California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1679: Local pop-up small business program.
Status: Chaptered, September 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to add Chapter 5.9 (commencing with Section 51028) to Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code, and to amend Section 113789 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to local government. local government Local pop-up small business program. (1) Existing law establishes various programs to promote small businesses operating in nonstandard locations, including cottage food operations and sidewalk vendors, and imposes requirements on, and provides authorizations to, local governments relating to these programs…
From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:
An act to add Chapter 5.9 (commencing with Section 51028) to Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code, and to amend Section 113789 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to local government. local government Local pop-up small business program. (1) Existing law establishes various programs to promote small businesses operating in nonstandard locations, including cottage food operations and sidewalk vendors, and imposes requirements on, and provides authorizations to, local governments relating to these programs. Existing law authorizes the legislative body of an incorporated city or the board of supervisors of a county, as applicable, to license any kind of business not prohibited by law, transacted and carried on within the limits of the jurisdiction of the city or county, and to fix the rate of the license fee and provide for its collection, as provided. This bill would require a city, including a charter city, county, or city and county, defined as a local jurisdiction to allow temporary commercial activation authorization for a pop-up small business, as those terms are defined, to operate for no more than 120 days in an eligible commercial space without requiring full compliance with standards applicable to permanent occupancy, as specified. The bill would require a local jurisdiction to consider temporarily suspending, deferring, or modifying specified standards and discretionary …
Sponsors
- (D, AD54) · primary sponsor