TO: HONORABLE MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Sarah Zárate
SUBJECT: Summer Intergovernmental
Relations Report
DATE: September 5, 2025
Approved
Date:
9/10/2025
SUPPLEMENTAL
REASON FOR SUPPLEMENTAL
The purpose of this supplemental memorandum is to provide an update on priority state legislation following the August 2025 Senate and Assembly Appropriations hearings.
BACKGROUND
On August 29, 2025, the Senate Committee on Appropriations and the Assembly Committee on Appropriations held hearings on bills that had been referred to the legislative suspense file. Legislation referred to the suspense file is anticipated to have a significant fiscal impact to the state’s general fund and is required to undergo further review by the respective Appropriations Committee. Bills vetted through the suspense file process have three outcomes: (1) the bill is held in committee, resulting in the bill failing or becoming a two-year bill; (2) the bill is advanced to the Senate or Assembly floor with amendments; (3) the bill is advanced to the Senate or Assembly floor without amendments.
The City’s Intergovernmental Relations team is providing an update on the priority bills included in the Summer Intergovernmental Relations Report that were referred to the suspense file, in advance of the presentation to City Council on September 16, 2025.
ANALYSIS
The following bills were held in committee:
• SB 606 (Becker): Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program:
reporting requirements: functional zero unsheltered;
• AB 222 (Bauer-Kahan): Data centers: power usage effectiveness: cost shifts; and COUNCIL AGENDA: 9/16/25
FILE: 25-974
ITEM: 3.3
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
September 5, 2025
Subject: Summer Intergovernmental Relations Report
• AB 485 (Ortega): Labor Commissioner: unsatisfied judgments: nonpayment of wages.
The f
ollowing bills were advanced to the chamber floor with amendments:
• SB 5
7 (Padilla): Sales and Use Tax Law: exemptions: certified data center facilities;
• SB 63 (Wiener): San Francisco Bay area: local revenue measure: transportation funding;
• SB 79 (Wiener): Housing development: transit-oriented development; • SB 635 (Durazo): Food vendors and facilities: enforcement activities; • SB 707 (Durazo): Open meetings: meeting and teleconference requirements; • AB 93 (Papan): Water resources: data centers;
• AB 339 (Ortega): Local public employee organizations: notice requirements; • AB 476 (González): Metal theft:
o City Sponsored Legislation; and
• AB 564 (Haney): Cannabis: excise tax: rate increase suspension: report.
The f
ollowing bills were advanced to the chamber floor without amendments:
• A
B 382 (Berman): Pedestrian safety: school zones: speed limits; • AB 554 (González): Health care coverage: antiretroviral drugs, drug devices, and drug products; and
• AB 621 (Bauer-Kahan): Deepfake pornography.
C
OORDINATION
The A
dministration coordinated this memorandum with the City Attorney’s Office and the City Manager’s Budget Office.
SARAH ZÁRATE
Director, City Manager’s Office of
Administration, Policy, and
Intergovernmental Relations
For questions, please contact Steve Stamos, Senior Executive Analyst, City Manager’s Office of Administration, Policy, and Intergovernmental Relations, at [email protected].