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Nov. 23, 2021
City Council Legislative Subcommittee
Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director
Legislative Update and Advocacy Report
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Recommendation: Receive an update on state and federal legislative and budget activity and
recent and ongoing advocacy efforts and provide feedback to staff.
Discussion:
Staff and the Renne Public Policy Group (RPPG) will present an update and overview of state
legislative activity (Exhibit 1).
Position Letters Submitted to Committees and/or Legislative Offices
• AB 1401 (Friedman)-Opposition (05/07)
• AB 1434 (Friedman)-Opposition (05/07)
• SB 1 (Atkins)-Support (05/07)
• SB 612 (Portantino)-Support (04/05)
• AB 1029 (Mullin)-Support (04/07), Signature Request (9/24)
• AB 377 (Rivas, Robert)-Opposition (04/09)
• SB 278 (Leyva)-Opposition (04/09), Veto Request (9/24)
• SB 556 (Dodd)-Opposition (04/09), Veto Request (9/24)
• SB 54 (Allen)-Support (04/09)
• AB 361 (Rivas, Robert) -Support (06/03)
• AB 718 (Cunningham) -Support (06/03)
• AB 500 (Ward) -Opposition (06/03 & 09/02)
• AB 215 (Chiu) -Opposition (06/03), Veto Request (9/24)
• AB 66 (Boerner Horvath) -Support (06/16), Signature Request (9/24)
• SB 9 (Atkins) -Opposition unless Amended (06/16), Veto Request (09/02)
• SB 344 (Hertzberg) -Support (06/24)
• SB 8 (Skinner) -Opposition (07 /08)
• AB 816 (Chiu) -Opposition (07 /08)
Staff are continuing to identify operational needs and policy priorities that might translate into
additional state and federal advocacy initiatives, which will be presented for discussion with
and feedback from the Legislative Subcommittee.
Exhibits:
1. RPPG Legislative Monthly Report -October/November 2021
City Manager's Office -Intergovernmental Affairs
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UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE DEADLINES
New Laws, Legislative Return, and Budget Introduction:
• Jan. 1: All laws passed in 2021 by majority vote take effect
• Jan. 3: Legislature reconvenes for 2022 Session
• Jan. 10: Governor must introduce budget by this date
Focus on Two-Year (2021) Bills:
• Jan. 14: Deadline for policy committees to hear and report 2021 bills with fiscal impact
• Jan. 21: Last day to report all 2021 bills to the floor
• Jan. 31: Bills (introduced in 2021) that do not pass house of origin are dead
New Bill (2022) Introduction:
• Jan. 21: Last day to submit draft bill language to Legislative Counsel
• Feb. 18: Last day for bills to be introduced for 2022 Session
2022 STATE BUDGET PROJECTIONS
Governor Newsom announced that his administration anticipates another budget windfall as
· they prepare for the January release of the 2022-23 preliminary budget. This comes after 2021's
impressive $262 billion spending budget, accompanied by a projected $75 billion surplus. In
addition to the record-breaking surplus, the State received $27 billion in federal relief funds in
response to the pandemic.
The Legislative Analyst's Office confirmed the projection for 2022-23 and announced based on
their projections a $31 billion budget surplus in expected. Governor Newsom will likely include
a number of one-time spending priorities within his January Budget, as the Administration waits
to see how state revenues fair over the remainder of the current fiscal year. Once the Governor
introduces his January Budget, the Legislature will begin to hold budget hearings and it is likely
that the hearings will include their priorities for new programs, or program expansions, with an
effort to get those priorities incorporated into the May Revise, and final budget that will be
approved in June.
REDISTRICTING AND ELECTION YEAR
2022 will bring other major changes, which include new congressional, and state Assembly and
Senate districts, as part of the once every decade redistricting process, as well as the upcoming
November Gubernatorial Election_, which is bound to drum up a number of new Democratic and
Republican candidates.
After requesting an extension twice, the 2020 California Citizens Redistricting Commission
released draft maps for the state's Congressional, Senate, Assembly and Board of Equalization
districts ahead of the California Supreme Court mandated November 15, 2021, deadline. The
Commission is now soliciting input from the public before they submit the final maps to the
California Secretary of State's office by the end of December.
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FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL
Late in the evening on Friday, Nov. 5, the House of Representatives broke a months-long gridlock
to pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The measure passed on a 228-206
vote, with 13 members of the House Republican Caucus voting in favor of the legislation. This
legislation includes $550 billion in direct infrastructure investments. After passing through the
House and the Senate, the bill was forwarded to President Biden's desk.
On Nov. 15, in front of some 800 guests, including members of Congress, governors and state
and local officials from both sides of the aisle, as well as labor and business leaders, President
Bid en signed the major legislation to provide badly needed money for public works projects that
his predecessors from both parties tried repeatedly to move, but failed to deliver.
The Infrastructure Bill includes:
Category
Roads, bridges, and major infrastructure projects
. Passenger and freight rail infrastructure
Transportation safety
Modernize public transit
Broadband infrastructure
Upgrading ports and waterways
Upgrading airports ·
Upgrading water infrastructure
Rebuilding the electric grid
Resiliency (cybersecurity, waste management, flood and
wildfire mitigation, drought, and coastal resiliency,
ecosystem restoration, heat stress mitigation, and
weath e rizatio n)
Zero-and low-emission buses and ferries
Nationwide network of electric vehicle chargers
Reconnecting communities divided by
highways/infrastructure projects
Addressing legacy pollution
Western water infrastructure
CLIMATE CHANGE
Funding Amount
$110 billion
$66 billion
$11 billion
$39 billion
$65 billion
$16.6 billion
$25 billion
$55 billion
$65 billion
$47.2 billion
$7.5 billion
$7.5 billion
$1 billion
$21 billion
$8.3 billion
A large delegation of California lawmakers attended the two-week United Nations Climate
Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. The goal of the California delegation was to share the
State's successful climate change policies with other nations and to encourage adopting urgent
climate policies and to learn progressive policies from other nations that may benefit California.
Governor Newsom made a virtual appearance at the conference to announce California has
signed on to a global agreement bringing together nations, states and regions, vehicle
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manufacturers, businesses, investors and other partners dedicated to rapidly accelerating the
transition to zero emission vehicles. Launched by the COP26 presidency, the COP26 Declaration
on Zero-Emission Cars and Vans aims to achieve 100% zero emission vehicle sales by 2035 in
leading markets, and no later than 2040 globally.
CALIFORNIA ECONOMIC SUMMIT
The 10th annual 2021 Economic Summit was held on November 9 and 10 in Monterey and
attended by hundreds of leaders looking to work together on creating policy solutions that
balance equity, environmental sustainability, and economic growth.
A key focus of this year's summit was how to promote and implement the historic $600
million Community Economic Resilience Fund (CERF), which was signed by the Governor earlier
this year. The program will support the planning and implementation of regional economic
strategies centered in community, equity and climate resiliency. The funds framework,
developed in part through the Summit, is based on promising collaborative, inclusive and
strategic regional economic development strategies. The CERF grant program is expected to be
released in early 2022.
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