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Home My WebLink AboutBOARD STANDING COMMITTEES - 10032019 - Legislation Cte Agenda Pkt LEGISLATION COMMITTEE October 3, 2019 10:30 A.M. 651 Pine Street, Room 101, Martinez Supervisor Diane Burgis, Chair Supervisor Karen Mitchoff, Vice Chair Agenda Items: Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference of the Committee 1.Introductions 2.Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda (speakers may be limited to three minutes). 3. APPROVE the Record of Action for the September 9, 2019 meeting of the Legislation Committee, with any necessary corrections. 4. PROVIDE direction to staff on the development of a contract for state legislative advocacy services for the County effective January 1, 2020. 5. PROVIDE direction to staff on the development of the 2020 Federal and State Legislative Platforms. 6.The next meeting is currently scheduled for November 11, 2019 but will be rescheduled owing to the Veterans' Day Holiday. 7.Adjourn The Legislation Committee will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to attend Legislation Committee meetings. Contact the staff person listed below at least 72 hours before the meeting. Any disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and distributed by the County to a majority of members of the Legislation Committee less than 96 hours prior to that meeting are available for public inspection at 651 Pine Street, 10th floor, during normal business hours. Public comment may be submitted via electronic mail on agenda items at least one full work day prior to the published meeting time. Page 1 of 13 For Additional Information Contact: Lara DeLaney, Committee Staff Phone (925) 335-1097, Fax (925) 646-1353 lara.delaney@cao.cccounty.us Page 2 of 13 LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 3. Meeting Date:10/03/2019 Subject:Record of Action for Legislation Committee Meeting Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE, Department:County Administrator Referral No.: 2019-27 Referral Name: Record of Action Presenter: L. DeLaney Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-335-1097 Referral History: County Ordinance (Better Government Ordinance 95-6, Article 25-205, [d]) requires that each County Body keep a record of its meetings. Though the record need not be verbatim, it must accurately reflect the agenda and the decisions made in the meeting. Referral Update: Attached for the Committee's consideration is the Draft Record of Action for its September 9, 2019 meeting. (Attachment A) Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s): APPROVE the Record of Action with any necessary corrections. Attachments Attachment A--Draft Record of Action Page 3 of 13 D R A F T LEGISLATION COMMITTEE September 9, 2019 10:30 A.M. 651 Pine Street, Room 101, Martinez Supervisor Diane Burgis, Chair Supervisor Karen Mitchoff, Vice Chair Agenda Items:Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference of the Committee Present: Diane Burgis, Chair Karen Mitchoff, Vice Chair Staff Present:Lara DeLaney, Sr. Deputy County Administrator Joshua Sullivan, Health Services Administrator Tiffany Patterson, Health Services staff Mark Goodwin, Chief of Staff, District III Attendees: James Gross, Ben Palmer, Michelle Rubalcava 1.Introductions The Committee members, staff present, and the County's state advocates, on the conference line, all introduced themselves. 2.Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda (speakers may be limited to three minutes). No public comment was received. 3.APPROVE the Record of Action with any necessary corrections. The Committee accepted the Record of Action as presented. AYE: Chair Diane Burgis, Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff Passed 4.ACCEPT the report and provide direction to staff, as needed. The Committee received the report and asked questions related to specific bills, which the staff and advocates were able to address. Attachment A Page 4 of 13 AYE: Chair Diane Burgis, Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff Passed 5.Recommend a position of "Support" to the Board of Supervisors on AB 38 (Wood): Fire Safety: Low Cost Retrofits: Wildfire Mitigation, and direct staff to send the bill to the Board of Supervisors for action on their September 17, 2019 consent calendar. The Committee recommended the bill, AB 38, be sent to the Board of Supervisors for support on its next Consent calendar. AYE: Chair Diane Burgis, Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff Passed 6.PROVIDE input and direction to staff related to the procurement process for a state legislative advocacy services contract to be effective January 1, 2020. Vice Chair Mitchoff was interested in extending the contract term for state advocacy services with Nielsen Merksamer. Chair Burgis wanted to have further conversation with the advocates and further consideration of the matter. The Committee directed staff to return this item to its October meeting. AYE: Chair Diane Burgis, Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff Passed 7.The next meeting is currently scheduled for October 3, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. 8.Adjourn The Legislation Committee will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to attend Legislation Committee meetings. Contact the staff person listed below at least 72 hours before the meeting. Any disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and distributed by the County to a majority of members of the Legislation Committee less than 96 hours prior to that meeting are available for public inspection at 651 Pine Street, 10th floor, during normal business hours. Public comment may be submitted via electronic mail on agenda items at least one full work day prior to the published meeting time. For Additional Information Contact: Lara DeLaney, Committee Staff Phone (925) 335-1097, Fax (925) 646-1353 lara.delaney@cao.cccounty.us Attachment A Page 5 of 13 LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 4. Meeting Date:10/03/2019 Subject:State Legislative Advocacy Contract Procurement Process Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE, Department:County Administrator Referral No.: 2019-26 Referral Name: State Legislative Advocacy Contract Procurement Process Presenter: L. DeLaney Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-335-1097 Referral History: At its September 9, 2019 meeting, the Legislation Committee directed staff to return this matter to the Committee for further consideration at its October meeting. Staff had prepared for the Committee's consideration a report on the state advocacy services contract which included a proposed timeline for a procurement process for a contract effective January 1, 2020. Staff was requesting input and direction from the Committee. Referral Update: Following the conclusion of a procurement process conducted by County Administrator staff in the spring/summer of 2019 to select a contractor to provide state legislative advocacy services to the County for a three-year period of time, a short-term contract with Nielsen Merksamer, a qualified responder, for the period of August 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019 was executed and services are now being provided by a team of advocates that also includes water policy specialists from Cruz Strategies. A "Legislative Training and Platform Input" session has been scheduled on October 9, 2019 for the Nielsen Merksamer team to conduct for the benefit of County department heads and other key staff. The Nielsen Merksamer team has also attended a County Administrator-hosted Department Head meeting in August 2019 to gather input on legislative and policy priorities. Nielsen Merksamer is actively engaged in the County's advocacy efforts and has expressed an interest in extending the contract beyond the period of December 31, 2019. Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s): PROVIDE input and direction to staff related to a contract for state legislative advocacy services for the period beginning January 1 2020. Fiscal Impact (if any): The County Administrator's Office budget includes appropriations for the County's legislative Page 6 of 13 The County Administrator's Office budget includes appropriations for the County's legislative advocacy services. Attachments No file(s) attached. Page 7 of 13 LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 5. Meeting Date:10/03/2019 Subject:2020 Legislative Platform Development Process Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE, Department:County Administrator Referral No.: 2019-28 Referral Name: 2020 Legislative Platforms Presenter: L. DeLaney Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-335-1097 Referral History: The Legislation Committee annually reviews and considers the draft State and Federal Legislative Platforms prior to their proposal to the Board of Supervisors. Staff aims to have to the Platforms to the Committee for their consideration in November and/or December of each year. The adopted Platforms of the Board of Supervisors are available here: https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/2859/Legislation Referral Update: Each year in January, the Board of Supervisors adopts a State Legislative Platform that establishes priorities and policy positions with regard to potential State legislation and regulation. The State Legislative Platform includes County-sponsored bill proposals, legislative or regulatory advocacy priorities for the year, and policies that provide direction and guidance for identification of and advocacy on bills which would affect the services, programs or finances of Contra Costa County. Every January, the Board of Supervisors also adopts a Federal Legislative Platform that establishes federal funding needs and policy positions with regard to potential federal legislation and regulation. These documents are utilized by the County's state and federal advocates and staff as the basis for advocacy efforts. The State and Federal Legislative Platforms are prepared each year by staff of the County Administrator's Office in collaboration with County department heads, other key staff, the County state and federal advocates, and with input from the Board's commissions/committees and the public. CAO staff generally conducts outreach in the fall of year year regarding the Platform process and invites input during the month of October, so that draft documents can be considered by the Legislation Committee in November and/or December of each year. Elements of the Platforms that related to the work of the Transportation, Water and Infrastructure Committee are also reviewed by that committee prior to the Proposed Platforms being presented to the Board of Supervisors in January for adoption. With direction from the Board of Supervisors for the 2020 Platforms to be more streamlined, concise and provide greater prioritization, staff of the CAO's office has conducted 2020 Platform Page 8 of 13 input meetings on three occasions to date, convening a "2020 Platform Workgroup" to solicit input on Platform structural/formatting changes. A conference call with the federal advocates from Alcalde & Fay was conducted on September 9, 2019 as part of this process. With assistance from the Platform Workshop, CAO staff gathered the legislative platforms of 10 urban counties (including Contra Costa County) and analyzed their structure and content. (See Attachment A.) Of note: Several counties combine their federal and state advocacy agendas into one document. Some counties adopt 2-year platforms to coincide with the two-year legislative cycle. Most platforms contain information about the County, a map of the County and its Supervisorial districts, the members of the Board of Supervisors (congressional delegation and CAO staff was also occasionally included), demographic and financial information. One County (Orange) also developed 1 page documents specifically for their State and Federal Priorities. One County (Sacramento) included its procedures and protocols for expedited positions and consideration of statewide ballot measures. Many platforms also included the County's mission, vision, values, and principles. The consensus of the staff comprising the Platform Workgroup was to recommend that the County maintain separate Federal and State platforms. However, the Workgroup recommends that the County move toward a two-year document to coincide with the next legislative cycle. The Workgroup also recommends that the documents be modified to include 1-2 pages of introductory and demographics information about the County, similar to what other county platforms provide, and that the County's mission, vision and values be incorporated as well. In order to reduce the size of the Platforms, moving away from specific policy based platforms to principle-based platforms could be implemented. However, staff recommends retaining or incorporating the existing 2019 Platform as an appendix to the document or a reference in the document so that existing policies could be retained until amended by the Board of Supervisors. The federal advocate expressed support for reforms to the Platform that will include, or as an appendix or even a separate document, specifically-stated federal objectives grouped along the lines of: whether the County is seeking project-specific funding, program-specific funding, a few program initiatives and policy modification requests, or reflect the County's general principles/programs of interest (not necessarily items the County would be initiating). The federal advocate also noted that projects the Board agrees should be part of the Legislative Platform should be accompanied by one-pager type documents suitable for general use as briefing papers/handouts. CAO staff will continue soliciting input from Departments on the development of the 2020 Platforms consistent with the direction from Legislation Committee related to structural/format changes. Departments will have an opportunity to provide further input at a Legislative Training and Platform Input session scheduled for October 9, 2019. CAO staff will present draft Platforms for the Legislation Committee's consideration at its November meeting, when that meeting date is established. Page 9 of 13 Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s): PROVIDE direction to staff on the development of the 2020 State and Federal Legislative Platforms. Attachments Attachment A Page 10 of 13 Urban County Platform Structures Alameda Combined Vision 2026 is foundation 31 pages 10 page Overview 2 year Legislative Issue Matrix: priority issues in Vision 2026 framework 10X Goals: Employment for All, Eliminate Homelessness, Eliminate Poverty & Hunger, Crime Free County, Healthcare for All, Accessible Infrastructure Contra Costa Separate Fed: 27 pages Federal Funding Needs; Federal Transportation Needs; Appropriations & Grants; Policy Positions by topic areas State: 50 pages County Sponsored Legislation; Legislative/Regulatory Advocacy Priorities; Policy Positions by topic areas 1 year Fresno Separate Major Legislative Issues: 3 identified Fed: 5 pages General Principles by topics: Agriculture; Child Support Services; Criminal Justice & Public Protection; Economic Development & Workforce Investment; Elections; Energy/Air Quality; Environmental Quality; General Government & Finance; Labor Relations & Employee Benefits; Land Use; Library; Public Health, Mental Health & Health Care Services; Social Services; Transportation; Water State: 8 pages same format 1 year Orange Combined Introduction Page 28 pages County Map with Districts 2 year (2019-20)Guiding Principles: Funding Equity; Local Government Funding/Cost Recovery; Local Control; Operational Efficiency Property Tax Allocation County Demographics Legislative Program Area Matrices: Policy Statements table by Issue, Summary/Action Item, Department, State/Federal. Areas include: General Government Services; Public Protection; Community Services; Infrastructure and Environmental Resources 2 pages Separate 2019 Legislative Priorities for State and Fed: Funding Equity; Orange County Housing Finance Trust; IHSS; Trial Court Security; MHSA: Federal Priorities: Port of entry status for John Wayne Airport; Homelessness; Infrastructure Funding; Homeland Security & Public Safety Funding; Sober Living Home Oversight Riverside Combined Delegation Roster 45 pages Board Members 1 year Executive Summary: Identifies Issues and Actions by State and/or Fed; Chapters identifying Issues and Actions for: Agricultural Commissioner, Child Support Services, EDA, Flood Control, Public Social Services; Medical Center; Public Health; Transportation Land Management Agency; Waste Resources; Veterans Summary of Urban County Platforms.xlsx 1 9/27/2019 Attachment A Page 11 of 13 Urban County Platform Structures Sacramento Combined Introduction 18 pages General State and Federal Priorities 1 year Federal Priorities: Water and Environment; Health Care Reform/ACA; Transportation; Airports; Health & Human Services and Human Assistance; Economic Development; SCAAP State Priorities; Public Safety & Adminstration of Justice; Water; CEQA; Elections; Parks; Childcare & Early Learning Services; First 5 Commission; Child Support Funding Equity; Health Services; Sustainable Resources Management; Extended Producer Responsibility; Veterans' Affairs; Death Row; Group Homes; Homelessness & Housing; Voter Threshold of Local Taxes; Property Tax Admin Fee; Transportation; Disability Access; Aviation Fuel Tax Revenue; Air Quality Emissions at Airports; Countywide & Regional Agencies Procedures for Expedited Positions and Comments on Federal & State Legislation and Rulemaking Procedures for Board Consideration of Statewide Ballot Measures San Berardino Separate Brief intro with Board Members Identified Fed: 7 pages Legislative Priorities: Appropriate Management of Federal Lands; Improve the Local Economy through Regualtory Reform; Increase Recreational Opportunities and Access to Prado Park; Preservation of Safety Net; Reduce and Prevent Homelessness; Strengthen the Region through Strategic Investment in Infrastructure Legislative Positions and Policy Statements: Cultural, Educational & Recreational Services; Environmental Protection & Health; Flood Control & Water Resources; Governance, Finance & Operations; Health & Human Services; Housing & Land Use; Public Safety & First Responders State: 10 pages State Platform: Legislative Priorities, County Sponsored Proposals, and Legislative Positions & Policy Statements Priorities: Improve the Local Economy; Increase Access to Housing; Reduce & Prevent Homelessness; Regulatory Reform, Project Streamlining & Expediting County Sponsored Proposals: Issue, Summary, Action San Mateo Combined Contacts in CMA and BOS 28 pages Intro with Advocacy process explained 2 year Legislative Priorities: Transportation Funding; Affordable Housing/Homelessness; Preservation of ACA; CCI and IHSS MOE; Cannabis Regulations; Public Safety; Tunitas Creek; Parks and Water Bonds; Legislative Policies by Topic: Agriculture; Child Support; Elections and Voting; Environment; Health & Hospitals; Housing; Human Services; Public Safety & Justice; Public Works; State Budget; Tax & Finance; Transportation Federal Legislative Priorities: Overview; Priority Areas identifed as Health Care Reform Implementation; Medicaid; Health Services; CHIP; Child Welfare Services; TANF Reauthorization; SNAP Funding; Housing and Economic Development; SCAAP; Victims of Crime Act Funding; VAWA: Cannabis Policy; PACE Program; Energy & Environment; Infrastucture; Pest Prevention Programs; Weed & Invasive Plant Management; Parcel Inspection at USPS and Private Carriers; Jet Fuel; Taxes; Muni Bonds; Immigration Reform; Veterans; Education & Workforce Training; Public Wi-fi; Net Neutrality Santa Clara Combined Board and CAO on Cover Page 68 pages Office of Intergovernmental Relations: 3 staff; State and Federal Advocates 1 year Policies: Finance & Government Operations; Health & Hospital; Children, Seniors and Families; Public Safety & Justice; Housing, Land Use, Environment, and Transportation Summary of Urban County Platforms.xlsx 2 9/27/2019 Attachment A Page 12 of 13 Urban County Platform Structures Ventura Separate Board, Districts, CAO State: 25 pages 1 Page of County Highlights: Demographics, Eligible Voters, Roads, Crops, Revenues & Expeditures Fed: 21 pages Overall State (or Federal) Legislative Principles and Policies 1 year New Bill Requests State (or Federal) Funding Opportunities Major Policy Issues--By Department Summary of Urban County Platforms.xlsx 3 9/27/2019 Attachment A Page 13 of 13