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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
June 14, 2021
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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 May 10, 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 the state advocates, as
needed.
5. CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors a position of "Support" on
AB 844 (Grayson) Empowerment Zone for the Northern Waterfront Area.
6. CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors a position of "Support"on
SB 594 (Glazer) Elections: Local Redistricting.
7. ACCEPT the report on the federal legislation of interest and provide direction to
staff and the County's federal advocates, as needed.
8.The next meeting is currently scheduled for Monday, July 12, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.
9.Adjourn
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Public comment may be submitted via electronic mail on agenda items at least one full work day
prior to the published meeting time.
For Additional Information Contact:
Lara DeLaney, Committee Staff
Phone (925) 655-2057, Fax (925) 655-2066
lara.delaney@cao.cccounty.us
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 3.
Meeting Date:06/14/2021
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 May 10, 2021 meeting of the Committee.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
RECEIVE and APPROVE the Record of Action for the May 10, 2021 meeting with any
necessary corrections.
Attachments
DRAFT Record of Action
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D R A F T
LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
RECORD OF ACTION FOR
May 10, 2021
Supervisor Diane Burgis, Chair
Supervisor Karen Mitchoff, Vice Chair
Present: Karen Mitchoff, Vice Chair
Absent: Diane Burgis, Chair
Staff Present:Lara DeLaney, Senior Deputy County Administrator, staff to Committee; Aruna Bhat,
Deputy Director, DCD; Mark Goodwin, Chief of Staff, District III; Gayle Israel, Chief of
Staff, District II; Jason Crapo, Deputy Director, DCD; John Kopchik, Director of
Department of Conservation & Development; Chris Wickler, Field Representative,
District IV; Lynn Peralta, Division Manager, EHSD
Attendees:Michelle Rubalcava, Dr. William Walker, Mariana Moore, David Twa
1.Introductions
Vice Chair Mitchoff called the meeting to order at 1:01 p.m. (Chair Burgis was unable to
attend.)
AYE: Vice Chair Karen 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.
AYE: Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
3.RECEIVE and APPROVE the Record of Action for the April 12, 2021 meeting
with any necessary corrections.
Vice Chair Mitchoff approved the Record of Action for the April 12, 2021
meeting as presented.
AYE: Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
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4.ACCEPT the report and provide direction to staff and the County's state
advocates, as needed.
A report summarizing the status of the state budget discussions was provided by staff. The
County's state advocate, Michelle Rubalcava from Nielsen Merksamer, provided a summary
of the major legislative items of interest to the County. Questions were asked and answered
relative to the Suspense File in the Appropriations Committees. Mariana Moore provided a
comment in support of SB 91 and rental relief.
AYE: Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
5.CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors a position on SB 10
(Wiener) and directing staff on its placement on a Board agenda.
After a brief discussion regarding the status and main provisions of the bill, Vice Chair Mitchoff
directed staff to continue monitoring the bill.
AYE: Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
6.CONSIDER recommending a position to the Board of Supervisors on SB 617
and direct staff on its placement on a Board agenda.
SB 617 would require every city and county to implement an online, automated permitting
platform that verifies code compliance and instantaneously issues permits for residential
photovoltaic solar energy systems. Deputy Director of the Department of Conservation and
Development, Jason Crapo, provided the Committee with a letter (see attached) from the
California Building Officials opposing SB 617 (Wiener) on the basis of its "one-size-fits-all
approach," bill implementation challenges at the local level, and the challenges of the
software technology platform. Vice Chair Mitchoff directed staff to watch the bill. (Subsequent
to the meeting SB 617 was held in the Appropriations Committee.)
AYE: Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
7.CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors a position on SB 90
(Stern) and AB 1416 (Santiago) and directing staff on its placement on a Board
agenda.
Vice Chair Mitchoff noted SB 90 (Stern) was co-authored by Senator Bill Dodd and indicated
her support of the bills. (SB 90 and AB 1416 were subsequently held in committee and have
not advanced in the legislative process.)
AYE: Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
8.ACCEPT the report and provide direction to staff and the County's federal
lobbyists, as needed.
The report was accepted as provided. No public comment was received.
AYE: Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
9.The next meeting is currently scheduled for Monday, June 14, 2021 at 1:00 p.m .
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10.Adjourn
For Additional Information Contact:
Lara DeLaney, Committee Staff
Phone (925) 335-1097, Fax (925) 646-1353
lara.delaney@cao.cccounty.us
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April 20, 2021
The Honorable Scott Wiener
California State Senate
State Capitol, Room 5100
Sacramento, CA 95814
RE: SB 617 (Wiener)- OPPOSE
As Amended April 5, 2021
Dear Senator Wiener,
California Building Officials (CALBO) must
respectfully OPPOSE SB 617, as amended April 19,
2021. As you know, this bill would require every city and
county to implement an online, automated permitting
platform that verifies code compliance and instantaneously
issues permits for residential photovoltaic solar energy
systems.
As background, CALBO members are primarily
responsible for enforcing building code requirements in an
estimated 95% of the buildings constructed in California.
Our mission is to promote public health and safety in
building construction through responsible legislation,
education, and building code development. We ensure that
proper public health and structural safety requirements,
codes, and standards are adhered to within the built
environment. We protect the citizens and the overall safety
of the public.
CALBO has worked for decades on prudent and
enforceable legislation that will meet the state of
California’s laudable goals relative to climate change.
CALBO commends state legislators and their efforts to
further these goals, however; they must be pursued in a
feasible and constructive manner to ensure local
government’s ability to comply and enforce such policies.
We have large scale concerns, as we have addressed with
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the Sponsor of SB 617, that we do not see as simple changes.
First and foremost, CALBO is founded upon the principle that local California governments
must have the ability to make changes and implement programs at the local level. What is good
for San Francisco, may not be the best practice for West Covina. Accordingly, CALBO opposes
this bill given the inflexible mandate on local government. Although we acknowledge the need
to address climate change and promote green energy solutions, CALBO believes that due to the
geographic uniqueness and resource availability of each jurisdiction a one-size-fits-all approach
is not the solution to this issue.
CALBO was an active player in the passage of Assembly Bill 2188 (Muratsuchi, 2014), which
required local governments to adopt an expedited permitting process for small residential rooftop
solar energy systems by September 30, 2015. Although the aggressive timeline was a concern
for us, we worked with the author’s office lockstep in an effort to meet the spirit of the policy.
However, with time, we have observed local government has continued to struggle with the
implementation of the bill. According to Berkeley Lab’s July 2019 report on this law, only 71%
of California’s local entities have complied. This is a concern to CALBO, as we recognize and
urge our local jurisdictions to adhere to the regulation and believes enforcement of existing
regulations is preferable over the new requirements outlined in SB 617. Using history as a guide
and benchmark, we have deep concerns in another local mandate making it more challenging to
accomplish intended goals of existing legislation.
Of further note, CALBO has concerns with SolarAPP+, which has been proposed as the solution
to streamline permitting. It has been openly discussed that SolarAPP+ has not been fully
developed and still needs further testing. Given CALBO’s charge and mission of ensuring the
welfare and safety of the public, without confirmation that this new technology can fully detect
safety hazards or violations in solar energy systems, the program is not a feasible solution.
CALBO continues to offer solutions to meet the intended goals of SB 617 through optional
regional pilot programs through our organization. Senior leaders within CALBO showed interest
in the SolarAPP+ opportunity, they just do not wish to have it mandated upon them without
option.
For these reasons, CALBO must respectfully OPPOSE SB 617. CALBO looks forward to a
continued partnership with legislative leaders to address climate change in practical and prudent
manners. However, mandates upon local government without proper preparation will not
successfully meet our shared goals and intentions. Should you have any questions, please do not
hesitate to reach out to me at (916) 208-2582.
Sincerely,
Brady Guertin
Public Affairs Manager
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 4.
Meeting Date:06/14/2021
Subject:FY 2021-22 State Budget and State Bills 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 from staff and
the County's state advocates on the State Budget and legislation of interest to the County.
Referral Update:
A recap of the FY 2021-22 State Budget from the Urban Counties of California is as follows:
Budget Committees Adopt Unified Legislative Budget Plan; Negotiations Between
Legislative Leaders and Governor Begin
On Tuesday, June 1, Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego), Assembly
Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood), Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Chair
Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), and Assembly Budget Chair Phil Ting (D-San Francisco)
announced an agreement on a joint State Budget Proposal.
Subsequently, the full budget committees met concurrently to adopt a parallel and largely unified
approach to the 2021-22 state spending plan. As posted at the links below, the budget committees
adopted hundreds of individual subcommittee actions – some consistent with the Governor’s
January and/or May budget proposals, some that revised or rejected the Governor’s proposal, and
others reflecting wholly new legislative spending.
Among the most notable differences are providing Medi-Cal to undocumented immigrants at age
50 instead of 60 and giving health departments the $200 million they requested. The legislative
proposal relies on the Legislative Analyst Office's revenue forecast, which anticipates about $4
billion more in the next budget year — but $20 billion more than Governor Newsom assumed in
2024-25. Democrats believe they can stay under the state appropriations limit, better known as
the "Gann Limit," by treating the $8.1 billion in Golden State Stimulus checks as lower revenues
on the balance sheet rather than as an expenditure.
Legislative Democrats also say their budget "maximizes flexible federal funds" more than the Governor did in his
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budget.
Health and Human Services | link
Education | link
Climate, Resources, Environment, and Transportation | link
State Administration and General Government | link
Public Safety, Judiciary, and Corrections | link
With these actions, legislative leaders have endorsed a shared budget framework and now begin
negotiations on areas in which their spending plan differs from that of the Governor’s May
Revision. The Legislature’s proposed budget package does not address details necessary to fully
enact the 2021-22 budget; rather, it offers a high-level spending plan and recognizes that further
negotiations and refinements are needed on a number of big-ticket items likely dealt with
post-June 15, including homelessness, water, energy, and children’s behavioral health.
The Budget Conference Committee will not be a feature of this year’s budget process.
Behind-the-scenes negotiations between the Newsom Administration and leaders in both houses
are expected to take place. The 72-hour in print rule means that the Budget and any trailer bills on
which the Legislature must act needs to be in print three days prior to any votes cast. With the
immutable June 15 budget deadline, the houses have until June 12 to publish bill provisions.
Given the considerable number and depth of the policy issues deferred until after June 15, expect
to see several more rounds of “budget bill juniors” (measures to make appropriations beyond the
main budget bill that will have to be passed by June 15) and plenty of additional trailer bills.
All told, the updated Legislature’s Version contains total spending of $267.1 billion, of which
$196.1 billion is from the General Fund, and total General Fund reserves equaling a record $25.2
billion. Total Proposition 98 spending is a record, $96.1billion, including $69 billion from the
General Fund.
As we await information regarding final negotiations, a few select actions – grouped by
subcommittee jurisdiction – from the Legislature’s budget package are as follows:
Health and Human Services
Public Health
The Legislature’s spending plan includes notable ongoing investments in public health, including
$475.1 million in 2021-22 and $403 million annually thereafter to rebuild an equitable public
health system. A detailed summary of the public health plan can be found here. Investments
include the following:
$200 million annually to support local health jurisdictions, including a three-year public
health planning process beginning July 1, 2022.
$35 million annually to support workforce development programs to recruit, expand, and
retain a modern public health workforce.
$115 million annually to support health equity and racial justice interventions including
$100 million for grants to community-based organizations to address health disparities and
$15 million for the Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund.
$40 million annually to support Department of Public Health (DPH) statewide coordination
and planning, including technical assistance to counties, IT system upgrades, triennial study
of public health workforce gaps, annual study of progress on addressing health disparities,
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and other annual reporting.
$3 million to support a public health infrastructure study to inform the triennial public health
plans by July 1, 2022.
$63.1 million one -time to support Phase II of the California Reducing Disparities Project.
$13 million ongoing and $6 million one-time to support investments to end the epidemics of
HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and sexually transmitted infections.
Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Conservatorships
The legislative budget rejected the Governor's May Revision proposal to halt intake and release
LPS conservatees at State Hospitals. Conversations are ongoing between the state and counties
on alternatives.
In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)
The Legislature’s budget includes a penalty of 10% on a county that fails to reach a collective
bargaining agreement for IHSS providers.
Adult Protective Services
The Legislature’s budget would provide $70 million General Fund ongoing to expand Adult
Protective Services to serve adults ages 60 and older.
Families First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA)
The Legislature provided an additional $100 million ongoing on top of the Governor’s May
Revision proposal of $148 million for county implementation of FFPSA.
Addressing Complex Care Needs of Foster Youth
The Legislature provided an additional $100 million ongoing to meet the complex care needs of
foster youth returning from out-of-state placements on top of the May Revision proposal of $42.1
million ($39.2 million General Fund).
Legislative Homelessness Package
The Legislature adopted a multi-year homelessness package to include investments over multiple
years as detailed below.
For the 2021-22 budget year:
$1.2 billion federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for Project Homekey
$1 billion for flexible local assistance with “robust oversight and accountability
requirements” that are yet to be determined
$40 million for Family Homelessness Challenge Grants and Technical Assistance
$30 million for Encampment Resolution Grants
Additional investments in a variety of health and human services programs to prevent
individuals and families from becoming homeless and assisting those at risk of homelessness
For the 2022-23 budget year:
$1 billion federal ARPA funds for Project Homekey
$1 billion for flexible local assistance with the same oversight and accountability
requirements
Additional investments in a variety of health and human services programs to prevent
individuals and families from becoming homeless and assisting those at risk of homelessness
For 2023-24 and 2024-25:
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An additional $1 billion per year in flexible local assistance funding
While the Senate and Assembly budget committees approved this framework, trailer bill details
(such as the allocation methodology) will likely need to be developed over the summer.
Public Safety, Judiciary, and Corrections
Dependency Counsel Augmentation
As part of a larger package of access to justice investments, the Legislature adopted a two-part
augmentation to dependency counsel funding.
For the 2021-22 budget year:
$10 million in one-time funding to address pandemic-related caseload spikes and operational
expenditures
For the 2021-22 budget year and ongoing:
Up to $30 million to address any shortfall associated with the drawdown of federal funding.
Fine and fee forgiveness/elimination; AB 1869 (2020) backfill methodology
The Legislature rejected the Governor’s May Revision proposal to dedicate $300 million in
one-time federal ARPA funds to (1) support additional relief for low-income individuals who owe
fines and fees associated with traffic and non-traffic infractions issued between January 1, 2015
and June 30, 2021 and (2) backfill counties and courts for associated revenue loss.
Instead, the Legislature adopted the following multi-part approach to addressing the impacts of
court-ordered debt:
Adopt placeholder trailer bill language to determine the allocation schedule for the $65
million backfill provided for five years pursuant to AB 1869, the 2020 trailer bill that
eliminated approximately two dozen criminal justice administrative fees and vacated
previously levied debt;
Adopt placeholder trailer bill language for a new set of criminal administrative fees and the
civil assessment fee
Appropriate the following amounts to provide for a county and court backfill associated with
the proposed elimination of the new set of fines and fees: $151 million each in 2021- 22 and
2022-23, $130 million in 2023-24, and $120 million in 2024-25 and thereafter.
In separate but related action, the Legislature also rejected the Governor’s January proposal to
expand a court-based ability-to-pay program.
Statewide expansion of pretrial pilot programs
The Legislature rejected – and took no action to offer an alternative – the Governor’s May
Revision proposal to invest $140 million in 2021-22 and $70 million ongoing to expand pretrial
services pilot programs statewide.
Office of Youth and Community Restoration
The Legislature increased funding to $30 million (as compared to approximately $7 million in the
Governor’s proposal) in support of the OYCR, which – pursuant to the provisions in the 2020 DJJ
Realignment measure (SB 823) – will be established on July 1, 2021 within the state’s Health and
Human Services Agency. Related actions include adoption of placeholder trailer bill language to
clarify and expand the role and duties of the office.
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CDCR Deferred Maintenance and Future Prison Closures
In connection to the Administration’s proposed investments to address prison facility deferred
maintenance, the Legislature approved the associated funding contingent upon the adoption of
trailer bill in the final budget agreement requiring CDCR to create and adopt a long term prison
infrastructure investment plan and prison closure plan.
Enhanced Jail Inspections
The Legislature’s budget rejected the Administration’s proposal to authorize 14 new positions at
the Board of State and Community Corrections (and $2.9 million in associated funding) to
strengthen jail oversight and inspections. Associated action includes approval of $150,000
ongoing to support electronic data entry and the adoption of placeholder trailer bill language to
authorize unannounced detention facility inspections.
Public Defender Funding
The Legislature’s budget includes the following new investments to support workload in public
defender offices, alternative public defender offices, and other alternative offices providing
indigent criminal defense services: $50 million in 2021-2022, $50 million in 2022-23, and $50
million in 2023-24.
Legislative Updates:
According to Politico, 790 Assembly bills passed before the June 4 house of origin deadline,
meaning that 49.6% of the 1,593 Assembly bills introduced this year made it out on time. On the
Senate side, 549 out of its 828 introduced bills continue moving, which is a 66.3% success rate.
Five Assembly bills failed passage on the floor and 34 were moved to the "inactive file," while
one Senate bill failed passage and 59 were moved to inactive. Committee hearings the week of
June 7 are generally not the highest-profile bills approved by the house of origin deadline but,
rather, non-fiscal bills that did not have to go through the Appropriations committees suspense
files. The Assembly will hold seven policy committee hearings, while the Senate is convening
twelve. July 14 is the last day for policy committees to approve bills, just before the one-month
summer recess begins on July 16.
Newsom Administration Assures Brown Act Flexibility Beyond June 15
On June 2, 2021, representatives from the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom assured local agency associations
that Brown Act flexibilities provided during the COVID-19 pandemic to local governing bodies, boards, and
commissions via Executive Order would continue beyond the state’s anticipated June 15 re-opening. This assurance
comes after a coalition of local agency associations formally requested that the Governor consider providing a
period of transition back to in-public meetings prior to repeal of relevant executive orders.
Communication from the Newsom Administration indicated that the Governor intends to terminate
pandemic-related executive orders at the earliest possible date when conditions warrant, but also that he recognizes
the importance of an orderly return to in-person state and local public meetings. As a result, the Administration will
work to provide notice to affected stakeholders in advance of repeal of relevant executive orders. Until a further
order is issued, local agencies may continue to rely on existing orders.
The Governor did confirm at a press event that he intends to keep California under a state of emergency – both for
administrative (such as FEMA reimbursements) and public health (responding to another outbreak) purposes –
even after the state broadly reopens on June 15.
Update on “Hot” Bills
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AB 650, by Assembly Member Al Muratsuchi, would have required public and private health care providers,
including hospitals and clinics, to pay hazard pay retention bonuses to the health care workforce. The measure was
not taken up for a vote before the Legislature concluded its business for the week, effectively meaning the bill is
dead because it failed to move out of the house of origin before the June 4 deadline. Please note that the sponsor –
Service Employees International Union State Council – held a press conference with Assembly Member Ash Kalra
to push for the inclusion of funding in the state budget for hazard pay for health care workers. The Legislature’s
budget framework does not include funding for this purpose.
Similarly, SB 213, by Senator Dave Cortese, was not taken up for a vote before the Legislature adjourned. The
measure would have created rebuttable presumptions that infectious disease, COVID-19, cancer, musculoskeletal
injury, post-traumatic stress disorder or respiratory disease are occupational injuries for a direct patient care worker
employed in an acute care hospital and are therefore eligible for workers’ compensation benefits.
Other notable bills of interest to the County will be presented at the meeting of the Legislation
Committee by the County's state advocate. Attachment A is the status report of the County's 2021
Priority Bills.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
Attachments
Priority Bill Tracking Report
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2021 Priority Bills
For Contra Costa County
6/10/21
AB 4 AUTHOR: Arambula [D]
TITLE: Medi-Cal: Eligibility
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
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:
06/01/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (59-18)
Commentary001:
Platform consistency. Sending LOS.
AB 14 AUTHOR: Aguiar-Curry [D]
TITLE: Communications: Broadband: Advanced Services Fund
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Authorizes local educational agencies to report to the State Department of
Education their pupils' estimated needs for computing devices and internet
connectivity adequate for at-home learning. Authorizes the board of
supervisors of a county to acquire, construct, improve, maintain, or operate
broadband internet access service, and any other communications service
necessary to obtain federal or state support.
STATUS:
06/02/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time, urgency clause adopted.
Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE. (61-7)
Commentary001:
CSAC supports. LOS sent, consistent with Platform.
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:
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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
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 22 AUTHOR: McCarty [D]
TITLE: Preschool Programs and Transitional Kindergarten
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/24/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Requires the Superintendent to authorize California state preschool program
contracting agencies to offer wraparound childcare services for eligible children
enrolled in a K-12 educational program.
STATUS:
06/02/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (75-0)
Commentary001:
EHSD requested to sign-on to concern letter. Sign-on authorized by Chair
4/6/21.
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AB 32 AUTHOR: Aguiar-Curry [D]
TITLE: Telehealth
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/24/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
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:
06/01/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (79-0)
Commentary001:
Sent LOS. Consistent with Platform.
AB 34 AUTHOR: Muratsuchi [D]
TITLE: Broadband for All Act of 2022
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 04/06/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Enacts the Broadband for All Act of 2022, which, if approved by the voters,
authorizes the issuance of bonds pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond
Law to support the 2022 Broadband for All Program to be administered by the
Department of Technology for purposes of providing financial assistance for
projects to deploy broadband infrastructure and broadband services.
STATUS:
05/20/2021 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
Commentary001:
CSAC supports
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
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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:
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: yes
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/24/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: A-28
LOCATION: Assembly Inactive File
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. Modifies the duties of the Homeless Coordinating and
Financing Council.
STATUS:
06/03/2021 In ASSEMBLY. To Inactive File.
AB 80 AUTHOR: Burke [D]
TITLE: Tax: Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
ENACTED: 04/29/2021
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
CHAPTER: 2021-017
SUMMARY:
Excludes, on or after a certain date, from gross income any advance grant
amount, as defined, issued pursuant to specified provisions of the CARES Act or
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, and covered loan amounts forgiven
pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act. Adopts the provisions of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act prohibiting any reduction in tax deductions,
denials of basis adjustments, and reductions in tax attributes based on the
exclusion from gross income, as specified.
STATUS:
04/29/2021 Signed by GOVERNOR.
04/29/2021 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 2021-017
AB 98 AUTHOR: Frazier [D]
TITLE: Health Care
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/09/2020
LAST AMEND: 04/29/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
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SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Aging, on or before January 1, 2026, to submit a
report to the Assembly Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care, the Assembly
Committee on Health, and the Senate Committee on Health that includes an
evaluation of the success of the pilot program and challenges in
implementation.
STATUS:
05/27/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (78-0)
AB 112 AUTHOR: Holden [D]
TITLE: Medi-Cal Eligibility
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/17/2020
LAST AMEND: 03/25/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the suspension of Medi-Cal benefits to an inmate of a public institution
who isn't a juvenile to end on the date they are no longer an inmate or 3 years
from the date they become an inmate of a public institution, whichever is
sooner. Requires the suspension of Medi-Cal benefits to an inmate who is a
juvenile on the date that the individual is no longer an inmate or 3 years after
the date the individual is no longer an eligible juvenile under federal law,
whichever is sooner.
STATUS:
05/20/2021 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
AB 119 AUTHOR: Salas [D]
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.
01/26/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
Commentary001:
Auditor Campbell opposed; recommends BOS oppose. Leg Com concurred 3/8.
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AB 226 AUTHOR: Ramos [D]
TITLE: Children's Crisis Psychiatric Residential Treatment
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/11/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/13/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Reclassifies children's crisis residential programs as children's crisis psychiatric
residential treatment facilities, and transfers responsibility for licensing these
facilities to the State Department of Health Care Services. Requires the
department to establish regulations for the licensing of children's crisis
psychiatric residential treatment facilities, and requires those facilities to obtain
certification from the department.
STATUS:
06/01/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (80-0)
Commentary001:
CSAC supports.
AB 240 AUTHOR: Rodriguez [D]
TITLE: Local Health Department Workforce Assessment
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/12/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
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:
05/27/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (78-0)
Commentary001:
Leg Com found consistent with Platform 2/8/21. Sent LOS.
Commentary002:
CSAC in support
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
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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.
AB 273 AUTHOR: Irwin [D]
TITLE: Cannabis: Advertisements: Highways
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/26/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Business and Professions Committee
SUMMARY:
Removes the existing reference to advertising or marketing on a billboard or
similar device visible from an interstate highway or on a state highway within
California, and specifies that a licensee seeking to advertise or market through
broadcast, cable, radio, print, and digital communications is required to obtain
reliable up-to-date audience composition data demonstrating that a certain
percent of the audience viewing the advertising or marketing is reasonably
expected to be 21 years of age.
STATUS:
04/27/2021 In ASSEMBLY Committee on BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS:
Failed passage.
Commentary001:
PH Director recommends support. Leg Com found consistent 3/8/21.
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
LAST AMEND: 04/14/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
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 and identifying practices, policy and financial
incentives, market needs, and potential reductions in barriers that would help
achieve the 2045 climate goal.
STATUS:
06/01/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (53-18)
AB 323 AUTHOR: Kalra [D]
TITLE: Long-Term Health Facilities
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
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INTRODUCED: 01/26/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Redefines a class AA violation as a class A violation that the Department of
Public Health determines to have been a substantial factor, as described, in the
death of a resident of a long-term health care facility. Increases the civil
penalties for a class A, AA, or B violation by a skilled nursing facility or
intermediate care facility, as specified.
STATUS:
05/27/2021 To SENATE Committees on HEALTH and JUDICIARY.
Commentary001:
ACOA sent LOS
AB 328 AUTHOR: Chiu [D]
TITLE: Reentry Housing and Workforce Development Program
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/26/2021
LAST AMEND: 03/17/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Establishes the Reentry Housing and Workforce Development Program. Requires
the Department of Housing and Community Development to, on or before a
specified date, take specified actions to, upon appropriation by the Legislature,
provide grants to applicants, as defined, for innovative or evidence-based
housing, housing-based services, and employment interventions to allow people
with recent histories of incarceration to exit homelessness and remain stably
housed.
STATUS:
05/21/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Coauthors revised.
AB 329 AUTHOR: Bonta [D]
TITLE: Bail
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/27/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires bail to be set at a specified level 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. Requires the
Judicial Council to prepare, adopt, and annually revise a bail schedule for the
exempt offenses.
STATUS:
03/23/2021 From ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY: Do pass
to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. (5-2)
AB 332 AUTHOR: Env Safety & Toxic Material Cmt
TITLE: Hazardous Waste: Treated Wood Waste: Management
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
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URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 01/27/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/20/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Environmental Quality Committee
HEARING: 06/14/2021 9:00 am
SUMMARY:
Requires a person managing treated wood waste to comply with the hazardous
waste control laws or certain management standards, including standards for
the reuse, storage, treatment, transportation, tracking, identification, and
disposal of treated wood waste. Requires the wood preserving industry, as
defined, to update the department, upon request, on trends within the wood
preserving industry regarding the use of treated wood preservatives and the
generation of treated wood waste.
STATUS:
06/03/2021 To SENATE Committees on ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY and
JUDICIARY.
Commentary002:
Signed on to coalition letter from RCRC.
AB 339 AUTHOR: Lee [D]
TITLE: Local Government: Open and Public Meetings
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/28/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/04/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Requires all open and public meetings of a city council or a county board of
supervisors that governs a jurisdiction containing least 250,000 people to
include an opportunity for members of the public to attend via a telephonic
option or an internet-based service option.
STATUS:
06/02/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (53-9)
AB 361 AUTHOR: Rivas R [D]
TITLE: Open Meetings: Local Agencies: Teleconferences
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/01/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/10/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a local agency to use teleconferencing without complying with the
teleconferencing requirements imposed by the Ralph M. Brown Act when a
legislative body of a local agency holds a meeting for the purpose of declaring
or ratifying a local emergency, during a declared state of emergency or local
emergency, when state or local health officials have imposed or recommended
measures to promote social distancing, and during a declared local emergency,
provided certain requirements are met.
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STATUS:
05/17/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (62-4)
AB 377 AUTHOR: Rivas R [D]
TITLE: Water Quality: Impaired Waters
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/01/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/13/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the state board and regional boards to prioritize enforcement of all
water quality standard violations that are causing or contributing to an
exceedance of a water quality standard in a surface water of the state.
STATUS:
05/20/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
05/20/2021 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. Held in
committee and made a Two-year bill.
AB 383 AUTHOR: Salas [D]
TITLE: Mental Health: Older Adults
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/02/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/22/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Establishes within the State Department of Health Care Services an Older Adult
Mental Health Services Administrator to oversee mental health services for older
adults. Prescribes the functions of the administrator and its responsibilities,
including, but not limited to, developing outcome and related indicators for
older adults for the purpose of assessing the status of mental health services for
older adults, monitoring the quality of programs for those adults, and guiding
decisionmaking.
STATUS:
05/27/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (78-0)
Commentary001:
Advisory Council on Aging in support
AB 389 AUTHOR: Grayson [D]
TITLE: Ambulance Services
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/02/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Relates to ambulance services. Authorizes a county to contract for emergency
ambulance services with a fire protection district that is governed by the
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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:
06/02/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (66-0)
Commentary001:
Our sponsored bill
AB 413 AUTHOR: Ting [D]
TITLE: Foster Youth: Housing
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/03/2021
LAST AMEND: 03/17/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Deletes provisions conditionally suspending a program requiring the Department
of Housing and Community Development to provide funding to counties for
allocation to child welfare services agencies to help young adults who are 18 to
24 years of age secure and maintain housing, and subjecting the requirements
of the program to an annual appropriation in the Budget Act.
STATUS:
05/20/2021 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
Commentary001:
Sending LOS from EHSD. Consistent with Platform.
AB 428 AUTHOR: Mayes [R]
TITLE: Government: Board Of Supervisors
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/04/2021
LAST AMEND: 03/18/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Governance and Finance Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires that, when term limits are imposed, the limit must be no fewer than a
specified amount of terms. Specifies that the board of supervisors is included in
the definition of county officers for whom the board of supervisors is required to
prescribe compensation.
STATUS:
05/27/2021 To SENATE Committees on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE and
ELECTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
Commentary001:
LOS drafted.
AB 480 AUTHOR: Carrillo [D]
TITLE: Hazardous Substances
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
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URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/08/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/24/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Revises a reporting requirement to require, for regulated facilities, a handler, or
an employee, authorized representative, agent, or designee of the handler, to
report a release or threatened release of a hazardous material, hazardous
waste, or hazardous substance to the UPA and the Office of Emergency Services
immediately upon discovery of the release or threatened release.
STATUS:
06/02/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (47-14)
Commentary001:
Consistent with Platform. LOS sent.
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
COMMITTEE: Senate Public Safety Committee
HEARING: 06/15/2021 1:30 pm
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:
05/19/2021 To SENATE Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
AB 523 AUTHOR: Nazarian [D]
TITLE: Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/10/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Requires the department to make permanent the specified PACE program
flexibilities instituted, on or before a specified date, in response to the state of
emergency caused by Coronavirus disease 2019 by means of all-facility letters
or other similar instructions taken without regulatory action, with prescribed
modifications, such as instead limiting a PACE organization's use of telehealth to
specified services, including conducting assessments for eligibility for enrollment
in the PACE program.
STATUS:
05/27/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (78-0)
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Commentary001:
Advisory Council on Aging sent LOS
AB 537 AUTHOR: Quirk [D]
TITLE: Wireless Telecommunications and Broadband Facilities
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/10/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/27/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Removes the exemption for eligible facilities requests defined above. Requires
that the time periods described above be determined pursuant to specified FCC
rules. Requires that the city, county, or city and county notify the applicant of
the incompleteness of an application within the time periods established by
applicable FCC rules.
STATUS:
06/01/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (75-1)
Commentary001:
CSAC removes joint opposition
AB 540 AUTHOR: Petrie-Norris [D]
TITLE: Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/10/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/27/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Exempts a Medi-Cal beneficiary who is enrolled in a PACE organization with a
contract with the Department of Health Care Services from mandatory or
passive enrollment in a Medi-Cal managed care plan, and requires persons
enrolled in a PACE plan to receive all Medicare and Medi-Cal services from the
PACE program.
STATUS:
06/02/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (77-0)
AB 602 AUTHOR: Grayson [D]
TITLE: Development Fees: Impact Fee Nexus Study
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/11/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/04/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Requires a city, county, or special district that conducts an impact fee nexus
study to follow specific standards and practices. Requires a city, county, or
special district to post a written fee schedule or a link directly to the written fee
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schedule on its internet website. Requires a city or county to request the total
amount of fees and exactions associated with a project upon the issuance of a
certificate of occupancy, and to post this information on its internet website.
STATUS:
05/27/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (76-0)
Commentary001:
CSAC taking "oppose unless amended"
AB 624 AUTHOR: Bauer-Kahan [D]
TITLE: Juveniles: Transfer to Court of Criminal Jurisdiction
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/12/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/21/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Makes an order transferring a minor from a juvenile court to a court of criminal
jurisdiction subject to appeal.
STATUS:
05/27/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (77-0)
AB 636 AUTHOR: Maienschein [D]
TITLE: Financial Abuse of Elder or Dependent Adults
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/12/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Authorizes information relevant to the incident of elder or dependent adult
abuse to be given to a federal law enforcement agency charged with the
investigation of elder or dependent adult abuse or to a local code enforcement
agency for the sole purpose of investigating a property where the health and
safety of an elder or dependent adult resident is at risk.
STATUS:
06/08/2021 From SENATE Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY: Do pass to
Committee on JUDICIARY. (4-0)
Commentary001:
UCC and CSAC Support
Commentary003:
LOS sent 4/5/21, consistent with Platform.
AB 640 AUTHOR: Cooley [D]
TITLE: Extended Foster Care: Eligibility Redetermination
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/12/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/12/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
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SUMMARY:
Requires the State Department of Social Services to develop and disseminate
guidance to county child welfare and probation agencies on recommended
procedures to follow in order to transition a youth to the extended foster care
program in a manner that enables the county to redetermine the youths
eligibility for federal financial participation.
STATUS:
06/01/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (80-0)
Commentary001:
CWDA sponsors; CSAC supports
AB 650 AUTHOR: Muratsuchi [D]
TITLE: Health Care Workers: COVID-19: Hazard Pay Retention
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/12/2021
LAST AMEND: 06/01/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: A-29
LOCATION: Assembly Inactive File
SUMMARY:
Requires a covered employer, as defined, to pay hazard pay retention bonuses
in prescribed amounts to each covered health care worker, as defined, that it
employs. Authorizes a covered employer to reduce the total sum of the hazard
pay retention bonuses by an amount equal to qualifying hazard pay and
qualifying monetary bonuses already paid to a covered health care worker
during the state of emergency related to the Coronavirus pandemic, as
provided.
STATUS:
06/03/2021 In ASSEMBLY. To Inactive File.
AB 684 AUTHOR: Fong [R]
TITLE: Hazardous Waste: Treated Wood Waste
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials
Committee
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. Requires any solid waste landfill accepting treated wood waste to
meet certain requirements specified in the bill and to manage the treated wood
waste in a specified manner.
STATUS:
02/25/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND
TOXIC MATERIALS.
AB 686 AUTHOR: Arambula [D]
TITLE: Community-Based Behavioral Health Outcomes and Review
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FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the California Health and Human Services Agency to establish, by July
1, 2022, the California Community-Based Behavioral Health Outcomes and
Accountability Review (CBBH-OAR) to facilitate a local accountability system
that fosters continuous quality improvement in county behavioral health
programs and in the collection and dissemination by the agency of best
practices in service delivery.
STATUS:
02/25/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on HEALTH.
AB 695 AUTHOR: Arambula [D]
TITLE: Elder and Dependent Adults
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/08/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a local adult protective services agency, local law enforcement
agency, and the Department of Business Oversight to disclose to a mandated
reporter of suspected financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult or their
employer, upon request, the general status or final disposition of any
investigation that arose from a report made by that mandated reporter of
suspected financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult.
STATUS:
06/02/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (77-0)
Commentary001:
CSAC supports
AB 780 AUTHOR: Ting [D]
TITLE: Local Zoning Ordinances: School Employee Housing
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2021
LAST AMEND: 03/15/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Local Government Committee
SUMMARY:
Authorizes the governing board of a school district to render a city or county
zoning ordinance inapplicable if the proposed use of property by the school
district is to offer school district employee housing under specified conditions.
Exempts the rendering of a city or county zoning ordinance as inapplicable, in
order to offer school district employee housing, from review under this
authority.
STATUS:
03/25/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Suspend Assembly Rule 96.
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03/25/2021 Re-referred to ASSEMBLY Committees on LOCAL
GOVERNMENT and EDUCATION.
Commentary002:
CSAC says it's a two-year bill now. They had a draft OUA letter circulating.
AB 808 AUTHOR: Stone [D]
TITLE: Foster Youth: Children's Crisis Continuum Pilot Program
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/24/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Requires the State Department of Social Services, in collaboration with the
State Department of Health Care Services, to establish the Children's Crisis
Continuum Pilot Program for the purpose of developing treatment options that
are needed to support State's commitment to eliminate the placement of foster
youth with complex needs in out-of-state facilities.
STATUS:
06/01/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (80-0)
Commentary001:
LOS sent; consistent with Platform.
AB 816 AUTHOR: Chiu [D]
TITLE: State and Local Agencies: Homelessness Plan
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/04/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Requires the Homeless Coordinating and Financing 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 experiencing
homelessness into permanent housing.
STATUS:
05/27/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (55-15)
Commentary001:
CSAC Oppose Unless Amended.
AB 844 AUTHOR: Grayson [D]
TITLE: Empowerment Zone for the Northern Waterfront Area
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/04/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
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LOCATION: Senate Business, Professions & Economic Development
Committee
SUMMARY:
Authorizes establishment of a Green Empowerment Zone for the Northern
Waterfront area of the Counties of Contra Costa and Solano.
STATUS:
06/07/2021 In SENATE Committee on BUSINESS, PROFESSIONS AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Not heard.
Commentary001:
Send to Leg Com to recommend support.
AB 875 AUTHOR: Wood [D]
TITLE: Medi-Cal: Demonstration Project
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/04/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to develop and implement a
mandatory process for county jails and county juvenile facilities to coordinate
with Medi-Cal managed care plans and Medi-Cal behavioral health delivery
systems to facilitate continued behavioral health treatment in the community
for inmates, as specified.
STATUS:
05/20/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
05/20/2021 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
AB 903 AUTHOR: Frazier [D]
TITLE: Los Medanos Community Healthcare District
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/19/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Governance and Finance 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 develop and conduct
the Los Medanos Area Health Plan Grant Program focused on comprehensive
health-related services in the district's territory.
STATUS:
05/19/2021 To SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE.
Commentary001:
LOS sent; consistent with amended Platform.
AB 911 AUTHOR: Nazarian [D]
TITLE: Long-Term Services and Supports Benefit Task Force
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
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URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/12/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Aging to establish a Long-Term Services and
Supports Benefit Task Force, or utilize an existing board, commission,
committee, or task force, to focus on LTSS benefit needs in the State.
STATUS:
04/15/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
Commentary001:
CSAC supports
AB 988 AUTHOR: Bauer-Kahan [D]
TITLE: Mental Health: Mobile Crisis Support Teams: 988 Crisis
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/24/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
States the Legislature's intent to enact legislation that would implement the
National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020, in compliance with the Federal
Communication Commission's rules adopted by July 16, 2022, designating 988
as a 3-digit number for the National Suicide Prevention Hotline.
STATUS:
06/02/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (69-0)
Commentary001:
Sponsored bill
AB 1041 AUTHOR: Wicks [D]
TITLE: Leave Issues
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/22/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Expands the population that an employee can take leave to care for to include
any other individual related by blood or whose close association with the
employee is a designated person.
STATUS:
05/28/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (52-16)
Commentary001:
CSAC and coalition opposes
AB 1051 AUTHOR: Bennett [D]
TITLE: Medi-Cal: Mental Health Services: Foster Youth
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FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/12/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Makes those provisions for presumptive transfer inapplicable to a foster youth
or probation-involved youth placed in a group home community treatment
facility, group home, or a short-term residential therapeutic program outside of
their county of original jurisdiction, as specified.
STATUS:
05/28/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (76-0)
Commentary001:
CSAC supports
AB 1119 AUTHOR: Wicks [D]
TITLE: Employment Discrimination
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/21/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), which
protects the right to seek, obtain, and hold employment without discrimination
because of prescribed characteristics. Expands the protected characteristics to
include family responsibilities, defined to mean the obligations of an employee
to provide direct and ongoing care for a minor child or a care recipient. Defines
additional terms for this purpose.
STATUS:
05/20/2021 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. Held in
committee and made a Two-year bill.
AB 1163 AUTHOR: Nazarian [D]
TITLE: Local Government: Taxation: Prohibition: Groceries
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee
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:
03/04/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on REVENUE AND TAXATION.
Commentary001:
Sent LOS. Consistent with Platform.
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AB 1176 AUTHOR: Garcia E [D]
TITLE: Communications: Universal Broadband Service: Fund
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/19/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Establishes the California Connect Fund in the State Treasury, subject to the
conditions and restrictions applicable to the existing universal service funds.
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to develop, implement, and administer
the California Connect Program to ensure that high-speed broadband service is
available to every household in the state at affordable rates.
STATUS:
05/20/2021 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
Commentary001:
CSAC supports
AB 1179 AUTHOR: Carrillo [D]
TITLE: Employer Provided Benefit: Backup Childcare
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires an employer to provide an employee who works in California for the
same employer for 30 or more days within a year from the commencement of
employment, with up to 60 hours of paid backup childcare benefits, to be
accrued and used as provided. Defines backup childcare as childcare provided
by a qualified backup childcare provider to the employee's child when the
employee's regular childcare provider cannot be utilized.
STATUS:
05/20/2021 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. Held in
committee and made a Two-year bill.
Commentary001:
CSAC Opposes with coalition letter
AB 1204 AUTHOR: Wicks [D]
TITLE: Hospital Equity Reporting
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/24/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Adds racial and ethnic groups experiencing disparate health outcomes and
socially disadvantaged groups to the definition of vulnerable populations for
community benefits reporting purposes. Requires a hospital to prepare and
annually submit an equity report to OSHPD not later than 150 days after its
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fiscal year ends. Requires an equity report to include, among other things,
analyses of access to care and employment disparities and plans for addressing
those disparities.
STATUS:
06/02/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (53-18)
AB 1205 AUTHOR: Frazier [D]
TITLE: State Air Resources Board: Elections
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 03/18/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Natural Resources Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires a certain composition of the Air Resources Board.
STATUS:
03/18/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES.
03/18/2021 From ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES with
author's amendments.
03/18/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES.
AB 1214 AUTHOR: Waldron [R]
TITLE: Medi-Cal Eligibility
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/24/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Makes an individual who is incarcerated in a state prison or county jail eligible
for the Medi-Cal program before they are released from that correctional facility
if they otherwise meet Medi-Cal eligibility criteria but for their commitment in a
correctional facility.
STATUS:
06/01/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (79-0)
AB 1225 AUTHOR: Waldron [R]
TITLE: Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/14/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Enacts the Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act. Requires that a woman
incarcerated in a state prison receive trauma-informed care and prohibits an
incarcerated woman from being placed in solitary confinement for purposes of
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medical observation.
STATUS:
05/20/2021 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. Held in
committee and made a Two-year bill.
AB 1233 AUTHOR: Waldron [R]
TITLE: State Prisons: Construction and Renovation
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 03/25/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Public Safety Committee
SUMMARY:
Establishes the Prison Oversight Commission and requires the commission to
develop guidelines for the construction of new prisons and renovation of existing
prisons.
STATUS:
03/25/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
03/25/2021 From ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY with
author's amendments.
03/25/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
AB 1242 AUTHOR: Bauer-Kahan [D]
TITLE: Alcoholic Beverages: Bona Fide Public Eating Place
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/24/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
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.
Repeals this authorization 2 years after the end of the state of emergency
proclaimed by the Governor on March 4, 2020, in response to the Coronavirus
pandemic.
STATUS:
06/01/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (80-0)
AB 1291 AUTHOR: Frazier [D]
TITLE: State Bodies: Open Meetings
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
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
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technology to address the state body.
STATUS:
06/08/2021 From SENATE Committee on GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATION: Do pass to Committee on
APPROPRIATIONS. (14-0)
AB 1302 AUTHOR: Quirk [D]
TITLE: Commercial Cannabis Billboards: Placement Restrictions
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 03/18/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Prohibits a licensee from advertising or marketing on a billboard or similar
advertising device located within a 15-mile radius of the California border on an
Interstate Highway or on a State Highway which crosses the California border.
STATUS:
05/27/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (58-7)
AB 1304 AUTHOR: Santiago [D]
TITLE: Affirmatively Further Fair Housing: Housing Element
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/05/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Housing Committee
HEARING: 06/17/2021
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:
05/27/2021 To SENATE Committees on HOUSING and JUDICIARY.
AB 1416 AUTHOR: Santiago [D]
TITLE: Elections: Ballot Label
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/22/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Elections Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the ballot label for statewide measures, and, at the option of a county,
the ballot label or similar description on the ballot of county, city, district, and
school district measures, to include a listing of nonprofit organizations,
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businesses, or individuals taken from the signers of ballot arguments printed in
the voter information guide that support and oppose the measure or from the
signers of the rebuttal arguments to the arguments that support and oppose the
measure, as specified.
STATUS:
04/29/2021 In ASSEMBLY Committee on ELECTIONS: Not heard.
Commentary001:
Leg Com supported on May agenda.
AB 1447 AUTHOR: Cooley [D]
TITLE: Rural California Infrastructure Act
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Authorizes the Economic Development Bank, or I-Bank, to establish the Rural
California Infrastructure Program for the purpose of making competitive grant
awards to eligible local agencies for rural infrastructure projects, as prescribed.
STATUS:
05/20/2021 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
Commentary001:
CSAC supports
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 Local Government Committee
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:
04/22/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committees on LOCAL GOVERNMENT and
APPROPRIATIONS.
Commentary001:
Library Commission supports. LOS sent.
AJR 4 AUTHOR: Garcia [D]
TITLE: Basel Convention: Ratification
INTRODUCED: 01/12/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Environmental Quality Committee
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HEARING: 06/14/2021 9:00 am
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:
04/28/2021 Re-referred to SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY.
Commentary001:
LOS sent.
SB 4 AUTHOR: Gonzalez [D]
TITLE: Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program: Surcharge
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/20/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Requires the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development to
coordinate with other relevant state and local agencies and national
organizations to explore ways to facilitate streamlining of local land use
approvals and construction permit processes for projects related to broadband
infrastructure deployment and connectivity. Revises requirements for the deaf
and disabled telecommunications program to require the Public Utilities
Commission to administer a certain surcharge.
STATUS:
06/02/2021 In SENATE. Read third time, urgency clause adopted.
Passed SENATE. *****To ASSEMBLY. (31-5)
Commentary001:
CSAC supports
SB 8 AUTHOR: Skinner [D]
TITLE: Housing Crisis Act
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 06/01/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee
HEARING: 06/22/2021 1:30 pm
SUMMARY:
Limits the requirement to provide relocation benefits and a right of first refusal
to only the occupants of protected units that are persons or families of low or
moderate income, as defined. Specifies that the requirement to provide
relocation benefits and a right of first refusal does not apply to an occupant of a
short-term rental that is rented for a period of fewer than 30 days.
STATUS:
06/01/2021 From ASSEMBLY Committee on HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT with author's amendments.
06/01/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
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DEVELOPMENT.
SB 9 AUTHOR: Atkins [D]
TITLE: Housing Development: Approvals
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 04/27/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Local Government Committee
HEARING: 06/09/2021 1:30 pm
SUMMARY:
Requires a proposed housing development containing two residential units
within a single-family residential zone to be considered ministerially, without
discretionary review or hearing, if the proposed housing development meets
certain requirements that the proposed housing development would not require
demolition or alteration of housing that is subject to a recorded covenant,
ordinance, or law that restricts rents to levels affordable to persons and families
of moderate or low income.
STATUS:
06/09/2021 From ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Do
pass to Committee on HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
Commentary002:
Cal Cities recommends Oppose Unless Amended.
Commentary003:
CSAC support if amended; fire zone concerns; clarification of authority in
unincorporated areas.
SB 10 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: Planning and Zoning: Housing Development: Density
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/26/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a local government to pass an ordinance to zone any parcel for up to
10 units of residential density per parcel, at a height specified in the ordinance,
if the parcel is located in a transit-rich area, or an urban infill site, as those
terms are defined.
STATUS:
06/02/2021 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (27-7)
Commentary001:
Watch, per Leg Com.
SB 16 AUTHOR: Skinner [D]
TITLE: Peace Officers: Release of Records
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
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LAST AMEND: 05/20/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Makes every incident involving force that is unreasonable or excessive, and any
sustained finding that an officer failed to intervene against another officer using
unreasonable or excessive force, subject to disclosure. Requires records relating
to sustained findings of unlawful arrests and unlawful searches to be subject to
disclosure.
STATUS:
06/02/2021 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (31-3)
SB 17 AUTHOR: Pan [D]
TITLE: Office Of Racial Equity
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/20/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Establishes in state government an Office of Racial Equity, an independent
public entity not affiliated with an agency or department, that shall be governed
by a Racial Equity Advisory and Accountability Council. Requires the Governor to
direct the Secretary of each state agency to adopt and implement the Racial
Equity Framework through each agencies' Racial Equity Action Plan, which
would be adopted by each state agency and integrated into the agency's
strategic plan.
STATUS:
06/02/2021 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (31-6)
SB 20 AUTHOR: Dodd [D]
TITLE: Student Nutrition: Eligibility for CalFresh Benefits
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 03/17/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: A-16
LOCATION: Senate Inactive File
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:
05/28/2021 In SENATE. From third reading. To Inactive File.
SB 28 AUTHOR: Caballero [D]
TITLE: Rural Broadband and Digital Infrastructure
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
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URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/04/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee
SUMMARY:
Creates the Rural Broadband and Digital Infrastructure Video Competition
Reform Act. Requires the Department of Technology to compile an inventory of
state-owned resources that may be available for use in the deployment of
broadband networks in rural, unserved, and underserved communities. Prohibits
a video service franchise holder from denying access to service to any group of
potential residential subscribers regardless of income.
STATUS:
05/28/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committees on COMMUNICATIONS AND
CONVEYANCE and PRIVACY AND CONSUMER PROTECTION.
Commentary001:
CSAC watching. Members frustrated with ISBs.
SB 55 AUTHOR: Stern [D]
TITLE: Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone: Development
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 04/05/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Governance and Finance Committee
SUMMARY:
Prohibits the creation or approval of a new development, as defined, in a very
high fire hazard severity zone or a state responsibility area unless there is
substantial evidence that the local agency has adopted a comprehensive,
necessary, and appropriate wildfire prevention and community hardening
strategy to mitigate significant risks of loss, injury, or death, as specified.
STATUS:
04/15/2021 In SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE:
Heard, remains in Committee.
Commentary001:
two-year bill
SB 56 AUTHOR: Durazo [D]
TITLE: Medi-Cal: Eligibility
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/25/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Extends eligibility for full-scope Medi-Cal benefits to individuals who are a
certain age or older, and who are otherwise eligible for those benefits but for
their immigration status.
STATUS:
06/02/2021 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (29-7)
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Commentary001:
EHSD requests LOS. Consistent with Platform.
SB 73 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: Probation: Eligibility: Crimes Controlled Substances
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/10/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Public Safety Committee
HEARING: 06/15/2021 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:
05/13/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
Commentary001:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Jail-time-for-nonviolent-drug-crime
s-in-15804570.php
SB 90 AUTHOR: Stern [D]
TITLE: Elections: Ballot Label
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/16/2020
LAST AMEND: 04/19/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the ballot label for statewide measures to include a listing of the
signers of ballot arguments printed in the state voter information guide that
support and oppose the measure or the signers of the rebuttal arguments to the
arguments that support and oppose the measure. Requires the signers of the
ballot arguments to submit the lists of supporters and opponents to the
Secretary of State and requires the Secretary of State to provide those lists to
county elections officials as part of the label.
STATUS:
04/26/2021 In SENATE Committee on ELECTIONS AND
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: Not heard.
Commentary001:
Leg Com recommended support.
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
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
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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 99 AUTHOR: Dodd [D]
TITLE: Community Energy Resilience Act of 2021
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/28/2020
LAST AMEND: 04/12/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development
Commission to develop and implement a grant program for local governments
to develop community energy resilience plans and expedite permit review of
distributed energy resources.
STATUS:
05/28/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on UTILITIES AND ENERGY.
Commentary001:
CSAC supports
SB 107 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: CalFresh
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/05/2021
LAST AMEND: 02/18/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: A-25
LOCATION: Senate Inactive File
SUMMARY:
Requires the State Department of Social Services, in order to increase client
access and retention within CalFresh, to participate in the Elderly Simplified
Application Project, a demonstration project operated by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. Requires the department to develop a
CalFresh user-centered application for seniors 60 years of age or older and for
people with disabilities who are eligible to be enrolled in the Elderly Simplified
Application Project.
STATUS:
06/01/2021 In SENATE. From third reading. To Inactive File.
Commentary001:
Erick drafted LOS. Sent LOS; consistent with Platform.
Commentary002:
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Advisory Council on Aging sent LOS
SB 110 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: Substance Use Disorder Services: Contingency Management
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/06/2021
LAST AMEND: 03/15/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
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:
06/01/2021 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (39-0)
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: Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee
HEARING: 06/21/2021
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:
05/13/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on REVENUE AND TAXATION.
Commentary002:
CSAC joint support to Asm Revenue and Taxation
SB 222 AUTHOR: Dodd [D]
TITLE: Water Rate Assistance Program
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/20/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Establishes the Water Rate Assistance Fund in the State Treasury to help
provide water affordability assistance, for both drinking water and wastewater
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services, to low-income ratepayers and ratepayers experiencing economic
hardship in California.
STATUS:
06/01/2021 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (31-7)
Commentary001:
https://thentherescalifornia.libsyn.com/senator-bill-dodd-sb-222-sb-223-water-
equity-accessibility
SB 223 AUTHOR: Dodd [D]
TITLE: Discontinuation of Residential Water Service
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Revises the conditions under which urban and community water systems and
very small community water systems are prohibited from discontinuing
residential service for nonpayment. Prohibits these systems from discontinuing
residential service for nonpayment during a state or local emergency.
STATUS:
05/20/2021 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
Commentary001:
https://thentherescalifornia.libsyn.com/senator-bill-dodd-sb-222-sb-223-water-
equity-accessibility
SB 234 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: Transition Aged Youth Housing Program
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/26/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: A-44
LOCATION: Senate Inactive File
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:
06/03/2021 In SENATE. From third reading. To Inactive File.
SB 261 AUTHOR: Allen [D]
TITLE: Regional Transportation Plans: Sustainable Communities
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/27/2021
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DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Transportation Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires 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 State Air Resources Board.
STATUS:
03/15/2021 From SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY:
Do pass to Committee on TRANSPORTATION. (5-2)
Commentary001:
CSAC opposes with UCC, RCRC
SB 270 AUTHOR: Durazo [D]
TITLE: Public Employment: Labor Relations: Employee Data
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/28/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/15/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
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:
06/01/2021 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (30-10)
SB 271 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: County Sheriffs: Eligibility Requirements
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/28/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Governance and Finance Committee
SUMMARY:
Repeals specified eligibility requirements for county sheriffs. Allows all eligible
voters to run for the office of Sheriff.
STATUS:
05/06/2021 In SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE:
Not heard.
Commentary001:
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/02/20/bay-area-lawmakers-bill-looks-to-r
eset-what-a-california-sheriff-can-be/
SB 278 AUTHOR: Leyva [D]
TITLE: PERS: Disallowed Compensation: Benefit Adjustments
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/29/2021
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LAST AMEND: 03/23/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Establishes new procedures under Public Employees' Retirement Law for cases
in which Public Employees' Retirement System determines that the benefits of a
member or annuitant are, or would be, based on disallowed compensation that
conflicts with State Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 and other
specified laws and thus impermissible under Public Employees' Retirement Law.
STATUS:
06/01/2021 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (35-0)
Commentary001:
CSAC and coalition opposes
SB 286 AUTHOR: Min [D]
TITLE: Elections: County Officers: Consolidation
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/01/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to existing Law that 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. Exempts from that
requirement candidates for county nonpartisan offices, including a county office
in a charter county, but not including a charter city and county.
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.
Commentary001:
CSAC and UCC oppose
SB 395 AUTHOR: Caballero [D]
TITLE: Healthy Outcomes and Prevention Education Act: Tax
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/11/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Establishes the Health Careers Opportunity Grant Program under the
administration of the Health Professions Education Foundation for the purpose
of improving access by underrepresented students from disadvantaged
backgrounds to health profession programs offered by the state's public
postsecondary education institutions. Imposes an additional tax for the privilege
of selling electronic cigarettes at retail of an unspecified percentage of the gross
receipts from the sale of electronic cigarettes.
STATUS:
06/01/2021 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
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ASSEMBLY. (29-8)
Commentary001:
CSAC supports in concept; lots to be worked out.
SB 410 AUTHOR: Leyva [D]
TITLE: Department of Industrial Relations
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/12/2021
LAST AMEND: 03/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Exempts any occupational safety and health standard and order from the
standardized regulatory impact analysis requirement.
STATUS:
06/08/2021 From ASSEMBLY Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT:
Do pass to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. (5-2)
Commentary001:
CSAC opposes with coalition
SB 443 AUTHOR: Hertzberg [D]
TITLE: Elections: Redistricting
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/27/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Elections Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires initiative and referendum measures to appear in the order in which
they qualify for the ballot.
STATUS:
05/20/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on ELECTIONS.
Commentary001:
CSAC to oppose
SB 465 AUTHOR: Eggman [D]
TITLE: Mental Health
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/20/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Requires the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
to report to specified legislative committees the outcomes for people receiving
community mental health services under a full service partnership model, as
specified, including any barriers to receiving the data and recommendations to
strengthen California' s use of full service partnerships to reduce incarceration,
hospitalization, and homelessness.
STATUS:
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06/01/2021 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (39-0)
SB 493 AUTHOR: Bradford [D]
TITLE: Local Government Financing: Juvenile Justice
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2021
LAST AMEND: 03/23/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires no less than 95% of the funds allocated under these provisions to be
distributed to community-based organizations and other public agencies or
departments that are not law enforcement entities, as specified, and prohibits
this portion of the funds from being used for law enforcement activities or
personnel.
STATUS:
05/20/2021 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
Commentary002:
CSAC OPPOSED
SB 504 AUTHOR: Becker [D]
TITLE: Elections: Voter Registration
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Requires a county elections official to make conditional voter registration
available to military and overseas voters via a certified remote accessible vote
by mail system.
STATUS:
06/03/2021 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (39-0)
Commentary001:
CSAC supports
SB 515 AUTHOR: Pan [D]
TITLE: Long-Term Services and Supports Benefit Task Force
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/12/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Human Services Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Aging to establish an Long-Term Services and
Supports Benefit Task Force, or utilize an existing board, commission,
committee, or task force, to focus on LTSS benefit needs in the State.
STATUS:
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04/20/2021 In SENATE Committee on HUMAN SERVICES: Not heard.
Commentary001:
CSAC supports
SB 516 AUTHOR: Eggman [D]
TITLE: Certification for Intensive Treatment: Review Hearing
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/08/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Authorizes the evidence considered in the certification review hearing for
specified intensive treatment of a person placed on a 72-hour hold to include
information on the persons medical condition and how that condition bears on
certifying the person as a danger to themselves or to others or as gravely
disabled. Requires that if the person needs continuing medical treatment after
the termination of the involuntary detention, they must be informed that
continuing medical treatment is recommended.
STATUS:
05/20/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committees on HEALTH and JUDICIARY.
Commentary001:
CBHDA has Oppose
SB 555 AUTHOR: McGuire [D]
TITLE: Local Agencies: Transient Occupancy Taxes: Online
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/12/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a local agency, defined to mean a city, county, or city and county,
including a charter city, county, or city and county, to enact an ordinance
exclusively delegating its authority to collect any transient occupancy tax
imposed by that local agency on short-term rentals to the California Department
of Tax and Fee Administration and to enter into a contract with the department
for purposes of registration, rate posting, collection, and transmission of
revenues.
STATUS:
06/01/2021 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (39-0)
Commentary001:
voluntary system
SB 556 AUTHOR: Dodd [D]
TITLE: Street Light Poles, Traffic Signal Poles, Utility Poles
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/04/2021
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DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Local Government Committee
HEARING: 06/09/2021 1:30 pm
SUMMARY:
Prohibits a local government or local publicly owned electric utility from
unreasonably denying the leasing or licensing of its street light poles or traffic
signal poles to communications service providers for the purpose of placing
small wireless facilities on those poles.
STATUS:
06/09/2021 From ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Do
pass to Committee on COMMUNICATIONS AND
CONVEYANCE.
Commentary001:
CSAC has concerns; no formal position yet.
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 Appropriations Committee
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:
05/20/2021 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
SB 586 AUTHOR: Bradford [D]
TITLE: Criminal Fees
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/25/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Relates to an existing law which imposes various fees contingent upon a
criminal arrest, prosecution, or conviction for the cost of administering the
criminal justice system, including lab fees, drug testing, and incarceration,
among others. Repeals the authority to collect many of these fees, among
others. Makes the unpaid balance of many court-imposed costs unenforceable
and uncollectible and requires any portion of a judgment imposing those costs
to be vacated.
STATUS:
06/02/2021 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (30-7)
Commentary002:
CSAC/RCRC/ucc sent concerns letter
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SB 594 AUTHOR: Glazer [D]
TITLE: Elections: Local Redistricting
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Elections Committee
SUMMARY:
Clarifies that adopting district boundaries for certain purposes means the
passage of an ordinance or resolution specifying those boundaries. Authorizes,
expressly, a county board of supervisors to adopt supervisorial district
boundaries by ordinance or resolution. Clarifies that a superior court's order
adopting district boundaries is immediately effective and has the same force
and effect as an enacted ordinance or resolution of the legislative body.
STATUS:
05/20/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committees on ELECTIONS and LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.
SB 606 AUTHOR: Gonzalez [D]
TITLE: Workplace Safety Violations: Employer Retaliation
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/20/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Creates a rebuttable presumption that a violation committed by an employer
that has multiple worksites is enterprise-wide in certain circumstances.
Authorizes the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to issue a citation if
the employer fails to rebut such presumption. Requires each employee exposed
to the violation to be considered a separate violation for the issuance of fines
and penalties. Establishes that an employer's actions are presumed retaliatory
in certain situations.
STATUS:
06/02/2021 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (28-7)
Commentary001:
CSAC Opposes
SB 612 AUTHOR: Portantino [D]
TITLE: Electrical Corporations and Other Load-serving Entities
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/20/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Requires an electrical corporation to annually offer, for the following year, an
allocation of each product, as defined, arising from legacy resources, as defined,
to its bundled customers and to other load-serving entities, defined to include
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electric service providers and community choice aggregators, serving
departing-load customers, as defined, who bear cost responsibility for those
resources.
STATUS:
06/01/2021 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (33-6)
Commentary001:
Sent LOS. Consistent with amended Platform.
SB 617 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: Residential Solar Energy Systems: Permitting
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/04/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires every city and county to implement an online, automated permitting
platform that verifies code compliance and instantaneously issues permits for a
solar energy system and an energy storage system meeting certain
requirements paired with a solar energy system, as specified. Requires a city or
county to amend a certain ordinance to authorize a residential solar energy
system and an energy storage system to use the platform. Prescribes a
compliance schedule for satisfying these requirements.
STATUS:
05/20/2021 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
Commentary001:
May Leg Com agenda. Watch.
SB 619 AUTHOR: Laird [D]
TITLE: Organic Waste: Reduction Regulations
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/13/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Natural Resources Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to only impose a
penalty on a local jurisdiction, and requires a penalty to only accrue, for a
violation of the regulations if the local jurisdiction did not make a reasonable
effort, as determined by the department, to comply with the regulations.
STATUS:
05/28/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES.
SB 712 AUTHOR: Hueso [D]
TITLE: Local Government: California Tribes
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/04/2021
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DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Local Government Committee
SUMMARY:
Encourages state and local governments to work cooperatively with tribes in
their fee-to-trust applications for purposes of regaining ancestral lands, and to
support tribes in their nongaming fee-to-trust applications. Prohibits local
governments from adopting or enforcing a resolution or ordinance that would
prevent the local government from conducting a fair evaluation of a fee-to-trust
application by a federally recognized tribe based on the merits of the
application.
STATUS:
05/28/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
Commentary001:
CSAC notes problematic provision about going to tribe to get economic benefits;
strange imposition on counties.
SB 749 AUTHOR: Glazer [D]
TITLE: Mental Health Program Oversight: County Reporting
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/25/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Requires the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
to create a comprehensive tracking program for county spending on mental and
behavioral health programs and services, as specified, including funding
sources, funding utilization, and outcome data at the program, service, and
statewide levels.
STATUS:
06/02/2021 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (38-0)
SB 782 AUTHOR: Glazer [D]
TITLE: Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 05/05/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Authorizes the filing of a petition to obtain assisted outpatient treatment under
the existing petition procedures, for a conservatee or former conservatee, as
specified, who would benefit from assisted outpatient treatment to reduce the
risk of deteriorating mental health while living independently.
STATUS:
05/20/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committees on HEALTH and JUDICIARY.
SB 784 AUTHOR: Glazer [D]
TITLE: State Government: Emergency Services: Nonprofit Service
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
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URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 06/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Emergency Management Committee
HEARING: 06/14/2021
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a nonprofit entity that provides 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:
06/03/2021 From ASSEMBLY Committee on EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
with author's amendments.
06/03/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
SB 788 AUTHOR: Bradford [D]
TITLE: Workers' Compensation: Risk Factors
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Prohibits consideration of race, religious creed, color, national origin, age,
gender, marital status, sex, sexual identity, sexual orientation, or genetic
characteristics to determine the approximate percentage of the permanent
disability caused by other factors. Expresses the Legislature's intent to eliminate
bias and discrimination in the workers' compensation system.
STATUS:
06/02/2021 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (37-0)
CA SCR 17 AUTHOR: Leyva [D]
TITLE: Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
INTRODUCED: 02/24/2021
ENACTED: 04/30/2021
DISPOSITION: Adopted
LOCATION: Chaptered
CHAPTER: 2021-21
SUMMARY:
Declares March 21, 2021, as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination.
STATUS:
04/30/2021 Chaptered by Secretary of State.
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 5.
Meeting Date:06/14/2021
Subject:AB 844 (Grayson) Empowerment Zone for the Northern Waterfront Area
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2021-19
Referral Name: AB 844 (Grayson)
Presenter: Amalia Cunningham, DCD Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-655-2057
Referral History:
Staff in the Department of Conservation and Development (DCD) have been tracking and reviewing AB 844
(Grayson) Empowerment Zone for the Northern Waterfront Area since its introduction this year. AB 844 would
estabilsh a Green Empowerment Zone (Green EZ) for the Northern Waterfront area of the Counties of Contra Costa
and Solano until January 1, 2028. It would also task the Green Empowerment Zone (EZ) with various duties, and
would require the Green EZ to report to the Legislature.
Appreciative to our local legislator, Assembly Member Tim Grayson, and supportive of the intent of the bill, staff
recommends the Legislation Committee consider a "support" recommendation to the Board of Supervisors.
However, they offer the following amendments for consideration:
1. Give consideration to changing the provisions that authorize the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
to nominate the board representatives from the economic development and workforce development sectors (sections
7599.101 (b)(4) and (b)(7)).
2. An alternate process could be for the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) or a
local economic development agency to nominate the economic development representatives.
3. Relative to the 5 directors representing workforce development and education, greater specificity of the seat
composition would be helpful to ensure representation from both Solano Community College & Contra Costa
Community College Districts.
In general, the size of this board may create challenges. Also, the bill does not presently indicate who will provide
staff support of the board.
Referral Update:
AB 844
Author:Timothy S. Grayson (D-014)
Coauthor Dodd (D)
Title:Empowerment Zone for the Northern Waterfront Area
Fiscal
Committee:
no
Urgency
Clause:
no
Introduced:02/17/2021
Last 05/04/2021
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Last
Amend:
05/04/2021
Disposition:Pending
Location:Senate Business, Professions & Economic Development Committee
Summary:Authorizes establishment of a Green Empowerment Zone for the Northern Waterfront area of the
Counties of Contra Costa and Solano.
Status:
06/07/2021 In SENATE Committee on BUSINESS, PROFESSIONS AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT: Not heard.
Full Status
02/17/2021 INTRODUCED.
03/18/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE
ECONOMY.
03/18/2021 From ASSEMBLY Committee on JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE
ECONOMY with author's amendments.
03/18/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Committee on JOBS,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE ECONOMY.
04/21/2021 From ASSEMBLY Committee on JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE
ECONOMY with author's amendments.
04/21/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Committee on JOBS,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE ECONOMY.
04/27/2021 From ASSEMBLY Committee on JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE
ECONOMY: Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (6-0)
05/04/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. To second reading.
05/05/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
05/10/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE. (74-0)
05/19/2021 To SENATE Committees on BUSINESS, PROFESSIONS AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT and GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE.
06/07/2021 In SENATE Committee on BUSINESS, PROFESSIONS AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT: Not heard.
2021 CA A 844: Bill Analysis - 06/03/2021 - Senate Bus, Prof and Econ Dev Committee, Hearing Date
06/07/2021
SENATE COMMITTEE ON
BUSINESS, PROFESSIONS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Senator Richard Roth, Chair
2021 - 2022 Regular
Bill No: AB 844 Hearing Date: June 7, 2021
Author: Grayson
Version: May 4, 2021
Urgency: No Fiscal: No
Consultant: Dana Shaker
Subject: Green Empowerment Zone for the Northern Waterfront area of the
Counties of Contra Costa and Solano
NOTE:
Double-referral to Senate Governance and Finance Committee, Second
SUMMARY:
Authorizes establishment of a Green Empowerment Zone (Green EZ) for the Northern Waterfront area of the
Counties of Contra Costa and Solano until January 1, 2028; tasks the Green EZ with various duties, and requires the
Green EZ to report to the Legislature.
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Green EZ to report to the Legislature.
Existing law:
1) Establishes the GO-Biz within the Governor's Office for the purpose of serving as the lead state agency for
economic strategy and marketing of California on issues relating to business development, private sector
investment, and economic growth. (Government Code (GOV) Section ; 12096-12098.5)
2) Authorizes GO-Biz to make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature on new state policies,
programs, and actions, or amendments to existing programs, advance statewide economic goals and respond to
emerging economic problems and opportunities, and ensure that all state policies and programs conform to the state
economic and business development goals, among other things. (GOV Section 12096.3 (b))
3) Requires the California Air Resources board (CARB) to determine the 1990 statewide greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions level and ensure statewide GHG emissions are reduced to 40% below the 1990 level by 2030, and adopt
GHG emissions reductions measures by regulation. (Health and Safety Code (HSC) Section ; 38566, 38500 et seq.)
4) Requires increased the Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) requirement from 50 to 60 percent by 2030, and
created a policy which endeavors to meet all of the state's retail electricity supply with a mix of RPS-eligible and
zero-carbon resources by December 31, 2045. (Public Utilities Code (PUC) Section ; 399.11 et seq., 454.53)
This bill:
1) Authorizes establishment of a Green EZ for the Northern Waterfront area of the Counties of Contra Costa and
Solano until January 1, 2028.
2) States that the purpose of the Green EZ is to build upon the comparative advantage provided by the regional
concentration of highly skilled energy industry workers by prioritizing access to tax incentives, grants, loan
programs, workforce training programs, and private sector investment in the renewable energy sector.
3) Specifies particular cities that the Green EZ may include. Establishes that the Green EZ's Board of Directors may
add additional members.
4) Establishes that the Green EZ Board of Directors will be comprised of seven stakeholder groups, including local
government, large employers, state government, small business and economic development, universities,
laboratories, and foundations, the largest private sector organized labor organizations, and workforce development
and public and private educational entities. Establishes that every member of the United States Congress
representing a city, as specified, shall be ex officio voting members of the Board of Directors. Specifies that
members of the Board shall serve without compensation and procedures for handling a conflict of interest.
5) Tasks the Green EZ with various duties, including but not limited to identification of projects and programs that
will best utilize public dollars and improve the economic vitality of the Northern Waterfront area of the Counties of
Contra Costa and Solano in a coordinated effort to address the just transition to a clean energy economy.
6) Requires the Board make recommendations to the Governor that would improve the economic well-being of the
region and the quality of life of its residents.
7) Requires the Green EZ to produce a report each year that includes recommendations for action by the Legislature
and the progress of the zone, and to post the report on its internet website, as specified.
8) Makes findings and declarations as to a special statute for the Counties of Contra Costa and Solano.
COMMENTS:
1. Purpose. The Author is the Sponsor of this bill. According to the Author, "AB 844 will create the Green
Empowerment Zone for the Northern Waterfront area of the Counties of Contra Costa and Solano, to prioritize
access to tax incentives, grants, loan programs, workforce training programs, and private sector investment in the
clean and green energy sector. The Bay Area is the second largest oil refining center on the West Coast and home to
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five refineries. In light of the Governor's recent executive orders, and the potential for the loss of thousands of
high-paying union jobs, it is imperative that an equitable transition to clean energy be a priority for Federal, State,
and local stakeholders."
2. Background.
Promise Zones and Opportunity Zones as Efforts to Increase Economic Development. In the last decade, efforts
such as Promise Zones and Opportunity Zones have emerged as a way to support the country's most disadvantaged
and economically-distressed geographical locations and communities. Generally speaking, Promise Zones are
high-poverty areas that are eligible for various tax credits in order to create jobs and spur investment. These zones
also receive governmental aid and partnership in the form of assistance to reduce crime and recidivism, as well as
increase educational opportunities. There are currently 22 Promise Zones in the United States.
Originally created via the federal 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts, Opportunity Zones are economically-distressed
areas where private investments may be eligible for capital gain tax incentives, under certain conditions. According
to the Brookings Institute, "Opportunity Zones offer favorable capital gains treatment for taxpayers with unrealized
gains who invest in designated low-income communities." Only investors with pre-existing capital gains and those
who anticipate facing future capital gains taxes qualify for Opportunity Zone tax benefits. Both of these efforts are
examples of programs meant to increase economic development in areas that need assistance.
California's Green Energy and Economy Efforts. California has been a leader in prioritizing green energy and a
green economy. In 2006, AB 32 (Nunez, Chapter 488, Statutes of 2006) required CARB to determine the 1990
statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions level and approve a statewide GHG emissions limit that was equivalent
to that level, to be achieved by 2020, and to adopt GHG emissions reductions measures by regulation. AB 32
(Pavley, Chapter 249, Statutes of 2016) modified this goal slightly, requiring CARB to ensure statewide GHG
emissions are reduced to 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. In 2018, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 100 (De
Leon, Chapter 312, Statutes of 2018), which increased the Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) requirement from
50 to 60 percent by 2030, and created a policy which endeavors to meet all of the state's retail electricity supply with
a mix of RPS-eligible and zero-carbon resources by December 31, 2045. Governor Brown also signed an Executive
Order in 2018 requiring that California reduce its net output of greenhouse gases to zero by 2045. Governor
Newsom has engaged in a number of climate-related efforts as well, including issuing an Executive Order requiring
sales of all new passenger vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035, requiring the end of new permits for hydraulic
fracturing (or "fracking") by January 2024, and requesting that CARB analyze how to phase out oil extraction in
California by 2045. According to the EPA, the oil and gas sector, and refineries specifically, are some of the highest
overall contributors to GHG emissions.
Contra Costa and Solano Counties, Oil Refineries, and their Economies. According to the Los Angeles County
Economic Development Corporation, in 2017 the Oil and Gas Industry in California provided 152,100 direct
employment jobs and 365,970 jobs in the state, which makes up about 1.6% of the state's overall employment. The
Bay Area is the second largest oil refining center on the West Coast. It is home to five refineries; four of those five
refineries are in Contra Costa County.
Given the state's mandates and goals to produce a clean-energy economy in the next few decades, the Author says
"it is a matter of equity and economic justice that we support the growth of high-paying jobs and industry to replace
the ones that are being phased out." The phasing out of industries such as coal in West Virginia without a transition
plan have had a devastating effect on the state's economy in regions where the coal industry was a primary
employer. For example, where the coal industry used to provide more than 100,000 jobs to West Virginians in the
1950s, it now provides less than 20,000. The region is also grappling with increased drug addiction rates. This bill is
the Author's attempt to avoid a similar outcome in his district.
3. Arguments in Support. The California Professional Firefighters write in support: "Covering a number of cities
throughout both Contra Costa and Solano Counties, the newly established Green Empowerment Zone would seek to
encourage and prioritize investments and projects that both revitalize the economies of its local jurisdictions as well
as advance important sustainability goals. The Green Empowerment Zone will be governed by a board of directors
comprised of individuals representing the local government entities that have opted into the program, employers,
labor groups, state agencies, and others. By bringing together a diverse coalition of experts and representatives of
their communities, this board seeks to identify the projects that are best suited to the overall goals of the Green
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Empowerment Zone, as well as reviewing policies and legislation to ensure that they are beneficial to the
represented counties and local jurisdictions.
The ongoing movement towards a greener economy, energy production, and manufacturing requires must be
undertaken thoughtfully to ensure that communities and individuals are not harmed by rapid changes to previously
established systems. AB 844 seeks to bring together representatives of communities that are at the center of much of
this transition, and empowers them to advocate for projects, programs, and investments that best address these
changes and growth."
4. Concerns. The Solano County Board of Supervisors writes with both questions and concerns: "One key question
is the geographic scope of the bill. It references 3 cities in Solano County (Vallejo, Benicia and Suisun City) and the
County of Solano. The Solano waterfront extends from San Pablo Bay and the Carquinez Strait all the way to the
Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta. Does the bill intend to span the full breadth of this waterfront or a smaller
geographic area? Would areas such as the city of Rio Vista or community of Collinsville be included under the
scope of this bill. Also, the bill references "the northern waterfront areas of the Counties of Contra Costa and
Solano". The text should be amended to note it is the southern waterfront of Solano County. Overall, the County
recommends the bill language be tightened up to clarify geographic scope and extent and the legislative intent for
these areas.
The key concern with the bill that might be able to be addressed with clarifying language is possible conflict of
certain forms of green energy development (Wind turbine farms and commercial scale solar) As you know, the
Travis Air Force Base (TAFB) is one of the largest employers in the County and operations at the base generate
multiplied economic activity in the surrounding communities. While Solano County is supportive of alternative and
green energy solutions, the establishment of wind turbines in the vicinity of TAFB in particular is incompatible with
TAFB operations and air radar equipment used for national security purposes of the base and safe movement of all
types of aircraft through the region. In short, wind turbines create radar interference that negatively affect air traffic
control at TAFB. While the subject bill does not directly address wind energy development, it is unclear in current
language if it could be interpreted to facilitate wind turbines and large scale wind energy projects Solano County
currently has a moratorium on wind turbine development and the TAFB Land Use Compatibility Plan administered
by the Solano County Airport Commission contains provision limiting wind turbine development. The County also
prohibits commercial scale solar development in agricultural zones to preserve active agriculture and to minimize
possible glare impacts on aircraft. The County's request is the bill include language requiring compliance with local
ordinances addressing wind turbine, commercial scale solar and utility projects."
SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION:
Support:
California Professional Firefighters
Opposition:
Solano County Board of Supervisors
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
CONSIDER recomending to the Board of Supervisors a position of "Support" on AB 844 (Grayson) Empowerment
Zone for the Northern Waterfront Area and direct staff on its placement on a Board agenda.
Attachments
No file(s) attached.
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 6.
Meeting Date:06/14/2021
Subject:SB 594 (Glazer) Elections: Local Redistricting
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2021-20
Referral Name:
Presenter: David Twa Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-655-2057
Referral History:
SB 594 (Glazer) has been tracked and reviewed by staff and by retired County Administrator,
David Twa, since its introduction. As there may be implications from the bill on the County's
upcoming redistricting process, the Committee may wish to consider recommending that the
Board of Supervisors take a position of "support" on the bill.
Referral Update:
SB 594
Author:Steven M. Glazer (D-007)
Title:Elections: Local Redistricting
Fiscal
Committee:
no
Urgency
Clause:
yes
Introduced:02/18/2021
Last
Amend:
05/03/2021
Disposition:Pending
Location:Assembly Elections Committee
Summary:Clarifies that adopting district boundaries for certain purposes means the passage
of an ordinance or resolution specifying those boundaries. Authorizes, expressly,
a county board of supervisors to adopt supervisorial district boundaries by
ordinance or resolution. Clarifies that a superior court's order adopting district
boundaries is immediately effective and has the same force and effect as an
enacted ordinance or resolution of the legislative body.
Status:
05/20/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committees on ELECTIONS and LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.
Full Status
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02/18/2021 INTRODUCED.
02/22/2021 In SENATE. Article IV. Section 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed
with.
02/22/2021 In SENATE. Joint Rule 55 suspended.
03/03/2021 To SENATE Committee on RULES.
03/04/2021 From SENATE Committee on RULES with author's amendments.
03/04/2021 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to
Committee on RULES .
03/18/2021
Re-referred to SENATE Committees on ELECTIONS AND
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS and GOVERNANCE AND
FINANCE.
04/05/2021 From SENATE Committee on ELECTIONS AND
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS with author's amendments.
04/05/2021
In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to
Committee on ELECTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS.
04/12/2021
From SENATE Committee on ELECTIONS AND
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: Do pass to Committee on
GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE. (5-0)
05/03/2021 From SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE with
author's amendments.
05/03/2021 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to
Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE.
05/06/2021 From SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE: Do
pass. To Consent Calendar. (5-0)
05/11/2021 In SENATE. Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
05/13/2021 In SENATE. Read third time, urgency clause adopted. Passed
SENATE. *****To ASSEMBLY. (38-0)
05/20/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committees on ELECTIONS and LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.
2021 CA S 594: Bill Analysis - 05/12/2021 - Senate Floor
SENATE RULES COMMITTEE SB 594 Office of Senate Floor Analyses (916) 651-1520 Fax:
(916) 327-4478
CONSENT
Bill No: SB 594
Author: Glazer (D)
Amended: 5/3/21
Vote: 27 - Urgency
SENATE ELECTIONS & C.A. COMMITTEE: 5-0, 4/12/21
AYES: Glazer, Nielsen, Hertzberg, Leyva, Newman
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SENATE GOVERNANCE & FIN. COMMITTEE: 5-0, 5/6/21
AYES: McGuire, Nielsen, Durazo, Hertzberg, Wiener
SUBJECT: Elections: local redistricting
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST:
This bill clarifies the process and deadlines for county and city redistricting. This bill also requires
that, notwithstanding any other date specified in law, special districts redistrict more than 180
days before the district's next regular election occurring after January 1 of each year ending in the
number two.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1) Requires a county board of supervisors or a city council, when those governing bodies are
elected by district, to adopt district boundaries following each federal decennial census so that
each district within that county or city is substantially equal in population as required by the
United States Constitution and complies with other criteria, as specified.
2) Provides different redistricting deadlines for counties and cities based on the timing of their
regular elections. Specifically, provides that:
a) For redistricting occurring before 2031 and where a county or a city has a regular election
occurring after January 1, 2022, and before July 1, 2022, the boundaries of the districts shall be
adopted by the governing body not later than 174 days before that election.
b) For redistricting occurring before 2031 and where a county or a city does not have a regular
election occurring after January 1, 2022, and before July 1, 2022, the boundaries of the districts
shall be adopted by the local jurisdiction not later than 205 days before the governing body's next
regular election occurring on or after July 1, 2022.
c) For redistricting occurring in 2031 and thereafter, the boundaries of the districts shall be
adopted by the county or the city not later than 205 days before the governing body's next regular
election occurring after January 1 in each year ending in the number two.
d) These deadlines do not apply to a charter city that has adopted a different redistricting deadline
by ordinance or in its city charter.
3) Provides that, if a county or city fails to redistrict by the above deadlines, the governing body
shall petition the superior court for an order adopting boundaries. Provides that the superior
court's order is immediately effective in the same manner as an enacted ordinance or resolution of
the governing body.
4) Provides, generally, that county boards of supervisors and city councils may pass resolutions
or ordinances by majority vote.
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5) Provides that a city council may adopt district boundaries by ordinance or resolution.
6) Provides, as to county and city ordinances, all of the following:
a) That an ordinance shall not be passed within five days of its introduction, nor at other than a
regular meeting or at an adjourned regular meeting, except as specified.
b) That, when an ordinance is altered after introduction, it shall be passed only at a regular or at
an adjourned regular meeting held at least five days after alteration, except as specified.
c) That, within 15 days after the passage of an ordinance, it shall be published once, with the
names of the members voting for and against the ordinance, in a newspaper published in the
jurisdiction, except as specified.
d) That an ordinance is effective 30 days from the date of final passage, except, among other
enumerated exceptions, an ordinance relating to an election or an ordinance passed by a
four-fifths vote which is for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, both
of which shall take effect immediately.
7) Requires, generally, that a special district whose governing board is elected by division adjust
those division boundaries after each federal decennial census so that the divisions are, as far as
practicable, equal in population, and authorizes the governing board to consider other factors in
adjusting division boundaries, as specified.
8) Provides, generally, that a special district shall adjust its governing board's division boundaries
by resolution.
9) Provides, generally, that no change in special district division boundaries may be made within
180 days preceding the election of any director.
10) Provides, for some types of special districts, and for some individual special districts,
different redistricting deadlines.
11) Requires, if the board of directors of a community services district, a fire protection district, a
recreation and park district, or the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (CCCSD) is elected by
divisions, that the board adjust the boundaries of the divisions before November 1 of the year
following the year in which each decennial census is taken.
This bill:
1) Provides that a county board of supervisors may adopt district boundaries by ordinance or
resolution.
2) Defines, for city and county districting or redistricting, the "adoption" of district boundaries to
mean "the passage of an ordinance or resolution specifying those boundaries."
3) Clarifies that a superior court's order adopting district boundaries is immediately effective and
has the same force and effect as an enacted ordinance or resolution of the legislative body.
4) Provides that, notwithstanding any other date specified in law, the board of directors of a
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special district that is required to adjust division boundaries after each federal decennial census
shall adopt the adjusted boundaries of the divisions prior to 180 days before the district's next
regular election occurring after January 1 of each year ending in the number two. Clarifies that
the date of the resolution's adoption is the date of passage of the resolution by the board.
5) Amends the redistricting deadline for community services districts, fire protection districts,
recreation and park districts, and the CCCSD to provide that the governing boards of those special
districts shall redistrict in accordance with the general deadline for special districts.
6) Makes technical and conforming changes.
7) Contains an urgency clause.
Background
Redistricting and Census Data. Redistricting is the process of redrawing election district
boundaries to create equally-populated districts. The United States Supreme Court has held that
periodic redistricting, generally occurring at least every ten years, is required for all legislative
bodies that are elected by district, including the United States House of Representatives, state
legislatures, and the governing bodies of local jurisdictions.
Redistricting at all levels of government is usually performed using federal decennial census data,
which provides population data down to the block level. State law expressly requires that
counties, cities, and special districts redistrict using census data.
Census Data Release Delays. Under federal law, the decennial census counts the United States
population as of April 1 in every year ending in the number zero, although the United States
Census Bureau's (Bureau's) data collection efforts extend beyond that date. Federal law requires
that block-level population and demographic data be delivered to states for use in congressional
and legislative redistricting no later than April 1 of the year after the census, e.g. April 1, 2022.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bureau was unable to deliver census redistricting data to the
states by that deadline this year. After a series of announced data release delays, the Bureau is
now estimating that census redistricting data will be available in a "legacy format" no later than
August 16, 2021. The Bureau will also provide a redistricting dataset in its standard format by
September 30, 2021.
The Statewide Database (SWDB), which is housed at UC Berkeley School of Law and produces
California's official redistricting database, has indicated that it can convert the legacy format
census data into a format that is useable for redistricting by late August 2021. The SWDB is also
creating a database of census data which has been adjusted to count persons incarcerated in a state
correctional facility at their last known residential address instead of that facility, which counties
and cities are required to use for redistricting. The SWDB has estimated it can produce this
adjusted dataset from the legacy format census data by late September.
Local Redistricting Deadlines. In 2020, the Legislature passed AB 1276 (Bonta, Chapter 90,
Statutes of 2020), which adjusted county and city redistricting deadlines to provide more time for
a signature-in-lieu of filing fee petition process and in response to early announcements of
potential delays in the release of census data. Under this law, counties and cities must generally
complete the redistricting process at least 205 days before their next regular election after January
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1 in a year ending in two. However, for counties and cities with regular elections between January
1 and July 1, 2022, the deadline is 174 days before that election.
Also in 2020, the Legislature passed SB 970 (Umberg, Chapter 111, Statutes of 2020), which
moved the date of the statewide primary from March to June in gubernatorial election years. As a
result of AB 1276 and SB 970, counties and cities consolidating elections with the June 2022
primary have a December 15, 2021, redistricting deadline, or a little over two months after the
SWDB estimates that adjusted census data may be available. Cities consolidating elections with
the November 2022 general election have an April 17, 2022 deadline. Charter cities, regardless of
the timing of their elections, may adopt different deadlines.
The general deadline for special district redistricting, which must occur after the decennial census
but not within 180 days of a governing board election, was not changed last session. However,
after moving the primary date to June, special districts consolidating their elections with the
primary must now redistrict prior to December 9, 2021. Special districts that consolidate their
elections with the November 2022 general election must redistrict prior to May 12, 2022. Some
special districts also have different deadlines specified in their enabling acts.
City and County Redistricting: Ordinance and Resolution Effective Dates. Under state law, a
county or city ordinance is generally effective 30 days after being passed by a county board of
supervisors or city council, which includes redistricting ordinances. (See Ortiz v. Board of
Supervisors of Madera County, 107 Cal. App. 3d 866 (1980).) State law does not specify an
effective date for resolutions. However, courts have implied a 30-day effective date to resolutions
that are subject to referendum, which would likely include redistricting resolutions. (See Midway
Orchards v. County of Butte, 220 Cal. App. 3d 765 (1990).)
Because redistricting ordinances and resolutions likely go into effect 30 days after passage, some
local governments believe there is ambiguity as to whether the local deadline to "adopt" county
supervisorial districts and city council districts refers to the date an ordinance or resolution is
passed by the board or council, or the date that ordinance or resolution becomes effective. The
latter interpretation would further compress the time that local governing boards have to pass new
election district maps following the delayed release of census data.
SB 594 clarifies that, for county, city, and special district redistricting, adoption means the date a
redistricting ordinance or resolution is passed.
County Redistricting by Resolution. For cities, state law specifies that redistricting may be done
"by ordinance or resolution." However, state law is silent as to the type of local legislation that
counties may use to redistrict. Faced with this possible ambiguity, many counties will redistrict by
ordinance, which may impose some additional timing and procedural constraints on the
redistricting process.
Under state law, counties must follow certain procedures to enact ordinances that are not required
for passing a resolution. For example, unlike resolutions, an ordinance must have two readings,
can only be adopted at a regular meeting or adjourned regular meeting at least five days after the
introduction or last amendment of the proposed ordinance, and must be published in a newspaper
after being passed, except as specified.
SB 594 expressly authorizes counties to redistrict by ordinance or resolution. While resolutions
are not subject to the notice and publication requirements associated with ordinances, counties
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would still have to comply with redistricting-specific public notice and transparency
requirements. For example, counties are required to hold four public hearings before adopting a
redistricting map and a draft map must be published online for seven days (or three days in the
final 28 days before the deadline to redistrict) prior to being adopted.
Special Districts with Early Redistricting Deadlines. As discussed above, under current law
special districts are generally required to redistrict following each federal decennial census but
cannot change division boundaries within 180 days of a regular election. This deadline applies to
a special district "required by its authorizing act to adjust division boundaries pursuant to this
section."
However, some types of special districts, and some individual special districts, have unique
redistricting deadlines set in statute that do not follow this default deadline. In many cases, these
specific deadlines are much earlier than the default deadline and may be difficult to comply with
this year because of the census data release delays. For example, community services districts,
fire protection districts, recreation and park districts, and the CCCSD all have a deadline of
November 1 in the year following the year in which the census is taken, e.g. November 1, 2021.
SB 594 provides that, notwithstanding any other law, special districts shall redistrict prior to 180
days before the district's next regular election after January 1 in every year ending in two. This
bill also eliminates the specific November 1 deadline for the special districts described above.
Comments
According to the author, due to COVID-19-related delays in the release of census data, the local
redistricting process will be significantly compressed this year compared with prior cycles, which
will reduce the time available for public and community participation and local government
deliberation. This is especially the case for cities and counties with June 2022 elections, which
will have around two months to draft new district maps, solicit the public's input, and adopt new
district boundaries.
SB 594 makes a number of changes to ensure there is as much time as possible for line-drawing
and public and community participation despite the constraints of this delayed census data. First,
SB 594 clarifies that the deadline for city, county, and special district redistricting is the date for
passing an ordinance or resolution, not its effective date. Ordinances and resolutions only go into
effect 30 days after being passed, and some local governments with June 2022 elections are
operating under the assumption that they must adopt district maps by November 15 to be effective
in time for the December 15, 2021 deadline, which would leave a little over one month to
redistrict. SB 594 also clarifies that counties may redistrict by resolution, instead of by ordinance,
which is already expressly allowed for cities. By eliminating the need to redistrict by ordinance,
which have second reading requirements that mostly duplicate other redistricting-specific notice
requirements, counties and the public may gain up to a few extra weeks to deliberate before
adopting maps.
Finally, SB 594 requires all special districts, notwithstanding any other law, to redistrict their
electoral divisions more than 180 days before the special district's next regular election after
January 1, 2022. This uniform standard, requested by the California Special Districts Association,
provides a more workable redistricting deadline based on the timing of a district's elections.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No
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SUPPORT: (Verified 5/11/21)
Association of California Water Agencies
California Special Districts Association
County of San Diego Independent Redistricting Commission
League of Women Voters of California
Placer County
Sacramento County Board of Supervisors
OPPOSITION: (Verified 5/11/21)
None received
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: In a letter supporting SB 594, the League of Women Voters of
California (LWVC) stated, in part, the following:
The LWVC believes that redistricting at all levels of government should include opportunities for
robust public participation. ... The anticipated delay in receiving the census data needed to draw
new maps means that cities and counties may not have sufficient time to carry out the
redistricting process. SB 594 is one technical clarification that takes a first step in protecting the
redistricting process and the timeline for public input.
Prepared by: Nicolas Heidorn / E. & C.A. / (916) 651-4106
5/12/21 15:32:52
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors a position of "Support" on SB 594
(Glazer) and direct staff on its placement on a Board agenda.
Attachments
No file(s) attached.
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 7.
Meeting Date:06/14/2021
Subject:Federal Update
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2021-18
Referral Name: Federal Legislation of Interest
Presenter: L. DeLaney and Alcalde & Fay Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-655-2057
Referral History:
The Legislation Committee regularly receives reports on federal legislation and provides direction
to staff and the County's federal advocates from Alcalde & Fay, as needed.
Referral Update:
Our federal advocate from Alcalde & Fay, Paul Schlesinger, informed County staff that the Senate Commerce and
Banking Committees were marking up their titles of the transportation reauthorization bill the week of June 14.
With regard to the House Transportation Reauthorization bill, projects included in Contra Costa County include the
following:
Project #148, Hwy 24 LaMorinda Smart Signal System/Orinda & Lafayette – $2 million
#166, Market Avenue Complete Streets, North Richmond, $2.17 million
#171, Mobility for All Project, North Richmond and Bay Point, $2 million
Richmond Parkway Transit Center and Freeway Access Improvements, Richmond, $1
million
#204, Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara Counties, SF Bay Regional Advance Mitigation
Program, $5 million
#205, City of Pinole, San Pablo Avenue Rehab, City Limits to Pinole Shores, $742,000
#231, Traffic Signal Upgrades on I-680 project, Danville, Walnut Crk, Concord, Pleasant
Hill, $6 million
#241, Vasco Road Safety Improvements, Phase II, $3.905 million
#78, Appian Way Pedestrian Crossing Enhancements, $2.0 million
#254, Ygnacio Valley Road Project, Walnut Creek, $1 million
(Highlighted projects are those sponsored by Contra Costa County Public Works Department.)
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CSAC Update from Washington DC
May 27, 2021
Senate Panel Advances Highway Reauthorization Bill
On May 26, the Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee unanimously voted to advance a five-year
highway reauthorization measure. The bill, known as the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act (STRA) of
2021, sets a baseline funding level of $303.5 billion for highways, roads, and bridges. The proposed funding
represents an increase of 34 percent when compared to the levels authorized by the previous long-term surface
transportation law (FAST Act; PL 114-94). During committee consideration, the panel agreed to incorporate
approximately 90 noncontroversial provisions put forward by lawmakers on the committee. Despite the largely
bipartisan nature of the markup, Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) offered an amendment that
garnered some pushback from GOP leaders. The proposal, which was narrowly approved, would direct an
additional $200 million to connect walking and biking infrastructure into active transportation networks. Those
opposing the measure noted that the legislation already directs $7.2 billion for alternative transportation projects.
Other select highlights of the legislation include:
Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) Program
Increases the off-system bridge set-aside. Under the bill, not less than 20 percent of a state’s
STBG allocation would need to be spent on bridges that are located off of the Federal-aid
highway system (up from 15 percent under current law).
Creates a new set-aside for transportation projects in rural areas.
Creates a new population tranche for STBG sub-allocated funds (new category is for areas
with a population of 50,000 to 200,000).
Increases the amount of funding set aside for the Transportation Alternatives Program
(TAP) and increases the minimum percentage of TAP funding that is sub-allocated on the
basis of population.
Adds new eligibilities to STBG, including construction of wildlife crossing structures,
electric vehicle charging infrastructure and vehicle-to-grid infrastructure, installation and
deployment of intelligent transportation technologies, projects that facilitate intermodal
connections between emerging transportation technologies, resilience features, cybersecurity
protections, etc.
Bridge Investment Program
Creates a new competitive grant program to assist State, local, and tribal governments in
rehabilitating or replacing bridges, including culverts; includes eligibility for large projects
and bundling of smaller bridges. Authorized at $600 million in FY 2022, with the
authorization level rising to $700 million in FY 2026.
Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program
Creates a new rural surface transportation grant program whereby DOT is authorized to
provide grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to improve and expand
transportation infrastructure in rural areas. The goals of the program include increasing
connectivity, improving safety and reliability of the movement of people and freight, and the
generation of regional economic growth.
National Highway Performance Program
Augments the purpose of the NHPP to include a focus on measures that increase resiliency
to the impacts of sea level rise, extreme weather events, flooding, and other natural disasters,
such as earthquakes and rockslides. Expands eligibility for States to use NHPP funds for
resiliency, cybersecurity, and undergrounding utility infrastructure. The bill also allows a
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State to use up to 15 percent of its NHPP funding for protective features on a Federal-aid
highway or bridge that is off the NHS if the protective feature is designed to mitigate the risk
of recurring damage or the cost of future repairs from extreme weather events, flooding, or
other natural disasters.
Emergency Relief Projects
Requires DOT to revise the Emergency Relief (ER) program manual of FHWA to: include a
definition of resilience; identify procedures that may be used to incorporate resilience into
ER projects; encourage the use of complete streets design principles in ER projects; develop
best practices for improving the use of resilience in ER projects; and develop and implement
a process to track the consideration of resilience as part of the ER program, as well as the
cost of ER projects.
Streamlining
Codification of One Federal Decision – Creates new environmental review procedures and
requirements for major projects. Under the bill, DOT is required to develop a schedule
consistent with an agency average of two years to complete an EIS and requires
accountability to the public when milestones are missed. Environmental documents under
this section are limited to 200 pages unless a review is of unusual scope and complexity.
The Secretary of DOT is directed to work with relevant Federal agencies to adopt
appropriate categorical exclusions to facilitate project delivery.
Efficient Implementation of NEPA for Federal Lands Management Projects – Allows for a
Federal land management agency to more efficiently satisfy NEPA obligations by relying
upon an environmental document previously prepared by FHWA. The bill allows for a
Federal Land Management Agency to use the CEs promulgated in the implementing
regulations of the FHWA if the use of the CE would not otherwise conflict with the
implementing regulations of the project sponsor.
Surface Transportation Project Delivery Program Written Agreements – Extends the time
period for a State to have an agreement to assume the responsibilities under NEPA, from a
term of not more than 5 years, to allow for any State that has participated in a program under
this section for at least 10 years, to have a term of 10 years.
Carbon Reduction Program (Formula)
Establishes a Carbon Reduction Program to reduce transportation emissions. Eligible
projects include the construction, planning, and design of on-road and off-road trail facilities
for pedestrians and bicyclists, advanced transportation and congestion management
technologies, the deployment of infrastructure-based intelligent transportation systems
capital improvements and the installation of vehicle to infrastructure communications
equipment, and the development of a carbon reduction strategy, among others.
Congestion Relief Program
Establishes a Congestion Relief Program to provide competitive grants to States, local
governments, and MPOs for projects in large urbanized areas to advance innovative,
integrated, and multimodal solutions to congestion relief in the most congested metropolitan
areas.
Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving
Transportation (PROTECT) Grant Program
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Transportation (PROTECT) Grant Program
Establishes a formula and competitive grant program to help States improve the resiliency of
transportation infrastructure. Grants include resilience improvement projects, community
resilience and evacuation route grants, and at-risk coastal infrastructure grants.
Safe Routes to School
Codifies the Safe Routes to School Program and amends the program to apply it through
12th grade to enable and encourage high school students to walk and bike to school.
National Motor Vehicle Per-Mile User Fee Pilot
Directs the Secretary of DOT, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, to establish
a pilot program to demonstrate a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee. In carrying out the
pilot program, the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall
provide different methods that volunteer participants can choose from to track motor vehicle
miles traveled, solicit volunteer participants from all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, ensure an equitable geographic distribution by
population among volunteer participants, and include commercial vehicles and passenger
motor vehicles. For the purposes of the pilot program, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
establish, on an annual basis, per-mile user fees for passenger motor vehicles, light trucks,
and medium- and heavy-duty trucks, which amount may vary between vehicle types and
weight classes to reflect estimated impacts on infrastructure, safety, congestion, the
environment, or other related social impacts.
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Biden Administration Set to Release Full FY 2022 Budget Proposal on Friday
On May 28, the Biden administration will unveil its comprehensive fiscal year 2022 budget proposal. Unlike the
$1.5 trillion “skinny” budget that the White House released in early April, the full budget is expected to cover
broader spending categories and a longer time frame. It will also include projections for major mandatory spending
programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and will incorporate policies the president wants to
enact. However, it is not expected to include some of the key health care proposals that the president campaigned
on (i.e. enacting a public health insurance option; lowering prescription drug costs), as the administration intends to
remain focused on advancing its duel infrastructure proposals: the American Jobs Plan and the American
Families Plan.
Justice Department Reverses Trump-era Limits on SCAAP
In a major victory for California’s counties, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has rescinded a series of grant
funding conditions that the Trump administration sought to place on the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program
(SCAAP). The now-repealed changes, which were slated to go into effect this year, would have precluded
California’s counties from seeking federal SCAAP reimbursement for the costs of incarcerating undocumented
criminals. The policy rescissions were confirmed by the Justice Department in a recent document, which can be
found here. It should be noted that DOJ’s actions are the result of a Department-wide review that was initiated
earlier this year pursuant to President Biden’s Executive Order (EO) on the Revision of Civil Immigration
Enforcement Policies and Priorities. In that particular EO, the president instructed DOJ and other relevant
departments to review any previous administration policies that imposed immigration law-related conditions on
certain federal grant programs. Many of those controversial policies have been extensively litigated, including the
Trump administration’s efforts to restrict Byrne-Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) and Community Oriented Policing
Services (COPS) funding to so-called “sanctuary cities.” Looking ahead, and according to DOJ, the fiscal year
2020 SCAAP Program Requirement and Application Instructions are being revised and will be reposted. If
jurisdictions already submitted an application agreeing to any of the certifications imposed in the previous program
solicitation, the certifications will not be enforced.
President Biden Increases Funding for FEMA’s BRIC Program On May 24, President Biden
announced that his administration would increase the amount of funding set aside for FEMA’s Building Resilient
Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program to $1 billion (up from $500 million). The BRIC program, which
was created by the Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA; PL 115-254), helps communities prepare for and
become more resilient to wildfires, floods, droughts, and other natural disasters. It should be noted that the White
House will target approximately 40 percent of the additional money to disadvantaged areas. Additional information
on this announcement and other pre-disaster mitigation initiatives undertaken by the Biden administration can be
found here.
Senators Feinstein, Padilla Introduce Legislation to Reduce Catastrophic Wildfires
On May 26, Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced legislation (S 1855) – the
Wildfire Emergency Act of 2021 – that would help reduce catastrophic wildfires in the West. A House companion
measure (HR 3534) is sponsored by a group of California Democrats led by Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA).
The bill utilizes a three-pronged approach to tackle the increasing wildfire threat, namely large-scale forest
restoration projects, hardening of critical infrastructure, and increased training of key fire response personnel. The
Wildfire Emergency Act would authorize $250 million for a new program to conduct large-scale forest restoration
projects. Among other things, these landscape-level projects can include removing dead and dying trees, using
controlled burns to reduce fuel for larger fires, and clearing out invasive and non-native species. In addition, the bill
would authorize $100 million in new grant funding to improve the energy resilience of critical infrastructure.
Specifically, the program would help retrofit key structures (i.e. hospitals, police departments, fire stations, utilities
etc.) so they can function effectively during power shutoffs. Funds also could be used to expand the use of
distributed energy systems, including microgrids. Additionally, the legislation would expand the Energy
Department’s weatherization program so that homes can be retrofitted to make them more resilient to wildfire
through the use of fire-resistant building materials and other methods. In addition to the Wildfire Emergency Act,
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through the use of fire-resistant building materials and other methods. In addition to the Wildfire Emergency Act,
Senator Feinstein recently reintroduced legislation (S 1734) that would increase the pace and scale of controlled
burns on federal, state, and private lands, particularly in high risk areas. The National Prescribed Fire Act of 2021
would also establish a workforce development program to develop, train, and hire prescribed fire practitioners.
Finally, the measure would give states more flexibility to regulate controlled burns in the winter months.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
ACCEPT the report and provide direction to staff and the County's federal advocates, as needed.
Attachments
No file(s) attached.
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