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Home My WebLink AboutLRC 06-22-2026 Searchable PacketCITY OF CUPERTINO LEGISLATIVE REVIEW COMMITTEE AGENDA 10300 Torre Avenue, City Hall, Conference Room A Monday, June 22, 2026 2:00 PM IN-PERSON AND TELECONFERENCE / PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INFORMATION OPTIONS TO OBSERVE: Members of the public wishing to observe the meeting may do so in one of the following ways: 1) Attend in person at City Hall Conference Room A, 10300 Torre Avenue. 2) Watch a live stream online at https://youtube.com/@cupertinocitycommission. 3) Attend in person at a remote Teleconference Location noticed pursuant to Gov. Code 54953(b)(2), which location, if noticed, would be stated on the cover page of this agenda. OPTIONS TO PARTICIPATE AND COMMENT: Members of the public wishing to address the Legislative Review Committee may do so in the following ways: 1) Appear in person at Quinlan Community Center, Conference Room, 10185 N. Stelling Road: During “Oral Communications”, the public may comment on matters not on the agenda, and for agendized matters, the public may comment during the public comment period for each agendized item. Speakers are requested to complete a Speaker Card. While completion of Speaker Cards is voluntary and not required to attend the meeting or provide comments, it is helpful for the purposes of ensuring that all speakers are called upon. Speakers must wait to be called and may begin speaking when recognized by the Chair. Page 1 1 LRC 06-18-2026 1 of 93 Legislative Review Committee Agenda June 22, 2026 Speakers are limited to three (3) minutes each. However, the Chair may reduce the speaking time depending on the number of people who wish to speak on an item. A speaker representing a group of 2 to 5 or more people who are present may have up to 2 minutes per group member, up to 10 minutes maximum. Please note that due to cyber security concerns, speakers are not allowed to connect any personal devices to any City equipment. However, speakers that wish to share a document (e.g. presentations, photographs or other documents) during oral comments may do so by: E-mailing the document to LRC@cupertino.gov by 9:00 a.m. and staff will advance the slides/share the documents during your oral comment. 2) Written communications as follows: E-mail comments to LRC@cupertino.gov. Regular mail or hand delivered addressed to the: Legislative Review Committee, City Hall, 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, CA 95014 Comments addressed to the Legislative Review Committee received by 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting will be included in written communications published and distributed before the beginning of the meeting. Comments addressed to the Legislative Review Committee received after the 12:00 p.m. deadline, but through the end of the Commitee meeting, will be posted to the City’s website by the end of the following business day. 3) Teleconference in one of the following ways: A. Online via Zoom on an electronic device (Audio and Video): Speakers must register in advance by clicking on the link below to access the meeting: https://cityofcupertino.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YbVqnhrHQGuqa77M0ickgQ Registrants will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Speakers will be recognized by the name they use for registration. Once recognized, speakers must click ‘unmute’ when prompted to speak. Please read the following instructions about technical compatibility carefully: One can Page 2 2 LRC 06-18-2026 2 of 93 Legislative Review Committee Agenda June 22, 2026 directly download the teleconference (Zoom) software or connect to the meeting in their internet browser. If a browser is used, make sure the most current and up-to-date browser, such as the following, is used: Chrome 30+, Firefox 27+, Microsoft Edge 12+, Safari 7+. Certain functionality may be disabled in older browsers, including Internet Explorer. B. By Phone (Audio only): No registration is required in advance and speakers may join the meeting as follows: Dial 669-900-6833 and enter WEBINAR ID: 895 2090 7806 To “raise hand” to speak: Dial *9; When asked to unmute: Dial *6 Speakers will be recognized to speak by the last four digits of their phone number. C. Online via the teleconferencing device (Audio and Video) being used to provide access to the meeting from a remote Teleconference Location noticed pursuant to Gov. Code 54953(b)(2), which location, if noticed, would be stated on the cover page of this agenda. a) Speakers are required to notify the City Clerk via email to cityclerk@cupertino.gov prior to noon on the date of the meeting during which they plan to participate and comment from the remote location noticed to ensure the City Clerk is prepared to accept their comment. b) If the teleconferencing device malfunctions impeding access to the meeting from the remote location, the speaker may alternatively participate via the other options for remote participation provided above. ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1.Subject: Consider approving the June 1, 2026, Legislative Review Committee minutes Approve the June 1, 2026, Legislative Review Committee minutes. A – Draft Minutes POSTPONEMENTS ORAL COMMUNICATIONS This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Committee on any matter within the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on the agenda. Speakers are limited to three (3) minutes. In most cases, State law will prohibit the Commission from making any decisions with respect to a matter not on the agenda. Page 3 3 LRC 06-18-2026 3 of 93 Legislative Review Committee Agenda June 22, 2026 OLD BUSINESS 2.Subject: Sacramento Trip Overview Recommended Action: Receive brief overview of the June 8 Trip to Sacramento. A – Report NEW BUSINESS 3.Subject: Legislative Update Recommended Action: Review legislative update and provide any input. A – Bill Tracking List B – Positions from YIMBY and Cal Cities 4.Subject: Consider adopting a position on Assembly Bill 956 (Quirk-Silva) Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units Recommended Action: Adopt an oppose position on AB 956 and authorize the Mayor to send letters to the state legislature. A – AB 956 Summary Report 5.Subject: Consider adopting a position on Senate Bill 1167 (BLAKESPEAR) Vehicles: electric bicycles Recommended Action: Adopt a support position on SB 1167 and authorize the Mayor to send letters to the state legislature. A – SB 1167 Summary Report STAFF AND COMMITTEE REPORTS FUTURE AGENDA SETTING ADJOURNMENT In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), anyone who is planning to attend this meeting who is visually or hearing impaired or has any disability that needs special assistance should call the City Clerk's Office at 408-777-3223, at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting to arrange for assistance. In addition, upon request in advance by a person with a disability, meeting agendas and writings distributed for the meeting that are public records will be made available in the appropriate alternative format. Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the members after publication of the agenda will be made available for public inspection. Please contact the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall located at 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014, during normal business hours. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please be advised that pursuant to Cupertino Municipal Code section Page 4 4 LRC 06-18-2026 4 of 93 Legislative Review Committee Agenda June 22, 2026 2.08.100 written communications sent to the City Council, Commissioners or staff concerning a matter on the agenda are included as supplemental material to the agendized item. These written communications are accessible to the public through the City website and kept in packet archives. Do not include any personal or private information in written communications to the City that you do not wish to make public, as written communications are considered public records and will be made publicly available on the City website. Page 5 5 LRC 06-18-2026 5 of 93 CITY OF CUPERTINO Agenda Item Subject:Consider approving the June 1, 2026, Legislative Review Committee minutes Approve the June 1, 2026, Legislative Review Committee minutes. CITY OF CUPERTINO Printed on 6/18/2026Page 1 of 1 6 LRC 06-18-2026 6 of 93 DRAFT MINUTES LEGISLATIVE REVIEW COMMITTEE Monday, June 1, 2026 At 2:02 p.m., Chair R “Ray” Wang called the Regular Legislative Review Committee Meeting to order in City Hall Conference Room A, 10300 Torre Avenue, and via teleconference. ROLL CALL Present: Chair R “Ray” Wang and Vice Chair Liang Chao. Absent: None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1.Subject: Consider approving the April 6, 2026, Legislative Review Committee minutes Recommended Action: Approve the April 6, 2026, Legislative Review Committee Minutes MOTION: Chao moved and Wang seconded to approve the April 6, 2026, Legislative Review Committee Minutes. The motion passed with the following vote: Ayes: Chao and Wang. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None. POSTPONEMENTS – None ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - None OLD BUSINESS - None NEW BUSINESS 2.Subject: Legislative Update Recommended Action: Review legislative update and provide any input Chair Wang introduced Jason Gonsalves and Paul Gonsalves of Joe A. Gonsalves & Son, the City's State Legislative Advocacy Service provider, who provided a legislative update. Committee members asked questions which staff and the presenters responded to. 7 LRC 06-18-2026 7 of 93 Chair Wang opened the public comment period and the following members of the public spoke: • Jennifer Griffin Chair Wang closed the public comment period. The Committee received the legislative update and requested additional information regarding housing element legislation, active e-bike legislation, wildfire and fire safety legislation, insurance-related legislation, and the City's low property tax allocation history. 3. Subject: Consider adopting a position on Assembly Bill 1821 (Pacheco) California Public Records Act: Agency Response Time Recommended Action: Adopt a support position on AB 1821 and authorize the Mayor to send letters to the state legislature Jason Gonsalves and Paul Gonsalves of Joe A. Gonsalves and Son gave a verbal report. Committee members asked questions and made comments. Chair Wang opened the public comment period and, seeing no one, closed the public comment period. MOTION: Chao moved and Wang seconded to adopt a support position on AB 1821 and authorize the Mayor to send letters to the State legislature. The motion passed with the following vote: Ayes: Chao and Wang. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None. 4. Subject: Discuss upcoming Legislative visit to Sacramento on June 9 Recommended Action: Discuss and Review upcoming Legislative visit to Sacramento on June 9 Jason Gonsalves and Paul Gonsalves of Joe A. Gonsalves and Son gave a verbal report. Committee members asked questions and made comments. Chair Wang opened the public comment period and the following members of the public spoke: • Jennifer Griffin 8 LRC 06-18-2026 8 of 93 Chair Wang closed the public comment period. The Committee discussed the upcoming Legislative visit to Sacramento on June 9 and requested that discussions during the Sacramento legislative visit include wildfire risk, evacuation planning, insurance availability, and the City's low property tax allocation relative to other jurisdictions. STAFF AND COMMITTEE REPORTS - None FUTURE AGENDA SETTING Chao and Wang requested that SB 1167 and AB 2346, related to e-bike regulation, be added as future agenda items. ADJOURNMENT At 3:21 p.m., Chair Wang adjourned the regular Legislative Review Committee meeting. Minutes prepared by: _____________________________________ Lindsay Nelson, Administrative Assistant 9 LRC 06-18-2026 9 of 93 CITY OF CUPERTINO Agenda Item Subject:Sacramento Trip Overview Receive brief overview of the June 8 Trip to Sacramento. CITY OF CUPERTINO Printed on 6/18/2026Page 1 of 1 10 LRC 06-18-2026 10 of 93 City of Cupertino Sacramento Advocacy Trip Recap On Tuesday, June 8, 2026, representatives from the City of Cupertino traveled to Sacramento to participate in a series of meetings with legislators and state agency officials regarding the City's legislative priorities and matters of importance to the community. The city delegation included Mayor Kitty Moore, Councilmember Ray Wang, City Manager Tina Kapoor, and Deputy City Manager Kirsten Squarcia. The day featured a series of productive discussions with key policymakers and stakeholders. Among these meetings was a conversation with Assembly Member Lori Wilson regarding current proposed e-bike legislation, focusing on potential impacts on local governments, emerging policy considerations, and opportunities for cities to participate in the legislative process. The delegation also met with Assembly Member Patrick Ahrens to discuss a variety of property tax and housing-related measures, focusing on proposals that could affect local government revenues, housing development, and local land use authority. In addition, the delegation met with Chris Hill of the Department of Finance to discuss prospective property tax legislation and its potential fiscal impacts on cities throughout California. The discussion centered on the implications of these proposals for municipal budgets, local services, and long-term fiscal sustainability. The day concluded with a meeting with Senator Josh Becker, during which the delegation discussed property tax legislation and other policy matters of importance to Cupertino. As a follow-up to the Sacramento meetings, we are coordinating with the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to schedule a virtual meeting in the coming weeks to continue discussions on housing policy and issues affecting Cupertino. 11 LRC 06-18-2026 11 of 93 Overall, the Sacramento advocacy trip was highly productive, providing meaningful opportunities to advance the City's legislative priorities, strengthen relationships with state leaders and agency officials, and stay informed on emerging legislative and regulatory developments relevant to Cupertino's interests. Joe A. Gonsalves & Son will continue to monitor these issues and keep the City informed of any significant developments. ### 12 LRC 06-18-2026 12 of 93 CITY OF CUPERTINO Agenda Item Subject:Legislative Update Review legislative update and provide any input. CITY OF CUPERTINO Printed on 6/18/2026Page 1 of 1 13 LRC 06-18-2026 13 of 93 2026 Preliminary Bill List Sorted by: Subject Thursday, 06/18/2026 ____ AB 35 (Alvarez, D) Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024: Administrative Procedure Act: exemption: program guidelines and selection criteria. Current Text: 06/11/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/11/2026 - Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Calendar: 06/22/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair Location: 06/09/2026 - Senate Appropriations Summary: This bill would exempt regulations needed to implement programs funded by the 2024 $10 billion Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act from the Administrative Procedure Act and would make the measure effective immediately as an urgency statute. It would also require state entities administering competitive grant programs under the exemption to prepare draft solicitation and evaluation guidelines, share them with legislative committees, hold a noticed public meeting, and submit them to the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency for posting online, while allowing certain previously developed guidelines and selection criteria to be used. AB 736 (Wicks, D) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026. Current Text: 04/10/2025 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 05/14/2026 - From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 14). Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Calendar: 06/18/26 #74 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE Location: 05/14/2026 - Senate THIRD READING Summary: Under existing law, various assistance programs support emergency housing, multifamily housing, farmworker housing, home ownership for very low-income and low-income households, and down payment assistance for first-time home buyers. The law also permits issuing bonds to fund these programs and related projects, like infill development and housing-related parks. The bill, the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, seeks to authorize $10 billion in bonds to support affordable rental and home ownership programs, such as the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program. To take effect, this bill needs to be approved by voters in the June 2, 2026, statewide primary election, and it has been declared an urgency statute to ensure immediate implementation if passed. AB 1383 (McKinnor, D) Public employees’ retirement benefits. Current Text: 05/13/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 05/13/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. Location: 05/06/2026 - Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Summary: The bill would change pension rules for new members of the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) and the State Teachers’ Retirement System (STRS) starting January 1, 2027, by limiting pensionable compensation, adjusting benefit formulas, and allowing certain negotiated safety-member formulas. It would apply new caps tied to federal benefit-base percentages, require STRS new members to follow specified limits, and create new safety retirement formulas at age 55 for employees first hired on or after that date. It also would let public employers and unions negotiate prospective increases or, in some cases, higher or lower safety plans through collective bargaining, and it would increase appropriations from pension funds. Page 1/17 14 LRC 06-18-2026 14 of 93 AB 1546 (Schultz, D) Vehicles: driving under the influence. Current Text: 01/05/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF Status: 06/03/2026 - Referred to Com. on PUB. S. Calendar: 06/23/26 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Public Safety Summary: Existing law in California penalizes individuals convicted of DUI offenses with imprisonment ranging from 120 days to one year and fines, especially if the offense occurs within 10 years of previous DUI offenses. This bill introduces a "wobbler" penalty, allowing such convictions to be categorized as either a misdemeanor or a felony, leading to potential imprisonment for up to three years and fines. The bill also increases penalties for repeat offenses, mandating extended periods of license revocation and installation of ignition interlock devices. The new penalties apply to those with multiple prior convictions within a specified timeframe. No reimbursement from the state is required for implementing this bill, as stated in the California Constitution. AB 1567 (Ta, R) General plan: annual report: congregate and residential care for the elderly. Current Text: 03/16/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/17/2026 - From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 16). Calendar: 06/18/26 #1 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - SECOND READING FILE Location: 06/17/2026 - Senate Appropriations Summary: The Planning and Zoning law mandates that every planning agency must develop, and each county and city legislative body must adopt, a comprehensive long-term general plan that includes various specified elements, such as a housing element. This housing element must be updated according to a defined schedule. Once any part of the general plan is adopted, the law requires the planning agency to submit an annual report by April 1 to certain entities, detailing specific information. The Department of Housing and Community Development, in collaboration with councils of governments, determines the current and future housing needs of each region. Each council, or the department for areas without councils, must create a final regional housing need plan that allocates the housing need share to each city and county, aligning with specified objectives. This bill allows planning agencies, starting from the 7th revision of the housing element, to report the number of units approved for elderly congregate care or residential care facilities, counting up to 15% towards a jurisdiction's regional housing need allocation for any income category. AB 1602 (Rubio, Blanca, D) Foster youth: disaster aid assistance. Current Text: 01/16/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF Status: 06/16/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 06/16/2026 - Senate Appropriations Summary: Existing law oversees foster youth placement and child welfare services, aiming to protect child welfare, prevent unnecessary family separations, and reunite families when possible. It mandates that the State Department of Social Services coordinates emergency response services and requires counties to have disaster response plans, which the department reviews and updates. This bill introduces the Child Welfare Disaster Response Program, funded by a dedicated account, to assist foster children and caregivers during disasters. Upon legislative appropriation, funds would address needs such as housing, clothing, and transportation within 180 days of a local or state emergency. County agencies and tribes could apply for these funds, and the department is tasked with setting eligibility criteria and distributing guidance through written instructions. AB 1621 (Wilson, D) Planning and Zoning Law: postentitlement phase permits: Housing Accountability Act. Current Text: 06/03/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Page 2/17 15 LRC 06-18-2026 15 of 93 Status: 06/10/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Housing Summary: The bill would tighten and shorten procedures for postentitlement phase permits, limit plan check reviews to two, accelerate appeal deadlines for housing projects, and expand enforcement under the Housing Accountability Act. It would also change tolling rules for outside agency reviews, allow applicants to seek a writ of mandate if appeals are denied or untimely, make related violations enforceable statewide, and declare that no state reimbursement is required. AB 1662 (Wilson, D) Misdemeanor diversion. Current Text: 06/03/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/16/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re- referred to Com. on TRANS. Location: 06/16/2026 - Senate Transportation Summary: This bill would require notice to the Department of Motor Vehicles when a defendant receives diversion in a case that otherwise would have required an abstract of conviction to be sent, and it would make the prosecutor responsible for ensuring that notice is provided. It also states that the measure creates a state-mandated local program because it increases duties for local officials, and any reimbursable costs would be paid under existing state reimbursement procedures if the Commission on State Mandates makes that determination. AB 1680 (Calderon, D) California FAIR Plan Association. Current Text: 06/15/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/15/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on INS. Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Insurance Summary: The bill would require the California FAIR Plan Association to correct violations identified by the Insurance Commissioner and would increase or specify civil penalties for failures and other violations related to the association. It would authorize the commissioner or a designee to order corrective action after examinations or operational reports, impose penalties of up to $20,000 for not complying in time, set penalties of up to $10,000 per violation or $20,000 for willful acts, and require changes to policy limits and additional fair rental value coverage offerings for renters’ insurance. AB 1715 (Schiavo, D) Public utilities: reporting. Current Text: 03/19/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/17/2026 - From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (June 16). Calendar: 06/18/26 #35 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - SECOND READING FILE Location: 06/16/2026 - Senate Appropriations Summary: This bill concerns the regulation of electrical and gas corporations by the Public Utilities Commission. The bill requires these corporations to report on taxpayer funding over $1,000,000 that they have applied for or Page 3/17 16 LRC 06-18-2026 16 of 93 received. It mandates that corporations disclose this information when seeking ratepayer funding, and the commission may impose penalties for non-compliance. Additionally, any financial benefits from taxpayer funding must be promptly delivered to ratepayers. The commission is tasked with providing an annual report, starting January 1, 2028, summarizing these financial activities and demonstrating ratepayer savings. The bill's provisions will expire on January 1, 2037. The bill also necessitates the creation of an online database of public utility advice letters by June 1, 2028. Public utilities must link any rate change notifications to the relevant advice letters. Lastly, violations of this bill's provisions would be a crime under the Public Utilities Act, potentially leading to a state- mandated local program. The bill specifies that no reimbursement is required by the state for implementing these changes. AB 1751 (Quirk-Silva, D) Missing Middle Townhome Ownership Act. Current Text: 06/17/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/17/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. Calendar: 06/24/26 S-HOUSING SPECIAL ORDER 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Location: 06/15/2026 - Senate Housing Summary: The bill would create a ministerial approval process for qualifying townhome housing development projects and related subdivision maps, while exempting San Francisco and expanding the CEQA exemption for ministerial projects. It would define townhomes and townhome development projects, allow local agencies to deny projects only for specific adverse public health and safety impacts that cannot be feasibly mitigated, permit local implementation ordinances, and state that the measure imposes a state-mandated local program but requires no reimbursement. AB 1761 (Rogers, D) Electricity: calculation methodology: data disclosure. Current Text: 03/19/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on E., U & C. Calendar: 06/30/26 S-ENERGY, UTILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ALLEN, BENJAMIN, Chair Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Summary: Existing law gives the Public Utilities Commission authority over public utilities, including the ability to set fair and reasonable rates for electrical corporations. The proposed bill mandates the commission to ensure transparency by making all data used for decisions or calculations on charges imposed on electricity customers accessible to load-serving entities and ratepayer advocates. This includes costs linked to contracts, corporation- owned generation, and other resources. The bill requires this data to be publicly disclosed, except for market- sensitive information. Violations of these provisions would be considered a crime under the Public Utilities Act. Additionally, the bill states that it does not require state reimbursement to local agencies for costs, as per certain existing statutory provisions. AB 1813 (Ward, D) Electricity: customer renewable energy subscription program. Current Text: 04/27/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/17/2026 - From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (June 16). Calendar: 06/18/26 #36 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - SECOND READING FILE Location: 06/16/2026 - Senate Appropriations Summary: This bill amends existing law governing the Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) oversight of customer renewable energy subscription programs and the creation of community renewable energy (CRE) programs. It tightens program design by promoting low‑income participation, allowing certain customer‑generators to provide subscriber bill credits based on avoided costs if the CRE is classified as a “load‑modifying” resource, and by Page 4/17 17 LRC 06-18-2026 17 of 93 limiting each CRE project to ≤5 MW generation and ≤5 MW storage and the total program capacity to 4 GW (or ending new enrollments after seven years, whichever comes first). The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission must, by December 1, 2027, evaluate CREs’ load‑modifying potential and define required attributes; the PUC then has 90 days to set a mechanism to classify CREs and another 90 days to adopt or modify the subscription program accordingly. Reporting changes require the PUC to report to the Legislature within 24 months of program adoption/modification and annually thereafter on participating CREs and subscribers; that reporting requirement sunsets January 1, 2034. Because PUC orders are enforceable as crimes, implementing the bill creates a state‑mandated local program, but the bill asserts no state reimbursement is required for that mandate. AB 1821 (Pacheco, D) California Public Records Act: methods of submission, fees, and agency response time. Current Text: 06/10/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on JUD. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Judiciary Summary: This bill would change California Public Records Act procedures by requiring agencies to designate official methods for record requests, imposing new fees and court procedures for certain commercial or malicious requests, and extending the response deadline to 10 business days with a possible 14-business-day extension. It would require agencies to post any changes to request methods online, treat requests submitted through unauthorized methods as not properly filed, and allow fees for search and review time in commercial-use or malicious-intent cases, with exemptions for certain news media, educational, scientific, and government requesters. It also includes legislative findings to support the bill’s compliance with constitutional access requirements. AB 1914 (Schiavo, D) General plan elements: childcare. Current Text: 06/08/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/17/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. Location: 06/17/2026 - Senate Human Services Summary: The bill would require each city, county, or city and county to adopt a childcare plan or include one in its general plan by January 1, 2033, and would declare that this requirement addresses a statewide concern and applies to all cities, including charter cities. It would amend planning law to make childcare planning part of local general planning and specify that the state need not reimburse local agencies or school districts for the costs of this mandate. AB 1941 (González, Mark, D) Organized metal theft. Current Text: 06/04/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/04/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. Calendar: 06/23/26 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Location: 06/03/2026 - Senate Public Safety Summary: The bill would create the crime of organized metal theft, covering coordinated theft, possession, receipt, or financing of stolen metal materials, and would punish violations as either misdemeanors or felonies. It also would expand reporting and information-sharing about commodity metal theft by allowing local law enforcement, public agencies, and private entities to provide theft information to the Department of Justice, which would then make it available to those groups. The bill would declare legislative findings and intent, create a state- mandated local program, and specify that no state reimbursement is required. Page 5/17 18 LRC 06-18-2026 18 of 93 AB 1976 (Wicks, D) Streets and highways: pedestrian and bicycle facilities. Current Text: 06/17/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/17/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. Calendar: 06/23/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Local Government Summary: This bill would restrict local governments from delaying, reconsidering, or terminating certain pedestrian and bicycle safety projects after they are far along, limit petition requirements for traffic-calming measures, and exempt pedestrian mall establishment or expansion from CEQA. It also specifies that these rules apply statewide, including to charter cities, and provides for state reimbursement if the bill creates mandated local costs. The bill would require continued compliance with specified labor and project requirements for exempted projects. AB 2005 (Ahrens, D) Housing developments: urban lot split: owner-occupancy. Current Text: 05/07/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/10/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. Calendar: 06/30/26 S-HOUSING 2:30 p.m. or upon adjournment of Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Housing Summary: This bill changes urban lot split rules by giving applicants two owner-occupancy options, adding notice and recording requirements for one option, and limiting local agencies from imposing extra conditions on urban lot split projects. It would let an applicant either promise to live in one unit for at least three years or agree to sell both parcels with a three-year owner-occupancy requirement for the buyer, while also allowing certain LLC or trust representatives to qualify, creating civil penalties for some violations, and requiring disclosure of the occupancy requirement on sale. AB 2037 (Patterson, R) Wildfire Mitigation Aging and Disability Grant Pilot Program. Current Text: 05/18/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. Calendar: 06/29/26 S-HUMAN SERVICES 3 p.m. or upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 BECKER, JOSH, Chair Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Human Services Summary: The bill would create a Wildfire Mitigation Aging and Disability Grant Pilot Program, administered by the California Department of Aging and local area agencies, to provide competitive grants that help seniors and people with disabilities protect their own properties from wildfires. It would require eligible applicants to submit specified information, including proof of need, and would allow grant funds to pay for contractors or other qualified service providers to complete wildfire mitigation work. Area agencies on aging would be required to keep certain records and report data to the department after the pilot ends, including the number of applicants and the total amount distributed, and the program would become inoperative on January 1, 2030, at which point the provisions would be repealed. AB 2041 (Carrillo, D) Emergency medical services. Page 6/17 19 LRC 06-18-2026 19 of 93 Current Text: 05/18/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/11/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re- referred to Com. on APPR. Calendar: 06/22/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair Location: 06/11/2026 - Senate Appropriations Summary: Existing law requires local public agencies to maintain basic emergency telephone systems and sets standards for emergency response services, including a requirement that certain agencies provide prearrival medical instructions to 911 callers by January 1, 2027. This bill would require any public safety agency that was not already providing those prearrival instructions by January 1, 2026, to report its compliance status to its local emergency medical services agency by January 31, 2027. AB 2074 (Haney, D) Regional transit hub districts: downtown housing developments. Current Text: 06/16/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/16/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. Calendar: 06/30/26 S-HOUSING 2:30 p.m. or upon adjournment of Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Location: 06/15/2026 - Senate Housing Summary: This bill would require major transit cities to create regional transit hub districts by July 1, 2027, allow certain downtown housing developments in those districts, and provide streamlined ministerial approval for eligible projects. It would also establish a continuously appropriated Downtown Revitalization Loan Fund to support such developments through loans from the California Housing Finance Agency. The bill claims statewide concern, applies to charter cities, and addresses state reimbursement rules for any local costs imposed by the mandate. AB 2192 (Gonzalez, Jeff, R) Sales and use taxes: farm equipment and machinery. Current Text: 04/20/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 04/27/2026 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. Location: 04/21/2026 - Assembly Revenue and Taxation Summary: The bill allows the existing state sales and use tax exemption for farm equipment, machinery, and parts used primarily to produce and harvest agricultural products to be incorporated into local sales and use taxes (including those under the Bradley‑Burns law) by deleting the current provision that excludes that incorporation; this change is temporary and would expire January 1, 2032. Because local tax revenues could be reduced, the bill also appropriates General Fund money to the State Controller to reimburse affected counties and cities for those revenue losses. It further tightens requirements for any new tax‑expenditure bill by adding additional information obligations on top of existing requirements (specific purposes, performance indicators, and data collection). The measure would take effect immediately as a tax levy. AB 2214 (Jackson, D) Government finance: deposits. Current Text: 04/13/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 04/14/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. Location: 04/13/2026 - Assembly Local Government Page 7/17 20 LRC 06-18-2026 20 of 93 Summary: Current law places certain surplus state funds in the Pooled Money Investment Account (PMIA) and generally requires banks receiving those deposits to post securities worth at least 110% of the deposit. The bill creates a Community Reinvestment Account (CRA) inside the PMIA, requires the Treasurer to transfer $4 billion into it (constituting an appropriation), and directs deposits from the CRA to go only to institutions that commit to specified lending activities—chiefly verified small-business lending in underserved census tracts and first-time or first-generation homebuyer lending, with at least 50% of CRA funds used for defined affordable housing lending. For CRA deposits (and for a related Small Business Lending Time Deposit Program), the collateral requirement is lowered so securities must equal at least 90% of the deposit. Institutions receiving CRA deposits must file quarterly nonidentifying performance reports to the Treasurer, who must publish the data publicly. AB 2296 (Papan, D) Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation. Current Text: 05/18/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on HOUSING. Calendar: 06/24/26 S-HOUSING 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Housing Summary: The bill would extend several deadlines in the regional housing need and housing element allocation process, while stating legislative intent to consider future revision deadlines based on smaller regional groupings and jurisdiction size. Specifically, it would give cities and counties more time to form subregional entities, give councils of governments more time to determine subregional housing need shares, and move earlier deadlines for developing allocation methodologies and draft plans, except for a specified 2027 cycle exception. It would also create a state-mandated local program but declare that no state reimbursement is required. AB 2313 (Berman, D) Gas corporations: gas distribution service line replacements: alternatives. Current Text: 05/22/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on E., U & C. Calendar: 06/30/26 S-ENERGY, UTILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ALLEN, BENJAMIN, Chair Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Summary: The bill would require the Public Utilities Commission to create a Gas Distribution Service Line Replacement Alternatives Program by January 1, 2028, offering incentives to certain residential gas customers to use alternatives and stop gas service instead of replacing a gas distribution service line. It would exempt emergency replacements, require annual review and reporting to the Legislature beginning in 2029, and repeal the program on January 1, 2035. Because violations of commission actions would be crimes, the bill would create a state-mandated local program, but it states that no reimbursement is required. AB 2415 (Hoover, R) Transit-oriented housing developments: alternative plans. Current Text: 04/23/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV. Calendar: 06/24/26 S-HOUSING 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Housing Summary: Current law says that on sites zoned for residential mixed or commercial use within specified distances of a transit stop, housing projects that meet certain requirements must be allowed as transit-oriented housing developments. Those rules automatically apply to local agencies beginning July 1, 2026, unless the agency adopts a local ordinance or a specified “transit-oriented development (TOD) alternative plan.” Existing law requires such alternative plans not to reduce the capacity of any TOD zone—measured by total housing units or residential floor area—by more than 50%, and it defines key terms for this framework. This bill would permit a TOD Page 8/17 21 LRC 06-18-2026 21 of 93 alternative plan to reduce capacity by more than 50% in up to one TOD zone, provided the plan satisfies certain conditions. AB 2463 (Petrie-Norris, D) Public Utilities Commission: rates: returns on equity. Current Text: 04/13/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/16/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re- referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 06/16/2026 - Senate Appropriations Summary: The bill requires the Public Utilities Commission (which regulates electric and gas utilities and sets just and reasonable rates) to be more transparent when it sets an authorized return on equity (ROE). For any ROE decision issued on or after January 1, 2028, the commission must disclose the analytical basis for its ROE determination, including each financial model used and an analysis of how the utility’s credit quality relates to the authorized ROE. If the commission’s methodology in a cost-of-capital proceeding materially departs from the methodology disclosed in the most recent prior decision for that same utility, it must identify each material departure and provide a reasoned explanation. The commission must open a rulemaking to update its cost-of- capital determinations and consider a related long-term plan, and it must include analysis of utility credit-rating trends in its annual report to the Legislature. Because violating a commission order is a crime, the bill creates a state-mandated local program, but it specifies that no state reimbursement is required under the stated statutory provision. AB 2464 (Wicks, D) Energy: firm zero-carbon resources. Current Text: 03/26/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on E., U & C. Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Summary: The bill requires the California Energy Commission, working with the Public Utilities Commission, to deliver to the Legislature by January 1, 2028 a statewide assessment of the role and necessity of firm zero‑carbon resources for meeting the state’s clean‑energy and reliability goals (including the 100% zero‑carbon by 2045 policy). The report must evaluate potential technologies and integration strategies, provide procurement and planning recommendations to deploy and support firm zero‑carbon resources, project current and future renewable and firm zero‑carbon generation capacity, analyze reliability under varying system conditions, and estimate the cost and emissions implications. AB 2493 (Petrie-Norris, D) Electrical corporations: interconnection: transmission: permitting: auditor. Current Text: 04/13/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on E., U & C. Calendar: 06/24/26 S-ENERGY, UTILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ALLEN, BENJAMIN, Chair Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Summary: The bill directs the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC), which already regulates electrical utilities, to require large electric utilities to begin permitting projects that need PUC approval within one year after either the Independent System Operator (ISO) adopts a transmission plan or a generator interconnection agreement is executed, with limited extensions allowed for good cause and PUC enforcement if deadlines are missed. Starting January 1, 2027, the PUC must also require those utilities to retain independent third ‑party auditors to annually review transmission and interconnection filings, the utilities’ progress on required network upgrades, compliance with permitting deadlines, and adherence to any PUC‑ordered remedies; the auditor must report to the PUC and the commission must issue remedial directives within 90 days if deficiencies are found. Because violations of PUC orders are criminal under existing law, these new requirements become part of the Public Utilities Act and create a state‑mandated local program; the bill states that no state reimbursement to local agencies is required for the mandated costs for a specified reason. Page 9/17 22 LRC 06-18-2026 22 of 93 AB 2516 (Petrie-Norris, D) California Grid Manufacturing Initiative. Current Text: 04/13/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and B. P. & E.D. Calendar: 06/24/26 S-ENERGY, UTILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ALLEN, BENJAMIN, Chair Location: 06/10/2026 - Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Summary: This bill directs the Energy Unit within GO‑Biz to create the California Grid Manufacturing Initiative to identify and centrally procure “critical electricity grid components,” and to incentivize new or expanded in‑state manufacturing of those components. It requires public utilities to submit, by January 1, 2028 and periodically thereafter, projections of unmet purchasing needs for such components and allows the Energy Unit to coordinate pooled procurements; utilities may precommit to buy under specified conditions that become binding if met. The Energy Unit may issue competitive solicitations, provide financial assistance, form production joint ventures, and offer bond financing to build domestic manufacturing capacity. The Public Utilities Commission may permit recovery of initiative costs only if they are just, reasonable, cost‑effective and aligned with state energy policy, and any procurement savings below market price must be credited to ratepayers. The bill creates a continuously appropriated California Grid Manufacturing Initiative Revolving Fund with Manufacturing Incentive and Procurement accounts, authorizes the I‑Bank to issue revenue bonds for the initiative, and declares certain state‑mandated local duties (including criminal penalties tied to commission orders); it also specifies that no state reimbursement to local agencies is required for specified reasons. AB 2576 (Harabedian, D) Transit-oriented development: exclusions: historic sites. Current Text: 06/15/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/15/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. Calendar: 06/24/26 S-HOUSING 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Location: 05/13/2026 - Senate Housing Summary: The bill would expand existing exclusions from transit-oriented housing development rules to include certain historic properties listed on the State Historic Resources Inventory before January 1, 2025. Specifically, it would exempt contributing sites within historic districts on that inventory, as well as parcels individually listed as historical resources on that inventory, if they were designated before January 1, 2025. SB 16 (Blakespear, D) Mental health: involuntary commitment. Current Text: 06/11/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/15/2026 - Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. Calendar: 06/23/26 A-HEALTH 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 BONTA, MIA, Chair Location: 06/15/2026 - Assembly Health Summary: The bill would require county behavioral health directors, rather than merely authorize them, to develop procedures for designating and training professionals under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, and it would create a state-mandated local program. It would also provide that if the Commission on State Mandates finds the bill creates reimbursable state-mandated costs, those costs must be reimbursed under existing statutory procedures. SB 222 (Wiener, D) Residential heat pump water heater or heat pump HVAC systems. Current Text: 06/15/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/17/2026 - June 17 hearing postponed by committee. Calendar: 06/24/26 A-HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 HANEY, MATT, Chair Page 10/17 23 LRC 06-18-2026 23 of 93 Location: 05/18/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: The bill would create statewide rules to speed and simplify permitting and inspections for residential heat pump water heaters and heat pump HVAC systems, limit related local fees and restrictions, and make certain HOA rules that block these installations unenforceable. It would require local governments to offer asynchronous inspections and online real-time permitting by set dates, allow only limited local requirements, prohibit permits or inspections for qualifying plug-in-ready window units, and extend protections to common interest developments by invalidating rules that prevent electric appliance replacements or the installation and use of these systems. SB 327 (McNerney, D) Public utilities: review of accounts: electrical and gas corporations: rates: political influence activities. Current Text: 06/15/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/15/2026 - Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 06/10/2026 - Assembly Appropriations Summary: The bill would bar electrical and gas corporations from recovering certain costs related to opposing utility municipalization from ratepayers and would expand the Public Advocate’s authority to obtain information needed to support the Public Utilities Commission’s duties. It also clarifies that the Public Advocate has the same access to utility accounts and records as the commission. Because violations would be enforceable under existing law, the bill would create a state-mandated local program but states that no reimbursement is required. SB 417 (Cabaldon, D) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026. Current Text: 01/22/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 05/18/2026 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Calendar: 06/18/26 #37 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS Location: 05/18/2026 - Assembly THIRD READING Summary: Current law includes programs that offer support for different types of housing needs such as emergency housing, multifamily housing, farmworker housing, and home ownership for very low and low-income households. It also covers down payment assistance for first-time home buyers. The law permits the issuance of bonds to fund these housing initiatives as well as related projects like infill development and brownfield cleanup. The proposed legislation, titled the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, seeks to authorize $10 billion in bonds, which will be used to finance affordable housing and home ownership programs. These programs include the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program. The bill will be presented to voters during the November 3, 2026, statewide general election and is designed to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. SB 492 (Menjivar, D) Youth Housing Bond Act of 2026. Current Text: 01/22/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 05/04/2026 - Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. Location: 05/04/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: The Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018, known as Proposition 1, allows for the issuance of $4 billion in bonds to fund various housing initiatives, including assistance programs for veterans purchasing farm homes and mobile homes. This is guided by the State General Obligation Bond Law. It also supports the Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention program, which aims to provide grants to help regions Page 11/17 24 LRC 06-18-2026 24 of 93 address homelessness by moving individuals and families into permanent housing. This bill proposes the Youth Housing Bond Act of 2026, which would enable $1 billion in bonds to fund the Youth Housing Program. This program would provide financial awards to local agencies, nonprofits, and joint ventures to acquire, renovate, or construct youth centers and housing. This proposal will be voted on in the statewide election on November 3, 2026, and is designed to take effect immediately as an urgent measure. SB 837 (Reyes, D) Disaster and emergency preparedness. Current Text: 01/05/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 05/04/2026 - Referred to Coms. on AGING & L.T.C and E.M. Calendar: 06/23/26 A-AGING AND LONG TERM CARE 3 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 444 AHRENS, PATRICK, Chair Location: 05/04/2026 - Assembly Aging and Long Term Care Summary: Existing law establishes the Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) program, managed by the California Department of Aging, to help consumers and their families access information on long-term services and supports (LTSS) and assist older adults, caregivers, and persons with disabilities at the local level. ADRC programs are required to offer specific services, including enhanced information and referral services, at convenient hours. The bill mandates that ADRC programs also provide disaster and emergency preparedness training tailored for older adults and people with disabilities to enhance their safety before, during, and after emergencies or natural disasters. SB 868 (Wiener, D) Electricity: portable solar generation devices. Current Text: 06/15/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/15/2026 - Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 06/10/2026 - Assembly Appropriations Summary: The bill would exempt portable solar generation devices from state and utility interconnection requirements and limit what electrical corporations and local publicly owned electric utilities may require of customers using them. It would bar fees or other mandated actions related to the device or its exported electricity, while allowing utilities to require simple online notice of the device’s address, make, model, and size; it would also create state- mandated local program duties but specify that no reimbursement is required. SB 886 (Padilla, D) California Technology Innovation and Ratepayer Protection Act. Current Text: 05/14/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/10/2026 - June 10 hearing postponed by committee. Calendar: 06/24/26 A-UTILITIES AND ENERGY 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 PETRIE-NORRIS, COTTIE, Chair Location: 06/01/2026 - Assembly Utilities and Energy Summary: This bill would require the Public Utilities Commission to create by July 1, 2027, a new electricity tariff for participating customers that governs interconnection, service charges, eligibility, cost responsibility, and protections for nonparticipating customers. The tariff would require disclosure of duplicate interconnection applications, assign transmission upgrade costs to the customer causing them, impose an early termination fee in some cases, require long-term prefunding for new zero-carbon resources and demand response participation, and direct utilities to publish maps of suitable interconnection locations; because violations of commission actions can be criminal offenses, the bill would create a state-mandated local program but state that no reimbursement is required. SB 905 (Becker, D) Electricity. Page 12/17 25 LRC 06-18-2026 25 of 93 Current Text: 06/01/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/10/2026 - June 10 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. Calendar: 06/24/26 A-UTILITIES AND ENERGY 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 PETRIE-NORRIS, COTTIE, Chair Location: 06/01/2026 - Assembly Utilities and Energy Summary: The bill expands Public Utilities Commission oversight of electrical corporations by requiring reduced returns on equity for certain capital costs, new performance-based metrics and targets for large utilities, and additional rules on executive compensation, alternative financing, and public grid data disclosure. It would direct the commission to begin several proceedings by 2028, including a framework for evaluating utility performance and financing options, and to report findings to the Legislature by December 31, 2028, with a later review of the performance framework due by 2030. Because violations of commission actions under the bill could be criminal, it would create a state-mandated local program, while also stating that no reimbursement is required. SB 907 (Archuleta, D) Driving under the influence and other driving offenses: comprehensive reform. Current Text: 05/18/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/01/2026 - Referred to Com. on PUB. S. Calendar: 06/30/26 A-PUBLIC SAFETY 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 126 SCHULTZ, NICK, Chair Location: 06/01/2026 - Assembly Public Safety Summary: This bill increases penalties for certain driving under the influence and hit-and-run offenses by adding sentencing enhancements for prior qualifying convictions within 10 years and expands court advisements about the possible murder consequences of future fatal conduct. It would impose an additional three-year term for each prior DUI conviction as specified, increase penalties for property-damage and injury/death hit-and-run offenses when tied to prior DUI, reckless driving, or gross vehicular manslaughter violations, and require judges to give the dangerousness advisement even when DUI allegations are dismissed or a lesser plea is entered. SB 922 (Laird, D) Vehicles: local agency charges: use of streets or highways. Current Text: 06/17/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 05/26/2026 - Referred to Com. on L. GOV. (Amended text released 6/17/2026) Location: 05/26/2026 - Assembly Local Government Summary: The bill would narrow an existing ban on local street- or highway-use charges to weight-based fees and would clarify that certain public service-related fees or surcharges for street maintenance are not prohibited. It also states that local agencies may impose or collect those charges, removes obsolete references, and makes additional technical changes and findings. SB 924 (Hurtado, D) Low-income energy assistance. Current Text: 04/20/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/10/2026 - June 10 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. Calendar: 06/24/26 A-UTILITIES AND ENERGY 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 PETRIE-NORRIS, COTTIE, Chair Location: 06/01/2026 - Assembly Utilities and Energy Page 13/17 26 LRC 06-18-2026 26 of 93 Summary: The bill amends existing law governing the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), which already can require electric and gas utilities to provide home weatherization for low‑income customers when a significant need exists, by adding specific program design and oversight requirements. The PUC must consider cost‑effectiveness at the program level and require utilities to prioritize integrated health, safety, and indoor air quality measures that enable whole‑home improvements, coordinate delivery across fuel and housing types, and allow tenant‑level benefits for rental upgrades while preserving design flexibility. The PUC may also consider non‑energy benefits when setting priorities, must ensure program costs do not create undue ratepayer burdens, and must require utilities to report measurable household affordability outcomes. The bill mandates meaningful public and stakeholder input and alignment of diverse contracting requirements with submitted plans and guidelines, revises the statutory definition of “weatherization,” and notes that violating a PUC order remains a crime; it declares this a state‑mandated local program but specifies no state reimbursement is required. SB 1003 (Grayson, D) Prohousing enhanced infrastructure financing districts. Current Text: 05/14/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/17/2026 - VOTE: Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] (PASS) Location: 06/17/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: The bill would allow prohousing-designated cities and counties to create enhanced infrastructure financing districts under specified conditions and would provide greater incentives for jurisdictions and housing projects within those districts. Specifically, it would authorize prohousing jurisdictions to establish “prohousing enhanced infrastructure financing districts,” set related district requirements, and expand the definition of “prohousing local policies” to include creating such a district. It would also require that the establishing jurisdiction and projects within the district receive enhanced scoring points or preference compared with the baseline given to other prohousing jurisdictions for certain program applications, thereby linking district creation to additional benefits for housing and other community projects. SB 1005 (Caballero, D) Local agency: payment: rounding amount. Current Text: 06/04/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/08/2026 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Calendar: 06/18/26 #41 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS (Floor Mgr.- Ward) Location: 06/08/2026 - Assembly THIRD READING Summary: This bill would allow a local agency, if its governing body adopts a resolution, to round cash payments, refunds, or other cash amounts to the nearest $0.05. It would apply only to local agencies that choose to participate by majority vote of their governing body, and it would define key terms for implementation. The bill would take effect immediately as an urgency statute. SB 1014 (Grayson, D) Development projects: preliminary estimate of required improvements: onsite and offsite improvements. Current Text: 06/03/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/17/2026 - VOTE: Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] (PASS) Location: 06/17/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Summary: This bill would require local governments to provide housing project applicants with timely, itemized information about required improvements and related permit conditions during the application process. It would let applicants request preliminary estimates or lists of potential improvements, require cities and counties to respond within set deadlines, and require itemized improvement lists before postentitlement permits are issued. Page 14/17 27 LRC 06-18-2026 27 of 93 The bill would impose new duties on local agencies, apply statewide including to charter cities, and state that no state reimbursement is required. SB 1117 (Cervantes, D) Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units. Current Text: 02/17/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF Status: 06/10/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. Location: 06/10/2026 - Assembly Local Government Summary: This bill is related to the development of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in California. Under existing law, local agencies can create ADUs via ordinance or ministerial approval if no ordinance is in place, following specific standards. Fees for constructing ADUs must adhere to the Mitigation Fee Act. Impact fees cannot be charged on ADUs with 750 square feet or less of livable space. For ADUs larger than 750 square feet, fees must be proportional to the main dwelling's size. The bill proposes that fees for ADUs only apply to the area beyond 750 square feet. This bill would change how local agencies calculate these fees, creating a state-mandated local program, and asserts that these changes are of statewide concern, affecting all cities, including charter cities. The bill also specifies that no state reimbursement is required for certain costs imposed by the act. SB 1138 (Padilla, D) Load-serving entities: resource adequacy requirements. Current Text: 06/15/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/15/2026 - Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 06/10/2026 - Assembly Appropriations Summary: This bill would require the Public Utilities Commission to allow load-serving entities to meet up to 25 percent of their resource adequacy obligations through short-term transactions with other load-serving entities, subject to commission rules and possible suspension or adjustment. It would also require those transactions to be measured in the same time unit used for resource adequacy compliance. Because violations of commission actions enforcing the bill could be crimes, the bill would create a state-mandated local program, but it states that no state reimbursement would be required. SB 1168 (McNerney, D) Data centers: rate structures. Current Text: 06/15/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/15/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. Calendar: 06/24/26 A-UTILITIES AND ENERGY 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 PETRIE-NORRIS, COTTIE, Chair Location: 06/04/2026 - Assembly Utilities and Energy Summary: The bill would require the Public Utilities Commission to evaluate rate structures so that data centers pay a reasonable share of the costs they create for transmission and distribution, as well as their proportionate share of load-related increases and needed power procurements. The bill also intends to keep these measures consistent with integrated resource planning requirements and to reduce cost pressure on residential customers by shifting more of the relevant costs to data centers. SB 1172 (Hurtado, D) Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law: tax sharing agreements. Current Text: 04/23/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/17/2026 - VOTE: Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] (PASS) Page 15/17 28 LRC 06-18-2026 28 of 93 Location: 06/17/2026 - Assembly Revenue and Taxation Summary: Existing law bars local agencies from making agreements that directly or indirectly divert, rebate, or transfer Bradley-Burns sales and use tax revenue in a way that reduces the amount another local agency would otherwise receive, and requires proposed agreements that do reduce such revenue to be posted online for at least 30 days before approval. This bill adds a cap on consultant pay for a “tax sharing agreement” (any agreement that causes such diversion): a consultant cannot be paid more than the lower of 5% of the total tax revenues shared under the agreement or $250,000. It excludes agreements with the agency’s own staff or unpaid technical advisers, applies only to agreements entered on or after January 1, 2027, and includes findings that the rule is a statewide concern that applies to all cities, including charter cities. SB 1187 (Durazo, D) Open meetings: majority. Current Text: 02/19/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF Status: 05/18/2026 - Referred to Com. on L. GOV. Location: 05/18/2026 - Assembly Local Government Summary: The Ralph M. Brown Act mandates that meetings of a local legislative body be open to the public, allowing participation and attendance, with certain exceptions. A "meeting" is defined as any gathering of a majority of the legislative body's members to discuss or act on matters within their jurisdiction. The proposed bill clarifies that "majority" refers to more than half the total seats of the legislative body, including vacant seats. Additionally, it aligns with constitutional provisions that require statutes limiting public access to meetings or documents to be justified by a demonstrated need. The bill asserts its compliance with these constitutional requirements to ensure transparency in public meetings and records. SB 1218 (Arreguín, D) Refusal of registration: illegal dumping violation penalties. Current Text: 05/14/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/08/2026 - Referred to Com. on TRANS. Calendar: 06/29/26 A-TRANSPORTATION 2:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WILSON, LORI, Chair Location: 06/08/2026 - Assembly Transportation Summary: Current law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to refuse vehicle registration renewals when an owner or lessee has delinquent parking violations, and it already criminalizes illegal dumping of waste on roads or public areas and, in some cases, dumping in commercial quantities. The bill would extend the same vehicle registration renewal refusal process to illegal dumping violations by requiring the DMV to refuse to renew the registration when the registered owner or lessee has been mailed a notice of a delinquent illegal dumping violation. SB 1233 (Allen, D) Public utilities: rates. Current Text: 06/15/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/15/2026 - Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 06/10/2026 - Assembly Appropriations Summary: This bill would require electrical and gas utilities seeking rate changes to provide specified information, and it would require the Public Utilities Commission to consider wildfire risk reduction efforts when approving electrical rate changes. It would also expand the commission’s annual report on utility costs by adding five-year expenditure comparisons by functional category for each utility, require the underlying source data to be published online, and specify that no state reimbursement is required for the resulting mandate. Page 16/17 29 LRC 06-18-2026 29 of 93 SB 1349 (Gonzalez, D) Taxation: tax expenditures: Legislative Analyst’s Office: assessment, report, and recommendation. Current Text: 06/17/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Status: 06/17/2026 - Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 06/16/2026 - Assembly Appropriations Summary: The bill would require the Legislative Analyst’s Office to evaluate major state tax expenditures, publish reports with recommendations for the Legislature, and identify possible savings from reducing or limiting those expenditures. The reports would be issued annually from 2028 through 2032, with legislative committees holding joint public hearings on them, and state tax agencies would have to provide anonymized taxpayer data with privacy protections as needed. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2033. Total Measures: 54 Total Tracking Forms: 1 Page 17/17 30 LRC 06-18-2026 30 of 93 League and YIMBY, Legislative Summary Tuesday, June 16, 2026 LEAGUE AB 35 Alvarez, D HTML PDF Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024: Administrative Procedure Act: exemption: program guidelines and selection criteria. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/11/2026 - Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Calendar:06/22/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair Summary:This bill would exempt regulations needed to implement programs funded by the 2024 $10 billion Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act from the Administrative Procedure Act and would make the measure effective immediately as an urgency statute. It would also require state entities administering competitive grant programs under the exemption to prepare draft solicitation and evaluation guidelines, share them with legislative committees, hold a noticed public meeting, and submit them to the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency for posting online, while allowing certain previously developed guidelines and selection criteria to be used. Location:06/09/2026 - Senate Appropriations Introduced:12/02/2024 Current Text:06/11/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/11/2026 AB 262 Caloza, D HTML PDF California Housing and Homelessness Agency: PINK Alert. Tracking form Position Watch Page 1/57 31 LRC 06-18-2026 31 of 93 Bill information Status:06/03/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. Calendar:06/29/26 S-HUMAN SERVICES 3 p.m. or upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 BECKER, JOSH, Chair Summary:The bill would require the California Housing and Homelessness Agency to study the needs of pregnant people experiencing homelessness and report recommendations to the Legislature by July 1, 2028 for creating a PINK Alert system. The study and recommendations would focus on how such an opt-in notification system for nonprofits could help identify pregnant people in need of emergency housing or prenatal services, and how it could meet specified conditions. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Human Services Introduced:01/16/2025 Current Text:05/27/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/27/2026 AB 650 Papan, D HTML PDF Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation. Tracking form Position Watch Bill information Status:01/22/2026 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. Summary:The text outlines legislative changes to the Planning and Zoning Law related to housing development. It mandates that cities and counties adopt a comprehensive plan, including a housing element, to promote fair housing. The Department of Housing and Community Development must develop a standardized reporting format by December 31, 2026. The timeline for assessing housing needs prior to plan revisions is extended from two to three years, and new consultation timelines with councils of governments are introduced. Subregional entities, comprising multiple cities or counties, have increased time—from 28 to 34 months before housing plan revisions—to coordinate housing needs, while councils have additional time to allocate housing needs within subregions. The timeline for developing and distributing a housing needs methodology and draft allocation plan is also extended for specific housing element cycles. Furthermore, any draft housing elements or amendments not in compliance must be reviewed by the Department, which will identify deficiencies and suggest required content adjustments. Changes also integrate with other legislative proposals (SB 340, AB 610, SB 486, AB 1275, AB 507) if they are enacted, affecting sections of the Government Code. No reimbursement to local agencies for these additional duties is required under the bill, aligning with California's constitutional framework. Location:10/13/2025 - Assembly VETOED Introduced:02/13/2025 Current Text:10/13/2025 - Vetoed Last Amend:09/05/2025 AB 1407 Wallis, R HTML PDF Page 2/57 32 LRC 06-18-2026 32 of 93 Planning and Zoning Law: housing elements: rezoning. Tracking form Position Watch Bill information Status:02/02/2026 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. Summary:Under existing law, cities and counties must create a general plan, including a housing element that identifies adequate housing sites, assesses housing needs, and inventories resources and constraints. If these sites are insufficient for different income levels, rezoning is required. If a local government fails to adopt a compliant housing element within 120 days of the deadline, current law mandates rezoning within one year of this deadline. This bill proposes extending that rezoning deadline to one year and six months. Location:01/23/2026 - Assembly DEAD Introduced:02/21/2025 Current Text:03/28/2025 - Amended Last Amend:03/28/2025 AB 1421 Wilson, D HTML PDF Vehicles: Road Usage Charge Technical Advisory Committee. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:01/29/2026 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 21.) In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. Summary:Existing law mandates the Chair of the California Transportation Commission to set up a Road Usage Charge Technical Advisory Committee with the Secretary of Transportation. This committee is tasked with guiding a pilot program that explores replacing the gas tax system with mileage-based revenue collection. The Transportation Agency, in consultation with the commission, must implement this pilot, which is set to be repealed on January 1, 2027. This bill requires that the commission, alongside the Transportation Agency, compiles research and provides recommendations on implementing a road user charge or mileage-based fee system. The commission must submit a report detailing this research and recommendations to relevant legislative committees by January 1, 2027, after consulting with state agencies and other stakeholders. Location:01/29/2026 - Senate Rules Introduced:02/21/2025 Current Text:01/05/2026 - Amended Last Amend:01/05/2026 AB 1439 Garcia, D HTML PDF Public retirement systems: development projects: labor standards. Tracking form Position Page 3/57 33 LRC 06-18-2026 33 of 93 Oppose Bill information Status:06/11/2026 - Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Calendar:06/22/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair Summary:The bill would request an independent study of labor standards protections in California real estate and infrastructure projects funded through the real asset portfolios of PERS and STRS. The University of California, Berkeley Labor Center would be asked to analyze these protections and submit a report to the Legislature and the Department of Finance by January 1, 2028. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Appropriations Introduced:02/21/2025 Current Text:06/11/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/11/2026 AB 1559 Calderon, D HTML PDF Residential property insurance images. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P. Summary:The bill changes how residential property insurance policies are handled by admitted insurers. It requires insurers to tell policyholders that they may obtain aerial images of the insured property, but only for evaluating a claim, if no claim is submitted or pending. It also gives policyholders the right to request those aerial images, and the insurer must include instructions on how to make that request. The bill limits when insurers can use aerial images to decide to terminate coverage, generally prohibiting termination based on images taken more than 180 days before the insurer notifies the policyholder, with some exceptions. If an insurer does rely on aerial images to terminate, it must provide the image to the policyholder, notify them of the termination decision, and allow them to dispute the image’s accuracy and verify that any needed remediation has occurred before the termination becomes effective. These rules start on July 1, 2027. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection Introduced:01/08/2026 Current Text:04/13/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/13/2026 AB 1564 Ahrens, D HTML PDF Employer-employee relations: confidential communications. Tracking form Page 4/57 34 LRC 06-18-2026 34 of 93 Position Oppose Bill information Status:05/27/2026 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. Summary:The bill would prohibit public employers from questioning or compelling disclosure of confidential communications between public employees and their employee representatives, with limited exceptions. It would add these protections to existing public-sector labor law, which already bars employers from interfering with employee rights and from denying employee organizations rights guaranteed by law. The bill would cover communications made in confidence in connection with representation on matters within the scope of the organization’s authority, but it would not apply to criminal investigations or certain investigations involving public safety officers. Location:05/27/2026 - Senate Rules Introduced:01/12/2026 Current Text:05/18/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/18/2026 AB 1567 Ta, R HTML PDF General plan: annual report: congregate and residential care for the elderly. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/03/2026 - Referred to Com. on HOUSING. Calendar:06/16/26 S-HOUSING Upon adjournment of Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary:The Planning and Zoning law mandates that every planning agency must develop, and each county and city legislative body must adopt, a comprehensive long-term general plan that includes various specified elements, such as a housing element. This housing element must be updated according to a defined schedule. Once any part of the general plan is adopted, the law requires the planning agency to submit an annual report by April 1 to certain entities, detailing specific information. The Department of Housing and Community Development, in collaboration with councils of governments, determines the current and future housing needs of each region. Each council, or the department for areas without councils, must create a final regional housing need plan that allocates the housing need share to each city and county, aligning with specified objectives. This bill allows planning agencies, starting from the 7th revision of the housing element, to report the number of units approved for elderly congregate care or residential care facilities, counting up to 15% towards a jurisdiction's regional housing need allocation for any income category. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Housing Introduced:01/12/2026 Current Text:03/16/2026 - Amended Last Amend:03/16/2026 AB 1569 Davies, R HTML PDF Pupil safety: electric bicycle: safety and training program. Page 5/57 35 LRC 06-18-2026 35 of 93 Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. Calendar:06/23/26 S-TRANSPORTATION 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 CORTESE, DAVE, Chair Summary:The bill requires the State Department of Education, consulting with the California Highway Patrol, to create a standardized electric bicycle safety and training program for students in grades 7–12 by March 1, 2028. It allows the departments to work with local law enforcement or local governments that already run e‑bike training so the program uses proven best practices. The bill also encourages local school districts and parent organizations to offer training demonstrations for students and parents, in collaboration with local authorities. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Transportation Introduced:01/12/2026 Current Text:04/13/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/13/2026 AB 1577 Bauer-Kahan, D HTML PDF Data centers: reporting. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/11/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U & C. Calendar:06/24/26 S-ENERGY, UTILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ALLEN, BENJAMIN, Chair Summary:The bill would require data center owners and developers to report energy and operational information to the state and local agencies, and would direct the Energy Commission to publish aggregated data and include data center load trends in future energy reports. It would also require disclosures when seeking permits for construction or operation, allow local agencies to use the information for planning and review, and prohibit public disclosure of identifiable customer or consumption data except as allowed. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Introduced:01/12/2026 Current Text:06/11/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/11/2026 AB 1588 Stefani, D HTML PDF Page 6/57 36 LRC 06-18-2026 36 of 93 Vehicles: Sideshow Accountability and Community Safety Act. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/03/2026 - Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and PUB. S. Calendar:06/23/26 S-TRANSPORTATION 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 CORTESE, DAVE, Chair Summary:Current California law already makes it illegal to participate in, help, or encourage a “motor vehicle exhibition of speed” on a highway or in an off-street parking facility, with penalties of up to 90 days in county jail and a fine up to $500. Starting January 1, 2029, courts could also suspend a person’s driver privilege for 90 days to 6 months if the speed event happened as part of a “sideshow,” which is currently defined as two or more people blocking or impeding traffic to let spectators watch vehicle stunts, contests, speed demonstrations, or reckless driving. This bill would broaden the sideshow definition by explicitly including the use of any motor vehicle (such as motorcycles or off-highway vehicles) to barricade or obstruct traffic. It would also increase penalties for speed exhibitions tied to sideshow activities, including higher fines, a mandatory minimum jail term, and the possibility of the offense being treated as a misdemeanor or felony if the act proximately causes injury to someone. Because it increases punishment for an existing crime, it may create a state-mandated local program, but the bill states that no reimbursement is required under specified constitutional procedures. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Transportation Introduced:01/15/2026 Current Text:04/16/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/16/2026 AB 1614 Dixon, R HTML PDF Vehicles: bicycles. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/15/2026 - From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. Calendar:06/18/26 #12 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - SECOND READING FILE Summary:The California Bicycle Transportation Act defines four types of bikeways to promote bicycle travel. Current law mandates that anyone riding a bicycle, including electric bicycles, on a highway must use a permanent seat unless the bike was designed otherwise. Passengers must also ride on a specified seat. Violating these rules results in an infraction. The bill would extend these seating requirements to Class I bikeways. By doing so, it introduces a state-mandated local program, but it specifies that no reimbursement to local agencies is needed, despite the California Constitution's general requirement for state reimbursement of certain local costs. Location:06/15/2026 - Senate CONSENT CALENDAR Current Text:01/21/2026 - Introduced Page 7/57 37 LRC 06-18-2026 37 of 93 Introduced:01/21/2026 AB 1621 Wilson, D HTML PDF Planning and Zoning Law: postentitlement phase permits: Housing Accountability Act. Tracking form Position Oppose Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. Summary:The bill would tighten and shorten procedures for postentitlement phase permits, limit plan check reviews to two, accelerate appeal deadlines for housing projects, and expand enforcement under the Housing Accountability Act. It would also change tolling rules for outside agency reviews, allow applicants to seek a writ of mandate if appeals are denied or untimely, make related violations enforceable statewide, and declare that no state reimbursement is required. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Housing Introduced:01/22/2026 Current Text:06/03/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/03/2026 AB 1662 Wilson, D HTML PDF Misdemeanor diversion. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/03/2026 - Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and TRANS. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. Calendar:06/16/26 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary:This bill would require notice to the Department of Motor Vehicles when a defendant receives diversion in a case that otherwise would have required an abstract of conviction to be sent, and it would make the prosecutor responsible for ensuring that notice is provided. It also states that the measure creates a state-mandated local program because it increases duties for local officials, and any reimbursable costs would be paid under existing state reimbursement procedures if the Commission on State Mandates makes that determination. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Public Safety Current Text:06/03/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/03/2026 Page 8/57 38 LRC 06-18-2026 38 of 93 Introduced:01/29/2026 AB 1667 Boerner, D HTML PDF Serious felonies: furnishing fentanyl to a minor. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:05/28/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(11). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 5/21/2026) Summary:The bill would add knowingly furnishing fentanyl or fentanyl analogs to a minor to the definition of a serious felony, which would trigger existing limits on plea bargaining and a possible five-year sentence enhancement for repeat offenders. Because this expansion would increase the scope of an existing enhancement, the bill would create a state-mandated local program, but it also states that no state reimbursement would be required for the resulting costs. Location:05/28/2026 - Assembly DEAD Introduced:01/29/2026 Current Text:05/18/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/18/2026 AB 1685 Lackey, R HTML PDF Driving privilege: points. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. Calendar:06/23/26 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary:Existing law generally makes DMV records public unless another law requires confidentiality and requires the DMV to disclose conviction and accident-report abstracts for DUI-related offenses that occurred within the past 10 years. The bill would add gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated with gross negligence to the types of offenses whose abstracts must be disclosed within 10 years. It also changes driver-record point assessments: currently a conviction for vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated without gross negligence carries 2 violation points; the bill would impose 3 violation points for a conviction of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated with gross negligence, which affects suspension or revocation of driving privileges. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Public Safety Introduced:02/02/2026 Current Text:04/13/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/13/2026 Page 9/57 39 LRC 06-18-2026 39 of 93 AB 1687 Lackey, R HTML PDF Driver’s licenses: revocation. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. Calendar:06/23/26 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary:The bill would let the Department of Motor Vehicles revoke a person’s driving privilege after three or more DUI-related convictions within 10 years and generally bar reinstatement for eight years. It also creates an exception requiring reinstatement if the person meets specified conditions, including agreeing to install and maintain an ignition interlock device and satisfying other requirements. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Public Safety Introduced:02/02/2026 Current Text:06/04/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/04/2026 AB 1708 Solache, D HTML PDF Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program: round 8: smaller jurisdictions. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:05/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/6/2026) Summary:The Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) program provides grant funds to jurisdictions to coordinate regionally and expand local capacity to address homelessness. Funding has been allocated across multiple rounds: rounds 1–5 were administered by the Interagency Council on Homelessness, round 6 by the Department of Housing and Community Development, and round 7 was established with future legislative parameters anticipated. Existing law required non-tribal jurisdictions seeking round 5 or 6 base allocations to apply as part of a region and be signatories to a regionally coordinated homelessness action plan that meets specified requirements. The bill applies to round 8. It requires round 8 regional plans to describe programs and interventions provided by “smaller jurisdictions” (as defined), authorizes regions to set aside part of their round 8 funding for those smaller jurisdictions to support those programs, and establishes eligibility rules for smaller jurisdictions to receive such funds. Location:05/14/2026 - Assembly DEAD Introduced:02/04/2026 Current Text:04/06/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/06/2026 Page 10/57 40 LRC 06-18-2026 40 of 93 AB 1740 Zbur, D HTML PDF Coastal resources: local coastal program: coastal development permits: City of Santa Monica. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/15/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. Calendar:06/23/26 S-NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 BECKER, JOSH, Chair Summary:The bill would require the City of Santa Monica to submit a complete local coastal program for its coastal zone by January 1, 2029, and would set deadlines for Coastal Commission review, coordination, and reporting if action is delayed. It would also expand and clarify procedures for converting road right-of-way into bicycle, transit, or pedestrian facilities by easing local coastal program amendment processing and permit requirements when public coastal access is improved, while requiring annual commission reporting through 2032 and providing for state reimbursement of mandated local costs if applicable. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Natural Resources and Water Introduced:02/05/2026 Current Text:06/15/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/15/2026 AB 1751 Quirk-Silva, D HTML PDF Missing Middle Townhome Ownership Act. Tracking form Position Oppose Bill information Status:06/15/2026 - Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV. Summary:The Missing Middle Townhome Ownership Act would create a streamlined, mostly ministerial approval process for certain townhome housing projects, requiring local agencies to process related parcel and subdivision maps without discretionary review or public hearings while meeting specified objective standards. Specifically, the bill would allow proponents to seek approval for qualifying townhome development projects under objective criteria, define “townhome” and “townhome development project,” and require ministerial consideration of parcel maps and tentative/final maps that meet requirements such as density limits and newly created parcels being at least 600 square feet, with disapproval allowed only through written findings that the project would cause a specified adverse impact to public health and safety that cannot be feasibly mitigated or avoided. Location:06/15/2026 - Senate Housing Introduced:02/09/2026 Current Text:05/18/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/18/2026 Page 11/57 41 LRC 06-18-2026 41 of 93 AB 1761 Rogers, D HTML PDF Electricity: calculation methodology: data disclosure. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on E., U & C. Summary:Existing law gives the Public Utilities Commission authority over public utilities, including the ability to set fair and reasonable rates for electrical corporations. The proposed bill mandates the commission to ensure transparency by making all data used for decisions or calculations on charges imposed on electricity customers accessible to load-serving entities and ratepayer advocates. This includes costs linked to contracts, corporation- owned generation, and other resources. The bill requires this data to be publicly disclosed, except for market-sensitive information. Violations of these provisions would be considered a crime under the Public Utilities Act. Additionally, the bill states that it does not require state reimbursement to local agencies for costs, as per certain existing statutory provisions. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Introduced:02/09/2026 Current Text:03/19/2026 - Amended Last Amend:03/19/2026 AB 1768 Bryan, D HTML PDF Transactions and use taxes: Counties of Contra Costa and Los Angeles. Tracking form Position Oppose Bill information Status:06/01/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 11, Statutes of 2026. Summary:This bill would authorize Los Angeles County and Contra Costa County, until December 31, 2031, to levy voter-approved transactions and use taxes above the usual countywide 2 percent limit. Los Angeles County could impose a tax of up to 0.5 percent for general and special purposes, and Contra Costa County could impose up to 0.625 percent for general or specific purposes. The bill would apply only to these counties, include findings supporting a special statute, and take effect immediately as an urgency measure. Location:06/01/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED Introduced:02/09/2026 Current Text:06/01/2026 - Chaptered Last Amend:04/21/2026 Chapter No.11 Page 12/57 42 LRC 06-18-2026 42 of 93 AB 1786 Harabedian, D HTML PDF Public contracts: best value construction contracting for counties, cities, and the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:05/20/2026 - Referred to Com. on L. GOV. Calendar:06/17/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair Summary:Existing law allows counties to choose construction project bidders based on "best value" for projects over $1,000,000. It also permits counties to use this method for annual contracts up to $3,000,000 for repetitive work. The law outlines how to select a best value contractor, requiring bidders to verify information under oath, and mandates counties to report on these projects to the Legislature by March 1, 2029. This program is set to be repealed on January 1, 2030. The bill changes this by allowing counties, cities, and the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments to select bidders on a best value basis for projects over $500,000 and extends the program until January 1, 2040. The new reporting deadline is March 1, 2031, and the reporting responsibility now includes more entities. The bill also expands the legal obligations related to perjury and states that it does not require state reimbursement to local agencies for its mandates. Location:05/20/2026 - Senate Local Government Introduced:02/10/2026 Current Text:03/12/2026 - Amended Last Amend:03/12/2026 AB 1812 Aguiar-Curry, D HTML PDF Solid waste: compostable products. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/03/2026 - Referred to Com. on E.Q. Summary:The bill would tighten California’s “compostable” labeling rules by requiring either OK compost HOME certification or a state-adopted standard, removing certain ASTM review and labeling requirements, and adding a new prohibition on selling plastic-containing products labeled “compostable” or “home compostable” after January 1, 2027. Specifically, it would repeal the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery’s requirement to review revisions to an ASTM standard and instead allow the department to adopt an alternative standard recognized by the department; it would also change exemptions for fiber products that contain no plastics or polymers by conditioning label compliance on whether the department adopts a standard for compostable fiber products. Beginning January 1, 2027, the bill would prohibit the sale of any product labeled “compostable” or “home compostable” that is made wholly or partly of plastic, and it would Page 13/57 43 LRC 06-18-2026 43 of 93 eliminate existing labeling requirements for compostable bags that meet the current ASTM-based specification. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Environmental Quality Introduced:02/10/2026 Current Text:03/23/2026 - Amended Last Amend:03/23/2026 AB 1820 Schiavo, D HTML PDF Electric vehicle charging stations: permit fees. Tracking form Position Oppose Bill information Status:06/03/2026 - Referred to Com. on L. GOV. Calendar:07/01/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair Summary:Existing law mandates that local governments approve applications for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations through streamlined permitting processes, ensuring fees do not exceed the cost of providing services needed for the permits unless approved by voters. Currently, there is a cap on fees for solar energy system permits until 2034, which cannot exceed specific limits without substantial justification. This bill extends similar regulations to EV charging stations until 2036, setting fee caps at $100 plus additional charges per kilowatt for residential and $500 plus per kilowatt charges for commercial stations. These fees should not surpass the reasonable cost unless justified with evidence. The bill, regarding a matter of statewide concern, applies to all cities, including charter cities, and does not require state reimbursement to local agencies for new obligations imposed by its provisions. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Local Government Introduced:02/10/2026 Current Text:03/16/2026 - Amended Last Amend:03/16/2026 AB 1821 Pacheco, D HTML PDF California Public Records Act: methods of submission, fees, and agency response time. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on JUD. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. Summary:This bill would change California Public Records Act procedures by requiring agencies to designate official methods for record requests, imposing new fees and court procedures for certain commercial or malicious requests, and extending the response deadline to 10 business days with a possible 14-business-day extension. Page 14/57 44 LRC 06-18-2026 44 of 93 It would require agencies to post any changes to request methods online, treat requests submitted through unauthorized methods as not properly filed, and allow fees for search and review time in commercial-use or malicious-intent cases, with exemptions for certain news media, educational, scientific, and government requesters. It also includes legislative findings to support the bill’s compliance with constitutional access requirements. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Judiciary Introduced:02/11/2026 Current Text:06/10/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/10/2026 AB 1859 Ortega, D HTML PDF Public works. Tracking form Position Oppose Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. Summary:The bill would expand enforcement of California prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements by allowing joint labor-management committee representatives to monitor job sites while authorizing penalties and denying access for safety violations. It would require awarding bodies or owners to provide reasonable access, as defined, to committee representatives to check compliance; it would allow access to be denied or revoked if the representative does not follow specified job site safety rules, and it would permit the committee to sue an awarding body, contractor, or subcontractor that willfully blocks access. The bill would allow courts to impose civil penalties up to $1,000 and to award reasonable attorney’s fees and costs to the prevailing party, and it would exclude reimbursement of certain mandated local program costs for a specified reason. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Introduced:02/11/2026 Current Text:05/18/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/18/2026 AB 1883 Bryan, D HTML PDF Workplace surveillance tools. Tracking form Position Oppose Bill information Status:05/28/2026 - In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. Summary:This bill would regulate employers’ use of workplace surveillance tools and worker data, prohibiting certain uses such as inferring protected information, emotional state, gait, neural data, or using facial recognition for discipline or termination. Page 15/57 45 LRC 06-18-2026 45 of 93 It would assign enforcement to the Labor Commissioner, allow employee civil actions and public prosecution, and authorize civil penalties of up to $500 per violation. The bill also creates exemptions for certain federally required or necessary uses in aviation, national security, military space, or defense contexts, and declares the measure a matter of statewide concern that applies to all cities, including charter cities. Location:05/28/2026 - Senate Rules Introduced:02/12/2026 Current Text:05/18/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/18/2026 AB 1899 Caloza, D HTML PDF Office of Youth Homelessness Prevention. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/03/2026 - Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and HOUSING. Summary:The bill would create an Office of Youth Homelessness Prevention within the California Interagency Council on Homelessness to reduce youth homelessness in California to functional zero and to oversee a statewide framework, dashboard, advisory committee, and annual reporting process. It would require the office to develop a comprehensive plan by September 15, 2027, post a public progress dashboard by December 15, 2027, and submit reports to the Legislature and the council each year thereafter. The bill would also establish a dedicated fund for the office and make related findings and declarations. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Human Services Introduced:02/12/2026 (Spot bill) Current Text:05/18/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/18/2026 AB 1924 Gabriel, D HTML PDF Statewide homelessness prevention strategy. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/15/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. Calendar:06/24/26 S-HOUSING 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary:The bill would require the California Interagency Council on Homelessness to develop and publish a statewide homelessness prevention strategy by July 1, 2027, and to review and update it each year. The strategy would have to include a homelessness prevention action plan for certain Page 16/57 46 LRC 06-18-2026 46 of 93 state agencies and evidence-based model prevention practices. The bill also defines several terms for these purposes. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Housing Introduced:02/12/2026 (Spot bill) Current Text:06/15/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/15/2026 AB 1934 Bennett, D HTML PDF State Fire Marshal: home hardening certification program implementation plan. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/09/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.M. Calendar:06/16/26 S-EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 STERN, HENRY, Chair Summary:The bill would direct the State Fire Marshal’s Wildfire Mitigation Advisory Committee to develop, by January 1, 2028, an implementation plan for a voluntary home hardening certification program and would require the State Fire Marshal to establish and implement the program by January 1, 2029. The plan would identify home hardening measures, including defensible space, that can be used during renovation or property improvement projects to reduce fire risk and better align existing buildings with wildland-urban interface standards. The committee would also provide recommendations and report its findings to legislative committees, and the State Fire Marshal could use designated funds, subject to legislative appropriation, to develop the plan. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Emergency Management Introduced:02/13/2026 Current Text:06/09/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/09/2026 AB 1941 González, Mark, D HTML PDF Organized metal theft. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/04/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. Calendar:06/23/26 S-PUBLIC SAFETY 8:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary:The bill would create the crime of organized metal theft, covering coordinated theft, possession, receipt, or financing of stolen metal materials, and would punish violations as Page 17/57 47 LRC 06-18-2026 47 of 93 either misdemeanors or felonies. It also would expand reporting and information-sharing about commodity metal theft by allowing local law enforcement, public agencies, and private entities to provide theft information to the Department of Justice, which would then make it available to those groups. The bill would declare legislative findings and intent, create a state-mandated local program, and specify that no state reimbursement is required. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Public Safety Introduced:02/13/2026 Current Text:06/04/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/04/2026 AB 1954 Ward, D HTML PDF Municipal golf courses: reservations. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/04/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. Calendar:06/16/26 S-JUDICIARY 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2100 UMBERG, THOMAS, Chair Summary:The bill would prohibit third-party golf reservation platforms from listing or selling reservations for golf courses owned by local public agencies without written authorization from the golf course operator, and it would treat violations as unlawful business practices under the Unfair Competition Law. It would also allow resale at no more than the original price if the operator does not clearly post its cancellation policy online. The bill states that these rules address a statewide concern and therefore apply to all cities, including charter cities. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Judiciary Introduced:02/13/2026 Current Text:06/04/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/04/2026 AB 1961 Ahrens, D HTML PDF Civil actions: protective orders: workplace violence. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/03/2026 - Referred to Com. on JUD. Calendar:06/16/26 S-JUDICIARY 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2100 UMBERG, THOMAS, Chair Page 18/57 48 LRC 06-18-2026 48 of 93 Summary:Current law allows an employer or a collective bargaining representative to ask a court for a workplace violence restraining order (WVRO) when an individual employee has experienced harassment, unlawful violence, or a credible threat; the court can extend protection to additional employees. The bill expands that authority by letting an employer seek a WVRO on behalf of all employees at a particular workplace or at a location where a group of employees primarily work, whenever harassment, unlawful violence, or a credible threat is directed at that place. Employers would not be required to name any specific employees as protected parties when seeking relief for the whole workforce. The bill also requires the Judicial Council to adopt or update the relevant court forms by January 1, 2028. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Judiciary Introduced:02/13/2026 Current Text:04/16/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/16/2026 AB 1976 Wicks, D HTML PDF Streets and highways: pedestrian and bicycle facilities. Tracking form Position Oppose Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV., TRANS. and E.Q. Calendar:06/23/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair Summary:The bill would restrict local efforts to reconsider or halt pedestrian and bicycle safety projects while also revising rules for establishing pedestrian malls, exempting certain mall projects from CEQA, and creating state reimbursement for any resulting state-mandated local costs. Specifically, it would bar cities and counties from using community input meetings to delay or prevent implementation of approved pedestrian or bicycle safety projects included in an adopted circulation element, and it would prevent termination of such projects after construction is to begin unless specified findings are made at a public meeting; it would also limit resident petition requirements for traffic-calming measures to signatures from no more than a majority of nearby residents within 1,000 feet. Separately, the bill would replace the existing Pedestrian Mall Law with a Pedestrian Mall Law of 2026 that allows cities and counties, after specified public hearings, to adopt ordinances or resolutions to create pedestrian malls, permit certain private business use and improvements (while banning vehicular parking facilities), and allow pedestrian malls on certain state highways with state transportation approval; it would declare these malls consistent with the California Coastal Act’s public access requirements. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Local Government Introduced:02/13/2026 Current Text:05/21/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/21/2026 AB 1997 Lee, D HTML PDF Land use: housing development approvals: timelines and processes. Page 19/57 49 LRC 06-18-2026 49 of 93 Tracking form Position Oppose Bill information Status:06/03/2026 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING. Calendar:06/17/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair Summary:The bill would modify how California local agencies process housing development projects under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the Permit Streamlining Act by requiring faster approval or disapproval after an environmental impact report (EIR) is certified, while also addressing state reimbursement for related mandated costs. It explains that CEQA generally requires lead agencies to prepare an environmental impact report (EIR) or a negative declaration based on whether a proposed project may significantly affect the environment, and it allows a mitigated negative declaration when revisions would avoid or lessen those effects without substantial evidence of remaining significant impacts. It then states that the Permit Streamlining Act already sets timelines for approving or disapproving development applications, and the bill would add a specific 30-day approval/disapproval requirement for housing projects after EIR certification under certain CEQA conditions. Because these added requirements would impose duties on local agencies, the measure would constitute a state-mandated local program, but it would also specify that no reimbursement is required for a stated reason. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Local Government Introduced:02/17/2026 Current Text:05/18/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/18/2026 AB 2002 Solache, D HTML PDF Local government assistance: Regional Early Action Planning Fund. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/03/2026 - Referred to Com. on HOUSING. Calendar:06/16/26 S-HOUSING Upon adjournment of Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary:The Planning and Zoning Law mandates that counties and cities create comprehensive long-term plans for physical development, including a housing element. These plans must address housing needs as determined by the Department of Housing and Community Development in collaboration with councils of governments. The Local Government Planning Support Grants Program provides one-time funding to help regions and jurisdictions meet housing needs as per the regional housing need assessment. This bill establishes the Regional Early Action Planning Fund to provide one-time funding and grants for planning activities related to the 7th and future cycles of the housing need assessment. The Department of Housing and Community Development would allocate these funds, upon legislative appropriation, to councils of governments or regional entities that qualify. Funds can be used for developing methodologies for housing needs assessments and providing technical assistance, staffing, or consulting for updating local Page 20/57 50 LRC 06-18-2026 50 of 93 planning documents. Jurisdictions that benefit from a suballocation must use these funds for housing-related planning activities. The bill also calls for the department to monitor compliance and to issue implementation guidelines exempt from the usual regulatory procedures. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Housing Introduced:02/17/2026 Current Text:02/17/2026 - Introduced AB 2033 Papan, D HTML PDF Local Agency Public Construction Act: job order contracting: cities. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on L. GOV. Calendar:07/01/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair Summary:The bill would create a pilot program allowing a city to use job order contracting as a procurement method, subject to specified limits and procedures. It would cap awards at $3,000,000 per contract and $750,000 per individual job order, limit the initial contract term to 12 months with possible extensions, require a report to the Legislature by January 1, 2030, and repeal the authorization on January 1, 2032. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Local Government Introduced:02/17/2026 Current Text:05/22/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/22/2026 AB 2038 Harabedian, D HTML PDF Residential property insurance: cancellations and nonrenewals. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Summary:Existing law mandates that insurers renew residential property insurance policies for at least two years following a total loss caused by a disaster. Additionally, insurers cannot cancel or refuse to renew policies in areas affected by wildfires for one year after a state of emergency is declared. The bill extends these requirements: insurers would need to renew policies for at least three years (36 months) after a total loss, and they would be prohibited from canceling or refusing to renew policies in fire-affected areas for two years after a state of emergency declaration. Page 21/57 51 LRC 06-18-2026 51 of 93 Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Appropriations Introduced:02/17/2026 Current Text:03/16/2026 - Amended Last Amend:03/16/2026 AB 2041 Carrillo, D HTML PDF Emergency medical services. Tracking form Position Oppose Bill information Status:06/11/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Calendar:06/22/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS 10 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair Summary:Existing law requires local public agencies to maintain basic emergency telephone systems and sets standards for emergency response services, including a requirement that certain agencies provide prearrival medical instructions to 911 callers by January 1, 2027. This bill would require any public safety agency that was not already providing those prearrival instructions by January 1, 2026, to report its compliance status to its local emergency medical services agency by January 31, 2027. Location:06/11/2026 - Senate Appropriations Introduced:02/17/2026 Current Text:05/18/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/18/2026 AB 2076 Lowenthal, D HTML PDF The Parent’s Accountability and Child Protection Act: online marketplaces: nitrous oxide. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/04/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. Calendar:06/16/26 S-JUDICIARY 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2100 UMBERG, THOMAS, Chair 06/22/26 S-PRIVACY, DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, AND CONSUMER PROTECTION 3 p.m. or upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 CABALDON, CHRISTOPHER, Chair Summary:The bill expands California age-verification and sales restrictions to include nitrous oxide, bars online sellers from accepting gift cards or store credit for illegal sales to minors, and increases penalties for violations. Page 22/57 52 LRC 06-18-2026 52 of 93 It would keep the civil penalty at up to $7,500 per violation, but allow courts to raise it to as much as $250,000 per violation for large businesses with more than $25 million in annual gross revenue if needed to deter future violations. It would also let public prosecutors seek injunctive relief, attorney’s fees, and costs. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Judiciary Introduced:02/18/2026 Current Text:06/04/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/04/2026 AB 2101 Gipson, D HTML PDF Human trafficking: notice and training: disaster sites. Tracking form Position Oppose Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on JUD. Calendar:06/23/26 S-JUDICIARY 9:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2100 UMBERG, THOMAS, Chair Summary:The bill expands existing requirements on posting anti-slavery and human-trafficking notices and providing employee training by adding privately operated entities working in disaster or mitigation sites, effective for training starting June 1, 2027. Under current law, specified businesses and establishments must post Department of Justice-developed notices with information on slavery and human trafficking and resources, and certain transit-related businesses must provide at least 20 minutes of training to employees on recognizing trafficking signs and reporting them, including relevant definitions and risk-identification guidance. This bill would additionally require privately operated entities involved in response, recovery, rebuilding, cleanup, or disaster mitigation or prevention in designated disaster or mitigation sites to post the same notice (excluding telecommunications companies and internet service providers). Beginning June 1, 2027, these entities would also be required to provide at least 20 minutes of training to all employees performing specified disaster recovery or mitigation tasks, with training that may be developed or administered by a nonprofit or private entity experienced in human trafficking, delivered in the most widely spoken language among the employees receiving it, and including the same core training elements plus examples and case scenarios specific to how trafficking may occur in disaster or mitigation sites. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Judiciary Introduced:02/18/2026 Current Text:05/18/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/18/2026 AB 2180 Ward, D HTML PDF Local government: Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act: proportional cost of service. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Page 23/57 53 LRC 06-18-2026 53 of 93 Status:06/11/2026 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Calendar:06/18/26 #78 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE (Floor Mgr.- Arreguín) Summary:The bill would clarify how local governments may demonstrate that property-related fees and charges under California’s Proposition 218 requirements are proportional to the cost of service. It would allow costs to be allocated by any reasonable method, and for water and sewer rates it would permit uniform or tiered pricing based on customer classes without requiring an exact parcel-by-parcel cost measure, so long as each tier does not exceed its reasonably allocated proportional cost. These provisions would not apply to water or sewer connection fees or capacity charges. Location:06/11/2026 - Senate THIRD READING Introduced:02/19/2026 Current Text:05/22/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/22/2026 AB 2192 Gonzalez, Jeff, R HTML PDF Sales and use taxes: farm equipment and machinery. Tracking form Position Oppose Bill information Status:04/27/2026 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. Summary:The bill allows the existing state sales and use tax exemption for farm equipment, machinery, and parts used primarily to produce and harvest agricultural products to be incorporated into local sales and use taxes (including those under the Bradley‑Burns law) by deleting the current provision that excludes that incorporation; this change is temporary and would expire January 1, 2032. Because local tax revenues could be reduced, the bill also appropriates General Fund money to the State Controller to reimburse affected counties and cities for those revenue losses. It further tightens requirements for any new tax‑expenditure bill by adding additional information obligations on top of existing requirements (specific purposes, performance indicators, and data collection). The measure would take effect immediately as a tax levy. Location:04/21/2026 - Assembly Revenue and Taxation Introduced:02/19/2026 Current Text:04/20/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/20/2026 AB 2218 Kalra, D HTML PDF Water policy: California Native American tribes. Tracking form Position Oppose Bill information Page 24/57 54 LRC 06-18-2026 54 of 93 Status:06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.Q. Calendar:06/23/26 S-NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 BECKER, JOSH, Chair Summary:The bill builds on existing state law that recognizes California’s sovereignty by requiring the state to support California Native Americans in preserving cultural and linguistic traditions, practicing ecosystem stewardship, and consulting in good faith with all California Native American tribes on policies that may affect them. It also responds to inequities by setting a statewide policy to recognize and address harms to Native tribes, particularly regarding water-related issues. The bill requires key state agencies, including the State Water Resources Control Board and other relevant boards and agencies, to incorporate this inequity-focused policy when they revise or create regulations, permits, and grant criteria, and to identify and provide financial assistance to tribes consistent with existing program rules. In addition, when the State Water Resources Control Board investigates water rights and a tribe requests it, the board must consult with the tribe whose ancestral territory includes the relevant water bodies. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Natural Resources and Water Introduced:02/19/2026 Current Text:04/16/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/16/2026 AB 2253 Boerner, D HTML PDF Solid waste: products: environmental marketing claims. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on E.Q. Summary:Current law requires manufacturers or suppliers who make recycled‑content claims for plastic food containers to keep written records showing the recycled material was diverted from the solid‑waste stream either during manufacturing (preconsumer) or after consumer use (postconsumer), and that the claim complies with the Federal Trade Commission’s Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims; cities, counties, or the state may impose civil penalties for violations. The bill expands these requirements to all products, updates the FTC‑guide reference to the version in effect on January 1, 2026, adds a requirement that documentation show the claim is based on the actual physical recycled content used in production calculated as specified (excluding certain accounting methods), and provides a definition of “postconsumer.” Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Environmental Quality Introduced:02/19/2026 Current Text:04/08/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/08/2026 AB 2254 Addis, D HTML PDF Coastal resources: monarch butterfly habitat. Tracking form Page 25/57 55 LRC 06-18-2026 55 of 93 Position Oppose Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and L. GOV. Calendar:06/23/26 S-NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 BECKER, JOSH, Chair Summary:This bill would require the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the California Coastal Commission to identify monarch butterfly overwintering habitats in the coastal zone and develop model protection policies, after which affected local governments must adopt and implement enforceable habitat protection measures. The bill sets deadlines of January 1, 2028, for identifying habitat sites and existing local plans, and July 1, 2028, for issuing model policies that address protection, restoration, and enhancement. It would impose new duties on local governments, creating a state- mandated local program, and provides that any required reimbursement would follow the usual state mandate process if the Commission on State Mandates so determines. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Natural Resources and Water Introduced:02/19/2026 Current Text:05/18/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/18/2026 AB 2296 Papan, D HTML PDF Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on HOUSING. Calendar:06/24/26 S-HOUSING 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary:The bill would extend several deadlines in the regional housing need and housing element allocation process, while stating legislative intent to consider future revision deadlines based on smaller regional groupings and jurisdiction size. Specifically, it would give cities and counties more time to form subregional entities, give councils of governments more time to determine subregional housing need shares, and move earlier deadlines for developing allocation methodologies and draft plans, except for a specified 2027 cycle exception. It would also create a state-mandated local program but declare that no state reimbursement is required. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Housing Introduced:02/19/2026 Current Text:05/18/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/18/2026 AB 2297 Stefani, D HTML PDF Restitution: diversion. Tracking form Page 26/57 56 LRC 06-18-2026 56 of 93 Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Calendar:06/18/26 #64 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE Summary:The bill requires courts to order victim restitution when a defendant enters a diversion program, provided the defendant is informed of the right to a judicial determination of restitution and either is given a hearing or waives/stipulates to the amount. If the court finds restitution is owed, it must order payment during the diversion period. A defendant’s indigence or mental disorder cannot be used to deny diversion or to count as noncompliance with diversion for failure to pay. If the defendant withdraws from or fails to complete diversion, the restitution order is suspended until the criminal case is resolved. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate THIRD READING Introduced:02/19/2026 Current Text:03/26/2026 - Amended Last Amend:03/26/2026 AB 2346 Wilson, D HTML PDF Vehicles: electric bicycles and speed limits. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/15/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS. Calendar:06/23/26 S-TRANSPORTATION 1:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 CORTESE, DAVE, Chair Summary:This bill would add equipment, disclosure, and speed-limit requirements for electric bicycles and related bicycle and trail use, while making certain violations infractions and limiting penalties for some new rules. Beginning January 1, 2029, class 2 electric bicycles would need speedometers, and all electric bicycles would need front and rear lamps, with sellers required to provide specified point-of-sale disclosures. The bill would also allow local speed limits on bicycle paths and multiuse trails, restrict riders under 16 from exceeding 15 miles per hour on electric bicycles, set a 10-mile-per-hour sidewalk speed limit without a point point system penalty, and state that no state reimbursement is required for local costs. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Transportation Introduced:02/19/2026 Current Text:06/15/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/15/2026 AB 2373 Dixon, R HTML PDF The California Coastal Act: local coastal program: sea level rise plan: neighborhood-scale adaptation approach. Page 27/57 57 LRC 06-18-2026 57 of 93 Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:05/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/6/2026) Summary:Under the California Coastal Act local governments within the coastal zone must prepare local coastal programs (LCPs) and submit them to the California Coastal Commission; current law also requires those governments to include a sea level rise plan in their LCPs by January 1, 2034, subject to Commission approval. This bill permits—rather than mandates—local governments to use a neighborhood-scale adaptation approach when developing LCP land use policies and sea level rise plans. That approach can identify specific areas and assets for the strategy and adopt policies that group places with similar planning needs and select preferred adaptation measures tailored to their geophysical and land‑use characteristics, with the goal of minimizing, mitigating, or avoiding coastal impacts. Location:05/14/2026 - Assembly DEAD Introduced:02/19/2026 Current Text:04/22/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/22/2026 AB 2385 Petrie-Norris, D HTML PDF Local reconstruction agencies. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and E.M. Calendar:06/23/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair Summary:The bill updates California’s disaster-recovery framework (building on the Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction Act and the earlier Community Redevelopment Law) by renaming pre-disaster planning as a “disaster recovery plan,” requiring cities/counties that adopt such plans to amend their general plans for consistency, and expanding contingency planning to include intermediate recovery as well as short- and long-term recovery with specified optional elements. It directs the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, with other agencies, to assess statewide recovery needs and produce model ordinance language, and directs the Office of Emergency Services (with that Office) to issue guidance on disaster recovery plans. The bill authorizes local governments to adopt ordinances creating a local reconstruction agency (LRA) to coordinate recovery in defined reconstruction areas, requires procedures for setting those area boundaries, and allows LRAs many redevelopment-style powers (sue and be sued, contract, issue bonds, accept public/private funds). LRAs may receive certain tax revenues—including incremental property tax revenues from participating taxing entities if approved by resolution—to finance activities; must have a board made up of legislative members of participating taxing entities and public members; and are subject to the Brown Act, the Public Records Act, and the Political Reform Act. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Local Government Introduced:02/20/2026 Current Text:04/27/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/27/2026 Page 28/57 58 LRC 06-18-2026 58 of 93 AB 2469 Papan, D HTML PDF Data centers: water use disclosures. Tracking form Position Oppose Bill information Status:06/15/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. Calendar:06/23/26 S-NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 BECKER, JOSH, Chair Summary:The bill would restrict local approval of new or expanded data centers that increase peak water use unless applicants provide specified water planning documents and accept responsibility for related water infrastructure costs, and it would also direct the state to create a separate water-use classification for large consumptive facilities such as data centers. It would amend planning and water-use rules by requiring a water scarcity plan, water supply assessment, and water use assessment before approval, while directing the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Resources Control Board to establish the new classification by 2028 and 2029. The bill declares these requirements a matter of statewide concern, applies them to all cities including charter cities, and states that no state reimbursement is required. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Natural Resources and Water Introduced:02/20/2026 Current Text:06/15/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/15/2026 AB 2513 Petrie-Norris, D HTML PDF Wildfire: Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program: local assistance grant program: regional landscape grants. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. Calendar:06/23/26 S-NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 BECKER, JOSH, Chair Summary:Existing law requires a Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force to develop and track implementation of California’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan and to update that plan by March 1, 2026 and every five years thereafter. The Department of Conservation runs a Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program that gives block grants to regional entities to create governance, assess wildfire risk, prioritize projects, and implement regional strategies; the department may authorize advance grant payments Page 29/57 59 LRC 06-18-2026 59 of 93 through July 1, 2025. The bill would let the Director of Conservation directly award regional landscape grants to those regional entities, require the director and the Task Force to set grant-funding guidelines tied to the state action plan before issuing grants, and make the advance-payment authority permanent. It would also require the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to allocate some landscape-scale funding to ecosystem-health projects and to regional landscape grants, allow the Cal Fire director to directly award those grants under Task Force-guided funding guidelines, expand a local assistance grant program to include vegetation modification and ignition-prevention activities (including addressing ignition risk along roads/driveways), and authorize the Wildlife Conservation Board to award regional landscape grants to local entities under Task Force-aligned funding guidelines. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Natural Resources and Water Introduced:02/20/2026 Current Text:04/16/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/16/2026 AB 2576 Harabedian, D HTML PDF Transit-oriented development: exclusions: historic sites. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/15/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. Summary:The bill would expand existing exclusions from transit-oriented housing development rules to include certain historic properties listed on the State Historic Resources Inventory before January 1, 2025. Specifically, it would exempt contributing sites within historic districts on that inventory, as well as parcels individually listed as historical resources on that inventory, if they were designated before January 1, 2025. Location:05/13/2026 - Senate Housing Introduced:02/20/2026 Current Text:06/15/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/15/2026 AB 2724 Bauer-Kahan, D HTML PDF Catastrophe modeling: distressed areas. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:05/27/2026 - Referred to Com. on INS. Summary:Current law creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, and generally regulates insurance in the state. Current law also establishes the California FAIR Plan Association, a joint reinsurance association of all Page 30/57 60 LRC 06-18-2026 60 of 93 basic property insurers to ensure coverage for people unable to obtain it through normal channels. Regulations allow insurers in distressed areas and for FAIR Plan–insured properties exposed to wildfire risk to use catastrophe modeling; “distressed areas” currently include undermarketed ZIP Codes and distressed counties. The bill requires the department, on or before July 1, 2027 and annually thereafter, to review and update the list of distressed areas and to hold at least one public meeting for input; beginning January 1, 2028 and annually thereafter, the department must publish a bulletin listing distressed-area ZIP Codes on its website and provide that list to specified legislative committees. Location:05/27/2026 - Senate Insurance Introduced:02/20/2026 Current Text:04/16/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/16/2026 SB 239 Arreguín, D HTML PDF Crimes: criminal threats. Tracking form Position Watch Bill information Status:06/01/2026 - Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. Summary:The bill would allow courts to treat threats against county or city elections officials and local agency officials as an aggravating factor when sentencing felony threats to commit crimes causing death or great bodily injury. It would expand existing sentencing rules, which already allow aggravation for threats against state constitutional officers, legislators, judges, and court commissioners, to also cover these local election and agency officials. Location:06/01/2026 - Assembly Public Safety Introduced:01/30/2025 Current Text:05/28/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/28/2026 SB 454 McNerney, D HTML PDF State Water Resources Control Board: PFAS Mitigation Program. Tracking form Position Watch Bill information Status:03/02/2026 - Stricken from file. Veto sustained. Summary:The existing law assigns the State Water Resources Control Board to manage programs related to drinking water, such as the California Safe Drinking Water Act. The proposed bill would establish a program to address perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and create a PFAS Mitigation Fund in the State Treasury. The state board could use the fund, once approved by the Legislature, for specific purposes related to PFAS treatment and remediation. The state board may also pursue additional funding from Page 31/57 61 LRC 06-18-2026 61 of 93 federal and private sources, with such funds continuously appropriated for designated uses. The bill allows the board to create accounts within the fund and to provide financial support in the form of grants, loans, or contracts to water suppliers and sewer system providers to help them meet state and federal PFAS standards. To qualify for funding, these providers must clearly state how the funds will benefit the community, particularly concerning safe drinking water and related services. The state board is tasked with developing guidelines to implement these measures. Location:10/01/2025 - Senate VETOED Introduced:02/19/2025 Current Text:10/01/2025 - Vetoed Last Amend:09/02/2025 SB 496 Hurtado, D HTML PDF Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation: appeals advisory committee: exemptions. Tracking form Position Watch Bill information Status:02/02/2026 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. Summary:Current law requires the State Air Resources Board to manage vehicle emissions and fuel standards to control air pollution effectively, ensuring they are feasible and cost-effective. The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates this board to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Under this authority, the board implemented the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation, mandating that government and high-priority fleets transition to zero-emission vehicles, with some exemptions permitted. This bill proposes the establishment of an Appeals Advisory Committee to review denied exemption requests. This committee, comprising specified government and non-government representatives, must meet monthly, with meetings recorded and accessible online. They must review appeals and provide recommendations within 60 days, which the board must consider publicly within another 60 days. Certain vehicles involved in emergency responses would be exempt from the regulations, and fleet owners will not be pressured to produce zero- emissions vehicle purchase agreements to delay transitioning mandates. Location:01/23/2026 - Senate DEAD Introduced:02/19/2025 Current Text:04/07/2025 - Amended Last Amend:04/07/2025 SB 569 Blakespear, D HTML PDF Bikeways: removal or reduction of the physical separation: required findings. Tracking form Position Watch Bill information Status:06/11/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. Calendar:06/29/26 A-TRANSPORTATION 2:30 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WILSON, LORI, Chair Page 32/57 62 LRC 06-18-2026 62 of 93 Summary:The bill would restrict local agencies from removing or reducing the physical separation of Class I, II, III, or IV bikeways unless they provide an equivalent or better replacement or make specified engineer-certified findings. It would also require the findings to be adopted by resolution at a noticed public meeting, with supporting technical analysis available for public review at least 30 days in advance, and it would declare the measure a matter of statewide concern applicable to all cities, including charter cities. Location:06/11/2026 - Assembly Transportation Introduced:02/20/2025 Current Text:06/11/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/11/2026 SB 866 Blakespear, D HTML PDF Planning and zoning: housing element: unhoused population. Tracking form Position Oppose Bill information Status:06/04/2026 - Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. Calendar:06/24/26 A-HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 HANEY, MATT, Chair Summary:The bill affects local general plans by tightening requirements for the housing element: cities and counties must assess housing needs and list resources and constraints, and for jurisdictions that do not receive Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) funds the housing assessment must now include specific data on people who are unhoused and a description of key actions to reduce homelessness based on that data. Background: HHAP provides grants to support regional coordination and local capacity to address homelessness, with rounds 1–5 administered by the Interagency Council on Homelessness, round 6 by the Department of Housing and Community Development, and round 7 established pending further legislation. Because it adds duties for local governments the bill creates a state‑mandated local program, but it also declares that the changes address a statewide concern and apply to all cities, including charter cities, and states that no state reimbursement is required for a specified reason. Location:06/04/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Introduced:01/05/2026 Current Text:04/28/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/28/2026 SB 1159 Cabaldon, D HTML PDF Artificial intelligence: transparency and governance. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Page 33/57 63 LRC 06-18-2026 63 of 93 Status:06/09/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. Calendar:06/23/26 A-PRIVACY AND CONSUMER PROTECTION 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 BAUER-KAHAN, REBECCA, Chair Summary:The bill would clarify that artificial intelligence, autonomous agents, and robots are not included in terms such as “person” or “member of the public” for several California laws governing public records, open meetings, administrative procedure, coastal regulation, and environmental review. It would also allow government agencies to use AI detection tools to identify AI involvement and would add legislative findings to support the bill under the California Constitution’s public access requirements. Location:05/18/2026 - Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Introduced:02/18/2026 Current Text:06/09/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/09/2026 SB 1172 Hurtado, D HTML PDF Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law: tax sharing agreements. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/01/2026 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and REV. & TAX. Calendar:06/17/26 A-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 CARRILLO, JUAN, Chair Summary:Existing law bars local agencies from making agreements that directly or indirectly divert, rebate, or transfer Bradley-Burns sales and use tax revenue in a way that reduces the amount another local agency would otherwise receive, and requires proposed agreements that do reduce such revenue to be posted online for at least 30 days before approval. This bill adds a cap on consultant pay for a “tax sharing agreement” (any agreement that causes such diversion): a consultant cannot be paid more than the lower of 5% of the total tax revenues shared under the agreement or $250,000. It excludes agreements with the agency’s own staff or unpaid technical advisers, applies only to agreements entered on or after January 1, 2027, and includes findings that the rule is a statewide concern that applies to all cities, including charter cities. Location:06/01/2026 - Assembly Local Government Introduced:02/18/2026 Current Text:04/23/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/23/2026 YIMBY AB 736 Wicks, D HTML PDF The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026. Page 34/57 64 LRC 06-18-2026 64 of 93 Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:05/14/2026 - From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 14). Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Calendar:06/18/26 #53 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE Summary:Under existing law, various assistance programs support emergency housing, multifamily housing, farmworker housing, home ownership for very low-income and low-income households, and down payment assistance for first-time home buyers. The law also permits issuing bonds to fund these programs and related projects, like infill development and housing-related parks. The bill, the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, seeks to authorize $10 billion in bonds to support affordable rental and home ownership programs, such as the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program. To take effect, this bill needs to be approved by voters in the June 2, 2026, statewide primary election, and it has been declared an urgency statute to ensure immediate implementation if passed. Location:05/14/2026 - Senate THIRD READING Introduced:02/18/2025 Current Text:04/10/2025 - Amended Last Amend:04/10/2025 AB 1070 Ward, D HTML PDF Residential developments: building standards: review. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/11/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. Calendar:06/24/26 S-HOUSING 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary:This bill would require the Department of Housing and Community Development to study whether residential developments with 3 to 10 units can be designed and built under the California Residential Code, and to report its findings to the Legislature by December 31, 2028. The department would have to begin the study by January 31, 2027, use outside experts or an independent third party, and, if needed, research and propose related building standard amendments to the commission. The bill would also require a separate review of construction cost pressures from building standards for single-family and multifamily housing, with findings due by December 31, 2027. Location:05/06/2026 - Senate Housing Introduced:02/20/2025 Current Text:06/11/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/11/2026 AB 1406 Ward, D HTML PDF Page 35/57 65 LRC 06-18-2026 65 of 93 Attached residential condominium sales: liquidated damages. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:05/06/2026 - Referred to Com. on JUD. Summary:Existing law requires that if a buyer defaults on the initial sale of a newly built condominium unit, the seller can collect liquidated damages from the buyer. However, if the amount exceeds 3% of the unit's purchase price, certain requirements, like providing an accounting of costs and revenues, must be followed. This new bill proposes to raise that threshold from 3% to 6%, meaning sellers could collect up to 6% of the purchase price without needing to meet those additional requirements. Location:05/06/2026 - Senate Judiciary Introduced:02/21/2025 Current Text:01/22/2026 - Amended Last Amend:01/22/2026 AB 1556 Haney, D HTML PDF Recovery residences: funding. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and HEALTH. Summary:The bill would require recovery residences seeking state funding to meet specified Housing First, relapse support, safety, and privacy standards. It defines a recovery residence as cooperative housing supporting personal recovery from substance use disorder and, to qualify for funding, the residence must follow Housing First principles, limit eviction for relapse unless another lease violation exists, provide relapse support, train staff and residents in emergency preparedness and overdose response, keep overdose reversal medication available on-site, protect consent and confidentiality, and maintain a written return-to-use policy. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Housing Introduced:01/08/2026 (Spot bill) Current Text:05/22/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/22/2026 AB 1621 Wilson, D HTML PDF Planning and Zoning Law: postentitlement phase permits: Housing Accountability Act. Tracking form Position Support Page 36/57 66 LRC 06-18-2026 66 of 93 Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. Summary:The bill would tighten and shorten procedures for postentitlement phase permits, limit plan check reviews to two, accelerate appeal deadlines for housing projects, and expand enforcement under the Housing Accountability Act. It would also change tolling rules for outside agency reviews, allow applicants to seek a writ of mandate if appeals are denied or untimely, make related violations enforceable statewide, and declare that no state reimbursement is required. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Housing Introduced:01/22/2026 Current Text:06/03/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/03/2026 AB 1704 González, Mark, D HTML PDF Greenhouse gases: embodied carbon building materials. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:05/27/2026 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. Calendar:06/17/26 S-ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 BLAKESPEAR, CATHERINE, Chair Summary:Current law requires the State Air Resources Board (CARB), working with stakeholders, to produce by Dec 31, 2026 a framework for measuring the average carbon intensity of materials used in new construction (including residential), and by Dec 31, 2028 a comprehensive strategy for the building sector to achieve a 40% net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from building materials by no later than Dec 31, 2035. CARB is also authorized to create an embodied carbon trading system. This bill would make implementation conditional on CARB first finding that lower‑embodied‑carbon building materials have reached cost parity with conventional materials; if CARB finds they have not, the board must delay or suspend those requirements for at least five years and up to a total of ten years. Location:05/06/2026 - Senate Environmental Quality Introduced:02/04/2026 Current Text:04/08/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/08/2026 AB 1732 Alvarez, D HTML PDF California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: affordable housing projects: public university or public college housing projects. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Page 37/57 67 LRC 06-18-2026 67 of 93 Status:06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and HOUSING. Summary:The legislation would extend and expand a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption for certain affordable housing projects by extending its expiration date from January 1, 2033 to January 1, 2037 and adding specified public university or public college housing projects. Under CEQA, lead agencies must prepare and certify an environmental impact report or adopt a negative declaration for projects that may significantly affect the environment, or a mitigated negative declaration when effects can be avoided or mitigated. The bill specifically revises the temporary exemption that applies to qualifying affordable housing actions meeting listed criteria, including public agency confirmation that the site satisfies requirements and that a vacant site does not contain tribal cultural resources that were found through consultation and cannot be mitigated. It also adds public university or public college housing projects that meet the defined requirements, which would expand lead agency obligations and create a state-mandated local program; however, the bill provides that reimbursement is not required for a specified reason. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Environmental Quality Introduced:02/05/2026 Current Text:05/20/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/20/2026 AB 1738 Carrillo, D HTML PDF State Housing Law: remote inspections. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. Calendar:06/17/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair Summary:The bill would require cities and counties to offer remote inspections for certain permit work in one- and two-family homes by 2028, while allowing local agencies to set technical rules and apply existing inspection immunities. It would also let agencies conduct onsite audits, and temporarily bar homeowners or contractors from remote inspections if they willfully misrepresent the work. The bill would treat these requirements as a statewide concern, create a state-mandated local program, and state that no reimbursement is required. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Local Government Introduced:02/05/2026 Current Text:06/10/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/10/2026 AB 1740 Zbur, D HTML PDF Coastal resources: local coastal program: coastal development permits: City of Santa Monica. Page 38/57 68 LRC 06-18-2026 68 of 93 Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/15/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. Calendar:06/23/26 S-NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 113 BECKER, JOSH, Chair Summary:The bill would require the City of Santa Monica to submit a complete local coastal program for its coastal zone by January 1, 2029, and would set deadlines for Coastal Commission review, coordination, and reporting if action is delayed. It would also expand and clarify procedures for converting road right-of-way into bicycle, transit, or pedestrian facilities by easing local coastal program amendment processing and permit requirements when public coastal access is improved, while requiring annual commission reporting through 2032 and providing for state reimbursement of mandated local costs if applicable. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Natural Resources and Water Introduced:02/05/2026 Current Text:06/15/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/15/2026 AB 1815 Wicks, D HTML PDF Factory-built housing: building standards. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on HOUSING. Summary:Existing law places the California Building Standards Commission in charge of adopting the statewide Building Standards Code and, under the Factory‑Built Housing Law, requires factory‑built housing sold to first users in California to carry a Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) insignia, treats such housing as complying with applicable local construction ordinances, reserves certain local land‑use/zoning requirements to jurisdictions, and makes violations misdemeanors. This bill would bar cities and counties (including charter cities) from imposing or enforcing local building standards that exceed the state minimums in the California Building Standards Code on projects that use factory‑built housing, so long as at least 15% of each building’s hard costs are spent on factory‑built housing bearing the HCD insignia. Because it adds duties for local officials and expands criminal liability, the bill creates a state‑mandated local program; the bill declares the change a matter of statewide concern and states that no state reimbursement to local agencies is required for the mandate. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Housing Introduced:02/10/2026 Current Text:04/27/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/27/2026 AB 1903 Wicks, D HTML PDF Page 39/57 69 LRC 06-18-2026 69 of 93 Construction defects. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/15/2026 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. Summary:The bill creates a new construction-defect process for certified condominium and townhouse projects built on or after January 1, 2027, allowing builders to obtain certified status through private inspections and repairs and then control later claims and inspections under stricter notice and filing rules. It would require detailed evidence in defect notices, remove group notice provisions, make dismissal mandatory for noncompliance, tighten the claimant’s burden to prove actual physical damage caused by original construction, eliminate recovery of investigative costs, restrict extrapolated damages and testing, and allow releases or waivers after repairs in specified circumstances. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Judiciary Introduced:02/12/2026 Current Text:06/11/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/11/2026 AB 2005 Ahrens, D HTML PDF Housing developments: urban lot split: owner-occupancy. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. Calendar:06/30/26 S-HOUSING Upon adjournment of Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary:This bill changes urban lot split rules by giving applicants two owner-occupancy options, adding notice and recording requirements for one option, and limiting local agencies from imposing extra conditions on urban lot split projects. It would let an applicant either promise to live in one unit for at least three years or agree to sell both parcels with a three-year owner-occupancy requirement for the buyer, while also allowing certain LLC or trust representatives to qualify, creating civil penalties for some violations, and requiring disclosure of the occupancy requirement on sale. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Housing Introduced:02/17/2026 Current Text:05/07/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/07/2026 AB 2058 Harabedian, D HTML PDF California Factory-Built Housing Law: inspection: permitting. Page 40/57 70 LRC 06-18-2026 70 of 93 Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV. Calendar:06/16/26 S-HOUSING Upon adjournment of Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair 06/23/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair Summary:The California Factory-Built Housing Law mandates that factory-built housing sold to first users in the state must have an insignia of approval from the Department of Housing and Community Development, ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations. The law requires this department to enforce its provisions, with local agencies conducting on-site inspections. It allows these agencies to charge inspection fees and the department to qualify quality assurance agencies for inspections. This bill changes the enforcement and inspection process by allowing first users to choose between local enforcement or a department-supervised quality assurance agency for these tasks. It limits local inspection fees to 50% of those for non-factory-built housing and prohibits any inspection fee if a quality assurance agency is chosen. Additionally, it restricts permitting fees to the same 50% limit and prevents destructive inspection practices. The bill also updates related legal language. This bill impacts local programs by expanding local officials' duties and broadening the scope of related crimes, highlighting that these changes address statewide concerns. It specifies that no state reimbursement is required for certain mandates, unless determined otherwise by the Commission on State Mandates, in which case reimbursement procedures should follow existing statutory guidelines. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Housing Introduced:02/18/2026 Current Text:03/19/2026 - Amended Last Amend:03/19/2026 AB 2074 Haney, D HTML PDF Regional transit hub districts: downtown housing developments. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/15/2026 - Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV. Summary:The bill expands existing Planning and Zoning Law by requiring major transit cities, by July 1, 2027, to designate one or more regional transit hub districts and to allow downtown housing developments in those districts if they meet prescribed objective planning standards and procedural requirements. It makes qualifying downtown housing eligible for streamlined ministerial approval and imposes specified labor standards for such projects. The bill creates a continuously appropriated Downtown Revitalization Loan Fund, administered by the California Housing Finance Agency, to provide loans for eligible downtown housing developments, which the bill treats as an appropriation. Because it mandates city designations and streamlined approvals, the bill imposes a state-mandated local program and declares the changes a matter of statewide concern that apply to all cities, including charter cities. Regarding fiscal effects, the bill states that no reimbursement is required for certain specified mandates, and for any other mandated Page 41/57 71 LRC 06-18-2026 71 of 93 costs the Commission on State Mandates would determine reimbursement under existing statutory procedures. Location:06/15/2026 - Senate Housing Introduced:02/18/2026 (Spot bill) Current Text:04/09/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/09/2026 AB 2118 Hoover, R HTML PDF Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022: use by right: objective standards. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV. Calendar:06/16/26 S-HOUSING Upon adjournment of Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair 06/23/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair Summary:The bill temporarily (through January 1, 2033) implements the Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022 to speed creation of mixed-income housing along commercial corridors: developers may apply for projects that meet specified site, affordability, and objective development standards and those projects are treated as a "use by right" subject to streamlined ministerial review rather than discretionary review. It prevents objective standards from forcing lower-than-required residential density or smaller unit sizes and also bars those standards from prohibiting or limiting mixed-use components. The measure modifies some statutory definitions without changing substantive meaning, declares the changes a matter of statewide concern that apply to all cities (including charter cities), and thereby creates a state-mandated local program; however, it states no state reimbursement to local agencies or school districts is required for that mandate for a specified reason. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Housing Introduced:02/18/2026 Current Text:04/27/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/27/2026 AB 2166 Carrillo, D HTML PDF Multifamily housing development: offsite housing factories: backstop financing. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/03/2026 - Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and HOUSING. Summary:The California Housing Finance Agency currently has the authority to issue loans for affordable housing projects. This bill proposes the creation of the Multifamily Backstop Financing Program, which would provide state-backed financial support for multifamily housing projects. This program would help surety companies issue payment and performance bonds to qualified offsite housing factories. The agency would be allowed to Page 42/57 72 LRC 06-18-2026 72 of 93 offer credit backstops to these surety companies under specific guidelines. Additionally, the agency would be required to establish rules and regulations to implement the program, and the Legislature intends to include procedures for prioritizing and reviewing applications for this support. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Introduced:02/18/2026 Current Text:04/27/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/27/2026 AB 2185 Quirk-Silva, D HTML PDF Housing: multifamily affordable housing programs. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/03/2026 - Referred to Com. on HOUSING. Summary:The Governor’s Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2025, effective from July 5, 2025, restructured certain state agencies, eliminating the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency by July 1, 2026. In its place, the Business and Consumer Services Agency and the California Housing and Homelessness Agency were established. From July 1, 2026, the GRP outlines the duties of the California Housing and Homelessness Agency and related departments in implementing state housing policies, including support for multifamily, farmworker, and veteran housing programs. This bill mandates that by July 1, 2027, several Californian housing agencies must review and adjust their regulations to encourage the use of factory-built housing in multifamily affordable housing programs. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Housing Introduced:02/19/2026 Current Text:03/19/2026 - Amended Last Amend:03/19/2026 AB 2243 Haney, D HTML PDF State Bank Act. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:05/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/6/2026) Summary:The bill creates an Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank within the Governor ’s Office of Business and Economic Development to finance certain economic development projects. It also establishes a State Bank Commission (with prescribed membership) charged with developing a plan to create a state bank. The commission must hold at least two public hearings by January 1, 2028, produce the state bank plan (addressing items including a state guarantee of public deposits, including those held by public banks) by Page 43/57 73 LRC 06-18-2026 73 of 93 June 1, 2028, and vote on adoption by July 1, 2028; if a majority adopts the plan, the commission must publish the plan and the adoption notice on its website. Location:05/14/2026 - Assembly DEAD Introduced:02/19/2026 (Spot bill) Current Text:04/20/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/20/2026 AB 2270 Arambula, D HTML PDF Low-income housing tax credit: farmworker housing. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on HOUSING. Calendar:06/16/26 S-HOUSING Upon adjournment of Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary:The bill would require the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC) to consider amending its low-income housing tax credit scoring system to better account for farmworker housing projects, including points based on proximity to amenities. This bill would direct CTCAC to consider establishing a farmworker housing category within the existing regulatory scoring framework and to consider applying the same point allocations used for rural set-aside projects when scoring farmworker housing according to amenity proximity. It would also make a statutory change that would increase the tax paid by a taxpayer under the meaning of California’s Proposition 13, requiring a two-thirds vote in each house of the Legislature for passage, and would take effect immediately as a tax levy. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Housing Introduced:02/19/2026 Current Text:04/30/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/30/2026 AB 2296 Papan, D HTML PDF Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation. Tracking form Position Oppose Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Referred to Com. on HOUSING. Calendar:06/24/26 S-HOUSING 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 112 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary:The bill would extend several deadlines in the regional housing need and housing element allocation process, while stating legislative intent to consider future revision deadlines based on smaller regional groupings and jurisdiction size. Specifically, it would give cities and counties more time to form subregional entities, give councils of governments more time to determine subregional housing need shares, and Page 44/57 74 LRC 06-18-2026 74 of 93 move earlier deadlines for developing allocation methodologies and draft plans, except for a specified 2027 cycle exception. It would also create a state-mandated local program but declare that no state reimbursement is required. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Housing Introduced:02/19/2026 Current Text:05/18/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/18/2026 AB 2351 Bonta, D HTML PDF General plan: annual report: shelter beds. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:05/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/6/2026) Summary:The bill amends Planning and Zoning Law reporting requirements: currently, after a legislative body adopts a general plan, the planning agency must file an annual report by April 1 on the plan’s status and implementation. Beginning with the April 1, 2028 report, the bill would require those reports to also list the number of temporary emergency shelter beds and the number of permanent housing units serving people experiencing or exiting homelessness in the jurisdiction, broken out by specified categories. Because it adds reporting duties for local planning agencies, the bill creates a state-mandated local program; if the Commission on State Mandates finds the bill imposes reimbursable costs, the state would reimburse local agencies under existing statutory procedures. Location:05/14/2026 - Assembly DEAD Introduced:02/19/2026 Current Text:04/27/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/27/2026 AB 2433 Alvarez, D HTML PDF Housing development: density bonus. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV., HOUSING and E.Q. Calendar:06/23/26 S-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 DURAZO, MARÍA ELENA, Chair Summary:The bill overhauls California’s Density Bonus Law by shifting entitlement from a developer’s request to projects that a city or county determines meet specified affordability and senior-housing criteria, and by expanding the definition of “moderate‑income” to explicitly include lower-, very-low-, and extremely-low‑income households. It revises how density bonuses and related incentives/concessions/waivers are applied—requiring them to be available on sites within the same housing development—and updates the formulae for calculating eligible incentives. Local governments must provide an eligibility determination when an application is deemed complete, and proposed bonuses, Page 45/57 75 LRC 06-18-2026 75 of 93 incentives, concessions, and standard waivers are made non‑discretionary and not to trigger general plan/zoning/coastal plan amendments, additional studies, or environmental review under CEQA. Housing projects that meet the bill’s affordability and consistency criteria would be treated as uses by right and processed ministerially (administratively) rather than through discretionary review. The bill declares these rules a matter of statewide concern applicable to all cities, creates a state‑mandated local program, and specifies that no state reimbursement is required for the mandate. Location:06/10/2026 - Senate Local Government Introduced:02/20/2026 Current Text:04/22/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/22/2026 AB 2480 Ávila Farías, D HTML PDF Housing development: density bonus: student housing developments. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/03/2026 - Referred to Com. on HOUSING. Calendar:06/16/26 S-HOUSING Upon adjournment of Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee - 1021 O Street, Room 1200 ARREGUÍN, JESSE, Chair Summary:The Density Bonus Law currently requires cities and counties to grant developers density bonuses and concessions if a housing project includes specified affordable student units —for example, one option is dedicating 20% of units to lower‑income students, with all units reserved for full‑time students and rent for those lower‑income units set at 30% of 65% of area median income for single‑room occupancy. This bill revises how rents for lower‑income student units are calculated, and creates an additional density bonus for projects that dedicate 24% of units to lower‑income students and also add rentable units affordable to moderate‑income students, provided no more than 50% of units in the project are restricted to moderate‑ or lower‑income students. Because it imposes new obligations on local governments it is a state‑mandated local program and the bill declares the changes a matter of statewide concern applying to all cities, including charter cities; it also states that no state reimbursement to local agencies is required for the specified reason. Location:06/03/2026 - Senate Housing Introduced:02/20/2026 Current Text:04/16/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/16/2026 AB 2576 Harabedian, D HTML PDF Transit-oriented development: exclusions: historic sites. Tracking form Position Oppose Bill information Page 46/57 76 LRC 06-18-2026 76 of 93 Status:06/15/2026 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. Summary:The bill would expand existing exclusions from transit-oriented housing development rules to include certain historic properties listed on the State Historic Resources Inventory before January 1, 2025. Specifically, it would exempt contributing sites within historic districts on that inventory, as well as parcels individually listed as historical resources on that inventory, if they were designated before January 1, 2025. Location:05/13/2026 - Senate Housing Introduced:02/20/2026 Current Text:06/15/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/15/2026 AB 2741 Muratsuchi, D HTML PDF Housing element: inventory of land: substantial compliance. Tracking form Position Oppose Bill information Status:04/30/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). (Last location was L. GOV. on 4/22/2026) Summary:The bill modifies California’s housing element and zoning requirements so cities/counties can meet mandated rezoning for housing by applying a zoning classification such as an overlay zone, mixed‑use zone, combining district, or similar zone that allows owner‑occupied and rental multifamily housing at specified minimum densities and development standards. Localities must include a written explanation of the housing and affordability incentives of that zoning and may allow a mix of uses if prescribed requirements are met; key terms are defined and the rules apply to the 6th housing element cycle retroactive to January 1, 2019. The bill also addresses conflicts between Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) findings and court rulings: if a court finds an adopted housing element out of compliance despite HCD’s prior substantial‑compliance finding, the element will still be treated as substantially compliant until either HCD finds a newly adopted element substantially compliant or 275 days after the court’s order—whichever is earlier. That timing rule affects when jurisdictions qualify under the Housing Accountability Act’s standards for approving or denying lower‑income housing projects. Location:04/30/2026 - Assembly DEAD Introduced:02/20/2026 (Spot bill) Current Text:04/23/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/23/2026 SB 299 Cabaldon, D HTML PDF California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: day care center: family daycare home: zoning. Tracking form Position Support Page 47/57 77 LRC 06-18-2026 77 of 93 Bill information Status:06/01/2026 - Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. Calendar:06/22/26 A-NATURAL RESOURCES 2:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 BRYAN, ISAAC, Chair Summary:The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) mandates a lead agency to prepare and certify an environmental impact report for any project potentially affecting the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if the project is deemed not to have a significant environmental effect. If a project could have a significant effect but can be revised to mitigate this, a mitigated negative declaration must be prepared. Certain projects, like those involving only a daycare center not located in residential areas, are exempt from CEQA. This bill would broaden this exemption to include daycare centers or family daycare homes situated on land zoned exclusively for residential use, with some exceptions. This bill would assign new responsibilities to lead agencies to determine if these exemptions apply, thus creating a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local entities for specified state-mandated costs, but this bill states no reimbursement is needed for the costs it would impose. Location:06/01/2026 - Assembly Natural Resources Introduced:02/10/2025 Current Text:01/14/2026 - Amended Last Amend:01/14/2026 SB 417 Cabaldon, D HTML PDF The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:05/18/2026 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Calendar:06/18/26 #22 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS Summary:Current law includes programs that offer support for different types of housing needs such as emergency housing, multifamily housing, farmworker housing, and home ownership for very low and low-income households. It also covers down payment assistance for first- time home buyers. The law permits the issuance of bonds to fund these housing initiatives as well as related projects like infill development and brownfield cleanup. The proposed legislation, titled the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, seeks to authorize $10 billion in bonds, which will be used to finance affordable housing and home ownership programs. These programs include the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program. The bill will be presented to voters during the November 3, 2026, statewide general election and is designed to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. Location:05/18/2026 - Assembly THIRD READING Introduced:02/18/2025 Current Text:01/22/2026 - Amended Last Amend:01/22/2026 SB 677 Wiener, D HTML PDF Land use: housing development approvals: tax-exempt private activity bonds: subdivisions: tentative and final maps: appeals. Page 48/57 78 LRC 06-18-2026 78 of 93 Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/08/2026 - Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. Calendar:06/24/26 A-HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 HANEY, MATT, Chair Summary:The bill would expand the Housing Accountability Act and change certain Subdivision Map Act appeal rules, while also limiting local agency obligations when tax-exempt private activity bonds are involved. Specifically, it would treat a local agency’s failure to take required federal tax-regulatory actions for housing projects using tax-exempt private activity bonds as a form of project disapproval, but would not require any action that creates financial liability, debt, or obligation. It would also create an exception to local appeal authority for certain map appeals by interested persons, while exempting appeals by applicants, subdividers, tenants, advisory agencies, and certain public entities, and it states that no state reimbursement is required. Location:06/08/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Introduced:02/21/2025 Current Text:06/08/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/08/2026 SB 908 Wiener, D HTML PDF Residential windows: retrofitting: residential window replacement projects: California Building Code compliance. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/15/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. Calendar:06/24/26 A-HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 HANEY, MATT, Chair Summary:This bill would protect and streamline residential window replacement projects by limiting restrictions in homeowners’ governing documents and requiring local governments to administratively approve such projects without discretionary review, hearings, or denial in most cases. It also bars cities and counties from imposing certain conditions on California Energy Code-compliant windows in housing development projects, with exceptions for some historic properties. The bill applies statewide, including charter cities, declares a special statute for San Francisco, and states that no state reimbursement is required. Location:06/01/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Current Text:06/15/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/15/2026 Page 49/57 79 LRC 06-18-2026 79 of 93 Introduced:01/22/2026 SB 916 Ashby, D HTML PDF Civil actions: housing development projects. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:05/18/2026 - Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. Calendar:06/16/26 A-JUDICIARY 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 KALRA, ASH, Chair Summary:Existing law allows a defendant in a civil action, involving a housing development for low- or moderate-income individuals, to request the plaintiff to provide a financial security (undertaking) to cover potential costs and damages. This is applicable if the lawsuit could prevent or delay the project. The court has the authority to reduce or waive this requirement if the plaintiff demonstrates that providing such a security would cause significant economic hardship. The bill extends these provisions to include student housing developments as well. Location:05/18/2026 - Assembly Judiciary Introduced:01/27/2026 Current Text:03/18/2026 - Amended Last Amend:03/18/2026 SB 996 Padilla, D HTML PDF Manufactured housing: classification as real property. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/01/2026 - Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. Calendar:06/24/26 A-HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 HANEY, MATT, Chair Summary:The bill would expand and clarify California rules for installing manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and commercial modular units on permanent or nonpermanent foundations, and it would create a process for classifying certain units as real property for title and security-interest purposes. It would change permit and evidence requirements, direct the Department of Housing and Community Development to update regulations by January 1, 2028, require local agencies to accept new applications, and require cancellation of registration and notice to county assessors in some cases. The bill also includes related findings and local mandate provisions, with reimbursement for certain state-mandated costs governed by existing law. Location:06/01/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Introduced:02/09/2026 Current Text:05/14/2026 - Amended Last Amend:05/14/2026 Page 50/57 80 LRC 06-18-2026 80 of 93 SB 1014 Grayson, D HTML PDF Development projects: preliminary estimate of required improvements: onsite and offsite improvements. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/03/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. Calendar:06/17/26 A-LOCAL GOVERNMENT 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 CARRILLO, JUAN, Chair Summary:This bill would require local governments to provide housing project applicants with timely, itemized information about required improvements and related permit conditions during the application process. It would let applicants request preliminary estimates or lists of potential improvements, require cities and counties to respond within set deadlines, and require itemized improvement lists before postentitlement permits are issued. The bill would impose new duties on local agencies, apply statewide including to charter cities, and state that no state reimbursement is required. Location:06/01/2026 - Assembly Local Government Introduced:02/10/2026 Current Text:06/03/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/03/2026 SB 1085 Durazo, D HTML PDF Water supply planning: housing developments. Tracking form Position Oppose Bill information Status:05/26/2026 - Referred to Coms. on W., P., & W. and L. GOV. Calendar:06/16/26 A-WATER, PARKS AND WILDLIFE 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 444 PAPAN, DIANE, Chair Summary:The bill amends California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) procedures by changing when and how cities/counties must involve public water systems for certain housing and development projects. Under the bill, when a qualifying housing project submits a preliminary application or a development application is deemed complete, the city or county must identify affected public water systems and, within 15 days, request each system to state whether the project’s projected water demand was included in the system’s most recently adopted urban water management plan. For those housing projects the bill shortens the water supply assessment (WSA) submission deadline from 90 to 45 days and eliminates the requirement that the WSA be approved at a public meeting. It also authorizes cities/counties to seek a writ of mandamus to compel a public water system that fails to provide the assessment. The bill imposes duties on local Page 51/57 81 LRC 06-18-2026 81 of 93 agencies (a state-mandated local program) but states that no state reimbursement is required under the cited constitutional/procedural provisions. Location:05/26/2026 - Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Introduced:02/13/2026 Current Text:04/23/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/23/2026 SB 1116 Caballero, D HTML PDF Planning and zoning: housing development projects: subdivisions. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/11/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. Calendar:06/24/26 A-HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 447 HANEY, MATT, Chair Summary:This bill would expand and clarify California rules for ministerial approval of housing on subdivided lots, tighten limits on local restrictions and private covenants, and require additional reporting and state oversight beginning in 2027. It would define height limits as limits on a building’s physical height only, restrict setbacks and density rules, broaden the interpretation of the law in favor of more housing units, and require local agencies to send implementing ordinances to HCD for review. It would also revise parcel map standards, lower some minimum parcel sizes, change floor area and vacancy definitions, require faster map decisions, add annual reporting on these projects, and make certain restrictive covenants unenforceable except in common interest developments. Location:06/01/2026 - Assembly Housing and Community Development Introduced:02/17/2026 Current Text:06/11/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/11/2026 SB 1117 Cervantes, D HTML PDF Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. Summary:This bill is related to the development of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in California. Under existing law, local agencies can create ADUs via ordinance or ministerial approval if no ordinance is in place, following specific standards. Fees for constructing ADUs must adhere to the Mitigation Fee Act. Impact fees cannot be charged on ADUs with 750 Page 52/57 82 LRC 06-18-2026 82 of 93 square feet or less of livable space. For ADUs larger than 750 square feet, fees must be proportional to the main dwelling's size. The bill proposes that fees for ADUs only apply to the area beyond 750 square feet. This bill would change how local agencies calculate these fees, creating a state-mandated local program, and asserts that these changes are of statewide concern, affecting all cities, including charter cities. The bill also specifies that no state reimbursement is required for certain costs imposed by the act. Location:06/10/2026 - Assembly Local Government Introduced:02/17/2026 Current Text:02/17/2026 - Introduced SB 1159 Cabaldon, D HTML PDF Artificial intelligence: transparency and governance. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/09/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. Calendar:06/23/26 A-PRIVACY AND CONSUMER PROTECTION 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 BAUER-KAHAN, REBECCA, Chair Summary:The bill would clarify that artificial intelligence, autonomous agents, and robots are not included in terms such as “person” or “member of the public” for several California laws governing public records, open meetings, administrative procedure, coastal regulation, and environmental review. It would also allow government agencies to use AI detection tools to identify AI involvement and would add legislative findings to support the bill under the California Constitution’s public access requirements. Location:05/18/2026 - Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Introduced:02/18/2026 Current Text:06/09/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/09/2026 SB 1196 McNerney, D HTML PDF Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units: electrical service connections. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - June 10 hearing postponed by committee. Calendar:06/24/26 A-UTILITIES AND ENERGY 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 PETRIE- NORRIS, COTTIE, Chair Page 53/57 83 LRC 06-18-2026 83 of 93 Summary:The Powering Up Californians Act directs the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to define criteria and set reasonable average and maximum target energization timeframes to minimize delays in providing electrical service. This bill requires the CPUC, in a new or existing proceeding, to adopt by September 30, 2027 specific timelines for electrical corporations to respond to and process requests to energize accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and junior ADUs (JADUs), and to require utilities to meet certain compliance requirements when implementing those timelines. Because violations of CPUC orders are criminal under existing law, enforcing these timelines would create a state‑mandated local program. Although the state is generally required to reimburse local agencies for costs of state mandates, the bill states that no reimbursement is required for a specified reason. Location:06/01/2026 - Assembly Utilities and Energy Introduced:02/19/2026 Current Text:04/20/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/20/2026 SB 1216 Laird, D HTML PDF Budget Act of 2026. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/15/2026 - Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. R. Summary:The Budget Act of 2026 would appropriate funding for state government for the 2026–27 fiscal year and amend an existing appropriations section. It would also declare itself an emergency Budget Bill, allowing it to take effect immediately upon enactment. Location:06/15/2026 - Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Introduced:02/19/2026 Current Text:06/11/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/11/2026 SB 1258 Wiener, D HTML PDF Hazardous waste: site remediation: residential suitability guidelines. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:05/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/4/2026) Summary:Current law lets a responsible party request that a local officer supervise cleanup when waste is released, unless the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) or a regional water quality control board already oversees the site; the department or a regional board can also assume oversight. The bill requires the State Water Resources Page 54/57 84 LRC 06-18-2026 84 of 93 Control Board, working with DTSC and consulting the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, to create guidelines for developers and agencies conducting development- specific cleanups and deciding whether sites are suitable for reuse. It also directs the board and DTSC to set contaminant "thresholds of significance" by contaminant source and intended future use, and declares sites exceeding those thresholds unsuitable for residential development. Location:05/14/2026 - Senate DEAD Introduced:02/19/2026 Current Text:04/16/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/16/2026 SB 1296 Durazo, D HTML PDF Real property: rentals: pet policy. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Calendar:06/18/26 #30 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS Summary:The bill would require landlords who allow pets to keep a written pet policy, disclose it in specified online and application materials, and refund application fees in certain cases if the policy was not properly disclosed. It would also require the policy or pet addendum to state the rights, duties, and requirements for pet owners, allow substantial compliance with correction of minor errors, preserve existing service and support animal protections, and take effect on April 1, 2027. Location:06/10/2026 - Assembly THIRD READING Introduced:02/20/2026 Current Text:06/03/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/03/2026 SB 1344 Cabaldon, D HTML PDF Civil actions: housing development projects. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Calendar:06/18/26 #31 A-THIRD READING FILE - SENATE BILLS Summary:The bill would raise the maximum liability for plaintiffs challenging certain qualifying housing projects from $500,000 to $1,000,000 and extend these rules to priority care developments. It would apply existing provisions on undertakings for costs and damages, as well as special motions to strike in housing-related civil actions, to priority care developments that Page 55/57 85 LRC 06-18-2026 85 of 93 provide supportive housing or other housing assistance linked to behavioral health services and other specified purposes. Location:06/10/2026 - Assembly THIRD READING Introduced:02/20/2026 Current Text:06/03/2026 - Amended Last Amend:06/03/2026 SB 1361 Durazo, D HTML PDF Transit-oriented housing developments: local governments: transit agencies and projects. Tracking form Position Oppose Bill information Status:06/10/2026 - Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. Summary:This bill would extend existing transit-oriented housing development protections by also restricting certain actions by local governments that have existing or planned transit- oriented development stops. Under current law, housing projects that meet specified requirements must be allowed as transit-oriented housing developments, with some rules delayed for local agencies until July 1, 2026 unless they act sooner. The bill would further prohibit local governments with existing or planned transit-oriented development stops from taking specified actions affecting transit agencies and transit projects. Location:06/10/2026 - Assembly Local Government Introduced:02/20/2026 Current Text:04/30/2026 - Amended Last Amend:04/30/2026 SB 1415 Arreguín, D HTML PDF Real property tax: welfare exemption: moderate-income housing. Tracking form Position Support Bill information Status:05/14/2026 - May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. Summary:The existing property tax law, backed by constitutional authority, offers a "welfare exemption" for properties exclusively used for religious, hospital, scientific, or charitable purposes by certain nonprofit entities if they meet specific criteria. This exemption partially applies to residential rental properties used for lower-income households, calculated based on the proportion of such units within the property. The proposed bill seeks to extend this partial welfare exemption to residential rental properties serving low- and moderate-income households. The exemption would be proportional to the percentage of such units in the property. Property owners would need to certify their property's use to qualify. The bill includes measures that increase the responsibilities of local tax officials Page 56/57 86 LRC 06-18-2026 86 of 93 and adjust legal provisions related to perjury, creating a state-mandated local program. Although the California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain state-mandated costs, this bill states that no reimbursement is required for specific mandates, but if deemed necessary by the Commission on State Mandates, reimbursement will follow established procedures. Additionally, despite existing requirements for the state to reimburse local agencies annually for lost property tax revenues due to exemptions, this bill specifies no appropriation or reimbursement for lost revenues under its provisions. The bill would become effective immediately as a tax levy. Location:05/11/2026 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE Introduced:02/20/2026 Current Text:02/20/2026 - Introduced Total measures: 102 Total Tracking Forms: 107 Page 57/57 87 LRC 06-18-2026 87 of 93 CITY OF CUPERTINO Agenda Item Subject:Consider adopting a position on Assembly Bill 956 (Quirk-Silva) Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units Adopt an oppose position on AB 956 and authorize the Mayor to send letters to the state legislature. CITY OF CUPERTINO Printed on 6/18/2026Page 1 of 1 88 LRC 06-18-2026 88 of 93 TO: CITY OF CUPERTINO LEGISLATIVE REVIEW COMMITTEE FROM: ANTHONY, JASON, AND PAUL GONSALVES SUBJECT: CONSIDER ADOPTING AN OPPOSE POSITION ON AB 956 (QUIRK- SILVA) Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units DATE: JUNE 22, 2026 Bill Information: The official text of AB 956 (Quirk-Silva) can be found here. Summary: AB 956 requires a local agency to ministerially approve an application to develop up to two detached ADUs and up to one JADU on a lot containing an existing or proposed single-family dwelling and clarifies that CC&Rs in CID governing documents apply on a lot zoned to allow single-family developments. Support: California YIMBY supports the measure. Others in support include, California Apartment Association, East Bay for Everyone, South Pasadena Residents for Responsible Growth and Zillow Group. Opposition: Opposition has been expressed by League of California Cities, Rural County Representatives of California and Equitable Land Use Alliance. 89 LRC 06-18-2026 89 of 93 Status: AB 956 passed out of the Senate Housing Committee 7-1 on June 11, 2026. This bill was also referred to the Senate Committee on Local Government with a hearing date currently pending. Legislative Platform: This bill falls under various areas in the 2026 Legislative Platform, but primarily in the Housing & Community Development section Page 7, Item #16, “Oppose legislation that provides the State with additional powers to overturn local planning decisions and expands “by-right” or ministerial approval.” Recommended Action: Adopt an opposition position on AB 956 and authorize the Mayor to send letters to the state legislature. 90 LRC 06-18-2026 90 of 93 CITY OF CUPERTINO Agenda Item Subject:Consider adopting a position on Senate Bill 1167 (BLAKESPEAR) Vehicles: electric bicycles Adopt a support position on SB 1167 and authorize the Mayor to send letters to the state legislature. CITY OF CUPERTINO Printed on 6/18/2026Page 1 of 1 91 LRC 06-18-2026 91 of 93 TO: CITY OF CUPERTINO LEGISLATIVE REVIEW COMMITTEE FROM: ANTHONY, JASON, AND PAUL GONSALVES SUBJECT: CONSIDER ADOPTING A SUPPORT POSITION ON SB 1167 (BLAKESPEAR) Vehicles: electric bicycles DATE: JUNE 22, 2026 Bill Information: The official text of SB 1167 (Blakespear) can be found here. Summary: SB 1167 revises the definitions of electric bicycles (e-bikes), motor-driven cycles, and mopeds, updates the labeling and disclosure requirements for manufacturers and sellers of these devices, and expands prohibitions on false advertising and unfair competition related to e-bikes. This bill additionally establishes new operational and safety requirements and imposes additional reporting requirements on law enforcement. Support: Cities: Brea, Carlsbad, Freemont, Los Alamitos, Oceanside, San Mateo, Vista, and the League of CA Cities. Additional Support: California Bicycle Coalition (co-source), People for Bikes (co- source), Streets are for Everyone (co-source), Streets for All (co-source), 350 Sacramento, AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah, AARP, Abate of California - Motorcyclists Rights & Safety Organization, Active San Gabriel Valley, American Academy of Pediatrics of California, Auto Club of Southern California, Bicycling Monterey, Bike East Bay, Bike LA, Bike Temecula Valley, Calbike, Ca Association of Bicycling Organizations, 92 LRC 06-18-2026 92 of 93 Ca District Attorneys Association, Ca Emergency Nurses Association, Ca Mountain Biking Coalition, Ca Orthopedic Association, Ca Outdoor Recreation Partnership, Chico Velo Bicycle Advocates Circulate San Diego, City/county Association of Governments of San Mateo County, Claremont Streets for People, Day One, East Bay for Everyone, Festival Trail, LA Critical Mass, Livable Communities Initiative, Marin County Bicycle Coalition, Move LA, Move San Mateo, Move Santa Barbara County Napa County Bicycle Coalition (napa Bike), Neutron Holdings, INC. Dba Lime, Oceanside Unified School District, Orange County Sheriff's Department, Orange, County Transportation Authority, County of Orange, Rails to Trails Conservancy, Riverside County District Attorney, Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates, San Diego County Bicycle Coalition, San Diego County District Attorney's Office, San Diego County Sheriff's Office, San Dieguito Union High School District, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, Sandiego350, Santa Monica Safe Streets Alliance, Santa Monica Spoke, Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition, South Pas Active Streets, Street Racing Kills, Sunnyvale Safe Streets, Transbay Coalition, Transform, Walk Bike Berkeley, Walk Bike Cupertino, West Hollywood Bicycle Coalition Opposition: No Opposition has been expressed. Status: SB 1167 passed off the Senate floor 37-0 on May 26, 2026. The bill is now in the Assembly and will be heard next in the Assembly Transportation Committee on June 29, 2026. Legislative Platform: This bill falls under the Transportation section Page 8, Item #4, “Support legislation that allows for the planning of on-site parking and other planning tools that can increase safety for pedestrians and bicycles (including E-Bikes/Scooters) while considering all mobility methods. ” Recommended Action: Adopt a support position on SB 1167 and authorize the Mayor to send letters to the state legislature. 93 LRC 06-18-2026 93 of 93