LAWS AND LEGISLATION
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
July 24, 2026, 12:00 p.m.
City Hall North Conference Room A
1600 Truxtun Avenue
Members
Eric Arias
Andrae Gonzales
Ken Weir
1. ROLL CALL
2. PUBLIC STATEMENTS
a. Agenda Item Public Statements
b. Non-Agenda Item Public Statements
3. ADOPTION OF MINUTES
a. Adoption of the May 22, 2026, Regular Meeting minutes.
Staff recommends approval of the minutes.
4. STAFF REPORT
a. Quarterly Update on State Legislative Advocacy and Grant Funding - July 2026 Staff recommends Committee receive and file.
b. Quarterly Update on Federal Legislative Advocacy - July 2026 Staff recommends Committee receive and file.
5. NEW BUSINESS
6. COMMITTEE COMMENTS
7. ADJOURNMENT
Laws and Legislation Committee
Minutes
Regular Meeting
Friday, May 22, 2026
12:00 p.m.
City Hall North, First Floor, Conference Room A
1600 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield CA 93301
Committee Members:
Eric Arias – Chair
Andrae Gonzales
Ken Weir
Agenda
Meeting called to order at 12:06 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL
Committee members present: Councilmembers Arias and Gonzales
Committee members absent: Councilmember Weir
City Staff: Christian Clegg, City Manager
Gary Hallen, Assistant City Manager
Juan Heredia, Jamie Achterberg, City Manager’s Office
Cari Cowling, Assistant City Clerk
2. PUBLIC STATEMENTS
a. Agenda Item Public Statements
None.
b. Non-Agenda Item Public Statements
None.
3. Adoption of January 23, 2026, Regular Meeting Minutes. (Staff recommends adoption of the minutes.)
Motion by Councilmember Gonzales to adopt January 23, 2026, Regular Meeting Minutes.
Motion approved with Councilmember Weir absent.
4. STAFF REPORT
4.a. Quarterly Update on State Legislative Advocacy and Grant Funding - May 2026 (Staff recommends Committee receive and file.)
Assistant City Manager Hallen provided staff comments and introduced Sharon Gonsalves from California Public Policy Group (CPPG) who provided a PowerPoint presentation.
Jake Whitaker, CPPG provided comments Grant Funding.
Motion by Councilmember Gonzales to receive and file. Motion approved with Councilmember Weir absent.
Legislative and Legislation Committee
Regular Meeting May 22, 2026, Agenda
4. STAFF REPORT continued
4.b. Quarterly Update on Federal Legislative Advocacy – Advocacy and Grand Funding - May 2026
(Staff recommends Committee receive and file.)
Assistant City Manager Clegg and Assistant to the City Manager Heredia provided staff comments and introduced Mark Dedrick from Summit Strategies and provided a PowerPoint presentation.
Jake Whitaker, CPPG made provided additional comments .
Motion by Councilmember Gonzales to receive and file. Motion approved with Councilmember Weir absent.
5. NEW BUSINESS
None.
6. COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None.
7. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 1:13 p.m.
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Eric Arias, CHAIR
LEGISLATIVE AND LITIGATION COMMITTEE
ATTEST:
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JULIE DRIMAKIS, MMC
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of
the Council of the City of Bakersfield
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
MEETING DATE: July 24, 2026 AGENDA CATEGORY: STAFF REPORT TO: Laws and Legislation Committee
FROM: Juan M. Heredia, Assistant to the City Manager
DATE: July 17, 2026
SUBJECT: Quarterly Update on State Legislative Advocacy – July 2026
[Document Description]
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends Committee receive and file.
BACKGROUND:
California Public Policy Group (CPPG) provides the City of Bakersfield with legislative advocacy services at the state level, and grant writing services for state and federal grants. Each quarter, CPPG provides an update to the Laws & Legislation Committee on legislative advocacy in Sacramento and the City’s grant awards.
For the July 2026 meeting, CPPG will provide a legislative summary, highlight a few positioned bills, provide an update on the state budget, discuss key state propositions on the November ballot, and discuss any grant developments since our last meeting.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund.
COUNCIL GOAL:
Innovative and Efficient City Government
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Laws & Legislation Bill Position Matrix
2. CPPG Bakersfield Legislative Summary – June 2026
3. CPPG Analysis of Cal Chamber 2026 Ballot Measure
4. CPPG Municipal Funding Outlook – June 2026
5. CPPG Bakersfield Grant Activities Report – June 2026
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City of Bakersfield: Positioned Bills as of July 17, 2026
Bill Number Summary Position Legislative Platform Status AB 1265
(Haney)
Income taxes: credits: rehabilitation of
certified historic structures.
This bill would extend the tax credit for the
rehabilitation of certified historic structures
through 2031, increasing the credit from 25%
to 30% for certain structures, including those
adapted for affordable housing. The bill also
requires improvements to preserve existing
affordable housing and mandates an annual
review of the credit’s effectiveness until 2031.
Support Support legislation that provides
incentives (tax benefits, grants, loans,
credits for affordable units) to local
agencies, private developers and non-
profit groups in order to rehabilitate
residential units and commercial
properties.
Senate
Appropriations
(testified in
Senate
Revenue and
Taxation
committee)
AB 1383
(McKinnor)
Public employees’ retirement benefits:
safety members.
This bill would make several significant
changes to public employees’ retirement
benefits and lead to increased pension
liability for public agencies.
Watch Oppose measures that reduce local
control over employee relations issues
or mandate new or enhanced local
government employee benefits.
Senate
Appropriations
AB 1436
(Avila Farias)
State Air Resources Board: air pollution
regulations: private fleets: exception
This bill would prohibit the state board from
enforcing any regulation that directly or
indirectly compels compliance by private
fleets, as provided, until the state has
Support Support legislation and budget actions
that support local agencies that fund
the implementation of Advance Clean
Fleet Regulations.
Died in
committee
(testified in
Senate
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under the federal Clean Air Act. This bill
contains other existing laws.
Environmental
Quality)
AB 1439
(Garcia)
Public retirement systems: development
projects: labor standards.
This bill would require the California Public
Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)
Board of Administration and the Teachers’
Retirement Board of the State Teachers’
Retirement System (CalSTRS), respectively, to
contract with the University of California (UC)
Labor Centers to conduct an independent
study to determine the impacts on public
employee retirement funds of prohibiting the
boards from investing in California
development projects that do not provide
labor standards protections for workers,
among other provisions.
Watch Support legislation that provides
flexibility to cities to determine
retirement benefits for employees into
the future.
Senate
Appropriations
AB 1599
(Ahrens)
Public transit: California Transit Stop
Registry: transit datasets
This bill would require the department to
create, on or before June 1, 2027, the
California Transit Stop Registry as a
centralized, statewide dataset of
standardized information regarding transit
stops that includes, but is not limited to, each
transit stop’s name, location, available
amenities, and unique identifier, as specified.
Watch Support efforts that impact the City’s
ability to enhance the well-being,
quality of life, health, and safety of
residents; and stabilize and enhance
jobs and economic growth.
Support increased funding to enhance
existing public transportation
programs.
Senate
Appropriations
AB 1751
(Quirk Silva)
Missing Middle Townhome Ownership
This bill establishes the Missing Middle
Townhome Ownership Act (Act), which
creates a streamlined, ministerial approval
process for townhome development on
Watch Support legislation to increase
affordable housing investment.
Senate
Appropriations
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this bill will address a key component of the
affordability gap by addressing delays in the
discretionary approval processes which add
costs and time to these projects.
AB 1815
(Wicks)
Factory-Built Housing: Building Standards
This bill prohibits cities and counties from
imposing building standards stricter than
state code on projects that use a minimum
amount of factory-built housing. It aims to
streamline and standardize development of
factory-built housing statewide by preempting
local regulations. The purpose of the bill is to
reduce construction costs and delays,
standardize rules across jurisdictions, and
increasing the housing supply.
Neutral Support legislation to increase
affordable housing investment.
Senate
Appropriations
AB 1821
(Pacheco)
California Public Records Act: agency
response time.
This bill would extend the deadlines for public
agencies to provide an initial response to a
public records request, by converting the
current “calendar day” deadlines to a
“business day” standard.
Support
Support legislation that facilitates the
ability of local government to share
resources to increase efficiencies and
decrease costs
Senate
Appropriations
(testified in
Senate
Judiciary
Committee)
AB 1866
(Rogers)
California Disaster Assistance Act:
minimum damages thresholds.
This Act requires the Director of Emergency
Services to provide financial assistance to
local agencies for their personnel costs,
equipment costs, and the cost of supplies
and materials used during disaster response
activities, incurred as a result of a state of
Support Support legislation that provides state
and federal emergency funding and
regulatory relief that allows cities to
devote the necessary resources and
meet the operational challenges of
protecting the public health, safety and
welfare in response to a declared State
of Emergency.
Held in
Assembly
Appropriations
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subject to specified criteria.
AB 1903
(Wicks)
Construction Defects.
This bill overhauls construction defect laws
for condominiums and townhomes by
establishing an alternative “certified building”
process and limiting homeowners’ ability to
bring claims, recover damages, and challenge
construction effects. This bill will bring more
certainty to builders, tighten legal standards,
restrict lawsuits after a certain period, and
expand builders’ rights to repair and obtain
releases. If enacted, this bill will make it
harder for condo/townhome owners to bring
claims, prove defects, and recover full costs
with a greater risk of signing away their rights.
For builders/developers, it offers more
predictability, control, legal protections,
reduces litigation exposure, and class/HOA
claims.
Support Bring light to numerous barriers to
housing production beyond the control
of local governments and have
significant impacts on what types of,
and how many, housing units are built.
Senate
Appropriations
AB 2074
(Haney)
Regional Transit Hub Districts
This bill requires major transit cities to
designate high-density downtown transit hub
districts where qualifying housing
developments are allowed by right, subject to
specified labor and affordability standards,
and establishes a state revolving loan fund to
support their construction. According to the
bill language, the City of Bakersfield would not
qualify as a major transit city. However cities
can elect to be considered a major transit city
Support Support equitable long-range,
statewide infrastructure investment.
Support increased funding to enhance
existing public transportation
programs.
Senate
Appropriations
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fund.
AB 2517
(Calderon)
Fire safety: fire hazard severity zones.
This bill would modify the FHSZ process
creating a timeline for release of maps and
providing for public input.
Support Support legislation that would
strengthen community and disaster
preparedness, public health, safety,
and resiliency.
Held in
Assembly
Appropriations
SB 28
(Umberg)
Care Court Program.
Makes several changes to the implementation
of the CARE Act, including to eligibility criteria,
referrals to involuntary treatment under the
Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act, and
considerations of alternative treatment
programs during the petition review process.
Extends period for an affidavit to be examine
the respondent from 60 days to 270 days.
Support Support legislation and budget
proposals that expand behavioral
health treatment.
Assembly
Appropriations
SB 892
(Grove)
Public postsecondary education: priority
registration: members and former
members of the Armed Forces of the United
States and State Guard.
California law gives current and former
military members priority registration at
public colleges for four academic years,
usable within 15 years of leaving active duty.
This bill, effective July 1, 2027, would remove
the four-year limit. If this creates new costs
for community college districts, the state
must reimburse them per existing law.
Support Support legislation and State funding
that would support educational efforts
in the city of Bakersfield and improve
educational outcomes
Assembly
Appropriations
(testified in
Assembly
Military and
Veterans
affairs
committee)
SB 921
(Grove)
Employment: employer contributions:
employee withholdings: credit: agricultural
employees.
Support Support legislation and governance
that provides or protections and
reasonable accommodations for the
Died in Senate
Labor, Public
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credit equal to overtime wages paid to certain
agricultural workers, to be reported on the
employer’s contributions and quarterly
returns. Excess credits can be refunded,
pending legislative approval. Additionally,
farm labor contractors must be licensed and
adhere to specific employment laws.
agriculture and energy production
industries
Employment
and Retirement
SB 989
(Blakespear)
Care Court Program
Authorizes a first responder to request that a
county behavioral health agency file a petition
to commence the CARE process for an
individual they believe meets or is like to meet
the CARE criteria.
Support Support legislation and budget
proposals that expand behavioral
health treatment.
Assembly
Appropriations
SB 1013
(Cervantes)
Automated license plate recognition
systems
This bill would provide that “public agency”
does not include a transportation agency, a
public transit operator, or a local department
of transportation or public works department,
as specified. The bill would, beginning January
1, 2027, require new, updated, expansions of,
or addendums of contractual agreements
with ALPR vendors, manufacturers, or
suppliers to mandate that no default access
is provided to any national ALPR database and
that an agency’s collected scans are by
default not accessible to any other agency,
and would impose new requirements on
sharing between California state law
enforcement agencies.
Watch Oppose legislation that erodes local
control related to law enforcement.
Assembly
Appropriations
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(Blakespear)
Care Court Program and Court Ordered
Evaluations
This bill more clearly connects the LPS court-
ordered mental health evaluations to the
CARE court process, by explicitly allowing
petitioners to request that a court order a
mental health evaluation when they file their
petition for a person to enter CARE court
Support Support legislation and budget
proposals that expand behavioral
health treatment.
Assembly
Appropriations
(testified in
Assembly
Health
committee)
SB 1018
(Grove)
Human trafficking: specialized license
plates.
This bill would require the Office of
Emergency Services (OES) to apply to the
Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to
sponsor a Survivors of Human Trafficking
specialized license plate program, as
specified. The bill would also require OES to
administer a grant program for the benefit of
survivors of human trafficking, and require
OES and DMV to accept donations for the
program on their respective websites.
Support Support legislation that strengthens the
ability of the City to create safe
environments and well-being for all.
Held in Senate
Appropriations
SB 1075
(Reyes)
Air resources: toxic air contaminants:
criteria air pollutants: community
emissions reduction programs: local
community emissions reduction plans.
This bill would make changes to the
Community Air Protection Program including,
but not limited to, expanding the definition of
“disadvantaged community” to include
unincorporated communities, requiring that
local community emissions reduction plans
be submitted to the California Air Resources
Oppose Oppose legislation or governance that
attempts to supersede adopted
planning documents or projects that
have already been approved through
appropriate processes.
Assembly
Appropriations
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authorizing enforcement of those plans.
SB 1159
(Cabaldon)
Artificial intelligence: transparency and
governance.
This bill would provide that for the purposes of
the California Public Records Act, the Bagley-
Keene Open Meeting Act, the Ralph M. Brown
Act, the California Environmental Quality Act,
the Administrative Procedure Act, and the
Political Reform Act of 1974, the terms
“person,” “interested person,” “participant,”
“member of the public,” as applicable, and
any other similar terms under each act
referring to those who may engage with
governmental agencies, do not include
artificial intelligence (AI) systems,
autonomous agents, robots, or other
nonhuman entities, whether physical or
digital.
Support Support legislation that would increase
civic participation and engagement.
Assembly Floor
(Testified in
Assembly
Privacy and
Consumer
Protection)
SB 1172
(Hurtado)
Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use
Tax Law: tax sharing agreements.
This bill would prohibit a person from paying
compensation to a consultant with respect to
a specific tax sharing agreement that exceeds
the lower of 5% of the total tax revenues
shared pursuant to the tax sharing agreement
and $250,000.
Support Support efforts to restore local
authority and control over revenues,
governance, and service delivery as well
as protect local governments against
unfunded mandates.
Assembly Floor
(testified in
Assembly
Revenue and
Taxation
committee)
SB 1217
(Grove)
Nonconsensual Intimate Image
Clearinghouse.
This bill would require the Department of
Justice (DOJ) to establish the Nonconsensual
Intimate Image Clearinghouse (NIIC) to allow
individuals who were exploited in California to
Support Support legislation that strengthens the
ability of the City to create safe
environments and well-being for all.
Held in Senate
Appropriations
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nonconsensual intimate images from covered
platforms.
SB 1359
(Stern)
Natural Gas Ratepayer Protection Act
This bill would require each gas corporation to
submit an annual report to the commission
that describes its expenditures associated
with gas distribution infrastructure
replacement and upgrade projects, as
provided. The bill would require the
commission, before authorizing recovery of
costs associated with a gas distribution
infrastructure replacement and upgrade
project, to consider whether cost-effective
electrification alternatives or nonpipeline
alternatives could reasonably avoid or reduce
the costs, and to adopt rules implementing
this requirement, including a reasonable cost
threshold below which the requirement would
not apply.
Neutral Oppose legislation or governance that
has undue negative impacts to the
agriculture and energy production
industries.
Assembly
Appropriations
SB 1411
(Stern)
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: funding
conditions: high-speed rail.
This bill authorizes the HSRA to enter into new
funding agreements outside of the Merced to
Bakersfield segment.
Watch Advocate for dollars that mitigate the
cost to the City in supporting the High
Speed Rail viaduct and station.
Held in Senate
Appropriations
SB 1425
(Cortese)
HSRA: Right of Way: Encroachment Permits
Intent bill to enact legislation to provide the
authority the ability to issue encroachment
permits for third party access.
Watch Advocate for dollars that mitigate the
cost to the City in supporting the High
Speed Rail viaduct and station.
Oppose legislation that negatively
impacts the City Council’s authority to
manage and control the public right-of-
Assembly
Appropriations
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compensation for its use.
1127 11TH STREET, SUITE 300, SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 • 916.974.9270 • PUBLICPOLICYGROUP.COM PAGE 1 Date: July 8, 2026
To: Christian Clegg, City Manager
City of Bakersfield
From: Sharon Gonsalves
Managing Director
California Public Policy Group
Re: CPPG Legislative Summary: June 2026
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
June Marked Key Deadlines for Legislation and for the State Budget June concluded an active several months for the Legislature, encompassing the June 15 deadline to pass a Budget Act and the bulk of committee hearings leading to the July 2 deadline by which all policy committees must meet and confer on bills in their seco nd house. Bills that remain in motion reside in their second house, meaning that Assembly bills are being heard in the Senate and Senate bills are being heard in the Assembly. June 25 also marked the final day for measures to be added to, or withdrawn from, the November 2026 ballot.
On July 2, the Legislature adjourned for Summer Recess, and when it reconvenes on August 3, with limited exceptions, only appropriations committees may meet to determine the fate of fiscal measures. The deadline for fiscal measures to clear their second-house Appropriations Committee is August 14. The final two weeks of session leading up to the last day of the 2025 -2026 legislative session on August 31 are reserved for Floor deliberations only. The Governor has until September 30 to sign or veto all legislation passed by the Legislature after August 1.
Senate Bill 1164
SB 1164 (Cervantes) repeals the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 and replaces it with a new California Voting Rights Act of 2026. Presented as the Legislature’s response to recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions narrowing the federal Voting Rights Act, the bill significantly expands the types of voting-rights claims that may be brought against local governments. While current law is largely focused on challenges to at-large election systems, SB 1164 creates new causes of action for voter suppression and vote dilution and applies broadly to all local agencies that conduct elections, including both general law and charter cities. For agencies that have already transi tioned to by - district elections, the most consequential change is the elimination of the existing safe harbor.
Under current law, jurisdictions that transition to district -based elections have generally been insulated from CVRA claims. SB 1164 removes that protection and allows challenges to any method of election, including by-district systems with a rotating mayor or by-district systems with an at-large mayor. The bill also places no cap on the number of demand letters a jurisdiction may receive. Under existing law, an at-large jurisdiction that receives a demand letter has a 135 -day safe harbor period to transition to districts and is not liable to subsequent demand letters during the transition process.
SB 1164 eliminates that protection. Claims would no t require proof of discriminatory intent, and once a plaintiff demonstrates a “material disparity, ” a term left undefined in the bill, the burden would shift to the local agency to justify its electoral system. The bill also creates a more plaintiff - friendly litigation framework by authorizing one-way attorney’s fee recovery, granting broad standing
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BUDGET UPDATE
2026-2027 State Budget Finalized
On June 29, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he had signed the primary budget bill, AB 109 (Gabriel), along with a series of budget trailer bills. He stated that he had delivered a “balanced budget with no deficit this year or next,” consistent with previous statements.
On June 26, the Senate released a summary of the budget agreement that had been reached between the Governor and both houses of the Legislature. The budget agreement approves the Governor's proposal for more than $5 billion in ongoing new revenues, including a federally compliant Managed Care Organization tax, a sales tax on pre -written software products, and a limitation on business tax credits. T he budget also provides approximately $375 million for Proposition 36 implementation, including court workload, substance use and mental health treatment, victim support, rehabilitation, and pretrial services. In addition, the budget defers action on the $250 million legislative discretionary allocation within the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and includes changes to the proposal to implement Cap-and-Invest at the California Public Utilities Commission and the California Air Resources Board. The budget provides $700 million for affordable housing programs, including the Multifamily Housing Program and the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program. The budget also includes funding at the California Air Resources Board to support the deployment of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). Specifically, it provides $135.5 million in one-time funding for medium - and heavy -duty ZEV incentives through the Clean Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP), $135.5 million in one -time funding for light -duty ZEV incentives, and $1 7 million annually for five years for the Clean Cars 4 All program.
Assembly Bill 179
On June 29, the Legislature passed AB 179 (Committee on Budget). AB 179 is a housing budget trailer bill for the 2025 -2026 session that restructures statewide housing and homelessness funding and conditions access to that funding on local housing policy, fee policy, encampment policy, and regional coordination. The bill adds a new chapter on local impact fees under Health and Safety Code Sections 50160 and 50161, which rewards fee waivers in competitive scoring and reduces awards to city lead applicants that decline to waive their fees. The bill also establishes a homelessness funding framework—the Round 7 program built on the Sections 50220 through 50246 series—that sets aside 42 percent of base funds for cities of 300,000 or more and conditions all recipient funding on a Prohousing designation, an encampment policy consistent with state guidance, matching funds, and reporting. In addition, the bill restructures the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program by splitting administration between the Strategic Growth Council and a new Housing Development and Finance Committee. The bill also creates a new Disaster Rebuilding F und Act administered by CalHFA and includes an administrative building standards provision that applies to all cities. The Governor will likely sign this bill in the next several days.
Senate Bill 417
On June 25, the Legislature passed, and the Governor signed, SB 417 (Limón and Rivas). SB 417 proposes an $11.250 billion housing bond for the November 3, 2026 ballot. If approved by voters, the
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HHAP
The final budget agreement provides $900 million for Round 7 of Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program.
2026 ELECTIONS UPDATE
California Chamber of Commerce Measure
On June 16, the Secretary of State published on their website that a ballot measure aimed at significantly curtailing the scope and timing of environmental reviews under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) had become eligible for the November ballot, setting the stage for one of the state ’s most consequential policy debates of the year. The measure, known as the “Building an Affordable California Act ,” is backed by the California Chamber of Commerce and a broad coalition of business, housing, infrastructure, and clean -energy organizations. Supporters argue that California ’s environmental review process has become overly burdensome, costly, and vulnerable to abuse, making it more difficult to build the housing, transportation, clean -energy, and infrastructure projects needed to address the state’s affordability and climate challenges.
If approved by voters, the measure would establish new procedures for reviewing designated “essential projects,” including firm deadlines for environmental review and accelerated timelines for public comment and legal challenges. In most cases, public agencies would be required to complete environmental reviews within one year after a project application is deemed c omplete.
Court challenges to project approvals would also be subject to expedited review. Proponents contend that the measure would reduce project delays, lower development costs, and help address California’s housing shortage and broader cost-of-living challenges. They argue that CEQA litigation and lengthy review processes have become significant barriers to building critical projects across the state. Opponents are expected to argue that the proposal weakens one of California ’s most important environmental protection laws. Environmental organizations and local -government advocates are likely to contend that shorter review periods and restrictions on litigation would limit public participation and reduce opportunities to identif y and mitigate environmental impacts. The debate comes less than a year after Governor Gavin Newsom and the Legislature enacted major CEQA reforms as part of the state budget package, including new exemptions for many urban infill housing projects. Supporters of the initiative argue that those changes were on ly a first step and do not go far enough to address systemic barriers to development. Critics, meanwhile, are expected to argue that the state should allow the recently enacted reforms to take effect before pursuing more sweeping changes through the ballot box.
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Measure
This measure (#1983/25 -0006A1), sponsored by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA), would have invalidated certain local tax increases retroactively, eliminated real estate transfer taxes, and imposed stricter requirements on cities and counties seeking to adopt new taxes. It would also have limited future revenue -raising options by increasing voter -approval thresholds for some taxes and restricting the types of taxes local governments may enact. The Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), the Legislat ure’s non -partisan research and advisory division, had estimated that local
1127 11TH STREET, SUITE 300, SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 • 916.974.9270 • PUBLICPOLICYGROUP.COM PAGE 4 governments could collectively lose several billion dollars in annual revenue. The measure qualified for the ballot in April 2026.
On June 22, AB 736 (Mark González) was gut-and-amended to serve as the Legislature ’s vehicle for negotiating with HJTA in the hope of securing the measure’s withdrawal from the ballot. On June 23, HJTA announced that it had rejected the proposal and would not remove the measure from the November 2026 ballot. On June 25, the Legislature withdrew AB 736 from its scheduled hearing, pausing consideration of the bill after a deal was reached to remove the HJTA-qualified initiative from the November ballot in exchange for placing a narrower constitutional amendment before voters and withdrawing ACA 13 (Ward, 2023). ACA 13 had already qualified for the November 3, 2026, ballot and served as the Legislature ’s leverage to bring HJTA to the negotiating table: by raising the bar for initiatives seeking to impose higher voter-approval thresholds, it posed a direct threat to the passage of HJTA ’s qualified initiative. Withdrawing ACA 13 was therefore the concession that secured the agreement. The agreement was implemented through two measures: ACA 21 (Rivas) and ACA 22 (Wicks). ACA 21 directed the Secretary of State to withdraw ACA 13 from the November 3, 2026, ballot. ACA 22 placed a narrower constitutional amendment on the ballot that would require a two - thirds vote to impose, extend, or increase any local special tax, including those proposed through the voter initiative process, beginning January 1, 2027. By applying the same voting threshold to initiative measures, it would effectively close the “Upland loophole,” under which some courts have held that citizen-sponsored special taxes may be approved by a simple majority. The measure would also prohibit the adoption of new local ad valorem property taxes, including those proposed by voter initiative. Both provisions are expressly drafted to apply notwithstanding the constitutional initiative power and charter city home -rule authority, thereby ensuring their application to citizen initiatives and charter cities alike. Both ACA 21 and ACA 22 received the required two-thirds vote in each house on the afternoon of June 25. Unlike bills, proposed constitutional amendments become eligible for the ballot upon approval by the Legislature and are not subject to the Governor’s signature.
ADMINISTRATIONS ACTIONS UPDATE
High Speed Rail Authority Tax Increment Financing Proposal The California High-Speed Rail Authority continues to advocate for a proposal that would authorize the Authority to cap and capture property and sales tax revenues and exercise land use authority within a half -mile of high -speed rail stations through state -administered tax increment financing (TIF) districts. The Authority argues in its 2026 draft business plan that it should be granted the ability to establish TIF districts to help fund rail construction and operations. The proposal would represent a substantial expansion of state authority, as it would likely require constitutional amendments to vest the Authority with independent taxing authority and land use powers. A local government association opposition letter can be found here. As of this writing, the proposal has not yet been introduced in legislative form.
ACTIVE POSITIONED BILLS
• AB 1265 (Haney) Income taxes: credits: rehabilitation of certified historic structures. o Location: Senate Appropriations
o Position: Support
• AB 1383 (McKinnor) Public employees’ retirement benefits. o Location: Senate Appropriations
o Position: Watch
1127 11TH STREET, SUITE 300, SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 • 916.974.9270 • PUBLICPOLICYGROUP.COM PAGE 5 • AB 1436 (Ávila Farías) State Air Resources Board: air pollution regulations: private fleets:
exception.
o Location: Senate Environmental Quality
o Position: Support
• AB 1439 (Garcia) Public retirement systems: development projects: labor standards. o Location: Senate Appropriations Suspense File
o Position: Watch
• AB 1821 (Pacheco) California Public Records Act: agency response time. o Location: Senate Appropriations
o Position: Support
• AB 1903 (Wicks) Construction defects.
o Location: Senate Housing
o Position: Support
• SB 661 (Hurtado) Airports: financial assistance.
o Location: Assembly Appropriations
o Position: Support
• SB 892 (Grove) Public postsecondary education: priority registration: members and former members of the Armed Forces of the United States and State Guard. o Location: Assembly Appropriations
o Position: Support
• SB 1013 (Cervantes) Automated license plate recognition systems. o Location: Assembly Appropriations
o Position: Watch
• SB 1159 (Cabaldon) Artificial intelligence: transparency and governance. o Location: Assembly Third Reading
o Position: Support
• SB 1172 (Hurtado) Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law: tax sharing agreements.
o Location: Assembly Third Reading
o Position: Support
• SB 1425 (Cortese) High-Speed Rail Authority: property: operating right-of-way. o Location: Assembly Appropriations
o Position: Watch
LOOKING FORWARD
• August 3: Legislature reconvenes from Summer Recess
• August 31: Last day for the Legislature to pass bills; end of the session • September 30: Last day for the Governor to sign or veto bills
GRANT WRITING
CPPG continues to monitor new regional, state, and federal grant opportunities on behalf of the City of Bakersfield. The June 2026 Municipal Funding Outlook was sent out on June 17th. On June 4th CPPG Consultant Bruce Rudd and Grants Analyst Remi Beck met with Walter Villa to discuss the Statewide Park Community Development and Revitalization Grant. Also on June 4 th, Senior Grant Writing Associate Maira Durazo met with Staff and CapK to go over the City’s Homekey+ application.
Director of Grant Services Jake Whitaker, B. Rudd, and R. Beck met with Cecilia Griego, Victor
1127 11TH STREET, SUITE 300, SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 • 916.974.9270 • PUBLICPOLICYGROUP.COM PAGE 6 Palacio, and Jennnifer Beyers on June 9 th to discuss applying for the Transformative Climate Communities Grant for the PNI project. B. Rudd and R. Beck had a follow -up meeting with Staff regarding the Statewide Park Community Development and Revitalization Grant. On June 18 th J.
Whitaker, M. Durazo, R. Beck, and Grant Services Assistant Kylie Sheridan met with Staff for the Monthly Grants Meeting. Opportunities are being tracked for many of the City’s high priority project areas, including Martin Luther Kin g Jr. Park, Economic and Community Development, Housing and Homelessness, High -Speed Rail Station Area Development, Water Sustainability, Environmental Sustainability, and Community Violence Reduction.
Grant applications in -progress include: Transformative Climate Communities, Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program, and Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program.
Pending applications include the following:
• Hazard Mitigation Grant Program submitted on September 19, 2025 for $61,216.85.
Funding will be used to install a standby generator at Station 3. • Illegal Disposal Site Abatement Program submitted on October 15, 2025 for $275,000.
Funding will be used for cleanup at four sites across the City. • Community Project Funding FY27 submitted to Rep. Fong on March 6, 2026 for $1,500,000.
Funding will be used for the TRIP Hageman Flyover Project. Earmark request has been forwarded for appropriation.
• Community Project Funding FY27 submitted to Rep. Fong on March 6, 2026 for $391,651.
Funding will be used for a MedEvac Emergency Rescue and Response Vehicle. Earmark request has been forwarded for appropriation.
• Community Project Funding FY27 submitted to Rep. Valadao on March 9, 2026 for $5,000,000. Funding will be used for the Monitor Street Phase II Project. Earmark request has been forwarded for appropriation.
• Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program submitted on May 5, 2026 for $999,999. Funding will be used to run ASO flight programs and collect snow runoff. • Urban Greening Program submitted on June 4, 2026 for $1,750,000. Funding will be used for the Central City Corridor Tree Canopy Project to plant 717 trees across the city. • Assistance to Firefighters Grant submitted on June 22, 2026 for $347,000. Funding will be used to purchase Thermal Imaging Cameras.
• Fire Prevention & Safety Grant submitted on June 22, 2026 for $250,000. Funding will be used to purchase turnout gear and equipment.
• Encampment Resolution Fund submitted on June 30, 2026 for $13,549,119. Funding will be used to provide services for unhoused individuals in encampments between Hwy 99 and Hwy 178.
Additionally, CPPG sent grant alerts on the following upcoming funding opportunities: FEMA Firefighter Grants, Wildfire Safety & Preparedness Grant, Beverage Container Recycling Grant, COPS Hiring Program, Transformative Climate Communities Program, Commun ity Resilience Centers Program, Pathways to Removing Obstacles for Housing (PRO Housing) Grant, Law Enforcement
1127 11TH STREET, SUITE 300, SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 • 916.974.9270 • PUBLICPOLICYGROUP.COM PAGE 7 Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA), Extreme Heat and Community Resilience, School Violence Prevention Program.
1127 11TH STREET, SUITE 300, SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 • 916.974.9270 • PUBLICPOLICYGROUP.COM PAGE 1 CPPG Analysis of Cal Chamber 2026 Ballot Measure
Published February 4, 2026
Please note that this memorandum is provided for informational and policy analysis purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. California Public Policy Group is not a law firm. Please consult with your legal counsel regarding the application of this measure to specific facts or circumstances.
Summary: Proposes to expedite permit processing and environmental reviews for a wide spectrum of “essential projects,” as defined. Requires applications submitted by any person, legal entity, public agency, or public utility to construct essential projects, i to be subject to strict timelines, conditions and limitations for application processing, tribal consultation, CEQA ii compliance, and related judicial reviews. Applicants, however, have the option of utilizing none, some, or all of this measure’s provisions.
Below are descriptions of the major changes implicated by this ballot measure that will be of interest to local governments, organized into nine categories . Citations to the related sections of the ballot measure and comments are included in the endnotes. This document is organized as follows:
• Purpose and Application of Measure
• Tribal Consultation Requirements and Timelines
• Timelines, Criteria and Remedies for Determining Application’s Completeness • Processing Environmental Documents, Public Comments, and Remedies • Timeline Extension for Projects Where Lead Agency is the Project Applicant • Optional Preliminary Scoping Process
• Optional Streamlined Analysis and Proposed Alternative • Limitations Applicable to Determining Project Impacts • Timelines for Project Approvals and Applicant’s Remedies • Criteria for Judicial Reviews of Essential Projects
Purpose and Application of Measure
Purpose: Declares that the purpose of this measure is to make California more affordable by streamlining and speeding up the approval of essential projects. Further declares that the state “occupies the field in the area of review and approval of essential projects” because “the adequacy, availability and affordability of housing, clean energy, water, transportation, broadband internet, education facilities, public safety infrastructure, and public health infrastructure is insufficient to serve the needs of California’s population and economy.”iii
Public Agency Authority: Specifies that the measure does not diminish the ability of public agencies to approve or disapprove essential projects. States that “no outcomes are preordained.” iv Provides that public agencies may impose fees for processing applications. Provides that, unless stated within the measure, nothing in the chapter shall be construed to eliminate or restrict a lead agency’s discretion to determine the appropriate threshold of significance or mitigation measure in preparing environmental documents.
Statutory/Regulatory “Lock-In:” Provides that all references to state statutes and regulations in the measure shall only apply to those statutes and regulations as they existed on December 31,
1127 11TH STREET, SUITE 300, SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 • 916.974.9270 • PUBLICPOLICYGROUP.COM PAGE 2 2025, regardless of any subsequent amendment, repeal, sunset or expiration that takes place after that date.v The measure, however, makes one exception to this provision, a change to the state labor code relating to contractor/subcontractor liability made by SB 597 (Cortese) Ch. 774 of 2025.vi
Future Amendments: Provides that the Legislature may adopt legislation that is “consistent with and furthers the purposes of this measure” with a two-thirds vote of each house, and the final version must be available for at least 12 business days before passage in either house.
Application: Applies to the review and processing by public agenciesvii of any and every application and approval of an essential project, and its accompanying land use entitlements, including without limitation, discretionary adjudicative and/or legislative land use entitlements triggering programmatic, plan -level or project -level environmental reviews under CEQA. In addition, this measure:
1) Provides that the provisions of this “chapter” viiishall control and supersede any conflicting requirement for environmental review of an essential project. 2) Applicants for essential projects, however, are not required to use this chapter. Further, this measure authorizes applicants to proceed with applications that use none, some or all of these provisions, in combination with other land use and environmental review laws, when they would provide for more expeditious review and approval.ix 3) Authorizes applicants that have not yet received final approvals (prior to this measure’s effective date x) to withdraw their application and resubmit their application under this measure.
4) Authorizes an essential project, that is a portion or component of a larger project, xi to be reviewed and approved under this chapter.
5) Provides that essential projects may be implemented in multiple phases, and phased applications are not required to individually meet the criteria for an essential project. 6) Provides that applicants may agree to grant local agencies additional time (beyond the timelines specified in this measure) to complete environmental reviews, or make a final decision on a project.
7) Preserves vested rights and other benefits for housing projects under the Subdivision Map Act, Housing Accountability Act, the Builder’s Remedy, and the Housing Crisis Act of 2019 (based on the submitted preliminary application) that are withdrawn and resu bmitted to take advantage of the provisions of this measure.xii
8) Provides that applications for essential projects that have been deemed complete prior to this measure’s effective date, where the applicant has not altered the project, shall not be subject to additional completeness reviews.
9) Provides that to the extent conflicts exist with other statutes, this one is controlling, including for any environmental reviews, except it does not abrogate or limit any other existing statutory or categorical CEQA exemptions.
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Project
Definitions Labor Criteria
(If Applicable)
Comments
Housing
Defined as all of the
following:
• Residential units only
• Mixed-use developmentxiii
• Transitional housing,
emergency shelters and
supportive housingxiv
• Farmworker housingxv
• Group living
accommodationsxvi
• Student housing unitsxvii
• Senior housing (55+)xviii
• A subdivision or common
interest development.xix
• Conversion of an existing
commercial building to
residential use.
Limits prevailing
wage provisions
(that were included
in the CEQA
housing exemption
included in AB 130,
CH. 22, of 2025) to
only apply to
buildings over 85
feet in height.
Also applies
specific labor
requirements (from
AB 130 of 2025)
applicable to
projects over 50
units in San
Francisco, and
enforcement
authority for a joint
labor-management
committee.
Provides that if an
applicant seeks to
use provisions of
this measure and
another voluntary
environmental
streamlining statute
that requires either
prevailing wages or
a project labor
agreement, the
project shall
comply with those
provisions.
Housing is the only
“essential project” in
this measure which
does not require full
compliance with the
labor provisions
applicable to an
“environmental
leadership
development project”
as defined in Section
21183.5.
This measure departs
from state policies
included in statutes
which offer housing
developers CEQA
relief, but focus the
development infill
areas with some
included affordability.
This measure has no
infill or affordability
requirements.
Housing developers
may view this
measure as offering
project streamlining
without the need to
build in infill
locations, and
comply with
affordability, labor
and other
requirements that
apply to other existing
CEQA streamlining
statutes and
categorical
exemptions.
Broadband Defined as projects to
provide mass market internet
service by wire, wireless or
Requires these
broadband projects
to comply will all
The reference to
“wireless’ and “radio”
in this definition picks
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transmit and receive data
from all, or substantially all,
internet endpoints.
These projects shall include,
but are not limited to, any
capabilities incidental to, or
enable, the operation of the
communications service.
labor requirements
applicable to an
“environmental
leadership
development
project” as defined
in Section 21183.5.
The labor
requirements
include using a
skilled and trained
workforce and/or
complying with a
project labor
agreement.
up cell towers, radio
towers, and satellite-
related infrastructure.
This is helpful to
private telecom
companies and
utilities installing this
infrastructure.
This also erodes the
ability of residents
with health, visibility
and other concerns to
use CEQA as a means
of raising issues with
the location and
installation of cell
towers.
Clean Energy Defined as projects that
support California’s climate,
energy efficiency, reliability,
electrification, sustainability,
or clean energy objectives
through one or more of the
following:
• Producing, generating or
storing electricity from
renewable or sustainable
energy. These projects
include, but are not
limited toxx, solar, wind,
geothermal, fuel cells that
comply with specified ARB
emissions standards,
small hydroelectric of less
than 30 megawatts,
digester gas, municipal
solid waste conversion,
landfill gas, ocean wave,
ocean thermal, tidal
current. Also includes
transmission lines
associated with the above
projects required for the
interconnection or delivery
of electricity.
Requires these
clean energy
projects to comply
with labor
provisions (listed
above) for an
“environmental
leadership
development
project”
The definition of
“clean energy”
projects is extremely
broad.
Nuclear power
facilities, however,
are excluded from the
applicability of this
measure.
Local and state
agencies may face
difficulty in defining
projects that are not
covered by these
expansive definitions.
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storing or distributing
clean hydrogen, provided
it is not derived from fossil
fuel feedstock.
• Developing, constructing
or installing microgrids
and associated
infrastructure, which meet
a specified definition in
the Public Utilities Code.
• Capturing, transporting
and/or storing carbon
dioxide emissions for
permanent isolation from
sources including, but not
limited to, energy
production,
manufacturing, or refining
facilities.
• Developing, constructing,
upgrading, expanding
transmission or
distribution components
approved by the
Independent System
Operator or in an
Integrated Energy Policy
Report. This includes the
financing of such projects
through sale, lease,
assignment, mortgage, or
other disposition or
encumbrance requiring
state agency approval.
Transportation
Defined as either of the
following:
1. The research, planning,
construction,
improvement,
management or operating
of either public streets and
highways or public mass
transit guideways.xxi
2. Electric vehicle charging
infrastructure.
Requires these
transportation
projects to comply
with labor
provisions (listed
above) for an
“environmental
leadership
development
project”
State and local street,
road, and highway
projects [as defined
in Article XIX 2)(a) in
the CA Constitution]
will all benefit from
this streamlining.
In addition to local
transit projects, the
reference to public
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mass transit
guideways connects
to a definition in
[Article. XIX(2)(b) in
the CA Constitution].
The measure
excludes the High
Speed Rail project.
Also, because a cross
reference picks up a
definition of high
speed trains
exceeding 200mph, it
appears to exclude
the proposed
Brightline train
between Southern
California and Las
Vegas.xxii
Water Defined as any project to
construct, expand, repair,
replace, or augment any of
the following:
1. A public water systemxxiii
2. A system that directly or
indirectly provides water
to a public water
systemxxiv
3. A system generally
described and within the
scope of the State’s
Water Resilience
Portfolio. xxv
Requires these
water projects to
comply with labor
provisions (listed
above) for an
“environmental
leadership
development
project”
Including both
systems that “directly
or indirectly provide
water to a public
water system,” and
projects described in
the State Water
Resilience Portfolio,
picks up a broad
range of possible
projects.
The measure,
however, excludes
the Delta Conveyance
project.
Public Safety Applies to a ”first-responder
facility” or a “wildfire risk
reduction project.”
Defines a “first-responder
facility” as any of the
following:
• A fire station owned or
operated by the state, a city
or county, joint-powers
Requires these
public safety
projects to comply
with labor
provisions (listed
above) for an
“environmental
leadership
development
project”
The application of this
provision to
police/sheriff stations
will be challenging
given the exclusion of
jail and detention
facilities, which are
usually components
of these facilities.
This could require a
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or special district.
• A police or sheriff station
owned or operated by a city
or county, joint-powers
authority, or special
district. (Excludes portions
of these police and sheriff
stations used for jail or
detention facilitiesxxvi)
• Excludes from the
application if this provision:
1. Any facility owned,
operated or leased by the
U.S. Government.
2. Any state prison.
3. Any facility used for
immigration detention.
Defines “wildfire risk
reduction project” as an
activity that reduces wildfire
risks to a residential or
commercial structure, or
both, including but not
limited to:
1. Replacing, hardening and
undergrounding electrical
utility lines and
infrastructure.
2. Vegetation management.
3. Fuel reduction.
4. Home hardening.
5. Creating or maintaining
fuel breaks
6. Reducing fuel loading
Exception: Provides
that a “wildfire risk
reduction project”
limited to
vegetation,
management, fuel
reduction, and
maintaining fuel
breaks undertaken
directly by a public
agency using its
own employees
shall be deemed to
comply if the public
employees are
covered by
collective
bargaining or other
state civil service
laws.
redesign of such
facilities so that the
jail/detention facility
is in a separate
building.
The wildfire risk
reduction provision
appears broad
enough to capture
projects designed to
protect urban areas,
and could also be
interpreted to apply
to traditional forestry
practices such as
“fuel reduction” in
rural areas.
Education Defines an “essential
education facility project” as
the acquisition, construction,
expansion, remodeling,
renovation, improvement,
furnishing and equipping of
an educational facility.
Educational facilities are
defined broadly to capture
facilities for local school
Requires these
educational
projects to comply
with labor
provisions (listed
above) for an
“environmental
leadership
development
project”
An expedited process
for these facilities
could lessen the
ability of some
communities to
address issues
through the CEQA
process with either
the siting of public
schools (which
technically do not
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county boards of education,
community colleges, CSU
and UC facilities, and non-
profit colleges.xxvii
have to conform to
local general plans)
or the impacts of
large universities on
the surrounding
community.
Public Health Defines “a medical treatment
facility” as:
1) A health treatment
facility as defined in H&S
Sec. 1250. This cross
reference captures a
very broad swath of
facilities including
hospitals, clinics,
nursing, hospice and
other facilities.
2) A medical office building
which provides office
space for health care
practitioners (doctors,
dentists, etc.).
Requires these
public health
projects to comply
with labor
provisions (listed
above) for an
“environmental
leadership
development
project”
Constructing large
hospitals and other
medical facilities
likely already employ
union contractors, so
the labor
requirements in this
provision may not
mean much of a
change.
It is less likely,
however, that
construction of
smaller (single and
two-story) medical
office buildings for
doctors, dentists, etc.
use union
contractors. Thus,
those constructing
medical office
buildings will have to
weigh the benefits of
this CEQA
streamlining against
potentially increased
labor costs
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Tribal Consultation Requirements and Timelines
Requires all essential projects to comply with an extensive initial screening and tribal consultation process, regarding potential impacts on tribal cultural resources xxviii which are extensively detailed in over 5 pages of statute. In brief, this process:
1) Defines “consulting tribexxix” as those appearing on the most recent published list of federally recognized tribes, and is culturally and geographically affiliated with the geographic area where the proposed project is located.xxx
2) Describes, in detail, the information that the applicant must make available to the lead agency to be shared with consulting tribes.
1127 11TH STREET, SUITE 300, SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 • 916.974.9270 • PUBLICPOLICYGROUP.COM PAGE 9 3) Requires a lead agency, after assembling a list of information from the applicant, as well as information from specified databases, to invite identified consulting tribe(s) to participate in an initial screening. If the consulting tribe(s) do not respond to the lead agency’s invitation within 30 days, the initial screening process is deemed concluded. A tribe’s lack of participation in the initial screening, however, does not impair their ability to participate in consultation.
4) Provides that consulting tribes shall be afforded the opportunity to review any technical studies conducted for the essential project that inform analysis measures and/or treatment of tribal cultural resources.
5) Provides that tribal traditional knowledge shall be incorporated in the identification, treatment and protection measures concerning tribal cultural measures. Information disclosed by a tribe shall remain confidential. xxxi If traditional tribal knowledge is not incorporated, then that lead agency shall explain its decision in the environmental document for the project supported by substantial evidence.
6) Provides that the initial screening and tribal consultation operates separately from other timelines for public agency environmental reviews or project approvals in this measure.xxxii 7) Requires “where feasible” that damaging effects on tribal cultural resources shall be avoided.
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Timelines, Criteria and Remedies for Determining Application’s Completeness Initial Determination:
1) Requires the public agency to make a determination within 30 days xxxiiiof receipt of an application.
2) Prohibits an application from being determined incomplete on the basis of either:
a. Information, analytical studies or documents that were not required by the public agency in a written, publicly available checklist, or similar document, in existence when the application was submitted.
b. Statutes, regulations, rules, standards xxxiv or ordinances that are not “existing laws.”xxxv
Addressing an Incomplete Determination:
1) Requires, if an application is determined to be incomplete, that the public agency provide an applicant with an exhaustive written corrections list.
2) Requires an applicant to submit additional information, or a revised application, within 90 days, or notify the public agency in writing why it is unable to do, with an estimate of when it will be provided.
3) Requires the public agency to determine completeness within 30 days of receipt of the additional information or resubmittal.
4) Requires the public agency, if application is still determined to be incomplete, to submit a revised list to the applicant based on original corrections list. Prohibits a public agency from introducing new items.
a. Authorizes an applicant to submit additional information, or a revised application. b. Requires a public agency to make a final determination on completeness within 30 days of receiving from the applicant either supplemental information or a revised application, otherwise, the application shall be deemed complete.
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Appeal Process and Authority to File Civil Action:
1) Provides that a public agency’s decision that an application is incomplete is appealable to planning commission, planning official or other official with final authority over completeness. If public agency lacks such entities, then final appeal shall be to highest ranking appointed governing body or official.
2) Requires a final written decision to be issued within 60 days of the appeal, or the application shall be deemed complete.
3) Authorizes an applicant to file a “civil action” against the public agency following an adverse determination on an appeal within 90 days.
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Processing Environmental Documents, Public Comments, and Remedies Environmental Document Timelines:
• 30 (business) days xxxvi to decide the type of environmental document for the project after application is deemed complete.xxxvii
• 90 (business) days to determine whether the project is exempt, or impacts have been previously evaluated under a prior environmental document review. • 180 (business) days to determine whether to certify a negative declaration or a mitigated negative declaration.
• 365 (business) days to determine whether to certify an environmental impact report (EIR).xxxviii
Public Comment Timelines (which cannot be tolled or extended, except by a court):
• 20 (calendar) days for mitigated negative declaration, or other document requiring public circulation under state law.
• 45 (calendar) days for draft EIR, or subsequent or supplemental EIR. • If a public agency continues a public hearing, or the CEQA review of a project, it shall be continued to a date certain, and upon approval of the continuance close the comment period, which may not be reopened at a subsequent hearing.
Limitations on Public Comments:
Limits public comments only to the following:
• Electronic and written comments received during the above comment periods. • Electronic and written comments received at least 48 hours before a public hearing or noticed decision on the environmental document.
• Electronic and written comments received at least 48 hours prior to hearings or appeals of a CEQA determination, provided that they could not have been raised during the prior public comment period due to either “significant changes”xxxix in the project, or new information that was not known and could not have been known during the public comment period. • Oral testimony at a noticed and recorded public hearing. • Excludes and disregards all other comments from the administrative record. • Requires, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following to be included “without qualification” in the administrative record:
a. A response by a lead agency or applicant to a comment submitted in accordance with the above timelines and criteria.
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Appeal Process and Authority to File Civil Action:
• Authorizes an applicant to request a meeting or public hearing when public agency fails to comply with the above deadlines.
• Requires a public agency (and states that it has a non-discretionary ministerial duty) to:
o Complete all environmental documents, or assemble available environmental review documentation xl including an applicant -prepared environmental review document,xli and
o Hold a meeting or public hearing within 60 (calendar) days xlii of notification by the applicant, where it shall:
▪ Make a final written determination on the available environmental review documentation that has been completed as of the date of the hearing. ▪ Make a final written determination to approve or disapprove the project. o If the lead agency has a planning commission or planning director, the commission/director shall hold a meeting within 30 days (of the request for a public hearing by an applicant) for purpose of making a recommendation, and requires any environmental review documentation to be completed in advance of the date of the meeting.xliii
• Authorizes an applicant and public agency to mutually agree to cancel the public hearing if, prior to the expiration of the 60 -day period, the public agency has completed the environmental documents and approved the project.
• Authorizes an applicant within 90 (calendar) days to file a civil actionxliv challenging:
o An agency’s failure to comply with its non -discretionary ministerial duty to finalize the environmental documentation and make a final decision on the project within the timelines described above.
o The agency’s denial, or imposition of unlawful conditions on the project.xlv
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Timeline Extension for Projects Where Lead Agency is the Project Applicant Provides that where a lead agency is also the applicant for an essential project that it may extend any deadline applicable the timelines for completing environmental reviews and making a final decision on a project provided it issues a written notice (pos ted on the agency’s website and included in the administrative record) that specifies the duration and reasons for the extension. xlvi
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Optional Preliminary Scoping Processxlvii
Provides that an applicant “may, but is not required to” participate in a preliminary scoping and streamlined alternatives analysis provided in this ballot measure. xlviii Provides that if an applicant’s chooses not to participate in this scoping/streamlined analysis process, then other scoping requirements set forth in existing CEQA law shall apply.
When an applicant “voluntarily chooses” to engage in the preliminary scoping and streamlined analysis contained in this ballot measure, they shall comply with the following:
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Notice and Project Description:
1) Provide written notice to the lead agency of the applicant’s intent to participate in a process that shall be completed within 60 days of the applicant providing such notice. 2) Requires the notice to include an email address that the lead agency shall post the notice on its website and “prominently identify” on its website where comments to the applicantxlix may be submitted.
3) Requires the applicant’s notice to include a preliminary overview and description of the project “sufficient to inform the lead agency and the public of the essential features of the project,” and include:
a. The project’s location, size and boundaries.
b. Principal components and fundamental purpose.
c. Land use type, facility or infrastructure proposed.
d. Known or foreseeable impacted natural resource areas. e. Anticipated permits or approvals required from public agencies.
Agency Meetings and Public Input:
1) Requires the applicant and public agency to engage in at least two meetings to discuss the proposed project, potential alternatives and identify potential impacted natural resource areas, and the lead agency to maintain a recordl of these meetings. 2) Requires the applicant to maintain a record of the public input received via email. Provides that an applicant “may, but is not required to” convene one or more public meetings li, including via virtual and online formats, to obtain additional public input. 3) Provides that the applicant shall not be required to respond to any input received (whether in meetings with the lead agency or public comments received)lii in this process.
Prohibition Regarding Application of SB 330 (of 2019):
Prohibits any interpretation of this section from requiring that this scoping process be a prerequisite to filing a preliminary application for an essential housing project under the Housing Crisis Act of 2019. (SB 330).
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Optional Streamlined Analysis and Proposed Alternative:
Requires an applicant that has voluntarily agreed to complete the preliminary scoping process to develop one proposed alternative to the project, which “shall take into consideration” input obtained in the scoping process and comply with all of the following:
a. Be compatible with the proposed project’s fundamental purpose. b. Be compatible with applicable land use and zoning policies. c. Does not need to be located on a different site.
d. Authorizes the alternative to consist of an alternative or additional component to the proposed project, which may include onsite of offsite physical improvements, or alternative operational parameters or programs designed to lessen impacts. 2) Requires an EIR for the proposed project to only analyze the following:
a. The proposed project, and
b. The applicant’s “proposed alternative,” which is defined as a “single, potentially feasible alternative to essential project” developed by the applicant.
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4) Declares that the proposed alternative is sufficient for all purposes of this ballot measure, CEQA, and any other law, and any additional alternatives analysis are “unnecessary” and prohibits a public agency or other body or entity lvfrom requiring analysis of “unnecessary” alternatives.
5) Requires the development of a “no project” alternative that considers:
a. The reasonably foreseeable environmental conditions that would result if the project is not approved.
b. The reasonably foreseeable future potential uses for the site, and c. The benefits resulting from the essential project.lvi
Timelines for Submittal/Review:
1) Requires an applicant, within 15 days of completion of the preliminary scoping process, to submit to the lead agency:
a. Description of the proposed project.
b. The applicant’s single proposed alternative.
c. A description of the “no project” alternative. lvii
2) Requires the lead agency to either make a written finding within 15 days of receipt of the developer’s proposed alternative as to whether the developer has complied with the requirements of this measurelviii, or to make no decision. Either way, the process is deemed final unless an interested party files an administrative appeal within five (5) days.lix
Lead Agency Options:
Provides that, “subject to the requirements of this chapter and any limitations imposed by other provisions of law,” the lead agency shall retain discretion to:
a. “Approve” the essential project.lx
b. “Approve” the developer’s alterative to the essential project, or c. “Select” the “no project” alternative.
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Limitations Applicable to Determining Project Impacts
1) Requires a public agency, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, considering whether to approve an essential project shall identify, evaluate, determine significance and mitigate impacts based upon compliance with existing laws.
2) Provides that to the extent the public agency has published, adopted, or routinely used thresholds of significance for environmental effects of an essential project (on the earlier of) the date a preapplication or application for the project is filed, the applicant may elect to vest into any such thresholds of significance, which shall then be used by the public agency. 3) Provides that an essential projects compliance with CEQA and the CEQA guidelines shall not be interpreted by courts in a manner which imposes procedural or substantive requirements on an essential project beyond those explicitly stated in CEQA, the CEQA guidelines, or this measure.lxi 4) Authorizes an applicant to waive the above requirements, by submitting a written request to the public agency.lxii
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Timelines for Project Approvals and Applicant’s Remedies Timelines, Ministerial Duty to Comply, Applicant’s Remedies:
1) Requires a public (lead) agency to make a final written decision on any required permit, authorization or approval based upon existing laws, within the following timelines:
A. Where a public agency is the lead agency for the essential project, the final decision shall occur concurrently with the certification of an EIR, negative declaration or mitigated negative declaration.
B. Where a state agency is the lead agency, it may delay the final decision for up to 90 days if all of the following apply:
o The state agency had an established process, prior to December 31, 2025, for conducting evidentiary hearings on the applicable (permit, authorization or approval).
o The state agency, prior to the deadline for certifying the environmental document, provides the applicant written notice that it will go forward with an evidentiary hearing.
C. Where the applicant seeks approval from a public agency that is not the lead agency during the first instance when the project underwent environmental review, the public agency shall make a final written decision before the later of:
o 90 days from (the earlier of) either the date the application was deemed complete, or when it was deemed complete pursuant to any other law. o 1 (One) day has passedlxiii from the date the lead agency approved the project. 2) Authorizes an applicant to make a written request for a public hearing if a public agency fails to make a decision within the above timeframes, and the public agency to place the issue on the public agency’s agenda within 45 days of receipt of the request. The public agency is required, notwithstanding any other law, to make a final written decision at this hearing. o For multi-member decision-making bodies subject to Bagley-Keene or Brown Act the matter shall be placed on the agenda of the agency’s highest -ranking decision-making body.
o For public agencies without a multi -member decision -making body subject to either Bagley-Keene or the Brown Act, then the highest ranking official, or their designee, shall hold a hearing with the applicant on the matter.
3) Authorizes the above hearing to be waived, upon mutual agreement of the public agency and applicant, if the public agency makes a final written determination (prior to the hearing) to grant the action sought by the applicant.
4) Provides that public agencies have a non -discretionary ministerial duty to comply with the above timelines. Authorizes any of the above deadlines to only be extended upon the mutual written consent of the public agency and the applicant. 5) Authorizes an applicant within 90 (calendar) days to file a civil action challenging:
o An agency’s failure to comply with its non -discretionary ministerial duty to finalize the environmental documentation and make a final decision on the project within the timelines described above.
o The agency’s denial, or imposition of unlawful conditions on the project.
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Criteria for Judicial Reviews of Essential Projects
Establishes specific criteria for judicial reviews of any action to attack, review, set aside, void or annul a determination, finding, or decision on an essential project by a public agency on the grounds of noncompliance with CEQA or the state CEQA Guidelines. 1) Retroactive Application: Applies this criteria to any actions pending on, or commenced after the effective date of this ballot measure.lxiv
2) Limits Cause of Actions: Requires any CEQA action to attack, review, set aside, void or annul a determination, finding, or decision by a public agency on the grounds of noncompliance with CEQA or the state CEQA Guidelines to demonstrate that the decision does not comply with objective existing laws, and a court’s review shall be limited to whether the approval or authorization lxv complies with existing laws. The term “objective” is defined to exclude personal and subjective judgement and uniformly verifiable by reference to an external uniform benchmark or criterion knowable by both the applicant and lead agency before the application was submitted.
3) Limits Timelines:
a. 30 days to file an action challenging a public agency’s notice of determination or notice of exemption. (This 30-day limitation, however, does not apply to lawsuits that can be filed by an applicant within 90 days challenging the final decision of a public agency to either:
i. Determine whether an application complete, or
ii. Noncompliance with timelines for completing project reviews. b. Requires the litigation to be completed within 270 days, lxvi (inclusive of original and appellate court proceedings) pursuant to the existing judicial streamlining procedures applicable to environmental leadership development projects. i. Authorizes a Court, in its own discretion, to extend this deadline by up to 90 days.
ii. Alternatively, this deadline may be extended by mutual consent of the applicant, public agency and plaintiff/petitioner.
4) Limits Judicial Standards of Review:
a. In actions related to a public agency’s approval of an essential projects, limits Courts to deciding whether “substantial evidence” in light of the whole record supports the public agency’s decision.
b. In actions challenging compliance with public participation requirements, limits Courts to determining whether the public participation procedures lxvii were arbitrary and capricious and resulted in a prejudicial error.
c. Prohibits Courts from applying or construing procedural or substantive requirements, beyond those specifically listed in CEQA statute or guidelines. d. Provides that nothing in this article (affecting Court reviews) shall be construed to supersede specified statutes governing judicial reviews of decisions of the Public Utilities Commission.
5) Limits Content of Administrative Record: Limits the administrative record only to notices, studies and documents which are either of the following:
a. Required under CEQA to be:
i. Sent or distributed to members of the public by the lead agency.
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b. Public comments: requires all comments to be disregarded and excluded from the administrative record except for:
i. Comments received in written and electronic form during the public comment period.
ii. Comments submitted at least 48 hours prior to a public hearing on the environmental review document.
iii. Oral testimony at a noticed and recorded public hearing.
6) Limits on Judicial Remedies:
a. States that the intent of this measure that Courts not interpret this measure, CEQA law or CEQA guidelines in a manner which imposes procedural and substantive requirements beyond those explicitly stated in this measure, CEQA statute or CEQA guidelines.lxviii
b. Requires a Court, if it finds that a public agency’s approval or authorization of an essential project was not supported by substantial evidence, to issue a peremptory writ of mandate explaining the deficiency with specificity to which part, phase or activity of the project, and the Court’s remedy shall be limited to prohibiting commencement of the noncompliant part, phase or activity until it is corrected. c. Provides any essential project part, phase or activity not within the scope of the deficiency identified by the Court shall not be subject to the writ, and is not subject to further challenge in and action or proceeding under CEQA. d. Requires a public agency, when the corrective actions have been completed, to file a return to the writ affirming compliance, and the Court to dismiss the action or proceeding.
e. Prohibits any lawsuits (actions) or proceedings challenging the implementation through completion of an essential project when any of the following have occurred:
i. When the lead agency’s project approval was not subject to judicial challenge.
ii. When an agency’s decision was challenged and upheld. iii. When an agency has filed a return of writ (affirming its compliance with the Court’s directive) that has been accepted a satisfactory by the Court. f. Prohibits challenges to minor modifications made to an essential project from being challenged under CEQA which:
1. Do not result in significant new impacts, or
2. Do not substantially worsen previously identified significant impacts. g. Authorizes a Court to order a project be halted with a temporary injunction upon a showing of clear and convincing evidence that a project would have a specific, adverse impact on public safety, and there is no feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate it . Provides that satisfactorily mitigating a project for public safety shall include either of the following:
1. A public agency’s subsequent decision to modify the project to avoid or mitigate to a less than significant impact.
2. A public agency’s determination, after the preparation of an EIR, or supplemental EIR, (under the timelines and procedures set forth in this chapter) that the adverse impact on public safety cannot be mitigated.
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1) Pre-emptive and Streamlined Approval Process for “Essential Projects.” This proposed ballot measure would codify as a separate Chapter in CEQA statute an expansive list of preemptive timelines and requirements for processing applications, performing environmental analysis, and narrowing the permissible scope and focus of related judicial reviews for “essential projects.” Applies this measure to any essential projects pending on the date that this ballot measure takes effect. Should voters approve this measure, both private parties and public agency applicants proposing essential projects could experience reduced costs, timelines and uncertainties, compared to existing law. 2) Applicants Can Decide If/How to Follow: Applicants for essential projects, however, do not have to follow or use this law. The measure states that applicants can “elect to utilize none, some, or all” of this law, in combination with or as alternatives to “other land use and environmental review laws, mechanisms, or procedures.” However, when an applicant chooses to use some of this law, they are prohibited from opting out of the tribal consultation and labor provisions. lxix Applicants can also apply this law “a portion” of their project that meets the definition of an “essential project,” and withdraw projects pending public agency approval and resubmit them under this law. Despite the goal of “streamlining” the approval process, establishing all of these “à la carte” options for applicants may result in more confusion, disputes and litigation.
3) HSR, Delta & Nuclear Projects Carved-Out: This proposal carves-out from the definition of “essential projects” three controversial projects: High Speed Rail, the Delta Conveyance Project, and nuclear energy projects. These exclusions appear more political than policy driven, because there is no maximum size or other limitation that would prohibit other large private or public essential projects —with potentially similar environmental impacts —from benefitting from this measure.
4) Ministerial Process, In Effect: A major focus throughout this proposal is an effort to remove discretion from local agencies, state bodies and courts when considering an application, an environmental analysis, or litigation associated with an essential project. In brief, this measure:
a. Requires, notwithstanding any other law, an application to be reviewed based only upon the existing laws and standards in effect on the date the application was submitted, with exceptions for building code updates, and where a public agency makes a finding of necessity due to a “life safety” impact. b. Declares that public agencies have a “non-discretionary ministerial duty to comply” with a detailed timeframe for making a decision on a project. c. Declares that the measure establishes clear CEQA review timelines and procedures and “administrative permit review” for essential projects.lxx d. Limits a lead agency’s decision in the “streamlined alternatives analysis” developed by the applicant for an EIR to only the following:’
i. Approve the applicant’s project as proposed.
ii. Approve a single alternative developed by the applicant. iii. Adopt a “no project” alternative, that also is required to include an explanation of the “benefits resulting from the essential project.” 5) Significantly Limits Court Actions: One of the most significant effects of this measure is the limitations imposed on legal actions and Courts regarding essential projects. Limits are imposed on cause of actions, contents of the administrative record, timelines, and judicial reviews and remedies. Courts are limited to deciding whether “substantial evidence” in light
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6) Extensive Tribal Consultation Required: This measure requires applicants to engage in an extensive tribal consultation process, described in detail over five pages. Applicants will have to consider the potential for delays, disputes and uncertainties in this process compared to seeking approvals for their projects under other laws. 7) Dural Roles for Public Agencies: Public agencies are affected by this measure in two primary ways, both in their role of processing applications, and when they propose their own projects:
a. Processing applications: Affected agencies will be required to process applications, oversee more limited environmental reviews, and make final decisions on essential projects within specified timeframes, or be exposed to potential civil actions.
Throughout this process they are limited to applying existing laws and standards and have little independent discretion.
b. Proposing projects: For many “essential projects,” a local or state agency will be the applicant, thus – in theory – this measure allows these projects to take advantage of the stricter timelines, limits on public input, judicial reviews and remedies. Yet, for public agencies, this authority is tempered by other realities. The decisions of public agencies are subject to transparency requirements and political pressures. Public officials are accountable to their appointing bodies and the ballot box. Even though this measure presents an option, some public agencies may decide to go through the regular CEQA process, or extend applicable deadlines, to provide public assurances that they are not attempting to bypass public input or avoid environmental mitigation. 8) Authorizing Civil Actions Against Public Agencies: This measure authorizes project applicants to file “civil actions” against public agencies within 90 days of an adverse decision affecting compliance with the following:
i. Determining whether an application is complete.
ii. Processing environmental documents.
iii. Making a final decision on a project.
Judicial reviews are the typical way a dispute between an applicant and a public agency are handled. When there is a problem, a judge requires the public agency to address the identified issue, while retaining authority to sanction any lack of compliance with a Court’s order. This measure, instead, allows such matters to be converted into private “civil” disputes between two parties, and brings with it the potential for jury trials and an applicant to be awarded (actual/emotional &punitive) damages for asserted harms.
This civil action proposal may be related to recent changes to housing laws. SB 1037 (Wiener), Ch. 293 of 2024, authorized both the Attorney General and the Department of Housing and Community Development to sue local agencies for not complying with ministerial approval laws for housing projects and have them subject to civil remedies of between $10,000 to $50,000 per month from the date of the violation until it is cured. The extensive 90 -day window for an applicant to file a civil action in this measure, could be designed to allow housing project applicants time to coordinate enforcement with state agencies. Moreover, other stakeholders may seek to expand the remedies in SB 1037 to other essential projects.
1127 11TH STREET, SUITE 300, SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 • 916.974.9270 • PUBLICPOLICYGROUP.COM PAGE 19 9) Police/Sheriff Stations with No Jails : This measure includes local police and sheriff stations as ”essential facilities,” but with the caveat that they can’t include a detention facility. Given the realities of law enforcement, this exclusion is unrealistic, and likely renders this option moot for new local law enforcement facilities. 10) Labor Costs and Private Facilities : While public projects are required to pay prevailing wages, private projects do not. Thus, private applicants will have to weigh the potential streamlining and other benefits offered by this measure against potential increases in construction cost associated with the applicable labor requirements. 11) Action & Reaction: Newton’s third law of motion describes that for every action there will be an equal and opposite reaction. It is no different in the political realm. While the sponsors of this measure may desire clarity, they should prepare for much more of it. Removing discretion from state and local agencies and courts to evaluate and respond to environmental impacts from such a broad swath of potential “essential projects” (including state highways, electrical transmission lines, schools, clean energy , water projects, etc.)— unless they are based upon existing laws and standard —will create incentives for all concerned stakeholders to encourage the adoption of more rigorous and detailed written laws, standards, guidelines by state and local agencies. 12) Leverage for Legislative Negotiations? State law lxxi allows the proponent of a qualified ballot measure to withdraw their proposal at least 131 days before the election. One result of this law is that it opened the door for initiative proponents to attempt to leverage the Legislature/Governor into cutting deals on various policy matters. In order for this gambit to work, the proponent must be capable of gathering the required number of signatures and funding a successful campaign. The California Chamber of Commerce certainly has the resources to gather the required 546,651 signatures by June 24, 2026. But the Governor and Legislature just agreed to CEQA reforms in two 2025 Budget Trailer bills (AB 130/SB 131).
Whether a negotiated alternative or modified version of this complex and extensive measure can be agreed to in the Legislature depends on how the ballot measure polls with voters, and the position of environmental, labor, tribes and other major stakeholders. 13) Equal Protection? This measure would result in a two-tiered administrative, environmental and legal framework, with essential projects subject to one standard, and all other projects to another. It’s unclear whether a (14th Amendment) “equal protection”lxxiiargument could be raised by applicants of projects not covered in this measure. Why should a shopping center or a manufacturing plant be subject to more lengthy, costly and onerous review than a state highway or a giant solar farm?
i The definition of “essential projects” includes related and ancillary public, private and utility infrastructure and public service facilities required by a utility or public agency, or included in an essential project application, as part of the “whole of the project.” Examples include: electric, telecommunication, gas, water, wastewater, stormwater, transit, police, fire and transportation improvements that provide required public and utility services and infrastructure to the project.
ii California Environmental Quality Act.
iii See statement of “statewide concern” in Sec. 21030. iv Sec. 21014. It is unclear what meaning, if any, this provision has, because it appears inaccurate. The ability of local public agencies to approve/disapprove projects is clearly “diminished” by the state “occupying the field” and by shifting power to project applicants, removing public agency discretion, limiting options for environmental mitigation to only one alternative proposed by the applicant, and limiting the scope and potential remedies from Court reviews.
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v This “lock in” excludes the application of any potentially applicable new statutes passed by the Legislature in 2025 that took effect January 1, 2026. A more detailed analysis will need to occur on which new laws (effective Jan. 1, 2026) are excluded from by this provision. Also, this concept appears to conflict internally with other sections of this measure which provide that the existing laws in effect at the time when an application is submitted apply to an essential project.
Further, this lock in mechanism can cut both ways. For example, if a section of existing CEQA statute the sponsors of this measure don’t like is at some future point repealed, does this mean that it still has to continue to apply to essential projects anyway?
vi It is curious why the drafters of this measure picked out only this single bill, to the exclusion of all other potentially applicable bills, that took effect January 1, 2026.
vii Broad definition of “public agency” captures all state and local agencies. viii This ballot measure is proposed as a new “chapter” within the CEQA statute. ix Allowing applicants to pick and choose some combination between existing laws and this measure, will produce considerable confusion between applicants and public agencies over which provisions actually apply to a project. For example, attempting to reconcile this measure with the maze of recent housing laws will lead to byzantine levels of analysis and legal disputes.
x The effective date of this measure is when the election is certified by the Secretary of State following the November 3, 2026, general election.
xi The very broad definition of ”essential projects” will lead to debates over when and how to apply this “portion” provision. For example, the definition of clean energy projects is prefaced with the “including, but not limited to” phrase when describing electricity producing renewable and sustainable projects. xii Combining this proposal with the already muddled assortment of state housing laws, will create additional confusion and disputes over interpretations.
xiii The definition of “mixed use development” mirrors the definition of that term used in the Housing Accountability Act. 1) “Mixed use” is defined as any of the following:
a) 2/3rds residential in new or converted square footage. b) 50% of new or converted square footage for a projects with more than 500 net new residential units. Prohibits any portion of the project from including a hotel, motel, bed and breakfast inn, or other transient lodging.
Provides an exception for a residential hotel, as defined. , c) 50% of new or converted square footage for a projects with more than 500 net new residential units, and the project converts 100,000 square feet of non-residential use to residential use, and demolishes at least 50 percent of the existing on-site non-residential uses. Prohibits any portion of the project from including a hotel, motel, bed and breakfast inn,-or other transient lodging. Provides an exception for a residential hotel, as defined.
2) Provides that the mixed-use development may include any non-residential uses that are integrated into the development and supportive of its residential components. Unlike the language in the Housing Accountability Act, however, this measure prohibits “heavy industrial, extractive, port, refinery, or hazardous uses” from being included in the project as “non-residential uses. Provides that any minimum distance between non-residential uses included in the project and any off-site residential use shall be determined by state law. xiv As these terms are defined in Gov. Code Section 65582 (g), (n), and (q). xv As defined in H&S Code 50199.7 (h).
xvi Includes in the definition of “group living” as those typically without a kitchen and bath in each unit, including convents, monasteries, and other types of organizational housing. xvii Includes dormitory-style and suite-style housing.
xviii Includes residential or group living accommodation of any size for those over 55: intergenerational housing, senior congregate housing, senior citizen housing development [as defined in Civ. Code Sec. 51.3 (b)(4)], residential care facilities for the elderly [as defined in H&S Sec. 1569.2 (o)(1)], and any continuing care retirement community [H&S Sec. 1771 (a)(10)]. This definition of senior housing including 55+ likely picks up large single-family “Sun City” type senior housing subdivision/golf resort developments.
In addition, this “senior” provision states that it shall not be construed to limit the authority of a local agency to categorize senior housing uses as non-residential in its zoning, but shall be deemed a “housing development project” for purposes of the Housing Accountability Act.
xix As defined in Sec. 4100 Civil Code.
xx This “but not limited to” phrase opens up debates over how broadly this “clean energy” definition can be interpreted. xxi Defined in Art XIX, Sec. 2 (a) and (b).
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xxii The language in this exclusion [Sec. 21028 (p)(3)] is awkwardly drafted, but due to the cross reference to the definition of “high speed train” in Sec. 2704.01(d), it appears to capture the high speed rail train project Brightline West that is not officially part of the High Speed Rail Bond Act.
xxiii Defined in H&S Sec. 116275 (h).
xxiv This vaguely worded provision could potentially be very broad. Could such systems “that directly or indirectly provide water to a public water system” include the Cadiz’ Mojave Water project or a large new reservoir? xxv The cross reference to the Water Resource Portfolio picks up a broad range of projects including the controversial Delta Conveyance Project. A separate provision of this measure, however, excludes the Delta Conveyance Project. https://resources.ca.gov/Initiatives/Building-Water-Resilience/portfolio. xxvi Excluding jail or detention facilities from this definition is likely aimed at avoiding polarized debates over criminal justice approaches and immigration enforcement. Still the reality of public safety is that most police and sheriff stations have holding cells for arrested individuals, DUIs, etc. Sheriffs operate county jails. Excluding “detention” portions from such facilities makes it more difficult for a local agency to use this provision, because they would have to incur the costs and operational challenges of building, financing and staffing a separate structure. xxvii See Sec. 21028 (c) for extensive definition.
xxviii See Sec. 21028 (ff) for extensive definition of “tribal cultural resource.” xxix The definition of “consulting tribe” is contained in Sec. 21028 (e). xxx The list cited is the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. S. 5131) xxxi The measure describes, in detail, the measures a lead agency shall take to protect the confidentiality of information disclosed by tribes.
xxxii This initial screening shall take place (prior to an application being deemed complete) at the earlier of the applicant’s:
1) Submittal of a preliminary application, 2) Notification to a public agency of intent to engage in the optional preliminary scoping process described in this measure, or 3) Submittal of an application for an essential project. xxxiii Refers to calendar days.
xxxiv Since many local and state agencies may lack written standards for every conceivable essential project, such as the constantly evolving clean energy field, the passage of this measure could trigger extensive development of statutes, guidelines and other written standards.
xxxv This measure [Sec. 21028 (r)]contains an expansive definition of “existing laws,” which essentially can be distilled into three tiers:
1. Laws, ordinances, standards, rules, etc. in effect when the application was submitted.
2. Any update to the California Building Standards Code that takes effect (the earlier of) either before the environmental review of the project is completed, or before the initial building permit application/plan review package has been submitted to the affected jurisdiction.
3. Laws, ordinances, standards, rules, etc. not in effect when the application was submitted, but where the public agency makes a finding that compliance with the (law, ordinance, standard, rule, etc.) is necessary to mitigate or avoid a specific life-safety impact, including those associated with new and emerging technologies, materials, or grid integration systems. The lead agency is required to notify the applicant within 72 hours of making this finding, and it must occur (the earlier of) either before the environmental review of the project is completed, or before the initial building permit application/plan review package has been submitted to the affected jurisdiction.
xxxvi Defines “day” for the purposes of timelines applicable to environmental documents in this measure as meaning (business days) every day except Saturday, Sunday, and state holidays. All other reference to “day(s)” in this measure refers to calendar days.
xxxvii This 30-day timeline mirrors Sec. 15102 of the CEQA guidelines to prepare an initial study. xxxviii The timelines listed here to complete environmental reviews and documents may be extended upon written request of the applicant. Where the project applicant and the lead agency are the same, the public agency may extend any of these deadlines through a written notice.
xxxix Excludes the following from being considered as “significant changes”:
• Any changes to the project made in response to public comment. • Any changes to the project made through the CEQA alternatives process. • Any changes to the project based upon lead agency concerns identified in the CEQA process. xl The terms “environmental review document” and environmental review documentation” are defined very broadly in Sec. 21028(h).
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xli Where applicants are allowed to submit information to lead agencies by PRC 21082.1(b), or any other law. xlii All the deadlines in this section may be extended by a lead agency that is also the applicant. xliii These 60/30 day deadlines may be extended only by written request of the applicant. xliv The main difference is that judicial review is a court's power to examine the actions of the legislative and executive branches to determine if they are constitutional, while a civil action is a legal case between two private parties seeking a remedy for a non-criminal wrong, such as a dispute over money or property. Judicial review checks government actions for legality, while a civil action addresses harm between individuals or organizations. xlv While an applicant is given 90 days to decide whether to file a civil action over an adverse decision, it is unclear what the time window for an interested party would be, other than the five-day window following the findings of the lead agency on whether the applicant complied with the requirements. xlvi Sec. 21020 (h).
xlvii While an applicant for an essential project may voluntarily choose to use this expedited scoping and streamlined analysis process, it seems more likely that private-sector applicants would choose to use this controversial process rather than a public agencies. Appointed and elected officials from public agencies have deeper responsibilities to the affected community and are exposed to potential replacement, budget sanctions, recall and other political accountability for their actions.
xlviii It is unclear if this process is also optional on the part of a lead agency. The drafting of this measure is unclear. Some lead agencies may opt not to use this process even when an applicant “voluntarily chooses” to use it, since issues raised by a local agency and public comments do not have to be responded to by the applicant. Comments raised in this process, however, may be taken into consideration by an applicant when drafting their single proposed alternative. xlix Comments go to the applicant, not the public agency. l It is unclear what this record is used for, since an applicant does not have to respond to issues raised by the lead agency.
li Note that it’s the applicant’s the decision whether to convene a public meeting. It is also unclear whether these meetings would need to comply with local and state notice and other requirements, or whether an applicant could simply schedule a Zoom meeting.
lii It seems that there is little value attributed to public comments. liii This “determination” applies to the public agency or a court. liv The legal standard for “substantial evidence” is: evidence that a reasonable mind could accept as adequate to support a conclusion. It must be more than a mere scintilla and is used by appellate courts to review factual findings made by lower courts or administrative agencies, ensuring the original decision had a proper basis. The evidence must be relevant and credible, but it does not have to be the strongest evidence available or meet the "preponderance of the evidence" standard.
lv Seems to limit the applicability of a future law, or a Court’s discretion. lvi The required insertion here of information on the benefits resulting from the proposed project appears out of place with the discussion of a “no project” alternative.
lvii To the extent that the CEQA process was originally intended to provide an opportunity for credible reviews and analysis of a proposed project to examine and mitigate environmental impacts, this optional “single alternative proposed by the applicant” proposal conflicts with that premise, by reducing the role of public input, and independent analysis and review and recommendations of the public agency, and placing the developer in charge of the entire process. lviii This decision by a public agency appears to be limited to only the ministerial question on whether the applicant complied with the requirements of the section.
lix Appears to be a ministerial decision. A five-day window is very limited for an interested party to raise questions over compliance with this process. If an interested party raises an issue, it is unclear what would actually be reviewed. The applicant simply has to follow the process and timelines, and does not have to incorporate or respond to the information received in either the meetings with the lead agency or public input as they develop their project alternative. lx Labeling these projects as “essential” is clearly intended to make it much more difficult for an agency to deny. What does “select” the no project alternative mean? Is it a denial? lxi See Sec. 21029(b) for limitations applicable to court interpretations. lxii This option gives an applicant the ability to pick and choose which environmental impacts (that were not somehow already covered by a previous written law or standard) to apply to a project. This gives applicants an opportunity to reduce political pressure associated with their projects by including modifications that otherwise would not be legally required or met the “life safety” exception for new laws (statutes, ordinances, standards, etc.) that take effect after submittal of an application
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lxiii This “one day has passed” provision seems awkward, and presumes that one public agency has knowledge of the timing of another public agency’s final decision. This language should be clarified to avoid confusion. lxiv Public agencies should consider whether existing housing and other “essential projects” subject to existing litigation could be impacted by the retroactive nature of this provision. lxv The term “approval or authorization” is defined broadly in Sec. 21028(b). lxvi Inserting this 270-day litigation window here allows housing projects subject to litigation to benefit from the streamlined litigation timeline applicable to an “environmental leadership development project” as defined in PRC Section 21183.5, while not having to comply with the specific conditions in that section applicable to housing projects:
$15 million project minimum, infill location, 15% of units for lower income households, or prevailing wages and other labor conditions.
lxvii “Public participation procedures” is defined in Sec. 21028 (aa). lxviii See intent language in Sec. 21029.
lxix See provision requiring compliance with tribal consultation and labor provisions. Sec. 21015(d). lxx See Sec. 21014 (b).
lxxi Based on SB 1253 (Steinberg), of 2014.
lxxii “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” U.S. Constitution, 14th Amendment.
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Municipal Funding Outlook
June 2026
Prepared By:
Jake Whitaker
Director of Grant Services
[email protected]
Phone: (530) 681 -9731
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The CPPG Grant Services Team
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary ...................................................................................................... 3 Funding Opportunity Highlights: June 2026 ........................................................................ 4 Navigating Uncertainty: Federal Policy Impacts on Funding .............................................. 10 Upcoming Funding Opportunities ................................................................................ 16 Surface Transportation Infrastructure ............................................................................. 16 Parks and Recreation ..................................................................................................... 20 Housing Development and Preservation .......................................................................... 23 Homelessness and Human Services ............................................................................... 27 Water and Wastewater ................................................................................................... 29 Law Enforcement and Public Safety ................................................................................ 35 Community Violence Reduction ...................................................................................... 42 Fire and Emergency Response ........................................................................................ 43 Hazard Mitigation ........................................................................................................... 45 Community Resilience ................................................................................................... 48 Economic Development ................................................................................................. 50 Airport and Maritime Port Infrastructure .......................................................................... 52 Transit ........................................................................................................................... 53 Electric Vehicles ............................................................................................................ 54 Urban Greening and Conservation .................................................................................. 57 Brownfield Cleanup ........................................................................................................ 58 Recycling ....................................................................................................................... 59 Information Technology and Broadband .......................................................................... 61 Volunteer and Fellowship Programs ................................................................................ 63 Libraries ........................................................................................................................ 63 Bay Area Regional Grants................................................................................................ 65 Southern California (SCAG) Regional Grants .................................................................... 66
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
With uncertainty surrounding federal assistance programs, combined with the state’s budget challenges over the past two years, the importance of understanding a chaotic grant funding landscape has never been greater. This report includes a complete list of all municipal grant funding opportunities being tracked by CPPG and an overview of the status of major state and federal grant funding sources.
• California FY 26-27 Budget: In January 2026, Governor Newsom released his proposed FY 26–27 budget totaling $348.9 billion, which the Administration has characterized as a “workload” budget focused on maintaining existing programs while addressing a projected $2.9 billion deficit. The proposal includes few new spending initiatives, with major fiscal and policy decisions deferred to the May Revision. While state revenues have exceeded earlier projections, driven largely by continued stock market gains, the Legislative Analyst’s Office has cautioned that this growth is volatile and has warned of persistent multi-year structural deficits estimated at $20 to $35 billion annually. The budget reflects heightened uncertainty stemming from federal policy shifts, rising baseline program costs, and constitutional spending obligations, all of which are expected to constrain discretionary funding for local governments in the near term. • Proposition 4: The state has begun planning and early implementation steps for Proposition 4’s “Climate Bond” programs following adoption of the FY 25-26 Budget. $3.3 billion of the total $10 billion has been appropriated. Listening sessions continue, with initial solicitations for select programs expected to begin rolling out later this calendar year and into 2026. Another $2.1 billion is proposed to be allocated in Governor Newsom’s January budget proposal. CPPG has prepared a comprehensive overview of the Climate Bond rollout for FY 25-26 and beyond, available here. • Federal FY 27 Budget: On July 4, 2025, Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), permanently extending key 2017 tax cuts and mandating deep spending cuts across safety-net programs and non-defense discretionary spending caps for FY26 and beyond. With the FY 26 appropriations process largely completed, Congress is now shifting its attention to FY 27 appropriations.
• Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA): Discretionary grant programs funded through the IIJA, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will continue to announce and obligate appropriated funds as required under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 through Federal FY 26. Programs funded through the IIJA are at varying stages when it comes to obligating the appropriated funding. CPPG has included information on the remaining IIJA funding in the list of upcoming funding opportunities below. While IIJA funding has maintained consistent bipartisan support in the Senate, Congress could still rescind unobligated funds as part of a future budget, reconciliation, or recissions package.
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Please note: CPPG’s team is actively monitoring for updates regarding the availability of future federal grant programs. The current statuses of impacted federal grant programs are documented in the “Upcoming Funding Opportunities” section.
Transportation
• (UPCOMING!) The Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) is releasing another round of funding soon. Funds can be used for roadway safety enhancement capital projects. A webinar was scheduled for 6/2/2026 to go over key funding details, but was cancelled due to delays in the Cycle 13 program rollout. • The USDOT has announced another round of funding for the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program. This program invests in projects that improve railroad safety and efficiency and mitigate congestion for intercity and freight rail checkpoints. Applications are due 6/22/2026. • Cycle 8 of the California Transportation Commission (CTC)’s Active Transportation Program has been released. The goals of the program are to increase biking and walking trips, increase the safety and mobility of non-motorized users, advance efforts of regional agencies, and enhance public health. Applications are due 6/22/2026. • The CTC has announced that another round of the Trade Corridor Enhancement Program (TCEP) will be accepting proposals later this year. This grant program provides funding for infrastructure improvements on federally designated trade corridors of national and regional significance. Guideline development workshops are currently underway.
• The Solutions for Congested Corridors Program (SCCP) will be released later this year by the CTC. The CTC intends to program two years of funding in the 2026 program.
Funding will be used for projects included in a Comprehensive Multimodal Corridor Plan or a regional transportation plan.
• The CTC has announced the Local Partnership Program will accept applications for another round of funding. This program provides funding to projects where voters have approved fees or taxes dedicated solely to transportation improvements or that have imposed fees. Eligible activities include projects that address aging infrastructure, road conditions, active transportation, transit, and rail. The State has appropriated $202 million for this program. Applications are anticipated to be released Summer 2026.
Parks and Recreation
• (UPCOMING!) The State has appropriated $190 million through the Climate Bond (Prop 4) for the Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program. The
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• OGALS held a public comment period for the Habitat Conservation Fund this past spring to revise program guidelines for an upcoming funding competition, which is anticipated to be held in 2026 or 2027. This program funds projects for nature interpretation programs to bring urban residents into park and wildlife areas, protection of various plant and animal species, and acquisition and development of wildlife corridors and trails.
• Another round of the Youth Community Access grant is anticipated in Summer 2026.
This program funds projects that advance California’s Outdoor for All initiative to expand parks and outdoor spaces in communities that need them most.
Water Quality and Conservation
• The WaterSMART Drought Response Program has been released by the Bureau of Reclamation. Funds can be used for two different projects “tasks”: Task A:
Infrastructure Projects or Task B: Water Management and Planning Projects.
Applications are due 7/28/2026.
• The State Water Resources Control Board is currently accepting applications for the Water Recycling Planning Grant. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until 6/30/2027. Projects can include recycled water treatment, recycled water storage, distribution, and pumping, and groundwater recharge.
• DWR has filed a Proposed Emergency Rulemaking Action to expedite the rollout of Proposition 4 Sustainable Groundwater Management Program (SGMP). Draft guidelines are anticipated to be released for public review after the emergency action is approved.
Multiple rounds of funding are anticipated.
• The State Water Resources Control Board accepts applications for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund on a rolling basis. The
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The RLF programs are funded through a combination of annual state and federal investments. Available funding is expected to tighten in the coming years with the expiration of IIJA supplemental federal funding.
Economic Development
• The Economic Development Administration has received additional funding for the Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance programs in the FY 26 federal budget. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis. • The Economic Development Administration has announced the Disaster Supplemental Grant Program for areas that received major disaster declarations because of hurricanes, wildfires, severe storms and flooding, tornadoes, or other natural disasters in 2023-2024. The program provides funding to support economic recovery in these affected areas. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis for Readiness and Implementation projects until funds are exhausted.
Housing Development and Preservation
• (NEW!) The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (US HUD) has released another round of funding for the Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) Grant. Funding is meant to help communities reduce regulatory barriers to affordable housing production and preservation and increase housing affordability.
Applications are due 8/3/2026.
• The USDOT Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced the opening of the Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development Planning grant opportunity. Funds can be used to develop comprehensive or site-specific planning studies to improve coordination between transportation and land use planning. Applications are due 7/10/2026.
• Round 5 of the Encampment Resolution Fund (ERF) Program has been released and is accepting applications. The ERF Program will fund actionable, person-centered proposals that provide stable housing and address immediate health and safety needs of individuals residing in specific encampments. Applications are due 6/30/2026. • The Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development are anticipated to be released soon. Per HUD, program webinars will be announced soon.
• The California Department of Housing and Community Development (CalHCD) has appropriated $120 million for FY 25-26 for the Multifamily Housing Program. The program funds projects for new construction or rehabilitation of existing housing
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Sustainability and Climate Action
• (NEW!) The Strategic Growth Council has released the guidelines for Round 6 of the Transformative Climate Communities Program. This program provides funds for community-led development and infrastructure projects that achieve major environmental, health, and economic benefits. The State has appropriated $100 million from the Climate Bond for this program. Applications are due 9/30/2026, but pre- proposals for implementation grants are due 6/30/2026.
• (NEW!) The Strategic Growth Council has released the guidelines for Round 2 of the Community Resilience Center Program. This program provides funds for development and implementation of community resilience centers that mitigate the public health impacts of extreme heat and other emergency situations. The State has appropriated $55 million from the Climate Bond for this program. Applications are due 9/4/2026 for Planning Grants and 9/25/2026 for Implementation Grants. • (NEW!) CalRecycle has released another round of funding for the Beverage Container Recycling Grants. Funds can be used to implement new or enhance existing programs that provide convenient beverage container recycling opportunities. Applications are due 8/11/2026.
• (UPCOMING!) The Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program has announced a second round of funding. The Climate Bond appropriated $22 million for FY 25-26.
Funding will be used for planning projects that combine community services and physical improvements to protect communities from extreme heat. The RFP and Pre- Application Interest Form are anticipated to be released later in 2026. • The Coastal Conservancy has received Climate Bond funding appropriations of $62 million in FY 25-26 for coastal resilience projects and $32.5 million in FY 25-26 for sea level rise adaptation projects. Proposals are being accepted through the Coastal Conservancy Grants rolling application process.
Electrification and Zero-Emission Vehicles
• The Clean Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Program (HVIP) has reopened and is accepting applications on a first-come, first-served basis. Funds can be used to purchase zero-emission heavy-duty trucks and buses for California fleets.
Fire and Emergency Response
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• CALFIRE has released another round of funding for the Wildfire Prevention Grants Program. Funds can be used for three types of activities: Hazardous Fuels Reduction, Wildfire Prevention Planning, and Wildfire Prevention Education. Applications are due 7/8/2026.
• FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) has been released and is accepting applications. This program funds equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, training, and other necessary resources for protecting the public and emergency personnel. Applications are due 6/22/2026.
• The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant is open for applications. The SAFER Grant is designed to directly fund fire departments or volunteer firefighter organizations to help increase or maintain the number of trained firefighters. Applications are due 6/22/2026.
• The Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) has been released for another round of funding.
The goal of this program is to reduce injury and prevent death through fire prevention programs and firefighter health and safety research and development. Applications are due 6/22/2026.
• FEMA has released the state and tribal competition for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Program. CalOES will be reaching out directly to applicants that have applied before and are in their system, instead of their usual open subapplication process.
• The Community Microgrid Enablement Program through PG&E is anticipated to announce a Third Round in 2026. This program provides funding to enable a community microgrid through studies and equipment for a safe transition.
Public Safety
• (NEW!) The U.S. Department of Justice has released another round of funding for the COPS Hiring Program. The purpose of CHP is to fund law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire additional career sworn law enforcement officers/deputies in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Applications are due to Grants.gov on 7/23/2026 and JustGrants on 7/29/2026. • (NEW!) The Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LWMHWA) has been released for another round of funding. Funds can be used for the delivery of and access
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Applications are due to Grants.gov on 7/30/2026 and JustGrants on 8/5/2026. • (NEW!) The US DOJ has released the School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP).
Funding can be used to improve security at schools and on school grounds though evidence-based school safety programs. Applications are due to Grants.gov on 8/4/2026 and JustGrants on 8/11/2026.
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The first year of the second Trump administration has been marked by sweeping administrative actions led by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), aimed at freezing federal assistance programs, canceling grant agreements, and rolling back funding commitments across numerous agencies.
Executive Orders: Since taking office, President Trump has issued a steady stream of Executive Orders reshaping the executive branch's policy directives across a wide range of issues. Most significantly for grant funding, the administration moved quickly to rescind Executive Orders from the prior administration that had integrated DEI principles and climate action into discretionary federal assistance programs. Relevant Executive Orders that continue to govern federal grant eligibility and administration include:
• Executive Order 14148, Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions • Executive Order 14151, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEl Programs and Preferencing
• Executive Order 14154, Unleashing American Energy
• Executive Order 14168, Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government
• Executive Order 14174, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity
• Executive Order 14238, Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy • Executive Order 14287, Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens • Executive Order 14315, Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign Controlled Energy Sources
• Executive Order 14332, Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
President Trump Issues Executive Order on Federal Grant Oversight: On August 7, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14332 , Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking.
The order imposes new requirements that discretionary grants must advance presidential policy priorities in addition to statutory objectives, establishes political appointee review of funding announcements and awards, and directs agencies to add “termina tion for convenience” clauses to both new and, where legally permissible, existing agreements. Agencies must also require written justification for drawdowns and prioritize applicants with lower indirect cost rates. These provisions mark a fundamental shift in the grantmaking process, creating heightened administrative burdens for recipients and greater risk of mid-stream termination for awarded projects. CPPG’s memo breaking down E.O. 14332 is available here.
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• Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC): Terminated April 2025; reinstated by federal court order March 2026. FY2024 NOFO expected imminently. • IRA Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF): $20 billion in awards terminated by EPA March 2025. Multiple lawsuits filed; partially stayed pending appeals. • EPA Thriving Communities / Community Change Grants — Terminated by EPA; termination ruled unlawful July 2025. EPA is appealing.
• DOE Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs and Clean Manufacturing Awards: Approximately $24 billion in IIJA and IRA awards flagged for termination or suspension October 2025. • Digital Equity Act Programs (NTIA): Administration announced intent to claw back unobligated funds and terminate remaining competitions. California's $70 million subgrant program halted. Multi-state lawsuit filed.
• Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) / State Library Grants: Termination noticed April 2025. Preliminary injunction in force; appeal pending in the First Circuit. • AmeriCorps: Eliminated April 2025. Future funding and volunteer opportunities not anticipated.
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting / Next Generation Warning System (NGWS): CPB funding eliminated in July 2025 rescissions package. CPB announced wind-down of operations; $21.6 million NGWS grant program terminated. • DOJ-Administered Community Programs: Over two dozen programs flagged by OMB for likely termination under E.O. 14151, including reentry, behavioral health, community violence reduction, and youth justice programs. DOJ has resumed issuing NOFO’s for several of these programs in 2026.
President Trump Signs the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA): On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law after narrow, party -line votes in both chambers of Congress. The legislation makes permanent key tax cuts from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, adds new tax benefits, an d directs new spending on border security and agriculture. To offset these new costs, a requirement of the Senate’s budget reconciliation process, OBBBA imposes deep cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other safety -net programs , rescinds unobligated balances of funding appropriated by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and significantly reduces non-defense discretionary spending caps for FY26 and beyond.
Amendments to Federal Grant Award Conditions: The administration has pursued a multi - front strategy to embed new policy requirements directly into federal grant agreements, creating compliance risks for agencies with both pending and active awards. Local governments should be aware of the following developments and carefully review any new or amended federal grant agreement with legal counsel:
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• Special Award Conditions (SACs): As the administration has resumed executing grant agreements for projects awarded under the prior administration, new Special Award Conditions have been inserted into agreement language requiring recipients to comply with federal immigration enforcement efforts and to certify the elimination of DEI programs and initiatives. A preliminary injunction issued in June 2025 prohibits USDOT from imposing immigration enforcement conditions as a condition of receiving federal transportation funding, though this injunction remains subject to further litigation and applies only to named parties.
• Updates to Agency General Terms and Conditions: In March 2025, the EPA updated its general grant terms and conditions to allow termination of any award that "no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities." These terms are incorporated into any future amendment of an existing EPA grant agreement or any new grant agreement issued by the EPA. The administration has further attempted to apply these terms retroactively, an issue which is being litigated as a potential violation of the APA. • Termination for Convenience Clauses: Executive Order 14332, signed August 7, 2025, directs federal agencies to add "termination for convenience" clauses to new grant agreements and, where legally permissible, to existing ones. These clauses give agencies broad authority to terminate an award mid-stream if it is deemed inconsistent with current administration priorities, a significant departure from prior grantmaking practice and a material risk for multi-year capital projects.
SAM.gov Certification Requirement Changes: On January 28, 2026, the General Services Administration (GSA) published a Federal Register notice (OMB Control No. 3090 -0290) proposing revisions to the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) registration requirements for all recipients of federal financial assistance. The proposed rule would embed new government-wide policy certifications into the SAM.gov registration process, requiring entities to affirm compliance with statements related to anti -discrimination law broadly targeting DEI programs, immigration enforcement, and anti-terrorism designations, effectively making these certifications a universal eligibility condition for federal grants, cooperative agreements, loans, and other forms of federal financial assistance. Because SAM registration is a government-wide prerequisite, these certifications would apply across all federal programs simultaneously.
Cities and counties with active multi- year awards face particular risk: agencies renewing their SAM registration before those awards close may be required to accept new representations that did not exist when their grants were originally awarded, creating retroactive compliance exposure and potential liability under the False Claims Act. CPPG recommends that agencies review their SAM.gov registration renewal dates, inventory active federal awards, and consult legal counsel regarding False Claims Act exposure. A detailed memo prepared by CPPG on this issue is available here.
Shifting Legal Landscape Limits on Judicial Relief for Funding Disputes : On June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court issued a 6 -3 ruling in Trump v. CASA , significantly limiting the power of
1127 11TH STREET, SUITE 300, SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 • 916.974.9270 • PUBLICPOLICYGROUP.COM PAGE 13 federal district courts to issue nationwide injunctions. Going forward, injunctions must apply only to the named plaintiffs in a case, rather than blocking federal policy nationwide. The ruling had immediate and profound legal implications: meaningfully narrowing the protective scope of existing injunctions shielding sanctuary jurisdictions and grant recipients from punitive federal actions. Then, on August 13, 2025, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that further constrained legal recourse b y holding that disputes over executive compliance with appropriations statutes must be directed to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) rather than the judiciary, effectively barring broad lawsuits seeking to compel release of appropriated funds. The GAO lacks authority to issue binding remedies, meaning this consolidation of enforcement authority offers limited practical relief to affected grantees. However, the recent successful lawsuit against the termination of the BRIC program demonstrates that judicial relief remains available under the right circumstances. The BRIC lawsuit succeeded in securing the reinstatement of funding because the plaintiff states were named parties, satisfying the Trump v. CASA standard, and because their claims were grounded in the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), challenging FEMA's termination of the program as an unlawful agency action rather than simply asserting a right to appropriated funds. APA claims of this type remain squarely within federal court jurisdiction, and the D.C. Circuit standing ruling does not foreclose them. The practical implication for local agencies is that broad, passive protection from nationwide injunctions is no longer viable, but agencies that are named participants in multi- jurisdictional coalitions asserting well-grounded APA claims retain viable paths to judicial relief.
Funding for Sanctuary Jurisdictions Targeted: In February 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memorandum to all Department of Justice staff titled “Sanctuary City Directives.” The memo seeks to end the provision of Department of Justice grant funding to state and local jurisdictions that “unlawfully interfere with Federal Law Enforcement Operations” until a review is completed and to “terminate any agreements that are in violation of the law or are a source of waste, fraud or abuse and initiate clawba ck or recoupment procedures, where appropriate.” Similar action was taken during the first Trump administration, but there is clear precedent from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling during the first administration that the DOJ lacks the statutory authority to impose restrictions on funding allocated by Congress . More information about the legal precedent surrounding this issue is available here in a memo prepared by CPPG.
The administration followed this with Executive Order 14287, Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens, and in May 2025, the Department of Homeland Security briefly published a list of counties and municipalities across 37 states designated as s anctuary jurisdictions before taking the list down four days later following pushback from Sheriff's Offices nationwide.
Federal courts have consistently blocked the administration's efforts to withhold funding on this basis. A preliminary injunction issued by District Court Judge William Orrick in City and County of San Francisco v. Trump remains in force, and a subsequent ruling confirmed that Executive Order 14287 cannot be used to circumvent that injunction. However, the Supreme Court's June 2025 ruling in Trump v. CASA has meaningfully narrowed the protective reach of these injunctions to named plaintiffs rather than providing broad nationwide protection.
1127 11TH STREET, SUITE 300, SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 • 916.974.9270 • PUBLICPOLICYGROUP.COM PAGE 14 USDOT Funding Priorities: On February 10, 2025, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy issued a memorandum to “reset” the Department’s priorities for discretionary spending programs – which offers us some insight into the administration’s technical efforts to redistribute federal assistance funds. The memo directs staff to prioritize projects and goals that:
1. Utilize user-pay models;
2. Direct funding to local opportunity zones where permitted;
3. To the extent practicable, relevant, appropriate, and consistent with law, mitigate the unique impacts of DOT programs, policies, and activities on families and family-specific difficulties, such as the accessibility of transportation to families with young children, and give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average (including in administering the Federal Transit Administration's Capital Investment Grant program); s
4. Prohibit recipients of DOT support or assistance from imposing vaccine and mask mandates; and
5. Require local compliance or cooperation with Federal immigration enforcement and with other goals and objectives specified by the President of the United States or the Secretary.
USDOT Directive to Review Pending Awards: On March 1 1, 2025, the USDOT Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy (OST-P) issued a directive to all USDOT department heads and administrators "providing guidance on competitive award selections made after January 20, 2021, that do NOT have fully obligated grant agreements or cooperative agreements in place." The directive specifically calls for a project -by-project review of grant awards announced from FY 2022 to FY 2025 that do not have fully obligated grant agreements to ensure alignment with the current administration's priorities and Executive Orders. The directive outlines a three- step process. The project -by-project will flag project scope elements or activities for potential removal, including:
• Project activities such as equity analysis, green infrastructure, bicycle infrastructure, EV and/or EV charging infrastructure.
• Project purpose or primary project benefits include equity and/or climate such as -projects that purposefully improve the condition for EJ communities or actively reduce GHG emissions.
More information on the USDOT’s planned grant award review process for is available in this memo prepared by CPPG.
New USDOJ Funding Requirements & Priorities: New language inserted into DOJ COPS Office FY25 NOFOs includes conditions that prioritize jurisdictions cooperating with federal immigration enforcement, prohibit funding to state/local LEAs that fail to protect “public monuments,” ban support for schools mandating COVID -19 vaccinations, and restrict funding for any activities that promote “gender ideology” or incorporate DEI frameworks. These
1127 11TH STREET, SUITE 300, SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 • 916.974.9270 • PUBLICPOLICYGROUP.COM PAGE 15 requirements are expected to be challenged in court and have prompted California’s Attorney General to advise caution in pursuing federal public safety grants at this time.
SCOTUS Green Lights Mass Federal Workforce Firings: The Supreme Court’s issued its ruling in the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) vs. Trump case on July 1, 2025, upholding the administration’s claim of broad presidential authority to dismiss federal workers “at will.” This ruling is expected to drive a wave of layoffs across agencies administering key grant programs, including the EPA, FEMA, and the Department of Education . As early as this month, federal departments have begun staffing re ductions in program officer and grants management roles. Municipalities and states should anticipate disruptions, including delays in reimbursement processing, grant administration, and continuity of program officer contacts.
USDOT Official Terminates CA High -Speed Rail Federal Funding: On July 16, 2025, the U.S.
Department of Transportation formally terminated two federal grant agreements with the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA), rescinding nearly $4 billion in unobligated funding previously awarded for the Central Valley segment . The termination follows the department’s June 4th compliance report which cited persistent non -compliance, missed procurement deadlines, escalating costs, and an inability to meet the 2033 delivery timeline for the Early Operating Segment. Furthermore, Transportation Secretary Duffy has promised to continue vetting USDOT grant award agreements that have a nexus to the HSR project as potential targets for termination. In response to USDOT’s decision, the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom issued a press release indicating that CHSRA will sue the administration based on their claims that the these terminations were improperly handled and politically-motivated.
Presidential Memorandum on Grant Fund Misuse: On August 28, 2025, President Trump issued a memorandum directing the Attorney General to investigate misuse of federal grant funds for lobbying purposes. The memorandum instructs the Department of Justice to strengthen enforcement against grantees found to have diverted federal resources for political advocacy, further expanding oversight and compliance risks for states, local governments, and nonprofits. While framed as a measure to prevent lobbying with federal dollars, the breadth of the directive raises concerns that organizations engaged in environmental justice, civil rights, or other issue advocacy that the administration deems “political” could be targeted.
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UPCOMING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Surface Transportation Infrastructure
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Safe Streets and
Roads for All (SS4A)
– Planning and
Demonstration
U.S. DOT
(FHWA)
Maximum of
$5,000,000.
Minimum of
$100,000.
20% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2027
Planning funds are
available through SS4A
to develop a
Comprehensive Safety
Action Plan/Local
Roadway Safety Plan or
demonstration
projects.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Safe Streets and
Roads for All (SS4A)
– Implementation
U.S. DOT
(FHWA)
Maximum of
$25,000,000.
20% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2027
Funding to implement
capital projects
identified in
Comprehensive Safety
Action Plans/LRSPs. FY
26 funding will be the
final BIL-funded round.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Active
Transportation
Program (ATP) –
Cycle 8
CTC
No maximum
amount.
Minimum of
$100,000.
Projects with
leveraged
funds are
encouraged.
6/22/2026
Funding for bicycle and
pedestrian safety
enhancements. Cycle
8 is anticipated to open
up in March 2026.
Source: State
Consolidated Rail
Infrastructure and
Safety
Improvements
(CRISI)
U.S. DOT
(FRA)
No maximum
or minimum
amount, but a
minimum of
$1,000,000 is
encouraged.
20% of the
total project
cost.
6/22/2026
Funding for projects
that improve the
safety, efficiency, and
reliability of passenger
and freight rail.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Trade Corridor
Enhancement
Program (TCEP)
CTC
No minimum
or maximum
amounts.
30% TBD 2026
Funding for freight
infrastructure
improvements on
federally designated
trade corridors.
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Source: Federal
Solutions for
Congested
Corridors Program
(SCCP)
CTC
No minimum
or maximum
amounts.
No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding for projects
designed to reduce
congestion in highly
traveled and highly
congested corridors
through performance
improvements.
Source: State
Bridge Investment
Program – Project
Grants
U.S. DOT
(FHWA)
No maximum
amount.
Minimum of
$2,500,000.
20% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2026
Funding for capital
projects that replace,
rehabilitate, preserve
or protect one or more
bridges in the National
Bridge Inventory.
NOFO has been pulled
for USDOT review.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Bridge Investment
Program – Planning
Projects
U.S. DOT
(FHWA)
No maximum
or minimum
amount.
20% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2026
Funding for planning
and design for projects
that address
deficiencies for at-risk
bridges identified in the
National Bridge
Inventory. NOFO has
been pulled for USDOT
review.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Infrastructure for
Rebuilding America
(INFRA)
U.S. DOT
(FHWA)
Maximum of
$25,000,000.
Minimum of
$5,000,000.
20% of the
total project
cost must be
paid for with
non-federal
funds. INFRA
can fund a
maximum of
60% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2026
Funding for multimodal
freight and highway
projects of regional or
national significance to
improve the movement
of freight and people.
BIL funding has been
exhausted, but this is a
long-standing federal
assistance program.
Source: Federal
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Elimination (RCE)
Program – Planning
U.S. DOT
(FRA)
No maximum
or minimum
amount.
20% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2027
Funding for planning
and design work for
grade separation
capital projects.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Railroad Crossing
Elimination (RCE)
Program –
Implementation
U.S. DOT
(FRA)
No maximum
amount.
Minimum of
$1,000,000.
20% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2027
Funding for grade
separation capital
projects. FY 25 and FY
26 funding from BIL for
RCE has not been
obligated yet.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Local
Transportation
Climate Adaptation
Program (LTCAP)
FUTURE FUNDING
UNCERTAIN
CTC Maximum of
$50,000,000.
20% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2026
Funding for projects
that improve the
resilience of at-risk
transportation
infrastructure by
mitigating hazard risk,
expanding/creating
new evacuation routes,
and protecting at-risk
coastal infrastructure.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Local Partnership
Program CTC Up to
$25,000,000 1:1 match. TBD 2026
Funding for
improvements to the
state highway system,
transit system, bike or
pedestrian safety, road
maintenance, as well
as acquisition of zero-
emission buses.
Source: State
Bridge Investment
Program – Large
Bridge Project
Grants
U.S. DOT
(FHWA)
No maximum
amount.
Minimum of
$50,000,000.
50% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2026
Funding for large-scale
capital bridge
infrastructure projects.
FY 26 funding is still
available from the BIL.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
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Improvement
Program (HSIP) –
Cycle 13
Caltrans
Maximum of
$10,000,000.
Minimum of
$100,000.
10% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2026
Funding for roadway
safety enhancement
capital projects. An
adopted Local
Roadway Safety Plan
(LRSP) is required to
apply.
Source: Federal
Sustainable
Transportation
Planning Grant
(STPG)
Caltrans
Sustainable
Communities:
Minimum is
$100,000 and
maximum is
$700,000.
Strategic
Partnerships:
Minimum is
$100,000 and
maximum is
$500,000.
11.47% for
Sustainable
Communities.
20% for
Strategic
Partnerships.
TBD 26/27
There are two
categories of funding
available: Sustainable
Communities
(Competitive/Formula)
for local or regional
transportation and
land use plans and
Strategic Partnerships
(Competitive/Transit)
for planning projects
that partner with
Caltrans for the State
Highway System.
Source: State
Community
Planning and
Capacity Building
Grant
CARB Up to
$500,000
No match
required. TBD 27/28
Funding to strengthen
outreach, build
partnerships, and
assess local
transportation and
mobility needs.
Source: State
Surface
Transportation
Block Grant (STBG)
Program
Regional
MPO’s &
TPO’s
Funding
availability
and award
amounts may
vary by region.
20% of the
total project
cost.
Varies by
Region
Funding for a broad
range of surface
transportation
projects, including
roadways, bridges,
pedestrian and bicycle
infrastructure, and
transit capital projects.
Source: Federal
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Mitigation and Air
Quality (CMAQ)
Program
Regional
MPO’s &
TPO’s
Funding
availability
and award
amounts may
vary by region.
20% of the
total project
cost.
Varies by
Region
Funding for
transportation projects
that reduce traffic
congestion and
improve air quality,
particularly in
nonattainment and
maintenance areas for
ozone, carbon
monoxide, and
particulate matter.
Source: Federal
Transportation
Development Act
(TDA) Article III
Program – Local
Transportation Fund
Regional
MPO’s &
RTPO’s
Funding
availability
and award
amounts may
vary by region.
Varies by
Region
Varies by
Region
Funding for pedestrian
and bicycle planning
and infrastructure
projects.
Source: State
Better Utilizing
Investment to
Leverage
Development
(BUILD) – Planning
U.S. DOT
(FHWA)
No maximum
or minimum
amount.
20% of the
total project
cost.
Match may be
reduced for
projects in
areas of
persistent
poverty.
TBD 2027
Funding for planning
and design work for
surface transportation
projects that have
regional or national
significance.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Better Utilizing
Investment to
Leverage
Development
(BUILD) –
Implementation
U.S. DOT
(FHWA)
Maximum of
$25,000,000.
Minimum of
$5,000,000
(urban).
Minimum of
$1,000,000
(rural).
20% of the
total project
cost.
Match may be
reduced for
projects in
rural areas.
TBD 2027
Funding for surface
transportation
infrastructure projects
that have regional or
national significance.
FY 26 funding for
BUILD (formerly RAISE)
will be the final BIL-
funded competition.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Parks and Recreation
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Statewide Park
Development and
Community
Revitalization
Program (SPP)
FUNDING
ALLOCATED IN FY 25-
26 STATE BUDGET
OGALS
Minimum of
$200,000.
Maximum of
$8,500,000.
No match
required. Fall 2026
Funding for the creation
of new parks or the
expansion/renovation
of existing parks.
Deadline anticipated in
2026 per OGALS. $190
million in Prop 4 funding
appropriated for FY 25-
26 grant cycle.
Source: State (Prop 4)
Youth Community
Access Grant CNRA
Minimum
award is
$25,000.
Maximum
award is
$500,000.
Where
possible,
cost of
project
elements
should not be
split with
other
funding.
TBD
Summer
2026
Projects must serve
youth and directly
support access to
either natural or
cultural resources AND
meet the criteria for
both low-income and
disadvantaged
communities.
Source: State (Prop 64)
Route to Parks Parks
California
Estimated
$25,000 -
$30,000
No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding for projects
that provide
transportation to/from
parks.
Source: State
Outdoor Recreation
Legacy Partnership
(ORLP)
OGALS /
NPS
Maximum of
$15,000,000.
At least 50%
of the total
project cost.
TBD 2026
Funding for the
acquisition or
development of new
parks or substantial
renovations to existing
parks. Minimum
population of 25,000 is
required.
Source: Federal
Readiness and
Environmental
Protection
Integration Program
(REPI)
OGALS /
NPS TBD No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding for projects
near military bases to
acquire, or acquire and
develop, lands for
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recreation.
Source: Federal
Recreational Trails
Program (RTP) – Non-
Motorized
OGALS /
FHWA
No maximum
or minimum
amount.
12% of total
project cost. TBD 2026
Funding to create new
non-motorized
recreational trails and
trails-related facilities.
Projects that address
gaps in existing trail
networks are
prioritized.
Source: Federal
Recreational Trails
Program (RTP) –
Motorized
OHMVR /
FHWA
No maximum
or minimum
amount.
12% of total
project costs TBD 2026
Funding to create new
motorized recreational
trails and trails-related
facilities. Projects that
address gaps in existing
trail networks are
prioritized.
Source: Federal
Land and Water
Conservation Fund
(LWCF)
OGALS /
NPS
Maximum of
$6,000,000.
At least 50%
of the total
project cost.
TBD 2027
Funding for the
acquisition,
development, or
expansion of outdoor
recreational amenities.
Source: Federal
Trails Program CNRA
Total
appropriated
funds:
$56,000,000
TBD TBD 2027
New grant program
funded under Prop 4.
Currently conducting a
survey to determine
priorities and design.
Source: State (Prop 4)
Art in Parks Parks
California
Planning &
Dev.:
~$50,000
Project:
~$100,000
No match
required.
Bonus points
are provided
for voluntary
matches of
up to 40%.
TBD 2027
Funding to establish art
installations and
programming in State
and local parks.
Source: State
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Fund (HCF) OGALS
No maximum
or minimum
amount.
100% TBD 26/27
Funding to preserve
natural wildlife spaces
and create recreational
trail amenities.
Source: State
For LWCF and ORLP, please note: Projects funded through these two programs will be placed under federal protection to preserve the public’s outdoor recreational use of the site in perpetuity.
Housing Development and Preservation
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Transit Oriented
Development
Planning
US DOT
(FTA)
Minimum
award of
$300,000.
Maximum
award of
$2,000,000.
20% 7/10/2026
Funding to develop a
comprehensive or site-
specific planning study
to improve coordination
between transportation
and land use planning
and investments.
Source: Federal
Pathways to
Removing Obstacles
to Housing
(PRO Housing)
U.S. HUD
Minimum
award of
$5,000,000.
Maximum
award of
$10,000,000.
No match
required. 8/3/2026
Funding to support
reduction of barriers to
affordable housing
construction that
affirmatively furthers
fair housing. Funding for
FY 25 approved in CR.
Source: Federal
Factory-Built
Housing Regional
Pilot Program –
Round 3
SGC
Catalyst
Grants: Up to
$500,000
Planning
Grants: Up to
$3,000,000
No match
required. TBD
Funding to support
regional strategies that
use factory-built
housing to expand the
supply of affordable,
high-quality homes
across California.
Source: State
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Sustainable
Communities (AHSC)
SGC
Minimum is
$10,000,000
and
maximum is
$50,000,000.
Projects with
leveraged
funding are
prioritized.
TBD
Includes three project
area types: Transit-
Oriented Development
(TOD), Integrated
Connectivity Project
(ICP), and Rural
Innovation Project
Areas (RIPA).
Source: State (GGRF)
Choice
Neighborhoods –
Planning Grants
U.S. HUD TBD TBD TBD 2026
Funding to revitalize
severely distressed
public housing and/or
HUD-assisted housing
projects.
Source: Federal
Choice
Neighborhoods –
Implementation
Grant
U.S. HUD Maximum of
$50,000,000.
5% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2027
Funding for projects
that improve quality of
life in economically
distressed
neighborhoods.
Source: Federal
Multifamily Housing
Program (MHP) Cal HCD $250,000 per
assisted unit.
Leveraged
funding is
required.
TBD 2026
Funding for multifamily
housing construction
projects. There is some
funding set-aside
specifically for transit-
oriented development
(TOD) projects. Future
funding availability
subject to state
appropriations.
Source: State
Infill Infrastructure
Grant (IIG) Cal HCD
Minimum of
$1,000,000 in
urban areas
and $500,000
in rural areas.
Maximum of
$10,000,000.
No match
required, but
the proposal
must support
a qualifying
infill project.
TBD 2026
Funding to support
offsite improvements
necessary to support
infill housing
development projects.
Future funding
availability subject to
state appropriations.
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Source: State
Joe Serna Sr.
Farmworker Housing
Grant Program
(FHGP)
Cal HCD $300,000 per
assisted unit.
Leveraged
funding is
required.
TBD 2026
Funding to provide
loans for multifamily
housing, new
construction, or
rehabilitation to serve
agricultural workers.
Future funding
availability subject to
state appropriations.
Source: State
Veterans Housing
and Homelessness
Prevention Program
(VHHP)
Cal HCD $300,000 per
assisted unit.
Leveraged
funding is
required.
TBD 2026
Funding to provide
loans for acquisition,
construction,
rehabilitation, and
preservation of
affordable multifamily
housing for veterans.
Future funding
availability subject to
state appropriations.
Source: State
Local Housing Trust
Fund (LHTF) Cal HCD
Minimum for
an existing
LHTF is
$1,000,000.
Minimum for
a new LHTF is
$500,000.
Maximum is
$5,000,000.
1:1 cash
match
required.
TBD 2026
Funds dedicated to the
creation, rehabilitation,
or preservation of
affordable housing,
transitional housing and
emergency shelters.
Applicants are required
to be in substantial
compliance with state
Housing Element Law
prior to the award date.
Source: Federal & State
Lead Hazard
Reduction Capacity
Building Grant
Program
U.S. HUD
Maximum
amount is
$2,500,000
10% TBD 2027
Funding to develop or
restore the
infrastructure needed
for lead-based pain
hazard identification.
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amount is
$1,000,000
Source: Federal
HOME Investment
Partnership Program Cal HCD
Minimum is
$10,000 per
unit.
Maximum is
$300,000 for
Rental
Projects.
Maximum is
$200,000 for
FTHB
Projects.
Match
requirements
are waived.
TBD 2027
Funding for housing
projects and housing
program activities in
“non-entitlement
jurisdictions” (areas
that do not receive
HOME funding directly
from HUD). Two project
types: Rental Projects
and First-Time
Homebuyers (FTHB)
Projects.
Source: Federal
National Housing
Trust Fund (NHTF)
Cal HCD /
U.S. HUD
Up to
$20,000,000
No match
required, but
projects that
propose a
voluntary
match will be
more
competitive.
TBD 2026
May apply for a
Residual Receipts loan
or a Forgivable loan to
support affordable
housing construction
projects. Applicants are
required to be in
substantial compliance
with state Housing
Element Law prior to
the award date.
Source: Federal
Prohousing Incentive
Program (PIP) Cal HCD
Maximum is
$2,000,000.
Total amount
is calculated
by adding
Applicant’s
jurisdiction
size amount
and bonus
award
amount.
25% of the
award
amount.
TBD 2026
Funding for Prohousing
Jurisdictions to support
housing projects.
Agencies that have not
previously received
funding are prioritized.
Source: State
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Reinvestment
Program
Cal HCD $250,000 per
assisted unit.
Leveraged
funding is
required.
TBD 2026
Forgivable loan
program for projects to
preserve and
rehabilitate affordable
housing with expiring
affordability covenants.
Source: State
Choice
Neighborhoods –
Planning Grant
U.S. HUD Maximum of
$500,000.
5% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2026
Funding to develop a
“Transformation Plan”
for the revitalization of
public and/or HUD-
assisted housing units
and the surrounding
neighborhood.
Source: Federal
Preservation and
Reinvestment
Initiative for
Community
Enhancement
(PRICE)
U.S. HUD
Minimum of
$5,000,000.
Maximum of
$75,000,000.
Projects with
leveraged
funding are
prioritized.
TBD 2026
Funding for the
preservation and
revitalization of
manufactured housing
and manufactured
housing communities.
Source: Federal
Homekey+ Cal HCD
$200,000 per
door for each
unit for PSH
projects.
Leveraged
funding is
required.
TBD
Funding to sustain and
expand Permanent
Supportive Housing for
veterans, young people,
and other individuals
with mental health
and/or substance use
disorder challenges.
Source: State
Homelessness and Human Services
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Encampment
Resolution Fund
(ERF) – Round 5
Cal HCD
No maximum
or minimum
amount.
Leveraged
funding is
required.
There is no
6/30/2026
Funding for site-
specific projects that
transition homeless
people from
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amount.
encampments into
safe and stable
housing. FY 25-26
funding contingent
upon budget
negotiations.
Source: State
Smart Reentry:
Housing
Demonstration
Program
U.S. DOJ
(BJA)
Maximum of
$1,000,000
50% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2026
Funding for projects to
improve reentry
outcomes by
expanding or
increasing access to
housing.
Source: Federal
Youth
Homelessness
System
Improvement (YHSI)
Grants
U.S. HUD
Planning and
Partnerships:
Up to
$400,000.
Data,
Coordinated
Enry, and
Racial and
Gender
Equity: Up to
$200,000.
Match is not
required, but
suggested.
TBD 2026
Funding for projects
that create and build
capacity for Youth
Action Boards; collect
and use data on at-
risk youth and youth
experiencing
homelessness;
improve coordination
and administration of
homeless assistance
projects; etc.
Source: Federal
Street Outreach
Program U.S. HUD
Minimum is
$90,000 and
maximum is
$150,000.
There is no
match
requirement.
TBD 2026
Funding to provide
street-based services
to run away,
homeless, and street
youth.
Source: Federal
Proposition 47
Grant Program BSCC
Small scope
project: Up to
$2M
Large scope
project:
Leveraged
funding is
prioritized.
TBD 2026
Funding to implement
new services or
programs and/or
expand existing
services or programs
for mental health,
substance abuse
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and $8M
disorders, or diversion
programs for
individuals in the
criminal justice
system.
Source: State
Water and Wastewater
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Large-Scale Water
Recycling Projects U.S. BOR No maximum
amount.
75% of the
total project
cost.
TBD
Funding for large-scale
recycled water projects
with a total cost of
$500,000,000 or more.
FY 23, FY 24, FY 25 and
FY 26 funding from the
BIL will be available.
Feasibility study
required.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Small-Scale Water
Efficiency Projects
(SWEP)
U.S. BOR
Minimum is
$1,000.
Maximum is
$125,000.
50% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2027
Funding for projects,
with a cost of $225,000
or less, that produce
quantifiable water
savings. FY 24, FY 25,
and FY 26 funding from
the BIL will be
available.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Drought Response
Program U.S. BOR
Minimum is
$25,000.
Maximum is
$1,500,000.
50% of the
total project
cost. Over-
matching is
encouraged.
7/28/2026
Funding for projects
that build long-term
resilience to drought
and reduce the need for
emergency response
actions. Solicitation for
FY 26 funding from the
BIL is under
development.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
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Revolving Fund
(CWSRF)
SWRCB
Maximum
amount
based on
ability to
repay loan
over term
period. Per-
project cap of
$50,000,000.
Loans must
be repaid over
a 30-year
period with
interest.
Principal
forgiveness is
available for
DACs.
Ongoing
Funding for planning,
design, and capital
construction for critical
water infrastructure
projects that provide
reliable access to clean
water for Californians.
Source: Federal & State
Drinking Water State
Revolving Fund
(DWSRF)
SWRCB
Maximum
amount
based on
ability to
repay loan
over term
period. Per-
project cap of
$50,000,000.
Loans must
be repaid over
a 30-year
period with
interest.
Principal
forgiveness is
available for
DACs.
Ongoing
Funding for planning,
design, and capital
construction for critical
water infrastructure
projects that provide
reliable access to safe
drinking water.
Source: Federal & State
Sewer Overflow and
Stormwater Reuse
Municipal Grants
SWRCB
Maximum
amount
based on
ability to
repay loan
over term
period.
Projects are
eligible for
$5,000,000 or
up to 50% of
the total
project cost
(whichever is
less) in
principal
forgiveness.
Ongoing
through
Federal
FY 26
Funding for stormwater
infrastructure projects.
Applications for these
funds are handled
through the CWSRF
application process.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Small Community
Wastewater (SCWW)
– Planning
SWRCB No maximum
amount.
No match
required. Ongoing
Funding for planning
and design work to
advance wastewater
infrastructure projects
in small, disadvantaged
communities (SDACs).
SCWW is a component
of the CWSRF.
Source: State
Small Community
Wastewater (SCWW)
– Construction
SWRCB
Maximum of
$15,000,000.
Maximum of
$30,000,000
50% of the
total project
cost for
construction.
Ongoing
Funding for wastewater
infrastructure
improvements in small
and disadvantaged
communities. Projects
that address violations
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sewer).
No match
required for
Small DACs.
of waste discharge
requirements of NPDES
permits will be
prioritized by the state.
SCWW is a component
of the CWSRF.
Source: State
Safe and Affordable
Funding for Equity
and Resilience
(SAFER)
SWRCB
No maximum
or minimum
amount.
No match
required. Ongoing
Funding for projects to
help failing and at-risk
water systems address
critical water
infrastructure needs.
Disadvantaged
communities and small
water systems are
prioritized.
Source: State
Water Recycling
Funding Program
(WRFP) – Planning
SWRCB
No maximum
or minimum
amount.
50% of the
total project
cost. SWCRB
may fund up
to 100% of the
total project
cost for
DACs.
Ongoing
Funding for studies that
assess the feasibility of
using recycled water to
offset or augment the
use of fresh/potable
water from state or
local supplies. WRFP is
a component of the
CWSRF.
Source: State (Prop 13
& Prop 4)
Water Recycling
Funding Program
(WRFP) –
Construction
SWRCB Maximum of
$3,000,000.
65% of the
total project
cost. SWCRB
may fund up
to 100% of the
total project
cost for
DACs.
Ongoing
Funding for capital
projects that use
recycled water to offset
or augment the use of
fresh/potable water
from state or local
supplies.
Source: State (Prop 13
& Prop 4)
Lead Service Line
Replacement
Program (LSLR)
SWRCB
Maximum
amount
based on
Loans must
be repaid over
a 30-year
10/4/2028
Funding for projects
that identify and
replace lead pipes and
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repay loan
over term
period.
period with
interest.
Principal
forgiveness is
available for
DACs.
fixtures. LSLRP is a
component of DWSRF.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Emerging
Contaminants in
Small or
Disadvantaged
Communities
(ED-SDC) Grant
SWRCB No maximum
amount.
No match
required. Ongoing
Funding for projects
that address exposure
to emerging
contaminants and
PFAS in disadvantaged
communities. ED-SDC
is a component of the
DWSRF.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Groundwater Grant
Program SWRCB No maximum
amount.
No match
required. Ongoing
Funding for projects
that protect and
improve groundwater
quality, including
remediation and
contamination
prevention efforts.
Currently, there is only
funding available for
SDACs through the
DWSRF (this program
was previously funded
through Proposition 1).
Source: Federal & State
Water Storage
Investment Program CWC No maximum
amount.
50% of total
project costs TBD 2026
Funding for water
storage projects. $75
million allocated in
Proposition 4.
Source: State (Prop 4)
Integrated Regional
Water Management
(IRWM)
Implementation
Grant Program
DWR No maximum
amount.
50% of total
project costs TBD
Funding for the
implementation of
projects identified in an
adopted regional IRWM
Plan. $100 million
allocated in Proposition
4.
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Source: State (Prop 4)
Sustainable
Groundwater
Management Grant
Program
FUNDING
ALLOCATED IN
FY 25-26 BUDGET
DWR TBD TBD TBD 2026
Funding for
Groundwater
Sustainability Agencies
(GSAs) and other
responsible entities
under SGMA to
promote healthy and
sustainable
groundwater basins.
Source: State (Prop 4)
Urban and
Agricultural Water
Conservation Grants
NEW PROGRAM!
DWR TBD TBD TBD
Funding for projects
that produce
quantifiable water
savings. $75 million
allocated in Proposition
4. Source: State (Prop 4)
Water and Energy
Efficiency Grant
(WEEG)
U.S. BOR
Maximum of
$500,000
(two-year
projects).
Maximum of
$2,000,000
(three-year
projects).
50% of the
total project
cost. Over-
matching is
encouraged.
TBD 2026
Funding for projects
that result in
quantifiable water
savings by enhancing
system efficiency. FY
25 and FY 26 funding
from the BIL will be
available.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
WaterSMART
Planning and Design
Grants
PROGRAM IS
PAUSED
U.S. BOR Maximum of
$400,000.
Varies based
on project
type, either:
0%, 25%, or
50%.
TBD 2026
Funding for
collaborative planning
and design projects to
support water
management
improvements. FY 24,
FY 25, and FY 26
funding from the BIL
will be available.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
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Desalination
Planning
PROGRAM IS
PAUSED
U.S. BOR
Maximum of
$1,000,000
(Funding
Group I).
50% of the
total project
cost.
75% of the
total project
cost for
projects over
$500,000,000.
TBD 2026
Funding for planning
and design work for
projects that recycle
and reuse potable
water. FY 23, FY 24, FY
25, and FY 26 funding
from the BIL will be
available.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Water Reclamation
and Reuse Program
(WRRP) – Title XVI
PROGRAM IS
PAUSED
U.S. BOR
Maximum of
$5,000,000.
Minimum of
$100,000.
75% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2026
Funding for capital
projects that recycle
and reuse potable
water. FY25 and FY 26
funding from the BIL
will be available.
Feasibility study
required.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Small Storage
Program U.S. BOR Maximum of
$30,000,000.
25% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2027
Funding for capital
projects that recycle
and reuse potable
water. FY25 and FY 26
funding from the BIL
will be available.
Feasibility study
required.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Midsize and Large
Drinking Water
System
Infrastructure
Resilience and
Sustainability
EPA
Expected
range
between
$1,187,500 -
$2,375,000
10% TBD
Funding can be used for
planning, design,
construction,
implementation,
operation, or
maintenance of a
program/project that
increases resilience of
public water systems to
natural hazards.
Source: Federal
Please Note: All U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) have been rescinded for administrative review.
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Law Enforcement and Public Safety
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
COPS Hiring
Program (CHP)
U.S. DOJ
(COPS
Office)
$125,000 cap
per position.
At least 25% of
the total cost,
but additional
costs beyond
the per
position cap
must be
covered by the
applicant.
Grants.gov
deadline:
7/23/2026
JustGrants
deadline:
7/29/2026
Funding to hire new
police officers.
Recipients are
required to pay a
progressively larger
share of the cost of
the positions over
the three-year award
period. Positions
must be maintained
for at least 12
months after federal
funding ends.
Source: Federal
Law Enforcement
Mental Health and
Wellness Act
(LEMHWA) Program
U.S. DOJ
(COPS
Office)
Maximum of
$200,000.
No match
required.
Grants.gov
deadline:
7/30/2026
JustGrants
deadline:
8/5/2026
Funding for projects
that increase the
number of law
enforcement
agencies using peer
support, training,
family resources,
suicide prevention,
and other promising
practices for
wellness programs.
Source: Federal
De-escalation and
Crisis Response
Training Program
US DOJ
(BJA)
Category 1: Up
to $700,000
Category 2: Up
to $700,000
No match
required. TBD 2027
Funding to develop,
implement, or
expand de-
escalation and crisis
response training
programs.
Source: Federal
Rural Law
Enforcement Violent
US DOJ
(BJA) Up to $400,000 No match
required. TND 2027
Funding to support
local law
enforcement in rural
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Initiative
jurisdictions to
prevent, respond to,
and reduce violent
crime.
Source: Federal
Proposition 64
Public Health &
Safety Grant
Program
BSCC
Small
Cities/Counties:
Up to $1M
Medium
Cities/Counties:
Up to $4.5M
Large
Cities/Counties:
Up to $6M
No match
required. TBD 2027
Funding to
implement new
activities, strategies,
or programs OR
expand existing
activities, strategies,
or programs related
to the Prop 64
initiative.
Source: State
Edward Byrne
Justice Assistance
Grant (JAG) – Local
Allocations
U.S. DOJ
(BJA)
Formula
funding.
No match
required. TBD
Funding for law
enforcement
agencies for efforts
that prevent or
reduce crime and
violence and to
improve the fair
administration of
the justice system.
Source: Federal
Alcohol Policing
Partnership ABC Maximum of
$100,000.
No match
required. TBD 2027
Funding for police
departments to
expand efforts in
addressing alcohol-
related problems
through a
comprehensive ABC
program.
Source: State
Public Safety and
Mental Health
Initiative
U.S. DOJ
(BJA)
Maximum of
$3,000,000.
20% of the
cost for Years
1 and 2.
40% of the
cost for Year 3.
TBD 2027
Funding for
programs that
support
collaboration to
improve public
safety responses
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people with mental
health and/or
substance use
disorders.
Source: Federal
Crime Gun
Intelligence Center
Integration Initiative
U.S. DOJ
(BJA)
Maximum of
$700,000
(new CIGCs).
Maximum of
$300,000
(expansion of
existing CGIC).
No match
required. TBD 2027
Funding to create or
expand Crime Gun
Intelligence Centers
(CGICs) that
facilitate
interagency
collaboration
focused on the
timely collection,
management, and
analysis of crime
gun evidence.
Source: Federal
Second Chance Act
Pay for Success
Initiative
U.S. DOJ
(BJA)
Category 1: Up
to $1,250,000
Category : Up to
$1,000,000
No match
required. TBD
Funding for
performance-based
and outcomes-
based contracting to
implement or
enhance programs
and services to
reduce recidivism.
Source: Federal
Smart Reentry
Demonstration
Program
U.S. DOJ Up to
$1,000,000 50% TBD
Funding to
implement
comprehensive and
collaborative reentry
strategies to
increase the
likelihood of
successful reetnry.
Source: Federal
Body-Worn Camera
Policy and
Implementation
U.S. DOJ
(BJA)
Categories 1
and 2: Up to
$2,000,000
Categories 1
and 2: Federal
funding
TBD 2026
Funding to establish
or expand body-
worn camera
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Law Enforcement
Agencies
Category 3: Up
to $1,000,000
cannot exceed
$2,000 per
BWC.
Category 3: No
match
required.
programs. Three
funding categories:
Site-Based awards
to Publicly Funded
Law Enforcement,
Site-Based Awards
to Publicly Funding
Correctional
Agencies, and
Digital Evidence
Management
Demonstration.
Source: Federal
Strategies to
Support Children
Exposed to Violence
U.S. DOJ
(OJJDP) Up to $830,000 No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding for support
services for children
exposed to violence
in their homes,
schools, and
communities.
Source: Federal
Mentoring for Youth
Affected by Opioid
and Other
Substance Use
U.S. DOJ
(OJJDP)
Category 1: Up
to $650,000
Category 2: Up
to $1,980,000
No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding to enhance
and expand
mentoring services
for children and
youth affected by
substance use. Two
categories of
funding: Local
Project Sites and
Statewide and
Regional.
Source: Federal
Community and
Schools Youth Drug
Prevention Program
U.S. DOJ
(OJJDP) Up to $750,000 No match
required. TB 2026
Funding to support
the delivery of
substance use
prevention
programs to youth in
schools and
extracurricular
settings.
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Organizational
Wellness Program POST Non-monetary. No match
required. Ongoing
Program provides
resources and
services for officer
wellness units.
Source: State
Organized Retail
Theft Prevention
Program
BSCC
Medium Scope:
Up to
$6,125,000
Large Scope: Up
to $15,650,000
No match
required.
TBD
Pending
Future
Funding
Availability
Funding to address
Organized Retail
Theft, Motor Vehicle
or Motor Vehicle
Accessory Theft,
and/or Cargo Theft.
Source: State
Virtual Reality De-
escalation Site-
Based Initiative
PROGRAM IS
PAUSED
U.S. DOJ
(BJA)
Maximum of
$800,000.
No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding to assist
law enforcement
agencies in adopting
virtual reality (VR)
technology for
training purposes.
Source: Federal
Connect and
Protect: Law
Enforcement
Behavioral Health
Response Program
PROGRAM IS
PAUSED
U.S. DOJ
(BJA)
Maximum of
$550,000.
20% of the
cost for Years
1 and 2.
40% of the
cost for Year 3.
TBD 2026
Funding for
programs and
initiatives that
support cross-
system
collaborative
responses to
behavioral health
calls for service.
Source: Federal
Field Initiated:
Encouraging
Innovation
PROGRAM IS
PAUSED
U.S. DOJ
(BJA)
Maximum of
$1,000,000.
No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding for projects
that develop and
implement new
innovative strategies
to address emerging
or persistent
challenges faced by
criminal justice
systems.
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Improving
Substance Use
Disorder Treatment
and Recovery
Outcomes for Adults
in Reentry
PROGRAM IS
PAUSED
U.S. DOJ
(BJA)
Maximum of
$833,000.
No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding for projects
that enhance the
capacity of
corrections systems
and community-
based providers to
address substance
use disorders during
incarceration and
reentry.
Source: Federal
Improving Adult and
Youth Crisis
Stabilization and
Community Reentry
Program
PROGRAM IS
PAUSED
U.S. DOJ
(BJA)
Maximum of
$825,000.
No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding for projects
that provide
screening and
supportive services
pre-release, during,
and after reentry to
address those at
greater risk of crisis
during the transition
out of incarceration.
Source: Federal
Patrick Leahy
Bulletproof Vest
Partnership
U.S. DOJ
(BJA)
A single
applicant’s
request cannot
exceed 5% of
the total funds
appropriated in
a given year.
50% of the
total cost of
the vests.
TBD 2026
Funding for police
departments to
cover up to 50% of
the cost of body
armor vests
purchased for law
enforcement
officers. Financial
hardship waivers
can be requested,
but the per unit cost
of each vest cannot
exceed $1,200 if
requesting a waiver.
Source: Federal
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Program CA DOJ
No maximum or
minimum
amount.
No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding for
enforcement and
educational projects
that reduce the
illegal sale of
tobacco products to
minors.
Source: State
Community Policing
Development (CPD)
Microgrants
Program
U.S. DOJ
(COPS
Office)
Maximum of
$175,000.
No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding for projects
that develop the
capacity of law
enforcement to
implement
community policing
strategies.
Source: Federal
Collaborative
Reform Initiative
(CRI)
U.S. DOJ
(COPS
Officer)
Maximum of
$1,000,000.
No match
required. TBD 2026
CRI consists of three
programs:
Collaborative
Reform Initiative
Technical
Assistance Center,
Critical Response,
and Organizational
Assessment.
Source: Federal
Alcohol Beverage
Control OTS Up to $30,000 No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding to utilize
and implement the
Minor Decoy
Program, Shoulder
Tap Program,
IMPACT Program,
and/or Holiday
Enforcement.
Source: Federal
Office of Traffic
Safety (OTS) Grants OTS
No maximum or
minimum
amount.
No match
requirement. 1/31/2027
Funding for
initiatives to prevent
serious injury and
death resulting from
motor vehicle
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impaired driving,
distracted driving,
motorcycle safety,
pedestrian and
bicycle safety, and
more.
Source: Federal
Community Violence Reduction
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
School Violence
Prevention Program
(SVPP)
U.S.
DOJ
(COPS
Office)
Maximum of
$500,000.
Maximum of
$100,000 for
microgrants.
25% of the
total project
cost. Will be
waived for
microgrants.
Grants.gov
deadline:
8/4/2026
JustGrants
deadline:
8/11/2026
Funding to improve
security at schools
and on school
grounds through
evidence-based
safety programs.
Source: Federal
Community Violence
Intervention and
Prevention Initiative
(CVIPI)
U.S.
DOJ
(BJA)
Maximum of
$2,000,000.
No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding to
implement
programs that
prevent and reduce
violent crime in
communities
disproportionately
impacted by
violence.
Source: Federal
STOP School Violence
Program
U.S.
DOJ
(BJA)
Maximum of
$1,000,000.
No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding for
programs that
increase school
safety by deploying
solutions that
improve school
climate, behavioral
threat
assessments,
and/or intervention
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risk of violence.
Source: Federal
Byrne State Crisis
Intervention Program
(SCIP)
BSCC
Maximum of
$1,000,000
(large scope).
Maximum of
$500,000
(small scope).
No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding to
implement state
gun crisis
intervention court
proceedings and
related programs
or initiatives.
Source: Federal
California Violence
Intervention Program
(CalVIP)
BSCC
Up to $1,500,000
for cities
disproportionately
impacted by
violence.
Up to $600,000 for
cities with
populations of
40,000 or less.
No match
required. TBD
Funding for
initiatives that
enhance public
health and safety
through support for
community-based
gun violence
reduction efforts.
Eligibility is based
on gun violence
trends at the
community level.
Source: State
Fire and Emergency Response
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Forest Health
Program CALFIRE No minimum
or maximum. TBD TBD
Funding for
landscape-scale
land management
projects that restore
forest health and
disaster resilience,
protect upper
watersheds, and
promote long-term
carbon storage.
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4)
Firefighters
Charitable
Foundation
FFCF No guidance
given.
No match
required. Ongoing
The FFCF gives
grants to assist local
fire/disaster victims,
fire prevention
education, volunteer
fire department
equipment
purchase, and
community safety
programs.
Source: Private
Assistance to
Firefighters Grant
(AFG) – FY 25
FEMA
Maximum of
$3,550,000
(more than
1,000,000
people).
Maximum of
$3,000,000
(500,001 –
1,000,000
people).
Maximum of
$2,000,000
(100,001 –
500,000
people).
Maximum of
$1,000,000
(100,000 or
fewer people).
15% of the
total project
cost (more
than
1,000,000
people).
10% of the
total project
cost (20,001 to
1,000,000
people).
5% of the total
project cost
(20,000
people or
fewer).
6/22/2026
Funding for Fire
Departments for
equipment and
vehicle acquisition.
Applicants can
submit one request
per category per
year. It is
recommended that
departments review
Appendix B and
select requests that
qualify as “high”
priorities for FEMA.
The AFG program is
oversubscribed, and
anything less than
“high” priority is
unlikely to be
funded.
Source: Federal
Staffing for
Adequate Fire and
Emergency
Response (SAFER) –
FY 25
FEMA
No minimum
or maximum
amount.
Hiring Activity:
25% for the
first and
second year,
then 65% for
the third year.
6/22/2026
Funding to support
the cost of hiring
new firefighters and
EMS personnel.
Source: Federal
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No match
required.
Fire Prevention and
Safety (FP&S) FEMA
FP&S Grants:
Up to
$1,500,000
R&D Grants:
Up to
$600,000
5% 6/22/2026
Funding for two
programs: Fire
Prevention & Safety
(FP&S) and Research
& Development
(R&D).
Source: Federal
Leary Firefighters
Foundation:
Jeremiah Lucey
Grant Program
LFF
Typically a
maximum of
$25,000.
No match
required. TBD 2026
The Leary
Firefighters
Foundation makes
grants to paid and
volunteer fire
departments for
equipment, training,
and technology
adoption.
Source: Private
Wildfire Smoke
Preparedness in
Community
Buildings
U.S. EPA
Anticipated
award ranges
between
$350,000 and
$2,500,000
10% TBD
Funding for
assessment,
prevention, control,
and/or abatement of
wildfire smoke
hazards in
community
buildings.
Source: Federal
Hazard Mitigation
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Wildfire Prevention
Grants (WPG) CAL FIRE
Suggested
maximum of
$950,000 or
less
No match
required. 7/8/2026
Funding for hazardous
fuels treatment,
wildfire prevention
planning, and wildfire
prevention education
in areas at-risk of
wildfire.
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Source: State (Prop 4)
Wildfire Safety &
Preparedness Grant
California
Fire
Foundation
Up to
$25,000
No match
required. 7/8/2026
Funding for projects
that actively address
wildfire preparedness
and/or prevention
needs.
Source: State
Building Resilient
Infrastructure and
Communities (BRIC)
CalOES /
FEMA
No maximum
amount.
25% of the
total project
cost.
7/23/2026
Annual federal
funding for pre-
disaster mitigation.
Funds capacity-
building activities,
hazard mitigation
projects, and
management costs.
Source: Federal
Community Wildfire
Defense Grant
(CWDG)
U.S. Forest
Service
CWP Plans:
Maximum of
$250,000
CWPP
Projects:
Maximum of
$10,000,000
10% of the
total cost for
CWP Plans.
20% of the
total project
cost for
CWPP
Projects.
Match
waivers
available for
low-income
areas.
Future
Funding
TBD for
FY26
Funding can be used
to either create or
update a Community
Wildfire Protection
Plan (CWPP) or to
implement a project
within a CWPP.
Source: Federal
SB 1 Sea Level Rise
Adaptation –
Planning (Track 1) OPC $200,000 -
$1,500,000
No match
required.
Rolling
deadline
Funding to develop
SLR adaptation plans
in compliance with
Senate Bill 272. This
program has received
funding from Prop 4.
Source: State
SB 1 Sea Level Rise
Adaptation – OPC Anticipated
range of
No match
required? TBD Funding for Site
Assessment and
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(Track 2)
$500,000 -
$2,500,000
Preliminary Design,
Final Design and
Permitting, and
Construction of
projects identified in
SLR Adaptation Plans.
Source: State
Flood Mitigation
Assistance (FMA)
FUTURE FUNDING
UNCERTAIN
CalOES /
FEMA
No maximum
amount.
25% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2026
Annual federal
funding for flood
mitigation projects.
Source: Federal
Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program
(HMGP)
CalOES /
FEMA
No maximum
amount.
25% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2026
Federal funding for
pre-disaster
mitigation tied to
Presidential Disaster
Declarations. Some
competitions are
restricted to certain
regions of the state.
Source: Federal
State Fire Capacity
Grant
CA Fire Safe
Council
Maximum of
$225,000. 1:1.5 TBD 2026
Funding for projects
and programs to
harden communities
against wildfire risk.
Source: State
Fuels Management
and Community Fire
Assistance Grant
U.S. Bureau
of Land
Management
Minimum of
$10,000.
Maximum of
$100,000.
No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding to develop
local capacities
through assessment
and planning,
mitigation efforts, and
implementation of
fuels management
treatments.
Source: Federal
For FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) programs (HMGP, BRIC, and FMA), please note:
Projects should either be identified in a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) or address vulnerabilities identified in an LHMP. Projects can be phased for planning work up to 60%
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Community Resilience
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Community
Resilience Centers
(CRC) – Planning
SGC
Maximum of
$500,000.
Minimum of
$100,000.
No match
required. 9/4/2026
Funding for planning
and community
engagement
activities to prepare
for future Community
Resilience Center
initiatives.
Source: State (Prop 4)
Community
Resilience Centers
(CRC) –
Implementation
SGC
Maximum of
$10,000,000.
Minimum of
$1,000,000.
No match
required. 9/25/2026
Funding for capital
projects that either
retrofit existing
facilities or construct
new facilities that
serve the function of
being Community
Resilience Centers.
Source: State (Prop 4)
Transformative
Climate
Communities
(TCC) – Planning
SGC Up to $300,000
No match or
leveraged
funding
required.
9/30/2026
Funding to conduct
community-level
engagement,
planning, and
capacity building to
deploy collective
impact investment
strategies in
disadvantaged
communities.
Source: State (Prop 4)
Transformative
Climate
Communities
(TCC) – Project
Development
SGC Up to
$5,000,000
No match or
leveraged
funding
required.
9/30/2026
Funding for pre-
development and
basic infrastructure
activities that
advance climate and
community resilience
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projects for future
funding
opportunities.
Source: State (Prop 4)
Transformative
Climate
Communities
(TCC) –
Implementation
SGC Up to
$27,500,000
Leveraged
funding
must be at
least 50% of
the total
grant award
amount.
9/30/2026
Funding for
neighborhood-level
initiatives that
include multiple,
coordinated
investments that
reduce greenhouse
gas emissions and
enhance community
resilience.
Source: State (Prop 4)
Climate Smart
Communities
Initiative Program
CSCI
No maximum
or minimum.
Awards
typically range
from $75,000 to
$115,000.
No match
required TBD 2027
Funding and
technical assistance
for community-based
climate resilience
assessments or
planning activities.
Source: Federal
Microgrid Incentive
Program
SoCal
Edison
Up to
$14,000,000
per community
project.
Up to
$3,000,000 for
Special
Facilities.
No match
required. TBD 2026
Future funding may
be available if the
money is not
exhausted in the
2025 competitive
cycle.
Environmental
Justice Thriving
Communities
Subgrant Program
PROGRAM
TARGETED FOR
TERMINATION
U.S. EPA
Maximum of
$150,000
(Assessment
projects).
Maximum of
$250,000
(Planning
projects).
20% of the
total project
cost.
TBD
Funding for
assessment,
planning, and project
development grants
that support
environmental justice
initiatives benefiting
disadvantaged
communities
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Maximum of
$350,000
(Develop
projects).
disproportionately
burdened by
pollution. Currently
terminated.
Source: Federal (IRA)
Extreme Heat and
Community
Resilience
Program – Early
Transformative
Infrastructure
OPR
Maximum of
$1,000,000
Minimum of
$600,000
No match
required. TBD April 2026
Funding for planning
for infrastructure to
reduce heat-related
harm, with
demonstration
infrastructure serving
as a key component.
$23 million
appropriated from
Prop 4 for FY 25-26
(all categories).
Source: State (Prop 4)
Extreme Heat and
Community
Resilience
Program –
Advanced
Transformative
Infrastructure
OPR
Maximum of
$4,000,000.
Minimum of
$2,500,000.
No match
required. TBD April 2026
Funding for
implementation of
extreme heat
infrastructure that is
ready or nearly ready
for deployment.
planning to develop
$23 million
appropriated from
Prop 4 for FY 25-26
(all categories).
Source: State (Prop 4)
Microgrid Incentive
Program PG&E
Up to
$14,000,000
per project.
Up to
$1,000,000 for
interconnection
studies and
equipment.
No match
required TBD 2026
Future funding may
be available if the
money is not
exhausted in the
2025 competitive
cycle.
Economic Development
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EDA Disaster
Supplemental
Funding –
2023/2024
U.S. EDA
Readiness
Path: Expected
range of
$250,000-
$500,000.
Implementation
Path: Expected
range of
$100,000-
$20,000,000
Industry
Transformation
Path: Expected
range of
$20,000,000-
$50,000,000
Generally
20%
Ongoing for
Readiness and
Implementation
paths.
Funding for three
categories:
Readiness Path for
standalone non-
construction
projects designed to
increase a
community’s
readiness for
implementation
projects,
Implementation Path
for standalone
construction or non-
construction
projects designed to
address economic
challenges from
natural disasters,
and Industry
Transformation Path
for coalition-led
construction or non-
construction
implementation
projects.
Public Works and
Economic
Adjustment
Assistance
(PWEAA)
U.S. EDA
Anticipated
range of
investments
from $600,000
to $5,000,000.
Varies
based on
socio-
economic
factors of
the
project’s
impact
area.
FY 26 & Future
Funding
Availability TBD
Funding for public
works projects and
economic
assistance programs
that create new jobs
by supporting
multiple private
employers as
beneficiaries.
Source: Federal
Planning and
Local Technical
Assistance
Program
U.S. EDA
Anticipated
amount for
Local TA
investments is
$100,000.
Varies
based on
socio-
economic
factors of
the
Ongoing
Funding to create
economic
development plans
and studies
designed to build
capacity and foster
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impact
area.
economic prosperity
and resiliency.
Source: Federal
Airport and Maritime Port Infrastructure
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Port Infrastructure
Development
Program
U.S. DOT
(MA)
Small
projects at
small ports:
Up to
$112.5M.
Per State: Up
to $112.5M.
Planning
projects: No
more than
10% of
funding
reserved for
Small
projects.
20% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2026
Funding for the purpose
of improving the safety,
efficiency, or reliability
of movement of goods
through ports and
intermodal connections
to ports. Upcoming FY
26 funding cycle will be
the last BIL-funded
grant cycle.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Airport Improvement
Program (AIP)
U.S. DOT
(FAA)
Airports
entitled to a
certain
amount of
AIP funding
each year
based on
passenger
volume.
Large to
medium
airports: 20-
25%.
Small
airports: 5-
10%.
TBD 2026
Funding for the planning
and development of
public-use airports that
are included in the
National Plan of
Integrated Airport
Systems (NPIAS).
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Airport Improvement
Program (AIP) – State
Matching Grants
Caltrans
Matching
Rate is 5% of
the federal
grant.
No match
required. TBD 2026
Project must be
included in the most
recently adopted
Capital Improvement
Plan (CIP).
Source: State
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Emissions at Port
Facilities
U.S. DOT
(FHWA)
Estimated
total program
funding:
$160,000,000
20% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2026
Funding for projects
that test, evaluate, and
deploy projects that
reduce port-related
emissions from idling
trucks.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Transit
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Transit and Intercity
Rail Capital
Partnership (TIRCP)
CTC No maximum
amount.
Projects with
leveraged
funding will
be more
competitive.
5/18/2026
Funding for
transformative capital
improvements that will
modernize intercity,
commuter, and urban
rail systems and bus
and ferry transit
systems.
Source: Federal & State
Capital Improvement
Grant Program
U.S. DOT
(FTA)
Between
$100,000,000
and
$300,000,000.
Not specified
but
considered in
selection.
TBD 2026
There are three
programs included in
this Grant Program:
New Starts, Small
Starts, and Core
Capacity.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
All Stations
Accessibility
Program
U.S. DOT
(FTA)
Total funding
available:
$300M.
20% TBD 2026
Funding to repair,
improve, modify,
retrofit, etc.
infrastructure of
stations or facilities to
make all public areas of
the station accessible
to people with
disabilities.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
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Facilities
Competitive Grants
U.S. DOT
(FTA)
No minimum
or maximum
amount.
Total funding
available:
$398 million.
20% TBD 2026
Funds to replace,
rehabilitate, or
purchase buses and
related equipment and
to construct bus-
related facilities.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Low or No Emissions
(Bus) Grants
U.S. DOT
(FTA)
No minimum
or maximum
amount.
Total funding
available:
$1.1 billion.
20% TBD 2026
Funding for the
purchase or lease of
zero-emission and low-
emission transit buses,
as well as acquisition,
construction, and
leasing of required
supporting facilities.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Federal-State
Partnership for
Intercity Passenger
Rail Program
U.S. DOT No minimum
or maximum. 20% TBD 2027
Funding can be used to
enhance safety on
passenger rail routes,
reduce backlog,
improve performance,
or expand or establish
new service.
Source: Federal
Electric Vehicles
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Electric Vehicle
Charging
Infrastructure
Resiliency Program
MSRC
No
maximum
amount.
Total
available
funding:
$30,000,000
50% TBD
Funding to design,
construct and/or
retrofit EV charging
facilities to
incorporate resiliency
features.
Source: State
National Electric
Vehicle
Infrastructure
CEC
No
maximum
award
amount.
20% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2027
Funding to expand the
availability of DC Fast
Chargers along
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Program
designated major
corridors.
National Electric
Vehicle
Infrastructure
(NEVI) – MDHD
Program
CEC
Maximum
amount of
$8,000,000.
20% of the
total project
cost.
TBD
Funding to expand
medium duty and
heavy duty charging
infrastructure along
designated major
corridors in Northern
and Central
California.
National Electric
Vehicle
Infrastructure
(NEVI) – MDHD
Program
CEC
Maximum
amount of
$8,000,000
20% of the
total project
cost.
TBD
Funding to expand
medium- and heavy-
duty charging
infrastructure along
designated major
corridors in Southern
California.
Clean Truck and
Bus Voucher
Incentive Project
(HVIP)
CARB
Varies based
on vehicle
type.
Additional
costs
beyond the
incentive
amount, if
applicable.
Ongoing
Funding to purchase
zero-emission heavy-
duty incentives trucks
and buses for
California fleets.
Source: State
Distributed Energy
Backup Assets
(DEBA) Program
CEC
$2.5M
estimated to
remain after
FY26-27.
TBD TBD 2026
Funding for the
construction of
cleaner and more
efficient distributed
energy assets that
serve as on-call
emergency supply or
load reduction for the
state’s electrical grid.
Source: State (Prop 4)
Charging
Infrastructure for
Government Fleets
CEC
Up to
$6,000,000
or 70% of
total project
costs
(whichever is
less).
30% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2026
Funding can be used
to deploy electric
vehicle charging
infrastructure to
support light-duty
government fleets.
Source: State
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Environmental
Mitigation Trust
CARB
Varies based
on vehicle
type.
Additional
costs
beyond the
incentive
amount, if
applicable.
Ongoing
Funding for zero-
emission transit
buses, school buses,
shuttle buses, Class 8
Freight and Port
Drayage Trucks,
freight/marine
projects, and light-
duty ZEV
infrastructure.
Source: State
Carl Moyer
Memorial Air
Quality Standards
Attainment Program
Local ARBs Varies.
Typically
15% of the
total cost.
Varies based
on region.
Funding for zero-
emission on-road
heavy-duty vehicles,
off-road
compression-ignition
equipment, off-road
large spark-ignition
equipment, off-road
equipment
replacement, light-
duty vehicles, and
ZEV infrastructure.
Source: Federal
Communities in
Charge CEC
Base
Incentive:
Flat rebate of
$8,500 per
connector
Additional
costs
beyond the
incentive
amount, if
applicable.
TBD
Funding to transform
EV accessibility,
rapidly catalyze new
markets, and swiftly
deploy Level 2 EV
charging stations.
Source: State
Fast Charge
California Project CaleVIP
Up to
$100,00 per
charging port
for 275kW+
and $55,000
for 150kW-
274.99kW
No match
required. TBD 2027
Funding for the
installation and
management of DC
Fast Chargers.
Source: State
FAST 2.0 - Fast and
Available Charging
for All
CEC
Projects may
average no
more than
50% of the
total project
cost.
TBD
Funding for the
installation of DC Fast
Chargers (DCFC) that
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CEC funds
per charging
port
installed.
supply a minimum of
180 kWh per vehicle.
Charging stations
must be publicly
accessible at least 18
hours per day.
Source: State
Rural Electric
Vehicle Charging
2.0 (REV 2.0)
CEC Maximum of
$4,000,000.
20% of the
total project
cost.
TBD
Funding for the
installation of light-
duty electric vehicle
(EV) charging
infrastructure in rural
communities.
Charging stations
must be accessible at
least 18 hours per
day.
Source: State
Urban Greening and Conservation
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Urban Greening
Program CNRA
Minimum of
$200,000.
Maximum of
$5,000,000
No match
required. TBD 2027
Funding for multi-
benefit green
infrastructure projects
that produce
quantifiable GHG
emissions reductions.
$46.8 million
appropriated from Prop
4 for FY 25-26.
Source: State (Prop 4)
Environmental
Enhancement and
Mitigation Program
(EEMP)
CNRA
Individual
Projects:
Maximum of
$750,000
Acquisition
Projects:
Projects with
leveraged
funding are
prioritized.
TBD 2026
Funding for urban
forestry and resource
lands conservation
projects that offset
vehicular emissions
from transportation
infrastructure projects.
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$1,500,000
Source: State
Urban and
Community Forestry
(State Competition)
CAL FIRE
Maximum of
$1,500,000.
Minimum of
$150,000.
Typically 25%
of the total
project cost.
TBD 2026
Funding for urban forest
management planning
and tree planting.
Source: Federal & State
Urban and
Community Forestry
(Federal
Competition)
U.S.
Forest
Service
Maximum of
$50,00,000.
Minimum of
$100,000.
No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding for urban forest
management planning
and tree planting.
Source: Federal (IRA)
Coastal Conservancy
Grants Program CCC
There is no
maximum or
minimum.
No match
required. Ongoing
Funding for projects
that restore and protect
the California coast,
increase public access
to it, and increase
coastal communities’
resilience to climate
change. $63 million
appropriated from Prop
4 for FY 25-26.
Source: State
Brownfield Cleanup
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Brownfield
Assessment Grants U.S. EPA
Community-wide
Assessment
Grant: Up to
$500,000.
Assessment
Coalition Grant:
Up to
$1,500,000.
No match
required. TBD 26/27
Funding for planning
activities, developing
site-specific cleanup
plans, and conducting
community
engagement related to
brownfield sites.
Source: Federal
Brownfield Cleanup
Grants U.S. EPA
Up to $500,000
to cleanup 1 site
or to allocate
among multiple
sites
No match
required TBD 26/27
Funding for projects
that address hazardous
substances and/or
petroleum
contamination at one
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$500,001 and
$4,000,000 to
cleanup 1 site or
allocate among
multiple sites
or more brownfield
sites.
Source: Federal
Brownfield
Multipurpose Grant U.S. EPA Up to $1,000,000 No match
required TBD 26/27
Funding to carry out a
range of assessment of
cleanup activities,
including planning and
additional community
engagement activities.
Source: Federal
Brownfield Revolving
Loan Fund Grants
(BRLF) – Federal
U.S. EPA Up to $1,000,000 No match
required. TBD 26/27
Funding to provide
loans and subgrants to
entities to carry out
cleanup activities at
brownfield sites.
Source: Federal
Brownfields
Revolving Loan Fund
(BRLF) – State
DTSC
Maximum of
$350,000 for
grants.
Additional funds
may be available
through low-
interest loans.
No match
required. Ongoing
Provides funds to
applicants who are not
potentially liable under
CERCLA section 107 to
assess/cleanup
brownfields that they
own.
Source: Federal
Equitable
Community
Revitalization Grant
(ECRG)
DTSC
Maximum of
$7,000,000.
Minimum of
$80,000.
No match
required. TBD 26/27
Funding for the
investigation and
cleanup of brownfields
in disadvantaged
communities to protect
public health and
provide opportunities
for community
revitalization.
Source: State
Recycling
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Beverage Container
Recycling Grant
Program
Cal
Recycle
Maximum of
$275,000.
Minimum of
$75,000.
No match
required. 8/11/2026
Funding for equipment
and programs that
support increased
recycling of CRV-
eligible beverage
containers.
Source: State
Local Government
Waste Tire Cleanup
Grant Program
Cal
Recycle
Maximum of
$100,000
(individual
applicant).
Maximum of
$250,000
(regional
applicant).
No match
required. TBD 2027
Funding for collecting,
removing, transporting,
recycling, and
disposing of California
waste tires from tire
piles and illegal
dumping areas.
Source: State
Tire-Derived
Aggregate Grant
Program (TDA)
Cal
Recycle
Maximum of
$375,000.
No match
required. TBD 2027
Funding for public
works projects that use
recycled California-
generated waste tires.
Source: State
Legacy Disposal Site
Abatement Partial
Grant Program
Cal
Recycle
Up to
$750,000 50% TBD 2027
Funding to assist public
entities accelerate the
pace of cleanup and
restore sites.
Source: State
Illegal Disposal Site
Abatement Grant
Program
Cal
Recycle
Up to
$500,000
No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding for solid waste
cleanup project sites
where cleanup is
needed to protect
public health and
safety or the
environment.
Source: State
Beverage Container
Quality
Infrastructure Grant
Program
Cal
Recycle
Maximum of
$10,000,000.
Minimum of
$1,000,000.
No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding for projects
that enhance capacity
to sort and recover
CRV-eligible beverage
containers by
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and technology.
Source: State
Local Government
Waste Tire Amnesty
Grant Program
Cal
Recycle
Maximum of
$40,000
(individual
applicant).
Maximum of
$90,000
(regional
applicant).
No match
required.
TBD
Summer
2026
Funding to provide free
and convenient waste
tire collection events
for the public.
Source: State
Rubberized
Pavement Grant
Program
Cal
Recycle
Maximum of
$250,000
(individual
applicant).
Maximum of
$350,000
(regional
applicant).
No match
required. TBD 26/27
Funding for public
works projects that use
rubberized asphalt
concrete hot-mix or
rubberized chip seal.
Source: State
Information Technology and Broadband
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
State and Local
Cybersecurity Grant
Program (SLCGP)
CalOES /
FEMA
Maximum of
$250,000.
No match
required. TBD 2027
Funding to assist local
governments address
cybersecurity and
threats to information
systems. FY 24 funding
currently available. FY
25 & 26 funding from
the IIJA will become
available in future
competitions.
Source: Federal (IIJA)
Broadband Adoption
Account CPUC
No maximum
or minimum
amount.
15% of the
total project
cost.
7/1/2026
Funding for projects
that increase publicly
available or after-
school broadband
access and digital
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digital literacy and
public education.
Source: State
Broadband
Infrastructure Grant
Account
CPUC Maximum of
$5,000,000.
Varies based
on project
criteria.
TBD 2027
Funding for projects
that deploy last-mile
broadband
infrastructure. Projects
may include middle-
mile infrastructure but
not as a standalone
without last-mile
infrastructure.
Source: State
Public Housing
Broadband Account CPUC
No maximum
or minimum
amount.
No match
required. Ongoing
Funding for projects
that build broadband
networks offering free
broadband service for
residents in publicly
supported housing,
farmworker housing,
and other housing
developments or
mobile home parks with
low-income residents.
Source: State
California Digital
Equity Program
(CalDEP)
PROGRAM
TARGETED FOR
TERMINATION
CDT
Track 1:
Allocations
differ based
on county.
Track 2:
Anticipated
minimum
award is
$400,000 and
anticipated
maximum is
$1,000,000.
No match
required. TBD
Two categories of
funding: Track 1 for
regional/local digital
equity ecosystems and
implementation and
Track 2 for targeted
statewide digital equity
ecosystems.
Source: Federal
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Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
2025-2026 Youth
Service Corps
CA
Volunteers
Maximum of
$1,500,000.
No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding for programs
that increase youth
employment, develop
youth interest in and
experience towards a
career, and strengthen
municipal capacity to
address key areas of
climate, food
insecurity, education,
and public service.
Future funding
availability pending
California FY25-26 state
budget adoption.
Source: State
Libraries
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Lunch at the
Library Summer
2026
CA State
Library
No
minimum or
maximum.
No match
required. TBD
Funding to provide USDA
summer meals for children
and youth.
Source:
California
Collaborative
Connectivity
CA State
Library
Up to
$10,000 for
staff
technical
training.
Up to
$100,000
for special
constructio
n projects.
Technology
Grants:
match
required for
the two
higher Local
Income Per
Capita
levels
Constructio
n/Connectiv
ity Grants:
TBD
Funding to provide critical
infrastructure support to
public libraries.
Source: State
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required.
Building Forward CSL
Maximum
of
$8,000,000
50% of the
total project
cost.
TBD
Funding to address critical
maintenance needs,
improve energy efficiency
and sustainability, extend
digital access, and expand
physical access to library
facilities. Future funding
subject to appropriations
by state legislature.
Source: State
Play for All CSL
Minimum
amount is
$10,000.
Maximum
amount is
$75,000.
Match not
required.
Future
Funding
TBD
Funding for California
libraries to design and
create welcoming family
play spaces and offer
meaningful programming
around play for young
children ages zero to eight.
Source: State
Sustainable
California Libraries CSL
Minimum
amount is
$10,000.
Maximum
amount is
$75,000.
Match not
required.
Future
Funding
TBD
Funding for climate and
sustainability related
community-driven
programming for adults and
intergenerational groups.
Source: State
Ebooks for All
PROGRAM
TARGETED FOR
TERMINATION
CSL
Awards
range
between
$5,000 -
$75,000.
25% of the
total cost.
Future
Funding
TBD
Provides funding to libraries
across California, granting
access to the Palace Project
– a service which allows
users to access the shared
statewide collection. Future
funding availability pending
California FY25-26 state
budget adoption.
Source: Federal
Community Impact
Grants
CSL
Local
projects:
Minimum is
$10,000
Match not
required.
Future
Funding
TBD
Funding for projects that
respond effectively to local
needs and align services
with local community
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PROGRAM
TARGETED FOR
TERMINATION
and
maximum is
$100,000.
Collaborativ
e projects:
Minimum is
$50,000
and
maximum is
$250,000.
aspiration and support
experimentation and
research and development
in California’s libraries.
Future funding availability
pending California FY25-26
state budget adoption.
Source: Federal
Teens Succeed
PROGRAM
TARGETED FOR
TERMINATION
CSL
Minimum
amount is
$50,000.
Maximum
amount is
$75,000.
Match not
required.
Future
Funding
TBD
Funding for projects that
address the challenges
teens face in the
aftereffects of the
pandemic and to help
prepare youth for success in
life.
Source: Federal
Bay Area Regional Grants
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
One Bay Area Grants
(OBAG) – Round 4 MTC TBD
11.47% of
total project
costs.
6/30/2026
MTC distributes federal
transportation funding
to projects and
programs that improve
safety, spur economic
development, and help
the Bay Area meet
climate change and air
quality improvement
goals.
Source: Federal, State,
& Regional
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Conservation Area
Grants
MTC
Minimum
award is
$200,000.
Maximum
award is
$1,000,000.
Match not
required. TBD 2028
Funding can be used
for planning and
design,
implementation, and
acquisitions to support
PCA’s. Letter of Intent
submissions are
closed for this round,
full applications are
due in March.
Charge! BAAQMD
Based on
Charging Port
Output and
Facility Type.
Ranges
between
$2,000-
$45,000 per
charging
port.
20% TBD 2026
Funding to offset a
portion of the cost to
purchase and install
new publicly
accessible chargers for
light-duty electric
vehicles.
Source: Federal &
State
Southern California (SCAG) Regional Grants
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Surface
Transportation Block
Grant & Congestion
Mitigation and Air
Quality
Improvement
Programs
Combined
Solicitation
SCAG Varies based
on county.
Subject to
project type,
but most
require
11.47%
match
TBD 2027
STBG is a funding
source for projects that
preserve and improve
the conditions and
performance of
highways, bridges, and
public roads;
pedestrian and bicycle
infrastructure; and
transit capital projects.
CMAQ Improvement
Program is a funding
source for projects and
programs that reduce
traffic and improve air
quality.
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Carl Moyer Memorial
Air Quality
Standards
Attainment Program
South
Coast
AQMD
Based on
cost-
effectiveness
and emission
benefits of
the project.
15% TBD
Funding to obtain
“surplus” emission
reductions from heavy-
duty vehicles and other
equipment as cost-
effectively as possible.
South Coast AQMD will
be prioritizing fire
recovery equipment.
Source: State
GRANT ACTIVITY REPORT: JUNE 2026
Awarded (FY 21-22): $11,214,606
Awarded (FY 22-23): $16,047,619
Awarded (FY 23-24): $35,532,929
Awarded (FY 24-25): $34,784,847
Awarded (FY 25-26): $1,684,116
Pending: $28,324,019
Proposals submitted with assistance from CPPG.
Grant Applications: In-Progress
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Submitted Notes
Homekey+ Cal HCD $12,635,799 $2,557,650 5/30/2025
Funding to convert
Ramkabir Motel into
30 PSH units (15
veteran units & 15
units for homeless)
Staff Lead: Nina
Encampment
Resolution Funding
– Round 5
Cal HCD
No maximum or
minimum
amount.
Leveraged
funding is
required.
There is no
set
minimum
amount.
6/30/2026
Funding for site-
specific projects that
transition homeless
people from
encampments into
safe and stable
housing. FY 25-26
funding contingent
upon budget
negotiations.
Assistance to
Firefighters Grant FEMA
Maximum of
$2,000,000
(100,001 –
500,000 people).
10% of the
total
project cost
(20,001 to
6/22/2026
Funding for Fire
Departments for
equipment and
vehicle acquisition.
1,000,000
people).
Statewide Park
Development and
Community
Revitalization
Program
CA Dept.
of Parks
and Rec
Maximum of
$8,000,000.
No match
required. Fall 2026
$200 million for this
program included in
the Climate Bond.
Opportunity for MLK
Park Aquatics
Center.
Staff Lead: Rick,
Walter
Pending Grant Applications
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Submitted Notes
Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program
CalOES/
FEMA $153,887 $51,296 9/15/2025
Requesting funding
to install a Cummins
C80D6C – 80Kw
Automatic Standby
Diesel Generator at
Station 3. LOI
approved.
Staff Lead: Paul B.
Illegal Disposal Site
Abatement
Cal
Recycle $275,000 No match
required. 10/15/2025
Applied for four sites:
an abandoned golf
course, an
abandoned
development, a site
near the Kern River,
and Daniel’s Lane.
Art in Parks Parks
California $100,000 $40,000 3/13/2026 Applied for art
project at skate park.
Snow Water Supply
Forecasting
Program
BoR $999,999 $2,206,336 5/5/2026
Applied for the Kern
River watershed
project. Staff drafted
and CPPG reviewed.
Urban Greening
Program CNRA $1,750,000 No match
required. 6/4/2026
Funding for multi-
benefit green
infrastructure
projects that
produce quantifiable
GHG emissions
reductions.
FY 27 Federal Earmark Requests
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Community Project
Funding FY 27
Rep.
Valadao $5,000,000 25% 3/9/2026 Submitted for Monitor
Streets Phase 2.
Community Project
Funding FY 27 Rep. Fong $1,500,000 25% 3/6/2026
Submitted for the
Hageman Flyover
Project.
Community Project
Funding FY 27 Rep. Fong $391,651 25% 3/6/2026
Submitted for the
MedEvac Emergency
Rescue and
Response Vehicle
Upcoming Funding Opportunities – Tracking and Vetting
Focus Area: Parks and Recreation
• Martin Luther King Jr. Park Revitalization
• Anton Giovanni Park Revitalization
• Kern River Parkway Trail
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Community
Resilience Centers SGC
Maximum of
$10,000,000.
Minimum of
$1,000,000.
No match
required. Fall 2026
Potential
opportunity for MLK
Park Community
Center. Looking to
apply in Round 2.
$55 million for this
program included in
Climate Bond.
Staff Lead: Rick,
Walter
Extreme Heat and
Community
Resilience
Program –
Planning (Small)
OPR
Maximum of
$250,000.
Minimum of
$100,000.
No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding for
planning to develop
future projects that
address extreme
heat and
community
resilience.
Youth Community
Access Grant CNRA
Minimum award
is $25,000.
Maximum award
is $500,000.
Where
possible,
cost of
project
elements
should not
be split
with other
funding.
TBD Spring
2026
Projects must serve
youth and directly
support access to
either natural or
cultural resources
AND meet the
criteria for both
low-income and
disadvantaged
communities.
Land and Water
Conservation Fund
(LWCF)
OGALS /
NPS
Maximum of
$6,000,000.
At least
50% of the
total
project
cost.
TBD 2026
Funding for the
acquisition,
development, or
expansion of
outdoor
recreational
amenities.
Outdoor
Recreation Legacy
Partnership (ORLP)
OGALS /
NPS
Maximum of
$15,000,000.
At least
50% of the
total
project
cost.
TBD 2026
Funding for the
acquisition or
development of
new parks or
substantial
renovations to
existing parks.
Minimum
population of
25,000 is required.
Recreational Trails
Program (RTP) –
Non-Motorized
OGALS /
FHWA
No maximum or
minimum
amount.
12% of
total
project
cost.
TBD 2026
Funding to create
new non-motorized
recreational trails
and trails-related
facilities. Projects
that address gaps in
existing trail
networks are
prioritized.
Focus Area: Transportation
• Niles / Monterey Complete Streets
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Active
Transportation CTC No maximum
amount.
Projects with
leveraged 6/22/2026 Funding for bicycle
and pedestrian
Program (ATP) –
Cycle 8
Minimum of
$100,000.
funds are
encouraged.
safety
enhancements.
Cycle 8 is anticipated
to open up in March
2026.
Railroad Crossing
Elimination Program US DOT
Minimum of
$1,000,000.
No maximum
20% 6/8/2026
Funding for highway-
rail or pathway-rail
grade crossing
improvement
projects.
Consolidated Rail
Infrastructure and
Safety
Improvements
(CRISI) Program
USDOT
No maximum or
minimum
amount, but a
minimum of
$1,000,000 is
encouraged.
20% of the
total project
cost.
6/22/2026
Funding for projects
that improve the
safety, efficiency,
and reliability of
passenger and
freight rail.
Better Utilizing
Investment to
Leverage
Development
(BUILD)
U.S. DOT
(FHWA)
No maximum or
minimum
amount.
20% of the
total project
cost.
Match may
be reduced
for projects
in areas of
persistent
poverty.
TBD
Funding for surface
transportation
infrastructure
projects that have
regional or national
significance.
Highway Safety
Improvement
Program (HSIP) –
Cycle 13
Caltrans
Maximum of
$10,000,000.
Minimum of
$100,000.
10% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2026
Funding for roadway
safety enhancement
capital projects. An
adopted Local
Roadway Safety Plan
(LRSP) is required to
apply.
Focus Area: Economic and Community Development
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Transformative
Climate
Communities
(TCC) – Planning
SGC Up to $300,000
No match
or
leveraged
funding
required.
9/30/2026
Funding to conduct
community-level
engagement,
planning, and
capacity building to
deploy collective
impact investment
strategies in
disadvantaged
communities.
Public Works and
Economic
Adjustment
Assistance
U.S. EDA
Anticipated range
of investments
from $600,000 to
$5,000,000.
Varies
based on
socio-
economic
factors of
the
project’s
impact
area
Ongoing
Potential
opportunity to
support economic
development goals
and CEDS
strategies.
Staff Lead: Jason,
Jenni
Planning and Local
Technical
Assistance
Program
U.S. EDA
Anticipated
amount for Local
TA investments is
$100,000.
Varies
based on
socio-
economic
factors of
the
project’s
impact
area.
Ongoing
Funding to create
economic
development plans
and studies
designed to build
capacity and foster
economic
prosperity and
resiliency.
Disaster
Supplemental
Grant Program
U.S. EDA
Readiness Path:
Expected range
of $250,000-
$500,000.
Typically
20% of the
total
project
cost.
Ongoing until
Funds
Exhausted
Readiness Path is
for standalone non-
construction
projects designed
to increase a
community’s
readiness for
implementation
projects.
Focus Area: Housing and Homelessness
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Encampment
Resolution Fund
(Round 5)
Cal HCD No maximum or
minimum amount.
Leveraged
funding is
required.
There is no
set
minimum
amount.
6/30/2026
Want to apply for the
next round.
Encampment being
targeted would be
homeless along
Union Ave (a state
highway), with
opportunity to “flip”
a nearby hotel into
transitional shelter.
Staff Lead: Jamie
Focus Area: Water Sustainability Projects
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Drought Response
Program U.S. BOR
Minimum is
$25,000.
Maximum is
$1,500,000.
50% of the
total project
cost. Over-
matching is
encouraged.
7/28/2026
Funding for projects
that build long-term
resilience to drought
and reduce the need
for emergency
response actions.
Solicitation for FY 26
funding from the BIL
is under
development.
Clean Water State
Revolving Fund
CA Dept of
Water
Resources
No maximum
amount
Loans must
be repaid
over a 30-
year period
with
interest.
Principal
forgiveness
is available
for DACs.
Ongoing
Provides a
combination of grant
funding and low-
interest, long-term
loans to support
critical water
infrastructure needs.
Sustainable
Groundwater
Management
Program
DWR TBD TBD TBD 2026
Funding for
Groundwater
Sustainability
Agencies (GSAs) and
other responsible
entities under SGMA
to promote healthy
and sustainable
groundwater basins.
Urban and
Agricultural Water
Conservation
Grants
DWR TBD TBD TBD 2026
Funding for projects
that produce
quantifiable water
savings. $75 million
allocated in
Proposition 4.
Source: State (Prop 4)
Focus Area: Environmental Sustainability Projects
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Urban and
Community Forestry
(State Competition)
CAL FIRE
Maximum of
$1,500,000.
Minimum of
$150,000.
Typically
25% of the
total project
cost.
TBD 2026
Funding for urban
forest management
planning and tree
planting.
Urban and
Community Forestry
(Federal
Competition)
U.S.
Forest
Service
Maximum of
$50,00,000.
Minimum of
$100,000.
No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding for urban
forest management
planning and tree
planting.
Focus Area: Community Violence Reduction
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Community
Violence
Intervention and
Prevention Initiative
U.S. DOJ Up to $1,500,000 No match
required TBD 2026
Looking to re-apply
using 2024
application as a
starting point. NOFO
has been rescinded.
STOP School
Violence Program
U.S. DOJ
(BJA)
Maximum of
$1,000,000.
No match
required. TBD 2026
Funding for programs
that increase school
safety by deploying
solutions that
improve school
climate, behavioral
threat assessments,
and/or intervention
teams reduce the
risk of violence.
Focus Area: Southeast Strong
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Community
Resilience Centers
(CRC)
SGC
Maximum of
$10,000,000.
Minimum of
$1,000,000.
No match
required. Fall 2026
Potential
opportunity for
Friendship House
Community Center.
Community Energy
Reliability and
Resilience
Investment
(CERRI) Program
CEC
Large Entities:
Range of
$13,831,203-
$20,746,805
Small Entities:
Range of
$5,186,701-
$10,373,402
Large
Entities:
115%
Small
Entities:
33.33%
TBD
Potential
opportunity for
Friendship House
Community Center.
Sustainable
Transportation
Equity Project
(STEP)
CARB
No maximum or
minimum
amount.
No match
required? TBD
Potential funding
for Southeast
Mobility Project w/
GET.
Grant Awards
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Fiscal Year 21-22
Youth Workforce
Development
Program
CA
Volunteers $5,354,257 No match
required. 12/31/2021
Funding will support
City Hall Fellowship
program. RPPG
assisted with
proposal
development.
Awards announced
March 2022
Clean California
Grant Program Caltrans $1,491,250 No match
required. 2/1/2022
Funding will support
the Garces Memorial
Circle Enhancement
Project. Proposal
reviewed by RPPG
prior to submission.
Awards announced
March 2022
Active
Transportation
Program
Caltrans
$2,950,000
(Original ask:
$8,454,000)
Leveraged
funding. 6/15/2022
Proposal for H
Street. Prepared by
Bruce. Partially
funded by Kern COG.
Awards announced
January 2023
Urban Greening
Program CNRA $1,419,099 No match
required. 3/28/2022
Submitted
application for
Citadel project with
enhanced tree
planting and
reactivation of the
abandoned soccer
field adjacent to MLK
Jr. Elementary.
Awards announced
March 2023
Fiscal Year 22-23
Emergency Medical
Services Program OTS $267,182 No match
required. 1/31/2023
Submitted
application for
battery-powered
extrication
equipment.
Awards announced
July 2023
Rebuilding America
with Sustainability
and Equity (RAISE)
U.S. DoT $10,000,000 $5,701,430 2/28/2023
Applying for funding
for Chester Avenue
Complete Streets
project.
Awards announced
June 2023
Water and Energy
Efficiency Grants U.S. BoR $497,117 $792,605 7/28/2022
Submitted to fund
Automated Metering
Infrastructure (AMI)
installations.
Awards announced
April 2023
Homeless Housing,
Assistance, and
Prevention (HHAP) –
Round 4
CalICH $4,283,320 -- 11/29/2022
Funding availability
supported by
lobbying efforts
undertaken by Big
City Mayors and
RPPG on behalf of
the City of
Bakersfield.
Awards announced
January 2023
Fiscal Year 23-24
Encampment
Resolution Grant* Cal ICH $7,048,875 -- 6/30/2023
CoC submitted
application w/ City
support.
Awards announced
August 2023
Organized Retail
Theft Prevention
Grant
BSCC $6,203,009 No match
required 7/6/2023
Submitted
application to
support ORT Unit
operations.
Awards announced
Sept. 2023
Edward Byrne
Memorial Justice
Assistance Grant
U.S. DOJ Formula:
$156,045
No match
required. 8/31/2023
Formula funding
allocation. PD would
like to use funding for
body armor and load
bearing vests.
Awards announced
Sept. 2023
Transformative
Climate
Communities –
Round 5
SGC $22,125,000 Leveraged
Funding 8/1/2023
Submitted proposal
for Southeast Strong
initiative.
Awards announced
DEC. 2023
Fiscal Year 24-25
Community Change
Grants U.S. EPA $20,000,000 No match
required 4/22/2024
Funding for projects
that support
environmental and
climate justice for
disadvantaged
communities.
Applying for
Southeast Strong.
Staff Lead: Jason
Outdoor Recreation
Legacy Partnership NPS $11,908,510
At least
50% of the
total
project
cost.
4/30/2024
Program established
through the Land and
Water Conservation
Fund. Working on
application for MLK
Park Revitalization.
Anticipated response
by Summer 2025.
Art in Parks – Local
Grant Program OGALS $362,685 $25,300 6/14/2024
Applying for mural
and walking path at
Saunders Park.
Proposition 47 Grant
Program – Small
Projects
BSCC $1,999,374 $2,192,185 6/10/2024
Funding for
Community Vitality
homelessness call
center caseworker
team. Anticipated
response by Winter
2024.
Energy Efficiency
and Conservation
Block Grant
EPA $379,310 No match
required. 10/31/2024
Applied for funding to
cover Fleet
Electrification Plan.
Staff submission.
Staff Lead: Paul A.
Edward Byrne
Memorial JAG
Program
U.S. DOJ Formula:
$134,968 $72,399
Grants.gov:
10/16/2024
JustGrants:
10/22/2024
Applied for new
Bomb Squad Robot.
Staff Lead: Jeremy
Quality
Infrastructure Grant
Program
CalRecycle $5,147,934 No match
required. 11/19/2024
Applied for upgrades
to the City’s Material
Recovery Facility to
modernize the
sorting line for
recyclables.
Staff Lead: Renee
Behavioral Health
Continuum
Infrastructure
Program (BHCIP)
DHCS $22,867,345 $2,040,155 12/13/2024
Applied for funding to
create a large-scale
residential
substance use
treatment facility.
Staff Lead: Jenni
Fiscal Year 25-26
Law Enforcement
Mental Health and
Wellness Act
(LEMHWA) Program
U.S. DOJ
(COPS
Office)
$188,000 No match
required. 6/30/2025
Applied for the
officer wellness
program, Shielding
the Frontline, by
requesting funds for
more officer
wellness sessions
and a wellness
liaison.
Staff Lead: Brian
Jobs First Catalyst
Funding
Kern
Coalition
$1,496,116
$350,000 for the
City.
No match
required. 4/30/2025
Applied for funding to
explore feasibility for
renewable energy
and advanced
manufacturing
sector development.
Staff Lead: Jason
Homeless Housing,
Assistance and
Prevention (HHAP) –
Round 6
CalHCD $6,504,298.17 Annual
allocation. 8/29/2025
Annual HHAP
funding allocation.
Flexible funding to
prevent and end
homelessness.
Staff Lead: Misty
Earmark Approved
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
State Budget
Earmark Asm. Bains $2,000,000 25% 7/20/2023 Funding for MLK Park.
Approved.
Community Project
Funding
Rep.
Valadao $5,000,000 25% 3/15/2023
Funding for complete
streets
improvements to
MLK Blvd. between
California and
Brundage. Has been
forwarded to
Appropriations and
approved.
Community Project
Funding FY 26
Rep.
Valadao $3,000,000 25% 4/11/2025
Resubmitting FY25
request for Monitor
Street. Project was
included in FY25
draft House budget.
Staff Lead: Juan,
Anthony
Congressionally
Directed Spending
FY 26
Sen. Schiff
& Sen.
Padilla
$3,500,000 25% 4/11/2025
Requested funding
for South MLK Sewer
Improvements
project. Forwarded
by Padilla.
Staff Lead: Juan,
Anthony
Submitted/Not Funded
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Assistance to
Firefighters Grant FEMA $1,207,955 10% 12/17/2021
Submitted
application for an
Urban Search and
Rescue Rig.
Awards announced
Dec. 2022
Active
Transportation
Program
Caltrans $9,940,944
Projects
with
leveraged
funds are
encouraged
6/15/2022
Proposal submitted
for Arvin-Edison
Canal.
Awards announced
Jan. 2023
Assistance to
Firefighters Grant FEMA $1,436,523 10% 2/7/2023
Submitted vehicle
acquisition
application for a new
Heavy Rescue
Vehicle.
Awards announced
Summer/Fall 2023
Climate Pollution
Reduction Grant EPA $188,009,473 No match
required 4/1/2024
Funding for
implementation of
climate action plan
activities. Emphasis
on GHG reduction.
July award
announcements.
Staff Lead: Anthony,
Juan
Assistance to
Firefighters Grant FEMA $333,749.26 10% 3/8/2024
Requesting funding
for Thermal Imaging
Cameras (TICs).
Anticipated response
by Fall 2024.
Staff Lead: Paul
Law Enforcement
Mental Health and
Wellness
U.S. DOJ $84,328 No match
required 4/30/2024
Applied for funding
to do “peer support
for peer support”
and equipment for
new physical
wellness facility.
Anticipated response
by Winter 2024.
Staff Lead: Brian
Bulletproof Vest
Partnership U.S. DOJ $336,549.26 50% 6/5/2024
Applied for 200
AVIIIA bullet proof
vests, carriers, and
rifle plates. Match
requirement is 50%.
Anticipated response
by Winter 2024.
Staff Lead: Ariam
Community
Violence
Intervention and
Prevention
U.S. DOJ $1,823,494 No match
required 6/10/2024
Funding for
comprehensive,
evidence-based
community-based
violence intervention
and prevention
programs.
Anticipated response
by Winter 2024.
Staff Lead: Anthony,
Maria
Local Housing Trust
Fund Cal HCD $3,000,000 $3,000,000 9/17/2024
Issue w/ Housing
Element approval,
which is required for
eligibility by the time
that awards are
made.
Staff Lead: Jenni,
Chris
Jobs First Regional
Investment Initiative EDD $3,470,000 No match
required.
Pre-
application
due:
4/23/2025
Full
application
due:
5/28/2025
Applied for funding
to support workforce
and ecosystem
development in
agriculture sector.
Submitted pre-
application. Project
was not invited to
submit a full
application.
Staff Lead: Jason
Arts in Parks Parks
California $150,000 $35,000 3/19/2025
Requesting funding
for project at Planz
Park, which includes
increasing tree
canopy and creating
a new mural. LOI
rejected
Staff Lead: Walter
Assistance to
Firefighters Grant FEMA $314,148.58 $31,414.86
12/19/2024
Anticipated
decision
TBD.
Applied for funding
to purchase 35 NXT
Thermal Imaging
Cameras.
Staff Lead: Paul B.
Solid Waste
Infrastructure for
Recycling (SWIFR)
EPA $5,000,000 No match
required.
12/20/2024
Anticipated
decision
Winter
2025.
Applied for updated
equipment for their
Material Recovery
Facility (MRF).
Staff Lead: Renee
Fire Prevention &
Safety (FP&S) FEMA $325,931.63 $15,520.56 7/3/2025
Requested funding
to implement new
WUI program.
Staff Lead: Shane
Regional Investment
Initiative EDD
Total Cluster
amount:
$15,472,507
City requested:
$5,279,487
No match
required. 1/16/2026
Applied for clean
economy cluster
development
strategy. In
collaboration with
Kern Coalition,
submitted 4
projects.
Community
Planning and
Capacity Building
CARB $500,000 No match
required. 2/10/2026
Applied for the
Southeast Clean
Mobility Options
Study.
Land and Water
Conservation Fund OGALS $3,207,625 $3,207,625 8/5/2025
Applied for
additional funding for
MLK Park Project
Phase III.
Staff Lead: Walter
Reviewed/Not Pursued
Grant Name Agency Amount Match Deadline Notes
Sustainable
Transportation
Planning Grant
Caltrans
Sustainable
Communities:
$100,000 -
$700,000
Climate
Adaptation
Planning:
$100,000 -
$1,500,000
Strategic
Partnerships:
$100,000 -
$500,000
11.47%-
20% 1/22/2025
There are several
projects included in
this program:
Climate Adaptation
Planning,
Sustainable
Communities, and
Strategic
Partnerships.
Not interested in
design-only grants.
COPS Hiring
Program (CHP)
U.S. DOJ
(COPS
Office)
$125,000 cap per
position.
At least
25% of the
total cost.
May be
higher
based on
cost of
positions.
Grants.gov
deadline:
6/25/2025
JustGrants
deadline:
7/1/2025
Funding to hire new
police officers.
Positions must be
maintained for at
least 12 months after
federal funding ends.
Immigration
requirements
conflicts with City’s
requirements.
Brownfield Cleanup
Grant U.S. EPA
Maximum of
$500,000. May
request a waiver
for single site
applications for a
cap of $650,000.
20% of the
total
project
cost. Match
waivers are
available.
1/28/2026
Funding for projects
that address
hazardous
substances and/or
petroleum
contamination at one
or more brownfield
sites.
Love Your Block
Bloomberg
Center for
Public
Innovation
Up to $270,000 No match
required. 6/1/2026
Potentially applying
for the PNI. Staff
decided to not apply.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
MEETING DATE: July 24, 2026 AGENDA CATEGORY: Staff Report TO: Laws and Legislation Committee
FROM: Juan M. Heredia, Assistant to the City Manager
DATE: July 17, 2026
SUBJECT: Quarterly Update on Federal Legislative Advocacy – July 2026
[Document Description]
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends Committee receive and file.
BACKGROUND:
Summit Strategies (Summit) provides the City of Bakersfield with legislative advocacy services at the federal level. Every quarter, Summit provides an update to the Laws & Legislation Committee on legislative advocacy in Washington, DC.
Summit and city staff will provide a quarterly legislative update, discuss the Office of Management & Budget’s Uniform Guidance Proposed Rule, review the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, and answer any questions from the Committee.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund.
COUNCIL GOAL:
Innovative and Efficient City Government
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Local Government Update – June 2026
2. OMB Uniform Guidance Proposal Memo
3. 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Memo
4. Section by Section 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT UPDATE
JUNE 30, 2026
OMB Proposes Changes to Uniform Guidance
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has proposed significant changes to the “Uniform Guidance”, which regulates how federal grants are distributed. These changes are intended to improve transparency, accountability, and oversight. The proposed rule clarifies that, despite the name, Uniform Guidance is regulation and must automatically be applied government-wide.
The proposal adds several grant requirements first laid out in executive orders related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) principles, immigration verification, and other national policy priorities, while also granting political appointees the abili ty to review funding requests.
Additionally, federal agencies will have expanded authority to terminate discretionary awards if it is determined that those awards are not aligned with federal priorities.
The proposed rewrite of the Uniform Guidance represents the most significant overhaul of federal grants administration since the original Uniform Guidance was implemented in 2014. Potential impacts include expanded termination authority, new stop -work auth ority, increased payment verification, E-Verify requirements, enhanced subrecipient oversight, greater federal discretion, and increased compliance burden.
The proposal is expected to increase the administrative burden that grant applications bear, including adding additional monitoring and documentation requirements. Stakeholders have until July 13 to submit comments and should prepare for the rulemaking to take effect on October 1. All agencies, including the U.S. Department of Transportation, are preparing to update their grant procedures with this timeline in mind.
Local governments should take immediate administration actions, including monitoring all grants in their organization, review grants terms and conditions, understand internal policies and practices, inventory subrecipient relationships, access E -Verify rea diness, review payment verification processes, enhance monitoring frequency and detail, improve documentation standards, and evaluate exposure across grant portfolios.
Local governments should also consider submitting comments, including what their organizations do well regarding grant administration and internal controls. Comments should also outline how implementation will impact budgets and organization’s future grant s and plans. If your Summit contact has not already spoken with you about these changes, it is important to begin those discussions soon and consider how your organization wishes to comment.
This is still a developing process and there are many questions that remain about what exactly will happen when October begins , and this new guidance goes into place. It is not yet clear how the updated guidance will impact current grants, including those awarded or renewed after October
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1st. Summit continues to monitor the feedback and implementation process of this updated guidance and will keep all clients abreast of important updates.
Housing Bill Signing Put on Hold
This month, the House and Senate passed the 21 st Century ROAD to Housing Act. The final bill, which aims to address the nation’s affordable housing crisis by boosting housing supply and lowering costs, makes minor changes to a House-led version of the bill which passed in May.
The bill streamlines the environmental review process by creating exemptions under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for certain Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) activities. In doing so, the bill aims to cut red tape and simplif y the approval process. It also directs HUD to release guidance on how state and local governments can reform outdated zoning policies and building codes to speed up housing construction. One provision eliminates a rule requiring manufactured homes to be built with a permanent steel chassis, making it cheaper and easier to mass produce affordable housing.
The legislation creates several grant programs aimed at supporting the development of new housing and improvements to existing properties. One program will offer competitive grants to local governments and tribes that have objectively increased their housing supply, while another will award grants to support the conversion of vacant and abandoned buildings to housing. Other programs will focus on updating zoning laws and improving local housing strategies. The bill will also expand activities eligible under HUD’s Community Development Block Grant program.
Notably, no additional funds were authorized to implement these programs.
To address the rising costs of housing, the bill will expand access to small -dollar mortgages and increase the Federal Housing Administration’s maximum loan limits. It also caps institutional investment portfolios at 350 single-family homes. In certain cities, institutional investors such as private equity firms control more than 20% of single-family rental homes, allowing them to drive up prices. While this provision hopes to address that, it does not require firms whose portfolios already exceed the 350-home limit to sell any property, and build-to-rent projects are exempt from the restrictions.
Beyond housing provisions, the bill also includes banking deregulation measures sought by conservatives in the House and a prohibition on developing a central bank digital currency through 2030.
Despite passing both chambers of Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support, President Donald Trump announced he will not sign the bill until Congress passes the SA VE America Act.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson sent the bill to President Trump’s desk on Monday the 29th. If the President does not sign the bill in 10 days it will automatically become law, as long as Congress is in session. If Congress is adjourned when the 10-day period ends, the bill could die via a pocket veto. Although both chambers are heading into recess on Friday, July 3rd, they are expected to hold pro-forma sessions, meaning that a pocket veto is not likely to occur. Summit has prepared a more comprehensive report on this legislation, which will be sent once the bill becomes law.
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Surface Transportation Extension Questions
There are only a few legislative weeks remaining before the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) expires on September 30. While the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee continues to push for a full five -year reauthorization package, a short -term extension will be needed before the September 30 deadline. Recently, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R -WV) acknowledged that an extension would be necessary and stated that she would like it run through December.
As of this writing, Senate authorizers do not have a topline funding agreement for a surface transportation package, and they have no plan to release legislative text. They are far behind their counterparts in the House, who advanced their version of the five-year bill out of committee. The full House and relevant committees have yet to address the measure.
Appropriations Update
This month, the House Appropriations Committee advanced the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies spending bill in a 34-27 party line vote. The Committee adopted a few notable amendments during the full committee markup, including:
• An amendment that would block funding from going to local jurisdictions that refuse to comply with a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) request for advance notice of the scheduled release date and time for an undocumented immigrant in their custody. • An amendment that would bar funding from being used to implement a Biden -era regulation that directs NHTSA to mandate that new passenger vehicles be equipped with advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention technology
The bill will now need to be considered on the House floor. Floor action has yet to be scheduled.
The House has advanced all 12 spending bills out of committee, with Military Construction -V A and the Agriculture spending bills also passing on the House floor.
Meanwhile, in the Senate, the Appropriations Committee has yet to schedule their markups of Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 spending bills. Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R -ME) had originally planned to mark up six spending bills by this point in the cal endar but ongoing negotiations with Democrats on topline spending levels have forced these markups to be delayed.
It is now unclear when the Senate will start considering FY27 spending bills.
Open Grant Opportunities
Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight and Highway Projects (INFRA): This funding opportunity awards competitive grants for multimodal freight and highway projects of national or regional significance to improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of the movement of freight and people in and across rural and urban areas. • Agency: Department of Transportation, Office of the Under Secretary for Policy • Funding Range: Floor-Ceiling: $5,000,000-$426,700,000
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• Estimated Total Program Funding: $166,000,000
• Application Deadline: July 15, 2026
Competitive Grants for Rail Vehicle Replacement Program: This funding opportunity provides competitive grants for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Competitive Grants for Rail Vehicle Replacement (Rail) Program.
• Agency: Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration • Funding Range: Floor-Ceiling: $0; $0
• Estimated Total Program Funding: $626,700,000
• Application Deadline: July 6, 2026
Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development Planning: This funding opportunity helps improve public transportation by providing funding to local communities to integrate land use and transportation planning around a new fixed guideway or core capacity improvement project. • Agency: Federal Transit Administration
• Funding Range: Floor-Ceiling: $0; $0
• Estimated Total Program Funding: $28,492,618
• Application Deadline: July 10, 2026
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC): This funding opportunity makes federal funds available to states, U.S. territories, federally recognized tribal governments, and local governments for hazard mitigation activities.
• Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Funding Range: Floor-Ceiling: $0; $150,000,000
• Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,000,000,000
• Application Deadline: July 23, 2026
Title X Family Planning Services Grants: This funding opportunity supports voluntary family planning projects that offer a broad range of acceptable and effective family planning methods and services (including natural family planning methods, infertility services, and services for adolescents).
• Agency: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
• Funding Range: Floor-Ceiling: $200,000; $22,000,000
• Estimated Total Program Funding: $257,000,000
• Application Deadline: January 9, 2027
Continuum of Care Competition and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Grants: This funding opportunity supports commitments to quickly rehouse individuals and families experiencing homelessness and prevent youth homelessness. • Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Funding Range: Floor-Ceiling: $2,500; $25,000,000
• Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,040,000,000
• Application Deadline: August 26, 2026
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Technical Assistance and Training for Rural, Small and Tribal Municipalities and Wastewater Treatment Systems: This funding opportunity aims to protect public health and the environment by supporting efforts by small, rural, and Tribal communities to identify water challenges, develop plans, build capacity, comply with Clean Water Act requirements, and access water infrastructure.
• Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
• Funding Range: Floor-Ceiling: $0; $3,000,000
• Estimated Total Program Funding: $25,500,000
• Application Deadline: August 14, 2026
Youth Homelessness Grants: This funding opportunity helps to address youth homelessness by funding response systems and supportive service projects. • Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Funding Range: Floor-Ceiling: $500,000; $15,000,000
• Estimated Total Program Funding: $193,000,000
• Application Deadline: August 10, 2026
Legislative Tracking
• Senate Discussion Draft: The Agricultural Act of 2026 o Text Released: June 26, 2026
o Sponsor: Sen. John Boozman (R-AR)
o Status: Discussion draft released.
o Summary: This bill (commonly known as the Farm Bill) reauthorizes through FY2031 and modifies Department of Agriculture programs that address commodity support, conservation, trade and international food aid, nutrition assistance, farm credit, rural development, research and extension activities, forestry, energy, horticulture, crop insurance, livestock and other animals, and foreign investments in U.S. agricultural land. This bill is a companion to the House’s Farm Bill, and notably includes steep cuts to SNAP, which would shift the burden of food aid costs away from the federal government and over to the states.
• H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 o Date Introduced: February 13, 2026
o Sponsor: Rep. G.T. Thomspon (R-PA-15)
o Status: Passed House; Received in the Senate
o Summary: This bill provides comprehensive reforms to agricultural and rural development programs, extending key authorities through Fiscal Year 2031.
• H.R. 6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
o Date Introduced: December 11, 2025
o Sponsor: Rep. French Hill (R-AR-02)
o Status: Passed by both chambers, awaiting signature from the President. President Trump says he will not sign the bill until the SAVE America Act is passed.
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o Summary: This bill revises federal housing programs, including by expanding available financing for affordable housing and providing grants for planning and community development activities.
• S. 2975: PIPELINE Safety Act
o Date Introduced: October 6, 2025
o Sponsor: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)
o Status: Passed Senate
o Summary: This bill enhances the safety of pipeline transportation by reauthorizing funding for pipeline safety programs, modernizing inspection and risk assessment requirements, and addresses emerging gases like hydrogen and carbon dioxide.
• S. 4485: Gas Tax Suspension Act
o Date Introduced: May 11, 2026
o Sponsor: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)
o Status: Referred to Committee on Finance
o Summary: This bill establishes a tax holiday for gasoline and diesel fuel.
• H.R. 4109: Recycling and Composting Accountability Act o Date Introduced: June 24, 2025
o Sponsor: Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO-02)
o Status: Passed Subcommittee
o Summary: This bill requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out certain activities to improve recycling and composting programs, including preparing comprehensive reports on infrastructure capabilities across states and local governments.
• H.R. 4669: FEMA Act of 2025
o Date Introduced: June 24, 2025
o Sponsor: Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO-06)
o Status: Passed Subcommittee
o Summary: This bill reestablishes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (currently within the Department of Homeland Security) as an independent, cabinet-level agency. It also makes broad changes to FEMA’s disaster and hazard mitigation assistance programs.
• H.R. 5587: HEATS Act
o Date Introduced: September 26, 2025
o Sponsor: Rep. Young Kim (R-CA-40)
o Status: Passed House; Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
o Summary: This bill exempts certain geothermal activities on state and private lands (except Indian lands) from drilling permit requirements as well as environmental and historic preservation review requirements.
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• H.R. 7437: BASICS Act
o Date Introduced: February 9, 2026
o Sponsor: Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-08)
o Status: Referred to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure o Summary: This bill introduce a new strengthening bridges formula program, with additional provisions expanding metropolitan planning funding uses and enhancing local project selection.
• H.R. 8739: Brownfields Revitalization for a Better Tomorrow Act o Date Introduced: May 12, 2026
o Sponsor: Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY-02)
o Status: Passed Subcommittee
o Summary: This bill approves funding through Fiscal Year 2031 for brownfields grants used to revitalize former industrial or commercial sites.
• H.R. 8870: BUILD America 250 Act
o Date Introduced: May 19, 2026
o Sponsor: Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO-06)
o Status: Passed Subcommittee
o Summary: This bill authorizes funding for federal-aid highways, bridge construction, transit, rail, and safety programs from Fiscal Years 2027 to 2031.
Regulatory Tracking
• DOT: Designation-Restrict the Operation of Unmanned Aircraft in Close Proximity to a Fixed Site Facility
o Status: Open for comments
o Deadline: July 6, 2026
o Summary: This action would implement section 2209, of the FAA Extension, Safety and Security Act of 2016, by establishing a process for operators and proprietors of certain fixed site facilities to request and maintain an unmanned aircraft flight restriction.
• FAA: Designation-Restrict the Operation of Unmanned Aircraft in Close Proximity to a Fixed Site Facility
o Status: Open for comments
o Deadline: July 6, 2026
o Summary: This action would implement section 2209, of the FAA Extension, Safety and Security Act of 2016, by establishing a process for operators and proprietors of certain fixed site facilities to request and maintain an unmanned aircraft flight restriction.
• EPA: Extending the Compliance Deadline for the PFOA and PFOS Maximum Contaminant Levels
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o Status: Open for comments
o Deadline: July 20, 2026
o Summary: EPA is proposing a new rule that provides additional time for public water systems to meet the compliance deadlines for the Maximum Contaminant Levels in the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for PFOA and PFOS. Through this rule, EPA intends to address the most significant compliance challenges EPA has heard from public water systems and other stakeholders.
• HUD: Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds
o Status: Open for comments
o Deadline: July 21, 2026
o Summary: This interim final rule removes HUD's requirement that Environmental Assessments for projects over 200 dwelling units or beds shall be sent to the Field Environmental Clearance Officer (FECO) or Program Environmental Clearance Officer (PECO) for review and comment.
• DOE: Updating and Improving the DOE Methodology for Assessing Affordability and Cost- effectiveness of Building Energy Codes
o Status: Open for comments
o Deadline: August 3, 2026
o Summary: DOE is seeking input on its methodology for assessing consumer impacts associated with residential and commercial building energy codes, toward the objective of ensuring transparency in building energy code evaluations.
Agency Activities
DOT Invests $47 Million In Public-Private Partnership Engagement DOT has announced investments in 27 states to build infrastructure projects via public - private-partnerships. Through DOT, states will have access to funding to better facilitate innovative financing solutions for local projects.
DOT Announced $ 1.9 Billion to Repair State Roads and Bridges Damaged by Natural Disasters
DOT has announced a significant investment in emergency relief funding to help states repair infrastructure damaged by natural disasters and catastrophic events. The funding includes more than $908 million to repair damage caused by Hurricane Helene.
DOT Announces $626.7 Million for Infrastructure Nationwide DOT has announced major investments in national infrastructure, with a priority for large- scale projects over $150 million. For the first time, funding will be prioritized for building roads to air cargo hubs and commercial spaceports to support the growth of American aerospace.