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EXHIBIT D
Project Schedule and Costs
Payment Rates
Customer will pay the Load Development Fee based on the current published fee in the Municipal Fee Schedule adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clara and amended from time to time. Customer shall also be responsible for actual costs for Substation Facilities and Transmission Facilities.
Payment Schedule
All SVP Estimated Amounts are based on estimated costs and fees at the time of this Agreement. Actual amounts will be based on actual costs and fees at the time of invoice.
Table D1 - Payment Milestone Schedule
Milestone SVP Invoice Date (payment due 30 days after
invoicing)
1 City will invoice within 30 Days following execution of Substation Agreement (Milestone payment amount
includes Load Development Fees for 20MVA
$6,979,800)
City will invoice for LDF for the difference between 20 MVA and the dollar amount aid for Interim Service.
SVP's Estimated
Amount
$11,507,800
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5 City will invoice 30 days before Notice to Proceed is issued to Transmission Line contractor.
Invoiced after energization of Substation Facilities . City will invoice customer for the difference between
estimated costs billed in PM 1, PM 2, and PM 3 and
actual costs.
Phase O Load Development Fee; City will invoice 2
years following substation facilities energized; 10 MVA block
$840,000
$TBD
$3,489,900
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after the substantial completion of the Substation Facilities. SVP will use its commercially reasonable efforts to meet Customer's anticipated service date. SVP is not obligated to compress its testing and commissioning schedule to meet Customer's anticipated service date.
Table D2 - Substation Design and Construction Elements
Transmission Interconnection Process to run concurrent with Substation Design, Build and Test Process
All SVP Estimated Costs are based on estimated costs and fees at the time of this Agreement. Actual amounts will be based on actual costs and fees at the time of invoice.
Estimated
Substation Design Duration SVP Estimated & Construction Time Costs Payment Milestone Comments Elements Frame of
work
$1,340,000 includes all
PM #1 $940,000 - City will work for Substation
invoice within 30 days after Design and
agreement is executed. Transmission Design
Substation Design 3 Months $1,340,000 Payment is due within 30 elements. Funds days of invoice date. Work received from a Funding
will commence once City Agreement ($400,000)
receives payment in full. is credited to this
payment milestone .
Substation Design Build & Test Process: Start date based on date the substation agreement is executed by City Control Building
Procurement
Drawings & Contract 6 Months
Specification
Preparation
SVP Control Building
Bid Assistance and 9 Months Shop Drawing
Review
Substation Design
Drawings & Contract 8 Months Specification
Preparation
Substation
Construction 8 Months
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Estimated costs included in Concurrent with
PM #1 (Substation Design) Substation Drawing
Preparation
Concurrent with Estimated costs included in Substation Drawing PM #1 (Substation Design) Preparation Customer may perform
Estimated costs included in this task concurrent with
PM #1 (Substation Design) Control Building
Drawing Prep
Estimated costs of
Engineering support of Construction costs paid construction including directly by Customer submittal review is included in PM#1
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Substation
Commissioning &
Testing
Total Substation
Design, Construct,
Test process
Estimated
Duration
Time
Frame of
work
3 Months
22 months
Transmission Interconnection Process.
Transmission Line
Interconnection
Design
Transmission Pole
and Conductor
Procurement
Easement
Acquisition
Public Works
Bidding
Transmission (T
line) construction
6 months
5 months
9 Months
4 Months
SVP Estimated
Costs
$270,000
Payment Milestone Comments
$1,610,000 is a subtotal
This cost is a subtotal and not for SubStation Design,
$1 610 000 Construct, and Test ' ' a part of a payment milestone process. Best case time frame.
Concurrent with Substation Desi n, Build and Test rocess PM #1 $750,000. City will
invoice 30 days after
Substation Agreement is
executed Payment is due
$750,000 within 30 days of invoice date.
$2,210,000
$778,000
Work will commence once
City receives payment in full.
PM #1: Route 1 - $2,210,000
City will invoice 30 days
before Public Works contract
is submitted to City Council
for approval. Payment is due
30 days from invoice date.
PM #1 $628,000. City will
invoice 30 days after
Substation Agreement is
executed. Payment is due
within 30 days of invoice date.
Work will commence once
City receives payment in full.
$2, 210,000 includes all
long lead time material
procurement and
fabrication work for the
Transmission Line
Interconnection
elements.
$778,000 is total for
easement acquisition
and negotiation. Funds
received from a Funding
Agreement Amendment
($150,000) is credited to
this payment milestone.
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Estimated
Substation Design Duration SVP Estimated & Construction Time Costs Elements Frame of work
Construction of
Transmission Line
Extension
Includes the T-line 2 months $5,500,000 construction
associated with
connecting the
substation to the
SVP 60kV loo
Transm ission Line
Interconnect ion & 6 Months
Cit Labor
Transm ission
Interconnection 30 months $9,238,000
rocess com lete
Not Miscellaneous costs $840,000 Applicable
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Payment Milestone Comments
Estimated Costs included in
Construction of Transmission
Line Extension PM#2
This amount is a subtotal and Advisory Comment: not part of a payment milestone Best case time frame .
Potential miscellaneous
costs could include:
Permits from City of
Santa Clara or other
regulatory agencies, 3rd
party temporary
construction easement
fees that are not
included in transmission
PM #3: Payment due within line easement fees,
utility relocation work, 30 days of invoice from City. costs for soil remediation or disposal
of hazardous materials
not previously identified,
CEQA mitigation fees,
substation testing and
commission ing costs not
previously charged, and
5% Contribution in Lieu
to General Fund
Estimated
Substation Design Duration SVP Estimated & Construction Time Costs Elements Frame of work
Project close out and Not To be determined
reconciliation Applicable at end of Project
Estimated Total for
Substation &
30 Transmission $11,688,000 Design & Months
Construction
Elements
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Payment Milestone Comments
Close out costs include
any costs that exceed
PM #4 _ City will invoke the cost estimates such as,
but not limited to: SVP difference between estimated labor and material costs costs and actual costs. incurred during the Payment is due 30 days after project, interim service invoice date. removal costs, If estimated costs are greater construction inspection
costs , as-built than actual costs, City will documentation costs refund remaining funds to and costs associated Customer within sixty (60) with adding new days of the conclusion of . transmission and invoicing by any third p_artIes substation assets into performing work associated SVP inspection and with Agreement inventory databases , and 5% Contribution in
Lieu to General Fund.
Estimated duration
includes net duration
with schedule
overlaps included.
Schedule assumes
best case scenario
(Transmission
Interconnection
Process) and no
delays due to
unforeseen events
such as weather for
force maieure
Table D3 Load Development Fee Schedule (based on 40 MVA) All Estimated Amounts are based on fees at the time of this Agreement.
Actual Amounts will be based on fees at the time of invoice.
Additional Fees to Time
be paid by the Frame from Estimated Payme nt Milestone Comments Effect ive Cost Customer Date Interim Service Fee $ Interim service already existing
(based on 4.5MVA) Existing None to site. No additional payment re uired.
Payment estimate based on
City will PM #1 $6,979,800 - PM #1 - Customer Load Development Load Development invoice City will invoice first 20MVA Fee= $348.99/kVA. Load within 30 Development Fees are based Fee (based on days of $6,979,800 of Interim Service. Payment on City of Santa Clara 20MVA) execution of is due 30 days after date of Municipal Fee Schedule in agreement invoice. effect at time of invoice to
Customer.
City will Payment estimate based on invoice PM #5 $3,489 ,900 - City will within 30 invoice 10MVA of Available Customer Load Development Load Development days after Capacity. Fee= $348 .99/kVA. Load Fee (based on Available $3,489,900 Development Fees are based 10MVA) Capacity in City must receive payment in on City of Santa Clara Table E1 full before capacity will be Municipal Fee Schedule in effect at time of invoice to exceeds 20 made available to Customer. Customer. MVA City will
invoice
within 30
Load Development days after
Fee (based on Available $3,489,900
10MVA) Capacity in
Table E1
exceeds 30
MVA
Tota l for Load $13,959,600 Develo ment Fees
ESTIMATED GRAND TOTAL FOR ENTIRE PROJECT: $25,647 ,600
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EXHIBIT E
AVAILABLE CAPACITY SCHEDULE
I. SVP will make commercially reasonable efforts to make Available Capacity for Customer's use based on the timeline shown in Table E1 ("Available Capacity Schedule").
II. The start date of the Available Capacity Schedule is the July 1st following the energization date of the Substation Facilities ("Capacity Start Date").
Ill. The Phase Start Date for each phase assumes Customer has paid all amounts due including, but not limited to, Load Development Fees and charges included in Exhibit D before the start of that Phase.
IV. Table E1 - Available Capacity Schedule is subject to the provisions of Section 6.C. (Capacity Reduction) of the Agreement and may be modified pursuant to the terms of that section.
Table E1 -Available Capacity Schedule
Available Capacity for Cumulative Load Phase Start Phase End Load Phase Date Date Year
Date Date 2022
Interim Substation Substation
Agreement Facilities 2023
Executed Energization
Substation 3 years after 2024
0 Facilities Facilities 2025
Energization Energization 2026 Date Date
Substation 2027
Facilities 3 years after 2028
1 Energization Phase 1
date +3 Start Date 2029
years
Substation 2030
Facilities 2 years after
2 Energization Phase 2 2031 date +6 Start Date
years
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Capacity Paid Development (MVA) Fee Payment Capacity
1 20 20
4.5 0 20
5 0 20
18 0 20
28 10 20
31 10 30
31 0 40
31 0 40
31 0 40
31 0 40
EXHIBIT F
Sample Capacity Reduction Notice
This Capacity Reduction Notice is made pursuant to the [INSERT SUBSTATION NAME] Substation Agreement (the "Agreement"), between the City of Santa Clara, California, a chartered California municipal corporation ("City") and [INSERT NAME OF ENTITY], [INSERT TYPE OF ENTITY] ("Customer") dated _ ____ , 20_ This Capacity Reduction Notice is governed by the provisions of the Agreement, and this Capacity Reduction Notice is incorporated into that Agreement.
Customer is hereby notified that the Available Capacity Schedule (Exhibit E -Available Capacity Schedule) of the Agreement has been modified according to the below calculations:
Capacity Reduction Calculation pursuant to Phase#: [INSERT SUBJECT PHASE] Available Capacity for year:
calculation:
___ has been modified based on the following
1. Peak Demand for [INSERT FIRST CONSECUTIVE MONTH], 20_ during evaluation period [INSERT PHASE OR YEAR STATED IN STEP
1]: _ ___ MVA
2. Peak Demand for [INSERT SECOND CONSECUTIVE MONTH], 20_ during evaluation period [INSERT PHASE OR YEAR IN STEP
1]: ____ ____ MVA
3. Peak Demand for [INSERT THIRD CONSECUTIVE MONTH], 20_ during evaluation period [INSERT PHASE OR YEAR STATED IN STEP
1]: ________ MVA
4. Peak Demand average of the 3 months: [INSERT AVERAGE OF STEPS 3, 4, AND 5] MVA
5. Peak Demand average with Additional 15%: [INSERT MVA FROM STEP 6 MULTIPLIED BY 1.15] MVA
Based on the above reduction calculation, Table E1 - Available Capacity Schedule in Exhibit E of the Agreement has been modified. This Capacity Reduction Notice is effective 30 days from the date signed by the SVP official below.
The new Available Capacity for each Load Phase of Agreement is as shown on Exhibit E -AVAILABLE CAPACITY SCHEDULE -AMENDED [ENTER DATE OF NOTICE+ 30 Days] attached and incorporated into the Agreement by reference. Such Exhibit E shall supersede any previous Exhibit E whether those Exhibits were modified by amendment to the Agreement or by Capacity Reduction Notice. 1220 Santa Clara PropCo, LLC Substation Agreement
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By:
Name: ------------
Tit I e: Chief Electric Utility Officer
Signature: ____________ _
Date: -----------
File: File signed copy of Notice with the City Clerk's Office in Memorex Junction Substation Agreement
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AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO THE SUBSTATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA AND
1220 SANTA CLARA PROPCO, LLC
PREAMBLE
This Amendment No. 1 to the Substation Agreement (“Amendment No. 1”) is entered into between the City of Santa Clara, California, a chartered California municipal corporation (“City”) and 1220 Santa Clara Propco, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company (“Customer”). City and Customer may be referred to individually as a “Party” or collectively as “Parties.”
RECITALS
A. The Parties previously entered into an agreement entitled “Substation Agreement By and Between the City of Santa Clara, California and 1220 Santa Clara Propco, LLC,” dated May 5, 2022 (Agreement), and
B. On ___________________________, 2025, the Parties entered into a settlement agreement to resolve a dispute concerning the Substation Agreement and limitations concerning the Available Capacity described therein (Settlement Agreement) and this Amendment No. 1 is the product of the Settlement Agreement and fully reflects the Parties’ mutual intent.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:
AMENDMENT TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUBSTATION AGREEMENT
1. Subsection 1.A. of the Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
“Capacity” is the maximum or peak amount of electric power (electricity) that may be received by Customer for use at a specific point in time and is determined by Transmission System Operating Limits and this Agreement.
1. “Available Capacity” is the Capacity depicted in Exhibit E, Available Capacity Schedule, Amended, Table E1 and is the maximum Capacity available to be used by the Customer during each year of each Load Phase.
2. “Available Capacity Schedule” means the phased schedule by which the City anticipates Capacity requested by Customer will be available and is specifically set forth in Exhibit E, Available Capacity Schedule, Amended, Table E1.
3. “Interim Capacity” is the Capacity available from SVP from 12 kV distribution feeders prior to operation of the Substation Facilities.
4. “Total Capacity” is the Customer requested maximum MVA capacity and cannot exceed 99 MVA. While the Substation Facilities , Transmission Facilities, and System Capacity Improvement Facility will be designed to meet Total Capacity, the maximum Capacity available to Customer is the Available Capacity for each Load Phase.
2 2. Subsection 1.E. of the Agreement, the definition of “Load Phase”, is corrected to reflect that “Load Phase” is depicted in Exhibit E, not Exhibit D.
3. Subsection 1.F. of the Agreement, the definition of “System Capacity Improvement Facilities”, is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
“System Capacity Improvement Facilities ” are the system improvements required by City to support the Available Capacity. System Capacity Improvement Facilities include projects on SVP’s 230kV, 115kV, and 60kV transmission lines, SVP receiving stations, Pacific Gas & Electric Company (“PG&E”) Bulk Electric System Improvements, and include the following projects: SVP’s Kifer Receiving Station (“KRS”) Battery Energy Storage System (“ BESS”) Project, PG&E’s Series Compensation Project , LS Power’s Newark-Northern Receiving Station (“NRS”) 230kV line, SVP’s NRS upgrade, SVP’s KRS 115 kV upgrade, SVP’s Scott Receiving Station (“SRS”) 115 kV upgrade, and the completion of SVP’s new NRS-KRS 115 kV line.
4. A new Subsection 1.G. is added to the Agreement as follows:
“Transmission System Operating Limits” means (1) the maximum allowable Bulk Electric System (BES) operating limits the SVP electric system is capable of operating as determined by the National Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Reliability Standards o r as otherwise required by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), or (2) for non-BES facilities, such other operating limits on the SVP electric system as determined by SVP.
5. Subsection 2.B.6. of the Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Customer has requested a Total Capacity of 90 MVA. In the event that 90 MVA is not included in the Available Capacity Schedule SVP and Customer shall meet at least once per year to consider amendments to this Agreement to modify the Available Capacity Schedule to increase the Available Capacity to the requested Total Capacity of 90 MVA.
6. Subsection 4.A.1. of the Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
SVP will provide up to the Available Capacity for Customer’s use in each Load Phase as detailed in the Available Capacity Schedule to the Premises, upon completion of the Substation Facilities, Transmission Facilities and required System Capacity Improvement Facilities. For avoidance of doubt, “completion” of the System Capacity Improvement Facilities means that the specific upgrade project has been placed into service.
7. Subsection 4.A.3. of the Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
[Intentionally Omitted]
3 8. Subsection 4.A.4. of the Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
The Parties agree that the provision and use of the Available Capacity is subject to applicable SVP rules, regulations, rate schedules, laws, technical documents and requirements, as they may be amended from time to time.
9. Subsection 5.A.1. of the Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Upon completion of the Substation Facilities , Transmission Facilities, and System Capacity Improvement Facilities, SVP shall provide the Available Capacity (inclusive of any Interim Service that is transferred to the Substation Facilities) for each Load Phase as detailed in the Available Capacity Schedule.
10. A new Subsection 5.A.3. is added to the Agreement as follows:
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, SVP may, in its sole discretion, remotely control Customer’s feeder breakers on the Premises at the subtransmission (60kV) and distribution system levels in accordance with generally applicable operating practices and only to the extent necessary to maintain grid reli ability. Specifically, SVP shall (a) include Customer’s breakers and switches on the Premises in SVP’s Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (“SCADA”) system; and (b) remotely control Customer’s feeder breakers at the low side of the Substation Facilities’ transformers at the subtransmission (60kV) level, as depicted in Exhibit G. To implement this remote control, SVP will develop the necessary circuit design specifications, Customer will design the circuits per SVP’s specifications, and SVP will review the Customer’s circuit design. Customer will be responsible for the cost of making the changes on its side of the Substation Facilities (including SVP’s cost of developing the design specifications, and reviewing the Customer’s circuit design), and SVP will be responsible for the costs of making the required changes on its side of the Substation Facilities. Customer shall fully cooperate with SVP to allow SVP to implement the provisions of this Section 5.A.3. In connection with the foregoing and not in any way limiting Customer’s cooperation, Customer shall provide SVP with reasonable access to the Premises and the Customer -owned portion of the Substation Facilities, as SVP determines necessary, for the inspection, installation, operation, and maintenance of any equipment required for SVP to implement this Section
5.A.3.
11. Subsection 6.A. of the Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
The Available Capacity Schedule may only be modified through an amendment to this Agreement or a Capacity Reduction as described in this Section. Customer shall pay Load Development Fees for the first 20 MVA 4 of Available Capacity based on the Payment Schedule in Exhibit D – Table D3.
12. Subsection 6.C. of the Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
For Load Phases No. 5 and following, City will invoice applicable Load Development Fees within thirty (30) days (or soon thereafter) following the occurrence of a Load Phase. Customer shall pay the invoiced amount no later than thirty (30) days of the issuance of the invoice. Failure to make such payment by the date specified shall result in suspension of the Load Phase until such payment is received. For clarity, with respect to Load Phase 5, Customer has already paid the Load Development Fees for (a total of) 20 MVA, so Customer shall be invoiced for the Load Development Fees on 11 MVA.
13. Subsection 6.D.1 of the Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
SVP shall not reduce Available Capacity pursuant to this Section D before July 1, 2035.
14. Subsection 6.D.2 of the Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Subject to Subsection D.1, above, SVP at its sole discretion may reduce Available Capacity based on Customer’s Peak Demand. The Customer’s Peak Demand is calculated as the highest demand average over three (3) consecutive monthly billing periods within the applicable Load Phase set forth in the Available Capacity Schedule. This reduced Available Capacity is calculated as the Customer’s Peak Demand plus 15%.
15. Subsection 6.D.3 of the Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
SVP shall notify the Customer of any proposed reduction in Available Capacity at least one year before the reduction in Available Capacity is set to take effect and afford an opportunity for Customer to cure such alleged failure to achieve the required Peak Demand . If Customer has not cured such alleged failure during that year, SVP may notify Customer of the Available Capacity Schedule modification by means of a Capacity Reduction Notice in substantially the same format as Exhibit F - Sample Capacity Reduction Notice. The Capacity Reduction Notice shall include an amended Available Capacity Schedule. Within 30 days of receiving a Capacity Reduction Notice, Customer may elect to pay a charge for unused capacity in lieu of the proposed reduction to the Available Capacity described in the Capacity Reduction Notice. The charge for unused capacity shall be described in the Capacity Reduction Notice.
5 16. Subsection 6.D.6 of the Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
SVP may at its sole discretion continue to issue Capacity Reduction Notices by evaluating the highest demand average over (3) three consecutive monthly billing periods within the applicable Load Phase set forth in the Available Capacity Schedule.
17. Subsection 6.E. of the Agreement is amended to reflect “Exhibit E – Available Capacity Schedule, Amended, Table E1” instead of “Table E1.”
18. Section 11 of the Agreement is amended to be entitled “HOLD HARMLESS/INDEMNIFICATION/NO CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES” and to add a new Subsection 11.D. to read as follows:
Neither Party shall not be liable to the Party for incidental, consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages, regardless of whether advised of, or otherwise if that other Party should have been aware of, the possibility of such damages, and regardless of the legal theory or basis for such claim.
19. EXHIBIT D, Table D1 – Payment Milestone Schedule to the Agreement is deleted and replaced with Table D1 – Payment Milestone Schedule attached hereto and incorporated into the Agreement by reference.
20. EXHIBIT D, Table D3 – Load Development Fee Schedule (based on 40 MVA) is deleted and replaced with Table D3 – Load Development Fee Schedule (based on 40 MVA) attached hereto and incorporated into the Agreement by reference.
21. EXHIBIT E - AVAILABLE CAPACITY SCHEDULE, including Table E1 – Available Capacity Schedule, to the Agreement is deleted and replaced with “EXHIBIT E - AVAILABLE CAPACITY SCHEDULE, AMENDED,” and Table E1, both attached hereto and incorporated into the Agreement by reference.
22. A new EXHIBIT G – REMOTE CONTROL OF FEEDER BREAKERS is added to the Agreement, both attached hereto and incorporated into the Agreement by reference.
23. Except as set forth herein, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. In case of a conflict in the terms of the Agreement and this Amendment No. 1, the provisions of this Amendment No. 1 shall control.
6 The effective date of this Amendment No. 1 is the date of City’s execution of this amendment.
The Parties acknowledge and accept the terms and conditions of this Amendment No. 1 as evidenced by the following signatures of their duly authorized representatives.
CITY:
CITY OF SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA,
a Chartered California Municipal Corporation
D/B/A Silicon Valley Power
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
By:
GLEN R. GOOGINS JŌVAN D. GROGAN
City Attorney City Manager
STACK:
1220 Santa Clara Propco, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
By: _________________________
Name: Timothy Kuester
Its: Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Authorized Signatory
7 Table D1 - Payment Milestone Schedule
Milestone SVP Invoice Date (payment due 30 days after
invoicing)
SVP’s Estimated Amount
1 City invoiced within 30 Days following
execution of Substation Agreement
(Milestone payment #1 and Load
Development Fees for 20MVA
($6,979,800).
City invoiced the amounts in Milestone 1
on May 19, 2022. Customer paid the
amount in full ($11,507,800).
$11,507,800
Amount includes (1)
Milestone Payment to cover
City’s non-LDF costs
($4,528,000) and LDF for 20
MVA ($6,979,800)
2 Invoiced 30 Days before Public Works
contract is submitted to City Council for
approval.
$5,770,000
3 City invoiced 30 days before Notice to
Proceed was issued to Transmission Line
contractor.
$840,000
4 Invoiced after energization of Substation
Facilities. City invoiced customer for the
difference between estimated costs billed in
PM 1, PM 2, and PM 3 and actual costs
(excludes LDF payment).
$TBD
5 LDF Payment outside of the 20 MVA shall be
paid in accordance with Section 6.C of the
Agreement.
n/a
8 Table D3 Load Development Fee Schedule (based on 40 MVA)
All Estimated Amounts are based on fees at the t ime of this Agreement.
Actual Amounts will be based on fees at the time of invoice.
LDF Payments
Time Frame
from Effective
Date
Estimated
Amount of
LDF
Payment
Milestone
Comments
Load
Development
Fee for first
20MVA
City invoiced
30 days after
execution of
agreement
$6,979,800
PM #1
$6,979,800 - paid
Payment based on
Load Development
Fee (LDF) =
$348.99/kVA.
LDFs are based on
City of Santa Clara
Municipal Fee
Schedule in effect
at time of invoice
to Customer.
LDF Payments
for Load Phases
Above 20 MVA
shall be in
accordance with
Section 6.C of
the Agreement
Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
9 EXHIBIT E
AVAILABLE CAPACITY SCHEDULE
(Amended _____ , 2025)
A. SVP shall make commercially reasonable efforts to provide Available Capacity for Customer’s use based on the timeline shown in Available Capacity Schedule set forth below.
B. Subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Contingencies described below, the Available Capacity shall be provided in accordance with the Available Capacity Schedule.
C. Failure to make such payment by the date specified shall result in suspension of the Load Phase until such payment is received.
D. Contingencies: The Available Capacity of Load Phase 6 is contingent on the completion of SVP’s Kifer Receiving Station (KRS) Battery Energy Storage System Project and PG&E’s Series Compensation Project. The Available Capacity of Load Phase 7 through Load Phase 10 are contingent on the completion of LS Power’s Newark-Northern Receiving Station (NRS) 230 kV line, SVP’s NRS upgrade, SVP’s KRS 115 kV upgrade, SVP’s Scott Receiving Station (SRS) 115 kV upgrade, and the completion of SVP’s new NRS-KRS 115 kV line. For purposes of these Contingencies, “completion” means when the specific upgrade project identified herein has been placed into service.
E. Table E1 - Available Capacity Schedule is subject to the provisions of Section 6.D. (Capacity Reduction) of the Agreement and may be modified pursuant to the terms of that section, but only upon SVP providing notice and opportunity to cure as set forth in Section 6.D.
10 Table E1 – Available Capacity Schedule
Load Phase
Load Phase Start Date Load Phase End
Date
Available Capacity
1 (Interim
Capacity)
2022 (on Effective Date) Ends on
Commencement of
Load Phase 2
1 MVA
2 (Interim
Capacity)
2023 (on Effective Date) Ends on
Commencement of
Load Phase 3
4.5 MVA
3 July 1, 2024 Ends on
Commencement of
Load Phase 4
5 MVA
4 July 1, 2025 Ends on
Commencement of
Load Phase 5
18 MVA
5 July 1, 2026 Ends on
Commencement of
Load Phase 6
31 MVA
6 July 1, 2027 Ends on
Commencement of
Load Phase 7
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City of Santa Clara
Agenda Report
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REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Informational Report on 2026 Q1 Legislative Updates
BACKGROUND
On October 9, 2018, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 18-8611 to approve a Legislative Advocacy Position (LAP) Policy. The LAP Policy establishes guidelines for advancing City goals and positions through legislative review and advocacy at the regional, state, and federal levels of government. The policy also provides guidance for City officials who serve on regional, state, and national boards, committees, and commissions when they are asked to review public policy matters and issues.
The Council is required to annually adopt or update LAPs at the beginning of the calendar year to identify specific legislative priorities outside of the LAP Policy’s legislative guiding principles. On March 10, 2026, the City Council adopted eleven (11) LAPs that were updated for 2026 on the following key issues:
· Broadband, Cable Services, and Wireless Telecommunications Facilities · Community Services
· Emergency Management
· Energy Legislation, Regulations and Issues
· Housing
· Human Resources and Public Sector Employment
· Public Safety
· Regional Issues and Collaboration
· Sustainability and Environmental Protection
· Transportation Issues
· Water Supply and Conservation
The LAP Policy includes the following procedures that streamline the City’s legislative review and advocacy process:
· If the City Council has previously adopted a policy directly relevant to the legislation or the proposed legislation is generally consistent with the City’s overall guiding principles for legislative advocacy or LAP, the Mayor or City Manager may sign a letter supporting or opposing legislation on behalf of the City.
· In order to keep the City Council informed of all City communications on legislation, copies of the letter or summary of actions will be distributed to the City Council as information items in the Council Meeting Agendas.
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· Staff will provide and/or coordinate quarterly legislative updates on public policy items of interest to the City Council and departments.
In coordination with staff, the City’s legislative advocacy consultant, Townsend Public Affairs, Inc. (Townsend), tracks legislation and advocates the City’s position on various legislation at the state and federal levels of government. This report provides an update on such efforts.
DISCUSSION
A 2026 Q1 Legislative Update prepared by Townsend summarizes key state and federal updates that have occurred recently (Attachment 1).
City action on legislative items during the quarter is documented in the 2026 Q1 Legislative Action Summary (Attachment 2), along with copies of legislative letters, in accordance with the LAP Policy requirement to provide copies of the letters or a summary of actions to the City Council. Additionally, Townsend has provided a 2026 Q1 legislative bill matrix that summarizes the status of bills of interest (Attachment 3).
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a “project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5) in that it is a governmental organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect changes in the environment.
FISCAL IMPACT
The City has an existing agreement with Townsend Public Affairs for state and federal legislative advocacy services. Townsend’s services described in this report are included in the consultant’s monthly service fee.
COORDINATION
This report has been coordinated with Townsend Public Affairs and the City Attorney’s Office.
PUBLIC CONTACT
Public contact was made by posting the Council agenda on the City’s official-notice bulletin board outside City Hall Council Chambers. A complete agenda packet is available on the City’s website and in the City Clerk’s Office at least 72 hours prior to a Regular Meeting and 24 hours prior to a Special Meeting. A hard copy of any agenda report may be requested by contacting the City Clerk’s Office at (408) 615-2220, email [email protected] or at the public information desk at any City of Santa Clara public library.
RECOMMENDATION
Note and file the informational report on 2026 Q1 legislative updates.
Reviewed by: Christine Jung, Deputy City Manager
Approved by: Jovan D. Grogan, City Manager
ATTACHMENTS
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1. 2026 Q1 Legislative Update by Townsend Public Affairs
2. 2026 Q1 Legislative Action Summary
3. 2026 Q1 Legislative Bill Matrix
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M E M O
R A N D U M
To: City
of Santa Clara
From: Townsend Public Affairs
Casey Elliott, Vice President
Date: April 21, 2026
Subject: Q uarterly Legislative Update
In March, the Legislature transitioned into the initial policy committee phase of the legislative session, as newly introduced legislation was assigned to policy committees. By mid- to late - month, policy committees were hearing a high volume of bills, many for the first time, as lawmakers worked to advance priority legislation.
At the same time, budget committees and subcommittees in both houses continued their review of the Governor’s proposed budget, holding hearings focused on departmental proposals, program funding, and implementation. Informational and oversight hearings als o remained a central component of legislative activity, providing additional context on key policy issues and emerging priorities.
Looking ahead, bills with fiscal impacts must advance out of policy committees and move to fiscal committees by April 24, while measures without fiscal implications must clear policy committees by May 1 in order to proceed to their respective house floors.
The Legislature adjourned for its spring recess on March 26, temporarily pausing committee and floor activity. Lawmakers are scheduled to reconvene on April 6, at which time policy committee hearings and budget deliberations are expected to resume at an accelerated pace as deadlines approach.
STATE BUDGET UPDATE
LAO Revenue Outlook Update
In February, the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) released an updated forecast indicating that the state’s three largest tax revenue sources, personal income, corporation, and sales taxes, are projected to exceed the Governor’s Budget assumptions by approximately $6 billion.
The upward revision is driven primarily by stronger -than-anticipated personal income tax collections, supported by continued stock market gains. Much of this growth reflects elevated investment returns and higher compensation in the technology sector, including activity associated with artificial intelligence, which has increased tax withholding and overall income tax receipts.
Income tax revenues have been buoyed by an unusually strong equity market. Major stock indices have roughly doubled in value since 2020 and increased by about 70 percent over the past three
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years. In addition, December and January income tax payments — which capture investment and business earnings — were more than 50 percent higher than during the same period in the prior year, contributing significantly to the improved revenue outlook.
Despite the stronger near -term outlook, the LAO advises caution. Economic conditions outside the technology sector remain uneven, and revenues tied to capital gains and market performance have historically proven volatile and subject to rapid reversal during downturns. While the state’s revenue outlook has improved relative to budget expectations, ongoing economic uncertainty and the volatility of key revenue sources suggest these gains may not translate into long- term fiscal stability.
LAO Reviews Governor’s Proposal to Streamline Affordable Housing Financing In March, the Legislative Analyst’s Office released an analysis of the Governor’s 2026–27 budget proposals aimed at simplifying affordable housing financing and improving coordination across state programs. The proposals build on recent efforts to reduce administrative complexity and accelerate housing production by creating a more centralized and predictable funding structure.
Affordable housing developments in California typically rely on multiple public funding sources, including federal tax credits and state subsidy programs, which are administered by different agencies with varying timelines and requirements. The LAO notes that this fragmented system has historically contributed to project delays and increased development costs. In response, the state has begun restructuring its housing finance programs, including the creation of the Housing Development and Finance Committee (HDFC) within the California Housing and Homelessness Agency as part of the 2025– 26 budget. The HDFC is intended to serve as a centralized entry point for affordable housing funding beginning in 2026.
The Governor’s 2026– 27 proposal would expand the role of HDFC by consolidating staff and resources to support a unified application and funding process, while also restructuring key programs and financing tools. Proposed changes include modifying the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program by shifting its housing component to HDFC while maintaining the transportation component at the Strategic Growth Council, as well as prioritizing the use of private activity bonds and tax credits for affordable housing projects.
The LAO describes the Administration’s proposals as part of a broader effort to streamline affordable housing financing and centralize program administration, while also identifying areas where additional flexibility and legislative direction may be warranted. The report outlines several recommendations, including advancing the consolidation of housing programs under HDFC, allowing for a single application process for projects that combine housing and transportation funding, and requiring additional reporting to improve transparency around funding demand, project outcomes, and system performance. The LAO also suggests modifications to certain proposed funding set-asides to better align with annual demand and emphasizes prioritization of resources for projects serving the lowest-income households.
As the budget process continues, the Legislature is expected to further evaluate the structure of the AHSC program, the allocation of financing tools such as bonds and tax credits, and how the HDFC will coordinate with existing housing entities. Lawmakers are also likely to focus on how to measure whether these changes meaningfully reduce financing timelines and improve the efficiency of the state’s affordable housing delivery system.
STATE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES
Assembly Housing Innovation Legislative Package
On March 24, Assembly Member Buffy Wicks, alongside a coalition of legislative partners, introduced a coordinated “Housing Innovation” legislative package aimed at increasing housing production, improving affordability, and streamlining development processes across California.
The six-bill package builds on recent state efforts to address the ongoing housing shortage by targeting regulatory constraints, project timelines, and barriers to scaling new construction methods.
The package reflects a comprehensive approach to housing policy, with a particular emphasis on expanding multifamily and “missing-middle” housing, promoting infill and adaptive reuse development, and modernizing permitting frameworks. Several measures are also intended to improve coordination between state and local governments, clarify the application of existing housing laws, and create more predictable approval pathways —an ongoing concern for developers navigating complex and often inconsistent local requirements.
A notable component of the package is its focus on advancing factory-built and modular housing as a strategy to accelerate production and reduce costs. By streamlining inspections, limiting local deviations from state standards, and improving financing mechanisms, the proposals aim to facilitate broader adoption of these construction methods while maintaining safety and quality standards.
Collectively, lawmakers have framed the package as an effort to align local planning practices with statewide housing goals, encourage more efficient use of underutilized land, and support transit-oriented and sustainable development. The proposals also signal continued legislative interest in fostering innovation in housing delivery, particularly as the state seeks scalable solutions to meet long-term housing demand.
The package includes six measures focused on standardizing building requirements, streamlining permitting, and expanding the use of factory -built housing. AB 306 (Schultz and Hadwick) is expected to establish a process for binding statewide interpretations of building standards, while AB 1815 (Wicks) would limit local governments’ ability to impose requirements exceeding state standards on certain factory -built projects. Additional proposals aim to reduce logistical and regulatory barriers, including AB 2012 (Hoover), which updates transportation and permitting rules for manufactured housing, and AB 2058 (Harabedian), which revises inspection processes and caps certain fees under the state’s factory -built housing framework. On the financing side, AB 2166 (Carrillo) proposes a new state-b acked credit program to support offsite construction, and AB 2185 (Quirk-S ilva)
would direct state housing agencies to update
program guidelines to better accommodate factory-b uilt housing acros s key affordable housing programs.
Senate Budget Subcommittee Reviews Homelessness Response and HHAP Outlook The Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 4 held a hearing on February 26 to examine the state’s homelessness response system. The discussion focused primarily on the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) program, data accountability, and long- term funding stability. Presenters noted some signs of stabilization in recent homelessness trends. However, a significant portion of the conversation centered on fiscal uncertainty and program oversight.
Members reviewed the status of HHAP Round 7, which is funded at $500 million in the 2025 Budget Act; half the amount provided in each of the four prior rounds. Distribution of Round 7 funds is delayed until July 1, 2026, and contingent upon enactment of additional implementing legislation. The Governor’s January 2026 budget proposal did not include additional funding for HHAP beyond what is currently authorized.
The Subcommittee also examined implementation of AB 799 (Rivas, 2024), which requires standardized fiscal and outcome reporting and the development of public dashboards beginning in 2027. Members raised questions regarding data consistency, quality controls, and reporting transparency across jurisdictions. Panelists further cautioned that potential reductions in federal housing resources could increase pressure on state and local systems, underscoring the importance of stable, predictable funding.
Potential
Impacts of H.R. 1 on California’s Health Coverage System The Senate and Assembly Health Committees convened a joint informational hearing to assess the potential impacts of recent federal health policy changes on coverage access and affordability in California. The hearing marked the second phase of a more robust legislative review, following a January 2026 discussion focused on federal disinvestment in health programs and potential state-level responses.
Panelists highlighted the significant role federal policies, particularly the Affordable Care Act, have played in expanding coverage through Medi -Cal and the Covered California marketplace.
However, witnesses cautioned that recent federal actions, including provisions in H.R. 1 (the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) and the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits, could increase costs and create new barriers for Californians seeking to obtain or maintain health insurance.
A central focus of the hearing was the potential impact of H.R. 1’s Medicaid work and eligibility requirements. Beginning in 2027, certain enrollees would be required to document at least 80 hours per month of work, education, or community service to maintain coverage, unless exempt.
Analysis presented to the Legislature, including input from the Legislative Analyst’s Office, indicated that these requirements could result in significant coverage losses driven primarily by administrative burdens and eligibility changes rather than increased employment. Estimates suggest that between one and two million Californians could lose Medi-Cal coverage under these policies.
Panelists also discussed anticipated impacts on Covered California, including the expiration of enhanced premium subsidies and the introduction of new enrollment and verification requirements. These changes are expected to increase premiums and make it mor e difficult for some individuals to maintain coverage. Stakeholders further noted that resulting coverage losses could place additional strain on counties and safety -net providers as more residents become uninsured.
As the year progresses, the Legislature is expected to continue evaluating potential state- level responses to mitigate coverage losses, including policy, budget, and programmatic options.
These discussions will likely intersect with the ongoing budget process, as lawmakers assess the state’s capacity to offset federal changes and maintain access to affordable coverage for vulnerable populations.
EXECUTIVE BRANCH ACTIVITY
CPUC Proposes Changes to Climate Credit Timing to Enhance Affordability The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) released a Proposed Decision on March 26 that would revise how and when residential Climate Credits are distributed, with the goal of improving the effectiveness of utility bill relief for customers.
The proposal would shift the timing of these credits away from lower -cost months and instead concentrate them during periods when energy bills are typically highest. For most electric customers, credits would be applied in late summer, while natural gas customers would receive credits during the winter season. This adjustment is intended to better align financial assistance with seasonal spikes in energy demand and costs.
Beyond timing changes, the proposal includes provisions aimed at increasing transparency and customer awareness, requiring utilities to enhance how credits are communicated and displayed on bills. It also directs a portion of program funds toward transmission infrastructure, reflecting a broader effort to support grid reliability and manage long-term energy costs.
The action implements recent
statutory direction under AB 1207 (Irwin, 2025), which
extended the state’s Cap-a nd-Invest Program and called for improved alignment between climate credit distribution and customer energy burdens.
Public
comments on the Proposed Decision are due April 15, with a vote scheduled at the CPUC’s April 30 voting meeting. The proposal represents an initial phase of implementation for 2026, with additional reforms expected to be considered in a subsequent phase of the proceeding.
State Officials Submit Comments on Proposed Federal Census Changes California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced joining a coalition of 21 state attorneys general in submitting a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding proposed changes to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2026 Operational Test, a key step in preparation for the 2030 Census.
The proposal would modify the scope and structure of the test, including the addition of a citizenship question, a reduction in test locations, and adjustments to how in- person interviews are conducted. In their letter, the attorneys general raised concern s that these changes could affect the ability of the test to fully evaluate census procedures and methodologies ahead of the next decennial census.
The coalition emphasized the importance of comprehensive operational testing to support an accurate national count and requested that federal officials reconsider the proposed modifications.
Proposition 1 Behavioral Health Infrastructure Funding and Capacity Expansion On March 11, Governor Newsom announced that early investments under Proposition 1 (2024) are exceeding initial statewide targets to expand behavioral health treatment capacity. The Administration released an additional $1.18 billion through the Bond Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP), supporting 66 new projects across 130 facilities to expand residential and crisis treatment services for individuals experiencing mental illness or substance use disorders.
According to the Administration, these investments have already surpassed the bond’s original goal of creating 6,800 treatment beds, with funded projects now expected to deliver 6,919 residential beds and more than 27,000 outpatient treatment slots statewide. The latest funding round is projected to add 2,554 residential or inpatient beds and 4,273 outpatient treatment slots, further expanding access to care across California.
State officials also highlighted the broader impact of BHCIP, which launched in 2021 and has awarded approximately $5.8 billion across 437 projects and 546 facilities. These investments are expected to create more than 9,500 treatment beds and over 47,000 outpatient treatment slots, with the capacity to serve an estimated 5.4 million Californians annually, including individuals in rural and tribal communities
California Announces Legal Action Over Federal Emissions Policy Change On March 19, Governor Newsom, joined by Attorney General Rob Bonta, announced that the state is initiating legal action against the Trump Administration regarding the Administration’s decision to rescind the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s longstanding “endangerment finding,” which established that greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat to public health and welfare.
The lawsuit, led by California and joined by a coalition of states and local governments, argues that the federal action unlawfully reverses decades of established science and undermines the legal foundation for regulating climate pollution under the Clean Air Act. State officials contend that eliminating the finding removes a critical tool used to limit emissions from major sources such as vehicles and power plants.
State leaders claimed that the federal rollback prioritizes fossil fuel industry interests over public health and environmental protections, warning it could have significant impacts on air quality, climate policy, and long -term health outcomes as climate -related events intensify. California officials also affirmed the state will continue advancing its own climate policies, with the lawsuit marking the latest escalation in ongoing legal and policy conflicts with the federal government over environmental authority.
The case is expected to be heard in federal court and could have broad implications for the scope of federal authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, as well as for states’ ability to implement independent climate policies.
Legislative Calendar
Below are the upcoming relevant dates for the Legislature:
April 24
th – Deadline for policy committees to consider fiscal bills May 1st – Deadline for policy committees to consider non-fiscal bills May 15th – Deadline for fiscal committees to consider bills May 29th – Deadline for bills to pass out of their House of Origin
PRIORITY LEGISLATION
Priority Bill Introductions
AB 1708 (Solache) – Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program: round 7 This bill would require a continuum of care receiving funding pursuant to round 7 of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program (HHAP) to allocate funds to a smaller jurisdiction, defined as a city with a population under 300,000. The bill would require a smaller jurisdiction, in order to be eligible for funding, to, among other things, adopt a resolution, have a compliant housing element, and have adopted a local encampment policy. The bill would require a continuum of care to accept applications for funding in accordance with specified procedures.
Status: This has been referred to the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee and is currently scheduled to be considered on April 15th.
AB 1751 (Qui
rk-Silva) – Missing Middle Townhome Ownership Act
This bill ensures townhome housing development projects comply with a streamlined, ministerial approval process if they meet defined planning standards. It mandates local agencies to factor in parcel maps ministerially, excluding discretionary reviews, thus expanding exemptions from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for ministerial projects. The act defines "townhome" as a single-family dwelling under three stories, and allows local agencies to disapprove projects only with specific, evidence- based findings regarding public health and safety impacts. Status:
This has been referred to the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee and is currently scheduled to be considered on April 15th.
AB 1821 (Pac
heco) – California Public Records Act: fees and agency response time The California Public Records Act requires each state or local agency, upon a request for a copy of records that reasonably describes an identifiable record or records, to make the records promptly available to any person upon payment of fees covering direct costs of duplication, or a statutory fee if applicable, except with respect to public records exempt from disclosure by express provisions of law. This bill would require, if a single request exceeds 2 hours of search time, or if the total requests by a requestor exceed 10 hours of search time in one month, the requestor to also submit to the agency a payment of fees in an amount determined by the agency as reasonable to compensate the agency for the administrative time of completing the requests.
The bill would exempt from that requirement a journalist, a newspaper, and an educational or noncommercial scientific institution. Status: This has been referred to the Assembly Judiciary Committee and is currently scheduled to be considered on April 14th.
AB 2231 (Ah
rens) – California Environmental Quality Act: hospital projects This bill would exempt from CEQA hospital projects, as defined, located in the City of Emeryville or City of Santa Clara. The bill would, before a lead agency determines that a hospital project is exempt from CEQA, require a project applicant to certify to the lead agency that the project complies with certain labor requirements. Status: This bill has been referred to the Assembly Natural Resources Committee and is currently awaiting a hearing date.
AB 2346 (Wil
son) – Electric bicycles and speed limits
The bill updates California e-bike and bicycle rules: effective Jan 1, 2029, all Class 1 and 2 e-bikes sold or offered for sale must have a speedometer, and all e-bikes sold or offered must include an integrated front and rear lamp; manufacturers/distributors must include a written description of California e-bike laws with packaging and sellers must provide specified disclosures at or before sale, with civil penalties (up to $15,000 for a first violation and up to $50,000 for subsequent violations) enforceable by the Attorney General or local prosecutors (these violations are civil, not criminal). It authorizes local authorities to set posted speed limits on bicycle paths (15 or 20 mph) and multiuse trails (10, 15, or 20 mph) and bars riders under 16 from operating e-bikes faster than 15 mph on highways or bicycle paths. The bill also sets a prima facie 10 mph speed limit for sidewalks and specifies that a conviction for that limit will not add points to a driver’s record. Status: This has been referred to the Assembly Transportation Committee and is currently scheduled to be considered on April 6th.
AB 2619 (Papan
) – Water resources: data centers
This bill would require a person who owns or operates a data center, prior to applying to a city or a county for an initial business license, equivalent instrument, or permit, to provide its water supplier, under penalty of perjury, an estimate of the expected water use, the anticipated source of water, and the data center’s projected water use volume for the maximum day, maximum month, and average year. When applying to a city or county for an initial business license, the bill would require a person who owns or operates a data center to report, under penalty of perjury, on the application, an estimate of the expected water use, the anticipated source of water, and the data center’s projected water use volume for the maximum day, maximum month, and average year. When applying to a city or county for a renewal of a business license, equivalent instrument, or permit, the bill would require a person who owns or operates a data center to report, under penalty of perjury, on the application, the data center’s annual water use for the preceding calendar year, including total water use, direct water use, and indirect water use . Status: This has been referred to the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee and is currently scheduled to be considered on April 14th.
SB 922 (Lair
d) – Vehicles: local agency charges: use of streets or highways Existing law prohibits a local agency from imposing a tax, permit fee, or other charge for the privilege of using its streets or highways, other than a permit fee for an extralegal load unless the local agency had imposed the fee prior to June 1, 1989. Thi s bill would expressly limit this prohibition to charges based on weight. The bill would also explicitly state that a fee, charge, or surcharge imposed by or for a local agency to recover the cost of street maintenance and repair and other costs associated with the use of its streets, roads, or highways to provide public services or public works is not a tax, permit fee, or other charge that is prohibited by the provision above.
The bill would provide that nothing in the Vehicle Code prohibits a local agency from imposing or collecting this fee, charge, or surcharge. Status: This measure was approved by the Senate Local Government Committee (7-0) and is currently on the Senate Floor awaiting consideration.
SB 936 (Bl
akespear) – Nitrous oxide: sales
This bill would prohibit the sale and distribution of a nitrous oxide container that is capable of holding more than 8 grams of nitrous oxide or from which an individual may directly inhale nitrous oxide. The bill would also prohibit the sale and distribution of a nitrous oxide that has, or is marketed as having, the taste or smell of any food. The bill would prohibit the sale and distribution of a device that allows an individual to inhale nitrous oxide from the container or hold nitrous oxide for the purposes of inhalation. The bill would punish a violation of these provisions as an infraction.
The bill would also authorize a court to suspend the business license, including a license to sell tobacco products or cannabis, if the business has a prior conviction for violating these prohibitions. Status: This measure was approved by the Senate Public Safety Committee (6 -0) and is currently in the Senate Business and Professions Committee awaiting consideration.
SB 1159 (Cabal
don) – Artificial intelligence: transparency and governance This bill would specify that, for purposes of the California Public Records Act, the Bagley -Keene Open Meeting Act, the Ralph M. Brown Act, the Political Reform Act of 1974, the Administrative Procedure Act, and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), “person,” “interested person,” “participant,” “member of the public,” as applicable, and any other similar terms under each act referring to those who may engage with governmental agencies, do not include artificial intelligence systems, autonomous agents, robots, or other nonhuman entities, whether physical or digital. Status: This measure was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee (12 -0) and is currently in the Senate Privacy Committee awaiting consideration.
SB 1216 (Cabal
don) – Planning and Zoning Law: housing leadership designation This bill would require the Department of Housing and Community Development, on or before July 1 of each year, to publish a list of housing leadership designated jurisdictions on its website.
To qualify for a housing leadership designation, the bill would require that the jurisdiction have submitted a complete annual progress report for the preceding 5 years and that it meet specified requirements relating to housing production that vary based on whether the jurisdiction is an affordable jurisdiction, an unaffordable jurisdiction, or an extremely unaffordable jurisdiction, as those terms are defined. The bill would also require the department to publish a list of the affordability designation for each jurisdiction that has submitted a complete annual progres s report. The bill would authorize a jurisdiction with a housing leadership designation to take prescribed actions, including to establish by ordinance an exemption or modification of specified provisions of the Planning and Zoning Law. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. Status: This measure has been referred to the Senate Housing Committee and is currently scheduled to be considered on April 15th.
After
Initial Failure in the House, President Revives Homeland Security Shutdown Deal After the House rejected the Senate’s plan to end the ongoing shutdown affecting the non- immigration enforcement agencies under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on March 27, passing their own measure to end the shutdown, negotiations seemed completely stalled until April 1.
On April 1, the President hinted at a possible deal, asking Congress to fund the immigration enforcement agencies under DHS for three years using a partisan reconciliation package, which would not need the 60 votes usually required in the Senate, and passing the Democrat-supported appropriations bill funding the non-immigration enforcement elements of DHS through the normal appropriations process. This was followed by a joint statement from Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson affirming the plan.
With the President supporting the tactic, it is likely the Speaker has the required support to pass the legislation though it may require some level of bipartisan support. The House may also need to return to DC in order to pass the measure and send it to the President’s desk.
House Committee Marks Up the ALERT Act on Aviation Safety On March 26, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a markup of an amended version of HR 7613, the Airspace Location and Enhanced Risk Transparency (ALERT) Act of 2026, an aviation safety bill drafted following the deadly crash between a commercial airliner and an Army helicopter in January 2025. The House Committee on Armed Services simultaneously considered the amendment in the nature of a substitute (ANS) in their own markup.
FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE UPDATES
The House legi
slation differs from the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation bill S 2503, the ROTOR Act, which failed to pass the House under suspension on February 24 after the Department of Defense came out in opposition to the legislation.
Both bill
s expand the requirements for virtually all aircraft and helicopters to use Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) transponders to communicate their positions. The House’s ALERT Act also contains a number of other provisions, includi ng a controversial prohibition on the use of ADS- B data for revenue collection by airports and additional collision avoidance system requirements.
Senate Unanimously Passes Padilla’s “Tyler’s Law” for Opioid Screening in Emergency Rooms
On March 23, the Senate passed S 921, Tyler’s Law, by unanimous consent. The bill, co-authored by Senator Alex Padilla of California, would direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide hospitals with guidance on fentanyl testing in emergency room drug screening tests.
The bill has a House companion led by California Representatives Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Ted Lieu, and Ohio Republican Bob Latta. The bill follows the passing of a Los Angeles teenager who died from fentanyl poisoning after being admitted to an emergency room where fentanyl was not included in the standard drug testing panel.
Fentanyl is the leading cause of overdose deaths in the United States, accounting for over 70% of all fatalities in 2023. Senator Padilla stated that increased testing and better testing practices can hopefully reduce the number of fatal overdoses.
Voter ID Bill Challenges Senate Calendar, Potential Impacts for Counties S 1383, a veterans bill amended to become the SAVE America Act, saw significant debate in the Senate starting on March 17 following pressure from the President to consider it on the Senate floor. The bill is unlikely to meet the 60-vote threshold to end debate and proceed, though Senate Majority Leader John Thune agreed to open debate on the bill, which, due to Senate rules, is unlimited. A group of conservative supporters of the bill has vowed to continue debate for as long as necessary to pass the legislation.
The bill would wipe all current voter rolls and require citizens to re-register in person with either a passport or birth certificate. It contains no advance appropriations to provide counties, which administer most voter rolls and vital records across the country, with additional funding to re- register and complete enhanced eligibility verification for voters. The bill also requires matching identification to be presented when a voter goes to cast their ballot. Democrats argue that the bill would disenfranchise large numbers of Americans who do not have a passport or would have to locate both their birth certificate and any name change documents made following marriage.
Housing Policy Bill Progresses, House GOP Pushes for Conference Committee A compromise housing policy bill progressed in the Senate on March 10 and passed on March 12, though conservative Republicans in the House and Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing Chairman Mike Floor are warning a conference committee may be required to finalize it.
S 2651, the ROAD to Housing Act was unanimously passed out of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs last year and rolled into the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act. It was struck by House Financial Services French Hill who offered his own bipartisan bill in 2026, HR 6644, the Housing for the 21st Century Act, which passed the House on February 9. The bill was further amended in the Senate and renamed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, as the amendment combines the two bills and adds some other policy priorities, including a temporary ban on the Federal Reserve creating a central bank digital currency.
The primary difference between the two bills is philosophical, with the ROAD to Housing Act focusing on how federal government action can better support affordable housing development and the Housing for the 21st Century Act focusing on inducing private investment and increasing programmatic flexibility.
The combined legislation introduces a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) incentive program with a penalty based on a rolling national average, reauthorizes and significantly reforms HOME Investment Partnerships to fill funding gaps and enable private development, makes modest reforms to federal environmental review requirements (NEPA), and starts a grant program for Planning and Implementation projects. The combined bill contains no additional funding or advance appropriations.
Congress Moves Towards Brownfields Reauthorization
The House Energy and Commerce held an initial hearing considering four legislative packages to reauthorize the Brownfields program under the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The program provides funding and technical support to communities looking to redevelop contaminated sites.
The proposed reforms to Brownfields include increasing focus on the use of contaminated sites to develop artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, a proposal that would allow private companies to access and compete for EPA funding if they co- owned the property with a public entity, cost sharing arrangement restructuring, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) permitting reforms, and changes to spending levels.
The Administration and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin have been supportive of Brownfields since taking office last year, Congress is also eager to reauthorize the program, though may face challenges given time constraints in the lead up to the November election.
The President Delivers the First State of the Union of his Second Term On February 24, President Donald Trump delivered the first State of the Union (SOTU) address of his second term to a Joint Session of Congress. The President used the opportunity to celebrate and cement his agenda
while actively demonstrating the contrast between
Democrats and Republicans in Congress. While the SOTU was the longest in history, at 107 minutes, it did not include substantial policy proposals.
Among the policy topics included, the ongoing partial government shutdown affecting non - immigration enforcement agencies under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a new War on Fraud to be led by Vice President JD Vance targeting federal spending in a number of states including California, advocating for passage of the SAVE Act (Voter ID), opposing No-
Cash-Bail, and legislating the President’s Executive Order to ban institutional investors from purchasing large numbers of single family homes. There was a brief mention of the ongoing partial
government shutdown following the expiration of the Homeland Security bill’s continuing resolution in mid-F ebruary
. The mention accused Democrats of being
unreasonable and likely ended negotiations between Senate Democrats and the White House.
Notably, the President
also introduced the idea of allowing technology and artificial intelligence (AI) companies to build their own power plants to limit the effects of AI data centers on ratepayers and overall stable grid demand. The EPA’s recent deregulation of carbon dioxide emissions could be useful in allowing these companies to construct liquified natural gas power stations adjacent to data centers.
The President
also emphasized a previous point that HR 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, achieved the majority of his agenda, and that he does not feel strongly that he needs Congress to further legislate his agenda into law. The President also emphasiz ed the tariffs stricken down
by the Supreme Court have been replaced with an alternative legal basis, and that no further
action is needed by C ongress.
President Signs Executive Order on Federal Election Procedures On March 31, the President signed an Executive Order (EO) titled “Ensuring Citizenship Verification
and Integrity in Federal Elections,” which seeks to implement some of the Administration’s priorities related to election security and restrict mail-in voting.
The EO
follows the Senate declining to advance S 1383, a modified Veteran’s bill that now includes the SAVE America Act, the President’s voter ID legislation requiring in-p erson voter registration with either a passport or birth certificate among other measures.
The EO directs the
Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service (USPS) to engage in rulemaking to codify mail-in ballot requirements, communicate with State Secretaries of State in advance of the election, track and provide approved lists of mail-i n/absentee voters, assign absentee voters
a unique barcode for their ballots, and provide technical assistance to states with mail-in voting programs to ensure security.
The EO further
directs the Secretaries of Commerce and Homeland Security and the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration to establish the infrastructure necessary to compile and transmit
a state citizenship list to all the states in advance of a federal election. The Department of
Homeland Security already maintains a database under
the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program, which states can use to verify an individual’s eligibility to vote or receive other federal benefits.
Some of the
EO’s provisions related to mail-i n voting appear to go beyond current federal practice, while other provisions touch on responsibilities already addressed in existing federal law. States are already required
to verify voter eligibility at the time of registration and, in some cases, may use DHS systems as part of that process.
Supreme Court Strikes Down
the President’s Tariffs
On February 20, the Supreme Court issued a ruling disallowing the President's use of the
International E
mergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA, 50 USC 35) to impose tariffs.
The decision immediately repealed the vast majority of the President's tariffs, including the 10% baseline and reciprocal tariffs established last year reaching as high as 145%. It is currently
unclear whether companies and individuals who paid these tariffs will be able to seek refunds; it is likely plaintiffs
will seek that clarification from the US Court of Appeals and Court of International Trade. Refunds could exceed $170
billion, more funding than the budgets for
many cabinet-level agencies, and some large corporations previously connected themselves to the lawsuit in an attempt to get faster relief if they are issued.
Despite the ruling, the President retains National Security tariff-m aking authorities endowed by Section
232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 USC § 1862), among others. The Section 232 process takes roughly a year to complete and publicly announces tariff investigations by the Bureau of
Industry and Security within the Department of Commerce. It also allows for review
by Congress, which the Supreme Court affirmed as having the primary tariff-making authority.
Other statutes potentially endow the President with the authority to impose tariffs for more limited purposes, which generally must be justified by civil servants/agencies and provided to Congress on a timeline that generally allows for markets to adjust before the tariffs are implemented.
In response, the President issued a new 10% tariff under different authorities than IEEPA. It is unclear whether the immediate implementation would be violative of the alternative legal basis the Administration
selected.
Department of Transportation Announces Supplemental Funding for Public Transportation in FIFA World Cup Host Cities
On March 3, Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy announced formula allocations of $100 million in supplemental funding for public transportation to support cities hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup games.
HR 1748, the
last appropriations minibus for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, provided funding through the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), allocated on a formula basis calculated based on stadium capacity and games to be played.
FTA released other resources
and technical assistance intended to support local
governments and public
transportation agencies preparing for major events, including the 2028 Olympics. Adjacent jurisdictions have continued to advocate for funding given the ancillary impacts they may face.
HUD Proposes Rule Allowing for
Certain Jurisdictions to Impose Work Requirements and
Time Limits on Housing Assistance
On March 2, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register to allow certain jurisdictions to implement work requirements and other conditions on federal housing assistance recipients.
The NPRM would allow local housing authorities and private property owners renting to tenants using federal housing assistance, including Housing Choice Vouchers, Project Based Vouchers, and Project-Based Rental
Assistance, to impose work requirements and a 24-month time limit on program participation.
In order to place the restrictions, a jurisdiction must meet certain requirements to be considered by HUD as “performing well,” including if it is not in receivership and is not designated as a troubled performer
under the Public Housing Assessment System
(PHAS), Section Eight
Management Assessment Program (SEMAP), or Small Rural PHA Assessment, as applicable.
PHAs that are designated as troubled performers under any of these assessments would not be permitted to adopt work requirements or time limits.
This follows previous action and an op-ed by HUD Secretary Scott Turner, stating the Administration’s intention to enforce self -sufficiency standards for federal housing assistance recipients.
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2026 Q1 Legislative Action Summary
Below is a summary of the actions that were taken during 2026 Q1 in alignment with the City of Santa Clara’s 2026 Legislative Advocacy Positions (LAPs), guiding principles for legislative advocacy, approved City policies (e.g., City Council Goals and Priorities), and/or Council action.
Water Supply and Conservation LAP
• March 9, 2026 — Letter of support for Santa Clara Valley Water’s Community Project Funding request for the Pure Water Silicon Valley Demonstration Facility to Congressman Ro Khanna
Multiple Legislative Priorities
• February 19, 2026 — Letter of support for the City’s 2026 State Budget Request to Assemblymember Patrick Ahrens (Community Services, Housing, Public Safety, and Transportation Issues LAPs)
• February 27, 2026 — Letter of support for the City’s 2026 State Budget Request to State Senator Aisha Wahab (Community Services, Housing, Public Safety, and Transportation Issues LAPs)
• March 6, 2026 — Letter of support for the City’s Fiscal Year 2027 Federal Appropriations Request to Senator Alex Padilla, Senator Adam Schiff, and Congressman Ro Khanna (Public Safety and Transportation Issues LAPs) City of
Santa Clara
The Center of What's Possible
1500 Warburton Avenue ● Santa Clara, CA 95050 ● Phone: 408-615-2200 ● Fax: 408-241-6771 ● SantaClaraCA.gov Mayor
Lisa M. Gillmor
March 9, 2026
The Honorable Ro Khanna
U.S. House of Representatives
306 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Re: Support for a Community Project Funding Request for the Pure Water Silicon Valley Demonstration Facility Construction
Dear Congressman Khanna:
On behalf of the City of Santa Clara, I am pleased to submit this letter of support for the Santa Clara Valley Water District’s (Valley Water) Fiscal Year 2027 Community Project Funding Request for construction funds for its Pure Water Silicon Valley Demonstration Facility.
Valley Water has established a long-term goal of producing up to 24,000 acre-feet of purified water per year for direct potable reuse by 2040. Developing a locally controlled, reliable, and drought resilient water supply is critical in the face of more extreme weather. Cyclical climate changes and dry conditions have placed enormous strain on existing sources, such as imported water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and stored local water supplies. Santa Clara County faces additional water supply challenges driven by a growing economy. The City of Santa Clara shares a commitment to diversifying the regional water supply portfolio to move the region toward a more sustainable and resilient future.
This project, a joint effort between Valley Water and the Cities of Santa Clara and San José, is the first phase of a full-scale facility to provide purified water for direct potable reuse in Santa Clara County, the heart of Silicon Valley. Until recently, California communities could use recycled water for drinking only if that water was first filtered through a reservoir or aquifer. State regulations adopted in 2023, however, will allow suppliers to distribute recycled water without first storing it in a reservoir or aquifer. As Valley Water considers the potential for a full-scale potable reuse facility, it must first demonstrate the project’s feasibility. This funding request would help support the construction of this first-phase demonstration facility.
I urge your support for this important drought resiliency project. Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Sincerely,
Lisa M. Gillmor
Mayor
City of Santa Clara
City of
Santa Clara
The Center of Wh~t's Posslblo
1500 Warburton Avenue ● Santa Clara, CA 95050 ● Phone: 408-615-2200 ● Fax: 408-241-6771 ● SantaClaraCA.gov Mayor
Lisa M. Gillmor
February 19, 2026
Honorable Patrick Ahrens
California State Assembly, 26th District
1021 O Street, Suite 6110
Sacramento, CA 95814
Re: 2026 State Budget Requests from the City of Santa Clara
Dear Assemblymember Ahrens:
On behalf of the City of Santa Clara, I want to express my appreciation to you and your staff for your support and commitment. I appreciate the opportunity to work with your office to bring meaningful investments that benefit our community and the region.
As the State Legislature continues the process of shaping the state budget and evaluating where the state’s resources are best invested, I understand things are uncertain at best. If the opportunity arises for district requests to be included in the Legislature’s budget, I would like to respectfully present a list of priority funding needs for the City and request your partnership to help secure these critical dollars.
Below are the City’s priority projects for consideration, along with a brief description and dollar amount.
Recognizing the state’s fiscal situation, the City has selected projects that will have significant local and regional impacts, thereby maximizing t he return on the state’s investment. The City and our legislative advocate are happy to provide more in -depth details and discuss each of these projects further.
I look forward to our continued partnership in serving the Santa Clara community. Thank you for your consideration and ongoing collaboration.
Sincerely,
Lisa M. Gillmor
Mayor
City of Santa Clara
City of
Santa Clara
The Center of What's Possible
Title: Santa Clara Family Community – Benton Lawrence Homekey Interim Housing Amount: $800,000
Description: The County of Santa Clara, LifeMoves, and the City of Santa Clara are partnering to develop and operate a new 30 -suite interim housing complex designed specifically for unhoused families with minor children. The project will serve approximately 90 individ uals at any given time and will include on -site daycare, daily meals, and comprehensive wraparound support services. This project will serve eligible households from the City of Santa Clara as well as families referred through the County’s coordinated entry system thereby directly addressing both local and regional needs.
Purpose-built to empower families experiencing homelessness, the primary goal of th e Santa Clara Family Community project is to provide safe, stable interim housing alongside comprehensive support services to help families achieve long-term housing stability. By providing a dedicated, family-focused interim housing environment, th is project is expected to reduce the number of families living in encampments, vehicles, and/or unstable arrangements while creating a pathway to permanent housing solutions.
This funding request seeks $800,000 to support construction costs, potential cost overruns, construction acceleration expenses, and initial operating costs during the first three years of operations ($160,000 of the total requested amount) associated with the project . The requested funding will help ensure timely project delivery and operational stability during the critical start -up phase . Eligible construction costs may include site preparation, utility installation and connections, foundation and structural work, modular unit fabrication and installation, accessibility enhancements, and other infrastructure improvements. Construction acceleration costs may include expedited permitting fees, labor, and additional project management or inspection services required to advance the project schedule. Programmatic services will include on -site daycare, case management, behavioral health support, educational assistance, housing navigation, employment and benefits services, and access to a vocational nurse for residents with primary care needs.
Title: Psychiatric Emergency Response Team (PERT) Clinician Support for Vulnerable Populations Amount: $813,000
Description: In 2022, the Santa Clara Police Department (SCPD) implemented Psychiatric Emergency Response Team (PERT) to reduce crime, de-escalate interactions, and promote community wellness, particularly among vulnerable populations at heightened risk of harm, arrest, or falling through service gaps, by connecting individuals to appropriate health and housing services. The PERT model pairs specially trained Community Response Team/Crisis Intervention Specialist officers with a licensed mental health clinician from the Santa Clara County (County) Behavioral Health Services Department to deliver on -scene crisis interventi on, de -escalation, and direct linkage to behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment for individuals experiencing acute crises, including veterans and unhoused individuals.
The partnership between the County and the City has been a critical component of the City’s compassionate and service -oriented response to behavioral health emergencies. The PERT program has produced measurable outcomes, including increased connections to care, reduced repeat calls for service, improved trauma -informed engagement with vulnerable populations, enhanced officer safety, and strengthened community trust. Psychiatric hospitalizations dropped approximately 35 percent in the first year of implementation and have remained 20 to 30 percent below pre-PERT levels,
indicating stronger in field clinical assessment and greater reliance on community-based stabilization and diversion options. Additionally, the PERT program continues to help divert individuals from incarceration to appropriate treatment, housing, and recovery services and reduce unnecessary emergency room transports.
In January 2026, the County discontinued funding for the mental health clinician assigned to SCPD’s PERT. To sustain the PERT program, the City is developing a three-year Memorandum of Understanding with the County to fund one full-time clinician at an estimated annual cost of $271,000, subject to final negotiated terms. The requested funding would support this full-time clinician position for a three-year period. While full three-year funding is preferred to ensure program stability, partial funding would also contribute toward maintaining the position and preserving the City’s capacity to effectively serve individuals experiencing mental health and substance use related crises.
Title: Pruneridge Avenue Complete Streets Project
Amount: $3,000,000
Description: In 2022, the City of Santa Clara adopted the Pruneridge Avenue Complete Streets Plan to implement buffered bicycle lanes along the Pruneridge Avenue corridor. This east -west roadway is a crucial part of the County of Santa Clara's cross-county bicycle corridor network, connecting San Jose, Santa Clara, and the Apple campus in Cupertino.
The Pruneridge Complete Streets Project involves removing portions of travel lanes along Pruneridge Avenue to complete this important bicycle network and enhance intersections with pedestrian improvements. These enhancements will include quick -build curb extensions, ADA -compliant curb ramps, an d upgraded accessible pedestrian signals. This project is vital to the City, Silicon Valley region, and the state because it aims to increase pedestrian safety and accessibility, promote alternative modes of transport ation, and connect schools and employment centers to and from the region.
The intersections of Pruneridge Avenue at Woodhams Road and Redwood Avenue are near an elementary school and are frequently used by students crossing Pruneridge Avenue. These locations have been identified in the City of Santa Clara’s Pedestrian Master Pla n as needing improvements for pedestrian safety. Pruneridge Avenue is also part of the City’s High -Injury Network corridors that experienced highest number of fatal and severe injury traffic collisions in Santa Clara, as identified in the City’s Vision Zero Action Plan. Bicyclists, including students, currently use the portion of Pruneridge Avenue where no bicycle facility currently exists. Bicyclists using this corridor need to navigate between parked vehicles and vehicles traveling with a posted speed lim it of 35 mph. Students from two elementary schools located adjacent to this roadway also use this portion of Pruneridge Avenue. This project will provide a Class II buffered bikeway that connects to 14 schools with a total enrollment of 8,896 students and over 12,500 employees from job centers along the project corridor.
The total estimated cost of the project is $4,000,000. The project has secured $1,000,000 through a FY 2026 Federal Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriation through the Community Project Funding process. The City is requesting $3,000,000 in state funding to support the design and construction of this priority bicycle and pedestrian improvement project.
Title: Santa Clara City Library Youth and Community Learning Initiative Amount: $600,000
Description: The Santa Clara City Library Youth and Community Learning Initiative is a community - driven project that is rooted in the public library as a trusted hub of learning, discovery, and belonging.
This initiative integrates two complimentary components that are designed to expand equitable access to hands -on learning, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) education, and early childhood development for Santa Clara residents. First, the project includes the acquisition of a STEAM Mobile Makerspace outreach vehicle to bring hands -on STEAM learning, creative technology, and maker -based programming directly into neighborhoods, schools, and community spaces, increasing access for residents of all ages. Second, the Learning Through Play: Early Childhood Readiness Pilot Program will promote early literacy and kindergarten readiness for children ages 0 –5 through play-based learning activities and caregiver engagement.
Together, these two components will provide innovative and accessible learning opportunities for children and families, expand access to early childhood educational resources, and help cultivate Santa Clarans’ shared potential for future generations.
STEAM Mobile Makerspace ($520,000)
Operating as both a mobile makerspace and pop -up STEAM lab, this project component will bring opportunity for creative learning experiences directly to City of Santa Clara neighborhoods, schools, community centers, parks, and senior centers.
Funding will be used to:
• ($320,000) Purchase a STEAM Mobile Makerspace to deliver hands -on, multigenerational STEAM programming citywide, including outreach to low -income and high -density neighborhoods, schools, senior centers, and community centers. • ($170,000) Purchase makerspace and digitization tools, furnishings, books/materials, and equipment that emphasizes curiosity, creativity, and skill building to support the operation and access to the STEAM Mobile Makerspace.
• ($30,000) Fund five-years of community programmatic support for supplies and presenters to sustain community outreach efforts and participation of approximately 50,000 people in Santa Clara throughout this period, across diverse communities.
Learning Through Play: Early Childhood Readiness Pilot Program ($80,000) This project component will support kindergarten readiness through play-based learning, early literacy programing, and sensory exploration for children ages 0 –5 and their caregivers. The Early Childhood Readiness Pilot Program will expand access to hands -on learning stations, story -based play, and caregiver-supported activities to approximately 8,000 children living in the City of Santa Clara. To maximize impact, the program will be implemented across all three Santa Clara City Library locations, thereby pr omoting early language development, social -emotional skills development, and school readiness while increasing equitable access to high-quality early learning experiences across the City’s diverse neighborhoods.
Funding will be used to:
• ($50,000) Purchase AWE Early Learning Stations that support school readiness and interactive literacy skill-building for young learners; expand the library’s collections of inclusive and diverse parenting and early learning books; acquire additional indoor, outdoor, and mobile sensory play materials, especially to address needs of youth on spectrum, for the library’s existing programs
such as Stay & Play and Toddler Play, and to develop Play with Stories Kits in English and Spanish.
• ($30,000) Provide Early Childhood Development training for library staff and community caregivers citywide to ensure consistent, developmentally appropriate programming and strengthen services delivery.
The Santa Clara City Library Youth and Community Learning Initiative provide s innovative learning opportunities for children and other community members, increases access to early childhood learning materials, and helps develop Santa Clara’s shared potential for future generations.
Title: Santa Clara Homelessness Prevention Pilot Program Amount: $500,000
Description: Prevention remains the most cost-effective way to address homelessness. The Santa Clara County Homelessness Prevention System (HPS) provides a wide variety of services to keep people housed, including swift one-time assistance for key items like transportation or transitions to housing. The City of Santa Clara currently contributes $50,000 annually to this regional effort and the Bill Wilson Center currently serves as the City’s designated HPS service provider. Despite these efforts, unmet needs persist as more people in Santa Clara transition into homelessness than those who exit to permanent housing.
To boost local homelessness prevention efforts, the City of Santa Clara is requesting $500,000 in State funding to implement a three -year pilot program that would expand in-person HPS services through a dedicated case manager . The Santa Clara Homelessness Prevention Pilot Program is designed to strengthen local, in -person case management services to prevent homelessness whenever possible and to support faster, smoother housing transitions when displacement cannot be avoided. The requested funding will be used to support a dedicated, full time case manager for up to three years. The program would bring in -person homelessness prevention services closer to residents in Santa Clara through 1:1 appointments, workshops, and drop-in hours at locations throughout the City. In addition to case management services, funding will be used to provide flexib le, one-time financial assistance for urgent needs such as rental deposits, transportation, or other housing -related costs. This program would focus on residents who are housed and at risk of becoming homeless with a focus on seniors over the age of 65 and other special needs individuals who require additional support navigating services and affordable housing listings.
This pilot program will leverage existing regional HPS resources and the Bill Wilson Center’s expertise while increasing local capacity. By providing timely, in-person support, the anticipated outcome of this pilot program is a measurable reduction in the inflow of residents into homelessness . If the pilot program is successful, the City will pursue additional state and regional funding opportunities, including accessing potential Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program (HHAP) funding and exploring partnerships with neighboring cities, to sustain and expand this prevention -focused program.
1500 Warburton Avenue ● Santa Clara, CA 95050 ● Phone: 408-615-2200 ● Fax: 408-241-6771 ● SantaClaraCA.gov Mayor
Lisa M. Gillmor
February 27, 2026
Honorable Aisha Wahab
California State Senate, 10th District
1021 O Street, Suite 8530
Sacramento, CA 95814
Re: 2026 State Budget Requests from the City of Santa Clara
Dear Senator Wahab:
On behalf of the City of Santa Clara, I want to express my appreciation to you and your staff for your support and commitment. I appreciate the opportunity to work with your office to bring meaningful investments that benefit our community and the region.
As the State Legislature continues the process of shaping the state budget and evaluating where the state’s resources are best invested, I understand things are uncertain at best. If the opportunity arises for district requests to be included in the Legislature’s budget, I would like to respectfully present a list of priority funding needs for the City and request your partnership to help secure these critical dollars.
Below are the City’s priority projects for consideration, along with a brief description and dollar amount.
Recognizing the state’s fiscal situation, the City has selected projects that will have significant local and regional impacts, thereby maximizing t he return on the state’s investment. The City and our legislative advocate are happy to provide more in -depth details and discuss each of these projects further.
I look forward to our continued partnership in serving the Santa Clara community. Thank you for your consideration and ongoing collaboration.
Sincerely,
Lisa M. Gillmor
Mayor
City of Santa Clara
City of
Santa Clara
The Center of What's Possible
Title: Santa Clara Family Community – Benton Lawrence Homekey Interim Housing Amount: $800,000
Description: The County of Santa Clara, LifeMoves, and the City of Santa Clara are partnering to develop and operate a new 30 -suite interim housing complex designed specifically for unhoused families with minor children. The project will serve approximately 90 individuals at any given time and will include on -site daycare, daily meals, and comprehensive wraparoun d support services. This project will serve eligible households from the City of Santa Clara as well as families referred through the County’s coordinated entry system thereby directly addressing both local and regional needs.
Purpose-built to empower families experiencing homelessness , the primary goal of th e Santa Clara Family Community project is to provide safe, stable interim housing alongside comprehensive support services to help families achieve long -term housing stability. By providing a dedicated, family-focused interim housing environment, th is project is expected to reduce the number of families living in encampments, vehicles, and/or unstable arrangements while creating a pathway to permanent housing solutions.
This funding request seeks $800,000 to support construction costs, potential construction cost increases, construction acceleration expenses, and initial operating costs during the first three years of operations ($160,000 of the total requested amount) associated with the project . The requested funding will help ensure timely project delivery and operational stability during the critical start -up phase. Eligible construction costs may include site preparation, utility installation and connections, foundation and structural work, modular unit fabrication and installation, accessibility enhancements, and other infrastructure improvements. Construction acceleration costs may include expedited permitting fees, labor, and additional project management or inspection services required to advance the project schedule. Programmatic s ervices will include on -site daycare , case management, behavioral health support, educational assistance, housing navigation, employment and benefits services, and access to a vocational nurse for residents with primary care needs.
Title: Psychiatric Emergency Response Team (PERT) Clinician Support for Vulnerable Populations Amount: $813,000
Description: In 2022, the Santa Clara Police Department (SCPD) implemented Psychiatric Emergency Response Team (PERT) to reduce crime, de -escalate interactions, and promote community wellness, particularly among vulnerable populations at heightened risk of harm, arrest, or falling through service gaps, by connecting individuals to appropriate health and housing services. The PERT model pairs specially trained Community Response Team/Crisis Intervention Specialist officers with a licensed mental health clinician from the Santa Clara County (County) Behavioral Health Services Department to deliver on -scene crisis interventi on, de -escalation, and direct linkage to behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment for individuals experiencing acute crises, including veterans and unhoused individuals.
The partnership between the County and the City has been a critical component of the City’s compassionate and service -oriented response to behavioral health emergencies. The PERT program has produced measurable outcomes, including increased connections to care, reduced repeat calls for service, improved trauma -informed engagement with vulnerable populations, enhanced officer safety, and strengthened community trust. Psychiatric hospitalizations dropped approximately 35 percent in the first year of implementation and have remained 20 to 30 percent below pre -PERT levels,
indicating stronger in field clinical assessment and greater reliance on community -based stabilization and diversion options. Additionally, the PERT program continues to help divert individuals from incarceration to appropriate treatment, housing, and recovery services and reduce unnecessary emergency room transports.
In January 2026, the County discontinued funding for the mental health clinician assigned to SCPD’s PERT. To sustain the PERT program, the City is developing a three-year Memorandum of Understanding with the County to fund one full-time clinician at an estimated annual cost of $271,000, subject to final negotiated terms. The requested funding would support this full-time clinician position for a three-year period. While full three-year funding is preferred to ensure program stability, partial funding would also contribute toward maintaining the position and preserving the City’s capacity to effectively serve individuals experiencing mental health and substance use related crises.
Title: Pruneridge Avenue Complete Streets Project
Amount: $3,000,000
Description: In 2022, the City of Santa Clara adopted the Pruneridge Avenue Complete Streets Plan to implement buffered bicycle lanes along the Pruneridge Avenue corridor. This east -west roadway is a crucial part of the County of Santa Clara's cross-county bicycle corridor network, connecting San Jose, Santa Clara, and the Apple campus in Cupertino.
The Pruneridge Complete Streets Project involves removing portions of travel lanes along Pruneridge Avenue to complete this important bicycle network and enhance intersections with pedestrian improvements. These enhancements will include quick -build curb extensions, ADA -compliant curb ramps, an d upgraded accessible pedestrian signals. This project is vital to the City, Silicon Valley region, and the state because it aims to increase pedestrian safety and accessibility, promote alternative modes of transport ation, and connect schools and employment centers to and from the region.
The intersections of Pruneridge Avenue at Woodhams Road and Redwood Avenue are near an elementary school and are frequently used by students crossing Pruneridge Avenue. These locations have been identified in the City of Santa Clara’s Pedestrian Master Pla n as needing improvements for pedestrian safety. Pruneridge Avenue is also part of the City’s High -Injury Network corridors that experienced highest number of fatal and severe injury traffic collisions in Santa Clara, as identified in the City’s Vision Zero Action Plan. Bicyclists, including students, currently use the portion of Pruneridge Avenue where no bicycle facility currently exists. Bicyclists using this corridor need to navigate between parked vehicles and vehicles traveling with a posted speed lim it of 35 mph. Students from two elementary schools located adjacent to this roadway also use this portion of Pruneridge Avenue. This project will provide a Class II buffered bikeway that connects to 14 schools with a total enrollment of 8,896 students and over 12,500 employees from job centers along the project corridor.
The total estimated cost of the project is $4,000,000. The project has secured $1,000,000 through a FY 2026 Federal Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriation through the Community Project Funding process. The City is requesting $3, 000,000 in state funding to support the design and construction of this priority bicycle and pedestrian improvement project.
Title: Santa Clara City Library Youth and Community Learning Initiative Amount: $600,000
Description: The Santa Clara City Library Youth and Community Learning Initiative is a community - driven project that is rooted in the public library as a trusted hub of learning, discovery, and belonging .
This initiative integrates two complimentary components that are designed to expand equitable access to hands -on learning, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) education, and early childhood development for Santa Clara residents. First, the project includes the acquisition of a STEAM Mobile Makerspace outreach vehicle to bring hands -on STEAM learning, creative technology, and maker -based programming directly into neighborhoods, schools, and community spaces, increasing access for residents of all ages. Second, the Learning Through Play: Early Childhood Readiness Pilot Program will promote early literacy and kindergarten readines s for children ages 0 –5 through play-based learning activities and caregiver engagement.
Together, these two components will provide innovative and accessible learning opportunities for children and families, expand access to early childhood educational resources, and help cultivate Santa Clarans’ shared potential for future generations.
STEAM Mobile Makerspace ($520,000)
Operating as both a mobile makerspace and pop -up STEAM lab, this project component will bring opportunity for creative learning experiences directly to City of Santa Clara neighborhoods, schools, community centers, parks, and senior centers.
Funding will be used to:
• ($320,000) Purchase a STEAM Mobile Makerspace to deliver hands -on, multigenerational STEAM programming citywide, including outreach to low -income and high -density neighborhoods, schools, senior centers, and community centers. • ($170,000) Purchase makerspace and digitization tools, furnishings, books/materials, and equipment that emphasizes curiosity, creativity, and skill building to support the operation and access to the STEAM Mobile Makerspace.
• ($30,000) Fund five -years of community programmatic support for supplies and presenters to sustain community outreach efforts and participation of approximately 50,000 people in Santa Clara throughout this period, across diverse communities.
Learning Through Play: Early Childhood Readiness Pilot Program ($80,000) This project component will support kindergarten readiness through play-based learning, early literacy programing, and sensory exploration for children ages 0 –5 and their caregivers. The Early Childhood Readiness Pilot Program will expand access to hands -on learning stations, story -based play, and caregiver-supported activities to approximately 8,000 children living in the City of Santa Clara. To maximize impact, the program will be implemented across all three Santa Clara City Library locations, thereby pr omoting early language development, social -emotional skills development, and school readiness while increasing equitable access to high-quality early learning experiences across the City’s diverse neighborhoods.
Funding will be used to:
• ($50,000) Purchase AWE Early Learning Stations that support school readiness and interactive literacy skill-building for young learners; expand the library’s collections of inclusive and diverse parenting and early learning books; acquire additional indoor, outdoor, and mobile sensory play materials, especially to address needs of youth on spectrum, for the library’s existing programs
such as Stay & Play and Toddler Play, and to develop Play with Stories Kits in English and Spanish.
• ($30,000) Provide Early Childhood Development training for library staff and community caregivers citywide to ensure consistent, developmentally appropriate programming and strengthen services delivery.
The Santa Clara City Library Youth and Community Learning Initiative provide s innovative learning opportunities for children and other community members, increases access to early childhood learning materials, and helps develop Santa Clara’s shared potential for future generations.
Title: Santa Clara Homelessness Prevention Pilot Program Amount: $500,000
Description: Prevention remains the most cost-effective way to address homelessness. The Santa Clara County Homelessness Prevention System (HPS) provides a wide variety of services to keep people housed, including swift one-time assistance for key items like transportation or transitions to housing. The City of Santa Clara currently contributes $50,000 annually to this regional effort and the Bill Wilson Center currently serves as the City’s designated HPS service provider. Despite these efforts, unmet needs persist as more people in Santa Clara transition into homelessness than those who exit to permanent housing.
To boost local homelessness prevention efforts, the City of Santa Clara is requesting $500,000 in State funding to implement a three -year pilot program that would expand in -person HPS services through a dedicated case manager . The Santa Clara Homelessness Prevention Pilot Program is designed to strengthen local, in -person case management services to prevent homelessness whenever possible and to support faster, smoother housing transitions when displacement cannot be avoided. The requested funding will be used to support a dedicated, full time case manager for up to three years. The program would bring in -person homelessness prevention services closer to residents in Santa Clara through 1:1 appointments, workshops, and drop-in hours at locations throughout the City. In addition to case management services, funding will be used to provide flexib le, one-time financial assistance for urgent needs such as rental deposits, transportation, or other housing -related costs. This program would focus on residents who are housed and at risk of becoming homeless with a focus on seniors over the age of 65 and other special needs individuals who require additional support navigating services and affordable housing listings.
This pilot program will leverage existing regional HPS resources and the Bill Wilson Center’s expertise while increasing local capacity. By providing timely, in-person support, the anticipated outcome of this pilot program is a measurable reduction in the inflow of residents into homelessness . If the pilot program is successful, the City will pursue additional state and regional funding opportunities, including accessing potential Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program (HHAP) funding and exploring partnerships with neighboring cities, to sustain and expand this prevention -focused program.
1500 Warburton Avenue ● Santa Clara, CA 95050 ● Phone: 408-615-2200 ● Fax: 408-241-6771 ● SantaClaraCA.gov Mayor
Lisa M. Gillmor
March 6, 2026
The Honorable Alex Padilla The Honorable Adam Schiff United States Senate United States Senate
331 Hart Senate Office Building 112 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20510
The Honorable Ro Khanna
House of Representatives, 17
th District
306 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Re: Support for the City of Santa Clara’s Fiscal Year 2027 Federal Appropriations Request
Dear Senator Padilla, Senator Schiff, and Congressman Khanna:
On behalf of the City of Santa Clara, I respectfully seek your support for the City’s FY 2027 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending requests. The funding requested will help the City deliver critical projects to our community, thereby benefiting residents, businesses, and visitors alike.
The City of Santa Clara is requesting funding for the projects below that will facilitate the development of regional community assets, increase regional transportation opportunities, and create safer streets for bicyclists and pedestrians in the community.
• Santa Clara Vision Zero Safety Corridor Improvements Project ($2,200,000) This project will design and construct engineering safety countermeasures along the City of Santa Clara’s identified High- Injury Network (HIN). The HIN identifies the roadways and intersections that experienced highest number of fatal and severe injury col lisions. This initiative is a core component of the City's Vision Zero Action Plan, a multidisciplinary strategy designed to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries in Santa Clara while promoting safe and sustainable mobility. The primary objective of this funding request is to fund the design and construction of engineering improvements including but not limited to signal modifications, curb extensions, intersection treatments, ADA curb ramps, and pedestrian signals, on HIN roadways and intersections to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety and help achieve the City’s ultimate goal of ending traffic traffic -related fatalities and severe injuries on city roadways by 2050.
• Walsh and Martin Avenues Bikeway Improvements Project ($2,000,000) The City of Santa Clara approved the Walsh/Martin Avenue Bikeway Planning Study in 2024 to implement Class IV separated bikeway facilities on Walsh Avenue and on Martin Avenue.
Currently these two roadways lack bicycle facilities and cyclists must navigate next to high- speed vehicles and trucks and are exposed to high risks. The new Class IV bikeway will physically separate cyclists from vehicle traffic and increase bicycle ridership due to greater perceived safety and comfort. The project will remove on-street parking along both corridors to complete this important cross-county bicycle network. When complete, the project closes City of
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the existing bicycle network gap and connects to job centers such as NVIDIA, V alley Transportation Authority (VTA) frequent transit line 57, Altamont Corridor Express shuttle, the Lawrence Caltrain Station, and San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail. The requested funding will support the City’s design and construction of this priority bicycle and pedestrian improvement project in Santa Clara.
• Santa Clara Pedestrian Safety and Access Improvements Project ($3,000,000) This project focuses on the design and construction of high- priority infrastructure improvements identified through data analysis and community outreach in the City’s Pedestrian Master Plan and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Self -Evaluation and Transition Plan. Improvements are strategically targeted within nine Priority Pedestrian Zones across the city. The project will prioritize the installation of ADA curb ramps, Accessible Pedestrian Signals, sidewalk, curb extensions, high-visibility crosswalks, and enhancements at uncontrolled crosswalks. The project will create a comprehensive network of safe, convenient, and comfortable pedestrian routes for people of all ages and abilities.
These projects are critical for Santa Clara and are consistent with the federal objectives for Community Project Funding and Congressionally Directed Spending. Furthermore, these projects address immediate needs within Santa Clara and will benefit the community for years to come.
Thank you for your consideration. I appreciate your continued partnership and leadership in securing federal resources that benefit Santa Clara and the greater region.
Sincerely,
Lisa M. Gillmor
Mayor
City of Santa Clara
City of Santa Clara
Legislative Bill Matrix
Broadband, Cable Service and Wireless Telecommunications LAP AB 2443 (McKinnor, D) Telephone corporations: carriers of last resort.
Current Text: 02/20/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Status: 03/09/2026 - Referred to Com. on C. & C.
Location: 03/09/2026 - Assembly Communications and Conveyance Summary: Current law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to fix just and reasonable rates and charges for public utilities. Current law requires the commission, on or before February 1, 1995, to issue an order initiating an investigation and open proceeding to examine the current and future definitions of universal service in telecommunications. Pursuant to that provision, the commission issued a decision involving carriers of last resort, including the withdrawal process for carriers of last resort, defined as a carrier who provides local exchange service and stands ready to provide basic service to any customer requesting basic service within a specified area. This bill would require the commission to develop a reasonable process for a carrier of last resort to be relieved, on or before January 1, 2029, of that status in areas where customers have other options for voice service. (Based on 02/20/2026 text)
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AB 1559 (Calderon, D ) Residential property insurance images.
Current Text: 01/08/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/08/2026
Status: 02/02/2026 - Referred to Coms. on INS. and P. & C.P.
Location: 02/02/2026 - Assembly Insurance
Summary: Would require an admitted insurer to notify a residential property insurance policyholder that aerial images may be taken or obtained of the insured property, as specified, unless a claim has been submitted or is pending on the property and the images will be used only for evaluating the claim. The bill would require the insurer to provide the aerial images upon request, as specified, and would require the notice to include instructions regarding how a policyholder may make that request. (Based on 01/08/2026 text)
AB 1749 (Dixon, R ) Interfering with wildfire suppression with drone.
Current Text: 03/19/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/09/2026
Last Amended: 03/19/2026
Status: 04/03/2026 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
Location: 03/24/2026 - Assembly Judiciary
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Summary: Would prohibit a person from operating or using an unmanned aerial vehicle, remote-piloted aircraft, or drone to knowingly or recklessly interfere with a wildfire suppression or law enforcement or emergency response efforts related to a wildfire suppression. The bill would authorize the Attorney General or a county counsel or city attorney to bring civil action to enforce the prohibition and authorize a prevailing plaintiff to recover civil penalties, injunctive relief, or reasonable attorney’s fees and costs, as specified. (Based on 03/19/2026 text)
AB 1795 (Gipson, D ) Smoke Damage Recovery Act.
Current Text: 04/07/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/10/2026
Last Amended: 04/07/2026
Status: 04/08/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.
Location: 03/16/2026 - Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Summary: Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to implement a unified hazardous waste and hazardous materials management regulatory program, known as the unified program. Existing law requires the Office of the State Fire Marshal to develop and make available on its internet website a Wildland- Urban Interface Fire Safety Building Standards Compliance training intended for use in the training of local building officials, builders, and fire service personnel, as specified. Existing law authorizes the Office of the State Fire Marshal to allow certification of contractors who conduct defensible space, home hardening, fuel reduction, roadside clearance, and other contracting activities for wildlife resiliency efforts and who have completed specified training programs. This bill, the Smoke Damage Recovery Act, would require the California Environmental Protection Agency, on or before June 30, 2027, and in coordination with other state agencies and local public health departments, to develop health-based standards for required sampling, testing, and chemical screening levels for residential properties that have sustained smoke damage as a result of a wildland-urban interface fire or urban conflagration. (Based on 04/07/2026 text)
AB 1866 (Rogers, D) California Disaster Assistance Act: minimum damages thresholds.
Current Text: 03/11/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/11/2026
Last Amended: 03/11/2026
Status: 03/24/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 03/23/2026 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: The California Disaster Assistance Act requires the Director of Emergency Services to provide financial assistance to local agencies for their personnel costs, equipment costs, and the cost of supplies and materials used during disaster response activities, incurred as a result of a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor, subject to specified criteria. This bill would require the director, in administering those provisions, to prioritize local agencies that are not eligible for federal funding due to the agency’s inability to meet minimum damage thresholds under federal law, as specified. (Based on 03/11/2026 text)
AB 1960 (Bennett, D) Wildfire Prevention Grants Program: identified cohesive fire communities.
Current Text: 04/08/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/13/2026
Last Amended: 04/08/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
Location: 04/07/2026 - Assembly Emergency Management
Summary: EExisting law requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish a local assistance grant program for fire prevention and home hardening education activities in California and extends eligibility for grants to, among others, local agencies, resource conservation districts, fire safe councils, the California Conservation Corps, certified community conservation corps, Native American tribes, and qualified nonprofit 1st House 2nd House
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organizations. Existing law requires the department, on or before December 31, 2023, and annually thereafter, to post on its internet website certain information regarding hazardous fuel reduction and vegetation management projects funded or conducted by the department for the preceding fiscal year, including projects funded under the department’s Wildfire Prevention Grants Program, as provided. Existing law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish a statewide program to allow qualified entities, as defined, who have completed a specific training program developed and administered by the department to support and augment the department in its defensible space and home hardening assessment and education efforts. This bill would authorize the department, commencing with the 2028–29 fiscal year, to disburse funds appropriated for the Wildfire Prevention Grants Program to identified cohesive fire communities, as defined, that partner with fire safe councils, as provided, to use for activities related to hazardous fuels reduction, wildfire prevention planning, and wildfire prevention education, among other activities. (Based on 04/08/2026 text)
AB 1986 (Bennett, D ) Residential property insurance: home hardening.
Current Text: 02/13/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/13/2026
Status: 03/02/2026 - Referred to Com. on INS.
Location: 03/02/2026 - Assembly Insurance
Summary: Current law authorizes the Office of the State Fire Marshal to allow certification of contractors who conduct defensible space, home hardening, fuel reduction, roadside clearance, and other contracting activities for wildfire resiliency efforts and who have completed specified training programs. Current law generally regulates classes of insurance, including residential property and fire insurance. Current Department of Insurance regulations prohibit an insurer from using a rating plan that does not take into account and reflect specified wildfire risk mitigation, including property-level building hardening measures. Upon request for a premium quote for residential property insurance, this bill would require a specified insurer to provide a premium quote for the residential property that includes the price of insurance if the property is certified as “hardened” by a home hardening certification program established or approved by the State Fire Marshal and a premium quote for the residential property in its current state. (Based on 02/13/2026 text)
AB 2013 (Bennett, D ) High and very high fire risk areas: community water systems: preparedness and resiliency.
Current Text: 04/06/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/17/2026
Last Amended: 04/06/2026
Status: 04/07/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
Location: 04/07/2026 - Assembly Emergency Management
Summary: Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to identify areas in the state as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones based on consistent statewide criteria and based on the severity of fire hazard that is expected to prevail in those areas. This bill would require a community water system that services more than 100 customers that are located in a high or very high fire risk area, as defined, to include an annex to its disaster preparedness plans, as provided, that includes information regarding system preparedness and resiliency during a wildfire. The bill would require the annex to contain several things, including, among others, an assessment that identifies the minimum number of and type of water pumps that are necessary to maintain average daily capacity, including, but not limited to, the operation of fire hydrant systems at the rated capacity. (Based on 04/06/2026 text)
AB 2037 (Patterson, R) Wildfire Mitigation Aging and Disability Grant Pilot Program.
Current Text: 04/09/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/17/2026
Last Amended: 04/09/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. Read second time and amended.
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Location: 03/09/2026 - Assembly Aging and Long Term Care Summary: The Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act establishes the California Department of Aging in the California Health and Human Services Agency and sets forth its mission to provide leadership to the area agencies on aging in developing systems of home- and community-based services that maintain individuals in their own homes or the least restrictive homelike environments. This bill would establish the Wildfire Mitigation Aging and Disability Grant Pilot Program to be administered by the California Department of Aging through specified area agencies on aging, including Area 4 and El Dorado County Area. The bill would award grants, based on specified criteria, to seniors and individuals with disabilities to mitigate against wildfires on properties they own that they would not otherwise be able to protect with existing resources. The bill would require the area agencies on aging to award grants on a competitive basis and would require applications to contain specified information, including proof of need. The bill would also authorize the grant funding to be used towards the costs associated with hiring contractors or other qualified service providers to perform wildfire mitigation activities. The bill would appropriate the sum of $1,000,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Aging to implement these provisions. (Based on 04/09/2026 text)
AB 2061 (Chen, R) California FAIR Plan Association: data.
Current Text: 04/06/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/18/2026
Last Amended: 04/06/2026
Status: 04/07/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on INS.
Location: 03/02/2026 - Assembly Insurance
Summary: Existing law establishes the California FAIR Plan Association, which is a joint reinsurance association where all insurers licensed to write basic property insurance participate to administer a program for the equitable apportionment of basic property insurance for persons who are unable to obtain that coverage through normal channels. Existing law requires the association to establish and maintain an internet website and requires the association to include the internet website address on all communications with an applicant or insured. This bill would require the association to, each quarter, post on its internet website specified information, including the number of policies issued by the association in each ZIP Code and the risk exposure of the association. (Based on 04/06/2026 text)
AB 2075 (Bennett, D ) Forestry: safety requirements: fire equipment: internal combustion engines.
Current Text: 02/18/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/18/2026
Status: 03/09/2026 - Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and JUD.
Location: 03/09/2026 - Assembly Natural Resources
Summary: Under current law, a person is prohibited from using or operating, on or near specified lands during a time of the year when burning permits are required, a motor engine, boiler, stationary equipment, welding equipment, cutting torches, tarpots, or grinding devices from which a spark, fire, or flame may originate without complying with specified requirements, including the requirement to maintain one serviceable round point shovel and one backpack pump water-type fire extinguisher fully equipped and ready for use at the immediate area during the operation. Under existing law, a violation of these provisions is a crime. This bill would revise and recast those provisions by instead requiring a person to maintain at least one backpack pump-type fire extinguisher fully equipped and ready for use, and a sufficient number of serviceable round point shovels so that each person at the operation can be equipped to fight fire, within the operating area, at a point accessible in the event of fire. The bill would require these fire tools to be no farther than 25 feet from the point of operation of the power saw or tool and unrestricted access for the operator from the point of operation. The bill would provide that these requirements do not apply to a person operating a motorized vehicle to work on, clear, or grade any land in or near specified lands during any time of the year when burning permits are required, and would instead require the person to have in or affixed to the motor vehicle and ready for immediate use one serviceable round point shovel and one fully equipped fire extinguisher. (Based on 02/18/2026 text)
AB 2385 (Petrie-Norris, D) Local reconstruction agencies.
Current Text: 04/08/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
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Status: 04/09/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
Location: 03/19/2026 - Assembly Emergency Management
Summary: The Community Redevelopment Law established redevelopment agencies in each community and granted specified powers to those redevelopment agencies for the purpose of promoting redevelopment in blighted areas. Existing law dissolved those community redevelopment agencies in 2012. Other existing law, the Disaster Recovery Reconstruction Act of 1986, authorizes each city, county, or other local subdivision, as provided, to prepare, prior to a disaster, plans and ordinances facilitating the expeditious and orderly recovery and reconstruction of the area in case of a disaster. Existing law authorizes the plans and ordinances to include, among other things, a contingency plan of action and organization for short-term and long-term recovery and reconstruction to be instituted after a disaster. Existing law authorizes those the plans and ordinances to include the authority and proposed organization for establishment of a local reconstruction authority with powers parallel to those of a community redevelopment agency, except as specified. This bill would refer to those plans as a disaster recovery plan and would require a city or county that adopts a disaster recovery plan to ensure that its general plan is consistent with, and references, the disaster recovery plan. The bill would revise the contingency plan of action and organization to include intermediate recovery and reconstruction, in addition to the short-term and long-term recovery and reconstruction, and would specify elements that may be included in the contingency plan of action and organization. (Based on 04/08/2026 text)
AB 2410 (Ellis, R) Wildfire safety: fuels reduction projects: California Environmental Quality Act: California Coastal Act.
Current Text: 02/20/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Status: 03/09/2026 - Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
Location: 03/09/2026 - Assembly Natural Resources
Summary: Current law authorizes the Governor, during a state of emergency, to suspend any regulatory statute, or statute prescribing the procedure for conduct of state business, or the orders, rules, or regulations of any state agency, if the Governor determines and declares that strict compliance with any statute, order, rule, or regulation would in any way prevent, hinder, or delay the mitigation of the effects of the emergency. Under the authority of the California Emergency Services Act, on March 1, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation of a state of emergency that suspends applicable state statutes, rules, regulations, and requirements that fall within the jurisdiction of boards, departments, and offices within the California Environmental Protection Agency or the Natural Resources Agency to the extent necessary for expediting critical fuels reduction projects, as provided. The proclamation requires an individual or entity desiring to conduct a critical fuels reduction project to request the secretary of the appropriate agency to make a determination that the proposed project is eligible for the suspension and requires the California Environmental Protection Agency and the Natural Resources Agency to maintain on their respective internet website a list of all suspensions approved. This bill would, on or before January 31, 2028, require the California Environmental Protection Agency and the Natural Resources Agency to each report to the Legislature information on the implementation of the above-described proclamation of emergency, as provided. (Based on 02/20/2026 text)
AB 2473 (Committee on Emergency Management) Wildfire Forecast and Threat Intelligence Integration Center:
forecasted extreme, life-threatening fire weather conditions.
Current Text: 04/07/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Last Amended: 04/07/2026
Status: 04/08/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
Location: 03/09/2026 - Assembly Emergency Management
Summary: The California Emergency Services Act requires the Office of Emergency Services and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to jointly establish and lead the Wildfire Forecast and Threat Intelligence Integration Center, which serves as the state’s central organizing hub for, among other things, wildfire 1st House 2nd House
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forecasting. Existing law authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency, and local officials and local governments to proclaim a local emergency, when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, and authorizes the Governor or the appropriate local government to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. This bill would require the Wildfire Forecast and Threat Intelligence Integration Center to proactively coordinate with the National Weather Service and the California State Warning Center to share forecasted extreme, life-threatening fire weather conditions to ensure wide distribution of information for all potentially impacted agencies. (Based on 04/07/2026 text)
AB 2724 (Bauer -Kahan, D) Catastrophe modeling: distressed areas.
Current Text: 02/20/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Status: 03/16/2026 - Referred to Com. on INS.
Location: 03/16/2026 - Assembly Insurance
Summary: Current law creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, and generally regulates the business of insurance in the state. Current law establishes the California FAIR Plan Association, a joint reinsurance association in which all insurers licensed to write basic property insurance participate to administer a program for the equitable apportionment of basic property insurance for persons who are unable to obtain that coverage through normal channels. Current regulations authorize insurers, in distressed areas and for properties insured by the FAIR Plan that are exposed to wildfire risk, to use catastrophe modeling, as specified. Under current regulations, a distressed area includes undermarketed ZIP Codes and distressed counties. For purposes of using catastrophe modeling in insurer commitments, this bill would state that a distressed area includes only undermarketed ZIP Codes. (Based on 02/20/2026 text)
SB 876 (Padilla, D ) Fire and residential property insurance.
Current Text: 01/06/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/06/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 8).
Location: 04/08/2026 - Senate Judiciary
Summary: Current law generally regulates classes of insurance, including fire and residential property insurance.
This bill would instead prohibit a residential property insurance policy from being issued or renewed unless the applicant or insured is offered extended replacement cost coverage in an amount of no less than 50% of coverage above the policy limits for the primary dwelling and other structures. If an applicant or policyholder declines this offer, the bill would require them to sign an acknowledgment of the offer. (Based on 01/06/2026 text)
SB 878 (Pérez, D ) Insurance business practices.
Current Text: 04/06/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/06/2026
Last Amended: 04/06/2026
Status: 04/06/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS.
Location: 02/11/2026 - Senate Insurance
Summary: Existing law creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, and generally regulates the business of insurance in the state. Existing regulations prescribe specified deadlines by which an insurer is required to, among other things, respond to a notice of claim, accept or deny a claim, in whole or in part, and, upon acceptance of a claim in whole or in part, tender payment or otherwise take action to perform its obligation, as specified. This bill, with respect to fire insurance claims arising after January 1, 2027, would codify specified provisions of the regulations prescribing the deadlines above. The bill would also make an insurer that does not comply with the deadlines liable to the insured for interest on the amount of the accepted claim, in 1st House 2nd House
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whole or in part, at the rate of 20% per year, together with reasonable and necessary attorney’s fees, in addition to the amount the insured is entitled to under the policy. This bill would require, by January 2028, and quarterly thereafter, an insurer that offers or sells fire insurance in this state to provide a prompt-payment compliance data report in accordance with the above-described provisions to the department, as provided. (Based on 04/06/2026 text)
SB 894 (Allen, D) Wildfire resiliency: financial assistance.
Current Text: 04/09/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/15/2026
Last Amended: 04/09/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
Location: 04/07/2026 - Senate Emergency Management
Summary: Existing law establishes the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority to provide alternative methods of financing in providing and promoting the establishment of facilities using alternative methods and sources of energy and facilities needed for the development and commercialization of advanced transportation technologies, as provided. This bill would establish the California Wildfire Resilience Loan Program and would require the authority to administer the program to provide financial assistance for projects and activities to reduce wildfire-related risks and losses, including home hardening and defensible space improvements, as provided, and would make related changes. (Based on 04/09/2026 text)
SB 899 (Grove, R) Fire prevention: Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force: wildfire smoke.
Current Text: 03/18/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/20/2026
Last Amended: 03/18/2026
Status: 03/24/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
Location: 03/24/2026 - Senate Environmental Quality
Summary: Existing law requires the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force to develop a comprehensive implementation strategy to track and ensure the achievement of the goals and key actions identified in the state’s “Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan,” as provided. Existing law requires, on or before March 1, 2026, and every 5 years thereafter, the task force to update the action plan. This bill would require the task force, on or before July 1, 2028, and in cooperation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the State Department of Public Health, to assess the health costs and impacts of wildfire smoke using existing wildfire smoke and health data, as provided. The bill would require the task force, in developing this assessment, to, among other things, develop a model to determine the approximate health benefits of achieving the goals identified in the action plan and make recommendations on how the action plan can increase its health benefits. (Based on 03/18/2026 text)
SB 911 (Becker, D) Transfer of real property: fire hazard severity zones: compliance documentation.
Current Text: 03/10/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/26/2026
Last Amended: 03/10/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - Set for hearing April 22.
Location: 04/08/2026 - Senate Local Government
Summary: Existing law requires a seller of a real property that is located in a high or very high fire hazard severity zone to provide to the buyer documentation stating that the property is in compliance with specified fire safety requirements or local vegetation management ordinances. If the seller of a real property as described above has not obtained that documentation of compliance, existing law requires the seller and the buyer to enter into a written agreement pursuant to which the buyer agrees to obtain documentation of compliance with those 1st House 2nd House
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specified fire safety requirements or local vegetation management ordinances. In a local jurisdiction that has not enacted an ordinance requiring an owner or buyer to obtain documentation of compliance, and if a state or local agency, or other government entity, or other qualified nonprofit entity, provides an inspection with documentation for the jurisdiction in which the property is located, existing law requires the buyer to obtain documentation of compliance within one year of the date of the close of escrow. This bill would additionally require the seller to notify the local fire department having jurisdiction over the property, or the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection if the property is within a state responsibility area, as provided, of the written agreement and of the buyer’s obligation to obtain documentation of compliance. (Based on 03/10/2026 text)
SB 959 (Grayson, D) Average daily attendance: emergencies: major safety hazard.
Current Text: 03/09/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/03/2026
Last Amended: 03/09/2026
Status: 03/27/2026 - Set for hearing April 13.
Location: 03/25/2026 - Senate Appropriations
Summary: For purposes of state apportionments based on average daily attendance, as provided, if the average daily attendance of a school district, county office of education, or charter school has been materially decreased during a fiscal year because of a specified emergency, including, among others, the imminence of a major safety hazard as determined by a local law enforcement agency, existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to estimate the average daily attendance in a manner that credits to the school district, county office of education, or charter school approximately the total average daily attendance that would have been credited to the school district, county office of education, or charter school had the emergency not occurred. This bill, for the above-described purposes, would additionally allow a local fire agency to make a determination of the imminence of a major safety hazard. (Based on 03/09/2026 text)
SB 1162 (Alvarado -Gil, R) Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force: FAIR Plan policies: wildland-urban interface.
Current Text: 04/09/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/18/2026
Last Amended: 04/09/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 04/07/2026 - Senate Appropriations
Summary: Existing law requires the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force to develop a comprehensive implementation strategy to track and ensure the achievement of the goals and key actions identified in the state’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan, as provided. Existing law requires, on or before March 1, 2026, and every 5 years thereafter, the task force to update the action plan. This bill would require the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, on or before June 30, 2027, and in consultation with the Department of Insurance and the California FAIR Plan Association, to make recommendations to the task force regarding specific wildfire risk reduction measures that would reduce the regional risk profile for high-hazard landscapes and communities, particularly those ZIP Codes that have seen the largest increases in FAIR Plan policies sold since 2019. (Based on 04/09/2026 text)
SB 1270 (Richardson, D) Wildfire mitigation program: financial assistance to counties.
Current Text: 02/20/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - Set for hearing April 14.
Location: 04/08/2026 - Senate Natural Resources and Water Summary: Existing law, contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature, requires the Office of Emergency Services to enter into a joint powers agreement with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to develop and administer a comprehensive wildfire mitigation program to, among other things, encourage cost-effective 1st House 2nd House
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structure hardening and retrofitting to create fire-resistant homes, businesses, and public buildings. Existing law requires the joint powers authority to develop eligibility criteria for property owners, community organizations, and local governments who may receive financial assistance under the program. This bill would require the joint powers authority to provide financial assistance to the 10 counties with the greatest combined risk of wildfire and social vulnerability based on the above-described eligibility criteria, as provided. This bill contains other related provisions. (Based on 02/20/2026 text)
SB 1301 (Allen, D ) Residential property insurance: nonrenewals.
Current Text: 02/20/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Status: 03/04/2026 - Referred to Com. on INS.
Location: 03/04/2026 - Senate Insurance
Summary: Existing law creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, and generally regulates classes of insurance, including residential property insurance. Existing law requires an insurer to deliver to the named insured an offer of renewal, as specified, at least 45 days before the policy expiration and to deliver a notice of nonrenewal at least 75 days before the policy expiration. If the insurer fails to do so, existing law requires the existing policy, with no change in its terms and conditions, to remain in effect for 75 days from the date that the notice of nonrenewal is delivered or mailed to the named insured. Existing law requires nonrenewal notices to contain specified information. This bill would, beginning July 1, 2027, require an insurer to either deliver to the named policyholder an offer of renewal at least 90 days before the policy expiration or a notice of nonrenewal or a notice of renewal with a reduction of limits or an elimination of coverage under the policy at least 180 days before the policy expiration. The bill would require the notice to contain specified information, including all information related to the basis for the nonrenewal or the reduction of limits or elimination of coverage, as specified. If the insurer fails to deliver an offer or notice to the named policyholder, the bill would require the existing policy to remain in effect for either 90 days from the date the offer of renewal is delivered or for 180 days from the date the notice of nonrenewal or notice of renewal with a reduction of limits or an elimination of coverage is delivered. (Based on 02/20/2026 text)
SB 1404 (Stern, D) Wildfire prevention: state responsibility areas: fire prevention fee.
Current Text: 03/25/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Last Amended: 03/25/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - Set for hearing April 14.
Location: 04/08/2026 - Senate Natural Resources and Water Summary: Existing law requires the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, on or before September 1, 2011, to adopt emergency regulations to establish a fire prevention fee in an amount not to exceed $150 to be charged on each habitable structure on a parcel that is within a state responsibility area, as specified, and authorizes the board to annually adjust the fire prevention fee using prescribed methods. Existing law requires that the fire prevention fees collected, except as provided, be deposited into the State Responsibility Area Fire Prevention Fund and be made available to the board and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for certain specified fire prevention activities that benefit the owners of habitable structures in state responsibility areas who are required to pay the fee. Existing law, effective July 1, 2017, suspends the fire prevention fee and requires any moneys held in reserve in the fund to be appropriated by the Legislature in a manner consistent with the purposes of the fund. Existing law repeals the fire prevention fee program on January 1, 2031. This bill would reinstate the fire prevention fee effective January 1, 2027, subject to the January 1, 2031, repeal. (Based on 03/25/2026 text)
Energy Legislation, Regulations and Issues LAP
AB 1577 (Bauer -Kahan, D) Data centers: reporting.
Current Text: 03/26/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/12/2026
Last Amended: 03/26/2026
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Status: 04/09/2026 - From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (April 8).
Location: 04/08/2026 - Assembly Natural Resources
Summary: Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to biennially adopt an integrated energy policy report, as specified, and to make the reports accessible to state, local, and federal entities and to the general public. This bill would require the commission to establish a process for the owner of a data center, as defined, to submit specified information to the commission, including, among other information, the data center’s location and size, the data center’s power usage effectiveness, as defined, water usage effectiveness, as defined, and total water consumption, and the quantity of fuel consumed by onsite generators or other fuel-based energy systems, as specified. The bill would require the owner of a data center to submit the required information in the manner and timeframe specified by the commission. The bill would require the commission, beginning with the 2029 edition of the integrated energy policy report, and in each subsequent edition, to include an assessment of electrical load trends for data centers, as provided. The bill would require the commission to annually publish the information submitted in an anonymized and aggregated format on its internet website. (Based on 03/26/2026 text)
AB 1761 (Rogers, D) Electricity: calculation methodology: data disclosure.
Current Text: 03/19/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/09/2026
Last Amended: 03/19/2026
Status: 03/23/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 03/18/2026 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: Would require the Public Utilities Commission to ensure that all data serving as a basis for any decision or ruling issued by the commission, or in any proposal or analysis provided by commission staff, for the determination or application of a calculation methodology for any charge imposed on customers of a load-serving entity to recover costs associated with contracts, electrical corporation-owned generation, or any other resource or value included in that charge and any other charge derived from those costs, is made available to load-serving entities and ratepayer advocates on behalf of customers. The bill would require the commission to require an electrical corporation or other party, in submitting a proposal or analysis for the determination or application of a calculation methodology for any charge imposed on customers of a load-serving entity to recover costs associated with contracts, electrical corporation-owned generation, or any other resource or value included in that charge and any other charge derived from those costs, to make all data serving as a basis for that proposal or analysis available to load-serving entities and ratepayer advocates on behalf of customers. The bill would require that data to meet specified requirements, including that it is made through a public disclosure, except for market-sensitive data, as provided. (Based on 03/19/2026 text)
AB 2369 (Rogers, D) Electricity: resource adequacy requirements: transmission facility planning.
Current Text: 03/19/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Last Amended: 03/19/2026
Status: 03/23/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
Location: 03/19/2026 - Assembly Utilities and Energy
Summary: Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission, in consultation with the Independent System Operator (ISO), to establish resource adequacy requirements for all electrical corporations, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators, as provided, and requires that the resource adequacy program achieve certain objectives. This bill would require that the resource adequacy program also achieve the objectives of recognizing a reliability contribution for energy-only resources that reflects the value of those resources in supporting grid reliability, maximizing the timely development and interconnection of certain energy resources, and promoting increased use of electrical grid infrastructure, as provided. (Based on 03/19/2026 text) 1st House 2nd House
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AB 2396 (Irwin, D ) Community choice aggregators: electrical transmission lines.
Current Text: 03/19/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Last Amended: 03/19/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes
14. Noes 0.) (April 8).
Location: 04/08/2026 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: Existing law authorizes a community choice aggregator to aggregate the electrical load of interested electricity consumers within its boundaries and requires a community choice aggregator to file an implementation plan with the Public Utilities Commission, to register with the commission, and to enter into an operating service agreement with an electrical corporation. This bill would authorize a community choice aggregator to develop, finance, construct, operate, lease, purchase, and maintain electrical transmission lines, and any substations, or other works, facilities, improvements, and property necessary or convenient for the operation of those electrical transmission lines, regardless of whether the electrical transmission lines are used for the purpose of conveying electricity to the customers of the community choice aggregator. (Based on 03/19/2026 text)
AB 2424 (Carrillo, D ) Public Utilities Commission: communications: low-income customers.
Current Text: 04/07/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Last Amended: 04/07/2026
Status: 04/08/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on C. & C.
Location: 03/09/2026 - Assembly Communications and Conveyance Summary: Existing law establishes the Low-Income Oversight Board with 11 specified members, including 5 members selected by the Public Utilities Commission who have expertise in the low-income community and who are not affiliated with any state agency or utility group and one member selected by the commission who is a representative of an electrical or gas corporation. Existing law requires the board to advise the commission on low-income electricity, gas, and water customer issues, and to, among other things, monitor and evaluate implementation of all programs provided to low-income electricity, gas, and water customers. This bill would increase the membership of the board to 13 members by adding an additional member selected by the commission who has expertise in the low-income community and who is not affiliated with any state agency or utility group and an additional member selected by the commission who is a representative of wireless lifeline providers and is affiliated with a provider with headquarters in the state. (Based on 04/07/2026 text)
SB 742 (Pérez, D) Electricity: electrical infrastructure: permanently abandoned transmission facilities: emergency response: liaisons.
Current Text: 01/15/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/21/2025 (Spot bill)
Last Amended: 01/15/2026
Status: 01/26/2026 - Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 01/26/2026 - Assembly DESK
Summary: Current law requires electrical corporations to construct, maintain, and operate their electrical lines and equipment in a manner that will minimize the risk of catastrophic wildfire, as specified. Current law requires electrical corporations to annually prepare and submit wildfire mitigation plans to the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety for review and approval. This bill would require the commission, on or before January 1, 2027, 2028, to update a general order to require each electrical corporation to remove all permanently abandoned transmission facilities, as specified. This bill would require that an electrical corporation’s wildfire mitigation plan also include an accounting of all transmission facilities, including permanently abandoned transmission facilities, and include a plan for how and when each permanently abandoned transmission facility will be removed and the 1st House 2nd House
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wildfire mitigation measures that are being implemented to prevent hazards, as provided. (Based on 01/15/2026 text)
SB 887 (Padilla, D) California Environmental Quality Act: environmental leadership development projects: data centers: clean energy powerplant projects.
Current Text: 04/09/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/13/2026
Last Amended: 04/09/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.
Location: 03/18/2026 - Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Summary: The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) 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. CEQA requires the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation to prepare and propose guidelines for the implementation of CEQA by public agencies and requires the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to certify and adopt the guidelines. CEQA requires the guidelines to include a list of classes of projects that have been determined not to have a significant effect on the environment and that are exempt from CEQA, commonly known as categorical exemptions. This bill would prohibit the application of categorical exemption to a project for the development and operation of a data center, as defined. By increasing the duties of a lead agency in relation to the environmental review of a data center project, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 04/09/2026 text)
SB 978 (Pérez, D) Data centers: labor: electricity rates.
Current Text: 03/23/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/04/2026
Last Amended: 03/23/2026
Status: 04/08/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (April 8). Re- referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 04/08/2026 - Senate Appropriations
Summary: Would require the Public Utilities Commission to establish a special rate structure for data centers, as defined, taking transmission level electrical service with an estimated peak demand of at least 75 megawatts of electricity to, among other things, protect other customers of electrical corporations, prohibit cost shifts to those other customers, and require data centers to pay for the electrical corporations’ upfront costs of transmission or distribution infrastructure upgrades necessary for the provision of electrical service to the data centers. The bill would require the construction of data centers subject to the special rate structure to comply with certain labor requirements. (Based on 03/23/2026 text)
SB 1168 (McNerne y , D) Data centers: natural gas and electricity: surcharges.
Current Text: 04/06/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/18/2026
Last Amended: 04/06/2026
Status: 04/06/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.
Location: 02/26/2026 - Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Summary: Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including gas corporations and electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law establishes a surcharge on all natural gas consumed in the state to fund certain low-income assistance programs, cost-effective energy efficiency and conservation activities, and 1st House 2nd House
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public interest research and development. Under existing law, the surcharge is in addition to any other charges for natural gas sold or transported for consumption, as defined, in this state. Existing law exempts from the surcharge gas customers within the service territories of municipalities, districts, or public agencies that offer specified services or programs, as specified. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act, or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the PUC, is a crime. The Energy Resources Surcharge Law imposes a surcharge on consumers for the consumption of electricity purchased from an electric utility, which includes an electrical corporation and local publicly owned electric utility, at a rate annually fixed by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission), not to exceed a surcharge rate cap of $0.0003 per kilowatthour. Existing law requires electric utilities to collect the surcharge from consumers, and requires electric utilities, and any consumers who have not had the surcharge collected by an electric utility, to file a return with specified information. Under existing law, a violation of the Energy Resources Surcharge Law is a crime. This bill would impose surcharges, on and after January 1, 2027, on natural gas consumed by a data center, as defined, or a person that consumes natural gas to produce electricity primarily for a data center, at an unspecified rate, and on electricity consumed by a data center that is purchased from an electric utility, which includes an electrical corporation and local publicly owned electric utility, at an unspecified rate. rate, and would require the Energy Commission to fix the rate for both surcharges at a public meeting in each November for each calendar year starting the following January. (Based on 04/06/2026 text)
Housing LAP
AB 673 (Jackson, D) Unaccompanied homeless pupils: Unaccompanied Youth Support Grant Program.
Current Text: 01/12/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/14/2025
Last Amended: 01/12/2026
Status: 01/27/2026 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 01/27/2026 - Senate Rules
Summary: Would require the State Department of Education, in consultation with the State Department of Social Services, to administer competitive grants as part of a pilot program, to be known as the Unaccompanied Youth Support Grant Program, for school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to provide supports necessary to improve school attendance, pupil engagement, pupil graduation rates, and pupil wellbeing for unaccompanied youth, as defined, who are 16 and 17 years of age, including connecting youth with resources to find stable housing. The bill would require 5-year grants to be awarded to local educational agencies to support unaccompanied youth, and would require grant funds to be used for, among other things, referrals to existing social services support systems, and providing basic needs supports and educational support services, as specified. The bill would require funding preference under the program to be given to local educational agencies that have significant experience working with unaccompanied youth and existing partnerships with certain entities, as specified. The bill would require local educational agencies applying for grant funds under the program to submit an application that includes, among other things, a detailed plan describing how grant funds will be used to identify eligible pupils, the types of supports to be provided based on the eligible uses of grant funds, and the methods and metrics the local educational agency will use to measure progress towards program goals. The bill would require local educational agencies awarded grant funds under the program to submit annual reports to the department that include, among other things, a description of the expenditure of funds and the number and characteristics of unaccompanied youth served. (Based on 01/12/2026 text)
AB 736 (Wicks, D) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026.
Current Text: 04/10/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/18/2025
Last Amended: 04/10/2025
Status: 06/04/2025 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 06/04/2025 - Senate Rules
Summary: Would enact the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, 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 home ownership programs, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program. (Based on 04/10/2025 text) 1st House 2nd House
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AB 748 (Harabedian, D ) Single-family and multifamily housing units: preapproved plans.
Current Text: 01/05/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/18/2025
Last Amended: 01/05/2026
Status: 01/27/2026 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 01/27/2026 - Senate Rules
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law provides for the adoption and administration of zoning laws, ordinances, rules and regulations by counties and cities and the implementation of those general plans as may be in effect in those counties or cities. In that regard, current law requires each local agency, by January 1, 2025, to develop a program for the preapproval of accessory dwelling unit plans. This bill would require each local agency, as defined, to develop a program for the preapproval of single-family and multifamily residential housing plans, whereby the local agency accepts single-family and multifamily plan submissions for preapproval and approves or denies the preapproval applications, as specified. The bill would require a large jurisdiction, as defined, to develop this program by July 1, 2027, and a small jurisdiction, as defined, to develop a program by January 1, 2029. The bill would require the local agency to post preapproved single-family or multifamily residential housing plans and the contact information of the applicant on the local agency’s internet website. (Based on 01/05/2026 text)
AB 1165 (Gipson, D ) California Housing Justice Act of 2025.
Current Text: 01/22/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/21/2025
Last Amended: 01/22/2026
Status: 01/29/2026 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 12.) In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 01/29/2026 - Senate Rules
Summary: Current law establishes the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program administered by the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency for the purpose of providing jurisdictions, as defined, with one-time grant funds to support regional coordination and expand or develop local capacity to address homelessness challenges, as specified. Current law also establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development in the agency and makes the department responsible for administering various housing programs throughout the state, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program, the Housing for a Healthy California Program, and the California Emergency Solutions Grants Program. This bill would enact the California Housing Justice Act of 2025, which would require the department to create, by January 1, 2028, and in collaboration with specified entities, including local entities, finance plans to solve homelessness and to solve the housing unaffordability crisis, and related statewide performance metrics. (Based on 01/22/2026 text)
AB 1621 (Wilson, D) Planning and Zoning Law: postentitlement phase permits: Housing Accountability Act.
Current Text: 03/04/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/22/2026
Last Amended: 03/04/2026
Status: 04/08/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re- referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 04/08/2026 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a local agency or state agency to compile one or more lists that specify in detail the information required from any applicant for a postentitlement phase permit, as defined.
Existing law also establishes time limits for completing reviews regarding whether an application for a postentitlement phase permit is complete and compliant, and whether to approve or deny an application. Existing law requires the time limits to be tolled, if the local agency or state agency requires review of the application by an outside entity, until the outside entity completes the review and returns the application, as specified. This bill would 1st House 2nd House
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prohibit a local agency or state agency from requiring or requesting more than 2 plan check and specification reviews in connection with an application for a building permit, as part of its review, except as specified. The bill would authorize a local agency or state agency to deny an application that is not compliant with the permit standards following 2 plan check and specification reviews. (Based on 03/04/2026 text)
AB 1622 (Rubio, Blanca, D ) Electrified security fences.
Current Text: 01/22/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/22/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0.) In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 04/09/2026 - Senate Rules
Summary: Current law, until January 1, 2028, authorizes an owner of real property to install and operate on their property an electrified security fence that is powered by an electrical energizer, driven by solar-charged batteries of no more than 12 volts of direct current, and used to protect and secure manufacturing or industrial property, or property zoned under another designation, but legally authorized to be used for a commercial purpose that stores, parks, services, sells, or rents vehicles or other materials, subject to specified conditions. Current law prohibits a city, county, or city and county from prohibiting or conditioning the installation of an electrified security fence, as described above, except for requiring an administrative permit to confirm a fence abutting a property in residential use, or within 300 feet of a public park, childcare facility, recreation center, community center, or school facility, meets certain requirements. Current law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2028. Current law, starting January 1, 2028, authorizes an owner of real property to install and operate on their property an electrified security fence that is powered by an electrical energizer, and used to protect and secure commercial, manufacturing, or industrial property, or property zoned under another designation, but legally authorized to be used for a commercial, manufacturing, or industrial purpose, subject to specified conditions and subject to prohibitions imposed by a city, county, or city and county through a local ordinance. This bill would indefinitely extend the operation of the electrified security fence provisions subject to repeal on January 1, 2028, and would repeal the provisions that become operative on January 1, 2028. (Based on 01/22/2026 text)
AB 1623 (Davies, R) Planning and zoning: regional housing needs allocation and annual report: student housing quarters.
Current Text: 01/22/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/22/2026
Status: 02/02/2026 - Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.
Location: 02/02/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires each city, county, or city and county to prepare and adopt a general plan for its jurisdiction that contains certain mandatory elements, including a housing element. Under current law, a part of the housing element is an assessment of housing needs, which includes the locality’s share of the regional housing need. Under current law, the appropriate council of governments, or for cities and counties without a council of governments, the Department of Housing and Community Development, adopts a final regional housing need plan that allocates a share of the regional housing need to each locality in the region.
Current law authorizes a local government to conduct a review or appeal regarding allocation data provided by the department or the council of governments regarding, among other things, the locality’s share of the regional housing need. This bill would require certain types of student housing quarters, as determined by the department, that are built within the jurisdiction of a local government, as defined, regardless of whether they have been issued a completed entitlement, a building permit, or a certificate of occupancy, to count toward a local government’s share of the locality’s lower income regional housing needs allocation. (Based on 01/22/2026 text)
AB 1624 (Zbur, D) Public Lands Protection Act.
Current Text: 01/22/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/22/2026
Status: 03/16/2026 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and NAT. RES. 1st House 2nd House
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Location: 03/16/2026 - Assembly Local Government
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 any land outside its boundaries that bears relation to its planning. Current law authorizes the legislative body of a county or city to adopt ordinances that, among other things, regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land as between industry, business, residences, open space, and other purposes, as provided. For these purposes, current law authorizes the legislative body to divide a county or city into zones, but requires that regulations adopted be uniform for each class or kind of building or use of land throughout each zone. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare 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. This bill, the Public Lands Protection Act, would, upon transfer to any private or nonfederal entity of a parcel of land located within the state that is owned by the United States government on or after January 1, 2025, and that has been designated in an adopted general plan or zoning ordinance as open space, public land, resource conservation, or an equivalent conservation-oriented designation, immediately subject that parcel to the zoning designation and associated state and local restrictions. The bill would also, upon transfer of a parcel of land located within the state that is owned by the United States government on or after January 1, 2025, and that has not been designated in an adopted general plan or zoning ordinance at the time of transfer to any private or nonfederal entity, automatically subject that parcel to the most restrictive conservation- oriented zoning designation currently applied in the jurisdiction, by operation of law. (Based on 01/22/2026 text)
AB 1693 (Zbur, D) Accelerated retailer building plan approval: tenant improvements.
Current Text: 02/03/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/03/2026
Status: 03/16/2026 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV., NAT. RES. and JUD.
Location: 03/16/2026 - Assembly Local Government
Summary: The California Building Standards Law establishes the California Building Standards Commission within the Department of General Services. Current law requires the commission to approve and adopt building standards and to codify those standards in the California Building Standards Code. Current law authorizes local governments to enact ordinances or regulations that make building standards amendments to the California Building Standards Code, as specified. Current law establishes a streamlined approval process for a local permit for a tenant improvement related to a restaurant, as defined. This bill would establish a similar streamlined approval process for a local permit for a tenant improvement relating to a retailer, as defined. In this regard, the bill would require a local building department, upon the request and at the expense of the permit applicant, to allow a qualified professional certifier, defined as a licensed architect or engineer who meets certain requirements, to certify that the plans and specifications of the tenant improvement comply with all applicable building, health, and safety codes, as specified. The bill would require a qualified professional certifier, or the applicant, as applicable, to prepare certain affidavits related to the tenant improvement under penalty of perjury. The bill would require the local building department to approve or deny the permit application within 20 business days of receiving a complete application and would deem the plan approved for permitting purposes if the local building department does not approve or deny the application within that timeframe. The bill would also authorize the applicant to resubmit corrected plans addressing the deficiencies identified in the initial denial, would limit the local building department’s review of each subsequent resubmission to the deficiencies identified in the initial denial, and would require the local building department to approve or deny each subsequent resubmission within 10 business days of receipt. (Based on 02/03/2026 text)
AB 1695 (Ortega, D ) Smoke-free state-subsidized multiunit housing developments.
Current Text: 02/03/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/03/2026
Status: 03/16/2026 - Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Location: 03/16/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development 1st House 2nd House
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Summary: Current law prohibits the smoking of tobacco products in various public and private places and also authorizes a landlord of a residential dwelling unit to prohibit the smoking of tobacco products on the property or in any building or portion of the building, including in any dwelling unit, in accordance with specified requirements.
This bill would prohibit the smoking of tobacco products in a state-subsidized multiunit housing development, as defined, for which a certificate of occupancy is issued on or after January 1, 2027. (Based on 02/03/2026 text)
AB 1708 (Solache, D ) Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program: round 8: smaller jurisdictions.
Current Text: 04/06/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/04/2026
Last Amended: 04/06/2026
Status: 04/07/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Location: 02/23/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: Existing law establishes the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) program for the purpose of providing jurisdictions with grant funds to support regional coordination and expand or develop local capacity to address their immediate homelessness challenges, as specified. Existing law provides for the allocation of funding under the program among continuums of care, cities, counties, and tribes in 6 rounds, with rounds 1 to 5, inclusive, administered by the Interagency Council on Homelessness and round 6 administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, as provided. Existing law establishes round 7 of the program and states the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that specifies the parameters, as specified. To be eligible for round 5 or round 6 base program allocation, existing law requires a jurisdiction that is not a tribe to apply as part of a region and be signatory to a regionally coordinated homelessness action plan that meets specified requirements. This bill would apply to the allocation of funding available under round 8 of the program and require a round 8 regionally coordinated homelessness action plan to include certain components, including a description of programs and interventions provided by smaller jurisdictions, as defined, that serve the objects and goals of the program, as specified. (Based on 04/06/2026 text)
AB 1710 (Carrillo, D ) Housing developments: ordinances, policies, and standards.
Current Text: 02/04/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/04/2026
Status: 03/25/2026 - Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 12.
Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Location: 03/25/2026 - Assembly Local Government
Summary: The Housing Accountability Act prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible, a housing development project, as defined for purposes of the act, for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or an emergency shelter unless the local agency makes specified written findings based on a preponderance of the evidence in the record. The act requires a housing development project to be subject only to the ordinances, policies, and standards adopted and in effect when a preliminary application, as specified, was submitted, except as otherwise provided. The act defines “ordinances, policies, and standards” to include general plan, community plan, specific plan, zoning, design review standards and criteria, subdivision standards and criteria, and any other rules, regulations, requirements, and policies of a local agency, as defined, including those relating to development impact fees, capacity or connection fees or charges, permit or processing fees, and other exactions. This bill would include in the definition of “ordinances, policies, and standards” materials requirements, postentitlement permit standards, and any rules, regulations, determinations, and other requirements adopted or implemented by other public agencies, as defined. (Based on 02/04/2026 text)
AB 1738 (Carrillo, D ) State Housing Law: remote inspections.
Current Text: 03/26/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/05/2026
Last Amended: 03/26/2026
Status: 04/06/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
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Location: 03/25/2026 - Assembly Local Government
Summary: The State Housing Law establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law requires the building department of every city or county to enforce the provisions of the State Housing Law, the State Building Standards Code, and other specified rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the State Housing Law pertaining to standards for buildings used for human habitation.
Existing law authorizes an officer, employee, or agent of an enforcement agency to enter and inspect any building or premises whenever necessary to secure compliance with, or prevent a violation of, any provision of the State Housing Law, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code, and other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of the State Housing Law. Existing law provides certain immunities to a public entity or employee immunity relative to an inspection or license, as provided. This bill would require a city, including a charter city, county, or city and county to offer a homeowner or contractor the option of requesting remote inspections for all or a subset of an inspection required by a building permit for specified works in one- or 2-family dwelling units, by July 1, 2027, as provided. The bill would apply the above-described immunities to remote inspections. (Based on 03/26/2026 text)
AB 1751 (Quirk -Silva, D) Missing Middle Townhome Ownership Act.
Current Text: 02/09/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/09/2026
Status: 02/23/2026 - Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.
Location: 02/23/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law contains various provisions requiring a local government that receives an application for certain types of qualified housing developments to review the application under a streamlined, ministerial approval process depending on the type of housing development, as specified. 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 Starter Home Revitalization Act of 2021 requires a local agency to ministerially consider, without discretionary review or a hearing, a parcel map or a tentative and final map for a housing development project that meets certain requirements, including that the housing development project on the lot proposed to be subdivided will contain 10 or fewer residential units, except as provided. This bill, the Missing Middle Townhome Ownership Act, would authorize a development proponent to submit an application for a townhome housing development project that is subject to a prescribed ministerial approval process if the development complies with certain procedural requirements and satisfies specified objective planning standards. The bill would also require a local agency to ministerially consider, without discretionary review or a hearing, a parcel map or a tentative and final map for a townhome development project that meets all of specified requirements, including that the proposed subdivision will result in parcels and residential units that will meet prescribed densities and that the newly created parcels are no smaller than 600 square feet. The act would define “townhome” for these purposes to mean a single-family dwelling unit that is less than or equal to 3 stories of occupiable square footage and shares a common wall, as specified, or is separated from one or more neighboring units by an air gap, and would define “townhome development project” to mean a housing development project consisting entirely of residential dwelling units that satisfy this definition of townhome. (Based on 02/09/2026 text)
AB 1924 (Gabriel, D ) Statewide homelessness prevention strategy.
Current Text: 03/09/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/12/2026 (Spot bill)
Last Amended: 03/09/2026
Status: 04/02/2026 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 03/09/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: Existing law establishes various programs to prevent homelessness or assist persons experiencing homelessness, including the No Place Like Home Program and the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program. This bill would require the Department of Housing and Community Development, by July 1, 2027, to develop and publicly issue a statewide homelessness prevention strategy that includes specified elements, including a homelessness prevention action plan for certain state agencies and evidence-based model 1st House 2nd House
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AB 1947 (Ta, R) Surplus land.
Current Text: 02/13/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/13/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 04/08/2026 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: Current law requires each state agency, each year, to make a review of all proprietary state lands over which it has jurisdiction to determine what land is in excess of its foreseeable needs and report thereon to the Department of General Services, including, among other things, land that is not currently being utilized, or is currently being underutilized, by the state agency for any ongoing state program. This bill would specifically require the Department of Transportation to submit the report described above. The bill would require the report to include the market value of the properties reviewed by the agency. The bill would require the report to include land that is not currently being utilized, is currently being underutilized, or is not being used by a state agency, regardless of whether the agency is currently prepared to dispose of the land by sale or otherwise. (Based on 02/13/2026 text)
AB 1972 (Patterson, R) Water right permits and licenses: annual fee: exemption.
Current Text: 03/17/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/13/2026
Last Amended: 03/17/2026
Status: 03/24/2026 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 03/02/2026 - Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Summary: Existing law requires each person or entity who holds a permit or license to appropriate water, leases water pursuant to specified provisions of law, or files a specified application, registration, or petition to pay a fee according to a fee schedule established by the State Water Resources Control Board. This bill would require the board to exempt a person who holds a water right permit or license from paying the annual fee pursuant to a specified regulation for a pond with 20 acre-feet or less of water. (Based on 03/17/2026 text)
AB 2020 (Gabriel, D ) Housing programs: financing.
Current Text: 02/17/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/17/2026
Status: 04/02/2026 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 03/02/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: Current law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development and requires it to administer various programs intended to promote the development of housing, as specified, pursuant to which the department provides financial assistance in the form of deferred payment loans to pay for the eligible costs of development of specified types of housing projects. Current law sets forth various general powers of the department in implementing these programs, including authorizing the department to enter into long-term contracts or agreements of up to 30 years for the purpose of servicing loans or grants or enforcing regulatory agreements or other security documents. This bill would permit the department to authorize the transfer of excess reserves or excess operating income, as defined, from one rental housing development to another rental housing development with the same owner, as specified. (Based on 02/17/2026 text)
AB 2128 (Hane y , D) Housing authorities: term limits and work requirements. 1st House 2nd House
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Current Text: 04/07/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/18/2026
Last Amended: 04/07/2026
Status: 04/08/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Location: 03/02/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: The Housing Authorities Law establishes a housing authority within each county and city and authorizes the authority to, among other things, prepare, carry out, acquire, lease, and operate housing projects and housing developments for persons of low income, as provided. This bill would, unless required by federal law, and except as specified, prohibit a housing authority or other covered housing provider, as defined, from establishing or implementing any rules, policies, or procedures that impose term limits or work requirements, as defined, as a condition of eligibility for any covered housing or that impact the amount of the rent subsidy or assistance provided to covered housing tenants. The bill would, however, permit a covered housing provider to establish or implement a voluntary employment or job training program if specified conditions apply. (Based on 04/07/2026 text)
AB 2146 (Stefani, D ) Supportive housing: prospective tenants: barriers to access.
Current Text: 03/16/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/18/2026
Last Amended: 03/16/2026
Status: 03/17/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Location: 03/16/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: The Governor’s Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2025 (GRP), which became effective on July 5, 2025, transfers the Department of Housing and Community Development to the California Housing and Homelessness Agency, which the GRP also establishes, as of July 1, 2026. Existing law establishes a low-income housing tax credit program, through which the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, chaired by the Treasurer, allocates low-income housing tax credits aimed at providing affordable low-income housing within and throughout the state.
Existing law sets forth procedures and criteria under the program for housing credit applicants, who are owners, sponsors, or developers of qualifying low-income buildings or projects, as specified. Existing law, the Multifamily Housing Program, administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, makes available deferred payment loans to pay for the eligible costs of housing development projects. Existing law specifies particular requirements for projects funded with funds appropriated for supportive housing projects, including, among other things, that supportive housing projects provide or demonstrate collaboration with programs that provide services that meet the needs of the supportive housing residents. Existing law also requires that funds appropriated to provide housing for individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness and who are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic or other communicable diseases be disbursed in accordance with the Multifamily Housing Program for specified uses. This disbursement program is referred to as Homekey. Existing law, known as the No Place Like Home Program, requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to award $2,000,000,000 among counties to finance capital costs, including, but not limited to, acquisition, design, construction, rehabilitation, or preservation, and to capitalize operating reserves, of permanent supportive housing for the target population, as specified. This bill would establish the California Direct Access to Supportive Housing (DASH) designation, for the purpose of facilitating quick and accountable access to supportive housing units. The bill would, beginning July 1, 2027, require a sponsor of a housing unit that meets prescribed criteria to notify the Department of Housing and Community Development or the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee of the unit’s eligibility for a DASH designation, as specified. The bill would, beginning July 1, 2027, and to the extent not prohibited by federal law, require the department or the committee to apply specified expedited compliance documentation standards for a prospective tenant referred to a DASH unit, as provided. (Based on 03/16/2026 text)
AB 2238 (Rubio, Blanca, D ) Mobilehome Residency Law: commencement of actions: notices.
Current Text: 02/19/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Status: 03/26/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. 1st House 2nd House
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Location: 03/26/2026 - Assembly Judiciary
Summary: The Mobilehome Residency Law prescribes various terms and conditions of tenancies in mobilehome parks. Current law prohibits an action based upon the management’s alleged failure to maintain the physical improvement in the common facilities in good working order or condition or alleged reduction of service from being commenced by a homeowner unless the management has been given at least 30 days’ prior notice of the intention to commence the action. Current law requires the notice be in writing, signed by the homeowner or homeowners making the allegations, and notify the management of the basis of the claim, the specific allegations, and the remedies requested. Current law deems a notice by one homeowner to be sufficient notice of the specific allegation to the management of the park by all of the homeowners in the park. This bill would require that the above-described notice be first preceded by a prior written notice to the owner of the mobilehome park or the designated management representative requesting the specific repair, neglected maintenance, or service that was given without having received a responsive or complete cure by the owners of the mobilehome park or designated management representatives. The bill would instead require the notice be signed by each of the homeowners making the allegations and additionally require the notice notify the management of the causes of the claims. (Based on 02/19/2026 text)
AB 2264 (Lacke y , R) District agricultural associations: real property: affordable housing.
Current Text: 03/17/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Last Amended: 03/17/2026
Status: 03/26/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 25).
Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Location: 03/25/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: Existing law provides for the establishment of district agricultural associations and authorizes a district agricultural association to engage in various activities, including to purchase, acquire, hold, sell, exchange, or convey any interest in real property with the approval of the Department of General Services. This bill would specify that the above-described authorization includes the construction and maintenance of affordable housing, as defined, and the construction and maintenance of housing affordable for persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined. (Based on 03/17/2026 text)
AB 2295 (Johnson, R ) Regional housing need: affordable housing.
Current Text: 02/19/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Status: 03/09/2026 - Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.
Location: 03/09/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: Current law requires each council of governments, or delegate subregion as applicable, to develop and adopt a methodology for distributing the existing and projected regional housing need to cities, counties, and cities and counties within the region or within the subregion, as provided. Current law also requires each council of governments and delegate subregion, as applicable, to adopt a final allocation of regional housing needs to each local government in the region or subregion, where applicable, and the department, based on that adopted methodology. Current law requires that the housing element of a county’s or city’s general plan include, among other things, a quantification of the locality’s existing and projected housing needs for all income levels, which must include the locality’s share of the regional housing need, as provided. Current law authorizes a local government within the same county as a federally recognized Native American tribe to enter into a voluntary agreement with a tribe to allow new tribal housing development projects to count toward the locality’s share of the regional housing needs allocation if certain conditions are met. This bill would authorize a local government, as defined, to enter into a voluntary agreement with another local government to allow new housing development projects to count toward each locality’s share of the regional housing needs allocation if certain conditions are met, including that the project includes affordable housing units for very low and lower income households. (Based on 02/19/2026 text)
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AB 2296 (Papan, D ) Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation.
Current Text: 03/19/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Last Amended: 03/19/2026
Status: 03/23/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Location: 03/19/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development 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, which includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. Existing law authorizes at least 2 or more cities and a county, or counties, at least 28 months prior to the scheduled housing element revision, to form a subregional entity to allocate the subregion’s existing and projected housing need among its members. If the council of governments does not receive a notification of this formation at least 28 months prior to the update, existing law requires the council of governments to implement specified requirements regarding the regional housing need process. Existing law requires the council of governments to determine the share of regional housing need assigned to each delegate subregion at least 25 months prior to the scheduled revision. This bill would extend the above-described timeline for cities and counties to form a subregional entity to allocate the subregion’s housing need, as provided, from 28 months to 34 months, and the above-described timeline for the council of governments to determine the share of regional housing need assigned to each subregion from 25 months to 31 months, respectively. (Based on 03/19/2026 text)
AB 2387 (Alvarez, D ) California Dream for All Program: first-generation homebuyers.
Current Text: 02/20/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Status: 03/09/2026 - Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Location: 03/09/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: Current law establishes the California Housing Finance Agency in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, and, as of July 1, 2026, transfers the agency to the California Housing and Homelessness Agency created pursuant to the Governor’s Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2025, as provided. Current law authorizes the agency to, among other things, make loans to finance affordable housing, including residential structures, housing developments, multifamily rental housing, special needs housing, and other forms of housing, as specified. Existing law establishes the California Dream for All Program, administered by the agency subject to the availability of funds, to provide shared appreciation loans, as defined, to qualified first-time homebuyers.
Current law limits the program to providing assistance to low- and moderate-income homebuyers in the purchase of owner-occupied homes. Current law establishes the California Dream for All Fund, and continuously appropriates moneys in that fund for the purposes of the program, as prescribed. This bill would require the agency to expand the California Dream for All Program to provide additional assistance, as specified, to first- generation homebuyers, as defined. The bill would require the agency to prioritize this assistance to first- generation homebuyers purchasing homes built using specified state funding, and to expedite approval of that assistance for a first-generation homebuyer purchasing a home located in a moderate-density area, as provided.
By expanding the purposes for which money in the California Dream for All Fund may be used, the bill would make an appropriation. (Based on 02/20/2026 text)
AB 2400 (Wallis, R) General plan: annual report: suite-style student housing quarters.
Current Text: 02/20/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Status: 03/09/2026 - Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.
Location: 03/09/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development of the city or county that includes, among other elements, a housing element. That law requires the housing element to include, among other things, an identification and analysis of existing and projected housing needs. That law requires the city or county to provide by April 1 of each year an annual report to, among other 1st House 2nd House
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entities, the Department of Housing and Community Development that includes, among other specified information, the number of units of housing demolished and new units of housing that have been issued a completed entitlement, a building permit, or a certificate of occupancy. This bill would additionally require the city or county to include in the annual report the number of suite-style student housing quarters, as determined by the department. (Based on 02/20/2026 text)
AB 2418 (González, Mark, D ) Local building permits: nonresidential private permitting review.
Current Text: 02/20/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Status: 03/09/2026 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD.
Location: 03/09/2026 - Assembly Local Government
Summary: Current law requires every city, county, or city and county, whether general law or chartered, that requires the issuance of a permit as a condition precedent to the construction, alteration, improvement, demolition, or repair of any building or structure, to require the execution of a permit application, as specified. Current law permits a local agency, defined as a city, county, or city and county, to authorize its enforcement agency to contract with or employ a private entity or persons on a temporary basis to perform plan-checking functions for a nonresidential building, but that the local agency is not required to do so if it determines that no entities or persons are available or qualified to perform plan-checking services. Under current law, when there is an excessive delay, as defined, in checking plans submitted as part of an application for specified nonresidential projects, a local agency is required to, upon request of the applicant, contract with or employ a private entity or persons on a temporary basis to perform the plan-checking function. Current law defines “excessive delay” to mean, among other things, the local agency has taken more than 50 days to check plans and specifications, as provided. This bill would, until January 1, 2037, revise and recast the above-described provisions related to private plan checking. The bill would, upon an application for a nonresidential building permit being deemed complete, as provided, require the local agency to provide the applicant with an estimated timeframe in which it will determine if the completed application is compliant with permit standards. (Based on 02/20/2026 text)
AB 2601 (Lee, D ) Planning and zoning: housing development: streamlined approval and subdivisions.
Current Text: 02/20/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Status: 03/09/2026 - Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.
Location: 03/09/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: Under the Planning and Zoning Law, the legislative body of a city or county may adopt ordinances that, among other things, regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land, as provided. 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. This bill would require that an application for a proposed housing development containing no more than 2 residential units within a single-family residential zone, as described above, be eligible for concurrent processing with an application for a parcel map for an urban lot split, as provided. The bill would authorize a local agency to condition issuance of building permits, grading permits, or certificates of occupancy for a proposed housing development upon the applicant first obtaining approval and recording a parcel map for eligible parcels pursuant to the above-described urban lot split provisions. The bill would allow the primary dwellings in an urban lot split under these provisions to be developed or converted to condominiums upon request of the applicant, as specified, or, if the housing development includes an existing unit, allow the applicant to request a condominium conversion for that unit pursuant to state and local law. The bill would specify that a “parcel map” for purposes of these provisions means a parcel map prepared in accordance with specified provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and may include a condominium plan if proposed by the subdivider, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 02/20/2026 text)
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AB 2626 (Gabriel, D ) Housing programs: financing.
Current Text: 03/09/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026 (Spot bill)
Last Amended: 03/09/2026
Status: 04/02/2026 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 03/09/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development and requires it to administer various programs intended to promote the development of housing, as specified, pursuant to which the department provides financial assistance in the form of deferred payment loans to pay for the eligible costs of development of specified types of housing projects. Existing law sets forth various general powers of the department in implementing these programs, including authorizing the department to enter into long-term contracts or agreements of up to 30 years for the purpose of servicing loans or grants or enforcing regulatory agreements or other security documents. This bill would permit the department to waive payment of residual receipts or minimum annual loan payments required under a department regulatory agreement. (Based on 03/09/2026 text)
AB 2676 (Gallagher, R) Housing Crisis Act of 2019.
Current Text: 04/09/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Last Amended: 04/09/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - Read second time and amended.
Location: 04/08/2026 - Assembly Local Government
Summary: The Housing Crisis Act of 2019, with respect to land where housing is an allowable use and except as specified, prohibits a county or city, including the electorate exercising its local initiative or referendum power, in which specified conditions exist, determined as provided by the Department of Housing and Community Development, from enacting a development policy, standard, or condition, as defined, that would have certain effects. Under existing law, these proscribed policies, standards, or conditions include, among others, (A) changing the land use designation or zoning of a parcel or parcels of property to a less intensive use or reducing the intensity of land use within an existing zoning district below what was allowed under the general plan or specific plan land use designation and zoning ordinances of the county or city as in effect on January 1, 2018, and (B) imposing or enforcing a moratorium on housing development within all or a portion of the jurisdiction of the county or city, except as provided. Existing law prohibits a county or city subject to these provisions from enforcing 1st House 2nd House
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a zoning ordinance imposing a moratorium or other similar restriction on or limitation of housing development until it has submitted the ordinance to, and received approval from, the Department of Housing and Community Development. Existing law requires the department to approve a zoning ordinance submitted to it only if the department determines that the zoning ordinance satisfies these requirements. If the department denies approval of the zoning ordinance, as specified, existing law states that the ordinance is deemed void. This bill would expand the prohibition against enacting a development policy, standard, or condition that has the effect of imposing or enforcing a moratorium on housing development within all or a portion of the jurisdiction of the county or city to also prohibit these policies, standards, or conditions within the sphere of influence of a city, as defined.
The bill would define “moratorium or similar restriction or limitation on housing development” for purposes of the Housing Crisis Act of 2019 to include, but not be limited to, the electorate of a county or city subject to these provisions from exercising its referendum power in a manner that has the effect of extending an existing moratorium or similar restriction or limitation on housing development. (Based on 04/09/2026 text)
AB 2689 (Ávila Farías, D ) Low-income housing tax credits: lease nonrenewal: good cause.
Current Text: 04/06/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Last Amended: 04/06/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
Location: 03/19/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: Existing law, in modified conformity with federal income tax laws, establishes a low-income housing tax credit program through which the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee allocates low-income housing tax credits aimed at providing affordable low-income housing within and throughout the state. Existing federal law sets limitations and guidelines regarding what projects are eligible for credits, including a requirement that an extended low-income housing commitment is in effect, and a prohibition against eviction except for good cause. This bill would specify, for housing projects where the low-income housing commitment requires 100% of the units, not including any manager’s units, to be restricted to lower income households, as defined, that good cause for nonrenewal of a lease includes cases where the nonrenewal relates to a household whose income exceeds 140% of the area median income for at least 2 consecutive years and 30% of the household’s monthly income exceeds the fair market rent for the county where they reside. (Based on 04/06/2026 text)
AB 2748 (Quirk -Silva, D) Building standards: affordable housing developments: electric vehicle charging.
Current Text: 02/20/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Status: 03/16/2026 - Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Location: 03/16/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: Current law, the State Housing Law, establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation. Existing law requires the building department of every city or county to enforce within its jurisdiction all the provisions published in the California Building Standards Code and the provisions of the State Housing Law, as provided. Existing law makes any violation of the State Housing Law a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000, by imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, or by both.
This bill would exempt a new or existing affordable housing development, as defined, for which a permit application is submitted between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2035, from the requirements for installation of low power Level 2 or higher electric vehicle charging receptacles in the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code, as provided. The bill would, instead, require those affordable housing developments for which a permit application is submitted between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2035, to comply with the applicable requirements for installation of low power Level 2 or higher electric vehicle charging receptacles in the 2022 edition of the California Building Standards Code. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2037. By adding to the duties of local officials, and by expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state- mandated local program. (Based on 02/20/2026 text)
ACA 4 (Jackson, D ) Homelessness and affordable housing.
Current Text: 05/05/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/24/2025
Last Amended: 05/05/2025
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Status: 01/22/2026 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
Location: 05/14/2025 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: The California Constitution authorizes the development, construction, or acquisition of developments composed of urban or rural dwellings, apartments, or other living accommodations for persons of low income financed in whole or in part by the federal government or a state public body, or to which the federal government or a state public body extends assistance, if a majority of the qualified electors of the city, town, or county in which the housing is proposed to be located approves the project by voting in favor thereof, as specified. This measure, the Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act, would create an account in the General Fund into which, beginning in the 2027–28 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter until September 30, 2036, a sum would be transferred from the General Fund equal to or greater than 5% of the estimated amount of General Fund revenues for that fiscal year, as specified. The measure would require the moneys in the account to be appropriated by the Legislature to the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, and would authorize that agency to expend the moneys to fund prescribed matters related to homelessness and affordable housing, including housing and services to prevent and end homelessness. (Based on 05/05/2025 text)
SB 288 (Seyarto, R ) Property taxation: change in ownership: family homes and farms.
Current Text: 01/22/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/06/2025
Last Amended: 01/22/2026
Status: 01/27/2026 - Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 01/27/2026 - Assembly DESK
Summary: The California Constitution limits the amount of ad valorem taxes on real property to 1% of the full cash value of that property, defined as the county assessor’s valuation of real property as shown on the 1975–76 tax bill and, thereafter, the appraised value of the real property when purchased, newly constructed, or a change in ownership occurs after the 1975 assessment, subject to an annual inflation adjustment not to exceed 2%.
Pursuant to constitutional authorization, current property tax law, on and after February 16, 2021, excludes from classification as a change in ownership the purchase or transfer of a family home or family farm, as those terms are defined, of the transferor in the case of a transfer between parents and their children, or between grandparents and their grandchildren if all the parents of those grandchildren are deceased, if the property continues as the family home or family farm of the transferee, as specified. For purposes of the transfer of a family home, that law requires the transfer to be of a principal residence of the transferor and to become the principal residence of the transferee within one year of the transfer. That law also requires the transferee to file for the homeowners’ or disabled veterans’ exemption within a year of the transfer, as described. This bill would provide that, in the event of a transfer to an eligible transferee as a result of the death of an eligible transferor by an order entered pursuant to specified existing law, the one-year periods described above shall be deemed to commence as of the effective date of the order, as specified. (Based on 01/22/2026 text)
SB 299 (Cabaldon, D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: day care center: family daycare home:
zoning.
Current Text: 01/14/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/10/2025
Last Amended: 01/14/2026
Status: 01/26/2026 - Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 01/26/2026 - Assembly DESK
Summary: The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) 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. Current law exempts specified projects from CEQA, including a project that consists exclusively of a day care center, as defined, that is not located in a residential area. This bill would 1st House 2nd House
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exempt from CEQA a project that consists exclusively of a day care center or a family daycare home, as defined, that is located on a parcel of land zoned exclusively for residential use, except as provided. By imposing additional duties on a lead agency to determine the applicability of these exemptions, the bill would impose a state- mandated local program. (Based on 01/14/2026 text)
SB 417 (Cabaldon, D ) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026.
Current Text: 01/22/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/18/2025
Last Amended: 01/22/2026
Status: 01/27/2026 - Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 01/27/2026 - Assembly DESK
Summary: Under current law, there are programs providing assistance for, among other things, emergency housing, multifamily housing, farmworker housing, home ownership for very low and low-income households, and downpayment assistance for first-time home buyers. Current law also authorizes the issuance of bonds in specified amounts pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law and requires that proceeds from the sale of these bonds be used to finance various existing housing programs, capital outlay related to infill development, brownfield cleanup that promotes infill development, and housing-related parks. This bill would enact the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, 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 home ownership programs, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program. (Based on 01/22/2026 text)
SB 479 (Arreguín, D) Homeless adult and family multidisciplinary personnel teams.
Current Text: 01/05/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/19/2025 (Spot bill)
Last Amended: 01/05/2026
Status: 01/26/2026 - Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 01/26/2026 - Assembly DESK
Summary: Current law authorizes a county to establish a homeless adult and family multidisciplinary personnel team with the goal of facilitating the expedited identification, assessment, and linkage of homeless individuals to housing and supportive services within that county, and to allow provider agencies and members of the personnel team to share confidential information for the purpose of coordinating housing and supportive services to ensure continuity of care. Current law requires the sharing of confidential information to be governed by protocols developed in each county describing how and what information may be shared by the homeless adult and family multidisciplinary personnel team, and requires each county to provide a copy of its protocols to the State Department of Social Services. This bill would additionally authorize a city that is designated as a local health jurisdiction to similarly establish a homeless adult and family multidisciplinary personnel team. (Based on 01/05/2026 text)
SB 677 (Wiener, D) Housing development: transit-oriented development.
Current Text: 01/08/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/21/2025
Last Amended: 01/08/2026
Status: 01/26/2026 - Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 10.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 01/26/2026 - Assembly DESK
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Summary: Current law requires that a housing development project, as defined, within a specified distance of a transit-oriented development (TOD) stop, as defined, be an allowed use as a transit-oriented housing development on any site zoned for residential, mixed, or commercial development, if the development complies with certain applicable requirements, as provided. Among these requirements, current law establishes requirements concerning height limits, density, and residential floor area ratio in accordance with a development’s proximity to specified tiers of TOD stops, as provided, and requires a development to meet specified labor standards that require that a specified affidavit be signed under penalty of perjury, under specified circumstances.
Current law specifies that a development proposed pursuant to these provisions is eligible for streamlined, ministerial approval, as provided. Current law defines, among other terms, the term “high-frequency commuter rail” for purposes of these provisions to mean a commuter rail service operating a total of at least 48 trains per day across both directions, not including temporary service changes of less than one month or unplanned disruptions, and not meeting the standard for very high frequency commuter rail, at any point in the past three years. Current law also defines the term “Tier 2 transit-oriented development stop” for these purposes to mean a TOD stop within an urban transit county, as defined, excluding a Tier 1 transit-oriented development stop, as defined, served by light rail transit, by high-frequency commuter rail, or by bus service meeting specified standards. This bill would revise the definition of “high-frequency commuter rail” to instead mean a public commuter or intercity rail station with a total of at least 48 passenger trains on average per weekday across all directions, not including temporary service changes of less than one month or unplanned disruptions, and not meeting the standard for very high frequency commuter rail, at any point in the past three years. (Based on 01/08/2026 text)
SB 866 (Blakespear, D) Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program: housing element.
Current Text: 03/25/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/05/2026
Last Amended: 03/25/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - Set for hearing April 15.
Location: 04/08/2026 - Senate Housing
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law requires the housing element to include, among other things, an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints that are relevant to meeting these needs. Existing law establishes the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) program for the purpose of providing jurisdictions with grant funds to support regional coordination and expand or develop local capacity to address their immediate homelessness challenges, as specified. Existing law provides for the allocation of funding under the program among continuums of care, cities, counties, and tribes in 6 rounds, with rounds 1 to 5, inclusive, administered by the Interagency Council on Homelessness and round 6 administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, as provided. Existing law establishes round 7 of the program and states the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that specifies the parameters, as specified. For a local government that does not receive HHAP funding, this bill would require the assessment to include, among other things, specified data regarding the population of individuals who are unhoused and a description of key actions that will be taken to reduce individuals who are unhoused based on the data. (Based on 03/25/2026 text)
SB 967 (Blakespear, D) Planning and zoning: housing element: interim housing units: acutely low income households.
Current Text: 03/26/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/03/2026
Last Amended: 03/26/2026
Status: 03/26/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
Location: 02/11/2026 - Senate Housing
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 that county or city, and specified land outside its boundaries, that includes, among other specified mandatory elements, a housing element. For the 4th and subsequent revisions of the housing element, existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to determine the existing and projected regional housing need, as provided, and requires the appropriate council of governments, or for cities and counties without a council of governments, the department, to adopt a final 1st House 2nd House
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regional housing need plan allocating a share of the regional housing need to each city or county, as provided.
Existing law requires the housing element to include an analysis of any special housing needs, including, among others, families and persons in need of emergency shelter. Existing law requires a city or county to provide by April 1 of each year an annual report to, among other entities, the department that includes, among other things, the city’s or county’s progress in meeting its share of regional housing needs, as specified, and number of units approved and disapproved in the prior year. The bill would authorize a city or county that met or exceeded its need for emergency shelter capacity and that provides committed support for interim housing, as defined, to report the number of interim housing units receiving that support that are approved, as specified, as units approved or disapproved for acutely low income households, for purposes of the annual progress report. (Based on 03/26/2026 text)
SB 996 (Padilla, D ) Manufactured housing: classification as real property.
Current Text: 03/19/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/09/2026
Last Amended: 03/19/2026
Status: 04/01/2026 - April 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 03/17/2026 - Senate Revenue and Taxation
Summary: The Mobilehome Parks Act requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish regulations for manufactured home, mobilehome, and commercial modular foundation systems. Existing law authorizes a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular to be installed on a foundation system as either a fixture or improvement to the real property if certain conditions are met. In this regard, existing law requires, among other things, a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular owner or licensed contractor to obtain a building permit from the appropriate enforcement agency before installing the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular on a foundation system by, among other things, submitting written evidence acceptable to the enforcement agency that the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular owner owns, holds title to, or is purchasing the real property where the mobilehome is to be installed on a foundation system. Existing law specifies that a lease held by the owner, that is transferable, for the exclusive use of the real property where the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular is to be installed, is deemed to comply with that requirement if the lease is for a term of 35 years or more, or if fewer than 35 years, for a term mutually agreed upon by the lessor and lessee, and the term of the lease is not revocable at the discretion of the lessor except for cause, as specified. A willful violation of these provisions is a crime. This bill would specify that the authorization to install a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular as either a fixture or improvement to the real property applies to permanent foundation systems. The bill would remove the agreements that are deemed to comply the requirement that the owner or contractor provide written evidence that the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular owner owns, holds title to, or is purchasing the real property where the mobilehome is to be installed. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 03/19/2026 text)
SB 1014 (Grayson, D) Development projects: preliminary estimate of required improvements: onsite and offsite improvements.
Current Text: 04/08/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/10/2026
Last Amended: 04/08/2026
Status: 04/08/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Location: 02/18/2026 - Senate Local Government
Summary: The Permit Streamlining Act sets forth various procedures for the review and approval of development project applications, including, among other things, requiring each public agency to compile one or more lists that specify in detail the information that will be required from any applicant for a development project. The act also requires a city, county, or city and county to deem an applicant for a housing development project to have submitted a preliminary application upon providing specified information about the proposed project to the city, county, or city and county from which approval for the project is being sought. This bill would permit a development proponent that submits a preliminary application for a housing development project, as specified, or an application if a preliminary application is not submitted, to include in the preliminary application or application a request for a preliminary estimate of required improvements, as provided. The bill would require a city, county, or 1st House 2nd House
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city and county that receives a request under these provisions to provide the preliminary estimate within 30 business days of the submission of the request, as provided. (Based on 04/08/2026 text)
SB 1036 (Grayson, D ) Mitigation Fee Act.
Current Text: 04/08/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/11/2026
Last Amended: 04/08/2026
Status: 04/08/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Location: 02/18/2026 - Senate Local Government
Summary: The Mitigation Fee Act imposes various requirements with respect to the establishment, increase, or imposition of a fee by a local agency as a condition of approval of a development project, including requiring the local agency to identify the use to which the fee is to be put and determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the fee’s use and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed. Existing law further provides that when a local agency imposes a fee for water connections or sewer connections, or imposes a capacity charge, as defined, those fees or charges shall not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee or charge is imposed, except as specified. This bill would require the amount of a fee or charge described above that is imposed on a development project that demolishes or changes an existing use to be offset to account for the demolition or change so that the amount of the fee or charge is attributable only to the development project’s incremental impact on public facilities or services, as provided. (Based on 04/08/2026 text)
SB 1085 (Durazo, D) Water supply planning: housing developments.
Current Text: 04/07/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/13/2026
Last Amended: 04/07/2026
Status: 04/07/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
Location: 02/26/2026 - Senate Natural Resources and Water Summary: The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to be responsible for determining whether a project is exempt from CEQA and whether an environmental impact report, a negative declaration, or a mitigated negative declaration is required. Existing law requires a city or county that determines a certain type of project is subject to the requirements of CEQA to identify any public water system that may supply water for the project and to request those public water systems to prepare a specified water supply assessment, as provided. This bill would instead require a city or county, upon receipt of a preliminary application for a housing development project that meets certain conditions, or upon deeming a development application for certain projects complete, to make that identification of public water systems. The bill would require a city or county, within 15 days of receiving an application that meets either of the above-mentioned criteria, to request each identified public water system to determine whether the projected water demand associated with the proposed project was included in the most recently adopted urban water management plan. (Based on 04/07/2026 text)
SB 1117 (Cervantes, D ) Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units.
Current Text: 02/17/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/17/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - Set for hearing April 22.
Location: 04/07/2026 - Senate Local Government
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law provides for the creation by ordinance, or by ministerial approval if the local agency has not adopted an ordinance, of an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) in accordance with specified 1st House 2nd House
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standards and conditions. Current law requires fees charged for the construction of ADUs to be determined in accordance with specified provisions of the Mitigation Fee Act. Current law prohibits a local agency, special district, or water corporation from imposing any impact fee upon the development of an ADU that has 750 square feet of interior livable space or less, and requires any impact fees charged for an ADU that has more than 750 square feet of interior livable space to be charged proportionately in relation to the square footage of the primary dwelling unit. This bill would additionally require the charge to be based only on the area in excess of 750 square feet of interior livable space. By changing the duties of local agencies with regard to calculating fees for ADUs, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 02/17/2026 text)
SB 1196 (McNerne y , D) Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units: utility service connections.
Current Text: 03/23/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Last Amended: 03/23/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - Set for hearing April 13.
Location: 04/08/2026 - Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law provides for the creation by ordinance, or by ministerial approval if the local agency has not adopted an ordinance, of an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) or a junior accessory dwelling unit (JADU) in accordance with specified standards and conditions. Existing law authorizes a local agency, special district, or water corporation to require a new or separate utility connection directly between the unit and the utility for certain ADUs, as provided. This bill would require a local agency to post on its internet website or distribute in written form to an applicant a comprehensive list of requirements for utility service connections that may be required for an ADU or JADU and contact information for each of the utilities that provide service in the jurisdiction. (Based on 03/23/2026 text)
SB 1216 (Cabaldon, D ) Planning and Zoning Law: housing leadership designation.
Current Text: 02/19/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - Set for hearing April 21.
Location: 03/04/2026 - Senate Housing
Summary: This bill would require the department, on or before July 1 of each year, to publish a list of housing leadership designated jurisdictions on its internet website. To qualify for a housing leadership designation, the bill would require that the jurisdiction have submitted a complete annual progress report for the preceding 5 years and, as applicable, that it meet specified requirements relating to housing production that vary based on whether the jurisdiction is an affordable jurisdiction, an unaffordable jurisdiction, or an extremely unaffordable jurisdiction, as those terms are defined. The bill would also require the department to publish a list of the affordability designation for each jurisdiction that has submitted a complete annual progress report, as provided. The bill would authorize a jurisdiction with a housing leadership designation to take prescribed actions, including to establish by ordinance an exemption or modification of specified provisions of the Planning and Zoning Law. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. (Based on 02/19/2026 text)
SB 1258 (Wiener, D) Streamlined housing approvals: hazardous waste sites.
Current Text: 03/25/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Last Amended: 03/25/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - Set for hearing April 15.
Location: 04/08/2026 - Senate Environmental Quality
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law, until January 1, 2036, authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a multifamily housing development that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process, 1st House 2nd House
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as provided, and not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development satisfies specified objective planning standards. Existing law specifies that a development is consistent with the objective planning standards if there is substantial evidence that would allow a reasonable person to conclude that the development is consistent with the objective planning standards. Existing law prohibits a development subject to these provisions from being located on a hazardous waste site unless certain exceptions apply, including the State Department of Public Health, State Water Resources Control Board, Department of Toxic Substances Control, or a local agency has otherwise cleared the site for residential use or residential mixed uses. This bill would revise the above-described exception to, instead, authorize a development subject to these provisions to be located on a hazardous waste site if an applicant takes certain actions before the issuance of the first postentitlement phase permit, including, obtaining a determination by the State Department of Public Health, State Water Resources Control Board, regional water quality control boards, Department of Toxic Substances Control, or a local agency that the site is suitable for residential use or residential mixed uses. (Based on 03/25/2026 text)
SB 1317 (Arreguín, D) Exempt surplus land: locally owned land Current Text: 02/20/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - Set for hearing April 29.
Location: 03/04/2026 - Senate Local Government
Summary: Existing law prescribes requirements for the disposal of surplus land by a local agency. Existing law defines “surplus land” for these purposes to mean land owned in fee simple by any local agency for which the local agency’s governing body takes formal action in a regular public meeting declaring that the land is surplus and is not necessary for the agency’s use. Existing law provides that an agency is not required to follow certain requirements for the disposal of surplus land for “exempt surplus land,” as defined. Existing law, the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994, authorizes local governmental entities to establish a property and business improvement district to levy assessments on properties and businesses within the district for the purpose of financing certain improvements and promoting activities that benefit property in the district. Existing law requires the California Environmental Protection Agency to identify disadvantaged communities for investment opportunities from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and for other purposes. This bill would define “exempt surplus land” to include surplus land that is owned by a local agency and is located within a property and business improvement district designated pursuant to the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994 and a disadvantaged community identified by the California Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the above- referenced provisions. (Based on 02/20/2026 text)
SB 1383 (Arreguín, D) Housing development: density bonus: incentives or concessions: labor standards.
Current Text: 03/23/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Last Amended: 03/23/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - Set for hearing April 15.
Location: 04/08/2026 - Senate Housing
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, waivers or reductions of development standards, parking ratios, and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct certain types of housing, including, among other types of housing, housing that will include specified percentages of units for rental or sale to lower income households or very low income households, as specified. Existing law requires a city or county to grant incentives or concessions requested by an applicant for a density bonus except under prescribed circumstances. Existing law defines “incentives or concessions” to include, among other things, a reduction in site development standards or a modification of zoning code requirements or architectural design requirements that exceed the minimum building standards, as specified, and regulatory incentives or concessions proposed by the developer or the city or county that result in identifiable and actual cost reductions to provide for affordable housing costs, as specified. This bill would exclude a reduction in site development standards, a modification of zoning code or architectural design requirements, and other regulatory incentives or concessions that include or relate to a labor standard, as defined, from the definition of “incentives or concessions.” (Based on 03/23/2026 text)
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SCR 131 (Blakespear, D) Housing: unsheltered homelessness.
Current Text: 04/06/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Last Amended: 04/06/2026
Status: 04/06/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
Location: 03/04/2026 - Senate Housing
Summary: Would urge the Governor, relevant state agencies, and all local governments to adopt an urgent and coordinated approach to end and prevent unsheltered homelessness statewide, as specified. (Based on 04/06/2026 text)
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AB 1198 (Hane y , D) Public works: prevailing wages.
Current Text: 01/22/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/21/2025
Last Amended: 01/22/2026
Status: 01/29/2026 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 6.) In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 01/29/2026 - Senate Rules
Summary: Current law requires that, except as specified, not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, determined by the Director of Industrial Relations, be paid to workers employed on public works projects.
Current law requires the body awarding a contract for a public work to obtain from the director the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the public work is to be performed, and the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for holiday and overtime work, for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed to execute the contract. Under current law, if the director determines during any quarterly period that there has been a change in any prevailing rate of per diem wages in a locality, the director is required to make that change available to the awarding body and their determination is final. Under current law, that determination does not apply to public works contracts for which the notice to bidders has been published. This bill would instead state, commencing July 1, 2027, that if the director determines, within a semiannual period, that there is a change in any prevailing rate of per diem wages in a locality, that determination applies to any public works contract that is awarded or for which notice to bidders is published after July 1, 2027.
The bill would authorize any contractor, awarding body, or specified representative affected by a change in rates on a particular contract to, within 20 days, file with the director a verified petition to review the determination of that rate, as specified. The bill would require the director to, upon notice to the interested parties, initiate an investigation or hold a hearing, and, within 20 days after the filing of that petition, except as specified, make a final determination and transmit the determination in writing to the awarding body and to the interested parties. (Based on 01/22/2026 text)
AB 1383 (McKinnor, D) Public employees’ retirement benefits: safety members.
Current Text: 01/22/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/21/2025
Last Amended: 01/22/2026
Status: 01/29/2026 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 2.) In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Location: 01/29/2026 - Senate Rules
Summary: The California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) establishes a variety of requirements and restrictions on public employers offering defined benefit pension plans. In this regard, PEPRA restricts the amount of compensation that may be applied for purposes of calculating a defined pension benefit for a new member, as defined, by restricting it to specified percentages of the contribution and benefit base under a 1st House 2nd House
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specified federal law with respect to old age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits. The Teachers’ Retirement Law establishes the State Teachers’ Retirement System (STRS) and creates the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan, which provides a defined benefit to members of the program, based on final compensation, creditable service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. This bill, on and after January 1, 2027, would require a retirement system subject to PEPRA to adjust pensionable compensation limits to be consistent with specified percentages of the contribution and benefit base under the specified federal law with respect to old age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits. The bill would require a new member of STRS to be subject to specified limits of the Teachers’ Retirement Law. (Based on 01/22/2026 text)
SB 342 (Umber g, D) Contractors: unlicensed work.
Current Text: 01/05/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/12/2025 (Spot bill)
Last Amended: 01/05/2026
Status: 01/26/2026 - Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 01/26/2026 - Assembly DESK
Summary: Current law prohibits a person engaging in the business or acting in the capacity of a contractor from recovering compensation for work performed that requires a contractor’s license unless the person was a duly licensed contractor at all times during the performance of the act or contract, except as specified. This bill would instead allow that person to recover compensation for that work if the person was a duly licensed contractor at the time the contract was executed and during the portion of the times of the performance of that act or contract for which they are seeking to recover compensation. (Based on 01/05/2026 text)
SB 1159 (Cabaldon, D ) Artificial intelligence: transparency and governance.
Current Text: 03/25/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/18/2026
Last Amended: 03/25/2026
Status: 04/08/2026 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Location: 04/08/2026 - Senate THIRD READING
Summary: The California Constitution provides that people have the right of access to information concerning the conduct of the people’s business. Various provisions of existing law, including the California Public Records Act, the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, and the Ralph M. Brown Act, provide, with some exceptions, for public access to government records and meetings of government bodies. Among those acts, the California Public Records Act defines “person” to include any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, or association. This bill would specify that, for purposes of the California Public Records Act, the Bagley- Keene Open Meeting Act, the Ralph M. Brown Act, the Political Reform Act of 1974, the Administrative Procedure Act, and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), “person,” “interested person,” “participant,” “member of the public,” as applicable, and any other similar terms under each act referring to those who may engage with governmental agencies, do not include artificial intelligence, as defined, systems, autonomous agents, robots, or other nonhuman entities, whether physical or digital. The bill would make findings and declarations related to these provisions. (Based on 03/25/2026 text)
SB 1371 (Durazo, D) Solid waste handling services: labor dispute.
Current Text: 02/20/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - Set for hearing April 22.
Location: 03/04/2026 - Senate Local Government
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Summary: Current law contains various provisions relating to franchise agreements between a local jurisdiction and a service provider for the provision of services such as utilities, waste hauling, and cable television. This bill would prohibit any franchise contracts, licenses, or permits for solid waste handling services, as defined, entered into or substantially amended, as defined, by a local agency on or after January 1, 2027, from including a force majeure provision that excuses or suspends the service provider’s obligation to perform under the franchise contract, license, or permit in the event of a work stoppage arising out of or in connection with a labor dispute, as defined. The bill would also provide that any force majeure provision in a franchise contract, license, or permit for solid waste handling services that excuses or suspends performance due to a work stoppage arising out of or in connection with a labor dispute is void and unenforceable, regardless of the date on which the contract, license, or permit was entered into. By imposing new duties on local governments with respect to the franchise contracts, licenses, or permits for solid waste handling services, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 02/20/2026 text)
Local Representative Legislation
AB 1564 (Ahrens, D) Employer-employee relations: confidential communications.
Current Text: 02/25/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/12/2026
Last Amended: 02/25/2026
Status: 03/18/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 18). Re- referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 03/18/2026 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: Current law that governs the labor relations of public employees and employers, including, among others, the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, the Ralph C. Dills Act, provisions relating to public schools, and provisions relating to higher education prohibits employers from taking certain actions relating to employee organization, including imposing or threatening to impose reprisals on employees, discriminating or threatening to discriminate against employees, or otherwise interfering with, restraining, or coercing employees because of their exercise of their guaranteed rights. Those provisions of existing law further prohibit denying to employee organizations the rights guaranteed to them by existing law. This bill would prohibit a public employer from questioning a public employee, a representative of a recognized employee organization, or an exclusive representative regarding communications made in confidence between an employee and an employee representative in connection with representation relating to any matter within the scope of the recognized employee organization’s representation. (Based on 02/25/2026 text)
AB 1599 (Ahrens, D) Public transit: California Transit Stop Registry: transit datasets.
Current Text: 01/16/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/16/2026
Status: 03/24/2026 - Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16.
Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 03/23/2026 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: Would require the Department of Transportation to create, on or before December 31, 2026, the California Transit Stop Registry as a centralized, statewide dataset of standardized information regarding transit stops that includes, but is not limited to, each transit stop’s name, location, available amenities, and unique identifier, as specified. (Based on 01/16/2026 text)
AB 1649 (Ahrens, D) Medi-Cal: monthly maintenance amount: personal and incidental needs.
Current Text: 01/28/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/28/2026
Status: 02/09/2026 - Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Location: 02/09/2026 - Assembly Health
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Summary: Qualified individuals under the Medi-Cal program include medically needy persons and medically needy family persons who meet the required eligibility criteria, including applicable income requirements. Current law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to establish income levels for maintenance need at the lowest levels that reasonably permit a medically needy person to meet their basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter, and for which federal financial participation will still be provided under applicable federal law. In calculating the income of a medically needy person in a medical institution or nursing facility, or a person receiving institutional or noninstitutional services from a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly organization, the required monthly maintenance amount includes an amount providing for personal and incidental needs in the amount of not less than $35 per month while a patient. Current law authorizes the department to increase, by regulation, this amount as necessitated by increasing costs of personal and incidental needs. This bill would increase the monthly maintenance amount for personal and incidental needs from $35 to $50, and would require that the amount be increased annually, as specified. The bill would make these changes subject to receipt of necessary federal approvals. (Based on 01/28/2026 text)
AB 1674 (Ahrens, D) Food Affordability Act.
Current Text: 02/02/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/02/2026
Status: 04/07/2026 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 03/25/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: Current law creates the Office of Farm to Fork within the Department of Food and Agriculture, and requires the office, to the extent that resources are available, to work with various entities, as prescribed, to increase the amount of agricultural products available to underserved communities and schools in the state.
Current law requires the office, among other things, to identify distribution barriers that affect limited food access and work to overcome those barriers through various actions and to coordinate with school districts and representatives to increase the nutritional profile of foods provided in schools. This bill, the Food Affordability Act, would create the Food Desert Elimination Grant Program under the administration of the department to expand access to healthy foods in food deserts, as defined, and areas at risk of becoming food deserts, by providing grants to developers and grocery store operators, as specified. The bill would create the Food Desert Elimination Fund and would authorize the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to expend moneys in the fund for the purpose of the program. The bill would authorize the department to collect nonstate, federal, and private moneys for the purpose of the program, require those moneys to be deposited into the California Equitable Food Access Account within the Food Desert Elimination Fund, which the bill would create, and continuously appropriate those moneys to the department for the purpose of the program. The bill would authorize the department to award grants for specified purposes to developers or grocery store operators seeking to locate grocery stores in food deserts or to existing grocery stores located in food deserts. (Based on 02/02/2026 text)
AB 1690 (Ahrens, D) Personal Income Tax Law: young child tax credit.
Current Text: 02/03/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/03/2026
Status: 03/16/2026 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
Location: 03/16/2026 - Assembly REV. & TAX SUSPENSE FILE Summary: The Personal Income Tax Law allows various credits against the taxes imposed by that law, including a young child tax credit to a qualified taxpayer in a specified amount multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor, as provided. That law also allows a payment from the continuously appropriated Tax Relief and Refund Account for an amount in excess of tax liability. Current law defines “qualified taxpayer” for this purpose to include an eligible individual, as defined, who has a qualifying child, defined to be a child younger than 6 years of age as of the last day of the taxable year, and who meets other specified criteria. This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, would instead define a “qualifying child” to mean a child younger than a specified age as of the last day of the taxable year, as described. (Based on 02/03/2026 text)
AB 1831 (Ahrens, D) California State University: employees and contractors: compensation restrictions.
Current Text: 02/11/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/11/2026
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Status: 03/18/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (March 17). Re- referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 03/17/2026 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: Current law requires the Trustees of the California State University to establish and adjust the salaries and classifications of all academic, nonacademic, and administrative positions. This bill would prohibit the trustees from establishing or adjusting the compensation of an administrator, manager, contractor, or other employee who is not represented by an employee organization to an amount that exceeds 125% of the compensation of the Governor. The bill would also prohibit the trustees, for any fiscal year in which the trustees authorize an increase in student tuition, from increasing the compensation of the employees identified above. The bill would require the trustees, on or before July 1, 2027, to repeal a resolution approving executive compensation at the November 2025 meeting of the trustees. (Based on 02/11/2026 text)
AB 1961 (Ahrens, D) Civil actions: protective orders: workplace violence.
Current Text: 03/27/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/13/2026
Last Amended: 03/27/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Location: 04/08/2026 - Assembly Judiciary
Summary: Existing law authorizes an employer or collective bargaining representative of an employee who has suffered harassment, unlawful violence, or a credible threat of violence from any individual, to seek a workplace violence restraining order on behalf of the employee and, at the discretion of the court, any number of other employees at the workplace or at other workplaces of the employer. Existing law authorizes one or more representative parties to bring suit for the benefit of a class of parties if the question is one of a common or general interest, of many persons, or when the parties are numerous, and it is impracticable to bring them all before the court. This bill contains other existing laws. (Based on 03/27/2026 text)
AB 2005 (Ahrens, D) Housing developments: urban lot split: owner-occupancy.
Current Text: 04/09/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/17/2026
Last Amended: 04/09/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - Read second time and amended.
Location: 04/08/2026 - Assembly Local Government
Summary: Under the Planning and Zoning Law, the legislative body of a city or county may adopt ordinances that, among other things, regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land, as provided. 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. Existing law requires a local agency to ministerially approve a parcel map for an urban lot split if the development or parcel meets specified requirements. Existing law requires the local agency to require an applicant for an urban lot split to sign an affidavit stating that the applicant intends to occupy one of the housing units as their principal residence for a minimum of 3 years from the date of the approval of the urban lot split. Existing law authorizes a local agency to adopt an ordinance to implement these provisions, as provided. This bill would require the local agency to require an applicant to either sign the above-described affidavit requiring owner-occupancy or for the applicant to require, as a condition of sale to a homebuyer, that all one of the units on both parcels of an urban lot split remain owner occupied for 3 years, beginning on the date a parcel or unit is conveyed by the applicant to a homebuyer. By increasing the duties of local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 04/09/2026 text)
AB 2231 (Ahrens, D) California Environmental Quality Act: hospital projects.
Current Text: 03/23/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
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Introduced: 02/19/2026
Last Amended: 03/23/2026
Status: 03/24/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
Location: 03/23/2026 - Assembly Natural Resources
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 exempt from CEQA hospital projects, as defined, located in the City of Emeryville or City of Santa Clara. The bill would, before a lead agency determines that a hospital project is exempt from CEQA, require a project applicant to certify to the lead agency that the project complies with certain labor requirements. (Based on 03/23/2026 text)
AB 2347 (Ahrens, D) Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training: hate crime training and guidelines.
Current Text: 02/19/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Status: 04/08/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 04/08/2026 - Assembly Appropriations
Summary: Current law defines a “hate crime” as a criminal act committed, in whole or in part, because of actual or perceived characteristics of the victim, including, among other things, race, religion, disability, and sexual orientation. Current law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), in consultation with specified subject-matter experts, to develop guidelines and a course of instruction and training for law enforcement officers addressing hate crimes. Beginning January 1, 2027, this bill would require POST to conduct a comprehensive review of existing hate crimes training programs, as specified. The bill would require the review to be completed by January 1, 2028. The bill would require POST to, by July 1, 2028, adopt evidence- based training requirements to address the gaps identified in the review regarding the prevention, identification, and investigation of hate crimes. (Based on 02/19/2026 text)
AB 2391 (Ahrens, D) Health care: workforce training programs.
Current Text: 04/09/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Last Amended: 04/09/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - Read second time and amended.
Location: 04/07/2026 - Assembly Higher Education
Summary: The Song-Brown Health Care Workforce Training Act declares the intent of the Legislature to increase the number of students and residents receiving quality education and training in specified primary care specialties and as primary care physician’s assistants, primary care nurse practitioners, and registered nurses. This bill would require the Department of Health Care Access and Information to maintain a New Nursing Graduate Support and Placement Program to award program grants to community college associate degree of nursing programs, through which support grants would be awarded to recent graduates for loan repayment assistance, relocation, transportation, housing assistance, childcare, and other financial support. The bill would specify grant eligibility criteria for community colleges and recent graduates. The bill would require the department to consider labor standards of hospital sites that employ support grant applicants when determining grant distribution.
Implementation of these provisions would be contingent upon appropriation by the Legislature. (Based on 04/09/2026 text)
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AB 2485 (Ahrens, D) Bureau of Security and Investigative Services: private investigators: client service agreements.
Current Text: 03/16/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Last Amended: 03/16/2026
Status: 03/17/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
Location: 03/09/2026 - Assembly Business and Professions Summary: the Private Investigator Act, requires the Director of Consumer Affairs to administer and enforce its provisions relating to the licensure and regulation of private investigators, and imposes certain duties on the bureau in this regard. Existing law makes a violation of the act, as specified, a crime. Existing law requires an agreement to provide services pursuant to those provisions to, among other things, be in writing. Existing law requires the initial client service agreement and any amendment, addendum, or other modification to the agreement to be legible and clearly indicate any other document incorporated into it. This bill would require a licensee to provide a copy of the initial client service agreement and any amendment, addendum, or other modification to the agreement in the preferred language of the client if the client primarily speaks a language other than English. The bill would specify that a violation of that provision is not a crime under the act. (Based on 03/16/2026 text)
AB 2487 (Ahrens, D) Artificial intelligence: education and workforce development.
Current Text: 03/19/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Last Amended: 03/19/2026
Status: 04/07/2026 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 03/19/2026 - Assembly Higher Education
Summary: Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one segment of public postsecondary education in the state.
Existing law establishes community college districts throughout the state, and authorizes them to provide instruction at the campuses they operate and maintain. Existing law establishes the California Online Community College, under the administration of the board of governors, for specified purposes, and requires the college to develop a Research and Development Unit to, among other things, focus on using technology, data science, behavioral science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to build out student supports. This bill would enact the Artificial Intelligence Education and Workforce Development Act to accomplish specified goals, including, among others, empowering and supporting community college instructors in using and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) responsibly in administrative and classroom settings, and strengthening the state’s AI and technology workforce pipeline by upskilling and educating all workers so they can benefit from AI. This bill would require the California Community Colleges, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to, among other things, develop and disseminate to community college districts statewide guidance on the use of AI in community colleges, explore, facilitate, and support specified partnerships to develop and implement AI literacy and skills development initiatives, support the integration of AI literacy into the preparation and ongoing professional development of community college instructors, and establish a pilot program encouraging integration and adoption of AI tools in community college classrooms, as specified. (Based on 03/19/2026 text)
AB 2511 (Ahrens, D) Behavioral Health Provider Comparable Worth Study.
Current Text: 02/20/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Status: 04/09/2026 - Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 5.
Noes 2.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Location: 04/08/2026 - Assembly Health
Summary: Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and provides that one of the functions of the department is to foster, promote, and develop 1st House 2nd House
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