Agenda packet — Chino City Council, September 16, 2025 (part 1 of 12)

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CHINO CITY COUNCIL

SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
13220 CENTRAL AVENUE
CHINO, CA 91710
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2025

REGULAR MEETING
AGENDA
CLOSED SESSION – 4:30 PM
OPEN SESSION – 6:00 PM
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ROLL CALL
Mayor Eunice M. Ulloa, Mayor Pro Tem Curtis Burton, Council Member Karen C. Comstock, Council Member Christopher Flores, Council Member Marc Lucio.

CLOSED SESSION PUBLIC COMMENTS
This is the time and place for the general public to address the City Council about the closed session items. Ordinance No. 97-08 (Chino Municipal Code Section 2.04.090) limits speakers to no more than five (5) minutes in which to address the Council, except as provided under Government Code 54954.3(b)(2).

CLOSED SESSION

1. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957
Title: City Manager

2. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency designated representatives: Fred Galante, City Attorney Unrepresented employee: City Manager
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3. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6; Agency Negotiator: Terry Doyle, Director of Human Resources/Risk Management Employee Organizations: Chino City Hall Confidential Employee Association; Chino Police Management Association (CPMA); Chino Police Officers Association (CPOA); Chino Police Professional Employees Association (CPPEA); Teamsters Local 1932 Professional, Technical and Clerical Unit; American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME District Council 36 - Local 3183); Unrepresented Management Sworn and Professional; Executive Management and Deputy Directors; and Part-time Employees

FLAG SALUTE

CEREMONIALS
Proclamations
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Day - Proclaim October 4, 2025 as Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Day in the City of Chino.

Presentations
Retirement Recognition - Recognition of Chino Finance Department Employee Caryl Wheeler in recognition of 26 years of dedicated service to the City of Chino.

City of Chino Finance Department Purchasing Division Recognition - Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award for 2025.

REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION

AGENDA ADDITIONS/REVISIONS

INFORMATION
External Agency Report for September 16, 2025. Receive and file the External Agency Report for September 16, 2025 (Covering Meetings from July 1 - July 31, 2025).

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
This is the time and place for the Mayor to inform the public of all upcoming events and past occurrences of communitywide interest and concern.

PUBLIC COMMENTS
This is the time and place for the general public to address the City Council about subjects that do not appear elsewhere on the agenda. Due to Council policy and Brown Act requirements, action will not be taken on any issues not on the Agenda. Ordinance No. 97-08 (Chino Municipal Code Section

2.04.090) limits speakers to no more than five (5) minutes in which to address Council, except as provided under Government Code 54954.3(b)(2). If more than three (3) persons seek to address the same agenda item or the same subject matter, the Mayor shall establish a maximum period of time not to exceed thirty (30) minutes.
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CONSENT CALENDAR
At this time, members of the public may present testimony as to why an item should be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion. Unless a member of the public or City Council requests that an item be removed from the Consent Calendar, all items will be acted upon as a whole and by one vote. Items placed on the Consent Calendar represent routine expenditures and/or actions that support ongoing City operations.

1. Warrants. Approve expenses as audited and within budget for warrants 7771996 to 7772269, and Electronic Fund Transfers 524989E to 525087E totaling $5,249,058.49

2. Minutes. Regular Meeting Minutes for (a) September 2, 2025 (Mayor Ulloa Absent-Excused) and (b) April 18, 2023 (All Members Present).

3. Elected City Officials’ Report Regarding Travel, Training, and Meetings. Receive and file the Elected City Officials’ Report reflecting City Council business related expenses incurred by the City.

4. Report on Priority State and Federal Legislative Issues. Receive and file the Priority Legislative Items Report dated September 16, 2025, the Tracked State Legislation Report; and Position Letters on Legislation for September 16, 2025.

5. 2024-2025 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). Receive and file the 2024-2025 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).

6. Adoption of Ordinance No. 2025-006 (Second Reading), Amending Title 20 (Zoning), Chapter

20.03 (Zoning Districts and Zoning Map) of the Chino Municipal Code. Approve the adoption of Ordinance No. 2025-006, amending Title 20 (Zoning), Chapter 20.03 (Zoning Districts and Zoning Map) of the Chino Municipal Code to incorporate targeted zoning map amendments proposed to better align zoning.

7. Approve Revisions to Job Descriptions Based on Citywide Classification and Compensation Study. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-057 approving updated job descriptions as a result of the Citywide Classification and Compensation Study.

8. Memorandum of Understanding, Compensation, and Salary Adjustments - Teamsters Local 1932 Professional, Technical and Clerical Unit. Approve Resolution No. 2025-064 approving the MOU with Teamsters; Resolution No. 2025-065 to amend the City Classification and Compensation Schedules; and Appropriations in the amount of $365,445.42 to various funds for FY 2025-26.

9. Adoption of 2025 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update. Adoption of Resolution No. 2025-060 (rescinding 2018-022), approving the City of Chino's 2025 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update and authorizing future non-substantive amendments to the plan.

10. Professional Service Agreement - Southstar Engineering and Consulting, Inc. for Civil Engineering Design Services for the Sewer Line Rehabilitation Fiscal Year 2026 Project (SW260). Award a Professional Service Agreement to Southstar Engineering, Inc. for Civil Engineering Design Services for the Sewer Line Rehabilitation Fiscal Year 2026 Project (SW260) for $363,990.
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11. Adoption of the Measure I Five-Year Capital Project Needs Analysis (CPNA) for FY 2026/2027 – 2030/2031. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-059, approving the Measure I Five-Year Capital Project Needs Analysis for Fiscal Years 2026/2027 to 2030/2031.

12. Final Acceptance of Public Improvements for Site Approval PL20-0029 located at 13404 Yorba Avenue. Accept public improvements as complete for PL20-0029 (SA); authorize release of the performance bond and initiate the warranty bond; and authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents on behalf of the City.

13. Public Improvement Agreement with Chaffey Community College District for public improvements generally located at the intersection of Satterfield Way and Eucalyptus Avenue.

Approve the Public Improvement Agreement and associated securities with Chaffey Community College District for public improvements generally located at the intersection of Satterfield Way and Eucalyptus Avenue.

14. Conditional Approval of a Covenant Agreement to Annex for Sanitary Sewer Service and request approval from the San Bernardino Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) for sanitary sewer service for the property located at 12058 Roswell Avenue (proposed Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) and primary residence) within the City of Chino’s Sphere of Influence.

Adopt Resolution No. 2025-062 conditionally approving a Covenant Agreement to Annex for Sanitary Sewer; request approval from LAFCO for sanitary sewer service for the property at 12058 Roswell Avenue.

15. Conditional Approval of a Covenant Agreement to Annex for Sanitary Sewer Service and request approval from the San Bernardino Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) for sanitary sewer service for the property located at 13140 Roswell Avenue (new Accessory Dwelling Unit and primary residence) within the City of Chino’s Sphere of Influence. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-063 conditionally approving a Covenant Agreement to Annex for Sanitary Sewer; request approval from LAFCO for sanitary sewer service for the property at 13140 Roswell Avenue.

16. Conditional Approval of a Covenant Agreement to Annex for Sanitary Sewer Service and request approval from the San Bernardino Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) for sanitary sewer service for the property located at 13252 Roswell Avenue (new Accessory Dwelling Units and primary residence) within the City of Chino’s Sphere of Influence. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-061 conditionally approving a Covenant Agreement to Annex for Sanitary Sewer; request approval from LAFCO for sanitary sewer service for the property at 13252 Roswell Avenue.

PUBLIC HEARING
Prior to the vote of the City Council, any member of the audience will have the opportunity to address Council on any items listed under Public Hearings. Council requests, but it is not required, that you state your name and address prior to making any remarks.

17. Appeal of Planning Commission action approving the Chino Gateway Terminal Project. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-058, denying the appeal and thereby upholding the approval of PL24-0097, PL24-0098, and PL24-0120, based upon the findings and subject to the departmental conditions of approval.

Staff Report By: Kim Le, Senior Planner
RECOMMENDATION: Conduct a Public Hearing; Adopt Resolution No. 2025-058, denying the appeal and thereby upholding the approval of PL24-0097 (Special Conditional Use Permit), PL24-0098 (Site Approval) and PL24-0120 (Special Conditional Use Permit), based upon the findings and subject to the departmental conditions of approval. 4 CHINO CITY COUNCIL
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NEW BUSINESS

18. 2025 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Annual Report. Receive and file the 2025 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Annual Report.

Staff Report By: Lisa Almilli, Citywide Accessibility Coordinator RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file the 2025 ADA Annual Report which documents the accessibility improvements completed in FY24 and FY25, outlines minor revisions to the schedule for future projects, and provides an overview of accessibility projects planned for FY26.

19. Construction credit/reimbursement agreement with Lennar Homes of California, a California corporation for the construction of public improvements for Tract Map No. 18972 (University Park). Approve Construction Reimbursement Agreement - Tract Map No.18972 Lennar Homes of California.

Staff Report By: Sylvia Ramos, Contracts & DIF Administrator RECOMMENDATION: 1) Appropriate and authorize the reimbursement of $302,591.16 from the Citywide Circulation (Streets, Signals & Bridges) Development Impact Fee Fund 220; 2) appropriate and authorize the reimbursement of $250,428.00 from the Citywide Water Source Storage and Distribution Development Impact Fee Fund 253; 3) approve a Construction Credit/Reimbursement Agreement with Lennar Homes of California, LLC, a California corporation, in an amount not to exceed $553,019.16 for the construction of master-planned public facilities required as a condition of approval for Tract Map No. 18972; and 4) authorize the City Manager to execute all the necessary documents on behalf of the City.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS
This is the time and place for the Mayor and Council Members to report on prescheduled Council Committee Assignment Meetings that were held since the last Regular Council Meeting, and any other items of interest. Upon request by an individual Council Member, the City Council may choose to take action on any of the subject matters listed below.

Mayor Ulloa

20. Community Support Fund – Mayor Ulloa. Approve community support fund $500 contribution to American Cancer Society for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Fundraiser.

Staff Report By: Mayor Eunice M. Ulloa
RECOMMENDATION: Approve community support fund contribution of $500 to the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Fundraiser.

Mayor Pro Tem Burton
Council Member Comstock

21. Community Support Fund – Council Member Comstock. Approve community support fund contributions to American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Fundraiser and St. Margaret Mary School Car Show.

Staff Report By: Council Member Karen Comstock
RECOMMENDATION: Approve community support fund contributions of $250 to American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Fundraiser and $250 to St. Margaret Mary School Car Show.
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Council Member Flores

22. Community Support Fund – Council Member Flores. Approve a community support fund contribution to Rotary Club of Chino Valley and American Cancer Society.

Staff Report By: Council Member Christopher Flores.

RECOMMENDATION: Approve a community support fund contribution of $250 to Rotary Club of Chino Valley and $250 to American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Fundraiser.

Council Member Lucio
City Manager's Report
City Attorney's Report
Police Chief's Report
Director's Report
Fire Chief's Report

ADJOURN
The next Regular Meeting of the City Council will be held on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. (Closed Session no earlier than 4:00 p.m. if necessary) in these Council Chambers.

I, Natalie Gonzaga, City Clerk of the City of Chino, hereby declare that on Friday, September 12, 2025 this agenda was posted on the south window of Chino City Hall and this agenda together with all of the agenda reports and related documents were posted on the City’s website at www.cityofchino.org by myself or under my direction.
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Natalie Gonzaga, City Clerk.
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CITY OF CHINO

COMMUNITY SERVICES, PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 16, 2025
TO: LINDA REICH, CITY MANAGER
FROM: SILVIA AVALOS, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, PARKS &

RECREATION

SUBJECT
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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Day
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CITY OF CHINO MISSION / VISION / VALUES / STRATEGIC ISSUES The recommendation detailed above further the City’s values and strategic issues that serve as key pillars on which identified priorities, goals, and action plans are built, by fostering:
 Commitment to Our Community
 Public Service Excellence through Internal and External Partnerships 7 8

MEMORANDUM

CITY OF CHINO

ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 16, 2025
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY OF CHINO
FROM: LINDA REICH, CITY MANAGER

SUBJECT
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Retirement Recognition
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CITY OF CHINO

FINANCE DEPARTMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 16, 2025
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY OF CHINO
FROM: KIM SAO, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

SUBJECT
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City of Chino Finance Department Purchasing Division Recognition ..end
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CITY OF CHINO

ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 16, 2025
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY OF CHINO
FROM: LINDA REICH, CITY MANAGER

SUBJECT
External Agency Report for September 16, 2025.
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RECOMMENDATION
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Receive and file the External Agency Report for September 16, 2025 (Covering Meetings from July 1 to July 31, 2025).

CITY OF CHINO MISSION / VISION / VALUES / STRATEGIC ISSUES The recommendation detailed above furthers the City’s values and strategic issues that serve as key pillars on which identified priorities, goals, and action plans are built by fostering:
 Positive City Image
 Financial Stability
 Responsible Long-Range Planning
 Exemplary Leadership
 Public Service Excellence through Internal and External Partnerships

BACKGROUND
Members of the Chino City Council are assigned to represent the City on several external agencies, committees, boards, and task forces. While the frequency of meetings varies by agency, many meet monthly. Others meet quarterly, bi-monthly, or on an as-needed basis.

ISSUES/ANALYSIS
The attached Monthly Agency Report for September 16, 2025, summarizes recent discussions and actions during external meetings attended by City Council Members. It focuses on items that may impact or be of interest to the City of Chino, its residents, and its businesses. The report covers meetings that took place from July 1 to July 31, 2025. 11 C I T Y O F C H I N O

MONTHLY AGENCY REPORTS
SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 - Covering meetings from July 1 – July 31, 2025 Members of the Chino City Council are assigned to represent the City on several external agencies, committees, boards, and task forces. This report summarizes the actions and discussions of those entities as they may impact or be of interest to the City of Chino, its businesses, and its residents.

ANIMAL RESOURCE CENTER OF THE INLAND EMPIRE JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY Council Representative: Curtis Burton | Staff Report by: Rogelio Huerta Meeting Date: July 1, 2025
The Board of Directors approved the minutes of the June 3, 2025, meeting.

Lease Agreement - A key action taken by the Board was to authorize the Executive Director, or a designated representative, to negotiate and execute a lease agreement for the property located at 2304 S. Baker Avenue, Ontario, CA. This agreement, with Geraldine C. Myers, is intended for a thirty-nine-month term and includes the flexibility to extend for up to two additional one-year terms, in a form that is substantially consistent with the provided lease terms. This property is intended to serve as both office space for staff and a storage facility for the animal services fleet.

Meeting Date: July 21, 2025 (Special Meeting)
The Animal Resource Center of the Inland Empire's Board of Directors held a special meeting on July 21, 2025.

The primary focus of the meeting centered on receiving staff presentations and providing strategic direction on two critical areas. The Board received a presentation on the ARC Purpose Statement and Animal Welfare Strategies and Designation, followed by a dedicated discussion on Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) Programs and Strategies. The Board instructed staff to create a strategic plan and a TNR plan for formal adoption.

Next anticipated meeting date: August 5, 2025

CHAFFEY COLLEGE CHINO COMMUNITY CENTER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE Council Representative: Marc Lucio| Staff Report By: Silvia Avalos No meeting during this reporting period.

Next anticipated meeting date: September 16, 2025
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CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Council Representative: Christopher Flores | Staff Report By: Ellyse Martinez Meeting Date: July 15, 2025
 On Wednesday, July 9, Mayor Pro Tem Curtis Burton and staff member Linda Hinojos attended the Costco Wholesale Grand Opening in Chino Hills.
 On Wednesday, July 9, and Thursday, July 10, City Staff worked in partnership with the Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce and local nonprofit Music Changing Lives to host the State of the Youth Conference at the Chaffey College Chino Community Center. Eighty youths learned how to get involved in their communities, adopt inclusive economics, and develop healthy habits. On July 9, Council Member Flores spoke to the youth about his journey to local government and encouraged them to become involved.
 On Thursday, July 31, Mayor Ulloa, Mayor Pro Tem Burton, Council Member Flores, City Manager Linda Reich, and staff attended the Chino Valley Chamber Business Awards and Recognition Dinner. The Chino Youth Museum was nominated for Nonprofit of the Year; however, the award was given to the Chino Community Theater. The Chino Business of the Year award went to Vertical IT.

Next anticipated meeting date: August 19, 2025.

CHINO BASIN DESALTER AUTHORITY
Council Representative: Curtis Burton | Staff Report By: Pete Vicario Meeting Date: July 22, 2025 (cancelled)
No meeting during this reporting period.

Next anticipated meeting date: August 26, 2025

CHINO BASIN WATERMASTER
Council Representative: Curtis Burton | Staff Report By: Benjamin Orosco Meeting Date: July 24, 2025
Business Items
Budget Amendment A-25-07-01 – Optimum Basin Management Program Economic Analysis Scope of Work - The Board adopted a budget amendment in the amount of $92,000 and authorized the Watermaster General Manager to enter into a contract to conduct an Economic Analysis study in accordance with the Scope of Work.

Watermaster contacted four qualified bidders, comprising both academic and consulting firms, from whom to solicit proposals. Three consultants submitted proposals, which Watermaster staff are currently evaluating. On July 10, 2025, at the Pool Committee meeting, the Watermaster received feedback from the three Pools and revised the scope of work based on the comments received. The analysis aims to utilize real data to verify projections and support informed decision-making. The Appropriative Pool provided direction for Watermaster 13 MONTHLY AGENCY REPORTS – SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 (Covering Meetings from 7/1/25 – 7/31/25) PAGE 3 staff to engage a consultant and commence work as soon as possible. As discussed during the Pool Committee meeting, the budget amendment provided is a sound estimate; however, the final cost may change as the work gets underway, and other scope requests are added or removed. The Watermaster board unanimously approved the motion to proceed with the budget amendment.

Peer Review of the Draft 2025 Safe Yield Reevaluation Final Report (Information only) - The information focused on the scope of work for the 2025 Safe Yield reevaluation and the peer review process. Watermaster General Manager Todd Corbin presented the scope, which includes five tasks: reviewing materials and the draft administrative report, evaluating the 2022 approved methodology, reviewing elements of the net recharge calculation, assessing model calibrations, and addressing other relevant issues. The board aims to ensure consistency with court orders and the reliability of the model for decision-making. The peer review is expected to be completed by September, with initial results presented in October. The board filed an extension with the court to allow time for peer review. Four pre-qualified firms will be invited to bid on the engagement. The Watermaster board unanimously approved the motion to proceed with the scope of work.

Next anticipated meeting date: August 28, 2025

CHINO VALLEY INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT - LIAISON TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS Council Representative: Karen Comstock | Staff Report By: Linda Reich Meeting Date: July 9, 2025
Public Hearing
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CALFIRE) Local Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zones – A hearing and second reading of Ordinance No. 2025-01, adopting the designated fire hazard severity zones and maps as released by CAL FIRE, without amendment. The map for the City of Chino was previously provided and can be accessed at https://chinovalleyfire.org/280/Fire-Hazard-Severity-Zone-Map.

PDFs are available on the CVFD agenda site at https://legistarwebproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/3437982/FHSZ_Chino_and_Chino_Hills_2025_Map. pdf.

Liaison Reports to the Fire District
City of Chino Council Member Karen Comstock reported on upcoming community events, including the Summer Concert series on July 10 at 7:00 p.m., Movies in the Park on July 11 at 6:30 p.m., Seniors at the Square, and the Family Campout on July 12 at Ayala Park. She also thanked CVIFD for its support of Chino on July 4th.

New Business
Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting - The Board unanimously adopted Resolution No. 2025-14, authorizing the CVIFD to become subject to the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Procedures (UPCCAP), which will streamline and provide CVIFD flexibility in procurement by allowing it to proceed by alternative or informal bidding procedures when its public projects are within a certain cost range, with public projects of $75,000 or less authorized by negotiated contract; public projects of $220,000 or less let by specified informal procedures; and public projects of more than $220,000 let by formal bidding procedures. 14 MONTHLY AGENCY REPORTS – SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 (Covering Meetings from 7/1/25 – 7/31/25) PAGE 4 Next anticipated meeting date: August 13, 2025

CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Council Representative: Curtis Burton | Staff Report By: Vivian Castro Meeting Date: July 17, 2025
Consent Calendar (Approved unanimously 5-0)
Resolution 2025/2026-06, Law Enforcement Access to District Security Surveillance System and Approval of the Accompanying Agreement Between the Chino Valley Unified School District and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department – The Board approved an agreement between the Chino Valley Unified School District and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department providing access to the District’s security camera systems, including live streaming video from the surveillance with first responders.

Pulled Items - Two items on the Consent Calendar, Revision of Administrative Regulation 5010: StudentsNotification, and Revision of Administrative Regulation 6115: Instruction-Ceremonies and Observances, were administratively pulled from the agenda.

Discussion
Right of Parents to Opt Out of Curriculum for Religious Reasons –The Board discussed the implications of Mahmoud v. Taylor as it relates to the right of parents to opt out of curriculum for religious reasons. No action was taken.

Board and Superintendent Comments
Chino PD School Resource Officer (SRO) Incident - Board Member and Superintendent Comments  John Cervantes addressed the active investigation involving a Chino PD SRO, noting his support for the decision to refer the matter to the Sheriff’s Department to ensure an independent investigation.

He responded to community questions about the hiring and oversight of SROs, acknowledged the seriousness of the situation and its impact on the District and law enforcement, and confirmed that Chino PD is actively reviewing procedures to improve future practices with the goal of always hiring qualified and trustworthy personnel.
 Jonathan Monroe stated that there are existing safeguards and hiring policies in place within both the District and the police department, noting that, despite the best efforts, human error and misconduct can still occur. He expressed support for the statements by Superintendent Dr. Enfield and Police Chief Mensen, commending their responses as appropriate and compassionate.  Sonja Shaw also addressed the issue, stating deep concern considering the trust placed in law enforcement and those working with children. She commended Superintendent Dr. Enfield and Police Chief Mensen for their timely and transparent communication, as well as their support of the affected students and families, and reaffirmed a zero-tolerance policy for those who harm or exploit children, pledging to continue efforts to ensure student safety and strengthen preventive measures. 15 MONTHLY AGENCY REPORTS – SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 (Covering Meetings from 7/1/25 – 7/31/25) PAGE 5  Andrew Cruz praised the Board members, Superintendent Enfield, and the Chino Police Department for their handling of the situation.
 Superintendent Enfield noted that while he understands the criticism regarding the timing of the District's response, it was necessary to allow law enforcement to complete its initial investigation before issuing a public statement. He expressed appreciation to Board members with law enforcement backgrounds for providing helpful context and confirmed that he has been in communication with Chief Mensen, noting the police department is currently reviewing and improving its SRO protocols and that District leadership meets regularly with law enforcement agencies
Next anticipated meeting date: August 21, 2025
CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT – MEASURE G OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE Council Representative: Karen Comstock | Staff Report By: Silvia Avalos No meeting during this reporting period.

Next anticipated meeting date: September 3, 2025
CITIZEN’S COMMITTEE FOR CIM & CIW
Council Representative: Marc Lucio | Staff Report By: Aaron Kelliher No meeting during this reporting period.

Next anticipated meeting date: August 12, 2025

INLAND EMPIRE UTILITIES AGENCY (IEUA) REGIONAL SEWERAGE COMMITTEE Council Representative: Curtis Burton | Staff Report by: Benjamin Orosco Meeting Date: July 3, 2025 (Cancelled)
No meeting during this reporting period.

Next anticipated meeting date: August 7, 2025
LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES – INLAND EMPIRE DIVISION
Council Representative: Marc Lucio | Staff Report by: Jackie Melendez No meeting during this reporting period.

Next anticipated meeting date: October 8, 2025
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OMNITRANS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Council Representative: Eunice Ulloa | Staff Report by: Dennis Ralls Meeting Date: July 2, 2025
Board By-Laws - The Board approved minor clarifying language revisions to their Bylaws and formally included a legislative committee within the Executive Board’s responsibilities.

Short-Range Transit Plan - The Board approved initiating outreach for the Fiscal Year 2027-2032 Short-Range Transit Plan (SRTP). The SRTP is a 5–7-year business plan that establishes planned service levels, fare policy, and service standards. Included in the outreach are 16 planned public meetings to solicit feedback. Most outreach efforts will occur at transit centers and major bus stops. Participants will have multiple ways to submit feedback, which include online, email, phone, written, and other verbal communication methods. The outreach effort is expected to conclude in late September 2025. A comprehensive review of the comments will be prepared for inclusion in the draft SRTP for discussion.

Next anticipated meeting date: September 3, 2025 (Dark in August)

ONTARIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY (OIAA)

INTER-AGENCY COLLABORATIVE (ROUNDTABLE)
Council Representative: Christopher Flores | Staff Report by: Jackie Melendez No meeting during this reporting period.

Next anticipated meeting date: TBD

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Staff Report By: Rogelio Huerta
No meeting during this reporting period.

Next anticipated meeting date: August 8, 2025

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SOLID WASTE ADVISORY TASK FORCE
Council Representative: Christopher Flores | Staff Report by: Xochitl Huerta No meeting during this reporting period.

Next anticipated meeting date: October 15, 2025
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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (SBCTA) BOARD OF DIRECTORS Council Representative: Eunice Ulloa | Staff Report by: Dennis Ralls Meeting Date: July 2, 2025
Toll System - The Board approved a sole-source contract with Kapsch TrafficCom USA to provide professional services for modifying the Riverside County Toll System, integrating both the RCTC and the SBCVTA toll systems into one system with minimal disruption. The contract amount of $3,030,690.42 is funded by Measure I Valley Freeway Program.

Metro Foothill Gold Line Montclair Project - The Board received an update on the Metro Foothill Gold Line Montclair Project, which will build light-rail from Glendora to Montclair. SBCTA is involved with the eastern phase, which connects the Claremont and Montclair Metrolink stations. However, several concerns have arisen that jeopardize SBCTA’s portion of the project. Current cost estimates have increased significantly beyond the budget allocated by SBCTA. Additionally, the questionable method of project delivery, known as Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR), is proposed for use. CMAR is a project delivery method in which the owner hires a construction manager to oversee a project from design to construction close-out, with a guaranteed maximum price. The construction manager would be responsible for any costs exceeding the guaranteed price, necessitating close management of the project. With these concerns, the Board appointed two members of the SBCTA Board to an ad hoc committee of the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, which oversees the project. The ad-hoc committee will review the current project status and determine whether continuing to progress the project remains sensible, bringing that information back to the SBCTA Board for consideration.

Next anticipated meeting date: September 3, 2025 (Dark in August) SBCTA – CITY SELECTION COMMITTEE
Council Representative: Eunice Ulloa | Staff Report by: Jackie Melendez No meeting during this reporting period.

Next anticipated meeting date: TBD
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS ( SCAG) – GENERAL ASSEMBLY Council Representative: Marc Lucio | Staff Report by: Jackie Melendez No meeting during this reporting period.

Next anticipated meeting date: TBD
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SANTA ANA WATERSHED ADVISORY COUNCIL
Council Representative: Karen Comstock | Staff Report by: Benjamin Orosco Meeting Date: July 1, 2025
No current items to report.

Next anticipated meeting date: August 5, 2025

WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Council Representative: Curtis Burton | Staff Report by: Benjamin Orosco Meeting Date: July 17, 2025
Presentation on the Chino Basin Program by Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) Staff IEUA provided a detailed presentation on the Chino Basin Program, which aims to enhance local water supply reliability through wastewater treatment improvements, expanded recycled water, and potential storage agreements with the state. The presentation highlighted the need for advanced water treatment to address salinity and emerging contaminants, the potential for increased use of recycled water, and the complexities of cost allocation among stakeholders. The Water Facilities Authority (WFA) general manager raised concerns about potential water quality impacts from a tie-in to the Rialto Feeder pipeline.

The Rialto Feeder is a major Metropolitan Water District (MWD) transmission pipeline that delivers imported water (Colorado River Aqueduct and State Water Project supplies) into San Bernardino County. If IEUA connects the Chino Basin Program to the Rialto Feeder, it could introduce advanced purified water into a pipeline that currently delivers raw water from MWD to WFA for treatment. Any new tie-ins or operational changes could require adjustments to chemical dosing, treatment times, and overall plant operations to maintain consistent water quality. The board overall had concerns with the financial viability of the program. The board emphasized the importance of external funding and ongoing stakeholder engagement.

Next anticipated meeting date: September 18, 2025

WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT
Council Representative: Chris Flores | Staff Report by: Vivian Castro No meeting during this reporting period.

Next anticipated meeting date: August 26, 2025
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CITY OF CHINO

FINANCE DEPARTMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 16, 2025
TO: LINDA REICH, CITY MANAGER
FROM: KIM SAO, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

SUBJECT
..titl e
Warrants.
..end

RECOMMENDATION
Approve expenses as audited and within budget for warrants 7771996 to 7772269, and Electronic Fund Transfers 524989E to 525087E, totaling $5,249,058.49. ..body

FISCAL IMPACT
Sufficient funds have been included in the Fiscal Year 24-25 and 25-26 Adopted Budgets.

CITY OF CHINO MISSION / VISION / VALUES / STRATEGIC ISSUES The recommendation detailed above further the City’s values and strategic issues that serve as key pillars on which identified priorities, goals, and action plans are built, by fostering:
 Financial Stability
Revenue: Expenditure:
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TITLE: WARRANTS.

PAGE: 2

BACKGROUND
As prescribed by Government Code Sections 37202 and 37208, the following demand registers are herewith submitted for Council ratification:

NO. WARRANTS CHECK DATE FY AMOUNT

1. 7771996 – 7772075 08/14/25 25-26 $173,894.37

2. 7772076 – 7772094 08/14/25 24-25 $61,711.23

3. 7772095 – 7772171 08/21/25 25-26 $490,265.68

4. 7772172 – 7772187 08/21/25 24-25 $203,749.92

5. 7772188 – 7772192 08/28/25 24-25 $1,161,534.64

6. 7772193 – 7772269 08/28/25 25-26 $135,046.60

7. 524989E – 525018E 08/15/25 25-26 $351,182.12

8. 525019E – 525046E 08/22/25 25-26 $2,193,768.80

9. 525047E – 525052E 08/22/25 24-25 $301,700.69

10. 525053E – 525087E 08/29/25 25-26 $176,204.44
TOTAL $5,249,058.49
*Check numbers now 7-digit
E: Electronic Fund Transfers

ISSUES/ANALYSIS
See attached exhibit for detailed information on warrants exceeding $50,000.

Attachment
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CITY OF CHINO
A/P Warrant Register Over $50,000
Check Date Check
Number Vendor Name Description Amount
08/14/2025 7772022 G&A NELOS CONSTRUCTION, INC. HAMPSHIRE VILLAGE CONSTR. PROJECT $112,044.25 08/15/2025 524980 ACT 1 CONSTRUCTION, INC. CHINO RANCHO $172,685.95 524981 BUREAU VERITAS NORTH AMERICA, INC. GENERAL PLAN CHECK SERVICES $57,192.55 524988 YUNEX LLC CITYWIDE TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE $350,938.00 524989 ACCELA INC LAND DEV/CODE/ASSET MODULE $230,679.00 08/21/2025 7772102 AM-TEC TOTAL SECURITY INC 44 QTY OF TRAFFIC AXIS CCTV $113,998.92 7772154 S/B COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DIST NPDES CITY SHARED PORT $164,286.00 7772185 WEST COAST ARBORISTS INC TREE SERVICES $117,195.00 08/22/2025 525024

CHINO VALLEY INDEPENDENT FIRE
DISTRICT FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES $1,310,147.00
525032

LANDSCAPE WEST MANAGEMENT
SERVICES, INC. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE $62,950.00
525043 WATER FACILITIES, AUTHORITY (JPA) IMPORTED WATER $662,210.03 525049 ELECNOR BELCO ELECTRIC INC SIGNAL INSTAL- FERN @EUCALYPTUS $90,964.51 525052 YUNEX LLC CITYWIDE TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE $123,508.79 08/28/2025 7772190 CITY OF ONTARIO ANIMAL RESOURCE CENTER $1,152,455.83 08/29/2025 525060 CALGON CARBON CORPORATION

AS-NEEDED GAC REMOVAL &
REPLACEMENT $55,976.00
TOTAL $4,777,231.83
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CITY OF CHINO

ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 16, 2025
TO: LINDA REICH, CITY MANAGER
FROM: NATALIE GONZAGA, CITY CLERK

SUBJECT
..titl e
Minutes.
..end
..body
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SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

REGULAR MEETING - CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
13220 CENTRAL AVENUE
CHINO, CA 91710
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2025

MINUTES
CLOSED SESSION – 4:00 PM
OPEN SESSION – 6:00 PM
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CALL TO ORDER
The September 2, 2025, Regular Meeting of the Chino City Council / Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency was called to order at 4:02 pm by Mayor Pro Tem Curtis Burton in the Council Chambers.

ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Mayor Pro Tem Curtis Burton, Council Member Karen C. Comstock, Council Member Christopher Flores, and Council Member Marc Lucio ABSENT: Mayor Eunice M. Ulloa

CLOSED SESSION PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no requests to speak.

CLOSED SESSION
City Attorney Fred Galante announced Closed Session Agenda Items 1 and 2 will not be discussed. He read into the record Closed Session Item 3 listed on the agenda.

1. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957
Title: City Manager

2. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency designated representatives: Fred Galante, City Attorney Unrepresented employee: City Manager

FLAG SALUTE
Council Member Comstock led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Mayor Pro Tem Burton announced Mayor Ulloa had an excused absence.

CEREMONIALS
Proclamations
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month - Proclaim September 2025 as National Childhood Obesity Month.

Mayor Pro Tem Burton presented the Proclamation designating September 2025 as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month in Chino to Rachel Phelps, Community Services, Parks & Recreation (CSPR) Coordinator.

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month - Proclaim September 2025 as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.

Mayor Pro Tem Burton presented the Proclamation designating September 2025 as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in Chino to Monica Tiznado, CSPR Clinical Program Manager, Stephanie Hedrick-Harwell, LMFT, Mental Health Program Manager II, and Wendy Johansen, Clinic Supervisor.

Presentations
Don Lugo High School FFA Team - Recognition of the Don Lugo High School Future Farmers of America Horse Judging Team.

Mayor Pro Tem Burton recognized the Don Lugo High School FFA Team members Sadie Hutchinson, Archer Hasson, Alex Medina, Soraya Parra, and Coach Ashley Cuerton for earning the title of State Champions at the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Light Horse Judging competition. Certificates of recognition were presented to Sadie Hutchinson, Archer Hasson, and Alex Medina who were in attendance.

Business of the Month - Award of Business of the Month for September 2025 to: Jersey Mike's & Cattle Ranch Cafe
Mayor Pro Tem Burton presented the September 2025 Business of the Month Award to Jersey Mike's Subs located at Central and Philadelphia Avenue. Owner Jorge Hernandez, District Manager Jennifer Rangel, and members of their team were present to accept the award.

Mayor Pro Tem Burton presented the next September 2025 Business of the Month Award to Cattle Ranch Cafe. Owner Sebastian Collado and his family were present to accept the award.

Mayor’s Home Beautification Award - Award of Mayor’s Home Beautification Award for September 2025.

Mayor Pro Tem Burton presented the Mayor's Home Beautification Award for September 2025 to Sylvia Zhang of Davidson Street in College Park.
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REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
City Attorney Fred Galante noted Closed Session Items 1 and 2 were not discussed and reported out of closed session as follows:

AGENDA ADDITIONS/REVISIONS
City Manager Linda Reich reported there were no additions or revisions to the agenda.

INFORMATION
West Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District (WVMVCD) Presentation - Best Management Practice Guidelines for the Feral/Community Cats Flea-Borne Typhus issue from Michelle Brown, Ph.D., District Manager, WVMVCD.

Dr. Michelle Brown, District Manager, West Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District, provided a presentation.

External Agency Report for September 2, 2025. Receive and file the External Agency Report for September 2, 2025 (Covering Meetings from June 1 - June 30, 2025).

Mayor Pro Tem Burton announced the External Agency Report was included in the agenda packet.

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mayor Pro Tem Burton issued a reminder about the following scheduled community events:
- Emergency Preparedness Fair is on Saturday, September 13, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., at the Chino Police Department. For more information, visit cityofchino.org/CCPF. - Inclusion Community Celebration is on Saturday, September 27, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., at the Neighborhood Activity Center, 5201 D Street. To register, visit cityofchino.org/inclusion.
- Stueve Family Park Grand Opening is on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., at 16050 East Preserve Loop.

Mayor Pro Tem Burton announced the meeting will adjourn in memory of Mark Kinsey, a lifelong public servant, who worked for 40 years at the Monte Vista Water District and Inland Empire Utilities Agency, who recently passed away.
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PUBLIC COMMENTS
Pastor Dustin Harrison, Calvary Chapel Chino Valley, provided the invocation.

Mayor Pro Tem Burton announced an email public comment from the League of Women Voters of Mt. Baldy Area was received regarding protection of our constitutional rights that was distributed to the City Council and saved to the meeting record.

Terri Carver, Chino resident, spoke regarding the flea borne typhus issue.

Maureen Mendoza, Chino resident, announced she submitted a letter to the City Council regarding the Animal Resource Center (ARC) and expressed concern regarding ARC transparency.

International Polytechnic High School students provided an introduction.

CONSENT CALENDAR

1. Warrants. Approve expenses as audited and within budget for warrants 776939 to 7771995, and Electronic Fund Transfers 524717E to 524978E, totaling $18,658,032.28

2. Minutes. Regular Meeting Minutes for (a) July 15, 2025, (b) April 4, 2023; (c) Special Meeting for July 29, 2025 (all members present).

4. Designation of League of California Cities Voting Delegates. Designate Council Member Comstock as the Voting Delegate, Council Member Lucio as the 2nd Voting Delegate, and Council Member Flores as the 3rd Voting Delegate for the 2025 League of California Cities Annual Conference and Expo.

5. Lewis Companies Development Agreement Annual Compliance Certification for July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025. Certify that Chino Development Corporation, Chino Preserve Development Corporation, and Chino Holding Company, LLC are in compliance with the requirements of the Amended and Restated Development Agreement; approve the Certificate of Compliance.

6. Ordinance No. 2025-005 Second Reading - CFD 2003-3. Adoption of Ordinance No. 2025-005 on second reading, authorizing the levy of special taxes within Community Facilities District No. 2003-3 Improvement Area 12.

ORDINANCE NO. 2025-005 - ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

CHINO, CALIFORNIA, ACTING IN ITS CAPACITY AS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2003-3 OF THE CITY OF CHINO, ON BEHALF OF IMPROVEMENT AREA NO. 12 THEREIN, AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF A SPECIAL TAX WITHIN IMPROVEMENT AREA NO. 12 OF THE DISTRICT

7. Adoption of Resolution No. 2025-054 authorizing approval of Opioid Settlement Agreements with Pharmacy Chains Alvogen, Amneal, Apotex, Hikma, Indivior, Mylan, Sun, and Zydus.

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8. Law Enforcement Services Agreement - Chino Valley Law Enforcement Services Agreement - Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) for School Resource Officers. Approve amendment to renew the Law Enforcement Services Agreement with CVUSD for School Resource Officers effective retroactive to July 1, 2025; increase the current revenue appropriation by $69,167.67 to an adjusted amount of $1,087,072.

9. Construction credit/reimbursement agreement with LS College Park, LLC for the construction of public improvements associated with the College Park Development. Approval of a Construction Credit and Reimbursement Agreement between the City of Chino and LS College Park, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, for the construction of public improvements associated with the College Park Development.

10. Assumption and Partial Assignment of Development Agreement by and among the City of Chino, Chino Development Corporation, and Block 11 Builders (Tract Map No. 16420-6).

Approve an Assumption and Partial Assignment of Development Agreement by and among the City of Chino, Chino Development Corporation, and Block 11 Builders (Tract Map No. 16420-6).

11. Professional Services Agreement - Green Badge, LLC dba UgMO Technologies for Wireless Digital Soil Moisture Sensing System Monitoring and Maintenance Services. Award a Professional Services Agreement to Green Badge, LLC dba UgMO Technologies for Wireless Digital Soil Moisture System Monitoring and Maintenance Services in the amount of $167,212.

12. Amendment No. 1 to Professional Services Agreement with Calgon Carbon Corporation for as-needed Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) removal and reactivation services. Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement for as-needed Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) removal and replacement services with Calgon Carbon Corporation in the amount of $350,000, for a total annual amount of $500,000.

13. Notice of Completion for the Kimball Avenue Preserve Improvements Project (ST232) with C.P.

Construction Co., Inc. Accept the Kimball Avenue Preserve Improvements Project (ST232) with C.P. Construction Co, Inc. as complete. Authorize the Director of Public Works to file the Notice of Completion and authorize the release of retention funds after the 35-day lien period.

Motion by Council Member Comstock, seconded by Council Member Lucio, to approve the Consent Calendar items 1-13 as presented. The motion carried by the following vote:

AYES: BURTON, COMSTOCK, FLORES, AND LUCIO
NOES: NONE.

ABSENT: ULLOA

PUBLIC HEARING

14. Comprehensive General Plan Update. Comprehensive General Plan Update PL23-0128 (General Plan Amendment) and PL23-0129 (Zone Map Change).

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RECOMMENDATION: 1) Conduct a Public Hearing; 2) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-055, certifying the City of Chino 2045 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report (EIR), adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP), adopt the Environmental Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations related to air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, historic resources, and transportation; 3) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-056, adopting the 2045 General Plan (PL23-0128 General Plan Amendment), and repeal the 2025 General Plan (excluding the adopted 2021-2029 Housing Element), the Majestic Spectrum Specific Plan, Eucalyptus Business Park Specific Plan and Central Avenue Specific Plan based on the findings listed in Resolution 2025-056; and 4) Approve the introduction of Ordinance No. 2025-006 (PL23-0129 (Zone Change)) for targeted zoning map amendments that propose to better align zoning with as built uses and market potential for the respective sites, to be read by number and title only, and waive further reading of the Ordinance.

Mayor Pro Tem Burton opened the public hearing.

Michael Hitz, Principal Planner, provided an introduction of the item and introduced Andrew Hill, Dyett and Bhatia.

Mr. Hill provided a presentation on the item and explained the final phase, a full comprehensive zoning code update, is planned to come before the City Council in 2026. He noted the public review period of the draft General Plan opened on June 20, 2025. Updates were implemented related to feedback received during the public review period from the July 8, City Council and Planning Commission joint study session and a letter received from the City of Pomona regarding truck routes.

Nick Larkin, Recon Environmental, provided a presentation regarding the Environmental Impact Report (EIR). He noted the impacts will lessen with this General Plan update than if the City continued with their current plan.

Ata Khan, Deputy Director for the office of Economic and Business Affairs, City of Pomona, spoke regarding the City of Chino General Plan update, and recommended the City implement updated industrial land use definitions.

Nora Garcia, City of Pomona District 3 Council Member, expressed support for a good neighbor policy between the City of Chino and City of Pomona to address the impact of the damage to residential properties caused by heavy truck traffic on Reservoir Street, recommended the City of Chino update their industrial definitions, and asked that properties in the split jurisdiction are subject to Pomona zoning standards.

There being no further requests to address the City Council on this item, Mayor Pro Tem Burton closed the public hearing.

Council Member Comstock thanked City of Pomona Council Member Garcia and Mr. Khan for attending the meeting and recommended they connect with City staff to address the concerns they expressed.

Council Member Lucio inquired about the process to modify the definitions as suggested by the City of Pomona. Warren Morelion, Director of Development Services, explained foreseen challenges, but confirmed staff will look into it further. Council Member Comstock recommended that Mr. Morelion also consult with City Attorney Galante to explore alternatives unique to this specific area of the City.

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significant impacts. Mr. Larkin explained the impacts and shared that future projects will be responsible for the mitigation.

Council Member Lucio asked if a Measure M for the downtown area is feasible for voter consideration in 2026. Mr. Hitz explained it would be a long-term plan with the goal to partner with a developer.

Council Member Flores inquired about truck routes and enforcement. City Attorney Galante confirmed trucks not using a designated truck route are subject to a citation. Mr. Ralls shared regarding truck routes and explained he believes Reservoir Street in Pomona is a designated truck route.

Council Member Comstock asked Mr. Ralls about working with the City of Pomona staff to address the concerns raised regarding Reservoir Street and suggested Garey Avenue as an alternative.

City Attorney Galante read the Ordinance by number and title only, waiving further reading of the ordinance:

ORDINANCE NO. 2025-006 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHINO, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING ZONE CHANGE (PL23-0129) AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2010-06, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE ZONING MAP, BY CHANGING THE DESIGNATION OF THE 81 PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED HEREIN
Motion by Council Member Lucio, seconded by Council Member Comstock, to 1) Conduct a Public Hearing; 2) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-055, certifying the City of Chino 2045 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report (EIR), adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP), adopt the Environmental Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations related to air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, historic resources, and transportation; 3) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-056, adopting the 2045 General Plan (PL23-0128 General Plan Amendment), and repeal the 2025 General Plan (excluding the adopted 2021-2029 Housing Element), the Majestic Spectrum Specific Plan, Eucalyptus Business Park Specific Plan and Central Avenue Specific Plan based on the findings listed in Resolution 2025-056; and 4) Approve the introduction of Ordinance No. 2025-006 (PL23-0129 (Zone Change)) for targeted zoning map amendments that propose to better align zoning with as built uses and market potential for the respective sites, to be read by number and title only, and waive further reading of the Ordinance. The motion carried by the following vote:

AYES: BURTON, COMSTOCK, FLORES, AND LUCIO
NOES: NONE.

ABSENT: ULLOA

NEW BUSINESS

15. Option to Ground Lease Orange County Flood Control District Property. Approve Option and Ground Lease Agreements with Orange County Flood Control District.

Staff Report By: Warren Morelion, AICP, Director of Development Services and Fred Galante, City Attorney
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RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council Approve the Option Agreement with Orange County Flood Control District and form Ground Lease for a 65-year lease of open space land for recreational and open space uses.

Warren Morelion, Director of Development Services, provided a presentation on the item.

Motion by Council Member Comstock, seconded by Council Member Flores, to approve the Option Agreement with Orange County Flood Control District and form Ground Lease for a 65-year lease of open space land for recreational and open space uses. The motion carried by the following vote:

AYES: BURTON, COMSTOCK, FLORES, AND LUCIO
NOES: NONE.

ABSENT: ULLOA

16. Award of Contract – City Owned Building Restoration Project – 5210 D Street. Award a construction contract to Oak Hollow Restoration, Inc., Norco, CA for the Project IB259 in the amount of $466,007, including $46,600 for project construction contingencies, for a not-to-exceed amount of $512,607.

Staff Report By: Andrea Bauer, Assistant Parks and Facilities Manager RECOMMENDATION: 1) Approve the rejection of the non-responsive bid received from Estate Design & Construction; 2) award a construction contract to Oak Hollow Restoration, Inc. for the Project (IB259) in the amount of $466,007; 3) authorize expenditures of up to $46,600 for project construction contingencies, for a potential not-to-exceed contract amount of $512,607; 4) appropriate $362,607 to the Building Management Fund with a year-end transfer from the General Fund balance; and 5) authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents on behalf of the City.

Andrea Bauer, Assistant Parks and Facilities Manager, provided a presentation on the item.

Council Member Comstock asked if the City has used Oak Hollow Restoration, Inc. before and inquired about the project timeline and schedule. Ms. Bauer explained they have not used Oak Hollow, but staff conducted a reference check and confirmed that the company has completed a minimum of five projects with a similar scope of work. The project is anticipated to take two-months to complete and will take place outside of the business hours of operation.

Mayor Pro Tem Burton inquired regarding the buildings age, past repairs, warranty on the work, and other old buildings owned by the City. Ms. Bauer shared that, according to her research, the building is estimated to be over 100 years old. She confirmed that some of the old City owned buildings had undergone repairs at various points in time. Additionally, she mentioned that there will be a 1-year warranty bond for the current project, which will involve a full repointing that typically lasts 30-100 years. To address other old City owned buildings, the City is looking into a small maintenance agreement to assess the current conditions of the buildings.

Motion by Council Member Flores, seconded by Council Member Comstock, to 1) Approve the rejection of the non-responsive bid received from Estate Design & Construction; 2) award a construction contract to Oak Hollow Restoration, Inc. for the Project (IB259) in the amount of $466,007; 3) authorize expenditures of up to $46,600 for project construction contingencies, for a potential not-to-exceed contract amount of $512,607; 4) appropriate $362,607 to the Building Management Fund with a year-end transfer from the General Fund balance; and 5) authorize the City Manager to execute all 31 CHINO CITY COUNCIL
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necessary documents on behalf of the City. The motion carried by the following vote:

AYES: BURTON, COMSTOCK, FLORES, AND LUCIO
NOES: NONE.

ABSENT: ULLOA

17. Award a Construction Contract to R2Build for the Well 16 Upgrades Project (WA234).

Appropriate $974,707 from the Water Fund (520) Reserves; and award a construction contract to R2Build for the Well 16 Upgrades Project (WA234) for $967,000. Authorize up to $96,700 (10% of the contract amount) for construction contingencies.

Staff Report By: Natalie Avila, Associate Engineer
RECOMMENDATION: 1) Appropriate $774,707 from the Water Fund (Fund 520) and $200,000 from The Preserve Water Source, Storage and Distribution Development Impact Fee (Fund 261) for the Well 16 Upgrades Project (WA234), for a total project additional appropriation of $974,707 ; 2) approve the plans and specifications for construction as approved by the Director of Public Works; 3) approve the rejection of the non-responsive bid received from Estate Design & Construction; 4) award a construction contract to R2Build for the Well 16 Upgrades Project (WA234) for $967,000; 5) authorize up to $96,700 (10% of the contract amount) for construction contingencies as allowable per the Public Contract Code; and 5) authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents on behalf of the City.

Natalie Avila, Associate Engineer, provided a presentation on the item.

Council Member Lucio asked what caused the determination for the second contractor to be deemed a non-responsive bid and Ms. Avila provided a detailed explanation as to why the bid was deemed non-responsive.

City Attorney Galante commented that non-responsive means that the outlined requirements in the bid were not met, which is cause to deny the bid.

Council Member Comstock thanked staff for their due diligence in the bid process, noting it is hoped this process will reduce change orders.

Council Member Lucio inquired about the purchase of water from other water districts. Hye Jin Lee, Director of Public Works, confirmed the goal is to be self sufficient and not rely on other agencies.

Council Member Lucio asked how many additional wells need to be fixed. Ms. Lee confirmed there are five wells, two of which are being considered for abandonment due to poor water quality and production.

Mayor Pro Tem Burton inquired about the current condition of Well 16, and Ms. Avila confirmed the well has been inoperable since 2019, and once it is back online, it is anticipated to be fairly sufficient.

Mayor Pro Tem Burton requested the well equipment be better maintained, and Ms. Lee concurred with the recommendation.

Motion by Council Member Flores, seconded by Council Member Lucio, to 1) Appropriate $774,707 from the Water Fund (Fund 520) and $200,000 from The Preserve Water Source, Storage and Distribution Development Impact Fee (Fund 261) for the Well 32 CHINO CITY COUNCIL
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16 Upgrades Project (WA234), for a total project additional appropriation of $974,707 ; 2) approve the plans and specifications for construction as approved by the Director of Public Works; 3) approve the rejection of the non-responsive bid received from Estate Design & Construction; 4) award a construction contract to R2Build for the Well 16 Upgrades Project (WA234) for $967,000; 5) authorize up to $96,700 (10% of the contract amount) for construction contingencies as allowable per the Public Contract Code; and 5) authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents on behalf of the City.

The motion carried by the following vote:

AYES: BURTON, COMSTOCK, FLORES, AND LUCIO
NOES: NONE.

ABSENT: ULLOA

MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS
Mayor Ulloa
Mayor Ulloa had an excused absence.

Mayor Pro Tem Burton

18. Community Support Fund – Mayor Pro Tem Burton. Approve community support fund contributions to Food for Life Ministry and St. Margaret Mary Car Show.

Staff Report By: Mayor Pro Tem Curtis Burton
RECOMMENDATION: Approve community support fund contributions of $650 to Food for Life Ministry and $250 to the St. Margaret Mary School Car Show.

Motion by Council Member Comstock, seconded by Council Member Lucio, to Approve community support fund contributions of $650 to Food for Life Ministry and $250 to the St. Margaret Mary School Car Show. The motion carried by the following vote:

AYES: BURTON, COMSTOCK, FLORES, AND LUCIO
NOES: NONE.

ABSENT: ULLOA
Mayor Pro Tem Burton reported he attended National Night Out. He extended a special thanks to City of Ontario Deputy City Manager Jordon Villwock for ensuring the correction of a longstanding error in the street sign at Euclid and Schaefer Avenues, where "Schaefer" was misspelled as "Schaeffer" on the Ontario side of Euclid Avenue due to Caltrans ownership.

Council Member Comstock
Council Member Comstock congratulated the Businesses of the Month and Don Lugo High School FFA. She expressed sympathies to the family of Mark Kinsey.

Council Member Flores
Council Member Flores spoke regarding Saturday Night Fights that will take place on Saturday, September 6, 2025.
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Council Member Lucio
Council Member Lucio expressed he is looking forward to the Saturday Night Fights.

City Manager's Report
City Manager Reich had no report.

City Attorney's Report
City Attorney Galante had no report.

Police Chief's Report
Police Chief Mensen shared information regarding the Saturday Night Fights event.

Fire Chief's Report
Fire Chief Dave Williams spoke regarding the Saturday Night Fights event, announced Fire Station 66 will host the annual recognition of 9/11 on September 11, 2025 at 9:00 a.m., and announced the constuction of Fire Station 68 has begun.

Director's Report
Hye Jin Lee, Director of Public Works, announced the construction on Pine Avenue Stage III officially commenced today.

Terry Doyle, Director of Human Resources/Risk Management, announced benefit open enrollment period information and the annual benefits fair for City employees and City Council will take place on September 18.

ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. in memory of Mark Kinsey. The next Regular Meeting of the City Council will be held on Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. (Closed Session no earlier than 4:00 p.m. if necessary) in these Council Chambers.

APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2025.
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CURTIS BURTON, MAYOR PRO TEM
ATTEST:
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NATALIE GONZAGA, CITY CLERK
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SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING – CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
13220 CENTRAL AVENUE
CHINO, CA 91710
TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2023
CLOSED SESSION – 6:45 PM
OPEN SESSION – 7:00 PM

MINUTES

CALL TO ORDER
The April 18, 2023, Regular Meeting of the Chino City Council / Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency was called to order at 6:47 p.m. by Mayor Eunice M. Ulloa in the Council Chambers.

ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Mayor Eunice M. Ulloa, Mayor Pro Tem Karen C. Comstock, Council Member Curtis Burton, Council Member Christopher Flores, and Council Member Marc Lucio.

ABSENT: None.

CLOSED SESSION PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no requests to speak.

CLOSED SESSION
City Attorney Fred Galante read into the record the items listed on the Closed Session agenda.

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Initiation of litigation pursuant to Paragraph (4) of Subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9.

Number of Cases: One Case.

The City Council recessed to Closed Session at 6:48 p.m. and concluded at 7:00 p.m. The City Council reconvened the regular meeting at 7:03 p.m.

FLAG SALUTE
Council Member Burton led the Pledge of Allegiance.

CEREMONIALS
Proclamations
Purple Up! For Miliary Kids – April 2003.

Mayor Ulloa announced the Proclamation designated April 2023 as Purple Up! For Military Kids Month in Chino. Erika Hernandez, Secretary and Elmer C. Jertberg, Junior Auxiliary Program Chairman, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 299, were present to accept the Proclamation. 35 CHINO CITY COUNCIL
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Emergency Medical Services Week – May 21-27, 2023.

Mayor Ulloa announced the Proclamation designating May 21-27, 2023 as Emergency Medical Services Week in Chino. Jeremy Ault, Deputy Fire Chief, was present to accept the proclamation.

Wildlife Awareness Month – May 2023.

Mayor Ulloa announced the Proclamation designating May 2023 as Wildfire Awareness Month in Chino. Jeremy Ault, Deputy Fire Chief, was present to accept the proclamation.

REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSON
City Attorney Fred Galante reported out of closed session as follows:

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Initiation of litigation pursuant to Paragraph (4) of Subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9.

Number of Cases: One Case.

City Attorney Fred Galante reported the City Council did not complete discussions on the closed session item and will reconvene after the regular meeting. A report out for the item will be provided at the conclusion of Closed Session.

AGENDA ADDITIONS/REVISIONS
City Manager Linda Reich reported there were no additions or revisions to the agenda.

INFORMATION
Mayor Ulloa announced the Economic Development Report for April 2023, Monthly Agency Reports, and the Legislative Update – Tracked Pieces of Legislation were included in the agenda packet.

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mayor Ulloa issued a reminder about the following scheduled community events:
• Chino Kiwanis Corn Feed Run and Car Show & Cruise is Saturday, April 22, 2023 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Chino Civic Center. For information, visit www.chinokiwanis.com. • Community Earth Day is Thursday, April 20 from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. at the Chino Creek Wetlands and Educational Park,6075 Kimball Avenue. For more information, call (909) 334-3282. • The City Council regular meetings will begin at 6:00 p.m., instead of 7:00 p.m., and if needed, closed sessions will be scheduled prior to the regular meeting no earlier than 4:00 p.m. The Planning Commission and Community Services Commission will also adjust their meeting times starting in May. The Planning Commission regular meeting will be held on the third Wednesday of every month at 6:00 p.m., and the Community Services Commission regular meetings will be held on the fourth Monday of every month at 6:00 p.m.

PUBLIC COMMENTS
Imam Taleb Alsafi, Chino Valley Islamic Center, provided the invocation.

Melissa Compani, Representative, Fourth District San Bernardino County Supervisor Curt Hagman, announced upcoming events.

Sonja Shaw, President, Chino Valley Unified School District, thanked the Council for their partnership and provided an update on District events.
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Mr. Trang Huynh, City of Garden Grove resident, expressed his gratitude to the City of Chino Police Department for recovering his stolen personal items.

A resident of Chino expressed appreciation for the Chino Police Department, shared concern regarding high-speed traffic on Norton Avenue, the lack of designated community parks in the Chino downtown area, and suggested the park located adjacent to the Carolyn Owens building to be restored.

Hayden Arthur, Lauren Liang, Pochan Lin, and Jalo Bailey, students from Ontario Christian High School, provided an introduction.

CONSENT CALENDAR

1. Warrants. Approve expenses as audited and within budget for warrants 764728 to 764853, and Electronic Fund Transfers 517033E to 517111E, totaling $4,525,099.33.

2. Elected City Officials’ Report Regarding Travel, Training, and Meetings. Receive and file the Elected City Officials' Report reflecting City Council business related expenses incurred by the City and forecast of future events and trainings.

3. Vendor Cap Increase - CivicPlus. 1) Approve a vendor cap increase in the amount of $6,000, for a total vendor cap not-to-exceed $56,000, to CivicPlus for the SeeClickFix Application and Associated Services, and 2) authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents on behalf of the City.

4. Vendor Cap Increase - Am-Tec Total Security, Inc. Approve a vendor cap increase with Am-Tec Total Security, Inc., Chino, CA in the amount of $95,000 for a total not-to-exceed vendor cap amount of $145,000.

5. Vendor Cap Increase - C.E. Mechanical, Inc. Approve a vendor cap increase with C.E.

Mechanical, Inc., Chino, CA in the amount of $25,000 for a total not-to-exceed amount of $114,626.80.

6. Vendor Cap Increase - Miracle Recreation Equipment Company, Inc.-PlayPower, Inc. Approve a vendor cap increase with Miracle Recreation Equipment Company, Inc.- PlayPower, Inc., Dallas, TX in the amount of $40,000 for a total not-to-exceed amount of $244,489.56.

7. Vendor Cap Increase - New Tangram, LLC. Approve a vendor cap increase with New Tangram, LLC, Newport Beach, CA in the amount of $35,000 for a total not-to-exceed amount of $95,281.30.

8. Vendor Cap Increase and Amendment to Purchase Orders - Western Water Works. Approve a vendor cap increase for Western Water Works, Chino, CA, in the amount of $14,000, for a revised vendor cap amount not-to-exceed $99,000.

9. Vendor Cap Increase - FlockSafety. Approve a vendor cap increase for Flock Safety in the amount of $2,000 for repair and replacement equipment.

10. Purchase Order and Vendor Cap Increase - H2 Environmental Consulting Services, Inc. Approve a purchase order with H2 Environmental Consulting Services, Inc., Chino, CA in the amount of $7,950 for the Water Environmental Building.

11. Purchase Order and Vendor Cap Increase - Warren Anderson Ford. Approve a purchase order to Fritts Ford, Riverside CA in the amount of $90,189.04 for the purchase of one (1) Model Year 2022 Ford F-350 8-foot service body truck and increase the vendor cap by $90,189.04, for a revised total vendor cap of $169,936.15.
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12. Amendment to Professional Services Agreement for Legal Services. Approve a contract amendment to Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell, LLC., Denver, CO in the amount of $45,000 for legal services.

13. Contract Amendment and Vendor Cap Increase - Community Works Design Group. Approve a professional services contract amendment with Community Works Design Group, Riverside, CA in the amount of $24,925 for accessibility design services.

14. Adoption of Ordinance No. 2023-008 and 2023-009, Housing Overlays (Second Reading). Adopt Ordinance No. 2023-008, adopting amendments to Title 20 (Zoning) of the Chino Municipal Code consisting of modifications and additions to several chapters, and Ordinance No. 2023-009 (Specific Plan Amendments) consisting of modifications and additions to various chapters related to the addition of the Affordable Housing and Mixed Use Overlay Districts.

ORDINANCE NO. 2023-008

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHINO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 20 (ZONING) OF THE CHINO MUNICIPAL CODE TO UPDATE THE FOLLOWING

CHAPTERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MIXED USE OVERLAY DISTRICTS: CHAPTER 20.03 (ZONING DISTRICTS AND ZONING MAPS), CHAPTER 20.08 (AGRICULTURAL, OPEN SPACE AND PUBLIC ZONING DISTRICTS), CHAPTER 20.09 (OVERLAY DISTRICTS), CHAPTER 20.18 (PARKING), CHAPTER 20.21 (STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC LAND USES), CHAPTER 20.23 (ADMINISTRATION), AND CHAPTER 20.24 (GLOSSARY) AND AMENDING THE ZONING MAP TO IDENTIFY THE

LOCATION OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MIXED USE OVERLAY DISTRICT SITES TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY’S 2021-2029 HOUSING ELEMENT ORDINANCE NO. 2023-009

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHINO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING

THE EAST CHINO SPECIFIC PLAN, THE EUCALYPTUS BUSINESS PARK SPECIFIC PLAN,

AND MAJESTIC SPECTRUM SPECIFIC PLAN REVISING THE TEXT OF VARIOUS SECTIONS

WITHIN THESE SPECIFIC PLANS RELATED TO THE ADDITION OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MIXED USE OVERLAY DISTRICTS TO THE ZONING CODE (TITLE 20 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE). PL22-0089 (EUCALYPTUS BUSINESS PARK SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT), PL22-0090 (MAJESTIC SPECTRUM SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT), AND PL22-0091 (EAST CHINO SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT)

15. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for Fiscal Year 2021-22. Receive and file the City of Chino’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for Fiscal Year 2021-22.

16. Community Facilities District 2023-1 (Sage Cedar) of the City of Chino. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-023, declaring the City of Chino’s Intention to Establish Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 and to authorize the Levy of Special Taxes; adopt Resolution No. 2023-024, declaring the City of Chino’s Intention to Incur Bonded Indebtedness for the proposed Community Facilities District No. 2023-1; and approve the Reimbursement Agreement between the City and Tri Point Homes for the payment of consulting services relating to the formation of Community Facilities District No. 2023-1.

Consent Calendar Item No. 17 was pulled by Council Member Burton for a staff report.

Motioned by Council Member Flores, seconded by Council Member Lucio, to approve the Consent Calendar items 1-16 as presented, with Item 17 pulled for separate action. The motion carried by the following vote:

AYES: ULLOA, COMSTOCK, BURTON, FLORES, LUCIO.
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NOES: NONE.

ABSENT: NONE.

ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR

17. Rescission of Drought Response Action Resolution. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-025 rescinding the significant water supply shortage declaration and corresponding implementation of Level 1 and 2 measures described in the City's Water Shortage Contingency Plan.

Dave Crosley, Utilities/Engineering Operations Manager, provided a report on the item.

Council Member Burton asked staff to provide a report to inform residents that California's drought continues and urged water conservation.

Motioned by Council Member Burton, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Comstock, to approve Item 17 as presented. The motion carried by the following vote:

AYES: ULLOA, COMSTOCK, BURTON, FLORES, LUCIO.

NOES: NONE.

ABSENT: NONE.

NEW BUSINESS

18. Memorandum of Understanding with City of Ontario for Storm Drain Line I. Approve a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Ontario for the financing and construction of Storm Drain Line I.

Jesus Plasencia, PE, Assistant City Engineer provided a report on the item. He shared the MOU outlines the cost share for Line I for City of Chino at 58%, or $29.58M, and City of Ontario’s share would be 42%, or $21.42M, for a total project cost of $51M.

City Attorney Galante provided an overview on the water law requirements that protect historic water flows.

Mayor Ulloa requested staff negotiate cost shares with the San Bernardino Flood Control District and ensure the City does not incur the bulk of the fees. Mr. Plasencia stated he believes there is an opportunity for the San Bernardino Flood Control District to agree to the proposed cost shares.

Council Member Lucio noted there are ongoing new development projects in this area that include new infrastructure, sewer drains, roads, along with Chino Airport who is also responsible for the runoff that comes into the City of Chino. He asked Staff to clarify if San Bernardino County will participate in the cost share to help fund the project. Mr. Plasencia explained this project is to be considered a regional facility serving more than one agency and there is confirmation of runoff coming from both City of Chino and City of Ontario and the fees would be shared.

Mayor Pro Tem Comstock stated this project has been studied in detail by all impacted parties and while she does not support the proposed fees, she is in support of how Staff has designated this project as a regional project. She noted the commitment with all the entities involved to provide the necessary funding and expressed gratitude to the Staff for their efforts. Mayor Pro Tem Comstock noted that this project is greatly needed to help address the flooding experienced in our community and added that construction costs are not likely to decrease in the future. 39 CHINO CITY COUNCIL
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Council Member Lucio asked staff to identify the funding source and provide a timeframe estimate to generate the funds, should the County decide not to fund half of the money needed for this project, and Mr. Plasencia confirmed staff are actively looking for grant and bond opportunities and noted that this is a long-term project that will be built over time. He confirmed the City has the funds to construct a portion of the storm drain and Staff will continue to seek additional funding for the remainder of the project. Mr. Plasencia explained there is a portion of the storm drain that is located south of Pine Avenue that outlets to the Prado basin that will require jurisdictional approval from the Orange County Flood Control District and Army Corps of Engineers that will be a long-term project.

Mayor Pro Tem Comstock asked staff to provide an update on whether the City’s application as a regional project has been accepted, and Mr. Plasencia indicated the acceptance notification is anticipated to be received in early 2024. Mayor Pro Tem Comstock requested staff to report back to the City Council with the progress of this project.

Moved by Council Member Burton, seconded by Council Member Comstock, to 1) Approve a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Ontario for the financing and construction of Storm Drain Line I; and 2) authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents on behalf of the city. The motion carried by the following vote:

AYES: ULLOA, COMSTOCK, BURTON, FLORES, LUCIO.

NOES: NONE.

ABSENT: NONE.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS
Mayor Ulloa
Mayor Ulloa reported on the following meetings and events including the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Boards of Director’s meeting; Omnitrans meeting; City Council Workshop; Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast; Omnitrans Administration and Finance Committee meeting; San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Transit Committee meeting; Metro Valley Study Session; Chino Youth Track and Field Meet Opening Ceremony at Don Lugo High School; City Manager meeting; Eastside Water Treatment Plant Ribbon Cutting Ceremony; and Closed Session.

Mayor Pro Tem Comstock
Mayor Pro Tem Comstock reported on the following meetings and events including an Annexation public meeting; City Manager meeting; Council Meeting Workshop; Cal Cities Leadership Conference in Sacramento and provided a report on the standing Assembly Bills that affect local government and expressed the importance of establishing a relationship with lobbyists to get support on bills that are being discussed in Sacramento that directly affect City of Chino.

Council Member Burton
Council Member Burton reported on the following meetings and events including Customer Service Training; Chino Valley Unified School District Board meeting; Don Lugo Sports Booster Fundraiser Event; Chino Youth Track and Field Meet Opening Ceremony at Don Lugo High School; City Manager meeting; Chino Planning Commission meeting and thanked Economic Development Manager Chris Kennedy for assisting a business owner locate a site in the City of Chino; and attended the Eastside Water Treatment Plant Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. 40 CHINO CITY COUNCIL
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Council Member Flores
Council Member Flores reported on the following meetings and events including the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board of Director’s meeting; Omnitrans meeting; an Annexation public meeting; meeting with Congresswoman Norma Torres; Chino Valley Unified School District Board meeting; Omnitrans Tour Orientation; City Manager meeting; Adrian’s World Inc. meeting; Cal Cities Leadership Conference in Sacramento and noted that he concurred with Mayor Pro Tem Comstock’s report and expressed support to increase efforts to strengthen lobbyist relationships; attended the Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce meeting; California Institution for Men (CIM) and California Institution for Women (CIW) Citizen’s Advisory meeting; Eastside Water Treatment Plant Ribbon Cutting Ceremony; and the Customer Service Training.

Council Member Lucio
Council Member Lucio reported on the following meetings and events attended including the Emergency Managers Mitigation Training meeting; City Manager meeting; meeting with Chino Valley Unified School District President Sonja Shaw and Chino High School Coach Alex Angulo to discuss a wrestling program with the Chino Valley Unified School District or consider a wrestling program as part of the City’s community services programs; California Institution for Men (CIM) and California Institution for Women (CIW) Citizen’s Advisory meeting and provided a report on prison safety protocols; and attended the East Side Water Treatment Plant Ribbon Cutting Ceremony.

City Manager's Report
City Manager Reich had no report.

City Attorney's Report
City Attorney Fred Galante commented on the Mayor’s interest in establishing a coalition to address the early prison release initiatives and legislation. He reported that the Orange County Coalition raised similar issues and offered the opportunity to join and expand the efforts to increase significant support. Mayor Ulloa expressed that she would like to seek a unified coalition with Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties and together lobby for legislation changes to benefit all counties.

Police Chief's Report
Police Chief Wes Simmons invited residents to the Police Department Community meeting to recruit members of the public to serve as volunteers to their Community Emergency Response Team and provided an update of Police Department activities.

Fire Chief's Report
Deputy Fire Chief Jeremy Ault provided an update on upcoming events and activities.

Mayor Ulloa clarified regarding the groundbreaking ceremony for Fire Station 68 estimated to take place in 2025.

Council Member Burton thanked the Chino Valley Fire District team for their dedication to the Chino community.
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CLOSED SESSION
The City Council recessed back into Closed Session at 8:39 p.m. to discuss closed session item 1.

The City Council concluded Closed Session at 9:35 p.m.

REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
City Attorney Fred Galante reported out of closed session as follows:

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Initiation of litigation pursuant to Paragraph (4) of Subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9.

Number of Cases: One Case.

Motioned by Mayor Ulloa, seconded by Pro Tem Comstock, to authorize the initiation of a legal challenge against the Monte Vista Water District (MVWD) regarding the environmental latent sewer service. The motion carried the following vote:

AYES: LUCIO, FLORES, BURTON, COMSTOCK, ULLOA
NOES: NONE.

ABSENT: NONE.

ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 9:37 p.m. The next Regular Meeting of the City Council will be held on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. (Closed Session no sooner than 4:00 p.m. if necessary) in these Council Chambers.

APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 16th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2025.

EUNICE M. ULLOA, MAYOR
ATTEST:

NATALIE GONZAGA, CITY CLERK
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(These minutes are not official until signed.)
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CITY OF CHINO

ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 16, 2025
TO: LINDA REICH, CITY MANAGER
FROM: NATALIE GONZAGA, CITY CLERK

SUBJECT
..titl e
Elected City Officials’ Report Regarding Travel, Training, and Meetings. ..end

RECOMMENDATION
Receive and file the Elected City Officials’ Report reflecting City Council business related expenses incurred by the City.
..body

FISCAL IMPACT
Sufficient funding is available in the adopted Fiscal Year 2025-26 Operating Budget.

CITY OF CHINO MISSION / VISION / VALUES / STRATEGIC ISSUES The recommendation detailed above furthers the City’s values and strategic issues that serve as key pillars on which identified priorities, goals, and action plans are built, by fostering:
 Superior Customer Service
 Responsible Long-Range Planning
 Exemplary Leadership
 Public Service Excellence through Internal and External Partnerships Revenue: Expenditure: 1002000-43320
Transfer In: Transfer Out:
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TITLE: ELECTED CITY OFFICIALS’ REPORT REGARDING TRAVEL, TRAINING, AND MEETINGS.

PAGE: 2

BACKGROUND
In accordance with Government Code Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3, implementing Assembly Bill (AB) 1234 on January 1, 2006, the City adopted Resolution No. 2005-093 establishing a Business-Related Expense Policy. On December 6, 2016, the City approved Resolution No. 2016-075 adopting the latest revisions to this policy. In addition to requiring local agencies to adopt a business-related expense policy, AB 1234 requires that Elected Officials provide a brief report on meetings attended at the expense of the local agency at the next regular meeting of the legislative body.

ISSUES/ANALYSIS
In response to AB 1234, a report regarding Elected City Officials’ Travel, Training, and Meetings (Exhibit A) was created and is placed on the City Council Agenda Consent Calendar, as needed. The documents that pertain to the items listed on Exhibit A are available for public inspection at the City Clerk’s office located in City Hall at 13220 Central Avenue, Chino, CA.

Attachment – Exhibit A
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Event Date Meeting Purpose
and Subject
Matter
Location City Official
Attendees
None.
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CITY OF CHINO

ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 16, 2025
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY OF CHINO
FROM: LINDA REICH, CITY MANAGER

SUBJECT
..titl e
Report on Priority State and Federal Legislative Issues. ..end

RECOMMENDATION
Receive and file the September 16, 2025 Government Relations Update, the Tracked State Legislation Report, and the Report on City Position Letters. ..body

FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact.

PAGE: 2

BACKGROUND
On April 2, 2024, the City Council adopted the Citywide Legislative Policy, which details guiding principles organized around respective legislative, policy, and regulatory matters. It supplements the Citywide Strategic Plan to build an effective and flexible legislative advocacy strategy.

The Policy authorizes Staff to formulate and approve official City responses for those legislative items with potentially significant impacts on the City or that create an issue of timeliness for an official response, with the qualification that the position is determined to be consistent with the City’s legislative policy.

Per the Policy, the Committee or Staff is to report to the City Council on any updates, recommendations, or actions taken by the Committee or Staff.

ISSUES/ANALYSIS
The Government Relations Update includes legislative and government relations issues of note to the City (Attachment 1).

The Tracked State Legislation Report (Attachment 2) reflects the City's position on active bills being tracked during the current state legislative session.

The Report on City Position Letters (Attachment 3) includes communications submitted by the City on priority legislative and regulatory issues.
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City of Chino
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS UPDATE (Attachment 1)
As of September 5, 2025

FEDERAL UPDATE
Federal Budget
The House and Senate returned to DC on September 2 with one urgent priority -- funding the government before the September 30 fiscal year deadline. Congress left for the August recess without finalizing a single FY26 appropriations bill. The House has just 11 more days, and the Senate 12 days, scheduled in this session before the September 30 funding deadline. They will be on recess from September 20 until September 28 for Rosh Hashanah. The federal Fiscal Year 2026 begins on October

1. It now appears that a continuing resolution (CR) will be enacted. There is discussion about a six-week CR until mid-November to allow time for the remaining FY 2026 appropriations bills to be passed. The status of the appropriations bills can be found at https://www.congress.gov/crs-appropriations-statustable.

If there is no CR, a federal government shutdown is possible. There is also discussion about a yearlong continuing resolution (CR) as an option for Fiscal Year 2026, given the difficulty of negotiating a bipartisan spending deal. Some proposals suggest including Community Project Funding (earmarks) in the CR.

Other Federal Items
Department of War
President Donald Trump is expected to issue an order to change the Department of Defense’s name to the Department of War. The Department of Defense's name is set in law, so it will require action by Congress to formally change it. No cost estimates have been released for the name change.

Elections
30 Members of the House and Senate have decided against seeking reelection — more than at the same point in the last four election cycles. That includes seven Senators and 23 Members of the House.

Retirement Savings Order
President Trump signed an executive order that opens retirement accounts to private investments and prohibits banks from denying services to certain industries or groups based on perceived risks associated with working with them. The retirement savings order would allow participants in company 401(k) plans and other defined-contribution plans to invest in alternative assets, such as private equity, real estate, digital assets, infrastructure projects, and lifetime income investment strategies, including longevity risk-sharing pools.

Census
President Trump has ordered the Commerce Department to begin working on a new census, emphasizing that those who are in the country illegally should not be counted in the total.

STATE UPDATE
California Redistricting Election
The California Legislature passed ACA 8, a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow voters to decide whether to adopt new congressional district maps that favor Democrats. The measure will appear on the November 4, 2025, special election ballot as Proposition 50. Governor Gavin Newsom 48 2
supported the measure and signed accompanying legislation to fund and organize the special election.

The move is part of a broader partisan battle over control of the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation was framed as a response to Republican-led redistricting in states like Texas, which aims to increase Republican representation in Congress.

An emergency petition by state Republican lawmakers to block the special election on redistricting was denied by the State Supreme Court.

Update on California’s Legislative Session
Upon returning from summer recess on August 18, the Legislature entered the final stretch of the first year of the two-year legislative session. The Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees held their suspense hearings, determining which of the bills in the respective suspense files (those that would cost the state at least $50,000 in the Senate and $150,000 in the Assembly) would be passed out of the committees and proceed through the legislative process. While a significant number were held, the majority of the bills in the files passed out of both committees.

Now through adjournment, both houses will conduct floor sessions only. No committees can meet for any purpose, except the Rules Committee, bills referred pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2, and Conference Committees. Each house has until September 12 to pass bills.

TRACKED STATE LEGISLATION REPORT (Attachment 2)
This item provides a report on state legislation currently being tracked by the City of Chino as of the current date. The positions noted on bills are based on the City Council's adopted Legislative Policy.

Additional positions may be taken, or existing positions may be modified based on direction from the Legislative Committee or City Council. Two reports are included, covering the same measures – one organized by subject categories and the other by measure number.

POSITION LETTERS & MAJOR ISSUES (Attachment 3)
The City of Chino has submitted the following letters since the last update.  AB 1231 (Elhawary), Oppose (2 letters)
 Governor Newsom - Delta Conveyance Streamlining, Support  SB 79 (Wiener), Oppose
 SB 274 (Cervantes), Oppose (3 letters)
 SB 707 (Durazo), Oppose

CHINO CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING The Legislative Policy Committee is scheduled for Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. in Council Chambers.

STATE LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR – Recent and Upcoming Legislative Deadlines  Sept. 5 - Last day to amend on the Floor.
 Sept. 12 - Last day for each house to pass bills. Interim Recess begins upon adjournment.  Oct. 12 - Last day for the Governor to sign or veto bills passed by the Legislature before Sept. 12 and in the Governor’s possession on or after Sept. 12.
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Tracked State Legislation
50 p. 1 (By Subject
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Sorted by Subject
Governance
SB 634 (Pérez, D) Local government: homelessness.

Current Text: 06/24/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 07/17/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 07/17/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Current law establishes procedures for the enactment of ordinances by counties and cities and makes a violation of a county or city ordinance, as applicable, a misdemeanor unless by ordinance it is made an infraction. This bill would prohibit a local jurisdiction from adopting a local ordinance, or enforcing an existing ordinance, that prohibits a person or organization from providing support services, as specified, to a person who is homeless or assisting a person who is homeless with any act related to basic survival. The bill would define various terms for these purposes. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. (Based on 06/24/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Governance, Human Services, Recreation, Quality of Life, Public Safety SB 707 (Durazo, D) Open meetings: meeting and teleconference requirements.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: The Ralph M. Brown Act requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body, as defined, of a local agency be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate. This bill would, beginning July 1, 2026, and until January 1, 2030, require an eligible legislative body, as defined, to comply with additional meeting requirements, including that, except as specified, all open and public meetings include an opportunity for members of the public to attend via a 2-way telephonic service or a 2-way audiovisual platform, as defined, and that the eligible legislative body take specified actions to encourage residents to participate in public meetings, as specified. (Based on 09/02/2025 text)
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Governance
SB 827 (Gonzalez, D) Local agency officials: training.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. 51 p. 2 (By Subject
Location: 09/03/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Current law imposes ethics training on specified local agency officials. Current law requires each training to be 2 hours and requires the officials to receive each training every 2 years, and as described otherwise, with the first training within one year of commencing service. Existing law requires the local agency to maintain records of the trainings, as prescribed. This bill would expand which local agency officials are required to complete the above-described ethics training to include department heads, or other similar administrative officers, as specified, and would instead require officials who commence service on or after January 1, 2026, to receive their initial training within 6 months of commencing service. The bill would require the local agency to publish post clear instructions and contact information for requesting the training records on its internet website, as specified. This bill would additionally require all local agency officials, as defined, to receive at least 2 hours of fiscal and financial training, as described. The bill would require the training to be received at least once every 2 years, as provided. The bill would exempt from these requirements specified local agency officials if they are in compliance with existing education requirements specific to their positions. This bill would authorize a local agency or an association of local agencies to contract with or otherwise collaborate with a provider of a training course to offer one or more training courses, or sets of self-study materials with tests, to its local agency officials to meet the training requirement, as described. The bill would require the training courses and materials to be developed in consultation with experts in local government finance. finance, as specified. (Based on 09/02/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Governance
Human Resources
AB 339 (Ortega, D) Local public employee organizations: notice requirements.

Current Text: 08/29/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/04/2025 - Set for Hearing Supplemental File 9/4/2025 Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act contains various provisions that govern collective bargaining of local represented employees and delegates jurisdiction to the Public Employment Relations Board to resolve disputes and enforce the statutory duties and rights of local public agency employers and employees. Current law requires the governing body of a public agency to meet and confer in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment with representatives of recognized employee organizations. Current law requires the governing body of a public agency, and boards and commissions designated by law or by the governing body, to give reasonable written notice, except in cases of emergency, as specified, to each recognized employee organization affected of any ordinance, rule, resolution, or regulation directly relating to matters within the scope of representation proposed to be adopted by the governing body or the designated boards and commissions. This bill would require the governing body of a public agency, and boards and commissions designated by law or by the governing body of a public agency, to give the recognized employee organization no less than 45 days’ written notice before issuing a request for proposals, request for quotes, or renewing or extending an existing contract to perform services that are within the scope of work of the job classifications represented by the recognized employee organization, subject to certain exceptions. The bill would require the notice to include specified information, including the anticipated duration of the contract. (Based on 08/29/2025 text) Position: Oppose
Priority: (3) Significant
Subject: Human Resources, Public Safety
Human Services, Recreation, Quality of Life
SB 16 (Blakespear, D) Ending Street Homelessness Act.

Current Text: 06/23/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 07/10/2025 - July 16 hearing postponed by committee. 52 p. 3 (By Subject
Location: 06/09/2025 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: Current law requires each city, county, and city and county to revise its housing element according to a specified schedule, as provided. Current law, for the 4th and subsequent revisions of the housing element, requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region, and requires the appropriate council of governments, or the department for cities and counties without a council of governments, to adopt a final regional housing need plan that allocates a share of the regional housing need to each city, county, or city and county, as provided. At least 2 years before a scheduled revision of the housing element, as specified, existing law requires each council of governments, or delegate subregion as applicable, to develop, in consultation with the department, a proposed methodology for distributing the existing and projected regional housing need to jurisdictions, as specified. Current law requires that the final allocation plan ensure that the total regional housing need, by income category, determined as specified, is maintained, and that each jurisdiction in the region receive an allocation of units for low- and very low income households. For the 7th and subsequent revisions of the housing element, current law also requires that the allocation to each region include an allocation of units for acutely low and extremely low income households. This bill, until January 1, 2032, would require the council of governments, or delegate subregion, as applicable, in developing the proposed allocation methodology that allocates each jurisdiction’s share of the regional housing need for acutely low income housing, to count any newly constructed interim housing, as specified, as meeting the needs of acutely low income households. By imposing additional duties on local governments, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 06/23/2025 text) Position: Oppose
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Human Services, Recreation, Quality of Life
SB 38 (Umberg, D) Second Chance Program.

Current Text: 04/09/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 05/23/2025 - May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

Location: 04/28/2025 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Current law requires the Board of State and Community Corrections to administer a grant program to carry out the purposes of the Second Chance Program. Current law requires the grant program to, among other things, restrict eligibility to proposals that offer mental health services, substance use disorder treatment services, misdemeanor diversion programs, or a combination thereof. Current law also establishes the Second Chance Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, which is administered by the board. The Treatment-Mandated Felony Act makes it a crime for a person, who has 2 or more prior convictions for a felony or misdemeanor violation of specified controlled substances crimes, to possess a hard drug, as defined, unless it has been prescribed by a doctor, among others. Under current law, a defendant who has been charged with this crime can elect treatment, in lieu of a jail or prison sentence or probation, by pleading guilty or no contest and admitting the alleged prior convictions, waiving time for sentencing and the pronouncement of judgment, and agreeing to participate in, and complete, a detailed treatment program developed by a drug addiction expert and approved by the court. This bill would require the Second Chance grant program to authorize eligibility for proposals that offer mental health or behavioral health services and drug court or collaborative court programs, including the treatment program under the Treatment-Mandated Felony Act. By expanding the purpose of a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation. (Based on 04/09/2025 text)
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Human Services, Recreation, Quality of Life
SB 360 (Rubio, D) Land conservation: California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Act: County of San Bernardino.

Current Text: 05/23/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 06/05/2025 - Referred to Com. on W. P., & W.
53 p. 4 (By Subject
Location: 06/05/2025 - Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Summary: (1)The California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Act, an initiative measure approved by the voters in the June 7, 1988, statewide primary election, provided bond funds for wildlife, coastal, and parkland conservation.

The initiative measure authorizes the act to be amended by a 2/3 vote of the Legislature if the amendment is consistent with the purposes of the act. Existing law requires an applicant receiving state funds under the act to maintain any property acquired in perpetuity, as specified, to use the property only for the purposes stated in the act, and to make no other use, sale, or other disposition of the property except as authorized by a specific act of the Legislature. Existing law authorizes the County of San Bernardino to sell or exchange property it owns within the Chino Agricultural Preserve that was purchased with grant funds if it meets certain conditions. This bill would additionally authorize preservation of those lands or easements for park and recreational purposes, and would explicitly include, to the extent they are consistent with the purposes of the act, playgrounds, recreational venues, and preservation of historical resources as appropriate purposes. (Based on 05/23/2025 text)
Position: Support
Priority: (2) Priority
Subject: Human Services, Recreation, Quality of Life
SB 634 (Pérez, D) Local government: homelessness.

Current Text: 06/24/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 07/17/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 07/17/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Current law establishes procedures for the enactment of ordinances by counties and cities and makes a violation of a county or city ordinance, as applicable, a misdemeanor unless by ordinance it is made an infraction. This bill would prohibit a local jurisdiction from adopting a local ordinance, or enforcing an existing ordinance, that prohibits a person or organization from providing support services, as specified, to a person who is homeless or assisting a person who is homeless with any act related to basic survival. The bill would define various terms for these purposes. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. (Based on 06/24/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Governance, Human Services, Recreation, Quality of Life, Public Safety SR 15 (Ochoa Bogh, R) Relative to the “2-1-1” information and referral service.

Current Text: 02/28/2025 - Enrolled HTML PDF
Status: 02/27/2025 - Read. Adopted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.)
Location: 02/27/2025 - Senate ADOPTED
Summary: Would resolve that he Senate hereby proclaims the month of February 2025 as 2-1-1 Month and the day of February 11, 2025 as 2-1-1 Day to promote and strengthen the 2-1-1 service in providing Californians with free and confidential referrals to needed resources. Resolved, That the Senate commits to supporting the 2-1-1 service and infrastructure so that all Californians have equitable access to this critical service that provides resource connections regarding support for poverty, housing, family and children, aging and disability, health equity, and disasters. Resolved, That the Senate encourages all Californians to be aware of the 2-1-1 service and look up their local 2-1-1 service provider on the internet at 211.org (Based on 02/28/2025 text)
Priority: (6) Info only
Subject: Human Services, Recreation, Quality of Life
Legal and Records Management
AB 538 (Berman, D) Public works: payroll records.

Current Text: 05/23/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
54 p. 5 (By Subject
Status: 08/29/2025 - From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 29). Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 08/29/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: Current law requires the Labor Commissioner to investigate allegations that a contractor or subcontractor violated the law regulating public works projects, including the payment of prevailing wages. Current law requires each contractor and subcontractor on a public works project to keep accurate payroll records, showing the name, address, social security number, work classification, straight time and overtime hours worked each day and week, and the actual per diem wages paid to each journeyman, apprentice, worker, or other employee employed by the contractor or subcontractor in connection with the public work. Current law requires certified copies of records to be available upon request by the public and sets forth a process for the public to request the records either through the awarding body or the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. Current law makes any contractor, subcontractor, agent, or representative who neglects to comply with the requirements to keep accurate payroll records guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would require the awarding body, if a request is made by the public through the awarding body and the body is not in possession of the certified records, to obtain those records from the relevant contractor and make them available to the requesting entity.

The bill would authorize the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement to enforce certain penalties if a contractor fails to comply with the awarding body’s request within 10 days of receipt of the notice. (Based on 05/23/2025 text) Position: Oppose
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Legal and Records Management
AB 712 (Wicks, D) Housing reform laws: enforcement actions: fines and penalties.

Current Text: 07/03/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/04/2025 - Set for Hearing Supplemental File 9/4/2025 Location: 09/04/2025 - Assembly CONCURRENCE
Summary: Current law within the Planning and Zoning Law describes various reforms and incentives enacted by the Legislature to facilitate and expedite the construction of affordable housing. Current law within the Planning and Zoning Law, in certain civil actions or proceedings against a public entity that has issued specified approvals for a housing development, authorizes a court to award all reasonably incurred costs of suit to a prevailing public entity or nonprofit housing corporation that is a real party in interest and the permit applicant of the low- or moderate-income housing if the court makes specified findings. This bill, where the applicant for a housing development is a prevailing party in an action brought by the applicant to enforce the public agency’s compliance with a housing reform law as applied to the applicant’s housing development project, would entitle an applicant for a housing development project to reasonable attorney’s fees and costs and would require a court to impose fines on a local agency, as specified. The bill would extend any period of limitation for actions under any state law for a period of 60 days beginning on the date the applicant provides written notice to the local agency indicating its intent to commence an action. The bill would prohibit a public agency from requiring the applicant to indemnify, defend, or hold harmless the public agency in any action alleging the public agency violated the applicant’s rights or deprived the applicant of the benefits or protection provide by a housing reform law. (Based on 07/03/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Legal and Records Management, Planning, Land Use, Housing Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
Municipal Funding and Procurement
AB 262 (Caloza, D) California Individual Assistance Act.

Current Text: 05/23/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 06/11/2025 - Referred to Com. on G.O.
55 p. 6 (By Subject
Location: 06/11/2025 - Senate Governmental Organization Summary: The California Disaster Assistance Act requires the Director of Emergency Services to provide financial assistance to local agencies for their personnel costs, equipment costs, and the cost of supplies and materials used during disaster response activities, incurred as a result of a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor, subject to specified criteria. The act continuously appropriates moneys in the Disaster Assistance Fund and its subsidiary account, the Earthquake Emergency Investigations Account, without regard to fiscal year, for purposes of the act. This bill would enact the California Individual Assistance Act to establish a grant program to provide financial assistance, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to local agencies, community-based organizations, and individuals for specified costs related to a disaster, as prescribed. The bill would require the director to allocate from the fund, subject to specified conditions, funds to meet the cost of expenses for those purposes. (Based on 05/23/2025 text) Priority: (6) Info only
Subject: Municipal Funding and Procurement, Public Safety Misc2: League of Cities Sponsored
AB 330 (Rogers, D) Local Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Collection Act.

Current Text: 01/27/2025 - Introduced HTML PDF
Status: 07/08/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 07/08/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: The Local Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Collection Act, until January 1, 2026, suspends the authority of a city, county, or city and county to impose a utility user tax on the consumption of prepaid communications service and any charge that applies to prepaid mobile telephony service, as defined, on access to communication services or access to local “911” emergency telephone systems, and instead requires those taxes and charges to be applied during the period beginning January 1, 2016, and ending January 1, 2026, under any local ordinance to be at specified rates. The act requires that these local charges imposed by a city, county, or a city and county on prepaid mobile telephony services be collected from the prepaid consumer by a seller at the time of sale, as specified. Current law requires that all local charges be collected and paid to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration pursuant to the Fee Collection Procedures Law and be deposited into the Local Charges for Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Fund, and be transmitted to the city, county, or city and county, as provided. This bill would extend operation of the act until January 1, 2031. (Based on 01/27/2025 text)
Position: Support
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Municipal Funding and Procurement
SB 346 (Durazo, D) Local agencies: transient occupancy taxes: short-term rental facilitator.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Enrollment HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate ENROLLMENT
Summary: Current law authorizes a local authority, by ordinance or resolution, to regulate the occupancy of a room or rooms, or other living space, in a hotel, inn, tourist home or house, motel, or other lodging for a period of less than 30 days. This bill would authorize a local agency, defined to mean a city, county, or city and county, to enact an ordinance to require a short-term rental facilitator, as defined, to report, in the form and manner prescribed by the local agency, the physical address, including 9-digit ZIP Code, of each short-term rental, as defined, during the reporting period. The bill would also authorize a local agency to request additional information, as provided, when the physical address is not sufficient for the local agency to identify a specific short-term rental. The bill would authorize the local agency to impose an administrative fine or penalty for failure to file the report, and would authorize the local agency to initiate an audit of a short-term rental facilitator, as described. The bill would require a short-term rental facilitator, in a jurisdiction that has 56 p. 7 (By Subject
adopted an ordinance, to include in the listing of a short-term rental any applicable local license number associated with the short-term rental and any transient occupancy tax certification issued by a local agency. (Based on 07/07/2025 text) Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Municipal Funding and Procurement, Planning, Land Use, Housing Misc2: League of Cities Sponsored
SB 696 (Alvarado-Gil, R) Sales and Use Tax Law: exemptions: firefighting equipment.

Current Text: 05/08/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 05/23/2025 - May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

Location: 05/19/2025 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Existing state sales and use tax laws impose a tax on retailers measured by the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property sold at retail in this state or on the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in this state. The Sales and Use Tax Law provides various exemptions from those taxes. This bill, on and after July 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2031, would exempt from those taxes the gross receipts from the sale in this state of, and the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of, firefighting apparatus, equipment, or specialized vehicles, as defined, purchased by a fire department, including an all-volunteer fire department, as defined, or a fire protection district. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/08/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Municipal Funding and Procurement
SB 789 (Menjivar, D) Taxation: information returns: vacant commercial real property.

Current Text: 04/30/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 05/23/2025 - May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

Location: 05/12/2025 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Current statutory law, the Documentary Transfer Tax Act, authorizes the imposition of a tax by a county or city, as provided, with respect to specified instruments that transfer specified interests in real property. Current law establishes the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration for the purpose of administering various taxes. This bill would require a person, as defined, that owns commercial property, as defined, in this state to register with the department, as provided. The bill would require every person owning commercial real property in this state to file an information return each year by a date determined by the department, as provided. The bill would require the information return to include specified information, including, among other requirements, whether any buildings or portions of buildings were vacant in the previous calendar year. The bill would authorize extensions of the time for a person to file an information return under specified circumstances, including for good cause. The bill would impose on any person who fails or refuses to timely furnish a return required by its provisions a penalty of $100 per commercial property that the person fails or refuses to timely furnish the information return. The bill would authorize the Director of Finance to make a loan from the General Fund to the department to implement those provisions, and would require any loan to be repaid from revenues from penalties imposed. (Based on 04/30/2025 text)
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Municipal Funding and Procurement, Planning, Land Use, Housing Planning, Land Use, Housing
AB 39 (Zbur, D) General plans: Local Electrification Planning Act.

Current Text: 07/17/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/20/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. 57 p. 8 (By Subject
Location: 08/20/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: The Planning and Zoning 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 proposed general distribution and general location and extent of the uses of the land in specified categories, and a circulation element that identifies the location and extent of existing and proposed major thoroughfares, transportation routes, terminals, any military airports and ports, and other local public utilities and facilities, as specified.

This bill, the Local Electrification Planning Act, would require each city, county, or city and county, on or after January 1, 2027, but no later than January 1, 2030, to prepare and adopt a specified plan, or integrate a plan in the next adoption or revision of the general plan, that includes locally based goals, objectives, policies, and feasible implementation measures that include, among other things, the identification of opportunities to expand electric vehicle charging and other zeroemission vehicle fueling infrastructure, as specified, and includes policies and implementation measures that address the needs of disadvantaged communities, low-income households, and small businesses for equitable and prioritized investments in zero-emission technologies that directly benefit these groups. (Based on 07/17/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
AB 76 (Alvarez, D) Surplus land: exempt surplus land: sectional planning area.

Current Text: 07/17/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 07/17/2025 - Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 07/17/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: Current law prescribes requirements for the disposal of surplus land by a local agency and defines terms for these purposes, including, among others, “surplus land” to mean land owned in fee simple by any local agency for which the local agency’s governing body takes formal action in a regular public meeting declaring that the land is surplus and is not necessary for the agency’s use. Current law defines “exempt surplus land” to mean land that is subject to a sectional planning area document, as described, and meets specified requirements, including that the land identified in the adopted sectional planning area document was dedicated prior to January 1, 2019, at least 25% of the units are dedicated to lower income households, as specified, and that the land is developed at an average density of at least 10 units per acre calculated with respect to the entire sectional planning area. This bill would change those requirements so that at a minimum, 25% of units that are proposed by the sectional planning area document as adopted prior to January 1, 2019, and are not designated for students, faculty, or staff of an academic institution, or 500 units, whichever is greater, must be dedicated to lower income households, as specified, and that the land must be developed at an average density of at least 10 units per acre, in accordance with certain requirements and calculated with respect to the entire sectional planning area and inclusive of housing designated for students, faculty, and staff of an academic institution. (Based on 07/17/2025 text) Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
AB 253 (Ward, D) California Residential Private Permitting Review Act: residential building permits.

Current Text: 08/29/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: The State Housing Law establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation. Current law authorizes a county’s or city’s governing body to prescribe fees for permits, certificates, or other forms or documents required or authorized under the State Housing Law. This bill, the California Residential Private Permitting Review Act, would require a county or city to prepare a residential building permit fee schedule and post the schedule on the county’s or city’s internet website, if the county or city prescribes residential building permit fees. (Based on 08/29/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
58 p. 9 (By Subject
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
AB 306 (Schultz, D) Building regulations: state building standards.

Current Text: 06/23/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 06/23/2025 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.

Location: 04/23/2025 - Senate Housing
Summary: Current law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development (department) in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. The California Building Standards Law establishes the California Building Standards Commission (commission) within the Department of General Services. Current law requires the commission to approve and adopt building standards and to codify those standards in the California Building Standards Code (code). The State Housing Law establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation. Current law requires, among other things, the building standards adopted and submitted by the department for approval by the commission, as specified, to be adopted by reference, with certain exceptions. Current law authorizes any city or county to make changes in those building standards that are published in the code, including to green building standards. Current law requires the governing body of a city or county, before making modifications or changes to those green building standards, to make an express finding that those modifications or changes are reasonably necessary because of local climatic, geological, or topographical conditions. This bill would, from October 1, 2025, to June 1, 2031, inclusive, prohibit a city or county from making changes that are applicable to residential units to the abovedescribed building standards unless a certain condition is met, including that the commission deems those changes or modifications necessary as emergency standards to protect health and safety. (Based on 06/23/2025 text) Position: Oppose
Priority: (3) Significant
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
AB 357 (Alvarez, D) Coastal resources: coastal development permit application: higher education housing project.

Current Text: 07/10/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/26/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 08/26/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: The Coastal Act of 1976, which is administered by the California Coastal Commission, requires a person wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone to obtain a coastal development permit. The act provides for the submission and approval of long-range land use development plans as an alternative to project-by-project review to promote greater efficiency for the planning of state university or college or private university development projects and provides for amendments to those plans. The act places limits on the conditions the commission may impose on projects contained in a plan that has been certified by the commission. The act authorizes the commission to, after a public hearing, by regulation, adopt procedures for the issuance by the executive director of waivers from coastal development permit requirements for any development that is de minimis, as specified. This bill would require the commission to defer to the state university or college or private university in determining the number of vehicle parking spaces necessary for residents of student, faculty, or staff housing facilities, as provided. The bill would authorize the executive director to determine that a proposed amendment to a public works plan or long-range development plan is de minimis and would provide the procedures for the determination and approval of amendments that are de minimis. (Based on 07/10/2025 text)
Priority: (6) Info only
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
AB 424 (Davies, R) Alcohol and other drug programs: complaints.

Current Text: 03/19/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Ordered to special consent calendar. 59 p. 10 (By Subject
Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate CONSENT CALENDAR
Summary: Would, when the Department of Health Care Services receives a complaint against a licensed alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility, or a complaint alleging that a facility is unlawfully operating without a license, from a member of the public, require the department to provide, within 30 10 days of the date of the complaint, notice to the person filing the complaint that the complaint has been received and to provide, upon closing the complaint, notice to the person filing the complaint that the complaint has been closed and whether the department found the facility to be in violation of the provisions governing facility licensure and regulation. (Based on 03/19/2025 text) Position: Support
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: League of Cities Sponsored
AB 492 (Valencia, D) Alcohol and drug programs: licensing.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Enrollment HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1.). In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

Location: 09/02/2025 - Assembly ENROLLMENT
Summary: Would require the State Department of Health Care Services, whenever it issues a license to operate an alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility, to concurrently provide written notification of the issuance of the license to the city or county in which the facility is located. The bill would require the notice to include the name and mailing address of the licensee and the location of the facility. (Based on 02/10/2025 text) Position: Support
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: League of Cities Sponsored
AB 507 (Haney, D) Adaptive reuse: streamlining: incentives.

Current Text: 08/29/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: 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 satisfies certain objective planning standards, including that the development is a multifamily housing development that contains two or more residential units. This bill would deem an adaptive reuse project a use by right in all zones, regardless of the zoning of the site, and subject to a streamlined, ministerial review process if the project meets specified requirements, subject to specified exceptions. In this regard, an adaptive reuse project, in order to qualify for the streamlined, ministerial review process, would be required to be proposed for an existing building that is less than 50 years old or meets certain requirements regarding the preservation of historic resources, including the signing of an affidavit declaring that the project will comply with the United States Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation for, among other things, the preservation of exterior facades of a building or structure that face a street, or receive federal or state historic rehabilitation tax credits, as specified. The bill would require an adaptive reuse project to meet specified affordability criteria. In this regard, the bill would require an adaptive reuse project for rental housing to include either 8% of the unit for very low income households and 5% of the units for extremely low income households or 15% of the units for lower income households. (Based on 08/29/2025 text)
60 p. 11 (By Subject
Position: Oppose
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
AB 609 (Wicks, D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: housing development projects.

Current Text: 05/05/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 05/20/2025 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Location: 05/20/2025 - Senate Rules
Summary: The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA exempts from its requirements various projects, including, but not limited to, housing projects that meet certain requirements. This bill would exempt from the requirements of CEQA a housing development project, as defined, that meets certain conditions relating to, for example, size, density, and location, including specific requirements for any housing on the project site located within 500 feet of a freeway. The bill would require a local government, as a condition of approval for the development, to require the development proponent to complete a specified environmental assessment regarding hazardous substance releases. If a recognized environmental condition is found, the bill would require the development proponent to complete a preliminary endangerment assessment and specified mitigation based on that assessment. Because a lead agency would be required to determine whether a housing development project qualifies for this exemption, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 05/05/2025 text) Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
AB 610 (Alvarez, D) Housing element: governmental constraints: disclosure statement.

Current Text: 09/03/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Senate SECOND READING
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development that includes, among other things, a housing element. The Housing Element Law prescribes requirements for a city’s or county’s preparation of, and compliance with, its housing element, and requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to review and determine whether the housing element substantially complies with the Housing Element Law, as specified. Current law requires the housing element to include an analysis of potential and actual governmental constraints upon the maintenance, improvement, or development of housing for all income levels, including, among others, locally adopted ordinances that directly impact the cost and supply of residential development. Current law also requires the analysis to demonstrate local efforts to remove governmental constraints that hinder the locality from meeting its share of the regional housing need. For adoption of the 7th and all subsequent revisions of the housing element, this bill would require the housing element to include, in addition to the above-described analysis, a potential and actual governmental constraints disclosure statement that contains, among other things, an identification of each new or amended potential or actual governmental constraint, or revision increasing the stringency of a governmental constraint, that was adopted after the due date of the previous housing element and before submittal of the current draft housing element to the department. (Based on 09/03/2025 text)
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
AB 650 (Papan, D) Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation.

Current Text: 09/03/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. 61 p. 12 (By Subject
Location: 09/03/2025 - Senate SECOND READING
Summary: Current law requires a public agency to administer its programs and activities relating to housing and community development in a manner to affirmatively further fair housing and take no action that is materially inconsistent with its obligation to affirmatively further fair housing. Current law defines “affirmatively furthering fair housing,” as provided. The Planning and Zoning Law requires that a housing element include, among other things, a program that sets forth a schedule of actions during the planning period. Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a standardized reporting format for programs and actions taken pursuant to the requirement to affirmatively further fair housing. This bill would require the department to develop the above-described standardized reporting format on or before December 31, 2026. (Based on 09/03/2025 text) Position: Support
Priority: (2) Priority
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: League of Cities Sponsored
AB 712 (Wicks, D) Housing reform laws: enforcement actions: fines and penalties.

Current Text: 07/03/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/04/2025 - Set for Hearing Supplemental File 9/4/2025 Location: 09/04/2025 - Assembly CONCURRENCE
Summary: Current law within the Planning and Zoning Law describes various reforms and incentives enacted by the Legislature to facilitate and expedite the construction of affordable housing. Current law within the Planning and Zoning Law, in certain civil actions or proceedings against a public entity that has issued specified approvals for a housing development, authorizes a court to award all reasonably incurred costs of suit to a prevailing public entity or nonprofit housing corporation that is a real party in interest and the permit applicant of the low- or moderate-income housing if the court makes specified findings. This bill, where the applicant for a housing development is a prevailing party in an action brought by the applicant to enforce the public agency’s compliance with a housing reform law as applied to the applicant’s housing development project, would entitle an applicant for a housing development project to reasonable attorney’s fees and costs and would require a court to impose fines on a local agency, as specified. The bill would extend any period of limitation for actions under any state law for a period of 60 days beginning on the date the applicant provides written notice to the local agency indicating its intent to commence an action. The bill would prohibit a public agency from requiring the applicant to indemnify, defend, or hold harmless the public agency in any action alleging the public agency violated the applicant’s rights or deprived the applicant of the benefits or protection provide by a housing reform law. (Based on 07/03/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Legal and Records Management, Planning, Land Use, Housing Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
AB 735 (Carrillo, D) Planning and zoning: logistics use developments: truck routes.

Current Text: 08/27/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/28/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 08/28/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: Current law, beginning January 1, 2026, prescribes various statewide warehouse design and build standards for any proposed new or expanded logistics use developments, as specified, including, among other things, standards for building design and location, parking, truck loading bays, landscaping buffers, entry gates, and signage. Current law defines various terms, including “21st century warehouse,” and “tier 1 21st century warehouse,” for purposes of those provisions as logistics uses that, among other things, comply with specified building and energy efficiency standards, including requirements related to the availability of conduits and electrical hookups to power climate control equipment at loading bays, as specified. Current law, subject to specified exceptions, defines “logistics use” for these purposes to mean 62 p. 13 (By Subject
a building in which cargo, goods, or products are moved or stored for later distribution to business or retail customers, or both, that does not predominantly serve retail customers for onsite purchases, and heavy-duty trucks are primarily involved in the movement of the cargo, goods, or products. This bill would clarify that a 21st century warehouse and a tier 1 21st century warehouse are required to comply with those standards as are in effect at the time that the building permit for a development of a 21st century warehouse is issued and make other clarifying changes relating to permissibility of use of conduits and electrical hookups at loading bays at those locations. (Based on 08/27/2025 text) Priority: (2) Priority
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
AB 736 (Wicks, D) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026.

Current Text: 04/10/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 06/04/2025 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Location: 06/04/2025 - Senate Rules
Summary: Would enact the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, which, if adopted, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law. Proceeds from the sale of these bonds would be used to finance programs to fund affordable rental housing and home ownership programs, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program. (Based on 04/10/2025 text)
Position: Support
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
AB 782 (Quirk-Silva, D) Subdivisions: security.

Current Text: 07/16/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/20/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 08/20/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: The Subdivision Map Act requires prescribed security from a developer if the act or a local ordinance authorizes or requires the furnishing of security in connection with the performance of any act or agreement. Current law requires the Real Estate Commissioner to make an examination of any subdivision, and to, unless there are grounds for denial, issue to the subdivider a public report authorizing the sale or lease of the lots or parcels within the subdivision.

Current law specifies the grounds for denial, including, among other things, the inability to demonstrate that adequate financial arrangements have been made for all offsite improvements included in the offering or the inability to demonstrate that adequate financial arrangements have been made for any community, recreational, or other facilities included in the offering. This bill would prohibit the Real Estate Commissioner, in issuing a public report for a residential development or project, from requiring the furnishing of a security in connection with the performance of any act or agreement related to an improvement if the Real Estate Commissioner determines that security sufficient to protect the interests of purchasers, owners, and lessees, as necessary, has been furnished to a local agency for the same improvement pursuant to the provisions above requiring security under the Subdivision Map Act. (Based on 07/16/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
AB 818 (Ávila Farías, D) Permit Streamlining Act: local emergencies.

Current Text: 07/17/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/20/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. 63 p. 14 (By Subject
Location: 08/20/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: The Permit Streamlining Act requires a public agency to determine whether an application for a development project is complete within specified time periods, as specified. The act requires a public agency that is the lead agency for a development project to approve or disapprove that project within specified time periods. The California Emergency Services Act, among other things, authorizes the governing body of a city, county, or city and county to proclaim a local emergency under certain circumstances, as specified, and grants political subdivisions various powers and authorities in periods of local emergency. This bill would exempt projects related to the rebuilding or repair of an affected property, as defined, from specified requirements for solar panel installations, as provided. The bill would require a city, county, or city and county to approve an or deny a complete application, within 10 business days of receipt of the application, for a building permit or an equivalent permit for any of the specified structures intended to be used by a person until the rebuilding or repair of an affected property is complete. By imposing new duties on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 07/17/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
AB 920 (Caloza, D) Permit Streamlining Act: housing development projects: centralized application portal.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Enrolled HTML PDF
Status: 08/28/2025 - Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.).

Location: 08/28/2025 - Assembly ENROLLMENT
Summary: The Permit Streamlining Act requires a public agency that is the lead agency for a development project to approve or disapprove that project within specified time periods. Current law requires a city or county that has an internet website to, among other things, make a fee estimate tool that the public can use to calculate an estimate of fees and exactions for a proposed housing development project available on its internet website. This bill would require a city or county with a population of 150,000 or more persons to make a centralized application portal available on its internet website to applicants for housing development projects, as prescribed. The bill would, notwithstanding that provision, authorize a city or county described above to make a centralized application portal available on its internet website no later than January 1, 2030, if the legislative body of the city or county, on or before January 1, 2028, takes certain action, including initiating a procurement process to make a centralized application portal available on its internet website. The bill would require the centralized application portal to allow for tracking of the status of an application. The bill would specify that a city or county is not required to provide the status of any permit or inspection required by another local agency, a state agency, or a utility provider. (Based on 09/02/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
AB 961 (Ávila Farías, D) Hazardous materials: California Land Reuse and Revitalization Act of 2004.

Current Text: 02/20/2025 - Introduced HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Ordered to special consent calendar.

Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate CONSENT CALENDAR
Summary: The California Land Reuse and Revitalization Act of 2004 provides, among other things, that an innocent landowner, bona fide purchaser, or contiguous property owner, as defined, qualifies for immunity from liability from certain state statutory and common laws for pollution conditions caused by a release or threatened release of a hazardous material if specified conditions are met, including entering into an agreement for a specified site assessment and response plan. The act prohibits the Department of Toxic Substances Control, the State Water Resources Control Board, and a California regional water quality control board from requiring one of those persons to take a response action under certain state laws, except as specified. Existing law repeals the act on January 1, 2027. Current law provides that a person who qualifies for immunity under the act before January 1, 2027, shall continue to have that immunity on and after January 1, 2027. This bill would extend the repeal date of the act to January 1, 2037, and would provide that a person who qualifies for immunity under the act before January 1, 2037, shall continue to have that immunity on and after January 1, 2037, if the person continues to be in compliance with the requirements of the former act. (Based on 02/20/2025 text) 64 p. 15 (By Subject
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
AB 996 (Pellerin, D) Public Resources: sea level rise plans.

Current Text: 05/23/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Ordered to special consent calendar.

Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate CONSENT CALENDAR
Summary: Current law requires local governments lying in whole or in part within the coastal zone or within the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission to, on or before January 1, 2034, develop a sea level rise plan with specified required content as part of a local coastal program that is subject to approval by the California Coastal Commission or the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. This bill would authorize the applicable commission, when approving a local coastal plan or an amendment to a local coastal plan, to deem existing sea level rise information or plans prepared by a local government to satisfy the content requirements for a sea level rise plan. (Based on 05/23/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: League of Cities Sponsored
AB 1026 (Wilson, D) Public utilities: electrical corporations: energization.

Current Text: 07/08/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/04/2025 - Set for Hearing Supplimental File 9/4/2025 Location: 09/04/2025 - Assembly CONCURRENCE
Summary: The Powering Up Californians Act requires the Public Utilities Commission, on or before September 30, 2024, to establish reasonable average and maximum target energization time periods, as defined, and a procedure for customers to report energization delays to the commission, as provided. The act requires the commission to require the electrical corporation to take remedial actions necessary to achieve the commission’s targets and requires all reports to be publicly available. This bill would require the commission, in a new or existing proceeding, to require each large electrical corporation to compile a list of information needed to approve or deny an application for energization, to post an example of a complete, approved energization application and an example of a complete energization application for a housing development project, and to make those items available on its internet website by a date specified by the commission. The bill would also require the commission to require each large electrical corporation to determine if an application for energization is complete and provide notice or otherwise provide certain information under a specified procedure. (Based on 07/08/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
AB 1050 (Schultz, D) Unlawfully restrictive covenants: housing developments: reciprocal easement agreements.

Current Text: 07/07/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9.). Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Current law provides that specified recorded covenants, conditions, restrictions, or private limits on the use of land contained in specified instruments affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in real property are not enforceable 65 p. 16 (By Subject
against the owner of an affordable housing development, as defined, if an approved restrictive covenant affordable housing modification document has been recorded in the public record, as provided. As part of this process, current law requires the owner to submit to the county recorder a copy of the original restrictive covenant and any documents the owner believes necessary to establish that the property qualifies as an affordable housing development and requires the county counsel to determine, among other things, if the property qualifies as an affordable housing development and if a modification document may be recorded. Current law provides that these provisions do not authorize any development that is not otherwise consistent with local general plans, zoning ordinances, and any applicable specific plan. This bill would extend those provisions to any housing development that is owned or controlled by an entity or individual that has submitted a development project application to redevelop an existing commercial property, and the development project includes residential uses permitted by state housing laws or local land use and zoning regulations and would make various conforming changes. The bill would additionally make these provisions applicable to covenants, conditions, restrictions, or private limits contained in a reciprocal easement agreement, as provided. (Based on 07/07/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
AB 1061 (Quirk-Silva, D) Housing developments: urban lot splits: historical resources.

Current Text: 07/10/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/04/2025 - Set for Hearing Supplimental File 9/4/2025 Location: 09/04/2025 - Assembly CONCURRENCE
Summary: Under the Planning and Zoning Law, the legislative body of a county or city may adopt ordinances that, among other things, regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land, as provided. The Subdivision Map Act vests the authority to regulate and control the design and improvement of subdivisions in the legislative body of a local agency and sets forth procedures governing the local agency’s processing, approval, conditional approval or disapproval, and filing of tentative, final, and parcel maps. Current law requires a local agency to consider ministerially a specified proposed housing development or to ministerially approve a parcel map for an urban lot split if the development or parcel meets specified requirements, including, that the development or parcel is not located within a historic district or property included on the State Historic Resources Inventory or within a site that is designated or listed as a city or county landmark or historic property or district pursuant to city or county ordinance, as specified. Current law authorizes a local agency to impose specified objective standards on the development or parcel created by an urban lot split, except as specified. With respect to ministerial review of a proposed housing development under the above-described provisions, this bill would, if the other specified requirements are met, instead require a local agency to consider ministerially the development that is not located in either a contributing structure within a historic district included on the State Historical Resources Inventory or within a historic property or district pursuant to city or county ordinance or in a parcel individually listed as a historical resource included in the State Historical Resources Inventory or within a property individually designated or listed as a city or county landmark under a city or county ordinance. The bill would also authorize a local agency to adopt objective standards for the purposes of maintaining the historical value of a historic district listed in the California Register of Historical Resources, as specified. (Based on 07/10/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
AB 1154 (Carrillo, D) Junior accessory dwelling units.

Current Text: 09/03/2025 - Enrollment HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.).

Location: 09/03/2025 - Assembly ENROLLMENT
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, provides for the creation of junior accessory dwelling units by local ordinance, or, if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance, by ministerial approval, in accordance with specified standards and conditions. Current law requires an ordinance that provides for the creation of a junior accessory dwelling unit to, among other things, require owner-occupancy in the single-family residence in which the junior accessory dwelling unit is permitted. Under this bill, that owner-occupancy requirement would apply only if the junior accessory dwelling unit has shared sanitation facilities with the existing structure. The bill would require an ordinance that provides for 66 p. 17 (By Subject
the creation of a junior accessory dwelling unit to require that a rental of a junior accessory dwelling unit be for a term longer than 30 days. (Based on 07/03/2025 text)
Position: Oppose
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
AB 1308 (Hoover, R) Residential building permits: inspections: Housing Accountability Act.

Current Text: 07/10/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/28/2025 - Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Held at Desk.

Location: 08/28/2025 - Senate DESK
Summary: The State Housing Law establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation. Current law requires a county’s or city’s building department to enforce the State Housing Law and the California Building Standards Code, and other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the State Housing Law pertaining to standards for buildings used for human habitation. Current law requires a county or city, upon the applicant’s request, to contract with or employ temporarily a private entity or person to check the plans and specifications submitted with an application for a residential building permit to comply with the State Housing Law or local ordinances adopted pursuant to the State Housing Law, when the building department takes more than 30 days, as specified, to complete the plan check. Current law authorizes an enforcement agency to inspect any building to secure compliance with the State Housing Law and the California Building Standards Code, and other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the State Housing Law. This bill would require the building department to conduct an inspection of the permitted work for specified new residential constructions of a building and residential additions to an existing building within 10 business days of receiving a notice of the completion of the permitted work authorized by a building permit issued for those projects. (Based on 07/10/2025 text)
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
SB 9 (Arreguín, D) Accessory Dwelling Units: ordinances.

Current Text: 09/03/2025 - Enrollment HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 3.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Senate ENROLLMENT
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a local agency to submit an accessory dwelling unit ordinance to the Department of Housing and Community Development within 60 days after adoption. The law authorizes the department to submit written findings to a local agency as to whether the ordinance complies with the standards. If the department finds that the ordinance does not comply with the standards, the law requires the department to provide a local agency reasonable time, no longer than 30 days, to respond to its findings. If the local agency does not amend its ordinance in response to those findings or does not adopt a resolution with findings explaining the reason the ordinance complies with the standards and addressing the department’s findings, the law requires the department to notify the local agency and authorizes the department to notify the Attorney General that the local agency is in violation of state law. This bill would invalidate the ordinance if the local agency fails to submit a copy of the ordinance to the department within 60 days of adoption or fails to respond to the department’s findings that the ordinance does not comply with the standards within 30 days, as described above. (Based on 06/19/2025 text)
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
SB 79 (Wiener, D) Housing development: transit-oriented development.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. 67 p. 18 (By Subject
Location: 09/03/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: The Housing Accountability Act requires a local agency that proposes to disapprove a housing development project, as defined, or to impose a condition that the project be developed at a lower density to base its decision on written findings supported by a preponderance of the evidence that specified conditions exist if that project complies with applicable, objective general plan, zoning, and subdivision standards and criteria in effect at the time that the application was deemed complete. The act authorizes the applicant, a person who would be eligible to apply for residency in the housing development project or emergency shelter, or a housing organization to bring an action to enforce the act’s provisions, as provided, and provides for penalties if the court finds that the local agency is in violation of specified provisions of the act. This bill would require that a housing development project, as defined, within a specified distance of a transit-oriented development (TOD) stop, as defined, be an allowed use as a transit-oriented housing development on any site zoned for residential, mixed, or commercial development, if the development complies with applicable requirements, as specified. Among these requirements, the bill would require a project to include at least 5 dwelling units and establish requirements concerning height limits, density, and floor area ratio in accordance with a development’s proximity to specified tiers of TOD stops, as provided. The bill would provide that, for the purposes of the Housing Accountability Act, a proposed development consistent with the applicable standards of these provisions as well as applicable local objective general plan and zoning standards shall be deemed consistent, compliant, and in conformity with prescribed requirements, as specified. The bill would provide that a local government that denies a project meeting the requirements of these provisions located in a high-resource area, as defined, would be presumed in violation of the Housing Accountability Act, as specified, and immediately liable for penalties, beginning on January 1, 2027, as provided. These provisions would not apply to a local agency until July 1, 2026, except as specified. The bill would specify that a development proposed pursuant to these provisions is eligible for streamlined, ministerial approval pursuant to specified law, except that the bill would exempt a project under these provisions from specified requirements, and would specify that the project is required to comply with certain affordability requirements, under that law. (Based on 09/02/2025 text) Position: Oppose
Priority: (2) Priority
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
SB 92 (Blakespear, D) Housing development: density bonuses.

Current Text: 07/07/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Senate CONCURRENCE
Summary: The Density Bonus Law requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development, as defined, within the city or county with a density bonus, other incentives or concessions, and waivers or reductions of development standards, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct specified units and meets other requirements. This bill would specify that a concession and incentive shall not result in a proposed project, as prescribed, with a specified commercial floor area ratio. The bill would also specify that certain provisions of the Density Bonus Law do not require a city, county, or city and county to approve, grant a concession or incentive requiring approval of, or waive or reduce development standards otherwise applicable to, transient lodging as part of a housing development, except as specified. (Based on 07/07/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
SB 346 (Durazo, D) Local agencies: transient occupancy taxes: short-term rental facilitator.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Enrollment HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate ENROLLMENT
68 p. 19 (By Subject
Summary: Current law authorizes a local authority, by ordinance or resolution, to regulate the occupancy of a room or rooms, or other living space, in a hotel, inn, tourist home or house, motel, or other lodging for a period of less than 30 days. This bill would authorize a local agency, defined to mean a city, county, or city and county, to enact an ordinance to require a short-term rental facilitator, as defined, to report, in the form and manner prescribed by the local agency, the physical address, including 9-digit ZIP Code, of each short-term rental, as defined, during the reporting period. The bill would also authorize a local agency to request additional information, as provided, when the physical address is not sufficient for the local agency to identify a specific short-term rental. The bill would authorize the local agency to impose an administrative fine or penalty for failure to file the report, and would authorize the local agency to initiate an audit of a short-term rental facilitator, as described. The bill would require a short-term rental facilitator, in a jurisdiction that has adopted an ordinance, to include in the listing of a short-term rental any applicable local license number associated with the short-term rental and any transient occupancy tax certification issued by a local agency. (Based on 07/07/2025 text) Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Municipal Funding and Procurement, Planning, Land Use, Housing Misc2: League of Cities Sponsored
SB 358 (Becker, D) Mitigation Fee Act: mitigating vehicular traffic impacts.

Current Text: 07/07/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Senate CONCURRENCE
Summary: The Mitigation Fee Act imposes various requirements with respect to the establishment, increase, or imposition of a fee by a local agency as a condition of approval of a development project. Current law requires a local agency that imposes a fee on a housing development for the purpose of mitigating vehicular traffic impacts to set the rate for that fee, if the housing development satisfies all of certain prescribed characteristics, to reflect a lower rate of automobile trip generation associated with such housing developments in comparison with housing developments without the prescribed characteristics, unless the local agency adopts findings after a public hearing establishing that the housing development, even with those characteristics, would not generate fewer automobile trips than a housing development without those characteristics. This bill would require those findings to be supported by substantial evidence in the record before or as part of the housing development project approval process. (Based on 07/07/2025 text) Position: Oppose
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
SB 415 (Reyes, D) Planning and zoning: logistics use developments: truck routes.

Current Text: 07/17/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/21/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 08/21/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Current law, beginning January 1, 2026, prescribes various statewide warehouse design and build standards for any proposed new or expanded logistics use developments, as specified, including, among other things, standards for building design and location, parking, truck loading bays, landscaping buffers, entry gates, and signage. Current law defines various terms, including “21st century warehouse,” and “tier 1 21st century warehouse,” for purposes of those provisions as logistics uses that, among other things, comply with specified building and energy efficiency standards, including requirements related to the availability of conduits and electrical hookups to power climate control equipment at loading bays, as specified. Current law, subject to specified exceptions, defines “logistics use” for these purposes to mean a building in which cargo, goods, or products are moved or stored for later distribution to business or retail customers, or both, that does not predominantly serve retail customers for onsite purchases, and heavy-duty trucks are primarily involved in the movement of the cargo, goods, or products. This bill would clarify that a 21st century warehouse and a tier 1 21st century warehouse are required to comply with those standards as are in effect at the time that the building permit for a development of a 21st century warehouse is issued and make other clarifying changes relating to permissibility of use of conduits and electrical hookups at loading bays at those locations. The bill would revise the definition of “logistics use” and instead define “logistics use development” for these purposes to mean a building that is primarily used as a warehouse for 69 p. 20 (By Subject
the movement or the storage of cargo, goods, or products that are moved to business or retail customers, or both, that does not predominantly serve retail customers for onsite purchases, and heavy-duty trucks are primarily involved in the movement of the cargo, goods, or products. (Based on 07/17/2025 text) Priority: (2) Priority
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
SB 456 (Ashby, D) Contractors: exemptions: muralists.

Current Text: 04/02/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/21/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 08/21/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: The Contractors State License Law establishes the Contractors State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of contractors. Current law makes it a misdemeanor for a person to engage in the business, or act in the capacity, of a contractor without a license, unless exempted. Current law exempts from the Contractors State License Law a nonprofit corporation providing assistance to an owner, as specified. This bill would exempt from that law an artist who draws, paints, applies, executes, restores, or conserves a mural, as defined, pursuant to an agreement with a person who could legally authorize the work. (Based on 04/02/2025 text)
Position: Support
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: League of Cities Sponsored
SB 489 (Arreguín, D) Local agency formation commissions: written policies and procedures: Permit Streamlining Act:
housing development projects.

Current Text: 08/26/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Senate CONCURRENCE
Summary: The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 governs the procedures for the formation and change of organization of cities and special districts and establishes a local agency formation commission in each county consisting of members appointed as provided. The act expresses the intent of the Legislature that each local agency formation commission, by January 1, 2002, establish written policies and procedures and exercise its powers in a way that encourages and provides planned, well-ordered, efficient urban development patterns, as specified. The act requires these written policies and procedures to include forms to be used for various submittals to the commission, as provided. The act requires each commission to provide access to notices and other information to the public on an internet website, as specified, including notice of all public hearings and commission meetings. This bill would require that each local agency formation commission establish the written policies and procedures described above. The bill would require that the written policies and procedures include any forms necessary for a complete application to the commission concerning a proposed change of organization or reorganization. (Based on 08/26/2025 text) Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
SB 499 (Stern, D) Residential projects: fees and charges.

Current Text: 08/20/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
70 p. 21 (By Subject
Location: 09/03/2025 - Senate CONCURRENCE
Summary: The Mitigation Fee Act imposes various requirements with respect to the establishment, increase, or imposition of a fee by a local agency as a condition of approval of a development project. If a local agency imposes any fees or charges on designated residential developments for the construction of public improvements or facilities, current law imposes various conditions on the fees and charges. Among these conditions, existing law prohibits the local agency from requiring the payment of those fees or charges until the date the first certificate of occupancy or first temporary certificate of occupancy is issued, whichever occurs first, except as specified. Current law, for designated residential development projects, authorizes the local agency to collect utility service fees related to connections at the time an application for service is received if those fees do not exceed the costs incurred by the utility provider resulting from the connection activities. This bill would additionally authorize a local agency to collect utility service charges related to connections at the time an application is received, as described above. (Based on 08/20/2025 text) Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing, Public Safety
SB 710 (Blakespear, D) Property taxation: active solar energy systems.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: The California Constitution generally limits the maximum rate of ad valorem tax on real property to 1% of the full cash value of the property and defines “full cash value” for these purposes as the appraised value of real property when purchased, newly constructed, or a change in ownership has occurred after the 1975 assessment. Pursuant to constitutional authorization, current property tax law excludes from the definition of “newly constructed” for these purposes the construction or addition of any active solar energy system, as defined, through the 2025–26 fiscal year. Under current property tax law, this exclusion remains in effect only until there is a subsequent change in ownership, but an active solar energy system that qualifies for the exclusion before January 1, 2027, continues to receive the exclusion until there is a subsequent change in ownership. Current law repeals these exclusion provisions on January 1, 2027. This bill would remove the repeal of the existing active solar energy system exclusion. (Based on 09/02/2025 text) Position: Oppose
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
SB 786 (Arreguín, D) Planning and zoning: general plan: judicial challenges.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and of certain land outside its boundaries, and requires the general plan to contain specified mandatory elements. Current law specifies that these provisions generally do not apply to a charter city, but requires a charter city to adopt a general plan that contains the mandatory elements, among other things.

Current law prescribes a process to challenge the validity of a general plan. Among other things, existing law requires a petitioner to request a hearing or trial, as specified. Current law requires a court to set a date for the hearing or trial to be heard no later than 120 days after the filing of the request, as specified. Current law authorizes a court to continue for a reasonable time the date of the hearing or trial upon written motion and finding of good cause. Current law requires a court to grant the petitioner temporary relief if the court grants a continuance to a respondent, as specified. This bill would apply to the above-described process to challenge the validity of a general plan to a charter city and state that this is declaratory of existing law. The bill would limit the period for which a court may continue a trial or hearing, as described above, to no more than 60 days and would additionally authorize a court to grant a continuance on the court’s own motion. The bill 71 p. 22 (By Subject
would extend the requirement that a court grant temporary relief, as described above, in any instance in which the court orders a continuance, rather than only if the court grants a continuance to a respondent. (Based on 09/02/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
SB 789 (Menjivar, D) Taxation: information returns: vacant commercial real property.

Current Text: 04/30/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 05/23/2025 - May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

Location: 05/12/2025 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Current statutory law, the Documentary Transfer Tax Act, authorizes the imposition of a tax by a county or city, as provided, with respect to specified instruments that transfer specified interests in real property. Current law establishes the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration for the purpose of administering various taxes. This bill would require a person, as defined, that owns commercial property, as defined, in this state to register with the department, as provided. The bill would require every person owning commercial real property in this state to file an information return each year by a date determined by the department, as provided. The bill would require the information return to include specified information, including, among other requirements, whether any buildings or portions of buildings were vacant in the previous calendar year. The bill would authorize extensions of the time for a person to file an information return under specified circumstances, including for good cause. The bill would impose on any person who fails or refuses to timely furnish a return required by its provisions a penalty of $100 per commercial property that the person fails or refuses to timely furnish the information return. The bill would authorize the Director of Finance to make a loan from the General Fund to the department to implement those provisions, and would require any loan to be repaid from revenues from penalties imposed. (Based on 04/30/2025 text)
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Municipal Funding and Procurement, Planning, Land Use, Housing Public Safety
AB 15 (Gipson, D) Open unsolved homicide: review and reinvestigation.

Current Text: 07/16/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/29/2025 - From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 29). Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 08/29/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: Current law defines murder as the unlawful killing of a human being, or a fetus, with malice aforethought.

Existing law also defines manslaughter as the unlawful killing of a human being without malice, and establishes 3 kinds of manslaughter: voluntary, involuntary, and vehicular. This bill would require a law enforcement agency to review the casefile regarding an open unsolved homicide upon written application by certain persons to determine if a reinvestigation would result in probative investigative leads, as specified. The bill would define a homicide to include murder and manslaughter and an open unsolved homicide as a homicide committed after January 1, 1990, but no less than 3 years prior to the date of the application for case review, that was investigated by a law enforcement agency, for which all probative investigative leads have been exhausted and for which no suspect has been identified. If the review determines that a reinvestigation would result in probative investigative leads, this bill would require a reinvestigation, as specified. (Based on 07/16/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Public Safety
AB 237 (Patel, D) Crimes: threats.

Current Text: 07/03/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
72 p. 23 (By Subject
Status: 08/29/2025 - From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 08/29/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: Current law makes it a crime to willfully threaten to commit a crime that will result in death or great bodily injury to another person, with the specific intent that the statement is to be taken as a threat that, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is made, is so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as to convey to the person threatened a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and thereby reasonably causes the threatened person to be in sustained fear for their own safety or the safety of their immediate family, as defined. Under current law, this crime is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for no more than one year for a misdemeanor, or by imprisonment in state prison for a felony. This bill would make it a crime for a person to willfully threaten, by any means, including, but not limited to, an image or threat posted or published on an internet web page, to commit a crime at specified locations, including a daycare and workplace, with specific intent that the statement is be taken as a threat, even if there is no intent of actually carrying it out, if the threat, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is made is so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as to convey to the person or persons threatened a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and if the threat causes a person or person to reasonably be in sustained fear for their own safety or the safety of others at the specified locations. (Based on 07/03/2025 text) Position: Support
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Public Safety
AB 262 (Caloza, D) California Individual Assistance Act.

Current Text: 05/23/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 06/11/2025 - Referred to Com. on G.O.

Location: 06/11/2025 - Senate Governmental Organization Summary: The California Disaster Assistance Act requires the Director of Emergency Services to provide financial assistance to local agencies for their personnel costs, equipment costs, and the cost of supplies and materials used during disaster response activities, incurred as a result of a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor, subject to specified criteria. The act continuously appropriates moneys in the Disaster Assistance Fund and its subsidiary account, the Earthquake Emergency Investigations Account, without regard to fiscal year, for purposes of the act. This bill would enact the California Individual Assistance Act to establish a grant program to provide financial assistance, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to local agencies, community-based organizations, and individuals for specified costs related to a disaster, as prescribed. The bill would require the director to allocate from the fund, subject to specified conditions, funds to meet the cost of expenses for those purposes. (Based on 05/23/2025 text) Priority: (6) Info only
Subject: Municipal Funding and Procurement, Public Safety Misc2: League of Cities Sponsored
AB 339 (Ortega, D) Local public employee organizations: notice requirements.

Current Text: 08/29/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/04/2025 - Set for Hearing Supplemental File 9/4/2025 Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act contains various provisions that govern collective bargaining of local represented employees and delegates jurisdiction to the Public Employment Relations Board to resolve disputes and enforce the statutory duties and rights of local public agency employers and employees. Current law requires the governing body of a public agency to meet and confer in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment with representatives of recognized employee organizations. Current law requires the governing body of a public agency, and boards and commissions designated by law or by the governing body, to give reasonable 73 p. 24 (By Subject
written notice, except in cases of emergency, as specified, to each recognized employee organization affected of any ordinance, rule, resolution, or regulation directly relating to matters within the scope of representation proposed to be adopted by the governing body or the designated boards and commissions. This bill would require the governing body of a public agency, and boards and commissions designated by law or by the governing body of a public agency, to give the recognized employee organization no less than 45 days’ written notice before issuing a request for proposals, request for quotes, or renewing or extending an existing contract to perform services that are within the scope of work of the job classifications represented by the recognized employee organization, subject to certain exceptions. The bill would require the notice to include specified information, including the anticipated duration of the contract. (Based on 08/29/2025 text) Position: Oppose
Priority: (3) Significant
Subject: Human Resources, Public Safety
AB 400 (Pacheco, D) Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training: police canines.

Current Text: 08/29/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: Would require, on or before July 1, 2027, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to study and issue recommendations to the Legislature on the use of canines by law enforcement. The bill would require the commission to consider in its recommendations, among other things, instances of appropriate patrol use with a canine, as specified, and instances of appropriate use with a canine for detection, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions on July 1, 2031. (Based on 08/29/2025 text)
Position: Support
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Public Safety
AB 476 (González, Mark, D) Metal theft.

Current Text: 08/29/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: Current law governs the business of buying, selling, and dealing in secondhand and used machinery and all ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals and alloys, also known as “junk.” Current law requires junk dealers and recyclers to keep a written record of all sales and purchases made in the course of their business, including the place and date of each sale or purchase of junk and a description of the item or items, as specified. Current law requires the written record to include a statement indicating either that the seller of the junk is the owner of it, or the name of the person they obtained the junk from, as shown on a signed transfer document. This bill would require junk dealers and recyclers to include additional information in the written record, including the time and amount paid for each sale or purchase of junk made, and the name of the employee handling the transaction. The bill would revise the type of information required to be included in the description of the item or items of junk purchased or sold, as specified. The bill would require the statement referenced above indicating ownership or the name of the person from whom the seller obtained the junk from to be signed and would require the statement to include specified information, including the legal name, date of birth, and place of residence of the seller. (Based on 08/29/2025 text)
Position: Support
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Public Safety, Transportation & Infrastructure Misc2: League of Cities Sponsored
AB 992 (Irwin, D) Peace officers.

Current Text: 09/03/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. 74 p. 25 (By Subject
Location: 09/03/2025 - Senate SECOND READING
Summary: Current law requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, in consultation with specified entities, to develop a modern policing degree program and to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature outlining a plan to implement the program. Current law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training within the Department of Justice and requires the commission to approve and adopt the education criteria for peace officers, based on the recommendations in the report. This bill would repeal the requirement for the commission to approve and adopt the criteria described above. (Based on 09/03/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Public Safety
AB 1263 (Gipson, D) Firearms: ghost guns.

Current Text: 03/24/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/29/2025 - From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 08/29/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: Current law makes it a crime for a person to manufacture or cause to be manufactured specified firearms.

Current law prohibits a person, other than a state-licensed firearms manufacturer, from using a computer numerical control (CNC) milling machine or three-dimensional printer to manufacture a firearm. This bill would prohibit a person from knowingly or willfully causing another person to engage in the unlawful manufacture of firearms or knowingly or willfully aiding, abetting, prompting, or facilitating the unlawful manufacture of firearms, including the manufacture of assault weapons or .50 BMG rifles or the manufacture of any firearm using a three-dimensional printer or CNC milling machine, as specified. (Based on 03/24/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Public Safety
AB 1284 (Committee on Emergency Management) Emergency services: catastrophic plans: recovery frameworks.

Current Text: 02/21/2025 - Introduced HTML PDF
Status: 05/23/2025 - In committee: Held under submission.

Location: 04/30/2025 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Would require the Office of Emergency Services (OES) to develop state recovery frameworks for California’s catastrophic plans, as provided. The bill would also require the governing body of a political subdivision, as defined, to develop regional recovery frameworks for California’s catastrophic plans and would require OES to provide technical assistance in this regard. This bill would require OES and the governing bodies of political subdivisions, in developing recovery frameworks, to incorporate lessons learned from recent major disasters. The bill would require the recovery frameworks to be consistent with guidance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and to address, at a minimum, specified recovery support functions, including economic recovery, health and social services, and infrastructure systems. The bill would require OES to use, to the greatest extent possible, federal preparedness grant funding to offset the state, local, and tribal government costs associated with developing recovery frameworks. The bill would require the state and regional recovery frameworks to be completed by January 15, 2027. By imposing new duties on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 02/21/2025 text) Priority: (6) Info only
Subject: Public Safety
SB 19 (Rubio, D) Threats: schools and places of worship.

Current Text: 05/23/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
75 p. 26 (By Subject
Status: 09/02/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/02/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Would make a person who willfully threatens to commit a crime which will result in death or great bodily injury to any person who may be on the grounds of a school or place of worship, with specific intent and under certain circumstances, and if the threat causes a person or persons reasonably to be in sustained fear for their own safety or the safety of another person, guilty of a misdemeanor or felony punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a specified term, except that if the person is under 18 years of age, the bill would make the person guilty of an infraction and require the person to be referred to specified services in lieu of being declared a ward of the court, as specified. By creating a new crime and imposing additional duties on local governments this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 05/23/2025 text)
Position: Support
Priority: (2) Priority
Subject: Public Safety
SB 48 (Gonzalez, D) Immigration enforcement: schoolsites: prohibitions on access and sharing information.

Current Text: 07/09/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 07/14/2025 - July 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

Location: 07/02/2025 - Assembly Judiciary
Summary: Would prohibit school districts, county offices of education, or charter schools and their personnel, to the extent possible, from granting permission to an immigration authority to access the nonpublic areas of a schoolsite, producing a pupil for questioning by an immigration authority at a schoolsite, or consenting to a search of any kind of the nonpublic areas of a schoolsite by an immigration authority, unless the immigration authority presents a valid judicial warrant or court order. The bill would require a local educational agency and its personnel, when presented with a valid judicial warrant or court order to carry out the above-described actions, to (1) request valid identification and a written statement of purpose from the immigration authority and retain copies of those documents and (2), as early as possible, notify the designated local educational agency administrator of the request and advise the immigration authority that the local educational agency administrator is required to provide direction before access to the nonpublic areas of a schoolsite or pupil may be granted. The bill would require a local educational agency and its personnel, if an immigration authority does not present a valid judicial warrant or court order, to (1), as early as possible, notify the designated local educational agency administrator of the request, (2) deny the immigration authority access to the nonpublic areas of the schoolsite, and (3) make a reasonable effort to have the denial witnessed and documented. The bill would also prohibit a local educational agency and its personnel from disclosing or providing, in writing, verbally, or in any other manner, the education records of or any information about a pupil, pupil’s family and household, school employee, or teacher to an immigration authority without a valid judicial warrant or court order directing the local educational agency or its personnel to do so. The bill would also require the Attorney General to publish model policies to assist K–12 schools in responding to immigration issues pursuant to the above-described requirements. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 07/09/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Public Safety
SB 274 (Cervantes, D) Automated license plate recognition systems.

Current Text: 07/17/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/02/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Current law prohibits a public agency, which includes the state, a city, a county, a city and county, or any agency or political subdivision of the state, a city, a county, or a city and county, including, but not limited to, a law enforcement agency, from selling, sharing, or transferring automated license plate recognition (ALPR) information, except 76 p. 27 (By Subject
to another public agency, and only as otherwise permitted by law. Current law defines ALPR information as information or data collected through the use of an ALPR system. This bill would provide that “public agency” does not include a transportation agency, as specified. The bill would authorize a law enforcement agency to use ALPR information only for purposes of locating vehicles or persons when either are reasonably suspected of being involved in the commission of a public offense. The bill would prohibit a public agency from retaining ALPR information for more than 60 days after the date of collection if it does not match information on an authorized hot list, as defined. (Based on 07/17/2025 text) Position: Oppose
Priority: (3) Significant
Subject: Public Safety
SB 385 (Seyarto, R) Peace officers.

Current Text: 04/10/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 07/17/2025 - From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Garcia. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 07/17/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Current law required the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, on or before June 1, 2023, in consultation with specified entities, to develop a modern policing degree program and to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature outlining a plan to implement the program. Current law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training within the Department of Justice and requires the commission, within 2 years of the submission of the report, to approve and adopt the education criteria for peace officers, based on the recommendations in the report.

This bill would repeal the requirement for the commission to approve and adopt the criteria described above. (Based on 04/10/2025 text)
Position: Support
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Public Safety
SB 499 (Stern, D) Residential projects: fees and charges.

Current Text: 08/20/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Senate CONCURRENCE
Summary: The Mitigation Fee Act imposes various requirements with respect to the establishment, increase, or imposition of a fee by a local agency as a condition of approval of a development project. If a local agency imposes any fees or charges on designated residential developments for the construction of public improvements or facilities, current law imposes various conditions on the fees and charges. Among these conditions, existing law prohibits the local agency from requiring the payment of those fees or charges until the date the first certificate of occupancy or first temporary certificate of occupancy is issued, whichever occurs first, except as specified. Current law, for designated residential development projects, authorizes the local agency to collect utility service fees related to connections at the time an application for service is received if those fees do not exceed the costs incurred by the utility provider resulting from the connection activities. This bill would additionally authorize a local agency to collect utility service charges related to connections at the time an application is received, as described above. (Based on 08/20/2025 text) Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing, Public Safety
SB 634 (Pérez, D) Local government: homelessness.

Current Text: 06/24/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 07/17/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. 77 p. 28 (By Subject
Location: 07/17/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Current law establishes procedures for the enactment of ordinances by counties and cities and makes a violation of a county or city ordinance, as applicable, a misdemeanor unless by ordinance it is made an infraction. This bill would prohibit a local jurisdiction from adopting a local ordinance, or enforcing an existing ordinance, that prohibits a person or organization from providing support services, as specified, to a person who is homeless or assisting a person who is homeless with any act related to basic survival. The bill would define various terms for these purposes. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. (Based on 06/24/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Governance, Human Services, Recreation, Quality of Life, Public Safety SB 720 (Ashby, D) Automated traffic enforcement system programs.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Current law authorizes the limit line, intersection, or other places where a driver is required to stop to be equipped with an automated traffic enforcement system if the governmental agency utilizing the system meets certain requirements, including identifying the system with signs and ensuring that the system meets specified criteria on minimum yellow light change intervals. Current law authorizes, until January 1, 2032, the Cities of Los Angeles, San Jose, Oakland, Glendale, and Long Beach, and the City and County of San Francisco to establish a speed safety system pilot program for speed enforcement that utilizes a speed safety system in specified areas, if the system meets specified requirements.

Current law prescribes specified requirements for a notice of violation issued pursuant to these provisions, and requires a violation of a speed law that is recorded by a speed safety system to be subject only to a specified civil penalty. This bill would additionally authorize a city, county, or city and county to establish an automated traffic enforcement system program to use those systems to detect a violation of a traffic control signal, if the system meets specified requirements.

The bill would require a violation of a traffic control signal that is recorded by an automated traffic enforcement system to be subject to escalating civil penalties, as specified. The bill would, among other things, provide for the issuance of a notice of violation, an initial review, an administrative hearing, and an appeals process, as specified, for a violation under this program. The bill would clarify that a local jurisdiction may utilize an automated traffic enforcement system pursuant to these provisions or the above-described provisions authorizing the utilization of an automated traffic enforcement system. (Based on 09/02/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Public Safety
State Budget Act
AB 227 (Gabriel, D) Budget Act of 2025.

Current Text: 01/10/2025 - Introduced HTML PDF
Status: 02/03/2025 - Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

Location: 02/03/2025 - Assembly Budget
Summary: Would make appropriations for the support of state government for the 2025–26 fiscal year. This bill contains other related provisions. (Based on 01/10/2025 text)
Priority: (6) Info only
Subject: State Budget Act
78 p. 29 (By Subject
SB 65 (Wiener, D) Budget Act of 2025.

Current Text: 01/10/2025 - Introduced HTML PDF
Status: 01/13/2025 - Read first time.

Location: 01/10/2025 - Senate Budget and Fiscal Review
Summary: Would make appropriations for the support of state government for the 2025–26 fiscal year. (Based on 01/10/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: State Budget Act
Transportation & Infrastructure
AB 476 (González, Mark, D) Metal theft.

Current Text: 08/29/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Current Text: 07/01/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 07/08/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 07/08/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 requires the Director of Transportation, upon consultation with the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, to review and modify all bid specifications relating to the purchase of paving materials and base, subbase, and pervious backfill materials using certain recycled materials.

Current law requires the specifications to be based on standards developed by the Department of Transportation for recycled paving materials and for recycled base, subbase, and pervious backfill materials. Current law requires a local agency that has jurisdiction over a street or highway, to the extent feasible and cost effective, to apply standard specifications that allow for the use of recycled materials in streets and highways, except as provided. Current law requires, until January 1, 2027, those standard specifications to allow recycled materials at or above the level allowed in the department’s standard specifications that went into effect on October 22, 2018, for specified materials. This bill would 79 p. 30 (By Subject
indefinitely require a local agency’s standard specifications to allow recycled materials at a level no less than the level allowed in the department’s specifications for those specified materials. If a local agency’s standard specifications do not allow for the use of recycled materials at a level that is equal to or greater than the level allowed in the department’s standard specifications on the basis that the use of those recycled materials at those levels is not feasible, the bill would authorize a person bidding on a contract to supply materials subject to those specifications to request the local agency to provide the reason for that determination upon request and would require the local agency to respond to that request, as specified. (Based on 07/01/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Transportation & Infrastructure
SB 71 (Wiener, D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: transit projects.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA, until January 1, 2030, exempts from its requirements active transportation plans, pedestrian plans, or bicycle transportation plans for the restriping of streets and highways, bicycle parking and storage, signal timing to improve street and highway intersection operations, and the related signage for bicycles, pedestrians, and vehicles. This bill would extend the operation of the above-mentioned exemption indefinitely. The bill would also exempt a transit comprehensive operational analysis, as defined, a transit route readjustment, or other transit agency route addition, elimination, or modification, from the requirements of CEQA. Because a lead agency would be required to determine whether a plan qualifies for this exemption, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 09/02/2025 text) Priority: (3) Significant
Subject: Transportation & Infrastructure
Trash, Recycling, Water, Resources
AB 1207 (Irwin, D) Climate change: market-based compliance mechanism: price ceiling.

Current Text: 03/17/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/20/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 08/20/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, until January 1, 2031, authorizes the State Air Resources Board to adopt a regulation establishing a system of market-based declining aggregate emissions limits for sources or categories of sources that emit greenhouse gases (market-based compliance mechanism) that meets certain requirements. Current law requires the state board, in adopting the regulation to, among other things, establish a price ceiling for emission allowances sold by the state board. Current law requires the state board, in establishing the price ceiling, to consider specified factors, including the full social cost associated with emitting a metric ton of greenhouse gases. This bill would require the state board to instead consider the full social cost associated with emitting a metric ton of greenhouse gases, as determined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in November 2023. (Based on 03/17/2025 text)
Priority: (6) Info only
Subject: Trash, Recycling, Water, Resources
SB 454 (McNerney, D) State Water Resources Control Board: PFAS Mitigation Program.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. 80 p. 31 (By Subject
Location: 09/02/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Current law designates the State Water Resources Control Board as the agency responsible for administering specific programs related to drinking water, including, among others, the California Safe Drinking Water Act and the Emerging Contaminants for Small or Disadvantaged Communities Funding Program. This bill, which would become operative upon an appropriation by the Legislature, would enact a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) mitigation program. As part of that program, the bill would create the PFAS Mitigation Fund in the State Treasury and would authorize certain moneys in the fund to be expended by the state board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for specified purposes. The bill would authorize the state board to seek out nonstate, federal, and private funds designated for PFAS remediation and treatment and deposit the funds into the PFAS Mitigation Fund. The bill would continuously appropriate these funds to the state board for specified purposes. The bill would authorize the state board to establish accounts within the PFAS Mitigation Fund. The bill would authorize the state board to expend moneys from the fund in the form of a grant, loan, or contract, or to provide assistance services to water suppliers and sewer system providers, as those terms are defined, for multiple purposes, including, among other things, to cover or reduce the costs for water suppliers associated with treating drinking water to meet the applicable state and federal maximum PFAS contaminant levels. (Based on 09/02/2025 text)
Position: Support
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Trash, Recycling, Water, Resources
Misc2: League of Cities Sponsored
SB 466 (Caballero, D) Drinking water: primary standard for hexavalent chromium: exemption.

Current Text: 08/25/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Senate CONCURRENCE
Summary: The California Safe Drinking Water Act requires the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt primary drinking water standards for contaminants in drinking water based upon specified criteria and requires a primary drinking water standard to be established for hexavalent chromium. Current law authorizes the state board to grant a variance from primary drinking water standards to a public water system. This bill would prohibit a public water system that meets the total chromium maximum contaminant level (MCL) enforceable standard for drinking water in California from being determined, held, considered, or otherwise deemed in violation of the primary drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium while implementing a state board approved compliance plan or while state board action on the proposed and submitted compliance plan is pending, except as provided. (Based on 08/25/2025 text) Position: Support
Priority: (3) Significant
Subject: Trash, Recycling, Water, Resources
SB 682 (Allen, D) Environmental health: product safety: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Current law requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control, on or before January 1, 2029, to adopt regulations to enforce specified covered perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) restrictions, which include prohibitions on the distribution, sale, or offering for sale of certain products that contain specified levels of PFAS. Current law requires the department, on and after July 1, 2030, to enforce and ensure compliance with those provisions and regulations, as provided. Current law requires manufacturers of these products, on or before July 1, 2029, to register with the department, to pay a registration fee to the department, and to provide a statement of compliance certifying compliance with the applicable prohibitions on the use of PFAS to the department, as specified. Current law authorizes the 81 p. 32 (By Subject
department to test products and to rely on third-party testing to determine compliance with prohibitions on the use of PFAS, as specified. Current law requires the department to issue a notice of violation for a product in violation of the prohibitions on the use of PFAS, as provided. Current law authorizes the department to assess an administrative penalty for a violation of these prohibitions and authorizes the department to seek an injunction to restrain a person or entity from violating these prohibitions, as specified. This bill would, on and after January 1, 2028, prohibit a person from distributing, selling, or offering for sale a cleaning product, dental floss, juvenile product, food packaging, or ski wax, as provided, that contains intentionally added PFAS, as defined, except for previously used products and as otherwise preempted by federal law. The bill would, on and after January 1, 2030, prohibit a person from distributing, selling, or offering for sale cookware that contains intentionally added PFAS, except for previously used products and as otherwise preempted by federal law.

The bill would authorize the department, on or before January 1, 2029, to adopt regulations to carry out these provisions. (Based on 09/02/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Trash, Recycling, Water, Resources
SB 840 (Limón, D) Greenhouse gases: report.

Current Text: 03/26/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/02/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 requires the State Air Resources Board, in adopting rules and regulations to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions reductions to ensure that the statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 levels no later than December 31, 2030. The act requires the Legislative Analyst’s Office, until January 1, 2030, to annually submit to the Legislature a report on the economic impacts and benefits of those greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.

The act, until January 1, 2031, establishes the Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee and requires the committee to annually report to the state board and the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies on the environmental and economic performance of the regulations establishing the market-based compliance mechanism and other relevant climate change policies. This bill would extend indefinitely the requirement for the Legislative Analyst’s Office to annually submit to the Legislature the report on the economic impacts and benefits of those greenhouse gas emissions targets. The bill would require the committee, at a public hearing, to review the annual report by the Legislative Analyst’s Office. (Based on 03/26/2025 text)
Priority: (6) Info only
Subject: Trash, Recycling, Water, Resources
Total Measures: 69
Total Tracking Forms: 69
82 p. 1 (By Measure)
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Sorted by Measure
AB 15 (Gipson, D) Open unsolved homicide: review and reinvestigation.

Current Text: 07/16/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/29/2025 - From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 29). Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 08/29/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: Current law defines murder as the unlawful killing of a human being, or a fetus, with malice aforethought.

Current Text: 07/17/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/20/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 08/20/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: The Planning and Zoning 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 proposed general distribution and general location and extent of the uses of the land in specified categories, and a circulation element that identifies the location and extent of existing and proposed major thoroughfares, transportation routes, terminals, any military airports and ports, and other local public utilities and facilities, as specified.

This bill, the Local Electrification Planning Act, would require each city, county, or city and county, on or after January 1, 2027, but no later than January 1, 2030, to prepare and adopt a specified plan, or integrate a plan in the next adoption or revision of the general plan, that includes locally based goals, objectives, policies, and feasible implementation measures that include, among other things, the identification of opportunities to expand electric vehicle charging and other zeroemission vehicle fueling infrastructure, as specified, and includes policies and implementation measures that address the needs of disadvantaged communities, low-income households, and small businesses for equitable and prioritized investments in zero-emission technologies that directly benefit these groups. (Based on 07/17/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
83 p. 2 (By Measure)
AB 76 (Alvarez, D) Surplus land: exempt surplus land: sectional planning area.

Current Text: 07/17/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 07/17/2025 - Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

Current Text: 01/10/2025 - Introduced HTML PDF
Status: 02/03/2025 - Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

Current Text: 07/03/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/29/2025 - From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 08/29/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: Current law makes it a crime to willfully threaten to commit a crime that will result in death or great bodily injury to another person, with the specific intent that the statement is to be taken as a threat that, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is made, is so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as to convey to the person threatened a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and thereby reasonably causes the threatened person to be in sustained fear for their own safety or the safety of their immediate family, as defined. Under current law, this crime is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for no more than one year for a misdemeanor, or by imprisonment in state prison for a felony. This bill would make it a crime for a person to willfully threaten, by any means, including, but not limited to, an image or threat posted or published on an internet web page, to commit a crime at specified locations, including a daycare and workplace, with specific intent that the statement is be taken as a threat, even if there is no intent of actually carrying it out, if the threat, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is made is so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as to convey to the person or persons threatened a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and if the threat causes a person or person to reasonably be in sustained fear for their own safety or the safety of others at the specified locations. (Based on 07/03/2025 text) 84 p. 3 (By Measure)
Position: Support
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Public Safety
AB 253 (Ward, D) California Residential Private Permitting Review Act: residential building permits.

Current Text: 08/29/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: The State Housing Law establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation. Current law authorizes a county’s or city’s governing body to prescribe fees for permits, certificates, or other forms or documents required or authorized under the State Housing Law. This bill, the California Residential Private Permitting Review Act, would require a county or city to prepare a residential building permit fee schedule and post the schedule on the county’s or city’s internet website, if the county or city prescribes residential building permit fees. (Based on 08/29/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
AB 262 (Caloza, D) California Individual Assistance Act.

Current Text: 05/23/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 06/11/2025 - Referred to Com. on G.O.

Location: 06/11/2025 - Senate Governmental Organization Summary: The California Disaster Assistance Act requires the Director of Emergency Services to provide financial assistance to local agencies for their personnel costs, equipment costs, and the cost of supplies and materials used during disaster response activities, incurred as a result of a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor, subject to specified criteria. The act continuously appropriates moneys in the Disaster Assistance Fund and its subsidiary account, the Earthquake Emergency Investigations Account, without regard to fiscal year, for purposes of the act. This bill would enact the California Individual Assistance Act to establish a grant program to provide financial assistance, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to local agencies, community-based organizations, and individuals for specified costs related to a disaster, as prescribed. The bill would require the director to allocate from the fund, subject to specified conditions, funds to meet the cost of expenses for those purposes. (Based on 05/23/2025 text) Priority: (6) Info only
Subject: Municipal Funding and Procurement, Public Safety Misc2: League of Cities Sponsored
AB 306 (Schultz, D) Building regulations: state building standards.

Location: 04/23/2025 - Senate Housing
Summary: Current law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development (department) in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. The California Building Standards Law establishes the California Building Standards Commission (commission) within the Department of General Services. Current law requires the commission to approve and adopt building standards and to codify those standards in the California Building Standards Code (code). The State Housing Law establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation. Current law requires, among other things, the building standards adopted and submitted by the department for approval by the commission, as specified, to be adopted by reference, with certain exceptions. Current law 85 p. 4 (By Measure)
authorizes any city or county to make changes in those building standards that are published in the code, including to green building standards. Current law requires the governing body of a city or county, before making modifications or changes to those green building standards, to make an express finding that those modifications or changes are reasonably necessary because of local climatic, geological, or topographical conditions. This bill would, from October 1, 2025, to June 1, 2031, inclusive, prohibit a city or county from making changes that are applicable to residential units to the abovedescribed building standards unless a certain condition is met, including that the commission deems those changes or modifications necessary as emergency standards to protect health and safety. (Based on 06/23/2025 text) Position: Oppose
Priority: (3) Significant
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
AB 330 (Rogers, D) Local Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Collection Act.

Current Text: 01/27/2025 - Introduced HTML PDF
Status: 07/08/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 07/08/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: The Local Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Collection Act, until January 1, 2026, suspends the authority of a city, county, or city and county to impose a utility user tax on the consumption of prepaid communications service and any charge that applies to prepaid mobile telephony service, as defined, on access to communication services or access to local “911” emergency telephone systems, and instead requires those taxes and charges to be applied during the period beginning January 1, 2016, and ending January 1, 2026, under any local ordinance to be at specified rates. The act requires that these local charges imposed by a city, county, or a city and county on prepaid mobile telephony services be collected from the prepaid consumer by a seller at the time of sale, as specified. Current law requires that all local charges be collected and paid to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration pursuant to the Fee Collection Procedures Law and be deposited into the Local Charges for Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Fund, and be transmitted to the city, county, or city and county, as provided. This bill would extend operation of the act until January 1, 2031. (Based on 01/27/2025 text)
Position: Support
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Municipal Funding and Procurement
AB 339 (Ortega, D) Local public employee organizations: notice requirements.

Current Text: 08/29/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/04/2025 - Set for Hearing Supplemental File 9/4/2025 Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act contains various provisions that govern collective bargaining of local represented employees and delegates jurisdiction to the Public Employment Relations Board to resolve disputes and enforce the statutory duties and rights of local public agency employers and employees. Current law requires the governing body of a public agency to meet and confer in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment with representatives of recognized employee organizations. Current law requires the governing body of a public agency, and boards and commissions designated by law or by the governing body, to give reasonable written notice, except in cases of emergency, as specified, to each recognized employee organization affected of any ordinance, rule, resolution, or regulation directly relating to matters within the scope of representation proposed to be adopted by the governing body or the designated boards and commissions. This bill would require the governing body of a public agency, and boards and commissions designated by law or by the governing body of a public agency, to give the recognized employee organization no less than 45 days’ written notice before issuing a request for proposals, request for quotes, or renewing or extending an existing contract to perform services that are within the scope of work of the job classifications represented by the recognized employee organization, subject to certain exceptions. The bill would require the notice to include specified information, including the anticipated duration of the contract. (Based on 08/29/2025 text) Position: Oppose
Priority: (3) Significant
86 p. 5 (By Measure)
Subject: Human Resources, Public Safety
AB 357 (Alvarez, D) Coastal resources: coastal development permit application: higher education housing project.

Current Text: 07/10/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/26/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 08/26/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: The Coastal Act of 1976, which is administered by the California Coastal Commission, requires a person wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone to obtain a coastal development permit. The act provides for the submission and approval of long-range land use development plans as an alternative to project-by-project review to promote greater efficiency for the planning of state university or college or private university development projects and provides for amendments to those plans. The act places limits on the conditions the commission may impose on projects contained in a plan that has been certified by the commission. The act authorizes the commission to, after a public hearing, by regulation, adopt procedures for the issuance by the executive director of waivers from coastal development permit requirements for any development that is de minimis, as specified. This bill would require the commission to defer to the state university or college or private university in determining the number of vehicle parking spaces necessary for residents of student, faculty, or staff housing facilities, as provided. The bill would authorize the executive director to determine that a proposed amendment to a public works plan or long-range development plan is de minimis and would provide the procedures for the determination and approval of amendments that are de minimis. (Based on 07/10/2025 text)
Priority: (6) Info only
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
AB 400 (Pacheco, D) Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training: police canines.

Current Text: 08/29/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Current Text: 03/19/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Ordered to special consent calendar.

Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate CONSENT CALENDAR
Summary: Would, when the Department of Health Care Services receives a complaint against a licensed alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility, or a complaint alleging that a facility is unlawfully operating without a license, from a member of the public, require the department to provide, within 30 10 days of the date of the complaint, notice to the person filing the complaint that the complaint has been received and to provide, upon closing the complaint, notice to the person filing the complaint that the complaint has been closed and whether the department found the facility to be in violation of the provisions governing facility licensure and regulation. (Based on 03/19/2025 text) 87 p. 6 (By Measure)
Position: Support
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: League of Cities Sponsored
AB 476 (González, Mark, D) Metal theft.

Current Text: 08/29/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Enrollment HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1.). In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

Current Text: 08/29/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
88 p. 7 (By Measure)
Summary: 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 satisfies certain objective planning standards, including that the development is a multifamily housing development that contains two or more residential units. This bill would deem an adaptive reuse project a use by right in all zones, regardless of the zoning of the site, and subject to a streamlined, ministerial review process if the project meets specified requirements, subject to specified exceptions. In this regard, an adaptive reuse project, in order to qualify for the streamlined, ministerial review process, would be required to be proposed for an existing building that is less than 50 years old or meets certain requirements regarding the preservation of historic resources, including the signing of an affidavit declaring that the project will comply with the United States Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation for, among other things, the preservation of exterior facades of a building or structure that face a street, or receive federal or state historic rehabilitation tax credits, as specified. The bill would require an adaptive reuse project to meet specified affordability criteria. In this regard, the bill would require an adaptive reuse project for rental housing to include either 8% of the unit for very low income households and 5% of the units for extremely low income households or 15% of the units for lower income households. (Based on 08/29/2025 text)
Position: Oppose
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
AB 538 (Berman, D) Public works: payroll records.

Current Text: 05/23/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/29/2025 - From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 29). Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

The bill would authorize the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement to enforce certain penalties if a contractor fails to comply with the awarding body’s request within 10 days of receipt of the notice. (Based on 05/23/2025 text) Position: Oppose
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Legal and Records Management
AB 609 (Wicks, D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: housing development projects.

Current Text: 05/05/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 05/20/2025 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Location: 05/20/2025 - Senate Rules
Summary: The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA exempts from its requirements various projects, including, but not limited to, housing projects that meet certain requirements. This bill would exempt from the requirements of CEQA a housing development project, as 89 p. 8 (By Measure)
defined, that meets certain conditions relating to, for example, size, density, and location, including specific requirements for any housing on the project site located within 500 feet of a freeway. The bill would require a local government, as a condition of approval for the development, to require the development proponent to complete a specified environmental assessment regarding hazardous substance releases. If a recognized environmental condition is found, the bill would require the development proponent to complete a preliminary endangerment assessment and specified mitigation based on that assessment. Because a lead agency would be required to determine whether a housing development project qualifies for this exemption, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 05/05/2025 text) Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
AB 610 (Alvarez, D) Housing element: governmental constraints: disclosure statement.

Current Text: 09/03/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Senate SECOND READING
Summary: Current law requires a public agency to administer its programs and activities relating to housing and community development in a manner to affirmatively further fair housing and take no action that is materially inconsistent with its obligation to affirmatively further fair housing. Current law defines “affirmatively furthering fair housing,” as provided. The Planning and Zoning Law requires that a housing element include, among other things, a program that sets forth a schedule of actions during the planning period. Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a standardized reporting format for programs and actions taken pursuant to the requirement to affirmatively further fair housing. This bill would require the department to develop the above-described standardized reporting format on or before December 31, 2026. (Based on 09/03/2025 text) Position: Support
Priority: (2) Priority
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: League of Cities Sponsored
90 p. 9 (By Measure)
AB 712 (Wicks, D) Housing reform laws: enforcement actions: fines and penalties.

Current Text: 07/03/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/04/2025 - Set for Hearing Supplemental File 9/4/2025 Location: 09/04/2025 - Assembly CONCURRENCE
Summary: Current law within the Planning and Zoning Law describes various reforms and incentives enacted by the Legislature to facilitate and expedite the construction of affordable housing. Current law within the Planning and Zoning Law, in certain civil actions or proceedings against a public entity that has issued specified approvals for a housing development, authorizes a court to award all reasonably incurred costs of suit to a prevailing public entity or nonprofit housing corporation that is a real party in interest and the permit applicant of the low- or moderate-income housing if the court makes specified findings. This bill, where the applicant for a housing development is a prevailing party in an action brought by the applicant to enforce the public agency’s compliance with a housing reform law as applied to the applicant’s housing development project, would entitle an applicant for a housing development project to reasonable attorney’s fees and costs and would require a court to impose fines on a local agency, as specified. The bill would extend any period of limitation for actions under any state law for a period of 60 days beginning on the date the applicant provides written notice to the local agency indicating its intent to commence an action. The bill would prohibit a public agency from requiring the applicant to indemnify, defend, or hold harmless the public agency in any action alleging the public agency violated the applicant’s rights or deprived the applicant of the benefits or protection provide by a housing reform law. (Based on 07/03/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Legal and Records Management, Planning, Land Use, Housing Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
AB 735 (Carrillo, D) Planning and zoning: logistics use developments: truck routes.

Current Text: 08/27/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/28/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 08/28/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: Current law, beginning January 1, 2026, prescribes various statewide warehouse design and build standards for any proposed new or expanded logistics use developments, as specified, including, among other things, standards for building design and location, parking, truck loading bays, landscaping buffers, entry gates, and signage. Current law defines various terms, including “21st century warehouse,” and “tier 1 21st century warehouse,” for purposes of those provisions as logistics uses that, among other things, comply with specified building and energy efficiency standards, including requirements related to the availability of conduits and electrical hookups to power climate control equipment at loading bays, as specified. Current law, subject to specified exceptions, defines “logistics use” for these purposes to mean a building in which cargo, goods, or products are moved or stored for later distribution to business or retail customers, or both, that does not predominantly serve retail customers for onsite purchases, and heavy-duty trucks are primarily involved in the movement of the cargo, goods, or products. This bill would clarify that a 21st century warehouse and a tier 1 21st century warehouse are required to comply with those standards as are in effect at the time that the building permit for a development of a 21st century warehouse is issued and make other clarifying changes relating to permissibility of use of conduits and electrical hookups at loading bays at those locations. (Based on 08/27/2025 text) Priority: (2) Priority
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
AB 736 (Wicks, D) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026.

Current Text: 04/10/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 06/04/2025 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Location: 06/04/2025 - Senate Rules
91 p. 10 (By Measure)
Summary: Would enact the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, which, if adopted, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law. Proceeds from the sale of these bonds would be used to finance programs to fund affordable rental housing and home ownership programs, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program. (Based on 04/10/2025 text)
Position: Support
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
AB 782 (Quirk-Silva, D) Subdivisions: security.

Current Text: 07/16/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/20/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Current Text: 07/17/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/20/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 08/20/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: The Permit Streamlining Act requires a public agency to determine whether an application for a development project is complete within specified time periods, as specified. The act requires a public agency that is the lead agency for a development project to approve or disapprove that project within specified time periods. The California Emergency Services Act, among other things, authorizes the governing body of a city, county, or city and county to proclaim a local emergency under certain circumstances, as specified, and grants political subdivisions various powers and authorities in periods of local emergency. This bill would exempt projects related to the rebuilding or repair of an affected property, as defined, from specified requirements for solar panel installations, as provided. The bill would require a city, county, or city and county to approve an or deny a complete application, within 10 business days of receipt of the application, for a building permit or an equivalent permit for any of the specified structures intended to be used by a person until the rebuilding or repair of an affected property is complete. By imposing new duties on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 07/17/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
AB 920 (Caloza, D) Permit Streamlining Act: housing development projects: centralized application portal. 92 p. 11 (By Measure)
Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Enrolled HTML PDF
Status: 08/28/2025 - Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.).

Current Text: 02/20/2025 - Introduced HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Ordered to special consent calendar.

Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate CONSENT CALENDAR
Summary: The California Land Reuse and Revitalization Act of 2004 provides, among other things, that an innocent landowner, bona fide purchaser, or contiguous property owner, as defined, qualifies for immunity from liability from certain state statutory and common laws for pollution conditions caused by a release or threatened release of a hazardous material if specified conditions are met, including entering into an agreement for a specified site assessment and response plan. The act prohibits the Department of Toxic Substances Control, the State Water Resources Control Board, and a California regional water quality control board from requiring one of those persons to take a response action under certain state laws, except as specified. Existing law repeals the act on January 1, 2027. Current law provides that a person who qualifies for immunity under the act before January 1, 2027, shall continue to have that immunity on and after January 1, 2027. This bill would extend the repeal date of the act to January 1, 2037, and would provide that a person who qualifies for immunity under the act before January 1, 2037, shall continue to have that immunity on and after January 1, 2037, if the person continues to be in compliance with the requirements of the former act. (Based on 02/20/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
AB 978 (Hoover, R) Department of Transportation and local agencies: streets and highways: recycled materials.

Current Text: 07/01/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 07/08/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Current law requires the specifications to be based on standards developed by the Department of Transportation for recycled paving materials and for recycled base, subbase, and pervious backfill materials. Current law requires a local 93 p. 12 (By Measure)
agency that has jurisdiction over a street or highway, to the extent feasible and cost effective, to apply standard specifications that allow for the use of recycled materials in streets and highways, except as provided. Current law requires, until January 1, 2027, those standard specifications to allow recycled materials at or above the level allowed in the department’s standard specifications that went into effect on October 22, 2018, for specified materials. This bill would indefinitely require a local agency’s standard specifications to allow recycled materials at a level no less than the level allowed in the department’s specifications for those specified materials. If a local agency’s standard specifications do not allow for the use of recycled materials at a level that is equal to or greater than the level allowed in the department’s standard specifications on the basis that the use of those recycled materials at those levels is not feasible, the bill would authorize a person bidding on a contract to supply materials subject to those specifications to request the local agency to provide the reason for that determination upon request and would require the local agency to respond to that request, as specified. (Based on 07/01/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Transportation & Infrastructure
AB 992 (Irwin, D) Peace officers.

Current Text: 09/03/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Senate SECOND READING
Summary: Current law requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, in consultation with specified entities, to develop a modern policing degree program and to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature outlining a plan to implement the program. Current law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training within the Department of Justice and requires the commission to approve and adopt the education criteria for peace officers, based on the recommendations in the report. This bill would repeal the requirement for the commission to approve and adopt the criteria described above. (Based on 09/03/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Public Safety
AB 996 (Pellerin, D) Public Resources: sea level rise plans.

Current Text: 05/23/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Ordered to special consent calendar.

Current Text: 07/08/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/04/2025 - Set for Hearing Supplemental File 9/4/2025 94 p. 13 (By Measure)
Location: 09/04/2025 - Assembly CONCURRENCE
Summary: The Powering Up Californians Act requires the Public Utilities Commission, on or before September 30, 2024, to establish reasonable average and maximum target energization time periods, as defined, and a procedure for customers to report energization delays to the commission, as provided. The act requires the commission to require the electrical corporation to take remedial actions necessary to achieve the commission’s targets and requires all reports to be publicly available. This bill would require the commission, in a new or existing proceeding, to require each large electrical corporation to compile a list of information needed to approve or deny an application for energization, to post an example of a complete, approved energization application and an example of a complete energization application for a housing development project, and to make those items available on its internet website by a date specified by the commission. The bill would also require the commission to require each large electrical corporation to determine if an application for energization is complete and provide notice or otherwise provide certain information under a specified procedure. (Based on 07/08/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
AB 1050 (Schultz, D) Unlawfully restrictive covenants: housing developments: reciprocal easement agreements.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Current law provides that specified recorded covenants, conditions, restrictions, or private limits on the use of land contained in specified instruments affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in real property are not enforceable against the owner of an affordable housing development, as defined, if an approved restrictive covenant affordable housing modification document has been recorded in the public record, as provided. As part of this process, current law requires the owner to submit to the county recorder a copy of the original restrictive covenant and any documents the owner believes necessary to establish that the property qualifies as an affordable housing development and requires the county counsel to determine, among other things, if the property qualifies as an affordable housing development and if a modification document may be recorded. Current law provides that these provisions do not authorize any development that is not otherwise consistent with local general plans, zoning ordinances, and any applicable specific plan. This bill would extend those provisions to any housing development that is owned or controlled by an entity or individual that has submitted a development project application to redevelop an existing commercial property, and the development project includes residential uses permitted by state housing laws or local land use and zoning regulations and would make various conforming changes. The bill would additionally make these provisions applicable to covenants, conditions, restrictions, or private limits contained in a reciprocal easement agreement, as provided. (Based on 07/07/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
AB 1061 (Quirk-Silva, D) Housing developments: urban lot splits: historical resources.

Current Text: 07/10/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/04/2025 - Set for Hearing Supplemental File 9/4/2025 Location: 09/04/2025 - Assembly CONCURRENCE
Summary: Under the Planning and Zoning Law, the legislative body of a county or city may adopt ordinances that, among other things, regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land, as provided. The Subdivision Map Act vests the authority to regulate and control the design and improvement of subdivisions in the legislative body of a local agency and sets forth procedures governing the local agency’s processing, approval, conditional approval or disapproval, and filing of tentative, final, and parcel maps. Current law requires a local agency to consider ministerially a specified proposed housing development or to ministerially approve a parcel map for an urban lot split if the development or parcel meets specified requirements, including, that the development or parcel is not located within a historic district or property included on the State Historic Resources Inventory or within a site that is designated or listed as a city or county landmark or historic 95 p. 14 (By Measure)
property or district pursuant to city or county ordinance, as specified. Current law authorizes a local agency to impose specified objective standards on the development or parcel created by an urban lot split, except as specified. With respect to ministerial review of a proposed housing development under the above-described provisions, this bill would, if the other specified requirements are met, instead require a local agency to consider ministerially the development that is not located in either a contributing structure within a historic district included on the State Historical Resources Inventory or within a historic property or district pursuant to city or county ordinance or in a parcel individually listed as a historical resource included in the State Historical Resources Inventory or within a property individually designated or listed as a city or county landmark under a city or county ordinance. The bill would also authorize a local agency to adopt objective standards for the purposes of maintaining the historical value of a historic district listed in the California Register of Historical Resources, as specified. (Based on 07/10/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
AB 1154 (Carrillo, D) Junior accessory dwelling units.

Current Text: 09/03/2025 - Enrollment HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.).

Location: 09/03/2025 - Assembly ENROLLMENT
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, provides for the creation of junior accessory dwelling units by local ordinance, or, if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance, by ministerial approval, in accordance with specified standards and conditions. Current law requires an ordinance that provides for the creation of a junior accessory dwelling unit to, among other things, require owner-occupancy in the single-family residence in which the junior accessory dwelling unit is permitted. Under this bill, that owner-occupancy requirement would apply only if the junior accessory dwelling unit has shared sanitation facilities with the existing structure. The bill would require an ordinance that provides for the creation of a junior accessory dwelling unit to require that a rental of a junior accessory dwelling unit be for a term longer than 30 days. (Based on 07/03/2025 text)
Position: Oppose
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
AB 1207 (Irwin, D) Climate change: market-based compliance mechanism: price ceiling.

Current Text: 03/17/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/20/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Current Text: 03/24/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/29/2025 - From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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Location: 08/29/2025 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: Current law makes it a crime for a person to manufacture or cause to be manufactured specified firearms.

Current Text: 02/21/2025 - Introduced HTML PDF
Status: 05/23/2025 - In committee: Held under submission.

Location: 04/30/2025 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Would require the Office of Emergency Services (OES) to develop state recovery frameworks for California’s catastrophic plans, as provided. The bill would also require the governing body of a political subdivision, as defined, to develop regional recovery frameworks for California’s catastrophic plans and would require OES to provide technical assistance in this regard. This bill would require OES and the governing bodies of political subdivisions, in developing recovery frameworks, to incorporate lessons learned from recent major disasters. The bill would require the recovery frameworks to be consistent with guidance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and to address, at a minimum, specified recovery support functions, including economic recovery, health and social services, and infrastructure systems. The bill would require OES to use, to the greatest extent possible, federal preparedness grant funding to offset the state, local, and tribal government costs associated with developing recovery frameworks. The bill would require the state and regional recovery frameworks to be completed by January 15, 2027. By imposing new duties on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 02/21/2025 text) Priority: (6) Info only
Subject: Public Safety
AB 1308 (Hoover, R) Residential building permits: inspections: Housing Accountability Act.

Current Text: 07/10/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/28/2025 - Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Held at Desk.

Location: 08/28/2025 - Senate DESK
Summary: The State Housing Law establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation. Current law requires a county’s or city’s building department to enforce the State Housing Law and the California Building Standards Code, and other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the State Housing Law pertaining to standards for buildings used for human habitation. Current law requires a county or city, upon the applicant’s request, to contract with or employ temporarily a private entity or person to check the plans and specifications submitted with an application for a residential building permit to comply with the State Housing Law or local ordinances adopted pursuant to the State Housing Law, when the building department takes more than 30 days, as specified, to complete the plan check. Current law authorizes an enforcement agency to inspect any building to secure compliance with the State Housing Law and the California Building Standards Code, and other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the State Housing Law. This bill would require the building department to conduct an inspection of the permitted work for specified new residential constructions of a building and residential additions to an existing building within 10 business days of receiving a notice of the completion of the permitted work authorized by a building permit issued for those projects. (Based on 07/10/2025 text)
Priority: (4) Standard
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Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
SB 9 (Arreguín, D) Accessory Dwelling Units: ordinances.

Current Text: 09/03/2025 - Enrollment HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 3.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

Current Text: 06/23/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 07/10/2025 - July 16 hearing postponed by committee.

Location: 06/09/2025 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: Current law requires each city, county, and city and county to revise its housing element according to a specified schedule, as provided. Current law, for the 4th and subsequent revisions of the housing element, requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region, and requires the appropriate council of governments, or the department for cities and counties without a council of governments, to adopt a final regional housing need plan that allocates a share of the regional housing need to each city, county, or city and county, as provided. At least 2 years before a scheduled revision of the housing element, as specified, existing law requires each council of governments, or delegate subregion as applicable, to develop, in consultation with the department, a proposed methodology for distributing the existing and projected regional housing need to jurisdictions, as specified. Current law requires that the final allocation plan ensure that the total regional housing need, by income category, determined as specified, is maintained, and that each jurisdiction in the region receive an allocation of units for low- and very low income households. For the 7th and subsequent revisions of the housing element, current law also requires that the allocation to each region include an allocation of units for acutely low and extremely low income households. This bill, until January 1, 2032, would require the council of governments, or delegate subregion, as applicable, in developing the proposed allocation methodology that allocates each jurisdiction’s share of the regional housing need for acutely low income housing, to count any newly constructed interim housing, as specified, as meeting the needs of acutely low income households. By imposing additional duties on local governments, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 06/23/2025 text) Position: Oppose
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Human Services, Recreation, Quality of Life
SB 19 (Rubio, D) Threats: schools and places of worship.

Current Text: 05/23/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. 98 p. 17 (By Measure)
Location: 09/02/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Would make a person who willfully threatens to commit a crime which will result in death or great bodily injury to any person who may be on the grounds of a school or place of worship, with specific intent and under certain circumstances, and if the threat causes a person or persons reasonably to be in sustained fear for their own safety or the safety of another person, guilty of a misdemeanor or felony punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a specified term, except that if the person is under 18 years of age, the bill would make the person guilty of an infraction and require the person to be referred to specified services in lieu of being declared a ward of the court, as specified. By creating a new crime and imposing additional duties on local governments this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 05/23/2025 text)
Position: Support
Priority: (2) Priority
Subject: Public Safety
SB 38 (Umberg, D) Second Chance Program.

Current Text: 04/09/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 05/23/2025 - May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

Location: 04/28/2025 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Current law requires the Board of State and Community Corrections to administer a grant program to carry out the purposes of the Second Chance Program. Current law requires the grant program to, among other things, restrict eligibility to proposals that offer mental health services, substance use disorder treatment services, misdemeanor diversion programs, or a combination thereof. Current law also establishes the Second Chance Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, which is administered by the board. The Treatment-Mandated Felony Act makes it a crime for a person, who has 2 or more prior convictions for a felony or misdemeanor violation of specified controlled substances crimes, to possess a hard drug, as defined, unless it has been prescribed by a doctor, among others. Under current law, a defendant who has been charged with this crime can elect treatment, in lieu of a jail or prison sentence or probation, by pleading guilty or no contest and admitting the alleged prior convictions, waiving time for sentencing and the pronouncement of judgment, and agreeing to participate in, and complete, a detailed treatment program developed by a drug addiction expert and approved by the court. This bill would require the Second Chance grant program to authorize eligibility for proposals that offer mental health or behavioral health services and drug court or collaborative court programs, including the treatment program under the Treatment-Mandated Felony Act. By expanding the purpose of a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation. (Based on 04/09/2025 text)
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Human Services, Recreation, Quality of Life
SB 48 (Gonzalez, D) Immigration enforcement: schoolsites: prohibitions on access and sharing information.

Current Text: 07/09/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 07/14/2025 - July 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

Location: 07/02/2025 - Assembly Judiciary
Summary: Would prohibit school districts, county offices of education, or charter schools and their personnel, to the extent possible, from granting permission to an immigration authority to access the nonpublic areas of a schoolsite, producing a pupil for questioning by an immigration authority at a schoolsite, or consenting to a search of any kind of the nonpublic areas of a schoolsite by an immigration authority, unless the immigration authority presents a valid judicial warrant or court order. The bill would require a local educational agency and its personnel, when presented with a valid judicial warrant or court order to carry out the above-described actions, to (1) request valid identification and a written statement of purpose from the immigration authority and retain copies of those documents and (2), as early as possible, notify the designated local educational agency administrator of the request and advise the immigration authority that the local educational agency administrator is required to provide direction before access to the nonpublic areas of a schoolsite 99 p. 18 (By Measure)
or pupil may be granted. The bill would require a local educational agency and its personnel, if an immigration authority does not present a valid judicial warrant or court order, to (1), as early as possible, notify the designated local educational agency administrator of the request, (2) deny the immigration authority access to the nonpublic areas of the schoolsite, and (3) make a reasonable effort to have the denial witnessed and documented. The bill would also prohibit a local educational agency and its personnel from disclosing or providing, in writing, verbally, or in any other manner, the education records of or any information about a pupil, pupil’s family and household, school employee, or teacher to an immigration authority without a valid judicial warrant or court order directing the local educational agency or its personnel to do so. The bill would also require the Attorney General to publish model policies to assist K–12 schools in responding to immigration issues pursuant to the above-described requirements. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 07/09/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Public Safety
SB 65 (Wiener, D) Budget Act of 2025.

Current Text: 01/10/2025 - Introduced HTML PDF
Status: 01/13/2025 - Read first time.

Location: 01/10/2025 - Senate Budget and Fiscal Review
Summary: Would make appropriations for the support of state government for the 2025–26 fiscal year. (Based on 01/10/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: State Budget Act
SB 71 (Wiener, D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: transit projects.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA, until January 1, 2030, exempts from its requirements active transportation plans, pedestrian plans, or bicycle transportation plans for the restriping of streets and highways, bicycle parking and storage, signal timing to improve street and highway intersection operations, and the related signage for bicycles, pedestrians, and vehicles. This bill would extend the operation of the above-mentioned exemption indefinitely. The bill would also exempt a transit comprehensive operational analysis, as defined, a transit route readjustment, or other transit agency route addition, elimination, or modification, from the requirements of CEQA. Because a lead agency would be required to determine whether a plan qualifies for this exemption, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 09/02/2025 text) Priority: (3) Significant
Subject: Transportation & Infrastructure
SB 79 (Wiener, D) Housing development: transit-oriented development.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: The Housing Accountability Act requires a local agency that proposes to disapprove a housing development project, as defined, or to impose a condition that the project be developed at a lower density to base its decision on written 100
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findings supported by a preponderance of the evidence that specified conditions exist if that project complies with applicable, objective general plan, zoning, and subdivision standards and criteria in effect at the time that the application was deemed complete. The act authorizes the applicant, a person who would be eligible to apply for residency in the housing development project or emergency shelter, or a housing organization to bring an action to enforce the act’s provisions, as provided, and provides for penalties if the court finds that the local agency is in violation of specified provisions of the act. This bill would require that a housing development project, as defined, within a specified distance of a transit-oriented development (TOD) stop, as defined, be an allowed use as a transit-oriented housing development on any site zoned for residential, mixed, or commercial development, if the development complies with applicable requirements, as specified. Among these requirements, the bill would require a project to include at least 5 dwelling units and establish requirements concerning height limits, density, and floor area ratio in accordance with a development’s proximity to specified tiers of TOD stops, as provided. The bill would provide that, for the purposes of the Housing Accountability Act, a proposed development consistent with the applicable standards of these provisions as well as applicable local objective general plan and zoning standards shall be deemed consistent, compliant, and in conformity with prescribed requirements, as specified. The bill would provide that a local government that denies a project meeting the requirements of these provisions located in a high-resource area, as defined, would be presumed in violation of the Housing Accountability Act, as specified, and immediately liable for penalties, beginning on January 1, 2027, as provided. These provisions would not apply to a local agency until July 1, 2026, except as specified. The bill would specify that a development proposed pursuant to these provisions is eligible for streamlined, ministerial approval pursuant to specified law, except that the bill would exempt a project under these provisions from specified requirements, and would specify that the project is required to comply with certain affordability requirements, under that law. (Based on 09/02/2025 text) Position: Oppose
Priority: (2) Priority
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
SB 92 (Blakespear, D) Housing development: density bonuses.

Current Text: 07/07/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Senate CONCURRENCE
Summary: The Density Bonus Law requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development, as defined, within the city or county with a density bonus, other incentives or concessions, and waivers or reductions of development standards, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct specified units and meets other requirements. This bill would specify that a concession and incentive shall not result in a proposed project, as prescribed, with a specified commercial floor area ratio. The bill would also specify that certain provisions of the Density Bonus Law do not require a city, county, or city and county to approve, grant a concession or incentive requiring approval of, or waive or reduce development standards otherwise applicable to, transient lodging as part of a housing development, except as specified. (Based on 07/07/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
SB 274 (Cervantes, D) Automated license plate recognition systems.

Current Text: 07/17/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/02/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Current law prohibits a public agency, which includes the state, a city, a county, a city and county, or any agency or political subdivision of the state, a city, a county, or a city and county, including, but not limited to, a law enforcement agency, from selling, sharing, or transferring automated license plate recognition (ALPR) information, except to another public agency, and only as otherwise permitted by law. Current law defines ALPR information as information or data collected through the use of an ALPR system. This bill would provide that “public agency” does not include a transportation agency, as specified. The bill would authorize a law enforcement agency to use ALPR information only for purposes of locating vehicles or persons when either are reasonably suspected of being involved in the commission of a 101
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public offense. The bill would prohibit a public agency from retaining ALPR information for more than 60 days after the date of collection if it does not match information on an authorized hot list, as defined. (Based on 07/17/2025 text) Position: Oppose
Priority: (3) Significant
Subject: Public Safety
SB 346 (Durazo, D) Local agencies: transient occupancy taxes: short-term rental facilitator.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Enrollment HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

Location: 09/02/2025 - Senate ENROLLMENT
Summary: Current law authorizes a local authority, by ordinance or resolution, to regulate the occupancy of a room or rooms, or other living space, in a hotel, inn, tourist home or house, motel, or other lodging for a period of less than 30 days. This bill would authorize a local agency, defined to mean a city, county, or city and county, to enact an ordinance to require a short-term rental facilitator, as defined, to report, in the form and manner prescribed by the local agency, the physical address, including 9-digit ZIP Code, of each short-term rental, as defined, during the reporting period. The bill would also authorize a local agency to request additional information, as provided, when the physical address is not sufficient for the local agency to identify a specific short-term rental. The bill would authorize the local agency to impose an administrative fine or penalty for failure to file the report, and would authorize the local agency to initiate an audit of a short-term rental facilitator, as described. The bill would require a short-term rental facilitator, in a jurisdiction that has adopted an ordinance, to include in the listing of a short-term rental any applicable local license number associated with the short-term rental and any transient occupancy tax certification issued by a local agency. (Based on 07/07/2025 text) Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Municipal Funding and Procurement, Planning, Land Use, Housing Misc2: League of Cities Sponsored
SB 358 (Becker, D) Mitigation Fee Act: mitigating vehicular traffic impacts.

Current Text: 07/07/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Senate CONCURRENCE
Summary: The Mitigation Fee Act imposes various requirements with respect to the establishment, increase, or imposition of a fee by a local agency as a condition of approval of a development project. Current law requires a local agency that imposes a fee on a housing development for the purpose of mitigating vehicular traffic impacts to set the rate for that fee, if the housing development satisfies all of certain prescribed characteristics, to reflect a lower rate of automobile trip generation associated with such housing developments in comparison with housing developments without the prescribed characteristics, unless the local agency adopts findings after a public hearing establishing that the housing development, even with those characteristics, would not generate fewer automobile trips than a housing development without those characteristics. This bill would require those findings to be supported by substantial evidence in the record before or as part of the housing development project approval process. (Based on 07/07/2025 text) Position: Oppose
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
SB 360 (Rubio, D) Land conservation: California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Act: County of San Bernardino.

Current Text: 05/23/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 06/05/2025 - Referred to Com. on W. P., & W.
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Location: 06/05/2025 - Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Summary: (1)The California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Act, an initiative measure approved by the voters in the June 7, 1988, statewide primary election, provided bond funds for wildlife, coastal, and parkland conservation.

Current Text: 04/10/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 07/17/2025 - From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Garcia. Ordered to third reading.

This bill would repeal the requirement for the commission to approve and adopt the criteria described above. (Based on 04/10/2025 text)
Position: Support
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Public Safety
SB 415 (Reyes, D) Planning and zoning: logistics use developments: truck routes.

Current Text: 07/17/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/21/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 08/21/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Current law, beginning January 1, 2026, prescribes various statewide warehouse design and build standards for any proposed new or expanded logistics use developments, as specified, including, among other things, standards for building design and location, parking, truck loading bays, landscaping buffers, entry gates, and signage. Current law defines various terms, including “21st century warehouse,” and “tier 1 21st century warehouse,” for purposes of those provisions as logistics uses that, among other things, comply with specified building and energy efficiency standards, including requirements related to the availability of conduits and electrical hookups to power climate control equipment at loading bays, as specified. Current law, subject to specified exceptions, defines “logistics use” for these purposes to mean a building in which cargo, goods, or products are moved or stored for later distribution to business or retail customers, or both, that does not predominantly serve retail customers for onsite purchases, and heavy-duty trucks are primarily involved in the movement of the cargo, goods, or products. This bill would clarify that a 21st century warehouse and a tier 1 21st century warehouse are required to comply with those standards as are in effect at the time that the building permit for a development of a 21st century warehouse is issued and make other clarifying changes relating to permissibility of use of 103
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conduits and electrical hookups at loading bays at those locations. The bill would revise the definition of “logistics use” and instead define “logistics use development” for these purposes to mean a building that is primarily used as a warehouse for the movement or the storage of cargo, goods, or products that are moved to business or retail customers, or both, that does not predominantly serve retail customers for onsite purchases, and heavy-duty trucks are primarily involved in the movement of the cargo, goods, or products. (Based on 07/17/2025 text) Priority: (2) Priority
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
SB 454 (McNerney, D) State Water Resources Control Board: PFAS Mitigation Program.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/02/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Current law designates the State Water Resources Control Board as the agency responsible for administering specific programs related to drinking water, including, among others, the California Safe Drinking Water Act and the Emerging Contaminants for Small or Disadvantaged Communities Funding Program. This bill, which would become operative upon an appropriation by the Legislature, would enact a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) mitigation program. As part of that program, the bill would create the PFAS Mitigation Fund in the State Treasury and would authorize certain moneys in the fund to be expended by the state board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for specified purposes. The bill would authorize the state board to seek out nonstate, federal, and private funds designated for PFAS remediation and treatment and deposit the funds into the PFAS Mitigation Fund. The bill would continuously appropriate these funds to the state board for specified purposes. The bill would authorize the state board to establish accounts within the PFAS Mitigation Fund. The bill would authorize the state board to expend moneys from the fund in the form of a grant, loan, or contract, or to provide assistance services to water suppliers and sewer system providers, as those terms are defined, for multiple purposes, including, among other things, to cover or reduce the costs for water suppliers associated with treating drinking water to meet the applicable state and federal maximum PFAS contaminant levels. (Based on 09/02/2025 text)
Position: Support
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Trash, Recycling, Water, Resources
Misc2: League of Cities Sponsored
SB 456 (Ashby, D) Contractors: exemptions: muralists.

Current Text: 04/02/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 08/21/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 08/21/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: The Contractors State License Law establishes the Contractors State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of contractors. Current law makes it a misdemeanor for a person to engage in the business, or act in the capacity, of a contractor without a license, unless exempted. Current law exempts from the Contractors State License Law a nonprofit corporation providing assistance to an owner, as specified. This bill would exempt from that law an artist who draws, paints, applies, executes, restores, or conserves a mural, as defined, pursuant to an agreement with a person who could legally authorize the work. (Based on 04/02/2025 text)
Position: Support
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: League of Cities Sponsored
SB 466 (Caballero, D) Drinking water: primary standard for hexavalent chromium: exemption.

Current Text: 08/25/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
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Status: 09/03/2025 - In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Senate CONCURRENCE
Summary: The California Safe Drinking Water Act requires the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt primary drinking water standards for contaminants in drinking water based upon specified criteria and requires a primary drinking water standard to be established for hexavalent chromium. Current law authorizes the state board to grant a variance from primary drinking water standards to a public water system. This bill would prohibit a public water system that meets the total chromium maximum contaminant level (MCL) enforceable standard for drinking water in California from being determined, held, considered, or otherwise deemed in violation of the primary drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium while implementing a state board approved compliance plan or while state board action on the proposed and submitted compliance plan is pending, except as provided. (Based on 08/25/2025 text) Position: Support
Priority: (3) Significant
Subject: Trash, Recycling, Water, Resources
SB 489 (Arreguín, D) Local agency formation commissions: written policies and procedures: Permit Streamlining Act:
housing development projects.

Current Text: 08/26/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

Current Text: 08/20/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Senate CONCURRENCE
Summary: The Mitigation Fee Act imposes various requirements with respect to the establishment, increase, or imposition of a fee by a local agency as a condition of approval of a development project. If a local agency imposes any fees or charges on designated residential developments for the construction of public improvements or facilities, current law imposes various conditions on the fees and charges. Among these conditions, existing law prohibits the local agency from requiring the payment of those fees or charges until the date the first certificate of occupancy or first temporary certificate of occupancy is issued, whichever occurs first, except as specified. Current law, for designated residential development projects, authorizes the local agency to collect utility service fees related to connections at the time an 105
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application for service is received if those fees do not exceed the costs incurred by the utility provider resulting from the connection activities. This bill would additionally authorize a local agency to collect utility service charges related to connections at the time an application is received, as described above. (Based on 08/20/2025 text) Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing, Public Safety
SB 634 (Pérez, D) Local government: homelessness.

Current Text: 06/24/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 07/17/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 07/17/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Current law establishes procedures for the enactment of ordinances by counties and cities and makes a violation of a county or city ordinance, as applicable, a misdemeanor unless by ordinance it is made an infraction. This bill would prohibit a local jurisdiction from adopting a local ordinance, or enforcing an existing ordinance, that prohibits a person or organization from providing support services, as specified, to a person who is homeless or assisting a person who is homeless with any act related to basic survival. The bill would define various terms for these purposes. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. (Based on 06/24/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Governance, Human Services, Recreation, Quality of Life, Public Safety SB 682 (Allen, D) Environmental health: product safety: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Current law requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control, on or before January 1, 2029, to adopt regulations to enforce specified covered perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) restrictions, which include prohibitions on the distribution, sale, or offering for sale of certain products that contain specified levels of PFAS. Current law requires the department, on and after July 1, 2030, to enforce and ensure compliance with those provisions and regulations, as provided. Current law requires manufacturers of these products, on or before July 1, 2029, to register with the department, to pay a registration fee to the department, and to provide a statement of compliance certifying compliance with the applicable prohibitions on the use of PFAS to the department, as specified. Current law authorizes the department to test products and to rely on third-party testing to determine compliance with prohibitions on the use of PFAS, as specified. Current law requires the department to issue a notice of violation for a product in violation of the prohibitions on the use of PFAS, as provided. Current law authorizes the department to assess an administrative penalty for a violation of these prohibitions and authorizes the department to seek an injunction to restrain a person or entity from violating these prohibitions, as specified. This bill would, on and after January 1, 2028, prohibit a person from distributing, selling, or offering for sale a cleaning product, dental floss, juvenile product, food packaging, or ski wax, as provided, that contains intentionally added PFAS, as defined, except for previously used products and as otherwise preempted by federal law. The bill would, on and after January 1, 2030, prohibit a person from distributing, selling, or offering for sale cookware that contains intentionally added PFAS, except for previously used products and as otherwise preempted by federal law.

Current Text: 05/08/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 05/23/2025 - May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. 106
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Location: 05/19/2025 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Existing state sales and use tax laws impose a tax on retailers measured by the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property sold at retail in this state or on the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in this state. The Sales and Use Tax Law provides various exemptions from those taxes. This bill, on and after July 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2031, would exempt from those taxes the gross receipts from the sale in this state of, and the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of, firefighting apparatus, equipment, or specialized vehicles, as defined, purchased by a fire department, including an all-volunteer fire department, as defined, or a fire protection district. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/08/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Municipal Funding and Procurement
SB 707 (Durazo, D) Open meetings: meeting and teleconference requirements.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: The Ralph M. Brown Act requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body, as defined, of a local agency be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate. This bill would, beginning July 1, 2026, and until January 1, 2030, require an eligible legislative body, as defined, to comply with additional meeting requirements, including that, except as specified, all open and public meetings include an opportunity for members of the public to attend via a 2-way telephonic service or a 2-way audiovisual platform, as defined, and that the eligible legislative body take specified actions to encourage residents to participate in public meetings, as specified. (Based on 09/02/2025 text)
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Governance
SB 710 (Blakespear, D) Property taxation: active solar energy systems.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: The California Constitution generally limits the maximum rate of ad valorem tax on real property to 1% of the full cash value of the property and defines “full cash value” for these purposes as the appraised value of real property when purchased, newly constructed, or a change in ownership has occurred after the 1975 assessment. Pursuant to constitutional authorization, current property tax law excludes from the definition of “newly constructed” for these purposes the construction or addition of any active solar energy system, as defined, through the 2025–26 fiscal year. Under current property tax law, this exclusion remains in effect only until there is a subsequent change in ownership, but an active solar energy system that qualifies for the exclusion before January 1, 2027, continues to receive the exclusion until there is a subsequent change in ownership. Current law repeals these exclusion provisions on January 1, 2027. This bill would remove the repeal of the existing active solar energy system exclusion. (Based on 09/02/2025 text) Position: Oppose
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
SB 720 (Ashby, D) Automated traffic enforcement system programs.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
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Status: 09/03/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

The bill would require a violation of a traffic control signal that is recorded by an automated traffic enforcement system to be subject to escalating civil penalties, as specified. The bill would, among other things, provide for the issuance of a notice of violation, an initial review, an administrative hearing, and an appeals process, as specified, for a violation under this program. The bill would clarify that a local jurisdiction may utilize an automated traffic enforcement system pursuant to these provisions or the above-described provisions authorizing the utilization of an automated traffic enforcement system. (Based on 09/02/2025 text)
Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Public Safety
SB 786 (Arreguín, D) Planning and zoning: general plan: judicial challenges.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Current law prescribes a process to challenge the validity of a general plan. Among other things, existing law requires a petitioner to request a hearing or trial, as specified. Current law requires a court to set a date for the hearing or trial to be heard no later than 120 days after the filing of the request, as specified. Current law authorizes a court to continue for a reasonable time the date of the hearing or trial upon written motion and finding of good cause. Current law requires a court to grant the petitioner temporary relief if the court grants a continuance to a respondent, as specified. This bill would apply to the above-described process to challenge the validity of a general plan to a charter city and state that this is declaratory of existing law. The bill would limit the period for which a court may continue a trial or hearing, as described above, to no more than 60 days and would additionally authorize a court to grant a continuance on the court’s own motion. The bill would extend the requirement that a court grant temporary relief, as described above, in any instance in which the court orders a continuance, rather than only if the court grants a continuance to a respondent. (Based on 09/02/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Planning, Land Use, Housing
Misc2: Fast Track Housing Package
SB 789 (Menjivar, D) Taxation: information returns: vacant commercial real property.

Current Text: 04/30/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 05/23/2025 - May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

Location: 05/12/2025 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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Summary: Current statutory law, the Documentary Transfer Tax Act, authorizes the imposition of a tax by a county or city, as provided, with respect to specified instruments that transfer specified interests in real property. Current law establishes the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration for the purpose of administering various taxes. This bill would require a person, as defined, that owns commercial property, as defined, in this state to register with the department, as provided. The bill would require every person owning commercial real property in this state to file an information return each year by a date determined by the department, as provided. The bill would require the information return to include specified information, including, among other requirements, whether any buildings or portions of buildings were vacant in the previous calendar year. The bill would authorize extensions of the time for a person to file an information return under specified circumstances, including for good cause. The bill would impose on any person who fails or refuses to timely furnish a return required by its provisions a penalty of $100 per commercial property that the person fails or refuses to timely furnish the information return. The bill would authorize the Director of Finance to make a loan from the General Fund to the department to implement those provisions, and would require any loan to be repaid from revenues from penalties imposed. (Based on 04/30/2025 text)
Priority: (4) Standard
Subject: Municipal Funding and Procurement, Planning, Land Use, Housing SB 827 (Gonzalez, D) Local agency officials: training.

Current Text: 09/02/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/03/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 09/03/2025 - Assembly THIRD READING
Summary: Current law imposes ethics training on specified local agency officials. Current law requires each training to be 2 hours and requires the officials to receive each training every 2 years, and as described otherwise, with the first training within one year of commencing service. Existing law requires the local agency to maintain records of the trainings, as prescribed. This bill would expand which local agency officials are required to complete the above-described ethics training to include department heads, or other similar administrative officers, as specified, and would instead require officials who commence service on or after January 1, 2026, to receive their initial training within 6 months of commencing service. The bill would require the local agency to publish post clear instructions and contact information for requesting the training records on its internet website, as specified. This bill would additionally require all local agency officials, as defined, to receive at least 2 hours of fiscal and financial training, as described. The bill would require the training to be received at least once every 2 years, as provided. The bill would exempt from these requirements specified local agency officials if they are in compliance with existing education requirements specific to their positions. This bill would authorize a local agency or an association of local agencies to contract with or otherwise collaborate with a provider of a training course to offer one or more training courses, or sets of self-study materials with tests, to its local agency officials to meet the training requirement, as described. The bill would require the training courses and materials to be developed in consultation with experts in local government finance. finance, as specified. (Based on 09/02/2025 text) Priority: (5) Track/Watch
Subject: Governance
SB 840 (Limón, D) Greenhouse gases: report.

Current Text: 03/26/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Status: 09/02/2025 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

The act, until January 1, 2031, establishes the Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee and requires the committee to annually report to the state board and the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies on the environmental and economic performance of the regulations establishing the market-based compliance mechanism and other relevant climate change policies. This bill would extend indefinitely the requirement for the Legislative Analyst’s 109
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Office to annually submit to the Legislature the report on the economic impacts and benefits of those greenhouse gas emissions targets. The bill would require the committee, at a public hearing, to review the annual report by the Legislative Analyst’s Office. (Based on 03/26/2025 text)
Priority: (6) Info only
Subject: Trash, Recycling, Water, Resources
SR 15 (Ochoa Bogh, R) Relative to the “2-1-1” information and referral service.

Current Text: 02/28/2025 - Enrolled HTML PDF
Status: 02/27/2025 - Read. Adopted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.)
Location: 02/27/2025 - Senate ADOPTED
Summary: Would resolve that he Senate hereby proclaims the month of February 2025 as 2-1-1 Month and the day of February 11, 2025 as 2-1-1 Day to promote and strengthen the 2-1-1 service in providing Californians with free and confidential referrals to needed resources. Resolved, That the Senate commits to supporting the 2-1-1 service and infrastructure so that all Californians have equitable access to this critical service that provides resource connections regarding support for poverty, housing, family and children, aging and disability, health equity, and disasters. Resolved, That the Senate encourages all Californians to be aware of the 2-1-1 service and look up their local 2-1-1 service provider on the internet at 211.org (Based on 02/28/2025 text)
Priority: (6) Info only
Subject: Human Services, Recreation, Quality of Life
Total Measures: 69
Total Tracking Forms: 69
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Position Letters & Major Issues
As of September 5, 2025
Attachment 3 includes City of Chino position letters on legislation and regulations submitted since the prior report. The attached letter(s) were submitted on behalf of the City during this reporting period.
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EUNICE M. ULLOA KAREN C. COMSTOCK
Mayor CHRISTOPHER FLORES

MARC LUCIO
Council Members
CURTIS BURTON DR. LINDA REICH
Mayor Pro Tem City Manager
CITY of CHINO
13220 Central Avenue, Chino, California 91710
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 667, Chino, California 91708-0667 (909) 334-3250 • (909) 334-3720 Fax
Web Site: www.cityofchino.org
August 19, 2025
The Honorable Scott Wiener
Senator, California State Senate
1021 O St, Suite 8620
Sacramento, CA 95814
RE: SB 79 (Wiener) Transit-oriented Development, as amended July 17, 2025 - OPPOSE Dear Senator Wiener,
The City of Chino writes to express our strong opposition to your bill, SB 79, which would disregard state-certified housing elements and bestow land use authority to transit agencies without any requirement to align development standards with local general plan and zoning requirements.

SB 79 doubles down on the recent trend of the state overriding its own mandated local housing elements. This latest overreaching effort forces cities in urban transit counties defined as “a county with more than 15 rail stations” to approve transit-oriented development projects near specified transit stops — up to seven stories high and a density of 120 homes per acre — without regard to the community's needs, environmental review, or public input. Similarly, cities in non-urban transit counties near specific transit stops would need to approve development projects by right, up to five stories high, with a density of 80 homes per acre.

Most alarmingly, SB 79 defies cities’ general plans and provides transit agencies with unlimited land use authority on property they own or have a permanent easement on or before January 1, 2026, within a half mile of a transit stop. Transit agencies would have the power to determine nearly all aspects of the development, including height, density, and design, without any regard for local zoning or planning.

The City of Chino appreciates the author’s desire to include an alternative transit-oriented development plan; however, as currently drafted, the local government has the option to do this through an additional analysis in the local government’s housing element or through the adoption of an ordinance with approval from the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). In the AB 650 Senate Appropriations Analysis, HCD has determined that it will cost $11.1 million annually and 52 new staff positions to provide more clarity in the housing element review process. SB 79 would add additional requirements for state review, increasing workloads, and making it more likely that local governments will not get their housing elements or ordinances approved promptly. 118
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Finally, the local flexibility provided in the measure is minimal at best. The bill does not provide exemptions for cities that have adopted plans to promote taller, denser residential development near transit in consultation with the community, but fall short of the bill’s rigid minimum requirements.

The alternative plan would still be required to meet or exceed the required development near transit as determined by HCD across all transit-oriented development zones within the jurisdiction, without accounting for infrastructure constraints, environmental hazards, or community design goals unique to each jurisdiction. For example, a community may want to distribute density around the jurisdiction due to its infrastructure capacity. However, they must still meet the minimum requirements of the bill, regardless of whether they make sense for the community or the design of the jurisdiction. In short, the flexibility is about how to meet the state’s requirements – not whether those requirements make sense for the community.

The City of Chino appreciates and respects your desire to pursue a housing production proposal.

However, as currently drafted, SB 79 will not spur much-needed housing construction in a manner that supports local flexibility, decision-making, and community input. State-driven ministerial or byright housing approval processes fail to recognize the extensive public engagement associated with developing and adopting zoning ordinances and housing elements.

California will never produce the number of homes needed with an increasingly state-driven, by-right housing approval process. What we really need is a sustainable state investment that matches the scale of this decades-in-the-making crisis. For these reasons, the City of Chino continues to strongly oppose SB 79.

Sincerely,
Linda Reich
City Manager
cc: The Honorable Susan Rubio
The Honorable Michelle Rodriguez
The Honorable Phillip Chen
Laura Varela, League of California Cities, [email protected] League of California Cities, [email protected]
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EUNICE M. ULLOA KAREN C. COMSTOCK
Mayor CHRISTOPHER FLORES

The City of Chino writes to express its opposition to Senate Bill (SB) 707. While we appreciate the intent to expand transparency and to encourage public participation in local government, several provisions in the bill would result in unintended operational consequences and impose additional fiscal burdens on local agencies. We oppose the bill due to the following provisions.

Implementation Timeline
SB 707 is scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2026, providing agencies with a short timeframe to implement significant operational changes. This timeline is not feasible for many jurisdictions, including Chino, which already has a significant workload that exceeds the capacity of our city clerk staff. Additionally, establishing compliance with this bill will require extensive technology upgrades, including procurement and installation of hardware, software licensing, internet enhancements, and facility modifications to integrate reliable audio-visual systems and ensure accessibility compliance.

Additionally, agencies will need to develop new policies and protocols, train their staff, and allocate additional personnel to manage remote participation during meetings. These operational and staffing impacts, combined with the fiscal constraints many agencies face, make the current implementation date unworkable.

These efforts are further complicated by procurement timelines that can take three to six months or longer. Compounding these challenges, the same staff responsible for implementing these requirements will also be administering the November 2026 election. 126
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