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Measure SB 74
Authors Seyarto  
Coauthors: Alvarado-Gil   Choi   Dahle   Ochoa Bogh   Alanis   DeMaio   Sanchez   Wallis  
Subject Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation: Infrastructure Gap-Fund Program.
Relating To relating to infrastructure financing.
Title An act to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 65059.5) to Chapter 1.5 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code, relating to infrastructure financing.
Last Action Dt 2025-04-07
State Amended Senate
Status In Committee Process
Active? Y
Vote Required Majority
Appropriation No
Fiscal Committee Yes
Local Program No
Substantive Changes None
Urgency No
Tax Levy No
Leginfo Link Bill
Actions
2025-08-29     August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
2025-07-02     July 2 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-06-18     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-05     Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2025-05-29     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1323.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-29     In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-05-27     Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-05-23     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1190.) (May 23).
2025-05-16     Set for hearing May 23.
2025-04-21     April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-08     Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-07     Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-03     From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 636.) (April 2).
2025-03-24     Set for hearing April 2.
2025-03-24     From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2025-03-13     March 19 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-03-05     From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2025-03-04     Set for hearing March 19.
2025-01-29     Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2025-01-16     From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 15.
2025-01-15     Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Amended Senate     2025-04-07
Amended Senate     2025-03-24
Amended Senate     2025-03-05
Introduced     2025-01-15
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									“Program” means the Infrastructure Gap-Fund Program established pursuant to Section 65059.6.
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									This article shall become operative on January 1, 2030.
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Last Version Text Digest Existing law establishes the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation in the Governor’s office for the purpose of serving the Governor and the Governor’s cabinet as staff for long-range planning and research and constituting the comprehensive state planning agency. Existing law authorizes a local agency to finance infrastructure projects through various means, including by authorizing a city or county to establish an enhanced infrastructure financing district to finance public capital facilities or other specified projects of communitywide significance that provide significant benefits to the district or the surrounding community. This bill would require the office, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to establish the Infrastructure Gap-Fund Program to provide grants to local agencies for the development and construction of infrastructure projects, as defined, facing unforeseen costs after starting construction. The bill would authorize the office to provide funding for up to 20% of a project’s additional projected cost, as defined, after the project has started construction, subject to specified conditions, including, among other things, that the local agency has allocated existing local tax revenue for at least 45% of the initially budgeted total cost of the infrastructure project. When applying to the program, the bill would require the local agency to demonstrate challenges with completing the project on time and on budget and how the infrastructure project helps meet state and local goals, as specified. The bill would require the office to develop guidelines to implement the program that establish the criteria by which grant applications will be evaluated and funded. The bill would make these provisions operative on January 1, 2030.