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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	09/12/2022
Subject: 2023-24 State and Federal Legislative Platform Development
Submitted For:	LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
Department:	County Administrator
Referral No.:	2022-14
Referral Name:	Legislative Platforms
Presenter:	L. DeLaney	Contact:	L. DeLaney, 925-655-2057

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Referral History:

The Legislation Committee is regularly involved in the development of the County's State and Federal Legislative Platforms, with the Committee recommending approval of final draft documents to the Board of Supervisors.

Referral Update:

In 2020, the County shifted its State and Federal Legislative Platforms from one to two-year documents running concurrently to the legislative and congressional sessions. With the start of new sessions anticipated in January 2023, the County Administrator's Office, which is responsible for coordinating the development of the Platforms, is looking to launch the Platform development process for 2023-24.

Draft State and Federal Legislative Platforms for 2023-24 are expected to be presented to the Legislation Committee at your November and/or December meetings and to the Board of Supervisors for adoption in January 2023. The Platform development process has typically included the following steps:

1. County Department Heads and/or senior staff will be invited, on an individual basis, to meetings with our federal and state lobbyists, their CAO analyst, and the CAO Legislative Coordinator in late September or early October to discuss the department’s legislative and regulatory priorities, sponsored bill proposals, and policy interests.

2. Department Heads and their senior staff are requested to solicit input from any Board-established advisory bodies for which they provide staff support. They are also requested to provide the legislative priorities and principles of the professional associations to which they belong.

3. Legislative staff from various departments and Board offices are invited to participate in a “Platform and Advocacy Taskforce," to provide input on the structure, content, and utilization of the Platform.

4. Policy positions, when included in the Platform, are requested to be refashioned to “principles.” This is intended to streamline the documents, moving away from program, project, or legislation-specific policy statements and toward more general principles. Principles are more basic than policy and objectives and are meant to govern both.

5. The Legislative Coordinator, the "Platform and Advocacy Taskforce," and the County's state and federal lobbyists will discuss and consider the prioritization of advocacy needs and development of sponsored bill proposals.

6. Draft Platforms are presented to the Legislation Committee for consideration in November and/or December, prior to recommendation of adoption to the Board in January 2023.

The Legislation Committee is requested to provide input on the Platform development process, sponsored bill proposals, or leigslative priorities for 2023-24.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

PROVIDE input on the Platform development process, sponsored bill proposals, or leigslative priorities for 2023-24.

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