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Thursday, May 20, 2021

• AB 1111 (Berman) - Requires that in making recommendations for changes to the 7th RHNA cycle methodology, HCD promote and streamlining the development of housing for low-income community college students.
  From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.)
  Asm. Appropriations View Bill

• AB 1169 (Eduardo Garcia) - Extends certain reporting requirements on the Transcript Reimbursement Fund, which provides reimbursement for the cost of providing shorthand reporting services to low-income litigants in civil cases, to July 1, 2023.
  In committee: Held under submission.
  Asm. Appropriations View Bill

• AB 1327 (Ting) - Requires the Dept. of Aging to include ADUs in its aging-in-place materails.
  Asm. Appropriations: Passed as proposed to be amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.)
  Asm. Appropriations View Bill

• 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. Appropriations as proposed to be amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.)
  Sen. Appropriations View Bill

• SB 234 (Wiener) - Creates the Transition Aged Youth Housing Program to create housing for youth under 26 who are experiencing homelessness.
  Passed Sen. Appropriations and sent to Floor. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.)
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• AB 100 (Holden) - Establishes a performance standard for lead-free plumbing fixtures.
  From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.)
  Asm. Appropriations View Bill

• AB 1103 (Megan Dahle) - Authorizes a county to adopt a pass program to allow ag workers and employers into areas otherwise closed due to a natural disaster.
  Asm. Appropriations: Passed as proposed to be amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.)
  Asm. Appropriations 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.
  Passed Sen. Appropriations and sent to Floor. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.)
  Sen. Appropriations View Bill

• AB 1220 (Luz Rivas) - Creates a state agency-level Office to End Homelessness to be the lead entity on coordinating efforts to end homelessness in California. This is a re-run of a bill that was vetoed by the Governor last year.
  Passed Assembly Floor. Ordered to the Senate.
  Consent View Bill

• 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.
  Held on Suspense File in Sen. Appropriations.
  Sen. Appropriations View Bill

• SB 64 (Leyva) - Provides evictions protections for COVID-impacted residents in mobilehome parks during the pandemic; would take effect immediately and therefore requires a 2/3rds vote.
  Passed Sen. Appropriations as proposed to be amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.)
  Sen. Appropriations View Bill

• AB 1428 (Quirk) - Removes the ability of a water district that provides primarily agricultural services with only incidental residential uses to self-certify that it is providing water for residential use for drinking water that achieves the equivalent level of public health protection provided by applicable primary drinking water regulations.
  Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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• SB 719 (Min) - Establishes conditions for declaring land surplus at the former Marine base in Tustin, including housing for low- and very low-income families.
  Passed Sen. Appropriations as proposed to be amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.)
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• AB 1083 (Nazarian) - Establishes a pilot program for providing nursing services at senior citizen housing developments.
  In committee: Held under submission.
  Asm. Appropriations View Bill

• AB 976 (Luz Rivas) - Creates a Strategic Growth Council grant pilot program for eligible community-based organizations to provide a comprehensive suite of coordinated incentives and services to disadvantaged communities at the resident household level to provide economic savings, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, and improve resiliency to the impacts of climate change.
  In committee: Held under submission.
  Asm. Appropriations View Bill

• 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.
  Referred to H. & C.D.
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• 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.
  Referred to H. & C.D.
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• AB 1492 (Bloom) - Requires HCD to map high-opportunity areas.
  In committee: Held under submission.
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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.
  From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.)
  Asm. Appropriations 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.
  Passed Sen. Appropriations and sent to Floor. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.)
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• 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.
  Passed Sen. Appropriations and sent to Floor. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.)
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• SB 4 (Gonzalez) - Makes various changes to the California Advanced Services Fund broadband program.
  Passed Sen. Appropriations as proposed to be amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.)
  Sen. Appropriations View Bill

• AB 1220 (Luz Rivas) - Creates a state agency-level Office to End Homelessness to be the lead entity on coordinating efforts to end homelessness in California. This is a re-run of a bill that was vetoed by the Governor last year.
  In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  Engrossing View Bill

• AB 874 (Quirk-Silva) - Requires the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authorityto develop a PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) default mitigation program.
  In committee: Held under submission.
  Asm. Appropriations View Bill

• AB 1095 (Cooley) - Requires SGC to treat rental and ownership housing equally in the AHSC program.
  Passed Assembly Floor. Ordered to the Senate.
  Consent View Bill

• SB 490 (Caballero) - Creates the Housing Acquisition and Rehabilitation Technical Assistance program at HCD.
  Passed Sen. Appropriations and sent to Floor. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.)
  Sen. Appropriations View Bill

• AB 106 (Salas) - Establishes the Regions Rise Grant Program within GO-Biz to provide grants for inclusive, cross-jurisdictional, and innovative engagement processes that lead to inclusive strategies to address barriers and challenges confronting communities, with funding from a budget bill appropriation.
  From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.)
  Asm. Appropriations View Bill

• AB 1405 (Wicks) - Spot bill on the Consumers Legal Remedies Act.
  From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.)
  Asm. Appropriations View Bill

• SB 791 (Cortese) - Upon appropriation, establishes the California Surplus Land Authority to facilitate development of housing on state and local surplus property.
  Passed Sen. Appropriations as proposed to be amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.)
  Sen. Appropriations View Bill

• 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..
  Hearing postponed in Asm. Appropriations by committee.
  Asm. Appropriations View Bill

• AB 1139 (Lorena Gonzalez) - Requires the PUC to ensure that the average effective CARE discount shall not be less than 40% or more than 45% of the revenues that would have been produced for the same billed usage by non-CARE customers; requires the PUC to allocate up to $300M per year for for assistance to residential customers who both participate in the CARE program and live in multifamily housing or in underserved communities to purchase renewable electrical generation equipment; makes numerous other changes.
  From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.)
  Asm. Appropriations View Bill

• 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.
  From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.)
  Asm. Appropriations 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.
  Referred to H. & C.D. and JUD.
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• SB 424 (Durazo) - Creates a corporate tax credit of up to $30,000 per for wages paid to a homeless person.
  Held on Suspense File in Sen. Appropriations.
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• AB 1085 (Bigelow) - Adjusts ERAF allocation for Madera County.
  From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.)
  Asm. Appropriations View Bill

• SB 638 (Hertzberg) - Spot bill on the the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission.
  Referred to B. & F. and P. & C.P.
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• AB 1423 (Daly) - Allows MHP funds to be used for construction financing or permanent financing.
  From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.)
  Asm. Appropriations View Bill

• AB 345 (Quirk-Silva) - Requires localities to allow deed-restricted ADUs developed by nonprofits to be sold separately.
  From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.)
  Asm. Appropriations View Bill

• SB 546 (Wilk) - Requires provision of lifeline smart phone and data service for current and former foster youth (ages 13 through 26).
  Passed Sen. Appropriations as proposed to be amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.)
  Sen. Appropriations View Bill

• 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.
  Hearing postponed in Asm. Appropriations by committee.
  Asm. Appropriations View Bill

• SB 106 (Umberg) - Spot bill on homelessness provisions in the MHSA.
  Held on Suspense File in Sen. Appropriations.
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• AB 1095 (Cooley) - Requires SGC to treat rental and ownership housing equally in the AHSC program.
  In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  Engrossing View Bill

• 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. Appropriations: Passed as proposed to be amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.)
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• SB 296 (Limón) - Requires local jurisdictions to adopt safety standards for code enforcement officers.
  Passed Sen. Appropriations as proposed to be amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.)
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• 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. Appropriations and sent to Floor. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.)
  Sen. Appropriations View Bill

• AB 411 (Irwin) - Places a measure on the June 2022 ballot authorizing the issuance of $600 million in bonds for the Veterans Housing and Homelessness Prevention (VHHP) program.
  Hearing postponed in Asm. Appropriations by committee.
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• AB 1250 (Calderon) - Authorizes a water or sewer system corporation to file an application and obtain approval from the commission through an order authorizing the water or sewer system corporation to consolidate with a public water system or state small water system.
  Asm. Appropriations: Passed as proposed to be amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.)
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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.
  From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.)
  Asm. Appropriations View Bill

• AB 978 (Quirk-Silva) - Extends AB 1492's limitations on rent increases to mobilehomes.
  Passed Assembly Floor. Ordered to the Senate.
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• SB 15 (Portantino) - Provides grant to local governments if they rezone underutilized big box or commercial sites to allow lower- and moderate-income housing by right and a project gets built that also employed a skilled and trained workforce.
  Passed Sen. Appropriations as proposed to be amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.)
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