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2024 Legislative Recap
2, 142 bills introduced
1017 bills signed
L�, 189 bills vetoed
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11111 18% veto rate
City of Pismo Beach Sponsored Legislation
Brown Act Cleanup AB 2302 (Addis)
Clarifies that multiple sessions of a legislative
body on the same day are considered one
meeting, ensuring that local agencies are
treated equally under the law.
Clarifies the number of meetings per year that a
member of a local legislative body can
participate in remotely, reducing confusion
around current law.
S *igned
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2024 Legislative Recap : Public Safety
Vehicle TheftCrimes: SB 1 Case Consolidation: AB 1779 (Wiener) �L— (Irwin) MA
Closes specific loopholes related to the Allows consolidation of theft charges prosecution of theft from a vehicle. across multiple counties into a single trial, pending DA consent.
Status: Signed into Law
Status: Signed into Law
Theft Sentence Enhancements:
i 2943 (Rivas, Zbur)
Allows aggregation of theft crimes for
grand theft felony changes, expands use
of diversion programs for drug crimes,
expands tools for peace officers to make
arrests
Status: Signed into Law
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2024 Legislative Recap : Housing and Land Use Industrial Use: AB 98 (Carrillo) Compliance: AB 1886 (Alvarez) Establishes design standards for logistics Clarifies that HCD's determination of use facilities, including setbacks and grid compliance is the trigger for the Builder's components. Requires local governments Remedy.
to update their circulation elements by
2026. Status: Signed into Law
Status: Signed into Law
Builder's Remedy: AB 1893 Streamlining: AB 2243 (Wicks) Lu__ (Wicks) I A
Establishes density and location Expands and modifies the provisions of parameters associated with builders the Affordable Housing and High Road remedy proposals to streamline their Jobs Act (Act) of 2022 by expanding development geographic applicability.
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FY 2024 State Budget
$37 . 8+ billion deficit Budget Balancing : Cuts, Deferrals, Delays
Core Local Government Member Request
Accounts Protected Process Not Included :
(Housing , Planning , and Potential Opportunities Transportation Funds This Year
Maintained )
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Sacramento Legislative Overview
Legislature Reconvened January 6, 2025
First Year of Two-Year Session
25% Member Turnover
New Bill Introduction Maximums 50 to 35
New Committee Leadership
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Governor's January Budget Proposal
Despite a projected $2 billion
deficit from the Legislative * * '
Analyst's Office, Governor *�
Newsom s plan delivers a
balanced $322.2 billion budget -
with no deficit and a modest
surplus, backed by $16.9 billion in - --
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reserves. - --
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Governor's January Budget Proposal
Modest CA/DC Government
Surplus Dynamics Efficiency
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Housing and Public Safety
Homelessness Focus
Accountability
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Legislative Timeline
egislation 00"7- L Budget
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January — Return/introduce bills January — Governor)s preliminary Budget February — Bill introduction deadline Proposal released March/April — Policy committees meet January — April — Advocacy on funding June — Appropriations and House of Origin priorities Deadline
June/July — Second House Policy May — May Revision released Committees meet
July — Summer Recess June — Budget Act Signed into Law Mid-September— End of first year of the 2- June-August— Budget clean up legislation year Legislative Session
October 12 — Deadline for Governor to act
on bills
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Legislative Platform Update
Notable ChangesIIII
• Support additional flexibilities in the
Brown Act
• Support re-authorization of the Cap
and Trade program and the
redistribution of funding
• Support raising the local sales tax limit
related to SLOCOG7s proposed
transportation specific measure
• Support RHNA reforms and additional
staff resources to implement
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