SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING RESULTS SUMMARY
DATE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2025, COUNCIL MEETING RECORDER: MEDINA This is a summary of the actions taken by the City Council. It is NOT equivalent to the Minutes which, when approved by the City Council, constitute the official record of the meeting.
R 316560 ITEM
NO. ACTIONS
O 00000
Motion
/
Second
VOTE
700 Adopted with Direction (R-2026-
191)
Approving the Updated 2025-2026 State
and Federal Legislative Platform
R 316560
7/2
2. Passed
123567-yea; 489-nay
(Motion to approve staff’s
recommendation with direction to
amend the 2025-2026 State and
Federal Legislative Platform to: 1)
Replace language in State Section 5,
Public Safety, number 30, to read
“Support legislation that preserves
the City of San Diego’s control over
its deployment and regulation of
automated license plate reader
(ALPR) technology to ensure robust
oversight, transparency, and privacy
protections; as well as to prevent
Federal intervention; and add
language to the Federal section as a
new number 26 to mirror State’s
Section 5, Public Safety, number 30”;
2) Strikeout language on State
Section Policy 7 under Focus 3.1,
Innovation Economy; 3) Add
Language to Focus 1, Homelessness,
Housing, Affordability & Community
Services, Federal Section by adding a
new number 40 to read “Support
legislation that attains funding for the
Community Development Block Grant
Disaster Recovery Program to rebuild
disaster-impacted areas and provides
crucial seed money to start the longterm recovery process”; 4) Add Language to Focus 2.1,
Transportation Infrastructure,
Mobility, & Vision Zero, State Section,
by adding a new number 34 to read
“Support legislation and funding that
convert key underutilized highways
and roads in the State into multimodal corridors to reconnect communities divided by
transportation infrastructure”; 5)
Amend Language to Focus 3.2,
Economic Development, Federal
Section, number 5 to read “Support
funding and measures to maximize
resources and incentives available to
benefit low and moderate-income
communities, as well as Opportunity
Zones, Promise Zones and the San
Diego Promise Zone Alliance”; 6) Add
Language to Focus 3.2, Economic
Development, State Section, by
adding a new number 23 to read
“Support legislation that requires
financial institutions to have a
continuing and affirmative obligation
to meet the financial services needs
of the communities, including low-and
moderate-income communities and
communities of color, in which the
covered financial institution conducts
substantial business”; 7) Revise
Language to Focus 5, State Section,
number 32 to read “Support funding
of programs and agencies that
provide public safety, mental health
or legal services for those charged
with treatment-mandated felonies
under the now Prop 36 statute”; and
8) Restore strikeout language on
Focus 5, under Federal section
number 5 to read “Support federal
legislation and funding to address
wildfire prevention, preparedness,
and recovery, including home
hardening, enhancing defensible
space and brush management.”)
6/4
1. Failed
4689-yea; 12357-nay
(Motion to strikeout newly amended
language to Section 5 number 30
under Public Safety from the Updated
2025-2026 State and Federal
Legislative Platform.)
701 Adopted (R-2026-219)
Approving the Consent to Assignment
Agreement, First Amendment to
Legislative and Executive Branch
Lobbying Contract, and Conflict of
Interest Waiver with Holland and Knight
LLP and Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP for
federal legislative branch and executive
branch consulting services and
representation
R 316561 7/2 Unanimous; all present
702A Adopted (R-2026-239)
Confirming the selection of Kent Lee as
Council President Pro Tem
(NOTE: Not subject to Mayor’s veto)
R 316562 1/6 12345689-yea; 7-nay
702B Adopted (R-2026-240)
Confirming appointments of
Councilmembers to standing committees
for calendar year 2026
(NOTE: Not subject to Mayor’s veto)
R 316563 1/6 12345689-yea; 7-nay
702C Adopted (R-2026-241)
Confirming appointments of
Councilmembers to the Audit Committee
for calendar year 2026
(NOTE: Not subject to Mayor’s veto)
R 316564 1/6 12345689-yea; 7-nay
703 Adopted (R-2026-243)
Confirming the appointments of Mayor
Todd Gloria and Councilmembers to
outside organizations for calendar year
2026
R 316565 1/5 Unanimous; all present
QUIT
**COMMENTS
None.
Council President LaCava adjourned the meeting at 1:50 p.m.