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Monday, April 19, 2021
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SB 617
(Wiener) -
Requires larger jurisdictions to implement an online, automated permitting platform that verifies code compliance and instantaneously issues permits for a residential photovoltaic solar energy system and an energy storage system paired with a residential photovoltaic solar energy system, with some exceptions.
Amended.
Sen. Energy, Utilities and Communications View Bill
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AB 115
(Bloom) -
Re-run of AB 3107 from last year making housing with 20% lower-income units an allowable use in commercial zones.
Asm. Housing and Community Development: Passed as proposed to be amended and sent to L. GOV. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.)
Asm. Housing and Community Development View Bill
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AB 1277
(Blanca Rubio) -
Creates an expedited judicial review process for CEQA for student housing projects.
Amended.
Asm. Natural Resources View Bill
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SB 546
(Wilk) -
Requires provision of lifeline smart phone and data service for current and former foster youth (ages 13 through 26).
Amended.
Second Reading View Bill
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SB 222
(Dodd) -
Establishes the Water Affordability Assistance Fund to provide water affordability assistance, for both drinking water and wastewater services, to low-income households; funding would be from separate appropriation.
Passed Sen. Energy, Utilities and Communications as proposed to be amended and sent to E.Q. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.)
Sen. Energy, Utilities and Communications View Bill
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SB 791
(Cortese) -
Upon appropriation, establishes the California Surplus Land Authority to facilitate development of housing on state and local surplus property.
Amended.
Sen. Housing View Bill
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SB 649
(Cortese) -
Allows local governments to have a policy giving preference to lower-income households at risk of displacement in tax-credit funded affordable housing.
Amended.
Second Reading View Bill
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AB 464
(Mullin) -
Allows bond proceeds of enhanced infrastructure financing districts to be used for facilities in which nonprofit community organizations provide health, youth, homeless, and social services.
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
Second Reading View Bill
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SB 4
(Gonzalez) -
Makes various changes to the California Advanced Services Fund broadband program.
Amended.
Second Reading View Bill
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SB 546
(Wilk) -
Requires provision of lifeline smart phone and data service for current and former foster youth (ages 13 through 26).
Sen. Human Services: Set for hearing April 20.
Sen. Human Services View Bill
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AB 1405
(Wicks) -
Spot bill on the Consumers Legal Remedies Act.
Asm. Banking and Finance: Passed as proposed to be amended and sent to JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.)
Asm. Banking and Finance View Bill
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AB 777
(McCarty) -
Transfers without charge two state-owned parcels to UC Davis, to provide housing for low or moderate income employees or students.
Amended.
Asm. Accountability and Administrative Review View Bill
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SB 4
(Gonzalez) -
Makes various changes to the California Advanced Services Fund broadband program.
Withdrawn from Sen. Judiciary
Sen. Judiciary View Bill
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AB 721
(Bloom) -
Makes recorded covenants, conditions, restrictions, or limits on the use of land that restrict the number or size of the residences that may be built on a property, or that restrict the number of people may reside on the property, unenforceable against the owner of an affordable housing development.
Asm. Housing and Community Development: Passed as proposed to be amended and sent to JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.)
Asm. Housing and Community Development View Bill
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AB 258
(Villapudua) -
Requires grantees receiving state funding to follow specified low-barrier practices for emergency shelters and transitional housing, to include Housing First practices and allowing pets..
Asm. Housing and Community Development: Passed as proposed to be amended and sent to JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.)
Asm. Housing and Community Development View Bill
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AB 832
(Bloom) -
Transfers all land use related plans and functions of the former City of Los Angeles redevelopment agency to the City of Los Angeles and makes related changes.
Passed Asm. Housing and Community Development and sent to L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.)
Asm. Housing and Community Development View Bill
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AB 1271
(Ting) -
Makes various changes to provisions to use surplus land for affordable housing.
Amended.
Second Reading View Bill
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AB 874
(Quirk-Silva) -
Requires the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authorityto develop a PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) default mitigation program.
Amended.
Asm. Banking and Finance View Bill
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AB 1029
(Mullin) -
Adds preservation of affordable housing through the extension of project-based rental assistance to the list of policies that HCD may consider as "prohousing policies."
Passed Asm. Housing and Community Development and sent to L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.)
Asm. Housing and Community Development View Bill
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AB 803
(Boerner Horvath) -
Allows development of small lot single family housing in multifamily zones that do not meet minimum lot size requirements.
Asm. Housing and Community Development: Passed as proposed to be amended and sent to L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.)
Asm. Housing and Community Development View Bill
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SB 621
(Eggman) -
Makes hotel and motel conversions to housing a use by right if the project includes 10% affordable units; a locality may impose a larger set-aside..
Hearing canceled in Sen. Governance and Finance at the request of the author.
Sen. Governance and Finance View Bill
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SB 33
(Cortese) -
CEQA spot bill.
Sen. Appropriations: Determined to have no significant state costs and sent to the Floor under Rule 28.8.
Sen. Appropriations View Bill
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AB 1434
(Friedman) -
Reduces standards for indoor residential water use to 40 gallons per capita daily by 2030.
Amended.
Asm. Water, Parks and Wildlife View Bill
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AB 215
(Chiu) -
Adds SB 330 to the list of laws HCD can enforce under AB 72; requires HCD to monitor progress between housing element revisions; imposes remedial requirements for jurisdictions not meeting specified criteria.
Passed Asm. Housing and Community Development and sent to L. GOV. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.)
Asm. Housing and Community Development View Bill
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SB 776
(Gonzalez) -
Expands application of the California Safe Drinking Water Act to small state water systems; allows to SWRCB to adopt emergency regulations regarding water analysis.
Amended.
Sen. Judiciary View Bill
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AB 1188
(Wicks) -
Requires cities to create and maintain a rental registry by 2021 covering all landlords who own or operate five or more units.
Amended.
Asm. Housing and Community Development View Bill
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AB 1304
(Santiago) -
Makes changes to AB 686 related to the AFFH analysis in Housing Element law.
Passed Asm. Housing and Community Development and sent to L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.)
Asm. Housing and Community Development View Bill
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AB 1401
(Friedman) -
Prohibits cities and counties from imposing parking minimum within 1/2 mile of transit or in a low Vehicle Miles Travelled area as determined by OPR.
Amended.
Second Reading View Bill
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AB 1143
(Berman) -
Allows local governments to have a policy giving preference to lower-income households at risk of displacement in tax-credit-funded affordable housing.
Passed Assembly Floor. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.)
Second Reading View Bill
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AB 68
(Salas) -
Requires HCD to establish a housing appeals committee by which an applicant for a conditional use permit or other discretionary approval for a housing development project could appeal the decision of a city or county to either deny the application or approve the application with conditions in a manner rendering it infeasible.
Asm. Housing and Community Development: Passed as proposed to be amended and sent to APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.)
Asm. Housing and Community Development View Bill
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AB 1398
(Bloom) -
Revises the penalities for failing to adopt a timely housing element similar to last year's SB 1138.
Passed Asm. Housing and Community Development and sent to L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.)
Asm. Housing and Community Development View Bill
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AB 1136
(Luz Rivas) -
Authorizes the state Commissioner of Financial Protection order a PACE solicitor to pay ancillary relief, including damages and restitution, for violations of the law.
Passed Asm. Banking and Finance and sent to APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.)
Asm. Banking and Finance View Bill
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AB 634
(Carrillo) -
Provides the local governments may require affordability covenants of 55 years or more on rental density bonus units; allows covenants of greater than 55 years on projects subject to specified other laws.
Asm. Housing and Community Development: Passed as proposed to be amended and sent to L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.)
Asm. Housing and Community Development View Bill
Friday, April 16, 2021
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SB 616
(Rubio) -
Requires that housing developed on school district properties for employee housing be affordable.
Sen. Education: Set for hearing April 28.
Sen. Education View Bill
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SB 552
(Hertzberg) -
Establishes several processes to address drought planning for small water systems.
Sen. Governance and Finance: Set for hearing April 22.
Sen. Governance and Finance View Bill
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SB 679
(Kamlager) -
Establish the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency, to increase affordable housing in Los Angeles County by providing for significantly enhanced funding and technical assistance at a regional level for renter protections, affordable housing preservation, and new affordable housing production.
Sen. Governance and Finance: Set for hearing April 22.
Sen. Governance and Finance View Bill
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SB 9
(Atkins) -
Makes duplexes and lots splits on ministerial, similar to SB 1120 from 2020.
Sen. Governance and Finance: Set for hearing April 22.
Sen. Governance and Finance View Bill
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SB 617
(Wiener) -
Requires larger jurisdictions to implement an online, automated permitting platform that verifies code compliance and instantaneously issues permits for a residential photovoltaic solar energy system and an energy storage system paired with a residential photovoltaic solar energy system, with some exceptions.
Sen. Energy, Utilities and Communications: Set for hearing April 26.
Sen. Energy, Utilities and Communications View Bill
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SB 621
(Eggman) -
Makes hotel and motel conversions to housing a use by right if the project includes 10% affordable units; a locality may impose a larger set-aside..
Sen. Governance and Finance: Set for hearing April 22.
Sen. Governance and Finance View Bill
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SB 381
(Portantino) -
Revises procedures for disposal of surplus residential properties along the portion of the rescinded 710 Freeway corridor in South Pasadena.
Sen. Transportation: Set for hearing April 27.
Sen. Transportation View Bill
Thursday, April 15, 2021
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SB 28
(Caballero) -
Requires a cable franchise holder to meet specified milestones to deploy broadband service to rural, unserved, and underserved areas.
Sen. Governmental Organization: Set for hearing April 20.
Sen. Governmental Organization View Bill
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SB 45
(Portantino) -
Places a $5B bond issue on the November 2022 ballot to finance projects for a wildfire prevention, safe drinking water, drought preparation, and flood protection program.
Passed Sen. Governance and Finance and sent to APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.)
Sen. Governance and Finance View Bill
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AB 602
(Grayson) -
Establishes standards for nexus fee studies; requires HCD to develop model standards.
Asm. Local Government: Passed as proposed to be amended and sent to H. & C.D. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.)
Asm. Local Government View Bill
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SB 560
(Rubio) -
Establishes the Climate Pollution Reduction in Homes Initiative, requiring the PUC to provide financial assistance to low-income households for the purchase of zero-carbon-emitting appliances and low-income weatherization projects to improve air quality and public health in low-income communities.
Sen. Energy, Utilities and Communications: Set for hearing April 26.
Sen. Energy, Utilities and Communications View Bill
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SB 679
(Kamlager) -
Establish the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency, to increase affordable housing in Los Angeles County by providing for significantly enhanced funding and technical assistance at a regional level for renter protections, affordable housing preservation, and new affordable housing production.
Passed Sen. Housing and sent to GOV. & F. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.)
Sen. Housing View Bill
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AB 1322
(Bonta) -
Would allow a city council or board of supervisors to suspend provisions of a city charter or a local voter measure that the council or board believes conflicts with state housing laws.
Asm. Local Government: Passed as proposed to be amended and sent to H. & C.D. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.)
Asm. Local Government View Bill
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SB 765
(Stern) -
Allows in applicant for an ADU to request alternative rear and side yard setbacks based on topographical conditions if the existing local setback requirements would make an ADU infeasible.
April 15 set for first hearing. Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.
Sen. Housing View Bill