The January California Legislative Update provides an overview of Gov. Newsom’s recently released budget proposal.

The October California Legislative Update provides a broad review of bills that were signed into law by Califonia’s Governor, Gavin Newsom.

The June California Legislative Update covers the passage of the state budget and a number of bills related to the CARES Act. staff is currently monitoring 15 bills that seek to modify existing local taxes and impose new fees. This update provides the latest information on this legislation as well.

CLIENT UPDATE #1: Sales and Use Tax: Avenu has been hard at work developing economic assumptions on which to build revenue projections for each of our clients. For many of our clients, Sales and Use Tax is a primary revenue source and one that currently is in a state of flux. The pandemic has caused reduced economic activity, business closures, and uncertainty about the future.  The recent Sales Tax Executive Order from Governor Newsom also impacted sales tax cash flows. This communication is intended to explain the lower than normal first quarter 2020 allocations to local governments resulting from the pandemic and the Governor’s Executive Order.

Governor Orders Californians to Stay Home Except for Essential Needs. Just prior to sending this update, Governor Gavin Newsom made a major announcement that he was issuing a statewide Executive Order requiring all individuals living in the State of California to stay home or at their place of residence except as needed to follow the federal critical infrastructure sectors. The governor’s order will impact over 40 million residents and is deemed essential to protect public health, establish consistency across the state, and “bend the curve” to disrupt the spread of the virus. The order goes into effect tonight, March 19, 2020 and will remain in place until further notice.

The deadline to introduce bills was February 21. Prior to the deadline, we saw 1,450 new bills introduced between the two houses during the week February 17, with 1,120 bills introduced during the final two days prior to the deadline, bringing the total number of active bills to 2,203.

The following summarizes the legislative and legal developments monitored by our government relations team as part of helping protect your City’s existing UUT revenues. This legislative and legal update covers a number of topics including.

Issues includes:  SB 234, related to family daycare homes;   AB 1607, gender discrimination notifications when issuing a license, SB 205 regarding verification by locals for stormwater discharge program enrollment; and others.  Read the full report here.

This edition reports on current national economic data, studies, and research.  The report includes recent retail trends and holiday forecasts.  We encourage you to share this non-confidential report with others in your agency.  Read the full report here.

The October 13 deadline for Governor Newsom to sign bills has come and gone. Implementation begins. Avenu is positioned to assist local agencies in implementing the new laws, including business license measures, and SB 344 the one-year extension for AB 1717 (2014) that captures UUT revenues from prepaid. READ MORE HERE.