City of Sacramento
Law and Legislation Committee Report
915 I Street Sacramento, CA 95814
www.cityofsacramento.org
File ID: 2025-00117 10/14/2025
Law and Legislation Committee Meeting Minutes
File ID: 2025-00117
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Pass a Motion approving the Law and Legislation Committee meeting minutes dated July 29, 2025.
Contact: Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk, (916) 808-5442, [email protected], Office of the City Clerk
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-July 29, 2025, Law and Legislation Committee DRAFT Meeting Minutes Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: It is the best practice for the legislative body to approve the minutes for each meeting.
Policy Considerations: As a best practice, the City Clerk keeps a permanent record of the Law and Legislation Committee proceedings showing all action considered and taken, motions and records, the text of ordinances and resolutions introduced or adopted, and all amendments thereto proposed or adopted, and the vote of each member regarding any matter before the Law and Legislation Committee.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations: This action is not a project that is subject to CEQA because it is an administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. (CEQA Guidelines §15378(b)(5)).
Sustainability: None.
Commission/Committee Action: None.
File ID: 2025-00117 10/14/2025
Rationale for Recommendation: After each Law and Legislation Committee meeting, the City Clerk composes the DRAFT Minutes noting the action taken by the legislative body. The DRAFT Minutes are presented to the Law and Legislation Committee for its approval as a permanent record of the meetings actions.
Financial Considerations: None.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): None.
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LAW AND LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
Caity Maple, Chair, District 5
Roger Dickinson, District 2
Phil Pluckebaum, Vice Chair, District 4
Rick Jennings, II, District 7
COMMITTEE STAFF
Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk
Steve Itagaki, Supervising
Deputy City Attorney
Consuelo Hernandez, Director of
Governmental Affairs
DRAFT Minutes
Law and Legislation
Committee
City Hall Complex
915 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Published by the Office of the City Clerk
(916) 808-7200
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
11:00 a.m.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
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City of Sacramento
Law and Legislation Committee
City Hall Complex, 915 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Regular Meeting DRAFT Minutes
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
11:00 AM
All items listed are heard and acted upon by the Law and Legislation Committee unless otherwise noted.
Open Session
Regular meeting called to order by Chair Maple at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at the Sacramento City Hall Council Chamber.
Members Present: Roger Dickinson, Rick Jennings, Phil Pluckebaum, and Chair Caity Maple.
Land Acknowledgement – Led by Chair Maple.
Pledge of Allegiance – Led by Chair Maple.
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Consent Calendar
All items listed under the Consent Calendar are considered and acted upon by one Motion.
Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Dickinson / Member Jennings.
Yes: Members Roger Dickinson, Rick Jennings, Phil Pluckebaum, and Chair Caity Maple.
A motion passed to adopt the Consent Calendar in one motion except as indicated at each item.
1. Law and Legislation Committee Meeting Minutes
File ID: 2025-00116
Location: Citywide
Action: Passed a Motion approving the Law and Legislation Committee meeting minutes dated June 24, 2025.
Contact: Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk, (916) 808-5442, [email protected], Office of the City Clerk
2. Law and Legislation Log
File ID: 2025-00522
Location: Citywide
Action: Passed a Motion approving the Law and Legislation Log.
Contact: Consuelo Hernandez, Director of Governmental Affairs, (916) 808-7395, [email protected], Office of the City Manager
3. Legislative Advocacy Correspondence
File ID: 2025-00654
Location: Citywide
Action: Received and filed.
Contact: Consuelo Hernandez, Director of Governmental Affairs, (916) 808-7395, [email protected], Office of the City Manager
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Discussion Calendar
4. Ordinance Repealing Ordinance No. 2024-0024 and Adopting a Military Equipment Use Policy
File ID: 2025-01363
Location: Citywide
Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Dickinson / Member Jennings.
Yes: Members Roger Dickinson, Rick Jennings, Phil Pluckebaum, and Chair Caity Maple.
Members of the public provided public comments.
1) Reviewed an Ordinance rescinding Ordinance No. 2024-0024 and adopting a renewed Military Equipment Use Policy; 2) reviewed the Annual Military Equipment Use Report; and 3) passed a Motion forwarding the Ordinance and the Annual Military Equipment Use Report to City Council for consideration.
Contact: Clayton Buchanan, Captain, Office of Strategy and Compliance, (916) 808-0824, [email protected], Police Department
Committee Comments-Ideas, Questions and Meeting Reports
None.
Public Comments-Matters Not on the Agenda
Members of the public provided public comments.
Adjourned – 11:24 a.m.