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,  
Wednesday, April 30, 2025  
CA 94513 | 190 E 4th Street, Pittsburg, CA  
SPECIAL MEETING  
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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  
The meeting was called to order at 9 AM by Chair Burgis. Vice Chair Scales-Preston and Chair Burgis  
were both in attendance in person from their respective office locations listed on the agenda.  
1.  
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 public comments were made on this item.  
RECEIVE and APPROVE the Record of Action for the April 9, 2025  
meeting of the Legislation Committee, with any necessary corrections.  
2.  
25-1645  
25-1646  
Draft Record of Action - April 9 2025  
Attachments:  
The record of action for the April 9, 2025 meeting was approved as received.  
No public comments were made on this item.  
RECEIVE a report on federal matters of interest to the County and  
PROVIDE direction and/or input as needed.  
3.  
Attachment A - FY26 Project Requests  
Attachment B - TRP Tip Sheet - April 30  
Attachment C - Trump 2.0 EO Tracker  
Attachments:  
Attachment D - Direct Local Program & Funding Impacts of Exec.  
Actions  
Attachment E - Padilla Schiff Press Release - EPA Grant Unlawful  
Termination  
Attachment F - Letter from Reps Garamendi and DeSaulnier  
Jim Davenport and Paul Schlesinger from Thorn Run Partners presented an update on  
federal legislative and budgetary matters of interest to the County via Zoom.  
Topics discussed included:  
-FY26 Appropriations and Community Project Funding Requests (earmarks)  
-President's 'skinny budget' (meaning, an outline for the full request) is expected to be  
released within the next week. This is traditionally the start to the Appropriations process.  
-Draconian cuts are being proposed to numerous key programs, including Medicaid and  
SNAP, along with reductions at Department of Energy, Housing and Urban Development,  
and likely scaling back of Department of Justice grants.  
EARMARKS in FY26 APPROPRIATIONS  
-FY25 earmark requests (Congressionally Directed Spending or Community Project  
Funding) were not funded in the continuing resolution.  
-County requests that were include in the draft FY25 Appropriations bills were resubmitted  
to the sponsoring House members: 5 to Rep. DeSaulnier and 3 to Rep. Garamendi.  
-These 8 resubmitted projects total around $9.5 million.  
-Each House member is limited to only 15 requests, and most plan to resubmit their prior  
requests. Accordingly, new requests were submitted to Senator Padilla and Senator Schiff.  
RECONCILIATION  
-Reconciliation sets topline spending, revenue, debt, etc. over the next ten years, with  
directions to committees to develop related policy/spending proposals.  
-Reconciliation will include major changes, rewriting the federal government and role of  
municipalities.  
-Reconciliation concerns include: Drastic cuts to key programs, including Medicaid and  
SNAP. Cuts to SNAP benefits, work requirements and eligibility roadblocks for SNAP and  
Medicaid.  
-Will play out in tandem with FY26 Appropriations over the next few months.  
OTHER NOTABLES  
-A surface transportation bill reauthorization bill is expected this fall. The County will have  
opportunities to weigh in on policies and submit potential projects.  
-Staff reviewed the Attachment D, matrix of known current federal impacts to operations.  
No public comments were made on this item.  
RECEIVE a report on the FY25-26 State Budget and matters of interest to  
the County in the FY25-26 legislative session, and PROVIDE direction to  
staff and the County's state advocates as needed.  
4.  
25-1647  
Attachment A - April 25 Update  
Attachment B - April 11 Update  
Attachment C - Tracked Bills  
Attachments:  
Attachment D - Position Letters Sent  
Michelle Rubalcava and Geoff Neill from Nielsen Merksamer provided an update on state  
budgetary and legislative matters of interest.  
-Very busy legislative time in Sacramento. The Budget process is going slower, at the  
moment.  
-The Governor's May Revise is expected on May 14, with bad news anticipated.  
-Stock market volatility has major implications on state revenue (capital gains tax).  
-Delays in property taxes in LA due to the LA fires means uncertainty about the property  
tax revenue stream.  
-Crunch time for legislation: Fiscal bills must pass first house policy committees by the end  
of next week, and non-fiscal bills have a deadline the following week.  
Updates on Bills of Interest:  
-SB 16 (Blakespear) has had significant amendments and the County will update its  
position to remove its opposition as a result.  
-Brown Act bills are progressing, including SB 239 (Arreguin), which the County supports.  
No public comments were made on this item.  
The next meeting is a special meeting due to Memorial Day, and is currently scheduled for May 28,  
2025 at 9:00 AM.  
Staff note: The May 28 meeting was moved to June 12.  
Adjourn  
General Information  
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related to items on the agenda are also accessible on line at www.co.contra-costa.ca.us.  
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the Committee that are not on the agenda, or who wish to comment with respect to an item on the  
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For Additional Information Contact:  
Emlyn Struthers  
(925) 655-2045  
Emlyn.Struthers@cao.cccounty.us