City of Rialto
State Legislative & Budget Briefing
Amy Brown
Arc Strategies
[email protected]
916-601-7400
Several New Committee Chairs
33 New Members & More to Come
Second Year of a Two Year Session – Over 2,500 bills introduced Notable Deadlines:
Today – policy committee deadline for fiscal bills
May 17th – Appropriations deadline
House of Origin deadline – May 24th
The Legislature – What’s new
Senate President – Mike Mcguire
Assembly Speaker – Robert Rivas
November ballot Initiatives
The Taxpayers Protection & Government Accountability Act (supported by CA Business Roundtable)
Retail theft – the prop 47 debate
The Governor & Legislative leaders say “no” to amending Prop 47 The Assembly Speaker & leaders have introduced a package of bills Californians to Reduce Homelessness, Drug Addiction & Theft– likely to be qualified Deadlines to remove or add initiatives to Nov. ballot – June 26
Warehouse issues
AB 1547 (2021/22) & AB 1000 (23/24)– Both bills by Asm. Reyes died in policy committees. Would have prohibited the warehouse development within 1,000 ft of “sensitive receptors”.
AB 1748 – Authored by Asm. Ramos. Died in Asm. Appropriations. Would have prohibited warehouse development adjacent to “sensitive receptors” unless the local agency imposes certain requirements.
Asm. Local Government Chair - convenes a warehouse working group to study the issue this year.
Housing & homelessness
AB 1657 (Wicks) - $10 billion bond to spur the production on affordable and supportive housing AB 1893 (Wicks) – Sets limitations on local governments to disapprove a project . It strikes a provision of existing law within the HAA that allows local governments to deny housing projects when they have a compliant housing element and have met or exceeded their regional housing needs assessment (RHNA) allocation.
SB 1037 (Wiener)- would require the AG to enforce any state law that requires a local government to ministerially approve, without discretionary review, any land use decision or permitting application for a housing development project and impose penalties.
Revenue & Taxation
AB 2854 (Irwin) – Would require a local agency to annually provide specified information to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) regarding the rebate of Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (BB SUT) revenues.
SB 1494 (Glazer) – Would prohibit a local agency, on or after January 1, 2024, from entering into, renewing, or extending sales and use tax rebate agreements with retailers in exchange for locating in their jurisdiction, and voids agreements entered into before that date on January 1, 2030.
SB 1164 (Newman) – Would exempt newly constructed accessory dwelling units (ADUs) from property tax assessments for fifteen years from the date of completion or until the property changes owners, whichever comes first.
The State of the Budget
How big is the deficit?
Governor’s January budget proposal - $38 billion
Legislative Analysts Office – more like $58 - $73 billion May Revise - second week
June 30th deadline
Early Action Plan – passed in April– cuts, deferrals & shifts - $17 billion
Questions?
State Legislative & Budget Briefing
Amy Brown
Arc Strategies
[email protected]
916-601-7400