City Council
Legislative Subcommittee Agenda
70 N. First Street, Campbell CA
Monday, July 10, 2023, 2:00 pm
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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE
Monday, July 10, 2023, 2:00 pm
Ralph Doetsch Conference Room – 70 N. First Street
CALL TO ORDER
PUBLIC COMMENT
NEW BUSINESS
• Legislative Advocacy Principles Policy (Updated Redlined Version Attached) • Legislative Updates (Updated Matrix Attached)
OLD BUSINESS
ADJOURN
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SECTION 1.31 LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY PRINCIPLES
I. PURPOSE
The purpose of establishing “lLegislative aAdvocacy pPrinciples” is to authorize a City of Campbell 's (City) position on a legislative bill in a timely manner. These principles will allow the City’s Legislative Subcommittee (Subcommittee) to consider pending legislation to determine if it falls within the City Council's adopted Guiding pPrinciples, thereby allowing the City, through the Subcommittee, to issue a position statement without taking the pending legislation to the City Council. If the Subcommittee wishes to issue a position statement on the legislationa bill that the City Manager determines does not fall within the Guiding Principlesguidelines, the City Manager shall schedule it will to be taken to City Council for discussion and direction, in accordance with City Council Policy 1.10 -- Legislation.
II. ROLE AND MAKE-UP OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE
a. The Subcommittee shall be comprised of two City Councilmembers who shall be chosen by the Mayor each calendar year.
b. To provide continuity of representation and knowledge of legislation advocacy, it is recommended that the Councilmember representing the City as a member of the Cities Association of Santa Clara County’s (CASCC) Legislative Action Committee be chosen as one of the two members serving on the Subcommittee.
c. It is further recommended that the Councilmember representing the City as an alternate on the CASCC Legislative Action Committee also be chosen as one of the two members serving on the Subcommittee.
d. The Legislative Subcommittee (Subcommittee) shall meet regularly during the active California state legislative year (January through AugustSeptember), or as needed. The legislative calendars for the California State Senate and the California State Assembly can be found at the following links:
• https://www.senate.ca.gov/legdeadlines
• https://www.assembly.ca.gov/legislativedeadlines
e. The Subcommittee shall meet and review, and may take action on Sstate legislation, ballot measures, and positions to take on specific senate and assembly bills. The Subcommittee can recommend to the City Council a legislative and policy platform that establishes the City’s legislative priorities
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for that calendar year.
The two members of the Subcommittee are appointed by the Mayor each calendar year. It is recommended that the Councilmember appointed to represent the City of Campbell on the Cities Association of Santa Clara County Legislative Action Committee is also appointed as one member of the Subcommittee in order to provide continuity of information and knowledge of legislation advocacy.
III. POLICY SCOPE
a. The Subcommittee may take a position on proposed legislation if such legislation is consistent with the following gGuiding pPrinciples:
1. Directly impacts the City’s finances, responsibilities, legal authority, public safety or operations;
2. Increases or decreases local revenues;
3. Protects or reduces local control;
4. Is consistent with existing City policy or current City Council strategic priorities; or
5. Creates an unfunded mandate.
IV. SUBCOMMITTEE OBJECTIVES
a. Advocate the City’s legislative position at the federal, state, regional and county levels.
b. Inform and provide information to legislators of the potential impacts that key legislation would have on the City of Campbell.
c. Work cooperatively with other local governments, the League of California Cities (League), the CASCCities Association of Santa Clara County , and other professional organizations on legislative issues that may impact the City and region.
d. Actively track bills through their legislative process.
e. Proactively meet with legislators and their representatives to discuss local government issues, and proposed legislation, and to pursue, and potential funding requests for City of Campbell programs and services.
f. To i Inform the public of the City of Campbell ’s position on proposed legislation through Subcommittee updates at City Council meeting s and through the posting of City position statements on the City’s website.
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V. PROCESS
a. At the first meeting of the calendar year, the Subcommittee may review the Guiding Principles and decide, by consensus, to do any of the following:
1. Recommend to the City Council that changes be made to the Guiding Principles; or
2. Direct staff to track specific bills related to any of the Guiding Principles.
b. By the second meeting of the calendar year, staff will provide a matrix of bills that meet the Guiding Principles. This matrix shall include the bill number, the author(s) of the bill, a summary of what the bill proposes to do, and the League’s position on the bill. Staff will continue to update the matrix as appropriate for Subcommittee consideration and action.
c. The Subcommittee shall meet and discuss the bills included in the matrix and, upon consensus, may:
1. Direct staff to develop a position statement either opposing or supporting a specific bill (with or without amendments); or
2. Adopt a position statement authored by another public agency or an association that collaborates across local governments, i.e., CASCC or the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG).
d. Staff will prepare the position letterstatement, as directed, for the Mayor’s signature on a legislative proposal that may impact the City of Campbell based on the guiding principles in Section III. The letter which shall outline the City’s position and shall identify the potential impacts the legislation will have to the City of Campbell.
a.e. Once prepared, the Mayor shall sign the position statement on behalf of the City.
f. Once signed, Tthe position letterstatement shall be submitted by staff via the established process of the federal, state, or regional body that is receiving the letterposition statement. Additionally, members of the City Council shall receive a copy of the position statement letter and a copy letter shall be posted to the City of Campbell’s website.
g. City staff shall inform the City Council on the status of pending bills at least twice during the legislative calendar year.
b.h. At the conclusion of the legislative calendar year, staff will inform the City Council of any legislation that was signed into law and will impact City operations.
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VI. RECUSAL & MEMBERSHIP IN OTHER ASSOCIATIONS
a. When a Subcommittee member recuses themself from discussing or acting on a particular bill, the remaining Subcommittee member may request that the City Manager schedule it to be considered by the City Council.
b. It is anticipated that the City’s representative on other legislative committees or subcommittees, including CASCC’s Legislative Subcommittee, will vote as a member of those respective committees and subcommittees on legislation brought before them. The City’s representative on those committees and subcommittees is authorized to vote on all legislation brought before them if it meets the Guiding Principles outlined in this policy, even if the Subcommittee has yet to act on the legislation.
2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch
1 Revised 7/6/23
Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB-COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
AB 735
Workforce
Development:
Utility Careers
Held under
submission
5/18/23
Berman Would establish the High Road Utility Careers program to be administered by the California Workforce Development Board to connect existing resources with young individuals interested in careers in the utility sector and ensure a continued reliable workforce for California utilities.
Support
Letter Sent
3/13/23
Watch
AB 742
Law Enforcement:
Police Canines
Ordered to
inactive file
5/31/23
Jackson Would prohibit the use of an unleashed police canine by law enforcement to apprehend a person, and any use of a police canine for crowd control. Would prohibit law enforcement agencies from authorizing any use or training of a police canine that is inconsistent with this measure.
Oppose Letter
Sent 3/27/23
Oppose
Letter Sent
5/15/23
AB 972
Local Assistance
Grant Program
Streamlining
Workgroup
Re-referred to
APPR Com.
6/29/23
Maienschein Would require the Office of Planning and Research, in consultation with the League of California Cities, the California State Association of Counties, and the California Special Districts Association, to convene a statewide, cross-agency Local Assistance and Grant Program Streamlining Workgroup, no later than January 1, 2025, to centralize local assistance and develop a coordinated system to manage available state and federal funding to deliver the maximum number of projects as efficiently as possible. The bill would prohibit the implementation of the recommendations without an appropriation by the Legislature.
Sponsor Watch
2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch
2 Revised 7/6/23
Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB-COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
AB 1469
Valley Water –
Assisting
Unsheltered
People
Hearing canceled
at request of
author
6/28/23
Kalra Would expand the District Act to allow Valley Water’s purpose to include assisting unsheltered people living within their jurisdiction in consultation with a city or the County of Santa Clara to provide solutions or improved outcomes for unsheltered indivi duals. This change w ould allow Valley Water to offer land for transitional housing and other facilities. In addition, this bill would allow Valley Water more flexibility to access revenue from an existing 1% ad valorem property tax to fund outreach, counse ling, transitional housing, or other services that unsheltered people deserve and are often required under federal case law.
No Position Watch
SB 10
Pupil health:
Opioid Overdose
Prevention and
Treatment
Re-referred to
HEALTH Com.
6/30/23
Cortese Would require the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the California Health and Human Services Agency, to establish the State Working Group on Fentanyl Education in Schools, for the purpose of promoting public education, awareness, and prevention of fentanyl overdoses, with the outreach aimed at staff and pupils in schools. Would also require the State Working Group on Fentanyl Education in Schools, in collaboration with specified relevant entities, to develop a School Resource Guide on Opioids, serving as a toolkit that may be accessed by school staff. The guide is to be completed on or before July 1, 2024. Would state the Legislature’s encouragement of county offices of education to establish similar county working groups.
Watch Watch
2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch
3 Revised 7/6/23
Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB-COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
SB 43
Behavioral Health
Re-referred to JUD
Com.
6/30/23
Eggman (Repeat bill that failed last year.)
Would update California's 1967 conservatorship law by expanding definition of “gravely disabled” to include a condition in which a person, as a result of a severe substance use disorder, or a cooccurring mental health disorder and a severe substance use disorder, is, in addition to the basic personal needs described above, unable to provide for their personal safety or necessary medical care, as defined.
Would authorize counties to defer implementation of these provisions to January 1, 2025, as specified.
Support
Letter Sent
6/14/23
Watch
SB 69
CEQA Document
Requests
First hearing
canceled at the
request of author
6/22/23
Cortese Would require a local agency to file a notice of determination with the Office of Planning and Research in addition to the county clerk of each county in which the project will be located. Would authorize a local agency to file a notice of exemption with the State Clearinghouse in the Office of Planning and Research in addition to the county clerk of each county in which the project will be located. Would require the notice, including any subsequent or amended notice, to be posted both in the office and on the internet website of the county clerk and by the Office of Planning and Research on the State Clearinghouse internet website within 24 hours of receipt.
Neutral Watch
2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch
4 Revised 7/6/23
Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB-COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
SB 329
Cities: City Council
Members:
Compensation
Approved by
Governor and
chaptered by
Secretary of State
6/29/23
Dodd This law increases the maximum amount of salary, based upon the population of the city, that may be approved by an ordinance passed by the city council. The law also authorizes the salary of council members to be increased beyond the specified maximums to an amount not exceeding the greater of either 5% for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the salary in effect when the ordinance or amendment is enacted, or an amount equal to inflation since January 1, 2024, based upon the California Consumer Price Index, which shall not exceed 10% for each calendar year. This law requires the city council to consider the adoption of an ordinance to increase council member compensation in open session during at least 2 regular meetings of the city council.
Support
Watch
SB 333
Homeless Pupils:
California Success,
Opportunity, and
Academic
Resilience (SOAR)
Guaranteed
Income Program
Re-referred to ED
Com.
7/3/23
Cortese This bill, subject to an appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, would require the State Department of Social Services to establish the California Success, Opportunity, and Academic Resilience (SOAR) Guaranteed Income Program. The program would award public school pupils who are in grade 12 and are homeless children or youths, as defined, a guaranteed income of $1,000 each month for 5 months from April 1, 2025, to August 1, 2025, inclusive, as provided. The bill would establish the California SOAR Guaranteed Income Fund as the initial depository of all moneys appropriated, donated, or otherwise received for the program, and upon appropriation by the Legislature, would provide moneys in the fund to eligible participants.
Watch Watch
2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch
5 Revised 7/6/23
Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB-COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
SB 363
Facilities for
Inpatient and
Residential
Mental Health
and Substance
Use Disorder:
Database
Re-referred to
APPR Com.
6/13/23
Eggman Would establish a real-time, internet-based dashboard to collect, aggregate, and display information about available beds in psychiatric and substance abuse facilities. The bill would require the database to include a minimum of specific information, including the contact information for a facility’s designated employee, the types of diagnoses or treatments for which the bed is appropriate, and the target populations served at the facility, and have the capacity to, among other things, enable searches to identify beds that are appropriate for individuals in need of inpatient or residential mental health or substance use disorder treatment.
(Repeat bill that failed last year.)
Support
Letter Sent
6/14/23
Watch
SB 423
Streamlined
Housing
Approvals:
Multifamily
Housing
Developments
Re-referred to
NAT RES Com.
6/30/23
Wiener Would modify and expand SB 35 (from 2017) provision that allow certain multifamily housing developments to take advantage of a streamlined, ministerial approval process. Specifically, this measure would:
• Extend sunset to January 1, 2036
• Apply SB 35 provisions to the Coastal Zone
• Allow the state to approve housing developments on property they own or lease
Prohibit a city from enforcing its inclusionary housing ordinance if the income limits are higher than those in SB 35
Oppose
Letter Sent
7/5/23
Watch
2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch
6 Revised 7/6/23
Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
AB 2
Recycling: Solar
Photovoltaic
Modules
Re-referred to
E.Q. Com.
6/28/23
Ward Would require a manufacturer of solar photovoltaic panels sold or offered for sale in this state, or its agent, to develop an end -of-life management plan for the management and recycling of the solar photovoltaic panels it manufactured and the component materials. The bill would specify the required contents of an end-life management plan and would require the department to provide guidelines for developing an end-life management plan.
Support
AB 50
Public Utilities:
Timely Service:
Timely Electrical
Interconnection
Re-referred to
E., U. & C. Com.
6/21/23
Wood Would require a public utility to furnish and maintain timely service, instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities. The bill would require the commission, on or before January 1, 2025, to determine the criteria for timely service for electric customers th at meets specified requirements.
Until the commission determines that criteria, the bill would require each large electrical corporation that energized less than 20% of customers with completed applications by January 31, 2023, to submit a report to the commission, as specified, on or before December 1, 2024, demonstrating that the large electrical corporation has energized 80% of customers with completed applications. If a large electrical corporation fails to deliver service to a customer by the date communicated on a written commitment to serve, the bill would require the impacted customer to be entitled to a utility bill credit.
Support Letter
Sent 5/4/23
2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch
7 Revised 7/6/23
Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
AB 460
State Water
Board Authority:
Interim Relief
Hearing
canceled at
request of
author
6/7/23
Bauer-Kahan This bill would authorize the board to issue, on its own motion or upon the petition of an interested party, an interim relief order to a diverter or user of water in adjudicative proceedings to apply or enforce specified provisions of law related to water rights and quality. The bill would provide that a person or entity that violates any interim relief o rder issued by the board would be liable to the board for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed the sum of $10,000 for each day in which a violation occurs and $5,000 for each acre-foot of water diverted in violation of the interim relief order. The b ill would require these funds to be deposited in the Water Rights Fund.
Watch
AB 573
Organic Waste:
meeting
recovered
organic waste
product
procurement
Re-referred to
E.Q. Com.
6/27/23
E. Garcia Would require the department’s regulations to allow a local jurisdiction, until December 1, 2039, in procuring recovered organic waste products to meet the target procurement requirements, to use California -derived recovered organic waste that the local jurisdiction sends for processing at a facility or operation outside of the state that meets certain conditions, as provided.
Support Letter
Sent 4/7/23
2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch
8 Revised 7/6/23
Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
AB 698
Energy: Gas
Stoves
Hearing
postponed by U.
& E. Com.
4/11/23
Essayli Would prohibit state agencies and local governments directly or indirectly prohibiting the use of gas stoves in residential and nonresidential buildings.
Oppose
Letter Pending
AB 863
Carpet
Recycling:
Carpet
Stewardship
Organizations:
Fines:
Succession:
Procedure
Hearing
canceled at
request of
author
6/20/23
Aguiar-Curry Would increase the per day penalty for violations of carpet stewardship laws to $10,000 per day or $50,000 per day if violation is intentional .
Would provide that if a carpet stewardship organization violates a provision of the carpet stewardship law three times, they become ineligible to act and the successor rules will apply. Would require a carpet stewardship organization, as part of its carpet stewardship plan, from the assessments received for carpets sold for use in California, to expend at least 95% on activities to carry out the carpet stewardship plan within California, and at least 10% for grants to apprenticeship programs for training apprentice and journey -level carpet installers in proper carpet recycling practices, including the installation and removal techniques that maximize the recyclability of carpet. The bill would authorize the department, if it determines that a carpet stewardship organization or manufacturer has not complied with one or more of the requirements of the carpet stewardship laws, to adopt regulations that establish requirements for carpet stewardship organizations or manufacturers to take specific actions to bring those entities into comp liance with those laws.
Support
2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch
9 Revised 7/6/23
Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
AB 1000
Qualifying
Logistics Use
Projects
Failed passage.
Reconsideration
granted
4/27/23
Reyes Would prohibit a local agency from approving the development or expansion of any qualifying logistics use, as defined, within 1,000 feet of sensitive receptors, as defined, except as provided. The bill would authorize a local agency to approve the development or expansion of a qualifying logistics use greater than 750 feet from a sensitive receptor and within 1,00 0 feet of a sensitive receptor only if the local agency takes certain actions, including, among other things, conducting a cumulative analysis of the air quality impacts of the warehouse development project.
The bill would require a local agency, upon rece ipt of an application for a warehouse development project, to take certain actions, including posting information on its internet website that is easily accessible and easily understandable by the public.
Oppose Letter
Sent 4/25/23
AB 1132
Solar Energy
Systems: Permit
Fees
Ordered to third
reading
6/7/23
Friedman Existing law prescribes and limits permit fees that a city or county may charge for a residential and commercial solar energy system. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2025. This bill would extend repeal date to January 1, 2034, and impose a state-mandated local program.
Seeking
Feedback
2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch
10 Revised 7/6/23
Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
AB 1526
Public Resources
Re-referred to
E.Q. Com.
6/28/23
Asm. Nat
Resources
(Placeholder bill)
This bill would require a producer responsibility plan to include arrangements with processors or recyclers to ensure that covered materials that are not collected through a curbside collection program or other local collection program are collected and recycled at a viab le responsible end market. The bill would require the producer responsibility plan to include a mechanism and schedule for transferring specified fee proceeds to local jurisdictions. The bill would make technical amendments and other revisions to certain c omponents of the act. The act defines “covered material” to include, among others, wraps or wrappers and bags sold to food service establishments. This bill would include as “covered material” wraps or wrappers and bags used in the packaging of food offered for sale or provided to customers by food service establishments.
Support Letter
Sent 4/24/23
AB 1567
SB 638
SB 867
Climate Bonds
Referred to N.R.
& W. and GOV.
& F. Coms.
6/14/23
E. Garcia
Eggman
Allen
Would collectively propose $2 1 billion in bonds for safe drinking water, wildfire prevention, drought preparation, flood protection, and extreme heat mitigation.
Support If
Amended
2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch
11 Revised 7/6/23
Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
AB 1572
Potable Water:
Non-functional
Turf
Hearing
postponed by
committee
6/21/23
Friedman Would prohibit the use of potable water for irrigation of nonfunction turf on specified properties. Notably,
• All commercial, industrial, municipal, and institutional properties other than a cemetery by Jan 1, 2027
• All multifamily residential properties by 1/1/28
• All affordable multifamily housing or municipal by 1/1/29
Neutral If
Amended
Letter Sent
6/2/23
SB 272
Sea Level Rise
Planning
Re-referred to
APPR Com.
6/20/23
Laird Would require local governments in coastal areas to implement sea level rise planning and adaptation by 2034. Would also require the California Coastal Commission and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission to establish guidelines for the preparation of that planning and adaptation by December 2024.
Neutral
2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch
12 Revised 7/6/23
Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
SB 560
Solid Waste:
Gas Cylinders:
Stewardship
Program
Held in
committee and
under
submission
5/18/23
Laird Would establish a stewardship program for gas cylinder products, as defined, and would authorize producers of those products to establish one more producer stewardship organization for that purpose. The bill would require each producer or producer stewardsh ip organization to submit a gas cylinder stewardship plan to the department that details, among other things, convenient and accessible opportunities for the recovery of gas cylinders used by consumers. The bill would prohibit gas cylinder producers that are not participating in a department-approved stewardship plan from supplying, selling, or offering for sale gas cylinders in the state. The bill would impose recordkeeping and reporting requirements on producers and producer stewardship organizations with department-approved stewardship plans and would require those producers to pay all administrative and operational costs associated with establishing and implementing the stewardship plan in which it participates, including the cost of collection, transpor tation, recycling, and the safe and proper management of recovered gas cylinders. The bill would require the department to set, review, and revise necessary convenience and performance standards and ensure appropriate data metrics for the gas cylinder stewardship program.
Support In
Concept
2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch
13 Revised 7/6/23
Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
SB 615
Electric Vehicle
Traction
Batteries
Hearing
canceled at the
request of
author
6/15/23
Allen & Min Would make a vehicle or battery manufacturer responsible for collecting a stranded battery and repurposing the battery, if possible, but would require the manufacturer to ensure the battery is recycled if it cannot be reused. The bill would require, by January 1, 2025, a battery supplier, as described, to be responsible for the development of a core exchange program for replacing a battery, module, or cell removed from a vehicle.
The bill would also require a battery supplier to annually submit a report to the Department of Toxic Substances Control, as provided. The bill would require a qualified facility, as defined, buying removed batteries to submit a report containing specified information to the department and would require specified entities that remove a battery from a vehicle that is still in service to participate in the core exchange program. The bill would make a secondary user that purchases a battery that was removed from a vehicle responsible for ensuring the battery is sent to a qualified facility at the end of the battery’s useful life and reporting specified information to the department.
Support In
Concept
SB 707
Responsible
Textile Recovery
Act of 2023
Re-referred to
NAT. RES. Com.
7/3/23
Newman Would require textile producers to establish a stewardship program for the collection and recycling of a covered textile product. This bill would define a “covered product” to include any postconsumer apparel or postconsumer textile article that is unwanted by a consumer, except as specified. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations governing the program, and would authorize, beginning January 1, 2032, the department reassess the adopted regulations to include adjusting the minimum required collection sites, establishing a minimum recycling efficiency rate for covered products collected and recycled by program operators, or establishing other criteria for the program.
Support Letter
Sent 6/7/23
2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch
14 Revised 7/6/23
Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC WORKS
AB 6
AB 7
Transportation
Planning:
Regional
Transportation
Plans
Referred to
TRANS and E.Q.
Com.
6/14/23
Friedman (Placeholder bills.)
Would prioritize transportation funding that significantly contribute towards the goals outlined in a region’s sustainable communities’ strategy.
Would require that the state board, after January 1, 2024, and not later than September 30, 2026, to establish additional targets for 2035 and 2045, respectively. This bill would require a metropolitan planning organization, at least 60 days before starting that public participation process, to submit that description of the technical methodology to the state board for approval. The bill would require a metropolitan planning organization to work with the state board until the state board concludes that the technical methodology operates accurately and approves its use.
Concerns
AB 241
SB 84
Clean
Transportation
Program: Air
Quality
Improvement
Program:
Funding
Measure version
as amended on
June 26
corrected
6/30/23
Reyes
Gonzalez
(Placeholder bills.)
Would expand the purpose of the program to include developing and deploying innovative technologies that transform California’s fuel and vehicle types to help reduce criteria air pollutants and air toxins. The bill would no longer require the commission to provide certain project preferences. The bill would provide that the goals of the program shall be to advance the state’s clean transportation, equity, air quality, and climate emission policies and would require the commission to ensure program investments support specified requirements. The bill would require the commission, on and after January 1, 2025, to expend at least 50% of the moneys appropriated to the program on programs and projects that directly benefit or serve residents of disadvantaged and l ow-income communities and low-income Californians and would require at least 50% of funding for tangible location -based investments to be expended in disadvantaged and low-income communities.
Watch
2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch
15 Revised 7/6/23
Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC WORKS
AB 316
Transportation:
Autonomous
Vehicles
Referred to
TRANS Com.
6/14/23
Aguiar-Curry Would prohibit the operation of an autonomous vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more on public roads for testing purposes, transporting goods, or transporting passengers without a human safety operator physically present in the autonomous vehicle at the time of operation. Would require the Department of Motor Vehicles, by January 1, 2029, or 5 years after commencement of testing, whichever occurs later, and upon appropriation by the Legislature, to submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature evaluating the performance of autonomous vehicle technology and its impact on public safety and employment in the transportation sector for autonomous vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 10,001 pounds or more. The bill would require the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, the Department of Transportation, the State Air Resources Board, and other relevant state agencies to provide additional information needed to research the report.
Support Letter
Sent 3/6/23
AB 334
Public Contracts:
Conflicts of
Interests
Re-referred to
JUD Com.
6/14/23
B. Rubio Would establish that an independent contractor, who meets specified requirements, is not an officer for purposes of being subject to the prohibition on being financially interested in a contract.
Support Letter
Sent 3/13/23
2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC WORKS
AB 400
Public Contracts:
Design Build
Re-referred to
GOV. & F Com.
6/13/23
B. Rubio Would delete from the definition of “local agency” any joint powers authority formed to provide transit services and would instead expand that definition to include any joint powers authority responsible for the construction of transit projects, thereby authorizing additional joint powers authorities to use the above -described design-build procurement process. The bill would extend the repeal date to January 1, 2031 , from current January 1, 2025, sunset.
Support Letter
Sent 3/13/23
AB 415
Emergency
Fairgrounds
Communications
Re-referred to
APPR Com.
4/19/23
Rodriguez Would establish a grant program, on or before January 1, 2025, to provide fairgrounds with grant funding for the purpose of building and upgrading communication and internet infrastructure on fairgrounds.
Support
AB 744
Transportation
Planning
Re-referred to
TRANS Com.
6/21/23
Carrillo Would authorize the California Transportation Commission to establish best practices for use of data in transportation planning and to identify data elements that should be made available to state and local agencies for transportation planning. Require state and local agencie s to submit reports no later than August 1, 2026.
Support Letter
Sent 3/13/23
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC WORKS
AB 1504
Planning:
Electric Vehicle
Charging
In committee,
held under
submission
5/18/23
McCarthy Would provide that the provisions described above do not apply to applications to install an electric vehicle charging station or hydrogen - fueling station in a public right-of-way. The bill would require local agencies to complete a plan for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations in the public right-of-way that includes, but is not limited to, a permitting process. In developing the plan and permitting process, the bill would require local agencies to take specified actions. The bill, except as specified, would require local agencies with populations of 25 0,000 or more to comply with these provisions by January 1, 2027, and local agencies with populations of fewer than 250,000 residents to comply with these provisions by January 1, 2029. The bill would define various terms for these purposes.
Oppose Letter
Sent 5/10/23
AB 1637
Local
Government:
Internet
Websites and
Email Addresses
To RLS Comm
Re-referred to
APPR. Com.
6/29/23
Irwin This bill, no later than January 1, 202 9, would require a local agency, as defined, that maintains an internet website for use by the public to ensure that the internet website utilizes a “.gov” top -level domain or a “.ca.gov” second-level domain, and would require a local agency that maintains an internet website that is noncompliant with that requirement to redir ect that internet website to a domain name that does utilize a “.gov” or “.ca.gov” domain. This bill, no later than January 1, 202 9, would also require a local agency that maintains public email addresses to ensure that each email address provided to its e mployees utilizes a “.gov” domain name or a “.ca.gov” domain name. By adding to the duties of local officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Oppose Unless
Amended
Letter Sent
5/10/23
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC WORKS
SB 30
Transportation:
Zero-Emission
Vehicle Signage
Referred to
TRANS Com.
5/26/23
Umberg Would require the department, in coordination with the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO -Biz) and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to develop and design light -duty zero -emission vehicle charging and fu eling station signage to be placed along state highways based on charger or fueling type and vehicle compatibility, to increase consumer confidence in locating electric vehicle chargers and hydrogen fueling stations. The bill would authorize the department to adopt and regulations for these purposes.
Watch
SB 706
Public Contracts:
Progressive
Design Build
Re-referred to
APPR. Com.
6/28/23
Caballero Would authorize all cities to use the progressive design -build process for other projects in addition to water -related projects and would extend these provisions until January 1, 2030. The bill would change the required reporting date to no later than December 31, 2028.
Support Letter
Sent 4/19/23
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
COMMUNITY SERVICES
AB 24
Emergency
Response:
Opioid
Antagonist Kits
In Committee:
Held under
submission
5/18/23
Haney Would require a person or entity that owns, manages, or is responsible for a designated facility, defined as a bar, as defined, gas station, public library, or residential hotel, as defined, in a county that is experiencing an opioid overdose crisis, as defined, to acquire and post an opioid antagonist kit, which includes an instructional poster and opioid antagonist nasal spray, in areas that are readily accessible only by employees, including, but not limited to, a break room, and to restock the opioid antagonist kit after each use or upon expiration of the opioid antagonist nasal spray contained in the opioid antagonist kit.
Support Letter
Sent 4/26/23
AB 33
Fentanyl
Addiction &
Overdoes
Prevention Task
Force
Referred to PUB
S. Com.
6/7/23
Bains Would establish the Fentanyl Addiction and Overdose Prevention Task Force to undertake various duties relating to fentanyl abuse, including, among others, collecting and organizing data on the nature and extent of fentanyl abuse in California and evaluating approaches to increase public awareness of fentanyl abuse.
Support Letter
Sent 4/21/23
AB 67
Homeless
Courts Pilot
Program
Referred to
PUB. S. Com.
6/14/23
Muratsuchi (Repeat bill that failed last year.)
Would create a pilot program for unhoused defendants to participate diversion programs that would provide housing, mental health services, substance abuse treatment and more.
Support Letter
Sent 4/2/23
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
COMMUNITY SERVICES
AB 262
Children’s
Camps: Safety
and Regulation
Hearing
canceled at
request of
author
6/14/23
Holden Would require the State Department of Social Services to convene and consult with a stakeholder group on children’s camp safety. This bill would require the department by June 1, 2025, to issue its recommendations, as informed by the stakeholder group, in a report to the Legislature. The bill would require the recommendations to address, among other things, a definition for a children’s camp, child supervision requirements, requirements for camp licensure and regulation, and the government agency or agencies necessary to establish and enforce rules and regulations relating to children’s camps.
Support Letter
Sent 4/28/23
AB 550
Homelessness:
Point-in-Time
Count Results
In Committee:
Held under
submission
5/18/23
Schiavo This bill would require a city, county, and city and county, within 60 days after the local continuum of care releases the results of a point-in-time count for a city, county, or city and county’s jurisdiction, to, among other things, agendize the point-in-time count results at a meeting of the city, county, or city and county and present the steps the city, county, or city and county is taking to prevent and end homelessness, including, but not limited to, consideration of specified actions. By imposing new duties on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Concerns
Letter Sent
4/20/23
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
COMMUNITY SERVICES
AB 799
Homeless,
Housing,
Assistance, &
Prevention
Program.
Homelessness
Accountability
Act
Re-referred to
Housing Com.
7/3/23
L. Rivas Would specify that the purpose of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) program is to provide ongoing grant funds to support regional coordination and expand or develop local capacity to address their immediate homelessness challenges informed by best-practices and to solve homelessness using evidence-based or, where no evidence exists, a data-informed and promising framework, as provided. The bill would require the council, in collaboration with continuums of care, counties, and big cities, as defined and other stakeholders, to establish and regularly update a financing plan to solve homelessness by the year 2035, and to establish and update statewide performance metrics by updating the Statewide Action Plan for Preventing and Ending Homelessness in California, no later than January 1, 2025.
Concerns
Letter Sent
6/14/23
AB 963
The End of the
Foster Care-to-
Homelessness
Pipeline Act
In Committee:
Held under
submission
5/18/23
Schiavo Would establish the End the Foster Care-to-Homelessness Pipeline Program within the I-Bank to guarantee qualified loans made by financial institutions to qualified nonprofit and for-profit businesses for the construction, acquisition, and renovation of housing for current and former foster youth between 18 and 25 years of age and who qualify for specified programs.
Support Letter
Sent 4/17/23
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
COMMUNITY SERVICES
AB 1215
Pets Assistance
with Support
Grant Program:
Homeless
Shelters:
Domestic
Violence
Shelters: Pets
Referred to
APPR suspense
file
7/3/23
Carrillo (Repeat bill that failed last year.)
Would require the department to develop and administer the Pets Assistance With Support Grant Program (PAWS), to award grants to qualified homeless shelters and qualified domestic violence shelters, as defined.
Support Letter
Sent 3/22/23
AB 1321
California
Coordinated
Neighborhood
and Community
Services Grant
Program
Referred to
APPR suspense
file
7/3/23
Bonta Would create a competitive grant program to implement a comprehensive, integrated continuum of cradle-to-career solutions at the neighborhood level. The bill would define “cradle-to-career” to mean a system of integrated services that begins before birth and leads to appropriate postsecondary success, including academic, occupational, and independent living, that benefits the individual and community.
Support Letter
Sent 4/17/23
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
COMMUNITY SERVICES
SB 19
Anti-Fentanyl
Abuse Task
Force
Re-referred to
PUB S. Com.
6/22/23
Seyarto Would establish the Anti-Fentanyl Abuse Task Force to undertake various duties relating to fentanyl abuse including, among others, collecting and organizing data on the nature and extent of fentanyl abuse in California and evaluating approaches to increase public awareness of fentanyl abuse.
Support Letter
Sent 4/14/23
SB 37
Older Adults
and Adults with
Disabilities
Housing
Stability Act
Held in
committee and
under
submission
5/18/23
Caballero (Repeat bill that failed last year.)
Would require the Department of Housing and Community Development to offer competitive grants to nonprofit community-based organizations, continuums of care, public housing authorities, and area agencies on aging to administer a housing subsidy program for older adults and adults with disabilities who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, as defined.
Support Letter
Sent 4/3/23
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, & LABOR RELATIONS
AB 37
Political Reform
Act of 1974:
Campaign Funds:
Security Expenses
Re-referred to E.
& C.A. Com.
6/27/23
Bonta Would authorize a candidate or elected officer to use campaign funds to pay or reimburse the state for the reasonable costs of installing and monitoring a home or office electronic security sys tem, and for the reasonable costs of providing personal security to a candidate, elected officer, or the immediate family and staff of a candidate or elected officer, if those costs are reasonably related to the candidate or elected officer’s status as a c andidate or elected officer. The bill would require the return of the security system to the committee that paid for the security system or reimbursement by the candidate, elected officer, immediate family, or staff, to the campaign fund account of the com mittee that paid for the security system and reporting of the reimbursement to the Fair Political Practices Commission, as specified.
Support Letter
Sent 3/23/23
AB 453
District-based
Elections
Referred to E. &
C.A. Com. and
Gov. & F. Com.
5/10/23
Cervantes Would require a public hearing concerning district -based elections that is consolidated with a meeting of the governing body include other substantive agenda items, to begin at a fixed time.
Watch
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, & LABOR RELATIONS
AB 504
State and Local
Public
Employees: Labor
Relations:
Disputes
Re-referred to
JUD Com.
6/28/23
Reyes (Gut and amend bill.)
Would allow local public employees to refuse to enter property that is the site of a primary labor dispute, perform work for a public employer involved in a primary labor dispute, or go through or work behind a primary picket line. Would prohibit a public employer from directing a public employee to take those actions.
Oppose Letter
Sent 7/3/23
AB 557
Open Meetings:
Local Agencies:
Teleconferences
Ordered to third
reading
6/29/23
Hart Extends AB 361 renewal period to 45 days. Allows cities to meet remotely during proclaimed states of emergency under modified Brown Act requirements. Would also provide greater flexibility.
Sponsor
AB 597
Workers’
Compensation:
First Responders:
Post-traumatic
Stress
Referred to INS.
Com.
2/27/23
Rodriguez Existing law provides, until January 1, 2025, that, for certain state and local firefighting personnel and peace officers, the term “injury” includes post - traumatic stress that develops or manifests during a period in which the injured person is in the service of the department or unit. Existing law requires the compensation awarded pursuant to this provision to incl ude full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits. For injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2024, this bill would make that provision applicable to emergency medical technicians and paramedics, as defined.
Oppose
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, & LABOR RELATIONS
AB 730
California Public
Records Act:
Public Agency
Employees:
Notice
Requirements:
Personnel and
Medical
Information
Referred to Jud.
Com.
3/13/23
Lowenthal Would require a city to promptly provide an employee with written notice of a request to disclose a record related to personnel, medical, or similar information of that employee. Would also require the agency, before disclosing, to provide not less than 21 days’ written notice to the employee of its intent to disclose.
Watch
AB 764
Local
Redistricting
Re-referred to E
& C.A and GOV.
& F Com.
6/19/23
Bryan &
Cervantes
Would require counties, county boards of education, cities, school districts, community college districts, and special districts, if the governing body of these local governments is elected by districts, to comply with uniform requirements related to redistricting. The bill would require local governments to adopt district boundaries following the decision to establish district -based elections and following each federal decennial census. This bill would require all public hearings held by an advisory or hybrid redistricting commission to comply with the same requirements applicable to hearings held by the districting body. This bill would impose requirements relating to workshops and public hearings upon local jurisdictions, districting bodies, and advisory and hybrid redistricting commissions.
Oppose Unless
Amended
Letter Sent
6/22/23
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, & LABOR RELATIONS
AB 817
Open Meetings;
Teleconferencing:
Subsidiary Body
Hearing
postponed by
committee
4/25/23
Pacheco Would authorize a subsidiary body, as defined, to use alternative teleconferencing provisions similar to the emergency provisions indefinitely and without regard to a state of emergency. In order to use teleconferencing pursuant to this act, the bill would require the legislative body that established the subsidiary body by charter, ordinance, resolution, or other formal action to make specified findings by majority vote before the subsidiary body uses teleconferencing for the first time and every 12 months thereafter.
Support Letter
Sent 4/19/23
AB 1248
Local
Redistricting:
Independent
Redistricting
Commissions
Hearing canceled
at request of
author
6/20/23
Bryan This bill would require a county, general law city, charter city, or county that contains over 300,000 residents, and a school district or community college district that contains over 500,000 residents, to establish an independent redistricting commission to adopt district boundaries after each federal decennial census.
Watch
AB 1484
Temporary Public
Employees
Referred to L.,
P.E., & R. Coms.
6/14/23
Zbur Would require temporary employees to be automatically included in the same bargaining unit as the permanent employees upon the request of the recognized employee organization. The bill would require complaints alleging a violation of its provisions to be process ed as unfair practice charges under the act.
Oppose Letter
Sent 6/20/23
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, & LABOR RELATIONS
SB 251
Political Reform
Act of 1974:
Elected Officers:
Conflict of
Interest
Reconsideration
granted after
failed hearing
4/19/23
Newman Prohibits an elected officer from employment by another elected officers with the same constituency, except if elected office first began their employment by the other officer with the same constituency on or before December 31, 2023.
Oppose Letter
Sent 4/13/23
SB 252
Public
Retirement:
Fossil Fuels
Referred to P.E.
& R. Com.
6/8/23
Gonzalez (Reintroduction of SB 1173 that failed last year.) Would directs CalPERS to divest from fossil fuels by 2030.
Oppose Letter
Sent 6/12/23
SB 399
Employer
Communications:
Intimidation
Re-referred to
JUD Com.
6/29/23
Wahab Would prohibit an employer from requiring its employees to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or participate in any communications with the employer, the purpose of which is to communicate the employer ’s opinion about religious matters, political matters.
Oppose Letter
Sent 6/28/23
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, & LABOR RELATIONS
SB 751
Franchise
Agreements:
Labor Impasse
Referred to NAT.
RES Com.
6/15/23
Padilla This bill would prohibit any franchise contracts, licenses, or permits for solid waste handling services, as defined, entered into or amended by a local agency on or after January 1, 2024, from excusing the service provider from performance in the event of a labor dispute, as defined.
Support Letter
Sent 4/27/23
SB 769
Local
Government:
Fiscal and
Financial
Training
Re-referred to
APPR Com.
6/22/23
Gonzalez Would require local officials to have two hours of fiscal training every two years. The bill would exempt a local agency official from the training requirements if they comply with specified criteria under existing law relating to eligibility for appointment or election to, and continuing education for, the office of county treasurer, cou nty tax collector, or county treasurer-tax collector.
Watch
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AB 68
Land Use:
Streamlined
Housing
Approvals:
Density,
Subdivision, and
Utility Approvals
Re-referred to H.
& C.D. Com.
4/17/23
Ward Would require a local government to approve a proposed housing development pursuant to a streamlined, ministerial approval process if the development meets certain objective planning standards, including, but not limited to, a requirement that the proposed parcel for the development be a climate-smart parcel, as described, or be included in the applicable region’s sustainable communities strategy as a priority development area. The bill would set forth procedures for approving these developments and would set forth various limitations for these developments. The bill would authorize the Department of Housing and Community Development to review, adopt, amend, and repeal guidelines, rules, and regulations to implement uniform standards or criteria that supplement or clarify the terms, references, or standards set forth by this process.
Watch
AB 309
The Social
Housing Act
Re-referred to
Gov. & F. Com.
6/21/23
Lee This measure would create the California Housing Authority with a mission to produce and acquire social housing developments for the purpose of eliminating the gap between housing production and regional housing needs assessment targets and to preserve affordable housing.
Unfortunately, AB 309 would disregard this state mandated planning process and force cities to allow housing developments in nearly all areas of a city.
Oppose Unless
Amended
Letter Sent
6/13/23
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AB 519
Affordable
Housing: Finance
Workgroup
Re-referred to
HOUSING Com.
7/3/23
Schiavo Would require the above-described entities to jointly convene an Affordable Housing Finance Workgroup to develop a consolidated application for housing developers to use to obtain grants, loans, tax credits, tax exempt bonds, credit enhancement, and other types of financing for building affordable housing, and develop a coordinated review process for the application. The bill would require the workgroup to include representatives of the above-described entities, nonprofit and for-profit affordable housing developers, and local and tribal governments. The bill would require the workgroup to identify specified information, including a timeline for developing a single consolidated application able to be coordinated for review between the reviewing entities. On or before, July 1, 2026, the bill would require the workgroup to report recommendations on implementing a coordinated review process to the above-described entities, the Legislature, and certain committees of the Legislature. The bill would require the workgroup to develop the consolidated application and coordinated review process on the date identified in the timeline.
Support Letter
Sent 4/19/23
AB 1490
Affordable
Housing
Development
Projects:
Adaptive Reuse
Re-referred to
GOV. F. Com.
6/27/23
Lee Would require a city or county to approve a development proposal for a multifamily housing development project that is an adaptive reuse project and that meets specified affordability and site requirements, including that 100% of the units be made available for lower income households, 50% of which shall be made available to very low-income households.
• Approve all entitlement and permits within 60 days for 150 or fewer housing units and within 90 days for more than 150 housing units
• No maximum density requirements
• No minimum floor area ratio
• No additional parking requirements
Oppose unless
Amended
Letter Sent
6/14/23
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AB 1532
Office Conversion
Projects
Referred to H. &
C.D. Com. and
Nat. Res. Com.
3/23/23
Haney Would make an office conversion project a use by right in all areas of a city regardless of zoning. Would exempt these projects from impact fees that are not directly related to the conversion of an office building into residential dwelling units. Additionally, a city would be required to allow the developer to pay applicable impact fees over a 10-year period.
Oppose
AB 1630
Housing
Development
Approvals:
Student Housing
Projects
Referred to H. &
C.D. Com.
3/22/23
Garcia Would enact The Student Housing Crisis Act of 2023 and:
• Require a city to classify student housing as a permitted use on all real property within 1,000 feet of a university campus, as defined, for zoning purposes.
• Require a proposed student housing project to be considered ministerially, without discretionary review or a hearing. • Prohibit a local agency from imposing or enforcing on a student or faculty and staff housing project subject to ministerial consideration certain restrictions, including a minimum automobile parking requirement.
Oppose Unless
Amended
Letter Sent
4/11/23
AB 1657
The Affordable
Housing Bond Act
of 2024
Re-referred to
GOV. & F. Com.
6/21/23
Wicks Would enact the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024, which if adopted, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10 billion to the State General Obligation Bond Law. Proceeds from the sale of these bonds would be used to finance programs to fund rental housing and homeownership programs, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr.
Farmworker Housing Grant Program. Submission of bond act to the voters at the March 5, 2024, statewide general election.
Support Letter
Sent 5/31/23
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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
Re-referred to L.
GOV. Com.
5/31/23
Aguiar-
Curry
Would authorize a local government to impose, extend, or increase a sales and use tax or transactions and use tax for the purposes of funding the construction, rehabilitation, or replacement of public infrastructure, affordable housing, or permanent supportive housing if the proposition proposing that tax is approved by 55% of its voters voting on the proposition.
Pending
ACA 10
Fundamental
Human Right to
Housing
Re-referred to
APPR Com.
6/7/23
Haney Would declare the state recognizes the fundamental human right to adequate housing for everyone in California. Would make it the shared obligation of state and local jurisdictions to respect, protect, and fulfill this right by all appropriate means.
Pending
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SB 4
Planning and
Zoning: Higher
Education
Institutions and
Religious
Institutions
Re-referred to
NAT. RES. Com.
6/30/23
Wiener (Repeat bill that failed last year.)
Would require that a housing development project be a use by right on any land owned by an independent institution of a higher education or religious institution on or before January 1, 2024.
Support If
Amended
Letter Sent
6/14/23
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SB 450
Housing
Development:
Approvals
Re-referred to
APPR. Com.
6/28/23
Atkins Current law requires a proposed housing development containing no more than 2 residential units within a single-family residential zone to be considered ministerially, without discretionary review or hearing, if the proposed housing development meets certain requirements, including that the proposed housing development does not allow for the demolition of more than 25% of the existing exterior structural walls, except as provided. Current law authorizes a local agency to impose objective zoning standards, objective subdivision standards, and objective design standards, as defined, except as specified, on the proposed housing development. Current law authorizes a local agency to deny a proposed housing development if specified conditions are met, including that the building official makes a written finding that the proposed housing development project would have a specific, adverse impact upon public health and safety or the physical environment, as provided. This bill would remove the requirement that a proposed housing development does not allow for the demolition of more than 25% of the existing exterior structural walls to be considered ministerially. The bill would prohibit a local agency from imposing objective zoning standards, objective subdivision standards, and objective design standards that do not apply uniformly to development within the underlying zone. This bill would remove the authorization for a local agency to deny a proposed housing development if the building official makes a written finding that the proposed housing development project would have a specific, adverse impact upon the physical environment.
Watch
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SB 834
Housing: Family
Home
Construction and
Ownership
Referred to H. &
C.D. Com.
6/8/23
Portantino Would enact the California Family Home Construction and Homeownership Bond Act of 2023, which, if adopted, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $25 billion pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance the California Family Home Construction and Homeownership Program.
Support In
Concept Letter
Sent 3/28/23
Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
PUBLIC SAFETY
AB 40
Emergency
Medical Services
Hearing canceled
at request of
author
7/3/23
Rodriguez Would require EMS authority to develop an electronic signature for use between the ER department medical personnel at a receiving facility and the transporting ER medical personnel that captures the points in time when the hospital receives notification of ambulance arrival and when transfer of care is executed for documentation of ambulance patient offload time and would require every local EMS agency to develop a standard that exceeds the local EMS agency standard, as specified, for the preceding month.
Support Letter
Sent 3/22/23
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
PUBLIC SAFETY
AB 367
Controlled
Substances:
Enhancements
In Committee.
Reconsideration
granted
4/27/23
Maienschein Would add sentence enhancement of 3 to 5 years on a person who inflicts great bodily injury when they sell, furnish, administer, or give away fentanyl or an analog of fentanyl and the person to whom the substance was sold, furnished, administered, or given suffers injury or death. This provision does not apply to juvenile offenders.
Support Letter
Sent 3/20/23
AB 642
Law Enforcement
Agencies: Facial
Recognition
Technology
In committee.
Held under
submission
5/18/23
Ting Would require any law enforcement agency that uses facial recognition technology (FRT) to have a written policy governing the use of that technology and would require any FRT system used to meet certain national standards and would limit the use of FRT to use as an investigative aid. Would specifically prohibit the use of any FRT -generated match from being the sole basis for probable cause in an arrest, search, or warrant and would also require an agency using FRT to post their written policy and an annual summary of FRT usage on their internet website.
Oppose Letter
Sent 4/28/23
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
PUBLIC SAFETY
AB 1034
Law
Enforcement:
Facial
Recognition and
Other Biometric
Surveillance
Ordered to third
reading
6/21/23
Wilson Would prohibit a law enforcement agency or law enforcement officer from installing, activating, or using any biometric surveillance system in connection with an officer camera or data collected by an officer camera and would authorize a person to bring an action for equitable or declaratory relief against a law enforcement agency or officer who violates that prohibition. Would sunset on January 1, 2034.
Oppose Letter
Sent 3/22/23
AB 1166
Liability for
Opioid
Antagonist
Administration
In Assembly.
Ordered to
Engrossing &
Enrolling
6/29/23
Bains Would provide that a person who, in good faith and not for compensation, renders emergency treatment at the scene of an opioid overdose or suspected opioid overdose by administering opioid antagonist, as defined, is not liable for civil damages resulting from an act or omissio n, except as specified.
Support Letter
Sent 3/22/23
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
PUBLIC SAFETY
AB 1708
Theft
Coauthors
revised in
committee
4/19/23
Muratsuchi,
Cervantes,
Gipson, Low,
Petrie-
Norris, B.
Rubio,
Villapudua,
and Essayli
Would amend Proposition 47 t o increase accountability for repeat offenders as well as access to participate in rehabilitation services. Would refine the definition of shoplifting and would specifically exclude certain offenses from prosecution as shoplifting, including, among others, the theft of a firearm or vehicle, identity theft, and credit card fraud.
Support Letter
Sent 4/10/23
SB 44
Controlled
Substances
Failed passage in
committee
4/26/23
Umberg Would require the court to advise a person who is convicted of, or who pleads guilty or no contest to specific crimes involving controlled substances of the danger of selling or administering illicit drugs and counterfeit pills and that, if a person dies because of that action, the defendant can be charged with homicide.
Support Letter
Sent 3/20/23
SB 402
Emergency
Services Limiting
Police Response
Referred to
HEALTH and G.O.
Com.
2/22/23
Wahab Would require 911 or other service center calls for service relating to mental health or homelessness to be dispatched to fire district or department personnel, EMS personnel, mental health personnel, or nonsworn unarmed police personnel and NOT to police officers.
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
PUBLIC SAFETY
SB 719
Law Enforcement
Agencies: Radio
Communication
Held in
committee and
under submission
5/18/23
Becker (Re-run of measure from last year.)
Would require a law enforcement agency to ensure public access to the radio communications of that agency. Would also require those law enforcement agencies to ensure that any criminal justice information or personally identifiable information obtained through CLETS is not broadcast in a manner that is accessible to the public.
Oppose Letter
Sent 3/21/23
SB 796
Threats: Schools
and Places of
Worship
Hearing canceled
at request of
author
6/27/23
Alvarado-
Gil, Rubio
This bill would make a person who willfully threatens to commit a crime that is reasonably likely to result in death or great bodily injury to any person who may be on the grounds of a schoo l or place of worship, with specific intent and under certain circumstances, and if the threat causes a person or persons reasonably to be in sustained fear for their own safety or the safety of another person, guilty of a misdemeanor or felony punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a specified term, except that if the person is under 18 years of age, the bill would make the person guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
REVENUE & TAXATION
AB 52
Income Tax
Credit: Sales and
Use Taxes Paid:
Manufacturing
Equipment:
Research and
Development
Equipment
Referred to
suspense file.
6/26/23
Grayson Would allow, for a taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2024, and before January 1, 2029, a cred it against those taxes to a taxpayer in an amount equal to the amount of tax reimbursement paid during the taxable year for sales tax on gross receipts that would be exempt from taxation under the Sales and Use Tax Law pursuant to the sales and use tax exemption described above but for the provision that prohibits that exemption from applying with respect to any tax levied by a county, city, or district pursuant to, or in accordance with, the Bradley -Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law or the Transactions and Use Tax Law, sales and use taxes imposed pursuant to certain provisions of the Sales and Use Tax Law, and sales and use taxes imposed pursuant to certain provisions of the California Constitution.
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AB 84
Property Tax:
Welfare
Exemption:
Affordable
Housing
Referred to GOV.
& F. Comm.
6/7/23
Ward Expands eligibility for exemptions from property taxes for affordable rental housing (“welfare exemptions”). Would expand this partial exemption to property acquired, rehabilitated, developed, or operated, or any combination of these factors, with financing from qualified 501(c)(3) bonds. The bill would require a claim for a welfare exemption pursuant to this requirement to be accompanied by an affidavit containing spec ified information regarding the units for which the exemption is claimed and would provide that the affidavit is not subject to public disclosure.
Concerns
AB 362
Real Property
Taxation
Set for Hearing.
4/11/23
Lee Would require the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to conduct a study on the efficacy of a statewide land value taxation system as an alternative to the current appraisal methods utilized for real property taxation. Would require the study to be provided to the Legislature by January 1, 2025.
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
REVENUE & TAXATION
AB 939
Santa Clara Valley
Water District
Read 3rd Time &
Amended.
Ordered to
Second Reading
7/6/23
Pellerin The Santa Clara Valley Water District Act creates the Santa Clara Valley Water District and authorizes the district to levy ad valorem taxes or assessments in the district to pay the general administrative costs and expenses of the district, to carry out t he act’s objects or purposes, and to pay the costs and expenses of constructing or extending works within the district. The act additionally authorizes the district to levy taxes or assessments upon all property or all real property within a portion of the district for specified purposes. The act authorizes the district to issue bonds for specified purposes and requires that the bonds be paid by revenue derived from those tax levies and assessments, except the ad valorem taxes or assessments. This bill wou ld additionally authorize the district to use the revenues from the ad valorem taxes or assessments to pay for the bonds.
No Position
AB 1203
Sales and Use
Taxes: Breast
Pumps and
Related Supplies
Referred to APPR.
suspense file.
7/3/23
Bains,
Cervantes
Would exempt from the California sales and use tax the gross receipts for the sale of breast pumps, breast pump collection and storage supplies, breast pump kits, and breast pads. This exemption would apply on or after April 1, 2024, and ends April 1, 2029.
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AB 1249
Sales and Use
Taxes: Exemption:
School Supplies
Held under
submission.
5/1/23
Ta Exempt from sales and use taxes the gross receipts from the sale of qualified school supplies for the two-day period beginning at 12:01 am on the third Saturday of July annually and ending at 11:59 p.m. on the following day. From 1/1/24 through 1/1/29.
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Bill Sponsor(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
REVENUE & TAXATION
AB 1492
Property
Taxation:
Affordable
Housing Cost
Re-referred to
Rev. and Tax
Coms.
3/27/23
Alvarez Would provide, for property tax lien dates occurring on or after January 1, 2024, that property is exempt from taxation and is within the welfare exemption if that property is owned and operated by a nonprofit corporation, as described, that is org anized and operated for the specific and primary purpose of building or rehabilitating residential units for sale or rent at an affordable cost and if at least one residential unit on the property is subject to an agreement that requires the unit to be mad e available at an affordable cost to buyers or renters and is recorded with the appropriate local agency.
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SB 532
Ballot Measures:
Local Taxes
Re-referred to
TRANS. Com.
6/29/23
Wiener This bill would exempt from this requirement a measure that imposes or increases a tax with more than one rate or authorizes the issuance of bonds. If the proposed measure imposes or increases a tax with more than one rate, or authorizes the issuance of bonds, this bill would require that the ballot include i n the statement of the measure to be voted on an estimate of the amount of money to be raised annually and the rate and the duration of the tax to be levied. This bill, beginning July 1, 2024, would decrease the maximum amount of penalties that can be incl uded in a schedule of toll evasion penalties for a toll evasion violation on a San Francisco Bay area state-owned toll bridge to instead be $5 for the notice of toll evasion violation and $10 for the notice of delinquent toll evasion violation, as specified.
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