TO: HONORABLE MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Sarah Zárate
SUBJECT: See Below DATE: August 18, 2025
Approved
Date:
8/21/2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT: Citywide
SUBJECT: Appointment of Voting Delegate and Alternate for the 2025 League of California Cities General Assembly
RECOMMENDATION
Appoint City Councilmember David Cohen as the voting delegate and City Councilmember Domingo Candelas as the alternate voting delegate to the General Assembly at the October 8 - 10, 2025 League of California Cities Annual Conference and Expo in Long Beach, California.
SUMMARY AND OUTCOME
This action will allow the City of San José to have a voting representative at the General Assembly at the annual meeting of the League of California Cities (League).1
BACKGROUND
The League is a member organization that advocates for federal and state policies that support California towns and cities. Each year, the League convenes a General Assembly to approve resolutions for the organization. Resolutions are policy statements that guide the League’s legislative positions and actions. To expedite the conduct of business at the General Assembly meeting, each California member town or city’s legislative body designates a voting representative for the annual meeting.
1 https://my.calcities.org/Events/Calendar-Of-Events/Meeting-Home-Page?meetingid=%7B567DB46E- D8D2-EF11-8EEA-6045BDFFB49A%7D
COUNCIL AGENDA: 9/9/25
FILE: 25-943
ITEM: 2.8
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
August 18, 2025
Subject: Appointment of Voting Delegate and Alternate for the 2025 League of California Cities General Assembly
ANALYSIS
Approving a voting delegate and alternate for the General Assembly ensures the City of San José has a vote and voice at the General Assembly annual meeting for League resolutions.
EVALUATION AND FOLLOW-UP
The Administration will include any significant League-related work in its regular reports to City Council on the Intergovernmental Relations program presented by the City Manager’s Office of Administration, Policy, and Intergovernmental Relations team.
COORDINATION
The Administration coordinated this memorandum with the City Attorney’s Office, the City Manager’s Budget Office, and the offices of City Councilmembers David Cohen and Domingo Candelas.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
This memorandum will be posted on the City’s Council Agenda website for the September 9, 2025 City Council meeting.
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
August 18, 2025
Subject: Appointment of Voting Delegate and Alternate for the 2025 League of California Cities General Assembly
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 Steve Stamos, Senior Executive Analyst, City Manager’s Office of Administration, Policy, and Intergovernmental Relations, at [email protected].