Existing law, commonly referred to as the Mills Act, authorizes an owner of any qualified historical property to contract with the legislative body of a city, county, or city and county to restrict the use of the property, as specified, in exchange for lowered assessment values. Existing law defines "qualified historical property" as privately owned property that is not exempt from property taxation and meets certain criteria related to the property's historic significance. In this regard, existing law requires the property to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places, located in a registered historic district, as defined, or listed in any state, city, county, or city and county official register of historical or architecturally significant sites, places, or landmarks. Existing law establishes the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program of 2019, which requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish and administer a grant program to fund capital improvement projects pursuant to specified requirements. Existing law provides that capital improvement projects that may be funded under the grant program include, among other things, those related to adapted reuse, which means, when referring to building structures, retrofitting and repurposing of existing buildings that create new residential rental units, as specified. This bill, starting January 1, 2026, and until January 1, 2036, would expand the definition of "qualified historical property" for purposes of the Mills Act by providing alternative criteria that a privately owned property that is not exempt from property taxation may meet. That alternative criteria would require the property to be constructed at least 30 years prior to the year a legislative body and property owner enter into the contract to restrict the use of the property, and to be located within the City of Los Angeles on a site that satisfies certain criteria, including, among others, being in a zone where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use. The alternative criteria would also require the property to meet, in the determination of the City of Los Angeles, at least one of specified criteria, including, among others, being identified with important events of national, state, or local history, as specified. The bill would require a contract entered into to restrict the use of that qualified historical property to require adaptive reuse of the qualified historical property, dedicate at least 3 units to live-work artist lofts, and facilitate, promote, and accommodate active transportation, as specified. The bill would require the owner of the qualified historic property to submit a fiscal analysis, as specified, to the City of Los Angeles before the City of Los Angeles would be authorized to issue a contract under these provisions. The bill would make findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Los Angeles. The bill would also update an obsolete cross-reference. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Los Angeles.
The California Constitution grants the retirement board of a public employee retirement system plenary authority and fiduciary responsibility for investment of moneys and administration of the retirement fund and system. These provisions qualify this grant of powers by reserving to the Legislature the authority to prohibit investments if it is in the public interest and the prohibition satisfies standards of fiduciary care and loyalty required of a retirement board. Existing law prohibits the boards of the Public Employees' Retirement System and the State Teachers' Retirement System from making new investments or renewing existing investments of public employee retirement funds in a thermal coal company, as defined. Existing law requires the boards to liquidate investments in thermal coal companies on or before July 1, 2017, and requires the boards, in making a determination to liquidate investments, to constructively engage with thermal coal companies to establish whether the companies are transitioning their business models to adapt to clean energy generation. Existing law provides that it does not require a board to take any action unless the board determines in good faith that the action is consistent with the board's fiduciary responsibilities established in the California Constitution. This bill would prohibit the boards of the Public Employees' Retirement System and the State Teachers' Retirement System from making new investments or renewing existing investments of public employee retirement funds in a fossil fuel company, as defined. The bill would require the boards to liquidate investments in a fossil fuel company on or before July 1, 2031. The bill would temporarily suspend the above-described liquidation provision upon a good faith determination by the board that certain conditions materially impact normal market mechanisms for pricing assets, as specified, and would make this suspension provision inoperative on January 1, 2035. The bill would provide that it does not require a board to take any action unless the board determines in good faith that the action is consistent with the board's fiduciary responsibilities established in the California Constitution. This bill would require the boards, commencing February 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, to file a report with the Legislature and the Governor, containing specified information, including a list of fossil fuel companies of which the board has liquidated their investments. The bill would provide that board members and other officers and employees shall be held harmless and be eligible for indemnification in connection with actions taken pursuant to the bill's requirements, as specified.
The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law allow various credits against the taxes imposed by those laws, including, in modified conformity with federal tax laws, a credit to qualified low-income housing projects. This bill would, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2030, allow a credit against those taxes in an amount equal to 20% of the costs of development for a qualified school staff housing project, as defined, to a qualified taxpayer. Existing law requires any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure, as defined to include tax credits, to contain, among other things, specific goals, purposes, and objectives that the tax credit will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements. This bill would include findings and reporting requirements in compliance with this requirement. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
(1) Existing law makes it unlawful to dump waste matter in certain locations, such as upon a public or private highway or road, upon private property without the consent of the owner, or in or upon a public park or other public property, as specified. Existing law also makes it unlawful to place, deposit, or dump rocks, concrete, asphalt, or dirt in certain locations, as specified. This bill would make it a crime to dump, deposit, or transport for the purpose of dumping or depositing, any waste matter, rocks, concrete, asphalt, or dirt on private property with the consent of the owner or an agent of the owner if a permit or license was required by a state or local agency and was not obtained. The bill would make it a crime for a property owner or agent to receive waste matter, rocks, concrete, asphalt, or dirt if a permit or license is required from a state or a local agency and was not obtained prior to receiving the waste matter, rocks, concrete, asphalt, or dirt. The bill would make these provisions inapplicable to any owner, or agent of any owner, of property on which an authorized construction material or recycling facility that produces materials used for public infrastructure or stormwater pollution control is located. The bill would also make it unlawful to transport waste matter in commercial quantities for the purpose of dumping it in the locations described above. Because this bill would expand the scope of a crime, it would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law regulates ticket sellers, defined as a person who, for compensation, commission, or otherwise, sells admission tickets to sporting, musical, theater, or any other entertainment event. In this regard, existing law, among other things, prohibits specified ticket selling practices and imposes certain recordkeeping and disclosure requirements. This bill would require a ticket seller to immediately deliver a proof of purchase to a consumer, and would require a venue operator to honor that proof of purchase in lieu of the ticket if specified conditions are met. The bill would impose a civil penalty of up to $2,500 for a violation of these requirements, as specified.
The Long-Term Care, Health, Safety, and Security Act of 1973 generally requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate long-term health care facilities and to establish an inspection and reporting system to ensure that long-term health care facilities are in compliance with state statutes and regulations. The act divides violations into classes AA, A, and B, depending on the severity and probability of the harm resulting or that could result from the violation. Under existing law, if a licensee decides to contest a class "AA" or "A" citation, the licensee is required, within 15 business days of the service of the citation, to inform the director of the licensee's intent to adjudicate the validity of the violation in the superior court, and to file that action within 90 days, as specified. Existing law requires a licensee who desires to contest a class "B" citation to, within 15 working days after service of the citation, notify the director or the director's designee that the licensee wishes to appeal the citation through specified department administrative adjudicatory procedures, or elects to submit the matter to binding arbitration through the American Arbitration Association. This bill would delete the civil action provisions for contesting a class "AA" or "A" citation, and would make those citation classifications subject to the administrative proceedings applicable for contesting a class "B" citation. The bill would authorize an administrative law judge to affirm, modify, or dismiss a citation, the class of a citation, or the proposed penalty. The bill would authorize a licensee to seek judicial review of an administrative law judge's decision. The bill would make related conforming changes and various technical, nonsubstantive changes. Notwithstanding those provisions, the bill would delay application of its changes with respect to contesting class "AA"and class "A" citations with respect to the Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center as specified, until the earlier of January 1, 2026, or 30 days after the facility provides documentation to the department regarding its recertification to participate in the federal Medicare and Medicaid programs. Until that time, the bill would authorize the facility to appeal class "AA" and class "A" citations to the superior court in the same manner as provided under existing law, as specified. The bill would repeal that authorization on January 1, 2026. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in the City and County of San Francisco.
Existing law authorizes an autonomous vehicle, as defined, to be operated on public roads for testing purposes by a driver who possesses the proper class of license for the type of vehicle being operated if certain requirements are met, including that the vehicle is being operated solely by employees, contractors, or other persons designated by the manufacturer. Existing law prohibits an autonomous vehicle from being operated on public roads until the manufacturer submits an application to the Department of Motor Vehicles containing certain certifications regarding safety and other technological requirements and the department approves that application pursuant to adopted regulations. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2030, and to the extent authorized by federal law, prohibits the operation of certain new autonomous vehicles that are not zero-emission vehicles, as defined. Existing law provides for the local regulation of certain types of transportation services, including taxicab companies. Existing law requires each city or county in which a taxicab company is substantially located to adopt an ordinance or resolution in regards to taxicab transportation service, that includes provisions for a permitting program for taxicab drivers. Under existing law, it is unlawful to operate a taxicab company without a valid permit to operate issued by each city or county in which the taxicab company is substantially located. This bill would authorize a city with a population of 250,000 or greater that an autonomous vehicle service, as defined, has received authorization by the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Public Utilities Commission, or any other applicable state agency to operate, to protect the public health, safety, and welfare by enacting an ordinance in regard to autonomous vehicle services within that jurisdiction. The bill would require each city that enacts an ordinance to include certain provisions within that ordinance. These would include a policy for entry into the business of providing autonomous vehicle services including a permitting program that includes, among other things, the establishment of reasonable vehicle caps and hours of service restrictions. The bill would authorize a city with a population of less than 250,000 that shares a border or is contiguous to a city that has enacted an autonomous vehicle services ordinance to enact an ordinance substantially consistent with that autonomous vehicle services ordinance. The bill would authorize each city to levy service charges, fees, or assessments in the amount sufficient to pay for the costs of carrying out an ordinance enacted in regard to autonomous vehicle services. The bill would prohibit an ordinance enacted pursuant to this bill from banning the safe operation of autonomous vehicle services. This bill would require an autonomous vehicle service to include an interoperability or override system in each of its vehicles, as specified, and provide training for first responders on how to interact with the vehicles and the use of the override system. The bill would require an autonomous vehicle service conducting commercial passenger service to take various actions, including maintaining reasonable financial responsibility and keeping its vehicles in safe operating condition, as specified. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.
Senate Resolution 98 officially designates October 2024 as Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month in California. This symbolic measure aims to raise public awareness about the importance of immediate bystander response, such as calling 911, performing hands-only CPR, and using automated external defibrillators. The resolution highlights the state's current low survival rates and encourages communities to adopt emergency preparedness practices in homes, schools, and workplaces. By promoting early detection of heart conditions and empowering citizens to act quickly, the bill seeks to improve survival outcomes for cardiac arrest victims across the state.
Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge children to be dependents of the court under certain circumstances, including when the child suffered or there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer serious physical harm, or a parent fails to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. Existing law establishes the grounds for removal of a dependent child from the custody of the child's parents or guardian, and requires the court to order the social worker to provide designated child welfare services, including family reunification services, as prescribed. Existing law provides that reunification services do not need to be provided to a parent or guardian when the court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, certain circumstances exist, including that the parent or guardian of the child has been convicted of a violent felony, as defined. This bill would instead provide that reunification services do not need to be provided to a parent or guardian when the court finds that the parent or guardian of the child has been convicted of a violent felony against a child. By expanding the scope of individuals requiring reunification services, the bill would impose additional duties on county child welfare departments, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater plans, except as specified. Existing law authorizes any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin to decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin and imposes specified duties upon that agency or combination of agencies, as provided. Existing law authorizes a groundwater sustainability agency that adopts a groundwater sustainability plan to impose fees on the extraction of groundwater from the basin to fund costs of groundwater management, as specified. This bill would require a groundwater sustainability agency to consider the efforts of small farms, as defined, that recharge groundwater into the basin upon which their property is located when imposing or increasing fees.
This bill designates the month of June as California Veterans Awareness Month to highlight the state's efforts to support veterans. It acknowledges recent progress in reducing veteran homelessness while recognizing ongoing challenges such as poverty, mental health issues, and housing insecurity. The resolution also celebrates existing programs that assist veterans with housing, suicide prevention, and behavioral health services.
Existing law establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The state board, in this capacity, administers the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project under which the agency issues a limited number of vouchers to incentivize the purchase and use of zero-emission commercial vehicles. This bill would require the state board to authorize a voucher issued under the program to be used for the acquisition of any zero-emission vehicle that meets specified requirements, including that the vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating that exceeds 8,500 pounds and the vehicle is purchased for fleet operations by a public or private fleet or for personal and commercial use by an individual. If the voucher is provided to an individual to acquire a vehicle for personal and commercial use, the bill would require that individual to attest under penalty of perjury that the vehicle will primarily be used in furtherance of a valid commercial or business purpose, including, but not limited to, hauling or towing. By requiring this attestation under the penalty of perjury, the bill would expand the crime of perjury, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. This bill would require the state board to administer any funds made available to the project specifically for the procurement of zero-emission schoolbuses in accordance with specified requirements. Among other requirements, the bill would require the state board to make this funding available to local educational agencies in the form of grants and would require the state board to authorize local educational agencies to apply to the state board for capital grants to support the purchase of zero-emission schoolbuses to replace heavy-duty internal combustion schoolbuses or operations grants to support the incremental cost of zero-emission schoolbus service provided to a local educational agency by a private contractor, as specified. The bill would require grantees to submit certain information and documentation resulting from the grant to the state board and would require the state board to track the success of grants awarded for these purposes by taking specified actions. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
