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Current California Highway-Related Legislation

This information reflects a review of legislation proposed as of 2022-05-21. Note that some are non-highway, if I find them of interest. This information is based on the California State Legislature has website to obtain bill information, which includes the ability to subscribe to bills and to comment on them. Last items examined:

• Assembly: AB 2976, ACA 16, ACR 212, AJR 35, HR 122
• Senate: SB 1500, SCA 10, SCR 118, SJR 16, SR 97

Note: ★ indicates new items as of this update. ✠ indicates items that are essentially dead (no activity for two update cycles or six months, whichever is longer)

See the section titled Legislative Calendar for a summary of the timelines of the legislative process.

Bills of interest under active consideration by the California State Assembly

• ★ AB 512 (Holden) State highways: relinquishment: infrastructural barriers.
  Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a process for adoption of a highway on an authorized route by the California Transportation Commission. Existing law also provides for the commission to relinquish to local agencies state highway segments that have been deleted from the state highway system by legislative enactment or have been superseded by relocation, and in certain other cases.
  
  This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish a portion of a state highway that contains an infrastructural barrier [a facility on a state highway for which high speeds, grade separation, or other design factors displaced residences or create an obstacle to connectivity…], as defined, to a county or city, if the department and the applicable county or city have entered into an agreement providing for the relinquishment of the portion of the state highway. The bill would prohibit a relinquishment under this provision unless certain conditions are met, including, among others, that the commission determines the relinquishment is in the best interest of the state, the purposes of the relinquishment are restorative economic and social justice, the infrastructural barrier is removed or retrofit in a manner that enhances community connectivity, and the city or county determines that the construction of the infrastructural barrier had a significant impact on a disadvantaged community, as specified.
  06/30/22    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28).
• AB 1638 (Kiley) Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Law: suspension of tax. Existing law, the Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Law, imposes a tax upon each gallon of motor vehicle fuel removed from a refinery or terminal rack in this state, entered into this state, or sold in this state, at a specified rate per gallon.
  
  This bill would suspend the imposition of the tax on motor vehicle fuels for 6 months. The bill would direct the Controller to transfer a specified amount from the General Fund to the Motor Vehicle Fuel Account in the Transportation Tax Fund. By transferring General Fund moneys to a continuously appropriated account, this bill would make an appropriation.
  04/07/22    Stricken from file.
•  AB 1715 (Muratsuchi) Space Force.
  Existing law defines “Armed Forces” as including the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and other entities, and defines “veteran” as including members or veterans of those entities, as specified, for various purposes, including the allocation of merit points for civil service hiring practices and for state aid and protections for veterans. Existing law makes a violation of various protections for veterans punishable as a crime.
  
  This bill would amend those provisions to also include the United States Space Force among the lists of Armed Forces entities, the lists of those entities for the purposes of the definitions of veteran, and among other lists of military entities, as specified. By expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. The bill would additionally amend other provisions to include the Air Force among the lists of entities.
  06/15/22    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
•  AB 1778 (Garcia) State transportation funding: freeway projects: poverty and pollution: Department of Transportation. Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and vests the department with full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights in property acquired for state highway purposes. Existing law authorizes the department to do any act necessary, convenient, or proper for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or use of all highways that are under its jurisdiction, possession, or control. Existing law requires the department to prepare and submit to the Governor a proposed budget, as provided.
  
  This bill would require the department to consult the California Healthy Places Index, as defined, as a condition of using state funds or personnel time to fund or permit freeway projects, as provided. The bill would require the department to analyze housing and environmental indicators through the index, as provided, and would prohibit any state funds or personnel time from being used to fund or permit freeway projects in certain areas that fall within the zero to 40th percentile on the housing and environmental indicators analyzed through the index, as provided.
  06/29/22    In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage.
•  AB 2022 (Ramos) State government. Existing law establishes the Natural Resources Agency, which consists of various departments and commissions, including the Department of Conservation, Department of Parks and Recreation, and State Lands Commission. Existing law vests in the agency various powers, including those related to conservation of lands. Pursuant to the agency’s general authority, the agency established the California Advisory Committee on Geographic Names to be a liaison to the United States Board on Geographic Names. The duties, powers, and responsibilities of the committee are established by its internal charter.
  
  Commencing on January 1, 2024 2025, this bill would require the term “squaw” to be removed from all geographic features and place names in the state. The bill would require the Natural Resources Agency to direct the committee to revise its existing charter to perform specified responsibilities, including, notifying local governing bodies, such as city councils and boards of supervisors, public agencies, as defined, of each geographic feature and place name that includes the term “squaw.” The bill would require the committee to choose a replacement name, under its discretion, and in consultation with advisory bodies, if the local governing body fails to recommend a replacement name within the allotted 180 days.
  
  The bill would require the committee to work in formal consultation with California Native American tribes on the list maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission to establish a procedure for receiving name recommendations.
  
  Commencing on January 1, 2024, this bill would require state agencies, local governing bodies, and other political subdivisions This bill would require public agencies to no longer replace signs, interpretive markers, or any other marker or printed material with the discontinued name containing the word “squaw.” The bill would require each agency or local governing body to ensure that map updates and sign replacements use the new name. The Commencing January 1, 2025, the bill would require the committee to annually report to the Governor and Legislature regarding the implementation of these provisions, and would require that report to include specified information, such as including each geographic feature and place name that uses the term “squaw” in that state agency or local governing body’s public agency’s jurisdiction and the proposed replacement name.
  
  By imposing requirements on local governments to remove the term “squaw” from geographic features and place names and to report specified information to the committee, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
  07/20/22    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
•  AB 2120 (Ward) Transportation finance: federal funding: bridges. Under existing law, the purpose of the Bridge Reconstruction and Replacement Act is to implement the federal Special Bridge Replacement Program in California. The act authorizes boards of supervisors, city councils, and the Department of Transportation to do all things necessary and proper to secure federal aid under that federal program. The act authorizes the department to allocate to counties and cities federal funds received for approved bridge reconstruction or replacement projects in accordance with procedures promulgated by the Director of Transportation, as specified. Existing law requires the California Transportation Commission, in allocating funds, and the department, in expending funds, for bridge replacement projects, to follow federal design standards, except as specified.
  
  This bill would instead provide that the purpose of the act is to implement the federal Highway Infrastructure Program. The bill would authorize the above-described entities to do all things necessary and proper to secure federal aid, without reference to any specific federal program funds instead under the federal Highway Infrastructure Program. The bill would instead require that the division and allocation of federal Highway Infrastructure Program funds occur pursuant to a specified formula approved by the California Transportation Commission commission, and authorize the department to revise the other procedures for allocating federal bridge funding and selecting projects, as specified. The bill would require the commission to annually allocate, at minimum, certain amounts of federal National Highway Performance Program funds and federal Surface Transportation Block Grant Program funds to the department for local bridge repair and replacement projects, as specified. The bill would delete the requirement that federal design standards be followed, and would instead authorize federal Highway Infrastructure Program funds, federal National Highway Performance Program funds, and federal Surface Transportation Block Grant Program funds allocated pursuant to the act to be used for local bridge project costs only if the local bridge project is consistent with the most recent edition of specified design standards.
  05/19/22    In committee: Held under submission.
•  AB 2135 (Irwin) Information security.
  Existing law establishes the Office of Information Security within the Department of Technology for the purpose of ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of state systems and applications and to promote and protect privacy as part of the development and operations of state systems and applications to ensure the trust of the residents of this state. The law requires an entity within the executive branch that is under the direct authority of the Governor to implement the policies and procedures issued by the office. The law additionally authorizes the office to conduct, or require to be conducted, an independent security assessment of every state agency, department, or office, as specified. The law authorizes the Military Department to perform an independent security assessment of any state agency, department, or office.
  
  This bill would require state agencies not covered by the provisions described above to adopt and implement information security and privacy policies, standards, and procedures based upon standards issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Federal Information Processing Standards, as specified. The bill would require these state agencies to perform a comprehensive, independent security assessment every 2 years and would authorize them to contract with the Military Department, or with a qualified responsible vendor, for that purpose.
  
  This bill would require these state agencies to certify, by February 1 annually, to the President pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly that the agency is in compliance with all adopted policies, standards, and procedures and to include a plan of action and milestones, as specified. The bill would require that the certification be kept confidential and not be disclosed, except that the information and records would be allowed to be shared, maintaining a chain of custody, with the members of the Legislature and legislative employees, at the discretion of the President pro Tempore of the Senate or the Speaker of the Assembly. […]
  06/22/22    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
•  AB 2190 (Irwin) Office of Information Security: annual statewide information security status report.
  Existing law establishes the Office of Information Security in the Department of Technology for purposes of ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of state systems and applications and promoting and protecting privacy as part of the development and operations of state systems and applications, as specified. Existing law requires the office to be under the direction of a chief.
  
  This bill would require the chief to submit an annual statewide information security status report to the Assembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection, Protection and the Senate Governmental Organization Committee, as described. The bill would require the first report to be submitted no later than January 2023. The bill would require the status report and any information or records included with the status report to be confidential and prohibit the information or records from being disclosed, except as provided.
  
  Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.
  
  This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.
  06/22/22    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
•  AB 2208 (Kalra) Fluorescent lamps: sale and distribution: prohibition.
  Existing law regulates certain consumer products, including consumer products containing mercury.
  
  This bill would prohibit, on and after January 1, 2024, a screw or bayonet base type compact fluorescent lamp, as defined, and, on and after January 1, 2025, a pin-base type compact fluorescent lamp or a linear fluorescent lamp, as defined, from being offered for final sale, sold at final sale, or distributed in this state as a new manufactured product. The bill would exempt various lamps that meet specified criteria from that prohibition, including lamps used for image capture and projection and lamps used for disinfection.
  06/30/22    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
• ★ AB 2237 (Friedman) Transportation planning: regional transportation improvement plan: sustainable communities strategies: alternative planning strategy: state transportation funding.
  Existing law requires certain transportation planning agencies to prepare and adopt regional transportation plans directed at achieving a coordinated and balanced regional transportation system. Existing law requires each regional transportation plan to also include a sustainable communities strategy prepared by each metropolitan planning organization in order to, among other things, achieve certain targets established by the State Air Resources Board for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles and light trucks in the region for 2020 and 2035, respectively. Existing law, to the extent the sustainable communities strategy is unable to achieve the greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, requires the affected metropolitan planning organization to prepare an alternative planning strategy showing how the targets may be achieved through alternative development patterns, infrastructure, or additional transportation measures or policies.
  
  Existing law requires each regional transportation planning agency or county transportation commission to biennially adopt and submit to the California Transportation Commission and the Department of Transportation a 5-year regional transportation improvement program that includes, among other things, regional transportation improvement projects and programs proposed to be funded, in whole or in part, in the state transportation improvement program.
  
  This bill would require that those projects and programs included in each regional transportation improvement program also be consistent with the most recently prepared sustainable communities strategy of the regional transportation planning agency or county transportation commission and the state’s climate goals, as defined. The bill would require each regional transportation planning agency or county transportation commission, or, if applicable, the alternative planning strategy, and state and federal air quality standards. The bill would prohibit funds collected from any local transportation tax measure passed on or after January 1, 2023, from being spent until the transportation projects or programs to be funded by the tax measure are included in the most recently adopted sustainable communities strategy of the applicable regional transportation planning agency or county transportation commission or, if applicable, the alternative planning strategy. The bill would also prohibit the expenditure of funds from local tax measures that passed before January 1, 2023, but that exclusively provide for the collection and expenditure of funds on or after January 1, 2023, until the transportation projects or programs to be funded by the tax measure are included in the most recently adopted sustainable communities strategy, or, if applicable, the alternative planning strategy.
  
  By imposing additional requirements on local government, including regional transportation planning agencies and county transportation commissions, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
  
  Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to do any act necessary, convenient, or proper for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or use of all highways that are under its jurisdiction, possession, or control. Existing law requires the department to prepare and submit to the Governor a proposed budget, as provided.
  
  This bill would prohibit state funds from being used for a project that increases single-occupancy vehicle capacity, unless the project is included in an adopted sustainable communities strategy, or, if applicable, alternative planning strategy, provides sufficient enforceable mitigation to ensure that including the project in the sustainable communities strategy or alternative planning strategy will not increase the emissions of greenhouse gases, and the metropolitan planning organization finds that the project helps advance other regional goals, as provided.
  06/16/22    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
•  AB 2254 (Muratsuchi) State highways: Route 107: relinquishment.
  Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a process for the California Transportation Commission to adopt a highway on an authorized route. Existing law requires the commission to relinquish to local agencies state highway portions that have been deleted from the state highway system by legislative enactment, and authorizes relinquishment in certain other cases.
  
  This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish to the City of Redondo Beach the portion of State Route 107 within the city limits and prescribe conditions that apply upon relinquishment.
  06/29/22    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
•  AB 2344 (Friedman) Wildlife connectivity: transportation projects.
  Under existing law, the Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) has jurisdiction over the conservation, protection, and management of fish, wildlife, native plants, and habitat necessary for biologically sustainable populations of those species. Existing law authorizes DFW to approve compensatory mitigation credits for wildlife connectivity actions taken under specified programs.
  
  Existing law vests the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) with full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing law requires Caltrans to complete assessments of potential barriers to anadromous fish prior to commencing any project using state or federal transportation funds and requires projects to be constructed without presenting barriers to fish passage.
  
  This bill would require DFW, in coordination with Caltrans, to establish a wildlife connectivity action plan on or before January 1, 2024, and to update the plan at least once every 5 years thereafter. The bill would require the plan to include, among other things, maps that identify the locations of certain areas, including connectivity areas and natural landscape areas, as defined.
  
  The bill would require Caltrans, in consultation with DFW, to establish a wildlife connectivity project list of wildlife passage projects where the implementation of wildlife passage features would reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and enhance wildlife connectivity. The bill would require the list to be included in the wildlife connectivity action plan. The bill would require Caltrans to complete the initial list on or before January 1, 2024, and to update the list no later than January 1, 2025, and every 2 years thereafter. Before completing the initial list or an update to the list, the bill would require Caltrans to make a draft list publicly available for public comment. The bill would require Caltrans, in consultation with DFW, to prioritize the implementation of projects on the list based on specified factors, including, among others, the project’s ability to enhance connectivity and permeability within a connectivity area or natural landscape area identified in the wildlife connectivity action plan.
  
  The bill would authorize Caltrans to develop a programmatic environmental review process with appropriate state and federal regulatory agencies for remediating barriers to wildlife movement that will streamline the permitting process for wildlife crossing projects. The bill would require Caltrans to complete assessments of potential barriers to wildlife movement before commencing any project that uses state or federal transportation funds and that is located in an area identified as a connectivity area or a natural landscape area in the wildlife connectivity action plan. The bill would require Caltrans to submit these assessments to DFW. The bill would also require projects to be constructed without presenting barriers to fish and wildlife movement.
  06/29/22    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
• AB 2347 (Carrillo) Streets and highways: liability for property damage.
  Existing law makes a person who willfully or negligently damages a street or highway, or its appurtenances, including, but not limited to, guardrails, signs, traffic signals, snow poles, and similar facilities, liable for the reasonable cost of the repair or replacement thereof.
  
  This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
  02/17/22    From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• ★ AB 2367 (Ward) Regional transportation plans: implementation authority: San Diego Association of Governments.
  Existing law requires certain transportation planning agencies to prepare and adopt a regional transportation plan directed at achieving a coordinated and balanced regional transportation system. Existing law requires each regional transportation plan to also include a sustainable communities strategy prepared by each metropolitan planning organization.
  
  Existing law provides for the consolidation of certain regional transportation planning, programming, and related functions in the County of San Diego from various agencies. Existing law provides for the consolidated agency, commonly known as the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), to be governed by a 21-member board of directors, each of whom is selected by the governing body of a city in the county or the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, as specified. Existing law authorizes SANDAG to exercise specified rights and powers including, among other things, adopting a regional transportation plan and issuing bonds, as provided.
  
  This bill would explicitly authorize SANDAG to implement every component of the regional transportation plan and to seek resources and funding for projects identified in the sustainable communities strategy, as provided. The bill would also authorize SANDAG to exercise its bonding authority to implement the regional transportation plan, as provided.
  07/19/22    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 127, Statutes of 2022.
• AB 2392 (Irwin) Information privacy: connected devices: labeling.
  Existing law requires a manufacturer of a connected device to equip the device with a reasonable security feature or features that are appropriate to the information it may collect and designed to protect the device and information contained in the device from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure.
  
  This bill would provide that a manufacturer of a connected device may elect to satisfy the above-described provisions by ensuring the connected device meets or exceeds the baseline product criteria of a labeling scheme that conforms to specified guidance published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for consumer Internet of Things (IoT) products, satisfies a conformity assessment as described by a NIST conforming labeling scheme, as specified, and bears the binary label as described by a NIST conforming labeling scheme.
  06/23/22    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
•  AB 2438 (Friedman) Transportation funding: alignment with state plans and greenhouse gas emissions reduction standards guidelines and plans.
  (1) Existing law provides for the funding of projects on the state highway system and other transportation improvements, including under the state interregional transportation improvement program, the state highway operation and protection program, the Solutions for Congested Corridors Program, the Trade Corridor Enhancement Program, and the program within the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program commonly known as the Local Partnership Program.
  
  This bill would require the agencies that administer those programs to revise the guidelines or plans applicable to those programs to ensure that projects included in the applicable program align with the California Transportation Plan, the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure adopted by the Transportation Agency, and specified greenhouse gas emissions reduction standards. require, no later than January 1, 2024, the guidelines or plans applicable to those programs to include the strategies established in the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure adopted by the Transportation Agency. The bill would also require the Transportation Agency, the California Transportation Commission, and the Department of Transportation, no later than January 1, 2024, to each establish guidelines to ensure transparency and accountability for the transportation funding programs that they respectively administer and for the project selection processes applicable to those programs. The bill would require those guidelines to meet certain requirements and would require those agencies to hold public workshops to solicit input before establishing the guidelines.
  
  The bill would require the Transportation Agency, the Department of Transportation, and the California Transportation Commission, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board and the Strategic Growth Council, to jointly prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2025, that comprehensively reevaluates transportation program funding levels, projects, and eligibility criteria with the objective of aligning the largest funding programs with the goals set forth in the above-described plans and away from projects that increase vehicle capacity.
  
  (2) Existing law provides for the apportionment of funding to cities and counties, including under the program within the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program commonly known as the Local Streets and Roads Program, for local streets and roads and other transportation improvements.
  
  This bill would require funds apportioned to cities or counties under the Local Streets and Roads Program to be expended consistent with the California Transportation Plan, the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure adopted by the Transportation Agency, and specified greenhouse gas emissions reduction standards. The bill would also express Legislative intent that other funds apportioned to cities and counties for these purposes be expended consistent with those plans and standards.
  The bill, with regard to the Solutions for Congested Corridors Program, would require a project that receives funding under the program to be part of a comprehensive multimodal corridor plan rather than a comprehensive corridor plan.
  (3)(2) Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare the California Transportation Plan for submission to the Governor and the Legislature, to complete the 3rd update to the plan by December 31, 2025, and to update the plan every 5 years thereafter, as a long-range planning document that incorporates various elements and is consistent with specified expressions of legislative intent.
  
  This bill would also require the California Transportation Plan to include a financial element that summarizes the full cost of plan implementation constrained by a realistic projection of available revenues. The bill would require the financial element to also contain recommendations for allocation of funds. implementation, a summary of available revenues through the planning period, and an analysis of what is feasible within the plan if constrained by a realistic projection of available revenues.
  07/20/22    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
•  AB 2467 (Bryan) Elections: recounts.
  Existing law requires, upon the Governor or Secretary of State ordering a recount, the Secretary of State to notify the elections official of each county and direct the county elections officials to recount all the votes cast for the office or for and against the state ballot measure, as specified.
  
  This bill would make a technical change to this provision.  [Ed: For some reason, I don't trust this one.]
  02/18/22    From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
•  AB 2514 (Megan Dahle) State Highway System Management Plan: underserved rural communities.
  Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare a State Highway System Management Plan that consists of both a 10-year state highway rehabilitation plan and a 5-year maintenance plan. Existing law requires the department to make a draft of its proposed plan available to regional transportation agencies for review and comment, and requires the department to submit the draft plan to the California Transportation Commission for review and comment by February 15 of each odd-numbered year. Existing law requires the department to transmit the final plan to the Governor and the Legislature by June 1 of each odd-numbered year.
  
  This bill would require State Highway System Management Plan prepared by the department to also include a comprehensive evaluation of the current state of transportation in underserved rural communities and a transportation needs assessment of the cost to operate, maintain, and provide for the transportation system in underserved rural communities, as specified. The bill would require the department to prepare the evaluation and assessment in consultation with the commission, the Controller, and rural counties.
  06/29/22    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
•  AB 2567 (Megan Dahle) Transportation: State Route 395: pilot program.
  Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights in property acquired for state highway purposes.
  
  This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would develop and implement a pilot program for the purpose of implementing a universal highway speed for a specified section of State Route 395.
  02/18/22    Introduced. To print.
•  AB 2599 (Cervantes) High-occupancy vehicle lanes: County of Riverside.
  Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to designate certain lanes for the exclusive or preferential use of high-occupancy vehicles. When those exclusive or preferential use lanes are established and double parallel solid lines are in place to the right thereof, existing law prohibits any person driving a vehicle from crossing over those double lines to enter into or exit from the lanes, and entrance into or exit from those lanes is authorized only in areas designated for these purposes or where a single broken line is in place to the right of the lanes, except as specified. Existing law authorizes a regional transportation agency, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, to apply to the California Transportation Commission to develop and operate high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes, including administration and operation of a value pricing program and exclusive or preferential lane facilities for public transit. Existing law authorizes a value pricing and transit program involving HOT lanes to be developed and operated on State Highway Route 15 in the County of Riverside by the Riverside County Transportation Commission.
  
  Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to report to the transportation policy committees of the Legislature, on or before January 1, 2020, on the feasibility and appropriateness of limiting the use of high-occupancy vehicle lanes to high-occupancy vehicles and eligible vehicles, as defined, only during the hours of heavy commuter traffic on both State Route 91 between Interstate 15 and Interstate 215 in the County of Riverside, and State Route 60 in the County of Riverside.
  
  Separate from that report, this bill would require the Transportation Agency, on or before January 1, 2024, to report to the transportation policy committees of the Legislature on that topic again by January 1, 2024. same topic and on the feasibility and appropriateness of removing from high-occupancy vehicle lanes in the County of Riverside, except for certain high-occupancy toll lanes, any double parallel solid lines to restrict the entrance into or exit from those lanes, including the use of the appropriate markings and signage.
  06/27/22    In committee: Referred to suspense file.
• ★ AB 2719 (Fong) California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: highway safety improvement projects.
  The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment.
  
  CEQA includes exemptions from its environmental review requirements for numerous categories of projects, including, among others, emergency projects undertaken, carried out, or approved by a public agency to maintain, repair, or restore an existing highway under specified circumstances.
  
  This bill would further exempt from the requirements of CEQA highway safety improvement projects, as defined, undertaken by the Department of Transportation or a local agency.
  04/05/22    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• ★ AB 2956 (Committee on Transportation) Transportation.
  This bill has a number of provisions, none currently of interest to the highway pages. But as it is a transportation bill, it is being monitored in case of a "gut and replace" action. The provisions in the current bill cover: (1) Statutory basis for Transportation Alternative Program; (2) Requirements for Motorcycle Driving instructors; (3) Testing of Vehicle Exhaust Systems; (4) Updating references to "Household Goods Carriers"; (5) Fixing references to the Board of Equalization; (6) Clarifications of the law regarding 17½ year olds; (7) Timing of verification of financial responsibility; (8) Commercial vehicle inspection changes; (9) Hazardous material transportation requirements.
  06/29/22    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Resolutions of interest under consideration by the California State Assembly

• ACR 74 (Salas) Gary Helming Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate the portion of Route 41 from KIN 8.1 to KIN 3.75 in the County of Kings as the “Gary Helming Memorial Highway“”.
  06/29/22    From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
• ACR 79 (Nazarian) Amelia Earhart Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate the portion of US 101 and Route 134 between the Laurel Canyon Boulevard exit on US 101 (~ LA 11.866R to LA 12.88) and the North Pass Avenue exit on Route 134 (~ LA 0.000 to LA 1.798) in the County of Los Angeles as the “Amelia Earhart Memorial Highway”.
  06/29/22    From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
• ACR 88 (O'Donnell) Long Beach International Gateway Bridge.
  This measure would designate the portion of Route 710 in the City of Long Beach, from LA R3.773 to LA R5.452R, covering the full length of State Bridge number 53-3000, as the “Long Beach International Gateway Bridge.”
  Note: There is no bridge 53-3000 in the bridge log, nor is there a bridge at LA R3.773 to LA R5.452 (that would be over a mile long). This appears to be referring to the Gerald Desmond Bridge (~ LA 4.525) (not in the bridge log)
  08/26/21    In committee: Held under submission.
• ACR 89 (Bigelow) California Highway Patrol Officer Charles D. Goss Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate the portion of Route 152, west of Road 10 from PM MAD 2.350 to MAD 7.350, in the County of Madera as the “California Highway Patrol Officer Charles D. Goss Memorial Highway”
  06/29/22    From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
•  ACR 118 (Choi) Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate the portion of Route 57 in the Cities of Orange and Anaheim, between PM ORA 11.238 and ORA 13.416, as the “Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens Memorial Highway”.
  01/14/22    Referred to Com. on TRANS.
•  ACR 126 (Cunningham) Katcho Achadjian Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate the portion of US 101 in the County of San Luis Obispo, from PM SLO 13.173 15.579 to SLO 19.812, as the “Katcho Achadjian Memorial Highway”.
  06/29/22    From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
•  ACR 130 (Patterson) Ambassador Phillip V. Sanchez Memorial Bridge.
  This measure would designate the Alluvial Avenue undercrossing located at Fre-041-R30.949, Route 41 at Postmile R30.949 in the County of Fresno as the “Ambassador Phillip V. Sanchez Memorial Bridge”.
  06/29/22    From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
•  ACR 138 (Flora) Mayor Jack Snyder Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate a portion of Route 120 in the City of Manteca from PM SJ R1.845 to SJ R6.431 as the “Mayor Jack Snyder Memorial Highway”.
  06/29/22    From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
•  ACR 139 (Ramos) Lance Corporal Dylan Merola Memorial Highway Overcrossing.
  This measure would designate the highway overcrossing in the County of San Bernardino at the I-210 interchange at Haven Avenue, PM SBD 6.913, as the “Lance Cpl. Dylan Merola Memorial Highway Overcrossing”.
  06/29/22    From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
•  ACR 142 (Patterson) Dr. Fareed Wade Nader Memorial Interchange.
  This measure would designate the interchange of Route 168 at Fowler Avenue, PM FRE R8.042, in the City of Clovis as the “Dr. Fareed Wade Nader Memorial Interchange”.
  06/29/22    From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
•  ACR 144 (Gray) Paul Vincent Rotondaro Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate the portion of Route 140 between PM MER 6.5 and MER 11 in the County of Merced as the “Paul Vincent Rotondaro Memorial Highway”.
  06/29/22    From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
•  ACR 148 (O’Donnell) Long Beach International Gateway Bridge.
  This measure would designate the portion of Route 710 in the City of Long Beach, from PM LA R3.773 to LA R5.452R, covering the full length of Bridge № 53-3000, as the “Long Beach International Gateway Bridge”.
  Note: There is no bridge 53-3000 in the bridge log, nor is there a bridge at LA R3.773 to LA R5.452 (that would be over a mile long). This appears to be referring to the Gerald Desmond Bridge (~ LA 4.525) (not in the bridge log)
  06/29/22    From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
• ACR 151 (Berman) Captain Matthew Patrick Manoukian Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 280 in the County of Santa Clara between SCL 10.741 and SCL 14.844 in the County of Santa Clara as the “Captain Matthew Patrick Manoukian Memorial Highway”
  06/29/22    From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
• ACR 157 (Salas) Army Specialist Juan Miguel Mendez Covarrubias Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 198, between 12th Avenue (~ KIN R16.913) 18th Avenue (KER R10.561) and 10th Avenue (~ KIN R18.955) 14th Avenue (KER R14.767) in the City of Hanford in the County of Kings as the “Army Specialist Juan Miguel Mendez Covarrubias Memorial Highway”
  06/29/22    From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
• ACR 162 (Nguyen) Officer Nicholas Vella Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 39 between the junction with Route 1 (ORA 0.000), and Talbert Avenue (ORA 3.611),  in the City of Huntington Beach as the “Officer Nicholas Vella Memorial Highway”
  06/29/22    From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
• ACR 164 (Patterson) Lieutenant Colonel Seth “Jethro” Nehring Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 168 between Lodge Road (FRE L27.368) and Qualls Prather Road (FRE L28.250), in the County of Fresno as the “Lieutenant Colonel Seth “Jethro” Nehring Memorial Highway”
  06/29/22    From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
• ACR 173 (Low) Michael “Mike” Jason Katherman Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 85 from PM SCL 5.222 to PM SCL 6.136 in the County of Santa Clara as the “Michael “Mike” Jason Katherman Memorial Highway”
  06/30/22    Referred to Com. on TRANS.
• ACR 177 (Bloom) Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway: removal of designation.
  Request that the Department of Transportation remove the “Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway” designation from the portion of I-10 in the state, as well as any signage and markers memorializing that designation, and advise the Federal Highway Administration of the state’s action.
  06/28/22    In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
• ACR 183 (Cunningham) Detective Luca Benedetti Memorial Overpass.
  Designates the Buena Vista Avenue overpass at PM SLO 29.985 on Route 101 in the County of San Luis Obispo as the “Detective Luca Benedetti Memorial Overpass”
  06/30/22    Referred to Com. on TRANS.
• ACR 187 (Grayson) Medal of Honor Safety Roadside Rest Area.
  Designates the rest area on I-80 in the City of Vallejo (the current Hunter Hill Rest Area, ~ SOL 6.532) in the County of Solano as the “Medal of Honor Safety Roadside Rest Area”
  06/30/22    Referred to Com. on TRANS.
• ACR 194 (Cooper) Police Officer Tyler “Ty” Lenehan Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 99 between Grant Line Road (~ SAC 10.09) and Calvine Road (~ SAC 16.246) as the “Police Officer Tyler “Ty” Lenehan Memorial Highway”
  06/30/22    Referred to Com. on TRANS.
• ACR 195 (Villapudua) Officer Jimmy Arty Inn Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 4 from I-5 (SJ R16.059) to Route 99 (SJ R19.407) in the City of Stockton as the “Officer Jimmy Arty Inn Memorial Highway”
  06/30/22    Referred to Com. on TRANS.
• ★ ACR 201 (Robert Rivas) Army Specialist Eduardo Silva Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of US 101 in the County of Monterey between the Underwood Road (MON 51.060), and Kenny Road (MON 50.285) as the “Army Specialist Eduardo Silva Memorial Highway”
  06/30/22    Referred to Com. on TRANS.
• ★ ACR 202 (Robert Rivas) PFC George Howell Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of US 101 in the County of Monterey from the Sala Road Overcrossing (MON 92.190) to the Prunedale South Road Overcrossing (MON 94.071) as the “PFC George Howell Memorial Highway”.
  06/30/22    Referred to Com. on TRANS.
• ★ ACR 203 (Stone) Army Specialist Roger Lee Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 68 located between Morse Drive (MON 2.26) and Skyline Forest Drive (MON 3.37) in the County of Monterey as the “Army Specialist Roger Lee Memorial Highway”
  06/30/22    Referred to Com. on TRANS.
• ★ ACR 204 (Stone) Sergeant 1st Class Sean K. Mitchell Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 1 in the County of Monterey from PM MON R75.5 to PM MON R76.5 as the “Sergeant 1st Class Sean K. Mitchell Memorial Highway”
  06/30/22    Referred to Com. on TRANS.
• ★ ACR 208 (Davies) Senior Master Sergeant John James Paoletti Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of I-5 South between Avenida Calafia (ORA 0.944) and Avenida Pico (ORA 3.392) in the County of Orange as the “Senior Master Sergeant John James Paoletti Memorial Highway”
  06/30/22    Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.)
• ★ ACR 211X (Fong) Corporal Luis Carlos Ruan Memorial Highway.
  Designates a portion of Route 119 between Cedar Street (KER 1.298) and Airport Road (KER 4.956) in the County of Kern as the “Corporal Luis Carlos Ruan Memorial Highway”
  06/30/22    Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.)
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Bills of interest under consideration by the California State Senate

•  SB 844 (Min) California Cybersecurity Integration Center: cybersecurity improvement: reports.
  Existing law establishes the California Cybersecurity Integration Center within the Office of Emergency Services, the primary mission of which is to reduce the likelihood and severity of cyber incidents that could damage California’s economy, its critical infrastructure, or computer networks in the state. Existing law requires the center to serve as the central organizing hub of state government’s cybersecurity activities and to coordinate information sharing with local, state, and federal agencies, tribal governments, utilities and other service providers, academic institutions, and nongovernmental organizations.
  
  This bill would  require the center to create four reports, to be delivered to the Legislature, as specified, for the 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25 fiscal years that describe all expenditures made by the state within a single fiscal year pursuant to the federal State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act..
  06/28/22    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
•  SB 873 (Newman) California Transportation Commission: state transportation improvement program: capital outlay support.
  Existing law requires the California Transportation Commission to biennially adopt a state transportation improvement program that lists all capital improvement projects that are expected to receive an allocation of state transportation funds, as specified. Existing law characterizes the state transportation improvement program as a resource management document to assist the state and local entities to plan and implement transportation improvements and to use available resources in a cost-effective manner. Existing law requires the program to specify the allocation or expenditure amount and the allocation or expenditure year for certain project components, as specified.
  
  This bill would require the commission to make an allocation of capital outlay support resources by project phase, including preconstruction, for each project in the program. The bill would require the commission to develop guidelines, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, to implement these allocation procedures. The bill would require the commission to establish a threshold for requiring a supplemental project allocation and would require the department to submit a supplemental project allocation request to the commission for each project that experiences cost increases above the amounts in its allocation. The bill would authorize commission to provide exceptions in the guidelines to the supplemental project allocation threshold requirement to ensure that projects are not unnecessarily delayed. The bill would exempt the guidelines adopted by the commission under these provisions from the Administrative Procedure Act.
  03/09/22    March 22 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• ★ SB 922 (Wiener) California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: transportation-related projects.
  The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment.
  
  CEQA, until January 1, 2030, exempts from its requirements bicycle transportation plans for an urbanized area for restriping of streets and highways, bicycle parking and storage, signal timing to improve street and highway intersection operations, and related signage for bicycles, pedestrians, and vehicles under certain conditions.
  
  This bill would delete the requirement that the bicycle transportation plan is for an urbanized area. The bill would extend the exemption to an active transportation plan or pedestrian plan. The bill would define “active transportation plan” and “pedestrian plan.” The bill would specify that individual projects that are a part of an active transportation plan or pedestrian plan remain subject to the requirements of CEQA unless those projects are exempt by another provision of law.
  
  CEQA exempts from its requirements certain projects located in an urbanized area, including transit prioritization projects, as defined, and projects for pedestrian and bicycle facilities or for the institution or increase of new bus rapid transit, bus, or light rail services on public or highway rights-of-way. For those exempted projects exceeding $100,000,000 in 2020 United States dollars, CEQA, except as provided, requires the lead agency to complete and consider the results of a project business case and a racial equity analysis, as specified, and requires the lead agency, before exempting a project from CEQA, to hold at least 3 noticed public meetings in the project area, as provided. CEQA requires the lead agency, before granting an exemption for projects under the above provisions, to certify that those projects will be carried out by a skilled and trained workforce, except as provided. Existing law repeals the above-described exemption on January 1, 2023.
  
  This bill would extend the exemption to January 1, 2030. The bill would revise and recast the exemption to, among other things, repeal the requirement that the exempted projects are located in an urbanized area, extend the exemption by revising the definition of transit prioritization projects, and require projects for the institution or increase of bus rapid transit, bus, or light rail service, as provided, to be located on a site that is wholly within the boundaries of an urbanized area or urban cluster, as designated by the United States Census Bureau. The bill would revise the requirements for the project business case and racial equity analysis and noticed public meetings to apply to exempted projects exceeding $100,000,000 and would additionally require the lead agency to complete an analysis of residential displacement and suggest anti-displacement strategies, designs, or actions for those projects for which at least 50% of the project or projects’ stops and stations are located in an area at risk of residential displacement and will have a maximum of 15-minute peak headways. The bill would require the lead agency to define or identify areas at risk of residential displacement. The bill would provide that the lead agency may make the skilled and trained workforce certification following the granting of the exemption and would provide that the certification requirement is not required under specified circumstances.
  
  This bill would specify that the revision made by this bill to the exemption for projects for the institution or increase of bus rapid transit, bus, or light rail service may apply to projects for which a notice of exemption is filed before January 1, 2023. The bill would, for projects exempted by the above-described provisions for which a notice of exemption was filed before January 1, 2023, authorize the lead agency to either certify that the project will be completed by a skilled and trained workforce after the granting of the exemption or exempt those projects from the certification requirement if the lead agency demonstrates compliance with certain conditions.
  06/30/22    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
•  SB 959 (Portantino) Surplus residential property: City of South Pasadena use of funds.
  Existing law establishes priorities and procedures that any state agency disposing of surplus residential property is required to follow. Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to deposit proceeds from the sale of surplus residential property from the department to a new owner in the SR-710 Rehabilitation Account. Existing law requires moneys in the account in excess of $1,200,000 to be transferred to the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund, to be used for allocation by the California Transportation Commission exclusively to fund projects located in specified cities and in the 90032 postal ZIP Code. Existing law provides that eligible projects may include, but are not limited to, sound walls and other specified projects.
  
  This bill would expand the types of eligible projects to include transit-oriented development and active transportation infrastructure.
  
  Existing law establishes priorities and procedures that any state agency disposing of surplus residential property is required to follow, including specified procedures for the sale of specified property in the City of South Pasadena. Under existing law, a state agency disposing of surplus residential property in the City of South Pasadena is required to first offer the property to former owners and present occupants, as specified, and then to specified present tenants at fair market value.
  
  This bill would require a surplus residential property that is located within the City of South Pasadena and that is offered for sale to a present occupant or present tenant of the property, as specified, to be offered at a price based on the appraisal of the property in 2016, if certain conditions apply. The bill would require an offer made or accepted prior to January 1, 2022, that is not in compliance with the bill to be corrected so the price complies with the bill’s requirements. The bill would make an offer based on the 2016 appraisal, as required by the bill, only valid until December 31, 2024. The bill would make a conforming change.
  
  This bill would make findings regarding the public purpose served by the bill.
  06/29/22    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
•  SB 985 (Hueso) Otay Mesa East Toll Facility Act.
  (1) The Otay Mesa East Toll Facility Act authorizes the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) to carry out a construction project for the State Highway Route 11 corridor, including, among other things, highway improvements and international border crossing facilities, to be operated as a toll facility. The act, among other things, authorizes SANDAG to fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect tolls and other charges. The act requires toll revenues to be used to pay for costs in categories with specified priority given to certain categories.
  
  This bill would authorize SANDAG to instead only impose tolls for entrance to or the use of the corridor, except as specified. The bill would place various requirements on SANDAG’s authorized toll authority, including, among other things, requiring SANDAG to review the adequacy of the toll rates established to cover the aggregate costs of all projects within 2 years following the opening of an initial project to be supported by toll revenue and at least biennially after the initial review for so long as SANDAG imposes tolls. The bill would eliminate the priority given to certain categories and would authorize other specified costs to be paid by toll revenues. The bill would additionally revise various references from “project revenues” to “toll revenues.”
  
  This bill would authorize SANDAG to enter into an agreement in order to impose and collect tolls, acquire, operate, and maintain tolling facilities, and exercise related powers jointly with the tolling powers of one or more of the federal government of Mexico or a governmental agency or unit thereof. The bill would authorize SANDAG to contract with one or more of the federal government of Mexico or a governmental agency or unit thereof to receive from or provide to the other contracting parties toll collection and remittance functions and services. The bill would require an agreement entered into for these purposes by SANDAG to contain specified provisions. The bill would authorize SANDAG’s toll structure to include discounts and premiums to encourage efficient use of any “project,” defined as property and related facilities acquired or constructed to facilitate the movement of goods and people along the corridor or at the Otay Mesa East Port of Entry, not just tolled projects.
  
  The bill would revise other provisions in the act, including changing certain terminology and expressly authorizing the use of alternative bidding and building procedures, authorized in existing law under specified conditions for a project, for components of a project under the same conditions.
  
  (2) Existing law requires highway projects constructed pursuant to the act, at all times following construction, to be owned by the department and requires that international port of entry facilities constructed pursuant to the act, at all times following construction, be owned by a federal agency. The act requires all other property and facilities constructed pursuant to the act to be owned by SANDAG, unless transferred to a state or federal agency upon agreement between SANDAG and the relevant agency.
  
  The bill would require international port of entry facilities constructed pursuant to the act, or the land on which those facilities are constructed, to be owned by either the federal government or by SANDAG, at SANDAG’s option, and would require SANDAG, if it chooses to own the land or facilities, to lease the land or facilities to a federal agency. If Department of Transportation property is conveyed to either SANDAG or the federal government under these provisions, the bill would require that it be conveyed free of charge.
  06/21/22    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
•  SB 1049 (Dodd) Transportation Resilience Program.
  Existing law generally provides for programming and allocation of state and federal transportation capital improvement program funds pursuant to the state transportation improvement program process administered by the California Transportation Commission. Existing law provides for allocation of certain other transportation capital improvement funds outside the state transportation improvement program process, including funds set aside for state highway rehabilitation under the state highway operation and protection program and funds from various other sources.
  
  This bill would establish the Transportation Resilience Program in the Department of Transportation, to be funded in the annual Budget Act from 15% of the available federal National Highway Performance Program funds and 100% of the available federal Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation program funds. The bill would provide for funds to be allocated by the California Transportation Commission for climate adaptation planning and resilience improvements, as defined, that address or mitigate the risk of recurring damage to, or closures of, the state highway system, other federal-aid roads, public transit facilities, and other surface transportation assets from extreme weather events, sea level rise, or other climate change-fueled natural hazards. The bill would establish specified eligibility criteria for projects to receive funding under the program and would require the commission to prioritize projects that meet certain criteria.
  06/02/22    Referred to Com. on TRANS.
•  SB 1050 (Dodd) Metropolitan Transportation Commission: State Route 37 Toll Bridge Act.
  Existing law creates the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) as a local area planning agency to provide comprehensive regional transportation planning for the region comprising the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma.
  
  The California Toll Bridge Authority Act makes the California Transportation Commission, Commission (CTC), together with the Department of Transportation, responsible for building and acquiring toll facilities and related transportation facilities. Existing law authorizes regional transportation agencies, including MTC, and the department to apply to CTC to develop and operate high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities, as specified.
  
  This bill would authorize MTC to apply to CTC for high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities to be developed and operated on State Route 37, as provided. If CTC approves the application submitted by MTC, the bill would create the SR-37 Toll Authority as a public instrumentality of the state, which would be governed by the same board as that governing the Bay Area Infrastructure Financing Authority. The bill would require the authority to operate and maintain tolling infrastructure, including by installing toll facilities, and collect tolls for the use of the Sonoma Creek Bridge, and would authorize the authority to design and construct improvements on the bridge and a specified segment of State Route 37 in accordance with programming and scheduling requirements adopted by the authority. The bill would authorize the authority to issue bonds payable from the revenues derived from those tolls. The bill would authorize revenues from the toll bridge to be used for specified purposes, including capital improvements to repair or rehabilitate the toll bridge, to expand toll bridge capacity, to improve toll bridge or corridor operations, to reduce the demand for travel in the corridor, and to increase public transit, carpool, vanpool, and nonmotorized options on the toll bridge or in the segment of State Route 37, as specified. The bill would require the authority to develop and approve an expenditure plan for the revenues of the toll bridge, and any related toll bridge revenue bonds, and to update that plan at least every 3 years. The bill would require that the authority’s toll schedule provide a 50% discount to qualifying high-occupancy vehicles and between a 25% and 50%, inclusive, discount to low-income drivers who reside in the Counties of Marin, Napa, Solano, or Sonoma.
  
  If CTC approves the application submitted by MTC, the The bill would establish the SR-37 Toll Fund and provide for the deposit of toll revenues and all other income derived from the toll bridge, and of proceeds of the revenue bonds, into the fund. The bill would continuously appropriate moneys in the fund to the SR-37 Toll Authority for purposes of this act, thereby making an appropriation.
  
  If CTC approves the application submitted by MTC, the The bill would require that any action or proceeding to contest, question, or deny the validity of the tolls, the issuance of the toll bridge revenue bonds, or the incurrence of any other related obligations be commenced within 60 days from the effective date of the bill.
  06/29/22    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
•  SB 1121 (Gonzalez) State and local transportation system: needs assessment.
  Existing law requires the California Transportation Commission to adopt and submit to the Legislature an annual report summarizing its prior-year decisions in allocating transportation capital outlay appropriations, and identifying timely and relevant transportation issues facing the state. Existing law authorizes the report to also include a discussion of any significant upcoming transportation issues anticipated to be of concern to the public and the Legislature and requires the report to include specific, action-oriented, and pragmatic recommendations for legislation to improve the transportation system.
  
  This bill would require the commission to prepare a needs assessment of the cost to operate, maintain, and provide for the necessary future growth of the state and local transportation system for the next 10 years, as provided. As part of the needs assessment, the bill would require the commission to forecast the expected revenue, including federal, state, and local revenues, to pay for the cost identified in the needs assessment, any shortfall in revenue to cover the cost, and recommendations on how any shortfall should be addressed. The bill would require the commission to submit the needs assessment to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2024, and biennially thereafter.
  06/21/22    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
•  SB 1169 (Hueso) State Route 125 tToll road projects: study.
  Existing law establishes the Transportation Agency, which consists of various departments and state entities, including the California Transportation Commission and the Department of Transportation.authorizes the Department of Transportation, until January 1, 2017, to enter into comprehensive development lease agreements with public and private entities, or consortia of those entities, for certain transportation projects that may charge certain users of those projects tolls and user fees, subject to various terms and requirements. Under prior statutory authority, the department entered into an agreement with the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) for a toll road project on State Route 125 in San Diego County that includes a lease of the State Route 125 facility.
  
  This bill would require the commission to conduct a study on the state’s toll roads regarding their impacts on toll users and nearby communities, as specified. The bill would require the study to be conducted in consultation with the authorized regional transportation agency and impacted local agencies. The bill would require the study to be submitted to the Senate Transportation Committee and the Assembly Transportation Committee on or before January 1, 2025., with respect to the agreement entered into by the department and SANDAG, would authorize SANDAG to terminate the agreement for the project and its lease of the State Route 125 facility on January 1, 2027, or upon the repayment of all of the bond debt incurred for the toll road project, whichever is later. Upon the termination of the agreement and lease, the bill would provide that State Route 125 shall no longer be subject to tolls and would require the department to be responsible for the maintenance and improvement of State Route 125.
  
  The bill would also repeal a provision that authorizes the agreement to be amended, subject to specified terms and conditions, to extend the length of period that a toll may be imposed from 35 to 45 years. The bill would also repeal a provision that authorizes SANDAG to continue the collection of tolls under certain circumstances.
  06/29/22    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
•  SB 1201 (Melendez) Clean California Local Grant Program of 2021: Clean California State Beautification Program of 2021: homeless encampments.
  Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with possession and control of the state highway system and associated property, and requires the department to improve and maintain state highways. Under existing law, the department administers the Clean California Local Grant Program of 2021 to provide funding for grants to specified local entities for purposes of beautifying and cleaning up local streets and roads, tribal lands, parks, pathways, transit centers, and other public spaces, and administers the Clean California State Beautification Program of 2021 to provide funding for purposes of beautifying and cleaning up state highways.
  
  This bill would authorize local governments to use funding received under those programs to clean up homeless encampments on or around highway rights-of-way, within one mile of the freeway or flood channels under and surrounding the highways. The bill would apply that provision only to appropriations made by the Legislature on or after January 1, 2023, for purposes of those programs.
  04/19/22    April 26 hearing postponed by committee.
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Resolutions under consideration by the California State Senate

•  SCR 68 (Archuleta) First Lady Pat Nixon Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 91, from the Pioneer Boulevard undercrossing (~ LA R18.098) to the Carmenita Road overcrossing (~ LA R20.447), as the “First Lady Pat Nixon Memorial Highway”.
  06/30/22    Read. Adopted. Ordered to the Senate. (Enrolled 07/13/22, but it isn't shown in the status)
• SCR 75 (Grove) Kern County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Phillip Campas Memorial Interchange.
  Designates the interchange at Route 65 (06-KER-065 R0.000) and Route 99 (06-KER-099 R29.878) in the County of Kern as the “Kern County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Phillip Campas Memorial Interchange”.
  06/30/22    Read. Adopted. Ordered to the Senate. (Enrolled 07/13/22, but it isn't shown in the status)
• SCR 78 (Durazo) Los Angeles Firefighter Kelly Wong Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of southbound Route 101, from the Temple St. ramp (~ LA 1.448) to the Broadway St. ramp (~ LA 0.941), adjacent to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, as the “Los Angeles Firefighter Kelly Wong Memorial Highway”.
  Note: This goes against the naming guidelines, in that the segment is far too short.
  06/30/22    Read. Adopted. Ordered to the Senate. (Enrolled 07/13/22, but it isn't shown in the status)
• SCR 97 (Nielsen) The Raymond “Stan” Stanley Statham Memorial Highway.
  Designates a portion of Route 44, from PM SHA R7.7 to PM SHA R9, near Oak Run in the County of Shasta, as the “Raymond “Stan” Stanley Statham Memorial Highway”.
  06/29/22    Ordered to third reading.
• SCR 98 (McGuire) Fortuna Police Officer Raymond Quincy Mills Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 101 from Kenmar Road (PM HUM 59.503) to Palmer Blvd (PM HUM 62.229) in the City of Fortuna as the “Fortuna Police Officer Raymond Quincy Mills Memorial Highway”.
  06/30/22    Read. Adopted. Ordered to the Senate. (Enrolled 07/13/22, but it isn't shown in the status)
• ★ SCR 111 (Dodd) Congressional Gold Medal Memorial Interchange.
  Designates the interchange of I-80 and I-780 in the City of Vallejo in the County of Solano (~ 80 SOL 2.105/SOL 2.416; 780 SOL 7.071/SOL 7.429) as the “Congressional Gold Medal Memorial Interchange”.
  06/29/22    From committee: Be adopted and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
• ★ SCR 117 (Nielsen) CHP Officer Lucas F. Chellew Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of I-80 from the Antelope Road Overcrossing Bridge № 24-0129  (PM SAC 16.68) in the County of Sacramento to the Douglas Boulevard Overcrossing Bridge № 19-0079 (PM PLA 1.98) in the County of Placer as the “CHP Officer Lucas F. Chellew Memorial Highway”.
  06/30/22    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
• ★ SCR X (Placeholder) Placeholder.
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Bills/Resolutions sent to the Governor of Signature

• SCR 39 (Allen) Officer Tommy Scott Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate the southbound portion of I-405 between the Imperial Highway exit (~ LA R21.226)  and the West Century Boulevard exit (~ LA 22.224) in the County of Los Angeles as the “Officer Tommy Scott Memorial Highway”.
  05/13/22    Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 10:20 a.m. Note: As of 7/26/2022, it still isn't shown as either vetoed or chaptered, so I have no idea what is happening on this.

Chaptered Bills/Resolutions: Entered into Law

• AB 37 (Berman) Elections: vote by mail ballots.
  Existing law requires county elections officials to mail a ballot to every registered voter for all elections proclaimed or conducted prior to January 1, 2022. Existing law requires county elections officials to use a specified Secretary of State vote by mail tracking system or a system that meets the same specifications.
  
  This bill would extend the requirements to mail a ballot to every registered voter to all elections and apply them to all local elections officials. This bill would require a vote by mail tracking system to be accessible to voters with disabilities. The bill would also make various conforming and technical changes.
  
  Existing law requires county elections officials to permit voters with a disability, and military or overseas voters, to cast a ballot using a certified remote accessible vote by mail system, and required county elections officials to permit any voter to cast a ballot using a certified remote accessible vote by mail system for the November 3, 2020, statewide general election.
  
  This bill would require county elections officials to permit any voter to cast a ballot using a certified remote accessible vote by mail system for any election.
  
  Under existing law, a vote by mail ballot is timely cast if it is voted on or before election day and, if returned by mail, received by the voter’s elections official via the United States Postal Service, or a bona fide private mail delivery company, no later than 3 days after election day.
  
  This bill would provide instead that a vote by mail ballot is timely cast if it is voted on or before election day and, if returned by mail, received no later than 7 days after election day. This bill would authorize an elections official to consider any information from the United States Postal Service or a bona fide private mail delivery company that indicates the date on which the ballot was mailed, in order to determine whether a vote by mail ballot was timely cast.
  
  Existing law authorizes a jurisdiction in which vote by mail ballots are cast to begin processing vote by mail ballot return envelopes 29 days before the election. Existing law authorizes a jurisdiction having the necessary computer capability to start processing vote by mail ballots on the 15th business day before the election, except, for the statewide general election held on November 3, 2020, these jurisdictions were authorized to start processing the ballots on the 29th day before the election. Existing law authorizes all other jurisdictions to start processing vote by mail ballots at 5 p.m. on the day before the election.
  
  Existing law authorizes a county elections official to establish vote by mail ballot drop-off locations, as defined. Existing law authorizes a county to conduct any election as an all-mailed ballot election under certain specified conditions.
  
  This bill would require any county that does not conduct an all-mailed ballot election to provide at least two vote by mail ballot drop-off locations within the jurisdiction where the election is held, or at least one vote by mail ballot drop-off location for every 30,000 registered voters within the jurisdiction where the election is held, whichever results in more vote by mail ballot drop-off locations. In a jurisdiction with fewer than 30,000 registered voters, the bill would require at least one vote by mail ballot drop-off location, and would require the elections official to make a reasonable effort to provide a ballot drop-off location in the jurisdiction where the election is held. This bill would require the operation of vote by mail ballot drop-off locations to meet certain specified criteria.
  
  This bill would authorize a jurisdiction having the necessary computer capability to start processing vote by mail ballots the 29th day before any election.
  
  By requiring local elections officials to mail a ballot to every registered voter, and to take other actions, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
  
  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
  09/27/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 312, Statutes of 2021.
• AB 744 (Rodriguez) State highways: State Route 83: reduction.
  Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a process for adoption of a highway on an authorized route by the California Transportation Commission. Existing law authorizes the commission to relinquish to local agencies state highway segments that have been deleted from the state highway system by legislative enactment or have been superseded by relocation, and in certain other cases. Existing law designates State Route 83 from Route 71 to Route 10 near the City of Upland.
  
  This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish to the City of Ontario all or a portion of State Route 83 within the city’s jurisdiction and prescribe conditions that apply upon relinquishment.
  09/22/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 198, Statutes of 2021.
•  AB 1666 (Bauer-Kahan) Abortion: civil actions.
  Existing law provides that every individual possesses a fundamental right of privacy with respect to their personal reproductive decisions. Existing law prohibits the state from denying or interfering with the right to choose or obtain an abortion before the fetus is viable, or when the abortion is necessary to protect the life or health of the pregnant person. Existing law requires an abortion to be performed by a specified licensed or certified health care provider and prohibits an abortion from being performed on a viable fetus if continuation of the pregnancy did not pose a risk to the life or health of the pregnant person.
  
  The United States Constitution generally requires a state to give full faith and credit to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. Existing law sets forth procedures by which a person may enforce a judgment for the payment of money issued by the court of a state other than California.
  
  This bill would declare another state’s law authorizing a civil action against a person who receives or seeks, performs or induces, or aids or abets the performance of an abortion, or who attempts or intends to engage in those actions, to be contrary to the public policy of this state. The bill would prohibit the application of that law to a case or controversy heard in state court, and would prohibit the enforcement or satisfaction of a civil judgment received under that law. The bill would declare these provisions to be severable.
  06/24/22    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 42, Statutes of 2022.
• ACR 19 (Gallagher) National Purple Heart Trail.
  This measure would designate Route 20 from YUB 0.000 to YUB R3.389 and Route 70 from YUB 13.604 to YUB 15.850 in the City of Marysville in the County of Yuba for inclusion in the National Purple Heart Trail.
  09/07/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 106, Statutes of 2021.
• ACR 21 (Megan Dahle) Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge.
  This measure would designate the South Yuba River Bridge over Route 49 (NEV R21.857, South Yuba River Bridge No. 17-07) in the County of Nevada as the “Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge”.
  09/07/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 107, Statutes of 2021.
• ACR 27 (Gallagher) Farm-to-Fork Corridor.
  This measure would designate the portion of Route 99 from TEH 20.400 at Eldrid Avenue near the community of Dairyville to TEH 24.529 near Arch Street in the City of Red Bluff in the County of Tehama as the “Farm-to-Fork Corridor”.
  09/07/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 109, Statutes of 2021.
• ACR 32 (Megan Dahle) High Desert State Prison Correctional Officer Richard Bianchi, Jr., Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate a specified portion of Route 36 near Susanville, from LAS 25.356 at State Route 139 to LAS R29.390 at Junction US 395, in the County of Lassen as the “High Desert State Prison Correctional Officer Richard Bianchi, Jr., Memorial Highway”.
  09/07/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 110, Statutes of 2021.
• ACR 40 (Mathis) Harry Tow Memorial Highway Overcrossing.
  This measure would designate the highway overcrossing in the City of Visalia off Plaza Drive and Route 198 at TUL R4.796 as the “Harry Tow Memorial Highway Overcrossing”.
  09/07/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 112, Statutes of 2021.
• ACR 47 (Stone) Staff Sergeant Robert Scott Johnson Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate the portion of Route 1 between Exit 406 for Lightfighter Drive, MON R82.759, and Exit 404 for Fremont Boulevard and Del Monte Boulevard, MON R80.970, in the City of Seaside as the “Staff Sergeant Robert Scott Johnson Memorial Highway”.
  09/17/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 135, Statutes of 2021.
• ACR 51 (Gabriel) Dr. Sally Ride Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate the portion of US 101 between the junction with I-405, at LA 17.165 and Balboa Boulevard, at LA 19.217, as the “Dr. Sally Ride Memorial Highway”.
  09/07/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 114, Statutes of 2021.
• ACR 52 (Patterson) Tom Seaver Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate the portion of Route 41 from the East Jensen Avenue Overcrossing No. 42-268 (FRE R21.113) to the South Fresno Viaduct No. 42-226 (FRE R22.107) as the “Tom Seaver Memorial Highway”.
  09/17/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 136, Statutes of 2021.
• ACR 64 (Fong) Harvey L. Hall Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate the portion of Westside Parkway between the Coffee Road offramp and the Allen Road offramp on Route 58 in the County of Kern as the “Harvey L. Hall Memorial Highway”.
  Note: Technically, the Westside Parkway is not Route 58 yet, and the segment of existing Rosedale Highway (shown by Google as part of Route 58) between Coffee Road and Allen Road has been relinquished to the City of Bakersfield.
  09/17/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 138, Statutes of 2021.
• ACR 67 (Quirk-Silva) Tommy Lasorda Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate I-5 from Ball Road OC 55-670 at ORA 37.638 to Eastbound exit Route 91 at ORA 42.671, within the County of Orange as the “Tommy Lasorda Memorial Highway”.
  09/07/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 115, Statutes of 2021.
• SB 51 (Durazo) Surplus residential property.
  (1) Existing law prescribes requirements for the disposal of surplus land by a local agency, as defined. Existing law provides that certain dispositions of real property by local agencies are subject to surplus land disposal procedures as they existed on December 31, 2019, without regard to specified amendments that took effect on January 1, 2020, if those dispositions comply with specified requirements. Under existing law, these provisions apply to dispositions by a local agency that, as of September 30, 2019, has entered into an exclusive negotiating agreement or legally binding agreement to dispose of property, provided that the disposition is completed not later than December 31, 2022.
  
  This bill, except in the case of specified property, would additionally provide that the surplus land disposal procedures as they existed on December 31, 2019, apply if a local agency, as of September 30, 2019, has issued a competitive request for proposals for the development of the property that includes a residential component of at least 100 residential units and 25% of the total units developed complying with specified affordability criteria, provided that a disposition and development agreement, as defined, is entered into not later than December 31, 2024. If the property is not disposed of pursuant to a qualifying disposition and development agreement before March 31, 2026, or if no disposition and development agreement is entered into before December 31, 2024, the bill would require that future negotiations for and disposition of the property comply with the surplus land disposal procedures then in effect. The bill would extend these dates in the event of a judicial challenge to 6 months following the final conclusion of litigation.
  
  (2) Existing law establishes priorities and procedures that any state agency disposing of surplus residential property is required to follow. Under existing law, specified single-family residences must first be offered to their former owners or present occupants, as specified. Existing law then requires the property to be offered to housing-related entities, as provided, prior to placing the property up for sale, subject to specified priorities. Existing law requires, if a property that is not a historic home is sold to a private housing-related entity or a housing-related public entity, that the entity develop the property as limited equity cooperative housing with first right of occupancy to present occupants, or use the property for low- and moderate-income rental or owner-occupied housing where the development of cooperative or cooperatives is not feasible. Existing law requires, if a property is a historic home, as defined, that the property be offered first to a housing-related entity, subject to the above-described requirements, or a nonprofit private entity dedicated to rehabilitating and maintaining the historic home for public and community access and use, as provided.
  
  This bill would, with respect to surplus residential property that is located within the City of Los Angeles, instead require that if the surplus residential property is not sold to a former owner or present occupant, as described above, the property be offered at fair market value to present tenants who have occupied the property for 5 years or more and who are in good standing with all rent obligations current and paid in full, with first right of occupancy to the present occupants. If the surplus residential property is a historic home, as defined, the bill would then require that the property be offered to the city in which the property is located or a nonprofit private entity dedicated to rehabilitating and maintaining the historic home for public and community access and use, subject to specified terms and conditions. Finally, the bill would require that surplus residential property be offered to a housing-related entity, subject to specified terms and conditions. The bill would require a housing-related entity to cause the property to be used, under specified conditions, either for low- and moderate-income rental housing for a term of at least 55 years, subject to a recorded covenant, to ensure use as affordable housing, as provided, and to provide a first right of occupancy to the present tenants, or, if the surplus residential property is a single-family residence, the bill would provide the surplus residential property may be used for owner- occupied affordable housing for a term of at least 45 years, subject to a covenant recorded against the property to ensure its use as affordable housing. The bill would require the Department of Transportation to monitor or designate a public agency to monitor a property’s compliance with the bill’s terms, conditions, and restrictions, in the case of a historic home, and require the City of Los Angeles to monitor compliance with the recorded covenant, in the case of surplus residential properties sold to a housing-related entity, and authorize the monitoring entity to charge the property owner a fee to cover the cost of monitoring and reporting. The bill would require the city to prepare and submit to the Legislature reports that describe how the purchasers complied with these provisions and how they were monitored for compliance, as specified. By requiring additional duties by the City of Los Angeles, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
  
  This bill would prohibit surplus residential property from being sold at less than the price paid by the Department of Transportation for original acquisition of the property. The bill would prohibit the adjustment of this original acquisition price for inflation. The bill would require the Department of Transportation to offer to sell specified unimproved properties at the original acquisition price paid by the department to a housing-related entity for affordable housing purposes, as provided.
  Note: Only the provisions related to the I-710 Corridor housing are included
  07/23/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 130, Statutes of 2021.
• SB 231 (McGuire) Department of Transportation: transfer of property: Blues Beach property.
  Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights on property acquired for state highway purposes. Various provisions of existing law specifically provide for the acquisition, transfer, and use of property owned by the department.
  
  This bill would authorize the department, upon terms, standards, and conditions approved by the California Transportation Commission, to transfer the Blues Beach property located in the unincorporated community of Westport in the County of Mendocino at no cost to a qualified nonprofit corporation, which the bill would define as a nonprofit corporation that is organized by one or more specified California Native American tribes for the purpose of environmental protection. The bill would require a nonprofit corporation that is transferred the Blues Beach property to be responsible for the future maintenance of the property, would require the property to only be used to provide public access, maintain natural habitat, and protect Native American cultural resources, and would require the property to revert to the department if the property is not maintained.
  09/24/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 289, Statutes of 2021.
• SB 381 (Portantino) Surplus residential property: priorities, procedures, price, and fund.
  (1) Existing law establishes priorities and procedures that any state agency disposing of surplus residential property is required to follow. Under existing law, specified single-family residences must first be offered to present occupants, as specified. Existing law then requires the property to be offered to housing-related entities, as provided, prior to placing the property up for sale for fair market value, subject to specified priorities. Existing law also requires historic homes, as defined, to be offered first to a housing-related public entity or to a nonprofit private entity, as described.
  
  This bill would, with respect to surplus residential properties located within the State Route 710 corridor in the City of South Pasadena, require surplus single-family residential properties, which includes any applicable locally-designated historic home as defined, and any historic home to be offered to the City of South Pasadena after the properties are offered to present occupants, including present occupants who have occupied the property for 5 years or more and meet certain conditions, pursuant to specified provisions and the present occupants either decline to purchase or do not qualify and close on the property within 274 days of the Department of Transportation adopting emergency regulations. The bill would require a multifamily residential property in the State Route 710 corridor area of the city to first be offered to certain present occupants who have formed a limited equity cooperative housing entity or an entity for the ownership of common interest developments before offering those properties to the city. The bill would also require all other occupied, unoccupied, and unimproved surplus residential properties in the State Route 710 corridor area of the city to first be offered to the city. The bill would set forth procedures that apply to properties under the bill’s provisions, including that each property be subject to a recorded covenant requiring the property remain available and affordable for ownership or rental by persons and families of low or moderate income, except as specified. The bill would require all proceeds from the city’s sale of any property purchased pursuant to the bill’s provisions to be reinvested into low- or moderate-income housing within its jurisdiction. The bill would require, following an offer of these properties to the City of South Pasadena, the properties to then be offered in accordance with the priorities and procedures in existing law relating to the sale of the property to a private housing-related entity or housing-related public entity and sale for fair market value.
  
  (2) Existing law, known as the Administrative Procedure Act, governs the procedures for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by state agencies and for the review of those regulatory actions by the Office of Administrative Law. Existing law establishes procedures for the adoption of emergency regulations, including requiring that the state agency make a finding that the adoption of a regulation or order of repeal is necessary to address an emergency, as defined. Under existing law, a regulation, amendment, or repeal adopted as an emergency regulatory action may only remain in effect for up to 180 days, unless the adopting agency complies with specified requirements relating to notice of regulatory action and public comment.
  
  This bill would require the Department of Transportation to adopt emergency regulations within 60 days of the effective date of the bill’s provisions, to implement the above-described requirements relating to the disposal of surplus property. The bill would include findings that an emergency exists for purposes of specified provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. The bill, notwithstanding the 180-day limit for emergency regulations, would provide that emergency regulations adopted under its provisions would remain in effect for 2 years after adoption, or until the adoption of permanent regulations, whichever occurs sooner.
  
  (3) Existing law creates the SR-710 Rehabilitation Account, which is continuously appropriated to the Department of Transportation, and into which proceeds from the sale of surplus residential property by the department are deposited. Existing law requires that the total funds maintained in the account not exceed $500,000 and that funds exceeding that amount, less any reimbursements due to the federal government, be transferred to the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund to be used for allocation by the California Transportation Commission, as specified.
  
  This bill would authorize an increase in the amount of the total funds maintained in the account up to $1,200,000. By authorizing an increase in the funds held in a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an appropriation.
  
  (4) Existing law requires a surplus residence or property to be sold to present occupants at an affordable price, as described.
  
  This bill would require that a surplus residence or property located in the City of South Pasadena that is offered by a selling agency to a present occupant of the residence or property be offered at a price based on the appraisal of the residence or property in 2016 if certain conditions apply. The bill would require an offer made or accepted prior to January 1, 2022, that is not in compliance with this provision to be corrected so the price is based on the 2016 appraisal. The bill would provide that an offer made based on the 2016 appraisal shall only be effective until December 31, 2022.
  09/28/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 362, Statutes of 2021.
• SCR 7 (Roth) CHP Officer Andre Maurice Moye, Jr. Memorial Freeway.
  This measure would designate the portion of Route 215 from the Eucalyptus Avenue overcrossing, number 56-757, at PM RIV R37.436 to the Route 60 junction separator, number 56-507R, at PM RIV R38.339 in the County of Riverside as the “CHP Officer Andre Maurice Moye, Jr. Memorial Freeway”.
  07/16/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 80, Statutes of 2021.
• SCR 12 (Bates) CAL-FIRE Chief William R. Clayton Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate the portion of I-5 from La Costa Avenue (PM R44.071) to Cannon Road (PM R47.975) in the City of Carlsbad as the “CAL-FIRE Chief William R. Clayton Memorial Highway”.
  07/16/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 81, Statutes of 2021.
• SCR 14 (Hurtado)  Fire Captain Ramon Figueroa and Firefighter Patrick Jones Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate the portion of Route 65 in the County of Tulare, between PM TUL 16.130 and PM TUL 20.880, as the “Fire Captain Ramon Figueroa and Firefighter Patrick Jones Memorial Highway”.
  07/16/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 82, Statutes of 2021.
• SCR 15 (Hueso) U.S. Army SP4 Dwayne M. Patterson Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate the portion of Route 111 in the County of Imperial, between PM IMP 33 and PM IMP 37.6 as the “U.S. Army SP4 Dwayne M. Patterson Memorial Highway”.
  07/16/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 83, Statutes of 2021.
• SCR 24 (Stern) Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Joseph Solano Memorial Overcrossing.
  This measure would designate the overcrossing on Route 118 at Balboa Boulevard in the County of Los Angeles as the “Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Joseph Solano Memorial Overcrossing”.
  07/16/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 85, Statutes of 2021.
• SCR 26 (Gonzalez) Detective Raul Vasquez Gama Memorial Highway.
  This bill would designate the portion of I-710 from PM LA 19.730 to PM LA 24.466 in the County of Los Angeles as the “Detective Raul Vasquez Gama Memorial Highway”.
  07/16/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 86, Statutes of 2021.
• SCR 27 (McGuire) Jeffrey Stevenson Memorial Bike Path.
  This measure would designate the bike path, which was formerly known as Pacheco Hill Path, with entrances on the east side of Pacheco Creek Bridge and the intersection of Marinwood Avenue and Miller Creek Road in the County of Marin as the “Jeffrey Stevenson Memorial Bike Path”.
  Note: This path parallels US 101 from MRN 15.561 to MRN 16.615. See https://www.traillink.com/trail/pacheco-hill-path/.
  07/09/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 63, Statutes of 2021.
• SCR 28 (Umberg) Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate the portion of Route 37 between the Atherton Avenue undercrossing at postmile 13.773 and its junction with State Highway Route 121 at postmile 3.900 as the “Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway”.
  07/09/21    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 64, Statutes of 2021.

Bills/Resolutions Vetoed

• AB 604 (Daly) Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account: apportionment of funds: accrued interest.
  Existing law creates the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program to address deferred maintenance on the state highway system and the local street and road system. Existing law provides for the deposit of various funds, including revenues from certain fuel taxes and vehicle fees, for the program in the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account. Existing law requires funds available for the program to be allocated for various specified purposes and requires the remaining funds available for the program to be continuously appropriated 50% for allocation to the Department of Transportation for maintenance of the state highway system or for the State Highway Operation and Protection Program and 50% for apportionment to cities and counties by the Controller pursuant to a specified formula.
  
  This bill would continuously appropriate interest earnings derived from revenues deposited in the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account to the department for maintenance of the state highway system or for purposes of the State Highway Operation and Protection Program.
  09/22/21    Vetoed by Governor. Veto Message: I am returning Assembly Bill 604 without my signature. This bill would continuously appropriate interest earnings from revenues deposited in the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for maintenance of the state highway system or for purposes of the State Highway Operation and Protection Program (SHOPP). Interest earnings from the RMRA, including accumulated revenue and future earnings, have already been appropriated in the 2021 Budget Act through 2028. I look forward to re-engaging with the Legislature to finalize and pass a comprehensive transportation package early next year that invests in a wide variety of critically-necessary projects including high speed rail, connectivity projects in advance of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, road and bridge repair, and a variety of other rail system improvements. That comprehensive package, and the corresponding budget process, would be the appropriate venue to consider any continuous appropriation of RMRA interest earnings, such as that proposed in this bill.

Dead, Inactive, Joint Rule 56, or Moribund Proposals

Alas, sometimes this proposals come back to life when a legislator wants to introduce a bill, but is past the bill introduction date. The bill or resolution is then amended beyond recognition and morphed into a new bill, often on a different subject. Often these are the unpassed bill from the first year of a two-year legislative session.

• ✠ AB 34 (Muratsuchi) Broadband for All Act of 2022.
  This bill would enact the Broadband for All Act of 2022, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to support the 2022 Broadband for All Program that would be administered by the department for purposes of providing financial assistance for projects to deploy broadband infrastructure and broadband internet access services.
  
  The bill would provide for the submission of the bond act to the voters at the November 8, 2022, statewide general election.
  05/20/21 In committee: Held under submission.
• ✠ AB 512 (Holden) Surplus unimproved property: sale procedures: City of Los Angeles: City of Pasadena: City of South Pasadena State Highway Route 710.
  Existing law establishes priorities and procedures that any state agency disposing of surplus residential property is required to follow.
  
  This bill would, with certain exceptions, require the Department of Transportation, prior to selling specified unimproved properties in the City of Los Angeles, City of Pasadena, and City of South Pasadena, to offer to sell those properties at the original acquisition price paid by the department to a housing-related entity for affordable housing purposes, as provided.
  
  Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a process for adoption of a highway on an authorized route by the California Transportation Commission. Existing law authorizes the commission to relinquish to the City of Pasadena the specified portions of Route 710 within its city limits, upon terms and conditions the commission finds to be in the best interests of the state, if the department and the city enter into an agreement providing for that relinquishment.
  
  This bill would revise the portion of Route 710 that the commission may relinquish to the City of Pasadena under that provision and would authorize that portion of Route 710 to be relinquished for nontransportation purposes if certain conditions are met.
  
  This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the sale of surplus unimproved property located in the City of Los Angeles, the City of Pasadena, and the City of South Pasadena.
  06/22/21    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• ✠ AB 581 (Irwin) Cybersecurity.
  Existing law establishes the Office of Information Security within the Department of Technology, under the direction of the Chief of the Office of Information Security, for the purpose of ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of state systems and applications and to promote and protect privacy as part of the development and operations of state systems and applications to ensure the trust of the residents of this state. The law requires an entity within the executive branch that is under the direct authority of the Governor to implement the policies and procedures issued by the office. The law additionally authorizes the office to conduct, or require to be conducted, an independent security assessment of every state agency, department, or office, as specified. The law authorizes the Military Department to perform an independent security assessment of any state agency, department, or office.
  
  This bill would require all state agencies, as generally defined, to review and implement specified National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines for, among other things, reporting, coordinating, publishing, and receiving information about a security vulnerability relating to information systems and the resolution thereof, no later than July 1, 2022. The bill would require the chief to review the NIST guidelines and to create, update, and publish any appropriate standards or procedures in the State Administrative Manual and Statewide Information Management Manual to apply the NIST guidelines to certain state governmental agencies, as defined, no later than April 1, 2022. The bill would authorize a state agency to satisfy their requirement to implement NIST guidelines by adopting those standards and procedures published in the State Administrative Manual and Statewide Information Management Manual. The bill would require the office to provide assistance to any state agency that requests assistance in implementing the guidelines or the standards and procedures, and to provide operational and technical assistance to state agencies on reporting, coordinating, publishing, and receiving information about cybersecurity vulnerabilities of information systems, until that agency withdraws their request for assistance with implementation or cybersecurity.
  05/20/21    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• ✠ AB 809 (Irwin) Information security.
  Existing law establishes the Office of Information Security within the Department of Technology for the purpose of ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of state systems and applications and to promote and protect privacy as part of the development and operations of state systems and applications to ensure the trust of the residents of this state. The law requires an entity within the executive branch that is under the direct authority of the Governor to implement the policies and procedures issued by the office. The law additionally authorizes the office to conduct, or require to be conducted, an independent security assessment of every state agency, department, or office, as specified. The law authorizes the Military Department to perform an independent security assessment of any state agency, department, or office.
  
  This bill would require state agencies not covered by the provisions described above to adopt and implement information security and privacy policies, standards, and procedures based upon standards issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Federal Information Processing Standards, as specified. This bill would require these state agencies to perform a comprehensive, independent security assessment every 2 years and would authorize them to contract with the Military Department for that purpose.
  
  This bill would require these state agencies to certify, by February 1 annually, to the Assembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection that the agency is in compliance with all adopted policies, standards, and procedures and to include a corrective action plan to address any outstanding deficiencies, the estimated dates of compliance, and any additional resources it requires in order to cure each deficiency. The bill would require that the certification be kept confidential and not be disclosed, except that the information and records would be allowed to be shared with the members of the Legislature and legislative employees, at the discretion of the chairperson of the committee.
  
  Because the required certification would be made under penalty of perjury, the bill would expand the crime of perjury and would thereby impose a state-mandated local program.
  05/20/21    In committee: Held under submission.
• ✠ AB 1189 (Bloom) Transportation: indirect cost recovery: wildlife crossing projects.
  Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with possession and control of the state highway system and associated property. Existing law provides for cooperative agreements between the department and public entities for the performance of work by the department and those entities and apportionment of associated expenses.
  
  This bill would, on and before June 30, 2024, prohibit the department from charging for administration indirect cost recovery, as outlined in the department’s Indirect Cost Recovery Proposal, for any wildlife crossing project that receives private funding for more than 50% of the project cost, and would require the department to charge these projects for functional overhead. The bill would require the department to report, on or before July 1, 2024, to the Legislature on the amount of private funding invested in wildlife crossing projects for the 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, and 2023–24 fiscal years.
  03/04/21    Referred to Com. on TRANS.
• ✠ SB 760 (Bates) State highways: State Route 241: reduction.
  Existing law establishes the state highway system throughout the state and designates State Route 241 from State Route 5 south of the City of San Clemente to State Route 91 in the City of Anaheim.
  
  This bill would delete from the state highway system the portion of State Route 241 from State Route 5 south of the City of San Clemente to Oso Parkway east of the City of Mission Viejo.
  05/13/21    May 17 hearing postponed by committee.

Legislative Calendar for 2022

Note that, unless otherwise indicated, committee meetings take place once the legislature is in session. In particular, note that last day for most bills to be introduced is February; after that date, if you want to introduce a new bill, you have to modify an existing one. Thus, the legislature creates loads of "non-substantive" changes bills, in the various areas of operation of government, that it can either ignore and let die, or gut and amend into something new in lieu of introducing a new bill. Further, in September, bills can be amended on the floor at the last minute, after all committee hearings.

• Jan. 1 Statutes from 2021 take effect
• Jan 10 Budget  must be submitted by Governor (Art. IV,  Sec. 12(a)).
• Jan. 11 Legislature reconvenes
• Jan 21 Last day to submit bill requests  to the Office of Legislative Counsel.
• Jan 31 Last day for each house to pass bills introduced in that house in the odd- numbered year (J.R. 61(b)(3)) (Art. IV, Sec. 10(c)).
• Feb. 18 Last day for bills to be introduced
• Apr 7 Spring Recess begins upon adjournment.
• Apr 18 Legislature reconvenes from Spring Recess.
• May 13 Last day  for policy committees  to meet prior to June 7.
• May 20 Last day for fiscal committees to meet prior to June 7.
• May 23-27 Floor session only. No committee may  meet for any purpose except for Rules Committee, bills referred pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2, and Conference Committees.
• May 27 Last day for each house to pass bills introduced in that house (J.R. 61(b)(11)).
• Jul 1 Last day for policy committees to meet and report bills (J.R. 61(b)(14)).
• July 1 Summer Recess begins upon adjournment, provided Budget Bill has been passed (J.R. 51(b)(2)).
• Aug. 1 Legislature reconvenes from Summer Recess (J.R. 51(b)(2)).
• Aug. 12 Last day for fiscal committees to meet and report bills (J.R. 61(b)(15)).
• Aug 15-31 Floor session only. No committee may meet for any purpose except Rules Committee, bills referred pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2, and Conference Committees (J.R. 61(b)(16)).
• Aug 25 Last day to amend bills on the floor (J.R. 61(b)(17)).
• Aug 31 Last day for each house to pass bills (Art. IV, Sec 10(c), J.R. 61(b)(18)). Fi nal Recess begins upon adjournment (J.R. 51(b)(3)).
• Sep 30 Last day for Governor to sign or veto bills passed by the  Legislature before Sept. 1 and in the Governor's possession on or  after Sept. 1 (Art. IV, Sec.  10(b)(2)).

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