MEMORANDUM
Date: 6/30/2023
To: Mayor, City Council Members, City Manager Maraskeshia Smith From: Scott Alonso
Subject: Legislative Update: State and Federal Advocacy Letters (Informational Item for Council Meeting of July 25 , 2023) Attached are ten letters for the following state and federal bills:
Support for Assembly Bill 334 (Rubio): Public contracts: conflicts of interest. Provided for information.
Support for Assembly Bill 436 (Alvarez): Vehicles. Provided for information.
Opposition to Assembly Bill 480 (Ting): Surplus land. Provided for information.
Support for Assembly Bill 557 (Hart): Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences. Provided for information.
Support for Assembly Bill 1594 (Garcia): Medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles: public agency utilities. Provided for information.
Support for Senate Bill 233 (Skinner): Electric vehicles and electric vehicle supply equipment: bidirectional capability. Provided for information.
Support for Senate Bill 504 (Dodd): Wildfires: defensible space: grant programs: local governments. Provided for information.
Support for Senate Bill 747 (Caballero): Land use: economic development: surplus land. Provided for information.
Support for H.R. 3238 (LaHood): The Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act. Provided for information.
Support for S. 1557 (Cantwell): The Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act. Provided for information.
These issues met the priorities outlined in the City’s adopted 2023 federal and state legislative platforms.
Thank you,
Scott Alonso
Government Affairs Officer
City of Santa Rosa
Communications and Intergovernmental Relations Office
637 First Street Santa Rosa CA 95404