Legislative
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December 2023
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Legislative Report
2023
Please note: Legislation marked with an asterisk (*) has been identified as significant by Cal Cities staff.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Glossary of Terms ........................................................................................................ iii 2023 Legislative Year in Review .................................................................................. 1 I. Budget and Trailer Bills ......................................................................................... 6 A. 2023 Budget Act ................................................................................................... 6 B. 2023 Budget Act Trailer Measures ....................................................................... 6 II. Community Services ............................................................................................ 12 A. Aging and Seniors .............................................................................................. 12 B. Animal Services .................................................................................................. 12 C. Behavioral Health and Community Wellness ...................................................... 13 D. Children, Child Care, and Youth Programs ........................................................ 15 E. Homelessness .................................................................................................... 17 F. Overdose Prevention .......................................................................................... 18 G. Parks and Recreation ......................................................................................... 19 H. Tobacco .............................................................................................................. 19 III. Environmental Quality .......................................................................................... 21 A. Air Quality ........................................................................................................... 21 B. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) ..................................................... 21 I. California Environmental Species Act (CESA).................................................... 23 J. Climate Change .................................................................................................. 23 K. Coastal ............................................................................................................... 26 L. Energy and Utilities ............................................................................................. 28 M. Fish and Wildlife ................................................................................................. 30 N. Hazardous Materials and Waste ......................................................................... 30 O. Oil ....................................................................................................................... 32 P. Pesticides ........................................................................................................... 32 Q. Solid Waste and Recycling ................................................................................. 33 R. Water .................................................................................................................. 34 S. Other .................................................................................................................. 38 IV. Governance, Transparency, and Labor Relations ............................................. 39 A. Elections and Redistricting ................................................................................. 39 B. Employee Relations ............................................................................................ 44 C. Government Operations ..................................................................................... 46 D. Political Reform Act of 1974 ............................................................................... 48 E. Public Employee Retirement System ................................................................. 48 F. Public Meetings and Public Records .................................................................. 49 G. Workers’ Compensation ..................................................................................... 50 V. Housing, Community, and Economic Development .......................................... 51 A. Accessory Dwelling Units ................................................................................... 51 B. Housing Finance ................................................................................................. 52 C. Economic Development ...................................................................................... 54 D. Land Use/Planning ............................................................................................. 55 E. Housing Regulations .......................................................................................... 59 F. Landlord–Tenant ................................................................................................ 61 G. Mobile Homes ..................................................................................................... 62 Attachment 1
H. Parking Regulations ........................................................................................... 62 I. Care Facilities ..................................................................................................... 63 J. Regional ............................................................................................................. 63 K. Miscellaneous ..................................................................................................... 65 VI. Public Safety ......................................................................................................... 70 A. Alcoholic Beverages ........................................................................................... 70 B. Behavioral Health ............................................................................................... 71 C. Cannabis ............................................................................................................ 72 D. Crime and Sentencing ........................................................................................ 74 E. Emergency Services and Preparedness ............................................................ 82 F. Firearms ............................................................................................................. 84 G. Fire Services ....................................................................................................... 87 H. Hate Crimes and Bias ......................................................................................... 87 I. Victim’s Rights .................................................................................................... 88 J. Miscellaneous ..................................................................................................... 89 VII. Revenue and Taxation .......................................................................................... 92 A. Sales and Use Tax ............................................................................................. 92 B. Property Tax ....................................................................................................... 93 C. Miscellaneous ..................................................................................................... 94 VIII. Transportation, Communications, and Public Works ....................................... 96 A. Alternate Fuels, Electric Vehicles, Emissions, and Vehicle Technology ............. 96 B. Contracting and Public Works ............................................................................ 96 C. Infrastructure ...................................................................................................... 99 D. Transportation .................................................................................................. 100 E. Telecommunications and Broadband ............................................................... 102 Appendix A - Additional Resources
The Budget Act of 2023 ........................................................................................ 105 Fentanyl Legislation .............................................................................................. 108 Behavioral Health and Homelessness Budget and Legislative Advocacy 2023 ... 113 Notable Ballot Measures – November 2024 ......................................................... 118 Appendix B - Additional Resources
Legislative Staff .................................................................................................... 121 Regional Public Affairs Managers ......................................................................... 122 10 Tips for Cities Lobbying the California Legislature ........................................... 123 Effective Letter Writing Techniques ...................................................................... 124 Index of Chaptered Bills ....................................................................................... 126
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Glossary of Terms
ABC Alcoholic Beverage Control
ADU Accessory Dwelling Units
AED Automated External Defibrillator
BCDC San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission CALFIRE California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection CalHFA California Housing Finance Agency
CalPERS California Public Employees Retirements System CalRecycle California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery CalSTRS California State Teachers Retirement System
CARB California Air Resources Board
CARE Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment
CCAP College and Career Access Pathways
CCC California Coastal Commission
CDCR California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation CDE California Department of Education
CDFW California Department of Fish and Wildlife
CDSS California Department of Social Services
CEC California Energy Commission
CEQA California Environmental Quality Act
CESA California Endangered Species Act
CHP California Highway Patrol
CNC Computer Numerical Control
CSM Commission on State Mandates
DCC Department of Cannabis Control
DHCS Department of Health Care Services
DMV Department of Motor Vehicles
DOJ Department of Justice
DOT Department of Transportation
DPH Department of Public Health
DPR Department of Pesticide Regulation
DTSC California Department of Toxic Substances Control DWR California Department of Water Resources
EMS Emergency Medical Services
EMSA Emergency Medical Services Authority
FAIR Fair Access to Insurance Requirements
GO-Biz Governors Office of Business and Economic Development GSA Groundwater Sustainability Agency
HCD D epartment of Housing and Community Development
HHAP Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention
MAUCRSA Medicinal and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act MCO Managed Care Organization
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
OPR Office of Planning and Research
PERB Public Employment Relations Board
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ST Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training PRA Political Reform Act
PREP Political Reform Education Program
Privacy Agency California Privacy Protection Agency
PTSI Post- Traumatic Stress Injury
PUC Public Utilities Commission
SDWA California Safe Drinking Water Act
SOS Secretary of State
SUD Substance Use Disorder
SWRCB State Water Resources Control Board
VBM Voice by Mail
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LEGISLATIVE YEAR IN REVIEW
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2023 Legislative Year in Review
If you got into a time machine in 2018 and emerged today outside the state Capitol you might be forgiven for wondering if you traveled forward at all. Lawmakers are pushing piecemeal approaches to the housing crisis, concerns about public safety are abound, and wealthy corporations are trying to hamstring cities’ ability to fund basic services.
Like in 2018 — and every year since 1898 — the League of California Cities is protecting cities’ interests in the Legislature, ballot box, and courts. And this year was a very productive year for cities. Cal Cities supported 51 measures sent to the Governor.
He signed 82% of them. Cal Cities opposed 14 measures sent to the Governor. He vetoed 42% of them — far more than his overall veto rate of 14%.
Cal Cities also teamed up with Legislators to sponsor nine bills, five of which were signed by the Governor — a 55% signature rate. And thanks to your advocacy, we’re much closer to securing a permanent source of funding to address homelessness and increase the production of affordable housing.
Looming over all this was California’s boom-bust economy. No boom was ever bigger than the one we experienced in 2022. The state went from an eye-popping $97.5 billion budget surplus to a $31.5 billion budget deficit. Tax receipts trickled in late this year thanks to back-to-back disasters, meaning the full scope of the deficit is still unknown.
As a result, Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to veto bills without dedicated funding sources. However, lawmakers still introduced over 2,600 measures in the first few months of the session — the most in over a decade. Whenever there’s a budget deficit, there’s a temptation to rob Peter (cities) to pay Paul (the state). Legislators resisted that urge for the most part, perhaps because of their time in local government. This year's Legislature was not just one of the most diverse: Many new members have ties to local government.
Fighting for cities on many fronts
One of the biggest fights for Cal Cities that kicked off this year is the one to oppose the California Business Roundtable’s so-called “Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act.” The ballot measure, which will be before voters in November 2024, would significantly restrict the ability of local voters and their elected representatives to pass new revenue measures or modify existing ones for vital local services. Our approach is three-pronged: Do everything we can to defeat this harmful measure in the Legislature, the courts, and through grassroots mobilization.
The fight to stop the California Business Roundtable’s ballot measure has the support of the majority of state lawmakers. Their support was on full display this year when they approved ACA 13 (Ward). As the final votes were cast in the closing weeks of the session, Cal Cities members mobilized to ensure that lawmakers understood what was at stake with ACA 13. The 2024 ballot measure would level the playing field for ballot measures seeking to increase voter-approval thresholds by requiring the ballot measure Attachment 1
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o be approved by the same higher voter-approval threshold. Legislators noted that city leaders played a key role in getting the measure passed.
Cal Cities members stood up to protect local fiscal sustainability in other big ways.
Members helped stop bills that would have created more red tape for federal grants, enacted a new statewide transient occupancy tax on short-term rentals, and forced costly pension divestments. Two of Cal Cities’ highest-profile wins were Gov. Gavin Newsom’s vetoes of AB 504 (Reyes) and SB 799 (Portantino). The two bills would have made strikes more frequent, which would have disrupted or even halted critical public services. It was a message that resonated with Newsom, who cited Cal Cities’ arguments in his veto messages. This year also saw the enactment of several laws that will make it easier for cities to fund and complete infrastructure projects: AB 400 (Rubio), SB 706 (Caballero), and AB 334 (Rubio).
Housing and homelessness
The reasons behind California's housing affordability and homelessness crisis are many — high construction costs, limited financing options, income disparity, a small labor force, climate change, conflicting state priorities, and top-down, unproven state policy.
While many cities are making good faith attempts to boost housing production, state officials seem content to focus on one issue: local zoning rules.
For the past few years, legislators have introduced a barrage of state-driven, top-down, housing bills. Many of these measures nibble around the edges. The most egregious by-right measures are usually modified or die in committee — thanks in part to Cal Cities’ advocacy. This year was no exception.
Notably, the Governor vetoed AB 309 (Lee), which would have created a state housing program at the expense of local zoning standards. Several other bills seeking to require cities to approve housing projects by right, with no environmental review or public input, stalled before they received a single hearing. In the end, only a couple of particularly consequential bills made it into law. Most significantly, SB 423 (Wiener) will extend a 2017 streamlined permitting law until 2036, give the state new authority over local land use decisions on state-owned or -leased property, and apply the law to some parcels in the coastal zone
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legislators are realizing that a barrage of constant changes and a limited focus will not get us out of this crisis. This year we saw some modest, but pivotal changes signed into law. For example, AB 50 (Wood) will require utility companies to connect new homes and businesses to the electric grid faster.
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hers could be much more significant. ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry) will ask voters in Nov. 2024 if they want to finance affordable housing, permanent supportive housing, and important public infrastructure with a 55% voter threshold, just like schools. While not signed into law, Asm. Sharon Quirk-Silva and a bipartisan group of lawmakers endorsed Attachment 1
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he creation of permanent funding to help cities increase affordable housing and reduce homelessness — a longstanding Cal Cities’ priority.
When it comes to homelessness, Cal Cities and the Legislature are broadly aligned. Cal Cities members played a key role in getting SB 326 (Eggman) and SB 43 (Eggman) signed into law. The two bills will make it easier to provide treatment for people with serious substance use disorders and behavioral health needs. Parts of SB 326, including targeted funding to help cities and counties create new treatment beds and supportive housing, will go on the March 2024 ballot as Proposition 1.
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much more is needed to end homelessness, but this year was a step in the right direction.
Public safety paradox
Policing is at a crossroads in California. Driven in part by the senseless murder of George Floyd in 2020, voters have stepped up their demands for changes to policing practices. This includes holding officers accountable, directing social workers and other professionals to certain emergency calls, and empowering civilian-led police commissions.
On the other hand, more and more Californians are worried about a rise in auto break- ins, retail theft, and illicit fentanyl sales. The latter killed thousands of Californians in the past year alone, which has led to calls for more policing. The public safety crisis is so challenging that several cities have resorted to declaring a state of emergency.
And yet, some of the biggest public safety bills this year met an ignominious end. Asm.
Reggie Jones-Sawyer, Assembly Public Safety Committee Chair, single-handedly blocked several bills that would have taken meaningful steps to reduce the number of senseless fentanyl overdose deaths. Like many city leaders, Asm. Jones-Sawyer was worried about a return to the failed war on drugs and over-criminalization.
Although he relented after sustained pressure from Cal Cities and hundreds of city officials and other stakeholders, only a handful of bills made it into law. Ironically, the bills that made it through increased penalties for large-scale drug dealers. The bills that would have increased access to life-saving treatment or diverted offenders away from the criminal justice system were instead vetoed or stalled out completely.
Still, it wasn’t all bad news in the world of public safety. Cal Cities' member-driven advocacy also blocked bills that would have reduced the number of tools law enforcement agencies have at their disposal, including police canines, facial recognition software, and encrypted communications. Member advocacy also helped ensure that cities can still prohibit cycling on certain sidewalks and enforce parking violations.
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n short, it was a good year
If there was one theme this year it was the importance of city voices. Your advocacy helped secure everything from Brown Act flexibility during proclaimed states of emergencies to the ability of general law cities to adjust council member salaries for inflation — and everything in between.
And of course, Cal Cities’ advocacy doesn’t stop once a bill becomes law. Cal Cities played a pivotal role in several legal cases — including those related to meritless environmental lawsuits, hypodermic needle exchange programs, mitigation fees, encampments, and the ongoing SB 9 (Atkins, 2021) lawsuit. Cal Cities also engaged regulatory agencies on several issues, such as new water conservation rules.
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ng ahead
Next year is the second half of California's two-year legislative cycle and more importantly, an election year. While prognosticating presidential prospects is beyond the scope of this article, some clear trends have already emerged.
First, while Gov. Gavin Newsom isn’t running for president, he also is not not running for president. In a blatant attempt to raise his profile, the Governor is debating Republican candidate Ron DeSantis and has taken high-profile trips to Israel and China. His political ambitions — along with that of other progressive lawmakers running for re- election — may translate into resistance to tackling tougher, politically sensitive issues or spending more money. The crowded ballot box will also no doubt put pressure on legislators to get some of these measures removed from the ballot. There are seven measures already qualified for the November ballot and 34 more pending at the Attorney General’s office or gathering signatures.
Asm. Robert Rivas — the new Assembly speaker— recently appointed new members to his leadership team. Most notably, long-time Cal Cities supporter and former city council member, Asm. Cecilia Aguiar-Curry was appointed to serve as majority leader, one of the most influential positions in the Legislature. Rivas also elevated former city council members Asm. Blanca Pacheco and Asm. Lori Wilson to chair two significant committees: the Assembly Rules Committee and the Assembly Committee on Transportation. In the other house, Sen. Mike McGuire is set to take over as president pro tempore in the Senate next year.
Lawmakers have also demonstrated a desire to get tough on crime. Rivas told a new retail theft select committee to “act with focus and urgency.”
Beyond that, the Legislature and the Governor have a lot of unfinished business, including the budget deficit. Lawmakers were also unusually quiet on addressing climate change this year and calls for greater accountability for funding to local governments diminished. And of course, many bills that failed to reach Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk, such as a statewide tax on short-term rentals, Brown Act modernization, and more by-right housing approval mandates could be revived.
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till, as 2024 commences, there is much to celebrate. The Golden State has its share of problems, many made worse by geopolitical and macroeconomic conditions. But it has proven time and time again that it can be a beacon of change. Some of the most innovative solutions often start at the local level here in California. With your support and advocacy, we will move onward to a better future for all Californians.
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BUDGET AND TRAILER BILLS
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I. Budget and Trailer Bills
A. 2023 Budget Act
AB 100 (Ting) B udget Acts of 2021 and 2022.
Chapter 3, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
Cal Cities has prepared a comprehensive summary of this measure in Appendix A of this document.
AB 102 (Ting) B udget Act of 2023.
Chapter 38, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
Cal Cities has prepared a comprehensive summary of this measure in Appendix A of this document.
AB 103 (Ting) B udget Acts of 2021 and 2022.
Chapter 33, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
Cal Cities has prepared a comprehensive summary of this measure in Appendix A of this document.
SB 101 (Skinner) B udget Act of 2023.
Chapter 12, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
Cal Cities has prepared a comprehensive summary of this measure in Appendix A of this document.
SB 104 (Skinner) B
udget Acts of 2022 And 2023.
Chapter 189, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
Cal Cities has prepared a comprehensive summary of this measure in Appendix A of this document.
SB 105 (Skinner) B
udget Acts of 2022 And 2023.
Chapter 862, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
Cal Cities has prepared a comprehensive summary of this measure in Appendix A of this document.
B. 2023 Budget Act Trailer Measures
AB 110 (Committee on Budget) E
arly Childcare and Education.
Chapter 4, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure reappropriates one-ti me federal funds from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 to provide an additional, temporary rate supplement for all state-subsidized child care and preschool programs and extend the family fee waiver from June 30, 2022 to September 30, 2023 for all child care programs.
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11 (Committee on Budget) P ersonal Income Tax Law: Exclusion: Student Loan Debt: Discharge of Fees: Higher Education Emergency Grants.
Chapter 5, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure clarifies that there is no state tax liability from certain higher education loan and fee relief given to Californians as part of the COVID-19 emergency for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2022, and before January 1, 2027.
AB 112 (Committee on Budget) D
istressed Hospital Loan Program.
Chapter 6, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure establishes the Distressed Hospital Loan Program, until January 1, 2032, which will provide interest free cashflow loans to not-for-profit hospitals and public hospitals in significant financial distress, or to governmental entities representing closed hospitals.
AB 113 (Committee on Budget) A
gricultural Labor Relations.
Chapter 7, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure makes the following changes to the collective bargaining process for agricultural workers:
• Eliminates the option to conduct union elections using mail-i n ballots;
• Retains the option to conduct union elections via the “card-check” system; • Limits the number of card-check elections that result in the certification of a labor organization to 75 certifications; and
• Sunsets on January 1, 2028.
AB 116 (Committee on Budget) E
arly Childcare and Education.
Chapter 41, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Early Childhood and Education omnibus bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023.
AB 11
8 (Committee on Budget) B udget Act Of 2023: Health.
Chapter 42, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Health trailer bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023.
AB 11
9 (Committee on Budget) Me di-Cal: Managed Care Organization Provider Tax.
Chapter 13, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure authorizes a new Managed Care Organization Provider Tax through calendar year 2026, which is to be used to balance the budget, increase Medi-Cal provider rates, support distressed and small rural hospitals and make other improvements to the Medi-Cal program.
AB 120 (Committee on Budget) H
uman Services.
Chapter 43, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Human Services omnibus bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023.
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21 (Committee on Budget) D evelopmental Services.
Chapter 44, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Developmental Services omnibus bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023.
AB 127 (Committee on Budget) S
tate Government.
Chapter 45, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the State Government trailer bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023.
AB 128 (Committee on Budget) C
annabis: Background Checks and Cannabis
Event Organizer License Type.
Chapter 46, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure requires the Department of Cannabis Control (Department) to submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and other related information for criminal history information checks of certain employees, prospective employees, contracts and subcontracts; exempts from that requirement an owner who has previously submitted fingerprint images in connection with a valid state license; and prohibits the Department from considering criminal history from a previous check of that owner when considering whether to issue a subsequent state license.
AB 129 (Committee on Budget) H
ousing.
Chapter 40, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
Cal Cities has prepared a comprehensive summary of this measure in Appendix A of this document.
AB 130 (Committee on Budget) E
mployment.
Chapter 39, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Employment trailer bill which numerous statutory changes related to Budget Act of 2023.
AB 134 (Committee on Budget) P
ublic Safety Trailer Bill.
Chapter 47, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Public Safety trailer bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023.
SB 114 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) E
ducation Finance: Education
Omnibus Budget Trailer Bill.
Chapter 48, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Education Finance trailer bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023.
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B 115 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) A rts and Music in Schools— funding Guarantee and Accountability Act: Local Control and Accountability Plan Electronic Template.
Chapter 49, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Arts and Music in Schools trailer bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023.
SB 117 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal R
eview) Higher Education Trailer Bill.
Chapter 50, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Higher Education trailer bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023.
SB 122 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) P
ublic Resources Trailer Bill.
Chapter 51, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Public Resources trailer bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023.
SB 123 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) E
nergy.
Chapter 52, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Energy trailer bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023.
SB
124 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) E nergy.
Chapter 53, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Energy trailer bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023, including authorizing IBank and the Department of Water Resources to access and utilize federal funding provided in the Inflation Reduction Act to finance projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
SB 125 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) T
ransportation Budget Trailer
Bill. Chapter 54, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Transportation trailer bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023.
SB 131 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Ta
xation.
Chapter 55, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Taxation trailer bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023 including changes to the following:
• Debt interception for Foster Youth Tax Credits;
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The Department of Finance’s tax expenditure report;
• The New Employment Tax Credit;
• Incomplete Gift Nongrantor Trusts; and
• Wildfire settlements tax exemptions.
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B 132 (Committee on B udget and Fiscal Review) Income Taxes: Tax Credits:
Motion Pictures: Occupational Safety: California Film Commission.
Chapter 56, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure extends the authority for the California Film Commission to allocate the California Motion Picture and Television Production Credit for an additional five years, starting in 2025-26, authorized at $330 million per year, and makes the credit refundable.
SB 133 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) C
ourts.
Chapter 34, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Courts trailer bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023.
SB 135 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) P
ublic Safety.
Chapter 190, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Public Safety trailer bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023.
SB 137 (Committee on Budget and Fisc
al Review) Health Omnibus Trailer Bill.
Chapter 191, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Health omnibus trailer bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023.
SB 138 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) H
uman Services.
Chapter 192, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Human Services trailer bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023.
SB 140 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) E
arly Childcare and Education.
Chapter 193, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Early Childcare and Education trailer bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023.
SB 141 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) E
ducation Finance: Education
Omnibus Budget Trailer Bill.
Chapter 194, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Education Finance omnibus trailer bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023.
SB
142 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) H igher Education Trailer Bill.
Chapter 195, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the Higher Education trailer bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023.
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B 143 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) S tate Government.
Chapter 196, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure is the State Government trailer bill which makes numerous statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023.
SB
148 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) S tate Employment: State Bargaining Units: Agreements: Compensation and Benefits.
Chapter 197, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure makes numerous statutory changes to ratify and implement memoranda of understanding (MOU), MOU side letter agreements, and General Salary Increase adjustments.
SB 151 (Committee on Budget an
d Fiscal Review) State Employment: State
Bargaining Unit 6 Agreement.
Chapter 211, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure makes necessary statutory changes to ratify and implement a MOU between the state and Bargaining Unit 6.
SB 152 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal R
eview) Background Checks and
Fingerprinting: State Employment, Licensing, And Contracting.
Chapter 198, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure implements the Budget Act of 2023 and includes technical changes to implement federal criminal history background check provisions for state employees and license applicants.
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COMMUNITY SERVICES
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II. Community Services
A. Aging and Seniors
AB 48 (Aguiar-C urry) Nursing Facility Resident Informed Consent Protection Act of 2023.
Chapter 794, Statutes of 2023
This measure establishes new rights and procedures for obtaining informed consent from skilled nursing facility residents before administering treatments or procedures involving psychotherapeutic drugs. As part of this new process, before treatment is initiated, skilled nursing facilities must verify that a consent form has been completed to ensure that information has been shared with the patient before providing consent. The Department of Public Health (DPH) has until December 31, 2024, to develop and disseminate the standardized consent form, and facilities are not required to comply with these provisions until then.
AB 83
9 (Addis) R esidential Ca re Facilities for the Elderly: Financing.
Chapter 667, Statutes of 2023
This measure adds residential care facilities for the elderly to the existing list of eligible facilities able to participate in financing and funding programs offered by the California Health Facilities Financing Authority.
SB 748 (Roth) D
isability Access and Information: Local Government: Notice.
Chapter 76, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires a city or county to provide a business license or permit applicant with a statement about the applicant's legal obligations under state and federal disability access laws and information on obtaining a Certified Access Specialist inspection.
SCR 5 (Nguyen) O
lder Americans Month.
This measure recognizes the month of May 2023 as Older Americans Month. This measure also encourages all Californians to treat all older adults with compassion and respect and to participate in services and activities that contribute to older adults' health, welfare, and happiness.
B. Animal Services
AB 357 (Maienschein) An
imal Test Methods: Alternatives.
Chapter 430, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits manufacturers and testing facilities from using traditional animal test methods when an alternative test method or strategy exists. This measure also requires that if an alternative is unavailable, the testing facility use a traditional animal test method according to prescribed standards, including using the fewest animals possible. Additionally, this measure, starting January 1, 2027, requires a manufacturer or testing facility that uses traditional animal test methods to report that information Attachment 1
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ually to the DPH and requires the DPH to make that information publicly available on its website.
*AB 781 (Maienschein) A ccessibility to Emergency Information and Services:
Emergency Shelters: Persons with Pets.
Chapter 344, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires all counties and cities with previously adopted emergency plans to update their plans to designate at least one emergency shelter and cooling or warming center to accommodate household pets.
C. Behavioral Health and Community Wellness
AB 289 (Holden) M
ental Health Services: Representation.
Chapter 518, Statutes of 2023
This measure expands the list of local stakeholders with which each county mental health program must develop three-year program and expenditure plans under the Mental Health Services Act. These stakeholders must provide sufficient participation of individuals representing diverse viewpoints, including representation of youth from historically marginalized communities, representatives from organizations that work with underserved racially and ethnically diverse communities, and representatives from LGBTQ+ communities.
AB 34
9 (Ramos) P atton State Hospital: Lease: Housing and Mental Health Services for Homeless Individuals.
Chapter 325, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes the director of the Department of General Services, with the consent of the Department of State Hospitals, to lease a building at Patton State Hospital to a nonprofit corporation or local government to provide housing to homeless individuals and provide mental health services to those individuals.
*AB 531 (Irwin) T he Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2023.
Chapter 789, Statutes of 2023
Cal Cities has prepared a comprehensive summary of this issue in Appendix A of this document.
AB 665 (W. Carrillo) M inors: Consent to Mental Health Services.
Chapter 338, Statutes of 2023
This measure aligns provisions of state law so that minors who have Medi-Cal coverage will have the same right to consent to mental health services as minors who do not rely upon Medi-Cal.
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12 (W. Carrillo) Ca lFresh: Hot and Prepared Foods.
Chapter 121, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to seek all available federal waivers and approvals to maximize food choices for CalFresh recipients, including hot and prepared foods ready for immediate consumption.
SB 3
5 (Umberg) C ommunity Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program.
Chapter 283, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure includes several changes to the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act (Chapter 319, Statutes 2022). Specifically, this measure:
• Authorizes proceedings to be conducted by a superior court judge, a court- app
ointed commissioner, or other subordinate judicial officer; • Requires no fees for filing a petition or any fees charged by any public officer for services in filing or serving papers or for performing any duty under the CARE Act;
• Authorizes respondents to have an interpreter in all proceedings if necessary for the respondent's full participation;
• Requires county behavioral health agencies to provide health information necessary to support findings in the filings to the court; and • Exempts counties and their employees from civil or criminal liability for disclosure of health information necessary to support findings in the filings to the court.
*SB 43 (Eggman) B ehavioral Health.
Chapter 637, Statutes of 2023
Cal Cities has prepared a comprehensive summary of this measure in Appendix A of this document.
SB 280 (Laird) R eview of Conservatorships: Care Plans.
Chapter 705, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires a comprehensive care and estate management plan to be filed within 120 days of being appointed as a conservator or at least ten days before a hearing to continue or terminate a conservatorship starting January 1, 2025.
*SB 326 (Eggman) T he Behavioral Health Services Act.
Chapter 790, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
Cal Cities has prepared a comprehensive summary of this measure in Appendix A of this document.
SB 447 (Atkins) Go-bi z: Building and Reinforcing Inclusive, Diverse, Gender- supportive Equity Project.
Chapter 199, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure authorizes the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development to establish the Building and Reinforcing Inclusive, Diverse, Gender-Supportive Equity Project to promote social equity, civil rights, and antidiscrimination through marketing and advertising campaigns.
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B 462 (Wahab) G eneral Assistance.
Chapter 110, Statutes of 2023
This measure allows personal information from applicants and recipients of general assistance or general relief programs to be shared with multiple counties to allow counties to more easily determine if someone is receiving benefits in more than one county simultaneously.
SB
717 (Stern) C ounty Mental Health Services.
Chapter 883, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the court to notify individuals of their ongoing need for mental health services if they have been found incompetent to stand trial and are not receiving court-directed services. This measure also requires the court to provide the individual with information including the county behavioral health department's name, address, and telephone number.
D. Children, Child Care, and Youth Programs
AB 5 (Zbur) T he Safe and Supportive Schools Act.
Chapter 220, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the Department of Education (CDE) to develop an online training and curriculum platform to support LGBTQ cultural competency training for teachers and other certificated employees. This measure also requires, from the 2025-26 school year to the 2029-30 school year, each local educational agency serving pupils in grades seven through twelve to use the online platform to provide at least one hour of required training annually to teachers and other certificated employees.
AB 10 (Lowenthal) P
upils: Body Shaming Model Policy and Resources.
Chapter 791, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the CDE to develop and post a model policy and resources about body shaming on its website and encourage school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to inform teachers, staff, parents, and pupils about those resources starting in June 2025.
AB 27
5 (Ward) S chool Governance: Governing Boards: Pupil Members:
Compensation.
Chapter 321, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes a governing board of a school district, county board of education, and charter school governing board to award a student elective course credit or financial compensation while serving as a pupil board member.
AB 36
8 (Holden) C ollege and Career Access Pathways Partnerships.
Chapter 521, Statutes of 2023
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ampus. This measure also requires a community college district to assign priority for enrollment and course registration to a pupil seeking to enroll in a community college course required for the pupil's CCAP partnership program. Finally, this measure clarifies existing sections of the CCAP partnerships by defining "underrepresented in higher education."
AB 373 (Gipson) I
ntersession Programs: Foster Children and Homeless Youth:
Priority Access.
Chapter 327, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires a local educational agency operating an intersession program to grant priority access to homeless and foster children and youth. Intersession programs are expanded learning programs offered on non-school days to provide academic content, including remediation, enrichment, and engaging activities.
AB 39
3 (L. Rivas) C hildcare: Dual Language Learners.
Chapter 435, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the director of the Department of Social Services (DSS) to develop procedures to identify and report data on dual language learners enrolled in a general childcare and development program or migrant childcare and development program. This measure also requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the director of the DSS to coordinate their efforts in implementing these provisions.
AB
1279 (M. Fong) C alifornia Conservation Corps: Contracts: Community Conservation Corps.
Chapter 139, Statutes of 2023
This measure extends the authorization for the California Conservation Corps to enter into contracts with certified community conservation corps indefinitely.
*AB 1467 (Alanis) N evaeh Youth Sports Safety Act.
Chapter 24, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires a youth sports organization that elects to offer an athletic program to ensure that its athletes have access to an automated external defibrillator (AED) during any official practice or match starting January 1, 2027. This measure requires the AED to be administered by a medical professional, coach, or other person designated by the youth sports organization who holds AED certification and complies with any other qualifications required by federal and state law to use an AED.
AB
1701 (Weber) B lack Infant Health: California Perinatal Equity Initiative.
Chapter 174, Statutes of 2023
This measure expands the definition of local health jurisdictions eligible to apply for the California Perinatal Equity Initiative to include a city or city and county.
ACR 16 (M. Fong) N
eeds of Opportunity Youth.
Chapter 130, Statutes of 2023
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chool nor working, and teens and young adults involved with foster care, juvenile justice, and homelessness systems. This measure also declares the need for a comprehensive statewide plan to reduce persistent economic inequities.
*SB 321 (Ashby) Literacy: Libraries: Local Public Library Partnership Program.
Chapter 598, Statutes of 2023
This measure establishes the Local Public Library Partnership Program, requiring the State Librarian to coordinate with local public libraries to determine the most effective means to provide all students with access to a student success card by third grade.
SB
323 (Portantino) C omprehensive School Safety Plans: Individualized Safety Plans.
Chapter 599, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires individualized education programs for pupils with exceptional needs to include a description of the necessary accommodations to procedures if the plan is insufficient to ensure the pupil's safety in an emergency.
SB
348 (Skinner) P upil Meals.
Chapter 600, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires:
• Schools to provide students with adequate time to eat following guidelines es
tablished by the CDE;
• The CDE to submit a waiver request to the United States Department of Agriculture to allow for one meal provided during the school day lasting four hours or less to be served in a noncongregate manner; and • The CDE, in partnership with the California School Nutrition Association, to develop guidelines to reduce the sugar and sodium content in school meals if the National School Lunch Program allows more added sugar or sodium than is recommended by the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans at any time in the future.
E. Homelessness
*AB 271 (Quirk-S ilva) Homeless Death Review Committees.
Chapter 135, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes counties to establish a homeless death review committee to gather information to identify the root causes of death of homeless individuals and determine strategies to improve the coordination of services for the homeless population.
*AB 1377 (Friedman) H omeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program.
Chapter 728, Statutes of 2023
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ove the delivery of housing and services to people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness on transit facilities owned and operated by a transit agency.
F. Overdose Prevention
*AB 33 (Bains) Fent anyl Misuse and Overdose Prevention Task Force.
Chapter 887, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
Cal Cities has prepared a comprehensive summary of this measure in Appendix A of this document.
*AB 461 (Ramos) S tudent Safety: Fentanyl Test Strips.
Chapter 525, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the governing board of each community college district and the trustees of the California State Universities to provide information about the use and location of fentanyl test strips as part of established campus orientations and to notify students of the presence and location of fentanyl test strips. This measure also requires each campus health center to stock and distribute fentanyl test strips. While not required by AB 461, this measure requests that the Regents of the University of California also comply with these requirements.
AB 66
3 (Haney) P harmacy: Mobile Units.
Chapter 539, Statutes of 2023
This measure allows certain controlled substances approved for treating opioid use disorder to be carried and dispensed at county-operated mobile pharmacy units and authorizes the operation of multiple mobile units within one jurisdiction.
AB
1462 (J. Patterson) V eteran Overdose Deaths.
Chapter 844, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the DPH to access data within the electronic death registration system to compile a report on veteran drug overdose deaths in California and requires the DPH to annually provide that report to the Legislature and the Department of Veteran Affairs on or before March 15 each year. This measure also requires the California Overdose Surveillance Dashboard to reflect overdose deaths by veterans.
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0 (Cortese) P upil Health: Opioid Overdose Prevention and Treatment:
Melanie's Law.
Chapter 856, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes schools to provide emergency opioid antagonists and trained personnel at its school and designate one or more volunteers to receive related training to address an opioid overdose. Additionally, this measure encourages county offices of education to establish a County Working Group on Fentanyl Education in Schools for coordinating outreach, building awareness, and collaborating with local health agencies regarding fentanyl overdoses. This measure also requires the CDE to curate and maintain informational materials on its website containing awareness and safety advice for school staff, pupils, and parents or guardians of pupils on preventing an opioid overdose.
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*SB 19 (Seyarto) F entanyl Misuse and Overdose Prevention Task Force.
Chapter 857, Statutes of 2023
Cal Cities has prepared a comprehensive summary of this measure in Appendix A of this document.
SB 60 (Umberg) S ocial Media Platforms: Controlled Substances: Order to Remove.
Chapter 698, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes a person to seek an order requiring a social media platform to remove content, including an offer to transport, import into this state, sell, furnish, administer, or give away a controlled substance.
*SB 234 (Portantino) O pioid Antagonists: Stadiums, Concert Venues, and Amusement Parks.
Chapter 596, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks to maintain unexpired doses of naloxone hydrochloride on-site at all times and have at least two employees aware of its location.
G. Parks and Recreation
AB 1150 (Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife) P
arks, Recreation, and
Vessels: Omnibus.
Chapter 831, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into community access agreements to provide interpretive services and visitor services at units of the state parks system to underserved park users through January 1, 2029. This measure also adds Native American tribes as entities eligible for competitive grants from the Recreational Trails Fund. Additionally, this measure decouples the collection of vessel registration fees from zebra and quagga mussel infestation fees, among other technical, noncontroversial changes.
H. Tobacco
AB 935 (Connolly) T
obacco Sales: Flavored Tobacco Ban.
Chapter 351, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes the DPH to enforce the flavored tobacco ban through civil penalties.
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B 626 (Rubio) S moking Tobacco in the Workplace: Transient Lodging Establishments.
Chapter 182, Statutes of 2023
This measure repeals the exemption to the prohibition of smoking tobacco in the workplace that allows smoking in up to 20% of guestroom accommodations in a hotel, motel, or similar transient lodging establishment.
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III. Environmental Quality
A. Air Quality
AB 1216 (Muratsuchi) W
astewater Treatment Plants: Monitoring of Air Pollutants.
Chapter 675, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires, on or before January 1, 2027, the owner or operator of a wastewater treatment facility that is located within 1,500 feet of a residential area and has an original design capacity of 425,000,000 gallons or more per day to develop, install, operate, and maintain a wastewater treatment-related fence-line monitoring system approved by the appropriate air quality management district. This measure requires the wastewater treatment-related fence-line monitoring system to include equipment capable of measuring pollutants of concern emitted into the atmosphere that the appropriate air quality management district deems appropriate for monitoring. This measure provides that it does not alter the responsibility of an owner or operator of a wastewater treatment facility to not exceed limits for nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds emitted into the atmosphere established in existing air quality regulations and requires source testing for these pollutants to be conducted pursuant to a protocol approved by the appropriate air quality management district.
SB
800 (Caballero) A dvanced Air Mobility, Zero-emission, and Electrification Aviation Advisory Panel.
Chapter 416, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish an advisory panel, to be known as the Advanced Air Mobility, Zero-Emission, and Electrification Aviation Advisory Panel, to assess the feasibility and readiness of existing infrastructure, the development of a three-year prioritized work plan, and pathways for promoting equity of access to advanced air mobility infrastructure. This measure provides for the appointment of the membership of the advisory panel. This measure requires DOT to report, not later than January 1, 2025, to the Legislature on the infrastructure feasibility and readiness study and the three-year prioritized work plan.
This measure exempts meetings of the advisory panel from the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act. This measure repeals these provisions on January 1, 2026.
B. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
*AB 356 (Mathis) C alifornia Environmental Quality Act: Aesthetic Impacts.
Chapter 116, Statutes of 2023
This measure extends the provision that a lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is not required to evaluate the aesthetic effects of a project that involves the refurbishment, conversion, repurposing, or replacement of an existing building from January 1, 2024 to January 1, 2029. This measure requires the lead agency to file a notice with the Office of Planning and Research and the county clerk of the county in which the project is located if the lead agency determines that it is Attachment 1
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required to evaluate the aesthetic effects of a project and determines to approve or carry out that project.
AB 785 (Santiago) C alifornia Environmental Quality Act: Exemption: City of Los Angeles: County of Los Angeles: Affordable Housing and Transitional Housing.
Chapter 726, Statutes of 2023
This measure exempts from the requirements of CEQA certain activities undertaken by the City and County of Los Angeles and other eligible public agencies related to affordable housing, low barrier navigation centers, supportive housing, and transitional housing for youth and young adults within the City and County of Los Angeles. This measure defines the Los Angeles County Development Authority as an eligible public agency. This measure requires the lead agency to ensure that those projects meet certain labor requirements in order for the exemption to apply. This measure repeals these provisions on January 1, 2030.
AB
1307 (Wicks) C alifornia Environmental Quality Act: Noise Impact: Residential Projects.
Chapter 160, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure specifies that the effects of noise generated by project occupants and their guests on human beings is not a significant effect on the environment for residential projects for purposes of CEQA. This measure specifies that institutions of public higher education, in an environmental impact report for a residential or mixed-use housing project, are not required to consider alternatives to the location of the proposed project if certain requirements are met. This measure declares that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
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9 (Cortese) C alifornia Environmental Quality Act: Local Agencies: Filing of Notices of Determination or Exemption.
Chapter 860, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires local agencies in charge of CEQA projects to provide additional public notices about the project including submitting documentation to the State Clearinghouse website of the Office of Planning and Research (OPR).
SB 149 (Caballero) California Environmental Quality Act: Administrative and Judicial Procedures: Record of Proceedings: Judicial Streamlining.
Chapter 60, Statutes of 2023
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s measure authorizes a public agency, in accordance with CEQA, to deny a request of the plaintiff or petitioner to prepare the record of proceedings, in which case this measure requires the public agency or the real party in interest to bear the costs of preparation and certification of the record of proceedings and prohibits the recovery of those costs from the plaintiff or petitioner. This measure requires the court to schedule a case management conference within 30 days of the filing of an action to review the scope, timing, and cost of the record of proceedings.
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I. California Environmental Species Act (CESA)
AB 606 (Mathis) C alifornia Endangered Species Act: Accidental Take: Farms or Ranches.
Chapter 447, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to conduct outreach to raise awareness that the accidental take of a candidate, threatened, or endangered species resulting from an act that occurs on a farm or a ranch in the course of otherwise lawful routine and ongoing agricultural activities is not prohibited by the California Endangered Species Act (CESA) and requires a person, when an accidental take is known to report the take to the CDFW within 10 days. This measure extends this exception to CESA and the reporting requirement from January 1, 2024 to January 1, 2029.
J. Climate Change
AB 43 (Holden) G
reenhouse Gas Emissions: Building Materials: Embodied
Carbon Trading System.
Chapter 316, Statutes of 2023
This measure eliminates the interim target of 20% net reduction under the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Act). This measure requires the statewide greenhouse gas emissions baseline in the Act, of reducing at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030, to be established based on either an industry average of environmental product declarations reported for the 2026 calendar year or on the most relevant, up-to- date information available, as determined by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). This measure requires the established targets to apply no sooner than January 1, 2027, and two years after the baseline is established. This measure deletes the requirement that CARB form and maintain a technical advisory committee and instead requires CARB to consult with experts to advise the state on methods to reduce the carbon intensity of building materials and covered projects.
AB 58
5 (R. R ivas) Climate Change: Infrastructure and Clean Energy Projects:
Assessments.
Chapter 336, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure requests the California Council on Science and Technology every three years to assess the infrastructure project types, scale, and pace necessary to achieve the state's energy, climate change, and air quality goals, using its discretion. This measure also requires the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), in consultation with the California Energy Commission (CEC), the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), and CARB, to prepare an assessment of the barriers, challenges, and impediments limiting the deployment and development of clean energy projects. This measure requires GO-Biz to submit this assessment to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026. This measure also requires the assessment to be considered and incorporated into the work carried out by the Infrastructure Strike Team Attachment 1
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onvened by the Governor. This measure declares that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
AB 1159 (Aguiar-C urry) California Global Warming Solutions Act Of 2006: Natural and Working Lands: Market-based Compliance Mechanisms.
Chapter 358, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires CARB to ensure that all greenhouse gas emissions reductions and removals used for any market-based compliance mechanism are in addition to any reductions and removals that would otherwise occur.
AB 1172 (Calderon) I
ntegrated Energy Policy Report: Fusion Energy.
Chapter 360, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the CEC, as part of the 2027 edition of the integrated energy policy report, to include an assessment of the potential for fusion energy to contribute to California’s power supply.
AB
1305 (Gabriel) V oluntary Carbon Market Disclosures.
Chapter 365, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires a business entity that is marketing or selling voluntary carbon offsets within the state to disclose on the business entity’s internet website specified information about the applicable carbon offset project and details regarding accountability measures if a project is not completed or does not meet the projected emissions reductions or removal benefits. This measure also requires an entity that purchases or uses voluntary carbon offsets that makes claims regarding the achievement of net zero emissions or other, similar claims to disclose on the entity’s internet website specified information. This measure requires an entity that makes these claims to disclose on the entity’s internet website all information documenting how, if at all, a claim was determined to be accurate or actually accomplished, how interim progress toward that goal is being measured, and whether there is independent third- party verification of the company data and claims listed. This measure makes a person who violates these provisions subject to a civil penalty of not more than $2,500 per day for each violation, not to exceed a total amount of $500,000, which would be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General or by a district attorney, county counsel, or city attorney in a court of competent jurisdiction. This measure additionally requires that disclosures be updated no less than annually.
*AB 1548 (Hart) G reenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Grant Program: Recycling Infrastructure Projects.
Chapter 693, Statutes of 2023
This measure expands the scope of the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) Waste Diversion and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Financial Assistance Grant Program to include providing financial assistance to promote in-state development of projects to sort and aggregate organic and other recyclable materials or to divert items from disposal through enhanced reuse opportunities. This measure requires the grant program to provide eligible financial assistance for increasing Attachment 1
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ortunities for reuse of materials diverted from landfill disposal and for recyclable material recovery, sorting, or bailing equipment for use at publicly owned facilities. This measure authorizes eligible infrastructure projects for the grant program to include projects undertaken by a local government at publicly owned facilities to improve the recovery, sorting, or baling of recyclable materials to get those materials into the marketplace, the purchase of equipment and construction of facilities to help develop, implement, or expand edible food waste recovery operations, and the establishment of reuse programs to divert items from landfill disposal for reuse by members of the public.
SB 39 (Laird) S
ierra Nevada Conservancy: Sierra Nevada Region: Subregions:
Climate Resilience and Equity.
Chapter 70, Statutes of 2023
This measure revises the boundaries of the six subregions of the Sierra Nevada Cons
ervancy within the California Natural Resources Agency. This measure requires the Sierra Nevada Conservancy to support efforts that advance climate resilience and equity.
SB 253 (Wiener) C
limate Corporate Data Accountability Act.
Chapter 382, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires CARB, on or before January 1, 2025, to develop and adopt regulations overseeing specified partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies, and other business entities with total annual revenues in excess of $1 billion and that do business in California, defined as “reporting entities,” to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions to the emissions reporting organization starting in 2026 and annually thereafter. This measure requires CARB to review during 2029 and update as necessary on or before January 1, 2030. This measure requires a reporting entity to obtain an assurance engagement, performed by an independent third-party assurance provider, of the entity’s public disclosure. This measure requires CARB, in developing these regulations, to consult with the Attorney General, other government stakeholders, investors, stakeholders representing consumer and environmental justice interests, and reporting entities that have demonstrated leadership in full-scope greenhouse gas emissions accounting and public disclosure, and greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
This measure further requires CARB to contract with an emissions reporting organization to develop a reporting program to receive and make publicly available the required disclosures. This measure authorizes CARB, starting in 2033 and every five years thereafter, to assess the global greenhouse gas accounting and reporting standards and to adopt an alternative standard if it determines that using the alternative standard would more effectively further the goals of this measure.
SB
256 (Dodd) P arklands: City of Davis.
Chapter 305, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes the City of Davis to convey conservation easements, leases, or licenses for projects and activities located on specific parcels acquired by the city with a grant made pursuant to the California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Act, including:
• Habitat conservation projects;
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Geologic storage of carbon dioxide in the pore spaces in the geologic reservoir; • Monitoring wells or any other equipment or facilities that are required by law for the geologic storage of carbon dioxide; and
• Agricultural activities that provide wildlife habitat.
This measure requires the City of Davis, in the conveyance of these easements, leases, or licenses, to maintain the scenic, recreational, and wildlife values of the real property.
SB 261 (Stern) G
reenhouse Gases: Climate- related Financial Risk.
Chapter 383, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires, on or before January 1, 2026, and biennially thereafter, a c
overed entity to prepare a climate-related financial risk report disclosing the entity’s climate-related financial risk and measures adopted to reduce and adapt to climate- related financial risk. This measure requires the covered entity to make a copy of the report available to the public on its own internet website.
SB 306 (Caballero) C
limate Change: Equitable Building Decarbonization Program:
Extreme Heat Action Plan.
Chapter 387, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the CEC, on or before September 1, 2024, and annually thereafter until the $112 million in the Equitable Building Decarbonization Program have been expended, to submit a report to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature that includes information about the progress of the direct install program, including the selected administrators and implementers and implementation progress.
K. Coastal
AB 72 (Boerner) C
oastal Resources: Research: Landslides and Erosion: Early Warning System.
Chapter 80, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego to continue to conduct research at a third site on coastal cliff landslides and erosion in the County of San Diego, including real-time measurements and identification and analysis of those conditions. This measure postpones the deadline for Scripps to complete their research and provide a report to the Legislature with recommendations for developing a coastal cliff landslide and erosion early warning system from March 15, 2025 to January 1, 2026.
*AB 584 (Hart) C alifornia Coastal Act Of 1976: Coastal Development: Emergency Waiver.
Chapter 118, Statutes of 2023
This measure increases the value of permanent erected structures from $25,000 to $125,000 for which a waiver exemption does not apply for when a coastal development permit is needed under the California Coastal Act of 1976.
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82 (Davies) C oastal Resources: State Coastal Conservancy: Advance Payments.
Chapter 817, Statutes of 2023
This measure permits the State Coastal Conservancy to authorize advance payments on a contract or grant awarded in accordance with state’s existing advanced payment practices pilot program. This measure repeals this authorization on July 1, 2025, when the current pilot program is repealed.
*SB 272 (Laird) S ea Level Rise: Planning and Adaptation.
Chapter 384, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires a local government in the coastal zone or within the San Francisco Bay to submit either a local coastal program or a shoreline resiliency plan that implements sea level rise planning and adaptation by January 1, 2034. This measure requires, on or before December 31, 2024, the California Coastal Commission (CCC) and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), in close coordination with the Ocean Protection Council and the California Sea Level Rise State and Regional Support Collaborative, shall establish guidelines for the preparation of local sea level rise plans. This measure states that the guidelines must recognize and build upon the baseline policies as described in the “Sea Level Rise Working Group:
2021 Work Products” as published by the CCC on December 3, 2021 and the guiding principles of the joint platform as described on page 16 of the “Bay Adapt Regional Strategy for a Rising Bay Joint Platform” adopted by BCDC on October 21, 2021. This measure states that local governments that receive approval by the CCC or BCDC shall be prioritized for funding, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the implementation of sea level rise adaptation strategies and recommended projects in the local government’s approved sea level rise plan.
*SB 337 (Min) E nvironmental Protection: Lands and Coastal Waters Conservation Goal.
Chapter 392, Statutes of 2023
This measure provides that it is the goal of the state to conserve at least 30% of California’s lands and coastal waters by 2030.
SB
360 (Blakespear) C alifornia Coastal Commission: Member Voting.
Chapter 108, Statutes of 2023
This measure allows any member or employee of the CCC to be a member of a joint powers authority and a member of a local agency formation commission, in addition to an employee of another public agency, a county supervisor or city councilperson, or a member of specified associations or organizations.
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704 (Min) C oastal Resources: California Coastal Act Of 1976: Industrial Developments: Oil and Gas Developments: Refineries: Petrochemical Facilities:
Offshore Wind.
Chapter 292, Statutes of 2023
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SJR 2 (Gonzalez) C limate Change: Fossil Fuel Non-proliferation Treaty.
This measure formally endorses the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, states California’s agreement with the principle of nonproliferation of fossil fuels, and urges the United States government to join in formally developing a Fossil Fuel Non- Proliferation Treaty.
L. Energy and Utilities
AB 3 (Zbur) O
ffshore Wind Energy: Reports.
Chapter 314, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the CEC, in consultation with the State Lands Commission, the CCC, and other state agencies to develop a 2nd-phase plan and strategy for seaport readiness that builds upon the recommendations and alternatives in the strategic plan for offshore wind energy developments. This measure requires the CEC to submit a report on its recommendations for a seaport readiness strategy to the Governor and the Legislature on or before December 31, 2026. This measure requires the CEC, in consultation with the California Workforce Development Board, to conduct a study on the feasibility of achieving 50% and 65% in-state assembly and manufacturing of offshore wind energy projects and specified federal domestic content thresholds for offshore wind energy projects. This measure requires the CEC to submit a report on the study to the Governor and the Legislature on or before December 31, 2027. This measure sunsets on January 1, 2031.
*AB 50 (Wood) P ublic Utilities: Timely Service: Customer Energization.
Chapter 317, Statutes of 2023
This measure makes several interrelated changes to expedite the timely delivery of service by electrical utilities regulated by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). This measure seeks to establish clear expectations for how quickly utilities are expected to deliver service to new customers, fulfill requests for increased load from existing customers, and seeks to improve utility planning and information sharing to facilitate systematic reductions in the time it takes to meet requests for new or increased levels of service from customers.
AB 67
8 (Alvarez) B iomethane Procurement Targets or Goals: Core Transport Agents.
Chapter 339, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the PUC to consider adopting specific biomethane procurement targets or goals for each gas corporation and core transport agent. If the PUC adopts the biomethane procurement targets or goals, this measure requires the PUC to authorize a core transport agent to enter into an agreement with a gas corporation for the gas corporation to procure the core transport agent’s proportionate share of biomethane in order to satisfy the biomethane procurement targets or goals. All costs Attachment 1
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d for by the core transport agent and any environmental attributes allocated by the PUC would need to be in a fair and transparent manner. This measure requires the PUC to initially allocate each core transport agent their proportional share of the existing biomethane procurement targets established by the PUC Decision 22-02-025.
*AB 1132 (Friedman) S olar Energy Systems: Permit Fees.
Chapter 357, Statutes of 2023
This measure extends the repeal date from January 1, 2025 to January 1, 2034 on current law that prescribes and limits permit fees that a city or county may charge for a residential or commercial solar energy system.
SB
355 (Eggman) M ultifamily Affordable Housing Solar Roofs Program.
Chapter 393, Statutes of 2023
This measure expands the Affordable Housing Solar Roofs Program at the PUC to include properties in which at least 66% of the households have incomes at or below 80% of the area median income, properties owned by a tribe, and rental housing properties owned by public housing agencies or authorities. This measure extends the requirement that the PUC award monetary incentives for those solar energy systems through December 31, 2032. This measure authorizes the PUC to consider authorizing an advance payment loan to an eligible project if there is reasonable evidence to suggest that an advance payment loan would lead to the delivery of a project that would not occur absent the advance payment loan.
SB
605 (Padilla) W ave and Tidal Energy.
Chapter 405, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the CEC, as part of a specified 2024 energy policy review, to evaluate the feasibility, costs, and benefits of using wave energy and tidal energy. This measure requires the CEC, in coordination with the CCC, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Ocean Protection Council, and the State Lands Commission, to work with other state and local agencies and stakeholders to identify suitable sea space for offshore wave energy and tidal energy projects in state and federal waters. This measure requires the CEC to submit a written report to the Governor and the Legislature on or before January 1, 2025, that includes a summary of findings from the evaluation and considerations that may inform legislative and executive actions.
SB
746 (Eggman) E nergy Conservation Contracts: Alternate Energy Equipment:
Green Hydrogen: Tri-Valley-San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority.
Chapter 410, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes the Tri-Valley-San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority, in addition to its authority to enter into contracts, to enter into energy service contracts, facility financing contracts, and contracts for the sale of specified energy resources relating to green electrolytic hydrogen for use by the authority for purposes of financing the construction and operation of passenger rail service through the Altamont Pass Corridor. This measure makes legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Tri-Valley-San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority.
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X1 2 (Skinner) E nergy: Transportation Fuels: Supply and Pricing: Maximum Gross Gasoline Refining Margin.
Chapter 1, Statutes of 2023-24 First Extraordinary Session This measure authorizes the CEC to establish a maximum gross gasoline refining margin. This measure requires the CEC, if the CEC establishes the maximum gross gasoline refining margin, to establish a penalty for exceeding the maximum gross gasoline refining margin. This measure authorizes the CEC to petition the court to enjoin a refiner from exceeding the maximum gross gasoline refining margin. This measure also authorizes the CEC to impose an administrative civil penalty on a refiner for exceeding the maximum gross gasoline refining margin. This measure requires the CEC to consider a refiner’s request for an exemption from the maximum gross gasoline refining margin. This measure requires a refiner seeking an exemption to file a statement under the penalty of perjury setting forth the basis of the request for exemption.
M. Fish and Wildlife
AB 655 (Petrie-N orris) Fish and Wildlife: Aquatic Invasive Species: Caulerpa.
Chapter 119, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits a person from selling, possessing, importing, transporting, transferring, releasing alive in the state, or giving away without consideration all salt water algae of the genus Caulerpa, except possession for bona fide scientific research.
N. Ha
zardous Materials and Waste
AB 777 (Cervantes) H azardous Waste: Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site.
Chapter 165, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits any sample or waste generated from a site other than the St
ringfellow Quarry from being treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site. This measure requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to provide notice if any material or substance generated from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry is treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Class I Hazardous Waste Site. This measure exempts any material or substance necessary to implement the ongoing cleanup of the site from the notice provision.
AB 1059 (Friedman) P
roduct Safety: Consumer Products: Textile Fiberglass and Covered Flame Retardant Chemicals.
Chapter 461, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires that by January 1, 2027 any component of adult mattresses other than foam are prohibited from being sold or distributed that contain covered flame retardant chemicals at specific levels. This measure exempts aramid fabric when used in the interior of a mattress or on a non-sleep surface of a mattress. This measure Attachment 1
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tionally exempts modacrylic fiber without antimony trioxide or other covered flame- retardant chemicals. This measure requires the International Sleep Products Association, on or before October 1, 2025, to submit to the Bureau of Household Goods and Services a quantitative health risk assessment of modacrylic fiber without antimony trioxide and requires the Bureau of Household Goods and Services to post the assessment on its internet website.
AB 1115 (Papan) B
arry Keene Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Trust Fund Act Of 1989: Brownfields Remediation and Redevelopment.
Chapter 561, Statutes of 2023
This measure postpones the repeal of provisions under the Barry Keene Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Trust Fund Act of 1989 from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2036. By extending the operation of these provisions, this measure imposes a state- mandated local program by continuing the operation of certain crimes regarding the furnishing of information under penalty of perjury.
AB
1716 (Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials) H azardous Wastes and Materials: Certified Unified Program Agencies.
Chapter 207, Statutes of 2023
This measure revises the requirements for the exclusion of a recyclable material from classification by DTSC as a waste by requiring that the material be held in a container, tank, containment building, or waste pile that is labeled, marked, and placarded in accordance with DTSC’s hazardous waste labeling, marking, and placarding requirements applicable to generators.
SB
642 (Cortese) H azardous Materials: Enforcement: County Counsel.
Chapter 154, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes a county counsel, in addition to the city attorney, district attorney, and the Attorney General at the request of DTSC or a unified program agency, to bring an action seeking to enjoin a violation of laws and regulations governing the generation, transportation, and disposal of hazardous materials.
SB
740 (Cortese) H azardous Materials Management: Stationary Sources: Skilled and Trained Workforce.
Chapter 293, Statutes of 2023
This measure extends that workforce requirement to contracts awarded, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2024, by an owner or operator of a stationary source that is engaged in manufacturing hydrogen, biofuels, or certain specified chemicals, or in capturing, sequestering, or using carbon dioxide in specified conditions.
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O. Oil
AB 631 (Hart) Oil and Gas: Enforcement: Penalties.
Chapter 337, Statutes of 2023
This measure applies existing statute of limitations to oil and gas laws, including that an action for civil penalties or punitive damages related to environmental protection laws must begin within five years after discovery by the agency bringing the action. Such acts include refusing to permit the inspection of a well or willfully hindering or delaying enforcement related to oil and gas laws. This measure increases the fines for committing such acts from $100, to a range of no less than $500 or no more than $5,000.
P. Pesticides
AB 363 (Bauer-K ahan) Pesticides: Neonicotinoids for Nonagricultural Use:
Reevaluation: Control Measures.
Chapter 520, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits a person from selling, possessing, or using a pesticide containing one or more neonicotinoid pesticides for any nonagricultural use on nonproduction outdoor or ornamental plants, trees, or turf beginning January 1, 2025.
This measure requires the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) to evaluate the potential impacts of those neonicotinoid pesticide uses on pollinating insects, aquatic ecosystems, and human health, taking into account relevant routes of exposure. This measure requires DPR to issue a determination on those impacts on or before July 1, 2027 and to adopt necessary control measures for the use of neonicotinoid pesticides on or before July 1, 2029.
AB 65
2 (Lee) D epartment of Pesticide Regulation Environmental Justice Advisory Committee.
Chapter 662, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the DPR, by January 1, 2026, to establish and convene a DPR Environmental Justice Advisory Committee that would provide prioritized recommendations to DPR on ways to integrate environmental justice considerations into its programs, policies, decision-making, and activities, and on how it can improve its engagement with communities with the most significant exposure to pesticides. This measure requires the Advisory Committee to hold, at a minimum, two public meetings annually and to post, as needed, its recommendations on the DPR internet website.
AB
1322 (Friedman) P esticides: Second-generation Anticoagulant Rodenticide:
Diphacinone.
Chapter 836, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits the use of diphacinone in a wildlife habitat area and in the state, and any violation is a misdemeanor. This measure requires DPR, in consultation with, and with the concurrence of, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to adopt any additional restrictions that are necessary to ensure a trend of statistically Attachment 1
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ignificant reductions in the mean concentration values of detectable levels of second- generation anticoagulant rodenticides or any of their metabolites in tested tissues of a scientifically representative sample of wildlife.
Q. Solid Waste and Recycling
AB 592 (Wilson) V ehicles: Commercial Nonfranchise Solid Waste Haulers: Pilot Program.
Chapter 202, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano to create a three-year pilot program, until January 1, 2028, to regulate the transport of solid waste by commercial nonfranchise solid waste haulers on public roads in unincorporated areas of the county.
*AB 1526 (Committee on Natural Resources) Public Resources.
Chapter 848, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires a Producer Responsibility Organization under SB 54 (Chapter 75, Statutes of 2022) to schedule and remit funds owed to local governments to cover the cost of the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Responsibility Act Program.
This measure makes other non-substantive changes to Public Resources Code.
SB
353 (Dodd) B everage Containers: Recycling.
Chapter 868, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure expands the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act to include any size container of 100% fruit juice and any size container of vegetable juice, beginning January 1, 2024. Since the additional payments for these beverage containers would be deposited in a continuously appropriated fund, this measure makes an appropriation. This measure declares that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
SB 568 (Newman) E
lectronic Waste: Export.
Chapter 308, Statutes of 2023
This measure adds to the requirements of the Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 for export of covered electronic waste or a covered electronic device that the person demonstrate they attempted to locate an in-state covered electronic waste recycler and that the waste or device could not be managed by an in-state covered electronic waste recycler.
*SB 613 (Seyarto) Organic Waste: Reduction Goals: Local Jurisdictions: Low- population Waiver.
Chapter 878, Statutes of 2023
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risdiction does not qualify for an existing waiver, disposed of fewer than 5,000 tons of solid waste in 2014, and has fewer than 7,500 people.
SB 806 (Archuleta) T rash Receptacles and Storage Containers: Reflective Markings: Enforcement.
Chapter 722, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires any trash receptacle or storage container placed on a roadway or curb to be emptied or picked up to include reflectors on each side. This measure reduces the size of the required reflectors, changes the required placement of the reflectors, and expands the types of reflectors that meet the requirement.
R. Water
*AB 30 (Ward) A tmospheric Rivers: Research: Reservoir Operations.
Chapter 134, Statutes of 2023
This measure renames the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) program to the Atmospheric Rivers Research and Forecast Improvement Program: Enabling Climate Adaptation Through Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations and Hazard Resiliency Program. This measure requires DWR to research, develop, and implement new observations, prediction models, novel forecasting methods, and tailored decision support systems to improve predictions of atmospheric rivers and their impacts on water supply, flooding, post-wildfire debris flows, and environmental conditions.
AB 34
5 (Wilson) H abitat Restoration: Flood Control: Advance Payments.
Chapter 647, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes DWR or the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to provide advance payments to local agencies for projects that restore habitat for threatened and endangered species under state or federal law or improve flood protection. This measure prohibits the amount of funds advanced by DWR or the SWRCB to the local agency at any one time from exceeding 25% of the entire amount authorized to be provided under a funding agreement. This measure requires the project proponent to demonstrate a need for an advance payment and that the project proponent is sufficiently qualified to manage the project and the project's finances. This measure requires the funds to be spent within six months and would require the recipient to provide an accountability report to DWR or the SWRCB on a quarterly basis.
AB 39
9 (Boerner) W ater Ratepayers Protections Act of 2023: County Water Authority Act: Exclusion of Territory: Procedure.
Chapter 802, Statutes of 2023
This measure, named the Water Ratepayers Protections Act of 2023, requires a public entity whose corporate area is part of a county water authority to submit any proposition of excluding the public agency's corporate area from the county water authority to the electors within the territory of the county water authority, in addition to submitting the exclusion of the area to the electors with the public agency at any general or special election. This measure requires the two elections to be separate; however, this measure Attachment 1
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horizes both elections to run concurrently. This measure requires the ballot materials to include a fiscal impact statement.
AB 541 (Wood) C alifornia Safe Drinking Water Act: Wildfire Aftermath: Benzene Testing.
Chapter 530, Statutes of 2023
This measure directs the SWRCB to require a public water system that has experienced a wildfire event to perform sample collection and analysis of its source waters, treatment facilities, conveyance facilities, distribution systems, or a combination thereof, for the presence of benzene as soon as it is safe to do so. This measure authorizes the SWRCB to require a public water system response that includes if a public water system conducts sampling and finds detectable concentrations of benzene.
AB 66
4 (Lee) C alifornia Safe Drinking Water Act.
Chapter 810, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes the SWRCB to issue a citation to any person, not just a public water system, if the SWRCB determines that the person is in violation of the California Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), or any regulation, permit, standard, or order issued or adopted under the SDWA. This measure also requires persons, not just public water systems, to reimburse the SWRCB for actual costs incurred by the SWRCB for specified enforcement activities related to that person.
AB 682 (Mathis) S
tate Water Resources Control Board: Online Search Tool:
Funding Applications.
Chapter 340, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires, by January 1, 2025, the SWRCB to update its online search tool for funding applications to include a description of the additional information the SWRCB needs from a water system to continue processing the water system’s application and a description of the typical steps that must be completed before a funding agreement can be executed after receipt of a complete application.
AB 75
5 (Papan) W ater: Public Entity: Water Usage Demand Analysis.
Chapter 542, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires a public entity to conduct a water usage demand analysis, prior to completing, or as part of, a cost-of-service analysis conducted to set fees and charges for water service. This measure requires a public entity to identify within the water usage demand analysis the costs of water service for the highest users incurred by the public entity and the average annual volume of water delivered to high water users.
AB 75
9 (Grayson) S anitary Districts.
Chapter 19, Statutes of 2023
This measure allows sanitary districts to authorize funds to be withdrawn by a district treasurer or expended by a treasurer upon approval by the local board, signed by the president and secretary. Current law generally authorizes the district to expend money only upon written order of the board.
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AB 7
79 (Wilson) G roundwater: Adjudication.
Chapter 665, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires a civil court, in an adjudication action for a groundwater basin required to have a groundwater sustainability plan, to appoint one party to forward all case management orders, judgments, and interlocutory orders to the Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) within 10 business days of issuance. This measure requires the court to allocate payment of the costs incurred by the party appointed to forward all case management orders, judgments, and interlocutory orders to the groundwater sustainability agency among the parties in an amount and a manner that the court deems equitable. This measure requires the GSA to post the documents on its internet website in the interest of transparency and accessibility within 20 business days of receipt from a party. This measure authorizes the court to refer the matter to the SWRCB for investigation and report in order to assist the court in making findings pursuant to these provisions and authorizes a party to request that the court refer the matter to the SWRCB. This measure requires the court to consider the water use of, and accessibility of, water for small farmers and disadvantaged communities before entering a judgment.
*AB 1572 (Friedman) P otable Water: Nonfunctional Turf.
Chapter 849, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits the use of potable water to irrigate nonfunctional turf on commercial, municipal, institutional, and multifamily residential properties. This measure takes effect through a phase-in of this ban for specified property types beginning January 1, 2027.
AB
1736 (Carrillo, Juan) W ater Replenishment Districts: Competitive Bidding.
Chapter 592, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes the Water Replenishment District of Southern California board to negotiate a contract for work if no bids are received.
SB 389 (Allen) S
tate Water Resources Control Board: Investigation of Water Right.
Chapter 486, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes the SWRCB to investigate and ascertain whether or not a water right is valid. This measure authorizes the SWRCB to issue an information order in furtherance of an investigation, as executed by the SWRCB Executive Director. This measure authorizes a diversion or use of water ascertained to be unauthorized to be enforced as a trespass.
SB
659 (Ashby) C alifornia Water Supply Solutions Act of 2023.
Chapter 624, Statutes of 2023
This measure establishes the California Water Supply Solutions Act of 2023 to require DWR, as part of the California Water Plan Update 2028, and each subsequent update thereafter, to provide actionable recommendations to develop additional groundwater recharge opportunities that increase the recharge of the state’s groundwater basins.
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ontrol boards, and the Water Plan Advisory Committee. This measure requires the recommendations to identify immediate opportunities and potential long-term solutions to increase the state’s groundwater supply, and include, among other things, best practices to advance all benefits of groundwater recharge.
*SB 676 (Allen) Loc al Ordinances and Regulations: Drought-tolerant Landscaping.
Chapter 498, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits a city, including a charter city, county, or city and county from enacting or enforcing any ordinance or regulation that prohibits the installation of drought-tolerant landscaping using living plant material on residential property. This measure specifies that drought-tolerant landscaping does not include the installation of synthetic grass or artificial turf.
SB
753 (Caballe ro) Cannabis: Water Resources.
Chapter 504, Statutes of 2023
This measure amends the Adult Use of Marijuana Act by adding the planting, cultivating, harvesting, drying, or processing marijuana that results in substantial environmental harm to surface or groundwater for a person 18 years of age or older may be charged with a felony, including when the offense causes substantial environmental harm to public lands or other public resources.
SB 756 (Laird) W
ater: Inspection: Administrative Procedure: Notice: Service.
Chapter 158, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes the SWRCB, in conducting an investigation or proceeding related to streams, lakes, or other bodies of water, to inspect the property or facilities of any person or entity to ensure the prevention of waste, unreasonable use, or unreasonable method of use or diversion of water is in compliance. This measure authorizes the SWRCB, if consent is denied for an inspection, to obtain an inspection warrant or in the event of an emergency affecting public health and safety pertaining to the site under which the inspection is being sought, to conduct an inspection without consent or a warrant. This measure authorizes the SWRCB to participate in an inspection of an unlicensed cannabis cultivation site.
SB
836 (Dahle) La ndowner: Water Right Holder: Jointly Used Conduits: County of Siskiyou.
Chapter 889, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes a landowner, in the County of Siskiyou, where a conduit is constructed across or buried beneath the lands of two or more landowners, and the conduit is not under the control or management of any public agency or authority, to modify or replace the conduit on or beneath their land if the modification or replacement is made in a manner that does not impede the flow of the water to any other water right holder receiving a benefit of the conduit.
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AB 496 (Friedman) C osmetic Safety.
Chapter 441, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits, starting January 1, 2027, a person or entity from manufacturing, selling, delivering, holding, or offering for sale any cosmetic product that contains any intentionally added ingredients or banned ingredients.
SB
833 (McGuire) C annabis Licensing: Cultivation Licenses: Changing License Type: Inactive Status.
Chapter 886, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the Department of Cannabis Control, beginning no later than March 1, 2024, to allow a cultivation licensee to change the type of size of a cultivation license or to place a cultivation license in inactive status. This measure authorizes a licensee, at the license renewal, to change an existing cultivation license to a type with a smaller maximum canopy size, and at each subsequent license renewal, to restore the original type, maintain the type that the license was changed to at the license renewal, or change to a different type with a maximum canopy size smaller than the original type. This measure prohibits a licensee who holds a license in inactive status from engaging in the cultivation of cannabis, requires a license in inactive status to remain in inactive status until the license is next renewed, and requires a licensee who holds a license in inactive status to pay a reduced license fee.
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IV. Governance, Transparency, and Labor Relations
A. Elections and Redistricting
AB 34 (Valencia) E lections: County of Orange Citizens Redistricting Commission.
Chapter 315, Statutes of 2023
This measure establishes the Citizens Redistricting Commission in the County of Orange, which is charged with adjusting the boundary lines of the districts of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange.
AB 63 (Cervantes) C
anvass of the Vote: Reporting Results.
Chapter 514, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the elections official, beginning no later than the Thursday following the election until submission of a certified statement of the results, to post updated information regarding the election on their internet website at least once per week. The measure also requires the Secretary of State (SOS) to inform the Legislature if a candidate who was elected to the Legislature was not continuously registered to vote in the district in which the candidate was running between the date that the candidate filed for office and the date on which the SOS notifies the Legislature that the person was elected.
AB 292 (Pellerin) P
rimary Elections: Ballots.
Chapter 646, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires, for any nonpartisan ballot provided to a voter who has declined to disclose a political party preference for use in a presidential primary election, that the ballot provide information regarding how a voter may request and vote on a partisan ballot.
AB 39
8 (Pellerin) V oting: Replacement Ballots.
Chapter 650, Statutes of 2023
This measure removes the requirement that the voter provide a statement under penalty of perjury that the voter has failed to receive, lost, or destroyed their original ballot in order to be provided a replacement vote by mail ballot from an elections official. The measure requires the elections official, prior to issuing the replacement ballot, to advise the requester that a request for a replacement ballot made by a person other than the registered voter is a criminal offense.
AB 39
9 (Boerner) W ater Ratepayers Protections Act of 2023: County Water Authority Act: Exclusion of Territory: Procedure.
Chapter 802, Statutes of 2023
This measure, named the Water Ratepayers Protections Act of 2023, requires a public entity whose corporate area is part of a county water authority to submit any proposition of excluding the public agency's corporate area from the county water authority to the electors within the territory of the county water authority, in addition to submitting the exclusion of the area to the electors with the public agency at any general or special Attachment 1
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ection. This measure requires the two elections to be separate; however, this measure authorizes both elections to run concurrently. This measure requires the ballot materials to include a fiscal impact statement.
*AB 421 (Bryan) E
lections: R eferendum Measures.
Chapter 162, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure requires for a state referendum that voters be asked to choose between the options "Keep the law" or "Overturn the law" rather than being asked to vote "Yes" or "No." This measure also requires the top campaign funders of an effort to qualify a state referendum to be listed in the state voter information guide.
*AB 545 (Pellerin) E
lections: Access for Voters with Disabilities.
Chapter 658, Statutes of 2023
This measure:
• Permits a voter with a disability to vote by regular ballot outside any polling place (
also referred to as “curbside” voting) and eliminates provisions of law that require a voter to declare under oath that they are unable to mark their ballot in order to receive assistance marking their ballot;
• Requires a county elections official to provide information on the county elections official’s internet website informing a voter with a disability that they may vote a regular ballot outside any polling place;
• Requires signage to be posted outside a polling place indicating that the option to curbside vote is available for a voter with a disability to vote there; and • Requires a polling place to establish a method for a voter with a disability to contact a precinct board member in order to vote outside the polling place, such as a posted phone number, doorbell device, or the stationing of a precinct board member outside the polling place.
AB 626 (Pellerin) V
oting: Returning Vote by Mail Ballots in Person.
Chapter 661, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes a voter to return their vote by mail (VBM) ballot to an in-person voting location without placing the ballot into a ballot identification envelope if the following conditions are met:
• The precinct board or vote center election board has real-t ime access to the
county elections official’s election management system; • The precinct board or vote center election board verifies that the voter has not returned a vote by mail ballot for that election; and
• The precinct board or vote center election board changes the status of the voter in the election management system from a VBM voter to an in person voter; • The voter provides their name and address and signs the roster for the voting location after the voter’s status has been changed; and • The county elections official has established procedures to ensure that a voter who casts a ballot pursuant to this subdivision does not submit more than one vote by mail ballot without the identification envelope.
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64 (Bryan) Loc al Redistricting.
Chapter 343, Statutes of 2023
This measure standardizes the criteria to be used for drawing districts in local jurisdictions by requiring cities, counties, county boards of education, school districts, community college districts, and special districts, if the governing body of these local jurisdictions is elected by districts, to comply with uniform requirements related to redistricting. The measure also increases the public hearing and outreach requirements that apply to all local jurisdictions as part of the process for adopting or adjusting boundaries. This additionally requires the SOS to publish documents, tools, and information pertaining to redistricting.
AB 773 (Pellerin) E
lections: Filings.
Chapter 664, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure establishes a lead county for the purposes of district or school district elections when the boundaries of the district or school district encompass more than one county. The measure also requires authors of arguments for or against district or school district measures, and related rebuttal arguments, to submit the arguments to the elections official of the lead county. The elections official of the lead county must work with the other counties within the district bounds to establish deadlines for receipt of the arguments. The elections official of the lead county must select the arguments for publication in the county voter information guide, and transmit copies of the selected arguments to elections officials in the other counties within the district or school district.
*AB 96
9 (Pellerin) E lections: Voting Systems.
Chapter 300, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure prohibits an elections official from performing a manual vote count in an election held on an established election date if there are more than 1,000 eligible registered voters, or an election held on a date other than an established election date if there are more than 5,000 eligible registered voters. The elections official or any jurisdiction that administers elections must use a certified voting system for accessible voting and to tabulate votes and prohibits a jurisdiction from terminating a contract for an existing certified voting system, unless the jurisdiction has a plan to transition to a new voting system and has signed a new contract for a certified voting system.
*AB
1037 (Berman) V ote by Mail Ballots: Signature Verification.
Chapter 673, Statutes of 2023
This measure permits a voter who has a missing signature or a mismatched signature on their vote by mail ballot identification envelope to return a completed signature verification statement or unsigned identification envelope statement by electronic means. The measure additionally requires the instructions sent to voters to state that they may submit a signature verification statement or unsigned identification envelope statement by other electronic means made available by the local elections official. Local election officials who offer other electronic means for submission must establish appropriate privacy and security protocols so that the information transmitted is received by the elections official and is only used to verify the signature on the voter’s ballot.
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B 1219 (Berman) E lections: Ballots.
Chapter 676, Statutes of 2023
This measure deletes, revises, and recasts ballot design requirements to make ballot instructions and wording more voter friendly. The measure specifies the font and location of certain text and revises the ballot instructions provided to voters.
AB 1227 (Low) E
lections: County of Santa Clara.
Chapter 362, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara to adopt, and a voter of that county to propose by initiative, an ordinance to elect county officers by ranked choice voting.
AB 1539 (Berman) E
lections: Double Voting.
Chapter 692, Statutes of 2023
This measure makes it a misdemeanor for any person to vote or to attempt to vote both in an election held in this state and in an election held in another state on the same date.
AB
1762 (Committee on Elections) E lections Omnibus Bill.
Chapter 479, Statutes of 2023
This measure makes various minor and technical changes to the Elections Code.
SB 25 (Skinner) D
eclaration of Candidacy: Notary.
Chapter 26, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes a candidate who will not be in the State of California during the entire nomination period to appear before a notary public of another state to complete the declaration of candidacy.
SB 77 (Umberg) V
oting: Signature Verification: Notice.
Chapter 701, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires an election official to notify a voter by telephone, text message, or email of the opportunity for a voter to verify their signature if the voter’s signature did not compare to the signature on file, or to provide a signature if the voter’s signature was missing. This only applies if the elections official has a telephone number or email address for the voter on file.
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297 (Allen) E lections: Initiativ es and Referenda: Withdrawal.
Chapter 483, Statutes of 2023
This measure permits the proponents of a statewide initiative or referendum to withdraw the measure contingent on the enactment of a particular legislative measure. The measure also reduces, from all to a majority of the proponents, the number of proponents of a statewide initiative or referendum who must agree to withdraw the measure after the petitions for that measure have been filed.
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B 314 (Ashby) C ounty of Sacramento Redistricting Commission.
Chapter 389, Statutes of 2023
This measure establishes the Citizens Redistricting Commission in the County of Sacramento, which would be charged with adjusting the boundary lines of the districts of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sacramento.
*SB
386 (Newman) E lections.
Chapter 870, Statutes of 2023
This measure extends signature verification periods within which the election officials must complete their determination of the number of qualified signatures on various state and local petitions. This measure also requires city election officials to publish a public notice with specified city election information no later than three days before the deadline for nomination papers. The notice containing specific city election information may be posted on the city’s website.
*SB
485 (Becker) E lections: Election Worker Protections.
Chapter 611, Statutes of 2023
This measure provides that “officers holding an election or conducting a canvass,” for the purposes of the existing statute prohibiting election interference, includes, but are not limited to, the following:
• The SOS as the chief elections officer, and their staff, as it relates to per
formance of any of their duties related to administering the provisions of the Elections Code; and
• Elections officials and their staff, including temporary workers, poll workers, and members of a precinct board in their performance of any duty related to assisting with holding an election or conducting a canvass.
SB 678 (Umberg) E
lections: Disclosures.
Chapter 156, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires a person who is paid by a committee to support or oppose a candidate or ballot measure on an internet website, web application, or digital application, to include a disclaimer stating that they were paid by the committee in connection with the post. The measure also requires a committee to notify the person posting the content of the disclaimer requirement. Under this bill, if a person fails to post the disclaimer, they would not be subject to administrative penalties, but the Political Reform Commission would be authorized to seek injunctive relief to compel disclosure.
SB 789 (Allen) E
lections: Senate Constitutional Amendment 2 of the 2021– 22 Regular Session and Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 of the 2023–24 Regular Session.
Chapter 787, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure calls a special election to be consolidated with the statewide general election scheduled for November 5, 2024, and requires the submission of SCA 2 and ACA 5 to the voters at that election. The measure also requires the submission of ACA 1 to the voters at that election.
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B 798 (Glazer) E lections: Local Bond Measures: Tax Rate Statement.
Chapter 720, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the tax rate statement that is required to be included in the sam
ple ballot for local bond measures to include a tax rate per $100,000 of assessed valuation on all property to be taxed to fund a bond issue, instead of a tax rate per $100 of assessed valuation on all property to be taxed to fund the bond.
B. Employee Relations
AB 96 (Kalra) P ublic Employment: Local Public Transit Agencies: Autonomous Transit Vehicle Technology.
Chapter 419, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires public transit districts to notify, in writing, their employees’ unions of the district’s intention to begin any procurement process to acquire or deploy any autonomous transit vehicle technology for public transit services that would eliminate job functions or jobs of the workforce at least 10 months before beginning that procurement process. The measure also vests the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) with jurisdiction to process unfair practice charges alleging violations of these provisions, but only as to transit district employers where PERB has jurisdiction to process unfair practice charges.
*AB 52
0 (Santiago) E mployment: Public Entities.
Chapter 656, Statutes of 2023
This measure extends existing labor law provisions applicable to the private sector to make a "public entity" jointly and severally liable for unpaid wages when the public entity contracts for services in the property or long-term care industries and where the public entity has been provided notice of such liability by the Labor Commissioner. This measure defines, for purposes of this measure, public entities as a city, county, city and county, district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public corporation in the state.
*AB 59
4 (Maienschein) La bor Code: Alternative Enforcement.
Chapter 659, Statutes of 2023
This measure, until January 1, 2029, authorizes public prosecutors to sue for certain violations of the Labor Code independently of the Department of Labor Standards Enforcement and nullifies any agreements that limit an employee's right to file in court on behalf of themselves or in a representative action.
AB
1355 (Valencia) E mployment: Benefits: Electronic Notice and Documents.
Chapter 277, Statutes of 2023
This measure, until January 1, 2029, allows employers to provide information to their employees regarding the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Unemployment Insurance Program via email to an email account of the employee's choosing, if the employee affirmatively, and in writing or by electronic acknowledgment, opts into receipt of electronic statements or materials.
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B 1484 (Zbur) T emporary Public Employ ees.
Chapter 691, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires temporary employees to be automatically included in the same bargaining unit as the permanent employees upon the request of the recognized employee organization.
*SB
428 (Blakespear) Te mporary Restraining Orders and Protective Orders:
Employee Harassment.
Chapter 286, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes any employer whose employee has suffered harassment to seek a temporary restraining order and an injunction on behalf of the employee and other employees upon a showing of clear and convincing evidence that an employee has suffered harassment, that great or irreparable harm would result to an employee, and that the respondent’s course of conduct served no legitimate purpose.
*SB 497 (Smallwood-C
uevas) Protected Employee Conduct.
Chapter 612, Statutes of 2023
This measure creates a rebuttable presumption in favor of an employee's retaliation claim if an employer engages in any disciplinary behavior, within 90 days of an employee engaging in protected activity and directs recovery of civil penalties for a violation of whistleblower protections to the affected employee. In addition to other remedies available, an employer is liable for a civil penalty not exceeding $10,000 per employee for each violation of whistleblower protections.
*SB 525 (Durazo) M
inimum Wages: Health Care Workers.
Chapter 890, Statutes of 2023
This measure enacts a phased in multi-tiered statewide minimum wage schedule for health care workers employed by covered healthcare facilities. A covered health care facility does not include the Department of State Hospitals or tribal clinics. A covered health care employee does not include waste collection work at a covered health facility or medical transportation services.
*SB
553 (Cortese) O ccupational Safety: Workplace Violence: Restraining Orders and Workplace Violence Prevention Plan.
Chapter 289, Statutes of 2023
This measure, commencing January 1, 2025, authorizes a collective bargaining representative of an employee to seek a temporary restraining order and an order after hearing on behalf of the employee and other employees at the workplace. An employer or collective bargaining representative of an employee must, before filing such a petition, provide the employee who has suffered unlawful violence or a credible threat of violence from any individual an opportunity to decline to be named in the temporary restraining order.
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easure also requires employers to establish, implement and maintain an effective workplace violence prevention plan that includes, among other elements, requirements Attachment 1
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o maintain incident logs, provide specified trainings, and conduct periodic reviews of the plan.
*SB 616 (Gonzalez) S ick Days: Paid Sick Days Accrual and Use.
Chapter 309, Statutes of 2023
This measure increases the three days of paid sick leave currently afforded to employees under existing law to five days. This measure also increases the cap that employers can place on paid sick days from six to 10 days and 48 to 80 hours and increases the number of paid sick days an employee can roll over to the next year from three to five days.
*SB
700 (Bradford) E mployment Discrimination: Cannabis Use.
Chapter 408, Statutes of 2023
This measure makes it unlawful for an employer to request information from an applicant for employment relating to the applicant’s prior use of cannabis. Information about a person’s prior cannabis use obtained from the person’s criminal history would be exempt.
*SB
848 (Rubio) E mployment: Leave for Reproductive Loss.
Chapter 724, Statutes of 2023
This measure makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to refuse to grant a request by an eligible employee to take up to five days of reproductive loss leave following a reproductive loss event. If an employee experiences more than one reproductive loss event within a 12-month period, the employer is not obligated to grant a total amount of reproductive loss leave time in excess of 20 days within a 12-month period.
C. Government Operations
AB 338 (Aguiar-C urry) Fuel Reduction Work.
Chapter 428, Statutes of 2023
This measure would, commencing July 1, 2026, require fuel reduction work, done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds to meet several standards, including that all workers performing work within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades be paid at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages.
*AB 452 (Addis) C
hildhood Sexual A ssault: Statute of Limitations.
Chapter 655, Statutes of 2023
This measure eliminates the time limit for the commencement of actions for recovery of damages suffered as a result of childhood sexual assault for civil actions that arise on or after the date when the bill takes effect. Changes made by this bill apply to any claim in which the childhood sexual assault occurred on or after January 1, 2024, and claims made for conduct that occurred on or before December 31, 2023, may only be Attachment 1
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ommenced pursuant to the applicable statute of limitations set forth in existing law as it read on December 31, 2023.
AB 536 (Wilson) B ay Area Air Quality Management Advisory Council:
Compensation.
Chapter 16, Statutes of 2023
This measure repeals the current prohibition on Bay Area Air Quality Management District Advisory Council to receive compensation. The measure authorizes each council member to receive compensation to be determined by the bay district board.
AB 569 (Garcia) C
alifornia State University: Cybersecurity Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships Pilot Program.
Chapter 117, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires, on or before July 1, 2028, the California State University Chancellor’s Office to submit a comprehensive report on the Cybersecurity Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships Pilot Program to the Legislature.
*AB
1637 (Irwin) L ocal Government: Internet Websites and Email Addresses.
Chapter 586, Statutes of 2023
This measure would, no later than January 1, 2029:
• Require a local agency that maintains an internet website for use by t he public to secure and utilize a “.gov” top-level domain or a “.ca.gov” second-level domain; • Require a local agency that maintains an internet website that is noncompliant with that requirement to redirect that internet website to a domain name that does utilize a “.gov” or “.ca.gov” domain; and
• Require a local agency that maintains public email addresses to ensure that each email address provided to its employees utilizes a “.gov” domain name or a “.ca.gov” domain name.
*AB 1638 (Fong, Mike) Loc
al Government: Emergency Response Services: Use of
Languages Other than English.
Chapter 587, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires, commencing January 1, 2025, that local agencies provide inf
ormation related to an emergency in English and in all languages spoken jointly by the 5% or more of the population that speaks English less than “very well.” This applies when the emergency is within the jurisdiction of a local agency, that provides emergency response services and that serves a population within which 5% or more of the people speak English less than “very well” according to American Community Survey data and jointly speak a language other than English.
*ACR 54 (Pacheco) C
ities Week.
Chapter 61, Statutes of 2023
This measure proclaims the week of April 9, 2023 to April 14, 2023, to be Cities Week, and encourages all Californians to be involved in their communities and be civically engaged with their local government.
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B 329 (Dodd) C ities: City Council Members: Compensation.
Chapter 27, Statutes of 2023
This measure allows general law cities to adjust council member salaries for inflation.
SB 362 (Becker) D ata Broker Registration: Accessible Deletion Mechanism.
Chapter 709, Statutes of 2023
This measure transfers Data Broker Registration Law enforcement authority and data broker registration from the Attorney General to the California Privacy Protection Agency (Privacy Agency).This measure also requires by January 1, 2026, the Privacy Agency to establish an accessible deletion mechanism that allows a consumer, through a single verifiable request, to request that all or selected data brokers delete personal information related to that consumer. The measure exempts a data broker from deleting a consumer's personal information under many of the same exemptions provided under the California Consumer Privacy Act.
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882 (Committee on Governance and Finance) Loc al Government Omnibus Act of 2023.
Chapter 187, Statutes of 2023
This measure makes several minor changes to state laws governing local governments’ powers and duties, including updating qualifications for Treasurer-Tax Collectors, E- certification of vital records, and eligible local agency investments.
D. Political Reform Act of 1974
*SB 29 (Glazer) T he Political Reform Act of 1974: Fair Political Practices Commission: Political Reform Education Program.
Chapter 696, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure codifies the Political Reform Education Program (PREP) into the Political Reform Act of 1974 (PRA) for low-level violations of the PRA as an alternative to an administrative proceeding. The measure states if a person completes PREP, then the person is not subject to administrative, civil, or criminal penalties under the PRA.
SB
681 (Allen) P olitical Reform Act of 1974: Amendments.
Chapter 499, Statutes of 2023
This measure reduces the time from twelve to eight days that legislation amending the Political Reform Act be in final form before passage in each house of the Legislature.
E. Public Employee Retirement System
AB 658 (Fong, Mike) P ublic Employment: Retirement: Benefits.
Chapter 538, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes the City of San Gabriel to enter into an agreement with specified employees hired, and elected officials who first served, on or after January 1, 2023, to provide employer contributions for postretirement health care coverage to Attachment 1
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ployees with at least five years of credited service with the City of San Gabriel.
Provisions for postretirement health benefits apply to employees who retire on or after the date that a memorandum of understanding that authorizes this benefit becomes effective. The City of San Gabriel must provide notice of the agreement and any additional information necessary to implement these benefits.
AB 1020 (Grayson) C
ounty Employees Retirement Law Of 1937: Disability
Retirement: Medical Conditions: Employment-related Presumption.
Chapter 554, Statutes of 2023
This measure expands the scope of rebuttable presumptions to include the following additional injuries: post-traumatic stress disorder, tuberculosis, skin cancer, lower back impairments, Lyme disease, and meningitis, for purposes of qualifying for a disability retirement under the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937.
SB
548 (Niello) P ublic Employees’ Retirement: Joint County and Trial Court Contracts.
Chapter 307, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes a county and the trial court located within the county to jointly elect to separate their joint California Public Employees Retirements System (CalPERS) contract into individual contracts if the county and the trial court both make that election voluntarily. This measure makes the separation of a joint contract irrevocable and makes a county and trial court ineligible to reestablish a joint contract.
SB
885 (Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement) P ublic Employees’ Retirement.
Chapter 159, Statutes of 2023
This measure makes noncontroversial, technical, conforming, and minor changes to the Education and Government codes necessary for the efficient administration of retirement laws by public employee retirement systems. This bill is the annual omnibus bill for statutes regulating CalPERS, California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS), and county retirement systems.
F. Public Meetings and Public Records
*AB 557 (Hart) O pen Meetings : Local Agencies: Teleconferences.
Chapter 534, Statutes of 2023
This measure eliminates the sunset date on provisions of law allowing local agencies to use teleconferencing without complying with specified Ralph. M Brown Act requirements during a proclaimed state of emergency. This measure also provides greater flexibility for agencies that meet on a fixed date every month by extending the AB 361 (Rivas, Statutes of 2021) renewal period to 45 days.
*SB 411 (Portantino) O
pen Meetings: Teleconferences: Neighborhood Councils.
Chapter 605, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure, until Jan. 1, 2026, authorizes a neighborhood council within a charter city Attachment 1
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ith a population of more than three million people to use alternate teleconferencing provisions related to notice, agenda, and public participation, subject to certain requirements and restrictions, if the city council has adopted an authorizing resolution and two-thirds of an eligible legislative body votes to use the alternate teleconferencing provisions.
The measure requires that at least a quorum of the members of the neighborhood council participate from locations within the boundaries of the city in which the neighborhood council is established and that, at least once per year, at least a quorum of the members of the eligible legislative body participate in person from a singular physical location that is open to the public and within the boundaries of the eligible legislative body.
*SB 790 (Padilla) P
ublic Records: Contracts for Goods and Services.
Chapter 77, Statutes of 2023
This measure specifies that a government contract for goods or services is a public record subject to disclosure under the PRA unless the contract is exempt from disclosure under state or federal law. A provision in a written agreement that states that a government contract is exempt from public disclosure is void and unenforceable.
G. Workers’ Compensation
AB 489 (Calderon) W
orkers’ Compensation: Disability Payments.
Chapter 63, Statutes of 2023
This measure extends an existing pilot program by one year to allow workers’ compensation temporary and permanent disability indemnity payments to continue to be made using prepaid cards until January 1, 2025.
AB 62
1 (Irwin) W orkers’ Compensation: Special Death Benefit.
Chapter 448, Statutes of 2023
This measure allows the spouse and children of state safety members, peace officers, and firefighters for the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) who are members of Bargaining Unit 8 who are killed in the line of duty to receive both the workers' compensation death benefit and the Public Employees' Retirement System special death benefit. This measure applies retroactively to January 1, 2019, for injuries not previously claimed or resolved.
*SB
623 (Laird) W orkers’ Compensation: Post -traumatic Stress Disorder.
Chapter 621, Statutes of 2023
This measure extends, to Jan. 1, 2029, the presumption for specified public safety personnel that a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI) is occupational, and therefore covered by workers’ compensation. This measure also requires the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation to submit two reports to the Legislature regarding PTSI.
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V. Housing, Community, and Economic Development
A. Accessory Dwelling Units
AB 671 (Ward) C alhome Program: Accessory Dwelling Units.
Chapter 746, Statutes of 2023
This measure allows the construction of accessory dwelling units (ADU) or junior ADUs in home ownership development projects funded by the Calhome program without preventing these units from being separately conveyed to separate lower income households on separate parcels. Additionally, it requires units in such projects to be initially sold to lower income households and subject to recorded covenants, including resale restrictions, for at least 30 years.
AB 932 (Ting) A ccessory Dwelling Units: Accessory Dwelling Unit Program:
Reports.
Chapter 169, Statutes of 2023
This measure mandates that the California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) conduct an evaluation of the ADU Program, which aims to assist homeowners in obtaining loans for constructing ADUs on their properties. This measure requires CalHFA to report its findings to the Legislature by January 1, 2025 to establish the program’s effectiveness.
*AB 976 (Ting) A ccessory Dwelling Units: Owner -occupancy Requirements.
Chapter 751, Statutes of 2023
This measure grants local agencies the authority to require rental terms for ADUs that are 30 days or longer, instead of only longer than 30 days. Moreover, it eliminates the ability of local agencies to impose owner-occupancy requirements on any ADUs, regardless of when they were permitted, as opposed to allowing such requirements after January 1, 2025.
AB 1033 (Ting) A ccessory Dwelling Units: Local Ordinances: Separate Sale Or Conveyance.
Chapter 752, Statutes of 2023
*This measure amends the Planning and Zoning Law by allowing local agencies to adopt ordinances permitting the separate sale or conveyance of primary dwelling units and ADUs as condominiums. It also sets conditions for such separations and makes corresponding adjustments to the law. This measure imposes new duties on local governments related to ADU approval, constituting a state-mandated local program, but does not require state reimbursement for associated costs.
*AB 1332 (Carrillo, Juan) A ccessory Dwelling Units: Preapproved Plans.
Chapter 759, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires every local agency to establish a program for the preapproval of ADU plans by January 1, 2025. The program mandates that local agencies accept plan submissions for preapproval, and they must base their approval or denial on established standards. They are allowed to charge fees for preapproval and are required to post Attachment 1
preapproved plans on their website along with the contact information of the plan applicant. Additionally, local agencies must expedite the approval process for detached ADUs using preapproved plans or plans identical to those previously approved within a specific building standards code cycle. This measure applies to all cities, including charter cities, and aims to address housing concerns at a statewide level, with no reimbursement required from the state to local agencies.
B. Housing Finance
*AB 519 (Schiavo) A ffordable Housing Finance Workgroup: Affordable Housing:
Consolidated Application and Coordinated Review Process.
Chapter 742, Statutes of 2023
This measure creates an Affordable Housing Finance Workgroup (workgroup) to create a consolidated application for affordable housing developers to use to access state housing funding programs and a coordinated review process for the application. This measure also requires the workgroup, on or before July 1, 2026, to report recommendations on implementing a coordinated review process.
AB 529 (Gabriel) A daptive Reuse Projects.
Chapter 743, Statutes of 2023
This measure grants additional points or preferences for resource allocations for various housing and infrastructure programs to jurisdictions that comply with specific housing regulations. Notably, it introduces the concept of "adaptive reuse" to convert commercial properties into housing by reducing associated barriers. Additionally, this measure mandates the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) establish a working group to identify challenges and opportunities for adaptive reuse residential projects and recommend any necessary amendments to state building standards.
AB 1097 (Rivas, Luz) U se Tax: Registration: Qualified Purchaser.
Chapter 355, Statutes of 2023
This measure changes the definition of a "qualified purchaser" in California’s sales and use tax law until January 1, 2029. It eliminates the requirement that a qualified purchaser needs at least $100,000 in annual gross receipts. It also introduces a new condition that the person must make over $10,000 in untaxed purchases per year from retailers. It mandates qualified purchasers to register with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration for tax collection purposes. This measure also lays out rules for filing tax returns and making payments. Vehicle, vessel, or aircraft purchases are excluded from these changes.
AB 1285 (Wicks) H omeless Housing, Assistance, a nd Prevention Program and Encampment Resolution Funding Program.
Chapter 727, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires that the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program and the Encampment Resolution Funding program should include evidence and Attachment 1
explanations of collaboration between continuums of care and local jurisdictions using state funding to address place-based encampment resolution.
AB 1439 (Garcia) L ow -income Housing Tax Credit: Farmworker Housing.
Chapter 369, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure amends the California Revenue and Taxation Code by requiring the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee to consider changes to the regulatory scoring system for low-income housing tax credits. Specifically, it would add provisions to award maximum points to farmworker housing projects under the housing needs category and grant initial points for site amenities beyond the required thresholds.
AB 1528 (Gipson) H ousing Authorities: Property Taxation.
Chapter 766, Statutes of 2023
This measure specifies that property held by a nonprofit public benefit corporation controlled by a housing authority will be exempt from taxation, and any outstanding property taxes, interest, or penalties on housing authority property meeting these criteria will be canceled, with refunds for payments made prior to January 1, 2024. This measure also addresses state reimbursement for mandated costs and property tax revenues lost by local agencies, stating that no appropriations will be made for such reimbursements.
SB 20 (Rubio) J oint Powers Agreements: Regional Housing Trusts.
Chapter 147, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes two or more local agencies and, if desired, federally recognized tribal governments, to form a regional housing trust through a joint powers agreement under the Joint Exercise of Powers Act. The purpose of these regional housing trusts is to secure funding for housing initiatives targeting homeless populations and individuals and families with very low, extremely low, and low incomes within their respective jurisdictions. The trust is authorized to finance housing planning, construction, and acquisition, receive public and private funds, and issue bonds.
SB 240 (Ochoa Bogh) S urplus State Real Property: Affordable Housing and Housing for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals.
Chapter 775, Statutes of 2023
This measure allows local agencies and nonprofit affordable housing sponsors to be considered as priority buyers of surplus state real property for the purpose of providing housing for formerly incarcerated individuals. It further designates the development of surplus state real property for affordable housing projects by these entities as a ministerial process, exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements.
SB 267 (Eggman) C redit History of Persons Receiving Government Rent Subsidies.
Chapter 776, Statutes of 2023
This measure makes it unlawful for housing providers to use a person's credit history as part of the application process for rental housing accommodations when there is a Attachment 1
government rent subsidy. Exempt from this are housing providers who offer the applicant the option to provide lawful, verifiable alternative evidence of their ability to pay rent, such as government benefit payments or pay records. If the applicant chooses to provide such alternative evidence, the housing provider must reasonably consider it instead of the person's credit history in deciding whether to offer the rental accommodation.
SB 406 (Cortese) C alifornia Environmental Quality Act: Exemption: Financial Assistance: Residential Housing.
Chapter 150, Statutes of 2023
This measure gives actions taken by a local agency, that is not acting as the lead agency certifying the completion of an environmental impact report on a housing project, exemptions under CEQA. Similarly, to the exemptions for actions taken by HCD and CalHFA. The exemption pertains to providing financial assistance or insurance for the development and construction of residential housing for low- or moderate-income individuals and families, as long as the project will undergo review by another public agency under CEQA.
SB 469 (Allen) H ousing: Publicly Funded Low -rent Housing Projects.
Chapter 179, Statutes of 2023
This measure redefines "low-rent housing projects" for the purpose of voter approval requirements. It would exclude developments that receive funding from various federal and state sources, including low-income housing tax credits and specific housing and COVID-19 relief funds, from the constitutional provision requiring voter approval for such projects.
SB 482 (Blakespear) M ultifamily Housing Program: Supportive Housing:
Capitalized Operating Reserves.
Chapter 780, Statutes of 2023
This measure enables the HCD to use capitalized operating reserves for eligible projects. The bill also provides criteria for determining project eligibility for these reserves, taking into account factors such as the availability of funds and the financial needs of the project. Furthermore, it requires that at least 40% of units in supportive housing projects are targeted to populations experiencing chronic homelessness, homeless youth, or individuals exiting institutional settings.
*SB 555 (Wahab) S table Affordable Housing Act Of 2023.
Chapter 402, Statutes of 2023
This measure, known as the Stable Affordable Housing Act of 2023, requires HCD to complete a comprehensive California Social Housing Study by December 31, 2026. The study will analyze opportunities, resources, obstacles, and recommendations for creating affordable and social housing at scale to meet the state's housing needs.
C. Economic Development
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AB 258 (Reyes) Eco nomic Development: Small Businesses: Small Business Information Act: Internet Web Portal.
Chapter 423, Statutes of 2023
This measure, known as the Small Business Information Act, requires the Small Business Advocate to establish an internet web portal on the GO-Biz or Advocate's website, which will include links and information related to procurement opportunities offered by the state government, financial resources, and business incentives available to small businesses. The Department of General Services is directed to create a web page with links to certified businesses — including small businesses, disabled veteran business enterprises, minority business enterprises, and others — to help meet the state's goal of 25% procurement participation for small businesses.
AB 1658 (Santiago) Tribal Gaming: Compact Amendment Ratification.
Chapter 852, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure ratifies amendments to tribal-state gaming compacts between the State of California and numerous Indian tribes, extending the terms of these compacts. It also specifies that certain actions related to these amended compacts are not subject to CEQA
SB 736 (McGuire) T ribal Gaming: Compact Ratification.
(Urgency)
This measure modifies existing tribal-state gaming compact between the State of California and the Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California to extend the terms of the compact. It also ratifies a new tribal-state gaming compact with the same tribe. In addition, this measure specifies certain activities associated with these compacts, will not be treated as "projects" under CEQA, thus exempting them from certain environmental impact assessment requirements.
D. Land Use/Planning
AB 281 (Grayson) P lanning and Zoning: Housing: Postentitlement Phase Permits.
Chapter 735, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires special districts to provide written notice to housing development applicants, indicating the next steps in the review process, including any additional information necessary for service or approval of housing development projects. This measure sets specific timelines for this notice, requiring written notice within 30 business days for housing developments with 25 units or fewer, and 60 business days for those with 26 units or more. This measure does not mandate special districts to approve applications within a specific time frame. Additionally, if the Commission on State Mandates (CSM) determines that this measure imposes state-mandated costs, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts will be made in accordance with statutory provisions.
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AB 358 (Addis) C ommunity College Districts: Student Housing.
Chapter 83, Statutes of 2023
This measure excludes buildings used as residential housing for students attending a community college campus from certain approval requirements unless requested by the community college district.
*AB 480 (Ting) S urplus Land.
Chapter 788, Statutes of 2023
This measure redefines surplus land disposal procedures to include the sale or lease of surplus property for more than 15 years, establishes exemptions for certain types of surplus land, and requires that certain land transfers meet specific conditions. It also requires the maintenance of lists of interested entities on HCD's website, updates affordability requirements for housing developments, and outlines penalties for violations of surplus land disposal procedures.
AB 572 (Haney) C ommon Interest Developments: Imposition of Assessments.
Chapter 745, Statutes of 2023
This measure restricts common interest developments, established after January 1, 2025. This measure limits how much an association can increase regular assessments for owners of deed-restricted affordable housing units, capping the increase at 5% plus the percentage change in the cost of living, not to exceed 10% greater than the previous regular assessment. It also allows lower assessments for affordable housing unit owners and provides exceptions for certain types of developments.
AB 812 (Boerner) H ousing Development Approvals: Reserving Affordable Units in or Near a Cultural District For Artists.
Chapter 747, Statutes of 2023
This measure allows local agencies to reserve up to 10% of required affordable housing units for artists, provided that these units are located within or near state-designated or locally designated cultural districts. Local agencies must adopt an ordinance that includes certain provisions, such as adherence to affordable housing laws and artist status verification. If there is a lack of artist applicants for these units, they may be offered to the general public. Additionally, it states that this measure applies to all cities, including charter cities, as it addresses a matter of statewide concern.
AB 821 (Grayson) Pla nning And Zoning: General Plan: Zoning Ordinance:
Conflicts.
Chapter 748, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires that if a zoning ordinance in a county or city becomes inconsistent with the general plan due to an amendment to the general plan, the local agency must either amend the zoning ordinance to align with the general plan within 180 days of receiving the application or process the development application according to applicable laws. If the local agency fails to amend the zoning ordinance within the specified time, it must process the development application. This measure also allows residents or property owners to take legal action to enforce compliance with these provisions within 90 days of a local agency's failure to comply.
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AB 1114 (Haney) P lanning And Zoning: Housing Development Projects:
Postentitlement Phase Permits.
Chapter 753, Statutes of 2023
This measure expands the definition of "postentitlement phase permit" to include all building permits and other permits issued for construction, demolition, or alteration of buildings, whether discretionary or nondiscretionary. This measure establishes specific time limits for the review and approval process of these permits and provides procedures for notifying applicants of incompleteness and noncompliance (between 30 and 60 days depending on project size). It also allows for appeals by applicants and addresses time limits for providing final written determinations (between 60 and 90 days depending on project size).
*AB 1287 (Alvarez) De nsity Bonus Law: Maximum Allowable Residential Density:
Additional Density Bonus and Incentives or Concessions.
Chapter 755, Statutes of 2023
This measure redefines "maximum allowable residential density" as the greatest number of units allowed under local zoning ordinances, specific plans, or general plan land use elements for a housing development project. It mandates the granting of an additional density bonus and increased incentives or concessions by local governments when developers adhere to specific requirements, construct affordable units for very low income and moderate-income households, and meet specified criteria.
AB 1449 (Alvarez) A ffordable Housing: California Environmental Quality Act:
Exemption.
Chapter 761, Statutes of 2023
This measure establishes exemptions from the CEQA for specific actions related to affordable housing projects until January 1, 2033. The exemptions include entitlement issuance, land leasing, rezoning, and financial assistance, as long as the affordable housing projects meet specific conditions, such as regulatory agreements and environmental assessments. It mandates the lead agency to file a notice of exemption with the Office of Planning and Research and county clerk if they approve or carry out an exempted activity.
*AB 1490 (Lee) A ffordable Housing Development Projects: Adaptive Reuse.
Chapter 764, Statutes of 2023
This measure will make 100% affordable housing projects that adaptively reuse existing residential buildings an allowable use, regardless of any inconsistencies between the project and any local plans, zoning, or regulations, and limits local governments from imposing maximum density or floor area ratio requirements, and any requirement to add additional parking or open space.
AB 1734 (Jones-S awyer) Local Government: Surplus Land Act: Exemptions.
Chapter 769, Statutes of 2023
This measure exempts cities with populations exceeding 2,500,000 from certain surplus land disposal requirements until January 1, 2034. These requirements relate to the disposal of land for specific purposes — including low barrier navigation centers, Attachment 1
supportive housing, transitional housing for youth and young adults, or affordable housing — provided that the city complies with housing element and prohousing requirements. This measure also requires cities to include information on land development in their annual reports and allows HCD to request additional information from cities.
*SB 4 (Wiener) P lanning and Zoning: Housing Development: Higher Education Institutions and Religious Institutions.
Chapter 771, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires that a housing development project be a use by right on any land owned by an independent institution of higher education or religious institution if the development satisfies specified criteria. Specified criteria: 1) Must comply with all objective development standards of the city that are not in conflict with the measure. 2) Can’t be located on farmland, wetlands, important habitat, very high fire hazard severity zones, hazardous waste site, flood zones, etc. 3) Limitations on demolishing existing residential housing. 4) Must contain 100% affordable units, except 20% can be moderate income. 5) Allows for greater density and height in some zones. 6) Limits parking requirements.
*SB 229 (Umberg) S urplus Land: Disposal of Property: Violations: Public Meeting.
Chapter 774, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires that if a local agency is disposing of surplus land and has been notified by HCD of a violation, the agency must hold an open and public meeting to review the violation notice. The agency is required to provide notice of this meeting in specific ways and cannot take final action to ratify or approve the land disposal until this meeting has been conducted. It also offers an exemption if a local agency stops disposing of surplus land after receiving a violation notice from HCD.
*SB 423 (Wiener) La nd Use: Streamlined Housing Approvals: Multifamily Housing Developments.
Chapter 778, Statutes of 2023
This measure modifies and expands SB 35 provisions that allow certain multifamily housing developments to take advantage of a streamlined, ministerial approval process.
Specifically, this measure: 1) Extends the Jan. 1, 2026 sunset to Jan. 1, 2036. 2) Applies SB 35 provisions to the Coastal Zone. 3) Allows the State to approve housing developments on property they own or lease. 4) Prohibits a city from enforcing its inclusionary housing ordinance if the income limits are higher than those in SB 35.
SB 684 (Caballero) L and Use: Streamlined Approval Processes: Development Projects of 10 or Fewer Residential Units on Urban Lots Under 5 Acres.
Chapter 783, Statutes of 2023
This measure will streamline the approval processes for housing development projects of 10 or fewer residential units on urban lots under five acres. It mandates local agencies to consider these projects through a ministerial approval process, eliminating discretionary reviews or hearings. This measure sets specific criteria for projects — including parcel size, density, and zoning — and imposes time limits for local agencies Attachment 1
to approve or deny applications. Additionally, it allows local agencies to impose certain zoning and design standards while prohibiting others. This measure excludes single- family residential horsekeeping zones and grants local agencies the discretion to permit urban lot splits and ADUs in such zones.
SB 713 (Padilla) P lanning and Zoning: Density Bonuses: Development Standard.
Chapter 784, Statutes of 2023
This measure broadens the definition of "development standard" to include standards adopted by local governments or enacted by the local electorate through local initiatives or referendums, regardless of the source of their power. This measure also extends its provisions to all cities, including charter cities.
*SB 747 (Caballero) L and Use: Surplus Land.
Chapter 786, Statutes of 2023
This measure redefines "dispose" and expands the scope of "agency's use" to include logistics, broadband, and waste disposal sites. This measure also revises provisions related to exempt surplus land, adding new categories of exempt land, and requiring document evidence for valid legal restrictions. It clarifies that local agencies are not obligated to dispose of surplus land, specifies actions not considered as negotiating for disposal, and mandates HCD to maintain lists of interested entities. Additionally, it modifies the affordable housing requirements and penalties for violations.
E. Housing Regulations
AB 42 (Ramos) T iny Homes: Temporary Sleeping Cabins: Fire Sprinkler Requirements.
Chapter 725, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits local agencies from requiring fire sprinklers in temporary sleeping cabins on sites with 50 or fewer cabins until January 1, 2027. Temporary sleeping cabins are non-permanent structures intended for housing people experiencing homelessness. Instead of fire sprinklers, this measure requires alternative fire and life safety standards, including smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, and other safety measures.
AB 225 (Grayson) R eal Property: Environmental Hazards Booklet.
Chapter 420, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires updates to the Homeowners' Guide to Environmental Hazards to include three new sections on wildfires, climate change, and sea level rise, provided existing or private resources permit. The Department of Toxic Substances Control will collaborate with departments within the Natural Resources Agency for this purpose.
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AB 323 (Holden) D ensity Bonus Law: Purchase of Density Bonus Units by Nonprofit Housing Organizations: Civil Actions.
Chapter 738, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires developers and local agencies to ensure that housing units grant
ed density bonuses are initially sold and occupied by individuals or families meeting specified income requirements. If eligible buyers are unable to purchase these units within 180 days of being ready for occupancy, nonprofit housing organizations in California
— focused on affordable homeownership and holding tax-exempt status — can buy them with certain affordability restrictions in place. This measure also prohibits developers from selling certain units intended for owner-occupancy to ineligible buyers, imposing civil penalties for violations, and extends its applicability to all cities, including charter cities.
*AB 434 (Grayson) H ousing Element: Notice of Violation.
Chapter 740, Statutes of 2023
This measure enacts several changes related to housing element reviews and violations by requiring HCD to report its findings on adopted housing elements or amendments within 60 days instead of 90 days. Additionally, it grants the department the authority to notify local governments and the Attorney General of violations related to various housing regulations and standards. This measure also outlines a process for addressing non-compliance, which may include fines and court-ordered remedies.
AB 548 (Boerner) S tate Housing Law: Inspection.
Chapter 744, Statutes of 2023
This measure mandates that local enforcement agencies must establish policies and procedures for inspecting multi-unit buildings if an inspector or code enforcement officer finds a unit to be substandard or in violation of the State Housing Law. These policies and procedures must consider various factors, require inspections of adjacent units, and, potentially require inspections of all units in the building. Property owners must be notified of violations and required corrective actions, with follow-up inspections to verify compliance. If CSM determines that this bill imposes costs on local agencies, reimbursement shall be provided in accordance with established procedures.
AB 1280 (Maienschein) Fir e Hazard Severity Zones: Disclosures.
Chapter 99, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires sellers of single-family residential properties located within fire hazard severity zones to specify whether the property is in a high or very high fire hazard severity zone in their natural hazard disclosure statement. Additionally, it clarifies that the disclosure should cover high fire hazard severity zones in state responsibility areas, very high fire hazard severity zones in state responsibility areas, and very high fire hazard severity zones in local responsibility areas.
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F. Landlord–Tenant
AB 12 (Haney) T enancy: Security Deposits.
Chapter 733, Statutes of 2023
This measure limits landlords from demanding security deposits exceeding one month's rent for residential properties, effective from July 1, 2024, regardless of furnishing. An exception applies to service members, allowing up to two months' rent as security deposits under specific conditions.
AB 1386 (Gabriel) V eterans Housing: Tenant Referrals.
Chapter 760, Statutes of 2023
This measure grants authority for entities responsible for referring housing units to extremely low-income households, to request approval to lease those units to secondary tenants if a qualified tenant cannot be found within 60 days of the unit's availability. It mandates good faith efforts to match extremely low-income tenants and requires the creation of a standardized petition submission form. Additionally, it authorizes entities to match veterans experiencing homelessness with units based on their income, and after 12 months, ensures the next available comparable unit is offered to qualified tenants at 30% of the median income.
*AB 1620 (Zbur) C osta -hawkins Rental Housing Act: Permanent Disabilities:
Comparable or Smaller Units.
Chapter 767, Statutes of 2023
This measure allows jurisdictions to require owners of residential real properties subject to rent control ordinances or charter provisions, to permit tenants with permanent mobility-related disabilities to move to available comparable or smaller units located on accessible floors within the same property. If certain conditions are met, owners must allow these tenants to retain their existing lease at the same rental rate and terms.
SB 567 (Durazo) Te rmination of Tenancy: No-fault Just Causes: Gross Rental Rate Increases.
Chapter 290, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires an owner or their family members to occupy a rental property for at least 12 months as their primary residence before evicting a tenant for the intent to occupy the property. Furthermore, this measure establishes new enforcement mechanisms, allowing tenants to seek damages in cases of non-compliance.
Additionally, this measure tightens restrictions on rent increases, limiting owners from raising rents beyond a certain threshold and imposing penalties for violations. These provisions take effect on April 1, 2024.
SB 712 (Portantino) T enancy: Personal Micromobility Devices.
Chapter 630, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits landlords from preventing tenants from owning personal micromobility devices and further allows tenants to store and recharge up to one personal micromobility device in their dwelling unit for each person living there. This measure also allows landlords to impose reasonable restrictions, such as complying Attachment 1
with fire codes and safety guidelines for lithium-ion batteries but does not require them to modify rental units for device storage. Exceptions are made for disabled occupants who require personal micromobility device accommodations. This measure does not affect the rights and remedies available to disabled persons under federal or state law.
G. Mobile Homes
AB 318 (Addis) M obilehome Residency Law Protection Act.
Chapter 736, Statutes of 2023
This measure removes the requirement for the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to select the most severe alleged violations when handling homeowner complaints. It eliminates the obligation for parties to negotiate in good faith to resolve complaints within 25 days. Additionally, it allows the department to adopt emergency regulations to implement the program without the need for detailed justification. This measure extends the repeal date of the Act from January 1, 2024, to January 1, 2027.
AB 319 (Connolly) M obilehome Parks Act: Inspectors: Conflict of Interest:
Enforcement Actions: Sunset.
Chapter 737, Statutes of 2023
This measure extends certain provisions of the Mobilehome Parks Act in California. It extends the authority of enforcement agencies to inspect mobilehome parks and issue violation notices until January 1, 2025, instead of the previous deadline of January 1, 2024. This measure also mandates HCD to establish policies to review inspectors' potential conflicts of interest and handle complaints against inspectors.
AB 604 (Lee) M obilehome Parks: Water Utility Charges.
Chapter 807, Statutes of 2023
This measure exempts a person or entity maintaining a mobilehome park or a multiple unit residential complex from being regulated as a public utility by the Public Utilities Commission, provided that management complies with specific limitations on charges and fees outlined in the Mobilehome Residency Law. These limitations would apply to all management that chooses to separately bill water utility service to homeowners, even if the water purveyor or mobilehome park is under the jurisdiction, control, or regulation of the commission.
H. Parking Regulations
*AB 894 (Friedman) P arking Requirements: Shared Parking.
Chapter 749, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires local agencies to permit entities with underutilized parking spaces to share them with the public, local agencies, or other entities, provided they submit a shared parking agreement and demonstrate the benefits of such an arrangement. It also mandates that local agencies consider shared parking agreements Attachment 1
for replacing new parking construction or limiting parking spaces when using state or public funds for development projects, but this does not apply to state-owned land.
*AB 1308 (Quirk-S il va) Planning and Zoning Law: Single-family Residences:
Parking Requirements.
Chapter 756, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits public agencies from increasing the minimum parking requirements for single-family residences during the approval of remodeling, renovation, or additions to such residences, as long as the project does not cause the residence to exceed any maximum size limits set by applicable zoning regulations. This measure clarifies that this provision does not allow local agencies to impose stricter parking restrictions when a single-family residence is on the same lot as an ADU. This measure is deemed a matter of statewide concern and applies to all cities, including charter cities, without requiring state reimbursement for its implementation.
AB 1317 (Carrillo, Wendy) U nbundled Parking.
Chapter 757, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires owners of qualifying residential properties with 16 or more units in specific California counties to unbundle parking costs from rent, allowing tenants to lease parking separately. Tenants of such properties would have a right of first refusal for parking spaces associated with their unit, and the failure to pay parking fees would not result in eviction. This measure exempts certain properties with individual garages, affordable housing, or those receiving specific financial incentives.
I. Care Facilities
AB 426 (Jackson) U nlicensed Residential Foster Care Facilities: Temporary Placement Management.
Chapter 438, Statutes of 2023
This measure allows for increased civil penalties on individuals providing unlicensed residential care to children. It allows the Department of Social Services to assess civil penalties of $1,000 per day for those providing residential care to children in violation of licensing requirements. It also expands the procedures for addressing county non- compliance with relevant regulations and requires written notices to county authorities in case of non-compliance.
J. Regional
AB 1270 (Dixon) R edevelo pment: Successor Agency: City of Lake Forest.
Chapter 301, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the Orange County Auditor Controller — upon receipt of the final resolution of dissolution for the successor agency to the former Orange County Development Agency — to allocate property tax revenues attributable to the El Toro Project Area to the Fund established for the former Lake Forest Redevelopment Attachment 1
Agency. By revising the duties of local government officials, this measure would impose a state-mandated local program.
AB 1319 (Wicks) B ay Area Housing Finance Authority: Housing Revenue.
Chapter 758, Statutes of 2023
This measure makes several changes related to the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority's operations and funding. It requires the formation of an advisory committee with expertise in affordable housing finance, construction workforce, tenant protection, and housing preservation. This measure limits the authority to placing one ballot measure per election. This measure also authorizes the authority to deploy financing to nonprofit corporations for affordable housing development. It also exempts the authority from CEQA if the authority were to raise, administer, or allocate funding for tenant protection, affordable housing preservation, or new affordable housing production or provide technical assistance consistent with the authority’s purpose. Additionally, it expands the permitted use of proceeds from a commercial linkage fee to include administrative costs, revises the definition of "authority revenues," and requires the publication of financial statements.
AB 1607 (Carrillo, Wendy) Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency.
Chapter 730, Statutes of 2023
This measure permits the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency to allocate a portion of the revenue generated from a tax measure to the County of Los Angeles for programs combating homelessness, excluding these funds from the agency's annual expenditure plan. Additionally, it adjusts certain funding requirements and expenditures related to affordable housing creation, preservation, renter protection, and administrative expenses.
AB 1649 (Kalra) Loc al Agency Public Construction Act: Change Orders: County of Santa Clara.
Chapter 281, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes the County of Santa Clara to implement change orders of up to $400,000 for contracts with an original cost exceeding $25,000,000, and up to $750,000 for contracts with an original cost exceeding $50,000,000, with these limits adjusted annually according to the California Consumer Price Index. The County of Santa Clara would be limited to modifying no more than 7 contracts under these provisions and would need to provide a review report to relevant legislative committees by July 1, 2026.
SB 34 (Umberg) S urplus Land Disposal: Violations: County Of Orange.
Chapter 772, Statutes of 2023
This measure mandates that if HCD notifies the County or any of its cities that their intended disposal of surplus land violates existing laws, they have 60 days to rectify the violation. Failure to do so would prohibit the disposal of the land until compliance is achieved. Additionally, local agencies may provide a statement describing their efforts Attachment 1
to correct the violation within 60 days of receiving a notice. HCD must assess these statements and provide determinations within 30 days.
SB 273 (Wiener) T idelands and Submerged Lands: City and County Of San Francisco: Piers 30-32: Mixed-use Development.
Chapter 385, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes the State Lands Commission to approve a mixed-use development at Piers 30-32 on the San Francisco waterfront — including general office use — provided that certain conditions are met.
SB 593 (Wiener) R edevelopment: Successor Agency Debt: City and County Of San Francisco.
Chapter 782, Statutes of 2023
This measure expands the authority of the successor agency to the former Redevelopment Agency of San Francisco, allowing it to issue bonds and incur debt to finance the development, construction, and maintenance of affordable housing for lower-income households. These affordable units must remain affordable for at least 55 years for rental units and 45 years for owner-occupied units, subject to specified conditions and authorizations.
SB 835 (Smallwood-C uevas) Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy:
Watershed and Open-space Plan: Report.
Chapter 78, Statutes of 2023
This measure extends the deadline for the Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy to provide a report on its proposed watershed and open-space plan for improvements in the conservancy territory from January 1, 2024, to January 1, 2026.
The conservancy's core objectives include managing public lands within the Baldwin Hills, southern Ballona Creek Watershed, and Upper Dominguez Channel area, with a focus on climate resilience, recreational, and natural resource values, as well as creating expanded opportunities for recreation, aesthetic improvement, and wildlife habitat.
K. Miscellaneous
*AB 516 (Ramos) M itigation Fee Act: Fees for Improvements: Reports and Audits.
Chapter 741, Statutes of 2023
This measure makes changes to the Mitigation Fee Act by requiring local agencies to provide annual reports on development fees, including details on public improvement projects, any delays, and refund recipients. This measure also expands the scope of fee audits to assess fee reasonableness, revenue expenditure timing, and project completion schedules. It mandates that local agencies inform fee payers of their audit rights and provide easy access to fee-related information online.
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AB 911 (Schiavo) U nlawfully Restrictive Covenants: Affordable Housing.
Chapter 750, Statutes of 2023
This measure establishes a process for modifying or removing restrictive covenants on real property to facilitate affordable housing developments. Owners of such developments would be allowed to submit a modification document to the county recorder, subject to review by the county counsel. This measure introduces provisions for notifying relevant parties about the modification and sets a time frame for legal challenges. It also clarifies that standard recording fees may be charged by the county recorder. Additionally, the bill specifies that this amendment does not affect existing laws related to affordable and fair housing, local building codes, and other regulations.
AB 968 (Grayson) S ingle-family Residential Property: Disclosures.
Chapter 95, Statutes of 2023
This measure mandates that sellers of single-family residential properties — who accept an offer within 18 months of obtaining the property's title — disclose information regarding any room additions, structural modifications, alterations, or repairs made to the property by a contractor and the names of those contractors. Alternatively, sellers can fulfill this requirement by providing a list of these modifications and repairs. Sellers must also provide a copy of any permits for these alterations, or if they contracted with a third party who holds the permits, they should inform the buyer of how to obtain permit information from that third party. These provisions will apply to property sales on or after July 1, 2024.
AB 1175 (Quirk-S ilva) Outdoor Advertising Displays: Redevelopment Agency Project Areas.
Chapter 361, Statutes of 2023
This measure extends the classification of certain off-premises advertising displays within the boundaries of a redevelopment agency project, originally set to expire on January 1, 2023, as on-premises displays until January 1, 2026. It removes the provision for granting extensions for good cause, eliminates specific requirements regarding advertising copy, and no longer mandates the removal of these displays without compensation to the owner or operator. This measure places the responsibility for ensuring compliance with display regulations on the applicable city, county, or city and county, and requires them to provide a public benefit.
AB 1218 (Lowenthal) D evelopment Projects: Demolition of Residential Dwelling Units.
Chapter 754, Statutes of 2023
This measure expands prohibitions on the demolition of residential dwelling units, particularly in cases involving occupied or vacant protected units. It introduces stricter requirements for the replacement of such units and mandates that replacement housing must be developed alongside the new project. Additionally, this measure requires that developers must offer a right of first refusal for comparable units to existing occupants of protected units, particularly those from lower-income households. This measure eliminates the provision for HCD to notify and involve the Attorney General in cases of violations of state law related to housing element compliance.
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*AB 1307 (Wicks) C alifo rnia Environmental Quality Act: Noise Impact: Residential Projects.
Chapter 160, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure adds two new sections to the Public Resources Code in California. The first section specifies that noise generated by occupants and guests of residential projects is not considered a significant environmental impact under CEQA. The second section relates to institutions of public higher education, and exempts them from considering alternative locations for residential or mixed-use housing projects in their environmental impact reports if the project meets specific criteria, such as being on a site of five acres or less and substantially surrounded by qualified urban uses.
AB 1458 (Ta) C ommon Interest Developments: Association Governance: Member Election.
Chapter 303, Statutes of 2023
This measure allows common interest development associations to adjourn membership meetings in the absence of a quorum to a date at least 20 days later, where a quorum would then be set at 20% of the voting members present in person, by proxy, or by secret written ballot. This measure also mandates providing general notice for membership meetings, including information on quorum determination, and allows associations to call subsequent meetings if the quorum is not reached for director elections.
AB 1474 (Reyes) C alifornia Statewide Housing Plan.
Chapter 762, Statutes of 2023
This measure expands the California Statewide Housing Plan by including veterans in the list of population groups for which housing assistance strategies must be developed.
This measure requires consultation with the Department of Veterans Affairs in formulating these strategies. This measure also outlines periodic updates and revisions to the housing plan, including an emphasis on data collection and analysis for housing- related policymaking.
*AB 1485 (Haney) H ous ing Element: Enforcement: Attorney General.
Chapter 763, Statutes of 2023
This measure grants both HCD and the office of the Attorney General the unconditional right to intervene in legal actions addressing violations of specified housing laws, including the Housing Accountability Act, the Density Bonus Law, and the Housing Crisis Act of 2019.
AB 1508 (Ramos) D epartment of Housing and Community Development:
California Statewide Housing Plan.
Chapter 765, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires updates and revisions to the California Statewide Housing Plan, starting from January 1, 2023, to include an inventory of affordable housing units needed, technical updates, and recommendations for modernizing statutory and regulatory terms. Additionally, this measure requires the incorporation of an analysis of first-time home buyer assistance policies, goals, and objectives, suggestions for Attachment 1
enhancing homeownership opportunities for first-time buyers. The measure also requires an evaluation of demographic disparities in homeownership in California, including factors like race, ethnicity, income, household size, age, and disability status.
*AB 1633 (Ting) H ousing Accountability Act: Disapprovals: California Environmental Quality Act.
Chapter 768, Statutes of 2023
This measure amends the existing Housing Accountability Act by redefining "disapprove the housing development project,” If a local agency is unable to decide on whether a housing project is exempt from CEQA or commits an abuse of discretion, it will be considered a rejection. It will also consider a local agency's failure to adopt or certify certain environmental documents as a final decision. These changes are in effect until January 1, 2031, and apply to qualifying housing projects in urbanized areas meeting specified criteria.
AB 1753 (Cmte. on Local Government) Lo cal Government: Reorganization.
Chapter 25, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits the executive officer from accepting or issuing a certificate of filing for an application for a change of organization or reorganization unless an agreement for the exchange of property tax revenues has been adopted.
*AB 1764 (Cmte. on Housing and Community Development) H ousing Omnibus.
Chapter 770, Statutes of 2023
This measure expands the entities (limited-equity housing cooperatives, workforce housing cooperatives, housing authorities, and community development commissions) exempt from certain subdivided lands requirements to include housing authorities and community development commissions, allowing them to directly finance or subsidize construction or development costs. It introduces changes in the qualifications and disqualifications of board nominees in common interest developments. It updates provisions related to affordable housing, manufactured home pricing, and financial assistance for homebuyers and mobilehome parks.
SB 341 (Becker) H ousing Development.
Chapter 777, Statutes of 2023
This measure, with respect to the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program of 2019, specifies that additional points or preference should be awarded only to the qualifying infill area portion of the program. It also includes the qualifying infill area and catalytic qualifying infill area portions as one of the specified state programs eligible for additional points or preference.
SB 439 (Skinner) S pecial Motions to Strike: Priority Housing Development Projects.
Chapter 779, Statutes of 2023
This measure allows defendants in civil actions challenging the approval of priority housing development projects to file a special motion to strike all or part of a plaintiff's pleading, with the court denying the motion only if it finds that the plaintiff is likely to Attachment 1
succeed in their claim. The special motion to strike must be filed within 60 days of serving the complaint, and if the administrative record is needed, it can be filed within 60 days of serving the administrative record. Successful defendants are entitled to recover attorney's fees and costs.
SB 505 (Rubio) P roperty Insurance.
Chapter 180, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the California Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan Association to establish a clearinghouse program for commercial insurance policies on or after July 1, 2024. This measure also mandates that the association complies with privacy statutes and regulations in handling policyholders' personal information in connection with these clearinghouse programs.
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VI. Public Safety
A. Alcoholic Beverages
AB 546 (Villapudua) Al coholic Beverages: Advertising and Brandy Tastings.
Chapter 532, Statutes of 2023
This measure allows a brandy manufacturer licensee to provide tastings in the form of a cocktail or a mixed drink.
AB 84
0 (Addis) T ied -house Exceptions: Advertising.
Chapter 346, Statutes of 2023
This measure expands the exception to tied-house restrictions that allows for the purchase of advertising by applying it to various facilities that are situated on California State University campuses located in the counties of San Luis Obispo, Fresno, Sacramento, Monterey, Orange, Santa Clara, and Los Angeles, and on the campus of St. Mary's College of California located in County of Contra Costa. This measure also expands the exception applicable to a motorsports entertainment complex located in the County of San Bernardino, by reducing the minimum fixed seating capacity from 50,000 to 25,000.
AB 1668 (Patterson, Joe) A lcoholic Beverages: Licenses: County of Placer.
Chapter 282, Statutes of 2023
This measure provides an exception to the limitation on licenses by authorizing the issuance of up to 10 additional new, original on-sale general licenses for bona fide public eating places in the County of Placer. This measure also prohibits the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) from issuing more than four of these licenses per year.
SB 76 (Wiener) A lcoholic Beverages: Music Venue License: Entertainment Zones:
Consumption.
This measure authorizes a licensee under a music venue license to apply to the ABC for a duplicate license or licenses. The measure also authorizes a music venue licensee to sell, serve, and permit consumption of alcoholic beverages during private events or private functions not open to the general public within any hours of operation permitted by its license, regardless of whether any live performance occurs.
SB 269 (Laird) A lcoholic Beverages: Licensed Premises: Retail Sales and Consumption.
Chapter 176, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes the owner of a craft distilled spirits manufacturer’s license or brandy manufacturer’s license, to have any authorized alcoholic beverages throughout the premises at the same time and maintain a designated area upon the premises where retail sales and consumption may occur, if they hold the appropriate licenses.
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SB 498 (Gonzalez) A lcoholic Beverage Control: Violations.
Chapter 613, Statutes of 2023
This measure modifies the guidelines for calculating the applicable amount of the offer in compromise the ABC may make to a licensee in lieu of license suspension. This measure also authorizes ABC to consider as a factor, in determining the level of discipline whether there is a subsequent death or great bodily injury to the individual provided the alcoholic beverage.
SB 787 (Dahle) N umber of Licensed Premises: County of Nevada.
Chapter 113, Statutes of 2023
This measure allows up to 10 additional new original on-sale general licenses for bona fide public eating places in the County of Nevada. The bill would prohibit the ABC from issuing more than four of these licenses per year.
SB 844 (Jones) A lcoholic Beverage Control: Retail License Transfers and Beer Returns.
Chapter 295, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure provides that an alcohol licensee who transfers an alcoholic beverage license to a premise that is under construction, must follow certain notification requirements unless the construction is taking place on the premise of the existing license. Additionally, this measure revises the definition of “season brand of beer” in the ABC Act to also mean a brand of beer that is brewed by a manufacturer to recognize a season or holiday.
B. Behavioral Health
AB 988 (Mathis) M
iles Hall Lifeline and Suicide Prevention Act: Veteran and Military Data Reporting.
Chapter 460, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires an entity receiving funds from the 988 State Suicide and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Fund to report on the number of individuals served who identified as veterans or active military personnel.
AB 1130 (Berman) S ubstance Use Disorder.
Chapter 21, Statutes of 2023
This measure revises the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act and deletes the reference to an “addict,” and instead replaces it with the term “a person with substance use disorder.”
AB 1233 (Waldron) S ubstance Abuse: Naloxone Distribution Project: Tribal Governments.
Chapter 570, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the State Department of Health Care Services to conduct outreach to each of the tribal governments in California for the purpose of advising them of the availability of naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist through the Attachment 1
Naloxone Distribution Project. This measure would repeal these provisions on March 31, 2027.
*AB 1360 (McCarty) H ope California: Secured Residential Treatment Pilot Program.
Chapter 685, Statutes of 2023
Cal Cities has prepared a comprehensive summary of this measure in Appendix A of this document.
SB 46 (Roth) C ontrolled Substances: Treatment.
Chapter 481, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires a person convicted of a drug offense, and who is granted probation, to successfully complete a controlled substance education or treatment program while on probation. This measure also outlines standards for these programs and adds requirements for drug diversion education and counseling.
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7 (Seyarto) C ontrolled Substances: Overdose Reporting.
Chapter 859, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires a coroner or medical examiner who evaluates an individual who died
— in the coroner or medical examiner's expert opinion — as the result of an overdose, to report the data gathered pursuant to the bill to the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program managed by the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program. This measure also requires the coroner or medical examiner to make the overdose report as soon as possible, but no later than 120 hours after examining the individual.
This measure requires, if the cause of death is still
preliminary and pending toxicology screens, the coroner or medical examiner to report the overdose as a preliminary report, and to update the report when the cause of death is confirmed.
C. Cannabis
AB 623 (Chen) C annabi s: THC Testing Variances.
Chapter 267, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) to establish regul
ations to adjust testing variances for edible cannabis products that include less than five milligrams of THC in total.
AB 993 (Rubio, B
lanca) Cannabis Task Force.
Chapter 822, Statutes of 2023
This measure expands the task force on regulation of commercial cannabis activity to include representatives from the Civil Rights Department and the Department of Industrial Relations.
Attachment 1
AB 1126 (Lackey) C annabis: Citation and Fine.
Chapter 563, Statutes of 2023
This measure makes the possession of the universal symbol in connection with a commercial activity a violation, and makes each individual package, label, advertisement, or other object bearing the universal symbol a separate violation. This measure requires a person using or possessing the universal symbol in connection with a commercial activity, to maintain and produce records that the use or possession is in connection with licensed commercial activity. This measure also makes a package, label, advertisement, or other document or object of any kind bearing the universal symbol contraband and require it to be seized and summarily forfeited. This measure expands the places and items authorized for certain employees of the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration or a peace officer to inspect and seize to include any place where any package, label, advertisement, or other document or object of any kind bearing the universal symbol are sold or stored.
AB 1171 (Rubio, Blanca) C annabis: Private Right of Action.
Chapter 467, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes a licensee under the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) to bring an action in superior court against a person engaging in commercial cannabis activity without a license. This measure would require the licensee to demonstrate actual harm resulting from the unlicensed commercial cannabis activity. This measure also allows a licensee prevailing in that action to their reasonable attorney’s fees and costs and either actual damages or statutory damages not to exceed $75,000.
*AB 1448 (Wallis) C annabis: Enf orcement by Local Jurisdictions.
Chapter 843, Statutes of 2023
This measure incentivizes local jurisdictions to use the statutory penalties for unlicensed cannabis activities by revising existing law to allow a 50/50 state-local split of the statutory penalties recovered in actions brought by local jurisdictions. Revenues from these actions will provide funds to adequately cover the costs of enforcement actions and reinvest in illicit cannabis enforcement.
AB 1684 (Maienschein) L ocal Ordinances: Fines and Penalties: Cannabis.
Chapter 477, Statutes of 2023
This measure expands the authorization for an ordinance providing for the immediate imposition of administrative fines or penalties to include all unlicensed commercial cannabis activity, including cultivation, manufacturing, processing, distribution, or retail sale of cannabis. This measure also authorizes the ordinance to declare unlicensed commercial cannabis activity a public nuisance. This measure prohibits the ordinance from imposing an administrative fine or penalty exceeding $1,000 per violation or $10,000 per day.
SB 51 (Bradford) C annabis Provisional Licenses: Local Equity Applicants.
Chapter 593, Statutes of 2023
This measure, until January 1, 2031, authorizes the DCC — in its sole discretion — to issue a provisional license for a local equity applicant for retailer activities if the Attachment 1
applicant meets specified requirements. This measure also allows the DCC to renew a provisional license for a local equity applicant for retailer activities until it issues or denies the provisional licensee’s annual license, or until five years from the date the provisional license was originally issued — whichever is earlier.
SB
302 (Stern) C ompassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act.
Chapter 484, Statutes of 2023
This measure expands the Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act and allows access to a patient who is over 65 years of age with a chronic disease. This measure expands the definition of health care facility to also include a home health agency.
SB 622 (Allen) C annabis Regulation: Plant Identification Program: Unique Identifier.
Chapter 496, Statutes of 2023
This measure provides that the unique plant identifier for cannabis products be determined by the DCC in regulations and removes the requirement that the unique plant identifier be at the base of every plant.
D. Crime and Sentencing
AB 256 (Dixon) V ehicles: Registration.
Chapter 297, Statutes of 2023
This measure, commencing July 1, 2024, and until January 1, 2030, prohibits law enforcement from towing a vehicle for expired vehicle registration before the second month after the month of expiration of the vehicle’s registration — including lacking a registration tab — unless the vehicle was stopped for any other violation of the vehicle code.
AB 301 (Bauer-K ahan ) Gun Violence Restraining Orders: Body Armor.
Chapter 234, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes the court to consider evidence of acquisition of body armor when determining whether grounds for a gun violence restraining order exist.
AB 413 (Lee) V ehicles: Stopping, Standing, a nd Parking.
Chapter 652, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle within 20 feet of the vehicle approach side of any unmarked or marked crosswalk or 15 feet of any crosswalk where a curb extension is present. This measure would also — , prior to January 1, 2025 — authorize jurisdictions to only issue a warning for a violation, and prohibits them from issuing a citation for a violation, unless the violation occurs in an area marked using paint or a sign.
AB 436 (Alvarez) V
ehicles.
Chapter 803, Statutes of 2023
This measure removes the authorization for a local authority to adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or regulation regarding cruising.
Attachment 1
AB 443 (Jackson) P eace Officers: Determination of Bias.
Chapter 439, Statutes of 2023
This measure, commencing January 1, 2026, requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to establish a definition of “biased conduct,” and requires law enforcement agencies to use that definition in any investigation into a bias- related complaint or an incident that involves possible indications of officer bias, and to determine if any racial profiling occurred. This measure also requires POST to develop guidance for local law enforcement departments on performing effective internet and social media screenings of officer applicants.
AB 466 (Gipson) V ehicles: Violations.
Chapter 85, Statutes of 2023
This measure removes the provision which makes the failure to attend traffic violator school a misdemeanor and provides that failing to attend traffic violator school is not a punishable offense.
AB 508 (Petrie-N orris) Probation: Environmental Crimes.
Chapter 264, Statutes of 2023
This measure extends the maximum allowable period of probation for certain environmental crimes to five years for those entities with more than 10 employees. The environmental crimes include dumping in waterways, pesticides, oil dumping and spills, waste management and animal cruelty.
AB 567 (Ting) C riminal Records: Relief.
Chapter 444, Statutes of 2023
This measure extends the current program at the Department of Justice (DOJ) which provides automatic conviction record relief to certain conviction and apply that to misdemeanor convictions where the sentence has been successfully completed following a revocation of probation. This measure begins on July 1, 2024.
AB 600 (Ting) C riminal Procedure: Resentencing.
Chapter 446, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes the court to recall a sentence, on its own motion, at any time if the applicable sentencing laws at the time of original sentencing are subsequently changed due to new statutory or case law authority. This measure specifies that recall and resentencing under these provisions may be initiated by the original sentencing judge, a judge designated by the presiding judge, or any judge with jurisdiction in the case. This measure eliminates the requirement that the district attorney or Attorney General concur with the resentencing court’s decision to vacate the defendant’s conviction and resentence the defendant to a reduced term of imprisonment. This measure prohibits a court that has recalled the sentence on its own motion from imposing a judgment on a necessarily included lesser offense or lesser related offense without the concurrence of both the defendant and the prosecutor if the conviction was the result of a plea bargain.
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*AB 641 (Fong, V ince) Automobile Dismantlers: Catalytic Converters.
Chapter 537, Statutes of 2023
This measure revises the definition of an automobile dismantler to include a person who keeps or maintains on property owned by the person, or under their possession or control, for any of the above-described purposes nine or more used catalytic converters that have been cut from a motor vehicle using a sharp implement. This measure makes the first violation of acting as an automobile dismantler due to possessing nine or more catalytic converters as described above punishable as an infraction, and subsequent violations punishable as a misdemeanor.
*AB 701 (Villapudua) C ontrolled Substances: Fentanyl.
Chapter 540, Statutes of 2023
Cal Cities has prepared a comprehensive summary of this issue in Appendix A of this document.
AB 709 (McKinnor) C riminal History Information.
Chapter 453, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes a public prosecutor to provide a list containing only the names of the peace officer and defendant and the corresponding case number to a public defender’s office, an alternative public defender’s office, or a licensed attorney of record in a criminal case. This will facilitate and expedite notifying counsel representing other criminal defendants whose cases may involve testimony by that peace officer of exculpatory evidence, or impeachment evidence involving that peace officer.
AB 751 (Schiavo) E lder Abuse.
Chapter 18, Statutes of 2023
This measure clarifies that a law enforcement agency that adopts or revises, or has adopted or revised a policy since April 13, 2021, must also revise procedures for investigating elder abuse in their policy.
AB 791 (Ramos) P ostconviction Bail.
Chapter 545, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits a person convicted of an offense punishable by life without the possibility of parole from being released on bail.
AB 806 (Maienschein) C riminal Procedure: Crimes in Multiple Jurisdictions.
Chapter 666, Statutes of 2023
This measure expands the definition of domestic violence offenses that may be consolidated in a single trial in any county where at least one of the offenses occurred if the defendant and the victim are the same for all offenses.
AB 818 (Petrie-N orris) Protective Orders.
Chapter 242, Statutes of 2023. T
This measure requires service of protective orders issued after a hearing. This measure also authorizes these orders to be served by a law enforcement officer who receives a request from the petitioner to provide service of the order, but would exclude service by specified peace officers, including a parole officer of the California Department of Attachment 1
Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) or a probation officer. The measure prohibits a fee from being charged to the petitioner for service of those orders. This measure also requires specified peace officers to take into temporary custody any firearm or deadly weapon in plain sight or discovered pursuant to a consensual or otherwise lawful search for the protection of peace officers or other persons present when those officers are at the scene of a domestic violence incident involving a threat to human life or physical assault, serving a protective order pursuant to the above provisions, or serving a gun violence restraining order.
AB 829 (Waldron) Cr ime: Animal Abuse.
Chapter 546, Statutes of 2023.
This measure deletes the requirement that a defendant granted probation complete counseling. This measure requires the court to order a defendant convicted of specified offenses against animals and granted probation to successfully complete counseling designed to evaluate and treat behavior or conduct disorders. This measure also requires the court to consider whether to order the defendant to undergo a mental health evaluation by an evaluator chosen by the court. Upon evaluation, if the evaluating mental health professional deems a higher level of treatment is necessary, the defendant must complete such treatment as directed by the court.
*AB 890 (Patterson, Joe) C ontrolled Substances: Probation.
Chapter 818, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the court to order a person granted probation for a violation of specified laws involving any amount of fentanyl, carfentanil, benzimidazole opiate, or any analog thereof, to successfully complete a fentanyl and synthetic opiate education program if one is available. This measure prohibits a defendant from being charged a fee for enrollment in that education program. This measure also requires a court ordering a defendant to complete those courses to only order the defendant to participate in programs that include, among other things, information regarding the nature and addictive elements of fentanyl and other synthetic opiates and their danger to a person's life and health.
AB 925 (Ta) V ehicle Removal: Expired Registration.
Chapter 92, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits a vehicle from being removed if it has a current registration on file with the Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) or if the officer or employee does not have immediate access to the DMV’s records.
AB 933 (Aguiar-C urry) Privileged Communications: Incident of Sexual Assault, Harassment, or Discrimination.
Chapter 670, Statutes of 2023
This measure includes among those privileged communications a communication made by an individual, without malice, regarding an incident of sexual assault, harassment, or discrimination, and specifies the attorney’s fees and damages available to a prevailing defendant in any defamation action brought against that defendant for making that communication.
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AB 1104 (Bonta) C orrections and Rehabilitation: Sentencing.
Chapter 560, Statutes of 2023
The measure provides that when a sentence includes incarceration, the deprivation of liberty in and of itself satisfies the punishment aspect of sentencing, and that the purpose of incarceration is rehabilitation and successful community reintegration through education, treatment, and restorative treatment programs.
AB 1109 (Connolly) P roduct Sales: Sodium Nitrite.
Chapter 462, Statutes of 2023
This measure, on or after July 1, 2014, prohibits a person, retailer, or online marketplace from selling sodium nitrite to a person under 18 years of age and sodium nitrite in concentrations greater than 10% to a person 18 years of age or older. This measure establishes a defense to the former prohibition if the purchaser acknowledged before purchase they were at least 18 years of age through an effective system, and the person, retailer, or online marketplace took all reasonable precautions and exercised due diligence to ensure the product would be sold and delivered to a person at least 18 years of age, or the purchaser acknowledged before purchase they were at least 18 years of age.
AB 1125 (Hart) V ehicle Code: Infractions.
Chapter 356, Statutes of 2023.
This measure eliminates the court’s authorization to impound a person’s driver’s license or limit the person’s driving when the person fails to pay bail in installments.
*AB 1166 (Bains) Li ability for Opioid Antagonist Administration.
Chapter 97, Statutes of 2023
Cal Cities has prepared a comprehensive summary of this issue in Appendix A of this document.
AB 1210 (Kalra) S odium Nitrite.
Chapter 469, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits the sale or offering for sale in the state of sodium nitrite at a purity level that exceeds 10% without a specified label on the immediate container and shipping package of sodium nitrite. This measure makes a violation of this provision subject to a civil penalty.
AB 1325 (Waldron) Micr oenterprise Home Kitchen Operations.
Chapter 101, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure requires the food preparation to be limited to no more than 90 individual meals, or the approximate equivalent of meal components when sold separately, per week. The measure allows a Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation to have no more than $100,000 in verifiable gross annual sales, adjusted for inflation.
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B 1371 (Low) U nlawful Sexual Intercourse with a Minor.
Chapter 838, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits a person convicted of this crime who is granted probation from completing community service at a school or location where children congregate.
AB 1394 (Wicks) C ommercial Sexual Exploitation: Child Sexual Abuse Material:
Civil Actions.
Chapter 579, Statutes of 2023
This measure, beginning January 1, 2025, prohibits a social media platform from knowingly facilitating, aiding, or abetting commercial sexual exploitation. This measure requires a court to award statutory damages not exceeding $4,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000 for each act of commercial sexual exploitation facilitated, aided, or abetted by the social media platform. This measure defines “facilitate, aid, or abet” to mean to deploy a system, design, feature, or affordance that is a substantial factor in causing minor users to be victims of commercial sexual exploitation.
AB 1403 (Garcia) P ublic Safety: Fireworks: Enforcement: Funding.
Chapter 368, Statutes of 2023
This measure increases the amounts of the fines to be imposed for violating the State Fireworks Law or related regulation, increases the amount of certain fines for possessing specified amounts of dangerous fireworks, and increases the amount of certain fines for selling, giving, or delivering dangerous fireworks to any person under 18 years of age.
*AB
1519 (Bains) V ehicles: Catalytic Converters.
Chapter 847, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits any person, except as exempted, from removing, altering, or obfuscating the vehicle identification number that has been added to a catalytic converter, or from knowingly possessing three or more catalytic converters that have been altered.
*SB 14 (Grove) S erious Felonies: Human Trafficking.
Chapter 230, Statutes of 2023
This measure includes human trafficking of a minor within the definition of a serious felony for all purposes, including for purposes of the Three Strikes Law.
SB 55 (Umberg) V ehicles: Catalytic Converters.
Chapter 858, Statutes of 2023
This measure allows a core recycler to accept payment for a catalytic converter by credit card or any other form of traceable payment other than cash.
SB 78 (Glazer) C riminal Procedure: Factual Innocence.
Chapter 702, Statutes of 2023
This measure allows a person to petition a court for a finding that they are entitled to wrongful conviction compensation, if the court has granted a writ of habeas corpus or vacated a judgment, and the charges against the person were dismissed or the person was acquitted on retrial.
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SB 97 (Wiener) C riminal Procedure: Writ of Habeas Corpus.
Chapter 381, Statutes of 2023.
This measure allows for prosecution of a writ of habeas corpus to be prosecuted on the additional basis of the discovery of new evidence that has not been previously presented and heard at trial and has been discovered after trial. This measure allows a petitioner who is incarcerated in state prison to not appear at an evidentiary hearing if there is a waiver of the right to appear on record, or to appear using remote technology unless counsel indicates that the defendant’s presence is needed. This measure requires a presumption in favor of granting relief in a habeas petition if the district attorney or the Attorney General concede or stipulate to a factual or legal basis for the relief.
SB 250 (Umberg) C ontrolled Substances: Punishment.
Chapter 106, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits the use of a statement made by a person who is immune from prosecution for being under the influence of a controlled substance or in possession of a controlled substance as evidence in a criminal proceeding against the person for being under the influence of or possessing for personal use of a controlled substance. This measure also provides that it is not a crime for a person to possess for personal use a controlled substance, controlled substance analog, or drug paraphernalia, if specified conditions are satisfied.
SB 281 (McGuire) C rimes: Aggravated Arson.
Chapter 706, Statutes of 2023
This measure increases the threshold property damage and losses amount for aggravated arson from $8.3 million in property damages and other losses required to be an aggravating factor to $10.1 million. This measure extends the operation of the former aggravated arson offense until Jan. 1, 2029.
SB 365 (Wiener) C ivil Procedure: Arbitration.
Chapter 710, Statutes of 2023
This measure provides that trial court proceedings are not automatically stayed during the pendency of an appeal of an order dismissing or denying a petition to compel arbitration.
*SB 374 (Ashby) V ehicl es: Specialized License Plates.
Chapter 602, Statutes of 2023
This measure increases the fee from $35 to $40 for a renewal of a California firefighter specialized license plate.
SB 412 (Archuleta) Pa role Hearings.
Chapter 712, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits CDCR and the Board of Parole from requiring a victim, victim’s next of kin, members of the victim’s family, and victim support persons to give more than 15 days’ notice of their intention to attend a parole hearing.
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SB 514 (Archuleta) Wi retapping: Authorization.
Chapter 488, Statutes of 2023
This measure extends the authorization for wiretapping operations until January 1, 2030.
SB
558 (Rubio) C ivil Actions: Childhood Sexual Abuse.
Chapter 877, Statutes of 2023
This measure specifies that the time frame for commencing actions for recovery of damages suffered as a result of childhood sexual assault applies only to those instances of childhood sexual assault that occur before January 1, 2024. This measure also expands the definition of childhood sexual assault to include acts involving a child being depicted in an obscene matter.
SB 727 (Limón) H uman Trafficking: Civil Actions.
Chapter 632, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes the plaintiff to seek from the court a finding that specific debts attributed to the plaintiff were incurred as a result of trafficking and without the consent of the plaintiff. This measure authorizes the court to base its finding upon evidence that a debt attributed to the plaintiff was incurred as the result of any illegal act in which the plaintiff was the victim. This measure provides that the finding would not affect the priority of any lien or other security interest.
SB 741 (Min) D omestic Violence Restraining Orders: Prehearing Discovery.
Chapter 503, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits discovery pursuant to the Civil Discovery Act for purposes of the Domestic Violence Prevention Act except when a court grants a request for discovery upon a showing of good cause by the party making the request. The measure requires a court determining whether to permit discovery to consider, among other things, the importance and relevance of, and need for, the information sought to be obtained. This measure authorizes a court to continue commencement of the hearing or commence the hearing to receive evidence and then continue the hearing to permit one or more methods of discovery if a court finds good cause and grants a request for discovery.
SB 749 (Smallwood-C uevas) Criminal Procedure: Sentencing.
Chapter 633, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure removes the deadline to file petitions for relief for persons seeking reduction of prior felony convictions to misdemeanors as authorized by Proposition 47 (2014).
SB 852 (Rubio) S earches: Supervised Persons.
Chapter 218, Statutes of 2023
This measure clarifies that a search of a person who is granted probation or mandatory supervision and subject to search or seizure must be performed only by a probation officer or other peace officer.
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E. Emergency Services and Preparedness
*AB 40 (Rodriguez) E mergency Medical Services.
Chapter 793, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires every local Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agency, by July 1, 2024, to develop a standard not to exceed 30 minutes, 90% of the time, for ambulance patient offload time and report the standardized time to the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA). By no later than December 31, 2024, EMSA must develop and implement an audit tool to improve the data accuracy of transfer of care with validation from hospitals and local EMS agencies.
AB 255 (Alanis) P ublic Postsecondary Education: Priority Registration for First Responders.
Chapter 643, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the California State University, and requests the University of California, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, commencing with the 2025–26 academic year, to grant priority for registration for enrollment to first responders.
AB 716 (Boerner) G round Medical Transportation.
Chapter 454, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the authority to annually report the allowable maximum rates for ground ambulance transportation services in each county, including trending the rates by county.
AB 750 (Rodriguez) M enace to Public Health: Closure by Law Enforcement.
Chapter 17, Statutes of 2023
This measure provides that, unless for the safety of a person, a duly authorized representative of a news service, newspaper, or radio or television station or network is not authorized to facilitate the entry of a person into, or facilitate the transport of a person within, an area closed by emergency services personnel.
*AB 767 (Gipson) C ommunity Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination Act.
Chapter 270, Statutes of 2023
This measure adds short-term, post-discharge follow-up for persons recently discharged from a hospital due to a serious health condition to the list of eligible community paramedicine services allowed under the Alternate Destination Act. This measure also extends the sunset date of the community paramedicine program until January 1, 2031.
AB 902 (Rodriguez) Am bulances: Fee and Toll Exemptions.
Chapter 124, Statutes of 2023
This measure clarifies that the owner or operator of a toll facility is required to enter into an agreement for the use of a toll facility upon the request of a private or public local emergency service provider.
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AB 946 (Nguyen, Stephanie) E mergency Services: Endangered Missing Advisory.
Chapter 93, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes a law enforcement agency to request the Department of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory, if the agency receives a report of a missing person and the agency determines that all of specified conditions are met regarding the investigation of the missing person. This includes that the person is developmentally disabled, cognitively impaired, has been abducted, or is unable to otherwise care for themselves, placing their physical safety at risk.
AB
1376 (Carrillo, Juan) E mergency Medical Services: Liability Limitation.
Chapter 474, Statutes of 2023
This measure provides that a private provider of ambulance services, and employees of that provider, when operating in accordance with the standards, regulations, policies, and protocols of local emergency medical services agencies, shall not be criminally or civilly liable for the continued detainment of a person when that detainment is requested by a peace officer, facility staff, or other professionals authorized to detain persons involving the transport and continued containment of a person who requires mental health evaluation and treatment. This measure requires a private provider of ambulance services subject to these provisions to provide care according to the policies and procedures established by the local emergency medical services agency, and the policies of the EMSA. This measure also prohibits a private provider of ambulance services that provides transportation to a designated facility from requiring a person who is voluntarily agreeing to transport to be placed on an involuntary hold as a precondition to that transport.
AB 1638 (Fong, Mike) L
ocal Government: Emergency Response Services: Use of
Languages other than English.
Chapter 587, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires, beginning January 1, 2025, that in the event of an emergency within the jurisdiction of a local agency, the local agency must provide information related to the emergency in all languages spoken jointly by 5% or more of the population whenever those same people also speak English less than “very well.” This measure also requires the Office of Planning and Research to survey a sample of local agencies every three years to determine compliance with these requirements and to report its findings to the Legislature.
SB 673 (Bradford) E mergency Notification: Ebony Alert: Missing Black Youth.
Chapter 627, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes a law enforcement agency to request the CHP to activate an “Ebony Alert,” with respect to Black youth, including young women and girls who are reported missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances, at risk, developmentally disabled, or cognitively impaired, or who have been abducted. This measure authorizes CHP to activate an Ebony Alert within the appropriate geographical area requested by the investigating law enforcement agency and to assist the agency by disseminating specified alert messages and signs, if the CHP concurs with the Attachment 1
agency that an Ebony Alert would be an effective tool in the investigation of a missing person according to specified factors.
F. Firearms
AB 92 (Connolly) B ody Armor: Prohibition.
Chapter 232, Statutes of 2023
This measure makes it a misdemeanor for a person who is prohibited from possessing a fi
rearm under the laws of this state to purchase, own, or possess body armor.
AB 97 (Rodriguez) F irearms: Unserialized Firearms.
Chapter 233, Statutes of 2023
This measure, until January 1, 2033, requires the DOJ to collect and report specified information, including the number and disposition of arrests made for violations of specified misdemeanor offenses.
AB 303 (Davies) Fi rearms: Prohibited Persons.
Chapter 161, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the Attorney General to provide specific information to local law enforcement agencies regarding prohibited persons in the Armed Prohibited Persons System. This includes the case status, prohibited status or reason, prohibition expiration date, known firearms associated with the person, and information regarding previous contacts with the prohibited person.
AB 355 (Alanis) F irearms: Assault Weapons: Exception for Peace Officer Training.
Chapter 235, Statutes of 2023
This measure exempts persons enrolled in peace officer training courses from assault weapo
ns prohibitions while they are engaged in firearms training and being supervised by a firearms instructor. This measure also provides that the loaned assault weapon may not leave the training facility.
AB 455 (Quirk-S ilva) Firearms: Prohibited Persons.
Chapter 236, Statutes of 2023
This measure, beginning on July 1, 2024, prohibits individuals in pretrial mental health div
ersion for a felony or specified misdemeanor charge from owning a firearm until they successfully complete diversion or their firearm rights are restored.
AB 574 (Jones-S awyer) Firearms: Dealer Records of Sale.
Chapter 237, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires, beginning on March 1, 2025, that individuals in the process o f purchasing a firearm must verify on the dealer record of sale whether they have, within the past 30 days, checked and confirmed possession of all firearms they currently own or possess.
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AB 725 (Lowenthal) F irearms: Reporting of Lost and Stolen Firearms.
Chapter 239, Statutes of 2023
This measure, beginning on July 1, 2026, changes how a firearm is defined to include the frame or receiver of the weapon, including both a completed frame or receiver, or a firearm precursor part.
AB 732 (Fong, Mike) C rimes: Relinquishment of Firearms.
Chapter 240, Statutes of 2023
This measure amends Proposition 63 (2016) by requiring a defendant not in custody to relinquish their firearms within 48 hours.
AB 1089 (Gipson) F irearms.
Chapter 243, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires anybody who uses a three-dimensional (3D) printer or computer numerical control (CNC) milling machine to manufacture a firearm to be a state-licensed manufacturer. This measure also Imposes strict civil liability on persons who unlawfully distribute 3D firearm manufacturing codes or who unlawfully possess or transfer specified CNC machines or 3D printers.
AB 1406 (McCarty) F irearms: Waiting Periods.
Chapter 244, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes the DOJ to request a delay of the delivery of a firearm if additional research is required to determine a person’s eligibility.
AB 1420 (Berman) F irearms.
Chapter 245, Statutes of 2023
This measure authorizes the DOJ to conduct inspections and assess that fine for any violation of provisions relating to regulation of those licenses, for violations of specified provisions regulating the sale of secondhand firearms, and for violations of other applicable state law.
AB 1483 (Valencia) F irearms: Purchases.
Chapter 246, Statutes of 2023
This measure deletes the private party transaction exemption to the 30-day prohibition.
This measure adds an exemption for any private party transaction where the seller is, at the time of the transaction, required under state law or by court order to relinquish all firearms, and for any private party transaction where the seller is transferring the firearms as a result of the death of the owner of the firearms. These provisions take effect on January 1, 2025.
AB 1598 (Berman) G un Violence: Firearm Safety Education.
Chapter 248, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the DOJ, at the next regularly scheduled update of the firearm safety certificate test, to update the items the test covers to include the reasons for and risks of owning a firearm and bringing a firearm into the home. The handbook includes the increased risk of death to someone in the household by suicide, homicide, or Attachment 1
unintentional injury, and current law as it relates to eligibility to own or possess a firearm, gun violence restraining orders, domestic violence restraining orders, and privately manufactured firearms. This measure also requires the DOJ to prepare a firearm safety certificate study guide explaining information covered on the firearm safety certificate test.
SB 2 (Portantino) F irearms.
Chapter 249, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the licensing authority to issue or renew a license if the applicant is not a disqualified person for the license and the applicant is at least 21 years of age.
This measure removes the good character and good cause requirements from the issuance criteria. This measure also provides that the applicant is a disqualified person if they, among other things, are reasonably likely to be a danger to self, others, or the community at large. This measure adds the requirement that the applicant be the recorded owner, with the DOJ, of the pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person. This measure also changes the training requirement to be no less than 16 hours in length and would add additional subjects to the course including, among other things, the safe storage and legal transportation of firearms.
SB 241 (Min) F irearms: Dealer Requirements.
Chapter 250, Statutes of 2023
Beginning on July 1, 2026, this measure requires a licensee and any employees that handle firearms to annually complete specified training. The measure also requires the DOJ, on or before February 1, 2026, to develop and implement a training course, including a testing certification component.
SB 368 (Portantino) F irearms: Requirements for Licensed Dealers.
Chapter 251, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires a licensed firearms dealer to accept for storage a firearm transferred by an individual to prevent it from being accessed or used during periods of crisis or heightened risk to the owner of the firearm or members of their household. The measure also authorizes a licensed firearms dealer to accept for storage a firearm for a lawful purpose not otherwise stated in the law.
SB 452 (Blakespear) F irearms.
Chapter 253, Statutes of 2023
This measure removes from the definition of an unsafe handgun a semiautomatic pistol without a microstamping component, and prohibits, beginning on January 1, 2028, a licensed firearms dealer from selling, offering for sale, exchanging, giving, transferring, or delivering a semiautomatic pistol, unless the pistol has been verified as a microstamping-enabled pistol, if the DOJ has determined that microstamping components or microstamping-enabled semi-automatic firearms are available. The measure also prohibits a person from modifying a microstamping-enabled pistol or microstamping component with the intent to prevent the production of a microstamp.
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G. Fire Services
AB 267 (Bauer-K ahan) Fire Protection: Tents: Nonflammable Materials.
Chapter 798, Statutes of 2023
This measure adjusts fire safety regulations for fabric structures such as tents by raising the gathering size limit from 10 to 15 people before non-flammability rules apply. This measure also provides exceptions for certain types of tents designed for children's play, camping, backpacking, or mountaineering.
AB 297 (Fong, Vince) W ildfires: Local Assistance Grant Program: Prescribed Grazing: Advance Payments.
Chapter 519, Statutes of 2023
This measure expands the definition of fire prevention activities to include prescribed grazing. This measure also expands allowable public education outreach activities to include training on prescribed grazing.
AB 570 (Gallagher) F ire Protection: Special District Fire Response Fund: County Service Areas.
Chapter 334, Statutes of 2023.
This measure allows county service areas that are formed exclusively for fire protection services eligible for receiving grants that are funded by the Special District Fire Response Fund.
*AB 700 (Grayson) C alifornia Firefighter Cancer Prevention and Research Program.
Chapter 268, Statutes of 2023
This measure, subject to a resolution adopted by the Regents of the University of California, establishes the California Firefighter Cancer Prevention and Research Program, and requests the University of California to develop and administer a competitive grant program. The grant program awards grants to eligible educational institutions to conduct research on the California fire service using a community-based participatory research model in collaboration with California firefighters.
H. Hate Crimes and Bias
AB 449 (Ting) H ate Crimes: Law Enforcement Policies.
Chapter 524, Statutes of 2023
This measure makes adoption of a hate crimes policy by a state and local law enforcement agency mandatory by July 1, 2024. This measure requires those policies to include the supplemental hate crime report in the model policy framework developed by the POST and requires POST to update its model hate crimes policy framework.
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AB 1185 (Gabriel) C alifornia State Nonprofit Security Grant Program.
Chapter 566, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the grant program to provide the grants to nonprofit organizations and authorizes the grant program to provide grants to an applicant that provides support to at-risk nonprofit organizations for vulnerability assessments, security trainings, mass notification alert systems, monitoring and response systems, and lifesaving emergency equipment. This measure prohibits the director from considering during the evaluation of an application the applicant’s prior history with, or receipt of, grant funding to improve its physical security.
I. Victim’s Rights
AB 56 (Lackey) V ictim’s Compensation: Emotional Injuries.
Chapter 512, Statutes of 2023
This measure expands eligibility for compensation to include emotional injuries from felony violations of attempted murder, rape and sexual assault, mayhem, and stalking.
AB 60 (Bryan) R estorative Justice Program.
Chapter 513, Statutes of 2023
This measure provides a victim the right to be notified of the availability of community- based restorative justice programs and processes available to them, including programs serving their community, county, county jails, juvenile detention facilities, and CDCR.
SB 290 (Min) D omestic Violence Documentation: Victim Access.
Chapter 71, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the state or local law enforcement agency to make available to a victim or representative any accompanying or related photographs of a victim’s injuries, property damage, or any other photographs that are noted in the incident report, and 911 recordings, if any. This measure also requires the additional documentation to be provided within the same time periods as required for providing an incident report. This measure extends the time limit for victims of sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or abuse of an elder or a dependent adult, and their representatives, to request the documents described in the bill, from two years to five years.
SB 376 (Rubio) H uman Trafficking: Victim Rights.
Chapter 109, Statutes of 2023
This measure provides that a victim of human trafficking or abuse has the right to have a human trafficking advocate, and a support person of the victim’s choosing present at an interview by a law enforcement authority, prosecutor, or the suspect’s defense attorney. This measure requires the human trafficking advocate to advise the victim of the applicable limitations on the confidentiality of the victim’s communications with the advocate. This measure also authorizes the law enforcement officer or the prosecutor to exclude the support person, but not the human trafficking advocate, if they believe that the support person’s presence would be detrimental to the process.
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SB 464 (Wahab) C riminal Law: Rights of Victims and Witnesses of Crimes.
Chapter 715, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the prosecuting attorney, upon the request of a victim or a witness of a crime, to inform the victim or witness by letter of the final disposition of the case within 30 days.
J. Miscellaneous
AB 243 (Alanis) C hild Abduction Survivors: Address Confidentiality Program.
Chapter 642, Statutes of 2023
This measure, beginning on July 1, 2024, makes victims of child abduction, and members of their households eligible for the protections of this address confidentiality program.
AB 341 (Ramos) G ambling: Local Moratorium.
Chapter 8, Statutes of 2023
This measure reenacts the prohibition against cardroom gaming until January 1, 2043, and would prohibit the California Gambling Control Commission from issuing a gambling license for a gambling establishment that was not licensed to operate on December 31, 2022, and that is pending before the commission as of January 1, 2024. This measure also authorizes a local jurisdiction to amend its local ordinance to increase the number of gambling tables that may be operated in a gambling establishment that operates fewer than 20 tables, by up to two additional tables in the first year and up to two additional tables every four years thereafter, not to exceed 10 additional tables.
AB 360 (Gipson) E xcited Delirium.
Chapter 431, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits “excited delirium,” from being recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in this state. This measure prohibits a coroner, medical examiner, physician, or physician assistant from stating on the certificate of death or in any report that the cause of death was excited delirium.
AB 391 (Jones-S awyer) Child Abuse and Neglect: Nonmandated Reporters.
Chapter 434, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires an agency receiving a report from a nonmandated reporter to ask the reporter to provide specified information, including their name, telephone number, and the information that gave rise to the knowledge or reasonable suspicion of child abuse or neglect. If the reporter refuses to provide their name or telephone number, this measure requires the agency receiving the report to make an effort to determine the basis for the refusal and advise the reporter that the identifying information would remain confidential.
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AB 994 (Jackson) La w Enforcement: Social Media.
Chapter 224, Statutes of 2023
This measure provides that with respect to an individual who has been arrested for any crime, a police department or sheriff's office is required, upon posting a booking photo on social media, to use the name and pronouns given by the individual arrested. This measure authorizes a police department or sheriff's office to use other legal names or known aliases of an individual in limited specified circumstances.
AB 1013 (Lowenthal) On- sale General Public Premises: Drug Testing Devices.
Chapter 353, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires an applicant for a new permanent on-sale general public premises (Type 48) license or the holder of an existing Type 48 license to offer for sale to their customers drug testing devices at a cost not to exceed a reasonable amount based on the wholesale cost of those devices. This measure requires a licensee to post a related notice containing specified language in a prominent and conspicuous location.
This measure prohibits a Type 48 licensee from being held liable for a defective test or inaccurate test result. These provisions become operative on July 1, 2024, and would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2027.
*AB 1027 (Petrie-N orris) Social Media Platforms: Drug Safety Policies.
Chapter 824, Statutes of 2023
Cal Cities has prepared a comprehensive summary of this issue in Appendix A of this document.
*AB 1418 (McKinnor) Te nancy: Local Regulations: Contact with Law Enforcement or Criminal Convictions.
Chapter 476, Statutes of 2023
This measure prohibits a local government from imposing a penalty against a resident, owner, tenant, landlord, or other person as a consequence of contact with a law enforcement agency. This measure also prohibits a local government from requiring or encouraging a landlord to evict or penalize a tenant because of the tenant’s association with another tenant or household member who has had contact with a law enforcement agency or has a criminal conviction or to perform a criminal background check of a tenant or a prospective tenant.
SB
449 (Bradford) P eace Officers: Peace Officer Standards Accountability Advisory Board.
Chapter 397, Statutes of 2023
This measure makes several changes to the POST certification process including limiting disclosure of specified information during public hearings and deliberations.
This measure also makes minor, clarifying changes to the new certification process recently adopted by SB 2 (Chapter 409, Statutes of 2021).
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*SB 602 (Archuleta) T respass.
Chapter 404, Statutes of 2023
This measure extends the timeframe for letters of agency between peace officers and absentee property owners from 30 days to 12 months and the operative timeframe of trespass authorizations letters from 12 months to three years.
SB 650 (Dodd) G aming: Charitable Raffles.
Chapter 406, Statutes of 2023
This bill measure deletes the January 1, 2024 sunset date in law that allows eligible nonprofit organizations that are established or affiliated with various professional sports teams to conduct 50/50 raffles.
SB 883 (Committee on Public Safety) P
ublic Safety Omnibus.
Chapter 311, Statutes of 2023
This measure makes minor and technical changes to various public safety statutes.
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REVENUE AND TAXATION
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VII. Revenue and Taxation
A. Sales and Use Tax
AB 28 (Gabriel) Firearms and Ammunition: Excise Tax.
Chapter 231, Statutes of 2023
This measure, the Gun Violence Prevention and School Safety Act, imposes an excise tax in the amount of 11% of the gross receipts from the retail sale of a firearm, firearm precursor part, and ammunition, as specified.
AB 314 (Jim Patterson) Sales and Use Tax: Exemptions: Trucks for Use in Interstate or Out-of-state Commerce.
Chapter 427, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
Thi
s measure extends and expands the sales and use tax exemption for trailers and semitrailers used in interstate commerce until January 1, 2029. This measure contains an urgency clause and goes into effect immediately.
AB 543 (Gipson) Sales and Use Tax Law: Exemptions: Petroleum Products: Water Common Carriers.
Chapter 442, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
Thi
s measure extends the sales tax exemption for specified fuel and petroleum product sales to water carries until January 1, 2029. This measure contains an urgency clause and goes into effect immediately.
AB 1052 (McCarty) Sacramento Regional Transit District: Taxes.
Chapter 674, Statutes of 2023
This measure expands Sacramento Regional Transit District’s taxing authority to allow it to impose qualified special taxes, including within portions of its jurisdiction, and to impose district taxes within portions of its jurisdiction. If the tax only applies to a portion of an area of the district, the bill requires the incorporated area of each city and of contiguous cities within the district to be either wholly included within or wholly excluded from that portion that is taxed and would require the entire unincorporated area of the district to be either wholly included within or wholly excluded from that portion that is taxed.
AB 1203 (Bains) Sales and Use Taxes: Exemptions: Breast Pumps and Related Supplies.
Chapter 833, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
Thi
s measure provides a sales and use tax exemption for breast pumps and related supplies until April 1, 2029. This measure contains an urgency clause and goes into effect immediately.
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B 1679 (Santiago) Transactions and Use Taxes: County of Los Angeles:
Homelessness.
Chapter 731, Statutes of 2023
Thi
s measure authorizes Los Angeles County to impose a transaction and use tax of .50%, which in combination with other transactions and use taxes, exceeds the 2% statutory limitation. The bill also requires all revenue from the tax to be dedicated to addressing and preventing homelessness.
*SB 96 (Portantino) Historic Venue Restoration and Resiliency Act.
Chapter 595, Statutes of 2023
This measure redirects to specified local governments General Fund Sales and Use Tax revenue from retailers making sales at historic venues during historic events, as defined. These local governments are required to use the funds for specified purposes, including capital infrastructure improvements, preventative maintenance, technological improvements, security enhancements, and energy efficiency improvements.
B. Property Tax
*AB 84 (Ward) Property Tax: Welfare Exemption: Affordable Housing.
Chapter 734, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure expands the low-income housing welfare property tax exemption by authorizing 501(c)(3) bonds as an eligible form of financing, and permits, for five years, a unit in a development that is not financed with low-income housing tax credits to remain eligible for the exemption if the tenant’s income rises no more than 100% of the area medium income. This measure contains an urgency clause and goes into effect immediately.
AB 556 (Gallagher) Property Taxation: Transfer of Base Year Value: Disaster Relief.
Chapter 443, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
Thi
s measure extends the deadline by three years for taxpayers affected by the 2018 Camp Fire to transfer base year values to newly acquired or constructed replacement property. This measure contains an urgency clause and goes into effect immediately.
AB 1361 (Hoover) Property Taxation: Veteran’s Exemption: Preliminary Application.
Chapter 473, Statutes of 2023
Thi
s measure authorizes a county assessor to provide written or electronic determination of preliminary eligibility for the disabled veteran’s property tax exemption.
AB 1500 (Irwin) Property Taxation: Application of Base Year Value: Disaster Relief.
Chapter 583, Statutes of 2023 (Urg ency)
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ubstantially damaged or destroyed due to the 2018 Camp Fire or Woolsey Fire. This measure contains an urgency clause and goes into effect immediately.
SB 82 (Seyarto) Property Taxation: Disabled Veterans’ Exemption: Eligibility Letters.
Chapter 773, Statutes of 2023
Thi
s measure requires a county assessor to accept an electronically generated letter of service-connected disability in lieu of an original letter of service-connected disability, at the discretion of the claimant, for purposes of verifying eligibility for the disabled veteran’s property tax exemption.
SB 419 (Roth) Property Tax: Exemptions: Personal Property Used in Space Flight.
Chapter 713, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure extends the current personal property tax exemption for property used in space flight to January 1, 2029. This measure contains an urgency clause and goes into effect immediately.
SB 520 (Seyarto) Property Taxation: Homeowners’ Exemption.
Chapter 781, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure ensures the homeowners’ property tax exemption continues to apply if the taxpayer is not occupying their home because they are confined to a hospital or other care facility. This measure contains an urgency clause and goes into effect immediately.
*SB 734 (Rubio) Property Tax: Possessory Interests.
Chapter 785, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure provides that, for the purpose of defining “possessory interest,” a tenancy in a residential unit of a publicly owned housing project by a low-income household leased at affordable rents does not create independent possession or use of land or improvements by the tenant. This measure contains an urgency clause and goes into effect immediately.
C. Miscellaneous
AB 39 (Grayson) D igital Financial Asset Businesses: Regulatory Oversight.
Chapter 792, Statutes of 2023
This measure, the Digital Financial Assets Law, will, on and after July 1, 2025, establish a licensing and regulatory framework, administered by the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, for digital financial asset business activity. The bill would define "digital financial asset" to mean a digital representation of value that is used as a medium of exchange, unit of account, or store of value, and that is not legal tender, whether or not denominated in legal tender.
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AB 5
37 (Berman) S hort-term Lodging: Advertising: Rates.
Chapter 805, Statutes of 2023
This measure, beginning July 1, 2024, prohibits a place of short-term lodging, from advertising, displaying, or offering a room rate that does not include all fees or charges required to stay at the short-term lodging, except government-imposed taxes and fees.
AB 1259 (Soria) D issolution of Redevelopment Agencies: Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts: City of Merced.
Chapter 678, Statutes of 2023
This measure allows the city of Merced to initiate, participate in, finance, or govern an enhanced infrastructure financing district if specified conditions are met.
*SB 798 (Glazer) E lections: Local Bond Measures: Tax Rate Statement.
Chapter 720, Statutes of 2023
This measure requires the tax rate statement that is required to be included in the sample ballot for local bond measures to include a tax rate per $100,000 of assessed valuation on all property to be taxed to fund a bond issue, instead of a tax rate per $100 of assessed valuation on all property to be taxed to fund the bond.
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TRANSPORTATION,
COMMUNICATIONS, AND PUBLIC
WORKS
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VIII. Transportation, Communications, and Public Works
A. Alternate Fuels, Electric Vehicles, Emissions, and Vehicle Technology
AB 410 (Jones-S awye r) Shared Mobility Devices.
Chapter 36, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure, commencing January 1, 2024, will add to existing tactile sign requirements that the raised characters of braille identify the name of the company, email address, and telephone number of the service provider be at minimum 1/2 inch high and in a color that contrasts with the signage background.
AB 844 (Gipson) Ze ro-emission Trucks: Insurance.
Chapter 347, Statutes of 2023
This measure will require the Department of Insurance to collect specific data on the availability and affordability of insurance for heavy-duty trucks and truck fleets. The measure would require the department to issue a bulletin on or before February 1, 2024, to initiate the first data collection, and would require admitted insurers to respond on or before May 1, 2024. The measure would require the surveys and data calls to include specified information, including whether an insurance company offers insurance for zero-emission truck options. The measure would require the insurance commissioner to publish the information in the aggregate and would prohibit the identification of an individual respondent or insurer.
*AB 1594 (Garcia) M edium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-emission Vehicles: Public Agency Utilities.
Chapter 585, Statutes of 2023
This measure would authorize public agency utilities, including a local publicly owned electric utility, a community water system, a water district, and a wastewater treatment provider, to purchase replacements for traditional utility-specialized vehicles that are at the end of life when needed to maintain reliable service and respond to major foreseeable events, including severe weather, wildfires, natural disasters, and physical attacks. This authorization would provide compliance to the Air Resources Board’s Air Quality Improvement Program that established medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicle fleet purchasing assistance programs to enable those fleet operators to transition their fleets to zero-emission.
B. Contracting and Public Works
*AB 334 (Rubio, Blanca) P ublic Contracts: Conflicts of Interest.
Chapter 263, Statutes of 2023
This measure would establish that an independent contractor is not an officer for purposes of being subject to the prohibition on being financially interested in a contract Attachment 1
for a public works project. This measure would authorize a public agency to enter into a contract with an independent contractor who is an officer for a later phase of the same project if the independent contractor did not engage in or advise on the making of the subsequent contract. This measure would establish that a person who acts in good faith reliance on these provisions is not in violation of conflict-of-interest prohibitions and would prohibit them from being subject to criminal, civil, or administrative enforcement under those prohibitions if the initial contract includes specified language and the independent contractor is not in breach of those terms.
AB 338 (Aguiar-C urry) Fuel Reduction Work.
Chapter 428, Statutes of 2023
This measure would, commencing July 1, 2026, require fuel reduction work, done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds to meet several standards, including that all workers performing work within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades be paid at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages.
*AB 400 (Rubio, Blanca) Local Agency Design-build Projects: Authorization.
Chapter 201, Statutes of 2023
This measure would authorize joint powers authority responsible for the construction of transit projects to use the design-build procurement process contracts for public works projects more than $1,000,000, awarding the contract either to the lowest bid or the best value. The measure would extend the repeal date from January 1, 2025 to January 1, 2031.
AB 521 (Bauer-K
ahan) Occupational Safety and Health Standards: Construction Jobsites: Toilet Facilities.
Chapter 529, Statutes of 2023
This measure would require the Building Standards Commission, before December 1, 2025, to draft a rulemaking proposal to consider revising a regulation on construction jobsite toilet facilities to require at least one single-user toilet facility on all construction jobsites, designated for employees who self-identify as female or nonbinary. The measure would require the commission to consider adopting revised standards for the standards described above on or before December 31, 2025.
AB 587 (Rivas, Robert) P
ublic Works: Payroll Records.
Chapter 806, Statutes of 2023
This measure would require any copy of records requested by, and made available for inspection by or furnished to, a multi-employer Taft-Hartley trust fund or joint labor- management committee to be provided on forms provided by the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement or contain the same information as the forms provided by the division.
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AB 783 (Ting) B usiness Licenses: Single -user Restrooms.
Chapter 223, Statutes of 2023
This measure would require a city, county, or city and county that issues business licenses or permits within its jurisdiction to provide written notice to each applicant for a new or renewed business license, permit, or equivalent instrument, of the requirement that all single-user toilet facilities in any business establishment, place of public accommodation, or government agency be identified as all-gender toilet facilities.
AB 1046 (Lowenthal) A lquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act: Exemptions.
Chapter 825, Statutes of 2023
This measure would revise and recast the exemptions from the Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act to exempt two types of projects: (1) This includes projects for the alteration of any structure for human occupancy if the value of the alteration does not exceed 50% of the appraised value of the structure. If the alteration results in a change in the use or occupancy of the structure, the change does not authorize a greater human occupant load and is less hazardous, based on life and fire risk, than the existing authorized use or occupancy of the structure permitted by the city or county with jurisdiction over the structure; and (2) This includes projects for alterations that include seismic retrofitting of certain types of structures for human occupancy permitted under specified prior editions of the Uniform Building Code.
AB 1121 (Haney) P
ublic Works: Ineligibility List.
Chapter 465, Statutes of 2023
This measure would require awarding local authorities of a public work project to annually submit a list of ineligible contractors pursuant to local debarment or suspension processes to the Department of Industrial Relations’ electronic project registration database. This measure would require the department to make the list available to the public through the electronic database.
SB 617 (Newman) P
ublic Contracts: Progressive Design-build: Local and
Regional Agencies: Transit.
Chapter 310, Statutes of 2023
This measure, until January 1, 2029, would authorize a transit district, municipal operator, consolidated agency, joint powers authority, regional transportation agency, or local or regional agency, as described, to use the progressive design-build process for up to 10 public works projects in excess of $5,000,000 for each project. This measure requires local agencies to report to the Legislature by January 1, 2028, regarding the use of the progressive design-build process.
SB 654 (Jones) Loc al Agencies: Public Property: Airport Leases.
Chapter 155, Statutes of 2023
This measure would authorize a local agency and the leaseholder for airport purposes or purposes incidental to aircraft to amend the lease or sublease to extend the duration of the lease or sublease, to terminate the lease or sublease and enter into a new lease or sublease, or to transfer an existing lease or sublease.
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*SB 706 (Caballero) P ublic Contracts: Progressive Design-build: Local Agencies.
Chapter 500, Statutes of 2023
This measure would, until January 1, 2030, provide expanded authority for cities, counties, cities and counties, or special districts to use the progressive design-build process for up to 10 public works in excess of $5,000,000, not limited to water-related projects, excluding projects on state-owned or state-operated facilities. The measure would require information to be provided under penalty of perjury and would require similar reports due no later than December 31, 2028.
C. Infrastructure
AB 70 (Rodriguez) E
mergency Response: Trauma Kits.
Chapter 515, Statutes of 2023
This measure would require the acquisition and placement of at least six trauma kits to certain structures that are constructed prior to January 1, 2023, and subject to subsequent modifications, renovations, or tenant improvements.
AB 1373 (Garcia) E
nergy.
Chapter 367, Statutes of 2023 (Urgency)
This measure would require, as part of the 2025 edition of the integrated biennial energy policy report that includes an overview of major energy trends and issues facing the state, the Energy Commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), to assess barriers to electricity interconnection and energization and provide recommendations on how to accelerate those processes.
SB 3 (Dodd) D
iscontinuation of Residential Water Service: Covered Water System.
Chapter 855, Statutes of 2023
The measure would, subject to the availability of funding, require the State Water Resources Control Board to make funds available for providing training statewide to community water systems with between 15 and 200 service connections to assist in compliance with the Water Shutoff Protection Act.
SB 38 (Laird) B
attery Energy Storage Facilities: Emergency R esponse and Emergency Action Plans.
Chapter 377, Statutes of 2023
This measure would require each battery energy storage facility located in the state and under regulation of the PUC to have an emergency response and emergency action plan that covers the premises of the battery energy storage facility. The measure would require the owner or operator of the facility, in developing the plan, to coordinate with local emergency management agencies, unified program agencies, and local first response agencies. The measure would require the owner or operator of the facility to submit the plan to the county and, if applicable, the city where the facility is located.
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B 319 (McGuire) E lectricity: Transmission Planning and Permitting.
Chapter 390, Statutes of 2023
This measure would require the Energy Commission and PUC, in coordination with the Independent System Operator, to review the memorandum of understanding related to resource and transmission planning, transmission development and permitting, procurement, and interconnections every five years. This will be done to achieve reliability and policy needs, as well as coordinate the timely development of resources, resource interconnections, and needed transmission infrastructure and a related workplan to ensure the memorandum and workplan reflect the coordination that is needed to help meet the state’s energy goals.
D. Transportation
AB 361 (Ward) Ve h icles: Photographs of Bicycle Lane Parking Violations.
Chapter 432, Statutes of 2023
This measure would, until January 1, 2030, authorize a local agency to install automated forward-facing parking control devices on city-owned or district-owned parking enforcement vehicles for the purpose of taking photographs of parking violations occurring in bicycle lanes.
AB 645 (Friedman) V
ehicles: Speed Safety System Pilot Program.
Chapter 808, Statutes of 2023
This measure would authorize, until January 1, 2032, the cities of Los Angeles, San Jose, Oakland, Glendale, and Long Beach, as well as the city and county of San Francisco to establish a Speed Safety System Pilot Program if the system meets specified requirements. The measure requires participating city or city and county to:
• Adopt a Speed Safety System Use Policy and a Speed Safety System Impact R
eport before implementing the program, and would require the participating city or city and county to engage in a public information campaign at least 30 days before implementation of the program, including information relating to when the systems would begin detecting violations and where the systems would be utilized;
• Issue warning notices, rather than notices of violations, for violations detected within the first 60 calendar days of the program;
• Develop uniform guidelines for, among other things, the processing and storage of confidential information; and
• Designate all photographic or administrative records — not including data about the number of violations issued or the speeds at which they were issued — made by a system as confidential, and authorize public agencies to only use and allow access to these records for specified purposes.
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*AB 744 (Carrillo, Juan) C alifornia Transportation Commission: Data, Modeling, And Analytic Software Tools Procurement.
Chapter 541, Statutes of 2023
This measure would require the California Transportation Commission to convene relevant state agencies to assess the procurement and implementation of data, modeling, and analytic software tools to support the state’s sustainable transportation, congestion management, affordable housing, efficient land use, air quality, economic, and climate change strategies and goals, as provided. On or before July 1, 2025, the measure would require the commission to develop a proposal to procure data, modeling, and analytic software tools and a process to grant access to the data it procures directly, or provide a process for direct allocation of funding to agencies for data procurement, or both of those, as provided.
AB 971 (Lee) V
ehicles: Transit -Only Traffic Lanes.
Chapter 672, Statutes of 2023
This measure would define transit-only traffic lanes as any designated transit-only lane on which use is restricted to mass transit vehicles, or other designated vehicles including taxis and vanpools, during posted times. This measure would prohibit a person from operating a motor vehicle, or stopping, parking, or leaving a vehicle standing, on a portion of the highway designated for the exclusive use of transit-only traffic lanes.
AB 1673 (Pacheco) O
utdoor Advertising Act: Local Governmental Entities:
Relocation.
Chapter 590, Statutes of 2023
This measure adds cities to the list of existing exemptions to the Outdoor Advertising Act that prohibits placing or maintaining advertising displays on Caltrans-owned property adjacent to landscaped freeways if the advertising display is designed to be viewed primarily by persons traveling on the landscaped freeway that designates where advertising displays may be placed or prohibited as part of the city’s or city and county’s land use or zoning ordinance. The measure would expand the exemption to include agreements, entered into for any purpose, to relocate an advertising display or to convert or replace a relocated advertising display with a message center.
SB 506 (Laird) P ublic Utilities Commission: Railroads: Colored Pavements Marking Project.
Chapter 288, Statutes of 2023
This measure would require the PUC to develop and implement a pilot or limited demonstration and research project for colored pavement markings at one or more at- grade highway-railroad crossings no later than January 1, 2026, to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of such a project to reduce incidents. The measure would require the commission to report its findings on the project to the Legislature no later than one year after project completion. The measure would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2030.
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B 434 (Min) T ransit Operators: Street Harassment Survey.
Chapter 396, Statutes of 2023
This measure would require a transit operator to collect and publish specified survey data for the purpose of informing efforts to improve the safety of riders and reduce street harassment on public transit on or before December 31, 2024, to the extent feasible with the funding it receives to conduct these activities from Caltrans under a funding agreement with a transit operator to collect and publish that survey data that the measure would require Caltrans to enter into on or before July 1, 2024. The measure would require a transit operator to conduct outreach activities, collect surveys, and make the collected data publicly available on its internet website.
SB 695 (Gonzalez) D
epartment of Transportation: Internet Website: State Highway System Data And Information.
Chapter 629, Statutes of 2023
This measure would require Caltrans, beginning January 1, 2026, to annually prepare and make available on its internet website information and data about projects on the state highway system from the prior fiscal year, and to present this information and data to California Transportation Commission at a regularly scheduled commission meeting on or before April 1 of each year.
E. Telecommunications and Broadband
AB 286 (Wood) B roadband Infrastructure: Mapping.
Chapter 645, Statutes of 2023
This measure would require the PUC to provide publicly accessible maps that identifies for each address in the state, each provider of broadband services that offers service at the address and the maximum speed of broadband services offered by each provider of broadband services at the address.
AB 414 (Reyes) C
ommunications: Digital Equity Measure o f Rights.
Chapter 436, Statutes of 2023
This measure, the Digital Equity Measure of Rights, would state that it is the principle of the state, to ensure digital equity for all residents of the state, that residents shall have access to broadband that meets specific requirements, and that it is the policy of the state that, to the extent technically feasible, broadband internet subscribers benefit from equal access to broadband internet service within the service area of a broadband provider.
AB 965 (Carrillo, Juan) Loc
al Government: Broadband Permit Applications.
Chapter 553, Statutes of 2023
This measure would require a local agency to undertake batch broadband permit processing, upon receiving two or more broadband permit applications that are substantially similar broadband project sites and that are submitted at the same time by the same applicant. The measure would require that those batched permits be deemed Attachment 1
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oved if a local agency does not approve or reject the applications and notify the applicants, within the presumptively reasonable time or longer period permitted under applicable law.
*AB 1637 (Irwin) Loc al Government: Internet Websites And Email Addresses.
Chapter 586, Statutes of 2023
This measure would, no later than January 1, 2029:
• Require a local agency that maintains an internet website for use by the public to s
ecure and utilize a “.gov” top-level domain or a “.ca.gov” second-level domain; • Require a local agency that maintains an internet website that is noncompliant with that requirement to redirect that internet website to a domain name that does utilize a “.gov” or “.ca.gov” domain; and
• Require a local agency that maintains public email addresses to ensure that each email address provided to its employees utilizes a “.gov” domain name or a “.ca.gov” domain name.
SB 825 (Limón) Lo cal Government: Public Broadband Services.
Chapter 186, Statutes of 2023
This measure would add metropolitan planning organizations and regional transportation planning authorities to that list of local government agencies included in the definition of “local agency” qualified for broadband infrastructure grant funding from the PUC.
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APPENDIX A – ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES
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The Budget Act of 2023
Background
After two years of unprecedented General Fund revenue growth, California faced a downturn in revenues driven by a declining stock market, high inflation, rising interest rates, and job losses in high-wage sectors — all of which led to slower revenue growth than previously projected. California's tax system relies heavily on personal income taxes from high-income residents, making it extremely vulnerable to stock market downturns.
The Governor and Legislature were forced to confront an approximate $31 billion deficit and cut a deal to balance the budget through a combination of shifts, cuts, delays, revenue increases, and borrowing. The result was the primary budget bill SB 101 (Skinner), as well as a “Budget Bill Jr.” AB 102 (Ting), along with four other bills that amended prior year’s budgets AB 100 (Ting), AB 103 (Ting), SB 104 (Skinner), and SB 105 (Skinner). Collectively these six bills, along with dozens of trailer bills, balanced the budget while avoiding new significant ongoing commitments and maintained a record $37.8 billion in total reserves.
Budget Package Overview
Despite a $31 billion deficit, the budget preserves investments in the programs that are essential to millions of Californians. It protects investments in education, health care, climate, public safety, and social service programs. Notable appropriations, delays, and reductions include:
Health Care
Reauthorizes Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax
• Renews a tax on health insurance plans known as the MCO tax:
o If approved by the federal government, the tax is expected to generate revenues of $8.2 billion in 2023-24.
Maintains Key Investments
• Maintains more than $10 billion for California Advancing and Innovating Medi- Cal; and
• Maintains over $8 billion for behavioral health care.
Housing and Homelessness
• $67.5 million reduction for the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) in the following programs:
o $50 million General Fund spending reduction for the CalHome Program; o $17.5 million General Fund spending reduction for the Downtown Rebound Program;
• Delays $345 million previously allocated to HCD’s Foreclosure Intervention Housing Preservation Program;
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Authorizes an increase of $100 million in one-time General Fund spending for HCD’s Multi-Family Housing Program;
• Provides an additional $500 million for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program; and,
• Provides an extra $1 billion in funding for the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention grant program.
Transportation and Infrastructure
Support for Local Transit Agencies
• Provides $5.1 billion for public transit:
o $4 billion in Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program funding; and o $1.1 billion in zero-emission vehicle transit funding.
Legislation Intended to Expedite Infrastructure Projects • The overall budget agreement authorizes some types of infrastructure projects, including certain energy, semiconductor and microelectronic, transportation, and water-related projects to receive streamlined judicial review under the California Environmental Quality Act.
Climate
Reductions to Multiyear Climate Change Budget Packages
• The budget makes numerous changes to one-time funding that was agreed to in previous budgets for climate, resources, and environmental programs:
o Cumulatively this will lower General Fund spending by $8.7 billion across the budget window of 2021-22 through 2023-24.
• While the budget includes less spending than previous budgets initially agreed upon, it maintains most of the overall intended funding for each of the original climate-related packages — approximately $25 billion across the three-year budget window.
Flood Management and Response
• $401 million in one-time funding for flood management and response activities, along with the intent to provide an additional $35 million General Fund in 2024-
25. Public Safety
• Maintains commitments of more than $800 million in multiple programs to improve public safety, including task forces addressing the spread of fentanyl and retail theft; and
• Protects local law enforcement grants totaling $255 million over three years.
Reserves
• The budget sets aside a total of $37.8 billion of reserves, which is made up of the following:
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$22.3 billion in the Budget Stabilization Account or Rainy Day Fund; o $10.8 billion in the Public School System Stabilizations Account; o $900 million in the Safety Net Reserve; and
o $2.8 billion in the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties (the state’s discretionary reserve).
State Subventions Update
The budget also provides much-needed clarity for cities around the calculation of state subventions (unrestricted money received by a local agency from the state) and local appropriations limits. Under previous rules, local agencies were required to identify and report any new state subventions that would cause them to exceed local appropriations limits.
Under the new budget, the Department of Finance must calculate the individual subvention amounts for each of the state programs and provide this information to Cal Cities to distribute. This will provide greater clarity and assurances to cities that their local appropriations limit calculations can be relied upon.
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Fentanyl Legislation
Background
Fentanyl is a highly potent synthetic opioid that has contributed to a significant increase in opioid overdoses in California. According to the Department of Public Health (DPH), in 2012, California suffered 82 deaths attributed to fentanyl overdoses. In 2021 that number jumped to almost 6,000. Fentanyl deaths also accounted for more than 80% of all drug-related deaths among California’s young people in 2021, making it the fastest- growing cause of death for young people in our state. Over 150 Americans die every day from overdoses and poisonings related to synthetic opioids. Most of these young victims ingest the fentanyl accidentally, thinking they are using something less dangerous.
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e are two types of fentanyl: pharmaceutical fentanyl and illicitly manufactured fentanyl. However, most recent cases of fentanyl-related overdoses are linked to illicitly manufactured fentanyl, which is distributed through illegal drug markets for its heroin- like effect. It is often added to other drugs because of its extreme potency, which makes drugs cheaper, more powerful, more addictive, and more dangerous. Since there is no official oversight or quality control, these counterfeit pills often contain lethal doses of fentanyl, with none of the promised drugs.
Legitimate fentanyl, also known as pharmaceutical fentanyl, is prescribed by a physician in a variety of forms, including lozenges, nasal sprays, and transdermal patches. While some pharmaceutical fentanyl is diverted, this is typically done on a small scale and often for personal use. Illicitly produced fentanyl is primarily manufactured in laboratories in China and Mexico, and then shipped to the U.S. or smuggled across the U.S.-Mexico border. It is distributed in the form of powder or as counterfeit prescription pills.
Illicitly produced fentanyl is frequently mixed with heroin, often without the knowledge of the purchaser. The Drug Enforcement Administration reports that it is increasingly common for fentanyl to be mixed with adulterants and diluents and sold as heroin, although no heroin is present in the product.
The passage of Proposition 47 in 2014 decriminalized simple drug possession, removing the threat of jail time or drug programming. Trends across the state now illustrate a significant drop in people choosing to go to drug court, in part because of the penalty reduction. According to CalMatters, without the threat of accountability, people have simply stopped showing up. Some regions have shown a reduction in drug court participation by 86% since 2014. Meanwhile, the death rate from fentanyl has continued to rise.
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ate Master Plan
The State Master Plan has focused on increasing the availability and afford ability of naloxone in an effort to reduce opioid overdose deaths. Naloxone is a life-saving medication used to reverse an opioid overdose, including heroin, fentanyl, and Attachment 1
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escription opioid medications. Naloxone works by blocking the opioid receptor sites, reversing the toxic effects of the overdose. An appropriate dose of naloxone acts in less than two minutes and completely eliminates all signs of opioid intoxication to reverse an opioid overdose.
There are several state programs that focus on increasing the distribution of this medication. For example, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) created the Naloxone Distribution Project to provide free naloxone to organizations — including first
responders, police, local governments, community organizations, libraries, and others — to distribute within communities. Anyone can get naloxone from a pharmacy or from a local organization that has a naloxone distribution program. Once in possession of this medication, free training videos are available through the DPH on administering naloxone properly. If naloxone needs to be administered, California's Good Samaritan law protects those giving emergency medical care at the scene of a medical emergency.
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ddition to the naloxone program, the State Master Plan also increased the deployment of the California National Guard by 50% from 40 to 60 soldiers in September 2023 to support the interdiction of illicit drugs. This increased deployment builds on the prior expansion in 2022 which led to a 594% increase in seized fentanyl in the state. Last year, CalGuard’s efforts helped law enforcement seize 28,725 pounds of fentanyl in California, an amount with an estimated street value of more than $230 million.
Opioid Settlement
The fentanyl epidemic began due to the oversubscribing and use of opioids for pain management. The oversubscription of these drugs led many to become addicted to opioids, which then led to the fentanyl crisis. The original opioid issue caused many jurisdictions to file lawsuits against the manufacturers and distributors of these drugs.
California joined several other states and national lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, and other entities responsible for aiding in the opioid epidemic.
On July 21, 2021, a $26 billion offer to settle was made by opioid manufacturer Janssen Pharmaceuticals and the “big three" distributors — McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, and Cardinal Health — to resolve their liabilities in over 3,000 opioid crisis-related lawsuits nationwide. It is estimated that California will receive approximately $2.05 billion from these agreements through 2038.
On July 9, 2023, five additional settlements were announced. The pharmacies (CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart) and manufacturers (Allergan and Teva Pharmaceuticals) together proposed settling on $17.3 billion to address their roles in the opioid crisis. The agreements with CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart are the first multistate settlements to hold chain pharmacies accountable for their failure to intervene in prescription abuse and drug diversion.
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California's allocation from the National Opioid Settlements will be distributed by the National Settlement Administrator as follows:
• 15% allocated to the State of California to use for future opioid remediation a
ctivities;
• 70% allocated to participating subdivisions to use for opioid remediating activities; and
• 15% allocated to plaintiff subdivisions to use for future opioid remediation activities and to reimburse past opioid-related expenses.
Cities received funds from these settlements in March and August of 2023. • List of California Janssen and Distributors Settlement payments (as of August 2023)
• List of California Mallinckrodt Bankruptcy payments (as of March 2023)
These funds can only be used for specific purposes, w hich include:
• Provision of matching funds or operating costs for substance use disorder facilities;
• Creating new or expanded substance use disorder (SUD) treatment infrastructure;
• Addressing the needs of communities of color and vulnerable populations that are disproportionately impacted by SUD;
• Diversion of people with SUD from the justice system into treatment, including by providing training and resources to first and early responders, and implementing best practices for outreach, diversion and deflection, employability, restorative justice, and harm reduction;
• Interventions to prevent drug addiction in vulnerable youth; and • The purchase of naloxone for distribution and efforts to expand access to naloxone for opioid overdose reversals.
For more information and resources see the DHCS website on Opioid Settlement Funds.
Role of Local Governments
Local communities confront the realities of the opioid epidemic each day through the increasing toll on first responders, educators, child welfare agencies, criminal justice, public safety officials, health professionals, and community organizations, among others.
According to the National League of Cities, some of the most promising strategies to combat the substance use crisis in our cities is through combining access to treatment, harm reduction, recovery, and prevention efforts with resources targeted through the effective use of data sharing and focused on evidence-based programs and approaches. In addition, successful coordination of services and collaboration among city, county, and state leaders are key to breaking down silos and stretching scarce resources.
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