MEMORANDUM
Date: 8/21/23
To: Mayor, City Council Members, City Manager Maraskeshia Smith From: Scott Alonso
Subject: Federal Legislative Update
(Informational Item for Council Meeting of September 12, 2023) Attached are support letters for the following federal bills:
Support for H.R. 4970 (LaMalfa and Thompson): To provide an exclusion from gross income for compensation for expenses and losses resulting from certain wildfires. The bill is known as the Protect Innocent Victims Of Taxation After Fire Act. Provided for information.
Support for S. 479 (Padilla): Would modify the fire management assistance cost share. Provided for information.
Support for S. 485 (Padilla): Authorize the President to provide hazard mitigation assistance for mitigating and preventing post-wildfire flooding and debris flow. Provided for information.
These issues met the priorities outlined in the City’s adopted 2023 federal 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