SAN MARCOS CITY COUNCIL
BILL POSITIONS & STATUS
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AB 37 Bonta
Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign funds: security expenses. The bill would instead authorize a candidate or elected officer to use campaign funds to pay or reimburse the state for the reasonable costs of installing and monitoring a home or office electronic security system, and for the reasonable costs of providing personal security reasonably related to the candidate or elected officer’s status as a candidate or elected officer.
2023-04-27 Read second
time. Ordered to third
reading.
SUPPORT
AB 334 Rubio
Public contracts: conflicts of interest. This bill would establish that an independent contractor, who meets specified requirements, is not an officer for purposes of being subject to the prohibition on being financially interested in a contract.
2023-05-11 - In Senate.
Read first time. To Com. on
RLS. for assignment.
SUPPORT
AB 400 Rubio
Current law, among other requirements for the design -build procurement process, requires specified information submitted by a design-build entity to be certified under penalty of perjury. These provisions authorizing the use of the design-build procurement process are repealed on January 1, 2025.This bill would remove the January 1, 2025, repeal date, thereby making these provisions operative indefinitely. 2023-05-11 - Read second
time. Ordered to Consent
Calendar.
SUPPORT
AB 480 Ting Makes various changes to the SLA regarding the land disposal process and HCD’s authority with the intent to prioritize affordable housing development when public lands are sold or leased.
Read second time.
Ordered to third reading. OPPOSE
AB 519 Schiavo
Would require HCD to establish a workgroup to develop a consolidated application for the purposes of obtaining grants, loans, tax credits, credit enhancement, and other types of financing for building affordable housing, and developing a coordi nated review process for the application. The bill would require the workgroup to include representatives of the department, the California Housing Finance Agency, the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, and the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee and would require the workgroup to identify a lead agency to receive the application and to work directly with applicants and specify the responsibilities of the lead agency.
Read second time. Ordered
to third reading. SUPPORT AB 817 Pacheco
Pending amendments — would allow non-decision-making legislative bodies currently governed by the Brown Act, such as advisory bodies and commissions, to participate in two-way virtual teleconferencing without posting their physical location. The teleconference flexibility granted to cities because of COVID-19 noticeably reduced barriers to participation. Residents who were usually not able to participate due to time, distance, or mandatory physical participation requirements were able to attend public meetings. AB 817 would maintain that access for certain legislative bodies, creating greater access to leadership opportunities and providing more diverse input on critical community proposals. 2023-04-25 - In committee:
Hearing postponed by
committee.
SUPPORT
AB 821 Grayson
Would provide that, in the event that a city or county fails to amend an inconsistent zoning ordinance within 90 days after receiving written notice of the inconsistency, a proposed development project shall not be deemed inconsistent with that zoning ordinance and related zoning standard or criteria and shall not be required to be rezoned, if there is substantial evidence that would allow a reasonable person to conclude that the proposed development project is consistent with objective general plan standar ds and criteria but the zoning for the project site is inconsistent with the general plan.
Read second time. Ordered
to third reading. OPPOSE
AB 976 Ting Accessory dwelling units: owner-occupancy requirements. 2023-04-24 - Read second
time. Ordered to third
reading.
OPPOSE
AB 1484 Zbur
Temporary employees, as defined, of a public employer who have been hired to perform the same or similar type of work that is performed by permanent employees represented by a recognized employee organization.
Read second time and
amended. Ordered returned
to second reading.
OPPOSE
AB 1490 Lee
Affordable housing development projects: adaptive reuse. Define adaptive reuse as the retrofitting and repurposing of an existing building to create new residential units and require a local government to guarantee that 100% of the units be made available for lower income households, 50% of which shall be made available to extremely low income households or very low income households, provide specified benefits and exemptions including, among other things, approval of all entitlements and permits applicable to the project in 30 days or less, exemption from any minimum floor area ratio, and waiver of local building and permit fees.
Read second time. Ordered
to third reading. OPPOSE
AB 1532 Haney
Office conversion projects. Make an office conversion project that meets certain requirements a use by right in all areas regardless of zoning, exempts project from impact fees that are not directly related to the conversion, allows applicable fees to be paid over 10-year period, and expands the exemption for approval of ministerial projects under CEQA.
2023-03-23 - Referred to
Coms. on H. & C.D. and
NAT. RES.
OPPOSE
AB 1630 Garcia
Planning and zoning: housing development approvals: student housing projects. prohibit a city, county, or city and county from prohibiting a dormitory on any real property located within 1/2 mile of a university campus and would require a city, county, or city and county to classify student housing as a permitted use on all real property within 1/2 mile of a university campus for zoning purposes. Would require a proposed student housing project to be considered ministerially, without discretionary review or a hearing, if specified requirements are met, including that at least 50% of the units in the project be occupied by students at the local university campus to which the project site is proximate. In connection with an application, a city, county, or city and county is required, upon request, to provide a list of permits and fees that are required by the city, county, or city and county. 2023-03-22 - Re-referred to
Com. on H. & C.D. OPPOSE
AB 1637 Irwin
Existing law, the Information Practices Act of 1977, requires an agency that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information, as defined, to disclose any breach of the security of the system following discovery or notification of the breach in the security of the data to any resident of California, as prescribed. The act defines “agency” to not include a local agency, as specified. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would relate to the security of information maintained by local governments and special districts.
Read second time and
amended. Ordered returned
to second reading.
OPPOSE
AB 1708 Muratsuchi
This bill would refine the definition of shoplifting and would specifically exclude certain offenses from prosecution as shoplifting, including, among others, the theft of a firearm or vehicle, identity theft, and credit card fraud.
2023-04-19 - Coauthors
revised. SUPPORT
SB 4 Wiener
Require that a housing development project be a use by right upon the request of an applicant who applies for streamlined approval, on any land owned by an independent institution of higher education or religious institution if the development satisfies specified criteria, including that the development is not adjoined to any site where more than one-third of the square footage on the site is dedicated to industrial use. Would require that 100% of the units, exclusive of manager units, in a housing
development project eligible for approval as a use by right under these provisions be affordable to lower income households, except that 20% of the units may be for moderate-income households.
Read second time and
amended. Ordered to
second reading.
OPPOSE
SB 236 Jones
This bill would require the office, to the extent funds are available for this purpose and until January 1, 2029, to allocate and award funds to up to 11 district attorney offices that employ a vertical prosecution methodology for the prosecution of human trafficking crimes and that meet other specified criteria, including minimum staffing levels for the program.
Read second time. Ordered
to third reading. SUPPORT
SB 423 Wiener
Land use: streamlined housing approvals: multifamily housing developments. Modify and expand SB 35 provisions that allow certain multifamily housing developments to take advantage of a streamlined, ministerial approval process. Specifically, this bill would: (1) Removes the 2026 sunset and makes the statutes permanent. (2) Applies SB 35 provisions to the Coastal Zone. (3) Allows the State to approve housing developments on property they own or lease. (4) Prohibits a city from enforcing its inclusionary housing ordinance if the income limits are higher than those in SB 35.Height limits, 3 or more bids, 2036 sunset dates
Read second time. Ordered
to third reading. OPPOSE
SB 706 Caballero
This bill would authorize all cities, counties, city and counties, or special districts to use the progressive design-build process for other projects in addition to water -related projects. The bill would change the required reporting date to no later than December 31, 2028.Would permanently allow local governments to use design-build processes.
2023-05-04 - Referred to
Com. on L. GOV. SUPPORT
SB 747 Caballero
Would authorize a local agency to declare administratively that land is exempt surplus land if the declaration and findings are published and available for public comment, and the local public entities and housing sponsors described above are notified at least 30 days before the declaration takes effect.
Compliant Housing Element needed.
Read second time and
amended. Ordered to
second reading.
SUPPORT