2024 Legislative Agenda

The Cupertino City Council makes legislative decisions that align with the City's best interest. From 2019 to 2022, the Legislative Review Committee (LRC) was primarily responsible for making recommendations on legislative advocacy. On February 21, 2023 the City Council adopted Resolution No. 23-026(PDF, 2MB), which dissolved the LRC and established a new legislative policy that requires full Council consideration of City positions on proposed legislation. To view materials regarding past LRC activities, visit LRC.

2024 Legislative Session 

At the January 17, 2024 City Council meeting, Council received an informational memo outlining the following 2024 Legislative Process and Priorities that were proposed based on Council-adopted goals focusing on the most critical City needs:

Legislative Process and Priorities 

The City will support legislation that:

  1. Helps Cupertino build a fiscally sustainable and resilient community.
  2. Furthers the health and wellbeing of Cupertino community members and enhances public engagement and transparency.
  3. Promotes Cupertino’s infrastructure needs.

The Legislative Process includes a three-step approach that is strategically timed to coincide with key milestones in the legislative cycle:

3 Step Legislative Image

On May 7, Council received a Legislative Update and completed Step Two in the process outlined above. (Meeting materials). At this meeting, Council took positions on the three bills listed below and respective letters were sent to the state legislature:

  1. Support - AB 1779 (Irwin) - Public Safety (Letter(PDF, 310KB)) 
  2. Support - SB 1143 (Allen) - Environmental /Waste Management (Letter(PDF, 315KB))
  3. Support in Concept - Bay Area Affordable Housing Measure (BAHFA) - Affordable Housing (Letter(PDF, 157KB))

Throughout the year, staff continue to monitor and track bills of interest for Cupertino. The Legislative Bill Table below includes bills on which Council has taken a formal position and bills of interest to the City:

2024 Legislative Bill Table

Ballot Measures
Measure Title Summary City Position Status/Location
Initiative No. 21-0042A / Sponsored by California Business Roundtable (CBRT) Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act Initiative The ballot measure would amend the California Constitution to apply new rules to all new or increased taxes or fees adopted by the state legislature or local agencies. The measure would apply retroactively to new or increased taxes or fees adopted after January 1, 2022.

Opposed by City Council 3/21/23(PDF, 282KB)

 

 2/1/23 Initiative qualified for the November 2024 general election ballot. 

Initiative 23-0017A1 (Prop 47 Changes)
Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act
 The Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act would amend state law to  (1) create a new court process for certain drug possession crimes, (2) require a warning of future criminal liability for people convicted of drug distribution, (3) increase penalties for certain drug crimes, and (4) increase penalties for certain theft crimes. Some of these changes would undo certain reductions in punishment enacted by Proposition 47.

Watch

 Has qualified for the November 2024 election and will be listed as Proposition 36.
Bay Area Financing Housing Authority's Measure The Bay Area Housing Bond - Regional Funding for Local Solutions In November 2024, Bay Area residents could potentially vote on a regional bond measure to generate $10 -$20 billion to build approximately 72,000 new affordable homes. 80% of the bond revenue will go directly to the nine bay area counties and four cities—San Jose, Oakland, Santa Rosa, and Napa. BAHFA will invest 20% of the bond revenue in affordable developments throughout the region, while also generating new housing resources to support affordable housing development long after the bonds are fully spent.  Supported in concept by City Council 5/7/24(PDF, 157KB) Removed from November 2024 Ballot.
State Bills
Bill/Author Title Summary City Position Status/Location
AB 1779 (Irwin) Theft: Jurisdiction Would no longer limit the jurisdictional rules for the above crimes to criminal actions brought by the Attorney General. If a case is brought by someone other than the Attorney General, the bill would require the prosecution to present written evidence in the jurisdiction of the proposed trial that all district attorneys in counties with jurisdiction over the offenses agree to the venue. The bill would require charged offenses from jurisdictions where there is not a written agreement from the district attorney to be returned to that jurisdiction. Supported by City Council on 5/7/24(PDF, 310KB) 8/16/2024 Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 165. Statutes of 2024.
SB 1143 (Allen)  Household Hazardous Waste: Producer Responsibility (1)Under existing law, as part of the hazardous waste control laws, the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) generally regulates the management and handling of hazardous waste and hazardous materials. Existing law authorizes a public agency, as defined, to operate a household hazardous waste collection facility under permit from DTSC. This bill would create a producer responsibility program for products containing household hazardous waste and require a producer responsibility organization (PRO) to provide a free and convenient collection and management system for covered products. The bill would define “covered product” to mean a product that is flammable, toxic, ignitable, corrosive, reactive, or pressurized, and that meets other specified criteria. The bill would require a producer of a covered product to register with a PRO, which would be required to develop and implement a producer responsibility plan for the collection, transportation, and the safe and proper management of covered products. The bill would require DTSC to adopt regulations to implement the program with an effective date no earlier than July 1, 2027. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Supported by City Council on 5/7/24(PDF, 315KB)

 

Support based on the 4/18/24 version of this bill.

9/29/2024 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 989, Statutes of 2024.

Amended 8/19/2024 and no longer germane to the City.

 
AB 1999 (Irwin) Electricity: Fixed Charges Current law requires that fixed charges be established on an income-graduated basis, with no fewer than 3 income thresholds, so that low-income ratepayers in each baseline territory would realize a lower average monthly bill without making any changes in usage. This bill would repeal the provisions described in the preceding paragraph. The bill would instead permit the commission to authorize fixed charges that, as of January 1, 2015, do not exceed $5 per residential customer account per month for low-income customers enrolled in the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program and that do not exceed $10 per residential customer account per month for customers not enrolled in the CARE program. The bill would authorize these maximum allowable fixed charges to be adjusted by no more than the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the prior calendar year, beginning January 1, 2016.

Watch

 Bill is now dead.
SB 1011 (Jones) Encampments: Penalties
This bill would prohibit a person from sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property upon a street or sidewalk if a homeless shelter, as defined, is available to the person. The bill would also prohibit sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property within 500 feet of a public or private school, open space, or major transit stop, as specified.

Watch

 Bill is now dead.
AB 1657
(Wicks)		 The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024 This measure would place a $10 billion bond measure on the March 2024 ballot to spur the production of affordable and supportive housing.  Watch

Bill is now dead.
SB 397 
(Wahab)		 San Francisco Bay Area: Public Transportation Existing law creates the Metropolitan Transportation Commission as a local area planning agency for the 9-county San Francisco Bay area with comprehensive regional transportation planning and other related responsibilities. Existing law creates various transit districts located in the San Francisco Bay area, with specified powers and duties relating to providing public transit services. Existing law establishes the Transportation Agency, consisting of various state agencies under the supervision of an executive officer known as the Secretary of Transportation, who is required to develop and report to the Governor on legislative, budgetary, and administrative programs to accomplish comprehensive, long-range, and coordinated planning and policy formulation in the matters of public interest related to the agency. This bill would require the Transportation Agency to develop a plan to consolidate all transit agencies, as defined, that are located within the geographic jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Watch Bill is now dead.

Updated as of December 2024

2023 Legislative Bill Table

State Bills
Bill/Author Title Summary City Position Status/Location
 ACA 5     (Low) Marriage Equality
 The California Constitution provides that only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California, and federal law permanently enjoins the state from enforcing this constitutional provision. This measure would repeal this unenforceable constitutional provision and would instead provide that the right to marry is a fundamental right, as specified.
 Supported by Council 4/13/23 
 7/20/23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 125, Statutes of 2023.
AB 1469 (Kalra) Santa Clara Valley Water District The Santa Clara Valley Water District Act creates the Santa Clara Valley Water District and authorizes the district to provide for the conservation and management of flood, storm, and recycled waters, and other waters, for beneficial uses and to enhance natural resources in connection with carrying out the purposes of the district. This bill would additionally authorize the district to take certain actions in order to assist unsheltered people living along streams, in riparian corridors, or otherwise within the district’s jurisdiction, in consultation with a city or the County of Santa Clara to provide solutions or improve outcomes for the unsheltered individuals. The bill would require the district to provide a report to the appropriate 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 would impose a state-mandated local program.
 Supported by Council 4/4/23 
 10/10/23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 729, Statutes of 2023. 
Initiative No. 21-0042A Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act Initiative The ballot measure would amend the California Constitution to apply new rules to all new or increased taxes or fees adopted by the state legislature or local agencies. The measure would apply retroactively to new or increased taxes or fees adopted after January 1, 2022.

Opposed by Council 3/21/23

Opposed by LRC 12/10/21 

 2/1/23 Initiative qualified for the November 2024 general election ballot. 
 SB 403 (Wahab) Discrimination on the basis of ancestry The Unruh Civil Rights Act provides that all persons within the jurisdiction of this state are free and equal, and no matter what their sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, primary language, or immigration status are entitled to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, privileges, or services in all business establishments of every kind whatsoever. This bill would define “ancestry” for purposes of the act to include, among other things, caste, as defined. Council considered at 7/18 Council meeting and took no position. 

10/7/23 In Senate. Consideration of Governor’s veto pending. 

Location – Senate 

SB 423  (Weiner) 

 Land use: streamlined housing approvals: multifamily housing developments This bill would modify and expand SB 35 provisions that allow certain multifamily housing developments to take advantage of a streamlined, ministerial approval process. Specifically, this bill would: 1) Extends the Jan. 1, 2026, sunset to Jan. 1, 2036. 2) Applies SB 35 provisions to the Coastal Zone. 3) Allows the State to approve housing developments on property they own or lease. 4) Prohibits a city from enforcing its inclusionary housing ordinance if the income limits are higher than those in SB 35 Council considered at 7/25 Council meeting, took no position, and directed staff to monitor and update Council as needed.   10/11/23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 778, Statutes of 2023. 
AB 1484
(Zbur)		 Temporary public employees. Would require temporary employees to be automatically included in the same bargaining unit as the permanent employees upon the request of the recognized employee organization, among other provisions.
 Watch 10/10/23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 691, Statutes of 2023. 
AB 1657
(Wicks)		 The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024. This measure would place a $10 billion bond measure on the March 2024 ballot to spur the production of affordable and supportive housing. Watch

9/01/23 In committee: Held under submission. 

Location– Senate Appropriations Committee: Suspense File
AB 972
(Maienschein)
 Local Assistance and Grant Program Streamlining Workgroup. Would coordinate, align, and streamline local government assistance resources to ensure that every community has the same opportunity to compete for state funding opportunities by convening a statewide, cross-agency Local Assistance and Grant Program Streamlining Workgroup, no later than April 2024.
 Watch

9/01/23 In committee: Held under submission. 

Location – Senate Appropriations Committee: Suspense File. 
 AB 744 (Carrillo)  Transportation Planning Would, upon the appropriation of funds by the Legislature, require the California Transportation Commission to acquire public domain or procure commercially available or open-source licensed data, modeling, and analytic software tools to support the state’s sustainable transportation, congestion management, affordable housing, efficient land use, air quality, and climate change strategies and goals, as provided. This bill would authorize the commission to provide a direct allocation of funding to local agencies for the above purposes and would require state and local agencies that receive the funds or access to data, modeling, and analytic software tools to submit reports to the commission no later than August 1, 2026, regarding their use of the data, modeling, and analytic software tools. The bill would require the commission, based on those reports, to submit a report to the Legislature no later than June 1, 2027, regarding the use of the data, modeling, and analytic software tools by state and local agencies. This bill would authorize the commission to establish best practices for use of data in transportation planning and to identify data elements that should be made available to state and local agencies for transportation planning   Watch 10/8/23 Chaptered by Secretary of State – Chapter 541, Statutes of 2023. 
 AB 825 (Bryan)  Vehicle: Bicycles on Sidewalks  Would prohibit a local authority from prohibiting the operation of a bicycle on a sidewalk adjacent to a highway or corridor that does not include a Class I, Class II, or Class IV bikeway, as defined, and would require the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol to submit a report to the Legislature regarding the effects of that prohibition. The bill would also require a person riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk to yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and to adhere to a 10-mile-per-hour speed limit. The bill would make these provisions applicable until January 1, 2031. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.  Watch  10/8/23 Vetoed by Governor. 

AB 400 (Rubio)

SB 706 (Caballero)

  Public Contracts Design Builds  Current law authorizes a local agency, as defined, with approval of its governing body, to procure design-build contracts for public works projects in excess of $1,000,000, awarding the contract either to the lowest bid or the best value. “Local agency” is defined, in part, for this purpose to include specified local and regional agencies responsible for the construction of transit projects, including any joint powers authority formed to provide transit service. Current law, among other requirements for the design-build procurement process, requires specified information submitted by a design-build entity to be certified under penalty of perjury. These provisions authorizing the use of the design-build procurement process are repealed on January 1, 2025. This bill would delete from the definition of “local agency” any joint powers authority formed to provide transit services and would instead expand that definition to include any joint powers authority responsible for the construction of transit projects, thereby authorizing additional joint powers authorities to use the above-described design-build procurement process. The bill would extend the repeal date to January 1, 2031.  Watch 

9/22/23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 201, Statutes of 2023. 

10/08/23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 500, Statutes of 2023. 

 AB 1567 (Garcia)

 SB 867 (Allen)

  Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparation, Flood Protection, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Clean Energy, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2024.  Would enact the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparation, Flood Protection, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Clean Energy, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2024, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $15,995,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects for safe drinking water, wildfire prevention, drought preparation, flood protection, extreme heat mitigation, clean energy, and workforce development programs.  Watch

 6/14/23 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and GOV. & F. 7/06/23 July 10 hearing postponed by committee.

Location – Senate Natural Resources & Water Committee. Location – Assembly Natural Resources Committee
 ACA 13   Voting threshold  The California Constitution provides that a proposed constitutional amendment and a statewide initiative measure each take effect only if approved by a majority of the votes cast on the amendment or measure. This measure would further provide that an initiative measure that includes one or more provisions that would amend the Constitution to increase the voter approval requirement to adopt any state or local measure would be approved by the voters only if the proportion of votes cast in favor of the initiative measure is equal to or greater than the highest voter approval requirement that the initiative measure would impose  Watch

 9/14/23 Held at Desk by unanimous consent until November 1, 2023. 

Location – Senate Appropriations Committee
 AB 50 (Wood)  Public Utilities: Timely Service: Customer Energization  This measure makes several interrelated changes to expedite the timely delivery of service by electrical utilities regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission. This measure seeks to establish clear expectations for how quickly utilities are expected to deliver service to new customers and fulfill requests for increased load from existing customers and seeks to improve utility planning and information sharing to facilitate systematic reductions in the time it takes to meet requests for new or increased levels of service from customers.  Watch 10/7/23 Chaptered by Secretary of State – Chapter 317, Statutes of 2023. 
 AB 573 (Garcia)  Organic Waste: Meeting Recovered Organic Waste Product Procurement Targets. 
  Current law requires the State Air Resources Board to approve and begin implementing a comprehensive short-lived climate pollutant strategy to achieve a certain reduction in statewide emissions of methane, including a goal of a 75% reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025. Current law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations to achieve these organic waste reduction goals, that provide for, among other things, the calculation by the department of recovered organic waste product procurement targets for each local jurisdiction, and that may include penalties to be imposed by the department for noncompliance. This bill would require the department, for purposes of those regulations, to allow a local jurisdiction, until December 1, 2031, in procuring recovered organic waste products to meet the target procurement requirements, to use California-derived recovered organic waste that the local jurisdiction sends for processing at a facility or operation outside of the state that meets certain conditions, as provided.  Watch

9/01/23 In committee: Held under submission. 

 Location – Senate Appropriations Committee: Suspense File
 SB 397 
(Wahab)		  San Francisco Bay area: public transportation. Existing law creates the Metropolitan Transportation Commission as a local area planning agency for the 9-county San Francisco Bay area with comprehensive regional transportation planning and other related responsibilities. Existing law creates various transit districts located in the San Francisco Bay area, with specified powers and duties relating to providing public transit services. Existing law establishes the Transportation Agency, consisting of various state agencies under the supervision of an executive officer known as the Secretary of Transportation, who is required to develop and report to the Governor on legislative, budgetary, and administrative programs to accomplish comprehensive, long-range, and coordinated planning and policy formulation in the matters of public interest related to the agency. This bill would require the Transportation Agency to develop a plan to consolidate all transit agencies, as defined, that are located within the geographic jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
  Watch

 1/09/24 January 9 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author.

Location – Senate 

2022 Legislative Bill Table

State Bills
Bill   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 8/26/21 Bill 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 5/31/22 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 2181 Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: Board of Directors Berman Oppose 5/31/22 6/22/22 In committee. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
AB 2221  Accessory Dwelling Units  Quirk-Silva Oppose 5/31/22 9/28/22 Approved 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 6/16/22 Re-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  8/22/22 Approved 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.
Updated 10/21/22

 

 

2021 Legislative Bill Table

State Bills

Bill Topic Author Position Status
AB 14 Communications: Broadband Services: California Advanced Services Fund Aguiar-Curry Watch 3/12/21 10/8/21 Signed into law
AB 71 Bring California Home Act Luz Rivas Watch 3/12/21 6/3/21 Became a two-year bill, May be acted upon January 2022
AB 215 Housing Element: regional housing need: relative progress determination Chiu Oppose 7/23/21 9/28/21 Signed into law
AB 377 Water Quality: Impaired Waters Robert Rivas Watch 3/12/21 5/25/21 Became a two-year bill, May be acted upon January 2022
AB 816 Homelessness: Housing Trust Fund: housing projects Chiu, Bloom, Bonta, Quirk-Silva, Santiago & Wicks Watch 7/23/21 9/29/21 Signed into law
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 Ordered to inactive file
AB 1091 Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: Board of Directors Berman Oppose 3/12/21 6/4/21 Became a two-year bill, May be acted upon January 2022
AB 1174 Planning and zoning: housing: development application modifications, approvals, and subsequent permits Grayson Oppose 9/13/21 9/16/21 Signed into law by the Governor
AB 1401 Residential and commercial development: parking requirements Friedman Oppose 6/18/21 8/26/21 Held under submission
SB 4 Communications: California Advanced Services Fund Gonzalez Watch 3/12/21 10/8/21 Signed into law
SB 6 Local Planning: Housing Commercial Zones Caballero Oppose 2/26/21 9/28/22 Approved by the Governor
SB 7 Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2021 Atkins Oppose Unless Amended 2/26/21 5/20/21 Signed into law by the Governor.
SB 8 Housing Crisis Act of 2019 Skinner Oppose 5/14/21 9/16/21 Signed into law by the Governor.
SB 9 Housing Development: Approvals Atkins Oppose 2/26/21 9/16/21 Signed into law by the Governor.
SB 10 Planning and Zoning: Housing Development: Density Wiener Oppose 2/26/21 9/16/21 Signed into law by the Governor.
SB 15 Housing Development: Incentives: Rezoning of Idle Retail Sites Portantino Watch 2/26/21 6/2/21 Held in Assembly
SB 52 State of Emergency: Local Emergency: Sudden and Severe Energy Shortage: Planned Power Outage Dodd Support 7/23/21 10/6/21Signed into law by the Governor.
SB 60 Residential short-term rental ordinances: health or safety infractions: maximum fines Glazer Support 6/18/21 9/24/21 Signed into law by the Governor.
SB 99 Community Energy Resilience Act of 2021 Dodd Support 7/23/21 8/26/21 Held in committee
SB 278 PERS: Disallowed Compensation Leyva Oppose 3/12/21 9/27/21 Signed into law by the Governor
SB 290 Density Bonus Law: qualifications for incentives or concessions: student housing for lower income students: moderate-income persons and families local government constraints Skinner Oppose 6/18/21 9/28/21 Signed into law by the Governor.
SB 314 Alcoholic Beverages Wiener Watch 3/12/21 10/8/21 Signed into law
SB 323 Local government: water or sewer service: legal actions Caballero Watch 6/18/21 9/23/21 Signed into law by the Governor.
SB 477 General plan: annual report Wiener Oppose 6/18/21 10/5/21 Vetoed by the Governor
SB 478 Planning and Zoning Law: Housing Development Projects Wiener Oppose 5/14/21 9/28/21 Signed into law by the Governor.
SB 556 Street Light Poles, Traffic Signal Poles: Small Wireless Facilities Attachments Dodd Oppose 5/14/21 10/4/21 Vetoed by the Governor
SB 612 Electrical Corporations and Other Load-Serving Entities: Allocation of Legacy Resources Portantino Council adopted support position 6/1/21 7/14/21 Became a two-year bill , May be acted upon January 2022
SB 617 Residential Solar Energy Systems: Permitting Wiener Support 5/14/21 5/25/21 Became a two-year bill, May be acted upon January 2022
SB 619 Organic Waste: Reduction Regulations Laird Support 5/14/21 10/5/21Signed into law by the Governor
SB 778 Planning and Zoning: ADUs: Mixed-Use or Multifamily Structures Becker Oppose 5/14/21

(Oppose based on the 5/3/21 version of this bill)		 6/30/21 First hearing canceled at the request of author.

Amended and no longer germane to the City.
SB 780 Local Finance: Public Investment Authorities Cortese Council adopted support position 6/1/21 9/28/21Signed into law by the Governor
SB 792 Sales and Use Tax: Retailers: Reporting Glazer Council adopted oppose position 6/1/21 10/4/21 Vetoed by the Governor
ACA 1 Affordable Housing and Public Infrastructure: Voter Approval Aguiar-Curry Watch 3/12/21 4/22/21 Became a two-year bill, May be acted upon January 2022
ACA 4 Elections: Initiatives and Referenda Kiley Watch 3/12/21 2/18/21 Became a two-year bill, May be acted upon January 2022
ACA 7 Local Government: Police Power: Municipal Affairs: Land Use and Zoning Muratsuchi Support 5/14/21 3/17/21 Became a two-year bill, May be acted upon January 2022
Initiative 21-0016 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 Proposed Initiative 1935 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

Updated for 10/21/22

2020 Legislative Bill Table

Bill Topic Author Position Status
AB 67 Housing: Homeless Integrated Data Warehouse Rivas/Chiu Watch 8/21/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
AB 68 Land Use: Accessory Dwelling units Ting Oppose 6/25/19 10/9/19
Approved by the Governor
AB 77
SB 98		 Education finance: education omnibus budget trailer bill (Excess ERAF) AB 77: Ting
SB 98: Mitchell		 Oppose 6/2/20 AB 77: 8/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 98: 6/29/20 Amended to reduce retroactivity measures and was approved by the Governor as part of the state budget.
AB 516 Authority to remove vehicles Chiu/Santiago Oppose 6/25/19 8/21/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
AB 725 Housing Element: Moderate and Above-Moderate Housing Wicks Oppose 6/22/20 9/28/20
Approved by the Governor
AB 881 Accessory Dwelling Units Bloom Oppose 6/25/19 10/9/19
Approved by the Governor
AB 1063 Planning and Zoning Law: Adequate Site Substitutes Petrie-Norris Support 7/24/20 8/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
AB 1080
SB 54		 California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act AB 1080: Gonzalez
SB 54: Allen		 Support 8/27/19 AB 1080:
8/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died

SB 54:
9/1/20 Bill died
AB 1210< Crimes: Package Theft Low Support 8/27/19 1/31/20 Bill died
AB 1279 Planning and zoning: housing development: high-opportunity areas Bloom Oppose 6/22/20 8/18/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
AB 1436 Tenancy: rental payment default: mortgage forbearance: state of emergency: COVID-19 Chiu Watch 8/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
AB 1487 San Francisco Bay Area housing development >Chiu Support if amended 9/3/19 10/8/19
Approved by the Governor
AB 2345 Planning and zoning: density bonuses: annual report: affordable housing Gonzalez Oppose 8/10/20 9/28/20 Approved by the Governor
AB 3040 Local planning: regional housing need assessment Chiu Support 8/10/20 8/21/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
>SB 5 Affordable Housing and Community Development Investment Program Beall/McGuire Support 6/25/19 1/13/20 Veto sustained
SB 6 Residential Development: Available Land Beall Support 8/27/19 10/9/2019 Approved by the Governor
SB 12 Mental Health Services: Youth Beall/
Portantino		 Support 6/25/19 8/21/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 13 Accessory Dwelling Units Wieckowski Oppose 6/25/19 10/9/2019 Approved by the Governor
SB 23 Unlawful Entry of a Vehicle Wiener Support 6/25/19 8/21/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 50 Planning and Zoning: Housing Development: Streamlined Approval: Incentives Wiener Oppose 4/16/19 1/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 330 Housing Crisis Act of 2019 Skinner Oppose 4/16/19

Reaffirmed opposition 6/25/19		 10/9/2019 Approved by the Governor
SB 592 Housing Accountability Act Wiener Oppose 6/25/19 Amended to remove all housing related topics and now pertains to jury proceedings 9/9/2020 Approved by the Governor
SB 899 Housing development: non-profit hospitals or religious institutions Wiener Support if amended 5/22/20 8/21/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 902 Housing Development: density Wiener Oppose unless amended 6/22/20 8/21/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 906 Joint Living and Work Quarters and Occupied Substandard Buildings Skinner Watch 6/5/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 939 COVID-19: commercial tenancy evictions Wiener Support 5/22/20 8/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 995 Jobs and Economic Development Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2011: housing projects Atkins Support if amended 6/22/20 8/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 1049 Cities and Counties: Short-Term Rentals Glazer Support 7/24/20 8/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 1085 Density Bonus Law Skinner Oppose 6/22/20 8/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 1120 Subdivisions: tentative maps Atkins Oppose 6/22/20 8/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 1299 Housing Incentives: Rezoning of idle retail sites Portantino Support 5/22/20 8/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 1385 Local planning housing: commercial zones Caballero Oppose 6/22/20 8/14/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 1410 COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program Gonzalez Watch 8/21/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
ACA 25 State of emergency: remote legislative proceedings Mullin Watch 6/15/20 Measure version as amended on June 4 corrected
Prop 15 The California Schools and Local Communities Funding Act of 2020 Ballot initiative led by Schools and Communities First Supported by the full Council 7/21/20 Initiative has qualified for the November 3rd general election

Federal Bills

Bill Topic Author Position Status
H.R. 530 Accelerating Broadband development by Empowering Local Communities Act Esho Support 7/23/19 01/14/2019 Bill introduced but did not receive a vote. Bill died in the 116th Congress.
H.R. 6467 Coronavirus Community Relief Act Neguse Support 4/17/20 04/07/2020 Bill introduced but did not receive a vote. Bill died in the 116th Congress.
S. 2012 Restoring Local Control Over Public Infrastructure Act Feinstein Support 7/23/19 06/27/2019 Bill introduced but did not receive a vote. Bill died in the 116th Congress.

2019 Legislative Bill Table

Bill Topic Author Position Status
AB 67 Housing: Homeless Integrated Data Warehouse Rivas/Chiu Watch 8/30/19
In committee: Held under submission. (Two-year bill)
AB 68 Land Use: Accessory Dwelling units Ting Oppose 6/25/19 10/9/19
Approved by the Governor
AB 516 Authority to remove vehicles Chiu/Santiago Oppose 6/25/19 8/30/19
In committee: Held under submission. (Two-year bill)
AB 881 Accessory Dwelling Units Bloom Oppose 6/25/19 10/9/19
Approved by the Governor
AB 1080

 

SB 54		 California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act AB 1080: Gonzalez

 

SB 54: Allen		 Support 8/27/19 AB 1080:
9/14/19 Ordered to inactive file
(Two-year bill)

 

SB 54:
9/12/19
In committee: Ordered to third reading
(Two-year bill)
AB 1210 Crimes: Package Theft Low Support 8/27/19 4/23/19 In committee: hearing postponed
(Two-year bill)
AB 1487 San Francisco Bay Area housing development Chiu Support if amended 9/3/19 10/8/19
Approved by the Governor
SB 4 Housing Beall/McGuire Watch 4/24/19 Hearing cancelled at the request of the author.
SB 5 Affordable Housing and Community Development Investment Program Beall/McGuire Support 6/25/19 10/13/2019 Vetoed by the Governor. In senate pending consideration of veto.
SB 6 Residential Development: Available Land Beall Support 8/27/19 10/9/2019 Approved by the Governor
SB 12 Mental Health Services: Youth Beall/
Portantino		 Support 6/25/19 8/30/19Held in committee and under submission
(Two-year bill)
SB 13 Accessory Dwelling Units Wieckowski Oppose 6/25/19 10/9/2019 Approved by the Governor
SB 23 Unlawful Entry of a Vehicle Wiener Support 6/25/19 8/30/19Held in committee and under submission
(Two-year bill)
SB 50 Planning and Zoning: Housing Development: Streamlined Approval: Incentives Wiener Oppose 4/16/19 6/4/19 Amended, re-referred to Committee on Appropriations
(Two-year bill)
SB 330 Housing Crisis Act of 2019 Skinner Oppose 4/16/19

 

Reaffirmed opposition 6/25/19		 10/9/2019 Approved by the Governor
SB 592 Housing Accountability Act Wiener Oppose 6/25/19 9/11/19 Re-referred to Committee on Rules
(Two-year bill)

Federal Bills

Bill Topic Author Position Status
H.R. 530 Accelerating Broadband development by Empowering Local Communities Act Eshoo Support 7/23/19 01/25/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
S. 2012 Restoring Local Control Over Public Infrastructure Act Feinstein Support 7/23/19 06/27/2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

2018 Legislative Bill Table

Bill Topic Author Position Status
SB 100 CA Renewable Portfolio Standard Program: Emissions of Greenhouse Gases De Leon Support 3/6/18 Chaptered by Secretary of State 9/10/18
SB 912 CA Housing Finance Agency: Management Compensation Beall/Skinner Watch Chaptered by Secretary of State 9/21/18
SB 828 Land Use: Housing Element Wiener Watch Chaptered by Secretary of State 9/30/18
SB 831 Land Use: Accessory Dwelling Units Wieckowski Watch Inactive Bill-Died in Assembly without further action 11/30/18
SCA 20 Local Sales Taxes: Online Sales Glazer Watch Inactive Bill- Died in committee without further action 11/30/18
SB 827 Planning and Zoning: Transit-Rich housing bonus Wiener Oppose 3/6/18 Inactive Bill- Died in committee without further action 11/30/18

 

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