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City of City of San Leandro 2025 State Legislative Platform & Policy Guidelines Page 9 of 11 • Public Records. Support the intent of the California Public Records Act, including efforts to assist the public in accessing government records. Oppose efforts that create unnecessary or unreasonable administrative burdens as well as new unfunded mandates for local agencies. • Revenue Protection. Oppose attempts to decrease, restrict, or eliminate City revenue sources, or to restrict local authority over the use of City funds. Support efforts to improve the stability or sustainability of local revenues. • Redistricting. Monitor any efforts that affect State Assembly and Senate districts and advocate for ensuring San Leandro’s representation supports the needs of the community. • Utility User Taxes. Support legislation or regulations that would provide cities with the flexibility and authority to collect or increase Utility User Taxes (UUTs). Oppose any proposals that seek to limit or restrict the City’s use of UUTs. • Workers’ Compensation & Disability Retirement Reform. Support efforts to reform the state workers’ compensation program and similar efforts regarding disability payments to control costs and to reduce potential abuse, while balancing important worker protections. • Proposition 13 Reform. Monitor efforts to reform Proposition 13, including the protection of local revenues and ensuring that property tax revenues keep pace with the inflation in costs to provide basic public services. Support efforts to create a “split- roll” taxation system that would allow commercial properties to be taxed at current market rates. 2. Policy Priorities for Ongoing Monitoring or Advocacy Monitor legislative activity and/or or advocate on behalf of the City of San Leandro's interests in the following broad policy areas: • Public Safety o This includes policy topics such as disaster preparedness, wildfire efforts, proposals to provide local law enforcement with additional support, school resource officers or joint use efforts with school districts, prevention and intervention funding for at-risk youth, 911 call centers, public safety answering points (PSAPs), POST mandates, , stolen vehicles, mental illness counseling services, juvenile justice programs, technology enhancements and support, crisis intervention and suicide prevention, new training opportunities, or other related programs. • Transportation o This includes policy topics such as goods movement, safe routes to school funding, local road repair, regional transportation funds, street signs, curb paintings, and other efforts to support regional transportation programs. • Economic Development