City of Chino
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS UPDATE (Attachment 1)
As of June 11, 2026 (June 16, 2026 City Council Meeting)
FEDERAL UPDATE
Congressional Calendar
The House and Senate both plan to be in session for most of June. The House will be in recess June 12 until the 22nd for the federal Juneteenth Holiday on June 19, the day that in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced to enslaved Black Americans that they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. The Senate will not be in session from June 29 to July 2; the House is scheduled to be in session.
The House only has 40 days in session between now and Election Day.
Status of City of Chino Funding Requests for Federal FY 2027 DENIED - Heritage Park Upgrades and Infrastructure Improvements Project - $4 million in Congressionally Directed Spending requested from Senator Alex Padilla and Senator Adam Schiff.
Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff released their FY27 Congressionally Designated Spending (earmark) requests. Neither Padilla nor Schiff requested funding for the City’s park project. City staff met earlier this year with Senator Padilla’s district staff. To strengthen the City’s project priorities for the next round of Congressional Districted Spending (earmarks), district staff for both Senator Padilla and Senator Schiff will be invited to the City and tour Chino project priorities in the next couple of months.
New Congressional Districts
In light of the new congressional district lines that take effect in January 2027, the City’s federal advocate will reach out to Congressman Gil Cisneros, whose district encompasses the majority of the City of Chino.
Federal Housing Legislation
The timing of an amended housing bill, the ROAD to Housing Act, that senior House Republicans were hoping to quickly move to a floor vote, remains uncertain as leadership continues to work through text and find a path toward White House support. The Senate chamber has passed various versions of the bill, but House GOP leadership is focused on including additional provisions that the Senate measure does not include. The Senate passed major housing legislation in March (HR 6644), designed to expand housing supply and lower costs. The Senate took up a bill the House had passed in February, combined much of it with a similar Senate bill (S 2651), and added the provision that would mostly ban institutional investors' ownership of homes.
The investor piece has drawn strong criticism from a number of housing trade groups and caused concerns among House Republicans. Financial Services ranking member Maxine Waters, along with Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill, is working to add back House provisions that were stripped from the Senate bill. House leaders are also looking at a Senate bill provision that would temporarily ban a central bank digital currency. House conservatives want a permanent ban.
Federal FY 2027 Budget
The House is moving its appropriation bills. The House Appropriations Committee has reported ten of the twelve spending bills to the House. Only the Labor-HHS-Education and Homeland Security bills have not been marked up. The House has passed the Military Construction-VA and the Agriculture bills.
Senate appropriators had planned to start their fiscal year (FY) 2027 markups on June 4; however, that plan was pulled. The Senate still has no top-line spending number and, consequently, no subcommittee allocations. Also, flare-ups with the anti-weaponization fund, the White House ballroom, and funding ICE and CBP during the floor consideration of the budget reconciliation bill complicated consideration.
The budget reconciliation bill to fund ICE and CBP
As a reminder, budget reconciliation is a process that allows legislation related to the federal budget to bypass the filibuster, allowing these bills to pass the Senate with a simple majority rather than the typical 60-vote threshold. The nearly $72 billion bill, which would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), underwent a marathon 18-hour vote-a-rama, in which Senators offered and debated various amendments. The measure was eventually approved by a vote of 52-47 and will now move to the House for consideration. The Senate had hoped to get the bill to the President by June 1. The House unexpectedly left D.C. early before voting on the measure. It was rumored that there might be attendance problems in the House.
TRACKED STATE LEGISLATION REPORTS
The report on tracked state legislation, sorted by subject, is included in Attachment 2. Staff has identified 104 bills of potential interest to the City that have met the necessary legislative deadlines to date. Bills are also added and removed from tracking based on lists provided by associations, such as the League of California Cities, staff input, and current bill language.
The positions noted on bills are based on the City Council's adopted Legislative Policy. Additional positions may be taken, or existing positions may be modified based on direction from the Legislative Committee or City Council. Bills sponsored by the League of California Cities are noted in the reports.
POSITION LETTERS & MAJOR ISSUES
The City submitted the following letters since the last report, included in the May 19, 2026, City Council meeting agenda (Attachment 3):
State
AB 1383 (McKinnor) Public Employees’ Retirement Benefits – Oppose SB 866 (McKinnor) HHAP Program – Oppose
SB 1414 (Reyes) SB County Citizens Redistricting Commission – Oppose Joint Legislative Audit Committee, 2026-127 Law Enforcement: Human Trafficking Audit – Support STATE LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR – Recent and Upcoming Legislative Deadlines June 1
Committee meetings may resume.
June 15
Budget Bill must be passed by midnight.
June 25
Last day for a legislative measure to qualify for the Nov. 3 General Election ballot.
July 2
Last day for policy committees to meet and report bills. Summer Recess begins upon adjournment of session, provided Budget Bill has passed.
July 3
Independence Day observed.
Aug. 3
Legislature reconvenes from Summer Recess.
Aug. 14
Last day for fiscal committees to meet and report bills to the Floor.
Aug. 17 – 31
Floor Session only. No committee, other than conference and Rules committees, may meet for any purpose.
Aug. 21
Last day to amend on the Floor.
Aug. 31
Last day for each house to pass bills. Final recess begins upon adjournment. 11 1
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