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LRC 10-8-21(Special)Legislative Review Committee Approved Minutes October 8, 2021 CITY OF CUPERTINO APPROVED MINUTES LEGISLATIVE REVIEW COMMITTEE Friday, October 8, 2021 11:00 AM SPECIAL MEETING ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 11:00 a.m. Present: Vice Mayor Chao, Councilmember Moore, Interim City Manager Greg Larson, Deputy City Manager Katy Nomura, Townsend Public Affairs (TPA) AGENDA REVIEW/ORDERS OF THE DAY There were no changes to the Orders of the Day APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1.Subject: Consider approving the September 17, 2021 Legislative Review Committee minutes Recommended Action: Approve the September 17, 2021 Legislative Review Committee minutes Vice Mayor Chao motioned to approve the September 17, 2021 Legislative Review Committee minutes. Councilmember Moore seconded. The motion carried unanimously. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Jennifer Griffin spoke about her concerns on the bills coming out of Sacramento. PUBLIC COMMENT (including comments on all agenda items) This item was not conducted as the Chair decided to take public comments on agenda items when the agenda items were discussed. ACTION ITEMS 2.Subject: Legislative Update Recommended Action: Receive legislative update TPA explained that the legislature has adjourned and there is about 72 hours left for the Legislative Review Committee Approved Minutes October 8, 2021 Governor to finish signing all of the bills. The Governor has about 150 bills left to sign, at the time of this meeting. This year, there were about 2750 bills introduced by the Legislators, which is about the same as a normal year, and the Legislature passed about 1100 of those bills to the Governor. He is currently vetoing about 6.5% of the bills but that may go up as the weekend approaches. Next year the Legislature is returning to session on January 3. The Governor will release his budget proposal no later than January 10. Any bills that have not made it out of their house of origin during the first year of the legislative session must pass out of their house of origin by the end of the month. A couple of weeks ago the Governor signed a package of 30+ bills related to housing, including SB 9 and SB 10. He signed SB 619, which would delay penalties for compliance with SB 1383 recycling regulations. He also signed SB 109, which would establish the Office of Wildfire Technology Research as well as some budget trailer bills that would provide funding for emergency fire response in the future. In the realm of public safety, the Governor signed SB 2, which creates a system that allows for investigations on officer involved incidences as well as a process to suspend or revoke certification for serious misconduct. The Governor also signed AB 89, which creates minim age education requirements and AB 48, which prohibits the use of pepper spray or rubber bullets on peaceful protesters. Regarding labor bills, the Governor signed SB 278, which requires public agencies to take financial responsibility in the event that some retirees have miscalculations in their retirement payments. The broadband bills, AB 14 and SB 4, are still pending the Governors final decision. These should be acted upon in the next couple of days. A few bills have been acted upon by the Governor, after this Legislative Update was posted. SB 792, which would have required the additional reporting of tax collection by online retailers, was vetoed by the Governor. SB 556, would have expanded streamlined review of sighting 5G infrastructure on telephone poles, was vetoed by the Governor because he believed that local governments should have discretion on how those poles should be used. AB 361, which would allow the continuation of teleconference meetings during a state of emergency, was signed into law and went into effect October 1. The Governor vetoed AB 339, which included Brown Act requirements for larger cities with more than 250,000 Legislative Review Committee Approved Minutes October 8, 2021 residents. His veto message states that transparency and Brown Act Regulations should not have different thresholds based on population size. There will be new COVID regulations that will be coming out for eligible K-12 students related to vaccines, testing, and mask mandates. Cal/OSHA is working on some longer term regulations for COVID. These will be done administratively and will not need to be part of the legislative process. Public Comment Jennifer Griffin is concerned about the Housing Accountability Unit 3.Subject: Discuss Special City Council Meeting with Local Legislators Recommended Action: Discuss and provide input on Special City Council Meeting with Local Legislators TPA is working on finalizing a schedule for the Special City Council Meeting with Legislators. Vice Mayor Chao and Councilmember Moore discussed the logistics of the meeting regarding teleconferencing and COVID health and safety. Public Comment Jennifer Griffin is happy to have the opportunity to ask the local legislators questions. 4.Subject: Discuss Town Hall on Legislative Process Recommended Action: Discuss and provide input on Town Hall on Legislative Process Katy Nomura, Deputy City Manager, explained that, based on the LRC’s feedback from the previous meeting, staff has provided a table of bill positions and Legislator votes that could be incorporated into the Town Hall presentation. Vice Mayor Chao mentioned that she would like to add the League’s positions to the table. Councilmember Moore mentioned that she wants this table to be linked to the City’s Legislative webpage. Public Comment Jennifer Griffin expressed the importance of local governance. FUTURE AGENDA SETTING The next meeting will include a review of the Draft 2022 Legislative Platform. The next meeting is scheduled for December 10 at 11:00 a.m. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 12:38 p.m.