City Council
Legislative Subcommittee Agenda
70 N. First Street, Campbell CA
Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 4:00 pm
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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE
Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 4:00 pm
Ralph Doetsch Conference Room – 70 N. First Street
CALL TO ORDER
PUBLIC COMMENT
NEW BUSINESS
• 2025 Legislation – Bills to Watch (Matrix Attached)
OLD BUSINESS
ADJOURN
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Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB-COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
TBD.
TBD.
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Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
AB 262
California
Individual
Assistance Act
Referred to E.M.
Comm.
2/10/2025
Caloza
Would enact the California Individual Assistance Act to establish a grant program to provide financial assistance to local agencies, community -based organizations, and individuals for specified costs related to a disaster, as prescribed.
Support
AB 854
Environmental
Quality:
Greenhouse Gas
Emissions:
Permit
Streamlining
May be heard in
committee on
March 22.
Petrie-
Norris
Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to adopt permit streamlining guidance for projects that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
SB 350
Water Rate
Assistance
Program
Set for hearing
on March 19.
Durazo Would establish the Water Rate Assistance Program. As part of the program, SB 350 would establish the Water Rate Assistance Fund in the State Treasury to provide water affordability assistance, for both drinking water and wastewater services, to low-income residential ratepayers, as specified.
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Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City
Position
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
SB 454
State Water
Resources
Control Board:
PFAS Mitigation
Program
Set for hearing
on April 2.
McNerney
Would propose the development of a polyfluoroalkyl substance ( PFAS) Mitigation Fund to help clean up manmade PFAS contamination in water supplies and wastewater.
Support
SB 613
Methane
Emissions:
Petroleum and
Natural Gas
Producing Low
Methane
Emissions
Set for hearing
on April 2.
Stern
Would require the state board, no later than December 31, 2026, to establish a certification standard for petroleum and natural gas producing low methane emissions. SB 613 would require the state board to encourage petroleum and natural gas procurement on behalf of the state to shift to certified petroleum and natural gas producing low methane emissions. SB 613 would also require the state board, the Public Utilities Commission, and other relevant agencies to timely consider programs, or changes to existing programs.
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League
Position
City
Position
TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC WORKS
AB 33
Autonomous
Vehicles
Re-referred to
TRANS. Comm.
3/5/2025
Aguiar-
Curry
Would prohibit the delivery of commercial goods, as defined, directly to a residence or to a business for its use or retail sale , through the operation of autonomous vehicles without a human operator, on any highway within the State of California.
AB 544
Electric Bicycles:
Required
Equipment
Re-referred to
TRANS. Comm.
3/6/2025
Davies Would require an electric bicycle, during all hours, to be equipped with a red reflector or a solid or flashing red light with a built -in reflector on the rear that is visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle.
SB 74
Office of Land
Use and Climate
Innovation:
Infrastructure
Gap Funding
First hearing
canceled by
author.
3/13/2025
Seyarto Would establish the "Gap Fund,” managed by the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI), which will offer grants for the remaining 20 percent of project costs to cities and local agencies. To be eligible, the project must be 80 percent financed with 10 percent coming from local funds; “Gap Fund” grants can be used once per project and the infrastructure projects should be shovel ready.
Support
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League
Position
City
Position
TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC WORKS
SB 496
Advanced Clean
Fleets
Regulation:
Appeals Advisory
Committee:
Exemptions
Set for hearing
on April 2.
Hurtado Would create an appeals advisory committee made up of state agencies, industry experts, fleets, and local governments to review denied petitions for exemption and extension to the California Air Resource Board (CARB) Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) regulation.
Support
SB 695
California
Disaster
Assistance Act
Referred to RLS.
Comm.
3/5/2025
Cortese Would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would amend the act to invest in infrastructure projects that are of regional importance in California to make them more resilient to the impacts of climate change and to avoid infrastructure failure.
Support
SB 720
Automated
Traffic
Enforcement
System Programs
Referred to
TRANS. and JUD.
Comms.
3/12/2025
Ashby Would additionally authorize a city, county, or city and county to establish an automated traffic enforcement system program to use those systems to detect a violation of a traffic control signal, if the system meets specified requirements. SB 720 would require a violation of a traffic control signal that is recorded by an automated traffic enforcement system to be subject only to a $100 civil penalty, as specified.
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League
Position
City
Position
COMMUNITY SERVICES
AB 617
Aging and Disability
Resource
Connection
Program: No Wrong
Door System
Referred to Aging &
L.T.C. Comms.
3/3/2025
McKinnor Would require the No Wrong Door System (a collaborative effort that supports the state’s efforts to streamline access to long-term services and support options for older adults and individuals with disabilities) to serve seniors and individuals with disabilities, as specified, and would require, no later than December 31, 2027, the system to also establish a statewide respite referral registry to connect consumers enrolled in the Medi-Cal program with culturally competent, prescreened respite providers, and create and implement a consumer-directed employer program to assist in the provision of the statewide respite referral system.
AB 1069
Older Adults:
Emergency Shelters
Referred to Aging &
L.T.C., and E.M.
Comms.
3/10/2025
Bains Would, as part of disaster planning and response, require that an area agency on aging or an Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) program have access to an emergency shelter, as defined, established for evacuation purposes during an active event, in order to ensure that older adults and persons with disabilities receive continuous services and necessary support.
AB 1476
Meal Program:
Senior Citizens
Referred to Aging &
L.T.C. Comm.
3/13/2025
Wallis Existing law requires that nutrition projects serving the needs of individuals 60 years of age or older and their spouses provide at least one hot meal per day for 5 or more days per week, as specified. AB 1476 would instead require that the projects provide those meals either served hot or made available for to-go pickup for reheating at home by eligible individuals.
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League
Position
City
Position
COMMUNITY SERVICES
SB 456
Contractors:
Exemptions:
Muralists
Referred to B. P. &
E.D. Comms.
2/26/2025
Ashby Would exempt muralists from having to obtain a contractor’s license through the California State Licensing Board before being commissioned for public and private art projects.
Support
SB 569
Homeless
Encampment
Collaboration Act
Referred to TRANS.
Comm.
3/05/2025
Blakespear Would increase communication between the Department of Transportation and local governments to address encampments on state property.
Support
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League
Position
City
Position
GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, & LABOR RELATIONS
AB 370
California Public
Records Act:
Cyberattacks
Referred to APPR.
Comm.
3/13/2025
Carrillo Existing law authorizes that time limit to be extended by no more than 14 days under unusual circumstances, and defines “unusual circumstances” to include, among other things, the need to search for, collect, and appropriately examine records during a state of emergency when the state of emergency currently affects the agency’s ability to timely respond to requests due to staffing shortages or closure of facilities, as provided. AB 370 would revise the definition of unusual circumstances as it applies to a state of emergency to require the state of emergency, in addition to currently affecting the agency’s ability to timely respond to requests as described above, to instead require the state of emergency to directly affect the agency’s ability to timely respond to requests.
Support
AB 1370
Political Reform
Act of 1974:
Nondisclosure
Agreements
Read first time.
2/24/2025
Patterson Would prohibit Members of the Legislature from entering into, or requesting that another party enter into, a nondisclosure agreement relating to the drafting, negotiation, or discussion of proposed legislation. AB 1370 would also make any nondisclosure agreement relating to the drafting, negotiation, or discussion of proposed legislation entered into after the effective date of this bill void and unenforceable.
ACR 44
California Cities
Week
Referred to RLS.
Comm.
3/3/2025
Pacheco Would proclaim the week of April 20, 2025 to April 26, 2025, to be California Cities Week, and would encourage all Californians to be involved in their communities and be civically engaged with their local government.
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League
Position
City
Position
GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, & LABOR RELATIONS
SB 239
Open Meetings:
Teleconferencing:
Subsidiary Body
Referred to L.
GOV. and JUD.
Comms.
2/14/2025
Arreguin Would allow public members of non -decision-making advisory bodies to meet remotely without posting their location or making that location available to the public.
Support
SB 332
Investor-Owned
Utilities
Accountability Act
May be acted
upon on or after
March 15.
Wahab Would require the Energy Commission, in coordination with the public advisor and the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), on or before March 31, 2026, to issue a request for proposals for a team to develop a study to (1) conduct a historical energy justice assessment of the investor-owned utility’s (IOU) operations and impacts, (2) complete a comparative analysis of the benefits and challenges of transitioning the IOUs to a successor entity in order to identify a recommended model, and, (3) if the study finds that it is in the best long -term interests of the people and ecologies of California to transition away from an investor-owned utility model, create a justice- centered implementation plan for managing the transition.
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League
Position
City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AB 11
Housing Elements:
Prohousing
Designation
Referred to H. & C.D.
Comm.
2/3/2025
Lee Would enact the Social Housing Act and would create the California Housing Authority as an independent state body, the mission of which would be to ensure that social housing developments that are produced and acquired align with the goals of eliminating the gap between housing production and regional housing needs assessment targets and preserving affordable housing. AB 11 would prescribe a definition of social housing that would describe, in addition to housing owned by the authority, housing owned by other entities, as specified, provided that all social housing developed or authorized by the authority would be owned by the authority.
Watch
Per staff’s
recommendation.
AB 36
Housing Elements:
Prohousing
Designation
Referred to H. & C.D.
and L. GOV. Comms.
2/3/2025
Soria Would instead require Housing & Community Development (HCD) to designate jurisdictions as pro-housing pursuant to permanent regulations adopted by HCD to implement these provisions, as specified. Beginning with the 7th housing element cycle, AB 36 would require HCD to use materials from a jurisdiction’s housing element submission when determining whether the jurisdiction qualifies as pro-housing. AB 36 would also prohibit HCD from requiring jurisdictions with populations less than 100,000 persons to renew their pro-housing designation before the next housing element cycle, as provided.
Support
Per staff’s
recommendation.
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League
Position
City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AB 559
Professions and
Vocations:
Contractors: Home
Improvement
Contracts: Prohibited
Business Practices
Referred to B., P. and
JUD. Comms.
3/3/2025
Berman Would include in the definition of “home improvement” construction, erection, installation, replacement, or improvement of accessory dwelling units on residentially zoned property. AB 559 would also make a licensee, or an unlicensed person, who requests or accepts a downpayment or progress payment for work or services not performed, or for materials or equipment not supplied, that results in financial loss to a consumer in an amount greater than 10% of the contract price, subject to revocation of their license and a civil penalty of at least $10,000 in the case of a licensee, or, if the person is unlicensed, subject to a citation and assessment of a civil penalty of at least $10,000.
Support
Per staff’s
recommendation. AB 610
Housing Element:
Governmental
Constraints:
Disclosure Statement
Referred to H. & C.D.
and L. GOV. Comms.
3/3/2025
Alvarez Would require local governments to include a governmental constraints disclosure statement in their housing elements, identifying existing and potential constraints on housing development. It also would prohibit the adoption of new or more stringent governmental constraints during the planning period unless they were included in the disclosure statement and prior commitments to eliminate or mitigate constraints have been fulfilled.
Oppose
Per staff’s
recommendation.
AB 726
Planning and Zoning:
Annual Report:
Rehabilitated Units
Referred to H. & C.D.
and L. GOV. Comms.
3/3/2025
Farias Would permit a local agency to include in its annual report the number of units of existing deed-restricted affordable housing within a specified affordability threshold that are at least 15 years old and have been substantially rehabilitated with at least sixty thousand dollars per unit in funds awarded from the city or county, as specified. AB 726 would prohibit any of the units included in the annual report from being considered when determining affordability requirements for the purposes of eligibility for streamlined approvals, as specified.
Support Watch
Per staff’s
recommendation.
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League
Position
City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AB 750
Homeless Shelters:
Safety Regulations
Referred to H. & C.D.
and JUD. Comms.
3/3/2025
Quirk-Silva Would require a city or county to additionally perform an annual inspection of every homeless shelter located in its jurisdiction. AB 750 would authorize the above-described inspection or annual inspection to be announced or unannounced. AB 750 would require homeless shelters to prominently display notice of an occupant’s rights, the process for reporting a complaint alleging a homeless shelter is substandard, and prescribed information, including specified contact information. AB 750 would require the homeless shelter to provide the same notice in writing to new occupants upon intake.
Oppose
Per staff’s
recommendation.
AB 906
Planning and Zoning:
Housing Elements
Referred to H. & C.D.
and L. GOV. Comms.
3/10/2025
Gonzalez Would require jurisdictions to demonstrate that it has accommodated a meaningful portion of its share of the regional housing need for lower income households on sites located in higher income, racially exclusive areas to the extent that those areas exist within the jurisdiction. AB 906 would also require the local government to rezone the sites within specified time periods, as described above, if the inventory of sites does not affirmatively further fair housing.
Oppose
Per staff’s
recommendation.
AB 1061
Housing
Developments: Urban
Lot Splits: Historical
Resources
Referred to H. & C.D.
and L. GOV. Comms.
3/10/2025
Quirk-Silva AB 1061 clarifies that urban lot splits and housing developments must be approved ministerially unless they involve demolishing or altering designated historic properties, thereby reducing local discretion in blocking eligible development.
Support
Per staff’s
recommendation.
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League
Position
City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AB 1154
Accessory Dwelling
Units: Junior
Accessory Dwelling
Units
Referred to H. & C.D.
and L. GOV. Comms.
3/10/2025
Carrillo Would additionally prohibit a local agency from imposing any parking standards if the accessory dwelling unit is 500 square feet or smaller. AB 1154 would also include that an owner-occupancy requirement would apply only if the junior accessory dwelling unit has shared sanitation facilities with the existing structure.
Watch
Per staff’s
recommendation.
AB 1206
Single Family and
Multifamily Housing
Units: Preapproved
Plans
Referred to H. & C.D.
and L. GOV. Comms.
3/13/2025
Harabedian Would require each local agency, by January 1, 2026, to develop a program for the preapproval of single-family and multifamily residential housing plans, whereby the local agency accepts single- family and multifamily plan submissions for preapproval and approves or denies the preapproval applications, as specified. AB 1206 would authorize a local agency to charge a fee to an applicant for the preapproval of a single-family or multifamily residential housing plan, as specified. AB 1206 would require the local agency to post preapproved single-family or multifamily residential housing plans and the contact information of the applicant on the local agency’s internet website. AB 1206 would require a local agency to either approve or deny an application for a single-family or multifamily residential housing unit within 30 days that utilizes either a single-family or multifamily residential housing unit plan preapproved within the current triennial California Building Standards Code rulemaking cycle or a plan that is identical to a plan used in an application for a single- family or multifamily residential housing unit approved by the local agency within the current triennial California Building Standards Code rulemaking cycle.
Oppose
Per staff’s
recommendation.
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League
Position
City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AB 1359
Planning and Zoning:
Permitted Use:
Housing Forward
Jurisdictions
Read first time.
2/24/2025
Ahrens AB 1359 expresses the intent to authorize "housing forward jurisdictions “defined as cities or counties designated as prohousing and meeting or exceeding their regional housing needs allocation—to impose certain conditions on development projects.
Support
Per staff’s
recommendation.
SB 92
Housing
Development:
Density Bonuses:
Mixed-Use
Developments
Amended and re-
referred to HOUSING.
Comm.
3/10/2025
Blakespear Existing law defines “housing development” to mean a development project for 5 or more residential units, including mixed-use developments, as specified. SB 92 would define “mixed-used developments” to mean mixed-used developments consisting of residential and nonresidential uses that meet specified conditions.
Support
Per staff’s
recommendation.
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League
Position
City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SB 381
Residential rental
properties: fees
Referred to JUD. and
APPR. Comms.
2/26/2025
Wahab Would enact the Fair Rental Act of 2025. SB 381 would prohibit a landlord or their agent from charging certain fees, including, any fee that is not specified in the rental agreement, a processing fee, including a convenience fee or a check cashing fee, for the payment of rent or any other fees or deposits, or a fee for a tenant to own a household pet. SB 381 would also prohibit a landlord or their agent from charging a late fee for the late payment of rent that is more than 2% of the monthly rental rate and would prohibit the late fee from being charged unless the rent is overdue by 7 days or more. Under SB 381, if a landlord or their agent charges and collects a fee from a tenant that is not authorized by law, the landlord or their agent would be liable to the tenant in a civil action for the cost of the fee, plus 5% interest compounded daily from the date the fee was collected.
Support
Per staff’s
recommendation.
SB 417
Affordable Housing
Bond Act of 2026
May be acted upon
on or after March 21.
Cabaldon Would enact the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, which, if adopted, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law.
Proceeds from the sale of these bonds would be used to finance programs to fund affordable rental housing and home ownership programs, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program.
Support
Per staff’s
recommendation.
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League
Position
City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SB 607
California
Environmental
Quality Act:
Categorical
Exemptions: Infill
Projects
Set for hearing on
April 2.
Wiener Proposes reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), aiming to streamline environmental reviews for infill projects by limiting the scope of environmental impact reports to specific issues that disqualify projects from categorical exemptions.
Support
Per staff’s
recommendation.
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League
Position
City Position
PUBLIC SAFETY
AB 271
Crimes: Looting
May be heard
in committee.
1/22/2025
Hoover Would make looting by the means of a 2nd -degree burglary or grand theft punishable as a felony. AB 271 would define a petty theft committed during and within an affected county in a state of emergency or local emergency as looting and make it punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for one year or as a felony.
Watch
Per staff’s
recommendation.
AB 382
Pedestrian
Safety: School
Zones: Speed
Limits
Re-referred to
TRANS. Comm.
2/25/2025
Berman Would establish a prima facie speed limit of 20 miles per hour in a school zone, as defined, subject to specified conditions, including, among others, when a school speed limit sign states “children are present” and children are present, as defined, and when a school speed limit sign states specific hours, as specified.
Support Watch
Per staff’s
recommendation.
AB 486
Vehicles:
Sideshows and
Street
Takeovers
Referred to
PUB. S. Comm.
2/24/2025
Lackey Current law prohibits a person from engaging in, aiding, or abetting a motor vehicle exhibition of speed on a highway or in an off -street parking facility.
Upon conviction, current law punishes the person by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than 90 days, by a fine of not more than $500, or by both that fine and imprisonment . AB 486 would clarify that, for purposes of those prohibitions, aiding or abetting includes, but is not limited to, organizing, facilitating, encouraging, promoting, or instigating a violation as part of a sideshow.
Watch
Per staff’s
recommendation.
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League
Position
City Position
PUBLIC SAFETY
AB 1115
Peace Officers:
Mental Health
Liaisons
Referred to
PUB. S. Comm.
3/10/2025
Castillo Would authorize a local government to designate one or more existing employees specializing in counseling or mental health services as a law enforcement mental health liaison to facilitate mental health support for peace officers who serve the local jurisdiction.
Watch
Per staff’s
recommendation.
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League
Position
City Position
REVENUE & TAXATION
AB 21
Taxpayer
Protection Act of
2025
Referred to REV.
and TAX. Comm.
3/3/2025
Demaio Would declare the intent of Legislature to enact a constitutional amendment to limit the ability of state and local governments to raise taxes, restore a 2/3 vote requirement on local special tax increases, impose voter approval requirements on specific categories of new taxes, and r egulate the titles on state and local ballot measures relating to tax increases.
AB 317
California First
Time Homeowner
Dream Act
Referred to REV.
and TAX. Comm.
3/3/2025
Jackson Would exempt from CEQA, and defer property tax payments until it is sold, leased or rented, for the new construction of a single-family dwelling that is 1,500 square feet or less and with no more than three bedrooms.
AB 330
Local Prepaid
Mobile Telephony
Services Collection
Act
Hearing canceled
at request of
author.
3/10/2025
Rogers The Local Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Collection Act, effective until January 1, 2026, suspends the authority of cities, counties, or city and county governments to impose a utility user tax on prepaid communications services and charges related to prepaid mobile telephony services. Instead, these taxes and charges are applied at specified rates under local ordinances from January 1, 2016, to January 1, 2026. AB 330 would mandate that these local charges be collected from prepaid consumers by sellers at the time of sale. Current law requires that all local charges be collected and paid to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, deposited into the Local Charges for Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Fund, and then transmitted to the respective city, county, or city and county. AB 330 proposes to extend the operation of the act until January 1, 2031.
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League
Position
City Position
REVENUE & TAXATION
AB 353
Communications:
Broadband
Internet Service
Providers:
Affordable Home
Internet
May be heard in
committee.
3/2/2025
Boerner Existing law, the Digital Equity Bill of Rights, establishes the principle that all residents of the state should have access to broadband that meets specific requirements and ensures equal access to broadband internet service within a provider’s service area. AB 353 would state the Legislature’s intent to enact legislation requiring broadband internet service providers to offer affordable home internet to California residents.
AB 838
Taxation: Renter’s
Credit
Referred to REV.
and TAX. Comm.
3/3/2025
Ta Would extend the renter’s credit to spouses filing joint returns, heads of household, and surviving spouses if adjusted gross income is $150,000, as adjusted, or less, and for other individuals if adjusted gross income is $75,000, as adjusted, or less beginning January 1 of the taxable year it is authorized and for four taxable years after. AB 838 would also increase the credit amount for those years to $2,000 for spouses filing joint returns, heads of households, and surviving spouses and $1,000 for other individuals.
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League
Position
City Position
REVENUE & TAXATION
SB 23
Property Taxation:
Exemption:
Disabled Veteran
Homeowners
Re-referred to M.
and V.A. Comms.
3/12/2025
Valladares Would fully exempt from taxation, property owned by, and that constitutes the principal place of residence of, a veteran, the veteran’s spouse, or the veteran and the veteran’s spouse jointly, if the veteran is 100% disabled, and would provide an
unmarried surviving spouse a property exemption in the same amount that they would have been entitled to if the veteran was alive.
SB 296
Property Taxation:
Exemption:
Disabled Veteran
Homeowners
Referred to REV.
and TAX., and M.
and V.A. Comms.
2/19/2025
Boerner Would exempt from taxation, as provided, property owned by, and that constitutes the principal place of residence of, a veteran, the veteran’s spouse, or the veteran and the veteran’s spouse jointly, if the veteran is 100% disabled. SB 296 provide an unmarried surviving spouse a property exemption in the same amount that they would have been entitled to if the veteran was alive and if certain conditions are met.
SB 346
Local Agencies:
Transient
Occupancy Taxes:
Short-Term Rental
Facilitator.
Set for March 19
hearing.
Durazo Would, if a local agency chooses to opt -in, require short -term rental platforms, upon request, to provide the Assessor Parcel Number (APN) of a listing to a local agency, require the publishing of the local license number and Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) C ertification on the short- term rental listing, and would authorize audit authority to local agencies on TOT when collected and remitted by a short-term rental platform.
Support Support
Per staff’s
recommendation.
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League
Position
City Position
REVENUE & TAXATION
SB 566
Real Property Tax:
Personal Income
Tax Law:
Homeowners’
Exemption:
Renter’s Credit
Referred to REV.
and TAX. Comms.
3/5/2025
Grove Would increase the homeowners’ exemption, for certain homeowners, from $7,000 to $50,000 of the full value of a dwelling and would increase this credit for a qualified renter to $550 for spouses filing joint returns, heads of household, and
surviving spouses, if adjusted gross income is $50,000 or less, and to an amount equal to $275 for other individuals if adjusted gross income is $25,000 or less.