CSAC is the sponsor of
SB 137 (Dodd), which allows the state, regions, cities and
counties to reduce the cost of transportation projects and
provide for more projects to be completed with the same amount of
revenue by expanding the existing Match Exchange Program to
include eligibility for larger regions and for local safety and
bridge projects. The bill passed out of the Senate last week and
is now in the Assembly.
SB 330 (Skinner) makes changes to local approval processes,
modifies the Permit Streamlining Act, imposes restrictions on
certain types of development standards, and creates separate
building standards for occupied substandard buildings. CSAC holds
an “oppose unless amended” position on this measure and has
objected to the applicability to counties based on rents charged
within cities, the bill’s prior limitations on housing-related
impact fees, and the creation of new and unclear processes for
the review of applications. The bill has passed out of the Senate
Floor and is now in the Assembly.
CSAC has outstanding concerns with two bills that passed off of
the Assembly floor:
AB 1279 (Bloom) and
AB 1486 (Ting). CSAC is working to secure specified
amendments for both of these bills as they are set for policy
committee hearings in the Senate.
SB 50 (Wiener) and
AB 1568 (McCarty) —two of the most contentious housing bills
of the year—were held in the Assembly and Senate Appropriations
Committees last week and turned into two-year bills.
While these bills will not continue to move in the current
legislative session, they will have another opportunity to do so
in January 2020. CSAC held “oppose unless amended” positions on
both measures.
Letters for
SB 50 and
AB 1568 are available on the CSAC website.
