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Southern California Office ▪ 1401 Dove Street • Suite 330 • Newport Beach, CA 92660 • Phone (949) 399-9050 • Fax (949) 476-8215 Northern California Office ▪300 Frank Ogawa Pl.• Suite 204 • Oakland, CA 94612• Phone (510) 835-9050 • Fax (510) 835-9030 State Capitol Office ▪ 925 L Street • Suite 1404 • Sacramento, CA 95814 • Phone (916) 447-4086 • Fax (916) 444-2063 Federal Government Office ▪ 611 Pennsylvania Avenue SE • #331 • Washington, DC • Phone (202) 744-2926 M E M O R A N D U M To: Mayor Pauline Cutter and Members of the San Leandro City Council CC: Chris Zapata, City Manager Lianne Marshall, Assistant City Manager Eric Engelbart, Assistant to the City Manager From:Christopher Townsend, President, Townsend Public Affairs, Inc. Niccolo De Luca, Senior Director, Townsend Public Affairs, Inc. Alex Gibbs, Associate, Townsend Public Affairs, Inc. Date: December 7, 2015 Subject:Summary of 2015 State Legislative Activities Townsend Public Affairs, Inc. (TPA) has prepared this report for the City of San Leandro following the end of the 2015 State legislative session. This report lists our efforts to date including a summary of our legislative advocacy actions on behalf of the City. 2015 State Legislative Highlights TPA worked with the elected City leaders and the City Manager’s executive staff to develop, advocate for, and secure several major City initiatives. San Leandro-specific initiatives were accomplished by working directly with Assembly Member Bonta and his office, Senator Hancock and her office, the office of the Senate Pro Tem, the Office of the Assembly Speaker, and the Governor’s Administration. As background, the first year of the 2015-16 legislative session ended at midnight on September 11th. The Governor had until October 11th to sign or veto the hundreds of bills before him, which included over 645 pieces of legislation in total. The State Legislature is now on interim recess and is not scheduled to reconvene for the second year of the two-year session until January 4, 2016, although it is possible that they may return sooner in order to work on transportation matters in the special session. Below is a recap of the 2015 state legislative session highlights that were of importance to the City of San Leandro and reflect the 2015 legislative priorities of the Mayor and City Council, as adopted on November 3, 2014. Affordable Housing With the dissolution of redevelopment agencies statewide, an ongoing source of funding for affordable housing has been lacking. One of TPA’s top priorities for the City was to identify, support and push forward legislative proposals supporting and encouraging affordable or work force housing. The Assembly submitted a package of bills to provide funding for the construction of affordable housing and on behalf of the City of San Leandro we were actively involved in helping move these bills forward, specifically: