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CC 05-07-2024 Item No. 10. 2024 Legislative Update_Supplemental Report1 CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT SUPPLEMENTAL 1 Meeting: May 7, 2024 Agenda Item #10 Subject 2024 Legislative Update Recommended Action Receive an overview of pending legislation and direct staff to prepare and send letters taking positions on the following: 1) Bay Area Affordable Housing Measure (BAHFA) - Affordable Housing 2) Assembly Bill (AB) 1779 (Irwin) – Public Safety 3) Senate Bill (SB) 1143 (Allen) – Environmental – Waste Management Background: Staff’s responses to questions received from councilmember are shown in italics. Q1: Does the City and its lobbyist Gonsalves follow any adopted legislative platform when recommendation bills to watch or take positions? The very general Council goals are not sufficient guidelines. (Councilmember Chao) Staff response: The legislative priorities, which stem from the Council adopted goals, guide City staff and the lobbyist when researching and tracking bills. These priorities are listed in the staff report and in the January informational memorandum. In addition to working with our lobbyist, staff coordinates with various organizations like Cal Cities and the County Office of Strategic and Intergovernmental Affairs to review legislation. Staff also considers bills sent by Council and works internally with the City Attorney’s Office and all departments to identify bills of interest. Q2: With the lack of adopted Council direction, as previously outline in the Legislative Platform, what is the process the City and its lobbyist Gonsalves to screen thousands of proposed bills and then decide which ones to bring to the attention of the Council for the May 7 Council agenda? (Councilmember Chao) Staff response: See response to Q1. Q3: I would like to double check if there had been any other legislative updates made available either to the entire Council or any individual Councilmembers since January 2 2024 so that I could be more informed about legislative issues. (Councilmember Chao) Staff response: None since January. Q4: Based on the timeline given in the Jan 17 memo, I suppose there should have been another memo with "an overview of upcoming legislation and potential activities as they align with Council priorities", since the Jan. 17 memo basically gave an overview of last year's activities with no information on "upcoming legislation and potential activities". Thus, I wonder if I missed something. (Councilmember Chao) Staff response: The January informational memorandum outlined the process for this year and included an overview of the 2023 legislative session. The bill introduction deadline for new bills was in late February, so information on new bills was not available at that time. The timing of this overview is strategic as the activity in Sacramento is dynamic, with bill language changing often and the status of bills changing (e.g. bills being suspended) as well. Attachments Provided with Original Staff Report: A. Legislative Update B. 2024 State Legislative Bills of Interest