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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
March 8, 2021
1:00 P.M.
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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. RECEIVE and APPROVE the Record of Action for the February 8, 2021 meeting
of the Legislation Committee, with any necessary corrections.
4. ACCEPT the report on the 2021-22 State Budget and Legislation of Interest to
Contra Costa County, and provide direction to staff and state lobbyists as needed.
5. RECEIVE the report on Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations and consider
making a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors regarding whether the
County should opt-in or not to allow their establishment in Contra Costa County.
6. CONSIDER providing feedback to staff and to California State Association of
Counties (CSAC) on proposed housing and land use measures.
7. CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors a position of "Oppose"
on AB 119 (Salas) Direct Levies, as recommended by the County
Auditor-Controller.
8. CONSIDER finding a position of "Support" consistent with the Board of
Supervisors' adopted 2021-22 State Legislative Platform for AB 273 (Irwin):
Cannabis: Advertisements, a bill that prohibits a licensee from advertising or
marketing on a billboard or similar advertising device visible from an interstate
or state highway in California, as recommended by the Public Health Director.
9.The next meeting is currently scheduled for Monday, April 12, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. via
Zoom.
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10.Adjourn
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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 1025 Escobar St., 4th Floor,
Martinez, 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) 655-2057, Fax (925) 655-2066
lara.delaney@cao.cccounty.us
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 3.
Meeting Date:03/08/2021
Subject:Record of Action for Legislation Committee Meeting
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2021-01
Referral Name: Record of Action
Presenter: L. DeLaney Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-655-2057
Referral History:
County Ordinance 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.
Referral Update:
Attached is the draft Record of Action for the February 8, 2021 meeting of the Committee.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
RECEIVE and APPROVE the Record of Action for the February 8, 2021 meeting.
Attachments
DRAFT Record of Action
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D R A F T
LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
RECORD OF ACTION FOR
February 8, 2021
Supervisor Diane Burgis, Chair
Supervisor Karen Mitchoff, Vice Chair
Present: Diane Burgis, Chair
Karen Mitchoff, Vice Chair
Staff Present:Lara DeLaney, Senior Deputy County Administrator, staff to Committee; Eric
Angstadt, Chief Assistant CAO; Mark Goodwin, Chief of Staff, District III; Lynn
Peralta, Division Manager, EHSD; Daniel Peddycord, Public Health Director; Jill Ray,
District Representative, District II; Chris Wickler, Field Representative, District IV;
Jody London, Sustainability Coordinator
Attendees:James Gross, Michelle Rubalcava; Joseph Greaves; Hannah Robbins; Paul
Schlesinger, Perrin Badini; Mariana Moore
1.Introductions
Chair Burgis convened the meeting of the Committee at 1:02 with introductions
of herself and Vice Chair Mitchoff.
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 was made to the Committee.
3.RECEIVE and APPROVE the Record of Action for the December 3, 2020
meeting.
The Record of Action for the December 3, 2020 meeting of the Legislation Committee was
approved as presented.
AYE: Chair Diane Burgis
Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
4.ACCEPT the report and provide direction to staff and the County's state
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4.ACCEPT the report and provide direction to staff and the County's state
lobbyists, as needed.
The report on the 2021-22 State Budget and 2021 legislation of interest to Contra Costa
County was provided by staff and the County's state advocates. No direction was given.
AYE: Chair Diane Burgis
Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
5.1. RECOMMEND to the Board of Supervisors that the adopted 2021-22 Federal
Legislative Platform be amended to include the following:
ENSURE that the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic supports the
following:
Technologies that support the County’s climate goals, including battery
energy storage and microgrids, solar and wind energy, electric vehicles,
and electric vehicle charging infrastructure;
Energy efficiency programs that encourage whole house retrofits and
address asthma triggers in the built environment;
Planning work for adapting to rising sea levels;
Planning and implementation of microgrids;
Active transportation and green infrastructure programs;
Job training for careers in clean energy, clean transportation, and green
infrastructure.
2. RECOMMEND to the Board of Supervisors that the adopted 2021-22 State
Legislative Platform be amended to:
A. SUPPORT legislation that would enable the use of Progressive Design-Build
(PDB) in project delivery for construction contracts; and
B. SUPPORT legislation that would enable virtual or teleconferencing public
meetings, including advisory body meetings, to continue post-pandemic with an
opportunity for all persons to attend via a call-in option or an internet-based
service option.
The Committee supported the recommended Legislative Platform Changes and directed staff
to send to the Board of Supervisors.
AYE: Chair Diane Burgis
Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
6.ACCEPT the report and provide direction to staff and the County's federal
advocates, as needed.
The Committee received the report from the County's federal advocates on President Biden's
American Rescue Plan and provided no further direction.
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AYE: Chair Diane Burgis
Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
7.RECEIVE and ACCEPT the report on health care advocacy on behalf of Contra
Costa County at the state and federal levels.
The Committee received an oral report from Dr. William Walker regarding health care
advocacy efforts surrounding telehealth policy and the CalAIM proposal, indicating major
implications for Medi-Cal but positive expectations.
8.CONSIDER finding AB 240 (Rodriguez) consistent with the Board's adopted
2021-22 State Legislative Platform, enabling the Chair of the Board to send a
letter of support for the bill and advocacy by our state advocates and staff to
proceed.
The Committee found AB 240 (Rodriguez) consistent with the Board's adopted 2021-22 State
Legislative Platform, enabling advocacy to proceed.
AYE: Chair Diane Burgis
Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
9.The next meeting is currently scheduled for Monday, March 8, 2021 at 1:00
p.m., via Zoom .
The proposed meeting schedule for the Legislation Committee for 2021 is as
follows:
DATE ROOM TIME
February 8, 2021 ZOOM 1:00 pm
March 8, 2021 ZOOM 1:00 pm
April 12, 2021 1:00 pm
May 10, 2021 1:00 pm
June 14, 2021 1:00 pm
July 12, 2021 1:00 pm
August 9, 2021 1:00 pm
September 13, 2021 1:00 pm
October 11, 2021 1:00 pm
November 8, 2021 1:00 pm
December 13, 2021 1:00 pm
10.Adjourn
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 4.
Meeting Date:03/08/2021
Subject:2021-22 State Budget and Legislation of Interest
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2021-02
Referral Name: State Budget and Bills of Interest
Presenter: L. DeLaney and Nielsen Merksamer
Team
Contact: L. DeLaney,
925-655-2057
Referral History:
The Legislation Committee of the Board of Supervisors regularly receives reports on the State
Budget and state legislation of interest to the County.
Referral Update:
On March 3, Governor Newsom's office announced that he would deliver his 2021 "State of the
State" speech on Tuesday, March 9, at 6:00 p.m., breaking from convention in a vritual
presentation to the California Legislature from Los Angeles County, instead of in the state
Assembly chambers and speaking in the evening. The speech will be livestreamed on
@CAgovernor Twitter page, California Governor Facebook page and California Governor YouTube
page.
Governor Signs $7.6 Billion COVID-19 Relief Package
On February 23, following approval by both houses of the Legislature, the Governor signed
legislation implementing the state's COVID-19 relief budget package. The items included in the
prior week’s agreement between legislative leadership and the Governor built off of the Governor’s
January budget proposals for early budget actions and one-time state spending to address the
impacts of COVID-19. Overall, the package totals $9.6 billion with the core two pieces providing
relief payments to lower-income Californians and grants for small businesses that have been
negatively impacted by the pandemic and economic recession.
The individual relief payments provide $600 to individuals that have been most impacted by the
economic recession and are estimated to cost $3.7 billion. This includes households receiving the
Earned Income Tax Credit in 2020, taxpayers with Individual Tax Identification Numbers who
were not eligible for the federal stimulus payments, CalWORKs households, and recipients of
SSI/SSP and Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants. For the payments to CalWORKs
households, counties will play a role in distributing this funding to families. For small businesses,
the agreement provides $2.075 billion in grants. Businesses with annual gross revenue up to $2.5
million that have been impacted by COVID-19 are eligible to apply for grants of up to $25,000.
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Of those funds, $50 million is set aside for nonprofit cultural institutions with decreased revenues,
such as museums, parks, and performing arts companies. Additional business relief provisions
exclude Paycheck Protection Plan loans from taxable income and provide relief from state
licensing fees for restaurants, bars, and barbering and cosmetology businesses. The early budget
package also includes several other pieces of relief that are significant for counties:
The agreement allocates $400 million in federal funds for child care. This funding will be
used to provide a $525 stipend per child for child care and preschool providers that are
state-subsidized and will increase access to subsidized child care for 8,000 children of
essential workers.
Funding is provided to support the enrollment of college students who are newly eligible
for CalFresh . These resources include $6 million for outreach and application assistance
and $12 million for county administration. Counties need this funding to effectively respond
to the increased administrative workload that will result from the expansion of CalFresh
eligibility.
In October, several reductions occurred as part of the federal trigger agreement in the current
year budget, where cuts automatically went through when sufficient federal relief was not
provided in time. One of those cuts was funding for Local Child Support Agencies, and
this agreement would restore that reduction.
AB 101 (Committee on Budget, 2019) appropriated $500 million over a four-year period for
the California Housing Finance Agency to finance low and moderate-income housing.
This budget agreement restores $50 million for moderate-income housing that had been
rescinded in October when additional federal coronavirus relief was not allocated to
California.
The agreement provides $24 million for the existing Housing for the Harvest program,
which provides shelter and support for farmworkers who need to quarantine because of
COVID-19.
Governor and Legislative Leaders Announce $6.6 Billion Package to Reopen Schools
On March 1, Governor Newsom revealed an agreement agreement on a $6.6 billion budget package to
accelerate the safe return to in-person instruction across California and empower schools to
immediately expand academic, mental health and social-emotional supports, including over the
summer. $2 billion would fund safety measures to support in-person instruction, such as personal
protective equipment, ventilation upgrades and COVID-19 testing. $4.6 billion would fund
expanded learning opportunities, such as summer school, tutoring and mental health services. The
United Teachers Los Angeles, the state's largest teachers union, criticized the school reopening
plan, calling it "a recipe for propagating structural racism." Despite the criticism, the legislature passed
the measure on bipartisan votes of 36-0 in the Senate and 72-4 in the Assembly. The Governor is
expected to sign it on Friday, March 5.
Both Houses Discuss Behavioral Health Budget Proposals
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 and Assembly Budget Subcommittee No.
1 both held budget hearings to discuss behavioral health issues, including the proposal for $750
million for behavioral health infrastructure and the proposal for $400 million for student mental
health in the last week.
The Assembly’s hearing provided quite a bit of background on the behavioral health needs in
California, including the increased needs related to the pandemic. The background laid the
groundwork for making the case that the state needs to invest additional resources into behavioral
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health infrastructure. Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) Director Will Lightbourne
acknowledged that the increased behavioral health needs are coming on top of existing inadequate
behavioral health infrastructure.
The Administration is proposing to provide $750 million (one-time funding available for three
years) for behavioral health infrastructure. Under the Governor’s proposal, counties would be
able to use grant funds on a variety of community behavioral health facility types, including: (1)
short-term treatment beds such as those found in crisis stabilization units, (2) residential treatment
facilities that typically last for a few months, or (3) longer-term facilities such as permanent
supportive housing for individuals with behavioral health needs. Funding from this proposal could
be used for both mental health and substance use disorder treatment facilities. Additionally,
counties would be required to provide a 25 percent match as a condition of receiving grant
funding. This match could take a variety of forms, including in-kind contributions (such as land),
philanthropic donations, and other funding sources of the county’s choosing (such as county
funds). In addition, in order to receive funds, counties would have to identify an ongoing funding
amount to support costs related to operating potential facilities and commit to operating potential
facilities for a period of 30 years. The proposal has received widespread support.
Both committees also discussed the Administration’s proposal to provide $400 million one-time
funding (half of which is General Fund) over three years to DHCS to implement an incentive
program through Medi-Cal managed care to build infrastructure for establishing partnerships with
schools and county behavioral health. The Senate asked several questions about the proposal.
Recall that the LAO has raised concerns about the lack of detail regarding the proposal.
Additionally, the Senate budget subcommittee took up the Department of State Hospital’s
proposal to establish what they are calling a demonstration project (but, in reality, is a proposed
realignment) in which three counties would opt-in to assume responsibility for the felony
Incompetent to Stand Trial (IST) at the local level. While one-time and ongoing state funding is
proposed to accompany the programmatic shift, there are significant questions regarding the
sufficiency of that funding and whether appropriate incentives and protections exist. The LAO
has taken a skeptical view of this budget proposal and has recommended that the Legislature
reject it.
2021 State Legislation of Interest
We are currently in the early stages of the policy making process given that the Legislature just
kicked off the first year of its two-year 2021-22 legislative session. However, the legislative
process remains constrained by COVID-related limitations. Senate Democrats adopted rules for
the 2021-22 session that will allow the Senate to adopt limits on the number of speakers who can
debate a measure, amendment or motion and limit the time allotted to each speaker beginning five
days before major legislative deadlines. Although it is expected that – like last year – fewer bills
than normal will ultimately advance, legislators collectively introduced more than 2,300 bills
prior to the February 19 deadline.
Attached are the priority bills of interest to Urban Counties of California (UCC), County Health
Executives Association of California (CHEAC), and Contra Costa County.
Attachment A: UCC Bills
Attachment B: CHEAC Bills
Attachment C: Contra Costa Master File of Bills of Interest
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Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
ACCEPT the report and provide direction to staff and the County's state lobbyists, as needed.
Attachments
Attachment A: UCC Priority Bills
Attachment B: CHEAC Bills
Attachment C: CCC Bills of Interest
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UCC Priority Bills - 2021
Newly introduced bills as of 2-24-2021
AB 329 (Bonta D) Bail.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/27/2021 html pdf
Status: 2/12/2021-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 2/12/2021-A. PUB. S.
Summary: Current law provides for the procedure of approving and accepting bail, and issuing an
order for the appearance and release of an arrested person. Current law authorizes specified sheriff,
police, and court employees to approve and accept bail in the amount fixed by the warrant of arrest,
schedule of bail, or order admitting to bail. Current law requires the superior court judges in each
county to prepare, adopt, and annually revise a uniform countywide schedule of bail, as specified. This
bill would require bail to be set at $0 for all offenses except, among others, serious or violent felonies,
violations of specified protective orders, battery against a spouse, sex offenses, and driving under the
influence. The bill would require the Judicial Council to prepare, adopt, and annually revise a bail
schedule for the exempt offenses.
AB 339 (Lee D) State and local government: open meetings.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/28/2021 html pdf
Status: 1/29/2021-From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.
Location: 1/28/2021-A. PRINT
Summary: Current law requires all meetings, as defined, of a house of the Legislature or a committee
thereof to be open and public, and requires all persons to be permitted to attend the meetings, except
as specified. This bill would require all meetings, including gatherings using teleconference technology,
to include an opportunity for all persons to attend via a call-in option or an internet-based service
option that provides closed captioning services and requires both a call-in and an internet-based
service option to be provided to the public.
AB 537 (Quirk D) Local permitting: broadband projects.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/10/2021 html pdf
Status: 2/11/2021-From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
Location: 2/10/2021-A. PRINT
Summary: Current law establishes the California Advanced Services Fund in the State Treasury with
the goal of approving funding for infrastructure projects that will provide broadband access to
California households. Current law expressly authorizes a county service area, as defined, to acquire,
construct, improve, maintain, and operate broadband internet access services. The Permit Streamlining
Act governs the approval process that a city or county is required to follow when approving, among
other things, a permit for construction for a development project for a wireless telecommunications
facility. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would accelerate
the completion of broadband projects, so that high-speed internet projects can be quickly constructed
to benefit local communities, and would provide related findings and declarations
AB 678 (Grayson D) Land use: development fees.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/12/2021 html pdf
Status: 2/13/2021-From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
Location: 2/12/2021-A. PRINT
Summary: Current law, the Mitigation Fee Act, imposes various requirements with respect to the
establishment, increase, or imposition of a fee by a local agency as a condition of approval of a
development project, including requiring a local agency, in any action establishing, increasing, or
imposing such a fee, to determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the fee’s use and
the type of development on which the fee is imposed.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to
this requirement.
AB 816 (Chiu D) State and local agencies: homelessness plan.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/16/2021 html pdf
Status: 2/17/2021-From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
Location: 2/16/2021-A. PRINT
Summary: Current law requires the Governor to create the Homeless Coordinating and Financing
Council and to appoint up to 19 members of that council, as provided. Current law specifies the duties
of the coordinating council, including creating partnerships among state agencies and departments,
local government agencies, and specified federal agencies and private entities, for the purpose of
arriving at specific strategies to end homelessness. This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature or
upon receiving technical assistance offered by the federal Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), if available, would require the coordinating council to conduct, or contract with an
entity to conduct, a statewide needs and gaps analysis to, among other things, identify state
programs that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and create a
financial model that will assess certain investment needs for the purpose of moving persons
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experiencing homelessness into permanent housing.
SB 261 (Allen D) Regional transportation plans: sustainable communities strategies.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/27/2021 html pdf
Status: 2/22/2021-Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. (Ayes 32. Noes 4.) Joint Rule
55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
Location: 2/4/2021-S. HOUSING
Summary: current law requires certain transportation planning agencies to prepare and adopt a
regional transportation plan directed at achieving a coordinated and balanced regional transportation
system. Certain of these agencies are designated under federal law as metropolitan planning
organizations. Existing law requires that each regional transportation plan include a sustainable
communities strategy developed to achieve greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for the
automobile and light truck sector for 2020 and 2035 established by the State Air Resources Board. This
bill would require that the sustainable communities strategy be developed to additionally achieve
greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for the automobile and light truck sector for 2045 and
2050 and vehicle miles traveled reduction targets for 2035, 2045, and 2050 established by the board.
The bill would make various conforming changes to integrate those additional targets into regional
transportation plans.
SB 262 (Hertzberg D) Bail.
Current Text: Introduced: 1/27/2021 html pdf
Status: 2/22/2021-Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. (Ayes 32. Noes 4.) Joint Rule
55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
Location: 2/3/2021-S. PUB. S.
Summary: Current law provides for the procedure of approving and accepting bail, and issuing an
order for the appearance and release of an arrested person. Current law authorizes specified sheriff,
police, and court employees to approve and accept bail in the amount fixed by the warrant of arrest,
schedule of bail, or order admitting to bail. Current law requires the superior court judges in each
county to prepare, adopt, and annually revise a uniform countywide schedule of bail, as specified. This
bill would require bail to be set at $0 for all offenses except, among others, serious or violent felonies,
violations of specified protective orders, battery against a spouse, sex offenses, and driving under the
influence. The bill would require the Judicial Council to prepare, adopt, and annually revise a bail
schedule for the exempt offenses.
SB 286 (Min D) Elections: county officers: consolidation with statewide elections.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/1/2021 html pdf
Status: 2/22/2021-Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. (Ayes 32. Noes 4.) Joint Rule
55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
Location: 2/10/2021-S. E. & C.A.
Summary: Current law requires a candidate for a nonpartisan office who at a primary election receives
votes on a majority of all the ballots cast for candidates for that office to be elected to that office. This
bill would exempt from that requirement candidates for county nonpartisan offices, including a county
office in a charter county, but not including a charter city and county, and would require the candidates
who received the highest and second highest number of votes cast for nomination to that office to be
placed on the ballot at the ensuing general election. By imposing new duties on counties, including
county elections officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
SB 378 (Gonzalez D) Local government: broadband infrastructure development project permit
processing: microtrenching permit processing ordinance.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/10/2021 html pdf
Status: 2/22/2021-Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. (Ayes 32. Noes 4.) Joint Rule
55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
Location: 2/17/2021-S. GOV. & F.
Summary: Would authorize a provider of fiber facilities to determine the method of the installation of
fiber. The bill would prohibit a local agency, as defined, from prohibiting, or unreasonably discriminating
in favor of or against the use of, aerial installations, open trenching or boring, or microtrenching, but
would authorize a local agency to prohibit aerial deployment of fiber where no aboveground utilities
exist due to Electric Tariff Rule 20 or other existing underground requirements.
SB 493 (Bradford D) Local government financing: juvenile justice.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/17/2021 html pdf
Status: 2/22/2021-Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. (Ayes 32. Noes 4.) Joint Rule
55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
Location: 2/17/2021-S. RLS.
Summary: Would revise and recast required components of the multiagency juvenile justice plan to,
among other things, additionally require a plan to include an assessment of existing community-based
youth development services, identification and prioritization of areas of the community that face
significant public safety risk from crime, documentation of the effectiveness of the programs funded
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under these provisions, and a description of the target population funded under these provisions. The
bill would require programs and strategies funded under these provisions to, among other things, be
modeled on trauma-informed and youth development approaches and in collaboration with community-
based organizations.
SB 499 (Leyva D) General plan: land use element: uses adversely impacting health outcomes.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/17/2021 html pdf
Status: 2/22/2021-Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. (Ayes 32. Noes 4.) Joint Rule
55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
Location: 2/17/2021-S. RLS.
Summary: Would prohibit the land use element from designating land uses that have the potential to
significantly degrade local air, water, or soil quality or to adversely impact health outcomes in
disadvantaged communities to be located, or to materially expand, within or adjacent to a
disadvantaged community or a racially and ethnically concentrated area of poverty. By expanding the
duties of cities and counties in the administration of their land use planning duties, the bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
SB 586 (Bradford D) Criminal fees.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/18/2021 html pdf
Status: 2/22/2021-Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. (Ayes 32. Noes 4.) Joint Rule
55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
Location: 2/18/2021-S. RLS.
Summary: Current law imposes various fees contingent upon a criminal arrest, prosecution, or
conviction for the cost of administering the criminal justice system, including lab fees, programs for
persons convicted of sex offenses, drug testing, incarceration and house arrest, and record
expungement, among others. This bill would repeal the authority to collect most of these fees, among
others. The bill would make the unpaid balance of most court-imposed costs unenforceable and
uncollectible and would require any portion of a judgment imposing those costs to be vacated. The bill
would relieve a person who is sentenced to state prison or confined in a county jail from being
required to pay any trial court filing fees or costs related to the person’s underlying criminal conviction.
SB 594 (Glazer D) Elections: local redistricting.
Current Text: Introduced: 2/18/2021 html pdf
Status: 2/22/2021-Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. (Ayes 32. Noes 4.) Joint Rule
55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
Location: 2/18/2021-S. RLS.
Summary: Current law prescribes various requirements, procedures, and limitations with respect to
adjusting a legislative body’s district boundaries.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation that would mitigate issues surrounding the potential delay in the release of census
data and the effect of that delay on local redistricting.
Total Measures: 13
Total Tracking Forms: 8
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Legislative Bill Chart #1
February 26, 2021
CHEAC Bill Chart ▪ February 26, 2021 ▪ Page 1 of 13
Bill Number/
Author/Location
Description CHEAC
Position
Comments Platform
Subject
Assembly Bills
NEW BILL
AB 4/Arambula
A – Health
Expands Medi-Cal to all undocumented adults with income at or below
138% FPL, contingent on appropriation by the Legislature in the
annual Budget Act or other measure. Expands requirements of
eligibility and enrollment plan to ensure individual maintains
continuity of care. Requires DHCS to work with counties and public
hospitals to maximize federal financial participation.
S-2
2/25/21
Health
Coverage/Health
Care Reform
NEW BILL
AB 6/Levine
A – Health
Requires the Department of Social Services (CDSS) and the
Department of Public Health (CDPH) to develop health and safety
guidelines/best practices for skilled nursing facilities, intermediate
care facilities, and congregate living facilities providing post-acute car
during a pandemic, public health crisis, or other emergency.
Watch
2/25/21
Communicable
Disease Control
NEW BILL
AB 32/Aguiar-Curry
A – Health
Requires the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to
indefinitely continue telehealth flexibilities established during the
COVID-19 pandemic. Authorizes providers to enroll and recertify
beneficiaries in certain Medi-Cal programs remotely, including the
Family PACT program. Requires health services provided by an
enrolled clinic through telehealth to be reimbursed by Medi-Cal on the
same basis, to the same extent, and at the same payment rate as in-
person health services. Requires DHCS to seek necessary federal
approvals. Requires DHCS to convene an advisory group that
includes specified representatives, including designated public
hospitals and counties.
S-2
2/25/21
Sponsors: CAPH; California
Health+
Advocates/California
Primary Care Association
(CPCA); CMA; Essential
Access Health; Planned
Parenthood Affiliates of
CA; AltaMed
Access to Health
Services
Attachment B
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CHEAC Bill Chart ▪ February 26, 2021 ▪ Page 2 of 13
Bill Number/
Author/Location
Description CHEAC
Position
Comments Platform
Subject
NEW BILL
AB 45/Aguiar-Curry
A – Health
Allows for the manufacture of dietary supplements, food, beverages,
cosmetics, or pet foods that include industrial hemp or cannabinoids
under the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law. Prohibits
restrictions on the sales of these products. Requires manufacturers of
these products to demonstrate that all parts of the plant used come
from a state or country that has an established and approved
industrial hemp program. Prohibits manufacturers of these products
from including on the label, or publishing/disseminating any health-
related information or statement. Creates requirements for the testing
and labeling of these products. Unless explicitly approved by the
federal Food and Drug Administration, industrial hemp may not be
included in medical devices, prescription drugs, processed smokable
products, including e-cigarettes with nicotine, smokable flower,
including hookah and shisha with nicotine, and any product that
contains nicotine, tobacco, or alcohol. Manufacturing enforcement to
be conducted by the CA Department of Public Health and state, local,
or law enforcement is allowed to review paperwork from those
handling or transporting these products and take samples to test for
verification.
Watch/BB
2/25/21
Same as SB 235/Allen.
Cannabis
NEW BILL
AB 54/Kiley
A – Bus. & Prof. and
Gov’t Org.
Prohibits the Department of Consumer Affairs and any licensing board
under its purview, as well as the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board,
from revoking the license of any licensee for failure to comply with
any COVID-19 emergency order without being able to prove non-
compliance with emergency orders resulted in transmission of the
virus.
Watch
2/25/21
Same as SB 102/Melendez.
COVID-19
NEW BILL
AB 69/Kiley
A – Emergency
Management
Requires state of emergency declared by the Governor to terminate
after 60 days unless the Legislature extends the declaration by
concurrent resolution. Limits legislative concurrent resolution from
extending state of emergency by more than 60 days.
Watch
2/25/21
See also AB
108/Cunningham and SB
209/Dahle.
Public Health
Emergency
Preparedness
NEW BILL
AB 108/Cunningham
A – Emergency
Management
Specifies order or regulation issued by Governor during a state of
emergency made 60 or more days after proclamation of the
emergency may only take effect upon adoption of a concurrent
resolution of the Legislature approving the order or regulation.
Watch
2/25/21
See also AB 69/Kiley and
SB 209/Dahle.
Public Health
Emergency
Preparedness
NEW BILL
AB 112/Holden
A – Health
Extends the Medi-Cal suspension period for inmates from one year to
three years. Also applies to juveniles.
Watch/BB
2/25/21
Health
Coverage/Health
Care Reform
Attachment B
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CHEAC Bill Chart ▪ February 26, 2021 ▪ Page 3 of 13
Bill Number/
Author/Location
Description CHEAC
Position
Comments Platform
Subject
NEW BILL
AB 118/Kamlager
Establishes the Community Response Initiative to Strengthen
Emergency Systems (CRISES) Act Grant Pilot Program within the
Office of Emergency Services (OES) to expand participation of
community organizations in emergency response for vulnerable
populations. Requires OES to establish rules and regulations to make
grants available to community organizations. Requires that grantees
receive a minimum award of $250,000 per year. Requires grantees to
use grant funding for project planning and community engagement,
project implementation, staffing, facilities, operational costs,
consulting, training, and program/project evaluation. Specifies
requirements of OES Director in establishing and staffing pilot
program. Requires OES to establish an 11-member CRISES Act
Advisory Committee consisting of an emergency medical system
professional, public health professional, community-based
organization representative, and a survivor of an emergency/crisis.
Conditions act implementation upon appropriate funding being made
available to OES. Specifies sunset date of January 1, 2026.
Watch
2/25/21
Sponsors: Alliance for
Boys & Men of Color; ACLU
of California; Anti Police-
Terror Project; Berkeley
Free Clinic; Black Lives
Matter Los Angeles;
Communities United for
Restorative Youth Justice;
East Bay Community Law
Center; Justice Teams
Network; Oakland Power
Projects; PolicyLink; Public
Health Advocates; Silicon
Valley De-Bug;
UDW/AFSCME Local 3930;
Youth Justice Coalition
Injury Prevention
NEW BILL
AB 121/Holden
A – Bus. & Profs.
Allows active duty military personnel to adopt dogs or cats from a
public animal shelter. Per existing law, animal shelters may limit the
number of dogs or cats adopted to one during a six-month period.
Watch
2/25/21
Animal Care and
Control
NEW BILL
AB 234/Ramos
Removes provision requiring the California Department of Public
Health (CDPH) to utilize existing staff and resources to establish the
CDPH Office of Suicide Prevention.
Injury Prevention
AB 240/Rodriguez
A – Health
Requires California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to contract with an
appropriate and qualified entity to conduct an evaluation of the adequacy of
the local health department infrastructure to make recommendations for
future staffing, workforce, and resource needs in order to accurately and
adequately fund local public health. Requires CDPH to convene an advisory
group of specified representatives and requires report to Legislature.
S-1
1/13/21
Sponsor: CHEAC
Public Health
Infrastructure
NEW BILL
AB 263/Bonta
Requires private detention facility operator to comply with and adhere
to all local and state public health orders and occupational safety and
health regulations. Includes urgency clause.
SIC
2/25/21
Sponsors: Immigrant
Defense Advocates;
NextGen; Physicians for
Human Rights; California
Collaborative for Immigrant
Justice
Jail & Community
Corrections
Services
NEW BILL
AB 369/Kamlager
A – Health
Requires DHCS to implement a program of presumptive eligibility for
homeless individuals to the extent federal financial participation is
available. Requires DHCS to develop a payment mechanism for street
medicine. Allows providers of street medicine services to receive fee-
for-service Medi-Cal reimbursement.
Watch/BB
2/25/21
Sponsors: The Street
Medicine Institute,
University of Southern CA,
and USC Keck School of
Medicine
Health
Coverage/Health
Care Reform
Attachment B
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CHEAC Bill Chart ▪ February 26, 2021 ▪ Page 4 of 13
Bill Number/
Author/Location
Description CHEAC
Position
Comments Platform
Subject
NEW BILL
AB 381/Davies
A – Health &
Judiciary
Requires licensed adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or
treatment facilities to administer naloxone and have at least one staff
member on premises who knows where facility naloxone is stored and
has been trained on the administration of the drug. Limited liability
immunity is also provided.
S-2
2/25/21
Drug & Alcohol
Services
NEW BILL
AB 382/Kamlager
Extends termination of the DHCS Whole Child Model (WCM)
Stakeholder Advisory Group by two years to December 31, 2023.
S-2
2/25/21
Sponsor: California
Children’s Hospital
Association
California
Children’s Services
NEW BILL
AB 418/Valladares
Establishes the Community Power Resiliency Program within CalOES
to support local government efforts to improve resiliency in response
to public safety power shutoff (PSPS) events. Requires CalOES to
provide grant funding to counties, cities, special districts, and tribes
to plan and deploy emergency resilience projects. Requires counties
to utilize at least 50 percent of their noncompetitive allocation for
prioritized activities, including food storage reserves and COVID-19
testing sites. States intent of Legislature to enact future legislation
providing funding for the program.
Watch
2/25/21
Public Health
Emergency
Preparedness
NEW BILL
AB 420/Quirk Silva
A – Arts,
Entertainment,
Sports, Tourism, &
Internet Media;
Labor & Employ.
Amended 2/25/21
Intent bill to require all theme parks, regardless of size, be placed
within the COVID-19 Industry Guidance within Orange/Moderate/Tier 3
for reopening rather than Yellow/Minimal/Tier 4. If executive branch
takes those actions, requires Department of Industrial Relations to
administer a competitive grant program for the purchase of personal
protective equipment (PPE) for amus ement park employees.
Appropriates $500,000 General Fund for the grant program.
Watch
2/25/21
COVID-19
NEW BILL
AB 422/Friedman
A – Gov. Org.
Authorizes local government to adopt an ordinance prohibiting person
under 21 years of age from possessing any tobacco product. Requires
a local ordinance, if adopted, to require the local government to issue
an administrative citation that requires mandatory participation in an
antismoking education program. Authorizes the ordinance to require
payment of a participation fee in the program if offered on a sliding fee
scale. Authorizes local government to confiscate a tobacco product if
user is under 18 years of age with a notice and return of the product to
a parent or legal guardian. Exempts active-duty military personnel 18
years or older.
Watch w/
Concerns
2/25/21
Tobacco Control
NEW BILL
AB 439/Bauer-Kahan
A – Health
Adds nonbinary as an option for gender identity on death certificates. Watch
2/25/21
Vital Stats
Attachment B
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CHEAC Bill Chart ▪ February 26, 2021 ▪ Page 5 of 13
Bill Number/
Author/Location
Description CHEAC
Position
Comments Platform
Subject
NEW BILL
AB 457/Santiago
Sets forth the Telehealth Patient Bill of Rights, consisting of various
provisions related to access, consumer protections, and cost -sharing
for telehealth services. Specifies right for patient to be seen by a
healthcare provider with a physical presence within a reasonable
geographic distance from the patient’s home. Exempts pay parity for
telehealth services where provider is not located within a reasonable
geographic distance from the patient’s home. Requires health
insurers and plans to comply with the Telehealth Bill of Rights.
Watch
2/25/21
Access to Health
Services
NEW BILL
AB 536/Rodriguez
Requires CalOES to conduct a gap analysis of the state’s mutual aid
system on a biennial basis considering the firefighting, law
enforcement, emergency medical services, mass care, shelter, and
hospital surge capacity. Specifies minimum requirements of gap
analysis, including response requirements, baseline preparedness
levels, and strategies to reduce and eliminate response shortfalls.
Watch
2/25/21
Public Health
Emergency
Preparedness
NEW BILL
AB 541/Berman
Requires alcoholism and substance use disorder recovery and
treatment facilities licensed by the Department of Health Care
Services (DHCS) to assess each patient/client for tobacco use at the
time of initial intake. If tobacco use disorder is identified, requires
facility/program to provide specified information, including an offer for
treatment or referral for tobacco use disorder treatment. Requires
facility/program reporting to DHCS.
S-2
2/25/21
Tobacco Control
NEW BILL
AB 580/Rodriguez
Requires counties to send a copy of its emergency plan to CalOES on
or before March 1, 2022, and upon any update to its plan. Requires
CalOES, in consultation with representatives of people with access
and functional needs, to review each plan to determine consistency
with FEMA best practices and guidance. Requires CalOES to conduct
a review of county emergency plans and requires CalOES to annually
disseminate guidance summarizing conclusions and
recommendations of after-action reports from emergencies.
Watch
2/25/21
Public Health
Emergency
Preparedness
NEW BILL
AB 585/L. Rivas
Establishes, upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Extreme Heat
and Community Resilience Program within the Office of Planning and
Research (OPR) to coordinate state efforts to address extreme heat,
facilitate implementation of climate change projects statewide, and
reduce public health risks by establishing community resilience
centers. Specifies eligible activities of the program, including
construction and retrofitting of facilities to serve as community
resilience centers. Directs OPR to establish criteria and guidelines for
grants and directs OPR to give priority to applicants serving
disadvantaged communities and vulnerable populations, as
determined by the relevant local health department.
S-3
2/25/21
Sponsor: Climate Resolve
Built Environment
& Climate Change
Attachment B
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CHEAC Bill Chart ▪ February 26, 2021 ▪ Page 6 of 13
Bill Number/
Author/Location
Description CHEAC
Position
Comments Platform
Subject
NEW BILL
AB 598/R. Rivas
A – Health &
Judiciary
Requires California Attorney General to establish and maintain an
online list of tobacco products that lack a characterizing flavor by July
2022. Authorizes AG to require that all tobacco manufacturers submit
list of all brand styles of tobacco products. Sets forth determination
and challenge/appeal process for tobacco manufacturers and
importers. Includes urgency clause.
S-2
2/25/21
Sponsor: California
Attorney General
Tobacco Control
NEW BILL
AB 619/Calderon
A – Health &
Emergency
Management
Requires the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to
develop an Air Quality Health Plan with recommendations and
guidelines for counties to use in significant air quality event caused
by wildfires or other sources. Specifies requirements of plan,
including information on policy and procedures on availability of air
filtration masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE), public
notification processes, and prevention strategies. Requires counties,
in advance of the next update to emergency plans, to create a task
force to use the CDPH Air Quality Plan to develop a county -specific
plan and establish criteria, locations, and effectiveness measures for
public respite facilities during poor air quality and other weather-
related events. Requires counties to assign a role or
department/agency as serve as the lead for each recommendation and
guideline included in the county plan. Requires CDPH to conduct a
COPD Provider Awareness Campaign and a statewide public
education campaign regarding wildfires and other environmental
hazards. Requires CDPH to contract with local nonprofit
organizations, as specified, to conduct public events and works hops
to screen people for lung diseases.
Watch/BB
2/25/21
Chronic Disease
Prevention &
Wellness
Promotion
NEW BILL
AB 653/Waldron
A – Public Safety
Establishes a five-year Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) grant
program to be administered by the Board of State and Community
Corrections to award competitive grants to counties for a variety of
MAT related activities including but not limited to providing MAT
medication to inmates upon release, costs for providing MAT to
people who are under criminal justice supervision, and mobile crisis
teams. Requires data reporting on funded activities.
Watch
2/25/21
Drug & Alcohol
Services
NEW BILL
AB 654/Reyes
A – Labor &
Employment
Requires CDPH to make workplace COVID-19 outbreak and case data
information available on their website in addition to data linked to
specific industries.
Watch
2/25/21
Clean-up to AB 685/Reyes.
COVID-19
Attachment B
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CHEAC Bill Chart ▪ February 26, 2021 ▪ Page 7 of 13
Bill Number/
Author/Location
Description CHEAC
Position
Comments Platform
Subject
NEW BILL
AB 875/Wood
A – Health
Specifies enhanced care management (ECM) as a covered Medi-Cal
benefit, no sooner than January 2022, to include at minimum
coordination of primary, acute, behavioral, oral, and long-term
services and supports. Requires Department of Health Care Services
(DHCS) to seek necessary federal approvals and specifies provisions
are only implementable to the extent federal financial participation is
available. Requires Medi-Cal Managed Care plans to disclose the
availability of in lieu of services (ILOS) and settings available to
beneficiaries. Requires plans to report specified ILOS information and
data to DHCS.
Watch
2/25/21
See also SB 256/Pan.
CalAIM
NEW BILL
ACR 29/Voepel
A – Rules
Designates September 2021 as Opioid Awareness Month in California. S-3
2/25/21
Drug & Alcohol
Services
Attachment B
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CHEAC Bill Chart ▪ February 26, 2021 ▪ Page 8 of 13
Bill Number/
Author/Location
Description CHEAC
Position
Comments Platform
Subject
Senate Bills
NEW BILL
SB 17/Pan
Amended 2/25/21
Establishes a statewide Office of Racial Equity to be governed by a
Racial Equity Advisory and Accountability Council to coordinate,
analyze, develop, evaluate, and recommend strategies for advancing
racial equity across state agencies, departments, and the office of the
Governor. Requires Office to develop a statewide Racial Equity
Framework and requires state agencies to develop and implement a
Racial Equity Action Plan that aligns with the statewide Racial Equity
Framework. Requires annual reporting.
S-2
2/25/21
Health Equity
NEW BILL
SB 49/Umberg
S – Bus., Profs. &
Econ. Develop. and
Gov’t Finance
Prohibits counties and cities, along with state agencies, from
collecting regulatory license fees from any business that has been
ordered to close in response to the COVID-19 state of emergency
including restaurants/bars or an entity licensed by the State Board of
Barbering and Cosmetology. These closed businesses will be allowed
to claim a tax credit for these paid fees as long as they declare under
penalty of perjury that they complied with all applicable COVID-19 stay
at home orders.
Watch/BB
2/25/21
COVID-19
NEW BILL
SB 56/Durazo
S – Health
Expands, effective July 2022, Medi-Cal to all undocumented adults 65
years of age and older with incomes at or below 138% FPL subject to
an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or other act approved by
the Legislature. Requires DHCS seek federal approvals to obtain
federal financial participation; if federal funds are unavailable,
specifies benefits shall be provided with state-only funds.
S-2
2/25/21
Sponsors: Health Access
California and CA Immigrant
Policy Center Health
Coverage/Health
Care Reform
NEW BILL
SB 57/Wiener
S – Health
Hearing: 3/10/21
Authorizes the City and County of San Francisco, the City of Oakland,
and Los Angeles County to approve entities to operate overdose
prevention programs, including supervised injection sites. Delineates
the requirements for these sites and provides prosecutorial immunity
for those involved in the operation or use of the site. Specifies
required operating procedures.
Watch
2/25/21
Sponsors: CA Assn of
Alcohol & Drug Program
Executives, CA Society of
Addiction Medicine, Drug
Policy Alliance, National
Harm Reduction Coalition,
Healthright 360, SF AIDS
Foundation, and Tarzana
Treatment Center
Drug & Alcohol
Services
NEW BILL
SB 102/Melendez
Prohibits the Department of Consumer Affairs and any licensing board
under its purview, as well as the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board,
from revoking the license of any licensee for failure to comply with
any COVID-19 emergency order without being able to prove non-
compliance with emergency orders resulted in transmission of the
virus.
Watch
2/25/21
Same as AB 54/Kiley.
Communicable
Disease Control
NEW BILL
SB 209/Dahle
Terminates state of emergency seven days after Governor’s
emergency proclamation unless the Legislature extends the state of
emergency by a concurrent resolution. Specifies legislative
concurrent resolution declaring the end of a state of emergency shall
terminate the emergency.
Watch
2/25/21
See also AB 69/Kiley and AB
108/Cunningham. Public Health
Emergency
Preparedness
Attachment B
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CHEAC Bill Chart ▪ February 26, 2021 ▪ Page 9 of 13
Bill Number/
Author/Location
Description CHEAC
Position
Comments Platform
Subject
NEW BILL
SB 217/Dahle
S – Education
Hearing: 3/10/21
Requires any comprehensive sexual health education and HIV
prevention educational materials provided to children younger than
7th grade be age appropriate. Requires school districts to adopt
policies on how parents can review these materials, specifies when
materials must be made available for review, and that materials must
be translated into applicable languages.
Watch
2/25/21
Communicable
Disease Control
NEW BILL
SB 235/Allen
S – Health
Hearing: 3/10/21
Allows for the manufacture of dietary supplements, food, beverages,
cosmetics, or pet foods that include industrial hemp or cannabinoids
under the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law. Prohibits
restrictions on the sales of these products. Requires manufacturers of
these products to demonstrate that all parts of the plant used come
from a state or country that has an established and approved
industrial hemp program. Prohibits manufacturers of these products
from including on the label, or publishing/disseminating any health -
related information or statement. Creates requirements for the testing
and labeling of these products. Unless explicitly approved by the
federal Food and Drug Administration, industrial hemp may not be
included in medical devices, prescription drugs, processed smokable
products, including e-cigarettes with nicotine, smokable flower,
including hookah and shisha with nicotine, and any product that
contains nicotine, tobacco, or alcohol. Manufacturing enforcement to
be conducted by the CA Department of Public Health and state, local,
or law enforcement is allowed to review paperwork from those
handling or transporting these products and take samples to test for
verification.
Watch/BB
2/25/21
Same as AB 45/Aguiar-Curry
Cannabis
NEW BILL
SB 256/Pan
S – Health
Specifies enhanced care management (ECM) as a covered Medi-Cal
benefit, no sooner than January 2022, to include at minimum
coordination of primary, acute, behavioral, oral, and long-term
services and supports. Requires Department of Health Care Services
(DHCS) to seek necessary federal approvals and specifies provisions
are only implementable to the extent federal financial participation is
available. Requires Medi-Cal Managed Care plans to disclose the
availability of in lieu of services (ILOS) and settings available to
beneficiaries. Requires plans to report specified ILOS information and
data to DHCS.
Watch
2/25/21
See also AB 875/Wood.
CalAIM
NEW BILL
SB 296/Limón
S – Public Safety
Requires each local jurisdiction that employs code enforcement
officers to develop code enforcement officer safety standards.
Watch
2/25/21
Sponsor: California
Association of Code
Enforcement Officers Environmental
Health
Attachment B
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Bill Number/
Author/Location
Description CHEAC
Position
Comments Platform
Subject
NEW BILL
SB 306/Pan
S – Health; Bus.,
Profs. & Econ.
Develop.; and
Judiciary
Allows pharmacists to provide expedited partner treatment (EPT) for
STDs. Requires both private and public health insurance coverage to
cover home STD kits. Adds EPT treatment and liability protections for
physicians when diagnosing and treating STDs. Requires third
trimester congenital syphilis testing for pregnant persons. Allows HIV
counselors to perform rapid STD tests. Allows for reimbursement in
the Family PACT program for STD related services to the uninsured,
income eligible patients, or patients without healthcare coverage with
confidentiality concerns who are not at risk for pregnancy or do not
need contraceptive services.
S-2
2/25/21
Sponsors: APLA Health,
Black Women for Wellness
Action Project, Essential
Access Health, Fresno
Barrios Unidos, LA LGBT
Center, and the SF AIDS
Foundation Communicable
Disease Control
NEW BILL
SB 311/Hueso
S – Health
Hearing: 3/10/21
Prohibits specified licensed health care facilities in CA from interfering
or prohibiting patients who are terminally ill to use medical cannabis
within their facility. Patients must provide their cannabis ID card or
written documentation. Healthcare facilities must document the
medicinal cannabis use in the patient’s records and are allowed to
reasonably restrict the manner in which patients store and use
medical cannabis, including requiring the medicinal cannabis to be
stored in a locked container, and in compliance with other state laws.
Prohibits smoking or vaping as methods to use medical cannabis.
Watch
2/25/21
Cannabis
NEW BILL
SB 316/Eggman
S – Health
Hearing: 3/10/21
Authorizes Medi-Cal reimbursement for a maximum of two visits on
the same day at a single location if: 1) after the first visit, the patient
suffers illness/injury requiring additional diagnosis/treatment; or 2) the
patient has a medical visit and a mental health visit or dental visit.
Defines medical visit as a face-to-face encounter with a physician, PA,
NP, nurse-midwife, visiting nurse, or perinatal practitioner. Defines a
mental health visit as a face-to-face encounter with a psychiatrist,
clinical psychologist, LCSW, MFT. Defines dental visit as a face-to-
face encounter with a dentist or dental hygienist. Authorizes
FQHC/RHC to apply for a per-visit rate adjustment for a medical visit
and mental health visit occurring on the same day at a single location.
Adds licensed acupuncturist to list of health professionals covered
under the definition of a “visit.” Requires DHCS to submit state plan
amendment to CMS by 07/01/2022.
S-2
2/25/21
Access to Health
Services
NEW BILL
SB 326/Pan
S – Health
Hearing: 3/10/21
Eliminates all federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) statutory “tie-backs.”
Codifies ACA provisions health insurance reforms in CA law including
coverage for the ten essential health benefits, guaranteed issue and
renewability provisions, prohibitions on imposing pre-existing
conditions exclusions, prohibitions on establishing coverage rules
based on certain health status related factors, and limits on premium
variations based on individuals/family size, geographic area, age, and
tobacco use.
S-2
2/25/21
Health
Coverage/Health
Care Reform
Attachment B
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Bill Number/
Author/Location
Description CHEAC
Position
Comments Platform
Subject
NEW BILL
SB 336/Ochoa Bogh
S – Health
Requires local health officers (LHO) or CDPH, when taking measures
to prevent the spread of COVID-19, to have those measures published
for 72 hours on their respective websites before taking effect and
becoming enforceable. CDPH and LHOs must also have contacted all
local organizations representing local businesses in each county.
Watch
2/25/21
COVID-19
NEW BILL
SB 367/Hurtado
S – Education
Hearing: 3/17/21
Requires the Governing Boards of California’s Community Colleges
and the CSU System, and requests the same of the UC Regents, to
provide to all students as part of their established campus orientation
programs to provide educational and preventive information on opioid
overdose and the use and location of opioid overdose reversal
medication. Also requires higher education schools to maintain opioid
reversal medication in all first aid kits maintained on each campus.
S-3
2/25/21
Drug & Alcohol
Services
NEW BILL
SB 371/Caballero
S – Health
Directs funding to small physician/dental practices, community health
centers, critical access hospitals, and other safety net providers to
help them implement or expand their use of health information
technology (HIT) and connect to health information exchanges.
Creates a new Deputy Secretary for HIT in the CA Health and Human
Services Agency (CHHS) to serve as the single point of contact for HIT
in CA. Establishes an HIT Advisory Committee to advise CHHS on HIT
issues including coordination amongst providers that use different
technologies/platforms, seek funding for data exchange, and identify
gaps in existing state systems including CDPH, CURES, and OSHPD.
Requires DHCS to apply for federal funding from the Medicaid
Information Technology Architecture (MITA) program to be used to
improve bidirectional data exchange between state sources and health
providers including Medi-Cal, CalREDIE, CAIR, and CURES, and to
provide technical assistance and support to safety net health care
providers.
Special
Interest Bill
2/25/21
Sponsor: CA Medical
Association
Health
Information
Technology
NEW BILL
SB 395/Caballero
Imposes tax (amount TBD) on the retail sale of electronic cigarettes in
California. Specifies allocation of tax revenues, consisting of 26
percent to Proposition 99, 15 percent to Proposition 10, and 59 percent
to Proposition 56. Of the amount allocated to Proposition 56, a
percentage (TBD) of funds are to be allocated to the Health Careers
Opportunity Grant Program to improve access by underrepresented
students from disadvantaged backgrounds to postsecondary health
professions programs, including schools of public health. Sets forth
provisions for the grant program to be administered by the Office of
Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD).
Watch
2/25/21
Tobacco Control
Attachment B
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Bill Number/
Author/Location
Description CHEAC
Position
Comments Platform
Subject
NEW BILL
SB 397/Jones
S – Judiciary; Gov.
Org.; Health
Requires Governor or local governments to deem religious services to
be an essential service and necessary and vital to the health and
welfare of the public during a state or local emergency. Prohibits state
and local governments from taking discriminatory action against a
religious organization during an emergency. Requires state and local
governments to permit a religious organization to continue operating
and engaging in services to the same or greater extent that other
essential organizations and businesses are permitted to operate.
Prohibits state and local governments from enforcing any health,
safety, or occupancy requirement that imposes a substantial burden
unless the government demonstrates that applying the burden is
essential to further a compelling government interest. Authorizes
religious organization to seek a legal claim against state and local
governments.
Watch
2/25/21
Sponsors: California Family
Council; Capital Resource
Institute; Judeo-Christian
Caucus; Real Impact
Public Health
Emergency
Preparedness
NEW BILL
SB 398/Skinner
S – Gov. & Fin.
Allows a local jurisdiction to rely on the state’s commercial cannabis
licensing system authorizing commercial cannabis activity within their
jurisdiction.
Watch/BB
2/25/21
Cannabis
NEW BILL
SB 402/Hurtado
Would convene a multipayer payment reform collaborative including
reps from health care insurance plans, health insurers, primary care
practices, self-insured employers, multi-employer self-insured plans,
and consumer representatives. This collaborative will be tasked with
proposing multipayer payment reform pilots for fee-for-service
primary care in areas hardest hit by COVID-19. Defines criteria and
payment methods for pilots.
Watch
2/25/21
Health
Coverage/Health
Care Reform
NEW BILL
SB 409/Caballero
S – Bus., Prof., &
Econ. Devel.
Allows pharmacists to conduct point of care COVID-19 tests that are
authorized by the FDA and waived under CLIA as long as they adhere
to several requirements including training staff, safety precautions, do
so in a manner that is safe for pharmacy staff and consumers,
establish requirements for providing test results to patients in a non-
verbal manner, and comply with mandatory reporting requirements to
local and state reporting systems.
Watch
2/25/21
COVID-19
NEW BILL
SB 428/Hurtado
S – Health
Requires health plans to provide coverage for Adverse Childhood
Events (ACES) screenings.
Watch
2/25/21
Health
Coverage/Health
Care Reform
NEW BILL
SCR 5/Melendez
Declares an end to the state of emergency declared on March 4, 2020
and terminates the Governor’s emergency powers.
Watch
2/25/21
COVID-19
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CHEAC Bill Chart ▪ February 26, 2021 ▪ Page 13 of 13
CHEAC Legislative Position Chart
S - 1
Actively Support
S - 2
Strongly Support
S - 3 Support
SIA
Support if Amended
O - 1
Strong Oppose
O - 2
Soft Oppose
OUA Oppose Unless Amended
WC
Watch with Concerns
SIB Special Interest Bill - Watch
W Watch
R/BB
Refer/Bring Back
SIC
Support in Concept
NOTE: CHEAC Staff will watch amendments on any bill being tracked and bring back to Legislative Committee any bill with substantive
amendments that may change CHEAC’s position.
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Contra Costa County
Master File of Bills of Interest
03/03/21
AB 4 AUTHOR: Arambula [D]
TITLE: Medi-Cal: Eligibility
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Extends eligibility for full scope Medi-Cal benefits to anyone regardless of age,
and who is otherwise eligible for those benefits but for their immigration status,
pursuant to an eligibility and enrollment plan. Requires the eligibility and
enrollment plan to ensure that an individual maintains continuity of care with
respect to their primary care provider.
STATUS:
01/11/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on HEALTH.
AB 15 AUTHOR: Chiu [D]
TITLE: COVID-19 Relief: Tenancy Stabilization Act of 2021
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee
SUMMARY:
Extends the definition of "COVID-19 rental debt" as unpaid rent or any other
unpaid financial obligation of a tenant that came due between March 1, 2020,
and December 31, 2021. Extends the repeal date of the COVID-19 Tenant Relief
Act of 2020 to January 1, 2026. Prohibits a landlord from taking certain
actions with respect to a tenant's COVID-19 rental debt, including, among
others, charging or attempting to collect late fees, or withholding a service or
amenity.
STATUS:
01/11/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
AB 16 AUTHOR: Chiu [D]
TITLE: Tenancies: Tenant, Small Landlord, and Housing Act
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 01/12/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee
SUMMARY:
Establishes the Tenant, Small Landlord, and Affordable Housing Provider
Stabilization Program. Authorizes the Director of Housing and Community
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Development to direct an existing office or program within the Department of
Housing and Community Development to implement the program. Establishes in
the State Treasury the COVID-19 Tenant, Small Landlord, and Affordable
Housing Provider Stabilization Fund, and, upon appropriation, distributes all
moneys in the fund to carry out the purposes of the program.
STATUS:
01/12/2021 From ASSEMBLY Committee on HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT with author's amendments.
01/12/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
AB 32 AUTHOR: Aguiar-Curry [D]
TITLE: Telehealth
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 02/12/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires certain provisions of the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act
relative to telehealth to apply to a plan or insurer's contract entity. Subjects
county organized health systems that provide services under Medi-Cal to these
provisions. Authorizes a provider to enroll in specified Medi-Cal programs
through telehealth. Requires health care services furnished by an enrolled clinic
to be reimbursed by Medi-Cal at the same rate as those services if furnished in
person.
STATUS:
02/12/2021 From ASSEMBLY Committee on HEALTH with author's
amendments.
02/12/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on HEALTH.
Commentary001:
Sent LOS, per Dr. Walker recommendation. Consistent with Platform.
AB 52 AUTHOR: Frazier [D]
TITLE: California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Natural Resources Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the State Air Resources Board, in each scoping plan update prepared
by the state board after January 1, 2022, to include, consistent with the Global
Warming Solutions Act of 2006, recommendations for achieving the maximum
technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions of emissions of greenhouse
gases and black carbon from wildfires. Expresses the intent of the Legislature to
appropriate an amount from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for wildfire
mitigation and prevention.
STATUS:
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01/11/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES.
AB 71 AUTHOR: Rivas [D]
TITLE: Homelessness Funding: Bring California Home Act
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 01/12/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee
SUMMARY:
Makes various changes to the Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation
Tax Law and designates that any resulting revenue be used for purposes of the
Bring California Home Act, as described.
STATUS:
01/15/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Suspend Assembly Rule 96.
01/15/2021 Re-referred to ASSEMBLY Committees on REVENUE AND
TAXATION and HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AB 98 AUTHOR: Frazier [D]
TITLE: Health Care
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/09/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee
HEARING: 04/06/2021 9:00 am
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Aging to establish a comprehensive pilot program of
a specified length in the Counties of Contra Costa, Napa, and Solano to facilitate
the reuse and redistribution of durable medical equipment and other home
health supplies. Requires the department to contract in each county with a local
nonprofit agency to oversee the program and would require the contracting
nonprofit agency to, at a minimum, develop a computerized system to track the
inventory of equipment and supplies.
STATUS:
01/11/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committees on AGING & LONG TERM CARE
and HEALTH.
AB 119 AUTHOR: Salas [D]
TITLE: Direct Levies
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/18/2020
LAST AMEND: 01/26/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Local Government Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the county auditor, or other county officer designated by the county,
to make publicly available on their internet website information about direct
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levies as defined, including the range of combined direct levies assessed on real
property. Requires a website posting that identifies contact information for each
direct levy assessed within their jurisdiction, to also include the range of fees
assessed on individual parcels of real property subject to the special district's
assessment.
STATUS:
01/26/2021 From ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT with
author's amendments.
01/26/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
Commentary001:
Auditor Bob Campbell is opposed and recommends a letter from BOS to oppose.
AB 240 AUTHOR: Rodriguez [D]
TITLE: Local Health Department Workforce Assessment
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/12/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Public Health to contract with an appropriate and
qualified entity to conduct an evaluation of the adequacy of the local health
department infrastructure and to make recommendations for future staffing,
workforce needs, and resources, in order to accurately and adequately fund
local public health.
STATUS:
01/28/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on HEALTH.
Commentary001:
Leg Com found consistent with Platform 2/8/21. Sending LOS.
AB 270 AUTHOR: Ramos [D]
TITLE: Core Behavioral Health Crisis Services System
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/19/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Creates the Core Behavioral Health Crisis Services System, using the digits 988
for the 988 Suicide Prevention and Behavioral Health Crisis Hotline, in
compliance with existing Federal Law and standards governing the National
Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Requires the department, as defined, to take
specified actions to implement the hotline system.
STATUS:
01/28/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committees on HEALTH and
COMMUNICATIONS AND CONVEYANCE.
Commentary001:
AB 988 similar bill
AB 273 AUTHOR: Irwin [D]
TITLE: Cannabis: Advertisements: Highways
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
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URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/19/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Business and Professions Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to highway advertisements for cannabis. Prohibits a licensee from
advertising or marketing on a billboard or similar advertising device visible from
an interstate highway or on a State highway within California.
STATUS:
01/28/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS.
Commentary001:
Dan Peddycord recommends support. To Leg Com for consistency
determination.
AB 284 AUTHOR: Rivas R [D]
TITLE: Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Climate Goal
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/21/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Natural Resources Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the State Air Resources Board, when updating the scoping plan and in
collaboration with the Natural Resources Agency and other relevant state
agencies and departments, to take specified actions by a certain date, including,
among others, identifying a 2045 climate goal, with interim milestones, for the
state's natural and working lands.
STATUS:
01/28/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES.
AB 339 AUTHOR: Lee [D]
TITLE: State and Local Government: Open Meetings
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/28/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Requires all meetings of the Legislature, including gatherings using
teleconference technology, to include an opportunity for all persons to attend
via a call-in option or an internet-based service option that provides closed
captioning services and requires both a call-in and an internet-based service
option to be provided to the public. Requires all meetings to provide the public
with an opportunity to comment on proposed legislation, and requires
translation services to be provided, as specified.
STATUS:
01/28/2021 INTRODUCED.
AB 389 AUTHOR: Grayson [D]
TITLE: Ambulance Services
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
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INTRODUCED: 02/02/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to ambulance services. Authorizes a county to contract for emergency
ambulance services with a fire protection district that is governed by the
county's board of supervisors and provides those services, in whole or in part,
through a written subcontract with a private ambulance service. Authorizes a
fire protection district to enter into a written subcontract with a private
ambulance service for these purposes.
STATUS:
02/12/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on HEALTH.
BOS: Support
AB 518 AUTHOR: Wicks [D]
TITLE: Criminal Law: Violations Punishable in Multiple Ways
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/10/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Public Safety Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to existing law which requires an act or omission that is punishable in
different ways by different laws to be punished under the law that provides for
the longest possible term of imprisonment. This bill, instead, would authorize an
act or omission that is punishable in different ways by different laws to be
punished under either of those provisions.
STATUS:
02/18/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
AB 624 AUTHOR: Bauer-Kahan [D]
TITLE: Juveniles: Transfer to Court of Criminal Jurisdiction
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/12/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Public Safety Committee
SUMMARY:
Authorizes an order transferring a minor from Juvenile Court to a court of
criminal jurisdiction to be reviewed by an appeal from the judgment of
conviction if specified requirements are met, including that a petition for
extraordinary writ review was filed in a timely manner. The bill would authorize
a review of this appeal without a certificate of probable cause.
STATUS:
02/25/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
AB 844 AUTHOR: Grayson [D]
TITLE: Green Empowerment Zone: County of Contra Costa
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2021
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DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Declares the intent of the Legislature to subsequently amend this bill to include
provisions that would establish a green empowerment zone within the County of
Contra Costa, governed by an executive board of directors with specified duties
relating to the economic development of the region. Includes reporting to the
Legislature annually and posting a progress report on its website.
STATUS:
02/17/2021 INTRODUCED.
AB 903 AUTHOR: Frazier [D]
TITLE: Los Medanos Community Healthcare District
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Local Government Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the dissolution of the Los Medanos Community Healthcare District.
Requires the County of Contra Costa to be successor of all rights and
responsibilities of the district, and requires the county to complete a property
tax transfer process to ensure the transfer of the district's health-related ad
valorem property tax revenues to the county in order to operate the Los
Medanos Area Health Plan Grant Program.
STATUS:
02/25/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
AB 988 AUTHOR: Bauer-Kahan [D]
TITLE: Mental Health: Mobile Crisis Support Teams: 988
Crisis
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Establishes the 988 Crisis Hotline Center, using the digits 988 in compliance
with existing federal law and standards governing the National Suicide
Prevention Lifeline. Requires the Office of Emergency Services to take specified
actions to implement the hotline system, including hiring a director with
specified experience and designating a 988 crisis hotline center or centers to
provide crisis intervention services and crisis care coordination to individuals
accessing the 988.
STATUS:
02/18/2021 INTRODUCED.
Commentary001:
Sponsored bill
AB 1163 AUTHOR: Nazarian [D]
TITLE: Local Government: Taxation: Prohibition: Groceries
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
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URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Repeals the prohibition on the imposition, increase, levy and collection, or
enforcement by a local agency of any tax, fee, or other assessment on
groceries, including the requirement that the Department of Tax and Fee
Administration cease administering a local sales and use tax.
STATUS:
02/18/2021 INTRODUCED.
AB 1204 AUTHOR: Wicks [D]
TITLE: Hospital Equity Reporting
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Adds minority racial and ethnic groups experiencing disparate health outcomes
and socially disadvantaged groups to the definition of vulnerable populations for
community benefit reporting purposes.
STATUS:
02/19/2021 INTRODUCED.
AB 1214 AUTHOR: Waldron [R]
TITLE: Mental Health
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
States the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would make
changes to the provision of mental health services in the state.
STATUS:
02/19/2021 INTRODUCED.
AB 1225 AUTHOR: Waldron [R]
TITLE: Substance Use Disorder Treatment
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
States the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to substance use
disorder treatment.
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STATUS:
02/19/2021 INTRODUCED.
AB 1242 AUTHOR: Bauer-Kahan [D]
TITLE: Alcoholic Beverages
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Relates to alcoholic beverages. Concerns bona fide public eating places.
Concerns off-sale privileges. Authorizes a bona fide public eating place holding
an on-sale general license or a bona fide eating place holding an on-sale license
for beer and wine to exercise additional off-sale rights and privileges, subject to
specified requirements.
STATUS:
02/19/2021 INTRODUCED.
AB 1291 AUTHOR: Frazier [D]
TITLE: State Bodies: Open Meetings
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Requires a state body, when it limits time for public comment, to provide at
least twice the allotted time to a member of the public who utilizes translating
technology to address the state body.
STATUS:
02/19/2021 INTRODUCED.
AB 1302 AUTHOR: Quirk [D]
TITLE: Outdoor Advertising of Cannabis
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
States the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to outdoor
advertising of cannabis.
STATUS:
02/19/2021 INTRODUCED.
AB 1304 AUTHOR: Santiago [D]
TITLE: Affirmatively Further Fair Housing: Housing Element
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
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LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Clarifies that a local agency has a mandatory duty to comply with the obligation
requiring a public agency to administer its programs and activities relating to
housing and community development in a manner to affirmatively further fair
housing, and to not take any action that is materially inconsistent with this
obligation. Requires that the schedule of actions analyze and identify racial
integration and segregation patterns and trends within the jurisdiction.
STATUS:
02/19/2021 INTRODUCED.
ACA 1 AUTHOR: Aguiar-Curry [D]
TITLE: Local Government Financing: Affordable Housing
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Creates an additional exception to the 1% ad valorem tax rate limit on real
property that would authorize a city, county, or special district to levy an ad
valorem tax to service bonded indebtedness incurred to fund the construction,
reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of public infrastructure, affordable
housing, or permanent supportive housing, if the proposition proposing the tax
is approved by 55% of the voters of the city or county, and the proposition
includes accountability requirements.
STATUS:
12/07/2020 INTRODUCED.
Commentary001:
Library Commission to vote in March about supporting and requesting support
letter
AJR 4 AUTHOR: Garcia [D]
TITLE: Basel Convention: Ratification
INTRODUCED: 01/12/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Natural Resources Committee
SUMMARY:
Declares California to be in favor of the United States ratification of the Basel
Convention at the earliest opportunity and would request the Biden
Administration to accomplish this ratification as a matter of urgency.
STATUS:
01/28/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES.
Commentary001:
Sent LOS, consistent with adopted Platform
SB 17 AUTHOR: Pan [D]
TITLE: Public Health Crisis: Racism
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 02/25/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
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LOCATION: Senate Rules Committee
SUMMARY:
States the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to require the State
Department of Public Health, in collaboration with the Health in All Policies
Program, the Office of Health Equity, and other relevant departments, agencies,
and stakeholders, to address racism as a public health crisis.
STATUS:
02/25/2021 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on RULES.
SB 20 AUTHOR: Dodd [D]
TITLE: Student Nutrition: Eligibility for CalFresh Benefits
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Education Committee
HEARING: 03/10/2021 9:00 am
SUMMARY:
Requires the Student Aid Commission, to the extent that it possesses pertinent
information, to provide written notice to students who qualify for a waiver of the
community college enrollment fee that they qualify, or may qualify, for benefits
under the CalFresh program.
STATUS:
01/28/2021 To SENATE Committee on EDUCATION.
SB 73 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: Probation: Eligibility: Crimes Controlled Substances
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/10/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Public Safety Committee
HEARING: 03/09/2021 9:00 am
SUMMARY:
Deletes various crimes relating to controlled substances, including, but not
limited to, possessing or agreeing to sell or transport opiates or opium
derivatives, from those prohibitions against granting probation or a suspended
sentence. Authorizes the remaining prohibitions on probation to be waived by a
court in the interests of justice.
STATUS:
01/28/2021 To SENATE Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
SB 91 AUTHOR: Budget and Fiscal Review Cmt
TITLE: COVID-19 Relief: Tenancy: Federal Rental Assistance
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/16/2020
ENACTED: 01/29/2021
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DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
CHAPTER: 2021-002
SUMMARY:
Extends the imposition of additional damages, if a tenant has provided a
declaration of COVID-19 financial distress, on a landlord who violates the
prohibition from interrupting or terminating utility service furnished to a tenant
with the intent to terminate the occupancy of the tenant. Relates to the
evaluation of tenants using an alleged COVID-19 rental debt. Extends the
prohibition from bringing an action for unlawful detainer based on a cause of
action other than nonpayment of COVID-19 rent.
STATUS:
01/29/2021 Signed by GOVERNOR.
01/29/2021 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 2021-002
SB 110 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: Substance Use Disorder Services: Contingency
Management
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/06/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Expands substance use disorder services to include contingency management
services, as specified, subject to utilization controls. Requires the Department of
Health Care Services to issue guidance and training to providers on their use of
contingency management services for Medi-Cal beneficiaries who access
substance use disorder services under any Medi-Cal delivery system, including
the Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program and the Drug Medi-Cal organized delivery
system.
STATUS:
01/28/2021 To SENATE Committee on HEALTH.
SB 219 AUTHOR: McGuire [D]
TITLE: Property Tax: Delinquent Penalty Cost: Health Orders
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 01/12/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Governance and Finance Committee
HEARING: 03/11/2021
SUMMARY:
Authorizes the auditor or the tax collector to cancel any penalty, costs, or other
charges resulting from tax delinquency upon a finding that failure to make a
timely payment is due to a documented hardship, as determined by the tax
collector, arising from a shelter-in-place order, as defined, if the principal
payment for the proper amount of tax due is paid no later than June 30 of the
fiscal year in which the payment first became delinquent.
STATUS:
01/28/2021 To SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE.
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SB 222 AUTHOR: Dodd [D]
TITLE: Water Affordability Assistance Program
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee
HEARING: 03/15/2021
SUMMARY:
Establishes the Water Affordability Assistance Fund in the State Treasury to help
provide water affordability assistance, for both drinking water and wastewater
services, to low-income ratepayers and ratepayers experiencing economic
hardship in California.
STATUS:
02/08/2021 Withdrawn from SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY.
02/08/2021 Re-referred to SENATE Committees on ENERGY, UTILITIES
AND COMMUNICATIONS and ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
SB 234 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: Transition Aged Youth Housing Program
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 03/02/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Human Services Committee
HEARING: 03/09/2021 1:30 pm
SUMMARY:
Establishes the Transition Aged Youth Housing Program for the purpose of
creating housing for transition aged youth under 26 years of age, who have
been removed from their homes, are experiencing homelessness
unaccompanied by a parent or legal guardian, or are under the jurisdiction of a
court, as specified, and would require the Homeless Coordinating and Financing
Council to develop, implement, and administer the program.
STATUS:
03/02/2021 From SENATE Committee on HUMAN SERVICES with
author's amendments.
03/02/2021 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.
SB 270 AUTHOR: Durazo [D]
TITLE: Public Employment: Labor Relations: Employee Data
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/28/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement
Committee
SUMMARY:
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Authorizes an exclusive representative to file a charge of an unfair labor
practice with the Public Employment Relations Board, as specified, alleging a
violation of the specified requirements only if specified conditions are met,
including that the exclusive representative gives written notice of the alleged
violation and that the public employer fails to cure the violation, as specified.
STATUS:
02/22/2021 In SENATE. Article IV. Section 8(a) of the Constitution
dispensed with.
02/22/2021 In SENATE. Joint Rule 55 suspended.
SB 271 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: County Sheriffs: Eligibility Requirements
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/28/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Public Safety Committee
HEARING: 03/16/2021 1:30 pm
SUMMARY:
Repeals specified eligibility requirements for county sheriffs. Allows all eligible
voters to run for the office of Sheriff.
STATUS:
02/22/2021 In SENATE. Article IV. Section 8(a) of the Constitution
dispensed with.
02/22/2021 In SENATE. Joint Rule 55 suspended.
SB 557 AUTHOR: Wieckowski [D]
TITLE: Hazardous Waste: Treated Wood Waste
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Defines the term treated wood and would require treated wood waste, as
defined, to be disposed of in either a class I hazardous waste landfill or in a
composite-lined portion of a solid waste landfill unit that meets specified
requirements.
STATUS:
02/22/2021 In SENATE. Article IV. Section 8(a) of the Constitution
dispensed with.
02/22/2021 In SENATE. Joint Rule 55 suspended.
SB 594 AUTHOR: Glazer [D]
TITLE: Elections: Local Redistricting
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
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SUMMARY:
States the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would mitigate
issues surrounding the potential delay in the release of census data and the
effect of that delay on local redistricting.
STATUS:
02/22/2021 In SENATE. Article IV. Section 8(a) of the Constitution
dispensed with.
02/22/2021 In SENATE. Joint Rule 55 suspended.
SB 784 AUTHOR: Glazer [D]
TITLE: State Government: Emergency Services: Nonprofit
Service
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a nonprofit entity that provides nonessential, supportive services
pursuant to a contract with the state, during a state of war emergency or a
state of emergency, to adjust the method in which it provides those services so
long as the purpose of the contract is served. Requires the nonprofit entity to
notify all departments from which it receives funding of a closure or of an
impacted program, including whether a closure is location specific or due to
executive order.
STATUS:
02/22/2021 In SENATE. Article IV. Section 8(a) of the Constitution
dispensed with.
02/22/2021 In SENATE. Joint Rule 55 suspended.
CA SCR 17 AUTHOR: Leyva [D]
TITLE: Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
INTRODUCED: 02/24/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Rules Committee
SUMMARY:
Declares March 21, 2021, as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination.
STATUS:
02/24/2021 INTRODUCED.
02/24/2021 To SENATE Committee on RULES.
Copyright (c) 2021 State Net. All rights reserved.
Attachment C
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 5.
Meeting Date:03/08/2021
Subject:Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2021-07
Referral Name: Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations
Presenter: Jocelyn Stortz, Director of Environmental
Health
Contact: J. Stortz (925)
608-5500
Referral History:
The Board of Supervisors has received several inquiries from the public regarding the status of
implementation of Assembly Bill 626 (Garcia) in Contra Costa County and urging the Board to
adopt an ordinance allowing the establishment of Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations
(MEHKOs) in Contra Costa County.
Environmental Health staff reported on MEHKOs to the Legislation Committee of the Board of
Supervisors on July 13, 2020, with the recommendation to not allow their establishment in Contra
Costa County. (The Committee supported staff's recommendation at that time and indicated the
matter could be reconsidered in the future.)
Supervisor Mitchoff has requested a report from staff regarding status of program implementation
in other counties which have opted in to AB 626 and requested that this be considered by the
Legislation Committee.
Referral Update:
Prior to 2012, the California Retail Food Code (CRFC), required all food sold to consumers to be
made at an inspected commercial kitchen. With the passage of the California Homemade Food Act
known as “cottage food operations” (CFO) in 2013, certain low risk (i.e. shelf-stable,
non-perishable) food products such as bread, fruit jams, and dried fruit could be made in private
home kitchens and be sold to consumers under limited conditions.
On September 18, 2018, then Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 626 (AB 626), making an
amendment to the California Retail Food Code establishing “microenterprise home kitchen
operation” (MEHKO) as a new category of retail food facility. MEHKOs are restaurants in a
private residence operated by the resident and are allowed to produce a very broad variety of
complex food products that the CFO permit does not allow.
The intent of the bill was to provide economic opportunities for those who were limited by the
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cost and other barriers to starting a food business. Under it, residents of single family homes can
operate what are referred to as microenterprise home kitchens, which can earn up to $50,000 in
revenue per year by cooking meals or items at their homes’ kitchens. Meal sales are capped at 30
meals per day, or 60 meals per week. So-called homecooks must obtain California food handler
card certification, which can be obtained through completing online training and passing a test.
Kitchens must pass an on-site inspection in order to be permitted. Under AB 626, prepared food
can be picked up or sent out, as well as consumed at the home.
Although the bill passed the California state legislature and was signed by the Governor, it is up to
each county in California to adopt the law. The county or city can choose to “opt-in” by ordinance
or resolution to allow Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MEHKOs) in their jurisdiction.
Subsequent to the passage of AB 626, a clean-up bill, Assembly Bill 377 , was signed into law by
Governor Newsom on October 7, 2019. This clean-up bill includes and clarifies the following:
1. Prohibits a MEHKO from producing, manufacturing, processing, freezing, or packaging milk
or milk products, including, but not limited to, cheese and ice cream;
2. Modifies the conditions for a city, county, or city and county to permit MEHKO within its
jurisdiction. The County is the only entity allowed to opt in by ordinance or resolution except if a
city has their own environmental health enforcement agency (e.g., City of Berkeley);
3.Modifies the inspections and food safety standards applicable to MEHKO;
4. Prohibits an internet food service intermediary or a MEHKO from using the word "catering" or
any variation of that word in a listing or advertisement of a microenterprise home kitchen
operation’s offer of food for sale;
5. Requires MEHKO to include specific information, including its permit number, in its
advertising; and
6. Prohibits third party delivery service from delivering food produced by a MEHKO, except to
an individual who has a physical or mental condition that is a disability which limits the
individual’s ability to access the food without the assistance of a third-party delivery service.
In 2019, Riverside County was the first County to opt in. There are approximately 104 permitted
microenterprise home kitchens in Riverside County. Initially, a significant amount of time was
spent educating applicants on safe food handling practices. To date, there have not been
substantive complaints regarding the MEHKOs in operation in Riverside County.
Solano County, San Mateo County, City of Berkeley, and Alameda County are in various phases
of allowing MEHKOs to operate in their jurisdiction. The COVID-19 pandemic has delayed
implementation of the programs. Solano County opted in by resolution in 2020. San Mateo
County has not implemented its 2-year pilot study, which is contingent on hiring a staff person to
develop and run the program. Berkeley’s City Council opted in by ordinance on December 1,
2020. Alameda County Environmental Health staff met with the Health Committee on November
23, 2020 and is working on implementation steps and permit fees.
Concerns of Staff:
Staff concerns discussed during the July 13, 2020 Legislation Committee meeting included thePage 43 of 62
Staff concerns discussed during the July 13, 2020 Legislation Committee meeting included the
exceptions in the bill that undermine established food safety practices and engineering controls
that mitigate cross contamination; the issue with scheduling inspections (both routine and
complaint); and lacking a dedicated handwash sink (per CDC, a large percentage of foodborne
disease outbreaks are spread by contaminated hands).
The concerns with the exceptions provided by the bill would be mitigated by the home cook
working out of a permitted production kitchen which would make food processing and handling
safer.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
CONSIDER making a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors to not allow for
Microenterprise Home Kitchens to operate in Contra Costa County or defer the matter until
additional information is obtained.
Fiscal Impact (if any):
If AB 626 is opted-in by the Board of Supervisors, the Environmental Health Division will need
to charge permit fees and hire staff to develop the program and cover activities that support a
Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation program.
Attachments
No file(s) attached.
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 6.
Meeting Date:03/08/2021
Subject:Housing and Land Use Related Bills
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2021-09
Referral Name:
Presenter: John Kopchik, Director of DCD Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-655-2057
Referral History:
The Legislature is back in session, and the deadline for members to introduce bills during the
current legislative session was February 19. Several legislator have proposed housing and land
use measures, and various bills that failed to pass during the last legislative session have been
reintroduced. The California State Association of Counties (CSAC) staff closely monitors these
bills and keeps counties updated on these measures. CSAC periodically queries Counties for
feedback on bills, and the Legislation Committee routinely reviews and provides feedback on
bills of interest to Contra Costa County.
Referral Update:
A comparison of the previous versions of housing and land use related bills that have been
re-introduced and the current versions of these bills prepared by CSAC staff is Attachment A.
CSAC is soliciting feedback on each of these bills—including whether positions on similar bills
from last year remain appropriate for this year. While several of the recently introduced bills
include substantive language that clearly indicates what the contents of the bills will be moving
forward, the direction of dozens of others remains unclear, as they simply include intent language
or make nonsubstantive changes to existing law.
CSAC is seeking initial feedback on bills in Attachment A, as well as the five bills listed below.
1. SB 32 (Cortese) – General Plan: Building Decarbonization Requirements
Would require counties to adopt amendments to “appropriate elements” of their General
Plan by January 2023 to include goals, policies, objectives, targets and feasible
implementation strategies to “decarbonize” newly constructed commercial and residential
buildings.
Specific requirements include:
A report describing greenhouse gas emissions data for existing commercial and residential
buildings, including significant sources of the emissions.
A summary of local, state, and federal policies, programs, and regulations that may assist in
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the decarbonization of existing and newly constructed commercial and residential buildings.
A comprehensive set of goals, policies, and objectives that may assist in decarbonizing
newly constructed commercial and residential buildings in the city or county.
The bill requires the local goals, policies and objectives to consider the assessment from the AB 3232
(Friedman, 2018) building decarbonization report, although a draft of that report is still forthcoming.
Questions
Is the General Plan the appropriate place for the required analysis? If not, are there other
more appropriate linkages for the required analysis (upon building code update/local code
amendments, etc)?
Is the timeframe for the update reasonable?
Would this requirement combined with other upcoming General Plan amendment
requirements necessitate a full update of your county’s General Plan (i.e. SB 1000
environmental justice elements/amendments, housing element updates, safety element
updates)?
Has your county completed a similar building decarbonization analysis already? If so,
what were the costs?
2. SB 478 (Wiener) – Minimum Standards on Floor Area Ratios and Lot Sizes
Would prohibit a local agency from imposing specified standards, including a minimum lot size that
exceeds an unspecified number of square feet on parcels zoned for at least 2, but not more than 4, units or a
minimum lot size that exceeds an unspecified number of square feet on parcels zoned for at least 5, but not
more than 10, units.
Would also require HCD to identify violations by a local government of these provisions.
Questions
What sort of issues can we expect to arise as a result of imposing minimum standards on
floor area ratios and lot sizes?
Are many sites zoned to allow two to ten residential units in your jurisdiction?
Do you interpret the bill as applying to agriculturally-zoned sites that allow for at least two
residential units?
3. AB 1401 (Friedman) – Prohibiting Minimum Parking Requirements
Would prohibit a local government from imposing a minimum parking requirement, or enforcing a
minimum parking requirement, on residential, commercial, or other development if the development is
located on a parcel that is within one-half mile walking distance of public transit or located within a
low-vehicle miles traveled area.
Questions
What are some concerns with prohibiting local governments from imposing minimum
parking requirements in areas within walking distance to transit or located within VMT
travel areas?
Has your county waived or reduced parking requirements? Either on a project-by-project
basis, at the neighborhood-level, or through some other changes in your zoning code?
Housing Element Annual Report Bills:
4. SB 477 (Wiener) would, commencing January 1, 2023, require local agencies to include
specified information on costs, standards, and applications for proposed housing projects and
specified information on housing projects within the jurisdiction.
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5. SB 581 (Atkins) would require planning agencies to include information in their annual reports
on whether the city or county is a party to a court action related to a violation of state housing law,
as specified, and the disposition of that action.
Questions
What challenges, if any, do you anticipate reporting on any of the data required under
these bills?
Is housing-related litigation status a reasonable requirement to add to the annual report?
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
CONSIDER providing feedback to staff and CSAC on housing and land use related bills.
Attachments
Attachment A: CSAC Bill Comparison Chart
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CSAC Comparison of Current and Previous Versions of Housing and Land Use Bills
3/2/2021
Topic Summary of Current Bill Proposal Summary of Previous Bill Proposal Staff Comments and CSAC Position
Housing in
Sites
Designated for
Commercial
Uses
SB 6 (Caballero) would enact the
Neighborhood Homes Act, which would
make housing an allowable use on a
neighborhood lot, defined as a parcel
within an office or retail commercial
zone that is not adjacent to an
industrial use, if it complies with
various local requirements. It would
also provide for streamlined approval
of these projects if they meet certain
requirements.
SB 6 includes a provision requiring that
the housing project be subject to a
recorded deed restriction requiring
that a percentage of the units be
affordable to lower income
households. (Sec. 65852.23(b)(4))
The bill would require that a developer
either certify that the development is a
public work or is not in its entirety a
public work, but that all construction
workers will be paid prevailing wages
or certify that a skilled and trained
workforce will be used to perform all
construction work on the development,
as provided. (Sec. 65852.23(b)(6))
SB 1385 (Caballero) would have
enacted the Neighborhood Homes
Act and made housing an allowable
use on a neighborhood lot, defined
as a parcel within an office or retail
commercial zone, if it complies with
various local requirements. It would
have also provided for streamlined
approval of these projects if they
met certain requirements.
Note: The bill failed passage in the
Assembly Local Government
Committee when the author
declined to accept all of the
amendments offered by the
committee. The committee’s
proposed amendments would have
addressed the concerns identified in
CSAC’s joint letter with UCC and
RCRC.
SB 6 and SB 1385 include very similar
provisions. SB 6 would require that
neighborhood lots within office or retail
commercial zones not be adjacent to
industrial uses, which would have been
allowed under last year’s version of the bill.
Last year’s SB 1385 didn’t include language
requiring that housing projects be subject
to a recorded deed restriction and also
didn’t include prevailing wage or skilled and
trained workforce language.
CSAC took a "concerns" position on SB
1385 last year. The letter expressed
support for the fundamental goal of SB
1385 and requested the following
amendments:
Excluding commercial zones
authorizing uses incompatible with
housing
Offering counties housing element
credit for eligible sites
Including provisions to restrict some
sites to commercial-only zoning and
allocating housing elsewhere
Relying on commercial zoning rather
than general plan designations
Removing language related to
community facilities districts
Attachment A
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Topic Summary of Current Bill Proposal Summary of Previous Bill Proposal Staff Comments and CSAC Position
Housing in
Sites
Designated for
Commercial
Uses
AB 115 (Bloom) would require that,
until January 1, 2031, a housing project
in which at least 20 percent of the units
have an affordable housing cost or
affordable rent for low-income
households be an authorized use on a
site designated in any local agency’s
zoning code or maps for commercial
uses if certain conditions apply.
AB 3107 (Bloom) would have, until
January 1, 2030, mandated that a
housing development in which at
least 20 percent of the units have an
affordable housing cost or
affordable rent for low-income
households be an authorized use on
a site designated in any local
agency’s zoning code for
commercial uses if certain
conditions apply.
Note: The bill did not move out of
the Senate Housing Committee.
Both bills are nearly identical. AB 115 sets a
sunset date of January 2031, while last
year’s AB 3107 included a sunset date of
January 2030.
CSAC submitted a “concerns” position on
last year’s AB 3107, which included the
following requested amendments:
Applying the bill to only office or retail
uses in commercial zones
Allowing local agencies to reallocate
residential capacity available pursuant
to the bill to alternative sites eligible to
be included in the housing element
inventory of adequate sites
Using the zoning code rather than any
element of the general plan
Offering counties housing element
credit for eligible sites
CEQA Relief for
Large
Residential
Projects
SB 7 (Atkins) would extend the AB 900
environmental leadership program,
which allows for streamlined judicial
review of CEQA challenges to qualifying
projects to 2026, and would lower the
current $100 million project threshold
to $15 million.
Projects constructed pursuant to this
authority must meet applicable
requirements—which vary based on
the ownership of the project—related
to project labor agreements, paying the
construction workforce the prevailing
SB 995 (Atkins) would have
extended the AB 900 environmental
leadership program until 2025 and
lowered the current $100 million
project threshold to $15 million.
Note: The bill did not pass due to
challenges with meeting the
deadline for bills to pass on the last
night of session.
The key provisions of SB 7 reflect those
included in last year’s SB 955. However, SB
7 makes some additional changes to the
program related to parking requirements.
Details on the existing environmental
leadership program are available here.
CSAC did not take a position on SB 995.
Attachment A
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Topic Summary of Current Bill Proposal Summary of Previous Bill Proposal Staff Comments and CSAC Position
wage, and use of a skilled and trained
workforce as defined in Section 2600 of
the Public Contract Code.
The bill provides that a multifamily
housing project certified under the
bill’s provisions must provide
unbundled parking, such that private
vehicle parking spaces are priced and
rented or purchased separately from
the housing units, unless the housing
units are subject to affordability
restrictions prescribing rent or sale
process and the cost of parking spaces
cannot be unbundled from the cost of
housing units. (Sec. 21184.5)
Small-scale
Neighborhood
Infill
SB 9 (Atkins) would create a
streamlined process allowing duplexes
in single family neighborhoods, as well
as allowing lot splits of single-family
residential lots and the conversion of
existing single-family buildings to
duplexes.
The bill includes provisions that would
exempt local governments from being
required to hold public hearings for
coastal development permit
applications for housing developments
and urban lot splits pursuant to the
bill’s provisions. (Sec. 65852.21(j))
SB 1120 (Atkins) would have created
a streamlined process allowing
duplexes in single family
neighborhoods, as well as allowing
lot splits of single-family residential
lots and the conversion of existing
single-family buildings to duplexes.
Note: The bill did not pass due to
challenges with meeting the
deadline for bills to pass on the last
night of session.
SB 9 is nearly identical to last year’s SB
1120. SB 9 adds provisions to the bill that
exempt local governments from certain
public hearing requirements for coastal
development, which were not included in
last year’s bill.
CSAC held a “support if amended” position
on SB 1120 last year.
SB 9 incorporates several technical
amendments that CSAC and other local
government groups proposed to last year’s
version of the bill to ease its
implementation. Some of our other
requested amendments include:
Attachment A
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Topic Summary of Current Bill Proposal Summary of Previous Bill Proposal Staff Comments and CSAC Position
Restricting the use of the bill in very
high fire hazard severity zones
Requiring that a lot split is conditioned
on issuance of certificate of occupancy
for the new unit, thereby ensuring that
the bill creates new homes and not just
new vacant lots
Precluding the use of lot-split
provisions on lots created by a parcel
map
Applying the bill to urbanized areas
only and not urban clusters
Streamlined
Zoning for
Small
Multifamily
Projects
SB 10 (Wiener) would allow a
streamlined rezoning process on
qualifying infill sites to allow up to 10
units without CEQA review.
The bill includes language related to
high or very high fire hazard severity
zones (Sec. 65913.5(a)(3)), but which
provides a significant exception
allowing the authority to be used for
any building code-compliant project.
The bill also provides that a residential
or mixed-use residential project
consisting of more than 10 new
residential units on one or more parcels
zoned to permit residential
development pursuant to the bill’s
provisions should not be approved
ministerially. The bill states that this
should not apply to a project to create
SB 902 (Wiener) would have allowed
a streamlined rezoning process on
qualifying infill sites to allow up to
10 units without CEQA review.
Note: SB 902 was held in the Senate
Appropriations Committee’s
suspense file last year.
The key provisions of SB 10 are nearly
identical to those of last year’s SB 902.
SB 10 includes language specifying that the
provisions of the bill don’t apply in high or
very high fire hazard severity zones, but
contains a significant exception allowing
the authority to be used in those zones.
The bill sets additional parameters on the
types of projects that can be approved
ministerially.
The infill definition used in these bills
would have limited applicability to county
unincorporated areas.
CSAC did not take a position on SB 902 and
is currently reviewing SB 10.
Attachment A
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Topic Summary of Current Bill Proposal Summary of Previous Bill Proposal Staff Comments and CSAC Position
up to two accessory dwelling units or
junior accessory dwelling units per
parcel. The bill also provides that a
project may not be divided into smaller
projects to exclude it from the
prohibitions of this subdivision
(65913.5(b)(1-3))
Funding for
Housing
Projects
SCA 2 (Allen and Wiener) would repeal
Article XXXIV of the California
Constitution, which currently requires a
majority vote by the people if a local
government seeks to build or fund
affordable housing.
SCA 1 (Allen and Wiener) would
have repealed Article XXXIV of the
California Constitution, which
currently requires a majority vote by
the people if a local government
seeks to build or fund affordable
housing.
These bills are nearly identical.
CSAC supported SCA 1 last year and is
currently supporting SCA 2. CSAC’s position
letter on SCA 2 is available here.
Residential
Impact Fees
AB 59 (Gabriel) would prohibit a local
agency, when defending a protest or
action filed for a fee or service charge,
or for fees for specified public facilities,
from using as evidence, or relying on in
any way, data not made available to
the public pursuant to the bill’s
provisions. The bill would also increase,
for fees and service charges and for
fees for specified public facilities, the
time for mailing the notice of the time
and place of the public meeting to at
least 45 days before the meeting.
AB 3147 (Gabriel) would have
allowed certain impact fees to be
payable under protest.
Note: AB 3147 was never set for
hearing in the Assembly Housing
and Community Development
Committee due to an effort to cut
back on bills at the start of the
pandemic.
AB 59 includes the provisions included in
last year’s AB 3147 and also makes
additional changes to the requirements
that local agencies are subject to on certain
fees.
CSAC has a pending position on AB 59 and
will be expressing concerns to the author’s
office soon.
Density Bonus SB 290 (Skinner) would revise state
density bonus law to provide additional
incentives and concessions at lower
levels of affordability; mostly for
moderate income projects.
SB 1085 (Skinner) would have
revised state density bonus law to
provide additional incentives and
concessions at lower levels of
affordability; mostly for moderate
income projects.
The provisions of SB 290 are identical to
those of last year’s SB 1085.
CSAC was neutral on SB 1085 last year.
Attachment A
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Topic Summary of Current Bill Proposal Summary of Previous Bill Proposal Staff Comments and CSAC Position
Note: The bill did not pass due to
challenges with meeting the
deadline for bills to pass on the last
night of session.
By-Right Motel
to Permanent
Supportive
Housing
Conversions
SB 621 (Eggman) would authorize for
the conversion of a motel or hotel into
multifamily housing units to be subject
to streamlined approval if a percentage
of those units are affordable.
It would also require that a
development proponent comply with
prevailing wage and skilled and trained
workforce requirements.
AB 2580 (Eggman) would have
authorized for the conversion of a
motel or hotel into multifamily
housing units to be subject to a
streamlined approval process if at
least 20 percent of the units are
affordable.
It would have also required that a
development proponent comply
with prevailing wage requirements
and the use of a skilled-and-trained
workforce on the development.
Note: AB 2580 was held in the
Assembly Appropriations
Committee’s suspense file last year.
The provisions of SB 621 are very similar to
those of last year’s AB 2580. Last year’s
version of the bill would have required that
at least 20 percent of a project’s units be
affordable. The current bill indicates that a
percentage of a project’s units must be
affordable but it does currently does not
specify the required amount.
CSAC held a “support in concept” position
on AB 2580 last year and requested the
following amendments:
Extending the deadline of application
review for compliance with objective
planning standards to at least 60 days.
Extending the deadline for design
review to within 90 days of submittal if
the development contains 150 or fewer
units, or within 180 days of submittal if
the development contains more than
150 units.
Adding specific language allowing local
governments to impose standards for
open space on-site for use of residents.
Clarifying that an owner-occupied
project otherwise subject to
streamlined review must comply with
the Subdivision Map Act.
Attachment A
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Topic Summary of Current Bill Proposal Summary of Previous Bill Proposal Staff Comments and CSAC Position
Clarifying that the project must be in
active use as a hotel or motel at the
time of conversion to avoid impacts
associated with converting long-vacant
structured permitted as hotels or
motels in the distant past.
Allowing some flexibility to condition or
deny conversions due to specific
adverse impacts or otherwise provide
tools to address conversions on sites
presenting unique concerns
Clarifying the interaction between
“reasonable objective design
standards” and the listed grounds for
denial to avoid challenge to the
enforceability of reasonable objective
development standards.
Clarifying that local governments are
not precluded from applying minimum
square footage and related
requirements set forth in the California
Building Standards Code.
Housing
Upzoning
AB 1492 (Bloom) would require the
Department of Housing and
Community Development (HCD) to
designate areas in the state as high-
opportunity areas, as provided, by
January 1, 2023, in accordance with
specified requirements and to update
those designations within 6 months of
the adoption of new Opportunity Maps
by the California Tax Credit Allocation
Committee.
AB 1279 (Bloom) would have
allowed certain qualifying housing
developments “by-right” in
designated high-opportunity
communities, as determined by
HCD, with lower residential
densities.
Note: The author opted not to move
the bill prior to the end of the
legislative session after it was
The provisions of AB 1492 are similar to
those of last year’s AB 1279. However, AB
1492 does not include much substantive
detail and does not yet include language
related to “by-right” approval of housing
development.
CSAC held an “oppose unless amended”
position on AB 1279 last year. We
requested amendments to more precisely
define applicable areas and create a
Attachment A
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CSAC - 3/2/21 8
Topic Summary of Current Bill Proposal Summary of Previous Bill Proposal Staff Comments and CSAC Position
The bill also states the Legislature’s
intent to provide adequate
opportunities for the development of
multifamily and affordable housing
within high-opportunity areas.
referred to the Senate Housing
Committee.
workable appeals process promoting local
planning.
Attachment A
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 7.
Meeting Date:03/08/2021
Subject:AB 119 (Salas): Direct Levies
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2021-08
Referral Name: AB 119 (Salas) Direct Levies
Presenter: L. DeLaney Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-655-2057
Referral History:
County Auditor-Controller Bob Campbell requests consideration of AB 119 (Salas): Direct
Levies by the Legislation Committee and a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors of a
position of "Oppose." The CSAC position on this bill is currently pending.
Referral Update:
AB 119
Author:Rudy Salas (D-032)
Title:County Assessors: Direct Levies
Fiscal
Committee:
yes
Urgency
Clause:
no
Introduced:12/18/2020
Last
Amend:
01/26/2021
Disposition:Pending
Location:Assembly Local Government Committee
Summary:Requires the county auditor, or other county officer designated by the county, to
make publicly available on their internet website information about direct levies
as defined, including the range of combined direct levies assessed on real
property. Requires a website posting that identifies contact information for each
direct levy assessed within their jurisdiction, to also include the range of fees
assessed on individual parcels of real property subject to the special district's
assessment.
Status:
01/26/2021 From ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT with
author's amendments.
In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to
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01/26/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to
Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT
This bill would require counties to publish on their website range of possible charges for every
direct levy charged by all taxing entities in the county. The information could be added to an
existing publication, such as the one that currently lists contact information for all direct levies.
The information required to be published would include special assessments, special taxes, parcel
taxes, and Mello-Roos districts, among others. This bill is sponsored by the California
Association of Realtors.
The concerns of the Contra Costa County Auditor-Controller are that the bill will confuse the
situation, implying the County and specifically Auditor-Controllers have some control or
oversight regarding the fees. Currently, we identify the contact information for the direct fees
levied by an agency and individuals can go directly to the responsible jurisdiction.
The wide range of fee schedules could be more confusing than if the individual was to call the
responsible jurisdiction initially. Moreover, a prospective buyer could look up the property tax bill
for the property they are considering purchasing and obtain the exact numbers.
A letter from the California State Association of County Auditors opposing AB 119 is
Attachment A.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors a position of "Oppose" on AB 119
(Salas): Direct Levies and directing staff to send to the Board on consent.
Attachments
Attachment A: Oppose Letter
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Attachment APage 58 of 62
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 8.
Meeting Date:03/08/2021
Subject:AB 273 (Irwin): Cannabis: Advertisements: Highways
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2021-10
Referral Name: AB 273 (Irwin): Cannabis: Advertisements
Presenter: Daniel Peddycord Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-655-2057
Referral History:
The Alcohol and Other Drugs Advisory Board has expressed concern about the impacts of
cannabis advertising on billboards along highways in Contra Costa County. Contra Costa Health
Services staff in Behavioral Health--Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) and in Public
Health--Tobacco Prevention Programs recommend the County consider a position of support on
AB 273 (Irwin).
The County's adopted 2021-22 State Legislative Platform includes principles related to the
subject.
Referral Update:
AB 273
Author:Jacqui Irwin (D-044)
Title:Cannabis: Advertisements: Highways
Fiscal
Committee:
yes
Urgency
Clause:
no
Introduced:01/19/2021
Disposition:Pending
Location:Assembly Business and Professions Committee
Summary:Relates to highway advertisements for cannabis. Prohibits a licensee from
advertising or marketing on a billboard or similar advertising device visible from
an interstate highway or on a State highway within California.
Status:01/28/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS.
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Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), an initiative
measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election,
authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use
cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances. Existing law, the
Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), among other things,
consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis
activities. MAUCRSA generally divides responsibility for the state licensure and regulation of
commercial cannabis activity among the Department of Food and Agriculture, the State
Department of Public Health, and the Bureau of Cannabis Control, which MAUCRSA establishes
within the Department of Consumer Affairs.
MAUCRSA prohibits a licensee from advertising or marketing on a billboard or similar
advertising device located on an interstate highway or on a state highway that crosses the
California border.
This bill instead would prohibit a licensee from advertising or marketing on a billboard or similar
advertising device visible froman interstate highway or on a state highway within California.
The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act, an initiative measure, authorizes the
Legislature to amend the act to further the purposes and intent of the act with a 2/3 vote of the
membership of both houses of the Legislature, except as provided. This bill would declare that its
provisions further the purposes and intent of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of
Marijuana Act.
The current County ordinance code, related to cannabis, is silent on the issue of cannabis
advertising adjacent to or visible from interstate or state highways. As such, this bill affords
added protections for youth and minors from exposure to cannabis advertising and marketing
intended for an adult use audience.
Similar to tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs, significant research indicates that overt advertising
of adult use products influences the acceptance and use of these products by youth and minors. In
addition, the increased use of cannabis by youth has been associated with a related increase in
early onset psychosis in the younger population. States that have legalized adult recreational use
cannabis have also seen an increase in motor vehicle accidents associated with the use of
cannabis, including in minors.
For these reasons Contra Costa Health Services, Behavioral Health – AOD and Public Health –
Tobacco Prevention Programs recommend the Contra Costa Legislation Committee find AB 273
consistent with the Board's adopted State Legislative Platform principles:
"SUPPORT actions that further align a statewide regulatory framework for the commercial
cannabis industry and that continue to authorize local jurisdictions to adopt more restrictive
measures to protect the health, safety and welfare of their residents. OPPOSE legislation and state
regulation that seeks to weaken or eliminate local control over the commercial cannabis industry."
"SUPPORT restricting the sale and use of powdered alcohol and other similar products marketed
to youth; restrictions on advertising of marijuana products targeting youth and near places
frequented by youth or alcohol and other drug treatment facilities."
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"SUPPORT legislation that extends the restrictions and prohibitions against the smoking of, and
exposure to, marijuana products in various places, including, but not limited to, places of
employment, school campuses, public buildings, day care facilities, multi-family housing, health
facilities, alcohol and other drug treatment facilities, and homeless shelters."
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
CONSIDER finding a "Support" position on AB 273 (Irwin) consistent with the Board's adopted
State Legislative Platform, which authorizes the Chair of the Board to sign an advocacy letter for
the bill.
Attachments
No file(s) attached.
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