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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
September 11, 2017
10:30 A.M.
651 Pine Street, Room 101, Martinez
Supervisor Diane Burgis, Chair
Supervisor Karen Mitchoff, Vice Chair
Agenda
Items:
Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference
of the Committee
1.Introductions
2.Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this
agenda (speakers may be limited to three minutes).
3. APPROVE the Record of Action for the May 8, 2017 meeting of the Legislation
Committee with any necessary corrections.
4. CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors the adoption of a
Resolution in support of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).
5. CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors an extension of one year
(January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018) for the existing state and federal
advocacy contracts with Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLP and
Alcalde & Fay.
6. ACCEPT the report on the status of state legislation of interest to Contra Costa
County and provide direction to staff, as needed.
7.The next meeting is currently scheduled for October 9, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. in Room 101,
651 Pine Street, Martinez.
8.Adjourn
The Legislation Committee will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities
planning to attend Legislation Committee meetings. Contact the staff person listed below at least
72 hours before the meeting.
Any disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and
distributed by the County to a majority of members of the Legislation Committee less than 96
hours prior to that meeting are available for public inspection at 651 Pine Street, 10th floor,
during normal business hours.
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Public comment may be submitted via electronic mail on agenda items at least one full work day
prior to the published meeting time.
For Additional Information Contact:
Lara DeLaney, Committee Staff
Phone (925) 335-1097, Fax (925) 646-1353
lara.delaney@cao.cccounty.us
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 3.
Meeting Date:09/11/2017
Subject:Record of Action for Legislation Committee
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2017-30
Referral Name: Record of Action
Presenter: L. DeLaney Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-335-1097
Referral History:
County Ordinance (Better Government Ordinance 95-6, Article 25-205, [d]) requires that each
County Body keep a record of its meetings. Though the record need not be verbatim, it must
accurately reflect the agenda and the decisions made in the meeting. Any handouts or printed
copies of material or testimony distributed at the meeting will be attached to the meeting record.
Referral Update:
Attached for the Committee's consideration is the Draft Record of Action for its May 8, 2017
meeting.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
APPROVE the Record of Action, with any necessary corrections.
Fiscal Impact (if any):
None.
Attachments
Draft Record of Action
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D R A F T
LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
May 8, 2017
10:30 A.M.
651 Pine Street, Room 101, Martinez
Supervisor Diane Burgis, Chair
Supervisor Karen Mitchoff, Vice Chair
Agenda Items:Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference of the Committee
Present: Diane Burgis, Chair
Karen Mitchoff, Vice Chair
Staff Present:Lara DeLaney, Senior Deputy County Administrator
Jody London, Sustainability Coordinator, DCD
Bob Campbell, Auditor-Controller
Susan Jeong, Policy & Planning Division, EHSD
Dr. William Walker, HSD Director
1.Introductions
After the Committee and attendees introduced themselves, Cathy Christian and Ben Palmer of
Nielsen Merksamer, introduced themselves via conference call.
2.Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this
agenda (speakers may be limited to three minutes).
No public comment provided.
3.APPROVE the Record of Action with any necessary corrections.
The Committee unanimously approved the Record of Action as presented.
AYE: Chair Diane Burgis, Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
Passed
4.CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors a position of "Support” on
AB 60 (Santiago), as recommended by the Director of Employment & Human
Services.
The Committee voted unanimously to recommend support to the Board of
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The Committee voted unanimously to recommend support to the Board of
Supervisors and directed staff to place the item on the Consent for the Board's
consideration.
AYE: Chair Diane Burgis, Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
Passed
5.CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors a position of "Support, if
amended" on AB 271 (Caballero), Property Assessed Clean Energy Program, as
recommended by the Contra Costa County Treasurer-Tax Collector.
The Committee voted unanimously to recommend support if amended to the Board of
Supervisors and directed staff to place the item on the Consent for the Board's
consideration.
AYE: Chair Diane Burgis, Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
Passed
6.CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors a position of "Oppose" on AB
626 (Garcia): Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations, as recommended by the
County Public Health Director and the County Environmental Health Director.
The Committee voted unanimously to recommend an oppose position to the Board of
Supervisors and directed staff to place the item on the Consent for the Board's
consideration.
AYE: Chair Diane Burgis, Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
Passed
7.Provide direction to staff and the County lobbyists with regard to the Park Bond related
bills.
The Committee directed staff to continue to monitor bills SB 5 and AB 18.
AYE: Chair Diane Burgis, Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
Passed
8.CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors a position of "Support" on AB
1520 (Burke): Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Act.
The Committee voted unanimously to recommend support to the Board of
Supervisors and directed staff to place the item on the Consent for the Board's
consideration.
AYE: Chair Diane Burgis, Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
Passed
9.CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors an "Oppose" position on H.R.
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9.CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors an "Oppose" position on H.R.
1921 (Banks): Prekindergarten Education Block Grants and S. 185 (Lee):
Prekindergarten Education Block Grants, as recommended by the Director of
Employment & Human Services Department.
The Committee voted unanimously to recommend an oppose position to the Board of
Supervisors and directed staff to place the item on the Consent for the Board's
consideration.
AYE: Chair Diane Burgis, Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
Passed
10.RECEIVE the memo from the County's federal advocates, Alcalde & Fay, on the
federal Fiscal Year 2017 Omnibus Appropriations Bill.
The memo was received by the Committee.
11.CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors a position of "Support" on SB
687 (Skinner): Health Facilities: Emergency Centers: Attorney General, as
recommended by the County Director and Health Officer Contra Costa Health
Services and the County Director Emergency Medical Services.
The Committee voted unanimously to recommend support to the Board of
Supervisors and directed staff to place the item on the Consent for the Board's
consideration.
AYE: Chair Diane Burgis, Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
Passed
12.The next meeting is currently scheduled for June 12, 2017 at 10:30 a.m.
The June meeting of the Legislation Committee was subsequently cancelled.
13.Adjourn
The Legislation Committee will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to attend Legislation Committee
meetings. Contact the staff person listed below at least 72 hours before the meeting.
Any disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and distributed by the County to a majority of
members of the Legislation Committee less than 96 hours prior to that meeting are available for public inspection at 651 Pine Street, 10th
floor, during normal business hours.
Public comment may be submitted via electronic mail on agenda items at least one full work day prior to the published meeting time.
For Additional Information Contact:
Lara DeLaney, Committee Staff
Phone (925) 335-1097, Fax (925) 646-1353
lara.delaney@cao.cccounty.us
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 4.
Meeting Date:09/11/2017
Subject:Resolution to Support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2017-31
Referral Name: Resolution to Support ACA
Presenter: L. DeLaney Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-335-1097
Referral History:
Supervisor Burgis requested that a Resolution in support of the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act, known widely by the acronym ACA and also referred to as "Obamacare," be
considered by the Committee for recommendation to the Board of Supervisors. A draft resolution,
which had been passed by Alameda County, was submitted by Alvaro Fuentes, Executive
Director of the Community Clinic Consortium.
Referral Update:
The draft Resolution has been reviewed by staff in the Health Services Department. They have
provided input to the draft Resolution, which is included as Attachment A. Pending input and
action by the Legislation Committee, a final draft Resolution may be prepared for the Board of
Supervisors' September 19, 2017 agenda.
As additional background, Joe Krahn, the president and managing partner of Waterman &
Associates, CSAC’s lobbying firm in Washington D.C. provided the following update on the
status of the ACA:
"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) effort to bring an Affordable Care Act
(ACA) repeal and replacement bill to the floor collapsed in July in the face of opposition from
several members of his own party. The development marked a stunning setback – and a
potentially fatal blow – for Republicans in their seven-year quest to overturn President Obama’s
signature domestic achievement. The continued legislative uncertainty also raises serious
questions regarding the long-term future of the American healthcare system.
Shortly after McConnell’s admission that he lacked the votes to proceed to the legislation,
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Shortly after McConnell’s admission that he lacked the votes to proceed to the legislation,
President Trump took to Twitter to say that Republicans should simply repeal the ACA and work
on a long-term plan – with Democrats – to replace Obamacare. Incidentally, the majority leader
endorsed the president’s recommendation in announcing his intention to bring up a bill to repeal
the ACA in two years, with a subsequent measure drafted to address health coverage and access.
That effort, however, was also doomed as three Republican senators – Shelley Moore Capito,
(WV), Susan Collins (ME), and Lisa Murkowski (AK) – all declared that they would oppose a
procedural motion to begin debate on a repeal-only bill. Looking ahead, it remains uncertain
whether Republicans will be able to jumpstart a renewed healthcare reform discussion. In the
continued absence of achieving critical mass within their own party ranks, Republicans would
need to rely on Democrats to come to the table, perhaps to discuss improvements to the existing
system, as was suggested by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Another potential
dynamic is President Trump’s ability to dictate significant changes in the operation of the current
healthcare system. For starters, the president has continually threatened to withhold billions of
dollars in cost-sharing reduction payments, which are provided to insurance companies in
exchange for reducing deductibles for low-income customers. In response to the prospect of such
a move, insurers have raised healthcare premiums for 2018 and may pull out of additional markets
if the federal payments are ultimately eliminated."
Subsequent to that report, the White House announced in August that the Administration would
make the August cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments, a point of contention in the continued
conversation about the ACA repeal efforts. CSRs are payments to insurance plans to help
subsidize the costs of people who purchase insurance plans through the marketplaces. The
president threatened to withhold the August CSR payments after attempts to repeal the ACA
stalled in the Senate in July.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
REVIEW the draft Resolution and RECOMMEND its adoption, with any necessary changes, to
the Board of Supervisors.
Attachments
Attachment A
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WHEREAS, the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
("ACA") by the State of California and Contra Costa County has been successful in
increasing access to quality health care for State and County residents by helping them
obtain health insurance; and
WHEREAS, evidence for this success is provided by the recent Census Bureau report
which documented that over 3 million Californians had gained health insurance during the
ACA's 2013, 2014 and 2015 open enrollment periods, and the 213,000 Contra Costa County
residents currently enrolled in Medi-Cal. Medicaid Coverage Expansion (MCE) members in
Contra Costa County's two Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans total of 74,631, with 52,912 with
Contra Costa Health Plan. (The additional 21,719 are assigned with Anthem Blue Cross and
Fee for Services providers.)
WHEREAS, the diversity of the Medicaid Coverage Expansion (MCE) enrollees in
Contra Costa Health Plan includes approximately 22 percent Hispanic, 24 percent Caucasian,
13 percent Asian, 12 percent African American , and 8 percent Other Race, reflecting the
racial and ethnic diversity of Contra Costa County ; and
WHEREAS, Contra Costa County's 15 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC),
which include the County’s and those operated by community partners have 74,631 newly
eligible Medi-Cal beneficiaries in Contra Costa County assigned to them as their medical
home, including both Contra Costa Health Plan and Anthem Blue Cross Members . CCHP
project they will receive 468,072 visits by these Medi-Cal beneficiaries in 2017 for medical,
dental, behavioral health, and optical visits; and
WHEREAS, there are a total of 275,099 Medi-Cal enrollees in Contra Costa
County as of January 2017 comprising more than 31% of the County's population; and
WHEREAS, approximately 213,000 Contra Costa County residents are enrolled in
the County's Medi -Cal Managed Care Plans, and over 41,353 Contra Costa County residents
have enrolled in health insurance plans through the Covered California exchange; and
WHEREAS, the State and Contra Costa County are currently overseeing the 2017
open enrollment period, and the ACA continues to assist Contra Costa County in providing
health care to its residents to this day; and
WHEREAS, the public and private providers of health care to Contra Costa County
residents must be fairly compensated for their services, and the increased access to higher
quality health insurance that the ACA has provided for Californians and Contra Costa County
residents has become a crucial element in helping Contra Costa County health providers
receive more consistent and fair compensation; and
WHEREAS, a loss of Medi-Cal funding for Contra Costa County's community health
centers' MCE patients would not only limit their ability to serve 74,631 MCE enrollees, but
also undermine their ability to serve their entire patient population of over 90,000 Contra
Costa County residents; and
Attachment A
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WHEREAS, Contra Costa County is committed to ensuring that all County residents
have access to reliable and culturally appropriate primary care services;
WHEREAS, Eight (8) Emergency Rooms in Contra Costa County and other
desperately needed services have been threatened by ACA potential changes . The State
and Contra Costa County 's ACA implementations have been crucial in preserving many of
these services; and
WHEREAS, multiple leaders of the Executive and Legislative branches of the
Federal Government in 2017 have stated their desire to repeal the ACA even though they
have not established replacement policies to ensure that over 20 million Americans who
have gained health insurance through ACA -subsidized programs maintain their access to
care;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, urges the Executive and Legislative branches of the
Federal Government to build on the many successes of the Affordable Care Act and to
work to improve the ACA instead of repealing it; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA
COSTA COUNTY urges the Executive and Legislative branches of the Federal Government
to acknowledge reports from multiple agencies of the Federal Government which have proven
that year-to-year rises in the overall cost of health care in the United States decreased in the
years following the passage and major implementations of the ACA, and that solvency for the
Medicare trust fund has incre ased since the passage and implementation of the ACA; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA
COSTA COUNTY will direct Contra Costa County staff to seek opportunities to work with
Federal, State, County and local leaders represe nting California residents to oppose the repeal
of the Affordable Care Act and any policy proposals to reduce funding for Medicaid and
Medicare.
Attachment A
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 5.
Meeting Date:09/11/2017
Subject:State and Federal Advocacy Contracts
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2017-32
Referral Name: State and Federal Advocacy Contracts
Presenter: L. DeLaney Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-335-1097
Referral History:
The County currently has two contracts in effect for federal and state legislative advocacy:
1. Federal Advocacy: Alcalde & Fay, with primary representation by Paul Schlesinger with
additional related support from Perrin Badini. This contract is managed by the CAO’s office.
2. State Advocacy : Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Gross and Leoni (“Nielsen Merksamer”)
with primary representation by Cathy Christian, health care-related representation by James
Gross, and additional advocacy services provided by Ben Palmer. This contract is also managed
by the CAO’s office.
The following is a summary of the contracting history with our current federal and state advocates
and the status of their current contracts.
Federal Advocacy Services: Alcalde & Fay
On contract since: December 1, 2001
Contract Term (current): January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.
Contract Amount : $108,500/year: $8458/monthly retainer; $3,000 for expenses
History of contract:
April 24, 2001 the Board of Supervisors directs the CAO to issue an RFP for federal
advocacy services. (Supervisor Uilkema prepared the Board Order.)
The RFP was disseminated broadly, including a posting in Rollcall.
24 proposals were received. Top 4 firms were interviewed by CAO and Assistant CAO in
D.C. during October 2001. Firms included: Alcalde & Fay, Honberger & Walters, Patten
Boggs, and Waterman.
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In the fall of 2012, an RFP process was conducted to solicit vendors for new federal and
state legislative advocacy contracts. The RFP stipulated the contracts would be two-year
contracts with three (3) one-year renewal options, effective January 1, 2013. Alcalde & Fay
and Nielsen Merksamer were the successful bidders for the federal and state contracts,
respectively. The authorization for the contracts expires December 31, 2017.
Alcalde & Fay is a minority-controlled/employee-owned firm that supports the County’s
MBE contracting goals.
Services provided include: assisting the County in developing and implementing an effective
federal advocacy strategy and annual legislative program to influence federal laws and
policies and increase funding for County priorities and operations; research, monitoring and
providing information to the County; representing County interests in meetings with
members of Congress and/or their staff and with federal agencies, boards, commissions,
committees and other bodies as appropriate; participating in appropriate coalitions and
working groups on behalf of the County; arrange for meetings involving County officials in
Washington, D.C.; preparing and delivering briefings and activity reports as needed; and
performing other related duties, as mutually agreed upon.
State Advocacy Services: Nielsen Merksamer
On contract since: January 1, 2004
Contract Term (current): January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017
Contract Amount : $180,000/year: $15,000/monthly retainer
History of Contract:
Prior to retaining Nielsen Merksamer, the County contracted with L. Scott Sphann and
Associates, who received an annual retainer of $111,946, for state advocacy and annual
legislative program services. A $25,000 annual subcontract with Nielsen Merksamer was
entered into in January 2003 ($2,083 monthly retainer) for services related specifically to
state budget issues.
The shift in state representation placed an increased emphasis on the state budget and the
state-local relationships. Nielsen Merksamer is recognized for its expertise in the broad area
of state and county relations, particularly fiscal relationships.
Nielsen Merksamer is a law firm specializing in government and political law and related
litigation. They represent approximately 70 clients in the legislative and regulatory arenas in
Sacramento, including approximately 10 local government entities, Fortune 500 companies,
labor organizations, health care interests and various associations.
First contract executed for the period January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2005 in the
amount of $120,000 annually.
Referral Update:
The contract authorization period for both the federal and state advocacy contracts expires
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The contract authorization period for both the federal and state advocacy contracts expires
December 31, 2017. However, there are presently insufficient staff resources to undertake a
competitive procurement process for these contracts at this time. Therefore staff requests that the
Legislation Committee consider recommending to the Board of Supervisors that the contracts be
extended through 2018 to provide additional time for a procurement process to be developed and
conducted.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors a contract extension with the current state
and federal advocacy services providers for one year, January 1, 2018 through December 31,
2018.
Attachments
No file(s) attached.
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 6.
Meeting Date:09/11/2017
Subject:State Legislation Update
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2017-33
Referral Name: State Legislation Update
Presenter: L. DeLaney & C. Christian Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-335-1097
Referral History:
The Legislation Committee regularly reviews state legislation that may impact County programs,
services and operations.
Referral Update:
The state Legislature returned from their Summer Recess on August 21 to resume work on the
2017 bills that are still moving through the legislative process, which concludes on September 15.
There are several major policy arenas the Legislature is grappling with that affect counties,
including Housing; Bonds for affordable housing, parks, and water; and the Cap-and-Trade
Expenditure Plan. In addition, there are several bills winding their way through their final
committees and floor votes that could have substantial impacts, even negative impacts, on
counties that staff and our advocates are actively monitoring and working.
Housing Package
Although a vote was anticipated on Friday, Sept. 1 on the "Housing Package," the Legislature did
not vote on the package due to legislator absences. However, a vote is expected at any moment
now. The Housing Package apparently consists of bills SB 2, SB 3, and SB 35.
Senate Bill 2 (Atkins) would place an additional $75 per document (up to $225 per
transaction) recording fee on many property-related transactions. The bill is expected to
generate approximately $225 million a year, which would help pay for low-income home
development and local planning. Amendments announced this week allocate half of the first
year’s revenue for local planning. Starting in 2019, funding for developing affordable
housing and related uses would be allocated 70% to local government, 30% to state, via both
formula allocations and a competitive program.
Senate Bill 3 (Beall) is now a $4 billion bond issue, with $3 billion earmarked for
low-income home projects and $1 billion dedicated to a veteran’s home-ownership program
that will run out of funds next year without the additional revenue.
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Permit Streamlining: As the Committee may recall, the Governor has conditioned his support for
additional taxes and general fund spending for housing on the approval of measures meant to
streamline the process for approving and building housing. SB 35 (Wiener) is widely viewed as
the leading streamlining proposal.
Senate Bill 35 would require local governments in jurisdictions where housing production
for a particular income category has lagged behind the planned amount set forth in a local
housing element to offer qualifying housing development projects a state-mandated process
that bypasses discretionary review. Qualifying projects would have to be located in an
urbanized area or urban cluster, meet specified thresholds for affordability, and be
constructed by a skilled and trained workforce paid prevailing wages, among other
requirements.
SB 35 Infill Definition: CSAC has asked for the urbanized area definition in SB 35 to return
to the language included prior to July 14 (and in each policy committee hearing). The prior
language limited the applicability of SB 35’s new process in unincorporated areas to sites
eligible for SB 226 CEQA streamlining. This language ensured that SB 35 streamlining
would only occur in areas where counties already have some ability to expedite
environmental review for housing.
Other SB 35 Concerns: CSAC also joined with a broad coalition expressing concerns about the
use of building permit issuance, rather than local government entitlements, as the benchmark for
determining whether qualifying projects will be streamlined in a particular jurisdiction, among
other issues. SB 35 was referred to Assembly Rules for amendments.
There are potentially other bills to be taken up in the "Package" that address the issue of
inclusionary housing, aiming to overturn the 2009 State Appeals Court ruling that exempted
rental units from inclusionary zoning ordinances. There are two identical bills, AB 1505 and SB
277, that address this subject. However, the Governor has vetoed a similar bill in the past and did
not support inclusionary housing ordinances as the Mayor of Oakland.
CSAC's analysis of these bills is included in Attachment A.
Bonds: Among the bills to be included in the Housing Package is SB 3, which would authorize
$3 billion in bonds for affordable housing programs. In addition, there are multiple proposals for
water bonds submitted to the Attorney General, and there are two versions of a park bond in the
Legislature, AB 18 and SB 5, which the Legislation Committee has previously discussed.
Cap-and-trade expenditure plan – Assembly and Senate Budget Subcommittees are discussing
how to spend revenues from the cap-and-trade program. With the state’s cap-and-trade program
successfully extended, the Legislature will consider how to spend close to $2 billion with some of
those funds earmarked to fund components of the extension agreement, including backfilling the
loss of the state fire fee and General Fund losses that result from extension and expansion of the
manufacturer’s tax credit. Recall that voters will consider ACA 1 in June 2018, approved as part
of the extension package, which would require a 2/3 vote of the Legislature for cap-and-trade
expenditures starting in 2024.
Update on Hot Bills in the Capitol
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Contracting Out for Counties – AB 1250, by Assembly Member Reggie Jones-Sawyer, would
impose nearly insurmountable conditions before counties could enter in to a personal services
contract. CSAC has been leading the effort to activate significant and diverse opposition.
Targeted advocacy efforts over the legislative recess have focused on specific members in
anticipation of Senate action on the bill in the coming weeks. Efforts to stop this measure in the
Senate remain very active. AB 1250 was moved from the Appropriations Suspense File to the
Senate Rules Committee. A number of Senators on the Appropriations Committee spoke on the
bill expressing concerns with infringing on county service delivery, but also indicating support for
labor and their supposed intent to ensure contracting out is done in a manner that is transparent
and cost effective.
Small Cell Technology – SB 649, by Senator Ben Hueso, seeks to establish a new, streamlined
and, from the local government perspective, extraordinarily problematic regulatory process for
small cell wireless facilities. Despite amendments taken in the Assembly, the measure continues
to inappropriately limit local government authority over regulating the right-of-way and imposing
appropriate fees and charges. Local government groups – including CSAC, the League of Cities,
and more than 100 individual cities and counties – remain in active opposition to this measure.
The Department of Finance is opposed to the bill, as are the Teamsters, Labor Federation and
Communication Workers. Staff in the Governor's office are indicating concerns about the
over-reach of the bill. The coalition opposed is still working on the floor strategy and target
legislators; there were 65 members of the Assembly who have not voted on the bill as yet.
Bail Reform – SB 10, by Senator Robert Hertzberg, seeks to significantly reform the state’s bail
system by requiring (1) Establishment of county-level pretrial services agencies; (2) Use of a risk
assessment tool to determine an arrestee’s likelihood to reoffend and return to court, and (3)
Preparation of a pretrial services report with recommendations for conditions of release for – with
certain exceptions – persons arrested and booked into jail. As amended, the bill now provides
specificity on timeframes associated with the mechanics of proposed release reforms. However,
details identifying the agency responsible for state oversight functions for pretrial service agencies
remain unspecified. Governor Brown, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Senator Bob Hertzberg
and Assembly Member Rob Bonta recently committed to working together on Senate Bill 10
throughout the fall and will revisit the bill in the second year of the 2017-2018 legislative
session.
Single Payer Health Care - SB 562, by Senator Ricardo Lara, the single payer health care
measure, remains on hold following a late-June announcement by Assembly Speaker Anthony
Rendon that he planned to park the measure for the foreseeable future. SB 562 arrived in the
Assembly with a very large price tag and no mechanism by which to pay for it. Speaker Rendon’s
message that accompanied his decision to hold the bill stated that while he supported the concept
of single-payer health care, the bill was “woefully incomplete.”
County Governance - SCA 12, by Senator Tony Mendoza, would seek statewide voter approval
to expand the number of supervisorial districts and create a directly elected county executive
officer in counties with a population of 5 million or more after the 2020 census. Currently, only
the County of Los Angeles would be subject to the measure’s provisions, but SCA 12 would
establish a gravely troubling precedent in that it would allow voters in all 58 counties to weigh in
on matters that are strictly local in nature. Opponents to SCA 12 include CSAC, individual
counties, various statewide county associations, labor groups, the NAACP, the Los Angeles Area
Chamber of Commerce, among others. No organizations, officials, or individuals are listed in
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Chamber of Commerce, among others. No organizations, officials, or individuals are listed in
support of the measure. The measure was heard on August 21 in the Senate Appropriations
Committee.
AB 1479 (Bonta) - California Public Records Act - This bill would mandate that every local
agency assign a Supervisor of Record to review each public records act denial prior to the final
determination being issued. Additionally, the measure establishes new and punitive damages
assessed to agencies above and beyond plaintiffs' attorney fees established in current law. This
bill passed the Senate Appropriations Committee with amendments to remove the civil penalties.
UCC has removed its opposition to the bill due to the amendments removing civil penalties.
County staff remains concerned about the impacts of this bill. The bill has passed the Senate and
is in the Assembly for concurrence.
AB 1404 (Berman) - CEQA: infill exemption - HELD - This bill would expand the infill
exemption to include proposed developments occurring within the unincorporated areas of a
county. The bill was, unfortunately, held in the Senate Appropriations Committee, meaning it is
no longer an active bill.
Other Major Bills Pending on the Senate and Assembly Floor
AB 668 (Gonzalez-Fletcher) - Voting Modernization Bond Act of 2018
This bill would provide $450 million to counties to modernize voting systems.
Status: Pending on the Senate Floor.
CSAC and UCC Position: Support.
AB 1603 (Ridley-Thomas) - Myers-Milias Brown Act
This bill would authorize collective bargaining under the MMBA for employees of private
companies that contract with public agencies and includes clinics, county hospitals to the list of
employees authorized to collectively bargain.
Status: Pending on the Senate Floor.
CSAC and UCC Position: Oppose. (Bill sent to BOS for action on Sept. 12, 2017)
SB 182 (Bradford) - Transportation network company: participating drivers: single business
license
This bill would prohibit any local jurisdiction that requires a driver to obtain a business license to
operate as a driver for a transportation network company and subsequently requires that driver to
obtain more than a single business license.
Status: Pending on the Assembly Floor.
CSAC and UCC Position: Oppose.
All of the key bills that the Urban Counties of California (UCC) are monitoring and working are
included in Attachment B.
The Master List of bills that Contra Costa County staff and advocates are monitoring is
Attachment C.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
ACCEPT the report on the status of bills of interest to the County and provide direction to staff
and advocates, as needed.
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Attachment A
Attachment B
Attachment C
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CSAC Analysis of Key Elements of Potential Affordable Housing Package – 9/1/2017
SB 2 (Atkins) – Building Homes and Jobs Act
Major Provisions
Would establish a permanent source of funding for affordable housing in the form of a $75 per
document (up to $225 per transaction) recording fee that would take effect January 1, 2018.
The fee is expected to generate approximately $225 million annually for affordable housing
programs.
In consultation with stakeholders, the Department of Housing and Community Development
(HCD) may adopt guidelines to implement the measure, including a methodology for allocation
of funds.
Allocation of Funds
Funds collection in calendar year 2018 shall be shared equally between the state and locals.
o Fifty percent of the funds (approximately $112.5 million) will be made available to local
governments to update planning documents and zoning ordinances in order to
streamline housing production, including, but not limited to, general plans, community
plans, specific plans, sustainable communities strategies, and local costal plans. Also
eligible are CEQA reviews that eliminate the need for project specific review and
expedite local permitting.
Five percent of the local funding is set aside for technical assistance in updating
planning documents provided by the Governor’s Office of Planning and
Research.
Forty-five percent of the fifty percent will be held by the Department of
Housing and Community Development (HCD) until a local government submits
a request for use of the funds.
The request must include a description of the proposed use of funds in
the interest of accelerating housing production.
The local agency must have an approved housing element, submit a
current annual housing element report as well as an annual report that
provides ongoing tracking of the uses and expenditures of any SB 2
allocated funds to HCD.
o Fifty percent of the revenues (approximately $112.5 million) are for HCD to assist
persons experiencing, or are at risk of, homelessness. This includes rapid rehousing,
rental assistance, navigation centers, and new construction, rehabilitation, and
preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing.
o HCD must ensure geographic equity in the distribution and expenditure of funds.
Funds collected in calendar years 2019 and beyond will be allocated seventy percent (approx..
$157.5 million) to locals and thirty percent to the state (approx. $67.5 million).
o The seventy percent for local governments is allocated as follows:
Attachment A
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Ninety percent by federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
formula for federal fiscal year 2017.
The portion of CDBG revenues for entitlement counties will be
allocated by formula.
The portion of CDBG revenues for non-entitlement counties will be
allocated by competitive grant administered by HCD, with special
consideration for small jurisdictions, among other considerations.
o Eligible uses include predevelopment, development,
acquisition, rehabilitation, and preservation of multifamily,
residential live-work, rental housing that is affordable to
extremely low, very low, low, and moderate income
households, including operating subsidies.
o Affordable rental and ownership housing that meets the needs
of a growing workforce earning up to 120 percent of area
median income or 150 percent of area median income in high-
cost areas.
o Matching portions of funds placed into local or regional
housing trust funds.
o Matching portions of funds available through the Low and
Moderate Income Housing Asset Fund
o Capitalized reserves for services connected to the creation of
new permanent supportive housing, including, but not limited
to, developments funded through the Veterans Housing and
Homelessness Prevention Bond Act of 2014.
o Assisting persons who are experiencing or at risk of
homelessness, including providing rapid rehousing, rental
assistance, navigation centers, emergency shelters, and the
new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of
permanent and transitional housing.
o Accessibility modifications.
o Efforts to acquire and rehabilitate foreclosed or vacant homes.
o Homeownership opportunities, including but not limited to,
Downpayment assistance.
o Fiscal incentives or matching funds to local agencies that
approve new housing for extremely low, very low, and low and
moderate income households.
Ten percent will be allocated equitably to local governments that are non-
entitlement jurisdictions.
o The thirty percent for the state is allocated as follows:
Attachment A
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Fifteen percent shall be continuously appropriated to the California Housing
Finance Agency for the purpose of creating mixed income multifamily
residential housing for low and moderate income households.
Ten percent to be appropriated by the Legislature to be used to address
affordable homeownership and rental housing opportunities for agricultural
workers and their families
Five percent to be appropriated by the Legislature to be used for state
incentive programs, including loans and grants administered by HCD.
SB 3 (Beall) – the Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018
Would place on the November 2018 general election ballot a $4 billion general obligation bond
for affordable housing and veterans programs.
Counties are eligible to apply for various programs valued at $2.85 billion, including:
o $1.5 billion to the Multifamily Housing Program
Assist the new construction, rehabilitation and preservation of permanent and
transitional rental housing for lower income households.
o $300 million to the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program
For Qualifying Infill Projects and large multi-phased Qualifying Infill Projects.
o $300 million to the Joe Serna Jr. Farmworker Housing Fund
Finance the new construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of owner-
occupied and rental units for agricultural workers, with a priority for lower
income households.
o $300 million to Local Housing Trust Fund Matching Grant Program
Fund competitive grants or loans to local housing trust funds that develop,
own, lend, or invest in affordable housing and used to create pilot programs to
demonstrate innovative, cost-saving approaches to creating or preserving
affordable housing.
o $300 million to the CalHome/Self Help Housing
Enable low- and very low-income households to become or remain
homeowners.
o $150 million to the Transit Oriented Development Implementation Fund
Low-interest loans are available as gap financing for rental housing
developments that include affordable units, and as mortgage assistance for
homeownership developments. Grants are available to cities, counties, and
transit agencies for infrastructure improvements necessary for the
development of specified housing developments, or to facilitate connections
between these developments and the transit station.
The bond would also fund the following programs which counties are not directly eligible:
Attachment A
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SB 35 (Wiener) –Streamlined Approval for Housing Projects
In jurisdictions where housing production has lagged behind the planned amount set forth in a
local housing element pursuant to the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA), SB 35 would
allow qualifying development projects to bypass discretionary local government review.
HCD would determine (every four years in MPO counties and for each housing element cycle in
non-MPO counties) whether housing production in each local jurisdiction has met RHNA
“goals” by income category based on the annual housing element report.
o In jurisdictions where housing production has lagged in a particular income category,
developers would be able to access a ministerial approval process for qualifying
housing development projects.
o Qualifying projects would have to be located in an urbanized area or urban cluster;
meet specified thresholds for affordability, and be constructed by a skilled and trained
workforce paid prevailing wages, among other requirements.
Attachment A
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Master List of Bills of Interest
To Contra Costa County
September 7, 2017
CA AB 1 AUTHOR: Frazier [D]
TITLE: Transportation Funding
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2016
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Transportation Committee
SUMMARY:
Creates the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program to address deferred
maintenance on the state highway and local street and road systems. Provides for
certain funds, creation of the Office of the Transportation Inspector General,
certain loan repayments, diesel fuel excise tax revenues, the appropriations to the
Low Carbon Transit Operations Program, gasoline excise taxes, a certain CEQA
exemption, an Advance Mitigation Program, and a certain surface transportation
project delivery program.
STATUS:
01/19/2017 To ASSEMBLY Committees on TRANSPORTATION and
NATURAL RESOURCES.
BOS: Support
CA AB 3 AUTHOR: Bonta [D]
TITLE: Public Defenders: Legal Counsel: Immigration
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2016
LAST AMEND: 05/30/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Human Services Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Social Services to issue requests for proposal and
issue grants to qualified legal services projects or qualified support centers that
meet specified requirements, for the provision of legal training and assistance to
county offices of the public defender and attorneys contracted to provide indigent
criminal defense on issues relating to immigration status after criminal
convictions. Requires the designation of attorneys to be trained to advise
defenders on immigration.
STATUS:
06/14/2017 To SENATE Committees on HUMAN SERVICES and PUBLIC
SAFETY.
CA AB 18 AUTHOR: Garcia E [D]
TITLE: Clean Water, Climate, and Coastal Protection Act
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2016
LAST AMEND: 08/30/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Enacts the California Clean Water, Climate, Coastal Protection and Outdoor Access
For All Act, which would authorize the issuance of bonds to finance a clean water,
climate, and coastal protection and outdoor access for all program. Provides for
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the submission of these provisions to the voters at the statewide direct primary
election.
STATUS:
08/31/2017 In SENATE. Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
08/31/2017 From SENATE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES AND
WATER: Do pass to Committee on GOVERNANCE AND
FINANCE. (6-2)
08/31/2017 From SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE:
Do pass to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. (4-1)
CA AB 42 AUTHOR: Bonta [D]
TITLE: Bail: Pretrial Release
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2016
LAST AMEND: 05/30/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 104
LOCATION: Assembly Unfinished Business - Reconsideration
SUMMARY:
Relates to pretrial detention. Implements a revised pretrial release procedure.
Provides for pretrial risk assessments and reports, arraignment procedure,
motions for pretrial detention, and other matters.
STATUS:
06/01/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Failed to pass ASSEMBLY.
(35-37)
06/01/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Motion to reconsider.
Commentary:
Consistent with Platform Policy #189.
Commentary001:
BOS supported 3/14/17 on Leg. Com. recommendation.
CA AB 43 AUTHOR: Thurmond [D]
TITLE: Taxation: Prison Contracts: Goods and Services
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2016
LAST AMEND: 05/10/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Imposes a tax on specified vendors for the privilege of contracting with a state
prison, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or the Department of
General Services to provide a state prison with goods, services, or both. Requires
amounts collected to be appropriated to the State Department of Education for
preschool and after school programs for incarceration prev ention and early
intervention programs. Requires the vendor to pay a penalty if it fails to comply
with these provisions.
STATUS:
05/26/2017 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Not heard.
CA AB 52 AUTHOR: Cooper [D]
TITLE: Public Employee: Orientation And Informational Programs
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INTRODUCED: 12/05/2016
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security
Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the public employers regulated by specified acts to provide all employees
an orientation and to permit an exclusive representative to participate.
STATUS:
04/19/2017 In ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC EMPLOYEES,
RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY: Not heard.
Commentary:
HR/labor is monitoring
CA AB 60 AUTHOR: Santiago [D]
TITLE: Subsidized Child Care and Development Services
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2016
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Education Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires that a family, upon establishing initial eligibility for services under the
Child Care and Development Services Act, to be considered to meet eligibility
requirements for those services for not less than a certain number of months.
Prohibits a payment made by a child development program, during a specified
period, from being considered an error or an improper payment due to a change in
the family's circumstances during that period.
STATUS:
06/08/2017 To SENATE Committees on EDUCATION and HUMAN
SERVICES.
Commentary:
The Early Learning Leadership Group would like to recommend that the Legislation
Committee supports this bill as it complements their efforts through the Child Care
Subsidy Pilots (AB 435).
Commentary001:
BOS supported 6/6/17
CA AB 71 AUTHOR: Chiu [D]
TITLE: Taxes: Credits: Low-Income Housing
INTRODUCED: 12/16/2016
LAST AMEND: 05/18/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 108
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Increases, under the Insurance Taxation Law, the Personal Income Tax Law, and
the Corporation Tax Law, the aggregate housing credit dollar amount that may be
allocated among low-income housing projects and farmworker housing projects.
Disallows a specified mortgage-related deduction under the Personal Income Tax
Law. Provides for allowable credit amounts.
STATUS:
05/30/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To third reading.
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CA AB 73 AUTHOR: Chiu [D]
TITLE: Planning and Zoning: Housing Sustainability Districts
INTRODUCED: 12/16/2016
LAST AMEND: 07/13/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 85
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a city, county, or city and county to establish a housing sustainability
district and to apply for approval for a zoning incentive payment. Provides for
permits for residential development, design review standards, and certain
application fees. Requires that prevailing wages be paid in connection with all
projects within the district. Requires a lead agency, when designating districts, to
prepare an EIR for the designation.
STATUS:
07/18/2017 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
CA AB 74 AUTHOR: Chiu [D]
TITLE: Healthy California Program
INTRODUCED: 12/16/2016
LAST AMEND: 09/01/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 159
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish a
Housing for a Healthy California Program by a specified date. The program's
purpose is to create supportive housing opportunities through grants to counties
and capital loans to developers. Requires grants be awarded on a competitive
basis. Requires program data to be analyzed and reported on.
STATUS:
09/05/2017 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
CA AB 85 AUTHOR: Rodriguez [D]
TITLE: General Assistance: Employable Veterans
INTRODUCED: 01/05/2017
LAST AMEND: 06/29/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
SUMMARY:
Amends an existing law which permits a county to prohibit an employable
individual from receiving general assistance benefits to exempt from that
prohibition an employable veteran who was honorably discharged from the Armed
Forces. Deletes the evaluation requirements on the specified date for purposes of
receiving general assistance benefit on general assistance recipients and
applicants.
STATUS:
07/11/2017 In SENATE Committee on VETERANS AFFAIRS: Not heard.
BOS: Watch
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CA AB 152 AUTHOR: Gallagher [R]
TITLE: Board of State and Community Corrections: Recidivism
INTRODUCED: 01/11/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Board of State and Community Corrections to collect and analyze
data regarding recidivism rates of all persons who receive a felony sentence
punishable by imprisonment in county jail or who are placed on post-release
community supervision. Requires the board to make this data available on the
board's Internet Web site.
STATUS:
05/26/2017 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
CA AB 154 AUTHOR: Levine [D]
TITLE: Prisoners: Mental Health Treatment
INTRODUCED: 01/11/2017
LAST AMEND: 07/13/2017
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: To enrollment
SUMMARY:
Requires a court, upon the conviction of a defendant for a felony resulting in his or
her sentencing to state prison, to recommend in writing that the defendant receive
a mental health evaluation if the court finds that the defendant at the time of the
commission of the offense was suffering from a serious mental illness.
STATUS:
09/05/2017 In ASSEMBLY. ASSEMBLY concurred in SENATE
amendments. To enrollment. (77-0)
BOS: Watch
CA AB 205 AUTHOR: Wood [D]
TITLE: Medi-Cal: Managed Care Plans
INTRODUCED: 01/23/2017
LAST AMEND: 07/05/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 248
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Implements provisions regarding federal regulations governing Medicaid
managed care plans. Authorizes a person to request a hearing involving a
Medi-Cal managed care plan within a specified number of days after receiving a
specified notice. Requires the Department of Health Care Services to develop
standards for specified provider types to ensure covered services are accessible to
enrollees of Medi-Cal managed care plans. Establishes rate requirements for
Medi-Cal managed care plans.
STATUS:
09/05/2017 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary:
Dr. Walker recommended support. Consistent with Policy #68. SUPPORT
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measures that maximize federal reimbursement from Medicaid and S-CHIP.
Sending LOS.
BOS: Support
CA AB 210 AUTHOR: Santiago [D]
TITLE: Homeless Multidisciplinary Personnel Team
INTRODUCED: 01/23/2017
LAST AMEND: 08/23/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 123
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Authorizes counties to establish a homeless adult, child, and family
multidisciplinary personnel team to facilitate the expedited identification,
assessment, and linkage of homeless individuals to housing and supportive
services and to allow provider agencies to share confidential information for the
purpose of coordinating such services. Requires the sharing of information to be
governed by protocols developed in each county. Requires each county to provide
a copy of its protocols.
STATUS:
08/29/2017 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary:
supported by the BOS on 3/28/17
BOS: Support
CA AB 211 AUTHOR: Waldron [R]
TITLE: Health and Care Facilities
INTRODUCED: 01/23/2017
LAST AMEND: 08/23/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Amends existing law relating to the provision of services by a chronic dialysis
clinic, a surgical clinic, or a rehabilitation clinic. Relates to licensing regulations
appropriate for an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-nursing
and an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-continuous nursing.
Makes those provisions inoperative and repealed on a specified date.
STATUS:
08/23/2017 Re-referred to SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
08/23/2017 From SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS with author's
amendments.
08/23/2017 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to
Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
Commentary:
BOS supported 3/28/17
CA AB 216 AUTHOR: Gonzalez [D]
TITLE: Vote by Mail Ballots: Identification Envelopes
INTRODUCED: 01/24/2017
LAST AMEND: 09/01/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 166
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
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SUMMARY:
Clarifies that the elections official is required to deliver, to each qualified vote by
mail applicant, an identification envelope for the return of the vote by mail ballot.
Requires the identification envelope to have prepaid postage.
STATUS:
09/05/2017 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
CA AB 236 AUTHOR: Maienschein [R]
TITLE: CalWORKs: Housing Assistance
INTRODUCED: 01/30/2017
LAST AMEND: 09/01/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 167
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Amends existing law that provides that the parent, or parents, shall be considered
living with the needy child for a period of consecutive days of the needy child' s
absence from the family assistance unit. Provides that parents shall be eligible for
CalWORKs services, if certain conditions are met, including that the child has been
removed from the parents and placed in out of home care. Provides homeless
assistance benefits to pay costs of temporary shelter as a service provided to
those eligible parents.
STATUS:
09/05/2017 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary:
Leg Com recommends support to BOS at 3/13/17 meeting
Commentary001:
BOS supported 3/28/17.
CA AB 239 AUTHOR: Ridley-Thomas S [D]
TITLE: California Environmental Quality Act: Urbanized Areas
INTRODUCED: 01/30/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Natural Resources Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to the California Environmental Quality Act and urbanized areas. Defines
the terms urban area and urbanized area to mean that the population density of
the unincorporated area be at least 1,000 persons per square mile.
STATUS:
04/24/2017 In ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Failed
passage.
04/24/2017 In ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES:
Reconsideration granted.
CA AB 271 AUTHOR: Caballero [D]
TITLE: Property Assessed Clean Energy Program
INTRODUCED: 02/01/2017
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LAST AMEND: 05/10/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 124
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Authorizes the county tax collector to direct the county's auditor to remove a
delinquent installment based on a Property Assessed Clean Energy assessment
from the county's secured tax roll, if it arises from a contract entered into after a
specified date. Requires specified costs to be deposited in a county fund to be used
for offsetting general fund property tax revenues of local taxing agencies that are
lost when a property subject to a PACE assessment is sold at a tax defaulted land
sale.
STATUS:
08/29/2017 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
CA AB 285 AUTHOR: Melendez [R]
TITLE: Drug and Alcohol Free Residences
INTRODUCED: 02/02/2017
LAST AMEND: 03/23/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Defines a drug and alcohol free residence as a residential property that is operated
as a cooperative living arrangement to provide an alcohol and drug free
environment for persons recovering from alcoholism or drug abuse, or both, who
seek a living environment that supports personal recovery. Authorizes a residence
to demonstrate its commitment to providing a supportive recovery environment
by applying and becoming certified by an approved certifying organization.
Requires a publicly posted registry.
STATUS:
05/26/2017 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
CA AB 313 AUTHOR: Gray [D]
TITLE: Water
INTRODUCED: 02/06/2017
LAST AMEND: 07/18/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Establishes a Water Rights Division within the Office of Administrative Hearings.
Provides for hearing requirements. Authorizes the State Water Resources Control
Board to issue a complaint seeking an order requiring a person to cease and desist
from diverting or using water.
STATUS:
08/21/2017 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Not heard.
BOS: Watch
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CA AB 358 AUTHOR: Grayson [D]
TITLE: Regional Economic Development Areas
INTRODUCED: 02/08/2017
LAST AMEND: 03/30/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Jobs, Economic Development, and The Economy
Committee
SUMMARY:
Creates the Regional Economic Development Area Act. Authorizes a city, county,
or city and county to designate an area that includes an active or inactive military
base and a certain area surrounding the base as a regional economic development
area. Provides that a designated area would receive priority for any grant from a
state agency for projects within that designated area.
STATUS:
03/30/2017 To ASSEMBLY Committee on JOBS, ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND THE ECONOMY.
03/30/2017 From ASSEMBLY Committee on JOBS, ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND THE ECONOMY with author's
amendments.
03/30/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE
ECONOMY.
CA AB 372 AUTHOR: Stone [D]
TITLE: Domestic Violence: Probation
INTRODUCED: 02/09/2017
LAST AMEND: 06/19/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Public Safety Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the goal of a batterer's program to be stopping domestic violence
through the use of evidence-based or promising practices that have demonstrated
success in addressing the criminogenic needs of batterers and adds additional
program requirements to ensure this outcome. Increases the number of allowable
excused absences. Eliminates the requirement that the program be completed in
a specified number of months.
STATUS:
07/11/2017 In SENATE Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY: Not heard.
CA AB 432 AUTHOR: Thurmond [D]
TITLE: Personal Care Services
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2017
LAST AMEND: 07/13/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 273
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a county board of supervisors to contract with a nonprofit consortium
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or to establish a public authority to provide waiver personal care services.
Authorizes certain entities to meet and confer in good faith regarding wages,
benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment with representatives of
recognized employee organizations for an individual who is employed by a
recipient of waiver personal care services.
STATUS:
09/05/2017 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
CA AB 435 AUTHOR: Thurmond [D]
TITLE: Child Care Subsidy Plans: Counties
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2017
LAST AMEND: 07/13/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 274
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Authorizes the Counties of Contra Costa, Marin, and Sonoma to develop
individualized county child care subsidy plans and submit them to specified
entities for review and approval. Requires the local policy of the County of
Alameda to authorize an agency that provides child care and development
services in the county through a contract with the Department of Education to
apply to the department to amend existing contracts in order to benefit from the
local policy.
STATUS:
09/05/2017 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary001:
BOS supported 3/28/17
CA AB 441 AUTHOR: Frazier [D]
TITLE: Land Use: Zoning Regulations: Farm to Table Cafes
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Local Government Committee
SUMMARY:
Prohibits, under the Planning and Zoning Law, a zoning ordinance of a city,
county, or city and county from prohibiting an agricultural producer from
operating a farm to table cafe.
STATUS:
02/27/2017 To ASSEMBLY Committees on LOCAL GOVERNMENT and
AGRICULTURE.
CA AB 467 AUTHOR: Mullin [D]
TITLE: Local Transportation Authorities: Transactions and Tax
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2017
LAST AMEND: 08/23/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
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FILE: 20
LOCATION: Assembly Unfinished Business - Concurrence in Senate
Amendments
SUMMARY:
Exempts, upon the request of an authority, a county elections official from
including the entire adopted transportation expenditure plan in the voter
information guide, if the authority posts the plan on its Internet Web site, and the
sample ballot and the voter information guide sent to voters include information
on viewing an electronic version of the plan and obtaining a printed copy at no
cost.
STATUS:
09/05/2017 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY for concurrence. (29-11)
CA AB 493 AUTHOR: Jones-Sawyer [D]
TITLE: Crime: Victims and Witnesses: Immigration Violations
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2017
ENACTED: 09/01/2017
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
CHAPTER: 2017-194
SUMMARY:
Enacts a prohibition that would be applicable whenever an individual is a victim of
or witness to a crime, or who otherwise can give evidence in a criminal
investigation, without regard to whether the crime is a hate crime.
STATUS:
08/25/2017 *****To GOVERNOR.
09/01/2017 Signed by GOVERNOR.
09/01/2017 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 2017 -194
CA AB 557 AUTHOR: Rubio [D]
TITLE: CalWORKs: Victims of Abuse
INTRODUCED: 02/14/2017
LAST AMEND: 07/17/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 282
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Provides that a circumstances that shall constitute good cause includes the
applicant or recipient is in a domestic violence situation that results in
nonparticipation or the failure to cooperate. require an applicant who provides a
sworn statement of past or present domestic abuse and who is fleeing his or her
abuser to be deemed to be homeless and to be eligible for homeless assistance.
Requires all CalWORKs applicants and recipients to be informed verbally and in
writing.
STATUS:
09/05/2017 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary:
EHSD supports. Send to Leg Com.
Commentary001:
BOS supported 4/25/17
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BOS: Support
CA AB 626 AUTHOR: Garcia E [D]
TITLE: Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations
INTRODUCED: 02/14/2017
LAST AMEND: 05/02/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Amends the Retail Food Code. Includes a microenterprise home kitchen within the
definition of a food facility. Requires a microenterprise home kitchen operation to
be considered a restricted food service facility for purposes of certain provisions of
the code. Requires the applicant for a permit to operate a microenterprise home
kitchen operation to submit to the enforcement agency written standard operating
procedures that include specified information. Establishes registration
requirements.
STATUS:
05/26/2017 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Not heard.
CA AB 790 AUTHOR: Stone [D]
TITLE: Identification Cards: Replacement: Reduced Fee
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2017
LAST AMEND: 04/19/2017
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: To enrollment
SUMMARY:
Provides for a specified reduced fee for a replacement identification card issued to
an eligible inmate upon release from a state or federal correctional facility or a
county jail facility, and to an eligible patient treated in a facility of the State
Department of State Hospitals. Provides for eligibility.
STATUS:
09/05/2017 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. To
enrollment. (38-2)
Commentary:
CSAC supports
CA AB 796 AUTHOR: Kalra [D]
TITLE: Public Social Services: SSI/SSP
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2017
LAST AMEND: 03/28/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Amends an existing law which requires the Department of Social Services to
contract with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments to
certain recipients to supplement Supplemental Security Income payments made
available pursuant to the federal Social Security Act. Reinstates a specified
cost-of-living adjustment. Requires a specified maximum aid payment provided to
an individual or a married couple that does not equal or exceed a certain
percentage of the federal poverty level.
STATUS:
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05/26/2017 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
Commentary:
Aligned with 130. SUPPORT efforts to restore cuts to the Supplemental Security
Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program and reinstate the
annual Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA.). Sending LOS.
CA AB 818 AUTHOR: Burke [D]
TITLE: CalWORKs: Welfare to Work
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2017
ENACTED: 07/31/2017
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
CHAPTER: 141
SUMMARY:
Relates to the CalWORKS program. Amends an existing law which authorizes each
county to provide a certain extension for recipients who are unlikely to meet
certain requirements, and authorizes a recipient to request the extension and
present evidence that the recipient has achieved satisfactory progress in a certain
educational or treatment program. Provides that for purposes of the educational
or treatment program circumstance, a high school education or its equivalent will
increase likely employment.
STATUS:
07/31/2017 Signed by GOVERNOR.
07/31/2017 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 141
Commentary:
Consistent with Platform #155. Sent LOS.
CA AB 898 AUTHOR: Frazier [D]
TITLE: Property Taxation: Revenue Allocations: Fire District
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2017
LAST AMEND: 04/04/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Local Government Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the auditor of the County of Contra Costa to allocate certain ad valorem
property tax revenues to the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District that would
otherwise be allocated to the county's Education Revenue Augmentation Fund.
STATUS:
04/04/2017 From ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT with
author's amendments.
04/04/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
Commentary:
Companion to AB 899.
CA AB 899 AUTHOR: Frazier [D]
TITLE: Local Government Finance: Property Tax Revenue
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Provides for an election in the County of Contra Costa for the purpose of
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reallocating property tax revenues for fire protection services in that county.
STATUS:
02/16/2017 INTRODUCED.
Commentary:
Watch this bill
CA AB 935 AUTHOR: Stone [D]
TITLE: Juvenile Proceedings: Competency
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2017
LAST AMEND: 09/01/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 202
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Expands upon the duties imposed upon the expert during his or her evaluation of
a minor whose competency is in doubt. Authorizes the district attorney or minor's
counsel to retain or seek the appointment of additional qualified experts with
regard to determining competency. Requires the Judicial Council to adopt a rule of
court relating to the qualifications of those experts. Requires the minor's
competency to be determined at an evidentiary hearing.
STATUS:
09/05/2017 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary:
http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/05/25/commentary-mentally-ill-kids-shoul
dnt-languish-in-juvenile-halls/
CA AB 943 AUTHOR: Santiago [D]
TITLE: Land Use Regulations: Local Initiatives: Voter Approval
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2017
LAST AMEND: 07/19/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Excludes requirement the proposal and submission to the voters of an ordinance
or amendment of an ordinance by the legislative body and the adoption or
amendment of a city or county charter. Excludes ordinances to certain lands
specified in such general plan. Increases the vote threshold for approval of local
ordinances or amendments of ordinances intended to reduce density or stop
development or construction of any parcels located less than one mile from a
major transit stop within a municipality.
STATUS:
09/01/2017 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
Commentary:
Opposed by League of Cities. Sponsored by California Apartment Assn.
http://californiacountynews.org/news/2017/02/proposed-bill-would-stymie-local
-slow-growth-measures?utm_source=CaliforniaCountyNews&utm_campaign=7e
bce878ee-County_27_Feb_2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_45da5731
1d-7ebce878ee-123340345&mc_cid=7ebce878ee&mc_eid=00ef35d608
CA AB 1008 AUTHOR: McCarty [D]
TITLE: Employment Discrimination: Prior Conviction History
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2017
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LAST AMEND: 09/01/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 208
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Repeals the prohibition on a state or local agency from asking an applicant for
employment to disclosure information regarding criminal conviction. Provides that
it is an unlawful employment practice under FEHA for an employer with a specified
number of employees, to include on any application for employment any question
that seeks the disclosure of an applicant's conviction history, to inquire into, or to
consider the conviction history of an applicant until that applicant has received a
conditional offer.
STATUS:
09/05/2017 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
CA AB 1069 AUTHOR: Low [D]
TITLE: Local Government: Taxicab Transportation Services
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2017
LAST AMEND: 08/22/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 131
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a permitted taxicab company to provide for prearranged trips, as
defined, within the county where it obtains a permit. Prohibits a permitted taxicab
company from prejudicing, disadvantaging, or requiring different rates or
providing different service to a person based on specified protected
characteristics, including race or religion. Requires a permitted taxicab service
company to comply with various requirements related to driver training and
vehicle maintenance.
STATUS:
08/29/2017 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary:
At the June 21st Authority Board meeting, CCTA did take a position of opposition
on AB 1069 (Low) by unanimous vote of the commissioners present.
CA AB 1115 AUTHOR: Jones-Sawyer [D]
TITLE: Convictions: Expungement
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2017
ENACTED: 09/01/2017
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
CHAPTER: 2017-207
SUMMARY:
Amends existing law which authorizes a court to allow a defendant sentenced to
county jail for a felony to withdraw his or her plea of guilty or plea of nolo
contendere and enter a plea of not guilty, after the lapse of one or 2 years
following the completion of the sentence under specified circumstances. Allows a
defendant sentenced to state prison for a felony that would have been eligible for
sentencing to a county jail the specified relief.
STATUS:
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08/25/2017 *****To GOVERNOR.
09/01/2017 Signed by GOVERNOR.
09/01/2017 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 2017 -207
CA AB 1164 AUTHOR: Thurmond [D]
TITLE: School District Budgets and Certificated Employees
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2017
LAST AMEND: 07/06/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Education Committee
SUMMARY:
Makes a specified school district fund allocation limitation applicable to certain
fiscal years. Excludes basic aid school districts from certain requirements.
Authorizes a school district to offer an employee in a position requiring
certification a 3rd consecutive school year as a probationary employee if certain
requirements are met. Applies provisions governing the dismissal of probationary
certificated employees to 3rd year probationary employees.
STATUS:
07/06/2017 From SENATE Committee on EDUCATION with author's
amendments.
07/06/2017 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to
Committee on EDUCATION.
Commentary001:
BOS supported 4/25/17
CA AB 1250 AUTHOR: Jones-Sawyer [D]
TITLE: Counties: Contracts for Personal Services
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2017
LAST AMEND: 09/05/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Rules Committee
SUMMARY:
Establishes specific standards for the use of personal services contracts by
counties. Requires the county to demonstrate that the proposed contract will
result in costs savings to the county and to show that the contract does not cause
displacement of county or city workers. Establishes liability provisions for
employment law violations and torts committed in the course of providing services
under contract. Imposes disclosure requirements on contracts.
STATUS:
09/05/2017 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to
Committee on RULES.
CA AB 1268 AUTHOR: Reyes [D]
TITLE: Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: Prevention
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2017
LAST AMEND: 06/28/2017
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DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Creates the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention Fund to provide
grants to nonprofit organizations for the purpose of funding programs that
incorporate comprehensive, evidence-based, and promising practices to prevent
domestic violence and sexual assault. Requires grants to be awarded by the Office
of Emergency Services according to criteria for funding. Creates specified
requirements for organizations receiving funds.
STATUS:
09/01/2017 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
Commentary:
Consistent with Platform. Sent LOS.
BOS: Support
CA AB 1332 AUTHOR: Bloom [D]
TITLE: Juveniles: Dependents: Removal
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2017
LAST AMEND: 03/28/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 82
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Prohibits the removal of a child from the physical custody of his or her parent
unless the juvenile court finds clear and convincing evidence that there would be
a substantial danger to the physical health, safety, protection, or physical or
emotional well-being of the child for the parent to live with the child or otherwise
exercise the parent's right to physical custody, and there are no reasonable means
available by which the child's physical and emotional health can be protected
without removal.
STATUS:
07/18/2017 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary:
BOS supported 4/25/17
BOS: Support
CA AB 1404 AUTHOR: Berman [D]
TITLE: Environmental Quality Act: Categorical Exemption
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2017
LAST AMEND: 07/10/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Revises exemptions from the California Environmental Quality Act to include
proposed residential and mixed-use housing projects occurring within an
unincorporated area of a county. Requires the Office of Planning and Research to
recommend proposed regulatory amendments for the implementation of these
provisions. Requires the secretary to certify and adopt the changes.
STATUS:
09/01/2017 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
Commentary:
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Consistent with policy #167
CA AB 1406 AUTHOR: Gloria [D]
TITLE: Homeless Youth Housing Program
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2017
LAST AMEND: 06/19/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Transportation and Housing Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires recipients of grants from the Homeless Youth Housing Program to use
funds to establish or expand programs that provide specified housing assistance
and supportive services to homeless youth. Requires the Department of Housing
and Community Development and the Office of Emergency Services to award
grants under the program to recipients that meet specified requirements.
STATUS:
06/19/2017 From SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION AND
HOUSING with author's amendments.
06/19/2017 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to
Committee on TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING.
Commentary:
Sent to Lavonna for review. Lavonna recommends support. To Leg Com for
review in April.
Commentary001:
BOS supported 4/25/17
BOS: Support
CA AB 1408 AUTHOR: Calderon I [D]
TITLE: Crimes: Supervised Release
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2017
LAST AMEND: 09/06/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 18
LOCATION: Senate Second Reading File
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide local law
enforcement agencies with copies of records of supervision during certain prior
periods of parole. Makes changes concerning consideration of suitability for parole
and revocation, modification, and termination of postrelease community
supervision. Requires the probation department to notify the court, public
defender, district attorney, and sheriff of each imposition of flash incarceration.
STATUS:
09/07/2017 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary:
League of CA Cities supports
CA AB 1479 AUTHOR: Bonta [D]
TITLE: Public Records: Supervisor of Records: Civil Penalties
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2017
LAST AMEND: 09/01/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 78
LOCATION: Assembly Unfinished Business - Concurrence in Senate
Amendments
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SUMMARY:
Amends the Public Records Act. Requires public agencies to designate a person or
office to act as the agency's custodian of records who is responsible for responding
to any request made under the Act and any inquiry from the public about a
decision by the agency to deny a request for records. Requires specified state and
local agencies to establish written guidelines for accessibility of reco rds.
STATUS:
09/06/2017 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY for concurrence. (39-0)
CA AB 1520 AUTHOR: Burke [D]
TITLE: Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2017
LAST AMEND: 09/06/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Rules Committee
SUMMARY:
Establishes the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force for the
purpose of producing a report for the Legislature and the executive administration
of the state, as specified, that recommends future comprehensive strategies to
eliminate deep poverty among children and to reduce the overall child poverty
rate in the state. Requires the State Department of Social Services to invite and
convene the task force and to work with the task force to carry out its duties.
STATUS:
09/06/2017 Re-referred to SENATE Committee on RULES.
09/06/2017 From SENATE Committee on RULES with author's
amendments.
09/06/2017 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to
Committee on RULES.
Commentary:
Sending to EHSD for review. Baker and Thurmond co-sponsoring.
CA AB 1603 AUTHOR: Ridley-Thomas S [D]
TITLE: Meyers-Milias-Brown Act: Local Public Agencies
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2017
LAST AMEND: 08/24/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 129
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Relates to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act which allows employees of local public
agencies have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee
organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation on all
matters of employer-employee relations. Revises the definition of public employee
to include persons jointly employed by a public agency and any other employer at
specified clinics and hospitals. Specifies rules and regulations.
STATUS:
08/29/2017 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
CHEAC:
AB 1603 by Assembly Member Ridley-Thomas will be heard in the Assembly
Appropriations Committee on Monday, August 28 at 10:00 am. CHEAC, along with
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our fellow county associations including CSAC, CBHDA and CAPH have taken an
oppose position on the measure, which would authorize collective b argaining for
temporary employees without consent by the public employer or temporary
agency.
The bill text can be found here, and it is our understanding based on discussions
with the sponsor and author's office that the bill will likely be narrowed to
authorize collective bargaining for contract physicians in county health facilities ""
both physicians and county health facilities have not been defined. The sponsors
indicated the bill will focus on physicians, psychiatrists, and dentists; however, we
suspect nurse practitioners and physician assistants could also be included.
Additionally, no distinction between primary care facilities and public health clinics
has been made by the sponsors. Though it would not remove our opposition, we
continue to strive to understand the scope of the bill.
Commentary:
Dr. Walker recommends Oppose. Sent a Chair letter to Oppose. To BOS on 9/12
CA ACA 4 AUTHOR: Aguiar-Curry [D]
TITLE: Local Government Financing: Affordable Housing
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Local Government Committee
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a local government to impose, extend, or increase a special tax for the
purposes of funding the construction, rehabilitation or replacement of public
infrastructure or affordable housing, if the proposition proposing that tax is
approved by a certain percent of voters. Lowers the voter-approval threshold for
the incurrence of bonded indebtedness in certain cases.
STATUS:
04/24/2017 To ASSEMBLY Committees on LOCAL GOVERNMENT and
APPROPRIATIONS.
Commentary:
a two-thirds supermajority would no longer be required for bond or special tax
measures. Instead, tax hikes or bond measures for transit, water, parks and
low-income housing projects could pass with just 55%.
CA SB 1 AUTHOR: Beall [D]
TITLE: Transportation Funding
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2016
ENACTED: 04/28/2017
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
CHAPTER: 5
SUMMARY:
Creates the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program to address deferred
maintenance on the state highway and local street and road systems. Provides for
certain funds, creation of the Office of the Transportation Inspector General,
certain loan repayments, diesel fuel excise tax revenues, the appropriations to the
Low Carbon Transit Operations Program, gasoline excise taxes, a certain CEQA
exemption, an Advance Mitigation Program, and a certain surface transportation
project delivery program.
STATUS:
04/28/2017 Signed by GOVERNOR.
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04/28/2017 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 5
BOS: Support
CA SB 2 AUTHOR: Atkins [D]
TITLE: Building Homes and Jobs Act
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2016
LAST AMEND: 08/29/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 186
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Enacts the Building Homes and Jobs Act. Requires certain percentages of moneys
collected in a specified period be made available to local governments and made
available to the Department of Housing and Community Development, for certain
purposes. Provides a continuous appropriation of moneys to the Housing Finance
Agency to create mixed income multifamily housing. Provides for additional
appropriations.
STATUS:
08/31/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Suspend Assembly Rule 96.
08/31/2017 Withdrawn from ASSEMBLY Committee on RULES.
08/31/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Ordered to third reading.
Commentary:
TO LEG COM
BOS: Watch
CA SB 3 AUTHOR: Beall [D]
TITLE: Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2016
LAST AMEND: 08/29/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 187
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Enacts the Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018. Authorizes the
issuance of bonds of a specified amount to be used to finance various existing
housing programs, as well as infill infrastructure financing and affordable housing
matching grant programs. Provides for additional funding of a specified amount
for farm purchase, home purchase, and mobilehome purchase assistance for
veterans.
STATUS:
08/31/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Suspend Assembly Rule 96.
08/31/2017 Withdrawn from ASSEMBLY Committee on RULES.
08/31/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Ordered to third reading.
Commentary:
Legislation Committee voted to send to BOS on 2/13 with a recommendation to
support.
CA SB 5 AUTHOR: de Leon [D]
TITLE: California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2016
LAST AMEND: 09/05/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Appropriations Committee
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HEARING: 09/11/2017
SUMMARY:
Enacts the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and
Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018. Authorizes the issuance of bonds in an amount
of a specified sum pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a
drought, water, parks, climate, coastal protection, and outdoor access for all
programs. Provides annual appropriations for the purpose of paying costs
associated with operating and maintaining certain parks projects funded by the
program.
STATUS:
09/05/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
Commentary:
consider supporting
CA SB 8 AUTHOR: Beall [D]
TITLE: Diversion: Mental Disorders
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2016
LAST AMEND: 08/21/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a court to postpone prosecution of a misdemeanor or a felony
punishable in a county jail, and place a defendant in a pretrial diversion program,
if the court is satisfied the defendant suffers from a mental disorder and meets
certain other requirements. Allows the defense to arrange for a program of mental
health treatment utilizing existing inpatient or outpatient mental health resources.
STATUS:
09/01/2017 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
BOS: Watch
CA SB 10 AUTHOR: Hertzberg [D]
TITLE: Bail: Pretrial Release
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2016
LAST AMEND: 09/06/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to bail and pretrial release. Implements a revised pretrial release
procedure. Requires, with exceptions, that a pretrial services agency conduct a
pretrial risk assessment on an arrested person and prepare a pretrial services
report. Provides for arraignment procedure, certain motions by a prosecuting
attorney, establishment of pretrial services agencies, and related matters.
STATUS:
09/06/2017 From ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS with
author's amendments.
09/06/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
Commentary:
Leg Com recommends Support to BOS. BOS supported 3/14/17.
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CA SB 54 AUTHOR: de Leon [D]
TITLE: Law Enforcement: Sharing Data
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2016
LAST AMEND: 07/10/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 228
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Repeals provisions requiring that when there is reason to believe that a person
arrested for a violation of controlled substance provisions may not be a United
States citizen, the arresting agency shall notify an agency having charge of
deportation matters. Prohibits certain agencies and school police and security
departments from using resources for specified activities concerning immigration
enforcement. Sets forth requirements for schools, health facilities, courthouses
and shelters.
STATUS:
09/05/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary:
Referred to PPC by BOS on 2/7/17
CA SB 63 AUTHOR: Jackson [D]
TITLE: Unlawful Employment Practice: Parental Leave
INTRODUCED: 12/22/2016
LAST AMEND: 07/13/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 229
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Prohibits an employer from refusing to allow certain employees to take up to 12
weeks of parental leave to bond with a new child within one year of the child's
birth, adoption, or foster care placement. Prohibits an employer from refusing to
hire, or from discharging, fining, suspending, expelling, or discriminating against,
an individual for exercising the right to parental leave provided by this bill or
giving information or testimony as to his or her own parental leave.
STATUS:
09/05/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary:
CSAC, League of CA Cities and host of others opposed.
CA SB 148 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: Cannabis-Related Business: Cash Payments
INTRODUCED: 01/17/2017
LAST AMEND: 04/05/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Enacts the Cannabis State Payment Collection Law and authorizes the State Board
of Equalization or a county to collect cash payments from cannabis-related
businesses for a state agency that administers fees, fines, penalties, taxes, or
other charges payable by a cannabis-related business. Authorizes a
cannabis-related business to remit any amount due to the board by means other
than electronic funds transfer, including by the use of cash.
STATUS:
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05/25/2017 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
BOS: Watch
CA SB 166 AUTHOR: Skinner [D]
TITLE: Residential Density and Affordability
INTRODUCED: 01/23/2017
LAST AMEND: 07/03/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 188
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Amends the Planning and Zoning Law. Prohibits a city, county, or city and county
from permitting or causing an inventory of sites identified in a housing element to
be insufficient to meet its remaining unmet share of the regional housing need for
lower and moderate-income households.
STATUS:
08/31/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Suspend Assembly Rule 96.
08/31/2017 Withdrawn from ASSEMBLY Committee on RULES.
08/31/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Ordered to third reading.
Commentary:
Kara Douglas has reviewed: It is another effort to put teeth in the housing
element without providing any funds for affordable housing.
Would require significant staff time tracking and re-designating RHNA sites on a
continuous basis. (We currently update our sites inventory at the beginning of a
new housing element cycle.) It would burden jurisdictions and would likely not
achieve desired results of additional units.
CA SB 167 AUTHOR: Skinner [D]
TITLE: Housing Accountability Act
INTRODUCED: 01/23/2017
LAST AMEND: 07/13/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 189
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Requires certain findings of a local agency in relation to approval or disapproval of
certain housing projects to be based on a preponderance of the evidence.
Requires the court to issue an order compelling compliance with the Housing
Accountability Act. Provides for changes to zoning ordinances and general plan
land use designations, the consideration of economic, environmental, s ocial and
technological factors, certain actions, and related matters.
STATUS:
08/31/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Suspend Assembly Rule 96.
08/31/2017 Withdrawn from ASSEMBLY Committee on RULES.
08/31/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Ordered to third reading.
Commentary:
Leg Com recommends sending to BOS on Consent. The bill has subsequently
undergone a "gut and amend." The new bill poses concerns from Planning.
CA SB 171 AUTHOR: Hernandez [D]
TITLE: Medi-Cal: Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans
INTRODUCED: 01/23/2017
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LAST AMEND: 07/05/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 235
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Implements provisions regarding federal regulations governing Medicaid
managed care plans; authorizes a person to request a hearing involving a
Medi-Cal managed care plan with in a specified number of days after the order of
action; requires the Department of Health Care Services to develop standards for
specified provider types to ensure covered services are accessible to enrollees o f
Medi-Cal managed care plans; establishes rate requirements for Medi -Cal
managed care plans.
STATUS:
09/05/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary:
Companion to AB 205. Dr. Walker recommended support. CAPH supported.
Consistent with Policy 68. SUPPORT measures that maximize federal
reimbursement from Medicaid and S-CHIP.
BOS: Support
CA SB 180 AUTHOR: Mitchell [D]
TITLE: Controlled Substances: Sentence Enhancements
INTRODUCED: 01/24/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 126
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Limits the sentence enhancement imposed for specified crimes relating to
controlled substances to only be based on each prior conviction of, or on each prior
conviction of conspiracy to violate, the crime of using a minor in the commission of
offenses involving specified controlled substances.
STATUS:
06/28/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary:
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/CA-Lawmakers-Seek-Changes-to-J
uvenile-Justice-System-416741943.html
CA SB 184 AUTHOR: Morrell [R]
TITLE: Social Security Number Truncation Program
INTRODUCED: 01/25/2017
LAST AMEND: 08/24/2017
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: To enrollment
SUMMARY:
Provides that, for each official record recorded before a certain date, a county
recorder may create a copy of that record in an electronic format and truncate any
social security number contained in that record.
STATUS:
09/05/2017 In SENATE. SENATE concurred in ASSEMBLY amendments.
To enrollment. (40-0)
BOS: Watch
CA SB 190 AUTHOR: Mitchell [D]
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TITLE: Juveniles
INTRODUCED: 01/26/2017
LAST AMEND: 08/28/2017
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: To enrollment
SUMMARY:
Amends an existing law which provides that certain inmates may participate in a
home detention program in lieu of confinement. Makes those fees payable only by
adult participants, over a specified age, of a home detention program. Requires
the court to order a paroled defendant, over a specified age, to pay the reasonable
fee of court ordered drug testing. Repeals payments from a county treasury for
minors on probation. Provides for designation of dual status child for certain costs.
STATUS:
09/06/2017 In SENATE. SENATE concurred in ASSEMBLY amendments.
To enrollment. (37-3)
BOS: Watch
CA SB 192 AUTHOR: Beall [D]
TITLE: Mental Health Services Act Reversion Fund
INTRODUCED: 01/30/2017
LAST AMEND: 04/18/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to the Mental Health Services Act, which imposes a tax on incomes above
a specified sum for the purpose of financing new or expanded mental health
services. Requires the counties, or counties jointly, seeking funding to
demonstrate to the Mental Health Service Oversight and Accountability
Commission that funding will be used to create, or expand the capacity for,
services and supports to address unmet community needs.
STATUS:
07/11/2017 In ASSEMBLY Committee on HEALTH: Not heard.
BOS: Watch
CA SB 213 AUTHOR: Mitchell [D]
TITLE: Placement of Children: Criminal Records Check
INTRODUCED: 02/01/2017
LAST AMEND: 09/05/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 277
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Prohibits the final approval for an adoption placement or the placement of a child
in the home of a relative, nonrelative extended family member, prospective
guardian, or another person who is not a licensed or certified foster parent or an
approved resource family. Prohibits the licensure of a foster care provider
applicant and approval of a resource family applicant, if the person or an
associated individual, has been convicted of a violent felony.
STATUS:
09/06/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To third reading.
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BOS supported 4/25/17
CA SB 222 AUTHOR: Hernandez [D]
TITLE: Inmates: Health Care Enrollment
INTRODUCED: 02/02/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the suspension of Medi-Cal benefits to end on the date he or she is no
longer an inmate of a public institution or is no longer otherwise eligible for
benefits under the Medi-Cal program. Requires the State Department of Health
Care Services, in consultation with specified stakeholders, to develop and
implement a simplified annual renewal process for individuals in a suspended
eligibility status.
STATUS:
05/25/2017 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
Commentary:
Send to Leg Com for support
CA SB 224 AUTHOR: Jackson [D]
TITLE: Personal Rights: Sexual Harassment
INTRODUCED: 02/02/2017
LAST AMEND: 08/21/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Rules Committee
SUMMARY:
Amends existing law which establishes liability for sexual harassment when the
plaintiff proves specified elements and existing law which states that a
relationship may exist between a plaintiff and certain persons. Includes an
investor among those listed persons who may be liable to a plainti ff for sexual
harassment.
STATUS:
08/21/2017 From SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS with author's
amendments.
08/21/2017 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to
Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
08/21/2017 Withdrawn from SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
08/21/2017 Re-referred to SENATE Committee on RULES.
BOS: Watch
CA SB 231 AUTHOR: Hertzberg [D]
TITLE: Local Government: Fees and Charges
INTRODUCED: 02/02/2017
LAST AMEND: 04/19/2017
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: To Governor
SUMMARY:
Relates to a provision of the California Constitution that requires that
assessments, fees, and charges be submitted to property owners for approval or
rejection after the provision of written notice and the holding of a public hearing.
Defines the term sewer for these purposes. Makes findings and declarations
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relating to the definition of the term sewer for these purposes.
STATUS:
09/06/2017 *****To GOVERNOR.
Commentary:
Mitch writing support letter. Consistent with Platform Policy #34
BOS: Support
CA SB 282 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: CalFresh and CalWORKs
INTRODUCED: 02/09/2017
LAST AMEND: 05/26/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 174
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Requires the State Department of Social Services to issue an annual letter
providing guidance that lists which counties or regions are eligible to participate in
the Restaurant Meals Program and certain instructions. Includes subsidized
employment as a CalFresh Employment and Training program component that a
county may offer. Provides for the use of EBT cards, employment services for
noncustodial parents, and the expenditure of certain funds.
STATUS:
08/28/2017 In ASSEMBLY. From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
Commentary:
EHSD recommends support.
Commentary001:
BOS supported 4/25/17
BOS: Support
CA SB 355 AUTHOR: Mitchell [D]
TITLE: Reimbursement for Court-Appointed Counsel
INTRODUCED: 02/14/2017
ENACTED: 07/10/2017
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
CHAPTER: 2017-62
SUMMARY:
Makes the reimbursement for counsel and other legal assistance applicable only in
cases where the defendant is convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor.
STATUS:
07/10/2017 Signed by GOVERNOR.
07/10/2017 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 2017 -62
Commentary:
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/CA-Lawmakers-Seek-Changes-to-J
uvenile-Justice-System-416741943.html
CA SB 371 AUTHOR: Moorlach [R]
TITLE: Local Public Employee Organizations
INTRODUCED: 02/14/2017
LAST AMEND: 04/17/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee
SUMMARY:
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Prohibits an individual who will be affected by a memorandum of understanding
between a local public agency and a recognized public employee organization from
representing the public agency in negotiations with the recognized employee
organization.
STATUS:
05/08/2017 In SENATE Committee on PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND
RETIREMENT: Failed passage.
05/08/2017 In SENATE Committee on PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND
RETIREMENT: Reconsideration granted.
Commentary:
Brought to attention by Dianne Dinsmore
CA SB 393 AUTHOR: Lara [D]
TITLE: Arrests: Sealing
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2017
LAST AMEND: 09/05/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 295
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a person who has suffered an arrest that did not result in a conviction
to petition the court to have his or her arrest sealed, with the exception of certain
offenses based on domestic violence. Requires the Judicial Council to furnish
forms to be utilized by a person applying for their arrest to be sealed. Requires the
court to furnish a disposition report, as specified. Prohibits the depa rtment from
disclosing that an individual was granted relief of having an arrest sealed.
STATUS:
09/06/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary:
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/CA-Lawmakers-Seek-Changes-to-J
uvenile-Justice-System-416741943.html
CA SB 394 AUTHOR: Lara [D]
TITLE: Parole: Youth Offender Parole Hearings
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2017
LAST AMEND: 08/31/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 150
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Makes a person who was convicted of a controlling offense that was committed
before the person had attained 18 years of age and for which a life sentence
without the possibility of parole has been imposed eligible for release on parole by
the board during his or her 25th year of incarceration at a youth offender parole
hearing.
STATUS:
08/31/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time and amended. To third
reading.
Commentary:
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/CA-Lawmakers-Seek-Changes-to-J
uvenile-Justice-System-416741943.html
CA SB 439 AUTHOR: Mitchell [D]
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TITLE: Jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2017
LAST AMEND: 03/28/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Public Safety Committee
SUMMARY:
Amends an existing law which places a person who is under a certain age within
the jurisdiction of the juvenile court for certain offenses, including habitual
truancy. Modifies the ages that a person must be to fall within the jurisdiction of
the juvenile court or adjudged a ward of the court.
STATUS:
06/27/2017 In ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY: Not heard.
Commentary:
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/CA-Lawmakers-Seek-Changes-to-J
uvenile-Justice-System-416741943.html
CA SB 450 AUTHOR: Hertzberg [D]
TITLE: Public Bodies: Bonds: Public Notice
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2017
LAST AMEND: 05/17/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 185
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Requires the governing body of a public body to obtain and disclose specified
information regarding the issuance of bonds in a meeting open to the public.
Requires the information to be obtained as a good faith estimate from an
underwriter, financial advisor, or private lender or from a third party borrower, as
specified, if the public body issuing bonds is a conduit financing provider, as
defined.
STATUS:
08/31/2017 In ASSEMBLY. From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
Commentary:
Sent to Tim Ewell for review
CA SB 473 AUTHOR: Hertzberg [D]
TITLE: California Endangered Species Act
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2017
LAST AMEND: 09/05/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 298
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Amends the California Endangered Species Act which prohibits the taking of an
endangered or threatened species. Provides that the accidental take of candidate,
threatened, or endangered species resulting from acts that occur on a farm or a
ranch in the course of otherwise lawful routine and ongoing agricultural activities
is not prohibited by the act.
STATUS:
09/06/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary:
CC referred for review
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CA SB 522 AUTHOR: Glazer [D]
TITLE: Common Interest Developments: Solar Energy.
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2017
LAST AMEND: 03/29/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires, if the approval of an architectural modification relating to solar energy
requires a vote of the membership of the association of a common interest
development, that only the percentage of the votes submitted on the architectural
modification be counted to determine this approval.
STATUS:
04/05/2017 Re-referred to SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Commentary:
Vehicle for the WCCHCD bill.
CA SB 598 AUTHOR: Hueso [D]
TITLE: Public Utilities: Gas and Electric Service
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2017
LAST AMEND: 09/05/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 307
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to develop policies, rules, or regulations
with a goal of reducing the statewide level of gas and electric service
disconnections for nonpayment by residential customers. Requires the
Commission in each gas and electrical corporation general rate case to things,
conduct an assessment of and properly identify the impact of any proposed
increase in rates on disconnections for nonpayment.
STATUS:
09/06/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary:
CCLHO will be contemplating taking a position on this bill
CA SB 630 AUTHOR: Skinner [D]
TITLE: Crimes: Hate Crimes
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2017
LAST AMEND: 08/31/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Appropriations Committee
HEARING: 09/11/2017
SUMMARY:
Defines a hate crime as a criminal act committed, in whole or in part, because of
the victim's disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, or sexual
orientation. Provides punishments for hate crimes that range from misdemeanors
with specified penalties to felonies with additional terms of a specified number of
years in state prison, depending on the underlying criminal act and other
circumstances.
STATUS:
09/06/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Coauthors revised.
09/06/2017 From ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY: Do pass to
Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. (5-0)
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Commentary:
Sent to SO
CA SB 649 AUTHOR: Hueso [D]
TITLE: Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2017
LAST AMEND: 09/06/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 1
LOCATION: Assembly Second Reading File
SUMMARY:
Amends an existing law which provides that a wireless telecommunications
collocation facility is subject to a city or county discretionary permit and is
required to comply with specified criteria. Provides that a small cell is a permitted
use subject only to a specified permitting process adopted by a city or county if the
small cell meets specified requirements. Prohibits a city or county from requiring
a provider of video services or cable services to obtain any authorization or
permit.
STATUS:
09/07/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary:
Sent to BOS for action on 7/11/17 agenda.
BOS: Oppose
CA SB 687 AUTHOR: Skinner [D]
TITLE: Health Facilities: Emergency Services: Attorney General
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2017
LAST AMEND: 07/13/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 215
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Applies existing notice and consent requirements to a nonprofit corporation that
operates or controls a health facility plans to sell, transfer, lease or otherwise
dispose of the assets resulting from the reduction or elimination of emergency
medical services provided at a licensed emergency center after the consent of the
Attorney General. Prohibits the Department of Public Health from licensing a
stand-alone emergency room or freestanding emergency center that is not part of
a general acute care hospital.
STATUS:
09/05/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary:
Jonathan Bash requested review. Bill is awaiting amendments.
CA SB 695 AUTHOR: Lara [D]
TITLE: Teacher Credentialing: Applications and Renewals
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2017
LAST AMEND: 06/06/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Education Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to authorize the use of an
individual tax identification number in lieu of a social security number for purposes
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of applying for a credential, or the renewal of a credential, when an applicant
cannot provide his or her social security number.
STATUS:
06/14/2017 Re-referred to SENATE Committee on EDUCATION.
Commentary:
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/CA-Lawmakers-Seek-Changes-to-J
uvenile-Justice-System-416741943.html
CA SB 704 AUTHOR: Galgiani [D]
TITLE: Division of Boating and Waterways
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2017
LAST AMEND: 05/02/2017
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: To Governor
SUMMARY:
Requires that the Division of Boating and Waterways collaborate with the
California Conservation Corps and use members of the corps in implementing its
invasive aquatic plants control programs.
STATUS:
08/30/2017 *****To GOVERNOR.
Commentary:
Consistent with the adopted Platform, policy #4. Sending LOS.
BOS: Support
CA SCA 3 AUTHOR: Dodd [D]
TITLE: Local Government Finance: Libraries: Voter Approval
INTRODUCED: 01/30/2017
LAST AMEND: 03/06/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 39
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Creates an additional exception to the 1% real property tax limit for a rate
imposed by a city, county, or special district to service bonded indebtedness
incurred to fund public library facilities, that is approved by a certain percentage of
the voters of the city, county, or special district.
STATUS:
05/03/2017 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary:
Consistent with policy #197. Library Commission to draft letter.
CA SCA 12 AUTHOR: Mendoza [D]
TITLE: Counties: Governing Body: County Executive
INTRODUCED: 04/27/2017
LAST AMEND: 06/27/2017
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 46
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Provides that in a county that is found at a decennial U.S. census, beginning with
the 2020 census, to have a population of more than 5 million, the measure
requires a governing body consisting of a sufficient number of members as to
ensure that each member represents a district containing a population equivalent
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to no more than 2 districts in the U.S. House of Representatives. Requires a
county that is found to have a population of more than 5 million to have an elected
county executive.
STATUS:
09/01/2017 From SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Be
adopted. (5-2)
09/01/2017 In SENATE. Ordered to third reading.
Commentary:
Sent to BOS for 7/11 agenda to oppose.
BOS: Oppose
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