Los Angeles County Division

The division is guided by an executive committee under the leadership of a division president. Elected city officials and professional city staff attend division meetings throughout the year to share what they are doing and advocate for their interests in Sacramento. Division members also participate in the development of Cal Cities policy through representation on:

• The Cal Cities Board of Directors;
• Policy committees;

• Commission on Alcohol & Other Drugs
• Commission on Local Governmental Services
• Countywide Criminal Justice Coordination Committee
• Emergency Medical Services Commission
• Los Angeles County Metropolitan Authority Technical Advisory Committee
• Solid Waste Management Committee/Integrated Waste Management Task Force

Los Angeles County Division May Tracking List

State Budget

Support a General Fund Budget Request for $180 million for Local Assistance Organic Waste Recycling Program Development and Implementation

Legislation

AB 1599 (Kiley) Proposition 47: repeal (as amended 3/9/22). Repeals the changes and additions made by Proposition 47 related to theft and the possession of controlled substances. The bill would become effective upon approval of the voters at the next statewide general election.

Division Position: Support
Status: Assembly Public Safety Reconsideration. Failed passage (4/16/22)

AB 1845 (Calderon) Metropolitan Water District of Southern California: alternative project delivery methods (as amended 3/24/22). AB 1845 authorizes the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) to use alternative project deliver methods for the design and construction of a Regional Recycling Water Program and a limited set of drought-related projects.

Division Position: Support
Status: Assembly Appropriation

AB 1976 (Santiago) Planning and zoning: housing element compliance: very low and lower income households (as amended 3/17/22).   Authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development to impose administrative penalties upon all cities and counties in the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) that have not rezoned to accommodate 100 percent of the need for housing for the very low and lower income households.  Penalties include a fine of up to $10,000 per day and requires the department to rezone on behalf of the local government.

Division Position: Oppose
Status: Assembly Housing and Community Development- Failed hearing (4/29/22)

AB 1985 (Rivas) Organic waste: list: available products (as introduced 2/10/22). Creates an online database of organic waste products on the market to engage local governments to connect with local farmers and community members seeking their products.

Division Position: Support
Location: Assembly Appropriations Suspense

AB 2097 (Friedman) Residential and commercial development: remodeling, renovations and additions: parking requirements (as introduced 2/14/22). Prohibits a local government from imposing or enforcing a minimum automobile parking requirement on residential, commercial, or other developments, without regard to the development size, if the development is located on a parcel within one-half mile of public transit.

Division Position: Oppose
Status: Assembly Appropriation

SB 15 (Portantino) Housing development: incentives: rezoning of idle retail sites (as amended 5/20/21). SB 1299 enables cities that rezone, build, and certify new occupancy of idle big box retail sites or commercial shopping centers into workforce multi-family housing to receive the average of the annual amount of sales tax revenue generated by that site for the last seven (7) years. The program would be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development and requires annual appropriation by the legislature. 

Division Position: Co-Sponsor
Status: Assembly Desk

SB 897 ( Wieckowski) Accessory Dwelling Units (as amended 4/18/22).  This measure would make numerous changes to existing ADU law.  Most notably, SB 897 would require local governments to allow ADUs to be constructed with a height of up to 25 feet.

Division Position: Oppose
Status: Assembly Appropriations Suspense

SB 1067 (Portantino) Housing development projects: automobile parking requirements (as amended 4/28/20).  Would significantly restrict parking requirements within one half-mile of public transit if the development meets certain housing affordability requirements. Public transit is defined as 1) a high-quality transit corridor with 15-minute headways; 2) major transit stop — ferry terminal, rapid transit stop, or the intersection of multiple major bus routes with 15-minute headways.

Division Position: Oppose
Status: Senate Appropriations

SB 1186 (Wiener) Medicinal Cannabis (as amended 4/25/22) Restricts local jurisdictions from adopting or enforcing any regulation that prohibits the retail sale by delivery of medicinal cannabis.

Division Position: Oppose
Status: Senate Appropriations

Tracking
SB 679 (Kamlager) Los Angeles County: affordable housing (as amended 8/23/21). Creates the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency (LACAHSA) Act to increase affordable housing in Los Angeles County by providing for significantly enhanced funding and technical assistance at a regional level for renter protections, affordable housing preservation, and new affordable housing production.

Status: Assembly Housing and Community Development

AB 1603 (Salas) Theft: shoplifting: amount (as introduced 1/3/22). Amends Proposition 47 by reducing the threshold amount for petty theft and shoplifting from $950 to $400.  The bill would become effective upon approval of the voters at the next statewide general election.

Status: Assembly Public Safety. Failed passage (3/22/22)

AB 1597 (Waldren) Shoplifting: increased penalties for prior crimes (as introduced 1/3/22). Reinstates a provision repealed by Proposition 47 that provides that person who has been convicted 3 or more times of petty theft, or other specified crimes and who is subsequently convicted of petty theft is subject to imprisonment in a county jail for up to one year. The bill would become effective upon approvals of the voters in November 2022. 

Status: Assembly Public Safety Reconsideration. Failed passage (4/26/22)

AB 2390 (Muratsuchi) Theft: aggregation of amounts and diversion (as amended 3/17/22). Amends Proposition 47 by authorizing the aggregation of the values of property involved in one or more cases of shoplifting or theft into a single count or charge when the case involves one or more acts of theft or shoplifting, with the sum of the value of all property or merchandise being the value considered when determining the degree of theft. 

Status: Assembly Public Safety. Failed passage (4/26/22)

Ballot Measures

The Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act Initiative No. 21-0042A1

Limits voters’ input, adopts new and stricter rules for raising taxes and fees, and makes it more difficult to hold state and local law violators accountable. 

Division Position: Oppose
Status: Circulation

Los Angeles County

Support Los Angeles County Blue Ribbon Commission on Homelessness Governance Report Recommendations.

• Support additional funding and other resources that increase the supply of affordable housing.
• Advocate for increased and equitable allocation of programs, services and funding to address homelessness.
  
• Support legislation, policies and funding that would address existing law enforcement challenges relating to the impacts of criminal justice reform efforts.
  
• Support legislation and policies that protect and preserve local decision-making authority over land use, housing, and other matters traditionally reserved for cities. Oppose unfunded mandates and seek funding for prior unfunded mandates.