San Jose City Council
January 14, 2025

TO: HONORABLE MAYOR

AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Sarah Zárate

SUBJECT: 2025 Legislative Program
and Legislative Priorities
DATE: December 5, 2024

Approved

Date
12/13/24

COUNCIL DISTRICT: Citywide

RECOMMENDATION

Adopt the 2025 Legislative Program and Legislative Priorities.

SUMMARY AND OUTCOME

The 2025 Legislative Program and Legislative Priorities (Attachment) will guide advocacy work in the corresponding state and federal legislative sessions.

BACKGROUND

The California Legislature and the United States Congress will begin a new two-year legislative session in 2025. The Legislative Program, which also includes the 2025 Legislative Priorities, will direct the City’s work around legislation, regulation, and funding over the next year. The Administration is bringing forward this update to capture current legislative and funding windows and integrate City Council direction received throughout the 2024 legislative sessions to prepare for the new 2025 legislative sessions.

The Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) team, which is part of the City Manager’s Office of Administration, Policy, and Intergovernmental Relations, last reported to the City Council on legislative priorities on November 28, 2023 (Item 3.4 23-1630)

1. At this
meeting, the City Council approved five advocacy priorities for 2024. IGR is proposing updated legislative priorities going into the 2025 legislative sessions that align with City Council discussions in 2024 and reflect the intergovernmental landscape for 2025. In

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COUNCIL AGENDA: 1/14/25
FILE: 25-011
ITEM: 3.4

HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
December 5, 2024
Subject: 2025 Legislative Program and Legislative Priorities

addition to the proposed updated legislative priorities, the analysis below outlines how the 2025 legislative program reflects updates and improvements made in close coordination with City departments and partners.

ANALYSIS

2025 Legislative Priorities

Each year, the Administration identifies top legislative priorities that align with the Legislative Program's policy positions. These priorities represent highly complex policy work where substantial resources, staffing, and strategic support are required to advocate for critical City needs. The legislative priorities are crafted in close coordination with City departments and partners, and consider funding and legislative opportunities in the 2025 state and federal legislative sessions. Following internal review and discussion, the five priorities approved by City Council for 2024 continue to reflect the major priorities for IGR for the 2025 legislative sessions. Minor updates were made to communicate the legislative priorities more effectively, including specific outcomes that IGR will work towards achieving over the next year, and to ensure each has an embedded equity component. While the priorities are not in rank order— opportunities are pursued as legislative opportunities open—addressing homelessness is undoubtedly the most pressing organizational and community challenge.

 Reduce Unsheltered Homelessness, Support Unhoused Residents, and Increase Opportunities for Affordable Housing: Support ongoing flexible homelessness funding and pursue opportunities to fund the interim housing system and encampment services, including sanitary services and environmental restoration. Support increased supply and funding for permanent affordable housing, land trusts, and associated operational, safety net, and services funding. Support legislation that furthers affordable housing while maintaining local control of land use. Execute this work with an equity lens aiming to remedy past actions that historically destabilized San José’s communities of color and low-income communities and excluded these residents from accessing safe and stable housing.

 Enhance Community Safety Initiatives and Realize Vision Zero: Support funding and policy change that helps reduce crime and theft, and makes residents and businesses feel safe in their neighborhoods and downtown. Seek to further initiatives and funding to reduce violence and harm from firearms.

Pursue this work with an equity lens to ensure that all residents, especially immigrants, communities of color, LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and San José’s other diverse communities are protected against hate crimes/incidents and have their rights and well-being protected. Advocate for legislation and local authority for cities to implement traffic safety measures and pilot initiatives to advance the City’s Vision Zero goals. Support expanded funding for pedestrian

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and bicyclist safety infrastructure projects and to keep the public right of way accessible and clear. Prioritize the City’s most vulnerable residents and areas that disproportionately suffer from fatal and severe traffic injury collisions.

 Advocate for Educational and Employment Opportunities that Foster Equitable Outcomes for San José Families: Advocate for increased economic mobility opportunities, job creation, and childcare access Citywide to solve for the impacts of inequality and poverty. Work with regional partners to further educational opportunities for San José residents and ensure equitable access to jobs in tech and advanced manufacturing. Further workforce development programs and mental health programming for youth in conjunction with regional partners. Through a coordinated regional approach, advocate for sustainable and meaningful funding and legislation that advance social, economic, environmental, educational, health, and political equity to eliminate persistent disadvantages and cycles of poverty produced by structural racism, ableism, and systemic inequities.

 Drive Downtown Revitalization and Cultivate Equitable Investment in Our Neighborhoods: Advocate for tools, resources, and policies to address blight and ensure City streets, sidewalks, trails, and parks remain accessible and available for all. Promote funding and regulatory support for small businesses and vendors to thrive in the downtown core, including attracting private investment and for increased access to public spaces. Ensure equitable distribution of funding throughout the City’s neighborhoods, including investment in recreational areas, arts and culture, and open space.

 Pursue Funding for Equitable, Sustainable, and Resilient Infrastructure and Accelerate San José’s Climate Smart Goals: Advocate for new infrastructure and climate funding to prepare for the City’s current and future demographic and technical needs, and build resilience against future environmental disasters.

Support the modernization of infrastructure, including stormwater, potable water, recycled water, and wastewater and environmental policies and regulations to expedite cost-effective project delivery. Support legislation and policy that furthers San José’s 2030 Climate Smart and Infrastructure Strategy goals and provides resources for the City’s residents and businesses to reduce their carbon footprint. Approach the work with an environmental justice framework to ensure infrastructure investments are targeted in areas with service deficits and where investments make the whole system more sustainable and resilient for everyone.

HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
December 5, 2024
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2025 Legislative Program

The Administration recognizes that advocacy opportunities in Sacramento and Washington D.C. appear quickly and unexpectedly as legislators respond to a changing social, economic, legal, and political landscape. The City’s 2025 Legislative Program contains broad policy direction that will allow the Administration to take advantage of policy windows and advance the City Council’s legislative agenda in partnership with the City’s lobbying firms Cruz Strategies (located in Sacramento) and Holland & Knight (located in Washington, D.C.).

This document was reimagined in recent years to be more public facing, with a cohesive expression of policy priorities easily consumable to internal and external stakeholders.

In designing this document to be a public-facing compilation of policy statements, the City aims for greater transparency and increased engagement of residents, partners, elected officials, and a host of external stakeholders. IGR worked closely with City departments and partners to collate policy positions into functional areas grounded in an envisioned future state. Functional areas allow for the organization of cross- departmental policy priorities while delineating distinct policy areas and needs. The explicit inclusion of a desired ‘future state’ provides a forward-thinking approach to what the City strives to achieve through its advocacy portfolio.

Functional Areas
The 2025 Legislative Program is divided into the following functional areas listed below. • Elevating Equity
• San José Mineta International Airport
• Economic Development
• Healthy Communities
• Homelessness
• Housing
• Local Control and Fiscal Stability
• Safer San José
• Supporting Families
• Sustainability/Resiliency: Air
• Sustainability/Resiliency: Climate Smart
• Sustainability/Resiliency: Energy
• Sustainability/Resiliency: Infrastructure
• Sustainability/Resiliency: Water
• Technology

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These functional areas were formulated in close coordination with previous City Council direction and input from City departments. One functional area has particular emphasis:

Elevating Equity is the first functional area, as equity is embedded in the entirety of the Legislative Program and underpins all legislative priorities and actions. While the City continues to lead with equity, it is also cognizant of the importance of recognizing and addressing other inequities rooted in identities that intersect with race.

Updates for 2025

Through input from departments, partners, and stakeholders, sizable updates were made to the Legislative Program. Some of the key changes included expanding policy positions around the following outlined below.

 Immigration. Expanded policy position to safeguard human rights, due process rights, asylum law, temporary protections status, and enforcement of laws against racial profiling.

 Transgender Rights. Added policy position opposing legislation that removes state and federal protections for transgendered individuals.

 Living Wage. Aligned with the Community Plan to End Homelessness, IGR added a policy position to support efforts to increase the minimum wage to a living wage regionally.

 Innovation Economy. Added policy position to support the expansion of emerging technology companies in San José, including companies focused on improving the domestic supply chain of semiconductor chips and companies focused on artificial intelligence.

 Major Events Resources. Added policy position to support seeking resources for public safety and logistical needs associated with forthcoming major events coming to the South Bay, including Super Bowl 60 and the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

 State Density Bonus Law Reform. Added policy position to support efforts to reform State Density Bonus Law to ensure that it is being utilized for its intended purpose of incentivizing housing density.

 Enhanced Collaboration between the City and the Santa Clara County Housing Authority. Added policy position to support stronger collaboration between the City and the Santa Clara County Housing Authority.

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 Operational Funding for Homekey and Homekey+. Added policy position to support funding for operations of Homekey and Homekey+ sites.

 Artificial Intelligence. Added policy positions regarding the development of artificial intelligence, including promoting privacy, safety, transparency, accountability, and equity.

 Energy Reliability and Affordability. Added policy positions in support of increasing electrical grid capacity and resiliency, while supporting local control in energy decision-making and purchasing to promote affordability.

 Law Enforcement Response Models. Added and modified policy positions around new standards to 911 response service models that address behavioral health and suicide prevention, in addition to programs that enhance 911 response communication with the disability community.

Federal Bifurcation of Priorities

To maximize engagement with the City’s federal delegation, IGR previously separated the Legislative Program into an independent section on the City’s key federal priorities for 2025. This section creates focus for the City’s federal lobbying resources and enhances communication of the City's federal priorities to partners and stakeholders.

Given the upcoming change in presidential administration and makeup of Congress, IGR strengthened certain areas of the federal priorities in anticipation of significant changes in federal direction and corresponding funding, specifically with regard to policy positions to support the rights of the City’s undocumented community and LGBTQIA+ community, support for reproductive healthcare, as well as underscore support for federal education programs.

Partner and Departmental Coordination

Legislative success is grounded in partnership and thinking inside and outside City Hall to formulate strategy. To that end, IGR held over 20 meetings for legislative program input, including conversations with each City department, the City’s state and federal lobbying teams, and various community partners.

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EVALUATION AND FOLLOW-UP

The Administration is bringing forward the 2025 Legislative Program and Legislative Priorities for City Council adoption. Once approved, these items will direct the work of the Administration in the next state and federal legislative sessions to actively engage legislators in partnership with the City’s lobbying firms. The Administration will continue to advance the City’s Legislative Program and will bring forward legislation for City Council’s consideration based on the appropriate legislative position adoption process.

The Administration will continue to regularly report on all City legislative positions.

COORDINATION

This memorandum was coordinated with the City Attorney’s Office, City Clerk’s Office, City Manager’s Budget Office, City Manager’s Office of Communications, City Manager’s Office of Economic Development and Cultural Affairs, City Manager’s Office of Emergency Management, City Manager’s Office of Employee Relations, City Manager’s Office of Racial and Social Equity, and Departments of Airport, Energy, Environmental Services, Finance, Fire, Housing, Information Technology, Library, Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement, Parks, Recreation, and Neighborhood Services, Police, Public Works, and Transportation.

PUBLIC OUTREACH

This memorandum will be posted on the City’s Council Agenda website for the January 14, 2025 City Council meeting. The 2025 Legislative Program will be posted on the public IGR website to enhance transparency and engagement from residents.

COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND INPUT

No commission recommendation or input is associated with this action.

CEQA

Not a Project, File No. PP17-010, City Organizational and Administrative Activities resulting in no changes to the physical environment.

HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
December 5, 2024
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PUBLIC SUBSIDY REPORTING

This item does not include a public subsidy as defined in section 53083 or 53083.1 of the California Government Code or the City’s Open Government Resolution.

SARAH ZÁRATE
Director, City Manager’s Office of
Administration, Policy, and
Intergovernmental Relations

For questions, please contact Zane Barnes, Deputy Director and Chief Intergovernmental Relations Officer, at [email protected] .

ATTACHMENT – City of San José 2025 Legislative Program

City of San José
Office of the City Manager
Office of Administration, Policy, and
Intergovernmental Relations
Approved by City Council on January 14, 2025
Legislative Program
2025
Attachment
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City of San José Overview .........................................................4 Legislative Program Overview .................................................5 Legislative Priorities .................................................................6-7 Elevating Equity .....................................................................8–10 San José Mineta International Airport ................................11 Economic Development ...................................................13–15 Healthy Communities .........................................................17-19 Homelessness ....................................................................... 20-21 Housing ...................................................................................22-26 Local Control and Fiscal Stability ...................................28-29 Safer San José .......................................................................31-37 Supporting Families .......................................................... 38-40 Sustainability/Resiliency: Air ...........................................41-42 Sustainability/Resiliency: Climate Smart.....................44-47 Sustainability/Resiliency: Energy ...................................48-50 Sustainability/Resiliency: Infrastructure ..................... 51-53 Sustainability/Resiliency: Water ...........................................54 Technology ............................................................................56-59 2024 Federal Priorities ......................................................60-66 San José City Map ..................................................................... 67 Contributors from the City of San José
Departments of Airport; Energy; Environmental Services; Finance; Fire; Housing; Information Technology; Library; Planning, Building and Code Enforcement; Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services; Police; Public Works; and Transportation, and the City Attorney’s Office, the Clerk’s Office, the City Manager’s Budget Office; the City Manager’s Office of Administration, Policy, and Intergovernmental Relations; the City Manager’s Office of Communications; the City Manager’s Office of Economic Development and Cultural Affairs; the City Manager’s Office of Emergency Management; the City Manager’s Office of Employee Relations; and the City Manager’s Office of Racial and Social Equity.

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San José is the third-largest city in the state of California (population 971,233) and the 13th largest city in the nation.

The City is rich with historical and cultural significance and is located on the ancestral and aboriginal homelands of First Nations indigenous people of the greater Santa Clara Valley.

The City of San José continues to benefit from the use and occupation of these lands and acknowledges and supports First Nation People in solidarity to partner for a more equitable and inclusive future.

As one of the oldest cities in the state, San José was once the state capital shortly after California became a U.S. territory.

The gold rush of 1849 and later arrival of railroads created significant growth, making San José a major commercial
center for the area’s agricultural products. Historically referred to as the ‘Valley of the Heart’s Delight,’ San José has enjoyed an upbeat economy that has moved from farming
and agriculture to advanced products such as materials used in space and high-performance electronics. San José’s rich past of welcoming immigrants has contributed to the area being a center of innovation. San José is also home to, or birthplace of, transformative leaders such as César Chávez and Norman Mineta.

Diversity is a hallmark of San José, a city proud of the cultural and ethnic diversity of its population and workforce and the rich cultural identity of its many neighborhoods. City residents speak more than 50 different languages, with 40% of residents born outside of the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau as of April 2021, San José residents are 37.2% Asian, 31.0% Latino, 25.1% White, 2.9% African American, and 3.8% other/two or more races. San José’s
diverse communities are resilient yet disproportionally affected by several negative life outcomes including those related to health, income, and housing. The City aims to end these disparities and ensure that all communities thrive and prosper.

San José is constantly evolving—what was once a suburb of orchards in the Valley of the Heart’s Delight - is now an urban city in the heart of transit service connections across the region. Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and California High- Speed Rail have planned new routes to the City’s centrally located Diridon Station, which is also scheduled for a major upgrade and expansion, along with an electrified Caltrain.

Technology has transformed San José into what it is
today. It is known for its prominence in the development of semiconductors, computer-related technology, and
advanced manufacturing. Industry giants Adobe Systems,
BEA Systems, Cisco, and eBay as well as newer innovators like Zoom, Bloom Energy, Infinera, and Archer Aviation
are headquartered in San José. Technology has brought
significant innovation to San José, making it the fastest place in the country to go from ideation to production.

City of San José Overview
Legislative Program Overview
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In 2018, the City Council adopted Climate
Smart San José, a detailed plan for reaching
the targets of the international Paris
Agreement. The following year, San José
Clean Energy was launched, serving as the
City’s new electricity supplier and providing
residents and businesses with cleaner and
more affordable energy. In 2023, the City
updated its municipal code to allow the
City to explore becoming its own public
electrical utility. Driven by its City Council,
San José is currently working towards a
2030 carbon neutrality goal.

The City is looking to the future and
prioritizing infrastructure upgrades to meet
the effects of climate change and drought
to ensure long-term sustainability and
resiliency.

As a major U.S. city and strong influence regionally and statewide, the City of San José is actively engaged in local, state, and federal advocacy processes to protect and amplify the interests of residents and businesses. The Office of Administration, Policy, and Intergovernmental Relations (API) advances San José’s priorities through legislative advocacy at the state and federal levels through its intergovernmental relations team (IGR) while also engaging in regional coordination aligned with City Council-approved legislative priorities. This includes advocating for new funding sources for City priorities. API maintains staff in the City Manager’s Office (CMO) and works with advocacy firms to represent the City in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. in partnership with San José’s state and federal delegations.

The 2025 Legislative Program outlines the City of San José’s advocacy focus to increase residents’ quality of life. These policy positions and priorities, approved by the Mayor and City Council, anchor the City’s advocacy work in the 2025 state and federal legislative sessions.

Legislative Program priorities and positions are centered around equity and inclusion for all San José residents.

As the Capital of Silicon Valley, the City of San José embraces the opportunity for innovation. That includes pioneering services, programs, policies, and systems that result in more equitable outcomes for residents. Equity is embedded throughout legislative priorities and positions in a way that addresses systemic inequalities and promotes equal opportunities for everyone, regardless of their race, gender identity, religion, language, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, disability, or immigration status. An equity analysis ensures that decision-making does not further disadvantage people who are struggling or have been historically left behind, but rather informs policymaking to lift up communities so that all thrive in San José. The City has made a commitment to embed a racial equity practice and embody a culture that sustains it. Addressing disparities requires continuous, deliberative efforts to prioritize the needs of people historically marginalized, underserved, and under- resourced.

The City of San José is a policy and innovation leader on the national and international stage.

The City has adopted some of the most ambitious climate goals in the nation.

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2025 Legislative Priorities
Citywide Top Legislative Priorities that Guide the Positions in the Legislative Program

REDUCE UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, SUPPORT UNHOUSED RESIDENTS, AND INCREASE

OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Support ongoing flexible homelessness funding and pursue opportunities to fund the interim housing system and encampment services including sanitary services and environmental restoration. Support increased supply and funding for permanent affordable housing, land trusts, and associated operational, safety net, and services funding. Support legislation that furthers affordable housing while maintaining local control of land use. Execute this work with an equity lens aiming to remedy past actions that historically destabilized San José’s communities of color and low-income communities and excluded these residents from accessing safe and stable housing.

ENHANCE COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVES AND REALIZE VISION ZERO Support funding and policy change that helps reduce crime and theft, and makes residents and businesses feel safe in their neighborhoods and downtown. Seek to further initiatives and funding to reduce violence and harm from firearms.

Pursue this work with an equity lens to ensure that all residents, especially immigrants, communities of color, LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and San José’s other diverse communities are protected against hate crimes/incidents and have their rights and well-being protected. Advocate for legislation and local authority for cities to implement traffic safety measures and pilot initiatives to advance the City’s Vision Zero goals. Support expanded funding for pedestrian and bicyclist safety infrastructure projects and to keep the public right of way accessible and clear. Prioritize the City’s most vulnerable residents and in areas that disproportionately suffer from fatal and severe traffic injury collisions.

ADVOCATE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT FOSTER EQUITABLE OUTCOMES FOR SAN JOSÉ FAMILIES
Advocate for increased economic mobility opportunities, job creation, and childcare access Citywide to solve for the impacts of inequality and poverty. Work with regional partners to further educational opportunities for San José residents and ensure equitable access to jobs in tech and advanced manufacturing. Further workforce development programs and mental health programing for youth in conjunction with regional partners. Through a coordinated regional approach, advocate for sustainable and meaningful funding and legislation that advance social, economic, environmental, educational, health, and political equity to eliminate persistent disadvantages and cycles of poverty produced by structural racism, ableism, and systemic inequities.

DRIVE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION AND CULTIVATE EQUITABLE INVESTMENT IN OUR

NEIGHBORHOODS
Advocate for tools, resources and policies to address blight and ensure City streets, sidewalks, trails and parks remain accessible and available for all. Promote funding and regulatory support for small businesses and vendors to thrive in the downtown core, including attracting private investment, and for increased access to public spaces. Ensure equitable distribution of funding throughout the City’s neighborhoods, including investment in recreational areas, arts and culture, and open space.
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PURSUE FUNDING FOR EQUITABLE, SUSTAINABLE, AND RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCELERATE SAN JOSÉ’S CLIMATE SMART GOALS
Advocate for new infrastructure and climate funding to prepare for the City’s current and future demographic and technical needs, and build resilience against future environmental disasters. Support the modernization of infrastructure, including stormwater, potable water, recycled water and wastewater, and environmental policies and regulations to expedite cost-effective project delivery. Support legislation and policy that furthers San José’s 2030 Climate Smart and Infrastructure Strategy goals and provides resources for the City’s residents and businesses to reduce their carbon footprint. Approach the work with an environmental justice framework to ensure infrastructure investments are targeted in areas with service deficits and where investments make the whole system more sustainable and resilient for everyone. 2025 Legislative Priorities

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Elevating Equity
The City of San José envisions a place where all people thrive and where no disparities exist. Addressing systemic inequities and promoting opportunities for everyone, regardless of their race, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, disability, language, or immigration status increases access to prosperity for all.

We Support:
• Disadvantaged Communities and Low-Income Evaluation
Support legislation to broaden the state’s definition of disadvantaged communities to include all socio-economically disadvantaged areas more equitably and better align with the needs of San José’s communities of concern and priority neighborhoods. Support regulatory changes to state and federal funding allocations based on population size and/or local cost of living adjustments, and the revision of low-income guidelines to increase income eligibility above current state and federal poverty levels. Monitor and engage in efforts related to the update of the CalEnviroScreen metric and help communities in San José qualify for additional funding and Public Safety Power Shutoff notification programs by broadening the scope of disadvantaged communities. Update guidelines for programs and services such as, but not limited to, full and part-time childcare, health and mental health services, CalFresh, the Supplemental Nutrition Program, and workforce development programs, particularly for individuals with high school degrees or less. • Voting Rights
Support the right to vote including the use of absentee ballots and early voting, as well as legislation that increases translated voting materials and accessible voting. Support legislation that furthers free and fair elections including court review of electoral maps to protect against racial and partisan gerrymandering. • Equity-Conscious Policies
Support legislation for race and gender conscious policies to ensure equitable opportunities in education, contracting, and employment across all communities. Support legislation, policies and investments that address racial and social inequities, particularly among communities that have historically experienced disproportional outcomes. • LGBTQIA+ Rights and Marriage Equality
Support legislation that protects and strengthens rights and protections for the LGBTQIA+ community, including marriage equality, and transgender individuals’ right to healthcare, housing, employment, and gender identity expression. Continue to safeguard marriage equality through the Respect for Marriage Act (2022). • Disability Access, Equity and Inclusion
Support policies, funding and legislation to improve modalities of disability access and inclusion, including digital communications, education and training, building and infrastructure accessibility improvements, American with Disability Act (ADA) Transition plan, transportation and mobility, as well as community engagement with residents with disabilities.

Pursue funding opportunities at the state and federal level to assist in the procurement of technology to ensure effective communication, accessibility and disability inclusion. Support policies and investments that increase equitable access to housing, transportation, education, employment, healthcare services and improve life outcomes for people with disabilities, as disability intersects with all identities, including race and other structural forms of marginalization, and often leads to increased experiences of discrimination.
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• Language Access
Support policies and investments that fund and create materials and services for limited and non-English speaking residents. Support definitional standards, which includes languages spoken by 5% or more of the population in San José that will allow for additional languages to receive greater access based on future, changing demographics. • Immigration
Support policies that ensure and protect the rights of all immigrants regardless of immigration status, provide a pathway for citizenship or legal permanent residency, and promote welcoming and immigrant inclusion initiatives. Defend and support policies that strengthen and expand refugee resettlement, expand temporary protected status coverage and protections, and provide pathways to permanent status for essential workers, undocumented immigrants, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, and Documented Dreamers. Support policies that increase admissions, expand services and expedite protections for all humanitarian-based immigration, including asylum, temporary protected status, and parole. Support upholding asylum law and ensure the right to counsel for asylum applicants, particularly unaccompanied minors. Advocate for expedited work authorization and automatic work authorization extensions for asylum seekers, temporary protected status holders, DACA recipients and other humanitarian based applicants. Support legislation that promotes reducing backlogs within areas of immigration, increasing financial access, expanding automatic renewals and redesignations of temporary protections, and streamlining processes that administer and grant work authorization, asylum, temporary protected status, and others., Support expansion of state and local funding for the influx of migrants arriving due to natural disasters, poverty, and violence. Support enforcing laws against racial profiling and initiate civil rights investigations into agencies targeting black and brown residents.
• Undocumented Benefits
Support state and federal funding and legislation to legal services, due process and family unity. Support increased access to disaster relief, affordable health insurance and services, including dental and mental health services. Expand food and housing resources and supports for those who are undocumented, without risk to immigration relief options. • Discrimination and Racial Profiling
Empower State Attorneys General to enforce laws against racial profiling and initiate civil rights investigations into agencies targeting black and brown residents.
• Access to Justice and Due Process
Support policies that guarantee legal representation for vulnerable populations, including asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors.

We Oppose:
• Immigration Detention and Border Wall Expansion
Oppose policies that separate immigrant or refugee families or require long-term detainment of families or individuals.

Oppose the operations of facilities with records of abuse and the establishment of new detention facilities. Oppose the expansion of the border wall, human rights violations at the border, and militarization tactics including the use of active- duty military at the border.

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International Airport
• Violations of Immigrant Rights
Oppose efforts that remove due process rights, undermine the humanity of immigrants and refugees, and weaken data privacy or confidentiality rights. Oppose any moratorium on legal immigration pathways. Oppose the use of Title 42 to deport asylum seekers.
• Barriers to Voting and Discriminatory Practices Barring Voters Oppose legislation that would discourage voter registration, fair voter access and/or discriminate against Black, Latino/a/x, Indigenous and People of Color communities.
• Barriers to Language Access
Oppose policies that increase barriers or maintain current language access standards. • Barriers to Disability Access
Oppose polices that increase barriers to improved outcomes for people with disabilities. Oppose decreased funding to special education, Medi-Cal or access healthcare, especially for people with pre-existing conditions. • Violation of Transgender Rights
Oppose legislation that removes state and federal protections for transgender individuals.

CONTRIBUTORS: THE CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION, POLICY, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS; THE CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE OF RACIAL AND SOCIAL EQUITY
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The San José Mineta International Airport (Airport) will increase its functional and operational capacity to meet the growing demands for air transportation in Silicon Valley. This includes building a new terminal, adding airline infrastructure such as a freight facility, building the Airport Connector to Downtown, and growing auxiliary accommodations such as a hotel, garage parking, and other passenger amenities. While expanding the capacity to accommodate more passengers, the Airport also seeks to expand its commitment to sustainability and innovation. The Airport will be a critical transportation hub for the residents of Silicon Valley, incorporating a holistic approach to multimodal transportation solutions.

We Support:
• Operations and Funding
Support regulations, policies, and legislation to facilitate and fund Airport operations, maintain flexibility to promote investment in the Airport, support additional air services, and enhance economic development. This includes funding for airport development and operations, improving accessibility, supporting local control (e.g., permitting, fees, and funding), and advancing electrification and other environmental projects. • Terminal Area Improvement
Support the implementation of the San José Mineta International Airport Terminal Area Improvement Program, Phase II (new Terminal C development), including all precursor efforts needed to facilitate Phase II. • Demand Management Strategies
Support legislation, regulations, and policies that authorize local aviation authorities to use demand management strategies to encourage more efficient allocation of air service in the region. • Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Support policies and funding mechanisms that incentivize the production, distribution, and integration of sustainable aviation fuel and unleaded fuel.

We Oppose:
• Increased Aircraft Noise
Oppose legislation, policies, regulations, guidelines, or procedures that would result in an increase in aircraft noise impacts on San José residents without an increased benefit to the community. • Environmental Mandates
Oppose mandatory environmental measures that will disqualify or reduce the eligibility of California Airports for Federal environmental mitigation grants.
• Reduced Airport Funding
Oppose legislation and regulations that would cause a reduction in revenue or funding for Airport operations.

San José Mineta
International Airport
CONTRIBUTOR: AIRPORT DEPARTMENT
Elevating Equity
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San José is committed to driving a vital, competitive, and inclusive economy that increases prosperity and quality of life for residents and businesses. This includes catalyzing job creation, private investment, revenue generation, and talent attraction and development without displacing existing businesses. San José will connect communities through multi-modal solutions to create diverse, inclusive, and livable urban places. There will be continued economic prosperity through a clear, consistent, and effective development process. The City supports the development of a rich arts and cultural environment to connect people, provide opportunities for active participation, and foster creativity.

We Support:
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Compliance
Support and advocate for policies and additional state and federal funding to facilitate local business compliance with state and federal disability access laws, such as the ADA, and meet the needs of people with disabilities. This includes resources for ADA education, proactive accessibility compliance, digital accessibility, grants to help small businesses upgrade their premises, and legal consultation.
• Avoiding Small Business Displacement
Support and advocate for policies and funding to help address the displacement of small businesses when redevelopment activity occurs on commercial space/land. This includes financial assistance and support for very small businesses (fewer than 10 employees) on relocation/rent relief, equipment for better safety standards, and the City’s existing Storefront Grants.
• Transit-Oriented Development
Support legislation and funding at the state and federal levels that promotes transit supportive commercial uses, employment uses, affordable housing adjacent to transit, and anti-displacement measures. Support coordinated development of transportation facilities, including transit, with private development and complementary with the City’s Transportation Demand Management (TDM) policy. Support a legislative approach that seeks to minimize residential and business displacement and ensure that new urban development is compatible with adjacent surrounding neighborhoods. • Urban Investment
Support efforts that prioritize, incentivize and fund equitable investment in urban areas/downtowns, and that assist in building, preserving, and activating inclusive, accessible, comfortable and inviting urban public spaces. • Preservation of Industrial Land
Support efforts that protect industrial lands and uses from conversion to other land uses and designations, including the protection of manufacturing sites.
• Accessible Urban Development
Support incentivizing mixed-use development and allowing for new development to have vibrant ground floor uses to create a livable and walkable City.
• Job Creation
Support state and federal economic development programs that will create jobs in San José, including changes to CalCompetes, state support of Opportunity Zones. Support employment services for justice-involved residents, and formerly or currently unhoused residents.

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• Youth Workforce Development
Support policies and seek funding opportunities for the expansion of youth workforce development programs such as AmeriCorp’s State and National grant program, San Jose Works, the City’s Resilience Corps, and programs funded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), that serve individuals with various barriers to employment and who live in San José’s low resource census tracts and priority neighborhoods. Work with other cities and Big City Mayors Coalition to ensure sustainable long-term funding is allocated on an ongoing basis. • Food Vendor Regulation
Support legislation that gives back local control to regulate, safely support, and facilitate mobile food vendors through effective enforcement mechanisms, while maintaining health and safety parameters, compliance with disability access laws, supporting small businesses, and addressing racial and socio-economic equity issues. • Cannabis Equity Assistance Program
Support and advocate for additional funding cycles for the grant program under the California Cannabis Equity Act of 2018. • Cannabis Banking
Support legislation that provides access to traditional banking services for licensed cannabis businesses and protects the City’s ability to tax cannabis sales. Support legislation permitting FDIC banks to lend to cannabis businesses. • Cannabis Enforcement
Support efforts on enforcement of unlicensed cannabis providers and protecting local control around cannabis regulations, including delivery.
• Community Reinvestment Act
Support protecting the Community Reinvestment Act and advocate to ensure financial institutions adequately serve the range of needs in San José for mortgage lending, multifamily financing, and small business financing. Support legislation that increases transparency in lending and the sale of financial products. Support efforts that change Reinvestment Act regulations so that funding can be utilized for affordable housing. • Funding for Placemaking and Art
Support the integration of placemaking and public art as eligible elements and expenses for state and federal grant programs that provide infrastructure funding, such as transportation infrastructure. Support increasing funding for the California Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, agencies that provide critical grants to the City, local art organizations, and artists. Support increased funding for the arts through the California Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. This includes the integration of art in projects funded through federal grants. • Funding for City-owned Energy Efficiency and Electrification Investments Support funding of capital improvements of City-owned facilities, including convention and cultural facilities, that will increase energy efficiencies and full building electrification, thereby advancing the City’s climate goals and decreasing utility costs. • Nonprofit and Small Business Capacity Building
Support programs that fund or provide capacity building for nonprofits in San José. Support and assist in strengthening the neighborhood business district ecosystems by designing programs that build organizational and professional capacity in community-based organizations in San José.

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• Opportunities for Expanded Small Business Operations
Support efforts to extend retail and hospitality business operations, similar to those implemented in response to the efforts Covid-19 pandemic, such as expanded outdoor seating, outdoor markets, the pedestrianization of public streets, and to-go cocktails.
• Innovation Economy
Support efforts to improve the domestic supply chain of semiconductor chips, including support to local companies who wish to expand in our region. Support opportunities for the development and growth of emerging technology companies including those focused on Artificial Intelligence.
• Learning Pathways
Support efforts to improve learning pathways for students to gain the skills necessary for nontraditional technology trades and professions.
• Wage Theft Protections and Living Wage
Support efforts to increase the wage theft protections for service workers. Support the creation and maintenance of a centralized public portal that makes available case data on all final judgments, decisions, orders, and awards from the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE), including but not limited to the following divisions: Wage Claim Adjudication Unit, Bureau of Field Enforcement, and Public Works Unit. Support changes to DLSE policies that support workers in reclaiming their lost wages. Support efforts to increase the minimum wage in our region to a living wage.

Advocate for equal wages for people with disabilities including elimination of subminimum wage.

We Oppose:
• Transit-Oriented Development Mandates
Oppose state legislation that establishes land use requirements around transit that impacts San José’s approach, or planning for, complete communities that include lands set aside for employment around transit nodes. • Commercial and Industrial Land Conversion
Oppose the conversion of commercial and/or employment land to other uses such as residential without the opportunity for substantial local input and integration into local planning efforts. Oppose efforts that would allow for housing on or in close proximity to lands designated for industrial uses.

Economic Development
CONTRIBUTORS: THE CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION, POLICY, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS; THE CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE OF RACIAL AND SOCIAL EQUITY; THE CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; THE CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS; AND THE DEPARTMENTS OF PLANNING, BUILDING AND CODE ENFORCEMENT; TRANSPORTATION; PARKS RECREATION, AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; FINANCE;

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San José will cultivate integrated systems, natural and built environments, accessibility, and health services that support optimal health outcomes where people live, learn, work and play. The City will ensure our public spaces reflect the culture and history of San José’s unique and diverse neighborhoods and strengthen community pride and unity. San José will ensure that all residents have the resources they need to thrive and be healthy, including robust transit access, access to quality parks, and safe pathways for walking and bicycling.

Healthy Communities
We Support:
• Park Investment, Greenspace
Support regulations, policies, and legislation to facilitate parks and recreation operations, maintenance, and capital, promote investment in parks and protected open space, expand grants to acquire recreational land, and increase opportunities for children and families to have safe, accessible, and stimulating spaces and programs during out-of-school hours.
• Protection of Parks and Open Space
Support efforts to protect the City’s greenspace and tree canopy, parklands, open space, and urban agriculture. This includes, but is not limited to, protecting open space in the Coyote Valley. • Environmental Justice
Support open space acquisition and preservation in park-deficient neighborhoods, and park acquisition and rehabilitation. Support funding for parks, riparian/waterways, trails, trees, and gardens in low-income communities to achieve positive health impacts through physical fitness and increase access to green space and play areas. • Civic Engagement
Support programs and services that contribute to resident belonging and social cohesion, neighborhood engagement, and equitable stewardship of neighborhood organizations and groups. • Green Space Water Flexibility
Support policies and legislation that encourage water use efficiency while preserving trees, functional grass, ornamental shrubs, and flowering plants in public parks.
• Waste Removal
Support additional funding for waste expenditures to advance community-wide efforts that decrease waste in landfills, scrap yards, on streets, and in waterways. Advocate for funding and legislation that helps ensure community safety from biohazards, supports residents living in recreation vehicles, and helps keep the City clean and accessible for all residents. • Blight Reduction and Neighborhood Beautification
Support efforts to secure resources including state funding, and cooperation from partner agencies to equitably prevent and remove blight and ensure that communities are engaged in the process to cultivate clean, beautiful neighborhoods.

Support legislation to provide the City with greater tools or resources, including the ability to conduct enforcement, to remove blight from City streets, such as abandoned shopping carts. • Pet Assistance and Resources
Support funding and resources for animal care programs and pet-friendly legislation and policies that enable responsible pet ownership and helps low-income pet owners, including pet-friendly housing.

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• Major Events Resources
Support efforts to secure resources for the successful delivery of major events in the Bay Area, including but not limited to public safety and emergency management funding to meet security and logistical needs and that facilitate maximizing economic impact. This also includes funding to enable City events associated with large events such as the upcoming Super Bowl 60 and the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
• Transit First
Support state and federal legislation and regulations that prioritize transit funding, development, and faster and more reliable transit on City streets. Support regional transportation plans and operations that prioritize public transit and transit integration. Support the implementation of the City Council-adopted Seamless Bay Area principles through state legislation that integrates transit planning and operations throughout the Bay Area. Support efforts to preserve and expand public transit options, particularly in low-income and car dependent-communities. • Parking Requirements Reform
Support advancing policies to reduce or eliminate minimum parking requirements and strengthen shared parking requirements, to allow for a more efficient use of the public right-of-way. • Reproductive Freedom Protection
Support legislation that protects and promotes reproductive freedom including, but not limited to, the right and access to abortion and reproductive care, including access to information about abortion and reproductive care, without interference. • Public Health
Support policies that ensure communities that historically faced economic and social marginalization have the systems, environments, and resources to achieve equitable health outcomes related to acute and chronic disease, and violence.

Prioritization should include key disparity indicators. Support continued investment in future pandemic preparedness and response including support for vaccine access, outreach, and prioritization for communities of greatest need. Support efforts to enable substance abuse prevention and treatment.
• Mental Health Services Funding
Support and advocate for funding for local and state public entities, school districts Pre-K to 12th grade, social services and programs that increase access to mental health and behavioral services, social-emotional resources, and mobile mental health programs. Advocate for legislation that requires mental health benefits in both private and public insurance. • Universal Single-Payer Health Care
Support legislation establishing comprehensive single-payer health care coverage for all California residents. • Electronic Cigarettes and Flavored Tobacco
Support state and federal legislation to prohibit the sale of e-cigarettes and flavored tobacco products. • Transparency in Ownership
Support legislation and regulations that requires transparency in ownership of corporations to reduce barriers to legal proceedings and enhance identification of property and business ownership.

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• Parkland and Open Space Conversion
Oppose laws or regulations that require—or make it easier to—convert existing parkland or open space to housing or other development.

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We Support:
• Housing for People Experiencing Homelessness
Support ongoing, reliable funding and legislation for both construction and long-term operations for a variety of housing options for people experiencing homelessness. These include emergency housing, interim/bridge housing units, new permanent supportive housing apartments, and supportive sleeping and parking programs. • Homelessness Funding
Support additional, flexible homelessness funding opportunities in partnership with the Big Cities Mayors Coalition and regional partners. Advocate for increased permanent capital and operational funding for interim shelter (bridge housing and emergency interim housing), hotel/motel conversions, accessibility improvements, supportive sleeping and parking, and new permanent affordable housing so that high-acuity people experiencing homelessness can access housing and shelter. Support funding for homeless services programs that includes sanitary services and outreach to people who are unsheltered as they wait for a housing placement. Support legislation to permanently lift the Community Development Block Grant public services cap to provide additional funding flexibility. • Mental Health Partnerships
Support legislation, funding, and policies that provide more resources for new or enhanced programs that serve to support the severely mentally ill, dually diagnosed, and unhoused in Santa Clara County. Coordinate with the County on strategies to enhance staffing levels for outpatient and inpatient services, including partnerships with local universities to improve the pipeline of mental health professionals.
• Mental Health Funding
Support the expansion of the federal Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance to provide a steady source of income and health insurance for people with mental illness who are experiencing homelessness. Advocate for funding for social services and programs that provide direct support to the community, including mobile mental health programs and community health spaces connected to housing solutions that offer mental health services and other health programs.
• Encampment Services
Support funding for encampment services, including sanitary and environmental rehabilitation in impacted areas. • Homelessness Prevention and Services
Support homelessness prevention services that reduce residents’ likelihood of losing their homes in the short-term.

Support and advocate for initiatives and sufficient resources to provide services (both social and sanitary needs) to people experiencing homelessness that improve their quality of life and health outcomes. • Street Outreach
Support and prioritize programs that fund outreach teams to educate and enroll residents experiencing homelessness into systems of care so they can receive needed services and be prioritized for housing.

Homelessness
San José will continue to address the root causes and racial inequities of homelessness through systems and policy change. This includes expanding homelessness prevention and housing programs to meet the needs of the community. The quality of life for unsheltered individuals will be improved, creating healthy neighborhoods for all.

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• Funding for Homelessness Implementation Plan
Support and advocate for funding that supports the implementation of the Santa Clara County Community Plan to End Homelessness.

We Oppose:
• Unbalanced Approaches
Oppose unbalanced approaches to funding critically needed permanent supportive housing while addressing short-term housing needs for residents experiencing homelessness. Resources and policies must fully support the continuum of housing and service (including sanitary) needs, rather than just one or the other. • Unsafe Living Conditions
Oppose housing solutions that could produce health or safety emergencies, or other hazardous situations caused by unsafe living conditions.
• Homelessness Funding Restrictions
Oppose any increased restrictions on the use of state homeless funding or the reduction of funding amounts.

CONTRIBUTORS: THE CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION, POLICY, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS; THE CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE OF RACIAL AND SOCIAL EQUITY; AND THE DEPARTMENTS OF HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES Homelessness

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San José will have abundant and affordable housing stock and sufficient housing for people experiencing homelessness and for those facing housing instability. Through housing stability, the City will cultivate opportunities for all residents to build wealth.

San José will have healthy, thriving neighborhoods with access to good jobs, schools, and transportation. Our neighborhoods will overcome past and present segregation and be racially and socially inclusive.

We Support:
• Zoning and Planning
Support housing and land use legislation that fits the needs of charter cities and larger cities. Support legislation that allows greater zoning and building code flexibility for cities addressing homelessness. Work with the legislature to ensure that land use legislation does not preclude the City from retaining land that is designated for commercial/employment uses only. • CEQA and NEPA Exemptions and Reform
Support legislation that amends the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that streamlines processes for land use regulation by cities, multi-modal transportation plans and projects, or through the citizen initiative process. Expand exemption or categorical exemption for opportunity zones, urban infill projects, emergency shelters, emergency interim housing, supportive housing, supportive sleeping and parking, dense affordable housing already regulated by other state or federal regulations, and multi-modal projects such as new and upgraded transit, trails, and major bikeways. Support CEQA modifications to protect against abuse leading to frivolous lawsuits while maintaining local control. Support efforts to reduce additional burdens on the City as a lead agency and to add/expand statutory and categorical exemptions.
• Housing Stabilization and Eviction Prevention
Support eviction prevention and foreclosure prevention legislation, including additional funding for homelessness prevention, to protect both tenants and property owners. Support significant additional funding to provide legal assistance to tenants facing eviction court without legal representation, and to support jurisdiction and court costs for eviction diversion programs, mandatory settlement conferences, and Housing Collaborative Courts to avoid evictions and improve renters’ access to resources and services. Advance state legislation that requires more information related to evictions be accessible same day to jurisdictional and court cases, including filings of unlawful detainers and notices to pay or quit, to help jurisdictions and nonprofits intervene immediately to avoid evictions. Support financial assistance to stabilize restricted-affordable and regulated apartments that are most impacted by lower-income residents’ inability to pay rent to avoid the negative effects of evictions.
• Tenant Protections and Anti-Displacement
Support the allocation of sufficient state and federal resources to tenant protections and anti-displacement initiatives, including funding for fair housing enforcement, education, and robust community engagement activities. Support and sponsor legislation that affirms the use of tenant preferences for anti-displacement. Support legislation that allows and reimburses local government to help educate on and enforce state laws that stabilize rents, provide just cause eviction protections, and prevent discrimination against housing voucher holders. Support legislation to advance laws and resources for tenant protections, the preservation of affordable housing including mobile homes, and other residential anti- displacement programs and policies. Support legislation that will address rent increases in Low Income Housing Tax Credit and deed-restricted affordable housing developments.
• Housing Production and Increased Housing Supply
Support, monitor and shape legislation intended to facilitate both affordable and market rate housing production by cities, particularly legislation directed at cities that are not producing housing, to ensure it does not have unintended

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consequences for San José. Support efforts that would provide financial incentives for cities that meet or exceed their residential housing goals. Support resources and policies that help housing production and preservation, along with supportive service provision that helps residents remain housed. Programs and policies should prioritize and allocate funding to cities like San José in ways that fit the City’s dense development patterns, high costs, need for deeply affordable homes, and unusual housing/jobs balance. Funding should be commensurate with Regional Housing Needs Allocation goals.
• Housing Construction Cost Stabilization
Support efforts to address the increasing cost of housing construction, such as training programs for the construction trades, encouraging modular and cross-laminated timber housing, and development of cost-efficient materials and technologies markets. • Affordable Homes by Design
Support legislation that validates the use of land use tools to promote the creation of affordable housing, including accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and “affordable by design” densification. • Affordable Housing Funding
Support and increase funding sources in addition to protecting existing funding for affordable housing including homeless housing. This includes expansion of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and the lowering of bond thresholds. Support legislation and programs to fund the preservation of existing unrestricted affordable homes, including life and safety rehabilitation, energy efficiency and electrification upgrades, accessibility, and seismic safety improvements. • Preservation and Upgrades to Existing Affordable Housing Support legislation and programs to fund preservation of existing unrestricted affordable homes, including life and safety rehabilitation, energy efficiency and electrification upgrades, accessibility, and seismic safety improvements. • Financial Incentives
Support the creation of land use and financial tools and the flexibility of existing tools— to encourage and incentivize developments of restricted affordable housing, including restricted affordable housing, mixed-income housing, and homelessness housing solutions along a continuum. Support legislation or regulation changes that give San José projects a competitive edge for tax-exempt bonds and tax credits for affordable housing. Advocate for legislation and work regionally with partners on financial products and programs that support restricted affordable apartments and ADUs for residents at all income levels, control escalation of rents, and deliver sufficient public benefit as compared to cost. Support legislation that reinforces the City’s Inclusionary Housing Ordinance and other affordable housing tools to maximize flexibility on different ways developers could deliver affordable units. • High-Density Infill Development Incentives
Support efforts that would create financial incentives for local municipalities that encourage the production of higher density housing in their city.
• Rental Vouchers
Support and advocate at the state and federal levels, together with the Santa Clara County Housing Authority and other regional entities, for additional rental vouchers to meet local needs and expand housing choices of residents experiencing homelessness, other vulnerable populations, and low-income participants in job training programs. Support increased funding of all types of rental voucher programs that support formerly homeless households, other vulnerable households, and job training participants. Ensure that program rules and allocations are appropriate for high-rent areas and allow significant project-basing to leverage capital investments.
• State Density Bonus Law Reform
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Support legislation to reform the State Density Bonus Law that would prevent misuse of density bonus in ways outside of the original intent of law. This includes the use of a density bonus to reduce density or remove affordability requirements intended to support fair housing principles.
• Collaboration Between the City of San José and the Santa Clara County Housing Authority Support streamlining the collaborations between the City and the Santa Clara County Housing Authority (Housing Authority), to facilitate housing in the City through administrative agreements between the City and Housing Authority that further aligns resources, collaborations, and funding for the furtherance of housing preservation and development through shared goals and objectives.
• Enhanced State Low Income Housing Tax Credit
Support the expansion of housing credits with permanent funding consistency in the state budget, rather than being subjected to budget approval each fiscal year.
• Project Labor Agreements In Lieu of Prevailing Wage Requirements for Affordable Housing Support efforts that ensure consistent wages and workflows for skilled labor and trades under a system that prioritizes Project Labor Agreements to ensure that affordable housing projects stay financially feasible. • Operational Costs for Homekey and Homekey+
Support efforts through the state budget process or through legislation that provides an operational subsidy or funding source for Project Homekey and Homekey+ to ensure that these permanent supportive housing projects are financially sustainable.
• Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing and Neighborhood Investment Support, increase and protect the effectiveness of laws to affirmatively further fair housing at the state and federal levels.

Engage in and support efforts at the state and federal levels to permit race-targeted or race-conscious housing and community development assistance in jurisdictions where there are documented findings of past race-based housing discrimination. Support additional resources, programs, and approaches that allow the City to prioritize areas needing investments and services that are also racially segregated to promote real and fair housing choices for all residents across the city.
• Rent Stabilization
Support flexibility for cities experienced with rent stabilization programs to determine program parameters appropriate for their local markets, and support cities’ ability to communicate about and help enforce state laws on rent stabilization and tenant protections that interact with local ordinances. This includes supporting state legislation to amend Costa-Hawkins to give additional flexibility to jurisdictions with pre-1995 rent control ordinances to define the parameters of their programs, including the definition of covered units.
• Rent-to-Own and Homeownership
Support legislation that promotes residents’ right to purchase their rental units. Support first-time homeownership funding and expanded programs. Support legislation that aims to close the racial homeownership gap. • Community Land Trusts
Support legislation and programs that support community land trusts through the provision of resources and competitive funding program scoring benefits.

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• Regional Coordination
Support legislation that enables the Bay Area to act in unison to meet the region’s needs for affordable housing production and preservation, tenant protections, and homelessness strategies. Support legislation that expands the use of underutilized public lands as homeless housing solutions. • Mobile Home Park Inspections
Support state legislation or propose a pilot with the State Department of Housing and Community Development for the City to provide local inspections of mobile home parks, share information on state requirements, and receive state reimbursement to offset local staffing costs. • Relocation Benefits
Support clean-up legislation for Senate Bill 330 (2019) to refine the calculation of relocation benefits paid to displaced households and to exempt units that are already covered under the Ellis Act or other programs with existing tenant benefits.
• Construction Defects and Condominium Development
Support legislation that removes barriers to housing construction. This includes supporting legislation that incentivize condominium development. Support reform to California’s construction defect laws to allow for development while still protecting condominium homeowners. Support legislation that allows prospective condominium owners to reserve units pre- construction with deposits but ensures that deposits are returned to depositors should projects not proceed.

We Oppose:
• Zoning and Planning Restrictions
Oppose state land use legislation that precludes the City from retaining land that is designated for commercial/ employment uses only.
• Housing Production Mandates
Oppose legislation intended to facilitate housing production by cities, particularly legislation directed at cities that are not producing housing, that has unintended consequences for San José. • Housing Ordinance Mandates
Oppose state legislation that would weaken the City’s ability to enforce its Apartment and Mobilehome Rent Ordinances and its Housing Payment Equality Ordinance.
• Simplistic Frameworks
Oppose programs that have singular or overly simplistic objectives, such as over emphasizing awards based on cost efficiency or only placing housing near transit. These can exacerbate existing housing inequities and are insufficiently flexible for our complex operating environment and many goals. The City serves a wide range of residents’ needs in many different types of settings across a large geography.

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Local Control and Fiscal Stability
San José will maintain fiscal stability and resiliency, guided by sound budgeting and accounting principles, and will produce an annual budget that aligns ongoing expenditures with ongoing revenues. The City will manage healthy operating and capital funds while providing sufficient resources for equitable delivery of City services and continued operation of the City’s facilities. The City will make targeted investments in our most vulnerable populations, neighborhoods, and businesses, and will leverage state and federal funding to maximize the impact to communities.

San José will maintain legislative and regulatory authority in policy areas pertaining to city functions. The City will seek to maintain local control over land use and zoning issues.

We Support:
• Decreased Voter Thresholds
Support efforts to reduce the approval threshold of taxes and bonds for transportation and infrastructure funding measures, including those for affordable housing, to less than a two-thirds majority vote. Support efforts to protect the approval of general-purpose funding measures by a simple majority vote. • Integrated Financing Districts
Support and explore legislation that would retroactively freeze the property tax base year for purposes of any future Integrated Financing Districts in San José.
• Advance Refunding Bonds
Support federal legislation that will restore a municipality’s ability to issue tax-exempt advance refunding bonds. • State Mandate Reimbursement
Support funding and policies that ensure local governments are adequately reimbursed for state-mandated programs. • Local Control
Support and advocate for efforts that allow more decisions to be made at the local level. • Cardrooms
Support legislation and regulations that allow the City to regulate and tax cardroom activities. Engage with the legislature and regulators on rules that clarify player-dealer rotation practices and preserve cardrooms’ ability to offer California games.
• Grant Streamlining
Support legislation and regulations that streamline and simplify application processes for federal, state and regional competitive funding programs.

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We Oppose:
• Municipal Bond Limits
Oppose efforts to abolish or limit tax exemption on municipal bonds. • Financial Reporting Mandates
Oppose mandates for use of specific technologies for financial reporting and disclosure purposes. • Excess Insufficient Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF) Reallocation Oppose state shifts of local property tax revenue from excess ERAF that are used to fund critical city services. • Animal Care Cost Increases
Oppose legislation that would increase the cost for the City to provide animal care services. • Limits on Local Control
Oppose legislation and regulation that removes or limits local control from zoning and land use decisions. Oppose efforts that make it more difficult for the City to raise revenue. • Unfunded Mandates
Oppose legislation and regulation that sets requirements for additional services, without appropriate funds to support implementation, staffing, training, and sustaining the services.

Local Control and Fiscal Stability
CONTRIBUTORS: DEPARTMENTS OF FINANCE; PLANNING, BUILDING AND CODE ENFORCEMENT; AND THE CITY MANAGER’S BUDGET OFFICE

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San José will steward community trust to keep the City safe - whether that be through traffic safety, emergency preparedness, or crime prevention. The City will prioritize equitable street safety to ensure that all users – whether traveling by bike, foot, transit, or car – are safe. In preparation for the next disaster, City services will be sustained with support from businesses and individuals acting as resilience partners. The City will maintain sufficient staffing and resources to allow for a holistic community response and recovery, especially for our most vulnerable residents. San José will be a safe and equitable place for all through community partnerships that prevent and respond to crime with 21st century policing practices. All residents of San José’s diverse communities are treated with dignity, fairness, and respect; their rights will be protected, and they will receive equal protection under the law.

We Support:
• Safety and Vision Zero Initiatives
Support efforts to achieve Vision Zero traffic safety goals to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries. Support proposals that provide funding, support, or local discretion for municipal governments to implement traffic safety programs and initiatives consistent with Vision Zero. Support state and federal legislation to provide reflective apparel for pedestrian and bicycle safety use during dark hours and public service announcements and campaigns to encourage use of high visibility apparel. • Local Flexibility
Support polices with the California City Transportation Initiative (CaCTI) to advance additional flexibility to ensure safety and accessibility for all users.
• Speed Reduction and Management Tools
Support legislation to allow further local discretion to reduce speed limits and to implement automated speed enforcement tools, including funding for implementation. Explore penalties and increased awareness of violations for drivers and establish speed limits based on context-sensitive methods aimed at protecting vulnerable roadway users, such as pedestrians, bicyclists, children, and other adults. Support funding and legislation to promote safer school zones. • Reduced Community Transportation Costs
Support legislation and funding to reduce the cost of transit fares and other transportation and mobility costs for low-income communities.
• Disaster Response and Preparedness
Support dedicated state and federal funding for City staff to have the training, tools, and facilities to prepare for and respond to an emergency. Support legislation and funding for the development of emergency management staffing, programs and facilities, including Community Resource Centers. Advocate for resources that support the long- term management of current and future emergencies, including adapting to environmental threats as they evolve. Support and work with the Disaster Readiness for Safer Communities Coalition on development of legislation to provide funding to local government and the community to prepare for and respond to natural and human-caused disasters. Support and advocate for federal emergency preparedness and adaptation funds, including Urban Areas Security Initiative funds. • Disaster Response, Mitigation, and Recovery
Support local government flexibility in regulations, program implementation, and processes due to pandemics and other future emergencies, including ensuring local governments can continue to meet remotely during state emergency events that limit in-person meetings. Support and advocate for resources and policies to protect the health, safety, and economic viability of residents and businesses in San José during disaster recoveries.

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• Emergency Management System Equity
Support state legislative reforms that make it easier to prepare for emergencies, protect vulnerable communities, and ensure universal access to emergency alert systems. Support policies that address emergency preparedness staffing, planning, training, and response needs for vulnerable community members with access and functional needs, including at-risk seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities and language barriers. • Emergency Housing
Support emergency temporary and interim housing solutions so that people can shelter-in-place during emergency events.

Support residential and commercial eviction moratoriums related to disaster impacts. • Active Shooter Training
Support legislation requiring schools to conduct active shooter/mass casualty drills. Support efforts to secure funding for law enforcement to provide training and additional officers to better protect schools and large public events from active shooters.
• Aerial Support
Support federal and state funding to assist in obtaining helicopter and fixed wing aircraft to monitor ongoing threats to public safety and as regional emergency air support for disaster assistance during major incidents or natural disasters. • Emergency Medical Services
Support autonomy for the Fire Department to provide a full range of services. Support legislation to expand transport destination options (other than Emergency Rooms) for patients receiving pre-hospital care by first responders. • Funding for Police, Fire, and Emergency Medical Services Support and ensure adequate compensation for mutual aid deployments and transport activities, including cost recovery from the state and federal government. Support funding for equipment replacement when severely depreciated during large-scale incidents or due to disaster response.
• Emerging Technologies for Artificial Intelligence Crime Investigations Support state and federal funding to hire or train investigators as experts in examining any evidence that is possibly artificial intelligence (AI)-generated or altered. Support legislation to prevent the use of any AI-generated images or information used to purposely, falsely, and knowingly accuse another of a crime or malfeasance not actually perpetrated. • Domestic Violence Response
Support legislation and funding that improves services and response to domestic violence survivors. Protect human rights policies that benefit survivors, and advocate for increased funding from the state and the federal government to support services for survivors and their families. At the federal level, support full funding for the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Victims of Crime Act (VOCA), and the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA). • Illegal Firework Prevention
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• Violence Prevention and Intervention
Support policies and legislation that support and fund youth violence prevention and early intervention strategies. • Pretrial Release Improvements
Support policies and legislation that improve the pretrial release decision-making process by ensuring that judges have access to complete criminal history information, against the background of community protection and public safety concerns.

Support state and federal legislation to permit restrictions to zero bail policies for crimes that severely impact community safety. • Hate Crime Prevention
Support legislation that would address ongoing safety concerns and help prevent acts of violence motivated by hate, including improving data collection and reporting. Expand California’s “criminal threat” statute (Penal Code 422(a)) to include mass shooting-related threats. Support legislation and funding to prevent and address anti-Asian hate crimes. • Porch Theft Penalties
Support legislation making entering the curtilage of a residence with the intent to commit theft of a package delivered through the mail or through a public or private carrier, a violation of the law and subject to punishment for burglary. • Prevention of Serial Petty Theft and Organized Theft Rings Support state legislation to address retail theft rings and serial petty theft suspects. Support state legislation to recover stolen catalytic converters, prevent vehicle theft and accessories, and prohibit possession of used (removed from vehicle) catalytic converter(s) without valid proof of ownership and vehicle of origin. • Law Enforcement History Training
Support legislation requiring police training in the history and use of law enforcement in the U.S. that explores disproportionate expectations of justice through the examination of high-profile historical events, which affect perceptions of law enforcement among diverse community members.
• First Responder Mental Health and Wellness
Support state and federal legislation to support peace officer, firefighter, and first responder safety through mandates and funding for drug and alcohol early intervention programs and increased mental health resources. Support state and federal legislation to design, build and staff first responder wellness centers throughout California in identified and centrally located law enforcement and fire service regions, including a regional facility in Santa Clara County to support first responders.
• Emergency Evacuation Technology
Support funding for technology that assists first responders in more effectively planning, communicating, and executing the evacuation of communities during emergencies.
• Fire Safety Education
Support legislation and funding for public education on fire safety. • Modernized Service Models
Support state legislation that funds and enables new service models and statewide standards to address public safety challenges, such as the 91 1 response service models that address mental health, behavioral health, homelessness, civil protests, or other social problems. Support state and federal legislation to promote community partnerships and fully fund coordinated co-response models, including the Mobile Crisis Assessment Team and Psychiatric Emergency Response Team, Safer San José
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to attain 24/7 availability. Support state and federal legislation to fund training for law enforcement response to protest activity and the potential for property damage or threats to public safety. Support state and federal legislation that funds alternative response programs such as the Trusted Response Urgent Support Team (TRUST). • Suicide Prevention
Support state and federal legislation to fund rapid intervention and de-escalation for those in mental health or psychiatric crises, and suicide prevention. Support legislation and funding aligned with the goals outlined in the County of Santa Clara’s Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan. Support state and federal funding to enable expanded access to 988 crisis call centers and similar services.
• Blue Envelope Programs
Support state legislation to expand the utilization of Blue Envelope Programs to enhance voluntary communication awareness between law enforcement and community members diagnosed with a condition or disability that might require additional accommodations.
• 21st Century Policing De-escalation Practices
Support federal, state, and local funding and legislation promoting 21st Century police practices, policies, and emerging technology to assist law enforcement in de-escalating community threats and suspect encounters. Support state and federal legislation that provides standards, policies, and guidelines for law enforcement during large-scale public events, including safeguards to ensure civil rights protections. • Human Trafficking Prevention
Support and advocate expansion of California Department of Justice efforts to combat human trafficking and efforts giving law enforcement new tools to protect Californians from becoming victims of human trafficking. Additionally, support measures that provide funding for combating human trafficking. Support sentencing enhancements and increased penalties for serial human trafficking cases. Support state and federal legislation to establish regional law enforcement human trafficking intelligence task forces and combined law enforcement operations for multi-jurisdictional investigations, leading to arrests and rescues.
• Sexual Assault Prevention and Prosecution
Support efforts to prevent sexual assault, including efforts to increase funding levels, provide new tools for law enforcement, and support collaboration across agencies. Support state and federal legislation creating sentencing guidelines where the level of an offender’s intoxication (alcohol, drugs) cannot be used to show a lack of culpability for committing sexual assault offenses.
• Gun Violence Prevention
Support efforts to reduce gun violence, including supporting legislation that prevents theft and unauthorized usage, addresses un-serialized firearms and gun kits and allows employers, co-workers, and teachers to request a gun violence restraining order. Support a state tax, insurance, or fee-based approach to gun violence harm reduction and urge legislation that removes local preemption. Work with the City’s elected representatives and the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office to monitor progress toward the expansion and improvement of California’s Red Flag laws and lend support where necessary.

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• Concealed Carry Permit Issuance Regulations
Support and advocate for state and federal legislation that outlines reasonable restrictions for concealed carry weapons license issuance. This includes specified safety training, character references, psychological evaluations at the applicants cost, and updating reasonable authorized cost recovery for staffing and processing applications. Support legislation that prohibits the issuance of concealed permits to applicants with a history of controlled substance abuse, alcohol abuse, violent acts, and/or gun violations and establishes parameters for applications being deemed suitable. • Vehicle Code and Traffic Investigations
Support state and federal legislation to assist local authorities in felony hit and-run incident investigations. Advocate for legislation to require Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) registrations, and federally regulated motor carriers to include in their database additional information recorded for DMV registration: (a) model of vehicle, (b) color of vehicle, (c) insurance information, and a phone number for the registered owner(s). DMV information should be accessible to law enforcement investigators through the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS), while maintaining CLETS existing high standard of limited access and non-disclosure policy of Personal Identifying Information (PII) and Vehicle registration information.
• Copper Theft Prevention
Support legislation, funding, and regulatory updates that will provide cities with effective means to prevent and enforce costly and rampant copper theft incidents on city infrastructure such as streetlights, traffic signals, and fiber. • Lithium Battery Safety
Support legislation that addresses lithium battery use and storage, in addition to other power-generating systems, to ensure the safety of the public and emergency responders during emergencies. • Rail Safety Improvements
Support federal and state legislation, funding and regulatory updates for cities to plan, implement and maintain safety improvements at rail crossings and corresponding rights-of-way and for flexibility to adjust features that mitigate public health impacts.
• Towing Flexibility and Incentives
Support state legislation that protects the City’s ability to enforce parking regulations and remove abandoned or inoperable vehicles to preserve public safety, and legislation that provides financial incentives or removes financial barriers for tow operators to sell towed vehicles that are never claimed, in order to reduce abandoned and neglected vehicles (including vehicles creating biohazards) on the City’s streets. • Sideshow Regulations
Support amending the state vehicle code and penal code to mandate fines for first time attendees and an increasing schedule of fines. This includes criminal sanctions for people who informally or otherwise encourage, promote, advertise, or sponsor sideshows through social media or other forms of communication. • Impaired Driving Warnings
Support legislation to include a “Watson Advisement” on all traffic citations to warn people convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs of the potential risk of severe harm or death to others and the legal consequences of such actions.
• Opioid and Methamphetamine Regulation
Support state and federal legislation that gives localities additional tools to address opioid and methamphetamine supply and distribution and prevent overdose deaths.

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• Funding Restrictions
Oppose federal action to withhold public safety funds based on local immigration policies. • Cost Recovery Reductions for Fire and Emergency Medical Services Oppose any efforts to shift costs from private Emergency Medical Service providers to the City. • Nitrous Oxide Sales
Oppose sales of nitrous oxide at smoke shops and liquor stores. • Emergency Communications De-encryption
Oppose state and federal legislation to de-encrypt digital Emergency Communications.

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San José will provide a welcoming, accessible, and inclusive quality of life for all children, youth, and their families in partnership with educational leaders, families, community-based organizations, and businesses. San José will be responsive to the needs of all children and youth, especially those from low-income, underserved, and marginalized communities. The City of San José will be a place where all children and youth, from birth through young adulthood, will feel safe, supported, and valued, and will have the resources and supports to succeed and prosper in home, school, and the community. San José will promote and protect freedoms of thought and expression, as well as the We Support:
• Early Education
Support and advocate for legislation that increases financial resources including revision of low-income guidelines for the provision of birth to five early education. Advocate for funds to support early education among license-exempt programs that are evidence-based, and support Head Start and other state and federal childcare/preschool programs.

Support funding for programming that supports Kindergarten readiness. Increase funding to expand full-time Transitional Kindergarten, particularly in low-income communities and schools. • Out-of-School Time Programming
Support and advocate for legislation and increased funding for out-of-school time programming, specifically for low- income families and communities of concern in high cost-of-living areas. Support increasing income eligibility for low to moderate income working families to qualify for state and federally funded programs. Continue to advocate for financial support for summer lunch/snack programs for school-aged children and their families and increased funding for mentorship programs that support youth. Through the School/City Collaborative, coordinate with school districts, community-based organizations, and other out-of-school time stakeholders to further align and discuss state funding opportunities for expanded learning to leverage efforts and align community priorities. Support efforts to expand and strengthen curriculum and learning outcomes in out-of-school time care. • Afterschool Childhood Recreation and Camps
Support legislative clarification on the definitions of and requirements for afterschool and camp programs to ensure they meet programmatic goals and community needs. Protect and increase state and federal funding for youth violence, gang intervention, prevention, and recreation based social safety net programs. • Access to Higher Education
Support increased funding for community colleges to reduce enrollment costs through scholarships, decreased tuition, and wrap-around supports such as affordable housing and food. Support increased funding for California public colleges and universities that promotes increased enrollment, graduation rates, and closes the equity and achievement gap. Support legislation and funding that bolsters transition services for high school students to community colleges and higher education institutions, particularly for low-income communities and high schools with disproportionately low rates of graduation.
• Electronic Book Licenses to Libraries and Schools
Support legislation that requires digital books to be licensed to libraries as they are licensed to consumers and requires that digital books be licensed on reasonable terms.

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• Resources for Foster Youth
Support increased funding for case-management and transitional supports and resources for youth in foster care.

Support school services, mental health services, housing, college/career/vocational training support and guidance, access to health services, and access to childcare. Advocate for continued resources and supports for up to a year after children/youth are no longer in foster care to ensure continued access to resources and supports. Support homelessness prevention and access to affordable housing for foster youth. • Seniors
Support additional funding through the City’s Senior Health and Wellness Grant Program to support increased chronic disease education, especially diabetes management and prevention. Support funding to expand current health and wellness workshops being offered at neighborhood centers by community health partners. Support programs and services that increase independent living and reduce social isolation. • Food Security
Support funding and legislation to increase access to programs that address food insecurity and work to eradicate hunger.
• Workers’ Rights
Support legislation that holds employers that destroy or withhold passports or other immigration documents from their workers accountable and requires employers to provide their employees with a “Workers Bill of Rights.” Supporting Families
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• Family Friendly Workplaces
Support legislation and funding that improves the workplace for parents and families, including universal childcare, access to quality childcare, private lactation accommodations, and parental leave. Improve access and reduce barriers to quality childcare including increasing the income eligibility for state and federally funded programs and support efforts to increase funding for a continuum of childcare options, for infants to age 12. • Prevention of Sexual Harassment & Sexual Assault in the Workplace Support legislation to prevent and address sexual harassment in the workplace. This includes supporting legislation to protect employees from sexual assault in their places of work. • Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
Support increased funding for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program to assist low-income, multilingual families with tax preparation assistance.
• Tax Credit Expansion
Support increased funding for tax credits that support families with children. Support increased funding for education on the Earned Income Tax Credit process particularly in low-income, underserved, multilingual communities.
• Banking and Financial Services
Support equitable and accessible public banking services and tools to promote financial inclusion. Support efforts to increase regulation and enforcement of predatory lending. Support funding and legislation that increases access to credit, including for first-time home buyers. Advocate for changes to public and private loan requirements that penalize low-income families that have low FICO scores or limited credit history and support financial literacy programs.

We Oppose:
• Interest Rate Disparities
Oppose regulation that requires low-income individuals to be given higher interest rates than borrowers from higher-income families and communities.
• Digital Access Embargoes
Oppose legislation and regulations that embargo digital content licenses to libraries. • Limits on Intellectual Freedom
Oppose legislation and regulations that limit a person’s access to information and legal content.

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San José will be a leader in reducing carbon emissions from City-owned facilities and vehicles and encouraging its residents and businesses to join that effort to maintain healthy air quality for all. The San José-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility will continue to implement its Capital Improvement Program to enhance the facility’s performance while reducing emissions of toxic air contaminants, odors, criteria air pollutants, and greenhouse gases.

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We Support:
• Air Quality and Climate Incentives
Support policies and preserve programs that provide financial incentives for Distributed Energy Resources and electrification projects in private and public sector development, including those that reduce criteria air contaminants and high global warming potential pollutants. Support and preserve incentive programs that address decarbonization such as electric heat pump hot water heaters and zero-emission vehicle and charging infrastructure development. Support policies that monitor and reduce emissions and mitigate climate impacts from consumption of goods and the disposal of solid waste. Support policies that increase our tree canopy as a measure to improve air quality. • Carbon Accounting
Support policies that establish a carbon accounting standard, designate a tracking mechanism, and create an entity to manage carbon accounting on a statewide, regional, or federal level. Support, fund, and enhance existing programs that create carbon accounting such as utility and water benchmarking.
• Building Decarbonization
Support policies that encourage adaptive reuse of existing structures and the use of building materials made from recycled materials. Support and preserve policies that provide financial incentives for zero-net-carbon buildings, especially for affordable housing, small businesses, and all-electric buildings. Support Distributed Energy Resource projects in public and private sector development and promote green building and retro-commissioning practices that reduce toxics and indoor air contaminants. Support the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s and the state’s efforts to establish climate- friendly homes.
• Cap-and-Trade
Support Cap-and-Trade programs that benefit key City priorities and the Climate Smart San José strategy including the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, High Speed Rail, the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program.

Support programs that provide energy resiliency investments at critical facilities, including community centers and fire stations, provide more clean energy options, and assist energy-insecure communities. Permit local jurisdictions and airports to allocate Cap-and-Trade allowances towards community funds or programs that they deem appropriate and mitigate impacts in low-income communities beyond traditional environmental investments. Support policies that ensure that the Cap-and-Trade market is financially robust.
• Zero Emission Mobility
Support growth in the use of zero-emission vehicles, other clean mobility choices and low carbon fuels. Advocate for funding and explore public-private partnerships to expand equitable access to electric vehicle infrastructure and zero-emission shared and public options. Designate revenues generated from greenhouse gas-related fees or taxes, or government grants and loans, to local or municipal government entities. Support sufficient and preserve electric vehicle rebate funding, dedicated right of ways for electric buses and mobility, and other relevant clean mobility program funding, especially for low-income communities.
• Greening the Fleet
Support funding for transitioning all City vehicles to the lowest-emission vehicles practical for the job use, and infrastructure to charge, maintain and operate those vehicles by 2030. The maintenance and operational efficiency should be economically examined with the environmental impact of the operation and maintenance of any vehicle class, as should potential resiliency benefits of fleet electric vehicles (i.e., vehicle-to-grid opportunities). Support and advocate for realistic implementation timelines to support a successful and efficient fleet transition, in addition to vehicle exemptions due to issues of affordability and chargeability.

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San José will utilize the Climate Smart San José strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate the City’s progress towards a carbon neutrality goal of 2030. The City will focus these efforts on the transportation, buildings, and power source sectors to maximize impact. The City will continue to develop and implement zero-waste programs that meet or exceed state regulations as well as provide ease of use and exceptional value to customers.

We Support:
• Urban Greening Projects
Support and advocate for new funding and greater alignment of existing regional, state, and federal funding to support equity-focused urban greening projects that promote the rapid incorporation of green streets, green infrastructure for stormwater and flood management, parks, and streets related infrastructure for climate adaptation. This includes preservation, protection, and enhancement of the urban tree canopy to reduce heat-island effects and public-health impacts of extreme heat, and other nature-based strategies throughout the City. This is especially critical in lower-income areas and areas of historical disinvestment as highlighted through racial equity analyses. Support funding and legislation aimed at addressing invasive species that are harmful to the city’s tree canopy. • Public Goods Charge
Support policies that allow regulatory agencies to assign administration of all or part of the Public Goods Charge Funds to the California Energy Commission and local governments (including community choice aggregators). • Climate Equity and Inclusion
Support policies that provide financial and technical assistance to low-income residents and communities of color to prevent and reduce disproportionate impacts of climate change. Support investment and innovative technology in environmental justice communities to address the disproportionate burden of pollution and the heat island effect, including funding to convert unused or underutilized sections for roadway right-of-way to neighborhood parks, urban greening, and/or forestry projects.
• Transportation Mode Change
Support funding, programs, and legislation that prioritizes growth in the use of sustainable modes of transportation including transit, biking, active transportation, and other alternatives to single-occupancy autos. Support designating revenues generated from greenhouse gas-related fees or taxes to local or municipal government entities. • Solid Waste Program Funding
Support solid waste-related legislation that would add funding to local jurisdictions like the California Bottle Bill’s deposit payment. Support legislation to expand eligible products under the beverage container redemption program. Support legislation to adopt a statewide landfill surcharge with an exemption for locally enacted landfill fees or other statewide solutions for low-cost regional landfills. Support funding to develop organics diversion and recycling infrastructure. Support funding for, and increased support to local jurisdictions to fulfill, implementation of unfunded mandates, waste reduction, compliance, and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions related to waste processing and disposal. Support efforts that require material recovery facilities to pay a living wage to employees. • Environmental Funding
Support funding for stormwater infrastructure and waterways to address pollutants of concern that will help improve water quality. Support funding for renewable energy projects, clean mobility programs and zero-net-carbon building projects and technologies. Support legislation that will enable local governments to implement financial reductions for building improvement programs for residents. Support efforts to increase funding for wastewater treatment facility infrastructure.

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• Climate Funding
Support funding and policies for local governments to enact programs and policies that measurably reduce local and global greenhouse gas emissions, including switching to electric technologies. Promote funding opportunities for climate-related work. Support state and federal funding for programs that support the City’s Climate Smart goals and environmental programs, including greenhouse gas emissions reductions, electrification, ensuring a sustainable water supply, and support for utilities.
• Waste Reduction
Support efforts that address source reduction and recycling contamination, including, but not limited to, reuse and refill systems, recycled content requirements, efforts to reduce single-use plastics and other single-use items, packaging, and food waste, and efforts to support consumers’ Right to Repair. Support efforts that uphold the City’s environmental ordinances, including plastic bags and Expanded Polystyrene Foam, and ensure state and federal regulations do not preempt the City’s existing ordinances. Support reuse and effective recycling of hazardous waste, e-waste (including electric vehicle batteries), gas cylinders, textiles, pharmaceuticals and sharps, and other materials that cannot safely be collected through curbside recycling streams. Support efforts to incorporate zero waste principles into state programs and plans.
• Recycling Markets
Support local, regional, statewide, and federal efforts that address disposal challenges by finding sustainable solutions for end-of-life products, materials, and waste residuals, including products made from the diversion/recycling of organics.

Support legislation that addresses challenges with narrowing overseas recycled material markets and development of local markets through short and long-term solutions that uphold the City’s zero waste and carbon neutrality goals. Support legislation for permitting facilities to help manage waste residuals as well as the safe use of waste residuals and products made from waste residuals. Support efforts to increase consumer awareness of how to properly dispose of waste, including through product labeling requirements and education campaigns. Support legislation that aims to increase products’ recyclability or compost-ability.
• Water and Energy Rebates
Support legislation that provides rebates and incentives for water conservation, building and transportation electrification, energy efficiency, energy and climate resiliency, retro-commissioning, and improvements in existing buildings, especially for low-income residents, environmental justice communities, and small businesses. • Extended Producer Responsibility
Support advocacy on extended producer responsibility, including for pesticides, flea medications, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and other products and materials that wastewater facilities are unable to treat, as well as for textiles, photovoltaic panels, household hazardous waste, and other products that are difficult to manage through curbside waste management programs. Support legislation that limits environmental impacts resulting from the waste management process, including disallowing the addition of PFAS and other chemicals that create challenges for sustainable waste management, and by improving state enforcement mechanisms for existing chemical bans and stewardship programs.

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• Water and Energy Rebate Reductions
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Oppose state or federal regulations that preempt the City’s existing environmental ban ordinances including but not limited to plastic bags and Expanded Polystyrene Foam.
• State Reporting Requirements for Locally-Funded Programs Oppose legislation that requires California Public Utilities Commission cost-effectiveness and reporting oversight of local Community Choice Aggregator ratepayer-funded energy efficiency and demand response programs.

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48 San José Clean Energy will play an integral role in meeting the City’s ambitious and nation-leading goal to become carbon neutral by 2030. This includes continued investment in renewable energy and energy storage to deliver cleaner and more reliable electricity to residents and commercial customers. San José Clean Energy will reinvest revenues into the local community to provide clean electricity at competitive rates and expand programs to equitably encourage electrification in buildings and transportation – including making affordable electric vehicle charging accessible throughout the City and providing consumer rebates for electrification and energy savings. Local and transparent decision-making will continue to guide San José Clean Energy’s mission to increase access to the benefits of clean energy to create stronger, cleaner and healthier communities for the people who live, work and play in San José.

We Support:
• Clean Energy Incentives
Support and defend regulations, policies, and legislation to expand Community Choice Aggregator access to clean and zero-carbon electric generation, including tax credits, financial incentives, and grants to enhance local economic development related to clean energy procurement, accelerate the deployment of clean energy appliances, and reduce ratepayer costs.
• Smart Grid
Support regulations, policies and legislation to encourage a smarter grid, including expanded electric vehicle infrastructure programs to increase equitable public access to electric vehicles and the corresponding charging infrastructure. Support legislation and defend investments that increase grid reliability and capacity, including accelerating the advancement and deployment of cost-efficient and renewable clean energy onto the grid. Support policies and funding to enable Community Choice Aggregator investment in long duration energy storage to increase energy reliability, promote use of solar power during evening hours, and local resiliency. Expand opportunities for cities and counties to own and operate distribution infrastructure and develop microgrids, distributed energy resources, and demand response programs to provide reliable and cost-effective service for Community Choice Aggregator customers. Support and defend legislation or other programs Sustainability/Resilience: Energy
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that increase funding for microgrids and distributed energy resources, particularly for critical facilities, and increase access to transmission, distribution and generation-related data needed to effectively plan for increased local resiliency and carbon reduction.
• Power Provider Accountability
Support and preserve regulations, policies, and legislation that improve Pacific Gas & Electric Company public safety practices, fiscal and customer bill transparency, fair rate design and affordability, and local accountability for infrastructure related power disruptions. Support legislation and regulatory efforts to improve interconnection and energization delay timelines that create challenges for bringing development projects on-line in a timely manner. Support regulations and legislation to improve accuracy and data collection in energy load forecasts. Support consideration of alternative utility generation or distribution ownership models, including the creation of a Distribution System Operator. • Energy Efficiency and Electrification Programs
Support and defend energy efficiency and electrification programs that better reflect local governments’ role in capacity building. Support policies and seek funding to enhance energy efficiency and electrification in existing buildings, particularly for small business owners, environmental justice communities, and low-income and multi-family housing units. • Western Energy Market
Support engagement and evaluate legislation that enables for the formation of a multi-state independent regional market that increases energy reliability and ratepayer benefits and and advances the City’s Climate Smart goals. Support legislation and policy efforts that aim to establish a robust public process to ensure that governance, environmental, ratepayer, and labor issues are adequately addressed to sustain a more efficient and cost-effective electric market. • Energy Affordability
Support legislative and regulatory efforts that reduces disconnections, advances climate equity, improves data collection on electrical utility disconnections, and increases access to publicly available resources. Support policies and legislation that lowers ratepayer costs and improves energy affordability, including reforms to balance the Resource Adequacy market, and efforts to contain costs for electrified transportation. Engagement in legislative and regulatory efforts that seek to address oversight in wildfire mitigation and grid hardening, and alternative financing for infrastructure build out. • Community Choice Aggregator Autonomy
Support and defend legislation and regulations that maintain local control and decision-making authority within Community Choice Aggregators’ local elected bodies. Support funding and advocate for legislation and regulations that allow Community Choice Aggregators and the City to adequately implement and administer local energy efficiency and distributed energy resource programs, including but not limited to, the ability to design and implement customer rates. • Workforce Development and Training
Support budget allocations, programs, and legislation that promote clean energy workforce development and training that assists the City in reaching the City’s Climate Smart goals. Support funding and legislation that expands skilled job training and encourages the transition of the workforce into the clean energy sector. Support legislation and policies that advance supplier diversity efforts in the clean energy sector.

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We Oppose:
• Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA) Increases Oppose legislation or regulations that would suspend or slow the growth of Community Choice Aggregators, including efforts to increase the Power Charge Indifference Adjustment fees that customers pay for Investor-Owned Utilities “above market” costs, including City of San José Clean Energy customers who no longer purchase electricity from the Pacific Gas & Electric Company.
• Centralized Energy Procurement
Oppose legislation or regulations that would reduce local control over energy procurement or customer savings, increase procurement by Investor-Owned Utilities on behalf of Community Choice Aggregators or increase the authority of the California Public Utilities Commission to direct Investor-Owned Utilities to procure electricity on behalf of Community Choice Aggregator customers.

CONTRIBUTORS: DEPARTMENTS OF ENERGY, PUBLIC WORKS, AND TRANSPORTATION Sustainability/Resilience: Energy
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San José will secure funding and complete vital infrastructure projects while reducing deferred maintenance infrastructure projects. The City will monitor the health and safety of its infrastructure assets and be proactive and strategic in investing resources to avoid structural deficiencies. The City will upgrade infrastructure to meet the demands of evolving demographics and an ever-changing climate by utilizing technology and industry best practices. Additionally, the City will leverage regional, state, and federal funding and maximize local funding to pursue Environmental Justice to the benefit of all communities. San José is also a resilient environmental steward for the region, ensuring that waterways are accessible to the entire community, wastewater is cleaned to high standards, and advocating treated wastewater residuals be viewed as valuable resources that can be responsibly used as a source material for other purposes. The cleaning and treatment processes/technologies utilized will be advanced, reliable, and cost-effective, and any discharge from City facilities maintains a robust and healthy environment/ecosystem for people and nature.

We Support:
• Infrastructure Project Funding
Advocate for funding for the City’s priority infrastructure project. Advocate for adoption of regulatory guidelines that advance the City’s priority infrastructure projects.
• Procurement and Contracting Flexibility
Support legislation that provides flexibility in procurement and contracting processes, including innovative and streamlined project delivery methods and alternative financing mechanisms for infrastructure projects. Support legislation to sustain and advance Community Choice Aggregators’ procurement authority. • Proportional Grant Funding
Support infrastructure grant funding that is formula-based and distributed proportionately based on city population and associated demographic needs.
• Power Grid Infrastructure
Support legislation and regulation, advocate for adequate resources/equipment, and timely and appropriate information and notification that will allow the City to respond to and mitigate power outage events during Public Safety Power shutoffs, Enhanced Powerline Safety Setting outages, rolling outages, or Pacific Gas & Electric Company equipment failures.

Explore potential legislation or regulations to require greater public oversight of Pacific Gas & Electric Company outage events. Support exploring and evaluating policies, legislation, and regulations related to increasing grid capacity, building more transmission, and financing alternatives for critical utility infrastructure upgrades and resiliency efforts, that include, but not limited to, permitting reforms to facilitate transmission, distribution and investments in clean energy generation, securitization, and reallocating cap-and-trade revenues, amongst other financing options. • Green Infrastructure
Support additional funding opportunities to implement regional projects and green streets projects that are essential to diverting and preventing stormwater and runoff from localized flooding from contaminating our waterways. Support regional “green stormwater infrastructure” projects that can store, filter and clean runoff prior to it entering the creeks, and ultimately, the San Francisco Bay.
• Resilient Power Supply
Support the undergrounding of all appropriate power distribution in the City and for City facilities, upon which residents rely for service to be resilient in times of emergency. Support microgrids and forms of power storage that can be available at all critical facilities which are necessary to provide consistent services.

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• Resiliency Efforts
Support efforts that make the City more resilient to climate change, natural disasters, public health emergencies, and pandemics. This includes but is not limited to assessment of climate hazards and vulnerabilities, wildfire mitigation efforts such as infrastructure hardening, utility undergrounding, vegetation management, earthquake mitigation efforts on soft story seismic retrofits, extreme heat mitigation efforts, and flood and sea-rise impacts. Support efforts to integrate climate change resiliency into transportation planning to improve the sustainability and reliability of the City’s transportation infrastructure and operations, and support communities’ adaptation. • Transportation Funding
Support transportation funding from federal, state, regional, and local sources that help maintain, improve and expand transportation systems and mobility in San José, including bikes, e-bikes, etc. Ensure that these funds remain unencumbered towards the programs and areas with the greatest need for investment. Maintain vital funding streams at the local, regional, state, and federal levels from Senate Bill 1, Cap-and-Trade, Regional Measure 3, Measure B, Active Transportation, and other programs, including future revenue generating efforts. Support additional funding requests for investments that benefit San José’s transportation priorities. Support policies that preserves local control and cost recovery for use of San José’s right-of-way and street and sidewalk infrastructure. Support legislation that would improve project delivery, maintenance, accessibility, or servicing of infrastructure within the city. • Electric Vehicles
Support policies and legislation that fund programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and incentivize the adoption and deployment of beneficial emerging technologies, including electric vehicle technologies and infrastructure. • Rapid Transit and Rail Infrastructure
Support developing, improving, and funding transformative rail projects and infrastructure in San José including BART to Silicon Valley Phase II, Diridon Station, Caltrain, and High-Speed Rail. Identify and advocate for projects which would enhance San José’s transportation network within a regional ballot measure or legislative proposal. Support legislation and funding that provides additional opportunities to develop or improve rail infrastructure in San José. Support efforts to advance and secure additional funding for BART Phase II as needed. Identify and secure funding for Diridon Station planning and construction efforts. Support Caltrain electrification and modernization efforts. Work closely with High- Speed Rail stakeholders to support infrastructure and right-of-way improvements in San José and support legislation that encourages collaboration with the cities it will serve. Support legislation and funding for transit operations, including for increases to service.
• CMP Alignment with VMT
Support legislation developed in coordination with regional partners to align and enhance Congestion Management Program (CMP) statutes with Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) reduction requirements. • Parks and Infrastructure Maintenance
Support a dedicated funding source for deferred and continued park and infrastructure maintenance and repair to get to a state of zero deferred maintenance backlog in the next decade. Prioritize the modernization and upkeep of public safety facilities, including those that house and operate sworn public safety staff, that house the support staff for public safety staff like fleet and facilities maintenance, that the public will use in case of emergency and natural disasters, and that house the support staff providing services in the emergency and natural disaster shelters in addition to general park maintenance.

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• Project Constraints
Oppose legislative efforts that jeopardize the development or deployment of the City’s transit, rail, and clean energy infrastructure projects and other transportation and clean energy investments.

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CONTRIBUTORS: THE CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; THE DEPARTMENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; PUBLIC WORKS; TRANSPORTATION; ENERGY; AND LIBRARY

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San José, through its Municipal Water System, will continue to provide safe and reliable drinking water to the more than 100,000 residents in the Alviso, Evergreen, Coyote, and Edenvale Service Areas. Through South Bay Water Recycling, the City will also continue to provide a reliable non-potable water supply. Increasing the supply and dependability of potable and non-potable water supplies to meet the growing needs of local water sellers and wholesalers, and the development and business communities, will enable the City to face the challenges of a changing climate, shifting water supplies, and achieve water resiliency. The City will continue to be a leader within the Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program by collaborating and developing innovative approaches to address pollutants of concern entering the stormwater system and waterways.

We Support:
• Water Conservation
Support the expanded use of alternative water sources (recycled water, rainwater, stormwater, graywater, etc.) for non- potable purposes as well as supplementing our existing potable water supplies with additional potable sources (such as groundwater). Support legislation and funding that offer programs to improve water efficiency, replacement of non- functional turf with native landscaping, water conservation and innovation (including drought relief programs), and water usage benchmarking, particularly for low-income residents, disadvantaged communities, and small business owners. • Local Waterways
Support legislation and secure funding to restore and protect watershed habitats from human causes, and to increase awareness through outreach and education to communities and schools in protecting watershed habitats and to improving water quality in local waterways. Support legislation that maintains the health of the San Francisco Bay, creeks, and waterways. • Regional Water Supply
Support local and regional efforts that address procuring permanent status regarding treated water supply from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission for the San José Municipal Water System. Partner with other local and regional water supply agencies to address the challenges of extended drought conditions. • Stormwater Management
Support legislation and secure funding to implement innovative approaches to improve water quality by reducing pollutants (i.e., Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), mercury, pesticides, trash) entering the storm sewer system that will ultimately improve water quality through various structural methods such as green infrastructure and full trash capture systems or maintenance methods such as street sweeping or in-line pipe and inlet cleaning. Support efforts to increase water capture and storage of precipitation delivered by atmospheric river storms. Support local flood protection agencies in seeking state and federal funding to address flooding from intensified storms and sea level rise. • Wastewater Management
Support legislation in wastewater, recycled water, nutrient, contaminants of emerging concerns (CEC), microplastics, Polyfluoroalkyl substance/Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFAS/PFOA), air emissions, renewable energy resources (biogas), recycled water, and biosolids, that are based on science and data driven at the state, local and federal levels. Secure funding for wastewater treatment plant infrastructure, recycled water, sanitary sewer, and direct/indirect potable water reuse.

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San José will transform its information technology services by championing equity solutions using technology and data. The City will strengthen the resiliency of City services against cybersecurity risks and natural disasters that are increasingly affecting communities. The City will maximize efficiencies and the impactful use of limited resources through service innovation in partnership with departments, as well as support the transition to a digital workforce, embracing digital public participation and augmenting collaboration. The City will work to equitably protect the privacy of residents and keep their data safe and secure.

Furthermore, the City will respond to service requests and inquiries from San José residents and businesses, achieving high customer experience ratings through robust 31 1 access.

We Support:
• Emerging Technologies
Support state and federal legislation and regulations that encourage the responsible development of shared mobility options, advanced aerial mobility, transportation networking companies, autonomous vehicle technologies, and artificial intelligence tools that enable the City to balance the potential harms and benefits, including allowing local control of these new technologies where practical. Identify future regulatory needs to mitigate potential impacts from commercial advanced aerial mobility services. Continue to work with state agencies as regulations are implemented. • Innovative Technologies
Support efforts that explore innovative technologies, such as replacing thin film plastics and meterless parking. • Traffic Data Reporting
Support legislation that creates comprehensive data reporting requirements for all freight and passenger services in the right-of-way, including existing commercial services and emerging services such as advanced aerial mobility. Data should include safety reporting and movement data. Ensure that public agencies can collect and access data for managing attendance and completing Point of Sale Purchases, while protecting the privacy of individuals and limiting the sharing of personally identifiable information to align with the City’s Digital Privacy Policy. • Library Data Privacy
Support legislation that expands and modernizes the definition of what is included in the patron record for the purposes of protecting and enhancing the confidentiality of library activities for library patrons. • Cybersecurity Data Sharing
Support legislation that enables organizations to share information to better deter malicious cybersecurity actors. To encourage intelligence sharing and “getting ahead of the breach,” support legislation that explicitly protects cybersecurity information sharing from liability that puts the organization at risk and disclosure of information that would open the organization to cyberattacks.
• Transportation Data
Support legislation and regulations that provide travel data from transportation companies for transportation and land use planning, traffic management, and operational purposes. Encourage the development of inclusive mobility options that can provide equitable and accessible transit options for all of San José’s residents. • Retention Period Decrease for Sensing Technology Data Support legislation to reduce privacy risk and potential harm of a data breach by minimizing the time data is stored.

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• Digital Accessibility
Support efforts to secure funding for improving and maintaining digital accessibility to ensure effective communication for people with disabilities and compliance with federal and state laws. • Uniform Signage and Iconography for Smart City Technologies Support state and federal efforts to standardize signage for sensing technology (ex: automated traffic enforcement) in public spaces.
• Regulation of Vendor Algorithms
Support state and federal efforts to allow local governments to inspect algorithms used by vendors providing products or services that local governments procure. Support stronger regulation on algorithmic transparency, bias, and demonstration of effectiveness.
• Local Control of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) and Advanced Air Mobility (AAMs) Support efforts to increase and/or enhance local authority relating to the emergence of AVs and AAMs to ensure any implementation of this technology is done equitably, safely, and in concert with local transportation goals. Support coalition efforts such as through the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) and CACTI to strengthen oversight over these specific emerging mobility industries. • Cross-Industry Privacy Protection
Support federal legislation addressing cross-industry privacy that defines general requirements for handling personal information and that does not pre-empt states from setting stricter data handling requirements (i.e. California Consumer Privacy Act).
• Energy Efficiency Technology Programs
Support state and federal standards for new technology, software, and hardware manufacturers to minimize energy consumption while systems are idle.
• Broadband
Support legislation that takes a balanced approach to accelerating broadband deployment including fiber, small cell, and macro cell towers in an equitable and inclusive manner. Support continued scientific studies and research on telecommunications technologies. Support efforts to expand broadband availability, affordability, and competition.

Support efforts to improve fiber, wireline, and wireless access in San José to enhance services and reduce costs for residents and businesses as well as Smart City and Internet of Things (IoT) services, including transportation management and other information systems that the City relies on to communicate and to improve the efficiency and delivery of City services.

Advocate for funding and support efforts to improve the resilience of wireline and wireless networks to enhance public safety and community communications during and after natural disasters that are increasingly affecting communities.

Advocate for funding to expand existing roadway information and warning systems to improve travel safety and efficiency, enable transportation and non-transportation warning systems, and improve safety conditions for people that work in the roadway space.

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• Digital Access
Support exploring public private partnerships around federal infrastructure funding including, but not limited to, broadband deployment partnerships with telecom providers, and partnerships to enable secure Smart City, IoT, and transportation data management systems and operations. Support efforts to secure funding for bridging the digital divide that are additive to funding for low-income families’ other basic needs (such as food, affordable housing, childcare, and wealth building). Support efforts to reenact the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) or a successor subsidy program and to enhance the Universal Services Fund. Support efforts to modernize the Education Rate (ERATE) program to allow reimbursement for wireless and Wi-Fi enabled devices to be lent through libraries without onerous restrictions. • Artificial Intelligence (AI) Guardrails
Support efforts that promote disclosure of AI-generated content, an individual’s right to transparency, and the right to know the basis of an AI-generated decision that concerns them, including the factors, logic, and techniques that produced the outcome. Support efforts that promote an individual’s right to have a final decision made by a human and ensure AI systems are developed and deployed with a human-centered approach. Support efforts that promote institutions being held responsible for decisions made by an AI system they operate. Support efforts that promote fairness and equity in algorithmic decision-making. Support efforts that require institutions to promote the accuracy, reliability, validity, and replicability of AI-generated outcomes. Support equity in AI to mitigate possible harms and to benefit marginalized groups. • AI Protections
Support legislation and regulations that prevent and protect against the use of AI for deceptive and malicious purposes, such as generating or producing harmful images, audio, and video. • Privacy, Safety, and Transparency in AI
Support legislative efforts to ensure privacy is preserved in all AI systems by safeguarding personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive data from unauthorized access, disclosure, and manipulation. Support efforts to ensure AI systems maintain confidentiality, integrity, and availability through safeguards that prevent unauthorized access and use. Implementation of AI systems should be reliable and safe, and minimize risks to individuals, society, and the environment. Support the purpose and use of AI systems to be proactively communicated and disclosed to the public in an understandable manner.
• Equity in AI
Support legislative efforts to ensure AI systems support equitable and inclusive outcomes for everyone. Bias in AI systems should be effectively managed with the intention of reducing harm for anyone impacted by its use. • Accountability and Effectiveness in AI
Support legislative efforts to require roles and responsibilities in organizations that govern, deploy and maintain AI systems, while acknowledging capacity constraints in smaller organizations. Support efforts to ensure AI systems are reliable, meet their objectives, and deliver precise and dependable outcomes for the utility and contexts in which they are deployed.
• Workforce Empowerment through AI
Support efforts to empower the existing and incoming workforce to use AI in their roles through programs that educate, train, and connect workers with opportunities to enhance their work with AI tools.

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CONTRIBUTORS: THE CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE OF RACIAL AND SOCIAL EQUITY; AND THE DEPARTMENTS OF FINANCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TRANSPORTATION; PUBLIC WORKS; AND LIBRARY
• Automation to Provide Civic Value
Support the promotion of innovation that provides residents and their governments with better, broader, and more equitable services. Support efforts that hold vendors and governments accountable for evaluating automation attempts for their civic benefit before and after implementation.

We Oppose:
• Broadband Restrictions
Oppose legislation that weakens local government’s ability to regulate wireless attachments on vertical infrastructure and the deployment of fiber/coax.
• Barriers to Local Preventative Regulations
Oppose efforts that prevent San José from developing emerging technology regulations independent from state and federal statutes.
• Retention Period Minimums for Sensing Technology Data Oppose the one-to-two-year retention minimum for data collected through sensing technology, such as video from cameras, established in CA Government Code 34090.
• Biased biometrics
Oppose the use of non-consensual facial recognition or emotions analysis given the widely recognized biases. • Autonomous weapons
Oppose the use of autonomous weapons.
• Reducing Data Privacy
Oppose any legislation that erodes patron privacy and confidentiality including that of library patron activities. • Social Scoring
Oppose the use of AI-powered social scoring or social credit systems that assign a score to individuals based on their behaviors or immutable characteristics.

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Reduce Unsheltered Homelessness, Support Unhoused Residents, and Increase Opportunities for Affordable Housing
• Support Funding for Homelessness Programs, Affordable Housing Development, and Mental Health Services Support additional, flexible homelessness funding for emergency and temporary housing, outreach, and wraparound services (including sanitary services). Support legislation to lift the Community Development Block Grant public services cap. Support increased funding and flexibility for key affordable housing programs, including expansion of the Low- Income Housing Tax Credit and HOME. Support expanding the federal Supplemental Security Income to provide income and health insurance. Advocate for legislation that requires health insurance and mental health benefits. Support funding for encampment services, including sanitary and environmental restoration. Advocate for federal support to assist people impacted by federal encampment clearance orders prompted by safety and/or environmental remediation concerns.

Support funding for the PRO Housing grant program as well as funding for modular and flexible use shelter solutions. • Support Tenant Protections
Support allocating of sufficient federal resources for tenant protections and anti-displacement initiatives, including fair housing enforcement and education. Support increased funding for rental vouchers to meet local needs and expand housing choices for residents experiencing homelessness and other vulnerable populations. Support voucher program rules and allocations recognizing the increased need in high-rent areas. Support efforts to permit race-targeted or race- conscious housing and community development assistance in jurisdictions with documented findings of past race-based housing discrimination.
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Enhance Community Safety Initiative and Realize Vision Zero • Double Down on Safety and Vision Zero Initiatives
Support efforts to achieve Vision Zero traffic safety goals to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries. Support proposals that provide funding, support, or local discretion for municipal governments to implement traffic safety programs and initiatives consistent with Vision Zero.
• Support Local Control of Emerging Mobility Industries Support efforts to increase and/or enhance local authority regarding the emergence of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) and Advanced Aerial Mobility (AAMs) to ensure any implementation of these technologies is done equitably, safely, and in concert with local transportation goals. Support coalition efforts, such as through the National Association of City Transportation Officials, to strengthen oversight over these specific emerging mobility industries. Support efforts to utilize technological innovation to transform transportation infrastructure. • Support Disaster Preparedness, Response, Mitigation, and Recovery Support dedicated funding for training, tools, and facilities to prepare for and respond to emergencies. Support legislation and funding for developing emergency management staffing, programs, and facilities, including Community Resource Centers. Advocate for resources that support the long-term management of current and future emergencies, including adapting to environmental threats as they evolve. Support local government flexibility in regulations, program implementation, and processes due to pandemics and other future emergencies. Support and advocate for resources and policies to protect the health, safety, and economic viability of residents and businesses in San José, including testing and vaccinations, services to the unhoused, isolation support, reemployment workforce development, small business recovery, food and essential necessities distribution, digital equity, and childcare support for the City’s most vulnerable populations during disaster recovery.
• Enhance Crime Prevention and Prevent Discrimination
Support federal legislation to prevent and address hate crimes, including improved data collection and reporting. Support efforts to prevent sexual assault, including increased funding and investigative tools for law enforcement and collaboration across agencies. Support federal sentencing guidelines so that intoxication cannot be used to show a lack of culpability for committing sexual assault offenses. Support efforts to reduce gun violence, including support for legislation that prevents theft and unauthorized usage, addresses un-serialized firearms and gun kits, provides active shooter training, restricts concealed carry license issuance, and allows employers, co-workers, and teachers to request a gun violence restraining order. Support policies and legislation that support and fund youth violence prevention and early intervention strategies. • Advocate for Public Safety Investments and Public Safety Policy Change Support investments in public safety and expediting the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act implementation. Support federal legislation for drug and alcohol early intervention programs and increased mental health resources for first responders. Advocate for federal legislation and funding that furthers 21st Century Policing practices, including de- escalation and eliminating racial disparities in policing. Support federal legislation to support community partnerships and fully fund coordinated police mental health response models. Support resources for domestic violence survivors, including full funding for the Violence Against Women Act, Victims of Crime Act, and the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act.

Support federal legislation to curb illegal fentanyl and synthetic opioid distribution and sales. Support increased funding for substance abuse prevention and treatment. Support federal legislation and regulations prohibiting e-cigarettes and flavored tobacco products.
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Advocate for Educational and Employment Opportunities that Foster Equitable Outcomes for San José Families
• Invest in Safe and Equitable Employment Opportunities Support CHIPS Act implementation in San José and advocate for workforce development pipelines from our community colleges. Support policies and funding opportunities to expand youth workforce development programs, such as AmeriCorp’s State and National grant program, and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act reauthorization bill.

Support legislation to prevent and address sexual harassment and assault in the workplace. Support family-friendly workplaces, including quality childcare, lactation accommodations, and parental leave. Improve access and reduce barriers to quality childcare, including increasing the income eligibility for federal programs. • Further Immigrant Rights
Support federal protections against discrimination based on immigration status for residents who seek government benefits. Support federal expansion of social safety net services for undocumented immigrants.

Support policies that protect the rights of all immigrants regardless of immigration status, and provide pathways for citizenship or legal permanent residency, including but not limited to supporting legislation that protects DACA and DAPA recipients from deportation. Support legislation that holds employers accountable for withholding passports or other immigration documents from workers and requires employers to provide a “Workers Bill of Rights.” Support policies that increase admissions, expand services, and strengthen protections for all humanitarian-based immigration. Oppose policies that separate immigrant or refugee families, require long-term detainment, remove due process rights, undermine the humanity of immigrants and refugees, and weaken data privacy or confidentiality rights. Oppose federal action to withhold public safety funds based on local immigration policies.
• Elevate Inclusion and Access for All
Support legislation that protects and strengthens rights for the LGBTQIA+ community, including marriage equality, and transgender individuals’ right to healthcare and gender identity expression. Oppose legislation that removes federal protections for transgender individuals. Support race- and gender-conscious policies to provide equitable, contracting, and employment opportunities. Support educational programming for students of all ages through the U.S. Department of Education. Support funding and policy change to increase disability equity, language access, and inclusion. Support legislation that protects and promotes reproductive freedom, including access to abortion and reproductive care.

Oppose restructure and decreased funding of Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California) to ensure equitable access to healthcare.

Protect funding of Medicaid for individuals with disabilities, pre-existing conditions, and other historically underserved populations.
• Voting Rights
Support the right to vote, including absentee ballots and early voting, as well as legislation that increases translated voting materials and accessible voting. Support legislation that furthers free and fair elections including court review of electoral maps to protect against racial and partisan gerrymandering. Oppose legislation that would discourage voter registration, fair voter access, and/ or discriminate against Black, Latino/a/x, Indigenous, and People of Color communities. 2025 Federal Priorities 2025 Federal Priorities

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• High Cost of Living Adjustments
Support regulatory changes to federal funding allocations based on population size and/or local cost of living adjustments, increased income eligibility above current state and federal poverty levels. Update guidelines for childcare and early education, healthcare, nutrition, and workforce development programs. • Strengthen Family Safety Net
Support increased resources for youth in foster care. Support funding and legislation to increase access to food insecurity programs and eradicate hunger.
• Increase Educational Opportunities
Advocate for funding to support early education, including Head Start, transitional kindergarten, and new federal childcare/ preschool programs. Support increased grants and scholarships funding for community colleges and wrap-around support for students, including affordable housing and food. Support legislation and funding that bolsters transition services for high school students to community colleges and higher education institutions. Protect and support increased funding for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (special education) to ensure the civil rights of people with disabilities and equal access to education.
• Financial Relief for Families
Advocate for equitable access to credit and loans, including regulation to stop predatory lending. Support increased funding for education on the Earned Income Tax Credit. Support adopting an expanded Child Tax Credit and SALT deductions for low-income households. Support increased Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program funding to assist low-income households. Support increased funding for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program to assist low-income, multilingual families with tax preparation assistance. Oppose regulation that gives low-income individuals higher interest rates than borrowers from higher-income families and communities. • Digital Equity
Support legislation that requires digital books to be licensed to libraries as they are licensed to consumers. Support efforts to restore and expand broadband availability, affordability, and competition. Support efforts to expand Affordable Connectivity Program funding, enhance the Universal Services Fund, and bridge the digital divide. Support efforts to modernize the Education Rate program to allow reimbursement for wireless and Wi-Fi-enabled devices lent through the library. Oppose legislation that weakens local government’s ability to regulate wireless attachments on vertical infrastructure and the deployment of fiber/coax. Oppose legislation and regulations that limit a person’s access to information and legal content.
• Protecting Privacy
Support federal privacy legislation that defines general requirements for handling personal information that does not preempt states from setting stricter data handling requirements. • Emerging Technology
Support efforts that promote fairness and equity in algorithmic decision-making. Support efforts that require institutions to promote the accuracy, reliability, validity, accessibility, and replicability of AI-generated outcomes. Oppose efforts that prevent San José from developing emerging technology regulations independent from state and federal statutes. Support federal efforts to increase cybersecurity.
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Drive Downtown Revitalization and Cultivate Equitable Investment in our Neighborhoods
• Support Urban Greening and Investment in Green Spaces Support funding for equity-focused urban projects that promote green streets, tree canopies, green infrastructure for stormwater and flooding management, parks, and streets-related infrastructure for climate adaptation and heat mitigation. • Support for Water Management
Support funding for stormwater infrastructure and waterways to address pollutants of concern that will help improve water quality. Support legislation for wastewater, recycled water, nutrients, contaminants of emerging concerns (CEC), microplastics, PFAS/PFOA, air emissions, renewable energy resources (biogas), recycled water, and biosolids that are based on science and data. Secure funding for wastewater treatment plant infrastructure, recycled water, sanitary sewer, and direct/indirect potable water reuse.
• Invest in Small Businesses and Communities
Support federal funding to equip local businesses to meet the needs of people of all abilities and maintain ADA compliance.

Support protecting the Community Reinvestment Act and advocate to ensure that financial institutions adequately serve the range of needs in San José for mortgage lending, multifamily financing, and small business financing. Support legislation that provides access to traditional banking services for licensed cannabis businesses and protects the City’s ability to tax cannabis sales. Support legislation permitting FDIC banks to lend to cannabis businesses. Support legislation and funding for further investments in transit-oriented development. • Funding for Space Activation, Placemaking, and Art
Support integration of placemaking, pedestrian space activation, and public art as eligible elements and expenses for federal grant programs in addition to increased funding for the arts through the National Endowment for the Arts.

Pursue Funding for Equitable, Sustainable, and Resilient Infrastructure and Accelerate San José’s Climate Smart Goals
• Support NEPA Reform
Support legislative and administrative efforts that streamline the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) process and facilitate efficient land use and housing regulation by cities, reduce barriers to expediently deliver housing solutions and multi-modal transportation plans, and enhance project delivery and grant coordination. • Support Federal Efforts that Aid and Advance San José’s Climate Smart Goals Support and defend funding and policies that will accelerate the City’s Climate Smart goals. Support and defend efforts that advance utility bill affordability, and energy efficiency incentives, rebates, and electrification programs, improve grid resiliency and reliability, increase power provider accountability, accelerate clean energy and electrification workforce development, and prioritize Community Choice Aggregator autonomy. Oppose regulatory rollbacks related to renewable energy policies that further the reliance on fossil fuels. 2025 Federal Priorities
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• Advocate for Opportunities to Make San José More Resilient Support efforts that make the City more resilient to climate change, natural disasters, and pandemics. This includes but is not limited to assessment of climate hazards and vulnerabilities, wildfire mitigation efforts such as infrastructure hardening, vegetation management, earthquake mitigation efforts on soft story seismic retrofits, extreme heat mitigation efforts, and flood and sea-rise impacts.
• Promote Climate Equity and Inclusion
Support and defend policies and funding initiatives that provide financial and technical assistance to environmental justice communities to prevent and reduce disproportionate impacts of climate change. Support and defend investment and innovative technology in environmental justice communities to address the disproportionate burden of pollution (including plastic pollution) and the heat island effect.
• Advocate for and Preserve Energy Efficiency and Electrification Incentives Advocate for and defend greater access to clean and zero-carbon electric generation, including tax credits, financial incentives, and grants to enhance local economic development related to clean energy procurement and reduced ratepayer costs. Support and defend energy efficiency and electrification incentives for households and families to access clean energy that is reliable, sustainable, and affordable. Support and advocate for funding of capital improvements of City-owned facilities that will increase energy efficiencies and full building electrification. Support policies and seek funding to enhance energy efficiency, electrification, and decarbonization in existing buildings, particularly for small business owners, disadvantaged communities, and affordable housing and in all-electric buildings. Support and preserve policies that encourage adaptive reuse of existing structures and provide financial incentives for zero-net-carbon buildings. Support Distributed Energy Resource projects in public and private sector development and promote green building and retro- commissioning practices that reduce toxins and indoor air contaminants. • Support Continued and Sustained Investment in Transportation and Zero Emission Mobility Support growth in and continue to advocate for the use of zero-emission vehicles, other clean mobility choices, and low carbon fuels. Support and safeguard sufficient and dedicated electric vehicle rebate funding and other relevant clean mobility program funding, especially for low-income communities. Support and advocate for funding for cities and municipalities to transition fleet vehicles to zero-emission or the lowest-emissions practical for the job use. Support transportation funding that helps maintain, improve and expand transportation systems and mobility in San José, including bikes, e-bikes, etc. Support and defend policies and funding at the federal level that promotes transit supportive commercial uses, employment uses, affordable housing adjacent to transit, and anti-displacement measures. • Transmission Financing and Increased Grid Reliability Advocate for federal partnerships and funding opportunities to modernize the grid to enhance reliability and accelerate the deployment of grid enhancing technologies and renewable energy projects and infrastructure. Support exploring policies and programs to establish and maintain a sustainable commercial wildfire insurance to reduce ratepayer costs and increase grid reliability. Support exploring and evaluating legislation that reduces utility wildfire insurance premiums and cap increases in commercial rates.
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Office of the City Manager
Office of Administration, Policy, and Intergovernmental Relations Sarah Zárate, Director
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Zane Barnes, Chief Intergovernmental Relations Officer
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