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<br />DRAFT 2025 Legislative Positions <br /> <br />9 | P a g e <br />Updated 4.21.2025 <br />17 SB 634 (Perez <br /> <br />Homelessness: civil <br />and criminal <br />penalties <br />This bill would prohibit a local jurisdiction from adopting a local <br />ordinance, or enforcing an existing ordinance, that imposes <br />civil or criminal penalties on a person who is homeless for any <br />act immediately related to homelessness or any act related to <br />basic survival, or on a person who is assisting a person who is <br />homeless with any act related to basic survival. The bill would <br />similarly prohibit a state agency from adopting any regulation <br />or issuing any policy or guidance, or enforcing an existing <br />regulation, policy, or guidance, that imposes those civil or <br />criminal penalties. <br /> <br />Oppose None/Oppose <br />18 SB 707 (Durazo) <br /> <br />Open meetings: <br />meeting and <br />teleconference <br />requirements <br />This bill seeks to revise and recast the alternative <br />teleconferencing provisions to apply specified noticing, <br />accessibility, and public commenting requirements in a <br />uniform manner and makes various other changes to the <br />Brown Act with the goal of enhancing public participation. This <br />bill would revise and recasts existing alternative <br />teleconferencing provisions, until January 1, 2030, by <br />providing a standard set of requirements that must be <br />complied with. The bill would also authorize, until January 1, <br />2030, alternative teleconferencing provisions for an eligible <br />subsidiary body, as defined. The bill would authorize, until <br />January 1, 2030, alternative teleconferencing provisions for <br />eligible multijurisdictional bodies that include representatives <br />from more than one city, county, special district, or joint <br />powers authority. <br /> <br />Support if <br />Amended <br /> <br />The bill contains <br />several positive <br />provisions, <br />including those <br />impacting multi- <br />jurisdictional <br />entities; however, <br />there are areas of <br />concerns, such as <br />language <br />translation <br />requirements, that <br />could increase city <br />workload and <br />costs. <br /> <br />None/Concerns <br /> <br />Page 34 of 226