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In preparation for this week's pivotal Senate and Assembly Appropriations committee meetings, VICA has been actively engaged with legislators to advocate for policies that enhance the business climate and promote economic development in California. VICA has prepared and submitted letters supporting or opposing legislative proposals that will significantly impact our members and the broader community.
SB7 (Blakespear): Regional housing need determination
Enhances the regional housing needs assessment to better address local housing demands.
VICA's Position: Support
Action: Passed committee (Ayes 10, Noes 4) on August 7, 2024.
SB937 (Wiener, Grayson): Development projects: permits and other entitlements: fees and charges
Simplifies the permitting process for development projects by standardizing fees and charges.
VICA's Position: Support
Action: Passed committee (Ayes 11, Noes 1) on August 7, 2024.
SB961 (Wiener, Stern): Vehicles: safety equipment
Proposes stricter regulations for vehicle safety equipment to enhance road safety.
VICA's Position: Oppose
Action: Passed committee (Ayes 9, Noes 4) on August 7, 2024.
SB1420 (Caballero): Hydrogen production facilities: certification and environmental review
Supports the development of hydrogen production facilities through proper certification and environmental review.
VICA's Position: Support
Action: Placed on suspense file on August 7, 2024.
SB1432 (Caballero): Health facilities: seismic standards
Mandates updated seismic standards for health facilities to ensure safety and compliance.
VICA's Position: Support
Action: Placed on suspense file on August 7, 2024.
SB1446 (Smallwood-Cuevas): Grocery retail store and retail drug establishment employees: self-service checkout and consequential workplace technology
Changes in workplace technology requirements in grocery and retail drug stores could limit technological usage, negatively impacting economic development.
VICA's Position: Oppose
Action: Placed on suspense file on August 7, 2024.
SB1447 (Durazo): Hospitals: seismic compliance for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Ensures seismic compliance at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, enhancing infrastructure safety.
VICA's Position: Support
Action: Placed on suspense file on August 7, 2024.
AB1820 (Schiavo): Housing development projects: applications: fees and exactions
Supports the simplification of application processes for housing development, reducing fees and bureaucratic exactions.
VICA's Position: Support
Action: Ordered to third reading on August 6, 2024.
AB1886 (Alvarez, Wicks): Housing Element Law: substantial compliance: Housing Accountability Act
Supports amendments to ensure substantial compliance under the Housing Accountability Act, facilitating housing projects.
VICA's Position: Support
Action: Ordered to third reading on August 6, 2024.
AB2943 (R. Rivas, Zbur): Crimes: shoplifting
Supports stricter penalties for shoplifting to reduce retail crime rates.
VICA's Position: Support
Action: Ordered to third reading on August 6, 2024.
AB1575 (Irwin): Public postsecondary education: students codes of conduct: advisers
Supports the requirement for advisers in student codes of conduct cases in public postsecondary education, ensuring fairness and guidance.
VICA's Position: Support
Action: Referred to APPR suspense file on August 5, 2024.
AB1836 (Bauer-Kahan): Use of likeness: digital replica
Imposes restrictive measures on the commercial use of digital replicas or likenesses, potentially stifling innovation and infringing on free enterprise.
VICA's Position: Oppose
Action: Referred to APPR suspense file on August 5, 2024.
AB2239 (Bonta): Digital discrimination of access: prohibition
Seeks to heavily regulate digital access, potentially imposing burdensome restrictions on service providers and stifling competitive practices in the digital market.
VICA's Position: Oppose
Action: Referred to APPR suspense file on August 5, 2024.
AB2286 (Aguiar-Curry): Vehicles: autonomous vehicles
Introduces excessive regulatory measures for autonomous vehicles that could hinder technological advancement and deter innovation in the evolving automotive sector.
VICA's Position: Oppose
Action: Referred to APPR suspense file on August 5, 2024.
AB2371 (Flora, Carrillo): Electrified security fences
Facilitates the use of electrified security fences, enhancing security and property protection.
VICA's Position: Support
Action: Ordered to third reading on August 5, 2024.
AB2514 (Aguiar-Curry, Wood): Solid waste: organic waste: diversion: hydrogen: biomethane
Supports the diversion of organic waste for the production of hydrogen and biomethane, promoting environmental sustainability.
VICA's Position: Support
Action: Referred to APPR suspense file on August 5, 2024.
AB2557 (Ortega): Local agencies: contracts for special services and temporary help: performance reports
Opposes the mandatory performance reports for contracts for special services and temporary help, arguing it adds unnecessary red tape.
VICA's Position: Oppose
Action: Referred to APPR suspense file on August 5, 2024.
AB2602 (Kalra): Contracts against public policy: personal or professional services: digital replicas
Imposes restrictive legal standards on contracts involving digital replicas, potentially limiting creative and technological development in digital media industries.
VICA's Position: Oppose
Action: Referred to APPR suspense file on August 5, 2024.
AB2716 (Bryan, Stern): Oil and gas: low-production wells: sensitive receptors
Proposes overregulating low-production oil and gas wells near sensitive receptors, threatening small oil and gas operators.
VICA's Position: Oppose
Action: Referred to APPR suspense file on August 5, 2024.
AB2910 (Santiago): State Housing Law: City of Los Angeles: conversion of commercial or industrial buildings
Promotes the conversion of underutilized commercial or industrial buildings into residential units, helping alleviate housing shortages and efficiently use existing structures.
VICA's Position: Support
Action: Referred to APPR suspense file on August 5, 2024.
AB3233 (Addis, Wiener): Oil and gas: operations: restrictions: local authority
It seeks to expand local government authority to impose restrictive measures on oil and gas operators, potentially creating a patchwork of regulations that could hinder energy sector operators.
VICA's Position: Oppose
Action: Referred to suspense file on August 5, 2024.
VICA will continue to monitor the progress of these proposals, understand the importance of these legislative outcomes, and advocate for policies that support a thriving business environment.
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