Medium and heavy-duty zero-emission fleet regulation with the goal of achieving a zero-emission truck fleet by 2036.

LABC Position: Support

The Advanced Clean Cars II regulations will rapidly scale down emissions of light-duty passenger cars, pickup trucks and SUVs starting with the 2026 model year through 2035.

LABC Position: Support

LASAN’s vision for recycling 100% of the water flowing through Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant by 2035.

LABC Position: Support

LASAN’s vision for recycling 100% of the water flowing through Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant by 2035.

LABC Position: Support

Would allow faith-based institutions and nonprofit colleges to build 100% affordable housing on their property by-right, even if local zoning prevents this housing. SB 4 re-zones the property and ensures neither CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) nor local political processes can be misused to stop these affordable housing projects.

LABC Position: Support

The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026: $10 billion bond proposal to fund affordable rental housing and home ownership programs, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program.

Status: Pending in Senate Committee on Rules

The Housing Accountability Act: Waives CEQA for infill housing that meets local zoning standards and are not on environmentally sensitive or hazardous sites.

Status: Pending in Senate; included in Governor’s budget trailer bill

Would expedite CEQA reviews for infill projects by replacing the current “fair argument” judicial review standard for CEQA lawsuits with the higher, “substantial evidence” standard of review currently used for Negative Declarations and Mitigated Negative Declarations. It makes additional refinements including exempting rezonings that are consistent with an already-approved housing element from CEQA.

Status: Pending in Senate; included in Governor’s budget trailer bill

The California Housing Finance and Credit Act: Would create a state-backed credit enhancement program to insure or guarantee loans for multifamily housing projects.

Status: Pending in Assembly Housing and Judiciary Committees

Adaptive reuse incentives: creates a by-right, ministerial approval pathway to allow existing commercial buildings to be converted for housing and mixed uses, and allows local governments to create incentive programs to encourage residential conversions of offices and other commercial buildings.

Status: Pending in Senate Housing Committee

Develops a strategic plan to streamline affordable housing approvals, including: creating an administrative ministerial planning review process for majority deed-restrict affordable housing projects, streamlining and prioritizing 100% affordable housing at LADBS, improving project intake at LAFD, enhancing reporting at BOE, and increasing staffing at various departments, among other stipulations.

LABC Position: Support

Tasks the Department of City Planning to prepare an ordinance with incentives for 100% affordable housing projects through the development of an Affordable Housing Overlay Zone. Linked to Council File 21-0658.

LABC Position: Support

Livable Communities Initiative – Directs the Department of City Planning, LADBS, and LADOT to report to Council within 180 days with strategies to establish incentives along transit rich corridors that facilitate mid-scale development and enhances existing commercial, mixed-use character.

LABC Position: Support

The motion studies the potential to increase funding for EV charging rebates in multifamily apartments, prioritizing installations in MUDs in disadvantaged communities, and capping the reimbursement timeline to 120 days.

LABC Position: Support

Affirms the California Air Resources Board’s authority to regulate “indirect sources” of air pollution, accelerating the transition to a modern, zero-emission goods movement system while creating regulatory certainty for businesses.

Status: Inactive at request of author

Modifies the Local Business Preference Program to include a bid preference range of 10% to 12% for businesses within the City of LA.

LABC Position: Support