20250SB__127496AMD INTRODUCED 2026-02-20 AMENDED_SENATE 2026-03-24 AMENDED_SENATE 2026-04-13 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-07-02 2025 SB AMD Introduced by Senator Archuleta (Coauthors: Assembly Members Pacheco and Blanca Rubio) LEAD_AUTHOR SENATE Archuleta COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Pacheco COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Blanca Rubio

An act to add

Chapter 27 (commencing with

Section 7590) to Division of Title of the Government Code, relating to state government. state government Industrial cities. Existing law defines terms for the identification of state and local governmental entities. This bill would define an industrial city. Existing law provides for the operation of various programs and services.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>This bill would define “industrial city” for purposes of state programs, policies, and funding formulas that expressly incorporate the definition.</xhtml:p>"?> MAJORITY NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Chapter 27 (commencing with

Section 7590) is added to Division of Title of the Government Code , to read: 27. Industrial City 7590. (a) “Industrial city” means a city that meets all of the following criteria:

(1) The city has a resident population of fewer than 25,000. (2)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>A majority of the city’s land area is zoned for, or primarily devoted to, industrial, manufacturing, logistics, warehouses, energy production, or other employment-generating commercial uses, rather than residential use.</xhtml:p>"?>

(2) A majority of the city’s jurisdiction is zoned or used for industrial, manufacturing, logistics, warehousing, energy production, or other large-scale commercial use. “Large-scale commercial use” means any commercial use with 250,000 or more square feet of building space.

(3) The city supports a daytime workforce that exceeds its resident population. (b)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>A city meeting the definition in subdivision (

a) shall be deemed an industrial city for purposes of any state program, policy, or funding formula that expressly references this section.</xhtml:p>"?> (

b) This

section shall not be deemed to modify or affect

Chapter 2.8 (commencing with

section 65098) of Division of Title 7, including, but not limited to, affecting any special benefit, exemption, exception, or special preference for a development or jurisdiction governed by that chapter.