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Okay. I found it (thank you for the reference page). This is SB 610.

“The bill would also require that the good cause
requirement be deemed met for any applicant who is a member of Congress, a statewide elected official, or a Member of the Legislature, for purposes of protection or self-defense.”

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0601-0650/sb_610_bill_20110413_amended_sen_v97.html

One can see from the Text that this section has been struck/lined through in two separate areas. I don’t know if this is the final version, but if one resides in California - call your Legislator and ask for a email text copy of the version voted on to find out.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html

I see that. Interestingly, I found another bill that appears to be waiting in the wings in case this one fails. See SB 465 below.

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sb 465
INTRODUCED BY Senator Wright

Firearms:
concealed firearm license.

Existing law provides that when a person applies for a license to carry a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person, the sheriff of a county or the chief or other head of a municipal police department of any city or city and county may issue a license to that person upon proof of certain requirements, including that good cause exists for the issuance of the license.

This bill would provide that the good cause requirement would be deemed met for any applicant who is a member of Congress, a statewide elected official, or a Member of the Legislature, for purposes of protection or self-defense, and that those persons would be required to comply with all other requirements for obtaining or renewing the license, as specified.

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BB guns are currently exempt from the list of what qualifies as an imitation firearm. This bill will include BB guns as imitation firearms thus making people dealing with BB guns subject to the penalties listed below.

SB 798
INTRODUCED BY Senator De León

This bill would make the provision imposing a civil fine on the sale, manufacture, transportation, receipt, or distribution of imitation firearms for commercial purposes applicable to BB devices.

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A bill to fund California's firearm registration database

SB 819

INTRODUCED BY Senator Leno

28225. (a) The Department of Justice may require the dealer to charge each firearm purchaser a fee not to exceed fourteen dollars ($14), except that the fee may be increased at a rate not to exceed any increase in the California Consumer Price Index as compiled and reported by the Department of Industrial Relations.