2024 Legislative Update
Emanuels Jones & Associates
2024
Budget
$47 Billion Budget Deficit
Major Issues
• Emphasis on protecting existing programs
• $1 billion for Homeless Housing, Assistance
and Prevention Program
• $500 million in low-income tax credits for
affordable housing
• Protected Active Transportation Program
State Revenues are Up!
• Revenues up $4.1 billion over June projections
• Caution: Expected multi-billion dollar deficit for
the next two years
Legislative
Cycle
2024
• 2,124 bills introduced
• 1,206 went to the Governor
• 1,017 signed, 189 vetoed
• 15% veto rate
Funding for bills outside the state budget
again the top reason for bill vetoes
2024
Legislation:
Housing&
Homelessness
Housing Element Law
• AB 1886 (Alvarez) Clarifies that only HCD can
determine a Housing Element is in substantial
compliance with Housing Element Law
• AB 1893 (Wicks) Adds new parameters around
approval of “Builder’s Remedy projects”
Housing Fees
• SB 937 (Wiener) Delays collection of some housing
fees until certificate of occupancy is issued
Public Housing Authorities
• AB 653 (Reyes) Requires additional reporting for public housing authorities
Homelessness
• AB 3093 (Ward) Adds two new income categories:
acutely low and extremely low in Regional Housing
Needs Allocation
2024
Legislation:
Climate &
Sustainability
Proposition 4: $10 Billion Climate Bond
• Funding for recycled water, parks and extreme
heat mitigation
Plastic Bags
• SB 1053 (Blakespear) Prohibits “thicker” plastic
bags at checkouts by 2026
EV Chargers
• AB 2037 (Irwin) Allows Publicly Owned Utilities
that own and operate EV Charging Stations to
do its own testing
2024
Legislation:
Public Safety
Retail Theft Legislation
• AB 1779- Crimes across counties
• AB 1802- Eliminates sunset of regional property crime task forces
• AB 1972- Directs CHP to work with railroad police to target cargo theft
• AB 2943- Creates a new felony for serial shoplifting
• AB 3209- Retail restraining orders
• SB 905- Auto burglary “locked door” loophole
• SB 982- Repeals sunset on the crime of organized retail theft • SB 1144- Organized retail theft rings for online stolen goods • SB 1242- Retail theft with fires
• SB 1416- Sentencing enhancements for stolen goods
Proposition 36: Retail Theft
2024
Legislation
Extraordinary Session
• AB x2 1 (Hart) Specifies minimum
inventory levels for refineries and
establishes parameters for refinery
maintenance
Another Big Year for Labor
• AB 2561 (McKinnor) Requires cities to
present the status of vacancies and
recruitment and retention efforts at a
public hearing a least once a year
Looking
Forward
November General Election
Legislature Back in December
• Governor's Budget January 10th
Major Issues in 2025
• Impact of November Election
• At least 36 new legislative members
• State budget deficit?
• Re-authorization of Cap-and-Trade
• Governor’s final two-years