The council unanimously chose an option that opens Fortuna Transit to the general public, adds a full-time supervisor and moves ahead with RideCo scheduling and call-center support.
Council members approved a USDA Rural Development application after staff said several patrol cars have more than 100,000 miles and two can no longer be repaired.
The council voted 5-0 to move a local sales tax proposal onto the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot and asked staff to return with the ballot question and follow-up legislation.
The City Council approved emergency rent stabilization rules for mobile home parks and moved a local sales tax measure onto the November ballot.
Council chose transit Option B on Feb. 2, directing staff to expand service, hire a full-time supervisor and move ahead with RideCo contracts.
The council voted 3-0 to introduce Ordinance 2026-781, which would align the city’s zoning map with its general plan and the Mill District Specific Plan.
The April 21 meeting also updated tax and animal ordinances, while a salary charter amendment heads toward a May 26 hearing.
AB 108 cleared the Assembly on May 7, authorizing one-time emergency grants for hospitals at risk of closing.
AB 1608 cleared the Assembly 45-18 on May 4 after lawmakers split over whether it would improve public transparency or expand confidentiality around the High-Speed Rail Authority inspector general.
Assembly budget lawmakers heard competing proposals for scaling wildfire mitigation, including whether California should keep relying on large subsidies or shift toward smaller grants, loans and insurance-linked incentives.
A California oversight official told lawmakers investigators found more than a dozen branded stations charging $2 to $3 above the statewide average, and some lowered prices after regulator contact.
The measure cleared the Housing and Community Development Committee after testimony on Santa Clara County's prevention system and a broader debate over prevention versus shelter costs.
The Communications and Conveyance Committee voted 7-0 to send the bill to Appropriations after an extended hearing, while stressing that it would only ask federal officials to approve the change.
AB 1712 moved out of the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee and would let Santa Fe Springs pursue a sale of its water system through a protest process instead of a citywide election.
AB 2604 moved ahead in the Assembly Elections Committee, with supporters saying a mobile cure option could make vote-by-mail corrections easier for voters.
The bill would set post-fire smoke contamination testing guidance, home reoccupancy standards and a faster insurer payment timeline after inspections, drawing survivor testimony and industry opposition.
AB 2753 cleared the Assembly Elections Committee and would block registered sex offenders from running for or holding local or state office.
Witnesses told the Assembly Human Services Committee that 665,000 Californians could lose food aid if the state does not act to offset HR1-linked SNAP and CalFresh cuts.
The committee advanced four insurance bills on April 15, including measures on FAIR Plan oversight, insurer use of aerial imagery, genetic data in underwriting and wildfire home-hardening grants.
The Assembly Appropriations Committee moved AB 1917 forward Tuesday after hearing only support testimony on the bill’s criminal-procedure change.
The committee moved the bill forward after testimony for and against the measure, which would extend the Department of Water Resources’ deadline to develop State Water Project water rights.
Commissioners backed the structure in a public meeting while others questioned whether the case should have been filed as a formal application.
AB 2230 moved out of the Assembly Human Services Committee, alongside AB 2379, which would require notice and training for family child care providers on constitutional protections during immigration-enforcement encounters.
Assembly subcommittee members held open a proposal to move staff and General Fund resources from HCD to HDFC, while housing groups pressed for changes to the transfer date, tax-credit oversight and bond-cap allocation.
