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The bill would require the housing provider to consider that alternative evidence in lieu of the person’s credit history when determining whether to offer the rental accommodation to the applicant.
• Senate Bill 1482. (Allen) Building Standards - This bill would require those mandatory building standards for the installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure for parking spaces in multifamily dwellings to require that each dwelling unit with access to a parking space have access to a 208 / 240 volt branch circuit of at least 20 amperes terminating in a receptacle for use by an electric vehicle driver to charge their plug-in electric vehicle, specified signage for those electric vehicle parking spaces, and electrical wiring design options.
Lastly, Assembly Bill 916 (Salas) is our sponsored bill and would streamline bedroom additions and increase allowable ADU height. This bill is set for a hearing on June 13, 2022, by the Senate Housing Committee.
Legislative Deadlines Remaining
Here is a timeline of the remaining legislative deadlines during the 2022 legislative session:
Budget bill passage no later than midnight
August 1st
Legislature reconvenes following summer recess.
August 12th
Final day for fiscal committees to meet and report bills.
August 15th –August 31st
Legislative floor session only. No legislative committee may meet for any purpose except Rules Committee, bills referred
to Assembly Rule 77.2 and Conference Committees. Under Assembly Rule 77.2, “If the analysis of an amendment adopted
on the floor discloses that the amendment makes a substantial substantive change to a bill as passed by the last committee
of reference, the bill, as amended, may be referred by the Speaker to the appropriate committee.”
August 25th
Final day to amend bills on the Assembly and Senate floors.
August 31st
Last day for either house (Assembly or Senate) to pass bills.
September 30th
Last day for Governor to sign or veto proposed bills that were passed by the legislature prior to September 1st and in the Governor’s possession by September 1st.
June 15th
June 30th
Last day for legislative measures to qualify for the November 8th general election ballot.
State Rental Assistance Update
The rental assistance application portal was closed on March 31, 2022, and approximately $3.623 billion has been paid out in rent assistance by the state as of June 6, 2022. For more information on the rental assistance program, please visit the Housing is Key website.
July 1st
Last day for policy committees (Assembly and Senate) to meet and report proposed bills. Summer recess begins once adjourned provided; however, that budget bill has been passed at that point.
Kate Bell, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kate Bell Strategies was most recently a Partner of Capitol Advocacy, which is ranked among California’s top lobbying firms. Ms. Bell’s firm specializes in lobbying, strategic planning, coalition building, budget advocacy, procurement, and political involvement. Kate Bell Strategies and Capitol Advocacy represent the interests of the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles through its affiliation with the California Rental Housing Association. Both firms are based in Sacramento. For more information, please visit www.katebellstrategies.com.
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