BILL NUMBER: AB 718	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 18, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chu
    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Gonzalez   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to add Section 50034 to the Government Code, relating to
local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 718, as amended, Chu. Local government: powers.
   Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city or county
to pass ordinances not in conflict with state or federal law and the
state or federal constitution.
   This bill would prohibit the legislative body of a city, county,
or city and county from  prohibiting,  
prohibiting  or otherwise subjecting to civil or criminal
penalties,  or removing or impounding a motor vehicle by reason
of,  the act of sleeping or resting in a lawfully parked motor
vehicle.  The bill   would also find and declare that
the provisions of the bill address the health and safety of homeless
individuals, a matter of statewide concern, and that therefore, they
apply to charter cities, charter counties, and charter cities and
counties. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    The Legislature finds and declares that
the provisions of this measure address the health and safety of
homeless individuals, a matter of statewide concern, and that
therefore, they apply to charter cities, charter counties, and
charter cities and counties. 
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 2.   Section 50034 is
added to the Government Code, to read:
   50034.  The legislative body of a city, county, or city and county
shall not  prohibit,   prohibit  or
otherwise subject to civil or criminal penalties,  or remove and
impound a motor vehicle by reason of,  the act of sleeping or
resting in a lawfully parked motor vehicle.