San Jose City Council
April 4, 2023

Office of Administration, Policy, and
Intergovernmental Relations
Kailyn Kenney, Senior Executive Analyst
Steve Stamos, Senior Executive Analyst
2023 Spring Intergovernmental
Relations Report
San José City Council 04.04.23
Item 3.4
Team Support:

Presenters:

Sarah Zárate, Director, Office of Administration,
Policy, & Intergovernmental Relations
Zane Barnes, Chief Intergovernmental Relations
Officer
Steve Cruz, Cruz Strategies
Lauri Hettinger, Holland & Knight
2023
Spring
Report
Legislative Priorities
Federal Highlights
 President's FY2024 Proposed Budget
 Priority Legislation
State Highlights
 Governor's 2023-2024 January Proposed Budget
 City Sponsored Legislation
 Priority Legislation
Advocacy Efforts
IGR
By The
Numbers
$833 Million Brought to the Region
250+ Bills Actively Monitored
50+ Advocacy Letters
3 Sponsored Bills
3 Committee Comments
And…Dozens of Meetings with
Legislators and Agency Staff to
Advocate for San José
Legislative Priorities
(Approved by City Council December 2022)
▪ Promote Safety and Vision Zero Initiatives
▪ Enterprise Priority reflected: Safer San José
▪ Address Homelessness and Enable Affordable Housing
▪ Enterprise Priority reflected: Ending Homelessness
▪ Pursue Funding to Advance Equitable, Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
▪ Enterprise Priorities reflected: Sustainable and Resilient City Infrastructure and Emergency Preparedness; Building the San José of Tomorrow with a Downtown for Everyone ▪ Drive Impactful Climate Action and Unlock San José’s 2030 Climate Smart Goals
▪ Enterprise Priority reflected: Sustainable and Resilient City Infrastructure and Emergency Preparedness
▪ Relentlessly advocate for regional policy solutions that result in equitable outcomes and prosperity for San José families
▪ Enterprise Priority reflected: Clean, Vibrant, and Inclusive Neighborhoods and Public Life 4 Federal Highlights
President's FY2024 Proposed Budget
 President Biden released the $6.8 trillion budget on March 9th  Highlights:
 $5 trillion in new taxes over 10 years
 Reduces the federal deficit by $2.9 billion over 10 years  $59 billion in mandatory funding and tax incentives to increase the affordable housing supply
 $21 billion in discretionary funding to support CHIPS activities  $6 billion to support Ukraine
 $1.2 billion to support the Department of Energy's industrial decarbonization measures to combat climate change
 $500 million for the BART to Silicon Valley Phase II extension (dependent upon a full funding grant agreement being secured)
 It is widely expected that there will be tense budget negotiations with a closely divided Congress and that the actual budget may look very different. 5 Federal Highlights
Legislation
 National Defense Authorization Act
 Signed by President Biden in December
 Included the Water Resources Development Act of 2022, providing the Army Corps of Engineers funding and authorization for levee projects, and included language to restore cost-share for Valley Water's Shoreline Levee Phase 1 Project  2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act
 Signed by President Biden in December
 Federal government funded through September 2023
 $1.7 trillion bill included largest ever investment in non-defense funding at $787 billion  Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization
 Last authorized by Congress in 2018, will expire in September 2023  Will examine new entrants in airspace, including air mobility  Debt Ceiling
 Federal government taking extraordinary measures to prevent default on the nation's debt  Negotiations to increase debt ceiling are ongoing
6 State Highlights
Governor's 2023-24 January Proposed Budget
 IGR sent a letter to Governor Newsom ahead of January Budget and will send another ahead of the May Revise
 Forecasted budget shortfall of $22.5 billion
 No deep cuts to ongoing programs
 Highlights:
 Homelessness & Housing: $1 billion for the fifth round of Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program (HHAP)
 Supporting families: $3.5 million to provide naloxone to middle and high schools  Public Safety: $564.4 million over three years to support local law enforcement efforts to address retail theft and other crimes program  Transportation Cuts: $2 billion cut each year, over three years, for the Transit and Intercity Rail program; $200 million reduction in the Active Transportation program 7 State Highlights
City Sponsored Legislation
SB 400 (Wahab): Termination Disclosure
AB 645 (Friedman): Automated Speed
Enforcement
SB 8 (Blakespear): Statewide Gun Harm
Reduction
SB 8 (Blakespear): Firearms Liability
Insurance
8 State Highlights
Priority Legislation
 Homelessness and Affordable Housing
 SB 634 (Becker): EIH CEQA Streamlining
 SB 569 (Glazer): Taxation: Renter's Credit
 SB 363 (Eggman): Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Facilities Database  AB 1469 (Kalra): Santa Clara Valley Water District (homelessness resources)  Safety and Vision Zero
 AB 251 (Ward): Vehicle Weight Safety Study
 SB 719 (Becker): Law enforcement: radio communications  Equitable, Sustainable, and Resilient Infrastructure
 SB 410 (Becker): Powering Up Californians Act
 AB 939 (Pellerin): Santa Clara Valley Water District (financing)  Climate Action and Climate Smart Goals
 SB 511 (Blakespear): Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory  SB 233 (Skinner):Electric Vehicles: bidirectional capability  Equitable Outcomes and Prosperity for Families
 SB 10 (Cortese): Student Health: Opioid Overdose
Prevention and Treatment
 SB 43 (Eggman): Conservatorship Reform
9 Advocacy Efforts
Recent Partnership Wins:
 $742 million in Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program funds ($375 million for BART to Silicon Valley Phase II and $367 million for Caltrain Electrification)  $91.2 million for continuation of the Shoreline Levee Project to make progress on the completion of Reaches 4 and 5 that impact the Alviso neighborhood and the San José – Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility IGR Team Continued Focus:
 Table growth at the state legislature on behalf of the City's two cardrooms, as approved by voters in Measure H (2020)
 Opposition to the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act (ballot initiative 21-0042)
10 Presenters:

Sarah Zárate, Director, Office of Administration,
Policy, & Intergovernmental Relations
Zane Barnes, Chief Intergovernmental Relations
Officer
Steve Cruz, Cruz Strategies
Lauri Hettinger, Holland & Knight
Council
Actions
San José City Council 04.04.23
2023 Spring Intergovernmental Relations
Report, Item 3.4
 Accept the Spring IGR Report
 Reaffirm City positions in Federal
Legislative Log
 Reaffirm City positions in State
Legislative Log