Beverly Hills City Council
August 15, 2023

STAFF REPORT
Meeting Date: August 15, 2023
To: Honorable Mayor & City Council
From: Cynthia Owens, Municipal Public Affairs Manager
Subject: State and Federal Legislative Update
Attachment: 1. State Legislative Bill Matrix

INTRODUCTION
The City Council adopted a Legislative Platform on February 21, 2023, which provides direction to the City’s legislative advocates and City staff as they work to secure clear and strategic initiatives locally as well as in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. The City receives reports throughout the year from both our state lobbyist (Shaw, Yoder, Antwih, Schmelzer, and Lange Inc.) and federal lobbyist (David Turch and Associates) based upon the items listed in the platform as well as items of interest the City has identified at City Council meetings and Beverly Hills City Council Liaison Legislative/Lobby Committee meetings (Mayor Gold and Councilmember Mirisch).

This report is for informational purposes and transmits updates from the City’s lobbyists on legislative activities occurring in Sacramento, California and Washington, D.C.

DISCUSSION
x Senate Bill 14 (Grove) – Serious felonies: human trafficking. This bill would include human trafficking of a minor within the definition of a serious felony for all purposes, including for purposes of the Three Strikes Law.

City Position: Support
Status: Pending a hearing in the Assembly Appropriations Committee (As of August 3, 2023)
x Senate Bill 4 (Wiener) - Planning and Zoning: Housing Development: Higher Education Institutions and Religious Institutions. This bill would require a housing All letters sent by the City are published on the City’s website at:
www.beverlyhills.org/legislation. Additionally, a current bill matrix for state legislation which the City is actively advocating for, opposing, or monitoring is attached to this report (Attachment 1). From January 1 through July 31, the City has officially taken a position on twenty-nine pieces of state legislation, three federal bills, and one 2024 ballot initiative.

Some of the more impactful bills the City has issued letters on include:

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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.

City Position: Oppose
Status: Pending a hearing in the Assembly Appropriations Committee (As of August 3, 2023)
x Senate Bill 423 (Wiener) - Land use: streamlined housing approvals: multifamily housing developments. This bill would greatly expand SB 35 (Chapter 366, Statutes of 2017) provisions and eliminate the January 1, 2026, sunset date.

City Position: Oppose
Status: Pending a hearing in the Assembly Appropriations Committee (As of August 3, 2023)
x Assembly Bill 1657 (Wicks) – The Affordable Housing Bond Act. This bill authorizes the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024 to place a $10 billion housing bond on the March 5, 2024, primary ballot to fund production of affordable housing and supportive housing.

City Position: Support
Status: Pending a hearing in the Senate Appropriations Committee (As of August 3, 2023)
x Assembly Bill 1637 (Irwin) - Local government: internet websites and email addresses. This bill, no later than January 1, 2027, would require a local agency 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 noncompliant 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, 2027, 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 local program.

City Positions: Oppose
Status: Currently in the Senate Appropriations Committee Suspense File (As of August 3, 2023)
On the formal meeting agenda for August 15, 2023, the City Council will have the opportunity to concur with the recommendations of the City Council Legislative / Lobby Liaison Committee that were made on August 7, 2023, for two federal bills and nine state bills.

State Update
Staff receives regular updates from the City’s state lobbyist. Some of the more relevant updates over the last quarter include:

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x California Accelerates Housing Production in Five Cities and Counties Governor Newsom has designated five more California jurisdictions - Long Beach, Moreno Valley, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, and the Town of Windsor - as Prohousing communities. This move enables these regions to access funding incentives and additional resources through a state grant program aimed at accelerating housing production. Currently, there are 27 such designated Prohousing communities in the state. The Prohousing Designation Program was established as part of a strategy to support the state's objective of constructing 2.5 million homes by 2030, with at least one million being affordable for lower-income households. Jurisdictions with the Prohousing designation receive incentives such as scoring preferences in competitive funding programs run by the Department of Housing and Community Development.
x “Heat Ready CA” Will Help Californians Stay Safer From Extreme Heat - Governor Newsom launched Heat Ready CA (HeatReadyCA.com), one of the nation’s first statewide multi-ethnic awareness and education campaigns designed to keep Californians safe during extreme heat. The two-year $20 million campaign focuses on heat-sensitive groups at the highest risk, including those 65 years of age or older, workers, and individuals with chronic illness, disabilities or who are pregnant. The campaign is part of the Governor’s Extreme Heat Action Plan, which is backed by more than $400 million, to guide the state’s response to heatwaves, ensuring California is reaching vulnerable communities, protecting frontline workers and helping communities stand up cooling centers. x California Awards $5.7 Million for Opioid Use Education and Outreach in 2S/LGBTQ+ Communities - As part of Governor Newsom’s $1 billion plan to address the fentanyl and opioid crisis, California has granted $5.7 million to boost opioid and stimulant use education and outreach in Two-Spirit/LGBTQ+ communities. The awarded funds will be used to raise awareness and education within these communities, decrease stigma associated with drug use and treatment, and improve treatment referral pathways for opioid use disorder and stimulant use disorder. The grant, which will distribute $5.7 million across 25 organizations for a 12-month period starting July 1, 2023, is part of the state's broader effort to expand Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) accessibility and reduce opioid overdose-related deaths. This initiative contributes to Governor Newsom's more comprehensive commitment of over $1 billion towards combatting the opioid crisis.

The state legislature is rapidly approaching the end of the first year of a two-year legislative cycle. Some of the important dates for the state legislature includes:

Upcoming Important Deadlines
x August 14 – Legislature reconvenes from Summer Recess. x September 1 – Last day for fiscal committees to meet. x September 5-14 – Floor session only.
x September 8- Last day to amend bills on the Floor.

The Governor has thirty days from the time legislation passes both houses to veto any legislation. Any legislation not signed by the Governor that reaches his office is presumed to be signed and will become law.

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Federal Update
Staff receives regular updates from the City’s federal lobbyist. Some of the more relevant updates over the last quarter include:
x Appropriations - The House Appropriations Committee has passed 10 of its 12 spending bills. The last two bills are: the Labor-HHS-Education and the Commerce-Justice spending measures. They have been approved by the subcommittees and are awaiting approval from the full committee.

The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved 8 of its 12 spending measures. It approved 3 bills on July 20.

The House and Senate have different spending levels. The House Freedom Caucus, (the most conservative faction in the House), has been pushing for more cuts to the spending measures to get as close to the FY2022 spending levels as possible. Or they have warned the House leadership they will not support the spending measures when they are considered on the floor of the House.

The divergent spending levels will likely cause problems later when the two legislative bodies try to reconcile the differences. The House leadership has begun to discuss a continuing resolution funding the government after the beginning of the new fiscal year on October 1. The last few years Congress has adopted a 12-bill omnibus just before Christmas. However, both the House and Senate have been making good progress this year.
x Supreme Court - The Supreme Court has issued its rulings on several highprofile cases during the last week of their term. These rulings include:
o Affirmative Action in College Admissions -the Court’s conservative majority June 29 by a vote of 6-3 struck down the admissions policies at the universities, saying they violated the Constitution. Chief Justice Roberts said these programs “lack sufficiently focused and measurable objectives warranting the use of race.”
o Sunday off from Work - The justices on June 29 by a vote of 9-0 sided in part with a former part-time mail carrier who had sued the U.S. Postal Service over having to work Sundays delivering Amazon packages. The former worker is an evangelical Christian. The justices did not go as far as the former mail carrier asked but they did strengthen protections for workers seeking religious accommodations.
o Congressional district mapping – The Court ruled 6-3 state legislatures do not have almost unlimited power to decide the rules for federal elections and draw partisan congressional maps. Chief Justice Roberts wrote the Constitution “does not insulate state legislatures from the ordinary exercise of state judicial review.”
o Executive Branch power to decide who to deport – The Court ruled 8-1 for the Biden administration, saying it would not interfere in the executive branch’s decision to focus deportation efforts on recent border crossers and immigrants deemed to pose a threat to public safety. Texas and Louisiana challenged the policy, but the justices ruled that they lacked standing to do so.
o Voting Rights Act – The Court ruled 5-4 that the Voting Rights Act requires Alabama to create a second congressional district that would have majority Meeting Date: August 15, 2023

African Americans. This ruling will also require new Congressional maps for Louisiana.
o Student Loan Forgiveness Plan – the Court rejected the Biden administration plan to forgive some of the debt students had accumulated going to a school of higher education. The Court, by a vote of 6-3, ruled that the program was an unlawful exercise of presidential power because it had not been explicitly approved by Congress.

FISCAL IMPACT
None.

RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file this report as it is for informational purposes only.

Gabriella Yap
Senior Policy & Management
Administrator, Public Safety
Approved By
Attachment 1
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Legislative Bill Position Matrix
Revised: August 8, 2023
Bill ID/Topic Location Summary City Position
AB 7Friedman D Transportation: planning: project selection processes. 7/12/2023-S. APPR. 7/12/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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 California Transportation Commission to incorporate specified principles into their existing program funding guidelines and processes.

Watch
AB 12Haney D Tenancy: security deposits.
6/22/2023-S. THIRD READING6/22/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Current law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies, and prohibits a landlord from demanding or receiving security for a rental agreement for residential property, however denominated, in an amount or value in excess of an amount equal to 2 months’ rent, in the case of unfurnished residential property, and an amount equal to 3 months’ rent, in the case of furnished residential property, in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy.• This bill would instead prohibit a landlord from demanding or receiving security for a rental agreement for residential property in an amount or value in excess of an amount equal to one month’s rent, regardless of whether the residential property is unfurnished or furnished, in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy.

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AB 33Bains D Fentanyl Addiction and Overdose Prevention Task Force. 6/27/2023-S. APPR. 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). Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

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.

Support
AB 37Bonta D Political Reform Act
7/6/2023-S. APPR. 7/10/2023-Read second time and amended. ReThe Political Reform Act of 1974 authorizes a candidate or elected officer to use campaign funds to pay or reimburse the state for the costs of installing and monitoring a home or office electronic security system if specified conditions are met. These conditions include that the candidate or elected officer has received threats to physical safety that have been verified by Oppose Unless Amended 2 CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
Legislative Bill Position Matrix
Revised: August 8, 2023
Bill ID/Topic Location Summary City Position
of 1974: campaign funds: security expenses.
referred to Com. on APPR.
law enforcement and that no more than $5,000 in campaign funds be used for this purpose.• This bill would eliminate those conditions.• The bill would instead authorize a candidate or elected officer to use campaign funds to pay or reimburse the state for the reasonable costs of installing and monitoring a home or office electronic security system, and for the reasonable costs of providing personal security to a candidate, elected officer, or the immediate family and staff of a candidate or elected officer, if those costs are directly related to a political, legislative, or governmental purpose. • The bill would require the return of the security system to the committee that paid for the security system or reimbursement by the candidate, elected officer, immediate family, or staff, to the campaign fund account of the committee that paid for the security system and reporting of the reimbursement to the Fair Political Practices Commission, as specified.

AB 41Holden D Telecommunications: The Digital Equity in Video Franchising Act of 2023. 7/13/2023-S. APPR. 7/13/2023-Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on JUD. Withdrawn from committee. Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

The Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006 establishes a procedure for the Public Utilities Commission to issue state franchises for the provision of video service, defined as video programming services, cable service, or open-video system service, except any video programming provided by a commercial mobile service provider, as defined in federal law, or video programming provided as part of, and via, a service that enables users to access content, information, email, or other services offered over the public internet.• This bill would revise and recast the Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006 to, among other things, rename the act as the Digital Equity in Video Franchising Act of 2023, require the commission to conduct any hearings and issue a state franchise or a reject each application for a state franchise not more than 120 days after the commission has deemed the application complete, and extend deadlines related to the commission’s review of applications for state franchises.

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AB 52Grayson D Income tax credit: sales and use taxes paid: manufacturing equipment: research and development equipment. 6/26/2023-S. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE 6/26/2023-In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

The Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law, authorizes counties and cities to impose local sales and use taxes in conformity with the Sales and Use Tax Law, and current laws authorize districts, as specified, to impose transactions and use taxes in accordance with the Transactions and Use Tax Law, which generally conforms to the Sales and Use Tax Law. Exemptions from state sales and use taxes are automatically incorporated into the local tax laws.• This bill would allow, for a taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2024, and before January 1, 2029, a credit against those taxes to a taxpayer in an amount equal to the amount of tax reimbursement paid during the taxable year for sales tax on gross receipts that would be exempt from taxation under the Sales and Use Tax Law pursuant to the sales and use tax exemption described above but for the provision that prohibits that exemption from applying with respect to any tax levied by a county, city, or district pursuant to, or in accordance with, the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law or the Transactions and Use Tax Watch
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Bill ID/Topic Location Summary City Position
Law, sales and use taxes imposed pursuant to certain provisions of the Sales and Use Tax Law, and sales and use taxes imposed pursuant to certain provisions of the California Constitution.

AB 59Gallagher R Taxation: renter’s credit.
5/17/2023-A. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE 5/18/2023-Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. In committee: Held under submission.

The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes various credits against the taxes imposed by that law, including a credit for qualified renters in the amount of $120 for spouses filing joint returns, heads of household, and surviving spouses if adjusted gross income is $50,000, as adjusted, or less, and in the amount of $60 for other individuals if adjusted gross income is $25,000, as adjusted, or less. Current law requires the Franchise Tax Board to annually adjust for inflation these adjusted gross income amounts. For 2021, the adjusted gross income limit is $87,066 and $43,533, respectively. Current law establishes the continuously appropriated Tax Relief and Refund Account in the General Fund and provides that payments required to be made to taxpayers or other persons from the Personal Income Tax Fund are to be paid from that account.• This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1 of the taxable year that includes the date on which funding is first authorized for purposes of this bill and for the succeeding 4 taxable years, and only when specified in a bill relating to the Budget Act, would increase the credit amount to $2,000 for spouses filing joint returns, heads of households, and surviving spouses and $1,000 for other individuals. In the event the increased credit amount is not specified in a bill relating to the Budget Act, the existing credit amounts, as described above, would be the credit amounts for that taxable year.

Watch
AB 67Muratsuchi D Homeless Courts Pilot Program.
7/11/2023-S. APPR. 7/12/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Would, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, create the Homeless Courts Pilot Program, which would remain in effect until January 1, 2029, to be administered by the Judicial Council for the purpose of providing comprehensive community-based services to achieve stabilization for, and address the specific legal needs of, homeless individuals who are involved with the criminal justice system. • The bill would require applicant cities or counties seeking grant funds to provide a number of specified services or program components, including, but not limited to, a diversion program enabling participating defendants to have specified charges dismissed upon completion of a program, provision of temporary, time-limited, or permanent housing during the duration of the program, and a dedicated representative to assist defendants with housing needs. • The bill would require an applicant for grant funding under the program to submit a plan for a new homeless court program or expansion of an existing homeless court program, and would require any funding awarded to an applicant to be used in accordance with that plan.

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AB 84Ward D
7/13/2023-S. APPR. 7/13/2023-From committee: Amend,
Current property tax law, in accordance with the California Constitution, provides for a “welfare exemption” for property used exclusively for religious, hospital, scientific, or charitable purposes and that is owned or operated by certain types of nonprofit entities, if certain Watch
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Legislative Bill Position Matrix
Revised: August 8, 2023
Bill ID/Topic Location Summary City Position
Property tax: welfare exemption: affordable housing.
and do pass as amended and rerefer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 12). Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR. qualifying criteria are met. Current law defines “property used exclusively for religious, hospital, or charitable purposes” to include facilities in the course of construction on or after the first Monday of March 1954, as specified. Under current property tax law, property that meets the above-described requirements that is used exclusively for rental housing and related facilities is entitled to a partial exemption, equal to that percentage of the value of the property that is equal to the percentage that the number of units serving lower income households represents of the total number of residential units, in any year that any of certain criteria apply, including that the acquisition, rehabilitation, development, or operation of the property, or any combination of these factors, is financed with tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds or general obligation bonds, or is financed by local, state, or federal loans or grants and the rents of the occupants who are lower income households do not exceed those prescribed by deed restrictions or regulatory agreements pursuant to the terms of the financing or financial assistance.• This bill would expand this partial exemption to property acquired, rehabilitated, developed, or operated, or any combination of these factors, with financing from qualified 501(c)(3) bonds, as defined.

AB 92Connolly D Body armor: prohibition.
7/3/2023-S. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE 7/3/2023-In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file.

Would make it a misdemeanor for a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm under the laws of this state to purchase, own, or possess body armor, as specified.

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AB 240Kalra D Dogs and cats: California SpayNeuter Fund. 2/2/2023-A. AGRI. 3/29/2023-In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

Current law establishes the Pure Pet Food Act of 1969, which is administered by the State Department of Public Health. Under the act, every person who manufactures a processed pet food, as defined, in California is required to first obtain a license from, and every person who manufactures a processed pet food for import into California from another state is required to first obtain a registration certificate from, the State Department of Public Health. Current law excludes from the definition of “processed pet food” fresh or frozen pet foods subject to the control of the Department of Food and Agriculture. Under existing law, an annual license or registration certificate shall only be issued when certain conditions are met, including, among others, when the applicant submits to the State Department of Public Health the label that would be attached to the container of each type of processed pet food. Current law also provides that, unless a different penalty is expressly provided, a violation of any provision of the Food and Agricultural Code is a misdemeanor.• This bill would require the Department of Food and Agriculture to collect, on an annual basis, a charge of $200 from a manufacturer of dog and cat food, as defined, for each label Watch
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Bill ID/Topic Location Summary City Position
submitted by the manufacturer to the State Department of Public Health for dog and cat food, as provided.

AB 259Lee D Wealth Tax: False Claims Act.
3/30/2023-A. REV. & TAX3/30/2023-Referred
to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and JUD.

Would, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, and before January 1, 2026, impose an annual tax at a rate of 1.5% of a resident of this state’s worldwide net worth in excess of $1,000,000,000, or in excess of $500,000,000 in the case of a married taxpayer filing separately.• The bill would, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, impose an annual tax at a rate of 1% of a resident’s worldwide net worth in excess of $50,000,000, or in excess of $25,000,000 in the case of a married taxpayer filing separately. • The bill would also impose, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, an additional tax at a rate of 0.5% of a resident’s worldwide net worth in excess of $1,000,000,000, or in excess of $500,000,000 in the case of a married taxpayer filing separately. • The bill would describe worldwide net worth with reference to specific federal provisions and would provide that worldwide net worth does not include specific assets, including personal property situated out of state, directly held real property, or liabilities related to directly held real property. • The bill would also authorize the Franchise Tax Board to adopt regulations to carry out these provisions, including regulations regarding the valuation of certain assets that are not publicly traded.• The bill would require new certifications by taxpayers, made under penalty of perjury.

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AB 261Kalra D Mushrooms.
6/14/2023-S. THIRD READING6/14/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Would establish the California Golden Chanterelle (Cantharellus californicus) as the official state mushroom.

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AB 262Holden D Children’s camps: safety and regulation. 7/5/2023-S. APPR. 7/5/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

The California Community Care Facilities Act generally provides for the licensing and regulation of community care facilities, including child daycare facilities, by the State Department of Social Services. Current law also requires the State Public Health Officer to establish rules and regulations establishing minimum standards for organized camps, defined as a site with a program and facilities established for the primary purposes of providing an outdoor group living experience with social, spiritual, educational, or recreational objectives, for 5 days or more during one or more seasons of the year, except as specified.• This bill would require the State Department of Social Services to convene and consult with a stakeholder group on children’s camp safety.

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Bill ID/Topic Location Summary City Position
• The bill would require the stakeholder group to be composed of representatives of designated state entities, including, but not limited to, the State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Education, and other stakeholders, such as parent advocate groups, children’s advocates and safety groups, and local parks and health departments. • The bill would require the department, by June 1, 2025, to issue its recommendations, as informed by the stakeholder group, in a report to the Legislature.

AB 281Grayson D Planning and zoning: housing: postentitlement phase permits. 7/11/2023-S. APPR. 7/11/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Would require a special district that receives an application from a housing development project for service from a special district or an application from a housing development project for a postentitlement phase permit, as specified, to provide written notice to the applicant of next steps in the review process, including, but not limited to, any additional information that may be required to begin to review the application for service or approval.• The bill would require the special district to provide this notice within 30 business days of receipt of the application for a housing development with 25 units or fewer, and within 60 business days for a housing development with 26 units or more.• The bill would define various terms for these purposes. By imposing additional duties on special districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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AB 286Wood D Broadband infrastructure: mapping.
6/20/2023-S. APPR. 6/29/2023-Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR. (Amended 6/29/2023) 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 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.

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AB 309Lee D The Social Housing Act.
7/13/2023-S. APPR. 7/13/2023-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and rerefer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 12). Read second time and amended. ReWould enact the Social Housing Act and would create, in the Department of General Services, the Social Housing Program, the mission of which would be to ensure that social housing developments are produced on leased state property to help address the housing crisis, as specified. • The bill would authorize the program to identify and develop up to 3 social housing projects, as specified, with the intent to use the results to inform public policy related to developing an independent public entity to develop statewide social housing. • The bill would require the program to solicit bids to develop social housing units, and prioritize bids that demonstrate long-term revenue neutrality or a cost rent model, as those terms are defined. Oppose 7 CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
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Bill ID/Topic Location Summary City Position
referred to Com. on APPR.
• The bill would require the program to employ 2 different leasing models, the rental model and the ownership model, as specified, in creating social housing.• The bill would prohibit a city or county from denying a social housing development authorized under the program.• The bill would authorize a city or county to propose objective design review standards, as specified, and authorize a city or county to propose modifications to mitigate any specific, adverse impacts on public health or safety, as specified.

AB 323Holden D Density Bonus Law: purchase of density bonus units by nonprofit housing organizations: civil actions. 7/6/2023-S. APPR. 7/6/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Current property tax law establishes a welfare exemption under which property is exempt from taxation if the property is owned and operated by a nonprofit corporation that is organized and operated for the purpose of building and rehabilitating single-family or multifamily residences for sale, as provided, at cost to low-income families. Current law requires the developer and the city or county to ensure that (1) a for-sale unit that qualified the developer for the award of the density bonus is initially occupied by a person or family of the required income, offered at an affordable housing cost, as defined, and includes an equity sharing agreement, as specified, or (2) a qualified nonprofit housing organization that is receiving the abovedescribed welfare exemption purchases the unit pursuant to a specified recorded contract that includes an affordability restriction, an equity sharing agreement, as specified, and a repurchase option that requires a subsequent purchaser that desires to sell or convey the property to first offer the nonprofit corporation the opportunity to repurchase the property.• This bill would instead require the developer and the city or county to ensure that (1) the forsale unit that qualified the developer for the award of the density bonus is to be initially sold to and occupied by a person or family of the required income, (2) the qualified nonprofit housing organization that is receiving the above-described welfare exemption meets specified requirements, including having a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service affirming its tax-exempt status, as specified, being based in California, and the primary activity of the nonprofit corporation being the development and preservation of affordable home ownership housing in California that incorporates within their contracts for initial purchase a repurchase option that requires a subsequent purchaser that desires to sell or convey the property to first offer the nonprofit corporation the opportunity to repurchase the property pursuant to an equity sharing agreement or a specified recorded contract that includes an affordability restriction, or (3) the city, county, and city and county has sent a list of buyers who are eligible to purchase the unit to the developer starting at the time the building permit is issued until 90 days after the certificate of occupancy or final inspection is issued or completed for that unit.

Support
AB 332Lee D
6/26/2023-S. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Current law requires the governing body of each city, city and county, or county to maintain or provide for the maintenance of an animal shelter system and a rabies control program.

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Legislative Bill Position Matrix
Revised: August 8, 2023
Bill ID/Topic Location Summary City Position
Rabies control data.
6/26/2023-In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. • This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to collect certain rabies control program data from each city, city and county, or county, as outlined. By increasing the data collected from each city, city and county, and county, this bill would create a state-mandated local program.

AB 355Alanis R Firearms: assault weapons: exception for peace officer training. 7/13/2023-S. THIRD READING7/13/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Current law requires the loan of a firearm to be processed through a licensed firearm dealer. Current law exempts from this requirement the loan of a firearm to a person enrolled in the course of basic training prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, or any other course certified by the commission, for purposes of participation in the course. Current law prohibits the sale, transfer, or possession of a large-capacity magazine, as defined. Current law exempts from this prohibition the sale or transfer to, or the possession by, a peace officer or retired peace officer, as specified, or to or by a person enrolled in the course of basic training prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, or any other course certified by the commission, for purposes of participation in the course, as specified. Current law prohibits the sale, transfer, or possession of an assault weapon, as specified. Current law exempts from this prohibition the sale or transfer of an assault weapon to, or the possession of an assault weapon by, a peace officer, as specified.• This bill would also exempt from this prohibition the loaning of an assault weapon to, or the possession of an assault weapon by, a person enrolled in the course of basic training prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, while engaged in firearms training and being supervised by a firearms instructor.

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AB 361Ward D Vehicles: photographs of bicycle lane parking violations. 6/29/2023-S. THIRD READING6/29/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Current law authorizes a public transit operator, as defined, to enforce parking violations in specified transit-only traffic lanes through the use of video imaging and to install automated forward facing parking control devices on public transit vehicles for the purpose of video imaging parking violations occurring in transit-only traffic lanes, as specified. Current law requires a designated employee of a city, county, city and county, or a contracted law enforcement agency for a special transit district, who is qualified by the city and county or the district to issue parking citations, to review video image recordings for the purpose of determining whether a parking violation occurred in a transit-only traffic lane and to issue a notice of violation to the registered owner of a vehicle within 15 calendar days, as specified. Current law makes these video image records confidential, and provides that these records are available only to public agencies to enforce parking violations. Current law requires an operator who implements an automated enforcement system described above to report to specified committees of the Legislature on the system’s effectiveness and impact on traffic outcomes, among other things, as specified.• This bill would, until January 1, 2030, authorize a local agency, as defined, to install automated forward facing parking control devices on city-owned or district-owned parking Watch
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enforcement vehicles for the purpose of taking photographs of parking violations occurring in bicycle lanes.

AB 399Boerner D Water Ratepayers Protections Act of 2023: County Water Authority Act: exclusion of territory: procedure. 6/21/2023-S. GOV. & F.7/13/2023-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (July 12).

The County Water Authority 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, the Water Ratepayers Protections Act of 2023, 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 the county water authority.• The bill would require the 2 elections to be separate; however, the bill would authorize both elections to run concurrently.
• The bill would require a majority vote for withdrawal in both elections for the withdrawal of the public agency from the territory of the county water authority. • This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

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AB 413Lee D Vehicles: stopping, standing, and parking.
7/12/2023-S. APPR. 7/13/2023-Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

Current law prohibits the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle in certain places and under certain conditions, including within an intersection, on a sidewalk or crosswalk, or in front of a fire station, Current law additionally authorizes local jurisdictions to, by ordinance, restrict parking in certain areas, at certain times, and for certain reasons, and to establish metered parking.• This bill would prohibit the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle within 20 feet of the vehicle approach side of any unmarked or marked crosswalk or 15 feet of any crosswalk where a curb extension is present, as specified.• The bill would require the issuance of a warning notice rather than a notice of violation to a first-time offender of these provisions.

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AB 426Jackson D Unlicensed residential foster care facilities: temporary placement management. 7/11/2023-S. APPR. 8/2/2023-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

Current law requires the Office of the State Foster Care Ombudsperson to be established in the State Department of Social Services with prescribed powers and duties relating to the management of foster children. Current law authorizes the ombudsperson, as part of the office’s efforts to resolve complaints related to foster care, to conduct whatever investigation reasonably related to the complaint and to foster care that the ombudsperson deems necessary. Current law grants specified rights to all minors and nonminors in foster care, including, among others, the right to receive medical, dental, vision, and mental health services, the right to be informed of these rights in an age- and developmentally appropriate manner, and the right to receive a copy of these rights at specified intervals.

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• This bill would authorize the State Department of Social Services to appoint a temporary placement manager, as defined, if the department has reason to believe, including pursuant to a complaint investigated by the State Foster Care Ombudsperson, that an unlicensed residential foster care facility, as defined, is endangering the welfare of foster children or youth in the facility, including, but not limited to, in violation of any of the rights described above.• The bill would require the department to issue an initial statement of allegations, followed by a formal statement of allegations that specifies the factual and legal basis for the appointment of a temporary placement manager to operate the facility 60 calendar days after issuance of the formal statement of allegations. • The bill would require the appointment of the temporary placement manger to be effective 61 calendar days after the department issues the statement of causes and concerns, and until the temporary placement manager notifies the department, and the department verifies, that appropriate placements have been arranged for all foster children and youth in the facility, as prescribed. • The bill would authorize a residential foster care facility that receives a formal statement of allegations to contest the appointment of a temporary manager by seeking injunctive relief in the superior court sitting in the county in which the facility is located, as specified.

AB 436Alvarez D Vehicles.
7/13/2023-S. APPR. 7/13/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Current law prohibits a local authority from enacting or enforcing an ordinance on matters covered by the Vehicle Code unless expressly authorized by the Vehicle Code. Current law authorizes local authorities to adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution regarding specified matters, including, among others, crossing guards, the operation of bicycles, the removal of illegally parked vehicles, and cruising, as defined.• This bill would remove the authorization for a local authority to adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or regulation regarding cruising.

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AB 440Wicks D Density Bonus Law: maximum allowable residential density. 6/22/2023-S. THIRD READING6/22/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Current law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the city or county with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct certain types of housing. Current law provides for the calculation of the amount of density bonus for each type of housing development that qualifies under these provisions. Current law defines the term “density bonus” for these purposes to mean a density increase over the otherwise maximum allowable gross residential density as of the date of the application, as described. Current law defines the term “maximum allowable residential density” for these purposes to mean the maximum number of units allowed under the zoning ordinance, specific plan, or land use element of the general plan, or, if a range of density is permitted, the maximum number of units allowed by the specific zoning range, specific plan, Watch
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or land use element of the general plan applicable to the project. Current law provides under that definition that if the density allowed under the zoning ordinance is inconsistent with the density allowed under the land use element of the general plan or specific plan, the greater density prevails.
• This bill would instead define “maximum allowable residential density” to mean the greatest number of units allowed under the zoning ordinance, specific plan, or land use element of the general plan, or, if a range of density is permitted, the greatest number of units allowed by the specific zoning range, specific plan, or land use element of the general plan applicable to the project.

AB 443Jackson D Peace officers: determination of bias.
7/11/2023-S. APPR. 7/13/2023-Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

Current law, commencing January 1, 2023, authorizes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to suspend or revoke the certification of a peace officer if the person has been terminated for cause from employment as a peace officer, or has, while employed as a peace officer, otherwise engaged in serious misconduct, which includes demonstrating bias on the basis of race, national origin, religion, gender identity or expression, housing status, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, or other protected status. Current law requires each law enforcement agency to be responsible for completing investigations of allegations of serious misconduct of a peace officer.• This bill would, commencing January 1, 2026, require POST to establish a definition of “biased conduct,” as specified, and would require law enforcement agencies to use that definition in any investigation into a bias-related complaint or an incident that involves possible indications of officer bias, and to determine if any racial profiling occurred, as defined.• The bill would also require POST to develop guidance for local law enforcement departments on performing effective internet and social media screenings of officer applicants.

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AB 449Ting D Hate crimes: law enforcement policies.
6/27/2023-S. APPR. 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.

Would make adoption of a hate crimes policy by a local law enforcement agency mandatory.• The bill would require those policies to include the supplemental hate crime report in the model policy framework developed by the commission and a schedule of hate crime or related trainings the agency conducts. By imposing requirements on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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AB 458Jones-Sawyer D
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Current law requires a shared mobility service provider, as defined, to enter into an agreement with, or obtain a permit from, the city or county with jurisdiction over the area of use before distribution of a shared mobility device, as defined. Current law requires that agreement or permit to require that the shared mobility service provider maintains a specified amount of Watch
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Shared mobility devices: insurance.
second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
commercial general liability insurance with, among other things, limits not less than $5,000,000 aggregate for all occurrences during the policy period. Current law also requires that agreement or permit to require the shared mobility service provider to offer or make available, or confirm that the user of a shared mobility device maintains, insurance coverage for bodily injury or death suffered by a pedestrian when the injury or death involves, in whole or in part, the negligent conduct of the shared mobility device user, as specified.• This bill would provide that insurance coverage offered, made available, or confirmed under the above-described provisions is not a group insurance policy.

AB 472Wicks D Classified school district and community college employees: compulsory leaves of absence: compensation. 7/13/2023-S. APPR. 7/13/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Current law requires the governing board of a school district to employ persons for positions not requiring certification qualifications and the governing board of a community college district to employ persons for positions that are not academic. For those employees, known as the classified service, current law authorizes those governing boards to grant leaves of absence and vacations with or without pay.• This bill would explicitly provide that the above-referenced authority of the governing boards of school districts and community college districts, to grant leaves of absence and vacations with or without pay, applies to voluntary leaves of absence and vacations.

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AB 480Ting D Surplus land.
7/11/2023-S. APPR. 7/11/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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” 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.

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AB 504Reyes D State and local public employees: labor relations: strikes. 7/12/2023-S. APPR. 7/13/2023-Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

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.

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• This bill would provide, except as specified, 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 strike, perform work for a public employer involved in a primary strike, or go through or work behind a primary strike 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.

AB 513Rodriguez D California Individual Assistance Act. 7/11/2023-S. APPR. 7/11/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Would enact the California Individual Assistance Act to establish a grant program to provide financial assistance to local agencies, community-based organizations, and individuals for specified costs related to a disaster, as prescribed.• The bill would require the Director of Emergency Services to allocate from the fund, subject to specified conditions, funds to meet the cost of expenses for those purposes. By authorizing increased expenditure of moneys from a continuously appropriated fund for a new purpose, the bill would make an appropriation.

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AB 520Santiago D Employment: public entities.
7/12/2023-S. APPR. 7/12/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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 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.

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AB 531Irwin D The Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2023. 7/13/2023-S. APPR. 7/13/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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.

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AB 537Berman D Short-term lodging:
advertising: rates.
6/28/2023-S. APPR. 6/29/2023-Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR. (Amended 6/29/2023) Current law prohibits an owner or operator of a hotel or motel from increasing the hotel or motel’s rates upon the proclamation of a state of emergency by the President of the United States or the Governor or upon the declaration of a local emergency, as specified.• This bill would prohibit a place of short-term lodging, as defined, from advertising or offering a room rate, if specific travel dates are selected, that does not include all taxes and fees required to stay at the short-term lodging. • The bill would prohibit an internet website, application, or other similar centralized online platform whereby rental of a place of short-term lodging is advertised or offered from advertising or offering a room rate, if specific travel dates are selected, that does not include all taxes and fees required stay at the short-term lodging.• The bill would make a violation of those provisions subject to a specified civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 and would authorize an action to enforce those provisions to be brought by a city attorney, district attorney, county counsel, or the Attorney General. • The bill would make the bill’s provisions operative on July 1, 2024.

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AB 548Boerner D State Housing Law: inspection.
7/3/2023-S. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE 7/3/2023-In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file.

Current law authorizes an officer, employee, or agent of an enforcement agency to enter and inspect any building or premises whenever necessary to secure compliance with, or prevent a violation of, any provision of the State Housing Law, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code, and other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of the State Housing Law that the enforcement agency has the power to enforce.• This bill would require local enforcement agencies, by January 1, 2025, to develop policies and procedures for inspecting a building with multiple units if an inspector or code enforcement officer has determined that a unit is substandard or is in violation of the State Housing Law, and the inspector or code enforcement officer determines that the defects or violations have the potential to affect other units of the building, as specified. If the enforcement agency determines the substandard condition could reasonably affect other units, the bill would require notice be given to the property owner, as specified, and the units reinspected to verify correction of the violations. By imposing new duties on local government officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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AB 557Hart D Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences. 6/29/2023-S. THIRD READING6/29/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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 Neutral
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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 purpose 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.

AB 562Carrillo, Wendy D Local government finance: the County of Los Angeles. 7/21/2023-A. CHAPTERED 7/21/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 90, Statutes of 2023.

Current law requires the County of Los Angeles to annually submit its proposed budget to the Governor, the Legislature, and the State Auditor, including estimated actual expenditures and revenues for the current year, an analysis of the impact of the Governor’s Budget for the next fiscal year, and any other pertinent information, as specified. Existing law requires the county to provide actual expenditure data for each program in its budget, as specified. Current law also requires the Legislative Analyst to conduct a review of the county fiscal emergency and to make specified recommendations.• This bill would repeal these provisions.

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AB 584Hart D California Coastal Act of 1976: coastal development: emergency waiver. 7/27/2023-A. CHAPTERED 7/27/2023-Approved
by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 118, Statutes of 2023.

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 to be waived when immediate action by a person or public agency performing a public service is required to 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.

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AB 587Rivas, Robert D Public works: payroll records.
6/27/2023-S. THIRD READING6/27/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Current law requires each contractor and subcontractor on a public works project to keep accurate payroll records, showing the name, address, social security number, work classification, straight time and overtime hours worked each day and week, and the actual per diem wages paid to each journeyman, apprentice, worker, or other employee employed by the contractor or subcontractor in connection with the public work. Current law requires any copy of records made available for inspection as copies and furnished upon request to the public or any public agency to be marked or obliterated to prevent disclosure of an individual’s name, Watch
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address, and social security number but specifies that any copy of records made available to a Taft-Hartley trust fund for the purposes of allocating contributions to participants be marked or obliterated only to prevent disclosure of an individual’s full social security number, as specified. Existing law makes any contractor, subcontractor, agent, or representative who neglects to comply with the requirements to keep accurate payroll records guilty of a misdemeanor.• This bill would require any copy of records requested by, and made available for inspection by or furnished to, a multiemployer Taft-Hartley trust fund or joint labor-management committee be provided on forms provided by the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement or contain the same information as the forms provided by the division.• The bill would specify that copies of electronic certified payroll records do not satisfy payroll records requests made by Taft-Hartley trust funds and joint labor-management committees.

AB 645Friedman D Vehicles: speed safety system pilot program. 7/11/2023-S. APPR. 7/14/2023-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and rerefer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (July 11). Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

Would authorize, until January 1, 2032, the Cities of Los Angeles, San Jose, Oakland, Glendale, and Long Beach, and the City and County of San Francisco to establish a Speed Safety System Pilot Program if the system meets specified requirements.• The bill would require a participating city or city and county to adopt a Speed Safety System Use Policy and a Speed Safety System Impact Report before implementing the program, and would require the participating city or city and county to engage in a public information campaign at least 30 days before implementation of the program, including information relating to when the systems would begin detecting violations and where the systems would be utilized.• The bill would require a participating city or city and county to issue warning notices rather than notices of violations for violations detected within the first 60 calendar days of the program. • The bill would also require a participating city or city and county to develop uniform guidelines for, among other things, the processing and storage of confidential information.• The bill would designate all photographic or administrative records, not including data about the number of violations issued or the speeds at which they were issued for, made by a system as confidential, and would only authorize public agencies to use and allow access to these records for specified purposes.

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AB 671Ward D CalHome Program: accessory dwelling units. 7/11/2023-S. APPR. 7/11/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 10).

Would specify that neither the CalHome Program nor any administrative rule or guideline implementing the CalHome Program precludes a community land trust, as defined, from using CalHome Program funds to purchase residential real property in fee simple, to construct accessory dwelling units or junior accessory dwelling units on the property, and to separately lease each dwelling unit on the property to separate households or separately convey the dwelling units on separate parcels created pursuant to specified law.

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AB 701Villapudua D Controlled substances: fentanyl.
6/27/2023-S. APPR. 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.

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 cocaine, 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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AB 764Bryan D Local redistricting.
7/13/2023-S. APPR. 7/13/2023-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and rerefer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 12). Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

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 jurisdictions is elected by districts, to comply with uniform requirements related to redistricting.• The bill would require local jurisdictions to adopt district boundaries, using specified criteria, following the decision to establish district-based elections and following each federal decennial census.

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AB 799Rivas, Luz D Homelessness: financing plan.
7/11/2023-S. APPR. 7/11/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Current law establishes the California Interagency Council on Homelessness to identify mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California by creating partnerships between federal, state, local, and nonprofit entities. Current law requires the coordinating council to conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, a statewide assessment to identify state programs that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, as defined, and collect and analyze data to provide a comprehensive view of the homeless response system. • This bill would require the council, in collaboration with continuums of care, counties, and big cities, as defined, and other stakeholders, to establish and regularly update a financing plan to solve homelessness by the year 2035.

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• The bill would require the council to establish and update statewide performance metrics to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in homelessness and to increase successful exits from homelessness to permanent housing by updating the Statewide Action Plan for Preventing and Ending Homelessness in California, no later than January 1, 2025, and would require the council to publish these goals on its internet website, as specified.

AB 821Grayson D Planning and zoning: general plan: zoning ordinance: conflicts. 7/6/2023-S. APPR. 7/6/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, longterm general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and of certain land outside its boundaries. Current law requires that county or city zoning ordinances be consistent with the general plan of the county or city by January 1, 1974. Current law authorizes any resident or property owner to bring an action or proceeding in the superior court to enforce compliance with these provisions within 90 days of the enactment of any new zoning ordinance or the amendment of any existing zoning ordinance. Current law requires a zoning ordinance to be amended within a reasonable time so that it is consistent with the general plan in the event that the ordinance becomes inconsistent with the plan by reason of amendment to the plan.• This bill would additionally authorize any resident or property owner to bring an action or proceeding in the superior court to enforce compliance with these provisions within 90 days of the failure of a local agency to amend a zoning ordinance within a reasonable time of the zoning ordinance becoming inconsistent with the general plan due to amendment to the plan or to any element of the plan.

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AB 825Bryan D Vehicles: bicycles on sidewalks.
7/12/2023-S. APPR. 7/13/2023-Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

Would prohibit a local authority from prohibiting the operation of a bicycle on a sidewalk adjacent to a highway or corridor that does not include a Class I, Class II, or Class IV bikeway, as defined, and would require the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol to submit a report to the Legislature regarding the effects of that prohibition.• The bill would also require a person riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk to yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and to adhere to a 10-mile-per-hour speed limit. • The bill would make these provisions applicable until January 1, 2031. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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AB 894Friedman D Parking requirements: shared parking.
7/11/2023-S. APPR. 7/11/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, longterm 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 Watch
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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.• 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.

AB 932Ting D Accessory dwelling units: Accessory Dwelling Unit Program: reports. 6/21/2023-S. APPR. 6/21/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 20). Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

Under existing law, the California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) administers the Accessory Dwelling Unit Program, for the purpose of assisting homeowners in qualifying for loans to construct accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units on the homeowners’ property and increasing access to capital for homeowners interested in building accessory dwelling units. Existing law requires the CalHFA to convene a working group to develop recommendations for the program, as specified.• This bill would require CalHFA to evaluate the program and report CalHFA’s findings to the Legislature by January 1, 2025.

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AB 955Petrie-Norris D
4/27/2023-A. RLS. 5/1/2023-From committee: That the measure be retained Current law makes possession of specified controlled substances, including fentanyl, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, except as specified. Current law makes possession of a controlled substance for the purposes of sale of the substance punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period of 2, 3, or 4 years.

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in committee, and that the subject matter be referred to the Committee on Rules for assignment to the proper committee for study. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 27). • This bill would make the sale of fentanyl on a social media platform, as defined, in California punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period of 3, 6, or 9 years.

AB 965Carrillo, Juan D Local government: broadband permit applications. 7/13/2023-S. APPR. 7/13/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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 that 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 to 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.

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AB 976Ting D Accessory dwelling units: owneroccupancy requirements. 7/10/2023-S. THIRD READING7/10/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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.

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• This bill would instead prohibit a local agency from imposing an owner-occupancy requirement on any accessory dwelling unit.

AB 994Jackson D Law enforcement: social media.
7/6/2023-S. APPR. 7/6/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Current law prohibits a police department or sheriff’s office from sharing, on social media, booking photos of an individual arrested on suspicion of committing a nonviolent crime, as defined, unless specified circumstances exist. Current law requires a police department or sheriff’s office that shares, on social media, a booking photo of an individual arrested for the suspected commission of a nonviolent crime to remove the information from its social media page, upon request, unless the same specified circumstances exist. Current law also requires a police department or sheriff’s office to remove the booking photo of a person who has committed any other crime from social media if the individual’s record has been sealed, the individual’s conviction has been dismissed, expunged, pardoned, or eradicated, the individual has been issued a certificate of rehabilitation, the individual is found not guilty of committing the crime for which they were arrested, or the individual was ultimately not charged with the crime or the charges were dismissed. With respect to an individual who has been arrested for any crime, this bill would require a police department or sheriff’s office, upon posting a booking photo on social media, to use the name and pronouns given by the individual arrested. • The bill would authorize a police department or sheriff’s office to use other legal names or known aliases of an individual in limited specified circumstances.

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AB 1011Weber D Social care: data privacy.
6/28/2023-S. APPR. 8/2/2023-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

Current federal law, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), establishes certain requirements relating to the provision of health insurance, including provisions relating to the confidentiality of health records. Current state law, the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, prohibits a provider of health care, a health care service plan, a contractor, a corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates, or any business that offers software or hardware to consumers, including a mobile application or other related device, as defined, from intentionally sharing, selling, using for marketing, or otherwise using any medical information, as defined, for any purpose not necessary to provide health care services to a patient, except as provided.• This bill would prohibit a participating entity of a closed-loop referral system (CLRS) from selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, social care information stored in or transmitted through a CLRS in exchange for monetary or other valuable consideration.• The bill would further prohibit a participating entity from using social care information stored in, or transmitted through, a CLRS for any purpose or purposes other than the social care Watch
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purpose or purposes for which that social care information was collected or generated, except as specified.

AB 1033Ting D Accessory dwelling units: local ordinances: separate sale or conveyance. 7/6/2023-S. APPR. 7/6/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes a local agency, by ordinance or ministerial approval, to provide for the creation of accessory dwelling units in areas zoned for residential use, as specified. Current law requires the ordinance to include specified standards, including prohibiting the accessory dwelling unit from being sold or otherwise conveyed separate from the primary residence, except as provided by a specified law. Current law, notwithstanding the prohibition described above, requires a local agency to allow an accessory dwelling unit to be sold or conveyed separately from the primary residence to a qualified buyer if certain conditions are met, including that the property was built or developed by a qualified nonprofit corporation and that the property is held pursuant to a recorded tenancy in common agreement that meets specified requirements.• This bill would, in addition, authorize a local agency to adopt a local ordinance to allow the separate conveyance of the primary dwelling unit and accessory dwelling unit or units as condominiums, as specified, and would make conforming changes.

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AB 1034Wilson D Law enforcement: facial recognition and other biometric surveillance. 6/21/2023-S. THIRD READING6/21/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Would prohibit 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.• The bill would authorize a person to bring an action for equitable or declaratory relief against a law enforcement agency or officer who violates that prohibition.

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AB 1060Ortega D Health care coverage: naloxone hydrochloride. 7/10/2023-S. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE 7/10/2023-In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

Under current law, the pharmacist service of furnishing naloxone hydrochloride is a covered Medi-Cal benefit. The Medi-Cal program also covers certain medications to treat opioid use disorders as part of narcotic treatment program services, or as part of medication-assisted treatment services within the Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program, as specified.• This bill would make legislative findings relating to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approving a certain naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for nonprescription use.

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AB 1082Kalra D Authority to remove vehicles.
7/11/2023-S. APPR. 7/12/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (July 11).

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 Watch
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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.

AB 1097Rivas, Luz D Use tax: registration: qualified purchaser. 7/6/2023-S. APPR. 7/6/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Current sales and use tax law requires a qualified purchaser to register with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to facilitate the collection of the use tax. Current law defines “qualified purchaser” for this purpose to include a person that satisfies specified conditions, including that the person receives at least $100,000 in gross receipts from business operations per calendar year. • This bill would, until January 1, 2029, amend the definition of qualified purchaser by removing the condition that the person receives at least $100,000 in gross receipts per calendar year, and would add as a condition that the person makes more than $10,000 in purchases subject to the use tax per calendar year if the use tax imposed on those purchases has not otherwise been paid to a retailer, as provided.

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AB 1114Haney D Planning and zoning: housing development projects: postentitlement phase permits. 7/11/2023-S. APPR. 7/11/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 10). Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

Current law relating to housing development approval requires a local agency to compile a list of information needed to approve or deny a postentitlement phase permit, to post an example of a complete, approved application and an example of a complete set of postentitlement phase permits for at least 5 types of housing development projects in the jurisdiction, as specified, and to make those items available to all applicants for these permits no later than January 1, 2024. Current law defines “postentitlement phase permit” to include all nondiscretionary permits and reviews filed after the entitlement process has been completed that are required or issued by the local agency to begin construction of a development that is intended to be at least 2/3 residential, excluding discretionary and ministerial planning permits, entitlements, and certain other permits and reviews. These permits include, but are not limited to, building permits and all interdepartmental review required for the issuance of a building permit, permits for minor or standard off-site improvements, permits for demolition, and permits for minor or standard excavation and grading.• This bill would modify the definition of “postentitlement phase permit” to also include all Watch
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building permits and other permits issued under the California Building Standards Code or any applicable local building code for the construction, demolition, or alteration of buildings, whether discretionary or nondiscretionary.

AB 1218Lowenthal D Development projects: demolition of residential dwelling units. 7/11/2023-S. APPR. 7/11/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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 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.

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AB 1285Wicks D Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program and Encampment Resolution Funding program. 7/11/2023-S. APPR. 7/11/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 10). Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

Current law establishes the Encampment Resolution Funding program, administered by the California Interagency 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 pursuant to 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.

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AB 1287Alvarez D
7/6/2023-S. APPR. 7/26/2023-In
Would require a city, county, or city and county to grant an additional density bonus, calculated as specified, when (1) an applicant proposes to construct a housing development Oppose
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that conforms to specified requirements, (2) the 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 incentives or concessions for a project in which 100% of all units are for lower income households, as specified, from 4 to 5.

AB 1297Quirk-Silva D Public restrooms.
7/10/2023-S. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE 7/10/2023-In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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 local 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 the availability of public restrooms to the Legislature by March 1, 2025, as specified.

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AB 1307Wicks D California Environmental Quality Act: noise impact: residential projects. 7/11/2023-S. APPR. 7/11/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 10). Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment.• This bill would specify that the effects of noise generated by project occupants and their guests on human beings is not a significant effect on the environment for residential projects for purposes of CEQA.• This bill would specify that institutions of public higher education, in an EIR for a residential or mixed-use housing project, are not required to consider alternatives to the location of the proposed project if certain requirements are met.
• This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

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AB 1308Quirk-Silva D Planning and Zoning Law: single-family residences: parking requirements. 7/11/2023-S. APPR. 7/11/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes the legislative body of any county or city to adopt ordinances that regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land as between industry, business, residences, open space, and other purposes.• This bill would prohibit a public agency, as defined, from increasing the minimum parking requirement that applies to a single-family residence as a condition of approval of a project to remodel, renovate, or add to a single-family residence, except as specified. By imposing additional duties on local officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

AB 1317Carrillo, Wendy D Unbundled parking.
7/10/2023-S. THIRD READING7/10/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Would require the owner of qualifying residential property, as defined, that provides parking with the qualifying residential property to unbundle parking from the price of rent, as specified.• The bill would define “unbundled parking” as the practice of selling or leasing parking spaces separate from the lease of the residential use.• The bill would define “qualifying residential property” as any dwelling or unit that is intended for human habitation that (1) is issued a certificate of occupancy on or after January 1, 2025, (2) consists of 16 or more residential units, and (3) is located within the County of Alameda, Fresno, Los Angeles, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Shasta, or Ventura. • The bill would provide a tenant of a qualifying residential property with a right of first refusal to parking spaces built for their unit, as specified.
• The bill would prohibit the breach of a separately leased parking agreement from forming the basis of any unlawful detainer action against the tenant. • The bill would authorize a property owner, if a tenant fails to pay by the 30th day following the date payment is owed for a separately leased parking space, to revoke that tenant’s right to lease that parking spot. • The bill would exempt qualifying residential properties with individual garages that are functionally a part of the property from these provisions.

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AB 1335Zbur D Local government: transportation planning and land use: sustainable communities strategy. 7/12/2023-S. APPR. 7/12/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Current law requires specified designated transportation planning agencies to prepare and adopt a regional transportation plan directed at achieving a coordinated and balanced regional transportation system, as described. Current law requires the plan to include specified information, including a sustainable communities strategy prepared by each metropolitan planning organization, and requires each transportation planning agency to adopt and submit, every 4 years, an updated plan to the California Transportation Commission and the Department of Transportation. Current law requires the sustainable communities strategy to include specified information, including an identification of areas within the region sufficient to house all the population of the region over the course of the planning period of the regional transportation plan, as specified, and an identification of areas within the region sufficient to Watch
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house an 8-year projection of the regional housing need for the region, as specified.• This bill would additionally require each metropolitan planning organization to include in the sustainable communities strategy the total number of new housing units necessary to house all the population of the region over the course of the planning period of the regional transportation plan, as specified, and the total number of new housing units necessary to house the above-described 8-year projection, as specified.

AB 1348Grayson D State government: Controller: claims audits. 7/11/2023-S. APPR. 7/11/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 11). Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

Existing law, the Government Claims Act, generally requires the presentation of all claims for money or damages against local public entities and the state. Existing law provides for the presentation of a claim for which appropriations have been made, or for which state funds are available, under that act to the Controller, in the form and manner prescribed by the general rules and regulations adopted by the Department of General Services. Existing law, with specified exceptions, prohibits the Controller from drawing a warrant for any claim until it has been audited in conformity with law and the general rules and regulations adopted by the Department of General Services governing the presentation and audit of claims.• This bill would authorize the Controller to conduct, unless prohibited by the provisions of a state ballot proposition passed by the electorate, financial and compliance audits as the Controller’s office deems as necessary for purposes of ensuring that any expenditures, regardless of the source or fund from which the warrants for claims are drawn, are expended in a manner consistent with the law and the voters’ intent.• The bill would also authorize the Controller to conduct any audits necessary to carry out their constitutional and statutory duties and responsibilities under the law.• The bill would require, if an audit is conducted as specified, the Controller to provide a report with specified information from these audits to the Legislature by June 30 following the completion of the audit and would require the Controller to allow all auditees in the report a reasonable period of time to review and comment on the section of the report relating to the auditee, as described. • The bill would make related legislative findings and declarations.

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AB 1386Gabriel D Veterans housing: tenant referrals.
7/11/2023-S. APPR. 7/11/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 10). ReThe Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014 requires the California Housing Finance Agency, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of Veterans Affairs (referred to collectively as “the departments”) to establish and implement programs that focus on veterans at risk for homelessness or experiencing temporary or chronic homelessness, as specified. In this regard, current law requires the departments to establish and implement programs that, among other things, ensure projects combine housing and supportive services. Current law requires the departments to ensure at least 50% of funds awarded for capital development are used to provide housing to veterans with extremely low incomes, and requires that at least 60% of units funded targeting extremely Watch 28 CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
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low income households are supportive housing.• This bill would authorize an entity tasked with making referrals of units targeted to extremely low income households to match prospective secondary tenants with incomes at or below 60% of the area median income that are receiving income as a result of service-connected disability if a qualified tenant is unable to be matched to and accept placement in an available unit within 28 days of the unit becoming available. If a secondary tenant is unable to be matched to and accept placement in an available unit within 14 days, the bill would authorize the entity to match a veteran experiencing homelessness with an income at or below 60% of the area median income, regardless of the source of the income, in an available unit.• The bill would prohibit the rate of rent for a qualified unit that is matched with a secondary tenant or other veteran experiencing homelessness pursuant to these provisions from exceeding the rate of rent that would have been charged had the unit been occupied by an extremely low income household.

AB 1403Garcia D Public safety: fireworks: enforcement: funding. 7/12/2023-S. APPR. 7/12/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Current law requires the State Fire Marshal, on or before July 1, 2008, to identify and evaluate methods to capture more detailed data relating to fires, damages, and injuries caused by both dangerous fireworks and safe and sane fireworks.• This bill would move up the date by which the State Fire Marshal is required to identify and evaluate methods to capture the data described above to July 1, 2024. • The bill would require, on or before January 1, 2025, the State Fire Marshal to collect and analyze data relating to fires, damages, seizures, arrests, administrative citations, and fireworks disposal issues caused by the sale and use of both dangerous illegal fireworks and safe and sane fireworks, as provided.• The bill would require, on or before January 1, 2025, the State Fire Marshal to provide to the appropriate policy and budget committees of the respective houses of the Legislature a workload analysis of resources needed to further assist in the training of local fire and law enforcement personnel regarding specified topics.

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AB 1449Alvarez D Affordable housing: California Environmental Quality Act: exemption. 7/11/2023-S. APPR. 7/11/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Would, until January 1, 2033, exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) certain actions taken by a public agency related to affordable housing projects, as defined, if certain requirements are met.• The bill would require the lead agency, if the lead agency determines an action related to an affordable housing project is exempt from CEQA under this provision and approves or carries out the project, to file a notice of exemption with the Office of Planning and Research and the county clerk of each county in which the project is located. By increasing the duties of a lead agency, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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AB 1484Zbur D
7/12/2023-S. APPR. 7/12/2023-From
(1)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 Oppose
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committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com.
on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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 regard 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 statemandated 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.

AB 1485Haney D Housing element: enforcement: Attorney General. 7/6/2023-S. APPR. 7/6/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Current law authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development to notify the office of the Attorney General, that a city, county, or city and county is in violation of state law if the department finds that the housing element or an amendment to the housing element does not substantially comply with specified provisions of the Planning and Zoning Law, or that the local government has taken action or failed to act in violation of specified provisions of law relating to housing, including, among others, the Housing Accountability Act, the Density Bonus Law, and the Housing Crisis Act of 2019. Current law provides that an intervention takes place when a nonparty becomes a party to an action or proceeding between other persons by, among other things, joining a plaintiff in claiming what is sought by the complaint. Current law requires the court to permit a nonparty to intervene in the action or proceeding if a provision of law confers an unconditional right to intervene.

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• This bill would permit both the department and the office of the Attorney General to intervene as a matter of unconditional right in any legal action addressing a violation of the specified housing laws described above, including, among others, the Housing Accountability Act, the Density Bonus Law, and the Housing Crisis Act of 2019.

AB 1490Lee D Affordable housing development projects: adaptive reuse. 7/6/2023-S. APPR. 7/10/2023-Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

Under this bill, a housing development that is, among other requirements, an extremely affordable adaptive reuse project on an infill parcel that is not located on or adjoined to a site where more than 1/3 of the square footage on the site is dedicated to industrial use, as specified, would be an allowable use.• The bill would authorize a local agency to impose objective design review standards, except as specified.
• The bill would authorize a local agency to deny the project if it is proposed to be located on a site or adjoined to any site where any of the square footage on the site is dedicated to industrial use and the local agency makes written findings that approving the development would have an adverse effect on public health and safety.• 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.• The bill would define an “extremely affordable adaptive reuse project” for these purposes to mean a multifamily housing development project that involves retrofitting and repurposing of a residential or commercial building that currently allows temporary dwelling or occupancy, and that meets specified affordability requirements, including that 100% of the units be dedicated to lower income households, 50% of which shall be dedicated to very low income households, as specified. Because the bill would require local officials to provide a higher level of service, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. • This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

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AB 1519Bains D Vehicles: catalytic converters.
7/11/2023-S. APPR. 7/12/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Current law licenses and regulates motor vehicle dealers and retail sellers. Current law prohibits a motor vehicle dealer or retail seller from selling any motor vehicle that is not in compliance with the requirements enumerated in the Vehicle Code.• This bill would prohibit any person, except as exempted, from removing, altering, or obfuscating the vehicle identification number that has been added to a catalytic converter, or from knowingly possessing 3 or more catalytic converters that have been so altered.

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AB 1567Garcia D Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparation, Flood Protection, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Clean Energy, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2024. 6/14/2023-S. N.R. & W.6/14/2023-Referred
to Coms. on N.R. & W. and GOV. & F.

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.

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AB 1607Carrillo, Wendy D Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency. 7/13/2023-S. GOV. & F.7/14/2023-Jul. 13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 12).

The Los Angeles County Regional Housing Finance Act (act) authorizes the agency to place funding measures on the ballot in the County of Los Angeles to raise and allocate funds to the County of Los Angeles, the cities in the county, and other public agencies and affordable housing projects within its jurisdiction for purposes of preserving and enhancing existing housing, funding renter protection programs, and financing new construction of affordable housing developments, as specified. The act limits the agency’s jurisdiction to acting in a supplemental capacity when a municipality has, as of January 1, 2022, an existing program that provides similar supports and services, and prohibits any functions of existing programs from being transferred to or undertaken by the agency. The act also prohibits the agency from performing or undertaking any functions related to supports and services provided to people experiencing homelessness, except as specified. The act requires the governing board of the agency to adopt an annual expenditure plan for the use of housing revenue that sets forth the share of revenue and estimated funding amount to be spent on certain categories within the annual programmatic budget, as specified.• This bill would authorize the agency to transfer a portion of the revenue raised by a tax measure adopted pursuant to the act to the County of Los Angeles for programs that provide supports and services to prevent and combat homelessness.• The bill would exclude those transferred revenues from the annual expenditure plan and the annual programmatic budget and make other conforming changes.

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AB 1620Zbur D Costa-Hawkins
7/13/2023-S. THIRD READING7/13/2023-Read second time.

Would authorize a jurisdiction to require the owner of a residential real property that is subject to an ordinance or charter provision that controls the rental rate to permit a tenant who is not subject to eviction for nonpayment and who has a permanent physical disability related to mobility to move to an available comparable or smaller unit, as defined, located on an Support
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Rental Housing Act: permanent disabilities: comparable or smaller units.

Ordered to third reading.
accessible floor of the property if certain conditions are met. In this regard, the bill would authorize a tenant to move to an available comparable or smaller unit if, among other things, (1) the move is determined to be necessary to accommodate the tenant’s physical disability related to mobility, (2) there is no operational elevator that serves the floor of the tenant’s current dwelling or unit, and (3) the tenant provides the owner a written request to move into an available comparable or smaller unit located on an accessible floor of the property before the unit becomes available. • The bill would require an owner who grants a request pursuant to these provisions to allow the tenant to retain their lease at the same rental rate and terms of the existing lease if certain conditions are met, including, among others, the move is determined to be necessary to accommodate the tenant’s disability related to mobility and the new dwelling or unit is in the same building or on the same parcel with at least 3 other units.

AB 1633Ting D Housing Accountability Act: disapprovals: California Environmental Quality Act. 7/12/2023-S. APPR. 7/13/2023-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and rerefer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12). Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

The Housing Accountability Act prohibits a local agency from disapproving a housing development project, as described, unless it makes certain written findings based on a preponderance of the evidence in the record. The act defines “disapprove the housing development project” as including any instance in which a local agency either votes and disapproves a proposed housing development project application, including any required land use approvals or entitlements necessary for the issuance of a building permit, or fails to comply with specified time periods. Current law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that the lead agency proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if the lead agency finds that the project will not have that effect.• This bill, until January 1, 2031, would define “disapprove the housing development project” as also including any instance in which a local agency fails to make a determination of whether the project is exempt from CEQA or commits an abuse of discretion, as specified, or fails to adopt a negative declaration or addendum for the project, to certify an environmental impact report for the project, or to approve another comparable environmental document, if certain conditions are satisfied. Among other conditions, the bill would require a housing development project subject to these provisions to be located on a legal parcel or parcels in any of specified locations and meet or exceed 15 dwelling units per acre.

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AB 1637Irwin D Local government:
7/10/2023-S. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE 7/10/2023-In committee: Referred 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” toplevel domain or a “.ca.gov” second-level domain and would require a local agency that maintains an internet website that is noncompliant with that requirement to redirect that internet website to a domain name that does utilize a “.gov” or “.ca.gov” domain.

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internet websites and email addresses.
to APPR. suspense file.
• 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 local program.

AB 1657Wicks D The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024. 7/13/2023-S. APPR. 7/13/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Would enact the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024, which, if adopted, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law. Proceeds from the sale of these bonds would be used to finance programs to fund affordable rental housing and homeownership programs, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program.

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AB 1673Pacheco D Outdoor Advertising Act: local governmental entities: relocation. 7/13/2023-A. CONCURRENCE
7/13/2023-Read third
time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.). In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

The Outdoor Advertising Act regulates the placement of advertising displays adjacent to and within specified distances of highways that are part of the national system of interstate and defense highways and federal-aid highways. The act prohibits a governmental entity from compelling the removal of a lawfully erected advertising display within the state, or limiting its customary maintenance or use, without payment of compensation, as defined in the Eminent Domain Law, to the owner or owners of the display and the land upon which the display is located. This prohibition does not apply to an advertising display relocated by mutual agreement between the display owner and a local entity. The act generally prohibits placing or maintaining advertising displays on Department of Transportation-owned property adjacent to landscaped freeways if the advertising display is designed to be viewed primarily by persons traveling on the landscaped freeway, but exempts (1) a county that designates where advertising displays may be placed or prohibited as part of a county land use or zoning ordinance and (2) a relocated advertising display that is converted to a message center pursuant to a relocation agreement.• This bill would also exempt other local governmental entities that designate where advertising displays may be placed or prohibited as part of a local government land use or zoning ordinance from this prohibition, expand this exemption to explicitly apply to relocations of advertising displays by local governmental entities, and exempt the use of resolutions, programs, and approvals to facilitate advertising display placement.• The bill would explicitly state that a local governmental entity’s sole discretion to consent, under an existing statutory requirement, to placing a new or relocated advertising display within its jurisdiction constitutes “development in a planned manner without expenditure of public funds,” consistent with an existing statutory statement of state policy.

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AB 1679Santiago D Transactions and use taxes: County of Los Angeles: homelessness. 7/12/2023-S. GOV. & F.7/13/2023-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 12).

Current law authorizes cities and counties, subject to certain limitations and approval requirements, to levy a transactions and use tax for general or specific purposes, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law, including a requirement that the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with that law in the county not exceed 2%. Current local transactions and use tax law for the County of Los Angeles, known as Measure H, establishes a local tax at a rate of 0.25%, and the revenue from that tax is dedicated to addressing and preventing homelessness.• This bill would authorize the County of Los Angeles to impose a transactions and use tax at a rate of no more than 0.50% that, in combination with other transactions and use taxes, would exceed the above-described combined rate limit of 2%, if the county adopts an ordinance proposing the tax and the ordinance proposing the tax is approved by the voters, subject to applicable voter approval requirements.

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AB 1696Sanchez R Sober Living Accountability Act.
7/21/2023-A. VETOED 7/21/2023-Vetoed by
Governor.

Would require any government entity, as defined, that enters into a contract with a privately owned recovery residence to require that recovery residence to submit specified documents, including, among other things, written permission from the property owner to operate on the property, as specified, and the policies and procedures used by the recovery resident to address a resident’s right to access prescription and nonprescription drugs.• The bill would apply these requirements to any contracts entered into, renewed, or amended on or after January 1, 2024.

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ACA 1Aguiar-Curry D Local government financing: affordable housing and public infrastructure: voter approval. 7/12/2023-A. APPR. 7/13/2023-Read second time and amended.

The California Constitution prohibits the ad valorem tax rate on real property from exceeding 1% of the full cash value of the property, subject to certain 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, city and county, or special district, 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 tax to pay the interest and redemption charges on bonded indebtedness for these purposes that is submitted at the same election as this measure.

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ACA 3Lee D
3/30/2023-A. REV. & TAX3/30/2023-Referred
Would authorize the Legislature to impose a tax upon all forms of personal property or wealth, whether tangible or intangible, and would require any tax so imposed to be administered and collected by the Franchise Tax Board and the Department of Justice, as determined by the Watch
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Wealth tax: appropriation limits.
to Com. on REV. & TAX.

Legislature in statute. The measure would authorize the Legislature to classify any form of personal property or wealth for differential taxation or for exemption by a majority vote.

ACA 4Bryan D Elections: eligibility to vote.
2/6/2023-A. THIRD READING5/18/2023-Coauthors revised. From committee: Be adopted. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 18). Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

The California Constitution requires the Legislature to provide for the disqualification of electors while serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony. This measure would repeal that requirement regarding the disqualification of electors incarcerated for felony convictions, thereby authorizing an otherwise qualified elector serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony to vote.

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SB 2Portantino D Firearms.
6/28/2023-A. APPR. 6/29/2023-Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR. (Amended 6/29/2023) 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 to certain 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.

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SB 4Wiener D Planning and zoning: housing
7/10/2023-A. APPR. 7/18/2023-From committee: Do pass as amended and rerefer to Com. on The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, longterm 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 Oppose
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development: higher education institutions and religious institutions.

APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 10).
the development satisfies certain objective planning standards. The Zenovich-MosconeChacon 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.

SB 14Grove R Serious felonies: human trafficking.
7/13/2023-A. APPR. 7/13/2023-Joint Rule
62(a) suspended. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 13). Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

Would include human trafficking of a minor within the definition of a serious felony for all purposes, including for purposes of the Three Strikes Law. By expanding the scope of an enhancement, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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SB 17Caballero D Senior housing: tax credits.
7/12/2023-A. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE 7/12/2023-July 12 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

Current law, enacted to implement a specified low-income housing tax credit established by federal law, requires the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee to annually determine and allocate the state ceiling in accordance with those provisions and in conformity with federal law. Current law authorizes the committee to adopt, amend, or repeal rules and regulations for the allocation of housing credits. Current law requires that specified amounts of the lowincome housing tax credits be set aside for allocation to rural areas, small developments, and farmworker housing, as specified.• This bill would require the committee to revise its regulations to increase the housing type goal for senior developments to 20 percent.

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SB 19Seyarto R
7/11/2023-A. APPR. 7/12/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com.

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 of fentanyl abuse in California and evaluating approaches to increase public awareness of fentanyl abuse.

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Bill ID/Topic Location Summary City Position
Anti-Fentanyl Abuse Task Force.
on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
• 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.

SB 20Rubio D Joint powers agreements: regional housing trusts. 7/12/2023-A. CONSENT CALENDAR7/13/2023-Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

The Joint Exercise of Powers Act specifically authorizes the creation of the Orange County Housing Finance Trust and the San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust, both joint powers authorities, for the purpose of funding housing to assist the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income within their respective regions, as specified.• This bill would authorize 2 or more local agencies, as defined, to create a regional housing trust for the purpose of funding housing to assist the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income within their jurisdictions by entering into a joint powers agreement pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act.• The bill would also authorize a federally recognized tribal government to enter into the joint powers agreement.• The bill would require a regional housing trust created pursuant to these provisions to be governed by a board of directors consisting of a minimum of 5 directors, as specified.• The bill would authorize a regional housing trust to fund the planning, construction, and acquisition of housing, receive public and private financing and funds, and authorize and issue bonds, as specified.• The bill would require the joint powers agreement establishing the regional housing trust to incorporate specified annual financial reporting and auditing requirements.

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SB 24Umberg D Political Reform Act of 1974: public campaign financing. 7/5/2023-A. APPR. 7/6/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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.

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SB 35Umberg D
7/11/2023-A. APPR. 7/12/2023-Read second time and
The Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act authorizes specified adult persons to petition a civil court to create a voluntary CARE agreement or a court-ordered CARE plan and implement services, to be provided by county behavioral health agencies, to Watch
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Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program. amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR.
provide behavioral health care, including stabilization medication, housing, and other enumerated services, to adults who are currently experiencing a severe mental illness and have a diagnosis identified in the disorder class schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, and who meet other specified criteria.• This bill would authorize CARE Act proceedings to be conducted by a superior court judge or by a court-appointed commissioner or other subordinate judicial officer.• The bill would require that there is no fee for filing a petition nor any fees charged by any public officer for services in filing or serving papers or for the performance of any duty enjoined by the CARE Act.

SB 43Eggman D Behavioral health.
7/11/2023-A. APPR. 7/13/2023-Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

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 co-occurring 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.

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SB 50Bradford D Vehicles: enforcement.
7/11/2023-A. APPR. 7/12/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Under current law, it is unlawful to disobey the lawful order, signal, or direction of a uniformed peace officer performing any duties pursuant to the Vehicle Code or to refuse to submit to any lawful vehicular inspection authorized by the Vehicle Code. Current case law deems a temporary detention of a person during an automobile stop by the police, even if only for a brief period and for a limited purpose, a seizure, under the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, and as such, requires the actions to be reasonable. Under current case law, the decision to stop an automobile is reasonable if the police have probable cause to believe that a traffic violation has occurred. Current case law holds that constitutional reasonableness of traffic stops does not depend on the actual motivations of the individual officers involved and that ulterior motives do not invalidate police conduct that is justifiable on the basis of probable cause to believe that a violation of law has occurred.• This bill would prohibit a peace officer from stopping or detaining the operator of a motor vehicle or bicycle for a low-level infraction, as defined, unless a separate, independent basis for a stop exists or more than one low-level infraction is observed.

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• The bill would state that a violation of these provisions is not grounds for a defendant to move for return of property or to suppress evidence.

SB 53Portantino D Income taxes: tax credits: motion picture credit. 12/5/2022-S. RLS. 1/18/2023-Referred
to Com. on RLS.

The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law allow various credits against the taxes imposed by those laws, including a motion picture credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, to be allocated by the California Film Commission on or after July 1, 2020, and before July 1, 2025, in an amount equal to 20% or 25% of qualified expenditures for the production of a qualified motion picture in this state, with additional credit amounts allowed, including for amounts equal to specified qualified expenditures and qualified wages relating to original photography outside the Los Angeles zone, as specified. • This bill would make non-substantive changes to the motion picture credit.

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SB 55Umberg D Vehicles: catalytic converters.
7/10/2023-A. APPR. 7/10/2023-Rereferred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

Current law requires a core recycler that accepts, ships, or sells used catalytic converters to maintain specified information regarding the purchase and sale of the catalytic converters. Current law prohibits a core recycler from providing payment for a catalytic converter unless, among other requirements, the payment is made by check, as specified.• This bill, in addition to payment by check, would allow for payment by credit card or any other form of traceable payment other than cash.

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SB 58Wiener D Controlled substances: decriminalization of certain hallucinogenic substances. 7/11/2023-A. APPR. 7/13/2023-Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

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, as defined, by and with persons 21 years of age or older.
• The bill would provide penalties for possession of these substances on school grounds, or possession by, or transferring to, persons under 21 years of age.

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SB 77Umberg D Voting: signature verification: notice.
7/5/2023-A. APPR. 7/10/2023-Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

Current law requires a county elections official, upon receiving a vote by mail ballot, to compare the signature on the identification envelope with the voter’s signature appearing on specified voter registration records. If the elections official determines that the signatures do not match, or if the identification envelope does not contain a signature, existing law requires the elections official to mail a notice to the voter, no later than 8 days before the certification of the election, of the opportunity to verify the voter’s signature or provide a signature, as applicable.• This bill would require the elections official to additionally notify the voter by telephone, a text message, or email, if the elections official has a telephone number or email address for the voter on file.

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SB 225Caballero D Community AntiDisplacement and Preservation Program: statewide contract. 6/26/2023-A. APPR. 6/26/2023-Rereferred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

Current law, upon appropriation, authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development to make either or both loans and grants to rehabilitate, capitalize operating subsidy reserves for, and extend the long-term affordability of department-funded housing projects that have an affordability restriction that has expired, that have an affordability restriction with a remaining term of less than 10 years, or are otherwise at risk for conversion, as provided.• This bill would establish the Community Anti-Displacement and Preservation Program for purposes of funding the acquisition and rehabilitation of unrestricted housing units, as defined, and attaching long-term affordability restrictions on the housing units, while safeguarding against the displacement of current residents.• The bill would require the department to issue a request for qualification to select a private sector entity or consortium to manage the program for a period of 5 years. • The bill would require the program manager to make loans to eligible borrowers, as defined, based on underwriting guidelines approved by the department. • The bill would authorize the department to issue grants or loans from program funds to local public entities upon request for purposes of allowing the local public entity to use the moneys to issue loans to eligible borrowers within its jurisdiction in accordance with the bill’s provisions and department regulations.

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SB 233Skinner D Electric vehicles and electric vehicle supply equipment: bidirectional capability. 7/12/2023-A. APPR. 7/13/2023-From committee: Do pass as amended and rerefer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (July 12).

Would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, on or before June 30, 2024, to convene a stakeholder workgroup to examine challenges and opportunities associated with using an electric vehicle as a mobile battery to power a home or building or providing electricity to the electrical grid, and require the Energy Commission, in consultation with the stakeholder workgroup, on or before January 1, 2026, to submit a report to the Governor and Legislature that includes specified information related to the bidirectional capability of electric vehicles and electric vehicle service equipment, as specified.

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SB 244Eggman D Right to Repair Act.
7/5/2023-A. APPR. 7/6/2023-Coauthors
revised. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com.
on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Under current law, every manufacturer making an express warranty with respect to an electronic or appliance product, including televisions, radios, audio or video recording equipment, major home appliances, antennas, and rotators, with a wholesale price to the retailer of not less than $50 nor more than $99.99 is required to make available to service and repair facilities sufficient service literature and functional parts to effect the repair of the product for at least 3 years after the date a product model or type was manufactured, regardless of whether the 3-year period exceeds the warranty period for the product. Current law also requires every manufacturer making an express warranty with respect to an electronic or appliance product, as described above, with a wholesale price to the retailer of $100 or more, to make available to service and repair facilities sufficient service literature and Support
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functional parts to effect the repair of the product for at least 7 years after the date a product model or type was manufactured, regardless of whether the 7-year period exceeds the warranty period for the product.• This bill would enact the Right to Repair Act.• The bill would require, except as specified and regardless of whether any express warranty is made, the manufacturer of an above-described electronic or appliance product, in the above-described circumstances, and in those same circumstances but sold to others outside of direct retail sales, to make available, on fair and reasonable terms, to product owners, service and repair facilities, and service dealers, the means, as described, to effect the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of the product, as provided.

SB 251Newman D Political Reform Act of 1974: elected officers: conflicts of interest. 2/9/2023-S. E. & C.A.4/19/2023-April 18 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 2. Noes 0.) Reconsideration granted.

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.

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SB 253Wiener D Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act. 7/10/2023-A. APPR. 7/12/2023-Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

Would require the State Air Resources Board, on or before January 1, 2025, to develop and adopt regulations requiring specified partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies, and other business entities with total annual revenues in excess of $1,000,000,000 and that do business in California, defined as “reporting entities,” to publicly disclose to the emissions reporting organization, as defined, and verify, starting in 2026 on a date to be determined by the state board, and annually thereafter, their scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions, as defined, and, starting in 2027 and annually thereafter, their scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions, as defined, from the specified fiscal year, as provided.• The bill would require the state board to review during 2029, and update as necessary on or before January 1, 2030, these deadlines to evaluate trends in scope 3 emissions reporting and to consider changes to the deadlines, as provided.• The bill would require reporting entities to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions in a manner that is easily understandable and accessible to residents of the state.• The bill would require reporting entities to ensure that their public disclosures have been independently verified by a third-party auditor, as provided.• The bill would require the state board, in developing these regulations, to consult with the Attorney General, other government stakeholders, investors, stakeholders representing Watch
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consumer and environmental justice interests, and reporting entities that have demonstrated leadership in full-scope greenhouse gas emissions accounting and public disclosure and greenhouse gas emissions reductions.• The bill would also require the state board to ensure that the verification process minimizes the need for reporting entities to engage multiple auditors and ensures sufficient auditor capacity, as well as timely reporting implementation, as required. • The bill would further require the state board to contract with an emissions reporting organization to develop a reporting program to receive and make publicly available the required disclosures.

SB 267Eggman D Credit history of persons receiving government rent subsidies. 7/11/2023-A. APPR. 7/11/2023-Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) prohibits, in instances in which there is a government rent subsidy, the use of a financial or income standard in assessing eligibility for the rental of housing that is not based on the portion of the rent to be paid by the tenant. FEHA requires the Civil Rights Department to enforce specific provisions of the act, including the provision described above.• This bill would additionally prohibit the use of a person’s credit history as part of the application process for a rental housing accommodation without offering the applicant the option of providing lawful, verifiable alternative evidence of the applicant’s reasonable ability to pay the portion of the rent to be paid by the tenant, including, but not limited to, government benefit payments, pay records, and bank statements, in instances in which there is a government rent subsidy.

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SB 320Skinner D Property taxation: possessory interests: independent: publicly owned housing project. 2/15/2023-S. GOV. & F.2/15/2023-Referred
to Com. on GOV. & F.

Current property tax law requires that all property subject to tax be assessed at its full cash value, and includes certain possessory interests among those property interests that are subject to tax. Current property tax law defines a taxable possessory interest to be a use that is independent, durable, and exclusive. Current property tax law specifies that, for purposes of the definition of a taxable possessory interest, a possession or use is not independent if it is pursuant to a contract that includes, but is not limited to, a long-term lease for the private construction, renovation, rehabilitation, replacement, management, or maintenance of housing for active duty military personnel and their dependents, if specified criteria are met.• This bill would provide that there is no independent possession or use of land or improvements if the possession or use is for a tenancy, as defined, in a residential unit, as defined, in a publicly owned housing project, as defined, is part of a governmental assistance program, and directly fulfills the governmental, public purpose of providing the housing, as described in the governmental assistance program.

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SB 329Dodd D
6/29/2023-S. CHAPTERED 6/29/2023-Approved
Current law authorizes a city council to enact an ordinance to provide each member of the city council a salary based upon the population of the city, as specified. Current law authorizes that amount to be increased by the city council by an amount that does not exceed 5% for Watch
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Cities: city council members: compensation.
by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 27, Statutes of 2023. each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the salary that is in effect when the increase is enacted. Current law provides for the procedures by which a city may enact ordinances.• This bill would increase the maximum amount of salary, based upon the population of the city, that may be approved by an ordinance passed by the city council, as specified.• The bill would authorize the salary of council members to be increased beyond the specified maximums to an amount not exceeding the greater of either 5% for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the salary in effect when the ordinance or amendment is enacted, or an amount equal to inflation since January 1, 2024, based upon the California Consumer Price Index, which shall not exceed 10% for each calendar year.

SB 331Rubio D Child custody: child abuse and safety.
7/11/2023-A. APPR. 7/12/2023-Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

Current law governs the determination of child custody and visitation in contested proceedings. Current law requires the court, for purposes of deciding custody, to determine the best interests of the child based on certain factors, including the nature and amount of contact with both parents and, consistent with specified findings, requires the court’s primary concern to be the health, safety, and welfare of the child. Current law prohibits the ordering of family reunification services as part of a child custody or visitation rights proceeding.• This bill, Piqui’s Law, the Children Safe from Family Violence Act, would provide that a person is qualified to testify as an expert in a child custody proceeding in which a parent has been alleged to have committed domestic violence or child abuse if the court finds that the witness possesses special knowledge or demonstrated expertise or experience in working directly with victims of domestic violence or child abuse.• This bill would require a judicial officer assigned to family law matters involving child custody proceedings and individual courts to submit the number of hours of continuing instruction in domestic violence completed, as specified.

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SB 400Wahab D Peace officers: confidentiality of records. 6/15/2023-A. THIRD READING6/15/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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.

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SB 406Cortese D
7/6/2023-S. CONCURRENCE
7/6/2023-Read third
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no Watch
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California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: financial assistance: residential housing. time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA exempts for its requirements actions taken by the Department of Housing and Community Development or the California Housing Finance Agency to provide financial assistance or insurance for the development and construction of residential housing, as provided.• This bill would extend the above exemption to actions taken by a local agency not acting as the lead agency to provide financial assistance or insurance for the development and construction of residential housing, as provided.

SB 411Portantino D Open meetings: teleconferences: neighborhood councils. 5/26/2023-A. L. GOV.7/13/2023-From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12).

The Ralph M. Brown Act requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body, as defined, of a local agency be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate. The act generally requires for teleconferencing that the legislative body of a local agency that elects to use teleconferencing post agendas at all teleconference locations, identify each teleconference location in the notice and agenda of the meeting or proceeding, and have each teleconference location be accessible to the public. Current law also requires that, during the teleconference, at least a quorum of the members of the legislative body participate from locations within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction. The act provides an exemption to the jurisdictional requirement for health authorities, as defined.• This bill, until January 1, 2028, would authorize an eligible legislative body to use alternate teleconferencing provisions related to notice, agenda, and public participation, as prescribed, if the city council has adopted an authorizing resolution and 2/3 of an eligible legislative body votes to use the alternate teleconferencing provisions.• The bill would define “eligible legislative body” for this purpose to mean a neighborhood council that is an advisory body with the purpose to promote more citizen participation in government and make government more responsive to local needs that is established pursuant to the charter of a city with a population of more than 3,000,000 people that is subject to the act.

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SB 423Wiener D Land use: streamlined housing approvals: multifamily housing developments. 7/10/2023-A. APPR. 7/18/2023-From committee: Do pass as amended and rerefer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 10).

The Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a multifamily housing development that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process, as provided, and not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development satisfies specified objective planning standards, including, among others, that the development proponent has committed to record, prior to the issuance of the first building permit, a land use restriction or covenant providing that any lower or moderate-income housing units required, 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.

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• 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.

SB 439Skinner D Special motions to strike: priority housing development projects. 6/12/2023-A. THIRD READING6/12/2023-From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes. Ordered to third reading.

Current law permits any party to file a notice of motion and motion to strike the whole or any part of a pleading. Under existing law, a party may file with the trial court a special motion to strike a cause of action against a person arising from any act of that person in furtherance of the person’s right of petition or free speech under the United States Constitution or the California Constitution in connection with a public issue.• This bill would permit a party to file with the trial court a special motion to strike the whole or any part of a pleading in all civil actions brought by any plaintiff to challenge the approval or permitting of a priority housing development project, as defined.• The bill would require the trial court to deny the motion to strike if it determines that the plaintiff has established that there is a probability that the plaintiff will prevail on the claim.• The bill would entitle a prevailing defendant on a special motion to strike to recover their attorney’s fees and costs, except as specified.

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SB 450Atkins D Housing development: approvals.
7/12/2023-A. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE 7/12/2023-July 12
set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

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 the 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 walls, 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 local agency from imposing objective zoning standards, objective subdivision standards, and objective design standards that do not apply uniformly to development within the underlying zone.• This bill would remove the authorization for a local agency to deny a proposed housing Watch
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development if the building official makes a written finding that the proposed housing development project would have a specific, adverse impact upon the physical environment.

SB 469Allen D Housing: publicly funded low-rent housing projects. 7/12/2023-A. CONSENT CALENDAR7/13/2023-Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

The California Constitution prohibits the development, construction, or acquisition in any manner of a low-rent housing project by any state public body, as defined, until a majority of the qualified electors of the city, town, or county in which it is proposed to develop, construct, or acquire the same, voting upon that issue, approve the project by voting in favor at an election. The California Constitution, for purposes of this prohibition, defines “low-rent housing project” to mean any development composed of urban or rural dwellings, apartments, or other living accommodations for persons of low income, financed in whole or in part by the federal government or a state public body, or to which the federal government or a state public body extends assistance by supplying all or part of the labor, by guaranteeing the payment of liens, or otherwise. Current law establishes exclusions from this definition of “low-rent housing project,” including a development that consists of the acquisition, rehabilitation, reconstruction, alterations work, or any combination thereof, of lodging facilities or dwelling units using moneys appropriated and disbursed pursuant to specified provisions of the ZenovichMoscone-Chacon Housing and Home Finance Act relating to affordable housing preservation, rental housing development awarded funds from certain multifamily housing direct loan programs, and housing for individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness and who are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic or other communicable diseases.• This bill would expand that exclusion to include a development that consists of the acquisition, rehabilitation, reconstruction, alterations work, or any combination thereof, of lodging facilities or dwelling units using an allocation of federal or state low-income housing tax credits from the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee or moneys appropriated and disbursed pursuant to the Zenovich-Moscone-Chacon Housing and Home Finance Act, and the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program, thereby excluding the developments that receive money from the specified funds and programs from the scope of the above-described constitutional provision.

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SB 519Atkins D Corrections.
7/11/2023-A. APPR. 7/13/2023-Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

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, beginning on July 1, 2024, make records relating to an investigation conducted by a local detention facility into a death incident, as defined, available to public Watch
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inspection, as specified. By increasing duties on local governments, this bill would create a state-mandated local program.

SB 525Durazo D Minimum wage: health care workers.
7/13/2023-A. APPR. 7/13/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Would, commencing June 1, 2024 and until June 1, 2025, require a health care worker minimum wage of $21 per hour for hours worked in covered health care employment, as defined. Commencing June 1, 2025, the bill would require a health care minimum wage of $25 per hour for hours worked in covered health care employment, as defined, subject to adjustment, as prescribed.• The bill would provide that the health care worker minimum wage constitutes the state minimum wage for covered health care employment for all purposes under the Labor Code and the Wage Orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission. The health care worker minimum wage would be enforceable by the Labor Commissioner or by a covered worker through a civil action, through the same means and with the same relief available for violation of any other state minimum wage requirement. By establishing a new minimum wage, the violation of which would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.• This bill would require, for covered health care employment where the employee is paid on a salary basis, that the employee earn a monthly salary equivalent to no less than 150% of the health care worker minimum wage for full-time employment in order to qualify as exempt from the payment of minimum wage and overtime.

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SB 537Becker D Open meetings: multijurisdictional, cross-county agencies: teleconferences. 6/15/2023-A. L. GOV.7/18/2023-From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 12).

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 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 Support and Seek Amendments
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immunocompromised child, parent, grandparent, or other specified relative requires the member to participate remotely.

SB 538Portantino D Department of Transportation: Chief Advisor on Bicycling and Active Transportation. 7/5/2023-A. APPR. 7/6/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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.

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SB 552Newman D Solid waste: singleuse foodware accessory and single-use food packaging. 2/15/2023-S. RLS. 2/22/2023-Referred
to Com. on RLS.

Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would prohibit a restaurant from providing a dine-in customer with any single-use foodware accessory or single-use food packaging.

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SB 555Wahab D Stable Affordable Housing Act of 2023.
6/28/2023-A. APPR. 6/29/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Current law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development and sets forth its powers and duties. Current law establishes various programs providing assistance for, among other things, emergency housing, multifamily housing, farmworker housing, homeownership for very low and low-income households, and downpayment assistance for first-time homebuyers.• This bill, the Stable Affordable Housing Act of 2023, would declare a 10-year goal of creating 1.2 million units of social housing through a mix of acquisition and new production and a 5-year goal of creating 600,000 units of social housing through a mix of acquisition and new production, of which no less than 200,000 units are affordable to extremely low and very low income households, as defined.

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SB 569Glazer D Political Reform Act of 1974: audits.
7/5/2023-A. APPR. 7/6/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires the Franchise Tax Board to conduct audits and field investigations regarding the reports filed by lobbyists. Current law requires 25% of lobbyist employers and lobbying firms to be subject to a random audit and investigation every 2 years.• This bill would transfer the responsibility for conducting audits and field investigations of lobbying reports to the Fair Political Practices Commission.• The bill would also exclude lobbying firms and lobbyist employers with less than one dollar in payments or contributions from being selected for audit. Additionally, this bill would require the Fair Political Practices Commission to adopt regulations or policies that would ensure the Watch
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operational independence of the commission’s audit personnel from the Fair Political Practices Commission’s enforcement operations.

SB 573Wahab D Political Reform Act of 1974: Conflicts of Interest. 4/18/2023-S. APPR. 4/25/2023-Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

Would restrict the postgovernment employment activities of a committee consultant of the Legislature for up to one year following their departure from state service. For a period of one year after leaving employment from the Legislature, a committee consultant designated in the Senate or Assembly’s Conflict of Interest Code would be prohibited from engaging in any activity that would require the former committee consultant to register as a lobbyist for influencing any matter under the jurisdiction of their former committee.

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SB 584Limón D Laborforce housing: Short-Term Rental
Tax Law.
6/15/2023-A. H. & C.D.6/29/2023-June 28
set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

Would enact the Laborforce Housing Financing Act of 2023, and define “laborforce housing” as housing that, among other things, is owned and managed by specified entities solely for the benefit of residents and households unable to afford market rent, and whose residents enjoy certain protections.• The bill would establish the Laborforce Housing Fund in the State Treasury, and would make moneys in the fund available to the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the creation of laborforce housing and other specified housing projects by public entities, local housing authorities, and mission-driven nonprofit housing providers, as provided.

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SB 602Archuleta D Trespass.
6/29/2023-A. THIRD READING6/29/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Current law makes it a misdemeanor to commit the crime of trespass, which includes refusing or failing to leave land, real property, or structures belonging to, or lawfully occupied by, another and not open to the general public upon being requested to leave by a peace officer at the request of the owner, the owner’s agent, or the person in lawful possession and upon being informed by the peace officer that they are acting at the request of the owner, the owner’s agent, or the person in lawful possession. Current law requires the owner, the owner’s agent, or the person in lawful possession to make a separate request to the peace officer on each occasion when the peace officer’s assistance in dealing with a trespass is requested, except that a single request for peace officer assistance may be made for a period not to exceed 12 months when the premises or property is closed to the public and posted as being closed. Current law requires the requester to inform the law enforcement agency to which the request was made when the assistance is no longer desired before the 12-month period expires. Current law also authorizes a single request for a peace officer’s assistance to be made for a period of time not to exceed 30 days and identified by specific dates when there is a fire hazard or the owner, the owner’s agent, or the person in lawful possession is absent from the property. Under current law, a request for assistance expires when ownership of the property changes or upon a change in the person in lawful possession.• This bill would authorize a single request for assistance to be made and submitted electronically, in a notarized writing on a form provided by the law enforcement agency, to a peace officer for a time period determined by local ordinance or 12 months, whichever is Support
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shorter, and identified by specific dates, during which there is a fire hazard or the owner, owner’s agent, or person in lawful possession is absent from the premises or property.

SB 613Seyarto R Organic waste: reduction goals: local jurisdictions: low-population waiver. 6/26/2023-A. APPR. 6/28/2023-Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

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 that achieve those targets for reducing organic waste in landfills that may include, among other things, different levels of requirements for local jurisdictions and phased timelines based upon their progress in meeting the organic waste reduction goals, and penalties to be imposed by the department for noncompliance.• This bill would, for a local jurisdiction, as defined, waive those requirements and regulations until December 31, 2028, if the local jurisdiction does not qualify for other specified waivers, disposed of fewer than 5,000 tons of solid waste in 2014, and has fewer than 7,500 people, as provided.

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SB 623Laird D Workers’ compensation: posttraumatic stress disorder. 6/28/2023-A. APPR. 6/28/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Current law provides, until January 1, 2025, that, for certain state and local firefighting personnel and peace officers, the term “injury” includes post-traumatic stress that develops or manifests during a period in which the injured person is in the service of the department or unit. Current law requires the compensation awarded pursuant to this provision to include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits.• This bill would instead repeal that provision on January 1, 2032, and for injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2024, expand its scope to apply to firefighting members of the State Department of State Hospitals, the State Department of Developmental Services, the Military Department, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, and to additional peace officers, including security officers of the Department of Justice when performing assigned duties as security officers, and the officers of a state hospital under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services, among other officers.• The bill would also make that provision applicable to public safety dispatchers, public safety telecommunicators, and emergency response communication employees, as defined.

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SB 638Eggman D Climate Resiliency and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2024. 6/15/2023-A. W.,P. & W.7/6/2023-July 11 hearing postponed by committee.

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.

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SB 683Glazer D Hotels and shortterm rentals: advertised rates: mandatory fees. 6/27/2023-A. APPR. 6/28/2023-Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

Would, beginning July 1, 2024, require a person that advertises a hotel room rate or shortterm 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 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.

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SB 684Caballero D Land use: streamlined approval processes: development projects of 10 or fewer residential units on urban lots under 5 acres. 7/12/2023-A. APPR. 7/13/2023-Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on APPR.

The Subdivision Map Act vests the authority to regulate and control the design and improvement of subdivisions in the legislative body of a local agency and sets forth procedures governing the local agency’s processing, approval, conditional approval or disapproval, and filing of tentative, final, and parcel maps, and the modification thereof. The act generally requires a subdivider to file a tentative map or vesting tentative map with the local agency, as specified, and the local agency, in turn, to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the map within a specified time period. The Planning and Zoning Law contains various provisions requiring a local government that receives an application for certain types of qualified housing developments to review the application under a streamlined, ministerial approval process depending on the type of housing development, as specified. Current law, known as the Starter Home Revitalization Act of 2021, requires a city or county to approve an application for a small home lot housing development project, as defined, on a proposed site to be subdivided unless the city or county makes a finding related to the development’s compliance with certain requirements or the development’s specific, adverse public health or safety impact. • This bill would require a local agency to ministerially approve, without discretionary review or a hearing, a parcel map or a tentative and final map for a housing development project that meets specified requirements. In this regard, the bill would require the housing development project to, among other things, consist of 10 or fewer residential units, meet certain minimum parcel size and density requirements, and be located on a lot zoned for multifamily or singlefamily residential development that is no larger than 5 acres and is substantially surrounded by qualified urban uses.

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• The bill would exempt the housing development project from certain requirements relating to minimum parcel size and dimensions and the formation of a homeowners’ association, except as specified.

SB 712Portantino D Tenancy: personal micromobility devices. 6/29/2023-A. THIRD READING6/29/2023-From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes. Ordered to third reading.

Would prohibit a landlord from prohibiting a tenant from owning personal micromobility devices or from storing up to one personal micromobility device in their dwelling unit for each person occupying the unit, subject to certain conditions and exceptions.• The bill would define “personal micromobility device” for those purposes to mean a device that is powered by the physical exertion of the rider or an electric motor and is designed to transport one individual or one adult accompanied by up to 3 minors.

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SB 713Padilla D Planning and zoning: density bonuses: development standard. 6/22/2023-A. THIRD READING6/22/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

The Density Bonus Law requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the city or county with a density bonus, waivers or reductions of development standards, parking ratios, and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct certain types of housing. Current law prohibits a city, county, or city and county from applying any development standard that will have the effect of physically precluding the construction of a development meeting specified criteria at the densities or with the concessions or incentives permitted by the Density Bonus Law. Current law defines “development standard” as including a site or construction condition, including, but not limited to, a height limitation, a setback requirement, a floor area ratio, an onsite openspace requirement, a minimum lot area per unit requirement, or a parking ratio that applies to a residential development pursuant to any ordinance, general plan element, specific plan, charter, or other local condition, law, policy, resolution, or regulation.• This bill would specify that "development standard” for these purposes includes these standards adopted by the local government or enacted by the local government’s electorate exercising its local initiative or referendum power, whether that power is derived from the California Constitution, statute, or the charter or ordinances of the local government.

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SB 724Glazer D Political Reform Act of 1974: communications. 7/5/2023-A. APPR. 7/6/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

The Political Reform Act of 1974, among other things, requires the disclosure of certain payments of or promises to pay $50,000 or more for a communication that clearly identifies a candidate for elective state office, but does not expressly advocate the election or defeat of the candidate, and that is disseminated, broadcast, or otherwise published within 45 days of an election, as specified. The Act also requires disclosure by any person who receives or is promised a payment totaling $5,000 or more for the purpose of making such a communication, unless the person who receives the payment is in the business of providing goods or services and receives or is promised the payment for the purpose of providing those goods or services.

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• This bill would also require the disclosure of any payment of or promise to pay $25,000 or more for a communication that clearly identifies an elective state officer, with the intent to influence the officer or public opinion, and that is disseminated, broadcast, or otherwise published within 150 days of an election, as specified.

SB 728Limón D Plastic gift cards: prohibition.
7/13/2023-A. THIRD READING7/13/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Would prohibit, beginning January 1, 2027, a retailer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing plastic gift cards, except those that are both usable with multiple unaffiliated sellers of goods and that have the expiration date, if any, printed on the card.• The bill would authorize a retailer to continue to sell, offer for sale, or distribute an existing stock of plastic gift cards until January 1, 2028, as specified. • The bill would authorize various entities to enforce these provisions, and would impose specified civil penalties for violations of these provisions.

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SB 736McGuire D Tribal gaming: compact ratification.
6/23/2023-S. CHAPTERED 6/23/2023-Chaptered by Secretary of StateChapter 11, Statutes of 2023 Would ratify amendments to the existing tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California to extend the terms of that compact.• The bill would also ratify a new tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California.• The bill would provide that, in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions related to these compacts are not projects for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

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SB 747Caballero D Land use: economic development: surplus land. 7/12/2023-A. APPR. 7/18/2023-From committee: Do pass as amended and rerefer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 12).

Would authorize a city, county, or city and county, 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.

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SB 751Padilla D Franchise agreements: labor dispute.
7/10/2023-A. APPR. 7/11/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Current law contains various provisions relating to franchise agreements between a local jurisdiction and a service provider for the provision of services such as utilities, waste hauling, and cable television.• This bill would prohibit any franchise contracts, licenses, or permits for solid waste handling services, as defined, entered into or amended by a local agency on or after January 1, 2024, from excusing the service provider from performance in the event of a labor dispute, as defined.

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SB 760Newman D
7/12/2023-A. APPR. 7/13/2023-From
Would require, on or before July 1, 2025, each school district, county office of education, and charter school, including charter schools operating in a school district facility, maintaining any Watch
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School facilities: allgender restrooms.
committee: Do pass as amended and rerefer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 12). combination of classes from kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, to provide at least one allgender restroom for voluntary pupil use at each of its schoolsites.• The bill would require the all-gender restroom to meet certain requirements, including, among other things, that it has signage identifying the bathroom facility as being open to all genders and is unlocked, unobstructed, and easily accessible by any pupil. • The bill would require the local educational agency to designate a staff member to serve as a point of contact for these purposes and to post a notice regarding these requirements in a prominent and conspicuous location outside at least one all-gender restroom. • The bill would require these requirements to be subject to compliance review, as specified.

By imposing additional requirements on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. • The bill would authorize a local educational agency to use an existing restroom to satisfy these requirements, as provided.
• The bill would require the State Department of Education to post on its internet website guidance for implementation of these provisions.

SB 769Gonzalez D Local government: fiscal and financial training. 7/12/2023-A. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE 7/12/2023-July 12 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

Would require if a local agency provides any type of compensation, salary, or stipend to a member of a legislative body, or provides reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred by a member of a legislative body in the performance of official duties, all local agency officials, as defined, to receive at least 2 hours of fiscal and financial training, as described.• The bill would require the training to be received at least once every 2 years, as provided.• The bill would exempt a local agency official from the training requirements if they comply with specified criteria under existing law relating to eligibility for appointment or election to, and continuing education for, the office of county auditor, county treasurer, county tax collector, or county treasurer-tax collector.

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SB 825Limón D Local government: public broadband services. 6/15/2023-A. THIRD READING6/15/2023-From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes. Ordered to third reading.

Would add metropolitan planning organizations and regional transportation planning authorities to that list of local government agencies included in the definition of “local agency.” Watch
SB 834Portantino D
6/8/2023-A. H. & C.D.7/12/2023-July 12
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 Watch
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Housing: California Family Home Construction and Homeownership Bond Act of 2023. set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

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 Mortgage 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.

SB 835Smallwood-Cuevas D Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy: watershed and openspace plan: report. 7/13/2023-S. CHAPTERED 7/13/2023-Approved
by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 78, Statutes of 2023.

The Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy Act establishes, in the Natural Resources Agency, the Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy, created for the purposes of, among other purposes, to acquire and manage public lands within the Baldwin Hills, southern Ballona Creek Watershed, and Upper Dominguez Channel area, as defined. The act requires the conservancy to do certain things, including develop and adopt a proposed watershed and open-space plan for improvements in the conservancy territory. The act requires a report on the plan to be provided to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2024.• This bill would instead require that report to be provided to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026.

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SB 842Jones R California Interagency Council on Homelessness. 7/12/2023-A. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE 7/12/2023-July 12 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

Current law requires the Governor to establish the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, and requires the council to, among other things, identify mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California, and promote systems integration to increase efficiency and effectiveness while focusing on designing systems to address the needs of people experiencing homelessness. Existing law sets forth the composition of the council, which includes, among others, the Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing and the Secretary of California Health and Human Services, who serve as cochairs of the council.• This bill would add the Director of Developmental Services to the council described above.

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SB 852Rubio D
6/14/2023-A. THIRD READING6/14/2023-Read second time.

Current law authorizes courts to suspend the imposition or execution of punishments in specified criminal cases and instead enforce terms of probation or mandatory supervision. Current law authorizes the conditions of probation or mandatory supervision to include a waiver of the person’s right to refuse searches.

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Searches: supervised persons.

Ordered to third reading.
• This bill would clarify that a search of a person who is granted probation or mandatory supervision and subject to search or seizure must be performed only by a probation officer or other peace officer.

SB 866Caballero D Land use: housing.
2/17/2023-S. RLS. 3/1/2023-Referred to Com. on RLS.

Current law declares the importance of, and general responsibility for, making housing available and affordable for all Californians.• This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

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SB 867Allen D 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. 6/20/2023-A. NAT. RES.7/6/2023-July 10 hearing postponed by committee.

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.

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SBX1 2Skinner D Energy: transportation fuels: supply and pricing: maximum gross gasoline refining margin. 3/27/2023-S. CHAPTERED 3/28/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1, Statutes of 2023-24 First Extraordinary Session.

Current law requires operators of refineries in the state that produce gasoline meeting California specifications, within 30 days of the end of each calendar month, to submit a report to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission containing certain information regarding its refining activities related to the production of gasoline in that month. Current law requires the commission to notify a refiner that has failed to timely provide the required information and imposes a civil penalty on the refiner that fails to submit the required information within 5 days of being notified of the failure.• This bill would authorize the commission to establish a maximum gross gasoline refining margin, as provided.• The bill would require the commission, if the commission establishes the maximum gross gasoline refining margin, to establish a penalty for exceeding the maximum gross gasoline Support
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refining margin, as provided.• The bill would authorize the commission to petition the court to enjoin a refiner from exceeding the maximum gross gasoline refining margin.• The bill would also authorize the commission to impose an administrative civil penalty on a refiner for exceeding the maximum gross gasoline refining margin, as provided.• The bill would require the commission to consider a refiner’s request for an exemption from the maximum gross gasoline refining margin, as provided.• The bill would require a refiner seeking an exemption to file a statement under the penalty of perjury setting forth the basis of the request for exemption.

SCA 2Stern D Elections: voter qualifications.
5/8/2023-S. APPR. 5/9/2023-From committee: Be adopted and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (May 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

The California Constitution allows a United States citizen who is at least 18 years of age and a resident of California to vote. This measure would reduce the minimum voting age to 17.

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SCA 7Umberg D Employment: workers’ rights.
6/22/2023-S. E. & C.A.6/26/2023-Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on E. & C.A.

Current state law forbids a public employer from deterring or discouraging public employees from becoming or remaining members of an employee organization. Current federal law forbids employers from interfering with, restraining, or coercing employees in the exercise of rights relating to organizing, forming, joining, or assisting a labor organization for collective bargaining purposes, or from working together to improve terms and conditions of employment, or refraining from any such activity. This measure, the Right to Organize and Negotiate Act, would ensure that all Californians have the right to join a union and to negotiate with their employers, through their legally chosen representative, to protect their economic well-being and safety at work. This measure would require the Legislature to provide for the enforcement of these rights.

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