CA SB 692

Title: Vehicles: homelessness.
Author: Mark González

Summary
SB 692, as amended, Arreguín. Vehicles: homelessness. Existing law makes it unlawful for a peace officer or an unauthorized person to remove an unattended vehicle from a highway, except as provided. Under existing law, the removal of a vehicle is a seizure, subject to the limits set forth in jurisprudence for the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Existing law authorizes a city, county, or city and county to adopt an ordinance establishing procedures for the abatement and removal, as public nuisances, of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles or parts of vehicles from private or public property. Existing law requires that any ordinance for the removal of abandoned vehicles contain certain provisions, including a provision exempting vehicles under certain circumstances, and a provision providing no less than a 10-day notice of intention to abate and remove the vehicle or part thereof as a public nuisance, unless the property owner and the owner of the vehicle sign releases. Existing law also exempts from the 10-day notice prior to removal provision, a vehicle meeting specified requirements, including being valued at less than $200 and being determined to be a public nuisance, if the property owner has signed a release.Existing law requires a peace officer, or any other authorized employee of a public agency, at least 72 hours prior to removal of a vehicle, to attach a distinctive notice that states the vehicle will be removed by the public agency, except as specified.This bill would specifically authorize a local government to perform emergency summary abatement of vehicles creating imminent health and safety hazards. The bill would modify the exemption from prior 10-day notice of intention to abate and remove a vehicle to no longer require that both the vehicle be determined to be a public nuisance and that the property owner sign a release.

Status
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Bill Documents
CA SB 692 - 07/16/25 - Amended Assembly
07/16/25 - CA SB 692 (07/16/25 - Amended Assembly)

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CA SB 692 - 07/03/25 - Amended Assembly
07/03/25 - CA SB 692 (07/03/25 - Amended Assembly)

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CA SB 692 - 05/23/25 - Amended Senate
05/23/25 - CA SB 692 (05/23/25 - Amended Senate)

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CA SB 692 - 05/23/25 - Amended Senate
05/23/25 - CA SB 692 (05/23/25 - Amended Senate)

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CA SB 692 - 04/09/25 - Amended Senate
04/09/25 - CA SB 692 (04/09/25 - Amended Senate)

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CA SB 692 - 04/09/25 - Amended Senate
04/09/25 - CA SB 692 (04/09/25 - Amended Senate)

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CA SB 692 - 04/09/25 - Amended Senate
04/09/25 - CA SB 692 (04/09/25 - Amended Senate)

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CA SB 692 - 03/25/25 - Amended Senate
03/25/25 - CA SB 692 (03/25/25 - Amended Senate)

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CA SB 692 - 03/25/25 - Amended Senate
03/25/25 - CA SB 692 (03/25/25 - Amended Senate)

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CA SB 692 - 03/25/25 - Amended Senate
03/25/25 - CA SB 692 (03/25/25 - Amended Senate)

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CA SB 692 - 02/21/25 - Introduced
02/21/25 - CA SB 692 (02/21/25 - Introduced)

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CA SB 692 - 02/21/25 - Introduced
02/21/25 - CA SB 692 (02/21/25 - Introduced)

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CA SB 692 - 02/21/25 - Introduced
02/21/25 - CA SB 692 (02/21/25 - Introduced)

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