MEETING DATE:
May 13, 2025
SUBJECT:
Title
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-9430 - LEGISLATIVE REPORT
Body
Recommendation
Recommendation
ADOPT a resolution taking a position on pending legislation in the California State Legislature and projects of local impacts.
Body
Relevant Council Strategic Theme
Planning for the Future
Good Governance
Introduction
The City Council adopted the 2025 Legislative Platform to guide the consideration of state and federal bills that affect City operations. Over 2,300 bills were introduced. May 2, 2025, was the last day for policy committees to hear and report bills introduced in their house. May 23will be the last day for fiscal committees to hear and report bills to the floor introduced in their house, and June 6 is the last day for each house to pass bills introduced in that house. Staff, lobbyist consultants and Cal Cities continue to review all the legislation that has been amended this session.
Discussion
This report provides updates on legislation introduced by our state legislators, Assemblymember Darshana Patel, and Senator Brian Jones in the 2025 legislative session. Staff continue to monitor these bills, and others and will collaborate with Cal Cities and our lobbyist teams on future City Council consideration for official positions on introduced legislation. Policy committees have completed their review of all the bills introduced this session. Those bills that have not been moved through policy committee, may be considered two-year bills.
To continue to develop and improve the relationship between the City and our state-level elected officials, staff have reviewed all the legislation that has been introduced by each of our state-level elected officials. Each bill has been reviewed by staff and compared to the City’s state legislative priorities.
The following bills best align with the City’s state legislative priorities, and staff believe that they would have a positive impact on the city
Proposed Legislation Position
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AB 841 |
Patel |
This bill would require the State Fire Marshal, in consultation with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, to develop a working group with specified membership to make recommendations regarding personal protective equipment used in responding to lithium-ion battery fires. The bill would require, at a minimum, the working group to review, and for the purpose of making the recommendations to consider, the latest personal protective equipment to limit exposure to lithium and other heavy metals, technology to clean personal protective equipment, whether different types of personal protective equipment should be used for different types of lithium-ion battery fires, and current decontamination practices at the fire scene, as specified. |
Support |
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SB 525 |
Jones |
This bill would define “basic property insurance” offered through the FAIR Plan to include insurance for manufactured homes and mobilehomes under the same terms and conditions as basic property insurance sold for other residential dwellings. |
Support |
Looking forward, the Governor’s office is still working on the May Revision for the state budget. Staff anticipate that this will be released in mid-May, and they will work with the lobbyist consultant, and Cal Cities to determine areas of concern. The May Revision will likely be similar to the proposed budget, however, due to uncertainties at the federal level it will likely be a cautious revision. Additionally, wildfires, MediCal budget overages, continued tariffs and cuts from the federal government will continue to put pressure on a state budget that has little capacity to backfill cuts. Staff will provide a more complete budgetary update at a future council meeting.
Environmental Review
The proposed action does not constitute a “project” as defined under Section 15378 of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, Sections 15000 - 15387), and is therefore not subject to environmental review pursuant to Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3).
Fiscal Impact
There is no direct fiscal impact associated with adopting the proposed resolution. Unknown fiscal impacts are associated with the bills in Attachment A. A more thorough analysis of each bill’s implementation requirements is needed to demonstrate total fiscal impact.
Attachments
Attachment A: Resolution
Prepared by: Michael Lieberman, Legislative Analyst
Reviewed by: Phil Scollick, City Clerk/Director of Legislative Affairs
Approved by: Michelle Bender, City Manager