The State Allocation Board (SAB) has approved a 4.06 % increase for the “Level 1” developer fees that school districts are authorized to collect.

Senate Bill (SB) 848, signed into law on October 7, 2025, and effective January 1, 2026, is a sweeping piece of legislation intended to enhance student safety by: (1) extending Assembly Bill (AB) 2534’s school employee misconduct disclosure requirements; (2) requiring written policies clarifying professional boundaries; (3) strengthening comprehensive school safety plans; (4) expanding...

Three recently enacted laws will significantly impact local agency employees and local government operations.

Recent legislation signed by Governor Newsom provides significant amendments to the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Political Reform Act).

Governor Newsom signed two bills this past October that directly impact California’s Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs).  Assembly Bill (AB) 293 requires GSAs to modify their websites on or before January 1, 2026, to include information on their board of directors and executives.

Effective January 1, 2026, the maximum monthly compensation for school board and county board of education members allowed by statute will be five times the current maximum amount.

On December 22, 2025, in Mirabelli v. Olson, the United States District Court, Southern District of California, issued a permanent injunction which, in part, prohibits the State from implementing or enforcing what have sometimes been referred to as “parental exclusion policies.

The 2025 legislative session continued the recent trend of producing several significant housing and land use measures signed into law.  The following legislative update provides a brief summary of the reforms and their associated statutory changes.

On October 3, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 707, which will go into effect on January 1, 2026.  SB 707 makes significant updates to the Ralph M. Brown Act (Brown Act), with the intent of reducing barriers to public participation at meetings held by legislative bodies.