In 2025, Circulate has increased its advocacy at the California state legislature, working with a broad array of housing and transit allies to support over fifty measures that would encourage new housing and improve our transit options.
The California State legislature meets from January to September every year. At this time of year, a successful bill will have passed its committees in either the Senate or Assembly, and come up for a vote in that first house. Starting in the coming weeks, bills that pass the Senate will move on to the Assembly, and bills that pass the Assembly will move on to the Senate. Those that pass both houses by the end of the session in September will be sent to the Governor for his signature or veto.
This year Circulate has joined in efforts to support a wide array of legislation, ranging from broad aggressive reforms to much-needed technical tweaks.
On one side of that scale is SB 79 an important bill to allow more residential development near transit stops is supported by both our transit-focused and housing-focused allies. On Tuesday, it got just enough votes to pass the Senate and will move on to the Assembly.
An example on the less controversial technical side fo the ledger is AB 1294, which creates a statewide standardized permit application form for certain housing developments. AB 1294 passed the Assembly last week with no opposition.
Here is a full list of the bills that Circulate has supported this term, along with links to pdf copies of our the bill, or our support letters where those letters have been finalized.
