LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
2025 Legislative Session
Bills on the Governor’s Desk:
After over nine months of work, the California State
Legislature has concluded the 2025 Session. Since last
December, I’ve been working on a package of bills to
improve public safety, protect our natural resources,
increase affordability, and boost our housing
production. I’m happy to report that 10 bills have
made it to the Governor’s desk.
Securing Environmental Sustainability
AB 43 - Protecting Wild and Scenic Rivers:
Provides a permanent pathway for the
administrative inclusion of a federal wild and scenic
river in California into the state wild and scenic
rivers system if the federal government acts to
eliminate federal protection for all or some of the
federally protected river.
SIGNED INTO LAW
Securing Environmental Sustainability
AB 44 - Improving Energy Affordability:
Allows retail electricity providers to better customize their own programs to reduce the need to purchase
dirty power during hours when the grid is the most
expensive and polluting to operate.
VETOED BY GOVERNOR
Securing Environmental Sustainability
AB 734 - Protecting California’s Biodiversity:
Provides the public with the necessary biological
resource information to participate effectively and
efficiently in the public review and comment
processes associated with project permitting.
VETOED BY GOVERNOR
Securing Environmental Sustainability
AB 1319 - Protecting California’s Endangered Species:
Puts into place a clear and expedited process at the Fish and Game Commission to place imperiled species (fish,
wildlife, plants, and insects) under protection when
federal measures are repealed or weakened. It also
provides greater certainty for developers with pre-
existing federal permits and improves our ability to
combat trafficking.
SIGNED INTO LAW
Promoting Public Safety
AB 379 - Combatting Sex Trafficking:
Allows prosecutors to charge felonies against adult predators who solicit 16 and 17 year olds. If the age of the adult offender is within three years of the minor — for instance, if an 18 year old solicits a 17 year old — this solicitation remains illegal and can be charged as a misdemeanor. The bill also strengthens penalties for businesses that look the other way on human trafficking, includes new tools to help prosecutors go after predators, and increases funding for supportive services for survivors.
SIGNED INTO LAW
Promoting Public Safety
AB 1036 - Criminal Procedure: Post-Conviction Discovery:
Broadens the definition of "discovery materials" to include exculpatory and mitigating evidence along with jury
selection notes after in camera review and necessary
redactions. By expanding and modernizing post-
conviction discovery statutes, California can improve the efficiency and fairness of its justice system while
correcting wrongful convictions.
SIGNED INTO LAW
Promoting Public Safety
AB 321 – The Better Informed Decisions Act:
Permits judges to decide whether a wobbler case will
move forward as a misdemeanor or felony when they
have sufficient evidence to make that decision before
trial. This ensures that individuals face consequences
proportionate to their actions and that public
resources spent on trials are appropriate to the
severity and complexity of each case.
SIGNED INTO LAW
Investing in Infrastructure
AB 1050 - Expanding Housing Development in
Commercial Centers:
Helps with the redevelopment of vacant commercial
centers by extending existing law for removing
covenants, conditions, and restrictions on a property
that preclude housing to mixed-use and mixed-income
housing development. Importantly, this bill does not
alter state housing laws related to project approvals,
nor does it change local zoning ordinances or the
entitlement process.
SIGNED INTO LAW
Investing in Infrastructure
AB 1150 - Improving Airport Rental Car Facilities:
Increases the daily maximum user fee that airports
may collect from airport rental car customers to $12
per day and starting January 1, 2026. Proceeds from
these fees can only be used for maintenance, safety
improvements, and to modernize facilities to meet
future demands at airport rental car facilities.
SIGNED INTO LAW
Investing in Infrastructure
AB 361 - Best Value Procurement for School Districts:
Removes the sunset on the Los Angeles Unified School
District’s Best Value Procurement pilot program and
expands the option to consider factors like experience, quality, and performance when awarding public
contracts statewide to any school district for public
works projects over $1 million that meet specified labor requirements.
SIGNED INTO LAW
Budget Win for CA
CA’s Film & T.V. Tax Credit Program
Annual funding from $330 million to $750 million
Introduces key updates to keep production, jobs & investments in CA Budget Win in the 44th
Discovery Cube Los Angeles
$5 million from Prop 4 funding
• Fire Prevention Training Grounds
• Outdoor Sustainability & Wildfire
Prevention Pavilion
New Grant Funding
Homenetmen Burbank
Sipan Chapter
Check Presentation
for $2,500
2025 Non Profit of the Year
Burbank Arts and Education
Foundation
The BAEF has provided critical support to
Burbank students for years, including their
college essay writing workshop and
providing grants for various projects. I
commend BAEF for their commitment to
meeting the diverse educational needs of
every Burbank Unified School District
student. Congratulations to this incredible
organization on the well-deserved
recognition
2025 Woman of the Year
Lindsay Imber is a professional
musician, hockey organist, basketball
referee, baseball rules analyst, and
serves on Sherman Oaks
Neighborhood Council. She also
serves as Chair of the Council's
Executive and Government Affairs
Committees, with an emphasis on
human rights and dignity for all in
Sherman Oaks.
Lindsay Imber
Office Contacts
Capitol Office
State Capitol
P .O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0044
Phone: (916) 319-2044
District Office
300 East Magnolia Boulevard
Suite 504
Burbank, CA 91502
Phone: (818) 558-3043
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