MEETING DATE:
May 13, 2025
SUBJECT:
Title
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-9430 - LEGISLATIVE REPORT
Body
Recommendation
Recommendation
ADOPT a resolution taking a position on pending legislation in the California State Legislature and projects of local impacts.
Body
Relevant Council Strategic Theme
Planning for the Future
Good Governance
Introduction
The City Council adopted the 2025 Legislative Platform to guide the consideration of state and federal bills that affect City operations. Over 2,300 bills were introduced. May 2, 2025, was the last day for policy committees to hear and report bills introduced in their house. May 23will be the last day for fiscal committees to hear and report bills to the floor introduced in their house, and June 6 is the last day for each house to pass bills introduced in that house. Staff, lobbyist consultants and Cal Cities continue to review all the legislation that has been amended this session.
Discussion
This report provides updates on legislation introduced by our state legislators, Assemblymember Darshana Patel, and Senator Brian Jones in the 2025 legislative session. Staff continue to monitor these bills, and others and will collaborate with Cal Cities and our lobbyist teams on future City Council consideration for official positions on introduced legislation. Policy committees have completed their review of all the bills introduced this session. Those bills that have not been moved through policy committee, may be considered two-year bills.
To continue to develop and improve the relationship between the City and our state-level elected officials, staff have reviewed all the legislation that has been introduced by each of our state-level elected officials. Each bill has been reviewed by staff and compared to the City's state legislative priorities.
The following bills best align with the City's state legislative priorities, and staff believe that they would have a positive impact on the city
Proposed Legi...
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