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June 12, 2023
1:00 P.M.
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Supervisor Ken Carlson, Chair
Supervisor Diane Burgis, 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: Persons who wish to address the Legislation Committee during public comment on matters
within the jurisdiction of the Legislation Committee that are not on the agenda, may comment in person, via Zoom,
or via call-in. All public comments will be limited to three minutes.
3.RECEIVE and APPROVE the Record of Action for the May 8, 2023 meeting of the Legislation Committee,
with any necessary corrections.
4.RECEIVE a report on federal matters of interest to the County and PROVIDE direction to staff and the
County's federal lobbyist, as needed.
5.CONSIDER recommending the Board of Supervisors adopt the policy recommendations for the County's
2023-24 State and Federal Legislative Platforms, as recommended by the County's Clerk-Recorder and
Registrar of Voters, Kristin B. Connelly.
6.CONSIDER finding AB 1238 (Ward) Hazardous Waste: Solar Panels consistent with the County's adopted
2023-24 State Legislative Platform or CONSIDER recommending a position of "Support" for AB 1238 to
the Board of Supervisors, as recommended by the Hazardous Materials Commission.
7.CONSIDER finding AB 50 (Wood) Public Utilities: Timely Service: Customer Energization and SB 410
(Becker) Powering Up Californians Act consistent with the County's adopted 2023-24 State Legislative
Platform or CONSIDER recommending a position of "Support" for AB 50 and SB 410 to the Board of
Supervisors, as recommended by Supervisor Carlson.
8.CONSIDER providing input on AB 764 (Bryan) Local Redistricting and AB 1248 (Bryan) Local
Redistricting: Independent Commissions or RECOMMENDING a position on the bills to the Board of
Supervisors.
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9. ACCEPT the report on the State Budget and State Bills of Interest to Contra Costa County and provide
direction and/or input to staff and the County's state lobbyists, as needed.
10.The next meeting is currently scheduled for Monday, July 10 at 1:00 p.m.
11.Adjourn
The Legislation Committee will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to attend Legislation
Committee meetings. Contact the staff person listed below at least 72 hours before the meeting.
Any disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and distributed by the County to a
majority of members of the Legislation Committee less than 96 hours prior to that meeting are available for public inspection at
1025 Escobar St., 4th Floor, Martinez, during normal business hours.
Public comment may be submitted via electronic mail on agenda items at least one full work day prior to the published meeting
time.
For Additional Information Contact:
Lara DeLaney, Committee Staff
Phone (925) 655-2057, Fax (925) 655-2066
lara.delaney@cao.cccounty.us
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 3.
Meeting Date:06/12/2023
Subject:Record of Action for Legislation Committee Meeting
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2023-08
Referral Name: Record of Action
Presenter: L. DeLaney Contact: L. DeLaney, (925) 655-2057
Referral History:
County Ordinance requires that each County body keep a record of its meetings. Though the record need not be verbatim, it
must accurately reflect the agenda and the discussions made in the meetings.
Referral Update:
Attached for the Committee's consideration is the draft Record of Action for its May 8, 2023 meeting.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
Staff recommends APPROVAL of the Record of Action for the May 8, 2023 meeting of the Legislation Committee, with any
necessary corrections.
Attachments
DRAFT Record of Action
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D R A F T
LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
RECORD OF ACTION FOR
May 8, 2023
Supervisor Ken Carlson, Chair
Supervisor Diane Burgis, Vice Chair
Present: Ken Carlson, Chair
Diane Burgis, Vice Chair
Staff Present:Lara DeLaney, Senior Deputy County Administrator, staff to Committee; Jody
London, Sustainability Coordinator; Colleen Awad, Senior District Rep., D. 4; Monica
Nino, County Administrator; Luz Raygoza, ASA II, Employment and Human Services;
Kristin Connelly, Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters; Brian Balbas, Public Works
Director; Teresa Gerringer, Chief of Staff, District III
Attendees:Geoff Neill, Paul Schlesinger and Jim Davenport
1.Introductions
Chair Carlson convened the meeting at 1:01 p.m., introducing himself and Vice Chair Burgis.
2.PUBLIC COMMENT: Persons who wish to address the Legislation Committee during public comment on
matters within the jurisdiction of the Legislation Committee that are not on the agenda, may comment in
person, via Zoom, or via call-in. All public comments will be limited to three minutes.
Caller inquired as to whether Chair Carlson had a County office since he was attending the meeting at
the Administration Building. Chair Carlson confirmed that he does have a County office but chooses to
conduct Committee meetings at the Administration Building.
3.Staff recommends APPROVAL of the Record of Action for the April 10, 2023 meeting of the Legislation
Committee.
The Record of Action was approved as presented.
AYE: Chair Ken Carlson
Vice Chair Diane Burgis
4.ACCEPT the report on federal matters of interest to Contra Costa County and provide direction to staff
and the County lobbyists, as needed.
The County's federal lobbyist, Jim Davenport from Thorn Run Partners, provided a recap of the status of
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The County's federal lobbyist, Jim Davenport from Thorn Run Partners, provided a recap of the status of
the federal debt ceiling negotiations. He also addressed the status of the Appropriation bills to fund the
federal government. Paul Schlesinger provided information about the impact on the County's community
benefit projects, noting that all of the County projects had been advanced for funding consideration to
the Appropriations committees. The County's issues with FEMA reimbursement for Non-Congregate
Care costs were also addressed. Vice Chair Burgis had a conversation with Administration
representatives, lobbying for our reimbursement and noting it could be a big financial impact to Counties
if reimbursement were provided.
AYE: Chair Ken Carlson
Vice Chair Diane Burgis
5.CONSIDER elections related policy recommendations for the County's State and Federal Legislative
Platforms from the County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters and provide direction, including
recommendations for the Board of Supervisors, as needed.
The County's Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters provided a recap of her legislative platform
proposals. Vice Chair Burgis requested input and feedback from the County's lobbyists on the proposals.
She also advocated for the Certified Elections Observer program.The proposals would go back to the
Legislation Committee in June before advancement to the Board of Supervisors.
6.RECEIVE a report on the County's sponsored bills and other state bills of interest to the County and
provide direction to staff and the County's state lobbyists, as needed.
The County's lobbyist, Geoff Neill, provided a recap of the status of the County's sponsored bills. Vice
Chair Burgis inquired about the impacts of the federal debt ceiling negotiations on the State. The federal
lobbyist would provide a summary of potential impacts.
AYE: Chair Ken Carlson
Vice Chair Diane Burgis
7.The next meeting is currently scheduled for June 12, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.
8.Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 2:00 p.m.
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:06/12/2023
Subject:Federal Legislation of Interest to Contra Costa County
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2023-07
Referral Name: Federal Update
Presenter: Paul Schlesinger, Thorn Run Partners Contact: L. DeLaney, (925) 655-2057
Referral History:
The Legislation Committee regularly receives reports on federal legislation and budget matters of interest to the County and
provides direction to staff and the County's federal lobbyists. The County's lobbyists from Thorn Run Partners includes Mr.
Paul Schlesinger, who will attend the Committee meeting via Zoom to provide additional information about the federal debt
ceiling legislation, its impact on the FY 2024 federal budget appropriations, and potential impacts on the County's Community
Project Funding requests. Other significant federal matters may also be discussed.
Referral Update:
Debt Limit Package
On May 31, the House voted 314-117 to advance legislation – entitled the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (H.R. 3746) –
that would raise the federal debt ceiling until 2025. The bipartisan deal, which was announced over the Memorial Day
weekend, was negotiated by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). In order to reach agreement,
both sides were forced to make a series of spending and policy concessions, many of which received a cool reception from
conservative Republicans and progressive Democrats alike.
On the evening of June 1, the Senate passed [63-36] the bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act, sending the bill to the President’s
desk for signature. In addition to suspending the debt limit until January 1, 2025, the Fiscal Responsibility Act includes a series
of budgetary and policy reforms discussed in the attached analysis from the County's federal lobbyists, Thorn Run Partners.
Supreme Court Issues Decisions in Cases With Implications for Counties
From Rachel Mackey, NACo: On May 25, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decisions in two major cases impacting county
governments. In?Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, a case revolving around the definition of the ‘waters of the
United States’ or WOTUS, the Court‘s ruling for the petitioner narrows the scope of what kinds of waters the federal
government can regulate under the Clean Water Act. In?Tyler v. Hennepin County, the Court held that local governments are
not entitled to keep surplus equity from the sale of tax-forfeited properties.
Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The Supreme Court has been split since the 2006 case Rapanos v. United States over the proper test for determining whether a
wetland or stream that is not navigable falls under the definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS), making it subject
to federal regulation under the Clean Water Act (CWA). In Rapanos, Justice Antonin Scalia provided a narrow definition of
WOTUS, limiting it to “relatively permanent, standing or flowing bodies of water” and wetlands with a “continuous surface
connection” to permanent waters. In contrast, Justice Anthony Kennedy found that wetlands with a “significant nexus” to
navigable waters are WOTUS, with significant nexus meaning the wetlands “either alone or in combination with similarly
situated lands in the region, significantly affect the chemical, physical, and biological integrity” of navigable waters. This
question came before the court again in Sackett v. EPA, a legal battle that began in 2008 when an Idaho couple, Michael and
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Chantell Sackett, sought to build a house on an empty lot near a large lake and began backfilling the property. The Sacketts
received a notice from the EPA to stop work because their lot contains wetlands protected by the CWA, which bars the
discharge of pollutants, including rocks and sand, into “navigable waters.”?The Sacketts sued, and then appealed after the
Ninth applied the more broad “significant nexus” test to uphold the EPA’s judgment. The Supreme Court ruling in Sackett
unanimously reverses the Ninth Circuit in favor of the Sacketts, rejecting once and for all the “significant nexus” test to narrow
the reach of federal CWA protections. Only five justices joined in the opinion that imposes a new test for evaluating when the
CWA does apply to wetlands, however. Under the majority opinion, whether the CWA can regulate a wetland depends on if it
is “adjacent” to WOTUS—that is, “as a practical matter indistinguishable” from WOTUS, meaning that there must be “a
continuous surface connection” to navigable waters. In other words, the CWA will only apply to wetlands that blend or flow
into neighboring navigable waters. In three concurring opinions, the remaining justices agreed with the decision to overturn the
Ninth Circuit ruling but disagreed with the underlying analysis, with some arguing the new test unduly or restricts federal
authority, and others arguing it does not go far enough. NACo joined an amicus brief with the National League of Cities,
the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the International Municipal Lawyers Association, the International City/County Management
Association, and various local governments and water districts urging the Supreme Court to adopt a decision that clarifies that
water supply and treatment, flood control and stormwater management infrastructure is not WOTUS under the CWA. The
Supreme Court’s decision does not fully provide that clarity, as it is difficult to determine whether the new test will insulate
county-owned infrastructure from WOTUS coverage, and it remains to be seen how the federal government will rewrite its
regulations to comply with the ruling.?However, because the test that the Court adopts limits the definition of WOTUS, it
seems likely that at least some of the infrastructure that had previously been swept into the broader definition may be excluded.
NACo will continue to engage with Congress and EPA as action on WOTUS continues. Learn more about county priorities for
WOTUS here.
Tyler v. Hennepin County
Tyler v. Hennepin County centered on a lawsuit brought forth by Geraldine Tyler, who owed Hennepin County, Minnesota
$15,000 in unpaid property taxes, interest and penalties for a condo she did not reside in. She received a statutorily prescribed
notice of foreclosure, failed to answer, and then never tried to redeem the property during the 3-year period allowed by the
state.?She also did not seek to repurchase the property.?After the county sold the condo for $40,000 and kept the proceeds
above and beyond Tyler’s $15,000 debt, Tyler sued, arguing that she was owed the $25,000 surplus under the Fifth
Amendment’s Taking Clause, which bars the government from taking private property for public use without adequately
compensating the property owners, as well as the Eighth Amendment’s ban on excessive fines. In addition to arguing that
keeping the surplus equity did not violate the Constitution, the County argued that Ms. Tyler did not have standing as she had
additional encumbrances and liens on the property for an outstanding mortgage and HOA lien that amounted to more than the
so-called equity in her property. NACo?joined an amicus brief?through the?Local Government Legal Center
(LGLC)?in support of Hennepin County, arguing that the ability to keep surplus proceeds helps county governments afford the
administrative costs associated with seizing and selling forfeited property. In a 9-0 decision, the Supreme Court rejected the
County’s standing arguments and held that the County violated the Takings Clause (the Court did not reach the Excessive Fines
question.) Under the majority opinion, county governments are not legally entitled to keep the profits from the sale of
tax-forfeited property beyond the existing tax debt. However, the ruling preserves the ability of local governments to impose
interest and late fees when a taxpayer fails to pay taxes and seize property to recover a tax debt, which are important
enforcement mechanisms. As the Court points out in its decision, while Minnesota is in the minority, it is not alone in excluding
surplus equity from the definition of property rights after title vests in the state or local government. Alabama, Arizona,
California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Oregon and South Dakota
all currently allow this practice. Additionally, in Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, Ohio, Rhode Island and Texas, local governments are
allowed to keep surplus proceeds for a particular public use, while in Montana, state law permits local governments to keep the
surplus proceeds from the sale of non-residential properties. States that currently allow for the retention of the surplus equity
will need to update their statutes local governments will need to ensure that they are not keeping any surplus equity after the
sale of a forfeited property. That said, the Court specifically noted that interest and fees on a tax debt would not be considered
a Taking. The Court’s ruling also leaves open the possibility that states can seize surplus equity so long as they provide a
mechanism for its return after the sale of the property. Property taxes are an essential revenue source that allow county
governments to provide critical services to our residents, and delinquency undermines this process. While this ruling will
restrict counties’ ability to keep surplus equity from the sales of tax-forfeited property (which often does not fully compensate
for the lost revenue stemming from unpaid property taxes), it protects’ the ability of counties to pursue avenues such as
penalties, fees and property forfeiture in response to property tax delinquency. NACo will continue to monitor the implications
of the Court’s ruling for county governments.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
Attachments
Attachment A: TRP Special Report on Fiscal Responsibility Act
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100 M Street SE, Suite 750 | Washington D.C. 20003 | (202) 688-0225 | inquiry@thornrun.com
TRP SPECIAL REPORT: DETAILS OF THE BIPARTISAN FISCAL
RESPONSIBILITY ACT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Following weeks of contentious negotiations and uncertainty over the debt ceiling, President Joe
Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) struck an agreement over the weekend that would
avert a U.S. credit default in exchange for a series of budgetary and policy reforms. While negotiations
leading up to this deal proved difficult, lawmakers now face a tight deadline to clear the package
before the Treasury Department’s anticipated June 5 “X date.” This memo provides an overview of
provisions contained within the package as well as a repository of documents and resources as they
pertain to the bill.
RELEVANT DOCUMENTS
•Section-by-section
•Statement of Administration Policy
•GOP Section-by-section
•Rescissions Summary
•SNAP-TANF Background
•Appropriations One-pager
•Conservative Senate Opposition Talking Points
•Budget Agreement One-pager
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY
In addition to suspending the debt limit until January 1, 2025, the Fiscal Responsibility Act includes
the following policies:
•Government spending. The bill establishes two years of discretionary spending caps, as well
as a one percent cut in government spending if all 12 appropriations bills do not pass by the
end of the year. It also establishes discretionary spending limits for fiscal years (FY) FY 2026-
2029, but these caps are not subject to the aforementioned sequestration rules. These
discretionary spending limits are set at:
o $1.62 trillion for FY 2026
o $1.64 trillion for FY 2027
o $1.65 trillion for FY 2028
o $1.67 trillion for FY 2029
Memorandum May 31, 2023
Attachment A
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• TANF. The bill would establish a new five-state pilot program to encourage greater work and
better family outcomes in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
The bill also takes steps to prevent states from sending “small checks” under the TANF
program to employed SNAP recipients and require the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) to collect data from states on outcome metrics for TANF recipients. The pilot
program established under this provision would be authorized for six years.
• SNAP. Under the terms of the deal, the bill would tighten work requirements in the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for able-bodied, low-income adults
without dependents between the ages of 18-54. However, it would loosen work requirements
for veterans, homeless individuals, and people leaving foster care. It would also decrease
from 12 percent — established by the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 — to 8 percent,
the number of able-bodied adults without dependents that qualify for an exemption from the
federal work requirement for SNAP through FY 2023 and would sunset the exemption for
fiscal 2024 and thereafter.
• IRS Enforcement Funding. The bill would claw back roughly $20 billion in Inflation
Reduction Act (IRA) funding for enforcement activities at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
However, this provision is rumored to be a “handshake agreement” between Speaker
McCarthy and President Biden and is not included in the text of the legislation. The bill itself
only rescinds $1.39 billion in unobligated balances originally appropriated to the IRS under
the IRA. The agreement on the $20 billion rescission is said to be repurposed over the next
two fiscal years to shore up other non-defense spending priorities.
• Recissions. The bill would rescind nearly $30 billion in unobligated COVID-19 relief funds.
Notable rescissions include: (1) $10.4 billion from the Public Health and Social Services
Emergency Fund — not to include cuts to programs involving vaccine development, testing
procurement capacity, and other critical needs; (2) $2.2 billion in Highway Infrastructure
Programs — excluding funds provided for under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
(IIJA); (3) $1.7 billion in Centers for Disease Control (CDC) activities — excluding those
involving genomic surveillance or vaccine safety and efficacy; and (4) $1 billion in state
unemployment insurance programs. A full list of the funding rescissions can be viewed here.
• Cost of War Toxic Exposure Fund. The bill would appropriate funding to the Department
of Veterans Affairs’ Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund for FY 2024 and 2025. This would
provide $20.7 billion for FY 2024 and $24.6 billion in FY 2025.
• Administrative Pay-As-You-Go. Under the bill, agencies would be required to submit any
plans for certain discretionary administrative actions to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review, including proposed actions the agency would take to cut direct
spending, either greater than or equal to the increase that would result from the proposed
action. Plans that do not include actions to offset direct spending would be sent back to the
Attachment A
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agency, which would then have to resubmit the plan with an offset proposal. However, the
OMB is granted the authority to waive this requirement for “essential services” or are deemed
“necessary for effective program delivery.”
• Student Loan Repayment. The provision would end the pause on federal student loan
payments and the accrual of interest on those loans 60 days after June 30, 2023. Additionally,
the bill prohibits the Department of Education from extending this payment pause without
congressional approval. The suspension of such payments was provided for under the CARES
Act and would not nullify the Biden administration’s student loan debt forgiveness plan
unveiled in August of 2022.
• Permitting Reform. Incorporate a series of modest permitting reforms within the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). These reforms include:
o Elements of the BUILDER Act, codifying the One Federal Decision Framework, such
as joint schedules, dispute resolution procedures, and single environmental impact
statements.
o Directing the Council on Environmental Quality to report to Congress on the
possibility of creating an online portal for permits requiring NEPA review, with a
budget of $500,000 allocated for this purpose.
o Requiring the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NEARC) to study the
total transfer capability between neighboring transmission planning regions and
make recommendations to strengthen reliability.
▪ The findings of the study would be submitted to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC) within 18 months, followed by a public
comment period and a subsequent report to Congress by FERC.
o Authorizing the construction and operation of the proposed Mountain Valley
Pipeline, directing the Army to issue permits and verifications within 21 days of
enactment.
• Budget Enforcement in the House. The bill would require the House Budget Committee to
provide a statement outlining various allocations and budgetary information. This includes
allocations for the House Appropriations Committee for FY 2024, considering discretionary
spending limits and any resulting outlays. The statement should also include committee
allocations for FY 2024 regarding current mandatory budget authority. For all other House
committees, the statement should cover allocations for FY 2024 and FYs 2025 through 2033,
focusing on the budgetary effects of any newly enacted laws during that period.
• Budget Enforcement in the Senate. The bill would require the Senate Budget Committee to
provide a statement including allocations for the Senate Appropriations Committee for fiscal
year 2024, factoring in the adjusted discretionary spending limits, as well as any resulting
outlays and committee allocations for FY 2024 regarding current mandatory budget
authority. For all other Senate committees, the statement should cover allocations and
aggregate revenue levels for FY 2024, as well as the periods from FY 2024 through 2028 and
Attachment A
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FY 2024 through 2033. Additionally, the statement should address the budgetary effects of
any recently enacted laws during the period.
Attachment A
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 5.
Meeting Date:06/12/2023
Subject:Elections Related Policy Proposals for the County's State and Federal Legislative Platforms
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2023-11
Referral Name: Elections Policy
Presenter: Kristin Connelly, Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters Contact: L. DeLaney, (925) 655-2057
Referral History:
The County's Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters, Kristin B. Connelly, has reviewed the County's adopted 2023-24 State
and Federal Legislative Platforms. The Platforms currently contain only one elections-related policy:
"SUPPORT full state reimbursement for state mandates imposed upon local registrars by the Secretary of State, including
special state elections."
At their April 10, 2023 meeting, the Legislation Committee received an overview from Ms. Connelly of the policy areas she
recommended for inclusion in the Platforms related to elections funding, physical security, and cybersecurity. The Committee
requested that she return with detailed proposals for the May 8 Committee meeting. At their May 8, 2023 meeting, the
Legislation Committee received the detailed proposal from Ms. Connelly and requested that the County's state and federal
lobbyists review and provide input on the proposals before Committee and Board action.
Referral Update:
The County's state and federal lobbyists have been provided the "Proposed Changes to the 2023-24 Legislative Platforms" from
Kristin Connelly, the County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters. (Attachment A) They will be present at the Legislation
Committee meeting of May 8 (via Zoom) to provide their input directly to the Committee, as requested.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors the adoption of the proposed changes to the County's 2023-24 State
and Federal Legislative Platforms, as recommended.
Attachments
Attachment A: Clerk-Recorder Legislative Platform Proposals
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TO: KEN CARLSON, COMMITTEE CHAIR
DIANE BURGIS, COMMITTEE VICE CHAIR
FROM: KRISTIN B. CONNELLY, COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER AND REGISTRAR OF VOTES
SUBJECT: PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE 2023-24 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
DATE: MAY 3, 2023
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide proposed additions to the County’s Legislative
Platforms at the state and federal level that support proper funding for elections, as well as
proposals that improve both the physical and cybersecurity of our operations as discussed at
the April 10, 2023, Legislative Committee meeting.
These proposals are made considering the challenges facing elections administration
nationwide. In a recent survey by the non-partisan, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law
School, twelve percent of the local election officials who responded to the poll began their
service after the 2020 election cycle. Another 11 percent say they are very or somewhat likely
to leave before November 2024. In the Elections Division here in Contra Costa we currently
have seven vacant positions representing nearly 25% of the authorized FTE.
An asterisk indicates proposals consistent with components of the NACo legislative
platform.
SUPPORT a consistent, predictable, and dedicated federal funding stream to assist
counties with meeting the significant federal requirements already imposed on local
governments administering elections.*
Federal funding dedicated to election administration should be administered in coordination
and in consultation with local governments, including an assurance that a portion of the
funding be made available to the discretion of local governments. A consistent federal funding
stream would allow counties to prepare for future technology and security updates, recruit,
train and retain high-quality individuals that administer elections, as well as to provide
continued access to voters that have challenges as required by existing federal laws such as
the Voting Rights Act and Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA).
Contra Costa County
Clerk-Recorder-Elections Department
555 Escobar Street
Martinez, CA 94553 Kristin B. Connelly
County Clerk-Recorder
and Registrar of Voters
Tommy Gong
Deputy County
Clerk-Recorder
Elizabeth Gutierrez
Assistant County
Clerk-Recorder
Helen Nolan
Assistant
County Registrar
Administration
925-335-7899
925-335-7893 fax
Clerk-Recorder
925.335.7900
925.335.7923 fax
Elections
925.335.7800
925.335.7836 fax
Outreach
925.335.7805
925.335.7923 fax
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Additionally, any new federal legislation or regulations on local election administration must
be fully funded and should acknowledge the substantial variety of administration techniques
deployed in states and counties across the country.
SUPPORT legislation to assist and fully fund counties in the effective implementation
of State-mandated changes in the elections process and administration, including but
not limited expanded access to language assistance.
In the current legislative session, state legislators are considering many bills to change
California’s Election Code to expand access to California’s voters in a variety of ways. Many
of these efforts contemplate significant changes, including language access. It is essential
that any such changes only happen when the state provides full funding and adequate
technical assistance to implement such changes in a timely manner. Specifically, Assembly
Bill 884, which is being closely watched by our statewide association, the California
Association of Clerks and Elections Officials (CACEO), would require Contra Costa to provide
all election materials in an additional ten languages bringing our mandated total to thirteen. All
such changes, if enacted, must be accompanied by sufficient technical assistance and
funding to implement them in a timely fashion.
SUPPORT proposals for full State funding to support the accelerated implementation
of California’s expanded vote-by-mail model which requires us to mail a ballot to every
registered voter in Contra Costa County.
Starting in 2020, state law has required that every voter be mailed a Vote-By-Mail (VBM) ballot
that they can return postage free either using the U.S. Postal Service or any of the 37 official,
designated drop boxes around the County. This mandate has dramatically shifted voting
behavior such that 90-95% of votes cast by Contra Costa residents are VBM ballots that
require signature verification. Processing these VBM ballots takes more physical space and
additional staffing. Our department has had to rent additional space for ballot extraction which
is just one of the myriad additional expenses that has come with this expedited expansion of
VBM in California. Supporting proposals to fully fund these additional costs would greatly
benefit our operations.
SUPPORT proposals that would provide full funding for State-mandated requirements
related to signature verification and petition efforts, special elections, and redistricting
activities.
Our Voter Services Team effectively and efficiently processes voter registration applications
and all petitions for statewide ballot measures. We have no control over the number of
statewide petitions that circulate in any given year. Moreover, the decennial redistricting
process requires our dedicated GIS staff to work diligently to update precincts across the
county in a short amount of time. The delay in the release of the 2020 Census figures during
the most recent redistricting process meant an even more compressed timeline than usual.
Our office takes great pride in the high-quality work we provide during each step of these
important processes, and we would like to see them adequately funded.
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SUPPORT proposals to provide County reimbursement for the costs incurred in
conducting special elections to fill vacancies in State and federal offices.
As a general practice the County cannot rely upon any reimbursement from the State for
special elections to fill State and federal offices. Last year, our office conducted a Special
Election to fill the 11th Assembly District on the heels of the statewide gubernatorial recall.
Proposals to guarantee reimbursement for such costs would help us always maintain
appropriate staffing levels and smooth operations.
OPPOSE any legislation that imposes specific and impractical requirements regarding
equipment, procedures, and personnel responsibilities for election administration.*
Like counties across the country, Contra Costa administers elections. Countywide election
officials are key stakeholders in any meaningful reform of our election process. Counties have
traditionally administered and financed elections in this country because of vast differences in
geographic and population sizes, language needs and other local requirements necessitate
differences in elections administration. Local and decentralized election administration also
assists in elections security.
OPPOSE any legislation that requires any specific methodologies for post-election
audits.*
Such audits are an integral part of securing our elections and Contra Costa supports efforts
to develop and assist counties in implementing best practices, but we oppose unfunded
mandates and insufficient deadlines to implement federal election reform.
SUPPORT policies that value and fund the role and functions of the U.S. Election
Assistance Commission (EAC). OPPOSE any legislation that seeks to create further
federal certification processes in addition to EAC certification.*
Election experts recognize the critical role played by the EAC which highlights the importance
of rigorous testing of voting equipment and brings together election technology experts and
local election officials to develop guidelines and standards that protect our critical
infrastructure. Efficiencies and cost savings of voluntary federal certification should be
supported.
SUPPORT policies that facilitate secure elections.*
Counties believe secure elections are a central component of our nation. State and federal
efforts to combat the cybersecurity threats that negatively impact public perception of the
integrity of elections. Any legislation should involve county election authorities in addressing
these threats and include provisions requiring information sharing between federal, state, and
local authorities.
SUPPORT legislation that increases protections against interfering with the casting of
ballots at polling places or by mail, including increasing fines and/or penalties for
practices that attempt to impede the voting process or intimidate votes.
Emerging best practices from around the country call for strong collaboration between election
administrators and law enforcement. Ensuring that penalties will be enforced against anyone
seeking to interfere with voting is an important pillar of prioritizing safety. Protecting Contra
Costans while voting is fundamental to our democracy. Our department constantly seeks
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ways to improve the voting experience for our residents. Supporting these proposals makes
it clear that we will not tolerate any interference with the right to vote.
SUPPORT legislation to protect election workers from harassment and to ensure the
physical safety of workplaces for election administrators.
California’s legislation to make the home address of election workers confidential was an
important step to ensure the safety of election officials. Any proposals that protect election
workers from harassment, as well as those that seek to fund safety improvements in the
workplace are important next steps to ensure the ongoing safety of our employees.
Specifically, we should support harsher penalties for those convicted of harassment and/or
interference (e.g. treated as a felony rather than a misdemeanor). We cannot ensure
continuous, effective election operations without guaranteeing the safety of every election
employee. Our office will continue to seek every possible grant-funded opportunity to support
the implementation of every recommendation made recently by CISA to ensure the physical
safety of both our office building and our Election Operations Center.
SUPPORT legislation to allow for the secure and effective use of new technologies
available in the field of election administration and to provide adequate funding for
both deployment and maintenance of new technologies.
The Contra Costa Clerk-Recorder-Elections Department benefits from a sophisticated and
effective IT staff that collaborates effectively with the County’s Department of Information and
Technology. Our IT staff has availed us of every possible resource available through the Cyber
Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) to prevent any cyber-attacks from disrupting our
operations. Additionally, our Elections Division looks to be as innovative as possible to provide
the best voter experience for Contra Costa’s residents. Adequate funding for both the
deployment and maintenance of new technologies is fundamental to our ability to continue
our success in thwarting potential cyber-attacks.
SUPPORT proposals that provide elections officials flexibility on the availability of in-
person voting locations and the recruitment of poll workers in response to emergency
orders.
Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic taught us that flexibility is essential to responding to
natural and manmade disasters in the future. Maintaining flexibility to respond to emergency
voters will benefit Contra Costa voters and will protect our employees as they seek to continue
operations uninterrupted in the face of emergencies. Local jurisdictions should be encouraged
to partner with our office by providing polling locations including City Halls and other gathering
places.
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 6.
Meeting Date:06/12/2023
Subject:AB 1238 (Ward) Hazardous Waste: Solar Panels--SUPPORT Request
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2023-13
Referral Name: AB 1238 (Ward)
Presenter: Michael Kent, Hazardous Materials OmbudsmanL Contact: L. DeLaney, (925) 655-2057
Referral History:
At its May 25, 2023 meeting, the County's Hazardous Materials Commission met and considered recommendations from
their Planning and Policy committee to request Board of Supervisors' support for specific bills being considered by the State
legislature. The Commission voted in support of the recommendation for Board support of AB 1238 (Ward) Hazardous
Waste: Solar Panels.
Referral Update:
AB-1238 Hazardous waste: solar panels.(2023-2024)
Author:Christopher Ward (D-078)
Title:Hazardous Waste: Solar Panels
Fiscal
Committee:yes
Urgency
Clause:no
Introduced:02/16/2023
Last
Amend:03/21/2023
Disposition:Pending
Location:Senate Environmental Quality Committee
Summary:Requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to develop alternative
management standards for managing photovoltaic modules. Specifies
parameters for the standards, including, but not limited to, that they promote
the safe collection, reuse, and recycling of photovoltaic modules.
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Status:06/07/2023 To SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
Legislative Counsels' Digest
AB 1238, as amended, Ward. Hazardous waste: solar panels.
Existing law requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt regulations for the identification and
management of hazardous wastes. Existing law authorizes the department to adopt regulations designating
end-of-life photovoltaic modules that are identified as hazardous waste as a universal waste and subject to
regulations applicable to universal waste management. A violation of the Hazardous Waste Control Law, including
a regulation adopted pursuant to that law, is a crime.
This bill would require the department to develop alternative management standards for managing photovoltaic
modules. The bill would specify parameters for the standards, including, but not limited to, that they promote the
safe collection, reuse, and recycling of photovoltaic modules. The bill would require the department to hold at least
one public workshop to discuss concepts for the standards with stakeholders before submitting an initial statement
of reasons to the Office of Administrative Law. Because a violation of regulations adopted by the department under
these provisions would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs
mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Vote: majority Appropriation: no Fiscal Committee: yes Local Program: yes
The County's adotped 2023-24 State Legislative Platform contains the following related policies:
• SUPPORT legislation promoting the diversion of recyclables and organics from landfills unless burdensome or
impractical for local governments to implement.
• SUPPORT legislation that prioritizes, incentivizes, and innovates hazardous or solid waste reduction and reuse
practices of the waste hierarchy over traditional recycling.
• SUPPORT legislation that protects human health and the environment from exposure to hazardous materials
• SUPPORT legislation that provides for less burdensome recovery of Household Hazardous Waste
2023 CA A 1238: Bill Analysis - 05/19/2023 - Assembly Floor
ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1238
(Ward)
As Amended March 21, 2023
Majority vote
SUMMARY
Requires, by January 1, 2026, the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to develop alternative
management standards (AMS) for the management of photovoltaic (PV) modules (or solar panels), instead of
managing the PV modules as hazardous waste.
Major Provisions
COMMENTS
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Life expectancy of a solar panel: According to the Solar Energy Industries Association, "[Solar panels] are designed
to last more than 25 years, and many manufacturers back their products with performance guarantees backed by
warranties. The lifespan of a [solar panel] is approximately 20-30 years, while the lifetime of an inverter is
approximately 10 years. Therefore, many solar products have not yet reached end-of-life, and in fact, panels
installed in the early 1980s are still performing at levels nearly equal to the installation performance level. Thus,
even accounting for the dramatic growth of the industry, annual [solar panel] waste will not exceed 10,000 tons until
after 2014, and will not exceed 100,000 tons until after 2017."
Right now, solar panel recycling suffers from a chicken-or-egg problem: there currently are not many places to
recycle old solar panels, and there are not enough defunct solar panels to make recycling them economically
attractive.
Solar energy is ever-growing: Under California law, the renewable portfolio standard (RPS) requires 50% of all of
California's energy to be generated from eligible renewable energy resources, including solar energy, by 2030.
Solar power will be an integral part of reaching the RPS requirements for 2030.
End-of-life solar PV recycling: According to the article, published in Energy Strategy Reviews 2020, "An overview of
solar photovoltaic panels' end-of-life material recycling":
"End-of-life (EOL) solar panels may become a source of hazardous waste, although there are enormous benefits
globally from the growth in solar power generation. Global installed PV capacity reached around 400 gigawatts
(GW) at the end of 2017 and is expected to rise further to 4500 GW by 2050. Considering an average panel lifetime
of 25 years, the worldwide solar PV waste is anticipated to reach between 4%-14% of total generation capacity by
2030 and rise to over 80% (around 78 million tons) by 2050. Therefore, the disposal of PV panels will become a
pertinent environmental issue in the next decades. The EU has pioneered PV electronic waste regulations,
including PV-specific collection, recovery and recycling targets. The EU Waste of Electrical and Electronic
Equipment Directive requires all producers supplying PV panels to the EU market to finance the costs of collecting
and recycling EOL PV panels in Europe. Lessons can be learned from the involvement of the EU in forming its
regulatory framework, to assist other countries develop locally apposite approaches.
Solar panels contain lead, cadmium and many other harmful chemicals that could not be removed if the entire panel
is cracked. China, with a larger number of solar plants, currently operates around two times as many solar panels
as the United States and has no proposals for the dumping of the whole old panels. Despite the presence of
environmental awareness, California, another world leader in solar panels, also has no waste disposal plan. CO2
emissions could also be reduced by recycling solar PV waste, which will consequently pose substantial positive
impact on the environment. We recommend that recycling should be made commercially necessary by making
manufacturers responsible for recovering materials from solar PV panels EOL."
Are solar panels hazardous? End-of-life disposal of solar products in the United States is governed by the federal
Resource Recovery and Conservation Act (RCRA), and the state hazardous waste control law (HWCL). Under
RCRA, solar panels may be classified as hazardous waste if the solar panel fails to pass the Toxicity
Characteristics Leach Procedure (TCLP) test. Many solar panels pass the TCLP test, and thus are classified as
non-hazardous and are not regulated as a hazardous waste under RCRA. However, the production of solar panels
involves toxic heavy metals, such as cadmium, copper, lead, and selenium; therefore, some solar panels are likely
to exhibit the characteristic of toxicity that have adverse environmental and public health effects and could become
hazardous waste under the HWCL.
On October 1, 2015, SB 489 (Monning, Chapter 419) authorized DTSC to adopt regulations to designate end-of-life
photovoltaic modules that are identified as hazardous waste as a universal waste and to subject those modules to
universal waste management.
Universal waste: Universal wastes are hazardous wastes that are widely produced by households and many
different types of businesses. Universal wastes include televisions, computers, other electronic devices, batteries,
fluorescent lamps, mercury thermostats, and other mercury containing equipment, among others.
California's hazardous waste regulations identify seven categories of hazardous wastes that can be managed as
universal wastes. Any unwanted item that falls within one of these waste streams can be handled, transported, and
recycled following the simple requirements set forth in the universal waste regulations versus the more stringent
requirements for hazardous waste. The more relaxed requirements for managing universal wastes were adopted to
ensure that they are managed safely and are not disposed of in the trash. The universal waste requirements are
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also less complex and structured to increase compliance.
Alternative management standards (AMS): California created AMS for treated wood waste (TWW) pursuant to AB
1353 (Matthews), Chapter 597, Statutes of 2004. This bill required DTSC to adopt regulations establishing AMS for
TWW, which it did in July 2008. In addition, it authorized the disposal of TWW in either a class I hazardous waste
landfill, or in a composite-lined portion of a solid waste landfill unit approved to accept TWW by the appropriate
Regional Water Quality Control Board. AB 1353 provided DTSC with the statutory authority to develop, through
regulations, AMS for TWW that were based upon hazardous waste requirements, but were adjusted for the unique
circumstances associated with TWW. The AMS for TWW lessen storage requirements, extend accumulation
periods, allow shipments without a hazardous waste manifest and a hazardous waste hauler, and allow disposal at
specific non-hazardous waste landfills. According to DTSC, the AMS simplify and facilitate the safe and economical
disposal of TWW.
This bill: AB 1238 follows the same path as TWW and requires DTSC to develop AMS for solar PV modules with
the goal of enhancing the ability of entities to safely reuse or recycle solar PV modules in California. This bill is
designed to work in tandem with AB 2 (Ward) of the current legislative session, that is moving through the
legislative process. AB 2 requires manufacturers of solar PV modules to develop and implement an end-of-life
management plan for solar PV modules.
According to the Author
"In 2006, California launched the Million Solar Roofs Initiative to incentivize consumers and businesses to invest in
solar. As of 2022, California has the largest solar market in the United States, supplying over 20% of its electricity.
Unfortunately, given a 20-30 year life span, many of these panels are beginning to reach the end of their lifecycle.
While most panels contain up to 80% easily recyclable materials, restrictive hazardous waste regulations make it
prohibitively expensive to do business in the State. As a result, recyclers that serve the California market often set
up facilities in neighboring states, where regulations are far less intensive.
AB 1238 will greatly reduce the financial burden linked to the existing hazardous waste regulations, incentivize
more panels to be recycled in California, and keep valuable, potentially toxic materials from ending in landfills."
Arguments in Support
According to A Voice for Choice Advocacy, "We support this measure to require the DTSC to develop alternate
management standards for recycling photovoltaic modules that would reduce the regulatory burden on managing
certain resources used for recycling the modules, while not compromising worker safety or environmental
protection."
Arguments in Opposition
None on file.
FISCAL COMMENTS
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, enactment of this bill could result in costs to DTSC of
approximately $1.1 million in the first year and ongoing annual costs of approximately $892,000 for four new
positions to develop the AMS for the management of PV modules.
VOTES
ASM ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND TOXIC MATERIALS: 9-0-0
YES: Lee, Hoover, Arambula, Bauer-Kahan, Connolly, McKinnor, Pacheco, Ta, Zbur
ASM APPROPRIATIONS: 15-0-1
YES: Holden, Megan Dahle, Bryan, Calderon, Wendy Carrillo, Dixon, Mike Fong, Hart, Lowenthal, Mathis, Papan,
Pellerin, Sanchez, Weber, Ortega
ABS, ABST OR NV: Robert Rivas
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UPDATED
VERSION: March 21, 2023
CONSULTANT: Josh Tooker / E.S. & T.M. / (916) 319-3965 FN: 0000461
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
CONSIDER finding AB 1238 (Ward) Hazardous Waste: Solar Panels consistent with the County's adopted 2023-24 State
Legislative Platform or CONSIDER recommending a position of "Support" for AB 1238 to the Board of Supervisors on their
consent agenda.
Attachments
No file(s) attached.
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 7.
Meeting Date:06/12/2023
Subject:AB 50 (Wood) Public Utilities: Timely Service: Customer Energization and SB 410 (Becker) Powering
Up Californians Act--SUPPORT
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2023-14
Referral Name: AB 50 and SB 410
Presenter: L. DeLaney Contact: L. DeLaney, (925) 655-2057
Referral History:
At its June 7, 2023 meeting, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's Legislative Committee, on which Legislation
Committee Chair Carlson serves, voted to support Assembly Bill 50 (Wood) - Public utilities: timely service:
customer energization and Senate Bill 410 (Becker) - Powering Up Californians Act. Chair Carlson referred these bills
to the County's Legislation Committee for consideration.
The County's adopted 2023-24 State Legislative Platform contains some related policy. The Legislation Committee may
consider finding these bills consistent with the Board's adopted Platform or recommend a position of "Support" on the bills to
the Board of Supervisors.
Related Platform Policies:
Climate Change
SUPPORT funding and policy to implement the following:
Technologies that support the County’s climate goals, including battery energy storage and microgrids, solar and wind
energy, electric vehicles, and electric vehicle infrastructure;
Energy efficiency programs that encourage whole house retrofits and address asthma triggers in the built environment;
Planning work for adapting to rising sea levels;
Planning and implementation of microgrids;
Active transportation and green infrastructure programs;
Job training for careers in clean energy, clean transportation, and green infrastructure.
SUPPORT continuing development of local renewable energy resources and supply, including protection of local autonomy to
administer energy efficiency programs and install and utilize integrated distributed energy resources, and SUPPORT effective
leveraging of energy efficiency programs tailored to address local needs and concerns.
Referral Update:
Both AB 50 and SB 410 have moved through their respective bodies and may be reconciled together, as they continue. Both
bills deal with utility companies providing timelines to energizing projects, addressing new service and service upgrades in a
more timely manner, which could be beneficial for housing and other development. The bill text is available through the links,
and bill status, as well as the the floor analyses of the bills are provided below.
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AB 50
Author:Jim Wood (D-002)
Coauthor Patterson (R), McGuire (D), Aguiar-Curry (D), Berman (D), Dodd (D), Wiener
(D), Rivas R (D), Connolly (D)
Title:Public Utilities: Timely Service: Customer Energization
Fiscal
Committee:yes
Urgency
Clause:no
Introduced:12/05/2022
Last
Amend:05/18/2023
Disposition:Pending
Location:Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee
Summary:Requires a public utility to furnish and maintain timely service, instrumentalities,
equipment, and facilities. Requires the Public Utilities Commission, on or before
specified date, to determine the criteria for timely service for electric customers,
including, among other things, reasonable average energization time periods for
categories of timely service.
Status:06/07/2023 To SENATE Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND
COMMUNICATIONS
2023 CA A 50: Bill Analysis - 05/24/2023 - Assembly Floor
ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 50
(Wood)
As Amended May 18, 2023
Majority vote
SUMMARY
Establishes interim timelines for large electrical corporations to provide customer energization following a written
commitment to serve by the utility. Requires the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to determine criteria
for timely service for electric customers by January 1, 2025 that may replace or revise the interim timelines.
Major Provisions
1) Establishes the following criteria and interim timelines, until the CPUC determines the criteria described above:
a) For customers seeking a new connection, each large electrical corporation shall take all practical measures to
deliver electric service within 90 days of issuing a written commitment to serve.
b) For customers seeking upgrades to an existing connection, each large electrical corporation shall take all
practical measures to deliver electric service within 30 days of issuing a written commitment to serve.
c) Each large electrical corporation shall respond to the customer in writing within 30 days of receipt of a request for
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service.
d) A written response to a request for service shall state whether the large electrical corporation will deliver service.
e) A written response to a request for service shall state the anticipated date on which new or upgraded service will
be completed and circumstances that may lead to a delay.
2) Requires each large electrical corporation to (a) evaluate and update, as necessary, its existing distribution
planning processes to ensure the projected demand for a given planning cycle closely matches the actual demand
for new or additional service; (b) have biannual meetings with the relevant county staff for each interested county in
its service territory; (c) share information with local governments, the CPUC and the Energy Commission regarding
areas of existing and potential electrical capacity.
3) Directs the CPUC to annually collect information from each large electrical corporation on service connection and
upgrade requests and the electrical corporation's record in meeting established service timelines.
COMMENTS
Broadly put, energization refers to when customer load, such as a house or other building, is connected to the
electrical grid and begins to receive electrical service from it. Energization is always important to the utility customer
awaiting electric service. Recently, backlogs for utilities to fulfill requests for energization have grown,
especially--though not only--in the service territory of Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E).
The utilities and CPUC have responded. PG&E has formed a technical committee to work on the interconnection
process. In December of last year, the electrical utilities proposed an interim 125-business-day average timeline for
energization, but only for the subset of projects enabling energization of electric vehicle infrastructure.
The author, like many others, is frustrated with the time it takes projects to become energized. This bill directs the
CPUC to establish criteria governing timely energization service. In the meantime, the bill establishes interim
energization service requirements. It requires the electrical utilities to collaborate with local stakeholders and the
CPUC. And it requires the electrical utilities to report related time-of-service data to the CPUC.
According to the Author
According to the author, "Severe electric interconnectivity delays have become the everyday reality of utility
customers in California. In just one county located in my district, over 30 customers were told they would have to
wait over 10 years for their lights to be turned on. This is unacceptable and alarming here in California, where we
have set some of the most ambitious climate goals in the world. Currently, families and business-owners are being
asked pay significant planning fees - up to hundreds of thousands of dollars - upon receiving "Will Serve" letters
provided by utilities. As it turns out, "Will Serve" really means "Will Serve Eventually." As we strive to advance
housing development, expand business, and meet our climate change goals, we have to get serious about the
realities of electrification."
Arguments in Support
This bill is supported by a coalition of local governments, pro-housing organizations, community choice aggregators
and ratepayer advocates who write that electric service delays are becoming a persistent issues, impacting many
aspects of the economy with specific focus of concern on the housing sector. They note support for this bill due to it
promoting transparency and accountability in the energization process.
Arguments in Opposition
This bill is opposed by the three large investor-owned utilities (IOUs)--Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California
Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric--as well as utility worker unions. The large IOUs raise concern with the
interim timelines in the bill, citing them as "unrealistic," and that the bill "fails to consider that each project is unique."
The utility employees and electrical workers raise concern about worker safety due to the bill "imposing arbitrary
timeframes on all projects regardless of size or complexity." Both the joint IOU and utility worker opposition was
filed to a previous version of the bill; it is unknown whether their position has changed given amendments taken out
of the Utilities and Energy Committee in May.
FISCAL COMMENTS
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According to the Assembly Committee on Appropriations, the CPUC estimates the cost to implement this bill to be
about $1 million annually for an administrative law judge, two utilities engineers and two regulatory analysts (Public
Utilities Reimbursement Account).
VOTES
ASM UTILITIES AND ENERGY: 11-2-2
YES: Garcia, Bauer-Kahan, Calderon, Wendy Carrillo, Connolly, Muratsuchi, Reyes, Santiago, Schiavo, Ting, Wallis
NO: Chen, Mathis
ABS, ABST OR NV: Jim Patterson, Holden
ASM APPROPRIATIONS: 11-2-3
YES: Holden, Bryan, Calderon, Wendy Carrillo, Mike Fong, Hart, Lowenthal, Papan, Pellerin, Weber, Ortega
NO: Dixon, Sanchez
ABS, ABST OR NV: Megan Dahle, Mathis, Robert Rivas
UPDATED
VERSION: May 18, 2023
CONSULTANT: Laura Shybut / U. & E. / (916) 319-2083 FN: 0000879
SB 410
Author:Josh Becker (D-013)
Title:Powering Up Californians Act
Fiscal
Committee:yes
Urgency
Clause:no
Introduced:02/09/2023
Last
Amend:05/18/2023
Disposition:Pending
Committee:Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee
Hearing:06/28/2023 1:30 pm, State Capitol, Room 437
Summary:Provides for the Powering Up Californians Act. Requires an electrical
corporation to consider, in its annual distribution planning process,
certain standards, plans, regulations, policies, and requirements.
Status:06/01/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on UTILITIES AND ENERGY.
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2023 CA S 410: Bill Analysis - 05/23/2023 - Senate Floor
SENATE RULES COMMITTEE SB 410 Office of Senate Floor Analyses (916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) 327-4478
THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 410
Author: Becker (D)
Amended: 5/18/23
Vote: 21
SENATE ENERGY, U. & C. COMMITTEE: 17-0, 4/18/23
AYES: Bradford, Dahle, Ashby, Becker, Caballero, Dodd, Durazo, Eggman, Gonzalez, Grove, McGuire, Min,
Newman, Rubio, Seyarto, Skinner, Wilk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Stern
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: 5-0, 5/18/23
AYES: Portantino, Ashby, Bradford, Wahab, Wiener
NO VOTE RECORDED: Jones, Seyarto
SUBJECT: Powering Up Californians Act
SOURCE: Coalition of California Utility Employees
DIGEST:
This bill requires the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to establish by September 30, 2024, reasonable
average and maximum target energization time periods in order to connect new customers and upgrade the service
of existing customers to the electrical grid. This bill also requires reporting by electrical corporations and authorizes
specified annual cost-recovery, subject to a cap.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1) Establishes and vests the CPUC with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations.
(California Constitution Article XII)
2) Requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (California Energy
Commission (CEC)), in collaboration with the California Air Resources Board, the CPUC, and other relevant
stakeholders, to annually gather from state agencies, as provided, specified entities' fleet data for on-road and
off-road vehicles in the medium- and heavy-duty sectors and share that data with electrical corporations to help
inform electrical grid planning efforts, as specified. (Public Resources Code Section 25328)
3) Requires electrical corporations, as part of their distribution planning processes, to consider that produced fleet
data, and other available data, to facilitate the readiness of their distribution systems to support the state's
anticipated level of electric vehicle (EV) charging, as specified. (Public Utilities Code Section 740.21)
4) Requires an electrical corporation to permit any new or existing customer who applies for an extension of service
from that electrical corporation to install an electric extension in accordance with the regulations of the CPUC and
any applicable specifications of that electrical corporation. (Public Utilities Code Section 783)
5) Establishes guidelines for the design, cost allocation, and responsibilities of a project applicant and a utility for
electric distribution line extensions necessary to furnish permanent electric service. (Electric Tariff Rule 15)
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6) Establishes guidelines for the design, cost allocation, and responsibilities of a project applicant and a utility for
the extension of electric service from an investor-owned utility (IOU) distribution line. (Electric Tariff Rule 16)
This bill:
1) Establishes the Powering Up Californians Act, which requires the CPUC to establish maximum target
energization time periods to energize new customers and upgrade the service of existing customers and certain
reporting requirements so that utility performance can be tracked and improved.
2) Requires the CPUC to require an electrical corporation to take any remedial actions necessary to achieve the
CPUC's targets and requires all electrical corporations' reports to be publicly available.
3) Requires, as part of each report and in each general rate case application, each electrical corporation to include a
detailed analysis of its current qualified staffing level and future required qualified staffing level for each job
classification, as specified, among other requirements related to staffing and apprentice training.
4) Requires each electrical corporation to consider in its annual distribution planning process, federal/state/local
standards, plans, and regulations.
5) Requires the CPUC to ensure that electrical corporations have sufficient and timely recovery of costs, including
authorizing the use of a mechanism to establish an account in order to track costs for energization projects that
exceed those included in the electrical corporation's annual authorized revenue requirement for energization.
6) Requires the CPUC to establish an annual cap on the amount that each electrical corporation can recover within
the account. Provides that the CPUC may authorize annual recovery of costs in the account through an annual rate
adjustment if the costs are just and reasonable.
Background
Connecting to the electric distribution grid. Rules governing the ability of new buildings and generation and storage
resources to connect to the electric distribution grid are generally determined by statute, CPUC rules, and tariffs,
(i.e., document that specify rates, charges, rules, and conditions under which an electrical corporation will provide
services to the public) for each of the electrical corporations. These service connections include:
New service connections refers to extending an electricity line or expanding distribution infrastructure to service new
or expanded customer load, known as "energization."
Electric Tariff Rules 15 and 16 establish the guidelines for design, cost allocation, and responsibilities of a project
applicant and a utility for electric distribution line extensions. The ability to connect to the larger electrical system can
take months (if not, years, in some cases) as the process can entail the need for designs, assessments on costs
allocations associated with improvements on the electric distribution system to allow for the connection, and other
issues. In the case of new building developments, depending on the size of the development, the need for electric
service extensions may be needed in phases over months, or years.
Growing backlog of utility energization projects. The demands for new service connections and/or upgrades to
existing distribution lines have been increasing, especially as California advances policies to deploy more EVs, shift
natural gas usages to electricity in buildings, and increase housing supply, including affordable housing. These
projects all rely on access to the electric grid and, often require upgrades to the electric distribution system.
Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic has created supply shortages and challenges affecting many sectors of the
economy, including supply shortages for electrical equipment needed to connect new customers or expand energy
load, such as transformers. Delays and challenges have been especially acute within the Pacific Gas & Electric
(PG&E) service territory as the backlog for energization projects has grown substantially and delays have
increased. The utility has acknowledged the growing backlog of identified capacity work that has delayed -
sometimes by years - the in-service dates for new business customers. PG&E has shared that it is attempting to
better manage their queue for projects. The utility recently formed a monthly Technical Committee work group with
representatives from their labor partners, California Building Industry Association, and regional building association
staff and members to work on all technical and field issues. These monthly meetings are used to provide updates
on the actions underway to improve the new service connection process, the impacts of those actions and next
steps. Additionally, these meetings are used to collaborate and collect feedback on the improvement efforts and to
address emerging areas of concern or interest. Nonetheless, the backlog is a growing frustration for the project
developers, customers, local governments, and others waiting to have their projects energized.
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CPUC adopts resolution to address energization timing. In response to a proposal from the electric IOUs, the CPUC
issued Resolution E-5247 in December 2022, which establishes an interim 125-business day average service
energization timeline for projects taking service under the EV Infrastructure Rules. This timeline excludes projects
that must go through Rule 15 for distribution upgrades, projects above two megawatts, and projects that require
upgrades to a substation. The resolution directs the IOUs to collect one year of EV Infrastructure Rule
implementation data to inform an updated proposal for a permanent service energization timeline.
Comments
Need for legislation. New service connections and upgrades to the distribution system are generally a routine and
core electric utility function. Unfortunately, the growing backlog of projects, especially in PG&E service territory, has
led to frustrated customers, including affordable housing developers, local governments, and many others. These
frustrations have sparked the desire for legislation to address the problem. As the process to energize projects
entails many factors and stakeholders, it can be challenging to pinpoint the areas of delay and reasonable timelines
for projects whose timing can be affected by many variables, including those outside the control of the utility. The
extensive backlog of capacity projects at the state's largest electric utility may be unique to their service territory, the
management of their project queue, and unique issues to their system. However, other utilities could begin to suffer
backlogs with the growing demands for: EV charging infrastructure, increased electrification of buildings, and the
need for more housing, especially affordable housing, and other demands on the electric distribution system.
Need for certainty - including average reasonable and targets for maximum time periods. This bill requires, by
September 30, 2024, the CPUC to establish targets for reasonable average and maximum target energization time
periods in order to provide customers with more certainty about the expected time period to connect to the
electrical grid. By requiring the time periods and related reporting by the electric IOUs, the bill attempts to provide
more accountability of the pace of these projects in the hopes of preventing future delays and backlogs.
Workforce requirements. This bill includes language regarding workforce elements, including requiring adequate
qualified staffing and apprentices in the pipeline. The sponsor of this bill notes the language regarding maintaining
apprenticeship pipeline that supports safe staffing ratios is reflected in recent PG&E General Rate Case
settlements approved by the CPUC. By including similar language in this bill, the sponsors aim to require this
provision of the other electric IOUs.
Costs to ratepayers. This bill authorizes electric IOUs to recover costs for energization projects that exceed the
approved revenue requirement on an annual basis. This bill attempts to limit impacts on electric ratepayers by
subject these costs to CPUC review for just and reasonableness and an annual cap on the amount that may be
recovered. Nonetheless, these cost could result in increasing rates to electric ratepayers.
Inclusion of bidirectional charging? This bill mentions bidirectional charging for light-, medium-, and heavy-duty
vehicles and off-road vehicles, vessels, trains, and equipment as among the projects that should be promptly
connected to the electrical grid. Bidirectional charging is a process by which an EV can receive energy (charge) and
provide energy to an external load (discharge), thereby moving in two directions. However, specialized chargers
(and likely software) and hardware are needed for the vehicle, the charging equipment, and likely require upgrades
to the electrical grid. Currently, one utility is deploying three pilots and several utilities in California have signed a
memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Energy to explore bidirectional charging research and
opportunities. In essence, much of this exploration is still nascent and may not merit the same urgency and
attention as affordable housing developments, hospitals, and businesses that are awaiting energization.
Related/Prior Legislation
AB 2700 (McCarty, Chapter 354, Statutes of 2022) required the CEC to gather and report fleet data needed to
support utilities' plans for grid reliability and enhanced vehicle electrification. The bill also required utilities to report
how distribution investments made pursuant to the bill support climate goals as part of specified filings with the CEC
and CPUC.
AB 1026 (Wood, Chapter 446, Statutes of 2019) required an electrical or gas corporation to apply only those
construction and design specifications, standards, terms, and conditions that are applicable to a new extension of
service project for the 18 months following the date the application for a new extension of service project is
approved. Authorized an electrical or gas corporation to adopt modifications, as specified, of the construction and
design specifications, standards, terms, and conditions of a new extension of service project.
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AB 2861 (Ting, Chapter 672, Statutes of 2016) authorized the CPUC to establish an expedited dispute resolution
process for generating facility interconnection disputes.
SB 48 (Vuich, Chapter 1229, Statutes of 1983) established rules governing the extension of service by gas and
electrical corporations to new residential, commercial, agricultural, and industrial customers.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: Yes
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
* Unknown ongoing costs (ratepayer funds) for the CPUC to evaluate and propose processes and open a
rulemaking, among other things.
* The California Air Resources Board (ARB) anticipates any costs would be minor and absorbable.
* Unknown but likely minor and absorbable costs for the CEC to implement the provisions of this bill.
* Unknown ongoing costs (various funds) to the state as an electric utility ratepayer. The State of California is an
electrical customer, purchasing roughly one percent of the state's electricity. As such, the state incurs costs when
electricity rates increase. To the extent this bill results in higher electricity rates than what otherwise would occur, it
could result in increased state costs due to more costly electricity purchases by various state entities.
SUPPORT: (Verified 5/18/23)
Coalition of California Utility Employees (source)
California State Association of Electrical Workers
City of San Jose
E2
Elders Climate Action, NorCal Chapter
Elders Climate Action, SoCal Chapter
Natural Resources Defense Council
Pioneer Community Energy
Rural County Representatives of California
Silicon Valley Clean Energy
Sonoma Clean Power
One individual
OPPOSITION: (Verified 5/18/23)
None received
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: According to the author:
To ensure that the electricity distribution energy lines can hold sufficient energy to power all the buildings in our
neighborhoods, utilities and localities monitor the capacity on existing lines to keep the grid stable. To connect a
new appliance or provide an electrical upgrade to a building on the electricity distribution grid -- colloquially known
as an 'interconnection' -- sometimes requires an electrical corporation, like PG&E, to upgrade the capacity of a
distribution line or local substation capacity. These interconnection evaluations and upgrades are necessary for
many new resources on the electricity grid, including solar panel installations, EV chargers, and home electric
appliance installation, but also for the addition of new housing or building developments. As more homes and
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businesses are built, as they switch over to climate-friendly electric appliances, and as they install EV chargers or
rooftop solar, the upgrades needed to the electricity distribution system continue -- and will continue -- to grow. In
the long run, planning for this increased electricity grid capacity will require planning and cost foresight from
electrical utilities, in partnership with the PUC, to meet the SB 100 (de Leon, 2018) energy transition goals.
However, recent complaints from customers around California indicate unreasonable response times to
interconnect new resources or upgrade. For example, delays for connecting electric vehicle fast chargers were
around 70 weeks in PG&E territory in 2022. The slow connection of critical climate appliances and resources could
inhibit California's targets to decarbonize buildings and clean the grid. This legislation requires the PUC to improve
existing delays in interconnections, as well as plan for future ones. SB 410 requires the Public Utilities Commission
(PUC) to decrease the time in which electrical utilities connect and upgrade customers to electricity service. To
ensure shorter target interconnection times, SB 410 requires the PUC to set a target timeline for utilities to connect
different types of resources, convene a working group, report necessary data, and encourage workforce
development considerations to meet that timeline.
Prepared by: Nidia Bautista / E., U. & C. / (916) 651-4107
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
CONSIDER finding AB 50 (Wood) Public Utilities: Timely Service: Customer Energization and SB 410 (Becker) Powering
Up Californian Act consistent with the County's adopted 2023-24 State Legislative Platform or CONSIDER recommending a
position of "Support" for AB 50 and SB 410 to the Board of Supervisors on their consent agenda.
Attachments
No file(s) attached.
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 8.
Meeting Date:06/12/2023
Subject:Redistricting Related Bills
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2023-15
Referral Name: Redistricting Bills 2023
Presenter: Geoff Neill, Nielsen Merskamer Contact: L. DeLaney, (925) 655-2057
Referral History:
Two bills related to the process of local redistricting and crafted by the same author, Assembly Member Isaac G. Bryan
(D-055), are moving through the legislature at this time: AB 764 Local Redistricting and AB 1248 Local Redistricting;
Independent Commissions. Redistricting is the process by which the boundaries of districts of a governmental body are
adjusted. Redistricting generally occurs at the beginning of each decade following the decennial federal census, when new
district lines are adopted based on the census data so that the populations of each district of a governmental body are roughly
equal.
The County's state lobbyists from Nielsen Merksamer have requested Legislation Committee input on these two bills.The
California State Association of Counties (CSAC) has taken an "Oppose Unless Amended" position on both bills.
Referral Update:
AB 764 (Bryan) Local redistricting would require counties and other local governments to comply with uniform
requirements related to redistricting. This bill would require local governments to adopt district boundaries, using
specified criteria, following the decision to establish district-based elections and following each federal decennial
census. CSAC and other county advocates are opposed to AB 764 unless amended to ameliorate the burdensome
reporting requirements that make compliance a challenge, mitigate the additional requirements for public hearings
that are costly and impractical, and remove a costly private right to action that would create significant uncertainty
and costs.
Author:Isaac G. Bryan (D-055)
Coauthor Cervantes (D)
Title:Local Redistricting
Fiscal
Committee:yes
Urgency
Clause:no
Introduced:02/13/2023
Last
Amend:05/18/2023
Disposition:Pending
Location:Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee
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Summary:Requires counties, county boards of education, cities, school districts,
community college districts, and special districts, if the governing body of these
local governments is elected by districts, to comply with uniform requirements
related to redistricting. Requires local governments to adopt district boundaries,
using specified criteria, following the decision to establish district-based elections
and following each federal decennial census.
Status:06/07/2023 To SENATE Committees on ELECTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS and GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE.
2023 CA A 764: Bill Analysis - 05/24/2023 - Assembly Floor
ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 764
(Bryan and Cervantes)
As Amended May 18, 2023
Majority vote
SUMMARY
Makes special districts, school districts, community college districts, and county boards of education subject to
similar criteria and process requirements that apply to counties and cities that are adjusting the boundaries of the
districts used to elect members of their governing bodies. Increases the public hearing and outreach requirements
that apply to all local jurisdictions as part of the process for adopting or adjusting boundaries. Establishes a
procedure for legal challenges when a local jurisdiction does not comply with the requirements of state law related
to redistricting.
Major Provisions
1) Standardizes the criteria to be used for drawing districts in local jurisdictions by requiring a special district,
school district, community college district, or county board of education to use the same criteria, generally, that a
county is required to use under existing law when adopting or adjusting the boundaries of districts. Requires an
advisory or hybrid redistricting commission to comply with these criteria for any districts it proposes. Updates
those criteria as they apply to all local jurisdictions, including counties and cities, when adopting district boundaries.
2) Increases public workshop, hearing, and outreach requirements required as part of the redistricting process and
applies these requirements to all local jurisdictions.
3) Requires, except in the case of special districts and small educational districts, that a local jurisdiction or the
districting body for that jurisdiction adopt a redistricting public education and outreach plan, as specified.
4) Requires a local jurisdiction to establish a redistricting web page, containing specified information about the
jurisdiction's redistricting process, prior to holding its first workshop or public hearing.
5) Requires the Secretary of State (SOS) to develop templates related to the redistricting process that can be used by
local jurisdictions to meet their obligations under this bill and existing law. Requires the SOS to create, upon
appropriation, a public, free electronic mapping tool with relevant population and demographic data.
6) Permits any interested person to bring a legal action to enforce the provisions of state law related to local
redistricting, as specified. Permits an action alleging that an adopted district map does not comply with the criteria
and requirements of law to be brought at any time prior to an election that will be conducted using those district
boundaries. Provides a notice-and-cure process before a legal action can be brought alleging a past violation of the
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boundaries. Provides a notice-and-cure process before a legal action can be brought alleging a past violation of the
law related to the redistricting process.
COMMENTS
"Redistricting" is the process by which the boundaries of districts of a governmental body are adjusted.
Redistricting generally occurs at the beginning of each decade following the decennial federal census, when new
district lines are adopted based on the census data so that the populations of each district of a governmental body
are roughly equal.
AB 849 (Bonta), Chapter 557, Statutes of 2019, also known as the Fair Maps Act (FMA), revised and standardized
the criteria and process to be used by counties and cities when they adjust the boundaries of the electoral districts
that are used to elect members of the jurisdictions' governing bodies, and required counties and cities to comply
with substantial public hearing and outreach requirements as part of the process for adjusting the boundaries of
electoral districts. Prior to the enactment of AB 849, the rules that govern the local redistricting process generally
had not been changed in decades.
The FMA was in effect for the first time for the redistricting process that followed the 2020 census. Following that
redistricting process, the organizations that are co-sponsoring this bill and related organizations commissioned a
report to evaluate the impact of the FMA and other changes to redistricting policies on the local redistricting
process. The report, The Promise of Fair Maps, California's 2020 Local Redistricting Cycle: Lessons Learned and
Future Reforms, concluded that "the FMA was broadly successful in promoting a more transparent and more
participatory local redistricting process," and that "[t]o a lesser extent, it was successful in producing maps that
better reflect the diverse communities residing in cities and counties across the state."
On the other hand, the report also concluded that "the 2020 local redistricting cycle... revealed that improvements to
the FMA are necessary to address ambiguities, loopholes, and deficiencies in the legislation that undermined the
law's important goals, and were often exploited to protect incumbents." In particular, the report concluded that
notwithstanding the ranked, mandatory redistricting criteria that was included in the FMA, "in many jurisdictions
incumbency protection proved to be the overriding criterion for how maps were drawn."
Please see the policy committee analysis for a full discussion of this bill.
According to the Author
"Four years ago, the Legislature enacted the [FMA], the most comprehensive reform of local redistricting laws in
decades. The result was a more transparent and participatory local redistricting process in 2021 and 2022. Public
and community group participation in the local redistricting process exceeded that from prior cycles. Despite
significant challenges due to the pandemic, most local jurisdictions complied with - and even surpassed - the
requirements of the FMA. Notwithstanding the FMA's improvements to the local redistricting process, the last
redistricting cycle showed that there is still work to be done. Too many local jurisdictions continue to prioritize
incumbency protection when drawing district lines, splintering neighborhoods and communities of interest as a
result. Furthermore, the FMA's reforms did not apply to educational or special districts, resulting in a less
transparent and participatory redistricting process in many of those local jurisdictions."
Arguments in Support
The co-sponsors of this bill, ACLU California Action, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus,
California Common Cause, and the League of Women Voters of California, wrote in support of a prior version of
this bill, "FMA reforms brought notable improvements to local redistricting processes in 2020, but community
members, community-based organizations, and good government groups still witnessed major problems...AB 764
addresses the problems observed during the 2020 redistricting cycle by closing important loopholes and
deficiencies in the FMA...AB 764 would expressly prohibit incumbency protection in the redistricting process,
provide examples to clarify the definition of 'communities of interest,' and require that jurisdictions do their due
diligence to ensure their compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act...AB 764 would apply the FMA's fair and
standardized redistricting criteria, as well as other key provisions, to all special districts and to educational districts
based on jurisdiction size."
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based on jurisdiction size."
Arguments in Opposition
The California State Association of Counties, Rural County Representatives of California, and Urban Counties of
California all have an "oppose unless amended" position on this bill. In a joint letter of opposition to a prior version
of this bill, the organizations wrote, "AB 764 contains a number of new reporting requirements for counties that
will require significant professional assistance to ensure compliance. New requirements to publish federal Voting
Rights Act analyses, a report outlining compliance with new district boundary criteria, new redistricting public
education and outreach plans with specific components and a public review period...and detailed analyses of each
draft map 'that a member of the districting body asks be discussed or considered,' as proposed in AB 764, will be
costly, time-consuming, and in all likelihood simply not feasible with existing county staff...AB 764 increases the
number of public workshops and hearings for all counties and, in some instances, increases them dramatically...
Public hearings and workshops require considerable time and effort to plan and execute; such a marked increase in
public meetings again makes compliance a challenge...Counties have strong concerns about the special private right
of action contained in AB 764 for any ongoing violation or prevention of a future violation or a threat of violation
of the provisions of the Act."
FISCAL COMMENTS
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee:
1) By requiring local agencies to hold more hearings and provide more information as part of the redistricting
process, this bill creates a state-mandated local program. If the Commission on State Mandates determines the
provisions of this bill create a new program or impose a higher level of service for which the state must reimburse
local costs, local agencies could claim reimbursement from the state (General Fund (GF)). The magnitude of these
costs is unknown, but definitely significant. Additionally, local agencies may incur non-reimbursable costs to the
extent they are subject to additional litigation as a result of the cause of action created by this bill.
2) One-time GF costs of approximately $519,000 to the SOS to develop and translate webpage templates and
provide training to local jurisdictions. Additionally, GF cost pressures to develop, upon appropriation, the electronic
mapping tool. The SOS estimates needing approximately $139,000 to develop and manage the mapping tool.
3) Cost pressures (GF or Trial Court Trust Fund (TCTF)) of an unknown amount to the courts in additional
workload. This bill increases the number of local jurisdictions that must petition the court to adopt district
boundaries after a specified deadline and authorizes a cause of action for violation of expanded local redistricting
laws. It is unclear how many petitions or actions may be filed statewide, but the estimated workload cost of one
hour of court time is $1,000. If 10 cases are filed statewide resulting in 20 hours of court time for each case, costs
would be approximately $200,000. Although courts are not funded on the basis of workload, elections-related cases
are given precedence on the court calendar and increased pressure on staff and the TCTF may create a need for
increased court funding from the GF to perform existing duties. The Governor's 2023-24 state budget already
proposes $109.3 million in ongoing GF revenue to continue backfilling the TCTF for expected revenue declines.
VOTES
ASM ELECTIONS: 5-1-2
YES: Bryan, Bennett, Lee, Pellerin, Blanca Rubio
NO: Lackey
ABS, ABST OR NV: Essayli, Low
ASM LOCAL GOVERNMENT: 6-2-0
YES: Aguiar-Curry, Boerner, Pacheco, Ramos, Robert Rivas, Wilson
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NO: Dixon, Waldron
ASM APPROPRIATIONS: 11-4-1
YES: Holden, Bryan, Calderon, Wendy Carrillo, Mike Fong, Hart, Lowenthal, Papan, Pellerin, Weber, Ortega
NO: Megan Dahle, Dixon, Mathis, Sanchez
ABS, ABST OR NV: Robert Rivas
UPDATED
VERSION: May 18, 2023
CONSULTANT: Ethan Jones / ELECTIONS / (916) 319-2094 FN: 0000742
AB 1248 (Bryan) Local redistricting: independent redistricting commissions would require counties with
populations of 300,000 or above to create an independent redistricting commission for the 2030 redistricting
process. CSAC and other county advocates are opposed to AB 1248 unless amended to ensure that counties are fully
reimbursed for costs and to incorporate more robust statutory and technical assistance provisions to ensure that local
agencies are able to effectively deliver on the promise of independent redistricting.
Author:Isaac G. Bryan (D-055)
Coauthor Muratsuchi (D), Arambula (D), Berman (D), Newman (D), Bennett (D),
Bonta M (D), Jackson (D), Lowenthal (D), Pellerin (D), Menjivar (D),
Allen (D)
Title:Local Redistricting: Independent Commissions
Fiscal
Committee:yes
Urgency
Clause:no
Introduced:02/16/2023
Last
Amend:05/18/2023
Disposition:Pending
Location:Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee
Summary:Requires a county, general law city, charter city, or charter city and
county that contains over a specified number of residents, and a school
district or community college district that contains over a specified
number of residents, to establish an independent redistricting
commission to adopt district boundaries after each federal decennial
census.
Status:06/07/2023 To SENATE Committees on ELECTIONS AND
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS and GOVERNANCE AND
FINANCE
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2023 CA A 1248: Bill Analysis - 05/24/2023 - Assembly Floor
ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1248
(Bryan)
As Amended May 18, 2023
Majority vote
SUMMARY
Requires a county or city with more than 300,000 residents, or a school district or community college district with
more than 500,000 residents, to establish an independent redistricting commission (IRC) to adopt district
boundaries after each federal decennial census.
Major Provisions
1) Requires a county, city, or city and county with more than 300,000 residents, or a school district or community
college district with more than 500,000 residents, on July 1 of a year ending in the number nine, to establish an IRC
composed of residents of the local jurisdiction to adopt the district boundaries for the jurisdiction's governing body
after each federal decennial census. Allows a city, school district, or community college district to contract with the
IRC for a county in which the local jurisdiction is partially or wholly located to adopt the district boundaries for the
local jurisdiction's governing body. Provides that these requirements do not apply to counties that have an IRC
pursuant to other provisions of existing state law, or to a local jurisdiction that established an IRC before January 1,
2023.
2) Requires a county, city, city and county, school district, or community college district that is required to establish
an IRC by this bill, and that does not do so by March 1 of a year ending in the number zero, to establish an IRC
using a specified selection process.
3) Requires the State Auditor to provide the contact information of any applicant to serve as a commissioner on the
California Citizens Redistricting Commission (CCRC) to any city or county that has established an independent or
hybrid redistricting commission, and to make a good faith effort to identify all independent and hybrid redistricting
commissions in the state. Requires the Auditor to notify CCRC applicants of opportunities to serve on redistricting
commissions in counties or cities where the applicant is a resident, as specified, and encourages the Auditor to
notify CCRC applicants about opportunities to serve on local redistricting commissions for other jurisdictions.
4) Requires the Department of Finance (DOF) to prepare a population estimate for each school district and
community college district by May 1 in each year ending in the number nine. Requires population estimates
prepared by the DOF to be used to determine whether a local jurisdiction must establish an IRC under this bill.
COMMENTS
"Redistricting" is the process by which the boundaries of districts of a governmental body are adjusted. Redistricting
generally occurs at the beginning of each decade following the decennial federal census, when new district lines
are adopted based on the census data so that the populations of each district of a governmental body are roughly
equal.
The authority to establish district boundaries for a local jurisdiction generally is held by the governing body. Prior to
2017, state law generally permitted a county or a city to create an advisory redistricting commission (described in
state law at the time as a "committee" of residents of the jurisdiction), but did not expressly permit local jurisdictions
to create commissions that had the authority to establish district boundaries. In 2016, the Legislature passed and
the Governor signed SB 1108 (Allen), Chapter 784, Statutes of 2016, which permits a county or a general law city to
establish a redistricting commission, subject to certain conditions. SB 1018 (Allen), Chapter 462, Statutes of 2018,
built upon SB 1108 by allowing all local governmental entities to establish redistricting commissions, and by
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modifying some of the rules governing local redistricting commissions.
Separately, the Legislature has enacted a number of bills to require specified counties to establish redistricting
commissions. SB 958 (Lara), Chapter 781, Statutes of 2016, required the establishment of a Citizens Redistricting
Commission in Los Angeles County. Similarly, AB 801 (Weber), Chapter 711, Statutes of 2017, required the
establishment of a Citizens Redistricting Commission in San Diego County. These commissions were in place for
redistricting following the 2020 federal decennial census.
Last year, the Legislature approved AB 1307 (Cervantes), Chapter 403, Statutes of 2022, which creates a Citizens
Redistricting Commission in Riverside County, AB 2030 (Arambula), Chapter 407, Statutes of 2022, which creates a
Citizens Redistricting Commission in Fresno County, and AB 2494 (Salas), Chapter 411, Statutes of 2022, which
creates a Citizens Redistricting Commission in Kern County, as specified. All of those commissions will be created
for the next redistricting process following the 2030 census.
Although this bill requires specified local government bodies to establish IRCs to adopt district boundaries following
each federal decennial census, this bill does not mandate that those bodies use a specific model of IRC as long as
the commission that a local government body creates meets all the requirements of an IRC as provided under
existing law. Local jurisdictions would still have the ability to decide the size of the IRC, the manner in which
members are appointed to the IRC (provided that commissioners are not directly appointed by local elected
officials), and the timeline for the formation of the IRC. Local jurisdictions would also be able to establish additional
qualifications for members of the IRC, beyond the qualifications that apply under state law to IRCs more generally.
If a jurisdiction is required to have an IRC under this bill, and it fails to create its own IRC by March 1 of a year
ending in zero, then that jurisdiction would be required to establish an IRC pursuant to a default structure specified
in this bill.
SB 139 (Allen) of 2019 would have required a county with a population of 400,000 or more to establish an IRC to
adopt the county supervisorial districts after each federal decennial census, as specified, but it was vetoed by
Governor Newsom.
Please see the policy committee analysis for a complete discussion of this bill.
According to the Author
"AB 1248 ensures community control over the redistricting process. The bill would require a county, general law
city, and charter city that contains over 300,000 residents to establish an independent redistricting commission to
adopt district boundaries. School districts and community college districts that contain over 500,000 residents will
also establish an independent redistricting commission to adopt district boundaries. These localities will have until
March 1, 2030 to establish an independent redistricting commission that meets local needs and adheres to best
practices of independence and transparency. Voters and communities should have the right to choose their elected
representatives, rather than the elected officials choosing their voters. Independent redistricting commissions
(IRCs) are a proven and effective tool to ensure that the redistricting process respects and fairly represents
communities, neighborhoods, and shared interests. This bill would ensure independence, transparency and best
practices in the vital task of drawing district lines."
Arguments in Support
The co-sponsors of this bill, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Southern California, California Common Cause,
and the League of Women Voters of California, wrote in support of a prior version of this bill, "California has been
recognized nationally for bringing independent, nonpartisan redistricting to our state redistricting process...IRCs
have also been used successfully at the local level in California. Four counties, 14 cities, and one school district
successfully used IRCs in the 2020 redistricting cycle. Three additional counties will use IRCs for the first time in
2030 due to legislative efforts following the 2020 redistricting cycle. However, while local jurisdictions have the
statutorily granted ability to create their own IRCs, most jurisdictions have not done so. Self-interested incumbents
simply do not have an incentive to cede their own authority to gerrymander districts to protect themselves, their
majority, and/or their political party...AB 1248 will help Californians build a strong, fair, and more representative
local democracy."
Arguments in Opposition
The California State Association of Counties, Rural County Representatives of California, and Urban Counties of
California all have an "oppose unless amended" position on this bill. In a joint letter to a prior version of this bill, the
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organizations wrote, "AB 1248 does not provide the necessary resources for counties to execute a successful
independent redistricting commission process. To that end, we respectfully request that AB 1248 be amended to
ensure counties are fully reimbursed for costs and incorporate more robust statutory and technical assistance
supports to ensure that local agencies are able to effectively deliver on the promise of independent redistricting...In
general, the state should provide additional guidance to counties and the corresponding commissions in the statute
in areas where there is a lack of clarity and provide some avenue for technical assistance...Without such direction,
counties and their commissions will be left to make decisions about managing the commission process on their
own, informed only by the practices of their peers or their own best judgment. While counties are capable of
addressing such uncertainties in the normal course of business, the 'independent' nature of these commissions
make it inherently difficult to have confidence as to where the line between independence and not exists."
FISCAL COMMENTS
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee:
1) By requiring specified local agencies to provide funding and staffing for the creation and operation of IRCs, as
specified, this bill creates a state-mandated local program. If the Commission on State Mandates determines the
provisions of this bill create a new program or impose a higher level of service for which the state must reimburse
local costs, the local agency could claim reimbursement from the state. The magnitude of these costs is unknown,
but likely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars per IRC every ten years (General Fund (GF)). This bill will likely
result in the creation of over 50 new IRCs.
2) One-time costs of approximately $1.9 million to $2.5 million to the State Auditor to identify all local hybrid and
IRCs across the state, not just those IRCs established pursuant to this bill. The State Auditor notes the number of
special districts is unclear, so the specified range of costs relies on an estimate of 3,500 to 5,000 special districts,
respectively. The State Auditor would likely incur additional costs every 10 years to update the list. Additionally, the
State Auditor estimates costs of approximately $377,000 to update computer systems to analyze CCRC
applications for zip code locations and voting districts to share CCRC applicant contact information with city and
county IRCs and inform applicants of city and county IRC opportunities.
3) Costs of an unknown, but likely substantive, amount to DOF every 10 years to prepare a population estimate for
each school district and community college district (GF). DOF notes its Demographics Research Unit would need to
acquire detailed housing unit datasets from a vendor to help generate these estimates. California has 1,018 school
districts and 73 community college districts.
VOTES
ASM ELECTIONS: 5-1-2
YES: Bryan, Bennett, Lee, Pellerin, Blanca Rubio
NO: Lackey
ABS, ABST OR NV: Essayli, Low
ASM LOCAL GOVERNMENT: 6-2-0
YES: Aguiar-Curry, Boerner, Pacheco, Ramos, Robert Rivas, Wilson
NO: Dixon, Waldron
ASM APPROPRIATIONS: 11-4-1
YES: Holden, Bryan, Calderon, Wendy Carrillo, Mike Fong, Hart, Lowenthal, Papan, Pellerin, Weber, Ortega
NO: Megan Dahle, Dixon, Mathis, Sanchez
ABS, ABST OR NV: Robert Rivas
UPDATED
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VERSION: May 18, 2023
CONSULTANT: Ethan Jones / ELECTIONS / (916) 319-2094 FN: 0000945
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
CONSIDER providing input on AB 764 (Bryan and Cervantes) and AB 1248 (Bryan, Muratsuchi, Arambula, Berman,
Newman, Bennett, Bonta, Jackson, Lowenthal, Pellerin, Menjivar, and Allen) or RECOMMENDING a position on the bills to
the Board of Supervisors.
Attachments
No file(s) attached.
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 9.
Meeting Date:06/12/2023
Subject:State Legislation of Interest to the County
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2023-01
Referral Name:
Presenter: L. DeLaney and Nielsen Merksamer Contact: L. DeLaney, (925) 655-2057
Referral History:
The Legislaton Committee of the Board of Supervisors regularly receives reports on the State Budget and on other significant
legislative proposals of interest to the County and provides input and/or direction to staff and its state advocates. The County's
state advocates from Nielsen Merksamer will attend the June 12 meeting of the Legislation Committee via Zoom and provide
the Committee with an update on progress of the County's sponsored bills and well as other significant budget and policy
matters.
Referral Update:
May 19 marked the deadline for fiscal committees to hear and report bills introduced in their respective house to the floor. Over
1,100 bills were placed on the Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committee’s Suspense File, with about 73.5 percent of
those measures ultimately moving on to the next stage of the legislative process. June 2 marked the house of origin deadline,
the last day for bills to be passed in their respective house.
According to UCC, "it’s far easier to report what did not successfully move to the second house (i.e., to the Senate for
Assembly bills and to the Assembly for Senate bills) in that only three bills in total failed passage. In the Senate, two bills
failed on the floor: (1) SB 426, by Senator Roger Niello, that would have enacted a significant terminology change in the
context of charter schools and (2) SB 466, by Senator Aisha Wahab, that would have given local jurisdictions the authority to
limit rent control for housing that is more than 28 years old. In the Assembly, one bill failed passage: AB 93, by Assembly
Member Isaac Bryan, that would have prohibited police officers from seeking consent to search a person or their vehicle
without an evidence-based legal justification.
Additionally, a number of measures were placed on the Inactive File, preserving the Legislature’s ability to take those bills up
at a later date. If a bill is in its house of origin Inactive File, it will not be eligible for hearing until next January and subject to
the two-year bill deadlines. If a bill is in the second house Inactive File, it can be taken up at any time this legislative year or
next year (in keeping with the normal calendar in the second year of a two-year session). One notable bill that was moved to
the Inactive File this week in the Assembly is AB 742, a measure by Assembly Member Corey Jackson that would have
placed limitations on law enforcement’s use of police canines."
June 15 is the deadline for the State Budget to be passed (by midnight). July 14 is the last day for policy committees to meet
and report bills.
Below is a highlight of the Legislature's actions on several measures of interest to the County.
Brown Act Related Bills
The California State Association of Counties is co-sponsoring AB 557 (Hart) Open meetings: local agencies:
teleconferences, which would eliminate the sunset on the provision to allow remote meetings during a declared state of
emergency, or in other situations related to public health, without complying with certain teleconferencing requirements.
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Additionally, AB 557 would adjust the required timeframe for resolutions passed to renew a local agency’s temporary
transition to emergency remote meetings to 45 days from the previous timeline of 30 days.
Absent any legislative intervention, the processes established by AB 361 (Rivas) (Chapter 165, Statutes of 2021) to
provide remote meeting flexibility to local agencies in emergency circumstances will expire on January 1, 2024. These changes
were of vital importance to local agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to continue to conduct the people’s
business.
AB 557 was passed by the Assembly on a 78 to 0 vote and is currently in the Senate. It has been double referred and will first
be held in Senate Governance and Finance and will subsequently go to Senate Judiciary.
AB 817 (Pacheco) Open Meetings: Teleconferencing: Subsidiary Body, a bill supported by the Board of Supervisors,
did not advance out of its house of origin.
Other Bills of Interest as Reported by Urban Counties of California
SB 525 (Durazo) – Health Care Employee Minimum Wage
SB 525, Senator Maria Elena Durazo’s measure to create a health care employee minimum wage, squeaked out of the Senate
late Wednesday on a bare minimum vote of 21 to 11. The author announced in her opening remarks that she will be working
on additional amendments to address concerns raised by other Senators, including a provision to address distressed hospitals, a
phased-in approach on imposition of the wage increases, and ways to mitigate clinic concerns. Outside of this verbal
commitment to continue working on the bill, no amendments are yet available in writing so it is unclear how the author plans
to address these issues in the Assembly.
Prior to the floor debate, SB 525 was amended on May 25 to: (1) revise the implementation timeline to increase the health care
minimum wage to $21/hour in June 2024 and to $25/hour in June 2025; (2) revise the inflator to the lesser of (instead of greater
of) 3.5 percent or CPI; and (3) revise the salary minimum for salaried employees from 200% to 150% of the health care
minimum wage (or from $104,000 to $78,000). Presumably the author’s reference to the phase-in pushes out implementation
further than what is in print. During the five-plus hours that the bill remained on call on the Senate floor, Senator Durazo
continued to negotiate with her colleagues to secure the 21 votes, so perhaps there will be additional amendments to come.
AB 1168 (Bennett) – Prehospital Emergency Medical Services
Assembly Member Steve Bennett’s AB 1168 passed out of the Assembly on a 72 to 2 vote this week. The measure was
amended on May 26 to: (1) narrow the bill to return the authority for and administration of prehospital emergency medical
services (EMS) to the City of Oxnard, and (2) clarify that a city or fire district currently exercising their "201" rights may enter
a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) for the provision of prehospital EMS without automatically losing their 201 rights. The
county coalition opposing the bill is reviewing the amendments, but remains opposed.
AB 491 (Essayli) – Animal Shelter 72-Hour Notice for Euthanasia
Assembly Member Bill Essayli has amended the contents of his AB 595 into AB 491 , a bill formerly authored by Assembly
Member Greg Wallis that had already moved to the Senate. Recall that AB 595 would have required all animal shelters provide
online public notice at least 72 hours before euthanizing any animal. The Assembly Appropriations Committee had previously
held AB 595, noting the considerable state and local costs associated with the new mandate.
Senate Rules Committee is currently in possession of AB 491. However, because the contents of the bill are identical to what
was held by the Appropriations Committee, the bill is considered a “jailbreak.” Jailbreak bills are typically not moved to a
committee for consideration, so it is unlikely that AB 491 will be referred to a policy committee for a vote.
Assembly Engages in MCO Tax Discussion
The Assembly Health Committee and Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on HHS issues held a joint informational hearing
on maximizing the Managed Care Organization (MCO) tax on Tuesday, May 30. The hearing included several panels: (1) the
Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) providing background and overview of Medi-Cal and the MCO tax, (2) the Administration
presenting their proposal, and (3) two stakeholder panels discussing potential investments (agenda, LAO handout, DHCS
MCO Tax Primer ).
Several Assembly Members attended the hearing, including Chairs Wood and Arambula, Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry,
Weber, Jackson, Fong, Alanis and Patterson. Assembly Members engaged with the Administration and LAO on several issues,
including:
What role the Legislature will have if the MCO package has to be renegotiated with the federal government
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Why the Administration is not eliminating all of the AB 97 cuts from 2007
Whether raising rates to 87.5 percent of Medicare is the right number for retaining and attracting providers to Medi-Cal
Whether the MCO tax revenues should be continuously appropriated
What guardrails are appropriate for determining how much of the MCO tax is allocated to the General Fund v. provider
rate increases
What the stakeholder process for 2025 looks like and whether there should be additional direction and guardrails in
statute
Whether the $10.3 billion in rate increases is sufficient
Whether the federal government will push back on spreading the MCO tax into outyears
Why the proposal doesn’t include targeted investments in small and rural hospitals
Whether any of the revenue will be put into the Distressed Hospital Loan Program
Whether to spread the revenue over 3.5 years or 8 to 10 years, as the Administration has proposed
The LAO’s multi-year fiscal outlook.
The first panel included representatives of the Coalition to Protect Access to Care, which has been working on a MCO tax
proposal since last fall. This same panel presented at the Senate hearing last week and included representatives from the Local
Health Plans of California, the California Association of Health Plans, the California Medical Association, the California
Hospital Association, the California Primary Care Association, Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, and Service
Employees International Union (SEIU) California. The Coalition is pushing that MCO tax revenues be spread over 3.5 years
(instead of the longer time horizon of 8 to 10 years being proposed by the Administration); that the revenue be spent
immediately (no delays in rate increases to 2025); and that investments are targeted to primary care, specialty care, behavioral
health, emergency departments, and workforce, including graduate medical education. The clinics are specifically advocating
for: (1) $250 million for an enhanced access and quality pool via a Medi-Cal directed payment program; (2) $50 million
directed to same day encounters; and (3) $50 million community health workers as an allowable encounter for federally
qualified health centers.
The second panel included representatives from the Pediatric Day Health Care Coalition, the California Association of Air
Medical Services, the California Association of Adult Day Services, the California Medical Transportation Association, and the
California Association of Health Services at Home. All the panel representatives were seeking rate increases for the services
they provide.
The Senate and Assembly actions last week on the MCO tax proposal are not identical and conversations continue between the
two houses. The MCO tax revenue is an integral part of the budget architecture, and an agreement on revenue will need to
occur in June in order for the Administration to seek federal approval before June 30.
CSAC Summary of Governor Newsom's 2023-24 May Revision
May 12, Governor Gavin Newsom released the 2023-24 May Revision which identifies changes to the Governor’s Proposed
Budget based upon the latest economic forecasts. The May Revision outlines Governor Newsom’s proposal to ameliorate a
$31.5 billion estimated deficit. As expected, this deficit is much larger than the $22.5 billion projected by the Administration
in January. CSAC staff provides a full summary of key provisions to counties in their Budget Action Bulletin.
Note the May Revision provides no additional fiscal resources to address the operational shortfalls that a variety of local transit
agencies are facing. Although the state’s transit agencies have benefitted from large infusions of capital dollars, both state and
federal post-pandemic ridership trends have resulted in significant operating challenges for many of the state’s transit agencies,
particularly as federal relief dollars begin to run out. The Administration has indicated they are open to discussions with the
Legislature on potential near-and long-term solutions to support the viability of transit across the state.
Governor Newsom Proposals
Governor Newsom unveiled a broad set of policy proposals on May 19, 2023, to streamline clean energy, water, and
transportation infrastructure projects. This “infrastructure package” includes the following 10 policy proposals:
Administrative Records Review (Language) (updated: 05/19/2023)
CEQA Judicial Streamlining (Language) (updated: 05/19/2023)
Green Financing Programs for Federal IRA Funding (Language) (updated: 05/19/2023)
Accelerating Environmental Mitigation (Language) (updated: 05/19/2023)
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Delegation Authority (Language) (updated: 05/19/2023)
Direct Contracting (Public-Private Partnership Authority 1-15 Wildlife Crossings) (Language) (updated:
05/19/2023)
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Job Order Contracting (Language) (updated: 05/19/2023)
Progressive Design Build Authority for Caltrans and DWR (Language) (updated: 05/19/2023)
Fully Protected Species Reclassification (Language) (updated: 05/19/2023)
Delta Reform Act Streamlining (Language) (updated: 05/19/2023)
This package was made public along with the issuance of Executive Order N-8-23, which calls for the convening of an
Infrastructure Strike Team to identify streamlining opportunities. Governor Newsom intends to “facilitate and streamline
project approval and completion to maximize California’s share of federal infrastructure dollars and expedite the
implementation of projects that meet the state’s ambitious economic, climate, and social goals.”
The Governor has expressed a desire that the Legislature include these streamlining proposals – released after the May
Revision – as “trailer bills” in the 2023-24 State Budget. As a whole, this package of bills represents significant policy changes
in various areas, including transportation, wildlife, water, and natural resource laws. Considering these proposals late in the
Budget process, especially after sub-committees have concluded their work, significantly limits transparency and public input.
Hastily considering these proposals increases the potential for creating unintended consequences while limiting the
Legislature’s ability to evaluate whether the proposals will actually lead to the positive impacts envisioned by this
administration.
On May 19, 2023, Governor Newsom's Press Office released the following Press Release related to streamlining clean energy,
water, and transportation infrastructure projects.
"Governor Newsom Unveils New Proposals to Build California's Clean Future, Faster
Published: May 19, 2023
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Governor Newsom’s proposals would streamline projects to unleash construction
across the state – accelerating the building of clean infrastructure so California can reach its world-leading climate
goals while creating hundreds of thousands of jobs.
STANISLAUS COUNTY – At the site of a future solar farm in the Central Valley, Governor Gavin Newsom today
announced the state’s most ambitious permitting and project review reforms in a half-century to build California’s
clean energy future while creating thousands of good jobs. The measures will facilitate and streamline project
approval and completion to maximize California’s share of federal infrastructure dollars and expedite the
implementation of projects that meet the state’s ambitious economic, climate, and social goals.
Through unprecedented investments over the past two state budgets, as well as funding from the federal
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), California will invest up to $180
billion over the next decade in clean infrastructure, which will create 400,000 good jobs while helping meet the
state’s climate goals. By streamlining permitting, cutting red tape, and allowing state agencies to use new types of
contracts, these proposals will maximize taxpayer dollars and accelerate timelines of projects throughout the state,
while ensuring appropriate environmental review and community engagement.
Today’s announcement follows Thursday’s report urging permitting reform from Infrastructure Advisor to
California, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and California Forward.
Together, these proposals could:
Cut project timelines by more than three years
Save businesses and state and local governments hundreds of millions of dollars
Reduce paperwork by hundreds of thousands pages
Also today, Governor Newsom signed an executive order to stand up a strike team to accelerate clean infrastructure
projects across the state by implementing an all-of-government strategy for planning and development.
The legislative package and executive order will:
Speed Up Construction: Current construction procurement processes drive delays and increase project costs. The
Governor’s proposals include methods to offer a streamlined process for project delivery to reduce project timeframes
and costs.
Expedite Court Review: Legal challenges often tie up projects even after they’ve successfully gone through
environmental review. These proposals would authorize expedited judicial review to avoid long delays on the back end
and advance projects without reducing the environmental and government transparency benefits of CEQA.
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Streamline Permitting: Makes various changes to California law to accelerate permitting for certain projects, reducing
delays and project costs.
Address cumbersome CEQA processes across the board: Streamlines procedures around document retention and
review.
Maximize Federal Dollars: Establish a Green Bank Financing Program within the Climate Catalyst Fund so that the
state can leverage federal dollars for climate projects that cut pollution, with an emphasis on projects that benefit
low-income and disadvantaged communities.
What Governor Newsom said: “The only way to achieve California’s world-leading climate goals is to build, build,
build – faster. This proposal is the most ambitious effort to cut red tape and streamline regulations in half a century.
It’s time to make the most out of taxpayer dollars and deliver results while creating hundreds of thousands of good
jobs. Not since the Pat Brown era have we had the opportunity to invest in and rebuild this state to create the clean
future Californians deserve.”
The Governor visited the future site of Proxima Solar Farm in Patterson to unveil the legislation. The facility, which
broke ground in August 2022 and is expected to be operational as early as December, could power 60,000 homes in
the surrounding region and is capable of generating up to 210 megawatts of clean, renewable energy and 177
megawatts of battery energy storage. NextEra Energy expects the project to create 300 construction jobs and
generate $35 million in local revenue.
Some examples of projects that could be streamlined include:
Hundreds of solar, wind, and battery storage projects
Transit and regional rail construction
Clean transportation, including maintenance and bridge projects
Water storage projects funded by Proposition 1
Delta Conveyance Project
Semiconductor fabrication plants
Wildlife crossings along the I-15 corridor
The legislation builds on the Administration’s efforts to reform the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
to better serve the needs of today while also preserving the state’s historic commitment to protecting the
environment. It also complements actions the Governor and the Legislature have taken to streamline state laws to
maximize housing production, with 20 CEQA reform bills signed into law in recent years".
Governor Gavin Newom's Press Office also released the following Press Release on the morning of June 8, 2023.
Governor Newsom Proposes Historic 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to End America’s
Gun Violence Crisis
Principles of proposed 28th Amendment broadly supported by the American public and gun owners
SACRAMENTO – Today Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to enshrine
fundamental, broadly supported gun safety measures into law. While leaving the 2nd Amendment unchanged and respecting
America’s gun-owning tradition, the Governor’s proposal guarantees common sense constitutional protections and gun safety
measures that Democrats, Republicans, independent voters, and gun owners overwhelmingly support – including universal
background checks, raising the firearm purchase age to 21, instituting a firearm purchase waiting period, and barring the
civilian purchase of assault weapons.
“Our ability to make a more perfect union is literally written into the Constitution,” said Governor Gavin Newsom. “So today,
I’m proposing the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to do just that. The 28th Amendment will enshrine in the
Constitution common sense gun safety measures that Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and gun owners overwhelmingly
support – while leaving the 2nd Amendment unchanged and respecting America’s gun-owning tradition.”
The 28th Amendment will permanently enshrine four broadly supported gun safety principles into the U.S. Constitution:
Raising the federal minimum age to purchase a firearm from 18 to 21;
Mandating universal background checks to prevent truly dangerous people from purchasing a gun that could be used in a
crime;
Instituting a reasonable waiting period for all gun purchases; and
Barring civilian purchase of assault weapons that serve no other purpose than to kill as many people as possible in a
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short amount of time - weapons of war our nation’s founders never foresaw.
Additionally, the 28th Amendment will affirm Congress, states, and local governments can enact additional common-sense gun
safety regulations that save lives.
Passage of the 28th Amendment will require a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution, also
known as an Article V Convention or amendatory convention. Working in partnership with members of the California State
Senate and Assembly, California will be the first state in the nation to call for such a convention with a joint resolution being
introduced by California State Senator Aisha Wahab and Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer. The Governor will work
with grassroots supporters, elected and civic leaders, and broad and diverse coalitions across the nation to fight for the passage
of similar resolutions in other state legislatures to ensure the convening of a constitutional convention limited to this subject. 33
other states, in addition to California, would need to take action to convene such a convention.
“A man of action, Governor Gavin Newsom has the backbone to actually do something about the gun fetish culture around
weapons of war, and tackle the relentless problem of gun violence and mass shootings,” said Senator Aisha Wahab. “As
someone impacted by gun violence, I have an obligation to elevate the voices of victims and those of us left behind in the wake
of tragedy.”
“I am proud to introduce this resolution to protect the common sense gun reform legislation our Assembly Public Safety
Committee has championed over the years,” said Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer. “We cannot stand idly while courts
roll back our work and diminish the ability of our Legislature to keep Californians safe. This bold but fair resolution calls on
other states to join us in protecting some of the most effective ways of reducing gun violence.”
With gun violence claiming the lives of over 110 Americans a day, California’s nation-leading gun safety laws serve as a
valuable blueprint for other states and Congress to save lives. California’s gun safety laws work . In its most recent scorecard,
California ranked as the #1 state for gun safety by the Giffords Law Center, and according to the most recent data, the state
saw a 37% lower gun death rate than the national average. According to the CDC, California’s gun death rate was the 44th
lowest in the nation, with 8.5 gun deaths per 100,000 people – compared to 13.7 deaths per 100,000 nationally, 28.6 in
Mississippi, 20.7 in Oklahoma, and 14.2 in Texas.
The County's Master List of Bills of Interest is Attachment A.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
ACCEPT the report on the State Budget and State Bills of Interest to the County and provide direction and/or input to staff and
the County's lobbyists, as needed.
Attachments
Attachment A: Master List of Bills of Interest
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Contra Costa County
Master List of Bills of Interest
06/08/23
AB 24 AUTHOR: Haney [D]
TITLE: Emergency Response: Opioid Antagonist Kits
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2022
LAST AMEND: 04/26/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires a person or entity that owns or is responsible for a designated facility, after
receiving an opioid antagonist kit from the State Department of Public Health a, to
post an opioid antagonist kit, which includes an instructional poster and opioid
antagonist nasal spray, in areas that are readily accessible only by employees, to
restock the opioid antagonist kit after each use or upon expiration of the nasal spray
contained in the kit, and to request a replacement kit from the department.
STATUS:
05/18/2023 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
AB 30 AUTHOR: Ward [D]
TITLE: Atmospheric Rivers: Research, Mitigation, and Climate
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2022
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee
HEARING: 06/22/2023
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Water Resources to research, develop, and implement
new observations, prediction models, novel forecasting methods, and tailored
decision support systems to improve predictions of atmospheric rivers and their
impacts on water supply, flooding, post-wildfire debris flows, and environmental
conditions.
STATUS:
05/31/2023 To SENATE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES AND
WATER.
BOS: Support
Attachment 9-A
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ATTACHMENTS LOS
AB 50 AUTHOR: Wood [D]
TITLE: Public Utilities: Timely Service: Customer Energization
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2022
LAST AMEND: 05/18/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires a public utility to furnish and maintain timely service, instrumentalities,
equipment, and facilities. Requires the Public Utilities Commission, on or before
specified date, to determine the criteria for timely service for electric customers,
including, among other things, reasonable average energization time periods for
categories of timely service.
STATUS:
06/07/2023 To SENATE Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND
COMMUNICATIONS.
AB 52 AUTHOR: Grayson [D]
TITLE: Income Tax Credit: Sales and Use Taxes Paid
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2022
LAST AMEND: 04/19/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Governance and Finance Committee
HEARING: 06/14/2023 1:30 pm
SUMMARY:
Relates to the Sales and Use Tax Law. Allows a credit against those taxes to a
taxpayer in an amount equal to the amount of tax reimbursement paid during the
taxable year for sales tax on gross receipts that would be exempt from taxation
pursuant to the sales and use tax exemption. Allows a similar tax credit against those
taxes to a taxpayer in an amount equal to the amount of use tax paid during the
taxable year for storage, use, or other consumption that would be exempt from
taxation under that law.
STATUS:
05/31/2023 To SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE.
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AB 55 AUTHOR: Rodriguez [D]
TITLE: Medi-Cal: Workforce Adjustment for Ground Ambulance
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2022
LAST AMEND: 04/27/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Provides for increased Medi-Cal reimbursement to providers of ground emergency
medical transportation services that are owned or operated by certain types of public
entities. Establishes a workforce adjustment, serving as an additional payment, for
each ground ambulance transport performed by a provider of medical transportation
services, excluding specified public entity providers. Varies the rate of adjustment
depending on the point of pickup and whether the service was for an emergency or
nonemergency.
STATUS:
05/18/2023 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
AB 67 AUTHOR: Muratsuchi [D]
TITLE: Homeless Courts Pilot Program
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2022
LAST AMEND: 03/13/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Creates the Homeless Courts Pilot Program. Requires applicant cities or counties
seeking grant funds to provide a number of specified services or program
components, including, but not limited to, a diversion program enabling
participating defendants to have specified charges dismissed upon completion of a
program, provision of temporary, time-limited, or permanent housing during the
duration of the program, and a dedicated representative to assist defendants with
housing needs.
STATUS:
05/31/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (68-7)
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AB 68 AUTHOR: Ward [D]
TITLE: Land Use: Streamlined Housing Approvals
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 12/08/2022
LAST AMEND: 04/12/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires a local government to approve a proposed housing development pursuant
to a streamlined, ministerial approval process if the development meets certain
objective planning standards, including, but not limited to, a requirement that the
proposed parcel for the development be a climate-smart parcel or be included in the
applicable region's sustainable communities strategy as a priority development area.
STATUS:
04/12/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT with author's amendments.
04/12/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
CSAC:
CSAC is opposed to AB 68, because this bill proposes to strip local governments of
their land-use authority by permanently prohibiting all new housing construction in
counties that the bill claims are not "climate smart parcels," despite the California
Air Resources Board's (CARB) recognition to the contrary and will worsen
California's existing housing crisis by preventing local governments from permitting
new housing units in most of their jurisdictions.
AB 78 AUTHOR: Ward [D]
TITLE: Grand Juries
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 12/15/2022
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the fee for grand jurors to be equal to 70% of the county median daily
income for each day's attendance. Requires the list of grand jurors to contain the
person's gender, age, race or ethnicity, and residential ZIP Code or supervisorial
district of the respective counties. Requires a separate list to be published in a
newspaper containing each person's name and the name of the judge who selected
the jurors.
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STATUS:
05/18/2023 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
AB 240 AUTHOR: Kalra [D]
TITLE: Dogs and Cats: California Spay-Neuter Fund
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 01/13/2023
LAST AMEND: 02/28/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Agriculture Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to collect, on an annual basis, a
charge of a specified amount from a manufacturer of dog and cat food for each label
submitted by the manufacturer to the State Department of Public Health for dog and
cat food. Requires a manufacturer of dog and cat food that has less than a specified
amount in verifiable gross annual sales to instead only pay a single annual charge of
a specified amount to the Department of Food and Agriculture; appropriates funds.
STATUS:
03/29/2023 In ASSEMBLY Committee on AGRICULTURE: Not heard.
Alan Abbs:
BOS supported on 4/4. C.47
Beth Ward:
We've been asked to sign on to a coalition letter for AB 240 by Kit O'Doherty,
Director of Partners in Animal Care & Compassion
BOS: Support
ATTACHMENTS AB 240 (Kalra) California Spay-Neuter Fund--SUPPORT to
Agriculture
AB 356 AUTHOR: Mathis [R]
TITLE: California Environmental Quality Act: Aesthetic Impacts
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 01/31/2023
LAST AMEND: 04/18/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to the California Environmental Quality Act, which requires a lead agency
to prepare and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project
that it proposes to carry out. Requires the lead agency to file a notice with the Office
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of Planning and Research and the county clerk of the county in which the project is
located if the lead agency determines that it is not required to evaluate the aesthetic
effects of a project and determines to approve or carry out that project.
STATUS:
06/07/2023 From SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY: Do pass to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
(7-0)
CSAC:
sponsoring
AB 400 AUTHOR: Rubio [D]
TITLE: Local Agency Design-Build Projects: Authorization
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/02/2023
LAST AMEND: 05/01/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Governance and Finance Committee
HEARING: 06/14/2023 1:30 pm
SUMMARY:
Provides that existing law authorizes local agencies to use the design-build
procurement process for specified types of projects, and requires specified
information submitted by a design-build entity to be certified under penalty of
perjury. Extends the repeal date to a specified date.
STATUS:
05/31/2023 To SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE.
BOS: Support
ATTACHMENTS LOS
AB 480 AUTHOR: Ting [D]
TITLE: Surplus Land
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/07/2023
LAST AMEND: 04/05/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Governance and Finance Committee
SUMMARY:
Exempts a local agency, in specified instances, from making a declaration at a
public meeting for land that is exempt surplus land if the local agency identifies the
land in a notice that is published and available for public comment at least a
specified number of days before the exemption takes effect.
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STATUS:
05/31/2023 To SENATE Committees on GOVERNANCE AND
FINANCE and HOUSING.
CSAC:
oppose unless amended coalition to Asm Housing and Community Development
AB 482 AUTHOR: Wilson [D]
TITLE: Air Ambulance Services
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/07/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/09/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Annually transfers a specified amount from the Aeronautics Account to the
Emergency Medical Air Transportation and Children's Coverage Fund and
continuously appropriates those moneys to augment Medi-Cal reimbursement for
emergency medical air transportation and related costs.
STATUS:
03/09/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on HEALTH.
03/09/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on HEALTH with author's
amendments.
03/09/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on HEALTH.
BOS: Support
ATTACHMENTS AB 482 (Wilson) Air Ambulance Services--SUPPORT Asm
Health
AB 504 AUTHOR: Reyes [D]
TITLE: State and Local Public Employees: Labor Relations
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/07/2023
LAST AMEND: 04/13/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Provides that it is not unlawful or a cause for discipline or other adverse action
against a public employee for that public employee to refuse to enter property that is
the site of a primary labor dispute, perform work for a public employer involved in a
primary labor dispute, or go through or work behind a primary picket line. Prohibits
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a public employer from directing a public employee to take those actions.
STATUS:
05/31/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (63-13)
CSAC:
Oppose coalition
AB 505 AUTHOR: Ting [D]
TITLE: The Office of Youth and Community Restoration
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/07/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/23/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Public Safety Committee
HEARING: 06/20/2023 8:30 am
SUMMARY:
Transfers all authority, responsibilities, and duties on the Board of State and
Community Corrections regarding juvenile justice to the Office of Youth and
Community Restoration, including, but not limited to, conducting inspections and
developing and enforcing minimum standards for local facilities. Makes conforming
changes to remove references to delinquent conduct from provisions relating to the
board's authority regarding the minimum standards and training for corrections and
probation officers.
STATUS:
06/07/2023 To SENATE Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
AB 540 AUTHOR: Wicks [D]
TITLE: Social Service Transportation Improvement Act
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/08/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Transportation Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the coordination, rather than the consolidation, of social service
transportation services under the Social Service Transportation Improvement Act
and would recharacterize consolidated transportation service agencies in the act as
coordinated transportation service agencies. Authorizes a coordinated transportation
service agency to review and comment on specified plans and projects relevant to its
jurisdiction, and would require specified agencies to respond to the comments.
STATUS:
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03/27/2023 In ASSEMBLY Committee on TRANSPORTATION: Not
heard.
BOS: Support
ATTACHMENTS AB 540 Wicks Coordinated Transportation--SPONSOR
AB 557 AUTHOR: Hart [D]
TITLE: Open Meetings: Local Agencies: Teleconferences
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
no
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/08/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Judiciary Committee
HEARING: 06/27/2023 1:30 pm
SUMMARY:
Extends the abbreviated teleconferencing provisions when a declared state of
emergency is in effect, or in other situations related to public health, indefinitely.
The bill would also extend the period for a legislative body to make specified
findings related to a continuing state of emergency and social distancing to not later
than 45 days after the first teleconferenced meeting, and every 45 days thereafter, in
order to continue to meet under the abbreviated teleconferencing procedures.
STATUS:
06/07/2023 From SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND
FINANCE: Do pass to Committee on JUDICIARY. (8-0)
CSAC:
Co-sponsored
AB 592 AUTHOR: Wilson [D]
TITLE: Vehicles: Nonfranchise Solid Waste Haulers
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
no
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/09/2023
LAST AMEND: 04/18/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Governance and Finance Committee
HEARING: 06/14/2023 1:30 pm
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a county to adopt an ordinance to regulate the transport of solid waste by
nonfranchise solid waste haulers on public roads in unincorporated areas of the
county.
STATUS:
06/07/2023 In SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE:
Not heard.
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Commentary001:
Our SPONSORED bill.
ATTACHMENTS Sponsor Letter
AB 595 AUTHOR: Essayli [R]
TITLE: Animal Shelters: 72-Hour Public Notice: Euthanasia
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/09/2023
LAST AMEND: 04/12/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Provides for Bowie's Law, which requires all animal shelters to provide public
notice on their internet website at least a specified number of hours before
euthanizing any dog, cat, or rabbit, with specified exceptions. Requires that notice to
indicate that the animal is subject to euthanasia and to include information about the
animal and its availability for adoption. Authorizes an animal shelter to provide this
public notice for a shorter time period if the animal shelter makes certain
determinations.
STATUS:
05/18/2023 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
AB 687 AUTHOR: Hart [D]
TITLE: California Cannabis Authority
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2023
LAST AMEND: 04/11/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Relates to the Department of Cannabis Control track and trace program for reporting
the movement of cannabis and cannabis products throughout the distribution chain
and requires the program to capture certain information. Requires the track and trace
program, if the sale of cannabis is conducted by delivery, to capture the ZIP Code of
the delivery address.
STATUS:
05/31/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (80-0)
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AB 702 AUTHOR: Jackson [D]
TITLE: Local Government Financing: Juvenile Justice
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/23/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Public Safety Committee
SUMMARY:
Revises and recasts required components of the multiagency juvenile justice plan to,
among other things, additionally require a plan to include an assessment of existing
community-based youth development services, identification and prioritization of
areas of the community that are vulnerable to court system involvement due to high
rates of poverty and the incarceration of at-promise youth's family members, among
other things, and a description of the target population funded under these
provisions.
STATUS:
04/25/2023 In ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY: Not heard.
CSAC:
Oppose with UCC/RCRC
AB 730 AUTHOR: Lowenthal [D]
TITLE: Public Records Act: Public Agency Employees
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/09/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires an agency to promptly provide a public agency employee with written
notice of a request to disclose a record related to personnel, medical, or similar
information of that employee. Requires the agency, before disclosing or making
those records available, to provide not less than a specified number of days written
notice to the employee of its intent to disclose or make the records available.
Expands the definition of unusual circumstances.
STATUS:
03/09/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committees on JUDICIARY and PUBLIC
EMPLOYMENT AND RETIREMENT.
03/09/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on JUDICIARY with author's
amendments.
03/09/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
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to Committee on JUDICIARY.
AB 799 AUTHOR: Rivas [D]
TITLE: Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2023
LAST AMEND: 04/19/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Human Services Committee
SUMMARY:
Provides for the Homelessness Accountability and Results Act, which specifies that
the purpose of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program is to
provide ongoing grant funds to support regional coordination and expand or develop
local capacity to address their immediate homelessness challenges informed by
best-practices and to solve homelessness using evidence-based or, where no
evidence exists, a data-informed and promising framework.
STATUS:
06/07/2023 To SENATE Committees on HUMAN SERVICES and
HOUSING.
AB 817 AUTHOR: Pacheco [D]
TITLE: Open Meetings: Teleconferencing: Subsidiary Body
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
no
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/16/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Local Government Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to the Ralph Brown Act. Authorizes a subsidiary body to use alternative
teleconferencing provisions similar to the emergency provisions indefinitely and
without regard to a state of emergency.
STATUS:
03/16/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
03/16/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT
with author's amendments.
03/16/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
BOS: Support
ATTACHMENTS AB 817 (Pacheco) Open Meetings. Teleconferencing.
Subsidiary Body--SUPPORT to Local Gov
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AB 881 AUTHOR: Ting [D]
TITLE: Juror Fees: Pilot Program
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/14/2023
LAST AMEND: 06/07/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Public Safety Committee
HEARING: 06/20/2023 8:30 am
SUMMARY:
Provides that existing law authorizes the Superior Court of San Francisco to conduct
a pilot program to analyze and determine whether paying certain low-income trial
jurors $100 per day for each day they are required to report for service as a trial
juror in a criminal case promotes a more economically and racially diverse trial jury
panel that more accurately reflects the demographics of the community. Expands the
pilot program to include the Superior Courts of specified counties.
STATUS:
06/07/2023 To SENATE Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
06/07/2023 From SENATE Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY with author's
amendments.
06/07/2023 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to
Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
AB 909 AUTHOR: Hoover [R]
TITLE: Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/14/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/30/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Authorizes the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, beginning on
specified date, and upon appropriation by the Legislature, to collect and properly
manage illegally disposed hazardous waste and household hazardous waste,
regardless of whether they were codisposed with nonhazardous solid waste.
Requires the department to annually seek up to a specified amount from the
Department of Toxic Substances Control in reimbursement for grants awarded and
program costs incurred.
STATUS:
05/18/2023 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
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committee.
AB 1057 AUTHOR: Weber A [D]
TITLE: State Home Visiting Program
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2023
LAST AMEND: 04/20/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Establishes within the Health and Safety Code the California Home Visiting
Program, a voluntary program originally created administratively, under which the
State Department of Public Health provides funds to local health departments to
support pregnant people and parents with young children who live in communities
that face greater risks and barriers to achieving positive maternal and child health
outcomes.
STATUS:
06/07/2023 To SENATE Committee on HEALTH.
CSAC:
CSAC sponsored
BOS: Support
ATTACHMENTS AB 1057 (Weber) California Home Visiting Program--
SUPPORT to Asm Approps
AB 1057 (Weber) California Home Visiting Program--
SUPPORT to Asm Health
AB 1090 AUTHOR: Jones-Sawyer [D]
TITLE: County Officers: Sheriffs
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
no
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2023
LAST AMEND: 04/13/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Local Government Committee
SUMMARY:
Provides for the removal of public officers for willful or corrupt misconduct in
office. Authorizes the board of supervisors to remove a sheriff from office for cause,
as defined, by a 4/5 vote, after the sheriff is served with a written statement of the
alleged grounds for removal and the sheriff is provided a reasonable opportunity to
be heard regarding an explanation or defense at a removal proceeding.
STATUS:
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05/03/2023 In ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Not
heard.
AB 1168 AUTHOR: Bennett [D]
TITLE: Emergency Medical Services (EMS): Prehospital EMS
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2023
LAST AMEND: 05/26/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires a city or fire district to retain its authorities regarding, and the
administration of, prehospital EMS if it provided, as of specified date, prehospital
EMS through a joint powers agreement with a county and ceased to contract for,
provide, or administer prehospital EMS as a result of a judicial finding, or if it is, as
of specified date, providing prehospital EMS pursuant to statute and enters a joint
powers agreement with a county for joint exercise of powers regarding prehospital
EMS.
STATUS:
06/07/2023 To SENATE Committees on HEALTH and GOVERNANCE
AND FINANCE.
BOS: Oppose
ATTACHMENTS AB 1168 (Bennett) EMS--OPPOSE to Asm Health
AB 1238 AUTHOR: Ward [D]
TITLE: Hazardous Waste: Solar Panels
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/21/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Environmental Quality Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to develop alternative
management standards for managing photovoltaic modules. Specifies parameters for
the standards, including, but not limited to, that they promote the safe collection,
reuse, and recycling of photovoltaic modules.
STATUS:
06/07/2023 To SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
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AB 1248 AUTHOR: Bryan [D]
TITLE: Local Redistricting: Independent Commissions
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2023
LAST AMEND: 05/18/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires a county, general law city, charter city, or charter city and county that
contains over a specified number of residents, and a school district or community
college district that contains over a specified number of residents, to establish an
independent redistricting commission to adopt district boundaries after each federal
decennial census.
STATUS:
06/07/2023 To SENATE Committees on ELECTIONS AND
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS and GOVERNANCE
AND FINANCE.
CSAC:
oppose unless amended with UCC/RCRC to Asm Local Government
AB 1331 AUTHOR: Wood [D]
TITLE: California Health and Human Services Data Exchange
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2023
LAST AMEND: 04/10/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Center for Data Insights and Innovation to take over establishment,
implementation, and all the functions related to the California Health and Human
Services Data Exchange Framework on or before specified date, subject to an
appropriation in the annual Budget Act.
STATUS:
05/31/2023 To SENATE Committee on HEALTH.
AB 1348 AUTHOR: Grayson [D]
TITLE: State Government: Controller: Claims Audits
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY no
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CLAUSE:
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2023
LAST AMEND: 05/18/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Relates to the Government Claims Act, which requires the presentation of all claims
for money or damages against local public entities and the State. Authorizes the
Controller to conduct financial and compliance audits as the Controller's office
deems as necessary for purposes of ensuring that any expenditures are expended in a
manner consistent with the law and the voters' intent. Requires the Controller to
provide a report with specified information from these audits to the Legislature.
STATUS:
05/31/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (80-0)
AB 1376 AUTHOR: Carrillo J [D]
TITLE: Emergency Medical Services: Liability Limitation
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
no
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2023
LAST AMEND: 05/03/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Provides that a private provider of ambulance services, and their employees, when
operating in accordance with the standards, regulations, policies, and protocols of
local emergency medical services agencies, shall not be criminally or civilly liable
for the continued detainment of a person when that detainment is requested by
specified persons authorized to detain persons in circumstances involving the
transport and continued containment of a person who requires mental health
evaluation and treatment.
STATUS:
05/24/2023 To SENATE Committees on HEALTH and JUDICIARY.
AB 1465 AUTHOR: Wicks [D]
TITLE: Nonvehicular Air Pollution: Civil Penalties
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2023
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LAST AMEND: 03/16/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Relates to the maximum civil penalties for a person who violates air pollution laws
from nonvehicular sources. Triples specified civil penalties if the violation results
from a discharge from a stationary source required by federal law to be included in
an operating permit program established pursuant to specified provisions of the
federal Clean Air Act, the stationary source is a refinery, and the discharge contains
one or more toxic air contaminants, as identified by the State Air Resources Board.
STATUS:
06/01/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (51-15)
AB 1476 AUTHOR: Alvarez [D]
TITLE: Community Redevelopment Law of 2023
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2023
LAST AMEND: 04/11/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Director of Finance to adjust the percentage of General Fund revenues
appropriated for school districts and community college districts for certain
purposes in a manner that ensures that the division of taxes authorized by the
Community Redevelopment Law of 2023 have no net fiscal impact upon the total
amount of the General Fund revenue and local property tax revenue allocated to
school districts and community college districts.
STATUS:
04/26/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: Do pass to Committee on
APPROPRIATIONS. (6-2)
AB 1484 AUTHOR: Zbur [D]
TITLE: Temporary Public Employees
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2023
LAST AMEND: 05/18/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
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SUMMARY:
Relates to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act. Requires a public employer to, upon hire,
provide each temporary employee with their job description, wage rates, and
eligibility for benefits, anticipated length of employment, and procedures to apply
for open, permanent positions. Requires complaints alleging a violation of its
provisions to be processed as unfair practice charges under the act.
STATUS:
05/31/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (62-16)
CSAC:
oppose coalition to Asm Public Employment and Retirement
AB 1637 AUTHOR: Irwin [D]
TITLE: Local Government: Internet Websites and Email Addresses
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/12/2023
LAST AMEND: 05/18/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Requires, no later than specified date, a local agency that maintains an internet
website for use by the public to ensure that the internet website utilizes a .gov
top-level domain or a .ca.gov second-level domain and requires a local agency that
maintains an internet website that is noncompliant with that requirement to redirect
that internet website to a domain name that does utilize a .gov or .ca.gov domain.
STATUS:
05/31/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (56-4)
CSAC:
oppose unless amended coalition to Asm Local Government
AB 1672 AUTHOR: Haney [D]
TITLE: In-Home Supportive Services Employer-Employee Relations
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Expands the definition of public employer to include an employer who is subject to
the In-Home Supportive Services Employer-Employee Relations Act, which the bill
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would create. Establishes a method for resolving disputes regarding wages, benefits,
and other terms and conditions of employment between the state and recognized
employee organizations representing independent providers.
STATUS:
05/31/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (67-6)
SB 43 AUTHOR: Eggman [D]
TITLE: Behavioral Health
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2022
LAST AMEND: 04/27/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, which provides for the involuntary
commitment and treatment of a person who is a danger to themselves or others or
who is gravely disabled. Expands the definition of gravely disabled to include a
condition in which a person, due to a mental health disorder or a substance use
disorder, or both, is at substantial risk of serious harm, or is currently experiencing
serious harm to their physical or mental health.
STATUS:
06/08/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committees on HEALTH and JUDICIARY.
ATTACHMENTS SB 43 (Eggman) CBHDA Letter of Opposition 3.12.23
SB 229 AUTHOR: Umberg [D]
TITLE: Surplus Land: Disposal of Property: Violations
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 01/23/2023
LAST AMEND: 02/23/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Local Government Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires a local agency that has received a notification of violation from the
Department of Housing and Community Development to hold an open and public
session to review and consider the substance of the notice of violation. Requires the
local agency's governing body to provide prescribed notice no later than a certain
number of days before the public session. Prohibits the local agency's governing
body from taking final action to ratify the proposed disposal until a public session is
held as required.
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STATUS:
05/26/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committees on LOCAL GOVERNMENT and
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMNENT.
CSAC:
oppose unless amended coalition to Sen Gov and Finance
SB 272 AUTHOR: Laird [D]
TITLE: Sea Level Rise: Planning and Adaptation
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 01/31/2023
LAST AMEND: 06/06/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Natural Resources Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires a local government lying, in whole or in part, within the coastal zone or
within the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development
Commission to implement sea level rise planning and adaptation through either
submitting, and receiving approval for, a local coastal program to the California
Coastal Commission or submitting, and receiving approval for, a subregional San
Francisco Bay shoreline resiliency plan to the San Francisco Bay Conservation and
Development Commission.
STATUS:
06/06/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES
with author's amendments.
06/06/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES.
BOS: Support
SB 287 AUTHOR: Skinner [D]
TITLE: Features that Harm Child Users: Civil Penalty
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/02/2023
LAST AMEND: 05/18/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: A-14
LOCATION: Senate Inactive File
SUMMARY:
Prohibits a social media platform from using a design, algorithm or feature that the
platform knows, or which by the exercise of reasonable care should have known,
causes child users, as defined to do any of certain things, including experience
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addiction to the social media platform. Subjects a social media platform that
knowingly and willfully violates these provisions to a civil penalty and an award of
litigation costs and attorney's fees in an action brought only by certain public
attorneys.
STATUS:
05/31/2023 In SENATE. From third reading. To Inactive File.
BOS: Support
ATTACHMENTS SB 287 (Skinner) social media--SUPPORT to Judiciary
SB 408 AUTHOR: Ashby [D]
TITLE: Foster Youth with Complex Needs: Regional Health Teams
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/09/2023
LAST AMEND: 05/18/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Human Services Committee
SUMMARY:
Provides for the placement of foster youth in various placement settings, and
governs the provision of child welfare services, which is defined to mean public
social services that are directed toward the accomplishment of specified purposes,
including protecting and promoting the welfare of all children, preventing the
unnecessary separation of children from their families, and restoring to their
families children who have been removed.
STATUS:
06/01/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committees on HUMAN SERVICES and
HEALTH.
BOS: Support
ATTACHMENTS SB 408 Foster Youth with Complex Needs--SUPPORT Sen
Health
SB 410 AUTHOR: Becker [D]
TITLE: Powering Up Californians Act
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/09/2023
LAST AMEND: 05/18/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee
HEARING: 06/28/2023 1:30 pm
SUMMARY:
Provides for the Powering Up Californians Act. Requires an electrical corporation to
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consider, in its annual distribution planning process, certain standards, plans,
regulations, policies, and requirements.
STATUS:
06/01/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on UTILITIES AND ENERGY.
SB 411 AUTHOR: Portantino [D]
TITLE: Open Meetings: Teleconferences: Neighborhood Councils
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
no
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
yes
INTRODUCED: 02/09/2023
LAST AMEND: 04/24/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Local Government Committee
SUMMARY:
Authorizes an eligible legislative body to use alternate teleconferencing provisions
related to notice, agenda, and public participation, if the city council has adopted an
authorizing resolution and a specified fraction of an eligible legislative body votes
to use the alternate teleconferencing provisions. Requires an eligible legislative
body authorized to provide publicly accessible physical locations for public
participation.
STATUS:
05/26/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
SB 423 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: Land Use: Streamlined Housing Approvals: Multifamily
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2023
LAST AMEND: 05/23/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires approval if a local government's planning director or equivalent position
determines the development is consistent with the objective planning standards.
Requires all departments of the local government that are required to issue an
approval of the development prior to the granting of an entitlement to also comply
with the described streamlined approval requirements within specified time periods.
STATUS:
06/08/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committees on HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT and NATURAL
RESOURCES.
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SB 511 AUTHOR: Blakespear [D]
TITLE: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/14/2023
LAST AMEND: 04/24/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Natural Resources Committee
SUMMARY:
Provides that the California Global Warming Solutions Act requires the State Air
Resources Board to prepare and approve a scoping plan for achieving the maximum
technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions
and to update the scoping plan. Requires the Board to develop, and publish on its
website, a report on greenhouse gas emissions inventories for the specified calendar
year for each city, county, or city and county that requests inclusion in the report.
STATUS:
06/01/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES.
Commentary001:
Our SPONSORED bill
ATTACHMENTS SB 511 (Blakespear) GHG Emissions Inventories-SUPPORT to
Sen EQ
Sponsor letter
SB 525 AUTHOR: Durazo [D]
TITLE: Minimum Wage: Health Care Workers
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/14/2023
LAST AMEND: 05/25/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Requires a health care worker minimum wage of a specified amount per hour for
hours worked in covered health care employment. Requires a health care minimum
wage of a specified amount per hour for hours worked in covered health care
employment subject to adjustment. Provides that the health care worker minimum
wage constitutes the State minimum wage for covered health care employment for
all purposes under the Labor Code and the Wage Orders of the Industrial Welfare
Commission.
STATUS:
05/31/2023 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (21-11)
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CSAC:
oppose with UCC/RCRC to Sen Labor, Public Employment and Retirement
SB 537 AUTHOR: Becker [D]
TITLE: Open Meetings: Multijurisdictional
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
no
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
yes
INTRODUCED: 02/14/2023
LAST AMEND: 04/24/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Relates to law that authorizes the legislative body of a local agency to use
alternative teleconferencing in certain circumstances related to the particular
member. Provides that these circumstances include if a member shows just cause.
Expands the circumstances of just cause to apply to the situation in which an
immunocompromised child, parent, grandparent, or other specified relative requires
the member to participate remotely.
STATUS:
05/30/2023 In SENATE. Read third time, urgency clause adopted. Passed
SENATE. *****To ASSEMBLY. (32-8)
SB 551 AUTHOR: Portantino [D]
TITLE: Mental Health Boards
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2023
LAST AMEND: 05/01/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Health Committee
HEARING: 06/13/2023 1:30 pm
SUMMARY:
Provides that existing law requires each community mental health service to have a
mental health board, and requires a member of the board to abstain from voting on
any issue in which the member has a financial interest. Requires one member of the
board to be employed by a local educational agency and at least one member to be
of a specified age or younger in counties with a population fewer than a specified
number, but more than a specified number.
STATUS:
06/01/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on HEALTH.
CSAC:
oppose with UCC/RCRC to Sen Health
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SB 564 AUTHOR: Laird [D]
TITLE: Sheriffs and Marshals: Fees
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
no
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/20/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 27
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Requires the Legislature to provide for an elected county sheriff and provides for the
duties of the sheriff. Relates to law that prescribes fees for serving, executing, and
processing required court notices, writs, orders, and other services provided by
sheriffs and marshals. Increases the fees for services provided by sheriffs and
marshals.
STATUS:
06/07/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To third reading.
CSAC:
support to Senate Floor
SB 577 AUTHOR: Hurtado [D]
TITLE: California Fire Service Training and Education Program
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Emergency Management Committee
SUMMARY:
Authorizes the State Fire Marshal to establish and collect the admission fees and
other fees associated with the California Fire Service Training and Education
Program, and to establish the fees to implement the California Fire and Arson
Training Act, only to the extent that state appropriations and other funding sources
are insufficient to cover the necessary costs of the activities eligible to be paid from
those fees.
STATUS:
06/08/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
SB 584 AUTHOR: Limon [D]
TITLE: Laborforce Housing: Short-Term Rental Tax Law
FISCAL yes
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COMMITTEE:
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
yes
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2023
LAST AMEND: 05/18/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Enacts the Laborforce Housing Financing Act of 2023. Establishes the Laborforce
Housing Fund in the State Treasury and makes moneys in the fund available to the
Department of Housing and Community Development, upon appropriation by the
Legislature, for the creation of laborforce housing and other specified housing
projects by public entities, local housing authorities, and mission-driven nonprofit
housing providers.
STATUS:
05/31/2023 In SENATE. Read third time, urgency clause adopted. Passed
SENATE. *****To ASSEMBLY. (27-11)
SB 642 AUTHOR: Cortese [D]
TITLE: Hazardous Materials: Enforcement: County Counsel
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
no
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials
Committee
HEARING: 06/20/2023 1:30 pm
SUMMARY:
Authorizes the county counsel to bring an action seeking to enjoin a violation of
laws and regulations governing the generation, transportation, and disposal of
hazardous materials. Specifies that county counsel, at the request of the Department
of Toxic Substances Control or a unified program agency, is authorized to bring a
civil action in the name of the people of the State to enforce laws and regulations
governing the generation, transportation, and disposal of hazardous materials.
STATUS:
05/18/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committees on ENVIRONMENTAL
SAFETY AND TOXIC MATERIALS and JUDICIARY.
CSAC:
co-sponsoring with Santa Clara
SB 654 AUTHOR: Jones [R]
TITLE: Local Agencies: Public Property: Airport Leases
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
no
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URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2023
LAST AMEND: 04/13/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Local Government Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to law that authorizes a local agency to lease or sublease property owned,
leased, or otherwise controlled by it for a period not to exceed 50 years for airport
purposes or purposes incidental to aircraft. Authorizes a local agency and the
leaseholder, with respect to a lease or sublease entered into, to amend the lease or
sublease to extend the duration of the lease or sublease, to terminate the lease or
sublease and enter into a new lease or sublease, or to transfer an existing lease or
sublease.
STATUS:
05/04/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
SB 687 AUTHOR: Eggman [D]
TITLE: Water Quality Control Plan: Delta Conveyance Project
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2023
LAST AMEND: 05/02/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt a final update of the
1995 Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San
Joaquin Delta Estuary before the board may consider a change in point diversion or
any other water rights permit or order for the Delta Conveyance Project. Provides
that these provisions do not constitute an authorization for or approval of funding
for the Project or any other project that includes isolated Delta conveyance facilities.
STATUS:
05/18/2023 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
SB 706 AUTHOR: Caballero [D]
TITLE: Public Contracts: Progressive Design-Build
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2023
LAST AMEND: 04/10/2023
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DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Local Government Committee
HEARING: 06/21/2023 1:30 pm
SUMMARY:
Authorizes all cities, counties, city and counties, or special districts to use the
progressive design-build process for other projects in addition to water-related
projects and extends these provisions until specified date.
STATUS:
05/04/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
CSAC:
support with DBIA/Cal Cities to Senate Floor
SB 717 AUTHOR: Stern [D]
TITLE: County Mental Health Services
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires a County Behavioral Health Department to maintain contact for 180 days
with, and offer mental health services to, an individual charged with a misdemeanor
who has been found incompetent to stand trial and who is not receiving court
directed services.
STATUS:
06/08/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on HEALTH.
SB 720 AUTHOR: Stern [D]
TITLE: Airports: Report: Emissions
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2023
LAST AMEND: 05/02/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Relates to the State Aeronautics Act. Requires, as part of an update to its general
plan or sustainability plan, or if no plan exists, on or before specified date, each
public or private airport that has more than a specified number of annual takeoffs in
a disadvantaged community to report to the State Air Resources Board the
regulations, incentives, or other measures the airport is deploying or facilitating to
achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions from its operations.
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STATUS:
05/30/2023 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (30-8)
SB 766 AUTHOR: Eggman [D]
TITLE: Social Workers
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/20/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Prohibits an individual from representing themselves as a social worker, unless they
possess certain academic qualifications. Applies that prohibition to an individual
employed by a governmental entity, certain academic institutions, an institution that
is both nonprofit and charitable, and other individuals.
STATUS:
05/18/2023 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. Held under
submission and made a Two-year bill.
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