15 deadline for the Legislature to
pass a Budget Act. The flurry of activity leading up to June 2 was captured in a memo RPPG sent to
the City on June 7 on the House of Origin deadline, while State Budget activity was captured in memos
that RPPG sent to the City on June 15 and on June 30.
The Legislature is now well over halfway through the first year of the 2023-2024 legislative session
and bills that are still moving are in their second house, which means that Assembly bills are being
heard in the Senate and Senate bills are being heard in the Assembly. We are less than two weeks
out from the final date by which all policy committees must meet and confer on bills in their second
house prior to the Legislature adjourning for Summer Recess on July 14. When the Legislature returns
on August 14, with a few exceptions, only appropriation committees may meet to determine the fate
of fiscal measures and then the last two weeks of session are reserved for Floor deliberations only.
On July 3, Speaker Robert Rivas (D, Hollister) made several changes in the Assembly. Isaac Bryan (D,
Los Angeles) is the new Assembly Majority Leader and Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D, Winters) is the new
Assembly Speaker pro Tempore. Additionally, Juan Carrillo (D, Palmdale) is the new chair of Assembly
Local Government.
To date for the current legislative session, more than 2,000 bills continue to make their march
through the legislative process, while zero have been vetoed, 231 have been chaptered, and
approximately 850 are no longer moving this year.
RPPG MONTHLY 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.
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RPPG sent the City a memo on June 7 which gave an update on the House of Origin deadline, and on
the legislative session up to that point. The memo also provided an outlook on the rest of the session
and what to expect in terms of process and deadlines for the rest of the year.
RPPG sent the City a memo on June 15 which gave a brief update on the passage of the 2023 Budget
Act, SB 101. This primary budget bill was signed by the Governor on June 27.
RPPG sent the City a memo on June 30 which detailed the final budget agreement between the
Legislature and the Governor. The 2023-2024 budget is a total of $310 billion with a $31.5 billion
deficit. This memo also provided an update on the change in Speakership in the Assembly, with
Speaker Robert Rivas taking the mantle from long serving (now former) Speaker Anthony Rendon.
Update on Positioned Legislation
RPPG is closely monitoring the following bills on which the City has positioned.
• AB 33 (Bains) Fentanyl Addiction and Overdose Prevention Task Force
o Status: Senate Appropriations
o City Position: Support
• AB 40 (Rodriguez) Emergency medical services
o Status: Senate Health
o City Position: Support
• AB 474 (Rodriguez) State Threat Assessment Center: transnational criminal organizations
o Status: Senate Governmental Organization
o City Position: Support
• AB 557 (Hart) Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences
o Status: Senate Floor
o City Position: Support
• AB 584 (Hart) California Coastal Act of 1976: coastal development: emergency waiver
o Status: Senate Floor
o City Position: Support
• AB 701 (Villapudua) Controlled substances: fentanyl
o Status: Senate Appropriations
o City Position: Support
• AB 742 (Jackson) Law enforcement: police canines
o Status: Held
o City Position: Oppose
• AB 817 (Pacheco) Open meetings: teleconferencing: subsidiary body
o Status: Two-year bill
o City Position: Support
• AB 1188 (Boerner) Transportation: bicycle safety handbook
o Status: Held in committee
o City Position: Support
• AB 1207 (Irwin) Cannabis: labeling and advertising
o Status: Senate Appropriations
o City Position: Support
• AB 1484 (Zbur) Temporary public employees
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o Status: Senate Rules
o City Position: Oppose
• AB 1708 (Muratsuchi) Theft
o Status: Died in committee
o City Position: Support
• SB 19 (Seyarto) Anti-Fentanyl Abuse Task Force
o Status: Assembly Public Safety
o City Position: Support
• SB 43 (Eggman) Behavioral health
o Status: Assembly Judiciary
o City Position: Support
• SB 363 (Eggman) Facilities for inpatient and residential mental health and substance use
disorder: database
o Status: Assembly Appropriations
o City Position: Support
• SB 381 (Min) Electric bicycles: study
o Status: Assembly Transportation
o City Position: Support
• SB 423 (Wiener) Land use: streamlined housing approvals: multifamily housing
developments
o Status: Assembly Natural Resources
o City Position: Oppose
• SB 428 (Blakespear) Temporary restraining orders and protective orders: employee
harassment
o Status: Senate Floor on concurrence
o City Position: Sponsor
• SB 689 (Blakespear) Local coastal program: conformity determination
o Status: Two-year bill
o City Position: Pending Support
• SB 747 (Caba llero) Land use: economic development: surplus land
o Status: Assembly Housing and Community Development
o City Position: Support
Priority Bills
RPPG has tagged 124 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.
2023-2024 BUDGET ACT UPDATES
As mentioned in the budget update memo that RPPG sent to the City on June 30, Governor Newsom
signed the 2023 Budget Act on June 27 as passed by the Legislature on June 15. However, as
previously detailed, and as expected, this bill did not reflect an agreement between the Legislature
and Administration. It was announced late on June 26 that the Governor and Legislature had reached
an agreement on the budget. The Governor signed the Budget Bill Jr AB 103 on June 30, and will sign
the Budget Bill Jr AB 102 within the next week or so. Upon the Governor signing AB 102, the Port of
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San Diego and City of Carlsbad will receive $600,000 for the EV and Portable Solar Powered Charging
Stations line 34 Installation. Today, July 5, the Senate voted on the remaining budget bills that
represent the provisions of this agreement, and now the bills will be sent to the Governor for
signature. Please note that it is not uncommon for other Budget Bills Jr to be introduced as needed,
and it is possible that there may yet be additional budget action before the first year of session comes
to an end. Sometimes the reason for additional amendment is as simple as needing to revise printed
provisional language in the trailer bills to ensure proper statutory authority for funds to be allocated,
while other times revisions are politically motivated.
OTHER ADMINISTRATION ACTIONS
On June 20, Governor Newsom, along with Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin and Senator Susan
Eggman, announced a proposal for a $4.68 billion bond and a modernization of the Mental Health
Services Act (MHSA) for the March 2024 ba llot. The stated goal of this legislation is "to provide a
continuum of community care for all -from prevention and early intervention to outpatient, crisis,
inpatient, and supportive care."
• AB 531 (Irwin) would enact the Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2023 which, if
approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of
$4,680,000,000 to finance grants for the acquisition of capital assets for, and the construction
and rehabilitation of, unlocked, voluntary, and community-based treatment settings and
residential care settings and also for housing for veterans and others who are experiencing
homelessness or are at risk of homelessness and are living with a behavioral health challenge.
o Status: Currently in Senate Housing Committee, set for hearing on July 10.
• SB 326 (Eggman) would require all amendments of MHSA to be approved by the voters and
would recast the MHSA by renaming it the Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA). The bill
would expand BHSA to include treatment of substance use disorders, change the county
planning process, and expand services for which counties and the State can use funds.
Additionally, the bill would revise the distribution of MHSA funds, including allocating up to
$36,000,000 to the Department of Health Care Services for behavioral health workforce
funding. The bill would also authorize the Department to require a county to implement
specific evidence-based practices, rename the commission the Behavioral Health Services
Oversight and Accountability Commission, and change the composition and duties of the
commission. Further, it would delete MHSA provisions relating to innovative programs and
instead require the Department to establish the priorities and a program, which would be
administered by counties, to provide housing interventions, providing that "low rent housing
project" does not apply to the development of urban or rural dwellings, apartments, or other
living accommodations.
o Status: Currently in Assembly Health Committee, not yet set for hearing.
LOOKING FORWARD
• JULY 14: The last day that policy committees can meet and report bills to the floor of the
second house (which means that if a bill originated in the Assembly, this will be its last chance
to be heard this session in a policy committee in the Senate, and vice versa).
• JULY 17: The Legislature begins their Summer Recess on July 17, reconvening on August 14.
• SEPTEMBER 14: The Legislature has until September 14 to pass bills in order for them to
advance to the Governor's desk.
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• OCTOBER 14: Final date by which all bills in this first year of session must approved or vetoed.
The 12-Day Signing Rule
While the Legislature is on Summer Recess, measures on the Governor's desk will continue to be
acted upon as the Governor only has 12 days to sign or veto a bill "presented" to him during this time
before it automatically becomes law (often referred to as a "pocket signature", but not often utilized).
The 12-day clock begins on the date the bill is received by the Governor and not the day that the bill
passes the Senate or Assembly or the date of enrollment. If the twelfth day falls on a weekend or
holiday, the next business day is the date by which the bill must be acted upon.
This means that a measure that passes the Floor before the Legislature adjourns for Summer Recess
will be sent to enrolling and engrossing during the 30-day break and may reach the Governor's desk
during this time. This 12-day signing period is applicable to all bills received by the Governor's desk
twelve or more days prior to the date that the Legislature adjourns for the first year of session.
However, beginning 12 days before September 14, (the final day of session this year), the Governor
has 30 days to act upon a bill that has been presented to him and if not acted upon by the 30th day,
it becomes law.
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June 7, 2023
To: Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director
Allegra Frost, Assistant City Attorney
City of Carlsbad
From: Sharon Gonsalves
Director of Government Affairs
Renne Public Policy Group
RE: 2023 House of Origin Deadline
THOUSANDS OF BILLS ADVANCE AT HOUSE OF ORIGIN DEADLINE
... AttachmeotA
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The House of Origin deadline is the date by which all bills must advance from the house in which they
were introduced to the second house in order to continue through the policy process. The 2023 deadline
was this past Friday, June 2.
• 658: The number of Senate Bills that made it to the second house of the 891 introduced in the
Senate since the beginning of this session.
• 1,055: The number of Assembly Bills that made it to the second house of the 1,770 bills introduced
in the Assembly since the beginning of this session.
• 948: The number of bills no longer moving this year. These bills either died in committee, failed
passage on the Floor, or were put on hold as two-year bills.
The time for engagement on legislation is now as both houses began deliberating the legislation carried
over from the opposite c~amber this week (e.g., Senate committees will hear Assembly bills and vice
versa). Policy committees do not meet the two weeks before the House of Origin deadline -this time is
reserved for Floor debates on thousands of measures to ensure the deadline is met -but they began to
meet again on June 5. However, committee hearings are rolling out slowly. We can anticipate a steep
ramp up after the culmination of Budget negotiations on June 15, the day that the Budget must be passed
by the Legislature.
Several bills of interest may be heard this week or next, but the bulk of the legislation that RPPG monitors
for the City has not yet been referred to a committee and will be heard from June 20 to July 14, which is
the last day for policy committees to meet and report bills to the second house Floor. After this, the
Legislature begins their Spring recess until August 14. At that time, legislative proceedings will be a sprint
to the finish line to get to the Governor by September 14. In other words, the next month will move fast
and being able to quickly pivot and engage on short notice will be critical to ultimately being successful
on legislative efforts.
Due to the large quantity of measures still advancing, below we have provided a truncated list of "hot"
bills that have risen to the top in terms of global interest and broad impact to multiple stakeholders in the
local government arena that have advanced through their House of Origin. If there are other measures
you would like more information on, please feel free to contact RPPG directly.
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Housing/Land Use
• AB 480 (Ting) Surplus land
• AB 894 (Friedman) Parking requirements: shared parking
• AB 1505 (Rodriguez) Seismic retrofitting: soft story multifamily housing
• AB 1657 (Wicks) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024
• SB 4 (Wiener) Planning and zoning: housing development : higher education institutions and
religious institutions
• SB 423 (Wiener) Land use: streamlined housing approvals: multifamily housing developments
o City Position: Oppose
• SB 450 (Atkins) Housing development: approvals
• SB 747 (Caballero) Land use: economic development: surplus land
o City Position: Support
Public Safety
• AB 33 (Bains) Fentanyl Addiction and Overdose Prevention Task Force
• AB 452 (Addis) Chi ldhood sexual assault: statute of limitations
• AB 474 (Rodriguez) State Threat Assessment Center: transnational criminal organizations
• AB 701 (Villapudua) Controlled substances: fentanyl
• SB 602 (Archuleta) Trespass
Environment/Water
• AB 30 (Ward) Atmospheric Rivers: Research. Mitigation. and Climate Forecasting Program
• AB 50 (Wood) Public utilities: timely service: customer energization
• AB 460 (Bauer-Kahan) State Water Resources Control Board: water rights and usage: interim
relief: procedures
• AB 1337 (Wicks) State Water Resources Control Board: water diversion curtailment
• AB 1567 (Garcia) Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention. Drought Preparation, Flood
Protection, Extreme Heat Mitigation. Clean Energy. and Workforce Development Bond Act of
2024
• SB 389 (Allen) State Water Resources Control Board: determination of water right
• 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
Government Operations
• AB 334 (Rubio) Public contracts: conflicts of interest
• AB 557 (Hart) Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences
o City Position: Support
• AB 1484 (Zbur) Temporary public employees
o City Position: Oppose
• AB 1637 (Irwin) Local government: internet websites and email addresses
• SB 428 (Blakespear) Temporary restraining orders and protective orders: employee harassment
o City Position: Sponsor
Elections, Political Reform, and Redistricting
• AB 398 (Pellerin) Voting: replacement ballots
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• AB 764 (Bryan) Loca l redistricting
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June 15, 2023
To: Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director
Allegra Frost, Assistant City Attorney
City of Carlsbad
From: Sharon Gonsalves
Director of Government Affairs
Renne Public Policy Group
RE: Legislature Passes Fiscal Year 2023-24 Budget
Attachment B
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On June 15, the Legislature met its constitutional deadline to advance a balanced state budget proposal
for the 2023-24 Fiscal Year (FY 23-24). While largely a budgetary framework, Senate Bill (SB) 101, contains
$311.7B in total spending. This includes $227B from the General Fund and closes a projected $31.SB
deficit. Both chambers of the Legislature passed the bill along party lines, with Democrats supporting and
Republicans opposing the measure 61-14 in the Assembly and 32-8 in the Senate.
On June 12, Legislative leadership announced a bicameral budget agreement which, in part, promises to
protect climate investments and transportation funding, which is reflected in the budget signed today.
One notable departure from the Governor's May Revision was the reversal of the $2B reduction in public
transit funding. Lawmakers rejected Newsom's proposal, arguing it could force public transit agencies to
severely reduce services and pointing out that the cuts renege on a deal they made with him last year.
Moreover, the Legislature allocated an additional $1.18 predominantly from the State's Cap-and-Trade
program to fund public transportation. Other priorities include City and County funding for housing and
homelessness. The Budget includes $2.lB in one-time Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention
(HHAP) funding for the sixth cycle. This is approximately $1.18 more than what Newsom's May Revise
called for. This budget will now go to the Governor to be approved by the constitutionally required
deadline of June 30.
While the Legislature has now met its constitutional requirement to pass a balanced budget, it is
anticipated that over the coming months there will be one or more subsequent Budget Bills-commonly
referred to as "Budget Bill Jr(s)". Similar to the traditional budget, these subsequent budget action items
do not adhere to the traditional legislative process-meaning that major budget agreements can be
reached and advance through the entire legislation process in 24 hours. It is important to note that no
district-specific local project funding requests have been included in this budget proposal. As of now,
these proposals still remain active and if allotted would be done so through subsequent budget actions
this summer. RPPG will provide an update when appropriate on these changes.
While late Budget action is fairly commonplace each year, it is likely that this year's budget trailer bills will
be more complex, with larger projected revenue "swings" to account for the delay in income tax filings
(both state and federal) and for current stock market performance. Major budgetary and policy priorities
still remain unresolved including Governor Newsom's streamlined infrastructure proposal (note: a
detailed memo on this was provided to RPPG clients on June 9) as well as the Governor's request for
$360M to convert San Quentin State Prison into a rehabilitation center.
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ADVOCACY FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD.
Please see HERE for summaries of the January Proposal and the May Revision by the Department of
Finance.
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June 30, 2023
To: Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director
Allegra Frost, Assistant City Attorney
City of Carlsbad
From: Sharon Gonsalves
Director of Government Affairs
Renne Public Policy Group
RE: Final 2023-2024 Budget Signed; Leadership Change in Assembly
BUDGET UPDATE
Attachment C
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On June 27, the Governor signed SB 101, the Budget Act of 2023. This is the primary budget bill for
Fiscal Year 2023-2024 that satisfied the constitutional requirement for the Legislature to pass a
balanced budget by June 15. Highlights include:
• $310 billion budget
• $31.5 billion deficit
• State's reserves currently stand at $37.8 billion
• Reflects only the Legislature's agreement and included additional funding for transit agencies,
childcare, and did not include that Governor's infrastructure priorities
However, while the Governor signed SB 101 to satisfy the constitutional deadline of enacting a budget
before the new fisca l year begins on July 1, one day prior to that he and Legislative leaders reached
a real agreement. On June 26, Governor Newsom, Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins, and
Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, announced that they had reached a deal on the 2023-2024 state
budget. The full budget agreement is comprised of two Budget Bills Jr and 20 Budget Trailer Bills
{BTBs). Unless amending provisional language in the main budget bill (i.e., Budget Bills Jr), BTBs are
typically germane to one specific policy category. The BTBs cover a wide range of policy and funding
areas, including energy, transportation, cannabis, housing, homelessness, and permit streamlining.
Of the 20 BTBs, eight comprise a modified version of the Governor's infrastructure package and other
priorities that were in flux. The two Budget Bills Jr and several of the trailer bills highlighted in the
agreement are briefly detailed below.
While the Governor has indicated that the Administration is not forecasting a recession, under a
moderate recession scenario, State General Fund revenues cou ld shrink up to $100 billion below
current projections through Fiscal Year 2026-2027. The current $31.5 billion deficit is an increase of
$9 billion over the $22.5 billion deficit projected in January. Contributing factors to the deficit include
declines in capital gains taxes, population loss, high inflation, recent mass layoffs, and the impacts
from the COVID-19 pandemic. Delays in tax collection created additional revenue uncertainties. This
is the first time since taking office that the Governor has had to navigate such a steep revenue decline,
and additional cuts may be needed in next year's budget. Due to both the state and federal extension
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of the tax filing deadline, it is likely that we will see subsequent budgetary actions in the coming
months and perhaps augmentations as late as January of 2024. As a result, we anticipate that the
Legislature and Governor will continue to negotiate on BTBs over the next several months.
It is important to note that the constitutional deadline does not apply to BTBs, which are bills that
'trail' behind the main Budget Act for purposes of augmentation. BTBs are typically germane to one
specific policy category. Also note that all budget bills, including trailer bills, take effect immediately
upon signature.
AB 102 is the 2023-24 Budget Bill Jr that amends SB 101 and includes legislative priorities in the form
of one-time funding for special projects. The agreement includes the following:
• $51.4 billion in climate projects
• $10 billion in programs for zero emissions vehicles
• $108.3 billion in Proposition 98 funding.
• $2.2 billion in affordable student housing grants
• $1 billion in Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention program and intent language for
an additional $1 billion in 2024-25.
• $2.38 in one-time funds for childcare reimbursement increases
• $5.1 billion over four years for public transit
AB 103 is the Budget Bill Jr amends items of appropriation from the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Budget to
re-allocate unspent funds to the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Budget and makes other clarifying changes.
Governor's Infrastructure Package
The Governor's infrastructure package proposal is focused on streamlining the permitting process
among federal, state, and local governments, including limiting the time that courts have to hear
challenges on environmental reviews and increasing funding to state agencies. The Assembly took up
many bills in the package on June 29, while the Senate will take up the package on July 5, after which
it will be signed into law by the Governor. Once others are eligible to be voted upon they will be
presented on the Floor for a vote and sent to the Governor for signature. RPPG will keep the City
updated on the final outcomes. The following trailer bills comprise the Legislative agreement on the
Governor's infrastructure package:
• SB 145 Environmental mitigation: Department of Transportation
o This bill contains provisions re lated to environmental mitigation on the State Highway
System and wildlife crossings over Interstate 15. Of potential interest, the measure
allows the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to acquire property for
environmental mitigation, and permits Caltrans to transfer to, purchase for transfer
to, or purchase in the name of governmental entity, special district, nonprofit
organization, for profit entity, person, or other entity currently eligible for mitigation
property under state law.
• SB 146 Public resources: infrastructure: contracting
o This bill makes various changes related to Progressive Design-Build authority for the
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the Department of Water
Resources (DWR), authorizes Job Order Contracting for Caltrans, and federal National
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Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) delegation to the Secretary of Transportation. Of
particular interest, the bill extends the provisions under existing law that authorize
the Secretary ofTransportation to assume the responsibilities for any railroad, public
transportation, or multimodal project under the federal NEPA of 1969 from January
1, 2025 to December 31, 2033 and authorizes the Secretary, consistent with the
requirements of any memorandum of understanding between the state and federal
government, upon the request of a local or regional agency, to assume NEPA
responsibilities for any railroad, local public transportation, or multimodal project
implemented by the requesting local or regional agency until December 31, 2033.
• SB 147 Fully protected species: California Endangered Species Act: authorized take
o This bill authorizes the Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) to issue a permit that
would authorize the take of a fully protected species resulting from impacts
attributable to the implementation of specified projects if certain conditions are
satisfied. Of potential interest, projects or categories of projects eligible for a take
authorization permit include the following:
• Maintenance, repair, or improvements to the State Water Project, including
existing infrastructure, undertaken by the Department of Water Resources.
• Maintenance, repair, or improvements to critical regional or local water
agency infrastructure.
• Transportation projects, including associated habitat connectivity and wildlife
crossing projects, undertaken by a state, regional, or local agency, that do not
increase highway or street capacity for automobile/truck travel.
• Wind projects, and any appurtenant infrastructure improvements, and
associated electric transmission projects carrying electric power from a facility
that is located in the state to a point of junction with any California-based
balancing authority.
• Solar photovoltaic projects, and any appurtenant infrastructure
improvements, and associated electric transrnission projects carrying electric
power from a facility that is located in the state to a point of junction with any
California-based balancing authority.
• SB 149 California Environmental Quality Act: administrative and judicial procedures: record
of proceedings: judicial streamlining
o This bill pertains to the records of proceeding provisions of CEQA. Of note:
o Authorizes a public agency to deny the request of the plaintiff or petitioner to prepare
the record of proceedings, in which case the bill would require the public agency or
the real party in interest to bear the costs of preparation and certification of the
record of proceedings and would prohibit the recovery of those costs from the
plaintiff or petitioner. Additionally, it would require the court to schedule a case
management conference within 30 days of the filing of an action to review the scope,
timing, and cost of the record of proceedings and require that an electronic copy of
the certified record of proceedings be lodged with the court.
o Extends the Governor's authorization to certify projects that meet the requirements
for streamlining benefits related to CEQA, including the requirement that judicial
actions challenging the action of a lead agency for projects certified by the Governor
be resolved, to the extent feasible, within 270 days after the filing of the record of
proceedings with the court, and a requirement that the applicant agrees to pay the
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costs of preparing the record of proceedings for the project concurrent with review
and consideration of the project, as specified, to January 1, 2032 and provides that
the cost of preparing the record of proceedings for the project is not recoverable from
the plaintiff or petitioner before, during, or after any litigation.
o Provides that if a lead agency fails to approve a project certified by the Governor
before January 1, 2033, the certification is no longer valid. The bill would repeal the
Leadership Act on January 1, 2034.
• SB 150 Construction: workforce development: public contracts
o This bill is a reflection the Legislature's interest in using state contracting and
procurement processes to provide greater inclusion and equity in employment for
women, veterans, and other individuals representing economically disadvantaged
areas. Among other provisions, it would require the state Labor and Workforce
Development Agency, Government Operations Agency, and Transportation Agency to
convene a stakehold er process and to provide input on recommendations to establish
terms to be included as a material part of a contract, including measurable results to
ensure that investments maximize benefits to marginalized and disadvantaged
communities. January 1, 2026, it would authorize a state agency to enter into or
require a project labor agre ement that applies to a project with aggregate
construction costs in excess of $35 million dollars, but only if the agreement also
addresses community benefits.
LEADERSHIP CHANGE IN ASSEMBLY
Last year, after more than half a year of negotiations, a deal was struck whereby the Speaker of the
Assembly, Anthony Rendon (D, Lakewood), would step down in his role and Robert Rivas (D, Hollister)
would become Speaker. Today, June 30, the mantle of Speakership in the Assembly was transferred
from one leader to the next, making good on a hard-won agreement that was cemented during
Organizational session this year.
On December 5, 2022, the first day of the 2023-2024 session, the Assembly formally adopted the
plan. This is the first time in decades that the Speakership will be held by a Northern California
Democrat. The last Speaker from Northern California was Willie Brown in 1995. The previous eight
Assembly Speakers, including Rendon, have hailed from Los Angeles County-except for a brief
period of time when the position was held by then Assemblymember and current Senate Pro
Tempore Toni Atkins (D, San Diego).
This move is significant, as the Speaker of the Assembly is arguably one of the most powerful positions
in California politics. The Speaker is responsible for appointing every committee chair, has discretion
over every Assemblymember's office budget, and can wield their power in conjunction with the
Governor and Senate Pro Tempore to advance statewide policy goals. Any change in leadership and
committee composition could potentially impact the pathway of priority legislation, either by
creating new opportunities or further obstacles.
Rendon's leadership style was one that saw him often turn over some of his own authority into the
hands of his colleagues. For example, he elevated Chairs of policy committees to more power than
under other leadership, allowing them to make weighty decisions on which bills would be heard and
which would not. However, this was not always favored by al l as it also often caught up Democratic
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bills in the committee process. Rivas will have to find his own leadership style while navigating healing
the division caused within the Democratic Caucus on his way to Speakership and unifying the party
in the Assembly around shared priorities.
In a transition ceremony that had those in attendance often enthusiastically jubilant, Robert Rivas
was sworn in as the 71st speaker of the California Assembly. Dignitaries in attendance included the
Governor; Congressional leaders, including former Speaker Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi; statewide
constitutional officers including the Attorney General, Secretary of State, Superintendent of Public
Instruction; former and current legislators, including former Speakers; consulate special guests; and
labor leaders including Dolores Huerta -who along with Cesar Chavez co-founded the United Farm
Workers Association. In a symbolic tribute to where Rivas has come from and where his focus will
remain, Luis Valdez -renowned playwright and director who founded El Teatro Campesino (The Farm
Workers' Theater) in the heat of the United Farm Workers (UFW) struggle and the Great Delano
Grape Strike in California's Central Valley-provided introductory comments, followed by colleagues
representing the diverse tapestry of California including rural and Latino communities. Rivas's story
is one being hailed as the embodiment of the California Dream and a leader who will lead through
the unique lens of his lived experience.
During his speech, Speaker Rivas thanked several members of the Legislature, the Governor, other
prominent current and former elected Democrats, former speaker Anthony Rendon, several activists,
several personal friends, and his family. Rivas spoke about his upbringing, the progressive nature of
California politics throughout the past severa l decades, and the power of working together as a
community. In terms of policy, he mentioned the lack of home ownership and the rising cost of
college education.
While Speaker Rivas has yet to officially lay out his priorities or a guide to how he will appoint
committee chairs, his ideological views are very closely aligned to the outgoing Speaker, and it is
expected the largest shift seen may be one in leadership style rather than policy priorities. However,
he has publicly proclaimed the needs of agricultural communities and farmworker rights will continue
to be a top priority to him as his own story is one rising from farmworker housing on the rura l Central
Coast to Assembly Speaker and being a voice for those who traditionally do not have one in the
Capitol is close to his heart.
Assemblymember Rendon became the 70th Assembly Speaker in 2016 and his term has been the
longest since the 1990s, when term limits were adopted. This week, Rendon became the second-
longest serving speaker in state history -just in time for him to step down. Speaker Rivas was elected
in 2018 and with 12-year term limits could potentially hold this seat until 2030.
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Priority Legislation July 6, 2023
(cityof
Carlsbad
Cal f o r n a
AB 1628 (McKinnor) Microfiber filtration. (Amended: 6/28/2023) Link
Would require, on and after January 1, 2029, that all new washing machines sold or offered for sale in
California for residential, commercial, or state use contain a microfiber filtration system, as defined,
with a mesh size not greater than 100 micrometers, and bear a label with a specified consumer notice,
as provided. The bill would make a violation of these provisions punishable by a civil penalty not to
exceed $10,000 for a first violation and not to exceed $30,000 for each subsequent violation, upon an
action brought by the Attorney General, a city attorney, a county counsel, or a district attorney.
Status: 6/28/2023-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: 7/12/2023 9 a.m. -10210 Street, Room 1200 SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, ALLEN,
BENJAMIN, Chair,
Cannabis
AB 374 (Haney) Cannabis: retail preparation, sale, and consumption of noncannabis food and
beverage products. (Amended: 5/18/2023) Link
The Medicinal and Adult-Use Ca nnabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), among other things,
consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities.
MAUCRSA establishes the Department of Cannabis Control (department) within the Business, Consumer
Services, and Housing Agency to administer the act, and requires the department to be under the
supervision and control of a director. Current law provides that a local jurisdiction may allow for the
smoking, vaporizing, and ingesting of cannabis or cannabis products on the premises of a retailer or
microbusiness licensed under this division if certain conditions are met. Current administrative law
specifies that a licensed retailer or licensed microbusiness authorized for retail sales who operates a
consumption area on the licensed premises in accordance with this provision may also sell prepackaged,
noncannabis-infused, nonalcoholic food and beverages if the applicable local jurisdiction allows. This bill
would authorize a local jurisdiction, if specified conditions are met, to allow for the preparation or sale
of noncannabis food or beverage products, as specified, by a licensed retailer or microbusiness in the
area where the consumption of cannabis is allowed, to allow for the sale of prepackaged, noncannabis-
infused, nonalcoholic food and beverages by a licensed retailer, and to allow, and to sell tickets for, live
musical or other performances on the premises of a licensed retailer or microbusiness in the area where
the consumption of cannabis is allowed.
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Status: 6/27 /2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 7/6/2023 #114 SENATE ASSEMBLY BILLS-THIRD READING FILE,
AB 1207 (Irwin) Cannabis: labeling and advertising. {Amended: 7/5/2023) Link
Th e 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,
including retail commercial cannabis activity. MAUCRSA places specified requirements on the packaging
of cannabis and can nabis products. MAUCRSA prohibits a licensee from engaging in specified advertising
or marketing activities, including, among others, advertising or marketing in a manner that is false or
untrue or tends to create a misleading impression. The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of
Marijuana Act (AUMA) authorizes the Legislature to amend by majority vote certain provisions of the act
t o implement specified substantive provisions, provided that the amendments are consistent with and
further the purposes and intent of AUMA. This bill would implement provisions of AUMA by prohibiting
the sale or manufacture of cannabis or cannabis products that are attractive to children, as defined, and
by prohibiting the advertisement and marketing of cannabis or cannabis products in a way that is
attractive to children.
Status: 7 /5/2023-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Client Position: Support
Notes: 6/13/23: EN tagged as pending su pport. 6/26/23: EN sent a letter to the City for review. 7 /3/23:
SG me too'd in Senate Business. 7 /5/23: EN tagged as support, submitted to Sen Appropriations,
emailed delegation and governor's office.
SB 512 {Bradford) Cannabis: taxation: gross receipts. (Amended: 5/3/2023) Link
Would, beginning January 1, 2024, 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.
Status: 6/15/2023-Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
Calendar: 7/10/2023 2:30 p.m.or Upon Adjournment of Senate Session -State Capitol, Room
437 ASSEMBLY REVENUE AND TAXATION, IRWIN, JACQUI, Chair,
Economic Development
AB 286 (Wood) Broadband infrastructure: mapping. (Amended: 6/29/2023) Link
Current law requires the Public Utilities Commission, in collaboration with relevant state agencies and
stakeholders, to maintain and update a statewide, publicly accessible, and interactive map showing the
accessibility of broadband service in the state. Current law authorizes the commission to collect
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information from providers of broadband services at the address level and prohibits the commission
from disclosing certain protected residential subscriber information. This bill would require that the map
identify, for each address in the state, each provider of broadband services that offers service at the
address and the maximum speed of broadband services offered by each provider of broadband services
at the address. This bill contains other related provisions.
Status: 6/29/2023-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Amended
6/29/2023)
AB 341 (Ramos) Gambling: local moratorium. (Chaptered: 5/22/2023) Link
Current law requires the Department of Justice to investigate any violations of, and to enforce, the
Gambling Control Act. Under the act, a city, county, or city and county may authorize controlled
gambling consistent with state law. Current law, however, prohibits an ordinance that would result in an
expansion of gambling in the city, county, or city and county from being valid unless the amendment is
approved by a majority of the voters. Current law requires an amendment to a city or county ordinance
relating to a gambling establishment or the act to be submitted to the department for review and
comment before the ordinance is adopted by the city or county. Prior law, until January 1, 2023,
prohibited the commission from issuing a gambling license for a gambling establishment that was not
licensed to operate on December 31, 1999, except as specified. This bill would reenact that prohibition
until January 1, 2043, and would prohibit the commission from issuing a gambling license for a gambling
establishment that was not licensed to operate on December 31, 2022, and that is pending before the
commission as of January 1, 2024.
Status: 5/22/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State -Chapter 8, Statutes of
2023.
AB 400 (Rubio, Blanca) Local agency design-build projects: authorization. (Amended: 6/13/2023) Link
Current law authorizes a local agency, as defined, with approval of its governing body, to procure
design-build contracts for public works projects in excess of $1,000,000, awarding the contract either to
the lowest bid or the best value. "Local agency" is defined, in part, for this purpose to include specified
local and regional agencies responsible for the construction of transit projects, including any joint
powers authority formed to provide transit service. Current law, among other requirements for the
design-build procurement process, requires specified information submitted by a design-build entity to
be certified under penalty of perjury. These provisions authorizing the use of the design-build
procurement process are repealed on January 1, 2025 .This bill would delete from the definition of
"local agency" any joint powers authority formed to provide transit services, and would instead expand
that definition to include any joint powers authority responsible for the construction of transit projects,
thereby authorizing additional joint powers authorities to use the above-described design-build
procurement process. The bill would extend the repeal date to January 1, 2031.
Status: 7 /5/2023-Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
Calendar: 7/6/2023 #157 SENATE CONSENT CALENDAR FIRST LEGISLATIVE DAY,
AB 662 (Boerner) Federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program funds: administration.
(Amended: 6/21/2023) Link
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Current law requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish specified accounts within the California
Advanced Services Fund (CASF), including, among other accounts, the Broadband Infrastructure Grant
Account and the Federal Funding Account. Current federal law, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act of 2021, establishes the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program (BEAD
Program). Under that act, Congress appropriated $42,450,000,000 to the Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Communications and Information to carry out the BEAD Program, under which the
Assistant Secretary makes grants to states, as provided. This bill would require the commission, in
administering federal BEAD Program funds pursuant to the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act of 2021, to follow federal guidelines, as defined. Except as provided, the bill would prohibit the
commission from imposing any additional rules, processes, procedures, prohibitions, funding
prioritizations, or eligibility criteria on any applicant, as defined, that are not explicitly required by the
federal guidelines. The bill would require the commission, in exercising any discretion in adopting rules,
processes, and procedures to administer BEAD Program funds, to adopt rules, processes, and
procedures that, among other things, use the most robust, granular, and accurate broadband availability
data. The bill would require the commission to follow certain timelines, including, among other
timelines, by requiring the commission to post a copy of the initial proposal submitted by the
commission to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration on its internet website
at least 45 days before the submission of the initial proposal, as provided.
Status: 6/21/2023-From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to
committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C.
Calendar: 7/10/2023 3 p.m. or upon adjournment of Session -1021 0 Street, Room
1200 SENATE ENERGY, UTILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS, BRADFORD, STEVEN, Chair,
Elections, Political Reform and Redistricting
AB 764 (Bryan) Local redistricting. (Amended: 6/19/2023) Link
Current law requires counties, general law and charter cities, and special districts that elect their
governing boards using district-based elections to adopt, in a prescribed manner, new district
boundaries following each federal decennial census. Current law also requires county boards of
education, and the governing boards of school districts and community college districts in which trustee
areas have been established, to adopt new boundaries for their trustee areas following each federal
decennial census. This bill would revise and recast these provisions. The bill would require counties,
county boards of education, cities, school districts, community college districts, and special districts, if
the governing body of these local governments is elected by districts, to comply with uniform
requirements related to redistricting.
Status: 6/19/2023-From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to
committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
Calendar: 7/12/2023 Upon adjournment of Education Committee -10210 Street, Room
2100 SENATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE, __ GABALLERO, ANNA, Chair,
SB 24 (Umberg) Political Reform Act of 1974: public campaign financing. (Amended: 6/26/2023) Link
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The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibits a public officer from expending, and a candidate from
accepting, public moneys for the purpose of seeking elective office. This bill would permit a public
officer or candidate to expend or accept public moneys for the purpose of seeking elective office if the
state or a local governmental entity established a dedicated fund for this purpose, as specified. The bill
would prohibit the public moneys for this dedicated fund from being taken from public moneys that are
earmarked for education, transportation, or public safety. This restriction would not apply to charter
cities.
Status: 7 /5/2023-VOTE: Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (PASS)
SB 251 (Newman) Political Reform Act of 1974: elected officers: conflicts of interest.
(Amended: 3/8/2023) Link
The Political Reform Act of 1974 provides for the comprehensive regulation of conflicts of interest of
public officials. The act makes a knowing or willful violation of its provisions a misdemeanor. This bill
would prohibit an elected officer from employment by any other elected officer with the same
constituency, except if the elected officer first began their employment by the other elected officer with
the same constituency on or before December 31, 2023. The bill would not apply to statewide elected
officers.
Status: 4/19/2023-April 18 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 2. Noes 0.)
Reconsideration granted.
Emergency Response and Disaster Preparedness
AB 388 (Connolly) California's Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan: implementation strategies.
(Amended: 7/5/2023) Link
Current law establishes the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program to support regional leadership to
build local and regional capacity and develop, prioritize, and implement strategies and projects that
create fire adapted communities and landscapes by improving ecosystem health, community wildfire
preparedness, and fire resilience. Under the program, the Department of Conservation is required to
provide block grants to regional entities to develop regional strategies that develop governance
structures, identify wildfire risks, foster collaboration, and prioritize and implement projects within the
region to achieve the program's goals. Current law requires that regional priority strategy development
be in coordination with public landowners and other relevant forest and fire planning efforts in wildfire
and forest resiliency planning. This bill would, by January 1, 2025, require the Department of
Conservation, in consultation with the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force and its member
agencies, to establish guidelines for funding the implementation of the regional priority strategies, as
provided, and to establish regional investment strategies to identify and align resources that support
implementation of regional priority strategies that contribute to the ·goals and key actions identified in
the California's Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan issued by the task force in January 2021 and
any subsequent updates to this plan, and the implementation strategy. The bill would authorize
conservancies, departments, and boards within the Natural Resources Agency to directly award regional
block grants to eligible regional entities, forest collaboratives, and partnerships to implement regional
plans, strategies, agreements, and initiatives.
Status: 7 /5/2023-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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AB 584 (Hart) California Coastal Act of 1976: coastal development: emergency waiver.
(Amended: 3/6/2023) Link
The California Coastal Act of 1976 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. The act authorizes the
requirement of having to obtain a permit t o be waived when immediate action by a person or public
agency performing a public service is required t o protect life and public property from imminent danger,
or to restore, repair, or maintain public works, utilities, or services destroyed, damaged, or interrupted
by natural disaster, serious accident, or in other cases of emergency, as specified. The act provides that
this waiver provision does not authorize the permanent erection of structures valued at more than
$25,000. This bill would increase the above-described amount to $125,000, adjusted annually for
inflation pursuant to the consumer price index.
Status: 7 /5/2023-Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
Client Position: Support
Calendar: 7/6/2023 #159 SENATE CONSENT CALENDAR FIRST LEGISLATIVE DAY,
Notes: 4/20/23: EN tagged as pending support. 4/20/23 SG: Sent draft support lett er to the City. 5/8/23
AB: tagged as support and submitted letter of support through the Legislative portal. 5/8/23: EN
emailed letter to delegation. 6/1/23: EN submitted letter to Senate NR Committee and emailed
delegation.
AB 781 (Maienschein) Accessibility to emergency information and services: emergency shelters:
persons with pets. (Amended: 6/20/2023) Link
The California Emergency Services Act provides that political subdivisions, as defined, have full power
during a loca l emergency to provide mutual aid to any affected area in accordance with local ordinances,
reso lutions, emergency plans, or agreements. Current law defines "emergency plan" for these purposes
to mean official and approved documents that describe the principles and methods to be applied in
carrying out emergency operations or rendering mutual aid during emergencies. Current law requires
that a county send a copy of its emergency plan to the Office of Emergency Services upon an update to
the plan. Upon the next update to a city or county's emergency plan, this bill would require a county to
update its emergency plan to designate emergency shelters able to accommodate persons w ith pets,
and would require a city that has previously adopted an emergency plan designating emergency shelters
to update its emergency plan to designate emergency shelters able to accommodate persons with pets.
This bill would require, upon the next update to a city or county's emergency plan, whenever a city or
county designates any number of emergency shelters that it also designate at least one emergency
shelter that can accommodate persons with pets. This bill would also require, upon the next update to a
city or county's emergency plan, whenever a city or county designates any number of cooling centers or
warming centers, t hat it also, to the extent practicable, designate at least one cooling center or warming
center, as applicable, that can accommodate persons with pets. The bill would require an emergency
shelter designated as able t o accommodat e persons with pets to be in compliance with safety
procedures regarding the she ltering of pets referenced or established in the component of the state and
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local emergency plan and applicable disast er assistance policies and procedures of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency.
Status: 6/27 /2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 27).
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
AB 788 (Petrie-Norris) Fire prevention: grant programs: reporting. (Introduced: 2/13/2023) Link
Current law requires the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force to develop a comprehensive
implementation strategy to track and ensure the achievement of the goals and key actions identified in
the state's "Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan" issued by the task force in January 2021. Current
law requires the task force to submit, as part of the implementation strategy, a report to the
appropriate policy and budget committees of the Legislature on progress made in achieving the goals
and key actions identified in the state's action plan, on state expenditures made to implement these key
actions, and on additional resources and policy changes needed to achieve these goals and key actions,
as provided.This bill would require the task force, on or before July 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, to
compile and post on its internet website specified information relating to specified state and federal
grant programs relating to fire prevention, as provided.
Status: 6/14/2023-Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
Calendar: 7/10/2023 Upon adjournment of Military and Veterans Affairs Committee -1021 0 Street,
Room 2200 SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER, MIN, DAVE, Chair,
Energy and Utilities
AB 1293 (Irwin) Interconnection: prioritization. (Amended: 6/19/2023) Link
Would require the Public Utilities Commission, no later than January 1, 2025, to provide guidance to
electrical corporations for the prioritization of projects in each electrical corporation's distribution
interconnection queue and for the prioritization of customer se rvice connections, including the
prioritization of projects that are shovel-ready, as determined by the commission.
Status: 7 /3/2023-VOTE: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on
[Appropriations] {PASS)
SB 284 (Wiener) Public utilities: contracting: interconnection transparency and efficiency: wholesale
distribution service. (Amended: 6/20/2023) Link
Would require the Public Utilities Commission to require each electrical corporation ,to make
distribution data and distribution planning standards available to development project applicants,
interconnecting entities, and public entities in a timely and efficient manner. The bill would require the
commission to require each electrical corporation to develop and make publicly available information
about its distribution system interconnection queue necessary for the interconnection of generation and
electrical load. The bill would require each electrical corporation that has filed a wholesale distribution
tariff with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to offer service under that tariff to the state, an
agency, authority, or instrumentality of the state, or a political subdivis ion to transmit electricity that
those public entities consume or sell directly to an ultimate customer, at the voltage requested by those
public entities.
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Status: 6/20/2023-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-
referred to Com. on L. & E.
Environment and Climate
AB 30 (Ward) Atmospheric rivers: research: reservoir operations. (Amended: 6/26/2023) Link
Current law establishes the Atmospheric Rivers: Research, Mitigation, and Climate Forecasting Program
in the Department of Water Resources. Current law requires the department, upon an appropriation for
purposes of the program, to research climate forecasting and the ca uses and impacts that climate
change has on atmospheric rivers, to operate reservoirs in a manner that improves flood protection, and
to reoperate flood control and water storage facilities to capture water generated by atmospheric rivers.
This bill would rename that program the Atmospheric Rivers Research and Forecast Improvement
Program: Enabling Climate Adaptation Through Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations and Hazard
Resiliency (AR/FIRO) Program. The bill would require the department to research, develop, and
implement new observations, prediction models, novel forecasting methods, and tailored decision
support systems to improve predictions of atmospheric rivers and their impacts on water supply,
flooding, post-wildfire debris flows, and environmental conditions.
Status: 7 /5/2023-Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
Calendar: 7/6/2023 #155 SENATE CONSENT CALENDAR FIRST LEGISLATIVE DAY,
AB 45 (Boerner) Coastal resources: coastal development permits: blue carbon demonstration projects.
(Amended: 5/25/2023) Link
The California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, requires anyone wishing to perform or
undertake any development in the coastal zone, except as specified, in addition to obtaining any other
permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain
a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission, as provided. This bill would
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.
Status: 7 /3/2023-From co mmittee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 3). Re-
referred to Com. on APPR.
AB 530 (Boerner) County Water Authority Act: exclusion of territory: procedure.
(Amended: 5/15/2023) Link
The County Water Authority Act provides for the formation of county water authorities and grants to
those authorities specified powers with regards to providing water service. The act provides 2 methods
of excluding territory from any county water authority, one of which is that a public agency whose
corporate area as a unit is part of a county water authority may obtain exclusion of the area by
submitting to the electors within the public agency, at any general or special election, the proposition of
excluding the public agency's corporate area from the county water authority. Current law requires that,
if a majority of the electors approve the proposition, specified actions take place to implement the
exclusion. This bill would additionally require the public entity to submit the proposition of excluding the
public agency's corporate area from the county water authority to the electors within the territory of
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the county water authority. The bill would require the 2 elections to be separate; however, the bill
authorizes both elections to run concurrently.
Status: 6/8/2023-Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
AB 573 (Garcia) Organic waste: meeting recovered organic waste product procurement targets.
(Amended: 6/27/2023) Link
Current 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. Current law requires the Department of Resources Recycling
and Recovery, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations to achieve these organic wast e
reduction goals, that provide for, among other things, the ca lculation by the department of recovered
organic waste product procurement targets for each local jurisdiction, and that may include penalties t o
be imposed by the department for noncompliance. This bill would require the department, for purposes
of those regulations, to allow a local jurisdiction, until December 1, 2039, in procuring recovered organic
waste products to meet the target procurement requirements, to use Ca lifornia-derived recovered
organic waste that the local jurisdiction sends for processing at a facility or operation outside of the
state that meets certain conditions, as provided.
Status: 6/27 /2023-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: 7/12/2023 9 a.m. -10210 Street, Room 1200 SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, ALLEN ,
BENJAMIN, Chair,
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: 5/26/2023) Link
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.
Status: 6/14/2023-Referred to Corns. on N.R. & W. and GOV. & F.
SB 272 (Laird) Sea level rise: planning and adaptation. (Amended: 6/6/2023) Link
Current law creates within the Ocean Protection Council the California Sea Level Rise State and Regional
Support Co llaborative to provide state and regional information to the public and support to loca l,
regional, and other state agencies for the identification, assessment, planning, and, where feasible, the
mitigation of the adverse environmental, social, and economic effects of sea level rise within the coasta l
zone, as provided. This bill would require a local government, as defined, lying, in whole or in part,
within the coastal zone, as defined, or within the jurisdiction of the Sa n Francisco Bay Conservation and
Development Commission, as defined, to implement sea level rise planning and adaptation through
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either submitting, and receiving approval for, a local coastal program, as defined, to the Ca lifornia
Coastal Commission or submitting, and receiving approval for, a subregional San Francisco Bay shoreline
resiliency plan to the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, as applicable, on or
before January 1, 2034, as provided. By imposing add itional requirements on local governments, the bill
would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require local governments that receive
approval for sea level rise planning and adaptation on or before January 1, 2029, to be prioritized for sea
level rise funding, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the implementation of projects in the local
government's approved sea level rise adaptation plan.
Status: 6/20/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 19).
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
SB 303 (Allen) Solid waste: Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act.
(Amended: 6/29/2023) Link
Current law establishes the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act,
which covers certain single-use packaging and plastic single-use food serviceware, as provided. As part
of its comprehensive statutory scheme, existing law requires producers, as defined, of these covered
materials to source reduce plastic covered material, to ensure that all covered material offered for sale,
distributed, or imported in or into the state on or after January 1, 2032, is recyclable or compostable,
and to ensure that plastic covered material offered for sale, distributed, or imported in or into the state
achieves specified recycling rates, as provided. The act prohibits a producer from selling, offering for
sa le, importing, or distributing covered materials in the state unless the producer is approved to
participate in the producer responsibility plan of a producer responsibility organization (PRO), as
prescribed, for the source reduction, collection, processing, and recycling of covered material, except as
provided. The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 requires the Department of
Resources Recycling and Recovery to establish a producer responsibility advisory board for specified
purposes. The act authorizes an affected entity that asserts that specific actions taken to meet the
requirements of the act are disrupting or otherwise adversely affecting the sustained operation or
commercial viability of solid waste collection programs, solid waste recycling facilities, or composting
facilities providing services in accordance with local so lid waste handling requirements, to bring the
concern and evidence supporting that assertion to the advisory board for discussion and to ask the
advisory board to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the information. If the evaluation demonstrates
that specific actions are disrupting or otherwise adversely affecting existing operations, the act requires
the advisory board to submit the concern to the department for further analysis. The act requires the
department to analyze the information provided by the advisory board and authorizes the department
t o offer a recommendation for resolution. This bill would instead authorize an affected entity that
asserts that specific actions taken by the PRO, a producer, or an entity under contract with the PRO are
not co nsistent with specified prohibitions and requirements of the act and are disrupting or otherwise
adversely affecting the sustained operation or commercial viability of solid waste collection programs,
solid waste recycling facilities, or composting facilities providing services in accordance with local solid
waste handling requirements to bring that concern and supporting evidence to the advisory board.
Status: 6/29/2023-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. (Amended 6/29/2023)
Calendar: 7/11/2023 8:30 a.m. -State Capitol, Room 437 ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY, MAIENSCHEIN, BRIAN,
Chair,
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SB 360 (Blakespearl California Coastal Commission: member voting. (Amended: 6/14/2023) Link
The California Coastal Act of 1976 establishes the California Coastal Commission and prescribes the
membership and duties of the commission. The act provides that its provisions do not preclude or
prevent any member or employee of the commission who is also an employee of another public agency,
a county supervisor or city councilperson, or a member of specified associations or organizations, and
who has in that designated capacity voted or acted upon a particular matter, from voting or otherwise
acting upon that matter as a member or employee of the commission. This bill would apply the latter
provision to a member of a joint powers authority and a member of a local agency formation
commission.
Status: 7 /5/2023-0rdered to special consent calendar.
Calendar: 7/6/2023 #177 SENATE SEN SPECIAL CONSENT CALENDAR -NO. 19,
SB 511 (Blakespear) Greenhouse gas emissions inventories. (Amended: 4/24/2023) Link
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 requires the State Air Resources Board to prepare
and approve a scoping plan for achieving the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective
reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and to update the scoping plan at least once every 5 years. This
bill would require the state board, before January 1, 2028, to develop, and publish on its internet
website, a report on greenhouse gas emissions inventories for the calendar year 2025 for each city,
county, or city and county that requests inclusion in the report, as provided. The bill would require the
state board, consistent with the preparation of the updates to the scoping plan and before January 1,
2033, and every 5 years thereafter, to update the inventories, for each city, county, or city and county
that requests inclusion in the respective update, for the calendar year 2030 and every 5th year
thereafter. The bill would authorize the state board to solicit bids and enter into contracts for the
development of the inventories. The bill would require the state board, before January 1, 2026, to
establish a local government advisory committee to inform its development of the greenhouse gas
emissions inventories.
Status: 6/20/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To
consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
SB 638 (Eggman) Climate Resiliency and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2024. (Amended: 6/28/2023)
Link
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.
Status: 6/28/2023-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-
referred to Com. on W., P., & W.
Calendar: 7/11/2023 9 a.m. -State Capitol, Room 447 ASSEMBLY WATER, PARKS AND
WILDLIFE, BAUER-KAHAN, REBECCA, Chair,
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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: 6/22/2023) Link
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.
Status: 6/22/2023-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
Calendar: 7/10/2023 2:30 p.m. -State Capitol, Room 447 ASSEMBLY NATURAL RESOURCES, RIVAS, LUZ,
Chair,
Governmental Operations
AB 504 (Reyes) State and local public employees: labor relations: disputes. (Amended: 4/13/2023)
Link
The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act and the Ralph C. Dills Act regulate the labor relations of employees and
employers of local public agencies and the state, respectively. Those acts grant specified employees,
including, among others, certain employees of fire departments, of local public agencies and the state
the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their choosing and
require public agency employers, among other things, to meet and confer with representatives of
recognized employee organizations and exclusive representatives on terms and conditions of
employment. The acts grant the Public Employment Relations Board the power to hear specified
disputes in relation to these provisions and to make determinations regarding them. With regard to
certain employees of fire departments, current law provides that those persons do not have the right to
strike or recognize a picket line of a labor organization while in the course of the performance of their
official duties. This bill would provide that it is not unlawful or a cause for discipline or other adverse
action against a public employee for that public employee to refuse to enter property that is the site of a
primary labor dispute, perform work for a public employer involved in a primary labor dispute, or go
through or work behind a primary picket line. The bill would prohibit a public employer from directing a
public employee to take those actions. The bill would authorize a recognized employee organization to
inform employees of these rights and encourage them to exercise those rights.
Status: 6/28/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 28).
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Calendar: 7/11/2023 9 a.m. -1021 0 Street, Room 2100 SENATE JUDICIARY, UM BERG, THOMAS, Chair,
AB 520 (Santiago) Employment: public entities. (Amended: 6/21/2023) Link
Current law authorizes the Labor Commissioner to investigate employee complaints and to provide for a
hearing in any action to recover wages, penalties, and other demands for compensation. Under current
law, any individual or business entity that contracts for services in the property services or long-term
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care industries is jointly and severally liable for any unpaid wages, including interest, where the
individual or business entity has been provided notice, by any party, of any proceeding or investigation
by the Labor Commissioner in which the employer is found liable for those unpaid wages, to the extent
the amounts are for services performed under that contract, as provided, and except as specified. This
bill would additionally provide that any public entity, defined as the state, a city, county, city and county,
district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public corporation in the
state, is jointly and severally liable for any unpaid wages, as provided in the above paragraph.
Status: 6/21/2023-From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to
committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
Calendar: 7/12/2023 9:30 a.m. -10210 Street, Room 2200 SENATE LABOR, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND
RETIREMENT, CORTESE, DAVE, Chair,
AB 1297 (Quirk-Silva) Public restrooms. (Amended: 6/21/2023) Link
Current law requires every public agency, as defined, that conducts an establishment serving the public
or open to the public and that maintains restroom facilities for the public, to make every water closet
available without cost or charge, as provided. Current law also requires publicly and privately owned
facilities where the public congregates to be equipped with sufficient temporary or permanent
restrooms to meet the needs of the public at peak hours. This bill would require each local government,
as defined, to complete an inventory of public restrooms owned and maintained by the loca l
government, either directly or by contract, that are available to the general population in its jurisdiction
by July 1, 2024. The bill would require local governments to report their findings to the State
Department of Public Health, which would be required to compile the information and to report t he
availability of public restrooms to the Legislature by March 1, 2025, as specified.
Status: 6/28/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 28).
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Calendar: 7/10/2023 10 a.m. -10210 Street, Room 2200 SENATE APPROPRIATIONS, PORTANTINO,
ANTHONY, Chair,
AB 1484 (Zbur) Temporary public employees. (Amended: 5/18/2023) Link
(l)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. Existing law generally requires that the scope of
representation under the act include all matters relating to employment conditions and employer-
employee relations, while excepting the consideration of the merits, necessity, or organization of any
service or activity provided by law or executive order. Existing law states that the Legislature finds and
declares that the duties and responsibilities of local agency employer representatives under the act are
substantially similar to the duties and responsibilities required under existing collective bargaining
enforcement procedures and therefore the costs incurred by the local agency employer representatives
in performing those duties and responsibilities under that act are not reimbursable as state-mandated
costs. This bill would impose specified requirements with respect to the temporary employees, as
defined, of a public employer who have been hired to perform the same or similar type of work that is
performed by permanent employees represented by a recognized employee organization. In this rega rd
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the bill would require those temporary employees to be automatically included in the same bargaining
unit as the permanent employees, as specified, upon the request of the recognized employee
organization. The bill would also require a public employer to, upon hire, provide each temporary
employee with their job description, wage rates, and eligibility for benefits, anticipated length of
employment, and procedures to apply for open, permanent positions. By imposing new duties on local
agencies that employ temporary employees, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The
bill would require complaints alleging a violation of its provisions to be processed as unfair practice
charges under the act. The bill would additionally include the same findings and declarations as set forth
above. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Status: 6/14/2023-Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
Client Position: Oppose
Calendar: 7/12/2023 9:30 a.m. -10210 Street, Room 2200 SENATE LABOR, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND
RETIREMENT, CORTESE, DAVE, Chair,
Notes: 5/3/23: EN tagged as pending oppose. 5/8/23 AB: tagged as oppose and submitted letter of
opposition through the Legislative portal. 5/8/23: EN emailed letter to delegation. 6/23/23: EN
submitted to Sen LPER, emailed delegation and governor's office.
AB 1637 (Irwin) Local government: internet websites and email addresses. (Amended: 6/29/2023) Link
Would, no later than January 1, 2029, require a local agency, as defined, that maintains an internet
website for use by the public to ensure that the internet website utilizes a ".gov" top-level domain or a
".ca.gov" second-level domain and would require a local agency that maintains an internet website that
is noncom pliant with that requirement to redirect that internet website to a domain name that does
utilize a ".gov" or ".ca.gov" domain. This bill, no later than January 1, 2029, would also require a local
agency that maintains public email addresses to ensure that each email address provided to its
employees utilizes a ".gov" domain name or a ".ca.gov" domain name. By adding to the duties of local
officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated loca l program.
Status: 6/29/2023-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Amended
6/29/2023)
Calendar: 7/10/2023 10 a.m. -1021 0 Street, Room 2200 SENATE APPROPRIATIONS, PORTANTINO,
ANTHONY, Chair,
SB 252 (Gonzalez} Public retirement systems: fossil fuels: divestment. (Amended: S/18/2023) Link
Would prohibit the boards of the Public Employees' Retirement System and the State Teachers'
Retirement System from making new investments or renewing existing investments of public employee
retirement funds in a fossil fuel company, as defined. The bill would require the boards to liquidate
investments in a fossil fuel company on or before July 1, 2031. The bill would temporarily suspend the
above-described liquidation provision upon a good faith determination by the board that certain
conditions materially impact normal market mechanisms for pricing assets, as specified, and would
make this suspension provision inoperative on January 1, 2035. The bill would provide that it does not
require a board to take any action unless the board determines in good faith that the action is consistent
with the board's fiduciary responsibilities established in the California Constitution.
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Status: 6/8/2023-Referred to Com. on P.E. & R.
SB 428 (Blakespear) Temporary restraining orders and protective orders: employee harassment.
(Amended: 6/22/2023) Link
Would authorize any employer whose employee ha s suffered harassment, as defined, to seek a
temporary restraining order and an injunction on behalf of the employee and other employees upon a
showing of clear and convincing evidence that an employee has suffered harassment, that great or
irreparable harm would result to an employee, and that the respondent's course of conduct served no
legitimate purpose. The bill would also require an employer seeking such a temporary restraining order
to provide the employee whose protection is sought the opportunity to decline to be named in the
order, before the filing of the petition. The bill would expressly prohibit a court from issuing such an
order to the extent that the order would prohibit speech or activities protected by the federal National
Labor Relations Act or specified provisions of law governing the communications of exclusive
representatives of public employees.
Status: 7 /3/2023-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly
amendments pending.
Client Position: Sponsor
Calendar: 7/6/2023 #18 SENATE UNFINISHED BUSINESS,
Notes: 3/10/23: Amy submitted letter to portal. 3/10/23: EN emailed delegation. 4/17 /23: EN submitted
letter to Sen Approps. 4/24/23: SG testified in support in Senate Appropriations Committee 4/27 /23: EN
submitted a coalition letter. 4/28/23: EN submitted an updated coalition letter. 6/20/23: EN submitted
letter to Asm Jud, emailed city, delegation, and governor's office.
SB 654 (Jones) Local agencies: public property: airport leases. (Amended: 4/13/2023) Link
Current law authorizes a loca l agency to lease or sublease property owned, leased, or otherwise
controlled by it for a period not to exceed 50 years for airport purposes or purposes incidental to
aircraft. This bill would authorize a local agency and the leaseholder, with respect to a lease or sublease
entered into pursuant to the above-described authority, to amend the lease or sublease to extend the
duration of the lease or sublease, to terminate the lease or sublease and enter into a new lease or
sublease, or to transfer an existing lease or sublease, as specified.
Status: 6/29/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 7/6/2023 #56 ASSEMBLY THIRD READING FILE -SENATE BILLS,
Notes: 4/12/23 SG: Carlsbad Jet Center is in support
SB 683 (Glazer) Hotels and short-term rentals: advertised rates: mandatory fees.
(Amended: 6/28/2023) Link
Would, beginning July 1, 2024, require a person that advertises a hotel room rate or short-term rental
rate before the public in this state, or from this state before the public in any state, to include in the
advertised hotel room rate or short-term rental rate all mandatory fees, as defined, that will be charged
in order for the consumer to stay in the hotel room or short-term rental. The bill would require a hotel
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or a short-term rental to clearly and conspicuously disclose on its internet website a list of all mandatory
fees and any payment surcharges imposed on consumers. The bill would authorize certain public
attorneys, including the Attorney General, to bring an enforcement action and would require a court to
impose a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each violation after consideration of specified
factors. The bill would also provide that a violation of its provisions constitutes a false or misleading
statement under the False Advertising Law (FAL). By expanding the scope of a crime, the bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
Status: 6/28/2023-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com . on APPR.
Health and Human Services
SB 43 {Eggman) Behavioral health. (Amended: 6/30/2023) Link
The Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, provides for the involuntary commitment and treatment of a person
who is a danger to themselves or others or who is gravely disabled. Current law, for purposes of
involuntary commitment, defines "gravely disabled" as either a condition in which a person, as a result
of a mental health disorder, is unable to provide for their basic personal needs for food, clothing, or
shelter or has been found mentally incompetent, as specified. This bill expands the definition of "gravely
disabled" to also include a condition in which a person, as a result of a severe substance use disorder, or
a cooccurring mental health disorder and a severe substance use disorder, is, in addition to the basic
personal needs described above, unable to provide for their personal safety or necessary medical care,
as defined. The bill would authorize counties to defer implementation of these provisions to January 1,
2025, as specified.
Status: 6/30/2023-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-
referred to Com. on JUD.
Client Position: Support
Calendar: 7/11/2023 8:30 a.m. -State Capitol, Room 437 ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY, MAIENSCHEIN, BRIAN,
Chair,
Notes: 3/14/23 SG: Subcommittee approved support position 3/29/23 SG: Testified in support in Senate
Health Committee 4/7 /23 AB: Submitted letter of support to the Judiciary Committee and the Author
through the Legislative portal. 4/7 /23: EN emailed letter to delegation. 6/9/23: EN submitted to Asm
Health, emailed delegation and governor's office. 6/27 /23: SG me too'd in Asm Health. 7 /3/23: EN
submitted to Asm Judiciary, emailed delegation and governor's office.
SB 326 {Eggman) The Behavioral Health Services Act. {Amended: 6/19/2023) Link
Would, if approved by the voters at the March 5, 2024, statewide primary election, would delete the
provision that establishes vote requirements to amend the MHSA, requiring all amendments of the
M ental Health Services Act (MHSA) to be approved by the voters. The bill would recast the MHSA by,
among other things, renaming it the Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA), expanding it to include
treatment of substance use disorders, changing the county planning process, and expanding services for
which counties and the state can use funds. The bill would revise the distribution of MHSA moneys,
including allocating up to $36,000,000 to the State Department of Health Care Services for behavioral
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health workforce funding. The bill would authorize the department to require a county to implement
specific evidence-based practices.
Status: 6/19/2023-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-
referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Calendar: 7/11/2023 1:30 p.m. -10210 Street, Room 1100 ASSEMBLY HEALTH, WOOD, JIM, Chair,
SB 363 (Eggman) Facilities for inpatient and residential mental health and substance use disorder:
database. (Amended: 5/18/2023) Link
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 co ntact
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.
Status: 6/13/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To
consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Client Position: Support
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.
Homelessness
AB 86 (Jones-Sawyer) Homelessness: Statewide Homelessness Coordinator. (Amended: 4/20/2023)
Link
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. The 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. The bill would authorize the coordinator to adjust state goals to the extent
allowed by state law.
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Status: 7 /5/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 3).
Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
Calendar: 7/10/2023 Upon adjournment of Business, Professions and Economic Development
Committee -1021 0 Street, Room 2100 SENATE HOUSING, WIENER, SCOTT, Chair,
AB 1215 (Carrillo, Wendy) Pets Assistance With Support Grant Program: homeless shelters: domestic
violence shelters: pets. (Amended: 5/18/2023) Link
Would require the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop and administer the
Pets Assistance With Support Grant Program (PAWS), to award grants to qualified homeless shelters and
qualified domestic violence shelters, as defined. The bill would require grant recipients to meet certain
availability and service requirements as they relate to the pets of people experiencing homelessness and
people escaping domestic violence. The bill would authorize the department to use up to 7% of the
funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act for those purposes for its cost s in administering the
program .
Status: 7/3/2023-ln committee: Referred to APPR suspense file.
AB 1285 (Wicks) Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program and Encampment Resolution
Funding program. (Amended: 6/28/2023) Link
Current law establishes the Encampment Resolution Funding program, administered by the California
lnteragency Council on Homelessness, to increase collaboration between the council, local jurisdictions,
and continuums of care for specified purposes. Current law requires the council to award moneys
pursuanfto the program as competitive grants, as specified, to be used to support encampment
resolution and rehousing efforts for local jurisdictions. Current law requires the council to prioritize
funding applicants that demonstrate a commitment to cross-systems collaboration and innovative
efforts to resolve encampment issues or have 50 or more individuals living in the encampment. This bill
would require a continuum of care that shares geographic boundaries with a city, county, or city and
county that is using state funding allocated pursuant to the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and
Prevention program or the Encampment Resolution Funding program to submit evidence of
collaboration with the city, county, or city and county that addresses how people served through
encampment resolution will be included in prioritization for permanent housing within coordinated
entry systems.
Status: 6/28/2023-From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to
committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
Calendar: 7/10/2023 Upon adjournment of Business, Profess ions and Economic Development
Committee -10210 Street, Room 2100 SENATE HOUSING, WIENER, SCOTT, Chair,
Housing and Land Use
AB 72 (Boerner) Coastal resources: research: landslides and erosion: early warning system.
(Enrolled: 7/5/2023) Link
Current law requires the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego,
upon appropriation by the Legislature, to conduct research on coastal cliff landslides and erosion in the
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County of San Diego, to be completed by January 1, 2025. Current law requires the institution to
conduct real-time measurements of land deformation to identify and analyze conditions that precede
catastrophic bluff failure on 2 specified sites as a condition of receiving funds. Current law requires the
institution to provide a report to the Legislature with recommendations for developing a coastal cliff
landslide and erosion early warning system based on available research no later than March 15, 2025.
This bill would require those real-time measurements, and identification and analysis of those
conditions, for a 3rd specified site as a condition of receiving that funding, and would postpone the
deadline for the research to be completed to January 1, 2026.
Status: 7/3/2023-Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 0.).
AB 434 (Grayson) Housing element: notice of violation. (Amended: 3/16/2023) Link
The Planning and Zoning Law, except as provided, requires that a public hearing be held on an
application for a variance from the requirements of a zoning ordinance, an application for a conditional
use permit or equivalent development permit, a proposed revocation or modification of a variance or
use permit or equivalent development permit, or an appeal from the action taken on any of those
applications. That law, for housing development projects that submit a preliminary application prior to
January 1, 2030, prohibits a city or county from conducting more than 5 hearings, as defined, held
pursuant to these provisions, or any other law, ordinance, or regulation requiring a public hearing, if the
proposed housing development project complies with the applicable, objective general plan and zoning
standards in effect at the time an application is deemed complete, as defined. The Planning and Zoning
Law also requires a local agency, pursuant to either local ordinance or statute, to provide for ministerial
approval of applications for accessory dwelling units or junior accessory dwelling units in areas zoned for
residential use, as specified. That law prohibits a local agency from denying a permit for an unpermitted
accessory dwelling unit constructed prior to January 1, 2018, except as provided. This bill would
additionally authorize the department to notify a city, county, city and county, or the Attorney General
when the planning agency of a city, county, or city and county fails to comply with the above-described
provisions relating to hearings for specified variances, ministerial approval of applications for accessory
dwelling units or junior accessory dwelling units, permitting for unpermitted accessory dwelling units
constructed prior to January 1, 2018, sale or conveyance of accessory dwelling units, ministerial
approval of proposed housing developments, ministerial approval of parcel maps for urban lot splits, or
housing development projects being deemed an allowable use of parcels within a zone where office,
retail, or parking are a principally permitted use, as provided.
Status: 6/14/2023-Referred to Com. on HOUSING.
Calendar: 7/10/2023 Upon adjournment of Business, Professions and Economic Development
Committee -10210 Street, Room 2100 SENATE HOUSING, WIENER, SCOTT, Chair,
AB 480 (Ting) Surplus land. (Amended: 7/3/2023) Link
Current law requires a local agency to take formal action in a regular public meeting to declare that land
is surplus and is not necessary for the agency's use and to declare land as either "surplus land" or
"exempt surplus land," as supported by written findings, before a local agency may take any action to
dispose of it consistent with an agency's policies or procedures. This bill would exempt a local agency, in
specified instances, from making a declaration at a public meeting for land that is "exempt surplus land"
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if the local agency identifies the land in a notice that is published and available for public comment at
least 30 days before the exemption takes effect.
Status: 7 /3/2023-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
Calendar: 7/10/2023 Upon adjournment of Business, Professions and Economic Development
Committee -10210 Street, Room 2100 SENATE HOUSING, WIENER, SCOTT, Chair,
AB 531 (Irwin) The Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2023. (Amended: 6/19/2023) Link
Would enact the Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2023 which, if approved by the voters,
would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $4,680,000,000 to finance grants for the
acquisition of capital assets for, and the construction and rehabilitation of, unlocked, voluntary, and
community-based treatment settings and residential care settings and also for housing for veterans and
others who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of homelessness and are living with a
behavioral health challenge. The bill would provide for the submission of the bond act to the voters at
the March 5, 2024, statewide primary election.
Status: 6/21/2023-Re-referred to Corns. on HOUSING and GOV. & F.
Calendar: 7/10/2023 Upon adjournment of Business, Professions and Economic Development
Committee -10210 Street, Room 2100 SENATE HOUSING, WIENER, SCOTT, Chair,7/12/2023 Upon
adjournment of Education Committee -1021 0 Street, Room 2100 SENATE GOVERNANCE AND
FINANCE, CABALLERO, ANNA, Chair,
AB 894 (Friedman) Parking requirements: shared parking. (Amended: 6/22/2023) 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 housing element. Current law also authorizes the
legislative body of a city or a county to adopt ordinances establishing requirements for parking. This bill
would require a public agency, as defined, to allow entities with underutilized parking to share their
underutilized parking with the public, public agencies, or other entities, if those entities submit a shared
parking agreement, as defined, to the public agency, and information demonstrating the benefits of the
proposed shared parking agreement. The bill would require a public agency to allow parking spaces
identified in a shared parking agreement to count toward meeting automobile parking requirements for
a new or existing development or use, including, but not limited to, shared parking in underutilized
spaces and in parking lots and garages that will be constructed as part of the development or
developments when specified conditions regarding the distance between the entities that will share the
parking are met. The bill would require a public agency to approve the shared parking agreement if it
includes a parking analysis using peer-reviewed methodologies developed by a professional planning
association, as specified. The bill would require a public agency to decide whether to approve or deny
the shared parking agreement and determine how many parking spaces can be reasonably shared
between uses to fulfill parking requirements if the shared parking agreement does not include this
parking analysis. If the public agency is required to decide whether to approve or deny an agreement for
specified developments under these provisions, the bill would require the public agency to notify all
property owners within 300 feet of the shared parking spaces of the proposed agreement and to hold a
public meeting if it receives a request to do so within 14 days of notifying property owners, as provided.
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The bill would specify that these notification and public meeting requirements would not apply to public
agencies that enact an ordinance that provides for shared parking agreements, including ordinances
enacted before January 1, 2024.
Status: 6/22/2023-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
Calendar: 7/10/2023 Upon adjournment of Business, Professions and Economic Development
Committee -10210 Street, Room 2100 SENATE HOUSING, WIENER, SCOTT, Chair,
AB 976 (Ting) Accessory dwelling units: owner-occupancy requirements. (Introduced: 2/14/2023) Link
The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, provides for the creation of accessory dwelling units
by local ordinance, or, if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance, by ministerial approval, in
accordance with specified standards and conditions. Current law requires a local ordinance to require an
accessory dwelling unit to be either attached to, or located within, the proposed or existing primary
dwelling, as specified, or detached from the proposed or existing primary dwelling and located on the
same lot as the proposed or existing primary dwelling.This bill would instead prohibit a local agency
from imposing an owner-occupancy requirement on any accessory dwelling unit.
Status: 6/21/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June
20). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
AB 1176 (Zburl General plans: Local Electrification Planning Act. (Amended: 5/26/2023) Link
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.
Status: 6/28/2023-ln committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
AB 1218 (Lowenthal) Development projects: demolition of residential dwelling units.
(Amended: 6/21/2023) Link
The Housing Crisis Act of 2019, among other things, prohibits an affected city or an affected county, as
defined, from approving a housing development project that will require the demolition of one or more
residential dwelling units, unless the project creates at least as many residential dwelling units as will be
demolished. The act also prohibits an affected city or affected county from approving any housing
development project that will require the demolition of occupied or vacant protected units, unless
specified conditions are met. In this regard, the act requires a project that will require the demolition of
occupied or vacant protected units to, among other things, (1) replace all existing protected units and
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protected units demolished on or after January 1, 2020, (2) include a minimum amount of residential
units, (3) allow existing occupants to occupy their units until 6 months before the start of construction
activities, and (4) provide relocation benefits to the existing occupants of any protected units that are
lower income households. This bill would expand the demolition of residential dwelling units
prohibitions to prohibit an affected city or affected county from approving any development project that
will require the demolition of occupied or vacant protected units, or that is located on a site where
protected units were demolished in the previous 5 years, unless the conditions described above are
met.
Status: 6/28/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June
28). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
Calendar: 7/10/2023 Upon adjournment of Business, Professions and Economic Development
Committee -1021 0 Street, Room 2100 SENATE HOUSING, WIENER, SCOTT, Chair,
AB 1287 (Alvarez) Density Bonus Law: additional density bonus and incentives or concessions.
(Amended: 6/21/2023) Link
Would require a city, county, or city and county to grant an additional density bonus, ca lculated as
specified, when (1) an applicant proposes to construct a housing development that conforms to
specified requirements, (2) t he applicant agrees to include additional rental or for-sale units affordable
to very low income households or moderate income households, as specified, and (3) the housing
development conforms to specified requirements and provides 24% of the total units to lower income
households, conforms to specified requirements and provides 15% of the total units to very low income
households, or conforms to specified requirements and provides 44% of the total units to moderate-
income units. The bill would require a city, county, or city and county to grant four incentives or
concessions for a project that includes at least 16% of the units for very low income households or at
least 45% for persons and families of moderate income in a development in which the units are for sale.
The bill would increase the ince ntives or concessions for a project in which 100% of all units are for
lower income households, as specified, from 4 to 5.
Status: 6/22/2023-Measure version as amended on June 21 corrected.
AB 1332 (Carrillo, Juan) Accessory dwelling units: preapproved plans. (Amended: 4/10/2023) Link
Would require each local agency, by January 1, 2025, to develop a program for the preapproval of
accessory dwelling unit plans, whereby the local agency accepts accessory dwelling unit plan
submissions for preapproval and approves or denies the preapproval applications, as specified. The bill
would authorize a local agency to charge a fee to an applicant for the preapproval of an accessory
dwelling unit plan, as specified. The bill would require the local agency to post preapproved accessory
dwelling unit plans and the contact information of the applicant on its internet website. The bill would
require a local agency to either approve or deny an application for a permit for a proposed accessory
dwelling unit within 30 days that utilizes either a preapproved accessory dwelling unit plan or a plan that
is identical to a plan used in an application for a detached accessory dwelling unit approved by the local
agency within the current triennial California Building Standards Code rulemaking cycle.
Status: 6/6/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com . on GOV. & F. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June
6). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
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AB 1490 (Lee) Affordable housing development projects: adaptive reuse. (Amended: 6/27/2023) Link
Current law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to give priority with
respect to funding under the Multifamily Housing Program to projects that prioritize adaptive reuse in
existing developed areas served with public infrastructure, as specified. Current law, the Housing
Accountability Act, which is part of the Planning and Zoning Law, prohibits a local agency from
disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible, a housing development
project, as defined for purposes of the act, for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or an
emergency shelter unless the local agency makes specified written findings based on a preponderance
of the evidence in the record. That act states that it shall not be construed to prohibit a local agency
from requiring a housing development project to comply with objective, quantifiable, written
development standards, conditions, and policies appropriate to, and consistent with, meeting the
jurisdiction's share of the regional housing need, except as provided. That act further provides that a
housing development project or emergency shelter shall be deemed consistent, compliant, and in
conformity with an applicable plan, program, policy, ordinance, standard, requirement, or other similar
provision if there is substantial evidence that would allow a reasonable person to conclude that the
housing development project or emergency shelter is consistent, compliant, or in conformity. Under this
bill, an extremely affordable adaptive reuse project on an infill parcel that is not located on or adjoined
to an industrial use site would be an allowable use. The bill would authorize a local agency to impose
objective design review standards, except as specified. The bill would provide that for purposes of the
Housing Accountability Act, a proposed housing development project is consistent, compliant, and in
conformity with an applicable plan, program, policy, ordinance, standard, requirement, or other similar
provision if the housing development project is consistent with the standards specified in these
provisions. The bill would require a local agency to determine whether the proposed development
meets those standards within specified timeframes.
Status: 6/27 /2023-From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to
committee. Read seco nd time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
AB 1505 (Rodriguez) Seismic retrofitting: soft story multifamily housing. (Amended: 7/3/2023) Link
Current law establishes the Seismic Retrofitting Program for Soft Story Multifamily Housing for the
purposes of providing financial assistance to owners of soft story multifamily housing for seismic
retrofitting to protect individuals living in multifamily housing that have been determined to be at risk of
collapse in earthquakes, as specified. Current law also establishes the Seismic Retrofitting Program for
Soft Story Multifamily Housing Fund, and its subsidiary account, the Seismic Retrofitting Account, within
the State Treasury. Current law provides that the Legislature will appropriate $250,000,000 from the
General Fund in the 2023-24 Budget Act to the Seismic Retrofitting Program for Soft Story Multifamily
Housing Fund for the purposes of carrying out the program. Current law requires the CRMP to develop
and administer the program, as specified. Existing law makes these provisions inoperative on July 1,
2042, and repeals them as of January 1, 2043. Current federal law, the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act, establishes various grant opportunities, including the Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program and Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grant program, to support hazard
mitigation projects. This bill would remove the requirement for the Legislature to appropriate
$250,000,000 from the General Fund in the 2023-24 Budget Act to the Seismic Retrofitting Program for
Soft Story Multifamily Housing Fund. The bill would authorize the Office of Emergency Services to
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dedicate federal Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and Building Resilient Infrastructure and
Communities application funding to specified projects to augment and support the Seismic Retrofitting
Program for Soft Story Multifamily Housing.
Status: 7 /3/2023-From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee.
Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O.
Calendar: 7/11/2023 9 a.m. -1021 0 Street, Room 1200 SENATE GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATION, DODD, BILL, Chair,
AB 1657 (Wicks) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024. (Amended: 4/17/2023) Link
Would enact the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024, which, if ~dopted, 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.
Status: 6/21/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June
20). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Calendar: 7/12/2023 Upon adjournment of Education Committee -10210 Street, Room
2100 SENATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE, CABALLERO, ANNA, Chair,
SB 4 (Wiener) Planning and zoning: housing development: higher education institutions and religious
institutions. (Amended: 6/30/2023) 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 housing element. That law allows a development
proponent to submit an application for a 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 Zenovich-Moscone-Chacon Housing and Home Finance Act establishes
the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee within the Department of Housing and Community
Development. Current law requires the committee to allocate state low-income housing tax credits in
conformity with state and federal law that establishes a maximum rent that may be charged to a tenant
for a project unit constructed using low-income housing tax credits. This bill would require that a
housing development project be a use by right upon the request of an applicant who submits an
application for streamlined approval, on any land owned by an independent institution of higher
education or religious institution on or before January 1, 2024, if the development satisfies specified
criteria, including that the development is not adjoined to any site where more than one-third of the
square footage on the site is dedicated to industrial use. The bill would define various terms for these
purposes. .
Status: 6/30/2023-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
Calendar: 7/10/2023 2:30 p.m. -State Capitol, Room 447 ASSEMBLY NATURAL RESOURCES, RIVAS, LUZ,
Chair,
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SB 423 (Wiener) Land use: streamlined housing approvals: multifamily housing developments.
(Amended: 6/30/2023) Link
The Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a
multifamily housing development that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process, as
provided, and not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development sat isfies specified objective
planning standards, including, among others, that the development proponent has committed t o 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, as specified, remain available at affordable housing
costs, as defined, or rent to persons and families of lower or moderate-income for no less than specified
periods of time. Current law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2026. This bill would authorize the
Department of General Services to act in the place of a locality or local government, at the discretion of
that department, for purposes of the ministerial, streamlined review for development in compliance
with the above-described requirements on property owned by or leased to the state. The bill would
extend the operation of the streamlined, ministerial approval process to January 1, 2036.
Status: 6/30/2023-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
Client Position: Oppose
Calendar: 7/10/2023 2:30 p.m. -State Capitol, Room 447 ASSEMBLY NATURAL RESOURCES, RIVAS, LUZ,
Chair,
Notes: 5/3/23: EN tagged as pending oppose and sent a draft letter to Jason and Allegra. 5/8/23 AB:
tagged as opposed and submitted letter of opposition through the Legislative portal. 5/8/23: EN emailed
letter to delegation. 6/9/23: EN submitted to Asm HCD, emailed delegation and governor's office.
6/21/23: EN submitted an updated letter to Asm HCD. 7 /3/23: EN submitted to Asm NR, emailed
delegation and governor's office.
SB 450 (Atkins) Housing development: approvals. (Amended: 3/16/2023) Link
Current law requires a proposed housing development containing no more than 2 residential units
within a single-family residential zone to be considered ministerially, without discretionary review or
hearing, if t he proposed housing development meets certain requirements, including that the proposed
housing development does not allow for the demolition of more than 25% of the existing exterior
structural wa lls, except as provided. Current law authorizes a local agency to impose objective zoning
standards, objective subdivision standards, and objective design standards, as defined, except as
specified, on the proposed housing development. Current law authorizes a local agency to deny a
proposed housing development if specified conditions are met, including that the building official makes
a written finding that the proposed housing development project would have a specific, adverse impact
upon public health and safety or the physical environment, as provided. This bill would remove the
requirement that a proposed housing development does not allow for the demolition of more than 25%
of the existing exterior structural walls to be considered ministerially. The bill would prohibit a loca l
agency from imposing objective zoning st andards, objective subdivision standards, and objective design
standards that do not apply uniformly to development w ithin the underlying zo ne. This bill would
remove the authorization for a local agency to deny a proposed housing development if the building
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official makes a written finding that the proposed housing development project would have a specific,
adverse impact upon the physical environment.
Status: 6/28/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 28).
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
SB 747 (Caballero) Land use: economic development: surplus land. (Amended: 6/30/2023) link
Would authorize a city, county, or city and cou nty, in addition to a sale or lease, to otherwise transfer
property to create an economic opportunity. The bill would make related, conforming changes. The bill
would additionally state the Legislature's intent is to ensure that residents of the state have access to
jobs that allow them to afford housing without the need for public subsidies.
Status: 6/30/2023-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Client Position: Support
Calendar: 7/12/2023 9:30 a.m. -State Capitol, Room 447 ASSEMBLY HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, WICKS, BUFFY, Chair,
Notes: 4/11/23 SG: Carlsbad Legislative Subcommittee adopt support position 4/12/23 SG/EN: Testified
in support in Senate Governance and Finance 4/13/23: EN sent draft letter to Jason and Allegra for
review. 4/24/23: SG testified in support in Senate Housing Committee 5/3/23: EN uploaded to Sen
Appropriations and emailed delegation. 6/21/23: EN submitted letter to Asm LG, emailed governor's
office and delegation. 7 /5/23: EN submitted to Asm HCD, emailed governor's office and delegation.
SB 834 {Portantino) Housing: California Family Home Construction and Homeownership Bond Act of
2023. {Amended: 5/2/2023) link
Would enact the California Family Home Construction and Homeownership Bond Act of 2023 (bond act),
which, if adopted, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $25,000,000,000 pursuant to
the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance the California Family Home Construction and
Homeownership Program, established as part of the bond act. The bill would authorize the California
Housing Finance Agency to award California Socially Responsible Second M ortgage Loans to eligible
applicants to use as a down payment or to pay closing costs on the purchase of a new home. The bill
would also authorize the agency to award Family Homeownership Opportunity Infrastructure
Improvement Loans to developers to be used for predevelopment infrastructure improvements and
other upfront costs typically incurred in connection with new home construction, under specified
conditions. The bill would require that moneys received from a loan recipient for the repayment of
financing provided under the program be used to pay debt service when due on bonds issued pursuant
to the bond act. The bill would also authorize the agency to issue revenue bonds for the purposes of
financing the program, as specified.
Status: 6/8/2023-Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Calendar: 7/12/2023 9:30 a.m. -State Capitol, Room 447 ASSEMBLY HOUSING AN D COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, WICKS, BUFFY, Chair,
Open Meetings and Transparency
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AB 557 (Hart) Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences. (Amended: 6/19/2023) Link
The Ralph M. Brown Act requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body of a
local agency, as those terms are defined, be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend
and participate. The act contains specified provisions regarding providing for the ability of the public to
observe and provide comment. The act allows for meetings to occur via teleconferencing subject to
certain requirements, particularly that the legislative body notice each teleconference location of each
member that will be participating in the public meeting, that each teleconference location be accessible
to the public, that members of the public be allowed to address the legislative body at each
teleconference location, that the legislative body post an agenda at each teleconference location, and
that at least a quorum of the legislative body participate from locations within the boundaries of the
local agency's jurisdiction. The act provides an exemption to the jurisdictional requirement for health
authorities, as defined. This bill would revise the authority of a legislative body to hold a teleconference
meeting under those abbreviated teleconferencing procedures when a declared state of emergency is in
effect. Specifically, the bill would extend indefinitely that authority in the circumstances under which the
legislative body either (1) meets for the pu rpose of determining whether, as a result of the emergency,
meeting in person would present imminent risks to the health or safety of attendees, or (2) has
previously made that determination.
Status: 6/29/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Client Position: Support
Calendar: 7/6/2023 #132 SENATE ASSEMBLY BILLS-THIRD READING FILE,
Notes: 4/7/2023 AB: Submitted letter of Support to the ASM. Local Government Committee and added
position. 6/1/23: EN submitted letter to Senate Gov Fi Committee, emailed City and delegation. 6/7 /23:
EN me too'd in Sen GF. 6/8/23: EN submitted letter to Sen Jud, emailed delegation and governor's office.
6/21/23: EN resubmitted to Sen Jud.
SB 537 (Becker) Open meetings: multijurisdictional, cross-county agencies: teleconferences.
(Amended: 4/24/2023) Link
Current law, under the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires that, during a 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. Current law, until January 1, 2024, authorizes the
legislative body of a local agency to use alternate teleconferencing provisions during a proclaimed state
of emergency or in other situations related to public health that exempt a legislative body from the
general requirements (emergency provisions) and impose different requirements for notice, agenda,
and public participation, as prescribed. The emergency provisions specify that they do not require a
legislative body to provide a physical location from which the public may attend or comment. Current
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.
Status: 6/15/2023-Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Calendar: 7/12/2023 9:30 a.m. -State Capitol, Room 126 ASSEMBLY LOCAL GOVER NM ENT, CARRILLO,
JUAN, Chair,
Public Safety and EMS
AB 33 (Bains) Fentanyl Addiction and Overdose Prevention Task Force. (Amended: 6/14/2023) Link
Would, subject to an appropriation, establish the Fentanyl Addiction and Overdose Prevention Task
Force to undertake various duties relating to fentanyl abuse, including, among others, collecting and
organizing data on the nature and extent of fentanyl abuse in California and evaluating approaches to
increase public awareness of fentanyl abuse. The bill would require the task force to be cochaired by the
Attorney General and the Surgeon General, or their designees, and would specify the membership of
the task force.
Status: 6/28/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To
Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Client Position: Pending Support
Notes: 5/24/23: EN tagged as pending support and sent a combined 3-bill letter to the City for review.
6/12/23: EN followed up with the City on the status of the letter.
AB 40 (Rodriguez) Emergency medical services. (Amended: 7/5/2023) Link
The Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act
creates the Emergency Medical Services Authority, which is responsible for the coordination of various
state activities concerning emergency medical services. Among other duties, current law requires the
authority to develop planning and implementation guidelines for EMS systems, provide technical
assistance to existing agencies, counties, and cities for the purpose of developing the components of
EMS systems, and receive plans for the implementation of EMS and trauma care systems from local EMS
agencies. Current law makes a violation of the act or regulations adopted pursuant to the act punishable
as a misdemeanor. This bill, on or before June 1, 2024, would require the authority to develop and
implement an electronic signature for use between the emergency department medical personnel at a
receiving hospital and the transporting emergency medical personnel that captures the points in time
when the hospital receives notification of ambulance arrival and when transfer of care is executed for
documentation of ambulance patient offload time, as defined. The bill would require every local EMS
agency, by March 1, 2024, to develop a standard not to exceed 30 minutes, 90% of the time, for
ambulance patient offload time and report the standardized time to the authority. The bill would also
require the authority to develop and implement by June 1, 2024, an audit tool to improve data accuracy
regarding transfer of care, as specified, and to provide technical assistance and funding as needed,
subject to an appropriation, for small rural hospitals and volunteer EMS providers to implement these
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provisions. The bill would require the authority to adopt emergency regulations to implement these
provisions on or before March 1, 2024.
Status: 7 /5/2023-From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee.
Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Client Position: Support
Calendar: 7/12/2023 Upon adjournment of Environmental Quality Committee -1021 0 Street, Room
1200 SENATE HEALTH, EGGMAN, SUSAN TALAMANTES, Chair,
Notes: 4/20/23: EN tagged as pending support. 4/20/23 SG: Draft letter of support sent to City 5/8/23:
EN submitted to Asm Approps, emailed delegation, and tagged as support. 6/8/23: EN submitted to Sen
Health, emailed delegation and governor's office.
AB 474 {Rodriguez) State Threat Assessment Center: transnational criminal organizations.
(Introduced: 2/7/2023) Link
Would find and declare that the State Threat Assessment Center (STAC) serves as California's
information-sharing clearinghouse of strategic threat analysis and situational awareness reporting for
statewide leadership and the public safety community, as specified, and that the STAC is California's
state primary fusion center, as designated by the Governor, and is operated by the Department of the
California Highway Patrol, the Office of Emergency Services, and the Department of Justice. The bill
would make other findings and declarations related to drug trafficking and transnational criminal
organizations.
Status: 6/28/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27).
Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
Client Position: Support
Calendar: 7/11/2023 9 a.m. -10210 Street, Room 1200 SENATE GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATION, DODD, BILL, Chair,
Notes: 5/24/23: EN tagged as pending support and sent a combined 3-bill letter to the City for review.
6/12/23: EN followed up with the City on the status of the letter. 7 /5/23: EN tagged as support,
submitted to Sen Governmental Organization, emailed delegation and governor's office.
AB 701 (Villapudua) Controlled substances: fentanyl. (Amended: 6/20/2023) Link
Current law classifies controlled substances into 5 schedules and places the greatest restrictions and
penalties on the use of those substances placed in Schedule I. Current law classifies the drug fentanyl in
Schedule II. Current law prohibits a person from possessing for sale or purchasing for purposes of sale
specified controlled substances, including fentanyl, and provides for imprisonment in a county jail for 2,
3, or 4 years for a violation of this provision. Current law also imposes an additional term, and authorizes
a trial court to impose a specified fine, upon a person who is convicted of a violation of, or of a
conspiracy to violate, specified provisions of law with respect to a substance containing heroin, cocaine
base, and coca ine, if the substance exceeds a specified weight. This bill would impose that additional
term upon, and authorize a fine against, a defendant who violates those laws with respect to a
substance containing fentanyl.
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Status: 6/28/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27).
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Client Position: Support
Notes: 5/24/23: EN tagged as pending support and sent a combined 3-bill letter to the City for review.
6/12/23: EN followed up with the City on the status of the letter. 7 /5/23: EN tagged as support,
submitted to Sen Appropriations, emailed delegation and governor's office.
AB 1082 (Kalra) Authority to remove vehicles. (Amended: 6/29/2023) Link
Current law authorizes a peace officer, as defined, or a regularly employed and·salaried employee, who
is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations, of a city, county, or jurisdiction
of a state agency in which a vehicle is located, to remove a vehicle located within the territorial limits in
which the officer or employee may act, under designated circumstances, including, but not limited to,
when a vehicle is found upon a highway or public land or removed pursuant to the Vehicle Code, and
has been issued 5 or more notices of parking violations to which the owner or person in control of the
vehicle has not responded within a designated time period. Under current law, a vehicle that has been
removed and impounded under those circumstances that is not released may be subject to a lien sale to
compensate for the costs of towage and for caring for and keeping safe the vehicle. Current law
authorizes a peace officer and specified public employees, as an alternative to removal of a vehicle, to
immobilize the vehicle with a device designed and manufactured for that purpose, if, among other
circumstances, the vehicle is found upon a highway or public lands by the peace officer or employee and
it is known to have been issued 5 or more notices of parking violations that are delinquent because the
owner or person in control of the vehicle has not responded to the appropriate agency within a
designated time period. This bill would instead allow only an agent of public higher educational
institutions, including the University of California, California State University, and California Community
Colleges, to remove or immobilize a vehicle under those circumstances.
Status: 6/29/2023-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUBS.
Calendar: 7/11/2023 8:30 a.m. -1021 0 Street, Room 2200 SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY, WAHAB, AISHA,
Chair,
AB 1329 (Maienschein) County jail incarcerated persons: identification card pilot program.
(Amended: 4/12/2023) Link
Current law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of Motor
Vehicles {OMV) to ensure that any eligible inmate, as defined, released from state prison has a valid
identification card. Current law authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the
OMV to provide a renewed driver's license in lieu of an identification card if the inmate meets specified
criteria. Existing law defines "eligible inmate," in part, as a person who has previously held a California
driver's license or identification card, who has a usable photo on file with the Department of Motor
Vehicles, and who meets certain requirements, including that they have provided, and the Department
of Motor Vehicles has verified, specified information, such as the inmate's true full name. Current law
requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to the extent administratively feasible and
within available resources, to facilitate the process between an eligible inmate and the agencies holding
documentation required for the issuance of an identification card, as specified. This bill would authorize
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the Sheriff's Department of the County of San Diego and the DMV to implement a pilot program based
on the above-described provisions to provide eligible incarcerated persons, as defined, a valid
identification card or driver's license when they are released from a County of San Diego detention
facility.
Status: 6/28/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To
Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
AB 1463 (Lowenthal) Automated license plate recognition systems : retention and use of information.
(Amended: 7/3/2023) Link
Current law requires automated license plate recognition (ALPR) operators and ALPR end-users, as those
terms are defined, to implement usage and privacy policies and to maintain reasonable security
procedures and practices regarding ALPR information, as specified. Current law requires the usage and
privacy policy implemented by an ALPR operator or an ALPR end-user to include the length of time ALPR
information will be retained and the process the ALPR operator or ALPR end-user will utilize to
determine if and when to destroy retained ALPR information. This bill would require an ALPR operator
or ALPR end-user that is a public agency, excluding an airport authority, to include in those policies,
procedures, and practices a requirement that ALPR information that does not match information on a
hot list, as defined, be purged in 30 days, as specified. The bill would also prohibit those ALPR operators
and end-users from accessing ALPR information that is older than 60 days, except as specified.
Status: 7 /3/2023-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: 7/11/2023 9 a.m. -10210 Street, Room 2100 SENATE JUDICIARY, UM BERG, THOMAS, Chair,
SB 2 (Portantino) Firearms. (Amended: 6/29/2023) Link
Current law prohibits a person from carrying a concealed firearm or carrying a loaded firearm in public.
Current law authorizes a licensing authority, as specified, if good cause exists for the issuance, and
subject totertain other criteria including, among other things, the applicant is of good moral character
and has completed a specified course of training, to issue a license to carry a concealed handgun or to
carry a loaded and exposed handgun, as specified. Under existing law, the required course of training for
an applicant is no more than 16 hours and covers firearm safety and laws regarding the permissible use
of a firearm. This bill would require the licensing authority to issue or renew a license if the applicant is
not a disqualified person for the license and the applicant is at least 21 years of age. The bill would
remove the good character and good cause requirements from the issuance criteria. Under the bill, the
applicant would be a disqualified person if they, among other things, are reasonably likely to be a
danger to self, others, or the community at large, as specified. This bill would add the requirement that
the applicant be the recorded owner, with the Department of Justice, of the pistol, revolver, or other
firearm capable of being concealed upon the person. This bill would change the training requirement to
be no less than 16 hours in length and would add additional subjects to the'course including, among
other things, the safe storage and legal transportation of firearms.
Status: 6/29/2023-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Amended
6/29/2023)
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SB 19 (Seyarto) Anti-Fentanyl Abuse Task Force. (Amended: 6/22/2023) Link
Would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, establish the Anti-Fentanyl Abuse Task Force to
undertake various duties relating to fentanyl abuse including, among others, collecting and organizing
data on the nature and extent offentanyl abuse in California and evaluating approaches to increase
public awareness of fentanyl abuse. The bill would require the task force to be chaired by the Attorney
General, or their designee, and would specify the membership of the task force. The bill would require
the first meeting of the task force to take place no later than March 1, 2024, and would require the task
force to meet at least once every 2 months. The bill would require the task force to report its findings
and recommendations to the Attorney General, the Governor, and the Legislature by July 1, 2025. The
bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2026.
Status: 6/22/2023-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Client Position: Support
Calendar: 7/11/2023 9 a.m. -State Capitol, Room 126 ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY, JONES-SAWYER,
REGINALD, Chair,
Notes: 6/13/23: EN tagged as pending support. 6/26/23: EN sent a letter to the City for review. 7 /5/23:
EN tagged as support, submitted to Asm Public Safety, emailed delegation and governor's office.
SB 400 (Wahab) Peace officers: confidentiality of records. (Amended: 6/14/2023) Link
The California Public Records Act generally requires public records to be open for inspection by the
public. Current law provides numerous exceptions to this requirement. Under current law, the
personnel records of peace officers and custodial officers are confidential and not subject to public
inspection. Current law provides certain exemptions to this confidentiality, including the reports,
investigations, and findings of certain incidents involving the use of force by a peace officer. This bill
would clarify that this confidentiality does not prohibit an agency that formerly employed a peace
officer or custodial officer from disclosing the termination for cause of that officer, as specified.
Status: 6/15/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 7/6/2023 #34 ASSEMBLY THIRD READING FILE -SENATE BILLS,
Revenue and Taxation
ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry) Local government financing: affordable housing and public infrastructure: voter
approval. (Amended: 5/30/2023) Link
The California Constitution prohibits the ad valorem tax rate on real property from exceeding 1% of the
full cas h value of the property, subject to ce rtain exceptions. This measure would create an additional
exception to the 1% limit that would authorize a city, county, city and county, or special district to levy
an ad valorem tax to service bonded indebtedness incurred to fund the construction, reconstruction,
rehabilitation, or replacement of public infrastructure, affordable housing, or permanent supportive
housing, or the acquisition or lease of real property for those purposes, if the proposition proposing that
tax is approved by 55% of the voters of the city, county, or city and county, as applicable, and the
proposition includes specified accountability requirements. The measure would specify that these
provisions apply to any city, county, city and county, or special district measure imposing an ad valorem
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tax to pay the interest and redemption charges on bonded indebtedness for these purposes that is
submitted at the same election as this measure.
Status: 5/31/2023-Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Calendar: 7/12/2023 9:30 a.m. -State Capitol, Room 126 ASSEMBLY LOCAL GOVER NM ENT, CARRILLO,
JUAN, Chair,
Transportation and Public Works
AB 6 (Friedman) Transportation planning: regional transportation plans: Solutions for Congested
Corridors Program: reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. (Amended: 3/16/2023) Link
Current law requires that each regional transportation plan also include a sustainable communities
strategy prepared by each metropolitan planning organization in order to, among other things, achieve
certain targets established by the State Air Resources Board for the reduct ion of greenhouse gas
emissions from automobiles and light trucks in the region for 2020 and 2035, respectively. This bill
would requ ire the state board, after January 1, 2024, and not later than September 30, 2026, to
establish additional targets for 2035 and 2045, respectively, as specified.
Status: 6/14/2023-Referred to Corns. on TRANS. and E.Q.
AB 7 (Friedman) Transportation: planning: project selection processes. (Amended: 6/28/2023) Link
The Transportation Agency is under the supervision of the Secretary of Transportation, who has the
power of general supervision over 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 secretary, among other duties, is charged with developing and reporting to the
Governor on legislative, budgetary, and administrative programs to accomplish coordinated planning
and policy formulation in matters of public interest, including transportation projects. On and after
January 1, 2025, and to the extent applicable and cost effective, this bill would require the agency, the
Department of Transportation, and the Ca lifornia Transportation Com mission to incorporate specified
principles into their existing program funding guidelines and processes.
Status: 6/28/2023-From committee cha ir, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to
committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
Calendar: 7/11/2023 1:30 p.m. -10210 Street, Room 1200 SENATE TRANSPORTATION, GONZALEZ,
LENA, Chair,
AB 334 (Rubio, Blanca) Public contracts: conflicts of interest. (Amended: 6/7/2023) Link
Current law prohibits members of the Legislature and state, county, district, judicial district, and city
officers or employees from being financially interested in any contract made by them in their official
capacity, or by any body or board of which they are members. Current law authorizes the Fair Political
Practices Commission to commence an administrative or civil action against persons who violate this
prohibition, as prescribed, and includes provisions for the collection of penalties after the time for
judicial review of a commission order or decision has lapsed, or if all means of judicial review of the .
order or decision have been exhausted. Current law identifies certain remote interests in contracts that
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are not subject to this prohibition and other situations in which an official is not deemed to be
financially interested in a contract. Existing law makes a willful violation of this prohibition a crime. This
bill would establish that an independent contractor, who meets specified requirements, is not an officer
for purposes of being subject to the prohibition on being financially interested in a contract.
Status: 6/14/2023-Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Calendar: 7/6/2023 Upon adjournment of Session -1021 0 Street, Room
2100 SENATE JUDICIARY, UM BERG, THOMAS, Chair,
AB 965 (Carrillo, Juan) Local government: broadband permit applications. (Amended: 6/7/2023) Link
Would require a local agency to undertake batch broadband permit processing, as defined, upon
receiving 2 or more broadband permit applications for substantially similar broadband project sites
submitted at the same time by the same applicant, within a presumptively reasonable time, as defined.
The bill would define "local agency" for these purposes to mean a city, county, city and county, charter
city, special district, or publicly owned utility, other than certain publicly owned electric utilities. If a
local agency does not approve those broadband permit applications for substantially similar broadband
project sites and issue permits, or reject the applications and notify the applicants, within the
presumptively reasonable time or longer period permitted under applicable law, the bill would require
that all of those permits be deemed approved. The bill would authorize a local agency to place
reasonable limits on the number of broadband project sites t hat are grouped into a single permit while
undertaking batch broadband permit processing, as specified. The bill would provide that a local agency
may only remove a broadband project site from grouping under a single permit under mutual
agreement with the applicant or to expedite the approval of other substantially similar broadband
project sites. The bill, if a local agency denies a broadband permit application, would require the local
agency t o notify the applicant in writing of the reasons for the denial. The bill would specify that these
provisions do not apply to eligible facility requests, as defined.
Status: 6/20/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June
20). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Calendar: 7/12/2023 Upon adjournment of Education Committee -1021 0 Street, Room
2100 SENATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE, CABALLERO, ANNA, Chair,
AB 971 (Lee) Vehicles: transit-only traffic lanes. (Amended: 6/1/2023) Link
Current law prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle, or stopping, parking, or leaving a vehicle
standing, on a portion of the highway designated for the exclusive use of public transit buses, subject to
specified exceptions. Current law also requires a public transit agency, with the agreement of the agency
with jurisdiction over the highway, to place and maintain signs and traffic control devices indicating that
a portion of a highway is designat ed for the exclusive use of public transit buses, as specified. This bill
would instead make these provisions applicable to transit-only traffic lanes. The bill would define
t ransit-only traffic lanes as any designated transit-only lane on which use is restrict ed to mass transit
vehicles, or other designated vehicles including taxis and van pools, during posted times. The bill would
instead require a public transit agency or the agency with jurisd iction over the highway to place and
maintain signs and traffic co ntrol devices indicating that a portion of highway is designated as a transit-
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only traffic lane and require the public transit agency and the agency with jurisdiction over the highway
to develop these signs and traffic control devices in coordination with one another.
Status: 6/22/2023-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). In Assembly.
Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 24 pursuant to
Assembly Rule 77.
Calendar: 7/6/2023 #4 ASSEMBLY CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS,
SB 295 (Dodd) Vehicles: regulations on public property. (Amended: 3/15/2023) Link
Current law authorizes a public agency to adopt rules or regulations to restrict, or specify the conditions
for, the use of bicycles, motorized bicycles, electric bicycles, skateboards, electrically motorized boards,
and roller skates on public property under the jurisdiction of that agency, as specified. This bill would
additionally include certain transportation devices for the purposes of this provision, including, among
other things, scooters, pocket bicycles, and golf carts, as specified.
Status: 6/16/2023-June 26 hearing postponed by committee.
SB 381 (Min) Electric bicycles: study. (Amended: 6/19/2023) Link
Would require the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University, in consultation with
relevant stakeholders, to, on or before January 1, 2026, conduct a study on electric bicycles to inform
efforts to improve the safety of users of the transportation system, and to submit a report of the
findings from the study to the Legislature. The bill would require the study to examine, identify, and
analyze available information regarding, among other things, data on injuries, crashes, emergency room
visits, and deaths related to bicycles and electric bicycles and best practices for policy to promote safe
use of electric bicycles.
Status: 7 /5/2023-VOTE: Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with
recommendation: To Consent Calendar (PASS)
Client Position: Support
Notes: 5/8/23 AB: Added tracking form, tagged support and submitted letter to support through the
Legislative portal. 5/8/23: EN emailed letter to delegation. 6/6/23: EN submitted to Asm Transportation
and emailed delegation and governor's office. 6/23/23: EN resubmitted to Asm Transportation.
SB 538 (Portantino) Department of Transportation: Chief Advisor on Bicycling and Active
Transportation. (Amended: 4/18/2023) Link
Current law establishes the Department of Transportation and provides that the Director of
Transportation shall perform all duties, exercise all powers and jurisdiction, assume and discharge all
responsibilities, and carry out and effect all purposes vested by law in the department, except as
otherwise provided by law. This bill would require the director to appoint a Chief Advisor on Bicycling
and Active Transportation, to serve as the department's primary advisor on all issues related to bicycle
transportation, safety, and infrastructure, as specified.
Status: 7 /5/2023-VOTE: Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations) (PASS)
SB 677 (Blakespear) Intercity rail: LOSSAN Rail Corridor. (Amended: 4/17/2023) Link
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Current 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 a particular corridor,
including the LOSSAN Rail Corridor. Current law provides for the allocation of state funds by the
secretary to a joint powers board under an interagency transfer agreement based on an annual business
plan for the intercity rail corridor and subsequent appropriation of state funds. Existing law requires the
joint powers board to submit the annual business plan to the secretary for review and recommendation
by April 1 of each yea r. Current law requires the business plan to include, among other things, a report
on the performance of the corridor service, an overall operating plan, short-term and long-term capital
improvement programs, funding requirements for the upcoming fiscal year, and an action plan with
specific performance goals and objectives. This bill would require the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, as
part of the annual business plan submitted to the secretary, to include a description of the effects of
climate change on the LOSSAN corridor, to identify projects planned to increase climate resiliency on the
corridor, and to discuss possible funding options for those identified projects, as specified. To the extent
the bill would add to the duties of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, the bill would impose a state-
mandated local program.
Status: 6/27 /2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To
consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
SB 706 (Caballero) Public contracts: progressive design-build: local agencies. (Amended: 6/28/2023)
Link
Current law, until January 1, 2029, authorizes local agencies, defined as any city, county, city and county,
or special district authorized by law to provide for the production, storage, supply, treatment, or
distribution of any water from any source, to use the progressive design-build process for up to 15
public works projects in excess of $5,000,000 for each project, similar to the progressive design-build
process authorized for use by the Director of General Services. This bill would, until January 1, 2030,
provide additional authority for cities, counties, cities and counties, or special districts to use the
progressive design-build process for up to 10 public works in excess of $5,000,000, not limited to water-
related projects, excluding projects on state-owned or state-operated facilities. The bill would require
information to be provided under penalty of perjury and would require similar reports due no later than
December 31, 2028.
Status: 6/28/2023-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Water and Wastewater
AB 305 (Villapudual California Flood Protection Bond Act of 2024. (Amended: 4/25/2023) Link
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.
Status: 6/14/2023-Referred to Corns. on N.R. & W. and GOV. & F.
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AB 676 (Bennett) Water: general state policy. (Amended: 6/12/2023) Link
Current law establishes various state water policies, including the policy that the use of water for
domestic purposes is the highest use of water and that the next highest use is for irrigation. This bill
would specify that the use of water for domestic purposes includes water use for human consumption,
cooking, sanitary purposes, and care of household livestock, animals, and gardens.
Status: 6/22/2023-ln committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
Calendar: 7/10/2023 Upon adjournment of Military and Veterans Affairs Committee -1021 0 Street,
Room 2200 SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER, MIN, DAVE, Chair,
AB 1572 (Friedman) Potable water: nonfunctional turf. (Amended: 6/19/2023) Link
Would make legislative findings and declarations concerning water use, including that the use of potable
water to irrigate nonfunctional turf is wasteful and incompatible with state policy relating to climate
change, water conservation, and reduced reliance on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta ecosystem. The
bill would direct all appropriate state agencies to encourage and support the elimination of irrigation of
nonfunctional turf with potable water.
Status: 7 /3/2023-VOTE: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on
[Appropriations] (PASS)
ACA 2 (Alanis) Public resources: Water and Wildfire Resiliency Act of 2023. (Introduced: 12/5/2022)
Link
Would establish the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund within the State Treasury, and would require
the Treasurer to annually transfer an amount equal to 3% of all state revenues that may be appropriated
as described from the General Fund to the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund. The measure would
require the moneys in the fund to be appropriated by the Legis lature and would require that 50% of the
moneys in the fund be used for water projects, as specified, and that the other 50% of the moneys in the
fund be used for forest maintenance and health projects, as specified.
Status: 4/20/2023-Referred to Corns. on W., P., & W. and NAT. RES.
SB 745 (Cortese) The Drought-Resistant Buildings Act. (Amended: 6/13/2023) Link
Would require the California Building Standards Commission to research, develop, and propose building
standards to reduce potable water use in new residential and nonresidential buildings, as specified. The
bill would require the commission to perform a review of water efficiency and water reuse standards in
the California Buildings Standards Code every 3 years, commencing with the next triennial edition, and
update as needed.
Status: 6/21/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June
20). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Calendar: 7/12/2023 9:30 a.m. -State Capitol, Room 447 ASSEMBLY HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, WICKS, BUFFY, Chair,
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