Amended IN Senate March 31, 2022 Amended IN Senate March 16, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1425Introduced by Senator SternFebruary 18, 2022An act to add Section 65565.5 to the Government Code, relating to local government.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1425, as amended, Stern. Open-space element: updates.Existing law requires cities and counties to prepare, adopt, and amend general plans and elements of those plans, as specified. Existing law requires the general plan to include a housing element and an open-space element, which is also called an open-space plan. Existing law sets forth various deadlines for updates to the housing element.This bill would require every city and county to review and update, as specified, its local open-space plan by January 1, 2026, and every time it updates its housing element. 2026. By imposing additional duties on local officials, the bill would create a state-mandated local program.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.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.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 65565.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:65565.5. Every city and county shall review and update its local open-space plan by January 1, 2026, and every time it updates its housing element. 2026. The update shall include plans that address all of the following:(a) Equity and access.(b) Climate resilience and other cobenefits.(c) Rewilding opportunities.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.SEC. 3. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act adding Section 65565.5 of the Government Code addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, Section 1 of this act applies to all cities, including charter cities.
Amended IN Senate March 31, 2022 Amended IN Senate March 16, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1425Introduced by Senator SternFebruary 18, 2022An act to add Section 65565.5 to the Government Code, relating to local government.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1425, as amended, Stern. Open-space element: updates.Existing law requires cities and counties to prepare, adopt, and amend general plans and elements of those plans, as specified. Existing law requires the general plan to include a housing element and an open-space element, which is also called an open-space plan. Existing law sets forth various deadlines for updates to the housing element.This bill would require every city and county to review and update, as specified, its local open-space plan by January 1, 2026, and every time it updates its housing element. 2026. By imposing additional duties on local officials, the bill would create a state-mandated local program.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.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.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES
Amended IN Senate March 31, 2022 Amended IN Senate March 16, 2022
Amended IN Senate March 31, 2022
Amended IN Senate March 16, 2022
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1425
Introduced by Senator SternFebruary 18, 2022
Introduced by Senator Stern
February 18, 2022
An act to add Section 65565.5 to the Government Code, relating to local government.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1425, as amended, Stern. Open-space element: updates.
Existing law requires cities and counties to prepare, adopt, and amend general plans and elements of those plans, as specified. Existing law requires the general plan to include a housing element and an open-space element, which is also called an open-space plan. Existing law sets forth various deadlines for updates to the housing element.This bill would require every city and county to review and update, as specified, its local open-space plan by January 1, 2026, and every time it updates its housing element. 2026. By imposing additional duties on local officials, the bill would create a state-mandated local program.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.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.
Existing law requires cities and counties to prepare, adopt, and amend general plans and elements of those plans, as specified. Existing law requires the general plan to include a housing element and an open-space element, which is also called an open-space plan. Existing law sets forth various deadlines for updates to the housing element.
This bill would require every city and county to review and update, as specified, its local open-space plan by January 1, 2026, and every time it updates its housing element. 2026. By imposing additional duties on local officials, the bill would create a state-mandated local program.
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.
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.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 65565.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:65565.5. Every city and county shall review and update its local open-space plan by January 1, 2026, and every time it updates its housing element. 2026. The update shall include plans that address all of the following:(a) Equity and access.(b) Climate resilience and other cobenefits.(c) Rewilding opportunities.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.SEC. 3. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act adding Section 65565.5 of the Government Code addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, Section 1 of this act applies to all cities, including charter cities.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 65565.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:65565.5. Every city and county shall review and update its local open-space plan by January 1, 2026, and every time it updates its housing element. 2026. The update shall include plans that address all of the following:(a) Equity and access.(b) Climate resilience and other cobenefits.(c) Rewilding opportunities.
SECTION 1. Section 65565.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
65565.5. Every city and county shall review and update its local open-space plan by January 1, 2026, and every time it updates its housing element. 2026. The update shall include plans that address all of the following:(a) Equity and access.(b) Climate resilience and other cobenefits.(c) Rewilding opportunities.
65565.5. Every city and county shall review and update its local open-space plan by January 1, 2026, and every time it updates its housing element. 2026. The update shall include plans that address all of the following:(a) Equity and access.(b) Climate resilience and other cobenefits.(c) Rewilding opportunities.
65565.5. Every city and county shall review and update its local open-space plan by January 1, 2026, and every time it updates its housing element. 2026. The update shall include plans that address all of the following:(a) Equity and access.(b) Climate resilience and other cobenefits.(c) Rewilding opportunities.
65565.5. Every city and county shall review and update its local open-space plan by January 1, 2026, and every time it updates its housing element. 2026. The update shall include plans that address all of the following:
(a) Equity and access.
(b) Climate resilience and other cobenefits.
(c) Rewilding opportunities.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.
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SEC. 3. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act adding Section 65565.5 of the Government Code addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, Section 1 of this act applies to all cities, including charter cities.
SEC. 3. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act adding Section 65565.5 of the Government Code addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, Section 1 of this act applies to all cities, including charter cities.
SEC. 3. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act adding Section 65565.5 of the Government Code addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, Section 1 of this act applies to all cities, including charter cities.
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