Legislative Positions 2023

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//AB 529 Position: Support Adaptive reuse projects. (Gabriel D) Current Text: Amended: 3/30/2023 Status: 10/11/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by…

//AB 1532 Position: Support (Haney D) Office conversion projects. Current Text: Introduced: 2/17/2023  Status: 3/23/2023-Referred to Coms. on H. &…

//AB 671 Position: Support (Ward D) CalHome Program: accessory dwelling units. Current Text: Amended: 4/13/2023  Status: 10/11/2023-Approved by the Governor.…

//AB 976 Position: Support (Ting D) Accessory dwelling units: owner-occupancy requirements. Current Text: Introduced: 2/14/2023 Status: 10/11/2023-Approved by the Governor.…

//AB 1661 Position: Support (Bonta D) Electrical and gas service: accessory dwelling units. Current Text: Introduced: 2/17/2023  Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline…

//AB 400 Position: Support (Rubio, Blanca D) Local agency design-build projects: authorization. Current Text: Introduced: 2/2/2023  Status: 9/22/2023-Approved by the…

//SB 372 Position: Support (Menjivar D) Department of Consumer Affairs: licensee and registrant records: name and gender changes. Current Text:…

//AB 42 Position: Oppose (Ramos D) Tiny homes: fire sprinkler requirements. Current Text: Amended: 4/13/2023  Status: 10/10/2023-Approved by the Governor.…

//SB 745 Position: Oppose (Cortese D) The Drought-Resistant Buildings Act. Current Text: Introduced: 2/17/2023  Status: 10/13/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered…

//AB 356 Position: Support (Mathis R) California Environmental Quality Act: aesthetic impacts. Current Text: Amended: 3/7/2023  Status: 7/27/2023-Approved by the…

//AB 1633 Position: Support (Ting D) Housing Accountability Act: disapprovals: California Environmental Quality Act. Current Text: Amended: 4/13/2023  Status: 10/11/2023-Approved…

//SB 406 Position: Support (Cortese D) California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: financial assistance: housing. Current Text: Introduced: 2/9/2023   Status: 9/1/2023-Approved…

//SB 48 Position: Support (Becker D) Water and Energy Savings Act. Current Text: Amended: 3/30/2023  Status: 10/7/2023-Approved by the Governor.…

//SB 306 Position: Support (Caballero D) Climate change: Equitable Building Decarbonization Program: Extreme Heat Action Plan. Current Text: Amended: 3/30/2023 …

//SB 416 Position: Support (Laird D) State agencies: building and renovation projects: LEED certification. Current Text: Amended: 3/13/2023 Status: 10/7/2023-Approved…

//SB 527 Position: Support (Min D) Neighborhood Decarbonization Program. Current Text: Amended: 3/22/2023  Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5).…

//SB 682 Position: Support (Skinner D) Low-carbon cement and concrete. Current Text: Amended: 3/30/2023  Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule…

//SB 795 Position: Support (Stern D) Energy: building energy efficiency: heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment: sale registry and compliance…

//AB 1287 Position: Support (Alvarez D) Density Bonus Law: additional density bonus and incentives or concessions: California Coastal Act of…

//SB 713 Position: Support (Padilla D) Planning and zoning: density bonuses: development standard. Current Text: Amended: 4/17/2023  Status: 10/11/2023-Approved by…

//AB 582 Position: Support (Connolly D) Personal Income Tax: tax credits: fire-resistant home improvements. Current Text: Amended: 3/13/2023  Status: 5/18/2023-Joint…

//AB 788 Position: Support (Petrie-Norris D) Fire prevention: grant programs: reporting. Current Text: Introduced: 2/13/2023  Status: 9/1/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to…

//SB 571 Position: Support (Allen D) Development projects: emergency preparedness. Current Text: Amended: 3/21/2023  Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule…

//AB 1046 Position: Support (Lowenthal D) Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act: exemptions. Current Text: Introduced: 2/15/2023  Status: 10/13/2023-Approved by the…

//SB 65 Position: Support (Ochoa Bogh R) Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program. Current Text: Introduced: 1/4/2023  Status: 5/18/2023-May 18 hearing:…

//AB 1669 Position: Support (Quirk-Silva D) California Historically Significant Commercial District Act. Current Text: Introduced: 2/17/2023  Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant…

//AB 531 Position: Support (Irwin D) Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2024. Current Text: Introduced: 2/8/2023  Status:…

//AB 1053 Position: Support (Gabriel D) Housing programs: multifamily housing programs: expenditure of loan proceeds. Current Text: Amended: 3/30/2023  Status:…

//AB 1319 Position: Support (Wicks D) Bay Area Housing Finance Authority: housing revenue. Current Text: Amended: 3/16/2023  Status: 10/11/2023-Approved by…

//AB 1657 Position: Support (Wicks D) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024. Current Text: Amended: 4/17/2023  Status: 9/1/2023-In committee:…

//SB 18 Position: Support (McGuire D) Housing programs: Tribal Housing Reconstitution and Resiliency Act. Current Text: Amended: 3/22/2023  Status: 10/7/2023-Vetoed…

//SB 469 Position: Support (Allen D) Housing: publicly funded low-rent housing projects. Current Text: Amended: 3/28/2023  Status: 9/8/2023-Approved by the…

//SB 834 Support: Position (Portantino D) Housing: California Family Home Construction and Homeownership Bond Act of 2023. Current Text: Introduced:…

//AB 990 Position: Support (Grayson D) Water quality: waste discharge requirements: infill housing projects. Current Text: Amended: 4/17/2023  Status: 5/19/2023-Failed…

//SB 341 Position: Oppose (Becker D) Housing development. Current Text: Introduced: 2/7/2023  Status: 10/11/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary…

//AB 364 Position: Oppose (Bryan D) Street furniture data: statewide integrated data platform. Current Text: Amended: 4/11/2023  Status: 7/14/2023-Failed Deadline…

//SB 240 Position: Support (Ochoa Bogh R) Surplus state real property: affordable and transition housing. Current Text: Amended: 3/16/2023  Status:…

//AB 894 Position: Support (Friedman D) Parking requirements: shared parking. Current Text: Amended: 4/11/2023  Status: 10/11/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered…

//AB 281 Position: Support (Grayson D) Planning and zoning: housing: post entitlement phase permits. Current Text: Amended: 4/13/2023  Status: 10/11/2023-Approved…

//AB 1114 Position: Support if Amended to include the language “as approved in the entitlement phase” in (c ) (3)…

//AB 1132 Position: Support (Friedman D) Solar energy systems: permit fees. Current Text: Introduced: 2/15/2023 html pdf Status: 0/7/2023-Approved by…

//AB 323 Position: Support (Holden D) Density Bonus Law: purchase of density bonus units by nonprofit housing organizations: civil actions.…

//AB 821 Position: Support if Amended to adjust timeline to at least 12 months  (Grayson D) Planning and zoning: general…

//AB 1485 Position: Support (Haney D) Housing element: enforcement: Attorney General. Current Text: Amended: 3/28/2023  Status: 10/11/2023-Approved by the Governor.…

//AB 1630 Position: Support (Garcia D) Planning and zoning: housing development approvals: student housing projects. Current Text: Amended: 3/21/2023  Status:…

//SB 4 Position: Support (Wiener D) Planning and zoning: housing development: higher education institutions and religious institutions. Current Text: Amended:…

//SB 20 Position: Support (Rubio D) Joint powers agreements: regional housing trusts. Current Text: Amended: 4/13/2023  Status: 9/1/2023-Approved by the…

//SB 294 Position: Support (Wiener D) Housing development projects: floor area ratios. Current Text: Introduced: 2/2/2023 Status: 9/14/2023-Withdrawn from committee.…

//SB 405 Position: Oppose (Cortese D) Planning and zoning: housing element: inventory of sites: regional housing need. Current Text: Introduced:…

//SB 816 Position: Support (Roth D) Interior designers. Current Text: Introduced: 2/17/2023  Status: 10/10/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary…

//AB 334 Position: Support (Rubio, Blanca D) Public contracts: conflicts of interest. Current Text: Introduced: 1/30/2023  Status: 9/30/2023-Approved by the…

//SB 555 Position: Oppose (Wahab D) Social Housing Act of 2023. Current Text: Amended: 4/17/2023  Status: 10/7/2023-Approved by the Governor.…

//AB 930 Position: Support (Friedman D) Local government: Reinvestment in Infrastructure for a Sustainable and Equitable California (RISE) districts. Current…

//AB 247 Position: Support (Muratsuchi D) Education finance: school facilities: Kindergarten Through Community College Public Education Facilities Bond Act of…

//AB 519 Position: Support (Schiavo D) Affordable Housing Finance Workgroup: affordable housing: consolidated application process. Current Text: Amended: 4/17/2023  Status:…