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MR. GOVERNOR AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, PLEASE.
MEMBER DUGGAN, VICE CHAIR KIRK.
ITEM ONE IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE INTER GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING OF THURSDAY, AUGUST 21ST, 2025.
ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A STAFF PRESENTATION ON THE YEAR IN REVIEW DOCUMENT PRESENTATION ON THIS.
AND, UH, THANK YOU VICE CHAIR FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
UM, WE WANTED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ALL THE WORK THAT WE DID IN 2025, UM, AND ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH OF OUR, UM, LOBBYING TEAMS TO COME AND SPEAK, UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE IN BOTH SACRAMENTO AND DC.
UM, SO, UH, THANKS FOR, FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.
UM, THE GOVERNMENT HEARING REVIEW, UM, CUTS OUT AS A TFF.
IT CAME OUT AT THE END OF JANUARY, AND IT SENT TO, UM, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, AND IT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE, BUT WE WANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF DIG INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS AND SEE IF YOU ALL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, SO I'LL START IT OFF AT KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL.
UM, WE TOOK 44 POSITIONS ON LEGISLATION, UM, LAST YEAR, BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL.
UM, WE HAVE KIND OF, UH, MORE OPPORTUNITY TO DO, UM, POSITION LETTERS ON STATE LEGISLATION BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME, OF COURSE THAT COMES IN AND IMPACTS THE CITY.
UM, BUT THINK FOR OUR FEDERAL TEAM AS WELL, WHO KIND OF KEEP US POSTED ON FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT, UM, COMES ACROSS OUR, OUR DESKS, UM, OF THE STATE BILLS THAT WE TOOK POSITIONS ON, UM, 17 MOVED FORWARD AND WERE ACTUALLY ENACTED INTO THE LAW.
UH, FIVE WERE, UH, ADOPTED BY THE LEGISLATURE, BUT VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR.
UM, AND THEN SEVEN OF THOSE, UH, FAILED TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
UM, THE 15, UH, FEDERAL BILL POSITIONS THAT WE TOOK, UM, INCLUDING KIND OF THE, UH, WE TOOK 15, EXCUSE ME, 15 POSITIONS ON FEDERAL BILLS.
AND THE BIGGEST ONE OF NOTE, OF COURSE, TO THE CITY WAS OUR OPPOSITION OF HR ONE, WHICH WAS THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.
UM, ALL OF THAT WAS ULTIMATELY SIGNED INTO THE LAW.
I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO CLAYTON.
CLAYTON DOES, UM, ALL OF THE EXTENSIVE WORK WHEN IT COMES TO WRITING THESE LETTERS AND GETTING THEM THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
I WANTED TO HAVE GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THE MAKEUP OF THOSE LETTERS.
UM, AND, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON, ON WHAT WE SUBMITTED.
UM, SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT SPREAD OF CATEGORIES, UM, WHERE THE, THE CITY TOOK POSITIONS ON DIFFERENT PIECES OF LEGISLATION.
UM, YOU CAN SEE A MAJORITY OF THOSE WERE IN THE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, WHICH INCLUDES A LOT OF BILLS THAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO, UM, EITHER PUT SOME GUARDRAILS OR, UM, ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES AROUND IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.
UM, WE ALSO TOOK, UM, QUITE A FEW POSITIONS ON HOUSING LEGISLATION.
THIS IS A BIG HOUSING YEAR, UM, ESPECIALLY IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
UM, JUST TO BACK UP A LITTLE BIT, AS A REMINDER, UM, WE TAKE, UH, A POSITION ON BILLS THAT, UM, HAVE BEEN RAISED TO US OR BROUGHT TO US BY DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS.
THEY MIGHT SEE A BILL THAT'S GONNA IMPACT THEIR WORK.
UM, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER.
IT MIGHT BE FLAGGED BY THE MAYOR OR EVEN BY THE PUBLIC.
SO WHEN THOSE BILLS GET FLAGGED FOR US, UM, WE REVIEW THOSE, WE READ THE LEGISLATION, WE READ THE BILL ANALYSIS, AND THEN WE WORK WITH THE IMPACTED DEPARTMENTS TO SEE, HEY, UM, HOW WOULD THIS IMPACT YOUR WORK? AND THEN WE, WE CRAFT OUR CITY'S POSITION.
UM, WE WRITE A LETTER, AND THAT LETTER IS THEN SHARED WITH THE AUTHOR OF THE LEGISLATION AS WELL AS OUR LOCAL DELEGATION MEMBERS.
SO THEY KNOW, UM, HOW, HOW THE, THE MANY, MANY THINGS THAT THEY'RE VOTING ON ARE GONNA IMPACT THEIR RESIDENTS HERE IN LONG BEACH.
SO THE, ALL OF THESE LETTERS ARE COMING
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ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ELECTED OFFICIALS MIGHT TAKE THEIR OWN POSITION.
YOU COULD WRITE YOUR OWN LETTER TO MAYOR WRITES LETTERS SOMETIMES.
SO IF THESE LETTERS THAT ARE COMING SPECIFICALLY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, SO THEY GO THROUGH AN ENTIRE VETTING PROCESS.
THEY GO THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT, THEY GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT CITY MANAGERS, THEY GO ALL THE WAY UP TO TOM AND APRIL, THEY GET THEIR SIGN OFF, AND THEN WE SEND THOSE LETTERS OFF TO THE, TO THE LEGISLATORS.
AND THE REASON I'M ASKING IS THE LATEST, SINCE HE IS 20, THE NOTICE IS ONE.
SO LIKE THE NINETIES INDIVIDUALS? YEAH.
SO THAT, UM, IT'S NOT THAT IT, THOSE WOULD BE ACTUAL INDIVIDUAL LETTERS THAT WE SENT.
SO NOT NECESSARILY, UM, THESE AREN'T, UM, THE LEGISLATORS VOTES OR SPECIFIC, UH, THIS IS THE NUMBER OF LETTERS THAT WE WROTE.
SO FOR, SO FOR THE IMMIGRATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY, WE WROTE 20 LETTERS AROUND BILLS, THEN IN THAT CATEGORY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND ONE, UH, YEAH, WE WROTE ONE BILL ON, UH, MOBILITY AND EQUITY AND PLACEMAKING.
I BELIEVE THIS WAS A BILL TO, UH, THAT WOULD, UH, IT WAS AROUND, UM, SOMETHING AT THE AIRPORT.
SO IT FALLS INTO, INTO THAT CATEGORY.
UM, ANOTHER BIG, UH, PART OF OUR WORK THIS YEAR WAS RESPONDING TO, UM, FEDERAL CHANGES.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT IN FEDERAL PRIORITIES, BOTH IN FUNDING AND, AND THEN LEGISLATION.
SO A LOT OF OUR WORK THIS YEAR HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON RESPONDING TO THOSE CHANGES, HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE CITY PRIORITIES AND CITY PROGRAMS WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT INTERRUPTION.
UM, SOME OF THOSE CHANGES HAVE LOOKED LIKE, UH, GRANT GUIDELINES, UM, DRAMATICALLY CHANGING, SAYING, YOU, YOU WON'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS GRANT IF YOU'RE DOING X, Y, Z.
AND THEY MIGHT BE THINGS THAT ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAT WE ARE, WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS.
WE MIGHT BE A GRANT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN EVERY YEAR FOR 20 YEARS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE GRANT GUIDELINES HAVE CHANGED.
SO WE'RE RESPONDING TO THAT WORK.
UM, WE'VE HAD FUNDING WITHHELD, UM, INDEFINITELY.
WE'VE HAD FUNDING CLAWED BACK, I THINK JUST, UM, OR, OR LATE LAST WEEK.
UM, THERE'S BEEN, UM, A MEMO SAYING THAT THE CDC IS GONNA WITHHOLD 60 $600 MILLION FOR DIFFERENT LOCAL HEALTH PROGRAMS. UM, SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WITHHOLDING IT FROM FOUR DIFFERENT DEMOCRATIC LED STATES, NOT REALLY ANY OTHER RHYMER REASONS.
HOW DO WE PLUG THOSE HOLES AT THAT FUNDING DOES, UM, WITHHELD OR FLY BACK? SO WE WORK WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE IMPACTED AND CAN TRY TO SUPPORT THEM AND ADVOCATE THOSE POSITIONS TO OUR DELEGATION MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW, HEY, BY THE WAY, IF THIS GRANT IS CLAW BACK, IT'S GONNA HAVE IMPACT ON THIS MANY STAFF, THIS MANY SERVICES.
UM, AND, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SHIFT IN THESE WAYS.
UM, ANOTHER BIG PART OF OUR WORK THIS PAST YEAR WAS, UM, SOME UNCERTAINTY IN, UH, GOVERNMENT FUNDING.
UM, THERE, THERE WAS, UH, THE LONGEST GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN, IN QUITE SOME TIME.
UM, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER SHORT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN JUST A WEEK OR TWO AGO.
UM, WHAT WERE YOU IN NOW? WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT
WE DON'T GET DHS FUNDED ON FRIDAY.
WE MIGHT BE IN ANOTHER PARTIAL SHUTDOWN.
SO, UM, AS OF NOW, UM, EVERY GOVERNMENT AGENCY EXCEPT FOR DHS HAS BEEN FUNDED THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
UM, SO THERE'S ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE FINAL DHS BILL, UM, WHICH EXPIRES ON FRIDAY.
UM, BUT THAT'S ALSO HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS, JUST GIVEN THE, THE UNCERTAINTY, UM, OF WHETHER THEIR PROGRAMS ARE GONNA BE FUNDED OR NOT.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.
THIS HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN A DRAMATIC SHIFT, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY ACROSS THE STATE, UM, BUT ESPECIALLY HERE IN LONG BEACH.
UM, UNCERTAINTY AND, AND FEAR HAS, HAS LED TO A LOT OF, UM, NEGATIVE IMPACTS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WORKING WITH CITY STAFF TO, UM, DEVELOP, UH, RESPONSE PLANS, UM, WAYS TO PROTECT FOLKS, UM, AND, AND OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN, UM, SUPPORT THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY HERE IN LONG BEACH.
HOW, HOWEVER, UM, WE DO HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS, UM, WITH THE, THE FEDERAL, UH, SPENDING PACKAGE THAT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE PRESIDENT LAST WEEK ON THIS, UH, FEBRUARY 2ND, WE DID GET FUNDED QUITE A FEW OF OUR CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING REQUESTS.
SO THESE ARE, UM, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE AS THE CITY SUBMIT TO OUR DIFFERENT DELEGATION MEMBERS FOR CONSIDERATION OF FUNDING.
UM, WE HAD SUBMITTED PROJECTS IN, UH, FISCAL YEAR 25 AS WELL, BUT, UM, GIVEN ADDITIONAL BUDGET UNCERTAINTY, THEY ENDED UP PASSING, UM, SAY YEAR LONG CR, WHICH ESSENTIALLY, UH, OMITTED ALL OF OUR YEAR MARKS.
SO THESE ARE THE SAME YEAR MARKS THAT WE SUBMITTED IN 2025.
WE WERE ADVISED BY EACH OF THE
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OFFICES TO, TO RESUBMIT THOSE PROJECTS FOR 2026.UM, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO RECEIVE, UM, SEVEN OF THE EIGHT PROJECTS THAT WE SUBMITTED.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE FULL LIST, UM, OF PROJECTS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE SUBMITTED.
SO OF, UH, AND JUST TO TO POINT OUT, SO OF THE, OF THE SEVEN, THE EIGHTH ONE THAT WAS NOT, UM, FUNDED WAS THE LGB, UH, UNLEADED AVIATION PILOT, WHICH ONE? THE, UH, UNLEADED, UH, FUEL PILOT PROGRAM.
UH, AND THAT ONE HAD BEEN FUNDED UP UNTIL THE VERY, VERY END, SO IT WAS CUT IN THE FINAL ROUND, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO KINDA ADVOCATE IT FOR MOST OF THE WAY.
UM, AND, UM, MOST OF THESE PROJECTS CAME PRETTY CLOSE TO THEIR SUBMITTED EARMARK REQUEST, WHICH IS ALSO GREAT.
UM, A FEW OF THEM WERE CUT PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY, AS YOU CAN SEE, LIKE SHE PARK AND WASHINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CENTER, UM, WERE CUT QUITE A BIT FROM THEIR ORIGINAL ONE, BUT MOSTLY EVERYTHING ELSE, INCLUDING THE CCR, UH, FUNDING WAS AT, UM, OUR INITIAL REQUEST, WHICH IS, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.
AND, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE WORK WITH, UM, THE DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS, MOSTLY PUBLIC WORKS AND, AND PARKS, REC AND MARINE TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS THAT MIGHT HAVE, UM, A UNIQUE GAP IN FUNDING, UM, PROJECTS THAT THEY THINK ARE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT.
BUT THEN ALSO PROJECTS THAT THE LEGISLATORS, UM, ARE, ARE REALLY, UH, EXCITED ABOUT.
SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A MIX OF MEETING, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND WHAT OUR STAFF'S GREATEST NEEDS ARE.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THESE LISTS, AND WE'RE SUPER, WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF, UM, SENATOR PADILLA, SENATOR SCHIFF, CONGRESSMAN GARCIA, AND CONGRESS MEMBER OF
AND THEN TAKING IT, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE LOCALLY.
UM, WE DO A NUMBER OF, UM, GRANT LETTERS, UM, IN SUPPORT OF CITY PROJECTS, UM, WITH OUR DELEGATION, UM, AND WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
UM, SO 68 GRANT LETTERS FOR CITY PROJECTS AND THREE GRANT LETTERS UP FOR COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
UM, SO TOTALLING ABOUT $36 MILLION, UH, IN FUNDED AND PENDING AND PENDING PROJECTS.
AND SO THAT IF THERE IS A FEDERAL OR STATE OR EVEN PRIVATE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM, GRANT FUNDING FOR CITY PROJECTS, UM, WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL REACH OUT TO THE DELEGATION.
WE GET LETTERS OF SUPPORT TO YOUR OFFICES SOMETIMES TO GET LETTERS OF SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY GROUPS.
WE GET LETTERS OF SUPPORT, AND WE HELP COORDINATE ALL OF US.
AND WHEN WE'RE PRESENTING OUR, OUR GRANT PACKAGE, IT HAS A FULL, FULL THROTTLE, BUT BEHIND IT.
UM, AND THEN OUR OFFICE ALSO, OF COURSE, WORKS WITH A LOT OF THE LOCAL AGENCIES, UM, KIND OF STATEWIDE, BUT ALSO MORE REGIONAL HERE.
SO SCAG A D CALIFORNIA CITIES.
UM, THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF WORK AND COORDINATION OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO WITH METRO ON A NUMBER OF, UM, ITEMS IN THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THE SR 91 PROJECT, UM, THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PROJECT, UM, ON WILLOW, UM, AS WELL AS OTHER KIND OF, UH, METRO OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR, UH, EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN IN, UM, YOU KNOW, CAPACITIES THAT WE CAN KIND OF SUPPORTING YOU ALL ON YOUR SEATS ON COASTAL COMMISSION OR LEAGUE OF CITIES.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, WE LIKE TO DO, UH, SUPPORT AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH THE COST, KIND OF OUR CLOSEST IMPACT.
SO WORKING WITH THE COG
UM, AND THEN AS WELL AS WORKING WITH, UM, NOT ONLY OUR FELLOW KIND OF REGIONAL BOARDS, BUT OUR FELLOW CITIES.
SO, UM, ONE, UM, UH, PARTICULAR ONE I CAN HIGHLIGHT VERSUS OUR WORK THAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE HUMAN, UH, TRAFFICKING ITEM THAT WAS BROUGHT TO COUNCIL WITH THE CITIES OF LINWOOD AND COMPTON AND, AND PARAMOUNT.
UM, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A, A REVIEW OF OUR KIND OF MORE REGIONALLY AND LOCAL.
UM, BUT AT THIS POINT, I ALSO WANNA PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR, UM, CONTRACT LOBBY TO KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY DO, KIND OF GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR.
UM, REALLY A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THEIR INSIGHT AND GUIDANCE.
UM, AND THEY ARE ALWAYS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL AND COMMUNICATIVE AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ON THINGS THAT POP UP, UM, AND THEIR DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
I'M GONNA FIRST ACTUALLY HAND IT OVER, UM, TO EVE, UM, WHO IS WITH MANAT.
AND I'LL MAKE ONE NOTE SINCE IT, IT HAS COME UP, UM, THAT WE WERE FORMERLY WITH HOLLAND AND KNIGHT.
UM, BUT WHEN EVE AND LESLIE AND ADRIANA AND OUR TEAM THERE, UH, SHIFTED TO A NEW OPPORTUNITY, WE FELT THAT THEIR KNOWLEDGE, UM, AND THEIR WORK FOR THE CITY OF ONE REACH WAS TOO VALUABLE TO LEAVE BEHIND.
AND SO, UH, THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF TOM, WE WERE ABLE TO TEMPORARILY FOLLOW THEM TO MINNET.
UM, WE WILL HAVE TO PUT OUT A NEW RFP, UH, FOR THAT CONTRACT, AND WE WILL KEEP THE, THE COMMITTEE UP TO BE ON THAT, BUT GLAD TO
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KEEP THEIR WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE RIGHT NOW AS WE KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS FEDERAL LANDSCAPE.SO, UH, HAPPY TO STILL HAVE EVE HERE ON THE CALL.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, ON BEHALF OF LESLIE AND ADRIANA AND THE REST OF THE MANAT TEAM, WE'RE SO DEEPLY APPRECIATED AND HONORED TO CONTINUE TO REPRESENT YOU.
UH, NOW WITH OUR NEW FIRM, WE'RE NOW THREE MONTHS IN, UM, AT MONAT.
AND I, I DID WANNA START OFF BY ACTUALLY JUST, UM, UNDERSCORING, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CHART THAT, UM, SARAH AND CLAYTON PUT TOGETHER IN TERMS OF THE LETTERS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD SOME WEIGHT BEHIND THAT.
UM, WE RECENTLY, UH, WERE IN A MEETING, UM, WITH MAYOR RICHARDSON, WHERE LITERALLY LONG BEACH WAS CALLED OUT FOR THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LETTERS THAT THEY HAVE WRITTEN ON HOUSING LEGISLATION AND HOW HELPFUL THEY WERE IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING WITH MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE, ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HOUSING LEGISLATION.
UM, AND SO I, I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THINK LETTERS, YOU KNOW, OH, THEY GET SO MANY LETTERS, BUT THESE LETTERS ARE READ AND THEY DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
UM, SO I DID WANNA START THERE AS A COLLECTIVE PAT ON THE BACK, UH, TO THE TEAM ON THAT.
UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A, UM, BUMPY YEAR.
THAT'S PROBABLY A NICE WAY OF, OF PUTTING WHAT'S HAPPENING, UM, FEDERALLY.
UM, WITH THAT SAID, AS YOU KNOW, JUST LAID OUT, UM, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN SECURING A NUMBER OF EARMARKS FOR THE CITY, WHICH WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
AND WHAT'S ALSO INTERESTING TOO, WHICH IS ALSO A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY, IS ALSO WHY I HIGHLIGHTED THE MENTION OF THE LETTERS THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUT FORWARD ON HOUSING LEGISLATION, IS THAT WAS ACTUALLY A, HAS BEEN A BRIGHT SPOT, UM, IN WASHINGTON, DC.
UM, NOT ONLY, I MEAN, THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL WAS NOT SO BEAUTIFUL IN SO MANY WAYS.
UM, BUT WHERE IT WAS HELPFUL WAS ACTUALLY AROUND HOUSING.
UM, IT ACTUALLY DID NOT, UM, CUT FUNDING TO HOUSING, WHEREAS A NUMBER OF OTHER, UM, ISSUE AREAS WERE CUT.
UM, IN FACT, IT DID EXPAND SOMETHING THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY ON FOR A WHILE.
IT EXPAND THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT, WHICH WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
IT ALSO PROTECTED THE FUNDING FOR MUNICIPAL BONDS, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS POTENTIALLY ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK.
UM, SO I WOULD SAY IN THOSE TWO AREAS, IT WAS GOOD AND A WIN FOR THE CITY.
ALSO, MOST RECENTLY, AGAIN, A HUGE PRIORITY FOR THE CITY IS CONTINUUM OF CARE.
UM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, HUD PROPOSED A NEW CONTINUUM OF CARE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, WHICH WOULD HAVE, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, ANNIHILATED, UM, THE COC FUNDS.
IT BASICALLY WOULD HAVE REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT YOU CAN SPEND ON PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO 30%, WHICH RIGHT NOW THE AVERAGE IS ABOUT 87 TO 90%.
UM, LUCKILY BECAUSE OF THE COURTS AND ALSO BECAUSE OF CONGRESS AND THE WORK THAT WE DID THAT, UM, PROPOSED NOFO IS OFF THE TABLE, THOUGH WE ARE WATCHING IT CLOSELY, UM, TO SEE WHAT THEY MIGHT TRY TO PROPOSE IN 2026.
AND THEN YESTERDAY, THE FULL HOUSE, UM, APPROVED BIPARTISAN BY CAMAL, UM, COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING LEGISLATION, WHICH WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF, THAT MAKES A NUMBER OF CHANGES THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEKING.
UM, SO NOW THEY NEED TO RECTIFY THOSE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE HOUSE VERSION AND THE SENATE VERSION THAT HAS ALSO PASSED.
AND SO WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE HOUSING LEGISLATION ENACTED.
IT WILL BE CHALLENGING, UH, TO GET A LOT OF THINGS DONE THIS YEAR, UH, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER.
UM, BUT HOUSING IS DEFINITELY FRONT AND CENTER.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, NOW WITH FY 2026, ALMOST DONE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, UM, THOUGH WE ARE, UH, I THINK OUR BELIEF IS THAT WE PROBABLY END UP WITH A CONTINUING RESOLUTION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY THAT IS JUST TOO CONTROVERSIAL, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, COME TO AGREEMENT, UM, WITH DIFFERENCES.
UM, BUT THE REST OF THE APPROPRIATION BILLS HAVE BEEN DONE.
AND SO WE'LL BE STARTING ON THE FY 2027 PROCESS AND WORKING WITH THE TEAM ON PRIORITY PROJECTS TO PUT FORWARD WITH, UM, YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND SENATORS.
THE OTHER BIG, UH, THING, UH, FOR THIS YEAR IS SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION, WHICH EXPIRES AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
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IT WAS SUPPOSED TO START MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH COMMITTEE.UM, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE DELAYED, UM, UNCLEAR IF WE ACTUALLY GET IT OVER THE FINISHING LINE, BUT, UM, DEFINITELY WORKING TOWARDS COMMITTEE MARKUPS, UH, THIS YEAR.
SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE BIG ITEMS. I KNOW FAA IS ALSO A BIG ITEM.
WE DON'T EXPECT A, ANY, UM, ACTION LEGISLATIVELY.
UM, BUT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THAT THE FAA JUST WENT THROUGH A MAJOR REORGANIZATION THAT THEY ANNOUNCED AT THE END OF JANUARY.
UM, AND, AND THAT HAS REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON CREATING A NEW SAFETY OVERSIGHT OFFICE WITHIN FAA, BUT NOT, UM, MAKING MAJOR FORCE, UH, REDUCTIONS.
SO THAT IS JUST KIND OF HIGH LEVEL IN NUTSHELL WHERE THINGS STAND FEDERALLY.
UH, I'M OPENING UP IF, IF FOLKS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR, FOR EVE BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, YOU, THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON OUR BEHALF OVER THIS LAST YEAR.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE CALL OUT OF THE FAA, WE KNOW, UM, THAT, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
IT'S DISAPPOINTING THAT WE GOT ALMOST THERE WITH SENATOR SCHIFF'S EARMARK FOR UNLEADED FUEL, UM, FOR THAT PILOT PROGRAM.
I WOULD LOVE IF WE COULD CONTINUE TO ASK FOR THAT, POTENTIALLY WITH SENATOR PADILLA.
WE KNOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN A BIG ISSUE, UH, FOR HIM AS WELL IN HIS OFFICE WITH COMMUNITY CITIES HE'S WORKED WITH IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
SO ANYTHING THAT OUR OFFICE CAN DO OR THE CITY CAN DO TO CONTINUE, UH, TO FIGHT FOR FUNDING FOR THAT PILOT PROGRAM THROUGH THE TRANSITION TO 2030 WOULD BE OUTSTANDING.
BUT AGAIN, UH, GRATEFUL TO YOU AND THE TEAM, UH, FOR YOUR CONTINUED HARD WORK.
UM, AND YES, ABSOLUTELY THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE A PRIORITY, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK VERY HARD ON THAT AND APPRECIATE THAT.
WORK WITH THE CITY VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU.
I DON'T NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT, BUT IT'S OKAY.
UM, WITH THAT THEN, UH, I WILL ADD ONE MORE NOTE.
UM, UH, ALTHOUGH, UM, IT, UH, JUST TANGENTIAL, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I DO APPRECIATE ABOUT BOTH OUR FIRMS IS, UM, I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR, WITH OUR PRINCIPAL, WITH EVE AND WITH AMY AND, AND WITH JONATHAN, IS, UH, THE HUMOR THAT THEY BRING, UM, THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
AND SO, UM, WHILE OUR MEETINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS RAISED OF SUNSHINE, UM, UH, THEY DO, I WANNA MAKE A COMMENT, BUT YOUR, YOUR BOTH, BOTH ALL OF YOUR HUMOR, UH, AND GOOD NATURE HELPS MAKE THESE MEETINGS OUR WEEKLY CALLS, UM, GO AS SMOOTH AS THEY CAN.
SO, UH, ADD, ADD A QUICK NOTE FOR THAT.
UM, BUT, UH, WITH THAT, EVE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO TO STAY, ALTHOUGH I HAVE A MILLION BAZILLION THINGS TO DO, BUT THAT I WILL HAND IT OVER FOR, UM, THE ART TEAM.
THANK YOU EVE, UH, AMY AND JONATHAN TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR WORK AT THE STATE LEVEL.
JONATHAN, CAN YOU HEAR HER? NO, I COULD NOT.
SHE'S GONNA COME JOIN ME IN MY OFFICE.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YEAH, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
LUCKILY WE'RE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO EACH OTHER.
I HAVE A NEW MONITOR AND, AND THE SOUND ISN'T WORKING, SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS INVITING US TO, UM, GIVE A, A BRIEF OVERVIEW ON, UH, YOU KNOW, THE OUTLOOK THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE WORK WE DID LAST YEAR.
I THINK WHAT WE WANNA FOCUS ON, UM, IS SORT OF LARGE SCALE.
WHAT WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET WAS HAP FUNDING, RIGHT? THE HO UH, HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
UH, OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, THE, UM, GOVERNOR HAS PRO, UH, PROPOSED ZEROING OUT THOSE DOLLARS FOR ROUND SIX AND ROUND SEVEN.
AND WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, LONG BEACH'S LEADERSHIP IS REALLY PUSH THE LEGISLATURE, UH, TO NEGOTIATE WITH, UM, THE, THE GOVERNOR FOR CONTINUED PREPARATION.
SO LAST YEAR, ALTHOUGH NOT, UH, WHAT WE HAD WANTED, WE DID GET, UH, FUNDING, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN ZERO, I'LL JUST SAY THAT.
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500 MILLION IN DELAYED ROUND SEVEN, UM, BECAUSE OF THE INVOLVEMENT THAT, UM, LONG BEACH HAS WITH YOUR OWN DELEGATION AND WITH THE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, ET CETERA.WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN, UH, THIS YEAR ACTUALLY HAVING 500 MILLION OUTLINED IN THE GOVERNOR'S JANUARY BUDGET, UH, WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME IN, IN, YOU KNOW, THREE, UH, FISCAL YEARS.
THE LEGISLATURE, WE ARE PUSHING THE LEGISLATURE THROUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALLY AS A CITY, BUT ALSO THROUGH OUR COLLECTIVE BIG CITY MAYOR'S EFFORTS TO, UM, PUSH AND ADVOCATE FOR 1 BILLION, WHICH IS WHAT WE RECEIVED IN ROUND SIX.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE SOME MOMENTUM AND SUPPORT IN THE LEGISLATURE, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
THE OTHER, UH, ISSUE THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED AROUND THAT IS A, A $10 BILLION, UH, BOND.
AND THAT BILL IS BEING, UM, NEGOTIATED AND THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
SO WE'LL KEEP YOU, UM, UPDATED ON THAT.
I, I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT SINCE WE'RE IN THE SECOND YEAR OF A TWO YEAR BILL CYCLE, YOU MAY LOOK AT SOME OF THE BILLS THAT DIDN'T GO THROUGH, THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY HAS A SUPPORT POSITION OR AN A POST POSITION ON, WE, SOME OF THE, ABOUT A HANDFUL OF THOSE BILLS ARE ACTUALLY IN THEIR SECOND HOUSE AND STILL ALIVE, RIGHT? SO WE, THERE, THERE'S TWO TRACKS HERE.
ONE OF THE BILLS THAT ARE STILL ALIVE IN THEIR SECOND HOUSE THAT WERE INTRODUCED LAST YEAR.
AND TWO, THE BILLS THAT ARE GOING TO BE OR HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED, UH, BETWEEN JANUARY AND THE FEBRUARY 20TH DEADLINE.
AND SO FAR, WE'VE, UM, YOU KNOW, TRACKED ABOUT, UH, ABOUT 400 BILLS, UM, SO FAR, PROBABLY A LOT MORE AS THEY, UH, START BECOMING, UH, TO BE INTRODUCED.
AND WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SPONSORED BILLS WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK THAT THE ONE THING I WILL HIGHLIGHT IS, UM, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A PARTICULAR BILL THAT, UM, LONG BEACH, UH, ACTIVELY SUPPORTED, AND IT WAS BASICALLY A CQA EXEMPTION FOR HOUSING PROJECTS ON SITES, UH, UP TO 20 ACRES, UM, ON OR ADJOINING, UH, UH, URBAN USES.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW, ONLINE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT BILL DIED.
ACTUALLY, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THE LANGUAGE INTO A BUDGET TRAILER BILL.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK AROUND THE STANDALONE BILL PROCESS AND, UH, PUT A LOT OF THESE ISSUES, UM, INTO TRAILER BILL LANGUAGE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE PASSED AND SIGNED ALONG WITH THE BUDGET LAST YEAR.
SO, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA HAVE FELDMAN COME AND WE'RE GONNA EXCHANGE SEATS.
I'LL SIT RIGHT, RIGHT HERE, AND HE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
I'M ONE OF THE OTHER PARTNERS WITH THE FIRM.
UH, I AM OUR RESIDENT PUBLIC SAFETY EXPERT, AS I WORKED PREVIOUSLY AS THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION, WHO WE STILL REPRESENT AS A CLIENT.
SO I'VE BEEN WORKING ON PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES FOR OVER A DECADE NOW, UH, AND PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK AND, AND EXPERTISE TO THE CITY, UH, ON SOME OF THOSE, UH, UH, SAFETY ISSUES AFFECTING YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT OR GENERAL, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE CITY.
UH, PRIMARY ISSUES FROM THIS LAST SESSION THAT ARE, UH, ONGOING IN TERMS OF A FEW OF THE BILLS AND DEBATES THAT WE'RE HAVING NOW CENTER AROUND, UH, UH, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, UH, SOLICITATION OF MINORS AND LOITERING WITH INTENT TO COMMIT PROSTITUTION.
ON THE FIRST TWO ISSUES, THERE WAS A PRETTY SUBSTANTIVE BILL PUT FORWARD LAST YEAR THAT THE CITY ENGAGED ON AND SUPPORTED, UH, SELLING BILL 3 79, WHICH WENT THROUGH A HANDFUL OF ITERATIONS, UH, THROUGH SOME COMPLEX AND CONTROVERSIAL POLITICAL HURDLES,
BUT THE FINAL VERSION OF THE BILL WAS PRETTY SUBSTANTIVE.
UH, INCREASED PENALTIES FOR LI SOLICITATION OF ANY MINOR, UH, MISDEMEANOR PENALTIES CREATED FOR, UH, LOITERING WITH INTENT TO PURCHASE COMMERCIAL SEX.
UH, ADDED ADDITIONAL FINES AND FEES, UH, ON SOME OF THE FACILITIES, HOTELS, AND THE LIKE, THAT ARE, UH, FACILITATING THESE CRIMES.
UH, IMPROVED VICTIM SUPPORT THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA VICTIM'S COMPENSATION BOARD, UH, AND SET ASIDE
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SOME FUNDS FOR VERTICAL PROSECUTION OF THE OFFENDERS.UH, SO WE DID A LOT ON THOSE, UH, SOLICITING, UH, UH, COMMERCIAL SEX.
UM, WE HAVE NOT YET KIND OF MOVED THE NEEDLE ON THE LATTER ISSUE, WHICH WAS THE LAWYERING WITH INTENT TO COMMIT PROSTITUTION.
I KNOW THAT'S BEEN AN ISSUE FOR THE CITY.
THE CITY HAD THEIR, UH, OVERSIGHT HEARING, UH, MEETING ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE, UH, LAST YEAR, WHICH I WAS ABLE TO WATCH, UH, FAMILIAR TYPE OF COMMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE, UM, UPSET WITH, UH, KIND OF WHAT IS GOING ON, WHICH FOLLOWS RESULT FROM A PREVIOUS BILL PASSED, UH, A FEW YEARS AGO THAT DECRIMINALIZED LORDING WITH INTENT TO COMMIT PROSTITUTION.
UH, THERE WAS AN INFORMATIONAL HEARING THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN, ALONG WITH A HANDFUL OF POLICE CHIEFS.
UH, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE A AUDIT COMMITTEE HEARING TO APPROVE AN AUDIT ON THE SUBJECT MATTER, UH, THIS YEAR THAT WILL HOPEFULLY LEAD TO, UH, SOME GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM.
OBVIOUSLY, NOT LOOKING TO OVERLY CRIMINALIZE OR PENALIZE, UH, INDIVIDUALS FORCED INTO OR STUCK IN THESE TYPE OF SITUATIONS, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LOITERING ITSELF CREATES PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S AROUND SCHOOLS OR, UH, DAYCARE CENTERS OR PARKS OR PLACES WHERE CHILDREN ARE PRESENT.
UH, SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE TWO BIGGEST TICKET ITEMS THAT WE WORKED ON.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES.
I KNOW THAT SARAH REACHED OUT ABOUT COPPER THEFT.
I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY ACTIVITY THIS YEAR IN THAT SPACE.
THERE WILL BE A HANDFUL OF BILLS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UH, WITH THE ASSEMBLY ON.
UH, OBVIOUSLY I MEET WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REGULARLY ON PRIORITIES.
I KNOW THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT THEY ARE, UH, GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK TO TACKLE.
AND THEN, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, GIVEN WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, IS GONNA BE A, PROBABLY A, A TOP TIER ISSUE, UH, FOR THE STATE THIS YEAR.
ALREADY HAVE SEEN A HANDFUL OF BILLS IN, UH, INTRODUCED ALREADY AND MORE TO COME, UH, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THE CITY IS POSITIONED WELL, UH, ON THAT ISSUE.
UM, I, IF ANY FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE, THE STATE TEAM HEARING THE, UH, RECENT JUDGMENT FEDERAL FORM TO, TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR, UH, THE STATE'S RESPONSE TO THAT SO FAR? DID YOU GET YEAH, YEAH.
THE, THE MOST RECENT COURT CASE DECISION THAT CAME OUT YESTERDAY ON THE FACE MASK BAN, KIND OF STATUS AND UPDATE? YEAH, UH, INTERESTING.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE ALL KIND OF BEEN WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT COURT DECISION WAS, I MEAN, THERE ARE LITTLE BITS AND PIECES FOR EVERYBODY, RIGHT? OBVIOUSLY, THEY RULED THAT THE STATE LAW, UH, IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, UH, PRIMARILY IN THEIR ARGUMENTS BECAUSE STATE POLICE WERE CARVED OUT OF SENATE BILL 6 27, WHICH WAS A DECISION BY SENATOR WIENER TO TRY AND GET PAST THE POTENTIAL GOVERNOR'S VETO.
SO, UH, ALREADY YOU'VE SEEN WIENER ANNOUNCE THAT HE'S GONNA INTRODUCE A BILL TO PUT STATE POLICE BACK IN, UH, TO 6 27, THINKING THAT THAT WILL RESOLVE THE COURT'S, UH, PRIMARY ARGUMENT AGAINST THE BILL.
UH, AND HOPEFULLY SEE THAT IT, IT TAKES EFFECT.
THEN, UH, GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ALREADY RESPONDED WITH SOME, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS KIND OF PUSHING BACK AGAINST SENATOR WIENER.
AND AGAIN, NOT GOING INTO TREMENDOUS DETAIL.
THERE IS A TENSION BETWEEN THE TWO, UH, THAT'S PRETTY PALPABLE HERE IN SACRAMENTO.
SO I THINK WHAT WE'LL PROBABLY SEE IS SENATOR WIENER CONTINUE TO TRY AND MOVE THE BILL TO INCLUDE STATE POLICE.
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WILL PUSH BACK AND, UH, PROBABLY ADVOCATE FOR A HANDFUL OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT THEY HAD SOUGHT FROM SENATOR WIENER LAST YEAR THAT HE DENIED THEM.
UH, SOME OF THOSE ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, GENERAL PUBLIC SAFETY, OR PUBLIC, UH, SORRY, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT EXEMPTIONS, UH, THAT I THINK ARE FAIRLY REASONABLE.
BUT WE'LL SEE HOW THAT ALL PLAYS OUT.
THAT COURT CASE WILL THEN GO TO THE, YOU KNOW, APPEALS, GO TO APPEALS, AND THEN LIKELY THE SUPREME COURT IF IT, UH, NEEDS TO.
SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE AT ALL SETTLED IN TERMS OF, IS 6 27, UH, CONSTITUTIONAL NOW, OR CONSTITUTIONAL, EVEN IF WIEN ARE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING STATE POLICE ADDED BACK INTO IT, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT A HALF DOZEN OTHER, UH, LEGAL ARGUMENTS AS TO WHY IT WOULD NOT BE.
SO, UH, STILL A LOT MORE TO BE SEEN THERE.
UH, JUST A TON OF MOVEMENT IN THIS SPACE RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY
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AS BILLS ARE BEING INTRODUCED AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE AND MORE IS COMING OUT EVERY DAY, EVERY WEEK, UH, ON THE ISSUE.SO IT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, UH, ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO STAY RIGHT ON TOP OF IT.
BUT OBVIOUSLY WITH THE, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, COVERAGE THAT WE'VE GOT, WE'LL BE INVOLVED IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE SURE THE CITY KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON, HOW ARE WE DOING WITH THE, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE REQUEST MOVEMENT TO, UH, PROHIBIT ICE ADVOCATES FROM APPLYING TO OTHER JOBS HERE.
AND JONATHAN, SO THIS WAS, UH, HE'S ASKING ABOUT THE, THE BILL THAT, UM, UM, I KNOW SENATOR GONZALEZ, UM, AND THE, UH, LATINO CAUCUS WAS LOOKING TO INTRODUCE, UM, ABOUT REQUIRING ICE AGENTS TO, UM, DISCLOSE ON EMPLOYMENT, UM, UH, APPLICATIONS, THEIR, THEIR HISTORY WITH ICE.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT.
SEEMS LIKE THIS IS KIND OF, A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE HAD THIS, THIS THOUGHT, AND THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF BILLS KIND OF INTRODUCED AROUND, UM, ALL OF THAT WITH LEO, LET JONATHAN SPEAK TO IT.
UM, UH, CAN'T SPEAK TO, UM, I, I KNOW THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAD SOME IDEAS AND STUFF AROUND THAT.
UH, SO CAN'T SPEAK TO IT LOCALLY.
BUT, UM, UH, JONATHAN, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SPEAK TO, TO THE STATE BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.
THERE'S ONE BY A ASSEMBLY MEMBER FERRIS THAT WOULD BASICALLY STIPULATE THAT ANY ICE AGENT HIRED BETWEEN OR DURING TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY IS IN INELIGIBLE TO BE A TEACHER OR A POLICE OFFICER IN THE STATE.
THE SECOND ONE IS BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER MARK GONZALEZ, THAT WILL BE BROADER.
UM, AND IT'S NOT AS CLEAR CUT YET.
AND WE MET WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBER GONZALEZ, UH, LAST WEEK, MYSELF, AND, UH, A COUPLE OF THE OTHER LOBBYISTS, AMY WAS WITH US AS WELL.
UM, THAT WILL APPLY TO ANYONE BEING HIRED AS A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE, RIGHT? NOT JUST COPS AND TEACHERS.
UH, BOTH OF THEM, I THINK, WILL FACE LEGAL HURDLES CONSTITUTIONALLY, UH, IN TRYING TO PUT THAT KIND OF POLICY FORWARD.
BUT BOTH OF THEM ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND HAVE, I MEAN, THIS IS KIND OF CON OF SILENCE JUST AMONGST US.
'CAUSE THESE WERE QUIET MEETINGS, UH, THAT WERE NOT PUBLIC.
UH, BUT YEAH, SO, SO I'LL BE, YEAH, THANK YOU SARAH, FOR REMINDING ME.
UH,
UH, SO MY QUESTION TO THEM WAS, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE YOU TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA STAND, YOU KNOW, LEGAL TESTS, OR IS THIS MORE SYMBOLIC? I THINK THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT STANDS THE LEGAL TESTS.
SO WE'RE GONNA REALLY HAVE TO GET INTO THE WEEDS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES A HIRING PROCESS LOOK LIKE FOR ANY FEDERAL AGENT, RIGHT? MAYBE IT'S NOT JUST IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, BUT YOU KNOW, THE, ALL OF THOSE UNDER HOMELAND SECURITY.
WHAT ARE THE BACKGROUND CHECKS LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE THE STANDARDS THAT THEY MUST MEET? UH, WHAT IS THE TRAINING, UH, THAT THEY'RE GONNA NEED WHEN THEY, WHEN, AND IF THEY CROSS OVER? OBVIOUSLY THERE'LL BE A PORTION OF THEM THAT WILL DEEM UNFIT ALTOGETHER, BUT IT'S LIKE, HOW DO YOU DEFINE WHO THAT POPULATION IS WHILE CREATING A PATHWAY FOR THOSE THAT ARE DEEMED FIT? UH, 'CAUSE YOU DO WANT TO GIVE FOLKS AN ESCAPE.
THERE'S A LOT OF, I THINK, FEDERAL AGENTS THAT ARE QUESTIONING, UH, THEIR CAREER CHOICE AND WOULD LIKE TO FIND A DIFFERENT JOB.
AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE ARE POLICE CHIEFS, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THE ONE IN PALM SPRINGS WHO'S BEEN ACTIVELY RECRUITING VERY OPENLY CRITICAL ADVICE, BUT HAS BEEN OUT THERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, TO THE AGENTS, YOU CAN QUIT.
WE WILL GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, AN OPPORTUNITY HERE, UH, IN THE CITY, UH, FOR THOSE, AGAIN, THAT ARE DEEMED WORTHY
UH, SO THAT IS GOING TO BE A VERY COMPLICATED, BOTH BILLS AND BOTH AUTHORS ARE KIND OF FIGHTING OVER WHO'S GONNA KIND OF BE THE LEAD ON THIS.
AND THAT'LL HOPEFULLY GET WORKED OUT QUICKLY.
UH, BUT WE'LL HAVE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME REALLY KIND OF IN-DEPTH POLICY DISCUSSIONS ON HOW YOU ACTUALLY DO THIS, UH, AND WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN KIND OF THERE FROM THE BEGINNING.
WE'LL BE RIGHT AT THE CENTER OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY'S, UH, IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE ALL OF THEIR INPUT, SUPPORT, UH, FEEDBACK, UH, AS THOSE POLICY DISCUSSIONS PLAY OUT.
BUT THAT'S GONNA BE ONE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, LOT OF MOVEMENT IN THAT SPACE RIGHT NOW.
EVEN HIRING PROCESS, YOU ONLY GOOD IS THE, YOU DO.
AND IN THIS ADMINISTRATION OR THAT LADY IS,
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YOU SUPPORT THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION WHEN IN TROUBLE, WHICH IS ONE IN QUESTION, LACK.SEE, ANY CONCERN THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE, ARE RAISING WITH, UH, THE CURRENT PROJECT AND THE CURRENT POOL OF POTENTIAL APPLICANTS NEEDS TO PUBLIC SAFETY, BECAUSE THOSE QUESTIONS, SO THEY WERE TO GET RID OF THOSE QUESTIONS, THAT WILL BE FINE, BUT THEN THEY'RE GONNA BE HAPPY.
UM, JUST GOING, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK IN THE, THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING ARENA AND ALL OF THAT.
SO YOU, IF WE COULD JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, YOU SAID THERE'S BEEN LESS SUCCESS WITH THE SOLICITATION PIECE OF IT, AND IT'S LOOKING TO GO, UM, TO AN AUDIT COMMITTEE.
COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY THAT PROCESS MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO LEAD TO BETTER PROPOSED LEGISLATION OR WAYS THAT THE CITY CAN BE PART OF THE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET TO SOME BETTER PROPOSED SOLUTIONS? YEAH, AND WE HAD TRIED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROPOSALS OVER THE YEARS, LEGISLATIVELY, TO FIX THIS, UH, INCLUDING I THINK OUR LATEST ONE FOLLOWING THE INFORMATIONAL HEARING.
UH, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, ASSEMBLY MEMBER MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ.
SHE'S THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER THAT, UH, KIND OF FORCED THE ISSUE LAST YEAR AND, UH, FORCED THE INFORMATIONAL HEARING DOWN IN PASADENA EARLIER THIS YEAR, UH, OR POMONA.
UH, THE LAST EFFORT WE HAD EARLIER THIS YEAR WAS TO BASICALLY SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO LOITERING WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A SCHOOL OR PARK, OR A LIBRARY.
UH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WAS STILL UNCONVINCED THAT REESTABLISHING PENALTIES WAS THE APPROPRIATE SOLUTION, UH, AND WAS IN NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT BILL.
AND THAT WAS REALLY, I THINK, THE MOST, YOU KNOW, NARROW TAILORED PROPOSAL WE COULD COME UP WITH.
UH, AND SO THROUGH THE, THE DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, BOTH ASSEMBLY MEMBERS, THE CHAIR, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL, THEY HAD AGREED THAT, UH, AUDIT WOULD BE THE BEST NEXT STEP TO REALLY, UM, STUDY THE ISSUE.
AND NOT JUST STUDY IT, BUT COME UP WITH FACTS AND FIGURES AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, AND SO FOLKS, NOT, NOT EVERYONE'S FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THE JOINT LEG LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMITTEE FUNCTION IS IN THE STATE CAPITOL, BUT THERE'S A COMMITTEE THAT'S MADE UP OF SENATORS AND ASSEMBLY MEMBERS, AND EVERY YEAR THEY GET TO APPROVE PROBABLY A HALF DOZEN TO, YOU KNOW, 15, 16 AUDITS THAT THE STATE AUDITOR WILL HAVE TO GO CONDUCT THEN, UH, AND IT'S, IT'S THE COMMITTEE, IT'S THE JAIL, A COMMITTEE, JOINT LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
THEY ARE HAVING ONE HEARING IN MARCH AND ONE HEARING IN AUGUST.
AND IF, YOU KNOW, YOUR PROPOSAL PASSES THE COMMITTEE, UH, THE AUDITOR WILL GO CONDUCT THE AUDIT AND USUALLY WITHIN SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, UH, REPORT BACK WITH THEIR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THAT IS USUALLY A GOOD SPRINGBOARD INTO, YOU KNOW, TAKING SOME CONCRETE POLICY ACTIONS, UH, 'CAUSE THE LEGISLATURE LIKES TO SEE THE AUDIT, ALL THE FACTS, ALL THE FIGURES, ALL THE BACKGROUND.
UM, AND THE AUDITOR WILL ACTUALLY COME UP WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
I'M WORKING WITH A ASSEMBLY MEMBER RODRIGUEZ'S OFFICE RIGHT NOW TO DRAFT THE SCOPE OF THAT AUDIT.
IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY BECAUSE YOU'RE AUDITING SOMETHING THAT WAS DECRIMINALIZED.
SO THE PENALTIES AREN'T THERE, THE CRIMES AREN'T THERE.
THE, THE FACTS AND FIGURES REALLY AREN'T GONNA SHOW IN CRIME STATISTICS BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'VE DECRIMINALIZED EVERYTHING.
SO THE ABSENCE OF A CRIME IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN REALLY, UH, GATHER GOOD DATA ON.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE PROBLEM AND GET SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MEANINGFUL AND SUPPORTIVE OF MAKING CHANGES.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW.
I WAS ON A CALL LAST WEEK WITH THE LEAGUE OF CITIES POINT PERSON AND MYSELF AND, UH, ASSEMBLY MEMBER OF RODRIGUEZ'S OFFICE, UH, TO START DRAFTING THAT SCOPE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FOCUS ON WHERE THE ISSUE IS MOST PREVALENT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS PARTS OF LA SAN DIEGO, UH, CENTRAL VALLEY TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.
AND THEN, THEN THE BAY AREA, UH, AND THEN WORK TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THROUGH THE AUDITOR'S, UH, AUDITS, PARAMETERS AND SCOPE, UH, HOW WE IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM, THE EXTENT OF IT, AND THEN GET THEM TO COME UP WITH SOME GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US TO TAKE ACTION ON.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS, IT IS A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS NOW, AND I WALKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS JUST SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AND WHERE THEY CAN
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SUPPORT.AND WE'LL BE AT THE FRONT, UH, OR AT THE TABLE FOR DRAFTING THE AUDIT, PUSHING IT THROUGH.
IT'LL BE REVISED AS SOON AS THIS, UH, SCOPE COMES OUT.
I'LL MAKE SURE I GET THAT, UH, THE, UH, THE TEAM AND WE'LL GET FEEDBACK ACCORDINGLY.
THANK YOU ALL THAT WE RECEIVING FILES REQUEST.
DID YOU WANT TO TAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? COMMENT? YES.
EVERYBODY HERE BEFORE THE COMMENT SAY NONE, AND WE GO TO VOTE.
THANK YOU TO THE TEAMS TEAM IN SACRAMENTO.
I'M GONNA ASK YOU GUYS TO STAY ON FOR A LITTLE FOR OUR NEXT ITEM, IF THAT'S OKAY.
ITEM THREE IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A STAFF PRESENTATION ON THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY OS TAX INCREASE.
CAN WE GET A MOTION? A SECOND? SECOND.
UM, SO IT WAS REQUESTED THAT WE SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ON THE PROPOSED, UM, COUNTY, UH, HALF SET TAX, UM, THAT WAS ACTUALLY JUST VOTED ON.
UH, SO STAFF WHO WE'RE MONITORING THE REST OF THAT VOTE AS WE WERE ALL HERE TOGETHER.
UM, I THINK THAT ITEM STARTED AT ABOUT NINE 30 THIS MORNING.
UM, AND SO IT'S BEEN, UH, QUITE A FEW HOURS OF THE DAY, UM, ON THIS ITEM.
UM, SO WE HAVE, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION HERE THAT'S PROVIDED, UM, UH, BEFORE THE ITEM CAME UP FOR VOTE ON THE COUNTY AGENDA THIS MORNING.
UM, WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, WHAT WE KIND OF JUST OVERHEARD SIMPLY TODAY DURING THE MEETING.
UM, AND THEN, UM, I'LL CHECK MY NOTES HERE FROM ROBERT ON HOW IT PASSED.
UM, SO THE, UM, PROPOSAL, UM, CAME THROUGH, UH, THE COUNTY'S NEW CLUSTER SYSTEM, WHICH IS, UM, A, UH, WAY THAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THEIR AGENDA ITEMS WHERE ITEMS GO THROUGH, UM, CLUSTER COMMITTEES BEFORE THEY'RE SEEN BY THE BOARD.
IT GIVES MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO, UM, SPEAK AND HEAR ON TITLE.
UM, UH, AND THAT WAS ON JANUARY 28TH.
THIS IS A PROPOSED COUNTYWIDE HALF SENT SALES TAX MEASURE.
IT WOULD GO ON THE JUNE BALLOT SO THAT IT WOULD BE JUNE 2ND.
UM, AND THE PURPOSE OF IT IS TO GENERATE REVENUE THAT WE ARE LOSING, UM, AND HAS BEEN CUT UNDER THE PASSAGE OF, UH, HR ONE OR THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL, UM, PARTICULARLY AROUND HEALTHCARE AND MEDI-CAL.
UM, UM, AND, UM, THE WORK THAT THE, THE COUNTY DOES, UM, COUNTY HAS ESTIMATED THAT THIS WOULD GENERATE ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, EXCUSE ME, A BILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY.
UH, AND THIS IS THE PROPOSED BREAKDOWN IN, UH, THE ORDINANCE, UH, THAT CAME FORWARD TODAY.
UM, SO A ABOUT 50% OF IT WOULD GO DEPARTMENT, COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF, UH, OF HEALTH SERVICES, UM, WITH KIND OF A, A BREAKDOWN OF THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES AFTER THAT.
UM, AS YOU WILL SEE AT THE VERY END, THERE'S ABOUT 1% SET ASIDE FOR PASADENA AND CITY OF LONG BEACH, WHICH ARE TWO OF THE THREE PUBLIC HEALTH CITIES IN THE STATE.
UM, AND THAT SPECIFICALLY IN THE LANGUAGE BREAKS DOWN EVEN FARTHER, UM, TO, UM, WHICH, UH, KIND OF PERCENTAGE WISE, WHICH CITY SPENDS KIND OF MORE OF THEIR, UH, MORE MONEY ON IT.
IT'LL COME DOWN TO, UM, PROBABLY MY GUESS IS AROUND LIKE THREE QUARTERS TO US AND MAYBE A QUARTER TO PASADENA JUST BASED OFF OF HOW MUCH WE SPEND.
SO THE FULL BREAKDOWN WILL, WILL GET, UM, UH, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT 1% WILL BE BROKEN UP BETWEEN, BETWEEN THE TWO OF US.
UH, THE ASSET SALES TAX WOULD GO INTO EFFECT, UH, UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST, 2031.
UM, IT WILL ESTABLISH, UH, A CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, UM, TO PROVIDE THAT TRANSPARENCY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE, UH, COUNTY THIS FREQUENTLY WITH, UM, A LOT OF THEIR SALES TAXES
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AND, UM, BONDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND DOES REQUIRE AN AUDITOR CONTROLLER REPORT, UH, OF THIS YEAR, UH, UH, EXCUSE ME, OF EACH YEAR WHILE THE FUNDS ARE BEING, UM, UH, SPENT.UM, THE REASON I ASKED THE ARC TEAM TO STAY ON, UM, UH, IN CASE THERE'S QUESTIONS, BUT ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, THAT IS KIND OF CRITICAL TO THIS LEGISLATION, EXCUSE ME, TO THIS, TO THIS LOCAL LEGISLATION, IS, UH, THAT, UM, THE STATE HAS A CAP ON HOW MUCH, UH, LOCAL MUNICIPALITY CAN RAISE THEIR SALES TAX.
UM, AND IN ORDER FOR THIS ASSET SALES TAX TO BE COLLECTED, IT, IT NEEDS TO BE EXEMPTED FROM THAT.
AND SO THERE IS STATE LEGISLATION THAT WAS ACTUALLY INTRODUCED, UH, AFTER WE CREATED THIS POWERPOINT.
SO AMY HAS THE BILL, THE BILL NUMBER, UM, AND THAT IS, UH, WOULD ALLOW FOR, UH, 80 17, 68 THANK CLAYTON.
UH, AND THAT WOULD EXEMPT, UH, THE COUNTY SALES TAX FROM THAT, THAT CAP.
UM, THE PROPOSED TAX MEASURE WOULD NOT IMPACT OUR MEASURE A, WHICH I KNOW IS A BIG CONCERN FROM CITY, UM, DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP HERE.
UM, AND, UH, OF COURSE HAS TO GO IN FRONT OF THE VOTERS, UM, TO BE, UM, TO BE APPROVED.
UM, AND, UH, WITH OUR BREAKING NEWS, UM, IT SEEMS AS IF THE, THE ITEM DID PASS COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UM, NOT, UH, COMPLETELY WITH DISTRICT FIVE VOTING NO, BUT 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR, UH, VOTING YES.
SO FOUR TO ONE VOTE, UM, AND, UH, WITH AN AMENDMENT TO COME BACK REGARDING THE EXACT KIND OF, UH, BREAKDOWN OF BOTH THE SPENDING PLAN AND THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, SO THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR THAT UPDATE.
UM, WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THE LEAGUE ABOUT THIS AS WELL, AND, UM, WE ALSO TOOK KIND OF A QUICK ANALYSIS OF THE, UH, LETTERS THAT CAME IN, SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION.
UH, DURING THE CALLS THIS MORNING.
THERE ARE A FAIR NUMBER OF CITIES, UM, PARTICULARLY IN THE GATEWAY IN VAN VALLEY AREAS WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION AND TO THIS SPECIFICALLY AROUND OTHER CITIES AND THEIR CAPACITIES TO RAISE THEIR OWN SALES TAX.
UM, FROM OUR UNDERSTANDING AND FROM WHAT COUNTY COUNCIL, UM, EXPLAINED TODAY, IS THAT BECAUSE OF THIS STATE LEGISLATION EXEMPTING THIS HALF-CENT TAX, IT SHOULDN'T IMPACT THE CITY'S ABILITY TO, TO RAISE THEIR OWN, UM, AS LONG AS THEY HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY.
THEY HAVEN'T BUILD THAT, THAT 2%.
UM, BUT AMY, IF I, UH, IF YOU'RE SO ABLE TO, UH, MAYBE I CAN, UH, ASK YOU TO ADD ANYTHING I'VE, I'VE FORGOTTEN OR MAYBE, UM, KIND OF SPEAK TO THE, THE 80 17 68 AND THE PROCESS THAT THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH.
SO YEAH, THAT BILL WAS JUST INTRODUCED, I THINK TODAY OR LATE LAST NIGHT.
UM, AND IT, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE TWO THIRDS, BECAUSE TYPICALLY, IF, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO RAISE A, A, YOU KNOW, A, A TAX OR A FEE THRESHOLD, IT USUALLY GOES THROUGH AND, UH, IT HAS, HAS A TWO THIRDS VOTING REQUIREMENT.
BUT THIS DOES NOT, BECAUSE IT HAS THE, HOW WE'RE READING IT, IT HAS THE BARRIER OF SAYING, UM, IF LA COUNTY, UH, THE VOTERS OF LA COUNTY, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, PASSED THIS, I'LL, I'LL ACTUALLY JUST READ YOU WORD FOR WORD.
THE BILL WOULD AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES BY AN ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY TO LEVY TAX PURSUANT, UH, TO THE TAX LAWS AT A RATE NOT TO EXCEED 0.5% FOR GENERAL PURPOSES.
THE BILL WOULD AUTHORIZE THOSE TAXES, UH, TO EXCEED THE 2%, AND THE BILL WOULD MAKE, UM, LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS NECESSARY OF A SPECIAL STATUTE FOR THE COUNTY OF LA.
SO THE WAY I READ THAT, THAT'S WHAT GOT THEM AROUND THE TWO THIRDS VOTING REQUIREMENT.
NOW, I'M GONNA BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF TIMING, BECAUSE THIS BILL IS, UM, A, A STANDALONE, IT DOESN'T HAVE AN URGENCY CLAUSE, RIGHT, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A TWO THIRDS VOTE.
UM, SO THIS WOULD ESSENTIALLY, IF IT WERE SUCCESSFUL, WOULD GO INTO EFFECT AND BE SIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED BY JAN 1 20 27.
THAT'S, UM, ALL WE HAVE FOR PRESENTATION, UM, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THE LEGISLATION SIDE FOR AMY, HAPPY TO.
SO BASICALLY THE GOING TO A JURY ELECTION, CORRECT? YEAH.
CURRENTLY, WHEN THIS WENT THROUGH ITS FIRST ROUND OF THE CLUSTER MEETINGS,
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IT WAS PULLING AT ABOUT 58%.UM, AND, AND AMY AND US DISCUSSED THIS, WHICH IS NOT SUPER HIGH GOING INTO SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, AS YOU ALL MAY BE, YOU KNOW, VERY FAMILIAR WITH, THERE'S QUITE A FEW ORGANIZATIONS, UM, WHO ARE PROBABLY GONNA COME OUT VERY MUCH IN OPPOSITION OF THIS, UM, WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, REGULARLY IN OPPOSITION OF ANY KIND OF TAX, UH, RAISING, UM, METHODS.
UM, AND SO, UM, IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE, UH, HOW IT PERFORMS. UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF STARTING OUT AT 58%.
UM, I THINK KIND OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD TODAY DURING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETINGS, UH, AND AMY, YOU CAN MAYBE SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL.
UM, THERE, THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THOUGH ANY CONCERN ABOUT THE LEGISLATION PASSING THAT THE AUTHORS OF THE LEGISLATION, UM, ARE VERY COMMITTED TO THIS.
AND THERE IS COMMITMENT ON THE SENATE SIDE.
AND SO, UM, UH, THERE, THERE SHOULDN'T BE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE COUNTY, KNOCK ON WOOD, UH, FINGERS THERE SHOULDN'T BE TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THE LEGISLATION NOT PASSING.
UM, SO REALLY IT WILL BE, I THINK KIND OF DOWN TO, TO THE VOTERS, UH, ANY THAT ALL SOUND CORRECT TO YOU? YEAH.
UM, YES, I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW THE DISCUSSION PLAYS OUT WHEN THIS BILL IS REFERRED TO THE REQUISITE, YOU KNOW, ASSEMBLY, REV AND TAX, UH, COMMITTEE.
UM, BUT, BUT YES, THAT, THAT SEEMS, THAT SEEMS ACCURATE UNTIL IT'S NOT.
SO THE THRESHOLD IS 50 PLUS ONE, 50% PLUS ONE FOR YEAH, THE AL THE LEGISLATURE FOR THE, THE MM-HMM
I, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK THAT AND GIVE IT BACK TO YOU.
FOR THE, THE STATE LEGISLATION, IT'S, IT'S JUST A MAJORITY.
YEAH, IT REALLY IS BECAUSE, UH, THERE YOU, I APPROACH BY ORGANIZATIONS TO VOTE BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE FACTS.
UH, BUT I WOULD HOLD TO THIS MEETING IF YOU WERE SAY STAFF, WHICH IS BETTER.
WELL, THANK YOU
AND, UH, WE MADE THIS MORE DIFFICULT ON OURSELVES BECAUSE YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE IN BOLD THE PROPOSED TAX WOULD NOT IMPACT MEASURE A.
YOU'RE SPEAKING TO LOCAL LONG BEACH MEASURE A BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE COUNTY MEASURE A THAT PASSED THAT ALSO HAD A STATE EXEMPTION LAST YEAR, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION.
I, WE SHOULD INCLUDE THAT ON THE SLIDE, CORRECT.
IT WOULD NOT IMPACT LOCAL LONG BEACH MEASURE DAY.
I THINK I, I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THE DETAILS CONTINUE TO FLUSH OUT, WHICH WILL SHOW ACTUAL IMPACT AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
ANY, UH, ONLY COMMENT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO THE VOTE? YES.
ANYBODY WANT COMMENT? NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEN NONE.