Type Bill Number (Author) Description City Position Status Housing
AB 1886 (Alvarez) Eliminates self-certification of the Housing Element and creates a by-right development scenario between city and HCD even if good faith disagreement based on substantial evidence occurs.
Oppose
6.6.24 HBC letter to SEN Housing
5.9.24 HBC letter to ASM Approps
5.9.24 HBC letter to Author
6/11/24 - Significantly amended and re-referred to
Senate Housing Comm.
AB 2560 (Alvarez/Wiener) This bill would provide that any density bonus, concessions, incentives, waivers or reductions of development standards, and parking ratios to which an applicant is entitled under the Density Bonus Law be permitted notwithstanding the act. Watch (IRC) 06/05/2024 Referred to Coms. on HOUSING, N.R. & W. and APPR.
SB 951 (Wiener) California Coastal Act of 1976: coastal zone: coastal development.
Watch (IRC)
06/05/2024 From committee with author's
amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-
referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
SB 1211 (Skinner) This bill would prohibit the local agency from requiring the replacement of offstreet parking spaces if an uncovered parking space is demolished in conjunction with the construction of, or is converted to, an ADU.
Oppose
6.5.24 HBC letter to ASM Housing
5.9.24 HBC letter to Author
6/12/24 - Assembly Local Gov't Committee
SB 1037 (Wiener/Bonta) Remedies for non-compliant Housing Element, including a civil penalty of, at minimum, $10,000 per month, and not exceeding $50,000 per month, for each violation.
Oppose
6.4.24 HBC letter to ASM Housing
5.9.24 HBC letter to SEN Approps
5.9.24 HBC letter to Author
06/03/2024 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD
AB 2361 (Davies) This bill would establish a pilot program for the Counties of Orange and San Diego, and the cities therein Watch (IRC) Failed in Assembly SB 450 (Atkins) Two year bill. Would require a local government to consider and approve an application for a duplex in an area zoned for single- family homes and lot splitting of a residentially zoned parcel within 60 days and prohibit that local government from imposing object standards on a proposed duplex project.
Oppose Failed in Senate
Sober Living
AB 2081 (Davies) Requires an operator of a licensed alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility (RTF) or certified alcohol or other drug (AOD) program to disclose on its internet website if a legal, disciplinary, or other enforcement action has been brought by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), whether the RTF or program was determined to be in violation, and must include the date and nature of the violation.
Support
6.4.24 HBC letter to SEN Health
5.9.24 HBC letter to Author
05/29/2024 Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
AB 2574 (Valencia) This bill would exempt an unlicensed home for persons recovering from alcoholism or drug abuse in a neighborhood zoned for residential use from being considered a residential use of property when specified evidence demonstrates that the facility is an integral part of a licensed drug treatment facility located elsewhere.
Support
[subustantial changes withdrawn to watch] 05/29/2024 Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
E-bikes
AB 1774 (Dixon) This bill would prohibit a person from selling a product or device that can modify the speed capability of an electric bicycle such that it no longer meets the definition of an electric bicycle.
Support (Legislative Platform)
5.21.24 HBC letter to SEN Approps
5.21.24 HBC letter to SEN Trans
4.19.24 HBC letter to ASM Approps
3.12.24 HBC letter to ASM Trans
06/10/2024 From committee: Be ordered to second
reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered
to Consent Calendar.
AB 1773 (Dixon) This bill would clarify that a recreational trail for these purposes includes a boardwalk, as defined, regardless of whether the facility also provides bicycle access.
Support
(Legislative Platform) Failed in Assembly
Miscellaneous
AB 1825 (Muratsuchi) Requires the governing board or body of each public library in the state, excluding school libraries, to adopt a written and publicly available collection development policy, and prohibits the governing board or body of a public library from proscribing or prohibiting the circulation of any materials in a public library because of the topic addressed by the materials or because of the views, ideas, or opinions contained in those materials.
Watch (IRC) 06/05/2024 Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD.
AB 2698 (Ta) Route 405: Little Saigon Freeway Oppose unless amended 06/05/2024 Referred to Com. on TRANS.
AB 3024 (Ward) Civil Rights. This bill would expand the definition of “intimidation by threat of violence” to also include distribution of hateful materials on private property of another without authorization for the purpose of terrorizing the owner or occupant of that private property or in reckless disregard of the risk of terrorizing the owner or occupant of that private property.
Watch (IRC) 6/10/24 - Amended in Assmbly Judicial Comm. 2024 Legislative Update
Actions by IRC and City Council
July 2024
Type Bill Number (Author) Description City Position Status SB 1174 (Min) This bill would prohibit a local government from enacting or enforcing any charter provision, ordinance, or regulation requiring a person to present identification for the purpose of voting or submitting a ballot at any polling place, vote center, or other location where ballots are cast or submitted; The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.
Oppose
Letter sent to author and Assembly Elections
Committee
6/12/2024 - In Assembly and revised in for Com on
Local Government
SB 1214 (Nguyen) This bill establishes the California Commission on the United States Semiquincentennial (Commission) in state government to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution. Support
5.9.24 HBC letter to SEN Approps 06/03/2024 Referred to Com. on G.O.
AB 1999 (Irwin) This bill, effective July 1, 2028, revokes the authority of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to adopt fixed charges to collect from ratepayers the fixed costs of providing electrical service to residential customers and, instead, limits the authority of the CPUC to adopt such a fixed charge to certain dollar amounts.
Support Failed in Assembly
SB 1102 (Nguyen) SB 1102 would enact personal income and corporation tax exclusions for amounts received by a qualified taxpayer in settlement for claims relating to the October 2, 2021, oil spill off the coast Orange County. Support Failed in Senate