Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael Callagy, County Manager
Connie Juarez-Diroll, Legislative Officer
Subject: 2019 State Legislative Session Wrap Up Report
RECOMMENDATION:
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Accept this informational report on the 2019 State Legislative Session.
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BACKGROUND:
The Governor wrapped up the 30-day sign and veto period on Sunday, October 13, taking final action on the remainder of the 1,042 measures that made it to his desk this year. In the final tally, Governor Newsom signed 870 bills and vetoed 172 (a veto rate of 16.5%, which reportedly matches the rate of Governor Jerry Brown’s last year in office).
DISCUSSION:
The attached legislative tracker, titled 2019 State Legislative Session-End-of-Session Report, provides your Board with a comprehensive list of bills that have been identified as having a potential impact to County operations, programs and services and which staff have been working on throughout the session. In addition to our County-sponsored measures, the tracker provides information on bills that your Board has taken positions on in this session, either through direct Board action or through established legislative County policy. Bills that the County Manager’s Office (CMO) or County departments have determined to be potential significance to County operations are also listed. Copies of all legislative correspondence have already been transmitted to your offices via the County Manager’s Spring, Summer and Fall 2019 Quarterly Reports.
The following is the disposition of bills in the 2019 Legislative Session by category:
County-Sponsored Measures:
1. AB 825 (Mullin) San Mateo County Flood and Sea Level Rise Resiliency District (Chapter 292, Statutes of 2019)
2. AB 738 (Mullin) Regional housing needs allocation-2-year bill
3. AB 524 (Bigelow) Peace officers: deputy sheriffs-Vetoed by Governor, 10/8/19
4. SB 128 (Beall) Public contracts: Best Value Construction Contracting for Counties Pilot (Chapter 501, Statutes of 2019)
Other measures acted on by your Board this session:
1. AB 61 (Ting) Gun violence restraining orders (Chapter 725 Statutes of 2019)
2. SB 160 (Jackson) Emergency services: cultural competence (Chapter 402, Statutes of 2019)
The following is a select list of bills signed by the Governor which are notable or otherwise have potential impact to county programs and services:
1. SB 36 (Hertzberg) Pretrial release: risk assessment tool (Chapter 589, Statutes of 2019)
2. SB 284 (Caballero) Law enforcement: use of deadly force: training policies (Chapter 285, Statutes of 2019)
3. SB 304 (Hill) Criminal procedure: prosecutorial jurisdiction in multi-jurisdictional elder abuse cases (Chapter 206, Statutes of 2019)
4. SB 438 (Hertzberg) Emergency medical services: dispatch (Chapter 389, Statutes of 2019)
5. AB 5 (Gonzalez) Worker status: employees and independent contractors (Chapter 296, Statutes of 2019)
6. AB 392 (Weber) Peace officers: deadly force (Chapter 170, Statues of 2019)
The following is a select list of notable bills vetoed by the Governor:
1. SB 5 (Beall) Affordable Housing and Community Development Investment Program-Vetoed, 10/13/19
2. SB 42 (Skinner) The Getting Home Safe Act-Vetoed, 10/12/19
3. SB 294 (Hill) Property taxation: welfare exemption: low income housing-Vetoed, 10/12/19
4. AB 314 (Bonta) Public employment: labor relations: release time-Vetoed, 10/12/19
5. SB 139 (Allen) Independent redistricting commissions-Vetoed 10/13/19
6. AB 891 (Burke) Public property: safe parking program-Vetoed, 10/12/19
7. AB 1184 (Gloria) Public records: writing transmitted by electronic mail: retention-Vetoed, 10/13/19
Detailed summaries of the each of the bills listed and County positions are included in the tracker. All statutes take effect January 1, 2020, except for urgency measures which take effect immediately. The Legislature will reconvene for the Second year of the two-year session in early January 2020.
When the Legislature does return, they may begin to consider this select list of 2-year bills of importance to the County:
1. SB 50 (Wiener) Planning and zoning: housing development: streamlined approval: incentives
2. SB 281 (Wiener) Cow Palace Authority
3. SCA 1 (Allen) Public housing projects
4. SB 144 (Mitchell) Criminal fees
5. AB 964 (Medina) County jails: visitation
PERFORMANCE MEASURE:
|
Measure |
FY 2018-19 Anticipated |
FY 2019-20 Projected |
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State/Federal Measures analyzed and acted on |
150 |
200 |
FISCAL IMPACT:
Unknown at this time.