City Council Subcommittee Agendas and Minutes

City Council Legislative Subcommittee Agenda 70 N. First Street, Campbell CA Thursday, November 9, 2023, 10:00 am NOTE: To protect our constituents, City officials, and City staff, the City requests all members of the public follow the guidance of the California Department of Health Services', and the County of Santa Clara Health Officer Order, to help control the spread of COVID-19. Additional information regarding COVID-19 is available on the City's website at www.campbellca.gov. This Special Meeting of the Legislative Subcommittee will be conducted in person as well as telecommunication and is compliant with provisions of the Brown Act. Those members of the public wishing to participate virtually can access the meeting at: https://campbellca-gov.zoom.us/j/85701908924?pwd=cmJZRTNCWk9UdjkxaVdGR2dTZ3EvUT09 Meeting ID: 857 0190 8924 Passcode: 314590 Dial by your location: 669 900 6833 Members of the public may attend this meeting in person at Campbell City Hall. Public comment will also be accepted via email at ClerksOffice@campbellca.gov prior to the meeting. Please indicate in the subject line “FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.” Written comments received by 12:00 p.m. on the day prior to the meeting will be posted on the website and distributed to the Legislative Subcommittee before the meeting. SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE Thursday, November 9, 2023, 10:00 am Ralph Doetsch Conference Room – 70 N. First Street CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMMENT NEW BUSINESS • Legislative Updates OLD BUSINESS ADJOURN Pursuant to the Executive Order, and in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need assistance to participate in the Legislative  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB-COMMITTEE PRIORITIES AB 1469 Kalra Expands the District Act to allow Valley Water’s purpose to include No Position Support Valley Water – assisting unsheltered people living within their jurisdiction, in Assisting consultation with a city or the County of Santa Clara, to provide Unsheltered solutions or improved outcomes for unsheltered individuals. Allows People Valley Water to offer land for transitional housing and other facilities. In addition, allows Valley Water more flexibility to access revenue Approved by from an existing 1% ad valorem property tax to fund outreach, Governor and counseling, transitional housing, or other services that unsheltered chaptered by people deserve and are often required under federal case law. Secretary of State Requires the district to provide a report to the appropriate 10/10/23 committees of the Legislature on or before July 1, 2029, and a subsequent report on or before July 1, 2034, containing specified information, including, among other things, the district’s actions taken to assist unsheltered people. By imposing new duties on the district, this bill imposes a state-mandated local program. The bill provides that the use of land by the district for these specified actions constitutes “agency’s use” for purposes of the prescribed requirements related to the disposal of surplus land by a local agency and makes this provision operative only if SB 747 of the 2023–24 Regular Session is enacted. 1 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB-COMMITTEE PRIORITIES SB 10 Cortese Requires the State Department of Education, in collaboration with Watch Watch Pupil health: the California Health and Human Services Agency, to establish the Opioid Overdose State Working Group on Fentanyl Education in Schools, for the Prevention and purpose of promoting public education, awareness, and prevention Treatment of fentanyl overdoses, with the outreach aimed at staff and pupils in schools. Also requires the State Working Group on Fentanyl Approved by Education in Schools, in collaboration with specified relevant entities, Governor and to develop a School Resource Guide on Opioids, serving as a toolkit chaptered by that may be accessed by school staff. The guide is to be completed Secretary of State on or before July 1, 2024. States the Legislature’s encouragement of 10/13/23 county offices of education to establish similar county working groups. SB 43 Eggman Updates California's 1967 conservatorship law by expanding Support Watch Behavioral Health definition of “gravely disabled” to include a condition in which a Letter Sent person, as a result of a severe substance use disorder, or a 6/14/23 Approved by cooccurring mental health disorder and a severe substance use Governor and disorder, is, in addition to the basic personal needs described above, chaptered by unable to provide for their personal safety or necessary medical care, Secretary of State as defined. Authorizes counties to defer implementation of these 10/10/23 provisions to January 1, 2025. 2 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB-COMMITTEE PRIORITIES SB 69 Cortese Requires a local agency to file a notice of determination with the Neutral Watch CEQA Document Office of Planning and Research in addition to the county clerk of Requests each county in which the project will be located. Authorizes a local agency to file a notice of exemption with the State Clearinghouse in Approved by the Office of Planning and Research in addition to the county clerk of Governor and each county in which the project will be located. Requires the notice, chaptered by including any subsequent or amended notice, to be posted both in Secretary of State the office and on the internet website of the county clerk and by the 10/13/23 Office of Planning and Research on the State Clearinghouse internet website within 24 hours of receipt. SB 329 Dodd This law increases the maximum amount of salary, based upon the Support Watch Cities: City Council population of the city, that may be approved by an ordinance passed Letter sent Members: by the city council. The law also authorizes the salary of council 5/30/23 Compensation members to be increased beyond the specified maximums to an amount not exceeding the greater of either 5% for each calendar Approved by year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the salary in Governor and effect when the ordinance or amendment is enacted, or an amount chaptered by equal to inflation since January 1, 2024, based upon the California Secretary of State Consumer Price Index, which shall not exceed 10% for each calendar 6/29/23 year. This law requires the city council to consider the adoption of an ordinance to increase council member compensation in open session during at least 2 regular meetings of the city council. 3 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position CITY LEGISLATIVE SUB-COMMITTEE PRIORITIES SB 423 Wiener Modifies and expands SB 35 (from 2017) provision that allows certain Oppose Watch Streamlined multifamily housing developments to take advantage of a Letter Sent Housing streamlined, ministerial approval process. Specifically, this measure 7/5/23 Approvals: would: Multifamily • Extend sunset to January 1, 2036 Housing • Apply SB 35 provisions to the Coastal Zone Developments • Allow the state to approve housing developments on property they own or lease Approved by Governor and Prohibits a city from enforcing its inclusionary housing ordinance if chaptered by the income limits are higher than those in SB 35. Secretary of State The bill also modifies the above-described objective planning 10/11/23 standards by deleting the standard that prohibits a multifamily housing development from being subject to the streamlined, ministerial approval process if the development is located in a high or very high fire hazard severity zone, as specified. 4 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AB 50 Wood Requires a public utility to furnish and maintain timely service, Support Public Utilities: instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities. Requires the commission, Letter Sent Timely Service: on or before January 1, 2025, to determine the criteria for timely service 5/4/23 Timely Electrical for electric customers that meets specified requirements. Until the Interconnection commission determines that criteria, requires each large electrical corporation that energized less than 20% of customers with completed Approved by applications by January 31, 2023, to submit a report to the commission, Governor and as specified, on or before December 1, 2024, demonstrating that the chaptered by large electrical corporation has energized 80% of customers with Secretary of State completed applications. If a large electrical corporation fails to deliver 10/7/23 service to a customer by the date communicated on a written commitment to serve, requires the impacted customer to be entitled to a utility bill credit. AB 1132 Friedman Existing law prescribes and limits permit fees that a city or county may Seeking Solar Energy charge for a residential and commercial solar energy system. Existing Feedback Systems: Permit law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2025. This law extends the Fees repeal date to January 1, 2034, and imposes a state-mandated local program. Approved by Governor and chaptered by Secretary of State 10/7/23 5 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AB 1526 Asm. Nat This law requires a producer responsibility plan to include arrangements Support Letter Public Resources Resources with processors or recyclers to ensure that covered materials that are Sent 4/24/23 not collected through a curbside collection program or other local Approved by collection program are collected and recycled at a viable responsible Governor and end market. Requires the producer responsibility plan to include a chaptered by mechanism and schedule for transferring specified fee proceeds to local Secretary of State jurisdictions. Makes technical amendments and other revisions to 10/13/23 certain components of the act. The act defines “covered material” to include, among others, wraps or wrappers and bags sold to food service establishments. AB 1572 Friedman Prohibits the use of potable water for irrigation of nonfunction turf on Neutral If Potable Water: specified properties. Notably, Amended Non-functional • All commercial, industrial, municipal, and institutional Letter Sent Turf properties other than a cemetery by Jan 1, 2027 6/2/23 • All multifamily residential properties by 1/1/28 Approved by • All affordable multifamily housing or municipal by 1/1/29 Governor and chaptered by Secretary of State 10/13/23 6 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SB 149 Caballero The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency No Position California to prepare and certify the completion of an environmental impact Environmental report (EIR) on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that Quality Act: may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative Administrative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also and Judicial requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a Procedures project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is Approved by no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a Governor and significant effect on the environment. CEQA provides that, in certain chaptered by specified actions or proceedings, the plaintiff or petitioner may elect to Secretary of State prepare the record of proceedings, subject to certification of its accuracy 7/10/23 by the public agency. CEQA requires that a copy of the certified record of proceedings be lodged with the court. This law authorizes the public agency to deny the request of the plaintiff or petitioner to prepare the record of proceedings, in which case this law then requires the public agency or the real party in interest to bear the costs of preparation and certification of the record of proceedings and prohibits the recovery of those costs from the plaintiff or petitioner. This law also requires the court to schedule a case management conference within 30 days of the filing of an action to review the scope, timing, and cost of the record of proceedings. 7 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SB 272 Laird Requires local governments in coastal areas to implement sea level rise Neutral Sea Level Rise planning and adaptation by 2034. Also requires the California Coastal Planning Commission and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission to establish guidelines for the preparation of that planning Approved by and adaptation by December 2024. Governor and chaptered by Secretary of State 10/7/23 8 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC WORKS AB 316 Aguiar-Curry Would have prohibited the operation of an autonomous vehicle with a Support Transportation: gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more on public roads for testing Letter Sent Autonomous purposes, transporting goods, or transporting passengers without a 3/6/23 Vehicles human safety operator physically present in the autonomous vehicle at the time of operation. Would have required the Department of Motor Vetoed by Vehicles, by January 1, 2029, or 5 years after commencement of testing, Governor. whichever occurs later, and upon appropriation by the Legislature, to 9/22/2023 submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature evaluating the performance of autonomous vehicle technology and its impact on public safety and employment in the transportation sector for autonomous vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 10,001 pounds or more. Governor’s Veto Message “…Assembly Bill 316 is unnecessary for the regulation and oversight of heavy-duty autonomous vehicle technology in California, as existing law provides sufficient authority to create the appropriate regulatory framework. Considering the longstanding commitment of my Administration to addressing the present and future challenges for work and workers in California, and the existing regulatory framework that presently and sufficiently governs this particular technology, this bill is not needed at this time. For these reasons, I cannot sign this bill.” 9 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC WORKS AB 334 B. Rubio Establishes that an independent contractor, who meets specified Support Public requirements, is not an officer for purposes of being subject to the Letter Sent Contracts: prohibition on being financially interested in a contract. 3/13/23 Conflicts of Interests Approved by Governor and chaptered by Secretary of State 9/30/23 AB 400 B. Rubio Deletes from the definition of “local agency” any joint powers authority Support Public formed to provide transit services and instead expands that definition to Letter Sent Contracts: include any joint powers authority responsible for the construction of 3/13/23 Design Build transit projects, thereby authorizing additional joint powers authorities to use the above-described design-build procurement process. Approved by Extends the repeal date to January 1, 2031, from the current January 1, Governor and 2025, sunset. chaptered by Secretary of State 9/22/23 10 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC WORKS AB 744 Carrillo Authorizes the California Transportation Commission to establish best Support Transportation practices for use of data in transportation planning and to identify data Letter Sent Planning elements that should be made available to state and local agencies for 3/13/23 transportation planning. Requires state and local agencies to submit Approved by reports no later than August 1, 2026. Governor and chaptered by Secretary of State 10/8/23 AB 1637 Irwin Requires a local agency that maintains an internet website for use by the Oppose Unless Local public to, no later than January 1, 2029, ensure that the internet website Amended Government: utilizes a “.gov” top-level domain or a “.ca.gov” second-level domain, and Letter Sent Internet requires a local agency that maintains an internet website that is 5/10/23 Websites and noncompliant with that requirement to redirect that internet website to Email Addresses a domain name that does utilize a “.gov” or “.ca.gov” domain. Also requires a local agency that maintains public email addresses to, no later Approved by than January 1, 2029, ensure that each email address provided to its Governor and employees utilizes a “.gov” domain name or a “.ca.gov” domain name. chaptered by By adding to the duties of local officials, imposes a state-mandated local Secretary of program. State 10/8/23 11 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC WORKS SB 706 Caballero Authorizes all cities to use the progressive design-build process for other Support Public projects in addition to water-related projects and extends these Letter Sent Contracts: provisions until January 1, 2030. Changes the required reporting date to 4/19/23 Progressive no later than December 31, 2028. Design Build Approved by Governor and chaptered by Secretary of State 10/8/23 12 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position COMMUNITY SERVICES AB 33 Bains Establishes the Fentanyl Addiction and Overdose Prevention Task Force Support Fentanyl to undertake various duties relating to fentanyl abuse, including, among Letter Sent Addiction & others, collecting and organizing data on the nature and extent of 4/21/23 Overdoes fentanyl abuse in California and evaluating approaches to increase Prevention Task public awareness of fentanyl abuse. Force Approved by Governor and chaptered by Secretary of State 10/13/23 AB 1215 Carrillo Would have required the department to develop and administer the Support Pets Assistance Pets Assistance With Support Grant Program (PAWS), to award grants to Letter Sent with Support qualified homeless shelters and qualified domestic violence shelters, as 3/22/23 Grant Program: defined. Homeless Shelters: Governor’s Veto Message Domestic “…With our state facing continuing economic risk and revenue Violence uncertainty, it is important to remain disciplined when considering bills Shelters: Pets with significant fiscal implications, such as this measure. Vetoed by For this reason, I cannot sign this bill.” Governor. 10/7/2023 13 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position COMMUNITY SERVICES SB 19 Seyarto Establishes the Anti-Fentanyl Abuse Task Force to undertake various Support Anti-Fentanyl duties relating to fentanyl abuse including, among others, collecting and Letter Sent Abuse Task organizing data on the nature and extent of fentanyl abuse in California 4/14/23 Force and evaluating approaches to increase public awareness of fentanyl abuse. Approved by Governor and chaptered by Secretary of State 10/13/23 14 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, & LABOR RELATIONS AB 37 Bonta Would have authorized a candidate or elected officer to use campaign Support Political Reform funds to pay or reimburse the state for the reasonable costs of installing Letter Sent Act of 1974: and monitoring a home or office electronic security system, and for the 3/23/23 Campaign Funds: reasonable costs of providing personal security to a candidate, elected Security officer, or the immediate family and staff of a candidate or elected Expenses officer, if those costs are reasonably related to the candidate or elected officer’s status as a candidate or elected officer. The bill would have Vetoed by required the return of the security system to the committee that paid for Governor. the security system or reimbursement by the candidate, elected officer, 10/8/2023 immediate family, or staff, to the campaign fund account of the committee that paid for the security system and reporting of the reimbursement to the Fair Political Practices Commission, as specified. Governor’s Veto Message “…While I support the author's intention, the bill as drafted does not clearly define "security expenses." Without more guidance on what would or would not be allowed as a legitimate use of campaign funds, this bill could have unintended consequences and could lead to use of political donations for expenditures far beyond what any reasonable donor would expect. We must ensure political donations are utilized in a manner consistent with their intended purpose. For this reason, I cannot sign this bill.” 15 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, & LABOR RELATIONS AB 504 Reyes Would have allowed local public employees to refuse to enter property Oppose State and Local that is the site of a primary labor dispute, perform work for a public Letter Sent Public employer involved in a primary labor dispute, or go through or work 7/3/23 Employees: behind a primary picket line. Would have prohibited a public employer Labor Relations: from directing a public employee to take those actions. Disputes Vetoed by Governor’s Veto Message Governor. “...Unfortunately, this bill is overly broad in scope and impact. The bill has 10/8/2023 the potential to seriously disrupt or even halt the delivery of critical public services, particularly in places where public services are co- located. This could have significant, negative impacts on a variety of government functions including academic operations for students, provision of services in rural communities where co-location of government agencies is common, and accessibility of a variety of safety net programs for millions of Californians. For this reason, I cannot sign this bill.” AB 557 Hart Extends AB 361 renewal period to 45 days. Allows cities to meet remotely Sponsor Open Meetings: during proclaimed states of emergency under modified Brown Act Local Agencies: requirements. Also provides greater flexibility. Teleconferences Approved by Governor and chaptered by Secretary of State 10/8/23 16 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, & LABOR RELATIONS AB 764 Bryan & Requires counties, county boards of education, cities, school districts, Oppose Unless Local Cervantes community college districts, and special districts, if the governing body of Amended Redistricting these local governments is elected by districts, to comply with uniform Letter Sent requirements related to redistricting. Requires local governments to 6/22/23 Approved by adopt district boundaries following the decision to establish district- Governor and based elections and following each federal decennial census. Requires all chaptered by public hearings held by an advisory or hybrid redistricting commission to Secretary of comply with the same requirements applicable to hearings held by the State districting body. Imposes requirements relating to workshops and public 10/7/23 hearings upon local jurisdictions, districting bodies, and advisory and hybrid redistricting commissions. AB 1248 Bryan This bill would have required a county, general law city, charter city, or Watch Local county that contains over 300,000 residents, and a school district or Redistricting: community college district that contains over 500,000 residents, to Independent establish an independent redistricting commission to adopt district Redistricting boundaries after each federal decennial census. Commissions Governor’s Veto Message Vetoed by “…With our state facing continuing economic risk and revenue Governor. uncertainty, it is important to remain disciplined when considering bills 10/8/2023 with significant fiscal implications, such as this measure. For that reason, I cannot sign this bill.” 17 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, & LABOR RELATIONS AB 1484 Zbur Requires temporary employees to be automatically included in the same Oppose Temporary bargaining unit as the permanent employees upon the request of the Letter Sent Public Employees recognized employee organization. Requires complaints alleging a 6/20/23 violation of its provisions to be processed as unfair practice charges under Approved by the act. Governor and chaptered by Secretary of State 10/10/23 SB 751 Padilla Would have prohibited any franchise contracts, licenses, or permits for Support Franchise solid waste handling services, as defined, entered into or amended by a Letter Sent Agreements: local agency on or after January 1, 2024, from excusing the service 4/27/23 Labor Impasse provider from performance in the event of a labor dispute, as defined. Vetoed by Governor’s Veto Message Governor “…While I appreciate the author's intent to prevent disruptions in local 10/8/2023 waste hauling services, I do not believe a change to state law is necessary. Local jurisdictions voluntarily enter into franchise agreements and currently have the ability to negotiate amendments to such contracts without legislation. For this reason, I cannot sign this bill.” 18 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AB 309 Lee This bill would have enacted the Social Housing Act and would have Oppose Unless The Social created, in the Department of General Services, the Social Housing Amended Housing Act Program, the mission of which would be to ensure that social housing Letter Sent developments are produced on leased state property to help address 6/13/23 Vetoed by the housing crisis, as specified. The bill would have authorized the Governor. program to identify and develop up to 3 social housing projects, as 10/7/2023 specified, with the intent to use the results to inform public policy related to developing an independent public entity to develop statewide social housing. The bill would have required the program to solicit bids to develop social housing units and prioritize bids that demonstrate long-term revenue neutrality or a cost rent model, as those terms are defined. The bill would have required the program to employ 2 different leasing models, the rental model, and the ownership model, as specified, in creating social housing. The bill would have prohibited a city or county from denying a social housing development authorized under the program. Governor’s Veto Message “…With our state facing continuing economic risk and revenue uncertainty, it is important to remain disciplined when considering bills with significant fiscal implications, such as this measure. For this reason, I cannot sign this bill.” 19 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AB 519 Schiavo Requires specified entities to jointly convene an Affordable Housing Support Affordable Finance Workgroup to develop a consolidated application for housing Letter Sent Housing: Finance developers to use to obtain grants, loans, tax credits, tax exempt bonds, 4/19/23 Workgroup credit enhancement, and other types of financing for building affordable housing, and develop a coordinated review process for the application. Approved by Requires the workgroup to include representatives of the specified Governor and entities, nonprofit and for-profit affordable housing developers, and chaptered by local and tribal governments. Requires the workgroup to identify Secretary of specified information, including a timeline for developing a single State consolidated application able to be coordinated for review between the 10/11/23 reviewing entities. On or before, July 1, 2026, requires the workgroup to report recommendations on implementing a coordinated review process to the entities, the Legislature, and certain committees of the Legislature. Requires the workgroup to develop the consolidated application and coordinated review process on the date identified in the timeline. AB 1490 Lee Requires a city or county to approve a development proposal for a Oppose unless Affordable multifamily housing development project that is an adaptive reuse Amended Housing project and that meets specified affordability and site requirements, Letter Sent Development including that 100% of the units be made available for lower income 6/14/23 Projects: households, 50% of which shall be made available to very low-income Adaptive Reuse households. • Approve all entitlement and permits within 60 days for 150 or Approved by fewer housing units and within 90 days for more than 150 Governor and housing units chaptered by • No maximum density requirements Secretary of • No minimum floor area ratio State • No additional parking requirements 10/11/23 20 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACA 1 Aguiar- Authorizes a local government to impose, extend, or increase a sales Local Curry and use tax or transactions and use tax for the purposes of funding the Government construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of public Financing: infrastructure, affordable housing, or permanent supportive housing, or Affordable the acquisition or lease of real property for those purposes, if the Housing and proposition proposing that tax is approved by a majority vote of the Public membership of the governing board of the local government and by Infrastructure: 55% of its voters voting on the proposition. Voter Approval Approved by Governor and chaptered by Secretary of State 9/20/23 21 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SB 4 Wiener Requires that a housing development project be a use by right on any Support If Planning and land owned by an independent institution of a higher education or Amended Zoning: Higher religious institution on or before January 1, 2024. Letter Sent Education The housing units on the development site are not located within 1,200 6/14/23 Institutions and feet of a site that is either of the following: Religious (A) A site that is currently a heavy industrial use. Institutions (B) A site where the most recent permitted use was a heavy industrial use. Approved by Governor and chaptered by Secretary of State 10/11/23 Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position PUBLIC SAFETY AB 40 Rodriguez Requires that on or before June 1, 2024, the EMS authority develop and Support Emergency implement an electronic signature for use between the ER department Letter Sent Medical Services medical personnel at a receiving facility and the transporting ER medical 3/22/23 personnel that captures the points in time when the hospital receives Approved by notification of ambulance arrival and when transfer of care is executed Governor and for documentation of ambulance patient offload time and requires every chaptered by local EMS agency to develop a standard that exceeds the local EMS Secretary of agency standard, as specified, for the preceding month. State 10/13/23 22 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position PUBLIC SAFETY AB 1166 Bains This law provides that a person who, in good faith and not for Support Liability for compensation, renders emergency treatment at the scene of an opioid Letter Sent Opioid overdose or suspected opioid overdose by administering an opioid 3/22/23 Antagonist antagonist is not liable for civil damages resulting from an act or Administration omission, except as specified. This law also provides that a person who furnishes an opioid antagonist for use at the scene of an opioid overdose Approved by or suspected opioid overdose is not liable for civil damages resulting from Governor and an act or omission, except as specified. chaptered by Secretary of State 7/21/23 Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position REVENUE & TAXATION AB 84 Ward Expands eligibility for exemptions from property taxes for affordable Concerns Property Tax: rental housing (“welfare exemptions”). Expands this partial exemption to Welfare property acquired, rehabilitated, developed, or operated, or any Exemption: combination of these factors, with financing from qualified 501(c)(3) Affordable bonds. The bill requires that a claim for a welfare exemption pursuant to Housing this requirement be accompanied by an affidavit containing specified information regarding the units for which the exemption is claimed and Approved by would provide that the affidavit is not subject to public disclosure. Governor and chaptered by Secretary of State 10/11/23 23 Revised 11/07/23  2023 Legislation - Bills to Watch Bill Sponsor(s) Summary League City Position Position REVENUE & TAXATION AB 939 Pellerin The Santa Clara Valley Water District Act creates the Santa Clara Valley No Position Santa Clara Water District and authorizes the district to levy ad valorem taxes or Valley Water assessments in the district to pay the general administrative costs and District expenses of the district, to carry out the act’s objects or purposes, and to pay the costs and expenses of constructing or extending works within the Approved by district. The act additionally authorizes the district to levy taxes or Governor and assessments upon all property or all real property within a portion of the chaptered by district for specified purposes. The act authorizes the district to issue Secretary of State bonds for specified purposes and requires that the bonds be paid by 9/8/23 revenue derived from those tax levies and assessments, except the ad valorem taxes or assessments. This law additionally authorizes the district to use the revenues from the ad valorem taxes or assessments to pay for the bonds. AB 1203 Bains, Exempts California sales and use tax from gross receipts for the sale of Watch Sales and Use Cervantes breast pumps, breast pump collection and storage supplies, breast pump Taxes: Breast kits, and breast pads. This exemption applies on or after April 1, 2024, Pumps and and ends April 1, 2029. Related Supplies Approved by Governor and chaptered by Secretary of State 10/13/23 24 Revised 11/07/23