CITY COUNCIL
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE
MINUTES FROM January 18, 2023
2000 MAIN STREET, Lower Level B7
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92648
Call to Order at 1:01 PM
Roll Call
• Council Liaisons: (Present) Mayor Strickland, Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark, Council Member Burns
• Staff: City Manager’s Office - Hopkins, Levin, Frakes. • Townsend Public Affairs
Public Comments (2 minutes per speaker): Mark Sheldon made general commentary encouraging the IRC to build relations with the Orange County Power Authority and the other cities involved in the OCPA. Mr. Sheldon also requested the continuation of ZOOM option for meetings going forward.
Approve Minutes from November 16, 2022 meeting: APPROVED (Strickland, Van Der Mark – approved in absentia; Burns – abstained)
DISCUSSION ITEMS
1. Recap of State and Federal Legislative Efforts: Takkinen introduced Townsend Public Affairs, and reviewed historical accomplishments working with the City, and discussed timeline for potential earmark and funding priorities. O’Donnell reviewed legislative successes from 2022.
2. Looking Ahead to 2023:
a. State: Review of State Budget draft. Discussed the beginning of the second year of the current legislative process, bill introduction deadline is 2/17/2023, expecting 2000-2400 new bills introduced. Strickland expects Council to meet and identify what to focus on legislatively in the next month. Townsend presented bill matrix (copy attached to minutes).
b. Federal: Earmark applications will likely be due in February or March if the City is interested in asking for any. 2022 Federal successes reviewed, including WRDA, Bluff Top Stabilization funding with Army Corps of Engineers.
c. Miscellaneous:
i. HB Legislative Platform: Deferred to later meeting after Council has met on the subject.
ii. HB Auto Dealers Freeway Sign: Garafalo presented project, and asked for assistance by way of getting an APN number and property survey. Strickland will discuss with Representative Janet Nguyen’s office, and Hopkins will work with Public Works on expediting. iii. E-Bike Working Group: Presented working with a multi-city coalition to submit a bill for safety policy changes including these 5 points – additional/refined reporting and data collection; youth
CITY COUNCIL
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Licensing or permitting; regulations for producers of e-bikes; taxes on sales of e-bikes. Townsend will initiate another meeting with local cities on this issue soon, and requests authorization from IRC to introduce a “spot bill” to save a place for a potential bill this year.
Strickland prefers to discuss with Representative Nguyen first.
Adjournment – 1:45 PM
The next regularly scheduled meeting will be on February 15, 2023 at 4:00PM.
City of Huntington Beach Bills of Interest
1/13/2023
AB 6 (Friedman D) Transportation planning.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires certain transportation planning agencies to prepare and adopt regional transportation plans directed at achieving a coordinated and balanced regional transportation system. Current law requires each regional transportation plan to also include a sustainable communities strategy prepared by each metropolitan planning organization in order to, among other things, achieve certain targets established by the State Air Resources Board for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles and light trucks in the region for 2020 and 2035, respectively. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require regional transportation agencies to prioritize and fund transportation projects, including those funded by a local sales tax measure, that significantly contribute towards the goals outlined in a region’s sustainable communities strategy and the state’s climate goals.
AB 7 (Friedman D) Transportation: funding: capacity projects.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires the Department of Transportation to improve and maintain the state’s highways, and establishes various programs to fund the development, construction, and repair of local roads, bridges, and other critical transportation infrastructure in the state. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would eliminate single occupancy vehicle freeway capacity projects, and allow capacity projects only for bus rapid transit, rail, active transportation purposes, projects that significantly add safety, and projects that significantly reduce congestion, without interfering with existing maintenance and rehabilitation needs.
AB 11 (Jackson D) Affordable California Commission.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law declares that the availability of housing is of vital statewide importance.
Current law declares that the provision of housing affordable to low- and moderate-income households requires the cooperation of all levels of government. Current law declares that housing prices in California have risen dramatically in all parts of the state in the past decade, while the wealth gap, especially the racial wealth gap, continues to be a growing problem in California. Existing law establishes various programs for the development and preservation of affordable housing, including the Affordable Housing Revolving Development and Acquisition Program and the California Dream for All Program. This bill would create the Affordable California Commission. The bill would require that the commission be composed of 11 members, including 9 members appointed by the Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the President pro Tempore of the Senate, as provided, and one member each from the Assembly and the Senate, who would serve as ex officio nonvoting members, as specified.
AB 21 (Gipson D) Peace officers: training.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires specified categories of law enforcement officers to meet training standards pursuant to courses of training certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST). Current law requires POST to require field training officers who are instructors for the field training program to have at least 8 hours of crisis intervention behavioral health training to better train new peace officers on how to effectively interact with persons with mental illness or intellectual disability. This bill would require the commission to revise that training to include instruction on how to effectively interact with persons with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.
AB 22 (Gipson D) Mobilehomes: mobile coaches.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would classify motor coaches that are parked in a mobilehome park for a period of time that satisfies residency requirements as mobilehome properties to give mobile coach owners the ability to build home equity.
The bill would state findings and declarations in that regard.
AB 23 (Muratsuchi D) Theft: shoplifting: amount.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would amend Proposition 47 by reducing the threshold amount for petty theft and shoplifting from $950 to $400. The bill would provide that it shall become effective only when submitted to, and approved by, the voters of California.
AB 24 (Haney D) Emergency response: opioid antagonist kits.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: would require a person or entity that owns, manages, or is responsible for a bar, gas station, public library, or single-room occupancy hotel in a county that is experiencing an opioid overdose crisis, as defined, to acquire and post an opioid antagonist kit, which includes an instructional poster and opioid antagonist nasal spray, in areas that are readily accessible only by employees, including, but not limited to, a break room, and to restock the opioid antagonist kit after each use. The bill would apply the provisions governing civil liability as specified to a person or entity that acquires and posts the opioid antagonist kit. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the bill would require the department to provide opioid antagonist kits free of charge, to create the opioid antagonist poster with easy-to-understand instructions and graphics on the administration of the attached opioid antagonist nasal spray, and to make the determination on how best to allocate and distribute its limited supply of opioid antagonist among its various programs in the event of an opioid antagonist supply shortage. The bill would make a violation of these provisions a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, by imprisonment in jail for 6 months, or both.
AB 34 (Valencia D) Elections: independent redistricting commissions.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law defines “independent redistricting commission” to mean a body, other than a legislative body, that is empowered to adopt the district boundaries of a legislative body. Current law permits a local jurisdiction to establish an independent redistricting commission to change the legislative body’s district boundaries. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish an independent redistricting commission in the County of Orange.
AB 40 (Rodriguez D) Emergency medical services.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act creates the Emergency Medical Services Authority, which is responsible for the coordination of various state activities concerning emergency medical services. Among other duties, current law requires the authority to develop planning and implementation guidelines for EMS systems, provide technical assistance to existing agencies, counties, and cities for the purpose of developing the components of EMS systems, and receive plans for the implementation of EMS and trauma care systems from local EMS agencies. Current law makes a violation of the act or regulations adopted pursuant to the act punishable as a misdemeanor. This bill would require the authority to develop an electronic signature for use between the emergency department medical personnel at a receiving facility and the transporting emergency medical personnel that captures the points in time when the hospital receives notification of ambulance arrival and when transfer of care is executed for documentation of ambulance patient offload time, as defined. The bill would require the authority to develop a statewide standard of 20 minutes, 90% of the time, for ambulance patient offload time.
AB 42 (Ramos D) Tiny homes: fire sprinkler requirements.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law prohibits a local agency from requiring an accessory dwelling unit to provide fire sprinklers, if they are not required for the primary residence. This bill would prohibit a local agency from imposing or enforcing any requirement to provide fire sprinklers for any dwelling with a total floor area of less than 500 square feet.
AB 45 (Boerner Horvath D) Coastal resources: coastal development permits: blue carbon demonstration projects: new development: greenhouse gas emissions.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, requires anyone wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, except as specified, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission, as provided. This bill would authorize the commission to authorize blue carbon demonstration projects, as defined, in order to demonstrate and quantify the carbon sequestration potential of these projects to help inform the state’s natural and working lands and climate resilience strategies. The bill would, among other things, authorize the commission to require an applicant with a project that impacts coastal wetland, subtidal, intertidal, or marine habitats or ecosystems to build or contribute to a blue carbon demonstration project.
AB 49 (Soria D) Affordable housing.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would increase the supply of affordable housing and reduce homelessness.
AB 52 (Grayson D) Sales and Use Tax Law: manufacturing equipment: research and development equipment.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Sales and Use Tax Law imposes state taxes 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, including an exemption from those taxes, on and after July 1, 2014, and before July 1, 2030, for the gross receipts from the sale of, and the storage, use, or other consumption of, qualified tangible personal property, as defined, that is, among other things, purchased by a qualified person for purchases for use primarily in manufacturing, processing, refining, fabricating, or recycling of tangible personal property, as specified, or purchased for use by a qualified person to be used primarily in research and development. Current law prohibits the exemption described above from applying with respect to any tax levied by a county, city, or district pursuant to, or in accordance with, the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law or the Transactions and Use Tax Law, sales and use taxes imposed pursuant to certain provisions of the Sales and Use Tax Law, and sales and use taxes imposed pursuant to certain provisions of the California Constitution. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to expand the sales and use tax exemption for manufacturing and research and development equipment to preserve California’s status as a hub of innovation and technology and to encourage greater investment in California.
AB 53 (Fong, Vince R) Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Law: suspension of tax.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would suspend the imposition of the tax on motor vehicle fuels for one year. The bill would require that all savings realized based on the suspension of the motor vehicle fuels tax by a person
other than an end consumer, as defined, be passed on to the end consumer, and would make the violation of this requirement an unfair business practice, in violation of unfair competition laws, as provided. The bill would require a seller of motor vehicle fuels to provide a receipt to a purchaser that indicates the amount of tax that would have otherwise applied to the transaction.
AB 67 (Muratsuchi D) Homeless Courts Pilot Program.
Introduced: 12/7/2022
Location: 12/7/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law governs the jurisdiction of various criminal actions and criminal proceedings.
Current law also provides various diversion programs, including programs for defendants with cognitive disabilities and programs for defendants who were, or currently are, members of the United States military. This bill, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, would create the Homeless Courts Pilot Program, which would remain in effect until January 1, 2028, to be administered by the Judicial Council for the purpose of providing comprehensive community-based services to achieve stabilization for, and address the specific legal needs of, chronically homeless individuals who are involved with the criminal justice system. The bill would require programs seeking grant funds to provide a number of specified services or program components, including, but not limited to, a diversion program enabling participating defendants to have infraction or misdemeanor charges dismissed upon completion of a program, provision of supportive housing, as defined, during the duration of the program, and a dedicated county representative to assist defendants with housing needs. The bill would require an applicant for grant funding under the program to submit a plan for a new homeless court program or expansion of an existing homeless court program, and would require any funding awarded to an applicant to be used in accordance with that plan.
AB 68 (Ward D) Housing.
Introduced: 12/8/2022
Location: 12/8/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law, requires each city, county, and city and county to prepare and adopt a general plan that contains certain mandatory elements, including a housing element.
Current law defines several terms for the purposes of these provisions. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those definitions.
AB 69 (Waldron R) Transportation: traffic signal synchronization: roadway improvement projects.
Introduced: 12/9/2022
Location: 12/9/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The State Air Resources Board is required to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020 and to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030, and to adopt rules and regulations in an open public process to achieve the maximum, technologically feasible, and cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions reductions. The act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available upon appropriation. Current law requires the Department of Finance, in consultation with the state board and any other relevant state agency, to develop, as specified, a 3-year investment plan for the moneys deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
Current law authorizes moneys in the fund to be allocated, as specified, for an investment in a traffic signal synchronization component that is part of a sustainable infrastructure project if the component is designed and implemented to achieve cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and includes specific emissions reduction targets and metrics to evaluate the project’s effect. This bill would additionally authorize moneys in the fund to be allocated for an investment in a traffic signal synchronization component that is part of a roadway improvement project requiring multiple signals, including, but not limited to, multimodal redevelopment projects, rail trail projects, urban renewal projects, or a project near transit facilities, if the component is designed and implemented to achieve cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and includes specific emissions reduction targets and metrics to evaluate the project’s effect.
AB 70 (Rodriguez D) Emergency response: trauma kits.
Introduced: 12/12/2022
Location: 12/12/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires the person or entity responsible for managing the building, facility, and tenants of certain occupied structures, including those that are owned or operated by a local government entity, and that are constructed on or after January 1, 2023, to comply with certain requirements, including acquiring and placing at least 6 trauma kits on the premises, as specified. This bill would apply the trauma kit requirement to certain structures that are constructed prior to January 1, 2023, and subject to subsequent modifications, renovations, or tenant improvements, as specified.
AB 74 (Muratsuchi D) Vehicles: street takeovers, sideshows, and racing.
Introduced: 12/13/2022
Location: 12/13/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law makes it a crime for a person to engage in a motor vehicle speed contest on a highway or an exhibition of speed on a highway, or to aid or abet therein. Commencing July 1, 2025, a court may suspend a person’s driver’s license for 90 days to 6 months for an exhibition of speed, or aiding and abetting an exhibition of speed, if the violation occurred as part of a sideshow. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to street takeovers, sideshows, and racing.
AB 75 (Hoover R) Shoplifting: increased penalties for prior crimes.
Introduced: 12/14/2022
Location: 12/14/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law, as amended by Proposition 47, provides that a registered sex offender or a person with a prior conviction for certain serious or violent felonies, such as a sexually violent offense, who commits petty theft is subject to imprisonment in the county jail for up to one year or in the state prison for 16 months or 2 or 3 years. This bill would reinstate a provision of law that was repealed by Proposition 47 that provides that a person who has been convicted 3 or more times of petty theft, grand theft, or other specified crimes and who is subsequently convicted of petty theft is subject to imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or in a county jail for 18 months or 2 or 3 years.
The bill would also make this provision and the provision relating to a person with serious, violent, or sexual prior offenses applicable to a person whose prior or current conviction is for shoplifting.
AB 80 (Addis D) Offshore Wind Coastal Protection Act.
Introduced: 12/15/2022
Location: 12/15/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation to create the Offshore Wind Coastal Compensation Fund for purposes of mitigating the impacts of the deployment of offshore wind infrastructure in California on the tourism industry, marine and other coastal wildlife, the fishing industry, and other entities, funding costs associated with the future decommissioning of obsolete offshore wind infrastructure, and providing funding to marine life sanctuaries, federally recognized tribes, cities, and counties.
AB 96 (Kalra D) Public employment: local public transit agencies: autonomous transit vehicle technology.
Introduced: 1/9/2023
Location: 1/9/2023-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require a public transit employer to provide written notice to the exclusive employee representative of the workforce affected by autonomous transit vehicle technology of its determination to begin, or its substantive progress toward initiating, any procurement process or a plan to acquire or deploy any autonomous transit vehicle technology for public transit services that would eliminate job functions or jobs of the workforce to which the autonomous transit vehicle technology applies not less than 12 months before commencing the process, plan, or deployment. The bill would require a public transit employer, upon a written request of the exclusive employee representative, to provide specified information to the exclusive employee representative, including the potential gaps in skills that may result from the new service. The bill would require the public transit employer, following the written request for information by the exclusive employee representative, and within 30 days of receiving the specified information, to commence collective bargaining on specified subjects, including creating plans to train and prepare the affected workforce to fill new positions created by the autonomous transit
vehicle technology.
AB 233 (Wilson D) Local government: animal waste disposal: horses.
Introduced: 1/12/2023
Location: 1/12/2023-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would authorize a local agency to require the rider of, or person otherwise responsible for, a horse to collect and dispose of any animal waste deposited by that horse on a street, sidewalk, or other public property.
ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry D) Local government financing: affordable housing and public infrastructure: voter approval.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
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. The measure would specify that these provisions apply to any city, county, city and county, or special district measure imposing an ad valorem tax to pay the interest and redemption charges on bonded indebtedness for these purposes that is submitted at the same election as this measure.
ACA 2 (Alanis R) Public resources: Water and Wildfire Resiliency Act of 2023.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would establish the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund within the State Treasury, and would require the Treasurer to annually transfer an amount equal to 3% of all state revenues that may be appropriated as described from the General Fund to the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund. The measure would require the moneys in the fund to be appropriated by the Legislature and would require that 50% of the moneys in the fund be used for water projects, as specified, and that the other 50% of the moneys in the fund be used for forest maintenance and health projects, as specified.
SB 3 (Dodd D) Discontinuation of residential water service: community water system.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-S. RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Water Shutoff Protection Act prohibits an urban and community water system, defined as a public water system that supplies water to more than 200 service connections, from discontinuing residential service for nonpayment, as specified, and requires specified procedures before it can discontinue residential service for nonpayment. Current law defines a community water system as a public water system that serves at least 15 service connections used by yearlong residents or regularly serves at least 25 yearlong residents of the area served by the system. This bill would expand the scope of the Water Shutoff Protection Act by requiring that it instead apply to a community water system, defined to have the same meaning as existing law. The bill would require a community water system that supplies water to 200 service connections or fewer to comply with the act’s provisions on and after August 1, 2024.
SB 4 (Wiener D) Planning and zoning: housing development: higher education institutions and religious institutions.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-S. RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require that a housing development project be a use by right upon the request of an applicant who submits an application for streamlined approval, on any land owned by an independent institution of higher education or religious institution on or before January 1, 2024, if the development
satisfies specified criteria, including that the development is not adjoined to any site where more than one-third of the square footage on the site is dedicated to industrial use. The bill would define various terms for these purposes. Among other things, the bill would require that 100% of the units, exclusive of manager units, in a housing development project eligible for approval as a use by right under these provisions be affordable to lower income households, except that 20% of the units may be for moderate-income households, provided that all of the units are provided at affordable rent, as set in an amount consistent with the rent limits established by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, or affordable housing cost, as specified. The bill would authorize the development to include ancillary uses on the ground floor of the development, as specified.
SB 7 (Blakespear D) Homelessness.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-S. RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation regarding homelessness and the regional housing needs allocation.
SB 16 (Smallwood-Cuevas D) Civil rights: discrimination: enforcement.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-S. RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Unruh Civil Rights Act generally prohibits business establishments from discriminating on specified bases. The California Fair Employment and Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing and employment on specified bases and provides procedures for enforcement by the Civil Rights Department. Current law specifies that while it is the intent of the Legislature that the California Fair Employment and Housing Act occupy the field of regulation of discrimination in employment and housing, nothing in the act shall be construed to limit or restrict the application of the Unruh Civil Rights Act. This bill would also specify that nothing in the California Fair Employment and Housing Act shall be construed to limit or restrict efforts by local entities to enforce state law prohibiting discrimination against classes of persons covered by the act in employment and housing.
SB 17 (Caballero D) Senior housing.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-S. RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would create new opportunities for the development of affordable senior housing.
SB 20 (Rubio D) Joint powers agreements: regional housing trusts.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-S. RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would authorize 2 or more cities, by entering into a joint powers agreement pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, to create a regional housing trust for the purposes of funding housing to assist the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income within their jurisdictions. The bill would require a regional housing trust created pursuant to these provisions to be governed by a board of directors consisting of a minimum of 9 directors, as specified.
The bill would authorize a regional housing trust to fund the planning and construction of housing, receive public and private financing and funds, and authorize and issue bonds, as specified. The bill would require the joint powers agreement establishing the regional housing trust to incorporate specified annual financial reporting and auditing requirements.
SB 31 (Jones R) Encampments: sensitive areas: penalties.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-S. RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Under current law, a person who lodges in a public or private place without permission is guilty of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. Current law also provides that a person who willfully and maliciously obstructs the free movement of any person on any street, sidewalk, or other public place is guilty of a misdemeanor. Under existing law, a public nuisance is anything that is injurious to health, or is indecent or offensive to the senses, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or
property by an entire community, neighborhood, or considerable number of persons. Current law provides various remedies against a public nuisance, including abatement by any public body or officer authorized by law. This bill would prohibit a person from sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property upon any street, sidewalk, or other public right-of-way within 1000 feet of a sensitive area, as defined. The bill would specify that a violation of this prohibition is a public nuisance that can be abated and prevented, as provided.
SB 34 (Umberg D) Surplus land disposal: violations: Orange County.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-S. RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law prescribes requirements for the disposal of land determined to be surplus land by a local agency. Those requirements include a requirement that a local agency, prior to disposing of a property or participating in negotiations to dispose of that property with a prospective transferee, send a written notice of availability of the property to specified entities, depending on the property’s intended use, and send specified information in regard to the disposal of the parcel of surplus land to the Department of Housing and Community Development. Current law, among other enforcement provisions, makes a local agency that disposes of land in violation of these disposal provisions, after receiving notification of violation from the department, liable for a penalty of 30% of the final sale price of the land sold in violation for a first violation and 50% for any subsequent violation. Under current law, except as specified, a local agency has 60 days to cure or correct an alleged violation before an enforcement action may be brought. Current law provides for the deposit and use of penalty revenues for housing, as prescribed. This bill, until January 1, 2030, would require the County of Orange, or any city located within Orange County, if notified by the department that its planned sale of surplus land is in violation of existing law, to cure or correct the alleged violation within 60 days, as prescribed.
SB 43 (Eggman D) Behavioral health.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-S. RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to modernize and improve California’s behavioral health system.
SB 50 (Bradford D) Criminal procedure: arrests.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-S. RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to limiting a peace officer’s authority to initiate pretextual stops to reduce racial profiling and the harm stemming from such stops.
SB 51 (Bradford D) Cannabis provisional licenses: local equity applicants.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-S. RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), for purposes of the California Cannabis Equity Act, defines local equity program as a program adopted or operated by a local jurisdiction that focuses on inclusion and support of individuals and communities in California’s cannabis industry who are linked to populations or neighborhoods that were negatively or disproportionately impacted by cannabis criminalization, as specified. MAUCRSA requires the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) to administer a grant program to assist a local jurisdiction with the development of a local equity program or to assist local equity applicants and local equity licensees through a local equity program, as specified. MAUCRSA, until June 30, 2023, authorizes the Department of Cannabis Control, in its sole discretion, to issue a provisional license for a local equity license application if the applicant meets specified requirements. MAUCRSA prohibits the Department of Cannabis Control from renewing a provisional license after January 1, 2025, and provides that no provisional license is effective after January 1, 2026. This bill would additionally authorize the Department of Cannabis Control, in its sole discretion, to issue a provisional license for a local equity applicant for retailer activities, indefinitely, if the applicant meets specified requirements.
This bill would authorize the department, in its sole discretion, to renew a provisional license until it issues or denies the provisional licensee’s annual license, subject to specified requirements, or until 5 years from the date the provisional license was issued, whichever is earlier. By extending provisional licensure, the applications for which are required to be signed under penalty of perjury, the bill would
expand the scope of the crime of perjury, and would thereby impose a state-mandated local program.
SB 55 (Umberg D) Vehicles: catalytic converters.
Introduced: 12/6/2022
Location: 12/6/2022-S. RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would prohibit a motor vehicle dealer or retailer from selling a new motor vehicle equipped with a catalytic converter unless the catalytic converter has been engraved or etched with the vehicle identification number of the vehicle to which it is attached. A violation of this provision would be punishable as an infraction. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 67 (Seyarto R) Controlled substances: overdose reporting.
Introduced: 1/5/2023
Location: 1/5/2023-S. RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require an emergency medical services provider who treats and releases or transports an individual to a medical facility who is experiencing a suspected or an actual overdose to report the incident to the Emergency Medical Services Authority. The bill requires the authority to report the data gathered pursuant to the bill to the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program managed by the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program.
SB 68 (McGuire D) Local government.
Introduced: 1/5/2023
Location: 1/5/2023-S. RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law provides for the formation and powers of various local governments, including counties and cities. The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 provides the sole and exclusive authority and procedure for the initiation, conduct, and completion of changes of organization and reorganization for cities and districts. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to local government.
SB 69 (Cortese D) California Environmental Quality Act: judicial and administrative proceedings:
limitations.
Introduced: 1/5/2023
Location: 1/5/2023-S. RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a state agency or a local agency that approves or determines to carry out a project subject to CEQA to file a notice of determination with the Office of Planning and Research or the county clerk of each county in which the project will be located, as provided. CEQA authorizes a state agency or a local agency that determines that a project is not subject to CEQA to file a notice of exemption with the office or the county clerk of each county in which the project will be located, as provided. If a person has made a written request to a public agency for a copy of a notice of determination or notice of exemption for a project before the date on which the public agency approves or determines to carry out the project, CEQA requires the public agency, no later than 5 days from the date of the public agency’s action, to deposit a copy of the written notice addressed to that person in the United States mail, first-class postage prepaid. CEQA provides that the date upon which the notice is mailed does not affect the limitations periods applicable to specified actions or proceedings to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul specified acts or decisions of a public agency on the grounds of noncompliance with CEQA. The bill would require a public agency to provide both the notice and any subsequent amended, corrected, or revised notice, as specified, in response to a written request for the notice, regardless of the delivery method. By requiring a local agency to provide a copy of any subsequent amended, corrected, or revised notice, along with the notice, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
SB 76 (Wiener D) Alcoholic beverages: music venue license: entertainment zones: consumption.
Introduced: 1/11/2023
Location: 1/11/2023-S. RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law provides for various annual fees for the issuance of alcoholic beverage licenses, depending upon the type of license issued. Current law authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to issue a music venue license, as defined, that would allow the licensee to
sell beer, wine, and distilled spirits at retail for consumption on the premises in a music entertainment facility, as defined. This bill would authorize a licensee under a music venue license to apply to the department for a caterer’s permit that would authorize the sale of beer, wine, and distilled spirits for consumption at events only upon the licensed music entertainment facility premises. The bill would also authorize a music venue license to apply to the department for an event permit, as specified. The bill would impose a fee for a caterer’s permit for a licensee under a music venue license and for an event permit for a licensee under a music venue license, which would be deposited in the Alcohol Beverage Control Fund, and would make other conforming changes.
SB 79 (Nguyen R) Coastal resources: preservation.
Introduced: 1/12/2023
Location: 1/12/2023-S. RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Coastal Act of 1976 finds and declares that the basic goals of the state for the coastal zone are to, among other things, protect, maintain, and, where feasible, enhance and restore the overall quality of the coastal zone environment and its natural and artificial resources. This bill would provide that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would establish policy addressing coastal preservation.
SBX1 2 (Skinner D) Energy: transportation fuels: supply and pricing: maximum gross gasoline refining margin.
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Location: 12/5/2022-S. RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires operators of refineries in the state that produce gasoline meeting California specifications, within 30 days of the end of each calendar month, to submit a report to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission containing certain information regarding its refining activities related to the production of gasoline in that month. Current law requires the commission to notify a refiner that has failed to timely provide the required information and imposes a civil penalty on the refiner that fails to submit the required information within 5 days of being notified of the failure. This bill would establish a maximum gross gasoline refining margin at an unspecified amount per gallon and would authorize the commission to annually adjust the maximum gross gasoline refining margin, as provided. The bill would authorize the commission to petition the court to enjoin a refiner from exceeding the maximum gross gasoline refining margin. The bill would also authorize the commission to assess an administrative civil penalty on a refiner for exceeding the maximum gross gasoline refining margin, as provided. The bill would authorize the commission to grant a refiner’s request for an exemption from the maximum gross gasoline refining margin upon a showing by the refiner of reasonable cause, and to subject the refiner to alternative maximum margins or other conditions set by the commission. The bill would require a refiner seeking an exemption to file a statement under the penalty of perjury setting forth the basis of the request for exemption.
Total Measures: 43
Total Tracking Forms: 43