San Leandro City Council
January 12, 2026

The City of San Leandro
Federal Affairs Briefing
January 2026
Executive Branch
The Trump-Vance Administration’s Agenda
• Implementing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
• Pursuing domestic policy reforms
• Housing, public safety, energy, and infrastructure
• Enforcing immigration laws
• Asserting “America First” foreign policy with tariffs • Reducing federal bureaucracy
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President Donald Trump’s Executive Orders and Actions
• Memorandum, Regulatory Freeze Pending Review
• Executive Order 14332, Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking • Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200.340)
• Executive Order 14173, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring MeritBased Opportunity • Executive Order 14151, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing
• Executive Order 14154, Unleashing American Energy
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President Donald Trump’s Executive Orders and Actions
• Executive Order 14218, Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders • Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion • Executive Order 14165, Securing Our Borders
• Executive Order 14287, Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens
• Executive Order 14321, Ending Crime and Disorder on American Streets 4 Legislative Branch
House of Representatives
Republican majority with 220R – 213D (with 2 vacancies) Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R – LA-04)
Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D – NY-08)
Senate
Republican majority with 53R – 45D – 2 Ind
Majority Leader John Thune (R – SD)
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D – NY)
5 Legislative Branch
US Senator Alex Padilla
• Senior Senator appointed 2021 and elected 2022
• Committees: EPW, ENR, Judiciary, Budget, Rules
US Senator Adam Schiff
• Junior Senator elected 2024
• Committees: EPW, Agriculture, Judiciary, Small Business US Representative Lateefah Simon
• Representative elected 2024
• Committees: Oversight & Government Reform, Small Business 6 Legislative Agenda
Budget and Appropriations
FY 2026
• Minibus resolved funding for 3 spending bills until Sept. 30th Agriculture, Military Construction-VA, Legislative Branch • Continuing Resolution expires Jan. 30th for other 9 bills CJS, Defense, Energy-Water, Financial Services, Homeland Security, Interior-Environment, Labor-HHS-Ed, State, T-HUD
• Resolution on Community Project Funding request for Shoreline FY 2027
• Submission of new requests for Community Project Funding 7 Legislative Agenda (cont’d)
Urgent Business
• Addressing healthcare subsidies and other reforms
• Reconciling the House and Senate versions of housing bills • Drafting the next surface transportation reauthorization Considerations
• Anticipating midterm elections may complicate ability to reach agreements to pass consequential legislation
• Recognizing the low productivity of the first session of the 119th Session of Congress
8 Intergovernmental Conferences
US Conference of Mayors
• Winter Meeting: January 28-30, 2026 in DC
• Annual Meeting: June 4-7, 2026 in Long Beach, CA
National League of Cities
• Congressional City Conference: March 14-18, 2026 in DC • City Summit: November 19-21, 2026 in Nashville, TN
9 Jen Covino, President
Covino Smith & Simon
Direct: 617-869-0193
[email protected]
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