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December 5, 2023
2023 Legislative Recap
3,038 bills introduced
1,046 measures passed
890 bills signed
156 bills vetoed
15% veto rate
City of Pismo Beach | State Legislative Update
•Increased voter threshold for
initiatives
•Introduced in response to
Taxpayer Protection Act
•Set to appear on November
2024 General Election ballot
ACA 13 (Ward)
•Lowers voter threshold, to 55%,
for bond/special taxes dedicated
to affordable housing and public
infrastructure
•Set to appear on November
2024 General Election ballot
•If approved, would apply to
bonds/special taxes starting in
November 2024
ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry)
2023 Legislative Recap: Revenue and Taxation
City of Pismo Beach | State Legislative Update
•Allows shared parking (such as
residential/commercial) to count
toward parking requirements
Parking: AB 894 (Friedman)
•Extends the sunset on SB 35 to
January 1, 2036. Expands
applicability of streamlining in
coastal zones consistent with local
or coastal land use plans.
Streamlining: SB 423
(Wiener)
•Prohibits cities from delaying
housing by not issuing CEQA
exemptions by making it a violation
of the HAA
Enforcement: AB 1633 (Ting)
•Allows cities to enact ordinances to
allow ADUs to be sold separately or
conveyed from the primary
residence
ADUs: AB 1033 (Ting)
2023 Legislative Recap: Housing and Land Use
City of Pismo Beach | State Legislative Update
•Make reforms to the Mental Health Services Act including directing funding toward housing solutions and expanding the pool of individuals eligible for services to include those with substance use disorders. •Place a $6.38 billion bond on the March 2024 ballot to support residential care facility construction
•Contains $1.5 billion specifically for cities and counties •Set to appear as Proposition 1 on March primary Ballot SB 326 (Eggman) AB 531 (Irwin)
•Requires recipients of Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) program or the Encampment Resolution Program (ERP) funds to coordinate with other local governments on supportive services deliverables.
AB 1285 (Wicks)
2023 Legislative Recap: Homelessness and Behavioral Health City of Pismo Beach | State Legislative Update
•Establishes a statewide study on
electric bicycles and safety impacts
to better inform future policy.
SB 381 (Min)
•Prohibits a local authority from
prohibiting the operation of a bicycle on
a sidewalk adjacent to a highway that
does not include a bikeway.
VETOED
AB 825 (Bryan)
•Requires local governments in the
coastal zone to develop sea level
rise adaptation plans as part of an
LCP or shoreline resiliency plan by
2034.
SB 272 (Laird)
•Requires a 15% state short term
rental occupancy tax to be collected
and allocated to the development of
workforce housing.
DID NOT PASS
AB 584 (Limon)
2023 Legislative Recap: Coastal Community Issues
City of Pismo Beach | State Legislative Update
Senate President Pro-Tem
Elect Mike McGuire
•Former Senate Governance and
Finance Committee Chair
•Will serve as Pro-Tem until term
limit in 2026
Assembly Speaker Robert
Rivas
•New committee appointments
and internal leadership changes
for priority committees
Leadership Changes
City of Pismo Beach | State Legislative Update
STATEWIDE BALLOT
INITIATIVES
•ACA 13/Taxpayer
Protection Act
•ACA 1: Debt Financing
Voter Thresholds
•California Public Records
Act Statutory
Amendments
•Proposition 47 Reforms
•Local Rent Control
STATEWIDE
BONDS
•Behavioral Health
Infrastructure Bond
•Climate Bond
•Education Bond
•Housing Bond
ANTICIPATED
LEGISLATION/
REGULATIONS
•Housing Affordability
•Retail theft
•Electric Bicycle Safety
•Homelessness/Behavioral
Health Reforms
•Wildfire Home Insurance
•RHNA Allocations
Anticipated Issues for 2024
City of Pismo Beach | State Legislative Update
Looking Ahead to 2024 –Sacramento
Continued Advocacy for Local Control
Grant Opportunities/Directed Spending
City of Pismo Beach | State Legislative Update
Slide 10
January – Return/introduce bills, Deadline
to pass 2-year bills
February – Bill introduction deadline
March/April – Policy committees meet
May – Appropriations and House of Origin
Deadline
June – Second House Policy Committees
meet
July – Summer Recess
Late August – End of 2-year Legislative
Session
September 30 – Deadline for Governor to
act on bills
Legislation
January – Governor’s preliminary Budget
Proposal released
January – April – Advocacy on funding
priorities
May – May Revision released
June – Budget Act Signed into Law
June-August – Budget clean up legislation
Budget
Legislative Timeline
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