AB 1599 would repeal proposition 47 except  for the provisions related to possession of concentrated cannabis, and reduces the value threshold for embezzlement of an elder or dependent adult and for grand theft to be punishable as felonies from $950 to $400.   Read More

AB 1776 would include Resource Conservation Districts (RCD) within the list of entities entitled to late payment penalties when a state fails to make payment for goods and services to an RCD pursuant to a contract.   Read More

AB 1753 would re-establish a maximum three-year probation sentence for specified serious wildlife poaching violations.   Read More

AB 1952 would amend the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program of 2019 to exempt funding recipients from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act. With SB 35 (2017) the legislature already exempted many infill developments from CEQA, but the infrastructure to facilitate these developments is currently not exempt. By facilitating…

AB 2020 would, for counties that opt-in, create an alternate definition of “gravely disabled” which is used to evaluate the need to establish a Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act conservatorship. This would help ensure that individual suffering from serious mental illness, especially those who are incapable of understanding the negative impacts of…