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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
September 13, 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 June 14, 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 County's state
advocates, as needed.
5. RECEIVE the status report on Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations and
consider making a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors regarding whether
the County should opt-in or not to allow their establishment in Contra Costa
County.
6. ACCEPT the report on the federal legislation of interest and provide direction to
staff and the County's federal advocates, as needed.
7.The next meeting is currently scheduled for October 11, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.
8.Adjourn
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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:09/13/2021
Subject:Record of Action for Legislation Committee Meeting
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2021-01
Referral Name:
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 June 14, 2021 meeting of the Committee.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
RECEIVE and APPROVE the Record of Action for the June 14, 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
June 14, 2021
Supervisor Diane Burgis, Chair
Supervisor Karen Mitchoff, Vice Chair
Present: Diane Burgis, Chair
Karen Mitchoff, Vice Chair
Staff Present:Lara DeLaney, Senior Deputy County Administrator, staff to Committee; John
Kopchik, Director of Department of Conservation & Development; Amalia
Cunningham, Deputy Director, DCD; Lea Castleberry, Field Representative, District
III; Chris Wickler, Field Representative, District IV; Lynn Peralta, Division Manager,
EHSD; Jill Ray, Field Representative, District II
Attendees:David Twa, Dr. William Walker, Mariana Moore, Michelle Rubalcava, Paul
Schlesinger
1.Introductions
Chair Burgis convened the meeting at 1:01 p.m. with introductions of herself and Vice Chair
Mitchoff.
2.Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on
this agenda (speakers may be limited to three minutes).
No public comment was made to the Committee.
3.RECEIVE and APPROVE the Record of Action for the May 10, 2021 meeting
with any necessary corrections.
The Record of Action for the May 10, 2021 meeting was approved as presented.
AYE: Chair Diane Burgis
Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
4.
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The Committee received an update on the FY 21-22 State Budget and key bills
of interest to Contra Costa County from the County's state advocate at Nielsen
Merksamer. While a budget bill was expected to pass by the June 15 deadline,
several rounds of "budget bill juniors" were anticipated to provide appropriation
details. Counties could anticipate their $200M request for public health funding
to be included.The County's advocate also provided a brief update on the
Governor recall process, which was being advanced. She also provided a recap
on the County's sponsored bills (AB 389 and AB 988), and reminded the
Committee of the remaining significant dates in the legislative calendar.
Supervisor Mitchoff inquired further about the prospects of AB 988. Mariana
Moore, public comment, inquired about the possibility of an eviction moratorium
extension at the state level. (The legislature did, in fact, extend its eviction
moratorium until September 30.)
AYE: Chair Diane Burgis
Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
5.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.
The Legislation Committee expressed support for AB 844 (Grayson). The bill
was found to be consistent with the Board's adopted State Platform principle:
“SUPPORT actions that: address the impacts of climate change; support climate
adaptation and resilience efforts; support the Green Business program; address
the disproportionate impacts that some communities bear because they are
located near large industrial facilities; reduce exposure to toxic air pollutants and
greenhouse gases; study and recognize the health impacts of global and
regional climate change; and study the economic, workforce and social impacts
of transitioning away from fossil fuels.”
AYE: Chair Diane Burgis
Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
6.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.
Former County Administrator David Twa provided an update to the Committee
on the status of the anticipated Census data and the redistricting process
timeline. He indicated that legacy data may be available by mid-August, but the
final data would likely not arrive until around September 23. With the County's
deadline of map adoption by December 15, receiving the data at the end of
September puts pressure on a schedule that includes 4 required public
hearings, the first of which will be held August 10. SB 594 provides clarification
that a Board of Supervisors may adopted district boundaries by ordinance or
resolution. The Committee instructed staff to continue to watch the bill for further
amendments.
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7.ACCEPT the report and provide direction to staff and the County's federal
advocates, as needed.
The County's federal advocate, Paul Schlesinger, of Alcalde & Fay provided a brief report to
the Committee, focused on the status of the President's Budget, the emerging bipartisan
infrastructure deal in the Senate, and the budget reconciliation process. The House
Transportation & Infrastructure Committee had marked up its INVEST in America Act, a 5-year
$547 billion surface transportation proposal. There would likely be a two path approach to
move the infrastructure package forward on a bipartisan basis, and a budget reconciliation
process for those proposals without bipartisan support.
AYE: Chair Diane Burgis
Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
8.The next meeting is currently scheduled for Monday, July 12, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.
The scheduled July and August meeting dates for the Legislation Committee
were subsequently cancelled.
9.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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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 4.
Meeting Date:09/13/2021
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
advoates on the State Budget and the status of legislation of interest to the County.
Referral Update:
As expected after the Legislature passed a budget bill on June 14, which was essentially a high-level framework of a
spending plan to meet state law, numerous "budget bill juniors" and trailer bills have emerged, providing
refinements and reflecting final negotiations on a number of big-ticket items such as homelessness, water, child
care, Medi-Cal and behavioral health.
The initial lack of detail in the main budget bill reflected the unprecedented amount of revenue in the state coffers (a
nearly $76 billion surplus on top of $27 billion in federal funds). The Governor's budget grew from $227 billion in
January 2021 to $267 billion in the May Revise. The Legislature's budget proposal differed in terms of revenue
projections (with the Legislature relying on more optimistic revenue projections from the LAO) and treatment of the
Gann limit (the state appropriations threshold).
By the end of June, the Legislature had released an eight-bill budget package that included "Golden State" $600
stimulus payments to residents and nearly 300 member requests, totaling $1.2 billion for local district projects. The
Governor's July 12 signature on SB 129, a budget bill junior, provided the overall architecture of the $263 billion
budget agreement (including a record-high $25 billion in reserves) but did not entirely finalize what has been an
almost continuous and, at times, confusing process. The final round of budget bills is now in print; 15 new trailer
bills and one new budget expenditure bill were released over the Labor Day weekend. A list of the measures and a
summary of the key provisions from the Urban Counties of California consultants is available here. Included in AB
170 is approximately $8.5 billion in natural resources spending that combined with funding in the June budget and in
an "early action" package in April provides $16 billion through FY 2023-24 for climate, wildfire, and drought
projects.
In July, the Governor, Senate President pro Tem, and Assembly Speaker issued a joint statement regarding the
2021-22 State Budget: “This budget represents the largest recovery plan in the nation – a plan that will not only
sustain California's recovery, but accelerate it by providing immediate relief to those that need it most and tackling
some of California’s most persistent and stubborn challenges. From providing stimulus checks to middle class
Californians and immediate relief for small businesses, to transforming our public schools, addressing the
homelessness crisis head-on, and making major investments in nation-leading climate change actions, this budget
represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reimagine what California’s future can look like.
“This historic budget also increases support for child care and transitional kindergarten; provides massive increases
for higher education, including multiple efforts to increase affordability and opportunity; boosts health care access
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and affordability; increases services for Californians with developmental disabilities; provides major service
expansions to help CalWORKs families back on their feet; extends supports for aging Californians; invests in the
state’s wildfire preparedness and resiliency, and so much more.
“With these smart investments and the highest level of reserves in state history, this is a budget that reflects
California’s shared values and priorities – and it does so in a sound and fiscally-sustainable manner.”
CSAC's July Budget Update provides the details on several budget policy areas of importance to counties. Several
highlights are below:
Housing and Homelessness Package: On July 19, the Governor signed the package, which invests $12 billion over
the next two years to expand and develop new homelessness programs and services.
Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program
Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) Grant Program is expanded for rounds 3 and 4, allocating
$2 billion in funding for FY 2021-22 and 2022-23 ($1 billion each year). Allocations for both rounds will use the
same formula as prior HHAP allocations which relies on a county’s proportionate share of the total homeless
population of the region serviced by the continuum of care (CoC) within which the county is located. Population
will be based on the 2019 homeless point-in-time count for round 3 and the most recent homeless point-in-time
count for round 4.
Project Homekey and Roomkey
The Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) will administer an additional $2.75 billion in
funding for additional rounds of Project Homekey projects over the next two years. In addition to the Homekey
funding, $150 million will be issued to stabilize and transition individuals from Roomkey locations to permanent
housing.
Encampment Resolution Program
The Encampment Resolution Funding program established through the AB 140 trailer bill will make over $50.6
million available for competitive grants for cities, counties and CoCs. The funding is to support encampment
resolution and the transition of individuals into housing.
The Family Homeless Challenge Grants and Technical Assistance Program
The budget and trailer bill allocated $40 million to establishes the Family Homeless Challenge Grants and Technical
Assistance Program. The program is created to fund city, county and CoC efforts to accelerate, expand and develop
solutions that target ending family homelessness. HCFC will administer the program and will finalize and release an
application and program guidelines no later than March 1, 2022.
Health and Human Services Agency
The departments within the California Health and Human Services Agency will play a significant role in tackling
homelessness, particularly with the commitment by the Administration to end family homelessness and prioritize
individuals living with behavioral health conditions. The California Department of Social Services administer the
programs below, which have received additional funding this fiscal year.
CalWORKs Housing Support Program (HSP) – $190 million in 2021-22 and $190 million in 2022-23. The
funding will expand investments for the CalWORKs HSP. The funding can be used for rental assistance,
moving costs, and landlord recruitment activities needed to rapidly rehouse families receiving CalWORKs.
Bringing Families Home (BFH) program – $92.5 million in 2021-22 and $92.5 million in 2022-23. This
funding will include a waiver of the county match requirement for the entire three-year period and funding
flexibility to serve families at risk of homelessness. It provides critical housing-related supports to
child-welfare involved families and those at risk of homelessness in support of family reunification and family
maintenance efforts.
Housing and Disability Advocacy Program (HDAP) – $150 million in 2021-22 and $150 million in 2022-23.
This funding will include a waiver of the county match requirement for the entire three-year period and
allowing the use of funds for prevention. This program assists disabled individuals who are experiencing
homelessness.
Adult Protective Services (APS) Home Safe Program – $92.5 million General Fund in 2021-22 and $92.5
million General Fund in 2022-23, allowing for use of both appropriations until June 30, 2024. This funding
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million General Fund in 2022-23, allowing for use of both appropriations until June 30, 2024. This funding
will include a waiver of the county match requirement for the entire three-year period and funding flexibility
in homelessness prevention approaches, including the ability to serve APS clients at risk of homelessness.
Community Care Expansion (CCE) program –$805 million in 2021-22 on a one-time basis. Of the total
amount, $55 million is appropriated for a capitalized operating subsidies reserve (COSR) program to benefit
Adult Residential Facilities and Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly that serve SSI/SSP recipients, with
trailer bill language for these purposes. The funding will be used to investment, for the construction,
acquisition, or rehabilitation of Adult Residential Facilities and Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly.
Fighting Poverty and Hunger
Medi-Cal Age 50+ for All. All income-eligible California residents 50-plus years of age will now receive
Medi-Cal regardless of immigration status.
Seniors, Disabled. The budget increases monthly payments to those living on SSI/SSP and will now also give
better pay to disability service providers.
Lunch for all public school students: a $54 million increase in state reimbursements for the 2021-22 fiscal
year, then $650 million a year starting in the 2022-23 fiscal year to cover the costs of offering breakfast and
lunch for all public school students.
CalWORKs. California's lowest-income families, mostly single mothers with children, who depend on
CalWORKs will receive higher monthly stipends and more assistance during pregnancy.
Foster Care Support. Foster youth 18 to 21 now have access to housing stipends and more financial support
for college. Payment to families with foster children is also increased, and California will no longer send our
foster children to out-of-state placements.
Food/Diapers/Menstrual Products. CalFresh food benefits are expanded to more Californians regardless of
immigration status; the budget increased funding to food banks and permanently eliminated sales tax on
diapers and menstrual products.
Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Program. The state budget launched the first-ever statewide guaranteed
basic income program starting with support to aging out foster youth and those who are pregnant.
Other
Wildfire, Drought and Climate Resiliency. Over $7 billion over a few years to address wildfires and the
drought and to support climate resiliency projects.
Broadband. To address our statewide digital divide, the budget invests $6 billion over a three years to expand
and build out broadband infrastructure and improve broadband access.
Gun Violence Reduction. California's CalVIP program will receive over $200 million to support gun
violence reduction and prevention efforts across the state.
Largest statewide renter assistance program in the country: Under the Governor’s Plan, California is
offering the strongest renter assistance package of any state in America. The Plan provides a total of $5.2
billion to help low-income renters and landlords, covering 100 percent of back-rent and all prospective rent for
several months into the future. The Plan also includes $2 billion for past-due water and utility bills and more
money than ever for tenant legal assistance.
Small Business/Nonprofits, Micro-Businesses, Arts and Cultural Venues Grants. More funds for the
Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program, bringing the total this year to $4 billion, and a special grant
program for micro-businesses, as well as arts, music, and other venues.
Cleaning California’s streets: In addition to the investments addressing homelessness, the Budget includes
$1.1 billion to clean up the streets of California by partnering with local governments to pick up trash and
beautify downtowns, freeways and neighborhoods across California.
Behavioral Health Infrastructure Continuum Program: SB 129 included $443,499,000 for the Governor’s
Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program until June 30, 2026. Of that amount, $150 million is
earmarked to support mobile crisis infrastructure, $100 million for justice-involved initiatives through 2024,
$30 million for a Population Health Management service only if legislation is enacted that clarifies its
implementation, and $4.6 million for interoperability or data exchange purposes.
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State Legislation of Interest to Contra Costa County
With the state legislature in its final week before fall recess on September 10, there are approximately 475 bills
pending across both houses. The Governor has until October 10 to sign or veto the bills that reach his desk. Bills
that are not signed or vetoed by the Governor become law.
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that are not signed or vetoed by the Governor become law.
The County's sponsored bills, AB 389 (Grayson) and AB 988 (Bauer-Kahan), made substantial progress through the
session. As of Sept. 8, AB 389, which would allow the County to contract for emergency ambulance services with a
fire agency through a written subcontract with a private ambulance service, is on Third Reading in the Senate, and
with opposition being removed by a key stakeholder, the prognosis for its passage is quite good. The intent of AB
988 is to enact legislation to implement the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020 (NSHD), in
compliance with rules adopted by the Federal Communication Commission, by July 16, 2022, designating "988" as
a three-digit number for the National Suicide Prevention Hotline. Although AB 988 encountered some significant
obstacles in earlier versions of the bill which aimed to create a crisis response system with regard to the bill's
proposed fee, a budget request has gained traction with $20 million for year-one implementation. An article about
the bill can be found here.
Other legislation of interest: The Assembly gave final approval to AB 37, which would indefinitely extend
California's system of mailing a ballot to every eligible, active voter. Counties would still need to maintain some
in-person voting options.
Another bill being watched closely is SB 2, which would allow state decertification of police officers; it passed the
Senate on a 28-9 vote.
SB 594 (Glazer), which aligns the elections calendar for the June 7, 2022 primary with the new statewide
redistricting deadline has also advanced; the bill has been enrolled and awaits the Governor's signature.
The fate of two bills that would amend the Brown Act remain uncertain. AB 339 (Lee) and AB 361 (Robert Rivas) are
both currently pending on the Senate Floor at the time of this writing.
Nearly 70 years ago, the California State Legislature passed the Ralph M. Brown Act, which governs how local
agencies must conduct public meetings, including requirements for meeting notifications and agendas. The Brown
Act has been amended many times since its passage, but the core objective is to establish and preserve the right of
the public to attend and participate when local legislative bodies discuss and decide items of public importance.
AB 361 includes language similar to parts of last year’s COVID-related Executive Orders that ease some Brown Act
requirements related to public officials participating remotely, but only when there is a state of emergency that
makes it unsafe to meet in person. The bill was most recently amended to include an urgency clause in order for the
bill to take effect immediately upon adoption, notable since the Governor’s Executive Order concerning Brown Act
flexibility expires at the end of September. CSAC strongly supports AB 361, which provides counties with the
opportunity to continue holding public meetings remotely as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact local
agencies’ ability to meet safely in person.
AB 339 requires Boards of Supervisors and City Councils in jurisdictions with 250,000 residents or more to offer a
two-way telephonic or internet-based service for the public to view and participate in meetings. CSAC joins a
coalition of organizations and public agencies opposed to AB 339 , which lacks flexibility for local governments to
conduct Brown Act compliant meetings in the event of technological failure or public disruption, or to manage
comments in a way that allows ensures officials can come to a decision on the matters being considered in a
reasonable time.
SB 9 would allow most homeowners across the state to build two houses or a duplex where now only one house is
allowed. Authored by Senate Democratic leaders, the bill would also permit eligible homeowners to split their lot
and add two more units on the second parcel if it is at least 1200 square feet and outside fire hazard zones or historic
districts. Owners would have to stay in their homes for at least three years after splitting the lot. The bill is at the
Governor's desk.
SB 10 by Sen. Scott Wiener would let a local government rezone single-family parcels to allow as many as 10 units
near public transit hubs and within urban areas. SB 10 also awaits signature by the Governor.
Bills that failed to move forward included proposals to create single-payer health care, legalize psychedelic drugs,
and sanction clinics where addicts can use illegal drugs under medical supervision. Other bills of interest to the
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County will be discussed at the Legislation Committee meeting. Attachment A is the list of bills being actively
monitored.
Ballot Measures Underway
The Attorney General has received a number of proposed ballot measures seeking title and summary in preparation
for the November 2022 ballot. Of particular interest:
A measure that would amend the Constitution to ensure local control of land use decisions; this proposal is
being championed by a group of Californians, including Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand, Yorba Linda
Mayor Peggy Huang, and Brentwood City Councilmember Jovita Mendoza.
The “Repeal the Death Tax Act” sponsored by Jon Coupal of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, which
would undo provisions in the recently approved Proposition 19 that limits the ability of parents to transfer
ownership of their homes to their children without reassessment.
The “Water Infrastructure Funding Act of 2022,” which would earmark 2 percent of the state’s general fund
revenue for water storage projects that provide at minimum an additional 5 million acre feet of additional
water supply annually.
Yet another measure to impose new staffing and reporting requirements on outpatient kidney dialysis clinics.
A measure sponsored by Tim Draper (of the “Six Californias” initiative fame) that would abolish public
employee unions.
These and other measures will receive a title and summary from the Attorney General’s office and a fiscal analysis
from the Legislative Analyst’s Office, but many will not be pursued through the signature-gathering process.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
ACCEPT the report and provide direction to staff and the County's state advocates, as needed.
Attachments
Bills of Interest to CCC
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Legislation of Interest
To Contra Costa County
09/09/21
AB 4 AUTHOR: Arambula [D]
TITLE: Medi-Cal: Eligibility
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Extends eligibility for full scope Medi-Cal benefits to anyone regardless of age,
and who is otherwise eligible for those benefits but for their immigration status,
pursuant to an eligibility and enrollment plan. Requires the eligibility and
enrollment plan to ensure that an individual maintains continuity of care with
respect to their primary care provider.
STATUS:
08/26/2021 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. Held in
committee and made a Two-year bill.
Commentary002:
Sent LOS; consistent with Platform.
AB 9 AUTHOR: Wood [D]
TITLE: Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 09/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Establishes in the office the Deputy Director of Community Wildfire
Preparedness and Mitigation and would require the deputy director to be
responsible for fire preparedness and mitigation missions of the department, as
specified.
STATUS:
09/07/2021 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary001:
CSAC, UCC, RCRC support
AB 14 AUTHOR: Aguiar-Curry [D]
TITLE: Communications: Broadband: Advanced Services Fund
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 09/02/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Requires the commission to report that information in perpetuity. Authorizes the
commission to require each internet service provider, as defined, to report
specified information regarding each free, low-cost, income-qualified, or
affordable internet service plan advertised by the provider.
STATUS:
09/03/2021 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
Attachment A
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Commentary001:
CSAC supports
Commentary002:
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:
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: Transitional Kindergarten Enrollment: Funding: Planning
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 08/16/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, commencing with the
Attachment A
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2022-23 fiscal year, to compute an additional adjustment to the kindergarten
and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, base grant, adjusted as described, that is equal to
a certain percentage for each transitional kindergarten pupil who is enrolled in
the school district or charter school that meets certain conditions. Requires each
county superintendent of schools to convene a local transitional kindergarten
planning workgroup.
STATUS:
08/26/2021 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. Held in
committee and made a Two-year bill.
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 Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires certain provisions of the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act
relative to telehealth to apply to a plan or insurer's contract entity. Subjects
county organized health systems that provide services under Medi-Cal to these
provisions. Authorizes a provider to enroll in specified Medi-Cal programs
through telehealth. Requires health care services furnished by an enrolled clinic
to be reimbursed by Medi-Cal at the same rate as those services if furnished in
person.
STATUS:
06/09/2021 To SENATE Committee on HEALTH.
Commentary001:
Sent LOS, per Dr. Walker recommendation. 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 45 AUTHOR: Aguiar-Curry [D]
TITLE: Industrial Hemp Products
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 09/02/2021
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DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Unfinished Business - Concurrence in Senate
Amendments
SUMMARY:
Requires a manufacturer of dietary supplements and food that includes
industrial hemp to register with the State Department of Public Health and to be
able to demonstrate that all parts of the plant used come from a state or
country that has an established and approved industrial hemp program, that
inspects or regulates hemp under a food safety program or equivalent criteria to
ensure safety for human or animal consumption and that the industrial hemp
cultivator.
STATUS:
09/08/2021 In SENATE. Read third time, urgency clause adopted.
Passed SENATE. ******To ASSEMBLY for concurrence.
(29-2)
AB 52 AUTHOR: Frazier [D]
TITLE: California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Natural Resources Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the State Air Resources Board, in each scoping plan update prepared
by the state board after January 1, 2022, to include, consistent with the Global
Warming Solutions Act of 2006, recommendations for achieving the maximum
technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions of emissions of greenhouse
gases and black carbon from wildfires. Expresses the intent of the Legislature to
appropriate an amount from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for wildfire
mitigation and prevention.
STATUS:
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
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
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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 Human Services Committee
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:
06/09/2021 To SENATE Committees on HUMAN SERVICES and HEALTH.
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
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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.
AB 133 AUTHOR: Budget Cmt
TITLE: Health
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/08/2021
ENACTED: 07/27/2021
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
CHAPTER: 2021-143
SUMMARY:
Establishes the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, which would be
administered by the State Health and Human Services Agency and its
departments. Declares the purpose of the initiative to be to transform the
state's behavioral health system into an innovative ecosystem in which all
children and youth 25 years of age and younger, regardless of payer, are
screened, supported, and served for emerging and existing behavioral health
needs.
STATUS:
07/27/2021 Signed by GOVERNOR.
07/27/2021 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 2021-143
Commentary001:
The health trailer bill, authorizes DHCS to establish the Behavioral Health
Continuum Infrastructure Program. This program authorizes the award of
competitive grants to qualified entities
AB 215 AUTHOR: Chiu [D]
TITLE: Planning and Zoning Law: Housing Element: Violations
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/11/2021
LAST AMEND: 08/30/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Requires a local government to make the first draft revision of a housing
element available for public comment for at least 30 days. Requires a local
government to post any subsequent draft revision on its internet website and to
email a link to the draft revision to individuals and organizations that have
requested notices relating to the local government's housing element, as
specified.
STATUS:
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08/31/2021 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary001:
CSAC oppose coalition to Sen Housing
AB 226 AUTHOR: Ramos [D]
TITLE: Children's Crisis Psychiatric Residential Treatment
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/11/2021
LAST AMEND: 09/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
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:
09/07/2021 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary001:
CSAC supports.
AB 237 AUTHOR: Gray [D]
TITLE: Public Employment: Unfair Practices: Health Protection
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/12/2021
LAST AMEND: 03/01/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: To Governor
SUMMARY:
Creates the Public Employee Health Protection Act. Makes it an unfair practice
for a covered employer to fail or refuse to maintain or pay for continued health
care or other medical coverage for an enrolled employee or their enrolled
dependents, for the duration of the enrolled employee's participation in an
authorized strike, at the level and under the conditions that coverage would
have been provided if the employee had continued to work in their position for
the duration of the strike.
STATUS:
09/07/2021 *****To GOVERNOR.
Commentary001:
CSAC oppose with CSDA to Sen Judiciary
AB 240 AUTHOR: Rodriguez [D]
TITLE: Local Health Department Workforce Assessment
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/12/2021
LAST AMEND: 06/21/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Public Health to contract with an appropriate and
qualified entity to conduct an evaluation of the adequacy of the local health
department infrastructure and to make recommendations for future staffing,
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workforce needs, and resources, in order to accurately and adequately fund
local public health.
STATUS:
08/26/2021 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. Held in
committee and made a Two-year bill.
Commentary001:
Leg Com found consistent with Platform 2/8/21. Sending LOS.
Commentary002:
CSAC/UCC 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
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:
Sent LOS.
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: 07/14/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Inactive File
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SUMMARY:
Requires the state board, as part of the next scoping plan update, in
collaboration with the Natural Resources Agency and other relevant state
agencies and departments and no later than a specified date, to identify a 2045
climate goal, with interim milestones, for the state's natural and working lands,
as defined, and to integrate into the scoping plan update recommendations
developed by the Natural Resources Agency and the Department of Food and
Agriculture.
STATUS:
09/02/2021 In SENATE. From third reading. To Inactive File.
AB 323 AUTHOR: Kalra [D]
TITLE: Long-Term Health Facilities
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/26/2021
LAST AMEND: 07/15/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: To enrollment
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:
09/07/2021 In ASSEMBLY. ASSEMBLY concurred in SENATE
amendments. To enrollment. (46-13)
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:
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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
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 01/27/2021
ENACTED: 08/31/2021
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
CHAPTER: 2021-147
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:
08/31/2021 Signed by GOVERNOR.
08/31/2021 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 2021-147
Commentary002:
Signed on to coalition letter from RCRC, John Kennedy.
AB 339 AUTHOR: Lee [D]
TITLE: Local Government: Open and Public Meetings
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/28/2021
LAST AMEND: 09/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Requires local agencies to conduct meetings subject to Ralph M. Brown Act
consistent with applicable state and federal civil rights laws. Requires all open
and public meetings to include an in person public comment opportunity, except
in specified circumstances during a declared state or local emergency. Requires
all meetings to provide the public with an opportunity to comment on proposed
legislation in person and remotely via a telephonic or an internet based service
option.
STATUS:
09/07/2021 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary001:
CSAC opposes
AB 361 AUTHOR: Rivas R [D]
TITLE: Open Meetings: Local Agencies: Teleconferences
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
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INTRODUCED: 02/01/2021
LAST AMEND: 09/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Judiciary Committee
HEARING: 09/09/2021 9:00 am
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 during a declared state of
emergency, when state or local health officials have imposed or recommended
measures to promote social distancing during a proclaimed state of emergency,
provided certain requirements are met. Prohibits the closing of the public
comment period.
STATUS:
09/07/2021 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
09/07/2021 In SENATE. Senate Rule 29.10(b) suspended.
09/07/2021 Re-referred to SENATE Committee on RULES.
09/07/2021 Re-referred to SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Commentary001:
CSAC supports with coalition
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: Behavioral Health: Older Adults
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/02/2021
LAST AMEND: 06/21/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Establishes within the State Department of Health Care Services an Older Adult
Behavioral Health Services Administrator to oversee behavioral 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 behavioral
health services for older adults, monitoring the quality of programs for those
adults, and guiding decision-making.
STATUS:
08/26/2021 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
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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
LAST AMEND: 09/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Requires a contracting fire agency to provide the ambulance service provider
with reasonable advance written notice of any operational changes under the
written subcontract and to use best efforts to address concerns raised by the
ambulance service provider employees regarding those operational changes.
STATUS:
09/07/2021 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary001:
Our sponsored bill
BOS: Support
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:
Sent LOS from Erick. 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: 07/13/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: To Governor
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. Specifies that it would not affect any term limits that
were legally in effect prior to a specified date, in any county.
STATUS:
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09/08/2021 *****To GOVERNOR.
AB 480 AUTHOR: Carrillo [D]
TITLE: Hazardous Substances
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/08/2021
LAST AMEND: 08/16/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: To enrollment
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:
09/07/2021 In ASSEMBLY. ASSEMBLY concurred in SENATE
amendments. To enrollment. (60-0)
Commentary001:
Consistent with Platform. LOS
AB 500 AUTHOR: Ward [D]
TITLE: Coastal Development: Streamlined Permitting
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/09/2021
LAST AMEND: 08/31/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Requires a local government lying, in whole or in part, within the coastal zone
that has a certified land use plan or a fully certified local coastal program to
adopt, by specified date, an amendment to that plan or program, as applicable,
specifying streamlined permitting procedures in nonhazardous zones. Requires
the local government to include provisions in that amendment for the issuance
of administrative permits, coastal development permit waivers, or other
streamlined permitting procedures.
STATUS:
09/08/2021 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary001:
CSAC oppose coalition to Sen Natural Resources and Water
AB 518 AUTHOR: Wicks [D]
TITLE: Criminal Law: Violations Punishable in Multiple Ways
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/10/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: To Governor
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:
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09/07/2021 *****To GOVERNOR.
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: 06/15/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Unfinished Business - Concurrence in Senate
Amendments
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:
09/03/2021 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY for concurrence. (37-0)
Commentary001:
Advisory Council on Aging sending LOS
AB 537 AUTHOR: Quirk [D]
TITLE: Wireless Telecommunications and Broadband Facilities
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/10/2021
LAST AMEND: 08/26/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: Enrolled
SUMMARY:
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. Requires that the time period for a city or county to
approve or disapprove a collocation or siting application commence when the
applicant makes the first required submission. Requires that a city or county not
prohibit or unreasonably discriminate in favor of, or against, any particular
wireless technology.
STATUS:
09/07/2021 Enrolled.
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 Appropriations Committee
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
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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:
08/26/2021 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
Commentary001:
EHSD tracked bill
AB 602 AUTHOR: Grayson [D]
TITLE: Development Fees: Impact Fee Nexus Study
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/11/2021
LAST AMEND: 08/26/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: To enrollment
SUMMARY:
Requires that a local agency that calculates fees proportionately to the square
footage of the proposed units be deemed to have used a valid method to
establish a reasonable relationship between the fee charged and the burden
posed by the development. Declares that its provisions shall not be construed to
relieve a local agency from the requirements of the Mitigation Fee Act, the
California Constitution, or applicable case law when calculating the amount of a
fee.
STATUS:
09/08/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
09/08/2021 In ASSEMBLY. ASSEMBLY concurred in SENATE
amendments. To enrollment. (77-0)
Commentary001:
CSAC taking "oppose unless amended"; oppose unless amended coalition to Sen
Gov and Finance
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: To Governor
LOCATION: To Governor
SUMMARY:
Makes an order transferring a minor from a juvenile court to a court of criminal
jurisdiction subject to appeal. Requires an order transferring a minor from the
juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction to be subject to immediate
appellate review if a notice of appeal is filed within 30 days of the order
transferring the minor.
STATUS:
09/07/2021 *****To GOVERNOR.
AB 636 AUTHOR: Maienschein [D]
TITLE: Financial Abuse of Elder or Dependent Adults
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/12/2021
LAST AMEND: 08/26/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
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LOCATION: Enrolled
SUMMARY:
Authorizes information relevant to the incident of elder or dependent adult
abuse to be given to a federal law enforcement agency, under certain
circumstances, for the sole purpose of investigating a financial crime committed
against the elder or dependent adult and would authorize the information to be
given to a local code enforcement agency for the sole purpose of investigating
an unlicensed care facility where the health and safety of an elder or dependent
adult resident is at risk.
STATUS:
09/07/2021 Enrolled.
LOS sent 4/5/21
AB 638 AUTHOR: Quirk-Silva [D]
TITLE: Mental Health Services Act: Early Intervention
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/12/2021
LAST AMEND: 07/06/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: To Governor
SUMMARY:
Amends the MHSA by including in the prevention and early intervention services
authorized to be provided, prevention and early intervention strategies that
address mental health needs, substance misuse or substance use disorders, or
needs relating to cooccurring mental health and substance use services.
Authorizes a new use for continuously appropriated funds, this bill would make
an appropriation. States the finding and declaration of the Legislature.
STATUS:
08/30/2021 *****To GOVERNOR.
CSAC:
CSAC requesting Governor signature
AB 640 AUTHOR: Cooley [D]
TITLE: Extended Foster Care: Eligibility Redetermination
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/12/2021
LAST AMEND: 08/30/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: To enrollment
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a county child welfare, probation, or tribal placing agency, for certain
nonminor dependents who were ineligible for federal financial participation prior
to attaining 18 years of age and who consent, to file a petition with the juvenile
court to dismiss dependency or transition jurisdiction and immediately resume
that jurisdiction in order to establish the nonminor dependent's eligibility for
federal financial participation.
STATUS:
09/07/2021 In ASSEMBLY. ASSEMBLY concurred in SENATE
amendments. To enrollment. (71-0)
Commentary001:
CWDA sponsors; CSAC supports
AB 650 AUTHOR: Muratsuchi [D]
TITLE: Health Care Workers: COVID-19: Hazard Pay Retention
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FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/12/2021
LAST AMEND: 06/01/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
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
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
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INTRODUCED: 02/16/2021
LAST AMEND: 06/29/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a county adult protective services agency and the Home Safe
Program to refer an individual with complex or intensive needs to the
appropriate state or local agencies for services that support the individual's
safety goals.
STATUS:
08/26/2021 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
Commentary001:
CSAC supports
AB 731 AUTHOR: Bauer-Kahan [D]
TITLE: County Jails: Recidivism: Reports
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2021
LAST AMEND: 08/26/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Inactive File
SUMMARY:
Requires the sheriff in each county to compile and submit specified data to the
Board of State and Community Corrections on their educational opportunities,
rehabilitative opportunities, exercise opportunities, the number of participants
and the cost of administering those programs, and success rates in reducing
recidivism. Requires the board to compile a report based upon those findings
and submit the report to the Legislature by a specified date.
STATUS:
09/01/2021 In SENATE. From third reading. To Inactive File.
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.
03/25/2021 Re-referred to ASSEMBLY Committees on LOCAL
GOVERNMENT and EDUCATION.
Commentary002:
Chris Lee at CSAC says it's a two-year bill now. They had a draft OUA letter
circulating.
AB 808 AUTHOR: Stone [D]
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TITLE: Foster Youth
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2021
LAST AMEND: 06/24/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the department to license specialized foster homes as residential
facilities providing board, care, and supervision by a resource parent pursuant
to standards developed in consultation with specified entities and persons.
Requires a short-term residential therapeutic program, as a condition of
licensure, to provide specified trauma-informed support and transition services
to foster youth as part of a planned or unplanned discharge. Makes specialized
foster homes eligible for the AFDC-FC program.
STATUS:
07/14/2021 In SENATE Committee on HEALTH: Not heard.
BOS: Support
AB 816 AUTHOR: Chiu [D]
TITLE: Homelessness: Housing Trust Fund: Housing Projects
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2021
LAST AMEND: 07/16/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development to establish a Housing Trust Fund to provide grants to states to
increase the supply of rental housing for extremely low and very low income
families, including homeless families, and home ownership for extremely low
and very low income families. Establishes regulations for the implementation of
these grants.
STATUS:
09/01/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
09/01/2021 Re-referred to ASSEMBLY Committee on HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
Commentary003:
CSAC removing opposition with RCRC and UCC
AB 826 AUTHOR: Irwin [D]
TITLE: Compensation and Compensation Earnable
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2021
LAST AMEND: 08/31/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Inactive File
SUMMARY:
Relates to the bill, which would apply only in Ventura County. Provides that
compensation and compensation earnable include flexible benefits plan
allowances paid by a county or a district on behalf of its employees as part of a
cafeteria plan, as specified, if certain requirements are met.
STATUS:
09/08/2021 In SENATE. From third reading. To Inactive File.
Commentary001:
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https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/07/09/borenstein-california-pension-refor
ms-would-be-undermined-by-new-bill/
AB 838 AUTHOR: Friedman [D]
TITLE: State Housing Law: Enforcement Response to Complaints
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2021
LAST AMEND: 07/13/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: Enrolled
SUMMARY:
Requires a city or county that receives a complaint of a substandard building or
a lead hazard violation, as described above, from a tenant, resident, or
occupant, or an agent of a tenant, resident, or occupant, except as specified, to
inspect the building, portion of the building intended for human occupancy, or
premises of the building, document the lead hazard violations that would be
discovered based upon a reasonably competent and diligent visual inspection of
the property and identify any building.
STATUS:
09/07/2021 Enrolled.
CSAC:
oppose unless amended coalition to Sen Appropriations
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: 09/01/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: To enrollment
SUMMARY:
Authorizes establishment of a Green Empowerment Zone for the Northern
Waterfront area of the County of Contra Costa. Requires the Green
Empowerment Zone to create and maintain an internet website that is managed
and updated by an entity designated by the board of directors.
STATUS:
09/08/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
09/08/2021 In ASSEMBLY. ASSEMBLY concurred in SENATE
amendments. To enrollment. (78-0)
Commentary001:
LOS sent.
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
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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 Second Reading File
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:
07/08/2021 In SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE:
Failed passage.
07/08/2021 In SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE:
Reconsideration granted.
Commentary001:
LOS sent; consistent with amended Platform.
AB 911 AUTHOR: Nazarian [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: 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: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 06/22/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Governmental Organization Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires 988 centers, as defined, to, by a specified date, provide a person
experiencing a behavioral health crisis access to a trained counselor by call and,
by a specified date, provide access to a trained counselor by call, text, and chat.
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STATUS:
06/24/2021 Re-referred to SENATE Committees on GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATION, HEALTH and ENERGY, UTILITIES AND
COMMUNICATIONS.
Commentary001:
Sponsored bill
AB 989 AUTHOR: Gabriel [D]
TITLE: Office of Housing Appeals
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 08/18/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Establishes an Office of Housing Appeals within the department, administered
by the director of the department, to review housing development projects that
are alleged to have been denied or subject to conditions in violation of the
Housing Accountability Act. Prohibits an applicant from bringing an action in
court alleging a violation of the Housing Accountability Act for any housing
development project prior to the final decision of the office, except as specified.
Provides a statute of limitations.
STATUS:
08/26/2021 From SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Do pass.
(5-2)
08/26/2021 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary001:
Sending letter of Oppo, per CSAC request.
AB 1041 AUTHOR: Wicks [D]
TITLE: Leave Issues
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 09/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Expands the population that an employee can take leave to care for to include a
designated person. Defines "designated person" to mean a person identified by
the employee at the time the employee requests family care and medical leave.
Authorizes an employer to limit designation of a person, as prescribed.
STATUS:
09/07/2021 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary001:
CSAC and coalition opposes
AB 1051 AUTHOR: Bennett [D]
TITLE: Medi-Cal: Mental Health Services: Foster Youth
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 08/26/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Inactive File
SUMMARY:
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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:
09/01/2021 In SENATE. From third reading. To Inactive File.
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.
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
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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 1201 AUTHOR: Ting [D]
TITLE: Solid Waste: Plastic Products: Labeling: Compostability
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 09/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a person to offer for sale commercial agricultural mulch film labeled
with the term "soil biodegradable" if the department adopts that specification
and the film has that certification. Exempts from the requirement to comply
with an ASTM standard specification pursuant to these provisions fiber products
that are demonstrated to not incorporate any plastics or polymers.
STATUS:
09/07/2021 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
CSAC:
CSAC supports with RCRC/Cal Cities
AB 1204 AUTHOR: Wicks [D]
TITLE: Hospital Equity Reporting
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 09/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Requires a hospital to prepare and annually submit an equity report to the
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department according to a reporting schedule established by the department.
Requires an equity report to include, among other things, an analysis of health
status and access to care disparities on the basis of specified categories,
including age, sex, and race, and a health equity plan to reduce disparities.
STATUS:
09/07/2021 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
AB 1214 AUTHOR: Waldron [R]
TITLE: Medi-Cal Eligibility
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 06/23/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Health Committee
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:
06/23/2021 From SENATE Committee on HEALTH with author's
amendments.
06/23/2021 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to
Committee on HEALTH.
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
medical observation.
STATUS:
05/20/2021 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. Held in
committee and made a Two-year bill.
AB 1291 AUTHOR: Frazier [D]
TITLE: State Bodies: Open Meetings
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
ENACTED: 07/09/2021
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
CHAPTER: 2021-063
SUMMARY:
Requires a state body, when it limits time for public comment, to provide at
least twice the allotted time to a member of the public who utilizes translating
technology to address the state body.
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STATUS:
07/09/2021 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 2021-063
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: To Governor
LOCATION: To Governor
SUMMARY:
Prohibits a licensee from advertising or marketing on a billboard or similar
advertising device located within a 15-mile radius of the State border on an
Interstate Highway or on a State Highway which crosses the California border.
STATUS:
09/08/2021 *****To GOVERNOR.
Commentary001:
Sent Oppose letter.
AB 1304 AUTHOR: Santiago [D]
TITLE: Affirmatively Further Fair Housing: Housing Element
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 09/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Revises the items to be included in the analysis and would require that analysis
to be done in a specified manner. Requires that the schedule of actions assess
the local and regional historical origins and current policies and practices that
contribute to fair housing factors identified in the schedule. Requires the
inventory of land to include an analysis of the relationship of the sites identified
in the inventory to the jurisdiction's duty to affirmatively further fair housing.
STATUS:
09/07/2021 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
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,
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.
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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 to vote in March about supporting and requesting support
letter. LOS sent.
AJR 4 AUTHOR: Garcia [D]
TITLE: Basel Convention: Ratification
INTRODUCED: 01/12/2021
ENACTED: 07/15/2021
DISPOSITION: Adopted
LOCATION: Chaptered
CHAPTER: 2021-077
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:
07/15/2021 Chaptered by Secretary of State.
07/15/2021 Resolution Chapter No. 2021-077
Commentary001:
Sent LOS; consistent with Platform.
SB4 AUTHOR: Gonzalez [D]
TITLE: State Advanced Services Fund
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 09/02/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Unfinished Business
SUMMARY:
Requires the office 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.
STATUS:
09/08/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time, urgency clause adopted.
Passed ASSEMBLY. ******To SENATE for concurrence.
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(54-9)
Commentary001:
CSAC supports
SB8 AUTHOR: Skinner [D]
TITLE: Housing Crisis Act
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 08/26/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: Enrolled
SUMMARY:
Clarifies various purposes of the act, that " housing development project"
includes projects that involve no discretionary approvals, projects that involve
both discretionary and nondiscretionary approvals, and projects that include a
proposal to construct a single dwelling unit. Specifies that this clarification is
declaratory of existing law, except that the clarification does not affect a project
for which an application was submitted to the city, county, or city and county
before a specified date.
STATUS:
09/03/2021 Enrolled.
SB9 AUTHOR: Atkins [D]
TITLE: Housing Development: Approvals
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 08/16/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: To Governor
SUMMARY:
Requires an applicant to sign an affidavit stating that they intend to occupy one
of the housing units as their principal residence for a minimum of 3 years from
the date of the approval of the urban lot split, unless the applicant is a
community land trust or a qualified nonprofit corporation. Prohibits a local
agency from imposing any additional owner occupancy standards on applicants.
Requires applicants to sign affidavits, thereby expanding the crime of perjury.
Imposes a state-mandated local program.
STATUS:
09/03/2021 *****To GOVERNOR.
Commentary002:
Cal Cities recommends Oppose Unless Amended.
Commentary003:
CSAC support if amended; fire zone concerns; clarification of authority in
unincorporated areas.
SB10 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: Planning and Zoning: Housing Development: Density
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 07/05/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: To Governor
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a local government to pass an ordinance to zone any parcel for up to
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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. Prohibits an ordinance adopted under these provisions from
superceding a local restriction enacted or approved by a local initiative that
designates publicly owned land as open-space land or for park or recreational
purposes.
STATUS:
09/03/2021 *****To GOVERNOR.
SB16 AUTHOR: Skinner [D]
TITLE: Peace Officers: Release of Records
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 08/30/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: Enrolled
SUMMARY:
Makes a sustained finding involving force that is unreasonable or excessive, and
any sustained finding that an officer failed to intervene against another officer
using unreasonable or excessive force, subject to disclosure. Requires records
relating to sustained findings of unlawful arrests and unlawful searches to be
subject to disclosure.
STATUS:
09/08/2021 Enrolled.
SB17 AUTHOR: Pan [D]
TITLE: Office Of Racial Equity
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 07/01/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Establishes in state government an Office of Racial Equity, an independent
public entity not affiliated with an agency or department, governed by a Racial
Equity Advisory and Accountability Council. Requires the office to develop the
statewide Racial Equity Framework in collaboration with a Chief Equity Officer,
who would be appointed and serve at the pleasure of the Governor and who
would report to the Secretary of Government Operations in the Government
Operations Agency.
STATUS:
07/01/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
SB20
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
LOCATION: Senate Inactive File
SUMMARY:
Requires the Student Aid Commission, to the extent that it possesses pertinent
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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.
SB55 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.
SB56 AUTHOR: Durazo [D]
TITLE: Medi-Cal: Eligibility
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
LAST AMEND: 06/14/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
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:
06/23/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Coauthors revised.
Commentary002:
Sent LOS. Consistent with Platform.
SB73
AUTHOR:
Wiener [D]
TITLE: Probation: Eligibility: Crimes Controlled Substances
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/10/2020
LAST AMEND: 08/30/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
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.
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STATUS:
08/31/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To third reading.
Commentary001:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Jail-time-for-nonviolent-drug-crime
s-in-15804570.php
SB90 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.
SB91 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
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
SB99 AUTHOR: Dodd [D]
TITLE: Community Energy Resilience Act of 2021
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/28/2020
LAST AMEND: 07/05/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development
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Commission to develop and implement a grant program for local governments
to develop community energy resilience plans and expedite permit review of
distributed energy resources by local governments.
STATUS:
08/26/2021 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
Commentary001:
CSAC supports
SB107 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: CalFresh
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/05/2021
LAST AMEND: 02/18/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
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:
Sent LOS; consistent with Platform.
Commentary002:
Advisory Council on Aging sending LOS
SB110 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: Substance Use Disorder Services: Contingency Management
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/06/2021
LAST AMEND: 08/30/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: Enrolled
SUMMARY:
Expands substance use disorder services to include contingency management
services as an optional benefit under the Drug Medi-Cal organized delivery
system, as specified, subject to utilization controls. Requires counties that
administer the Drug Medi-Cal organized delivery system to submit a plan to the
department that demonstrates readiness to implement contingency
management services that are provided to eligible Medi-Cal beneficiaries
through electronic or in-person means.
STATUS:
09/08/2021 Enrolled.
SB219 AUTHOR: McGuire [D]
TITLE: Property Tax: Delinquent Penalty Cost: Health Orders
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 01/12/2021
ENACTED: 07/23/2021
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DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
CHAPTER: 2021-131
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:
07/23/2021 Signed by GOVERNOR.
07/23/2021 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 2021-131
Commentary002:
CSAC joint support with UCC, RCRC to Asm Approps
SB222 AUTHOR: Dodd [D]
TITLE: Water Rate Assistance Program
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2021
LAST AMEND: 08/30/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Inactive File
SUMMARY:
Establishes the Water Rate Assistance Fund in the State Treasury to help
provide water affordability assistance, for both drinking water and wastewater
services, to low-income ratepayers and ratepayers experiencing economic
hardship in State. Makes moneys in the fund available upon appropriation by
the Legislature to the department to provide direct water bill assistance, water
bill credits, and water crisis assistance, and would require 80% of total funds to
be directly applied to customer assistance.
STATUS:
09/03/2021 In ASSEMBLY. To Inactive File.
Commentary001:
https://thentherescalifornia.libsyn.com/senator-bill-dodd-sb-222-sb-223-water-
equity-accessibility
SB223 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
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SB234 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
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.
SB261 AUTHOR: Allen [D]
TITLE: Regional Transportation Plans: Sustainable Communities
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/27/2021
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
SB270 AUTHOR: Durazo [D]
TITLE: Public Employment: Labor Relations: Employee Data
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/28/2021
LAST AMEND: 09/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
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:
09/03/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time and amended. To third
reading.
SB271 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: County Sheriffs: Eligibility Requirements
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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/
SB286 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
SB316 AUTHOR: Eggman [D]
TITLE: Medi-Cal: Federally Qualified Health Centers
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/04/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Authorizes reimbursement, under the Medi-Cal program, for a maximum of 2
visits taking place on the same day at a single location if after the first visit the
patient suffers illness or injury requiring additional diagnosis or treatment, or if
the patient has a medical visit and a mental health visit or a dental visit, as
defined.
STATUS:
08/30/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To third reading.
CSAC:
CSAC supports
SB335 AUTHOR: Cortese [D]
TITLE: Workers' Compensation: Liability
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
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URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/08/2021
LAST AMEND: 03/10/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Insurance Committee
SUMMARY:
Reduces the time periods after the date the claim form is filed with an employer
in which the injury is presumed compensable and the presumption is rebuttable
only by evidence discovered subsequent to the time period for certain injuries or
illnesses, including hernia, heart trouble, pneumonia, or tuberculosis, among
others, sustained in the course of employment of a specified member of law
enforcement or a specified first responder.
STATUS:
07/13/2021 In ASSEMBLY Committee on INSURANCE: Failed passage.
Commentary001:
CSAC opposes with coalition
SB395 AUTHOR: Caballero [D]
TITLE: Excise Tax: Small and Rural Hospital Relief Program
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/11/2021
LAST AMEND: 08/30/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: Enrolled
SUMMARY:
Authorizes the Department of Health Care Access and Information to enter into
contracts, to meet the requirements of the Health Professions Career
Opportunity Program, with nonprofit entities headquartered in California that
have previous experience with administering statewide workforce programs
aimed at building a diverse provider workforce.
STATUS:
09/08/2021 Enrolled.
Commentary001:
CSAC supports in concept.
SB410 AUTHOR: Leyva [D]
TITLE: Department of Industrial Relations
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/12/2021
LAST AMEND: 06/30/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Inactive File
SUMMARY:
Exempts any occupational safety and health standard and order from the
standardized regulatory impact analysis requirement. Requires an economic
impact assessment to be prepared for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of
any occupational safety and health standard and order, including for any such
standard and order that is a major regulation proposed after a specified date.
STATUS:
09/08/2021 In ASSEMBLY. To Inactive File.
Commentary001:
CSAC opposes with coalition
SB418 AUTHOR: Laird [D]
TITLE: Sea Level Rise Planning: Database
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FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/12/2021
LAST AMEND: 03/17/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Inactive File
SUMMARY:
Extends the sunset date of existing law which requires that various public
agencies and private entities provide to the Natural Resources Agency, on a
biannual basis, sea level rise planning information.
STATUS:
09/03/2021 In ASSEMBLY. To Inactive File.
CSAC:
CSAC supports
SB443 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 Rules Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires initiative and referendum measures to appear in the order in which
they qualify for the ballot.
STATUS:
06/17/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Suspend Assembly Rule 96.
06/17/2021 Re-referred to ASSEMBLY Committee on RULES.
Commentary001:
CSAC to oppose
SB465 AUTHOR: Eggman [D]
TITLE: Mental Health
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2021
LAST AMEND: 08/30/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: Enrolled
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:
09/07/2021 Enrolled.
SB477 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: General Plan: Annual Report
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2021
LAST AMEND: 08/30/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
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LOCATION: Enrolled
SUMMARY:
Requires a planning agency to include in the annual report described above the
number of times in which a preliminary application for a housing development
project expired pursuant to specified procedures.
STATUS:
09/08/2021 Enrolled.
Commentary001:
CSAC, UCC, RCRC OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED
SB493 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
SB504 AUTHOR: Becker [D]
TITLE: Elections: Voter Registration
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2021
LAST AMEND: 07/08/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Creates a presumption that a person who is ineligible to vote but receives a
notice that their voting rights have been restored under these provisions, and
then becomes registered or preregistered to vote and votes or attempts to vote
in a subsequent election, is not guilty of fraudulently voting or attempting to
vote, except as specified.
STATUS:
09/03/2021 In SENATE. Ordered returned to ASSEMBLY. *****To
ASSEMBLY.
Commentary001:
CSAC supports: support to Asm Appropriations
SB515 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
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LOCATION: Senate Human Services 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:
04/20/2021 In SENATE Committee on HUMAN SERVICES: Not heard.
Commentary001:
CSAC supports
SB516 AUTHOR: Eggman [D]
TITLE: Certification for Intensive Treatment: Review Hearing
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2021
LAST AMEND: 06/10/2021
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:
06/10/2021 From ASSEMBLY Committee on HEALTH with author's
amendments.
06/10/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on HEALTH.
Commentary001:
CBHDA has Oppose
SB552 AUTHOR: Hertzberg [D]
TITLE: Drought Planning: Small Water Suppliers: Water Systems
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 09/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Unfinished Business
SUMMARY:
Requires small water suppliers, as defined, serving 1,000 to 2,999 service
connections, inclusive, and nontransient noncommunity water systems that are
schools, no later than a specified date, to develop and maintain an abridged
Water Shortage Contingency Plan that includes specified drought-planning
elements. Requires a small water supplier serving fewer than 1,000 service
connections to add drought planning elements to its emergency notification or
response plan and submit the plan to the state board.
STATUS:
09/08/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE for concurrence. (68-2)
CSAC:
going neutral after opposing
SB555 AUTHOR: McGuire [D]
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TITLE: Local Agencies: Transient Occupancy Taxes: Online
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 07/14/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
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:
08/26/2021 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
SB556 AUTHOR: Dodd [D]
TITLE: Street Light Poles, Traffic Signal Poles, Utility Poles
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 06/28/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: Enrolled
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:
09/08/2021 Enrolled.
Commentary001:
CSAC oppose with UCC, RCRC
SB557 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.
SB586 AUTHOR: Bradford [D]
TITLE: Peace Officers: Certification
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
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INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 09/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Authorizes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to revoke a
certified peace officer's certification under specified circumstances, and states
that an action by a law enforcement agency or decision resulting from an appeal
of an agency's action does not preclude action by the commission to
investigate, suspend, or revoke a peace officer's certification.
STATUS:
09/03/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time and amended. To third
reading.
Commentary002:
CSAC/RCRC/UCC sent concerns letter
SB594 AUTHOR: Glazer [D]
TITLE: Elections: Redistricting
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 08/26/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: Enrolled
SUMMARY:
Makes, for a certain statewide direct primary election, various changes as
described to existing law relating to candidate nominations and compilation of
registered voter data in order to accommodate the extended state redistricting
deadline. Defines state redistricting deadline for these purposes to mean the
extended deadline established by the Supreme Court of California, or that
deadline as modified in any subsequent related proceeding.
STATUS:
09/08/2021 Enrolled.
Commentary001:
Sent signature request
SB606 AUTHOR: Gonzalez [D]
TITLE: Workplace Safety Violations: Egregious Violations
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 09/02/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Unfinished Business
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:
09/08/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE for concurrence. (52-19)
Commentary001:
CSAC Opposes
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SB612 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 Utilities and Energy Committee
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
electric service providers and community choice aggregators, serving
departing-load customers, as defined, who bear cost responsibility for those
resources.
STATUS:
06/10/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on UTILITIES AND ENERGY.
BOS: Support
SB617 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.
SB619 AUTHOR: Laird [D]
TITLE: Organic Waste: Reduction Regulations
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2021
LAST AMEND: 09/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Unfinished Business
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a local jurisdiction facing continuing violations that commence during
the 2022 calendar year of those regulations to submit to the department no
later than a specified date, a notification of intent to comply, as prescribed.
STATUS:
09/08/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE for concurrence. (78-0)
SB712 AUTHOR: Hueso [D]
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TITLE: Local Government: California Tribes
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 09/03/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Unfinished Business
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:
09/08/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE for concurrence. (76-0)
Commentary001:
CSAC oppose unless amended
SB749 AUTHOR: Glazer [D]
TITLE: Mental Health Program Oversight: County Reporting
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 07/08/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Inactive File
SUMMARY:
Requires each county to report specified data to the commission in a manner
and on a timeline determined by the commission. Requires the commission, no
later than a specified date, to submit a progress report to the Governor's office
and the Legislature. Requires the commission to report the results of the county
reporting for the preceding fiscal year to the Governor's office and the
Legislature on or before a specified date.
STATUS:
09/08/2021 In ASSEMBLY. To Inactive File.
CSAC:
CSAC opposes
SB782 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 Rules 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:
06/17/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Suspend Assembly Rule 96.
06/17/2021 Re-referred to ASSEMBLY Committee on RULES.
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SB784 AUTHOR: Glazer [D]
TITLE: State Government: Emergency Services: Nonprofit Service
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 09/01/2021
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Unfinished Business
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a nonprofit entity that provides services under a contract with the
state, during a state of war 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. Provides that such
provisions do not apply if contract is void or voidable on the basis of force
majeure or frustration of purpose.
STATUS:
09/07/2021 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE for concurrence. (70-0)
SB788 AUTHOR: Bradford [D]
TITLE: Workers' Compensation: Risk Factors
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 06/17/2021
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: Enrolled
SUMMARY:
Prohibits consideration of race, religious creed, color, national origin, gender,
marital status, sex, sexual identity, or sexual orientation 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:
09/07/2021 Enrolled.
Commentary001:
CSAC supports if amended
SCA 2 AUTHOR: Allen [D]
TITLE: Public Housing Projects
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Inactive File
SUMMARY:
Repeals provisions of the State Constitution which prohibit the development,
construction, or acquisition of a low-rent housing project, as defined, in any
manner by any state public body until a majority of the qualified electors of the
city, town, or county in which the development, construction, or acquisition of
the low-rent housing project is proposed approve the project by voting in favor
at an election.
STATUS:
09/01/2021 In SENATE. From third reading. To Inactive File.
Commentary001:
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CSAC supports
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.
04/30/2021 Resolution Chapter No. 2021-21
Copyright (c) 2021 State Net. All rights reserved.
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 5.
Meeting Date:09/13/2021
Subject:Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2021-07
Referral Name: Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations
Presenter: Jocelyn Stortz, Director of Environmental
Health
Contact: J. Stortz (925)
608-5500
Referral History:
The Board of Supervisors has received inquiries from the public regarding the status of
implementation of Assembly Bill 626 (Garcia) in Contra Costa County, which would
authorize the establishment of Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MEHKO) in
Contra Costa County.
Environmental Health staff reported to the Legislation Committee on MEHKOs on July
13, 2020 and March 8, 2021, with the recommendation to not authorize their establishment
in Contra Costa County.
At their March meeting, the Legislation Committee requested a report update from staff
regarding status of other counties that have opted in before reconsideration by the
Committee.
Referral Update:
Assembly Bill 626 and AB 377 (Eduardo Garcia)
The text of these bill is available at:
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB626
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB377
Assembly Bill 626 was signed into law by Governor Brown on September 18, 2018 and
became effective on January 1, 2019. This bill, known as the Homemade Food Act, allows
for home cooks to sell potentially hazardous foods to the public.
The intent of the bill was to provide economic opportunities for those who were limited by
the cost and other barriers to starting a food business. Under it, residents of single family
homes can operate what are referred to as microenterprise home kitchens, which can earn
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up to $50,000 in revenue per year by cooking meals or items at their homes’ kitchens.
Meal sales are capped at 30 meals per day, or 60 meals per week. So-called homecooks
must obtain California food handler card certification, which can be obtained through
completing online training and passing a test. Kitchens must pass an on-site inspection in
order to be permitted. Under AB 626, prepared food can be picked up or sent out, as well
as consumed at the home.
Although the bill passed the California state legislature and was signed by the Governor, it
is up to each county in California to adopt the law. The county or city can choose to
“opt-in” by ordinance or resolution to allow Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations
(MEHKOs) in their jurisdiction. Riverside County was the first county to opt-in to AB
626.
Subsequent to the passage of AB 626, a clean-up bill (Assembly Bill 377) was signed into
law by Governor Newsom. This bill became effective on October 7, 2019.
This clean-up bill includes and clarifies the following:
Prohibits a MEHKO from producing, manufacturing, processing, freezing, or
packaging milk or milk products, including, but not limited to, cheese and ice cream;
1.
Modifies the conditions for a city, county, or city and county to permit MEHKO
within its jurisdiction. The County is the only entity allowed to opt in by ordinance or
resolution, except if a city has their own environmental health enforcement agency
(e.g., City of Berkeley);
2.
Modifies the inspections and food safety standards applicable to MEHKO;3.
Prohibits an internet food service intermediary or a MEHKO from using the word
‘catering’ or any variation of that word in a listing or advertisement of a
microenterprise home kitchen operation’s offer of food for sale;
4.
Requires MHKO to include specific information, including its permit number, in its
advertising; and
5.
Prohibits third party delivery service from delivering food produced by a MEHKO,
except to an individual who has a physical or mental condition that is a disability
which limits the individual’s ability to access the food without the assistance of a
third-party delivery service.
6.
The chart below compares various county’s MEHKO programs. Information is
current as of 8/25/2021.
County Program
Started
Number of
Application
Received
Number
of
permits
issued
Fees Charged Notes
Riverside 06/2019 Unknown 130 $651 permit Charges
$186/hr. if
follow-up
needed with
applicant.
07/2021 22 2 $696 permit -
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Alameda 07/2021 22 2 $696 permit -
Lake 01/2021 7 2 $256 permit
& $128 per
hour for plan
check.
Pilot Project.
Max 2 permits
per Sup. District
(10 total).
Solano 06/2021 Unknown 5 $452 permit -
San
Mateo
08/2021 5 pending waived 2-year pilot
project. Board is
subsidizing fees.
City of
Berkeley
12/2020 7 1 $510 permit -
As discussed during the previous Legislation Committee meeting, Riverside County
has the longest running program and, according to staff, has not had any major
complaints or issues. The Counties of Alameda, Lake, Solano, San Mateo, and the
City of Berkeley started their programs recently and were unable to provide
extensive feedback on the successes or issues with their MEHKO program.
In terms of public inquiry regarding the status of AB 626 in Contra Costa County,
staff has received 7 inquiries in over the last year.
The concept of utilizing restaurant kitchens (which already have health permits)
during days/times they are usually closed was discussed during the last Committee
meeting. Incentives for utilizing existing food facilities could be that EH would only
require they register (no fee) with EH to allow for home cooks to rent their kitchen.
For the home cook, since EH staff would not be going to inspect a private residence,
one inspector could complete the inspection instead of needing two inspectors,
reducing the permit fee in half.
Concerns of Staff:
Staff concerns remain the same as discussed during the July 2020 and March 2021
Committee meetings regarding the exceptions in the bill that undermine established
food safety practices and engineering controls that mitigate cross contamination,
scheduling of permitting and complaint inspections, lack of a dedicated handwash
sink (per CDC, a large percentage of foodborne disease outbreaks are spread by
contaminated hands), and the fact that we would not be conducting a routine
inspection where EH would be able to observe if the operator is properly handling
food.
Other options that are available include operating a mobile food facility, operating at
a temporary food event, or utilizing a production kitchen.
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Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
CONSIDER making a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors to not allow for
Microenterprise Home Kitchens to operate in Contra Costa County.
Fiscal Impact (if any):
If allowed by the Board of Supervisors, the Environmental Health Division will need
to charge permit fees and hire staff to develop the program and cover activities that
support a Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation program.
Attachments
No file(s) attached.
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 6.
Meeting Date:09/13/2021
Subject:Federal Update
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2021-18
Referral Name: Federal Legislation of Interest
Presenter: Paul Schlesinger, 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:
On August 24, the House voted along party lines to adopt a budget resolution (S Con Res 14) that
would allow President Joe Biden’s economic agenda to move forward. Specifically, the resolution
includes budget reconciliation instructions for a $3.5 trillion economic package embodying a
significant portion of the president’s American Families Plan. If Senate Democrats stay united, the
reconciliation process will allow them to bypass the 60-vote threshold in the chamber and approve
the multi-trillion spending bill without Republican support. The County's federal advocate will
provide further comments about this matter at the meeting.
In addition to the budget resolution, the House approved legislation – the John R. Lewis Voting
Rights Advancement Act of 2021 (HR 4) – to overhaul voting laws in the United States. Pursuant
to HR 4, federal approval would be required before changes to voting practices could be
implemented in states and localities with a recent history of voter discrimination, or if the changes
fall into several categories that would be presumed to be discriminatory. The bill creates a new
coverage formula to determine which states and local governments would be subject to an
approval process for voting changes, known as “preclearance” under the Voting Rights Act of
1965. While the partisan measure only required a simple majority to pass the House, it will need
60 votes to clear the Senate, an unlikely prospect at this time.
Biden Administration Announces 100% FEMA Funding for COVID Emergency Expenses
On August 18, the Biden Administration announced that it would continue to offer 100 percent
FEMA reimbursement for COVID-related emergency expenses, including California’s Project
Roomkey. Governor Newsom praised the news, stating “Now, with 100 percent reimbursement
from the federal government, California can continue our efforts to protect people experiencing
homelessness and reduce the spread of COVID and its variants.”
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Federal Government’s Extension of 100% Reimbursement of Project Roomkey
The federal government announced on August 18 that they will fully reimburse states for housing
of at-risk populations, as well as for services such as emergency medical care and vaccination
response. Since the start of Project Roomkey in April 2020, over 42,000 of California’s most
vulnerable residents have been sheltered and a recent study concluded that there was an 81
percent success rate in the isolation/quarantine course.
California Prepares for Unemployment Benefits to Expire in September
The Newsom Administration announced efforts to encourage Californians to apply for public
benefit programs as federal unemployment benefits are slated to expire in September. The
Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), Covered California, the Department of Managed
Health Care, the Employment Development Department (EDD), Housing and Community
Development, the Department of Social Services, and other state agencies and departments are
working together to proactively continue helping people.
On September 4, most federal unemployment benefits will expire, including Pandemic
Unemployment Assistance, Pandemic Unemployment Emergency Compensation, the $300
federal supplement under the Federal Additional Compensation (also known as Federal Pandemic
Unemployment Compensation), and Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation. One week
later, the Federal-State Extended Duration will end.
State departments are working with stakeholders, counties, and partners across the state to help
get the word out on social media about the many other vital benefit programs using the hashtag
#TogetherWeBenefit.
Contra Costa County's department of Employment and Human Services distributed the following
information:
California unemployment benefits will continue to be available, for those who are eligible. In
addition, EHSD wants our community members to know that they may qualify for several vital
programs to help cover food, housing, utility, and health care expenses, especially since the
pandemic has been tough on many workers and their families. Please see the links and resources
below, and help share this information with our community members through your networks.
Resources
Contra Costa County residents can visit EHSD.org to apply for public benefit programs on the
Apply for Services page at https://ehsd.org/apply-for-services/.
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) notes that new federal support makes
connecting eligible Californians to benefits even more important. California families and
individuals receiving CalFresh benefits will soon receive a significant increase in food benefits. The American
Rescue Plan and California Comeback Plan have substantially expanded other vital benefits that
continue to help eligible California families:
Cash aid and services for families with children (CalWORKs), as well as CalFresh food assistance and free
health insurance (Medi-Cal) for families and individuals via MyBenefitsCalWIN (for Contra Costa County).
Over $234 per person per month for food via CalFresh (GetCalFresh.org or by phone at
1-877-847-3663), whether a person is working or not.
Money for rent and utilities—including 100 percent rent and utilities—via Housing is Key
(HousingIsKey.com or by phone at 1-833-430-2122).
Free or low-cost health insurance through Covered California or Medi-Cal (CoveredCA.com or by
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phone at 1-800-300-1506). Californians who received unemployment insurance in 2021 may be eligible for
Covered California’s best coverage for $1 per month.
Golden State Stimulus payments for millions of qualified residents who file taxes, even if not required (by
phone at 1-800-845-6500).
Individuals already enrolled in Medi-Cal or a Covered California health plan should report
changes in unemployment benefits because this could lower their health coverage costs.
EDD has resources to help claimants find jobs and get job training on its Returning to Work
webpage. That includes CalJOBS, a no-cost virtual job center that includes more than a million
job listings from private job boards and recruitment sites.
You can find a fact sheet (English & Spanish attached) with information about the end of federal
unemployment benefits and key benefit programs still available in California on the EDD Federal
Provisions for Unemployment webpage (fact sheet is also available in Armenian, Korean, Simplified
Chinese, Tagalog, Traditional Chinese, and Vietnamese).
September 4th is the expiration date for most federal unemployment benefits, including Pandemic
Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Pandemic Unemployment Emergency Compensation (PEUC),
the $300 Federal Additional Compensation (PAC) (also known as Federal Pandemic
Unemployment Compensation (FPUC)) supplement, and Mixed Earner Unemployment
Compensation (MEUC). September 11, 2021, is the end of the Federal-State Extended Duration
(FED-ED) extension. According to CDSS, over three million workers are receiving notices about
these changes, with links to the other vital benefit programs that continue.
Community Services Block Grant Reauthorization
On August 31, 2021, several members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including Contra
Costa County's Rep. Mark DeSaulnier introduced HR 5129: The Community Services Block Grant
Modernization Act of 2021. This legislation is of vital interest to the Employment and Human
Services Department.
HIGHLIGHTS OF HR 5129
Reauthorizes the CSBG Act for 10 years – the longest reauthorization in CSBG history.
Authorizes appropriations of $1 billion per year for the first five years and “such sums as
necessary” for the next five years.
Permanently requires all states to adopt 200% of poverty as the income eligibility level for
CSBG.
Raises minimum state allocation to ¾ of 1% (from ½ of 1%), to be triggered when funding
reaches a level that no states are disadvantaged compared to current levels.
Requires HHS and states to make timely grant awards; HHS to make funds available for
expenditure by states within 30 days after a fiscal quarter begins, and states to make subgrants
available for expenditure by eligible entities within 30 days of receiving their allocation from HHS.
Requires states to make advance payments to eligible entities.
Creates a federally administered Community Action Innovations Program to invigorate the
network’s historic commitment to testing new approaches to reducing poverty.
Authorizes Broadband Navigator Projects as a new federal discretionary program available
exclusively to Community Action Agencies.
Aligns voter registration provisions with Head Start; agencies may allow facilities to be used by
nonpartisan organizations for federal voter registration activities.
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nonpartisan organizations for federal voter registration activities.
Requires HHS to promulgate regulations with formal public input on CSBG elements including
state plans, community action plans, state monitoring of eligible entities and annual state reports to
HHS.
Streamlines and focuses state plans on essential elements of CSBG; requires states to submit
state plans to HHS – for approval – at least 60 days before the fiscal year and requires HHS to
notify states of approval or disapproval within 45 days of receiving the plan.
Strengthens local control and responsiveness to local needs through agency-wide strategic
plans that set goals for meeting needs identified in a comprehensive community needs assessment
and community action plans that describe use of CSBG funds to meet identified needs.
Strengthens tripartite boards through specified operations, duties and required expertise and
clarifies that “remaining” board members (after low-income representatives and public officials)
represent significant local private groups.
Protects nonprofit nature of Community Action; prohibits new public agencies (grandfathers
existing public agencies); provides for privatization of existing public agencies and for mergers of
existing nonprofit agencies when communities would be better served.
Targets federal and state training and technical assistance on activities to improve
management, capacity and performance of network agencies and to support innovation; increases
federal training and technical assistance resources available for network organizations,
including national and state associations.
Maintains strong focus on performance measurement and performance management;
requires states and eligible entities to participate in a results-oriented performance measurement
system that meets HHS requirements, and requires HHS to issue guidance on state and local
performance measurement systems, which may include one or more model systems.
Requires states to report to HHS on state and local performance, including how states and
eligible entities implement results-oriented management; and requires HHS to report to
Congress, including on the Department’s own performance in carrying out critical roles and
responsibilities.
Promotes accountability through federal evaluations of states and state monitoring of eligible
entities, with corrective action requirements, technical assistance and enforcement provisions
that allow withholding of funds to states and direct payment to eligible entities in case of
state noncompliance, and withholding of funds and termination of designation in case of
eligible entity noncompliance.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
ACCEPT the report and provide direction to staff and the federal advocate, as needed.
Attachments
No file(s) attached.
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