BILL LIST – SAN MARCOS
MAY 2022
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Measure
Author
Topic
Status
Position
AB 399
Salas D
Workers’ compensation. Would, if an employer objects to an injured employee’s physician selection because they are outside of the medical provider network, authorize the injured employee to request the medical provider network name and identification number. The bill would require the employer to provide the medical provider network name and identification number to the injured employee within 5 business days of the employee’s request. (Based on text date 1/3/2022 5/24/2022 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Oppose
AB 916
Salas D
Zoning: accessory dwelling units: bedroom addition. authorizes the city to adopt ordinances that regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land as between industry, business, residences, open space, and other purposes.This bill would prohibit a city from adopting or enforcing an ordinance requiring a public hearing as a condition of adding space for additional bedrooms or reconfiguring existing space to increase the bedroom count within an existing house, condominium, apartment, or dwelling. The bill would include findings that ensuring adequate housing is a matter of statewide concern and is not a municipal affair, and that the provision applies to all cities, including charter cities. 8/11/2022 #177 SENATE ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE Watch
Cal Cities Position: Oppose unless Amended
AB 1001
Garcia, Cristina D
Environment: mitigation measures for air quality impacts: environmental justice. Bill would require mitigation measures, identified in an environmental impact report or mitigated negative declaration to mitigate the adverse effects of a project on air quality of a disadvantaged community, to include measures for avoiding, minimizing, or otherwise mitigating for the adverse effects on that community and require mitigation measures to include measures conducted at the project site that avoid or minimize to less than significant the adverse effects on the air quality of a disadvantaged community or measures conducted in the affected disadvantaged community that directly mitigate those effects. 6/14/2022 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 1154
Patterson R
California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: egress route projects: fire safety. Would, until January 1, 2029, exempt from CEQA egress route projects undertaken by a public agency to improve emergency access to and evacuation from a subdivision without a secondary egress if the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection has recommended the creation of a secondary access to the subdivision and certain conditions are met. 8/1/2022 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 SENATE APPROPRIATIONS, PORTANTINO, Chair Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 1206
Bennett D
Property taxation: affordable housing: welfare exemption. This bill, for the 2022–23 fiscal year through the 2027–28 fiscal year, would require that a unit continue to be treated as occupied by a lower income household if the owner is a community land trust whose land is leased to low-income households, subject to a contract that complies with specified requirements. 8/1/2022 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 SENATE APPROPRIATIONS, PORTANTINO, Chair Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 1288
Quirk-Silva D
Taxation: income: insurance: tax credits: low-income housing. This bill would, instead, provide that the allocation of an additional $500,000,000 in low-income housing tax credits applies only with respect to the 2020 and 2021 calendar years. For the 2022 calendar year and thereafter, the bill would provide for an allocation of up to $500,000,000 if the annual Budget Act or related legislation specifies an amount for allocation. 6/21/2022 - Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 1406
Lackey R
Law enforcement agency policies: carrying of equipment. 6/20/2022 - In committee: Referred to suspense file.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 1445
Levine D
Planning and zoning: regional housing need allocation: climate change impacts. 6/13/2022 - In committee: Referred to suspense file.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 1640
Ward D
Office of Planning and Research: regional climate networks: regional climate adaptation and resilience action plans. 6/22/2022 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 1648
Maienschein D
Disaster preparedness: local government: animal natural disaster evacuation plan. 6/28/2022 9 a.m. - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION, DODD, Chair Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 1672
Boerner Horvath D
Public swimming pools: lifeguards.
6/20/2022 - In committee: Referred to suspense file.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 1685
Bryan D
Vehicles: parking violations. Bill would require a processing agency to forgive at least $1,500 in parking fines and fees annually for a qualified homeless person. The bill would also require a processing agency to provide certain information regarding the parking citation forgiveness program, as specified, including on its internet website. The bill require each processing agency that receives an application for the citation forgiveness program to annually report specified information to the California Interagency Council on Homelessness and would require the council to compile this data and submit an annual report to the Legislature. (Based on text date 4/6/2022) 6/15/2022 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Oppose Unless Amended
AB 1698
Maienschein D
Package Theft Act. Would, until January 1, 2026, make a person guilty of package theft, a misdemeanor, if they enter the curtilage of a home and commit theft of a package shipped through the mail or delivered by a public or private carrier. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated program. 5/20/2022 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was A. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 3/30/2022) Watch
Cal Cities Position: Support
AB 1717
Aguiar-Curry D
Public works: definition.
6/27/2022 - In committee: Referred to suspense file..
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 1737
Holden D
Children’s camps: local registration and inspections.
Suspended
Oppose
Cal Cities Position: Concerns (Seeking Amendments)
AB 1738
Boerner Horvath D
Building standards: installation of electric vehicle charging stations: existing buildings. 6/20/2022 - In committee: Referred to suspense file.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 1748
Seyarto
Surplus Lands Act.
This measure would exempt specified city or county owned parcels from the Surplus Lands Act if: Housing production exceeds RHNA goals from the proceeding housing element cycle, regardless or income category.The city or county is making proportionate progress towards meeting RHNA goals for each income category on an annual basis for the current housing element cycle.The city or county has been designated as prohousing by the Department of Housing and Community Development. 5/6/2022 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). (Last location was A. H. & C.D. on 4/20/2022) Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 1751
Daly
Workers’ Compensation. COVID-19. Critical Workers.
This measure would extend the COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation presumption from January 1, 2023, to January 1, 2025.
Governor’s Desk
Oppose
Cal Cities Position: Oppose unless amended
AB 1778
Garcia, Cristina D
State transportation funding: freeway projects: poverty and pollution: Department of Transportation. 6/20/2022 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 1789
Bennett
Trails and Greenways Program.
This measure would include a one-time $75 million appropriation (General Fund) and an annual $15 million appropriation for investments that would create, expand, and improve the natural surface trails networks throughout the state. 5/4/2022 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
Support
Cal Cities Position: Support
AB 1850
Ward D
Public housing: unrestricted multifamily housing.
6/23/2022 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 1851
Rivas, Robert D
Public works: prevailing wage: hauling.
6/22/2022 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 1886
Cooper D
Public works: definition.
6/29/2022 #8 SENATE ASSEMBLY BILLS - SECOND READING FILE Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 1910
Garcia, Cristina D
Publicly owned golf courses: conversion: affordable housing. 5/20/2022 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was A. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/11/2022) Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 1944
Lee D
Local government: open and public meetings- authorize members of local legislative bodies to teleconference from a remote location without making the address of that location public. Additionally, the bill requires that – for those local agencies that elect to use teleconferencing for its legislative body meetings – a video stream is made available to members of the public, including an opportunity to provide public comment via telephone or videoconference option
6/22/2022 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Support
AB 1951
Grayson
Manufacturing Exemptions.
The measure would extend and expand until 2033 the sales and use tax exemption for manufacturing processing, refining, fabricating, and recycling. 6/8/2022 - Referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Oppose Unless Amended
AB 1970
Muratsuchi
Catalytic Converters. Current law requires a core recycler, as defined, who accepts a catalytic converter for recycling to maintain a written record of specified information regarding the transaction, including the item type and quantity, amount paid for the catalytic converter, and identification number, if any, and the vehicle identification number, for not less than 2 years. This bill would additionally require a core recycler to maintain a written record of the year, make, and model of the vehicle from which the catalytic converter was removed. 5/5/2022 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0.) In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Support
Cal Cities Position: Support
AB 1976
Santiago
Housing Element Compliance. Rezoning -This measure would subject all cities and counties in the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) that have not rezoned to accommodate 100 percent of the need for housing for very low and lower income households, to the following:
-Up to $10,000 per day fine; or
-The Department of Housing and Community Development shall complete the rezoning on behalf of the local jurisdiction 4/29/2022 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last location was H. & C.D. on 3/17/2022) Oppose
Cal Cities Position: Oppose
AB 1985
R. Rivas
Organic Waste. List. Available Products. This measure would seek to help cities with their SB 1383 (Lara, 2016) procurement requirements. Specifically, the measure would require CalRecycle to compile and maintain a list on its website, organized by ZIP code, of information regarding persons or entities that produce and have organic waste products available and update the list every 6 months. 6/13/2022 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
Support
Cal Cities Position: Support
AB 2000
Gabriel D
Motor vehicle speed contests and exhibitions of speed: offstreet parking facilities. 6/15/2022 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2011
(Wicks D)
Would create the Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022, which would make certain housing developments that meet specified affordability and site criteria and objective development standards a use by right within a zone where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use, and would subject these development projects to one of 2 streamlined, ministerial review processes and that certain wage and labor standards will be met, including a requirement that all construction workers be paid at least the general prevailing rate of wages, as specified.
Governor’s Desk
Oppose
Cal Cities Position: Oppose
AB 2026
Friedman D
Recycling: plastic packaging and carryout bags. ould require an e-commerce shipper, as defined, that ships purchased products in or into the state to reduce from its 2023 calendar year levels the total weight and number of units of single-use plastic shipping envelopes, cushioning, and void fill, and expanded and extruded polystyrene, it uses to ship or transport the products, by no less than unspecified percentages on or before January 1, 2030. The bill would establish exemptions from these prohibitions. 4/7/2022-Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2053
Lee D
The Social Housing Act. Social Housing Act and would create the California Housing Authority, as an independent state body, the mission of which would be to produce and acquire social housing developments for the purpose of eliminating the gap between housing production and regional housing needs assessment targets. The bill would prescribe the composition of the California Housing Authority Board, which would govern the authority, and would be composed of appointed members and members who are elected by residents of social housing developments. The bill would provide that the authority seeks to achieve revenue neutrality, as defined, and would require the authority to seek to recover the cost of development and operations over the life of its properties through the mechanism of rent cross-subsidization. The bill would require the authority to prioritize the development of specified property, including vacant parcels and parcels near transit, and would prescribe a process for the annual determination of required social housing units. Under the bill, social housing would accommodate a mix of household income ranges and would provide specified protections. 6/23/2022 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Oppose
AB 2063
Berman D
Density bonuses: affordable housing impact fees.
5/20/2022 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was A. APPR. on 4/20/2022) Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2094
Rivas, Robert D
General plan: annual report: extremely low-income housing. 6/23/2022 - From Consent Calendar. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Cortese.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2097
See Also SB 1067
Friedman D
This bill would prohibit a public agency from imposing a minimum automobile parking requirement, or enforcing a minimum automobile parking requirement, on residential, commercial, or other development if the development is located on a parcel that is within one-half mile of public transit, as defined. When a project provides parking voluntarily, the bill would authorize a public agency to impose specified requirements on the voluntary parking.
Governor’s Desk
Oppose
Cal Cities Position: Oppose
AB 2120
Ward
Federal Funding in Local Bridges This measure would ensure a fair and needs-based allocation of bridge formula funding from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). 5/20/2022 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was A. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 4/27/2022) Support
Cal Cities Position: Support
AB 2186
Grayson D
Housing Cost Reduction Incentive Program.
6/14/2022 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2192
Ramos D
Automated license plate recognition systems: information sharing. 4/29/2022 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last location was P. & C.P. on 4/5/2022) Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2206
Lee D
Employee parking.
6/15/2022 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2211
Ting D
Shelter crisis: homeless shelters.
5/20/2022 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was A. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/18/2022) Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2234
Rivas, Robert D
Planning and zoning: housing: post entitlement phase permits- This measure would, no later than January 1, 2024, require a public agency to allow post-entitlement phase permits to be applied for, completed, and stored through a publicly available process on its website. Until the public agency has established this process on its website, it shall accept applications for permits and any related documentation by electronic mail.
Governor’s Desk
Oppose
Cal Cities Position: Oppose Unless Amended
AB 2237
Friedman D
Transportation planning: regional transportation improvement plan: sustainable communities strategies: climate goals. 6/16/2022 - Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Pending
AB 2240
Muratsuchi D
Mobilehome parks.
2/17/2022-From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2247
Bloom
Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and PFAS This measure would require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to establish by January 1, 2024, a publicly accessible reporting platform to collect information about PFAS and products or product components containing regulated PFAS being sold, offered for sale, distributed, or offered for promotional purposes in, or imported into the state. 5/11/22 Assembly Appropriations
4/27/2022 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Support
Cal Cities Position: Support
AB 2449
B. Rubio
Open Meetings: Local Agencies. Teleconferences.
This measure would authorize a local agency to use teleconferencing without complying with teleconferencing requirements if a quorum of the legislative body members participate in person from a singular location clearly identified on the agenda that is open to the public and situated within the local agency’s jurisdiction.
This measure would impose requirements for this exception relating to notices, agendas, the means and manner of access, and procedures for disruptions. 5/12/22 third reading.
5/5/2022 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Support in Concept
AB 2282
Bauer-Kahan D
Hate crimes: nooses, crosses, and swastikas.
6/22/2022 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2295
Bloom D
Local educational agencies: housing development projects. 6/23/2022 - Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Pending
AB 2328
Flora
Local Ordinances. Home Experience Sharing. This measure preempts explicit or implicit local prohibitions on “home experience sharing units.” A home sharing unit is noncommercial property that is rented for no more than 18 continuous hours. 5/6/2022 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). (Last location was A. L. GOV. on 3/3/2022) Watch
Cal Cities Position: Oppose
AB 2334
Wicks D
Density Bonus Law: affordability: incentives or concessions in low vehicle travel areas: parking standards: definitions. 6/14/2022 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2357
Ting D
Surplus land. Department of Housing and Community Development of their interest in surplus land, as specified. Under existing law, if the local agency receives a notice of interest, the local agency is required to engage in good faith negotiations with the entity desiring to purchase or lease the surplus land. Existing law defines “exempt surplus land,” for which a local agency is not required to follow the requirements for disposal of surplus land, except as provided, as, among other things, surplus land that is subject to valid legal restrictions that are not imposed by the local agency and that would make housing prohibited, as specified. This bill would also require the department to maintain on its internet website a listing of all entities, including housing sponsors, that have notified the department of their interest in surplus land for the purpose of developing low- and moderate-income housing. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws Dead
Oppose
Cal Cities Position: Oppose
AB 2428
Ramos
Impact Fees. This measure would require a local agency to expend fees collected to defray the cost of public facilities related to the development project within 5 years of the charge. Any fees for improvements that are collected and that are not expended within this period shall be returned to the applicant. 4/29/2022 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last location was L. GOV. on 3/3/2022) Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2449
Rubio, Blanca D
Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences.
6/23/2022 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Oppose Unless Amended
AB 2468
Bloom D
Licenses.
5/6/2022 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). (Last location was A. PRINT on 2/17/2022) Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2531
Grayson D
Housing data: collection and reporting.
5/6/2022 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). (Last location was A. H. & C.D. on 3/10/2022) Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2536
Grayson D
Development fees: connection fees and capacity charges: studies. The Mitigation Fee Act requires a local agency that establishes, increases, or imposes a fee as a condition of approval of a development project to, among other things, determine a reasonable relationship between the fee’s use and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed. Existing law requires a local agency that conducts an impact fee nexus study to follow certain standards and practices, as specified. Existing law also requires a local agency to hold at least one open and public meeting prior to levying a new fee or service charge, as specified. This bill would require a local agency, prior to levying a new fee or capacity charge or approving an increase in an existing fee or capacity charge, to evaluate the amount of the fee or capacity charge. The bill would require the evaluation to include evidence to support that the fee or capacity charge does not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing service, as specified. The bill would require all information constituting the evaluation to be made publicly available at least 14 days prior to a specified meeting. 6/23/2022 - Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2556
O'Donnell D
Local public employee organizations.
6/22/2022 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2560
Bonta, Mia D
Housing: blighted and tax defaulted property. This bill would, until January 1, 2028, require a qualified jurisdiction, as defined, to develop and execute a plan to, among other things, identify blighted properties, as defined, through code enforcement, nuisance abatement, and tax delinquency. 6/21/2022 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2582
Bennett D
Recall elections: local offices.
6/22/2022 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2625
Ting D
Subdivision Map Act: exemption: electrical energy storage system. 6/30/2022 #137 SENATE ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2630
O’Donnell
Housing. California Interagency Council on Homelessness. Report. This measure would require each city and county that has used funds from any source to assist in addressing homelessness to submit a report to the California Interagency Council on Homelessness. 6/13/2022 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2631
O’Donnell
Government Claims Act.
allow cities and counties to sue one another if a neighboring jurisdiction's failure to effectively address this crisis 5/6/2022 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). (Last location was A. L. GOV. on 3/10/2022) Oppose
Cal Cities Position: Oppose
AB 2647
Levine D
Local government: open meetings.
6/20/2022 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Support
Cal Cities Position: Sponsor/Support
AB 2653
Wicks D
Planning and Zoning Law: housing elements.
6/22/2022 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2689
Cunningham R
Virtual currency: payment for goods and services.
4/29/2022 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last location was B. & F. on 3/10/2022).
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2705
Quirk-Silva
Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones. This measure would prohibit a city or county from approving a discretionary entitlement that would result in a new residential development project being located within a very high fire hazard severity zone, unless the city or county finds that the residential development project will meet new standards intended to address wildfire risks. 6/22/2022 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR..
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
AB 2953
Salas
Recycled Material.
This bill would require a local agency to use, to the extent feasible and cost effective, recycled materials in streets and highways.
Governor’s Desk
Oppose
Cal Cities Position: Oppose
ACA 1
Aguiar-Curry D
Local government financing: affordable housing and public infrastructure: voter approval. 4/22/2021-Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and APPR.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 6
Caballero D
This bill, the Neighborhood Homes Act, would deem a housing development project, as defined, an allowable use on a parcel that is within a zone where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use, if the development and site meet specified requirements, including that the site is not adjacent to an industrial use or agricultural use and require the density for a housing development under these provisions to meet or exceed the density deemed appropriate to accommodate housing for lower income households according to the type of local jurisdiction, including a density of at least 20 units per acre for a suburban jurisdiction.
Governor’s Desk
Oppose
Cal Cities Position: Oppose
SB 15
Portantino D
Housing development: incentives: rezoning of idle retail sites. 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was DESK on 6/1/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022) Watch
Cal Cities Position: Support
SB 45
Portantino D
Short-lived climate pollutants: organic waste reduction goals: local jurisdiction assistance. 6/29/2022 - June 29 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 49
Umberg D
Income taxes: credits: California Fair Fees Tax Credit. 6/28/2022 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 54
Allen D
Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act.
6/29/2022 - Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 29). Assembly Rule 63 suspended. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Support
SB 379
Wiener D
Residential solar energy systems: permitting.
6/29/2022 - Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 649
Cortese D
Local governments: affordable housing: local tenant preference. 6/29/2022 - From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 29).
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 852
Dodd
Climate Resilience Districts. Formation. Funding Mechanisms.
Raising and allocating funding for eligible projects and the operating expenses of eligible projects include projects that address sea level rise, extreme heat, extreme cold, the risk of wildfire, drought, and the risk of flooding. 6/28/2022 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 886
Wiener D
California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: public universities: university housing development projects. 6/29/2022 - June 29 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 891
Hertzberg
Business Licenses. Stormwater Discharge Compliance.
This measure would make changes to the existing SB 205 (Hertzberg, 2019) business license process to check regulated business’ stormwater compliance. The measure would attempt to capture local government processes similar to business licenses but are called by other names. 6/29/2022 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 896
Dodd D
Wildfires: defensible space: grant programs: local governments. 6/14/2022 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 897
Wieckowski D
Accessory dwelling units: junior accessory dwelling units. Requires local agencies to allow ADUs of up to 25 feet in height (from the current 16 feet) and makes various other changes to ADU law.
Governor’s Desk
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Oppose
SB 914
Rubio D
HELP Act. (Homeless Equity for Left Behind Populations) Act. The bill would require cities, counties, and continuums of care receiving state funding to address homelessness on or after January 1, 2023, to take specific steps to ensure that the needs of victim service providers and survivors of violence, and a gendered analysis of the causes and consequences of homelessness, are incorporated into homelessness planning and responses. 6/29/2022 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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SB 930
Wiener D
Alcoholic beverages: hours of sale. Control to conduct a pilot program that would authorize the department to issue an additional hours license to an on-sale licensee located in a qualified city that would authorize, with or without conditions, the selling, giving, or purchasing of alcoholic beverages at the licensed premises between the hours of 2 a.m. and 4 a.m., upon completion of specified requirements by the qualified city in which the licensee is located. 6/23/2022 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 931
Leyva D
Deterring union membership: violations. bill would authorize an employee organization, as described, to bring a claim before the Public Employment Relations Board alleging that a public employer violated the above-described provisions. 6/22/2022 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Cal Cities Position: Oppose Unless Amended
SB 932
Portantino D
General plans: circulation element: bicycle and pedestrian plans and traffic calming plans. The measure would require cities to adopt significant bicycle, pedestrian, and traffic calming elements when they develop and revise their general plans.
Governor’s Desk
Oppose
Cal Cities Position: Oppose
SB 948
Becker D
Housing finance programs: development reserves. This bill would authorize the department to charge a fee to a development that receives qualified project rental or operating subsidies at the time of permanent loan closing, not to exceed the department’s reasonable costs to capitalize the reserve fund and cover administrative costs, to be deposited in the fund. 6/29/2022 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 972
Gonzalez D
California Retail Food Code.
6/29/2022 - From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (June 28).
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 980
Wiener D
Alcoholic beverage licenses.
5/20/2022 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was S. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/9/2022) Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 1044
Durazo
Employers. Natural Disasters. Retaliation.-This measure would prohibit an employer, in the event of a state of emergency, from taking or threatening adverse action against any employee for refusing to report Governor’s Desk
Oppose
Cal Cities Position: Oppose
SB 1046
Eggman D
Solid waste: precheckout bags. This bill would additionally prohibit, on and after January 1, 2025, a store, as defined, from providing a precheckout bag to a customer if the bag is not either a compostable bag, as described, or a recycled paper bag. 6/22/2022 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 1067
Portantino D
Prohibit a city from imposing any minimum automobile parking requirement on a housing development project that is located within 1/2 mile of public transit, as defined. The bill, notwithstanding the above-described prohibition, would authorize a city, county, or city and county to impose or enforce minimum automobile parking requirements on a housing development project if the local government demonstrates to the developer, within 30 days of the receipt of a completed application, that the development would have a negative impact, supported by a preponderance of the evidence, on the city’s, county’s, or city and county’s ability to meet its share of specified housing needs or existing residential or commercial parking within 1/2 mile of the housing development. The bill would create an exception from the above-described provision if the development either dedicates a minimum of 20% of the total number of housing units to very low, low-, or moderate-income households, students, the elderly, or persons with disabilities or contains fewer than 20 housing units..
Dead
Oppose
Cal Cities Position: Changed to Watch from Oppose
SB 1100
Cortese D
Open meetings: orderly conduct.- This measure would define “willful interruption” to ensure an individual(s) is removed from a public meeting if they substantially impair or render infeasible the orderly conduct of the meeting in accordance with law. This measure would also establish a warning system to require that removal of an individual(s) causing a willful interruption be preceded by a request that the individual curtail their disruptive behavior or be subject to removal 6/22/2022 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 1105
Hueso D
San Diego Regional Equitable and Environmentally Friendly Affordable Housing Finance Agency. This bill, the San Diego Regional Equitable and Environmentally Friendly Housing Act, would establish the San Diego Regional Equitable and Environmentally Friendly Affordable Housing Agency and would state that the agency’s purpose is to increase the supply of equitable and environmentally friendly housing in the County of San Diego by providing for significantly enhanced funding and technical assistance across the regional level for equitable and environmentally friendly housing projects and programs, equitable housing preservation, and rental protection programs, as specified. The bill would require a board composed of 6 voting members who are primary or alternate members of the San Diego Association of Governments, as specified, to govern the agency.
Dead
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 1127
Atkins D
Workers’ compensation: liability presumptions. This bill would, for specified firefighters and peace officers claiming illness or injury related to cancer, increase the number of compensable weeks to 240 without limitation as to time from the date of injury.
Governor’s Desk
Oppose
Cal Cities Position: Oppose
SB 1144
Wiener D
Water efficiency and quality assessment reports: state buildings and public school buildings. 6/29/2022 - VOTE: Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (PASS) Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 1186
Wiener
Medicinal Cannabis Patients’ Right of Access Act.- Would enact the Medicinal Cannabis Patients’ Right of Access Act, which would prohibit a local jurisdiction from adopting or enforcing any regulation that prohibits the sale of, or imposes unreasonable restrictions on the safe and affordable sale of medicinal cannabis Governor’s Desk
Oppose
Cal Cities Position: Oppose
SB 1194
Allen D
Public restrooms: building standards. uthorize public toilet facilities to be designed to serve all genders, as specified. The bill would give a city, county, or city and county discretion to exclude certain occupancies from the bill’s requirements. 6/23/2022 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 1292
Stern D
Land use: development restriction: fire hazard severity zones. 5/6/2022 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). (Last location was S. HOUSING on 3/2/2022) Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 1369
Wieckowski D
Adaptive reuse projects: by-right: funding- require local jurisdictions to approve “adaptive reuse projects” by right in all areas regardless of the zoning of the site. “Adaptive reuse project” means any commercial, public, industrial, or office building or structure that has 25 percent occupancy or less, which is converted into a housing development project. “Adaptive reuse project” does not include a project to convert an industrial building adjacent to active industrial uses on three or more sides of the building. 4/29/2022 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last location was GOV. & F. on 3/10/2022) Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 1383
Cal Cities Co-Author
Local Assistance Grant Program – $180 million
•$180 million to help cities and counties implement SB 1383 (Lara, 2016). •Supplements the $60 million allocated for this purpose in last year’s budget. •Local government coalition led by Cal Cities.
This bill would require the commission to implement and enforce standards for the maintenance and operation of facilities for the storage of electricity owned by an electrical corporation or located in the state. The bill would require the ISO to maintain records of storage facility outages and to provide those records to the commission on a daily basis. 6/23/2022 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 1393
Archuleta
Energy. Appliances. Local Requirements. This measure would require a city, including a charter city, or county to apply to, and receive approval from, the California Energy Commission before the city or county could require that a fossil fuel-fired appliance be replaced with an electric appliance upon the alteration or retrofit of a residential or nonresidential building, except when the requirement includes specified exemptions.
Dead
(amended)Changed to watch from Oppose
Cal Cities Position: removed Oppose
SB 1464
Pan D
Law enforcement: public health orders.
4/29/2022 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last location was HEALTH on 3/9/2022) Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
SB 1466
Stern D
Affordable Housing and Community Development Investment Program. 4/29/2022 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last location was ED. on 3/10/2022) Watch
Cal Cities Position: Sponsor/Support
SCA 9
Gonzalez D
Personal rights: right to housing.
3/23/2022 - Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and E. & C.A.
Watch
Cal Cities Position: Watch
Total Measures: 104