City Council Subcommittee
August 9, 2022

City Council
Legislative Subcommittee Agenda
70 N. First Street, Campbell CA
Tuesday, August 9, 2022, 2:00 pm
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This Special Meeting of the Legislative Subcommittee will be conducted in person as well as telecommunication and is compliant with provisions of the Brown Act.

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A video recording will be available on the City YouTube Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/user/CityofCampbell following the meeting.

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE
Tuesday, August 9, 2022, 2:00 p.m.

Ralph Doetsch Conference Room – 70 N. First Street

CALL TO ORDER

PUBLIC COMMENT

NEW BUSINESS
• AB 2887 – Public Resources: Sales & Use Tax Law Exclusions • AB 1740 – Catalytic Converters
• SB 513 – Homeless Shelter Grants
• AB 2011 – Affordable Housing & High Roads Jobs Act 2022

ADJOURN
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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB‐COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
AB 1740
Catalytic
Converters

(Referred to
suspense file –
6/27/22)

Muratsuchi  Existing law requires a core recycler who accepts a catalytic converter for  recycling  to  maintain  a  written  record  of  specified  information regarding  the  transaction,  including  the  item  type  and  quantity, amount  paid  for  the  catalytic  converter,  and  identification  number, and  the  vehicle  identification  number,  for  not  less  than  2  years.

Existing law makes it a crime to violate these requirements.

This bill would require a written record of the year, make, and model of  the  vehicle  from  which  the  catalytic  converter  was  removed  and prohibit a core recycler from entering into a transaction to purchase or receive a catalytic converter from any person that is not a commercial enterprise or owner of the vehicle from which the catalytic converter was removed.

Support – Letter
Sent

AB 1934
Office of
Emergency
Services:

Broadband
Communication
s Grant
Program:

Fairgrounds

(Com. on APPR –
Held Under
Submission –
5/19/22)

Rodriguez
This  bill  would,  upon  an  appropriation  by  the  Legislature  for  this purpose, require the Office of Emergency Services to establish a grant program  on  or  before  January  1,  2024,  to  provide  fairs  with  grant funding  for  purposes  of  building  and  upgrading  broadband communication  infrastructure  on  fairgrounds.  The  bill  would  require the office to establish standards to determine how fairs receive grant funding based on the fairgrounds’ need for broadband capabilities to service an emergency response operation.

Regarding the standards, the bill would require that fairs eligible for funding  meet  certain  criteria,  including  being  capable  of  providing publicly available broadband access to the fair’s broadband network throughout the year.

Support – Letter
Sent

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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB‐COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
AB 1944
Local
Government:

Open and Public
Meetings

(Hearing
postponed by
committee –
06/22/22)

Lee; Garcia
The Ralph M. Brown Act requires meetings of a legislative body of a local  agency  to  be  open  to  the  public  and  allow  all  members  of  the public to attend and participate.

This  bill  would  require  the  agenda  to  identify  any  member  of  the legislative body that will participate in the meeting remotely. This bill would also authorize, upon a determination by a majority vote of the legislative body, a member to be exempt from identifying the address of the member’s teleconference location in the notice and agenda or having the location be accessible to the public, if the member elects to teleconference  from  a  location  that  is  not  a  public  place,  including, beginning January 1, 2024, that at least a quorum of members of the legislative  body  participates  from  a  single  physical  location  that  is clearly  identified  on  the  agenda,  open  to  the  public,  and  situated within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency has jurisdiction.

Support – Letter
Sent
Support In
Concept

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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB‐COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
AB 2011
Affordable
Housing & High
Road Jobs Act of
2022

(Do pass and re‐
refer to Com. on
APPR. Re‐
referred to Com.
on APPR. –
6/30/22)

Wicks;
Bloom;
Grayson;
Quirk‐Silva;
Villapudua
Planning and zoning laws authorize a development proponent to submit an application for a multifamily housing development that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process and not subject to a conditional use permit if the development satisfies specified objective planning standards.

This bill would make certain housing developments that meet specified affordability and site criteria and objective development standards a use by right within a zone where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use and subject these development projects to one of 2 streamlined, ministerial review processes.

This bill would define “use by right”, in part, as a development project that is not a project for purposes of CEQA, and the approval process established by this bill would be ministerial in nature, thereby exempting the approval of development projects subject to that approval process from CEQA.

The bill would also require, in contracts with construction contractors, certain wage and labor standards be met and that all construction workers be paid at least the general prevailing rate of wages. The bill would also require a development proponent for a development of 50 or more housing units approved by a local government pursuant to the provisions to require construction contractors to participate in an apprenticeship program or request dispatch of apprentices from a state‐approved apprenticeship program, and to make specified health care expenditures for construction craft employees.

Oppose – Letter
Sent

Oppose
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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB‐COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
AB 2234
Planning.

Housing.  Post‐
entitlement
Phase  Permit

(Amend and do
pass as
amended and
re‐refer to Com.
on APPR –
6/22/22)

R. Rivas  The Permit Streamlining Act requires each public agency to provide a development project applicant with a list that specifies the information that will be required from any applicant for a development project. The act requires public agencies to approve or disapprove of a development project within certain specified timeframes and requires an agency to provide specified information, including a current schedule of fees, exactions, and affordability requirements applicable to a proposed housing development project, and an archive of impact fee nexus studies, cost of service studies, or equivalent studies, conducted by the agency, on its internet website.

This bill would require a public agency to compile a list of information needed to approve or deny a post‐entitlement phase permit, to post an example of an ideal application and an example of an ideal complete set of post‐entitlement phase permits for the most common housing development projects in the jurisdiction, and to make those items available to all applicants for these permits no later than January 1, 2024.

The bill would also require a public agency to require permits to be applied for, completed, and stored through a process on its internet website, and to accept applications and related documentation by electronic mail until that internet website is established.

The bill would also require the internet website or electronic mail to list the current processing status of the applicant’s permit and would require that status to note whether it is being reviewed by the agency or action is required from the applicant. This bill would create an unfunded state mandated program.

Oppose – Letter
sent from the
California State
Association of
Counties
(CSAC), the
League of
California Cities
(Cal Cities), the
Urban Counties
of California
(UCC), the Rural
County
Representatives
of California
(RCRC), and the
California
Building
Officials
(CALBO)

Concerns
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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB‐COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
AB 2449
Open Meetings:

Local Agencies.

Teleconference

(Amend and do
pass as
amended and
re‐refer to Com.
on APPR –
6/29/22)

B. Rubio  The  Ralph  M.  Brown  Act  allows  for  meetings  to  occur  via teleconferencing  if  the  local  agency  notices  each  teleconference location of each legislative body member that will be participating in the  public  meeting,  provides  each  teleconference  location  to  be accessible to the public, allows members of the public to address the legislative  body  at  each  teleconference  location,  posts  an  agenda  at each  teleconference  location,  and  requires  at  least  a  quorum  of  the legislative body to participate from locations within the boundaries of the  local  agency’s  jurisdiction.  The  Act  further  provides  that,  until January  1,  2024,  a  local  agency  may  use  teleconferencing  without complying with these teleconferencing requirements during a declared state of emergency.

This  bill  would  authorize  a  local  agency  to  use  teleconferencing without complying with these teleconferencing requirements if at least a quorum of the members of the legislative body participates in person from a singular location clearly identified on the agenda that is open to the public and situated within the local agency’s jurisdiction.

Support in
Concept –
Letter Sent

Support in
Concept

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6     8/2/22

Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB‐COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
AB 2649
Natural Carbon
Sequestration &
Resilience Act of
2022

(Do pass and re‐
refer to Com. on
APPR. Re‐
referred to Com.
on APPR. –
6/29/22)

Garcia;
Stone;
Becker
This bill would declare goal of the state to sequester, through natural carbon sequestration in California at least, 60,000,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent annually on or before December 31, 2030, and 75,000,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent annually on or before December 31, 2035.

The  bill  would  require,  on  or  before  January  1,  2024,  the  Natural Resources Agency, in coordination with other state entities, to review and,  as  necessary,  update  the  Natural  and  Working  Lands  Climate Smart Strategy, as described, and the Pathways to 30x30: Accelerating Conservation of California’s Nature, as described, to achieve this goal, and to update those documents every 5 years, as described. The bill would also require on December 31, 2025, and every year thereafter, the  Natural  Resources  Agency  and  the  State  Air  Resources  Board  to submit  a  report  to  the  Legislature  on  progress  toward  meeting  the goal.

The bill would also require, on or before March 31, 2026, and annually thereafter, the Natural Resources Agency and the State Air Resources Board to present the findings of the report before the relevant policy committees of the Legislature.

Watch

AB 2693
COVID‐19:

Exposure

(Ordered to
Third Reading –
6/28/22)

Reyes
This bill would extend to January 1, 2025, COVID‐19 laws authorizing Cal/OSHA to prohibit the performance of an operation or process, or entry into that place of employment when that place of employment, operation  or  process  exposes  workers  to  the  risk  of  infection  with COVID‐19;  requiring  a  notice  of  prohibition  to  be  posted  in  a conspicuous  location  at  the  place  of  employments;  requiring employers who receive notification of exposure to provide notice to employees  and  the  local  health  agency;  and  requiring  employers  to provide  a  link  to  the  local  health  agency  tracking  the  number  and frequency of COVID‐19 outbreaks and cases by agency.

Oppose – Letter
Sent

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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB‐COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
AB 2887
Public
Resources:

Sales & Use Tax
Law:  Exclusions

(Do pass and re‐
refer to Com. on
APPR. Re‐
referred to Com.
on APPR –
6/30/22)

Garcia,
Eduardo
The Sales and Use Tax Law imposes taxes on retailers measured by the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property sold at retail in this state, or on the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in this state. The California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act establishes the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority.

The act authorizes, until January 1, 2026, the authority to provide financial assistance to a participating party in the form of specified sales and use tax exclusions for projects, including those that promote California‐based manufacturing, California‐based jobs, advanced manufacturing, reduction of greenhouse gases, or reduction in air and water pollution or energy consumption. The act prohibits the sales and use tax exclusions from exceeding $100,000,000 for each calendar year. This bill would increase the limit on sales and use tax exclusions to $150,000,000 for each calendar year.

Oppose Unless
Amended –
Letter Sent

SB 513
Homeless
Shelters Grants

(Do pass and re‐
refer to Com. on
APPR. Re‐
referred to Com.
on APPR –
6/15/22)

Hertzberg
This bill would require the Department of Housing and Community Development, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, to develop and administer a program to award grants to qualified homeless shelters and qualified domestic violence shelters for the provision of shelter, food, and basic veterinary services for pets owned by people experiencing homelessness or escaping domestic violence. This bill would also authorize the department to use up to 5% of the funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act for those purposes for its costs in administering the program.

Support – Letter
Sent

Support ‐
Watch for
Dates to
Return to
Committee
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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB‐COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
SB 1100
Open Meetings:

Orderly Conduct

(Read second
time. Ordered to
third reading –
6/22/22)
Cortese  The Ralph M. Brown Act requires every agenda for regular meetings to provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the  legislative  body  on  any  item  of  interest  to  the  public,  before  or during the legislative body’s consideration of the item.

This bill would authorize the presiding member of the legislative body conducting  a  meeting  to  remove  an  individual  for  disrupting  the meeting. The bill would require removal to be preceded by a warning to  the  individual  by  the  presiding  member  of  the  legislative  body  or their designee that the individual’s behavior is disrupting the meeting and that the individual’s failure to cease their behavior may result in their removal. The bill would authorize the presiding member or their designee  to  then  remove  the  individual  if  the  individual  does  not promptly  cease  their  disruptive  behavior.  The  bill  would  define “disrupting” for this purpose.

Neutral

Support in
Concept
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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB‐COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
SB 1297
Low‐Embodied
Carbon Building
Materials;
Carbon
Sequestration

(Read second
time and
amended. Re‐
referred to Com.
on APPR –
6/23/22)
Cortese  This  bill  would  require  the  Energy  Commission  to  develop  a  plan  to advance  low‐carbon  materials  and  methods  in  building  and construction projects that details a strategy and recommendations to minimize  embodied  carbon  and  maximize  carbon  sequestration  in building materials.

The  bill  would  also  require  the  board  to  develop  an  accounting protocol  to  quantify  embodied  carbon  and  carbon  sequestration  in building  materials.  Following  the  adoption  of  that  protocol,  the  bill would require the Natural Resources Agency to incorporate projects using low‐embodied carbon building materials or carbon sequestration in  building  materials  into  the  California  Carbon  Sequestration  and Climate Resiliency Project Registry.

The bill would require the Office of Planning and Research to evaluate the circumstances in which the use of low‐embodied carbon building materials  or  carbon  sequestration  in  building  materials  is  an acceptable  mitigation  measure  pursuant  to  the  California Environmental Quality Act.

Watch

Watch
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10     8/2/22

Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB‐COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
SB 1385
Electricity.

Multi‐Family
Housing Local
Solar Program

(Read second
time and
amended. Re‐
referred to Com.
on APPR –
6/30/22)

Cortese  This  bill  would  require  the  PUC,  on  or  before  January  1,  2024,  to establish  a  new  multifamily  housing  local  solar  program  that  would require  each  electrical  corporation  with  more  than  100,000  service connections in California to construct, or contract for the construction of, a solar and storage system on or near qualified multifamily housing.

The bill would require those electrical corporations to export electricity from those solar and storage systems and use the resulting revenues to offset the costs of providing monthly bill credits to the participating low‐income customers, pay the costs of constructing and operating the system,  and  pay  the  costs  of  administering  the  program,  and  would prohibit those electrical corporations from shifting those costs to, or recovering  those  costs  from,  nonparticipating  customers.  The  bill would  require  the  commission,  when  the  installed  capacity  of  the program reaches 500 megawatts or as of January 1, 2026, whichever occurs  first,  to  evaluate  the  program  and  other  voluntary  customer renewable  energy  programs  and  would  require  the  commission  to report to the Legislature the results of the evaluation on or before July 1, 2026. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2027.

Watch

Watch
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11     8/2/22

Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB‐COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
SB 1393
Energy.

Appliances.

Local
Requirements

(Read second
time and
amended. Re‐
referred to Com.
on APPR –
6/30/22)
Archuleta
Existing  law  requires  the  State  Energy  Resources  Conservation  and Development  Commission  (Commission)  to  gather  or  develop,  and publish  on  its  internet  website,  guidance  and  best  practices  to  help building  owners,  the  construction  industry,  and  local  governments overcome  barriers  to  electrification  of  buildings  and  installation  of electric vehicle charging equipment that include one or more specified topics.

This  bill  would  require  the  Commission  to  gather  or  develop,  and publish on its internet website, the guidance and best practices by July 1, 2023, and would require the guidance to include all those specified topics. The bill would require the Commission to update annually the guidance  and  best  practices  and  would  require  a  city,  including  a charter  city,  or  county,  when  adopting  an  ordinance  requiring  the replacement of a fossil fuel‐fired appliance with an electric appliance upon  the  alteration  or  retrofit  of  a  residential  and  nonresidential building, to consider the guidance published by the Commission.

The bill would require a local government, within 60 days of adopting that ordinance, to submit to the Commission a copy of the ordinance and  require  the  Commission  to  determine  whether  the  local government  considered  the Commission’s published guidance in  the adoption of the ordinance. If the Commission determines that the local government had not considered the guidance, the bill would require the local government to consider the guidance, make any modification to the ordinance deemed necessary, and resubmit the ordinance to the Commission.

No Position

Oppose –
Letter Sent to
Chair of Com.
on GOV. &
FIN., with Copy
to:  Archuleta,
Cortese, Low
and the League
– 4/12/22

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12     8/2/22

Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
AB 2247
Perfluoroalkyl
&
Polyfluoroalkyl
Substances and
Products

(Do pass and
re‐refer to
Com. on APPR.

Re‐referred to
Com. on APPR
– 6/22/22)

Bloom
This bill would require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to work  with  the  Interstate  Chemicals  Clearinghouse  to  establish,  on  or before  January  1,  2025,  a  publicly  accessible  reporting  platform  to collect information about perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)  and  products  or  product  components  containing  intentionally added  PFAS  being  sold,  offered  for  sale,  distributed,  or  offered  for promotional  purposes  in,  or  imported  into,  the  state.  The  bill  would require,  on  or  before  July  1, 2025, and  annually  thereafter,  a manufacturer of PFAS or a product containing intentionally added PFAS that  is  sold,  offered  for  sale,  distributed,  or  offered  for  promotional purposes  in,  or  imported  into,  the  state  to  register  the  PFAS  or  the product on the publicly accessible reporting platform.

Support –
Letter Sent

2022 Legislation ‐ Bills to Watch
13     8/2/22

SB 38
Beverage
Containers

(Read second
time and
amended. Re‐
referred to
Com. on NAT.

RES – 6/20/22)
Wieckowski  The  California  Beverage  Container  Recycling  and  Litter  Reduction  Act requires every beverage container sold or offered for sale in this state to  have  a  minimum  refund  value.  The  Department  of  Resources Recycling and Recovery is required to calculate a processing fee for each beverage container with a specified scrap value, which is required to be paid  by  beverage  manufacturers  for  each  beverage  container  sold  or transferred to a distributor or dealer and requires a processor to pay a certified  recycling  center  or  other  program  the  refund  value,  a percentage  of  the  refund  value  for  administrative  costs,  and  the processing  payment. The  act  provides  that a violation of the act or a regulation  adopted  pursuant  to  the  act  is  a  crime.  By  increasing  the scope of a crime relating to beverage containers, this bill would impose a state‐mandated local program.

Existing  law  requires  the  total  number  of  plastic  beverage  containers filled with a beverage sold by a beverage manufacturer to contain, on average,  specified  amounts  of  postconsumer  recycled  plastic  content per year pursuant to a tiered plan that would require the total number of plastic beverage containers to contain, on average, no less than 50% postconsumer recycled plastic content per year on and after January 1, 2030. This bill would instead exempt from that requirement a beverage manufacturer that sells fewer than 22,000,000 beverage containers in a calendar year.

Existing  law  requires  each  glass  container  manufacturer  to  use  a minimum percentage of 35% of postfilled glass in the manufacturing of its glass food, drink, or beverage containers. This bill would require the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to study and develop a  system  or  process  to  address  the  issue  of  glass  contamination  to improve  the  quality  of  glass  material  collected.  The  California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish  procedures  for  making  that  reimbursement.  This  bill  would provide that  no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

No Position

2022 Legislation ‐ Bills to Watch
14     8/2/22

Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
SB 54
Plastic
Pollution
Producer
Responsibility
Act

(Approved by
the Governor &
Chaptered by
Secretary of
State. Chapter
75, Statutes of
2022 –
6/30/22)

Allen; Stern;
Wiener
This bill would establish the Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act to prohibit producers of single‐use, disposable packaging or single‐ use, disposable food service ware products from offering for sale, selling, distributing, or importing such packaging or products that are manufactured on or after January 1, 2032, unless they are recyclable or compostable.

Support in
Concept –
Letter Sent

SB 379
Residential
Solar Energy
Systems:

Permitting

(Do pass and
re‐refer to
Com. on APPR.

Re‐referred to
Com. on APPR
– 6/29/22)
Wiener  This bill would require every city to implement an online, automated permitting platform that verifies code compliance and issues permits in real time for a solar energy system that is no larger than 38.4 kilowatts alternating  current  nameplate  rating  and  an  energy  storage system paired  with  a  solar  energy  system  that  is  no  larger  than  38.4 kilowatts alternating current nameplate rating.  The bill would require a city with a population of 50,000 or fewer to satisfy these requirements by  September  30,  2024,  while  cities  and  counties  with  populations greater than 50,000 would be required to satisfy the requirements by September 30, 2023.

Watch

2022 Legislation ‐ Bills to Watch
15     8/2/22

Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
SB 852
Climate
Resilience
Districts.

Formation.

Funding
Mechanisms

(Do pass and
re‐refer to
Com. on APPR.

Re‐referred to
Com. on APPR
– 6/28/22)

Dodd
This bill would authorize a city, county, city and county, special district, or a combination of any of those entities to form a climate resilience district  for  the  purposes  of  raising  and  allocating  funding  for  eligible projects  and  the  operating  expenses  of  eligible  projects.  Eligible projects  would  include  projects  that  address  sea  level  rise,  extreme heat, extreme cold, the risk of wildfire, drought, and the risk of flooding.

This bill would impose certain requirements on a project undertaken or financed  by  a  district  and  require  a  district  to  obtain  an  enforceable commitment from the developer that contractors and subcontractors performing the work use a skilled and trained workforce.

Watch

SB 891
Business
Licenses.

Stormwater
Compliance

(Do pass and
re‐refer to
Com. on APPR.

Re‐referred to
Com. on APPR
– 6/29/22)

Hertzberg  This  bill  would  make  changes  to  the  existing  SB  205  (2019)  business license  process  to  check  regulated  business’  stormwater  compliance.

The  measure  would  attempt  to  capture
local  government  processes
similar to business licenses but are called by other names.

Watch

Watch
2022 Legislation ‐ Bills to Watch
16     8/2/22

Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
AB 19851
Organic waste:
recovered
organic waste
product
procurement
targets

(Amend and re‐
refer to
committee.

Read second
time, amended,
and re‐referred
to Com. on
APPR. ‐
08/01/22)
Rivas, Robert  Current  law  requires,  no  later  than  January  1,  2018,  the  State  Air Resources Board to approve and begin implementing a comprehensive short‐lived  climate  pollutant  strategy  to  achieve  a  reduction  in statewide emissions of methane by 40%, hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40%,  and  anthropogenic  black  carbon  by  50%  below  2013  levels  by 2030. Current law requires the methane emissions reduction goals to include a 50% reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste  from  the  2014  level  by  2020  and  a  75%  reduction  by  2025.

Current  law  requires  the  Department  of  Resources  Recycling  and Recovery, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations to achieve these organic waste reduction goals that include, among other things, requirements intended to meet the goal that not less than 20% of  edible  food  that  is  currently  disposed  of  be  recovered  for  human consumption by 2025 and that may include penalties to be imposed by the  department  for  noncompliance,  as  provided.  The  department‘s regulations  provide  for,  among  other  things,  the  calculation  by  the department of recovered organic waste product procurement targets for each local jurisdiction. This bill would require any penalties imposed by the department on a local jurisdiction that fails to meet its recovered organic  waste  procurement  target  to  be  imposed  pursuant  to  a specified schedule based  on the percentage of the  local jurisdiction’s recovered organic waste product procurement target achieved. The bill would exempt jurisdictions in possession of a specified rural exemption from these requirements until December 31, 2026.

Support –
Letter Sent

1 Bills with orange shading in the left column were added to the matrix as the League of California Cities (League) recently took strong positions of support or opposition on these bills and sent letters of support or opposition to their respective Senate and Assembly committees. 2022 Legislation ‐ Bills to Watch
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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
SB 833
Community
Energy
Resilience Act
of 2022

(August 3 set
for first
hearing. Placed
on suspense file
– 08/03/22)
Dodd  Current law establishes within the Natural Resources Agency the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. Current law assigns the commission various duties, including applying for and accepting  grants,  contributions,  and  appropriations,  and  awarding grants consistent with the goals and objectives of a program or activity the commission is authorized to implement or administer. This bill, the Community  Energy  Resilience  Act  of  2022,  would  require  the commission to develop and implement a grant program to award grants through  a  noncompetitive  process  for  local  governments  to  develop community energy resilience plans that help achieve energy resilience objectives and state clean energy and air quality goals.

Support –
Letter Sent

Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position

TRANSPORTATION
AB 2953
Recycled
Material

(In committee:

Referred to
suspense file –
6/27/22)

Salas  This bill would require a local agency to use, to the extent feasible and cost  effective,  recycled  materials  in  local  streets  and  roads.   The requirement  would  be  triggered  based  on  the  local  agency’s  annual revenues.  The bill would exempt cities and counties whose revenues do not exceed specified thresholds from these requirements.

This  bill  would  provide  that,  if  the  Commission  on  State  Mandates determines  that  the  bill  contains  costs  mandated  by  the  state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Oppose –
Letter Sent

2022 Legislation ‐ Bills to Watch
18     8/2/22

Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
SB 932
Circulation
Element

(Do pass and
re‐refer to Com.
on APPR. Re‐
referred to
Com. on APPR –
6/28/22)

Portantino  This bill would require cities, after January 1, 2025, to adopt significant bicycle, pedestrian, and traffic calming elements when they develop and revise their general plans.

This bill would require implementation of the plan within 2 years of the date of adoption of the plan and would allow 25 years to fully implement.

Oppose Unless
Amended –
Letter Sent

AB 1685
Vehicles:
parking
violations

(In committee:

Referred to
suspense file. –
08/02/22)
Bryan  Current  law  requires  a  processing  agency  to  offer  a  payment  plan  for unpaid  parking  citations  to  qualified  indigent  persons.  This  bill  would require a processing agency to forgive at least $1,500 in parking fines and fees annually for a qualified homeless person, as specified. The bill would also require a processing agency to provide certain information regarding the  parking  citation  forgiveness  program,  as  specified,  including  on  its internet website. The bill would also require each processing agency that receives an application for the citation forgiveness program to annually report  specified  information  to  the  California  Interagency  Council  on Homelessness  and  would  require  the  council  to  compile  this  data  and submit an annual report to the Legislature.

Oppose Unless
Amended –
Letter Sent

2022 Legislation ‐ Bills to Watch
19     8/2/22

Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
COMMUNITY SERVICES
AB 1737
Children’s
Camps.  Local
Registration
and Inspections
(Read second
time and
amended. Re‐
referred to
Com. on APPR –
6/30/22)
Holden This bill would implement new registration and inspection requirements for children camps operating in cities and require local health departments to make announced and unannounced visits to those camps.  This bill would require the Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency to lead the development and implementation of a master plan for children’s camp safety, to serve as a blueprint for state government, local government, and the private sector to implement strategies and partnerships that promote health and safety in children’s camps across California.

Neutral

AB 1789
Trails &
Greenways
Program

(Read second
time and
amended. Re‐
referred to
Com. on APPR –
6/21/22)

Bennett
This bill would require the California Recreational Trails System Plan to include recommended priorities for funding to improve and expand on nonmotorized natural surface trails.  This bill would also authorize the State Park and Recreation Commission to coordinate trail planning and development among cities, counties, and districts.

Support –
Letter Sent

2022 Legislation ‐ Bills to Watch
20     8/2/22

Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
COMMUNITY SERVICES
AB 2346
Outdoor
Recreation:

Outdoors for All
Program.

(Com. on APPR
– Held Under
Submission –
5/19/22)

Gabriel  This bill would establish in Natural Resources Agency he Outdoors for All Program to support access to natural or cultural resources for at‐risk youth, outdoor environmental educational experiences for underserved and at‐risk populations, and equitable access to parks and outdoor spaces for all Californians. This program would encompass the existing Outdoor Equity Grants Program and Youth Community Access Program, as well as the Californians Outside Program, established by this bill, to provide grants to an eligible entity, as defined, for projects that provide transportation to outdoor spaces, outdoor‐related recreation, outdoor physical activity programming, outdoor education, natural resources workforce development, and communications related to water, parks, climate, coastal protection, and other outdoor pursuits.

Support –
Letter Sent

AB 2465
Pupil
Instruction.

Literacy  Grant
Programs

(Com. on APPR
– Amended &
Ordered to 2nd
Reading –
5/19/22)

Bonta  This bill would create a competitive grant program to award funds to local educational agencies, library districts, and public libraries for the purpose of providing a library card to every public‐school pupil enrolled in the local educational agency and require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to encourage all residents to use California state libraries, regardless of immigration status, and the department to provide information on its internet website about legal assistance and guidance to undocumented pupils, immigrants, and their families.

The bill would require the Department of Education to award grants of $1.9 M each to 25 local educational agencies that design an evidence‐ based Family Literacy and Biliteracy Innovation Plan and make the implementation of its provisions contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute.

Watch

2022 Legislation ‐ Bills to Watch
21     8/2/22

Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
COMMUNITY SERVICES
AB 2547
Housing
Stabilization to
Prevent & End
Homelessness
Among Older
Adults & People
with Disabilities

(Read second
time and
amended. Re‐
referred to
Com. on APPR –
6/23/22)

Nazarian This bill would require the state to offer competitive grants to non‐profit community‐based organizations, continuums of care, and public housing authorities to administer a housing subsidy program for older adults and people with disabilities that are experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless.

Support –
Letter Sent

AB 2631
Government
Claims Act

(Referred to
Coms. on L.

GOV. & JUD. –
3/10/22)

O’Donnell  This bill would allow cities and counties to sue one another for a neighboring jurisdiction’s failure to effectively address the impacts of homelessness in another neighborhood being negatively impacted.

Oppose –
Letter Sent

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22     8/2/22

Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
COMMUNITY SERVICES
SB 1047
Early Learning
and Care

(Read second
time and
amended. Re‐
referred to
Com. on APPR –
6/30/22)

Limon This bill would expand the range of childcare and early learning services that a state preschool contracting agency may provide, authorize the expansion of services through the State Preschool Program to children from 18 months to five years of age, and amend eligible requirements for certain childcare programs.

Support –
Letter Sent

SB 1338
Community
Assistance,
Recovery, and
Empowerment
Court Program

(Read second
time and
amended. Re‐
referred to
Com. on APPR –
6/30/22)

Umberg
This bill would establish the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program to connect a person struggling with untreated mental illness and substance use disorders with a court‐ ordered CARE Plan.  This bill would address the most highly acute population and would require every county in the state to participate in this program.

Support if
Amended –
Letter Sent

2022 Legislation ‐ Bills to Watch
23     8/2/22

Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
COMMUNITY SERVICES
AB 2281
Early Childhood
Mental Health
Services Act

(In committee:

Referred to
suspense file. –
06/27/22)
Lackey  Current law establishes the Mental Health Student Services Act, administered by the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, to award grants to county mental health or behavioral health departments to fund partnerships between educational and county mental health entities. This bill, contingent upon an appropriation in the Budget Act, would establish the Early Childhood Mental Health Services Act, administered in a similar manner by the commission, to award grants to eligible entities or partnerships to improve access to, and quality of care, services, and supports for, children from birth to 5 years of age, inclusive, and their parents, families, and caregivers, with emphasis on prevention and early intervention and disparities, as specified.

Support –
Letter Sent

SB 929
Community
mental health
services: data
collection

(August 3
hearing
postponed by
committee –
07/29/22)
Eggman  Current law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to collect and publish annually quantitative information concerning the operation of various provisions relating to community mental health services, including the number of persons admitted for evaluation and treatment for certain periods, transferred to mental health facilities, or for whom certain conservatorships are established, as specified. Current law requires each local mental health director, and each facility providing services to persons under those provisions, to provide the department, upon its request, with any information, records, and reports that the department deems necessary for purposes of the data collection and publication. This bill would additionally require the department to report to the Legislature, on or before May 1 of each year, quantitative information relating to, among other things, the number of persons detained for 72‐hour evaluation and treatment, clinical outcomes for individuals placed in each type of hold, services provided in each category, waiting periods prior to receiving an evaluation or care, demographic data of those receiving care, and an assessment of all contracted beds. The bill would specify that the information be from each county for some of those data.

Support –
Letter Sent

2022 Legislation ‐ Bills to Watch
24     8/2/22

Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
COMMUNITY SERVICES
SB 970
Mental Health
Services Act

(August 3 set
for first
hearing. Placed
on suspense file
– 08/03/22)

Eggman  The Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the Mental Health Services Fund (MHSF), a continuously appropriated fund, to fund various county mental health programs, including children’s mental health care, adult and older adult mental health care, prevention and early intervention programs, and innovative programs This bill would require the California Health and Human Services Agency, by July 1, 2025, to establish the California MHSA Outcomes and Accountability Review (MHSA‐OAR), consisting of performance indicators, county self‐assessments, and county MHSA improvement plans, to facilitate a local accountability system that fosters continuous quality improvement in county programs funded by the MHSA and in the collection and dissemination by the agency of best practices in service delivery. The bill would require the agency to convene a workgroup, as specified, to establish a workplan by which the MHSA‐OAR shall be conducted, including a process for qualitative peer reviews of counties’ MHSA services and uniform elements for the county MHSA system improvement plans. The bill would require the agency to establish specific process measures and uniform elements for the county MHSA improvement plans and updates. The bill would require the counties to execute and fulfill components of its MHSA system improvement plan that can be accomplished with existing resources.

Support –
Letter Sent

2022 Legislation ‐ Bills to Watch
25     8/2/22

Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
COMMUNITY SERVICES
SB 1035
Mental health
services:
assisted
outpatient
treatment

(Read second
time. Ordered
to third reading
– 06/29/22)
Eggman  The Assisted Outpatient Treatment Demonstration Project Act of 2002, known as Laura’s Law, as of July 1, 2021, requires a county or group of counties to provide mental health programs, as specified, unless a county or group of counties opts out by a resolution passed by the governing body stating the reasons for opting out and any facts or circumstances relied on in making that decision. Current law authorizes participating counties to pay for the services provided from moneys distributed to the counties from various continuously appropriated funds, including the Mental Health Services Fund, when included in a county plan, as specified. Current law authorizes a court to order a person who is the subject of a petition filed pursuant to specified requirements to obtain assisted outpatient treatment if the court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that various conditions are met.

Current law requires a court to dismiss that petition if, after hearing all relevant evidence, it finds that the person who is the subject of the petition does not meet the criteria for assisted outpatient treatment.

Current law also requires the director to file an affidavit with the court that ordered the outpatient treatment affirming that the person who is the subject of the order continues to meet the criteria for assisted outpatient treatment, at specified intervals. This bill would authorize the court to conduct status hearings with the person and the treatment team to receive information regarding progress related to the categories of treatment listed in the treatment plan and authorize the court to inquire about medication adherence
Support –
Letter Sent

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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
COMMUNITY SERVICES
SB 1154
Facilities for
mental health
or substance
use disorder
crisis: database

(August 3
hearing
postponed by
committee –
08/03/22)
Eggman  Would require, by January 1, 2024, the State Department of Public Health, in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services and the State Department of Social Services, and by conferring with specified stakeholders, to develop a real‐time, internet‐based database to collect, aggregate, and display information about beds in inpatient psychiatric facilities, crisis stabilization units, residential community mental health facilities, and licensed residential alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities in order to facilitate the identification and designation of facilities for the temporary treatment of individuals in mental health or substance use disorder crisis. The bill would require the database to include a minimum of specific information, including the contact information for a facility’s designated employee, and have the capacity to, among other things, enable searches to identify beds that are appropriate for the treatment of individuals in a mental health or substance use disorder crisis.

Support –
Letter sent

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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
COMMUNITY SERVICES
SB 1227
Involuntary
commitment:
intensive
treatment

(Read second
time. Ordered
to third reading
– 06/29/22)
Eggman  Under the Lanterman‐Petris‐Short Act, when a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is a danger to others, or to themselves, or gravely disabled, the person may, upon probable cause, be taken into custody and placed in a facility designated by the county and approved by the State Department of Health Care Services for up to 72 hours for evaluation and treatment. Under existing law, if a person is detained for 72 hours under those provisions, and has received an evaluation, the person may be certified for not more than 14 days of intensive treatment, as specified. Current law further authorizes a person to be certified for an additional period of not more than 30 days of intensive treatment if the person remains gravely disabled and is unwilling or unable to accept treatment voluntarily. Current law requires the person to be released at the end of the 30 days, except under specified circumstances, including, but not limited to, when the patient is subject to a conservatorship petition filed pursuant to specified provisions.

Existing law requires an evaluation to be made when a gravely disabled person may need to be detained beyond the initial 14‐day period, as to whether the person is likely to qualify for appointment of a conservator, and, if so, requires that referral to be made, as specified. This bill would authorize the professional person in charge of the facility providing intensive treatment to the person to file a petition in the superior court for the county in which the facility is located, seeking approval for up to an additional 30 days of intensive treatment.

Support –
Letter Sent

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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
COMMUNITY SERVICES
SB 1238
Behavioral
health services:
existing and
projected
needs

(August 3
hearing
postponed by
committee –
07/29/22)
Eggman  Current law authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to award competitive grants to expand the community continuum of behavioral health treatment resources. This bill would require the department, commencing January 1, 2024, and at least every 5 years thereafter, to conduct a review of, and produce a report regarding, the current and projected behavioral health care infrastructure and service needs in each region of the state. The bill would require the department to consult with the council of governments, cities, counties, and cities and counties regarding the assumptions and methodology to be used by the department and would require local governments to provide specified data for the region. The bill would require the department to share this data and its report with the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.

Support –
Letter Sent

Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, & LABOR RELATIONS
AB 2647
Local
Government.

Open Meetings

(Amend and do
pass as amended
– 6/30/22)

Levine  This bill would clarify that materials distributed to a majority of a local legislative  body  less  than  72  hours  before  a  meeting  can  be  posted online to satisfy the requirements of the Brown Act.

Sponsor &
Support

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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, & LABOR RELATIONS
AB 2808
Elections.

Ranked Choice
Voting

(Held without
Recommendation
– 4/6/22)

O’Donnell  This bill would prohibit the use of ranked choice voting, a method of voting that allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference, in state  and  local  elections.  This  bill  would  apply  to  all  cities,  including charter cities.

Oppose – Letter
Sent

SB 1328
Prohibited
Investments &
Contracts. Russia
& Belarus

(June 22 hearing
postponed by
committee –
6/21/22)

McGuire &
Cortese
This  bill  would  prohibit  CalPERS  and  the  California  State  Teachers’ Retirement  System  pension  funds  from  investing  in  companies  with ties to the Russian and Belarusian governments and liquidate current investments  in  those  companies ‐  responding  to  Russia’s  invasion  of Ukraine, aided by Belarus.

Oppose – Letter
Sent

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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, & LABOR RELATIONS
AB 1751
Workers’
compensation:

COVID‐19: critical
workers

(Amend and re‐
refer to
committee. Read
second time,
amended, and
re‐referred to
Com. on APPR –
08/01/22)
Daly  Current  law  creates  a  disputable  presumption  that  specified  injuries sustained in the course of employment of a specified member of law enforcement  or  a  specified  first  responder  arose  out  of  and  in  the course  of  the  employment.  Current  law  governs  the  procedures  for filing a claim for workers’ compensation, including filing a claim form, and provides that an injury is presumed compensable if liability is not rejected  within  90  days  after  the  claim  form  is  filed,  as  specified.

Current  case  law  provides  for  how  certain  presumptions  may  be rebutted.  Existing  law  defines  “injury”  for  an  employee  to  include illness  or  death  resulting  from  the  2019  novel  coronavirus  disease (COVID‐19)  under  specified  circumstances,  until  January  1,  2023.

Current  law  create  a  disputable  presumption,  as  specified,  that  the injury  arose  out  of  and  in  the  course  of  the  employment  and  is compensable,  for  specified  dates  of  injury.  Current  law  requires  an employee to exhaust their paid sick leave benefits and meet specified certification  requirements  before  receiving  any  temporary  disability benefits  or,  for  police  officers,  firefighters,  and  other  specified employees, a leave of absence. Existing law also make a claim relating to a COVID‐19 illness presumptively compensable, as described above, after 30 days or 45 days, rather than 90 days. Current law, until January 1,  2023,  allows  for  a  presumption  of  injury  for  all  employees  whose fellow employees at  their  place of employment experience specified levels  of  positive  testing,  and  whose  employer  has  5  or  more employees.  This  bill  would  extend  the  above‐described  provisions relating to COVID‐19 until January 1, 2025.

Oppose Unless
Amended –
Letter Sent

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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, & LABOR RELATIONS
SB 931
Deterring union
membership:
violations

(August 3 set for
first hearing.

Placed on
suspense file –
08/03/22)
Leyva  Current law prohibits a public employer from deterring or discouraging public employees or applicants to be public employees from becoming or  remaining  members  of  an  employee  organization,  authorizing representation by an employee organization, or authorizing dues or fee deductions to an employee organization. Current law generally vests jurisdiction  over  violations  of  these  provisions  in  the  Public Employment  Relations  Board.  This  bill  would  authorize  an  employee organization,  as  described,  to  bring  a  claim  before  the  Public Employment Relations Board alleging that a public employer violated the above‐described provisions.

Oppose Unless
Amended –
Letter Sent

SB 1127
Workers’
compensation:
liability
presumptions

(August 3 set for
first hearing.

Placed on
suspense file –
08/03/22)
Atkins  Current law establishes a workers’ compensation system, administered by  the  Administrative  Director  of  the  Division  of  Workers’ Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries arising out of and in the course of their employment. Existing law requires an injured employee to file a claim form with the employer. Under existing law, except for specified injuries, if liability is not rejected within 90 days after the date the claim form is filed with the employer, the injury is presumed  compensable  and  the  presumption  is  rebuttable  only  by evidence discovered subsequent to the 90‐day period. This bill would, for  specified  firefighters  and  peace  officers  claiming  illness  or  injury related to cancer, increase the number of compensable weeks to 240 without limitation as to time from the date of injury.

Oppose –
Letter Sent

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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ACA 1 Local
government
financing:
affordable
housing and
public
infrastructure:
voter approval

(Referred to Com.
on L. Gov. and
APPR. – 4/22/21)

Aguiar‐
Curry
The California Constitution prohibits the ad valorem (property value) tax rate on real property from exceeding 1% of the full cash value of the property, subject to certain exceptions.

This bill would create an additional exception to the 1% limit that would authorize a city 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.

Support

AB 682
Density Bonus.

Cohousing

(Read second
time and
amended. Re‐
referred to Com.
on APPR –
6/23/22)
Bloom  This bill would require that a density bonus be provided to a developer who  agrees  to  construct  a  housing  development  that  is  a  cohousing building and will contain either 10% of the total square footage for lower income  households,  or  5%  of  the  total  square  footage  for  very  low‐ income households.   This bill would prohibit the city and county from requiring  any  minimum  unit  size  requirements  or  minimum  bedroom requirements in conflict with the bill’s provisions, the project to provide private  open  space,  or  maximum  limit  on  density  with  respect  to  a cohousing building eligible for a density bonus under these provisions.

Watch

Watch
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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AB 1551
Development
Bonus.  Multi‐
Use Projects

(Do pass and re‐
refer to Com. on
APPR with
recommendation:

To Consent
Calendar. (Ayes

5. Noes 0.) (June
22). Re‐referred
to Com. on
APPR.)
Santiago  Previously existing law, until January 1, 2022, required a city, county, or city and county to grant a commercial developer a development bonus when  an  applicant  for  approval  of  a  commercial  development  had entered  into  an  agreement  for  partnered  housing  with  an  affordable housing  developer  to  contribute  affordable  housing  through  a  joint project or 2 separate projects encompassing affordable housing.

This bill would, until January 1, 2028, re‐enact provisions regarding the granting of development bonuses to certain projects and require a city or  county  to  annually  submit  to  the  Department  of  Housing  and Community  Development  information  describing  an  approved commercial development bonus.

Watch

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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AB 2295
Local
Educational
Agencies:

Housing
Development

(Read second
time and
amended. Re‐
referred to Com.
on APPR –
6/23/22)

Bloom  This bill would require that a qualified housing development on land owned by a local educational agency be an authorized use if the housing development consists of at least 10 units and is subject to a recorded deed restriction for at least 55 years requiring that at least 49% of the units have an affordable rent for lower income households and 100% of the units be rented by teachers and employees of the local educational agency. This bill would prohibit a city from imposing any development standards on a housing development project under these provisions and exempt a housing development project subject to these provisions from various requirements regarding the disposal of surplus land.

The bill would make these provisions effective on January 1, 2024, except that the bill would require the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide a specified notice to the planning agency of each county and city on or before January 31, 2023. The bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2033.

Support if
Amended –
Letter Sent

AB 2705
Very High Fire
Hazard  Severity
Zones

(Do pass and re‐
refer to Com. on
APPR. Re‐
referred to Com.
on APPR –
6/22/22)

Quirk‐Silva  This bill would prohibit a city from approving a permit that would result in a new residential project being located within a high fire zone unless the city finds that the residential development project will meet new standards intended to address wildfire risks.

Watch

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SB 1067 &
AB 2097
Development
Parking
Requirements

(SB 1067
Read second time
and amended.

Re‐referred to
Com. on APPR –
6/30/22)

(AB 2097
Read second time
and amended.

Re‐referred to
Com. on APPR –
6/23/22)

Portantino
& Friedman
SB 1067:  Would prohibit a city from imposing a minimum automobile parking requirement on a housing development project that is located within ½ mile of public transit.  The bill would also authorize a city to impose or enforce minimum automobile parking requirements on a housing development project IF the city makes written findings, within 30 days of receipt of a completed application, that not imposing or enforcing minimum automobile parking requirements on the development would have a negative impact on the city’s ability to meet its share of housing needs or on existing residential or commercial parking located within ½ mile of the housing development.

The bill would create an exception if the development either dedicates a minimum of 20% of the total number of housing units to very low‐, low, or moderate ‐income households, students, the elderly, or persons with disabilities or contains fewer than 20 housing units. The bill would prohibit these provisions from reducing, eliminating, or pr the enforcement of any requirement imposed on a development project that is located within 1/2 mile of public transit to provide electric vehicle supply equipment installed parking spaces or parking spaces that are accessible to persons with disabilities

AB 2097:  Would prohibit a public agency, in a county with a population of 600,000 or more, from imposing or enforcing a minimum automobile parking requirement on residential, commercial, or other development if the development is located on a parcel that is within ½
mile of public transit.  The bill would also prohibit a public agency, in a county with a population of less than 600,000, and a city with a population of 75,000 or more, from imposing or enforcing a minimum automobile parking requirement on specified residential, commercial, or other development types if the project is located within 1/4 mile of public transit. For a city with a population of less than 75,000, or a county with a population of less than 600,000, the bill would authorize that city or county to adopt an ordinance or resolution that applies certain prohibitions regarding the above‐described parking requirements within its boundaries. When a project provides parking Oppose (SB
1067)

Oppose (AB
2097) – Letter
Sent

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League Position  City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
voluntarily, the bill would authorize a public agency to impose specified requirements on the voluntary parking.  The bill would prohibit these provisions from reducing, eliminating, or precluding the enforcement of any requirement imposed on a new multifamily or nonresidential development to provide electric vehicle supply equipment installed parking spaces or parking spaces that are accessible to persons with disabilities.  The bill would exempt certain commercial parking requirements from these provisions if the requirements of the bill conflict with an existing contractual agreement of the public agency that was executed before January 1, 2023.

AB 916
Zoning: accessory
dwelling units:
bedroom
addition

(Read second
time. Ordered to
third reading –
08/02/22)
Salas  Would prohibit a city or county legislative body from adopting or enforcing an ordinance requiring a public hearing as a condition of reconfiguring existing space to increase the bedroom count within an existing dwelling unit. The bill would apply these provisions only to a permit application for no more than 2 additional bedrooms within an existing dwelling unit. The bill would specify that these provisions are not to be construed to prohibit a local agency from requiring a public hearing for a proposed project that would increase the number of dwelling units within an existing structure. The bill would include findings that ensuring adequate housing is a matter of statewide concern and is not a municipal affair, and that the provision applies to all cities, including charter cities.

Oppose Unless
Amended –
Letter Sent

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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SB 6
Local planning:
housing:
commercial
zones

(August 3 set for
first hearing.

Placed on
suspense file –
08/03/22)
Caballero  The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long‐term 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 requires that the housing element include, among other things, an inventory of land suitable and available for residential development. If the inventory of sites does not identify adequate sites to accommodate the need for groups of all households pursuant to specified law, existing law requires the local government to rezone sites within specified time periods and that this rezoning accommodate 100% of the need for housing for very low and low‐ income households on sites that will be zoned to permit owner‐ occupied and rental multifamily residential use by right for specified developments. This bill, the Neighborhood Homes Act, would deem a housing development project, as defined, an allowable use on a parcel that is within a zone where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use, if the development and site meet specified requirements, including that the site is not adjacent to an industrial use or agricultural use. The bill would require the density for a housing development under these provisions to meet or exceed the density deemed appropriate to accommodate housing for lower income households according to the type of local jurisdiction, including a density of at least 20 units per acre for a suburban jurisdiction. The bill would require the housing development to meet all other local requirements, other than those that prohibit residential use, or allow residential use at a lower density than that required by the bill.

Oppose Unless
Amended –
Letter Sent

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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League Position  City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SB 897
Accessory
dwelling units:
junior accessory
dwelling units

(August 3
hearing
postponed by
committee –
08/03/22)
Wieckowski  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 authorizes a local agency to impose standards on accessory dwelling units that include, but are not limited to, parking, height, setback, landscape, architectural review, and maximum size of a unit.

This bill would require that the standards imposed on accessory dwelling units be objective. For purposes of this requirement, the bill would define “objective standard” as a standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and is uniformly verifiable, as specified. The bill would also prohibit a local agency from denying an application for a permit to create an accessory dwelling unit due to the correction of nonconforming zoning conditions, building code violations, or unpermitted structures that do not present a threat to public health and safety and are not affected by the construction of the accessory dwelling unit.

Oppose –
Letter Sent

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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League
Position
City Position
PUBLIC SAFETY
AB 2645
Integration of
Access and
Functional Needs

(Do pass and re‐
refer to Com. on
APPR with
recommendation:

To Consent
Calendar. Re‐
referred to Com.
on APPR –
6/29/22)

Rodriguez  This  bill  would  require  a  county  to  integrate  access  and  functional needs into its emergency plan upon the next update to its emergency plan.   Specifically, this bill would require the plan to ensure that local community resilience centers are prepared to serve as communitywide assets  during  extreme  heat  events  and  other  disasters,  to  designate available  locations  that  may  be  necessary  to  provide  respite  to individuals during certain environmental emergencies, and to integrate sheltering plans to account for specified state grant programs relating to community resilience. The bill would require the plan to integrate transportation  and  sheltering  plans  to  account  for  local  community resilience centers.

Support –
Letter Sent

Watch
SB 1038
Law
Enforcement:

Facial
Recognition and
Other Biometric
Surveillance

(Ordered to
inactive file on
request of
Senator
Caballero. –
5/27/22)

Bradford  Existing law, until January 1, 2023, prohibits a law enforcement agency or  law  enforcement  officer  from  installing,  activating,  or  using  any biometric surveillance (face recognition) system in connection with an officer camera or data collected by an officer camera.

This bill would extend these provisions indefinitely.

Oppose –
Letter Sent

Watch
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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League
Position
City Position
PUBLIC SAFETY
SB 1186
Medicinal
Cannabis
Patients’ Right of
Access Act

(Read second
time and
amended. Re‐
referred to Com.
on APPR. –
6/29/22)

Wiener  Medical Cannabis Patients’ Right of Access Act – this bill would prohibit regulations  that  unreasonably  restrict,  among  other  things,  the operating  hours,  or  the  number  of  frequency  of  sales  of  medicinal cannabis businesses.

Oppose –
Letter Sent

Watch
SB 1326
Cannabis.

Interstate
Agreements

(Read second
time and
amended. Re‐
referred to Com.
on APPR –
6/16/22)
Caballero  This bill would allow the cross jurisdictional import and export to other states, of cannabis and cannabis products, by authorizing the Governor to enter into an agreement to provide lawful interstate commerce.

Support –
Letter Sent

Watch
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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League
Position
City Position
PUBLIC SAFETY
AB 662
Mental health:

State Fire
Marshal: training
standards: peer‐
to‐peer suicide
prevention

(In committee:

Referred to
suspense file –
08/02/22)
Rodriguez  Current  law  directs  the  State  Fire  Marshal  to  establish  additional training  standards  that  include  criteria  for  curriculum  content recommended  by  the  Emergency  Response  Training  Advisory Committee, as provided. Current law requires the State Fire Marshal to contract  with  the  California  Firefighter  Joint  Apprenticeship  Program for the development of that curriculum criteria. Existing law authorizes every paid and volunteer firefighter assigned to field duties in a state or  local  fire  department  or  fire  protection  or  firefighting  agency  to receive the training. Current law makes these requirements contingent upon the receipt of federal funds, as provided. This bill would require the State Fire Marshal  to establish additional training standards that include the criteria for curriculum development recommended by the Statewide Training and Education Advisory Committee involving peer‐ to‐peer  suicide  prevention  programming.  The  bill  would  require  the State  Fire  Marshal  to  contract  with  the  California  Firefighter  Joint Apprenticeship  Program  to  develop  the  curriculum  content  criteria.

The bill would authorize every paid firefighter assigned to field duties in  a  state  or  local  fire  department  or  fire  protection  or  firefighting agency, as well as every paid emergency medical services responder, to receive the peer‐to‐peer suicide prevention training, as provided.

Support –
Letter Sent

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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League
Position
City Position
PUBLIC SAFETY
AB 1014
Cannabis:
retailers:
delivery: vehicles

(Do pass and re‐
refer to Com. on
APPR. (Ayes 4.

Noes 0.) (June
29). Re‐referred
to Com. on APPR
– 06/29/22)
McCarty  The  Medicinal  and  Adult‐Use  Cannabis  Regulation  and  Safety  Act (MAUCRSA),  among  other  things,  consolidates  the  licensure  and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult‐use cannabis activities.

MAUCRSA  establishes  the  Department  of  Cannabis  Control  for  the administration and enforcement of its provisions. MAUCRSA generally defines  delivery  to  mean  the  commercial  transfer  of  cannabis  or cannabis products to a customer, requires the delivery of cannabis or cannabis  products  to  be  made  only  by  a  licensed  retailer, microbusiness,  or  nonprofit,  and  establishes  requirements  for  the delivery of cannabis and cannabis products, including that an employee of  the  licensee  carry  a  copy  of  the  licensee’s  current  license  and  a government‐issued identification with a photo of the employee, such as  a  driver’s  license.  This  bill  would  require,  on  or  before  January  1, 2023,  the  regulations  established  by  the  bureau  regarding  the minimum security and transportation safety requirements  to include regulations that would allow for an increase in the value of cannabis goods  to  be  carried  during  delivery  of  those  cannabis  goods  to customers by employees of a licensed retailer to $10,000, as specified.

The  bill  would  require  a  licensed  retailer  to  provide  their  delivery employee certain hardware, tools, and supplies, access to healthcare benefits,  and  either  a  vehicle  that  meets  certain  requirements  or reimbursement for certain costs for the use of the employee’s vehicle, as specified.

Oppose –
Letter Sent

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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League
Position
City Position
PUBLIC SAFETY
AB 2407
Vehicle
tampering: theft
of catalytic
converters

(In committee:

Referred to
suspense file –
08/02/22)
O’Donnell  Current  law  imposes  various  requirements  on  a  core  recycler,  as defined. Existing law requires a core recycler who accepts a catalytic converter  for  the  purposes  of  recycling  or  who  sells  or  ships  used catalytic  converters  to  a  recycler  or  smelter  to  maintain  specified information regarding the purchase and sale of the catalytic converters for  not  less  than  2  years  and  to  make  that  information  available  for inspection upon the request of law enforcement. Current law provides that  a  person  who  violates  these  requirements  is  guilty  of  a misdemeanor.  This  bill  would  require  a  core  recycler  to  report  the information collected to the chief of police or the sheriff, as prescribed, and to request to receive theft alert notifications regarding the theft of catalytic converters from a specified theft alert system. The bill would also require a core recycler to obtain  the thumbprint of a seller of a catalytic  converter  and  to  preserve  the  thumbprint  for  a  period  of  2 years, except as specified.

Support –
Letter Sent

SB 1000
Law enforcement
agencies: radio
communications

(August 3 set for
first hearing.

Placed on
suspense file –
08/03/33)
Becker  Current  law  establishes  the  California  Law  Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) to make specified criminal justice databases, including individual criminal histories, wanted and missing persons,  and  stolen  firearms,  vehicles,  and  property,  available  to participating  law  enforcement  agencies.  Current  law  prohibits unauthorized  access  to  CLETS  and  the  unlawful  use  of  CLETS information by authorized users. Existing law authorizes the Attorney General to adopt policies, procedures, and practices related to the use of CLETS. These rules require a participating agency to restrict access to  CLETS  and  define  “access”  as  the  ability  to  see  or  hear  any information  obtained  from  CLETS.  This  bill  would  require  a  law enforcement  agency,  including  the  California  Highway  Patrol, municipal police departments, county sheriff’s departments, specified local  law  enforcement  agencies,  and  specified  university  and  college police departments, to, by no later than January 1, 2024, ensure public access to the radio communications of that agency, as specified.

Oppose –
Letter Sent

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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League
Position
City Position
PUBLIC SAFETY
SB 1087
Vehicles:
catalytic
converters

(August 3 set for
first hearing.

Placed on
suspense file –
08/03/33)
Gonzalez  Would prohibit any person from purchasing a used catalytic converter from  anybody  other  than  certain  specified  sellers,  including  an automobile dismantler, an automotive repair dealer, or an individual possessing documentation, as specified, that they are the lawful owner of  the  catalytic  converter.  A  violation  of  this  provision  would  be  an infraction, punishable by a fine, as specified.

Support –
Letter Sent

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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League
Position
City Position
REVENUE & TAXATION
AB 1702
COVID‐19
Prevention &
Response Goods

(Re‐referred to
Com. on REV. &
TAX – 3/23/22)

Levine  This bill would provide a sales and use tax exemption for face masks, respirators, and at home COVID‐19 test kits.

Oppose Unless
Amended –
Letter Sent

AB 1951
Manufacturing
Exemptions

(Amend, and do
pass as amended
and re‐refer to
Com. on APPR –
6/30/22)

Grayson  This bill would extend and expand the sales and use tax exemption for manufacturing  processing,  refining,  fabricating,  and  recycling  until 2028  by  making  a  full  exemption  for  purchases  not  exceeding $200,000,000.

Oppose Unless
Amended –
Letter Sent

AB 2328
Home Experience
Sharing

(Coms. on L. GOV.
& JUD. – Hearing
Cancelled at
Request of Author
‐ 4/27/22)

Flora  This bill would preempt explicit or implicit local prohibitions on “home experience  sharing  units”  and  define  a  home  sharing  unit  as  non‐ commercial  property  that  is  rented  for  no  more
than  18  continuous
hours.

Oppose –
Letter Sent

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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary

League
Position
City Position
REVENUE & TAXATION
AB 2622
Zero Emission Bus
Exemption

(Do pass and re‐
refer to Com. on
APPR. Re‐referred
to Com. on APPR
– 6/30/22)

Mullin  This  bill  would  extend,  until  2026,  the  sales  and  use  tax  exemption provided  to  cities,  counties,  and  transit  agencies  for  zero  emission transit  buses  and  require  the  Legislative  Analyst’s  Office  to  submit  a report to the Legislature on the effectiveness of the tax exemption by May 1, 2024.

Support

AB 2142
Income taxes:
exclusion: turf
replacement
water
conservation
program
Gabriel  Current law provides an exclusion from gross income for any amount received as a rebate or voucher from a local water or energy agency or supplier for the purchase or installation of a water conservation water closet,  energy  efficient  clothes  washers,  and  plumbing  devices,  as specified.  This  bill  would,  for  taxable  years  beginning  on  or  after January  1,  2022,  and  before  January  1,  2027,  under  the  Personal Income  Tax  Law  and  the  Corporation  Tax  Law,  provide  an  exclusion from gross income for any amount received as a rebate, voucher, or other financial incentive issued by a public water system, as defined, local  government,  or  state  agency  for  participation  in  a  turf replacement water conservation program.

Support –
Letter Sent

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Bill  Sponsor(s)  Summary  League
Position
City Position
REVENUE & TAXATION
SB 843
Taxation: renters’
credit.
(August 3 set for
first hearing.

Placed on
suspense file –
08/03/22)
Glazer  Would, 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, increase the personal income tax credit amount for a qualified renter to $1,000 for spouses filing  joint  returns,  heads  of  households,  and  surviving  spouses  and $500  for  other  individuals,  as  provided.  In  the  event  the  increased credit amount is not specified in a bill relating to the Budget Act, the existing  credit  amounts  of  $120  and  $60,  as  described  above, respectively, would be the credit amounts for that taxable year. The bill would  require  the  Franchise  Tax  Board  to  annually  recompute  the credit amount for inflation for taxable years following the first year in which  the  increased  credit  is  operative,  except  as  provided.  The  bill would provide findings and declarations relating to the goals, purposes, and objectives of this credit.

Support –
Letter Sent
SB 1449
Office of Planning
and Research:
grant program:
annexation of
unincorporated
areas.
(August 3 set for
first hearing.

Placed on
suspense file –
08/03/22)
Cabllero   Would  require  the  Office  of  Planning  and  Research  to,  upon appropriation  by  the  Legislature,  establish  the  Unincorporated  Area Annexation Incentive Program, authorizing the office to issue a grant to a city for the purpose of funding infrastructure projects related to the proposed or completed annexation of a substantially surrounded unincorporated area, as defined, subject to approval by the Director of State Planning after the city submits an application containing specified information. The bill would require the office to match, on a dollar‐for‐ dollar  basis,  any  dollar  contribution  a  city  makes  toward  a  project funded  by  the  program,  subject  to  a  maximum  funding  threshold  as determined  by  the  director.  The  bill  would,  by  September  1,  2023, require the office to develop guidelines, and consult with various local representatives  to  prepare  those  guidelines,  for  purposes  of implementing the program, and would provide that the guidelines are not  subject  to  the  rulemaking  requirements  of  the  Administrative Procedure Act.

Support –
Letter Sent

June 23, 2022

The Honorable Anna Caballero
Senate Governance and Finance Committee
State Capitol, Room 407
Sacramento, CA 95814

RE: AB 2887 (E. Garcia) Public resources: Sales and Use Tax Law: exclusions.

Notice of Opposition, Unless Amended (As Amended 05/9/22)

Dear Senator Caballero,

The League of California Cities (Cal Cities) and California State Association of Counties (CSAC) must respectfully oppose AB 2887 (E. Garcia) unless amended to reimburse local agencies for lost sales and use tax revenues.

AB 2887 would increase, from $100 million to $150 million, the limit on annual sales and use tax exclusions under the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority.

We applaud the intent of the measure but have ongoing concerns with proposals that erode the sales and use tax base, which is already the narrowest in the country.

While we support California’s manufacturing industry generally and through local infrastructure incentives, local governments can ill-afford any additional erosion of sales and use tax revenues in the short or long-term. To the extent the exemption results in increased economic activity, the tax benefits will largely be enjoyed by the state general fund via increased personal income and corporation tax collections.

Furthermore, reductions in sales and use tax revenue will not only be borne by the local agencies that provide direct services to the manufacturing facility benefiting from the exemption, but also every county in the state due to the statewide formulas for distributing realignment funds for health, human services, and behavioral health.

For these reasons, we respectfully oppose AB 2887 (Garcia) unless amended. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected] or at [email protected].

Sincerely,

Nicholas Romo
League of California Cities
Legislative Representative

Geoff Neill
California State Association of Counties
Legislative Representative

CC: The Honorable Eduardo Garcia
Members, Senate Governance and Finance Committee
Colin Grinnell, Staff Director, Senate Governance and Finance Committee Ryan Eisberg, Consultant, Senate Republican Caucus

1400 K Street, Suite 400, Sacramento, CA 95814 • 916.658.8200 • calcities.org

June 8, 2022

The Honorable Richard Roth
Chair, Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee 1021 O Street, Room 3320
Sacramento, CA 95814

RE: AB 1740 (Muratsuchi) Catalytic Converters.

Notice of SUPPORT (As Introduced January 31, 2022)

Dear Senator Roth:

The League of California Cities (Cal Cities) is pleased to support AB 1740 (Muratsuchi).

This measure would require a core recycler who accepts a catalytic converter to maintain a written record of the vehicle from which the catalytic converter was removed and would prohibit a core recycler from purchasing or receiving a catalytic converter from a person that is not a commercial enterprise or owner of the vehicle from which the catalytic converter was removed.

According to State Farm, data shows, in 2019, the company paid $2.5 million for 1,104 catalytic converter theft claims. In 2020, it paid out more than four times that amount for 4,507 catalytic converter theft claims. Last year in 2021, California made up almost one-third of all catalytic converter claims in the United States, with $23 million being spent on 9,057 catalytic converter theft claims within the state.

Existing law makes it extremely difficult for local law enforcement officers to apprehend catalytic converter thieves despite the growing crime trend in catalytic converter thefts. AB 1740 seeks to address the dramatic rise in catalytic converter theft in California’s communities by targeting black-market sales, making it more difficult for bad actors in this space to buy and sell stolen catalytic converters.

Cal Cities supports increased penalties for metal theft and recognizes that statewide regulation is needed to discourage “jurisdiction shopping”. Cal Cities also supports increased record-keeping and reporting requirements for junk dealers, including the collection of thumbprints from sellers.

For these reasons, Cal Cities supports AB 1740. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me at (916) 720-8025.

Sincerely,

Elisa Arcidiacono

Legislative Affairs, Lobbyist

cc: The Honorable Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi
Members, Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee Dana Shaker, Chief Consultant, Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee
Kayla Williams, Consultant, Assembly Republican Caucus

1400 K Street, Suite 400, Sacramento, CA 95814 • 916.658.8200 • calcities.org

June 22, 2022

The Honorable Chris Holden
Chair, Assembly Appropriations Committee
1021 O Street, Room 8220
Sacramento, CA 95814

RE: SB 513 (Hertzberg) Homeless Shelters Grants: Pets and Veterinary Services.

Notice of SUPPORT (As Amended 6/6/22)

Dear Assembly Member Holden,

The League of California Cities (Cal Cities) is pleased to support SB 513 (Hertzberg), which would require the Department of Housing and Community Development to create and administer a program that would award grants to homeless shelters that allow pets. These grants would enable shelters to provide food, housing, and veterinary services for pets that are owned by homeless individuals.

California has seen an alarming spike in homelessness over the past decade, with a significant increase in the number of unsheltered people in our communities. Cities and counties statewide are at the forefront of responding to this crisis by working across silos to find creative and innovative ways to guide homeless youth, families, seniors, and veterans into shelter and care.

Homeless individuals often rely on pets for emotional support, companionship, and affection. When a shelter does not allow for pets, homeless persons often have to choose between staying in a shelter and leaving their pets. SB 513 will play an important role in encouraging more individuals to seek shelter, knowing that they will not have to give up their pets as a result.

For these reasons, Cal Cities supports SB 513. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me at (916) 580-5075.

Sincerely,

Caroline Cirrincione, Legislative Affairs, Lobbyist

cc: The Honorable Robert Hertzberg
Members, Assembly Appropriations Committee
Jennifer Swenson, Principal Consultant, Assembly Appropriations Committee Joe Shinstock, Fiscal Director, Assembly Republican Caucus

1400 K Street, Suite 400, Sacramento, CA 95814 • 916.658.8200 • calcities.org

May 4, 2022

The Honorable Buffy Wicks
Chair, Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development 1020 N Street, Suite 156
Sacramento, CA 95814

RE: AB 2011 (Wicks) Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022 Notice of Opposition (As amended 4/18/2022)

Dear Assembly Member Wicks:

The League of California Cities (Cal Cities) must respectfully oppose your measure AB 2011, which would require cities to ministerially approve, without condition or discretion, certain affordable housing and mixed-use housing developments in zones where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use regardless of any inconsistency with a local government’s general plan, specific plan, zoning ordinance, or regulation.

Housing affordability and homelessness are among the most critical issues facing California cities. Affordably priced homes are out of reach for many people and housing is not being built fast enough to meet the current or projected needs of people living in the state. Cities lay the essential groundwork for housing production by planning and zoning new projects in their communities based on extensive public input and engagement, state housing laws, and the needs of the building industry. Importantly, cities are currently updating housing plans to identify sites for more than two million additional housing units.

AB 2011 disregards this state mandated local planning effort and forces cities to allow housing developments in nearly all areas of a city. This seriously questions the rational for the regional housing needs allocation (RHNA) process. If developers can build housing in office, retail, and parking areas, why should cities go through the multiyear planning process to identify sites suitable for new housing units, for those plans to be ignored and housing built on sites never considered for new housing.

Eliminating opportunities for public review of housing developments goes against the principles of transparency and public engagement. Public hearings allow members of the community to inform their representatives of their support or concerns. “Streamlining” in the context of AB 2011 is a shortcut around public input. While it may be frustrating for some developers to address neighborhood concerns about traffic, parking and other development impacts, those directly affected by such projects should be heard. Public engagement also often leads to better projects. Not having such outlets will increase public distrust in government and may result in additional efforts by voters to restrict growth.

For the last few years, Cal Cities has persistently pursued solutions to the housing supply and affordability crisis that is gripping many regions of the state. These solutions include streamlining local approval processes, creating a new state and local financial partnership to fund affordable housing and infrastructure projects, and consolidating important housing program grant applications. Some of these efforts have fallen short and require additional action from the Legislature and Governor.

California cities are committed to being part of the solution to the housing shortfall across all income levels and will continue to work collaboratively with you and other stakeholders on legislative proposals that will spur much needed housing construction without disregarding the state mandated local planning process and important public engagement. Please do not hesitate to contact me to discuss in greater detail at (916) 658-8264.

Sincerely,

Jason Rhine
Assistant Director, Legislative Affairs

Cc: Members, Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development Steve Wertheim, Consultant, Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development
William Weber, Consultant, Assembly Republican Caucus