Legislative Outreach Alerts
Legislative Outreach Alerts
When priority issues need membership feedback and support, CALBO will call on our membership to engage their own representatives to address local needs. When bills are heard in policy or fiscal committees, members of the Legislature will look to their own constituency and subject matter experts to provide concrete arguments. CALBO member letters and comments are always appreciated as they give valuable background and evidence, which help legislators during these critical hearings.
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CALBO’s Advocacy Team Announces New Legislative Resources for CALBO Members
As CALBO’s Legislative Team prepares for
the upcoming 2023-2024 Legislative Session, CALBO members and our
local jurisdictions are preparing for recently signed legislation
to officially become enacted in 2023. To help our membership
prepare for the changes in law, CALBO’s Legislative Team is
working on publishing a guide to the newly signed laws on the
CALBO Legislative website. The goal of this effort is to
provide short articles about the major laws and what they will
mean for our membership on the ground.
These articles will include specific details of the laws and provide guidance on best practices that local jurisdictions can use to assist in compliance with the law, while providing the best service to your communities. To be clear, this is not legal advice, so we strongly encourage you to reach out to your city attorneys should you have any further legal questions on the new laws. You can find all the articles here.
Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Brady Guertin, CALBO’s Public Affairs Manager at bguertin@calbo.org or call the CALBO office at 916-457-1103.
California Energy Commission Announces SB 379 Compliance Workshop
In 2022, the Governor signed SB 379 which requires local jurisdictions to adopt an online permitting system for residential solar energy systems within the next 2 years depending on the population size of your local jurisdiction.
CEC Releases $20M Grant Program for Local Building Departments
The California Energy Commission
(CEC) has just released a $20M grant program tailored to local
jurisdictions looking to adopt an automated permitting system for
residential solar energy systems. CALBO’s Legislative
Committee has been working to ensure the availability of funds to
local building departments as the push for online permitting for
green energy technology has become an annual discussion in
Sacramento. As you may recall from last year, CALBO
supported a budget appropriation for these funding opportunities
and this program is a result