2020 Hearing Agendas and Background Papers:
June 4, 2020, Joint Initiative Hearing of the Assembly Committees on Revenue and Taxation and Local Government: "Initiative to Increase Funding for Public Schools, Community Colleges, and Local Government Services by Changing Tax Assessment of Commercial and Industrial Property."
February 26, 2020, Joint Informational Hearing of the Assembly Committees on Local Government and Housing and Community Development; and, Senate Committees on Governance and Finance and Housing: "The Price of Civilization: Benefits and Costs of Impact Fees on Housing in California."
2019 Hearing Agendas and Background Papers:
May 8, 2019 Joint Informational Hearing of the Assembly Committees on Local Government, Governmental Organization, and Housing and Community Development: "The Age of Wildfires: Pre and Post-Wildfire Planning and Housing Delivery at the Local Level."
February 26, 2019 Joint Informational Hearing of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and Assembly Committees on Housing and Community Development and Local Government: "Governor’s Homeless and Housing Proposals."
February 25, 2019 Joint Informational Hearing of the Assembly Committees on Natural Resources and Local Government: "Improving Fire Prevention in California."
- Agenda and Background [pdf]
- Presentation: Home Survival in Wildfire-Prone Areas [pdf]
- Presentation: Update on Fire Prevention Activities [pdf]
- Presentation: Improving Fire Prevention in Calilfornia [pdf]
- Watch the Hearing
February 4, 2019 Joint Informational Hearing of the Assembly Committees on Banking and Finance and Local Government: "Public Banks: An Examination of Public Banking at the Local Level."
January 30, 2019 Joint Informational Hearing of the Assembly Committees on Housing and Community Development and Local Government: "Not Just Your Granny's Granny Flat: An Examination of Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Law and Policy Issues in California."
- Agenda [pdf]
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Handouts:
- Accessory Dwelling Unit Memorandum December 2016 [pdf]
- Department of Housing and Community Development Local Agency ADUs Memorandum May 2018 [pdf]
- Rates, Fees and Charges in the Post-Proposition 13, 218 and 26 Era in California, Tim Seufert, Managing Director, NPS [pdf]
- City of Santa Rosa ADU Applications, David Guhin, Assistant City Manager and Director of Planning and Economic Development, City of Santa Rosa [pdf]
- Watch the Hearing: https://www.assembly.ca.gov/media/joint-hearing-housing-community-develo...
2018 Hearing Agendas and Background Papers:
June 13, 2018 Joint Initiative Hearing of the Assembly Committees on Local Government and Revenue and Taxation: "Expands Requirement for Supermajority Approval to Enact New Revenue Measures (#1846)"
March 14, 2018 Joint Informational Hearing of the Assembly Committees on Housing and Community Development and Local Government: "A Review and Analysis of current Community Development Tools"
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Handouts:
March 7, 2018 Joint Informational Hearing of the Assembly Committees on Local Government and Revenue and Taxation and the Senate Governance and Finance Committee: "Uproar over Upland: Assessing the California Supreme Court's Decision"
- Agenda and Background Paper - 3/7/2018 [pdf]
- Panel 1 Handout
- Panel 2 Handouts
- CHW Bulletin: Upland Marijuana Tax Decision Causes Furor [pdf]
- Tax Limitation and the California Supreme Court [pdf]
- Voting Threshold for Initiative Tax Measures [pdf]
- Written testimonies:
Michael G. Colantuono, Esq., Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley, PC [pdf]; and,
Kelly J. Salt, Partner, Best Best & Krieger LLP [pdf]
2017 Hearing Agendas and Background Papers:
March 8, 2017 "Oversight Hearing: The Evolution of Healthcare Districts." [TELEVISED]
- Agenda and Background Paper - 03/08/17 [pdf]
- Panel 1 Handout
- Panel 2 Handout
February 22, 2017 "Informational Hearing: How Local Governments are Implementing Proposition 64 - The Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA)."
- Agenda and Background Paper - 02/22/17 [pdf]
- Panel 3 Handout
2016 Hearing Agendas and Background Papers:
June 9, 2016 "Keeping Up with PACE: A Joint Oversight Hearing on Residential Property Assessed Clean Energy Programs."
- Agenda and Background Paper [pdf]
- Panel 1 Handouts
- Panel 2 Handouts
- Panel 3 Handouts
- Panel 4 Handouts
2015 Hearing Agendas and Background Papers:
- March 18, 2015 Agenda and Background Paper [pdf]
- March 18, 2015 Panel 1 Handouts
- March 18, 2015 Panel 3 Handouts