Hi Folks
437 bills cleared the appropriations committees in the last week.
Complete results of the May 19th Senate Appropriations Hearing can be seen here (28 pages).
Complete results of the May 20th Assembly Appropriations Hearing can be seen here (18 pages).
One significant win was AB 1910, “Publicly owned golf courses: conversion: affordable housing” bill died in suspense.
Livable California opposed this bill and was successful in helping to kill it. AB 1910 would have the state incentivize the elimination of publicly owned golf courses and their conversion into housing developments. Public golf courses are an affordable form of recreation for golfers of all ages, and removing them would deprive seniors, lower income players, and high school athletics of this much-needed recreational asset. We strongly support affordable housing, but removing public open space is not the way to do it. The state needs to provide funding to subsidize affordable housing for the most needy.
We are happy to say that ACA 14, “Homelessness and affordable housing”, is still alive. That’s the constitutional amendment proposed by Asm. Wicks that would allocate 5% of the State’s general fund for the next 10 years to fund “housing and services to prevent and end homelessness,” low-income rental housing programs and affordable homeownership for low & moderate income households. We support this bill.
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Over the next 2 weeks there will be a flurry of bills heard on the floor of each house. No committee hearings will be held. All bills must be out of their house of origin (1st house) by May 27.
2nd house hearing will take place in June. This is the most critical time to submit your position letters through the Position Letter Portal for bills you strongly support or oppose.
Legislature will be on break July 1 to August 1
This is a good time to meet with your legislator in the district. You can find your legislator here.
See all upcoming hearings here
Check the status of any bills Livable California is tracking here
Look up the full text of any bill here
For Bay Area folks - Senator Scott Wiener is having an in-person town hall on June 11 – details follow:
Location: Richmond Recreation Center Auditorium
Address: 251 18th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94121
Date: Saturday, June 11, 2022
Time: 11:30am - 1:00pm
Phone #: (415) 557-1300
RSVP for this Town Hall is required here. The venue has occupancy limits so we advise you to RSVP soon.
Please contribute to help us continue to lobby for good bills and fight bad ones for you, while keeping you informed and involved. Become a sustaining member with a modest monthly donation. If you can't become a monthly contributor, please send a spot contribution to help the cause here.
Next LC Teleconference is June 11. We should have a good update on legislation for that meeting
