SB 5 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Enhanced infrastructure financing districts and community revitalization and investment areas: allocation of taxes: agricultural land exclusion.

Summary
Existing law, the California Land Conservation Act of 1965, otherwise known as the Williamson Act, authorizes a city or county to enter into contracts with owners of agricultural land to preserve the land for agricultural use, as specified, in return for reduced property tax assessments. The act also authorizes a landowner of specified agricultural land to petition the city or county to cancel the Williamson Act contract in order to designate the land as a farmland security zone, whereby the land is eligible for a specified property tax valuation and taxed at a reduced rate for specified special taxes. Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city or a county to establish an enhanced infrastructure financing district, with a governing body referred to as the public financing authority, to finance public capital facilities or other specified projects of communitywide significance. Existing law requires the public financing authority to prepare and adopt a proposed infrastructure financing plan, as specified. Existing law authorizes the plan to require a certain portion of specified taxes levied upon property within the district to be allocated to the district each year, as specified. Existing law authorizes certain local agencies to form a Community Revitalization and Investment Authority within a community revitalization and investment area to carry out a community revitalization plan in that area for specified purposes. Existing law authorizes the plan to require a certain portion of specified taxes levied upon property within the area to be allocated to the authority to finance improvements, as specified. This bill would exclude the taxes levied upon a parcel of land enrolled in or subject to a Williamson Act contract or a farmland security zone contract, as specified, from the above-described allocations to the district or authority, as applicable. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 53398.75 of the Government Code proposed by SB 516 to be operative only if this bill and SB 516 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Jul 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
Sep 2025
Vetoed
Mar 2026
Introduced Dec 2, 2024 Vetoed Mar 2, 2026
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What changed between versions

07/07/25 - Amended Assembly 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly · 4 edits · Sep 2, 2025
MODERATE
SB 5 was amended to add a new revenue source (state funds) that enhanced infrastructure financing districts may use with voter approval, and to incorporate a conditional coordination mechanism with SB 516 so that both bills can amend the same code section without conflict. The bill also made minor language corrections removing redundant wording in two provisions about Williamson Act and farmland security zone contracts.
SCOPE

Added item (11) 'Any state funds' to the list of revenue sources a district may utilize to support its activities, provided voter approval is obtained and the infrastructure financing plan has been approved. This expands the types of funding available to enhanced infrastructure financing districts beyond local tax and assessment tools.

TECHNICAL

Added new SEC. 1.5 which amends Section 53398.75 of the Government Code to incorporate changes proposed by SB 516. This section is operative only if both bills are enacted, both amend Section 53398.75, and this bill is enacted after SB 516.

Removed redundant language 'both' before 'either of the following' in two places (Section 53398.75.1 and Section 62009) regarding when taxes on canceled Williamson Act or farmland security zone parcels become subject to district allocation.

TIMELINE

Added new SEC. 5 establishing the coordination mechanism: the incorporated amendments from SB 516 become operative only if (1) both bills are enacted and effective on or before January 1, 2026, (2) each bill amends Section 53398.75, and (3) this bill is enacted after SB 516, in which case Section 1 of this bill shall not become operative.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2025 · Assembly Sep 8, 2025

How they voted

325
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Jun 2, 2025
D Democratic30
28 Yea 2
93% Yea
R Republican10
4 Yea 5 Nay 1
50% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
8
Committee
3
Amendments
6
Mar 2, 2026
Vetoed
Veto sustained.
upper
Oct 6, 2025
Vetoed
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
upper
Oct 6, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor.
upper
Sep 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 2707.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Sep 8, 2025
Introduced
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
upper
Sep 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 2. Page 2979.) Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Sep 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and amended.
lower
Jul 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 16).
lower
Jul 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
lower
Jun 9, 2025
Committee
Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
lower
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 1385.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
Apr 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 871.) (April 23).
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Committee
Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
upper
Dec 2, 2024
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Christopher Cabaldon
Christopher Cabaldon
DDemocratic
CA
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