---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community development: economic opportunity."
description: "Existing law generally regulates the power of cities, counties, and cities and counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 470"
citation: "California SB 470 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community development: economic opportunity."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a3c0ecb-4a05-49c5-bb72-62deda326046"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB470"
source_hash: "02d3ebd64b1e30b776d528bf0b39ebe029011f5fbffc16d01c205c540d9e387d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 470 (20132014) — Community development: economic opportunity.

Existing law generally regulates the power of cities, counties, and cities and counties.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB470&version=20130SB47099INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB470&version=20130SB47098AMD)
3. **04/09/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB470&version=20130SB47097AMD)
4. **05/08/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB470&version=20130SB47096AMD)
5. **08/05/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB470&version=20130SB47095AMD)
6. **08/21/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB470&version=20130SB47094AMD)
7. **09/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB470&version=20130SB47093AMD)
8. **09/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB470&version=20130SB47092AMD)
9. **10/08/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB470&version=20130SB47090CHP)
10. **SB470** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB470)
11. **09/19/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB470&version=20130SB47091ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- SB 470 Wright Senate Third Reading By LOWENTHAL — **65–13** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB470 Wright Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Set for hearing April 3.
- **2013-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 406.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-09** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2013-04-11** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-04-12** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2013-05-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 789.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-10** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2013-05-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1043.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-17** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (August 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-21** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-08-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-06** Read third time and amended. (Page 2956.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 13. Page 3222.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2423.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2013-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 659, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a3c0ecb-4a05-49c5-bb72-62deda326046`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).