MEETING DATE:
September 8, 2020
SUBJECT:
Title
LEGISLATIVE REPORT
Body
Recommendation
Recommendation
NOTE AND FILE updates to legislation with an official City position.
Body
Board or Commission Action
Not applicable
Relevant Council Strategic Theme
Planning for the Future
Good Governance
Relevant Department Goal
Not applicable
Introduction
The City Council adopted the 2020 Legislative Platform to guide the consideration of state and federal bills that affect City operations. In keeping with that direction, this report provides updates on legislation with an official City position.
Discussion
On August 31, the 2019-20 legislative session came to a close. Legislators returned with several weeks less to finalize bills than originally expected after two Assembly members tested positive for COVID-19. In response to the positive tests, both the State Senate and Assembly extended their recesses to July 27. So, with only five weeks left to deliberate and pass bills, leadership in both chambers narrowed laws under consideration to urgent legislative priorities: economic stimulus and recovery, an eviction and mortgage relief program, and wildfire response legislation.
The Status and Analysis of Legislation document (Attachment A) reviews 32 state bills, eight of which were passed, 24 of which have failed. Of the eight that have passed the state legislature, one has already been signed by Governor Gavin Newsom and is now law. This was the eviction moratorium, which is discussed in greater detail below. Attachment A evaluates the bills relevant to the city's legislative platform in the California State Legislature that have been enrolled, meaning they have been passed by the legislature and are awaiting action by the Governor, chaptered, meaning both passed by the legislature and signed into law by the Governor, and identifies those that have failed.
Of the eight bills on the attachment that have been passed by the legislature, two, AB 69 and SB...
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