City of Santa Clara
2023 Q2 Legislative Update
Broadband Cable Services and Wireless Telecommunications Facilities LAP
AB 965 (Carrillo, Juan D) Local government: broadband permit applications.
Current Text: Amended: 6/7/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/14/2023
Last Amend: 6/7/2023
Status: 6/20/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Location: 6/20/2023-S. GOV. & F.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require a local agency to undertake batch broadband permit processing, as defined, upon receiving 2 or more broadband permit applications for substantially similar broadband project sites submitted at the same time by the same applicant, within a presumptively reasonable time, as defined. The bill would define “local agency” for these purposes to mean a city, county, city and county, charter city, special district, or publicly owned utility, other than certain publicly owned electric utilities.
If a local agency does not approve those broadband permit applications for substantially similar broadband project sites and issue permits, or reject the applications and notify the applicants, within the presumptively reasonable time or longer period permitted under applicable law, the bill would require that all of those permits be deemed approved. The bill would authorize a local agency to place reasonable limits on the number of broadband project sites that are grouped into a single permit while undertaking batch broadband permit processing, as specified. The bill would provide that a local agency may only remove a broadband project site from grouping under a single permit under mutual agreement with the applicant or to expedite the approval of other substantially similar broadband project sites. The bill, if a local agency denies a broadband permit application, would require the local agency to notify the applicant in writing of the reasons for the denial. The bill would specify that these provisions do not apply to eligible facility requests, as defined.
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SB 396 (Wahab D) Local government: excavations: notice.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/9/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/9/2023
Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was GOV. & F. on 2/22/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 4/28/2023-S. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law imposes various duties on local agencies relating to construction and property within its jurisdiction, including by requiring local agencies with jurisdiction to approve excavations to allow microtrenching, as defined, for the installation of underground fiber if the installation in the microtrench is limited to fiber, except as provided. Current law requires, during the project planning phase of certain department-led construction projects, the Department of Transportation to notify companies and organizations working on broadband deployment of the project on its internet website to encourage collaborative broadband installations. This bill would require, prior to commencing any local agency-led excavation projects, as defined, a city, county, or city and county to notify interested parties of the project on its internet website to encourage collaborative installations of important utilities and infrastructure, including, but not limited to, fiber optic cable, undergrounding utilities, or other important services.
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Emergency Management LAP
AB 692 (Patterson, Jim R) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: egress route projects: fire safety.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/13/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/13/2023
Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 4/26/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 5/19/2023-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would, until January 1, 2030, exempt from the the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) egress route projects undertaken by a public agency to improve emergency access to and evacuation from a subdivision without a secondary egress route 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. The bill would require the lead agency to hold a noticed public meeting to hear and respond to public comments before determining that a project is exempt. The bill would require the lead agency, if it determines that a project is not subject to CEQA and approves or carries out that project, to file a notice of exemption with the Office of Planning and Research and with the clerk of the county in which the project will be located.
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AB 1168 (Bennett D) Emergency medical services (EMS): prehospital EMS.
Current Text: Amended: 5/26/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2023
Last Amend: 5/26/2023
Status: 6/7/2023-Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and GOV. & F.
Location: 6/7/2023-S. HEALTH
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires a county to enter into a written agreement with a city or fire district that contracted for or provided prehospital EMS as of June 1, 1980. Current law requires, until that written agreement is reached, prehospital EMS to be continued at not less than the existing level and the administration of prehospital EMS by cities and fire districts contracting for or providing those services as of June 1, 1980, to be retained by those cities and fire districts. This bill would require a city or fire district to retain its authorities regarding, and the administration of, prehospital EMS if it provided, as of June 1, 1980, prehospital EMS through a joint powers agreement with a county and ceased to contract for, provide, or administer prehospital EMS as a result of a judicial finding, as specified, or if it is, as of January 1, 2024, providing prehospital EMS pursuant to statute and enters a joint powers agreement with a county for joint exercise of powers regarding prehospital EMS. The bill would state the Legislature’s intent to clarify the effect of joint powers agreements regarding prehospital EMS on specified rights, obligations, and authorities, to reduce disruptions to EMS systems, and to abrogate contrary judicial holdings.
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SB 504 (Dodd D) Wildfires: defensible space: grant programs: local governments.
Current Text: Amended: 4/20/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/14/2023
Last Amend: 4/20/2023
Status: 5/11/2023-Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
Location: 5/11/2023-A. NAT. RES.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish a common reporting platform that allows defensible space and home hardening assessment data, collected by the qualified entities, to be reported to the department. Current law requires the department to establish a local assistance grant program for fire prevention and home hardening education activities and provides that local agencies, among others, are eligible for these grants. Current law requires the State Fire Marshal to identify areas of the state as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones based on specified criteria. Current law requires a local agency to designate, by ordinance, moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones in its jurisdiction within 120 days of receiving recommendations from the State Fire Marshal, and authorizes a local agency, at its discretion, to include areas within the jurisdiction of the local agency, not identified as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones by the State Fire Marshal, as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones, respectively. This bill would require the department, when reviewing applications for the local assistance grant program, to give priority to any local governmental entity that is qualified to perform defensible space assessments in very high and high fire hazard severity zones who reports that information using the common reporting platform, as provided.
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Energy Legislation, Regulations and Issues LAP
AB 1176 (Zbur D) General plans: Local Electrification Planning Act.
Current Text: Amended: 5/26/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2023
Last Amend: 5/26/2023
Status: 6/14/2023-Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and E., U. & C.
Location: 6/14/2023-S. GOV. & F.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a comprehensive general plan for the city’s or county’s physical development that includes various elements, including, among others, a land use element that designates the proposed general distribution and general location and extent of the uses of the land in specified categories, and a circulation element that identifies the location and extent of existing and proposed major thoroughfares, transportation routes, terminals, any military airports and ports, and other local public utilities and facilities, as specified. This bill, the Local Electrification Planning Act, would require a city, county, or city and county to prepare and adopt a specified plan, or otherwise integrate a plan into the general plan, that, among other things, identifies opportunities to expand electric vehicle charging to meet the needs of the city’s, county’s, or city and county’s current and future visitors, residents, and businesses, and includes policies and implementation measures that address the needs of disadvantaged communities, low-income households, and small businesses for investments in zero-emission technologies that directly benefit these groups, as specified.
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SB 572 (Stern D) Natural gas: prices: report.
Current Text: Amended: 4/24/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/15/2023
Last Amend: 4/24/2023
Status: 6/7/2023-June 14 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 5/26/2023-A. U. & E.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: An current Public Utilities Commission order requires the commission to investigate the causes and impacts of the winter 2022–2023 natural gas price spikes and the potential for recurrence, the impact of the price spikes on natural gas and electric prices and customer bills, the potential threats to gas and electric reliability and price volatility in summer 2023 and beyond, potential mitigations, and utility communications to customers to determine whether they were sufficient or require modifications. This bill would require the commission, on or before February 1, 2024, to submit a report to the relevant legislative policy committees on the status, outcomes, and recommendations, if any, of the commission order described above and the status and any findings of any related investigations by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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Housing LAP
AB 67 (Muratsuchi D) Homeless Courts Pilot Program.
Current Text: Amended: 3/13/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2022
Last Amend: 3/13/2023
Status: 6/14/2023-Referred to Com. on PUB S.
Location: 6/14/2023-S. PUB. S.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, create the Homeless Courts Pilot Program, which would remain in effect until January 1, 2029, to be administered by the Judicial Council for the purpose of providing comprehensive community-based services to achieve stabilization for, and
address the specific legal needs of, homeless individuals who are involved with the criminal justice system. The bill would require applicant cities or counties seeking grant funds to provide a number of specified services or program components, including, but not limited to, a diversion program enabling participating defendants to have specified charges dismissed upon completion of a program, provision of temporary, time-limited, or permanent housing during the duration of the program, and a dedicated representative to assist defendants with housing needs. The bill would require an applicant for grant funding under the program to submit a plan for a new homeless court program or expansion of an existing homeless court program, and would require any funding awarded to an applicant to be used in accordance with that plan.
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AB 68 (Ward D) Land use: streamlined housing approvals: density, subdivision, and utility approvals.
Current Text: Amended: 4/12/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 12/8/2022
Last Amend: 4/12/2023
Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was H. & C.D. on 3/16/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 4/28/2023-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require a local government to approve a proposed housing development pursuant to a streamlined, ministerial approval process if the development meets certain objective planning standards, including, but not limited to, a requirement that the proposed parcel for the development be a climate-smart parcel, as described, or be included in the applicable region’s sustainable communities strategy as a priority development area. The bill would set forth procedures for approving these developments and would set forth various limitations for these developments. The bill would authorize the Department of Housing and Community Development to review, adopt, amend, and repeal guidelines, rules, and regulations to implement uniform standards or criteria that supplement or clarify the terms, references, or standards set forth by this process.
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AB 257 (Hoover R) Encampments: penalties.
Current Text: Amended: 2/23/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 1/19/2023
Last Amend: 2/23/2023
Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 2/2/2023) (May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 4/28/2023-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Under current law, a person who lodges in a public or private place without permission is guilty of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. Current law also provides that a person who willfully and maliciously obstructs the free movement of any person on any street, sidewalk, or other public place is guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would prohibit a person from camping, as defined, in a street, sidewalk, or other public property within 500 feet of a school, daycare center, playground, or youth center.
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AB 281 (Grayson D) Planning and zoning: housing: postentitlement phase permits.
Current Text: Amended: 4/13/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 1/24/2023
Last Amend: 4/13/2023
Status: 6/21/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
Location: 6/21/2023-S. HOUSING
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require a special district that receives an application from a housing development project for service from a special district or an application from a housing development project for a postentitlement phase permit, as specified, to provide written notice to the applicant of next steps in the review process, including, but not limited to, any additional information that may be required to begin to review the application for service or approval. The bill would require the special district to
provide this notice within 30 business days of receipt of the application for a housing development with 25 units or fewer, and within 60 business days for a housing development with 26 units or more.
The bill would define various terms for these purposes. By imposing additional duties on special districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
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AB 284 (Patterson, Joe R) Department of Housing and Community Development: annual report:
Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/24/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 1/24/2023
Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was H. & C.D. on 2/2/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 4/28/2023-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Under current law, grants under the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) program are allocated in 4 rounds of funding, administered by the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, as provided. Current law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to submit an annual report to the Governor and both houses of the Legislature on the operations and accomplishments during the previous fiscal year of the housing programs administered by the department. Current law requires that the report include, among other things, the number of units assisted by those programs and the number of individuals and households served and their income level. This bill would additionally require that this report include an evaluation of the HHAP program.
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AB 309 (Lee D) The Social Housing Act.
Current Text: Amended: 5/1/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 1/26/2023
Last Amend: 5/1/2023
Status: 6/21/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Location: 6/21/2023-S. GOV. & F.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would enact the Social Housing Act and would create the California Housing Authority, as an independent state body, the mission of which would be to ensure that social housing developments that are produced and acquired align with the goals of eliminating the gap between housing production and regional housing needs assessment targets and preserving affordable housing. The bill would prescribe a definition of social housing that would describe, in addition to housing owned by the authority, housing owned by other entities, as specified, provided that all social housing developed or authorized by the authority would be owned by the authority.
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AB 434 (Grayson D) Housing element: notice of violation.
Current Text: Amended: 3/16/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/6/2023
Last Amend: 3/16/2023
Status: 6/14/2023-Referred to Com. on HOUSING.
Location: 6/14/2023-S. HOUSING
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law, except as provided, requires that a public hearing be held on an application for a variance from the requirements of a zoning ordinance, an application for a conditional use permit or equivalent development permit, a proposed revocation or modification of a variance or use permit or equivalent development permit, or an appeal from the action taken on any of those applications. That law, for housing development projects that submit a preliminary application prior to January 1, 2030, prohibits a city or county from conducting more than 5 hearings, as defined, held pursuant to these provisions, or any other law, ordinance, or regulation requiring a public hearing, if the proposed housing development project complies with the applicable, objective general plan and zoning standards in effect at the time an application is deemed complete, as defined. The Planning and Zoning Law also requires a local agency, pursuant to either local ordinance or statute, to
provide for ministerial approval of applications for accessory dwelling units or junior accessory dwelling units in areas zoned for residential use, as specified. That law prohibits a local agency from denying a permit for an unpermitted accessory dwelling unit constructed prior to January 1, 2018, except as provided. This bill would additionally authorize the department to notify a city, county, city and county, or the Attorney General when the planning agency of a city, county, or city and county fails to comply with the above-described provisions relating to hearings for specified variances, ministerial approval of applications for accessory dwelling units or junior accessory dwelling units, permitting for unpermitted accessory dwelling units constructed prior to January 1, 2018, sale or conveyance of accessory dwelling units, ministerial approval of proposed housing developments, ministerial approval of parcel maps for urban lot splits, or housing development projects being deemed an allowable use of parcels within a zone where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use, as provided.
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AB 510 (Jackson D) Public social services: purposes.
Current Text: Amended: 4/13/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/7/2023
Last Amend: 4/13/2023
Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. on 4/18/2023) (May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 5/19/2023-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes various public social services programs, including, among others, CalWORKs and the State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled. Current law sets forth the purposes of public social services for which state grants are made to counties that include, among others, providing reasonable support and maintenance for needy and dependent families and persons.
This bill would instead state that providing reasonable support and maintenance for needy and vulnerable children, adults, and families is a purpose of public social services.
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AB 516 (Ramos D) Mitigation Fee Act: fees for improvements: expenditure reports and audits.
Current Text: Amended: 6/15/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/7/2023
Last Amend: 6/15/2023
Status: 6/15/2023-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 6/14/2023-S. APPR.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Mitigation Fee Act imposes certain requirements on a local agency that imposes a fee as a condition of approval of a development project that is imposed to provide for an improvement to be constructed to serve the development project, or a fee for public improvements, as specified. In this regard, the Mitigation Fee Act requires the local agency to deposit the fee in a separate capital facilities account or fund, and to make certain information about the account or fund public annually, as specified. The Mitigation Fee Act requires that information to include an identification of an approximate date by which the construction of the public improvement will commence if the local agency determines that sufficient funds have been collected to complete financing on an incomplete public improvement, as specified. The Mitigation Fee Act also requires that information to include the amount of refunds made to the owners of the lots or units of the development project, as specified. This bill would require the report to include an identification of each public improvement identified in a previous report, whether construction began on the approximate date noted in the previous report, the reason for the delay, if any, and a revised approximate date that the local agency will commence construction, if applicable.
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AB 531 (Irwin D) The Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2023.
Current Text: Amended: 6/19/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/8/2023
Last Amend: 6/19/2023
Status: 6/21/2023-Re-referred to Coms. on HOUSING and GOV. & F.
Location: 6/21/2023-S. HOUSING
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would enact the Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2023 which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $4,680,000,000 to finance grants for the acquisition of capital assets for, and the construction and rehabilitation of, unlocked, voluntary, and community-based treatment settings and residential care settings and also for housing for veterans and others who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of homelessness and are living with a behavioral health challenge. The bill would provide for the submission of the bond act to the voters at the March 5, 2024, statewide primary election.
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AB 637 (Low D) Density Bonus Law.
Current Text: Amended: 3/20/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/9/2023
Last Amend: 3/20/2023
Status: 5/5/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was H. & C.D. on 2/17/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 5/5/2023-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Density Bonus Law requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the city or county with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct specified percentages of units for lower income, very low income, or senior citizen housing, among other things, and meets other requirements. Current law requires a city or county to grant a proposal for an incentive or concession requested by a developer unless it would not result in identifiable and actual cost reductions, as specified, would have a specific, adverse impact on public health or safety or on specified real property and for which there is no method to avoid or mitigate that impact, as specified, or would be contrary to state or federal law. This bill would additionally except from the requirement that a city or county to grant a proposal an incentive or concession would alter the requirements of a local program, policy, or ordinance that requires, as a condition of the development of residential units, that the development include a certain percentage of residential units that meet specified affordability requirements.
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AB 799 (Rivas, Luz D) Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program: Homelessness Accountability and Results Act.
Current Text: Amended: 4/19/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/13/2023
Last Amend: 4/19/2023
Status: 6/20/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
Location: 6/20/2023-S. HOUSING
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program for the purpose of providing jurisdictions with one-time grant funds to support regional coordination and expand or develop local capacity to address their immediate homelessness challenges informed by a best-practices framework focused on moving homeless individuals and families into permanent housing and supporting the efforts of those individuals and families to maintain their permanent housing.
Current law provides for the allocation of funding under the program among continuums of care, cities, and counties in 4 rounds, the first of which is administered by the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, and the others are administered by the Interagency Council on Homelessness. This bill, the Homelessness Accountability and Results Act, would instead specify that the purpose of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program is to provide ongoing grant funds to support regional coordination and expand or develop local capacity to address their immediate homelessness challenges informed by best-practices and to solve homelessness using evidence-based or, where no evidence exists, a data-informed and promising framework, as provided.
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AB 812 (Boerner D) Housing development approvals: reserving affordable units in or near a cultural district for artists.
Current Text: Amended: 6/8/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/13/2023
Last Amend: 6/8/2023
Status: 6/8/2023-Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
Location: 6/8/2023-S. THIRD READING
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would authorize a city or county that requires, as a condition of approval, that a certain percentage of units of a residential development be affordable housing, as specified, to reserve for artists up to 10 percent of those required affordable housing units if certain conditions are met, including that the units reserved are located within or within one-half mile from a state-designated cultural district or within a locally designated cultural district, as specified.
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AB 821 (Grayson D) Planning and zoning: general plan: zoning ordinance: conflicts.
Current Text: Amended: 5/1/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/13/2023
Last Amend: 5/1/2023
Status: 6/21/2023-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21).
Location: 6/21/2023-S. JUD.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and of certain land outside its boundaries. Current law requires that county or city zoning ordinances be consistent with the general plan of the county or city by January 1, 1974. Current law requires a zoning ordinance to be amended within a reasonable time so that it is consistent with the general plan in the event that the ordinance becomes inconsistent with the plan by reason of amendment to the plan. Current law authorizes any resident or property owner to bring an action or proceeding in the superior court to enforce compliance with these provisions within 90 days of the enactment of any new zoning ordinance or the amendment of any existing zoning ordinance. This bill would additionally authorize any resident or property owner to bring an action or proceeding in the superior court to enforce compliance with these provisions within 90 days of the failure of a local agency to amend a zoning ordinance within a reasonable time of the zoning ordinance becoming inconsistent with the general plan due to amendment to the plan or to any element of the plan.
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AB 932 (Ting D) Accessory dwelling units: Accessory Dwelling Unit Program: reports.
Current Text: Amended: 5/18/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/14/2023
Last Amend: 5/18/2023
Status: 6/21/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 6/21/2023-S. APPR.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Under existing law, the California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) administers the Accessory Dwelling Unit Program, for the purpose of assisting homeowners in qualifying for loans to construct accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units on the homeowners’ property and increasing access to capital for homeowners interested in building accessory dwelling units.
Existing law requires the CalHFA to convene a working group to develop recommendations for the program, as specified.This bill would require CalHFA to evaluate the program and report CalHFA’s findings to the Legislature by January 1, 2025.
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AB 976 (Ting D) Accessory dwelling units: owner-occupancy requirements.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/14/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/14/2023
Status: 6/21/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Location: 6/21/2023-S. GOV. & F.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, provides for the creation of accessory dwelling units by local ordinance, or, if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance, by ministerial approval, in accordance with specified standards and conditions. Current law requires a local ordinance to require an accessory dwelling unit to be either attached to, or located within, the proposed or existing primary dwelling, as specified, or detached from the proposed or existing primary dwelling and located on the same lot as the proposed or existing primary dwelling.This bill would instead prohibit a local agency from imposing an owner-occupancy requirement on any accessory dwelling unit.
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AB 1287 (Alvarez D) Density Bonus Law: additional density bonus and incentives or concessions.
Current Text: Amended: 6/21/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2023
Last Amend: 6/21/2023
Status: 6/21/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. 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.
Location: 6/21/2023-S. GOV. & F.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would, under the Density Bonus Law, require a city, county, or city and county to grant an additional density bonus, calculated as specified, when (1) an applicant proposes to construct a housing development that conforms to specified requirements, (2) the applicant agrees to include additional rental or for-sale units affordable to very low income households or moderate income households, as specified, and (3) the housing development conforms to specified requirements and provides 24% of the total units to lower income households, conforms to specified requirements and provides 15% of the total units to very low income households, or conforms to specified requirements and provides 44% of the total units to moderate-income units. The bill would require a city, county, or city and county to grant four incentives or concessions for a project that includes at least 16% of the units for very low income households or at least 45% for persons and families of moderate income in a development in which the units are for sale. The bill would increase the incentives or concessions for a project in which 100% of all units are for lower income households, as specified, from 4 to 5.
Position
AB 1318 (Rivas, Luz D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: residential projects.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/16/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2023
Status: 6/7/2023-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 5/31/2023-S. E.Q.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment.This bill would expand the exemption by increasing the size of a residential project that would qualify for the exemption to include a project of not more than 5 acres in total area. The bill would require a lead agency approving an exempt residential project on an urbanized infill site to file a notice of exemption with the Office of Planning and Research, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Position
AB 1332 (Carrillo, Juan D) Accessory dwelling units: preapproved plans.
Current Text: Amended: 4/10/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2023
Last Amend: 4/10/2023
Status: 6/6/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Location: 6/6/2023-S. GOV. & F.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require each local agency, by January 1, 2025, to develop a program for the preapproval of accessory dwelling unit plans, whereby the local agency accepts accessory dwelling unit plan submissions for preapproval and approves or denies the preapproval applications, as specified.
The bill would authorize a local agency to charge a fee to an applicant for the preapproval of an accessory dwelling unit plan, as specified. The bill would require the local agency to post preapproved accessory dwelling unit plans and the contact information of the applicant on its internet website. The bill would require a local agency to either approve or deny an application for a permit for a proposed accessory dwelling unit within 30 days that utilizes either a preapproved accessory dwelling unit plan or a plan that is identical to a plan used in an application for a detached accessory dwelling unit approved by the local agency within the current triennial California Building Standards Code rulemaking cycle.
Position
AB 1469 (Kalra D) Santa Clara Valley Water District.
Current Text: Amended: 6/20/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2023
Last Amend: 6/20/2023
Status: 6/20/2023-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.
Location: 5/17/2023-S. GOV. & F.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law prescribes requirements for the disposal of surplus land by a local agency.
Current law defines terms for these purposes. Current law defines “surplus land” to generally mean land owned in fee simple by a local agency for which the local agency’s governing body takes formal action in a public meeting declaring that the land is surplus and not necessary for the agency’s use.
Current law defines “agency’s use” to include land that is being used, is planned to be used pursuant to a written plan adopted by the local agency’s governing board, or is disposed of to support agency work or operations. Current law excludes from “agency’s use” commercial or industrial uses or activities, or property disposed of for the sole purpose of investment or generation of revenue, unless the local agency is a district, except as specified, and the agency’s governing body takes specified actions in a public meeting. This bill would additionally authorize the Santa Clara Valley Water District to take certain actions in order to assist unsheltered people living along streams, in riparian corridors, or otherwise within the district’s jurisdiction, in consultation with a city or the County of Santa Clara to provide solutions or improve outcomes for the unsheltered individuals. The bill would provide that the use of land by the district for these specified actions constitutes “agency’s use” for purposes of the prescribed requirements related to the disposal of surplus land by a local agency.
Position
AB 1485 (Haney D) Housing element: enforcement: Attorney General.
Current Text: Amended: 3/28/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2023
Last Amend: 3/28/2023
Status: 6/21/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 20).
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Location: 6/21/2023-S. JUD.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development to notify the office of the Attorney General, that a city, county, or city and county is in violation of state law if the department finds that the housing element or an amendment to the housing element does not substantially comply with specified provisions of the Planning and Zoning Law, or that the local government has taken action or failed to act in violation of specified provisions of law relating to housing, including, among others, the Housing Accountability Act, the Density Bonus Law, and the Housing Crisis Act of 2019. Current law provides that an intervention takes place when a nonparty becomes a party to an action or proceeding between other persons by, among other things, joining a plaintiff in claiming what is sought by the complaint. Current law requires the court to permit a nonparty to intervene in the action or proceeding if a provision of law confers an unconditional right to intervene. This bill would permit both the department and the office of the Attorney General to intervene as a matter of unconditional right in any legal action addressing a violation of the specified housing laws described above, including, among others, the Housing Accountability Act, the Density Bonus Law, and the Housing Crisis Act of 2019.
Position
AB 1490 (Lee D) Affordable housing development projects: adaptive reuse.
Current Text: Amended: 5/1/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2023
Last Amend: 5/1/2023
Status: 6/21/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Location: 6/21/2023-S. GOV. & F.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: That Housing Accountability Act states that it shall not be construed to prohibit a local agency from requiring a housing development project to comply with objective, quantifiable, written development standards, conditions, and policies appropriate to, and consistent with, meeting the jurisdiction’s share of the regional housing need, except as provided. That act further provides that a housing development project or emergency shelter shall be deemed consistent, compliant, and in conformity with an applicable plan, program, policy, ordinance, standard, requirement, or other similar provision if there is substantial evidence that would allow a reasonable person to conclude that the housing development project or emergency shelter is consistent, compliant, or in conformity. Under this bill, an extremely affordable adaptive reuse project on an infill parcel that is not located on or adjoined to an industrial use site would be an allowable use. The bill would authorize a local agency to impose objective design review standards, except as specified. The bill would provide that for purposes of the Housing Accountability Act, a proposed housing development project is consistent, compliant, and in conformity with an applicable plan, program, policy, ordinance, standard, requirement, or other similar provision if the housing development project is consistent with the standards specified in these provisions. The bill would require a local agency to determine whether the proposed development meets those standards within specified timeframes. The bill would define an extremely affordable adaptive reuse project for these purposes to mean a multifamily housing development project that involves retrofitting and repurposing of an existing building that includes residential units, as specified, and that meets specified affordability requirements, including that 100% of the units be dedicated to lower income households, 50% of which shall be dedicated to very low income households, as specified.
Position
AB 1532 (Haney D) Office conversion projects.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/17/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2023
Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was H. & C.D. on 3/23/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 4/28/2023-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city that includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. Under that law, supportive housing, as defined, is a use by right in zones where multifamily and mixed uses are permitted if the developer provides the planning agency with a plan for providing supportive services and the proposed housing development meets specified criteria. This bill would make an office conversion project, as defined, that meets certain requirements a use by right in all areas regardless of zoning. The bill would define “office conversion project” to mean the conversion of a building used for office purposes or a vacant office building into residential dwelling units. The bill would define “use by right” to mean that the city or county’s review of the office conversion may not require a conditional use permit, planned unit development permit, or other discretionary city or county review or approval that would constitute a “project” for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act, as specified.
Position
AB 1630 (Garcia D) Planning and zoning: housing development approvals: student housing projects.
Current Text: Amended: 3/21/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2023
Last Amend: 3/21/2023
Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was H. & C.D. on 3/9/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 4/28/2023-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would enact The Student Housing Crisis Act of 2023. The bill would require a city, county, or city and county to classify student and faculty and staff housing as a permitted use on all real property within 1,000 feet of a university campus, as defined, for zoning purposes. The bill would require a proposed student or faculty and staff housing project, as defined, to be considered ministerially, without discretionary review or a hearing, if specified requirements are met, including that a minimum of 20% of the units in the project be rented by students or faculty and staff of the university. The bill would prohibit a local agency from imposing or enforcing on a student or faculty and staff housing project subject to ministerial consideration certain restrictions, including a minimum automobile parking requirement. The bill would require student or faculty and staff housing to have certain recorded deed restrictions, except as provided, that ensure for at least 55 years that, among other things, at least 20% of the units are affordable to lower income households, as defined, except as provided. In connection with an application submitted pursuant to these provisions, the bill would require a city, county, or city and county to take specified actions, including, upon the request of the applicant, provide a list of permits and fees that are required by the city, county, or city and county. By imposing new duties on local jurisdictions, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Position
AB 1657 (Wicks D) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024.
Current Text: Amended: 4/17/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2023
Last Amend: 4/17/2023
Status: 6/21/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Location: 6/21/2023-S. GOV. & F.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would enact the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024, which, if adopted, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law. Proceeds from the sale of these bonds would be used to finance programs to fund affordable rental housing and homeownership programs, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program.
Position
SB 4 (Wiener D) Planning and zoning: housing development: higher education institutions and religious institutions.
Current Text: Amended: 5/18/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Last Amend: 5/18/2023
Status: 6/8/2023-Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and NAT. RES.
Location: 6/8/2023-A. H. & C.D.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for its physical development, and the development of certain lands outside its boundaries, that includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. That law allows a development proponent to submit an application for a development that is subject to a specified streamlined, ministerial approval process not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development satisfies certain objective planning standards. This bill would require that a housing development project be a use by right upon the request of an applicant who submits an application for streamlined approval, on any land owned by an independent institution of higher education or religious institution on or before January 1, 2024, 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. The bill would define various terms for these purposes.
Position
SB 7 (Blakespear D) The Homeless Housing Obligation Act.
Current Text: Amended: 5/1/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Last Amend: 5/1/2023
Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
on 5/15/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 5/19/2023-S. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would, by January 1, 2030, require each city and county to provide housing opportunities, as defined, for homeless individuals within its jurisdiction, based on their most recent point-in-time count. The bill would require each city and county to develop a housing obligation plan that describes how the city or county plans to increase housing opportunities in its jurisdiction so that it can offer at least one housing opportunity to each homeless individual, as specified. In this regard, the bill would require a housing obligation plan to include, among other things, goals and plans to fulfill the city or county’s housing obligation, including specific projects and completion timelines, and the city or county’s progress in reducing the number of homeless individuals in its jurisdiction. The bill would require a housing obligation plan to identify steps taken by the city or county to consult with other jurisdictions to ensure that the plan is consistent with regional homelessness planning efforts. The bill would require a city or county to submit its housing obligation plan to the Department of Housing and Community Development for review and post the plan to its internet website by January 1, 2025. The bill would require a city or county to update its housing obligation plan on or before January 1 of each subsequent year.
Position
SB 91 (Umberg D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: supportive and transitional housing: motel conversion.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/17/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 1/17/2023
Status: 6/13/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. with recommendation:
To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Location: 6/13/2023-A. H. & C.D.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law, until January 1, 2025, exempts from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) projects related to the conversion of a structure with a certificate of occupancy as a motel, hotel, residential hotel, or hostel to supportive or transitional housing, as defined, that meet certain conditions. This bill would extend indefinitely the above exemption.
Position
SB 326 (Eggman D) The Behavioral Health Services Act.
Current Text: Amended: 6/19/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/7/2023
Last Amend: 6/19/2023
Status: 6/19/2023-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re- referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Location: 6/1/2023-A. HEALTH
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would, if approved by the voters at the March 5, 2024, statewide primary election, would delete the provision that establishes vote requirements to amend the MHSA, requiring all amendments of the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) to be approved by the voters. The bill would recast the MHSA by, among other things, renaming it the Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA), expanding it to include treatment of substance use disorders, changing the county planning process, and expanding services for which counties and the state can use funds. The bill would revise the distribution of MHSA moneys, including allocating up to $36,000,000 to the State Department of Health Care Services for behavioral health workforce funding. The bill would authorize the department to require a county to implement specific evidence-based practices.
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SB 405 (Cortese D) Planning and zoning: housing element: inventory of sites: regional housing need.
Current Text: Amended: 4/26/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/9/2023
Last Amend: 4/26/2023
Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/15/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 5/19/2023-S. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and each city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and specified land outside its boundaries, that includes specified mandatory elements, including a housing element. Current law also establishes a planning agency in each city and each county with the powers necessary to carry out the Planning and Zoning Law. Current law requires the housing element to include, among other things, an inventory of land suitable and available for residential development.
For a housing element or amendment adopted on or after January 1, 2021, existing law requires the planning agency to submit to the Department of Housing and Community Development an electronic copy of its inventory, as specified. Existing law requires a county or city to submit each revision or amendment of its housing element to the department promptly following adoption of the revision or amendment and requires the department, within 90 days, to review the adopted housing element or amendment and report its findings to the planning agency. This bill would expand the requirement to submit an electronic copy of the above-described inventory to the department to additionally require the planning agency to submit a housing element or amendment prepared on or after January 1, 2021.
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SB 423 (Wiener D) Land use: streamlined housing approvals: multifamily housing developments.
Current Text: Amended: 6/19/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/13/2023
Last Amend: 6/19/2023
Status: 6/19/2023-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re- referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Location: 6/8/2023-A. H. & C.D.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a multifamily housing development that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process, as provided, and not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development satisfies specified objective planning standards, including, among others, that the development proponent has committed to record, prior to the issuance of the first building permit, a land use restriction or covenant providing that any lower or moderate-income housing units required, as specified, remain available at affordable housing costs, as defined, or rent to persons and families of lower or moderate-income for no less than specified periods of time. Current law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2026. This bill would authorize the Department of General Services to act in the place of a locality or local government, at the discretion of that department, for purposes of the ministerial, streamlined review for development in compliance with the above-described requirements on property owned by or leased to the state. The bill would extend the operation of the streamlined, ministerial approval process to January 1, 2036.
Position
SB 450 (Atkins D) Housing development: approvals.
Current Text: Amended: 3/16/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/13/2023
Last Amend: 3/16/2023
Status: 6/21/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Location: 6/21/2023-A. L. GOV.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires a proposed housing development containing no more than 2 residential units within a single-family residential zone to be considered ministerially, without discretionary review or hearing, if the proposed housing development meets certain requirements, including that the proposed housing development does not allow for the demolition of more than 25% of the existing exterior structural walls, except as provided. Current law authorizes a local agency to impose objective zoning standards, objective subdivision standards, and objective design standards, as defined, except as specified, on the proposed housing development. Current law authorizes a local agency to deny a proposed housing development if specified conditions are met, including that the building official makes a written finding that the proposed housing development project would have a specific, adverse impact upon public health and safety or the physical environment, as provided. This bill would remove the requirement that a proposed housing development does not allow for the demolition of more than 25% of the existing exterior structural walls to be considered ministerially. The bill would prohibit a local agency from imposing objective zoning standards, objective subdivision
standards, and objective design standards that do not apply uniformly to development within the underlying zone. This bill would remove the authorization for a local agency to deny a proposed housing development if the building official makes a written finding that the proposed housing development project would have a specific, adverse impact upon the physical environment.
Position
SB 684 (Caballero D) Land use: streamlined approval processes: development projects of 10 or fewer single-family residential units on urban lots under 5 acres.
Current Text: Amended: 3/22/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2023
Last Amend: 3/22/2023
Status: 6/21/2023-Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes
8. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Location: 6/21/2023-A. L. GOV.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Subdivision Map Act vests the authority to regulate and control the design and improvement of subdivisions in the legislative body of a local agency and sets forth procedures governing the local agency’s processing, approval, conditional approval or disapproval, and filing of tentative, final, and parcel maps, and the modification thereof. The act generally requires a subdivider to file a tentative map or vesting tentative map with the local agency, as specified, and the local agency, in turn, to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the map within a specified time period. The bill would also require a local agency to issue a building permit for a subdivision if, among other requirements, the applicant received a tentative map approval or parcel map approval for the subdivision pursuant to the bill’s provisions described above.
Position
SB 742 (Atkins D) Housing: homelessness programs: report.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/17/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2023
Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was HUM. S. on 3/1/2023) (May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 4/28/2023-S. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current establishes various programs to provide rental assistance to help eligible households, including, among others, the state rental assistance program. On or before December 30, 2024, and annually thereafter, this bill would require an agency that funds, implements, or administers a program that provides housing or housing-based services to persons experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, including rental assistance programs, to provide prescribed information to specified committees of the Legislature. This bill would authorize an agency to request a city, county, or city and county to provide specified information to that agency if the city, county, or city and county has received state funds from the agency to fund, implement, or administer the program, as defined.
Position
Human Resources/Public Sector Employment LAP
AB 1484 (Zbur D) Temporary public employees.
Current Text: Amended: 5/18/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2023
Last Amend: 5/18/2023
Status: 6/14/2023-Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
Location: 6/14/2023-S. L., P.E. & R.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: (1)Existing law, the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (act), authorizes local public employees, as defined, to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation on matters of labor relations. Existing law generally requires that the scope of representation under the act include all matters relating to employment conditions and
employer-employee relations, while excepting the consideration of the merits, necessity, or organization of any service or activity provided by law or executive order. Existing law states that the Legislature finds and declares that the duties and responsibilities of local agency employer representatives under the act are substantially similar to the duties and responsibilities required under existing collective bargaining enforcement procedures and therefore the costs incurred by the local agency employer representatives in performing those duties and responsibilities under that act are not reimbursable as state-mandated costs. This bill would impose specified requirements with respect to the 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. In this regard the bill would require those temporary employees to be automatically included in the same bargaining unit as the permanent employees, as specified, upon the request of the recognized employee organization. The bill would also require a public employer to, upon hire, provide each temporary employee with their job description, wage rates, and eligibility for benefits, anticipated length of employment, and procedures to apply for open, permanent positions. By imposing new duties on local agencies that employ temporary employees, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require complaints alleging a violation of its provisions to be processed as unfair practice charges under the act. The bill would additionally include the same findings and declarations as set forth above. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Position
SB 329 (Dodd D) Cities: city council members: compensation.
Current Text: Enrollment: 6/21/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/7/2023
Last Amend: 4/24/2023
Status: 6/21/2023-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
Location: 6/21/2023-S. ENROLLED
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law authorizes a city council to enact an ordinance to provide each member of the city council a salary based upon the population of the city, as specified. Current law authorizes that amount to be increased by the city council by an amount that does not exceed 5% for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the salary that is in effect when the increase is enacted. Current law provides for the procedures by which a city may enact ordinances. This bill would increase the maximum amount of salary, based upon the population of the city, that may be approved by an ordinance passed by the city council, as specified. The bill would authorize the salary of council members to be increased beyond the specified maximums to an amount not exceeding the greater of either 5% for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the salary in effect when the ordinance or amendment is enacted, or an amount equal to inflation since January 1, 2024, based upon the California Consumer Price Index, which shall not exceed 10% for each calendar year.
Position
SB 769 (Gonzalez D) Local government: fiscal and financial training.
Current Text: Amended: 6/12/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2023
Last Amend: 6/12/2023
Status: 6/21/2023-From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes
1.) (June 21).
Location: 6/21/2023-A. APPR.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require, if a local agency provides any type of compensation, salary, or stipend to a member of a legislative body, or provides reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred by a member of a legislative body in the performance of official duties, all local agency officials, as defined, to receive at least 2 hours of fiscal and financial training, as described. The bill would require the training to be received at least once every 2 years, as provided. The bill would exempt a local agency official from the training requirements if they comply with specified criteria under existing law relating to eligibility for appointment or election to, and continuing education for, the office of county auditor, county treasurer, county tax collector, or county treasurer-tax collector.
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Public Safety LAP
AB 21 (Gipson D) Peace officers: training.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/5/2022 html pdf
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 12/5/2022)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 5/19/2023-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to require field training officers who are instructors for the field training program to have at least 8 hours of crisis intervention behavioral health training to better train new peace officers on how to effectively interact with persons with mental illness or intellectual disability. This bill would require the commission to revise that training to include instruction on how to effectively interact with persons with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. The bill would specify that a field training officer who completed the training prior to January 1, 2025, or who is exempt from completing the training, is not required to take the updated training, but would require a field training officer who has not completed the training on or after January 1, 2025, or who is not exempt from completing the training, to complete the revised training.
The bill would exempt jurisdictions that, prior to January 1, 2024, develop a training that meets the same requirements.
Position
AB 23 (Muratsuchi D) Theft: shoplifting: amount.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/5/2022 html pdf
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 1/26/2023) (May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 4/28/2023-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would amend Proposition 47 by reducing the threshold amount for petty theft and shoplifting from $950 to $400. The bill would provide that it shall become effective only when submitted to, and approved by, the voters of California.
Position
AB 24 (Haney D) Emergency response: opioid antagonist kits.
Current Text: Amended: 4/26/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Last Amend: 4/26/2023
Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/10/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 5/19/2023-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require the State Department of Public Health to compile a list of all counties that are experiencing an opioid overdose crisis, as defined, and publish the list on its internet website. The bill would also require the department to provide opioid antagonist kits free of charge to as many designated facilities as possible in the counties on the list, to create the opioid antagonist poster with easy-to-understand instructions and graphics on the administration of the attached opioid antagonist nasal spray, and to make the determination on how best to allocate and distribute its limited supply of opioid antagonist among its various programs in the event of an opioid antagonist supply shortage.
Position
AB 75 (Hoover R) Shoplifting: increased penalties for prior crimes.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/14/2022 html pdf
Introduced: 12/14/2022
Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 12/14/2022)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 4/28/2023-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacted as an initiative statute by Proposition 47, as approved by the electors in the November 4, 2014, statewide general election, makes the theft of property that does not exceed $950 in value petty theft and makes that crime punishable as a misdemeanor, with certain exceptions. The initiative statute defines shoplifting as entering a commercial establishment with the intent to commit larceny while that establishment is open during regular hours, where the value of the property that is taken or intended to be taken does not exceed $950. The initiative statute requires that shoplifting be punished as a misdemeanor. Current law, as amended by Proposition 47, provides that a registered sex offender or a person with a prior conviction for certain serious or violent felonies, such as a sexually violent offense, who commits petty theft is subject to imprisonment in the county jail for up to one year or in the state prison for 16 months or 2 or 3 years. This bill would reinstate a provision of law that was repealed by Proposition 47 that provides that a person who has been convicted 3 or more times of petty theft, grand theft, or other specified crimes and who is subsequently convicted of petty theft is subject to imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or in a county jail for 18 months or 2 or 3 years.
Position
AB 742 (Jackson D) Law enforcement: police canines.
Current Text: Amended: 5/18/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/13/2023
Last Amend: 5/18/2023
Status: 6/2/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(8). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 5/31/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 6/2/2023-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would prohibit the use of an unleashed police canine by law enforcement to apprehend a person unless the person is being pursued for a felony that threatened or resulted in the death of or serious bodily injury to another person and the person poses an imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury to the officer or to another person and any use of a police canine for crowd control. The bill would prohibit a police canine from being used to bite unless there is an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to the officer or another person by the person against whom the canine is used. The bill would attribute the death of or serious bodily injury to a person caused by a police canine to the canine‘s handler as constituting deadly force. The bill would prohibit law enforcement agencies from authorizing any use or training of a police canine that is inconsistent with this bill.
Position
AB 797 (Weber D) Local government: police review boards.
Current Text: Amended: 3/23/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/13/2023
Last Amend: 3/23/2023
Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 3/23/2023) (May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 4/28/2023-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires each department or agency in this state that employs peace officers to establish a procedure to investigate complaints by members of the public against the personnel of these departments or agencies, and to make a written description of this procedure available to the public. Current law also requires each department or agency to keep and maintain records of complaints and investigations, as specified. This bill would require the governing body of each city and county to, by January 15, 2025, create an independent community-based commission on law enforcement officer practices. The bill would authorize each commission to, among other things, conduct independent investigations of complaints against a police officer or sheriff alleging physical injury to a person, including injuries resulting in a person’s death.
Position
AB 955 (Petrie-Norris D) Controlled substances.
Current Text: Amended: 3/15/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/14/2023
Last Amend: 3/15/2023
Status: 5/1/2023-From committee: That the measure be retained in committee, and that the subject matter be referred to the Committee on Rules for assignment to the proper committee for study. (Ayes
8. Noes 0.) (April 27).
Location: 4/27/2023-A. RLS.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law makes possession of specified controlled substances, including fentanyl, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, except as specified. Current law makes possession of a controlled substance for the purposes of sale of the substance punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period of 2, 3, or 4 years. This bill would make the sale of fentanyl on a social media platform, as defined, in California punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period of 3, 6, or 9 years.
Position
SB 44 (Umberg D) Controlled substances.
Current Text: Amended: 4/13/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Last Amend: 4/13/2023
Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 4/13/2023) (May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 4/28/2023-S. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law makes it a crime to possess for sale or purchase for purpose of sale, transport, import, sell, furnish, administer, give away, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, derive, process, or prepare various controlled substances, including, among others, fentanyl, peyote, and various other opiates and narcotics. This bill, Alexandra’s Law, would require the court to advise a person who is convicted of, or who pleads guilty or no contest to, the above crimes, as specified, of the danger of selling or administering illicit drugs and counterfeit pills and that, if a person dies as a result of that action, the defendant can be charged with homicide. The bill would require the court to read the advisory statement in a case in which the defendant exchanged a controlled substance containing fentanyl or its analogs for anything else of value, as specified. The bill would require the advisory statement to be included in a plea form, if used, and specified on the record.
Position
SB 316 (Niello R) Shoplifting: increased penalties for prior crimes.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/6/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/6/2023
Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was PUB. S. on 2/15/2023) (May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 5/19/2023-S. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law, as amended by Proposition 47, provides that a registered sex offender or a person with a prior conviction for certain serious or violent felonies, such as a sexually violent offense, who commits petty theft is subject to imprisonment in the county jail for up to one year or in the state prison for 16 months or 2 or 3 years. This bill would reinstate a provision of law that was repealed by Proposition 47 that provides that a person who has been convicted 3 or more times of petty theft, grand theft, or other specified crimes and who is subsequently convicted of petty theft is subject to imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or in a county jail for 18 months or 2 or 3 years.
The bill would also make this provision and the provision relating to a person with serious, violent, or sexual prior offenses applicable to a person whose prior or current conviction is for shoplifting.
Position
SB 719 (Becker D) Law enforcement agencies: radio communications.
Current Text: Amended: 3/29/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2023
Last Amend: 3/29/2023
Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 4/24/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 5/19/2023-S. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) to make specified criminal justice databases, including individual criminal histories, wanted and missing persons, and stolen firearms, vehicles, and property, available to participating law enforcement agencies. Current law prohibits unauthorized access to CLETS and the unlawful use of CLETS information by authorized users. Current law authorizes the Attorney General to adopt policies, procedures, and practices related to the use of CLETS. These rules require a participating agency to restrict access to CLETS and define “access” as the ability to see or hear any information obtained from CLETS. This bill would require a law enforcement agency, including the Department of the California Highway Patrol, municipal police departments, county sheriff’s departments, specified local law enforcement agencies, and specified university and college police departments, to, by no later than January 1, 2024, ensure public access, in real time, to the radio communications of that agency, as specified.
Position
Regional Issues and Collaboration LAP
AB 11 (Jackson D) Milton Marks “Little Hoover” Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy.
Current Text: Amended: 3/23/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Last Amend: 3/23/2023
Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 3/29/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 5/19/2023-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes the Milton Marks “Little Hoover” Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy (the commission) for the purpose of securing assistance for the Governor and itself in promoting economy, efficiency, and improved service in the transaction of the public business, as specified, and in making the operation of all state departments, agencies, and instrumentalities, and all expenditures of public funds, more directly responsive to the wishes of the people as expressed by their elected representatives through various means. Existing law declares that the availability of housing is of vital statewide importance. Current law declares that the provision of housing affordable to low- and moderate-income households requires the cooperation of all levels of government. Current law declares that housing prices in California have risen dramatically in all parts of the state in the past decade, while the wealth gap, especially the racial wealth gap, continues to be a growing problem in California. This bill would require the commission to study the causes and effects of the rising cost of living in California and develop solutions toward making California a more affordable place to live, as specified. The bill would require the commission to meet quarterly, as specified. The bill would require the commission to complete 2 reports describing the commission’s findings and recommendations, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2027.
Position
AB 52 (Grayson D) Income tax credit: sales and use taxes paid: manufacturing equipment: research and development equipment.
Current Text: Amended: 6/15/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Last Amend: 6/15/2023
Status: 6/15/2023-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 6/14/2023-S. APPR.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law, authorizes counties and cities to impose local sales and use taxes in conformity with the Sales and Use Tax Law, and current laws authorize districts, as specified, to impose transactions and use taxes in accordance with the Transactions and Use Tax Law, which generally conforms to the Sales and Use Tax Law. Exemptions from state sales and use taxes are automatically incorporated into the local tax laws. This bill would allow, for a taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2024, and before January 1, 2029, a credit against those taxes to a taxpayer in an amount equal to the amount of tax reimbursement paid during
the taxable year for sales tax on gross receipts that would be exempt from taxation under the Sales and Use Tax Law pursuant to the sales and use tax exemption described above but for the provision that prohibits that exemption from applying with respect to any tax levied by a county, city, or district pursuant to, or in accordance with, the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law or the Transactions and Use Tax Law, sales and use taxes imposed pursuant to certain provisions of the Sales and Use Tax Law, and sales and use taxes imposed pursuant to certain provisions of the California Constitution.
Position
AB 1227 (Low D) Elections: County of Santa Clara.
Current Text: Amended: 6/15/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2023
Last Amend: 6/15/2023
Status: 6/15/2023-From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
Location: 5/10/2023-S. E. & C.A.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would authorize the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara to adopt, and a voter of that county to propose by initiative, an ordinance to elect county officers by ranked choice voting, as specified. The bill would authorize the county, in accordance with such an ordinance, to hold a ranked choice voting election at the statewide primary election, the first statewide general election following the statewide primary election at which the election otherwise would be held in accordance with existing law, or a combination thereof, and to use ranked choice voting in special elections to fill vacancies in county offices, as specified.
Position
Sustainability and Environmental Protection LAP
AB 573 (Garcia D) Organic waste: meeting recovered organic waste product procurement targets.
Current Text: Amended: 5/18/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/8/2023
Last Amend: 5/18/2023
Status: 6/14/2023-Referred to Com. on E.Q.
Location: 6/14/2023-S. E.Q.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires, no later than January 1, 2018, the State Air Resources Board to approve and begin implementing a comprehensive short-lived climate pollutant strategy to achieve a certain reduction in statewide emissions of methane, including a goal of a 75% reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025. Current law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations to achieve these organic waste reduction goals, that provide for, among other things, the calculation by the department of recovered organic waste product procurement targets for each local jurisdiction, and that may include penalties to be imposed by the department for noncompliance. This bill would require the department, for purposes of those regulations, to allow a local jurisdiction, until December 1, 2039, in procuring recovered organic waste products to meet the target procurement requirements, to use California-derived recovered organic waste that the local jurisdiction sends for processing at a facility or operation outside of the state that meets certain conditions, as provided.
Position
AB 1482 (Gabriel D) Electric vehicle charging infrastructure: local publicly owned electric utilities.
Current Text: Amended: 5/1/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2023
Last Amend: 5/1/2023
Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/17/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 5/19/2023-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities are under the direction of their governing board. Under its current regulatory authority, the PUC adopted a resolution establishing, for electrical corporations, an average service energization time for electric vehicle charging infrastructure of 125 business days, except as provided, and requiring electrical corporations to provide certain information to the PUC regarding service energization time for electric vehicle infrastructure projects. This bill would require each electrical corporation, consistent with the commission resolution, to achieve a 125-business-day average service energization target starting from when a customer submits an application for service to the energization of an electric vehicle charging infrastructure project, except as provided. The bill would establish, for local publicly owned electric utilities, an average service energization time for electric vehicle charging infrastructure of 125 business days, and would require local publicly owned electric utilities to annually report certain information to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) regarding the service energization time for electric vehicle charging infrastructure projects.
Position
AB 1567 (Garcia D) Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparation, Flood Protection, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Clean Energy, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2024.
Current Text: Amended: 5/26/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2023
Last Amend: 5/26/2023
Status: 6/14/2023-Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and GOV. & F.
Location: 6/14/2023-S. N.R. & W.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would enact the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparation, Flood Protection, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Clean Energy, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2024, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $15,995,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects for safe drinking water, wildfire prevention, drought preparation, flood protection, extreme heat mitigation, clean energy, and workforce development programs.
Position
ACA 2 (Alanis R) Public resources: Water and Wildfire Resiliency Act of 2023.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/5/2022 html pdf
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Status: 4/20/2023-Referred to Coms. on W., P., & W. and NAT. RES.
Location: 4/20/2023-A. W.,P. & W.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would establish the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund within the State Treasury, and would require the Treasurer to annually transfer an amount equal to 3% of all state revenues that may be appropriated as described from the General Fund to the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund. The measure would require the moneys in the fund to be appropriated by the Legislature and would require that 50% of the moneys in the fund be used for water projects, as specified, and that the other 50% of the moneys in the fund be used for forest maintenance and health projects, as specified.
Position
SB 867 (Allen D) Drought, Flood, and Water Resilience, Wildfire and Forest Resilience, Coastal Resilience, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Biodiversity and Nature-Based Climate Solutions, Climate Smart Agriculture, Park Creation and Outdoor Access, and Clean Energy Bond Act of 2024.
Current Text: Amended: 5/18/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2023
Last Amend: 5/18/2023
Status: 6/21/2023-From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 11.
Noes 2.) (June 20).
Location: 6/20/2023-A. NAT. RES.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would enact the Drought, Flood, and Water Resilience, Wildfire and Forest Resilience,
Coastal Resilience, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Biodiversity and Nature-Based Climate Solutions, Climate Smart Agriculture, Park Creation and Outdoor Access, and Clean Energy Bond Act of 2024, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $15,500,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects for drought, flood, and water resilience, wildfire and forest resilience, coastal resilience, extreme heat mitigation, biodiversity and nature-based climate solutions, climate smart agriculture, park creation and outdoor access, and clean energy programs.
Position
Transportation Issues LAP
AB 69 (Waldron R) Transportation: traffic signal synchronization: roadway improvement projects.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/9/2022 html pdf
Introduced: 12/9/2022
Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was TRANS. on 2/2/2023) (May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Location: 4/28/2023-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The State Air Resources Board is required to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020 and to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030, and to adopt rules and regulations in an open public process to achieve the maximum, technologically feasible, and cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions reductions. The act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available upon appropriation. Current law requires the Department of Finance, in consultation with the state board and any other relevant state agency, to develop, as specified, a 3-year investment plan for the moneys deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
Current law authorizes moneys in the fund to be allocated, as specified, for an investment in a traffic signal synchronization component that is part of a sustainable infrastructure project if the component is designed and implemented to achieve cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and includes specific emissions reduction targets and metrics to evaluate the project’s effect. This bill would additionally authorize moneys in the fund to be allocated for an investment in a traffic signal synchronization component that is part of a roadway improvement project requiring multiple signals, including, but not limited to, multimodal redevelopment projects, rail trail projects, urban renewal projects, or a project near transit facilities, if the component is designed and implemented to achieve cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and includes specific emissions reduction targets and metrics to evaluate the project’s effect.
Position
AB 295 (Fong, Vince R) Department of Transportation: maintenance projects.
Current Text: Amended: 5/18/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 1/25/2023
Last Amend: 5/18/2023
Status: 6/14/2023-Referred to Com. on TRANS.
Location: 6/14/2023-S. TRANS.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require the Department of Transportation to expedite roadside maintenance for specified projects related to roadside maintenance and the removal and clearing of material, as provided. The bill would also authorize local governmental entities, fire protection districts, fire safe councils, and tribal entities to notify the department of those projects related to roadside maintenance and the removal and clearing of material that have not been completed in an efficient and timely manner if the continued failure to complete these projects poses a clear and imminent danger, as provided. The bill would require the Division of Maintenance to begin the maintenance project within 90 days of being notified.
Position
AB 825 (Bryan D) Vehicles: bicycles on sidewalks.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/13/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/13/2023
Status: 6/7/2023-Referred to Com. on TRANS.
Location: 6/7/2023-S. TRANS.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would prohibit a local authority from prohibiting the operation of a bicycle on a sidewalk adjacent to a highway or corridor that does not include a Class I, Class II, or Class IV bikeway, as defined. The bill would require a person riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk to yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and to adhere to a 10-miles-per-hour speed limit. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Position
SB 381 (Min D) Electric bicycles: study.
Current Text: Amended: 6/19/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/9/2023
Last Amend: 6/19/2023
Status: 6/19/2023-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re- referred to Com. on TRANS.
Location: 5/4/2023-A. TRANS.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, to, on or before January 1, 2026, conduct a study on electric bicycles to inform efforts to improve the safety of users of the transportation system, and to submit a report of the findings from the study to the Legislature. The bill would require the study to examine, identify, and analyze available information regarding, among other things, data on injuries, crashes, emergency room visits, and deaths related to bicycles and electric bicycles and best practices for policy to promote safe use of electric bicycles.
Position
Water Supply and Conservation LAP
AB 249 (Holden D) Water: schoolsites: lead testing: conservation.
Current Text: Amended: 5/18/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 1/18/2023
Last Amend: 5/18/2023
Status: 6/14/2023-Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and ED.
Location: 6/14/2023-S. E.Q.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require a community water system that serves a schoolsite, as defined, to test for lead in the potable water system outlets of the schoolsite before January 1, 2027, except for potable water system outlets in buildings that were either constructed after January 1, 2010, or modernized after January 1, 2010, and all faucets and other end point devices used for providing potable water were replaced as part of the modernization. The bill would require the community water system to report its findings to the applicable school or local educational agency and to the State Water Resources Control Board. The bill would require the local educational agency or school, if the lead level exceeds a specified level at a schoolsite, to notify the parents and guardians of the pupils who attend the schoolsite, take immediate steps to make inoperable and shut down from use all fountains and faucets where the excess lead levels may exist, and work with the schoolsites under its jurisdiction to ensure that a potable source of drinking water is provided for pupils, as specified. The bill would require a community water system to test a potable water system outlet that replaces an outlet that is found to have excess levels of lead. The bill would require a community water system to prepare a sampling plan for each schoolsite where lead sampling is required under these provisions. The bill would require the state board to make the results of schoolsite lead sampling publicly available by posting the results on its internet website. By imposing additional duties on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Position
AB 939 (Pellerin D) Santa Clara Valley Water District.
Current Text: Amended: 4/13/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 2/14/2023
Last Amend: 4/13/2023
Status: 6/8/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Location: 6/8/2023-S. THIRD READING
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Santa Clara Valley Water District Act creates the Santa Clara Valley Water District and authorizes the district to levy ad valorem taxes or assessments in the district to pay the general administrative costs and expenses of the district, to carry out the act’s objects or purposes, and to pay the costs and expenses of constructing or extending works within the district. The act additionally authorizes the district to levy taxes or assessments upon all property or all real property within a portion of the district for specified purposes. The act authorizes the district to issue bonds for specified purposes, and requires that the bonds be paid by revenue derived from those tax levies and assessments, except the ad valorem taxes or assessments. This bill would additionally authorize the district to use the revenues from the ad valorem taxes or assessments to pay for the bonds.
Position
SB 3 (Dodd D) Discontinuation of residential water service: public water system.
Current Text: Amended: 6/15/2023 html pdf
Introduced: 12/5/2022
Last Amend: 6/15/2023
Status: 6/21/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 6/21/2023-A. APPR.
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Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to provide for the deposit into the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund of certain moneys and continuously appropriates the moneys in the fund to the state board for grants, loans, contracts, or services to assist eligible recipients. This bill would require the board to, upon appropriation by the Legislature, expend moneys to provide training statewide to community water systems with between 15 and 200 service connections to meet compliance with the Water Shutoff Protection Act.
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Total Measures: 69
Total Tracking Forms: 69