CASA Takes Positions on 2024 Legislation
The CASA State Legislative Committee met on March 8th to review and take positions on bills of interest that have been introduced in the 2024 Legislative Session. All bills were required to be introduced by February 17th and are now in the process of being referred to the relevant policy committees for review and hearing. Over the next several weeks all bills need to be heard and passed in the policy committee process leading up to the final April 26th deadline.

For a full list of bill positions that CASA has taken, please click here. To sign up to receive the CASA State Legislative Committee monthly newsletter please contact Spencer Saks.

Several bills will take top priority in CASA’s advocacy efforts for the year, including the following:

SB 903 (Skinner): CASA is a proud co-sponsor of this bill which would prevent the sale and use of products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) unless the use of the PFAS in the product is necessary and there is not a safer alternative available. This bill will be heard in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee on April 3. CASA has created a coalition support letter and we are accepting sign-ons! If you are interested in joining this effort, please reach out to Spencer Saks.

AB 3073 (Haney): CASA has taken a support, if amended position on this bill, which would require local sanitation agencies to collect wastewater samples for testing for illicit substances. CASA is working closely with the author’s office and has submitted an  amendment request, which would amend the bill to become a voluntary pilot program, rather than a state-mandated local program.

AB 805 (Arambula): CASA has taken a work with author position on this bill, which would authorize the state board to require a sewer service provider to contract with an administrator designated by the state board for administrative, technical, operational, legal, or managerial services to assist a designated sewer system with the provision of adequate sewer service. CASA will continue to provide technical feedback and has submitted an  amendment request to the bill, which would make technical clarifying changes to the bill and provide more flexibility to the provider who is absorbing the failing system.

Fee Bills: There are several connection and capacity fee bills that CASA has engaged on this year. CASA is working closely with our association partners to create a unified coalition in opposition to policies that would impact our ability to recoup connection and capacity fees assessed on development.

  • AB 1820 (Schiavo): CASA has taken an oppose, unless amended position on this bill, which would allow developers to request a good-faith estimate of fee and exaction statement estimate from their local jurisdiction and require the estimate to be delivered within 10 business days of the submissions of a preliminary project application.
  • SB 937 (Wiener): CASA has taken an oppose, unless amended position on this bill, which would delay the payment of development fees imposed by a local government, including connection and capacity fees, until the certificate of occupancy is issued.
  • SB 1210 (Skinner): CASA has taken an oppose position on this bill, which would prohibit a connection, capacity, or other point of connection charge from a public utility or a special district, from exceeding 1% of the reported building permit value of that housing unit.