AB-761-Tax Increment Funding
AB 761 is at its heart, a funding bill utilizing tax increment districts. This bill allows tax increment districts being used to pay federal (TIFITA) transportation loans to exist for 75 years rather than the current 45 years, aligning it with federal policy. Tax increment districts will raise billions in funding for much-needed transportation, climate, and housing projects.
Status: Signed Into Law by Governor Gavin Newsom
AB 810-Preventing Sexual Assault and Harassment on College Campuses
It is, unfortunately, a common practice that professors, coaches, and staff employed at universities accused of sexual assault resign, rather than allow the disciplinary process to play out. They are then able to apply at other universities where their accusations will not show on a background check. AB 810 will allow hiring universities to see substantiated allegations made against applicants.
Status: Signed Into Law by Governor Gavin Newsom
AB 1868-Deed restricted properties
AB 1868 creates statewide uniformity in assessing deed-restricted properties old to and occupied by low-income, first-time homebuyers, and applies the property tax assessment consistently and more proportionately, on deed-restricted properties sold to these households.
Status: Signed Into Law by Governor Gavin Newsom
AB 1889-Local planning for wildlife
AB 1889 is a wildlife protection bill. It requires local governments to take wildlife transit corridors into account during planning. It will establish a state policy that requires local governments to consider and implement measures to protect and improve wildlife connectivity through land use planning. It would require local governments to consider and minimize impacts to wildlife movement and habitat connectivity as part of the conservation element of their general plan in consultation with state and local agencies.
Status: Signed Into Law by Governor Gavin Newsom
AB 1963-Paraquat
Paraquat is an herbicide linked to Parkinson’s disease and cancer. This bill will require that the Department of Pesticide Regulation re-evaluate paraquat, at which time it can choose to further restrict or even ban the toxic herbicide.
Status: Signed Into Law by Governor Gavin Newsom
AB 2263-Guaranteed Income Study
AB 2263 initiates a study on the departmental infrastructure, viability, funding strategies, and prioritization of target populations for implementing a statewide Guaranteed Income program.
Status: Vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom
AB 2297-Preventing Liens on Homes Due to Medical Debt
Modernizes the Hospital Fair Pricing Act to better protect patients and their families by prohibiting liens on homes to collect unpaid medical bills and improving access to financial assistance.
Status: Signed Into Law by Governor Gavin Newsom
AB 2552-The Poison-Free Wildlife Act
AB 2552 places a moratorium on some of the most dangerous rodenticides, which cause widespread poisoning of wildlife, and event pets and humans. This bill will create an enforcement mechanism and civil pentalties to pay for the bill’s enforcement.
Status: Signed Into Law by Governor Gavin Newsom
AB 2553-Major Transit Stops
AB 2553 clarifies when local jurisdictions must impose lower traffic impact fees on transit proximate housing developments and updates the definition of “major transit stop” to reflect post-COVID service levels and on-demand transit. Requires local agencies to reduce traffic impact fees for housing developments within one-half mile of a “major transit stop,” which will increase the number of developments that qualify for the reduction compared to the current requirement to be proximate to a “transit station.”
Status: Signed Into Law by Governor Gavin Newsom
AB 2712-Preferential Parking
AB 2712 prohibits the City of Los Angeles from granting preferential parking permits to residents of new developments that are exempt from minimum parking requirements under existing law. By addressing concerns about removing parking minimums and generally increasing support for low-income housing development in Los Angeles, AB 2712 pioneers a new tool to fostering inclusive and resilient communities.
Status: Signed Into Law by Governor Gavin Newsom
AB 2801-Security Deposits
AB 2801 ensures that the security deposits of tenants are not used to subsidize upgrades to the unit once vacated. It protects the landlord and tenant by requiring photographs be taken of rentals upon move-in and move-out, which will assist tenants to receive fair deposits back and assist landlords in justifying needed repairs.
Status: Signed Into Law by Governor Gavin Newsom
AB 2875-Wetlands
This bill requires that there may be no net loss of wetlands in the state of California. This bill will prevent the Sackett decision from stripping California’s formerly protected wetlands of protection. In 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency that has had enormous ramifications for the health of the nation’s and California’s wetlands and waterways because it excluded many types of state waters, including certain wetlands from CWA protection. The Court said federally protected wetlands must be directly adjacent to a “relatively permanent” waterway “connected to traditional interstate navigable waters,” such as a river or ocean. This ruling could mean that at least half of the approximately 110 million acres of wetlands in the continental U.S. will no longer be protected under the CWA. The Sackett decision also upheld states’ authority to address water pollution via regulation of land and water use, which is why this bill was so crucial.
Status: Signed Into Law by Governor Gavin Newsom
AB 2925-Preventing Antisemitism on College Campuses
California is home to the third largest Jewish community globally. Since the Hamas terror attacks on October 7th 2023, there has been an increase of incidents of antisemitism on college campuses across the state. AB 2925 addresses these incidents by requiring that college campuses include training to address discrimination against the five most targeted groups in the state as part of any antidiscrimination training or diversity, equity and inclusion training that is already offered by the institution.
Status: Signed Into Law by Governor Gavin Newsom