LOCC/LWVC/CASCC/APA - Legislative Positions
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
AB 500 (Ward D) Local planning: coastal development: streamlined permitting.
Current Text: Amended: 8/31/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/9/2021
Last Amend: 8/31/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(15). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/9/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 9/10/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Summary: The Coastal Act generally requires each local government lying, in whole or in part, within the coastal zone to prepare a local coastal program for that portion of the coastal zone within its jurisdiction. Ths bill would require a local government lying, in whole or in part, within the coastal zone that has a certified land use plan or a fully certified local coastal program to adopt, by January 1, 2024, an amendment to that plan or program, as applicable, specifying streamlined permitting procedures in nonhazardous zones for the approval of (1) accessory dwelling units or junior accessory dwelling units, consistent with specified requirements relating to the rental of those units (2) projects in which a specified percentage of the units will be affordable to lower income households or designated for supportive housing, as those terms are defined, and (3) Low Barrier Navigation Centers, as defined.
The bill would require that the amendment be submitted to, and processed and approved by, the commission consistent with the above-described requirements for the amendment of a local coastal program.
Organization Position
LEAGUE Oppose
AB 536 (Rodriguez D) Office of Emergency Services: mutual aid gap analysis.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/10/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 7/15/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 8/27/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Summary: Would require the Office of Emergency Services to prepare a gap analysis of the state’s mutual aid systems on a biennial basis, beginning on January 1, 2022. The bill would require the gap analysis to be prepared as specified and would require the gap analysis to be provided to specified committees of the Legislature no later than February 1, 2022, and by February 1 thereafter on a biennial basis.
Organization Position
LEAGUE Support
AB 561 (Ting D) Help Homeowners Add New Housing Program: accessory dwelling unit financing.
Current Text: Amended: 8/26/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/11/2021
Last Amend: 8/26/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(15). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/1/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 9/10/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Summary: Current law provides for the creation by local ordinance, or by ministerial approval if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance, of accessory dwelling units in areas zoned to allow single-family or multifamily dwelling residential use in accordance with specified standards and conditions. This bill would require the Treasurer’s office, by April 1, 2022, to provide a report to the Legislature regarding the creation of the Help Homeowners Add New Housing Program with the purpose of assisting homeowners, as defined, in qualifying for loans to construct additional housing units on their property, including accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units. The bill would, with regard to the development of recommendations for the program, require the Treasurer to consult with the California Housing Financing Agency and the Department of Housing and Community Development, and would also authorize the Treasurer to consult with various other entities, including federal mortgage agencies, private lenders, community development financial institutions, community-based organizations, and local housing trust funds.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 585 (Rivas, Luz D) Climate change: Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program.
Current Text: Amended: 7/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/11/2021
Last Amend: 7/13/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/16/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 8/27/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Summary: Would establish the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program for the purpose of coordinating state efforts and supporting local and regional efforts to mitigate the impacts of, and reduce the public health risks of, extreme heat and the urban heat island effect, and would require the Office of Planning and Research to administer the program through the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 682 (Bloom D) Planning and zoning: density bonuses: cohousing buildings.
Current Text: Amended: 1/13/2022 html pdf
Introduced: 2/12/2021
Last Amend: 1/13/2022
Status: 1/27/2022-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 1/27/2022-S. RLS.
Summary: Current law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the city or county with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct, among other options, specified percentages of units for moderate-income, lower income, or very low income households and meets other requirements. This bill would additionally require that a density bonus be provided under these provisions to a developer who agrees to construct a housing development that is a cohousing building, as defined, that meets specified requirements and will contain either 10% of the total square footage for lower income households, as defined, or 5% of the total square footage for very low income households, as defined.
Organization Position
LEAGUE Watch
AB 950 (Ward D) Department of Transportation: sales of excess real property: affordable housing, emergency shelters, and feeding programs.
Current Text: Amended: 7/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Last Amend: 7/13/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. on 7/12/2021) (May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 8/27/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Summary: Would authorize the Department of Transportation to sell its excess real property to the city, county, or city and county where the real property is located if the city, county, or city and county agrees to use the real property for the sole purpose of implementing affordable housing, emergency shelters, or feeding programs, as specified. The bill would exempt these sales from the California Environmental Quality Act, except the department would be required to file a notice of exemption with the Office of Planning and Research and the county clerk of the county in which the real property is located.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 989 (Gabriel D) Housing Accountability Act: appeals: Office of Housing Appeals.
Current Text: Amended: 8/18/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 8/18/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(15). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/10/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 9/10/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Summary: The Housing Accountability Act prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible, specified housing development projects, including projects for very low, low-, or moderate-income households and projects for emergency shelters that comply with applicable, objective general plan, zoning, and subdivision standards and criteria in effect at the time the application for the project is deemed complete, unless the local agency makes specified written findings based on a preponderance of the evidence in the record. This bill would, until January 1, 2029, establish an Office of Housing Appeals (office) within the department, administered by the director of the department, to review housing development projects that are alleged to have been denied or subject to conditions in violation of the Housing Accountability Act. The bill would establish housing appeals panels, consisting of administrative law judges with specified qualifications, within the office.
Organization Position
LEAGUE Oppose
APA Watch
AB 1071 (Rodriguez D) Office of Emergency Services: tabletop exercises.
Current Text: Amended: 6/28/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 6/28/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(15). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 7/15/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 9/10/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Summary: Current law establishes the Office of Emergency Services (OES) within the office of the Governor and sets forth its powers and duties relating to responsibility over the state’s emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies, including responsibility for activities necessary to prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of emergencies and disasters to people and property. This bill would require OES to biennially convene key personnel and agencies that have emergency management roles and responsibilities to participate in tabletop exercises in which the participant’s emergency preparedness plans are discussed and evaluated under various simulated catastrophic disaster situations, as specified.
Organization Position
LEAGUE Support
AB 1401 (Friedman D) Residential and commercial development: remodeling, renovations, and additions:
parking requirements.
Current Text: Amended: 7/5/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 7/5/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/16/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 8/27/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Summary: Would prohibit a public agency in a county with a population of 600,000 or more from imposing a minimum automobile parking requirement, or enforcing a minimum automobile parking requirement, on residential, commercial, or other development if the development is located on a parcel that is within1/2 mile, as specified, of public transit, as defined. The bill would prohibit a public agency in a city with of 75,000 or more located in a county with a population of less than 600,000 from imposing a minimum automobile parking requirement, or enforcing a minimum automobile parking requirement, on residential, commercial, or other development if the project is located within 1/4 mile, as specified, of public transit, as defined. The bill would create authorizations in this regard for a city or a county to which these prohibitions do not apply.
Organization Position
LEAGUE Oppose
AB 1416 (Santiago D) Elections: ballot label.
Current Text: Amended: 1/27/2022 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 1/27/2022
Status: 2/1/2022-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 2/1/2022-S. RLS.
Summary: Current law defines the ballot label as the portion of the ballot containing the names of the candidates or a statement of a measure. For statewide measures, current law requires the Attorney General to prepare a condensed version of the ballot title and summary, including the fiscal impact summary prepared by the Legislative Analyst that is printed in the state voter information guide. This bill would additionally require the ballot label for statewide measures, and, at the option of a county, the ballot label or similar description on the ballot of county, city, district, and school district measures, to include a listing of nonprofit organizations, businesses, or individuals taken from the signers or the text of ballot arguments printed in the voter information guide that support and oppose the measure, as specified. The bill would require a nonprofit organization, business, or individual to meet certain criteria before being listed on the ballot label or similar description of the measure on the ballot.
Organization Position
LWVC Support
AB 1445 (Levine D) Planning and zoning: regional housing need allocation: climate change impacts.
Current Text: Amended: 1/3/2022 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 1/3/2022
Status: 2/1/2022-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 2/1/2022-S. RLS.
Summary: Would, commencing January 1, 2025, require that a council of governments, a delegate subregion, or the Department of Housing and Community Development, as applicable, additionally consider among these factors emergency evacuation route capacity, wildfire risk, sea level rise, and other impacts caused by climate change.
Organization Position
LWVC Support
AB 1551 (Santiago D) Planning and zoning: development bonuses: mixed-use projects.
Current Text: Amended: 1/13/2022 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 1/13/2022
Status: 1/27/2022-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 1/27/2022-S. RLS.
Summary: The Density Bonus Law requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the city or county with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct specified percentages of units for lower income, very low income, or senior citizen housing, among other things, and meets other requirements. Previously existing law, until January 1, 2022, required a city, county, or city and county to grant a commercial developer a development bonus, as specified, when an applicant for approval of a commercial development had entered into an agreement for partnered housing with an affordable housing developer to contribute affordable housing through a joint project or 2 separate projects encompassing affordable housing. This bill would reenact the above-described provisions regarding the granting of development bonuses to certain projects. The bill would require a city or county to annually submit to the Department of Housing and Community Development information describing an approved commercial development bonus. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2028.
Organization Position
LEAGUE Watch
AB 1599 (Kiley R) Proposition 47: repeal.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/3/2022 html pdf
Introduced: 1/3/2022
Status: 1/14/2022-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 1/14/2022-A. PUB. S.
Calendar: 3/8/2022 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 126 ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY, JONES-SAWYER, Chair
Summary: The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacted as an initiative statute by Proposition 47, as approved by the electors at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election, made various changes relating to theft and the possession of controlled substances, including by, among other things, generally reducing the penalty for those crimes, including reducing the penalty for possession of concentrated cannabis, establishing a procedure by which individuals convicted of those crimes prior to the passage of the act may petition for resentencing under the act, and creating the crime of shoplifting. This bill would repeal the changes and additions made by Proposition 47, except those related to reducing the penalty for possession of concentrated cannabis.
Organization Position
LEAGUE Watch
ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry D) Local government financing: affordable housing and public infrastructure: voter approval.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/7/2020 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Status: 4/22/2021-Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and APPR.
Location: 4/22/2021-A. L. GOV.
Summary: The California Constitution prohibits the ad valorem tax rate on real property from exceeding 1% of the full cash value of the property, subject to certain exceptions. This measure would create an additional exception to the 1% limit that would authorize a city, county, city and county, or special district to levy an ad valorem tax to service bonded indebtedness incurred to fund the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of public infrastructure, affordable housing, or permanent supportive housing, or the acquisition or lease of real property for those purposes, if the proposition proposing that tax is approved by 55% of the voters of the city, county, or city and county, as applicable, and the proposition includes specified accountability requirements.
Organization Position
APA Support
SB 6 (Caballero D) Local planning: housing: commercial zones.
Current Text: Amended: 8/23/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 8/23/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(15). (Last location was H. & C.D. on 8/23/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 9/10/2021-A. 2 YEAR
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. This bill, the Neighborhood Homes Act, would deem a housing development project, as defined, an allowable use on a neighborhood lot, which is defined as a parcel within an office or retail commercial zone that is not adjacent to an industrial use. The bill would require the density for a housing development under these provisions to meet or exceed the density deemed appropriate to accommodate housing for lower income households according to the type of local jurisdiction, including a density of at least 20 units per acre for a suburban jurisdiction.
Organization Position
APA Support
SB 12 (McGuire D) Local government: planning and zoning: wildfires.
Current Text: Amended: 7/1/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 7/1/2021
Status: 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was H. & C.D. on 6/24/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 7/14/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Summary: Current law requires that the Office of Planning and Research, among other things, coordinate with appropriate entities, including state, regional, or local agencies, to establish a clearinghouse for climate adaptation information for use by state, regional, and local entities, as provided. This bill would require the safety element, upon the next revision of the housing element or the hazard mitigation plan, on or after July 1, 2024, whichever occurs first, to be reviewed and updated as necessary to include a comprehensive retrofit strategy to reduce the risk of property loss and damage during wildfires, as specified, and would require the planning agency to submit the adopted strategy to the Office of Planning and Research for inclusion into the above-described clearinghouse.
Organization Position
APA Support
SB 15 (Portantino D) Housing development: incentives: rezoning of idle retail sites.
Current Text: Amended: 5/20/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 5/20/2021
Status: 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was DESK on 6/1/2021) (May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 7/14/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Summary: Current law establishes, among other housing programs, the Workforce Housing Reward Program, which requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to make local assistance grants to cities, counties, and cities and counties that provide land use approval to housing developments that are affordable to very low and low-income households. This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the Budget Act or other act, would require the department to administer a program to provide incentives in the form of grants allocated as provided to local governments that rezone idle sites used for a big box retailer or a commercial shopping center to instead allow the development of housing, as defined.
Organization Position
LEAGUE Support
SB 38 (Wieckowski D) Beverage containers.
Current Text: Amended: 2/14/2022 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 2/14/2022
Status: 2/14/2022-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Rereferred to Com. on NAT. RES. (Amended 2/14/2022) Location: 7/14/2021-A. NAT. RES.
Summary: Would require beverage manufacturers, as defined, in the state to form a beverage container stewardship organization. The organization would be required to develop and submit to the
department a plan, annual report, and budget for the recovery and recycling of empty beverage containers in the state similar to that described in the Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act. The bill would require the organization to establish a stewardship fee, to be paid by beverage manufacturer members of the organization, to assist in covering the costs of implementing the beverage container stewardship program. The bill would require the organization to reimburse the department for the department’s costs of enforcing the program. The bill would require the department to deposit all moneys submitted for reimbursement into the Beverage Container Stewardship Fund, which the bill would create in the State Treasury.
Organization Position
LEAGUE OUA
SB 45 (Portantino D) Short-lived climate pollutants: organic waste reduction goals: local jurisdiction assistance.
Current Text: Amended: 1/3/2022 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 1/3/2022
Status: 1/24/2022-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly.
Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 1/24/2022-A. DESK
Summary: Current law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, to adopt regulations to achieve the organic waste reduction goals established by the state board for 2020 and 2025, as provided. Current law requires the department, no later than July 1, 2020, and in consultation with the state board, to analyze the progress that the waste sector, state government, and local governments have made in achieving these organic waste reduction goals. This bill would require the department, in consultation with the state board, to provide assistance to local jurisdictions, including, but not limited to, any funding appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, for purposes of assisting local agencies to comply with these provisions, including any regulations adopted by the department.
Organization Position
APA Support
SB 54 (Allen D) Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act.
Current Text: Amended: 2/25/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 2/25/2021
Status: 1/24/2022-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 7.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly.
Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 1/24/2022-A. DESK
Summary: Would establish the Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act, which would prohibit producers of single-use, disposable packaging or single-use, disposable food service ware products from offering for sale, selling, distributing, or importing in or into the state such packaging or products that are manufactured on or after January 1, 2032, unless they are recyclable or compostable.
Organization Position
LEAGUE Support
SB 284 (Stern D) Workers’ compensation: firefighters and peace officers: post-traumatic stress.
Current Text: Amended: 8/30/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/1/2021
Last Amend: 8/30/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(15). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 8/30/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 9/10/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Summary: Current law, under the workers’ compensation system, provides, only until January 1, 2025, that, for certain state and local firefighting personnel and peace officers, the term “injury” includes post-traumatic stress that develops or manifests during a period in which the injured person is in the service of the department or unit, but applies only to injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2020.
Existing law requires the compensation awarded pursuant to this provision to include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits. This bill would make that provision applicable to active firefighting members of the State Department of State Hospitals, the State Department of Developmental Services, the Military Department, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, and to additional peace officers, including security officers of the Department of Justice when performing assigned duties as security officers and the officers of a state hospital under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services, among other officers.
Organization Position
LEAGUE Oppose
SB 286 (Min D) Elections: Orange County Board of Education.
Current Text: Amended: 1/13/2022 html pdf
Introduced: 2/1/2021
Last Amend: 1/13/2022
Status: 1/26/2022-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 7.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly.
Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 1/26/2022-A. DESK
Summary: Current law authorizes, and in some circumstances requires, a political subdivision to consolidate its elections with statewide elections.This bill would require an election for Orange County Board of Education that is determined by the plurality of the votes cast for that office, with no possibility of a runoff, and is consolidated with a statewide election to be consolidated with the statewide general election in November.
Organization Position
LWVC Support
SB 379 (Wiener D) Residential solar energy systems: permitting.
Current Text: Amended: 1/12/2022 html pdf
Introduced: 2/10/2021
Last Amend: 1/12/2022
Status: 1/24/2022-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 1.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly.
Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 1/24/2022-A. DESK
Summary: Current law requires a city or county to approve administratively applications to install solar energy systems through the issuance of a building permit or similar nondiscretionary permit. Current law requires every city, county, or city and county to develop a streamlined permitting process for the installation of small residential rooftop solar energy systems, as that term is defined. Current law prescribes and limits permit fees that a city or county may charge for a residential and commercial solar energy system. Current law creates the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) in the Natural Resources Agency and prescribes its duties, which include administering programs for the installation of solar energy systems.This bill would require every city, county, or city and county to implement an online, automated permitting platform that verifies code compliance and issues permits in real time for a solar energy system, as defined, that is no larger than
38.4 kilowatts alternating current nameplate rating and an energy storage system, as defined, paired with a solar energy system that is no larger than 38.4 kilowatts alternating current nameplate rating.
Organization Position
LEAGUE Watch
SB 418 (Laird D) Pajaro Valley Health Care District.
Current Text: Chaptered: 2/4/2022 html pdf
Introduced: 2/12/2021
Last Amend: 1/24/2022
Status: 2/4/2022-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1, Statutes of 2022.
Location: 2/4/2022-S. CHAPTERED
Summary: Would create the Pajaro Valley Health Care District, as specified, except that the bill would authorize the Pajaro Valley Health Care District to be organized, incorporated, and managed, only if the relevant county board of supervisors chooses to appoint an initial board of directors.
Organization Position
LEAGUE Support
SB 457 (Portantino D) Public employee retirement systems: investment portfolios: divestment from Turkey.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/16/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2021
Status: 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was P.E. & R. on 5/28/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 7/14/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Summary: Would require the boards of administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System and the State Teachers’ Retirement System to provide employers that are school districts and cities that participate in the systems an option to elect an investment portfolio that does not contain investment vehicles that are issued or owned by the government of the Republic of Turkey.
Organization Position
LEAGUE Oppose
SB 513 (Hertzberg D) Homeless shelters grants: pets and veterinary services.
Current Text: Amended: 1/3/2022 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Last Amend: 1/3/2022
Status: 1/24/2022-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly.
Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 1/24/2022-A. DESK
Summary: Current law establishes the California Emergency Solutions and Housing Program, under the administration of the Department of Housing and Community Development and requires the department to, among other things, provide rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services to ensure housing affordability to people who are experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness. This bill would require the department, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, to develop and administer a program to award grants to qualified homeless shelters, as described, for the provision of shelter, food, and basic veterinary services for pets owned by people experiencing homelessness.
Organization Position
LEAGUE Support
SB 555 (McGuire D) Local agencies: transient occupancy taxes: short-term rental facilitator: collection.
Current Text: Amended: 7/14/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 7/14/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/19/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 8/27/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Summary: Would authorize a local agency, defined to mean a city, county, or city and county, including a charter city, county, or city and county, to enact an ordinance exclusively delegating its authority to collect any transient occupancy tax imposed by that local agency on short-term rentals to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration and to enter into a contract with the department for purposes of registration, rate posting, collection, and transmission of revenues necessary to collect and administer any transient occupancy tax imposed on a short-term rental as specified in this bill.
Organization Position
LEAGUE Oppose
SB 612 (Portantino D) Electrical corporations and other load-serving entities: allocation of legacy resources.
Current Text: Amended: 5/20/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 5/20/2021
Status: 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was U. & E. on 6/10/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 7/14/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Summary: Would require an electrical corporation, by July 1, 2022, and not less than once every 3 years thereafter, to offer an allocation of certain electrical resources to its bundled customers and to other load-serving entities, including electric service providers and community choice aggregators, that serve departing load customers who bear cost responsibility for those resources. The bill would authorize a load-serving entity within the service territory of the electrical corporation to elect to receive all or a portion of the vintaged proportional share of those legacy resources allocated to its end-use customers and, if it so elects, would require it to pay to the electrical corporation the commission-established market price benchmark for the vintage proportional share of the resources received.
Organization Position
CASCC Support
SB 649 (Cortese D) Local governments: affordable housing: local tenant preference.
Current Text: Amended: 4/19/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 4/19/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(15). (Last location was RLS. on 6/17/2021) (May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 9/10/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Summary: Would establish a state policy supporting local tenant preferences for lower income households, as defined, that are subject to displacement risk, and, further, permit local governments and developers in receipt of local or state funds, federal or state tax credits, or an allocation of taxexempt private activity bonds designated for affordable rental housing to restrict occupancy by
creating a local housing preference for lower income households subject to displacement risk. The bill, subject to certain requirements and limitations, would authorize a local government to allow a local tenant preference in an affordable housing rental development to reduce displacement of lower income households with displacement risk beyond local government boundaries by adopting a program that allows preferences in affordable rental housing acquired, constructed, preserved or funded with state or local funds or tax programs.
Organization Position
CASCC Watch
SB 830 (Portantino D) Education finance: supplemental education funding.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/3/2022 html pdf
Introduced: 1/3/2022
Status: 1/19/2022-Referred to Com. on ED.
Location: 1/19/2022-S. ED.
Summary: Current law establishes a public school financing system that requires state funding for county superintendents of schools, school districts, and charter schools to be calculated pursuant to a local control funding formula, as specified, that includes average daily attendance as a component of that calculation for these local educational agencies. Current law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, on or before February 20 of each year, to make a first principal apportionment of funds and, on or before July 2 of each year, to make a 2nd principal apportionment of funds to each local educational agency. This bill would define “average daily membership” as the quotient of the aggregate enrollment days for all pupils in a school district or county office of education, from transitional kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, as applicable, divided by the total number of instructional days for the local educational agency in an academic year.
Organization Position
LEAGUE Watch
SB 833 (Dodd D) Community Energy Resilience Act of 2022.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/4/2022 html pdf
Introduced: 1/4/2022
Status: 1/19/2022-Referred to Com. on E., U. & C.
Location: 1/19/2022-S. E. U., & C.
Summary: Current law assigns the various duties, including applying for and accepting grants, contributions, and appropriations, and awarding grants consistent with the goals and objectives of a program or activity the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission is authorized to implement or administer. This bill, the Community Energy Resilience Act of 2022, would require the commission to develop and implement a grant program for local governments to develop community energy resilience plans and expedite permit review of distributed energy resources by local governments. The bill would require the plans to be consistent with the city, county, or city and county general plan and other local government planning documents.
Organization Position
LEAGUE Watch
SCA 2 (Allen D) Public housing projects.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/7/2020 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Status: 1/26/2022-Read. Adopted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 1/26/2022-A. DESK
Summary: The California Constitution prohibits the development, construction, or acquisition of a lowrent housing project, as defined, in any manner by any state public body until a majority of the qualified electors of the city, town, or county in which the development, construction, or acquisition of the low-rent housing project is proposed approve the project by voting in favor at an election, as specified. This measure would repeal these provisions.
Organization Position
APA Support
LWVC Support
SCA 6 (Newman D) Elections: recall of state officers.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/3/2022 html pdf
Introduced: 1/3/2022
Status: 1/4/2022-From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 3.
Location: 1/3/2022-S. RLS.
Summary: The Constitution provides that the Lieutenant Governor becomes Governor when a vacancy occurs in the office of Governor, and requires the Lieutenant Governor to act as Governor during the
impeachment, absence from the state, or other temporary disability of the Governor or of a Governorelect who fails to take office. When a recall of the Governor is initiated, the Constitution requires the Lieutenant Governor to perform the recall duties of the Governor. The Constitution requires the Governor to fill vacancies in certain judicial and executive offices by appointment, as specified. This measure would provide, in the event an officer is removed in a recall election, for the office to remain vacant until a successor candidate to hold the unexpired term of the office receives a majority of votes at a special election, or for the office to remain vacant for the remainder of the term if there is insufficient time to hold a special election, as specified.
Organization Position
LWVC Support
Total Measures: 33
Total Tracking Forms: 35