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2023 State Legislative Summary Page 2 of 3 Legislative Delegation and will continue to have robust discussions in the following weeks and months leading up to the 2024 legislative session. Summary of 2023 State Legislative Highlights In 2023 TPA worked with the Mayor, City Council, Administration, and Department Heads to develop and advocate for City initiatives through various means, including: writing position letters on priority legislative proposals, drafting language for legislative amendments, engaging in numerous meetings with Senate and Assembly offices, working directly with committee consultants, senior staff, and San Leandro’s elected leaders in Sacramento to help secure critical funding. The TPA/City team was very successful in securing important funds, helping pass and halt legislation that would have had an impact on the City, and closely working with our State legislative leaders to support their priorities. Please note the following state legislative highlights: Going into the 2023 legislative session, our top focus was to secure support to help address the unhoused. This effort turned into a multi prong focus on securing state funding to purchase the property at 555 Lewelling Boulevard as a means to providing the unhoused in San Leandro with critical, much needed support. This effort included: a. Briefed the Office of Senator Skinner on the City’s efforts related to addressing the unhoused, the need for funding for temporary housing, and the need for funding from the State. b. Briefed the Office of Assembly Member Ortega on the City’s efforts related to addressing the unhoused, the need for funding for temporary housing, and the need for funding from the State. c. Briefed the California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency on the City’s efforts related to addressing the unhoused, the need for funding for temporary housing, and the need for funding from the State. d. Partnered with the City team to draft and submit a 2023 State Budget Earmark request to purchase the motel at 555 Lewelling Boulevard. e. Helped lead the efforts with the support of the Office of Senator Skinner and the Office of Assembly Member Ortega to successfully request changes to the Homekey RFP to ensure our project is more successful. There were two major milestones achieved from this focus. It was: 1. The award of $9,328,250 for the Nimitz Motel from the State Home key Program. This was for the acquisition and rehabilitation of the building to create 29 interim housing units serving individuals experiencing homelessness and chronic homelessness, and 2. A direct earmark from Assembly Member Liz Ortega in the amount of $2,500,000 to the City of San Leandro for the Nimitz Motel Acquisition and Renovation project. Other accomplishments during the 2023 Legislative Session include: • Ongoing daily and weekly legislative updates on bills, relevant statewide policy topics, and other matters of interest to ensure the City has up to date information and is directly involved in the decision-making process. o These updates included specific bills we were working on for the City along with bills we the City consider monitoring, and supporting or opposing. • Detailed analysis of priority legislation. • Detailed summaries of the Governor’s 2023 Proposed Budget and the 2023 May Revised Budget. • Ongoing monthly grant memos that go to staff the first week of every month, detailing upcoming funding opportunities at the state, federal and regional levels, as well as private grants.