1 City of Bakersfield: Posi�oned Bills
As of August 5, 2024
Bill Number Summary Posi�on/Date
Taken
Legisla�ve Pla�orm Status
AB 1978 (Sanchez) 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 legisla�on that
strengthens the ability of the
City to create safe
environments and well-being
for all.
The bill is in the
Senate
Appropria�ons
Commitee.
AB 2186 (Wallis) Vehicles:
impoundment
This bill makes clear that vehicles
involved in exhibi�ons 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 legisla�on that
strengthens the ability of the
City to create safe
environments and well-being
for all.
The bill is in the
Senate
Appropria�ons
Commitee.
AB 2357 (Bains) University of
California: school of medicine:
University of California Kern County
Medical Educa�on Endowment Fund
This bill will create the University of
California Kern County Medical
Educa�on Endowment Fund to
support opera�onal costs for a
University of California School of
Medicine branch campus in Kern
County.
Support
July 8, 2024
Support efforts that impact
the City’s ability to enhance
the well-being, quality of life,
health, and safety of
residents; and stabilize and
enhance jobs and economic
growth.
The bill is in the
Senate
Appropria�ons
Commitee.
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
Oppose
April 15, 2024
Support maximum flexibility
for local governments in
contrac�ng and contract
nego�a�ons.
The bill is in the
Senate
Appropria�ons
Commitee.
2 performance reports every 180 days,
to the board of supervisors and the
exclusive representa�ve of the
employee organiza�on. The bill would
require the board or its representa�ve
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.
AB 2561 (McKinnor) Local public
employees: vacant posi�ons
This bill requires each public agency
with bargaining unit vacancy rates
exceeding 10% for more than 90 days
within the past 180 days to meet and
confer with a representa�ve of the
recognized employee organiza�on to
produce, publish, and implement a
plan consis�ng of specified
components to fill all vacant posi�ons
within the subsequent 180 days.
Oppose
May 3, 2024
Oppose measures that reduce
local control over employee
rela�ons issues or mandate
new or enhanced local
government employee
benefits.
The bill is in the
Senate
Appropria�ons
Commitee.
AB 3029 (Bains) Controlled
substances
This bill will add xylazine to Schedule
III of the federal Controlled Substances
Act.
Support
July 8, 2024
Support legisla�on that
reforms the state’s behavioral
health and substance abuse
policies and programs.
The bill is in the
Senate
Appropria�ons
Commitee.
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.
Support
July 26, 2024
Support legisla�on and budget
proposals that expand
behavioral health treatment.
This bill is on the
Assembly
Appropria�ons
Suspense File.
3 SB 909 (Umberg) Steven M.
Thompson Physician Corps Loan
Repayment Program
This bill addresses physician shortages
in underserved areas by elimina�ng
the cap on the Steven M. Thompson
loan repayment program for
physicians who agree to provide direct
pa�ent care in an underserved area
for 36 months.
Support
July 26, 2024
Support legisla�on and
funding efforts that aim to
reduce the City’s public health
dispari�es.
This bill is on the
Assembly Floor.
SB 910 (Umberg) Treatment court
program standards
This bill establishes statewide
standards used by collabora�ve courts
to improve programming, drug tes�ng,
and medica�on-assisted treatment for
individuals moving through the
criminal jus�ce system.
Support
July 26, 2024
Support legisla�on and budget
proposals that expand
behavioral health treatment.
This bill is in the
Assembly
Appropria�ons
Commitee.
SB 950 (Skinner) Reentry from
incarcera�on: programs and benefits
This bill expands the number of re-
entry hubs to provide more warm
hand-offs and treatment op�ons to
individuals returning home from the
criminal jus�ce system. *Would
include corresponding budget ac�on
to align state reimbursement models
with federal rules to maximize funding
poten�al.
Support
July 26, 2024
Support funding and
legisla�on that provides
resources for local agencies to
provide referral services for
persons experiencing
homelessness.
This bill is in the
Assembly
Appropria�ons
Commitee.
SB 1319 (Wahab) Skilled nursing
facili�es: approval to provide
therapeu�c behavioral health
programs
This bill expedites approval of projects
that expand the con�nuum of
substance use disorder rehab facili�es.
Support
July 26, 2024
Support legisla�on and budget
proposals that expand
behavioral health treatment.
This bill is on the
Assembly
Appropria�ons
Suspense File.
SB 1414 (Grove) Solicita�on of a
minor
This bill increases the punishment for
the crime of solicita�on of a minor
under the age of 16 from a
misdemeanor to a felony.
Support
July 1, 2024
Support legisla�on that
strengthens the ability of the
City to create safe
environments and well-being
for all.
This bill is in the
Assembly
Appropria�ons
Commitee.
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 Administra�on (USFDA)
Support
July 26, 2024
Support legisla�on and budget
proposals that expand
behavioral health treatment.
This bill is on the
Assembly
4 approved tes�ng and health
assessment equipment, which will
help increase access to affordable
fentanyl tes�ng strips for diagnos�cs
purposes.
Appropria�ons
Suspense File.
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 legisla�on that
eliminates or restricts the
taxing authority of ci�es.
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 “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.
Support
July 1, 2024
Support legisla�on that
strengthens the ability of the
City to create safe
environments and well-being
for all.
This bill was held in
the Assembly
Public Safety
Commitee on June
3, 2024.