2025 Q1 Legislative Action Summary
Below is a summary of the actions that were taken during 2025 Q1 in alignment with the City of Santa Clara’s 2025 Legislative Advocacy Positions (LAPs), guiding principles for legislative advocacy, approved City policies (e.g., City Council Goals and Priorities), and/or Council action.
Housing LAP
• March 28, 2025 Letter of interest in response to Santa Clara Valley Water District Board’s letter dated February 28, 2025 to explore the potential formation of a county-wide Joint Powers Authority to address homelessness
Transportation Issues LAP
• November 5, 2024 Letter of Support submitted for the City’s grant application to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission Transit Oriented Communities Station Access and Circulation Grant for the Santa Clara Caltrain/BART Station Multimodal Crossing Feasibility Study (This letter was not previously included in the 2024 Q3 legislative update due to timing of the report.)
• March 26, 2025 Letter of support for the City’s Federal Appropriations Requests to Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff
Water Supply and Conservation LAP
• March 27, 2025 Letter of support for Santa Clara Valley Water District’s Fiscal Year 2026 Congressionally Directed Spending Request for its Purified Water Demonstration Facility submitted to the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Chair, Senator Susan Collins and Vice Chair, Senator Patty Murray
Multiple Legislative Priorities
• February 21, 2025 Letter of support for the City’s State Budget Requests to Assemblymember Patrick Ahrens (Housing, and Transportation Issues LAPs)
• March 31, 2025 Sign on U.S. Conference of Mayors joint letter outlining municipalities’ priorities for the 2025 Tax Reform and Reconciliation Bill submitted to U.S. Congressional leadership: Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives Hakeem Jefferies, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (Housing, Community Services, and Energy Legislation, Regulations and Issues LAPs and "Protect and/or increase funding for specific programs and services" Legislative Guiding Principle)
1500 Warburton Avenue ● Santa Clara, CA 95050 ● Phone: 408-615-2200 ● Fax: 408-241-6771 ● SantaClaraCA.gov Lisa M. Gillmor
Mayor
March 28, 2025
Vice Chair Richard P. Santos
Board of Directors
Santa Clara Valley Water District
5750 Almaden Expressway
San Jose, CA 95118
RE: Potential Formation of a County-wide Joint Powers Authority
Dear Vice Chair Santos:
On behalf of the City of Santa Clara, I would like to express our interest in exploring the potential formation of a county-wide Joint Powers Authority (JPA) to address unsheltered homelessness in our community.
The City of Santa Clara is actively working on a number of efforts to increase affordable housing in our community and provide additional services to our unhoused community members; however, like many other jurisdictions in our region, we have limited resources to effectively address this increasingly visible, urgent, and complex issue on our own.
We recognize the benefits that a collaborative arrangement and coordinated county-wide response could bring to our community, particularly in terms of resource sharing, enhanced service delivery, and improved regional coordination when it comes to homelessness. The City is supportive of more regional resources to address local housing needs , and efforts that provide increased access to resources to address the needs of our most vulnerable residents and resources for small and medium sized cities to plan and implement strategies to address the impacts of homelessness on public facilities and services.
The City has and will continue to work closely with other jurisdictions, including Valley Water, to address regional issues, such as homelessness, that impact residents and businesses in our community.
It is also important to recognize that the formation of a JPA will require significant review and efforts from all interested parties . There are obligations and operational complexities inherent to forming and operating a JPA such as governance structure, financial and liability implications, and logistical considerations. While the City is optimistic about the potential benefits of a county-wide JPA that maximizes our collective impact, it is imperative that these issues are adequately addressed to ensure the interests of all potential participating agencies.
We appreciate the opportunity to meet with Valley Water and other local jurisdictions to continue the discussion of these issues in greater detail and to explore potential solutions that would allow for a successful and sustainable partnership that achieves our shared goals.
Sincerely,
Lisa M. Gillmor
Mayor
City of Santa Clara
1500 Warburton Avenue ● Santa Clara, CA 95050 ● Phone: 408-615-2200 ● Fax: 408-241-6771 ● SantaClaraCA.gov Mayor
Lisa M. Gillmor
November 5, 2024
Krute Singa
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
375 Beale Street, Suite 800
San Francisco, CA 94105-2066
Re: Letter of Support for the City of Santa Clara Grant Application to MTC Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) Station Access and Circulation Grant for the Santa Clara Caltrain/BART Station Multimodal Crossing Feasibility Study
Dear Krute Singa:
I write in support of the City of Santa Clara’s grant application to Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)’s Transit-Oriented Communities – Station Access and Circulation Grant for the Santa Clara Caltrain/BART Station Multimodal Crossing Feasibility Study (Project). The Project represents a historic opportunity to revitalize and reconnect the Santa Clara downtown area with nearby communities and economic development opportuniti es around the existing Caltrain station and the future Santa Clara Bay Ar ea Rapid Transit (BART) station. These two stations will provide regional access to thousands of jobs, and significant existing and proposed housing, hotels, and schools (such as Santa Clara University) in Silicon Valley.
The City of Santa Clara worked in close partnership with key community stakeholders to develop the Project which will create roadway design concepts, identify potential impacts to adjacent properties, study traffic operations, conduct robust community engagement, and evaluate the feasibility of constructing a direct multi-modal connection between Benton Street and Brokaw Road. Historically, the existing Caltrain station and tracks near Benton Street in Santa Clara has divided an economically important part of Santa Clara and continues to be a significant physical barrier to downtown access for all users including the disadvantaged community located in the study area.
This crossing will allow pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit riders to efficiently travel to and through the station area with potential access to San José Mineta International Airport, thus significantly reducing travel times and vehicle trips for Penins ula train riders and the general local community.
Additionally, this crossing will attract more people to use transit, improve accessibility and safety of all transportation modes, and support future transit -oriented development next to the Santa Clara BART station. Additionally, the Project promotes active transportation and transit, reduction of daily vehicle-miles traveled, greenhouse gas emissions, vehicle congestion, and increases equity and access to historically disadvantaged communities.
Thank you for your consideration of the City of Santa Clara’s grant application, and I urge your support for this priority project that will greatly benefit the Santa Clara community.
Sincerely,
Lisa M. Gillmor
Mayor
City of Santa Clara
1500 Warburton Avenue ● Santa Clara, CA 95050 ● Phone: 408-615-2200 ● Fax: 408-241-6771 ● SantaClaraCA.gov Lisa M. Gillmor
Mayor
March 26, 2025
The Honorable Alex Padilla
United States Senate
331 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
The Honorable Adam Schiff
United States Senate
112 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
RE: Letter of Support for Fiscal Year 2026 Congressionally Directed Spending Requests from the City of Santa Clara
Dear Senator Padilla and Senator Schiff:
On behalf of the City of Santa Clara, I want to express my gratitude and appreciation to both of you, and your staff, for your leadership and support. We appreciate the opportunity to work with your offices to bring investments and improvements to the residents, businesses, and visitors of our region.
I also want to highlight the City of Santa Clara’s requests for congressionally directed spending in the Fiscal Year 2026 Federal Appropriations process and respectfully request your support. Our projects specifically seek to facilitate the development of regional community assets, increase opportunities for alternative modes of transportation, and create safe streets for bicyclists and pedestrians.
The City’s priority projects are:
• Pruneridge Avenue Complete Streets Project
The City of Santa Clara adopted the Pruneridge Avenue Complete Streets Plan in 2022 to implement buffered bicycle lanes along the Pruneridge Avenue corridor in Santa Clara.
This east-west roadway is an important part of the County of Santa Clara’s cross -county bicycle corridor network and connects San Jose to Santa Clara and job centers in Cupertino. The project will remove portions of travel lanes along Pruneridge Avenue to complete this important cross-county bicycle network and enhance intersections along the corridor with pedestrian improvements such as quick -build curb extensions, A DA curb ramps, and pedestrian signal enhancements. When complete, Pruneridge Avenue will connect to jobs, schools, transit, and trails and provide direct access to the region’s first under-development bicycle superhighway. The requested funding will support the City’s design and construction of this priority bicycle and pedestrian improvement project in Santa Clara.
Senator Alex Padilla
Senator Adam Schiff
Re: Fiscal Year 2026 Congressionally Directed Spending Requests from the City of Santa Clara March 26, 2025
• Silicon Valley Hopper On-Demand Micro-transit Shuttle The City of Santa Clara has partnered with the City of Cupertino to implement an on - demand micro-transit shuttle project, known as Silicon Valley Hopper, to serve those who live and work in Cupertino and Santa Clara. With support from a California State Transportation Agency State Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program grant, the goal is to continue the existing On-Demand Micro-Transit Shuttle Project and expand service into north Santa Clara with a fleet of zero- emissions vehicles. Service is being designed to focus on offering improved and affordable connections between local Caltrain, Amtrak, and Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) stations to job centers and other key destinations in Cupertino and Santa Clara while providing increased transit access for disadvantaged communities, high poverty zones, and senior populations.
Thank you for your consideration in championing these projects to help secure congressionally directed spending that will support the efforts of the City and benefit the region and State of California.
Sincerely,
Lisa M. Gillmor
Mayor
City of Santa Clara
1500 Warburton Avenue ● Santa Clara, CA 95050 ● Phone: 408-615-2200 ● Fax: 408-241-6771 ● SantaClaraCA.gov Lisa M. Gillmor
Mayor
March 27, 2025
The Honorable Susan Collins
Chair, Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
Room S-128, The Capitol
Washington, DC 20510
The Honorable Patty Murray
Vice Chair, Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
Room S-128, The Capitol
Washington, DC 20510
RE: Support for FY26 Congressionally Directed Spending Request – Purified Water Demonstration Facility
Dear Chair Collins and Vice Chair Murray:
On behalf of the City of Santa Clara, California, I am pleased to submit this letter of support for the Santa Clara Valley Water District’s (Valley Water) Fiscal Year 2026 Congressionally Directed Spending R equest for its Purified Water Demonstration Facility.
Valley Water has a long- term goal of producing up to 24,000 acre- feet per year of purified water for direct potable reuse by the year 2040. Developing a locally controlled, reliable, and drought resilient water supply is critical in the face of climate change. Cyclical climate changes and dry conditions have placed enormous strain on existing sources, such as imported water from the Sacramento- San Joaquin River Delta and stored local water supplies. Santa Clara County faces additional water supply challenges driven by a growing population and economy. The City of Santa Clara shares a commitment to diversifying the regional water supply portfolio as way to move the region towards a more sustainable and resilient future.
This project, a joint effort between Valley Water and the Cities of Santa Clara and San José, is the first phase of a full-scale facility to provide purified water for direct potable reuse in Santa Clara County, the heart of Silicon Valley. Until recently, California communities could use recycled water for drinking only if that water was first filtered through a reservoir or aquifer. State regulations adopted in 2023, however, will allow suppliers to distribute recycled water without first putting the water into a reservoir or aquifer. As Valley Water studies the potential for a full-scale potable reuse facility in the future, it must first prove the project’s feasibility. This funding request would help support the design work for this first-phase demonstration facility.
On behalf of the City of Santa Clara, I urge your support for this important drought resilienc y project. Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Sincerely,
Lisa M. Gillmor
Mayor
City of Santa Clara
1500 Warburton Avenue ● Santa Clara, CA 95050 ● Phone: 408-615-2200 ● Fax: 408-241-6771 ● SantaClaraCA.gov Lisa M. Gillmor
Mayor
February 21, 2025
Honorable Patrick Ahrens
California State Assembly, 26
th District
1021 O Street, Suite 6110
Sacramento, CA 95814
Re: 2025 State Budget Requests from the City of Santa Clara
Dear Assembly Member Ahrens:
On behalf of the City of Santa Clara, I want to express my appreciation to you and your staff for your support and commitment to the priorities of the city. I look forward to a long, and successful, working relationship between you, your office, and the City to improve the lives of the residents, businesses, and visitors to our great city.
As the State Legislature continues the process of shaping the state budget and evaluating where the state’s resources are best invested, I understand things are uncertain at best. If the opportunity arises for district requests to be included in the Legislature’s budget, I would like to respectfully present a list of priority funding needs for the City and request your partnership to help secure these critical dollars.
Below are the City’s priority projects for consideration, along with a brief description and dollar amount. Recognizing the state’s fiscal situation, t he City has selected projects that will have significant local and regional impacts, thereby maximizing the return on the state’s investment.
The City and our legislative advocate are happy to provide more in- depth details and discuss each of these projects further.
I am proud that our values and priorities align and look forward to our continued partnership to serve the Santa Clara community. Thank you for your consideration and I look forward to continuing our work together.
Sincerely,
Lisa M. Gillmor
Mayor
City of Santa Clara
Assembly Member Patrick Ahrens
Re: 2025 State Budget Requests from the City of Santa Clara February 21, 2025
Title: City of Santa Clara Oversized Vehicle Parking Program
Amount: $1,600,000
Description: As housing prices and costs of living continue to rise in Silicon Valley, the number of people living in oversized vehicles parked on City streets without utility and sanitation hookups has also increased . The City’s Police Department estimates there are over 100 inhabited oversized vehicles in Santa Clara on any given day and many of them are inoperable. There is a need to expand current City resources to address the basi c needs of people living outside and reduce the impacts of unsheltered homelessness throughout the community.
This proposal would fund a sanctioned safe parking pilot program for approximately 30- 40 oversized vehicles over 2-3 years. The program would allow 24-7 parking, provide basic hygiene services, daily monitoring for security, and case management to connect residents with services so they can transition to permanent housing. The program would be administered in close coordination with the Santa Clara County Office of Supportive Housing. The City will also explore partnerships with neighboring cities to identify possible sites and to potentially pool resources.
Title: Pruneridge Avenue Complete Street
Amount: $2,500,000
Description: In 2022, the City of Santa Clara adopted the Pruneridge Avenue Complete Streets Plan to implement buffered bicycle lanes along the Pruneridge Avenue corridor. This east -west roadway is a crucial part of the County of Santa Clara's cross -county bicycle corridor network, connecting San Jose, Santa Clara, and the Apple campus in Cupertino.
The project involves removing portions of travel lanes along Pruneridge Avenue to complete this important bicycle network and enhance intersections with pedestrian improvements. These enhancements will include quick -build curb extensions, ADA- compliant curb ramps, and upgraded pedestrian signals. Funding is being requested to support the design and construction of this priority project for bicycle and pedestrian improvements in Santa Clara. This project is vital to the City, Silicon Valley region, and the state because it aims to increase pedestrian safety, promote alternative modes of transportation, and connect schools and employment centers to and from the region.
The intersections of Pruneridge Avenue at Woodhams Road and Redwood Avenue are near an elementary school and are frequently used by students crossing Pruneridge Avenue. These locations have been identified in the City of Santa Clara’s Pedestrian Master Plan as needing improvements for pedestrian safety. Bicyclists, including students, currently use the portion of Pruneridge Avenue where no bicycle facility currently exists. Bicyclists using this corridor need to navigate between parked vehicles and vehicles traveling with a posted speed limit of 35 mph.
Students from two elementary schools located adjacent to this roadway also use this portion of Pruneridge Avenue. This project will provide Class II buffered bikeway that connects to 14 schools with a total enrollment of 8,896 students and over 12,500 employees from job centers along the project corridor.
Assembly Member Patrick Ahrens
Re: 2025 State Budget Requests from the City of Santa Clara February 21, 2025
Title: Santa Clara Caltrain Station Crossing Feasibility Study
Amount: $500,000
Description: The Santa Clara Caltrain Station Crossing Feasibility Study will develop roadway design concepts, assess potential impacts on nearby properties, analyze traffic operations, engage with the community, and evaluate the feasibility of establishing a direct multi- modal connection between Benton Street and Brokaw Road. This connection will be located near the existing Santa Clara Caltrain station, which is separated by heavy rail tracks.
This connection was lost during the 1960s due to urban renewal policies that led to the demolition of Santa Clara’s downtown and disrupted important transit links. Today, this disconnection presents a physical barrier between residential neighborhoods, mixed-use areas, and commercial hubs, isolating communities from economic opportunities, essential services, and regional transit options such as the Santa Clara Caltrain Station and the upcoming Santa Clara Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station.
The goal of the project is to reconnect disadvantaged communities with nearby economic opportunities, improve access to essential services, reduce environmental burdens, and foster a vibrant, interconnected community. A key aspect of the plan is the potent ial creation of a new multimodal connection linking downtown Santa Clara, Santa Clara University, the Coleman Avenue employment hubs, PayPal Park Soccer Stadium, Caltrain Station, and San Jose Mineta International Airport with the future Santa Clara BART station.
March 31, 2025
The Honorable Mike Johnson The Honorable John Thune
Speaker Majority Leader
United States House of Representatives (LA) United States Senate (SD)
The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries The Honorable Charles E. Schumer Democratic Leader Democratic Leader
United States House of Representatives (NY) United States Senate (NY)
Dear Speaker Johnson, Leader Thune, Leader Jeffries and Leader Schumer:
As the nation’s mayors, we write to express the opportunities we see in the upcoming re-write of the 2017 tax law; and other components of the reconciliation bill.
At the outset, the tax bill should continue to build upon bipartisan proposals that advance the federal-city partnership that has yielded strong economic growth over the decades. US Metro cities and suburbs now are home to over 90% of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP); 88% of its jobs; 93% of economic growth; and 76% of job growth in 2024. Our metro economies provide the infrastructure and ecosystem for our nation’s future economic growth.
Through our partnership with the federal government, cities have worked to create opportunity for all our residents and to attract economic development benefiting both urban and suburban communities.
We, therefore, support the following provisions in the reconciliation bill which we believe will strengthen America and address critical national needs.
1. Provide major housing tax credits to spur production including a robust expansion of the Low- Income Housing Tax Credit, creation of the Neighborhood Homes Tax Credit, tax credits to convert vacant commercial property to housing, and expansion of the Historic Tax Credit.
Research shows significant increases in housing production directly correlate to reduced rents and the moderation of housing prices, exactly what is needed to address our national housing crisis. But these credits must spur sufficient production to adequately respond to the depth and breadth of our nation’s shortage of units, which we estimate to be between 4-7 million. Given the role that rising home prices and rents play in “kitchen table” inflation, we believe the production credits should be a top priority in the tax bill.
2. Provide full funding of the Community Development Block Grant (housing rehab) and HOME Partnership (new construction) programs, along with increased resources for FHA mortgage insurance, rental assistance, and affordable housing programs to further address our housing crisis.
Mayors' Priorities for Reconciliation/Tax Bill
March 31, 2025
3. Protect tax exempt municipal bonds, including private activity bonds, which are the main financing tool of locally funded, essential infrastructure, including transportation, water and wastewater facilities, along with housing, schools, and hospitals, to name a few. We oppose any effort to restrict this time-honored mechanism for raising local revenues to support locally driven projects. State and local governments finance 75% of the nation’s infrastructure, mostly through tax exempt financing. Removing the tax exemption on municipal bonds would cost households on average $6,500 over a ten-year period.
4. Continue innovative Direct Pay energy credits within the IRS to support local government energy efficiency and conservation projects to lower energy bills. Federal investment credits and direct pay policies provide a critical incentive for leveraging investments in new and upgraded energy sources. Direct pay policies also enhance local efforts to modernize the electricity transmission grid and ensure that electricity transformers are available.
5. Restore and Expand the Child Tax Credit, proven to reduce child poverty in our nation. In fact, CTC levels during our economic recovery reduced child poverty by 40%. This bill should do the same. An economically stable and secure family enriches early childhood development and emotional health; poverty yields the opposite. Expanding the CTC is an investment in the future of our children’s lives and our nation.
6. Protect Medicaid benefits to ensure current levels of service and access to health care.
Medicaid is the principal source of health care funding for countless seniors in nursing homes in cities and rural America alike; and is a major source of health care for the nation’s children. We also want to emphasize the importance of maintaining the funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other child nutrition programs, as they are vital for supporting child health.
The reconciliation package provides Congress the opportunity to solve the nation’s housing crisis, protect tax exempt financing, fund essential community development and housing assistance programs, significantly reduce child poverty, and protect health care for the poor.
We look forward to working with you to fashion key components of the tax and reconciliation bill that impact the American people’s daily lives and to address their most urgent needs.
Sincerely,
Andrew J. Ginther David Holt Todd Gloria Tom Cochran Mayor of Columbus, OH Mayor of Oklahoma City, OK Mayor of San Diego, CA CEO & Executive Director President Vice President Second Vice President
(Additional mayoral signatories are listed on the following pages.)
Steven Reed
Mayor of Montgomery, AL
Frank D. Scott Jr.
Mayor of Little Rock, AR
Regina Romero
Mayor of Tucson, AZ
Corey Woods
Mayor of Tempe, AZ
Becky Daggett
Mayor of Flagstaff, AZ
Jerry Weiers
Mayor of Glendale, AZ
Kate Gallego
Mayor of Phoenix, AZ
Douglas J. Nicholls
Mayor of Yuma, AZ
Mark Freeman
Mayor of Mesa, AZ
Mike Pineda
Mayor of Avondale, AZ
Martha Guerrero
Mayor of West Sacramento,
CA
Patricia Lock Dawson
Mayor of Riverside, CA
Chelsea Lee Byers
Mayor of West Hollywood, CA
Matt Mahan
Mayor of San Jose, CA
Juan Gonzalez
Mayor of San Leandro, CA
Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft
Mayor of Alameda, CA
Paul Akinjo
Mayor of Lathrop, CA
Lester J. Friedman
Mayor of Beverly Hills, CA
Kevin McDonnell
Mayor of Petaluma, CA
Carmen Montano
Mayor of Milpitas, CA
Helen Tran
Mayor of San Bernardino, CA
Siri Pulipati
Mayor of Rancho Cordova, CA
Lula Davis-Holmes
Mayor of Carson, CA
Acquanetta Warren
Mayor of Fontana, CA
Victor Gordo
Mayor of Pasadena, CA
Michael M. Vargas
Mayor of Perris, CA
Valerie Amezcua
Mayor of Santa Ana, CA
Karen Bass
Mayor of Los Angeles, CA
Jerry Dyer
Mayor of Fresno, CA
Karen K. Goh
Mayor of Bakersfield, CA
Daniel Lurie
Mayor of San Francisco, CA
Todd Rogers
Mayor of Lakewood, CA
Kevin McCarty
Mayor of Sacramento, CA
Lisa M. Gillmor
Mayor of Santa Clara, CA
Ian N. Oglesby
Mayor of Seaside, CA
Ashleigh Aitken
Mayor of Anaheim, CA
Mark Stapp
Mayor of Santa Rosa, CA
Dan O'Brien
Mayor of Culver City, CA
Rex Richardson
Mayor of Long Beach, CA
Joyce Ahn
Mayor of Buena Park, CA
Ellen Kamei
Mayor of Mountain View, CA
Steven Douglas
Mayor of Commerce City, CO
Mayors' Priorities for Reconciliation/Tax Bill
March 31, 2025
Yemi Mobolade
Mayor of Colorado Springs,
CO
Wendi Strom
Mayor of Lakewood, CO
Kyle Schlachter
Mayor of Littleton, CO
Mike Johnston
Mayor of Denver, CO
Joe Ganim
Mayor of Bridgeport, CT
Shari Cantor
Mayor of West Hartford, CT
Roberto Alves
Mayor of Danbury, CT
Arunan Arulampalam
Mayor of Hartford, CT
Harry Rilling
Mayor of Norwalk, CT
Muriel Bowser
Mayor of Washington, DC
D.C. Reeves
Mayor of Pensacola, FL
Keith A. James
Mayor of West Palm Beach, FL
Rex Hardin
Mayor of Pompano Beach, FL
Michael Joseph Esq.
Mayor of North Miami Beach,
FL
Santiago Avila Jr.
Mayor of Deltona, FL
Alix Desulme
Mayor of North Miami, FL
Joy Cooper
Mayor of Hallandale Beach,
FL
Jane Castor
Mayor of Tampa, FL
Arlene R. Schwartz
Mayor of Margate, FL
Harvey Ward
Mayor of Gainesville, FL
Buddy Dyer
Mayor of Orlando, FL
Angelo Castillo
Mayor of Pembroke Pines, FL
Wayne M. Messam
Mayor of Miramar, FL
Scott Brook
Mayor of Coral Springs, FL
Tim Lonergan
Mayor of Oakland Park, FL
Donna Deegan
Mayor of Jacksonville, FL
Michelle J. Gomez
Mayor of Tamarac, FL
Vince R. Williams
Mayor of Union City, GA
Andre Dickens
Mayor of Atlanta, GA
Van R. Johnson II
Mayor of Savannah, GA
Michael Owens
Mayor of Mableton, GA
Quentin M. Hart
Mayor of Waterloo, IA
Connie Boesen
Mayor of Des Moines, IA
Brad M. Cavanagh
Mayor of Dubuque, IA
Lauren McLean
Mayor of Boise, ID
Chad Jason Ashmore
Mayor of Sesser, IL
Mary Alexander-Basta
Mayor of Bolingbrook, IL
Nancy Rodkin Rotering
Mayor of Highland Park, IL
Misty Buscher
Mayor of Springfield, IL
Chris Koos
Mayor of Normal, IL
John D. Noak
Mayor of Romeoville, IL
Rodney S. Craig
Mayor of Hanover Park, IL
Mayors' Priorities for Reconciliation/Tax Bill
March 31, 2025
William 'Bill' D. McLeod
Mayor of Hoffman Estates, IL
Rita Ali
Mayor of Peoria, IL
Diane W. Marlin
Mayor of Urbana, IL
Ann Taylor
Mayor of Waukegan, IL
Brandon Johnson
Mayor of Chicago, IL
James Mueller
Mayor of South Bend, IN
Sharon Tucker
Mayor of Fort Wayne, IN
Joseph 'Joe' H. Hogsett
Mayor of Indianapolis, IN
Angie Nelson Deuitch
Mayor of Michigan City, IN
Thomas Broderick Jr.
Mayor of Anderson, IN
Chris Jensen
Mayor of Noblesville, IN
Eddie Melton
Mayor of Gary, IN
Layne Wilkerson
Mayor of Frankfort, KY
Craig Greenberg
Mayor of Louisville, KY
LaToya Cantrell
Mayor of New Orleans, LA
Samantha Squailia
Mayor of Fitchburg, MA
John L. Vieau
Mayor of Chicopee, MA
Jon Mitchell
Mayor of New Bedford, MA
Dominick Pangallo
Mayor of Salem, MA
Robert F. Sullivan
Mayor of Brockton, MA
Domenic J. Sarno
Mayor of Springfield, MA
Katjana Ballantyne
Mayor of Somerville, MA
Michael P. Cahill
Mayor of Beverly, MA
E. Denise Simmons
Mayor of Cambridge, MA
Michael O'Connor
Mayor of Frederick, MD
Jud Ashman
Mayor of Gaithersburg, MD
Jeffrey Z. Slavin
Mayor of Somerset, MD
Gavin Buckley
Mayor of Annapolis, MD
Brandon M Scott
Mayor of Baltimore, MD
Mark Dion
Mayor of Portland, ME
Marcus Muhammad
Mayor of Benton Harbor, MI
Andy Schor
Mayor of Lansing, MI
Anne Marie Graham-Hudak
Mayor of Charter Township of
Canton, MI
Bryan K. Barnett
Mayor of Rochester Hills, MI
Abdullah Hammoud
Mayor of Dearborn, MI
Chris Barnett
Mayor of Charter Township of
Orion, MI
Byron H. Nolen
Mayor of Inkster, MI
Theresa Rich
Mayor of Farmington Hills, MI
Patricia M. Randall
Mayor of Portage, MI
Mark Behnke
Mayor of Battle Creek, MI
Elizabeth B. Kautz
Mayor of Burnsville, MN
James B. Hovland
Mayor of Edina, MN
Mayors' Priorities for Reconciliation/Tax Bill
March 31, 2025
Kim Norton
Mayor of Rochester, MN
Mary Supple
Mayor of Richfield, MN
Melvin Carter
Mayor of St. Paul, MN
Ron Case
Mayor of Eden Prairie, MN
Tim Busse
Mayor of Bloomington, MN
Barbara Buffaloe
Mayor of Columbia, MO
Tishaura O. Jones
Mayor of St. Louis, MO
Quinton Lucas
Mayor of Kansas City, MO
Ramon RB Jose Blas
Camacho
Mayor of Saipan, MP
Chokwe Antar Lumumba Esq.
Mayor of Jackson, MS
Errick D. Simmons
Mayor of Greenville, MS
Dontario 'Don' Hardy
Mayor of Kinston, NC
Cyril Jefferson
Mayor of High Point, NC
Jessica Anderson
Mayor of Chapel Hill, NC
Vi Alexander Lyles
Mayor of Charlotte, NC
Esther E. Manheimer
Mayor of Asheville, NC
William 'Bill' C. Dusch
Mayor of Concord, NC
Mitch Colvin
Mayor of Fayetteville, NC
Tim Mahoney
Mayor of Fargo, ND
Leirion Gaylor Baird
Mayor of Lincoln, NE
Brian C. Wahler
Mayor of Piscataway, NJ
J. Christian Bollwage
Mayor of Elizabeth, NJ
Adrian O. Mapp
Mayor of Plainfield, NJ
Jeffrey S. Martin
Mayor of Hamilton Township,
NJ
Alan Webber
Mayor of Santa Fe, NM
Javier Perea
Mayor of Sunland Park, NM
Tim Keller
Mayor of Albuquerque, NM
Michelle Romero
Mayor of Henderson, NV
Hillary Schieve
Mayor of Reno, NV
Gary R. McCarthy
Mayor of Schenectady, NY
Kathy M. Sheehan
Mayor of Albany, NY
Thomas M. Roach
Mayor of White Plains, NY
Waylyn Hobbs Jr.
Mayor of Hempstead, NY
Shawyn Patterson-Howard
Mayor of Mount Vernon, NY
Malik Evans
Mayor of Rochester, NY
Kimberly Ecklund
Mayor of Jamestown, NY
Ben Walsh
Mayor of Syracuse, NY
Sharetta Smith
Mayor of Lima, OH
Justin Bibb
Mayor of Cleveland, OH
Kahlil Seren
Mayor of Cleveland Heights,
OH
Joe Begeny
Mayor of Reynoldsburg, OH
Kim Thomas
Mayor of Richmond Heights,
OH
Mayors' Priorities for Reconciliation/Tax Bill
March 31, 2025
Aftab Pureval
Mayor of Cincinnati, OH
Jack W. Bradley
Mayor of Lorain, OH
Christina Muryn
Mayor of Findlay, OH
Kevin Brubaker
Mayor of Elyria, OH
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor of Toledo, OH
Shammas Malik
Mayor of Akron, OH
Steve Patterson
Mayor of Athens, OH
William 'Doug' Franklin
Mayor of Warren, OH
Jamael Tito Brown
Mayor of Youngstown, OH
Meghan F. George
Mayor of Lakewood, OH
Jeffrey J. Mims Jr.
Mayor of Dayton, OH
William H. Joyce
Mayor of Stillwater, OK
Heidi Lueb
Mayor of Tigard, OR
Lacey Beaty
Mayor of Beaverton, OR
Travis Stovall
Mayor of Gresham, OR
Melanie Kebler
Mayor of Bend, OR
Keith Wilson
Mayor of Portland, OR
Matt Tuerk
Mayor of Allentown, PA
Paige G. Cognetti
Mayor of Scranton, PA
Danene Sorace
Mayor of Lancaster, PA
Ed Gainey
Mayor of Pittsburgh, PA
Cherelle L. Parker
Mayor of Philadelphia, PA
Lornna J. Soto
Mayor of Canovanas, PR
Maria Rivera
Mayor of Central Falls, RI
Brett P. Smiley
Mayor of Providence, RI
Daniel Rickenmann
Mayor of Columbia, SC
Indya Kincannon
Mayor of Knoxville, TN
Freddie O'Connell
Mayor of Nashville, TN
Tim Kelly
Mayor of Chattanooga, TN
Jim Ross
Mayor of Arlington, TX
Ron Nirenberg
Mayor of San Antonio, TX
Mattie Parker
Mayor of Fort Worth, TX
Kirk Watson
Mayor of Austin, TX
Christopher Harvey
Mayor of Manor, TX
John Muns
Mayor of Plano, TX
Paulette M. Guajardo
Mayor of Corpus Christi, TX
John Whitmire
Mayor of Houston, TX
Thurman 'Bill' Bartie
Mayor of Port Arthur, TX
Erin J. Mendenhall
Mayor of Salt Lake City, UT
Michelle Davis-Younger
Mayor of Manassas, VA
Phillip Jones
Mayor of Newport News, VA
Nancy Backus
Mayor of Auburn, WA
Mayors' Priorities for Reconciliation/Tax Bill
March 31, 2025
Mary Lou Pauly
Mayor of Issaquah, WA
Angela Birney
Mayor of Redmond, WA
Cassie Franklin
Mayor of Everett, WA
Victoria Woodards
Mayor of Tacoma, WA
Dontae Payne
Mayor of Olympia, WA
Bruce Harrell
Mayor of Seattle, WA
Lisa Brown
Mayor of Spokane, WA
Eric Genrich
Mayor of Green Bay, WI
Satya Rhodes-Conway
Mayor of Madison, WI
Ryan Sorenson
Mayor of Sheboygan, WI
Cory Mason
Mayor of Racine, WI
Cavalier Johnson
Mayor of Milwaukee, WI
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