republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1679.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transactions and use taxes: County of Los Angeles: homelessness."
description: "Existing law authorizes cities and counties, subject to certain limitations and approval requirements, to levy a transactions and use tax for general or specific purposes, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law, including a requirement that the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with that law in the county not exceed 2%. Existing local transactions and use tax law for the County of Los Angeles, known as Measure H, establishes a local tax at a rate of 0.25%, and the revenue from that tax is dedicated to addressing and preventing homelessness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1679"
citation: "California AB 1679 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County of Los Angeles", "Transactions and use taxes", "homelessness"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santiago"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/133fa583-9f0a-4b38-b8c9-27c49631bb67"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1679"
source_hash: "7384e11910b1a56993ddf2ca9a1afc3af697068c8564bae3be3e58548828f6f1"
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 AB 1679 (20232024) — Transactions and use taxes: County of Los Angeles: homelessness.

Existing law authorizes cities and counties, subject to certain limitations and approval requirements, to levy a transactions and use tax for general or specific purposes, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law, including a requirement that the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with that law in the county not exceed 2%. Existing local transactions and use tax law for the County of Los Angeles, known as Measure H, establishes a local tax at a rate of 0.25%, and the revenue from that tax is dedicated to addressing and preventing homelessness.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1679&version=20230AB167999INT)
2. **06/19/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1679&version=20230AB167998AMD)
3. **08/14/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1679&version=20230AB167997AMD)
4. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1679&version=20230AB167995CHP)
5. **AB1679** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1679)
6. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1679&version=20230AB167996ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1679 Santiago Consent Calendar Second Day — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1679 Santiago Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **53–18** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1679 Santiago By Smallwood-Cuevas — **30–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Santiago — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (March 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 1009.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-03** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2023-06-20** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-08-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2392.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
- **2023-09-07** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-11** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3135.)
- **2023-09-12** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (September 12). `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 18. Page 3372.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 731, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/133fa583-9f0a-4b38-b8c9-27c49631bb67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).