Rolling Hills City Council
February 9, 2026

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WHEREAS, to promote accountability and transparency, this ordinance provides for the creation of a citizens' oversight committee that will review the receipt and expenditures of the revenues from the general sales tax and provide annual reporting of the committee's review at a public meeting.

The people of the County of Los Angeles ordain as follows:

SECTION 1. Chapter 4.70 is hereby added to read as follows:

CHAPTER 4.70 ESSENTIAL SERVICES RESTORATION ACT FOR LOS

ANGELES COUNTY GENERAL RETAIL TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX
SECTIONS:

4.70.010 Title.

4.70.020 General Tax.

4.70.030 Operative Date.

4.70.040 Purpose.

4.70.050 Contract with State.

4.70.060 Transactions Tax Rate.

4.70.070 Place of Sale.

4.70.080 Use Tax Rate.

4.70.090 Adoption of Provisions of State Law.

4.70.100 Limitations on Adoption of State Law and Collection of Use Taxes.

4.70.110 Permit Not Required.

4.70.120 Exemptions and Exclusions.

4.70.130 Amendments.

4.70.140 Enjoining Collection Forbidden.

4.70.150 Citizens' Oversight Committee and Annual Audit.

4.70.160 Annual Report.

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4.70.170 Severability.

4.70.180 Effective Date.

4.70.190 Execution.

4.70.200 Termination Date.

4.70.010 Title.

This Chapter shall be known as the "Essential Services Restoration Act for Los Angeles County General Retail Transactions and Use Tax" ordinance. The County of Los Angeles hereinafter shall be called "County." This ordinance shall be applicable in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of the County.

4.70.020 General Tax.

The Essential Services Restoration Act for Los Angeles County General Retail Transactions and Use Tax hereby adopted is enacted solely for general governmental purposes for the County and not for specific purposes. All of the proceeds from the tax imposed by this ordinance shall be placed in the County's general fund and used for purposes consistent with general fund expenditures of the County.

4.70.030 Operative Date.

The "Operative Date" means the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 110 days after the adoption of this ordinance, the date of such adoption being as set forth below.

4.70.040 Purpose.

This ordinance is adopted to achieve the following, among other purposes, and directs that the provisions hereof be interpreted in order to accomplish those purposes:

A. To impose a retail transactions and use tax in accordance with the provisions of Part 1.6 (commencing with section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and section 7285 of Part 1.7 of Division 2, which authorizes the County to adopt this tax ordinance

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and shall be operative if a majority of the electors voting on the measure vote to approve the imposition of the tax at an election called for that purpose.

B. To adopt a retail transactions and use tax ordinance that incorporates provisions identical to those of the Sales and Use Tax Law of the State of California insofar as those provisions are not inconsistent with the requirements and limitations contained in Part 1.6 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, including adoption by reference of the provisions of sections 7261 and 7262 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, as now in effect or as later amended.

C. To adopt a retail transactions and use tax ordinance that imposes a tax and provides a measure therefor that can be administered and collected by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration in a manner that adapts itself as fully as practicable to, and requires the least possible deviation from, the existing statutory and administrative procedures followed by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration in administering and collecting the California State Sales and Use Taxes.

D. To adopt a retail transactions and use tax ordinance that can be administered in a manner that will be, to the greatest degree possible, consistent with the provisions of Part 1.6 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, minimize the cost of collecting the retail transactions and use taxes, and at the same time, minimize the burden of record keeping upon persons subject to taxation under the provisions of this ordinance.

4.70.050 Contract with State.

Prior to the Operative Date, the County shall contract with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to perform all functions incident to the administration and operation of this retail transactions and use tax ordinance; provided, that if the County shall not have contracted with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration prior to the Operative Date, it shall nevertheless so contract and in such a case the Operative Date shall be the first day of the first calendar quarter following the execution of such a contract.

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4.70.060 Transactions Tax Rate.

For the privilege of selling tangible personal property at retail, a tax is hereby imposed upon all retailers in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of the County at the rate of 0.5 percent of the gross receipts of any retailer from the sale of all tangible personal property sold at retail in said territory on and after the Operative Date of this ordinance.

4.70.070 Place of Sale.

For the purposes of this ordinance, all retail sales are consummated at the place of business of the retailer unless the tangible personal property sold is delivered by the retailer or his agent to an out-of-state destination or to a common carrier for delivery to an out-of-state destination. The gross receipts from such sales shall include delivery charges, when such charges are subject to the State sales and use tax, regardless of the place to which delivery is made. In the event a retailer has no permanent place of business in the State or has more than one place of business, the place or places at which the retail sales are consummated shall be determined under rules and regulations to be prescribed and adopted by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.

4.70.080 Use Tax Rate.

An excise tax is hereby imposed on the storage, use or other consumption in the County of tangible personal property purchased from any retailer on and after the Operative Date of this ordinance for storage, use or other consumption in said territory at the rate of 0.5 percent of the sales price of the property. The sales price shall include delivery charges when such charges are subject to State sales or use tax regardless of the place to which delivery is made.

4.70.090 Adoption of Provisions of State Law.

Except as otherwise provided in this ordinance and except insofar as they are inconsistent with the provisions of Part 1.6 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, all of the provisions

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of Part 1 (commencing with section 6001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code are hereby adopted and made a part of this ordinance as though fully set forth herein.

4.70.100 Limitations on Adoption of State Law and Collection of Use Taxes.

In adopting the provisions of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code:

A. Wherever the State of California is named or referred to as the taxing agency, the name of this County shall be substituted therefor. However, the substitution shall not be made when:

1. The word "State" is used as a part of the title of the State Controller, State Treasurer, State Board of Equalization, State Treasury, or the Constitution of the State of California;

2. The result of that substitution would require action to be taken by or against this County or any agency, officer, or employee thereof rather than by or against the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, in performing the functions incident to the administration or operation of this ordinance.

3. In those sections, including, but not necessarily limited to sections referring to the exterior boundaries of the State of California, where the result of the substitution would be to:
a. Provide an exemption from this tax with respect to certain sales, storage, use or other consumption of tangible personal property which would not otherwise be exempt from this tax while such sales, storage, use or other consumption remain subject to tax by the State under the provisions of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, or; b. Impose this tax with respect to certain sales, storage, use or other consumption of tangible personal property which would not be subject to tax by the State under the said provision of that code.

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4. In sections 6701, 6702 (except in the last sentence thereof), 6711, 6715, 6737, 6797 or 6828 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

B. The word "County" shall be substituted for the word "State" in the phrase "retailer engaged in business in this State" in section 6203 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and in the definition of that phrase in section 6203.

1. "A retailer engaged in business in the County" shall also include any retailer that, in the preceding calendar year or the current calendar year, has total combined sales of tangible personal property in this State or for delivery in the State by the retailer and all persons related to the retailer that exceeds five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). For purposes of this Section, a person is related to another person if both persons are related to each other pursuant to section 267(b) of Title 26 of the United States Code and the regulations thereunder.

4.70.110 Permit Not Required.

If a seller's permit has been issued to a retailer under section 6067 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, an additional transactor's permit shall not be required by this ordinance.

4.70.120 Exemptions and Exclusions.

A. There shall be excluded from the measure of the transactions tax and the use tax the amount of any sales tax or use tax imposed by the State of California or by any city, city and county, or county pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law or the amount of any state-administered transactions or use tax.

B. There are exempted from the computation of the amount of transactions tax the gross receipts from:

1. Sales of tangible personal property, other than fuel or petroleum products, to operators of aircraft to be used or consumed principally outside the County in which the sale is made and directly and exclusively in the use of such aircraft as common carriers of persons or property under the authority of the laws of this State, the United States, or any foreign government.

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2. Sales of property to be used outside the County which is shipped to a point outside the County, pursuant to the contract of sale, by delivery to such point by the retailer or his agent, or by delivery by the retailer to a carrier for shipment to a consignee at such point. For the purposes of this paragraph, delivery to a point outside the County shall be satisfied:
a. With respect to vehicles (other than commercial vehicles) subject to registration pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with section 4000) of Division 3 of the Vehicle Code, aircraft licensed in compliance with section 21411 of the Public Utilities Code, and undocumented vessels registered under Division 3.5 (commencing with section 9840) of the Vehicle Code by registration to an out-of-County address and by a declaration under penalty of perjury, signed by the buyer, stating that such address is, in fact, his or her principal place of residence; and
b. With respect to commercial vehicles, by registration to a place of business out-of-County and declaration under penalty of perjury, signed by the buyer, that the vehicle will be operated from that address.

3. The sale of tangible personal property if the seller is obligated to furnish the property for a fixed price pursuant to a contract entered into prior to the Operative Date of this ordinance.

4. A lease of tangible personal property which is a continuing sale of such property, for any period of time for which the lessor is obligated to lease the property for an amount fixed by the lease prior to the Operative Date of this ordinance.

5. For the purposes of subparagraphs 3 and 4 of this Section, the sale or lease of tangible personal property shall be deemed not to be obligated pursuant to a contract or lease for any period of time for which any party to the contract or lease has the unconditional right to terminate the contract or lease upon notice, whether or not such right is exercised.

C. There are exempted from the use tax imposed by this ordinance, the storage, use or other consumption in this County of tangible personal property:

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1. The gross receipts from the sale of which have been subject to a transactions tax under any state-administered transactions and use tax ordinance.

2. Other than fuel or petroleum products purchased by operators of aircraft and used or consumed by such operators directly and exclusively in the use of such aircraft as common carriers of persons or property for hire or compensation under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued pursuant to the laws of this State, the United States, or any foreign government. This exemption is in addition to the exemptions provided in sections 6366 and 6366.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

3. If the purchaser is obligated to purchase the property for a fixed price pursuant to a contract entered into prior to the Operative Date of this ordinance.

4. If the possession of, or the exercise of any right or power over, the tangible personal property arises under a lease which is a continuing purchase of such property for any period of time for which the lessee is obligated to lease the property for an amount fixed by a lease prior to the Operative Date of this ordinance.

5. For the purposes of subparagraphs 3 and 4 of this Section, storage, use, or other consumption, or possession of, or exercise of any right or power over, tangible personal property shall be deemed not to be obligated pursuant to a contract or lease for any period of time for which any party to the contract or lease has the unconditional right to terminate the contract or lease upon notice, whether or not such right is exercised.

6. Except as provided in subparagraph 7, a retailer engaged in business in the County shall not be required to collect use tax from the purchaser of tangible personal property, unless the retailer ships or delivers the property into the County or participates within the County in making the sale of the property, including, but not limited to, soliciting or receiving the order, either directly or indirectly, at a place of business of the retailer in the County or through any representative, agent, canvasser, solicitor, subsidiary, or person in the County under the authority of the retailer.

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7. "A retailer engaged in business in the County" shall also include any retailer of any of the following: vehicles subject to registration pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with section 4000) of Division 3 of the Vehicle Code, aircraft licensed in compliance with section 21411 of the Public Utilities Code, or undocumented vessels registered under Division 3.5 (commencing with section 9840) of the Vehicle Code. That retailer shall be required to collect use tax from any purchaser who registers or licenses the vehicle, vessel, or aircraft at an address in the County.

D. Any person subject to use tax under this ordinance may credit against that tax any transactions tax or reimbursement for transactions tax paid to a County imposing, or retailer liable for a transactions tax pursuant to Part 1.6 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code with respect to the sale to the person of the property the storage, use or other consumption of which is subject to the use tax.

4.70.130 Amendments.

A. All amendments subsequent to the effective date of this ordinance to Part 1 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code relating to sales and use taxes and which are not inconsistent with Part 1.6 and Part 1.7 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and all amendments to Part 1.6 and Part 1.7 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall automatically become a part of this ordinance, provided however, that no such amendment shall operate so as to affect the rate of tax imposed by this ordinance.

B. The Board of Supervisors may repeal this ordinance or amend it in a manner which does not result in an increase in the tax imposed herein, without further voter approval.

The Board of Supervisors may likewise by ordinance adopt and add additional provisions to Chapter 4.70, or amend any existing provisions of Chapter 4.70, as they may already relate to this ordinance in any manner which does not result in an increase in the tax imposed herein, without further voter approval. If the Board of Supervisors repeals this ordinance or any provision of Chapter 4.70, it may subsequently reenact it without voter

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approval, as long as the re-enacted ordinance or section does not result in an increase in the tax imposed herein.

4.70.140 Enjoining Collection Forbidden.

No injunction or writ of mandate or other legal or equitable process shall issue in any suit, action or proceeding in any court against the State or the County, or against any officer of the State or the County, to prevent or enjoin the collection under this ordinance, or Part 1.6 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, of any tax or any amount of tax required to be collected.

4.70.150 Citizens’ Oversight Committee and Annual Audit.

A. The Board of Supervisors shall establish a citizens’ oversight committee advisory to the Board of Supervisors to provide transparency and ensure fiscal accountability of the retail transactions and use tax. The committee shall review the receipt and expenditure of the revenue from the transactions and use tax, including the County’s annual independent audit.

This advisory committee shall make recommendations to the Board on how to allocate the County’s revenue generated by the retail transactions and use general funds. The committee’s review shall be completed in conjunction with the County’s budget process. The committee shall produce an annual oral or written report on its review which shall be considered by the Board at a public meeting. Any final written report shall be a public record. To preserve the integrity and independence of the oversight process, the committee’s responsibilities shall not include decision-making on spending priorities, financing plans or tax rate projections or assumptions and the committee shall have no authority to direct, nor shall it direct, County staff or officials.

B. The Board of Supervisors shall appoint nine (9) members to the citizens’ oversight committee with special consideration given to organizational representatives most impacted by H.R. 1. Committee members must either reside in or work in Los Angeles County.

Citizens’ oversight committee members shall serve a three-year term and are eligible to be reappointed by the Board of Supervisors, at their discretion.

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C. For so long as any proceeds of the retail transactions and use tax remain unexpended, the Auditor-Controller shall cause a report to be prepared by an independent auditor and filed with the Board of Supervisors no later than December 31st of each year, stating: (i) the amount of retail transactions and use tax proceeds collected and expended in such year; and (ii) the status of any projects or description of any services or programs funded from proceeds of the retail transactions and use tax.

4.70.160 Annual Report.

In order to ensure public fiscal accountability, the County shall provide a public report summarizing all expenditures of funds raised pursuant to the retail transactions and use tax on an annual basis and shall subject the funds to independent audit/oversight by the citizens' oversight committee created pursuant to this ordinance or in a manner otherwise directed by the Board of Supervisors.

4.70.170 Severability.

If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

4.70.180 Effective Date.

This ordinance relates to the levying and collecting of the County's retail transactions and use tax and shall take effect immediately upon approval by a majority of the electorate voting in an election on this ordinance.

4.70.190 Execution.

The Chair of the Board of Supervisors is authorized to attest to the adoption of this ordinance by the voters of the County.

4.70.200 Termination Date.

The authority to levy the tax imposed by this ordinance shall terminate on October 1, 2031.

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SECTION 2. This Ordinance, and all the provisions thereof, shall become effective only upon affirmative passage by a majority of the eligible voters of this County pursuant to Article XIIIC, Section 2 of the California Constitution and applicable provisions of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

SECTION 3. The purpose of this Ordinance is to establish a government funding mechanism for general County purposes and the County is not committing to a course of action with respect to the tax revenue and therefore the ordinance is not a "project" subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to section 15378, subdivision (b)(4), of the CEQA Guidelines.

I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the people of the County of Los Angeles voting on the 2nd day of June 2026. ______________________________
Chair of the Board of Supervisors
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Essential Services
Restoration Act
Protecting Safety Net Access in LA County
JANUARY 28, 2026

MOTION BY
SUPERVISOR HOLLY J. MITCHELL

Impact
H.R.1* County Impact
H.R.1 cuts billions in federal Medicaid funding to California and imposes new eligibility requirements and copays. 1 in 3 County residents depend on Medi-Cal for healthcare. The County has already implemented hiring freezes and DHS contemplating service consolidations, potential layoffs of 5,000 staff, and facility closures in the coming years.

Unprecedented cuts to safety net
$2.4 B
Projected Losses
Over next 3 years to
County departments
$700 M
DHS Projected Annual
Federal Revenue Losses
When HR1 Fully Implemented
$42 M
DPH Fiscal Year Deficit
H.R.1 has created the largest federal health care cuts in U.S. history. These cuts are going to have both an immediate and generational impact. The unfortunate truth is that the blatant disinvestment in health care by our federal government
requires strengthening local investments in the County. 135,000
Residents disenrolled from
MediCal since July 2025
80,000
Residents disenrolled from
CalFresh since July 2025
29,000
Children disenrolled from
MediCal since July 2025
31,000
Children disenrolled from
CalFresh since July 2025
* and other federal changes

Department of Health Services
Department of Public Health
Mandatory work requirements could eliminate
coverage for 700,000 County residents (20% of
recipients)
47,000 lawful immigrants may lose full Medi-Cal
benefits, reduced to emergency-only care
6-month recertification requirement increases
County workload
CalAIM 1115 waiver expiration, if not renewed,
could eliminate coverage for justice-involved
individuals and funding for uninsured individuals
Projected $95M-$300M in funding losses
$200-300M projected loss in federal and state
funding
$42M deficit this fiscal year requiring immediate cuts
Clinic closures and consolidations already being
planned across the County
Service reductions in chronic disease prevention,
disease tracking, and public education and outreach
Staff reassignments and potential terminations
Deficit will worsen as additional federal cuts take
effect
Both DHS and DPH are implementing cost-cutting
measures—overtime restrictions, hiring freezes,
facility consolidations—but these efforts cannot
offset losses of this magnitude.

Department Specific Impact
H.R.1* County Impact
Health Department Specific Impacts
4 hospitals | 23 clinics | 600,000+ patients annually
2026-2027 Projected Impacts
Protecting 10 million+ County residents
* and other federal changes

Community health centers serve over 2 million LA County residents across 192 organizations and 557 sites. These patients are disproportionately low-income, with 69-81% living under 200% of the Federal Poverty Level.

Percentage of Medi-Cal Revenue
Source
Medi-Cal Revenue %
SD1 SD2 SD3 SD4 SD5
0 10
20 30
40 50
60 70
Community Clinic Association of LA County, 2023
Community Health Center Patients
Patients
SD1 SD2 SD3 SD4 SD5
0 200000
400000
600000
800000
Community Clinic Association of LA County, 2023
Community Health Center Sites
Sites
SD1 SD2 SD3 SD4 SD5
0 50
100
150
200
Community Clinic Association of LA County, 2023
Impact on Community Clinics

Community Demands
Protection for Most Vulnerable
Serve low-income families, seniors, people with
disabilities, and communities disproportionately
affected by federal cuts
Accountability Built In
Provide independent citizens' oversight committee and
audits to ensure transparency in how funds are spent
Temporary Emergency Measure
Enact a half-cent sales tax with clear expiration date of October 1, 2031.

Support Essential Services
Dedicate funding to support essential services,
especially the health care safety net.

In response to the dramatic cuts resulting from HR, this motion would place a general ½ cent retail sales tax on the June 2026 ballot for County essential services. This motion also moves that the Board exercise its authority to adopt a spending plan to save health care service access for hundreds of thousands of residents.

Board Action
58% of County residents would support a
temporary ½ cent sales tax increase to
preserve essential services.

Preliminary Polling
County
Response

Allocations
47%
Non-Profit
Provider Network
22%
DHS Hospitals
and Clinics
10%
Core Public
Health Functions
5%
School-Based
Health Programs
5%
Safety Net
Hospitals
5%
Outreach and
Enrollment

2.5%
Correctional
Health Services

2.5%
IHSS
1%
Pasadena/Long Beach
Public Health

Other Initiatives
Filed for November 2026 ballot
Imposes a special 5-cent parcel County tax
Projected $330M annual revenue
“To ensure access for premature infants, infants, children, and teenagers to critical medical and health services at acute care hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare
providers in the County.”
Allocations:
60% of revenue raised to be administered to five
private hospitals:

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Memorial Care Miller Children's & Women's Hospital
UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital in Westwood
Northridge
Valley Presbyterian
40% would go into a Countywide Pediatric Access
Subaccount controlled by the County Board of
Supervisors
Access to Children’s Critical
Healthcare Ordinance
Filed for November 2026 ballot
Imposes a State-wide one-time 5% tax on Californians
with net worth over $1B
Projected to raise $100 billion one-time
“To protect access to high-quality, equitable health
care, and to support funding for kindergarten through
grade fourteen public education and food assistance
programs, by raising revenue from a one-time tax on
billionaire wealth.”
State Allocations:
90% of revenue to health care to protect or
enhance Medi-Cal and other health coverage
programs for low- and moderate-income individuals
10% to education and food assistance programs
2026 Billionaire Tax Act

Questions?

BOARD LETTER/MEMO

CLUSTER FACT SHEET
Board Letter Board Memo Other

CLUSTER AGENDA

REVIEW DATE
1/28/2026

BOARD MEETING
DATE
3/3/2026

SUPERVISORIAL

DISTRICT

AFFECTED
All 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
DEPARTMENT(S) Mental Health (DMH)
SUBJECT Approval to Amend Existing Legal Entity (LE) and 24-Hour Residential Treatment Contracts to Increase Their Maximum Contract Amounts (MCA) for Fiscal Year 2025-26 for the Continuous Provision and Expansion of Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS)
PROGRAM DMH Various Programs – LE and 24 HR Contractors

AUTHORIZES

DELEGATED

AUTHORITY TO
DEPT
Yes No

SOLE SOURCE
CONTRACT Yes No
If Yes, please explain why:

SB 1439

SUPPLEMENTAL

DECLARATION

FORM REVIEW

COMPLETED BY

EXEC OFFICE
Yes No – Not Applicable
If unsure whether a matter is subject to the Levine Act, email your packet to [email protected] to avoid delays in scheduling your Board Letter.

DEADLINES/
TIME

CONSTRAINTS
3/3/26
COST & FUNDING Total cost: $3 mil for LE contracts
and $283,630 for one 24-HR
Residential Treatment contract for
FY 2025-26.

Funding source:

Federal Financial Participation, federal, State, Mental Health Services Act, and 2011 Realignment local revenues.

TERMS (if applicable): FY 2025-26
Explanation: To increase the MCA for FY 2025-26 for the continuous expansion of SMHS.

PURPOSE OF

REQUEST
Amend existing LE and 24-Hour Residential Treatment contracts to increase MCA for the continued provision and expansion of SMHS due to the LE and 24-Hour Residential Treatment contracts reached their previously Board-approved 25 percent delegated authority for FY 2025-26.

BACKGROUND
(include
internal/external
issues that may
exist including any
related motions)
On May 7, 2024, the Board authorized the Director to extend the term of the LE contracts through June 30, 2026. The same Board Letter also delegated authority to DMH to amend the LE Contracts up to 25 percent of their approved MCA. As such, using the authority delegated, DMH amended LE Contracts attached to this Board Letter up to the allowed 25 percent and is now returning to the Board for authority to further amend the contracts to increase their MCAs for FY 2025-26. Additionally, On May 3, 2022, the Board authorized the Director to execute 24-Hour Residential Treatment contracts through June 30, 2026.

The same Board letter also delegated authority to DMH to amend the 24-Hour Residential Treatment contracts to increase their MCAs to 25 percent of their approved MCAs. A 24-Hour Residential Treatment contract has reached its 25 percent delegated authority for FY 2025-26 and is seeking the Board’s authority to amend this contract to increase its MCA for FY 2025-26.

EQUITY INDEX OR

LENS WAS

UTILIZED
Yes No If Yes, please explain how: Intervene Early and Emphasize Long Term Prevention.

The SMHS to be provided through this request, seek to address and reduce the negative impact of mental illness of children, youth, adults, and families. The request will allow for the continued provision and expansion of mental health services to racially diverse underserved populations throughout the County, including prevention and early intervention services, with a goal of increasing positive outcomes for those being served, for their families and communities.

SUPPORTS ONE OF

THE NINE BOARD

PRIORITIES
Yes No
If Yes, please state which one(s) and explain how: Priority 1 Child Protection; Priority 3 Care First, Jails Last; Priority 4 Homeless Initiative; and Priority 8 Anti-Racism, Diversity, and Inclusion. These Priorities allows DMH to provide specialty mental health and support to vulnerable populations, including children

and youth; families; residents experiencing mental health crisis; residents experiencing homelessness and/or at risk of becoming homeless; and residents involved in/at-risk of becoming involved with the justice system.

DEPARTMENTAL

CONTACTS
Name, Title, Phone # & Email:

DMH: Joo Yoon, Acting Deputy Director, (213) 943-8898, [email protected] Senior Deputy County Counsel: Rachel Kleinberg, (213) 974-7735, [email protected]

510 S. VERMONT AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90020 | DMH.LACOUNTY.GOV | (800) 854-7771 Rimmi Hundal, M.A.

Chief Deputy Director

DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH
LISA H. WONG, Psy.D.

Director
Curley L. Bonds, M.D.

Chief Medical Officer

March 3, 2026
The Honorable Board of Supervisors
County of Los Angeles
383 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration
500 West Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Dear Supervisors:

APPROVAL TO AMEND EXISTING LEGAL ENTITY AND 24-HOUR RESIDENTIAL

TREATMENT CONTRACTS TO INCREASE THEIR MAXIMUM CONTRACT
AMOUNTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 FOR THE CONTINUOUS PROVISION AND

EXPANSION OF SPECIALTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
(SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICTS 1, 2, and 3)
(3 VOTES)

SUBJECT
Request approval to amend existing Department of Mental Health Legal Entity and 24- Hour Residential Treatment contracts to increase their Maximum Contract Amounts for Fiscal Year 2025-26 for the continuous provision and expansion of specialty mental health services.

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOUR BOARD:

1. Approve and authorize the Director of Mental Health (Director), or designee, to prepare, sign, and execute amendments similar to Attachment I to existing Department of Mental Health (DMH) Legal Entity (LE) contracts as identified on Attachment III, to increase and reset the Maximum Contract Amounts (MCAs) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26. The amendments will be effective upon Board approval; and the total increase is estimated to be $3 million, fully funded by Federal Financial Participation (FFP), State, Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), and 2011 Realignment and local revenues.

2. Approve and authorize the Director, or designee, to prepare, sign, and execute an amendment similar to Attachment II to the existing DMH 24-Hour Residential

The Honorable Board of Supervisors
March 3, 2026

Treatment contract as identified on Attachment III, to increase and reset the MCA for FY 2025-26. The amendment will be effective upon Board approval; and the total increase is $283,630, fully funded by federal, State, and MHSAMental Health Services Act (MHSA) revenues.

3. Delegate authority to the Director, or designee, to prepare, sign, and execute future amendments to the LE and/or 24-Hour Residential Treatment contracts in Recommendations 1 and 2 to revise the boilerplate language; revise the annual MCAs; add, delete, modify, or replace the Service Exhibit(s) and/or Statement(s) of Work; and/or reflect federal, State, and County regulatory and/or policy changes provided that: 1) any increase to the Board-approved MCA in Recommendations 1 and 2 will not exceed 25 percent, and 2) sufficient funds are available. The amendments will be subject to prior review and approval as to form by County Counsel, with written notice to the Board and the Chief Executive Office (CEO).

4. Delegate authority to the Director, or designee, to make non-material modifications to the LE and/or 24-Hour Residential Treatment contracts in Recommendations 1 and 2 through administrative amendments or change notices for the following and other similar reasons, as appropriate: change the contractors’ business name and/or headquarter address; change, revise, add, or delete the contractors’ provider site address(es), site number(s), site name(s), and/or services for an existing or new provider site; make technical corrections; revise County and Contractor Administration Exhibits; and/or shift funds between currently contracted funded programs, so long as such shift(s) will not cause an increase in the MCA.

5. Delegate authority to the Director, or designee, to terminate the contracts described in Recommendations 1 and 2 in accordance with the termination provisions of the contracts, including Termination for Convenience. The Director, or designee, will provide written notification to your Board and CEO of such termination action.

PURPOSE/JUSTIFICATION OF RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
Board approval of Recommendation 1 will allow DMH to amend the existing LE contracts identified in Attachment III to increase the MCAs to provide Specialty Mental Health (SMH) Day Treatment Intensive (DTI) Program services and to support contractors’ capacity in expanding services to new and existing beneficiaries since the LE contracts have reached their previously Board-approved delegated authority for FY 2025-26.

Board approval of Recommendation 2 will allow DMH to amend the existing 24-Hour Residential Treatment contract identified on Attachment III to increase its MCA for the continuous delivery of sub-acute psychiatric residential services for Medi-Cal beneficiaries and/or uninsured clients since the 24-Hour Residential Treatment contract

The Honorable Board of Supervisors
March 3, 2026

has reached its previously Board-approved 25 percent delegated authority for FY 2025-

26. Board approval of Recommendations 3 and 4 will allow DMH to amend the contracts in Recommendations 1 and 2 in a timely manner, as necessary, for the continuous provision and expansion of Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) and administrative corrections without interruption to clients in need of these services.

Board approval of Recommendation 5 will allow DMH to terminate the contracts in accordance with the contracts' termination provisions, including Termination for Convenience, in a timely manner, as necessary.

Implementation of Strategic Plan Goals
The recommended actions are consistent with the County's Strategic Plan North Star 1, Make Investments that Transform Lives, specifically Focus Area Goal A. Healthy Individuals and Families; and North Star 3. Realize Tomorrow’s Government Today, specifically Focus Area Goal E. Data Driven Decision Making.

FISCAL IMPACT/FINANCING
The total increase for the LE contracts is estimated to be $3 million for FY 2025-26, fully funded by FFP, MHSA, and 2011 Realignment local revenues.

The total increase for the 24-Hour Residential Treatment contract for FY 2025-26 is $283,630, fully funded by federal, State, and MHSA revenues.

Funding for future fiscal years will be requested through DMH’s annual budget process.

There is no net County cost impact associated with the recommended actions.

FACTS AND PROVISIONS/LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
On May 7, 2024, your Board authorized the Director to extend the term of LE contracts, including contractors listed on Attachment III. The same Board letter also delegated authority to DMH to amend the LE contracts to increase their MCAs up to 25 percent of their approved MCAs. As such, using the authority delegated, DMH amended these LE contracts up to the allowed 25 percent and is now returning to your Board for authority to further amend the contracts to increase their MCAs for FY 2025-26. The increase of funds is for the provision of SMH DTI Program services including assessments, treatment planning, therapy and psychosocial rehabilitation.

The Honorable Board of Supervisors
March 3, 2026

On May 3, 2022, your Board authorized the Director to execute 24-Hour Residential Treatment contracts, which included the contractor listed on Attachment III. The same Board letter also delegated authority to DMH to amend the 24-Hour Residential Treatment contracts to increase their MCAs up to 25 percent of their approved MCAs. The contract listed on Attachment III has reached its 25 percent delegated authority for FY 2025-26 and DMH is seeking your Board’s authority to amend this contract to increase its MCA for that fiscal year. Additional funding is necessary to sustain the clinical and programmatic services and allow the contractor to maintain full capacity service levels.

On February TBD, 2026, DMH requested exemption to Board Policy No. 5.120 (Authority to Approve Increases to Board-Approved Contract Amounts) (Attachment IV) from your Board for Medi-Cal funding in DMH’s LE and 24-Hour Residential Treatment contracts, and, in accordance with the Policy, DMH considers this request approved, as no objections were received from the Board offices.

Under Board Policy No. 5.100 (Sole Source Contracts and Amendments), DMH is required to notify your Board six months in advance of amendments to existing contracts when DMH does not have delegated authority to increase the maximum amount of the current contracts. On May 7, 2024, your Board adopted a Board letter exempting DMH LE and 24-Hour Residential Treatment contracts from Board Policy No. 5.100 as these contracts provide federal entitlement services to Medi-Cal members.

This exemption will allow DMH to meet the federal requirement under the Parity Rule and allow DMH to amend the LE contracts in a timely manner for the continuous provision and expansion of mental health services without interruption to clients who need the services/programs.

The amendment formats (Attachments I and II) have been approved as to form by County Counsel. Attachment III lists the LE and 24-Hour Residential Treatment contractors, along with their headquarter addresses, Supervisorial District(s), Service Area(s), and current MCAs.

As mandated by your Board, the performance of all contractors is evaluated by DMH on an annual basis to ensure compliance with all contract terms and performance standards.

IMPACT ON CURRENT SERVICES OR PROJECTS
Board approval of the recommended actions will allow the LE and 24-Hour Residential Treatment contractors to provide ongoing SMHS services and allow DMH to make revisions/updates to the work provided by the contractors in a timely manner.

The Honorable Board of Supervisors
March 3, 2026

Respectfully submitted,
Lisa H. Wong, Psy.D.

Director
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Attachment I
CONTRACT NO. MH122
AMENDMENT NO.

THIS AMENDMENT is made and entered into this day of , 2026, by and between the COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES (hereafter “County”), and (hereafter “Contractor”).

WHEREAS reference is made to that certain document entitled “Department of Mental Health (DMH) Legal Entity Contract”, dated July 1, 2021, and further identified as County Contract No. MH122 , and all prior amendments (hereafter collectively “Contract”); and
WHEREAS, on month xx, 2026, the County Board of Supervisors delegated authority to the Director of Mental Health, or designee, to execute amendments to the Contract to revise Maximum Contract Amount (MCA), and make other certain designated changes; and
WHEREAS, said Contract provides that changes may be made in the form of a written amendment which is formally approved and executed by the parties; and WHEREAS, County and Contractor intend to amend this Contract only as described hereunder; and
WHEREAS, County and Contractor intend to amend the Contract to increase DMH Mental Health Services Medi-Cal Funded Program funds and make other hereinafter designated changes; and

2 WHEREAS, as a result of the above change in Funded Program funds the MCA will increase; and
WHEREAS, Contractor warrants that it continues to possess the competence, expertise, and personnel necessary to provide services consistent with the requirements of the Contract, and consistent with the professional standard of care for these services.

NOW, THEREFORE, the County and Contractor agree as follows:

1. This amendment is hereby incorporated into the original Contract, and all its terms and conditions, including capitalized terms defined therein, will be given full force and effect as if fully set forth herein.

2. This amendment is effective upon execution for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26.

3. For FY 2025-26, DMH Mental Health Services Medi-Cal Funded Program funds are increased by $ , from $ to $ .

4. For FY 2025-26, the MCA is increased by $ , from $ to $ .

5. Exhibit A (FINANCIAL PROVISIONS), Paragraph C (REIMBURSEMENT IF CONTRACT IS AUTOMATICALLY RENEWED AND EXTENDED), subparagraph (4), is deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:
“(4) Reimbursement for Second Extension Period: The MCA for the second extension of the Contract as described in Paragraph 4 (TERM OF Contract) of the Contract shall not exceed
DOLLARS ($ ) and shall consist of
Funded Programs as shown in Exhibit B – .”

6. Financial Summary (Exhibit B – ) for FY 2025-26 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with Financial Summary (Exhibit B – ) for FY 2025-26, attached hereto and incorporated by reference. All references in the Contract to "Financial Summary (Exhibit B – ) for FY 2025-26", shall be deemed amended to state “Financial Summary (Exhibit B – ) for FY 2025-26.”

3 7. Contractor shall provide services in accordance with Contractor’s FY 2025-26 Service Delivery Plan for the Contract, and any addenda thereto approved in writing by the County’s Director of Mental Health or designee.

8. Except as provided in this amendment, all other terms and conditions of the Contract will remain in full force and effect.
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4 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles has caused this amendment to be subscribed by County’s Director of Mental Health, or designee, and Contractor has caused this amendment to be subscribed on its behalf by its duly authorized officer, on the day, month, and year first above written.

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
By
LISA H. WONG, Psy.D., Director
County of Los Angeles
Department of Mental Health

CONTRACTOR
By
Name
Title
(AFFIX CORPORATE SEAL HERE)
TEMPLATE APPROVED AS TO FORM:

OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL
By: RACHEL KLEINBERG
Senior Deputy County Counsel
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CONTRACT NO. MH570011
AMENDMENT NO. 15
THIS AMENDMENT is made and entered into this day of , 2026, by and between the COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES (hereafter “County”), and Homes for Life Foundation (hereafter “Contractor”).

WHEREAS reference is made to that certain document entitled “Department of Mental Health (DMH) 24-Hour Residential Treatment Contract”, dated July 1, 2022, and further identified as County Contract No. MH570011, and all prior amendments (hereafter collectively “Contract”); and
WHEREAS, on Month XX, 2026, the County Board of Supervisors delegated authority to the Director of Mental Health, or designee, to execute amendments to the Contract to revise the Maximum Contract Amount (MCA), and make other certain designated changes; and
WHEREAS, said Contract provides that changes may be made in the form of a written amendment which is formally approved and executed by the parties; and WHEREAS, County and Contractor intend to amend the Contract to increase Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Alternative Crisis Services (ACS) Invoice Funded Program funds and make other hereinafter designated changes; and WHEREAS, as a result of the above change in Funded Program funds the MCA will increase; and
Attachment II

2 WHEREAS, Contractor warrants that it continues to possess the competence, expertise, and personnel necessary to provide services consistent with the requirements of the Contract, and consistent with the professional standard of care for these services.

NOW, THEREFORE, the County and Contractor agree as follows:

1. This amendment is hereby incorporated into the original Contract, and all its terms and conditions, including capitalized terms defined therein, will be given full force and effect as if fully set forth herein.

2. This amendment is effective upon execution for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26.

3. For FY 2025-26, MHSA ACS Invoice Funded Program funds are increased by $283,630, from $435,453 to $719,083.

4. For FY 2025-26, the MCA is increased by $283,630, from $970,600 to $1,254,230.

5. Exhibit A (FINANCIAL PROVISIONS), Paragraph D (REIMBURSEMENT IF CONTRACT IS AUTOMATICALLY RENEWED), subparagraph (3) is deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:
“(3) Reimbursement For Third Automatic Renewal Period: The MCA for the Third Automatic Renewal Period of the Contract as described in Paragraph 4 (TERM OF CONTRACT) of the Contract shall not exceed ONE MILLION,

TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED THIRTY
DOLLARS ($1,254,230) and shall consist of Funded Programs as shown in Exhibit B – 15, Financial Summary.”

6. Financial Summary (Exhibit B – 13) for FY 2025-26 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with Financial Summary (Exhibit B – 15) for FY 2025-26, attached hereto and incorporated by reference. All references in the Contract to Financial

3 Summary (Exhibit B – 13) for FY 2025-26, shall be deemed amended to state “Financial Summary (Exhibit B – 15) for FY 2025-26.”

7. Contractor shall provide services in accordance with Contractor’s FY 2025-26 Service Delivery Plan for the Contract, and any addenda thereto approved in writing by the County’s Director of Mental Health, or designee.

8. Except as provided in this amendment, all other terms and conditions of the Contract will remain in full force and effect.
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4 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles has caused this amendment to be subscribed by County’s Director of Mental Health, or designee, and Contractor has caused this amendment to be subscribed on its behalf by its duly authorized officer, on the day, month, and year first above written.

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
By
LISA H. WONG, Psy.D., Director
County of Los Angeles
Department of Mental Health
Homes for Life Foundation

CONTRACTOR
By
Name Carol Liess
Title Executive Director
(AFFIX CORPORATE SEAL HERE)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL
By: RACHEL KLEINBERG
Senior Deputy County Counsel
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Attachment III
Legal Entity
Contractor Name/DBA (if applicable) Headquarters Address Service
Provider
Supervisorial
District(s)
Service
Provider
Service
Area(s)
FY 25-26
Current MCA
FY 25-26
Total Increase
FY 25-26
Revised MCA
1 ASC Treatment Group 2457 Endicott Street, Los Angeles, CA 90032
1 4 $1,054,236 $1,997,739 $3,051,975
2 Hillsides 940 Avenue 64, Pasadena, CA 91105 1 4 $33,943,746 $614,970 $34,558,716 3 The Help Group Child and Family
Center
13130 Burbank Blvd., Sherman Oaks,
CA 91401
3 2 $21,862,040 $372,787 $22,234,827
$56,860,022 $2,985,496
24-Hour Residential Treatment
Contractor Name Headquarters Address
Service
Provider
Supervisorial
District(s)
Service
Provider
Service
Area(s)
FY 25-26
Current MCA
FY 25-26
Total Increase
FY 25-26
Revised MCA
Homes for Life Foundation 8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Ste. 460, Los Angeles, CA 90045
2 5 $970,600 $283,630 $1,254,230
$970,600 $283,630
Legal Entity Contracts - Fiscal Year 2025-26
24-Hour Residential Treatment Contract - Fiscal Year 2025-26

Attachment IV
510 S. VERMONT AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90020 | DMH.LACOUNTY.GOV | (800) 854-7771 Rimmi Hundal, M.A.

Chief Deputy Director

DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH
LISA H. WONG, Psy.D.

Director
Curley L. Bonds, M.D.

Chief Medical Officer
February 2, 2026
TO: Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, Chair
Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, Chair Pro Tem
Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath
Supervisor Janice Hahn
Supervisor Kathryn Barger
FROM: Lisa H. Wong, Psy.D.

Director
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST DELEGATED AUTHORITY FOR

A PERCENTAGE INCREASE EXCEEDING TEN PERCENT OF THE

MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL
HEALTH’S LEGAL ENTITY AND 24-HOUR RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT

CONTRACTS
In accordance with the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ (Board) Policy No. 5.120 (Authority To Approve Increases To Board-Approved Contract Amounts), the Department of Mental Health (DMH) is notifying your Board of our Department’s intent to request delegated authority for a percentage increase exceeding ten percent of the Maximum Contract Amount (MCA) for certain existing Legal Entity (LE) and 24-Hour Residential Treatment contracts. DMH will request delegated authority for a 25 percent increase of their MCAs for the existing LE and 24-Hour Residential Treatment contracts for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26.

JUSTIFICATION
DMH will present your Board a letter for approval to amend the LE and 24-Hour Residential Treatment contracts for FY 2025-26 to increase their MCAs as the contractors have reached their previously Board-approved 25 percent delegated authority. The total increase for the LE contracts is estimated to be $3 million, fully funded by Federal Financial Participation (FFP) Medi-Cal, StateState Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), and 2011 Realignment State, , and local revenues.

Each Supervisor
February 2, 2026

The total increase for the 24-Hour Residential Treatment contract is $283,630 for FY 2025-26, fully funded by federal, State, and Mental Health Services Act MHSA revenues.

The authority to increase the percentage exceeding ten percent allows DMH to amend the LE and 24-Hour Residential Treatment contracts in a timely manner for the provision and expansion of specialty mental health services without interruption to clients who need these services.

NOTIFICATION TIMELINE
Board Policy No. 5.120 requires departments to provide written notice to your Board, with a copy to the Chief Executive Office, at least two weeks prior to the Board Meeting at which the request to exceed ten percent of the MCA will be presented. In compliance with this policy, DMH is notifying your Board of our intent to request delegated authority for up to 25 percent of the MCA through a Board letter to be presented on March 3, 2026.

If you have any questions, or require additional information, please contact me at [email protected] or (213) 947-6670, or your staff may contact Stella Krikorian, Division Manager, Contracts Development and Administration Division, at [email protected] or (213) 943-9146.

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Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on
Accountability and Oversight
Hon. Gregg Hart, Chair
PRESENTED TO:

LEGISLATIVE ANALYST’S OFFICE
Overview of Major Impacts
of H.R. 1 – One Big
Beautiful Bill Act
AUGUST 20, 2025

LEGISLATIVE ANALYST’S OFFICE 1
Presentation’s Focus
„ Highlights major impacts to state activities.
„ Reflects early understanding of the legislation’s changes. „ Describes first order effects and actions for the legislature. „ Does not outline possible state responses to mitigate impacts.

LEGISLATIVE ANALYST’S OFFICE 2
What Are the Major Areas of Focus?
„ Health Care Coverage and Financing. Limits states’ ability to tax Medicaid services in order to draw down federal funding. Limits certain payments to Medicaid providers. Requires many able-bodied adults in Medicaid to work, study, or complete community service.

Increases frequency of eligibility redeterminations for childless adults. „ Food Assistance. Limits CalFresh eligibility, increases states’ share of cost for administration, and shifts a portion of benefit costs to states (depending on error rate).
„ Higher Education. Expands Pell Grant eligibility to students enrolled in accredited short-term workforce training programs. Places new caps on annual and aggregate federal student loans for all borrowers but undergraduate students. Replaces several existing student loan repayment plans with two new plans. Establishes new accountability earnings test for academic programs to retain federal loan eligibility. „ Personal and Corporation Taxes. Extends the provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA, 2017), which largely reduced taxes for most individuals and businesses. Creates several new temporary deductions for seniors, overtime pay, tips, and auto loan interest, as well as increases the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction.

Makes permanent a number of business provisions, including bonus depreciation and full expensing for short-lived Research and Development (R&D) investment permanent.
„ Clean Energy and Electric Vehicle Credits. Phases out various renewable energy, energy efficiency, and electric vehicle-related tax credits. Rescinds unobligated Inflation Reduction Act funding for various energy and natural resources-related programs.

LEGISLATIVE ANALYST’S OFFICE 3
When Do the Impacts Occur?
Health Care Coverage and Financing
Food Assistance
„ Upon Enactment (Immediate, Pending Federal Guidance):
— Expands work requirements for able-bodied adults with dependents.
— Limits eligibility for non-citizens.
— Limits allowable utility and internet deductions.
„ October 1, 2026: Increases the state and county shares of administrative costs.
„ October 1, 2027: Increases the state share of benefit costs (depending on error rate).

Summary of Major Health Changes
Topic Description Starting Date
Medi-Cal Providers
Provider tax rates Limits states’ ability to disproportionally tax Medicaid services and draw down federal funding.

July 2025a
Abortion providers Prohibits federal Medicaid payments for family planning services to certain abortion providers.

July 2025
Rural Health Transformation Program Provides funds ($50 billion over five years) to states to support rural hospitals and providers.

October 2025
Provider payment limit Reduces payment limit to providers in managed care system. January 2028 Provider tax revenue limit Reduces revenue limit over time. October 2028 Adults in Medi-Cal
Community engagement Requires most able-bodied adults to work, study, or complete community service.

End of 2026b
Redetermination frequency Increases frequency of eligibility redeterminations for childless adults. End of 2026 Cost Sharing Requires states to impose cost sharing on higher-income childless adults. October 2028 People With Unsatisfactory Immigration Status in Medi-Cal Medicaid eligibility Narrows eligibility for noncitizens. October 2026 Federal match Reduces federal match on emergency services. October 2026 People in Covered California
Premium tax credits Narrows eligibility for noncitizens. January 2027 Automatic re-enrollment Eliminates automatic re-enrollment for premium and cost-sharing subsidies. January 2028 a Secretary of Health and Human Services can grant states up to three years. b Secretary of Health and Human Services can grant states option to delay up to two years.

LEGISLATIVE ANALYST’S OFFICE 4
(Continued)
Higher Education
„ July 1, 2026. Changes implemented relating to short-term workforce Pell Grants, student loan caps, and loan repayments for new borrowers.
„ 2028. Existing borrowers with certain types of federal student loans have until 2028 to switch into other plans, including the two new plans. Schools can lose eligibility for federal student loans as a result of failing the accountability earnings test beginning in 2028.

Personal and Corporation Taxes
„ 2025: Increases in the SALT, other new individual deductions, and full expensing for R&D are effective this tax year.
„ 2026: Most other provisions (including making TCJA provisions permanent) effective next tax year.

Clean Energy and Electric Vehicle Credits
„ September 30, 2025: Elimination of electric vehicle tax credit. „ December 31, 2025: Elimination of residential solar and energy efficiency improvement tax credits.
„ June 30, 2026: Elimination of electric vehicle charger tax credit. „ July 4, 2026: Utility-scale wind and solar projects must either begin construction by July 4, 2026 or be placed in service by December 31, 2027 to be eligible for tax credits.

When Do the Impacts Occur?

LEGISLATIVE ANALYST’S OFFICE 5
Which Changes Require Further Federal
Guidance?
Health Care Coverage and Financing
„ Several of the major changes impacting Medi-Cal will require additional federal guidance before implementation. For example, the Secretary of Health and Human Services will be required to promulgate guidelines for the implementation of community engagement requirements by June 2026. Additionally, the new rural health transformation program will require federal guidance on how funds will be distributed and specific requirements on program eligibility.

Food Assistance
„ Changes to work requirements and eligibility (which likely cannot be implemented until guidance is issued).
„ Federal government likely to issue further guidance on the remaining changes, although the impacts of those changes are relatively clear based on the legislation.

Higher Education
„ Nearly all changes require further federal guidance. Beginning in July 2025, the federal government began rolling out new guidance, with further guidance expected over the next year or two.

Personal and Corporation Taxes
„ Several provisions, especially the new deductions, will require additional Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and regulations.

In particular, guidance is needed to clarify eligibility requirements and lay out claiming instructions. The IRS anticipates releasing guidance starting in the fall.

Clean Energy and Electric Vehicle Credits
„ Limited, but guidance is expected on the definition of “beginning construction” as well as restrictions around the amount of assistance provided by certain foreign entities.

LEGISLATIVE ANALYST’S OFFICE 6
Which Changes Could Require Implementing
State Legislation?
Health Care Coverage and Financing
„ Extent of Statutory Changes Needed Unclear at This Time. Until the state receives further federal guidance, the extent of statutory changes is unknown. We anticipate at least some changes will be required.
„ Many Administrative Actions Likely. The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and counties—who administer Medi-Cal—will need to take a variety of steps to implement the federal changes. For example, DHCS likely will need to update regulations and could need to submit Medicaid State Plan Amendments. Counties will need to implement conforming changes and update processes for changes to redeterminations and eligibility.

Food Assistance
„ Potential Changes Related to Eligibility. Possible that some changes related to eligibility will require statutory changes to facilitate implementation, pending federal guidance.
„ Potential Impacts to the California Food Assistance Program (CFAP). The CFAP provides benefits to certain individuals not eligible for CalFresh due to their immigration status. The changes to federal CalFresh eligibility may mean the Legislature will want to consider how the rules of CFAP compare to the new federal rules.

LEGISLATIVE ANALYST’S OFFICE 7
What Changes Could Require State Action in
the Current Year?
Health Care Coverage and Financing
„ Potentially Restructuring the Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax and Addressing Financing Shortfall.
— While changes to provider taxes take effect immediately, the Secretary of Health and Human Services has discretion to grant three-year extensions. If the state is unable to secure an extension, DHCS would need to restructure the tax to comply with the new rules. Due to the constraints under Proposition 35 (2024), the new tax could be significantly smaller than the current version, effectively eliminating budgeted state savings.
— The most recent spending plan includes General Fund savings of $4.2 billion in 2025-26 and $2.8 billion in 2026-27 from the existing version of the MCO tax. Absent this financing mechanism, the state would need to identify ways to backfill these funds or reduce costs.
„ Potentially Restructuring the Hospital Quality Assurance Fee (HQAF). If the federal government does not approve the state’s recently submitted HQAF, DHCS would need to restructure the fee to comply with the new rules. The fiscal impact to the state would depend on how the state restructures the fee.

Food Assistance
„ Eligibility Changes. Once federal guidance is issued, the state will have greater clarity as to whether statutory changes or other actions are required to effectuate the new requirements. The Legislature also may wish to consider implications for CFAP.
„ Others. While not immediately required, the Legislature likely will want to start considering approaches for mitigating state costs in CalFresh due to federal changes (such as reducing the error rate).

LEGISLATIVE ANALYST’S OFFICE 8
What Changes Could Require Action in the
Budget Year?
Based on our current understanding of the bill and its implementation, there are a few steps the Legislature likely will want to consider. As additional guidance and information is released, there may be additional steps the state will be required to take. We also recommend the Legislature ask the administration for regular updates on new guidance as it is released, as well as any initial steps departments may be taking.

Health Care Coverage and Financing
„ Prepare for Implementation of Eligibility Rules.

Food Assistance
„ Develop Approaches for Reducing Error Rate.
„ Consider Options for Improving Efficiency in Program
Administration.

Outlook
CCCA Action Alert
From California Contract Cities Association <[email protected]> Date Tue 2/3/2026 12:43 PM
To Karina Banales <[email protected]>
CCCA Regional Update & Action Alert
CCCA Members -
Last week, LA County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell introduced a motion (p.3) that calls for a temporary ½ cent general sales tax measure to be put on the June primary ballot.

Here is some quick background on why the motion was introduced:

Supervisor Mitchell states that the measure is necessary to combat an expected, county-wide health services crisis caused by the passage of HR 1.

LA County's Department of Health Services (DHS) is faced with a $1 billion cut to their annual budget.

DHS expects the budget cut to result in hospital closures as well as clinics and emergency room overcrowding unless another funding source is put in place.

Here is what the general sales tax measure would do and how revenue would be utilized:

The revenue would replace the lost DHS funds, generating approximately $1 billion annually until 2031.

The revenue would go into the County's general fund and be used to finance various healthcare services across LA County.

A nine-member citizens’ oversight committee would be established to ensure fiscal accountability.

A report would be filed with the Board of Supervisors each year until funding is exhausted.

The motion is headed for a vote at the LA County Board of Supervisors on February

10. If the motion is approved by a 2/3 vote at the meeting, the County will:

Adopt a resolution calling for a special election during the June primary, where the measure will need a majority vote to become law.

Direct the CEO's office to work with legislators to advance a state bill that exempts the measure from the current state cap on local sales taxes. Assembly Member Isaac Bryan & Senator Maria Elena Durazo have already committed to driving such legislation forward.

Adopt a spending plan for the measure.

Right now, we are encouraging Member Cities to work with your City Managers to:

ACTION 1: Send us your feedback on the motion ASAP. You can send the information to:

Marcel Rodarte, [email protected]
Jorge Morales, [email protected]
Lindsey Skolnik, [email protected]
ACTION 2: Reach out to your County Supervisor about your feedback on the motion before February 10. Below is the contact information for each LA County Supervisor:
1 st District, Supervisor Hilda L. Solis: 213-974-4111 or [email protected]
2 nd District, Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell: 213-974-2222 or [email protected]
3 rd District, Supervisor Lindsey Horvath: 213-974-3333 or [email protected]
4 th District, Supervisor Janica Hahn: 213-974-4444 or
[email protected]
5 th District, Supervisor Kathryn Barger: 213-974-5555 or [email protected]
If you’re unsure who your supervisor is, you can find out here:
https://www.lavote.gov/apps/precinctsmaps
ACTION 3: Reach out to your state representatives about your feedback on the motion. If the motion passes, legislators could eventually vote on the state bill that exempts the sales tax measure from the current state cap on local sales taxes.

If you're unsure who your state representatives are, you can find out here:
https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/
Below are brief talking points you can use in your outreach to raise general concerns about the measure:

The County is considering placing a temporary half-cent (0.5%) countywide sales tax on the June 2026 ballot to address funding cuts to health and safety net services under HR1 - the Big Beautiful Bill. It is estimated to generate approximately $1 billion annually.

The measure will be structured as a General Sales Tax, not a special tax. This means the revenue collected will go into the County’s General Fund. It also means the measure will only require a majority vote on the ballot to pass, rather than a 2/3 vote.

The motion states the tax will be temporary, effective from October 1, 2026 to October 1, 2031. However, Measure H was also meant to be temporary.

The LA County Board of Supervisors retains authority to reduce or repeal the tax early if conditions improve…but will they? There are always other needs, and since the revenue is going into the General Fund, it could be reallocated.

Several cities have been actively evaluating their own local sales tax measures and a countywide half-cent would consume remaining capacity, effectively foreclosing city options to raise funds for their respective communities.

Questions? Contact [email protected] or [email protected].

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City of Rancho Palos Verdes
Paul Seo, Mayor
Stephen Perestam, Mayor Pro Tem
David L. Bradley, Councilmember
Barbara Ferraro, Councilmember
George Lewis, Councilmember
30940 HAWTHORNE BLVD. / RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA 90275-5391 / (310) 544-5207 / FAX (310) 544-5291 / WWW.RPVCA.GOV January 29, 2026
Honorable Members of the Board of Supervisors
Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration
500 West Temple Street, Suite 383
Los Angeles, CA 90012
OPPOSE – Motion Securing Funding to Preserve Critical County Services Cut by H.R.1
Honorable Members of the Board of Supervisors:

On behalf of the City Council and residents of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, I write to respectfully express our strong opposition to the Board Motion - Securing Funding to Preserve Critical County Services Cut by H.R.1 by Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, which would require a special election on June 2, 2026 to implement a countywide general retail transaction and use (sales) tax increase measure that would impose an additional ½ percent (0.5%) general tax on the residents of Los Angeles County.

While the City of Rancho Palos Verdes recognizes the serious fiscal challenges facing Los Angeles County, this measure would increase the sales tax burden on our residents and local businesses without providing cities any guaranteed benefit or revenue sharing to fund essential local services. This measure further increases the State and Local Tax burden on our county residence without any guarantee that the funds would be spent efficiently or equitably. Furthermore, this measure would eliminate or put at risk any future measures for local tax capacity, potentially eliminating any city’s ability to pursue future voter-approved revenue measures that would directly benefit local residents.

Rancho Palos Verdes is already facing significant economic challenges due to the lack of adequate state and federal funding to address ongoing landslide risks to public infrastructure and homes. These challenges have strained City resources and further underscore the importance of preserving local revenue sources rather than introducing new general use taxes that would financially burden residents without any direct benefit and could be redirected towards other inefficient County programs with

no direct benefit to local communities.

The City of Rancho Palos Verdes respectfully urges the Board to pursue alternative strategies to explore funding solutions that do not undermine local government’s ability to retain existing local revenue sources.

We appreciate your consideration.

Sincerely,
Paul Seo
Mayor

Item: 13.B.

Meeting Date: 2/9/2026
To: City Council
From: Christian Horvath, Assistant to the City Manager / City Clerk Thru: Karina Bañales, City Manager
Subject: Reconsideration of directing staff to draft a Legislative and Policy Platform Background:

During the January 26, 2026 City Council meeting, Mayor Dieringer requested agendizing a discussion regarding a formal legislative and policy platform. Staff had previously presented consideration of this on November 11, 2024 at the request of then Mayor Mirsch (Attachment A).

The City of Rolling Hills and individual Councilmembers periodically monitor state legislation and take positions of support or opposition on bills that may affect the City, the Palos Verdes Peninsula, or the South Bay region. In recent sessions, the City Council has taken positions on topics including housing and local land use, local control, public safety, and retail theft.

Discussion:

Some cities and regional organizations adopt a Legislative Platform or set Policies and Procedures that consolidate policy statements on issues likely to arise in a given legislative session. Such platforms guide staff in monitoring bills, preparing draft correspondence, and coordinating advocacy with legislative partners and organizations, including the League of California Cities, the California Contract Cities Association, and the South Bay Cities Council of Governments.

Existing Models
For City Council consideration and discussion, staff is presenting the following legislative engagement models used by the three Peninsula cities.

City of Rolling Hills Estates (RHE)
Each May, RHE presents an informational item to the City Council summarizing the “hot bills” identified and supported by the League of California Cities (Cal Cities) for the current legislative session (Attachment B). This update allows the Council to review key legislation being monitored by Cal Cities and to provide direction to staff on submitting letters of support or opposition for bills that may directly impact the City. When timing does not allow for Council consideration at a regular meeting, the City Manager or Mayor may sign letters or state the City’s position on behalf of the City.

City of Rancho Palos Verdes (RPV)
RPV takes a different but complementary approach by annually adopting a Citywide Legislative Platform through a City Council resolution (Attachment C). The Platform:
• Outlines high-level policy positions in key areas such as Housing and Local Land Use, Public Safety, Community Services, Environmental Quality, and Government Transparency and Efficacy.
• Guides staff in monitoring and responding to legislation, programs, and funding opportunities that may affect Rancho Palos Verdes, the Peninsula, or the surrounding region. • Provides the basis for preparing letters of support or opposition and helps focus legislative advocacy and grant efforts on identified priority projects.

Additionally, RPV has City Council Policy No. 29, which formalizes this process by directing staff to monitor regional, county, state, and federal legislative matters, provide periodic updates, and use the adopted Legislative Platform to present items for Council consideration. When the Council takes a majority position on a bill, staff prepares correspondence for the Mayor’s signature, and all letters are posted on the City’s website.

RPV also has a Legislative Subcommittee composed of two City Council Members, an Administrative Analyst from the City Manager’s Office who focuses on legislative affairs, and support from a contracted federal lobbyist.

Lastly, Rancho Palos Verdes recently amended its Legislative Platform to include a new priority for the upcoming 2026 Platform (Attachment D). The amendment focuses on ensuring that grocery store patrons in Rancho Palos Verdes continue to have access to paper coupons or, alternatively, receive digital coupon pricing. This effort is intended to support residents who may lack reliable internet access or face other barriers to using digital coupons available on manufacturer websites or grocery store apps.

City of Palos Verdes Estates (PVE)
Currently, the City of PVE does not have a formal platform or framework for establishing official positions. However, the City does take positions when requested by League of California Cities, the California Contract Cities Association, or other municipalities.

CONCLUSION
A Legislative and Policy Platform could serve as a central reference summarizing prior Council positions, outlining City priorities for legislative and advocacy efforts, and providing a framework for timely responses to proposed legislation that may affect local or contract cities. This evening, staff seeks City Council direction on one of the following options:

1. Direct staff to continue addressing individual policy issues as they arise on a case by case basis.

2. Direct staff to incorporate an annual summary of League of California Cities priority bills (e.g., in May), using that update as a standing vehicle for Council discussion and direction on specific legislation.

3. Direct staff to prepare a draft City Legislative and Policy Platform for future Council consideration, modeled on a neighboring city's legislative platform but tailored to the City's needs and priorities.

4. Provide an alternative option.

Fiscal Impact:

None.

Recommendation:

Receive and file. Provide direction to staff.

Attachments:

1. Attachment A - CL_AGN_241111_CC_Item14A_LegPolicyPlatform

2. Attachment B - CL_AGN_250610_RHE_2025LegislativeUpdate

3. Attachment C - CL_AGN_260120_RPV_LegislativePlatform

4. Attachment D - CL_AGN_260203_RPV_AmendedLegislativePlatform

Agenda Item No.: 14.A
Mtg. Date: 11/11/2024
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: CHRISTIAN HORVATH, CITY CLERK / EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO

CITY MANAGER
THRU: KARINA BAÑALES, CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: CONSIDERATION OF DIRECTING STAFF TO DRAFT A LEGISLATIVE

AND POLICY PLATFORM (MAYOR MIRSCH)
DATE: November 11, 2024
BACKGROUND:

The City of Rolling Hills and Councilmembers at times monitor bills under consideration by the state, and will take a position on a bill, depending on its potential impact to the City, Peninsula or South Bay. Over recent legislative sessions, the City Council has taken positions of support or opposition on matters including land use, local control, public safety, and retail theft. The City Council has also advocated to the California Public Utilities Commission and the County of Los Angeles on matters of concern.

Tonight, staff presents a discussion item, at the request of Mayor Mirsch, seeking direction as to whether the City Council would want a specific legislative and policy platform that could allow staff, in collaboration with the Mayor, to draft and send letters advocating in support or opposition based on said platform.

DISCUSSION:

Many cities and organizations that frequently take positions on federal and state legislation adopt an annual legislative platform. This platform outlines policy statements on legislative and regulatory issues relevant to the organization and likely to arise during the legislative session.

A Legislative Platform for the City could include policies on topics such as:

Housing and Local Land Use
Public Safety
Community Services
Environmental Quality
Government Transparency and Effectiveness
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The platform would consolidate any positions the Council has taken on various bills, providing guidance to City Staff and the City’s federal and/or state legislative delegation on legislative and regulatory issues of interest. It would also inform advocacy organizations active in Washington and Sacramento—such as the League of California Cities, California Contract Cities Association, and the South Bay Cities Council of Governments—of the City Council’s legislative priorities. Additionally, the platform would assist Staff in communicating on these issues and enable prompt action if a matter directly impacting the City requires immediate attention.

The primary purpose of a Legislative Platform would be to guide Staff in monitoring bills of interest to the City. Staff intends to bring all relevant bills before the City Council for a formal position. If a bill requires immediate action, the City Council would be notified, and the City Manager would send a letter expressing the City’s proposed position. This bill would then be presented to the City Council at its next scheduled meeting for formal adoption of a position, reflected in a letter signed by the Mayor.

For reference, Staff has attached samples of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes’ legislative platforms from 2021 and 2022.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None.

RECOMMENDATION:

Receive and file. Provide direction to staff.

ATTACHMENTS:

CL_AGN_241111_CC_Item14A_RPV_LegPlatform2021.pdf
CL_AGN_241111_CC_Item14A_RPV_LegPlatform2023.pdf
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2022 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
DATE ADOPTED: Resolution No. 2021-__ on November 2, 2021.

PURPOSE
The City of Rancho Palos Verdes’ 2022 Legislative Platform (Platform) outlines the policy positions of the City Council on current issues which directly or indirectly impact the City.

This Platform serves as a guideline to actively pursue pending legislation through monitoring and communications activities and is primarily based upon positions previously adopted by the City Council.

The City looks forward to working with regional, state, and federal partners to best serve residents. The statements outlined in the Platform represent the City’s general position on legislative and regulatory issues of interest and concern.

1. HOUSING AND LOCAL LAND USE
A. Oppose legislation that usurps local control and erodes the City’s authority to control its own affairs. Support actions which further strengthen local democracy, authority, and control. The City’s Housing and Local Land Use Legislative Platform is incorporated herein by reference (see Appendix A).

B. Support policies or programs that allow city and state collaboration on housing production, alongside sustainable transportation, broadband deployment, and other key infrastructure areas to support our communities. Support state grants or programs which provide funds to cities and/or developers to encourage affordable housing development.

C. Oppose legislation that penalizes a city or local government if the units identified in the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) are not constructed. Oppose legislation that proposes to convert RHNA from a planning process to a production standard.

D. Support legislation that preserves local authority to manage public rights-of-way including the appearance and aesthetics of equipment placed within them.

E. Support legislation that preserves local authority to zone and plan for the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure in public rights-of-way.

F. Oppose legislation that diminishes the authority of local jurisdictions to process permits and enforce building codes or mandates the manner of enforcement.

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G. Oppose legislation that seeks to limit or eliminate municipal authority to regulate street or sidewalk vendors.

H. Support legislation and administrative actions that protect the ability for a local jurisdiction to preserve open space in and around a local government’s jurisdiction.

I. Support legislation and administrative actions that provide state and federal funding for major public works projects such as the Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation Project.

2. PUBLIC SAFETY
A. Support legislation that enhances emergency preparedness, resiliency and public safety.

B. Support legislation that strengthens and enforces legal protections for all individuals who are victims of crimes.

C. Support measures that provide funding to local agencies for training, effective disaster preparedness, sheriff’s station infrastructure, fire department infrastructure, and emergency planning.

D. Support legislation, regulations, or administrative actions ensuring all cities, including contract cities, have equal access to public safety funding.

E. Support legislation which maintains law enforcement’s ability to utilize automatic license plate reading (ALPR) cameras as an investigatory tool.

F. Support legislation to accelerate the development and implementation of enhanced electrical utility infrastructure, including undergrounding of utility equipment that ensures reliable utility service and public safety and prevents the use of public safety power shutoffs.

3. COMMUNITY SERVICES
A. Support legislation and local, state and federal programs that employ evidencebased best practice strategies to reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness by preventing homelessness for those at risk; providing emergency and transitional housing; expanding permanent affordable housing; and promoting self-empowerment through counseling, job training, and other supportive services.

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through counseling, job training, and other supportive services for those who suffer from mental health issues and/or substance abuse.

4. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
A. Support legislation, regulations, or administrative actions to remediate the harmful effects of dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) and other chemicals in coastal waters, especially near Santa Catalina Island and the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

B. Support legislation that provides rebate programs, tax credits, and other financial incentives that encourage property owners to invest in water efficient systems and landscaping and energy efficiency and renewable energy systems.

5. GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS
A. Support legislation that grants full cost reimbursement to local agencies by the state and federal government for all mandated programs.

B. Support legislation that ensures the retention of existing local revenue sources, including the City’s share of property taxes, sales and use taxes, transient occupancy taxes, etc.

C. Support legislation that will enhance revenue for cities.

D. Support legislation that allows for the continued use of teleconferencing platforms to continue holding hybrid public meetings outside of a declared state of emergency. Hybrid meetings increase access to public meetings and encourage greater transparency.

E. Support legislation or public health orders that consider regional factors when determining public health needs within Los Angeles County.

F. Oppose legislation that would prohibit or limit local governments’ ability to contract out for the provision of services.

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APPENDIX A:

CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES HOUSING AND

LOCAL LAND USE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
DATE ADOPTED: Resolution No. 2021-31 on July 6, 2021.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In response to the housing crisis and recent legislation proposed by the California Legislature:
• The City of Rancho Palos Verdes opposes proposed planning and zoning legislation that usurps local control and imposes unfunded mandates. • The City supports actions to further strengthen local democracy, authority, and control.
• The City would support housing policies which include funded mandates or create funded programs such as Local Early Action Planning (LEAP) and Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) to assist local planning efforts. • The City would support policies that provide incentives to cities such as additional tax revenue or tax breaks and policies which grant concessions to existing policies for adoption of pro-housing policies. • The City would support policies or grants directed toward developers to incentivize the creation of affordable housing.
• The City would support policies which expand programs such as Project Homekey, which repurpose existing buildings into an affordable housing option. • The City would support policies and programs which provide social services and mental health services to help unhoused persons be eligible for, acquire, and maintain affordable housing.
• The City would support policies or programs that allow city and state collaboration on housing production, alongside sustainable transportation, broadband deployment, and other key infrastructure areas to support our communities.

BACKGROUND
The City of Rancho Palos Verdes is located on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County, California, and incorporated in 1973. The City is primarily comprised of residential zones and open space, is nearly entirely located within a Cal Fire-designated Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone (VHFHSZ), and is partially located in the stateB-4 134

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designated coastal zone. Moreover, approximately 1,200 acres of the City is within the Portuguese Bend Landslide complex, the largest and fastest moving landslide in North America.

The City of Rancho Palos Verdes recognizes that California is in the middle of a housing crisis. Housing stock cannot meet present demand and lack of affordable housing makes existing stock cost prohibitive. The Legislature has an apparent focus on passing laws which aim to mitigate the housing crisis through rescission of local land use authority and oversight to streamline the process of constructing additional units. These laws create a one-size-fits-all approach that fail to consider local authority and essential local oversight, including constraints faced by local agencies such as infrastructure limitations.

The City is committed to maintaining and enhancing a high quality of life and safety for all residents as reflected in its General Plan, updated as of 2018. Local land use authority is essential to ensuring that all new developments are suitable and safe for our community, and to allow the City and developers to work together to find the most mutually beneficial arrangement for all residents in the City.

Development within the City faces a number of unique challenges. Despite this, the City has a vibrant and well-planned mix of residential, commercial, and industrial uses.

There are 8,274 acres of land within the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. The City has determined that 1,710 acres (or 20%) of land are not suitable for development. These include Natural Environment/Hazard Areas which are lands designated as “Hazard,” “Open Space Hillside” and “Open Space Preserve” by the Land Use Element.

The areas designated “Hazard” possess extreme physical constraints, such as active landslide1, sea cliff erosion hazard, and extreme slopes of 35 percent and greater.

The areas designated “Open Space Hillside” are subject to extreme physical constraints and are maintained as open space, with very light-intensity uses permitted, such as landscaping, agriculture, passive recreational activities, and very minor structures, for the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare.

The areas designated “Open Space Preserve” encompass the City’s Palos Verdes Nature Preserve, which is approximately 1,400 acres of permanent open space. The City’s Preserve is enrolled in the State’s Natural Communities Conservation Plan and the Federal Habitat Conservation Plan (NCCP/HCP) and is encumbered with restrictions, held in perpetuity, for the preservation and protection of natural resources and habitat. 1 The Portuguese Bend Landslide is one of the largest and most active landslides in the country and encompasses over two of the City's roughly 14 square miles, moves at a rate between hundredths of an inch per year and tens of feet per year. This movement is especially noticed by motorists, cyclists and pedestrians who travel along Palos Verdes Drive South. The City continuously maintains a safe roadway through the area at a cost of about a half million dollars per year. An above-ground sewer trunk line is in jeopardy of failing with land movement that has the potential to cause a significant environmental catastrophe due to its close proximity to the Pacific Ocean.

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Residential activities are the major land use in the City, with existing and proposed residential uses encompassing approximately 5,500 acres (66.5% of the total land area).

The predominance of residential use and related density ranges is based on several factors: the ability of residential activity to produce low environmental stress, the geographic location of the community with no major transportation facilities, the geology of the site, lack of market potential for any major commercial development, and need for support facilities to meet the community’s demand.

As such, it is vital that local control be maintained to ensure public health and safety. Onesize-fits-all legislation with ministerial review requirements cannot take into account the unique geographic, geologic, and infrastructure constraints required for a project to be successful and to maintain or enhance public safety.

RECENT LEGISLATIVE POSITIONS
On August 4, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-46 expressing opposition to proposed planning and zoning legislation that usurps local control and imposes unfunded mandates and expressing support for actions to further strengthen local democracy, authority, and control. It furthermore declares that, should the state continue to pass legislation that attacks local municipal authority, control and revenue, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes will support actions such as a ballot measure that would limit the state’s ability to control local activities and strengthen local democracy and authority.

The City has registered its strong opposition to the current practice of the Legislature of proposing and passing multitudes of bills that directly impact and interfere with the ability of cities to control their own destiny through use of zoning authority that has been granted to them.

While the City appreciates the work of the Legislature to propose policies intended to mitigate the housing crisis, sweeping and ministerial measures cannot properly assess their impact on individual communities and their general plans. Streamlined ministerial approval may be a preferred housing solution for the Legislature, but such development may have significantly detrimental effects on public health and safety. The City is concerned that increasing density by-right will not allow sufficient oversight of infrastructure to ensure that capacities can meet increased residential populations.

In local land use planning and zoning, many factors must be considered. The City must maintain its local land use authority to ensure that all developments meet all safety standards and that related traffic changes do not have undue influence on egress paths in the event of an evacuation, particularly within the VHFHSZ and the Portuguese Bend Landslide complex, and with considerations for limitations on existing infrastructure.

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In general, the City has supported housing legislation which seeks to increase local oversight and flexibility, such as Assemblymember Muratsuchi’s Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 7 which would amend the State Constitution to require certain local land use controls and zoning regulations remain within incorporated communities when in conflict with general laws.

The City has opposed legislation that erodes local land use authority, such as Senator Atkins’ SB 9, which would require ministerial approval of lot splits and duplexes in singlefamily residential zoned areas. The City is deeply concerned that bills such as SB 9, which would potentially quadruple density in single-family zoning by-right would have detrimental effects on the City’s infrastructure capacity, particularly in the event of an emergency. Increasing density without the ability for the City to properly plan for it will negatively impact public safety in a community like Rancho Palos Verdes, and its residents’ quality of life.

One-size-fits all laws inherently fail to consider the needs of individual communities and their general plans. Furthermore, the current practice of mandating streamlined local processes does nothing to address encouraging actual affordable development of those properties. The Legislature should consider bills that incentivize affordable developments and provide local agencies the ability to zone for such developments. The tone of recent bills, such as making it easier to build an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) on a property, does not guarantee that it will be sold below market rate, thereby affordable. In fact, it appears ADU’s are being rented above market rates throughout Los Angeles or being used for other uses than housing (i.e. gyms, studios, pool cabanas, etc. because of Statemandated relaxed zoning laws). Upzoning parcels is likely to increase the value of the underlying land, which then makes new construction unnecessarily more expensive and over time, raises the values and rents throughout the neighborhoods, making affordable housing even less likely to be built.

The current legislative preference for by-right approvals in favor of increasing density, fails to consider the nuances in individual communities, potentially risking public safety, and does nothing to inherently promote affordable housing, which is vital to recover from the housing crisis and is the purported aim of this approach.

POTENTIAL LEGISLATIVE SOLUTIONS
The City is supportive of legislation which seeks to preserve local land use authority and flexibility, giving choices and incentives to cities. Ultimately, the City would support legislation which would allow local governments to adopt proposed legislation if the requirements are suitable in their individual jurisdictions. Local planning departments have the knowledge and skills to prepare creative solutions to the housing crisis that best serve their communities. By-right zoning legislation undermines their ability to exercise the city’s local land use authority and problem-solve based on their city’s unique geographic, geologic, and infrastructure constraints, but with state support, they have the capacity to help alleviate the housing crisis.

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The City would additionally continue to support legislation that provides financial assistance to implement new directives, or programs similar to Local Early Action Planning (LEAP) and Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) that provide funding to help cities accelerate housing production. The City would also support legislation that provides incentives to cities, such as additional tax revenue or tax breaks. Unfunded mandates are a financial burden to cities which make them difficult to implement successfully.

The Legislature may also consider adopting policies which grant concessions to cities based on adoption of pro-housing policies. For example, if a city were to utilize their local land use authority to upzone a certain amount of land in a commercial corridor, they could be exempt from policies such as requiring ministerial approval of ADUs. This will further local land use flexibility and grants additional incentives to local governments to adopt pro-housing policies. The City is supportive of legislation that increases land use flexibility such as regional trust and/or trade policies, similar to Senator Allen’s SB 809.

The City would also support legislation aimed at developers to encourage sustainable, cost-effective development of affordable housing in safe locations across the state.

Legislation which seeks to expand existing programs such as Project Homekey, or similar programs that repurpose existing buildings or underutilized commercial property (i.e. surface parking lots or single-story shopping centers) into affordable housing are also viable solutions. Additionally, the Legislature should consider policies and programs which provide social services and mental health resources to help unhoused persons be eligible for, acquire, and maintain affordable housing.

Cities have the tools, knowledge, and policies in place to continue to plan and develop innovative solutions to mitigate the housing crisis: solutions that best serve the city and the residents. If, for example, a city observes that there seems to be a surplus of parking spaces in shopping centers, they could re-zone the land to be mixed-use residential. The city may also determine that they could lower their parking requirements in certain areas due to traffic patterns and/or location of transit. When cities are allowed to keep their local land use authority, they will continue to plan and develop new solutions that address their specific constraints, and the state could reward cities for taking such actions with additional tax revenue or tax breaks or policy concessions.

Regional housing needs and legislation increasing density must be balanced by local capacity assessments including traffic conditions, sewer conditions, school district capacity, ingress/egress capacity, and water supply, among others. Legislation should refocus efforts toward developing programs for cities and state collaboration on housing production, alongside sustainable transportation, broadband deployment, and other key infrastructure areas that can support our communities.

CONCLUSION
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oversight of planning and zoning is essential to ensure that every development is suitable and safe for the community, to protect the health and safety of all residents.

The City is supportive of policies which strengthen local democracy, authority, and control. The City would additionally consider supporting policies which include funded mandates, legislation aimed at developers to encourage creation of affordable housing, the expansion of programs such as Project Homekey, and the creation of programs to improve social and mental health services for unhoused persons.

The City of Rancho Palos Verdes looks forward to working with the Legislature to have an open dialogue about viable solutions to the state’s housing crisis, while maintaining all residents’ high quality of life.

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CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
20232 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
DATE ADOPTED: Resolution No. 20221-__ on November December 202, 20221.

PURPOSE
The City of Rancho Palos Verdes’ 20232 Legislative Platform (Platform) outlines the policy positions of the City Council on current issues which directly or indirectly impact the City. This Platform serves as a guideline to actively pursue pending legislation through monitoring and communications activities, with City Council approval and is primarily based upon positions previously adopted by the City Council.

The City looks forward to working with regional, state, and federal partners to best serve residents. The statements outlined in the Platform represent the City’s general position on legislative and regulatory issues of interest and concern.

PRIORITY CITY PROJECTS
Through the City’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), major projects are planned for a period of five years. The list below includes important projects of regional significance listed within the CIP that do not have sufficient funding. The City is supportive of legislation, policies, programs, or administrative actions that would assist in funding these projects.

A. Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation Project
Total Cost: $33 million
Status: Environmental analysis and documentation
Funds Committed: $2.3 million
The Portuguese Bend Landslide Complex (PBLC) is the largest active landslide in the continental United States, encompassing two of the City’s roughly 14 square miles, directly impacting Palos Verdes Drive South, a major arterial street providing transportation for the wider region, including neighboring cities of Palos Verdes Estates and the City of Los Angeles (San Pedro). Continued land movement poses a catastrophic environmental threat to the California coastline due to an aboveground sewer trunk line located adjacent to the Pacific Ocean at severe risk of rupture. The project seeks to protect life, public health, safety, and the environment through mitigation of land movement in the PBLC area.

1. HOUSING AND LOCAL LAND USE
A. Oppose legislation that usurps local control and erodes the City’s authority to control its own affairs.

B. Support actions which further strengthen local democracy, authority, and control.

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C. Support policies or programs that allow city and state collaboration on housing production, alongside sustainable transportation, broadband deployment, and other key infrastructure areas to support our communities. Support state grants, legislation, or programs which provide funds to cities and/or developers to encourage sustainable and affordable housing development. Support policies or grants which encourage the development of regional housing trusts.

D. Oppose legislation that penalizes a city or local government if the units identified in the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) are not constructed. Oppose legislation that proposes to convert RHNA from a planning process to a production standard.

E. Support legislation that preserves local authority to manage public rights-of-way including the appearance and aesthetics of equipment placed within them.

F. Support legislation that preserves local authority to zone and plan for the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure in public rights-of-way.

G. Oppose legislation that diminishes the authority of local jurisdictions to process permits and enforce building codes or mandates the manner of enforcement.

H. Oppose legislation that seeks to limit or eliminate municipal authority to regulate street or sidewalk vendors.

I. Support legislation and administrative actions that protect the ability for a local jurisdiction to preserve open space in and around a local government’s jurisdiction.

J. Support legislation and administrative actions that provide state and federal funding for major public works projects such as the Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation Project.
o Potential Coalition Partners: League of California Cities (Cal Cities), South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG), California Contract Cities Association (CCCA), Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Palos Verdes Peninsula Cities (PV Cities), Our Neighborhood Voices Initiative

2. PUBLIC SAFETY
A. Support legislation that enhances emergency preparedness, resiliency, and public safety.

B. Support legislation that strengthens and enforces legal protections for all individuals who are victims of crimes.

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C. Support measures that provide funding to local agencies for training, effective disaster preparedness, sheriff’s station infrastructure, fire department infrastructure, and emergency planning.

D. Support legislation, regulations, or administrative actions ensuring all cities, including contract cities, have equal access to public safety funding.

E. Support legislation which maintains law enforcement’s ability to utilize automatic license plate reading (ALPR) cameras as an investigatory tool.

F. Support legislation that provides tools to deter catalytic converter theft.

E.G. Support legislation that provides tools to deter organized and serial retail theft.

H. Support legislation to accelerate the development and implementation of enhanced electrical utility infrastructure, including undergrounding of utility equipment that ensures reliable utility service and public safety and prevents the use of public safety power shutoffs.

F.I.Support legislation that protects insurance coverage for properties within very high fire zones.

O Potential Coalition Partners: Cal Cities, SBCCOG, CCCA, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD), PV Cities

3. COMMUNITY SERVICES
A. Support legislation and local, state, and federal programs that employ evidencebased best practice strategies to reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness by preventing homelessness for those at risk; promoting mental health and substance abuse services; providing emergency and transitional housing; expanding permanent affordable housing; and promoting selfempowerment through counseling, job training, and other supportive services.

B. Support legislation and local, state, and federal programs that reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness by promoting mental health and substance abuse services; providing emergency and transitional housing; expanding permanent affordable/supportive housing; and promoting self-empowerment through counseling, job training, and other supportive services for those who suffer from mental health issues and/or substance abuse.

C.B. Support legislation and local, state, and federal programs which seek to provide mental health services, including youth and young adult programs, community resource centers, and education in accessing mental health care.

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o Potential Coalition Partners: Cal Cities, SBCCOG, CCCA, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, PV Cities, Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District

4. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
A. Support legislation, regulations, or administrative actions to remediate the harmful effects of dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) and other chemicals in coastal waters, especially near Santa Catalina Island and the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

B. Support legislation that provides rebate programs, tax credits, and other financial incentives that encourage property owners to invest in water efficient systems and landscaping and energy efficiency and renewable energy systems. o Potential Coalition Partners: Cal Cities, SBCCOG, PV Cities, coastal cities

5. GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS
A. Support legislation that grants full cost reimbursement to local agencies by the state and federal government for all mandated programs.

B. Support legislation that ensures the retention of existing local revenue sources, including the City’s share of property taxes, sales and use taxes, transient occupancy taxes, etc. Support legislation that will enhance revenue for cities.

C. Support legislation modernizing the methods by which a local agency may comply with the Brown Act. Support legislation that allows for the continued use of teleconferencing platforms to continue holding hybrid public meetings outside of a declared state of emergency. Hybrid meetings increase access to public meetings and encourage greater transparency.

D. Support legislation which allows for regional considerations or public health orders that consider regional factors when determining public health needs within Los Angeles County, particularly at the council of governments (COG) level, in relationship to public health, homelessness, and sustainability, among other areas of regional importance.

E. Oppose legislation that would prohibit or limit local governments’ ability to contract out for the provision of services.
o Potential Coalition Partners: Cal Cities, SBCCOG, CCCA, PV Cities B-4
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CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
2023 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
DATE ADOPTED: Resolution No. 2022-__ on December 20, 2022.

PURPOSE
The City of Rancho Palos Verdes’ 2023 Legislative Platform (Platform) outlines the policy positions of the City Council on current issues which directly or indirectly impact the City.

This Platform serves as a guideline to actively pursue pending legislation, with City Council approval.

The City looks forward to working with regional, state, and federal partners to best serve residents. The statements outlined in the Platform represent the City’s general position on legislative and regulatory issues of interest and concern.

PRIORITY CITY PROJECTS
Through the City’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), major projects are planned for a period of five years. The list below includes important projects of regional significance listed within the CIP that do not have sufficient funding. The City is supportive of legislation, policies, programs, or administrative actions that would assist in funding these projects.

A. Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation Project
Total Cost: $33 million
Status: Environmental analysis and documentation
Funds Committed: $2.3 million
The Portuguese Bend Landslide Complex (PBLC) is the largest active landslide in the continental United States, encompassing two of the City’s roughly 14 square miles, directly impacting Palos Verdes Drive South, a major arterial street providing transportation for the wider region, including neighboring cities of Palos Verdes Estates and the City of Los Angeles (San Pedro). Continued land movement poses a catastrophic environmental threat to the California coastline due to an aboveground sewer trunk line located adjacent to the Pacific Ocean at severe risk of rupture. The project seeks to protect life, public health, safety, and the environment through mitigation of land movement in the PBLC area.

1. HOUSING AND LOCAL LAND USE
A. Oppose legislation that usurps local control and erodes the City’s authority to control its own affairs.

B. Support actions which further strengthen local democracy, authority, and control.

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C. Support policies or programs that allow city and state collaboration on housing production, alongside sustainable transportation, broadband deployment, and other key infrastructure areas to support our communities. Support state grants, legislation, or programs which encourage sustainable and affordable housing development. Support policies or grants which encourage the development of regional housing trusts.

D. Oppose legislation that penalizes a city or local government if the units identified in the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) are not constructed. Oppose legislation that proposes to convert RHNA from a planning process to a production standard.

E. Support legislation that preserves local authority to manage public rights-of-way including the appearance and aesthetics of equipment placed within them.

F. Support legislation that preserves local authority to zone and plan for the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure in public rights-of-way.

G. Oppose legislation that diminishes the authority of local jurisdictions to process permits and enforce building codes or mandates the manner of enforcement.

H. Oppose legislation that seeks to limit or eliminate municipal authority to regulate street or sidewalk vendors.

I. Support legislation and administrative actions that protect the ability for a local jurisdiction to preserve open space in and around a local government’s jurisdiction. o Potential Coalition Partners: League of California Cities (Cal Cities), South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG), California Contract Cities Association (CCCA), Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Palos Verdes Peninsula Cities (PV Cities), Our Neighborhood Voices Initiative

2. PUBLIC SAFETY
A. Support legislation that enhances emergency preparedness, resiliency, and public safety.

B. Support legislation that strengthens and enforces legal protections for all individuals who are victims of crimes.

C. Support measures that provide funding to local agencies for training, effective disaster preparedness, sheriff’s station infrastructure, fire department infrastructure, and emergency planning.

D. Support legislation, regulations, or administrative actions ensuring all cities, including contract cities, have equal access to public safety funding.

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E. Support legislation which maintains law enforcement’s ability to utilize automatic license plate reading (ALPR) cameras as an investigatory tool.

F. Support legislation that provides tools to deter catalytic converter theft.

G. Support legislation that provides tools to deter organized and serial retail theft.

H. Support legislation to accelerate the development and implementation of enhanced electrical utility infrastructure, including undergrounding of utility equipment that ensures reliable utility service and public safety and prevents the use of public safety power shutoffs.

I. Support legislation that protects insurance coverage for properties within very high fire zones.

O Potential Coalition Partners: Cal Cities, SBCCOG, CCCA, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD), PV Cities

3. COMMUNITY SERVICES
A. Support legislation and local, state, and federal programs that employ evidencebased best practice strategies to reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness by preventing homelessness for those at risk; promoting mental health and substance abuse services; providing emergency and transitional housing; expanding permanent affordable housing; and promoting selfempowerment through counseling, job training, and other supportive services.

B. Support legislation and local, state, and federal programs which seek to provide mental health services, including youth and young adult programs, community resource centers, and education in accessing mental health care. o Potential Coalition Partners: Cal Cities, SBCCOG, CCCA, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, PV Cities, Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District

4. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
A. Support legislation, regulations, or administrative actions to remediate the harmful effects of dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) and other chemicals in coastal waters, especially near Santa Catalina Island and the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

B. Support legislation that provides rebate programs, tax credits, and other financial incentives that encourage property owners to invest in water efficient systems and landscaping and energy efficiency and renewable energy systems. o Potential Coalition Partners: Cal Cities, SBCCOG, PV Cities, coastal cities C-3
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5. GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS
A. Support legislation that grants full cost reimbursement to local agencies by the state and federal government for all mandated programs.

B. Support legislation that ensures the retention of existing local revenue sources, including the City’s share of property taxes, sales and use taxes, transient occupancy taxes, etc. Support legislation that will enhance revenue for cities.

C. Support legislation modernizing the methods by which a local agency may comply with the Brown Act. Support legislation that allows for the continued use of teleconferencing platforms to continue holding hybrid public meetings outside of a declared state of emergency. Hybrid meetings increase access to public meetings and encourage greater transparency.

D. Support legislation which allows for regional considerations within Los Angeles County, particularly at the council of governments (COG) level, in relationship to public health, homelessness, and sustainability, among other areas of regional importance.

E. Oppose legislation that would prohibit or limit local governments’ ability to contract out for the provision of services.
o Potential Coalition Partners: Cal Cities, SBCCOG, CCCA, PV Cities C-4
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CITY COUNCIL POLICY
NUMBER: 29
DATE ADOPTED/AMENDED: 08/01/95 (amended 02/19/02, 03/04/14, and 04/20/21, and 12/20/22)
SUBJECT: City Council Position on Legislative Items
POLICY:

It shall be the policy of the City that staff shall monitor regional, County, State and Federal legislative matters and initiatives, and consider the potential impact(s) such legislative initiatives on the City or the region, in line with the City Council’s annually adopted Legislative Platform. Thereafter, staff shall prepare and present periodic updates on such legislative matters for the City Council to consider whether to take a position(s) on the same and, if so, what position(s) to take.

The legislation monitored will include both those issues that the City Council determines either to support or oppose and those that the City Council may choose to identify as issues of concern, but not take a position on. The determination of what position to take on pending legislation shall be solely that of the City Council.

Staff will periodically, at the request of a Council member or in accordance with the Legislative Platform, place matters of pending legislation on the City Council agenda for consideration. Staff will provide regular updates on the status of any legislative action affecting any issues of concern to the City Council through the Weekly Administrative Report.

If the majority of the Council votes to take a position on a certain legislation, staff shall prepare the appropriate correspondence, for the Mayor’s signature, to the relevant Federal, State, County and/or regional legislative representative(s) expressing the position of the City, and copies provided to the City Council. Such correspondence shall be posted on the City’s website under the Legislation Corner homepage.

Individual Council members may wish to support or oppose a specific piece of legislation irrespective of whether the City Council has or has not taken a position on such legislation. Any legislative activity by an individual Council member, including preparing legislative correspondence, may be conducted by any Council member, who shall state that he or she is not acting on behalf of the City and is representing his or her own personal views. However, staff shall not assist in any legislative activity of an individual Council member, including the preparation of legislative correspondence, unless the legislative item has appeared on a Council agenda and has received a majority vote of the Council.

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Summaries and updates on legislation that staff monitors and/or that the City Council has taken a position on The League of California Cities’ “Legislative Bulletin” and any appropriate publication that summarizes legislation shall be provided as part of the City Manager’s Weekly Administrative Report to each member of the Council for review.

BACKGROUND:

The City Council initially adopted a policy for Council involvement in Federal and State legislative advocacy in 1995. Although the policy seems to have worked adequately over the first seven years, by 2002 it was thought that it did not allow the City to respond rapidly to requests to support or oppose legislation that may be before a committee or on the floor or the Assembly or before Congress and needs immediate action on the part of supporters or opponents. Therefore, the policy was amended in 2002 to address these perceived deficiencies. In 2014, the policy was amended again to revise the procedure for monitoring legislation, and to explicitly include legislative issues at the County and regional level. In 2021, the policy was amended to reflect updated Staff processes. In 2022, it was amended to reflect the City’s adoption of an annual Legislative Platform.

The City Council’s revised legislative policy establishes an internal process for identifying, tracking and advocating its position on pending legislation synchronized to the fast-paced “legislation time clock.” Through this proactive policy, the City Council hopes to have a stronger “voice” in the Peninsula/South Bay region, Los Angeles County, Sacramento and Washington, DC.

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CITY COUNCIL POLICY
NUMBER: 29
DATE ADOPTED/AMENDED: 08/01/95 (amended 02/19/02, 03/04/14 and 04/20/21)
SUBJECT: City Council Position on Legislative Items
POLICY:

It shall be the policy of the City that staff shall monitor regional, County, State and Federal legislative matters and initiatives, and consider the potential impact(s) such legislative initiatives on the City or the region. Thereafter, staff shall prepare and present periodic updates on such legislative matters for the City Council to consider whether to take a position(s) on the same and, if so, what position(s) to take.

The legislation monitored will include both those issues that the City Council determines either to support or oppose and those that the City Council may choose to identify as issues of concern, but not take a position on. The determination of what position to take on pending legislation shall be solely that of the City Council.

Staff will periodically, at the request of a Council member, place matters of pending legislation on the City Council agenda for consideration. Staff will provide regular updates on the status of any legislative action affecting any issues of concern to the City Council through the Weekly Administrative Report.

If the majority of the Council votes to take a position on a certain legislation, staff shall prepare the appropriate correspondence, for the Mayor’s signature, to the relevant Federal, State, County and/or regional legislative representative(s) expressing the position of the City, and copies provided to the City Council. Such correspondence shall be posted on the City’s website under the Legislation Corner homepage.

Individual Council members may wish to support or oppose a specific piece of legislation irrespective of whether the City Council has or has not taken a position on such legislation. Any legislative activity by an individual Council member, including preparing legislative correspondence, may be conducted by any Council member, who shall state that he or she is not acting on behalf of the City and is representing his or her own personal views. However, staff shall not assist in any legislative activity of an individual Council member, including the preparation of legislative correspondence, unless the legislative item has appeared on a Council agenda and has received a majority vote of the Council.

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The League of California Cities’ “Legislative Bulletin” and any appropriate publication that summarizes legislation shall be provided as part of the City Manager’s Weekly Administrative Report to each member of the Council for review.

BACKGROUND:

The City Council initially adopted a policy for Council involvement in Federal and State legislative advocacy in 1995. Although the policy seems to have worked adequately over the first seven years, by 2002 it was thought that it did not allow the City to respond rapidly to requests to support or oppose legislation that may be before a committee or on the floor or the Assembly or before Congress and needs immediate action on the part of supporters or opponents. Therefore, the policy was amended in 2002 to address these perceived deficiencies. In 2014, the policy was amended again to revise the procedure for monitoring legislation, and to explicitly include legislative issues at the County and regional level.

The City Council’s revised legislative policy establishes an internal process for identifying, tracking and advocating its position on pending legislation synchronized to the fast-paced “legislation time clock.” Through this proactive policy, the City Council hopes to have a stronger “voice” in the Peninsula/South Bay region, Los Angeles County, Sacramento and Washington, DC.

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City Council Staff Report – June 10, 2025 City of Rolling Hills Estates – 2025 Legislative Update
1 STAFF REPORT
DATE: JUNE 10, 2025
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: GREG GRAMMER, CITY MANAGER

JESSICA SLAWSON, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: 2025 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

OVERVIEW
Attached is a list of bills being monitored by the League of California Cities (Cal Cities) for the current legislative session.

BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The League of California Cities (Cal Cities) advocates on issues that impact the state’s 482 towns and cities. Cal Cities sponsor, draft, and support legislative and regulatory measures that promote local decision-making, and lobby against policy that erodes local control. The organization also takes positions on hundreds of bills each year.

The attached Legislative Update is prepared by Cal Cities staff each year and covers bills addressing such topics as land use and zoning, housing, transportation, energy, and public safety (Attachment A).

Throughout the legislative session, Cal Cities will often send out “action alerts,” and identifies “Hot Bills” requesting cities to submit letters of support or opposition to specific pieces of legislation. Frequently, these requests come on short notice as the bills move through the legislative process, leaving little or no time to place the item on a City Council agenda for action. It has been the City’s long-standing policy to support these requests for position letters, particularly when the proposed legislation would have a direct impact on the City.

The Cal Cities list does include two bills that the City Council has previously taken action on:
- Senate Bill 79 (Wiener) – Housing development: transit-oriented development:

California Environmental Quality Act: public transit agency land. *City Council approved a letter of opposition at its April 8, 2025 meeting. - Assembly Bill 650 (Papan) – Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation.
*City Council approved a letter of support at its April 22, 2025 meeting.

CC AGENDA
JUNE 10, 2025
ITEM NO. 8C

City Council Staff Report – June 10, 2025 City of Rolling Hills Estates – 2025 Legislative Update
2 RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council receive and file the Cal Cities Legislative Update and authorize the Mayor or City Manager to communicate the City’s support for or opposition to these bills, as requested, when it is in the City’s interest to do so.

Attachments:

A. California League of Cities Priority / Hot Bills

LEAGUE HOT BILLS
AB 1 (Connolly D) Residential property insurance: wildfire risk. (Introduced: 12/2/2024)
Status: 6/3/2025-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Location: 6/3/2025-S. RLS.

Summary: Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including property and fire insurance. Existing law creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, and prescribes the department’s powers and duties. Existing department regulations prohibit an insurer from using a rating plan that does not take into account and reflect specified wildfire risk mitigation, including property-level building hardening measures. This bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2030, and every 5 years thereafter, to consider whether or not to update its regulations to include additional building hardening measures for property-level mitigation efforts and communitywide wildfire mitigation programs. As part of this consideration, the bill would require the department to consult with specified agencies to identify additional building hardening measures to consider, as well as to develop and implement a public participation process during the evaluation.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Support Hot

AB 262 (Caloza D) California Individual Assistance Act. (Amended: 5/23/2025) Status: 6/3/2025-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Location: 6/3/2025-S. RLS.

Summary: Existing law, the California Disaster Assistance 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 emergency proclaimed by the Governor, subject to specified criteria. The act continuously appropriates moneys in the Disaster Assistance Fund and its subsidiary account, the Earthquake Emergency Investigations Account, without regard to fiscal year, for purposes of the act. This bill would enact the California Individual Assistance Act to establish a grant program to provide financial assistance, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to local agencies, communitybased organizations, and individuals for specified costs related to a disaster, as prescribed. The bill would require the director to allocate from the fund, subject to specified conditions, funds to meet the cost of expenses for those purposes. The bill would require the director, in administering the California Individual Assistance Act, to prioritize recipients that are not eligible for federal funding, pursuant to specified regulation, due to the inability to meet minimum damage thresholds. This bill would require the director to adopt regulations, as determined to be necessary, to govern the administration of the program. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Sponsor Hot

AB 339 (Ortega D) Local public employee organizations: notice requirements. (Amended: 5/23/2025)
Status: 6/3/2025-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Location: 6/3/2025-S. RLS.

Summary: Existing law, the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, contains various provisions that govern collective bargaining of local represented employees and delegates jurisdiction to the Public Employment Relations Board to resolve disputes and enforce the statutory duties and rights of local public agency employers and employees. Existing law requires the governing body of a public agency to meet and confer in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment with representatives of recognized employee organizations. Existing law requires the governing body of a public agency, and boards and commissions designated by law or by the governing body, to give reasonable written notice, except in cases of emergency, as specified, to each recognized employee organization affected of any ordinance, rule, resolution, or regulation directly relating to matters within the scope of representation proposed to be adopted by the governing body or the designated boards and commissions. This bill would require the governing body of a public agency, and boards and commissions designated by law or by the governing body of a public agency, to give the recognized employee organization no less than 120 days’ written notice before issuing a request for proposals, request for quotes, or renewing or extending an existing contract to perform services that are within the scope of work of the job classifications represented by the recognized employee organization. The bill would require the notice to include specified information, including the anticipated duration of the contract. The bill would also require the public agency, if an emergency or other exigent circumstance prevents the public agency from providing the written notice described above, to provide as much advance notice as is practicable under the circumstances. If the recognized employee organization demands to meet and confer after receiving the written notice, the bill would require the public agency and recognized employee organization to meet and confer in good faith within a reasonable time, as specified. By imposing new duties on local public agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Oppose Hot

AB 340 (Ahrens D) Employer-employee relations: confidential communications. (Amended: 3/5/2025)
Status: 6/3/2025-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

Location: 6/3/2025-S. DESK
Summary: Existing law that governs the labor relations of public employees and employers, including, among others, the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, the Ralph C. Dills Act, provisions relating to public schools, and provisions relating to higher education, prohibits employers from taking certain actions relating to employee organization, including imposing or threatening to impose reprisals on employees, discriminating or threatening to discriminate against employees, or otherwise interfering with, restraining, or coercing employees because of their exercise of their guaranteed rights. Those provisions of existing law further prohibit denying to employee organizations the rights guaranteed to them by existing law. This bill would prohibit a public employer from questioning a public employee, a representative of a recognized employee organization, or an exclusive representative regarding communications made in confidence between an employee and an employee representative in connection with representation relating to any matter within the scope of the recognized employee organization’s representation. The bill would also prohibit a public employer from compelling a public employee, a representative of a recognized employee organization, or an exclusive representative to disclose those confidential communications to a third party. The bill would not apply to a criminal investigation or when a public safety officer is under investigation and certain circumstances exist.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Oppose Hot

AB 379 (Schultz D) Crimes: prostitution. (Amended: 5/8/2025) Status: 5/28/2025-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

Location: 5/28/2025-S. PUB. S.

Summary: Current existing law, a person who solicits, or who agrees to engage in, or who engages in, any act of prostitution is guilty of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. Under existing law, if the person solicited was under 16 years of age, or if the person solicited was under 18 years of age at the time of the offense and the person solicited was a victim of human trafficking, the offense is punishable as a misdemeanor by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year and a fine not to exceed $10,000 or as a felony by imprisonment in the county jail for 16 months or 2 or 3 years. This bill would additionally make that increased punishment applicable if the solicited minor was more than 3 years younger than the defendant at the time of the offense. The bill would require a defendant subject to that increased punishment, if granted probation, to successfully complete an education program on human trafficking and the exploitation of children, as specified. The bill would make it a misdemeanor for any person to loiter in any public place with the intent to purchase commercial sex, as specified. The bill would make any person who violates that crime or who commits prostitution in exchange for providing compensation, money, or anything of value to the other person subject to an additional fine of $1,000, and would establish the Survivor Support Fund and require that additional fine be deposited in the fund. The bill would require the California Victim Compensation Board to establish a grant program to provide grants to community-based organizations that provide direct services and outreach to victims of sex trafficking and exploitation, and would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, authorize moneys in the Survivor Support Fund to be used for the purposes of that grant program. By creating a new crime and increasing the punishment of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Support Hot

AB 424 (Davies R) Alcohol and other drug programs: complaints (Amended: 3/19/2025)
Status: 5/28/2025-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Location: 5/28/2025-S. RLS.

Summary: Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facilities serving adults by the State Department of Health Care Services, as prescribed. Existing law prohibits the operation, establishment, management, conduct, or maintenance of an alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility to provide recovery, treatment, or detoxification services within this state without first obtaining a current valid license. This bill would, when the department receives a complaint against a licensed alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility, or a complaint alleging that a facility is unlawfully operating without a license, from a member of the public, require the department to provide, within 30 10 days of the date of the complaint, notice to the person filing the complaint that the complaint has been received and to provide, upon closing the complaint, notice to the person filing the complaint that the complaint has been closed and whether the department found the facility to be in violation of the provisions governing facility licensure and regulation.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Sponsor Hot

AB 476 (González, Mark D) Metal theft. (Amended: 5/1/2025) Status: 6/3/2025-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

Location: 6/3/2025-S. DESK
Summary: Existing law governs the business of buying, selling, and dealing in secondhand and used machinery and all ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals and alloys, also known as “junk.” Existing law requires junk dealers and recyclers to keep a written record of all sales and purchases made in the course of their business, including the place and date of each sale or purchase of junk and a description of the item or items, as specified. Existing law requires the written record to include a statement indicating either that the seller of the junk is the owner of it, or the name of the person they obtained the junk from, as shown on a signed transfer document. Existing law prohibits a junk dealer or recycler from providing payment for nonferrous materials until the junk dealer or recycler obtains a copy of a valid driver’s license of the seller or other specified identification. Existing law requires a junk dealer or recycler to preserve the written record for at least 2 years. Existing law makes a violation of the recordkeeping requirements a misdemeanor. This bill would require junk dealers and recyclers to include additional information in the written record, including the time and amount paid for each sale or purchase of junk made, and the name of the employee handling the transaction. The bill would revise the type of information required to be included in the description of the item or items of junk purchased or sold, as specified. The bill would require the statement referenced above indicating ownership or the name of the person from whom the seller obtained the junk from to be signed and would require the statement to include specified information, including the legal name, date of birth, and place of residence of the seller. The bill would prohibit a junk dealer or recycler from purchasing nonferrous metals from a person under 18 years of age. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Co-sponsor Hot

AB 492 (Valencia D) Alcohol and drug programs: licensing. (Introduced: 2/10/2025) Status: 5/14/2025-Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

Location: 5/14/2025-S. HEALTH
Summary: Under existing law, the State Department of Health Care Services is responsible for administering prevention, treatment, and recovery services for alcohol and drug abuse and problem gambling. Existing law authorizes the department to issue a license to operate an alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility upon receipt of a completed written application, fire clearance, and licensing fee, as specified. This bill would require the department, whenever it issues a license to operate an alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility, to concurrently provide written notification of the issuance of the license to the city or county in which the facility is located. The bill would require the notice to include the name and mailing address of the licensee and the location of the facility.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Sponsor Hot

AB 620 (Jackson D) Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Fleet Purchasing Assistance Program: rental vehicles. (Introduced: 2/13/2025) Status: 6/3/2025-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Location: 6/3/2025-S. RLS.

Summary: Existing law establishes the Air Quality Improvement Program that is administered by the State Air Resources Board for purposes of funding projects related to, among other things, the reduction of criteria air pollutants and improvement of air quality. Existing law establishes the Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Fleet Purchasing Assistance Program (program) within the Air Quality Improvement Program to make financing tools and nonfinancial supports available to operators of medium- and heavy-duty vehicle fleets to enable those operators to transition their fleets to zero-emission vehicles. This bill, for any regulation adopted to develop or implement the program, or other regulations that are regarding the procurement or use of mediumand heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles by a public or private fleet, would require the state board to consider specified things, including, among other things, the environmental and supply chain benefits of renting medium- and heavy-duty zeroemission vehicles compared to procuring them.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Support Hot

AB 650 (Papan D) Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation. (Amended: 4/24/2025)
Status: 6/3/2025-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Location: 6/3/2025-S. RLS.

Summary: Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, which includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element.

Existing law requires a public agency to administer its programs and activities relating to housing and community development in a manner to affirmatively further fair housing, and take no action that is materially inconsistent with its obligation to affirmatively further fair housing. Existing law defines “affirmatively furthering fair housing,” as provided. The Planning and Zoning Law requires that a housing element include, among other things, a program that sets forth a schedule of actions during the planning period.

Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a standardized reporting format for programs and actions taken pursuant to the requirement to affirmatively further fair housing. This bill would require the department to develop the above-described standardized reporting format on or before December 31, 2026. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Sponsor Hot

AB 735 (Carrillo D) Planning and zoning: logistics use: truck routes. (Amended: 4/24/2025)
Status: 5/15/2025-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 5/15/2025-A. THIRD READING
Summary: Existing law, beginning January 1, 2026, prescribes various statewide warehouse design and build standards for any proposed new or expanded logistics use developments, as specified, including, among other things, standards for building design and location, parking, truck loading bays, landscaping buffers, entry gates, and signage.

Existing law defines various terms, including “21st century warehouse,” and “tier 1 21st century warehouse,” for purposes of those provisions as logistics uses that, among other things, comply with specified building and energy efficiency standards, including requirements related to the availability of conduits and electrical hookups to power climate control equipment at loading bays, as specified. Existing law, subject to specified exceptions, defines “logistics use” for these purposes to mean a building in which cargo, goods, or products are moved or stored for later distribution to business or retail customers, or both, that does not predominantly serve retail customers for onsite purchases, and heavy-duty trucks are primarily involved in the movement of the cargo, goods, or products. This bill would clarify that a 21st century warehouse and a tier 1 21st century warehouse are required to comply with those standards as are in effect at the time that the building permit for a development of a 21st century warehouse is issued and make other clarifying changes relating to permissibility of use of conduits and electrical hookups at loading bays at those locations. The bill would revise the definition of “logistics use” for these purposes to instead mean a building that is primarily used as a warehouse for the movement or the storage of cargo, goods, or products that are moved to business or retail customers, or both, that does not predominantly serve retail customers for onsite purchases, and heavy-duty trucks are primarily involved in the movement of the cargo, goods, or products. The bill would make various other technical and conforming changes to the provisions governing logistics use development. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Seeking
Amendments
Hot

AB 736 (Wicks D) The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026. (Amended: 4/10/2025) Status: 6/3/2025-Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

Location: 6/3/2025-S. DESK
Summary: Under existing law, there are programs providing assistance for, among other things, emergency housing, multifamily housing, farmworker housing, home ownership for very low and low-income households, and downpayment assistance for first-time home buyers. Existing law also authorizes the issuance of bonds in specified amounts pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law and requires that proceeds from the sale of these bonds be used to finance various existing housing programs, capital outlay related to infill development, brownfield cleanup that promotes infill development, and housingrelated parks. This bill would enact the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, which, if adopted, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law. Proceeds from the sale of these bonds would be used to finance programs to fund affordable rental housing and home ownership programs, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program. This bill contains other related provisions.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Support Hot

AB 846 (Connolly D) Endangered species: incidental take: wildfire preparedness activities. (Amended: 5/23/2025)
Status: 6/3/2025-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Location: 6/3/2025-S. RLS.

Summary: The California Endangered Species Act prohibits the taking of an endangered, threatened, or candidate species, except as specified. Under the act, the Department of Fish and Wildlife (department) may authorize the take of listed species by certain entities through permits or memorandums of understanding for specified purposes. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to identify areas in the state as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones based on consistent statewide criteria and based on the severity of fire hazard that is expected to prevail in those areas. Existing law requires a local agency to designate, by ordinance, moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones in its jurisdiction within 120 days of receiving recommendations from the State Fire Marshal, as provided. This bill would authorize a city, county, city and county, special district, or other local agency to submit to the department a wildfire preparedness plan to conduct wildfire preparedness activities on land designated as a fire hazard severity zone, as defined, that minimizes impacts to wildlife and habitat for candidate, threatened, and endangered species. The bill would require the wildfire preparedness plan to include, among other things, a brief description of the planned wildfire preparedness activities, the approximate dates for the activities, and a description of the candidate, endangered, and threatened species within the plan area. The bill would authorize the department to impose a fee on a local agency for the cost of reviewing a wildfire preparedness plan submitted by that local agency, as specified. The bill would require the department, if sufficient information is included in the wildfire preparedness plan for the department to determine if an incidental take permit is required, to notify the local agency within 90 days of receipt of the wildfire preparedness plan if an incidental take permit or other permit is needed, or if there are other considerations, exemptions, or streamlined pathways that the wildfire preparedness activities qualify for, including, but not limited to, the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection’s California Vegetation Treatment Program. The bill would require the department to provide the local agency, in its notification, with guidance that includes, among other things, a description of the candidate, endangered, and threatened species within the plan area and measures to avoid, minimize, and fully mitigate the take of the candidate, threatened, and endangered species, as provided. The bill would require the department, on or before July 1, 2026, to make a standard wildfire preparedness plan submission form publicly available on its internet website. The bill also would require the department, commencing January 1, 2027, to annually post on its internet website a

summary of the wildfire preparedness plans submitted and include specified information in that summary.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Sponsor Hot

AB 911 (Carrillo D) Emergency telecommunications medium- and heavy-duty zeroemission vehicles. (Introduced: 2/19/2025) Status: 6/3/2025-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Location: 6/3/2025-S. RLS.

Summary: Under existing law, the State Air Resources Board has adopted the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulations, which imposes various requirements for transitioning local, state, and federal government fleets of medium- and heavy-duty trucks, other high-priority fleets of medium- and heavy-duty trucks, and drayage trucks to zero-emission vehicles, as provided. This bill would exempt emergency telecommunications vehicles owned or purchased by emergency telecommunications service providers that are used to participate in the federal Emergency Alert System, to provide access to 911 emergency services, or to provide wireless connectivity during service outages from specified requirements in the above-described regulations.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Support Hot

AB 996 (Pellerin D) Public Resources: sea level rise plans. (Amended: 5/23/2025) Status: 6/3/2025-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Location: 6/3/2025-S. RLS.

Summary: Existing law requires local governments lying in whole or in part within the coastal zone or within the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission to, on or before January 1, 2034, develop a sea level rise plan with specified required content as part of a local coastal program that is subject to approval by the California Coastal Commission or the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. This bill would authorize the applicable commission, when approving a local coastal plan or an amendment to a local coastal plan, to deem existing sea level rise information or plans prepared by a local government to satisfy the content requirements for a sea level rise plan. The bill would provide that local governments are encouraged, on or before January 1, 2029, to consult with the California Coastal Commission, in a voluntary early consultation, regarding sea level rise plans in the preparation of a local coastal program or an amendment to a local coastal program.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Sponsor Hot

AB 1109 (Kalra D) Evidentiary privileges: union agent-represented worker privilege. (Introduced: 2/20/2025)
Status: 5/13/2025-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Location: 5/13/2025-S. RLS.

Summary: Existing law governs the admissibility of evidence in court proceedings and generally provides a privilege as to communications made in the course of certain relations, including the attorney-client, physician-patient, and psychotherapist-patient relationship, as specified. Under existing law, the right of any person to claim those evidentiary privileges is waived with respect to a communication protected by the privilege if any holder of the privilege, without coercion, has disclosed a significant part of the communication or has consented to a disclosure. This bill would establish a privilege between a union agent, as defined, and a represented employee or represented former employee to refuse to disclose any confidential communication between the employee or former employee and the union agent made while the union agent was acting in the union agent’s representative capacity, except as specified. The bill would permit a represented employee or represented former employee to prevent another person from disclosing a privileged communication, except as specified. The bill would further provide that this privilege may be waived in accordance with existing law and does not apply in criminal proceedings.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Oppose Hot

AB 1313 (Papan D) Water quality: permits. (Amended: 5/27/2025) Status: 5/27/2025-Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 5/27/2025-A. THIRD READING
Summary: Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board and the 9 California regional water quality control boards regulate water quality and prescribe waste discharge requirements in accordance with the federal national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit program established by the federal Clean Water Act and the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act. Existing law requires each regional board to formulate and adopt water quality control plans for all areas within the region, as provided. The bill would require the state board, after making the necessary residual designation authority findings, to establish a statewide commercial, industrial, and institutional NPDES order for properties with 5 acres or more of impervious surface, as provided. The bill would require the state board to publish a draft order of the statewide order for public comment on or before December 31, 2028, or 18 months after the reissuance of a specified statewide permit, as specified. The bill would require the state board to contemporaneously establish rules for offsite compliance agreements to issue with the publication of the draft statewide order for public comment that details the necessary components of an agreement between commercial, industrial, and institutional permittees and local municipalities for achieving offsite stormwater capture and use within the adopted final statewide commercial, industrial, and institutional NPDES order. The bill would require the NPDES order to include multiple compliance options for discharges to select and comply with to be deemed in compliance with applicable water quality based effluent limitations, including, but not limited to, compliance options incentivizing green infrastructure onsite or offsite stormwater capture and use.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Oppose Unless
Amended
Hot

SB 16 (Blakespear D) Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program:
housing element: unsheltered and chronic homelessness: assessment and financing plan. (Amended: 4/24/2025)
Status: 6/3/2025-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 1.) Ordered to the Assembly.

Location: 6/3/2025-A. DESK
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law requires the housing element to consist of an identification and analysis of existing and projected housing needs and a statement of goals, policies, quantified objectives, financial resources, and scheduled programs for the preservation, improvement, and development of housing. Existing law requires the housing element to include, among other things, an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints that are relevant to meeting these needs. Existing law establishes the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program (HHAP) for the purpose of providing jurisdictions with grant funds to support regional coordination and expand or develop local capacity to address their immediate homelessness challenges, as specified. For a local government that does not receive funding pursuant to HHAP, this bill would require the assessment to include, among other things, the most up-to-date data on the number of individuals who are unhoused and a description of key actions that will be taken to reduce the number of individuals who are unhoused based on the data. By imposing additional duties on local governments, this bill would impose a statemandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Oppose Unless
Amended
Hot

SB 35 (Umberg D) Alcohol and drug programs. (Amended: 5/1/2025) Status: 5/29/2025-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly.

In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Summary: Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of adult alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facilities by the State Department of Public Health and prohibits the operation of one of those facilities without a current valid license. Existing law requires the department, if a facility is alleged to be in violation of that prohibition, to conduct a site visit to investigate the allegation. Existing law requires, if the department’s employee or agent finds evidence that the facility is providing services without a license, the employee or agent to take specified actions, including, among others, submitting the findings of the investigation to the department and issuing a written notice to the facility that includes the date by which the facility is required to cease providing services.

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services, through fee-for-service or managed care delivery systems.

The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law establishes the Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program (Drug MediCal) and authorizes the department to enter into a Drug Medi-Cal contract with each county for the provision of alcohol and drug use services within the county service area.

This bill would require the department, if it determines it has jurisdiction over the allegation, to initiate that investigation within 10 days of receiving the allegation and, except as specified, complete the investigation within 60 days of initiating the investigation. The bill would require the employee or agent to provide the notice described above within 10 days of the employee or agency submitting their findings to the department and to conduct a followup site visit to determine whether the facility has ceased providing services by the date specified in the notice. This bill would require, in counties that elect to administer the Drug Medi-Cal organized delivery system and that provide optional recovery housing services, the county behavioral health agency to conduct a site visit of a recovery residence that is alleged to be operating without a license, upon request of the department. The bill would permit the department to make that request in certain circumstances, including that the department has sufficient evidence to substantiate the allegation. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Sponsor Hot

SB 74 (Seyarto R) Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation: Infrastructure GapFund Program. (Amended: 4/7/2025) Status: 5/29/2025-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly.

In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Location: 5/29/2025-A. DESK
Summary: Existing law establishes the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation in the Governor’s office for the purpose of serving the Governor and the Governor’s cabinet as staff for long-range planning and research and constituting the comprehensive state planning agency. Existing law authorizes a local agency to finance infrastructure projects through various means, including by authorizing a city or county to establish an enhanced infrastructure financing district to finance public capital facilities or other specified projects of communitywide significance that provide significant benefits to the district or the surrounding community. This bill would require the office, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to establish the Infrastructure Gap-Fund Program to provide grants to local agencies for the development and construction of infrastructure projects, as defined, facing unforeseen costs after starting construction. The bill would authorize the office to provide funding for up to 20% of a project’s additional projected cost, as defined, after the project has started construction, subject to specified conditions, including, among other things, that the local agency has allocated existing local tax revenue for at least 45% of the initially budgeted total cost of the infrastructure project. When applying to the program, the bill would require the local agency to demonstrate challenges with completing the project on time and on budget and how the infrastructure project helps meet state and local goals, as specified. The bill would require the office to develop guidelines to implement the program that establish the criteria by which grant applications will be evaluated and funded. The bill would make these provisions operative on January 1, 2030.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Co-sponsor Hot

SB 79 (Wiener D) Housing development: transit-oriented development: California Environmental Quality Act: public transit agency land. (Amended: 5/29/2025) Status: 6/3/2025-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 13.) Ordered to the Assembly.

Location: 6/3/2025-A. DESK
Summary: Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and specified land outside its boundaries, that contains certain mandatory elements, including a land use element and a housing element. Existing law requires that the land use element designate the proposed general distribution and general location and extent of the uses of the land, as specified. Existing law requires that the housing element consist of an identification and analysis of existing and projected housing needs and a statement of goals, policies, quantified objectives, financial resources, and scheduled programs for the preservation, improvement, and development of housing, as specified. Existing law requires that the housing element include, among other things, an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints that are relevant to the meeting of these needs, including an inventory of land suitable for residential development, as provided. Existing law, for the 4th and subsequent revisions of the housing element, requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region, as specified, and requires the appropriate council of local governments, or the department for cities and counties without a council of governments, to adopt a final regional housing need plan that allocates a share of the regional housing need to each locality in the region. This bill would require that a housing development project, as defined, proposed within a specified distance of a transitoriented development (TOD) stop, as defined, be an allowed use on any site zoned for residential, mixed, or commercial development, if the development complies with applicable requirements, as specified. The bill would establish requirements concerning height limits, density, and floor area ratio in accordance with a development’s proximity to specified tiers of TOD stops, as provided. The bill would provide that, for the purposes of the Housing Accountability Act, a proposed development consistent with the applicable standards of these provisions shall be deemed consistent, compliant, and in conformity with prescribed requirements, as specified. The bill would provide that a local government that denies a project meeting the requirements of these provisions located in a high-resource area, as defined, would be presumed in violation of the Housing Accountability Act, as specified, and immediately liable for penalties, as provided. The bill would specify that a development proposed pursuant to these provisions is eligible

for streamlined, ministerial approval pursuant to specified law, except that the bill would exempt a project under these provisions from specified requirements, and would specify that the project is required to comply with certain affordability requirements, under that law. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Oppose Hot

SB 239 (Arreguín D) Open meetings: teleconferencing: subsidiary body. (Amended: 4/7/2025)
Status: 6/3/2025-Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Arreguín.

Location: 6/3/2025-S. INACTIVE FILE
Summary: Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body, as defined, of a local agency be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate. The act generally requires for teleconferencing that the legislative body of a local agency that elects to use teleconferencing post agendas at all teleconference locations, identify each teleconference location in the notice and agenda of the meeting or proceeding, and have each teleconference location be accessible to the public. Existing law also requires that, during the teleconference, at least a quorum of the members of the legislative body participate from locations within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction, except as specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2026, authorizes specified neighborhood city councils to use alternate teleconferencing provisions related to notice, agenda, and public participation, as prescribed, if, among other requirements, the city council has adopted an authorizing resolution and 2/3 of the neighborhood city council votes to use alternate teleconference provisions, as specified This bill would authorize a subsidiary body, as defined, to use alternative teleconferencing provisions and would impose requirements for notice, agenda, and public participation, as prescribed. The bill would require the subsidiary body to post the agenda at each physical meeting location designated by the subsidiary body, as specified. The bill would require the members of the subsidiary body to visibly appear on camera during the open portion of a meeting that is publicly accessible via the internet or other online platform, as specified. The bill would also require the subsidiary body to list a member of the subsidiary body who participates in a teleconference meeting from a remote location in the minutes of the meeting. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Sponsor Hot

SB 329 (Blakespear D) Alcohol and drug recovery or treatment facilities:
investigations. (Amended: 3/28/2025)
Status: 5/29/2025-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly.

In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Location: 5/29/2025-A. DESK
Summary: Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facilities by the State Department of Health Care Services. Existing law prohibits operating an alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility to provide recovery, treatment, or detoxification services within this state without first obtaining a current valid license. If a facility is alleged to be providing those services without a license, existing law requires the department to conduct a site visit to investigate the allegation. Existing law also authorizes the department to conduct announced or unannounced site visits to licensed facilities for the purpose of reviewing them for compliance, as specified. This bill would require the department to assign a complaint under its jurisdiction regarding an alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility to an analyst for investigation within 10 days of receiving the complaint. If the department receives a complaint that does not fall under its jurisdiction, the bill would require the department to notify the complainant, in writing, that it does not investigate that type of complaint. The bill would require the department to complete an investigation into a complaint regarding a facility within 60 days of assigning the complaint unless the department requires additional resources, as specified, to complete the investigation. If the department is not able to complete an investigation within 60 days, the bill would require the department to notify the complainant, in writing, of the reason for the delay.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Sponsor Hot

SB 346 (Durazo D) Local agencies: transient occupancy taxes: short-term rental facilitator. (Amended: 5/8/2025)
Status: 5/28/2025-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Location: 5/27/2025-A. DESK
Summary: Existing law authorizes a local authority, by ordinance or resolution, to regulate the occupancy of a room or rooms, or other living space, in a hotel, inn, tourist home or house, motel, or other lodging for a period of less than 30 days. This bill would authorize a local agency, defined to mean a city, county, or city and county, to enact an ordinance to require a short-term rental facilitator, as defined, to report, in the form and manner prescribed by the local agency, the physical address, including 9-digit ZIP Code, of each short-term rental, as defined, during the reporting period, as well as any additional information necessary to identify the property as may be required by the local agency. The bill would authorize the local agency to impose an administrative fine or penalty for failure to file the report, and would authorize the local agency to initiate an audit of a short-term rental facilitator, as described. The bill would require a short-term rental facilitator, in a jurisdiction that has adopted an ordinance, to include in the listing of a short-term rental any applicable local license number associated with the shortterm rental and any transient occupancy tax certification issued by a local agency. The bill would state these provisions do not preempt a local agency from adopting an ordinance that regulates short-term rentals, short-term rental facilitators, or the payment and collection of transient occupancy taxes in a manner that differs from those described in the bill.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Sponsor Hot

SB 415 (Reyes D) Planning and zoning: logistics use: truck routes. (Amended: 4/24/2025)
Status: 6/3/2025-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly.

Location: 6/3/2025-A. DESK
Summary: Existing law, beginning January 1, 2026, prescribes various statewide warehouse design and build standards for any proposed new or expanded logistics use developments, as specified, including, among other things, standards for building design and location, parking, truck loading bays, landscaping buffers, entry gates, and signage.

Existing law defines various terms, including “21st century warehouse,” and “tier 1 21st century warehouse,” for purposes of those provisions as logistics uses that, among other things, comply with specified building and energy efficiency standards, including requirements related to the availability of conduits and electrical hookups to power climate control equipment at loading bays, as specified. Existing law, subject to specified exceptions, defines “logistics use” for these purposes to mean a building in which cargo, goods, or products are moved or stored for later distribution to business or retail customers, or both, that does not predominantly serve retail customers for onsite purchases, and heavy-duty trucks are primarily involved in the movement of the cargo, goods, or products. This bill would clarify that a 21st century warehouse and a tier 1 21st century warehouse are required to comply with those standards as are in effect at the time that the building permit for a development of a 21st century warehouse is issued and make other clarifying changes relating to permissibility of use of conduits and electrical hookups at loading bays at those locations. The bill would revise the definition of “logistics use” for these purposes to instead mean a building that is primarily used as a warehouse for the movement or the storage of cargo, goods, or products that are moved to business or retail customers, or both, that does not predominantly serve retail customers for onsite purchases, and heavy-duty trucks are primarily involved in the movement of the cargo, goods, or products. The bill would make various other technical and conforming changes to the provisions governing logistics use development. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Seeking
Amendments
Hot

SB 445 (Wiener D) Transportation: planning: complete streets facilities: sustainable transportation projects. (Amended: 4/10/2025)
Status: 5/28/2025-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 1.) Ordered to the Assembly.

In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Location: 5/28/2025-A. DESK
Summary: Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to improve and maintain the state’s highways. Existing law authorizes the department to issue encroachment permits and requires the department to either approve or deny an application from an applicant for an encroachment permit within 60 days of receiving a completed application, as provided. Existing law also requires the department, on or before January 1, 2027, to develop and adopt a project intake, evaluation, and encroachment permit review process for complete streets facilities that are sponsored by a local jurisdiction or a transit agency. This bill would instead require the department to develop and adopt the above-described project intake, evaluation, and encroachment review process on or before February 1, 2027. The bill would also state the intent of the Legislature to amend this bill with legislation that accelerates and makes more reliable third-party permits and approvals for preconstruction and construction activities on sustainable transportation projects.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Concerns Hot

SB 454 (McNerney D) State Water Resources Control Board: PFAS Mitigation Program. (Amended: 5/23/2025)
Status: 5/28/2025-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly.

In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Location: 5/28/2025-A. DESK
Summary: Existing law designates the State Water Resources Control Board as the agency responsible for administering specific programs related to drinking water, including, among others, the California Safe Drinking Water Act and the Emerging Contaminants for Small or Disadvantaged Communities Funding Program. This bill, which would become operative upon an appropriation by the Legislature, would enact a PFAS mitigation program. As part of that program, the bill would create the PFAS Mitigation Fund in the State Treasury and would authorize certain moneys in the fund to be expended by the state board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for specified purposes. The bill would authorize the state board to seek out and deposit nonstate, federal, and private funds, require those funds to be deposited into the PFAS Mitigation Fund, and continuously appropriate the nonstate, federal, and private funds in the fund to the state board for specified purposes. The bill would authorize the state board to establish accounts within the PFAS Mitigation Fund. The bill would authorize the state board to expend moneys from the fund in the form of a grant, loan, or contract, or to provide assistance services to water suppliers and sewer system providers, as those terms are defined, for multiple purposes, including, among other things, to cover or reduce the costs for water suppliers associated with treating drinking water to meet the applicable state and federal maximum perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminant levels. The bill would require a water supplier or sewer system provider to include a clear and definite purpose for how the funds will be used to provide public benefits to their community related to safe drinking water, recycled water, or treated wastewater in order to be eligible to receive funds. The bill would require the state board to adopt guidelines to implement these provisions, as provided.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Sponsor Hot
SB 456 (Ashby D) Contractors: exemptions: muralists. (Amended: 4/2/2025)

Status: 6/3/2025-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Location: 6/2/2025-A. DESK
Summary: Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, establishes the Contractors State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of contractors. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a person to engage in the business, or act in the capacity, of a contractor without a license, unless exempted. Existing law exempts from the Contractors State License Law, among other things, a nonprofit corporation providing assistance to an owner, as specified. This bill would exempt from that law an artist who draws, paints, applies, executes, restores, or conserves a mural, as defined, pursuant to an agreement with a person who could legally authorize the work.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Co-sponsor Hot

SB 569(Blakespear D) Department of Transportation: homeless encampments. (Amended: 4/21/2025)
Status: 5/23/2025-From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (May 23). Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Location: 5/23/2025-S. THIRD READING
Summary: Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of the state highway system, including associated property, and authorizes the department to require the removal of any encroachment in, under, or over any state highway. Existing law authorizes the department to establish maintenance programs related to highway cleanup, as specified. This bill would require the department to establish a dedicated liaison to, among other things, facilitate communication with local governments and relevant state agencies with regard to addressing homeless encampments within the state highway system and to oversee the development and implementation of delegated maintenance agreements between local agencies and the department in which both work together to reduce and remove homeless encampments within the department’s jurisdiction. The bill would authorize the department to grant a single general entry permit for the duration of a delegated maintenance agreement to conduct activities authorized by the bill. The bill would require the department to submit an annual report to the Legislature summarizing specified information and recommendations regarding homeless encampments.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Co-sponsor Hot

SB 710 (Blakespear D) Property taxation: active solar energy systems:
extension. (Amended: 5/23/2025)
Status: 6/2/2025-Ordered to special consent calendar.

Location: 6/2/2025-S. CONSENT CALENDAR
Summary: The California Constitution generally limits the maximum rate of ad valorem tax on real property to 1% of the full cash value of the property and defines “full cash value” for these purposes as the appraised value of real property when purchased, newly constructed, or a change in ownership has occurred after the 1975 assessment.

Pursuant to constitutional authorization, existing property tax law excludes from the definition of “newly constructed” for these purposes the construction or addition of any active solar energy system, as defined, through the 2025–26 fiscal year. Under existing property tax law, this exclusion remains in effect only until there is a subsequent change in ownership, but an active solar energy system that qualifies for the exclusion before January 1, 2027, continues to receive the exclusion until there is a subsequent change in ownership. Existing law repeals these exclusion provisions on January 1, 2027. This bill would, beginning with lien dates occurring on or after January 1, 2026, extend the exclusion indefinitely, and would limit the exclusion to qualified active solar energy systems, as defined. The bill would also remove the repeal of the existing active solar energy system exclusion.

Cal Cities Position Hot/Priority
Seeking
Amendments
Hot

CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: 01/20/2026
AGENDA REPORT AGENDA HEADING: Regular Business
AGENDA TITLE:

Consider adopting the City’s 2026 Legislative Platform.

RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
(1) Adopt Resolution No. 2026-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA ADOPTING THE CITY’S 2026 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM.

FISCAL IMPACT: None
Amount Budgeted: N/A
Additional Appropriation: N/A
Account Number(s): N/A
ORIGINATED BY: Catherine Jun, Deputy City Manager
REVIEWED BY: Same as below
APPROVED BY: Ara Mihranian, AICP, City Manager
ATTACHED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS:

A. Resolution 2026-XX – 2026 Legislative Platform (Page A-1) B. Draft 2026 Legislative Platform (clean copy) (Page B-1) C. Draft 2026 Legislative Platform (redlined copy) (Page C-1) D. City Council Policy No. 29 (Page D-1)
BACKGROUND:

Consistent with City Council Policy No. 29 (Attachment D), the City monitors and acts upon legislation, programs, and funding opportunities that may have an impact on Rancho Palos Verdes, the Palos Verdes Peninsula, and the surrounding region. Since 2021, the City Council has adopted an annual Legislative Platform that identifies the most salient issues in a given year, in order to focus much of the City’s advocacy and grant application efforts on those areas. The Legislative Platform may also be used to prepare letters of support or opposition for Council consideration and guide legislative advocacy visits to Sacramento and Washington D.C.
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DISCUSSION:

The 2026 Legislative Platform (Attachments B ((Clean)) and C ((Redlines)) has been developed in collaboration with Legislative Subcommittee Members Mayor Paul Seo and Councilmember David Bradley. The draft largely builds upon the prior year’s Platform, which continues to support the following legislation and programs:
• Housing and Local Land Use legislation that improves housing affordability while still preserving local control over their development.
• Public Safety policies that strengthen the City’s ability to protect its residents and promote emergency preparedness and resilience.
• Community Services that enhance community well-being by expanding access to mental health services, education, and recreational resources. • Environmental Quality policies that safeguard the City’s natural resources and promote sustainability
• Government transparency and efficacy through accountable decision making and modernized public engagement practices.

The Platform also pinpoints key stakeholders and coalition partnerships that can help advance the City’s efforts. Lastly, it includes a list of Priority Projects – Greater Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation and Civic Center Master Plan - to focus the City’s resources on and to identify necessary grant funds for. This collaborative approach ensures the development of a comprehensive and strategic legislative agenda in the upcoming year.

A draft clean and redline version of the proposed 2026 Legislative Platform (Attachments B and C) are attached for consideration. Some of the major changes include:
• Priority Projects: Updated the Greater Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation Project with updated construction costs and added new costs for annual maintenance of dewatering wells, reconstruction of Palos Verdes Drive South, and the continuation of the Voluntary Property Buyout Program. The project also emphasizes the importance of identifying outside funds to support these costs. • Housing and Local Land Use: Added two priorities to oppose legislation that imposes unfunded infrastructure mandates and to support affordable housing policies that will create the economic conditions needed to support housing development without imposing unaffordable infrastructure overhead borne by the public.
• Public Safety: Placed an emphasis on supporting advocacy efforts to improve wireless connectivity throughout the City to improve communications during emergencies.
• Added overarching position statements for each major priority that summarizes their purpose and goals, as recommended by Mayor Pro Tem Perestam. 2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

If adopted this evening, the 2026 Legislative Platform, as well as the bills the City monitors will be available on the City’s website at www.rpvca.gov/LegislationCorner.

CONCLUSION:

Staff recommends the City Council approve the 2026 Legislative Platform by adopting the attached resolution.

ALTERNATIVES:

In addition to the Staff recommendation, the following alternative action are available for the City Council’s consideration:

1. Do not adopt the attached draft resolution and provide direction to staff on suggested modifications.

2. Take other action, as deemed appropriate.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2026-__

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE

CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
CALIFORNIA ADOPTING THE CITY’S 2026

LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
WHEREAS, the City Council has an interest in providing position statements on a variety of state, federal, and regional legislative issues that impact the City and its residents; and
WHEREAS, the Council annually takes action on numerous legislative proposals brought forward throughout the year; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes is committed to maintaining and enhancing a high quality of life and safety for all residents; and WHEREAS, on August 4, 2020, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes adopted Resolution No. 2020-46, expressing opposition to proposed planning and zoning legislation that usurps local control and imposes unfunded mandates, and expressing support for actions to further strengthen local democracy, authority, and control; and WHEREAS, on July 6, 2021, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes adopted Resolution No. 2021-31, adopting the City’s Housing and Local Land Use Legislative Platform; and WHEREAS, since November 2, 2021, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes has annually adopted a Citywide Legislative Platform reflecting the City Council’s position on a wide range of issues affecting City operations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council continues to take an active advocacy role on a variety of issues, including housing and local land use legislative policies proposed by the State Legislature.
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NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes does hereby resolve as follows:

Section 1: The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference.

Section 2: The City Council hereby adopts and approves the City’s 2026 Legislative Platform (Attachment A) and incorporated herein by this reference as the official legislative policy of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes.

Section 3: The 2026 Legislative Platform will be used to guide legislative advocacy including position letters on proposed legislation and to seek outside funding to support priority projects and needs.

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Section 4: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage, approval, and adoption of this Resolution.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED the 20th day of January 2026. __________________________
Paul Seo, Mayor
ATTEST:
___________________________
Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify that the above Resolution No. 2026-__ was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on January 20, 2026. ________________________
Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk
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CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
2026 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
Adopted by Resolution No. 2026-XX on January 20, 2026.

PURPOSE
The City of Rancho Palos Verdes’ 2026 Legislative Platform (Platform) outlines the policy positions of the City Council on current issues that impact the City. This Platform serves as a guide to actively engage with pending legislation and funding opportunities at the federal, state, county, and local levels, with City Council approval.

The City looks forward to working with partners on all levels of government to best serve its residents. The statements outlined throughout the Platform represent the City’s overarching position on legislative and regulatory issues of interest.

PRIORITY CITY PROJECTS
Through the City’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), major projects are planned for a period of five years. The list below includes important projects of regional significance listed within the CIP that do not have sufficient funding. The City is in support of legislation, policies, programs, or administrative actions that would provide funding to realize these priority projects.

A. Greater Portuguese Bend-Landslide Complex Remediation Project Total Cost:
- $150 million for project construction (Dewatering Extraction Wells and Water Intrusion Prevention Implementation)
- $20 million for annual operations and maintenance of planned infrastructure - $300 million for the current and at-risk voluntary property buyout program funded through the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant program - $50 million to relevel, relocate, build new road bed, and reconstruct portions of Palos Verdes Drive South (PVDS) impacted by the landslide - $20 million for annual operations and maintenance of planned landslide mitigation infrastructure (i.e. deep dewatering wells, hydraugers, canyon/watershed linings, and drainage control projects) Status: Various stages. Several dewatering wells have been constructed; repairs to PVDS are ongoing; and the first round of property buyouts are underway.

However, the funding stated above include an increase or addition to such work, and those are in the planning stages at this time.

Description: The Greater Portuguese Bend-Landslide Complex is the largest active landslide in North America, encompassing two of the City’s roughly 14 square B-2

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miles, directly impacting Palos Verdes Drive South (a major arterial) and a Sanitation District trunk line – both of which serve neighboring cities and thousands of residents and visitors daily. The project seeks to protect life, public health, safety, and the environment through mitigation of land movement in the landslide complex area.

Funding Opportunities:
• County Funded Capital and O&M projects (including County Sanitation District, County Flood Control District, as well as County Capital improvement projects)
• State Funded Capital and O&M projects (including State budget earmarks, State Office of Emergency Services Support, as well as other state funded projects)
• Federally funded capital improvement projects via Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of the Interior, and Congressional earmarks.

B. Civic Center Campus Master Plan
Total Cost: $150 million
Status: Updated, preliminary conceptual site plan complete.

Of greatest urgency, however, is the development of a 9.5-acre Emergency Zone on the east end of the campus. FEMA-approved plans for this Zone include an emergency operations center, incident management command center, helipad, helopod, evacuation area, and emergency supply storage and staging area. FEMA has indicated that the Emergency Zone must be developed within four years or approximately Summer 2028. Otherwise, the parcel may revert to Federal control and become subject to sale. The City is currently in the process of requesting the federal government to lift those deed restrictions altogether, in order to provide more time to fund and flexibility to develop the site. As such, the City’s current priority is the funding and development of this Emergency Zone.

Description: The development of the approximately 19-acre Ken Dyda Civic Center Campus into a modern and functional community hub has been a long-standing goal of the city. The project’s current preliminary conceptual site plan, as of June 2024, includes a new City Hall, parking improvements, a Council Chambers, improved site amenities including an amphitheater, village green, public plaza, and parking and access enhancements.

Secondly, partner with Wayfarers Chapel to consider the feasibility of relocating to the Civic Center site as a preferred alternate location. During Summer 2024, the Chapel was significantly damaged by landslide movement in Portuguese Bend and has since been dismantled and stored off site to preserve the remainder of the historic structure until it can be restored in another location.

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The approved financial plan for the overall project includes a maximum amount of $45.4 million, which is a combination of both cash on hand and a long-term loan.

Additional funding sources are critical to building out the site per the Master Plan and FEMA’s requirements.

Funding Opportunities
• State budget earmarks
• State of California GoBIZ iBank Zero to Low Interest Loans • Congressional Directed Spending
• Federal Grants

PRIORITY POLICY AREAS

1. HOUSING AND LOCAL LAND USE
Support housing and land use legislation that advances affordability while preserving local control, fiscal responsibility, and public safety.

A. Oppose legislation that infringes on local control and erodes the City’s authority to manage its own affairs. Support actions which further strengthen local democracy, authority, and control.

B. Oppose legislation that imposes “unfunded” infrastructure mandates that result from state-imposed housing laws or statutes.

C. Support economically sound affordable housing policies and programs that will create economic conditions to support housing development, without imposing unaffordable public borne infrastructure overhead.

D. Support state grants, legislation, or programs which encourage sustainable and affordable housing development. Support policies or grants that facilitate the development of regional housing trusts.

E. Oppose legislation that penalizes cities or local governments if the units identified in the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) are not constructed. Oppose legislation that proposes to convert RHNA from a planning process to a production standard. Oppose RHNA legislation that requires high density housing in cities with fire hazard severity zones and other vulnerabilities that may put residents at risk in the event of a natural disaster.

F. Support legislation that preserves local authority to manage public rights-of-way including the aesthetics of infrastructure placed within them.

G. Support legislation that preserves local authority to zone and plan for the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure within public rights-of-way.

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H. Oppose legislation that diminishes the authority of local jurisdictions in processing permits, enforcing building codes, or mandating the manner of enforcement.

I. Oppose legislation that seeks to limit or eliminate municipal authority to regulate street or sidewalk vendors.

J. Support legislation and administrative actions that protect a local jurisdiction to preserve open space in and around their jurisdiction.

K. Support legislation efforts that allow for local land use and zoning decisions and oppose efforts that strip a local government’s authority to make decisions regarding parking requirements.
o Potential Coalition Partners: League of California Cities (Cal Cities), South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG), California Contract Cities Association (CCCA), Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Palos Verdes Peninsula Cities (PV Cities), Our Neighborhood Voices Initiative, California Cities for Local Control (CCLC) and other similar local control-focused organizations.

2. PUBLIC SAFETY
Support public safety policies that strengthen the City’s ability to protect its residents and promote emergency preparedness and resilience.

A. Support legislation that strengthens and enforces legal protections for all individuals who are victims of crimes, including those that are victims of hate crimes or hate incidents.

B. Support legislation and other measures that enhance and provide equal access to public safety funding for municipal public safety divisions, including training, effective emergency preparedness and planning, resiliency, law enforcement and fire department infrastructure, and public safety.

C. Support legislation that will accelerate the installation of reliable small wireless facilities in order to maintain and enhance wireless communication in times of emergencies or natural disasters while still allowing local municipalities to execute the proper placement and implementation of those said small wireless facilities.

D. Support legislation to accelerate the development and implementation of enhanced electrical utility infrastructure, including the undergrounding of utility equipment to ensure reliable utility service and public safety and thereby reduces the need for public safety power shutoffs.

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E. Support legislation or other methods that protect insurance coverage for properties within and adjacent to very high fire zones and geologic hazard abatement districts. o Potential Coalition Partners: Cal Cities, SBCCOG, CCCA, Department of Insurance, State Controller, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD), Los Angeles County Fire Department, PV Cities

3. COMMUNITY SERVICES
Support policies that enhance community well-being by expanding access to mental health services, education, and recreational resources through local, state, and federal partnerships.

A. Support legislation and local, state, and federal programs that employ evidencebased strategies to reduce the number of unhoused people or individuals with housing insecurity; promote mental health and substance abuse services; provide emergency and transitional housing; and promote self-empowerment through counseling, job training, and other wrap around supportive services.

B. Support legislation and local, state, and federal programs that aim to provide mental health services, including youth and young adult programs, community resource centers, and education in accessing mental health care.

C. Support increased and sustainable funding for the construction and maintenance of community park facilities; preservation of open space and trails, proactive maintenance for brush clearance to help reduce wildfire risks, and recreation programs.

D. Support legislation that equitably reallocates state funding to support local school districts based on performance and does not impart financial incentive for lack of scholastic performance and improvement.

E. Continue working with Federal representatives and agencies to transfer or enter into a joint use agreement for the Point Vicente Lighthouse and Battery Barnes bunker properties that are currently owned and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. o Potential Coalition Partners: Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, Cal Cities, SBCCOG, CCCA, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, Los Angeles County, CARE Court, Allcove and South Bay Health District, PV Cities, Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District, U.S. Coast Guard

4. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Support environmental policies that safeguard natural resources, promote sustainability, and strengthen community resilience.

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A. Support legislation that recognizes landslides as a disaster that constitutes a state or local emergency under the Emergency Services Act
B. Support legislation, funding, regulations, or administrative actions to remediate the harmful effects of dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) and PFAS in coastal waters, especially on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

C. Support legislation that provides rebate programs, tax credits, and other financial incentives to encourage property owners to invest in water efficient systems and landscaping, and energy efficiency, including renewable energy systems. o Potential Coalition Partners: Cal Cities, SBCCOG, Los Angeles County, PV Cities, coastal cities

5. GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND EFFICACY
Support government transparency and through fair funding, accountable decisionmaking, and modernized public engagement practices.

A. Support legislation that grants full cost reimbursement to local agencies by state and federal government for all mandated programs.

B. Support legislation that ensures the retention or increase of existing local revenue sources, including the City’s share of property taxes, sales and use taxes, transient occupancy taxes, development and other operating fees etc.

C. Support legislation modernizing the methods by which a local agency may comply with the Brown Act. Support legislation that allows for the continued use of teleconferencing platforms to hold hybrid public meetings outside of a declared state of emergency, thus increasing access to public meetings and promoting greater transparency.

D. Support legislation which allows for regional considerations within Los Angeles County, particularly at the council of governments (COG) level, in relation to public health, homelessness, and sustainability, among other areas of regional significance.

E. Oppose legislation that would prohibit or limit local governments’ ability to contract out for the provision of services.
o Potential Coalition Partners: Cal Cities, SBCCOG, CCCA, PV Cities B-7

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CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
2026 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
Adopted by Resolution No. 2026-XX on January 20, 2026.

PURPOSE
The City of Rancho Palos Verdes’ 2026 Legislative Platform (Platform) outlines the policy positions of the City Council on current issues that impact the City. This Platform serves as a guide to actively engage with pending legislation and funding opportunities at the federal, state, county, and local levels, with City Council approval.

The City looks forward to working with partners on all levels of government to best serve its residents. The statements outlined throughout the Platform represent the City’s overarching position on legislative and regulatory issues of interest.

PRIORITY CITY PROJECTS
Through the City’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), major projects are planned for a period of five years. The list below includes important projects of regional significance listed within the CIP that do not have sufficient funding. The City is in support of legislation, policies, programs, or administrative actions that would provide funding to realize these priority projects.

A. Greater Portuguese Bend-Landslide Complex Remediation Project Total Cost:
- $150 million for project construction (Dewatering Extraction Wells and Water Intrusion Prevention Implementation)
- $20 million for annual operations and maintenance of planned infrastructure - $300250 million for the current and at-risk voluntary property buyout program funded through the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant program - $50 million to relevel, relocate, build new road bed, and reconstruct portions of Palos Verdes Drive South (PVDS) impacted by the landslide - $20 million for annual operations and maintenance of planned landslide mitigation infrastructure (i.e. deep dewatering wells, hydraugers, canyon/watershed linings, and drainage control projects) Status: Various stages. ConstructionSeveral dewatering wells have been constructed; repairs to PVDS are ongoing; and the first round of property buyouts are underway. However, the funding stated above include an increase or addition to such work, and those are in the planning stages at this time.

Description: The Greater Portuguese Bend-Landslide Complex is the largest active landslide in North America, encompassing two of the City’s roughly 14 square C-2

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miles, directly impacting Palos Verdes Drive South (a major arterial) and a Sanitation District trunk line – both of which serve neighboring cities and thousands of residents and visitors daily. The project seeks to protect life, public health, safety, and the environment through mitigation of land movement in the landslide complex area.

Funding Opportunities:
• County Funded Capital and O&M projects (including County Sanitation District, County Flood Control District, as well as County Capital improvement projects)
• State Funded Capital and O&M projects (including State budget earmarks, State Office of Emergency Services Support, as well as other state funded projects)
• Federally funded capital improvement projects via Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of the Interior, and Congressional earmarks.

B. Civic Center Campus Master Plan
Total Cost: $150 million
Status: Updated, preliminary conceptual site plan complete. Moving on to the selection of a project management firm and the Master Plan and Design Development Stage.

Of greatest urgency, however, is the development of a 9.5-acre Emergency Zone on the east end of the campus. FEMA-approved plans for this Zone include an emergency operations center, incident management command center, helipad, helopod, evacuation area, and emergency supply storage and staging area. FEMA has indicated that the Emergency Zone must be developed within four years or approximately Summer 2028. Otherwise, the parcel may revert to Federal control and become subject to sale. The City is currently in the process of requesting the federal government to restricliftt those deed restrictions altogether, in order to provide more time to fund and flexibility to develop the site. As such, the City’s current priority is the funding and development of this Emergency Zone.

Description: The development of the approximately 19-acre Ken Dyda Civic Center Campus into a modern and functional community hub has been a long-standing goal of the city. The project’s current preliminary conceptual site plan, as of June 2024, includes a new City Hall, parking improvements, a Council Chambers, improved site amenities including an amphitheater, village green, public plaza, and parking and access enhancements. Of greatest urgency, however, is the development of a 9.5-acre Emergency Zone on the east end of the campus. FEMAapproved plans for this Zone include an emergency operations center, incident management command center, helipad, helopod, evacuation area, and emergency C-3

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supply storage and staging area. FEMA has indicated that the Emergency Zone must be developed within four years or approximately Summer 2028. Otherwise, the parcel may revert to Federal control and become subject to sale. As such, the City’s current priority is the funding and development of this Emergency Zone.

Secondly, partner with Wayfarers Chapel to consider the feasibility of relocating to the Civic Center site as a preferred alternate location. During Summer 2024, the Chapel was significantly damaged by landslide movement in Portuguese Bend and has since been dismantled and stored off site to preserve the remainder of the historic structure until it can be restored in another location.

The approved financial plan for the overall project includes a maximum amount of $45.4 million, which is a combination of both cash on hand and a long-term loan.

Additional funding sources are critical to building out the site per the Master Plan and FEMA’s requirements.

Funding Opportunities
• State budget earmarks
• State of California GoBIZ iBank Zero to Low Interest Loans • Congressional Directed Spending
• Federal Grants

PRIORITY POLICY AREAS

1. HOUSING AND LOCAL LAND USE
Support housing and land use legislation that advances affordability while preserving local control, fiscal responsibility, and public safety.

A. Oppose legislation that infringes on local control and erodes the City’s authority to manage its own affairs. Support actions which further strengthen local democracy, authority, and control.

B. Oppose legislation that imposes “unfunded” infrastructure mandates that result from state-imposed housing laws or statutes.

C. Support economically sound affordable housing policies and programs that will create economic conditions to support housing development, without imposing unaffordable public borne infrastructure overhead.

B.D.Support state grants, legislation, or programs which encourage sustainable and affordable housing development. Support policies or grants that facilitate the development of regional housing trusts.

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C.E.Oppose legislation that penalizes cities or local governments if the units identified in the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) are not constructed. Oppose legislation that proposes to convert RHNA from a planning process to a production standard. Oppose RHNA legislation that requires high density housing in cities with fire hazard severity zones and other vulnerabilities that may put residents at risk in the event of a natural disaster.

D.F.Support legislation that preserves local authority to manage public rights-of-way including the aesthetics of infrastructure placed within them.

E.G.Support legislation that preserves local authority to zone and plan for the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure within public rights-of-way.

F.H.Oppose legislation that diminishes the authority of local jurisdictions in processing permits, enforcing building codes, or mandating the manner of enforcement.

G.I. Oppose legislation that seeks to limit or eliminate municipal authority to regulate street or sidewalk vendors.

H.J. Support legislation and administrative actions that protect a local jurisdiction to preserve open space in and around their jurisdiction.

I.K. Support legislation efforts that allow for local land use and zoning decisions and oppose efforts that strip a local government’s authority to make decisions regarding parking requirements.
o Potential Coalition Partners: League of California Cities (Cal Cities), South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG), California Contract Cities Association (CCCA), Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Palos Verdes Peninsula Cities (PV Cities), Our Neighborhood Voices Initiative, California Cities for Local Control (CCLC) and other similar local control-focused organizations.

2. PUBLIC SAFETY
Support public safety policies that strengthens the City’s ability to protect its residents and promote emergency preparedness and resilience.

A. Support legislation that strengthens and enforces legal protections for all individuals who are victims of crimes, including those that are victims of hate crimes or hate incidents.

B. Support legislation and other measures that enhance and provide equal access to public safety funding for municipal public safety divisions, including training, effective emergency preparedness and planning, resiliency, law enforcement and fire department infrastructure, and public safety.

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C. Support legislation that will accelerate the installation of reliable small wireless facilities in order to maintain and enhance wireless communication in times of emergencies or natural disasters while still allowing local municipalities to execute the proper placement and implementation of those said small wireless facilities.

C. Support the implementation of Proposition 36 that imposes tougher penalties for serial retail theft and drug possession. Support legislation that increases public awareness of the fentanyl crisis and provides treatment and resources to rehabilitate those with addictions.

D. Support legislation to accelerate the development and implementation of enhanced electrical utility infrastructure, including the undergrounding of utility equipment to ensure reliable utility service and public safety and thereby reduces the need for public safety power shutoffs.

E. Support legislation or other methods that protect insurance coverage for properties within and adjacent to very high fire zones and geologic hazard abatement districts. o Potential Coalition Partners: Cal Cities, SBCCOG, CCCA, Department of Insurance, State Controller, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD), Los Angeles County Fire Department, PV Cities

3. COMMUNITY SERVICES
Support policies that enhance community well-being by expanding access to mental health services, education, and recreational resources through local, state, and federal partnerships.

A. Support legislation and local, state, and federal programs that employ evidencebased strategies to reduce the number of unhoused people or individuals with housing insecurity; promote mental health and substance abuse services; provide emergency and transitional housing; expand permanent affordable housing; and promote self-empowerment through counseling, job training, and other wrap around supportive services.

B. Support legislation and local, state, and federal programs that aim to provide mental health services, including youth and young adult programs, community resource centers, and education in accessing mental health care.

C. Support increased and sustainable funding for the construction and maintenance of community park facilities; preservation of open space and trails, proactive maintenance for brush clearance to help reduce wildfire risks, and recreation programs.

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D. Support legislation that equitably reallocates state funding to support local school districts based on performance and does not impart financial incentive for lack of scholastic performance and improvement.

E. Continue working with Federal representatives and agencies to transfer or enter into a joint use agreement for the Point Vicente Lighthouse and Battery Barnes bunker properties that are currently owned and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. o Potential Coalition Partners: Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, Cal Cities, SBCCOG, CCCA, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, Los Angeles County, CARE Court, Allcove and South Bay Health District, PV Cities, Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District, U.S. Coast Guard

4. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Support environmental policies that safeguard natural resources, promote sustainability, and strengthen community resilience.

A. Support legislation that recognizes landslides as a disaster that constitutes a state or local emergency under the Emergency Services Act
B. Support legislation, funding, regulations, or administrative actions to remediate the harmful effects of dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) and PFAS in coastal waters, especially on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

C. Support legislation that provides rebate programs, tax credits, and other financial incentives to encourage property owners to invest in water efficient systems and landscaping, and energy efficiency, including renewable energy systems. o Potential Coalition Partners: Cal Cities, SBCCOG, Los Angeles County, PV Cities, coastal cities

5. GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND EFFICACY
Support government transparency and through fair funding, accountable decisionmaking, and modernized public engagement practices.

A. Support legislation that grants full cost reimbursement to local agencies by state and federal government for all mandated programs.

B. Support legislation that ensures the retention or increase of existing local revenue sources, including the City’s share of property taxes, sales and use taxes, transient occupancy taxes, development and other operating fees etc.

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C. Support legislation that requires State legislature to be held to the same Brown Act requirements that cities and counties must adhere to.

D.C. Support legislation modernizing the methods by which a local agency may comply with the Brown Act. Support legislation that allows for the continued use of teleconferencing platforms to hold hybrid public meetings outside of a declared state of emergency, thus increasing access to public meetings and promoting greater transparency.

E.D. Support legislation which allows for regional considerations within Los Angeles County, particularly at the council of governments (COG) level, in relation to public health, homelessness, and sustainability, among other areas of regional significance.

F.E. Oppose legislation that would prohibit or limit local governments’ ability to contract out for the provision of services.
o Potential Coalition Partners: Cal Cities, SBCCOG, CCCA, PV Cities C-8

CITY COUNCIL POLICY
NUMBER: 29
DATE ADOPTED/AMENDED: 08/01/95 (amended 02/19/02, 03/04/14, 04/20/21, and 12/20/22)
SUBJECT: City Council Position on Legislative Items
POLICY:

It shall be the policy of the City that staff shall monitor regional, County, State and Federal legislative matters and initiatives, and consider the potential impact(s) such legislative initiatives on the City or the region, in line with the City Council’s annually adopted Legislative Platform. Thereafter, staff shall prepare and present periodic updates on such legislative matters for the City Council to consider whether to take a position(s) on the same and, if so, what position(s) to take.

The legislation monitored will include both those issues that the City Council determines either to support or oppose and those that the City Council may choose to identify as issues of concern, but not take a position on. The determination of what position to take on pending legislation shall be solely that of the City Council.

Staff will periodically, at the request of a Council member or in accordance with the Legislative Platform, place matters of pending legislation on the City Council agenda for consideration. Staff will provide regular updates on the status of any legislative action affecting any issues of concern to the City Council through the Weekly Administrative Report.

If the majority of the Council votes to take a position on a certain legislation, staff shall prepare the appropriate correspondence, for the Mayor’s signature, to the relevant Federal, State, County and/or regional legislative representative(s) expressing the position of the City, and copies provided to the City Council. Such correspondence shall be posted on the City’s website under the Legislation Corner homepage.

Individual Council members may wish to support or oppose a specific piece of legislation irrespective of whether the City Council has or has not taken a position on such legislation. Any legislative activity by an individual Council member, including preparing legislative correspondence, may be conducted by any Council member, who shall state that he or she is not acting on behalf of the City and is representing his or her own personal views. However, staff shall not assist in any legislative activity of an individual Council member, including the preparation of legislative correspondence, unless the legislative item has appeared on a Council agenda and has received a majority vote of the Council.

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Summaries and updates on legislation that staff monitors and/or that the City Council has taken a position on shall be provided as part of the City Manager’s Weekly Administrative Report to each member of the Council for review.

BACKGROUND:

The City Council initially adopted a policy for Council involvement in Federal and State legislative advocacy in 1995. Although the policy seems to have worked adequately over the first seven years, by 2002 it was thought that it did not allow the City to respond rapidly to requests to support or oppose legislation that may be before a committee or on the floor or the Assembly or before Congress and needs immediate action on the part of supporters or opponents. Therefore, the policy was amended in 2002 to address these perceived deficiencies. In 2014, the policy was amended again to revise the procedure for monitoring legislation, and to explicitly include legislative issues at the County and regional level. In 2021, the policy was amended to reflect updated Staff processes. In 2022, it was amended to reflect the City’s adoption of an annual Legislative Platform.

The City Council’s revised legislative policy establishes an internal process for identifying, tracking and advocating its position on pending legislation synchronized to the fast-paced “legislation time clock.” Through this proactive policy, the City Council hopes to have a stronger “voice” in the Peninsula/South Bay region, Los Angeles County, Sacramento and Washington, DC.

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CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: 02/03/2026
AGENDA REPORT AGENDA HEADING: Consent Calendar
AGENDA TITLE:

Consider amending the City’s 2026 Legislative Platform to add a legislative priority to continue the availability of paper coupons or extend digital coupon pricing to shoppers at grocery stores throughout California.

RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
1) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2026-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL

OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE CITY’S 2026 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM TO ADD CONTINUED AVAILABILITY

OF PAPER COUPONS OR EXTEND DIGITAL COUPON PRICING TO

SHOPPERS AT GROCERY STORES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AS A

LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY AS PREVIOUSLY DIRECTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 21, 2025.

FISCAL IMPACT: None
Amount Budgeted: N/A
Additional Appropriation: N/A
Account Number(s): N/A
ORIGINATED BY: Irantzu Pujadas, Administrative Analyst, IP REVIEWED BY: Catherine Jun, Deputy City Manager CJ
APPROVED BY: Ara Mihranian, AICP, City Manager
ATTACHED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS:

A. Draft Resolution 2026-__ – Amended 2026 Legislative Platform (Page A-1) B. Draft 2026 Legislative Platform (clean copy) (Page B-1) C. Draft 2026 Legislative Platform (redlined copy) (Page C-1) D. October 21, 2025 staff report on paper coupons (Linked) E. January 20, 2026 staff report to adopt the 2026 Legislative Platform (Linked) F. Outreach Letters to Grocers (Page F-1)
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BACKGROUND:

On October 21, 2025, the City Council directed staff to include a new legislative priority in the upcoming 2026 Legislative Platform (Platform), focused on ensuring the continued availability of paper coupons or extending digital coupon pricing to grocery store patrons in Rancho Palos Verdes (Attachment D). This priority would benefit residents who may lack internet connectivity or face other barriers that limit their access to digital coupons on manufacturer’s websites or grocery store apps. City Council also directed staff to work with State legislators to explore opportunities for introducing or supporting legislation on this matter, while also connecting with local grocers, Ralphs and Smart and Final, to determine how to extend digital pricing or provide paper coupons to those who request it.

DISCUSSION:

On January 20, 2026, the City Council approved the 2026 Legislative Platform that identifies the City’s priority issues for the upcoming year (Attachment E). However, Staff inadvertently omitted the legislative priority on paper coupons and digital coupon pricing from the Platform. To correct this error, Staff requests City Council to adopt the attached Resolution (Attachment A) amending the 2026 Legislative Platform to include this legislative priority, as directed by the City Council on October 21, 2025 (see clean and redlined drafts under Attachments B and C). This priority has been inserted under the Community Services section of the amended Platform.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Since October 2025, Staff has sent letters to Kroger (the parent company of Ralphs) and Smart & Final requesting information about each company’s approach to balancing digital promotions with more traditional formats such as paper coupons (Attachment F). Staff has also spoken with the managers of both grocery stores to determine how they extend digital pricing to provide paper coupons upon request, particularly for senior citizens. Their response was that they honor both forms of coupons. The Ralphs grocery store manager further specified that paper coupons are placed at the entrance of the store for easy access. Staff is currently awaiting responses from the corporate offices of Kroger and Smart & Final and will reach out to our state representatives to explore further opportunities for introducing or supporting legislation in 2026.

CONCLUSION:

The City Council is requested to adopt the attached Resolution amending the 2026 Legislative Platform to add the availability of paper coupons or extend digital coupon pricing at grocery stores as a legislative priority.

ALTERNATIVES:

In addition to Staff’s Recommendations, the following alternative actions are available for the City Council’s consideration:
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1) Do not approve the amendment to the 2026 Legislative Platform to include the continued availability of paper coupons as an alternative to digital-only promotions as a legislative priority.
2) Take other action as deemed appropriate.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2026-__

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE

CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE CITY’S 2026

LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM TO ADD CONTINUED

AVAILABILITY OF PAPER COUPONS OR

EXTEND DIGITAL COUPON PRICING TO

SHOPPERS AT GROCERY STORES

THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AS A

LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY AS PREVIOUSLY

DIRECTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON
OCTOBER 21, 2025
WHEREAS, the City Council has an interest in providing position statements on a variety of state, federal, and regional legislative issues that impact the City and its residents; and
WHEREAS, the Council annually takes action on numerous legislative proposals brought forward throughout the year; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes is committed to maintaining and enhancing a high quality of life and safety for all residents; and WHEREAS, on August 4, 2020, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes adopted Resolution No. 2020-46, expressing opposition to proposed planning and zoning legislation that usurps local control and imposes unfunded mandates, and expressing support for actions to further strengthen local democracy, authority, and control; and WHEREAS, on July 6, 2021, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes adopted Resolution No. 2021-31, adopting the City’s Housing and Local Land Use Legislative Platform; and WHEREAS, since November 2, 2021, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes has annually adopted a Citywide Legislative Platform reflecting the City Council’s position on a wide range of issues affecting City operations; and
WHEREAS, most recently on January 20, 2026, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2026-04 to approve the 2026 Legislative Platform; and WHEREAS, the 2026 Legislative Platform omitted one legislative priority that the City Council had previously approved for inclusion on October 21, 2025 regarding support for State legislation or programs that will ensure the continuance of paper coupons or extension of digital coupon pricing to grocery store patrons, particularly for those with limited internet connectivity or access to digital apps; and A-1

WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to amend the 2026 Legislative Platform to include the continuance of paper coupon availability to patrons as a legislative priority.

NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes does hereby resolve as follows:

Section 1: The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference.

Section 2: The City Council hereby adopts and approves the City’s amended 2026 Legislative Platform (Exhibit A) and incorporated herein by this reference as the official legislative policy of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes.

Section 3: The 2026 Legislative Platform will be used to guide legislative advocacy including position letters on proposed legislation and to seek outside funding to support priority projects and needs.

Section 4: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage, approval, and adoption of this Resolution.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED the 3
rd day of February 2026.
__________________________
Paul Seo, Mayor
ATTEST:
___________________________
Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify that the above Resolution No. 2026-__ was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on February 3, 2026. ________________________
Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk
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CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
2026 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
Adopted by Resolution No. 2026-XX on February 3, 2026.

PURPOSE
The City of Rancho Palos Verdes’ 2026 Legislative Platform (Platform) outlines the policy positions of the City Council on current issues that impact the City. This Platform serves as a guide to actively engage with pending legislation and funding opportunities at the federal, state, county, and local levels, with City Council approval.

The City looks forward to working with partners on all levels of government to best serve its residents. The statements outlined throughout the Platform represent the City’s overarching position on legislative and regulatory issues of interest.

PRIORITY CITY PROJECTS
Through the City’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), major projects are planned for a period of five years. The list below includes important projects of regional significance listed within the CIP that do not have sufficient funding. The City is in support of legislation, policies, programs, or administrative actions that would provide funding to realize these priority projects.

A. Greater Portuguese Bend-Landslide Complex Remediation Project Total Cost:
- $150 million for project construction (Dewatering Extraction Wells and Water Intrusion Prevention Implementation)
- $20 million for annual operations and maintenance of planned infrastructure - $300 million for the current and at-risk voluntary property buyout program funded through the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant program - $50 million to relevel, relocate, build new road bed, and reconstruct portions of Palos Verdes Drive South (PVDS) impacted by the landslide - $20 million for annual operations and maintenance of planned landslide mitigation infrastructure (i.e. deep dewatering wells, hydraugers, canyon/watershed linings, and drainage control projects) Status: Various stages. Several dewatering wells have been constructed; repairs to PVDS are ongoing; and the first round of property buyouts are underway.

However, the funding stated above include an increase or addition to such work, and those are in the planning stages at this time.

Description: The Greater Portuguese Bend-Landslide Complex is the largest active landslide in North America, encompassing two of the City’s roughly 14 square B-2

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miles, directly impacting Palos Verdes Drive South (a major arterial) and a Sanitation District trunk line – both of which serve neighboring cities and thousands of residents and visitors daily. The project seeks to protect life, public health, safety, and the environment through mitigation of land movement in the landslide complex area.

Funding Opportunities:
• County Funded Capital and O&M projects (including County Sanitation District, County Flood Control District, as well as County Capital improvement projects)
• State Funded Capital and O&M projects (including State budget earmarks, State Office of Emergency Services Support, as well as other state funded projects)
• Federally funded capital improvement projects via Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of the Interior, and Congressional earmarks.

B. Civic Center Campus Master Plan
Total Cost: $150 million
Status: Updated, preliminary conceptual site plan complete.

Of greatest urgency, however, is the development of a 9.5-acre Emergency Zone on the east end of the campus. FEMA-approved plans for this Zone include an emergency operations center, incident management command center, helipad, helopod, evacuation area, and emergency supply storage and staging area. FEMA has indicated that the Emergency Zone must be developed within four years or approximately Summer 2028. Otherwise, the parcel may revert to Federal control and become subject to sale. The City is currently in the process of requesting the federal government to lift those deed restrictions altogether, in order to provide more time to fund and flexibility to develop the site. As such, the City’s current priority is the funding and development of this Emergency Zone.

Description: The development of the approximately 19-acre Ken Dyda Civic Center Campus into a modern and functional community hub has been a long-standing goal of the city. The project’s current preliminary conceptual site plan, as of June 2024, includes a new City Hall, parking improvements, a Council Chambers, improved site amenities including an amphitheater, village green, public plaza, and parking and access enhancements.

Secondly, partner with Wayfarers Chapel to consider the feasibility of relocating to the Civic Center site as a preferred alternate location. During Summer 2024, the Chapel was significantly damaged by landslide movement in Portuguese Bend and has since been dismantled and stored off site to preserve the remainder of the historic structure until it can be restored in another location.

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The approved financial plan for the overall project includes a maximum amount of $45.4 million, which is a combination of both cash on hand and a long-term loan.

Additional funding sources are critical to building out the site per the Master Plan and FEMA’s requirements.

Funding Opportunities
• State budget earmarks
• State of California GoBIZ iBank Zero to Low Interest Loans • Congressional Directed Spending
• Federal Grants

PRIORITY POLICY AREAS

1. HOUSING AND LOCAL LAND USE
Support housing and land use legislation that advances affordability while preserving local control, fiscal responsibility, and public safety.

A. Support economically sound affordable housing policies and programs that will create economic conditions to support housing development, without imposing unaffordable public borne infrastructure overhead.

B. Support state grants, legislation, or programs which encourage sustainable and affordable housing development. Support policies or grants that facilitate the development of regional housing trusts.

C. Support legislation that preserves local authority to zone and plan for the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure within public rights-of-way.

D. Support legislation that preserves local authority to manage public rights-of-way including the aesthetics of infrastructure placed within them.

E. Support legislation and administrative actions that protect a local jurisdiction to preserve open space in and around their jurisdiction.

F. Support legislation efforts that allow for local land use and zoning decisions and oppose efforts that strip a local government’s authority to make decisions regarding parking requirements.

G. Oppose legislation that infringes on local control and erodes the City’s authority to manage its own affairs. Support actions which further strengthen local democracy, authority, and control.

H. Oppose legislation that imposes “unfunded” infrastructure mandates that result from state-imposed housing laws or statutes.

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I. Oppose legislation that penalizes cities or local governments if the units identified in the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) are not constructed. Oppose legislation that proposes to convert RHNA from a planning process to a production standard. Oppose RHNA legislation that requires high density housing in cities with fire hazard severity zones and other vulnerabilities that may put residents at risk in the event of a natural disaster.

J. Oppose legislation that diminishes the authority of local jurisdictions in processing permits, enforcing building codes, or mandating the manner of enforcement.

K. Oppose legislation that seeks to limit or eliminate municipal authority to regulate street or sidewalk vendors.
o Potential Coalition Partners: League of California Cities (Cal Cities), South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG), California Contract Cities Association (CCCA), Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Palos Verdes Peninsula Cities (PV Cities), Our Neighborhood Voices Initiative, California Cities for Local Control (CCLC) and other similar local control-focused organizations.

2. PUBLIC SAFETY
Support public safety policies that strengthen the City’s ability to protect its residents and promote emergency preparedness and resilience.

A. Support legislation that strengthens and enforces legal protections for all individuals who are victims of crimes, including those that are victims of hate crimes or hate incidents.

B. Support legislation and other measures that enhance and provide equal access to public safety funding for municipal public safety divisions, including training, effective emergency preparedness and planning, resiliency, law enforcement and fire department infrastructure, and public safety.

C. Support legislation that will accelerate the installation of reliable small wireless facilities in order to maintain and enhance wireless communication in times of emergencies or natural disasters while still allowing local municipalities to execute the proper placement and implementation of those said small wireless facilities.

D. Support legislation to accelerate the development and implementation of enhanced electrical utility infrastructure, including the undergrounding of utility equipment to ensure reliable utility service and public safety and thereby reduces the need for public safety power shutoffs.

E. Support legislation or other methods that protect insurance coverage for properties within and adjacent to very high fire zones and geologic hazard abatement districts.

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o Potential Coalition Partners: Cal Cities, SBCCOG, CCCA, Department of Insurance, State Controller, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD), Los Angeles County Fire Department, PV Cities

3. COMMUNITY SERVICES
Support policies that enhance community well-being by expanding access to mental health services, education, and recreational resources through local, state, and federal partnerships.

A. Support legislation and local, state, and federal programs that employ evidencebased strategies to reduce the number of unhoused people or individuals with housing insecurity; promote mental health and substance abuse services; provide emergency and transitional housing; and promote self-empowerment through counseling, job training, and other wrap around supportive services.

B. Support legislation and local, state, and federal programs that aim to provide mental health services, including youth and young adult programs, community resource centers, and education in accessing mental health care.

C. Support increased and sustainable funding for the construction and maintenance of community park facilities; preservation of open space and trails, proactive maintenance for brush clearance to help reduce wildfire risks, and recreation programs.

D. Support legislation that equitably reallocates state funding to support local school districts based on performance and does not impart financial incentive for lack of scholastic performance and improvement.

E. Support legislation and local, state, and federal programs that ensure the continued availability of paper coupons or extend digital online pricing to all grocery store patrons throughout California.

F. Continue working with Federal representatives and agencies to transfer or enter into a joint use agreement for the Point Vicente Lighthouse and Battery Barnes bunker properties that are currently owned and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. o Potential Coalition Partners: Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, Cal Cities, SBCCOG, CCCA, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, Los Angeles County, CARE Court, Allcove and South Bay Health District, PV Cities, Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District, U.S. Coast Guard

4. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Support environmental policies that safeguard natural resources, promote sustainability, and strengthen community resilience.

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A. Support legislation that recognizes landslides as a disaster that constitutes a state or local emergency under the Emergency Services Act
B. Support legislation, funding, regulations, or administrative actions to remediate the harmful effects of dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) and PFAS in coastal waters, especially on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

C. Support legislation that provides rebate programs, tax credits, and other financial incentives to encourage property owners to invest in water efficient systems and landscaping, and energy efficiency, including renewable energy systems. o Potential Coalition Partners: Cal Cities, SBCCOG, Los Angeles County, PV Cities, coastal cities

5. GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND EFFICACY
Support government transparency and through fair funding, accountable decisionmaking, and modernized public engagement practices.

A. Support legislation that grants full cost reimbursement to local agencies by state and federal government for all mandated programs.

B. Support legislation that ensures the retention or increase of existing local revenue sources, including the City’s share of property taxes, sales and use taxes, transient occupancy taxes, development and other operating fees etc.

C. Support legislation modernizing the methods by which a local agency may comply with the Brown Act. Support legislation that allows for the continued use of teleconferencing platforms to hold hybrid public meetings outside of a declared state of emergency, thus increasing access to public meetings and promoting greater transparency.

D. Support legislation which allows for regional considerations within Los Angeles County, particularly at the council of governments (COG) level, in relation to public health, homelessness, and sustainability, among other areas of regional significance.

E. Oppose legislation that would prohibit or limit local governments’ ability to contract out for the provision of services.
o Potential Coalition Partners: Cal Cities, SBCCOG, CCCA, PV Cities B-7

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CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
2026 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
Adopted by Resolution No. 2026-XX on February 3, 2026.

PURPOSE
The City of Rancho Palos Verdes’ 2026 Legislative Platform (Platform) outlines the policy positions of the City Council on current issues that impact the City. This Platform serves as a guide to actively engage with pending legislation and funding opportunities at the federal, state, county, and local levels, with City Council approval.

The City looks forward to working with partners on all levels of government to best serve its residents. The statements outlined throughout the Platform represent the City’s overarching position on legislative and regulatory issues of interest.

PRIORITY CITY PROJECTS
Through the City’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), major projects are planned for a period of five years. The list below includes important projects of regional significance listed within the CIP that do not have sufficient funding. The City is in support of legislation, policies, programs, or administrative actions that would provide funding to realize these priority projects.

A. Greater Portuguese Bend-Landslide Complex Remediation Project Total Cost:
- $150 million for project construction (Dewatering Extraction Wells and Water Intrusion Prevention Implementation)
- $20 million for annual operations and maintenance of planned infrastructure - $300 million for the current and at-risk voluntary property buyout program funded through the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant program - $50 million to relevel, relocate, build new road bed, and reconstruct portions of Palos Verdes Drive South (PVDS) impacted by the landslide - $20 million for annual operations and maintenance of planned landslide mitigation infrastructure (i.e. deep dewatering wells, hydraugers, canyon/watershed linings, and drainage control projects) Status: Various stages. Several dewatering wells have been constructed; repairs to PVDS are ongoing; and the first round of property buyouts are underway.

However, the funding stated above include an increase or addition to such work, and those are in the planning stages at this time.

Description: The Greater Portuguese Bend-Landslide Complex is the largest active landslide in North America, encompassing two of the City’s roughly 14 square C-2

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miles, directly impacting Palos Verdes Drive South (a major arterial) and a Sanitation District trunk line – both of which serve neighboring cities and thousands of residents and visitors daily. The project seeks to protect life, public health, safety, and the environment through mitigation of land movement in the landslide complex area.

Funding Opportunities:
• County Funded Capital and O&M projects (including County Sanitation District, County Flood Control District, as well as County Capital improvement projects)
• State Funded Capital and O&M projects (including State budget earmarks, State Office of Emergency Services Support, as well as other state funded projects)
• Federally funded capital improvement projects via Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of the Interior, and Congressional earmarks.

B. Civic Center Campus Master Plan
Total Cost: $150 million
Status: Updated, preliminary conceptual site plan complete.

Of greatest urgency, however, is the development of a 9.5-acre Emergency Zone on the east end of the campus. FEMA-approved plans for this Zone include an emergency operations center, incident management command center, helipad, helopod, evacuation area, and emergency supply storage and staging area. FEMA has indicated that the Emergency Zone must be developed within four years or approximately Summer 2028. Otherwise, the parcel may revert to Federal control and become subject to sale. The City is currently in the process of requesting the federal government to lift those deed restrictions altogether, in order to provide more time to fund and flexibility to develop the site. As such, the City’s current priority is the funding and development of this Emergency Zone.

Description: The development of the approximately 19-acre Ken Dyda Civic Center Campus into a modern and functional community hub has been a long-standing goal of the city. The project’s current preliminary conceptual site plan, as of June 2024, includes a new City Hall, parking improvements, a Council Chambers, improved site amenities including an amphitheater, village green, public plaza, and parking and access enhancements.

Secondly, partner with Wayfarers Chapel to consider the feasibility of relocating to the Civic Center site as a preferred alternate location. During Summer 2024, the Chapel was significantly damaged by landslide movement in Portuguese Bend and has since been dismantled and stored off site to preserve the remainder of the historic structure until it can be restored in another location.

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The approved financial plan for the overall project includes a maximum amount of $45.4 million, which is a combination of both cash on hand and a long-term loan.

Additional funding sources are critical to building out the site per the Master Plan and FEMA’s requirements.

Funding Opportunities
• State budget earmarks
• State of California GoBIZ iBank Zero to Low Interest Loans • Congressional Directed Spending
• Federal Grants

PRIORITY POLICY AREAS

1. HOUSING AND LOCAL LAND USE
Support housing and land use legislation that advances affordability while preserving local control, fiscal responsibility, and public safety.

A. Support economically sound affordable housing policies and programs that will create economic conditions to support housing development, without imposing unaffordable public borne infrastructure overhead.

B. Support state grants, legislation, or programs which encourage sustainable and affordable housing development. Support policies or grants that facilitate the development of regional housing trusts.

C. Support legislation that preserves local authority to manage public rights-of-way including the aesthetics of infrastructure placed within them.

D. Support legislation that preserves local authority to zone and plan for the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure within public rights-of-way.

E. Support legislation and administrative actions that protect a local jurisdiction to preserve open space in and around their jurisdiction.

F. Support legislation efforts that allow for local land use and zoning decisions and oppose efforts that strip a local government’s authority to make decisions regarding parking requirements.

G. Oppose legislation that infringes on local control and erodes the City’s authority to manage its own affairs. Support actions which further strengthen local democracy, authority, and control.

H. Oppose legislation that imposes “unfunded” infrastructure mandates that result from state-imposed housing laws or statutes.

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I. Oppose legislation that penalizes cities or local governments if the units identified in the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) are not constructed. Oppose legislation that proposes to convert RHNA from a planning process to a production standard. Oppose RHNA legislation that requires high density housing in cities with fire hazard severity zones and other vulnerabilities that may put residents at risk in the event of a natural disaster.

J. Oppose legislation that diminishes the authority of local jurisdictions in processing permits, enforcing building codes, or mandating the manner of enforcement.

K. Oppose legislation that seeks to limit or eliminate municipal authority to regulate street or sidewalk vendors.

L. Potential Coalition Partners: League of California Cities (Cal Cities), South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG), California Contract Cities Association (CCCA), Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Palos Verdes Peninsula Cities (PV Cities), Our Neighborhood Voices Initiative, California Cities for Local Control (CCLC) and other similar local control-focused organizations.

2. PUBLIC SAFETY
Support public safety policies that strengthen the City’s ability to protect its residents and promote emergency preparedness and resilience.

A. Support legislation that strengthens and enforces legal protections for all individuals who are victims of crimes, including those that are victims of hate crimes or hate incidents.

B. Support legislation and other measures that enhance and provide equal access to public safety funding for municipal public safety divisions, including training, effective emergency preparedness and planning, resiliency, law enforcement and fire department infrastructure, and public safety.

C. Support legislation that will accelerate the installation of reliable small wireless facilities in order to maintain and enhance wireless communication in times of emergencies or natural disasters while still allowing local municipalities to execute the proper placement and implementation of those said small wireless facilities.

D. Support legislation to accelerate the development and implementation of enhanced electrical utility infrastructure, including the undergrounding of utility equipment to ensure reliable utility service and public safety and thereby reduces the need for public safety power shutoffs.

E. Support legislation or other methods that protect insurance coverage for properties within and adjacent to very high fire zones and geologic hazard abatement districts.

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o Potential Coalition Partners: Cal Cities, SBCCOG, CCCA, Department of Insurance, State Controller, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD), Los Angeles County Fire Department, PV Cities

3. COMMUNITY SERVICES
Support policies that enhance community well-being by expanding access to mental health services, education, and recreational resources through local, state, and federal partnerships.

A. Support legislation and local, state, and federal programs that employ evidencebased strategies to reduce the number of unhoused people or individuals with housing insecurity; promote mental health and substance abuse services; provide emergency and transitional housing; and promote self-empowerment through counseling, job training, and other wrap around supportive services.

B. Support legislation and local, state, and federal programs that aim to provide mental health services, including youth and young adult programs, community resource centers, and education in accessing mental health care.

C. Support increased and sustainable funding for the construction and maintenance of community park facilities; preservation of open space and trails, proactive maintenance for brush clearance to help reduce wildfire risks, and recreation programs.

D. Support legislation that equitably reallocates state funding to support local school districts based on performance and does not impart financial incentive for lack of scholastic performance and improvement.

E. Support legislation and local, state, and federal programs that ensure the continued availability of paper coupons or extend digital online pricing to all grocery store patrons throughout California.

F. Continue working with Federal representatives and agencies to transfer or enter into a joint use agreement for the Point Vicente Lighthouse and Battery Barnes bunker properties that are currently owned and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. o Potential Coalition Partners: Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, Cal Cities, SBCCOG, CCCA, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, Los Angeles County, CARE Court, Allcove and South Bay Health District, PV Cities, Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District, U.S. Coast Guard

4. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Support environmental policies that safeguard natural resources, promote sustainability, and strengthen community resilience.

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A. Support legislation that recognizes landslides as a disaster that constitutes a state or local emergency under the Emergency Services Act
B. Support legislation, funding, regulations, or administrative actions to remediate the harmful effects of dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) and PFAS in coastal waters, especially on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

C. Support legislation that provides rebate programs, tax credits, and other financial incentives to encourage property owners to invest in water efficient systems and landscaping, and energy efficiency, including renewable energy systems. o Potential Coalition Partners: Cal Cities, SBCCOG, Los Angeles County, PV Cities, coastal cities

5. GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND EFFICACY
Support government transparency and through fair funding, accountable decisionmaking, and modernized public engagement practices.

A. Support legislation that grants full cost reimbursement to local agencies by state and federal government for all mandated programs.

B. Support legislation that ensures the retention or increase of existing local revenue sources, including the City’s share of property taxes, sales and use taxes, transient occupancy taxes, development and other operating fees etc.

C. Support legislation modernizing the methods by which a local agency may comply with the Brown Act. Support legislation that allows for the continued use of teleconferencing platforms to hold hybrid public meetings outside of a declared state of emergency, thus increasing access to public meetings and promoting greater transparency.

D. Support legislation which allows for regional considerations within Los Angeles County, particularly at the council of governments (COG) level, in relation to public health, homelessness, and sustainability, among other areas of regional significance.

E. Oppose legislation that would prohibit or limit local governments’ ability to contract out for the provision of services.
o Potential Coalition Partners: Cal Cities, SBCCOG, CCCA, PV Cities C-7

City of Rancho Palos Verdes
Paul Seo, Mayor
Stephen Perestam, Mayor Pro Tem
David L. Bradley, Councilmember
Barbara Ferraro, Councilmember
George Lewis, Councilmember
30940 HAWTHORNE BLVD. / RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA 90275-5391 / (310) 544-5207 / FAX (310) 544-5291 / WWW.RPVCA.GOV January 22, 2026
Eleanor Hong
Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer
Smart & Final
600 Citadel Dr.

Commerce, CA 90040
As part of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes ongoing efforts to promote equity and inclusion, we are exploring ways to ensure that all patrons can benefit from grocers deals and discounts. While digital platforms have become a common method for distributing promotions, it presents concerns for those who may have limited access to smartphones, the internet, and digital literacy.

Reliance on digital coupons can be particularly impactful to a subset of residents, such as older adults, who may lack internet connectivity, digital literacy, or face other barriers that limit their access to digital coupons. Studies show that 25% of older adults lack internet connectivity, and 39% are without a mobile phone. This data point resonates in Rancho Palos Verdes, which has a relatively high percentage of older adults 65 years or older 27% to 30% compared to a statewide average of 16.2%. Furthermore, there are some households in Rancho Palos Verdes with language barriers and data privacy concerns that may limit their use of smartphone apps. Lastly, given the rise in inflation and food costs, facilitating access to coupons may be critical for these households.

The City is particularly interested in learning more about your company’s approach to balancing digital promotions with more traditional formats such as paper coupons.

Specifically, we would appreciate some insights on the following:
• Does your company continues to offer paper coupons or printed promotions instore or by mail? • Are there accommodations in place for seniors, individuals with language barriers, or those without smartphones or internet access to access the same deals available digitally?
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Paper Coupons Access
January 22, 2026

• Have you implemented any programs or partnerships aimed at improving access to discounts for underserved populations?
Thank you for your attention to this matter and for your service to the Rancho Palos Verdes community. We look forward to your response and to the opportunity to collaborate with you in supporting the needs of our community.

Sincerely,
Paul Seo
Mayor
CC: Rancho Palos Verdes City Council
City Manager, Ara Mihranian
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City of Rancho Palos Verdes
Paul Seo, Mayor
Stephen Perestam, Mayor Pro Tem
David L. Bradley, Councilmember
Barbara Ferraro, Councilmember
George Lewis, Councilmember
30940 HAWTHORNE BLVD. / RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA 90275-5391 / (310) 544-5207 / FAX (310) 544-5291 / WWW.RPVCA.GOV January 22, 2026
Holly Smith
Communications and Public Affairs
The Kroger Co.
1014 Vine Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202-1100
As part of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes ongoing efforts to promote equity and inclusion, we are exploring ways to ensure that all patrons can benefit from grocers deals and discounts. While digital platforms have become a common method for distributing promotions, it presents concerns for those who may have limited access to smartphones, the internet, and digital literacy.

Reliance on digital coupons can be particularly impactful to a subset of residents, such as older adults, who may lack internet connectivity, digital literacy, or face other barriers that limit their access to digital coupons. Studies show that 25% of older adults lack internet connectivity, and 39% are without a mobile phone. This data point resonates in Rancho Palos Verdes, which has a relatively high percentage of older adults 65 years or older 27% to 30% compared to a statewide average of 16.2%. Furthermore, there are some households in Rancho Palos Verdes with language barriers and data privacy concerns that may limit their use of smartphone apps. Lastly, given the rise in inflation and food costs, facilitating access to coupons may be critical for these households.

The City is particularly interested in learning more about your company’s approach to balancing digital promotions with more traditional formats such as paper coupons.

Specifically, we would appreciate some insights on the following:
• Does your company continues to offer paper coupons or printed promotions instore or by mail? • Are there accommodations in place for seniors, individuals with language barriers, or those without smartphones or internet access to access the same deals available digitally?
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Paper Coupons Access
January 22, 2026

• Have you implemented any programs or partnerships aimed at improving access to discounts for underserved populations?
Thank you for your attention to this matter and for your service to the Rancho Palos Verdes community. We look forward to your response and to the opportunity to collaborate with you in supporting the needs of our community.

Sincerely,
Paul Seo
Mayor
CC: Rancho Palos Verdes City Council
City Manager, Ara Mihranian
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Item: 14.A.

Meeting Date: 2/9/2026
To: City Council
From: Karina Bañales, City Manager
Thru: Karina Bañales, City Manager
Subject: Receive a report on the current Coyote Management Program Background:

The City of Rolling Hills continues to address resident concerns regarding coyote activity, particularly during the fall and winter months when young coyotes disperse and establish new territories. The City currently contracts with the Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner/Weights & Measures Department (LACWM) for coyote-related pest control services, including public education, site evaluations, and abatement when necessary.

The City renewed its contract with LACWM in June 2025 for a not-to-exceed amount of $25,000 on a pay-as-you-go basis, under which the City is charged only when specific services such as trapping or abatement are performed. Funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025–26 was reduced relative to prior years due to limited use of the contract and the City’s efforts to maintain fiscal responsibility through targeted budget savings.

This staff report will provide a status update on LACWM services and next steps for City Council consideration.

Discussion:

The City’s program is based on the LACWM Integrated Pest Management (IPM) model, which establishes a tiered response that emphasizes education, hazing, removal of attractants, and changes in neighborhood practices before any lethal control is considered.

LACWM Integrated Pest Management Framework
Under the LACWM IPM framework, most coyote activity is classified as normal wildlife behavior and does not warrant removal. Coyotes that are seen passing through an area, resting, or heard vocalizing are treated as sightings or observations and are addressed through resident education and hazing.

When coyotes enter yards, approach pets, or display non-aggressive proximity to people, the prescribed response includes a yard audit, removal of attractants (such as outdoor pet food, unsecured trash, or fallen fruit), reinforcement of pet-safety practices, and consistent hazing. These

encounters, by themselves, do not automatically qualify for trapping or abatement.

Only when a coyote exhibits threatening or aggressive behavior, such as stalking, lunging, injuring pets, or biting a person, does the response escalate to a public safety level at which trapping or removal may be warranted. An attack on a person is treated as an emergency and must be reported immediately to 911, LACWM, and City staff for coordination with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

This tiered classification system reflects the County’s philosophy that coexistence, prevention, and non-lethal management are the primary tools, with lethal or removal actions reserved solely for verified threats to human safety. The City’s reporting protocols, resident education materials, and internal response workflow are aligned with this standard.

Recent LACWM Program Status
For some time now, LACWM has focused on addressing staffing vacancies and conducting employee training, which temporarily affected its capacity to provide trapping and removal services. During this period, LACWM paused the trapping and removal phase of its program while it conducted a safety review of its current coyote mitigation program.

Throughout this pause, LACWM continued to provide public education, staff training, and on-site evaluations within the City. As part of its review, the agency committed to implementing enhanced safety protocols and additional training and testing requirements for its personnel. LACWM has indicated it will notify the City once these new measures are finalized and full operations resume.

In late January 2026, LACWM received approval to conduct mitigation efforts in the City. During the week of February 9–13, LACWM surveyed potential locations to identify the most suitable site for conducting mitigation services. This is based on resident reports provided to the City and LACWM.

Regional Coordination and Alternative Service Provider
The four Peninsula cities have met with LACWM staff and Supervisor Janice Hahn’s office to discuss LACWM’s staffing challenges and service limitations. The limited and inconsistent contract capacity has hindered the cities’ ability to provide timely mitigation services in response to community concerns.

In response, the City of Palos Verdes Estates researched alternative providers and identified Animal Pest Management Services, Inc. (APMS) as a firm that meets regulatory requirements for wildlife and pest management services. The City of Rolling Hills Estates is also evaluating a potential agreement with APMS as a backup provider when LACWM is unavailable or for emergency situations only.

The City of Rolling Hills has contacted and met with APMS representatives to discuss available services and response capabilities. APMS is based in Chino and maintains offices in Carlsbad and Indio, and the firm has previously provided supplemental services to private Rolling Hills residences directly between 2014 and 2021. Staff contacted other agencies that have used APMS to confirm performance, regulatory compliance, and qualifications, and APMS has provided a proposal for Rolling Hills’ consideration.

APMS’s service fees are higher than those under the existing LACWM contract. To help reduce potential costs, staff are discussing the feasibility of a joint or regional agreement with the other Peninsula cities so that any contingency services could be shared across jurisdictions.

It is important to note that residents are not required to wait for a City agreement; they may engage APMS directly for private services as was previously done, and staff have been sharing APMS

contact information with residents. This information will also be included in the upcoming Blue Newsletter to increase awareness of available private options.

The purpose of the City entering into an agreement with APMS would be to ensure continuity of service when County resources are unavailable and to provide a defined option for emergency situations only. LACWM would remain the City’s primary provider, as the County program is fully established and meets all applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Professional Services Agreement
Entering into a formal agreement with APMS would provide the City with a contingency option to ensure service continuity during times when an emergency arises, and LACWM staff or resources are unavailable. However, LACWM remains the City’s preferred provider, as its program is fully established and compliant with all state and local regulations. Should the City Council consider the APMS proposal, staff can work with the City Attorney on drafting a Professional Services Agreement for the City Council's consideration at the next City Council meeting.

Recommendation
Staff seeks City Council direction regarding the following:

1. Direct staff to continue working with the Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner/Weights & Measures Department as they conclude the appropriate hiring and training to resume services and reinstitute Supervisor Hahn's supplemental peninsula-wide mitigation program;

2. Provide direction regarding entering into a professional services agreement with Animal Pest Management Services, Inc. for emergency coyote mitigation services only, in an amount not to exceed $10,000; and Direct staff to return with the proposed agreement and necessary budget appropriation for Council consideration; and/or

3. Direct staff to officially provide residents with contact information for Animal Pest Management Services, Inc., as was done between 2014 and 2021.

4. Provide an alternative option(s) for staff.

Fiscal Impact:

The FY 2025–26 budget includes $10,000 for LACWM services. To date, the remaining balance is approximately $8,916. Should the City Council direct staff to enter into a contract with APMS for emergency services not to exceed $10,000, staff will return to the Council with a Professional Services Agreement, and a budget adjustment request to allocate the necessary funds.

Recommendation:

Receive and file and provide direction to staff
Attachments:

1. CE_ANM_COY_260202_CoyoteBehaviorsGraphic

2. CE_ANM_260109_COY_APM_TSA_Estimate

3. CL_AGN_260209_CC_Item14A_PublicComment01_Redacted

COYOTE BEHAVIOR, BEHAVIOR CLASSIFICATION, AND RECOMMENDED RESPONSE Coyote Action Classification Response
Coyote heard Observation Note sighting –tracked as normal coyote behavior.

Coyote seen moving in an
area
Sighting Note sighting. Learn proper hazing
techniques. Tracked as normal coyote
behavior.

Coyote seen resting in an
area
Sighting If area frequented by people, learn proper
hazing techniques to encourage animal to
leave. Look for and eliminate attractants
Coyote following or
approaching a person and a
pet
Sighting -Encounter
Know and exercise proper hazing techniques
and pet management – pets should be kept on
leash. Do not turn your back; face the coyote
and carefully back away slowly.

Coyote following or
approaching a person
without a pet (stalking)
Encounter Know and exercise proper hazing techniques.

Do not turn your back; face the coyote and
carefully back away slowly.

Coyote entering a yard Encounter Complete a yard audit and remove attractants. Know and understand proper
hazing techniques. If you have pets, review
pet management for their safety.

Coyote entering yard and
injuring or killing pet Incident
Work with neighbors to aggressively haze
coyotes, gather info on specific animals
involved, report on circumstances, conduct
yard and neighborhood audits, remove coyote
attractants in yard and neighborhood,
encourage pet safety for all in neighborhood.

Coyote biting or injuring
pet on leash Incident
Gather info on specific animals involved,
report circumstances, conduct yard and
neighborhood audits, remove coyote
attractants in yard and neighborhood,
encourage pet safety for all in neighborhood.

Trapping may be necessary.

Coyote aggressive showing
teeth, back fur raised,
lunging, nipping without
contact
Threat
Gather info on situation, report
circumstances, conduct yard and
neighborhood audits, remove coyote
attractants in yard and neighborhood,
encourage pet safety for all in neighborhood.

Trapping may be necessary.

Coyote biting or injuring
person
Attack
IN PROCESS ATTACK – REPORT TO 911
Identify and gather information on specific
animal involved. Report circumstance to
County Department and City staff. City will
inform the California Department of Fish and
Wildlife. Trapping may be necessary.

City of Rolling Hills
2 Portuguese Bend Road, Rolling Hills, CA 90274 (310)377-1521 www.rolling-hills.org
Report Coyote encounters, incidents and attacks:

Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner/Weights and Measures Department – Pest Management Division at (626) 575-5462.
or Rolling Hills City Hall at (310)377-1521

From: Alfred Visco
Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2026 2:34 PM
To: Karina Banales <[email protected]>; Bea Dieringer <[email protected]>; Jeff Pieper <[email protected]>; Leah Mirsch <[email protected]>; Patrick Wilson <[email protected]>; Jim Black <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Coyotes
Karina
Thank you for your prompt response and offer to discuss further. I have reviewed the report on RH Coyote management program (item 14A on 2/9/26 Agenda). My position has not changed as set forth below. Has RH contacted Torrance as they are the only jurisdiction that I am aware of that is conducting a culling program to see who they are using for same?
By the way a more recent study has concluded, contrary to the believe of some, that the so-called rebound effect is not due to compensatory reproduction  but  primarily to immigration from neighboring areas.https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jwmg.21329 Another point concerning cost benefit analysis of long term intensive culling as part of a coyote management plan which is not taken into consideration is the mental well- being of our residents. When risks include physical injury to humans, repeated mauling and killing of pets and chronic fear affecting daily behavior (children, seniors, pet owners)- the question is not whether culling is “cost-effective,” but whether it is necessary and proportionate to prevent harm.

Wildlife management in urban environments must recognize that humans are not merely stakeholders — they are the protected population. Any coyote management plan must acknowledge the following documented and experiential harms: acute psychological trauma from witnessing a pet being mauled or killed; prolonged grief responses comparable to loss of a family member; anxiety and hyper vigilance during routine outdoor activities; loss of companionship and emotional support when residents stop keeping pets; restricted mobility for seniors and families with small children; erosion of perceived safety in parks, neighborhoods, and trails. These impacts are not ancillary — they directly affect community health, social cohesion, and quality of life. Management success must therefore include reductions in fear, vigilance fatigue, and behavioral avoidance, not just reductions in reported attacks.

Please present this email chain as my response to Item 14 A on the 2/9/26 Agenda as part of the Council package.

Alfred Visco
From: Karina Banales
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2026 8:16 AM
To: Alfred Visco ; Bea Dieringer ; Jeff Pieper ; Leah Mirsch ; Patrick Wilson ; Jim Black Subject: Re: Coyotes
Good morning, Mr. Visco,
The neighboring agencies include Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills Estates, and Palos Verdes Estates.

Please let me know if you'd like to connect and discuss further Sincerely,
Karina
Karina Bañales
City Manager
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