League of California Cities 2025 Advocacy Priorities

1. Protect local revenues and expand economic development tools. Safeguard and modernize revenue streams for local priorities. Pursue new economic development opportunities that bolster local economies and cultivate a strong local workforce, including expanded workforce recruitment and retention tools.

2. Strengthen climate change resiliency and disaster preparedness. Support city efforts to prepare, prevent, and adapt to natural disasters and the impacts of climate change, including wildfires, drought, sea level rise, and other extreme weather events. Increase transparency and access to insurance policies, especially following a natural disaster.

3. Strengthen and modernize critical infrastructure. Dedicate new resources and protect existing funding to maintain and improve essential infrastructure, including bridges, roads, broadband, and the state’s water supply and energy grid.

4. Secure investments to prevent and reduce homelessness and increase the supply of affordable housing. Secure dedicated funding to bolster cities’ long-term planning efforts to support unhoused residents and accelerate the construction of affordable housing. Strengthen state and regional partnerships to expand access to wraparound services and improve the housing element planning process. Ensure cities have the flexibility and decision-making authority to meet their community and state housing goals and reduce homelessness.

League of California Cities - Hot and Sponsored Bills List

As of 4/2/2025

Community Services

AB 424 (Davies R) Alcohol and other drug programs: complaints.AB 424 would require DHCS to notify individuals at three key points: when their complaint is received when the investigation concludes, and the outcome of the investigation. Currently, DHCS does not automatically provide this information. Instead, complainants must file a Public Records Act (PRA) request, which can take months—sometimes over a year—to receive a response.Cal Cities Position: SponsorPrimary Lobbyist: Caroline GrinderPolicy Committee : CS

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
AB 424 (Davies) Support Letter Author 2.26.25
AB 424 (Davies) CITY SAMPLE Support Letter Author 2.26.25

AB 492 (Valencia D) Alcohol and drug programs: licensing.This measure would require the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to notify cities anytime a new alcohol and drug treatment facility is approved in their jurisdiction.Cal Cities Position: SponsorPrimary Lobbyist: Caroline GrinderPolicy Committee : CS

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
AB 492 (Valencia) Support Letter Author 2.26.25
AB 492 (Valencia) CITY SAMPLE Support Letter Author 2.26.25

SB 35 (Umberg D) Alcohol and drug programs.This measure establishes timelines for the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to investigate allegations of licensed treatment being provided at unlicensed sober living homes. If DHCS cannot meet the timelines, SB 35 would authorize cities and counties to request approval to conduct site visits and enforce compliance with existing state licensing requirements.Cal Cities Position: SponsorPrimary Lobbyist: Caroline GrinderPolicy Committee : CS

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
SB 35 (Umberg) CITY SAMPLE Support Letter to Author
SB 35 (Umberg) Sponsor Support Letter to Author

SB 329 (Blakespear D) Alcohol and drug recovery or treatment facilities: investigations.This measure requires the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to complete timely investigations into complaints about alcohol or drug treatment facilities. While existing law requires DHCS to investigate complaints against licensed alcohol and drug treatment facilities, it does not establish timelines for completing those investigations. SB 329 sets clear, reasonable deadlines—aligned with existing DHCS policy—to enhance public transparency and ensure providers are held accountable for delivering high-quality treatment and care.Cal Cities Position: SponsorPrimary Lobbyist: Caroline GrinderPolicy Committee : CS

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
SB 329 (Blakespear) Support Letter Author 2.26.25
SB 329 (Blakespear) CITY SAMPLE Support Letter Author 2.26.25

SB 456 (Ashby D) Contractors: exemptions: muralists.This measure would exempt muralists from having to obtain a contractors license through the California State Licensing Board before being commissioned for public and private art projects.Cal Cities Position: Co-sponsorPrimary Lobbyist: Caroline GrinderPolicy Committee : CS

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
SB 456 Co-Sponsor Support Letter to Sen Bus, Prof & ED
SB 456 Sponsor CITY SAMPLE_Sen Bus, Prof & ED
SB 456 (Ashby) CITY SAMPLE Support Letter to Author 2.28.25
SB 456 (Ashby) Co-Sponsor Support Letter to Author 2.28.25

SB 569 (Blakespear D) Department of Transportation: homeless encampments.This measure requires Caltrans to develop locally tailored plans for homeless encampments on state-owned land. It would also require the department to establish advisory committees in each Caltrans district, set clear timelines, speed up the contracting process, and provide additional funding to better help transition people into shelter and services.Cal Cities Position: Co-sponsorPrimary Lobbyist: Caroline GrinderPolicy Committee : CS

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
Co-Sponsor Support Letter SB 569 (Blakespear)
SB 569 (Blakespear) CITY SAMPLE Support Letter

Environmental Quality

AB 262 (Caloza D) California Individual Assistance Act.AB 262 would establish the California Individual Assistance Act under the Office of Emergency Services to distribute funding to local agencies, community-based organizations, and individuals with assistance following a disaster. This measure’s intent is to quickly provide assistance to California residents following the declaration of a local or state emergency that may not warrant federal disaster assistance for individuals.Cal Cities Position: SponsorPrimary Lobbyist: Melissa Sparks-KranzPolicy Committee : EQ

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
AB 262 Asm EM Comm Support Letter Cal Cities
AB 262 Asm EM Comm SUPPORT SAMPLE LETTER

AB 735 (Carrillo D) Planning and zoning: logistics use: truck routes.AB 735 is a spot bill for clean up legislation related to AB 98 (2024), the warehouse design standards, truck route, and circulation element update bill.Cal Cities Position: PendingPrimary Lobbyist: Melissa Sparks-KranzPolicy Committee : EQ

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AB 846 (Connolly D) Endangered species: incidental take: wildfire preparedness activities.This bill would create a pathway to streamline any necessary environmental permits from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for wildfire preparedness projects submitted by a local agency.Cal Cities Position: SponsorPrimary Lobbyist: Melissa Sparks-KranzPolicy Committee : EQ

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
AB 846 Support Coalition Letter Asm WPW Comm
AB 846 Support Asm WPW Comm SAMPLE LETTER
AB 846 Support to Author SAMPLE LETTER
AB 846 Fact Sheet
League of California Cities AB 846 Letter of Support to the Author

AB 996 (Pellerin D) Public Resources: California Coastal Act of 1976: California Coastal Planning Fund.AB 996 would establish the California Coastal Planning Fund in the State Treasury to help coastal and bay local governments to adequately plan for sea level rise. The bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, make moneys in the fund available to the Coastal Commission for local and state costs related to the development and review of local coastal programs and sea level rise plans.Cal Cities Position: SponsorPrimary Lobbyist: Melissa Sparks-KranzPolicy Committee : EQ

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SB 415 (Reyes D) Planning and zoning: logistics use: truck routes.SB 415 is a spot bill for clean up legislation related to AB 98 (2024), the warehouse design standards, truck route, and circulation element update bill.Cal Cities Position: PendingPrimary Lobbyist: Melissa Sparks-KranzPolicy Committee : EQ

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
AB 735 SB 415 Warehouse Bill Clean Up Priorities (ATTACHED LIST)
AB 735 SB 415 Warehouse Bill Clean Up Priorities Cal Cities CSAC

SB 454 (McNerney D) State Water Resources Control Board: PFAS Mitigation Program.This measure would create the PFAS Mitigation Fund to support cities and local water agencies treat and remediate PFAS from water and wastewater supplies.Cal Cities Position: Co-sponsorPrimary Lobbyist: Melissa Sparks-KranzPolicy Committee : EQ

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
SB 454 Support Coalition Letter Sen EQ Comm
Instructions to Join SB 454 Coalition Letter
SB 454 Sen EQ Comm SUPPORT SAMPLE LETTER
SB 454 Fact Sheet

Governance, Transparency, and Labor Relations

AB 339 (Ortega D) Local public employee organizations: notice requirements.The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act contains various provisions that govern collective bargaining of local represented employees and delegates jurisdiction to the Public Employment Relations Board to resolve disputes and enforce the statutory duties and rights of local public agency employers and employees. Current law requires the governing body of a public agency to meet and confer in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment with representatives of recognized employee organizations. Current law requires the governing body of a public agency, and boards and commissions designated by law or by the governing body, to give reasonable written notice, except in cases of emergency, as specified, to each recognized employee organization affected of any ordinance, rule, resolution, or regulation directly relating to matters within the scope of representation proposed to be adopted by the governing body or the designated boards and commissions. This bill would require the governing body of a public agency, and boards and commissions designated by law or by the governing body of a public agency, to give the recognized employee organization no less than 120 days’ written notice before issuing a request for proposals, request for quotes, or renewing or extending an existing contract to perform services that are within the scope of work of the job classifications represented by the recognized employee organization. The bill would require the notice to include specified information, including the anticipated duration of the contract.Cal Cities Position: OpposePrimary Lobbyist: Johnnie PiñaPolicy Committee : GTLR

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
AB 339 (Ortega) Coalition Author Oppose

AB 340 (Ahrens D) Employer-employee relations: confidential communications.Current law that governs the labor relations of public employees and employers, including, among others, the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, the Ralph C. Dills Act, provisions relating to public schools, and provisions relating to higher education, prohibits employers from taking certain actions relating to employee organization, including imposing or threatening to impose reprisals on employees, discriminating or threatening to discriminate against employees, or otherwise interfering with, restraining, or coercing employees because of their exercise of their guaranteed rights. Those provisions of current law further prohibit denying to employee organizations the rights guaranteed to them by current law. This bill would prohibit a public employer from questioning a public employee, a representative of a recognized employee organization, or an exclusive representative regarding communications made in confidence between an employee and an employee representative in connection with representation relating to any matter within the scope of the recognized employee organization’s representation.Cal Cities Position: OpposePrimary Lobbyist: Johnnie PiñaPolicy Committee : GTLR

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
AB 340 (Ahrens) Author Letter - Coalition Oppose
AB 340 (Ahrens) Assembly PER Committee - Coalition Oppose

AB 1109 (Kalra D) Evidentiary privileges: union agent-represented worker privilege.Existing law governs the admissibility of evidence in court proceedings and generally provides a privilege as to communications made in the course of certain relations, including the attorney-client, physician-patient, and psychotherapist-patient relationship, as specified. Under existing law, the right of any person to claim those evidentiary privileges is waived with respect to a communication protected by the privilege if any holder of the privilege, without coercion, has disclosed a significant part of the communication or has consented to a disclosure. This bill would establish a privilege between a union agent, as defined, and a represented employee or represented former employee to refuse to disclose any confidential communication between the employee or former employee and the union agent made while the union agent was acting in the union agent’s representative capacity, except as specified. The bill would permit a represented employee or represented former employee to prevent another person from disclosing a privileged communication, except as specified. The bill would further provide that this privilege may be waived in accordance with existing law and does not apply in criminal proceedings.Cal Cities Position: OpposePrimary Lobbyist: Johnnie PiñaPolicy Committee : GTLR

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SB 239 (Arreguín D) Open meetings: teleconferencing: subsidiary body.This measure would modernize the Brown Act for advisory bodies and improve representation by allowing increased teleconferencing flexibility for certain advisory bodies.Cal Cities Position: SponsorPrimary Lobbyist: Johnnie PiñaPolicy Committee : GTLR

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
SB 239 (Arreguín) Coalition Sponsor Letter

Housing Community and Economic Development

AB 650 (Papan D) Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation.The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, which includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. Current law requires a public agency to administer its programs and activities relating to housing and community development in a manner to affirmatively further fair housing, and take no action that is materially inconsistent with its obligation to affirmatively further fair housing. The Planning and Zoning Law requires that a housing element include, among other things, a program that sets forth a schedule of actions during the planning period. Current law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a standardized reporting format for programs and actions taken pursuant to the requirement to affirmatively further fair housing. This bill would require the department to develop the above-described standardized reporting format on or before December 31, 2026.Cal Cities Position: SponsorPrimary Lobbyist: Brady GuertinPolicy Committee : HCED

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AB 736 (Wicks D) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026.This measure would create a $10 billion housing bond to finance affordable rental housing and homeownership programs.Cal Cities Position: SupportPrimary Lobbyist: Brady GuertinPolicy Committee : HCED

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
AB 736 (Wicks) Letter of Support to Asm Housing

SB 79 (Wiener D) Planning and zoning: housing development: transit-oriented development.This measure would require cities to approve higher-density residential projects up to 7 stories near public transit stops ministerially regardless of local zoning codes, limit the use of local development standards on the proposed project, and allow transit agencies full land authority over residential and commercial development on property they own or lease.Cal Cities Position: OpposePrimary Lobbyist: Brady GuertinPolicy Committee : HCED

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
SB 79 (Wiener) TOD SAMPLE Letter of Opposition
SB 79 (Wiener) TOD Letter of Opposition 3 27 25

SB 677 (Wiener D) Housing development: streamlined approvals.This measure would limit local government’s ability to impose objective standards on SB 9 projects with 1,750 net habitable square feet in the floor area. It would also eliminate local agencies’ ability to provide setback requirements, height limits, lot coverage limits, floor area ratios, or any other standard that would limit residential development capacity for these projects. Finally, this measure would prohibit local governments from collecting impact fees for projects less than 1,750 square feet.Cal Cities Position: OpposePrimary Lobbyist: Brady GuertinPolicy Committee : HCED

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Public Safety

AB 1 (Connolly D) Residential property insurance: wildfire risk.This measure would require the Department of Insurance to include wildfire mitigation in the next draft of the Catastrophe Modeling regulations.Cal Cities Position: SupportPrimary Lobbyist: Jolena VoorhisPolicy Committee : PS

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
League of California Cities, Rural County Representatives of California, California State Association of Counties AB 1 Letter of Support to Assembly Insurance Committee
League of California Cities, Rural County Representatives of California, and California State Association of Counties AB 1 Letter of Support to Author

Revenue and Taxation

SB 346 (Durazo D) Local agencies: transient occupancy taxes: short-term rental facilitator.This measure would require short-term rental facilitators, at the request of a city, to provide the Assessor Parcel Number of a short-term rental listing to a city, would provide cities audit authority for transient occupancy taxes (TOT) collected and remitted by short-term rental facilitators, and would require the publishing of the local license number and TOT Certification on the short-term rental listing.Cal Cities Position: SponsorPrimary Lobbyist: Ben TriffoPolicy Committee : RT

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
SB 346 Sponsor CITY SAMPLE_Sen Judiciary
SB 346 Sponsor CITY SAMPLE
SB 346 Sponsor Sen Judiciary
SB 346 Sponsor

SB 710 (Blakespear D) Property taxation: active solar energy systems: extension.This measure would indefinitely extend the property tax exemption home and business owners receive when installing solar panels and storage on their properties.Cal Cities Position: Oppose (Letter Pending)Primary Lobbyist: Ben TriffoPolicy Committee : RT

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Transportation, Communications and Public Works

AB 476 (González, Mark D) Metal theft.Non-ferrous metals like aluminum, copper, and zinc are crucial for public infrastructure due to their unique properties (including corrosion resistance, conductivity, and recyclability) and are used in applications like wiring, piping, and building materials. However, cities across the state have seen a surge in vandalism of public infrastructure and construction sites. One such project was stripped of 7 miles of copper wires with a sell value of $11K for the thieves but cost the taxpayers over $2 million to repair. AB 476 would increase fines to better reflect the cost of damages to the taxpayer, enhance licensing and reporting requirements that recyclers must collect detailed transaction records, signed statements, proof of ownership, and expand the definition of metals that are used in all public infrastructure projects.Cal Cities Position: Co-sponsorPrimary Lobbyist: Damon ConklinPolicy Committee : TCPW

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
AB 476 (Gonzalez) City Sample Letter Support to Author
Support Letter AB 476

AB 620 (Jackson D) Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Fleet Purchasing Assistance Program: rental vehicles.This bill, for any regulation adopted to develop or implement the program, or other regulations that are regarding the procurement or use of medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles by a public or private fleet, would require the California Air Resources Board to make specific considerations, including the environmental and supply chain benefits of renting medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles compared to procuring them.Cal Cities Position: SupportPrimary Lobbyist: Damon ConklinPolicy Committee : TCPW

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
AB 620 Support Rental ZEVs ACF

AB 911 (Carrillo D) Emergency telecommunications medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles.This bill would exempt emergency telecommunications vehicles owned or purchased by emergency telecommunications service providers that are used to participate in the federal Emergency Alert System, to provide access to 911 emergency services, or to provide wireless connectivity during service outages from specified requirements in the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulations.Cal Cities Position: SupportPrimary Lobbyist: Damon ConklinPolicy Committee : TCPW

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
AB 911 Coalition Support Letter

AB 978 (Hoover R) Department of Transportation and local agencies: streets and highways: recycled materials.This bill would eliminate the feasibility and cost-effectiveness provisions required of a local agency that has jurisdiction over a street or highway and would indefinitely require a local government’s standard specifications to allow recycled materials at a level no less than the level allowed in the Department of Transportation's specifications for based on standards developed by the Department of Transportation for recycled paving materials and for recycled base, subbase, and pervious backfill materials.Cal Cities Position: OpposePrimary Lobbyist: Damon ConklinPolicy Committee : TCPW

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
AB 978 Oppose Assembly Transportation

SB 74 (Seyarto R) Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation: Infrastructure Gap-Fund Program.SB-74 establishes a “Gap Fund” grant to provide from the state up to 20% of project costs to cities that are able to pull together the remaining balance. California has led the nation on many fronts; however the state’s infrastructure is decaying due in part to the delayed allocation of funds that ultimately hinders critical infrastructure projects from being completed. This measure bridges those gaps.Cal Cities Position: Co-sponsorPrimary Lobbyist: Damon ConklinPolicy Committee : TCPW

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
SB 74 (Seyarto) City Sample Letter
Support Letter Sen Local Govt

SB 445 (Wiener D) Sustainable Transportation Project Permits and Cooperative Agreements.This year the legislature has introduced numerous bills in the local permitting space. Some related to the southern CA fires, housing inventories and transportation. SB 445 is no exception as it seeks to impose strict and arbitrary deadlines (shot clocks) on municipalities reviewing “sustainable” transportation projects. SB 445 applies to a wide range of transportation projects (anything that builds, modifies, enhances transit, ATP, pedestrian, etc SB 445 poses significant concerns regarding local governance, community input, and responsible development. The measure would grant transit agencies the authority to begin construction if those arbitrary deadlines are not met undermining the ability of local jurisdictions to thoroughly review projects, assess environmental and community impacts, and ensure that development aligns with local planning needs. Also, rushing the permitting process could also lead to unintended consequences, including environmental degradation, displacement, and inadequate infrastructure planning.Cal Cities Position: OpposePrimary Lobbyist: Damon ConklinPolicy Committee : TCPW

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SB 496 (Hurtado D) Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation: appeals advisory committee: exemptions.SB 496 established several critically important provisions to help local municipalities comply with California Air Resource Board’s Advanced Clean Fleets requirements: 1) Establishes an appeals committee to hear any denials to requested extensions or exemptions to the regulation. 2) The bill also updates and expands the definition of authorized Emergency Vehicle Exemption. 3) And, the bill eliminates the current “pay for extension” provisions in the ACF that require purchasing ZEV in order to be eligible for consideration for any requested extension for infrastructural delays that are outside the control of a municipality (lack of contractors or a delay to energize a proposed refueling site).Cal Cities Position: Co-sponsorPrimary Lobbyist: Damon ConklinPolicy Committee : TCPW

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Cal Cities Position Letter(s) & City Sample Letter(s):
Coalition Flyer Support SB 496
SB 496 Sponsor Letter
SB 496 City Sample Letter of Support

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