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Wednesday, April 7, 2021

• SB 33 (Cortese) - CEQA spot bill.
  Amended.
  Second Reading View Bill

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

• SB 17 (Pan) - Establishes a state Office of Racial Equity, with duties to include establishing methodologies, a system of measurement, and data needs for assessing how state statutes, regulations, and practices contribute to, uphold, or exacerbate racial disparities; requires each state agency, including the Business, Consumer Affairs, and Housing Agency, to adopt and implement a Racial Equity Framework and Racial Equity Action Plan.
  Sen. Judiciary: Set for hearing April 13.
  Sen. Judiciary View Bill

• SB 32 (Cortese) - Requires a city or county (including chartered) to amend the appropriate elements of its general plan to include goals, policies, objectives, targets, and feasible implementation strategies to decarbonize newly-constructed residential and commercial buildings.
  Sen. Governance and Finance: Set for hearing April 15.
  Sen. Governance and Finance View Bill

• SB 290 (Skinner) - Re-do of last year’s SB 1385. Makes a number of modifications to Density Bonus law, including adding one concession for student housing projects and allowing the use of the moderate-income density bonus in all for-sale developments rather than just in common-interest developments.
  Sen. Governance and Finance: Set for hearing April 15.
  Sen. Governance and Finance View Bill

• AB 1398 (Bloom) - Revises the penalities for failing to adopt a timely housing element similar to last year's SB 1138.
  Amended.
  Asm. Housing and Community Development View Bill

• AB 672 (Cristina Garcia) - Allows localities to rezone sites used as a golf course to also allow for residential and open space use with specified requirements, inclusing a set-aside of affordable houisng units; exempts the rezoning and related actions from CEQA.
  Amended.
  Asm. Housing and Community Development View Bill

• SB 3 (Caballero) - Extends the provisions of AB 3088 through March 2021.
  Sen. Judiciary: Set for hearing April 27.
  Sen. Judiciary View Bill

• 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.
  Sen. Governance and Finance: Set for hearing April 15.
  Sen. Governance and Finance View Bill

• SB 713 (Rubio) - Allows the Insurance Commissioner to approve investments by insurers in low- and moderate income and underserved communities under the California Organized Investment Network (COIN) program above the statutory limits; extend COIN through 2027..
  Sen. Appropriations: Set for hearing April 19.
  Sen. Appropriations View Bill

• AB 916 (Salas) - Increases from 16 to 20 feet the maximum height limitation a city or county can impose on a detached ADU.
  Amended.
  Asm. Housing and Community Development View Bill

• 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.
  Amended.
  Asm. Housing and Community Development View Bill

• AB 1439 (Levine) - Requires residential property insurance to include a discount if the local jurisdiction where the property is located funds a local wildfire protection or mitigation program.
  Amended.
  Asm. Insurance View Bill

• SB 625 (Caballero) - Creates a state CDFI fund to provide grants and loans to CDFIs for a variety of activities in low-income communities.
  Sen. Appropriations: Set for hearing April 19.
  Sen. Appropriations View Bill

• AB 1174 (Grayson) - Makes numerous changes to SB 35.
  Amended.
  Asm. Housing and Community Development View Bill

• AB 602 (Grayson) - Establishes standards for nexus fee studies; requires HCD to develop model standards.
  Amended.
  Asm. Local Government View Bill

• SB 676 (Bates) - Authorizes a defendant in an unlawful detainer action to file a motion to strike on or before the day fixed for the defendant’s appearance; authorizes a party in an unlawful detainer action to file a motion for summary adjudication in the same manner as a motion for summary judgment.
  Sen. Judiciary: Set for hearing April 13.
  Sen. Judiciary View Bill

• SB 438 (Laird) - Deems a loan agreement entered into between a redevelopment agency and the City of Atascadero between 1999 and 2003 to be enforceable obligations for the purposes of redevelopment dissolution.
  Sen. Appropriations: Set for hearing April 19.
  Sen. Appropriations View Bill

• 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.
  Sen. Housing: Set for hearing April 15.
  Sen. Housing View Bill

• SB 591 (Becker) - Permits the establishment of an intergenerational housing development that includes senior citizens along with caregivers and transition age youths, under specified conditions.
  Sen. Judiciary: Set for hearing April 13.
  Sen. Judiciary View Bill

• SB 743 (Bradford) - Creates a grant program at the PUC to fund broadband, digital literacy, and computer equipment in affordable housing.
  Withdrawn from Sen. Housing
  Sen. Housing View Bill

• SB 9 (Atkins) - Makes duplexes and lots splits on ministerial, similar to SB 1120 from 2020.
  Sen. Housing: Set for hearing April 15.
  Sen. Housing View Bill

• AB 34 (Muratsuchi) - Places a $10B bond on the November 2022 ballot to finance the Broadband for All program, also created by the bill.
  Amended.
  Asm. Communications and Conveyance View Bill

• SB 591 (Becker) - Permits the establishment of an intergenerational housing development that includes senior citizens along with caregivers and transition age youths, under specified conditions.
  Hearing canceled in Sen. Judiciary at the request of the author.
  Sen. Judiciary View Bill

• SB 238 (Melendez) - Adds "political affiliation" as a protected class for housing and employment under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act.
  Sen. Judiciary: Set for hearing April 20.
  Sen. Judiciary View Bill

• AB 561 (Ting) - Requires the Office of the Treasurer to work with CalHFA and HCD to create a financing product to assist homeowners in the creation of ADUs.
  Amended.
  Asm. Housing and Community Development View Bill

• SB 238 (Melendez) - Adds "political affiliation" as a protected class for housing and employment under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act.
  Amended.
  Sen. Judiciary View Bill

• SB 234 (Wiener) - Creates the Transition Aged Youth Housing Program to create housing for youth under 26 who are experiencing homelessness.
  Sen. Housing: Set for hearing April 15.
  Sen. Housing View Bill

• SB 323 (Caballero) - Applies the same judicial action procedure and timelines, as in the Mitigation Fee Act, to water or sewer service fees or charges, with exceptions.
  Sen. Judiciary: Set for hearing April 20.
  Sen. Judiciary View Bill

• SB 791 (Cortese) - Upon appropriation, establishes the California Surplus Land Authority to facilitate development of housing on state and local surplus property.
  Sen. Housing: Set for hearing April 29.
  Sen. Housing View Bill

• SB 414 (Jones) - Changes timelines in the Subdivision Map Act.
  Sen. Governance and Finance: Set for hearing April 15.
  Sen. Governance and Finance View Bill

• SB 633 (Limón) - Requires a notice to guarantors of certain contracts negotiated in specified languages; requires the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency to provide translations on its website that can be used to satisfy the requirement; revises other provisions of the current contract translation statute;
  Sen. Judiciary: Set for hearing April 13.
  Sen. Judiciary View Bill

• SB 581 (Atkins) - Requires a local planning agency include in its annual report whether the city or county is a party to a court action related to a violation of state housing law, and the disposition of that action.
  Sen. Housing: Set for hearing April 15.
  Sen. Housing View Bill

• SB 12 (McGuire) - Reduces RHNA allocation based on amount of land in very high fire risk areas; requires safety element to develop building hardening strategies.
  Sen. Housing: Set for hearing April 29.
  Sen. Housing View Bill

• SB 555 (McGuire) - Allows local governments to contract with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration for purposes of registration, rate posting, collection, and transmission of revenues of any transient occupancy tax imposed on a short-term rental.
  Sen. Judiciary: Set for hearing April 20.
  Sen. Judiciary View Bill

• SB 490 (Caballero) - Creates the Housing Acquisition and Rehabilitation Technical Assistance program at HCD.
  Sen. Housing: Set for hearing April 15.
  Sen. Housing View Bill

• SB 33 (Cortese) - CEQA spot bill.
  Passed Sen. Labor, Public Employment and Retirement as proposed to be amended and sent to APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.)
  Sen. Labor, Public Employment and Retirement View Bill

• SB 8 (Skinner) - Clean-up bill for SB 330. Changes include clarifying that the law applies to both ministerial and discretionary projects.
  Sen. Housing: Set for hearing April 29.
  Sen. Housing View Bill

• SB 678 (Rubio) - Requires the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council to set specific, measurable goals aimed at preventing and ending homelessness among unaccompanied women to coordinate a spectrum of funding, policy, and practice efforts related to unaccompanied women experiencing homelessness.
  Sen. Housing: Set for hearing April 15.
  Sen. Housing View Bill

• AB 1271 (Ting) - Makes various changes to provisions to use surplus land for affordable housing.
  Amended.
  Asm. Local Government View Bill

• AB 785 (Robert Rivas) - Establishes the Mental Health Response and Treatment Challenge Grant Pilot Program for local governments to create or enhance programs and services, including housing, for mentally ill persons involved in the criminal justice system.
  In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
  Asm. Public Safety View Bill

• SB 498 (Umberg) - Increases income level to qualify for assistance from legal services projects to 200% of federal poverty level; also makes eligible veterans receiving disability compensation.
  Sen. Veterans Affairs: Set for hearing April 14.
  Sen. Veterans Affairs View Bill

Monday, April 5, 2021

• 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.
  Amended.
  Asm. Housing and Community Development View Bill

• 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

• AB 1304 (Santiago) - Makes changes to AB 686 related to the AFFH analysis in Housing Element law.
  Amended.
  Asm. Housing and Community Development View Bill

• SB 625 (Caballero) - Creates a state CDFI fund to provide grants and loans to CDFIs for a variety of activities in low-income communities.
  Passed Sen. Business, Professions and Economic Development and sent to APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.)
  Sen. Business, Professions and Economic Development View Bill

• SB 400 (Jones) - Requires schools to collaborate with other agencies that provide services for homeless children.
  Sen. Appropriations: Determined to have no significant state costs and sent to the Floor under Rule 28.8.
  Sen. Appropriations View Bill

• SB 28 (Caballero) - Requires a cable franchise holder to meet specified milestones to deploy broadband service to rural, unserved, and underserved areas.
  Amended.
  Sen. Energy, Utilities and Communications View Bill

• AB 1085 (Bigelow) - Adjusts ERAF allocation for Madera County.
  Amended.
  Asm. Local Government View Bill

• SB 274 (Wieckowski) - Requires a local agency with an internet website to email a copy of, or website link to, the agenda or a copy of all the documents constituting the agenda packet if the person requests that the items be delivered by email; If a local agency determines it to be technologically infeasible to send a copy of the documents or a link to a website that contains the documents by mail or by other electronic means, requires the legislative body to send the packet by mail.
  Amended.
  Second Reading View Bill

• SB 676 (Bates) - Authorizes a defendant in an unlawful detainer action to file a motion to strike on or before the day fixed for the defendant’s appearance; authorizes a party in an unlawful detainer action to file a motion for summary adjudication in the same manner as a motion for summary judgment.
  Hearing canceled in Sen. Judiciary at the request of the author.
  Sen. Judiciary View Bill