TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY OF CHINO
FROM: LINDA REICH, CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT
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Report on priority State and Federal Legislative Issues.
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RECOMMENDATION
Receive and file the January 21, 2025 Priority Legislative Items Report, the Tracked State Legislation Report, and the Report on City Position Letters.
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FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact.
CITY OF CHINO MISSION / VISION / VALUES / STRATEGIC ISSUES
The recommendation detailed above furthers the City's values and strategic issues that serve as key pillars on which identified priorities, goals, and action plans are built by fostering:
* Positive City Image
* Financial Stability
* Responsible Long-Range Planning
* Exemplary Leadership
* Public Service Excellence through Internal and External Partnerships
BACKGROUND
On April 2, 2024, the City Council adopted the Citywide Legislative Policy, which details guiding principles organized around respective legislative, policy, and regulatory matters. It supplements the Citywide Strategic Plan to build an effective and flexible legislative advocacy strategy.
The Policy authorizes Staff to formulate and approve official City responses for those legislative items with potentially significant impact on the City or that create an issue of timeliness for an official response, with the qualification that the position is determined to be consistent with the City's legislative policy.
Per the Policy, the Committee or Staff is to report to the City Council on any updates, recommendations, or actions taken by the Committee or Staff.
ISSUES/ANALYSIS
The Priority Legislative Items Report includes legislative and government relations issues of note to the City (Attachment 1).
The Tracked State Legislation Report (Attachment 2) usually reflects the City's position on active bills being tracked during the current state legislative session. However, because this is the first year of the 2025-26 legislative session and the bill introduction deadlin...
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