Amended IN Assembly June 17, 2024 Amended IN Assembly June 10, 2024 Amended IN Assembly June 29, 2023 Amended IN Assembly June 22, 2023 Amended IN Senate May 18, 2023 Amended IN Senate April 25, 2023 Amended IN Senate April 13, 2023 Amended IN Senate March 30, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 532Introduced by Senator Wiener(Principal coauthors: Senators Becker and Cortese)(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Bonta, Haney, Lee, Ting, and Wicks)February 14, 2023An act to amend Section 22508 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 532, as amended, Wiener. Parking payment zones.Existing law allows a local authority to establish parking meter zones and fix the rate of fees for those zones by ordinance. Existing law prohibits a local authority from requiring payment of parking meter fees by a mobile device, as specified.This bill would instead authorize a local authority to require payment of parking fees by a mobile device, if it meets certain requirements, such as adopting an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan that does not utilize parking meters or payment centers in parking payment zones to provide reasonably accessible alternative means for payment of parking fees using cash. The bill would require a local authority to consult with specified stakeholders in the development of the plan and would require a local authority that adopts a plan to provide to its governing body and the Legislature, as specified, an evaluation of the plan to determine the plans impact on equity, accessibility, and costs.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 22508 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:22508. (a) A local authority shall not establish parking payment zones or fix the rate of fees for those zones except by ordinance. The rate of fees may be variable, based upon criteria identified by the local authority in the ordinance. An ordinance establishing a parking payment zone shall describe the area that would be included within the zone.(b) A local authority may by ordinance may, by ordinance, cause streets and highways to be marked with white lines designating parking spaces and require vehicles to park within the parking spaces.(c) An ordinance adopted by a local authority pursuant to this section with respect to a state highway shall not become effective until the proposed ordinance has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department of Transportation. The proposed ordinance shall be submitted to the department only by action of the local legislative body and the proposed ordinance shall be submitted in complete draft form.(d) An ordinance adopted pursuant to this section establishing a parking payment zone or fixing rates of fees for that zone shall be subject to local referendum processes in the same manner as if the ordinance dealt with a matter of purely local concern.(e) Except as described in subdivision (f), a local authority may accept but shall not require payment of parking meter fees by a mobile device.(f) A local authority may require payment by a mobile device in a parking payment zone only if it meets both of the following requirements:(1) Installs signs no more than 100 feet from any space where payment is required that clearly states that payment is required and how payments may be made.(2) Adopts by ordinance or resolution an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan that does not utilize parking meters or payment centers in parking payment zones. The plan shall provide reasonably accessible alternative means for payment of parking fees using cash. The local authority shall consult and work collaboratively with relevant local stakeholder organizations that may include, but are not limited to, racial equity, privacy protection, and economic justice groups, in developing the accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan. The plan shall be approved by the local authority.(g) A local authority that adopts an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan pursuant to this section shall, on or before March 1 of the fifth year in which the plan has been implemented, submit to its governing body and the transportation committees of the Legislature, consistent with Section 9795 of the Government Code, an evaluation report of the plans impact on equity, accessibility, and costs. The report shall evaluate the effectiveness, impact on privacy, impact on equity, impact on traffic outcomes, cost to implement, change in citations issued, and generation of revenue.
Amended IN Assembly June 17, 2024 Amended IN Assembly June 10, 2024 Amended IN Assembly June 29, 2023 Amended IN Assembly June 22, 2023 Amended IN Senate May 18, 2023 Amended IN Senate April 25, 2023 Amended IN Senate April 13, 2023 Amended IN Senate March 30, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 532Introduced by Senator Wiener(Principal coauthors: Senators Becker and Cortese)(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Bonta, Haney, Lee, Ting, and Wicks)February 14, 2023An act to amend Section 22508 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 532, as amended, Wiener. Parking payment zones.Existing law allows a local authority to establish parking meter zones and fix the rate of fees for those zones by ordinance. Existing law prohibits a local authority from requiring payment of parking meter fees by a mobile device, as specified.This bill would instead authorize a local authority to require payment of parking fees by a mobile device, if it meets certain requirements, such as adopting an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan that does not utilize parking meters or payment centers in parking payment zones to provide reasonably accessible alternative means for payment of parking fees using cash. The bill would require a local authority to consult with specified stakeholders in the development of the plan and would require a local authority that adopts a plan to provide to its governing body and the Legislature, as specified, an evaluation of the plan to determine the plans impact on equity, accessibility, and costs.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly June 17, 2024 Amended IN Assembly June 10, 2024 Amended IN Assembly June 29, 2023 Amended IN Assembly June 22, 2023 Amended IN Senate May 18, 2023 Amended IN Senate April 25, 2023 Amended IN Senate April 13, 2023 Amended IN Senate March 30, 2023
Amended IN Assembly June 17, 2024
Amended IN Assembly June 10, 2024
Amended IN Assembly June 29, 2023
Amended IN Assembly June 22, 2023
Amended IN Senate May 18, 2023
Amended IN Senate April 25, 2023
Amended IN Senate April 13, 2023
Amended IN Senate March 30, 2023
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 532
Introduced by Senator Wiener(Principal coauthors: Senators Becker and Cortese)(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Bonta, Haney, Lee, Ting, and Wicks)February 14, 2023
Introduced by Senator Wiener(Principal coauthors: Senators Becker and Cortese)(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Bonta, Haney, Lee, Ting, and Wicks)
February 14, 2023
An act to amend Section 22508 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 532, as amended, Wiener. Parking payment zones.
Existing law allows a local authority to establish parking meter zones and fix the rate of fees for those zones by ordinance. Existing law prohibits a local authority from requiring payment of parking meter fees by a mobile device, as specified.This bill would instead authorize a local authority to require payment of parking fees by a mobile device, if it meets certain requirements, such as adopting an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan that does not utilize parking meters or payment centers in parking payment zones to provide reasonably accessible alternative means for payment of parking fees using cash. The bill would require a local authority to consult with specified stakeholders in the development of the plan and would require a local authority that adopts a plan to provide to its governing body and the Legislature, as specified, an evaluation of the plan to determine the plans impact on equity, accessibility, and costs.
Existing law allows a local authority to establish parking meter zones and fix the rate of fees for those zones by ordinance. Existing law prohibits a local authority from requiring payment of parking meter fees by a mobile device, as specified.
This bill would instead authorize a local authority to require payment of parking fees by a mobile device, if it meets certain requirements, such as adopting an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan that does not utilize parking meters or payment centers in parking payment zones to provide reasonably accessible alternative means for payment of parking fees using cash. The bill would require a local authority to consult with specified stakeholders in the development of the plan and would require a local authority that adopts a plan to provide to its governing body and the Legislature, as specified, an evaluation of the plan to determine the plans impact on equity, accessibility, and costs.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 22508 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:22508. (a) A local authority shall not establish parking payment zones or fix the rate of fees for those zones except by ordinance. The rate of fees may be variable, based upon criteria identified by the local authority in the ordinance. An ordinance establishing a parking payment zone shall describe the area that would be included within the zone.(b) A local authority may by ordinance may, by ordinance, cause streets and highways to be marked with white lines designating parking spaces and require vehicles to park within the parking spaces.(c) An ordinance adopted by a local authority pursuant to this section with respect to a state highway shall not become effective until the proposed ordinance has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department of Transportation. The proposed ordinance shall be submitted to the department only by action of the local legislative body and the proposed ordinance shall be submitted in complete draft form.(d) An ordinance adopted pursuant to this section establishing a parking payment zone or fixing rates of fees for that zone shall be subject to local referendum processes in the same manner as if the ordinance dealt with a matter of purely local concern.(e) Except as described in subdivision (f), a local authority may accept but shall not require payment of parking meter fees by a mobile device.(f) A local authority may require payment by a mobile device in a parking payment zone only if it meets both of the following requirements:(1) Installs signs no more than 100 feet from any space where payment is required that clearly states that payment is required and how payments may be made.(2) Adopts by ordinance or resolution an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan that does not utilize parking meters or payment centers in parking payment zones. The plan shall provide reasonably accessible alternative means for payment of parking fees using cash. The local authority shall consult and work collaboratively with relevant local stakeholder organizations that may include, but are not limited to, racial equity, privacy protection, and economic justice groups, in developing the accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan. The plan shall be approved by the local authority.(g) A local authority that adopts an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan pursuant to this section shall, on or before March 1 of the fifth year in which the plan has been implemented, submit to its governing body and the transportation committees of the Legislature, consistent with Section 9795 of the Government Code, an evaluation report of the plans impact on equity, accessibility, and costs. The report shall evaluate the effectiveness, impact on privacy, impact on equity, impact on traffic outcomes, cost to implement, change in citations issued, and generation of revenue.
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 22508 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:22508. (a) A local authority shall not establish parking payment zones or fix the rate of fees for those zones except by ordinance. The rate of fees may be variable, based upon criteria identified by the local authority in the ordinance. An ordinance establishing a parking payment zone shall describe the area that would be included within the zone.(b) A local authority may by ordinance may, by ordinance, cause streets and highways to be marked with white lines designating parking spaces and require vehicles to park within the parking spaces.(c) An ordinance adopted by a local authority pursuant to this section with respect to a state highway shall not become effective until the proposed ordinance has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department of Transportation. The proposed ordinance shall be submitted to the department only by action of the local legislative body and the proposed ordinance shall be submitted in complete draft form.(d) An ordinance adopted pursuant to this section establishing a parking payment zone or fixing rates of fees for that zone shall be subject to local referendum processes in the same manner as if the ordinance dealt with a matter of purely local concern.(e) Except as described in subdivision (f), a local authority may accept but shall not require payment of parking meter fees by a mobile device.(f) A local authority may require payment by a mobile device in a parking payment zone only if it meets both of the following requirements:(1) Installs signs no more than 100 feet from any space where payment is required that clearly states that payment is required and how payments may be made.(2) Adopts by ordinance or resolution an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan that does not utilize parking meters or payment centers in parking payment zones. The plan shall provide reasonably accessible alternative means for payment of parking fees using cash. The local authority shall consult and work collaboratively with relevant local stakeholder organizations that may include, but are not limited to, racial equity, privacy protection, and economic justice groups, in developing the accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan. The plan shall be approved by the local authority.(g) A local authority that adopts an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan pursuant to this section shall, on or before March 1 of the fifth year in which the plan has been implemented, submit to its governing body and the transportation committees of the Legislature, consistent with Section 9795 of the Government Code, an evaluation report of the plans impact on equity, accessibility, and costs. The report shall evaluate the effectiveness, impact on privacy, impact on equity, impact on traffic outcomes, cost to implement, change in citations issued, and generation of revenue.
SECTION 1. Section 22508 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
22508. (a) A local authority shall not establish parking payment zones or fix the rate of fees for those zones except by ordinance. The rate of fees may be variable, based upon criteria identified by the local authority in the ordinance. An ordinance establishing a parking payment zone shall describe the area that would be included within the zone.(b) A local authority may by ordinance may, by ordinance, cause streets and highways to be marked with white lines designating parking spaces and require vehicles to park within the parking spaces.(c) An ordinance adopted by a local authority pursuant to this section with respect to a state highway shall not become effective until the proposed ordinance has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department of Transportation. The proposed ordinance shall be submitted to the department only by action of the local legislative body and the proposed ordinance shall be submitted in complete draft form.(d) An ordinance adopted pursuant to this section establishing a parking payment zone or fixing rates of fees for that zone shall be subject to local referendum processes in the same manner as if the ordinance dealt with a matter of purely local concern.(e) Except as described in subdivision (f), a local authority may accept but shall not require payment of parking meter fees by a mobile device.(f) A local authority may require payment by a mobile device in a parking payment zone only if it meets both of the following requirements:(1) Installs signs no more than 100 feet from any space where payment is required that clearly states that payment is required and how payments may be made.(2) Adopts by ordinance or resolution an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan that does not utilize parking meters or payment centers in parking payment zones. The plan shall provide reasonably accessible alternative means for payment of parking fees using cash. The local authority shall consult and work collaboratively with relevant local stakeholder organizations that may include, but are not limited to, racial equity, privacy protection, and economic justice groups, in developing the accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan. The plan shall be approved by the local authority.(g) A local authority that adopts an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan pursuant to this section shall, on or before March 1 of the fifth year in which the plan has been implemented, submit to its governing body and the transportation committees of the Legislature, consistent with Section 9795 of the Government Code, an evaluation report of the plans impact on equity, accessibility, and costs. The report shall evaluate the effectiveness, impact on privacy, impact on equity, impact on traffic outcomes, cost to implement, change in citations issued, and generation of revenue.
22508. (a) A local authority shall not establish parking payment zones or fix the rate of fees for those zones except by ordinance. The rate of fees may be variable, based upon criteria identified by the local authority in the ordinance. An ordinance establishing a parking payment zone shall describe the area that would be included within the zone.(b) A local authority may by ordinance may, by ordinance, cause streets and highways to be marked with white lines designating parking spaces and require vehicles to park within the parking spaces.(c) An ordinance adopted by a local authority pursuant to this section with respect to a state highway shall not become effective until the proposed ordinance has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department of Transportation. The proposed ordinance shall be submitted to the department only by action of the local legislative body and the proposed ordinance shall be submitted in complete draft form.(d) An ordinance adopted pursuant to this section establishing a parking payment zone or fixing rates of fees for that zone shall be subject to local referendum processes in the same manner as if the ordinance dealt with a matter of purely local concern.(e) Except as described in subdivision (f), a local authority may accept but shall not require payment of parking meter fees by a mobile device.(f) A local authority may require payment by a mobile device in a parking payment zone only if it meets both of the following requirements:(1) Installs signs no more than 100 feet from any space where payment is required that clearly states that payment is required and how payments may be made.(2) Adopts by ordinance or resolution an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan that does not utilize parking meters or payment centers in parking payment zones. The plan shall provide reasonably accessible alternative means for payment of parking fees using cash. The local authority shall consult and work collaboratively with relevant local stakeholder organizations that may include, but are not limited to, racial equity, privacy protection, and economic justice groups, in developing the accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan. The plan shall be approved by the local authority.(g) A local authority that adopts an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan pursuant to this section shall, on or before March 1 of the fifth year in which the plan has been implemented, submit to its governing body and the transportation committees of the Legislature, consistent with Section 9795 of the Government Code, an evaluation report of the plans impact on equity, accessibility, and costs. The report shall evaluate the effectiveness, impact on privacy, impact on equity, impact on traffic outcomes, cost to implement, change in citations issued, and generation of revenue.
22508. (a) A local authority shall not establish parking payment zones or fix the rate of fees for those zones except by ordinance. The rate of fees may be variable, based upon criteria identified by the local authority in the ordinance. An ordinance establishing a parking payment zone shall describe the area that would be included within the zone.(b) A local authority may by ordinance may, by ordinance, cause streets and highways to be marked with white lines designating parking spaces and require vehicles to park within the parking spaces.(c) An ordinance adopted by a local authority pursuant to this section with respect to a state highway shall not become effective until the proposed ordinance has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department of Transportation. The proposed ordinance shall be submitted to the department only by action of the local legislative body and the proposed ordinance shall be submitted in complete draft form.(d) An ordinance adopted pursuant to this section establishing a parking payment zone or fixing rates of fees for that zone shall be subject to local referendum processes in the same manner as if the ordinance dealt with a matter of purely local concern.(e) Except as described in subdivision (f), a local authority may accept but shall not require payment of parking meter fees by a mobile device.(f) A local authority may require payment by a mobile device in a parking payment zone only if it meets both of the following requirements:(1) Installs signs no more than 100 feet from any space where payment is required that clearly states that payment is required and how payments may be made.(2) Adopts by ordinance or resolution an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan that does not utilize parking meters or payment centers in parking payment zones. The plan shall provide reasonably accessible alternative means for payment of parking fees using cash. The local authority shall consult and work collaboratively with relevant local stakeholder organizations that may include, but are not limited to, racial equity, privacy protection, and economic justice groups, in developing the accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan. The plan shall be approved by the local authority.(g) A local authority that adopts an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan pursuant to this section shall, on or before March 1 of the fifth year in which the plan has been implemented, submit to its governing body and the transportation committees of the Legislature, consistent with Section 9795 of the Government Code, an evaluation report of the plans impact on equity, accessibility, and costs. The report shall evaluate the effectiveness, impact on privacy, impact on equity, impact on traffic outcomes, cost to implement, change in citations issued, and generation of revenue.
22508. (a) A local authority shall not establish parking payment zones or fix the rate of fees for those zones except by ordinance. The rate of fees may be variable, based upon criteria identified by the local authority in the ordinance. An ordinance establishing a parking payment zone shall describe the area that would be included within the zone.
(b) A local authority may by ordinance may, by ordinance, cause streets and highways to be marked with white lines designating parking spaces and require vehicles to park within the parking spaces.
(c) An ordinance adopted by a local authority pursuant to this section with respect to a state highway shall not become effective until the proposed ordinance has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department of Transportation. The proposed ordinance shall be submitted to the department only by action of the local legislative body and the proposed ordinance shall be submitted in complete draft form.
(d) An ordinance adopted pursuant to this section establishing a parking payment zone or fixing rates of fees for that zone shall be subject to local referendum processes in the same manner as if the ordinance dealt with a matter of purely local concern.
(e) Except as described in subdivision (f), a local authority may accept but shall not require payment of parking meter fees by a mobile device.
(f) A local authority may require payment by a mobile device in a parking payment zone only if it meets both of the following requirements:
(1) Installs signs no more than 100 feet from any space where payment is required that clearly states that payment is required and how payments may be made.
(2) Adopts by ordinance or resolution an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan that does not utilize parking meters or payment centers in parking payment zones. The plan shall provide reasonably accessible alternative means for payment of parking fees using cash. The local authority shall consult and work collaboratively with relevant local stakeholder organizations that may include, but are not limited to, racial equity, privacy protection, and economic justice groups, in developing the accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan. The plan shall be approved by the local authority.
(g) A local authority that adopts an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan pursuant to this section shall, on or before March 1 of the fifth year in which the plan has been implemented, submit to its governing body and the transportation committees of the Legislature, consistent with Section 9795 of the Government Code, an evaluation report of the plans impact on equity, accessibility, and costs. The report shall evaluate the effectiveness, impact on privacy, impact on equity, impact on traffic outcomes, cost to implement, change in citations issued, and generation of revenue.