FLOOR SESSION AGENDA - Regular Session: 2:00 p.m.

SB 765, as it passed the Senate, established the giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas) as the official state snake, and made related findings and declarations.

The Assembly amendments make nonsubstantive changes to those findings and declarations.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: no.

SB 757, as it passed the Senate, authorized, until January 1, 2035, the legislative body of a city or county to collect fines for specified violations related to nuisance abatement using a nuisance abatement lien or a special assessment and required those fines and penalties to be used for specified housing purposes relating to supporting local enforcement of state and local building and fire code standards.

The Assembly amendments instead require those fines and penalties to be used to fund efforts within city or county government, as applicable, to streamline the issuance of permits for housing development or to establish a revolving loan fund for specified housing purposes.

SB 757, as it passed the Senate, required the city or county to create a process for granting a hardship waiver to reduce the amount of the above-described fine upon a specified showing by the responsible person. SB 757, as it passed the Senate, also required the enforcing entity to provide 30 days, as specified, to a person responsible for a continuing violation to correct or remedy the violation prior to the imposition of penalties, except as provided.

The Assembly amendments also require the hardship waiver to totally waive fines and penalties for persons with income equal to or less than 200% of the federal poverty line and require the enforcing entity to provide 60 days to correct or remedy continuing violations.

Vote: 21. Substantial substantive change: yes.

SB 611, as it passed the Senate, reenacted, with certain changes, certain previous law that prohibited a court in an action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the acts or decisions of the local agency, including a charter city, in adopting an update to a community plan on the grounds of noncompliance with CEQA from, on the basis of that noncompliance, invalidating, reviewing, voiding, or setting aside the approval of a development project that meets certain requirements, as specified.

The Assembly amendments apply the bill’s provisions to local jurisdictions, as defined, instead of agencies, and apply the bill’s provisions to an update to a community plan that is adopted on or after January 1, 2025.

Vote: 27. Substantial substantive change: yes.