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California 20252026

AB 1712

City of Santa Fe Springs: sale of water utility property.

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Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
CityofSantaFeSprings, saleofwaterutilityproperty
Introduced / first action
2026-02-04 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Sale of buildings and sites.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law authorizes the furnishing of utility services by publicly owned public utilities, including municipal corporations, that are subject to control by their governing bodies. Existing law authorizes any municipal corporation to acquire, construct, own, operate, or lease any public utility, as defined, and authorizes a municipal corporation to sell or dispose of any public utility it owns. Existing law establishes procedures whereby a municipal corporation may lease, sell, or transfer that portion of a water utility used for furnishing water service outside or inside the boundaries of the municipal corporation, including, in the case of sale or transfer of the public utility located inside the municipal boundaries, the determination that the public utility is not necessary for supplying water to its own inhabitants or that its inhabitants will be provided with equal or better service by the acquiring entity, if the sale or transfer is approved by a majority of all voters voting on the issue in an election, and the acquiring entity discloses specified information before the election. This bill would authorize the City of Santa Fe Springs, until January 1, 2032, to sell its public utility for furnishing water service for the purpose of consolidating its public water system with another public water system pursuant to specified procedures if certain requirements are met. The bill would require the city to consider oral and written protests, as provided, and would prohibit the city from selling the public utility for one year if 50% of interested persons, as defined, protest the sale. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Santa Fe Springs.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 371, Statutes of 2026.

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  2. Approved by the Governor.

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  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

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  4. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5494.).

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  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  7. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee

  9. Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

    referral-committee

  10. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  11. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5045.)

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  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).

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  14. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  15. Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W.

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  16. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended.

    amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee

  17. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W.

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  18. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  19. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.

    amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee

  20. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

    referral-committee

  21. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.

    amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee

  22. Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and W., P., & W.

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  23. From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.

  24. Read first time. To print.

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