1 City of Bakersfield: Positioned Bills
As of May 31, 2024
Bill Number Summary Position/Date
Taken
Legislative Platform Status
AB 1779 (Irwin) Theft: jurisdiction This bill restores cross- jurisdictional prosecutions.
Pending Support Support legislation that
strengthens penalties for
chronic low level offenses
including drug, property
crime, and violent offenses.
This bill is in the
Senate Public
Safety Committee.
AB 1802 (Jones-Sawyer) Crimes:
organized theft
This bill makes permanent the
crime of organized retail theft and
the operation of the CHP property
crimes task force.
Pending Support Support legislation that
strengthens penalties for
chronic low level offenses
including drug, property
crime, and violent offenses.
This bill is in the
Senate Public
Safety Committee.
AB 1960 (Soria) Sentencing
enhancements: property loss
This bill provides enhanced
penalties for individuals who take
or destroy property while
committing a felony.
Pending Support Support legislation that
strengthens penalties for
chronic low level offenses
including drug, property
crime, and violent offenses.
This bill is in the
Senate Public
Safety Committee.
AB 1972 (Alanis) Regional property
crimes task force
This bill expands the CHP property
crimes task forces to combat
increased levels of cargo theft.
Pending Support Support legislation that
strengthens the ability of the
City to create safe
environments and well-being
for all.
This bill is in the
Senate Public
Safety Committee.
2 AB 1978 (Fong) Vehicles: speed
contests
This bill allows peace officers to
seize a vehicle that aids and abets
street races without taking the
owner of the vehicle into custody.
Support
March 29, 2024
Support legislation that
strengthens the ability of the
City to create safe
environments and well-being
for all.
The bill is in the
Senate Rules
Committee
pending referral to
a policy committee.
AB 2186 (Fong) Vehicles:
impoundment
This bill makes clear that vehicles
involved in exhibitions of speed or
other sideshow contests in parking
lots are subject to the same
impoundment laws as those that
take place on roadways.
Support
March 29, 2024
Support legislation that
strengthens the ability of the
City to create safe
environments and well-being
for all.
The bill is in the
Senate Rules
Committee
pending referral to
a policy committee.
AB 2557 (Ortega) Local agencies:
contracts for special services and
temporary help: performance reports
This bill requires each person who
enters into a specified contract for
special services with the board of
supervisors to submit semiannual
performance reports every 180
days, to the board of supervisors
and the exclusive representative of
the employee organization. The
bill would require the board or its
representative to monitor
semiannual performance reports
to evaluate the quality of services.
The bill would require contract
terms exceeding 2 years to
undergo a performance audit by
an independent auditor approved
by the board to determine
whether the performance
standards are being met.
Oppose
April 15, 2024
Support maximum flexibility
for local governments in
contracting and contract
negotiations.
The bill is in the
Senate Local
Government
Committee.
AB 2561 (McKinnor) Local public
employees: vacant positions
This bill requires each public
agency with bargaining unit
vacancy rates exceeding 10% for
more than 90 days within the past
Oppose
May 3, 2024
Oppose measures that reduce
local control over employee
relations issues or mandate
new or enhanced local
The bill is in the
Senate Rules
Committee
3 180 days to meet and confer with
a representative of the recognized
employee organization to produce,
publish, and implement a plan
consisting of specified
components to fill all vacant
positions within the subsequent
180 days.
government employee
benefits.
pending referral to
a policy committee.
AB 2943 (Zbur & Speaker Rivas)
Crimes: shoplifting
This bill creates a new felony to
combat retail theft, gets at root
causes of why people steal, makes
it easier for law enforcement to
arrest those who steal, and
facilitates the aggregation of
different thefts.
Pending Support Support legislation that
strengthens penalties for
chronic low level offenses
including drug, property
crime, and violent offenses.
This bill is in the
Senate Public
Safety Committee.
AB 3209 (Berman & Speaker Rivas)
Crimes: theft: retail theft restraining
orders
This bill authorizes courts to
impose a Retail Crime Restraining
Order.
Pending Support Support legislation that
strengthens penalties for
chronic low level offenses
including drug, property
crime, and violent offenses.
This bill is in the
Senate Public
Safety Committee.
SB 363 (Eggman) Facilities for
inpatient and residential mental
health and substance use disorder:
database
This bill requires the State
Department of Health Care
Services in consultation with the
State Department of Public Health
and the State Department of
Social Services, to develop a real-
time, internet-based database to
collect, aggregate, and display
information about beds to identify
the availability of inpatient and
residential mental health or
substance use disorder treatment.
Support
March 27, 2023
Support measures that
provide resources to address
the mental health needs of
persons experiencing
homelessness.
The bill was held in
the Assembly
Appropriations
Committee on
September 1, 2023,
but could
potentially be
revived during the
last weeks of
session in 2024.
4 SB 905 (Wiener) Crimes: theft from a
vehicle
This bill removes the locked door
loophole for automotive property
thefts.
Pending Support Support legislation that
strengthens the ability of the
City to create safe
environments and well-being
for all.
This bill is in the
Assembly Public
Safety Committee.
SB 908 (Cortese) Fentanyl: child
deaths
This bill requires the California
Department of Public Health
(CDPH) to spread awareness of the
increase in opioid overdoses and
develop guidelines to protect and
prevent fentanyl-related deaths of
children zero to five.
Pending Support Support legislation and budget
proposals that expand
behavioral health treatment.
This bill is in the
Assembly Health
Committee.
SB 909 (Umberg) Steven M. Thompson
Physician Corps Loan Repayment
Program
This bill addresses physician
shortages in underserved areas by
eliminating the cap on the Steven
M. Thompson loan repayment
program for physicians who agree
to provide direct patient care in an
underserved area for 36 months.
Pending Support Support legislation and
funding efforts that aim to
reduce the City’s public health
disparities.
This bill is in the
Assembly Health
Committee.
SB 910 (Umberg) Treatment court
program standards
This bill establishes statewide
standards used by collaborative
courts to improve programming,
drug testing, and medication-
assisted treatment for individuals
moving through the criminal
justice system.
Pending Support Support legislation and budget
proposals that expand
behavioral health treatment.
This bill is in the
Assembly Rules
Committee
pending referral to
a policy committee.
SB 950 (Skinner) Reentry from
incarceration: programs and benefits
This bill expands the number of re-
entry hubs to provide more warm
hand-offs and treatment options
to individuals returning home
from the criminal justice system.
*Would include corresponding
budget action to align state
reimbursement models with
Pending Support Support funding and
legislation that provides
resources for local agencies to
provide referral services for
persons experiencing
homelessness.
This bill is in the
Assembly Public
Safety Committee.
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potential.
SB 982 (Wahab) Crimes: organized
theft
This bill cements the work
California has done on organized
crime by making the law on
organized retail theft permanent.
Pending Support Support legislation that
strengthens penalties for
chronic low level offenses
including drug, property
crime, and violent offenses.
This bill is in the
Assembly Rules
Committee
pending referral to
a policy committee.
SB 1144 (Skinner) Marketplaces:
online marketplaces
This bill disrupts the sale of stolen
goods on online marketplaces by
requiring that third-party sellers
be certified, and bans sellers
suspected of criminal activity from
operating through online
marketplace platforms.
Pending Support Support legislation that
strengthens penalties for
chronic low level offenses
including drug, property
crime, and violent offenses.
This bill is in the
Assembly Rules
Committee
pending referral to
a policy committee.
SB 1242 (Min) Crimes: fires This bill requires courts to impose higher penalties on criminals who
create fires in order to engage in
retail theft. The higher penalties
do not impact Proposition 47.
Pending Support Support legislation that
strengthens the ability of the
City to create safe
environments and well-being
for all.
This bill is in the
Assembly Rules
Committee
pending referral to
a policy committee.
SB 1319 (Wahab) Skilled nursing
facilities: approval to provide
therapeutic behavioral health
programs
This bill expedites approval of
projects that expand the
continuum of substance use
disorder rehab facilities.
Pending Support Support legislation and budget
proposals that expand
behavioral health treatment.
This bill is in the
Assembly Rules
Committee
pending referral to
a policy committee.
SB 1320 (Wahab) Mental health and
substance use disorder treatment
This bill requires health plans to
develop a mechanism to
reimburse providers who provide
primary care and behavioral
health integrated services.
Pending Support Support legislation and budget
proposals that expand
behavioral health treatment.
This bill is in the
Assembly Health
Committee.
SB 1385 (Roth) Medi-Cal: Supervising
providers
This bill supports navigators in
hospital emergency departments
and in the criminal justice system
to ensure patients and justice-
involved individuals are connected
Pending Support Support legislation and budget
proposals that expand
behavioral health treatment.
This bill is in the
Assembly Rules
Committee
pending referral to
a policy committee.
6 to evidence-based treatment for
opioid use disorder and to ongoing
treatment services. *Would
include corresponding budget
action to ensure navigators receive
support training.
SB 1414 (Grove) Solicitation of a minor This bill increases the punishment for the crime of solicitation of a
minor under the age of 16 from a
misdemeanor to a felony.
Pending Support Support legislation that
strengthens the ability of the
City to create safe
environments and well-being
for all.
This bill is in the
Assembly Rules
Committee
pending referral to
a policy committee.
SB 1416 (Newman) Sentencing
enhancements: sale, exchange, or
return of stolen property
This bill increases penalties on
professional organized retail theft
in particularly significant large-
scale resale schemes.
Pending Support Support legislation that
strengthens penalties for
chronic low level offenses
including drug, property
crime, and violent offenses.
This bill is in the
Assembly Rules
Committee
pending referral to
a policy committee.
SB 1442 (Ochoa Bogh & Skinner)
Point-of-care tests for fentanyl
This bill empowers CalRX to supply
California with vital United States
Food and Drug Administration
(USFDA) approved testing and
health assessment equipment,
which will help increase access to
affordable fentanyl testing strips
for diagnostics purposes.
Pending Support Support legislation and budget
proposals that expand
behavioral health treatment.
This bill is in the
Assembly Rules
Committee
pending referral to
a policy committee.
SB 1494 (Glazer) Local agencies: Sales
and Use Tax: retailers.
This bill prohibits a local agency
from entering into, renewing, or
extending any form of agreement
that would result, directly or
indirectly, in the payment, transfer,
diversion, or rebate of Bradley-
Burns local tax revenues to any
retailer.
Oppose
May 3, 2024
Oppose legislation that
eliminates or restricts the
taxing authority of cities.
The bill was held
on the Senate Floor
on May 24, 2024.
SB 1502 (Ashby) Controlled
substances: xylazine
This bill Prevents illicit use and
trafficking of Xylazine (aka
Pending Support Support legislation that
strengthens the ability of the
This bill is in the
Assembly Rules
7 “tranq”), an animal tranquilizer
with no approved human use that
is increasingly being found in the
illicit drug supply and has been
linked to rising overdose deaths
across the country.
City to create safe
environments and well-being
for all.
Committee
pending referral to
a policy committee.