Legislative Activity

The City actively monitors and engages with legislation that may affect the community, local governance, municipal services, and the City’s ability to implement local priorities. The City’s advocacy efforts are guided by the City’s Legislative Advocacy Policy which establishes the framework for reviewing, tracking, and taking positions on state or federal legislation in a timely, coordinated, and strategic approach. The Cupertino City Council adopted updates to the policy in February 2026 (Resolution No. 26-022), which reestablished the Legislative Review Committee (LRC) and reinstated an annual Legislative Platform(PDF, 395KB) .

Legislative Platform

A Legislative Platform outlines the City’s advocacy positions on issues and legislation that may impact the community. It allows the City Council and the LRC to establish official positions at the start of the legislative session. The LRC may take positions on legislation clearly addressed in the adopted platform, while bills outside the platform must be considered by the full City Council. The 2026 Legislative Platform(PDF, 395KB) was approved by the City Council on February 19, 2026, and will guide the LRC during the 2026 legislative session.

Cupertino Legislative Process

Bill Tracking

Throughout the year, staff monitor and track bills of interest for Cupertino. The 2026 Legislative Bill Table below includes bills on which Council has taken a formal position and bills of interest to the City:

2026 Bill Table
Bill/Author	Title	Summary	City Position	Status/Location

Updated - March 2026

Previous legislative agendas, bill tracking tables, and position letters can be found below:

2025 Legislative Agenda

2025 Process

State Bills
Bill/Author	Title	Summary	City Position	Status/Location
AB 306 / Rivas	Building regulations: state building standards	AB 306 limits the ability of cities and counties to modify building standards for residential units between June 1, 2025, and June 1, 2031, except under certain conditions. These conditions include maintaining previous modifications or adopting emergency standards for health, safety, or home hardening purposes.	Watch	6/23/2025-From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
AB 340 / Ahrens	Employer-employee Relations: Confidential Communications	Existing laws protect public employees' rights to engage with employee organizations and restrict employer interference. This bill would expand those protections by prohibiting employers from inquiring about or requiring disclosure of confidential communications related to organizational representation, with exceptions for criminal investigations or certain public safety officer inquiries.	Oppose(PDF, 530KB)	8/29/2025-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/18/2025)(May be acted upon Jan 2026)
AB 648 / Zbur	Community colleges: housing: local zoning regulations: exemption.	The bill exempts certain housing projects on community college district property from local zoning rules if specific conditions are met. It applies statewide, including in charter cities, and aims to support faculty, staff, and student housing development within California's community college system.	Oppose(PDF, 508KB) Request for Veto(PDF, 507KB)	10/6/2025-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 378, Statutes of 2025.
AB 650 / Papan	Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation.	The bill updates housing planning timelines, extending deadlines for determining and distributing housing needs. It requires a standardized report on fair housing actions by 2026 and gives cities, counties, and councils of governments more time for revising housing elements and coordinating housing need distributions in long-term development plans.	Support(PDF, 481KB) Request for Signature(PDF, 541KB)	10/13/2025-Vetoed by Governor. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
SB 63 / Wiener	San Francisco Bay area: local revenue measure: public transit funding	The bill creates a regional transit district in the Bay Area to levy a 2026 voter-approved sales tax, funding transit agencies. It requires financial reviews, performance oversight, and ridership reporting. Agencies must comply to receive funds. It also allows variable tax rates by county and ensures severability and reimbursement for state mandates.	Oppose(PDF, 490KB) Request for Veto(PDF, 490KB)	10/13/2025-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 740, Statutes of 2025.
SB 79 / Wiener	Planning and Zoning: Housing Development: Transit-oriented Development	The bill broadens land use definitions for transit agencies, allows certain developments near transit stops if they meet requirements, and sets related zoning standards. It also extends CEQA exemptions to specific projects on transit agency land, while maintaining environmental review for new passenger rail storage facilities.	Oppose(PDF, 483KB) Request for Veto(PDF, 513KB)	10/10/2025-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 512, Statutes of 2025.
SB 501 / Allen	Household Hazardous Waste Producer Responsibility Act.	The bill establishes a producer responsibility program for household hazardous waste, requiring producers to fund and manage safe disposal through a registered organization. The program includes planning, oversight by DTSC, audits, annual reporting, and cost reimbursement. It also creates dedicated funds and mandates updated waste data collection by CalRecycle.	Support(PDF, 496KB)	5/23/2025-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/5/2025)(May be acted upon Jan 2026)
SB 707 / Durazo	Open Meetings: Meeting and Teleconference Requirements	This proposal updates local government meeting rules under the Brown Act through 2030, requiring remote access, interpretation services, multilingual agendas, and public comment rights. It standardizes teleconferencing, broadens "just cause" for remote participation, and applies to various local bodies, improving transparency and accessibility.	Oppose(PDF, 522KB) Request for Veto(PDF, 520KB)	10/3/2025-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 327, Statutes of 2025.
SB 753 / Cortese	Special business regulations: shopping carts	SB 753 updates regulations related to shopping carts, allowing local governments to retrieve and return carts to retailers while charging for associated costs. The bill includes provisions for notification, fines, and the disposal of unclaimed carts, aiming to address issues of abandoned carts in public spaces.	Support(PDF, 491KB) Request for Signature(PDF, 547KB)	10/13/2025-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 785, Statutes of 2025.
Santa Clara County Ballot Measure A	General Sales and Use Tax	Measure A would authorize a retail transactions and use tax (sales tax) of 0.625% (five-eighths of one percent) in Santa Clara County for a limited period of five (5) years.	Oppose(PDF, 489KB)	Approved (November 2025 Ballot)

Updated - December 2025

2024 Legislative Agenda

2024 Process

Ballot Measures
Measure	Title	Summary	City Position	Status/Location
Initiative No. 21-0042A / Sponsored by California Business Roundtable (CBRT)	Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act Initiative	The ballot measure would amend the California Constitution to apply new rules to all new or increased taxes or fees adopted by the state legislature or local agencies. The measure would apply retroactively to new or increased taxes or fees adopted after January 1, 2022.	Opposed by City Council 3/21/23(PDF, 282KB)	2/1/23 Initiative qualified for the November 2024 general election ballot.
Initiative 23-0017A1 (Prop 47 Changes)	Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act	The Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act would amend state law to (1) create a new court process for certain drug possession crimes, (2) require a warning of future criminal liability for people convicted of drug distribution, (3) increase penalties for certain drug crimes, and (4) increase penalties for certain theft crimes. Some of these changes would undo certain reductions in punishment enacted by Proposition 47.	Watch	Qualified for November 2024 General Election
Bay Area Financing Housing Authority's Measure	The Bay Area Housing Bond - Regional Funding for Local Solutions	In November 2024, Bay Area residents could potentially vote on a regional bond measure to generate $10 -$20 billion to build approximately 72,000 new affordable homes. 80% of the bond revenue will go directly to the nine bay area counties and four cities—San Jose, Oakland, Santa Rosa, and Napa. BAHFA will invest 20% of the bond revenue in affordable developments throughout the region, while also generating new housing resources to support affordable housing development long after the bonds are fully spent.	Supported in concept by City Council 5/7/24(PDF, 157KB)	Still being considered by ABAG. Not qualified for election yet.

State Bills
Bill/Author	Title	Summary	City Position	Status/Location
AB 1779 (Irwin)	Theft: Jurisdiction	Would no longer limit the jurisdictional rules for the above crimes to criminal actions brought by the Attorney General. If a case is brought by someone other than the Attorney General, the bill would require the prosecution to present written evidence in the jurisdiction of the proposed trial that all district attorneys in counties with jurisdiction over the offenses agree to the venue. The bill would require charged offenses from jurisdictions where there is not a written agreement from the district attorney to be returned to that jurisdiction.	Supported by City Council on 5/7/24(PDF, 310KB)	8/16/2024 Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 165, Statutes of 2024.
SB 1143 (Allen)	Household Hazardous Waste: Producer Responsibility	(1)Under existing law, as part of the hazardous waste control laws, the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) generally regulates the management and handling of hazardous waste and hazardous materials. Existing law authorizes a public agency, as defined, to operate a household hazardous waste collection facility under permit from DTSC. This bill would create a producer responsibility program for products containing household hazardous waste and require a producer responsibility organization (PRO) to provide a free and convenient collection and management system for covered products. The bill would define “covered product” to mean a product that is flammable, toxic, ignitable, corrosive, reactive, or pressurized, and that meets other specified criteria. The bill would require a producer of a covered product to register with a PRO, which would be required to develop and implement a producer responsibility plan for the collection, transportation, and the safe and proper management of covered products. The bill would require DTSC to adopt regulations to implement the program with an effective date no earlier than July 1, 2027. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.	Supported by City Council on 5/7/24(PDF, 315KB)	9/29/2024 Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 989, Statutes of 2024.
AB 1999 (Irwin)	Electricity: Fixed Charges	Current law requires that fixed charges be established on an income-graduated basis, with no fewer than 3 income thresholds, so that low-income ratepayers in each baseline territory would realize a lower average monthly bill without making any changes in usage. This bill would repeal the provisions described in the preceding paragraph. The bill would instead permit the commission to authorize fixed charges that, as of January 1, 2015, do not exceed $5 per residential customer account per month for low-income customers enrolled in the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program and that do not exceed $10 per residential customer account per month for customers not enrolled in the CARE program. The bill would authorize these maximum allowable fixed charges to be adjusted by no more than the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the prior calendar year, beginning January 1, 2016.	Watch	Bill is now dead.
SB 1011 (Jones)	Encampments: Penalties	This bill would prohibit a person from sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property upon a street or sidewalk if a homeless shelter, as defined, is available to the person. The bill would also prohibit sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property within 500 feet of a public or private school, open space, or major transit stop, as specified.	Watch	Bill is now dead.
AB 1657 (Wicks)	The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024	This measure would place a $10 billion bond measure on the March 2024 ballot to spur the production of affordable and supportive housing.	Watch	Bill is now dead.
SB 397 (Wahab)	San Francisco Bay Area: Public Transportation	Existing law creates the Metropolitan Transportation Commission as a local area planning agency for the 9-county San Francisco Bay area with comprehensive regional transportation planning and other related responsibilities. Existing law creates various transit districts located in the San Francisco Bay area, with specified powers and duties relating to providing public transit services. Existing law establishes the Transportation Agency, consisting of various state agencies under the supervision of an executive officer known as the Secretary of Transportation, who is required to develop and report to the Governor on legislative, budgetary, and administrative programs to accomplish comprehensive, long-range, and coordinated planning and policy formulation in the matters of public interest related to the agency. This bill would require the Transportation Agency to develop a plan to consolidate all transit agencies, as defined, that are located within the geographic jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.	Watch	Bill is now dead.

Updated as of December 2024

2023 Legislative Agenda

State Bills
Bill/Author	Title	Summary	City Position	Status/Location
ACA 5 / Low	Marriage Equality	The California Constitution provides that only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California, and federal law permanently enjoins the state from enforcing this constitutional provision. This measure would repeal this unenforceable constitutional provision and would instead provide that the right to marry is a fundamental right, as specified.	Supported by Council 4/13/23(PDF, 341KB)	7/20/23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 125, Statutes of 2023.
AB 1469 / Kalra	Santa Clara Valley Water District	The Santa Clara Valley Water District Act creates the Santa Clara Valley Water District and authorizes the district to provide for the conservation and management of flood, storm, and recycled waters, and other waters, for beneficial uses and to enhance natural resources in connection with carrying out the purposes of the district. This bill would additionally authorize the district to take certain actions in order to assist unsheltered people living along streams, in riparian corridors, or otherwise within the district’s jurisdiction, in consultation with a city or the County of Santa Clara to provide solutions or improve outcomes for the unsheltered individuals. The bill would require the district to provide a report to the appropriate committees of the Legislature on or before July 1, 2029, and a subsequent report on or before July 1, 2034, containing specified information, including, among other things, the district’s actions taken to assist unsheltered people. By imposing new duties on the district, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.	Supported by Council 4/4/23(PDF, 322KB)	10/10/23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 729, Statutes of 2023.
Initiative No. 21-0042A	Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act Initiative	The ballot measure would amend the California Constitution to apply new rules to all new or increased taxes or fees adopted by the state legislature or local agencies. The measure would apply retroactively to new or increased taxes or fees adopted after January 1, 2022.	Opposed by Council 3/21/23(PDF, 282KB) Opposed by LRC 12/10/21(PDF, 282KB)	2/1/23 Initiative qualified for the November 2024 general election ballot.
SB 403 / Wahab	Discrimination on the basis of ancestry	The Unruh Civil Rights Act provides that all persons within the jurisdiction of this state are free and equal, and no matter what their sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, primary language, or immigration status are entitled to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, privileges, or services in all business establishments of every kind whatsoever. This bill would define “ancestry” for purposes of the act to include, among other things, caste, as defined.	Council considered at 7/18 Council meeting and took no position.	10/7/23 In Senate. Consideration of Governor’s veto pending. Location – Senate
SB 423 / Wiener	Land use: streamlined housing approvals: multifamily housing developments	This bill would modify and expand SB 35 provisions that allow certain multifamily housing developments to take advantage of a streamlined, ministerial approval process. Specifically, this bill would: 1) Extends the Jan. 1, 2026, sunset to Jan. 1, 2036. 2) Applies SB 35 provisions to the Coastal Zone. 3) Allows the State to approve housing developments on property they own or lease. 4) Prohibits a city from enforcing its inclusionary housing ordinance if the income limits are higher than those in SB 35	Council considered at 7/25 Council meeting, took no position, and directed staff to monitor and update Council as needed.	10/11/23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 778, Statutes of 2023.
AB 1484 / Zbur	Temporary public employees.	Would require temporary employees to be automatically included in the same bargaining unit as the permanent employees upon the request of the recognized employee organization, among other provisions.	Watch	10/10/23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 691, Statutes of 2023.
AB 1657 / Wicks	The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2024.	This measure would place a $10 billion bond measure on the March 2024 ballot to spur the production of affordable and supportive housing.	Watch	9/01/23 In committee: Held under submission. Location– Senate Appropriations Committee: Suspense File
AB 972 / Maienschein	Local Assistance and Grant Program Streamlining Workgroup.	Would coordinate, align, and streamline local government assistance resources to ensure that every community has the same opportunity to compete for state funding opportunities by convening a statewide, cross-agency Local Assistance and Grant Program Streamlining Workgroup, no later than April 2024.	Watch	9/01/23 In committee: Held under submission. Location – Senate Appropriations Committee: Suspense File.
AB 744 / Carrillo	Transportation Planning	Would, upon the appropriation of funds by the Legislature, require the California Transportation Commission to acquire public domain or procure commercially available or open-source licensed data, modeling, and analytic software tools to support the state’s sustainable transportation, congestion management, affordable housing, efficient land use, air quality, and climate change strategies and goals, as provided. This bill would authorize the commission to provide a direct allocation of funding to local agencies for the above purposes and would require state and local agencies that receive the funds or access to data, modeling, and analytic software tools to submit reports to the commission no later than August 1, 2026, regarding their use of the data, modeling, and analytic software tools. The bill would require the commission, based on those reports, to submit a report to the Legislature no later than June 1, 2027, regarding the use of the data, modeling, and analytic software tools by state and local agencies. This bill would authorize the commission to establish best practices for use of data in transportation planning and to identify data elements that should be made available to state and local agencies for transportation planning	Watch	10/8/23 Chaptered by Secretary of State – Chapter 541, Statutes of 2023.
AB 825 / Bryan	Vehicle: Bicycles on Sidewalks	Would prohibit a local authority from prohibiting the operation of a bicycle on a sidewalk adjacent to a highway or corridor that does not include a Class I, Class II, or Class IV bikeway, as defined, and would require the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol to submit a report to the Legislature regarding the effects of that prohibition. The bill would also require a person riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk to yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and to adhere to a 10-mile-per-hour speed limit. The bill would make these provisions applicable until January 1, 2031. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.	Watch	10/8/23 Vetoed by Governor.
AB 400 / Rubio SB 706 / Caballero	Public Contracts Design Builds	Current law authorizes a local agency, as defined, with approval of its governing body, to procure design-build contracts for public works projects in excess of $1,000,000, awarding the contract either to the lowest bid or the best value. “Local agency” is defined, in part, for this purpose to include specified local and regional agencies responsible for the construction of transit projects, including any joint powers authority formed to provide transit service. Current law, among other requirements for the design-build procurement process, requires specified information submitted by a design-build entity to be certified under penalty of perjury. These provisions authorizing the use of the design-build procurement process are repealed on January 1, 2025. This bill would delete from the definition of “local agency” any joint powers authority formed to provide transit services and would instead expand that definition to include any joint powers authority responsible for the construction of transit projects, thereby authorizing additional joint powers authorities to use the above-described design-build procurement process. The bill would extend the repeal date to January 1, 2031.	Watch	9/22/23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 201, Statutes of 2023. 10/08/23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 500, Statutes of 2023.
AB 1567 / Garcia SB 867 / Allen	Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparation, Flood Protection, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Clean Energy, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2024.	Would enact the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparation, Flood Protection, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Clean Energy, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2024, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $15,995,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects for safe drinking water, wildfire prevention, drought preparation, flood protection, extreme heat mitigation, clean energy, and workforce development programs.	Watch	6/14/23 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and GOV. & F. 7/06/23 July 10 hearing postponed by committee. Location – Senate Natural Resources & Water Committee. Location – Assembly Natural Resources Committee
ACA 13	Voting threshold	The California Constitution provides that a proposed constitutional amendment and a statewide initiative measure each take effect only if approved by a majority of the votes cast on the amendment or measure. This measure would further provide that an initiative measure that includes one or more provisions that would amend the Constitution to increase the voter approval requirement to adopt any state or local measure would be approved by the voters only if the proportion of votes cast in favor of the initiative measure is equal to or greater than the highest voter approval requirement that the initiative measure would impose	Watch	9/14/23 Held at Desk by unanimous consent until November 1, 2023. Location – Senate Appropriations Committee
AB 50 / Wood	Public Utilities: Timely Service: Customer Energization	This measure makes several interrelated changes to expedite the timely delivery of service by electrical utilities regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission. This measure seeks to establish clear expectations for how quickly utilities are expected to deliver service to new customers and fulfill requests for increased load from existing customers and seeks to improve utility planning and information sharing to facilitate systematic reductions in the time it takes to meet requests for new or increased levels of service from customers.	Watch	10/7/23 Chaptered by Secretary of State – Chapter 317, Statutes of 2023.
AB 573 / Garcia	Organic Waste: Meeting Recovered Organic Waste Product Procurement Targets.	Current law requires the State Air Resources Board to approve and begin implementing a comprehensive short-lived climate pollutant strategy to achieve a certain reduction in statewide emissions of methane, including a goal of a 75% reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025. Current law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations to achieve these organic waste reduction goals, that provide for, among other things, the calculation by the department of recovered organic waste product procurement targets for each local jurisdiction, and that may include penalties to be imposed by the department for noncompliance. This bill would require the department, for purposes of those regulations, to allow a local jurisdiction, until December 1, 2031, in procuring recovered organic waste products to meet the target procurement requirements, to use California-derived recovered organic waste that the local jurisdiction sends for processing at a facility or operation outside of the state that meets certain conditions, as provided.	Watch	9/01/23 In committee: Held under submission. Location – Senate Appropriations Committee: Suspense File
SB 397 / Wahab	San Francisco Bay area: public transportation.	Existing law creates the Metropolitan Transportation Commission as a local area planning agency for the 9-county San Francisco Bay area with comprehensive regional transportation planning and other related responsibilities. Existing law creates various transit districts located in the San Francisco Bay area, with specified powers and duties relating to providing public transit services. Existing law establishes the Transportation Agency, consisting of various state agencies under the supervision of an executive officer known as the Secretary of Transportation, who is required to develop and report to the Governor on legislative, budgetary, and administrative programs to accomplish comprehensive, long-range, and coordinated planning and policy formulation in the matters of public interest related to the agency. This bill would require the Transportation Agency to develop a plan to consolidate all transit agencies, as defined, that are located within the geographic jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.	Watch	1/09/24 January 9 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author. Location – Senate

2022 Legislative Agenda

2022 Legislative Wrap-Up

Here(PDF, 125KB) is a year-end report of the 2022 Legislative session for bills that the City took a position on. The League of California Cities also released their 2022 legislative report, which can be viewed here(PDF, 3MB) .

2022 Legislative Agenda

The City Council approved the City of Cupertino's 2022 Legislative Platform at its meeting on February 1st. The Legislative Platform is comprised of guiding principles that provide a framework for Cupertino’s regional, state, and federal legislative priorities. Adopted annually, the City’s Legislative Platform will serve as a reference guide for legislative positions and objectives that provide direction for the City Council and staff throughout the year. The Legislative Platform is the foundation of a focused advocacy strategy and the 2022 Legislative Platform can be found here(PDF, 221KB) .

For more information on legislation and regional measures regarding housing visit, our Statewide and Regional Housing Policy page.

Below are bills that Council or the Legislative Review Committee (LRC) have taken a formal position on or are watching.

State Bills

Bills	Topic	Author	Position	Status
AB 71	Bring California Home Act	Luz Rivas	Watch 3/12/21	2/1/22 Bill died in inactive file
AB 377	Water Quality: Impaired Waters	Robert Rivas	Watch 3/12/21	1/31/22 Bill died in house of origin
AB 988	Mental Health: Mobile Crisis Support Teams: 988 Crisis Hotline	Bauer-Kahan	Support 5/14/21(PDF, 229KB)	9/29/22 Approved by the Governor
AB 989	Housing Accountability Act: Appeals: Housing Accountability	Gabriel	Oppose 6/18/21(PDF, 210KB)	9/10/21 Bill died in the Senate
AB 1091	Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: Board of Directors	Berman	Oppose 3/12/21(PDF, 201KB)	2/1/22 Bill died in inactive file
AB 1401	Residential and Commercial Development: Parking Requirements	Friedman	Oppose 6/18/21(PDF, 207KB)	8/26/21Bill died in the Senate
AB 1603	Theft: Shoplifiting: Amount	Salas	Watch 3/24/22	10/24/22 Bill died in house of origin
AB 1944	Local Government: Open and Public Meetings	Lee	Support 3/24/22(PDF, 242KB)	6/22/22 Hearing postponed by committee
AB 2011	Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022	Wicks and Wiener	Oppose 5/31/22(PDF, 260KB)	9/28/22 Approved by the Governor
AB 2097	Residential, commercial, or other development types: parking requirements	Friedman	Oppose 7/18/22(PDF, 121KB)	9/22/22 Approved by the Governor
AB 2164	Disability Access: Funding	Lee	Watch 3/24/22	9/30/22 Approved by the Governor
AB 2221	Accessory Dwelling Units	Quirk-Silva	Oppose 5/31/22(PDF, 256KB)	9/28/22Approved by the Governor
AB 2762	Housing: Parking Lots	Boom	Oppose 3/24/22	2/19/22 From printer. May be heard in committee 3/21/22.
AB 2763	Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: job order contracting	Kalra	Support 9/12/22	9/29/22 Approved by the Governor
AB 2449	Open Meetings: Local Agencies: Teleconferences	Rubio	Support 3/24/22(PDF, 243KB)	9/13/22 Approved by the Governor
SB 6	Local Planning: Housing Commercial Zones	Caballero	Oppose 2/26/21(PDF, 227KB)	9/28/22 Approved by the Governor
SB 15	Housing Development: Incentives: Rezoning of Idle Retail Sites	Portantino	Watch 2/26/21	6/2/21 Bill died in the Assembly
SB 99	Community Energy Resilience Act of 2021	Dodd	Support 7/23/21(PDF, 202KB)	8/27/21 Bill died in the Assembly
SB 477	General Plan: Annual Report	Wiener	Oppose 6/18/21(PDF, 208KB)	1/27/22 Governor's Veto sustained
SB 556	Street Light Poles, Traffic Signal Poles: Small Wireless Facilities Attachments	Dodd	Oppose 5/14/21(PDF, 198KB)	1/27/22 Governor's Veto sustained
SB 612	Electrical Corporations and Other Load-Serving Entities: Allocation of Legacy Resources	Portantino	Council adopted support position 6/1/21(PDF, 205KB)	6/16/22Re-referred to Committee on Education, pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
SB 617	Residential Solar Energy Systems: Permitting	Wiener	Support 5/14/21(PDF, 200KB)	2/1/22 Bill died in house of origin
SB 792	Sales and Use Tax: Retailers: Reporting	Glazer	Council adopted oppose position 6/1/21(PDF, 211KB)	1/27/22 Governor's Veto sustained
SB 897	Accessory Dwelling Units: Junior Accessory Dwelling Units	Wieckowski	Oppose 5/31/22(PDF, 265KB)	9/28/22 Approved by the Governor
SB 1100	Open Meetings: Orderly Conduct	Cortese	Watch 3/24/22	8/22/22Approved by the Governor
ACA 1	Affordable Housing and Public Infrastructure: Voter Approval	Aguiar-Curry	Watch 3/12/21	4/22/21 Bill died in house of origin
ACA 4	Elections: Initiatives and Referenda	Kiley	Watch 3/12/21	2/18/21 Bill died in house of origin
ACA 7	Local Government: Police Power: Municipal Affairs: Land Use and Zoning	Muratsuchi	Support 5/14/21(PDF, 203KB)	3/17/21 Bill died in house of origin
Initiative 21-0016	Local Land Use and Zoning Laws		Support 12/10/21(PDF, 263KB)	11/1/21 Attorney General issued a Title and Summary for the proposed initiative
I nitiative 21-0042A1	Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act Initiative– Limits Ability of Voters and State and Local Governments to Raise Revenues for Government Services		Oppose 12/10/21(PDF, 282KB)	2/3/22 Initiative proponents have received title and summary from the Attorney General and have until 8/2/22 to submit 997,139 valid signatures
VLF Trailer Bill	The Motor Vehicle In-Lieu Tax		Oppose 5/31/22(PDF, 396KB)	Rejects proposed Trailer Bill Language to cap revenue offsets for Vehicle License Fee backfill insufficiencies driven by insufficient Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF) revenues.

Updated 10/21/22

This table(PDF, 130KB) shows how Cal Cities (The League) and Cupertino's Legislators voted on bills that the City has taken a position on.

City of Cupertino's Legislative Support/Opposition Letters

Assembly Bill 215 (Chiu) - Notice of Opposition(PDF, 219KB), Request for Veto(PDF, 315KB)

Assembly Bill 988 (Bauer-Kahan) - Notice of Support(PDF, 229KB)

Assembly Bill 989 (Gabriel) - Notice of Opposition(PDF, 210KB)

Assembly Bill 1091 (Berman) - Notice of Opposition(PDF, 201KB)

Assembly Bill 1174 (Grayson) - Request for Veto(PDF, 243KB)

Assembly Bill 1401 (Friedman) - Notice of Opposition(PDF, 207KB)

Assembly Bill 1944 (Lee) - Notice of Support(PDF, 242KB)

Assembly Bill 2011 (Wicks) - Notice of Opposition(PDF, 260KB)

Assembly Bill 2097 (Friedman) - Notice of Opposition(PDF, 121KB)

Assembly Bill 2181 (Berman) - Notice of Opposition(PDF, 274KB)

Assembly Bill 2449 (Rubio) - Notice of Support(PDF, 243KB)

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 7 (Muratsuchi) - Notice of Support(PDF, 203KB)

Senate Bill 6 (Caballero) - Notice of Opposition(PDF, 227KB)

Senate Bill 7 (Atkins) - Notice of Oppose Unless Amended(PDF, 208KB)

Senate Bill 8 (Skinner) - Notice of Opposition(PDF, 201KB)

Senate Bill 9 (Atkins) - Notice of Opposition(PDF, 224KB), Request for Veto(PDF, 227KB)

Senate Bill 10 (Wiener) - Notice of Opposition(PDF, 197KB), Request for Veto(PDF, 216KB)

Senate Bill 52 (Dodd) - Notice of Support(PDF, 216KB), Request for Signature(PDF, 283KB)

Senate Bill 60 (Glazer) - Notice of Support(PDF, 200KB), Request for Signature(PDF, 264KB)

Senate Bill 99 (Dodd) - Notice of Support(PDF, 202KB)

Senate Bill 278 (Leyva) - Notice of Opposition(PDF, 198KB), Request for Veto(PDF, 262KB)

Senate Bill 290 (Skinner) - Notice of Opposition(PDF, 203KB)

Senate Bill 477 (Wiener) - Notice of Opposition(PDF, 208KB), Request for Veto(PDF, 269KB)

Senate Bill 478 (Wiener) - Notice of Opposition(PDF, 203KB)

Senate Bill 556 (Dodd) - Notice of Opposition(PDF, 198KB), Request for Veto(PDF, 262KB)

Senate Bill 612 (Portantino) - Notice of Support(PDF, 205KB)

Senate Bill 617 (Wiener) - Notice of Support(PDF, 200KB)

Senate Bill 619 (Laird) - Notice of Support(PDF, 203KB) , Request for Signature(PDF, 267KB)

Senate Bill 778 (Becker) - Notice of Opposition(PDF, 200KB)

Senate Bill 780 (Cortese) - Notice of Support(PDF, 205KB), Request for Signature(PDF, 268KB)

Senate Bill 792 (Glazer) - Notice of Opposition(PDF, 211KB), Request for Veto(PDF, 274KB)

Senate Bill 897 (Wieckowski) - Notice of Opposition(PDF, 265KB)

Initiative 21-0016 - Notice of Support: Senator Cortese(PDF, 300KB), Senator Becker(PDF, 472KB), Assemblymember Low(PDF, 299KB), Assemblymember Berman(PDF, 299KB)

Initiative 21-0042A1- Notice of Opposition: Senator Cortese(PDF, 311KB), (PDF, 472KB)Senator Becker(PDF, 428KB), Assemblymember Low(PDF, 309KB) , (PDF, 299KB)Assemblymember Berman(PDF, 320KB)

California Plastic Waste Reduction Regulations Initiative (Becker) - Notice of Support: Senator Cortese,(PDF, 266KB) Senator Becker(PDF, 266KB) Assemblymember Low(PDF, 274KB), Assemblymember Berman(PDF, 267KB)

Vehicle License Fee Budget Trailer Bill - Notice of Opposition: Chair Carillo(PDF, 396KB) , Chair Kamlager(PDF, 361KB)

2021 Legislative Agenda

The City Council approved the City of Cupertino's 2021 Legislative Platform at its meeting on February 2nd. The Legislative Platform is comprised of guiding principles that provide a framework for Cupertino’s regional, state, and federal legislative priorities. Adopted annually, the City’s Legislative Platform will serve as a reference guide for legislative positions and objectives that provide direction for the City Council and staff throughout the year. The Legislative Platform is the foundation of a focused advocacy strategy. View the Cupertino 2021 Legislative Platform.(PDF, 253KB)

The Cupertino 2021 Legislative Platform(PDF, 253KB) document summarizes the key housing bills of the 2021 legislative session. For more information on legislation and regional measures regarding housing visit, our Statewide and Regional Housing Policy page.

Below are bills that Council or the Legislative Review Committee (LRC) have taken a formal position on or are watching.

State Bills

Bill	Topic	Author	Position	Status
AB 14	Communications: Broadband Services: California Advanced Services Fund	Aguiar-Curry	Watch 3/12/21	10/8/21 Signed into law
AB 71	Bring California Home Act	Luz Rivas	Watch 3/12/21	6/3/21 Became a two-year bill, May be acted upon January 2022
AB 215	Housing Element: regional housing need: relative progress determination	Chiu	Oppose 7/23/21(PDF, 219KB)	9/28/21 Signed into law
AB 377	Water Quality: Impaired Waters	Robert Rivas	Watch 3/12/21	5/25/21 Became a two-year bill, May be acted upon January 2022
AB 816	Homelessness: Housing Trust Fund: housing projects	Chiu, Bloom, Bonta, Quirk-Silva, Santiago & Wicks	Watch 7/23/21	9/29/21 Signed into law
AB 988	Mental Health: Mobile Crisis Support Teams: 988 Crisis Hotline	Bauer-Kahan	Support 5/14/21(PDF, 229KB)	9/29/22 Approved by the Governor
AB 989	Housing Accountability Act: Appeals: Housing Accountability	Gabriel	Oppose 6/18/21(PDF, 210KB)	9/10/21 Ordered to inactive file
AB 1091	Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: Board of Directors	Berman	Oppose 3/12/21(PDF, 201KB)	6/4/21 Became a two-year bill, May be acted upon January 2022
AB 1174	Planning and zoning: housing: development application modifications, approvals, and subsequent permits	Grayson	Oppose 9/13/21(PDF, 243KB)	9/16/21 Signed into law by the Governor
AB 1401	Residential and commercial development: parking requirements	Friedman	Oppose 6/18/21(PDF, 207KB)	8/26/21 Held under submission
SB 4	Communications: California Advanced Services Fund	Gonzalez	Watch 3/12/21	10/8/21 Signed into law
SB 6	Local Planning: Housing Commercial Zones	Caballero	Oppose 2/26/21(PDF, 227KB)	9/28/22 Approved by the Governor
SB 7	Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2021	Atkins	Oppose Unless Amended 2/26/21(PDF, 208KB)	5/20/21 Signed into law by the Governor.
SB 8	Housing Crisis Act of 2019	Skinner	Oppose 5/14/21(PDF, 201KB)	9/16/21 Signed into law by the Governor.
SB 9	Housing Development: Approvals	Atkins	Oppose 2/26/21(PDF, 224KB)	9/16/21 Signed into law by the Governor.
SB 10	Planning and Zoning: Housing Development: Density	Wiener	Oppose 2/26/21(PDF, 197KB)	9/16/21 Signed into law by the Governor.
SB 15	Housing Development: Incentives: Rezoning of Idle Retail Sites	Portantino	Watch 2/26/21	6/2/21 Held in Assembly
SB 52	State of Emergency: Local Emergency: Sudden and Severe Energy Shortage: Planned Power Outage	Dodd	Support 7/23/21(PDF, 216KB)	10/6/21Signed into law by the Governor.
SB 60	Residential short-term rental ordinances: health or safety infractions: maximum fines	Glazer	Support 6/18/21(PDF, 200KB)	9/24/21 Signed into law by the Governor.
SB 99	Community Energy Resilience Act of 2021	Dodd	Support 7/23/21(PDF, 202KB)	8/26/21 Held in committee
SB 278	PERS: Disallowed Compensation	Leyva	Oppose 3/12/21(PDF, 198KB)	9/27/21 Signed into law by the Governor
SB 290	Density Bonus Law: qualifications for incentives or concessions: student housing for lower income students: moderate-income persons and families local government constraints	Skinner	Oppose 6/18/21(PDF, 203KB)	9/28/21 Signed into law by the Governor.
SB 314	Alcoholic Beverages	Wiener	Watch 3/12/21	10/8/21 Signed into law
SB 323	Local government: water or sewer service: legal actions	Caballero	Watch 6/18/21	9/23/21 Signed into law by the Governor.
SB 477	General plan: annual report	Wiener	Oppose 6/18/21(PDF, 208KB)	10/5/21 Vetoed by the Governor
SB 478	Planning and Zoning Law: Housing Development Projects	Wiener	Oppose 5/14/21(PDF, 203KB)	9/28/21 Signed into law by the Governor.
SB 556	Street Light Poles, Traffic Signal Poles: Small Wireless Facilities Attachments	Dodd	Oppose 5/14/21(PDF, 198KB)	10/4/21 Vetoed by the Governor
SB 612	Electrical Corporations and Other Load-Serving Entities: Allocation of Legacy Resources	Portantino	Council adopted support position 6/1/21(PDF, 205KB)	7/14/21 Became a two-year bill , May be acted upon January 2022
SB 617	Residential Solar Energy Systems: Permitting	Wiener	Support 5/14/21(PDF, 200KB)	5/25/21 Became a two-year bill, May be acted upon January 2022
SB 619	Organic Waste: Reduction Regulations	Laird	Support 5/14/21(PDF, 203KB)	10/5/21Signed into law by the Governor
SB 778	Planning and Zoning: ADUs: Mixed-Use or Multifamily Structures	Becker	Oppose 5/14/21(PDF, 200KB) (Oppose based on the 5/3/21 version of this bill)	6/30/21 First hearing canceled at the request of author. Amended and no longer germane to the City.
SB 780	Local Finance: Public Investment Authorities	Cortese	Council adopted support position 6/1/21(PDF, 205KB)	9/28/21Signed into law by the Governor
SB 792	Sales and Use Tax: Retailers: Reporting	Glazer	Council adopted oppose position 6/1/21(PDF, 211KB)	10/4/21 Vetoed by the Governor
ACA 1	Affordable Housing and Public Infrastructure: Voter Approval	Aguiar-Curry	Watch 3/12/21	4/22/21 Became a two-year bill, May be acted upon January 2022
ACA 4	Elections: Initiatives and Referenda	Kiley	Watch 3/12/21	2/18/21 Became a two-year bill, May be acted upon January 2022
ACA 7	Local Government: Police Power: Municipal Affairs: Land Use and Zoning	Muratsuchi	Support 5/14/21(PDF, 203KB)	3/17/21 Became a two-year bill, May be acted upon January 2022
Initiative 21-0016	Initiative 21-0016 (Local Land Use and Zoning Laws)		Support 12/10/21(PDF, 263KB)	11/1/21 Attorney General issued a Title and Summary for the proposed initiative
Initiative 21-0042A1	Proposed Initiative 1935 Limits Ability of Voters and State and Local Governments to Raise Revenues for Government Services		Oppose 12/10/21(PDF, 282KB)	2/3/22 Initiative proponents have received title and summary from the Attorney General and have until 8/2/22 to submit 997,139 valid signatures

Updated for 10/21/22

2020 Legislative Agenda

The City Council approved the City of Cupertino's 2020 Legislative Platform at its meeting on January 21st. The Legislative Platform is comprised of guiding principles that provide a framework for Cupertino’s regional, state, and federal legislative priorities. Adopted annually, the City’s Legislative Platform will serve as a reference guide for legislative positions and objectives that provide direction for the City Council and staff throughout the year. The Legislative Platform is the foundation of a focused advocacy strategy. View the 2020 Legislative Platform.(PDF, 265KB)

The Summary of Key Housing Bills(PDF, 142KB) document summarizes the key housing bills of the 2020 legislative session. For more information on legislation and regional measures regarding housing visit, our Statewide and Regional Housing Policy page.

Below are bills that Council or the Legislative Review Committee have taken a formal position on or were watching.

Bill	Topic	Author	Position	Status
AB 67	Housing: Homeless Integrated Data Warehouse	Rivas/Chiu	Watch	8/21/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
AB 68	Land Use: Accessory Dwelling units	Ting	Oppose 6/25/19(PDF, 624KB)	10/9/19 Approved by the Governor
AB 77 SB 98	Education finance: education omnibus budget trailer bill (Excess ERAF)	AB 77: Ting SB 98: Mitchell	Oppose 6/2/20(PDF, 274KB)	AB 77: 8/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died SB 98: 6/29/20 Amended to reduce retroactivity measures and was approved by the Governor as part of the state budget.
AB 516	Authority to remove vehicles	Chiu/Santiago	Oppose 6/25/19(PDF, 466KB)	8/21/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
AB 725	Housing Element: Moderate and Above-Moderate Housing	Wicks	Oppose 6/22/20(PDF, 303KB)	9/28/20 Approved by the Governor
AB 881	Accessory Dwelling Units	Bloom	Oppose 6/25/19(PDF, 534KB)	10/9/19 Approved by the Governor
AB 1063	Planning and Zoning Law: Adequate Site Substitutes	Petrie-Norris	Support 7/24/20(PDF, 313KB)	8/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
AB 1080 SB 54	California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act	AB 1080: Gonzalez SB 54: Allen	Support 8/27/19(PDF, 437KB)	AB 1080: 8/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died SB 54: 9/1/20 Bill died
AB 1210	Crimes: Package Theft	Low	Support 8/27/19(PDF, 271KB)	1/31/20 Bill died
AB 1279	Planning and zoning: housing development: high-opportunity areas	Bloom	Oppose 6/22/20(PDF, 297KB)	8/18/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
AB 1436	Tenancy: rental payment default: mortgage forbearance: state of emergency: COVID-19	Chiu	Watch	8/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
AB 1487	San Francisco Bay Area housing development	Chiu	Support if amended 9/3/19(PDF, 1MB)	10/8/19 Approved by the Governor
AB 2345	Planning and zoning: density bonuses: annual report: affordable housing	Gonzalez	Oppose 8/10/20(PDF, 296KB)	9/28/20 Approved by the Governor
AB 3040	Local planning: regional housing need assessment	Chiu	Support 8/10/20(PDF, 296KB)	8/21/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 5	Affordable Housing and Community Development Investment Program	Beall/McGuire	Support 6/25/19(PDF, 512KB)	1/13/20 Veto sustained
SB 6	Residential Development: Available Land	Beall	Support 8/27/19(PDF, 274KB)	10/9/2019 Approved by the Governor
SB 12	Mental Health Services: Youth	Beall/ Portantino	Support 6/25/19(PDF, 434KB)	8/21/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 13	Accessory Dwelling Units	Wieckowski	Oppose 6/25/19(PDF, 782KB)	10/9/2019 Approved by the Governor
SB 23	Unlawful Entry of a Vehicle	Wiener	Support 6/25/19(PDF, 331KB)	8/21/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 50	Planning and Zoning: Housing Development: Streamlined Approval: Incentives	Wiener	Oppose 4/16/19	1/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 330	Housing Crisis Act of 2019	Skinner	Oppose 4/16/19 Reaffirmed opposition 6/25/19(PDF, 968KB)	10/9/2019 Approved by the Governor
SB 592	Housing Accountability Act	Wiener	Oppose 6/25/19(PDF, 307KB)	Amended to remove all housing related topics and now pertains to jury proceedings 9/9/2020 Approved by the Governor
SB 899	Housing development: non-profit hospitals or religious institutions	Wiener	Support if amended 5/22/20(PDF, 308KB)	8/21/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 902	Housing Development: density	Wiener	Oppose unless amended 6/22/20(PDF, 293KB)	8/21/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 906	Joint Living and Work Quarters and Occupied Substandard Buildings	Skinner	Watch	6/5/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 939	COVID-19: commercial tenancy evictions	Wiener	Support 5/22/20(PDF, 291KB)	8/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 995	Jobs and Economic Development Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2011: housing projects	Atkins	Support if amended 6/22/20(PDF, 309KB)	8/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 1049	Cities and Counties: Short-Term Rentals	Glazer	Support 7/24/20(PDF, 297KB)	8/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 1085	Density Bonus Law	Skinner	Oppose 6/22/20(PDF, 315KB)	8/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 1120	Subdivisions: tentative maps	Atkins	Oppose 6/22/20(PDF, 306KB)	8/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 1299	Housing Incentives: Rezoning of idle retail sites	Portantino	Support 5/22/20(PDF, 295KB)	8/31/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 1385	Local planning housing: commercial zones	Caballero	Oppose 6/22/20(PDF, 305KB)	8/14/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
SB 1410	COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program	Gonzalez	Watch	8/21/20 Failed Deadline, bill has died
ACA 25	State of emergency: remote legislative proceedings	Mullin	Watch	6/15/20 Measure version as amended on June 4 corrected
Prop 15	The California Schools and Local Communities Funding Act of 2020	Ballot initiative led by Schools and Communities First	Supported by the full Council 7/21/20	Initiative has qualified for the November 3rd general election

Federal Bills

Bill	Topic	Author	Position	Status
H.R. 530	Accelerating Broadband development by Empowering Local Communities Act	Esho	Support 7/23/19(PDF, 682KB)	01/14/2019 Bill introduced but did not receive a vote. Bill died in the 116th Congress.
H.R. 6467	Coronavirus Community Relief Act	Neguse	Support 4/17/20(PDF, 300KB)	04/07/2020 Bill introduced but did not receive a vote. Bill died in the 116th Congress.
S. 2012	Restoring Local Control Over Public Infrastructure Act	Feinstein	Support 7/23/19(PDF, 682KB)	06/27/2019 Bill introduced but did not receive a vote. Bill died in the 116th Congress.

2019 Legislative Agenda

The City Council approved the City of Cupertino's 2019 Legislative Platform at its meeting on June 18th. The Legislative Platform is comprised of guiding principles that provide a framework for Cupertino’s regional, state, and federal legislative priorities. Adopted annually, the City’s Legislative Platform will serve as a reference guide for legislative positions and objectives that provide direction for the City Council and staff throughout the year. The Legislative Platform is the foundation of a focused advocacy strategy. View the 2019 Legislative Platform.(PDF, 431KB)

Below are bills that Council or the Legislative Review Committee have taken a formal position on or were watching for the Legislative Session ending in 2019.

Bill	Topic	Author	Position	Status
AB 67	Housing: Homeless Integrated Data Warehouse	Rivas/Chiu	Watch	8/30/19 In committee: Held under submission. (Two-year bill)
AB 68	Land Use: Accessory Dwelling units	Ting	Oppose 6/25/19(PDF, 624KB)	10/9/19 Approved by the Governor
AB 516	Authority to remove vehicles	Chiu/Santiago	Oppose 6/25/19(PDF, 466KB)	8/30/19 In committee: Held under submission. (Two-year bill)
AB 881	Accessory Dwelling Units	Bloom	Oppose 6/25/19(PDF, 534KB)	10/9/19 Approved by the Governor
AB 1080 SB 54	California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act	AB 1080: Gonzalez SB 54: Allen	Support 8/27/19(PDF, 437KB)	AB 1080: 9/14/19 Ordered to inactive file (Two-year bill) SB 54: 9/12/19 In committee: Ordered to third reading (Two-year bill)
AB 1210	Crimes: Package Theft	Low	Support 8/27/19(PDF, 271KB)	4/23/19 In committee: hearing postponed (Two-year bill)
AB 1487	San Francisco Bay Area housing development	Chiu	Support if amended 9/3/19(PDF, 1MB)	10/8/19 Approved by the Governor
SB 4	Housing	Beall/McGuire	Watch	4/24/19 Hearing cancelled at the request of the author.
SB 5	Affordable Housing and Community Development Investment Program	Beall/McGuire	Support 6/25/19(PDF, 512KB)	10/13/2019 Vetoed by the Governor. In senate pending consideration of veto.
SB 6	Residential Development: Available Land	Beall	Support 8/27/19(PDF, 274KB)	10/9/2019 Approved by the Governor
SB 12	Mental Health Services: Youth	Beall/ Portantino	Support 6/25/19(PDF, 434KB)	8/30/19Held in committee and under submission (Two-year bill)
SB 13	Accessory Dwelling Units	Wieckowski	Oppose 6/25/19(PDF, 782KB)	10/9/2019 Approved by the Governor
SB 23	Unlawful Entry of a Vehicle	Wiener	Support 6/25/19(PDF, 331KB)	8/30/19Held in committee and under submission (Two-year bill)
SB 50	Planning and Zoning: Housing Development: Streamlined Approval: Incentives	Wiener	Oppose 4/16/19	6/4/19 Amended, re-referred to Committee on Appropriations (Two-year bill)
SB 330	Housing Crisis Act of 2019	Skinner	Oppose 4/16/19 Reaffirmed opposition 6/25/19(PDF, 968KB)	10/9/2019 Approved by the Governor
SB 592	Housing Accountability Act	Wiener	Oppose 6/25/19(PDF, 307KB)	9/11/19 Re-referred to Committee on Rules (Two-year bill)

Federal Bills

Bill	Topic	Author	Position	Status
H.R. 530	Accelerating Broadband development by Empowering Local Communities Act	Eshoo	Support 7/23/19(PDF, 682KB)	01/25/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
S. 2012	Restoring Local Control Over Public Infrastructure Act	Feinstein	Support 7/23/19(PDF, 682KB)	06/27/2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

2018 Legislative Agenda

The City of Cupertino's Legislative Platform is comprised of guiding principles that provide a framework for Cupertino’s regional, state, and federal legislative priorities. It is adopted annually and serves as a reference guide for legislative positions and objectives that provide direction for the City Council and staff throughout the year. The Legislative Platform is the foundation of a focused advocacy strategy. View the 2018 Legislative Platform.(PDF, 99KB)

Below are bills that Council had taken a formal position on for the Legislative Session ending in 2018.

Bill	Topic	Author	Position	Status
SB 100	CA Renewable Portfolio Standard Program: Emissions of Greenhouse Gases	De Leon	Support 3/6/18(PDF, 695KB)	Chaptered by Secretary of State 9/10/18
SB 912	CA Housing Finance Agency: Management Compensation	Beall/Skinner	Watch	Chaptered by Secretary of State 9/21/18
SB 828	Land Use: Housing Element	Wiener	Watch	Chaptered by Secretary of State 9/30/18
SB 831	Land Use: Accessory Dwelling Units	Wieckowski	Watch	Inactive Bill-Died in Assembly without further action 11/30/18
SCA 20	Local Sales Taxes: Online Sales	Glazer	Watch	Inactive Bill- Died in committee without further action 11/30/18
SB 827	Planning and Zoning: Transit-Rich housing bonus	Wiener	Oppose 3/6/18(PDF, 1MB)	Inactive Bill- Died in committee without further action 11/30/18

Legislative Review Committee

From 2019 to 2022, the Legislative Review Committee (LRC) was primarily responsible for making recommendations on legislative advocacy. On February 21, 2023 the City Council adopted Resolution No. 23-026, which dissolved the LRC and established a new legislative policy that required full Council consideration of City positions on proposed legislation. On February 19, 2026 the City Council adopted Resolution No. 26-022, which reinstated the LRC and established an annual Legislative Platform(PDF, 395KB), which guides the City's legislative priorities. To view information on the current LRC, visit Cupertino.gov/LRC.

Staff Liaison

Astrid Robles

Senior Management Analyst

Email: AstridR@Cupertino.gov