REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Annual Review of New Laws (Information Only)
Report
DISCUSSION
The League of California Cities (LCC) published its annual LCC Legislative Report, which summarizes laws passed in the 2022 calendar year and includes an analysis of their potential impact on cities. This informational report provides a summary by department, on the impact of some of the newly passed laws to Sunnyvale, as well as consideration of potential legislation that may impact the City.
City Attorney's Office
SB 1338 (Umberg) Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program. Chaptered 9/14/2022
Summary: This Bill creates the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court program, a new civil court process to support individuals living with untreated schizophrenia spectrum and psychotic disorders. The program connects individuals with psychotic or schizophrenic symptoms to a court-ordered care team in the community to provide individualized intervention to address medical, housing, and other supportive services
Service/Operational Impact: The City has been increasingly called upon to answer calls for response to homeless encampments and other related emergencies in the last few years. Public safety and the court system were historically fallback resources. CARE Court may address these gaps for individuals who are not well suited for the court system based on a history of mental health issues.
City Manager's Office
SB 1100 (Cortese) Open Meetings: Orderly Conduct. Chaptered 8/22/2022
Summary: This Bill authorizes a new process in which the presiding member of a legislative body conducting a meeting, or their designee, may remove an individual for disrupting the meeting.
Service/Operational Impact: Existing training for Board and Commission Members along with Council includes providing warning to disruptive members of the public prior to their removal. Training materials are being updated to include the specific warning lan...
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