Do not send any privileged or confidential information to the firm through this website. The new law does not criminalize display or placement of the swastika associated with Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Gavin Newsom signs a $123.9 billion package to support K-12 education. The statewide California minimum wage will rise to $15.50 per hour for all employer sizes. . A qualifying intergenerational housing development must have at least 80 percent of the units occupied by at least one senior citizen, defined as a person 55 years of age or older, and up to 20 percent of the units occupied by at least one caregiver or transition-age youth. The first installment in our series helping you keep up to date tracking the latest laws passed by the California legislature up in Sacramento. I think, especially in high school, the threat of a legal consequence will mitigate behavior. Versher said. The Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act identifies areas zoned for parking, retail or office buildings where land could be used for housing. California's New Laws for 2022, Explained. California Clears More Than 1,250 Homeless Encampments in 12 Months Published: Aug 26, 2022 Since September 2021, the state has cleared an average 100 encampments per month SACRAMENTO - In September 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state had prioritized 100 high-profile encampment sites on state land to clear. SB 8 extends until 2034 the HCA provision that prohibits cities from conducting more than five hearings on an application as well as HCA provisions that provide vesting rights for housing projects that submit a qualifying "preliminary application." As an urgency statute, the law took effect on Sept. 17, 2021. A coalition called Save Local Restaurants, whose biggest funders are In-N-Out Burger, Chipotle, and Starbucks (among others), has submitted more than a million signatures to put the issue on the ballot in 2024. The law specifies that the three-year time period during which an SB 35 permit remains valid is paused when a project is sued and while modifications are considered. AB 816 by Assemblymember David Chiu (D-San Francisco) Homelessness: Housing Trust Fund: housing projects. Altogether, the efforts highlighted today represent a comprehensive strategy to get more Californians off the streets faster than ever before and into the health services and housing they need all at a fraction of the cost of previous efforts. FY 2023-24 Homeless Initiative Funding Recommendations Review the Draft Budget and Provide Feedback Proposed $598.4 Million Spending Plan Reflects New Framework to End Homelessness, Maximizes Measure H Funding READ MORE Mobile Clinics for People Experiencing Homelessness . Solomon is among an estimated 7,800 people without a home in San Francisco, a city that has come to be seen as an emblem of California's staggering inability to counter the homeless crisis . News. The most notable exceptions to duplex and lot split by right approvals are 1) the property could not have been used as a rental for the past three years, 2) the property cannot already have an accessory dwelling unit or junior ADU, 3) the new lot may not be less than 40 percent of the property and must be at least 1,200 square feet, 4) modifications to the existing home may not require the demolition of more than 25 percent of an exterior wall, and 5) neither the new duplex nor the lot split with up to four new units (a duplex on each) may not result in a significant adverse impact to the physical environment. SB 35 of 2017 provides for streamlined ministerial approval of qualifying infill affordable housing developments. The new law. Some of the 1,262 encampments closed by Caltrans during the past 12 months include: Governor Newsom joined Caltrans cleanup efforts at an encampment, Presidential Major Disaster Declaration Expanded to Three Additional Storm-Impacted Counties, Governor Newsom Honors Fallen Los Angeles County Sheriffs Detective 1.18.23, Businesses Impacted by Storms Now Eligible for Emergency Tax Relief, Governor Newsom Signs Executive Order to Support Communities Impacted by Winter Storms1.16.23, Governor Newsom ProclaimsDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2023. Assembly Bill 1909 makes four changes to laws affecting bicyclists, as well as drivers and pedestrians who share California roads. This year, the California governor, Gavin Newsom, is pushing a $14bn investment in homelessness solutions, meant to create 55,000 new housing units and treatment slots. The report recommended the district utilize restorative justice as a suspension alternative, to build communities and restore relationships between all affected parties after an incident has occurred.. It really was a coming-together of individuals standing up against this hate, Bauer-Kahan said. The 13 new laws give cities and counties across the state greater leeway to build supportive housing and shelters at a faster, more efficient pace, and in some cases, allow exemptions to existing regulations. It requires agencies to identify an existing level of services for public facilities and information supporting the agency's actions in increasing fees and requires agencies to impose fees on a housing development proportionately to the square footage of the development or make findings for a different methodology. Recent polls suggest Americans do not want to see another Donald Trump vs Biden contest. In November, California voters approved Prop. Local agencies are required to update their Housing Element every eight years (or four years if HCD determines it is noncompliant). Newsweek has gone through the new legislation to highlight some of the most notable. And if you reply yes, youre not going to get that unit, Martin said. "We expanded it to schools because we decided that was a sensitive space where we don't want, especially our young people, to be terrorized. Governor Newsom joins Caltrans at an encampment cleanup in Los Angeles Thursday. Hundreds of new laws will take effect across California in 2023. Jay Jordan, the CEO of Alliance for Safety and Justice, a nonprofit that supported SB 731, said the barriers ex-convicts face in life after prison are referred to as collateral consequences., If people who have served their time, who did everything the system said they needed to do, are not given a second chance, thats not democracy, thats not justice, thats just pure punitive, Jordan said. For full text details and authorship regarding chaptered laws and the effective dates, please click on the bill number below for access to the California Legislature official releases. Moreover, the laws of each jurisdiction are different and are constantly changing. The following laws have fueled the "End of Single Family Zoning" headlines. Signs Landmark Duplex and Lot-Split Legislation into Law," Sept. 17, 2021.). A controversial measure that would require hotels in Los Angeles to rent vacant rooms to homeless people will go before voters in 2024, the City Council decided . Those exemptions could both speed up the process and lower the cost of building homes. SEATTLE. The California Interagency Council on Homelessness will also be the entity responsible for receiving, reviewing and ultimately approving homelessness plans submitted by cities, counties and Continuums of Care as part of the states $2 billion local homelessness assistance package through the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program (HHAP). Empty bottles for takeout cocktails line the bar at North Light restaurant in Oakland on Aug. 14, 2020. There has been some research in the past that points to the racial equity component of clean slate laws like this one. Minimum wage bump. Single-Family Homes and Lots Zoned for Single-Family Residences, Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (CC&Rs), Equity, Fair Housing and Below Market Rate (BMR) Housing, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Litigation, Clarify that the SDBL more broadly applies to projects with for-sale housing by replacing prior references to "common interest developments" with references to for-sale housing, Provide that when determining the required percentage of units that must be affordable in order to qualify for SDBL benefits, the "total units" or "total dwelling units", Provide that an impact on the physical environment is no longer an appropriate basis for denying a concession or incentive, aligning the SDBL with the Housing Accountability Act's (HAA) basis for denying or reducing the density of a qualifying housing development project, Impose a new parking maximum of 0.5 spaces per bedroom for a development that includes 40 percent moderate income, for-sale units and is within a half-mile of a major transit stop to which residents have unobstructed access. But just after the bill was signed into law in September, a referendum effort fueled by oil and gas companies was launched to undo it. Here's a breakdown of 11 of those new laws taking effect in 2022, most of which lawmakers approved in the last session (a few videos cover more than one new law on the same subject). The hens have to be housed with a minimum of 144 square inches per hen. New Laws in 2022 2022 will be a landmark year in California thanks to new laws that protect our restaurants and small businesses, protect our workers, address the housing and homelessness crisis, reform our system of policing, strengthen social justice, and more! Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed into law a hefty package of legislation aimed at addressing California's mounting homelessness crisis. Since September 2021, the state has cleared an average 100 encampments per month. "We're definitely spoiled right now because we've . AB 1043 adds a new subset of "lower income households": "Acutely Low Income" households, who earn 15 percent of AMI and whose rents can be no greater than 30 percent of the 15 percent AMI level. A noose and a swastika and a burning cross were treated differently, both where they could legally be placed and how they were treated as a penalty. The SLA has been strengthened in recent years (with new penalty provisions) as a result of noncompliance in the past and to increase opportunities for affordable housing and other public purposes on underutilized public land. / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/king-charles-III-inheritance? It all depends on what happens in the coming days. Governor Newsom Announces Homekey Grants for New Homeless Housing in Los Angeles and Sacramento Published: Feb 01, 2022 Roomkey and Homekey sheltered 58,000 unhoused Californians California Blueprint proposes $2 billion for total $14 billion homelessness package that will create 55,000 new housing units and treatment slots in the coming years But, opponents of the law want to stop it before it starts. Further linking housing with health care, the legislation names California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly and Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Secretary Lourdes Castro Ramrez as Co-Chairs of the Council. Some begin in 2022 and others in the following years. Newsweek has gone through the new. AB 1235 put into place new guidelines for shelters, allowing stays of up to 90 days and expanding eligibility for services to include young people at risk of becoming homeless. Stripping Bad Cops of Their Badges For decades, bad cops could skirt discipline by jumping from one California police force to another. AB 491 requires that, for any residential structure with five or more residential dwelling units that include both affordable housing units and market-rate housing units, the BMR units must provide the same access to common entrances, areas and amenities as non-BMR units, and the building "shall not isolate the affordable housing units within that structure to a specific floor or an area on a specific floor."