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services, and prohibits more than 20% of their annual budget to be spent on administrative expenses. This bill only applies to "nonprovider healthcare districts," which must meet all of the following criteria: a) the district does not provide direct health care services to consumers; b) the district has not received an allocation of real property taxes in the past three years; c) the district has assets of $20 million or more; d) the district is not located in a rural area that is typically underserved for health care services; and, e) the district, in two or more consecutive years, has dedicated an amount to community grants that is less than twice the total administrative costs and overhead not directly associated with revenue -generating enterprises. The parameters of this bill were established to address one healthcare district, Eden Township Healthcare District, d.b.a. Eden Health District. Our efforts included, but were not limited to, securing the author for the bill, helping prepare background sheets, one -pagers, and draft support letters, briefing various legislators and their staff, committee members and their staff, associations, impacted advocates, and many others. In addition, we helped draft speaking points for the Mayor's testimony before Assembly and Senate Committees, worked with the bill's co -supporters, met on multiple occasions with the Governor's office, and other various efforts necessary to help get the bill signed into law. AB 2471 (Quirk) - Health care districts. dissolution. The City of San Leandro was an active supporter of this legislation, working closely with Assembly Member Quirk, his office, and Alameda County (the official sponsor). This bill was held in the Senate Governance Committee. Our efforts included, but were not limited to, working with Assembly Member Quirk, the author of the bill, and his staff on many day-to-day matters, briefing the various legislators and their staff when the bill was in committee, supporting the Mayor and Deputy City Manager of San Leandro, as well as the Mayor of Hayward who all testified in various committees, helping draft speaking points, and working with associations, impacted advocates, and many others. Affordable Housing • With the dissolution of redevelopment agencies statewide, an ongoing source of funding for affordable housing has been lacking. Another of TPA's top priorities for the City was to identify, support and push forward legislative proposals supporting and encouraging affordable and 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 these bills, specifically: o AB 2200 (Thurmond) Affordable Housing/teacher housing o AB 2319 (Gordon) California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank o AB 2441 (Thurmond) Housing: Workforce Housing Pilot Program o AB 2475 (Gordon) Loan Program: California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank 2