City Council Legislative Subcommittee
June 13, 2023

LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE
Staff Report
Meeting Date : June 13, 2023
To: Legislative Subcommittee
From: Jason Haber, Intergovernmenta l Affairs Director
Staff Contact: Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director [email protected], 442-339-2958
Subject: Legislative and Advocacy Update
District: All
Recommended Action
Receive updates on federal and state legislative and budget activity and recent and ongoing advocacy efforts; discuss and provide feedback to staff, including identifying high-priority bills, advocacy positions, funding opportunities, and items for future City Council consideration.

Discussion
Staff and the city's contract lobbyists- Federal: Carpi & Clay/ State: Renne Public Policy Group - will present updates and overviews of federal and state legislative activity (Exhibits 1 and 2) and the priority legislation and intergovernmental matters being tracked on behalf of the city (Exhibit 3).

The Subcommittee is requested to provide feedback to help city staff and the city's lobbying consultants focus the city's advocacy efforts on high-priority bills and to identify bills for future City Council consideration.

Next Steps
Staff and the city's contract lobbyists will monitor, evaluate, and engage the Legislative Subcommittee in a discussion of legislative activity and proposed measures that may impact city operations and policy priorities throughout the 2023/2024 Legislative Session.

Public Notification
Public notice of this item was posted in keeping with the Ralph M. Brown Act and was available for public viewing and review at least 72 hours before the scheduled meeting date.

Exhibits
l. Carpi & Clay - Federal Update

2. Renne Public Policy Group - State Update

3. Carlsbad Priority Bill List - June 6, 2023
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Debt Ceiling Update
City of Carlsbad
Federal Update
June 1, 2023
At the end of May, President Joe Bi den and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy announced that they reached a deal to lift the debt limit for two years. The Fiscal Responsibility Act (ILR. 3746) would also:
■ Cap federal government spending for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 and 2025; ■ Rescind unspent federal American Rescue Plan Act funding; ■ Rescind some FY23 funding for the Intern al Revenue Service (IRS); ■ Institute new requirements and tim e limits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF); and
■ Includ e language to streamline federal permitting.

The House acted first on the legislation, passing the bill by a vote of 314-117. The Senate also passed the bill by a vote of 63-36. Upon passage by both Houses in Congress, President Biden signed the bill into law.

FY24 Appropriations Update
During the month of May, Congress began to turn its attention to the FY24 appropriations bills. Towards the end of th e month, several of the House Appropriations Subcommittees began work on their FY24 appropriations bills. The House Appropriations Committee was scheduled to begin to consider bills last wee k, but those markups were postponed due to the ongoing negotiations related to the debt ceiling. Looking ahead to June, it is anticipated that both the House and the Senate Appropriations Committee will on moving their bills through the Comm itte es. With the passage of the debt limit legislation, the top-line funding levels for the twelve FY24 appropriations bills has been set.

Colorado River Basin States Reach Water Agreement
Earlier this month, the Department of the Int erior announced that Arizona, California, and Nevada had reached a deal to conserve at least an additional 3 million acre-feet of Colorado River Water by the end of 2026. To reach the desired savings by the end of 2026 , the three states propose to conserve at least 1.5 million acre-feet by the end of 2024. Additiona lly, the federal government will comm itt ee to providing $1.2 billion in federal funding . The letter from the three states to the Bureau of Reclamation Commissio ner Camille Touton can be www.carpiclay.com
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found HERE. California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla issued a joint statement in support of the deal that can be found HERE.

Supreme Court Issues WOTUS Decision
The Supreme Court issued its decision in the Sackett v. EPA case regarding the Biden Administration's Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. The 5-4 decision limits protections under the Clean Water Act (CWA) for wetlands, tributaries, and streams. The Biden Administration must now revise its rule based on the Supreme Court's decision. The Court's opinion can be found HERE.

Bipartisan Bill to Restore Tax-Exempt Advanced Refunding Bonds Introduced in Senate
A bipartisan group of Senators, led by Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Debbie Stabenow (D­ MI), introduced the lifting Our Communities through Advance liquidity for Infrastructure {LOCAL Infrastructure) Act (S. 1453). The bill would restore the tax-exempt status of advanced refunding bonds for state and local governments and other bond issuers. The tax­ exempt status was rescinded by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017. The bill was referred to the Senate Finance Committee.

California Senators Reintroduce PUBLIC Lands Act
California Senators Padilla and Feinstein reintroduced the Protecting Unique and Beautiful landscapes by Investing in California (PUBllC) lands Act. The legislation would designate 600,000 acres of new wilderness, 583 miles of new wild and scenic rivers, and over 100,000 acres of expanded national monuments in California. More information can be found HERE.

Federal Funding Opportunities/ Announcements
DOT and DOE Issue Ride and Drive Electric NOFO. The Department of Transportation (DOT) and DOE's Joint Office of Energy and Transportation issued a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the availability of $51 million to help fund:
• Electric vehicle (EV) charging resiliency planning for continuity of operations and services for all EV users;
• Equitable business model development and deployment for EV charging; • Workforce development to support EV charging;
• Increased industrial capacity, competition, and redundancy for validation testing and certification in the United States of Alternating Current (AC) Level 2 and/or Direct Current (DC) fast chargers; and
• Assessing performance and reliability of DC fast charging stations.

Concept papers are due by June 16th and applications are due by July 28th. More information can be found HERE.

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DOT Releases SS4A Webinar Recordings and Presentations. DOT released recordings and presentations from the webinar series on its $1. 77 billion Safe Streets for All (SS4A) grant program. The webinars focused on deve loping action plans, supplementa l planning and demonstration activities, implementation grants, and rural and tribal applicants. DOT is hosting additional office hour sessions in early June. Applications for the grant program are due by July 10th and more information can be found HERE.

EDA Releases $500 Million NOFO for Phase 1 of Tech Hubs Program. The Economic Development Administration (EDA) released a NOFO for Phase 1 funding of its Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs (Tech Hubs) program. The program provides funding to establish regional hubs and innovation centers to support manufacturing and commercialization of technology with a focus on economic growth. Applications are due by August 15th and more information can be found HERE. A NOFO for Phase 2 is scheduled to be released in the fall. Applicants must be designated in Phase 1 to qualify for Phase 2.

EPA Announces $315 Million for Brownfield Cleanup and Technical Assistance. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $315 million in funding for cleanup and technical assistance at brownfield sites. EPA announced 267 grants for $215 million through the competitive Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (MARC) Grant program, $45 million in non-competitive supplemental funding for 22 Revolving Loan Grant programs, and $55 million for five Brownfields Technical Assistance Providers and three Brownfields Research Grants. The list of grant recipients and more information can be found HERE.

EPA Announces $10.6 Million in BEACH Act Grants. EPA announced $10.6 million in Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act grants to assist states, tribes, and territories and their local government partners in monitoring water quality at coastal and Great Lakes beaches. The list of awardees and more information can be found HERE.

EPA, USIBWC, CONAGUA, and CESPT Announce $60 Million for Transborder Sewage Projects in Tijuana River Watershed. EPA and the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) joined Mexico's Comisi6n Nacional de Agua (CONAGUA) and the Comisi6n Estatal de Servicios Publicos de Tijuana (CESPT) in announcing $60 million, split evenly between the U.S. and Mexico, for two wastewater infrastructure projects in the Tijuana River Watershed. The announcement builds on the "EPA-CONAGUA Statement of Intent and IBWC Treaty Minute 328" signed last summer to increase cooperation in wastewater management at the border of the U.S. and Mexico. More information can be found HERE.

FHWA Announces FY 2023 Emergency Relief Program Allocations. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced $749 million in Emergency Relief Program funds to 39 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The funding helps repair and rebuild roads and bridges damaged by catastrophic events, including extreme weather events. The allocations can be found HERE.

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FHWA Extends $2.5 Billion CFI Grant Program Application Deadline. FHWA extended the application deadline for its Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program. The $2.5 billion CFI program consists of two grants: Community Charging and Fueling Grants and Alternative Fuel Corridor Grants. Each grant has $1.25 billion in funding avai lable to assist in deploying publicly accessible EV charging and alternative fueling infrastructure adjacent to designated Alternative Fuel Corridors. Applications are now due by June 13th and more information can be found HERE.

FHWA Announces ATTAIN Grant Awards. FHWA announced $52 million in grant awa rds to eight states from the Advanced Transportation Technology and Innovation (ATTAIN) program. The grants will fund technology-based solution s that improve the travel experience for millions of Americans who use our highway and transit systems, with expanded eligibility for projects in communities that have previously lacked investments, including rural areas and areas of persistent poverty. The full list of awards can be found Hfillli .

FRA Issues Interstate Rail Compacts NOFO. FRA issued a NOFO for the availability of $5.8 million for the Interstate Rail Compact grant program. The program will help improve, promote, and develop intercity passenger rail service, including activities related to the financing of such service, and to encourage multi-state grant app lications. Grants will help fund costs of administration; systems planning, including studying the impacts on freight rail operations and ridership; promotion of intercity passenger rail operation; preparation of applications for competitive Federal gran t programs; and operations coordination.

Applications are due by July 10th and more information can be found HERE.

HUD Releases YHDP NOFO. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a NOFO for the ava ilabilit y of $60 million for the FY 2022 Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP). The funding will support services for homeless youth and programs that reduce the number of youth experiencing hom elessness. Applications are due by June 27th, and applicants must be a community's Continuum of Care. More information can be found HERE.

HUD Releases Lead Hazard Reduction Grant NOFO. HUD announced a NOFO for the availability of $403 million for the Lead Hazard Reduction Program. The program supports states, cities, count ies, tribes, or other units of local government in identifying and controlling lead -based paint hazards in eligible privately-owned rental or owner-occupied housing. Applications are due by June 14th and more information can be found HERE.

HUD Awards $382 Million to States Through Housing Trust Fund. HUD announced it is award ing $382 million through the Housing Trust Fund (HTF) to provide affordab le housing options. HTF supports exist ing federal, state, and local projects that preserve and increase the supply of affordable housing for extreme ly low- and very low-income households . Each state is allocated a minimum of $3 million. The list of allocations by state can be found HERE.

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Federal Agency Personnel/Regulatory Announcements
President Biden Withdraws NHTSA Nominee. In late May, President Biden withdrew the nomination of Ann Carlson to be Administrator of the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA). Currently, Carlson serves as Acting Administrator of NHTSA and is expected to cont inu e in that role.

DHS Announces Department-Wide Body-Worn Camera Policy. The Department of Homeland Security (OHS) announced a department -wide policy for body-worn cameras for its law enforcement officers. Within 180 days, all OHS departments and agencies must draft, issue, or update their policies to meet or exceed the new requirements. More information can be found HERE.

DHS Lifts Title 19 Requirements. OHS lifted requirements under Title 19 for non-U.S. travelers entering the United States via land ports of entry and ferry terminals to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide related proof of vaccination upon request. OHS intends to fully rescind the restrictions in conjunction with the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency .

DOT Publishes Drug Testing Final Rule. DOT published a Final Rule that amends the Department's regulated industry drug testing program to include oral fluid test ing. The additiona l methodology for drug testing will give employers a choice that will help combat employee cheating on urine drug tests and provide a less intrusive means of achieving the safety goals of the program. The final rule is effective on June 1st and more information can be found HERE.

DOT Publishes Urban Electric Mobility Toolkit. DOT published the Urban Electric Mobility Toolkit which serves as a resource to help urban communities scope, plan, and identify ways to fund EV charging infrastructure, supporting diverse forms of electric mobility including travel by personal vehicle, transit, micromobility ( e.g., electric bicycles and scooters), and ride-sharing services. Urban communitie s, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), transportation providers, businesses, and property owners and deve lopers can use the toolkit to identify key partners for an electric charging project, take advantage of relevant planning tools, and identify availab le funding or financing to help make that project a reality. The toolkit can be found HERE.

DOT Launches ETC Tool and Story Map. DOT released the Equitab le Transportation Commun ity (ETC) Explorer and accompany ing story map to support the Department's implementation of the Justice40 initiative. The ETC Explorer is an interactive application that uses 2020 Census Tracts and data to exp lore the cumu lative burden communities experience caused by underinvestment in transportation. Its purpose is to provide a deeper understanding into how communities experience transportation disadv antages to help ensure the ben efits of investments address the transportation -related causes of disadvantage. The story map presents three case studies to demonstrate how a proj ect's June 13, 2023
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benefits can reve rs e or mitigat e how a community is experiencin g disadvantage . The ETC Explo rer can be found HERE and the story map can be found HERE.

EPA Releases Annual Air Quality Report. EPA releas ed its annual a ir qu ality report entitled "Our Nation' s Air: Trends Throu gh 2022. " The report provid es info rmation on the health and environm ental imp acts of air pollution , trends in air quality and emissions data , and efforts to imp rove air qu ality. More inform ation can be found HERE.

EPA Releases Integrated Planning Toolkit for Permitting Authorities. EPA released its "Int egrated Plannin g Toolkit for Permitting Authoriti es" to provide municipalities an d permitting authoritie s with technic al ass istan ce related to storm water an d was tewater infr astructure. The Toolkit can be found HERE.

EPA Announces June Water System Webinars. EPA announced it will host two water sys tem webin ars in June:
• EPA's Water System Partnerships Workshop: A Tool to Engage Water Systems and Communities in Partnerships Conversations , Part 1. This webin ar is schedul ed for June 13th at 2:00 pm ET to discuss water system challenges to lea rn about techni cal, managerial, and finan cial capacity solution s throu gh water syste m partnerships. Registration can be found HERE.
• How EPA's Water Infrastructure Planning Tool Can Help Utilities Engage Community & Make Cost-Effective Multi-Benefit Investments. This webin ar is schedul ed for June 20th at 1:00 pm ET to discuss EPA's Augmented Alternatives Analysis tool to engage communit y stakeholders, explain techni cal analys is, and quanti fy and comp are econ omic, social, and environm ental benefits. Registration can be found H.ER.E..

FAA Releases Airspace Blueprint for Air Taxis. FAA release d an upd ated blueprint for airspace and proce dure changes to acco mmod ate future air taxis and other Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) operation s. Under th e blueprint, AAM operation s will begin at a low rate with a ir taxis flying much as helicopt ers do today. They'll use existing rout es and infras truc ture such as helipads and ea rly vertiport s. Pilots will commu nica te with air traffic controll ers where requi red. As th e numb er of operations increases , air taxis are expecte d to fly in cor rid ors betwee n major airport s and vertip orts in city centers. The complexity of the cor rid ors could incr ease ove r tim e from single one-way paths to rou tes serv ing mul tiple flows of aircraft flying in both directions. Over tim e, these corrido rs could link an increas ing numb er of routes between vertip orts. The agency expects aircr aft techn ology will evo lve as well. Aircraft automati on and rea l-tim e data sharing betwee n aircraft will likely play increas ing roles in th ese corrido rs. The blueprint can be found HERE.

FAA Releases ARFF Firefighting Foam Transition Plan. In res pon se to a Congress ional mandate, FAA release d a plan, coordin ated with the Departm ent of Defense (DOD), EPA, and indu stry stakehold ers, to transition to a new fluorine- free foam used for aircraft firefighting.

The plan can be found HERE.

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FAA Announces UAS Detection and Mitigation ARC Members. FAA announced 58 members of the UAS Detection and Mitigation Systems Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) representing aviation stakeholders. ARC will work to ensure that new technologies designed to detect and mitigate risks from errant or hostile UAS do not adversely impact the safe and efficient operation of the nation's airspace. The list of members can be found HERE.

FHWA Requests Nominations for Alternative Fuel Corridors. FHWA published a request for nominations for state and local officials to nominate Alternative Fuel Corridors for designation. The nomination/designation process of Alternative Fuel Corridors has grown in importance because it is now tied to funding provisions under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). BIL established the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program and the Charging and Fue ling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program, both of which provide eligibility based on Alternative Fuel Corridor designations. The memo can be found HERE.

FHWA and FT A Publish Model Long Range Transportation Plans Guidebook. FHW A and FTA published a guidebook titled "Model Long Range Transportation Plans - A Guide for Incorporating Performance Based Planning." The guidebook lays out the elements of an effective plan and provides examp les from around the country to help staff at state DOTs, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), transit agencies, local governments and other stakeholders involved in the transportation planning process. The guidebook can be found HERE.

FHWA and NHTSA Publish Speed Safety Camera Program Guide. FHWA and NHTSA published the "Speed Safety Camera Planning and Operations Guide". The guide provides information for state and local governments on the planning, implementation, and operation of a speed safety camera (SSC) program to help reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries resulting from speed-related crashes. The guide can be found HERE.

FRA Publishes Accident Mitigation and Train Length Safety Advisory. FRA published a safety advisory that makes recommendations that railroads review their operating rules and existing locomotive engineer certification programs to address operational complexities of train length, take appropriate action to prevent the loss of communications between end-of­ train devices, and mitigate the impacts of long trains on b locked crossings . More information can be found HERE.

HUD Publishes NSPIRE Final Rule. HUD published its Final Rule for the "National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE)" in the Federal Register. The Final Rule aligns and consolidates inspection regulations used to evaluate HUD housing across multiple programs. Public housing inspections are set to begin on July 1st, and housing choice vouchers, project-based vouchers, and multifamily inspections are schedu led to begin on October 1st. More information can be found HERE.

HUD Releases Details for 2023 Innovative Housing Showcase. HUD released additional information for the 2023 Innovative Housing Showcase scheduled to take place on the June 13, 2023
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National Mall in Washington, D.C. from June 9th to 11th. More information on the event can be found HERE.

HUD Requests Feedback on Payment Supplemental Partial Claim Option. HUD released a proposal to assist homeowners in meeting mortgage obligations. The proposal includes the new Payment Supplemental Partial Claim Option, a loss mitigation option to assist borrowers that are delinquent on their mortgage payments. Comments are due by June 30th and more information can be found HERE.

IRS Releases Low-Income Communities Bonus Program NPRM. Treasury and IRS released an NPRM for the Low-Income Communities Bonus Program. The program provides a 20% increase to the investment tax credit for solar and wind energy projects in low-income communities. Comments on the NPRM are due by June 30th and more information can be found HERE.

NHTSA Releases Occupant Protection Traffic Safety Report. NHTSA released an Occupant Protection Traffic Safety report that shows pickup truck drivers and passengers have had the highest percentage of unrestrained fatalities across all vehicle types for nearly 20 years. In 2021, 60% of pickup truck drivers and 64% of pickup truck passengers killed in crashes were not wearing seat belts. In 2018, there were 9,545 unrestrained fatalities. In 2021, 11,813 passenger vehicle occupants who died in a crash ( 45%) were not wearing a seat belt. Data shows that over the years, a greater percentage of unrestrained fatalities occur at night than during the day. In 2021, 57% of people who died in nighttime crashes were unrestrained, compared to 43% who died during the day. The report can be found HERE.

NHTSA Issues NCAP Pedestrian Safety NPRM. NHTSA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would update the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) that would provide safety information to consumers about the ability of vehicles to protect pedestrians and could incentivize vehicle manufacturers to produce vehicles that provide better protection for vulnerable road users such as pedestrians. In addition, this proposal addresses several mandates set forth in section 24213 of the November 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, enacted as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Comments are due by July 25, 2023. More information can be found HERE.

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June 1, 2023
To: Jason Haber, Intergovernmenta l Affairs Director
Allegra Frost, Assistant City Attorney
City of Carlsbad
From: Sharon Gonsalves
Director of Government Affairs
Renne Public Policy Group
RE: Legislative Summary- May 2023

MAY A WHIRLWIND OF ACTIVITY AS LAWMAKERS RUSH TO MEET DEADLINES ~!!~!:§
Exhibit 2
May was a month of fiscal and legislative deadlines for the Administration and Legislature. The May Revision to the January FY 2023-24 Budget Proposal was released by Governor Newsom on May 12. The last day for policy comm itte es to meet prior to June 5 was May 12, while the deadline for fiscal committees to hear and send bills introduced in their house to the Floor was May 19. After committee meetings resume on June 5, bills must pass both houses of the Legislature by September 14 in order to advance to the Governor's desk, where they will be approved or vetoed by October 14.

As of May 31, approximately 2,000 pieces of legislation of the more than 2,900 introduced since the start of the session continue to make their way through the legislative process. From June 5 onward, we can expect to see more to be halted in policy and fiscal committees, as well as on the Floor. For reference , last year just over half - around 1100 - of the 2,000+ measures introduced made it all the way through with the Governor signing 997 bills into law and veto ing 169 bills.

RPPG MONTHLY LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY
RPPG continues to review priority bills during regularly scheduled check-ins with City staff, to provide draft content for Council to consider, to craft talking points for meetings with legislative representatives and agency officia ls, to testify in committee on the City's behalf when appropriate, and to conduct meetings with key legislative offices as appropriate.

May Revise
On May 15, RPPG sent the City a memo titled "RPPG_Carlsbad 23-24 May Budget Revise Summary", which provided an extensive update on the May Revision package. As stated in the memo, total State Budget spending for 2023-24 as projected by the Administ ration is now $306 billion, a $9 billion increase over the January Proposal, with a deficit of $31.5 billion, also a $9 billion increase over the January Proposal. RPPG will send a final 2023-24 Budget update for the year once it is finalized.

On May 23, the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO), which provides fiscal and programmatic expertise and nonpartisan analyses of the state budget to the State Legislature, released a Budget outlook report. The report is an independent assessment of the condition of the General Fund Budget through 2027 and uses LAO forecasts of revenues and spending. The LAO projects that the 2023-24 Budget deficit will be $34.5 billion, compared to the $31.5 billion that the Administration has projected , due to a combination of lower revenue and higher spending than the Administration is expect ing. The LAO's analysis projects:

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• It is very unlikely the State can afford the May Revision spending levels. • Most multiyear one-time and temporary spending commitments are no longer affordable. • A combination of reserves and reduced one-time spending can extend Budget capacity for the State to sustain core, ongoing programs .

The LAO's projections are at odds with the Administration's, and RPPG will closely monitor this difference going forward.

Suspense File
On May 19, RPPG sent the City a memo titl ed "RPPG_Carlsbad May 2023 Suspense File Memo", which summari zed the outcomes of the Suspense File hearings that were held for the Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees. Of the 1,171 bills in both houses that had been scheduled to be heard on May 18, 860 passed their Committees and four were postponed as two-yea r bills, which indicate s a commitment to continue negotiation s and move in the next year of session. The remaining 307 bills we re held under submission, which means they are not moving. The 860 that made it out of Appropriations must now pass the Floor of their house of origin by June 2, after which the entire process will begin again in the second house (meaning Assembly bills will all go through the policy and fiscal committee process in th e Senate and vice versa).

Update on Positioned Legislation
RPPG is closely monitorin g the following bills on which the City has positioned. • AB 40 (Rodriguez) Emergency medical services
o Statu s: Senate Rules
o City Position: Support
• AB 557 (Hart) Open meetings : local agencies: teleconferences o Status : Senate Governance and Finance
o City Position: Support
• AB 584 (Hart) California Coastal Act of 1976 : coastal development: emergency waiver o Status : Senate Natural Resources
o City Position: Support
• AB 742 (Jackson) Law enforcement: police canines
o Status: Held
o City Position: Oppose
• AB 817 (Pacheco) Open meetings: teleconferencing : subsidiary body o Status: Two-year bill
o City Position: Support
• AB 1188 (Boerner) Transportation: bicycle safety handbook o Status: Held in committee
o City Position: Support
• AB 1484 (Zburl Temporary public employees
o Status: Senate Rules
o City Position : Oppose
• AB 1708 (Muratsuchi) Theft
o Status: Died in comm ittee
o City Position: Support
• SB 43 (Eggman) Behavioral health
o Status: Assembly Rules
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o City Position: Support
• SB 363 (Eggman) Facilities for inpatient and residential mental health and substance use disorder:
database
o Status: Assembly Rules
o City Position : Support
• SB 381 (Min) Electric bicycles: study
o Status: Assembly Transportation
o City Position: Support
• SB 423 (Wiener) Land use: streamlined housing approvals: multifamily housing developments o Status: Assembly Rules
o City Position: Oppose
• SB 428 (Blakespear) Temporary restra ining orders and protective orders: employee harassment o Statu s: Assembly Rules
o City Position: Sponsor
• SB 689 (Blakespear) Local coastal program: conformity determination o Status : Two-year bill
o City Position: Support
• SB 747 (Caballero) Land use: economic development: surplus land o Statu s: Assembly Rules
o City Position: Support
Priority Bills
RPPG has tagged 116 bills for the City as "priority ," which may be of potential inte rest or may impact the City's operations or priority issues, per the legislative platform. We will continue to bring bills of potential intere st to staff for the City's review in the coming weeks.

ASSEMBLY JOINT INFORMATIONAL HEARING ON FENTANYL
On May 24, the Assembly Health Committee and the Assembly Public Safety Committee held a joint informational hearing on the fentanyl crisis. While no formal actions are taken durin g informational hearings, the major themes, committee member comments, specific panelists used, and overall tone of the conversation all play a key role in assessing w hich major policies will be looked to be advanced during th e 2023-24 legislative session.

At the hearing, 14 witnesses testified on several panels over a period of more than four hour s on the dramatic rise in fentany l overdoses and death s over the past 10 years, in Californ ia and across the United States, and what should be done to address thi s crisis. The panels included law enforcement representativ es, healthcare profe ssionals, state and local officia ls, substance abuse specialists, and family members of victim s of fentanyl. Although other controlled substances we re mentioned at the hearing by legislators and by panelists, the overwhelming focus was on fentanyl.

Nearly all non-law enforcement panelists and a majority of Democratic comm ittee members were against increasing penalti es for low level drug offen ses, while most Republican comm ittee member s pushed for legislati on designed to deter dealers and users of fentanyl. There was general agreement there needs to be increased enforc ement against th e "big players" and more overall funding to address this complex issue, as we ll as widespread agreement that availability of overdose antagonists such as naloxone needs to be increased.

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Informal Proposals Mentioned at the Hearing
• Provide economic incentives to disincentivize drug dealers, as has been attempted in some out of state cities.
• Increase coopera tion between health officia ls and law enforcement • Require training in addict ion for healthca re workers and police officers . • Move addictio n treatment into the mainstream healthcare system.

ADMINISTRATION ACTIONS
Department of Health Care Services Announcement
The Depart ment of Health Care Services (DHCS) announced on May 11 that they had launched a partnership with national nonprofit Shatterproof and Blue Shield of California to "he lp combat the substance use crisis, keep Californians safe, and provide recovery resources to those in need." The Departme nt is investing more than $450 million in various opioid prevention and treatment grant activit ies in fiscal year 2022-23.

Executive Order N-8-23 on Infrastruc ture
Governor Newsom held a press conference on May 19 to announce new propo sals to "faci lit ate and streamline project approval and completion to maximize California's share of federal infrastructure dollars and expedite the implementation of projects that meet the state's ambit ious economic, climate, and social goals." The Governor was accompanied by the CEO of NextEra Energy, Senator Marie Alvarado-Gi l, who repr esents the area, former Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa, the State Director of Environment California, an enviro nmental nonprofit , and representat ives from labor. The press conference can be viewed here.

In conjun ction with the press conference, the Governor signed an executive order "to accelerate clean infrastructure projects across the state by imp lementing an all-of-government strategy for planning and developm ent ." The Governor stated th ese infrastructure proposals are an addition to the Administration's efforts to reform the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). As part of this effort, the Governor announced at the press conference that he wi ll be unveiling a package of 11 budget trailer bills to implement his infrastructure proposals. Ten of those were released fo llowing his address and are bulleted below:

1. Accelerating Environmental Mitigation for Transportation o Streamlines the imp lementation of environmental mitigation measures for the efficient delivery of the California Depart ment of Transportation 's (Caltrans) projects.

2. CEQA Administrative Record
o Clarif ies and stream lines procedures related to the preparation of the public record for the judi cial review of legal challenges brought under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in order to reduce the lit igat ion time.

3. CEQA Judicial Streamlining
o Provides for expedited judicial review of challenges to certain water, transportation , clean energy, and semiconductor or microelectronic projects under CEQA.

4. Delta Reform Act Refinement
o Makes refineme nts to the Delta Reform Act that will streamline certain review processes so "Delta Plan projects can be planned, permitted, and built faster w hile protecting t he env ironm ent."

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o Authorizes Caltrans to directly contract to construct three wildlife crossings over Interstate 15 (1-15) as part of the Brightline West high-speed rail project between California and Nevada.

6. Reclassification of Fully Protected Species
o Repeals the four existing statutes designating species as "fu lly protected " under California law and would reclassify the 37 fully protected species so that 15 will be listed as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA), 19 will be listed as endangered under CESA, and three will have no listing status and wou ld retain the protect ions afforded to species generally under the Fish and Game Code.

7. Green Bank Financing
o Allows I Bank and Department of Water Resources to access and utilize federal funding provided in the Inflation Reduction Act to finance projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

8. Job Orde r Contracting - Caltrans
o Aut horizes Caltrans to use the job order contract ing method to comp lete routine transportat ion projects and maintenance work quickly and easily.

9. NEPA Assignment for Rail Projects
o Removes the current sunset provision and permanently authorizes the consent of California to the jurisdiction of federal courts and waiver of immunit y by the California Transportat ion Agency (CalSTA) with regards to the performance of certain federal enviro nmenta l responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

10. Progressive Design Build Authority - Department of Water Resources and Caltrans o Allows the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and Caltrans to establish a progressive design-build pilot program until 1/1/2031.

On May 25, the Senate Budget Subcommittee on Resources, Environmental Protection and Energy voted 3-0 to temporarily shelve the Governor's trailer bill package. According to the Committee, there was not enough time to consider the Governor's comp lex proposals before the house of origin deadline on June

2. Regarding the decision, Committee Chair Senator Josh Becker said, "The overwhelming agreement is that we need to build clean faster and cut green tape. That's been a legislative priority for me and wi ll continue to be a legislative priority. Although today we are rejecting the governor's trailer bill propo sals based on process, as seven days is insuffi cient to vet the hundreds of pages of policy nuance in these proposa ls, we look forward to working with the administration on all of these critica l issues." The Assembly deferred the proposals to a joint informationa l hearing that will be held on June 7.

Approved Budget Trailer Bill Legislation
Governor Newsom signed several early action Budget trailer bills on May 15, including :
• AB 100 (Ting-D)
o This bill amends portions of the 2021 and 2022 Budget Acts, including changes to CalRecycle, California State Preschool Program, Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, Inmate Welfare Fund, and Office of Data and Innovation. • AB 110 (Committ ee on Budget)
o This bill authorizes the California Department of Education (COE) and Department of Social Services (DSS) to use available federal funds to provide temporary stipends to the California State Preschool Program and state -subsidized childcare program provider s.

Also extend s the waiver of fami ly fees for state -subsidized childcare programs and the California State Preschool Program from July 1, 2023, to September 30, 2023.

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• AB 111 (Committee on Budget)
o This bill provides tax relief to Californians who had student loans or fees discharged as part of financial relief to individuals impacted by economic hardships from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Exempts from state income tax Community College fees discharged under the COVID-19 Emergency in taxable years 2022 through 2026. Clarifies that Higher Education Emergency Grant funds received by students in postsecondary education to support expenses and financial needs of students related to the COVID-19 pandemic are not subject to state income tax in taxable years 2020 through 2027.

LEGISLATIVE TIMING AND KEY DATES
• June 2, 2023
• June 15, 2023
• June 30, 2023
• July 17-August 11
• September 14
• October 14
June 13, 2023
Deadline for bills to pass their house of origin
Legislature must pass the FY 23-24 Budget
Governor Newsom must sign the FY 23 -24 Budget
Summer Recess
Last day to pass bills - 2023 session ends
Last day for Governor to sign or veto bills
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Priority Legislation June 6, 2023
(_ City of
Carlsbad
Californ i a
AB 1628 (McKinnorl Microfiber filtration. (Amended : 5/25/2023) Link Exhibit 3
Would require, on and after January 1, 2029, that all new washing machines offered for sale in California for residential, commercia l, or state use contain a microfiber filtration system, as defined, with a mesh size not greater than 100 micrometers.

Status: 6/1/2023-ln Senate. Read first time . To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Cannabis
AB 374 (Haney) Cannabis: retail preparation, sale, and consumption of noncannabis food and beverage products. (Amended: 5/18/2023) Link
The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities.

MAUCRSA establishes the Department of Cannabis Control (department) with in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency to administer the act, and requires the department to be under the supervi sion and contro l of a director. Current law provides that a local jurisdiction may allow for the smoking, vaporizing, and ingesting of cannabis or cannabis products on the premises of a retailer or microbusiness licensed under this division if certain conditions are met. Current administrat ive law specifi es that a licensed retailer or licensed microbusines s autho rized for retail sales who operat es a consumption area on the licensed premises in accordance with this provi sion may also sell prepackaged, noncannabis-infused, nonalcoholic food and beverages if the applicable local jurisdiction allows. This bill would authorize a local jurisdiction, if specified conditions are met, to allow for the preparation or sale of noncannabi s food or beverage products, as specified, by a licensed retailer or microbusine ss in the area where the consumption of cannabis is allowed, to allow for the sale of prepackaged, noncannabis ­ infu sed, nonalcoholic food and beverages by a licensed retailer , and to allow, and to sell tickets for, live musical or other performances on the premises of a licensed retai ler or microbusiness in the area where the consumption of cannabis is allowed.

Status: 6/1/2023-ln Senate. Read first time . To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 1207 (Irwin) Cannabis: labeling and advertising. (Amended : 4/19/2023) Link The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the Novemb er 8, 2016, stat ewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercia l adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 16 of 58
and applicable local ord inances. The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), among other things, consolidate s the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adu lt-use cannabis activit ies, including retail commercial cannabis activity. MAUCRSA places specified requir ements on the packaging of cannabis and cannabis products. MAUCRSA prohibit s a licensee from engaging in specified advert ising or marketin g activiti es, including , among others, advertis ing or marketi ng in a manner that is false or untrue or tend s to creat e a misleading impression.This bill would implement provisions of AUMA by prohibitin g the sale or manufacture of cannabis or cannabis products that are attrac tive to childr en, as defined , and by prohibitin g the advertisement and marketing of cannabis or cannabi s products in a way that is attrac tive to childr en. The bill would implement AUMA by proh ibitin g cannabis or cannabis products intended for use by inhalation or combu stion from contai ning any natural or synthetic flavors or descriptors of flavo rs. The bill would require the adoption of emergency regulation s to impl ement these provisions. This bill cont ains other existi ng laws.

Status: 5/26/2023 -ln Senate. Read first tim e. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

SB 512 (Bradford) Cannabis: taxation: gross receipts. (Amended: 5/3/2023) Link Would, beginnin g January 1, 2024, exclude from the term s "gross receipts" and "sales price" under the Sales and Use Tax Law the amount of the cannabis excise tax impo sed under the Cannabis Tax Law and th e amount of any tax impo sed by a city or cou nty on the priv ilege of engaging in commerc ial cannabis activi ty, as specifie d. The bill wou ld also prohibit a city or county from including in the definition of gross receipts, for purposes of any local tax or fee on a licensed cannabis retail er the amount of any cannabis excise tax imposed under the Cannabis Tax Law or any sales and use taxes. By imposing new requirements on local governm ents with respect to their taxes and fees, the bill wou ld impose a st at e­ mandated local program .

Status: 5/31/2023-ln Assembly. Read first tim e. Held at Desk.

Children, Youth and Recreation
AB 1056 (Davies) Department of Parks and Recreation : California Youth Water Safety State Grant. (Amended: 3/30/2023) Link
Current law establishes the Department of Parks and Recreat ion in the Natural Resources Agency, and specifies that the department shall be conducted under the control of an executive office r known as the Director of Parks and Recreatio n. Current law requi res the director t o estab lish the Outdoo r Equity Grants Program to increase th e ability of underserved and at- risk populations to part icipat e in outdoor environmental educationa l experie nces at state parks and other public lands where outdoo r environment al education programs take place, among other requirements placed on the departm ent and the director. This bill would require the depart ment to establi sh and admini ster the Californi a Youth Water Safety State Grant. The bill would requi re the department to make funding available to nonprofit organizations, special districts, and city or county parks and recreation departments to prov ide free swimmin g lessons for low- income and at-r isk youth .

Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(S). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/3/2023)(May be act ed upon Jan 2024)
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Economic Development
AB 286 (Wood) Broadband infrastructure: mapping. (Amended: 4/11/2023) Link Current law requires the Public Utilities Commission, in collaboration with relevant state agencies and stakeholders, to maintain and update a statewide, publicly accessible, and interactive map showing the accessibility of broadband service in the state. Current law authorizes the commission to collect information from providers of broadband services at the address level and prohibits the commission from disclosing certain protected residential subscriber information. This bill would require that the map identify, for each address in the state, each provider of broadband services that offers service at the address and the maximum speed of broadband services offered by each provider of broadband services at the address.

Status: 5/31/2023-Referred to Com. on E., U. & C.

AB 341 (Ramos) Gambling: local moratorium. (Chaptered: 5/22/2023) Link Current law requires the Department of Justice to investigate any violations of, and to enforce, the Gambling Control Act. Under the act, a city, county, or city and county may authorize contro lled gambling consistent with state law. Current law, however, prohibits an ordinance that would result in an expansion of gambling in the city, county, or city and county from being valid unless the amendment is approved by a majority of the voters. Current law requires an amendment to a city or county ordinance relating to a gambling establishment or the act to be submitted to the department for review and comment before the ordinance is adopted by the city or county. Prior law, until January 1, 2023, prohibited the commission from issuing a gambling license for a gambling establishment that was not licensed to operate on December 31, 1999, except as specified . This bill wou ld reenact that prohibition until January 1, 2043, and would prohibit the commission from issuing a gambling license for a gambling establishment that was not licensed to operate on December 31, 2022, and that is pending before the commission as of January 1, 2024.

Status: 5/22/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 8, Statutes of 2023.

AB 400 (Rubio, Blanca) Local agency design-build projects: authorization. (Amended: 5/1/2023) Link Current law authorizes local agencies, as defined , to use the design-build procurement process for specified type s of projects, as prescribed. Current law, among other requirements for the design-build procurement process, requires specified information submitted by a design-build entity to be certified under penalty of perjury. These provisions authorizing the use of the design-build procurement process are repealed on January 1, 2025. This bill would extend the repeal date to January 1, 2031. By extending the design-build authorizat ion, the bill would expand the crime of perjury , thereby imposing a state­ mandated local program.

Status: 5/31/2023 -Referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

Calendar: 6/14/2023 9 a.m. - 10210 Street, Room 1200 SENATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE, CABALLERO, ANNA, Chair,
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AB 662 (Boerner) Federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program funds: administration . (Amended : 3/9/2023) Link
Current law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities. Pursuant to its existing authority, the commission supervises administration of th e state's telecommunications universal service programs, including, among others, the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF).

Current law requires the commission to develop, implement, and administer the CASF program to encourage deployment of high-quality advanced communications services to all Californian s that will promote economic growth, job creation , and the substantial social benefits of advanced information and communi cations technolo gies. Current law require s the commission to establish specified accounts within the CASF, including, among other accounts, the Broadband Infrastructure Grant Account and the Federal Funding Account. This bill would require the commission, in administering federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program funds pursuant to the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, to use processes and procedures that are consistent with guidelines adopted by the National Telecommu nication s and Information Administration for the use of the program funds . The bill wou ld prohibit the commission from imposing any additional rules, processes, procedures, prohibitions, funding prioritizations, or eligibility criteria on any applicant that are not consistent wit h or explicitly required by the federal guidelines.

Status: 6/1/2023-ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 930 (Friedman) Local government: Reinvestment in Infrastructure for a Sustainable and Equitable California (RISE) districts. (Amended : 4/26/2023) Link Current law authorizes certain local agencies to form a community revitalization authority within a community revitalization and investment area, as defined, and authorizes an authority to, among other thin gs, provide for low- and moderate -income housing and issue bonds, as provided. Current law authorizes a community revitalization and investment plan to provide for the division of taxes within the plan area. This bill would authorize the legislative bodies of 2 or more cities or counties to jointly form a Reinvestment in Infrastructure for a Sustainable and Equitable California district (RISE district) in accordance with specified procedures. The bill would authorize a special district to join a RISE district, by resolution, as specified .

Status: 5/19/2023 -Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(S). (Last location was APPR. on 4/25/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
AB 1195 (Calderon) Climate Change Preparedness, Resiliency, and Jobs for Communities Program:
climate-beneficial projects: grant funding. (Amended: 3/29/2023) Link Would establish the Climate Change Preparedness, Resiliency, and Jobs for Communities Program, to be administered by the Strategic Growth Council, and would require the council to fund grants to develop and implement multibenefit, community-level, climate-beneficial projects to support comm unity and landscape resiliency and workforce development. The bill would require the council to awa rd compet itive grants to eligible entities, as defin ed, throu gh an application process, as provided . The bill would require the council, on or before July 1, 2024, to develop guidelin es to implement the progr am and criteri a to select projects eligible for grant funding that include, at a minimum, specified information June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 19 of 58
related to community resiliency grants, landscape resiliency grants, and climate and career pathway s grants.

Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(S). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 4/19/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Elections, Political Reform and Redistricting
AB 764 (Bryan) Local redistricting. (Amended: 5/18/2023) Link Current law requires counties, general law and charter cities, and special districts that elect their governing board s using district -based elections to adopt, in a prescribed manner, new district boundaries following each federal decennial census. Current law also requires county boards of education, and the governing boards of school districts and community college district s in which tru stee areas have been established, to adopt new boundaries for their tru stee areas following each federal decennial census. This bill would revise and recast these provisions . The bill would require counti es, county board s of education, citie s, school distri cts, community college districts , and special districts, if the governing body of these local governments is elected by district s, to comply with uniform requirement s related to redistricting. The bill would require local governments to adopt district boundaries, using specified criteria, following the decision to establish district -based elections and following each federal decennial census.

Status: 5/3 1/2023 -ln Senate. Read first time . To Com. on RLS. for assignment .

SB 24 (Um berg) Political Reform Act of 1974: public campaign financing. (Amended : 3/30/2023) Link The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibit s a public officer from expending, and a candidate from accept ing, publi c moneys for the purpo se of seeking elective offic e. This bill would perm it a public officer or candidate to expend or accept public moneys for the purpo se of seeking elective office if the state or a local governmental entity established a dedicated fund for this purpose, as specifie d. The bill would prohibit the public moneys for this dedicated fund from being taken from publi c moneys that are earma rked for education, tran sportation , or public safety. This restriction would not apply to charter citi es.

Status: 5/31/2023-ln Assembly. Read first time . Held at Desk.

SB 251 (Newman) Political Reform Act of 1974 : elected officers: conflicts of interest . (Amended: 3/8/2023) Link
The Politi cal Reform Act of 1974 provide s for the comprehensive regulation of conflicts of interest of public officials. The act makes a knowing or willful violation of its provi sions a misdemeanor . This bill wou Id prohibit an elected officer from employment by any other elect ed officer with the same constitu ency, except if the elected officer first began their employment by the other elected officer with the same constituency on or before Decembe r 31, 2023. The bill would not apply to statewide elected officers.

Status: 4/19/2023-April 18 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 2. Noes 0.) Reconsideration granted.

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Emergency Response and Disaster Preparedness
AB 388 (Connolly) Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan: implementation strategies: roadmap. (Amended: 5/18/2023) Link
Current law establishes the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program to support regional leadership to build local and regional capacity and develop , prioritize, and implement strategies and projects that creat e fire adapted communities and landscapes by improving ecosystem health, community wi ldfire preparedness, and fire resilience. Under the program, the Department of Conservation is required to provide block grants to regional entities to develop regional strate gies that develop governance structures , identify wildfire risks, foster collaboration, and prioritize and implement projects within the region to achieve the program 's goals. Current law require s that regional priority strategy development be in coor dination with public landowners and other relevant forest and fire planning efforts in wildfire and forest resiliency planning . This bill would, by January 1, 2025, require the Department of Conservation, in consultation with the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force and its member agencies, to establish guidelines for funding the implementation of the regional priority strategies, as provided, and to establish regional investment strateg ies to identify and align resources that support implementation of regional priority strategies that contribute to the goals and key actions identified in the implementation strategy. The bill would authorize conservancies, departments, and boards within the Natural Resources Agency to direct ly award regional block grants to eligible regional entities , forest collaboratives, and partnerships to implement regional plans, strategies, agreements, and initiatives.

The bill wo uld require the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to provide the task force and to post on its internet website a description, amount, and outcome of each regional block grant.

Status: 5/26/2023-l n Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 584 (Hartl California Coastal Act of 1976: coastal development: emergency waiver. (Amended: 3/6/2023) Link
The Californ ia Coastal Act of 1976 requires the issuance of a coastal development permit if the proposed development is in conformity with the certified local coastal program . The act provides for the certificatio n of local coastal programs by the Californ ia Coastal Commission. The act authorizes the requirement of having to obtain a perm it to be waived when immediate action by a person or public agency performing a pub lic service is required to protect life and public property from imminent danger, or to restore, repair, or maintain public works, utilities, or services destroyed , damaged, or interrupted by natural disaster, serious accident, or in other cases of emergency, as specified . The act provides that this waiver provisio n does not authorize the permanent erection of structures valued at more than $25,000. This bill would increase the above-described amount to $125,000, adjusted annually for infl ation pursuant to the consumer price index.

Status: 5/3/2023-Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

Client Position: Support
Calendar : 6/13/2023 9 a.m. - 10210 Street, Room 2100 SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER, MIN, DAVE, Chair,
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Notes: 4/20/23: EN tagged as pending support . 4/20/23 SG: Sent draft support letter to the City. 5/8/23 AB: tagged as support and submitted letter of support through the Legislative portal. 5/8/23: EN emailed letter to delegation. 6/1/23: EN submitted letter to Senate NR Committee and emailed delegation.

AB 622 (Lackey) Residency: displacement by natural disaster . (Introduced: 2/9/2023) Link Current law describes the domicile of a person for voting purposes as that place in which their habitation is fixed, wherein the person has the intention of rem aining, and to which, wheneve r they are absent, the person has the intention of returning. Current law provides that a person who leaves their home to go into another stat e or precinct in this state for temporary purposes, with the intention of returning, does not lose their domicile. Current law also provides that a person does not gain a domicile in any precinct they go into for temporary purposes if the person does not intend to make that precinct their home. This bill would additionally provide that a person who leaves their home for temporary purposes because of a natural disaster, and who intend s to return to the home or to anothe r address within the same jurisdiction, does not lose the person's domicile at that home.

Status: 5/5/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was ELECTIONS on 2/17/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
AB 781 (Maienschein) Accessibility to emergency information and services: emergency shelters:
persons with pets. (Amended : 5/18/2023) Link
The California Emergency Services Act provides that political subdivisions, as defined, have full power during a local emergency to provide mutual aid to any affected area in accordance with local ordinances, resolutions, emergency plans, or agreements. Current law defines "emergency plan" for these purposes to mean official and approved documents that describe the principles and methods to be applied in carrying out emergency operations or rendering mutual aid during emergencies. Current law requires that a county send a copy of its emergency plan to the Office of Emergency Services upon an update to the plan. Upon the next update to a city or county's emergency plan, this bill wou ld require a county to update its emergency plan to designate emergency shelters able to accommodate persons with pets, and wou ld require a city that has previously adopted an emergency plan designating emergency shelters to update its emergency plan to designate emerge ncy shelters able to accommodate persons with pets.

This bill would require, upon the next update to a city or county's emergency plan, whenever a city or county designates any numb er of emergency shelter s, cooling centers, or warming centers, that it also designate at least one emergency shelter, cooling center, or warming center, as applicable, that can accommodate persons with pets.

Status: 5/31/2023-ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 788 (Petrie-Norris) Fire prevention: grant programs: reporting. (Introduced: 2/13/2023) Link Current law requires the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force to develop a comprehens ive implementation strategy to track and ensure the achievement of the goals and key actions identified in the state's "Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan" issued by the task force in January 2021. Current law requires the task force to submit, as part of the impl ementat ion strategy, a report to the appropriate policy and budget committees of the Legislature on progress made in achieving the goals and key actions identified in the state's action plan, on state expendi tures made to impl ement these key June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 22 of 58
actions, and on additional resources and policy changes needed to achieve these goals and key actions, as provided.This bill would require the task force, on or before July 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, to compile and post on its internet website specified information relating to specified state and federal grant programs relating to fire prevention, as provided.

Status: 6/1/2023 -ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 944 (Irwin) Fire stations: alternative power generation. (Amended: 4/25/2023) Link Would require a fire station to have an alternative source of power, as defined, to ensure continued operation for no fewer than 96 hours during any type of power outage. The bill would impose specific compliance requirements based on whether a fire station uses a generator as its alternative source of power, or batteries or a combination of batteries in tandem with a renewable electrical generation facility. The bill would require a fire station to comply with its requirements by January 1, 2026. By imposing new duties on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

Status: 5/19/2023 -Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(S). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/10/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
SB 571 (Allen) Development projects: emergency preparedness. (Amended: 3/21/2023) Link Would require a proponent of a new development that would require the evacuation of 40 or more vehicles at any given time that is located within a state responsibility area or local responsibility area and within a high or very high fire hazard severity zone to include an evacuation plan with its application submitted to the local government for the development . The bill would subject the evacuation plan to the independent approval of the local government, as defined, the respective law enforcement and fire agencies that have jurisdictional response authority over the relevant area, and the California Highway Patrol if the proposed evacuation routing utilizes state or federal highways. The bill would require the evacuation plan to consist of specified information, including a wildfire behavior study, a traffic engineering study, and the best available routes for evacuation egress by populations within the development when threatened by wildfire. By imposing new duties on local governments in reviewing and approving developments in high and very high fire hazard severity zones, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

Status: 4/28/2023 -Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was GOV. & F. on 2/22/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Energy and Utilities
AB 1293 (Irwin) Interconnection: prioritization. (Amended: 5/1/2023) Link Would require the Public Utilities Commission to provide guidance to electrical corporations for the prioritization of projects in each electrical corporation's distribution interconnection queue and customer service connections, including that the project is shovel-ready, as determined by the commission.

Status: 5/26/2023 -ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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Environment and Climate
AB 9 (Muratsuchi) Greenhouse gases: market-based compliance mechanism. (Amended: 4/17/2023) Link
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 authorizes the State Air Resources Board to include the use of market -based compliance mechanisms in regulating greenhouse gas emissions. The act requires the state board to prepare and approve a scoping plan for achieving the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and to update the scoping plan at least once every 5 years. This bill would require the state board to initiate a regulatory process to evaluate potential updates to the market-based compliance mechanism, and would require regulatory changes to take effect no later than January 1, 2025. The bill would require the evaluation to focus on specified item s, including whether the supply of emission allowances and carbon offsets are consistent with a linear trajectory toward the statewide greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal established in the state board' s most recent scoping plan, rules for banking allowances to use for future compliance, and recommendations made by the Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee and the state board's environmental justice advisory committee. The bill would require the state board, beginning January 1, 2028, and subsequently on a triennial basis, as specified, and in consultation with the Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee and the environmental justice advisory committee, to conduct an evaluation of the market-based compliance mechanism, as provided.

Status: 6/2/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(8). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 6/1/2023)( May be acted upon Jan 2024)
AB 30 (Ward) Atmospheric Rivers: Research, Mitigation, and Climate Forecasting Program. (Introduced: 12/5/2022) Link
Current law establishes the Atmospheric Rivers: Research, Mitigation, and Climate Forecasting Program in the Department of Water Resources. Current law requires the department, upon an appropriation for purposes of the program, to research climate forecasting and the causes and impacts that climate change has on atmospheric rivers, to operate reservoirs in a manner that improves flood protection , and to reoperate flood control and water storage facilities to capture water generated by atmospheric rivers.

This bill would rename that program the Atmospheric Rivers Research and Forecast Improvement Program: Enabling Climate Adaptation Through Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations and Hazard Resiliency (AR/FIRO) Program. The bill would require the departm ent to research, develop, and implement new observations, prediction model s, novel forecasting methods, and tailored decision suppo rt systems to improve predictions of atmospheric rivers and their impacts on water supply, flooding, post-wildfire debris flow s, and environmental conditions.

Status: 5/31/2023-Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

Calendar: 6/13/2023 9 a.m. -10210 Street, Room 2100 SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER, MIN, DAVE, Chair,
AB 45 (Boerner) Coastal resources: coastal development permits: blue carbon demonstration projects. (Amended: 5/25/2023) Link
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The California Coastal Act of 1976, among other thin gs, requires anyone wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, except as specified, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state , regional , or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission, as provided . This bill would authorize the commission to authorize blue carbon demon stration projects, as defined , in order to demon strate and quantify the carbon sequestration potential of these proj ects to help inform the state's natural and working lands and climate resilience strategies.

Status: 6/1/2023-ln Senate. Read first time . To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 287 (Garcia) California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund:
competitive grant programs: funding objectives. (Introduced: 1/24/2023) Link Current law require s the moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to be used to facilitat e the achievement of reduction s of greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the California Global Warmin g Solutions Act of 2006 and, where applicable and to the extent feasible, to maximi ze economic, environmental, and public health benefit s to the state, among other goals. This bill, beginning July 1, 2025, would require state agencies admini stering competitive grant programs that allocate money s from the fund to give specified communities preferential points during grant application scoring for programs intended to improve air quality , to provide for a specified application timeline , and to allow applicants from the Counties of Imperial and San Diego to include daytime population numbers in grant applications.

Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(S). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 4/19/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
AB 344 (Wood) Electricity : load-serving entities: offshore wind facilities. (Introduced: 1/31/2023) Link Would expressly authorize electrical corporations , electric service provid ers, and community choice aggregators to jointly enter into agreements to procure electricity generated from offshore wind facilities.

Status: 5/19/2023 -Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(S). (Last locati on was APPR. on 3/22/2 023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
AB 411 (Bennett) California Recreational Trails and Greenways Act. (Amended : 3/16/2023) Link Would require the Department of Parks and Recreation t o establish the California Recreational Trails and Greenways Program to, beginning in 2024, award competitive grants on a biennial basis for new, expanded , or improved public access opportuniti es through nonmotoriz ed recreational trail creation , improvement, enhancement , and restorati on proj ects. The bill would create the California Recreational Trails and Greenways Fund in the State Treasury, and would require th at specified moneys, includin g, to the extent consistent with Proposition 68, unexpended Proposition 68 moneys that revert t o th e administering agency for allocation, upon appropriation by the Legislature , be deposited into the fund and, upon appropriation by the Legislatur e, be available for allocation by the departm ent for purpo ses of the program, as specified . In order to reduce the financial burdens associated with frontloaded cost structures and match requi reme nts, the bill would authorize the departm ent to create a loan or grant process for advanced payment and mat ch assistance to reduce barrier s t o parti cipati on in the program.

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Status: 5/19/2023- Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61{a)(S). {Last locati on was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/10/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
AB 530 (Boerner) County Water Authority Act: exclusion of territory : procedure. (Amended : 5/15/2023) Link
The County Water Authorit y Act prov ides for the formation of county water authoriti es and grant s to th ose authorities specified powers with regard s t o providing water service. The act provides 2 methods of excluding territory from any county water authority, one of which is that a publi c agency whose corporate area as a unit is part of a county water authority may obtain exclusion of the area by submittin g t o the elector s within the publi c agency, at any general or special election , the proposition of excluding the public agency's corporate area from the county wat er authority. Current law require s that, if a majority of th e elect ors approve the propo sition , specified actions take place to implement t he exclusion. This bill would additionally require the public entity to submit t he proposition of excluding the publi c agency's cor porat e area from the county water authority to t he electors within the territory of the county water authority . The bill would require the 2 elections to be separate; howeve r, the bill authorizes both elections to run concurrently .

Status: 6/2/2023- Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61{a)(8). {Last location was NAT. RES. on 5/15/2 023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
AB 573 (Garcia) Organic waste : meeting recovered organic waste product procurement targets. (Amended: 5/18/2023) Link
Current law requires, no later than January 1, 2018, the State Air Resources Board t o approve and begin impl ementing a comprehensive short-lived climate pollutant strat egy to achieve a certa in reduction in statew ide emissions of methane, including a goal of a 75% reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025. Current law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations to achieve these organic wast e reduction goals, that provide for, among other things, the calculation by th e department of recovere d organic wast e produ ct procurement targets for each local jurisdiction, and that may include penalties to be imposed by the department for noncompliance. This bill would require the departm ent, for purposes of those regulations, to allow a local jurisdiction, until December 1, 2039, in procuring recovere d organic waste products t o meet the target procure ment requirements, t o use Californi a-derived recovered organic waste that the local juri sdiction sends for processing at a facility or operation outside of the state that meet s certain conditi ons, as provided.

Status: 6/1/2023- ln Senate. Read first tim e. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 1554 (Patterson, Joe) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption : wildfire fuels reduct ion projects. (Introduced : 2/17/2023) Link
This bill would expressly exempt from CEQA a project reduct ion of fuels in areas within moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones, as provided. Because a lead agency would be required t o determine whether a proj ect qualifies for thi s exemption , the bill would impose a state- mandat ed local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existin g laws.

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Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 6l{a)(2). {Last location was NAT. RES. on 3/9/2 023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
AB 1567 (Garcia) Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparation, Flood Protection, Extreme Heat Mitigation. Clean Energy, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2024. (Amended : 5/26/2023) Link
Woul d enact the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention , Drought Preparation , Flood Protection , Extreme Heat Mitigation, Clean Energy, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2024, w hich, if approved by the voters, would authorize th e issuance of bonds in the amount of $15,995,000, 000 pursuant to th e State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects for safe drinkin g water, wildfire preve ntion, droug ht preparation , flood protection, extreme heat miti gation, clean energy, and workforce development programs.

Status: 6/1/2023- ln Senate. Read first time . To Com. on RLS. for assignment .

AB 1590 (Friedman) Major coastal resorts: coastal development permits : audits: waste . (Amended: 4/10/2023) Link
The Californ ia Coastal Act of 1976, among other thin gs, requires anyone w ishing to perform or undertake any developm ent in the coastal zone, except as specified , in addition to obtaining any oth er permi t required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission or a local government, as provided. This bill would establish the Major Coastal Resorts Environmental Accountability Act, and would define "major coastal resort" for these purpo ses. The bill would require the comm ission, with the assistance of a qualified consultant , to every 2 years prepare an audit of a major coastal resort's comp liance with specified provisions, includin g the coastal development permit, as provided. The bill would requir e the major coastal resort to provid e for the qualified consultant's compensati on for the audit , as provided.

Status: 4/28/2023 -Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61{a)(2). {Last location was NAT. RES. on 4/11/2023){May be acted upon Jan 2024)
SB 12 (Stern) California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 : emissions limit. (Introduced: 12/5/2022) Link
Under the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, the State Air Resources Board is required to approve a statewi de greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to th e statew ide greenhouse gas emissions level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020 and to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by no later than Decembe r 31, 2030. Under th e act, a violatio n of a rule, regulation , order, emission limit ation, emission reduction measure, or other measure adopted by th e state board under the act is a crime . This bill instead would require th e state board to ensure that stat ewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 55% below the 1990 level by no later than December 31, 2030.

Status: 5/19/2023 -Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(S). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/15/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
SB 272 (Laird) Sea level rise: planning and adaptation . (Amended : 5/18/2023) Link June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 27 of 58
Would require a local government, as defined, lying, in whole or in part, within the coastal zone, as defined, or wit hin the juri sdictio n of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, as defined, to implement sea level rise planning and adaptation through eit her submitt ing, and receiving approva l for, a local coastal program , as defin ed, to the California Coastal Commission or submitti ng, and receiving approval for, a subregiona l San Francisco Bay shoreline resiliency plan to the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, as applicable, on or before January 1, 2034, as provided. By imposing additional requirements on local governments, the bill wou ld impose a state­ mandated local program. The bill wou ld require local governments that receive approva l for sea level rise planning and adaptation on or befor e January 1, 2029, to be prioritized for sea level rise fundi ng, upon appropriation by th e Legislature, for the implementation of projects in t he local government's approved sea level rise adaptation plan. The bill would require, on or before December 31, 2024, the California Coastal Commission, in close coordination with the Ocean Protection Council and the California Sea Level Rise State and Regional Support Collaborative, to establish guidelines fo r the preparation of th at planning and adaptation.

SB 511 (Blakespear) Greenhouse gas emissions inventories. (Amended: 4/24/2023) Link The California Global Warming Solution s Act of 2006 requires the State Air Resources Board to prepare and approve a scoping plan for achieving the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and to update the scoping plan at least once every 5 years. This bill wou ld require th e state board, before January 1, 2028, to develop, and publish on its internet website, a report on greenhouse gas emissions inventories for the calendar year 2025 for each city, county, or city and county that requests inclusion in the report, as provided. The bill wou ld require the state board, consistent with the preparation of the updates to the scoping plan and before January 1, 2033, and every 5 years thereafter, to update the inventorie s, for each city, county , or city and county that requests inclusion in the respective update, for the calendar year 2030 and every 5th year thereafter. The bill would authoriz e the state board to solicit bids and ente r into contracts for the development of the inventories. The bill would require the state board, before January 1, 2026, to establish a local government advisory committ ee to inform its development of the green house gas emissions inventories.

Status : 6/1/2023-Refe rred to Com. on NAT. RES.

SB 638 (Eggman) Climate Resiliency and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2024 . (Amended: 5/18/2023) Link
Wou ld enact the Climat e Resiliency and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2024 which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $6,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, for flo od protection and climate resiliency projects.

Status: 6/1/2023- ln Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

SB 867 (Allen) Drought, Flood, and Water Resilience, Wildfire and Forest Resilience, Coastal Resilience, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Biodiversity and Nature-Based Climate Solutions, Climate Smart Agriculture, Park Creation and Outdoor Access, and Clean Energy Bond Act of 2024. (Amended : 5/18/2023) Link Wou ld enact the Drought, Flood, and Water Resilience, Wildfire and Forest Resilience, Coastal Resilience, Extreme Heat Miti gation, Biodiversity and Natu re-Based Climate Solution s, Climat e Smart June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 28 of 58
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Agriculture, Park Creation and Outdoor Access, and Clean Energy Bond Act of 2024, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $15,500,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects for drought, flood, and water resilience, wildfire and forest resilience, coastal resilience, extreme heat mitigation, biodiversity and nature -based climate solutions, climate smart agriculture, park creation and outdoor access, and clean energy programs.

Status: 6/1/2023-ln Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Governmental Operations
AB 504 (Reyes) State and local public employees: labor relations: disputes. (Amended: 4/13/2023) Link
The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act and the Ralph C. Dills Act regulate the labor relations of employees and employers of local public agencies and the state, respectively. Those acts grant specified employees, including, among others, certain employees of fire departments, of local public agencies and the state the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their choosing and require public agency employers, among other things, to meet and confer with representatives of recognized employee organizations and exclusive representatives on term s and conditions of emp loyment. The acts grant the Public Employment Relations Board the power to hear specified disputes in relation to these provisions and to make determinations regarding them. With regard to certain employees of fire departments, current law provides that those persons do not have the right to strike or recognize a picket line of a labor organization while in the course of the performance of their official duties. This bill would provide that it is not unlawful or a cause for discipline or other adverse action against a public employee for that public employee to refu se 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. The bill would prohibit a public employer from directing a public employee to take those actions. The bill would authorize a recognized employee organization to inform employees of these rights and encourage them to exercise those rights.

Status: 6/1/2023 -ln Senate. Read first time . To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 520 (Santiago) Employment: public entities . (Amended: 4/18/2023) Link Current law authorizes the Labor Commissioner to investigate employee complaints and to provide for a hearing in any action to recover wages, penalties, and other demands for compensation. Under current law, any individu al or business ent ity that contracts for services in the property services or long-term care industries is jointly and severally liable for any unpaid wages, including interest , where the individual or business entity has been provided notice , by any party, of any proceeding or investigation by the Labor Commissioner in which the employer is found liable for those unpaid wages, to the extent the amounts are for services performed under that contract, as provided , and except as specified. This bill would additionally provide that any public entity, defined as th e state, a city, county, city and county, district, public authority, public agency, and any other politica l subdivision or public corporation in the state, is jointly and severally liable for any unpaid wages, as provided in the above paragraph. This bill would, if property services labor is performed within a building a public entity owns or leases by any individual who is not an employee of the public entity, require the public ent ity to allow, and include as a stipulation in a contract for property services work, work awarded on or after January 1, 2024, June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 29 of 58
representatives from a recognized or certified collective bargaining agent, as specified, to have access to the workers within that building during the workers' normal workday to conduct specified training.

Status: 6/1/2023 -Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 13.) In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 650 (Arambula) San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District: board. (Amended: 4/17/2023) Link
Current law authorizes the board of the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, composed of 15 members, including 5 city council members, to require the use of best available control technology, promote the use of alternative fuels, encourage and facilitate ridesharing, and require businesses to establish rideshare programs, as provided. This bill would increase the term of office for the city council district members to 4 years from 3 years, would increase the term of office for the public member with medical or scientific expertise in the health effects of air pollution to 4 years from 3 years, and wou ld add 4 public members to the district board, appointed by the Governor to serve 4-year terms, as specified. Of these 4, one member wou ld be from a California Native American tribe chosen from a list of candidates submitted by local tribal organizations with a presence within the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin, and 3 members would be appointed with the advice and consent of the Speaker of the Assembly.

Status: 4/28/2023 -Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was L. GOV. on 3/23/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
AB 1297 (Quirk-Silva) Public restrooms. (Introduced: 2/16/2023) Link Would require each local government, as defined, to complete an inventory of public restrooms owned and maintained by the local government, either directly or by contract, that are available to the general population in its jurisdiction by July 1, 2024. The bill would require local governments to report their findings to the State Department of Public Health, w hich would be required to compile the information and to make the inventory available in a searchable database on its internet website by March 1, 2025, as specified. The bill would require the database to be updated quarterly. The bill would require the department to conduct educational outreach to the general public and homelessness service providers that the database is available on its internet website.

Status: 5/26/2023 -ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment .

AB 1379 (Papan) Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences . (Amended: 3/23/2023) Link The Ralph M. Brown Act, requires, w ith specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body be open and public, and that all persons be permitted to attend unless a closed session is authorized. The act generally requires for teleconferencing that the legislative body of a local agency that elects to use teleconferencing post agendas at all teleconference locations, identify each teleconference locat ion in the notice and agenda of the meeting or proceeding, and have each teleconference location be accessible to the public. Current law also requires that, during the teleconference, at least a quorum of the members of the legislative body participate from locations within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction. This bill, with respect to those general provision s on teleconferencing, would require a legislative body electing to use teleconferenc ing to instead post June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 30 of 58
agendas at a singular designated physical meeting location, as defined, rather than at all teleconference locations. The bill would remove the requirements for the legislative body of the local agency to identify each teleconference location in the notice and agenda, that each teleconference location be accessible to the public, and that at least a quorum of the members participate from locations within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction.

Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was L. GOV. on 3/23/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
AB 1484 (Zbur) Temporary public employees. (Amended: 5/18/2023) Link (!)Existing law, the Meyers-Milias -Brown Act (act), authorizes local public employees, as defined, to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation on matters of labor relations. Existing law generally requires that the scope of representation under the act include all matters relating to employment conditions and employer­ employee relations , while excepting the consideration of the merits , necessity, or organization of any service or activity provided by law or executive order. Existing law states that the Legislature finds and declares that the duties and responsibilities of local agency emp loyer representatives under the act are substantially similar to the duties and responsibi lities required under existing collective bargaining enforcement procedures and therefore the costs incurred by the local agency employer representatives in performing those duties and responsibilities under that act are not reimbursable as state-mandated costs. This bill would impose specified requirements with respect to the temporary employees, as defined, of a public employer who have been hired to perform the same or similar type of work that is performed by permanent employees represented by a recognized employee organization. In this regard the bill would require those temporary employees to be automatically included in the same bargaining unit as the permanent employees, as specified, upon the request of the recognized emp loyee organization. The bill would also require a public employer to, upon hire, provide each temporary employee with their job description, wage rates, and eligibility for benefits , anticipated length of employment, and procedures to apply for open, permanent positions. By imposing new duties on local agencies that employ temporary employees, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program . The bill would require complaints alleging a violation of its provisions to be processed as unfair practice charges under the act. The bill wou ld additionally include the same finding s and declarations as set forth above. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Status: 6/1/2023-ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Client Position: Oppose
Notes: 5/3/23: EN tagged as pending oppose. 5/8/23 AB: tagged as oppose and submitted letter of opposition through the Legislative portal. 5/8/23: EN emailed letter to delegation.

AB 1637 (Irwin) Local government: internet websites and email addresses. (Amended: 5/18/2023) Link The California Constitution authorizes cities and counties to make and enforce within their limits all local, police, sanitary, and other ordinances and regulation s not in conflict with general laws and further authorizes cities organized under a charter to make and enforce all ordinances and regulations in respect to municipal affairs, which supersede inconsistent general laws. This bill, no later than January 1, 2027, would require a local agency, as defined , that maintain s an internet website for use by the public June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 31 of 58
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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 noncom pliant with that requirement to redirect that internet website to a domain name that does utilize a ".gov" or ".ca.gov" domain. This bill, no later than January 1, 2027, would also require a local agency that maintains public email addresses to ensure that each email address provided to its employees 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. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Status: 6/1/2023-ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 1748 (Ramos) Logistics use projects: sensitive receptors. (Amended: 5/1/2023) Link Would prohibit the County of Riverside, the County of San Bernardino, and any of the cities, joint powers authorities, or agencies with land use authority within those counties from approving the development or expansion of any logistics use, as defined, that is adjacent to sensitive receptors, as defined, unless the local agency imposes certain requirements, as specified, including a minimum setback on the logistics use of 300 feet if the logistics use consists of 400,000 or more square feet of building space, including, but not limited to, warehouses. By imposing new requirements on local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

Status: 5/19/2023 -Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(S). (Last location was APPR. on 4/27 /2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Client Position: Oppose
SB 252 (Gonzalez) Public retirement systems: fossil fuels: divestment. (Amended: 5/18/2023) Link Would prohibit the boards of the Public Employees' Retirement System and the State Teachers' Retirement System from making new investments or renewing existing investments of public employee retirement funds in a fossil fuel company, as defined. The bill would require the boards to liquidate investments in a fossil fuel company on or before July 1, 2031. The bill would temporarily suspend the above -described liquidation provision upon a good faith determination by the board that certain conditions materially impact normal market mechanisms for pricing assets, as specified , and would make this suspension provision inoperative on January 1, 2035. The bill would provide that it does not require a board to take any action unless the board determines in good faith that the action is consistent with the board's fiduciary responsibilities established in the California Constitution.

Status: 5/25/2023 -Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 10.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly.

Read first time . Held at Desk.

SB 428 (Blakespear) Temporary restraining orders and protective orders: employee harassment. (Amended: 5/18/2023) Link
Would authorize any employer whose employee has suffered harassment, as defined , to seek a temporary restraining order and an injunction on behalf of the employee and other employees upon a showing of clear and convincing evidence that an employee has suffered harassment, that great or irreparable harm would result to an employee, and that the respondent' s course of conduct served no legitimate purpose. The bill would expressly prohibit a court from issuing such an order to the extent that the order would prohibit speech or activities protected by the federal National Labor Relations Act June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 32 of 58
or specified provisions of law governing the communications of exclusive representatives of public employees.

Status: 5/31/2023-ln Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Client Position: Sponsor
Notes: 3/10/23: Amy submitted letter to portal. 3/10/23: EN emailed delegation . 4/17 /23: EN submitted letter to Sen Approps. 4/24/23: SG testified in support in Senate Appropriations Committee 4/27 /23 : EN submitted a coalition letter. 4/28/23: EN submitted an updated coalition letter.

SB 654 (Jones) Local agencies: public property: airport leases. (Amended: 4/13/2023) Link Current law authorizes a local agency to lease or sublease property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by it for a period not to exceed 50 years for airport purposes or purposes incidental to aircraft. This bill would authorize a local agency and the leaseholder, with respect to a lease or sublease entered into pursuant to the above-described authority, to amend the lease or sublease to extend the duration of the lease or sublease, to terminate the lease or sublease and enter into a new lease or sublease, or to transfer an existing lease or sublease, as specified.

Status: 5/4/2023 -Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

Notes : 4/12/23 SG: Carlsbad Jet Center is in support
SB 660 (Alvarado-Gil) Public employees' retirement systems: California Public Retirement System Agency Cost and Liability Panel. (Amended: 3/21/2023) Link Would establish the California Public Retirement System Agency Cost and Liability Panel, located in the Controller's office , with members as defined. The bill would assign responsibilities to the panel related to retirement benefit costs, including determining how costs and unfunded liability are apportioned to a public agency when a member changes employers within the same public retirement system or when a member concurrent ly retires with 2 or more retirement systems that have entered into reciprocity agreements. The bill wou ld require the panel to meet no later than March 31, 2024, and quarterly beginning on April 1, 2024, and to submit a report to the Legislature, no later than December 31, 2024, providing information regarding the financial impact a public agency assumes when an emp loyee transfers to another public agency within the same retirement system or when an employee transfers to a public agency in a reciprocal retirement system and concurrently retires under 2 or more systems.

Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(S). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/1/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
SB 683 (Glazer) Hotels and short-term rentals: advertised rates: mandatory fees. (Amended: 4/13/2023) Link
Would require a person that advertises a hotel room rate or short-term rental rate before the public in this state, or from this state before the public in any state, to include in the advertised hotel room rate or short -term rental rate all mandatory fees, as defined, that will be charged in order for the consumer to stay in the hotel room or short -term rental. The bill would require a hotel or a short -term rental to clearly and conspicuously disclose on its internet website a list of all mandatory fees and credit card surcharges imposed on consumers. The bill would authorize certain public attorneys, including the June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 33 of 58
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Attorney General, to bring an enforcement action and would require a court to impose a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each violation after consideration of specified factors. The bill would also provide that a violation of its provisions constitutes a false or misleading statement under the FAL. By expanding the scope of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

Status: 6/1/2023-Referred to Corns. on B. & P. and JUD.

Calendar: 6/20/2023 9:30 a.m. -10210 Street, Room 1100 ASSEMBLY BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS, BERMAN, MARC, Chair,
SB 689 (Blakespear) Local coastal program: conformity determination. (Amended: 3/20/2023) Link Current law requires the Department of Transportation, in cooperation with county and city governments, to establish minimum safety design criteria for the planning and construction of bikeways.

Current law requires all city, county, regional, and other local agencies responsible for the development or operat ion of bikeways or roadways where bicycle travel is permitted to utilize the minimum safety design criteria established by the department or alternative criteria that meet specified requirements.

Current law authorizes a city or county to prepare a bicycle transportation plan with specified required elements for these purposes and, subject to approval of the county transportation commission or transportation planning agency, authorizes the city or county to submit the plan to the department with an application for funds for bikeways and related facilities that will implement the plan. This bill would require any project that is contained within, or consistent with, a bicycle transportation plan to be deemed consistent, and in conformity, with any applicable certified local coastal program.

Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was TRANS. on 3/29/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Health and Human Services
SB 43 (Eggman) Behavioral health. (Amended: 4/27/2023) Link The Lanterman-Petris-Short Act provides for the involuntary comm itment and treatment of a person who is a danger to themselves or others or who is gravely disabled. Current law, for purposes of involuntary commitment, defines "grave ly disabled" as either a condition in which a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is unable to provide for their basic personal needs for food , clothing, or shelter or has been found mentally incompetent, as specified . This bill expands the definition of "grave ly disabled" to also include a condition in which a person, due to a mental health disorder or a substance use disorder, or both, is at substantial risk of serious harm, or is currently experiencing serious harm to their physical or mental health. The bill defines "serious harm" for purposes of these provisions to mean significant deterioration , debilitation, or illness due to a person's failure to meet certain condit ions, including, among other things, attend to needed personal or medical care and attend to self-protection or personal safety.

Status: 5/26/2023-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly.

Read first time. Held at Desk.

Client Position: Support
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Notes: 3/14/23 SG: Subcommittee approved support position 3/29/23 SG: Testified in support in Senate Health Committee 4/7 /23 AB: Submitted letter of support to the Judiciary Committee and the Author through the Legislative portal. 4/7 /23: EN emai led letter to delegation.

SB 363 (Eggman) Facilities for inpatient and residential mental health and substance use disorder:
database. (Amended: 5/18/2023) Link
Would require, by January 1, 2026, the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Social Services, and by conferring with specified stakeho lders, to develop a real-time, internet-based database to collect, aggregate, and display information about beds in specified types of facilities, such as chem ical dependency recovery hospitals, acute psychiatric hospitals, and mental health rehabilitation centers, among others, to identify the availab ilit y of inpatient and residential mental health or substance use disorder treatment. The bill would require the database to include a minimum of specific information, including the contact information for a facility's designated employee, the t ypes of diagnoses or treatments for which the bed is appropriate, and the target populations served at th e 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.

Status: 6/1/2023-Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

Client Position: Support
Calendar: 6/13/2023 1:30 p.m. -10210 Street, Room 1100 ASSEMBLY HEALTH, WOOD, JIM, Chair, Notes: 3/14/23 SG: Subcommittee approved support position 3/22/23 SG: Testified in support in Senate Health Committee 4/7 /23 AB: Submitted letter of support to the Judiciary Committee and the Author. 4/7 /23: EN emailed letter to delegation . 4/11/23 SG: Testified in support in Senate Judiciary Committee 4/24/23 SG: Testified in support in Senate Approps 6/6/23: EN submitted to Asm Health and emailed City, delegation , and governor's office.

Homelessness
AB 86 (Jones-Sawyer) Homelessness: Statewide Homelessness Coordinator. (Amended: 4/20/2023) Link
Wou ld require the Governor to appoint a Statewide Homelessness Coordinator, within the Governor's Office, to serve as the lead person for ending homelessness in California. The bill would require the coordinator to perform prescribed duties, including, among others, identifying a local leader in each relevant city, county, city and county, or other jurisdiction to serve as a liaison between the coordinator and that jurisdiction, overseeing homelessness programs, services, data, and policies between federal , state , and local agencies, coordinating the timing of release of funds and applications for funding for housing and housing-based services impacting Californians experiencing homelessness, and, in collaboration with local leaders, providing annual recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor, as specified. The bill would authorize the coordinator to adjust state goals to the extent allowed by state law.

Status: 6/1/2023 -ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment .

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ADVOCACY FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD.

AB 1215 (Carrillo, Wendy) Pets Assistance With Support Grant Program: homeless shelters: domestic violence shelters: pets. (Amended: 5/18/2023) Link
Would require the Department of Housing and Community Development 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. The bill would require grant recipients to meet certain availability and service requirements as they relate to the pets of people experiencing homelessness and people escaping domestic violence . The bill would authorize the department to use up to 7% of the funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act for those purposes for its costs in administer ing the program.

Status: 6/1/2023-ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 1285 (Wicks) Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program and Encampment Resolution Funding program. (Amended: 5/1/2023) Link
Current law establishes the Encampment Resolution Funding program, administered by the California lnteragency Council on Homelessness, to increase collaboration between the council, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for specified purposes. Current law requires the council to award moneys pursuant to the program as competitive grants, as specified, to be used to support encampment resolution and rehou sing efforts for local jurisdictions . Current law requires the council to prior itize funding applicants that demonstrate a commitment to cross-systems collaboration and innovative efforts to resolve encampment issues or have SO or more individuals living in the encampme nt. This bill wou ld require a continuum of care that shares geographic boundaries with a city, county, or city and county that is using state funding allocated pursuant to the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program or the Encampment Resolution Funding program to submit evidence of collaboration with the city, county, or city and county that addresses how people served through encampment resolution will be prioritized for permanent housing within coordi nated entry systems.

Status: 5/26/2023- ln Senate. Read first time . To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

SB 7 (Blakespear) The Homeless Housing Obligation Act. (Amended: 5/1/2023) Link Would, by January 1, 2030, require each city and county to provide housing opportunities, as defined, for homeless individuals within its jurisdiction , based on their most recent point -in-time count. The bill would require each city and county to develop a housing obligation plan that describes how the city or county plans to increase housing opport uniti es in its jurisdiction so that it can offer at least one housing opportunity to each homele ss individual, as specifie d. In this regard, the bill would require a housing obligation plan to include, among other things, goals and plans to fulfill the city or county's housing obligation, including specific projects and completion timelines, and the city or county's progress in reducing the number of homeless individual s in its juri sdiction. The bill would require a housing obligation plan to ident ify steps taken by the city or county to consult with other jurisdictions to ensure that the plan is consistent with regional homelessn ess planning efforts. The bill would require a city or county to submit its housing obligat ion plan to the Department of Housing and Community Development for review and post the plan to its internet website by January 1, 2025. The bill would require a city or county to update its housing obligation plan on or before January 1 of each subsequent year.

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Status: 5/19/2023 -Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(S). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/15/2 023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
SB 31 (Jones) Encampments: sensitive areas: penalties. (Amended: 3/22/2023) Link Would prohibit a person from sitting , lying, sleeping, or storing , using, maintainin g, or placing personal property upon any street, sidewalk , or other public right -of-way within 1000 feet of a sensitive area, as defined. The bill would specify that a violation of thi s prohib iti on is a public nuisance that can be abated and prevented, as provided. The bill would also provide that a violati on of the prohibition may be charged as a misdemeanor or an infraction , at the discretion of th e prosecutor. The bill wou ld prohibit a person from being found in violation of the bill's provisions unless prov ided noti ce, at least 72 hours before commenceme nt of any enforcement action, as provided. By imposing crimin al penalties for a violatio n of th ese provisions, thi s bill would impose a state -mandated local program.

Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last locatio n was PUB. S. on 1/18/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Housing and Land Use
AB 68 (Ward) Land use: streamlined housing approvals: density, subdivision, and utility approvals. (Amended: 4/12/2023) Link
Would require a local governm ent to approve a propo sed housing development pursuant to a streamlined, mini ster ial approval process if the developm ent meets certai n objective planning standard s, includin g, but not limited to, a requirement that the propo sed parcel for the development be a climat e-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 limitation s for these developments. The bill wou ld auth orize the Department of Housing and Community Development to review , adopt, amend, and repeal guideline s, rules, and regulation s to impl ement uniform standard s or criteria that supplement or clarify th e terms, references, or standards set forth by thi s process.

Status: 4/28/2023 -Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last locati on was H. & C.D. on 3/16/2 023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
AB 72 (Boerner) Coastal resources: research: landslides and erosion: early warning system. (Amended : 5/17/2023) Link
Current law requires the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of Californi a, San Diego, upon appropriation by th e Legislature , to conduct research on coastal cliff landslides and erosi on in the County of San Diego, to be comp leted by January 1, 2025. Current law requires the institution to conduct real-time measurements of land defor mation t o identify and analyze conditions that precede cat astrophic bluff failure on 2 specified sites as a condition of receiving funds. Current law requ ires the institution t o provide a report to the Legislature with recommendation s for developing a coasta l cliff landslide and erosion early warning system based on available research no later than March 15, 2025.

This bill would requ ire those real-time measurement s, and identifi cation and analysis of those cond ition s, for a 3rd specified sit e as a condition of receiving that funding, and would postpone the deadline for the research t o be com plet ed to January 1, 2026.

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Status: 5/23/2023-ln committee: Set, first hearing . Hearing canceled at the request of author.

Calendar : 6/14/2023 9 a.m. - 10210 Street, Room 2100 SENATE EDUCATION, NEWMAN, JOSH, Chair, AB 434 (Grayson) Housing element: notice of violation. (Amended: 3/16/2023) Link The Planning and Zoning Law, except as provided, requires that a public hearing be held on an application for a variance from the requirements of a zoning ordinance, an application for a conditional use permit or equivalent development permit , a propo sed revocation or modification of a variance or use permit or equivalent development permit, or an appeal from the action taken on any of those applications. That law, for housing development projects that submit a preliminary application prior to January 1, 2030, prohibits a city or county from conducting more than 5 hearings, as defined, held pursuant to these provisions, or any other law, ordinance, or regulation requiring a publi c hearing, if the proposed housing development project complies with the applicable, objective general plan and zoning standards in effect at the tim e an application is deemed complete, as defined . The Planning and Zoning Law also requires a local agency, pursuant to either local ordinance or statute, to provide for mini sterial approval of applications for accessory dwelling units or junior accessory dwelling units in areas zoned for residential use, as specified. That law prohibits a local agency from denying a permit for an unpermitted accessory dwelling unit constructed prior to January 1, 2018, except as provided. This bill would additionally authorize the department to notify a city, county, city and county, or the Attorney General when the planning agency of a city, county, or city and county fails to comply with the above-described provisions relating to hearings for specified variances, ministerial approval of applications for accessory dwelling units or junior accessory dwelling units, permitting for unpermitted accessory dwelling unit s constructed prior to January 1, 2018, sale or conveyance of accessory dwelling units, ministerial approval of proposed housing developments, ministeri al approval of parcel maps for urban lot splits, or housing development projects being deemed an allowable use of parcels within a zone where office, retail , or parking are a principally permitted use, as provided.

Status: 6/1/2023-ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 480 (Ting) Surplus land. (Amended: 4/5/2023) Link
Current law prescribes requirement s for the disposal of surplu s land by a local agency, as defined, and requires, except as provided, a local agency disposing of surplus land to comp ly with certa in notice requirements before disposing of the land or participating in negotiation s to dispose of the land with a prospective tran sferee, particularly that the local agency send a noti ce of availability to specified entities that have notified the Department of Housing and Community Development of their interest in surplus land, as specified. Under current law, if the local agency receives a notice of interest, the local agency is required to engage in good faith negotiation s with the entity desiring to purchase or lease the surplus land. Current law requires a local agency to take formal action in a regular public meeting to declare land is surplu s and is not necessary for the agency's use and to declare land as either "surplus land" or "exempt surplus land," as supported by written finding s, before a local agency may take any action to dispose of it consist ent with an agency's policies or procedure s. This bill would recast that provi sion and would exempt a local agency, in specified instances, from making a declaration at a public meetin g for land that is "exempt surplus land" if the local agency identifie s the land in a notice that is published and available for public comment at least 30 days before the exemption takes effect.

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Status: 5/31/2023-Referred to Corns. on GOV. & F. and HOUSING.

AB 510 (Jackson) Public social services: purposes. (Amended: 4/13/2023) Link Current law establishes various public social services progr ams, including, among others, CalWORKs and the State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled. Current law sets forth the purposes of public social services for which state grants are made to counties that include, among others, providing reasonable support and maintenance for needy and dependent families and persons. This bill would instead state that providing reasonable support and maintenance for needy and vulnerable children , adults, and famili es is a purpose of public social services.

Status: 5/19/2023-Fai led Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(S). (Last locati on was APPR. on 4/18/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
AB 894 (Friedman) Parking requirements: shared parking. (Amended: 4/20/2023) Link Would requir e a public agency, as defined, to allow entities with underutilized parking to share their underutilized parking with the public, public agencies, or other entities. The bill would require a public agency to allow parking spaces identified in shared parking agreements to count toward meeting automobile parking requirements for a new or existing development or use, including , but not limit ed to, shared parking in underutilized spaces and in parking lots and garages that will be constructed as part of the developme nt or developments when specified conditions regarding the distance between the entitie s that will share the parking are met. The bill would require the entities that are sharing parking to enter into a shared parking agreement, as specified. The bill would require a public agency to accept a parking analysis using peer-reviewed methodologie s developed by a professional planning association , as specified, when determining the number of parking spaces that can be reasonably shared between different uses. The bill would require a public agency, private landowner, or lessor to examine the feasibility of shared parking agreements to replace new parking construction or limit the number of new parking spaces that will be constructed when state funds are being used on a proposed new development or before a parking structure or surface parking lot is developed using public funds.

Status: 5/31/2023-Referred to Corns. on GOV. & F. and HOUSING.

Calendar: 6/14/2023 9 a.m. - 1021 0 Street, Room 1200 SENATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE, CABALLERO, ANNA, Chair,
AB 976 (Ting) Accessory dwelling units: owner-occupancy requirements . (Introduced: 2/14/2023) Link The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, provides for the creation of accessory dwellin g units by local ordinance, or, if a local agency has not adopted an ord inance, by ministerial approva l, in accordance with specified standards and conditions. Current law require s a local ordinance to require an accessory dwelling unit to be eit her attached to, or located within, the proposed or existing prima ry dwelling, as specified, or detached from the proposed or existing primary dwelling and located on the same lot as th e proposed or existin g primary dwellin g.This bill would instead prohibit a local agency from imposing an owner-occupancy requirement on any accessory dwelling unit .

Status: 6/1/2023-ln Senate. Read first time . To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 983 (Cervantes) Surplus land. (Amended: 3/16/2023) Link June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 39 of 58
Current law establishes procedure s for the disposal of surplu s land, includin g requirin g certain information to be provided to th e Department of Housing and Community Development. These procedures do not apply to the disposal of exempt surplu s land. Current law describes various categories of "exempt surplus land," including surplus land that is less than 5,000 square feet in area, less than the minimum legal residentia l buildin g lot size for the juri sdiction in which the parcel is located, or 5,000 square feet in area, whichever is less, or has no record access and is less than 10,000 square feet in area; and is not contiguous to land owned by a state or local agency that is used for open-space or low- and moderate-income housing purpo ses. In this regard, if this category of surplus land is not sold to an owner of contig uous land, it is not considered exempt surplus land and is subject to the surplu s land procedure s. This bill would expand the above category of "exempt surplus land" to include land that is designated in an adopted downtown revitalization plan not to exceed 1.1 square miles and includ es resident ial, commercial, office, civic and hospitalit y uses.

Status: 4/28/2023- Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was L. GOV. on 3/16/2023)( May be acted upon Jan 2024)
AB 1176 (Zbur) General plans: Local Electrification Planning Act. (Amended: 5/26/2023) Link The Planning and Zonin g Law requires a city or county to adopt a comprehensive general plan for the city's or county's physical development that includes various elements, including, among others, a land use element that designates the propo sed general distributi on and general location and extent of the uses of the land in specified categories, and a circu lation eleme nt that identifi es th e location and extent of existing and proposed major thorou ghfares, transportation routes, terminal s, any military airport s and ports, and other local public utilitie s and faciliti es, as specified. This bill, the Local Electrification Planning Act, would requir e a city, county, or city and county to prepare and adopt a specified plan, or otherwise integr ate a plan into the general plan, that, among other t hings, identifies oppo rtuniti es to expand electric vehicle charging to meet the needs of the city's, county's, or city and county's current and futur e visitors, residents, and businesses, and includes policies and implement ation measures that address th e needs of disadvantaged communities, low-income households, and small businesses for investm ents in zero-emission techno logies that directly benefit th ese groups, as specified.

Status: 6/1/2023-ln Senate. Read first time . To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 1218 (Lowenthal) Development projects: demolition of residential dwelling units. (Amended: 4/13/2023) Link
The Housing Crisis Act of 2019, among other things, prohibit s an affected city or an affected county, as defined , from approving a housing developm ent proj ect that wi ll requir e the demolition of one or more residential dwelling units, unless the project creates at least as many residential dwelling unit s as will be demolished. The act also prohibits an affected city or affected county from approving any housing development project th at will require the demolition of occupied or vacant prote cted units, unless specified conditions are met. In this regard, the act requires a project that w ill require the demolition of occupied or vacant prote cted units to, among other thin gs, (1) replace all existing or demolished protected unit s, (2) include a minimum amount of residential unit s, (3) allow existing occupant s to occupy their unit s until 6 month s before the start of constru ction activities, and (4) provide relo cation benefits to the existing occupants of any protected unit s that are lowe r income households. This bill would expand the demolition of residential dwellin g unit s prohibitions to prohib it an affected city or June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 40 of 58
affected county from approving any development project that will require the demolition of occupied or vacant protected units, or that is located on a site where protected units were demolished in the previous 5 years, unless the condit ions described above are met.

Status: 5/26/2023 -ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 1287 (Alvarez) Density Bonus Law: additional density bonus and incentives or concessions:

California Coastal Act of 1976. (Amended: 4/26/2023) Link Would require a city, county , or city and county to grant an additional density bonus, calculated as specified, when (1) an applicant proposes to construct a housing development that conforms to specified requirements, (2) the applicant agrees to include additional units affordable to very low income households or moderate income households, as specified, and (3) the housing development provides 24% of the base density units to lower income households, conforms to specified requirements and provides 15% of the base density units to very low income households, or conforms to specified requirements and provides 44% of the tota l units to moderate-income units. The bill wou ld require a city, county, or city and county to grant four incentives or concessions for a project that includes at least 16% of the units for very low income households or at least 45% for persons and families of moderate income in a development in which the units are for sale. The bill would increase the incentives or concessions for a project in which 100% of all units are for lower income households, as specified , from 4 to 5.

Status: 6/1/2023 -ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 1332 (Carrillo, Juan) Accessory dwelling units: preapproved plans. (Amended: 4/10/2023) Link Would require each local agency, by January 1, 2025, to develop a program for the preapproval of accessory dwelling unit plans, whereby the local agency accepts accessory dwelling unit plan submissions for preapproval and approves or denies the preapproval applications, as specified. The bill wou ld authorize a local agency to charge a fee to an applicant for the preapproval of an accessory dwelling unit plan, as specified. The bill would require the local agency to post preapproved accessory dwelling unit plans and the contact information of the applicant on its internet website . The bill would require a local agency to either approve or deny an application for a permit for a proposed accessory dwelling unit within 30 days that utilizes either a preapproved accessory dwelling unit plan or a plan that is identica l to a plan used in an application for a detached accessory dwelling unit approved by the local agency within the current triennial California Building Standards Code rulemaking cycle.

Status: 5/31/2023 -Referred to Corns. on HOUSING and GOV. & F.

Calendar: 6/6/2023 1:30 p.m. -10210 Street, Room 1200 SENATE HOUSING, WIENER, SCOTT, Chair, AB 1490 (Lee) Affordable housing development projects: adaptive reuse. (Amended: 5/1/2023) Link That Housing Accountability Act states that it shall not be construed to prohibit a local agency from requiring a housing development project to comp ly with objective , quantifiable , written development standards , conditions, and policies appropriate to, and consistent with, meeting the juri sdiction's share of the regional housing need, except as provided. That act further provides that a housing development project or emergency shelter shall be deemed consistent, comp liant, and in conformity with an applicable plan, program, policy, ordinance, standard, requirement , or other similar provision if there is June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 41 of 58
substantial evidence that would allow a reasonable person to conclude that the housing development project or emergency shelter is consistent , compliant , or in conformity. Under this bill, an extreme ly affordab le adaptive reuse project on an infill parcel that is not located on or adjoined to an industrial use site would be an allowable use. The bill would authorize a local agency to impose objective design review standards, except as specified . The bill would provide that for purposes of the Housing Accountability Act, a proposed housing development proj ect is consistent, comp liant, and in confo rmity wit h an applicable plan, program, policy, ordinance, standard, requirement , or other similar provision if the housing development proj ect is consistent with the standards specified in these provisions. The bill wou ld require a local agency to determine whether th e propo sed development meets those standards within specified timefram es. The bill would define an extremely affordable adaptive reuse proj ect for these purposes to mean a multifamily housing development project that invo lves retrofitting and repurposing of an existing building that includ es residential unit s, as specified, and that meets specified affordabilit y requirements, includi ng th at 100% of the unit s be dedicated to lower income households, 50% of which shall be dedicated to very low income households, as specifi ed.

Status: 5/26/2023 -ln Senate. Read first time . To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 1505 (Rodriguez) Seismic retrofitting: soft story multifamily housing. (Amended: 5/18/2023) link Existin g law establishes the California Earthquake Authority, admini stered under the autho rity of the Insurance Commissioner and governed by a 3-member board, to transact insurance in this state as necessary to sell policies of basic residential earthquake insurance. Under existing law, the California Residential Mitigation Program, also known as the CRMP, is a joint powers authority created in 2012 by agreement bet ween the California Earthquake Authority and the Office of Emergency Services. This bill wou ld, instead, state the intent of the legislature to appropriate $250,000,000 fro m the General Fund to the CRMP for the purpose of implem enting the Seismic Retrofittin g Program for Soft Story Multifamily Housing. This bill conta ins other related provisions and other existin g laws.

Status: 6/1/2023 -ln Senate. Read first tim e. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 1630 (Garcia) Planning and zoning: housing development approvals: student housing projects. (Amended : 3/21/2023) link
Would enact The Student Housing Crisis Act of 2023. The bill would require a city, county, or city and county to classify student and faculty and staff housing as a permitted use on all real property with in 1,000 feet of a university campus, as defined, for zoning purposes. The bill wo uld require a proposed student or faculty and staff housing proj ect, as defined, to be considered ministerially , without discretionary review or a hearing, if specified requirem ents are met, including that a minimum of 20% of the units in the project be rent ed by students or faculty and staff of the university . The bill would proh ibit a local agency from imposing or enforci ng on a student or faculty and staff housing project subject to ministerial consideration certa in restrictions, including a min imum automobile parking requirement. The bill would require student or faculty and staff housing to have certain recorded deed restri ctions, except as provided, that ensure for at least 55 years that, amo ng other thin gs, at least 20% of the units are affordable to lowe r income households, as defined, except as provided. In connection with an application submitted pursuant to the se provisions, the bill would require a city, county, or city and county to take specified actions, includi ng, upon th e request of the applicant, provide a list of June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 42 of 58
permits and fees that are required by the city, county, or city and county. By imposing new duties on local jurisdictions , this bill would impose a state-mandated local program .

Status: 4/28/2023 -Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2) . (Last location was H. & C.D. on 3/9/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
AB 1657 (Wicks) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024. (Amended: 4/17/2023) Link Would enact the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024, 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 homeownership programs , including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program , the Cal Home Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program.

Status: 6/1/2023-ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

SB 4 (Wiener) Planning and zoning: housing development : higher education institutions and religious institutions. (Amended: 5/18/2023) Link
The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long -term general plan for its physical development, and the development of certain lands outside its boundaries , that includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. That law allows a development proponent to submit an application for a development that is subject to a specified streamlined, ministerial approval process not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development satisfie s certain objective planning standards. This bill would require that a housing development project be a use by right upon the request of an applicant who submits an application for streamlined approval, on any land owned by an independent institution of higher education or religious institution on or before January 1, 2024, if the development satisfies specified criteria, including that the development is not adjoined to any site where more than one-third of the square footage on the site is dedicated to industrial use. The bill would define various terms for these purposes.

Status: 5/31/2023-ln Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

B 294 (Wiener) Housing development projects: floor area ratios. (Introduced: 2/2/2023) Link The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. Current law prohibits a local agency, as defined, from imposing a floor area ratio standard that is less than 1.0 on a housing development project that consists of 3 to 7 units, or less than 1.25 on a housing development project that consists of 8 to 10 units. Current law prohibits a local agency from imposing a lot coverage requirement that would physically preclude a housing development project of not more than 10 unit s from achieving the floor area ratios described above. This bill would delete the 10-unit maximum for eligible projects, and would prohibit a local agency from imposing a floor area ratio standard that is less than 2.5 on a hou sing development project that consists of 11 to 20 units. The bill would prohibit a local agency from impo sing a floor area ratio standard that is less than 1.25 for every ten housing units, rounded to the nearest ten unit s, on a housing development project that consists of more than 20 units .

Status: 4/28/202 3-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was GOV. & F. on 2/15/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
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SB 423 (Wiener) Land use: streamlined housing approvals: multifamily housing developments. (Amended: 5/23/2023) Link
The Planning and Zoning Law author izes a development proponent to submit an application for a multifamily housing development that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process, as provided, and not subject to a condition al use permit, if the development satisfies specified objective planning standards, including, among others, that the development proponent has comm itted to record, prior to the issuance of the first building permit, a land use restriction or covenant providing that any lower or moderate -income housing units required, as specified, remain available at affordab le housing costs, as defined , or rent to persons and families of lower or moderate- income for no less than specified periods of time. Current law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2026. This bill would authorize the Department of General Services to act in the place of a locality or local government, at the discretion of that department, for purposes of the ministerial, streamlined review for development on property owned by or leased to the state.

Status: 6/1/2023 -ln Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Client Position: Oppose
Notes : 5/3/23: EN tagged as pending oppose and sent a draft letter to Jason and Allegra. 5/8/23 AB:
tagged as opposed and submitted letter of opposition through the Legislative portal. 5/8/23: EN emailed letter to delegation.

SB 450 (Atkins) Housing development : approvals. (Amended : 3/16/2023) Link Current law requires a proposed housing development containing no more than 2 residential units with in 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 object ive 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 propo sed housing development if specified conditions are met, including that the building officia l 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 structura l walls to be considered ministeria lly. The bill would prohibit a local agency from impo sing objective zoning standards, objective subdivision standards, and object ive design standard s 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 officia l makes a written finding that the proposed housing development project would have a specific, adverse impact upon the physical environment.

Status: 6/1/2023 -Referred to Corns. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.

SB 634 (Becker) Low Barrier Navigation Center: opportunity housing: use by right: building standards . (Amended : 5/9/2023) Link
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Current law provides that the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) does not apply to an action taken by a public agency to lease, convey, or encumber land owned by a public entity or to facilitate the lease, conveyance, or encumbrance of land owned by a public agency, or to provide financial assistance to, or otherwise approve, a Low Barrier Navigation Center constructed or allowed by existing law. CEQA does not apply to the ministerial approva l of projects. Current law prescribes requirements for notifying a developer that its application for a Low Barrier Navigation Center development is complete and for the local jurisdict ion to comp lete its review of the application. Current law declares that Low Barrier Navigation Center developments are essential too ls for alleviating the homelessness crisis in this state and are a matter of statewide concern and thus applicable to charter cities. Current law repeals these provisions as of January 1, 2027. This bill wou ld additionally require an opportun ity housing project, as defined, to be a use by right if the project has a housing transition plan for a situation when the parcel on which the project is located is no longer suitab le for opport unit y housing projects, as specified. The bill would also expand use by right to include sites used pursuant to Executive Order No. N-23-20 and areas zoned for medica l use or faith-based use. The bill wou ld provide that these provisions do not apply to an opportunity housing project located on a site in a nonresidentia l zone unless the site is located near amenities and services that serve people experiencing homelessness, as specified. The bill, by authorizing additional developments to be a use by right under certain circumstances, would expand the exemption for the ministerial approva l of projects under CEQA.

Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(S). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on S/15/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
SB 747 (Caballero) Land use: economic development: surplus land. (Amended: 5/18/2023) Link Current law authorizes a city, county, or city and county, with the approval of its legislative body by resolution after a public hearing, to acquire, sell, or lease property in furtherance of the creation of an economic opportunity, as defined. Current law specifies the Legislature's intent regarding those provisions. This bill wou ld authorize a city, county, or city and county, in addition to a sale or lease, to otherwise transfer property to create an economic opportunity. The bill would make related, conform ing changes. The bill would additionally state the Legislature's intent is to ensure that residents of the state have access to jobs that allow them to afford housing without the need for public subsidies.

Status: 6/1/2023 -ln Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Client Position: Support
Notes: 4/11/23 SG: Carlsbad Legislative Subcommittee adopt support position 4/12/23 SG/EN: Testified in support in Senate Governance and Finance 4/13/23: EN sent draft letter to Jason and Allegra for review. 4/24/23: SG testified in support in Senate Housing Committee 5/3/23: EN uploaded to Senate Appropriation s and emailed delegation .

SB 834 (Portantino) Housing: California Family Home Construction and Homeownership Bond Act of 2023. (Amended: 5/2/2023) Link
Would enact the California Family Home Construction and Homeownership Bond Act of 2023 (bond act), which , if adopted, wou ld authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $25,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance the California Family Home Construction and Homeownership Program, established as part of the bond act. The bill would authorize the California June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 45 of 58
Housing Finance Agency to award California Socially Responsible Second Mortgage Loans to eligible applicants to use as a down payment or to pay closing costs on the purchase of a new home. The bill would also authorize the agency to award Family Homeownership Opportunity Infrastructure Impro vement Loans to developers to be used for predevelopment infrastructure improvements and other upfront costs typically incurred in connection with new home construction, under specified conditions. The bill wou ld require that moneys received from a loan recipient for the repayment of financing provided under the program be used to pay debt service when due on bonds issued pursuant to the bond act. The bill would also authorize the agency to issue revenue bonds for the purposes of financing the program, as specified.

Status: 5/31/2023-ln Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Open Meetings and Transparency
AB 557 (Hart) Open meetings : local agencies: teleconferences. (Introduced: 2/8/2023) Link The Ralph M. Brown Act allow s for meetings to occur via teleconferencing subject to certain requirements, particu larly that the legislative body notice each teleconference location of each member that will be participating in the public meeting, that each teleconference location be accessible to the public, that members of the public be allowed to address the legislative body at each teleconference location, that the legislative body post an agenda at each teleconference location, and t hat at least a quorum of the legislative body participate from locations within the boundaries of the local agency's jurisdiction. The act provides an exemption to the jurisdictional requirement for health authorities , as defined. Current law, until January 1, 2024, authorizes a local agency to use teleconferencing without comp lying with those specified teleconferencing requirements in specified circumstances when a declared state of emergency is in effect, or in other situations related to public health, as specified . If there is a continuing state of emergency, or if state or local officials have imposed or recommended measures to promote social distancing, current law requires a legislative body to make specified findings not later than 30 days after the first teleconferenced meeting, and to make those findings every 30 days thereafter, in order to continue to meet under these abbreviated teleconferencing procedures. Current law requires a legislative body that holds a teleconferenced meeting under these abbreviated teleconferencing procedures to give notice of the meeting and post agendas, as described, to allow members of the public to access the meeting and address the legislative body, to give notice of the means by which members of the public may access the meeting and offer public comment, including an opportunity for all persons to attend via a call-in option or an internet-based service option. Current law prohibits a legislative body that holds a teleconferenced meeting under these abbreviated teleconferencing procedures from requiring public comments to be submitted in advance of the meeting and would specify that the legislative body must provide an opportunity for the public to address the legislative body and offer comment in real time. This bill would extend the above-described abbreviated teleconferencing provisions when a declared state of emergency is in effect, or in other situat ions related to public health, as specified, indefinitely.

Status: 5/24/2023-Referred to Corns. on GOV. & F. and JUD.

Client Position: Support
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Calendar: 6/7/2023 9 a.m. -10210 Street, Room 2200 SENATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE, CABALLERO, ANNA, Chair,
Notes: 4/7/2023 AB: Submitted letter of Support to the ASM. Local Government Committee and added position. 6/1/23: EN submitted letter to Senate Gov Fi Committee, emailed City and delegation.

AB 817 (Pacheco) Open meetings : teleconferencing: subsidiary body. (Amended : 3/16/2023) Link Current law, until January 1, 2026, authorizes the legislative body of a local agency to use alternative teleconferencing in certain circumstances related to the parti cular member if at least a quorum of its members participate from a singular physical location that is open to the public and situated within the agency's jurisdiction and other requirements are met, includin g restriction s on remote participation by a member of the legislative body. This bill would authorize a subsidiary body, as defined , to use alternative tel econferencing provisions similar to the emergency provisions indefinitel y and without regard to a state of emergency. In order to use teleconferencing pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown 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 month s thereafter.

Status: 5/5/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was L. GOV. on 3/16/2023)( May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Client Position: Support
Notes : 4/20/23: EN tagged as support and added Carlsbad to support coalition lett er and submitt ed to the portal.

SB 537 (Becker) Open meetings: multijurisdictional, cross-county agencies: teleconferences. (Amended : 4/24/2023) Link
Current law, under the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires that , durin g a teleconference , at least a quorum of the members of the legislativ e body parti cipat e from location s within the boundaries of th e territ ory over which the local agency exercises juri sdiction . The act provides an exemption to the jurisdictional requirem ent for health authoritie s, as defined . Current law, until January 1, 2024, authorizes the legislative body of a local agency to use alternate teleconf erencing provisions during a proclaimed state of emergency or in other situ ations related to public health that exempt a legislativ e body from the general requirement s (emergency provisions) and impo se different requi rement s for notice, agenda, and public participation, as prescribed . The emergency provisions specify that they do not require a legislativ e body to provide a physical location from which the public may attend or commen t. Current law, until January 1, 2026, authorizes the legislative body of a local agency to use alternative tele conferencing in certain circumstances related to the particular member if at least a quorum of its members participate from a singular physical location that is open to the public and situated within the agency's jurisdiction and other requirements are met, including restrictions on remote participation by a member of the legislativ e body. These circumstance s include if a member shows "just cause," including for a childcare or caregiving need of a relative that require s the memb er to participate remotely. This bill would expand the circumstances of "just cause" to apply to the situation in which an immunocompromised child, parent, grandparent , or other specified relat ive requir es the member to participate remote ly.

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Status: 5/31/2023-ln Assembly. Read first time . Held at Desk.

Public Safety and EMS
AB 40 (Rodriguez) Emergency medical services. (Amended: 5/18/2023) Link Among other duties, existing law requires the Emergency Medical Services Authority to develop planning and implementation guidelines for EMS systems, provide techni cal assistance to existing agencies, counties , and cities for the purpose of developing the components of EMS systems, and receive plans for the implementation of EMS and trauma care systems from local EMS agencies. Current law makes a violation of the act or regulations adopted pursuant to the act punishable as a misdemeanor. This bill would require the authority to develop an electronic signature for use between the emergency department medical personnel at a receiving hospital and the transporting emergency 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 ambu lance patient offload time , as defined . The bill would require every local EMS agency to develop a standard not to exceed 30 minutes , 90% of the time, for ambulance patient offload time. The bill would require the authority to adopt emergency regulations to implement these provisions on or before March 1, 2024.

Status: 5/26/2023 -ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Client Position: Support
Notes: 4/20/23 : EN tagged as pending support . 4/20/23 SG: Draft letter of support sent to City 5/8/23 :

EN submitted to Asm Approps, emailed delegation, and tagged as support .

AB 93 (Bryan) Criminal procedure: consensual searches. (Amended: 5/30/2023) Link Would prohibit a peace officer or law enforcement agency from conducting a warrantless search of a vehicle, person, or their effects , based solely on a person's consent unless the officer has reasonable and articulable suspicion to believe they contain evidence of a crime. The bill would specify that consent to conduct a search is not lawful justification for a search unless the officer also has reasonable and articulable suspicion to believe the search would uncover evidence of a crime. The bill would require a peace officer to inform a person of their right to refuse a consent search and to document their consent in a written form, as specified. By imposing new duties on law enforcement agencies, this bill would impo se a state -mandated local program.

Status: 6/2/2023 -Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(8). (Last location was THIRD READING on 3/8/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
AB 742 (Jackson) Law enforcement: police canines. (Amended: 5/18/2023) Link Would prohibit the use of an unleashed police canine by law enforcement to apprehend a person unless the person is being pursued for a felony that threatened or resulted in the death of or serious bodily injury to another person and the person poses an imminent danger of death or serious bodi ly injury to the officer or to another person and any use of a police canine for crowd control. The bill would prohibit a police canine from being used to bite unless there is an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to the officer or another person by the person against whom the canine is used. The bill would attribute the death of or serious bodily injury to a person caused by a police canine to the ca nine's June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 48 of 58
handler as constituti ng deadly force. The bill wou ld prohibit law enforcement agencies from authorizing any use or training of a police canine that is inconsistent with thi s bill.

Status: 6/2/2023 -Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(8). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 5/31/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Client Position: Oppose
Notes: 4/20/23: EN tagged as pending oppose. 4/20/23 SG: Sent draft oppose letter to t he City. 5/8/23 AB: tagged as oppose and submitted letter of opposit ion through the Legislative porta l. 5/8/23: EN emailed letter to delegation.

AB 797 (Weber) Local government: police review boards. (Amended : 3/23/2023) Link Current law requires each department or agency in thi s state that empl oys peace officers to establish a procedure to investigate complaints by members of the public against the personnel of these departme nts or agencies, and to make a wri tten description of thi s procedure available to the public.

Current law also requ ires each department or agency to keep and maintain records of comp laints and investigations , as specified. This bill would require t he governi ng body of each city and county to, by January 15, 2025, create an indepe ndent commu nity-based commission on law enforcement officer practices. The bill wou ld auth orize each commission to, among other things, conduct independent investigations of complaints against a police offi cer or sheriff alleging physical injury to a person, including injuri es resultin g in a person's death.

Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 3/23/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
AB 1082 (Kalra) Authority to remove vehicles. (Amended: 5/19/2023) Link Current law authorizes a peace officer, as defined, or a regular ly employed and salaried employee, who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcin g parking laws and regulations, of a city, county, or jurisdiction of a state agency in w hich a vehicle is located, to remove a vehicle located withi n the territo rial limits in which the officer or employee may act, under designated circumstances, including, but not limited to, when a vehicle is found upon a highway or public land or removed pursuant to the Vehicle Code, and has been issued 5 or more notices of parking vio lati ons to which the owner or person in contro l of the vehicle has not responded within a designated time period. Under current law, a vehicle that has been removed and impounded under those circumsta nces that is not released may be subject to a lien sale to compe nsate for the costs of towage and for caring for and keeping safe the vehicle. Current law authorize s a peace officer and specified public emp loyees, as an alternative to removal of a vehicle, to immobi lize th e vehicle with a device designed and manufactured for that purpose, if, among other circumstances, the vehicle is found upon a highway or public lands by the peace officer or emp loyee and it is known to have been issued 5 or more notices of parking violations that are delinquent because the owner or person in cont rol of the vehicle has not responded to the appropr iate agency withi n a designated time perio d. This bill would instead allow only an agent of public higher educationa l institutions, including the University of California, California State University, and California Community Colleges, to remove or immobilize a vehicle under those circumstances.

Status: 6/1/2023-ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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AB 1188 (Boerner) Transportation: bicycle safety handbook. (Amended: 4/17/2023) Link Would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, require the Transportation Agency to develop and distribute, on or before September 1, 2024, a bicycle safety handbook that includes information on, among other things, existing laws regulating bicycles and e-bikes, safety equipment, and sharing roads and bikeways with other users, as specified. The bill would require the agency to make a downloadable electronic version of the bicycle safety handbook available on the internet, as specified, and in print at all Department of Motor Vehicles offices, state libraries, Department of the California Highway Patrol office s, and other appropriate state offices. In developing the handbook, the bill would require collaboration and consultation between the agency and the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the California Office of Traffic Safety, the Department of Transportation, and other relevant stakeholders, as specified.

Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(S). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/17/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Client Position: Support
Notes: 4/14/23 : Letter sent to Jason for approval. Letter due 4/17 by noon . 4/17 /23: EN submitted letter to Assembly and emailed Celia in TBH office.
· AB 1329 (Maienschein) County jail incarcerated persons: identification card pilot program. (Amended: 4/12/2023) Link
Current law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to ensure that any eligible inmate, as defined, released from state prison has a valid identification card. Current law authorizes the Department of Correction s and Rehabilitation and the DMV to provide a renewed driver's license in lieu of an identification card if the inmate meets specified criteria. Existing law defines "eligible inmate," in part, as a person who has previously held a California driver' s license or identification card, who has a usable photo on file with the Department of Motor Vehicles, and who meets certain requirements, including that they have provided, and the Department of Motor Vehicles has verified, specified information, such as the inmate 's true full name. Current law require s the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation , to the extent administratively feasible and within available resources, to facilitate the process between an eligible inmate and the agencies holding documentation required for the issuance of an identification card, as specified. This bill would authorize the Sheriff's Department of the County of San Diego and the DMV to implement a pilot program based on the above-described provisions to provide eligible incarcerated persons, as defined , a valid identification card or driver's license when they are released from a County of San Diego detention facility .

Status: 5/26/202 3-ln Senate. Read first time . To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 1463 (Lowenthal) Automated license plate recognition systems: retention and use of information . (Amended: 5/1/2023) Link
Current law require s automated license plate recognition (ALPR) operator s and ALPR end-users, as those term s are defined , to implement usage and privacy policies and to maintain reasonable security procedure s and practices regarding ALPR information, as specified. Current law requires the usage and June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 50 of 58
privacy policy implem ented by an ALPR operator or an ALPR end-user to include the length of time ALPR information wi ll be retained and the process the ALPR operat or or ALPR end-user w ill utilize to determine if and when to destroy retained ALPR information . This bill would require an ALPR operator or ALPR end-user that is a public agency, excluding an airport authority, to include in those policies, procedures, and practices a requirement that ALPR information that does not mat ch information on a hot list, as defined, be purged in 30 days, as specified. The bill wo uld also prohibit those ALPR operator s and end-users from accessing an ALPR system that retains that unmat ched ALPR infor mation for more than 60 days, as specified.

Status: 6/1/2023-Rea d third time. Passed. Ordered to th e Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 15.) In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 1708 (Muratsuchi) Theft . (Amended : 4/12/2023) Link The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacte d by Proposition 47, as approved by the vote rs at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election , defines and prohibits an act of shopliftin g and prohibits prosecution for an act of shopliftin g under any other law. This bill would refine t he definition of shopliftin g and would specifically exclude certai n offenses from prosecution as shoplifting , includ ing, among others, th e theft of a firearm or vehicle, identity theft, and credit card fraud .

Status: 5/19/2023- Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(S). (Last location was PUB. S. on 4/17/2023 )(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Client Position: Support
Notes: 4/18/23: EN testified in committ ee.

SB 2 (Portantino) Firearms. (Amended : 3/1/2023) Link
Current law prohibits a person from carrying a concealed firearm or carrying a loaded firearm in public.

Current law authorizes a licensing authority , as specified, if good cause exists for the issuance, and subject to certain other criteria includin g, among other things, the applicant is of good moral character and has comp leted a specified course of training, to issue a license to carry a concealed handgun or to carry a loaded and exposed handgun, as specified . Under current law, the required course of train ing for an applicant is no more than 16 hours and covers firearm safety and laws regarding the permissible use of a fi rearm. This bill would require the licensing auth ority to issue or renew a license if the applicant is not a disqualified person for the license and the applicant is at least 21 years of age. The bill would remove the good characte r and good cause requirements from t he issuance criteria. Under the bill, the applica nt wou ld be a disqualified person if they, among other things, are reasonably likely to be a danger to self, others, or the comm unit y at large, as specified. This bill would add the requirement that the applicant be the recorded owner, with the Department of Justice, of the pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person. This bill would change t he tra ining requirement to be no less than 16 hours in lengt h and would add additi onal subjects to the course including, among other thin gs, the safe storage and legal transportat ion of firearms.

Status: 5/25/2023-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly.

Read first tim e. Held at Desk.

SB 44 (Umberg) Controlled substances. (Amended : 4/13/2023) Link June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 51 of 58
Current law makes it a crime to possess for sale or purchase for purpose of sale, tran sport, import, sell, furnish, administer, give away, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, derive, process, or pre pare vario us controlled substance s, including , among others , fentanyl, peyote , and various other opiates and narcotics. This bill, Alexandra's Law, would require the court to advise a person who is convicted of, or who pleads guilty or no contest to, the above crimes, as specified, of the danger of sellin g or admini st ering illicit dru gs and counterfeit pills and that , if a person dies as a result of that action, the defendant can be charged w ith homi cide. The bill would require the court to read the advisory state ment in a case in which the defendant exchanged a controll ed substance containing fentanyl or its analogs for anything else of value, as specified. The bill would requi re the advisory stat ement to be included in a plea form, if used, and specifi ed on the record.

Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. 5. on 4/13/2 023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
SB 400 (Wahab) Peace officers: confidentia lity of records. (Amended: 4/12/2023) Link The Californi a Public Records Act generally requires public records to be open for inspection by the public. Current law provide s num erous exceptions to this requirement. Under current law, the personnel records of peace officers and custodial officers are confidential and not subject to public inspection. Current law provide s certain exemp tion s to this confidentiality , including the report s, investigations, and finding s of certain incident s involving the use of force by a peace officer. This bill would clarify th at thi s confid entiality does not prohibit an agency that formerly employed a peace officer or custodia l officer from disclosing the t ermination for cause of that officer, as specified.

Status: 5/26/2023-Referred to Com. on PUB. 5.

Calendar : 6/13/2023 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 126 ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY, JONES-SAWYER, REGINALD, Chair,
SB 719 (Becker) Law enforcement agencies: radio communications. (Amended : 3/29/2023) Link Current law est ablishes the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) to make specifi ed criminal justice datab ases, including individual criminal histori es, wanted and missing persons, and stolen firearms, vehicles, and property, available to participating law enforcement agencies. Current law prohibits unauthori zed access to CLETS and the unlawfu l use of CLETS information by authorized users. Current law authorizes the Attorney General to adopt policie s, procedures, and practices related to the use of CLETS. These rules require a particip ating agency to restrict access to CLETS and define "access" as th e ability to see or hear any information obtained from CLETS. This bill would require a law enforcement agency, includin g the Departm ent of the California Highway Patrol, muni cipal police departm ents, county sheriff' s departments, specified local law enfor cement agencies, and specified university and college police departments, t o, by no later than January 1, 2024, ensure public access, in real time, to the radio communi cation s of that agency, as specified.

Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(S). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 4/24/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Revenue and Taxation
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ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry) Local government financing: affordable housing and public infrastructure: voter approval. (Amended: 5/30/2023) Link
The California Constitution prohibits th e ad valorem tax rate on real property from exceeding 1% of the full cash value of the property, subject to certain exceptions. This measure would create an additional exception to the 1% limit that would authorize a city, county, city and county, or special district to levy an ad valorem tax to service bonded indebtedness incurred to fund the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of public infrastructure, affordable housing, or permanent supportive housing, or the acquisition or lease of real property for those purposes, if the proposition proposing that tax is approved by 55% of the voters of the city, county, or city and county, as applicable, and the proposition include s specified accountability requirement s. The measure would specify that these provisions apply to any city, county, city and county, or special distri ct measure impo sing an ad valorem tax to pay the interest and redemption charges on bonded indebtedn ess for these purposes that is submitted at the same election as this measure.

Status: 5/31/2023-Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

Transportation and Public Works
AB 6 (Friedman) Transportation planning: regional transportation plans: Solutions for Congested Corridors Program: reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. (Amended: 3/16/2023) Link Current law require s that each regional tran sporta tion plan also include a sustainable communities strategy prepared by each metropolitan planning organization in order to, among other things, achieve certain targets established by the State Air Resources Board for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles and light trucks in the region for 2020 and 2035, respectively. This bill would require the state board, after January 1, 2024, and not later than September 30, 2026, to establish additional targets for 2035 and 2045, respectively, as specified.

Status: 6/1/2023 -Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 19.) In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 7 (Friedman) Transportation: planning: project selection processes. (Amended : 5/25/2023) Link Current law establishes within state government the Transportation Agency, which consists of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the California Transportation Commission, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Transportation, the High-Speed Rail Authority, and the Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun. The agency is under the supervis ion of the Secretary of Transportation. The secretary, among other duties, is charged with developing and reporting to the Governor on legislative, budgetary, and administrative programs to accomplish coordinat ed planning and policy formulation in matters of public intere st, including transportation projects. On and after January 1, 2025, and to the extent possible, feasible, applicable, and cost effective, this bill would require the agency, the Department ofTransportation , and the California Transportation Commission to incorporat e specified principle s into their processes for project development, selection, and implementation.

Status: 6/1/2023-ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 334 (Rubio, Blanca) Public contracts: conflicts of interest . (Amended : 5/30/2023) Link June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 53 of 58
Current law prohibits members of the Legislature and state, county, district, judicial district, and city officers or employees from being financially interested in any contract made by them in their official capacity, or by any body or board of which they are members. Current law authorizes the Fair Political Practices Commission to commence an administrative or civil action against persons who violate this prohibition, as prescribed, and includes provisions for the collection of penalties after the time for judicial review of a commission order or decision has lapsed, or if all means of judicial review of the order or decision have been exhausted. Existing law identifies certain remote interests in contracts that are not subject to this prohibition and other situations in which an official is not deemed to be financially interested in a contract. This bill 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. The bill would authorize a public agency to enter into a contract with an independent contractor who is an officer for a later phase of the same project if the independent contractor did not participate in the making of the subsequent contract and specified requirements are met.

Status: 5/30/2023-From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

Calendar: 6/6/2023 9:30 a.m. - 10210 Street, Room 2100 SENATE ELECTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, GLAZER, STEVE, Chair,
AB 965 (Carrillo, Juan) Local government: broadband permit applications. (Amended: 5/1/2023) Link Would require a local agency to undertake batch broadband permit processing, as defined, upon receiving 2 or more broadband permit applications for substantially similar broadband project sites submitted at the same time by the same applicant, within a presumptively reasonable time, as defined.

The bill would define "local agency" for these purposes to mean a city, county, city and county, charter city, special district, or, subject to specified exceptions, publicly owned utility. If a local agency does not approve those broadband permit applications for substantially similar broadband project sites and issue permits, or reject the applications and notify the applicants, within the presumptively reasonable time, the bill would require that all of those permits be deemed approved. The bill would authorize a local agency to place reasonable limits on the number of broadband project sites that are grouped into a single permit while undertaking batch broadband permit processing, as specified. The bill would provide that a local agency may only remove a broadband project site from grouping under a single permit under mutual agreement with the applicant or to expedite the approval of other substantially similar broadband project sites. The bill would specify that these provisions do not apply to eligible facility requests, as defined.

Status: 5/31/2023 -Referred to Corns. on E., U. & C. and GOV. & F.

AB 971 (Lee) Vehicles: transit-only traffic lanes. (Amended: 6/1/2023) Link Current law prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle, or stopping, parking, or leaving a vehicle standing, on a portion of the highway designated for the exclusive use of public transit buses, subject to specified exceptions. Current law also requires a public transit agency, with the agreement of the agency with jurisdiction over the highway, to place and maintain signs and traffic control devices indicating that a portion of a highway is designated for the exclusive use of public transit buses, as specified. This bill June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 54 of 58
would instead make these provisions applicable to transit-only traffic lanes. The bill wou ld define tran sit-only traffi c lanes as any designated transit-only lane on which use is restricted to mass tran sit vehicles, or other designated vehicles includin g taxis and vanpoo ls, durin g posted tim es. The bill would instead require a publi c transit agency or the agency with jurisdiction over the highway to place and maintain signs and traffic control devices indicating that a portion of highway is designated as a transit­ only traffic lane and require the publ ic transit agency and the agency with jurisdiction over the highway to develop these signs and traffic control devices in coordinatio n with one another.

Status: 6/1/2023-F rom committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refe r to comm ittee.

Read second time, amen ded, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

Calendar : 6/13/2023 1:30 p.m. -102 10 Street, Room 1200 SENATE TRANSPORTATION, GONZALEZ, LENA, Chair,
SB 295 (Dodd) Vehicles: regulations on public property. (Amended: 3/15/2023) Link Current law authorizes a public agency to adopt rules or regulations to restrict, or specify the conditi ons for, the use of bicycles, motori zed bicycles, elect ric bicycles, skateboard s, electrically motor ized boards, and roller skates on public property under the juri sdiction of that agency, as specified. This bill would additiona lly incl ude certain tran sportation devices for the purposes of this provi sion, including, among other things, scoote rs, pocket bicycles, and golf carts, as specified .

Status: 5/26/2023-Refe rred t o Com. on TRANS.

SB 381 (Min) Electric bicycles: study. (Amended: 3/14/2023) Link Would require the Mineta Transportation Instit ute at San Jose State University, in consultation with relevant stakehold ers, to, on or before January 1, 2026, conduct a study on electri c bicycles to infor m efforts to impro ve the safety of users of the transportation system, and to submit a report of th e findin gs from the stud y to the Legislature. The bill would require the study to examine, identify, and analyze available inform ation regarding, among ot her thin gs, data on injuries, crashes, emergency room visits, and death s related to bicycles and electric bicycles and best practices for policy to promote safe use of electr ic bicycles.

Status: 5/4/2 023-Referred to Com. on TRANS.

Client Position: Support
Note s: 5/8/23 AB: Added tra cking form, tagged supp ort and submitt ed lette r to support t hrough the Legislative portal. 5/8/23: EN emailed lett er to delegation. 6/6/23: EN submitted to Asm Transportatio n and emailed City, delegation, and governor's office.

SB 538 (Portantino) Department of Transportation : Chief Advisor on Bicycling and Active Transportation. (Amended: 4/18/2023) Link
Current law establishes the Department of Transportati on and provides that the Director of Transportation shall perform all duti es, exercise all powers and juri sdiction, assume and discharge all responsi biliti es, and carry out and effect all purposes vested by law in the department, except as otherwise provided by law. This bill wou ld require the director to appoint a Chief Advisor on Bicycling June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 55 of 58
and Active Transportation, to serve as th e department' s primary advisor on all issues related to bicycle transp ortation , safety, and infrastructure, as specified.

Status: 5/26/2023 -Referred to Com. on TRANS.

SB 677 (Blakespear) Intercity rail: LOSSAN Rail Corridor. (Amended: 4/17/2023) Link Current law authorizes the Depart ment of Transportation , subject to approval of the Secretary of Transportation, to enter into an interagency transfer agreement under which a joint powe rs board assumes responsibility for administering the state-funded intercity rail service in a parti cular corridor , including the LOSSAN Rail Corridor. Current law provide s for the allocation of stat e funds by the secretary to a joint powers board under an interagency transfer agreement based on an annual business plan for th e inter city rail corridor and subsequent appropriation of state funds. Existing law requires the joint powers board to submit the annual business plan to the secretary for review and recommendat ion by April 1 of each year. Current law require s the business plan to include, among other thing s, a report on the performance of the corridor service, an overall operating plan, short-term and long-term capita l improvement programs, funding requirements for the upcoming fiscal year, and an action plan with specifi c performance goals and objectives. This bill would require the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, as part of the annual business plan submitted to the secretary, to includ e a description of the effects of climate change on the LOSSAN corridor , to identify project s planned to increase climate resiliency on the corridor, and to discuss possible funding options for tho se identified project s, as specifi ed. To the extent the bill would add to the duti es of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, the bill would impose a state­ mandated local program.

Status: 5/18/2 023-Referred to Com. on TRANS.

SB 706 (Caballero) Public contracts: progressive design-build: local agencies. (Amended: 4/10/2023) Link
Current law, until January 1, 2029, authoriz es local agencies, defined as any city, county , city and county, or special district authori zed by law to provid e for the production , storage, supply, treatment, or distribution of any water from any source, to use the progressive design-build process for up to 15 public works projects in excess of $5,000,000 for each project, simil ar to the progressive design-build process auth orized for use by the Director of General Services. Current law requires a local agency that uses the progressive design-build process to submit, no later than January 1, 2028, to the appropriate policy and fiscal comm itte es of the Legislature a report on the use of the progr essive design-build process containin g specified information , including a description of the projects awarded using the progressive design-build process. Current law requi res the design-build entity and its general partn ers or joint ventur e members to verify specified information under penalty of perjury. This bill would auth orize all cities, counti es, city and countie s, or special district s to use the progressive design-build process for other projects in addition to water-re lated projects and would extend th ese provisions until January 1, 2030. The bill wou ld change th e requir ed report ing date to no later than December 31, 2028.

Status: 5/4/2023 -Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

Water and Wastewater
AB 62 (Mathis) Statewide water storage: expansion. (Amended: 4/20/2023) Link Jun e 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 56 of 58
Current law establishes within the Natura l Resources Agency the State Water Resources Contro l Board and the California regional water quality control boards. Current law requires the work of the state board to be divided into at least 2 divisions, known as the Division of Water Rights and the Division of Water Quality. This bill would establish a statewide goal to increase above- and below -ground water storage capacity by a tota l of 3,700,000 acre-feet by the year 2030 and a total of 4,000,000 acre-feet by the year 2040. The bill would require the Department of Water Resources, in consultation with the state board, to take reasonable actions to promote or assist efforts to achieve the statewide goal, as provided. The bill would require the department, beginning July 1, 2027, and on or before July 1 every 2 years thereafter until January 1, 2043, in consultation with the state board, to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on the progress made to achieve the statewide goal.

Status: 5/19/2023 -Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(S). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/10/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
AB 305 (Villapudua) California Flood Protection Bond Act of 2024. (Amended: 4/25/2023) Link Would enact the California Flood Protection Bond Act of 2024 which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $4,500,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law for flood protection projects, as specified. The bill would provide for the submission of these provisions to the voters at the November 5, 2024, statewide general election.

Status: 6/1/2023 -ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 676 (Bennett) Water : general state policy. (Amended: 5/4/2023) Link Current law establishes various state water policies, including the policy that the use of water for domestic purposes is the highest use of water and that the next highest use is for irrigation. This bill would provide specific examples of the use of water for domestic purposes, including, but not limited to, sustenance of human beings and household conveniences.

Status: 5/31/2023-Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

AB 1572 (Friedman) Potable water: nonfunctional turf. (Amended: 5/18/2023) Link (l)Exist ing law establishes various state water policies, including the policy that the use of water for domestic purposes is the highest use of water.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations concerning water use, including that the use of potable water to irrigate nonfunctional turf is wasteful and incompatible with state policy relating to climate change, water conservation, and reduced relian ce on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta ecosystem. The bill would direct all appropriate state agencies to encourage and support the elimination of irrigation of nonfunctional turf with potable water. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Status: 6/1/2023 -ln Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 1596 (Alvarez) Watershed, Clean Beaches, and Water Quality Act: beaches: water quality. (Introduced: 2/17/2023) Link
Existing law, the Watershed, Clean Beaches, and Water Quality Act, among other things , provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that the purpose of maintaining clean beaches, clean water, and an integrated and coordinated watershed program is to protect beaches, coastal waters, rivers, lakes, and June 13, 2023 Item #2 Page 57 of 58
streams from contaminants, pollut ion, and other environmental threats. The act requires the State Water Resources Contro l Board, in consultation with the State Coastal Conservancy, to award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for projects designed to improve water quality at public beaches, as specified. This bill wou ld require the board, to the extent feasible, to identify and implement projects to improve beach access and address ocean water quality on public beaches that experience significant restrictions of use, as defined, due to bacteria levels that exceed public health standards, whether the source is from urban runoff or transboundary flows.

Status: 4/28/2023 -Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was E.S. & T.M. on 3/9/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
ACA 2 (Alanis) Public resources: Water and Wildfire Resiliency Act of 2023. (Introduced: 12/5/2022) Link
Would establish the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund within the State Treasury, and wou ld require the Treasurer to annually transfer an amount equa l to 3% of all state revenues that may be appropriated as described from the General Fund to the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund. The measure would require the moneys in the fund to be appropriated by the Legislatu re and would require t hat 50% of the moneys in the fund be used for water projects, as specified, and that the other 50% of the moneys in the fund be used for forest maintenance and health projects, as specified.

Status: 4/20/2023 -Referred to Corns. on W., P., & W. and NAT. RES.

SB 745 (Cortese) The Drought-Resistant Buildings Act. (Amended: 4/20/2023) Link Would require the Californi a Building Standards Commission to research, develop, adopt , approve, codify, and publish voluntary and mandatory building standards to reduce potable water use in new residential and nonresidential buildings, as specified. The bill would require the commission to perform a review of voluntary and mandatory water efficiency and water reuse standards in the California Buildings Standards Code every 3 years, commencing with the next triennial edition, and update as needed.

Status: 6/5/2023 -Re-referred to Corns. on E.S. & T.M. and H. & C.D. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

Calendar : 6/20/2023 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 444 ASSEMBLY ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND TOXIC MATERIALS, LEE, ALEX, Chair,
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