City of Cupertino Bill Watch List 2023
Bill/ Author Title Brief Summary City
Position Status/ Location
ACA 5/
Low
Marriage
Equality
The California Constitution provides that only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California, and federal law permanently enjoins the state from enforcing this constitutional provision. This measure would repeal this unenforceable constitutional provision and would instead provide that the right to marry is a fundamental right, as specified.
Supported
by Council
4/13/23
7/6/23 Senate
Appropriations
Committee
AB 1469/
Kalra
Santa Clara
Valley Water
District
The Santa Clara Valley Water District Act creates the Santa Clara Valley Water District and authorizes the district to provide for the conservation and management of flood, storm, and recycled waters, and other waters, for beneficial uses and to enhance natural resources in connection with carrying out the purposes of the district. This bill would additionally authorize the district to take certain actions in order to assist unsheltered people living along streams, in riparian corridors, or otherwise within the district’s jurisdiction, in consultation with a city or the County of Santa Clara to provide solutions or improve outcomes for the unsheltered individuals. The bill would require the district to provide a report to the appropriate committees of the Legislature on or before July 1, 2029, and a subsequent report on or before July 1, 2034, containing specified information, including, among other things, the district’s actions taken to assist unsheltered people. By imposing new duties on the district, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Supported
by Council
4/4/23
7/6/23 Senate,
ordered to second
reading
Initiative No.
21-0042A
Taxpayer
Protection and
Government
Accountability
Act Initiative
The ballot measure would amend the California Constitution to apply new rules to all new or increased taxes or fees adopted by the state legislature or local agencies. The measure would apply retroactively to new or increased taxes or fees adopted after January 1, 2022.
Opposed by
Council
3/21/23
Opposed by
LRC
12/10/21
2/1/23 Initiative
qualified for the
November 2024
general election
ballot.
July 2023
1 City of Cupertino Bill Watch List 2023
Bill/ Author Title Brief Summary City
Position Status/ Location
SB 403/
Wahab
Discrimination
on the basis of
ancestry
The Unruh Civil Rights Act provides that all persons within the jurisdiction of this state are free and equal, and no matter what their sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, primary language, or immigration status are entitled to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, privileges, or services in all business establishments of every kind whatsoever. This bill would define “ancestry” for purposes of the act to include, among other things, caste, as defined.
Watch
(Council
considering
at 7/18 CC
meeting)
7/6/23 Assembly
Appropriations
Committee
SB 423/
Wiener
Land use:
streamlined
housing
approvals:
multifamily
housing
developments.
This bill would modify and expand SB 35 provisions that allow certain multifamily housing developments to take advantage of a streamlined, ministerial approval process. Specifically, this bill would: 1) Extends the Jan. 1, 2026, sunset to Jan. 1, 2036. 2) Applies SB 35 provisions to the Coastal Zone. 3) Allows the State to approve housing developments on property they own or lease. 4) Prohibits a city from enforcing its inclusionary housing ordinance if the income limits are higher than those in SB 35.
Watch
(Council
considering
at 7/25 CC
meeting)
6/28/23 Assembly
Natural Resources
Committee
AB 1484/
Zbur
Temporary
public
employees.
Would require temporary employees to be automatically included in the same bargaining unit as the permanent employees upon the request of the recognized employee organization, among other provisions.
Watch 6/14/23 Senate
Labor, Public
Employment, and
Retirement
Committee
AB 1657/
Wicks
The Affordable
Housing Bond
Act of 2024.
This measure would place a $10 billion bond measure on the March 2024 ballot to spur the production of affordable and supportive housing.
Watch 6/21/23 Senate
Governance and
Finance Committee
AB 972/
Maienschein
Local
Assistance and
Grant Program
Streamlining
Workgroup.
Would coordinate, align, and streamline local government assistance resources to ensure that every community has the same opportunity to compete for state funding opportunities by convening a statewide, cross-agency Local Assistance and Grant Program Streamlining Workgroup, no later than April 2024.
Watch 6/28/23 Senate
Appropriations
Committee
July 2023
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