Meeting Minutes - Final

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Legislation

Committee

Supervisor Diane Burgis, Chair

Supervisor Shanelle Scales-Preston, Vice Chair

9:00 AM

3361 Walnut Boulevard, Suite 140, Brentwood,

Monday, February 24, 2025

CA 94513 | 190 East 4th Street, Pittsburg, CA

94565

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Agenda Items: Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference of the

Committee.

Introductions

Chair Burgis and Vice Chair Scales-Preston were both in attendance. Supervisor Scales-Preston briefly

acted as the Chair for several update/consent items. Items were taken out of order to improve the flow of

the meeting.

Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda

(speakers may be limited to two (2) minutes).

No general public comments were provided on this item.

RECEIVE and APPROVE the Record of Action for the December 9, 2024

meeting of the Legislation Committee, with any necessary corrections.

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Draft Minutes - December 9 2025

Attachments:

The Record of Action was approved as received. No public comments were provided on

this item.

RECEIVE a report on federal matters of interest to the County and provide

direction and/or input as needed.

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Attachment A - TRP Tip Sheet 2025.02.18

Attachment B - Trump 2.0 EO Tracker

Attachments:

The County's federal advocates Jim Davenport and Paul Schlesinger at Thorn Run Partners

provided an update on current happenings in Congress, including the status of the pending

FY25 appropriations bills and the current containing resolution (CR) set to expire on March

14, 2025. Specific concerns discussed included the fact that a proposed one-year CR would

eliminate the pending community project funding requests that had been previously secured

in the FY25 draft Appropriations bills, totaling around $8 million. These projects would

need to be re-submitted for FY26, should this occur. If a one-year CR did not proceed,

possibilities would include a short-term CR that provided additional time to negotiate, or

the possibility of a federal government shutdown. No public comments were provided on

this item.

RECEIVE a report on the FY 25-26 State Budget and matters of interest to

the County in the 25-26 legislative session, and provide direction to staff and

the County's state advocates, as needed.

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Attachment A - LAO FY25-26 Budget Overview

Attachment B - California January Revenues Lower than Expected

Attachments:

The County's state advocates Michelle Rubalcava and Geoff Neill at Nielsen Merksamer

provided an update on the Governor's proposed budget and the activities of the State

Legislature. On January 10, the Governor's Budget was released, including topline numbers

that would generally include flat funding for most programs. Because the Governor's

proposed budget is advance of the federal budget and appropriations process, significant

uncertainty remains. Additionally, the proposed budget does include several proposed cuts

or modifications that would impact the county or the people we serve. Specific priorities for

the state budget were discussed in the next item. No public comments were provided on

this item.

Discuss and provide direction to staff and state advocates on the County's

FY25-26 state budget priorities.

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Attachment A - 2025-26 Budget Letter Process - Letters from

Members

Attachments:

Attachment B - Adopted 2025-26 State Legislative Platform 25.01.2

Chair Burgis and Vice Chair Scales-Preston discussed the state budget and the County's

advocacy priorities related to the state budget. Concerns were grouped broadly into three

categories: (1) Cuts that impact the people we serve - such as reductions to benefit

programs; (2) Cuts that reduce funding for County governments that is needed to provide

these services; (3) Modifications to programs that increase the cost of operating programs

(without providing increased funding or benefits).

Specific priorities include:

-Minimizing the effects of any potential federal cuts, particularly on safety net (health and

human services) programs such as Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Temporary Assistance for Needy

Families (TANF)/CalWorks, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

(SNAP)/CalFresh.

-Ensuring engagement on climate priorities, including discussions around the Climate Bond

Projects and Cap and Trade Priorities. Discussions on both Climate Bond Projects and Cap

and Trade are contemplated this session.

-Natural disasters: providing adequate and timely disaster recovery funding.

-Funding for specific programs related to foster youth, CalFresh, Medicaid, and housing.

The committee instructed that a State Budget priorities letter be prepared using these

instructions, to be approved by the Chair of the Board and distributed through the county's

state advocates.

No public comments were provided on this item.

REVIEW recommended positions on state legislation of interest to the

County, consistent with the County's Adopted 2025-26 State Legislative

Platform, and provide any necessary feedback.

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Attachment A - 2025-2026 Bill Tracking

Attachment B - Bill Text - SB-30 Diesel-powered on-track equipme

Attachments:

Positions were considered on specific pieces of legislation, as listed in the agenda packet.

Positions taken/affirmed

-An "Amendments Requested" position was affirmed on SB 72 (Caballero)

-A "watch" position was maintained on SB 30 (Cortese)

-An "oppose" position was affirmed on AB 339 (Ortega)

-A "watch" position was directed on AB 340 (Ahrens)

-A "support" position was affirmed on SB 227 (Grayson)

-A "support" position was affirmed on SB 239 (Arreguin)

The Watch list was reviewed and no further actions were taken on the listed bills. No public

comments were provided on this item.

Receive update from staff on the County's approach to the potential FY26

federal Community Project Funding Requests process.

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The County's approach to potential FY26 Community Project Funding (CPF) requests was

discussed.

The proposed approach included:

-In the event of a one-year continuing resolution (CR) that eliminates the CPF requests that

were included in the draft FY25 Appropriations bills: First, prioritize advocacy on any

FY25 requests that were included in the draft FY25 Appropriations bills.

-Next, consider advocacy on the following five new projects, to advance to the full Board

of Supervisors for consideration at the February 25, 2025 meeting being held the next day:

· Iron Horse Trail Double-Tracking in San Ramon: $1,500,000 estimated request

· District 3 Youth Center Start-Up Costs: $1,300,000 estimated request

· District 4 Youth Center Start-Up Costs: $1,300,000 estimated request

· District 5 Youth Center Start-Up Costs: $1,300,000 estimated request

· Two (2) East Bay Radio Communications System (EBRCS) Emergency Communications

Sites on

Wheels (SOW): $1,760,000 estimated request

The Committee provided direction on the approach and affirmed that the five proposed

projects should be recommended to the Board. No public comments were provided on this

item.

The next meeting is currently scheduled for March 24, 2025.

Adjourn

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