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Home My WebLink About06/06/2024 LEGISLATIVE AND LITIGATION COMMITTEE AGENDALEGISLATIVE AND LITIGATION COMMITTEE AGENDA =�✓ REGULAR MEETING BAKERSFIELD Trg SOUND �=;1"�Wld,�uu� �:i{w June 6, 2024 4:00 p.m. City Hall North Conference Room A 1600 Truxtun Avenue Committee Members: Bruce Freeman Andrae Gonzales Manpreet Kaur 1. Roll Call 2. Public Statements a. Agenda Item Public Statements b. Non -Agenda Item Public Statements 3. Adopt Agenda Summary Report a. Adoption of April 25, 2024, Regular Agenda Summary Report Staff recommends adoption of the minutes. 4. New Business a. RPPG June 2024 Legislative and Funding Advocacy Quarterly Update Staff recommends receive and file. 5. Committee Comments 6. Adjournment BAKERSFIELD -.1 ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT MEETING DATE: June 6, 2024 AGENDA CATEGORY: Adopt Summary Report TO: Legislative and Litigation Committee FROM: Julie Drimakis, City Clerk DATE: May 21, 2024 SUBJECT: Adoption of the April 25, 2024, Regular Committee Meeting Summary Report [Document Description] RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption of the minutes. BACKGROUND: FISCAL IMPACT: COUNCIL GOAL: Choose an item. ATTACHMENTS: April 25, 2024, Regular Committee meeting minutes RAI BAKERSFIELD THE SOUND OF a4W j '�?eger Staff: Anthony Valdez, Assistant to the City Manager Committee Members: Councilmember, Bruce Freeman - Chair Councilmember, Andrae Gonzales Councilmember, Manpreet Kaur Regular Meeting of the Legislative and Litigation Committee of the City Council - City of Bakersfield Thursday, April 25, 2024 4:00 p.m. City Hall North, First Floor, Conference Room A 1600 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield CA 93301 Agenda Summary Report Meeting called to order at 4:02 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL Committee members present: Councilmember Bruce Freeman Councilmember Andrae Gonzales Councilmember Manpreet Kaur City Staff: Christian Clegg, City Manager Anthony Valdez, Assistant to the City Manager Elizabeth Villanueva, City Attorney's Office Terry Huebert, Summit Strategies Mark Dedrick, Summit Strategies Julie Drimakis, City Clerk's Office 2. PUBLIC STATEMENTS a. Agenda Item Public Statements None. b. Non -Agenda Item Public Statements None. 3. Adoption of the November 8, 2023, Special and December 7, 2023, Regular Agenda Summary Reports. Motion by Councilmember Gonzales to adopt the November 8, 2023, Special and December 7, 2023, Regular Agenda Summary Reports. Motion unanimously approved. 3 4. NEW BUSINESS A. Review and approval of 2024 Federal Legislative Program. Assistant to the City Manager Valdez provided staff update. Mark Dedrick and Terry Huebert, Summit Strategies, made comments and presented a report. Councilmember Kaur requested an update regarding a support letter for the Low -Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) Establishment Act. Motion by Councilmember Gonzales to receive and approve the Federal Legislative Program for City Council action. Motion unanimously approved. 5. COMMITTEE COMMENTS None. 6. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 5:06 p.m. Bruce Freeman, CHAIR LEGISLATIVE AND LITIGATION COMMITTEE ATTEST: JULIE DRIMAKIS, MMC CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the Council of the City of Bakersfield Legislative and Litigation Committee 4 Regular Meeting April 25, 2024, Agenda Page 2 BAKERSFIELD I-, ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT MEETING DATE: June 6, 2024 AGENDA CATEGORY: New Business TO: Legislative and Litigation Committee FROM: Anthony Valdez, Assistant to the City Manager DATE: June 3, 2024 SUBJECT: RPPG June 2024 Legislative and Funding Advocacy Quarterly Update [Document Description] RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends receive and file. BACKGROUND: The Renne Public Policy Group (RPPG) provides state legislative and funding advocacy for the City of Bakersfield. Each quarter, RPPG provides an update to the Legislative and Litigation Committee on advocacy in Sacramento and grant writing activity. FISCAL IMPACT: None COUNCIL GOAL: Innovative and Efficient City Government ATTACHMENTS: State Bill Position Matrix Grant Activity Report 5 RPPG Renne Public Policy Group` Grant Activity Report: 5/24/2024 Proposals submitted with assistance from RPPG. Pending Grant Applications Grant Name Agency Amount Deadline Staff Notes Lead Assistance to Requesting funding for Firefighters Grant FEMA $333,749.26 3/8/2024 Paul Thermal Imaging Cameras (TICs). Fundingfor implementation of Climate Pollution Anthony, climate action plan Reduction Grant EPA $188,009,473 4/1/2024 Juan activities. Emphasis on GHG reduction. July award announcements. Funding for projects that support environmental and Community Change U.S. EPA $20,000,000 4/22/2024 Jason climate justice for Grants disadvantaged communities. Applying for Southeast Strong. Program established Outdoor Recreation Rick & through the Land and Legacy Partnership NPS $11,908,510 4/30/2024 Walter Water Conservation Fund. Working on application for MLK RENNE PUBLIC POLICY GROUP 1 1127 111h Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA, 95814 1 www.publicpolicygroup.com RPPG Renne Public Policy Group' Park Revitalization. City staff put together an application. Applying for funding to do "peer support for Law Enforcement peer support" and Mental Health and U.S. DOJ $84,328 4/30/2024 Brian equipment for new Wellness physical wellness facility. Pending Budget/Earmark Requests Grant Name lawmaker Amount Submitted Staff Lead Notes Submitted request for Congressionally Sen. Butler $5,000,000 3/12/2024 Juan, the MLK Park Directed Spending Anthony Reimagining Project. Applied for Monitor Community Project Rep. $5,000,000 3/22/2024 Juan, Street. Forwarded to Funding FY 25 Valadao Anthony Appropriations as of 5/24/2024. Community Project Sen. $5,000,000 3/29/2024 Juan, Applying for MLK Park Funding FY 25 Padilla Anthony Community Center. Grant Applications — In -Progress Grant Name Agency Amount Deadline Staff Lead Notes Potential funding for Community Vitality Proposition 47 Grant BSCC Up to $8,000,000 6/10/2024 Anthony homelessness call Program center caseworker team. Funding to prevent and reduce violent crime by supporting Community Violence comprehensive, Intervention and U.S. DOJ Up to $2,000,000 6/10/2024 -- evidence-based Prevention Initiative community violence intervention (CVI) and prevention strategies. Funding for bullet Bulletproof Vest U.S. DOJ Up to 50% of 6/10/2024 Ariam proof vests for law Partnership costs per vest. enforcement. RENNE PUBLIC POLICY GROUP 1 1127 11th Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA, 95814 1 www.publicpolicygroup.com RPPG Renne Public Policy Group' Applying for an Minimum is Implementation grant Arts in California CA Parks $15,000. No 6/14/2024 Walter for a mural and Parks — Local Parks maximum accessible walking amount. path at Saunders Park. Energy Efficiency and Formula funding Conservation Block EPA $379,310 10/31/2024 Paul allocation. Funding Grant will go cover Fleet Electrification Plan. Upcoming Funding Opportunities — Vetting Grant Name Agency Amount Deadline Staff Lead Notes Preservation and Reinvestment Funding for the Initiative for Awards range preservation and Community U.S. HUD from $5,000,000 6/5/2024 Jenni revitalization of Enhancement to $75,000,000. manufactured (PRICE) housing. Funds dedicated to the creation, rehabilitation, or Local Housing Trust Ca[HCD TBD TBD 2024 Jenni preservation of Fund affordable housing, transitional housing and emergency shelters. Upcoming Funding Opportunities —Tracking Grant Name Agency Amount Deadline Staff Lead Notes Potential need for NOFO planning funding. Railroad Crossing U.S. DOT TBD Release Gregg, Grade separation Elimination Program Paul project on Renf roe June 2024 Road. Truxtun Ave. "not there yet." Potential application Reconnecting No maximum NOFO for SR-204 conversion Communities U.S. DoT amount. Release TBD w/High-Speed Rail. July 2024 Working to get buy -in from Caltrans. RENNE PUBLIC POLICY GROUP 1 1127 11th Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA, 95814 1 www.publicpolicygroup.com RPPG Renne Public Policy Group' Preparing for FY 24 cycle. At least one Active Transportation CalTrans TBD 6/17/2024 Gregg project in design Program currently. Monitor Street. Planning, design, and Active Transportation Ranges from construction grants Infrastructure U.S. DoT $100,000 to 6/17/2024 Gregg for active Investment Program $15,000,000 transportation projects. Small -Scale Water Maximum of Potential funding for Efficiency Projects U.S. BoR $100,000 per 7/9/2024 TBD water conservation. applicant. Safe Streets and Minimum Funding for projects Roads for All — U.S. DOT $100,000. 8/29/2024 Paul that prevent roadway Planning & Maximum deaths and serious Demonstration $10,000,000. injuries. Funding for planning for bridge projects. Bridge Investment No maximum or 10/1/2024 Total project costs Program — Planning U.S. DoT Paul must be over $3.125 Grants minimum. 10/1/2025 million. May be looking at applying for various bridges. Funding for projects that result in quantifiable water savings, implement Water and Energy U.S. BoR Up to $5,000,000 10/30/2024 TBD renewable energy Efficiency Grants components, and support broader sustainability benefits. Funding to replace, Bridge Investment rehabilitate, preserve, Program — U.S. DoT No minimum or 11/1/2024 TBD or protect one or Implementation maximum. 11/1/2025 more bridges on the Grants NBI under 23 U.S.C. 144(b). Second funding Flood Mitigation FEMA TBD TBD 2024 TBD opportunity for flood Assistance risk mitigation g projects. RENNE PUBLIC POLICY GROUP 1 1127 11th Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA, 95814 1 www.publicl)olicVgroup.com RPPG Renne Public Policy Group' Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program CA Dept. of Parks and Rec Maximum of $8,000,000. TBD 2024 Rick & Walter Cancelled last year. Anticipated application cycle in 2024. Potential opportunity Community Resilience Maximum of Rick & for MILK Park Master Centers SGC $10,000,000. TBD Walter Plan. Looking to apply in Round 2 (availability TBD). Planning funds for Transit -Oriented projects that will Development Planning U.S. DOT $250,000 - TBD TBD apply for FTA Capital Pilot Program $2,000,000 Investment Grants Program funding. Targeting for 2024. Other Upcoming Funding Opportunities Grant Name Agency Amount Deadline Staff Notes Lead I Funding to hire and/or COPS Hiring Grant U.S. DOJ Cap of $125,000 6/12/2024 -- rehire additional per position career law enforcement officers. Funding to purchase zero emission Class 6 and 7 heavy-duty Ranges from vehicles. The program Clean Heavy -Duty EPA 000 $,,000 7/25/2024 -- has two sub - Vehicles Grants $60000 programs: the School Bus Sub -Program and the Vocational Vehicles Sub - Program. Funding for work on any public road or publicly owned bicycle or pedestrian Highway Safety Caltrans Up to $10,000,000 9/9/2024 Paul pathway trail that Improvement Pro ram p g improves the safety for its users. Projects funded under HSIP must be consistent with California's RENNE PUBLIC POLICY GROUP 1 1127 11th Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA, 95814 1 www.publicpolicygroup.com 10 RPPG Renne Public Policy Group° Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP). Long-term Funding Opportunities Grant Name Agency Amount Deadline Staff Lead Notes Potential opportunity Public Works and Jason & to support economic Economic Adjustment EDA TBD Ongoing Jenni development goals Assistance and CEDS strategies. Potential application for SR-204 conversion w/ High -Speed Rail. RAISE U.S. DoT Maximum of 1/13/2025 TBD Targeting2025. HSR $25,000,000 1/13/2026 also helping to design F Street (leading into the station). Grant Awards Notification Grant Name Agency Amount Submitted Date Notes Fiscal Year21-22 Funding will support City Hall Fellowship Youth Workforce CA program. RPPG Development Volunteers $5,354,257 12/31/2021 March 2022 assisted with Program proposal development. Funding will support the Garces Memorial Clean California Caltrans $1,491,250 2/1/2022 March 2022 Circle Enhancement Grant Program Project. Proposal reviewed by RPPG prior to submission. $2,950,000 Proposal for H Street. Active Transportation Caltrans 6/15/2022 January Prepared by Bruce. Program (Original ask: 2023 Partially funded by $8,454,000) Kern COG. RENNE PUBLIC POLICY GROUP 1 1127 11" Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA, 95814 1 www.publicpolicygroup.com 11 RPPG Renne Public Policy Group' Submitted application for Citadel project with Urban Greening enhanced tree Program CNRA $1,419,099 3/28/2022 March 2023 planting and reactivation of the abandoned soccer field adjacent to MLK Jr. Elementary. Fiscal Year22-23 Submitted Emergency Medical application for Services Program OTS $267,182 1/31/2023 July 2023 battery -powered extrication equipment. Rebuilding America Applying for funding with Sustainability U.S. DoT $10,000,000 2/28/2023 June 2023 for Chester Avenue and Equity (RAISE) Complete Streets project. Submitted to fund Water and Energy U.S. BoR $497,117 7/28/2022 April 2023 Automated Metering Efficiency Grants Infrastructure (AMI) installations. Funding availability supported by Homeless Housing, lobbying efforts Assistance, and CalICH $4,283,320 11/29/2022 January undertaken by Big Prevention (HHAP) — 2023 City Mayors and Round 4 RPPG on behalf of the City of Bakersfield. Fiscal Year23-24 Encampment CoC submitted Resolution Grant* Cal ICH $7,048,875 6/30/2023 August 2023 application w/ City support. Organized Retail Submitted Theft Prevention BSCC $6,203,009 7/6/2023 Sept. 2023 application to Grant support ORT Unit operations RENNE PUBLIC POLICY GROUP 1 1127 11th Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA, 95814 1 www.publicpolicygro pp.com 12 RPPG Renne Public Policy Group' Formula funding Edward Byrne allocation. PD would Memorial Justice U.S. DOJ $156,045 8/31/2023 Sept. 2023 like to use funding for Assistance Grant body armor and load bearing vests. Transformative Submitted proposal Climate SGC $22,125,000 8/1 /2023 Dec. 2023 for Southeast Strong Communities - initiative. Round 5 Earmark Approved Grant Name Lawmaker Amount Submitted Notification Date Notes State Funding for MLK Park. State Budget Earmark Asm. Bains $2,000,000 7/20/2023 Budget Approved. Adoption Funding for complete streets improvements to Federal MLK Blvd. between Community Project Rep. $5,000,000 3/15/2023 Budget California and Funding Valadao Adoption Brundage. Has been forwarded to Appropriations and approved. RENNE PUBLIC POLICY GROUP 1 1127 11t' Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA, 95814 1 www.publicpolicygroup.com 13 APPG Renne Public Policy Group' Submitted/Not Funded Grant Name Agency Amount Submitted Notification Notes Date Submitted Assistance to FEMA $1,207,955 12/17/2021 December application for an Firefighters Grant 2022 Urban Search and Rescue Rig. Active Transportation January Proposal submitted Program g Caltrans $9,940,944 6/15/2022 2023 for Arvin -Edison Canal. Submitted vehicle Assistance to Summer/ acquisition Firefighters Grant FEMA $1,436,523 2/7/2023 Fall 2023 application for a new Heavy Rescue Vehicle. Reviewed/Not Pursued Grant Name Agency Amount Deadline/ Point ofNotes Submission Contact Unable to complete Organics Grant project scoping within Program CalRecycle TBD 4/20/2023 Renee the time constraints of the grant solicitation. Explored opportunity to apply for Monterey/Niles Clean California Corridor project. City Local Grant Program Caltrans TBD 4/28/2023 Gregg will instead implement pilot project and prepare for future funding opportunities. Funding opportunity did not align with CRISES Pilot Program CDSS TBD 7/17/2023 TBD concept for co - responder model for DV cases. Infrastructure for Explored Hageman Rebuilding America U.S. DOT TBD Spring 2023 Gregg Flyover application. (INFRA) Revisit for FY 24. RENNE PUBLIC POLICY GROUP 11127 11th Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA, 95814 1 www.publicpolicvgroup.com 14 RPPG Renne Public Policy Group Water Department indicated interest at Hazard Mitigation Notices of CMO 1/19 meeting. Assistance Grants FEMA TBD Interest due TBD Related to recent 5/10/2023 flooding and water infrastructure. Potential opportunity for MLK Park Master Range of $5M - Plan. Will target for Community SGC $10M for 9/18/2023 Rick & future funding cycle, Resilience Centers implementation. Walter but project is not currently ready to move forward. Potential project for SR 204 conversion to Highways to $149 million support HSR station. Caltrans 9/20/2023 Gregg Boulevard Program total available Caltrans anticipates awarding three communities. Funding to reconnect communities divided by transportation infrastructure. Public Reconnecting Works working on an Communities U.S. DOT -- 9/28/2023 Winter application for Union Program* 2023/2024 Street. Caltrans was doing work along the corridor that was similar, so the City did not apply. Formula funding Climate Pollution August allocated for Reduction Grant* EPA $1,000,000 7/31/2023 2023 Bakersfield for climate adaptation planning. Funding to provide housing relocation Minimum: and stabilization Emergency Solutions $75,000 services and short- Grant— and/or medium -term Homelessness CaIHCD Ongoing TBD rental assistance. Prevention Maximum: Must have HCD $200,000 approved Homeless Prevention policies and procedures. RENNE PUBLIC POLICY GROUP 1 1127 11t' Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA, 9S814 I www.publicpolicvaroup.com 15 RPPG Renne Public Policy Group' Funding for Minimum Sustainable Sustainable $50,00Communities, Transportation Caltrans Mo. Maximum Maximum 1/18/2024 TBD ClimateAdaption Planning Grants $1,500,000. Planning, and Strategic Partnerships grants. Deploy, install, and operate advanced transportation Advanced technologies to Transportation FHWA Up to 2/2/2024 TBD improve transit Technologies and $12,000,000 system performance. Innovation This is a program from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Deadline passed. Funding forfuel. management, fire California Fuels Bureau of Minimum is education/training, Management and Land $50,000. 2/2/2024 TBD development and Community Fire Mngmnt. Maximum is implementation of Assistance Program $5,000,000. Community Wildfire Protection Plans. Deadline passed. Funding for planning and implementation Extreme Heat and Minimum projects to reduce the Community OPR $100,000. 5/7/2024 Walter impacts of extreme Resilience Program Maximum heat and build $5,000,000. community resilience. City decided not to apply for the grant. Funding to identify climate resilience priorities and support Minimum LOI due the development of Adaptation Planning $100,000. 5/6/2024. climate resilient Grant Program OPR Maximum Full app due TBD infrastructure projects $650,000. 5/20/2024. across the state. City decided to pass because of other climate grants being submitted. RENNE PUBLIC POLICY GROUP 1 1127 11th Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA, 95814 1 www.publicpolicysroup.com 16 RPPG BAKERSFIELD City of Bakersfield: Positioned Bills As of May 31, 2024 Bill Number Summary Position/Date Legislative Platform Status Taken AB 1779 (Irwin) Theft: jurisdiction This bill restores cross- Pending Support Support legislation that This bill is in the jurisdictional prosecutions. strengthens penalties for Senate Public chronic low level offenses Safety Committee. including drug, property crime, and violent offenses. AB 1802 (Jones -Sawyer) Crimes: This bill makes permanent the Pending Support Support legislation that This bill is in the organized theft crime of organized retail theft and strengthens penalties for Senate Public the operation of the CHP property chronic low level offenses Safety Committee. crimes task force. including drug, property crime, and violent offenses. AB 1960 (Soria) Sentencing This bill provides enhanced Pending Support Support legislation that This bill is in the enhancements: property loss penalties for individuals who take strengthens penalties for Senate Public or destroy property while chronic low level offenses Safety Committee. committing a felony. including drug, property crime, and violent offenses. AB 1972 (Alanis) Regional property This bill expands the CHP property Pending Support Support legislation that This bill is in the crimes task force crimes task forces to combat strengthens the ability of the Senate Public increased levels of cargo theft. City to create safe Safety Committee. environments and well-being for all. 17 AB 1978 (Fong) Vehicles: speed contests AB 2186 (Fong) Vehicles: impoundment AB 2557 (Ortega) Local agencies: contracts for special services and temporary help: performance reports AB 2561 (McKinnor) Local public employees: vacant positions This bill allows peace officers to seize a vehicle that aids and abets street races without taking the owner of the vehicle into custody. This bill makes clear that vehicles involved in exhibitions of speed or other sideshow contests in parking lots are subject to the same impoundment laws as those that take place on roadways. This bill requires each person who enters into a specified contract for special services with the board of supervisors to submit semiannual performance reports every 180 days, to the board of supervisors and the exclusive representative of the employee organization. The bill would require the board or its representative to monitor semiannual performance reports to evaluate the quality of services. The bill would require contract terms exceeding 2 years to undergo a performance audit by an independent auditor approved by the board to determine whether the performance standards are being met. This bill requires each public agency with bargaining unit vacancy rates exceeding 10% for more than 90 days within the past 18 RPPG enne Support Support legislation that strengthens the ability of the March 29, 2024 City to create safe environments and well-being for all. Support Support legislation that strengthens the ability of the March 29, 2024 City to create safe environments and well-being for all. Oppose Support maximum flexibility for local governments in April 15, 2024 contracting and contract negotiations. Oppose Oppose measures that reduce local control over employee May 3, 2024 relations issues or mandate new or enhanced local The bill is in the Senate Rules Committee pending referral to a policy committee. The bill is in the Senate Rules Committee pending referral to a policy committee. The bill is in the Senate Local Government Committee. The bill is in the Senate Rules Committee 2 RPPG Renne Public Policy Group" 180 days to meet and confer with government employee pending referral to a representative of the recognized benefits. a policy committee. employee organization to produce, publish, and implement a plan consisting of specified components to fill all vacant positions within the subsequent 180 days. AB 2943 (Zbur & Speaker Rivas) This bill creates a new felony to Pending Support Support legislation that This bill is in the Crimes: shoplifting combat retail theft, gets at root strengthens penalties for Senate Public causes of why people steal, makes chronic low level offenses Safety Committee. it easier for law enforcement to including drug, property arrest those who steal, and crime, and violent offenses. facilitates the aggregation of different thefts. AB 3209 (Berman & Speaker Rivas) This bill authorizes courts to Pending Support Support legislation that This bill is in the Crimes: theft: retail theft restraining impose a Retail Crime Restraining strengthens penalties for Senate Public orders Order. chronic low level offenses Safety Committee. including drug, property crime, and violent offenses. SB 363 (Eggman) Facilities for This bill requires the State Support Support measures that The bill was held in inpatient and residential mental Department of Health Care provide resources to address the Assembly health and substance use disorder: Services in consultation with the March 27, 2023 the mental health needs of Appropriations database State Department of Public Health persons experiencing Committee on and the State Department of homelessness. September 1, 2023, Social Services, to develop a real- but could time, internet-based database to potentially be collect, aggregate, and display revived during the information about beds to identify last weeks of the availability of inpatient and session in 2024. residential mental health or substance use disorder treatment. 19 RPPG SB 905 (Wiener) Crimes: theft from a This bill removes the locked door Pending Support Support legislation that This bill is in the vehicle loophole for automotive property strengthens the ability of the Assembly Public thefts. City to create safe Safety Committee. environments and well-being for all. SB 908 (Cortese) Fentanyl: child This bill requires the California Pending Support Support legislation and budget This bill is in the deaths Department of Public Health proposals that expand Assembly Health (CDPH) to spread awareness of the behavioral health treatment. Committee. increase in opioid overdoses and develop guidelines to protect and prevent fentanyl-related deaths of children zero to five. SB 909 (Umberg) Steven M. Thompson This bill addresses physician Pending Support Support legislation and This bill is in the Physician Corps Loan Repayment shortages in underserved areas by funding efforts that aim to Assembly Health Program eliminating the cap on the Steven reduce the City's public health Committee. M. Thompson loan repayment disparities. program for physicians who agree to provide direct patient care in an underserved area for 36 months. SB 910 (Umberg) Treatment court This bill establishes statewide Pending Support Support legislation and budget This bill is in the program standards standards used by collaborative proposals that expand Assembly Rules courts to improve programming, behavioral health treatment. Committee drug testing, and medication- pending referral to assisted treatment for individuals a policy committee. moving through the criminal justice system. SB 950 (Skinner) Reentry from This bill expands the number of re- Pending Support Support funding and This bill is in the incarceration: programs and benefits entry hubs to provide more warm legislation that provides Assembly Public hand-offs and treatment options resources for local agencies to Safety Committee. to individuals returning home provide referral services for from the criminal justice system. persons experiencing *Would include corresponding homelessness. budget action to align state reimbursement models with Q11 RPPG federal rules to maximize funding potential. SB 982 (Wahab) Crimes: organized This bill cements the work Pending Support Support legislation that This bill is in the theft California has done on organized strengthens penalties for Assembly Rules crime by making the law on chronic low level offenses Committee organized retail theft permanent. including drug, property pending referral to crime, and violent offenses. a policy committee. SB 1144 (Skinner) Marketplaces: This bill disrupts the sale of stolen Pending Support Support legislation that This bill is in the online marketplaces goods on online marketplaces by strengthens penalties for Assembly Rules requiring that third -party sellers chronic low level offenses Committee be certified, and bans sellers including drug, property pending referral to suspected of criminal activity from crime, and violent offenses. a policy committee. operating through online marketplace platforms. SB 1242 (Min) Crimes: fires This bill requires courts to impose Pending Support Support legislation that This bill is in the higher penalties on criminals who strengthens the ability of the Assembly Rules create fires in order to engage in City to create safe Committee retail theft. The higher penalties environments and well-being pending referral to do not impact Proposition 47. for all. a policy committee. SB 1319 (Wahab) Skilled nursing This bill expedites approval of Pending Support Support legislation and budget This bill is in the facilities: approval to provide projects that expand the proposals that expand Assembly Rules therapeutic behavioral health continuum of substance use behavioral health treatment. Committee programs disorder rehab facilities. pending referral to a policy committee. SB 1320 (Wahab) Mental health and This bill requires health plans to Pending Support Support legislation and budget This bill is in the substance use disorder treatment develop a mechanism to proposals that expand Assembly Health reimburse providers who provide behavioral health treatment. Committee. primary care and behavioral health integrated services. SB 1385 (Roth) Medi-Cal: Supervising This bill supports navigators in Pending Support Support legislation and budget This bill is in the providers hospital emergency departments proposals that expand Assembly Rules and in the criminal justice system behavioral health treatment. Committee to ensure patients and justice- pending referral to involved individuals are connected a policy committee. 21 RPPG to evidence -based treatment for opioid use disorder and to ongoing treatment services. *Would include corresponding budget action to ensure navigators receive support training. SB 1414 (Grove) Solicitation of a minor This bill increases the punishment Pending Support Support legislation that This bill is in the for the crime of solicitation of a strengthens the ability of the Assembly Rules minor under the age of 16 from a City to create safe Committee misdemeanor to a felony. environments and well-being pending referral to for all. a policy committee. SB 1416 (Newman) Sentencing This bill increases penalties on Pending Support Support legislation that This bill is in the enhancements: sale, exchange, or professional organized retail theft strengthens penalties for Assembly Rules return of stolen property in particularly significant large- chronic low level offenses Committee scale resale schemes. including drug, property pending referral to crime, and violent offenses. a policy committee. SB 1442 (Ochoa Bogh & Skinner) This bill empowers CaIRX to supply Pending Support Support legislation and budget This bill is in the Point -of -care tests for fentanyl California with vital United States proposals that expand Assembly Rules Food and Drug Administration behavioral health treatment. Committee (USFDA) approved testing and pending referral to health assessment equipment, a policy committee. which will help increase access to affordable fentanyl testing strips for diagnostics purposes. SB 1494 (Glazer) Local agencies: Sales This bill prohibits a local agency Oppose Oppose legislation that The bill was held and Use Tax: retailers. from entering into, renewing, or eliminates or restricts the on the Senate Floor extending any form of agreement May 3, 2024 taxing authority of cities. on May 24, 2024. that would result, directly or indirectly, in the payment, transfer, diversion, or rebate of Bradley - Burns local tax revenues to any retailer. SB 1502 (Ashby) Controlled This bill Prevents illicit use and Pending Support Support legislation that This bill is in the substances: xylazine trafficking of Xylazine (aka strengthens the ability of the Assembly Rules W RPPG Renne Public Policy Group' "tranq"), an animal tranquilizer City to create safe Committee with no approved human use that environments and well-being pending referral to is increasingly being found in the for all. a policy committee. illicit drug supply and has been linked to rising overdose deaths across the country. 23