ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
MEETING DATE: August 14, 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