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
September 19, 2025 - SB 707 (Durazo) Open Meetings: Meeting and Teleconference Requirement - Request for Veto
September 15, 2025 - AB 492 (Valencia) Alcohol and drug programs: licensing - Request for SIGNATURE
September 15, 2025 - AB 424 (Davies) Alcohol and other drug programs: complaints - Request for SIGNATURE
July 28, 2025 - SB 634 (Pérez) Local Government: Homelessness – Removal of Opposition
July 18, 2025 - SB 346 (Durazo) Local agencies: transient occupancy taxes: short-term rental facilitator - Notice of Support
July 16, 2025 - AB 379 (Schultz and Nguyen) Crimes: Prostitution - Notice of Support
July 9, 2025 - SB 79 (Wiener): Housing Development: Transit-Oriented Development – Notice of Opposition
July 8, 2025 - SB 445 (Wiener) Transportation Projects: Permitting - Notice of Opposition
July 1, 2025 - SB 16 (Blakespear) - Ending Street Homelessness Act - Notice of Opposition
June 18, 2025 - SB 35 (Umberg) Alcohol and drug programs - Notice of Support
June 16, 2025 - AB 1445 (Haney) – Downtown Revitalization and Economic Recovery Financing Districts - Notice of Support
May 30, 2025 - SB 35 (Umberg) Alcohol and drug programs - Notice of Support
May 30, 2025 - SB 329 (Blakespear) Alcohol and drug recovery or treatment facilities: investigations - Notice of Sponsorship
April 24, 2025 - AB 1267 (Pellerin) – Consolidated License and Certification - Removal of Opposition
April 17, 2025 - AB 647 (Gonzalez, M.) Housing Development Approvals: Residential Units - Notice of Opposition
April 14, 2025 - SB 634 (Pérez) Homelessness: civil and criminal penalties - Notice of Opposition
April 14, 2025 - SB 16 (Blakespear) Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program: Housing Element - Notice of Opposition unless amended
April 14, 2025 - AB 650 (Papan) Planning and Zoning: Housing Element: Regional Housing Needs Allocation - Notice of Support
April 1, 2025 - SB 79 (Wiener) Transit-oriented Development - Notice of Opposition
April 1, 2025 - AB 1267 (Pellerin) – Consolidated License and Certification - Notice of Opposition
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
January 8, 2025 – SCAQMD Proposed Amended Rules (PAR) 1111 and 1121
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
