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TPA Presentation to:
Orange County
Sanitation District
September 14, 2020
Slide 2
Agenda
End of Session Update
State COVID-19 Response
Legislative Recap –Priority Legislation
Slide 3
End of Session Update
Slide 4
End of Session Update
•Senate and Assembly adjourned just past 1:00 a.m. on August 31
•Both houses met over the weekend to address several hundred bills
before the midnight deadline
•Despite the effort, several high-profile bills fell victim to the
deadlines and did not move on to the Governor’s desk
•Governor has until September 30 to sign or veto legislation
Slide 5
End of Session Update -Details
•In the final days of session, Senate Republicans were forced to self-
quarantine as one of their members tested positive for COVID-19
•Senate Republicans participated remotely in the final days of
debate, which instigated several outcries and points of contention
between parties
•Increase in partisan and bicameral politics that influenced which bills
passed in the final hours
•Several parliamentary delays contributed to major initiatives not
being taken up in both houses
Slide 6
State COVID-19 Response
Slide 7
Recent State Actions on COVID-19
•Eviction moratorium was extended on August 31 (AB 3088,
Chiu)
•Essential employee presumption of liability from COVID-19
illness (SB 1159, Hill)
•Expansion of the California Family Rights Act to grant
additional paid and unpaid family leave (SB 1383, Jackson)
•New Statewide COVID-19 Blueprint for Reopening
Slide 8
State COVID-19 Response –Blueprint for Reopening
Slide 9
State COVID-19 Response
*As of September 1, 2020
Slide 10
Legislative Update –Priority
Legislation
Slide 11
Legislative Update
Bill Description OCSD Position Status
AB 685 (Reyes)Would require a public or private employer to
provide specified notifications to its employees
about COVID-19 infections
Oppose Passed. On
Governor’s desk
AB 1672 (Bloom)The bill would require nonflushable products to
be labeled clearly and conspicuously to
communicate that they should not be flushed.
Support Failed to pass out
of Senate
Appropriations
AB 2560 (Quirk)This bill would require the state board to comply
with specified public notice and comment
procedures when establishing or revising
notification or response levels
Watch Passed. On
Governor’s desk
AB 2762 (Muratsuchi)Prohibit manufacturing or selling cosmetics that
have harmful chemicals
Support Passed. On
Governor’s desk
AB 3163 (Salas)Redefine biomethane to make it more beneficial
to OCSD
Support Passed. On
Governor’s desk
SB 55 (Jackson)Various CEQA reforms and changes to Program
EIRs
Watch Failed to pass
SB 667 (Hueso)Require CalRecycle to create a five year needs
assessment to support innovation and
technology for organic waste reduction
Support Failed to pass
SB 931 (Wieckowski)Would require the electronic delivery of Board
agenda packets upon request in lieu of physical
copies.
Oppose Failed to pass
Slide 12
Thank You
Cori Williams Eric O’Donnell
Southern California Senior Director Senior Associate
CWilliams@townsendpa.com EODonnell@townsendpa.com
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