City Council
Legislative Subcommittee Agenda
70 N. First Street, Campbell CA
Friday, J une 27, 2025, 1:00 pm
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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE
Friday, June 27, 2025, 1:00 pm
Ralph Doetsch Conference Room – 70 N. First Street
CALL TO ORDER
PUBLIC COMMENT
NEW BUSINESS
• 2025 Legislative Bills to Watch (Matrix Attached)
• AB 306 Discussion
O
LD BUSINESS
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ursuant to the Executive Order, and in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need assistance to participate in the Legislative
2025 Legislative Bills Matrix
June 24, 2025
1 Revised 6/24/2025
Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB-COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
AB 1359
Planning and
Zoning:
Development
Conditions: Housing
Forward
Jurisdictions
Re-referred to H. &
C.D. Comm.
4/1/2025
Ahrens AB 1359 would authorize a housing-forward jurisdiction, defined to mean a city, county, or city and county that is designated as a prohousing jurisdiction by HCD and has met or exceeded its share of the regional housing need allocation, as provided, to impose certain conditions on a development project, including prohibiting a developer from using a Density Bonus benefit, as defined, to reduce the number of bicycle parking or storage spaces, and requiring an impact fee for specified accessory dwelling units.
Support
Per staff’s
recommendation.
SB 92
Housing
Development:
Density Bonuses:
Referred to H. &
C.D. and L. GOV.
Comms.
6/5/2025
Blakespear SB 92 would specify that certain provisions of the Density Bonus Law do not require a city, county, or city and county to approve, grant a concession or incentive requiring approval of, or waive or reduce development standards otherwise applicable to, transient lodging as part of a housing development, except as specified. Transient lodging examples include a hotel, motel, bed and breakfast inn, and does not include a resident’s use or marketing of their unit as short-term lodging.
Support
Per staff’s
recommendation.
2025 Legislative Bills Matrix
June 24, 2025
2 Revised 6/24/2025
Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB-COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
SB 346
Local Agencies:
Transient
Occupancy Taxes:
Short-Term Rental
Facilitator.
Referred to L. GOV.
and JUD. Comms.
6/5/2025
Durazo Would, if a local agency chooses to opt -in, require short-term rental platforms, upon request, to provide the physical address, including 9 digit ZIP code of a listing to a local agency, require the publishing of the local license number and Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) Certification 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.
SB 381
Residential rental
properties: fees
Referred to JUD.
and APPR. Comms.
2/26/2025
Wahab
Would enact the Fair Rental Act of 2025 prohibiting 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.
2025 Legislative Bills Matrix
June 24, 2025
3 Revised 6/24/2025
Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB-COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
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 Program1, the CalHome Program2, and the Joe Serna, Jr.
Farmworker Housing Grant Program3.
The breakdown of disbursement of funds would be as follows:
$7 billion disbursed into the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund and to be used towards the Multifamily Housing Program, the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program, and to provide subsidy reserves for developments receiving these funds.
$800 million disbursed to the Portfolio Reinvestment Program. $500 million disbursed to the Department of Housing and Community Development to fund the acquisition and rehabilitation of unrestricted housing units and attach long-term affordability restrictions on the housing units. $200 million disbursed to affordable housing impacted by wildfires. $1 billion disbursed to the CalHome Program and other home purchase assistance programs.
$250 million disbursed to the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program.
$250 million disbursed to the Tribal Housing Grant Program.
Cities would secure funding from the bond act via grant and loan applications to the various programs.
1The Multifamily Housing Program provides low-interest, long-term deferred payment loans for new construction, rehabilitation, and transitional rental housing for low-income households. 2The CalHome Program provides grants to local public agencies and nonprofit corporations for first-time homebuyers and housing rehabilitation assistance to low-income households. 3The Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program helps fund new construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of owner-occupied and rental units for agricultural workers.
Support
Per staff’s
recommendation.
2025 Legislative Bills Matrix
June 24, 2025
4 Revised 6/24/2025
Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB-COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
SB 607
California
Environmental
Quality Act:
Infrastructure
Projects
Ordered to inactive
file.
6/5/2025
Wiener
Cabaldon
Existing law, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009, declares that the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is a critically important natural resource for California and the nation and it serves as both the hub of the California water system and the most valuable estuary and wetland ecosystem on the west coast of North and South America. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature that, among other things, no revisions shall be made to CEQA for purposes of the Delta Conveyance Project. The Delta Conveyance Project is a climate adaptation strategy project originated by the California Department of Water Resources to protect against future water supply losses caused by climate change.
Support
Per staff’s
recommendation.
2025 Legislative Bills Matrix
June 24, 2025
5 Revised 6/24/2025
Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
AB 262
California
Individual
Assistance Act
In Senate. Read
first time.
Assignment to
RL. Comm.
6/3/2025
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. AB 262 would require the director, in administering the California Individual Assistance Act, to prioritize recipients that are not eligible for federal funding, pursuant to specified regulations, due to the inability to meet minimum damage thresholds.
Support
AB 337
Greenhouse Gas
Reduction Fund:
Grant Program:
Edible Food
In committee.
Held under
submission.
5/23/25
Bennett
Existing law specifies eligible infrastructure projects for purposes of the program, including, but not limited to, the construction of facilities to help develop, implement, or expand edible food waste recovery operations. AB 337 would expand the grant program to provide financial assistance for the recovery of edible food, as specified.
Support
2025 Legislative Bills Matrix
June 24, 2025
6 Revised 6/24/2025
Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
AB 436
Composting
Facilities:
Zoning
In committee.
Held under
submission.
5/23/25
Ransom
Would require, on or before June 1, 2027, the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, in consultation with the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, to develop and post on the office’s internet website, a technical advisory reflecting best practices to facilitate the siting of composting facilities to meet the organic waste reduction goals.
Support
AB 854
Environmental
Quality:
Greenhouse Gas
Emissions:
Permit
Streamlining
Hearing
canceled at
request of
author.
4/28/2025
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.
Watch
2025 Legislative Bills Matrix
June 24, 2025
7 Revised 6/24/2025
Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
SB 350
Water Rate
Assistance
Program
Held in
committee and
under
submission.
3/25/2025
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.
Watch
SB 394
Water Theft:
Fire Hydrants
Read second
time and
amended. Re-
referred to L.
GOV. Comm.
6/9/2025
Allen
Would increase the fines imposed related to tampering with or diverting water from fire hydrants without authorization. This measure would also allow a local agency to create an ordinance related to unauthorized hydrant connections.
Support
2025 Legislative Bills Matrix
June 24, 2025
8 Revised 6/24/2025
Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
SB 454
State Water
Resources
Control Board:
PFAS Mitigation
Program
Referred to E.S.
& T.M. Comms.
6/5/2025
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
In Assembly.
Read first time.
Held at Desk.
6/5/2025
Stern
Would require the state board to encourage natural gas procurement on behalf of the state to shift to certified natural gas producing low methane emissions.
SB 613 would also require the state board, the Public Utilities Commission, and other relevant agencies to assess existing programs to reduce methane emissions, including emissions from imported petroleum and natural gas procured by utilities.
Watch
2025 Legislative Bills Matrix
June 24, 2025
9 Revised 6/24/2025
Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC WORKS
AB 33
Autonomous
Vehicles
In Senate. Read
first time.
Assignment to
RLS. Comm.
5/29/2025
Aguiar-
Curry
Would require the Department of Motor Vehicles (“DMV”) to submit a report to the Legislature evaluating the performance of autonomous vehicle technology and its impact on public safety and employment, as specified. This bill would require all relevant state agencies, including, among others, the Department of Transportation and the State Air Resources Board, to provide information to the DMV to research this report. The bill would prohibit the DMV from issuing a deployment permit for the use of an autonomous vehicle to deliver commercial goods without a human operator until a later enacted statute authorizes the issuance of a permit for that purpose.
Watch
AB 544
Electric Bicycles:
Required
Equipment
Re-referred to
APPR. Comm.
6/10/2025
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.
Support
AB 939
Transportation
Bond Act of 2026
Referred to
TRANS. Comm.
3/10/2025
Schultz Would authorize the issuance of $20 billion to finance infrastructural projects. • Transit capital improvements.
• Intercity, regional, and commuter rail improvements.
• LSR maintenance, safety, rehabilitation, and ATP projects. • Zero-emission vehicle investments: Vehicles and Infrastructure. • Transportation freight improvements: ports, airport, railyards, and trucking depots.
• Grade separations and other critical safety improvements.
Support
2025 Legislative Bills Matrix
June 24, 2025
10 Revised 6/24/2025
Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC WORKS
SB 74
Office of Land
Use and Climate
Innovation:
Infrastructure
Gap Funding
Referred to L.
GOV. Comm.
6/5/2025
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 at least 45 percent coming from local funds; “Gap Fund” grants can be used once per project and the infrastructure projects should be shovel ready.
Support
SB 496
Advanced Clean
Fleets
Regulation:
Appeals Advisory
Committee:
Exemptions
Held in
committee and
under
submission.
5/23/2025
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. Would exempt regulation vehicles reasonably anticipated to respond to emergency situations from the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation.
Support
2025 Legislative Bills Matrix
June 24, 2025
11 Revised 6/24/2025
Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC WORKS
SB 445
Transportation
Planning:
Sustainable
Transportation
Projects
In Assembly.
Read first time.
Held at Desk.
5/28/2025
Wiener Existing law requires the Department of Transportation (“DOT ”) to issue encroachment permits and to either deny or approve an application from an applicant for an encroachment permit within 60 days of receiving a completed application. Existing law also requires DOT t o develop and adopt a n encroachment permit review process for complete streets facilities sponsored by a local jurisdiction or a transit agency by January 1, 2027. SB 445 would instead re quire DOT to adopt such encroachment permit review process by February 1, 2027 and to amend the legislation to accelerate the permit review process and make more reliable third -party permits and approval for preconstruction and construction activities on su stainable transportation projects.
Oppose
SB 695
Transportation:
Climate
Resiliency
Referred to
TRANS. Comm.
6/5/2025
Cortese Would require the Department of Transportation, on or before July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, to create a prioritized list of projects of statewide and regional significance, as defined, to better prepare the state for extreme weather-related events, with priority based on specified criteria.
Support
2025 Legislative Bills Matrix
June 24, 2025
12 Revised 6/24/2025
Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC WORKS
SB 720
Automated
Traffic
Enforcement
System Programs
Referred to
TRANS. And P. &
C.P. Comms.
6/9/2025
Ashby Would 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 a n automated traffic enforcement system to be subject only to a $100 civil penalty, as specified.
2025 Legislative Bills Matrix
June 24, 2025
13 Revised 6/24/2025
Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
COMMUNITY SERVICES
AB 617
Developmental
Services: Personal
Care or Assistance
and In-Home
Respite Services
Held under
submission in
committee.
5/23/2025
McKinnor Would require, prior to providing personal care or personal assistance services or in-home respite services to a consumer receiving services under the Lanterman Act, an organization vendored or contracted through a regional center or the department to provide personal care or personal assistance services or in-home respite services to a consumer receiving services under the Lanterman Act to be licensed as a home care organization, and an individual who is employed by such an organization to be listed on the home care aide registry, as specified. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
AB 1069
Older Adults:
Emergency Shelters
In Senate. Read first
time. Assignment to
RLS. Comm.
6/3/2025
Bains Would, as part of disaster planning and response, require that a lead agency designated with sheltering support duties under the State Emergency Plan Emergency Support Functions to coordinate a memorandum of understanding with an area agency on aging (AAA) 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
In Senate. Read first
time. Assignment to
RLS. Comm.
6/3/2025
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.
2025 Legislative Bills Matrix
June 24, 2025
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Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
COMMUNITY SERVICES
SB 329
Alcohol and Drug
Recovery or
Treatment Facilities:
Investigations
Referred to HEALTH.
Comm.
6/5/2025
Blakespear Would require the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to complete timely investigations into complaints about alcohol or drug treatment facilities. DHCS must assign complaints about treatment facilities to staff within 10 days of receiving a complaint and complete an investigation within 60 days. SB 329 implements a recommendation from a 2024 state audit that found the department took more than a year to complete a third of the investigations reviewed.
Support
SB 456
Contractors:
Exemptions:
Muralists
Referred to B. & P.
Comm.
6/9/2025
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
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June 24, 2025
15 Revised 6/24/2025
Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
COMMUNITY SERVICES
SB 569
Homeless
Encampment
Collaboration Act
In Assembly. Read
first time. Held at
Desk.
6/5/2025
Blakespear Would require the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) to establish a dedicated liaison to, among other things, facilitate communication with local governments and relevant state agencies with regard to addressing homeless encampments within the state highway system and to oversee the development and implementation of delegated maintenance agreements between local agencies and the department in which both work together to reduce and remove homeless encampments within the department’s jurisdiction. SB 569 would authorize DOT to grant a single general entry permit for the duration of a delegated maintenance agreement to conduct activities authorized by the bill. SB 569 would require DOT to submit an annual report to the Legislature summarizing specified information and recommendations regarding homeless encampments.
Support
2025 Legislative Bills Matrix
June 24, 2025
16 Revised 6/24/2025
Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, & LABOR RELATIONS
AB 339
Local Public
Employee
Organizations:
Notice
Requirements
In Senate. Read
first time.
Assignment to
RLS. Comm.
6/3/2025
Ortega Would require the governing body of a public agency to give the recognized employee organization no less than 120 days’ written notice before issuing a request for proposals, request for quotes, or renewing or extending an existing contract to perform servi ces that are within the scope of work of the job classifications represented by the recognized employee organization.
Oppose
AB 340
Employer-
Employee
Relations:
Confidential
Communications
In Senate. Read
first time.
Assignment to
RLS. Comm.
6/3/2025
Ahrens Would prohibit a local public agency employer from questioning any employee or employee representative regarding communications made in confidence between an employee and an employee representative in connection with representation relating to any matter within the scope of the recognized employee organization’s representation.
Oppose
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June 24, 2025
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Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, & LABOR RELATIONS
AB 370
California Public
Records Act:
Cyberattacks
Referred to JUD.
Comm.
5/28/2025
Carrillo Existing law requires agencies to respond to a public records request within 10 days, and that limit is extended to no more than 14 days if there is an unusual circumstances, and “unusual circumstances” are defined 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 to directly affect the agency’s ability to timely respond to requests.
Support
AB 1370
Political Reform
Act of 1974:
Nondisclosure
Agreements
In Senate. Read
first time.
Assignment to
RLS. Comm.
5/23/2025
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.
Watch
2025 Legislative Bills Matrix
June 24, 2025
18 Revised 6/24/2025
Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, & LABOR RELATIONS
AB 1371
Occupational
Safety and Health:
Employee Refusal
to Perform
Hazardous Tasks
Referred to L. & E.
Comms.
3/13/2025
Sharp-
Collins
Would allow an employee, acting in good faith, to refuse to perform a task assigned by an employer if it would violate prescribed safety standards or if the employee has a reasonable apprehension that the performance of the assigned task would result in injury or illness to the employee or other employees.
Watch
AB 1383
Public Employee’s
Retirement
Benefits
Hearing
postponed by
committee.
5/23/2025
McKinnor PEPRA requires each retirement system that offers a defined benefit plan for safety members of the system to use one of 3 formulas for safety members, 2% at age 57, 2.5% at age 57, or 2.7% at age 57. AB 1383 would establish new retirement formulas, for employees first hired on or after January 1, 2026, as
2.5% at age 55, 2.7% at age 55, or 3% at age 55. For new members hired on or after January 1, 2013, who are safety members, the bill would require employers to adjust the formulas for service performed on or after January 1, 2026, to offer one of the 3 formulas for safety members that is closest to the formula the employer provided pursuant to existing law.
Oppose Watch
Per staff’s
recommendation.
ACR 44
California Cities
Week
Chaptered by
Secretary of
State.
5/20/2025
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.
Support
2025 Legislative Bills Matrix
June 24, 2025
19 Revised 6/24/2025
Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, & LABOR RELATIONS
SB 239
Open Meetings:
Teleconferencing:
Subsidiary Body
Ordered to
inactive file.
6/3/2025
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
Referred to U. & E.
Comm.
6/9/2025
Wahab Would require the Energy Commission to select a research institute, as defined, to conduct a comparative analysis of the benefits and challenges of transitioning the electrical corporations to a public entity, nonprofit public benefit corporation, or mutual benefit corporation in order to identify a recommended model. The bill would require the Energy Commission to make a draft of the analysis available to the public for comment before submitting the final draft to the Legislature and would limit the cost of conducting the analysis to $5,000,000.
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June 24, 2025
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Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AB 11
Housing Elements:
Prohousing
Designation
Referred to HOUSING
and G.O. Comm.
6/11/2025
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.
Oppose Watch
Per staff’s
recommendation.
AB 36
Housing Elements:
Prohousing
Designation
Referred to
HOUSING. Comm.
5/21/2025
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 non-entitlement jurisdiction’s housing element submission when determining whether the jurisdiction qualifies as pro- housing. AB 36 would also prohibit HCD from requiring non-entitlement jurisdictions to renew their pro-housing designation for at least 5 years.
AB 36 defines “non-entitlement jurisdiction” as a city with a population fewer than 50,000 persons.
Support
Support
Per staff’s
recommendation.
2025 Legislative Bills Matrix
June 24, 2025
21 Revised 6/24/2025
Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AB 265
Small Business
Recovery Act Fund
Referred to B. P. &
E.D. Comms.
6/11/2025
Caloza Would require Office of Small Business Advocate (OSBA) to allocate 90% of the moneys appropriated to the Small Business and Nonprofit Recovery Fund, which would be created within the State Treasury, for purposes of a small business and nonprofit recovery grant program to provide competitive grants to small businesses and qualified nonprofit organizations. AB 265 would authorize the funds to be used for, among other things, support recovery and rebuilding efforts, and would require a grantee to match the amount of the grant awarded. AB 265 would also authorize Office of Small Business Advocate (OSBA) to award grants in amounts that range from $2,500 to $100,000, inclusive.
Support
AB 306
Building Regulations:
State Building
Standards
Read second time,
amended, and re-
referred to HOUSING
Comm.
6/10/2025
Schultz Would prevent the Building Standards Commission from updating the State Building Code for six years commencing on October 1, 2025. The 2025 Building Code would continue to be adopted, but the 2028 Code and the intervening cycles would be eliminated. AB 306 would also prevent local agencies from adopting reach codes and other local residential code modifications for six years, commencing on October 1, 2025, unless the amendments relate to home hardening or duplicate or if the Building Standards Commission deems the changes necessary. The State would not update the NEC or other national codes during this “pause” .
Oppose
Unless
Amended
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June 24, 2025
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Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AB 507
Adaptative Reuse:
Streamlining:
Incentives
Referred to L. GOV.
and HOUSING
Comms.
6/4/2025
Haney Would require local governments to ministerially approve adaptive reuse of office-to-residential conversion projects statewide. It would also exempt these projects from all impact fees not directly related to the impacts resulting from the site's change of use from non-residential to residential or mixed-use.
Oppose
AB 559
Professions and
Vocations:
Contractors: Home
Improvement
Contracts: Prohibited
Business Practices
Referred to B. P. &
E.D. and JUD.
Comms.
5/14/2025
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, punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $5,000, and 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.
Watch Support
Per staff’s
recommendation.
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June 24, 2025
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Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AB 610
Housing Element:
Governmental
Constraints:
Disclosure Statement
In Senate. Read first
time. Assignment to
RLS. Comm.
6/9/2025
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
Unless
Amended
Oppose
Per staff’s
recommendation.
AB 650
Planning and Zoning:
Housing Element:
Regional Housing
Needs Allocation
Referred to
HOUSING. Comm.
6/11/2025
Papan *SPOT BILL*
Would encourage local jurisdictions to begin planning earlier. This measure would allow local jurisdictions to begin the Housing Element update six months earlier than what is required under existing law; support good faith actors, such as local jurisdictions that are working through the Housing Element review process by requiring the department of Housing and Community Development (“HCD”) to provide specific deficiencies in the draft and text or analysis that HCD believes needs to be included to comply with the law and offering cities relief from builder’s remedy for the duration of time when a Housing Element has been submitted for review to HCD.
Support Support
Per staff’s
recommendation.
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League
Position
City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AB 726
Planning and Zoning:
Annual Report:
Rehabilitated Units
Referred to
HOUSING. Comm.
6/11/2025
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.
AB 750
Homeless Shelters:
Safety Regulations
Read second time,
amended, and re-
referred to HOUSING.
Comm.
6/10/2025
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.
Support Oppose
Per staff’s
recommendation.
AB 874
Mitigation Fee Act:
Waiver of Fees:
Affordable Rental
Housing
Referred to H. & C.D.
and L. GOV. Comms.
3/10/2025
Avila Farias Would require local agencies to waive all fees or charges for a residential development project that has a 55-year regulatory agreement with at least 49% of the total units reserved for lower-income households at an affordable rent. AB 874 only allows the local agency to collect fees to fund code enforcement, inspection services, or other fees to pay for enforcing local ordinances or state law.
Pending
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League
Position
City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AB 906
Planning and Zoning:
Housing Elements
In Senate. Read first
time. Assignment to
RLS. Comm.
6/4/2025
Gonzalez Would require jurisdictions to demonstrate that they have accommodated a meaningful portion of their 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, if the inventory of sites does not affirmatively further fair housing.
Oppose
Unless
Amended
Oppose
Per staff’s
recommendation.
AB 1061
Housing
Developments: Urban
Lot Splits: Historical
Resources
Referred to HOUSING
and L.GOV. Comms.
5/28/2025
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. AB 1061 would additionally prohibit the development from demolishing more than 25% of the exterior wall area or affecting the character-defining exterior features of a contributing structure.
Oppose Support
Per staff’s
recommendation.
AB 1154
Accessory Dwelling
Units: Junior
Accessory Dwelling
Units
Referred to
HOUSING. And
L.GOV. Comms.
5/7/2025
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.
Pending Watch
Per staff’s
recommendation.
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Bill Author(s) Summary
League
Position
City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AB 1206
Single Family and
Multifamily Housing
Units: Preapproved
Plans
Read second time,
amended, and re-
referred to L.GOV.
Comm.
6/9/2025
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
Unless
Amended
Oppose
Per staff’s
recommendation.
SB 9
Accessory Dwelling
Units
Referred to H. & C.D.
and L. GOV. Comms.
6/5/2025
Arreguin Would invalidate the ordinance if the local agency fails to submit a copy of the ordinance to the department of Housing and Community Development (HCD”) within 60 days of adoption or fails to respond to HCD’s findings that the ordinance does not comply with the standards within 30 days.
Pending
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League
Position
City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SB 79
Planning and Zoning:
Housing
Development:
Transit-Oriented
Development
In Assembly. Read
first time. Held at
Desk.
6/4/2025
Wiener Would require cities to approve higher-density residential projects up to 7 stories near public transit stops ministerially regardless of local zoning codes, limit the use of local development standards on the proposed project, and allow transit agencies full land authority over residential and commercial development on property they own or lease.
Oppose
SB 358
Mitigation Fee Act:
Mitigating Vehicular
Traffic Impacts
Referred to L. GOV.
Comm.
6/9/2025
Becker Would require local agencies to reduce traffic impact fees by at least 50% if a proposed development project is located within a transit priority area or if a major transit stop is planned to be completed before or within one year from the scheduled completion and occupancy of the housing development or if the development project is located a half a mile from a store that provides necessities such as groceries.
Oppose
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Position
City Position
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SB 677
Housing
Development:
Streamlined
Approvals
Failed passage in
committee.
Reconsideration
granted.
4/23/2025
Wiener Would limit local governments’ ability to impose objective standards on SB 9 projects with 1,750 net habitable square feet in the floor area. SB 677 would also eliminate local agencies’ ability to provide setback requirements, height limits, lot coverage limits, floor area ratios, or any other standard that would limit residential development capacity for these projects. Finally, SB 677 would prohibit local governments from collecting impact fees for projects less than 1,750 square feet.
Oppose
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League
Position
City Position
PUBLIC SAFETY
AB 271
Crimes: Looting
Hearing
canceled at
request of
author.
4/29/2025
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
Referred to
TRANS. Comm.
6/11/2025
Berman Would, until January 1, 2029 , authorize a local authority, by ordinance or resolution, to determine and declare 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.
Support Watch
Per staff’s
recommendation.
AB 400
Law
Enforcement:
Police Canines
Referred to
PUB. S. Comm.
6/11/2025
Pacheco Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to maintain a policy on the use of force, as specified. Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and charges it with, among other duties, developing uniform, minimum guidelines for adoption and promulgation by law enforcement agencies for use of force. AB 400 would require all law enforcement agencies with a canine unit to have a policy for the use of canines that aligns with the latest standards set by POST by January 1, 2027.
Support
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League
Position
City Position
PUBLIC SAFETY
AB 486
Vehicles:
Sideshows and
Street
Takeovers
In Senate. Read
first time.
Assignment to
RLS. Comm.
6/5/2025
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.
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
Watch
Per staff’s
recommendation.
SB 385
Peace Officers
Re-referred to
APPR. Comm.
6/17/2025
Seyarto Existing law requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, in consultation with specified entities, to develop a modern policing degree program and to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature by no later than June 1, 2023.
A modern p olicing degree program consists of a degree within the California Community College system tha t includes coursework in law enforcement-related fields, such as psychology, ethics, and law. SB 385 would repeal the requirement for the commission to approve and ado pt the criteria for the policing degree program; to alleviate pressure on law enforcement recruitment.
Pending
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League
Position
City Position
PUBLIC SAFETY
SB 759
Crimes:
Supervised
Release
In Assembly.
Read first time.
Held at Desk.
6/5/2025
Archuleta Existing law requires the county agency supervising the release of a person on post release community supervision to petition a court to revoke, modify, or terminate post release community supervision if the agency determines, following application of its assessment processes, that intermediate sanctions are not appropriate. SB 759 would require the county agency supervising the release of a person on post release community supervision to also petition a court to revoke, modify, or terminate post release community supervision if the person has violated the terms of their release for a 3rd time and the person has committed a new felony or misdemeanor. SB 759 would allow a peace officer to arrest a person without a warrant who fails to appear at a hearing to revoke, modify, or terminate post release community supervision.
Support
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Position
City Position
REVENUE & TAXATION
AB 21
Taxpayer
Protection Act of
2025
Without further
action pursuant to
Joint Rule 62(a).
4/28/2025
Demaio Would exclude an amendment to the operating rules from the requirement that the amendment be held by secret ballot. AB 21 would also prohibit a member from being denied a ballot for any reason other than not being a member at the time when the ballots are distributed. AB 21 would update definitions and would make various other related and conforming changes to the act.
Watch
AB 317
California First
Time Homeowner
Dream Act
Referred to E.Q.
and HOUSING.
Comms.
6/4/2025
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.
Oppose
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Position
City Position
REVENUE & TAXATION
AB 330
Local Prepaid
Mobile Telephony
Services Collection
Act
Referred to REV &
TAX. Comms.
6/11/2025
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.
Support
AB 353
Communications:
Broadband
Internet Service
Providers:
Affordable Home
Internet
In Senate. Read
first time.
Assignment to
RLS. Comm.
6/5/2025
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 a rea. AB 353 would state the Legislature’s intent to enact legislation requiring broadband internet service providers to offer affordable home internet to California residents.
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Position
City Position
REVENUE & TAXATION
AB 838
Taxation: Renter’s
Credit
In committee.
Held under
submission.
5/5/2025
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.
Watch
AB 905
Public Bodies:
General
Obligation Bonds:
Disclosure
Requirements
In committee.
Held under
submission.
5/23/2025
Pacheco Would require a bond act for any state general obligation bon d measure that is approved by voters on or after January 1, 2026, to include specified information and objectives of the bond expenditure and related data. AB 905 would also require the head of the lead state agency administering the bond to post on its internet webs ite where information on programs and projects authorized to be funded by the bond, the following specified information:
- Goals, purposes, and objectives that the bond expenditure is intended to achieve.
- Detailed performance indicators for the public to have when measuring whether the bond expenditure meets the goals, purposes, and objectives established.
- Data collection requirements to enable the public to determine whether the bond expenditure is meeting, failing to meet, or exceeding its goals, purposes, and objectives.
- Data and baseline measurements to be collected and remitted annually while the bond is being expended.
Pending
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Position
City Position
REVENUE & TAXATION
SB 23
Property Taxation:
Exemption:
Disabled Veteran
Homeowners
April 28 hearing
canceled by
author.
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.
Watch
SB 296
Property Taxation:
Exemption:
Disabled Veteran
Homeowners
Re-referred to M.
& V.A. and REV.
and TAX. Comms.
6/9/2025
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 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 and if certain conditions are met.
Watch
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League
Position
City Position
REVENUE & TAXATION
SB 566
Real Property Tax:
Personal Income
Tax Law:
Homeowners’
Exemption:
Renter’s Credit
Failed passage in
committee.
Reconsideration
granted.
5/14/2025
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.
Watch