Tim Grayson
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 9
Author
Existing law, until January 1, 2028, authorizes the establishment of a Green Empowerment Zone for the Northern Waterfront area of the County of Contra Costa for the purpose of building upon the comparative advantage provided by the regional concentration of highly skilled energy industry workers by prioritizing access to tax incentives, grants, and loan programs, among other incentives. Existing law authorizes the Green Empowerment Zone to be composed of 9 specified cities and the County of Contra Costa, upon adoption of a resolution by the city or county, and provides for the Green Empowerment Zone to be governed by a board of directors comprised of representatives from 7 stakeholder groups, as specified. This bill would extend the authorization for the Green Empowerment Zone to January 1, 2040, and would authorize the expansion of the Green Empowerment Zone to include 4 additional cities, including the Cities of El Cerrito, Pinole, Richmond, and San Pablo, upon adoption of a resolution by each city. The bill would make changes to the stakeholder groups who serve on the board of directors, including increasing the number of stakeholder groups to 8 by adding a category for 7 directors who live or work in the Green Empowerment Zone and who represent environmental or environmental justice organizations or interests.The bill would also provide a process for a legislative body of a city or county included within the Green Empowerment Zone to remove the land within its jurisdiction from the empowerment zone. Existing law requires a board chair and 2 deputy chairs to be selected by majority vote of the board of directors to serve 2-year terms. Existing law authorizes an individual to serve as chair or deputy chair more than once, but prohibits an individual from serving consecutive terms. This bill, instead, would authorize an individual selected to serve a 2-year term to be re-selected by a majority vote of the board of directors for up to three additional terms. Existing law requires the board to appoint a steering committee, and required the steering committee, on or before January 1, 2023, to develop metrics to be reported to the Legislature and state departments and agencies to gauge the progress of the Green Empowerment Zone, as specified. Existing law requires the Green Empowerment Zone to annually post information on those metrics on its internet website, as specified. This bill would change the name of the steering committee to the executive committee and would prescribe the membership of the executive committee. The bill would eliminate the deadline for the executive committee to develop and report the metrics described above, but would require the Green Empowerment Zone, commencing July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, to post information on those metrics on its internet website, as specified. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Contra Costa. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 213, Statutes of 2025.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2926.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2768.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 8).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1242.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1038.) (May 7).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 680.) (April 7).
Set for hearing May 7 in L. GOV. pending receipt.
Set for hearing April 7.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and L. GOV.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 28.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB227 | HTML |
| 01/28/25 - Introduced | |
| 03/17/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/09/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/30/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/30/25 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/13/25 - Enrolled | |
| 10/01/25 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/03/25- Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development | |
| 05/02/25- Senate Local Government | |
| 05/09/25- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 07/07/25- Assembly Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact | |
| 07/09/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/28/25- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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