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FROM- OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
BY: VANIAH DE ROJAS, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGEW
DATE- JANUARY 22, 2019
That the City Council adopt the 2019 legislative platform and authorize the Mayor (or Mayor
Pro Tem in the Mayor's absence) to it policy and position letters within the guidelines of
the platform.
The City routinely participates in t e state and federal legislative process, advocating for
local control, fiscal stability and regional funding opportunities, as well as in the rule-making
and policy -setting process at the County and regional level. This active participation
protects and promotes the City's interests on priority issues, legislation, and regulatory
matters.
The attached 2019 Legislative Platform contains some updates to the 2018 Platform ' and
memorializes the Council's agreement on priority issues, facilitating timely and dir-
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ponses during the legislative session. It does not preclude City Council consideration of
addonal legislative matters arising throughout the year. The proposed platform is based
upon existing City Council established goals and policies as outlined in the Annual Goal
Setting Workshop; the City's General Plan; and the League of California Cities legislative
priorities.
The guiding principles informing the 2019 Legislative Platform are as follows,
1) Preservation of Local Control
2) Promotion of Fiscal Stability
3) Support for Funding Opportunities
4) Non-interference in matters outside the City's purview
During the legislative session, City staff and legislative advocates will continue to monitor
and provide updates on important legislative matters upon which the City has an
established interest or stated poson. When a legislative issue requires action, the City
Manager's designee is authorized to prepare a position letter, in accordance with the
legislate platform, for the Mayor's signature on behalf of the City. If there is an item not
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addressed in the adopted Legislative Platform, or additional discussion is necessary, the
matter would go before the full City Council for direction. Legislative priorities may only
address issues directly relevant• or impacting the provision •.services.
Also, during the legislative process, staff will work with the City's Federal and State
Lobbyist to advocate the City's legislative interests at the Federal, State and County
Efficiency & Adaptability
There is no fiscal impact to the adoption of the 2019 Legislative Platform
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: 2019 Legislative Platform
Attachment B: 2019 Legislative Session Timeline
1) Preservation of Local Control
2) Promotion of Fiscal Stability
3) Support of Local Funding Opportunities
4) Non-interference with responsibes outside local government purview
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Administrative and Employer Services
- Support measures that create or maintain local governmental allthority and local
control
- Support legislation that limits the exposure of local governments to lawsuits
related to liability
- Support funding for regional projects in which the City is a participant or
beneficiary, or from which the Gateway es region is a beneficiary
- Support legislation that increases local control and limits financial burdens
related to employee relations and collective bargaining items that are more
appropriately negotiated at the bargaining table
- Oppose legislation impeding local administration of labor relations or employee
disputes
- Oppose measures that create or grant powers to federal, state or regional
agencies which infringe on local authorities without local government consent
- Oppose measures that mandate burdensome procedures or processes without
achieving substantial improvement for the public good
Community, Recreation and Cultural
- Support federal and state funding opportunities for cultural arts programs,
libraries, parks, recreation and human services, open space preservation and
facility development/renewal
- Support legislation and funding for youth -related education, prevention and
intervention programs
- Support legislation, partnerships and initiatives that further the development of
additional park and open space in the City, particularly the South Rancho Sports
Complex
'-Iousing, Community and Economic Development
- Support legislation that provides addonal funding and preserves local mit gation
fee authority to ensure ces have sufficient resources to update local plans that
reflect community input, improve and expand local infrastructure, address
environmental impacts and deliver services to support new housing development
- Support legislation and funding programs that are balanced, realistic, and
organizationally -appropriate responses to the homeless crisis in California
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Support legislation and funding programs that promote the development and
enhancement of safe, affordable, accessible housing within the City for veterans,
and individuals of all ages and economic segments of the population while
preserving public input and local control
- Support legislation that promotes the ability of cities to maintain and manage the
public right-of-way and receive compensation for its use
- Support legislation that provides for the fair, streamlined process of dissolving
redevelopment agencies and initiatives that provide for alternative economic
development tools, including tax increment financing
- Support legislation that preserves, increases, and/or expands the use of the
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program as provided by the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Support legislation that increase the number of jobs in key industry clusters
- Support legislation that enhances the City's efforts to retain existing businesses
and attract new businesses
Oppose legislation and regulatory efforts that would restrict or eliminate the
authority of cities to zone and plan for the development of telecommunications
infrastructure, including the siting of cellular communications towers or
transmission sites
telecommunications infrastructure
Oppose legislation that would remove local control over permit an eve opmen
procedures and standards, or legislation that is contrary to the City of Downey
General Plan or local land -use policy
Finance, Revenue and Taxation-
- Support legislation requiring State and Federal Government to provi• e fu I cos
reimbursement to cities for mandated programs that impact revenues
- Support legislation that protects current local government revenue sources from
being taken, confiscated, diverted or otherwise used to fund state or federal
government operations and responsibilities
- Support efforts to reduce the fiscal impacts of Proposition 218 on cities
- Support legislation and funding for the preservation and enhancement of the
City's ability to generate and retain sales and use tax and local point -of -sal -
i, i, ocatio
- Support legislation to protect and preserve local control over locally -imposed
taxes (such as transient occupancy tax, franchise fees and utility user taxes)
- Support legislation and funding that preserves and enhances a positive business
climate and grows the business tax base
- Support legislation that stabilizes local government financing, increases funding
to local agencies, and permits the most cost-efficient management of state -
mandated programs
- Support legislation that ensures the sustainabty of public pension and
retirement health benefits, consistent with League of California Cities' adopted
sustainabty principles in its Retirement System Sustainability Study and
Findings Report - January 2018 (see Exhibit A, Pension Sustainability Principles)
- Oppose legislation to reduce or remove the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds
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Oppose legis a ion that imposes mandated costs for which there is no guarantee
of local reimbursement or offsetting benefits
Oppose any measure that mandates procedures that would make local
governments more dependent upon the state for financial stability or that reduces
local discretion in the use of local government revenues
Oppose legislation that would shift revenue from local government to the state for
any purpose
Transportation, Water, Environment and Public Works
- Support legislation to provide funding for local roads and for traffic congestio
relief projects in the 1-5, 1-605, 1-710 and 1-105 Corridors
- Support legislation that reduces traffic congestion and supports local an
regional transportation programs that benefit the City, provides equitab
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amounts of state and federal funding for local and regional roads and highways,
and facilitates timely construction of transportation projects
Support legislation that protects existing transportation funding for local priorities
- Support legislation that preserves the voices of riparian cities in the planning of
any potential restoration of lower the Los Angeles or San Gabriel rivers
Support legislation to provide funding for mitigation measures and projects that
divert, filter or treat urban runoff, or projects that otherwise help achieve
requirements of Watershed Management Plans to which the City is subject
Support legislation that preserves local authority and flexibility in regulating solid
waste and recycling; requires manufacturer or retailer responsibility for
responsible recycling or disposal; and develops markets for recycled goods
Oppose legislation that eliminates or restricts the use of transportation funding for
local transportation projects
Oppose legislation that imposes unreasonable or unfunded wastewater
discharge and stormwater runoff requirements, water testing and treatment
requirements
- Oppose legislation that interferes with a charter city's right to contract according
to its adopted procedures, including mandates regarding contractor and
subcontractor uniforms and signage; reductions in contract retention payment;
and changes to the resolution of claims process.
Oppose measures that provide minimal improvements in air or water quality
while incurring excessive public costs for implementation
Pension Sustainability Principles
(s Adopted by the League of California Cities Board of Directors, June 30, 2017)
o Public compensation systems programs should be sustainable, fair to taxpayers
and employees, and provide long-term financial stability [Existing Policy placed in
new section].
The League believes that solutions towards realizing pension system sustainability
should be the result of inclusive stakeholder collaboration at both the local and state
level (retirees, employees, employers, CaIPERS).
The League supports legal or legislative remedies that facilitate options to restore
sustainability to CalPERS benefit plans. As appropriate to each city, such actions
could include one or more of the following:
• A single benefit level for every employee.
• Converting all currently deemed "Classic" employees to the same provisions
(benefits and employee contributions) currently in place for "PEPRA" employees
for all future years of service.
o Temporary modifications to retiree Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) that
are automatically added to a retiree's pension benefit payment regardless of
compensation level or CPI.
»The League supports expanded flexibility for cities regarding their contract
agreements with CaIPERS, which could include additional mechanisms for exiting
CalPERS and renegotiating UAL amortization terms.
Existing General Pension Principles (modified)
(s Adopted by the League of California Cities BoardDirectors, Jure 30, 7
as The League supports a change in state law or judicial precedent to allow employers
to negotiate plan changes with classic CaIPERS members.
�m This League supports legislative solutions to address increasing costs associated
with Industrial Disability Retirement (IDR).
30 1 League of California Cities 1 1400 K Street, Suite 400 1 Sacramento, California 95814 1 Phone: (916) 658-8200 1 www.cacities.org
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Pension Sustainability Principles
(s Adopted by the League of California Cities Board of Directors, June 30, 2017)
o Public compensation systems programs should be sustainable, fair to taxpayers
and employees, and provide long-term financial stability [Existing Policy placed in
new section].
The League believes that solutions towards realizing pension system sustainability
should be the result of inclusive stakeholder collaboration at both the local and state
level (retirees, employees, employers, CaIPERS).
The League supports legal or legislative remedies that facilitate options to restore
sustainability to CalPERS benefit plans. As appropriate to each city, such actions
could include one or more of the following:
• A single benefit level for every employee.
• Converting all currently deemed "Classic" employees to the same provisions
(benefits and employee contributions) currently in place for "PEPRA" employees
for all future years of service.
o Temporary modifications to retiree Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) that
are automatically added to a retiree's pension benefit payment regardless of
compensation level or CPI.
»The League supports expanded flexibility for cities regarding their contract
agreements with CaIPERS, which could include additional mechanisms for exiting
CalPERS and renegotiating UAL amortization terms.
Existing General Pension Principles (modified)
(s Adopted by the League of California Cities BoardDirectors, Jure 30, 7
as The League supports a change in state law or judicial precedent to allow employers
to negotiate plan changes with classic CaIPERS members.
�m This League supports legislative solutions to address increasing costs associated
with Industrial Disability Retirement (IDR).
30 1 League of California Cities 1 1400 K Street, Suite 400 1 Sacramento, California 95814 1 Phone: (916) 658-8200 1 www.cacities.org
2019 TENTATVE LEGISLATIVE CALEN
COMPILED BY TTIE OFFICE OF THE ASSEMBLY CHIEF CLERIC AND THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
Revised 10-31-I8
*Holiday schedule subject to final approval by Rules Committee:::
FITEVITNUM
Jan. 1 Statutes take effect (Art IV, Sec, 8(c)),,
Jan. 7 Legislature reconvenes (J,R 5l(a)(1))
Jan. 10 Budget must be submitted by Governor (Art, IV, Sec 12(a)):
Jan, 21 Martin Luther King, Jr, Day
Jan. 25 Las[ day to submit bill requests to the Office of Legislative Counsel,
Feb. 18 Presidents' Day -
Feb. 22
ay:l+eb.22 Last day for bills to be introduced (J R, 61(a)(1), J,R 54(a))::
Mar. 29 Cesar Chavez Day observed.
Apr. 11 Spring Recess begins upon adjournment (J,R 51(a)(2)) -
.fpr. 22 Legislature reconvenes from Spring Recess (J,R 51(a)(2))
Apr; 26 Last day for policy committees to meet and report to fiscal committees
fiscal bells introduced in their house (J,R-61(a)(2)),
May 3 Last day for policy committees to meet and report to the floor noxa -fiscal
balls introduced in their house (J, R, 61(a)(3)),
May 10 Last day for policy committees to meet prior to June 3 (J R:; 61(a)(4)).;
May 17 Last day for fiscal committees to meet and report to the floor bills
introduced in their house (J,R 61(a)(5)), Last day for fiscal committees
to meet prior to June 3 (J.R- 61(a)(6)),
May 27 Memorial Day.;
May 25-31 Floor session only No committee may meet for any purpose except
Rules Committee, bills referred pursuant to A,R 77,2, and Conference
Committees (J„R, 61(a)(7))
May 3l Last day for each house to pass bills introduced in that house
(J, R_ 61(a)(8))<
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*Holiday schedule subject to final approval by Rules Committee:::
FITEVITNUM
Jan. 1 Statutes take effect (Art IV, Sec, 8(c)),,
Jan. 7 Legislature reconvenes (J,R 5l(a)(1))
Jan. 10 Budget must be submitted by Governor (Art, IV, Sec 12(a)):
Jan, 21 Martin Luther King, Jr, Day
Jan. 25 Las[ day to submit bill requests to the Office of Legislative Counsel,
Feb. 18 Presidents' Day -
Feb. 22
ay:l+eb.22 Last day for bills to be introduced (J R, 61(a)(1), J,R 54(a))::
Mar. 29 Cesar Chavez Day observed.
Apr. 11 Spring Recess begins upon adjournment (J,R 51(a)(2)) -
.fpr. 22 Legislature reconvenes from Spring Recess (J,R 51(a)(2))
Apr; 26 Last day for policy committees to meet and report to fiscal committees
fiscal bells introduced in their house (J,R-61(a)(2)),
May 3 Last day for policy committees to meet and report to the floor noxa -fiscal
balls introduced in their house (J, R, 61(a)(3)),
May 10 Last day for policy committees to meet prior to June 3 (J R:; 61(a)(4)).;
May 17 Last day for fiscal committees to meet and report to the floor bills
introduced in their house (J,R 61(a)(5)), Last day for fiscal committees
to meet prior to June 3 (J.R- 61(a)(6)),
May 27 Memorial Day.;
May 25-31 Floor session only No committee may meet for any purpose except
Rules Committee, bills referred pursuant to A,R 77,2, and Conference
Committees (J„R, 61(a)(7))
May 3l Last day for each house to pass bills introduced in that house
(J, R_ 61(a)(8))<
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*Holiday schedule subject to final approval by Rules Committee:::
FITEVITNUM
Jan. 1 Statutes take effect (Art IV, Sec, 8(c)),,
Jan. 7 Legislature reconvenes (J,R 5l(a)(1))
Jan. 10 Budget must be submitted by Governor (Art, IV, Sec 12(a)):
Jan, 21 Martin Luther King, Jr, Day
Jan. 25 Las[ day to submit bill requests to the Office of Legislative Counsel,
Feb. 18 Presidents' Day -
Feb. 22
ay:l+eb.22 Last day for bills to be introduced (J R, 61(a)(1), J,R 54(a))::
Mar. 29 Cesar Chavez Day observed.
Apr. 11 Spring Recess begins upon adjournment (J,R 51(a)(2)) -
.fpr. 22 Legislature reconvenes from Spring Recess (J,R 51(a)(2))
Apr; 26 Last day for policy committees to meet and report to fiscal committees
fiscal bells introduced in their house (J,R-61(a)(2)),
May 3 Last day for policy committees to meet and report to the floor noxa -fiscal
balls introduced in their house (J, R, 61(a)(3)),
May 10 Last day for policy committees to meet prior to June 3 (J R:; 61(a)(4)).;
May 17 Last day for fiscal committees to meet and report to the floor bills
introduced in their house (J,R 61(a)(5)), Last day for fiscal committees
to meet prior to June 3 (J.R- 61(a)(6)),
May 27 Memorial Day.;
May 25-31 Floor session only No committee may meet for any purpose except
Rules Committee, bills referred pursuant to A,R 77,2, and Conference
Committees (J„R, 61(a)(7))
May 3l Last day for each house to pass bills introduced in that house
(J, R_ 61(a)(8))<
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2019 TEN'T'ATIVE LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR
COMPILED BY THE OFFICE OF THE ASSEMBLY CHIEF CLERK AND THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
Revised 10-31-t$
3ULY
June Committee meetings may resume (J,R 61(a)(9));
June 15 Budget Bill must be passed by midnight (Art, IV, Sec 12(c)(3)),
July 4 Independence Day
July 10 Last day for policy committees to hear and report fiscal balls to fscai
committees L1 R. 61(a)(10))
July 12 Last day for policy committees to meet and report bilis (J:R 61(a)(11))
Summer Recess begins upon adjournment, provided Budget Bill has been
passed (J, R. 51(a)(3)),
Aug. l2 Legislature reconvenes from Summer Recess (J R, 51(a)(3))
Atug.30 Last day for fiscal coa miffees to meet and report bills (JR, 61(a)(12)),
Sept. 2 Labor Day
Sept. 3-13 Floor session only; No committees may meet for any purpose, except
Rules Committee, bills referred pursuant to A. R 77 2, and Conference
Committees (J,R. 61 (a)(13))
Recess
Sept.6 Last day to amend bills on the floor(J,R, 61(a)(14)),
Sept: 13 Last day for any bill to be passed (J,R:61(a)(I5)) Interim Recess begins
upon adjournment (J,R 51(a)(4)),
IMPORTANT DATES OCCURRING DURING INTERIM RECESS
2019
Oct. 13 Last day for Governor to sign or veto bills passed by the legislature on or before Sept. 13'
and in the Governor's possession after Sept. 13 (Art. IV, Sec. 10(b)(1)).
2020
Jan. l Statutes take effect (Art. IV, Sec. 8(c)).
Jan. 6 Legislature reconvenes (J.R. 51(a)(4)):
*Holiday schedule subject to Final approval by Rules Committee.
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June Committee meetings may resume (J,R 61(a)(9));
June 15 Budget Bill must be passed by midnight (Art, IV, Sec 12(c)(3)),
July 4 Independence Day
July 10 Last day for policy committees to hear and report fiscal balls to fscai
committees L1 R. 61(a)(10))
July 12 Last day for policy committees to meet and report bilis (J:R 61(a)(11))
Summer Recess begins upon adjournment, provided Budget Bill has been
passed (J, R. 51(a)(3)),
Aug. l2 Legislature reconvenes from Summer Recess (J R, 51(a)(3))
Atug.30 Last day for fiscal coa miffees to meet and report bills (JR, 61(a)(12)),
Sept. 2 Labor Day
Sept. 3-13 Floor session only; No committees may meet for any purpose, except
Rules Committee, bills referred pursuant to A. R 77 2, and Conference
Committees (J,R. 61 (a)(13))
Recess
Sept.6 Last day to amend bills on the floor(J,R, 61(a)(14)),
Sept: 13 Last day for any bill to be passed (J,R:61(a)(I5)) Interim Recess begins
upon adjournment (J,R 51(a)(4)),
IMPORTANT DATES OCCURRING DURING INTERIM RECESS
2019
Oct. 13 Last day for Governor to sign or veto bills passed by the legislature on or before Sept. 13'
and in the Governor's possession after Sept. 13 (Art. IV, Sec. 10(b)(1)).
2020
Jan. l Statutes take effect (Art. IV, Sec. 8(c)).
Jan. 6 Legislature reconvenes (J.R. 51(a)(4)):
*Holiday schedule subject to Final approval by Rules Committee.
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SEPTEMBER
June Committee meetings may resume (J,R 61(a)(9));
June 15 Budget Bill must be passed by midnight (Art, IV, Sec 12(c)(3)),
July 4 Independence Day
July 10 Last day for policy committees to hear and report fiscal balls to fscai
committees L1 R. 61(a)(10))
July 12 Last day for policy committees to meet and report bilis (J:R 61(a)(11))
Summer Recess begins upon adjournment, provided Budget Bill has been
passed (J, R. 51(a)(3)),
Aug. l2 Legislature reconvenes from Summer Recess (J R, 51(a)(3))
Atug.30 Last day for fiscal coa miffees to meet and report bills (JR, 61(a)(12)),
Sept. 2 Labor Day
Sept. 3-13 Floor session only; No committees may meet for any purpose, except
Rules Committee, bills referred pursuant to A. R 77 2, and Conference
Committees (J,R. 61 (a)(13))
Recess
Sept.6 Last day to amend bills on the floor(J,R, 61(a)(14)),
Sept: 13 Last day for any bill to be passed (J,R:61(a)(I5)) Interim Recess begins
upon adjournment (J,R 51(a)(4)),
IMPORTANT DATES OCCURRING DURING INTERIM RECESS
2019
Oct. 13 Last day for Governor to sign or veto bills passed by the legislature on or before Sept. 13'
and in the Governor's possession after Sept. 13 (Art. IV, Sec. 10(b)(1)).
2020
Jan. l Statutes take effect (Art. IV, Sec. 8(c)).
Jan. 6 Legislature reconvenes (J.R. 51(a)(4)):
*Holiday schedule subject to Final approval by Rules Committee.
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June Committee meetings may resume (J,R 61(a)(9));
June 15 Budget Bill must be passed by midnight (Art, IV, Sec 12(c)(3)),
July 4 Independence Day
July 10 Last day for policy committees to hear and report fiscal balls to fscai
committees L1 R. 61(a)(10))
July 12 Last day for policy committees to meet and report bilis (J:R 61(a)(11))
Summer Recess begins upon adjournment, provided Budget Bill has been
passed (J, R. 51(a)(3)),
Aug. l2 Legislature reconvenes from Summer Recess (J R, 51(a)(3))
Atug.30 Last day for fiscal coa miffees to meet and report bills (JR, 61(a)(12)),
Sept. 2 Labor Day
Sept. 3-13 Floor session only; No committees may meet for any purpose, except
Rules Committee, bills referred pursuant to A. R 77 2, and Conference
Committees (J,R. 61 (a)(13))
Recess
Sept.6 Last day to amend bills on the floor(J,R, 61(a)(14)),
Sept: 13 Last day for any bill to be passed (J,R:61(a)(I5)) Interim Recess begins
upon adjournment (J,R 51(a)(4)),
IMPORTANT DATES OCCURRING DURING INTERIM RECESS
2019
Oct. 13 Last day for Governor to sign or veto bills passed by the legislature on or before Sept. 13'
and in the Governor's possession after Sept. 13 (Art. IV, Sec. 10(b)(1)).
2020
Jan. l Statutes take effect (Art. IV, Sec. 8(c)).
Jan. 6 Legislature reconvenes (J.R. 51(a)(4)):
*Holiday schedule subject to Final approval by Rules Committee.
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