Southern California Business Rule Change Tracker

Who is affected

California investment advisers, investment-adviser applicants and representatives, SEC-registered advisers making California notices or switching to state registration, and affected broker-dealers

Practical consequence

Changes IARD and direct-email filing routes, financial-record authorization submission, SEC-to-state registration sequencing, and expressly prohibited adviser conduct.

Who is affected

Long Beach restaurants, mobile food operators, cannabis businesses, health-regulated facilities, airport transportation providers, and other users of city services

Practical consequence

Raises many FY 2027 plan-check, permit, inspection, surcharge, parking, and airport ground-transportation fees, including several large environmental-health increases.

Who is affected

Public works awarding bodies, contractors, subcontractors, and payroll teams using affected plumbing or apprentice-painter determinations

Practical consequence

Reduces several September 1 plumbing increases and corrects July 1 apprentice-painter increases by locality, shift, and training period.

Who is affected

Qualifying 2028 Games venue operators, property owners, developers, contractors, sign companies, and event vendors

Practical consequence

Creates a time-limited planning and zoning exemption process for eligible Games projects, with an August 27, 2028 temporary-application deadline and removal or restoration duties.

Who is affected

Assessed property owners and affected businesses in the Westwood, West Adams, and Venice Beach districts

Practical consequence

Establishes three property-based business improvement districts with an estimated $4,256,374.23 in combined first-year assessments and operating periods beginning January 1, 2027.

Who is affected

Certain California industrial-process operators, cement importers, hydrogen importers, and in-state electric hydrogen producers

Practical consequence

Expands mandatory greenhouse gas reporting, creates a 90-day notice duty for certain newly covered industrial entities, and adds cement and hydrogen reporting beginning with 2027 data.

Who is affected

Glendora property owners, landlords, developers, architects, and permit applicants pursuing ADUs, JADUs, or SB 9 projects

Practical consequence

Updates unit-count, owner-occupancy, application, and development standards for ADUs, JADUs, and SB 9 projects beginning October 8, 2026.

Who is affected

Permitted shared scooter, electric bicycle, and similar shared-mobility device providers

Practical consequence

Would raise the annual provider permit fee from $20,000 to $150,000 and increase all four geographic per-trip fees.

Who is affected

City cannabis applicants, licensees, and permit holders

Practical consequence

Creates limited renewal, reinstatement, tax-payment-plan, and refiling paths without forgiving debt or authorizing unlicensed operation.

Who is affected

Boyle Heights businesses, tenants, brokers, property owners, and development applicants

Practical consequence

Replaces parcel zoning with Chapter 1A zones and changes review for uses, permits, demolition, construction, and specified projects.

Who is affected

Landlords and property managers handling qualifying no-fault residential terminations

Practical consequence

Raises qualifying relocation assistance from one month to three months of rent or a final three-month rent waiver.

Who is affected

California employers unless a higher local or industry wage applies

Practical consequence

Raises the statewide minimum wage to $17.40 per hour and the salary component of specified exemptions to $72,384 annually.

Who is affected

Private-room personal-care businesses and massage establishments

Practical consequence

Would create annual licensing for specified personal-care businesses and revise spacing, visibility, hours, and recordkeeping rules for massage establishments.

Who is affected

Aggregate and related operations, including construction and demolition debris transfer stations

Practical consequence

Expands Rule 1157 to debris transfer stations and adds dust-control, equipment, sign, inspection, registration, and recordkeeping requirements.

Who is affected

Developers, subdividers, property owners, surveyors, and engineers using OC Public Works map-checking services

Practical consequence

Replaces the county map-checking fee schedule with new flat fees, time-and-materials deposits, hourly rates, and expedited-review requirements.

Who is affected

Non-MRR industrial facilities in eligible emissions-intensive, trade-exposed sectors served by Southern California Edison

Practical consequence

Requires a facility-level eligibility attestation by September 30, 2026 to receive the April 2027 credit and preserve eligibility through 2029.

Who is affected

Covered and opt-in covered industrial facilities eligible for Cap-and-Invest allowance allocation

Practical consequence

Creates an optional manufacturing decarbonization allowance allocation with project, application, spending, reporting, and return requirements.

Who is affected

Prospective cannabis businesses and qualifying social-equity applicants in unincorporated San Diego County

Practical consequence

Creates county cannabis business licenses, an initial social-equity-only application window, operating rules, and filing and renewal fees.

Who is affected

Warehouse operators, fleet operators, and zero-emission truck charging or fueling infrastructure operators serving warehouses

Practical consequence

Makes $73,135,300 available for eligible zero-emission Class 4-8 trucks, yard trucks, and supporting charging or hydrogen infrastructure on a first-come basis.