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File Number: 15-643 <br />Activities Summary”) provides a retrospective summary of various efforts and initiatives that <br />took place on behalf of the City of San Leandro over the past legislative session. The second <br />attachment (“2016 Draft State Legislative Platform”) provides a summary of the City’s <br />proposed policy priorities for the 2016 legislative session. This document was informed by the <br />City Council’s 2015 adopted legislative platform, and has been updated for 2016 to reflect <br />new or emerging policy issues following input from City department heads and staff. <br />The purpose of this latter document is twofold. First, it provides standing authority for the <br />Mayor, City staff and the City’s advocates to take action on behalf of the City on pending <br />legislative matters when time constraints or other logistical hurdles preclude bringing such <br />matters before the City Council in advance. Second, it provides the City’s advocates a better <br />understanding of the Mayor and City Council’s policy preferences regarding a variety of <br />legislative and intergovernmental issues that may arise during the course of the year. Related <br />efforts could include issuing letters on behalf of the City to the Governor or State Legislature <br />in support or opposition to various bills, organizing meetings with the Governor’s Office or <br />elected state representatives, and advancing the City’s interests on various matters that are <br />dependent upon or impacted by the actions of the State. Because the State legislative <br />environment is inherently dynamic, the City Council reserves the opportunity to further amend <br />the 2016 platform over the course of the year ahead should unforeseen needs or issues arise. <br />ATTACHMENTS <br />·2015 State Legislative Activities Summary <br />·2016 State Legislative Platform and Policy Guidelines <br />PREPARED BY: Eric Engelbart, Assistant to the City Manager, City Manager’s Office <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 12/1/2015