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Legislative Position Letters

City Council positions on bills before the California Legislature

The Mission Viejo City Council provides input to the California State Assembly and Senate in Sacramento to voice support or opposition for a variety of bills under consideration. Copies of recent letters may be viewed through the following links, and you can send your own letters to State representatives by using the online California Legislature Position Letter Portal.

2025

March 12, 2025 – Senate Bill 35 (Umberg): Alcohol and drug programs – Notice of Support

February 27, 2025 – Senate Bill 329 (Blakespear): Alcohol and drug recovery or treatment facilities: investigations – Notice of Support

February 27, 2025 – Assembly Bill 424 (Davies): Alcohol and other drug programs: complaints – Notice of Support

February 27, 2025 – Assembly Bill 492 (Valencia): Alcohol and drug programs: licensing – Notice of Support

2024

September 13, 2024 - SB 450 (Atkins) Housing Development: Approvals- Request for Veto

September 13, 2024 - AB 2561 (McKinnor): Local Public Employees: Vacant Positions – Request for Veto

September 13, 2024 - AB 98 (Carrillo): Planning and zoning: logistic use: truck routes – Request for Veto

September 13, 2024 - AB 2330 (Holden): Endangered Species: Incidental Take: Wildfire Preparedness Activities – Request for Signature

September 12, 2024 - AB 3093 (Ward): Land Use: Housing Element: Streamlined Multifamily Housing - Request for Veto

September 6, 2024 - AB 1960 (Speaker Rivas): Sentencing Enhancements: Property Loss – Request for Signature

September 6, 2024 - AB 2081 (Davies): Substance Abuse: Recovery and Treatment Programs - Notice of Support

September 6, 2024 - AB 2574 (Valencia): Alcoholism or Drug Abuse Recovery or Treatment Facilities – Request for Signature

September 6, 2024 - AB 1886 (Alvarez) Housing Element Law: Substantial Compliance: Housing Accountability Act – Request for Veto

September 6, 2024 - SB 1037 (Wiener) Planning and Zoning: Housing Element: Enforcement – Request for Veto

May 28, 2024 - SB 1037 (Wiener) Planning and Zoning: Housing Element: Enforcement - Notice of Opposition

April 23, 2024 - Assembly Bill 2309 (Muratsuchi): City Attorney: State Law: Misdemeanor - Notice of Support

April 15, 2024 - SB 913 (Umberg): Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Facilities - Notice of Support

April 18, 2024 - AB 2081 (Davies): Substance Abuse: Recovery and Treatment Programs - Notice of Support

April 15, 2024 - AB 1886 (Alvarez) Housing Element Law: Substantial Compliance Notice of Opposition

Opposition to language included in the Behavioral Health Services Program and Bond Measure (Prop. 1)

2023

September 8, 2023 - AB 531 (Irwin) The Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2023 - City of Mission Viejo Notice of Opposition Unless Amended

August 29, 2023 - ACA 13 (Ward) Protect and Retain the Majority Vote Act - Notice of Support

July 27, 2023 - Senate Constitutional Amendment 7 - Notice of Opposition

May 17, 2023 - JLAC Audit of Regulating Sober Living Homes - Notice of Support

April 18, 2023 - AB 1078 (Jackson) Removing Instructional Materials and Curriculum - Notice of Opposition

March 23, AB 1708 (Muratsuchi) Theft - Notice of Support

March 16, 2023 - SB 423 (Wiener) Streamlined housing approvals: multifamily housing developments: SB 35 (Chapter 366, Statues of 2017) Expansion - Notice of Opposition

2022

August 30, 2022 - Senate Bill 6 (Caballero) Local planning: housing: commercial zones City of Mission Viejo - Request to Veto

August 30, 2022 - AB 2011 (Wicks) Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022 City of Mission Viejo - Request to Veto

June 8, 2022 - Support: SB 1338 (Umberg and Eggman) Community Assistane, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program

May 27, 2022 - AB 2840 (Reyes) Qualifying logistics use projects. City of Mission Viejo - Notice of Opposition

May 16, 2022 - Support: SB 904 - Controlled Substances: Treatment

April 22, 2022 - AB 2011 (Wicks): Affordable Housing and High Roads Jobs Act of 2022. City of Mission Viejo - Notice of Opposition

January 17, 2022 - Support: AB 1595 - Veterans Cemetery, County of Orange

2021

September 1, 2021 - SB 9 (Atkins) - Request for Veto

September 1, 2021 - SB 10 (Wiener) - Request for Veto

August 27, 2021 - AB 215 (Chiu) Planning and Zoning Law: housing element: violations (As Amended 8.16.2021) - Notice of Opposition

August 27, 2021 - AB 989 (Gabriel): Housing Accountability Act: Appeals: Office of Housing Appeals - Notice of Opposition

July 9, 2021 -  SB 140 - Housing Trailer Bill - Notice of Opposition

April 27, 2021 - AB 339 (Lee) Local Government: Open and Public Meetings - Notice of Opposition

April 13, 2021 - SB 556 (Dodd) Street Light Poles, Traffic Signal Poles, Utility Poles, and Support Structures - Notice of Opposition

April 12, 2021 - Support: SB 623 (Newman) 

March 29, 2021 - SB 760 (Bates) - Notice of Opposition

March 29, 2021 - SB 761 (Bates) - Notice of Opposition

February 22, 2021 - SB 9 (Atkins) - Notice of Opposition