Tracy Mendonsa, Chair
Karen Alvord, Committee Member
Michelle Sheidenberger, City Attorney
Carmen Avalos, City Clerk
MINUTES
Law & Regulation Committee Meeting
June 18, 2026
9:00 AM
Civic Center Meeting Rooms 1 & 2,
311 Vernon Street
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Tracy Mendonsa called the meeting to order at 9:00 A.M.
II. ROLL CALL
Present: Alvord, Mendonsa
III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
City Clerk Carmen Avalos led the Pledge of Allegiance.
IV. PUBLIC COMMENTS
No public comment received.
V. REQUESTS/PRESENTATIONS
1. Minutes of Prior Meeting
Summary: Staff recommends the Law & Regulation Committee members approve the minutes of the March 20, 2025 Law & Regulation Committee meeting.
CONTACT: Adilia Keller 916-774-5265 [email protected] Committee consensus to approve the minutes of the March 20, 2025 Law & Regulation Committee meeting.
2. State & Federal Priority Legislation - June 2026
Summary: This report provides an update on the 2026 California Legislative Session, including significant state legislation that may impact City operations, local authority, public safety, infrastructure delivery, housing and homelessness programs, and fiscal sustainability. The report highlights key bills being monitored by the City's Government Relations Office and provides recommended positions on legislation affecting municipal interests.
CONTACT: Rob Baquera 916-746-1170 [email protected] Government Relations Manager Rob Baquera made the presentation to the Committee.
2026 Legislative Session Status
• Second year of the 2025–2026 legislative cycle.
• House of Origin deadline passed on May 29.
• Legislature now focused on second-house policy and fiscal committees. • Budget Bill due by June 15.
• Final legislative deadline: August 31.
• Governor's bill signing deadline: September 30.
Current Focus: Monitoring amendments and evaluating operational and fiscal impacts to the City.
Key Legislative Themes
Local Control & State Preemption
• Permitting, transportation, housing, and planning authority.
Infrastructure Delivery
• Procurement tools, prevailing wage, and project delivery methods.
Public Safety
• Technology, enforcement tools, and emergency response.
Housing & Homelessness
• Planning requirements and funding opportunities.
Fiscal Sustainability
• Pension costs, cost recovery, and transportation funding.
Priority Legislation — Public Works
AB 1198 (Haney) – Public Works: Prevailing Wage
• Modifies when prevailing wage determinations apply to public works contracts. • Creates a formal process to challenge prevailing wage determinations. • May increase cost uncertainty and procurement complexity for local capital projects. • Status: Senate Appropriations Committee – Support/Oppose File. • City Position: Oppose Unless Amended
SB 445 (Wiener) – Transportation Projects: Permits & Approvals • Imposes expedited "shot clocks" for local review of certain transportation projects. • Applies broadly to transit, active transportation, pedestrian, and related projects. • Could deem projects approved if local agencies fail to act within prescribed timelines. • Status: Assembly Transportation Committee.
• City Position: Oppose
Priority Legislation — Public Safety
SB 1013 (Cervantes) – Automated License Plate Recognition Systems • Establishes new restrictions on ALPR data sharing and use. • Imposes additional requirements for vendor agreements and reporting. • Limits participation in certain regional and national ALPR information-sharing networks. • Status: Assembly Public Safety Committee.
• City Position: Oppose Unless Amended
AB 1941 (Gonzalez) – Organized Metal Theft
• Creates new criminal penalties targeting organized metal theft operations. • Expands enforcement tools for theft of copper wire and public infrastructure materials. • Supports prosecution of coordinated theft networks impacting utilities and transportation assets.
• Status: Senate Public Safety Committee.
• City Position: Support
Priority Legislation — Housing & Transportation
SB 866 (Blakespear) – Housing Elements: Unhoused Population • Requires additional homelessness-related analysis and reporting in housing elements. • Applies new planning and accountability requirements to affected jurisdictions. • Could increase workload associated with future housing element updates. • Status: Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee. • City Position: Oppose
AB 1569 (Davies) – Electric Bicycle Safety Education
• Requires the development of a statewide e-bike safety curriculum. • Directs the California Department of Education and CHP to collaborate on program content. • Focuses on safe operation, traffic laws, and youth rider education. • Status: Senate Education Committee.
• City Position: Support
Priority Legislation — Fiscal & Governance
AB 1821 (Pacheco) – California Public Records Act
• Clarifies agency response timelines for public records requests. • Allows administrative cost recovery for certain large and complex requests. • Provides additional flexibility while maintaining public access requirements. • Status: Senate Judiciary Committee.
• City Position: Support
AB 1421 (Wilson) – Road Usage Charge Technical Advisory Committee • Continues the state's evaluation of mileage-based transportation funding alternatives. • Directs additional research and recommendations on long-term road user charges. • Addresses declining gas tax revenues resulting from increased fuel efficiency and electric vehicle adoption.
• Status: Senate Transportation Committee.
• City Position: Watch
Government Relations Staff Priorities
• Monitor amendments to priority legislation.
• Coordinate with City departments on operational and fiscal impacts. • Engage with legislative offices and stakeholder organizations.
• Return to the Committee with updates and recommended actions as warranted.
No public comment received.
For information only. No action taken.
3. Electric Department Priority Legislation - June 2026 Summary: This report provides an update on energy-related legislation and other activities that the Electric Department has been following throughout the 2026 legislative session.
CONTACT: Chris Romero 916-746-1660 [email protected] Senior Electric Business Analyst Amber Blixt made the presentation to the committee.
CA Regulatory: Cap-and-Invest Update
• CARB update to GHG emission allowances for EDUs from 2027-2030. • Roseville allocation will decline by 170,329 in comparison to prior regulations. • Changes may affect rates and/or reduced utility programs and services. • Roseville advocated to maintain prior allocations established for 2021-2030. • 3 comment letters; CARB board hearing testimony.
• CARB proposal adopted at May board hearing; effective September 2026.
Legislative Outlook: What Electric is Tracking
Tracking 118 bills
• Supporting 4 bills
• Opposing 3 bills
• Advocating & working with authors on 13 bills
Type of Legislation:
• Electric Affordability
• Transportation Electrification
• Grid, Technology and Resource Decisions
CA Legislation: AB 34 (Patterson) – Support
• Extends provisions allowing a proportional reduction in RPS requirements for certain POUs with large hydroelectric
generation
• Absent AB 34, certain POUs forced to purchase unneeded renewable resources in addition to what is actually needed to serve load
• Roseville supportive of overall policy direction
CA Legislation: AB 710 (Irwin) – Watch
• Requires the governing board of each local publicly owned electric utility to analyze Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) feasibility by January 1, 2028 • Must develop a complete AMI deployment plan by January 1, 2029 • Roseville already implemented AMI; requirements have been satisfied
CA Legislation: AB 1777 (Garcia) – Oppose
• Authorizes (CARB) to adopt regulations to reduce or mitigate emissions from indirect sources of pollution
• Not directed specifically at electric utilities, but Roseville concerned about implications of AB 1777 regarding mobile traffic at any of our facilities
• Bill failed passage
CA Legislation: AB 1820 (Schiavo) – Oppose
• Caps residential and commercial EV charging permit fees. • Establishes fee limits through January 1, 2036.
• Impacts local decision making in determining permit fee values. • Allows fees to be above the cap if supported by written findings of permitting costs. • League of California Cities opposes citing existing law for fees to reflect actual costs.
CA Legislation: AB 1941 (M. Gonzalez) – Support
• Prohibits organized metal theft, described as acting in concert with one or more persons to steal metal materials with intent to sell, exchange, or return for value. • AB 1941 supports local governments and law enforcement through enhanced coordination and penalties targeting organized theft networks.
• Goal is to protect public infrastructure, utilities, and community safety from the economic and social harms caused by metal theft.
• Support deterring organized theft activity affecting electric utility operations.
CA Legislation: AB 2516 (Petrie-Norris) - Watch
• Creates the California Grid Manufacturing (CGM) Initiative to aggregate demand for and centralize procurement of critical grid components
• GO-Biz Energy Unit to lead the development of the CGM Initiative • Identify and procure key components of the electricity grid and incentivize new and existing in-state manufacturing to support buildout of grid infrastructure • May improve supply chain resilience, lead times, access to critical grid equipment • Roseville advocated for domestically manufactured grid components at federal level
CA Legislation: AB 2647 (Calderon) - Watch
• CEC by July 1, 2027, to prepare an assessment of advanced nuclear technologies in supporting critical infrastructure in California
• Will assess the potential for new in-state nuclear powerplants to cost-effectively meet statewide electricity needs
• Could shape future policy discussions on nuclear energy • May impact long-term planning assumptions, statewide resource policy, and cost-reliability discussions relevant to POUs in the future
CA Legislation: SB 868 (Wiener) – Watch
• Defines “portable solar generation device” as a moveable photovoltaic (PV) energy generation device with a maximum aggregated AC output of 1,200
watts
• Must meet National Electrical Code standards and isolate to prevent back feeding
• Prohibits utilities from requiring approval or fees related to use of devices
• POU can require customer info regarding address and size of the generation device
• Roseville will monitor uptake of these technologies in our community
CA Legislation: SB 1011 (McNerney) – Oppose
• Utility Infrastructure AI Safety, Oversight, and Workforce Protection Act. • Would require POUs to adopt a policy regarding use of AI models that is consistent with adopted CPUC
standards. • Bill failed passage.
CA Legislation: SB 1266 (Stern) – Support
• Bill impacts theft laws relating to copper materials
• Value of the theft to be calculated as the full cost to repair/replace the stolen materials, including labor/equipment, rather than the fair market scrap value
• Roseville sent letter of support on SB 1266
CA Legislation: SB 1329 (McNerney) – Watch
• Establishes uniform rules regarding valuation of active solar energy systems for property-tax purposes
• Valuation method is “replacement cost new” less depreciation; limits value of the tangible property comprising the active solar energy
system
• Impacts solar economics and may affect adoption in utility service territories
• May impact property tax revenues
CA Legislation: SB 1350 (McNerney) – Watch
• Expands the definition of renewable generation to include qualifying hydrogen-fueled electricity
• Includes guardrails to ensure alignment with the Renewable Portfolio Standard
• May have implications for procurement strategy, compliance treatment, and broader renewable policy implementation
No public comment received.
For information only. No action taken.
4. Environmental Utilities Priority Legislation - June 2026 Summary: This report provides an update on state and federal activities that staff have been engaged in and legislation that staff has identified as potentially having a significant impact on City utility customers and the Environmental Utilities Department.
CONTACT: Sarah Starr 916-774-5767 [email protected] Government Relations Representative Sarah Starr made the presentation to the Committee.
By the Numbers
• Currently Tracking 157 Bills.
• Actively engaged on 20 measures.
• Submitted over $6 million in State and Federal Funding Requests. • Barton Road Water Treatment Plant.
• Joint Roseville-PCWA Raw Water Supply Reliability Project. • 3 Regulatory Initiatives.
• PFAS MCL.
• Manganese PHG.
• Advanced Clean Fleets.
State Legislation EU is Actively Engaging on
AB 35 (Alvarez) Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024: Administrative Procedure Act: exemption: program guidelines and selection criteria (Support)
Would exempt Prop 4 funding from the APA process.
AB 2777 (Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials) State Water Quality Control Fund: loan and grant moneys: notification (Support) Would eliminate the 50% General Obligation Bond rate limitation for Clean Water SRF loan interest rates.
State Legislation EU is Actively Engaging on
SB 1125 (Menjivar) Water Rate Assistance Program (Support) • Would establish a statewide Water Rate Assistance Program to provide direct bill assistance for residential water services to low-income ratepayers.
AB 2739 (Soria) Water: affordability and system stabilization (Support) • Would create the Water Affordability and System Stabilization Trust to provide grant funding to local water suppliers for infrastructure projects and to support funding for a statewide low- income water rate assistance program.
State Legislation EU is Actively Engaging on
SB 501 (Allen) Responsible Battery Recycling Act of 2022: covered batteries (Support) • Would add medium format batteries, like those found in e-bikes and e-scooters, to the Responsible Battery Recycling Act of 2022.
SB 1330 (Arreguin) Assault and battery: utility workers (Support and Amend) • Would make an assault or battery committed against water or electric utility workers punishable by imprisonment in a county jail up to 1 year and/or fine of up to $2,000
Funding Requests
Joint Roseville-PCWA Raw Water Supply Reliability Project • Requested $3.445 million.
• For Increment 1 of Phase 2 design work
• Work includes preliminary design work and environmental compliance efforts. • Congressman Kiley submitted the request, but it was not selected.
Barton Road Water Treatment Plant
• Submitted $3 million to help offset the cost to install a solar array and battery energy storage system.
• The project will product a minimum of 1.5 million kilowatt-hours and save roughly $180,000 per year.
Regulations
PFAS Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) adoption
• SWRCB plans to begin the PFAS MCL adoption process this summer and will be recommending alignment with the federal MCL.
Manganese Public Health Goal (PHG) Development
• DDW has requested OEHHA to establish a PHG for manganese. • This is the first step toward developing a primary MCL.
Advanced Clean Fleets
• CARB released a second set of 15-day amendments on June 1. • Amendments clarify CARB’s treatment of vehicles operating under contract to state and local government agencies.
Regulations
Advanced Clean Fleets
• CARB released a second set of 15-day amendments on June 1. • Amendments clarify CARB’s treatment of vehicles operating under contract to state and local government agencies.
Next Steps:
• Roseville submitted a comment letter raising concerns regarding contracted fleet compliance responsibilities, reporting requirements, and implementation challenges. • EU is hosting a site tour at the Pleasant Grove Wastewater Treatment Plant with CASA for CalRecycle and CalEPA.
No public comment received.
For information only.
VI. STAFF/COMMISSIONER REPORTS
VII. ADJOURNMENT
Chair Mendonsa adjourned the meeting at 9:49 A.M.