LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
BURBANK CITY COUNCIL 10/29/2024
TWELVE BILLS WERE PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND
SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR:
• AB 810 – Preventing Passing the Harasser:
Provides an additional layer of protection for
campus students and staff by allowing hiring
universities to see sustained allegations of
misconduct against prospective professors,
coaches, and staff while employed by their
previous employer.
TWELVE BILLS WERE PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND
SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR:
• AB 1868 - Affordable Housing Assessments: Creates statewide uniformity in assessing deed-restricted properties sold to and occupied by low-income, first-time homebuyers, and applies the property tax assessment consistently and more proportionately, on deed-restricted properties sold to these households.
TWELVE BILLS WERE PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND
SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR:
AB 1889 – Wildlife Planning at the Local Level: Protects California’s wildlife by establishing a state requiring local governments to consider and implement measures to protect and improve wildlife connectivity and corridors through land use planning. The bill requires local governments to consider and minimize impacts to wildlife movement and habitat connectivity as part of the conservation element of their general plan in consultation with state and local agencies.
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• AB 1963 – Paraquat Dichloride: Prohibits the use of paraquat, an herbicide that has been linked to Parkinson’s disease, cancer, renal failure, and congestive heart failure, until the Department of Pesticide Regulation completes a reevaluation. That reevaluation could limit paraquat’s use or even see it banned.
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• AB 2297 - Preventing Liens on Homes Due to Medical Debt: Modernizes the Hospital Fair Pricing Act to better protect patients and their families by preventing liens on homes to collect unpaid medical bills.
• Medical debt is a significant driver of bankruptcy, poverty, and racial inequities. Over a third (38%) of Californians report having medical debt, which disproportionately impacts Black, Latino/x, and low-income people. • Hospital debt makes up over 70% of medical debt, and hospital bills are generally much larger than other types of medical bills.
• Despite qualifying for financial assistance, patients are still getting large medical bills from hospitals. Non-profit hospitals, in particular, are under-delivering on their community benefit obligations. AB 2297 ensures hospitals review financial assistance eligibility. It also requires hospitals to provide a minimum level of charity care and differentiates charity and discounted care.
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• AB 2552 - Pesticides: Anticoagulant Rodenticides: Places a moratorium on some of the most dangerous rodenticides, which cause widespread poisoning of wildlife, with exceptions to protect public health and agriculture. The bill creates an enforcement mechanism that empowers the Attorney General and other government entities enforce the illegal use or sale of anticoagulant rodenticides.
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AB 2801 – Security Deposits:
Deposits are expensive and hard to save
up for. AB 2801protects both the renter
and landlord by requiring photos of the
unit upon move-in and vacancy. Those
photos will ensure that renters that
should have their deposits returned,
receive them back.
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AB 2875 – Wetlands: In 2023, the Supreme Court stripped 51% of the country’s wetlands of federal protections(Sackett v. EPA). AB 2975 will ensure that the previously federally protected wetlands remain protected in California. AB 2875 declares that it is the policy of the state to ensure no net loss and long-term gain in the quantity, quality, and permanence of wetlands acreage and values in California.
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• AB 2925 – Equity in Higher Education Act: Since
October 7th, anti-Semitic incidents on college campuses have skyrocketed. When students reported the incidents, campuses were frequently caught flat footed as to how
to address the issue.
• AB 2925 requires that campuses that offering diversity, equity and inclusion training include antidiscrimination training for the top 5 most targeted groups,
unfortunately, including our Jewish population.
BUDGET VICTORIES – BURBANK 2021/2022
• $5.1 million to fund infrastructure improvements in Burbank to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists, increase water efficiency, and add electric vehicle charging stations along the I-5 and 134 freeway corridors.
Specifically:
• Charging Infrastructure – design, engineering, utility costs, charging stations, construction and installation, grading and improvement (signage/striping) - $1 million
• San Fernando Street Improvements and Downtown Amenities – improvements for pedestrian safety, reconfiguring San Fernando Blvd. Northbound one-way between Olive & Magnolia, permanent outdoor parklets, open space improvements, removable bollards, landscaping, recycled water, music, and wayfinding signage - $1 million • Active Transportation Infrastructure - to complement the San Fernando Bikeway Extension - $3 million • Boys & Girls Club of Burbank - $100,000 for purchase of 2 minivans – funding will need to go through the City of Burbank
BUDGET VICTORIES – BURBANK 2023/2024
• $100,000 for the ACG Beshir Mardirossian Burbank Y outh Center Renovation Project • $1.5 million for the City of Burbank McCambridge Swimming Pool Renovation.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR LEGISLATIVE
COMMENTS, PLEASE CONTACT MY OFFICE:
District Office:
300 East Magnolia Boulevard
Suite 504
Burbank, CA 91502
T el: (818) 558-3043
Fax: (818) 558-3042
[email protected]
Capitol Office:
State Capitol
1021 O Street, Suite 5740
Sacramento, CA 95814
T el: (916) 319-2044
Fax: (916) 319-2144