STAFF REPORT
Meeting Date: December 10, 2024
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council
From: Mandy Jiang, Senior Management Analyst
Magdalena Davis, Community Outreach Manager
Subject: State Legislative Year End Report
Attachment: 1. 2024 City of Beverly Hills Legislative Scorecard
INTRODUCTION
In April 2024, the City Council adopted a Legislative Platform, 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.
This report is for information only and transmits updates from the City’s state lobbyist on legislative activities for the second year of the two-year, 2023-2024 state legislative session.
DISCUSSION
The second year of the two-year, 2023-2024 state legislative session, ended on August 31, 2024, at midnight, giving the Governor until September 30, 2024, to sign or veto legislation.
During the past year, the City took a position on 76 pieces of state legislation as follows:
• Opposed – 25 bills
• Supported – 41 bills
• Neutral – 3 bills
• Watch – 1 bill
• Support if Amended – 2 bills
• Support, Seek Amendments – 1 bill
• Oppose Unless Amended – 2 bills
• Letter of Concern- 1 bill
Of the 41 bills the City supported, 38 were signed into law by the Governor, and three were vetoed by the Governor. Some of the more impactful bills signed by the Governor which the City supported include, but are not limited to:
• SBX1-2 – Energy: transportation fuels: supply and pricing: maximum gross gasoline refining margin – This bill allows the state to require oil refiners to
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maintain a minimum inventory of fuel to avoid supply shortages that create higher gasoline prices for consumers and higher profits for the industry. • AB 3218 - Unflavored Tobacco List – This bill will help ensure the successful implementation of the flavored tobacco ban (SB 793, 2019) by enacting new enforcement efforts from the Attorney General’s office. Specifically, the bill would, effective January 1, 2025:
o Establish a publicly available list on the Attorney General’s website of all tobacco products that are permissibly unflavored and allowed to be sold in California.
o Authorize the Attorney General to seek civil penalties against sellers for selling products not appearing on the Unflavored List.
o Render products not appearing on the Unflavored List subject to seizure. • SB 268 – Crimes: serious and violent felonies - This bill includes the rape of an intoxicated person wherein the defendant drugged the victim in the list of violent felonies.
Of the 25 bills the City opposed, 21 were signed into law, and four were vetoed by the Governor. Some of the more impactful bills signed by the Governor which the City opposed include, but are not limited to:
• AB 2561 – Local public employees: vacant positions – This bill requires local public agencies to present the status of vacancies, recruitment, and retention efforts during a public hearing before the governing board at least once per fiscal year prior to budget adoption and identify any necessary changes to policies, procedures, and recruitment activities that may lead to obstacles in the hiring process.
• AB 2729 - Development projects: permits and other entitlements – This bill extends residential development entitlements for 18 months. • SB 7 – Regional housing need: determination – This bill prohibits a city or county from filing an objection to the regional housing need determination, repeal provisions allowing HCD to use an alternative process to determine existing and projected need for housing in a region, applies these changes to all cities including charter cities, among other provisions.
All three bills the City took a position of neutral on were signed by the Governor.
The single bill that the City took a position of watch on was signed by the Governor.
Of the two bill the City took a position of opposed unless amended on, one was signed and the other was vetoed by the Governor.
Finally, the single bill the City issued a letter of concern on was signed by the Governor.
A description of the bills, which the City took a position on during second year of the 2023-2024 legislative session, is attached for informational purposes and includes their status (Attachment 1). The letters the City sent on many of these bills may be found at www.beverlyhills.org/legislation.
Both the City Attorney’s Office and City staff are analyzing various bills that were signed into law to determine what affect they may have on the City.
FISCAL IMPACT
The fiscal impact is unknown at this time for the various state legislation signed into law.
Meeting Date: December 10, 2024
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council receive and file this report as it is for informational purposes only.
Keith Sterling
Deputy City Manager
Approved By
Attachment 1
City of Beverly Hills
2024 End of Year Scorecard
The second year of the two-year, 2023-2024 state legislative session, ended on August 31, 2024, at midnight, giving the Governor until September 30, 2024 to sign or veto legislation.
In 2024, the City took a position on 76 pieces of state legislation as follows:
• Opposed – 25 bills
• Supported – 41 bills
• Neutral – 3 bills
• Watch – 1 bills
• Support if Amended – 2 bills
• Support, Seek Amendments – 1 bill
• Oppose Unless Amended – 2 bill
• Letter of Concern – 1 bill
The table below contains a list of the 76 bills on which the City took a position or closely monitored during the 2024 legislative session, along with their final status.
Bill
Number
Author Description Position Outcome
AB 33 Bains Fentanyl Misuse and Overdose
Prevention Task Force.
Support Signed by Governor
AB 37 Bonta Political Reform Act of 1974:
campaign funds: security
expenses.
Oppose Unless
Amended
Vetoed
AB 309 Lee The Social Housing Act. Support if
Amended
Vetoed
AB 323 Holden Density Bonus Law: purchase
of density bonus units by
nonprofit housing organizations:
civil actions.
Support Signed by Governor
AB 436 Alvarez Vehicles Oppose Signed by Governor
AB 480 Ting Surplus land Oppose Signed by Governor
AB 504 Reyes State and local public
employees: labor relations:
strikes.
Oppose Vetoed
AB 531 Irwin The Behavioral Health
Infrastructure Bond Act of
2023.
Support Signed by Governor
AB 557 Hart Open meetings: local agencies:
teleconferences.
Neutral Signed by Governor
AB 701 Villapudua Controlled substances:
fentanyl.
Support Signed by Governor
AB 825 Bryan Vehicles: bicycles on
sidewalks.
Oppose Vetoed
AB 1287 Alvarez Density Bonus Law: maximum
allowable residential density:
additional density bonus and
incentives or concessions.
Oppose Signed by Governor
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Number
Author Description Position Outcome
AB 1307 Wicks California Environmental
Quality Act: noise impact:
residential projects.
Oppose Signed by Governor
AB 1449 Alvarez Affordable housing: California
Environmental Quality Act:
exemption.
Oppose Signed by Governor
AB 1484 Zbur Temporary public employees. Oppose Signed by Governor AB 1490 Lee Affordable housing
development projects: adaptive
reuse.
Oppose Signed by Governor
AB 1620 Zbur Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing
Act: permanent disabilities:
comparable or smaller units.
Support Signed by Governor
AB 1637 Irwin Local government: internet
websites and email addresses.
Oppose Signed by Governor
AB 1673 Pacheco Outdoor Advertising Act: local
governmental entities:
relocation.
Support Signed by Governor
AB 1679 Santiago Transactions and use taxes:
County of Los Angeles:
homelessness.
Watch Signed by Governor
AB 1779 Irwin Theft: jurisdiction Support Signed by Governor AB 1802 Jones-Sawyer Crimes: organized theft. Support Signed by Governor AB 1820 Schiavo Housing development projects:
applications: fees and
exactions.
Neutral Signed by Governor
AB 1827 Papan Local government: fees and
charges: water: higher
consumptive water parcels.
Support Signed by Governor
AB 1886 Alvarez Housing Element Law:
substantial compliance:
Housing Accountability Act.
Oppose Signed by Governor
AB 1890 Patterson, Joe Public works: prevailing wage. Oppose Vetoed AB 1893 Wicks Housing Accountability Act:
housing disapprovals: required
local findings.
Oppose Signed by Governor
AB 1960 Rivas, Robert Sentencing enhancements:
property loss.
Support Signed by Governor
AB 1972 Alanis Regional property crimes task
force.
Support Signed by Governor
AB 2023 Quick-Silva Housing element: inventory of
land: substantial compliance:
rebuttable presumptions.
Oppose Signed by Governor
AB 2081 Davies Substance abuse: recovery and
treatment programs.
Support Signed by Governor
AB 2243 Wicks Housing development projects:
objective standards:
affordability and site criteria.
Oppose Signed by Governor
AB 2286 Aguiar-Curry Vehicles: autonomous
vehicles.
Support Vetoed
AB 2561 McKinnor Local public employees: vacant
positions.
Oppose Signed by Governor
3 Bill
Number
Author Description Position Outcome
AB 2574 Valencia Alcoholism or drug abuse
recovery or treatment programs
and facilities: disclosures.
Support Signed by Governor
AB 2631 Fong, Mike Local agencies: ethics training. Support Signed by Governor AB 2729 Patterson, Joe Development projects: permits
and other entitlements.
Oppose Signed by Governor
AB 2943 Zbur Crimes: shoplifting. Support Signed by Governor AB 3085 Gipson Vehicles: removal and
impoundment.
Support Signed by Governor
AB 3093 Ward Land use: housing element. Oppose Unless
Amended
Signed by Governor
AB 3179 Carrillo, Juan Emergency telecommunications
medium- and heavy-duty zeroemission vehicles.
Support Vetoed
AB 3209 Berman Crimes: theft: retail theft
restraining orders.
Support Signed by Governor
AB 3218 Wood Unflavored Tobacco List. Support Signed by Governor ACA 13 Ward Voting thresholds. Support Signed by Governor SB 4 Wiener Planning and zoning: housing
development: higher education
institutions and religious
institutions.
Oppose Signed by Governor
SB 7 Blakespear Regional housing need:
determination.
Oppose Signed by Governor
SB 14 Grove Serious felonies: human
trafficking.
Support Signed by Governor
SB 19 Seyarto Fentanyl Misuse and Overdose
Prevention Task Force.
Support Signed by Governor
SB 20 Rubio Joint powers agreements:
regional housing trusts.
Support Signed by Governor
SB 58 Wiener Controlled substances:
decriminalization of certain
hallucinogenic substances.
Oppose Vetoed
SB 244 Eggman Right to Repair Act. Support Signed by Governor SB 253 Wiener Climate Corporate Data
Accountability Act.
Concerns Signed by Governor
SB 268 Alvarado-Gil Crimes: serious and violent
felonies.
Support Signed by Governor
SB 326 Eggman The Behavioral Health Services
Act.
Support Signed by Governor
SB 331 Rubio Child custody: child abuse and
safety.
Support Signed by Governor
SB 411 Portantino Open meetings:
teleconferences: neighborhood
councils.
Support Signed by Governor
SB 423 Wiener Land use: streamlined housing
approvals: multifamily housing
developments.
Oppose Signed by Governor
SB 439 Skinner Special motions to strike:
priority housing development
projects.
Oppose Signed by Governor
4 Bill
Number
Author Description Position Outcome
SB 537 Becker City or County of Los Angeles:
memorial to forcibly deported
Mexican Americans and
Mexican immigrants.
Support and
Seek
Amendments
Signed by Governor
SB 555 Wahab Stable Affordable Housing Act
of 2023.
Support Signed by Governor
SB 602 Archuleta Trespass. Signed by Governor
SB 684 Caballero Land use: streamlined approval
processes: development
projects of 10 or fewer
residential units on urban lots
under 5 acres.
Oppose Signed by Governor
SB 747 Caballero Land use: surplus land. Support Signed by Governor SB 867 Allen Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire
Prevention, Drought
Preparedness, and Clean Air
Bond Act of 2024.
Neutral Signed by Governor
SB 926 Wahab Crimes: distribution of intimate
images.
Support Signed by Governor
SB 937 Wiener Development projects: fees and
charges.
Oppose Signed by Governor
SB 972 Min Methane emissions: organic
waste: landfills.
Support Vetoed
SB 982 Wahab Crimes: organized theft. Support Signed by Governor SB 1037 Wiener Planning and zoning: housing
element: enforcement.
Oppose Signed by Governor
SB 1053 Blakespear Solid waste: recycled paper
bags: standards: carryout bag
prohibition.
Support Signed by Governor
SB 1144 Skinner Marketplaces: online
marketplaces.
Support Signed by Governor
SB 1180 Ashby Health care coverage:
emergency medical services.
Support Signed by Governor
SB 1242 Min Crimes: fires. Support Signed by Governor
SB 1381 Wahab Crimes: child pornography. Support if
Amended
Signed by Governor
SB 1416 Newman Sentencing enhancements:
sale, exchange, or return of
stolen property.
Support Signed by Governor
SBX1 2 Skinner Energy: transportation fuels:
supply and pricing: maximum
gross gasoline refining margin.
Support Signed by Governor