LRC 09-17-2021 Searchable PacketCITY OF CUPERTINO
LEGISLATIVE REVIEW COMMITTEE
AGENDA
This will be a teleconference meeting without a physical location
Friday, September 17, 2021
11:00 AM
Special Meeting
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NOTICE AND CALL FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE REVIEW
COMMITTEE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special meeting of the Legislative Review Committee is
hereby called for Friday, September 17 commencing at 10:00 a.m. In accordance with
Governor Newsom’s Executive Order No-29-20, this will be a teleconference meeting
without a physical location. Said special meeting shall be for the purpose of conducting
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business on the subject matters listed below under the heading, “Special Meeting."
SPECIAL MEETING
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1.Subject: Consider approving the July 23, 2021 Legislative Review Committee minutes
Recommended Action: Approve the July 23, 2021 Legislative Review Committee
minutes
A - Draft Minutes
2.Subject: Consider approving the September 13, 2021 Legislative Review Committee
minutes
Recommended Action: Approve the September 13, 2021 Legislative Review Committee
minutes
A - Draft Minutes
POSTPONEMENTS
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the members on any matter not
on the agenda. Speakers are limited to three (3) minutes. In most cases, State law will prohibit the
members from making any decisions with respect to a matter not listed on the agenda.
PUBLIC COMMENT (including comments on all agenda items)
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Committee on any matter on
the agenda. Speakers are limited to three (3) minutes for any particular agenda item.
AGENDA REVIEW
In order to make the most efficient use of outside consultant time, Committee members will review and
discuss items on the agenda to assist in developing priorities and strategy for formal consideration of
those items when the consultant is present later in the meeting. No action will be taken on any agenda
items in this portion of the meeting.
ACTION ITEMS
3.Subject: Legislative Update
Recommended Action: Receive legislative update and provide any input
A - Legislative Update Report
B - Watch List
C - Cupertino Bill Positions
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4.Subject: Update on positions taken by the League of California Cities (League), the
American Planning Association (APA), and the Cities Association of Santa Clara
County (CASCC)
Recommended Action: Receive update on positions taken by the League, APA, and
CASCC and provide any input
A - League, APA, and CASCC Bill Positions
5.Subject: Debrief on the Legislative Day on August 18, 2021
Recommended Action: Provide a debrief on the Legislative Day on August 18, 2021
6.Subject: Discuss Special City Council Meeting with Local Legislators
Recommended Action: Discuss and provide input on Special City Council Meeting
with Local Legislators
A - Proposed Schedule
7.Subject: Discuss Town Hall on Legislative Process
Recommended Action: Discuss and provide input on Town Hall on Legislative Process
A - Proposed Schedule
FUTURE AGENDA SETTING
ADJOURNMENT
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Members of the public are entitled to address the members concerning any item that is described in the
notice or agenda for this meeting, before or during consideration of that item. If you wish to address the
members on any other item not on the agenda, you may do so during the public comment .
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Agenda Item
21-9877 Agenda Date: 9/17/2021
Agenda #: 1.
Subject:Consider approving the July 23, 2021 Legislative Review Committee minutes
Approve the July 23, 2021 Legislative Review Committee minutes
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CITY OF CUPERTINO
DRAFT MINUTES
LEGISLATIVE REVIEW COMMITTEE
Friday, July 23, 2021
3:00 PM
SPECIAL MEETING
ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order at 3:02 p.m.
Present: Vice Mayor Chao, Councilmember Moore, Interim City Manager Greg Larson,
Assistant to the City Manager Katy Nomura, Townsend Public Affairs (TPA)
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Subject: Consider approving the June 18, 2021 Legislative Review Committee minutes
Recommended Action: Approve the June 18, 2021 Legislative Review Committee
minutes
Councilmember Moore motioned to approve the June 18, 2021 Legislative Review
Committee minutes. Vice Mayor Chao seconded. The motion carried unanimously.
POSTPONEMENTS
This item was not conducted.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Jennifer Griffin is concerned about the placement of boards and RHNA data.
PUBLIC COMMENT (including comments on all agenda items)
This item was not conducted as the Chair decided to take public comments on agenda
items when the agenda items were discussed.
AGENDA REVIEW
This item was not conducted.
ACTION ITEMS
2. Subject: Legislative Update
Recommended Action: Receive legislative update and provide any input
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TPA explained that the legislature is currently in their summer recess and are set to
return on August 16th. There is work being done behind the scenes by staff and
committees preparing for the end of session. Once the legislators return there is a quick
4-week turn around time to finalize all bills by September 10th.
The legislature and the Governor were able to agree on a completed budget as of now,
so the budget is basically complete. We do expect to have more budget trailer bills that
the legislature will consider at the end of session. This budget has $75 billion of general
fund surplus in addition to the $27 billion coming from the federal government
American Rescue Plan funding. This money will be going to homelessness, local
governments, and broadband services that will be administered by new grant programs.
The legislature also made modifications to the eviction moratorium to provide 100% of
rental arrearages. In education, community colleges and schools throughout the state
have to provide plans before bringing their students back for the next school year.
Public Comment:
Jennifer Griffin asked about the status of SB 9 and SB 10
TPA explains that SB 9 will most likely not fail, but it could be held in the
Appropriations Committee. SB 10 does not have a fiscal component to the state, so this
bill is currently on the Assembly floor and is eligible to be considered at any floor
session.
Councilmember Moore asked for an update on AB 1401. TPA explained that this bill was
approved by the Housing Committee as well as the governance and finance committee
after it was amended to only apply to local governments that are in counties with a
population of 600,000 or more.
3. Subject: Update on positions taken by the League of California Cities (League) and the
Cities Association of Santa Clara County (CASCC)
Recommended Action: Receive update on positions taken by the League and CASCC
and provide any input
TPA explains that the organizations are currently modifying existing positions based
on amendments that have happened as part of the committee process. The League
recently considered ACA 7 and they took a watch position. Since it is a constitutional
amendment it does not have the same timeline as other bills do. If they want to place
this on next year’s ballot they would have to get it on there by February of next year.
Public Comment:
Jennifer Griffin asked about the process of constitutional amendments.
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TPA explains that constitutional amendments are not subject to the same deadlines as
assembly bills and senate bills. These bills cannot be considered when the legislature is
out on session and still need to be taken up within the legislative session timeline.
4. Subject: Consider adopting a position on AB 215 (Chiu) Housing Element: regional
housing need: relative progress determination
Recommended Action: Adopt an oppose position on AB 215 and authorize the Mayor
to send letters to the state legislature
TPA explains that there have been significant amendments to this bill after the
summary report was finalized. In particular, the part of the bill that removes the
provisions that a jurisdiction would need to obtain a pro-housing designation, was
removed. Another amendment specified that mid-cycle consultations would be
required for jurisdictions whose RHNA progress is less than half of the relative
progress for the median jurisdiction within the region.
Councilmember Moore asked if the recommended action for this bill should change
based on the new amendments. TPA explains that there were four major points which
explain why they recommend an oppose position and the first two bullet points were
somewhat addressed and if we were only basing the opposition on that then we would
maybe move to a watch position. However, the bill still undermines local control and
does not allow for public comment on the housing elements, so it is still recommended
to oppose this bill.
Public Comment:
Jennifer Griffin expressed her opposition to this bill
Action Taken:
Councilmember Moore motioned to take an oppose position on AB 215 and authorize
the Mayor to send letters to the state legislature. Vice Mayor Chao seconded, and the
motion carried unanimously.
5. Subject: Consider adopting a position on AB 816 (Chiu) State and local agencies:
homelessness plan: Housing Trust Fund: housing projects
Recommended Action: Adopt an oppose position on AB 816 and authorize the Mayor
to send letters to the state legislature
TPA explained that this bill was significantly amended and now the bill only deals
with funds that come to the state through the federal housing trust fund and would
authorize HCD to prioritize funding for projects that serve people experiencing
homelessness. The provisions in the bill that would have warranted an oppose position
have been stricken, along with 80% of the original bill. TPA recommended taking a
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watch position on this bill and will review it once the legislature returns from session.
If it is amended to include a revised version of the amendments then the LRC can
consider this bill again at a future meeting.
Public Comment:
Jennifer Griffin is concerned that this bill is for micromanaging local cities and is
concerned that this bill might be gut and amended.
TPA explained that all bills have to be in print at least 72 hrs. before they get voted on,
any amendments would restart the 72 hr. timeline.
Action Taken:
Councilmember Moore motioned to take a watch position on AB 816. Vice Mayor
Chao seconded, and the motion carried unanimously.
6. Subject: Consider adopting a position on SB 52 (Dodd) State of Emergency: Local
Emergency: Sudden and Severe Energy Shortage: Planned Power Outage
Recommended Action: Adopt a support position on SB 52 and authorize the Mayor to
send letters to the state legislature
TPA explained that this bill defines a deenergization event as a planned power outage
event. This enables that event as a condition for constituting a local emergency. This
allows local jurisdictions to claim reimbursements and to work with emergency
assistant organizations. This bill has been moving through the process without any
opposition and is publicly supported by the League and other environmental
organizations.
Public Comment:
Jennifer Griffin expressed that this bill could make it easier for cities to recover their
losses in the case of an emergency
Action Taken:
Vice Mayor Chao motioned to take a support position on SB 52 and authorize the
Mayor to send letters to the state legislature. Councilmember Moore seconded, and the
motion carried unanimously.
7. Subject: Consider adopting a position on SB 99 (Dodd) Community Energy Resilience
Act of 2021
Recommended Action: Adopt a support position on SB 99 and authorize the Mayor to
send letters to the state legislature
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TPA explained that this measure would direct the California Energy Commission (CEC)
to develop and implement a grant and technical assistance program to help local
governments develop plans and projects to help reduce adverse impacts from power
interruptions. This bill requires the CEC to take a number of steps to develop those
plans. This has moved through the Senate with broad support and is now in the
Appropriations Committee. There is no official opposition to this bill. This bill, if passed,
will be worked into a budget trailer bill.
Public Comment:
Jennifer Griffin expressed her support for this bill.
Councilmember Moore asked if this is for only low income communities. TPA explained
that the bill is not exclusively limited to disadvantaged communities
Action Taken:
Vice Mayor Chao motioned to take a support position on SB 99 and authorize the
Mayor to send letters to the state legislature. Councilmember Moore seconded, and the
motion carried unanimously.
8. Subject: Discuss Town Hall on Legislative Process
Recommended Action: Discuss and provide input on Town Hall on Legislative Process
TPA is scheduled to make a presentation on how to engage in the legislative process at
the August 17 Council Meeting. In addition, the future Town Hall will be another
opportunity to educate the community on the legislative process. Vice Mayor Chao
wondered if it would be best to schedule this in October or November once the
legislative session is over. In addition, the LRC discussed possibly having a special
Council meeting where legislators can come and discuss their positions. Staff will
consider possible dates.
FUTURE AGENDA SETTING
The Legislative Day is tentatively scheduled for August 18th. The next LRC meeting is
scheduled for September 17th at 11:00 a.m.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 5:30 p.m.
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Agenda Item
21-9878 Agenda Date: 9/17/2021
Agenda #: 2.
Subject:Consider approving the September 13, 2021 Legislative Review Committee minutes
Approve the September 13, 2021 Legislative Review Committee minutes
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Legislative Review Committee Draft Minutes September 13, 2021
CITY OF CUPERTINO
DRAFT MINUTES
LEGISLATIVE REVIEW COMMITTEE
Monday, September 13, 2021
10:30 AM
SPECIAL MEETING
ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order at 10:30 a.m.
Present: Vice Mayor Chao, Councilmember Moore, Interim City Manager Greg Larson, Deputy
City Manager Katy Nomura, Townsend Public Affairs (TPA)
POSTPONEMENTS
This item was not conducted.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Jennifer Griffin expressed her concerns regarding SB 9 and SB 10.
PUBLIC COMMENT (including comments on all agenda items)
This item was not conducted as the Chair decided to take public comments on agenda
items when the agenda items were discussed.
AGENDA REVIEW
This item was not conducted.
ACTION ITEMS
1. Subject: Consider adopting a position on AB 1174 (Grayson) Planning and zoning:
housing: development application modifications, approvals, and subsequent permits
Recommended Action: Adopt an oppose position on AB 1174 and authorize the Mayor
to send a letter to the Governor
TPA explained that this measure was approved by the Legislature in early September
and is now being considered by the Governor, along with about 800 other bills that
were approved during the last few weeks of the legislative session. The Governor has
until October 10 to make a decision on all of the bills that were approved by the
Legislature. This bill makes the following changes to the SB 35 approval process:
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• The project approval would remain valid for three years from the date of the final
judgment (codifying HCD’s incorrect interpretation of the present statute).
• The project approval would then remain valid as long as construction activity,
including demolition and grading activity, remains “in progress”.
• If the applicant requests a project modification, the time during which the approval
remains valid would be extended for the number of days between the submittal of the
modification request and the date of its final approval, plus an additional 180 days.
• The definition of “affordable rent” would be amended for projects having at least 500
affordable units approved before Jan. 1, 2019 (i.e., the Vallco project), such that the rent
for 70% of the units is likely to be somewhat higher (although still below market rate).
• The bill would prohibit the application of new objective building standards adopted
after the date of the first building permit application without the consent of the
applicant.
• The bill would prohibit the application of objective standards adopted after the date
the original development application was submitted in reviewing any application for a
“subsequent permit,” including building permits, encroachment permits, and final
maps.
• For project modification requests, the bill would prohibit the application of new
objective planning standards to “underground space” (i.e., the parking garage) without
the consent of the applicant.
These provisions are retroactive to projects that were approved prior to 2019. This bill
moved through the legislative process with no formally registered opposition. This bill
was sponsored by SPUR as well as the Bay Area Council. During the legislative process
SPUR was the lead witness during most of the committee hearings. During the
committee hearings there was no mention of specific SB 35 projects or the City in
particular, however the provisions of the bill would directly impact the City and the
Vallco project.
TPA recommended that the LRC votes to authorize the Mayor to send a letter
requesting a veto to the Governor. Additionally, TPA would like to schedule a meeting
with the Governor’s Office to discuss the direct impact this bill would have on
Cupertino.
Councilmember Moore asked if this bill is constitutional. TPA explained that typically
the Legislative Counsel evaluates the constitutionality on all bills and provides a
confidential notice to the author and to the Governor’s Office. Since these evaluations
are confidential there has been no known issue of constitutionality, but if there were,
usually the author attempts to resolve those issues prior to it arriving to the Governor’s
Office.
TPA explained that the changes to the definition of affordability are a major concern
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because it would increase the rent for 70% of the units that were already marked to be
affordable housing. Councilmember Moore explained that the City granted concessions
to the Vallco project based on the affordability of the units and now that this bill changes
the definition of affordability, she is concerned about how those concessions will be
addressed.
Councilmember Moore asked if stalling the approval of a project could result in an
attempt to clean up a hazardous site that otherwise would have never been approved.
She mentions that the developer had the soils contamination report from 2016 showing
there was an exceedance of residential screening levels, and that information was not
given to the City. She continued to explain that the developer did not even apply for
regulatory oversight until April 2021 when they had a September 2018 approval. TPA
explained that the bill does extend the approval timeline, but it does not list hazardous
waste site cleanup under the new definition of construction.
Public Comment:
Jennifer Griffin expressed her concerns on this bill.
Action Taken:
Councilmember Moore motioned to take an oppose position on AB 1174 and authorize
the Mayor to send a letter requesting a veto to the Governor and request Townsend to
contact the Governor’s Office. Vice Mayor Chao seconded, and the motion carried
unanimously.
FUTURE AGENDA SETTING
No future agenda items were discussed.
ADJOURNMENT
This meeting was adjourned at 11:13 a.m.
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Agenda Item
21-9876 Agenda Date: 9/17/2021
Agenda #: 3.
Subject: Legislative Update
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To: City of Cupertino
Legislative Review Committee
From: Townsend Public Affairs, Inc.
Casey Elliott, Vice President
Date: September 17, 2021
Subject: Legislative Update
State Legislative Update
On September 10th, the Legislature concluded the 2021 legislative session and adjourned for
interim recess until January 3, 2022. In the two weeks leading up to adjournment, the Legislature
considered hundreds of measures, ultimately sending nearly 900 bills to the Governor for his
consideration. The Governor has until October 10th to sign or veto all bills that are awaiting action.
As is generally the case, the Legislature deferred action on many of the most contentious bills
until the final days of session. Over the course of the final week of session, numerous votes were
taken on controversial bills, with many advancing to the Governor while others failed on the Floor
or were moved to the Inactive File for lack of support. All bills that were not approved by the
Legislature will be eligible for consideration next year. Some of the bills that were decided in the
final days of session included:
Public Meetings
• AB 361 (R. Rivas) Would, until January 1, 2024, authorize a local agency to use
teleconferencing without complying with the teleconferencing requirements imposed by
the Ralph M. Brown Act when a legislative body of a local agency holds a meeting during
a declared state of emergency, as that term is defined, when state or local health officials
have imposed or recommended measures to promote social distancing, during a
proclaimed state of emergency held for the purpose of determining, by majority vote,
whether meeting in person would present imminent risks to the health or safety of
attendees, and during a proclaimed state of emergency when the legislative body has
determined that meeting in person would present imminent risks to the health or safety of
attendees, as provided. This bill was approved by the Legislature on the final night
of session and has been sent to the Governor for his consideration.
• AB 339 (Lee) creates standards for public participation and access for jurisdictions of at
least 250,000 people to join and comment at open and public city council and county board
of supervisor meetings, in-person and remotely, between January 1, 2022, to December
31, 2023. This measure was approved during the last days of session and has been
sent to the Governor for his consideration.
Local sales tax
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• SB 792 (Glazer) requires specified retailers to include with their sales tax returns a
schedule that reports the gross receipts from sales of property for each local jurisdiction
where it shipped or delivered to a purchaser in that jurisdiction. This controversial
measure was approved by the Assembly and Senate on the final night of session
and has been sent to the Governor for his consideration..
Police Reform
• SB 2 (Bradford) creates a process for law enforcement officers to be terminated if
convicted of crimes or some forms of misconduct. In certain circumstances, such as if an
officer is convicted of wrongful death, the bill would remove immunity protections, which
shield public employees from civil lawsuits. Despite significant objections from law
enforcement, this bill was approved and has been sent to the Governor for his
consideration.
• AB 48 (Gonzalez) bans police from using tear gas and “less-lethal” projectiles on
protestors. This bill was introduced last year and was one of the bills that ran out of time,
so it was reintroduced this session. The measure was approved during the last days
of session and has been sent to the Governor for his consideration.
• AB 118 (Kamlager) referred to as the CRISES Act, would create a pilot program for cities
or counties to shift certain emergency response calls from law enforcement to community -
based organizations. The bill would provide grants of at least $250,000 to communities to
pilot the program. This bill was a reintroduction of a measure that was vetoed by the
Governor last year. The measure was approved during the last days of session and
has been sent to the Governor for his consideration. This year funding was allocated
for the program as part of the budget act, and it is expected this bill will receive favorable
consideration from the Governor.
Protests
• SB 742 (Pan) makes it a misdemeanor to intimidate, harass or obstruct patients and
workers leaving or entering a vaccine site, punishable by a fine up to $1,000 and six
months in jail. Despite being the subject of a large demonstration outside the Capitol
in the final week of session, this measure was approved by the Legislature and has
been sent to the Governor for his consideration.
• SB 98 (McGuire) affirms journalists’ right to attend and cover protests, rallies, and other
events, even in an area that has been closed by law enforcement. It would prevent police
from detaining, arresting, or citing news media for failing to disperse. This measure was
introduced in response to actions that have been carried out in large-scale protests over
the last year. The measure was approved during the last day of session and has been
sent to the Governor for his consideration.
Housing and Land Use Legislation Update
The final weeks of the legislative session saw the Assembly and Senate consider a number of
key housing and land use bills. At the end of August, the Legislature passed the highly contentious
SB 9 (Atkins), which would require the ministerial approval off a housing development of up to
two units, or the subdivision of a parcel into two equal parcels. The bill is now in the Governor’s
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Office for a signature or veto. At the same time as they considered SB 9, the Legislature also
approved SB 10 (Wiener), which would permit a local government to pass an ordinance to rezone
any parcel up to 10 units of residential density per parcel. Both bills have been sent to the
Governor for his consideration.
In addition to the passage of housing bills SB 9 and SB 10, numerous priority bills related to
housing and land use were considered in the Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees,
as well as on the Assembly and Senate Floors. Below is a brief overview of a few housing and
land use bills and their outcomes:
• AB 215 (Chiu) increases the enforcement authority of HCD in relation to violations of state
housing law. While this measure was amended to no longer require a mid -cycle RHNA
evaluation by HCD, the bill still contains provisions related to housing element adoption
and the establishment of a statute of limitations for actions brought forth in the housing
enforcement process. AB 215 was ultimately approved by the Senate and Assembly
on the final night of session and has been sent to the Governor for his
consideration.
• AB 989 (Gabriel) would establish an Office of Housing Appeals within the Department of
Housing and Community Development to review projects that are alleged to have been
denied or subjected to conditions in violations of the Housing Accountability Act. This
measure was ultimately moved to the Inactive File on the Senate Floor in the closing
days of session.
• AB 1401 (Friedman), which would prohibit local governments from imposing or enforcing
a minimum parking requirement on developments near public transit. This bill was held
on the Senate Appropriations Committee Suspense File and was not further
considered at the end of session.
• SB 478 (Wiener), establishes a minimum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 1.0 for a housing
development project consisting of three to seven units, and 1.25 for a housing
development project consisting of eight to ten units. The bill also prohibits the enforcement
of maximum lot coverage requirements that preclude building at the FAR established in
the bill. These requirements would only apply on sites that are not zoned for single family,
are not in historic districts, and are within or proximal to existing urban areas. Despite
opposition from the Department of Finance, this measure was approved by the
Legislature at the end of session and has been sent to the Governor for his
consideration.
Recall Election Update
As the Legislature was working to conclude its business for the year, Governor Newsom has been
busy campaigning throughout the state in advance of the September 14th recall election. If the
recall is successful, Governor Newsom will remain in office until the election is certified. It is
anticipated that the Secretary of State would take the full time that is permitted (30 business days)
to certify the election. This would keep the Governor in office past the deadline for him to act on
legislation.
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In late August, a federal judge affirmed in a recent ruling that California’s recall process is
constitutional. This follows some legal scholars questioning the process in recent weeks because
the two-question recall ballot makes it possible for a candidate to replace Newsom with fewer
votes. Two Los Angeles voters filed a federal suit challenging the recall process and asking a
court to either cancel the election or to add Newsom’s name to the list of replacement candidates
on the second part of the ballot. Judge Fitzgerald ruled that the plaintiff “plainly feels disgruntled
that a replacement candidate with a small plurality might replace a sitting governor who, based
on a robust ‘No’ vote, might well have beaten that same replacement candidate in a general
election,” and that, “such disgruntlement raises no federal constitutional issues and certainly does
not give the federal judiciary the right to halt the mammoth undertaking of this gubernatorial recall
election.”
Leading up to Election Day, early voter turnout indicated that there is significantly more interest
in the recall election than many previously predicted. Prior to in-person voting on election day,
over 35% of all ballots had been returned via mail, which is a significantly higher turnout than is
traditional in off-year statewide special elections. An analysis of ballots that were turned in prior
to Election Day indicated that registered Democrats were returning their ballots early, while more
registered Republican voters were waiting, presumably to cast their votes in-person on the day of
the election.
Given the large number of mail-in ballots and state law allowing for their tabulation as long as
they are postmarked by election day, counties are likely to have a significant number of ballots to
tally after Election Day. The Secretary of State has thirty business days to work with counties to
finalize their results, so the official results will not be posted until October 22nd. While it is likely
that the outcome of the election will be known prior to that date, it is possible that it will take a day
or two after the election for a winner to be declared.
Pandemic Impact on Local Revenues
In August, the California State Auditor (Auditor) has released an updated analysis of the revenue
impact of COVID on California’s local governments. While this information just focuses on cities,
we are expecting additional analysis from the LAO in the coming months for more public agencies.
Last fall, the Auditor began working to estimate the impact that the response to the COVID-19
pandemic would have on the revenues of cities throughout California. The Auditor found that
almost all cities were projected to lose some revenue, but found that COVID-19 restrictions
significantly affected cities that rely on tourism and entertainment.
The Auditor just updated its initial assessment to determine the financial situation of California
cities in light of stimulus payments from the federal American Rescue Plan Act, property taxes,
and increased tax revenues as the economy has started reopening.
The Auditor analysis has found the following:
• Out of the over 450 cities in California, only Yountville is projected to receive insufficient
stimulus funds, property tax revenue, and other tax revenue increases to cover its COVID-
19 related revenue loss.
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• Property tax revenues also increased across the State. Economic forecasts indicate that
California cities will receive over $2.3 billion in additional property taxes between fiscal
years 2019-20 and 2021-22.
• By the end of fiscal year 2021-22, the Auditor projects that five cities will have received
revenue increases equal to at least one year of pre-pandemic revenues (San Joaquin,
Maricopa, Parlier, Mendota, and Orange Cove).
• The Auditor projects that 18 cities did not receive enough stimulus funds alone (without
considering property tax and other tax revenues) to cover their COVID-19 related revenue
losses, including: Avalon, Beverly Hills, Brisbane, Burlingame, Calistoga, Carmel-By-The-
Sea, El Segundo, Emeryville, Indian Wells, Laguna Beach, Mammoth Lakes, Menlo Park,
Monterey, San Francisco, Santa Monica, Solvang, West Hollywood, and Yountville.
While the Legislature and Administration are not compelled to take any action, as it relates to the
State Auditor’s report, it is likely that the report may be referenced in future discussion related to
local government funding needs.
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Bills that Council or the LRC have taken a formal position on or are watching can be found at
www.cupertino.org/LRC
Legislative Review Committee (LRC) Watch List
Watch List
- AB 16 (Chiu) - Two-year bill, inactive for the remainder of the year
- AB 59 (Gabriel) Two-year bill, inactive for the remainder of the year
- SB 5 (Atkins) – Has not moved since introduction, inactive for the remainder of the year
- SB 37 (Cortese) – Ordered to inactive file, inactive for the remainder of the year
- SB 364 (Skinner) - Two-year bill, inactive for the remainder of the year
Previously Considered Bills
- AB 14 (Aguiar-Curry) – Considered on 3/12/21, watch position adopted
- AB 71 (Rivas) – Considered on 3/12/21, watch position adopted
- AB 377 (Rivas) – Considered on 3/12/21, watch position adopted
- AB 988 (Bauer-Kahan) – Considered on 5/14/21, support position adopted
- AB 989 (Gabriel) – Considered on 6/18/21, oppose positions adopted
- AB 1091 (Berman) – Considered on 3/12/21, oppose position adopted
- AB 1401 (Friedman) – Considered on 6/18/21, oppose position adopted
- SB 4 (Gonzalez) – Considered on 3/12/21, watch position adopted
- SB 6 (Caballero) – Considered on 2/26/21, oppose position adopted
- SB 7 (Atkins) – Considered on 2/26/21, oppose unless amended position adopted
- SB 8 (Skinner) – Considered on 5/14/21, oppose position adopted
- SB 9 (Atkins) – Considered on 2/26/21, oppose position adopted
- SB 10 (Wiener) – Considered on 2/26/21, oppose position adopted
- SB 15 (Portantino) – Considered on 2/26/21, watch position adopted
- SB 60 (Glazer) – Considered on 6/18/21, support position adopted
- SB 278 (Leyva) – Considered on 3/12/21, oppose position adopted
- SB 290 (Skinner) – Considered on 6/18/21, oppose position adopted
- SB 314 (Wiener) - Considered on 3/12/21, watch position adopted
- SB 323 (Caballero) - Considered on 6/18/21, watch position adopted
- SB 477 (Wiener) – Considered on 6/18/21, oppose position adopted
- SB 478 (Wiener) – Considered on 5/14/21, oppose position adopted
- SB 556 (Dodd) – Considered on 5/14/21, oppose position adopted
- SB 612 (Portantino) - Considered by Council on 6/1/21, support position adopted
- SB 617 (Wiener) – Considered on 5/14/21, support position adopted
- SB 619 (Laird) – Considered on 5/14/21, support position adopted
- SB 778 (Becker) – Considered on 5/14/21, oppose position adopted
- SB 780 (Cortese) – Considered by Council on 6/1/21, support position adopted
- SB 792 (Glazer) – Considered by Council on 6/1/21, oppose position adopted
- ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry) – Considered on 3/12/21, watch position adopted
- ACA 4 (Kiley) – Considered on 3/12/21, watch position adopted
- ACA 7 (Muratsuchi) – Considered on 5/14/21, support position adopted
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City of Cupertino
AB 14 (Aguiar-Curry D) Communications: California Advanced Services Fund: deaf and disabled
telecommunications program: surcharges.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 9/2/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes
28. Noes 8.). In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Location: 9/9/2021-A. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Under current law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public
utilities, including telephone corporations. Current law requires the commission to develop, implement,
and administer the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) to encourage deployment of high-quality
advanced communications services to all Californians that will promote economic growth, job creation,
and the substantial social benefits of advanced information and communications technologies. Current
law authorizes the commission to impose a surcharge to collect $330,000,000 for deposit into the
CASF beginning January 1, 2018, and continuing through the 2022 calendar year. Current law specifies
the amount of surcharge revenues to be deposited into each account within the CASF, subject to
appropriation by the Legislature.This bill would authorize the commission to impose the surcharge to
fund the CASF until December 31, 2032, as specified.
Position
Watch
AB 15 (Chiu D) COVID-19 relief: tenancy: Tenant Stabilization Act of 2021.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/7/2020 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Status: 1/11/2021-Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Location: 1/11/2021-A. H. & C.D.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would extend the definition of “COVID-19 rental debt” as unpaid rent or any other unpaid
financial obligation of a tenant that came due between March 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021. The bill
would also extend the repeal date of the act to January 1, 2026. The bill would make other conforming
changes to align with these extended dates. By extending the repeal date of the act, the bill would
expand the crime of perjury and create a state-mandated local program.
Position
AB 16 (Chiu D) Tenancies: COVID-19 Tenant, Small Landlord, and Affordable Housing Provider
Stabilization Act of 2021.
Current Text: Amended: 1/12/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 1/12/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was H. & C.D. on
1/11/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would establish the Tenant, Small Landlord, and Affordable Housing Provider Stabilization
Program. The bill would authorize the Director of Housing and Community Development to direct an
existing office or program within the Department of Housing and Community Development to
implement the program. The bill would establish in the State Treasury the COVID-19 Tenant, Small
Landlord, and Affordable Housing Provider Stabilization Fund, and, upon appropriation by the
Legislature, distribute all moneys in the fund to the department to carry out the purposes of the
program.
Position
AB 17 (Cooper D) Peace officers: disqualification from employment.
Current Text: Amended: 1/12/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
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Last Amend: 1/12/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 1/11/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would disqualify a person from being a peace officer if the person has been discharged
from the military for committing an offense that would have been a felony if committed in California or if
the person has been certified as a peace officer and has had that certification revoked by the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
Position
AB 26 (Holden D) Peace officers: use of force.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/8/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 7/7/2021
Status: 9/8/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
Location: 9/8/2021-A. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires each law enforcement agency, on or before January 1, 2021, to
maintain a policy that provides a minimum standard on the use of force. Current law requires that
policy, among other things, to require that officers report potential excessive force to a superior officer
when present and observing another officer using force that the officer believes to be unnecessary,
and to require that officers intercede when present and observing another officer using force that is
clearly beyond that which is necessary, as specified. This bill would require those law enforcement
policies to require those officers to immediately report potential excessive force, as defined.
Position
AB 48 (Gonzalez, Lorena D) Law enforcement: use of force.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 8/26/2021
Status: 9/8/2021-Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Location: 9/8/2021-A. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would prohibit the use of kinetic energy projectiles or chemical agents by any law
enforcement agency to disperse any assembly, protest, or demonstration, except in compliance with
specified standards set by the bill, and would prohibit their use solely due to a violation of an imposed
curfew, verbal threat, or noncompliance with a law enforcement directive. The bill would include in the
standards for the use of kinetic energy projectiles and chemical agents to disperse gatherings the
requirement that, among other things, those weapons only be used to defend against a threat to life
or serious bodily injury to any individual, including a peace officer, or to bring an objectively dangerous
and unlawful situation safely and effectively under control.
Position
AB 59 (Gabriel D) Mitigation Fee Act: fees: notice and timelines.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/7/2020 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was L. GOV. on 1/11/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law authorizes any party to protest the imposition of a fee, dedication, reservation,
or other exactions imposed on a development project within 90 or 120 days of the imposition of the
fee, as applicable, and specifies procedures for those protests and actions. The Mitigation Fee Act
imposes the same requirements on a local agency for a new or increased fee for public facilities.
Current law, for specified fees, requires any judicial action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside,
void, or annul an ordinance, resolution, or motion adopting a new fee or service charge or modifying an
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existing fee or service charge to be commenced within 120 days of the effective date of the ordinance,
resolution, or motion. Current law also provides that, if an ordinance, resolution, or motion provides for
an automatic adjustment in a fee or service charge and the adjustment results in an increase in the
fee or service charge, that any action to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the increase to be
commenced within 120 days of the increase. This bill would increase, for fees and service charges and
for fees for specified public facilities, the time for mailing the notice of the time and place of the meeting
to at least 45 days before the meeting.
Position
AB 60 (Salas D) Law enforcement.
Current Text: Amended: 3/16/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 3/16/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 1/11/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would disqualify a person from being employed as a peace officer if that person has been
convicted of, or has been adjudicated by a military tribunal as having committed an offense that would
have been a felony if committed in this state. The bill would also disqualify any person who has been
certified as a peace officer by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training and has had
that certification revoked by the commission.
Position
AB 61 (Gabriel D) Business pandemic relief.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 8/26/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and
Enrolling.
Location: 9/9/2021-A. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would authorize the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, for a period of 365 days
following the end of the state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor on March 4, 2020, in response
to the COVID-19 pandemic, to permit licensees to exercise license privileges in an expanded license
area authorized pursuant to a COVID-19 Temporary Catering Authorization approved in accordance
with the Fourth Notice of Regulatory Relief issued by the department, as specified. The bill would also
authorize the department to extend the period of time during which the COVID-19 Temporary Catering
Authorization is valid beyond 365 days if the licensee has filed a pending application with the
department for the permanent expansion of their premises before the 365-day time period expires.
The bill would make these provisions effective only until July 1, 2024, and repeal them as of that date.
Position
AB 68 (Quirk-Silva D) Department of Housing and Community Development: California Statewide
Housing Plan: annual reports.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 8/26/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Location: 9/9/2021-A. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes the California Statewide Housing Plan, which serves as a state
housing plan for all relevant purposes, that incorporates a statement of housing goals, policies, and
objectives, as well as specified segments. Current law requires the Department of Housing and
Community Development to update and provide a revision of the plan to the Legislature every 4 years,
as provided. This bill would revise and recast those provisions related to the California Statewide
Housing Plan. The bill would, starting with any update or revision to the plan on or after January 1,
2023, require the plan to include specified information, including, among other things, the number of
affordable units needed to meet the state’s affordable housing needs and recommendations for
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modernizing statutory and regulatory terminology. The bill would require the department to publish
and make the plan available to the public on the department’s internet website.
Position
AB 69 (Kiley R) State of emergency: termination after 60 days: extension by the Legislature.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/7/2020 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT on 1/11/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require a state of emergency to terminate 60 days after the Governor’s proclamation
of the state of emergency unless the Legislature extends it by a concurrent resolution, as specified.
The bill would prohibit a concurrent resolution from extending a state of emergency by more than 60
days, as specified.
Position
AB 71 (Rivas, Luz D) Homelessness funding: Bring California Home Act.
Current Text: Amended: 5/24/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 5/24/2021
Status: 6/3/2021-Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Luz Rivas.
Location: 6/3/2021-A. INACTIVE FILE
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Personal Income Tax Law, in conformity with federal income tax law, generally defines
gross income as income from whatever source derived, except as specifically excluded, and provides
various exclusions from gross income. Current federal law, for purposes of determining a taxpayer's
gross income for federal income taxation, requires that a person who is a United States shareholder of
any controlled foreign corporation to include in their gross income the global intangible low-taxed
income for that taxable year, as provided. This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1,
2022, would include a taxpayer's global intangible low-taxed income in their gross income for purposes
of the Personal Income Tax Law, in modified conformity with the above-described federal provisions.
Position
Watch
AB 89 (Jones-Sawyer D) Peace officers: minimum qualifications.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 3.). In Assembly.
Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to the unfinished business file. Senate
amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Location: 9/10/2021-A. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to
establish a certification program for specified peace officers, including officers of the Department of the
California Highway Patrol. Current law requires the commission to establish basic, intermediate,
advanced, supervisory, management, and executive certificates for the purpose of fostering the
education and experience necessary to perform general police service duties. Current law requires
certificates to be awarded on the basis of a combination of training, education, experience, and other
prerequisites, as determined by the commission. This bill would require the office of the Chancellor of
the California Community Colleges to develop a modern policing degree program, with the commission
and other stakeholders to serve as advisors, as specified, and to submit a report on recommendations
to the Legislature outlining a plan to implement the program on or before June 1, 2023.
Position
AB 95 (Low D) Employees: bereavement leave.
Current Text: Amended: 3/22/2021 html pdf
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Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 3/22/2021
Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
on 4/21/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 5/25/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy 2 year Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would enact the Bereavement Leave Act of 2021. The bill would require an employer with
25 or more employees to grant a request made by any employee to take up to 10 business days of
unpaid bereavement leave upon the death of a spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandparent, grandchild,
or domestic partner, in accordance with certain procedures, and subject to certain exclusions. The bill
would require an employer with fewer than 25 employees to grant a request by any employee to take
up to 3 business days of leave, in accordance with these provisions. The bill would prohibit an
employer from interfering with or restraining the exercise or attempt to exercise the employee’s right
to take this leave.
Position
AB 115 (Bloom D) Planning and zoning: commercial zoning: housing development.
Current Text: Amended: 4/20/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/18/2020
Last Amend: 4/20/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was L. GOV. on 4/15/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of a city’s or county’s general plan,
specific plan, zoning ordinance, or regulation, would require that a housing development be an
authorized use on a site designated in any local agency’s zoning code or maps for commercial uses if
certain conditions apply. Among these conditions, the bill would require that the housing development
be subject to a recorded deed restriction requiring that at least 20% of the units have an affordable
housing cost or affordable rent for lower income households, as those terms are defined, and located
on a site that satisfies specified criteria.
Position
AB 123 (Gonzalez, Lorena D) Paid family leave: weekly benefit amount.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/18/2020
Last Amend: 9/2/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Location: 9/9/2021-A. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes, within the Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund program,
a family temporary disability insurance program, also known as the paid family leave program, for the
provision of wage replacement benefits for up to 8 weeks to workers who take time off work to care
for a seriously ill family member or to bond with a minor child within one year of birth or placement, as
specified. Current law defines “weekly benefit amount” for purposes of both employee contributions
and benefits under this program to mean the amount of weekly benefits available to qualifying
disabled individuals pursuant to unemployment compensation disability law, calculated pursuant to
specified formulas partly based on the applicable percentage of the wages paid to an individual for
employment by employers during the quarter of the individual’s disability base period in which these
wages were highest, but not to exceed the maximum workers’ compensation temporary disability
indemnity weekly benefit amount established by the Department of Industrial Relations. This bill would
revise the formulas described above for periods of disability commencing after January 1, 2023, but
before January 1, 2025, by redefining the weekly benefit amount to be equal to 65% or 75% of the
wages paid to an individual for employment by employers during the quarter of the individual’s
disability base period in which these wages were highest, divided by 13, but not exceeding the
maximum workers’ compensation temporary disability indemnity weekly benefit amount established by
the Department of Industrial Relations, depending on the amount of wages paid to the individual for
employment by employers during the quarter of the individual’s disability base period in which these
wages were highest.
Position
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AB 215 (Chiu D) Planning and Zoning Law: housing element: violations.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 1/11/2021
Last Amend: 8/30/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 9.). In Assembly.
Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. Senate amendments
concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 22. Noes 9.).
Location: 9/10/2021-A. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use
development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. That law
requires a planning agency, before adopting its housing element or amendment to its housing
element, to submit a draft element or draft amendment to the Department of Housing and Community
Development.This bill would require a local government to make the first draft revision of a housing
element available for public comment for at least 30 days and, if any comments are received, take at
least 10 additional business days to consider and incorporate public comments into the draft revision
before submitting it to the department. The bill would require a local government to post any
subsequent draft revision on its internet website and to email a link to the draft revision to individuals
and organizations that have requested notices relating to the local government’s housing element, as
specified.
Position
Oppose
AB 244 (Rubio, Blanca D) Affordable housing cost study: housing plan addendum.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 1/13/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was H. & C.D. on
1/28/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, the Department of Housing
and Community Development, the California Housing Finance Agency, and the California Debt Limit
Allocation Committee to conduct an affordable housing cost study that measures the factors that
influence the cost of building affordable housing, breaks down total development costs for affordable
housing, and enables the state to maximize resources allocated for affordable housing.
Position
AB 255 (Muratsuchi D) COVID-19 Emergency Small Business Eviction Relief Act.
Current Text: Amended: 6/1/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 1/14/2021
Last Amend: 6/1/2021
Status: 6/4/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(8). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on
6/3/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 6/4/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy Fiscal 2 year Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law provides that a tenant is guilty of unlawful detainer if the tenant continues to
possess the property without permission of the landlord in specified circumstances, including when the
tenant has violated the lease or rental agreement by defaulting on rent, and requires the tenant be
served a 3 days’ notice in writing to cure the default, as specified. Current law provides that an
unlawful detainer action is subject to the COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act of 2020, which provides tenants
with specified temporary protections from eviction, if the default in the payment of rent is based upon
COVID-19 rental debt, as defined. This bill, the COVID-19 Emergency Small Business Eviction Relief Act,
would, until July 1, 2025, require a landlord, who receives a statement signed by a commercial tenant,
as defined, and supported by documentary evidence that evidences that the tenant requests
emergency rent relief because the business of the commercial tenant has experienced a decrease in
average monthly gross revenue of at least 50%, which is reasonably attributable to public health
regulations adopted to address the COVID-19 pandemic, during the qualifying time period, as defined,
as compared with the 12 months immediately preceding the qualifying time period, to conduct a good
faith negotiation to form a plan to allow the commercial tenant a reasonable opportunity to repay
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COVID-19 lease debt while minimizing the hardship to the landlord.
Position
AB 339 (Lee D) Local government: open and public meetings.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 1/28/2021
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 8.). In Assembly.
Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. Senate amendments
concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Location: 9/9/2021-A. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Ralph M. Brown Act requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative
body of a local agency, as those terms are defined, be open and public and that all persons be
permitted to attend and participate. Under existing law, a member of the legislative body who attends
a meeting where action is taken in violation of this provision, with the intent to deprive the public of
information that the member knows the public is entitled to, is guilty of a crime. This bill would require
local agencies to conduct meetings subject to the act consistent with applicable state and federal civil
rights laws, as specified.
Position
AB 345 (Quirk-Silva D) Accessory dwelling units: separate conveyance.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 1/28/2021
Last Amend: 6/16/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Location: 9/10/2021-A. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes a local agency to provide, by ordinance, for the
creation of accessory dwelling units in single-family and multifamily residential zones and requires a
local agency that has not adopted an ordinance to ministerially approve an application for an
accessory dwelling unit, and sets forth required ordinance standards, including that the ordinance
prohibit the sale or conveyance of the accessory dwelling unit separately from the primary residence.
Current law, notwithstanding the prohibition described above, authorizes a local agency to, by
ordinance, allow an accessory dwelling unit to be sold or conveyed separately from the primary
residence to a qualified buyer if certain conditions are met.This bill would require each local agency to
allow an accessory dwelling unit to be sold or conveyed separately from the primary residence to a
qualified buyer if the above-described conditions are met.
Position
AB 348 (Villapudua D) Affordable housing: annual expenditure report.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/28/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 1/28/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was H. & C.D. on
1/28/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require the Department of Housing and Community Development, by March 1 of each
year, to develop an annual summary report that discloses the amount of state, federal, and private
funding spent on the development of affordable housing within the state, each city, and each county in
the preceding calendar year. The bill would require the department to post the annual summary report
on its internet website and make the report available to the public by March 15 of each year.
Position
AB 361 (Rivas, Robert D) Open meetings: state and local agencies: teleconferences.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/1/2021
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Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Senate Rules Suspended Read third
time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 7.). In Assembly.
Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to the unfinished business file. Urgency clause
adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Location: 9/10/2021-A. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would, until January 1, 2024, authorize a local agency to use teleconferencing without
complying with the teleconferencing requirements imposed by the Ralph M. Brown Act when a
legislative body of a local agency holds a meeting during a declared state of emergency, as that term is
defined, when state or local health officials have imposed or recommended measures to promote social
distancing, during a proclaimed state of emergency held for the purpose of determining, by majority
vote, whether meeting in person would present imminent risks to the health or safety of attendees,
and during a proclaimed state of emergency when the legislative body has determined that meeting in
person would present imminent risks to the health or safety of attendees, as provided.
Position
AB 377 (Rivas, Robert D) Water quality: impaired waters.
Current Text: Amended: 4/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/1/2021
Last Amend: 4/13/2021
Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
on 5/19/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 5/25/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy 2 year Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require, by January 1, 2023, the State Water Resources Control Board and regional
boards to prioritize enforcement of all water quality standard violations that are causing or
contributing to an exceedance of a water quality standard in a surface water of the state. The bill
would require the state board and regional boards, by January 1, 2025, to evaluate impaired state
surface waters and report to the Legislature a plan to bring all water segments into attainment by
January 1, 2050. The bill would require the state board and regional boards to update the report with
a progress summary to the Legislature every 5 years. The bill would create the Waterway Recovery
Account in the Waste Discharge Permit Fund and would make moneys in the Waterway Recovery
Account available for the state board to expend, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to bring
impaired water segments into attainment in accordance with the plan.
Position
Watch
AB 387 (Lee D) Social Housing Act of 2021.
Current Text: Amended: 3/25/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/2/2021
Last Amend: 3/25/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was H. & C.D. on
3/25/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Housing Authorities Law authorizes the establishment of a functioning housing
authority within a city or county by enactment of a resolution by the city or county declaring that there
is need of a functioning housing authority in the city or county. Current law authorizes a housing
authority of a city or county to, among other things, prepare, carry out, acquire, lease, and operate
housing projects and housing developments for persons of low income, as provided. This bill, the Social
Housing Act of 2021, would establish, in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, the
California Social Housing Council to develop policy proposals that would promote the development of
social housing, as defined, to hold public meetings throughout the state to educate participants on the
history and purposes of social housing, and to solicit input on the policy proposals from stakeholders.
Position
AB 415 (Rivas, Robert D) Employment: workers’ compensation.
Current Text: Amended: 2/12/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/3/2021
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Last Amend: 2/12/2021
Status: 5/7/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was INS. on 2/12/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2021)
Location: 5/7/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes a workers’ compensation system, administered by the
Administrative Director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation, to compensate an employee for
injuries sustained in the course of the employee’s employment. This bill would define “injury,” for
certain employees of a city, county, city and county, district, or other municipal corporation or political
subdivision regularly exposed to active fires or health hazards directly resulting from firefighting
operations, to include cancer that develops or manifests during a period in which the individual
demonstrates that they were exposed to a known carcinogen while in the employment of the city,
county, city and county, district, or other municipal corporation or political subdivision. The bill would
establish a presumption that the cancer in those cases arose out of, and in the course of, employment,
unless the presumption is controverted by evidence that the primary site of the cancer has been
established and that the carcinogen to which the person has demonstrated exposure is not
reasonably linked to the disabling cancer.
Position
AB 418 (Valladares R) Emergency services: grant program.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/4/2021
Last Amend: 5/24/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Location: 9/10/2021-A. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would establish the Community Power Resiliency Program (program), to be administered by
the Office of Emergency Services, to support local governments’ efforts to improve resiliency in
response to power outage events, as provided. The bill would require the office to allocate funds,
pursuant to an appropriation by the Legislature, to local governments, special districts, and tribes for
various purposes relating to power resiliency, and would require certain entities, in order to be eligible
for funding, to either describe the portion of their emergency plan that includes power outages or
confirm that power outages will be included when the entity revises any portion of their emergency
plan.
Position
AB 491 (Ward D) Housing: affordable and market rate units.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/8/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/8/2021
Last Amend: 8/18/2021
Status: 9/8/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
Location: 9/8/2021-A. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require that a mixed-income multifamily structure provide the same access to the
common entrances, common areas, and amenities of the structure to occupants of the affordable
housing units in the structure as is provided to occupants of the market-rate housing units. The bill
would also prohibit a mixed-income multifamily structure from isolating the affordable housing units
within the structure to a specific floor or an area on a specific floor. The bill would define various terms
for these purposes.
Position
AB 561 (Ting D) Help Homeowners Add New Housing Program: accessory dwelling unit financing.
Current Text: Amended: 8/26/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/11/2021
Last Amend: 8/26/2021
Status: 9/1/2021-Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hertzberg.
Location: 9/1/2021-S. INACTIVE FILE
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Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law provides for the creation by local ordinance, or by ministerial approval if a local
agency has not adopted an ordinance, of accessory dwelling units in areas zoned to allow single-family
or multifamily dwelling residential use in accordance with specified standards and conditions. This bill
would require the Treasurer’s office, by April 1, 2022, to provide a report to the Legislature regarding
the creation of the Help Homeowners Add New Housing Program with the purpose of assisting
homeowners, as defined, in qualifying for loans to construct additional housing units on their property,
including accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units. The bill would, with regard to
the development of recommendations for the program, require the Treasurer to consult with the
California Housing Financing Agency and the Department of Housing and Community Development, and
would also authorize the Treasurer to consult with various other entities, including federal mortgage
agencies, private lenders, community development financial institutions, community-based
organizations, and local housing trust funds.
Position
AB 571 (Mayes I) Planning and zoning: density bonuses: affordable housing.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/11/2021
Last Amend: 9/2/2021
Status: 9/8/2021-Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 42. Noes 13.) Senate amendments concurred in.
To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Location: 9/8/2021-A. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Density Bonus Law requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a
housing development in the city or county with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions for
the production of lower income housing units, or for the donation of land within the development, if the
developer agrees to, among other things, construct a specified percentage of units for very low
income, low-income, or moderate-income households or qualifying residents, including lower income
students. Current law requires the amount of a density bonus and the number of incentives or
concessions a qualifying developer receives to be pursuant to a certain formula based on the total
number of units in the housing development, as specified. This bill would prohibit affordable housing
impact fees, including inclusionary zoning fees and in-lieu fees, from being imposed on a housing
development’s affordable units.
Position
AB 603 (McCarty D) Law enforcement settlements and judgments: reporting.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/11/2021
Last Amend: 8/26/2021
Status: 9/7/2021-Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 0.).
Location: 9/7/2021-A. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require municipalities, as defined, to annually post on their internet websites
specified information relating to settlements and judgments resulting from allegations of improper
police conduct, including, among other information, amounts paid, broken down by individual
settlement and judgment, and information on bonds used to finance use of force settlement and
judgment payments. The bill would require the Transportation Agency to annually post the same
information on its internet website regarding settlements and judgments against the Department of
the California Highway Patrol. By increasing requirements for local governments, this bill would impose
a state-mandated local program.
Position
AB 617 (Davies R) Planning and zoning: regional housing needs: exchange of allocation.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/12/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/12/2021
Status: 5/7/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was H. & C.D. on
2/25/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2021)
Location: 5/7/2021-A. 2 YEAR
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Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would authorize a city or county, by agreement, to transfer all or a portion of its allocation
of regional housing need to another city or county. The bill would allow the transferring city to pay the
transferee city or county an amount determined by that agreement, as well as a surcharge to offset
the impacts and associated costs of the additional housing on the transferee city. The bill would also
require the transferring city or county and the transferee city or county to report to the council of
governments and the department specified information about the transfer, as provided.
Position
AB 672 (Garcia, Cristina D) Publicly owned golf courses: conversion: affordable housing.
Current Text: Amended: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/12/2021
Last Amend: 9/9/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Location: 9/9/2021-A. H. & C.D.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, require the Department of Housing and
Community Development to administer a program to provide incentives in the form of grants to local
governments that make publicly owned golf courses available for housing and publicly accessible open
spaces, as specified.
Position
AB 678 (Grayson D) Housing development projects: fees and exactions cap.
Current Text: Amended: 3/25/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/12/2021
Last Amend: 3/25/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was L. GOV. on 3/25/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would prohibit a city or county from imposing a specified fee or exaction if the total dollar
amount of the fees and exactions that a city or county would impose on a proposed housing
development is greater than 12% of the city’s or county’s median home price unless approved by the
Department of Housing and Community Development. The bill would authorize a city or county to seek
approval from the department to impose a fee or an exaction that would result in the total dollar
amount of fees and exactions exceeding that limitation by making a specified finding and submitting a
completed application for a waiver. The bill would require the department to develop a standard form
application for a waiver in conjunction with the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research.
Position
AB 703 (Rubio, Blanca D) Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences.
Current Text: Amended: 4/29/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2021
Last Amend: 4/29/2021
Status: 5/7/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was L. GOV. on 2/25/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2021)
Location: 5/7/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law, by Executive Order N-29-20, suspends the Ralph M. Brown Act’s requirements
for teleconferencing during the COVID-19 pandemic, provided that notice requirements are met, the
ability of the public to observe and comment is preserved, as specified, and that a local agency
permitting teleconferencing have a procedure for receiving and swiftly resolving requests for
reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities, as specified. This bill would remove the
notice requirements particular to teleconferencing and would revise the requirements of the act to
allow for teleconferencing subject to existing provisions regarding the posting of notice of an agenda,
provided that the public is allowed to observe the meeting and address the legislative body directly
both in person and remotely via a call-in option or internet-based service option, and that a quorum of
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members participate in person from a singular physical location clearly identified on the agenda that is
open to the public and situated within the jurisdiction.
Position
AB 718 (Cunningham R) Peace officers: investigations of misconduct.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/16/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE
FILE on 7/5/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 8/27/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy 2 year Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require a law enforcement agency or oversight agency to complete its investigation
into an allegation of the use of force resulting in death or great bodily injury, sexual assault, discharge
of a firearm, or dishonesty relating to the reporting, investigation, or prosecution of a crime or
misconduct by another peace officer or custodial officer, despite the peace officer’s or custodial officer’s
voluntary separation from the employing agency. The bill would require the investigation to result in a
finding that the allegation is either sustained, not sustained, unfounded, or exonerated, as defined.
The bill would also require an agency other than an officer’s employing agency that conducts an
investigation of these allegations to disclose its findings with the employing agency no later than the
conclusion of the investigation.
Position
AB 721 (Bloom D) Covenants and restrictions: affordable housing.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2021
Last Amend: 8/16/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Location: 9/10/2021-A. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would make any recorded covenants, conditions, restrictions, or limits on the use of private
or publicly owned land contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, or other instrument
affecting the transfer or sale that restricts the number, size, or location of the residences that may be
built on the property, or that restricts the number of persons or families who may reside on the
property, unenforceable against the owner of an affordable housing development, as defined, if an
approved restrictive covenant affordable housing modification document has been recorded in the
public record, as provided, unless a specified exception applies.
Position
AB 773 (Nazarian D) Street closures and designations.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/2/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2021
Last Amend: 7/5/2021
Status: 9/2/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Location: 9/2/2021-A. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would authorize a local authority to adopt a rule or regulation by ordinance to implement a
slow street program, which may include closures to vehicular traffic or through vehicular traffic of
neighborhood local streets with connections to citywide bicycle networks, destinations that are within
walking distance, or green space. The bill would require the local authority to meet specified conditions
to implement a slow street, including a determination that closure or traffic restriction is necessary for
the safety and protection of persons using the closed or restricted portion of the street, conducting an
outreach and engagement process, and clearly designating the closure or traffic restriction with
specific signage.
Position
AB 785 (Rivas, Robert D) Mental health.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/16/2021 html pdf
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Introduced: 2/16/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 2/25/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would, upon appropriation, establish the Mental Health Response and Treatment Challenge
Grant Pilot Program. The bill would provide that the purpose of the pilot program is to provide a
statewide investment program to provide funds and flexibility to cities, counties, cities and counties, or
other local governmental agencies that interact with the criminal justice system to develop programs
that seek to improve services in 3 areas, as specified. The bill would require the Board of State and
Community Corrections to administer the pilot program and award grants on a competitive basis.
Position
AB 787 (Gabriel D) Planning and zoning: housing element: converted affordable housing units.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2021
Last Amend: 8/31/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Location: 9/9/2021-A. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires the planning agency of a city or county to provide an annual report
that includes specified information by April 1 of each year to specified entities, including the
Department of Housing and Community Development. Among other things, existing law requires that
this report include the progress in meeting the city’s or county’s share of regional housing needs and
local efforts to remove governmental constraints to the maintenance, improvement, and development
of housing, as specified. This bill would authorize a planning agency to include in its annual report, for
up to 25% of a jurisdiction’s moderate-income regional housing need allocation, the number of units in
an existing multifamily building that were converted to deed-restricted rental housing for moderate-
income households by the imposition of affordability covenants and restrictions for the unit, as
specified.
Position
AB 833 (Quirk-Silva D) State government: grants: administrative costs.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/17/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was A. & A.R. on
2/25/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require any state grants to a local government to include a maximum allocation of
funds that may be expended for administrative costs, as defined, and would prohibit a local
government, as defined, from expending more than 5% of grant funds for administrative costs, except
as provided. The bill would specify that it is not intended to affect federal funding.
Position
AB 838 (Friedman D) State Housing Law: enforcement response to complaints.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Last Amend: 7/13/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Location: 9/10/2021-A. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would, beginning July 1, 2022, require a city or county that receives a complaint of a
substandard building or a lead hazard violation, as specified, from a tenant, resident, or occupant, or
an agent of a tenant, resident, or occupant, except as specified, to inspect the building, portion of the
building intended for human occupancy, or premises of the building, document the lead hazard
violations that would be discovered based upon a reasonably competent and diligent visual inspection
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of the property and identify any building, portion of a building intended for human occupancy, or
premises on which such a building is located that is determined to be substandard, as applicable. The
bill would require the city or county, as applicable, to advise the owner or operator of each violation
and of each action that is required to be taken to remedy the violation and to schedule a reinspection
to verify correction of the violations.
Position
AB 845 (Rodriguez D) Disability retirement: COVID-19: presumption.
Current Text: Chaptered: 7/23/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Last Amend: 3/30/2021
Status: 7/23/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 122,
Statutes of 2021.
Location: 7/23/2021-A. CHAPTERED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law prescribes various requirements for the organization and administration of
public retirement systems, which typically provide pension, disability, and death benefits to their
members. Current law provides that participants in certain membership categories may be entitled to
special benefits if death or disability arises in the course of employment. The California Public
Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) generally requires a public retirement system, as
defined, to modify its plan or plans to comply with that act and establishes, among other things, limits
on defined benefit formulas and caps on pensionable compensation. This bill, until January 1, 2023,
would create a presumption, applicable to the retirement systems that PEPRA regulates and to
specified members in those systems, that would be applied to disability retirements on the basis, in
whole or in part, of a COVID-19-related illness. In this circumstance, the bill would require that it be
presumed the disability arose out of, or in the course of, the member’s employment. The bill would
authorize the presumption to be rebutted by evidence to the contrary, but unless controverted, the
applicable governing board of a public retirement system would be required to find in accordance with
the presumption.
Position
AB 885 (Quirk D) Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act: teleconferencing.
Current Text: Amended: 3/24/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Last Amend: 3/24/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was G.O. on 2/25/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require a state body that elects to conduct a meeting or proceeding by
teleconference to make the portion that is required to be open to the public both audibly and visually
observable. The bill would require a state body that elects to conduct a meeting or proceeding by
teleconference to post an agenda at the designated primary physical meeting location in the notice of
the meeting where members of the public may physically attend the meeting and participate. The bill
would extend the above requirements of meetings of multimember advisory bodies that are held by
teleconference to meetings of all multimember state bodies. The bill would require a multimember state
body to provide a means by which the public may both audibly and visually remotely observe a
meeting if a member of that body participates remotely.
Position
AB 886 (Chiu D) Victims.
Current Text: Amended: 4/29/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Last Amend: 4/29/2021
Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
on 5/12/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 5/25/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy 2 year Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law defines a “hate crime” as a criminal act committed, in whole or in part, because
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of actual or perceived characteristics of the victim, including, among other things, race, religion,
disability, and sexual orientation. Current law creates various preconviction diversion programs for
persons charged with crimes. Current law states that restorative justice is a principal policy goal of the
state in sentencing for hate crimes. This bill would, subject to an appropriation of funds by the
Legislature, create a grant program within the Department of Justice to provide grants to community-
based organizations, as defined, for the implementation and operation of restorative justice programs,
as defined, that are focused on hate violence, as defined.
Position
AB 916 (Salas D) Zoning: accessory dwelling units: bedroom addition.
Current Text: Amended: 4/6/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Last Amend: 4/6/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was H. & C.D. on
2/25/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would prohibit a city or county legislative body from adopting or enforcing an ordinance
requiring a public hearing as a condition of adding space for additional bedrooms or reconfiguring
existing space to increase the bedroom count within an existing house, condominium, apartment, or
dwelling. The bill would include findings that ensuring adequate housing is a matter of statewide
concern and is not a municipal affair, and that the provision applies to all cities, including charter cities.
Position
AB 950 (Ward D) Department of Transportation: sales of excess real property: affordable housing,
emergency shelters, and feeding programs.
Current Text: Amended: 7/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Last Amend: 7/13/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. on 7/12/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 8/27/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy 2 year Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would authorize the Department of Transportation to sell its excess real property to the
city, county, or city and county where the real property is located if the city, county, or city and county
agrees to use the real property for the sole purpose of implementing affordable housing, emergency
shelters, or feeding programs, as specified. The bill would exempt these sales from the California
Environmental Quality Act, except the department would be required to file a notice of exemption with
the Office of Planning and Research and the county clerk of the county in which the real property is
located.
Position
AB 970 (McCarty D) Planning and zoning: electric vehicle charging stations: permit application: approval.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 7/13/2021
Status: 9/7/2021-Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 48. Noes 11.).
Location: 9/7/2021-A. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires every city, county, and city and county to create an expedited,
streamlined permitting process for electric vehicle charging stations and to adopt a checklist pursuant
to which an applicant that satisfies the information requirements shall be deemed complete and
therefore eligible for expedited review. This bill would clarify that these provisions apply to all cities,
including charter cities.
Position
AB 977 (Gabriel D) Homelessness program data reporting: Homeless Management Information System.
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Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Location: 9/9/2021-A. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require, beginning January 1, 2023, that a grantee or entity operating specified
state homelessness programs, including the No Place Like Home Program, as a condition of receiving
state funds, to enter Universal Data Elements and Common Data Elements, as defined by the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development Homeless Management Information System
Data Standards, on the individuals and families it serves into its local Homeless Management
Information System, unless otherwise exempted by state or federal law. The bill would require the
Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council to specify the format and disclosure frequency of the
required data elements. The bill would apply the data entry requirements to all new state
homelessness programs that commence on or after July 1, 2021. The bill would require the Homeless
Coordinating and Financing Council to provide technical assistance and guidance to any grantee or
entity that operates a program subject to the bill, if the grantee or entity does not already collect and
enter into the local Homeless Management Information System the data elements required.
Position
AB 988 (Bauer-Kahan D) Mental health: 988 crisis hotline.
Current Text: Amended: 6/22/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 6/22/2021
Status: 6/24/2021-Re-referred to Coms. on G.O., HEALTH, and E., U. & C. Action rescinded whereby the
bill was re-referred to the Com. on E., U. & C.
Location: 6/24/2021-S. E. U., & C.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law, the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act, requires every local public agency,
as defined, to have an emergency communication system and requires the digits “911” to be the
primary emergency telephone number within the system. Current federal law, the National Suicide
Hotline Designation Act, designates the 3-digit telephone number “988” as the universal number
within the United States for the purpose of the national suicide prevention and mental health crisis
hotline system operating through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline maintained by the Assistant
Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Abuse and the Veterans Crisis Line maintained by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs. This bill would require 988 centers, as defined, to, by July 16, 2022,
provide a person experiencing a behavioral health crisis access to a trained counselor by call and, by
January 1, 2027, provide access to a trained counselor by call, text, and chat.
Position
Support
AB 989 (Gabriel D) Housing Accountability Act: appeals: Office of Housing Appeals.
Current Text: Amended: 8/18/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 8/18/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hertzberg.
Location: 9/10/2021-S. INACTIVE FILE
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Housing Accountability Act prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning
approval in a manner that renders infeasible, specified housing development projects, including
projects for very low, low-, or moderate-income households and projects for emergency shelters that
comply with applicable, objective general plan, zoning, and subdivision standards and criteria in effect
at the time the application for the project is deemed complete, unless the local agency makes specified
written findings based on a preponderance of the evidence in the record. This bill would, until January
1, 2029, establish an Office of Housing Appeals (office) within the department, administered by the
director of the department, to review housing development projects that are alleged to have been
denied or subject to conditions in violation of the Housing Accountability Act. The bill would establish
housing appeals panels, consisting of administrative law judges with specified qualifications, within the
office.
Position
Oppose
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AB 995 (Gonzalez, Lorena D) Paid sick days: accrual and use.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/18/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Status: 6/4/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(8). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on
6/3/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 6/4/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy Fiscal 2 year Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law authorizes an employer to use a different accrual method as long as an
employee has no less than 24 hours of accrued sick leave or paid time off by the 120th calendar day of
employment or each calendar year, or in each 12-month period. Current law also provides that an
employer may satisfy the accrual requirements by providing not less than 24 hours or 3 days of paid
sick leave that is available to the employee to use by the completion of the employee’s 120th calendar
day of employment. This bill would modify the employer’s alternate sick leave accrual method to require
that an employee have no less than 40 hours of accrued sick leave or paid time off by the 200th
calendar day of employment or each calendar year, or in each 12-month period.
Position
AB 1017 (Quirk-Silva D) Public restrooms: Right to Restrooms Act of 2021.
Current Text: Amended: 7/12/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 7/12/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE
FILE on 8/16/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 8/27/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy 2 year Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require each local government, as defined, to complete an inventory of public
restrooms owned and maintained by the local government, either directly or by contract, that are
available to the general population in its jurisdiction. The bill would require local governments to report
their findings to the State Department of Public Health, which would be required to compile the
information in a report to the Legislature, as provided. The bill would require each local government to
make its inventory available to agencies and service providers that work directly with homeless
populations within the local government’s jurisdiction and to make restroom location data available on
its internet website, as specified.
Position
AB 1027 (Seyarto R) Solid and organic waste.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/18/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Status: 5/7/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was PRINT on 2/18/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2021)
Location: 5/7/2021-A. 2 YEAR
2 year Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law declares the policy goal of the state that not less than 75% of solid waste
generated be source reduced, recycled, or composted by the year 2020, and annually thereafter.
Existing law requires each jurisdiction to implement a solid waste recycling program appropriate for
that jurisdiction designed to divert commercial solid waste from businesses subject to specified
commercial solid waste recycling requirements. Current law also requires each jurisdiction to implement
an organic waste recycling program appropriate for the jurisdiction and designed to specifically divert
organic waste generated by businesses subject to specified organic waste recycling requirements. This
bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to provide relief from
those solid waste recycling, composting, and source reduction requirements and organic waste
recycling requirements, for no more than one year, to cities and municipalities struggling due to the
impacts of COVID-19.
Position
AB 1029 (Mullin D) Housing elements: prohousing local policies.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
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Last Amend: 7/9/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Location: 9/10/2021-A. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would add the preservation of affordable housing units through the extension of existing
project-based rental assistance covenants to avoid the displacement of affected tenants and a
reduction in available affordable housing units to the list of specified prohousing local policies.
Position
AB 1068 (Santiago D) Affordable housing: alternative forms of development: model plan.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/18/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was H. & C.D. on
3/4/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require the Department of Housing and Community Development to create a model
plan for the use of alternative forms, as defined, of developing affordable housing for the purpose of
substantially reducing the cost of a unit of affordable housing. The bill would require the model plan to
be used in state agency decisions in all state-subsidized housing loan and grant programs. The bill
would also require a local agency, nonprofit affordable housing sponsor, private entity, or individual
that receives surplus state real property from the state to use the model plan to guide any housing
development on that property. The bill would make findings and declarations in this regard.
Position
AB 1091 (Berman D) Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: board of directors.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/18/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Status: 6/4/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(8). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on
5/27/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 6/4/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy Fiscal 2 year Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law creates the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) with various
powers and duties relative to transportation projects and services and the operation of public transit
in the County of Santa Clara. Current law vests the government of the VTA in a 12-member board of
directors whose terms of office are two years. Under existing law, only members of the county board of
supervisors and city council members and mayors of cities in the county are authorized to serve on the
board. Current law provides for the appointment of the board members by those local governments,
as specified. This bill, on and after July 1, 2022, would reduce the size of the board to 9 members,
increase their terms of office to 4 years, and provide for residents living in the county, rather than local
officials, to serve on the board, as specified.
Position
Oppose
AB 1163 (Nazarian D) Local government: taxation: prohibition: groceries.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/18/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was REV. & TAX on
2/18/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law, until January 1, 2031, prohibits the imposition, increase, levy and collection, or
enforcement by a local agency of any tax, fee, or other assessment on groceries, except as provided,
and allows a local agency to continue to levy and collect, enforce, or reauthorize any tax, fee, or other
assessment on groceries imposed, extended, or increased on or before January 1, 2018. Current law
also requires the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to cease administering the
Bradley-Burns local sales and use tax of a local agency that is found by a court, as provided, to have
violated the grocery tax prohibition. This bill would repeal the prohibition on the imposition, increase,
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levy and collection, or enforcement by a local agency of any tax, fee, or other assessment on groceries,
including the requirement that the department cease administering a local sales and use tax.
Position
AB 1174 (Grayson D) Planning and zoning: housing: development application modifications, approvals,
and subsequent permits.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 8/23/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Location: 9/10/2021-A. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law, until January 1, 2026, authorizes a development proponent
to submit an application for a multifamily housing development that is subject to a streamlined,
ministerial approval process, as provided, and not subject to a conditional use permit, if the
development satisfies specified objective planning standards, including, that the development and the
site on which it is located satisfy specified location, urbanization, and zoning requirements. Current law
provides that a development approved pursuant to the streamlined, ministerial approval process is
valid indefinitely if specified requirements are met, and otherwise is valid, except as provided, for 3
years from the date of the final action establishing that approval and remains valid thereafter for a
project so long as vertical construction of the development has begun and is in progress. Current law
authorizes a development proponent to request a modification to a development that has been
approved under the streamlined, ministerial approval process if the request is submitted before the
issuance of the final building permit required for construction of the development. Current law defines
“affordable rent” for purposes of this streamlined, ministerial approval process. This bill would clarify
the requirements that must be met for an approved development to be valid indefinitely.
Position
Oppose
AB 1176 (Garcia, Eduardo D) Communications: universal broadband service: California Connect Fund.
Current Text: Amended: 4/19/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 4/19/2021
Status: 5/20/2021-In committee: Held under submission.
Location: 5/12/2021-A. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would establish the California Connect Fund in the State Treasury, subject to the conditions
and restrictions applicable to the existing universal service funds, as specified. The bill would, until
January 1, 2031, require the Public Utilities Commission to develop, implement, and administer the
California Connect Program to ensure that high-speed broadband service is available to every
household in the state at affordable rates. The bill would require the commission, on or before January
1, 2023, to adopt rules to implement the program, including rules that establish eligibility criteria for
the program and the amount of, and requirements for, subsidies under the program. The bill would
require the commission to perform outreach to increase program participation, to coordinate with
relevant state agencies and departments to increase program participation and increase the efficacy of
enrollment, and to collect data on existing affordable internet service plans that may meet program
criteria.
Position
AB 1181 (Nguyen R) Fees: business licenses: alcoholic beverages: health permits.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/18/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Status: 3/4/2021-Referred to Coms. on G.O. and HEALTH.
Location: 3/4/2021-A. G.O.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would prohibit cities and counties, including charter cities and counties, from imposing or
collecting license fees from restaurants from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2021, as provided, and
would require the city or county to refund to a restaurant any license fees collected during that period.
By imposing new duties on cities and counties with respect to imposing or collecting specified license
fees, and by requiring that the fees be refunded, this bill would impose a state-mandated local
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program.
Position
AB 1188 (Wicks D) State rental assistance program: data.
Current Text: Amended: 5/4/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 5/4/2021
Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
on 5/12/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 5/25/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy 2 year Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes a program for providing rental assistance, using funding made
available pursuant to existing federal law to provide financial assistance and housing stability services
to eligible households, as provided, administered by HCD. This bill, in order to ensure that data is
available for research and analysis to inform future state policy and programs, would require HCD to
retain data from designated sources for at least 10 years, including data on the state rental
assistance program, information submitted by eligible grantees that received the federal funding, and
data on rental registries operated by local governments, as specified.
Position
AB 1258 (Nguyen R) Housing element: regional housing need plan: judicial review.
Current Text: Amended: 3/22/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 3/22/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was H. & C.D. on
3/4/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Under current law the Department of Housing and Community Development, in consultation
with each council of governments, determines each region’s existing and projected housing needs.
Under existing law, upon making that determination, the council of governments may object to the
determination, and the department is required to respond to an objection by making a final written
determination. Current law requires that, based on the determination of the department, a council of
governments, or for cities and counties without a council of governments, the department, adopts a
final regional housing need plan that allocates a share of the regional housing need to each locality in
the region. This bill would subject the department’s final written determination of a region’s housing
needs to judicial review in an action brought by the council of governments. The bill would also subject
the final regional housing need plan adopted by the council of governments or the department, as the
case may be, to judicial review.
Position
AB 1277 (Rubio, Blanca D) California Environmental Quality Act: student housing development projects:
expedited judicial review.
Current Text: Amended: 4/19/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 4/19/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was NAT. RES. on
3/4/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: CEQA requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that
may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that
effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect
on the environment. CEQA establishes a procedure by which a person may seek judicial review of the
decision of the lead agency made pursuant to CEQA and a procedure for the preparation and
certification of the record of proceedings upon the filing of an action or proceeding challenging a lead
agency’s action on the grounds of noncompliance with CEQA. This bill would authorize a public
university, as defined, carrying out a project to certify the project as a student housing development
project if the project meets certain requirements.
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Position
AB 1304 (Santiago D) Affirmatively further fair housing: housing element: inventory of land.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9.). In Assembly.
Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. Senate amendments
concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Location: 9/9/2021-A. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires a public agency, as defined, to administer its programs and activities
relating to housing and community development in a manner to affirmatively further fair housing, and
to not take any action that is materially inconsistent with this obligation. This bill would clarify that a
local agency has a mandatory duty to comply with the obligation described above. The bill would
specify that this provision is a clarification of current law and not to be deemed a change in previous
law.
Position
AB 1372 (Muratsuchi D) Right to temporary shelter.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was H. & C.D. on
3/4/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require every city, or every county in the case of unincorporated areas, to provide
everyperson who is homeless, as defined, with temporary shelter, mental health treatment, resources
for job placement, and job training until the person obtains permanent housing if the person has
actively sought temporary shelter in the jurisdiction for at least 3 consecutive days and has been
unable to gain entry into all temporary shelters they sought for specified reasons. The bill would
require the city or county, as applicable, to provide a rent subsidy, as specified, if it is unable to provide
temporary shelter. The bill would authorize a person who is homeless to enforce the bill’s provisions by
bringing a civil action.
Position
AB 1398 (Bloom D) Planning and zoning: housing element: rezoning of sites: prohousing local policies.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Location: 9/9/2021-A. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law, requires a county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-
term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and specified land outside its
boundaries, that includes, among other things, a housing element. Current law requires that the
housing element include, among other things, an inventory of land suitable and available for
residential development. If the inventory of sites does not identify adequate sites to accommodate the
need for groups of all household income levels, as provided, current law requires that the local
government rezone sites within specified time periods. If the local government fails to adopt a housing
element within 120 days of the applicable statutory deadline, existing law requires that the local
government (A) complete this rezoning no later than 3 years and 120 days from the statutory deadline
for the adoption of the housing element and (B) revise its housing element every 4 years until the local
government has adopted at least 2 consecutive revisions by the statutory deadline. This bill would
require a local government that fails to adopt a housing element that the Department of Housing and
Community Development has found to be in substantial compliance with state law within 120 days of
the statutory deadline to complete this rezoning no later than one year from the statutory deadline for
the adoption of the housing element.
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Position
AB 1401 (Friedman D) Residential and commercial development: remodeling, renovations, and additions:
parking requirements.
Current Text: Amended: 7/5/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 7/5/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE
FILE on 8/16/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 8/27/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy 2 year Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would prohibit a public agency in a county with a population of 600,000 or more from
imposing a minimum automobile parking requirement, or enforcing a minimum automobile parking
requirement, on residential, commercial, or other development if the development is located on a
parcel that is within1/2 mile, as specified, of public transit, as defined. The bill would prohibit a public
agency in a city with of 75,000 or more located in a county with a population of less than 600,000 from
imposing a minimum automobile parking requirement, or enforcing a minimum automobile parking
requirement, on residential, commercial, or other development if the project is located within 1/4 mile,
as specified, of public transit, as defined. The bill would create authorizations in this regard for a city or
a county to which these prohibitions do not apply.
Position
Oppose
AB 1403 (Levine D) Emergency services.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Location: 9/9/2021-A. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Emergency Services Act authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of
emergency when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and
property exist, and authorizes the Governor to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency.
Current law defines the term “state of emergency” to mean a duly proclaimed existence of conditions
of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by, among
other things, fire, storm, or riot. This bill would additionally include a “deenergization event,” defined as
a planned power outage, as specified, within those conditions constituting a state of emergency.
Position
AB 1445 (Levine D) Planning and zoning: regional housing need allocation: climate change impacts.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was H. & C.D. on
3/11/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive,
long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and specified land outside its
boundaries, that includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. For the 4th and
subsequent revisions of the housing element, current law requires the Department of Housing and
Community Development to determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region.
Current law requires the appropriate council of governments, or the department for cities and counties
without a council of governments, to adopt a final regional housing need plan that allocates a share of
the regional housing need to each city, county, or city and county, as provided. Current law requires
that the final regional housing plan adopted by a council of governments, or a delegate subregion, as
applicable, be based on a methodology that includes specified factors, and similarly requires that the
department take into consideration specified factors in distributing regional housing need, as provided.
This bill would require that a council of governments, a delegate subregion, or the department, as
applicable, additionally consider among these factors emergency evacuation route capacity, wildfire
risk, sea level rise, and other impacts caused by climate change.
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Position
AB 1492 (Bloom D) Department of Housing and Community Development: high-opportunity areas and
sensitive communities.
Current Text: Amended: 4/21/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 4/21/2021
Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
on 5/12/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 5/25/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy 2 year Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development within
the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency and sets forth its powers and duties, including,
among other things, responsibility for coordinating federal-state relationships in housing and
community development and assisting communities and persons to avail themselves of state housing
programs. This bill would require the department to designate areas in this state as high-opportunity
areas and sensitive communities, as provided, by January 1, 2023, in accordance with specified
requirements. The bill would require the department to update those designations every 5 years, or
more frequently at the discretion of the department..
Position
ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry D) Local government financing: affordable housing and public infrastructure: voter
approval.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/7/2020 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Status: 4/22/2021-Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and APPR.
Location: 4/22/2021-A. L. GOV.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Constitution prohibits the ad valorem tax rate on real property from
exceeding 1% of the full cash value of the property, subject to certain exceptions. This measure would
create an additional exception to the 1% limit that would authorize a city, county, city and county, or
special district to levy an ad valorem tax to service bonded indebtedness incurred to fund the
construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of public infrastructure, affordable housing,
or permanent supportive housing, or the acquisition or lease of real property for those purposes, if the
proposition proposing that tax is approved by 55% of the voters of the city, county, or city and county,
as applicable, and the proposition includes specified accountability requirements.
Position
Watch
ACA 2 (Levine D) Death penalty.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/7/2020 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Status: 2/18/2021-Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR.
Location: 2/18/2021-A. PUB. S.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Constitution requires that all statutes of this state in effect on February 17,
1972, requiring, authorizing, imposing, or relating to the death penalty are in full force and effect,
subject to legislative amendment or repeal by statute, initiative, or referendum.This measure would
amend the California Constitution to delete that provision and instead would prohibit the death
penalty from being imposed as a punishment for any violations of law.
Position
ACA 4 (Kiley R) Elections: initiatives and referenda.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/17/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Status: 2/18/2021-From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
Location: 2/17/2021-A. PRINT
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Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would transfer from the Attorney General to the Legislative Analyst the duty of preparing
the title and summary for a proposed initiative or referendum. The measure would also require, for
each measure that appears on a statewide ballot, the Legislative Analyst to prepare the ballot label
and the ballot title and summary for the state voter information guide.
Position
Watch
ACA 7 (Muratsuchi D) Local government: police power: municipal affairs: land use and zoning.
Current Text: Introduced: 3/16/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 3/16/2021
Status: 3/17/2021-From printer. May be heard in committee April 16.
Location: 3/16/2021-A. PRINT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would provide that a county or city ordinance or regulation enacted under the police power
that regulates the zoning or use of land within the boundaries of the county or city would prevail over
conflicting general laws, with specified exceptions. The measure, in the event of the conflict with a
state statute, would also specify that a city charter provision, or an ordinance or regulation adopted
pursuant to a city charter, that regulates the zoning or use of land within the boundaries of the city is
deemed to address a municipal affair and prevails over a conflicting state statute, except that the
measure would provide that a court may determine that a city charter provision, ordinance, or
regulation addresses either a matter of statewide concern or a municipal affair if it conflicts with
specified state statutes. The measure would make findings in this regard and provide that its
provisions are severable.
Position
Support
SB 2 (Bradford D) Peace officers: certification: civil rights.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 9/1/2021
Status: 9/13/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
Location: 9/13/2021-S. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Under current law, the Tom Bane Civil Rights Act, if a person or persons, whether or not
acting under color of law, interferes or attempts to interfere, by threats, intimidation, or coercion, with
the exercise or enjoyment by any individual or individuals of rights secured by the Constitution or laws
of the United States, or of the rights secured by the Constitution or laws of this state, the Attorney
General, or any district attorney or city attorney, is authorized to bring a civil action for injunctive and
other appropriate equitable relief in the name of the people of the State of California, in order to
protect the exercise or enjoyment of the right or rights secured. Current law also authorizes an action
brought by the Attorney General, or any district attorney or city attorney, to seek a civil penalty of
$25,000. Current law also allows an individual whose exercise or enjoyment of rights has been
interfered with to prosecute a civil action for damages on their own behalf. This bill would eliminate
certain immunity provisions for peace officers and custodial officers, or public entities employing peace
officers or custodial officers sued under the act.
Position
SB 4 (Gonzalez D) Communications: California Advanced Services Fund.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 9/2/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8.) Ordered to engrossing and
enrolling.
Location: 9/9/2021-S. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development to coordinate
with other relevant state and local agencies and national organizations to explore ways to facilitate
streamlining of local land use approvals and construction permit processes for projects related to
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broadband infrastructure deployment and connectivity.
Position
Watch
SB 5 (Atkins D) Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2022.
Current Text: Amended: 3/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 3/10/2021
Status: 3/18/2021-Re-referred to Coms. on HOUSING and GOV. & F.
Location: 3/18/2021-S. HOUSING
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would enact the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2022, which, if adopted, would authorize
the issuance of bonds in the amount of $6,500,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond
Law. Proceeds from the sale of these bonds would be used to fund affordable rental housing and
homeownership programs. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature to determine the allocation
of those funds to specific programs.This bill would provide for submission of the bond act to the voters
at the November 8, 2022, statewide general election in accordance with specified law.
Position
SB 6 (Caballero D) Local planning: housing: commercial zones.
Current Text: Amended: 8/23/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 8/23/2021
Status: 8/23/2021-Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. From committee with author's amendments. Read
second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Location: 8/23/2021-A. H. & C.D.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive,
long-term general plan for its physical development, and the development of certain lands outside its
boundaries, that includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. This bill, the
Neighborhood Homes Act, would deem a housing development project, as defined, an allowable use
on a neighborhood lot, which is defined as a parcel within an office or retail commercial zone that is not
adjacent to an industrial use. The bill would require the density for a housing development under
these provisions to meet or exceed the density deemed appropriate to accommodate housing for
lower income households according to the type of local jurisdiction, including a density of at least 20
units per acre for a suburban jurisdiction.
Position
Oppose
SB 7 (Atkins D) Environmental quality: Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental
Leadership Act of 2021.
Current Text: Chaptered: 5/20/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 2/18/2021
Status: 5/20/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 19, Statutes
of 2021.
Location: 5/20/2021-S. CHAPTERED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would enact the Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of
2021, which would reenact the former leadership act, with certain changes, and would authorize the
Governor, until January 1, 2024, to certify projects that meet specified requirements for streamlining
benefits related to CEQA. The bill would additionally include housing development projects, as defined,
meeting certain conditions as projects eligible for certification. The bill would, except for those housing
development projects, require the quantification and mitigation of the impacts of a project from the
emissions of greenhouse gases, as provided. The bill would revise and recast the labor-related
requirements for projects undertaken by both public agencies and private entities. The bill would
provide that the Governor is authorized to certify a project before the lead agency certifies the final
EIR for the project.
Position
Oppose Unless
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Amended
SB 8 (Skinner D) Housing Crisis Act of 2019.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 8/26/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Location: 9/9/2021-S. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would clarify, for various purposes of the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, that “housing
development project” includes projects that involve no discretionary approvals, projects that involve
both discretionary and nondiscretionary approvals, and projects that include a proposal to construct a
single dwelling unit. The bill would specify that this clarification is declaratory of existing law, except
that the clarification does not affect a project for which an application was submitted to the city,
county, or city and county before January 1, 2022.
Position
Oppose
SB 9 (Atkins D) Housing development: approvals.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/3/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 8/16/2021
Status: 9/3/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Location: 9/3/2021-S. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law provides for the creation of accessory dwelling units by local
ordinance, or, if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance, by ministerial approval, in accordance
with specified standards and conditions.This bill, among other things, would require a proposed
housing development containing no more than 2 residential units within a single-family residential
zone to be considered ministerially, without discretionary review or hearing, if the proposed housing
development meets certain requirements, including, but not limited to, that the proposed housing
development would not require demolition or alteration of housing that is subject to a recorded
covenant, ordinance, or law that restricts rents to levels affordable to persons and families of
moderate, low, or very low income, that the proposed housing development does not allow for the
demolition of more than 25% of the existing exterior structural walls, except as provided, and that the
development is not located within a historic district, is not included on the State Historic Resources
Inventory, or is not within a site that is legally designated or listed as a city or county landmark or
historic property or district.
Position
Oppose
SB 10 (Wiener D) Planning and zoning: housing development: density.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/3/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 7/5/2021
Status: 9/3/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Location: 9/3/2021-S. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would, notwithstanding any local restrictions on adopting zoning ordinances, authorize a
local government to adopt an ordinance to zone any parcel for up to 10 units of residential density per
parcel, at a height specified in the ordinance, if the parcel is located in a transit-rich area or an urban
infill site, as those terms are defined. The bill would prohibit a local government from adopting an
ordinance pursuant to these provisions on or after January 1, 2029. The bill would specify that an
ordinance adopted under these provisions, and any resolution to amend the jurisdiction’s General
Plan, ordinance, or other local regulation adopted to be consistent with that ordinance, is not a project
for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act. The bill would prohibit an ordinance adopted
under these provisions from superceding a local restriction enacted or approved by a local initiative
that designates publicly owned land as open-space land or for park or recreational purposes.
Position
Oppose
SB 15 (Portantino D) Housing development: incentives: rezoning of idle retail sites.
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Current Text: Amended: 5/20/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 5/20/2021
Status: 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was DESK on 6/1/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 7/14/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor 2 year Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes, among other housing programs, the Workforce Housing Reward
Program, which requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to make local
assistance grants to cities, counties, and cities and counties that provide land use approval to housing
developments that are affordable to very low and low-income households. This bill, upon appropriation
by the Legislature in the Budget Act or other act, would require the department to administer a
program to provide incentives in the form of grants allocated as provided to local governments that
rezone idle sites used for a big box retailer or a commercial shopping center to instead allow the
development of housing, as defined.
Position
Watch
SB 16 (Skinner D) Peace officers: release of records.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 8/30/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Location: 9/9/2021-S. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law makes peace officer and custodial officer personnel records and specified
records maintained by any state or local agency, or information obtained from these records,
confidential and prohibits these records from being disclosed in any criminal or civil proceeding except
by discovery. Current law sets forth exceptions to this policy, including, among others, records relating
to specified incidents involving the discharge of a firearm, sexual assault, perjury, or misconduct by a
peace officer or custodial officer. Existing law makes a record related to an incident involving the use of
force against a person resulting in death or great bodily injury subject to disclosure. Current law
requires a state or local agency to make these excepted records available for inspection pursuant to
the California Public Records Act, subject to redaction as specified. This bill would make a sustained
finding involving force that is unreasonable or excessive, and any sustained finding that an officer
failed to intervene against another officer using unreasonable or excessive force, subject to disclosure.
Position
SB 37 (Cortese D) Contaminated Site Cleanup and Safety Act.
Current Text: Amended: 9/3/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/8/2021-Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan.
Location: 9/8/2021-A. INACTIVE FILE
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires designated local enforcement agencies to compile and submit to the
Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery a list of all solid waste disposal facilities from which
there is a known migration of hazardous waste, and requires the department to compile these lists
into a statewide list. Current law requires these agencies to update the information as appropriate,
but at least annually, and to submit the information to the Secretary for Environmental Protection.
Under existing law, the Secretary for Environmental Protection is required to consolidate the
information provided by these state agencies and distribute the information in a timely fashion to each
city and county in which sites on the lists are located and to any other person upon request. This bill
would enact the Contaminated Site Cleanup and Safety Act and would recodify the above-described
provisions with certain revisions. The bill would repeal the requirement for the State Department of
Health Care Services to compile a list of all public drinking water wells, as described above.
Position
SB 45 (Portantino D) Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Drought Preparation, and Flood
Protection Bond Act of 2022.
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Current Text: Amended: 4/8/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 4/8/2021
Status: 6/1/2021-Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Portantino.
Location: 6/1/2021-S. INACTIVE FILE
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would enact the Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Drought Preparation, and Flood
Protection Bond Act of 2022, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds
in the amount of $5,595,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance
projects for a wildfire prevention, safe drinking water, drought preparation, and flood protection
program.
Position
SB 46 (Stern D) American Rescue Plan Act funds: federal recovery funds: funded projects.
Current Text: Amended: 3/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 3/10/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was G.O. on 3/18/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require, to the extent authorized by federal law, a state agency that receives and
disburses ARP funds or other federal recovery funds to consider projects’ potential impact on specified
goals, including, among other things, restoring frontline communities and rapidly accelerating
achievement of environmental justice and climate goals, including, but not limited to, climate,
environmental, and biodiversity protection and stimulating growth. The bill would require state
agencies to document how proposed projects meet or align with the goals and require the Labor and
Workforce Development Agency to establish an internet website where the public can track the
expenditure of federal ARP funds by the state and how funded projects meet the goals.
Position
SB 49 (Umberg D) Income taxes: credits: California Fair Fees Tax Credit.
Current Text: Amended: 5/11/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 5/11/2021
Status: 5/28/2021-Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Umberg.
Location: 5/28/2021-S. INACTIVE FILE
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law allow various credits against
the taxes imposed by those laws. This bill would allow a credit against those taxes for each taxable
year beginning on or after January 1, 2021, and before January 1, 2026, to a taxpayer that meets
certain criteria, including that the taxpayer temporarily ceased business operations for at least 30
consecutive days during the taxable year in response to an emergency order, as defined. The amount
of credit would vary based on the number of consecutive days the qualified taxpayer has ceased
business operations during the taxable year, with a maximum amount of $6,000 if the qualified
taxpayer has temporarily ceased business operations for at least 180 consecutive days, as provided.
Position
SB 52 (Dodd D) State of emergency: local emergency: planned power outage.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 8/26/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Location: 9/9/2021-S. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would define a 'deenergization event' as a planned power outage, as specified, and would
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make a deenergization event one of those conditions constituting a local emergency, with prescribed
limitations.
Position
Support
SB 54 (Allen D) Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act.
Current Text: Amended: 2/25/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 2/25/2021
Status: 6/4/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(8). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on
5/20/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 6/4/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy Fiscal 2 year Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would establish the Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act, which would prohibit
producers of single-use, disposable packaging or single-use, disposable food service ware products
from offering for sale, selling, distributing, or importing in or into the state such packaging or products
that are manufactured on or after January 1, 2032, unless they are recyclable or compostable.
Position
SB 60 (Glazer D) Residential short-term rental ordinances: health or safety infractions: maximum fines.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 8/23/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Location: 9/9/2021-S. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law sets specific monetary limits on the fines that may be imposed by city or county
authorities for any violation of local building and safety codes that is an infraction, as prescribed.
Current law requires a city or county levying fines pursuant to these provisions to establish a process
for granting a hardship waiver in certain cases. This bill would, notwithstanding those provisions and
with certain exceptions, raise the maximum fines for violation of an ordinance relating to a residential
short-term rental, as defined, that is an infraction and poses a threat to health or safety, to $1,500 for
a first violation, $3,000 for a 2nd violation of the same ordinance within one year, and $5,000 for each
additional violation of the same ordinance within one year of the first violation. The bill would make
these violations subject to the process for granting a hardship waiver.
Position
Support
SB 64 (Leyva D) Mobilehome parks: emergency relief: coronavirus (COVID-19).
Current Text: Amended: 5/20/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 5/20/2021
Status: 6/3/2021-Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator McGuire.
Location: 6/3/2021-S. INACTIVE FILE
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would prohibit the management from terminating or attempting to terminate the tenancy of
a homeowner or resident who is impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as specified, on
the grounds of failure of the homeowner or resident to comply with a reasonable rule or regulation of
the park that is part of the rental agreement during a declared state of emergency or local emergency
related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and during a 120-day time period after the state of
emergency or local emergency is terminated, except as provided. The bill would also require that any
complaint for unlawful detainer against a homeowner or resident who is impacted by the coronavirus
(COVID-19) pandemic clearly state on the first page of the complaint that it is subject to additional
protections, as provided.
Position
SB 99 (Dodd D) Community Energy Resilience Act of 2021.
Current Text: Amended: 7/5/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/28/2020
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Last Amend: 7/5/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE
FILE on 8/19/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 8/27/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy 2 year Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes within the Natural Resources Agency the State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission. Current law assigns the commission various duties,
including applying for and accepting grants, contributions, and appropriations, and awarding grants
consistent with the goals and objectives of a program or activity the commission is authorized to
implement or administer. This bill, the Community Energy Resilience Act of 2021, would require the
commission to develop and implement a grant program for local governments to develop community
energy resilience plans and expedite permit review of distributed energy resources by local
governments.
Position
Support
SB 102 (Melendez R) COVID-19 emergency order violation: license revocation.
Current Text: Amended: 3/17/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/30/2020
Last Amend: 3/17/2021
Status: 4/5/2021-April 5 set for final hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 6. Noes 7.)
Reconsideration granted.
Location: 1/28/2021-S. B., P. & E.D.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would prohibit the Department of Consumer Affairs, a board within the Departmentof
Consumer Affairs that does not regulate healing arts licensees, and the Department of Alcoholic
Beverage Control from revoking a license or imposing a fine or penalty for failure to comply with any
COVID-19 state of emergency orders or COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, unless the board or
department can prove that lack of compliance resulted in transmission of COVID-19. The bill would
specify that the provisions do not preclude issuance of fines, penalties, or revoking a license for any
action that is not related to the issuance of any COVID-19 state of emergency orders or COVID-19
stay-at-home order.
Position
SB 274 (Wieckowski D) Local government meetings: agenda and documents.
Current Text: Enrollment: 8/30/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 1/29/2021
Last Amend: 4/5/2021
Status: 8/30/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Location: 8/30/2021-S. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Ralph M. Brown Act requires meetings of the legislative body of a local agency to be
open and public and also requires regular and special meetings of the legislative body to be held
within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction, with specified
exceptions. Current law authorizes a person to request that a copy of an agenda, or a copy of all the
documents constituting the agenda packet, of any meeting of a legislative body be mailed to that
person. This bill would require a local agency with an internet website, or its designee, to email a copy
of, or website link to, the agenda or a copy of all the documents constituting the agenda packet if the
person requests that the items be delivered by email. If a local agency determines it to be
technologically infeasible to send a copy of the documents or a link to a website that contains the
documents by email or by other electronic means, the bill would require the legislative body or its
designee to send by mail a copy of the agenda or a website link to the agenda and to mail a copy of all
other documents constituting the agenda packet, as specified.
Position
SB 278 (Leyva D) Public Employees’ Retirement System: disallowed compensation: benefit adjustments.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 1/29/2021
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
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Status: 9/13/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
Location: 9/13/2021-S. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) generally requires a
public retirement system, as defined, to modify its plan or plans to comply with the act. PEPRA, among
other things, establishes new defined benefit formulas and caps on pensionable compensation. This
bill would establish new procedures under PERL for cases in which PERS determines that the benefits
of a member or annuitant are, or would be, based on disallowed compensation that conflicts with
PEPRA and other specified laws and thus impermissible under PERL. The bill would also apply these
procedures retroactively to determinations made on or after January 1, 2017, if an appeal has been
filed and the employee member, survivor, or beneficiary has not exhausted their administrative or legal
remedies. At the threshold, after determining that compensation for an employee member reported by
the state, school employer, or a contracting agency is disallowed, the bill would require the applicable
employer to discontinue the reporting of the disallowed compensation.
Position
Oppose
SB 290 (Skinner D) Density Bonus Law: qualifications for incentives or concessions: student housing for
lower income students: moderate-income persons and families: local government constraints.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/3/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/1/2021
Last Amend: 8/16/2021
Status: 9/3/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Location: 9/3/2021-S. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires the amount of a density bonus and the number of incentives or
concessions a qualifying developer receives to be pursuant to a certain formula based on the total
number of units in the housing development, as specified. This bill would require a unit designated to
satisfy the inclusionary zoning requirements of a city or county to be included in the total number of
units on which a density bonus and the number of incentives or concessions are based. The bill would
require a city or county to grant one incentive or concession for a student housing development
project that will include at least 20% of the total units for lower income students.
Position
Oppose
SB 314 (Wiener D) Alcoholic beverages.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/4/2021
Last Amend: 8/30/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Location: 9/9/2021-S. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law authorizes the issuance of a caterer’s permit, upon application to the
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, to a licensee under an on-sale general license, an on-sale
beer and wine license, a club license, or a veterans’ club license, that authorizes the holder of the
permit to sell alcoholic beverages at specified locations and events, including, among others,
conventions, sporting events, and trade exhibits. Under existing law, licensees are required to first
obtain consent from the department for sales of alcoholic beverages at each event in the form of a
catering or event authorization. This bill would prohibit the issuance of a catering authorization for use
at any one premises for more than 36 events in one calendar year, except as specified.
Position
Watch
SB 318 (Melendez R) Land use: development fee or charge: audit: auditor standards.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/4/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/4/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was GOV. & F. on
2/17/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
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Summary: The Mitigation Fee Act authorizes a local agency to retain an independent auditor if
requested to conduct an audit to determine whether a fee or charge is reasonable, provided, among
other conditions, that the person who requests the audit deposits with the local agency the amount of
the local agency’s reasonable estimate of the cost of that audit, except as provided. This bill would
require that the independent auditor be a certified public accountant, as defined, or a firm, as defined,
of certified public accountants. The bill would prohibit the local agency from retaining an independent
auditor that the local agency contracted with for any reason during the preceding 10 years, as
provided. The bill would also prohibit an independent auditor that is retained by a local agency to
conduct the audit from soliciting or accepting employment from the local agency for 5 years following
the completion of the audit and all subsequent challenges related to the audit.
Position
SB 323 (Caballero D) Local government: water or sewer service: legal actions.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/5/2021
Last Amend: 8/16/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 2.) Ordered to engrossing and
enrolling.
Location: 9/10/2021-S. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law prohibits a local agency from imposing fees for specified purposes, including
fees for water or sewer connections, as defined, that exceed the estimated reasonable cost of
providing the service for which the fee is charged, unless voter approval is obtained. Existing law
provides that a local agency levying a new water or sewer connection fee or increasing a fee must do
so by ordinance or resolution. Current law requires, for specified fees, including water or sewer
connection fees, any judicial action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul an
ordinance, resolution, or motion adopting a new fee or service charge or modifying an existing fee or
service charge to be commenced within 120 days of the effective date of the ordinance, resolution, or
motion according to specified procedures for validation proceedings. Except as provided, this bill would
require any judicial action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, validate, or annul an
ordinance, resolution, or motion adopting, modifying, or amending water or sewer service fees or
charges adopted after January 1, 2022, to be commenced within 120 days of the effective date or the
date of final passage, adoption, or approval of the ordinance, resolution, or motion, whichever is later.
Position
Watch
SB 336 (Ochoa Bogh R) Public health: COVID-19.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/8/2021
Last Amend: 9/2/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and
enrolling.
Location: 9/9/2021-S. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require, when the State Department of Public Health issues a statewide order or
mandatory guidance, or when a local health officer issues an order, related to preventing the spread of
COVID-19, as defined, or protecting public health against a threat of COVID-19, that they publish on
their internet website the order or guidance and the date that the order or guidance takes effect. The
bill would also require the department or local health officer to create an opportunity for local
communities, businesses, nonprofit organizations, individuals, and others to sign up for an email
distribution list relative to changes to the order or guidance.
Position
SB 378 (Gonzalez D) Local government: broadband infrastructure development project permit
processing: microtrenching permit processing ordinance.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/10/2021
Last Amend: 6/29/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Location: 9/9/2021-S. ENROLLED
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Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require a local agency to allow, except as provided, microtrenching for the
installation of underground fiber if the installation in the microtrench is limited to fiber. The bill would
also require, to the extent necessary, a local agency with jurisdiction to approve excavations to adopt
or amend existing policies, ordinances, codes, or construction rules to allow for microtrenching. The bill
would provide that these provisions do not supersede, nullify, or otherwise alter the requirements to
comply with specified safety standards. The bill would authorize a local agency to impose a fee for its
reasonable costs on an application for a permit to install fiber, as provided. By imposing new duties on
local agencies with regard to the installation of fiber, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.
Position
SB 389 (Dodd D) Alcoholic beverages: retail on-sale license: off-sale privileges.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/11/2021
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and
enrolling.
Location: 9/9/2021-S. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which is administered by the Department of Alcoholic
Beverage Control, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses.
Current law authorizes a person holding an on-sale general license, with respect to beer and wine,
and any on-sale license, with respect to the particular beverage or beverages mentioned in the
license, to exercise the rights and privileges granted by an off-sale beer and wine license.This bill
would, until December 31, 2026, authorize the holder of an on-sale license for a bona fide public eating
place that has off-sale privileges, or a licensed beer manufacturer, licensed wine manufacturer, or
licensed craft distiller that operates a bona fide public eating place at its premises of production, to
exercise additional off-sale rights and privileges, subject to specified requirements.exercise additional off-sale rights and privileges, subject to specified requirements.
Position
SB 397 (Jones R) Emergency powers: essential services: religious services.
Current Text: Amended: 3/15/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/11/2021
Last Amend: 3/15/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was JUD. on 3/15/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Emergency Services Act authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of
emergency, and local governments to proclaim a local emergency, when specified conditions of disaster
or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, and authorizes the Governor or the local
government to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. Current law grants immunity to
the state and its political subdivisions for any claim based upon the exercise or performance, or the
failure to exercise or perform, a discretionary function or duty on the part of a state or local agency or
any employee of the state or its political subdivisions in carrying out the California Emergency Services
Act. This bill, the Religion is Essential Act, would, during a state of emergency or local emergency,
require the Governor or the local government to deem religious services to be an essential service and
to be necessary and vital to the health and welfare of the public.
Position
SB 477 (Wiener D) General plan: annual report.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Last Amend: 8/30/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Location: 9/9/2021-S. ENROLLED
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Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use
development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. That law
requires the planning agency of a city or county to provide, by April 1 of each year, an annual report to,
among other entities, the Department of Housing and Community Development that includes, among
other specified information, the number of applications submitted, the location and total number of
developments approved, the number of building permits issued, and the number of units constructed
pursuant to a specific streamlined, ministerial approval process. This bill would, commencing January 1,
2024, require a planning agency to include in that annual report specified information on costs,
standards, and applications for proposed housing development projects and specified information on
housing development projects within the jurisdiction.
Position
Oppose
SB 478 (Wiener D) Planning and Zoning Law: housing development projects.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Last Amend: 9/2/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 6.) Ordered to engrossing and
enrolling.
Location: 9/9/2021-S. ENROLLMENT
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Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires the Department of Housing and Community
Development to notify the city, county, or city and county, and authorizes the department to notify the
Attorney General, that the city, county, or city and county is in violation of state law if the department
finds that the housing element or an amendment to that element, or any specified action or failure to
act, does not substantially comply with the law as it pertains to housing elements or that any local
government has taken an action in violation of certain housing laws. This bill would prohibit a local
agency, as defined, from imposing a floor area ratio standard that is less than 1.0 on a housing
development project that consists of 3 to 7 units, or less than 1.25 on a housing development project
that consists of 8 to 10 units.
Position
Oppose
SB 490 (Caballero D) Housing acquisition and rehabilitation: technical assistance.
Current Text: Amended: 4/22/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Last Amend: 4/22/2021
Status: 6/4/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(8). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on
6/2/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 6/4/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy Fiscal 2 year Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, establish the Housing Acquisition and
Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Program, with the purpose of providing technical assistance to
qualified entities engaged in acquisition-rehabilitation projects. The bill would defined “acquisition-
rehabilitation project” as a project to acquire and preserve unsubsidized housing units and attaching
long-term affordability restrictions on the housing units. The bill would define “qualified entity” to
include an eligible nonprofit corporation, community land trust, public housing authority, a nonprofit,
limited-equity, or workforce housing cooperative, a resident association or organization, and a local or
regional government agency administering an acquisition-rehabilitation project funding program.
Position
SB 499 (Leyva D) General plan: land use element: uses adversely impacting health outcomes.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/17/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was GOV. & F. on
2/25/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-S. 2 YEAR
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Summary: Would prohibit the land use element from designating land uses that have the potential to
significantly degrade local air, water, or soil quality or to adversely impact health outcomes in
disadvantaged communities to be located, or to materially expand, within or adjacent to a
disadvantaged community or a racially and ethnically concentrated area of poverty. By expanding the
duties of cities and counties in the administration of their land use planning duties, the bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
Position
SB 533 (Stern D) Electrical corporations: wildfire mitigation plans: deenergization events.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Last Amend: 9/1/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and
enrolling.
Location: 9/10/2021-S. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require that an electrical corporation’s wildfire mitigation plan identify circuits that
have frequently been deenergized to mitigate the risk of wildfire and the measures taken, or planned
to be taken, by the electrical corporation to reduce the need for, and impact of, future deenergization
of those circuits, including the estimated annual decline in circuit deenergization and deenergization
impact on customers, and replacing, hardening, or undergrounding any portion of the circuit or of
upstream transmission or distribution lines.
Position
SB 555 (McGuire D) Local agencies: transient occupancy taxes: short-term rental facilitator: collection.
Current Text: Amended: 7/14/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 7/14/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE
FILE on 8/19/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 8/27/2021-A. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy 2 year Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would authorize a local agency, defined to mean a city, county, or city and county, including
a charter city, county, or city and county, to enact an ordinance exclusively delegating its authority to
collect any transient occupancy tax imposed by that local agency on short-term rentals to the California
Department of Tax and Fee Administration and to enter into a contract with the department for
purposes of registration, rate posting, collection, and transmission of revenues necessary to collect
and administer any transient occupancy tax imposed on a short-term rental as specified in this bill.
Position
SB 556 (Dodd D) Street light poles, traffic signal poles: small wireless facilities attachments.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 6/28/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Location: 9/9/2021-S. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Wuld prohibit a local government or local publicly owned electric utility from unreasonably
denying the leasing or licensing of its street light poles or traffic signal poles to communications service
providers for the purpose of placing small wireless facilities on those poles. The bill would require that
street light poles and traffic signal poles be made available for the placement of small wireless facilities
under fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory fees, as provided. The bill would authorize a local
government or local publicly owned electric utility to condition access to its street light poles or traffic
signal poles on reasonable terms and conditions, including reasonable aesthetic and safety standards.
Position
Oppose
SB 581 (Atkins D) General plan.
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Current Text: Introduced: 2/18/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Status: 7/1/2021-Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. Ordered to inactive file on request
of Assembly Member Chau.
Location: 7/1/2021-A. INACTIVE FILE
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law, requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use
development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. That law
requires the planning agency of a city or county to provide by April 1 of each year an annual report to,
among other entities, the Department of Housing and Community Development. The law requires that
the annual report include, among other specified information, the number of housing development
applications received and the number of units approved and disapproved in the prior year. This bill
would additionally require the planning agency include in the annual report whether the city or county
is a party to a court action related to a violation of state housing law, and the disposition of that
action.
Position
SB 612 (Portantino D) Electrical corporations and other load-serving entities: allocation of legacy
resources.
Current Text: Amended: 5/20/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 5/20/2021
Status: 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was U. & E. on
6/10/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 7/14/2021-A. 2 YEAR
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Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require an electrical corporation, by July 1, 2022, and not less than once every 3
years thereafter, to offer an allocation of certain electrical resources to its bundled customers and to
other load-serving entities, including electric service providers and community choice aggregators, that
serve departing load customers who bear cost responsibility for those resources. The bill would
authorize a load-serving entity within the service territory of the electrical corporation to elect to
receive all or a portion of the vintaged proportional share of those legacy resources allocated to its
end-use customers and, if it so elects, would require it to pay to the electrical corporation the
commission-established market price benchmark for the vintage proportional share of the resources
received.
Position
Support
SB 617 (Wiener D) Residential solar energy systems: permitting.
Current Text: Amended: 5/4/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 5/4/2021
Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
on 5/17/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 5/25/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Desk Policy 2 year Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require every city and county to implement an online, automated permitting platform
that verifies code compliance and instantaneously issues permits for a solar energy system that is no
larger than 38.4 kilowatts alternating current nameplate rating and an energy storage system paired
with a solar energy system that is no larger than 38.4 kilowatts alternating current nameplate rating,
as specified. The bill would require a city or county to amend a certain ordinance to authorize a
residential solar energy system and an energy storage system to use the online, automated
permitting platform. The bill would prescribe a compliance schedule for satisfying these requirements,
which would exempt a county with a population of less than 150,000 and all cities within a county with
a population of less than 150,000.
Position
Support
SB 619 (Laird D) Organic waste: reduction regulations: local jurisdiction compliance.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
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Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and
enrolling.
Location: 9/9/2021-S. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires the State Air Resources Board to complete, approve, and implement a
comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in the state to achieve,
among other things, a reduction in the statewide emissions of methane by 40%. Current law requires
the methane emissions reduction goals to include specified targets to reduce the landfill disposal of
organics. Current law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation
with the state board, to adopt regulations to achieve those targets for reducing organic waste in
landfills, and authorizes those regulations to require local jurisdictions to impose requirements on
generators or other relevant entities within their jurisdiction, to authorize local jurisdictions to impose
penalties on generators for noncompliance, and to include penalties to be imposed by the department
for noncompliance. This bill would authorize a local jurisdiction facing continuing violations that
commence during the 2022 calendar year of those regulations to submit to the department no later
than March 1, 2022, a notification of intent to comply, as prescribed.
Position
Support
SB 621 (Eggman D) Conversion of motels and hotels: streamlining.
Current Text: Amended: 4/5/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 4/5/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was GOV. & F. on
4/15/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would authorize a development proponent to submit an application for a development for
the complete conversion, as defined, of a structure with a certificate of occupancy as a motel or hotel
into multifamily housing units to be subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process, provided
that development proponent reserves 10% of the proposed housing units for lower income
households, unless a local government has affordability requirements that exceed these requirements.
The bill would require the structure proposed to be converted be vacant for at least 6 months prior to
the submission of the application, except as provided. The bill would require the development
proponent to comply with specified requirements regarding the payment of prevailing rate or per diem
wages for construction work related to the part of the development that is a public work and the use
of a skilled and trained workforce on the development, except as provided.
Position
SB 649 (Cortese D) Local governments: affordable housing: local tenant preference.
Current Text: Amended: 4/19/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 4/19/2021
Status: 6/17/2021-Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
Location: 6/17/2021-A. RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would establish a state policy supporting local tenant preferences for lower income
households, as defined, that are subject to displacement risk, and, further, permit local governments
and developers in receipt of local or state funds, federal or state tax credits, or an allocation of tax-
exempt private activity bonds designated for affordable rental housing to restrict occupancy by
creating a local housing preference for lower income households subject to displacement risk. The bill,
subject to certain requirements and limitations, would authorize a local government to allow a local
tenant preference in an affordable housing rental development to reduce displacement of lower
income households with displacement risk beyond local government boundaries by adopting a program
that allows preferences in affordable rental housing acquired, constructed, preserved or funded with
state or local funds or tax programs.
Position
SB 728 (Hertzberg D) Density Bonus Law: purchase of density bonus units by nonprofit housing
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organizations.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 9/2/2021
Status: 9/13/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
Location: 9/13/2021-S. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to
provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the city or county with a density
bonus and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct, among
other options, specified percentages of units for moderate-income or, lower, or very low income
households and meets other requirements. Current law requires the developer and the city or county
to ensure that the initial occupant of a for-sale unit that qualified the developer for the award of the
density bonus is a person or family of very low, low, or moderate income. This bill instead, would
require the developer and the city or county to ensure that (1) a for-sale unit that qualified the
developer for the award of the density bonus is initially occupied by a person or family of the required
income, offered at an affordable housing cost, as defined, and includes an equity sharing agreement,
as specified, or (2) a qualified nonprofit housing organization that is receiving the above-described
welfare exemption purchases the unit pursuant to a specified recorded contract that includes an
affordability restriction, an equity sharing agreement, as specified, and a repurchase option that
requires a subsequent purchaser that desires to sell or convey the property to first offer the nonprofit
corporation the opportunity to repurchase the property.
Position
SB 735 (Rubio D) Vehicles: speed safety cameras.
Current Text: Amended: 3/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 3/10/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was TRANS. on 3/18/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would authorize a local authority to use a traffic speed safety system, as defined, to
enforce speed limits in a school zone. The bill would prescribe requirements for the operation of a
traffic speed safety system, including, among other things, notice to the public, issuance of citations,
and confidentiality of data. The bill would create an administrative proceeding for persons to pay or
contest a citation captured by a traffic speed safety system and a procedure to appeal an adverse
decision. The bill would impose a civil penalty for a violation. The bill would require the use of the online
adjudicatory tool to determine a person’s ability to pay that penalty and require that fees be collected
pursuant to the process created in the pilot program described above.
Position
SB 765 (Stern D) Accessory dwelling units: setbacks.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was HOUSING on
3/3/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Location: 4/30/2021-S. 2 YEAR
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, provides for the creation of accessory
dwelling units by local ordinance, or, if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance, by ministerial
approval, in accordance with specified standards and conditions. Current law prohibits a local agency’s
accessory dwelling unit ordinance from imposing a setback requirement of more than 4 feet from the
side and rear lot lines for an accessory dwelling unit that is not converted from an existing structure or
a new structure constructed in the same location and to the same dimensions as an existing structure.
This bill would remove the above-described prohibition on a local agency’s accessory dwelling unit
ordinance, and would instead provide that the rear and side yard setback requirements for accessory
dwelling units may be set by the local agency. The bill would authorize an accessory dwelling unit
applicant to submit a request to the local agency for an alternative rear and side yard setback
requirement if the local agency’s setback requirements make the building of the accessory dwelling
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unit infeasible.
Position
SB 780 (Cortese D) Local finance: public investment authorities.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 8/23/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Location: 9/9/2021-S. ENROLLED
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes enhanced infrastructure financing districts to finance public capital
facilities or other specified projects of communitywide significance. Currentlaw provides for the
membership of the governing body of the district, referred to as the public financing authority. This bill
would authorize the legislative bodies, as defined, to appoint an alternate member to the public
financing authority who may serve and vote in place of a member who is absent or disqualifies
themselves from participating in a meeting of the authority. If a district has more than 3 participating
affected taxing entities, the bill would authorize the legislative bodies of the taxing entities to, upon
agreement, appoint only one member of their respective legislative bodies, and one alternate member,
in addition to the public members.
Position
Support
SB 792 (Glazer D) Sales and use tax: returns: online transactions: local jurisdiction schedule.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 8/26/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Concurrence in
Assembly amendments pending. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 4.) Ordered to
engrossing and enrolling.
Location: 9/10/2021-S. ENROLLMENT
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law authorizes the Department of Tax and Fee Administration to require the filing of
reports by any person or class of persons with information relating to sales of tangible personal
property, the storage, use, or other consumption of which is subject to the use tax, as specified.
Current law requires a retailer or purchaser subject to the sales and use tax to file, on or before the
last day of the month following each quarterly period, a return for the preceding quarterly period. This
bill, for reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2022, would require a qualified retailer,
defined as a retailer whose annual qualified sales of tangible personal property transacted online
exceeded $50,000,000 for the previous calendar year, to include with each tax return a schedule that
reports for each local jurisdiction the gross receipts from the qualified sale of tangible personal
property shipped or delivered to a purchaser in that jurisdiction.
Position
Oppose
SCA 2 (Allen D) Public housing projects.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/7/2020 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Status: 9/1/2021-Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Allen.
Location: 9/1/2021-S. INACTIVE FILE
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Constitution prohibits the development, construction, or acquisition of a low-
rent housing project, as defined, in any manner by any state public body until a majority of the
qualified electors of the city, town, or county in which the development, construction, or acquisition of
the low-rent housing project is proposed approve the project by voting in favor at an election, as
specified. This measure would repeal these provisions.
Position
Total Measures: 124
Total Tracking Forms: 124
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CITY OF CUPERTINO
Agenda Item
21-9879 Agenda Date: 9/17/2021
Agenda #: 4.
Subject:Update on positions taken by the League of California Cities (League),the American Planning
Association (APA), and the Cities Association of Santa Clara County (CASCC)
Receive update on positions taken by the League, APA, and CASCC and provide any input
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AB 9 (Wood D) Fire safety and prevention: wildfires: fire adapted communities: Office of the State
Fire Marshal: community wildfire preparedness and mitigation.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.). In Assembly.
Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. Senate amendments
concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would establish in the Department of Conservation the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity
Program to support regional leadership to build local and regional capacity and develop, prioritize, and
implement strategies and projects that create fire adapted communities and landscapes by improving
ecosystem health, community wildfire preparedness, and fire resilience. The bill would require, among
other things, the department to, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, provide block grants to
regional entities, as defined, to develop regional strategies that develop governance structures,
identify wildfire risks, foster collaboration, and prioritize and implement projects within the region to
achieve the goals of the program.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 14 (Aguiar-Curry D) Communications: California Advanced Services Fund: deaf and disabled
telecommunications program: surcharges.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 9/2/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes
28. Noes 8.). In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Under current law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public
utilities, including telephone corporations. Current law requires the commission to develop, implement,
and administer the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) to encourage deployment of high-quality
advanced communications services to all Californians that will promote economic growth, job creation,
and the substantial social benefits of advanced information and communications technologies. Current
law authorizes the commission to impose a surcharge to collect $330,000,000 for deposit into the
CASF beginning January 1, 2018, and continuing through the 2022 calendar year. Current law specifies
the amount of surcharge revenues to be deposited into each account within the CASF, subject to
appropriation by the Legislature.This bill would authorize the commission to impose the surcharge to
fund the CASF until December 31, 2032, as specified.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
APA Support
AB 15 (Chiu D) COVID-19 relief: tenancy: Tenant Stabilization Act of 2021.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/7/2020 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Status: 1/11/2021-Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would extend the definition of “COVID-19 rental debt” as unpaid rent or any other unpaid
financial obligation of a tenant that came due between March 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021. The bill
would also extend the repeal date of the act to January 1, 2026. The bill would make other conforming
changes to align with these extended dates. By extending the repeal date of the act, the bill would
expand the crime of perjury and create a state-mandated local program.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 16 (Chiu D) Tenancies: COVID-19 Tenant, Small Landlord, and Affordable Housing Provider
Stabilization Act of 2021.
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Current Text: Amended: 1/12/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 1/12/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was H. & C.D. on
1/11/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would establish the Tenant, Small Landlord, and Affordable Housing Provider Stabilization
Program. The bill would authorize the Director of Housing and Community Development to direct an
existing office or program within the Department of Housing and Community Development to
implement the program. The bill would establish in the State Treasury the COVID-19 Tenant, Small
Landlord, and Affordable Housing Provider Stabilization Fund, and, upon appropriation by the
Legislature, distribute all moneys in the fund to the department to carry out the purposes of the
program.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 17 (Cooper D) Peace officers: disqualification from employment.
Current Text: Amended: 1/12/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 1/12/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 1/11/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would disqualify a person from being a peace officer if the person has been discharged
from the military for committing an offense that would have been a felony if committed in California or if
the person has been certified as a peace officer and has had that certification revoked by the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
Organization Position
LOCC Support in
Concept
AB 33 (Ting D) Energy Conservation Assistance Act of 1979: energy storage systems and electric
vehicle charging infrastructure: Native American tribes.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 7/15/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Energy Conservation Assistance Act of 1979 authorizes a school, hospital, public care
institution, or unit of local government to submit an application to the Energy Commission for an
allocation for the purpose of financing all or a portion of the costs incurred in implementing a project,
which includes an energy audit, energy conservation and operating procedure, or energy conservation
measure in an existing or planned building or facility, an energy conservation project, or a technical
assistance program. Current law requires the Energy Commission to approve only those applications
for projects that will recover costs through savings in the cost of energy to the eligible institution
during the repayment period of the allocation. Current law creates the State Energy Conservation
Assistance Account, which is continuously appropriated to the Energy Commission for purposes of the
act. This bill would require the Energy Commission, in administering the account, to provide grants and
loans to local governments and public institutions to maximize energy use savings, expand installation
of energy storage systems, and expand the availability of electric vehicle charging infrastructure,
including technical assistance, demonstrations, and identification and implementation of cost-effective
energy efficiency, energy storage, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure measures and programs
in existing and planned buildings or facilities.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
AB 34 (Muratsuchi D) Broadband for All Act of 2022.
Current Text: Amended: 4/6/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 4/6/2021
Status: 5/20/2021-In committee: Held under submission.
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Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would enact the Broadband for All Act of 2022, which, if approved by the voters, would
authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General
Obligation Bond Law to support the 2022 Broadband for All Program that would be administered by
the department for purposes of providing financial assistance for projects to deploy broadband
infrastructure and broadband internet access services.
Organization Position
LOCC Support in
Concept
AB 43 (Friedman D) Traffic safety.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 9/1/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes various default speed limits for vehicles upon highways, as
specified. Current law authorizes state and local authorities to adjust these default speed limits, as
specified, based upon certain findings determined by an engineering and traffic survey. Existing law
defines an engineering and traffic survey and prescribes specified factors that must be included in the
survey, including prevailing speeds and road conditions. Current law authorizes local authorities to
consider additional factors, including pedestrian and bicyclist safety. This bill would authorize local
authorities to consider the safety of vulnerable pedestrian groups, as specified.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
AB 46 (Rivas, Luz D) California Youth Empowerment Act.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 9/2/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would create the California Youth Empowerment Act to address, among other issues, the
growing need to engage youth directly with policymakers. The bill would establish the California Youth
Empowerment Commission in state government consisting of 13 voting commissioners between 14
and 25 years of age and meeting specified requirements, with 11 members appointed by the Governor,
one at-large member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and one at-large member
appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, along with several ex officio, nonvoting members from
various geographic regions of the state. The bill would establish the commission to be advisory in
nature, for the main purpose of providing meaningful opportunities for civic engagement to improve the
quality of life for California’s disconnected and disadvantaged youth.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
AB 48 (Gonzalez, Lorena D) Law enforcement: use of force.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 8/26/2021
Status: 9/8/2021-Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would prohibit the use of kinetic energy projectiles or chemical agents by any law
enforcement agency to disperse any assembly, protest, or demonstration, except in compliance with
specified standards set by the bill, and would prohibit their use solely due to a violation of an imposed
curfew, verbal threat, or noncompliance with a law enforcement directive. The bill would include in the
standards for the use of kinetic energy projectiles and chemical agents to disperse gatherings the
requirement that, among other things, those weapons only be used to defend against a threat to life
or serious bodily injury to any individual, including a peace officer, or to bring an objectively dangerous
and unlawful situation safely and effectively under control.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
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AB 52 (Frazier D) California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: scoping plan updates: wildfires.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/7/2020 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was NAT. RES. on
1/11/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 authorizes the State Air Resources
Board to include in its regulation of emissions of greenhouse gases the use of market-based
compliance mechanisms. Current law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by
the state board from a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas
Reduction Fund (fund) and to be available upon appropriation by the Legislature. Current law
continuously appropriates 35% of the annual proceeds of the fund for transit, affordable housing, and
sustainable communities programs and 25% of the annual proceeds of the fund for certain
components of a specified high-speed rail project. This bill would require the state board, in each
scoping plan update prepared by the state board after January 1, 2022, to include, consistent with the
act, recommendations for achieving the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions
of emissions of greenhouse gases and black carbon from wildfires.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 61 (Gabriel D) Business pandemic relief.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 8/26/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and
Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would authorize the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, for a period of 365 days
following the end of the state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor on March 4, 2020, in response
to the COVID-19 pandemic, to permit licensees to exercise license privileges in an expanded license
area authorized pursuant to a COVID-19 Temporary Catering Authorization approved in accordance
with the Fourth Notice of Regulatory Relief issued by the department, as specified. The bill would also
authorize the department to extend the period of time during which the COVID-19 Temporary Catering
Authorization is valid beyond 365 days if the licensee has filed a pending application with the
department for the permanent expansion of their premises before the 365-day time period expires.
The bill would make these provisions effective only until July 1, 2024, and repeal them as of that date.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
AB 89 (Jones-Sawyer D) Peace officers: minimum qualifications.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 3.). In Assembly.
Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to the unfinished business file. Senate
amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to
establish a certification program for specified peace officers, including officers of the Department of the
California Highway Patrol. Current law requires the commission to establish basic, intermediate,
advanced, supervisory, management, and executive certificates for the purpose of fostering the
education and experience necessary to perform general police service duties. Current law requires
certificates to be awarded on the basis of a combination of training, education, experience, and other
prerequisites, as determined by the commission. This bill would require the office of the Chancellor of
the California Community Colleges to develop a modern policing degree program, with the commission
and other stakeholders to serve as advisors, as specified, and to submit a report on recommendations
to the Legislature outlining a plan to implement the program on or before June 1, 2023.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
AB 106 (Salas D) Regions Rise Grant Program.
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Current Text: Amended: 5/3/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/16/2020
Last Amend: 5/3/2021
Status: 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was B., P. & E.D. on
6/9/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would establish the Regions Rise Grant Program within the Office of Planning and Research
for the purpose of supporting inclusive, cross-jurisdictional, and innovative engagement processes that
lead to inclusive strategies to address barriers and challenges confronting communities in creating
economic prosperity for all. The bill would define “region” as a geographic area composed of one or
more counties and cities that form a functional economy.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 115 (Bloom D) Planning and zoning: commercial zoning: housing development.
Current Text: Amended: 4/20/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/18/2020
Last Amend: 4/20/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was L. GOV. on 4/15/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of a city’s or county’s general plan,
specific plan, zoning ordinance, or regulation, would require that a housing development be an
authorized use on a site designated in any local agency’s zoning code or maps for commercial uses if
certain conditions apply. Among these conditions, the bill would require that the housing development
be subject to a recorded deed restriction requiring that at least 20% of the units have an affordable
housing cost or affordable rent for lower income households, as those terms are defined, and located
on a site that satisfies specified criteria.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 215 (Chiu D) Planning and Zoning Law: housing element: violations.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 1/11/2021
Last Amend: 8/30/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 9.). In Assembly.
Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. Senate amendments
concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 22. Noes 9.).
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use
development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. That law
requires a planning agency, before adopting its housing element or amendment to its housing
element, to submit a draft element or draft amendment to the Department of Housing and Community
Development.This bill would require a local government to make the first draft revision of a housing
element available for public comment for at least 30 days and, if any comments are received, take at
least 10 additional business days to consider and incorporate public comments into the draft revision
before submitting it to the department. The bill would require a local government to post any
subsequent draft revision on its internet website and to email a link to the draft revision to individuals
and organizations that have requested notices relating to the local government’s housing element, as
specified.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
APA Concerns
AB 332 (Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials) Hazardous waste: treated wood
waste: management standards.
Current Text: Chaptered: 8/31/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 1/27/2021
Last Amend: 6/29/2021
Status: 8/31/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 147,
Statutes of 2021.
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Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law, as part of the hazardous waste control laws, requires the Department of Toxic
Substances Control to regulate the management and handling of hazardous waste. Under current law,
certain wood waste that is exempt from regulation under the federal Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, is exempt from the hazardous waste control laws, if the wood
waste is disposed of in a municipal landfill that meets certain requirements imposed pursuant to the
Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act for the classification of disposal sites, and the landfill meets
other specified requirements. A violation of the state’s hazardous waste control laws, including a
regulation adopted pursuant to those laws, is a crime. This bill would require a person managing
treated wood waste to comply with the hazardous waste control laws or the management standards
established in the bill, including standards for the reuse, storage, treatment, transportation, tracking,
identification, and disposal of treated wood waste, as provided.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
AB 339 (Lee D) Local government: open and public meetings.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 1/28/2021
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 8.). In Assembly.
Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. Senate amendments
concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Ralph M. Brown Act requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative
body of a local agency, as those terms are defined, be open and public and that all persons be
permitted to attend and participate. Under existing law, a member of the legislative body who attends
a meeting where action is taken in violation of this provision, with the intent to deprive the public of
information that the member knows the public is entitled to, is guilty of a crime. This bill would require
local agencies to conduct meetings subject to the act consistent with applicable state and federal civil
rights laws, as specified.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
AB 345 (Quirk-Silva D) Accessory dwelling units: separate conveyance.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 1/28/2021
Last Amend: 6/16/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes a local agency to provide, by ordinance, for the
creation of accessory dwelling units in single-family and multifamily residential zones and requires a
local agency that has not adopted an ordinance to ministerially approve an application for an
accessory dwelling unit, and sets forth required ordinance standards, including that the ordinance
prohibit the sale or conveyance of the accessory dwelling unit separately from the primary residence.
Current law, notwithstanding the prohibition described above, authorizes a local agency to, by
ordinance, allow an accessory dwelling unit to be sold or conveyed separately from the primary
residence to a qualified buyer if certain conditions are met.This bill would require each local agency to
allow an accessory dwelling unit to be sold or conveyed separately from the primary residence to a
qualified buyer if the above-described conditions are met.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 361 (Rivas, Robert D) Open meetings: state and local agencies: teleconferences.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/1/2021
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Senate Rules Suspended Read third
time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 7.). In Assembly.
Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to the unfinished business file. Urgency clause
adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
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Summary: Would, until January 1, 2024, authorize a local agency to use teleconferencing without
complying with the teleconferencing requirements imposed by the Ralph M. Brown Act when a
legislative body of a local agency holds a meeting during a declared state of emergency, as that term is
defined, when state or local health officials have imposed or recommended measures to promote social
distancing, during a proclaimed state of emergency held for the purpose of determining, by majority
vote, whether meeting in person would present imminent risks to the health or safety of attendees,
and during a proclaimed state of emergency when the legislative body has determined that meeting in
person would present imminent risks to the health or safety of attendees, as provided.
Organization Position
APA Support
LOCC Support
AB 377 (Rivas, Robert D) Water quality: impaired waters.
Current Text: Amended: 4/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/1/2021
Last Amend: 4/13/2021
Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
on 5/19/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy 2 year Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require, by January 1, 2023, the State Water Resources Control Board and regional
boards to prioritize enforcement of all water quality standard violations that are causing or
contributing to an exceedance of a water quality standard in a surface water of the state. The bill
would require the state board and regional boards, by January 1, 2025, to evaluate impaired state
surface waters and report to the Legislature a plan to bring all water segments into attainment by
January 1, 2050. The bill would require the state board and regional boards to update the report with
a progress summary to the Legislature every 5 years. The bill would create the Waterway Recovery
Account in the Waste Discharge Permit Fund and would make moneys in the Waterway Recovery
Account available for the state board to expend, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to bring
impaired water segments into attainment in accordance with the plan.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
AB 386 (Cooper D) Public Employees’ Retirement Fund: investments: confidentiality.
Current Text: Amended: 6/29/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/2/2021
Last Amend: 6/29/2021
Status: 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was JUD. on 6/9/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to make their records
available for public inspection, unless an exemption from disclosure applies. Current law excludes from
the disclosure requirement certain records regarding alternative investments in which public
investment funds invest. This bill would exempt from disclosure under the act specified records
regarding an internally managed private loan made directly by the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund.
Under the bill, these records would include quarterly and annual financial statements of the borrower
or its constituent owners, unless the information has already been publicly released by the keeper of
the information. The bill would prescribe specified exceptions to this exemption from disclosure.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
AB 387 (Lee D) Social Housing Act of 2021.
Current Text: Amended: 3/25/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/2/2021
Last Amend: 3/25/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was H. & C.D. on
3/25/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Housing Authorities Law authorizes the establishment of a functioning housing
authority within a city or county by enactment of a resolution by the city or county declaring that there
is need of a functioning housing authority in the city or county. Current law authorizes a housing
authority of a city or county to, among other things, prepare, carry out, acquire, lease, and operate
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housing projects and housing developments for persons of low income, as provided. This bill, the Social
Housing Act of 2021, would establish, in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, the
California Social Housing Council to develop policy proposals that would promote the development of
social housing, as defined, to hold public meetings throughout the state to educate participants on the
history and purposes of social housing, and to solicit input on the policy proposals from stakeholders.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 389 (Grayson D) Ambulance services.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/2/2021
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.). In Assembly.
Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. Senate amendments
concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act authorizes a local EMS agency to
create one or more exclusive operating areas in the development of a local plan, if a competitive
process is utilized to select the provider of the services pursuant to the plan, except as specified. This
bill would specify that a county is authorized to contract for emergency ambulance services with a fire
agency, as defined, that will provide those services, in whole or in part, through a written subcontract
with a private ambulance service.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
AB 411 (Irwin D) Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2022.
Current Text: Amended: 3/1/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/3/2021
Last Amend: 3/1/2021
Status: 5/20/2021-In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would enact the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2022 to authorize
the issuance of bonds in an amount not to exceed $600,000,000 to provide additional funding for the
VHHPA. The bill would provide for the handling and disposition of the funds in the same manner as the
2014 bond act.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 415 (Rivas, Robert D) Employment: workers’ compensation.
Current Text: Amended: 2/12/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/3/2021
Last Amend: 2/12/2021
Status: 5/7/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was INS. on 2/12/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2021)
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes a workers’ compensation system, administered by the
Administrative Director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation, to compensate an employee for
injuries sustained in the course of the employee’s employment. This bill would define “injury,” for
certain employees of a city, county, city and county, district, or other municipal corporation or political
subdivision regularly exposed to active fires or health hazards directly resulting from firefighting
operations, to include cancer that develops or manifests during a period in which the individual
demonstrates that they were exposed to a known carcinogen while in the employment of the city,
county, city and county, district, or other municipal corporation or political subdivision. The bill would
establish a presumption that the cancer in those cases arose out of, and in the course of, employment,
unless the presumption is controverted by evidence that the primary site of the cancer has been
established and that the carcinogen to which the person has demonstrated exposure is not
reasonably linked to the disabling cancer.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
AB 418 (Valladares R) Emergency services: grant program.
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Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/4/2021
Last Amend: 5/24/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would establish the Community Power Resiliency Program (program), to be administered by
the Office of Emergency Services, to support local governments’ efforts to improve resiliency in
response to power outage events, as provided. The bill would require the office to allocate funds,
pursuant to an appropriation by the Legislature, to local governments, special districts, and tribes for
various purposes relating to power resiliency, and would require certain entities, in order to be eligible
for funding, to either describe the portion of their emergency plan that includes power outages or
confirm that power outages will be included when the entity revises any portion of their emergency
plan.
Organization Position
LOCC Pending
AB 491 (Ward D) Housing: affordable and market rate units.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/8/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/8/2021
Last Amend: 8/18/2021
Status: 9/8/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require that a mixed-income multifamily structure provide the same access to the
common entrances, common areas, and amenities of the structure to occupants of the affordable
housing units in the structure as is provided to occupants of the market-rate housing units. The bill
would also prohibit a mixed-income multifamily structure from isolating the affordable housing units
within the structure to a specific floor or an area on a specific floor. The bill would define various terms
for these purposes.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 500 (Ward D) Local planning: coastal development: streamlined permitting.
Current Text: Amended: 8/31/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/9/2021
Last Amend: 8/31/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hueso.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Coastal Act generally requires each local government lying, in whole or in part, within
the coastal zone to prepare a local coastal program for that portion of the coastal zone within its
jurisdiction. Ths bill would require a local government lying, in whole or in part, within the coastal zone
that has a certified land use plan or a fully certified local coastal program to adopt, by January 1, 2024,
an amendment to that plan or program, as applicable, specifying streamlined permitting procedures in
nonhazardous zones for the approval of (1) accessory dwelling units or junior accessory dwelling units,
consistent with specified requirements relating to the rental of those units (2) projects in which a
specified percentage of the units will be affordable to lower income households or designated for
supportive housing, as those terms are defined, and (3) Low Barrier Navigation Centers, as defined.
The bill would require that the amendment be submitted to, and processed and approved by, the
commission consistent with the above-described requirements for the amendment of a local coastal
program.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
APA Support
AB 536 (Rodriguez D) Office of Emergency Services: mutual aid gap analysis.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/10/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE
FILE on 7/15/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy 2 year Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require the Office of Emergency Services to prepare a gap analysis of the state’s
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mutual aid systems on a biennial basis, beginning on January 1, 2022. The bill would require the gap
analysis to be prepared as specified and would require the gap analysis to be provided to specified
committees of the Legislature no later than February 1, 2022, and by February 1 thereafter on a
biennial basis.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
AB 537 (Quirk D) Communications: wireless telecommunications and broadband facilities.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/10/2021
Last Amend: 8/26/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires a collocation or siting application for a wireless telecommunications
facility be deemed approved if a city or county fails to approve or disapprove the application within the
time periods specified in applicable FCC decisions, all required public notices have been provided
regarding the application, and the applicant has provided a notice to the city or county that the time
period has lapsed. This bill would require that the time periods described above be determined
pursuant to specified FCC rules. The bill would require that the city, county, or city and county notify
the applicant of the incompleteness of an application within the time periods established by applicable
FCC rules. The bill would require that the time period for a city or county to approve or disapprove a
collocation or siting application commence when the applicant makes the first required submission or
takes the first required step, as specified.
Organization Position
APA Neutral as
Amended
AB 550 (Chiu D) Vehicles: Speed Safety System Pilot Program.
Current Text: Amended: 4/29/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/10/2021
Last Amend: 4/29/2021
Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
on 5/19/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy 2 year Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would authorize, until January 1, 2027, the Cities of Los Angeles, Oakland, San Jose, one
city in southern California, and the City and County of San Francisco to establish the Speed Safety
System Pilot Program for speed limit enforcement in certain areas, if the system meets specified
requirements, including that the presence of a fixed or mobile system is clearly identified. The bill would
require the participating cities or city and county to adopt a Speed Safety System Use Policy and a
Speed Safety System Impact Report before implementing the program, and would require the city or
city and county to engage in a public information campaign at least 30 days before implementation of
the program, including information relating to when the systems would begin detecting violations and
where the systems would be utilized.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
AB 561 (Ting D) Help Homeowners Add New Housing Program: accessory dwelling unit financing.
Current Text: Amended: 8/26/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/11/2021
Last Amend: 8/26/2021
Status: 9/1/2021-Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hertzberg.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law provides for the creation by local ordinance, or by ministerial approval if a local
agency has not adopted an ordinance, of accessory dwelling units in areas zoned to allow single-family
or multifamily dwelling residential use in accordance with specified standards and conditions. This bill
would require the Treasurer’s office, by April 1, 2022, to provide a report to the Legislature regarding
the creation of the Help Homeowners Add New Housing Program with the purpose of assisting
homeowners, as defined, in qualifying for loans to construct additional housing units on their property,
including accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units. The bill would, with regard to
the development of recommendations for the program, require the Treasurer to consult with the
California Housing Financing Agency and the Department of Housing and Community Development, and
would also authorize the Treasurer to consult with various other entities, including federal mortgage
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agencies, private lenders, community development financial institutions, community-based
organizations, and local housing trust funds.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 571 (Mayes I) Planning and zoning: density bonuses: affordable housing.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/11/2021
Last Amend: 9/2/2021
Status: 9/8/2021-Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 42. Noes 13.) Senate amendments concurred in.
To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Density Bonus Law requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a
housing development in the city or county with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions for
the production of lower income housing units, or for the donation of land within the development, if the
developer agrees to, among other things, construct a specified percentage of units for very low
income, low-income, or moderate-income households or qualifying residents, including lower income
students. Current law requires the amount of a density bonus and the number of incentives or
concessions a qualifying developer receives to be pursuant to a certain formula based on the total
number of units in the housing development, as specified. This bill would prohibit affordable housing
impact fees, including inclusionary zoning fees and in-lieu fees, from being imposed on a housing
development’s affordable units.
Organization Position
APA Support if
Amended
AB 580 (Rodriguez D) Emergency services: vulnerable populations.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/11/2021
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.). In Assembly.
Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. Senate amendments
concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires OES to establish a standardized emergency management system for
use by all emergency response agencies. Current law requires the director to appoint representatives
of the disabled community to serve on pertinent committees related to that system, and to ensure that
the needs of the disabled community are met within that system by ensuring certain committee
recommendations include the needs of people with disabilities. This bill instead would require the
director to appoint representatives of the access and functional needs population, provided a majority
of appointees are from specified groups, to serve on those committees and to ensure the needs of
that population are met within that system.
Organization Position
LOCC Pending
AB 585 (Rivas, Luz D) Climate change: Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program.
Current Text: Amended: 7/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/11/2021
Last Amend: 7/13/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE
FILE on 8/16/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy 2 year Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would establish the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program for the purpose of
coordinating state efforts and supporting local and regional efforts to mitigate the impacts of, and
reduce the public health risks of, extreme heat and the urban heat island effect, and would require the
Office of Planning and Research to administer the program through the Integrated Climate Adaptation
and Resiliency Program.
Organization Position
APA Support
LOCC Support
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AB 602 (Grayson D) Development fees: impact fee nexus study.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/11/2021
Last Amend: 8/26/2021
Status: 9/8/2021-Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 42. Noes 13.) Senate amendments concurred in.
To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires a city, county, or special district that has an internet website to make
available on its internet website certain information, as applicable, including its current schedule of
fees and exactions. This bill, among other things, would require, on and after January 1, 2022, a local
agency that conducts an impact fee nexus study to follow specific standards and practices, including,
but not limited to, (1) that prior to the adoption of an associated development fee, an impact fee
nexus study be adopted, (2) that the study identify the existing level of service for each public facility,
identify the proposed new level of service, and include an explanation of why the new level of service
is necessary, and (3) if the study is adopted after July 1, 2022, either calculate a fee levied or imposed
on a housing development project proportionately to the square footage of the proposed units, or
make specified findings explaining why square footage is not an appropriate metric to calculate the
fees.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose Unless
Amended
APA Oppose Unless
Amended
AB 603 (McCarty D) Law enforcement settlements and judgments: reporting.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/11/2021
Last Amend: 8/26/2021
Status: 9/7/2021-Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 0.).
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require municipalities, as defined, to annually post on their internet websites
specified information relating to settlements and judgments resulting from allegations of improper
police conduct, including, among other information, amounts paid, broken down by individual
settlement and judgment, and information on bonds used to finance use of force settlement and
judgment payments. The bill would require the Transportation Agency to annually post the same
information on its internet website regarding settlements and judgments against the Department of
the California Highway Patrol. By increasing requirements for local governments, this bill would impose
a state-mandated local program.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
AB 642 (Friedman D) Wildfires.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/12/2021
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to identify areas of the
state as very high fire hazard severity zones, as provided. Current law requires a local agency, within
30 days of receiving a transmittal from the director that identifies very high fire hazard severity zones,
to make the information available for public review.This bill would require the director to also identify
areas in the state as moderate and high fire hazard severity zones. The bill would modify the factors
the director is required to use to classify areas into fire hazard severity zones, as provided. The bill
would instead require a local agency, within 30 days of receiving a transmittal from the director that
identifies fire hazard severity zones, to make the information available for public review and comment.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 654 (Reyes D) COVID-19: exposure: notification.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/12/2021
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Last Amend: 9/1/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. Joint Rules 10.5, 61, and 62 suspended. From
committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (September 10). Art. IV, Sec. 8(b) of the Constitution dispensed
with. (Ayes 27. Noes 1.) Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Read third time. Urgency clause
adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.). In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing
and Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 authorizes the Division of
Occupational Safety and Health to prohibit the performance of an operation or process, or entry into
that place of employment when, in its opinion, a place of employment, operation, or process, or any
part thereof, exposes workers to the risk of infection with COVID-19, so as to constitute an imminent
hazard to employees. Current law requires that the prohibition be issued in a manner so as not to
materially interrupt the performance of critical governmental functions essential to ensuring public
health and safety functions or the delivery of electrical power or water. Current law requires that these
provisions not prevent the entry or use, with the division’s knowledge and permission, for the sole
purpose of eliminating the dangerous conditions. This bill would add the delivery of renewable natural
gas to the list of utilities that the division’s prohibitions are not allowed to materially interrupt.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
AB 718 (Cunningham R) Peace officers: investigations of misconduct.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/16/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE
FILE on 7/5/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy 2 year Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require a law enforcement agency or oversight agency to complete its investigation
into an allegation of the use of force resulting in death or great bodily injury, sexual assault, discharge
of a firearm, or dishonesty relating to the reporting, investigation, or prosecution of a crime or
misconduct by another peace officer or custodial officer, despite the peace officer’s or custodial officer’s
voluntary separation from the employing agency. The bill would require the investigation to result in a
finding that the allegation is either sustained, not sustained, unfounded, or exonerated, as defined.
The bill would also require an agency other than an officer’s employing agency that conducts an
investigation of these allegations to disclose its findings with the employing agency no later than the
conclusion of the investigation.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
AB 721 (Bloom D) Covenants and restrictions: affordable housing.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2021
Last Amend: 8/16/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would make any recorded covenants, conditions, restrictions, or limits on the use of private
or publicly owned land contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, or other instrument
affecting the transfer or sale that restricts the number, size, or location of the residences that may be
built on the property, or that restricts the number of persons or families who may reside on the
property, unenforceable against the owner of an affordable housing development, as defined, if an
approved restrictive covenant affordable housing modification document has been recorded in the
public record, as provided, unless a specified exception applies.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 724 (Ward D) Homelessness programs: funding.
Current Text: Amended: 3/25/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2021
Last Amend: 3/25/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was H. & C.D. on
3/25/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
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Summary: Would require specified state entities to, not later than January 1, 2023, develop a
streamlined funding program that meets specified criteria, to support the state’s policy goal of reducing
homelessness statewide by providing funding opportunities for local governments, as defined, to
increase their capacity to respond to local homelessness needs through providing housing, emergency
shelters, or other assistance to homeless individuals and families, or those at risk for homelessness,
as defined, designed to reduce homelessness in their local areas. The bill would require, not later than
January 1, 2023, the state entities to prepare and submit to the Legislature a report on their proposed
programs, as provided.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 758 (Nazarian D) Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985: electric utilities: rate reduction bonds.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/8/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2021
Last Amend: 8/17/2021
Status: 9/8/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985 authorizes certain joint powers authorities,
upon application by a local agency that owns and operates a publicly owned utility, defined to mean
certain utilities furnishing water or wastewater service to not less than 25,000 retail customers, to
issue rate reduction bonds to finance utility projects, as defined, subject to certain requirements.
Under the act, these rate reduction bonds are secured by a pledge of utility project property, and the
joint powers authority issuing the bonds may impose on, and collect from, customers of the publicly
owned utility a utility project charge to finance the bonds, as provided.This bill would expand the
definition of a publicly owned utility for these purposes to include a local publicly owned electric utility,
as defined. The bill would authorize an authority to issue rate reduction bonds to finance or refinance
utility projects for the provision of generation, transmission, or distribution of electrical service.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
AB 773 (Nazarian D) Street closures and designations.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/2/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2021
Last Amend: 7/5/2021
Status: 9/2/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would authorize a local authority to adopt a rule or regulation by ordinance to implement a
slow street program, which may include closures to vehicular traffic or through vehicular traffic of
neighborhood local streets with connections to citywide bicycle networks, destinations that are within
walking distance, or green space. The bill would require the local authority to meet specified conditions
to implement a slow street, including a determination that closure or traffic restriction is necessary for
the safety and protection of persons using the closed or restricted portion of the street, conducting an
outreach and engagement process, and clearly designating the closure or traffic restriction with
specific signage.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 787 (Gabriel D) Planning and zoning: housing element: converted affordable housing units.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2021
Last Amend: 8/31/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires the planning agency of a city or county to provide an annual report
that includes specified information by April 1 of each year to specified entities, including the
Department of Housing and Community Development. Among other things, existing law requires that
this report include the progress in meeting the city’s or county’s share of regional housing needs and
local efforts to remove governmental constraints to the maintenance, improvement, and development
of housing, as specified. This bill would authorize a planning agency to include in its annual report, for
up to 25% of a jurisdiction’s moderate-income regional housing need allocation, the number of units in
an existing multifamily building that were converted to deed-restricted rental housing for moderate-
income households by the imposition of affordability covenants and restrictions for the unit, as
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specified.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 816 (Chiu D) Homelessness: Housing Trust Fund: housing projects.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2021
Last Amend: 7/16/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.)
(September 10). Ordered to the unfinished business file. Senate amendments concurred in. To
Engrossing and Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current federal law requires the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development to establish a Housing Trust Fund to provide grants to states to increase the
supply of rental housing for extremely low and very low income families, including homeless families,
and home ownership for extremely low and very low income families. Current law requires the
department to collaborate with the California Housing Finance Agency to develop an allocation plan to
demonstrate how the funds will be distributed, based on the priority housing needs identified in the
state’s consolidated plan, and to convene a stakeholder process to inform the development of the
plan. Current law requires the allocation plan and program guidelines to prioritize projects based on
enumerated factors such as the extent to which project rents are affordable. The department is
required to submit this plan to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development and
the Senate Transportation and Housing Committees 30 days after receipt of the federal funds. This bill
would require the department to prioritize funding for projects that serve people experiencing
homelessness, to the extent that a sufficient number of projects exist.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose Unless
Amended
AB 818 (Bloom D) Solid waste: premoistened nonwoven disposable wipes.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/8/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2021
Last Amend: 7/1/2021
Status: 9/8/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require, except as provided, certain premoistened nonwoven disposable wipes
manufactured on or after July 1, 2022, to be labeled clearly and conspicuously with the phrase “Do Not
Flush” and a related symbol, as specified. The bill would prohibit a covered entity, as defined, from
making a representation about the flushable attributes, benefits, performance, or efficacy of those
premoistened nonwoven disposable wipes, as provided. The bill would establish enforcement
provisions, including authorizing a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 per day, up to a maximum of
$100,000 per violation, to be imposed on a covered entity who violates those provisions.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
AB 819 (Levine D) California Environmental Quality Act: notices and documents: electronic filing and
posting.
Current Text: Chaptered: 7/16/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2021
Last Amend: 5/28/2021
Status: 7/16/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 97, Statutes
of 2021.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: CEQA requires, if an environmental impact report is required, the lead agency to mail a
notice of determination to each responsible agency, the Office of Planning and Research, and public
agencies with jurisdiction over natural resources affected by the project. CEQA requires the lead
agency to provide notice to the public and to organizations and individuals who have requested
notices that the lead agency is preparing an environmental impact report, negative declaration, or
specified determination. CEQA requires notices for an environmental impact report to be posted in the
office of the county clerk of each county in which the project is located. This bill would instead require
the lead agency to mail or email those notices, and to post them on the lead agency’s internet
website. The bill would also require notices of an environmental impact report to be posted on the
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internet website of the county clerk of each county in which the project is located.
Organization Position
APA Support if
Amended
AB 832 (Chiu D) COVID-19 relief: tenancy: federal rental assistance.
Current Text: Chaptered: 6/29/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Last Amend: 6/28/2021
Status: 6/28/2021-Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 27, Statutes of 2021.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: (1) Current law prohibits a landlord from interrupting or terminating utility service furnished
to a tenant with the intent to terminate the occupancy of the tenant and imposes specified penalties
on a landlord who violates that prohibition. Current law, until July 1, 2021, imposes additional
damages in an amount of at least $1,000, but not more than $2,500, on a landlord that violates that
prohibition if the tenant has provided a declaration of COVID-19 financial distress, as specified. This bill
would extend the imposition of those additional damages until October 1, 2021.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 838 (Friedman D) State Housing Law: enforcement response to complaints.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Last Amend: 7/13/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would, beginning July 1, 2022, require a city or county that receives a complaint of a
substandard building or a lead hazard violation, as specified, from a tenant, resident, or occupant, or
an agent of a tenant, resident, or occupant, except as specified, to inspect the building, portion of the
building intended for human occupancy, or premises of the building, document the lead hazard
violations that would be discovered based upon a reasonably competent and diligent visual inspection
of the property and identify any building, portion of a building intended for human occupancy, or
premises on which such a building is located that is determined to be substandard, as applicable. The
bill would require the city or county, as applicable, to advise the owner or operator of each violation
and of each action that is required to be taken to remedy the violation and to schedule a reinspection
to verify correction of the violations.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose Unless
Amended
AB 859 (Irwin D) Mobility devices: personal information.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/17/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
on 4/21/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy 2 year Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would authorize a public agency, defined as a state or local public entity that issues a
permit to an operator for mobility services or that otherwise regulates an operator, to require an
operator to periodically submit to the public agency anonymized trip data and the operator’s mobility
devices operating in the geographic area under the public agency’s jurisdiction and provide specified
notice of that requirement to the operator. The bill would authorize a public agency to share
anonymized trip data with a contractor, agent, or other public agency only if specified conditions are
met, including that the purpose of the sharing is to assist the public agency in the promotion and
protection of transportation planning, integration of mobility options, and road safety.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
AB 880 (Aguiar-Curry D) Affordable Disaster Housing Revolving Development and Acquisition Program.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/17/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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on 4/28/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy 2 year Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would, upon appropriation of the Legislature, establish the Affordable Disaster Housing
Revolving Development and Acquisition Program to fund the predevelopment expenses, acquisition,
construction, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of property to develop or preserve affordable housing
in the state’s declared disaster areas that have experienced damage and loss of homes occupied by or
affecting lower income households. The bill would require the department to administer the program.
The bill would require the department to establish an application process for community development
financial institutions, as defined, to apply for emergency short-term or temporary loans under the
program.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 897 (Mullin D) Office of Planning and Research: regional climate networks: regional climate
adaptation and resilience action plans.
Current Text: Amended: 7/14/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Last Amend: 7/14/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE
FILE on 8/16/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy 2 year Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires, by July 1, 2017, and every 3 years thereafter, the Natural Resources
Agency to update, as prescribed, the state’s climate adaptation strategy, known as the Safeguarding
California Plan. Current law establishes the Office of Planning and Research in state government in the
Governor’s office. Current law establishes the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program to
be administered by the office to coordinate regional and local efforts with state climate adaptation
strategies to adapt to the impacts of climate change, as prescribed. This bill would authorize eligible
entities, as defined, to establish and participate in a regional climate network, as defined. The bill
would require the office, through the program, to encourage the inclusion of eligible entities with land
use planning and hazard mitigation planning authority into regional climate networks. The bill would
authorize a regional climate network to engage in activities to address climate change, as specified.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
APA Support
AB 950 (Ward D) Department of Transportation: sales of excess real property: affordable housing,
emergency shelters, and feeding programs.
Current Text: Amended: 7/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Last Amend: 7/13/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. on 7/12/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy 2 year Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would authorize the Department of Transportation to sell its excess real property to the
city, county, or city and county where the real property is located if the city, county, or city and county
agrees to use the real property for the sole purpose of implementing affordable housing, emergency
shelters, or feeding programs, as specified. The bill would exempt these sales from the California
Environmental Quality Act, except the department would be required to file a notice of exemption with
the Office of Planning and Research and the county clerk of the county in which the real property is
located.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 969 (Frazier D) Natural Resources Agency: wildfire technology support: community organizations.
Current Text: Amended: 3/18/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Last Amend: 3/18/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was NAT. RES. on
3/18/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
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Summary: Would require the Natural Resources Agency to provide a basic level of technological
support to community organizations for wildfire risk reduction and resiliency, including technology for
data, geospatial mapping, and data management, as well as software and limited technical support,
and would require the Natural Resources Agency to structure this wildfire technology support in the
same way that technology support is provided for similar services for wildfire-program building,
outreach, and planning. The bill would provide that the sum of $5,000,000 shall be appropriated from
the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund in the annual Budget Act each year through the 2023–24 fiscal
year to the Natural Resources Agency for purposes of providing the technological support described
above.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 970 (McCarty D) Planning and zoning: electric vehicle charging stations: permit application: approval.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 7/13/2021
Status: 9/7/2021-Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 48. Noes 11.).
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires every city, county, and city and county to create an expedited,
streamlined permitting process for electric vehicle charging stations and to adopt a checklist pursuant
to which an applicant that satisfies the information requirements shall be deemed complete and
therefore eligible for expedited review. This bill would clarify that these provisions apply to all cities,
including charter cities.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
AB 981 (Frazier D) Forestry: California Fire Safe Council.
Current Text: Amended: 4/19/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 4/19/2021
Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
on 5/19/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy 2 year Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would establish the California Fire Safe Council in the Natural Resources Agency consisting
of 11 members, as specified. The bill would require the council to identify programs administered by
public agencies to address and minimize the risks of wildfire and to coordinate the implementation of
those programs, to identify public and private programs that may be leveraged to facilitate structure-
hardening and community resilience to minimize the impacts of wildfire to habitable structures, to
conduct public outreach effects to regional and local wildfire mitigation groups, and to make
recommendations to the Legislature on how the programs identified by the council can be coordinated
to increase the effectiveness of those programs. The bill would require the Natural Resources Agency
to post on its internet website the membership of the council and recommendations made by the
council.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 989 (Gabriel D) Housing Accountability Act: appeals: Office of Housing Appeals.
Current Text: Amended: 8/18/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 8/18/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hertzberg.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Housing Accountability Act prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning
approval in a manner that renders infeasible, specified housing development projects, including
projects for very low, low-, or moderate-income households and projects for emergency shelters that
comply with applicable, objective general plan, zoning, and subdivision standards and criteria in effect
at the time the application for the project is deemed complete, unless the local agency makes specified
written findings based on a preponderance of the evidence in the record. This bill would, until January
1, 2029, establish an Office of Housing Appeals (office) within the department, administered by the
director of the department, to review housing development projects that are alleged to have been
denied or subject to conditions in violation of the Housing Accountability Act. The bill would establish
housing appeals panels, consisting of administrative law judges with specified qualifications, within the
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office.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
APA Neutral
AB 1029 (Mullin D) Housing elements: prohousing local policies.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 7/9/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would add the preservation of affordable housing units through the extension of existing
project-based rental assistance covenants to avoid the displacement of affected tenants and a
reduction in available affordable housing units to the list of specified prohousing local policies.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 1035 (Salas D) Department of Transportation and local agencies: streets and highways: recycled
materials.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 9/1/2021
Status: 9/8/2021-Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 42. Noes 13.) Senate amendments concurred in.
To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require the Department of Transportation and a local agency that has jurisdiction
over a street or highway, to the extent feasible and cost effective, to use advanced technologies and
material recycling techniques that reduce the cost of maintaining and rehabilitating streets and
highways and that exhibit reduced levels of greenhouse gas emissions through material choice and
construction method. The bill would require, beginning January 1, 2023, a local agency that has
jurisdiction over a street or highway, to the extent feasible and cost effective, to apply standard
specifications that allow for the use of recycled materials in streets and highways, as specified. By
increasing the duties of local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose Unless
Amended
AB 1056 (Grayson D) Infrastructure financing: industrialized housing.
Current Text: Amended: 3/18/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 3/18/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was H. & C.D. on
3/18/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Bergeson-Peace Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank Act establishes the
California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (bank) and sets forth the powers and duties
of the bank including authority to make loans, issue bonds, and provide financial assistance relating to
economic development or public development facilities. This bill would require the Department of
Housing and Community Development and the bank to develop a proposed program, as specified, to
invest in the building of offsite industrialized housing to support the policy goal of increasing the
state’s capacity to quickly respond to additional housing needs precipitated by homelessness,
wildfires, COVID-19, or other emergency situations. The bill would require the department and the
bank to report its recommendations to the Legislature by January 1, 2023, including whether and how
industrialized housing would alleviate the state’s housing, homelessness, and disaster response
needs.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 1060 (Rodriguez D) Governor’s Office of Emergency Services: California Alert.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/18/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
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Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
on 5/12/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy 2 year Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require the Office of Emergency Services to establish a statewide emergency alert
system called California Alert. The bill would require California Alert to utilize Wireless Emergency Alerts
authorized by the Integrated Public Alert Warning System, the Federal Emergency Management
Agency’s national system for local alerting that provides authenticated emergency information to the
public through mobile phones within a designate cell tower’s coverage area. The bill would require the
office to contract with a private vendor that provides alerting systems to send California Alerts to
registered phone numbers that are not location based. The bill would require the office to establish
standards for issuing emergency alerts to California residents across local jurisdictional boundaries.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
AB 1071 (Rodriguez D) Office of Emergency Services: tabletop exercises.
Current Text: Amended: 6/28/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 6/28/2021
Status: 8/26/2021-In committee: Held under submission.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes the Office of Emergency Services (OES) within the office of the
Governor and sets forth its powers and duties relating to responsibility over the state’s emergency
and disaster response services for natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies,
including responsibility for activities necessary to prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the
effects of emergencies and disasters to people and property. This bill would require OES to biennially
convene key personnel and agencies that have emergency management roles and responsibilities to
participate in tabletop exercises in which the participant’s emergency preparedness plans are
discussed and evaluated under various simulated catastrophic disaster situations, as specified.
Organization Position
LOCC Support if
Amended
AB 1181 (Nguyen R) Fees: business licenses: alcoholic beverages: health permits.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/18/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Status: 3/4/2021-Referred to Coms. on G.O. and HEALTH.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would prohibit cities and counties, including charter cities and counties, from imposing or
collecting license fees from restaurants from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2021, as provided, and
would require the city or county to refund to a restaurant any license fees collected during that period.
By imposing new duties on cities and counties with respect to imposing or collecting specified license
fees, and by requiring that the fees be refunded, this bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
AB 1295 (Muratsuchi D) Residential development agreements: very high fire risk areas.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Status: 5/7/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was L. GOV. on 3/4/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2021)
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to identify areas in the
state as very high fire hazard severity zones based on the severity of fire hazard that is expected to
prevail in those areas, as specified, and requires each local agency to designate, by ordinance, the
very high fire hazard severity zones in its jurisdiction. Current law additionally requires the director to
classify lands within state responsibility areas into fire hazard severity zones. This bill, beginning on or
after January 1, 2022, would prohibit the legislative body of a city or county from entering into a
residential development agreement for property located in a very high fire risk area. The bill would
define “very high fire risk area” for these purposes to mean a very high fire hazard severity zone
designated by a local agency or a fire hazard severity zone classified by the director.
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Organization Position
APA Oppose
AB 1311 (Wood D) Recycling: beverage containers.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.). In Assembly.
Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. Senate amendments
concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act provides that a
recycling center that is a reverse vending machine that accepts all types of empty beverage containers
except those that are 3 or more liters in volume and those that are pouches is open for business if it
provides an attendant to accept all types of empty beverage containers for no less than 10 hours per
week, as provided, and is operable and properly functioning for no less than 70 hours per week. The
act requires the department to pay handling fees to those recycling centers, and requires those
recycling centers to pay refund values, on the basis of the number of beverage containers redeemed
through the reverse vending machines, and not on the basis of weight. This bill would apply the
above-specified provisions applicable to reverse vending machines to bag drop recycling centers,
defined to mean a recycling location operated by a recycling center at which consumers can drop off
bagged empty beverage containers for redemption. The bill would require a bag drop recycling center
to pay the refund value for beverage containers within a reasonable period of time, not to exceed 3
business days.
Organization Position
LOCC Pending
AB 1401 (Friedman D) Residential and commercial development: remodeling, renovations, and additions:
parking requirements.
Current Text: Amended: 7/5/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 7/5/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE
FILE on 8/16/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy 2 year Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would prohibit a public agency in a county with a population of 600,000 or more from
imposing a minimum automobile parking requirement, or enforcing a minimum automobile parking
requirement, on residential, commercial, or other development if the development is located on a
parcel that is within1/2 mile, as specified, of public transit, as defined. The bill would prohibit a public
agency in a city with of 75,000 or more located in a county with a population of less than 600,000 from
imposing a minimum automobile parking requirement, or enforcing a minimum automobile parking
requirement, on residential, commercial, or other development if the project is located within 1/4 mile,
as specified, of public transit, as defined. The bill would create authorizations in this regard for a city or
a county to which these prohibitions do not apply.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
APA Support
CASCC Oppose
AB 1403 (Levine D) Emergency services.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Emergency Services Act authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of
emergency when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and
property exist, and authorizes the Governor to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency.
Current law defines the term “state of emergency” to mean a duly proclaimed existence of conditions
of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by, among
other things, fire, storm, or riot. This bill would additionally include a “deenergization event,” defined as
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a planned power outage, as specified, within those conditions constituting a state of emergency.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
AB 1409 (Levine D) Planning and zoning: general plan: safety element.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/7/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Status: 9/7/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law, upon the next revision of a local hazard mitigation plan on or after January 1,
2022, or beginning on or before January 1, 2022, if a local jurisdiction has not adopted a local hazard
mitigation plan, requires the safety element to be reviewed and updated as necessary to identify
evacuation routes and their capacity, safety, and viability under a range of emergency scenarios. This
bill would also require the safety element to be reviewed and updated to identify evacuation locations.
By increasing the duties of local planning officials with respect to the update of general plans, this bill
would impose a state-mandated local program.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 1423 (Daly D) Housing programs: multifamily housing programs: expenditure of loan proceeds.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 8/30/2021
Status: 9/8/2021-Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 42. Noes 13.) Senate amendments concurred in.
To Engrossing and Enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development and
requires it to administer various programs intended to promote the development of housing, including
the Multifamily Housing Program, pursuant to which the department provides financial assistance in the
form of deferred payment loans to pay for the eligible costs of development of specified types of
housing projects. Current law sets forth various general powers of the department in implementing
these programs, including authorizing the department to enter into long-term contracts or agreements
of up to 30 years for the purpose of servicing loans or grants or enforcing regulatory agreements or
other security documents. This bill would authorize a borrower to use any funds approved, reserved,
or allocated by the department for purposes of providing a loan under any multifamily housing program
under these provisions for construction financing, permanent financing, or a combination of
construction financing and permanent financing, as provided.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 1425 (Gipson D) California Advanced Services Fund: Broadband Public Housing Account.
Current Text: Amended: 7/15/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 7/15/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE
FILE on 8/16/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy 2 year Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would, beginning January 1, 2022, transfer $25,000,000 to the Broadband Public Housing
Account for providing grants to finance projects, as specified, to connect a broadband network that
offers free broadband services to residents of publicly subsidized multiunit housing complexes and
other low-income communities if the commission determines that sufficient funds are available for that
purpose. The bill would establish that the goal of the Broadband Public Housing Account is to provide
connectivity to all residents of publicly subsidized multiunit housing by 2025 or as soon as practicable
thereafter. If the collection of the surcharge for the CASF program is extended beyond the 2022
calendar year, the bill would transfer annually $25,000,000 to the Broadband Public Housing Account, if
the Public Utilities Commission determines that sufficient funds are available for that purpose, until the
goal of the fund is achieved or until the collection of the surcharge is terminated, whichever occurs
earlier.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 1465 (Reyes D) Workers’ compensation: medical provider networks study.
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Current Text: Amended: 4/26/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 4/26/2021
Status: 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was L., P.E. & R. on
6/16/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation, on or
before January 1, 2023, to submit a study to the Legislature, the committees of the Senate and
Assembly with jurisdiction over workers’ compensation, and the Division of Workers’ Compensation on
delays and access to care issues in medical provider networks. The bill would require the study to
compare specified data for injury claims in which a worker was treated by a medical provider network
to that data for injury claims in which a worker was treated by a provider who is not part of a medical
provider network.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
AB 1500 (Garcia, Eduardo D) Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparation, Flood
Protection, Extreme Heat Mitigation, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2022.
Current Text: Amended: 5/11/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 5/11/2021
Status: 5/20/2021-Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to
Com. on RLS. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (May 20). Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would enact the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparation, Flood
Protection, Extreme Heat Mitigation, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2022, which, if approved
by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $7,080,000,000 pursuant to
the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects for safe drinking water, wildfire prevention,
drought preparation, flood protection, extreme heat mitigation, and workforce development programs.
Organization Position
LOCC Pending
AB 1516 (Gabriel D) Income taxes: credits: low-income housing.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was REV. & TAX on
3/11/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law allow various credits against
the taxes imposed by those laws. This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2022,
and before January 1, 2027, would allow a credit against those taxes to a taxpayer that is transferred,
and allocated, credits pursuant to the sale of a multifamily rental housing development or mobilehome
park to a qualified developer, as defined, that has received a credit reservation from the California Tax
Credit Allocation Committee, in specified amounts. The bill would require the credits to be reserved on
a first-come-first-served basis. The bill would limit the aggregate amount of credit that may be
allocated by the committee, as provided.
Organization Position
APA Support
AB 1575 (Committee on Housing and Community Development) Homeless Coordinating and Financing
Council: needs analysis.
Current Text: Introduced: 3/8/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 3/8/2021
Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
on 4/28/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy 2 year Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires the Governor to create the Homeless Coordinating and Financing
Council and to appoint up to 19 members of that council, as provided. Current law specifies the duties
of the coordinating council, including creating partnerships among state agencies and departments,
local governmental agencies, and specified federal agencies and private entities, for the purpose of
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arriving at specific strategies to end homelessness. This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature, or
upon receiving technical assistance offered by the federal Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), would require the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council to conduct, or
contract to conduct, a specified statewide needs and gaps analysis regarding homelessness.
Organization Position
APA Support
ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry D) Local government financing: affordable housing and public infrastructure: voter
approval.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/7/2020 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Status: 4/22/2021-Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and APPR.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Constitution prohibits the ad valorem tax rate on real property from
exceeding 1% of the full cash value of the property, subject to certain exceptions. This measure would
create an additional exception to the 1% limit that would authorize a city, county, city and county, or
special district to levy an ad valorem tax to service bonded indebtedness incurred to fund the
construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of public infrastructure, affordable housing,
or permanent supportive housing, or the acquisition or lease of real property for those purposes, if the
proposition proposing that tax is approved by 55% of the voters of the city, county, or city and county,
as applicable, and the proposition includes specified accountability requirements.
Organization Position
APA Support
SB 1 (Atkins D) Coastal resources: sea level rise.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 6/24/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Thee California Coastal Act of 1976 establishes the California Coastal Commission and
provides for planning and regulation of development in the coastal zone, as defined. The act requires
the commission, within 90 days after January 1, 1977, to adopt, after public hearing, procedures for
the preparation, submission, approval, appeal, certification, and amendment of a local coastal
program, including a common methodology for the preparation of, and the determination of the scope
of, the local coastal programs, as provided. This bill would also include, as part of the procedures the
commission is required to adopt, recommendations and guidelines for the identification, assessment,
minimization, and mitigation of sea level rise within each local coastal program, as provided. The bill
would delete the timeframe specified above by which the commission is required to adopt these
procedures.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
APA Support
SB 2 (Bradford D) Peace officers: certification: civil rights.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 9/1/2021
Status: 9/13/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Under current law, the Tom Bane Civil Rights Act, if a person or persons, whether or not
acting under color of law, interferes or attempts to interfere, by threats, intimidation, or coercion, with
the exercise or enjoyment by any individual or individuals of rights secured by the Constitution or laws
of the United States, or of the rights secured by the Constitution or laws of this state, the Attorney
General, or any district attorney or city attorney, is authorized to bring a civil action for injunctive and
other appropriate equitable relief in the name of the people of the State of California, in order to
protect the exercise or enjoyment of the right or rights secured. Current law also authorizes an action
brought by the Attorney General, or any district attorney or city attorney, to seek a civil penalty of
$25,000. Current law also allows an individual whose exercise or enjoyment of rights has been
interfered with to prosecute a civil action for damages on their own behalf. This bill would eliminate
certain immunity provisions for peace officers and custodial officers, or public entities employing peace
officers or custodial officers sued under the act.
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Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
SB 4 (Gonzalez D) Communications: California Advanced Services Fund.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 9/2/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8.) Ordered to engrossing and
enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development to coordinate
with other relevant state and local agencies and national organizations to explore ways to facilitate
streamlining of local land use approvals and construction permit processes for projects related to
broadband infrastructure deployment and connectivity.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
APA Support
SB 6 (Caballero D) Local planning: housing: commercial zones.
Current Text: Amended: 8/23/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 8/23/2021
Status: 8/23/2021-Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. From committee with author's amendments. Read
second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive,
long-term general plan for its physical development, and the development of certain lands outside its
boundaries, that includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. This bill, the
Neighborhood Homes Act, would deem a housing development project, as defined, an allowable use
on a neighborhood lot, which is defined as a parcel within an office or retail commercial zone that is not
adjacent to an industrial use. The bill would require the density for a housing development under
these provisions to meet or exceed the density deemed appropriate to accommodate housing for
lower income households according to the type of local jurisdiction, including a density of at least 20
units per acre for a suburban jurisdiction.
Organization Position
APA Support
SB 9 (Atkins D) Housing development: approvals.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/3/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 8/16/2021
Status: 9/3/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law provides for the creation of accessory dwelling units by local
ordinance, or, if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance, by ministerial approval, in accordance
with specified standards and conditions.This bill, among other things, would require a proposed
housing development containing no more than 2 residential units within a single-family residential
zone to be considered ministerially, without discretionary review or hearing, if the proposed housing
development meets certain requirements, including, but not limited to, that the proposed housing
development would not require demolition or alteration of housing that is subject to a recorded
covenant, ordinance, or law that restricts rents to levels affordable to persons and families of
moderate, low, or very low income, that the proposed housing development does not allow for the
demolition of more than 25% of the existing exterior structural walls, except as provided, and that the
development is not located within a historic district, is not included on the State Historic Resources
Inventory, or is not within a site that is legally designated or listed as a city or county landmark or
historic property or district.
Organization Position
APA Support
LOCC Oppose
CASCC Oppose
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SB 10 (Wiener D) Planning and zoning: housing development: density.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/3/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 7/5/2021
Status: 9/3/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would, notwithstanding any local restrictions on adopting zoning ordinances, authorize a
local government to adopt an ordinance to zone any parcel for up to 10 units of residential density per
parcel, at a height specified in the ordinance, if the parcel is located in a transit-rich area or an urban
infill site, as those terms are defined. The bill would prohibit a local government from adopting an
ordinance pursuant to these provisions on or after January 1, 2029. The bill would specify that an
ordinance adopted under these provisions, and any resolution to amend the jurisdiction’s General
Plan, ordinance, or other local regulation adopted to be consistent with that ordinance, is not a project
for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act. The bill would prohibit an ordinance adopted
under these provisions from superceding a local restriction enacted or approved by a local initiative
that designates publicly owned land as open-space land or for park or recreational purposes.
Organization Position
APA Support
SB 12 (McGuire D) Local government: planning and zoning: wildfires.
Current Text: Amended: 7/1/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 7/1/2021
Status: 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was H. & C.D. on
6/24/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires that the Office of Planning and Research, among other things,
coordinate with appropriate entities, including state, regional, or local agencies, to establish a
clearinghouse for climate adaptation information for use by state, regional, and local entities, as
provided. This bill would require the safety element, upon the next revision of the housing element or
the hazard mitigation plan, on or after July 1, 2024, whichever occurs first, to be reviewed and
updated as necessary to include a comprehensive retrofit strategy to reduce the risk of property loss
and damage during wildfires, as specified, and would require the planning agency to submit the
adopted strategy to the Office of Planning and Research for inclusion into the above-described
clearinghouse.
Organization Position
APA Support
SB 15 (Portantino D) Housing development: incentives: rezoning of idle retail sites.
Current Text: Amended: 5/20/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 5/20/2021
Status: 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was DESK on 6/1/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor 2 year Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes, among other housing programs, the Workforce Housing Reward
Program, which requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to make local
assistance grants to cities, counties, and cities and counties that provide land use approval to housing
developments that are affordable to very low and low-income households. This bill, upon appropriation
by the Legislature in the Budget Act or other act, would require the department to administer a
program to provide incentives in the form of grants allocated as provided to local governments that
rezone idle sites used for a big box retailer or a commercial shopping center to instead allow the
development of housing, as defined.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
APA Support
SB 16 (Skinner D) Peace officers: release of records.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 8/30/2021
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Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law makes peace officer and custodial officer personnel records and specified
records maintained by any state or local agency, or information obtained from these records,
confidential and prohibits these records from being disclosed in any criminal or civil proceeding except
by discovery. Current law sets forth exceptions to this policy, including, among others, records relating
to specified incidents involving the discharge of a firearm, sexual assault, perjury, or misconduct by a
peace officer or custodial officer. Existing law makes a record related to an incident involving the use of
force against a person resulting in death or great bodily injury subject to disclosure. Current law
requires a state or local agency to make these excepted records available for inspection pursuant to
the California Public Records Act, subject to redaction as specified. This bill would make a sustained
finding involving force that is unreasonable or excessive, and any sustained finding that an officer
failed to intervene against another officer using unreasonable or excessive force, subject to disclosure.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
SB 28 (Caballero D) Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006: deployment data.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 8/30/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and
enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006, establishes a procedure for
the issuance of state franchises for the provision of video service, defined to include cable service and
open-video systems, administered by the Public Utilities Commission. The act provides that the holder
of a state franchise is not a public utility as a result of providing video service and does not provide the
commission with authority to regulate the rates, terms, and conditions of video service except as
explicitly set forth in the act. The act requires a franchise holder to annually report to the commission
regarding the availability of and subscriptions to broadband and video service, as specified.This bill
would repeal the requirement that franchise holders annually report regarding the availability of and
subscriptions to broadband and video service.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
SB 32 (Cortese D) Energy: general plan: building decarbonization requirements.
Current Text: Amended: 4/8/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 4/8/2021
Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
on 5/3/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy 2 year Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require a city or county to make, commencing January 1, 2023, a one-time
amendment to the appropriate elements of its general plan, climate action or greenhouse gas
emissions reduction plan, or building or other codes, as described, to include goals, policies, objectives,
targets, and feasible implementation strategies, as specified, to decarbonize newly constructed, as
defined, commercial and residential buildings. The bill would require a city or county to submit these
draft amendments to the commission at least 45 days prior to the adoption of the amendments. The
bill would require the legislative body of the city or county to consider the commission’s advisory
comments, if any, prior to adopting the amendments.
Organization Position
APA Neutral if
Amended
SB 38 (Wieckowski D) Beverage containers.
Current Text: Amended: 6/30/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 6/30/2021
Status: 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was NAT. RES. on
6/10/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
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Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require distributors of beverage containers in the state to form a beverage container
stewardship organization. The organization would be required to develop and submit to the
Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery a plan, annual report, and budget for the recovery
and recycling of empty beverage containers in the state similar to that described in the Used Mattress
Recovery and Recycling Act. The bill would require the organization to establish a stewardship fee, to
be paid by distributor members of the organization, to assist in covering the costs of implementing the
beverage container stewardship program. The bill would require the organization to reimburse the
department for the department’s costs of enforcing the program. The bill would require the department
to deposit all moneys submitted for reimbursement into the Beverage Container Stewardship Fund,
which the bill would create in the State Treasury.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose Unless
Amended
SB 45 (Portantino D) Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Drought Preparation, and Flood
Protection Bond Act of 2022.
Current Text: Amended: 4/8/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 4/8/2021
Status: 6/1/2021-Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Portantino.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would enact the Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Drought Preparation, and Flood
Protection Bond Act of 2022, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds
in the amount of $5,595,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance
projects for a wildfire prevention, safe drinking water, drought preparation, and flood protection
program.
Organization Position
LOCC Pending
APA Support
SB 50 (Limón D) Early learning and care.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 9/2/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and
enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Child Care and Development Services Act and the The Early Education Act require that
families meet specified requirements to be eligible for federal- and state-subsidized childcare and
development services and preschool programs, including, among other requirements, that the family
needs childcare services or full-day preschool because the family is homeless, the child’s parents are
seeking employment or permanent housing, or the child’s parents are employed. The acts require,
upon establishing eligibility for services, a family to be considered to meet all eligibility and need
requirements for services and to receive those services without being required to report income or
other changes for at least 12 months, except as specified. This bill would extend eligibility for childcare
and development programs and the preschool program to families in which a member of the family has
been certified as eligible to receive benefits from certain means-tested government programs,
including Medi-Cal and CalFresh, as specified, and would require those families to submit a self-
certification of income for the purposes of prioritizing enrollment and calculating family fees.
Organization Position
LOCC Pending
SB 52 (Dodd D) State of emergency: local emergency: planned power outage.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 8/26/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would define a 'deenergization event' as a planned power outage, as specified, and would
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make a deenergization event one of those conditions constituting a local emergency, with prescribed
limitations.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
SB 54 (Allen D) Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act.
Current Text: Amended: 2/25/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 2/25/2021
Status: 6/4/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(8). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on
5/20/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal 2 year Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would establish the Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act, which would prohibit
producers of single-use, disposable packaging or single-use, disposable food service ware products
from offering for sale, selling, distributing, or importing in or into the state such packaging or products
that are manufactured on or after January 1, 2032, unless they are recyclable or compostable.
Organization Position
LOCC Support in
Concept
SB 55 (Stern D) Very high fire hazard severity zone: state responsibility area: development prohibition:
supplemental height and density bonuses.
Current Text: Amended: 4/5/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 4/5/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was GOV. & F. on 3/3/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would, in furtherance of specified state housing production, sustainability communities
strategies, greenhouse gas reduction, and wildfire mitigation goals, prohibit the creation or approval of
a new development, as defined, in a very high fire hazard severity zone or a state responsibility area
unless there is substantial evidence that the local agency has adopted a comprehensive, necessary,
and appropriate wildfire prevention and community hardening strategy to mitigate significant risks of
loss, injury, or death, as specified. By imposing new duties on local governments with respect to the
approval of new developments in very high fire hazard severity zones and state responsibility areas,
this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Organization Position
APA Oppose
SB 60 (Glazer D) Residential short-term rental ordinances: health or safety infractions: maximum fines.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Last Amend: 8/23/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law sets specific monetary limits on the fines that may be imposed by city or county
authorities for any violation of local building and safety codes that is an infraction, as prescribed.
Current law requires a city or county levying fines pursuant to these provisions to establish a process
for granting a hardship waiver in certain cases. This bill would, notwithstanding those provisions and
with certain exceptions, raise the maximum fines for violation of an ordinance relating to a residential
short-term rental, as defined, that is an infraction and poses a threat to health or safety, to $1,500 for
a first violation, $3,000 for a 2nd violation of the same ordinance within one year, and $5,000 for each
additional violation of the same ordinance within one year of the first violation. The bill would make
these violations subject to the process for granting a hardship waiver.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
SB 63 (Stern D) Fire prevention: vegetation management: public education: grants: defensible space:
fire hazard severity zones.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
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Last Amend: 9/7/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Senate. In Senate.
Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes
0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would, among other things, require the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to identify
areas of the state as moderate and high fire hazard severity . The bill would modify the factors the
director is required to use to identify areas into fire hazard severity zones, as provided. The bill would
require a local agency to make this information available for public review and comment, as provided.
By expanding the responsibility of a local agency, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.
Organization Position
APA Support
SB 82 (Skinner D) Petty theft.
Current Text: Amended: 3/18/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/15/2020
Last Amend: 3/18/2021
Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
on 4/5/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy 2 year Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would define the crime of petty theft in the first degree as taking the property from the
person of another or from a commercial establishment by means of force or fear without the use of a
deadly weapon or great bodily injury. The bill would specifically exclude from the crime of petty theft in
the first degree acting in concert with one or more persons to steal merchandise from one or more
merchant’s premises or online marketplace with the intent to sell, exchange, or return the merchandise
for value. The bill would define the crime of petty theft in the 2nd degree as all other petty theft. The
bill would impose a penalty of imprisonment in county jail for up to one year, a $1,000 fine, or both, for
petty theft in the first degree and would prohibit an act of petty theft from being charged as robbery or
burglary.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
SB 83 (Allen D) Sea Level Rise Revolving Loan Program.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/15/2020
Last Amend: 6/29/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 2.) Ordered to engrossing and
enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes in state government the Ocean Protection Council. Current law
requires the council to, among other things, establish policies to coordinate the collection, evaluation,
and sharing of scientific data related to coastal and ocean resources among agencies. Current law
establishes the State Coastal Conservancy with prescribed powers and responsibilities for
implementing and administering various programs intended to preserve, protect, and restore the
state’s coastal areas. This bill would require the council, in consultation with the conservancy, to
develop the Sea Level Rise Revolving Loan Program for purposes of providing low-interest loans to
local jurisdictions for the purchase of coastal properties in their jurisdictions identified as vulnerable
coastal property, as provided.
Organization Position
APA Support
SB 85 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Budget Act of 2020.
Current Text: Chaptered: 4/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/16/2020
Last Amend: 4/8/2021
Status: 4/13/2021-Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 14, Statutes of 2021.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Budget Act of 2020 made appropriations for the support of state government for the
2020–21 fiscal year.This bill would amend the Budget Act of 2020 by amending and adding items of
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appropriation and making other changes.
Organization Position
APA Support
SB 89 (Skinner D) Budget Act of 2020.
Current Text: Chaptered: 1/29/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/16/2020
Last Amend: 1/25/2021
Status: 1/29/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1, Statutes of
2021.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Budget Act of 2020 made appropriations for the support of state government for the
2020–21 fiscal year.This bill would amend the Budget Act of 2020 by adding items of appropriation and
making other changes.
Organization Position
APA Support
SB 91 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) COVID-19 relief: tenancy: federal rental assistance.
Current Text: Chaptered: 1/29/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/16/2020
Last Amend: 1/25/2021
Status: 1/29/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 2, Statutes of
2021.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law prohibits a landlord from interrupting or terminating utility service furnished to
a tenant with the intent to terminate the occupancy of the tenant, and imposes specified penalties on
a landlord who violates that prohibition. Current law, until February 1, 2021, imposes additional
damages in an amount of at least $1,000, but not more than $2,500, on a landlord that violates that
prohibition, if the tenant has provided a declaration of COVID-19 financial distress, as specified. This
bill would extend the imposition of those additional damages from February 1, 2021, to July 1, 2021.
Organization Position
APA Support
SB 99 (Dodd D) Community Energy Resilience Act of 2021.
Current Text: Amended: 7/5/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 12/28/2020
Last Amend: 7/5/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE
FILE on 8/19/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy 2 year Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes within the Natural Resources Agency the State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission. Current law assigns the commission various duties,
including applying for and accepting grants, contributions, and appropriations, and awarding grants
consistent with the goals and objectives of a program or activity the commission is authorized to
implement or administer. This bill, the Community Energy Resilience Act of 2021, would require the
commission to develop and implement a grant program for local governments to develop community
energy resilience plans and expedite permit review of distributed energy resources by local
governments.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
SB 109 (Dodd D) Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: Office of Wildfire Technology Research
and Development.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 1/6/2021
Last Amend: 8/30/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires the Office of Emergency Services and the Department of Forestry and
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Fire Protection to jointly establish and lead the Wildfire Forecast and Threat Intelligence Integration
Center, and sets forth the functions and duties of the center, including serving as the state’s
integrated central organizing hub for wildfire forecasting.This bill would, until January 1, 2029, also
establish the Office of Wildfire Technology Research and Development within the Department of
Forestry and Fire Protection under the direct control of the Director of the department. The bill would
make the office responsible for studying, testing, and advising regarding procurement of emerging
technologies and tools in order to more effectively prevent and suppress wildfires throughout the
state, through specified activities, as provided.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
SB 155 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Public resources trailer bill.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 1/8/2021
Last Amend: 9/7/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 7.) Ordered to the Senate. In Senate.
Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes
9.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law creates the Healthy Stores Refrigeration Grant Program in the Department of
Food and Agriculture upon the appropriation of funds. Current law requires the department to
administer the program and to award grants to qualified entities, which is defined to include a small
business or corner store, a city or county with representative low-income areas that contain small
businesses or corner stores, and certain nonprofit entities that meet specified requirements. This bill
would change the name of the program to the Healthy Refrigeration Grant Program. The bill would
expand the definition of “qualified entity” to include a tribal government or tribal organization under
certain circumstances and would revise the criteria required for a city, county, tribal government, tribal
organization, or nonprofit entity to qualify to apply for a grant.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
SB 170 (Skinner D) Budget Act of 2021.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 1/8/2021
Last Amend: 9/7/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 11.) Ordered to the Senate. In Senate.
Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes
3.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Budget Act of 2021 made appropriations for the support of state government for the
2021-22 fiscal year. This bill would amend the Budget Act of 2021 by amending, adding, and repealing
items of appropriation and making other changes. This bill would declare that it is to take effect
immediately as a Budget Bill
Organization Position
LOCC Support
SB 210 (Wiener D) Automated license plate recognition systems: use of data.
Current Text: Amended: 3/15/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 1/12/2021
Last Amend: 3/15/2021
Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
on 4/5/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy 2 year Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law authorizes the Department of the California Highway Patrol to retain license
plate data captured by license plate reader technology, also referred to as an automated license plate
recognition (ALPR) system, for not more than 60 days unless the data is being used as evidence or for
the investigation of felonies. Current law authorizes the department to share that data with law
enforcement agencies for specified purposes and requires both an ALPR operator and an ALPR end-
user, as those terms are defined, to implement a usage and privacy policy regarding that ALPR
information, as specified. Current law requires that the usage and privacy policy implemented by an
ALPR operator or an ALPR end-user include the length of time ALPR information will be retained and the
process the ALPR operator and ALPR end-user will utilize to determine if and when to destroy retained
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ALPR information. This bill would include in those usage and privacy policies a requirement that, if the
ALPR operator or ALPR end-user is a public agency and not an airport authority, ALPR data that does
not match a hot list be destroyed within 24 hours.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
SB 219 (McGuire D) Property taxation: delinquent penalties and costs: cancellation: public health orders.
Current Text: Chaptered: 7/23/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 1/13/2021
Status: 7/23/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 131, Statutes
of 2021.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current property tax law requires the county tax collector to collect all property taxes and
provides for the payment of taxes on the secured roll in 2 installments, which are due and payable on
November 1 and February 1, respectively. This bill would authorize the auditor or the tax collector to
cancel any penalty, costs, or other charges resulting from tax delinquency upon a finding that failure to
make a timely payment is due to a documented hardship, as determined by the tax collector, arising
from a shelter-in-place order, as defined, if the principal payment for the proper amount of tax due is
paid no later than June 30 of the fiscal year in which the payment first became delinquent. By
increasing the duties of local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
SB 270 (Durazo D) Public employment: labor relations: employee information.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 1/28/2021
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 10.) Ordered to engrossing
and enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.Enrolled Vetoed ChapteredConc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current, including the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, the Ralph C. Dills Act, the Trial Court
Employment Protection and Governance Act, the Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor
Relations Act, and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Transit Employer-
Employee Relations Act, provisions commonly referred to as the Educational Employment Relations Act,
and the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act, among others, regulates the labor
relations of the state, the courts, and specified local public agencies and their employees. Current law
requires these public employers to provide certain labor representatives with the names and home
addresses of newly hired employees, as well as their job titles, departments, work locations,
telephone numbers, and personal email addresses, within 30 days of hire or by the first pay period of
the month following hire. This bill, commencing July 1, 2022, would authorize an exclusive
representative to file a charge of an unfair labor practice with the board, as specified, alleging a
violation of the above-described requirements only if specified conditions are met, including that the
exclusive representative gives written notice of the alleged violation and that the public employer fails
to cure the violation, as specified. The bill would limit a public employer’s opportunity to cure certain
violations.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
SB 278 (Leyva D) Public Employees’ Retirement System: disallowed compensation: benefit adjustments.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 1/29/2021
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/13/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) generally requires a
public retirement system, as defined, to modify its plan or plans to comply with the act. PEPRA, among
other things, establishes new defined benefit formulas and caps on pensionable compensation. This
bill would establish new procedures under PERL for cases in which PERS determines that the benefits
of a member or annuitant are, or would be, based on disallowed compensation that conflicts with
PEPRA and other specified laws and thus impermissible under PERL. The bill would also apply these
procedures retroactively to determinations made on or after January 1, 2017, if an appeal has been
filed and the employee member, survivor, or beneficiary has not exhausted their administrative or legal
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remedies. At the threshold, after determining that compensation for an employee member reported by
the state, school employer, or a contracting agency is disallowed, the bill would require the applicable
employer to discontinue the reporting of the disallowed compensation.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
SB 284 (Stern D) Workers’ compensation: firefighters and peace officers: post-traumatic stress.
Current Text: Amended: 8/30/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/1/2021
Last Amend: 8/30/2021
Status: 8/30/2021-Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. Ordered to inactive
file on request of Assembly Member Chau.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law, under the workers’ compensation system, provides, only until January 1, 2025,
that, for certain state and local firefighting personnel and peace officers, the term “injury” includes
post-traumatic stress that develops or manifests during a period in which the injured person is in the
service of the department or unit, but applies only to injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2020.
Existing law requires the compensation awarded pursuant to this provision to include full hospital,
surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits. This bill would make that provision
applicable to active firefighting members of the State Department of State Hospitals, the State
Department of Developmental Services, the Military Department, and the Department of Veterans
Affairs, and to additional peace officers, including security officers of the Department of Justice when
performing assigned duties as security officers and the officers of a state hospital under the
jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental
Services, among other officers.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
SB 289 (Newman D) Recycling: batteries and battery-embedded products.
Current Text: Amended: 4/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/1/2021
Last Amend: 4/13/2021
Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
on 5/17/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy 2 year Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would make the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act of 2006 and the Cell Phone Recycling
Act of 2004 inoperative as of June 30, 2025, and would repeal those acts as of January 1, 2026. The
bill would enact the Battery and Battery-Embedded Product Recycling and Fire Risk Reduction Act of
2021, which would require producers, as defined, either individually or through the creation of one or
more stewardship organizations, to establish a stewardship program for batteries and battery-
embedded products.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
SB 290 (Skinner D) Density Bonus Law: qualifications for incentives or concessions: student housing for
lower income students: moderate-income persons and families: local government constraints.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/3/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/1/2021
Last Amend: 8/16/2021
Status: 9/3/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires the amount of a density bonus and the number of incentives or
concessions a qualifying developer receives to be pursuant to a certain formula based on the total
number of units in the housing development, as specified. This bill would require a unit designated to
satisfy the inclusionary zoning requirements of a city or county to be included in the total number of
units on which a density bonus and the number of incentives or concessions are based. The bill would
require a city or county to grant one incentive or concession for a student housing development
project that will include at least 20% of the total units for lower income students.
Organization Position
APA Support
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SB 314 (Wiener D) Alcoholic beverages.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/4/2021
Last Amend: 8/30/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law authorizes the issuance of a caterer’s permit, upon application to the
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, to a licensee under an on-sale general license, an on-sale
beer and wine license, a club license, or a veterans’ club license, that authorizes the holder of the
permit to sell alcoholic beverages at specified locations and events, including, among others,
conventions, sporting events, and trade exhibits. Under existing law, licensees are required to first
obtain consent from the department for sales of alcoholic beverages at each event in the form of a
catering or event authorization. This bill would prohibit the issuance of a catering authorization for use
at any one premises for more than 36 events in one calendar year, except as specified.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
SB 323 (Caballero D) Local government: water or sewer service: legal actions.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/5/2021
Last Amend: 8/16/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 2.) Ordered to engrossing and
enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law prohibits a local agency from imposing fees for specified purposes, including
fees for water or sewer connections, as defined, that exceed the estimated reasonable cost of
providing the service for which the fee is charged, unless voter approval is obtained. Existing law
provides that a local agency levying a new water or sewer connection fee or increasing a fee must do
so by ordinance or resolution. Current law requires, for specified fees, including water or sewer
connection fees, any judicial action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul an
ordinance, resolution, or motion adopting a new fee or service charge or modifying an existing fee or
service charge to be commenced within 120 days of the effective date of the ordinance, resolution, or
motion according to specified procedures for validation proceedings. Except as provided, this bill would
require any judicial action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, validate, or annul an
ordinance, resolution, or motion adopting, modifying, or amending water or sewer service fees or
charges adopted after January 1, 2022, to be commenced within 120 days of the effective date or the
date of final passage, adoption, or approval of the ordinance, resolution, or motion, whichever is later.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
SB 335 (Cortese D) Workers’ compensation: liability.
Current Text: Amended: 3/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/8/2021
Last Amend: 3/10/2021
Status: 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was INS. on 6/10/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law prohibits a claim for workers’ compensation from being maintained unless
within 30 days after the occurrence of the injury, the injured person, or in case of the death, a
dependent, or someone on the injured person’s or dependent’s behalf, serves notice of the injury
upon the employer. Current law also requires an injured employee, or in the case of death, a
dependent, or an agent of the employee or dependent, to file a claim form with the employer. Under
current law, except for specified injuries, if liability is not rejected within 90 days after the date the
claim form is filed with the employer, the injury is presumed compensable and the presumption is
rebuttable only by evidence discovered subsequent to the 90-day period. This bill would reduce those
90-day time periods to 45 days and, for certain injuries or illnesses, including hernia, heart trouble,
pneumonia, or tuberculosis, among others, sustained in the course of employment of a specified
member of law enforcement or a specified first responder, would reduce those time periods to 30 days.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
SB 341 (McGuire D) Telecommunications service: outages.
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Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/9/2021
Last Amend: 9/2/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and
enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require each provider of telecommunications service to maintain on its internet
website a public outage map showing that provider’s outages, and would require the Office of
Emergency Services, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, on or before July 1, 2022, to
adopt by regulation requirements for those maps, as specified. The bill would authorize the office to
provide the commission with all of the information provided to it as part of a telecommunications
service provider’s community isolation outage notification and require the office to aggregate that data
and post that aggregated data on its internet website.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
SB 344 (Hertzberg D) Homeless shelters grants: pets and veterinary services.
Current Text: Amended: 5/25/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/9/2021
Last Amend: 5/25/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE
FILE on 8/19/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy 2 year Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require the Department of Housing and Community Development subject to an
appropriation in the annual Budget Act, to develop and administer a program to award grants to
qualified homeless shelters, as described, for the provision of shelter, food, and basic veterinary
services for pets owned by people experiencing homelessness. The bill would authorize the
department to use up to 5% of the funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act for those purposes for
its costs in administering the program.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
SB 378 (Gonzalez D) Local government: broadband infrastructure development project permit
processing: microtrenching permit processing ordinance.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/10/2021
Last Amend: 6/29/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require a local agency to allow, except as provided, microtrenching for the
installation of underground fiber if the installation in the microtrench is limited to fiber. The bill would
also require, to the extent necessary, a local agency with jurisdiction to approve excavations to adopt
or amend existing policies, ordinances, codes, or construction rules to allow for microtrenching. The bill
would provide that these provisions do not supersede, nullify, or otherwise alter the requirements to
comply with specified safety standards. The bill would authorize a local agency to impose a fee for its
reasonable costs on an application for a permit to install fiber, as provided. By imposing new duties on
local agencies with regard to the installation of fiber, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.
Organization Position
APA Neutral as
Amended
SB 387 (Portantino D) Peace officers: certification, education, and recruitment.
Current Text: Amended: 5/20/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/11/2021
Last Amend: 5/20/2021
Status: 6/4/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(8). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on
5/28/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal 2 year Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to establish
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a certification program for peace officers. Current law requires the commission to establish basic,
intermediate, advanced, supervisory, management, and executive certificates for the purpose of
fostering the education and experience necessary to perform general police service duties. Existing
law requires certificates to be awarded on the basis of a combination of training, education,
experience, and other prerequisites, as determined by the commission. This bill would require the
commission to work with stakeholders from law enforcement, the University of California, the California
State University, the California Community Colleges, and community organizations to develop a list of
courses to include as requirements for obtaining a basic certificate, as specified. The bill would require
an applicant for a basic certificate to complete those courses before obtaining the certificate.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
SB 412 (Ochoa Bogh R) California Environmental Quality Act: emergency definition.
Current Text: Amended: 4/12/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/12/2021
Last Amend: 4/12/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was E.Q. on 3/18/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would expand the definition of “emergency” provided in CEQA to include a project jointly
identified by a state or local agency and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection or the State
Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, with notice to the Department of Fish and Wildlife, as mitigating
a high threat to life and safety by preventing, minimizing, or mitigating damage to life, health, property,
natural resources, or essential public services, resulting from a catastrophic fire in areas of the state
that a lead agency determines, based on substantial evidence, are at a heightened risk of the
occurrence of that event. The bill would also specify that “emergency” includes, but is not limited to,
man-made or natural occurrences, as specified, and would make other nonsubstantive changes.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
SB 418 (Laird D) Sea level rise planning: database.
Current Text: Amended: 3/17/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/12/2021
Last Amend: 3/17/2021
Status: 9/3/2021-Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Reyes.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires the Natural Resources Agency, in collaboration with the Ocean
Protection Council, to create, update biannually, and post on an internet website a Planning for Sea
Level Rise Database describing steps being taken throughout the state to prepare for, and adapt to,
sea level rise. Current law further requires that various public agencies and private entities provide to
the agency, on a biannual basis, sea level rise planning information, as defined, that is under the
control or jurisdiction of the public agencies or private entities, and requires the agency to determine
the information necessary for inclusion in the database, as prescribed. Current law repeals these
provisions on January 1, 2023.This bill would extend the sunset date for the above provisions until
January 1, 2028.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
SB 426 (Rubio D) Municipal separate storm sewer systems: financial capability analysis.
Current Text: Amended: 3/1/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/12/2021
Last Amend: 3/1/2021
Status: 6/4/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(8). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on
6/1/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal 2 year Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require the State Water Resources Control Board, by July 1, 2022, to establish
financial capability assessment guidelines for municipal separate storm sewer system permittees that
are adequate and consistent when considering the costs to local jurisdictions. The bill would require
the state board and the regional boards to continue using available regulatory tools and other
approaches to foster collaboration with permittees to implement permit requirements in light of the
costs of implementation.
Organization Position
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LOCC Support
SB 456 (Laird D) Fire prevention: wildfire and forest resilience: action plan: reports.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2021
Last Amend: 8/30/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes in the Natural Resources Agency the Department of Forestry and
Fire Protection, and requires the department to be responsible for, among other things, fire protection
and prevention, as provided. The former Governor, Edmund G. Brown Jr., issued an executive order
relating to, among other subjects, the streamlining of permitting for landowner-initiated projects for
the improvement of forest health and the reduction of forest fire fuels on their properties. Pursuant to
this executive order, a Forest Management Task Force involving specified state agencies was convened
and an action plan was created.This bill would rename the task force the Wildfire and Forest Resilience
Task Force and require the task force, including the agency and the department, on January 1, 2022, to
develop a comprehensive implementation strategy to track and ensure the achievement of the goals
and key actions identified in the action plan, as provided. The bill would require the implementation
strategy to address specified actions, including increasing the pace and scale of wildfire and forest
resilience activities, as provided.
Organization Position
APA Support
SB 457 (Portantino D) Public employee retirement systems: investment portfolios: divestment from
Turkey.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/16/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/16/2021
Status: 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was P.E. & R. on
5/28/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require the boards of administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System and
the State Teachers’ Retirement System to provide employers that are school districts and cities that
participate in the systems an option to elect an investment portfolio that does not contain investment
vehicles that are issued or owned by the government of the Republic of Turkey.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
SB 477 (Wiener D) General plan: annual report.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Last Amend: 8/30/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use
development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. That law
requires the planning agency of a city or county to provide, by April 1 of each year, an annual report to,
among other entities, the Department of Housing and Community Development that includes, among
other specified information, the number of applications submitted, the location and total number of
developments approved, the number of building permits issued, and the number of units constructed
pursuant to a specific streamlined, ministerial approval process. This bill would, commencing January 1,
2024, require a planning agency to include in that annual report specified information on costs,
standards, and applications for proposed housing development projects and specified information on
housing development projects within the jurisdiction.
Organization Position
APA Support As
Amended
SB 499 (Leyva D) General plan: land use element: uses adversely impacting health outcomes.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/17/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/17/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was GOV. & F. on
2/25/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
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Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would prohibit the land use element from designating land uses that have the potential to
significantly degrade local air, water, or soil quality or to adversely impact health outcomes in
disadvantaged communities to be located, or to materially expand, within or adjacent to a
disadvantaged community or a racially and ethnically concentrated area of poverty. By expanding the
duties of cities and counties in the administration of their land use planning duties, the bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
Organization Position
APA Oppose
SB 555 (McGuire D) Local agencies: transient occupancy taxes: short-term rental facilitator: collection.
Current Text: Amended: 7/14/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 7/14/2021
Status: 8/27/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(12). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE
FILE on 8/19/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy 2 year Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would authorize a local agency, defined to mean a city, county, or city and county, including
a charter city, county, or city and county, to enact an ordinance exclusively delegating its authority to
collect any transient occupancy tax imposed by that local agency on short-term rentals to the California
Department of Tax and Fee Administration and to enter into a contract with the department for
purposes of registration, rate posting, collection, and transmission of revenues necessary to collect
and administer any transient occupancy tax imposed on a short-term rental as specified in this bill.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose Unless
Amended
SB 556 (Dodd D) Street light poles, traffic signal poles: small wireless facilities attachments.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 6/28/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Wuld prohibit a local government or local publicly owned electric utility from unreasonably
denying the leasing or licensing of its street light poles or traffic signal poles to communications service
providers for the purpose of placing small wireless facilities on those poles. The bill would require that
street light poles and traffic signal poles be made available for the placement of small wireless facilities
under fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory fees, as provided. The bill would authorize a local
government or local publicly owned electric utility to condition access to its street light poles or traffic
signal poles on reasonable terms and conditions, including reasonable aesthetic and safety standards.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
SB 576 (Archuleta D) Gambling: local moratorium.
Current Text: Amended: 4/7/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 4/7/2021
Status: 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was G.O. on 5/20/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law prohibits an ordinance that would result in an expansion of gambling in the
city, county, or city and county from being valid unless the amendment is approved by a majority of the
voters. Current law requires an amendment to a city or county ordinance relating to a gambling
establishment or the act to be submitted to the Department of Justice for review and comment before
the ordinance is adopted by the city or county.This bill would create an additional exception to that
prohibition by authorizing a city, county, or city and county, commencing January 1, 2022, to amend its
ordinance to increase the number of gambling tables that may be operated in a gambling
establishment by up to 2 tables each calendar year, up to a maximum total of 10 additional tables,
above the number of tables authorized in the ordinance in effect on January 1, 2022. The bill would
authorize a city, county, or city and county’s jurisdictional limit to be expanded to accommodate the
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increase of gaming tables authorized by the bill. The bill would extend until January 1, 2028, the
prohibition against a city, county, or city and county amending an ordinance to expand gaming in that
jurisdiction beyond that permitted on January 1, 1996.
Organization Position
LOCC Oppose
SB 590 (Allen D) 2022 statewide primary election: terms of office.
Current Text: Chaptered: 7/16/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 6/17/2021
Status: 7/16/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 107, Statutes
of 2021.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law, Chapter 111 of the Statutes of 2020, moved the date of the statewide direct
primary election in even-numbered years in which there is no presidential primary election from the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in March to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June. Current
law authorizes elections for certain local offices to be held on the day of the statewide direct primary
election.This bill would extend any term of office set to expire in March or April 2022, where the next
scheduled regular election for that office has been consolidated with the 2022 statewide primary
election, until the certification of election results from the 2022 statewide primary election.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
SB 612 (Portantino D) Electrical corporations and other load-serving entities: allocation of legacy
resources.
Current Text: Amended: 5/20/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 5/20/2021
Status: 7/14/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was U. & E. on
6/10/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require an electrical corporation, by July 1, 2022, and not less than once every 3
years thereafter, to offer an allocation of certain electrical resources to its bundled customers and to
other load-serving entities, including electric service providers and community choice aggregators, that
serve departing load customers who bear cost responsibility for those resources. The bill would
authorize a load-serving entity within the service territory of the electrical corporation to elect to
receive all or a portion of the vintaged proportional share of those legacy resources allocated to its
end-use customers and, if it so elects, would require it to pay to the electrical corporation the
commission-established market price benchmark for the vintage proportional share of the resources
received.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
CASCC Support
SB 617 (Wiener D) Residential solar energy systems: permitting.
Current Text: Amended: 5/4/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 5/4/2021
Status: 5/25/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
on 5/17/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk Policy 2 year Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would require every city and county to implement an online, automated permitting platform
that verifies code compliance and instantaneously issues permits for a solar energy system that is no
larger than 38.4 kilowatts alternating current nameplate rating and an energy storage system paired
with a solar energy system that is no larger than 38.4 kilowatts alternating current nameplate rating,
as specified. The bill would require a city or county to amend a certain ordinance to authorize a
residential solar energy system and an energy storage system to use the online, automated
permitting platform. The bill would prescribe a compliance schedule for satisfying these requirements,
which would exempt a county with a population of less than 150,000 and all cities within a county with
a population of less than 150,000.
Organization Position
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LOCC Oppose
SB 619 (Laird D) Organic waste: reduction regulations: local jurisdiction compliance.
Current Text: Enrolled: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 9/3/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and
enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law requires the State Air Resources Board to complete, approve, and implement a
comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in the state to achieve,
among other things, a reduction in the statewide emissions of methane by 40%. Current law requires
the methane emissions reduction goals to include specified targets to reduce the landfill disposal of
organics. Current law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation
with the state board, to adopt regulations to achieve those targets for reducing organic waste in
landfills, and authorizes those regulations to require local jurisdictions to impose requirements on
generators or other relevant entities within their jurisdiction, to authorize local jurisdictions to impose
penalties on generators for noncompliance, and to include penalties to be imposed by the department
for noncompliance. This bill would authorize a local jurisdiction facing continuing violations that
commence during the 2022 calendar year of those regulations to submit to the department no later
than March 1, 2022, a notification of intent to comply, as prescribed.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
SB 621 (Eggman D) Conversion of motels and hotels: streamlining.
Current Text: Amended: 4/5/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/18/2021
Last Amend: 4/5/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was GOV. & F. on
4/15/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would authorize a development proponent to submit an application for a development for
the complete conversion, as defined, of a structure with a certificate of occupancy as a motel or hotel
into multifamily housing units to be subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process, provided
that development proponent reserves 10% of the proposed housing units for lower income
households, unless a local government has affordability requirements that exceed these requirements.
The bill would require the structure proposed to be converted be vacant for at least 6 months prior to
the submission of the application, except as provided. The bill would require the development
proponent to comply with specified requirements regarding the payment of prevailing rate or per diem
wages for construction work related to the part of the development that is a public work and the use
of a skilled and trained workforce on the development, except as provided.
Organization Position
APA Support
SB 640 (Becker D) Transportation financing: jointly funded projects.
Current Text: Chaptered: 7/16/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 5/20/2021
Status: 7/16/2021-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 108, Statutes
of 2021.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law provides for the deposit of various funds, including revenues from certain
increases in fuel taxes and vehicle fees, for the program into the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation
Account. After certain allocations for the program are made, existing law requires the remaining funds
available for the program to be continuously appropriated 50% for allocation to the department for
maintenance of the state highway system or for the State Highway Operation and Protection Program
and 50% for apportionment to cities and counties by the Controller pursuant to a specified formula.
Current law requires a city or county to submit to the California Transportation Commission a list of
proposed projects, as specified, to be eligible for an apportionment of those funds. This bill would
authorize cities and counties to propose projects to be jointly funded by the cities and counties’
apportionments of those funds, as specified.
Organization Position
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LOCC Support
SB 649 (Cortese D) Local governments: affordable housing: local tenant preference.
Current Text: Amended: 4/19/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 4/19/2021
Status: 6/17/2021-Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would establish a state policy supporting local tenant preferences for lower income
households, as defined, that are subject to displacement risk, and, further, permit local governments
and developers in receipt of local or state funds, federal or state tax credits, or an allocation of tax-
exempt private activity bonds designated for affordable rental housing to restrict occupancy by
creating a local housing preference for lower income households subject to displacement risk. The bill,
subject to certain requirements and limitations, would authorize a local government to allow a local
tenant preference in an affordable housing rental development to reduce displacement of lower
income households with displacement risk beyond local government boundaries by adopting a program
that allows preferences in affordable rental housing acquired, constructed, preserved or funded with
state or local funds or tax programs.
Organization Position
CASCC Watch
SB 728 (Hertzberg D) Density Bonus Law: purchase of density bonus units by nonprofit housing
organizations.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/13/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 9/2/2021
Status: 9/13/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to
provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the city or county with a density
bonus and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct, among
other options, specified percentages of units for moderate-income or, lower, or very low income
households and meets other requirements. Current law requires the developer and the city or county
to ensure that the initial occupant of a for-sale unit that qualified the developer for the award of the
density bonus is a person or family of very low, low, or moderate income. This bill instead, would
require the developer and the city or county to ensure that (1) a for-sale unit that qualified the
developer for the award of the density bonus is initially occupied by a person or family of the required
income, offered at an affordable housing cost, as defined, and includes an equity sharing agreement,
as specified, or (2) a qualified nonprofit housing organization that is receiving the above-described
welfare exemption purchases the unit pursuant to a specified recorded contract that includes an
affordability restriction, an equity sharing agreement, as specified, and a repurchase option that
requires a subsequent purchaser that desires to sell or convey the property to first offer the nonprofit
corporation the opportunity to repurchase the property.
Organization Position
APA Support
SB 735 (Rubio D) Vehicles: speed safety cameras.
Current Text: Amended: 3/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 3/10/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was TRANS. on 3/18/2021)
(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Would authorize a local authority to use a traffic speed safety system, as defined, to
enforce speed limits in a school zone. The bill would prescribe requirements for the operation of a
traffic speed safety system, including, among other things, notice to the public, issuance of citations,
and confidentiality of data. The bill would create an administrative proceeding for persons to pay or
contest a citation captured by a traffic speed safety system and a procedure to appeal an adverse
decision. The bill would impose a civil penalty for a violation. The bill would require the use of the online
adjudicatory tool to determine a person’s ability to pay that penalty and require that fees be collected
pursuant to the process created in the pilot program described above.
Organization Position
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LOCC Support
SB 765 (Stern D) Accessory dwelling units: setbacks.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Status: 4/30/2021-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was HOUSING on
3/3/2021)(May be acted upon Jan 2022)
Desk 2 year Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, provides for the creation of accessory
dwelling units by local ordinance, or, if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance, by ministerial
approval, in accordance with specified standards and conditions. Current law prohibits a local agency’s
accessory dwelling unit ordinance from imposing a setback requirement of more than 4 feet from the
side and rear lot lines for an accessory dwelling unit that is not converted from an existing structure or
a new structure constructed in the same location and to the same dimensions as an existing structure.
This bill would remove the above-described prohibition on a local agency’s accessory dwelling unit
ordinance, and would instead provide that the rear and side yard setback requirements for accessory
dwelling units may be set by the local agency. The bill would authorize an accessory dwelling unit
applicant to submit a request to the local agency for an alternative rear and side yard setback
requirement if the local agency’s setback requirements make the building of the accessory dwelling
unit infeasible.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
SB 780 (Cortese D) Local finance: public investment authorities.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/9/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 8/23/2021
Status: 9/9/2021-Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law establishes enhanced infrastructure financing districts to finance public capital
facilities or other specified projects of communitywide significance. Currentlaw provides for the
membership of the governing body of the district, referred to as the public financing authority. This bill
would authorize the legislative bodies, as defined, to appoint an alternate member to the public
financing authority who may serve and vote in place of a member who is absent or disqualifies
themselves from participating in a meeting of the authority. If a district has more than 3 participating
affected taxing entities, the bill would authorize the legislative bodies of the taxing entities to, upon
agreement, appoint only one member of their respective legislative bodies, and one alternate member,
in addition to the public members.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
SB 792 (Glazer D) Sales and use tax: returns: online transactions: local jurisdiction schedule.
Current Text: Enrollment: 9/10/2021 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2021
Last Amend: 8/26/2021
Status: 9/10/2021-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Concurrence in
Assembly amendments pending. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 4.) Ordered to
engrossing and enrolling.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: Current law authorizes the Department of Tax and Fee Administration to require the filing of
reports by any person or class of persons with information relating to sales of tangible personal
property, the storage, use, or other consumption of which is subject to the use tax, as specified.
Current law requires a retailer or purchaser subject to the sales and use tax to file, on or before the
last day of the month following each quarterly period, a return for the preceding quarterly period. This
bill, for reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2022, would require a qualified retailer,
defined as a retailer whose annual qualified sales of tangible personal property transacted online
exceeded $50,000,000 for the previous calendar year, to include with each tax return a schedule that
reports for each local jurisdiction the gross receipts from the qualified sale of tangible personal
property shipped or delivered to a purchaser in that jurisdiction.
Organization Position
LOCC Support
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SCA 2 (Allen D) Public housing projects.
Current Text: Introduced: 12/7/2020 html pdf
Introduced: 12/7/2020
Status: 9/1/2021-Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Allen.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc.Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered1st House 2nd House
Summary: The California Constitution prohibits the development, construction, or acquisition of a low-
rent housing project, as defined, in any manner by any state public body until a majority of the
qualified electors of the city, town, or county in which the development, construction, or acquisition of
the low-rent housing project is proposed approve the project by voting in favor at an election, as
specified. This measure would repeal these provisions.
Organization Position
APA Support
Total Measures: 142
Total Tracking Forms: 159
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Agenda Item
21-9880 Agenda Date: 9/17/2021
Agenda #: 5.
Subject:Debrief on the Legislative Day on August 18, 2021
Provide a debrief on the Legislative Day on August 18, 2021
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Agenda Item
21-9881 Agenda Date: 9/17/2021
Agenda #: 6.
Subject:Discuss Special City Council Meeting with Local Legislators
Discuss and provide input on Special City Council Meeting with Local Legislators
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State Capitol Office ▪ 925 L Street • Suite 1404 • Sacramento, CA 95814 • Phone (916) 447-4086 • Fax (916) 444-0383
Federal Office ▪ 600 Pennsylvania SE • Suite 207 • Washington, DC 20003 • Phone (202) 546-8696 • Fax (202) 546-4555
Southern California Office ▪ 1401 Dove Street • Suite 330 • Newport Beach, CA 92660 • Phone (949) 399-9050 • Fax (949) 476-8215
Central California Office ▪ 744 P Street • Suite 308 • Fresno, CA 93721 • Phone (949) 399-9050 • Fax (949) 476-8215
Northern California Office ▪ 300 Frank Ogawa Plaza • Suite 204 • Oakland, CA 94612 • Phone (510) 835-9050 • Fax (510) 835-9030
MEMO
To: City of Cupertino
Legislative Review Committee
From: Townsend Public Affairs, Inc.
Date: September 17, 2021
Subject: Draft Schedule for Special Council Meeting with Legislators
The City’s local legislators have been invited to participate in a Special Meeting of the City Council
to provide a legislative update to Council. This meeting is intended to provide the City’s local
legislators an opportunity to highlight their activities from the recently concluded 2021 legislative
session, as well as to provide information on priorities that they are considering for 2022. This
meeting also provides an opportunity for the City Council to communicate directly with the
members of the Legislature regarding the City’s legislative priority development process, and
items that may be of interest to the Council in 2022. The scheduling of this meeting is pending
the availability of our local legislators and currently 10/21, 10/27, and 10/28 dates are b eing
considered.
Below is a draft schedule for the Special City Council Meeting. This schedule is meant to serve
as an example of how the Special Meeting could be structured.
DRAFT SCHEDULE
6:30pm – Convene Meeting
6:35pm – Introductory Remarks by Mayor and Chair of Legislative Review Committee
• This would provide an opportunity for the Mayor/LRC to provide context and purpose for
the meeting.
6:45pm – Legislative Update
• Provide an opportunity for each legislator to update the Council on highlights from the
legislative session.
7:15pm – Cupertino Legislative Priority Development Process
• Provide an overview of the process for the City to develop legislative priorities for the 2022
legislative session.
• Provide Councilmembers with an opportunity to discuss any legislative priorities they
would like to be considered for 2022.
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7:30pm – Legislators’ Legislative Priorities for 2022
• Provide an opportunity for each legislator to update the Council on their priorities for the
upcoming legislative session
7:50pm – Public Comment
8:00pm - Adjournment
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Agenda Item
21-9882 Agenda Date: 9/17/2021
Agenda #: 7.
Subject:Discuss Town Hall on Legislative Process
Discuss and provide input on Town Hall on Legislative Process
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State Capitol Office ▪ 925 L Street • Suite 1404 • Sacramento, CA 95814 • Phone (916) 447-4086 • Fax (916) 444-0383
Federal Office ▪ 600 Pennsylvania SE • Suite 207 • Washington, DC 20003 • Phone (202) 546-8696 • Fax (202) 546-4555
Southern California Office ▪ 1401 Dove Street • Suite 330 • Newport Beach, CA 92660 • Phone (949) 399-9050 • Fax (949) 476-8215
Central California Office ▪ 744 P Street • Suite 308 • Fresno, CA 93721 • Phone (949) 399-9050 • Fax (949) 476-8215
Northern California Office ▪ 300 Frank Ogawa Plaza • Suite 204 • Oakland, CA 94612 • Phone (510) 835-9050 • Fax (510) 835-9030
MEMO
To: City of Cupertino
Legislative Review Committee
From: Townsend Public Affairs, Inc.
Date: September 17, 2021
Subject: Draft Schedule for Legislative Town Hall
The Legislative Review Committee has expressed interest in conducting a Town Hall to provide
interested members of the community with an opportunity to learn more about the legislative
process. The Town Hall will inform residents on how to engage in the legislative process and on
how the City engages. The scheduling of this meeting depends on the scheduling of the
Special City Council Meeting with Legislators and currently 10/21, 10/27, and 10/28 dates are
being considered.
Below is a draft schedule for the Town Hall meeting. This schedule is meant to serve as an
example of how the Town Hall could be structured.
DRAFT SCHEDULE
6:30pm – Convene Meeting
6:35pm – Introductory Remarks by Chair of Legislative Review Committee (5)
•This would provide an opportunity for to provide context and purpose for the meeting.
6:40pm – Legislative Process Overview (15 mins)
•Townsend Public Affairs (TPA) provides an overview of the legislative process
•Q&A
6:55pm – Public Engagement in the Legislative Process (40 mins)
•TPA provides an overview of how, and when, to engage in the legislative process,
including an overview of the Legislative Letter Portal
•TPA will inform residents of who the local legislators are and where they can get their
information
•Q&A
7:35pm – City Engagement in the Legislative Process (10 mins)
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• TPA provides an overview of how the City engages in the legislative process.
• Q&A
7:45pm – Public comment
8:00pm – Adjourn
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