SB 1005 would let cities, counties and special districts adopt five-cent rounding policies for cash payments, and the Assembly Local Government Committee moved it forward on June 3.
City staff are recommending a professional services agreement with Placeworks for housing and safety element updates, including CEQA review.
Sen. Grayson’s bill would require local jurisdictions to credit prior site uses when redevelopment or adaptive-reuse projects are charged mitigation fees.
The Joint Legislative Audit Committee signed off on an audit request examining how the Board of State and Community Corrections manages Proposition 47 grant money.
The Joint Legislative Audit Committee approved a review of CalHR’s dental benefits procurement after hearing competing claims about Delta Dental’s long contract, provider turnover and the level of competition in the state plan.
The Planning Commission’s June 4 agenda includes a staff-backed rezoning that would change about 750 acres in the Rio Dell area to Timberland Production Zone.
The June 4 Planning Commission agenda also bundles other Samoa-area rental cases for approval, but recommends denials for Sandy Toes and Oceanview.
After extended floor debate, the Assembly approved the social-media and children’s safety bill 72-0, sending it to the next step in the legislative process.
The commission approved Potentia Viridi under its opt-in program after concluding the project’s reliability and clean-energy benefits outweighed one significant and unavoidable visual impact.
The California Fans First Act would limit resale prices to 10% above the original ticket price, with the measure also narrowed in committee to smaller or independent venues.
Council signaled support for a per-unit fee structure and simpler renewals for the residential rental inspection program, which staff said costs about $115,000 a year but brings in only about $31,000.
CDTFA’s May Revision plan would tax electronically delivered pre-written software and software-as-a-service starting Jan. 1, 2027, but industry groups urged lawmakers to reject the change.
The Assembly budget subcommittee heard a proposal to make a temporary cap on business tax credits permanent, with the administration projecting hundreds of millions in new revenue and industry groups warning it could hurt innovation.
At an Assembly budget hearing, the Employment Development Department also asked for $20 million more for EDD Next document management work.
The council adopted a new fee schedule for 2026-27 that raises most building fees 2.9% and changes many permit charges to a valuation-based model.
After an April hearing and a 30-day extension, city staff say the violations remain unresolved and are asking council to authorize abatement and cost recovery.
Lawmakers pressed the Secretary of State’s office on rising security costs and whether federal election-security money could cover voter-facing work, but the budget subcommittee took no action.
At a May 18 budget hearing, Assembly members questioned why CDCR’s Boston Consulting Group-linked savings fell from $635 million ongoing to $116 million ongoing and asked for the underlying recommendations.
A budget subcommittee hearing exposed a policy dispute over whether to fund the Bay Delta program now or wait until the updated water-quality plan is formally adopted.
Finance officials advanced a maximum $125 million climate-bond contribution for the 161-acre shoreline acquisition, but lawmakers raised equity concerns over whether Proposition 4 money should go to park-poor communities instead.
The measure advanced 55-1 and would broaden the Legislature's role in appointing commissioners while shifting broadband oversight away from the utilities regulator.
AB 2274 cleared the Assembly 64-0 after being described on the floor as closing an “Epstein loophole.”
The Assembly unanimously approved ACR 195 during a ceremonial floor session honoring Jewish American Heritage Month.
AB 1768 cleared the Assembly 54-12 as lawmakers cited $1.6 billion in withheld Medicaid reimbursements and said local governments need more room to respond to the pressure.
