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<br />City of City of San Leandro 2022 State Legislative Platform & Policy Guidelines Page 7 of 8 <br /> <br />x Utility User Taxes. Support legislation or regulations that would provide cities with the flexibility <br />and authority to collect or increase Utility User Taxes (UUTs). Oppose any proposals that seek to <br />limit or restrict the City’s use of UUTs. <br />x Workers’ Compensation & Disability Retirement Reform. Support efforts to reform the state <br />workers’ compensation program and similar efforts regarding disability payments to control costs <br />and to reduce potential abuse, while balancing important worker protections. <br />x Proposition 13 Reform. Monitor efforts to reform Proposition 13, including the protection of local <br />revenues and ensuring that property tax revenues keep pace with the inflation in costs to provide <br />basic public services. Support efforts to create a “split-roll” taxation system that would allow <br />commercial properties to be taxed at current market rates. <br /> <br />2. Policy Priorities for Ongoing Monitoring or Advocacy <br />Monitor legislative activity and/or or advocate on behalf of the City of San Leandro's interests in the <br />following broad policy areas: <br />x Public Safety <br />o This includes policy topics such as disaster preparedness, wildfire efforts, <br />proposals to provide local law enforcement with additional support, school <br />resource officers or joint use efforts with school districts, prevention and <br />intervention funding for at-risk youth, 911 call centers, public safety answering <br />points (PSAPs), POST mandates, AB 109 realignment implementation, stolen <br />vehicles, mental illness counseling services, juvenile justice programs, <br />technology enhancements and support, crisis intervention and suicide <br />prevention, new training opportunities, or other related programs. <br />x Transportation <br />o This includes policy topics such as goods movement, safe routes to school <br />funding, local road repair, regional transportation funds, street signs, curb <br />paintings, and other efforts to support regional transportation programs. <br />x Economic Development <br />o This includes policy topics such as redevelopment dissolution, measures <br />providing for new tax increment financing opportunities, infrastructure <br />financing districts, efforts to encourage local job creation, new business <br />investment, and other related topics. <br />x Infrastructure <br />o This includes policy topics such as funding for roads, sewers, storm drains, <br />and other public works, engineering, or maintenance responsibilities. <br />x Health & Human Services <br />o This includes general policy topics related to health and human services <br />matters affecting the residents of San Leandro and could include: safety net <br />services, homelessness and hunger, childcare, and community health <br />facilities, among others. <br />x Housing and Land Use <br />o This includes policy topics such as creating new sources of funds for <br />affordable housing, encouraging housing development for a range of income <br />levels, and efforts to protect local authority or oppose unfunded mandates, <br />and other similar topics. <br />x Quality of Life
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