MEMORANDUM
Date: 8/2/23
To: Mayor, City Council Members, City Manager Maraskeshia Smith From: Scott Alonso
Subject: Legislative Update: State Letters
(Informatonal Item for Council Meeting of August 22, 2023) Attached are letters for the following state bills:
Support for Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1 (Aguiar-Curry): Local government financing: affordable housing and public infrastructure: voter approval. Provided for information.
Opposition to Assembly Bill 698 (Essayli): would prohibit state agencies and local governments from adopting or enforcing a rule, regulation, resolution, or ordinance that directly or indirectly results in prohibiting the use of gas stoves in residential and nonresidential buildings. Provided for information.
Support for Senate Bill 470 (Alvarado-Gil): Urban Water Community Drought Relief program: Small Community Drought Relief program: high fire hazard and very high fire hazard severity zones. Provided for information.
These issues met the priorities outlined in the City’s adopted 2023 state legislative platform.
Thank you,
Scott Alonso
Government Affairs Officer
City of Santa Rosa
Communications and Intergovernmental Relations Office
637 First Street Santa Rosa CA 95404