Bill Text: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB833&firstNav=tracking

Status: In Assembly Appropriations Committee - Note: This bill was passed out of the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee on 6/29/22, and was re-referred to the Appropriations Committee. on 8/3/22 placed on Appropriations suspense file. Hearing was held on 8/11/22, bill held in committee and under submission. 8/12/22 was deadline for fiscal committees to meet and report bills to the floor. This bill may be dead, but it is not listed as dead in the system.

APWA CA Advocacy Position: Support - Letter Uploaded

LOCC Position: Support

LOCC Summary: Current law assigns the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission various duties, including applying for and accepting grants, contributions, and appropriations, and awarding grants consistent with the goals and objectives of a program or activity the commission is authorized to implement or administer. This bill, the Community Energy Resilience Act of 2022, would require the commission to develop and implement a grant program for local governments to develop community energy resilience plans that help achieve energy resilience objectives and state clean energy and air quality goals. (Updated 6/21/22)

Last 5 History Actions:

08/11/22 August 11 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

08/03/22 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

06/30/22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

06/29/22 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 29).

06/15/22 June 22 hearing postponed by committee.

Last Updated in Senate March 21

SB 833, as amended, Dodd. Community Energy Resilience Act of 2022.

Existing law establishes within the Natural Resources Agency the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. Existing law assigns the commission various duties, including applying for and accepting grants, contributions, and appropriations, and awarding grants consistent with the goals and objectives of a program or activity the commission is authorized to implement or administer.

This bill, the Community Energy Resilience Act of 2022, would require the commission to develop and implement a grant program for local governments to develop community energy resilience plans that help achieve energy resilience objectives and state clean energy and air quality goals. The bill would require a plan to, among other things, identify critical facilities, locations and facilities where the construction of microgrids or other distributed energy sources could meet local resilience needs, and potential funding sources for implementing projects in the plan, include a process for the expedited permit review of distributed energy resources by the local government, and demonstrate consistency with the city, county, or city and county general plan and other local government planning documents, as specified. As a condition of receiving grant funding, the bill would require a local government to submit its plan to the commission within 6 months of adopting the plan.

The bill would require the commission to maintain a publicly available and searchable database of all local governments receiving a grant, annually submit a program summary to the Legislature, and post the summary on its internet website. The bill also would require the commission to develop and maintain on its internet website a publicly available community energy resilience planning toolkit, a directory of prequalified consultants, and a resilience valuation index, as defined, to assist local governments in community energy resilience planning. The bill would require the commission to annually periodically update the index. (Updated: 6/21/22)

Bill Text: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1393&firstNav=tracking

Status: In Assembly Appropriations Committee - Note: This bill was passed out of the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee on 6/23/22, referred to the LG Committee and was re-referred to the Appropriations Committee. On 8/10/22 placed on Appropriations suspense file. August 11 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. 8/12/22 was deadline for fiscal committees to meet and report bills to the floor. This bill may be dead, but it is not listed as dead in the system.

APWA CA Advocacy Position: Watch

LOCC Position: Watch

Current law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to gather or develop, and publish on its internet website, guidance and best practices to help building owners, the construction industry, and local governments overcome barriers to electrification of buildings and installation of electric vehicle charging equipment that include one or more specified topics. This bill would require the commission to gather or develop, and publish on its internet website, the guidance and best practices by July 1, 2023, and would require the guidance to include all of those specified topics and additional topics. The bill would require the commission to update annually the guidance and best practices. The bill would require a city, including a charter city, or county, when adopting an ordinance requiring the replacement of a fossil fuel-fired appliance with an electric appliance upon the alteration or retrofit of a residential and nonresidential building, to consider any guidance published by the commission. The bill would require the commission, upon request by a local government considering the adoption of that ordinance, to provide technical assistance to the local government.

Last 5 History Actions:

08/11/22 August 11 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

08/11/22 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.

08/10/22 August 10 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

07/29/22 August 3 hearing postponed by committee.

06/30/22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Last Ammended in Assembly: June 9, 2022

SB 1393, as amended, Archuleta. Energy: appliances: local requirements.

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to gather or develop, and publish on its internet website, guidance and best practices to help building owners, the construction industry, and local governments overcome barriers to electrification of buildings and installation of electric vehicle charging equipment that include one or more specified topics.

This bill would require the commission to gather or develop, and publish on its internet website, the guidance and best practices by July 1, 2023, and would require the guidance to include all of those specified topics and additional topics. The bill would require the commission to update annually the guidance and best practices. The bill would require a city, including a charter city, or county, when adopting an ordinance requiring the replacement of a fossil fuel-fired appliance with an electric appliance upon the alteration or retrofit of a residential and nonresidential building, to consider the any guidance published by the commission. The bill would require the commission, upon request by a local government considering the adoption of that ordinance, to provide technical assistance to the local government. The bill would, on and after a specified date, would require a local government, within 60 days of adopting that ordinance, to submit to the commission a copy of the ordinance, and other specified information and would require the commission to determine whether the local government considered provide written comments on the ordinance based upon the commission’s guidance published guidance in the adoption of the ordinance. If the commission determines that the local government had not considered the guidance, the at the time the ordinance is adopted. The bill would require the local government to consider the guidance, commission’s written comments, make any modification of the ordinance deemed necessary by the local government, and resubmit the ordinance and other information to the commission. The bill would specify that the commission is to implement the requirements of the bill upon appropriation by the Legislature.

The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. (Updated 6/21/22)

Bill Text: Bill Text - SB-556 Street light poles, traffic signal poles, utility poles, and support structures: attachments. (ca.gov)

Status: In Assembly - Appropriations Committee

APWA CA Advocacy Position: Oppose

LOCC Position: Oppose

LOCC Summary: Would prohibit a local government or local publicly owned electric utility from unreasonably denying the leasing or licensing of its street light poles or traffic signal poles to communications service providers for the purpose of placing small wireless facilities on those poles. The bill would require that street light poles and traffic signal poles be made available for the placement of small wireless facilities under fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory fees, as provided. The bill would authorize a local government or local publicly owned electric utility to condition access to its street light poles or traffic signal poles on reasonable terms and conditions, including reasonable aesthetic and safety standards.

LOCC Letter Template: "While we appreciate the recognition of local authority to manage the public-right-of-way in the most recent amendments, SB 556 now requires local governments to allow telecommunications providers the opportunity to provide remedies if an application for a pole attachment is denied. Per existing FCC decisions, local governments are afforded the authority to deny an application based on "safety, engineering, and insufficient capacity concerns." Local governments should not be required to allow applicants to provide remedies when public health and safety are at risk, as that is inconsistent with what has been agreed upon at the federal level.

SB 556 is an attempt by the telecommunications industry to undermine local authority in broadband permitting while making no meaningful progress towards closing the digital divide in California's unserved and underserved communities. If California is to close the digital divide, legislative efforts should focus on encouraging and incentivizing telecommunications companies to service areas that for too long have not had access to reliable and affordable internet. Therefore, SB 556 fails to address the needs of these communities that need broadband deployment the most."

Last 5 History Actions:

07/08/21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

06/28/21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on C. & C.

06/10/21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on C. & C.

05/20/21 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and C. & C.

05/13/21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

SB 556, as amended, Dodd. Street light poles, traffic signal poles: small wireless facilities attachments.

Existing law requires a local publicly owned electric utility to make appropriate space and capacity on and in its utility poles, as defined, and support structures available for use by cable television corporations, video service providers, and telephone corporations. Existing law requires fees adopted to cover the costs to provide this use, and terms and conditions of access, to meet specified requirements, and specifies the manner in which these fees and terms and conditions of access could be challenged.

This bill would prohibit a local government or local publicly owned electric utility from unreasonably denying the leasing or licensing of its street light poles or traffic signal poles to communications service providers for the purpose of placing small wireless facilities on those poles. The bill would require that street light poles and traffic signal poles be made available for the placement of small wireless facilities under fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory fees, as provided. The bill would authorize a local government or local publicly owned electric utility to condition access to its street light poles or traffic signal poles on reasonable terms and conditions, including reasonable aesthetic and safety standards. The bill would specify time periods for various actions relative to requests for placement of a small wireless facility by a communications service provider on a street light pole or traffic signal pole. The bill would authorize a local publicly owned electric utility or local government to deny an application for use of a street light pole or traffic signal pole, as applicable, because of insufficient capacity or safety, reliability, or engineering concerns subject to certain conditions. By placing additional requirements upon local publicly owned electric utilities and local governments, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

Existing law, the Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006, establishes a procedure for the issuance of state franchises for the provision of video service, defined to include cable service and open-video systems, administered by the Public Utilities Commission. The act requires the holder of a state franchise to annually report to the commission, on a census tract basis, specified information relative to availability and usage of broadband and video service. Existing law requires the commission to annually report to the Legislature, by December 31, on an aggregated basis, the information submitted by holders of a state franchise.

This bill would require mobile telephony service providers, on or before December 31, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, to measure and report to the Legislature their progress towards meeting the goal of universal broadband access for each census tract in the state in which the mobile telephony service provider provides wireless broadband service, by reporting the percentage of each census tract it provides wireless broadband service. The bill would authorize mobile telephony service providers to aggregate and submit that information through a third party.

Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act is a crime.

Because the above-described reporting requirement would be part of the Public Utilities Act and a failure to comply with those requirements would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program by creating a new crime.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. specified reasons.

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