ACTION ALERT: 10 BizFed bills need Newsom’s signature or veto

STILL ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK

BizFed-supported bills to sign

• AB 376 (Villapudua): Student financial aid for Cal Grant C driver training programs.
• AB 965 (Carrillo): Local broadband batch permitting.
• AB 1217 (Gabriel): Business pandemic relief. 
• SB 4 (Wiener): "Yes in God's backyard" housing production on religious and higher education land.

BizFed-opposed bills to veto

• AB 1048 (Wicks): Dental benefits and rate review. 
• AB 1614 (Gabriel): Phaseout of gas stations.
• SB 253 (Wiener): Corporate greenhouse gas emissions reporting.
• SB 261 (Stern): Climate-related financial risk reporting. 
• SB 389 (Allen): State Water Resources Control Board investigation of water rights.
• SB 525 (Durazo): Health care minimum wage hike. 

VICTORIES

• AB 6 (Friedman): Regional transportation plans for congested corridors. Oppose.
• AB 7 (Friedman): Project selection for transportation planning. Oppose.
• AB 9 (Muratsuchi): Market-baed compliance mechanism for emissions reduction. Oppose.
• AB 68 (Ward): Streamlined housing approvals. Oppose.
• AB 236 (Holden): Provider directories for health care coverage. Oppose.
• AB 316 (Aguiar-Curry): Human safety operators in self-driving vehicles. Oppose.
• AB 460 (Bauer-Kahan): Interim relief procedures for water rights. Oppose.
• AB 627 (Jackson): Operating requirements for heavy-duty trucks. Oppose.
• AB 650 (Arambula): San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District board. Oppose.
• AB 985 (Arambula): San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District emissions reduction credit system. Oppose.
• AB 1000 (Reyes): Warehouse restrictions. Oppose.
• AB 1333 (Ward): Residential real estate bundling. Oppose.
• AB 1337 (Wicks): Water diversion curtailment. Oppose.
• ACA 6 (Haney): University of California labor standards. Oppose.
• SB 12 (Stern): Emissions limits. Oppose.
• SB 41 (Cortese): Airline meal and rest breaks. Support. 
• SB 220 (Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee): Minimum franchise tax. Oppose.
• SB 252 (Gonzalez): Fossil fuels divestment. Oppose.
• SB 466 (Wahab): Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act rates. Oppose.
• SB 556 (Gonzalez): Civil liability for oil and gas wells. Oppose.
• SB 571 (Allen): Emergency preparedness for development sites. Oppose.
• SB 584 (Limón): Short-Term Rental Tax Law for workforce housing. Oppose.
• SB 674 (Gonzalez): Fence-line monitoring systems for refineries. Oppose. 
• SB 799 (Portantino): Unemployment benefits for striking workers. Oppose. 
• SB 849 (Stern): Ports emissions reduction. Oppose.
• SCA 7 (Umberg): Workers' rights to organize and negotiate. Oppose.

LOSSES

• AB 52 (Grayson): Manufacturing income tax credit. Support.
• AB 717 (Villapudua): Living trust education. Support.
• AB 838 (Connolly): California Water Affordability and Infrastructure Transparency Act. Support.
• AB 914 (Friedman): CEQA streamlining for electrical infrastructure. Support.
• AB 1228 (Holden): Fast Food Council. Oppose.
• AB 1505 (Rodriguez): Seismic retrofitting. Support.
• AB 1708 (Muratsuchi): Proposition 47 amendment to prevent retail theft. Support.
• ACA 13 (Ward): Voting thresholds. Oppose.
• SB 301 (Portantino): Vehicular air pollution. Support.
• SB 316 (Niello): Increased penalties for retail theft. Support.
• SB 366 (Caballero): Long-term water supply targets. Support.
• SB 430 (Dodd): Tied-house exceptions for advertising. Support.
• SB 553 (Cortese): Workplace violence rules. Oppose.
• SB 581 (Caballero): Third-party litigation financing. Support.
• SB 585 (Niello): Statutory damages for construction-related claims. Support.
• SB 767 (Rubio): Mandatory kindergarten. Support.

Tracy Hernandez BizFed Founding CEO