Agenda Report
Fullerton City Council
MEETING DATE: MAY 6, 2025
TO: CITY COUNCIL
SUBMITTED BY: DAISY PEREZ, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER
PREPARED BY: DAISY PEREZ, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: 2025 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
SUMMARY
Consideration of the 2025 Legislative Platform confirming City Council positions on legislative issues that may impact the City of Fullerton.
PROPOSED MOTION
Adopt the 2025 Legislative Platform and authorize the Mayor (or Mayor Pro Tem in Mayor’s absence) to sign policy and position letters within platform guidelines.
ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS
Approve the Proposed Motion
Do not approve the 2025 Legislative Platform and provide direction for revisions Other options brought by City Council
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Proposed Motion.
CITY MANAGER REMARKS
The City Manager recommends approval of the Legislative Platform.
PRIORITY POLICY STATEMENT
This item matches the following Priority Policy Statements:
Fiscal and Organizational Stability
Public Safety
Infrastructure and City Assets.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The City's Legislative Platform serves as a policy document to communicate support or opposition to legislation that may impact the City. The Platform enables the City to advocate for local control, fiscal stability, regional funding opportunities and other priorities at the state and federal levels.
The 2025 Legislative Platform reaffirms Fullerton’s long-standing Guiding Principles:
Preserve Local Control
Promote Fiscal Stability
Support Funding Opportunities.
The Platform organizes policy statements into various categories such as Administration, Economic Development, Water Supply, Housing, Parks, Public Safety and Public Works.
City Council reviews and updates the Platform each year to ensure alignment with evolving legislative priorities. The proposed 2025 Legislative Platform reflects updates to clarify positions, address emerging legislative challenges and advocates for funding opportunities. The changes also incorporate new policy statements regarding issues such as housing transparency, water infrastructure, CalPERS contributions, local revenue protection and homeless services support.
The following table summarizes all substantive changes from the 2024 to the 2025 Platform:
Category
Change Description
Administration
Added support for flexibility regarding Brown Act remote meetings; added support for additional funding into the State Mandated Programs reimbursement program; added opposition to increases in CalPERS contributions; added opposition to new challenges to local tax measures.
Economic Development
Added support for adaptive reuse incentives; clarified support for restoring or creating a modern form of Redevelopment Agencies (RDAs).
Building
Added support for historic preservation funding and tools.
Natural Hazards
Added support for an earthquake early warning system and hazard mapping updates.
Solid Waste and Recycling
Added opposition to unfunded state mandates; support for city funding for mandated recycling programs.
Water Quality and Water Supply
Added opposition to SB 1255 unless amended regarding water rate assistance program; expanded support for replacement of aging infrastructure and for Metropolitan Water District programs.
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
Added emphasis on streamlining CEQA for housing and infill projects.
Land Use Planning, Housing, and Homelessness
Added support for transparency and local stakeholder input in RHND process; added opposition to additional surplus land requirements; added support for scalable federal homeless services funding.
Parks and Recreation
Added support for policies that promote sustainability goals including carbon sequestration through landscape management.
Human Resources and Risk Management
Added monitoring of vaccine mandates for employees; expanded opposition to mandatory binding arbitration and administrative burdens.
Public Safety
Added support for funding cleanup of illegal dump sites and encampments; emphasized reimbursement for unfunded public safety mandates.
Police
Added support for graffiti abatement resources; expanded support for transparency reforms to POBAR.
Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Expanded support for local EMS control and hazardous materials regulation coordination.
Public Works
Added opposition to California High Speed Rail funding; added opposition to aggressive CARB Advanced Clean Fleet compliance schedules; expanded support for wireless infrastructure local control.
Table 1: Summary of Changes from 2024 to 2025 Legislative Platform Attachments:
Attachment 1 - 2025 Legislative Platform
Attachment 2 - 2025 Legislative Platform Redlined
cc: City Manager Eric J. Levitt
2025 Legislative Platform
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