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2025 Legislative Workshop (February 7, 2025)

2025 Legislative Workshop Agenda
2025 Legislative Workshop - PowerPoint Presentation
2025 Legislative Workshop - Fact Sheets

2025 State Legislative Advocacy

AB 1 (Connolly) Residential property insurance: wildfire risk – support 2.10.25
AB 1 (Connolly) MEMO - support - Assembly Appropriations - 4.9.25
AB 1 (Connolly) MEMO - support - Senate Insurance 6.10.25
AB 1 (Connolly) MEMO - support - Senate Appropriations 7.3.25
AB 1 (Connolly) Signature Request 9.15.25
AB 49 (Muratsuchi) Schoolsites and day care centers: entry requirements: immigration enforcement. support 1.28.25
AB 49 (Muratsuchi) - amended support letter 5.12.25
AB 49 (Muratsuchi) MEMO - support - Senate Education and Senate Judiciary 6.5.25
AB 49 (Muratsuchi) MEMO - support - Senate Education and Senate Judiciary 6.25.25
AB 49 (Muratsuchi) MEMO - support - Senate 6.25.25
AB 49 (Muratsuchi) Signature Request 9.10.25
AB 53 (Ramos) Personal income taxes: exclusion: Military Services Retirement and Surviving Spouse Benefit Payment Act support 2.10.25
AB 63 (Rodriguez) Loitering with intent to commit prostitution – support 4.14.25
AB 226 (Calderon) California FAIR Plan Association – support 2.10.25
AB 226 (Calderon) MEMO - support - Senate Insurance 6.10.25
AB 226 (Calderon) MEMO - support - Senate Appropriations 7.3.25
AB 226 (Calderon) Signature Request 9.15.25
AB 259 (Rubio) Open meetings: local agencies: teleconferences - support 2.10.25
AB 259 (Rubio) MEMO - support - Senate Local Government 6.10.25
AB 431 (Wilson) Advanced Air Mobility Infrastructure Act - support 5.12.25
AB 431 (Wilson) MEMO - support - Senate Transportation 6.24.25
AB 470 (McKinnor) Telephone corps. Carriers of Last Resort (COLR) - oppose 4.14.25
AB 470 (McKinnor) MEMO - Remove Opposition - 7.1.25
AB 726 (Avila Farais) Planning and zoning annual reports rehab units - support 4.14.25
AB 726 (Ávila Farías) MEMO - support - Senate Housing 7.8.25
AB 726 (Ávila Farías) Signature Request 9.15.25
AB 761 (Addis) Monterey Salinas Transit District sales and special taxes - support 4.15.25
AB 761 (Addis) MEMO - support - Senate Transportation 6.10.25
AB 761 (Addis) Signature Request 9.11.25
AB 928 (Rogers) Roosters restrictions - support 5.13.25
AB 928 (Rogers) MEMO - support - Senate 6.24.25
AB 933 (Avila Farias) Organized residential camps - oppose 4.14.25
AB 946 (Bryan) Chief Probation Officer designees - oppose 4.14.25
AB 1014 (Rogers) Traffic Safety: Speed Limits - support 4.29.25
AB 1014 (Rogers) MEMO - support - Senate Transportation 6.9.25
AB 1014 (Rogers) Signature Request 9.10.25
AB 1185 (Hart) California Library Services Equity in Opportunity Act – oppose 3.10.25
AB 1288 (Addis) Registered environmental health specialists - support 3.10.25
AB 1288 (Addis) MEMO - support - Senate Health 6.20.25
AB 1288 (Addis) Signature Request 9.15.25
AB 1413 (Papan) SGMA groundwater adjudication - OUA 8.18.25
SB 16 (Blakespear) HHAP Program - CAO oppose letter 4.16.25
SB 16 (Blakespear) MEMO - Remove Opposition 5.12.25
SB 23 (Valladares) Property taxation: exemption: disabled veteran homeowners - support 2.10.25
SB 48 (Gonzalez) Immigration Enforcement. School Sites. - support 1.14.25
SB 48 (Gonzalez) MEMO - Support - Senate Education 4.9.25
SB 48 (Gonzalez) MEMO - support - Assembly Education 6.10.25
SB 72 (Caballero) The California Water Plan: long-term supply targets - support 2.10.25
SB 72 (Caballero) MEMO - support - Senate Appropriations 4.16.25
SB 72 (Caballero) MEMO - support - Assembly Water Parks and Wildlife 6.20.25
SB 72 (Caballero) Signature Request 9.10.25
SB 74 (Seyarto) Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation. Infrastructure Gap-Fund Program - support 3.10.25
SB 74 (Seyarto) MEMO - Support - Senate Local Government - 4.9.25
SB 74 (Seyarto) MEMO - support - Assembly Local Government 6.10.25
SB 144 - New Budget Bill re California Vaccine Recommendations - Support
SB 239 (Arreguín) Open meetings: teleconferencing: subsidiary body - support 2.10.25
SB 239 (Arreguin) MEMO - Support - Senate Local Government - 4.9.25
SB 283 (Laird) Energy storage systems - support 4.15.25
SB 283 (Laird) MEMO - support - Assembly Utilities and Energy 6.10.25
SB 283 (Laird) Signature Request 9.11.25
SB 296 (Archuleta) Property taxation exemption disabled veteran homeowners -support 3.10.25
SB 296 (Archuleta) MEMO - support - Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs 6.20.25
SB 346 (Durazo) Local agencies TOT short-term rentals - support 3.10.25
SB 346 (Durazo) MEMO - support - Assembly Local Government 6.10.25
SB 346 (Durazo) Signature Request 9.10.25
SB 357 (Menjivar) Juveniles delinquency - oppose 4.14.25
SB 357 (Menjivar) MEMO - oppose - Assembly Public Safety 6.23.25
SB 496 (Hurtado) Advanced Clean Fleets Regulations exemptions - support 3.18.25
SB 577 (Laird) Civil actions - support 4.14.25
SB 577 (Laird) Memo - support - Assembly Judiciary 7.3.25
SB 599 (Caballero) Atmospheric River Research - support 4.14.25
SB 599 (Caballero) MEMO - support - Assembly Water Parks and Wildlife 6.10.25
SB 601 (Allen) Water waste discharge - oppose 4.14.25
SB 694 (Archuleta) Deceptive practices service members and veterans - support 8.14.25

Funding to Defend California Values (ABx1-1, ABx1-2, SBx1-1) - support 12.5.24
ABX1-2 Budget Act of 2024 - Immigrant Removal Defense Funding 1.24.25
SBx1-1 (Wiener) Budget Act - Request for Signature 2.3.25
SBX1-2 Budget Act of 2024 - Immigrant Removal Defense Funding 1.24.25
SBx1-2 Budget Act - Request for Signature 2.3.25

CA Budget - California Water Plan Budget Request SB 72 (Caballero) - support 2.10.25
CA Budget - myCAvax funding - support 3.10.25
CA Budget - IHSS Administrative Funding - CAO letter 4.4.25
CA Budget - CalWorks Administrative Funding - CAO letter 4.4.25
CA Budget - Housing and Homeless Programs - 4.14.25
CA Budget - 211 Funding - support 5.12.25
CA Budget - Monterey County Priorities 6.4.25
CA Budget - HR 1 SNAP-CalFRESH SMD 8.29.25

Stabilizing Victims of Crime Act Funding - coalition letter 2.26.25
San Lucas Feb 2025 Engineering Report - Comment Letter 3.20.25
CPUC Letter - BESS Facilities Safety 5.8.25
AB 1439 (2023) Implementation - 8.15.25

2025 Federal Legislative Advocacy

Anti-Rigging Act of 2025 (H.R. 4358) Reps Lofgren and Panetta - support 10.16.25
Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025 (H.R. 18) - support 8.14.25
Caring for Survivors Act (H.R. 680) - support 2.10.25
Central Coast of California Conservation Act of 2025 (H.R. 2882) -support 8.14.25
Due Process Continuity of Care Act (HR1510) Reps Panetta and Lofgren - support 4.14.25
Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2025 (H.R. 3868) - support 8.14.25
Every Drop Counts Act (HR 338) – support 2.18.25 (BoS-WRA)
Fair Access to Agriculture Disaster Programs Act (S 984) Sen. Padilla - support 4.14.25
Fair Access to Agriculture Disaster Programs Act (S 984) Sen Schiff - support 4.14.25
Farm Workforce Modernization Act (H.R. 3227) - support 8.14.25
FEMA Independence Act of 2025 (H.R. 2308) - support 8.14.25
FEMA Independence Act of 2025 (S. 1246) - support 8.14.25
Fixing Emergency Management for Americans (FEMA) Act (H.R. 4669) - support 9.8.25
Fix Our Forests Act (HR 471) Panetta-Lofgren – support 2.18.25 (BoS-WRA)
Fix Our Forests Act (HR 471) Padilla-Schiff – Support 2.18.25 (BoS-WRA)
Fix Our Forests Act (S. 1462) Padilla - support 6.4.25
Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act (HR 965) Reps Panetta and Lofgren - support 4.14.25
INSURE Act (S. 2349) Sen. Schiff - support 10.16.25
INSURE Act (H.R. 4504) Reps Lofgren and Panetta - support 10.16.25
Monterey Bay National Heritage Area Study Act (H.R. 5555) Rep Lofgren - support 10.10.25
Monterey Bay National Heritage Area Study Act (H.R. 5555) Rep Panetta - support 10.10.25
No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act (H.R. 32) - oppose 1.28.24
Redistricting Reform Act of 2025 (H.R. 4889) Rep Lofgren and Panetta - support 9.25.25
Redistricting Reform Act of 2025 (H.R. 5449) Rep Lofgren and Panetta - support 9.25.25
Redistricting Reform Act (S. 2885) - Sen Padilla and Schiff - support 9.25.25
Reentry Act 2025 (H.R. 2586) - support 8.14.25
Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 (H.R. 4696) - support 8.14.25
Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 (S. 2468) - support 8.14.25
Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act (H.R. 22) - oppose 5.12.25
Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025 (S 356) - Rep Panetta and Lofgren - support 8.14.15
Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025 (S 356) - Senators Padilla and Schiff - support 8.14.25
West Coast Ocean Protection Act (H.R. 2849) - support 8.14.25
West Coast Ocean Protection Act (S. 1432) - support 8.14.25
Wildfire Emergency Act (S 350) Rep Padilla - support 4.14.25
Wildfire Emergency Act (S 350) Sen. Schiff - support 4.14.25

Thank you - Senator Butler 1.3.25
Congratulations Senator Schiff 1.3.25
Protect Federal Funding 2.14.25
Protecting the Federal Safety Net 4.26.25
Digital Equity Act Funding coalition letter - Rep Panetta 4.21.25
Digital Equity Act Funding coalition letter - Rep Lofgren 4.21.25
Migrant Education Program (MEP) support 7.30.25
Outershelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (Proposed 11th) - oppose 8.14.15
Education Categorical Funding - support 8.14.25

Other Advocacy Efforts

Immigration Rights Ad Hoc Committee: Memo re: Immigration Related Legislative Advocacy - Revised 1-6-25

Resolution No.: 25-009 - A Resolution Reestablishing the County of Monterey as a Welcoming County for Immigrants and Refugees, and Declaring the County a Place of Trust and Safety for Immigrants; and Authorizing an increase of appropriations ($25,000) to fund related public services announcements.

Press Release: County of Monterey Joins Legal Effort to Protect Birthright Citizenship 1.29.25
LOS - Reinstate No. Salinas HS Track and Field Athlete - Clara Adams 6.10.25

2025-26 Support Letters for Grant Applications

LOS - King City National Park Service (NPS) Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance (RTCA) application - 2/26/25
LOS - Monterey Bay Tech Hub 5.21.25
LOS - Urchin Supply Chain Workforce and Infrastructure Expansion 6.2.25
LOS - City of Marina - Safe Streets and Roads For All grant 6.25.25
LOS - City of Soledad - Soledad Container Village Project - 8.7.25
LOS - Monterey Bay Climate Resilient Fisheries Community Planning Grant 9.3.25

FY26 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

LOS - TAMC SR 156-Castroville Blvd Interchange Project - support 3.7.25 (Rep Panetta)
LOS - TAMC SR156-Castroville Blvd Interchange Project - support 3.19.25 (Rep Lofgren)
LOS - TAMC SR156-Castroville Blvd Interchange Project - support 3.19.25 (Sen Padilla)
LOS - TAMC SR156-Castroville Blvd Interchange Project - support 3.19.25 (Sen Schiff)
LOS - City of Seaside - Fort Ord National Monument Access Improvement Project - support 3.7.25
LOS - MCRCD Salinas River Project - support 4.29.25

ARCHIVE: 2023-25 Advocacy Efforts

Disaster Events

Disaster Events

1.12.23 Delegation Disaster Declaration Support Letter
1.14.23 President Approves California Disaster Declaration
1.18.23 President Amends California Disaster Declaration
3.1.23 Governor Proclamation of State of Emergency
3.9.23 Governor Request Presidential Emergency Declaration
3.11.23 California Disaster Assistance Act (CDAA) request
3.15.23 Disaster Relief for Undocumented Community request
3.17.23 CLLC Letter Request for Disaster Relief for Undocumented Residents
3.20.23 Central Coast Delegation Letter to Governor re Central Coast Flooding
3.20.23 Housing Task Force request
3.23.23 Pajaro Small Businesses Letter to Governor Gavin Newsom
3.27.23 Federal Delegation Letter to the Honorable Michael Connor re Pajaro River
3.28.23 Governor Major Disaster Declaration request
3.28.23 Governor March Storms Emergency Additional Counties
4.3.23 President Approves Disaster Declaration for California
6.6.23 Monterey County FEMA Disaster Recovery Center Extension Request
10.14.24 FEMA-4699-DR-CA 2023 Pajaro Levee Reimbursement

2024 Legislative Workshop (February 2, 2024)

2023 Legislative Workshop (January 20, 2023)

2023-24 State Legislative Advocacy Letters

2023-24 State Legislative Advocacy Letters

AB 46 (Ramos) Military Retirement Income Tax Exclusion - support 2.9.23
AB 46 Memo to SEN Governance & Finance 6.7.23
AB 46 Memo to SEN Military & Veterans Affairs 6.7.23
AB 46 Memo to SEN Appropriations 7.21.23
AB 345 (Wilson) Habitat Restoration. Flood Control. Advanced Payments. - support 3.13.23
AB 345 Memo to SEN Natural Resources & Water 6.12.23
AB 345 Memo to SEN Appropriations 7.21.23
AB 345 (Wilson) Signature Request
AB 366 (Petrie-Norris) County Human Services Agencies: workforce development. - 9.10.24 Signature Request
AB 400 (B Rubio) Local Agency Design-Build projects. Authorization. - support 3.13.23
AB 400 Memo to SEN Governance & Finance 6.7.23
AB 400 (Rubio) Signature Request
AB 444 (Addis) California Defense Community Infrastructure Program - support 3.13.23
AB 444 Memo to SEN Governance & Finance 6.14.23
AB 444 Memo to SEN Appropriations 7.21.23
AB 513 (Rodriguez) California Individual Assistance Act - support 5.15.23
AB 513 Memo to SEN Governmental Organization 6.23.23
AB 513 Memo to SEN Appropriations 7.18.23
AB 557 (Hart) Open meetings. Local Agencies. - support 3.13.23
AB 557 Memo to SEN Judiciary 6.23.23
AB 557 (Hart) Signature Request
AB 595 (Essayli) Animal Shelters 72-hr Public Notice - oppose 4.10.23
AB 684 (Ta) County veteran service officers. additional resources - support 5.15.23
AB 687 (Hart) California Cannabis Authority - support 4.10.23
AB 687 Memo to SEN Business Professions & Economic Development 6.16.23
AB 687 Memo to SEN Appropriations 7.21.23
AB 799 (L Rivas) HHAP Homelessness Accountability and Prevention Act - support 5.15.23
AB 799 Memo to SEN Housing 6.23.23
AB 817 (Pacheco) Open Meetings Teleconferencing - support 4.10.23
AB 817 Memo to ASM Local Government 1.3.24
AB 817 Memo to SEN Local Government 5.17.24
AB 817 Memo to SEN Judiciary 5.17.24
AB 876 (R Rivas) Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project - support 8.29.23
AB 876 (R Rivas) Signature Request
AB 906 (Gipson) Local Control Funding Formula County Offices of Education - support 4.10.23
AB 930 (Friedman) Local Government. RISE Districts. - support 3.13.23
AB 930 Memo to SEN Local Government 5.17.24
AB 1057 (Weber) California Home Visiting Program - support 3.13.23
AB 1057 Memo to SEN Health 6.9.23
AB 1057 (Weber) Signature Request
AB 1168 (Bennett) Emergency Medical Services - oppose 4.10.23
AB 1168 Memo to SEN Health 6.23.23
AB 1168 Memo to SEN Appropriations 8.8.23
AB 1168 Memo to author 6.6.24
AB 1168 (Bennett) Veto Request 8.29.24
AB 1217 (Gabriel) Business Pandemic Relief - support 4.10.23
AB 1217 Memo to SEN Health 6.2.23
AB 1217 Memo to SEN Governmental Organization 6.2.23
AB 1217 Memo to SEN Appropriations 7.21.23
AB 1217 (Gabriel) Signature Request
AB 1448 (Wallis) Cannabis enforcement by local jurisdictions - support 5.15.23
AB 1448 Memo to SEN Business Professions & Economic Development 6.23.23
AB 1448 Memo to SEN Appropriations 7.21.23
AB 1448 (Wallis) Signature Request
AB 1567 (Garcia) Request Increase in IRWM Funding - Water Bond Coalition support letter 3.13.23
Water Bond Coalition Partners as of 3.13.23
  AB 1567 (Garcia) Request Increase in IRWM Funding - Water Bond Coalition - Support if Amended 4.20.23
  AB 1567 (Garcia) - Water Bond Coalition support letter 6.19.23
Water Bond Coalition Partners as of June 2023
  AB 1567 (Garcia) Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Prevention, Flood Protection, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Clean Energy and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2024 - support 6.12.23
  AB 1567 (Garcia) Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Prevention, Flood Protection, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Clean Energy and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2024 - support 6.12.23 (MCWRA)
AB 1567 MEMO to Author 5.17.24
AB 1567 MEMO to SEN Natural Resources 5.24.24
AB 2022 (Addis) Mobilehome parks emergency preparedness - support 5.13.24
AB 2022 MEMO to SEN Housing 6.14.24
AB 2022 (Addis) Signature Request 8.30.24
AB 2079 (Bennett) Groundwater extraction permits - OUA 6.11.24
AB 2200 (Kalra) Guaranteed Health Care for All - support 5.15.24
AB 2557 (Ortega) Local agencies special contracts - oppose 6.11.24
AB 2797 (McKinnor) Telephone corps. COLR - oppose 6.18.24
AB 2882 (McCarty) California Community Correction Performance Incentives - oppose 5.13.24
AB 2882 MEMO to Public Safety 6.14.24
AB 2882 MEMO to SEN Public Safety Committee 7.26.24
AB 2902 (Wood) Organic waste. reduction regulations. exemptions. - Support 3.11.24
AB 2902 MEMO to ASM Local Government 5.10.24
AB 2902 MEMO to SEN Environmental Quality 5.31.24
AB 2902 (Wood) Signature Request 8.28.24
AB 2982 (Reyes) California Children and Families Act of 1998. working group. - support 3.11.24
AB 2982 MEMO to ASM Local Government 5.10.24
SB 23 (Caballero) Water Supply and Flood Risk Reduction Projects. Expedited Permitting. - support 3.13.23
SB 38 (Laird) Battery energy storage facilities - support and amend 5.15.23
SB 38 Memo to ASM Appropriations 7.21.23
SB 38 (Laird) Signature Request
SB 43 (Eggman) Behavioral Health - oppose 5.15.23
SB 43 Memo to ASM Health 6.9.23
SB 43 Memo to ASM Judiciary 7.7.23
SB 43 Memo to ASM Appropriations 7.21.23
SB 43 (Eggman) Veto Request 9.25.23
SB 227 (Durazo) Unemployment. Excluded Workers Program - support 3.23.23
SB 227 MEMO to ASM Appropriations 6.14.24
SB 227 Memo to ASM Insurance 6.16.23
SB 227 Memo to ASM Appropriations 7.21.23
SB 227 (Durazo) Signature Request 8.30.24
SB 304 (Laird) MST Procurement Threshold - support 2.9.23
SB 326 (Eggman) Behavioral Health Services Act - oppose unless amended 8.23.23
SB 326 (Eggman) Behavioral Health Services Act - oppose unless amended to Asm. HCD 8.23.23
SB 508 (Laird) Cannabis. Licenses. California Environmental Quality Act - support 6.12.23
SB 508 Memo to ASM Natural Resources 6.27.23
SB 508 Memo to ASM Appropriations 7.21.23
SB 511 (Blakespear) Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories - support 3.13.23
SB 511 Memo to ASM Natural Resources 6.9.23
SB 511 Memo to ASM Appropriations 7.21.23
SB 548 (Niello) Public employees retirement - support 5.15.23
SB 548 Memo to ASM Public Employment & Retirement 6.15.23
SB 548 Memo to ASM Appropriations 7.21.23
SB 548 (Niello) Signature Request
SB 642 (Cortese) Hazardous Materials. Enforcement. County Counsel. - support 3.13.23
SB 691 (Portantino) Dyslexia Risk Screening. - support 3.13.23
SB 753 (Caballero) Cannabis. water resources - support 5.15.23
SB 753 Memo to ASM Public Safety 6.16.23
SB 753 Memo to ASM Water Parks & Wildlife 6.16.23
SB 753 Memo to ASM Appropriations 7.21.23
SB 753 (Caballero) Signature Request
SB 800 (Caballero) Advanced Air Mobility and Aviation Electrification Committee - support 5.15.23
SB 800 Memo to ASM Transportation 6.16.23
SB 800 Memo to ASM Appropriations 7.21.23
SB 800 (Caballero) Signature Request
SB 820 (Alvarado-Gil) Cannabis enforcement - support 5.15.23
SB 820 MEMO to ASM Business & Professions 5.17.24
SB 820 MEMO to ASM Public Safety 6.14.24
SB 867 (Allen) Request Increase in IRWM Funding - Water Bond Coalition - Support if Amended 4.20.23
SB 867 (Allen) - Water Bond Coalition - support letter 6.19.23
  Water Bond Coalition Partners as of June 2023
SB 867 (Allen) Drought, Flood and Water Resilience, Wildfire and Forest Resilience, Coastal Resilience, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Biodiversity and Nature-Based Climate Solutions, Climate Smart Agriculture, Park Creation and Outdoor Access, and Clean Energy Bond Act of 2024 - support 6.12.23
SB 867 MEMO to SEN Natural Resources and SEN Enviro Quality 7.1.24
SB 1032 (Padilla) Local government Prop 218 remedies - support 5.13.24
SB 1032 MEMO to ASM Housing & Community Development 6.4.24
SB 1057 (Mejivar) Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council - oppose 5.13.24
SB 1057 MEMO to ASM Public Safety 6.4.24
SB 1060 (Becker) Property insurance underwriting risk models - support 5.13.24
SB 1179 (Durazo) Affordable Internet and Net Equality - support 3.11.24
SB 1390 (Caballero) Groundwater recharge. floodflows diversions - support 3.11.24
SB 1390 MEMO to SEN Natural Resources & Water 4.12.24
SB 1390 MEMO to SEN Appropriations 5.7.24
SB 1397 (Eggman) Behavioral health services coverage - support 6.11.24
SB 1397 MEMO to ASM Health 6.14.24
SB 1400 (Stern) Criminal procedure. competence to stand trial. - oppose unless amended 8.27.24
SB 1400 (Stern) Veto Request 9.1.24
SBX1 2 (Skinner) Gas Price Gouging Penalty - support 1.19.23
SJR 7 (Wahab) Right to Safety
SJR 7 (Wahab) Signature Request

State Budget / Other Issues

Budget - Dam Safety and Climate Resilience - 1.26.23
Budget - ACWA-CMUA dam safety factsheet - 1.26.23
Budget - Support for California Hospitals - 4.10.23
Budget - Broadband Funding for Last-Mile Infrastructure - 5.22.23
Dept. of Cannabis Control (DCC)Request to Extend Provisional License Renewal Period - 3.15.23
Anthem - Salinas Valley Health Contract - 7.27.23
CalPERS Letter re Anthem Blue Cross-Salinas Valley Health contract - 10.11.23
Reso No 24-002 Supporting Measure N Pajaro Valley Heath Care District Bond - 1.9.24
Dam Safety and Resilience Legislative and Bond Proposals - 1.23.24
Attachment 1. New York Times article
Attachment 2. Statutory Program Language
Attachment 3. Jan 2024 - ACWA-CMUA-CAJ dam safety factsheet
Budget - CalWORKs Program - 3.11.24
CPUC Letter - Oppose AT&T Application 23-03-002 & 23-03-003 - 3.12.24
Budget - Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention Program (HHAP) - SEN Budget Sub #4 (3.21.24)
Budget - Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention Program (HHAP) - ASM Budget Sub #5 (3.21.24)
Budget - CRLA Rural Justice Centers - 5.13.24
Budget - May Revise Homelessness Proposals - 5.28.24
Budget - May Revise Future of Public Health - 5.28.24
Budget - May Revise Human Services: CalWORKS, Child Welfare, Adult Protective Services - 5.28.24
Budget - CalWORKS Child Welfare APS Gov Newsom - 6.5.24
Budget - Market Match Program Funding - 5.28.24
Budget - Broadband Funding - 5.30.24
CPUC Proposed Decision to Dismiss ATT COLR Application - 5.23.24

Letters of Support for County State Budget Requests

Letters of Support for County State Budget Requests

Nacimiento-San Antonio CAMP State Budget Request - WRA
Nacimiento-San Antonio CAMP State Budget Request - MoCo
CAMP support - Atascadero Mutual Water Company
CAMP support - Braga Fresh
CAMP support - City of Gonzales
CAMP support - City of Greenfield
CAMP support - City of King City
CAMP support - City of Paso Robles
CAMP support - City of Salinas
CAMP support - City of Soledad
CAMP support - Coalition of Peninsula Businesses
CAMP support - D'Arrigo
CAMP support - Monterey County Farm Bureau
CAMP support - Monterey County Hospitality Association
CAMP support - Pisoni Farms
CAMP support - Salinas Basin Water Alliance
CAMP support - Salinas Valley Basin GSA
CAMP support - Salinas Valley Water Coalition
CAMP support - San Luis Obispo Council of Governments
CAMP support - San Luis Obispo County Farm Bureau
CAMP support - San Luis Obispo County Flood Control and WCD
CAMP support - Shandon-San Juan Water District
CAMP support - Sunberry Growers
CAMP support - Tanimura & Antle
CAMP support - Taylor Farms

2023-24 Federal Legislative Advocacy Letters (118th Congress)

2023-24 Federal Legislative Advocacy Letters (118th Congress)

Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024 (H.R. 6929) - support 1.25.24
Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024 (S. 3565) - support 1.25.24
Background Check Expansion Act (S. 494) - support 5.15.23
Bipartisan Background Checks Act (H.R. 715) - support 5.15.23
California Central Coast Conservation Act (H.R. 433) - support 5.15.23
Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (S. 4226) - support 6.11.24
Caring for Survivors Act (H.R. 1083) - support 5.15.23
Child Care for Every Community Act (H.R. 953) - support 5.15.23
Child Care for Every Community Act (S. 388) - support 5.15.23
The Due Process Continuity of Care Act (H.R. 3074) - support 9.11.23
The Due Process Continuity of Care Act (S. 971) - support 9.11.23
Enhanced Background Checks Act (H.R. 2403) - support 5.15.23
Everett Alvarez Jr Congressional Gold Medal Act (S. 633) - Sen. Padilla - support 3.13.23
Everett Alvarez Jr Congressional Gold Medal Act (H.R. 1097) Rep Panetta - support 3.13.23
Fair Access to Agriculture Disaster Programs Act (H.R. 4127) - support 9.11.23
Fair Access to Agriculture Disaster Programs Act (S. 2704) - support 9.11.23
Farm Workforce Modernization Act (HR 4319) (Rep Panetta+Lofgren) - support 5.13.24
Fighting Homelessness Through Services and Housing Act (S. 24) Sen. Padilla+Butler - support 3.11.24
Fighting Homelessness Through Services and Housing Act (H.R. 516) Reps Panetta + Lofgren - support 3.11.24
Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act (H.R. 8340) - support 6.11.24
INSURE Act (H.R. 6944) Rep. Lofgren - support 3.11.24
INSURE Act (H.R. 6944) Rep Panetta - support 3.11.24
Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) - support 2.1.24
Michelle Alyssa Go Act (H.R. 8575) - support 9.9.24
Outdoors for All Act (S. 448) - support 5.15.23
The Reentry Act (H.R. 2400) - support 9.11.23
The Reentry Act (S. 1165) - support 9.11.23
Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 (H.R. 1511) - support 9.11.23
Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 (S. 2606) - support 9.11.23
Restore Aging Infrastructure Now (RAIN) Act (S. 2202) - support 9.11.23
SAFE Banking Act (S. 1323) - support 5.15.23
Water Resources Development Act (S. 4367 - H.R. 8812) - Senators Padilla+Butler 11.18.24
Water Resources Development Act (S. 4367 - H.R. 8812) - Reps Panetta+Lofgren 11.18.24
West Coast Ocean Protection Act (S. 22) Sen Padilla+Butler - support 3.11.24
West Coast Ocean Protection Act (H.R. 470) Rep Panetta - support 3.11.24
West Coast Ocean Protection Act (H.R. 470) Rep Lofgren - support 3.11.24
Wildfire Emergency Act (S. 188) - support 5.15.23
S. Res. 400 Honoring Senator Feinstein - support 12.12.23

Congressional Review Act Resolution to overturn ARPA State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund Rules - oppose 5.15.24
Federal Register Comment Letter - Rescheduling Marijuana - Docket No DEA-1362 - 6.11.24

FY 2024 Congressional Directed Spending (CDS) / Community Project Funding (CPF) Requests

FY 2025 Congressional Directed Spending (CDS) / Community Project Funding (CPF) Requests

2023-24 Letters of Support

2023-24 Letters of Support

TAMC Pajaro-Watsonville Multimodal Transit Hub (1.19.23)
Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission Zero Emission Rail Transit and Trail Project (1.26.23)
MCWRA CSIP Well Replacement and Rehabilitation Project (1.27.23)
CSIP Well Project Support Letter - Assemblymember Rivas
MCWRA Weather Modification Pilot Program (1.27.23)
Rancho Cielo YouthBuild Project (2.2.23)
TAMC North Monterey County Safe Routes to School (3.2.23)
TAMC Transportation Vulnerability Assessment (3.2.23)
AMBAG Monterey Bay EV CAR Framework (3.3.23)
TAMC Monterey County Regional Vision Zero Action Plan (6.7.23)
TAMC Highway 1 Elkhorn Slough Corridor Climate Resiliency Project (7.5.23)
AMBAG Highway 1 Bridge at Pajaro River Project (7.20.23)
TAMC Reconnecting Salinas (9.13.23)
MCWRA Enhanced Predictive Tools (10.6.23)
MCWRA Weather Modification (10.6.23)
TAMC 2025 Active Transportation Plan (12.29.23)
Community Human Services - HHAP4 Application (3.11.24)
Sand City - Multiuse Commuter Trail Project (3.28.24)
GoldenPACE Health - support 4.15.24
Salinas Sports Authority Community Wellness Center (7.12.24)
MST SURF Project (8.13.24)
Resource Conservation District of Monterey County - Coastal Conservancy, IWRP Program Phase VII (9.30.24)
Monterey Bay DART Proposal (11.18.24)
County of Monterey - Mental Health Rehab Center 11.26.24
County of Monterey - Behavioral Health Urgent Car 11.26.24

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