AGENDA REPORT
Meeting Date: March 21, 2023
Item Number:
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council
From: Cynthia Owens, Municipal Affairs Program Manager
Subject: APPROVAL OF THE BEVERLY HILLS CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE / LOBBY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT,
SUPPORT IF AMENDED, AND/OR OPPOSE VARIOUS FEDERAL
AND STATE LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND
APPROVAL OF THE BEVERLY HILLS CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE
/ LOBBY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO OPPOSE BALLOT
INITIATIVE 21-0042 "THE TAXPAYER PROTECTION AND
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ACT"
Attachment: 1. Bill Summaries
RECOMMENDATION
The Beverly Hills City Council Legislative/Lobby Committee (Vice Mayor Gold and Councilmember Mirisch) recommends the City Council support:
• H.R. 589 – Mahsa Amini Human Rights and Security Accountability (MAHSA) Act • Senate Bill 44 (Umberg) - Controlled Substances
Additionally, the Beverly Hills City Council Legislative / Lobby Committee (“Committee”) recommends the City Council support if amended:
• H.Res.100 - Expressing Support for the Iranian People's Desire for a Democratic, Secular, and Nonnuclear Republic of Iran, and Condemning Violations of Human Rights and State-Sponsored Terrorism by the Iranian Government Finally, the Committee recommends the City Council oppose:
• Initiative No. 21-0042 "The Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act"
• Assembly Bill 742 (Jackson) - Law enforcement: Police Canines E-4
Meeting Date: March 21, 2023
INTRODUCTION
This item seeks City Council approval of the Committee’s recommendations for the position of support, support if amended, and/or oppose for various federal and state legislative bills not addressed in the City's adopted 2023 Legislative Platform.
DISCUSSION
Each year, the City establishes a Legislative Platform (“Platform”) which embodies key legislative themes and priorities for the upcoming year. The Platform provides direction for our legislative advocates and City staff as they work to secure clear and strategic initiatives locally as well as in Sacramento, California and Washington, D.C. In February 2023, the City Council adopted the current Legislative Platform.
The objective of the Platform is to outline the City’s position on legislative matters and serve as the foundation for the City to support or oppose various local, state and federal legislation. The Platform seeks to not only secure critical resources for our City, but also outlines policy statements that allow City staff and the City’s legislative lobbyists to more effectively respond to and influence legislation at the local, state and federal levels.
On March 15, 2023, the Committee met to discuss a variety of state legislative bills. A summary of the legislation reviewed by the Committee is listed below. More details may be found in Attachment 1 to this report.
• H.R. 589 – Mahsa Amini Human Rights and Security Accountability (“MAHSA”) Act – The bill would require the executive branch to determine sanctions on Iran’s Supreme Leader, the officials of Supreme Leader’s Office, the Supreme Leader’s appointees, Iran’s president, and entities as well as the economic conglomerates affiliated with the Supreme Leader under authorities of Executive Order 13876, Executive Order 13553, Executive Order 13224, and Executive Order 13818.
• Assembly Bill 642 (Ting) - Law Enforcement Agencies: Facial Recognition Technology (“AB 642”) – This bill would, commencing July 1, 2024, require any law enforcement agency that uses facial recognition technology (“FRT”) to have a written policy governing the use of that technology. The bill would require any FRT system used to meet certain national standards and would limit the use of FRT to use as an investigative aid. The bill would also require an agency using FRT to post their written policy and an annual summary of FRT usage on their internet website.
• Senate Bill 44 (Umberg) - Controlled Substances (“SB 44”)– This bill would require a person who pleads guilty, no contest, or is convicted of possession for sale or purchase for purpose of sale, transportation, furnishing, administering, giving away, manufacturing, or preparing various controlled substances, including fentanyl, peyote, and various other opiates and narcotics to receive a written advisory of the danger of manufacturing or distribution of controlled substances and that, if a person dies as a result of that action, the manufacturer or distributor can be charged with voluntary manslaughter or murder. • H.Res.100 - Expressing Support for the Iranian People's Desire for a Democratic, Secular, and Nonnuclear Republic of Iran, and Condemning Violations of Human Rights and State-Sponsored Terrorism by the Iranian Government (“H.Res.100”) – This resolution condemns Iranian state-sponsored terrorist attacks against U.S. citizens and officials and Iranian dissidents. The Meeting Date: March 21, 2023
resolution also expresses support for the people of Iran who are legitimately defending their rights for freedom against repression and condemns the killing of Iranian protesters by the Iranian regime. There is some concern with this resolution as there are whereas clauses that endorse Maryam Rajavi’s “10-point plan” for Iran and offers the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) as a democratic alternative to the Islamic Republic’s authoritarian regime. • Initiative No. 21-0042 "The Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act" – The Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act would amend the California Constitution with provisions that limit voters’ authority and input; adopt new and stricter rules for raising taxes and fees; and may make it more difficult to impose fines and penalties for violation of state and local laws.
• Assembly Bill 742 (Jackson) - Law Enforcement: Police Canines (“AB 742”) – This bill would prohibit the use of an unleashed police canine by law enforcement to apprehend a person and any use of a police canine for crowd control.
• Senate Bill 58 (Wiener) - Controlled Substances: Decriminalization of Certain Hallucinogenic Substances (“SB 58”) – This bill would make lawful the possession, preparation, obtaining, transfer, or transportation of, specified quantities of psilocybin, psilocyn, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), ibogaine, and mescaline (these are also more commonly known as psychedelic plants and fungi), for personal use or facilitated or supported use by and with persons 21 years of age or older.
• Senate Bill 4 (Wiener) - Planning and Zoning: Housing Development: Higher Education Institutions and Religious Institutions (“SB 4”) – This bill would require 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.
Legislative/Lobby Committee Recommendations
On March 15, 2023, the Committee provided direction on various federal and state legislative bills as well as one ballot proposition as shown below. More details on each bill may be found in Attachment 1 and 2 to this report.
Committee Recommendations – Requires City Council Concurrence The Committee recommended the following positions for bills and/or legislative items not addressed by the City’s Platform and require the concurrence of the City Council:
• Support
o H.R. 589 – Mahsa Amini Human Rights and Security Accountability (MAHSA) Act
o SB 44 - Controlled Substances
• Support if Amended
o H.Res.100 - Expressing Support for the Iranian People's Desire for a Democratic, Secular, and Nonnuclear Republic of Iran, and Condemning Violations of Human Rights and State-Sponsored Terrorism by the Iranian Meeting Date: March 21, 2023
Government. While the resolution contains numerous statements the City Council would be in agreement with, there are two statements which the City may find objectionable and therefore the recommendation by the Liaisons was to support this resolution if amended to remove the statements of concern.
The concerns are outlined in the bill memo in Attachment 1. • Oppose
o Initiative No. 21-0042 "The Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act"
o AB 742 - Law enforcement: Police Canines
Committee Recommendations Which Align with Legislative Platform – No Concurrence by the City Council Required
The City’s state lobbyist presented two bills, which has a nexus to the City’s Platform.
They are:
1. Senate Bill 58 (Wiener) - Controlled Substances: Decriminalization of Certain Hallucinogenic Substances. The position recommended of oppose aligns with the following statement from the Legislative Platform:
Oppose the decriminalization of the possession, preparation, obtaining, transfer, or transportation of psilocybin, psilocyn, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), ibogaine, and mescaline, for personal use or facilitated or supported use.
2. SB 4 Planning and Zoning: Housing Development: Higher Education Institutions and Religious Institutions. The position recommended of oppose aligns with the following statements from the Legislative Platform:
Oppose state legislation that supersedes a jurisdiction’s adopted zoning ordinances.
Oppose preemption of the City of Beverly Hills’ local authority whether by state or federal legislation or ballot propositions.
The Committee recommended the City oppose both bills; therefore, as the Committee’s recommendation on these bills were consistent with the City’s Legislative Platform, no concurrence of the Committee’s recommendations is required by the City Council.
Letters are being drafted for the Mayor to sign and will be sent to the appropriate state elected officials.
Finally, AB 642 - Law Enforcement Agencies: Facial Recognition Technology will be brought back to the Committee for direction as there were some questions that required further research before a final recommendation could be made.
FISCAL IMPACT
The fiscal impact to the City for each piece of legislation under consideration for a position by the City Council is listed in the table on the next page.
Meeting Date: March 21, 2023
Legislative Bill Anticipated Fiscal Impact
H.R. 589 – Masha Amini Human Rights
and Security Accountability (MAHSA) Act
No anticipated fiscal impact
AB 642 - Law Enforcement Agencies:
Facial Recognition Technology
Little to no anticipated fiscal impact
SB 44 - Controlled Substances No anticipated fiscal impact H.Res.100 - Expressing Support for the
Iranian People's Desire for a Democratic,
Secular, and Nonnuclear Republic of
Iran, and Condemning Violations of
Human Rights and State-Sponsored
Terrorism by the Iranian Government
No anticipated fiscal impact
Initiative No. 21-0042 "The Taxpayer
Protection and Government
Accountability Act"
The fiscal impact is unknown; however,
there is a potential impact for substantially
lower local revenues.
AB 742 - Law enforcement: Police
Canines
Little to no anticipated fiscal impact
SB 58 - Controlled Substances:
Decriminalization of Certain
Hallucinogenic Substances
Little to no anticipated fiscal impact
SB 4 Planning and Zoning: Housing
Development: Higher Education
Institutions and Religious Institutions
Little to no anticipated fiscal impact
Gabriella Yap
Senior Policy & Management
Administrator, Public Safety
Approved By
Attachment 1
TO: Cindy Owens, Municipal Affairs Program Manager
City of Beverly Hills
FROM: Jamie Jones
[email protected]
202-543-3744
DATE: March 7, 2023
RE: H.R. 589 – Masha Amini Human Rights and Security Accountability Act Republican Representative Jim Banks of Indiana has reintroduced the Masha Amini Human Rights and Security Accountability (MASHA) Act in the 118th Congress. The new bill number is H.R. 589 (previously H.R. 9203 in 117th Congress). The MASHA Act sanctions Iran’s Supreme Leader and his inner circle for human rights violations against the Iranian people. The measure has been referred to the House Foreign Affairs, the Ways and Means, Judiciary and Financial Services committees where it is pending legislative action (hearing and/or markup). Eighteen House members have cosponsored the bill including Representative Tom McClintock (R-CA) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA).
The bill would require the executive branch to determine sanctions on Iran’s Supreme Leader, the officials of Supreme Leader’s Office, the Supreme Leader’s appointees, Iran’s president, and entities as well as the economic conglomerates affiliated with the Supreme Leader under authorities of Executive Order 13876, Executive Order 13553, Executive Order 13224, and Executive Order 13818. It would also impose visa bans on corrupt Iranian elites and their immediate family members pursuant to 7031(c) of FY2021 Appropriations. This bill is intended to hold the most malicious elements of Iran’s regime accountable for human rights abuses and conduct of terrorism while avoiding collateral damages on ordinary Iranians.
The MAHSA Act is supported by the National Union for Democracy in Iran (NUFDI – a grassroots Iranian-American organization), United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
March 9, 2023
To: Cindy Owens, City of Beverly Hills
From: Andrew K. Antwih, Partner, Shaw Yoder Antwih Schmelzer & Lange Priscilla Quiroz, Legislative Advocate, Shaw Yoder Antwih Schmelzer & Lange Re: AB 642 (Ting) Facial Recognition Privacy Act
Version
As Amended in the Assembly on March 2, 2023
Summary
This measure sets parameters and restrictions governing the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) by local law enforcement agencies. Specifically, this measure:
1) Defines “Law enforcement agency,” for purposes of this measure, as any department or agency of the state or any political subdivision thereof that employs any peace officer as defined in Section 830 of the California Penal Code.
2) Defines Facial recognition technology” or “FRT” a system that compares an input image of an unidentified human face against a database of known persons and based on biometric data, generates possible matches to aid in identifying the person in the input image. For purposes of this bill, FRT does not include any access control system used by a law enforcement agency that uses biometric inputs to confirm the identity of employees or other approved persons for the purpose of controlling access to any secured place, device, or system. 3) Requires that, commencing July 1, 2024, all law enforcement agencies that operate facial recognition technology (FRT) meet both of the following requirements:
a) Only FRT systems with algorithms that have been evaluated under the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Face Recognition Vendor Test Program and have demonstrated an accuracy score of at least 98 percent true positives within two or more datasets relevant to investigative applications on a program report shall be used. b) The agency shall have a written policy that includes all the required provisions in this proposal.
4) Requires that the written policy described in 3 b) above, include all the following components:
a) A requirement that FRT use be limited to specifically authorized personnel who have received POST-certified training on the use of FRT;
b) A requirement that a manager be assigned to oversee the FRT program; c) A policy that described the parameters of acceptable inputs to be used for queries of available databases and that prohibits the use of sketches or other manually produced images. 2 5) Specifies that an acceptable use policy that includes, without limitation, specific allowances, and restrictions on use for all the following:
a) To identify a suspect in alleged criminal behavior where reasonable suspicion exists that a crime has been or is being committed and the person whose image is being analyzed is the person who has committed or is committing that crime.
b) To identify a victim or witness to a crime.
c) To identify an unidentified deceased person.
d) To identify a person who is missing, incapacitated, or unable to identify themselves. e) To identify a person who is lawfully detained and has not produced valid identification. f) To investigate a credible threat of violence.
g) To mitigate an imminent threat to public safety.
6) Requires that law enforcement agencies maintain a prohibited use policy that prohibits, without limitation, both of the following:
a) The use of FRT to identify an individual solely because of their race, color, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, gender, disability, national origin, or membership in any other class protected by law against discrimination.
b) The use of FRT to identify an individual solely engaged in the exercise of a constitutionally protected right, including, without limitation, speech, public assembly, or the practice of religion, when the person has not individually violated any law, unless necessary to identify a victim or witness of a serious or violent felony, or to defend against an imminent or immediate threat to death or serious bodily injury.
7) A requirement that a record of all FRT queries be maintained by the agency. 8) Specifies that FRT is an investigative tool to be used as an aid in identifying persons and generating investigative leads. An FRT-generated match shall not, under any circumstances, provide the sole basis for probable cause for an arrest, search, or affidavit for a warrant. 9) Requires any law enforcement agency that uses FRT shall post both of the following on their internet website:
a) A copy of the FRT policy described in 3(b) above.
b) Commencing January 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, an annual report summarizing FRT usage for the previous calendar year.
10) Specifies that the admissibility or exclusion of an FRT query result as evidence in any court proceeding shall be governed by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 305) of Division 2 of the Evidence Code. Specifies that this subdivision is declarative of existing law.
Existing Law
1) Provides, under the California Constitution, that all people have inalienable rights, including the right to pursue and obtain privacy. (Cal. Const. art. I, Sec. 1.) 2) Until January 1, 2023, prohibits a law enforcement agency or law enforcement officer from installing, activating, or using any biometric surveillance system in connection with an officer camera or data collected by an officer camera. (Pen. Code Sec. 832.19(b).) 3) Provides, pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), effective January 1, 2020, that a business that collects personal information (PI) must inform the consumer at or before 3 the time of collection, the category and purpose of the PI that is to be collected. (Civ. Code.
Sec. 1798.100(b).)
4) Defines various terms for purposes of the CCPA, including the following, among others:
• “PI” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household. Specifies that PI includes, but is not limited to, certain types of information if it identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could be reasonably linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household. Among these is “biometric information.” (Civ. Code. Sec. 1798.140(o)(1)(E).) • “Biometric information” means an individual’s physiological, biological, or behavioral characteristics, including an individual’s deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), that can be used, singly or in combination with each other or with other identifying data, to establish individual identity. Biometric information includes, but is not limited to, imagery of the iris, retina, fingerprint, face, hand, palm, vein patterns, and voice recordings, from which an identifier template, such as a faceprint, a minutiae template, or a voiceprint, can be extracted, and keystroke patterns or rhythms, gait patterns or rhythms, and sleep, health, or exercise data that contain identifying information. (Civ. Code. Sec. 1798.140(b).) Background
In 2019 the Governor signed AB 1215 (Ting) into law, which banned the use of FRT. However, the bill sunset after 3 years and the moratorium expired on January 1, 2023. Consequently, law enforcement can now use this technology without state limitations. The author argues it is critical that California establish reasonable legal standards and requirements for the use of FRT. Not a single state in the country has a complete ban on this technology due to public safety benefits from use of FRT. Furthermore, FRT is critical to support efforts to resolve shootings, kidnappings, and human trafficking cases.
Several states including Virginia, Montana, Colorado, Vermont, and other major cities across the country have been working actively to regulate the use of FRT. FRT has aided in rescuing thousands of victims. In North America alone, FRT has been used in 40,000 human trafficking cases, helping rescue 15,000 children and identify 17,000 traffickers. It was FRT that was used in New York to identify the subway bomber.
According to the federal government’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) at the U.S. Department of Commerce, ongoing research has shown significant industrywide progress in accuracy. Furthermore, the Department of Homeland Security testing published in 2021 found little variation in accuracy across skin tone and gender. However, this does not mean FRT has been use appropriately in all instances. Reported arrests based off FRT matches have made headlines, including a recent case in Louisiana.
The author argues that FRT devices still have the potential to misidentify individuals despite technological advances in recent years. The author argues, further that it is critical that safeguards are put in place to ensure that FRT devices and systems are used appropriately, and that independent and substantiating evidence, outside of an FRT match, be necessary for an arrest and conviction. 4 Status of Legislation
AB 642 (Ting) has been referred to the Assembly Committee on Public Safety and has been scheduled for a hearing in that committee on March 28, 2023.
Support
California Police Chiefs Association (Sponsor)
Opposition
None listed at this time.
Date: March 8, 2023
To: Cindy Owens, City of Beverly Hills
From: Andrew K. Antwih, Partner, Shaw Yoder Antwih Schmelzer & Lange Priscilla Quiroz, Legislative Advocate, Shaw Yoder Antwih Schmelzer & Lange Re: SB 44 (Umberg) Controlled Substances
Version
As amended on March 8, 2023.
Summary
This bill, Alexandra’s Law, would require that a written advisory or admonishment be issued to a person convicted of a fentanyl-related drug offense notifying the person of the danger of manufacturing and distributing controlled substances and of potential future criminal liability if another person dies as a result of that person’s action.
The bill would require the court to read the advisory statement in a case in which the defendant exchanged a controlled substance containing fentanyl or its analogs for anything else of value, as specified. The bill would require the advisory statement to be included in a plea form, if used, and specified on the record. The bill would require that the fact the advisory was given be recorded in the abstract of conviction and would prohibit the advisement from being used as evidence in the prosecution of a minor in juvenile court.
Background and Existing Law
Existing law makes it a crime to possess for sale or purchase for purpose of sale, transport, import, sell, furnish, administer, give away, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, derive, process, or prepare various controlled substances, including, among others, fentanyl, peyote, and various other opiates and narcotics.
According to the author’s fact sheet, fentanyl causes a fatality every 8.57 minutes, approximately, and is linked to 64% of total drug fatalities. It is believed that fentanyl-specific admonishments have been individually adopted by at least 28 out of California’s 58 counties.
Status of Legislation
SB 44 (Umberg) has been referred to Senate Public Safety Committee. A hearing date has yet to be set for this measure.
Support
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria (Sponsor)
California District Attorneys Association
California Narcotics Officers Association
California Police Chiefs Association
City of West Hollywood
City of Santa Ana
Consumer Attorneys of California
Drug Awareness Foundation
Los Angeles County Sheriff, Robert Luna
Los Angeles Police Protective League
2 Opposition
Ella Baker Center
TO: Cindy Owens, Municipal Affairs Program Manager
City of Beverly Hills
FROM: Jamie Jones
[email protected]
202-543-3744
DATE: March 8, 2023
RE: H.Res.100 – House Resolution in Support of a Democratic, Secular and Nonnuclear Republic of IranRes.100 has been referred to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
H.Res.100 was introduced by Representative Tom McClintock (R-CA) on February 7, 2023. The measure expresses support for the Iranian people’s desire for a democratic, secular, and nonnuclear Republic of Iran. The resolution condemns violations of human rights and state-sponsored terrorism by the Iranian government. The legislation is bipartisan with 216 cosponsors – with well over half of the California congressional delegation cosponsoring the measure (including Rep.
Ted. Lieu). The measure does not have the force of law – it merely expresses the sense of the House. H.Res.100 has been referred to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Resolution Mentions Mujahedeen-e-Khalq and Maryam Rajavi While there is broad bipartisan congressional support for H.Res.100, the resolution’s positive reference to Maryam Rajavi who leads the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, is highly problematic for many in the Iranian-American community.
The People’s Mujahedeen of Iran, more commonly known as the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq or MEK, is a controversial Iranian resistance group that was once listed as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the United States for its alleged killing of U.S. personnel in Iran during the 1970s, and for its ties to former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Recognizing the group’s rejection of violence, the State Department delisted the MEK in late 2012 but voiced ongoing concerns about its alleged mistreatment of its members. The MEK helped Islamists overthrow the Western-backed Shah in 1979, but broke violently with the clerics shortly after the revolution and were forced into exile in France in 1981. The group moved to Iraq for a period of time and fought alongside Saddam Hussein’s military during the war with Iran in the 1980s, earning the enmity of many Iranians. Moreover, there have been allegations that the group functions more like a cult, owing allegiance to Maryam Rajavi and her late husband, Massoud Rajavi.
The MEK has declared it is prepared to cooperate with all forces who want a democratic republic, are committed to the complete rejection of mullah rule, and who want a democratic, independent Iran based on separation of religion and state. Maryam Rajavi released a “Ten - point plan” in 2018 that states her group’s support for an Iran that recognizes freedom of speech and assembly, freedom of press and political parties along with gender equality, an independent judiciary, minority rights, universal human rights, a market economy, etc H.Res.100 states, in part:
“Whereas, on June 30, 2018, tens of thousands of people gathered in Paris at the Free Iran gathering where they supported advocates for a democratic, secular, and nonnuclear Republic of Iran, and showed support for the opposition leader Mrs. Maryam Rajavi’s 10-point plan for the future of Iran, which calls for the universal right to vote, free elections, and a market economy, and advocates gender, religious, and ethnic equality, a foreign policy based on peaceful coexistence, and a nonnuclear Iran;”
“Resolved, That the House of Representatives: (1) condemns past and present Iranian state sponsored terrorist attacks against United States citizens and officials, as well as Iranian dissidents, including the Iranian regime’s terror plot against the “Free Iran 2018 – the Alternative” gathering in Paris;”
Options for Consideration:
The City may wish to consider sending letters to Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-NY) of the Foreign Affairs Committee as well as Representative Tom McClintock (R-CA), sponsor of the resolution, and Representative Ted Lieu, who also serves on the Committee:
• Option 1 – Endorse H.Res.100 as is.
• Option 2 – Oppose H.Res.100
• Option 3 – Express support for H.Res.100 if provisions regarding Maryam Rajavi and MEK are removed from the resolution.
• Option 4 – Take no action/position
CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO: City Council Liaison/Legislative/Lobby Committee
FROM: Cynthia Owens, Municipal Affairs Program Manager
SUBJECT: Initiative No. 21-0042 "The Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act"
ATTACHMENT: 1. Ballot Initiative Language
BACKGROUND & DISCUSSION
On January, 2022, the California Business Roundtable (“CBRT”) filed the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act (“the Act”) with the Secretary of State. The Act would amend the California Constitution with provisions that limit voters' authority and input, adopt new and stricter rules for raising taxes and fees, and may make it more difficult to impose fines and penalties for violation of state and local laws.
Local government revenue-raising authority is currently substantially restricted by state statute and constitutional provisions, including the voter approved provisions of Proposition 13 of 1978, Proposition 218 of 1996, and Proposition 26 of 2010. The Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act adds and expands restrictions on voters and local government tax and fee authority.
The League of California Cities (“Cal Cities”), along with a broad coalition of local governments, labor and public safety leaders, infrastructure advocates, and businesses, strongly opposes this initiative.
Fees and Taxes
Local governments levy a variety of fees and other charges to provide core public services, including: commercial franchise fees, advanced life support transport charges, parking fees, facility use charges, and fees for parks and recreation services, Virtually every city, county, and special district must regularly adopt increases to fee rates and charges and revise rate schedules to accommodate new users, increased costs and new activities. Most of these would be subject to the new standards and limitations outlined in the Act under threat of legal challenge.
Cal Cities estimates the amount of local government fee and charge revenue at risk should the Act pass is approximately $2 billion per year including those adopted since January, 1, 2022, based on the current volume of fees and charges imposed by local agencies, including Counciladopted increases to simply accommodate inflation. Over ten years, $20 billion of local government fee and charge revenues will be at heightened legal peril.
DATE: March 15, 2023
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The proposed ballot measure would:
Limits voter authority and accountability
• Limits voter input. Prohibits local voters from providing direction on how local tax dollars should be spent by prohibiting local advisory measures. • Invalidates the Upland decision (California Cannabis Coalition v. City of Upland, 2017) that allows a majority of local voters to pass special taxes. Taxes proposed by the Initiative are subject to the same rules as taxes placed on the ballot by a city council. All measures passed between January 2022 and November 2022 would be invalidated unless reenacted within 12 months.
Restricts local fee authority to provide local services • Impacts franchise fees. Sets new standard for fees and charges paid for the use of local and state government property. The standard may significantly restrict the amount oil companies, utilities, gas companies, railroads, garbage companies, cable companies, and other corporations pay for the use of local public property. Rental and sale of local government property must be “reasonable” which must be proved by “clear and convincing evidence.”
• Fees and charges may not exceed the “actual cost”. Except for licensing and other regulatory fees, fees and charges may not exceed the “actual cost” of providing the product or service for which the fee is charged. “Actual cost” is the “minimum amount necessary.” The burden to prove the fee or charge does not exceed “actual cost” is changed to “clear and convincing” evidence.
Restricts authority of state and local governments to issue fines and penalties for violations of law
• Requires voter approval of fines, penalties, and levies for corporations and property owners that violate state and local laws unless a new, undefined adjudicatory process is used to impose the fines and penalties.
Restricts local tax authority to provide local services • Requires voter approval to expand existing taxes (e.g., Utility User Tax, Transient Occupancy Tax) to new territories (e.g., annexation) or expanding the base (e.g., new utility service).
• City charters may not be amended to include a tax or fee. • New taxes can be imposed only for a specific time period. • Taxes adopted after Jan. 1, 2022, that do not comply with the new rules, are void unless reenacted.
• All state taxes require majority voter approval.
• Prohibits any surcharge on property tax rate and allocation of property tax to state.
Other changes
• No fee or charge or exaction regulating vehicle miles traveled can be imposed as a condition of property development or occupancy.
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The proposed bill would result in the following fiscal impact if passed by voters:
• Billions of local government fee and charge revenues placed at heightened legal peril.
Related public service reductions across virtually every aspect of city, county, special district, and school services especially for transportation, and public facility use. • Hundreds of millions of dollars of annual revenues from dozens of tax and bond measures approved by voters between January 1, 2022 and November 9, 2022 subject to additional voter approval if not in compliance with the initiative. • Indeterminable legal and administrative burdens and costs on local government from new and more empowered legal challenges, and bureaucratic cost tracking requirements.
• The delay and deterrence of municipal annexations and associated impacts on housing and commercial development.
• Service and infrastructure impacts including in fire and emergency response, law enforcement, public health, drinking water, sewer sanitation, parks, libraries, public schools, affordable housing, homelessness prevention and mental health services.
After discussion of Initiative No. 21-0042 "The Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act", the Liaisons may recommend the following actions:
1) Support Initiative No. 21-0042 "The Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act";
2) Oppose Initiative No. 21-0042 "The Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act";
3) Remain neutral; or
4) Provide other direction to City staff, such as adopting a resolution in support or opposition to Initiative No. 21-0042 "The Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act"
Should the Liaisons recommend the City take a position on Initiative No. 21-0042 "The Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act", then staff will place the item on a future City Council Agenda for concurrence.
Date: March 8, 2023
To: Cindy Owens, City of Beverly Hills
From: Andrew K. Antwih, Partner, Shaw Yoder Antwih Schmelzer & Lange Priscilla Quiroz, Legislative Advocate, Shaw Yoder Antwih Schmelzer & Lange Re: AB 742 (Jackson) Law enforcement: police canines
Version
As introduced in the State Assembly on February 13, 2023.
Summary
This bill would prohibit the use of an unleashed police canine by law enforcement to apprehend a person, and any use of a police canine for crowd control. The bill would prohibit law enforcement agencies from authorizing any use or training of a police canine that is inconsistent with this bill.
Background and Existing Law
Existing law authorizes a peace officer to use reasonable force to effect the arrest, to prevent escape, or to overcome resistance of an individual. Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to maintain a policy on the use of force. Existing law also prohibits the use of kinetic energy projectiles or chemical agents by any law enforcement agency to disperse any assembly, protest, or demonstration, except in compliance with specified standards.
According to the author’s fact sheet, the California Department of Justice Use of Force Data from 2021, injuries caused by police canines accounted for nearly 12% of cases that resulted in severe injury or death. The report also shows that 35% of those contacted by a K-9 were armed. The types of incidents with K-9 contact included “calls for service,” crimes in progress, pre-planned activities such as serving a warrant, and vehicle/pedestrian stops.
Status of Legislation
AB 742 (Jackson) will be heard in Assembly Public Safety Committee on March 21, 2023.
Support
ACLU CA Action (Co-Sponsor)
California Hawaii NAACP (Co-Sponsor)
California for Safety and Justice
California Public Defenders Association
California United for a Responsible Budget
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice
Fair Chance Project
Opposition
California Police Chiefs
Date: March 8, 2023
To: Cindy Owens, City of Beverly Hills
From: Andrew K. Antwih, Partner, Shaw Yoder Antwih Schmelzer & Lange Priscilla Quiroz, Legislative Advocate, Shaw Yoder Antwih Schmelzer & Lange Re: SB 58 (Wiener) Controlled substances: decriminalization of certain hallucinogenic substances.
Version
As amended March 1, 2023.
Summary
This bill would make lawful the possession, preparation, obtaining, transfer, as specified, or transportation of, specified quantities of psilocybin, psilocyn, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), ibogaine, and mescaline, for personal use or facilitated or supported use, as defined, by and with persons 21 years of age or older. The bill would provide penalties for possession of these substance on school grounds, or possession by, or transferring to, persons under 21 years of age.
This bill would exempt from this prohibition, paraphernalia related, as specified, to these specific substances. The bill would also exempt from the prohibition items used for the testing and analysis of controlled substances.
Background and Existing Law
Hallucinogens are a diverse group of drugs that alter a person’s perception or awareness of their surroundings. Some hallucinogens are found in plants and fungi, and some are synthetically produced. Hallucinogens can be consumed in a variety of ways, including swallowed as tablets, pills, or liquid, consumed raw or dried, snorted, injected, inhaled, vaporized, smoked, or absorbed through the lining of the mouth using drug-soaked pieces of paper. Common hallucinogens include LSD, DMT, psilocybin, peyote, mescaline, and ketamine.
Hallucinogens are a diverse group of drugs that alter a person’s perception or awareness of their surroundings. Some hallucinogens are found in plants and fungi, and some are synthetically produced. Hallucinogens can be consumed in a variety of ways, including swallowed as tablets, pills, or liquid, consumed raw or dried, snorted, injected, inhaled, vaporized, smoked, or absorbed through the lining of the mouth using drug-soaked pieces of paper. Common hallucinogens include LSD, DMT, psilocybin, peyote, mescaline, and ketamine.
Existing law:
1. Classifies controlled substances into five schedules according to their danger and potential for abuse. Schedule I controlled substances have the greatest restrictions and penalties, including prohibiting the prescribing of a Schedule I controlled substance. (Health & Saf.
Code, §§ 11054-11058.)
2 2. Classifies several hallucinogenic substances including DMT, ibogaine, LSD, mescaline, psilocybin, and psilocyn as Schedule I substances. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11054, subd. (d).)
3. Classifies ketamine as a Schedule III substance. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11056, subd. (g).)
4. Provides that, upon change in federal law permitting the prescription, furnishing, or dispensing of a cannabidiol product, a physician, pharmacist, or other authorized healing arts licensee acting within his or her scope of practice who prescribes, furnishes, or dispenses a cannabidiol product in accordance with federal law, shall be deemed to be in compliance with state law. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11150.2, subd. (a).)
5. Provides that the possession of several specified controlled substances is unlawful. (Health & Saf. Code, §§ 11350, subd. (a), 11377, subd. (a).)
6. Makes it is unlawful to possess any device, instrument, or paraphernalia used for unlawfully injecting or smoking specified controlled substances. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11364, subd. (a).)
7. Makes it unlawful for any person to deliver, furnish, or transfer, possess with intent to deliver, furnish, or transfer, or manufacture with the intent to deliver, furnish, or transfer, drug paraphernalia, knowing that it will be used to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11364.7.)
Status of Legislation
SB 58 (Wiener) will be heard in Senate Public Safety Committee on March 21, 2023.
Support
Heroic Hearts Project (Sponsor)
City of Eureka
Bend the Arc: Jewish Action
Law Enforcement Action Partnership
Opposition
None listed.
March 9, 2023
To: Cindy Owens, City of Beverly Hills
From: Andrew K. Antwih, Partner, Shaw Yoder Antwih Schmelzer & Lange Priscilla Quiroz, Legislative Advocate, Shaw Yoder Antwih Schmelzer & Lange Re: SB 4 (Wiener) Housing Development: Higher Education and Religious Institutions Version
As Amended in Senate February 22, 2023
Summary
Provides that housing is a “use by right” on land owned by a religious institution or nonprofit college.
Specifically, this bill:
1) The applicant for the housing project must be a religious institution or nonprofit college, as specified, that partners with a qualified developer;
2) The religious institution or nonprofit college must own the land on or before January 1, 2024; 3) The project meets the following locational criteria:
a) The site is one-quarter acre or greater;
b) The site is located either:
i. Within a city and the city boundaries include some portion of either an urbanized area or urban cluster; or
ii. In an unincorporated area, and the site itself is wholly within the boundaries of an urbanized area or urban cluster.
c) At least 75 percent of the perimeter of the site adjoins parcels developed for urban uses; d) The site would meet one of the following zoning requirements:
i. General Plan designation or the zoning for the site allow residential use; ii. The development project is proposed on a parcel that is zoned for educational or religious use to conform to the existing use; or
iii. The development project is proposed for a parcel that is adjacent to a parcel located in a residential, mixed-use, or commercial zone.
e) The site is not on environmentally unsafe or sensitive areas, as specified, such as wetlands, a high or very high fire severity zone unless the site has adopted fire hazard mitigation measures required by existing building standards, a hazardous waste site, an earthquake fault zone, a flood plain or floodway, lands identified for conservation in an adopted natural community conservation plan, and lands under conservation easement; f) The development would not require the demolition of:
2 i. Housing that is subject to a recorded covenant, ordinance, or law that restricts rents to levels affordable to persons and families of moderate, low, or very low income; ii. Housing that is subject to any form of rent or price control through a public entity’s valid exercise of its police power;
iii. Housing that has been occupied by tenants within the past 10 years, excluding any manager’s units. This provision includes sites previously used for housing that were occupied by tenants, excluding any manager’s units, that was demolished within 10 years before the development proponent submits an application pursuant to this bill; iv. Housing such that the new development had less units overall and less protected units, as specified and generally for lower income households, as currently exists on the site; and
v. A historic structure that was placed on a national, state, or local historic register. 4) The project meets the following affordability criteria:
a) All residential units in the development project, exclusive of a manager’s unit or units, are restricted to lower income households (generally, households making less than 80 percent of the area median income (AMI)), except that up to 20 percent may be designated for moderate-income households (generally, households making up to 120 percent AMI); b) Any units designated for moderate-income households are rented or sold at a price that is at least 20 percent below market rate for a unit of similar size and bedroom count in the same neighborhood;
c) The affordability level of the units is restricted for 55 years for rental units and 45 years for owner-occupied units. However, the local government may require that owner-occupied units in the housing development project be restricted to lower income and moderateincome households for a longer period if that restriction is consistent with all applicable regulatory requirements for state assistance; and
d) A religious institution or independent institution of higher education may restrict all the units to be for lower income households.
5) The project meets the following labor standards:
a) The applicant either certifies that the project is a public work; or b) If the project contains more than 10 units, then all the workers must be paid at least the general prevailing wage, as specified.
6) The development project complies with all objective development standards of the city or county that are not in conflict with this bill;
7) A project that meets all of the criteria specified in 1) - 6) above is allowed the following residential density:
a) If the development project is located in a residential or mixed-use zone:
i. The allowed residential density is that deemed appropriate to accommodate housing for lower income households in that jurisdiction as specified in Housing Element Law.
Generally, that density is 30 units per acre in urban areas, 20 units per acre in suburban areas, and 10 units per acre in rural areas.
3 ii. If the local government allows for greater residential density on that parcel, or greater residential density or building heights on an adjacent parcel, the greater density or building height will apply; and
iii. The project is eligible for a density bonus or other incentives or concessions. b) If the development project is located in a commercial zone:
i. The project must be allowed a density of 40 units per acre and a height of one story above the maximum height applicable to the parcel;
ii. If the local government allows for greater residential density or building heights on the parcel, or on an adjacent parcel, the greater density or building height will apply. A project cannot use an incentive, waiver, or concession to increase the height of the development to exceed this authorization; and,
iii. A project is eligible for a density bonus or other incentives or concessions, except that it cannot use an incentive, waiver, or concession to increase the height of the development to exceed the height provisions in ii).
8) The development project must provide off-street parking of up to one space per unit, unless a local ordinance provides for a lower standard of parking, in which case the ordinance will apply.
However, a local government is prohibited from imposing a parking requirement if either of the following is true:
a) The parcel is located within one-half mile walking distance of public transit, either a highquality transit corridor or a major transit stop, as specified; or b) There is a car share vehicle located within one block of the parcel. 9) Provides that a housing development project that is eligible as a use by right under this bill may include the following ancillary uses, provided those uses are limited to the ground floor of the development:
a) In a single-family residential zone, ancillary uses are limited to uses that provide direct services to the residents of the development and have a community benefit, including childcare centers and community centers; and
b) In a multifamily residential, commercial, or mixed-use zone, the development may include commercial uses that are permitted by the zoning without a conditional use permit or planned unit development permit.
10)Defines “use by right” to mean that the local government’s review of the development project under the provisions of this bill may not require a conditional use permit, planned unit development permit, or other discretionary local government review or approval that would constitute a “project” for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The development project may be subject to design review from the local government. 11)Defines a “qualified developer” as any of the following:
a) A local public entity;
b) A developer that meets both of the following:
i. The developer is a nonprofit corporation, a limited partnership in which the managing general partner is a nonprofit corporation, or a limited liability company in which the managing member is a nonprofit corporation; and 4 ii. The developer, at the time of application, owns or manages housing units located on property that is subject to the welfare property tax exemption; or c) A developer that contracts with a nonprofit corporation that has received the welfare property tax exemption for properties intended to be sold to low-income families with financing in the form of zero interest rate loans.
12)Provides that the Legislature finds and declares that ensuring residential development at greater density on land owned by independent institutions of higher education and religious institutions is a matter of statewide concern and is not a municipal affair, and therefore, the provisions of this bill would apply to all cities, including charter cities. 13)Provides that no reimbursement is required by this bill because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this bill.
Existing Law
1) Allows cities and counties to “make and enforce within its limits, all local, police, sanitary and other ordinances and regulations not in conflict with general laws” (California Constitution, Article XI, Section 7).
2) Establishes Planning and Zoning Law, which requires every city and county to adopt a general plan that sets out planned uses for all of the area covered by the plan, and requires the general plan to include seven mandatory elements, including a land use element, and requires major land use decisions by cities and counties, such as development permitting and subdivisions of land, to be consistent with their adopted general plans (Government Code Section 65000 through 66301).
3) Establishes, pursuant to SB 35 (Wiener, Chapter 366, Statutes of 2017), a streamlined, ministerial approval process, not subject to CEQA, for certain infill multifamily affordable housing projects proposed in local jurisdictions that have not met their regional housing needs allocation (RHNA), as follows:
a) Requires developments of 11 units or more to meet affordability requirements, as follows:
i. In jurisdictions that have not met their targets for lower income or above moderateincome housing, 10 percent of the units must be affordable to lower income households; and
ii. In jurisdictions that have met their targets for above moderate-income housing but not lower income housing, 50 percent of the units must be affordable to lower income households.
b) Requires developments of 11 units or more to meet labor requirements, including payment of the prevailing wage for all projects that are 100 percent affordable; c) Prohibits utilization of the streamlined, ministerial approval process in environmentally unsafe or sensitive areas, such as a coastal zone, wetlands, a high or very high fire severity zone unless the site has adopted fire hazard mitigation measures required by existing building standards, a hazardous waste site, an earthquake fault zone, a flood plain or floodway, lands identified for conservation in an adopted natural community conservation plan, and lands under conservation easement;
5 d) Prohibits demolition of existing housing as specified, including housing that is subject to a deed restriction or that is currently rented by a tenant, or has been rented by a tenant within the past 10 years;
e) Enables local governments to apply objective design standards to the project, as long as such standards do not in any way inhibit, chill, or preclude the ministerial approval of the project; f) Establishes specified timelines for the local government to act to determine that the project conforms with the requirements of this bill and to apply design review; and g) Requires the local government to comply with requirements regarding proposed modifications to the project, subsequent applications affiliated with the project, and implementation of public improvements necessitated by the project (Government Code Section 65913.4).
4) Provides that supportive housing, in which 100 percent of units are dedicated to low-income households (up to 80 percent AMI) and are receiving public funding to ensure affordability, are a use by right in all zones where multifamily and mixed uses are allowed, as specified (Government Code Section 65650-65656).
Background
Religious institutions and places of higher education, including non-profit colleges, often contain ample developable land – particularly on surface parking lots that are often underutilized. This is particularly true for religious institutions, where high parking demand might last only a couple of hours a week.
In 2020, the UC Berkeley Terner Center conducted a study of the potential for new housing on sites owned by religions institutions (the study did not examine land owned by non-profit colleges). The study identified over 38,000 acres of land owned by religious institutions statewide that were large enough to facilitate development. The study did not examine the amount of potentially developable land on each site. But presuming only 25 percent of this land is developable, at a typical density of 30 units per acre, these sites could yield nearly 300,000 units of affordable housing.
The author argues that this measure provides a pathway for the development of affordable housing on land owned by religious institutions and non-profit colleges. It does so by making affordable housing a use “by right,” if the site is already owned by a religious institution or non-profit college, and meets specified criteria regarding location, affordability, and labor. Such projects would be required to meet objective standards specified in the bill. By right exempts the project from a local government’s discretionary approval process and from the California Environmental Quality Act.
Local governments could apply objective standards and design review processes if they do not conflict with the provisions in the bill and do not preclude development of the housing.
In terms of affordability, this bill requires that the units would be restricted to lower-income households (those generally making less than 80 percent of the median income (AMI)), except up to 20 percent of the households could be for moderate-income households (those generally making 80 to 120 percent AMI) as long as they are rented or sold at 20 percent below the fair market rent.
In terms of location, this bill includes provisions that would preclude development on environmentally unsafe or sensitive area, per previously established objective standards. It would also require development to occur on sites within infill areas, which would help reduce commutes and, commensurately, greenhouse gas emissions. New development could not result in the 6 demolition of existing housing. The site could be located on a parcel that allows the religious institution or non-profit college and is adjacent to a parcel that allows residential, mixed-use, or commercial uses.
In terms of labor standards, this bill would require the workers on all projects greater than 10 units to pay the prevailing wage. Prevailing wages are the compensation standards applied to public works projects. They are the most common wage found in a region for a construction craft and are usually based on rates specified in collective bargaining agreements between employers and unions.
Prevailing wages are established by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), according to the type of work and location of the project and published on DIR’s website. The prevailing wage encompasses an hourly pay, as well as compensation for other benefits should the employer not provide them, including health care, vacation, and pension.
In terms of objective standards, the projects meeting all the criteria above would be allowed to meet a baseline density. For sites located in residential or mixed-use zones, the residential density would need to meet or exceed the density considered geographically appropriate for affordable housing projects in Housing Element Law. Generally, that density is 30 units per acre in urban areas, 20 units per acre in suburban areas, and 10 units per acre in rural areas. Sites located in commercial zones would be allowed a density of 40 units per acre and a height of one story above the maximum height applicable to the parcel. In both instances, if the local government allows for greater residential density or building heights on the parcel, or on an adjacent parcel, the greater density or building height will apply. Local governments would be prohibited from imposing a parking requirement if either the parcel is within a half-mile of public transit or there is a car share vehicle located within one block of the parcel. The site must otherwise meet the local government’s height limits, objective zoning standards, and objective design review standards.
The author and supporters argue that SB 4 would allow faith-based organizations to further their mission by providing affordable housing on their land.
Predicted Arguments in Opposition: The California Association of Realtors registered opposition to a prior bill on this topic (SB 1336-Wiener-2022), seeks to remove the by right component of the bill for development within single-family neighborhoods. Additionally, they state that “the bill should be amended to require any property to be constructed primarily for, and occupied by, the organizations’ faculty, employees, and students.”
Status of Legislation
SB 4 (Wiener) has been referred to the Senate Housing Committee and to the Senate Committee on Governance and Finance. The Senate Housing Committee is scheduled to hear this measure first, but that committee has not announced a hearing date yet.
Support
Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California
(NPH) (Sponsor)
Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing
(SCANPH) (Sponsor)
Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California (JPAC)
(Sponsor)
California Conference of Carpenters (Sponsor)
Inner City Law Center (Sponsor)
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Los Angeles Family Housing
Housing Action Coalition
Many Mansions
Abundant Housing Los Angeles
Peninsula Solidarity Cohort
Making Housing and Community Happens
Move LA
East Bay Housing Organizations
Generation Housing
PATH (People Assisting the Homeless)
City of Emeryville
City of Berkeley
Muslim Public Affairs Council
Multi-Faith Action Coalition
St. Francis Center of Redwood City
San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research
Association (SPUR)
Santa Monica Forward
Active San Gabriel Valley
7 Merritt Community Capital Corporation
Walnut Creek Homeless Task Force
Union Station Homeless Services
Jewish Free Loan Association
IKAR
Venice Community Housing Corporation Jewish Family &
Community Services East Bay
Hadassah Southern California
South District of the California-Pacific Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice
First Congregational Church of Berkeley, United Church of Christ
Claremont United Church of Christ
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Redwood City
Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo
Congregational Church of San Mateo
Destination: Home
Novin Development
First Congregational Church of Palo Alto, United Church of Christ
The People Concern
Faith and Community Empowerment
San Gabriel Valley Consortium on Homelessness
Jewish Federation of the Sacramento Region
Housing Opportunities Made Easier
LA Voice
Peninsula Sinai Congregation
California YIMBY
All Home
Opposition
None listed at this time.