California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 355 — Joint powers agencies: Clean Power Alliance of Southern California: meetings.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 248, Statutes of 2019.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

The Joint Exercise of Powers Act authorizes 2 or more public agencies, if each is authorized by their respective legislative bodies, to enter into an agreement to jointly exercise any power common to those 2 agencies. The Ralph M. Brown Act requires that meetings of the legislative body of a local agency, including a joint powers agency, be open and public, with specified exceptions authorizing closed sessions for specified purposes. Existing law authorizes a joint powers agency to authorize, as specified, a designated alternate member of the legislative body of the joint powers agency who is also a member of the legislative body of a local agency member, and who is attending a properly noticed meeting of the joint powers agency in lieu of that agency's regularly appointed member, to attend closed sessions of the joint powers agency. Existing law also authorizes a joint powers agency to authorize, as specified, a member of the legislative body of a member local agency to disclose information obtained in a closed session that has direct financial or liability implications for that local agency to legal counsel of that member local agency for specified purposes or to other members of the legislative body of the local agency present in a closed session, as specified. Existing law requires all information received by the legislative body of the local agency member in a closed session related to the information presented to the joint powers agency in closed session to be confidential. This bill would authorize the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, or its successor entity, to adopt a policy or bylaw or include in its joint power agreement a provision that authorizes both (1) a designated alternate member of its legislative body who is not a member of the legislative body of a local agency member, and who is attending a properly noticed meeting of the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, or its successor entity, in lieu of a local agency member's regularly appointed member to attend closed sessions of the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, or its successor entity, and (2) a designated alternate member of its legislative body, who is not a member of the legislative body of the local agency member, to disclose information obtained in a closed session that has direct financial or liability implications for the local agency member for which the designated alternate member attended the closed session, to legal counsel of the local agency member for specified purposes or to members of the legislative body of the local agency present in a closed session, as specified. The bill would otherwise require all information that is received by a designated alternate member of the legislative body of the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, or its successor entity, who is not a member of the legislative body of a local agency member, and that is presented to the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, or its successor entity, in closed session, to be confidential. The bill would require the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, or its successor entity, to establish policies to prevent conflicts of interest and to address breaches of confidentiality that apply to a designated alternate member who is not a member of the legislative body of a local agency member who attends a closed session of the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, or its successor entity, if the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, or its successor entity, exercises the above-described authority provided by this bill. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2025. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 248, Statutes of 2019.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2246.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2726.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 3).

  10. Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

  11. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  12. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 956.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  13. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  14. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 903.) (May 1).

  15. Set for hearing May 1.

  16. April 24 hearing postponed by committee.

  17. Set for hearing April 24.

  18. April 10 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  19. Set for hearing April 10.

  20. Referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

  21. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

  22. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Portantino · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Portantino

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB355 Portantino Concurrence

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 27000
Democratic 10000
Republican 2001
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Mitchell — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beall — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hill — Yea
Roth — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Allen — Yea
Borgeas — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bates — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Chang — Yea
Pan — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Monning — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A. Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting

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SB 355 Portantino Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry

Passed 74 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 47005
Democratic 22000
Republican 5000
Total 74005
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Fong — Yea
Brough — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Salas — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Smith — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Diep — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Gray — Yea
Holden — Yea
Daly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Ting — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Levine — Yea
Melendez — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Low — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Burke — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Wood — Yea
Medina — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Chu — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Weber — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Frazier — Not Voting
Jones-Sawyer — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Jim Patterson — Not Voting
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Not Voting
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 27000
Democratic 9000
Republican 2000
Total 38000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mitchell — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beall — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hill — Yea
Roth — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Allen — Yea
Borgeas — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bates — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Chang — Yea
Pan — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Monning — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 355 do?
The Joint Exercise of Powers Act authorizes 2 or more public agencies, if each is authorized by their respective legislative bodies, to enter into an agreement to jointly exercise any power common to those 2 agencies. The Ralph M. Brown Act requires that meetings of the legislative body of a local agency, including a joint powers agency, be open and public, with specified exceptions authorizing closed sessions for specified purposes. Existing law authorizes a joint powers agency to authorize, as specified, a designated alternate member of the legislative body of the joint powers agency who is also a member of the legislative body of a local agency member, and who is attending a properly noticed meeting of the joint powers agency in lieu of that agency's regularly appointed member, to attend closed sessions of the joint powers agency. Existing law also authorizes a joint powers agency to authorize, as specified, a member of the legislative body of a member local agency to disclose information obtained in a closed session that has direct financial or liability implications for that local agency to legal counsel of that member local agency for specified purposes or to other members of the legislative body of the local agency present in a closed session, as specified. Existing law requires all information received by the legislative body of the local agency member in a closed session related to the information presented to the joint powers agency in closed session to be confidential. This bill would authorize the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, or its successor entity, to adopt a policy or bylaw or include in its joint power agreement a provision that authorizes both (1) a designated alternate member of its legislative body who is not a member of the legislative body of a local agency member, and who is attending a properly noticed meeting of the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, or its successor entity, in lieu of a local agency member's regularly appointed member to attend closed sessions of the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, or its successor entity, and (2) a designated alternate member of its legislative body, who is not a member of the legislative body of the local agency member, to disclose information obtained in a closed session that has direct financial or liability implications for the local agency member for which the designated alternate member attended the closed session, to legal counsel of the local agency member for specified purposes or to members of the legislative body of the local agency present in a closed session, as specified. The bill would otherwise require all information that is received by a designated alternate member of the legislative body of the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, or its successor entity, who is not a member of the legislative body of a local agency member, and that is presented to the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, or its successor entity, in closed session, to be confidential. The bill would require the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, or its successor entity, to establish policies to prevent conflicts of interest and to address breaches of confidentiality that apply to a designated alternate member who is not a member of the legislative body of a local agency member who attends a closed session of the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, or its successor entity, if the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, or its successor entity, exercises the above-described authority provided by this bill. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2025. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California.
Who sponsors SB 355?
SB 355 is sponsored by Portantino.
What is the current status of SB 355?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2019. Enacted.
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