List of 2022 Formal Written City Advocacy
Jurisdiction Legislative Year Bill No. or Issue Topic City's Position Existing City Policy Federal 2022 HR 3172 HELPER Act of 2021
The City of Sunnyvale supports H.R. 3172 which establishes a program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide mortgage assistance to law enforcement officers, elementary and secondary school teachers, firefighters, or other first responders. Specifically, these individuals may be eligible for a one-time mortgage on a primary family residence with no down payment and no monthly mortgage insurance premium.
Support General Plan, Chapter 5: Housing
Federal 2022 S 2981 HELPER Act of 2021
The City of Sunnyvale supports S.2981 which establishes a program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide mortgage assistance to law enforcement officers, elementary and secondary school teachers, firefighters, or other first responders. Specifically, these individuals may be eligible for a one-time mortgage on a primary family residence with no down payment and no monthly mortgage insurance premium.
Support General Plan, Chapter 5: Housing
Federal 2022 Orca Mobility's Testing and Expansion
The City of Sunnyvale's support for Orca Mobility’s planned expansion of business and vehicle testing activity in our community. Sunnyvale serves as a global hub for innovation and technology, and fully support the expansion of technology using low-speed vehicles equipped with cutting-edge technology to accelerate the path to affordable transportation.
Support Council Policy 2.0 Long-term Advocacy Positions - Community Development Federal 2022 VTA Federal Funding Request The City of Sunnyvale supports the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s (VTA) request for funding for the Grade Separations of Caltrain commuter railroad crossings within the County of Santa Clara, California. N/A Council Priority Advocacy Issue - Environmental Regulatory & Conservation Issues Council Policy 1.0 Long-term Advocacy Positions – Land Use and Transportation Federal 2022 FY 2023 Community Project Funding Requests The City of Sunnyvale submitted six (6) Community Project Funding requests to Congressman Ro Khanna:
*Fire Station 2 ($10M) -- to rebuild the old and out-of-date Fire Station 2 located at 795 E. Arques Ave. *Bernardo Avenue Bicycle Undercrossing ($5M) -- to provide a separated pedestrian and bicycle pathway to connect north and south Bernardo Avenue
*Cogeneration System Upgrade ($10M) -- to replace the power generation engines at Sunnyvale’s Water Pollution Control Plant
*Stevens Creek Trail Extension ($10.3M) -- to extend the Stevens Creek Trail (0.75-mile segment) from W. Remington Dr to W. Fremont Ave.
*Buffered Bicycle Lanes ($2.3M) -- to upgrade the existing Class II bike lane to Class IIB in both directions on Sunnyvale Saratoga Road.
*Safe Routes to Schools and Parks ($5.625M) -- to make walking and biking safer near schools and parks at four locations N/A Council Policy 7.0 Long-term Advocacy Positions – Planning and Management Federal 2022
FY 2023 Congressionally Directed Spending
Requests
The City of Sunnyvale submitted two (2) Congressionally directed spending request to Senator Alex Padilla:
*Fire Station 2 ($10M) -- to rebuild the old and out-of-date Fire Station 2 located at 795 E. Arques Ave. *Safe Routes to Schools and Parks ($5.625M) -- to make walking and biking safer near schools and parks at four locations N/A Council Policy 7.0 Long-term Advocacy Positions – Planning and Management Regional 2022
Homelessness Prevention Services - Regional
Hubs
The City of Sunnyvale's support of Supervisor Otto Lee’s request to approve referral to consider sustaining the crucial Homeless Prevention Services provided by Sunnyvale Community Services and Sacred Heart Community Service throughout our County at your May 3, 2022, meeting (ID #109758).
Support Council Priority Advocacy Issue - Affordable Housing and Homelessness 1 Attachment 3
List of 2022 Formal Written City Advocacy
Jurisdiction Legislative Year Bill No. or Issue Topic City's Position Existing City Policy Regional 2022 Creation of a Valley Health Center located in the West Valley
The City of Sunnyvale supports the creation of a Valley Health Center (VHC) clinic located in the West Valley on the De Anza Community College Campus in Cupertino. As a neighboring jurisdiction, a Valley Health Center in Cupertino will help ensure that Sunnyvale residents have access to affordable healthcare in the County. Accessible healthcare is essential for residents to stay strong, healthy and be productive members of our Bay Area community.
Support Council Policy 5.0 Long-term Advocacy Positions - Socio-Economic Regional 2022
Assisting City of Sunnyvale with Overnight
Warming Centers
The City of Sunnyvale encourages the SCC Board of Supervisors to assist the City with overnight warming centers during the cold weather season and/or during inclement weather events. Support Council Priority Advocacy Issue - Affordable Housing and Homelessness General Plan, Chapter 5: Housing
Regional 2022
FY 2023 Community Project Funding Request
from Sunnyvale Community Services
The City of Sunnyvale supports the Sunnyvale Community Services (SCS) request for funding towards the capital expenses for the new SCS building. Support Council Policy 5.0 Long-term Advocacy Positions - Socio-Economic Regional 2022
Letter of Support for 1178 Sonora Court Infill
Infrastructure Grant Application
The City of Sunnyvale supports MidPen Housing’s 176-unit affordable housing development at 1178 Sonora Court in Sunnyvale. Located on City-owned<br />property, the project will help achieve the goals of the City’s Housing Element<br />of the General Plan by providing adequate housing to meet the needs of the City’s<br />lower-income households and special needs population.
Support Approved by Council Action via RTC 22-0837 (September 13, 2022) Regional 2022
Letter of Support for 245 W. Weddell Drive
(“Orchard Gardens”) Infill Infrastructure Grant
Application
The City of Sunnyvale supports First Community Housing’s Orchard Gardens affordable housing development at 245 W.
Weddell Drive in Sunnyvale. Orchard Gardens will renovate 30 existing units of deed-restricted affordable housing and construct 93 new units for a total of 123 units that are affordable to lower-income households. The project will help achieve the goals of the City’s Housing Element of the General Plan by providing adequate housing and preserving existing affordable housing to meet the needs of lower-income and special needs households in Sunnyvale.
Support Approved by Council Action via RTC 22-0836 (September 13, 2022) Regional 2022
South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Phase I
Project
The City of Sunnyvale's s-upport for upholding the federal government’s partnership and commitment to funding Phase I of the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project (Shoreline Project). We understand that, without additional federal funding, this project – the first U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) coastal flood risk reduction project that incorporate sea level rise in its analysis – is at risk of not being completed.
Support Council Policy 7.0 Long-term Advocacy Positions – Planning and Management Council Priority Advocacy Issue - Environmental Regulatory & Conservation Issues Regional 2022 Sargent Rank Quarry Project The City of Sunnyvale strongly urges the Santa Clara County Planning Commission's opposition of the proposed quarry project at Sargent Ranch. Oppose Approved by Council Action via Resolution 1123-22 (June 7, 2022) Regional 2022
Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of
Directors - Watersheds Agenda Items
The City of Sunnyvale's support of agenda item 6.1 on the February 22, 2022, Board Agenda, Staff Report #22-0189. This item on the agenda has several parts, all related to Google’s 360 Caribbean Drive Project and proposed improvements to the West Channel.
Support General Plan, Chapter 3: Land Use and Transportation General Plan, Chapter 7: Environmental Management
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List of 2022 Formal Written City Advocacy
Jurisdiction Legislative Year Bill No. or Issue Topic City's Position Existing City Policy State 2022 Library Infrastructure Grants - CA State Assembly Budget Proposal
The City of Sunnyvale's support for library infrastructure funds when the California State Assembly prepares its 2022-23 State Budget proposal. The California State Senate has included $750 million in its proposal “Putting California’s Wealth to Work for a More Equitable Economy,” and we strongly urge the Assembly to do the same.
Support Council Policy 6.0 Long-term Advocacy Positions - Cultural State 2022 May Revise – Excess ERAF Trailer Bill Language Proposed trailer bill, like a previous and also unacceptable version, would change current law in a way that would significantly harm cities and counties by permanently “capping” the Education Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF) money that would be returned to them after schools have been fully funded and, instead, use such local tax revenues to pay the State’s in-lieu Vehicle License Fee (VLF) obligation. The City of Sunnyvale could lose over $10 million if this change goes through, impacting the delivery of essential services.
Oppose Council Policy 7.0 Long-term Advocacy Positions – Planning and Management State 2022 AB 1711 (Seyarto) Privacy: breach.
The City of Sunnyvale strongly urges a veto of AB 1711 (Seyarto). AB 1711 intends to provide additional measures of security, which is well intentioned, however the methods required will create an undue hardship on municipalities and agencies throughout the State.
Request to Veto Council Policy 7.0 Long-term Advocacy Positions – Planning and Management State 2022
AB 1814 (Grayson) Transportation electrification:
community choice aggregators.
The City of Sunnyvale strongly supports AB 1814 which would allow Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs) the option to become program administrators for the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) Transportation Electrification Program.
Support General Plan, Chapter 3: Land Use and Transportation State 2022
AB 1944 (Lee and Garcia) Local government:
open and public meetings.
The City of Sunnyvale supports AB 1944 (Lee and Cristina Garcia). AB 1944 would authorize members of local legislative bodies to teleconference from a remote location without making the address of that location public. Additionally, the bill requires that – for those local agencies that elect to use teleconferencing for its legislative body meetings – a video stream is made available to members of the public, including an opportunity to provide public comment via telephone or videoconference option. AB 1944 represents an important modernization to the Brown Act that protects local elected officials’ location when participating from a non-public, remote location, while improving access to members of the public via a teleconferencing option.
Support Council Policy 7.0 Long-term Advocacy Positions – Planning and Management State 2022 AB 1951 (Grayson) Sales and use tax:
exemptions: manufacturing.
The City of Sunnyvale respectfully requests a veto of AB 1951 (Grayson) which provides manufacturing companies a full sales tax exemption on new equipment for the next five years, including any local voter-approved transaction and use taxes. Request to Veto Council Policy 7.0 Long-term Advocacy Positions – Planning and Management State 2022 AB 2011 (Wicks) Affordable Housing and High
Road Jobs Act of 2022.
The City of Sunnyvale requests a veto of AB 2011 (Wicks), which would require cities to ministerially approve, without condition or discretion, certain affordable housing and mixed-use housing developments in zones where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use regardless of any inconsistency with a local government’s general plan, specific plan, zoning ordinance, or regulation. Although the City of Sunnyvale recognizes the need for additional housing in California, we strongly oppose AB 2011, which would require cities to ministerially approve, without condition or discretion, certain affordable housing, and mixed-use housing developments in zones where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use regardless of any inconsistency with a local government’s general plan, specific plan, zoning ordinance, or regulation. (2 letters)
Oppose / Request to
Veto
General Plan, Chapter 2: Community Vision
General Plan, Chapter 3: Land Use and Transportation
State 2022
AB 2097 (Friedman) Residential, commercial, or
other development types: parking requirements.
The City of Sunnyvale requests a veto of AB 2097 (Friedman) which would prohibit a local government from imposing or enforcing a minimum automobile parking requirement on specified residential, commercial, or other developments, if the development is located on a parcel near public transit.
Request to Veto General Plan, Chapter 5: Housing
General Plan, Chapter 3: Land Use and Transportation
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List of 2022 Formal Written City Advocacy
Jurisdiction Legislative Year Bill No. or Issue Topic City's Position Existing City Policy State 2022 AB 2181 (Berman) Santa Clara Valley
Transportation Authority: board of directors.
At the May 24, 2022, Sunnyvale City Council meeting, Council voted unanimously to oppose AB 2181 (Berman) unless amended. AB 2181 proposes to replace the VTA Board with a hybrid structure of community representatives and local elected representatives. This bill does not address VTA’s governance issues, nor does it solve the issue of regional thinking, the bill only changes how the board members are selected.
Oppose Approved by Council Action via RTC 22-0044 (May 24, 2022) State 2022
AB 2208 (Kalra) Fluorescent lamps: sale and
distribution: prohibition.
The City of Sunnyvale's support for AB 2208 (Kalra), the Mercury Lamp Pollution Prevention Act, which would phase out the sale of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and linear fluorescent lamps (LFLs) used for general lighting applications in California
Support Council Policy 3.2.4 - Zero Waste
State 2022
AB 2247 (Bloom) Perfluoroalkyl and
polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and PFAS
products and product components: publicly
accessible data collection interface.
The City of Sunnyvale urges support of AB 2247 (Bloom) which would require manufacturers of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) or products intentionally containing PFAS to disclose the presence of PFAS in those products in a publicly accessible database. This is important and necessary information that will inform state and local decision making regarding the management of PFAS in our watersheds and the environment.
Support General Plan, Chapter 7: Environmental Management Council Policy 7.0 Long-term Advocacy Positions – Planning and Management State 2022
SB 1000 (Becker) Law enforcement agencies:
radio communications.
The City of Sunnyvale respectfully opposes SB 1000 (Becker). SB 1000 proposes that all law enforcement radio communications be generally available to the public. At the same time, law enforcement agencies would be required to ensure that any criminal justice information or personally identifiable information is not broadcast in a manner that is accessible to the public. The bill further specifies that law enforcement agencies would be required to provide access to encrypted communications to any interested person, upon request and for a reasonable fee.
Oppose General Plan, Chapter 6: Safety and Noise
Council Policy 4.0 Long-term Advocacy Positions - Public Safety State 2022
SB 1407 (Becker) California Employee Ownership
Act.
The City of Sunnyvale supports SB 1407 (Becker), which will preserve California small businesses, bolster California workers, and increase awareness of and pathways to employee ownership. Support Council Policy 2.0 Long-term Advocacy Positions - Community Development State 2022
SB 6 (Caballero) Local planning: housing:
commercial zones.
The City of Sunnyvale requests a veto of SB 6 (Caballero), which would create a new process allowing residential development on certain commercial and industrial sites, including allowing qualifying projects to use the streamlined application procedures of SB 35 (Wiener, 2017).
Request to Veto General Plan, Chapter 5: Housing
General Plan, Chapter 3: Land Use and Transportation
State 2022
SB 897 (Wieckowski) Accessory dwelling units:
junior accessory dwelling units.
The City of Sunnyvale requests a veto of SB 897 (Wieckowski), which would significantly amend the statewide standards that apply to locally adopted ordinances concerning the construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs). Request to Veto General Plan, Chapter 5: Housing General Plan, Chapter 3: Land Use and Transportation
State 2022
AB 1985 (Rivas) Organic waste: recovered
organic waste product procurement targets.
The City of Sunnyvale respectfully urges a signature on AB 1985 (Rivas, Robert). AB 1985 would assist local governments implementing the state’s organic waste diversion targets and allow time for markets to develop for organic waste products. Request to Sign Council Policy 3.2.4 - Zero Waste State 2022
AB 2234 (Rivas) Planning and zoning: housing:
postentitlement phase permits.
The City of Sunnyvale respectfully urges a veto on AB 2234 (Rivas, Robert). AB 2234 would require cities and counties to provide extensive assistance to housing development projects at the commencement of the construction document’s design. In addition, expeditious reviews of projects are already offered by the City. Further expeditious review of housing development projects can interfere with enforcing construction codes developed by the California Building Standards Commission.
Request to Veto General Plan, Chapter 5: Housing
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List of 2022 Formal Written City Advocacy
Jurisdiction Legislative Year Bill No. or Issue Topic City's Position Existing City Policy State 2022
AB 2247 (Bloom) Perfluoroalkyl and
polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and PFAS
products and product components: publicly
accessible data collection interface.
The City of Sunnyvale requests a signature on AB 2247 (Bloom), which would require manufacturers of PFAS, or products containing intentionally added PFAS, to disclose the presence of PFAS in those products on a publicly accessible database.
This is important and necessary information that will inform state and local decision making regarding the management of PFAS in our watersheds and the environment.
Request to Sign General Plan, Chapter 7: Environmental Management Council Policy 7.0 Long-term Advocacy Positions – Planning and Management State 2022
SB 1256 (Wieckowski) Waste management:
disposable propane cylinders.
Sunnyvale, along with other organizations, support SB 1256 (Wieckowski), which would prohibit the sale of disposable propane cylinders, as defined, and would make the violation of this provision subject to specified civil penalties. Support Council Policy 3.2.4 - Zero Waste State 2022 Initiative 21-0042A1 Sunnyvale opposes Initiative 21-0042A1, a corporate-sponsored proposition aimed for the November 2022 statewide ballot that would significantly jeopardize cities’ ability to provide essential services and infrastructure for our residents. Oppose Council Policy 7.0 Long-term Advocacy Positions – Planning and Management State 2022
Library Infrastructure Grants - CA State Senate
Budget Proposal
The City of Sunnyvale's support for $750 million for library infrastructure funds that has been included in the 2022-23 California State Senate budget proposal, “Putting California’s Wealth to Work for a More Equitable Economy.” Support Council Policy 6.0 Long-term Advocacy Positions - Cultural State 2022
Support for Caltrain’s application to the Transit
and Intercity Rail Capital Program Existing
Projects Reserve
Sunnyvale, along with other organizations, strongly supports Caltrain's application to the Cycle 6 Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) Existing Projects Reserve to complete the Caltrain Electrification Project. Support General Plan, Chapter 3: Land Use and Transportation State 2022
2023-2024 State Budget Proposal from the City
of Sunnyvale
The City of Sunnyvale respectfully request a budget commitment to the City of Sunnyvale in the 2023-2024 State Budget to help Sunnyvale meet the challenges that affect our community and that align with your environmental goals for the State. Support Council Policy 7.0 Long-term Advocacy Positions – Planning and Management 5 Attachment 3