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February 14, 2022
1:00 P.M.
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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.RECEIVE and APPROVE the Record of Action for the November 8, 2021 meeting of the Legislation
Committee, with any necessary corrections.
4.ACCEPT the report on the FY 2022-23 Proposed State Budget and Legislation of Interest to Contra Costa
County, and provide direction to staff and state lobbyists.
5.CONSIDER finding SB 869 (Leyva): Housing: Mobilehome Parks: Special Occupancy Parks consistent with
the Board's adopted 2021-22 State Legislative Platform, as recommended by the Department of
Conservation and Development.
6.PROVIDE input and direction to staff and contract lobbyists on state and federal budget requests for
2022-23.
7.CONSIDER proposed revisions to Administrative Bulletin 110.4 Legislation by the County Administrator's
Office and provide direction on any amendments, as needed.
8.The next meeting is currently scheduled for March 14, 2022 at 1:00 p.m.
The proposed schedule of meetings for the 2022 year is:
DATE ROOM TIME
March 14, 2022 1:00 pm
April 11, 2022 1:00 pm
May 9, 2022 1:00 pm
June 13, 2022 1:00 pm
July 11, 2022 1:00 pm
August 8, 2022 1:00 pm
September 12, 2022 1:00 pm
October 9, 2022 1:00 pm
November 14, 2022 1:00 pm
December 12, 2022 1:00 pm
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9.Adjourn
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majority of members of the Legislation Committee less than 96 hours prior to that meeting are available for public inspection at
1025 Escobar St., 4th Floor, Martinez, 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) 655-2057, Fax (925) 655-2066
lara.delaney@cao.cccounty.us
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 3.
Meeting Date:02/14/2022
Subject:Record of Action for Legislation Committee Meeting
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2022-01
Referral Name: Record of Action
Presenter: L. DeLaney Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-655-2057
Referral History:
County Ordinance 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 discussions made in the meetings.
Referral Update:
Attached for the Committee's consideration is the Record of Action for its November 8, 2021 meeting.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
Staff recommends approval of the Record of Action for the November 8, 2021 meeting.
Attachments
DRAFT Record of Action
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D R A F T
LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
RECORD OF ACTION FOR
November 8, 2021
Supervisor Diane Burgis, Chair
Supervisor Karen Mitchoff, Vice Chair
Present: Diane Burgis, Chair
Karen Mitchoff, Vice Chair
Staff Present:Lara DeLaney, Senior Deputy County Administrator, staff to Committee; Luz
Raygoza-Gonzalez , Administrative Services Assistant III, EHSD; Mark Goodwin,
Chief of Staff, District III; Monica Nino, County Administrator; Timothy Ewell, Chief
Assistant County Administrator; Jody London, Sustainability Coordinator, DCD;
Daniel Peddycord, Climate and Health Policy Officer
Attendees:Paul Schlesinger; Michelle Rubalcava, Rachael Blucher; Mae Lum; Public caller;
Teresa Pasquini
1.Introductions
Vice Chair Mitchoff convened the meeting at 1:07, introducing herself and Chair Burgis, who joined
shortly after the meeting convening.
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 made to the Committee.
3.Staff recommends approval of the Record of Action for the September 13, 2021 meeting.
The Record of Action for the Sept. 13, 2021 meeting was approved as presented.
AYE: Chair Diane Burgis
Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
4.CONSIDER the proposed state legislative program for 2022 and make recommendations on its adoption
to the Board of Supervisors.
In reference to the proposed legislation for feminine hygiene product stipends, Vice Chair
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In reference to the proposed legislation for feminine hygiene product stipends, Vice Chair
Mitchoff inquired about the inclusion of adult incontinence products. Staff responded that they
had not been included in the current proposal which was focused on menstruation equity but
would research past legislative efforts. Teresa Pasquini commented on the work program item
related to jail based comptency restoration, expressing her desire that the County abandon this
initiative altogether and assume responsibility for the IST population, indicating that there was
no place to divert them to. She indicated she would continue to work and advocate for these
people and hoped others would step up as well. Supervisor Mitchoff indicated that Measure X
may be a source of funds to assist.
AYE: Chair Diane Burgis
Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
5.CONSIDER providing direction to staff on the contract for federal legislative advocacy services and the
development of the 2022 federal legislative program. CONSIDER making recommendations to the Board
of Supervisors on both subjects.
Regarding the federal legislative work program for 2022, CAO Nino indicated that vouchers for homeless
veterans (VASH) and funding for the County airports would also be included. With regard to the contract
for federal advocacy services, CAO Nino indicated the procurement process could be an opportunity to
secure expertise in health policy. Mr. Schlesinger noted his new firm, Thorn Run Partners, is an
expanding practice with health experts. He noted the unusual level of success in the federal earmark
process in 2021 and his enjoyment in advocating on behalf of Contra Costa County. Supervisor Mitchoff
expressed her preference that staff conduct a procurement process in the spring for a long-term contract
but did not want to be without advocacy services in the interim. She directed staff to prepare a short-term
contract with Thorn Run Partners through June 30, 2022. Chair Burgis expressed her desire for Contra
Costa County to receive funding for the community's needs. The County's Sustainability Coordinator,
Jody London, voiced her support for federal funding in the infrastructure bill for the weatherization
program. A caller expressed concerns that the state has moved too far to the left, towards communism,
and does not want to be construed as a "mental patient."
AYE: Chair Diane Burgis
Vice Chair Karen Mitchoff
6.CONSIDER providing recommendation to the Board of Supervisors on response comments to the
redistricting visualizations being discussed by the state's indepedent redistricting commission.
Vice Chair Mitchoff indicated the Board of Supervisors would be discussing the County redistricting
process at its November 23 meeting and requested that this be added to the agenda for full discussion
by the Board. (The item was subsequently scheduled on December 7 to allow for a presentation by the
State independent redistricting commission staff.) A caller supported term limits for political positions.
7.The next meeting is currently scheduled for Monday, December 13, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.
The December 13 meeting was subsequently canceled.
8.Adjourn
For Additional Information Contact:
Lara DeLaney, Committee Staff
Phone (925) 335-1097, Fax (925) 646-1353
lara.delaney@cao.cccounty.us
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 4.
Meeting Date:02/14/2022
Subject:FY 2022-23 State Budget and State Bills of Interest
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2022-02
Referral Name: State Budget and Bills of Interest
Presenter: L. DeLaney and Nielsen Merksamer Team Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-655-2057
Referral History:
The Legislation Committee of the Board of Supervisors regularly receives reports on the State Budget and state legislation of
interest to the County.
Referral Update:
Governor's Proposed FY 2022-23 State Budget
On January 10, the Governor released his January Budget Proposal for 2022-23 and provided an overview of how the $286
billion budget would be spent during a three-hour press conference.
The Governor estimated total revenues of $286.4 billion for 2022-23, an increase of 9.1 percent over the current fiscal year,
including $213.1 billion General Fund. The Governor was quick to point out, however, that the Administration’s economic
forecast was finalized before the Omicron variant was known.
Another risk to the forecast is the volatile nature of revenue from capital gains, which are a primary source of state funding and
are approaching levels previously seen only in 2000 and 2007--right before crashes. The Administration estimates that in the
short-term, surging revenues will result in a surplus of $45.7 billion and propose the following allocations:
$20.6 billion in discretionary funds.
$16.1 billion required to go to schools and community colleges.
$3.9 billion to pay down retirement liabilities.
$5.1 billion to increase budgetary reserves.
The State’s overall reserves would reach $34.6 billion—including $20.9 billion in the rainy day fund, which would be funded
up to its constitutional limit.
The major investments areas of the Proposed Budget for 2022-23 include:
COVID-19, including increased vaccines, testing, and medical personnel.
Homelessness, including mental health housing and encampments.
Climate Change, including forest management and drought response.
Affordability, including healthcare coverage, child care, housing, and small business relief.
Safer Streets, including local law enforcement grants and gun buybacks.
Of particular interest to counties, the Governor is proposing the following new investments:
• $1.3 billion for additional emergency COVID-19 response.
• $2 billion for homeless behavioral health bridge housing and encampment cleanup.
• $200 million ongoing for local public health infrastructure.
• $1.2 billion over two years for wildfire and forest resilience.
• $247 million for wildfire engines, helicopters and additional fire crews for surge capacity.
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• $750 million for drought.
• $2 billion for affordable housing.
• $571 million ongoing for a variety of felony IST solutions.
CSAC's Budget Action Bulletin provides an extensive summary of the proposed State Budget's impact on counties. Urban
Counties of California’s summary of the Governor's Proposed Budget can be found here.
The full budget committees in both houses each published documents that highlight the major elements of the Governor’s
spending plan: Senate | Assembly Finally, the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) issued its overview assessment of the
Governor’s budget here. Key elements of the LAO’s review include its examination of how (and how much) the Governor
proposes to allocate discretionary resources, how the budget proposes to address the Gann Limit, as well as a discussion of the
major components of the budget.
State Legislation of Interest
On February 9, Governor Newsom signed early budget action trailer bills to address issues related to the ongoing COVID-19
pandemic, including COVID-19 Economic Relief for businesses and a measure that reestablishes a COVID-19 paid sick leave
requirement. The new legislation is described below and is now in effect.
• SB 113: Economic Relief Package. This measure creates the small business relief program, includes $6.2 billion in tax relief
for businesses that receive Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and regulatory relief and license renewal waivers for
heavily impacted businesses. It also includes several taxes changes to benefit businesses.
• SB 114: COVID-19 Paid Supplemental Sick Leave. This measure reestablishes a temporarily and limited paid sick leave
requirement on employers with 25 or more employees related to time off from work due to specified COVID-19 infection,
vaccination and isolation impacts for employees and their families.
• SB 115: COVID-19 Emergency Response Package: Governor Newsom announced on February 10 that he had signed
Senator Skinner's SB 115, a $1.9 billion early action measure to meet the state’s immediate COVID response needs, including
funding to boost testing capacity and vaccination efforts, support frontline workers, strengthen the health care system and battle
misinformation, with a focus on the hardest-hit communities. The Administration continues to work with the Legislature
through the budget process to advance an additional $1.3 billion to support the state’s ongoing pandemic response.
Single Payer Measure Stalls on Assembly Floor
AB 1400, Assembly Member Ash Kalra’s measure to implement single payer in California, was not taken up for a vote on
January 31. Given that AB 1400 did not meet the January 31 constitutional deadline for bills introduced in the first year of the
session to make it out of the house of origin, the measure is dead. Assembly Member Kalra acknowledged to the press that he
was at least 10 votes shy of the 41-vote threshold to move the measure off the floor, which contributed to his decision not to
bring the bill up for a vote.
The California Nurses Association – the sponsor of AB 1400 – released a scathing statement after the measure failed to move
forward: “…elected leaders in California had the opportunity to put patients first and set an example for the whole country by
passing AB 1400... Instead, Assembly Member Ash Kalra, the main author of the bill, chose not to hold a vote on this bill at
all, providing cover for those who would have been forced to go on the record about where they stand on guaranteed health
care for all people in California.”
Other legislation of interest to the County is included in Attachment A.
The 2022 California Elections report from Nielsen Merksamer is Attachment B.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
ACCEPT the report and provide direction to staff and the County's state lobbyists, as needed.
Attachments
Attachment A: Bills of Interest
Attachment B: 2022 Elections Report
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2022 Bills of Interest
To Contra Costa County
AB 703 AUTHOR: Rubio [D]
TITLE: Open Meetings: Local Agencies: Teleconferences
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
no
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/12/2021
LAST AMEND: 04/29/2021
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Removes the requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act particular to teleconferencing and
allows for teleconferencing subject to existing provisions regarding the posting of notice of
an agenda and the ability of the public to observe the meeting and provide public comment.
STATUS:
02/03/2022 In ASSEMBLY. Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the
Constitution.
AB 1400 AUTHOR: Kalra [D]
TITLE: Guaranteed Health Care for All
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2021
LAST AMEND: 01/24/2022
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Relates to Guaranteed Health Care for All Act. Creates the Guaranteed Health Care for All
program, or CalCare, to provide comprehensive universal single payer health care coverage
and a health care cost control system for the benefit of all residents of the state. Requires the
board, on or before a specified date, to conduct and deliver a fiscal analysis to determine
whether or not CalCare may be implemented and whether revenue is more likely than not to
pay for program costs, as specified.
STATUS:
02/03/2022 In ASSEMBLY. Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the
Constitution.
AB 1657 AUTHOR: Nguyen J [R]
TITLE: Oil Spills: Reporting: Waters of the United States
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY no
Attachment 2-A
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CLAUSE:
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2022
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Natural Resources Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires, without regard to intent or negligence, any party responsible for the discharge or
threatened discharge of oil in waters of the United States that may reach or impact waters of
the state to report the discharge immediately to the Office of Emergency Services.
STATUS:
01/27/2022 To ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES.
AB 1663 AUTHOR: Maienschein [D]
TITLE: Protective Proceedings
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 01/19/2022
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Revises various procedures in the conservatorship process. Provides that, when equally
qualified as other potential conservators, the Director of Developmental Services would be
appointed subject to the existing order of preference. Prohibits a regional center from acting
as a guardian or conservator if the regional center also provides service coordination
activities pursuant to specified existing law.
STATUS:
01/27/2022 To ASSEMBLY Committee on JUDICIARY.
AB 1774 AUTHOR: Seyarto [R]
TITLE: California Environmental Quality Act: Water Conveyance
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/03/2022
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Requires the Judicial Council to adopt rules of court applicable to actions or proceedings
brought to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the certification or adoption of an
environmental impact report for water conveyance or storage projects, or the granting of
project approvals, including any appeals to the court of appeal or the Supreme Court, to be
resolved, to the extent feasible, within 270 days of the filing of the certified record of
proceedings with the court.
STATUS:
02/03/2022 INTRODUCED.
Attachment 2-A
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AB 1778 AUTHOR: Garcia [D]
TITLE: State Transportation Funding: Freeway Widening
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 02/03/2022
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Prohibits any state funds or personnel time from being used to fund or permit freeway
widening projects in areas with high rates of pollution and poverty.
STATUS:
02/03/2022 INTRODUCED.
AB 1897 AUTHOR: Wicks [D]
TITLE: Nonvehicular Air Pollution Control:Refineries
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/09/2022
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Relates to existing law which prohibits a person from discharging from
nonvehicular sources air contaminants or other materials that cause injury,
detriment, nuisance, or annoyance to the public. Makes a person who violates
this provision liable for a civil penalty if the violation results from a discharge
from a stationary source required by federal law to be included in an operating
permit program established pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act, and the
stationary source is a refinery.
STATUS:
02/09/2022 INTRODUCED.
ACA 11 AUTHOR: Kalra [D]
TITLE: Taxes to Fund Health Care Coverage and Cost Control
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 01/05/2022
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Imposes an excise tax, payroll taxes, and a State Personal Income CalCare Tax at specified
rates to fund comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage and a health care
cost control system for the benefit of every resident of the state, as well as reserves deemed
necessary to ensure payment, to be established in statute.
STATUS:
Attachment 2-A
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01/05/2022 INTRODUCED.
SB 852 AUTHOR: Dodd [D]
TITLE: Climate Resilience Districts: Formation: Funding
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 01/18/2022
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Governance and Finance Committee
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a city, county, city and county, special district, or a combination of any of those
entities to form a climate resilience district for the purposes of raising and allocating
funding for eligible projects and the operating expenses of eligible projects. Defines eligible
project to mean projects that address sea level rise, extreme heat, extreme cold, the risk of
wildfire, drought, and the risk of flooding, as specified.
STATUS:
02/07/2022 In SENATE. Article IV. Section 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed
with.
02/07/2022 In SENATE. Joint Rule 55 suspended.
SB 869 AUTHOR: Leyva [D]
TITLE: Housing: Mobilehome Parks: Special Occupancy Parks
FISCAL
COMMITTEE:
yes
URGENCY
CLAUSE:
no
INTRODUCED: 01/24/2022
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Housing Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development, by January 1, 2024, to
adopt regulations to require each person employed or acting under contract as an onsite
manager or assistant manager, or otherwise acting in an onsite or offsite managerial
capacity or role, on behalf of a mobilehome park, special occupancy park, or recreational
vehicle park to receive appropriate training of at least 18 hours during the initial year.
STATUS:
02/07/2022 In SENATE. Article IV. Section 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed
with.
02/07/2022 In SENATE. Joint Rule 55 suspended.
Copyright (c) 2022 State Net. All rights reserved.
Attachment 2-A
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To: NIELSEN MERKSAMER CLIENTS
From: NM Government Law Section
Date: 2/8/22
Re: 2022 California Elections
To keep you up to date on all the significant races and issues on the California Primary
and General Election ballots in 2022, we have prepared the following list of what voters
can expect to see in June and November. We will update and distribute this list as the
political landscape changes due to the adoption of the new Assembly Senate and
Congressional maps and as other initiatives qualify for the ballot.
Changes from previous updates are highlighted.
The 2022 California Elections
(Primary Election – 6/7/22 & General Election 11/8/22)
US Senate – Incumbent Alex Padilla (appointed in 2021) is running for election to a full
term.
US House of Representatives – 52 seats are up for election. This is down one seat
due to the 2020 Census and redistricting.
Governor – Incumbent Gavin Newsom is eligible to run for reelection.
Lieutenant Governor – Incumbent Eleni Kounalakis is running for reelection.
Attorney General – Incumbent Rob Bonta is running for reelection.
Secretary of State – Incumbent Shirley Weber is running for reelection.
Treasurer – Incumbent Fiona Ma is running for reelection.
Controller – Incumbent Betty Yee is termed out.
Insurance Commissioner – Incumbent Ricardo Lara is running for reelection.
Superintendent of Public Instruction – Incumbent Tony Thurmond is running for
reelection.
Board of Equalization - All four Board of Equalization seats are up for election in 2022.
All incumbents are eligible for re-election. Incumbent Malia Cohen is not seeking re-
election to the Board and is currently running for State Controller.
Attachment 2-B
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Changes for the State Legislature in 2022 (Open Seats):
California State Assembly
Assembly District 6 Kevin Kiley (R) – Running for US House Seat (CD 3)
Assembly District 10 Marc Levine (D) – Running for Insurance Commissioner
Assembly District 11
(Special Election 6/7/22)
VACANT: Jim Frazier (D) – Retired 12/31/21
Assembly District 17
(Special Election 4/19/22)
VACANT: David Chiu (D) – Appointed San Francisco City Attorney
Assembly District 20 Bill Quirk (D) – Not running for reelection
Assembly District 21 Adam Gray (D) – Running for US House Seat (CD 13)
Assembly District 22 Kevin Mullin (D) – Running for US House Seat (CD 14)
Assembly District 32 Rudy Salas (D) – Running for US House Seat (CD 22)
Assembly District 35 Jordan Cunningham (R) – Not running for reelection
Assembly District 42 Chad Mayes (I) – Not running for reelection
Assembly District 49
(Special Election 4/19/22)
VACANT: Ed Chau (D) – Appointed to judgeship
Assembly District 50 Richard Bloom (D) – Not running for reelection
Assembly District 58 Cristina Garcia (D) – Running for House Seat (CD 42)
Assembly District 61
(Special Election TBA)
Jose Medina (D) – Not running for reelection
Assembly District 62
(Special Election 5/7/22)
VACANT: Autumn Burke (D) – Retired 2/1/22
Assembly District 67 Kelly Seyarto (R) – Running for SD 32
Assembly District 70 Patrick O’Donnell – Not running for reelection
Assembly District 80
(Special Election 6/7/22)
VACANT: Lorena Gonzalez – Retired 1/5/22
California State Senate
Senate District 1 Brian Dahle (R) – Running for CA Governor. He will be half-way
through his final term in the State Senate
Senate District 4 Jim Nielsen (R) – Termed out
Senate District 6 Richard Pan (D) – Termed out
Senate District 8 Andreas Borgeas (R) – Not running for reelection
Senate District 10 Bob Wieckowski (D) – Termed out
Senate District 18 Robert Hertzberg (D) – Termed out
Senate District 20 Connie Leyva (D) – Not running for reelection
Attachment 2-B
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Senate District 27 Henry Stern (D) – Running for LA Board of Supervisors. He will
only be halfway through his second four-year term in the State
Senate
Senate District 28 Melissa Melendez (R) – Termed out
Senate District 30 Sydney Kamlager (D) – Not running for reelection. Running for
House Seat (CD 37)
Senate District 36 Patricia Bates (R) – Termed out
Senate District 40 Ben Hueso (D) – Termed out
*All Assembly seats are up in 2022 (Currently 56 Democrats, 19 Republicans,1 Independent,
and 4 Vacancies)
*Assembly District 17 & 49 Primaries are to be held 2/15/22 and Special Elections are to be held
4/19/22
*Primary Elections for Assembly Districts 11 and 80 and CD 22 will be held on 4/5/22 and the
Special General Elections for these races will be held on 6/7/22
*The primary for the special election for AD 62 will be held on 4/5/22 and the general election
will be held on 6/7/22
*All even numbered Senate Seats are up in 2022 (Currently 31 Democrats & 9 Republicans)
Changes Due to Redistricting
Now that the California Citizens Redistricting Commission has completed work on
California’s new district maps, some state legislators find themselves in somewhat
different and sometimes overlapping districts:
+Assemblymember Kevin McCarty (D), who currently represents AD 7, announced that
he will run for reelection in the new AD 6.
+Assemblymember Ken Cooley (D), who currently represents AD 8, reports that he will
seek reelection in AD 7.
+ Assemblymember Jim Patterson (R), is redistricted into what is now AD 8. That new
district will include much of the Fresno and Clovis area Patterson held before, but now
merges into the same territory occupied by Assemblyman Frank Bigelow (R).
+Assemblymember Heath Flora (R), who currently represents AD 12, will now run for
reelection in the new AD 9.
+ Assemblymember Evan Low (D) currently holds AD 28, just south of Assembly District
24, which is held by Assemblyman Marc Berman (D). Under the new maps, however,
those districts would overlap in one new district. Assemblymember Low has announced
that he will not run against Berman and will instead run in the newly formed AD 26.
+Assemblymember Mark Stone (D), who currently represents AD 29, will run for
reelection in the new AD 28.
Attachment 2-B
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+Assemblyman Vince Fong (R), who currently represents District 34, has announced that
he will seek reelection in the newly drawn AD 32.
+Assemblymember Thurston Smith (R), who currently represents AD 33, will now run for
reelection in the new AD 34.
+Assemblymember Tom Lacky (R), who currently represents AD 36, reports he will run
for reelection in the new AD 34.
+Assemblymember Suzette Valladares (R), who currently represents AD 38, reports that
she will run for election in the new AD 40.
+Assemblymember Luz Rivas (D), who currently represents AD 39, has announced that
she will be running in the newly drawn AD 43. The vast majority of her current seat is in
the new 43rd district.
+Assemblymember James Ramos (D), who currently represents AD 40, reports that he
will run for reelection in the new AD 45.
+AD 44 shifts Assemblymembers Laura Friedman (D) and Adrin Nazarian (D) into the
same district, which includes Burbank, North Hollywood, Valley Village and Sherman
Oaks. Both members have announced that they will be running for the seat.
+Assemblymember Eloise Reyes (D), who currently represents AD 47, reports she will
run for reelection in AD 50.
+Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D), who currently represents AD 53, has announced
that he will seek reelection in AD 54.
+Assemblymember Laurie Davies (R), who currently represents AD 73, reports she will
run for reelection in the new AD 74.
+Assemblymembers Marie Waldron (R) and Randy Voepel (R) are now included in the
75th Assembly District.
+Assemblymember Brian Maienschein (D), who currently represents AD 77, reports that
he will run for reelection in the new AD 76.
+Senator Anna Caballero (D) is now in the same district as Senator Melissa Hurtado (D).
Both have announced that they will run for the new SD 14.
+Senator Maria Elena Durazo (D), who currently represents SD 24, reports that she will
run for reelection in the new SD 26.
+Senators Connie Leyva (D) and Susan Rubio (D) were previously in neighboring districts
but are now in the same one. Senator Leyva has announced that she will not run in the
new district.
Attachment 2-B
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+Assemblymember Janet Nguyen (R), who currently represents AD 72, has announced
that she will be running for the new SD 36. She has represented the majority of the
Senate seat over her 18 years in public service.
+Senator Josh Newman (D) will essentially be left without a district once his current term
ends as his district was drawn into that of Senator Dave Min (D).
Changes for the House of Representatives
Congressional District 9 Jerry McNerney (D) – Not running for
reelection in 2022
Congressional District 14 Jackie Speier (D) – Not running for
reelection in 2022
Congressional District 22 Devin Nunes (R) – Resigned at the end of
2021
Congressional District 37 Karen Bass (D) – Not running for
reelection in 2022
Congressional District 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) – Not running for
reelection in 2022
Congressional District 47 Alan Lowenthal (D) – Not running for
reelection in 2022
Initiatives
There will likely be numerous initiatives on the 2022 ballot. As of 12/13/21, only one has
qualified:
1892. (20-0003)
REFERENDUM CHALLENGING A 2020 LAW PROHIBITING RETAIL SALE OF CERTAIN
FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
Summary Date: 09/10/20
Circulation Deadline: 11/30/20
Signatures Required: 623,212
Proponent(s): Aaron Agenbroad, Jaime Rojas, Beilal Mohamad-Ali Chatila
If the required number of registered voters sign this petition and the petition is timely filed, there
will be a referendum challenging a 2020 law on the next statewide ballot after the November 3,
2020 general election. The challenged law prohibits the retail sale of certain flavored tobacco
products and tobacco flavor enhancers. The referendum would require a majority of voters to
approve the 2020 state law before it can take effect.
*NOTE* There are currently three measures eligible for the 2022 ballot. These measures
will become qualified on the 131st day prior to the November General Election:
1877. (19-0018A1)
ADJUSTS LIMITATIONS IN MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE CASES. INITIATIVE STATUTE.
Summary Date: 12/02/19
ELIGIBLE: 07/21/20
Attachment 2-B
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Signatures Required: 623,212
Proponent(s): Scott Olsen, Nelson A. Moreno, Bree Lynn Moreno
-In medical negligence cases, adjusts for inflation: (1) $250,000 limit established in 1975 on
quality-of-life and survivor damages (which include pain and suffering); and (2) contingent
attorney’s fees limits established in 1987. In cases involving death or permanent injury, allows
judge or jury to exceed these limits and requires judge to award attorney’s fees. Requires
attorneys filing medical negligence cases to certify reasonable basis for claims or good-faith
attempt to obtain medical opinion; attorneys who file meritless lawsuits must pay defendant’s
expenses. Extends deadlines for filing medical negligence lawsuits. Summary of estimate by
Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local
governments: Increased state and local government health care costs predominantly from
raising or removing the cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases,
likely ranging from the low tens of millions of dollars to the high hundreds of millions of
dollars annually.
1885. (19-0028A1)
REQUIRES STATE REGULATIONS TO REDUCE PLASTIC WASTE, TAX
PRODUCERS OF SINGLE-USE PLASTICS, AND FUND RECYCLING AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS. INITIATIVE STATUTE.
Summary Date: 01/08/20
ELIGIBLE: 07/19/21
Signatures Required: 623,212
Proponent(s): Michael J. Sangiacomo, Caryl Hart, and Linda Escalante
-Requires CalRecycle to adopt regulations reducing plastic waste, including to: (1)
require that single-use plastic packaging, containers, and utensils be reusable,
recyclable, or compostable, and to reduce such waste by 25%, by 2030; (2) prohibit
polystyrene container use by food vendors; and (3) tax producers of single-use plastic
packaging, containers, or utensils by January 1, 2022, and allocate revenues for
recycling and environmental programs, including local water supply protection. Prohibits
Legislature from reducing funding to specified state environmental agencies below 2019
levels. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal
impact on state and local governments: State revenue from new tax on single-use
plastic packaging and foodware likely in the range of a few billion dollars
annually. Revenues would be used to administer and implement programs
intended to reduce waste, increase recycling, and restore habitats. Unknown net
effect on local governments. There would likely be increased costs for waste
collecting and sorting which might be partially or fully offset by new tax revenue,
payments from producers to support recycling, or lower costs associated with a
reduction in total plastic waste collected.
1886. (19-0029A1)
AUTHORIZES NEW TYPES OF GAMBLING. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AND
STATUTORY AMENDMENT.
Summary Date: 01/21/20
Final Full Check: 05/27/21
ELIGIBLE: 05/27/21
Signatures Required: 997,139
Proponent(s): Edwin "Thorpe" Romero, Jeff L. Grubbe, Anthony Roberts, Mark Macarro
Attachment 2-B
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-Allows federally recognized Native American tribes to operate roulette, dice games,
and sports wagering on tribal lands, subject to compacts negotiated by the Governor
and ratified by the Legislature. Beginning in 2022, allows on -site sports wagering at only
privately operated horse-racing tracks in four specified counties for persons 21 years or
older. Imposes 10% tax on sports-wagering profits at horse-racing tracks; directs portion
of revenues to enforcement and problem -gambling programs. Prohibits marketing of
sports wagering to persons under 21. Authorizes private lawsuits to enforce other
gambling laws. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of
fiscal impact on state and local governments: Increased state revenues, potentially
reaching the tens of millions of dollars annually, from payments made by facilities
offering sports wagering and new civil penalties authorized by this measure. Some
portion of these revenues would reflect a shift from other existing state and local
revenues. Increased state regulatory costs, potentially reaching the low tens of
millions of dollars annually. Some or all of these costs would be offset by the
increased revenue or reimbursements to the state. Increased state enforcement
costs, not likely to exceed several million dollars annually, related to a new civil
enforcement tool for enforcing certain gaming laws.
All other initiative and referendum related information can be found on the California
Secretary of State’s website HERE.
https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/initiative-and-referendum-status
Attachment 2-B
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 5.
Meeting Date:02/14/2022
Subject:SB 869 (Leyva): Housing: Mobilehome Parks: Special Occupancy Parks
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2022-03
Referral Name: SB 869
Presenter: Amalia Cunningham, DCD Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-655-2057
Referral History:
SB 869 (Leyva) was referred to the Legislation Committee by staff of the Department of Conservation and Development.
Referral Update:
SB 869
Author:Connie M. Leyva (D-020)
Coauthor Dodd (D)
Title:Housing: Mobilehome Parks: Special Occupancy Parks
Fiscal
Committee:
yes
Urgency
Clause:
no
Introduced:01/24/2022
Disposition:Pending
Location:Senate Housing Committee
Summary:Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development, by January 1, 2024, to adopt
regulations to require each person employed or acting under contract as an onsite manager or assistant
manager, or otherwise acting in an onsite or offsite managerial capacity or role, on behalf of a mobilehome
park, special occupancy park, or recreational vehicle park to receive appropriate training of at least 18
hours during the initial year.
Status:02/07/2022 In SENATE. Article IV. Section 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
02/07/2022 In SENATE. Joint Rule 55 suspended.
The bill is sponsored by the Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League. SB 869 would require any person, or person
under contract, who is responsible for managing a mobilehome park to complete 18 hours per year of training, including an
annual end of year online examination. The training will be in an online format developed in consultation with DCA.
Specifically, the training would include Mobilehome Residency Law requirements, Title 25 of the California Code of
Regulations, rights and responsibilities of homeowners and management, emergency procedures, communication with
homeowners, mobilehome titling and registration, and applicable Vehicle Code provisions. The measure would also require a
process for background checks.
The Senator's press release is available here.
Staff of the Department of Conservation and Development recommend a position of support.
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Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
CONSIDER finding SB 869 (Leyva) consistent with the Board of Supervisors' adopted 2021-22 State Platform, enabling a
letter of support from the Chair of the Board to be sent.
Attachments
No file(s) attached.
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 6.
Meeting Date:02/14/2022
Subject:State and Federal Budget Requests 2022-23
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2022-04
Referral Name: State and Federal Budget Requests
Presenter: Nielsen Merksamer & Thorn Run Partners Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-655-2057
Referral History:
The process of seeking appropriations in the federal budget through "congressionally directed spending" or "community project
funding," has been colloquially referred to as "earmarks" for decades. For the first time in a decade, Congress in 2022
announced that it would revive the practice, which had been banned up until then. Contra Costa County participated in the
process last year, submitting projects to our congressional delegation for inclusion in the federal appropriation bills and the
transportation reauthorization bill. Although the fate of many of these requests is tied to the passage of a federal budget bill,
County staff and the County's federal lobbyist, Paul Schlesinger, anticipate a similar process for the federal 2022-23 budget.
For the state budget, no such similar process exists for member requests. However, California state legislators included nearly
300 member requests in the 2021-22 budget bill, totaling $1.2 billion in grants for district projects, according to media stories.
In light of the projected record surplus in the 2022-23 budget, Contra Costa County aims to pursue member directed budget
requests. The Board of Supervisors was first apprised of these state budget requests on January 18, 2022. However, input on
the prioritization of the requests is requested of the Legislation Committee at this time.
Referral Update:
Federal Community Project Funding Requests
In 2022, the County submitted 15 projects to its congressional delegation for possible inclusion in a federal appropriations bill
or the transportation reauthorization bill. While the federal infrastructure bill signed by the President, the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA; H.R. 3684), represents a major victory for California's counties and provides significant new
investment for local transportation, broadband, aviation, resiliency, and water and power infrastructure priorities, it eliminated
the individual community project funding requests. Nevertheless, the projects submitted for inclusion in the appropriations bills
may yet be funded when Congress passes its Omnibus federal budget bill as expected in the near future.
The following projects may be included for funding in the Omnibus bill for FFY 2022:
1. Contra Costa Crisis Services Hub $1,000,000 (Rep. DeSaulnier)
2. Mobile Crisis Response Team Expansion $1,061,552 (Rep. DeSaulnier)
3. Collaborative Care Implementation $900,000 (Rep. DeSaulnier)
4. Just Transition Economic Revitalization Plan $750,000 (Rep. DeSaulnier)
5. Veterans Memorial Building Improvements $700,000 (Rep. DeSaulnier); $300,000 (Rep. McNerney)
(Sen. Padilla- $1M)
6. Market Avenue Complete Street $2,200,000 (Sen. Padilla)
According to our federal lobbyists at Thorn Run Partners, the following is the latest status on negotiations surrounding the
2022 federal budget:
Congressional appropriators announced yesterday (Feb. 9) that they have reached an agreement on an omnibus
"framework" for fiscal year (FY) 2022 government funding. While the agreement will allow appropriators to begin
writing each of the 12 appropriations bills, yesterday's announcement lacked specific details on the scope of the deal —
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notably, the 302(b) subcommittee funding allocations. According to reports out of Capitol Hill, parity for defense and
nondefense spending increases is one of the remaining sticking points in broader funding talks that will need to be
addressed before the topline figures are unveiled.
Meanwhile...A Senate vote on the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) (text; summary) is set to slip into
next week due to a hold placed on the measure by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). Specifically, Sen. Blackburn has
been critical over language contained in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration's
(SAMHSA) Harm Reduction Grant program that could be perceived as directly funding certain drug paraphernalia.
While Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and Office of National Drug Control Policy
(ONDCP) Director Dr. Rahul Gupta issued a statement trying to quell these concerns, it is possible that the vote
on final passage could slip closer to the February 18 deadline.
With the assumption that a 2022 federal government funding deal will be reached in the next several weeks, staff and the
County's federal lobbyist, Paul Schlesinger, have been considering possible 2023 congressionally directed funding projects.
The following projects have been submitted to the CAO staff to date:
Phase II of a Just Transition Economic Revitalization Plan, from the Department of Conservation and Development
(estimated $500,000)
Building Electrification Retrofit Project, from the Department of Conservation and Development (Attachment A)
Human Trafficking Unit Support , from the District Attorney (Attachment B)
Transition Aged Youth Diversion Program, from the District Attorney (Attachment C)
Policing the Teen Brain Training Program, from the Probation Department's Office of Reentry & Justice (Attachment
D)
When the call for projects from our congressional delegation is officially underway, other projects may be submitted by staff
for consideration. At this time, input from the Legislation Committee on the projects proposed to date would be helpful to staff
and the County's federal lobbyist.
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State Budget Requests for 2022-23 Although there is no existing, established state budget earmark process (as there has been
in prior years for federal community project funding requests), given the projected surplus in the FY 2022-23 budget and the
experience of FY 2021-22 wherein legislators sought and secured project/program specific budget allocations, our state
advocates have urged the identification of possible Contra Costa County-specific earmarks for FY 22-23. The following state
budget earmark requests have been identified.
Staff seeks Legislation Committee input on the prioritization of these requests:
"Seed money" for a Regional Responders Complex at the Concord Naval Weapons Station site: $3 million.
(Senator Glazer)
Since 2007 the Fire District and Office of the Sheriff have been working towards a plan to reuse approximately 75 acres of
former Concord Naval Weapons Station land for a combined administrative, training, and logistics center. The County and the
Fire District expect to take physical possession of the land in late 2022 or 2023. There is a need to refresh a business plan and
conceptual design that was originally authored in 2007. The Fire District envisions a unique all-risk training facility with props
and facilities not found anywhere else in the region. This could include swift water rescue, rail, BART cars, electric vehicles,
confined space, indoor and outdoor tactical ranges, a skid pan driving course, a training village to simulate residential and
commercial settings and modern classrooms. Space planning, conceptual design and civil work such as utility planning are all
needed design elements. Additionally, once the land is transferred a temporary access will need to be constructed. This
temporary access has already been tentatively identified as Evora Road. One time $3 million in funding will help the team
advance the planning concepts required to define what the facility needs are on the site, provide temporary access, and begin
some of the civil design work required for the site.
Choice in Aging's "Aging in Place Campus:" $20 million. (Senator Dodd)
Choice in Aging, a non-profit organization serving some of Contra Costa County's frailest and most vulnerable residents since
1949, is in the process of building a new and innovative model for how we age in our community – the Aging in Place on
Campus – which will provide elder and fragile adults with independent housing and co-located services that will allow them to
age with dignity in their homes. The campus will include intergenerational services that will allow multiple generations to learn
and grow together in a single location. The housing construction funding will be made available from other sources, but the full
range of services can only be realized with the help of the state.
Funding to implement the proposed Menstruation Equity stipends: $8.5 million.
Funding to provide individual or group psychotherapy, psychotropic medication, and discharge planning
services to behavioral health patient inmates within County detention facilities, including those committed
incompetent to stand trial: $5 million (approximately)
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incompetent to stand trial: $5 million (approximately)
Funding to support the East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy : Attachment E
Conservation Grazing Infrastructure: $1,000,000 (scaleable)1.
Mount Diablo: Pine tree and Manzanita Die-off Investigation: $500,0002.
Land Acquisition funding for the local regional Natural Community Conservation Plan (East CCC HCP/NCCP):
$6,000,000 (scaleable proposal)
3.
Habitat Restoration funding for the local regional Natural Community Conservation Plan (East CCC HCP/NCCP):
$6,000,000 (scaleable proposal)
4.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
CONSIDER providing input and direction to staff and the County's contract lobbyists on the priorities for state and federal
budget requests for 2022-23.
Attachments
Attachment A
Attachment B
Attachment C
Attachment D
Attachment E
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Earmark Request
Building Electrification Retrofit Pilot
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Removing fossil fuels from buildings will be part of the United States’ clean energy transition.
Retrofitting existing buildings with electric heating, air conditioning and appliances has the potential to
reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30-60% compared to mixed-fuel buildings.1 A growing
number of jurisdictions, including Contra Costa County,2 now require newly constructed buildings to be
all-electric. However, few jurisdictions have adopted policies or programs to electrify existing buildings.
This proposed earmark will create a program to assist property owners within Contra Costa County to
electrify existing buildings, resulting in a model that can be replicated in other parts of the country.
This earmark will leverage Contra Costa County’s prior experience and success reducing GHG emissions
in the built environment. The County has a long track record of operating home energy retrofit
programs through the federally funded Low Income Weatherization Program and through the Bay Area
Regional Energy Network, funded by the California Public Utilities Commission. In addition, through
partnership with the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and Emerald Cities Collaborative (ECC), Contra
Costa County is currently participating in a nine-month Equitable Home Electrification Program for local
governments and community-based organizations in California to create equitable solutions for
electrifying existing residential buildings. This work will allow the County to identify national models
and best practices for electrification of existing homes, particularly in disadvantaged communities.
To leverage its experience operating home energy retrofit programs and expertise in building
electrification gained through the Equitable Home Electrification Program, the County is requesting
one-time funding of $700,000 over a 2-year period to implement a two-phase project to (1) develop a
local program model to cost effectively retrofit existing buildings to be all-electric, thereby eliminating
GHG emissions, and (2) pilot the program model in buildings identified through the County’s existing
home energy retrofit programs by providing incentives such as rebates to encourage property owners to
incorporate building electrification into their existing energy retrofit projects. This pilot would prioritize
building electrification retrofits in communities identified as “disadvantaged” by the State of California.
Phase 1 - $150,000
Phase 1 would conduct a study to identify criteria for cost-effective retrofits to convert existing mixed-
fuel buildings to all-electric buildings and develop a program model to be tested in phase 2. The
program model will consider use of electricity from renewal sources such as local renewably powered
microgrids and battery storage.
Phase 2 - $550,000
Phase 2 would coordinate with existing residential energy efficiency retrofit program administrators,
such as the Bay Area Regional Energy Network, County Low Income Weatherization program, and MCE
(the County’s Community Choice Aggregator) to identify projects in their pipelines that meet the
building criteria established in the study completed in Phase 1. Funding under this phase would provide
1 California Air Resources Board, Building Decarbonization, as of January 26, 2022,
https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/building-decarbonization/existing-buildings#_ftn1
2 On January 18, 2022, Contra Costa County adopted an ordinance that requires all new construction of residential
buildings, hotels, office, and retail buildings to be all-electric, eliminating the use of natural gas.
Attachment 6-A
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Earmark Request
Building Electrification Retrofit Pilot
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financial incentives such as rebates for projects meeting the criteria identified in Phase 1 to voluntarily
expand their scope to include building electrification. This phase will also include a final summary
report with a cost-effectiveness analysis for all projects that participated in the pilot.
This earmark would help inform policy makers within Contra Costa County, as well as others locally and
nationally, on options to consider when developing existing building electrification policies or programs
to reduce GHG emissions and improve health and safety.
Attachment 6-A
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1
To: Lara DeLaney
Senior Deputy County Administrator
From: Contra Costa District Attorney
Subject: Proposal to Appy Federal Funds to
Enhance Efforts to Collaboratively Prevent and Respond to
All Forms of Human Trafficking in our Community
Date: January 31, 2022
I.Overview
The Contra Costa District Attorneys Office is the sole prosecuting agency with Contra Costa County.
Our sole mission is to seek justice and enhance public safety for all residents.
It has become clear that human trafficking occurring in and through our community is significant. Sex
and labor trafficking occur in several forms here, including street level prostitution, exploitation
through on-line dating applications and social media sites, domestic servitude, wage theft and
extortion.
In 2018, District Attorney Diana Becton established the office’s first Human Trafficking Unit to develop
a collaborative and comprehensive approach to combat exploitation of persons for sex, or labor,
coordinate victim services, and provide education to raise community awareness. Contra Costa County
received a federal grant, and the District Attorney’s office became the funded law enforcement partner
in the Federal Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking grant. We expanded our
partnership with The Contra Costa Alliance to End Abuse and local direct service providers to build a
local, state and federal Human Trafficking Task Force, which has seen remarkable success.
The Contra Costa District Attorney’s office has been a leader in our County’s collaborative efforts to
identify victims of all forms of human trafficking, but is significantly underfunded to meet the needs of
our community. The Human Trafficking Unit needs to expand in order to truly have a meaningful
impact on crimes of trafficking and exploitation in our community.
II.Trends
Human trafficking is among the worlds fastest growing criminal enterprises and is estimated to be a
$150 billion-a-year global industry. It is a form of modern day slavery that profits from the exploitation
of our most vulnerable populations. The International Labor Organization estimates that there are
more than 24.9 million human trafficking victims worldwide at any time. This includes 16 million
victims of labor exploitation, 4.8 million victims of sexual exploitation, and 4.1 million victims of state
imposed forced labor. The victims of human trafficking are often young girls and women. Young girls
and women are 57.6% of forced labor victims and 99.4% of sex trafficking victims. 1
1 Human Trafficking, State of California, Department of Justice, Oag.ca.gov
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2
Highway 4 links sex trafficking victims and exploiters from East to West Contra Costa. Richmond and
San Pablo see street-level prostitution in the 23rd Street corridor (known as a “blade”). East and Central
County see on-line dating applications being used to promote commercial sex that then occurs in cars
parked in public places (“car dates”) or hotels.
The economic instability caused by the pandemic has made people more vulnerable to both sex and
labor exploitation. Commercial sex, often involving domestic and teen-dating violence, has become a
part of intimate partner relationships as more couples struggle to make ends meet. Young people
glamorize commercial sex based on popular culture / music which promotes the so-called “pimp”
lifestyle.
III. Racial Equity
In Contra Costa County, many of our sex trafficking victims are young Black and Hispanic women.
Young people glamorize commercial sex based on popular culture / music which promotes the so-
called “pimp” lifestyle.
IV. Gaps
We do not have adequate resources and/or staff, and there is a continued need to develop a
collaborative and comprehensive approach to combat exploitation of persons for sex, or labor, to
coordinate victim services, and provide education to raise community awareness. Given the
multijurisdictional nature of this work, there is an acute need for a Human Trafficking Coordinator, who
brings together the large number of local, state and federal law enforcement agencies due to the
multijurisdictional nature of this work, along with other essential staff who support the work of the
Human Trafficking Unit. The existing staff is strained because in addition to managing complex human
trafficking cases, they must actively engage in prevention, awareness-raising outreach events,
community events, and school trainings. These activities are critical to meeting grant mandates, as well
as building trust between law enforcement, community members and social service/advocacy
professionals.
Human trafficking cases are complex, often involving an enormous amount of evidence that must be
examined from digital devices, like cell phones, computers, and social media accounts.
Additional resources are needed to strengthen identification, investigation and prosecution of all types
of Human Trafficking Cases.
V. Intersectionality:
The victims of human trafficking are often young girls and women. Young girls and women are 57.6% of
forced labor victims and 99.4% of sex trafficking victims. 2
2 Human Trafficking, State of California, Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General,
Oag.ca.gov
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3
In Contra Costa County, our victims are all to often young Black and Hispanic women. Young people
glamorize commercial sex based on popular culture / music which promotes the so-called “pimp”
lifestyle.
In Contra Costa we have adopted a Five-prong approach. Prevention, Education, Awareness, and
Enforcement, are supported by robust victim services. Our Human Trafficking prosecutors have noted
how genuinely surprised many defendants are to be facing serious criminal consequences for
supporting or profiting from the commercial sex work of others. As a result, we have partnered with
Outreach Teams to teach human trafficking in local high schools including Richmond High and Cal High
in order to raise awareness and allow our youth to make more informed choices in this arena to avoid
both victimization and criminal justice system involvement.
Our Human Trafficking Unit collaborates with trusted advocacy partners including The Alliance, CVS,
Family Justice Centers, CFS / CSEC Steering Committee, STAND, Love Never Fails, Justice at Last, Bay
Area Legal Aid and more and on teaching, outreach and prevention.
Our Task Force partners now include the US Attorney’s Office, FBI and Homeland Security
Investigations, California’s Department of Industrial Relations, Franchise Tax Board and Employment
Development Department, Contra Costa law enforcement agencies, and local victim service providers.
VI. How Federal Funds will Support and Enhance Prevention
Our Human Trafficking Unit actively supports outreach aimed at prevention, education, and awareness.
Staff, including Victim-Witness advocates represents the Task Force at awareness-raising events such
as National Night Out and Human Trafficking Days of Action, based out of our Family Justice Centers in
Richmond and Antioch.
Prevention is enhanced by prosecutors who engage in outreach into schools to teach Human
Trafficking awareness in Richmond, San Ramon and Antioch schools, and have plans to expand the
work with the San Pablo Police Department, along with working to secure Richmond as the location for
a pilot, federally funded school outreach program. Our Human Trafficking Unit collaborates with
trusted advocacy partners including The Alliance, CVS, Family Justice Centers, CFS / CSEC Steering
Committee, STAND, Love Never Fails, Justice at Last, Bay Area Legal Aid and more and on teaching,
outreach and prevention. Augmenting Human Trafficking Unit Staff will allow these efforts to continue
and expand, even as referrals, investigations and prosecutions increase.
VII. How Federal Funds will Enable Transformational, Bold Ideas to Better
Support Immigrant Workers and Families
The Human Trafficking Unit and Task Force have fantastic opportunities to expand our outreach efforts
to those community members who are particularly vulnerable to labor trafficking and exploitation such
as day laborers, construction workers, seasonal farm workers, domestic workers in hotels and motels
and elder care facilities, in the first languages of these workers.
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4
These populations are disproportionally Hispanic and Asian community members lacking immigration
status. The Task Force envisions outreach to vulnerable communities, including distributing
information that will help these community members support their families by understanding their
legal rights to California’s minimum wage and overtime, and fair, safe working conditions. Materials
would be produced in English, Spanish and Mandarin and presented by/with advocacy partners already
working in and trusted by these communities with the expected goal of connecting victims to
culturally-competent services and support and investigating /prosecuting exploiters to get court-
ordered restitution for the legal value of the victim’s labor and support applications for Continued
Presence, U Visas and / or T Visas.
These innovative approaches will require that we add capacity to the Human Trafficking Unit in order
to plan and execute these outreach efforts and also to respond to the increased referrals,
investigations and prosecutions, and victim service needs that will result.
VIII. What Success Will Look Like When Federal Funds Are Used to Add
Capacity to the Human Trafficking Unit and Human Trafficking Task
Force
The District Attorney’s office will be able to better fulfill its existing mission of creating a sustainable,
multidisciplinary and collaborative Human Trafficking Task Force. The office will have sufficient trained
and experienced staff members to support and expand on existing outreach and training efforts. This
will generate more case referrals, more investigations, more survivors recovered and connected to
culturally competent services and support and more traffickers held accountable through state and/or
federal prosecutions that have a goal of making victims whole through court-ordered restitution. As
awareness of rights and potential liabilities increases, community members will be able to make more
informed choices to avoid or mitigate exploitative situations involving labor and/or commercial sex or
access needed help.
Also support for data collection and analysis allows for all Task Force partners to take more of a “data
driven approach” to investigations and prosecutions, thus maximizing scarce resources.
IX. Funding Request
$1 Million
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To: Lara DeLaney
Senior Deputy County Administrator
From: Contra Costa District Attorney
Subject: Fund Request for Federal Community Project funding
Date: January 31, 2022
Overview:
The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office is the sole prosecuting agency within Contra Costa
County. Our sole mission is to seek justice and enhance public safety for all residents.
Young people of color are disproportionately represented in the justice system. The main idea
of Young Adult Diversion is to implement restorative justice diversion as an alternative pathway
for transitional age youth (TAY), aged 18-24, who are arrested for specified felonies and serious
misdemeanors. The Young Adult Diversion is part of a larger movement to recognize young
adults in the justice system as a distinct group with distinct needs. TAY are disproportionately
represented in the justice system, disproportionately arrested, and have the highest recidivism
rate of any group. The Young Adult Diversion Program is a shift away from a punitive response,
and instead a focus on healing, restoration, and accountability. The primary goal is to redirect
youth from the criminal justice system, reduce the pipeline into the justice system, reduce
recidivism and reduce disparities in the justice system.
Data:
According to the 2019 data collected by the California Department of Justice (DOJ), youth of
color bore the brunt of justice system involvement. Also, based on data from the Final Report of
the Contra Costa County Racial Justice Task Force, across the County, Black adults were more
than 3 times more likely to be arrested than adults from any other racial/ethnic group, and
Black youth were more than 7 times more likely to be arrested than youth from any other
racial/ethnic group.
•Black, Latinx, and youth of color are more likely to be arrested in California compared to
white youth.
•In California, compared to white youth, Black youth are 8.7 times more likely to be
arrested, and Latinx youth are 2.1 times more likely to be arrested.
•Systemic racism has led to the increase of racial and ethnic disparities at each
subsequent point of contact within the juvenile justice system.
•Black and Latinx, and youth of color are more likely to have their arrest referred to
court, get sentenced, and be incarcerated for longer periods of time. 1
1 (Haywood Burns Institute. United States of Disparities. Retrieved from:
https://usdata.burnsinstitute.org/#comparison=3&placement=3&races=1,2,3,4,5,6&offenses=5
,2,8,1,9,11,10&year=2017&view=m)
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2
Trends:
Data confirms that Youth of color bear the brunt of California’s justice system, and that youth
of color are primarily impacted by the system. Across the state is that there is a demand for
change.
Racial Equity:
Across Contra Costa County, racial and ethnic disparities in arrests and detention of youth
plague our system. According to data from the State of California’s Department of Justice’s
criminal Justice Statistics Center, Black people are more likely to be arrested than individuals
from any other racial or ethnic group in every city but one in Contra Costa County.2
Additionally, both Black and Latinx youth were 50% more likely to be detained than White
youth. 3
Gaps:
There has never been a post-arrest, pre-charge diversion program in Contra Costa County
aimed at prevention over incarceration for TAY (18-24 years old). TAY youth are system
impacted and bear the burden of systemic inequities including racial and ethnic disparities.
Resources for this group of young people are extremely limited.
Prevention:
A Young Adult Diversion program will divert youth away from punitive solutions and towards
rehabilitative services. Youth will be provided with wraparound services that are trauma
informed, culturally relevant, and developmentally appropriate.
Intersectionality:
TAY youth, are disproportionately represented in the justice system, disproportionately
arrested, and have the highest recidivism rate of any group. The Young Adult Diversion Program
is a shift away from a punitive response, and instead a focus on accountability, healing, and
restoration, for the youth, the victim, and the community. The program will divert felonies and
serous misdemeanor cases for which youth of color are disproportionately arrested and/or
incarcerated. Victims are contacted and provide meaningful input, if desired. Victims also have
the opportunity to get answers, and to see the youth show remorse for their actions.
2 (Contra Costa County Racial Justice Task Force (2017). Final report to board of supervisors.
Retrieved from: http://64.166.146.245/docs/2018/BOS/20180724 1121/34430 FINAL%20CCC-
RJTF BoS-memo 20180710 STC.pdf
3 (California Department of Justice. (n.d.). Retrieved from: https://openjustice.doj.ca.gov/crime-
statistics/arrests
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3
Transformational Bold Ideas:
District Attorney Becton is an advocate for solutions that reduce youth incarceration and
vulnerability to the prison pipeline. The District Attorney’s office will partner with other justice
partners, and with community-based programs to develop case eligibility requirements, avoid
net-widening and focus on reducing racial and ethnic disparities
The bold idea is to invest in prevention over incarceration. The Young Adult Diversion Program
is a shift away from a punitive response, and instead a focus on healing, restoration, and
accountability. The primary goal is to redirect youth from the criminal justice system, reduce
the pipeline into the justice system, reduce recidivism, increase victim satisfaction, and reduce
disparities in the justice system.
Success:
The anticipated successful outcomes are:
• Redirect youth from the criminal justice system
• Lower recidivism
• Development of “life skills”
• Reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system
• Data collection and transparency
• Reduce related fiscal and social costs
Funding Request: $1Million
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Project Name: Policing the Teen Brain in Contra Costa County
Funding Amount Requested: Scalable from $590,000 to $1,180,000
Total Cost of Project: Scalable from $590,000 to $1,180,000
Department PTB Program Program Cost OT/Backfill Costs
Probation Train the trainer, 4-days $75,000 $75,000
Sheriff’s Office Train the trainer, 4-days $75,000 $75,000
(22)County-wide
agencies with law
enforcement duties 1
Standard, 2-days $20,000/Dept. $20,000/Dept.
TOTAL COST: $590,000 $590,000
This project is scalable from $590,000 to $1,180,000. Policing the Teen BrainTM program fees
total $590,000. The remaining $590,000 is estimated backfill overtime costs for agencies to
participate in the training. Fully or partially funding the overtime costs will allow agencies
the economic flexibility to send a full cadre of students to the training.
Project Contacts:
Denise Zabkiewicz, PhD
Research & Evaluation Manager
Office of Reentry & Justice, Probation Department
Denise.Zabkiewicz@orj.cccounty.us
Melissa Klawuhn
Assistant Sheriff, Administrative Services Bureau
Office of the Sheriff
mklaw@so.cccounty.us
Description of Project:
This project seeks funding to deliver Policing the Teen BrainTM (PTB) training sessions among
all departments and offices with law enforcement duties in the County. PTB is a training
program conducted by Strategies for Youth (SFY), a Cambridge, MA based organization.
The program, based on research in adolescent development and psychology, was designed
to supplement standard law enforcement training and increase officers’ understanding of
young people. Training sessions highlight the differences between youth and adult
cognitions, including that youth cognitions are more likely to be “hot” and that they have
the tendency to assert their autonomy. Role-play exercises with youth from local
communities allow young people to share their perceptions of officers’ responses and
reinforce the differences between youth and adult perceptions and behaviors to social and
1 Please see Appendix A for a list of all county-wide departments and offices with law enforcement duties.
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contextual cues. PTB participants are taught skills and techniques to respond to young
people in a manner that recognizes but redirects behavior that is typical of a young person
as well as strategies to de-escalate emotionally heated or aggressive encounters to minimize
violence and ultimately, reduce arrests. In addition, participants are taught to identify
compromised youth behavior that might indicate mental health problems, substance use,
trauma, or some combination. Lastly, portions of the training focus on factors that
commonly affect youth and their behavior, such as neighborhood demographics and cultural
messaging. This important aspect of the training program speaks to the potential for
mitigating any racial disparities in the arrests of young people.
SFY offers a standard 2-day program that includes an assessment to customize the training
to meet the needs of the local community as well as a policy review with an eye toward how
the language of each policy reflects a trauma-informed, youth development approach. This
two day program has been estimated to cost $20,ooo per community agency for the training
of 35-40 participants. The additional $20,000 per community agency is estimated to cover
overtime and backfill costs.
SFY also offers a 4-day train the trainer program conducted by a SFY psychologist and patrol
officer where local officers learn how to train their peers. This training includes
identification and training of local psychologists and community-based youth-serving
organizations to provide future trainings and to serve as a resource to the agency as well as
coaching to assist in the implementation of 2-day trainings. This 4-day train the trainer
program is estimated to cost $75,000 per community agency for the training of up to 25
participants. The additional $75,000 per community agency is estimated to cover overtime
and backfill costs.
Given the size of the Probation Department and the Sheriff’s Office, the train the trainer
program was deemed to be the most efficient for long term sustainability.
Project Justification:
Despite consistent neurobiological evidence that the adolescent and young adult brain
differs from the adult brain, law enforcement officers rarely receive adequate training in
effective communication and interaction strategies with youth. Given that young people are
often fearful and defensive when confronted by law enforcement, equipping officers with
practical and applicable strategies and skills that promote positive interactions, increase
trust, and reduce conflict between officers and young people in the community as well as
reduce arrests is a salient goal.
Further, this particular program, PTB, has been found to be highly effective in a broad range
of settings (please see Appendix B & C). PTB training in neuro-developmentally sensitive
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techniques has been shown to markedly decrease youth arrests and improve police-youth
interactions in diverse communities. In light of the growing diversity of Contra Costa County
as well as concerns surrounding racial disparities in the juvenile justice system, this program
provides an opportunity to build trust with a broad range of young people and relationships
that might divert a young person from arrest. Most importantly, the prevention of youth
arrest has important lasting implications for the youth, the youth’s family and community as
it prevents formal youth involvement in the justice system. This is a particularly meaningful
goal as youth arrest is associated with future criminal behavior.
In addition, while there are a broad range of justice related programs that serve young
people in the community, few aim to prevent arrest. The PTB program is targeted at the
stage of primary prevention, where the greatest opportunities to redirect behaviors exist,
compared to the secondary stage of prevention that would follow arrest. Thus, the primary
prevention aspect of the PTB program holds a significant opportunity to not only touch
many more young lives in the community but to have a positive and meaningful impact on
those young lives. Further, by incorporating local non-governmental organizations serving
youth, local psychologists and youth from the County, this collaborative approach will
encourage community ownership of a county-wide training program.
And, finally, given that studies show that maturity level doesn’t peak until the early-mid 20s,
this program will benefit not only juveniles but young adults in the community.
Justification for why the Project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds and is a public
benefit:
Most police academies devote less than 1% of training to interactions with young people
(approximately 3 hours). Further, to date, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards &
Training (POST) does not offer any supplemental training on the neuroscience of young
people and the developmental differences between young people and adults. Given that
the arrest and incarceration of juveniles fails to decrease recidivism, utilizing taxpayer funds
to finance an evidence-based program that supports public safety and improves community
relations with law enforcement is an appropriate use of taxpayer dollars that will benefit all
communities in the County.
If you are a public entity, is the project on your Capital Improvement Program? (Please
provide documentation or explain why not).
No. This project is not a capital improvement project.
Explanation of how the federal funds will be spent (for example, on equipment,
construction, labor, etc.):
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The funds for this program will be spent directly on the trainings offered by PTB for all
county-wide law enforcement agencies willing to participate. The training costs include
SFY’s fees as well as the backfill overtime costs for agencies to sustain operational staffing
levels while officers attend the training courses. Not all officer positions require backfill and
these rates are projected estimates.
Cities in which the project is located and will be performed:
Please see Appendix A, attached, for the list of county-wide police departments and other
agencies with law enforcement duties that have been invited to participate in this training.
Upload letter of support or resolution of support from local elected leaders of your
government entity (or entities) in your region:
(Forthcoming with final package.)
Upload other helpful documents (e.g., press articles about the project, documentation that
the project is listed on community development plans or regional plans, etc.)
Appendix A: Contra Costa County Departments and Offices with Law Enforcement Duties
Appendix B: Bostic, J.Q., Thurau, L, Potter, M., Drury, S.S. (2014) Policing the Teen Brain.
Journal American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 53(2):127-129.
Appendix C: Aalsma, M.C., Schwartz, K., Tu, W. (2018) Improving police officer and justice
personnel attitudes and de-escalation skills: A pilot study of Policing the Teen
Brain, Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 57:7, 415-430.
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East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy (and partners)
PROPOSAL 1:
Conservation Grazing Infrastructure: $1,000,000. (scale-able proposal)
This project proposes to fund infrastructure to support use of livestock to manage grasslands.
Funds will be used to establish wells/water sources, construct livestock watering systems,
install fencing, and provide other critical infrastructure for livestock. These funds would be used
across the east Contra Costa County region to ensure efficient function systems to support
livestock as a tool to manage habitat, control invasive weeds and reduce wildfire risk. Well
managed conservation grazing helps maintain healthy grasslands that act as a carbon sink and
provide habitat for native endangered species. Livestock grazing is the most powerful tool in
East Contra Costa County to help the region respond to the effects of climate change that is
further threatening endangered species, habitat and local communities.
These priorities are identified in a variety of state platforms and documents.
AB1500 Chapter 2 / SB 45 Chapter 2: Wildfire: Fuel management: Conservation grazing
reduces the fuel load in open space areas around the region. Contra Costa County has
extensive urban-wildlife interface and the use of livestock to reduce fuel loads helps prevent
the acceleration of wildfires.
AB1500 Chapter 5 / SB45 Chapter 4: Protecting fish, wildlife and natural areas: Habitat
and Endangered Species: Conservation grazing uses livestock as a tool to manage grassland
habitats. The timing of grazing, type of livestock, and close monitoring of grasslands results the
creation and maintenance of habitat that support state and federally endangered and special
status species. In Contra Costa County conservation grazing is key to maintaining habitats for
western burrowing owl, California red legged frog, California tiger salamander and others. With
more frequent drought cycles in our region, natural and restored wetlands, streams, and ponds
are drying more quickly. The water in these habitat features needs to be conserved for wildlife
breeding habitat. By excluding cattle from these areas are providing alternate sources of water
we can preserve wetland habitats and continue to keep livestock on grazing throughout the
growing season to manage the upland habitats.
AB1500 Chapter 6 / SB45 Chapter 5: Protecting farms, ranches and working lands:
Invasive Weeds: Conservation grazing uses livestock to mange invasive weeds in our grasslands.
Livestock when introduced to a landscape early in the rainy season can eat and control noxious
and invasive weeds. Livestock are land managers greatest tool in addressing widespread
invasive plans in grasslands.
Timing: This project is ready to go and start spending in January 2022. It will probably take up
to 3 years to spend the entirety of these funds across 14,000 acres of conserved land owned
and managed by the East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy and East Bay Regional Park
District.
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PROPOSAL 2:
Mount Diablo: Pine tree and Manzanita Die-off: $500,000.
This project seeks to investigate the cause of the recent sudden (over the last 12 months) die
off and/or dieback of thousands of manzanita and knob cone pine trees in the Knob Cone Point
area, contiguous to Save Mount Diablo’s Curry Canyon reserve and Mount Diablo State Park, as
well as along the Wall Point Trail area of Mount Diablo State Park, and potentially identify
methods of management of this situation. All species of manzanita (including the Mount Diablo
Manzanita) are being affected by this issue and are dying at dizzying rates in lush, wide
chaparral areas, some seemingly impenetrable. This die off is concerning as it greatly increases
the vulnerability of the area to fire and also has the potential to have extreme impacts to state
and federally endangered and special status species.
Justification, by chapter of AB1500
& SB45: Forest management to
reduce fire risk to Mount Diablo
State Park and surrounding
conservation areas. This project
provides important fire
management and environmental
benefits (Chapters 2 and 5).
AB1500 Chapter 2 / SB 45 Chapter
2: Wildfire: The sudden die-off of
pines and manzanitas needs to be
understood, controlled and
managed. The cause is currently
unknown and partners in the region would like to move quickly to prevent the spread of this
phenomenon across though the region. The current situation is a fire risk, but an spread of this
would be devastating for the fuels management in the region (note powerlines in photo).
AB1500 Chapter 5 / SB45 Chapter 4: Protecting fish, wildlife and natural areas: Habitat and
Endangered Species: This forest and chaparral habitat supports state and federal endangered
and special status species including Alameda whipsnake, golden eagle, mount diablo manzanita.
The loss of the pine and manzanita cover could dramatically impact the populations of the
species that are targeted for conservation.
Timing: This project is ready to go and start spending as of March 2022. It will probably take up
to 4 years to spend the entirety of these funds on research, experimental management, and to
develop management protocols and guidelines.
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PROPOSAL 3:
Land Acquisition funding for the local regional Natural Community Conservation Plan (East CCC
HCP/NCCP): $6,000,000. (scale-able proposal)
The East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy (ECCCHC) implements the Habitat
Conservation Plan/ Natural Community Conservation Plan (HCP/NCCP). There is an ambitious
land acquisition component of this plan that anticipates up to 30,300 acres of new conservation
in the region. The ECCCHC will provide match funding for the state funds toward acquisition up
to 45% with local, federal funds, and/or private funds for the conservation of endangered
species habitat. Conservation of land helps secure and manage healthy watersheds, sequester
carbon, preserve habitat for state and federally listed endangered species.
AB1500 Chapter 5 / SB45 Chapter 4: Protecting fish, wildlife and natural areas: The HCP/NCCP
targets habitats that support 28 state and federally protected species. The ECCCHC has a track
record of working with other local agencies and NGOs to move quickly to effectively protect
and manage lands. In the last 14 years, the ECCCHC has successfully conserved over 14,000
acres of land and is working to continue this effort.
Timing: This project is ready to go and start spending as of June 2022. It will probably take up
to 4 years to spend the entirety of these funds and the pace of expenditures will depend on the
opportunities to acquire land from willing sellers in the region.
PROPOSAL 4:
Habitat Restoration funding for the local regional Natural Community Conservation Plan (East
CCC HCP/NCCP): $6,000,000. (scale-able proposal)
The East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy (ECCCHC) implements the Habitat
Conservation Plan/ Natural Community Conservation Plan (HCP/NCCP). There is an ambitious
aquatic habitat restoration and creation component of this plan (focusing on wetland, pond and
stream habitats).
AB1500 Chapter 5 / SB45 Chapter 4: Protecting fish, wildlife and natural areas: The
HCP/NCCP targets habitats that support 28 state and federally protected species. The ECCCHC
has a track record of working designing, constructing, monitoring and maintaining habitat
restoration projects. In the last 14 years, the ECCCHC has successfully constructed 11
restoration projects and has three projects in the planning stages. These funds could be used
for planning/design or construction.
Timing: There projects ready to go (planning) and start spending as of January 2022. Other
projects could start construction in summer 2022. It will probably take up to 6 years to spend
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the entirety of these funds and the pace of expenditures will depend on the opportunities
presented on existing and soon to be acquired conserved lands.
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 7.
Meeting Date:02/14/2022
Subject:Update to Administrative Bulletin 110.4 Legislation
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2022-05
Referral Name: Admin Bulletin 110.4
Presenter: L. DeLaney Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-655-2057
Referral History:
The County Administrator's Office is responsible for the development and administration of the County's Administrative
Bulletins, which set forth County policy on general business matters including budget and fiscal matters, payroll and
timekeeping, personnel, property and equipment, and purchasing. All Administrative Bulletins are approved by the County
Administrator.
The Administrative Bulletin related to Legislation, 110.4, was established on January 4, 1982. County Administrator Nino has
requested that it be updated and reviewed by the Board's Legislation Committee prior to its adoption.
Referral Update:
Staff of the County Administrator's Office has drafted proposed revisions to the Administrative Bulletin 110.4 Legislation,
which was established in 1982. (See Attachment A.)
The proposed revisions provide more explicit information and direction on the process developed in Contra Costa County for
engagement on legislation, regulation, and intergovernmental relations at the state and federal levels. (See Attachment B.)
Review and input on the proposed revisions to Administrative Bulletin 110.4 by the Legislation Committee is requested.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
CONSIDER the proposed revisions to Administrative Bulletin 110.4 Legislation by the County Administrator's Office and
provide direction on any amendments to staff, as needed.
Attachments
Attachment A: Administrative Bulletin 110.4
Attachment B: Draft Revisions to 110.4
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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
Office of the County Administrator
ADMINISTRATIVE BULLETIN
Number: 110.4
Date: 1-4-82
Section: General
SUBJECT: Legislation
As a unit of the state government, Contra Costa County is greatly
affected by state legislation. Regular sessions of the Legislature
are held biennially. Many of the bills introduced during each
session directly impact upon the operations of county government.
The regulations contained in this bulletin have been developed to
guide county officers and employees in matters concerning
legislation and relationships between the County and legislators.
I. Legislative Coordination
The County Administrator will coordinate the activities of the
County related to legislation, including:
A. Development of the County Legislative Program for
consideration by the Board of Supervisors.
B. Serving as the "clearing house" for all contacts in the
name of the County by county officers and employees with
state legislators and state administrative officials.
Official contacts on behalf of the County include:
1. Communication with legislators and state
administrative officials on legislative matters.
Correspondence emanating from the County will be
transmitted via the County Administrator.
2. Participation with legislators and state
administrative officials in drafting of bills,
policies, and regulations which affect Contra Costa
County.
3. Appearances to speak for Contra Costa County before
legislative committees, including regular and
interim committee hearings, special study
commissions, and administrative hearings.
II. County Legislative Program
The "County Legislative Program" is developed each calendar
year and consists of those bills initiated by the County upon
approval by the Board of Supervisors.
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A. During periods between regular legislative sessions,
departments should be alert to the need for new
legislation and modification of existing legislation.
Proposed bills or legislative changes should be brought
to the attention of the County Administrator so that they
may be considered for inclusion in the County Legislative
Program.
B. Proposed legislation may be screened by a committee
consisting of two members of the Board of Supervisors,
the County Administrator, the County Counsel, and the
department heads concerned and, if approved by that
committee, submitted to the Board of Supervisors for
consideration.
C. Proposed legislation endorsed by the Board of Supervisors
will be included in the County Legislative Program. The
Office of the County Counsel will be responsible for bill
preparation in draft form. The Office of the County
Administrator is responsible for arranging introduction
of proposed measures through the County Legislative
Delegation.
D. The County Administrator will provide for and coordinate
the attendance of county officers and employees in
Sacramento in support of the County Legislative Program.
III. Other State Legislation
The Office of the County Administrator shall subscribe to the
Legislative Bill Service, under which copies of all bills.
resolutions, digests, summaries and indexes are received, and
shall make these materials available to county officials as
needed. Appropriate forms will be developed by the County
Administrator to transmit these materials to the various
agencies and departments. County officials should seek to
keep informed on legislation pertaining to functions under
their supervision and should call to the attention of the
County Administrator any bills of importance to the County.
The departmental position should be stated and, when
appropriate, a recommendation for a formal county position
should be offered.
A. The Legislative Screening Committee referred to in
Section II. 2. above may evaluate requests to endorse or
oppose legislation and make recommendations to the Board
of Supervisors on what formal position, if any, should be
adopted by the County.
B. Generally the county position on legislation will conform
to, or at least will not conflict with, formal policy
positions adopted by the County Supervisors Association
of California (CSAC). The County Administrator will
advise the Board of Supervisors in this regard and will
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communicate formal County policy positions on legislation
to appropriate State officials, including legislators,
and to CSAC.
C. The Board of Supervisors shall establish the official
County position on bills and other matters (if one is
established), and County officials and employees shall
support that position when designated to represent the
County. County representatives will be designated by the
County Administrator in advance to appear and speak in
support of the County position on legislation. A
representative of the Office of the County Administrator
located in Sacramento (Legislative Coordinator) will
arrange such appearances and testimony so that duplicate
or conflicting testimony will be avoided.
IV. Expense Reimbursement
Expense reimbursement, in accordance with the county expense
reimbursement policy, is authorized for personnel traveling to
Sacramento (or other locations) in support of legislation only
in those instances in which officers and employees are on
official business, such as representing the official position
of the county or the official position of an association of
county officials of which they are a member, such as the
County Auditors or County Clerks Association.
V. Support of Legislation
From time to time, officially constituted groups, such as
employee organizations, may wish to request endorsement of
legislation by the Board of Supervisors. In such instances
the procedure outlined under the hearing entitled "County
Legislative Program" will apply and the Board of Supervisors,
if it chooses to endorse the legislation, may direct the
legislative representative, county officials, and employees to
act in support of the bill. Such assistance may be rendered
at county expense and department heads and employees will be
continued in their regular pay status.
Nothing in this regulation shall preclude officers and
employees from taking a position different from the formal
county position before the Legislature when they are acting in
other capacities, however, such as representing an association
of county officers or an employee group, or expressing a
personal opinion. In all such situations the officer or
employee shall clearly indicate that he is not representing
the County but rather some other agency or expressing a
personal opinion.
In instances where legislation sponsored by employee or other
groups does not have the endorsement of the Board of
Supervisors, employees may not make representation in any way
on behalf of the County. Time taken and travel costs incurred
will be at their own expense. Time taken during working hours
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may be charged to vacation leave or to leave without pay and
shall be subject to approval of the department head in each
instance.
VI. Application of Rules and Procedures
The rules and procedures as set forth in this bulletin shall
apply to testimony presented to regular and interim committees
of the Legislature, as well as to testimony presented to any
special study commissions.
Originating Office: County Administrator
/s/ M. G. Wingett
County Administrator
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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
Office of the County Administrator
ADMINISTRATIVE BULLETIN
Number: 110.4
Date: 2-9-22
Section: General
SUBJECT: Legislation, Regulation, and Intergovernmental Relations
Contents:
I.Purpose
II.The County’s State and Federal Legislative Platforms
III.Process for Pursuing County-sponsored Legislation, State Budget Requests and
Federal Appropriations Requests
IV.Process for Obtaining an Official County Position on Pending State and Federal
Legislation
V.Positions and Comments on Federal and State Rulemaking and Federal and
State Budget Legislation
VI.Statewide Ballot Propositions and Local Ballot Measures
VII.Legislative Advocacy
A.Advocacy Efforts on Behalf of the County
B.Advocacy That Is Not on Behalf of the County
VIII.Legislative Activity Coordination
IX.Expense Reimbursement
X.Application of Rules and Procedures
I.Purpose:
As a unit of the state government, Contra Costa County is greatly affected by both state
and federal legislation and regulation. Regular sessions of the California Legislature and
Congress are held biennially. Many of the bills introduced and enacted into law, including
budget bills and trailer bills, directly impact the operations of county government, as do
ballot measures that are passed by voters. Recognizing the need for consistency in
conveying the County’s positions on federal and state legislative and regulatory matters
and to provide an effective program of legislative representation, Contra Costa County
coordinates interactions among the Board of Supervisors, the County Administrator’s
Office, County departments/agencies, County advisory bodies, and the County’s contract
legislative advocates in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.
This bulletin has been developed for the following purposes:
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2
•to guide County officers and employees in matters concerning legislation and
regulation,
•to facilitate participation in these matters by County departments, agencies and
advisory bodies,
•to ensure that advocacy efforts are expeditious and consistent with Board-
approved positions, and
•to allow the County Administrator’s Office to act as a central coordinator of the
legislative and regulatory activities of the County and a clearinghouse for
intergovernmental relations.
II.The County’s State and Federal Legislative Platforms
The County’s annual program of legislative and regulatory activity is developed to secure
legislation and/or regulation that benefits the County and its residents; oppose/amend
legislation and regulation that might adversely impact the County’s delivery of services;
shape public policy in areas that impact County government and operations; and secure
state and federal funding for County purposes through the budget, grant and/or
appropriations process.
Upon approval by the Board of Supervisors, the County’s annual program is centered on
the sponsored bills and appropriation requests initiated by the County as well as the
County’s legislative priorities, which are included in the County’s adopted State and
Federal Legislative Platforms (“Platforms”). The Platforms serves as a tool for focusing
on and achieving the County’s legislative goals.
The following process shall be used to develop the Platforms:
A.Each fall/winter, the County Administrator’s Office will conduct outreach to
departments, agencies, and the members of the Board of Supervisors to solicit
input on and recommended changes to the Platforms. (Note that departments
and agencies are encouraged to outreach to advisory bodies for which they
provide administrative support for this purpose.)
B.Proposed changes to the Platforms will be considered by the Board’s Legislation
Committee, and draft Platforms will be recommended by the Legislation
Committee for adoption by the Board of Supervisors.
C.In January of each odd-numbered year, the County Administrator’s Office will
present the County’s Platforms to the Board of Supervisors for consideration and
adoption. Unless later amended, the Platforms will be the County’s official
policy/legislative agenda for the two years after adoption.
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D.In January of each even-numbered year, the County Administrator’s Office will
provide the Board of Supervisors an update of the County’s legislative priorities,
sponsored bills, and appropriations requests. The update will reflect evolving
policy developments at the state and/or federal levels. The update may also seek
the Board of Supervisors’ approval of amendments to the Platforms.
E.Departments, agencies, and advisory bodies should be alert to the need for new
legislation and modification of existing legislation or law. Proposed bills or
legislative changes should be brought to the attention of the County
Administrator’s Office so that they may be considered for inclusion in the
Platforms.
III.Process for Pursuing County-sponsored Legislation, State Budget
Requests and Federal Appropriations Requests:
A.Each fall/winter, the County Administrator’s Office will solicit proposals for
County-sponsored legislation, state budget requests, and federal
appropriations requests from all departments, agencies and the Board of
Supervisors.
B.Proposals for County-sponsored legislation and appropriations requests will
be screened by a committee of the Board of Supervisors and, if approved by
the committee, submitted to the Board of Supervisors for consideration.
C.Proposals for County-sponsored legislation and appropriation requests that
have been endorsed by the Board of Supervisors will be included in the
Platforms.
D.Legislation proposed by the County (County-sponsored bills) will be reviewed
and, in some instances, drafted by the Office of the County Counsel after
concept authorization by the Board of Supervisors.
E.The County Administrator’s Office, through the County’s legislative
advocates, will arrange for introduction of County-sponsored legislation
through the County legislative delegation (the state or federal elected officials
who represent Contra Costa County).
IV.Process for Obtaining an Official County Position on Pending State and
Federal Legislation
The process for obtaining an official County position on pending legislation is as follows:
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A.The County Administrator’s Office shall subscribe to a legislative bill service,
through which copies of all bills, resolutions, digests, and summaries are
available, and shall make these materials available to county officials,
employees, and advisory bodies as needed. Appropriate mechanisms will be
developed by the County Administrator’s Office to transmit these materials to the
various agencies and departments. Departments and agencies may also
subscribe to a legislative service, as needed.
B.County officials, employees, and advisory body members should seek to keep
informed on legislation and regulation pertaining to functions under their
supervision and should call to the attention of the County Administrator’s Office
the bills or regulations of particular importance to the County, with an analysis of
potential impact on County operations and conformance with the County’s
adopted Platforms.
C.In the analysis, the recommendation of the department, agency or advisory body
should be stated, including, when appropriate, a recommendation for a formal
County position. Position recommendations may include:
1. Support
2.Support in Concept
3.Support if Amended
4. Oppose
5.Oppose Unless Amended
6.Watch
D.The County Administrator’s Office will review the recommendation for (1)
potential impact on the County; and (2) policy conformance with the adopted
Platforms. If there are interdepartmental or interagency impacts, the County
Administrator’s Office will work to achieve a consensus position among
departments and/or agencies involved.
E.After its review, the County Administrator’s Office will make one of two
determinations:
1.If the County’s adopted Platforms contains a policy position or principle
directly related to the pending legislation, action can be taken by the Chair
of the Board, County Administrator, or designee of the Chair or County
Administrator, in the form of a letter expressing the County’s formal
position.
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2.If the County’s adopted Platforms does not contain a policy or principle
directly related to the pending legislation, then formal Board of
Supervisors action is required.
i.Staff should secure a recommendation of the Board’s Legislation
Committee (or relevant policy committee of the Board, seeking
guidance from the CAO’s office, as needed) prior to presentation to
the Board of Supervisors; or
ii.If the pending legislation is of critical importance, requires
immediate action prior to the next Board meeting, and the Board
Chair reasonably believes a majority of the Board would support
such action, action may be taken by the Board Chair and the
County Administrator in the form of a letter from the Board Chair, or
designee.
iii.The County Administrator will seek the Board of Supervisors’
ratification of such action at the next Board meeting or as soon as
reasonably practicable.
F.Generally, the County position on legislation will conform to, or at least will not
conflict with, formal policy positions adopted by the California State Association
of Counties (CSAC), the Urban Counties of California (UCC), or the National
Association of Counties (NACo). The County Administrator will advise the Board
of Supervisors in this regard and will communicate the County’s formal positions
on legislation to appropriate state or federal officials, including legislators, CSAC,
UCC, and NACo.
G. After the Board of Supervisors establishes the official County position on
legislation and regulation, County officials and employees shall support that
position when designated to represent the County.
V.Positions and Comments on Federal and State Rulemaking and State
and Federal Budget Legislation:
On behalf of the Board of Supervisors and in consultation with the Board Chair,
County departments/agencies, and County Counsel, the County Administrator, or
designee, will submit comments on pending state and/or federal rulemaking and/or
state and federal budget matters when:
1.Existing policy on the issue exists in the Platforms and affected County
departments/agencies agree with the position;
2.There is no existing policy in the Platforms and the proposal is technical,
non-controversial or the policy impacts are minor;
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3.Action is needed immediately to ensure that the County’s interests are
protected; or
4.Action is needed to prevent modification or termination of an existing
County program or policy.
In all such instances, the Board of Supervisors shall be informed of the actions
taken on the County’s behalf.
VI.Statewide Ballot Propositions and Local Ballot Measures:
The process for action on statewide and local ballot measures is as follows:
a. Board members, the County Administrator, and department heads may
request the Board take formal action on statewide or local ballot
propositions of potential impact to the County.
b.The County Administrator’s Office will review and prepare for the
Legislation Committee an impartial analysis of all ballot measures brought
forward for action. The analysis shall include a copy of the ballot measure,
sufficient information to understand the impacts on the County, a list of
known support and opposition, and identification of existing County policy
that relate to the recommended position or the new policy.
c.The Legislation Committee of the Board shall consider the measure and
make a recommendation for consideration by the Board of Supervisors.
d.The Board of Supervisors shall consider the recommendation of the
Committee sufficiently in advance of the election to enable the Board’s
action to be relevant, and to the extent possible, to enable the Board to
postpone and reconsider the matter at a later Board meeting.
VII.Legislative Advocacy
It is the primary responsibility of the County Administrator’s Office, in coordination with
the legislative advocates in Sacramento and Washington, D.C., to advance official
County positions on proposed legislation and regulations. This advocacy may involve
the participation of Board Members, the County Administrator, department/agency
heads, and other designated County staff as appropriate.
To maintain a presence in Sacramento and Washington, D.C., the County may contract
for state and federal representation to advocate official County positions on pending
state and federal legislation, County sponsored bills, administrative and regulatory
proceedings, and funding requests.
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A.Advocacy Efforts on Behalf of the County. The following procedures address
appropriate advocacy efforts on behalf of County.
Note that no department/agency or advisory body shall take an action that would
imply the County’s support or opposition to any pending legislation and/or regulation
in the absence of or inconsistent with an adopted Board position. Furthermore, no
department/agency or advisory body shall send a letter or make a social media
posting communicating a position on legislation or regulation that the CAO has not
reviewed and approved.
1. Testimony in Support of County’s Platforms
a.The County Administrator, in conjunction with the County’s legislative
advocates, will provide for and coordinate the attendance of county
officers and employees in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. in support of
the adopted Platforms.
b.County representatives will be designated by the County Administrator in
advance to testify in support of the County position on legislation. The
County’s state or federal legislative advocate will arrange such
appearances and testimony so that duplicate or conflicting testimony will
be avoided. In general, members of the Board of Supervisors, the County
Administrator’s Office, department/agency heads, and the County’s
contract legislative advocates will represent the County in Sacramento
and Washington, D.C. for the purpose of conveying the official County
position and anticipated impact of measures.
c. The County Administrator’s Office may authorize County staff to advocate
before the Legislature, legislative committees, and local or regional
governmental bodies on policies consistent with the Board of Supervisors’
position. Proposed testimony and related materials must be submitted to
the County Administrator’s Office in advance of testimony for review and
coordination, as necessary.
2.Non-Advocacy Related Testimony
a.When requests are received by a department or agency to present
informational and/or expert testimony on an issue, rather than as an
advocate, it is not necessary to provide a copy of the testimony to the
County Administrator’s Office for prior review. However, the County
Administrator’s Office must be notified in advance of the testimony.
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b.When a department or agency is requested to provide expert testimony
about a subject on which the Board of Supervisors has no formal position,
as determined by the County Administrator’s Office, it is imperative that the
person providing the testimony state for the record that they are providing
testimony as an expert in the given field and not as a representative of the
County.
3.Correspondence and Social Media Advocating a Position
a.Following action by the Board of Supervisors on legislative and/or
regulatory matters, or if action is contemplated by or consistent with the
County’s adopted Platforms, the County Administrator’s Office or
designee will coordinate with the Board Chair to send a letter
communicating the Board’s position to appropriate state and federal
representatives, committees, and agencies.
b. The County Administrator’s Office will coordinate the preparation of
position letters with departments and agencies in accordance with the
adopted County positions and distributed by the County’s legislative
advocates.
c.Social media use by County officials and employees to express the
County’s official position on pending state or federal legislation shall be
consistent with the County’s adopted Platforms and approved by the
County Administrator’s Office in advance of posting.
4.Other Contact with State and Federal Representatives
a.County officials and employees planning trips to Sacramento or
Washington, D.C. to meet with state or federal representatives,
committees, and/or agencies must notify the County Administrator’s
Office of their intended appearance, specifying the general purpose of
the visit and whom they plan to see.
b.In the event that a meeting is scheduled between a County
department/agency and any legislator, staff of legislator, or official of
state and/or federal agencies, advance notice of the meetings shall be
provided to the County Administrator’s Office.
c.Any written materials that are to be presented to a state or federal
representative, committee, or agency of a legislative or policy nature
shall be provided to the County Administrator’s Office in advance of
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presentation. Elected officials are encouraged to provide their materials
to the County Administrator’s Office for awareness and coordination
purposes.
d.The County Administrator’s Office must be informed of the outcomes of
any meetings.
5.Professional Organizations’ Requests for Advocacy
At times, professional organizations representing various functions of County
departments/agencies may take a position on pending state or federal legislation and
request letters of support/opposition or sign-on for that organization’s position.
a.Before preparing letters in support of the professional organization’s
position or signing on to “sign-on letters” by providing the County seal,
County staff shall contact the County Administrator’s Office to:
i.discuss the requested action and position of the organization,
ii.verify whether there is existing County policy or position on the
issue, and
iii.verify that it does not conflict with adopted Board policy or
adversely impact other County operations.
6.Advisory Boards and Commissions—Advocacy Activities
Some departments/agencies work directly with and coordinate activities with an
advisory board, or commission. If the advisory board or commission wishes for the
Board of Supervisors to take a position on a measure, the chair of the advisory board
or commission must work through their department/agency staff liaison to bring the
matter to the attention of the County Administrator’s Office for review and action. The
County Administrator’s Office will determine if there is County-adopted policy or
position to take action or if the measure needs to be brought to the Board of
Supervisors for action.
Advisory boards or commissions that are state or federally mandated, shown on
Attachment A, may engage in legislation position development and advocacy
according to the following procedures:
a.Positions may be taken only insofar as they are not inconsistent with Board-
adopted policies or positions. Staff of the mandated advisory board or
commission must review the position for consistency with the County’s
adopted Platforms and advise the advisory board or commission if an
inconsistency exists; and
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b.Positions of the mandated advisory body or commission must be
communicated in a manner that clearly states through the use of a
disclaimer/disclosure on any stationery and in the body of the letter that the
advisory body is advisory to the Board of Supervisors and that any
comments, recommendations, opinions, and positions made by the board
or commission or its individual members do not represent the official
position of the County or any of its officers; and
c.Position letters must be distributed by the County Administrator’s Office,
who will include in its distribution the Board of Supervisors and any relevant
Board committee.
B.Advocacy That Is Not on Behalf of the County
Nothing in this bulletin shall preclude officers and employees from taking a position
different from the formal county position before the Legislature when they are acting in
their outside capacities, such as when representing an association of county officers or a
recognized employee organization, or when expressing a personal opinion.
Correspondence regarding legislation sent by independently elected officials must
specify that they are issued in their own capacity and not on behalf of the County or Board
of Supervisors.
In all such situations,
1)the officer or employee shall clearly indicate that they are not representing the
County but rather some other agency or expressing a personal opinion;
2)the officer or employee shall not make representation in any way on behalf of the
County;
3)Expenses and travel costs incurred will be at their own expense;
4)Time taken during working hours may be charged to vacation leave or to leave
without pay and shall be subject to approval of the department head in each
instance; and
5)Notification of the outside group’s position to the County Administrator’s Office is
requested, especially when it may significantly impact the County’s programs or
operations.
VIII.Legislative and Regulatory Activity Coordination
In collaboration with the legislative advocates and County departments/agencies who
may be delegated specific legislative policy areas (e.g., transportation, health care, and
sustainability), the County Administrator’s Office will coordinate the activities of the
County related to legislation and regulation, including:
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A.Developing the Platforms for consideration and adoption by the Board of
Supervisors.
B.Serving as the “clearing house” for all official contacts in the name of the County
by county officers and employees with state and federal legislators and officials.
Official contacts on behalf of the County include:
1.Communication with legislators and administrative officials on legislative
and regulatory matters. Unless specifically designated to Department staff
by the County Administrator, correspondence emanating from the County
will be transmitted via the County Administrator’s Office and distributed via
the County’s state and federal legislative advocates.
2.Participation with legislators and administrative officials in drafting of bills,
policies, and regulations which affect Contra Costa County.
3.Appearances to speak for Contra Costa County before legislative or
congressional committees, including regular and interim committee
hearings, special study commissions, and administrative hearings.
C.Providing Reports to the Board and Staff Support to the Legislation Committee.
The County Administrator’s Office will track the progress of and maintain a list of
all bills and measures on which the Board of Supervisors has adopted a formal
position. This list will be maintained on the County Administrator’s webpage. The
County Administrator’s Office will also provide staff support to the Board of
Supervisors’ Legislation Committee.
D.Coordinating State Lobbying Activity Reporting. As required by state law,
lobbying activity undertaken by County officials and employees must be reported
on a quarterly basis. CAO staff will distribute to all departments/agencies
electronic lobbying activity questionnaires on a quarterly basis for submittal.
“Lobbying” includes meeting with state legislators, agency officials and their
staffs -- whether in person, by telephone, by email, or in writing -- on pending bills
or regulations; working with the organization's registered lobbyist; monitoring
pending bills or regulations; working with other companies, trade associations or
community groups on state issues; developing grassroots lobbying pieces; ex
parte contacts with regulatory agency officials; etc. “Lobbying” does not include
working on state contracts, permits, or licenses; providing purely technical or
ministerial information to state officials; or working on city, county or federal
issues.
IX.Expense Reimbursement
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Expense reimbursement, in accordance with the County expense reimbursement policy,
is authorized when personnel must travel on official business in support of legislation,
such as when representing the official position of the County or the official position of an
association of county officials of which they are a member, (e.g., the County Auditors or
County Clerks Association).
X.Application of Rules and Procedures
The rules and procedures as set forth in this bulletin shall apply to testimony and
correspondence presented to regular and interim committees of the Legislature, as well
as to testimony and correspondence presented to any special study commissions.
_______________________
Monica Nino
County Administrator
Originating Department: County Administrator’s Office
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