Legislative Review Committee

Legislative Agendas

Find out information about the Legislative Agendas in the City of Cupertino

Effective January 25, 2023, the Legislative Review Committee (LRC) was dissolved per City Council action.

January 25, 2023 City Council Meeting Minutes and Video (Item No. 2)

February 21, 2023 City Council Meeting Minutes and Video (Item No. 11)

City Council Resolution No. 23-036(PDF, 221KB), revisiting the City of Cupertino Legislative Advocacy Policy

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The primary goals of the Legislative Review Committee are to make recommendations on legislative advocacy issues and to authorize position letters for legislation that aligns with the City's Council-approved Legislative Platform. Items not addressed in the City's Legislative Platform require approval of the full Council prior to any legislative advocacy efforts. For more information, view the City's Legislative Advocacy Policy(PDF, 221KB).

2022 Legislative Wrap-Up

Here(PDF, 125KB) is a year-end report of the 2022 Legislative session for bills that the City took a position on. The League of California Cities also released their 2022 legislative report, which can be viewed here(PDF, 3MB) .

Past Committee Meetings

To view past meeting materials please visit Agendas and Minutes.

Legislative Process 101

The LRC held a presentation to learn about the state legislative process on Tuesday, March 29 at 6 p.m. The presentation can be viewed below.

2022 Legislative Agenda

The City Council approved the City of Cupertino's 2022 Legislative Platform at its meeting on February 1st. The Legislative Platform is comprised of guiding principles that provide a framework for Cupertino’s regional, state, and federal legislative priorities. Adopted annually, the City’s Legislative Platform will serve as a reference guide for legislative positions and objectives that provide direction for the City Council and staff throughout the year. The Legislative Platform is the foundation of a focused advocacy strategy and the 2022 Legislative Platform can be found here(PDF, 221KB) .

For more information on legislation and regional measures regarding housing visit, our Statewide and Regional Housing Policy page.

Below are bills that Council or the Legislative Review Committee (LRC) have taken a formal position on or are watching.

State Bills

Bills	Topic	Author	Position	Status
AB 71	Bring California Home Act	Luz Rivas	Watch 3/12/21	2/1/22 Bill died in inactive file
AB 377	Water Quality: Impaired Waters	Robert Rivas	Watch 3/12/21	1/31/22 Bill died in house of origin
AB 988	Mental Health: Mobile Crisis Support Teams: 988 Crisis Hotline	Bauer-Kahan	Support 5/14/21	9/29/22 Approved by the Governor
AB 989	Housing Accountability Act: Appeals: Housing Accountability	Gabriel	Oppose 6/18/21	9/10/21 Bill died in the Senate
AB 1091	Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: Board of Directors	Berman	Oppose 3/12/21	2/1/22 Bill died in inactive file
AB 1401	Residential and Commercial Development: Parking Requirements	Friedman	Oppose 6/18/21	8/26/21Bill died in the Senate
AB 1603	Theft: Shoplifiting: Amount	Salas	Watch 3/24/22	10/24/22 Bill died in house of origin
AB 1944	Local Government: Open and Public Meetings	Lee	Support 3/24/22	6/22/22 Hearing postponed by committee
AB 2011	Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022	Wicks and Wiener	Oppose 5/21/22	9/28/22 Approved by the Governor
AB 2097	Residential, commercial, or other development types: parking requirements	Friedman	Oppose 7/18/22	9/22/22 Approved by the Governor
AB 2164	Disability Access: Funding	Lee	Watch 3/24/22	9/30/22 Approved by the Governor
AB 2221	Accessory Dwelling Units	Quirk-Silva	Oppose 5/31/22	9/28/22Approved by the Governor
AB 2762	Housing: Parking Lots	Boom	Oppose 3/24/22	2/19/22 From printer. May be heard in committee 3/21/22.
AB 2763	Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: job order contracting	Kalra	Support 9/12/22	9/29/22 Approved by the Governor
AB 2449	Open Meetings: Local Agencies: Teleconferences	Rubio	Support 3/24/22	9/13/22 Approved by the Governor
SB 6	Local Planning: Housing Commercial Zones	Caballero	Oppose 2/26/21	9/28/22 Approved by the Governor
SB 15	Housing Development: Incentives: Rezoning of Idle Retail Sites	Portantino	Watch 2/26/21	6/2/21 Bill died in the Assembly
SB 99	Community Energy Resilience Act of 2021	Dodd	Support 7/23/21	8/27/21 Bill died in the Assembly
SB 477	General Plan: Annual Report	Wiener	Oppose 6/18/21	1/27/22 Governor's Veto sustained
SB 556	Street Light Poles, Traffic Signal Poles: Small Wireless Facilities Attachments	Dodd	Oppose 5/14/21	1/27/22 Governor's Veto sustained
SB 612	Electrical Corporations and Other Load-Serving Entities: Allocation of Legacy Resources	Portantino	Council adopted support position 6/1/21	6/16/22Re-referred to Committee on Education, pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
SB 617	Residential Solar Energy Systems: Permitting	Wiener	Support 5/14/21	2/1/22 Bill died in house of origin
SB 792	Sales and Use Tax: Retailers: Reporting	Glazer	Council adopted oppose position 6/1/21	1/27/22 Governor's Veto sustained
SB 897	Accessory Dwelling Units: Junior Accessory Dwelling Units	Wieckowski	Oppose 5/31/22	9/28/22 Approved by the Governor
SB 1100	Open Meetings: Orderly Conduct	Cortese	Watch 3/24/22	8/22/22Approved by the Governor
ACA 1	Affordable Housing and Public Infrastructure: Voter Approval	Aguiar-Curry	Watch 3/12/21	4/22/21 Bill died in house of origin
ACA 4	Elections: Initiatives and Referenda	Kiley	Watch 3/12/21	2/18/21 Bill died in house of origin
ACA 7	Local Government: Police Power: Municipal Affairs: Land Use and Zoning	Muratsuchi	Support 5/14/21	3/17/21 Bill died in house of origin
Initiative 21-0016	Local Land Use and Zoning Laws		Support 12/10/21	11/1/21 Attorney General issued a Title and Summary for the proposed initiative
Initiative 21-0042A1	Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act Initiative– Limits Ability of Voters and State and Local Governments to Raise Revenues for Government Services		Oppose 12/10/21	2/3/22 Initiative proponents have received title and summary from the Attorney General and have until 8/2/22 to submit 997,139 valid signatures
VLF Trailer Bill	The Motor Vehicle In-Lieu Tax		Oppose 5/31/22	Rejects proposed Trailer Bill Language to cap revenue offsets for Vehicle License Fee backfill insufficiencies driven by insufficient Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF) revenues.