MEMO
To: Mayor Sheng Thao
Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas and Members of the City Council From: Christopher Townsend, President, Townsend Public Affairs, Inc.
Niccolo De Luca, Vice President
Andres Ramirez, Senior Associate
Ben Goldeen, Federal Advocacy Manager
Sammi Maciel, Federal Associate
Carly Shelby, Associate
Date: January 10, 2023
Subject: Updated from the January 26, 2023 Rules Committee Draft 2023 State and Federal Legislative Agenda
SUMMARY
Townsend Public Affairs, Inc. (TPA) has prepared this report for the City of Oakland as we look ahead to 202 3. TPA met with City leadership and based on those meetings has prepared a recommended State and Federal Legislative agenda for discussion and adoption. This includes the framework for legislative proposals for the 20 23 legislative year, including City-sponsored legislative proposals as well as legislative and funding priorities.
The State Legislature is currently in interim recess and will reconvene on December 5th, 2022 to swear in the new Members. The 2023-24 Regular Session will begin on January 3 rd, 2023.
Legislators will then begin introducing new pieces of legislation as it will be the first year of the two-year legislative cycle. In Washington, DC a new Congress with slim majorities in the House of Representatives and S enate will be sworn in on January 3, 2023. The dynamics of these majorities will provide both roadblocks and opportunities to federal policymaking. Should the new Congress continue to support appropriations earmarks they will likely begin accepting requests for the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations process as soon as March 2023. TPA has already begun to engage in policy conversations with the City’s Legislative Liaisons and Representatives and will continue to have discussions in the following weeks and months leading up to the 2023 legislative session
City of Oakland Legislative Priorities for 2023
This report reflects the City of Oakland’s legislative agenda for 2023, but it will be necessary to remain nimble and responsive as we move through the state and federal legislative year.
In this report, TPA has included input from the Mayor, City Council, and City Administration. This report is compiled into three sections:
1. City of Oakland Specific Legislative Priorities for Sponsorship and Support;
2. State and Federal Legislative Priorities and Funding Opportunities for Monitoring; and
3. One-time State and Federal Funding Priorities for “Member Request” Consideration;
The City of Oakland also works closely with and support various measures that are of importance to our regional partners such as: Oakland Unified School District, Port of Oaklan d, Alameda County, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Alameda County Transportation Commission, Oakland’s transit agencies, as well as other California cities, employers, and key sectors. This
2 also includeslocal institutions such as the Oakland Museum of California, Oakland Zoo, Chabot Space and Science Center, Fairyland, and others.
City of Oakland Specific Legislative Priorities
If the City Council is supportive of the proposals listed below, TPA will continue to research what can be accomplished through legislation, regulations, or direct advocacy with State/Federal agencies and other organizations.
• Homelessness - From our meetings with the Mayor, Council Members, and City staff this remains the top legislative and funding priority. In addition to protecting the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) funding, other efforts include working on a permanent source of funding, additional mental health funding, operating funds for new shelters/supportive housing, efforts to approve safe injection sites, modifications to state law and possibly federal law to support Oakland programs such as safe RV parking, more Homekey funding, support for modular housing, changing how st ate agencies interface with homeless encampments, support efforts to provide rental support, extend the eviction moratorium, and other efforts.
• Affordable Housing - Possible solutions could include regulatory or legislative amendments to the CDLAC funding award process, and other efforts to support affordable housing production. In addition, legislative support may be needed to help with the acquisition and preservation of existing affordable housing stock, protections for tenants against steep rent increases and other anti -displacement tools such as Ellis Act reform, efforts to s treamline affordable housing development, and changes to the process for selling auctioned property at the County.
• Public Safety –Greater flexibility is needed relating to various traffic responsibility and enforcement duties, such as the use of automated enforcement or traffic cameras designed and implemented with an equity impact assessment. Supporting legislative efforts to limit ghost guns, focus on violence prevention, reduce gender-based violence, support public safety reform, and alternatives to non-emergency police response are also priorities. Continued support for the MACRO program is also a priority. Additional topics for consideration include progressive parking and traffic ticket fines and fees , accountability in management of private mobility providers and private trip data , and the civilianization of certain enforcement efforts.
• Economic Inclusion – Efforts could include measures to encourage investment in underserved retail corridors, and im prove reporting and transparency , expanding and improving access to state and federal tax credits such as the EITC, and improving access to capital for traditionally excluded entrepreneurs. In addition, eff orts could also include guaranteed income program s, First Time Homebuyer programs, helping support land trusts, support for limited equity home ownership, and other related matters.
Federal and State Legislative Monitoring and Potential Action The following legislative priorities have been identified by the Mayor, Councilmembers, and City staff for monitoring, analysis, and potential action. The Mayor and/or City Council may choose to take a position on a piece of legislation, continue to monitor without a position, or determine if any further response is required.
TPA maintains a constantly updated matrix of state and federal bills for the City of Oakland, providing additional analysis and information to inform the development of a position by the City.
3 In addition, all the policies below will be viewed through the lens of racial inequities and how we can make the legislation stronger and more equitable.
TPA will monitor legislative activity in the following areas:
Homelessness
Policy Priorities Funding Priorities
Prevent displacement of tenants and residents Funding for homeless services (e.g., the wrap around services necessary for transitional and
permanent housing with operating subsidies)
Enhance transitional , deeply affor dable (ELI), and
permanent supportive housing opportunities
Funding for flexible rapid rehousing and
emergency rental assistance that prevents
homelessness
Support efforts to streamline the creation of emergency shelters and interim housing solutions
Support for more mental health and behavioral
health outreach services
Support legislative efforts that make housing a human
right under the State Constitution
Funding for employment, wage-earning programs
for homeless people
Support legislative efforts that will require counties to partner with cities relating to unspent Prop 63 mental
health funds
Funding for the partnership with OUSD to create a
career technical hub and educational experience
pathway, which would also support TAY housing
Support efforts to identify public lands for sanctioned encampments
Support regulations relating to RV parking and
residential neighborhoods
Support the development of new policies which better
align federal requirements of Coordinated Entry
Systems with the needs of people living in
encampments
Support efforts relating to job and workforce training to increase economic stability and opportunities for
homeless and housing insecure residents
Support regional legislative efforts to address poverty and homeless
Planning, Housing and Land Use
Policy Priorities Funding Priorities
Help promote and support housing legislation that
provides incentives to approve more affordable housing
Work to secure funding for the City/OUSD joint
affordable housing project for the development of
the Career Technical Education Hub at 1025 2nd
Avenue, Oakland, for TAY Housing once
approved by the District
Support efforts of CEQA streamlining for affordable
housing units, especially ELI
Support funding efforts to create an em ergency
housing fund that can be used for bridge loans or
purchase to support first time home buyers or
others
Support housing legislation that increases greater
height and density near transit and areas of job growth Support for soft-story seismic retrofits
Support legislation that advances the creation or
funding of affordable housing projects
Efforts to preserve the historic character of
neighborhoods
4 Enhance efforts to increase low and moderate -income
housing, including ensuring that the Cap and Trad e
funding guidelines meet the City’s needs and goals
Funding opportunities for housing preservation via
community ownership, land trusts, and limited
equity co-ops
Support legislative efforts to encourage Universal
Housing Vouchers
Support for increasing affordable housing
inventory including transit oriented affordable
housing
Pursue updates to the State building code, if necessary, to address non -conforming uses without causing
displacement and to promote innovative forms of
housing construction
Secure funding for the preservation and
rehabilitation of affordable housing
Reasonable reform to CEQA to streamline development
and housing opportunities
Secure funding for a first -time homebuyer’s
program
Support legislative and funding efforts re lating to
housing rehabilitation, preservation and acquisition,
especially for community land trusts
Support efforts that increase opportunities for
teacher housing
Support efforts on wealth and housing preservation to
help insure generational wealth
Support for funding for Accessory Dwelling Units
(ADUs)
Oppose bills that threaten the use of the Low -Income
Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) or other tax financing,
which includes proposals that threaten the tax -exempt
status of private activity bonds, which are a prerequisite for the use of the 4% LIHTC credit
Support funding efforts at the federal government
for operating subsidies for ELI units.
Support nontraditional funding opportunities to help
create opportunities to either purchase or develop land, especially in impacted neighborhoods
Support funding opportunities that encourage first
right of refusal for affordable housing development
relating to county auctioned property (tax
delinquency) and creating a funding
source/program for ongoing efforts
Support efforts to purchase real estate that is becoming available, so that corporations do not buy them first
Support opportunities to fund TAY housing and
create a funding stream for these projects
Support housing preservation efforts which includes
community land trusts and acquisition and rehabilitation of small site projects
Support efforts that provide rights to counsel for
tenants, in addition to funding support for the Rent
Board
Support legislative efforts that encourage first right of refusal for affordable housing development relating to
county auctioned property
Support legislative efforts to extend tenant protections and mortgage forbearance for small property owners
Support legislative efforts that increase the definition of “workforce housing”
Support efforts to make Cal HOME more accessible and
more competitive in the Bay Area due to high costs of
living and other items
Support legislative efforts to modernize the Ellis Act and to help preserve residential hotels
Support legislative efforts around Surplus Land Act
revisions to ensure more housing comes from the
various efforts
5 Support efforts on housing preservation to avoid
displacement and gentrification, while supporting home
ownership efforts
Support legislation that revises the Health & Safety
Code to make it easier for cities to support its artistic communities, specifically the definition of joint living and work quarters to reflect h ow artists and creative
communities live and work today.
Support efforts to increase the number of housing
vouchers for the Oakland Housing Authority
Support legislative efforts to increase the number of
project-based vouchers
Support efforts to modernize or reform Proposition 13
Support legislative efforts to increase the use of
modular housing and other innovative construction
practices
Support legislative efforts to lower the necessary voter threshold from a two-thirds supermajority to 55 percent to approve local general obligation (GO) bonds and
special taxes for affordable housing
Support legislative efforts that offset the costs of ADU construction
Support efforts to lower the bond threshold from 50% to 25% for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)
Support legislative efforts to build more limited equity housing, social housing, and first time home owner
opportunities
Support legislative efforts that provide cities more time and flexibility relating to housing element changes and streamlining efforts
Education
Policy Priorities Funding Priorities
Support efforts to increase funding for adult
education
Support efforts to increase and ensure long term state
funding for Early Childhood Education,
Support efforts to increase diversity of teacher
workforce to eliminate representation gaps
Support funding for grant writing to maximize State and Federal broadband grants.
Support efforts to help support Oakland
Unified School District
Support legislative efforts to increase funding for Cradle to Career strategies, supports, transparency, and
accountability
Support efforts to reduce racial inequities in
education and address affordability of teacher
housing
Increased funding for local municipalities to address
housing security and transportation costs as they relate to both educators and families
6 Support efforts to establish fee-waivers for
people from low-income backgrounds taking
required tests for Teaching Credentials
Create, enhance, or expand CDBGs for communities that
organize to provide holistic supports for cradle to career programs, to promote, sustain and extend the scope of
Promise programs across the state.
Support legislative efforts like “Make Every
Financial Aid Dollar Count” and prioritize Pell
grant eligible students with highest need
Increased funding for the Cal Grant to enable the award to cover a greater share of the total costs of attending community colleges, CA state universities and UCs.
Immigrant Protections
Policy Priorities Funding Priorities
Support Congressional efforts that would make the
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program
permanent, including a pathway to citizenship
Universal representation in deportation
proceedings
Support access to counsel and due process for all
undocumented immigrants, especially unaccompanied
minors
Legal services for those seeking as ylum, refugee,
and other forms of protected status
Support measures that ensure all undocumented
immigrants in detention facilities are held for the shortest time possible, especially for youth, elders, and those with medical conditions, and ensure an end to family
separation.
Access to counsel for all unaccompanied minors
Support legislation that will close some loopholes in the state's sanctuary law
Support measures that ensure the same quality
standards exist at all facilities where immigrants are
detained, including adequate health and mental health
care, regardless of whether the facility is run by a
government entity or a government contractor
Oppose efforts that seek to reduce the rights of
immigrants, erode legal or constitutional protections, or seek to retaliate against cities that have local “sanctuary” policies
Economic Development/Economic Inclusion
Policy Priorities Funding Priorities
Bolster opportunities for entrepreneurs and small
businesses to create new jobs that prioritize access to local talent and keep costs down for small business
operators
Ongoing funding for the cannabis equity program
to help support small businesses and equity
applicants
Measures providing for new tax increment financing
opportunities
Façade improvement, business assistance, and
support for neighborhood commercial areas,
including but not limited to the area surrounding
the BRT project
Measures to improve the Opportunity Zone Program
which could include a “state overlay” which includes
greater equity provisions
Career Technical Education programs in fields
such as construction, information technology,
manufacturing, healthcare,
transportation/logistics, and other growing
industry sectors
Efforts to encourage the development and expansion of
career technical education programs that align with
Funding for job training, placement, retention, and
related services aligned to the needs of Oakland
residents
7 quality job opportunities in local manufacturing, light industrial, bioscience, and other priority industry sectors Support for small business grant programs and other
support
Additional funding opportunities to clean up and
develop Brownfield sites
Support for asset development and financial
empowerment programs, including f inancial education
and credit repair, and additional items as they arise
Supports funding opportunities designed for
community arts organizations and arts districts
Support legislative efforts for workers protections
Cannabis regulations/legislation/ support efforts to
make it easier to pay the various state fees , reduce
waste in packaging, and lower state cannabis tax rate at the retail level
Support efforts around the Medicare for All Act
Support a statewide single payer system that would
cover all California residents regardless of immigration status.
Support employment and workforce training
opportunities to help ensure a healthy pipeline for
businesses
Support legislation relating to Online Sales Tax
Distribution Formula reform
Support ongoing efforts for Universal Basic Income
Support efforts for cultural funding
Support the inclusion of small businesses and
individuals in the efforts of decriminalizing mushrooms and other hallucinogens
Support changes to legislation that has been used in
ADA lawsuits targeting small businesses.
Support opportunities to reform the process for probate court or look for opportunities to make enhancements to help protect families
Support the City’s efforts when working on their annual ROPs submittal and other Successor Agency efforts
Closely track and report back on t he California
Reparations Task Force which is a non-regulatory state
agency established by California Assembly Bill 3121 in
2020
Oppose proposals that cut Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) spending
Oppose federal appropriations plans that would impose
across-the-board budget cuts to the federal budget,
thereby imposing cuts to vital safety net programs that help low -income working families, children, seniors,
students, and people with disabilities
Encourage legis lative efforts to further support
community arts organizations and arts districts
Infrastructure/Transportation
Policy Priorities Funding Priorities
8 Support m easures affecting funding for roads, transit, “last mile” projects, and goods movement
Support efforts to secure funding for the
Transforming Oakland’s Waterfront Neighborhood
project
Support for inclusion of affordable housing and transit - oriented development as a part of any increase in
infrastructure funds or future f ederal infrastructure
reform package
Re-Connect Oakland – 980 conversion
Support legislative efforts that would bring back a form of redevelopment for critical infrastructure and housing
Transit-oriented development projects in both
residential and commercial areas
Support efforts to help commuters and increase public
transportation
Safe Routes to School funding for additional
school sites
Advance or support legislation that increases funding for storm drain upgrades
Increased traffic safety and sustainable
transportation investments in multi -modal urban
environments
Support opportunities to increase funding for Safe
Routes to School
Funding for the Improvements to the Lincoln
Square Recreation Center , second phase of the
East Oakland Sports Comp lex, African American
Museum and Library , Malonga Casquelourd
Center, and other parks/facilities on the City’s
approved CIP list
Coordinate with AC Transit to monitor and support
legislative efforts that would enhance transit reliability and access for Oaklanders
Funding for the Black Arts Business District
Support legislation that would remove time limit
exception for disabled placards in green zones and
efforts to pay for parking via mobile phones
Advocate for allowing cities a greater degree of
control over project selection and delivery with
federal infrastructure funds
Support legislative efforts to curb the abuse of disabled parking placards
Funding for on street and off -street parking
management strategies
Support efforts to ensure that the region is getting as much support as possible and that funding programs
within the federal transportation bill will support urban infrastructure projects, multi -modal projects, and
projects in disadvantaged communities
Increased investments in bridges
Support the Mobility Data Specification (MDS)
standards developed by the City of Los Angeles in
consultation with industry to outline what data
transportation technology companies should share with
cities for us to better manage the public right of way
Funding for storm water enhancements due to the
consent decree
Monitor legislation regarding abandoned vehicles
and/or 72-hour towing policies
Help secure funding for library upgrades and
enhancements
Support legislation that creates a Bay Bridge Dedicated Bus Lane
Revitalization of 7th Street
Support efforts to improve reliability, accessibility,
affordability, ridership, and funding for public
transportation, with a focus on transit systems that play a vital role for underserved Oaklanders.
Oppose e fforts that create burdensome liability
standards on micro mobility companies, such as AB 371
(Jones-Sawyer) introduced in 2021.
Monitor scooter-related legislation
9 Support legislation relating to abandoned autos and
ensuring upstream accountability of vehicle owners
Environment, Energy and Sustainability
Policy Priorities Funding Priorities
Support efforts to make Oakland the center of the Green Economy which includes more EV stations, battery
production, and other efforts.
Support funding efforts for more small business
support in the Green Economy
Measures pertaining to clean energy and waste
reduction
Urban Forest inventory and urban greening
Measures that provide new tools and potential revenue
opportunities to address illegal dumping
Funds to help address illegal dumping, littering,
and graffiti
Legislation to limit and/or ban the use of neonicotinoids. Clean energy funding Encourage efforts relating to state funding for park
maintenance
EDA brownfields cleanup for sites
Measures that would support creating and sustaining of
proactive “Healthy Homes” inspection programs and
programs that reduce lead exposure
Support efforts to create more funding for
Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) programs
Support measures that allow cities and counties to buy
and/or generate electricity for residents and businesses within their areas and oppose legislation or regulation that seeks to limit the viability of “community choice” energy programs
Support efforts to create more funding streams to
support Climate Action Plans
Measures that support regional planning for a climate
change strategy
Support efforts to secure EV infrastructure funding
with a focus on large scale vehicles (fle et
electrification)
Efforts that advance single payer health care Funding for urban forestry, urban forestry masterplans, and ensuring the regulations ensure
that lower income neighborhoods are positioned to
secure more funding
Reinvigorate SB 375 to enhance sustainable community
efforts
Support efforts to better maintain and clean up
street medians
Some amendments to CEQA primarily focused on
comprehensive vegetation management plans
Support funding efforts and opportunities to build
out the various resilience hubs throughout
Oakland which also includes cooling centers and
other facilities that provide support from the threat
of wild fires
Support efforts to cut down on pollutants by r equiring businesses that help with junk removal have a license
Legislative restrictions/options to ban or restrict coal Support efforts to help address various regulations and efforts that impact storm drain runoff and firefighting efforts
Support efforts to transition to green energy and
upgrade infrastructure with a focus on PGE and its
ownership
Address particulate pollution by planting more trees
Support efforts to work more closely with DTSC and
EPA to address contaminated sites
Support efforts of the Sogorea Te Land Trust to return the property to in digenous stewardship by a California Native American Tribe.
10 Youth
Policy Priorities Funding Priorities
Measures that support youth employment and career
development opportunitie s year round including
workforce development and entrepreneurship programs
with opportunities in the restaurant industry and others Youth workforce and entrepreneurship, e.g.,
Classroom2Careers, Mayors Summer Jobs
Program, and other similar efforts to provide work
experience and income
Oppose cuts to Child Nutrition Programs such as the
Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) that allow schools and districts with a high concentration of poverty to
serve universally free meals
Support for children of incarcerated parents
Measures that support trauma intervention and
advancement of trauma -informed care, holistic
strategies that support vulnerable children and families with economic security, health care and wrap -around
services
Trauma-informed care and efforts to address
childhood trauma from violence and other adverse
impacts
Support legislative efforts to create more housing for
commercially and sexually exploited children (CSEC)
and eliminate restrictions on funding (e.g., no caps on lengths of stay)
Reduction of lead exposure and increased lead
level testing for children
Support legislative efforts to support homeless children gain access to Head Start and other related programs
as they are currently penalized for not having a physical address
Support legislati ve effort to enhance prevention
education for CSEC (e.g., recognizing signs of
trafficking)
Support legislative efforts of decriminalizing young
women and men involved in human trafficking that also
provide opportunities for diversion
Public Safety
Policy Priorities Funding Priorities
Support disaster preparedness efforts such as wildfires and seismic safety
Re-entry and anti -recidivism programs to support
rehabilitation of ex -offenders (Proposition 47
funds)
Measures that reduce and more strictly control access
to guns, ammunition, and gun devices that alter the
performance of a weapon
Support for the Wildfire Assessment District and
other urban forestry efforts
Support access to high quality re -entry and
rehabilitation programs in all state and federal prisons Ongoing support for the Cease Fire program ,
MACRO, and other violence prevention services
Measures that provide support to victims of trafficking for sex or labor.
Expansion of the crime lab and other needed
public safety faci lities (e.g., new Police
Administration Building, driving training facility)
Policies for body camera usage and data storage Support funding and other opportunities to address domestic violence
Criminal justice reform such as allowing parolees to vote Support funding opportunities for traffic enforcement efforts
Support automated speed enforcement legislation and
to seek alternatives to sworn traffic/parking enforcement Support funding opportunities for violence
reduction that involve stipends and economic
incentives
Support efforts to stop ghost guns or to push to have
serial numbers on each manufacturing packet
Work towards funding to address backlog of bullet
tracing
11 Support additional efforts to help prevent violence such as mental health services, supporting street outreach
teams, focusing on others before they are at risk
Secure funding for the creation of a new fire
station #4 and to repurpose its current use for
other city-related services
Support efforts that reimagine public s afety and
incorporate community-based organizations to help
address problems
Support funding opportunities for home ownership
programs for law enforcement to live in the city
they serve
Support legislation in line with the efforts related to the Wildfire Prevention JPA
Support funding efforts for the OPD Crime Lab and
investigations
Support legislation that creates a long-term fix to Wildfire Insurance Protection
Support funding efforts for the upgrades of fire
stations city wide which includes recent
assessments of health and safety enhancements
Support legislative efforts to provide tools to cities and law enforcement relating to side show reductions
Support efforts to enhanc e g un charges from violent
offenders
Support efforts to address human trafficking and the
commercial sexual exploitation of children
Support efforts to address sideshows and illegal street racing
Support efforts to increase peace officer accountability and provide a means of decertifying police officers who engage in serious misconduct
Work with surrounding municipalities and other
institutions to address and help maintain the urban
forests
Miscellaneous
Support Constitutional modifications which would
impact local governments, such as lowering the voter
threshold to 55% for various bond issuances and local
taxes
Support measures that are of importance to our regional partners and lend opportunities to work toge ther.
Regional partners include, but are not limited to, the
Oakland Unified School District, Port of Oakland,
Alameda County, Metropolitan Transportation
Commission, Oakland’s transit agencies, other
California cities, and other like-minded groups
One Time State and Federal Funding Priorities for “Member Request” Consideration As we have seen at both the Federal and State level, new initiatives and various funding opportunities have taken form over the last year. As an example, there is the possibility of an increase in federal infrastructure grants being available in 2022 should Congress pass the two pending infrastructure bills. This also includes both legislative provisions that direct approved funds to be spent on specific projects, sometimes re ferred to as “Member Requests” or “ Congressionally Directed Spending ”, along with competitive grant applications. As it relates to the competitive grant applications, TPA will immediately notify the city of funding opportunities as they arise.
As it relates to state and federal “Member Requests” /“Congressionally Directed Spending ”, our recommended strategy is for the adopted Legislative Platform to include a handful of funding buckets that capture various project themes. This provides the City with the highest amount of flexibility as it
12 is important to not only reflect the priorities of the state and federal lawmakers who sponsor these requests, but also to ensure that the City’s projects fit the eligibility requirements of the various state and federal funding sources.
These buckets include:
• Affordable Housing/ Homelessness which could include funding for gap funding for affordable housing projects on the New Construction Pipeline list, funding for the City’s Acquisition and Conversion to Affordable Housing (ACAH) Program, teacher housing/workforce housing , mental health services, encampment management, and other related items.
• Reimaging Public Safety which could include funding for violence prevention efforts and ambassadors, wildfire prevention and other urban forestry efforts, tracing of ghost guns, mental health support based on equity, resource allocation for the formally incarcerated for successfully transitioning home, efforts to address and reduce human trafficking, and other related items.
• Infrastructure Improvements which could include funding for enhancements to the Transforming Oakland’s Waterfront Neighborhood project , the Coliseum project area, the replacement and repurposing of Fire Station #4 , active transportation enhancements, broadband funding to help address the digital divide, Oak Knoll freeway exit/on ramp improvements, and other related items.
• Economic Development which could include funding for small business support, job training programs, career technical training, expansion of guaranteed income and other related efforts.
• Climate Resiliency which could include funding for urban forestry interface, cooling centers, HVAC upgrades, and other related items.