City of Visalia
2021 Legislative &
Executive Branch Review
2022 Overview
1 Representing the City
Michelle Rubalcava
Two Main Areas
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch/Regulatory
Political Law Compliance and Reporting
2 2021 Legislative Summary
2,203 bills introduced in 2021
1,527 Assembly Bills
676 Senate Bills
836 bills sent to Governor’s desk (38%)
Total Bills Signed into Law: 770 (92%)
Total Bills Vetoed: 66 (7.9%)
3 2021 Legislative Efforts
146 bills tracked for the City of Visalia
59 bills watched
25 died in the legislature
Subject Matter
Housing
Homelessness
Economy
COVID-19
4 Bills with Positions
SB 9 (Housing Development) – Oppose unless Amended/Neutral - Signed SB 106 (Mental Health Services) – Watch – Held in Legislature SB 387 (Pupil Health) – Support – Held in Legislature
AB 377 (Water Quality) – Oppose – Held in Legislature
AB 1434 (Indoor water use) – Oppose – Held in Legislature 5 Executive Branch/Regulatory Issues
COVID-19/State Orders
Water
Sustainable Groundwater Management
Outdoor water use
Recycling
Homeless shelters/funding
Industrial Park/Energy Needs
6 2022 Process
Capitol and Legislative Offices Open – Kind of
Calls/Video meetings
Remote Hearings
7 Redistricting
City of Visalia split across two districts
Senate
SD 12 – Shannon Grove
SD 16 – Open – (Hurtado, Parra)
Assembly
AD 32 – Vince Fong
AD 33 – Devon Mathis
8 State Budget
$286 billion spending plan
$45.7 billion surplus (likely more)
Visalia Budget Requests
Eastside Regional Park Groundwater Recharge Basin F Construction - $6.5 million Central Visalia Traffic Safety Action Plan Implementation Funding for Sidewalk and Bikeway Improvements – $3 million Aerial Fire Truck: $1.6 million
National Fitness Campaign Outdoor Fitness Court: $250,000 9 Gas Tax Debate
Part 1 - January Budget Proposal
Newsom proposes freezing gas tax increase ($0.511 increase per gallon) Legislators and other groups push back
Part 2 - State of the State
Pivot from tax freeze to rebate
Republican proposals to freeze and backfill defeated
Party 3 – Moderate Dems
Propose $400 rebate for every California taxpayer (even if don’t own or drive a car) Estimated at $9 billion
Part 4 – Dem Leadership
$200 payments to taxpayers and dependents in households earning less than $250,000 Part 5 - Governor’s Newest Proposal
$400 rebate per car (limit two per person, paid via debit card) $750 million in grants to encourage public transit agencies to offer Californians three months of free rides. $600 million to pause part of the diesel sales tax for one year. $523 million to suspend July’s scheduled increase to California’s gas and diesel excise tax Estimated at $11 billion
10 2022 Introduced Legislation
2,020 bills introduced for this 2022 Session
1,461 bills introduced during the last week alone.
1,361 Assembly Bills
659 Senate Bills
Visalia tracking
284 bills total
48 carryover bills (from 2021)
236 new bills
11 Legislative Review Process
284 bills separated by subject matter
Community Development
Economic Development
Environmental Quality
Finance
Homelessness
Housing
Local Control
Public Safety
Public Works/Transportation
Quality of Life
Review by City Department Heads
Positions based on Dept Head review and consistent with approved City Platform 12 2022 Legislative Platform
Purpose is to provide guidance to city staff and NM to allow more nimble response as bills move through the legislative process.
Minor updates to previously approved platform
13 Thank you!
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