On the agenda: Beverly Hills meeting — surveillance camera (Nov 18)

Beverly Hills City Council Liaison LegislativelLobby Committee
will conduct a Special Meeting, at the following time and place, and will address the
agenda listed below:
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AGENDA
A. Oral Communications
1. Public Comment
Members of the public will be given the opportunity to directly address the Committee
on any item listed on the agenda.
B. Direction
1. Frequency of Legislative Platform Adoption
Comment: Staff would like to propose changing the frequency of Legislative Platform

adoption from annually to biennially, or some other frequency at the Liaisons’
recommendation.

2.

Draft Legislative Platform
Comment: Staff will share updates to the draft 2027 Legislative Platform requested by
various departments Liaison consideration. Liaisons may also recommend their own
changes/additions/deletions to the current draft.

3. Future Items for Discussion
Comment: The Legislative / Lobby Committee Liaisons’ may request topics for
discussion to be added to the next agenda.
C. Adjournment

Huma Almed
City Clerk

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Posted: November 13, 2026
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Attachment 1

CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO:

City Council Liaison Legislative / Lobby Committee

FROM:

Mandy Jiang, Senior Management Analyst

DATE:

November 18, 2026

SUBJECT:

Frequency of Legislative Platform Adoption

ATTACHMENT:

INTRODUCTION
This item opens discussion on the topic of possibly changing the frequency of the City’s
Legislative Platform adoption, from annually to biennially, or some other timeframe recommended
by the Liaisons. Staff has surveyed the neighboring westside cities (Culver City, Santa Monica,
West Hollywood) and results indicate they either update once every two years at the beginning of
a new two-year legislative session, or less frequently on an as-needed basis.
DISCUSSION
Since 2015, the City’s Legislative Platform has been updated and adopted annually. Over the
past decade and through each iteration, the City’s Legislative Platform transformed from a barebones, 2-page document into a 17-page, detailed advocacy document containing specific
positions on a host of issues impacting local governments today.
Current staff has covered the end of the 2023-2024 state legislative session and the entire 20252026 session, having updated the Legislative Platform twice (2025 and 2026) and now in progress
of updating for the third time (2027).
It is staff’s opinion that the City’s Legislative Platform is comprehensive enough to conduct
updates biennially instead of annually. In the course of updating the Legislative Platform over the
last several years, staff has noticed the following:
1) With the exception of the Public Works Department, which annually update statements on
water utility/resources, sustainability, and transportation planning, over the last two years,
most departments have indicated that the existing Platform priorities are sufficient in
addressing
their
respective
concerns
and
requested
cleanup
edits.
2) The majority of legislative bills that arose over the years aligned with existing legislative
priority statements within the City’s Legislative Platform. This allowed staff to quickly draft
official letters of support or opposition for the Mayor’s review and signature, and then
transmit
to
the
State
Legislature
or
the
Governor.

3) When “gray area” bills or topics arose that did not exactly align with the City’s Legislative
Platform, they were agendized for Liaison consideration during a Legislative / Lobby
Liaison meeting. In the last two years, one such meeting was sufficient for Liaisons to
address those bills, which numbered between 6 and 12.
Survey Results
City
Beverly Hills

Platform Update Frequency
Annual

# Positions on Bills
26 in 2026;
36 in 2025;
76 in 2024

Lobbyist
Yes; SYASL Andrew Antwih
(Partner)

Culver City

As needed; biennial or less

~ 12 per year

No; staff only

West Hollywood Biennial; beginning of new
2-year legislative session

~ 25 per year

Santa Monica

~ 25 per year

Yes; SYASL –
Silvia Solis Shaw
(Partner)
Yes; SYASL Silvia Solis Shaw
(Partner)

Biennial; beginning of new
2-year legislative session

Current City Legislative Platform Update Process
Starting in the Fall, after the state legislative year has concluded, city departments are provided
with an opportunity to review and make redline changes to the existing legislative priority
statements in the adopted Legislative Platform. The coordinating staff from each department
would work with me to refine the priority statements, reviewed for approval by their respective
Department Head, and the redlined document is then agendized for consideration by the
Legislative Liaisons during a Legislative / Lobby Liaison Committee meeting.
During this meeting, Liaisons would review the redline changes from the departments and direct
staff to either accept, decline, or make further changes. Liaisons also have this opportunity to add
their own recommended changes during the meeting. All changes require Liaison concurrence;
when there is disagreement, the requested change is taken to the Study Session for full Council’s
deliberation.
Staff would then agendize the Liaisons’ recommended changes as a Study Session report to the
full City Council, during which Council may ask questions, approve, decline or direct further
changes to the draft Legislative Platform priorities. The final version of the Legislative Platform
containing full Council’s recommendations will then be agendized for approval and adoption at a
subsequent formal session. Staff and lobbyists would use the final adopted version in the new
state legislative year to take positions on bills.
In the past two years, staff has noticed fewer updates to the draft platform from departments due
to the Legislative Platform becoming very comprehensive in covering a range of topics and in
great detail. Any bills arising during the legislative year not addressed in the adopted Platform are
agendized for Legislative/Lobby Liaisons' consideration.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Legislative/Lobby Committee provide direction on whether to change
the frequency of Legislative Platform updates from annual to biennial, or some other frequency.

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Attachment 2

CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO:

City Council Liaison Legislative / Lobby Committee

FROM:

Mandy Jiang, Senior Management Analyst

DATE:

November 18, 2026

SUBJECT:

Draft 2027 Legislative Platform

ATTACHMENT:

1. Draft 2027 Legislative Platform - Redline

INTRODUCTION
The City’s Legislative Platform is updated annually, identifying positions on key legislative
priorities for the upcoming legislative session. As part of this process, the Legislative / Lobby
Committee reviews the proposed amendments to the upcoming year’s Legislative Platform.
Liaisons may approve, reject, or further alter proposed language and also have this opportunity
to propose additional changes.
Once approved by consensus, the recommended amendments to the Legislative Platform will be
taken to a Study Session for City Council consideration, then adopted under consent at a later
City Council formal meeting.
Of note, this proposed version of the Legislative Platform may be updated from single year “2027”
to two-year “2027-2028”, pending the Liaisons’ recommendation and final City Council decision
regarding changing the platform adoption frequency from annually to biennially.
DISCUSSION
The Platform’s legislative priorities are established to encompass City Council’s objectives in the
City’s interest. Priorities are listed by category and significance, ranging from Local Control to
Public Safety. The objective of the Legislative Platform is to outline the City’s policy statements
on various legislative matters and serve as the foundation for the City to support or oppose local,
state, and federal legislation. The upcoming 2027 legislative session will commence on December
7, 2026, marking the first year of the two-year state legislative cycle.
This year, the Public Works Department (‘PW’) is the sole department that has proposed
modifications for Liaison consideration. The proposed changes are largely updates to streamline
and/or clarify existing verbiage.
In this report, staff will only include new additions or deletions. However, all proposed
modifications, including non-substantive changes, appear as redline in the attached draft
Platform.

Proposed Changes:
On page 1 of the Platform, PW is recommending updating the primary legislative focus, since the
previous bullets haven’t been updated in some years:
The City’s primary legislative focus includes:
 Supporting legislation in regards to local control with community self-determination;
 Supporting legislation which focuses on addressing mental health issues;
 Supporting sustainability in the community including:
 Reduce, reuse, recycle;
 Minimizing food waste; and
 Supporting state funding for the development of solar power, a solar grid, and
solar batteries.
o Waste reduction and circularity
o Renewable energy and decarbonization
o Water efficiency and water resiliency
o Safe multi-modal transportation network; and
o Environmental health and natural resource protection
Environmental
Sustainability
The proposed changes on page 11 are primarily cleanup with two new additions on page 12:
 Support legislation and funding to advance building performance standards for energy
efficiency and decarbonization statewide and supports local jurisdiction’s’ ability to
advance building performance standards and energy benchmarking programs and
policies.
Support legislation to ensure more affordable investor-owned utility rates and
transparency in rate-setting formulas.
Public Works – Solid Waste
Proposed changes on pages 15-16 primarily update existing verbiage with the solid waste
industry’s latest efforts in holding manufacturers of bulky/non-recyclable products more
accountable. Specifically, the proposed changes to platform verbiage aim to support legislative
bills/initiatives that may arise holding manufacturers responsible for the disposal, storage,
cleanup, and/or collection costs of products/packaging at the end of usable life:
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Support legislation that incentivizes manufacturers to produce recyclable and reusable
products.legislation tomanufacturer/ by requiring them / Support legislation expanding
manufacturer and producer responsibility for financing and managing the collection,
processing, recycling, reuse, or proper disposal of products and packaging, including
financial and operational responsibility for materials that cannot be recycled or reused.

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Support legislation, incentives, and programs that expand collection and responsible
management of difficult-to-recycle materials, e.g., including bulky items, mattresses,
textiles, carpet, and other materials, covered by or potentially appropriate for extended
producer
responsibility
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Support legislation and funding that expand opportunities for product repair,
refurbishment, reuse, and material recovery, including local reuse centers, repair
programs, and nonprofit organizations that divert usable materials from disposal.

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Two bullet changes to incentive such manufacturers to create reusable product packaging and
supporting statewide standards for compostable product labeling to avoid waste stream
contamination:
 Support legislation that incentivize srequires manufacturers to design and make produce
products/ and packaging that are recyclable/suitable for reuse., reusable, refillable, and
durable.manufacturers to be responsible for the end of life of non-recyclable products.
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more/Support legislation establishing consistent statewide standards for recyclable and
compostable product labeling to, reduceingconsumer confusion and /waste stream
contamination.

Two bullets impacting zero-emission vehicle requirements affecting solid waste/PW vehicles:
 Support legislation that aligns regulatory compliance deadlines with the actual timelines
for that of electric utility infrastructure upgrades, ensuring that fleet operators are not
required to procure or deploy zero-emission vehicles before adequate charging
infrastructure and grid capacity are in place.
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Support legislation expanding the ZEV requirements to private solid waste haulers to
ensure that all entities performing municipal solid waste collection, public or private, are
subject to the same requirements.

Public Works – Stormwater
On page 17, three additions are being requested:
 Support legislation for funding stormwater infrastructure operations and maintenance
(O&M)
that
will
ensure
water
quality
and
water
supply
benefits.
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Support legislation that would advance scientific studies on the impact of urban runoff in
watershed
and
NPDES
permits.

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Ensure theSupport state state funding continues to fund the of the Department of Water
Resources (DWR)’s budget, into provideing funding opportunities for multi-benefit
stormwater infrastructure projects that would expand the state’s water portfolio.

Public Works – Water & Utilities
On page 18, one new addition is being requested:
 Support legislation to ensure more affordable investor-owned utility rates and rate-setting
formulas are transparent.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Legislative / Lobby Liaison Committee provide direction on proceeding
with the Legislative Platform. As directed by the Liaisons at this meeting, staff will finalize the
changes to the Legislative Platform and then place it on a future City Council Study Session
agenda for discussion by the City Council.

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Attachment 3

Local Control .............................................................................................................................................................1
Pension Reform........................................................................................................................................................3
Fiscal and Administrative Initiatives ...................................................................................................................3
Electoral Process .....................................................................................................................................................4
Public Safety .............................................................................................................................................................5
Emergency Management and Homeland Security ........................................................................................8
Housing and Land Use ...........................................................................................................................................8
Mental Health Funding, Homelessness, and At-Risk Youth ......................................................................9
Transportation ...........................................................................................................................................................9
Environmental Sustainability .............................................................................................................................. 10
Community Services ......................................................................................................................................... 1211
Public Health ........................................................................................................................................................... 12
General Government ............................................................................................................................................ 13
Public Works – Solid Waste ............................................................................................................................... 14
Public Works - Stormwater ............................................................................................................................. 1514

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City of Beverly Hills
STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
Platform Overview
The purpose of the legislative platform is to provide a means for summarizing the City’s
core legislative principles for the purpose of advocacy efforts at the regional, state, and
federal levels. The Legislative Platform contains broad policy statements pertaining to a
variety of issues that impact the City of Beverly Hills.
The legislative platform sets forth the City’s legislative objectives for the 2025 legislative
session and provides direction for our legislative advocates as they work to secure clear
and strategic initiatives in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. Approval of the legislative
platform also streamlines the City’s process and allows the City’s Executive team to
effectively respond and take immediate action on pressing legislation under City Council
direction.
The policies established within the platform do not preclude City Council consideration of
additional legislative matters arising throughout the year that may be brought forward for
City Council action, as presented to the City Council Legislative/Lobby Liaison
Committee.
The City’s primary legislative focus includes:
 Supporting legislation in regards to local control with community selfdetermination;
 Supporting legislation which focuses on addressing mental health issues;
 Supporting sustainability in the community including:
 Reduce, reuse, recycle;
 Minimizing food waste; and
 Supporting state funding for the development of solar power, a solar grid,
and solar batteries.
o Waste reduction and circularity
o Renewable energy and decarbonization
o Water efficiency and water resiliency
o Safe multi-modal transportation network; and
o Environmental health and natural resource protection
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Local Control
 Support legislation that preserves local control.
 Support legislation that protects local control over urban planning.
 Oppose state legislation that supersedes a jurisdiction’s adopted zoning
ordinances.

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Support a state constitutional amendment to protect local discretionary authority
whereby legislative oversight remains at the lowest level of the appropriate
governing body while encouraging regional cooperation. For example, zoning
authority would remain with a city whereas air quality, etc. would remain at the
regional or state level.
Support legislation that enhances local control of resources and allows the City
of Beverly Hills to address the needs of local constituents within a framework
of regional cooperation.
Support legislation which encourages the use of federal and state incentives
for local government action rather than mandates.
Oppose preemption of the City of Beverly Hills’ local authority whether by state
or federal legislation or ballot propositions.
In general, oppose any county, state, or federal mandates without the direct or
indirect reimbursement for the costs associated with complying with new and/or
modified laws, regulations, policies, procedures, permits and/or programs.
Support measures increasing local autonomy, protecting privacy, and maintaining
local authority over public records. This includes measures that provide for the
recovery of costs regarding public records requests.
Support transparent government and the purpose of the California Public Records
Act while simultaneously observing and protecting the current Rule of Law in
California including better legislation in regards to protecting the privacy of public
records and enhancing laws related to digital records.
Support legislation that preserves local control of short-term rentals and online
hotel intermediaries such as Airbnb.
Oppose any legislation or regulation which would limit a local jurisdiction’s ability
to restrict the delivery of cannabis.
Support legislation where the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (“RHNA”) is
reverted back to a planning tool rather than being used as punitive punishment
for jurisdictions who are unable to meet their assigned RHNA numbers even when
the adopted General Plan for the jurisdiction has been modified to accommodate
the assigned RHNA number.
Advocate for a RHNA methodology that is flexible and considers the
demographics, geography, land use patterns, socio-economic makeup of the
community, job growth and housing needs so the difference of each community
is carefully considered.
Support legislation which mandates the state provides funding to jurisdictions
where state legislation increases density such that infrastructure upgrades can be
made at no cost to the jurisdiction or developer.
Support legislation where the state provides funding to jurisdictions to construct
affordable housing especially when the state passes new legislation increasing
density regardless of local zoning codes.
Support legislation that increases the transparency of public utility franchises, such
as Southern California Edison, AT&T, Southern California Gas Company, and
Spectrum cable.

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Support legislation which repeals existing law that allows the California Public
Utilities Commission (“CPUC”) to authorize fixed charges on a graduated income
basis for residential customers, introducing instead a flat rate structure.
Oppose efforts by AT&T to end its Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) obligation for
providing landline services to residents in California.
Support legislation which provides better protections to utility customers regarding
drastic rate changes and changes to how services are provided as well as requires
better notifications to utility customers when changes to rates and services are
being considered so they can better voice their concerns.
Support legislation that protects areas developed with existing multi-family housing
subject to a rent stabilization ordinance (rent control) as the City recognizes and
wants to protect existing affordable housing.
Support legislation which would allow City Attorneys to prosecute misdemeanor
crimes.
Support legislation around Tort Reform to protect cities from frivolous lawsuits in
an effort to reduce litigation and limit damages that can be awarded.

Pension Reform
 Monitor, encourage, and lobby for legislative initiatives designed to achieve public
employee pension reform.
 Inform the City Council of future legislative bills, statewide initiatives or other
options as they emerge in regards to pension reform.
 Support, where necessary and applicable, any future efforts that may impact the
City of Beverly Hills ability to achieve and/or maintain sustainable pensions.
Fiscal and Administrative Initiatives
 Support fiscal sustainability and “best practices” administrative initiatives to
ensure the delivery of superlative city services.
 Monitor initiatives which seek changes in fiscal relationships at the local, state
and federal level.
 Support legislation that guarantees ongoing revenue sources for local
government.
 Pursue funding opportunities for public facilities and services including capital
improvement projects, public works projects, homeland security, library, parks and
social service facilities.
 Oppose legislation that would undermine voter-approved initiatives to guarantee
ongoing revenue sources for the City of Beverly Hills.
 Oppose legislation that would preempt the City’s authority over local taxes and
fees.
 Oppose any efforts by the state or county to alter the fee structure established by
cities to recover costs associated with developer impacts or other projects.
 Protect the City’s right to levy and collect Transient Occupancy Taxes from hotels,
including online hotel intermediaries.

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Oppose any federal or state legislation that would provide immunity to online hotel
intermediaries and/or prohibit the City from collecting (retroactively or otherwise)
Transient Occupancy Taxes.
Support continued or expanded funding for the Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) program.
Oppose the reduction to Department of Homeland Security and Federal
Emergency Grants.
Oppose any attempt to eliminate or limit the traditional tax exemption for municipal
bonds.
Engage in and advocate for legislation or ballot measures to prevent the state from
borrowing, raiding or otherwise redirecting local government funds (local taxes,
property taxes, etc.).
Continue to promote increased flexibility for the utilization of municipally generated
revenues.
Support California League of Cities legislative efforts for pension reform and other
post-employment benefits (OPEB) unfunded liability.
Oppose legislation that triggers increased cost implications pertaining to “public
works” projects.
Support legislation for long-term funding solutions for Peace Officer Standards and
Training (POST).
Support legislation which offers financial opportunities for reimbursement to local
jurisdictions in order to supplement increased custodial and supervision costs
resulting from prison realignment.
Oppose legislation with mandates for local agency adherence to operations and
programs that may not be reimbursable by state budget funds (e.g. unfunded state
mandates).
Support legislation, which authorizes tax incremental financing for affordable
housing projects.
Support legislation that provides funding to local government for declared natural
disasters/emergencies, including infrastructure projects related to the declared
disaster.

Electoral Process
 Monitor legislative or other initiatives which may address the integrity of the
electoral process.
 Encourage safeguards ensuring all eligible voters are provided with the
mechanisms to exercise the right to vote.
 Support initiatives which promote government transparency regarding the election
process.
 Support legislation that provides a mechanism to ensure non-eligible voters are
unable to vote in an election.
 Support legislation that ensures the voting process is fair and equitable to both the
voters and the candidates on the ballot.

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Support legislation which strengthens and clarifies the current state Election Code
in order to provide better protection for elections workers and election sites.

Public Safety
 Support the development and use of new law enforcement and firefighting
technology to produce higher levels of health and safety for the Beverly Hills Police
and Fire Departments.
 Support legislation that aids firefighters and other emergency medical service
practitioners in their ability to be responsive to community needs.
 Support legislation that amends the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
(CMS) regulation 42 CFR 410.40 Coverage of Ambulance Services (e) to allow
Medicare reimbursement for beneficiaries not transported to the emergency
department by the Beverly Hills Fire Department. This would include:
- Allowing CMS to provide a benefit to local jurisdictions for ‘dry runs’
- Allowing CMS to provide a benefit for treatment in the field apart from
transport, including reimbursement for mid-level practitioners, such as nurse
practitioners, as many jurisdictions are moving towards a model of staffing
Emergency Medical Services with a higher level of medical care.
 Support solutions that support interoperability advocacy and expansion efforts
through ongoing participation with the Interagency Communications
Interoperability (“ICI”) System Authority.
 Support legislation that enhances and further develops the regional ICI System
Authority’s interoperable communications platform through the continued funding
of strategic technical and operational improvements.
 Support legislation which provides funding for programs that are critical to Fire
Suppression, Fire Prevention and Emergency Medical Services.
 Support initiatives that foster safety for firefighters and the public, including
utilization of detection devices and mitigation that may monitor and suppress
harmful elements, toxic chemicals, and known carcinogens.
 Support wildfire-related legislation that provides funding opportunities to bolster
community resilience to areas located in the Very High and High Fire Hazard
Severity Zones.
 Advocate for programs that enhance fire and emergency training and response
capabilities.
 Support legislation that holds local governments accountable for complying with
the Fire Code.
 Support legislation which provides funding to address mental fitness and emotional
wellbeing issues faced by first responders.
 Support legislation which prioritizes fighting antisemitism, hate crimes and
domestic terrorism.
 Oppose legislation or other administrative actions, which seek to limit the Beverly
Hills Police Department’s ability to collect and utilize asset forfeiture funds for a
wide variety of police services.
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Support legislation, which provides frontline funding to the Beverly Hills Police
Department for costs associated with the early release of state prisoners as a
result of state-mandated criminal justice realignment provisions.
- Identify opportunities for reimbursement to Beverly Hills for increased custodial
and supervision costs resulting from prison realignment.
Support legislation to increase funding to ensure responsible supervision by parole
agents and for local agencies that provide post-release community supervision.
Advocate for legislation and/or funding to take advantage of current technology to
prevent crime in Beverly Hills (e.g. - the ability to use surveillance cameras and
automatic license plate recognition technology).
Support the deployment of new and emerging investigation technology, including
unmanned aircraft, and the development of local policies that provides the tools to
save abducted children; collect DNA, prevent the exploitation of children and
vulnerable adults; and prosecute those who violate the rights of any person.
Support the deployment and research of new and emerging technologies, which
will provide the Beverly Hills Police Department with tools to provide the highest
level of service including:
- Body Worn Cameras
- New Generation Investigative Technology - including unmanned aircraft
- Digital Evidence - support funding for local jurisdictions to collect, store and
retain digital evidence.
Support the development and deployment of enhanced 911 services to allow first
responders the ability to respond quickly to the needs of the people of California.
Support legislation that allows local control on the deployment of body cameras
and using facial recognition software.
Support legislation and seek funding to assist in preventing and reducing crimes
in Beverly Hills, primarily related to violent crime, property crimes, cyber-crime,
drugs, gang violence, mental illness, and im p ro ved pedestrian safety and
protection of vulnerable road users.
Support evidence-based studies that seek to improve law enforcement tactics and
non-lethal force options that ensure both the safety of the public and peace
officers.
Support efforts to work collectively with the Office of the California Attorney
General to maintain transparency concerning lethal force encounters while
concurrently retaining local control of investigations of such incidents.
Oppose legislation that would challenge the use of force standards which are
enshrined by federal and state statute and case law (e.g. Graham v. Connor,
Tennessee v. Garner, etc.).
Oppose any efforts to further decriminalize existing crimes in California or lessen
the sentences of any offenses that would result in the release of serious criminals
who would further harm the safety of the public and law enforcement personnel.
Oppose legislation that would expand the definition of early release, non-serious
crimes, and non-violent crimes.

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Oppose legislation to expand “early release” for low-risk, serious and violent
offenders.
Support efforts to overturn Proposition 47 and Proposition 57 and continue to raise
awareness regarding their deficiencies as it relates to crime.
Support efforts to reverse all legislation, including AB 109, that created “early
release” for low-risk, serious and violent offenders.
Oppose legislation that decriminalizes repeated substance use as well as inform
and engage the Legislature and Governor on the public safety impacts of medicinal
and recreational cannabis legalization in California.
Oppose the decriminalization of the possession, preparation, obtaining, transfer,
or transportation of psilocybin, psilocyn, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), ibogaine, and
mescaline, for personal use or facilitated or supported use.
Oppose legislation that would expunge or otherwise reduce sentences for the most
dangerous cannabis crimes, including sales to minors, commercial drug trafficking
and driving under the influence of drugs (DUID).
Support rehabilitation, housing, and employment programs for local and state
prisoners.
Support legislation, which combats the growing crime of human trafficking and
provide to the legislature details and figures to further understand the scope of
human trafficking in California.
Support funding initiatives for Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) and
other law enforcement support organizations.
Support and encourage legislation and budget negotiations, which retain funding
for the Beverly Hills Police Department when the legislation and/or budget
negotiations includes behavioral health treatment; drug and trafficking taskforces;
crisis intervention teams; and adequate patrol staffing.
Support funding for the increased demand placed on Beverly Hills to respond to
societal issues including homelessness; substance abuse and dependency; and
unpredictable and potentially harmful behavior towards the public and peace
officers.
Support effective and relevant reporting of local agency data and ensure any
disclosed data be fair as well as balanced and protects the safety of officers and
the public they serve.
Support efforts to engage with the Legislature and Governor on the extreme need
for local funding to collect, store, and retain large amounts of digital evidence.
Support efforts for cannabis enforcement that encourages state licensing entities
to streamline enforcement relationships between the state and local jurisdictions.
This includes improving existing systems in order to share information, providing
additional funding for local law enforcement, and strengthening enforcement
capabilities within the Bureau of Cannabis Control.
Support common sense gun safety regulations, including legislation that
addresses issues caused by firearms made by an individual without a serial
number or other identifying markings (known as “ghost guns”).

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Urge the state legislature to redefine recidivism to its original definition as the
current definition only considers a person to be a recidivist if there is an arrest
resulting in a charge within three years of the individual’s release from
incarceration.
Support legislation that provides funding to enhance public safety while using
public transportation including but not limited to enhanced security for the riders
and at public transportation stations and/or stops.
Oppose legislation that contains prescriptive language regarding POST
education requirements.

Emergency Management and Homeland Security
 Support strategies, legislation and funding that promote emergency
preparedness, resiliency and recovery efforts.
 Support funding opportunities for local homeland security, public safety and
emergency management programs including new technology and equipment
(e.g., closed circuit television) that does not supplant other City funding, services
or operations.
 Seek grants and pilot project/demonstration project funding for City homeland
security, public safety and emergency management priorities.
 Support federal funding for the deployment and long-term sustainment of the
Biowatch program and other monitoring programs in Beverly Hills.
 Support funding for a cost effective public seismic early warning system and other
emergency notification systems.
 Support legislation that ensures funding for disaster relief for all types of natural
and manmade disasters.
 Support federal or state legislation and funding that improves building resiliency
and recovery efforts after a seismic event.
Housing and Land Use
 Pursue incentive-based housing legislation to encourage expanding the housing
supply in our area including more flexibility for local jurisdictions to work
together to provide housing that counts toward Regional Housing Needs
Assessment (RHNA) requirements.
 Support federal and state funding for affordable senior housing opportunities and
projects.
 Monitor land use issues and support legislative and administrative efforts to
maintain the integrity of local government’s control over land use, planning and
zoning matters.
 Emphasize local control related to land use planning.
 Support legislation to protect areas designated for single-family homes as the City
recognizes the benefits of having single-family homes as an alternative for
housing.
 Support and pursue the repeal of state laws that affect local control on housing
and land use.
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Continue to support new initiatives regarding rent control legislation at the state
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Mental Health Funding, Homelessness, and At-Risk Youth
 Support additional funding for homeless and mental health outreach teams, as
well as for programs targeting at-risk youth.
 Support legislation that expands the treatment of and response to mentally ill
persons and inform the Legislature and Governor on the effective mental and
behavioral health practices currently being used by law enforcement in California.
 Promote legislation that provides for increased services to or funding for at-risk
populations such as the elderly who require assistance, the homeless, the
disabled and other challenged populations.
 Support funding and policy initiatives that support mental health care (e.g., access
to psychiatric facilities, behavioral health care treatment, and street-based
services).
 Support legislation that addresses the need for housing and supportive services,
(e.g. health, mental health and social services) for the City’s homeless population.
 Collaborate with local stakeholders on measures that work to maintain renter
populations and prevent homelessness.
Transportation
 Support legislation that allows setting appropriate speed limits based on safety
for all road users while maintaining local control.
 Support legislation which would allow local jurisdictions to install speed
enforcement cameras.
 Support legislation which would allow local jurisdictions to install cameras at stopcontrolled sign intersections for enforcement of vehicle code violations when a
vehicle does not come to a complete stop.
 Support legislation that develops safety standards and performance measures for
vehicles permitted to operate on City streets.
 Support regional, state, and federal legislation that enhances the safety of the
City’s streets for all road users, including issues related to, traffic congestion and
collision reduction programs and regional transportation improvements.
 Promote funding, policy goals and visibility for the development of autonomous
vehicles.
 Support regional, state and federal efforts for the development of compatible
autonomous vehicle infrastructure.
 Support legislation and funding for transportation technologies that increase
safety, access, and mobility.
 Support measures and discretionary grant programs that provide funding for
critical transportation infrastructure projects, which improve mobility and safety for
residents and visitors in and around Beverly Hills.
 Support legislation and funding for transportation demand management
strategies/policies that will reduce traffic congestion.
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Support legislation that expands transportation planning, funding, and incentives
to include an increasingly multi-modal perspective focusing on transit, alternative
fuel vehicles and fleets, pedestrian ways, bikeways, multi-use trails and parking.
Support measures which provide the City’s fair share of funding from the state’s
cap and trade funding sources.
Support legislation to provide more tools to both the California Department of Motor
Vehicles and local law enforcement to reduce disabled parking placard fraud and
abuse.
Work with other agencies in the region to support current state and federal funding
levels and encourage increased funding and flexibility in both operating and capital
funding for mass transit.
In conjunction with the Westside Cities Council of Governments (WSCCOG) and
other agencies, support legislation that provides incentives for the development of
local and regional mobility corridors.
Support local, regional, state, and federal legislative, administrative, and regulatory
efforts that will expand and/or supplement funding for maintaining and upgrading
major thoroughfares in Beverly Hills to improve safety for all road users.
Support increased state and federal resources to mitigate traffic congestion on the
City of Beverly Hills’ streets and rebuild and maintain roads.
Support efforts to expand and fund mobility education and encouragement
programs.
Support legislation that provides expanded exemptions within the California Air
Resources Board’s Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation for Public Works vehicles
used in emergency response or critical infrastructure support, recognizing Public
Works as essential first responders and ensuring continuity of operations during
emergencies.

Environmental Sustainability
 Advocate for cost-effective, sustainable, and responsible environmental policy
and programs in the areas of energy efficiency, greenhouse gasescarbon
neutrality,, transportation, potable waterwater efficiency, wastewater
management, organic/solid waste diversion and reduction, and storm water,
among others.
 Support state funding opportunities to assist agencies in meeting sustainability
objectives including energy and water efficiencies, decarbonization, active and
public transportation enhancements, connectivity and mobility improvements and
carbon sequestration through natural landscape management and protection.
 Support legislation for funding opportunities to expand local infrastructure , such
as EV charging stations for automobiles and alternative means of transportation,
to advance zero emission vehicles to align withsupport Governor Executive Order
N-27-25 on the phase-out of gasoline powered vehicles by Year 2035 and the
Clean Air Resource Board (CARB) Advanced Clean Fleets Rule.
 Support legislation protecting, preserving and restoring the natural environment
and wildlife where it does not conflict with local control and land use designations.
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Support efforts to create partnerships among the City, Beverly Hills Unified School
District, businesses, residents, and all other community stakeholders as
necessary to achieve a sustainable community.
Support legislation to improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
to limit global warming and mitigate the impacts of climate change such as
extreme heat that results in turning back global warming to minimize prolonged
droughts and wildland fires.
Support legislation that incentivizes and increases access to climate friendly
products, such as food options that include plant-based, organic, and locally
grown for environmental and public health.
Support funding to foster an environmentally sustainable ccity as well as a walkable community that provides ample goods, services and benefits to all residents
while respecting the local environment.
Support legislation and funding for the Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA)
and other regional transit authorities to continue to create multi-modal
transportation systems that minimize pollution and reduce motor vehicle
congestion while ensuring access, safety, and mobility for all.
Oppose legislation that will expand or create new opportunities for offshore oil
drilling and hydraulic fracturing.
Support legislation and funding for resiliency and climate adaptation such as solar
and battery, electric grid hardening, water resource, flood management and
cooling centers.
Support state legislation and funding to increase industrial compost facilities to
decrease miles traveled for processing of organic materials.
Support state legislation and funding to expand in the expansion of renewable
energy sources ranging from hydrogen gas to offshore windmills; solar and battery
to geothermal; and other forms of clean energy.
Support state funding opportunities to expand the City’s clean vehicle fleet and
clean fueling stations.
Support state funding and a statewide policy for broadband access for all, which
would allow remote access for at home education and telework to further. This will
reduce vehicle miles traveled and support greenhouse gas reduction efforts.
Oppose legislation that limits or restricts local jurisdiction’s ability to advance
energy efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, multi-modes of
transportation, potable water protection, organic/solid waste diversion and
reduction, and stormwater management.
Support legislation and funding to advance building performance standards for
energy efficiency and decarbonization statewide and supports local jurisdiction’s’
ability to advance building performance standards and energy benchmarking
programs and policies.
Support legislation to ensure more affordable investor-owned utility rates and
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Community Services
 Support legislation related to the Internet and filtering in public facilities.
 Support funding for literacy and English-as-a-second language programs.
 Support protection against censorship and oppose restriction of free speech.
 Support funding for ADA facility and park upgrades.
 Support legislation that provides opportunities for healthy “aging in place” (aging
in one’s own home) options.
 Support legislation and funding opportunities that support local farmer's market
vendors and non-profit food recovery organizations to expand the availability of
food to the food insecure population, in conjunction with SB 1383 implementation
led by Public Works.
 Support legislation and funding opportunities to expand availability of congregate
senior meals and home-delivered meals for senior citizens and disabled
individuals.
 Support efforts to increase state resources for local arts, cultural events, and library
programs, including performing and visual arts, and art education programs.
 Where reasonable, support public investment in parks, open space and recreation.
 In general, support efforts to provide funding for the rehabilitation, development
and capital improvements for local park improvements.
Public Health
 Continue to promote legislation that enhances the health and safety of the
general population, with an emphasis on programs that focus on youth, the
elderly and at-risk populations.
 Support efforts to provide infrastructure that enhances the health and safety of
vulnerable populations, such as streetscape enhancements.
 Monitor opportunities to expand the City’s ordinances to regulate smoking t o
other communities or through state legislation.
 Support legislative efforts to regulate the smoking of any substance at multi-family
complexes both regionally and statewide.
 Support efforts regionally and statewide to prohibit the sales of tobacco and
tobacco related products.
 Support legislation that will increase funding for mental health at the local level in
order to address mental health issues and the impact those with mental health
issues have on Beverly Hills.
 Support legislation that provides funding to expand the treatment of, and response
to, mentally ill persons and the growing issues associated with the mentally ill.
 Support legislation that would provide direct funding and alternative avenues of
healthcare to local first response agencies to adequately address behavioral and
mental health issues.
 Support legislation to maintain or increase funding for the provision of mental
health services and to establish programs to assist jurisdictions with helping those
individuals who may have mental health issues.

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Oppose legislation that would reduce or eliminate funding allocations for the
Prevention and Public Health Fund.
Support access opportunities for all Californians for physical activity, proper
nutrition and healthy lifestyle options through the promotion of active
transportation, complete street implementation, healthy foods, youth programming
and maximizing the usage of green space.
Support legislation that encourages policies and programming that promote
healthy lifestyles, e.g. physical activity, preventative screenings, healthful eating
and core wellness for people of all ages and abilities.
Support legislation that will actively support and provide funding for vaccinations.
Support legislation that supports a clean and healthy environment for all and
further ensures access to clean water, clean indoor and outdoor air, clean soil,
sustainable energy, and a sustainable natural climate.
Support legislation enhancing the regulation of Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
residential group homes.

General Government
 Support economic, social, and other sanctions at the local, regional, state, and
federal level against Russia until such a time Russia withdraws from Ukraine.
 Support legislation that reinstates net neutrality.
 Support legislation that preserves the ability of local governments to provide
broadband capability and services to its residents.
 Support legislation that would prohibit the flying of helicopters, unmanned aircraft
or other aircraft at low altitudes over residential neighbors excluding police, fire or
other public safety aircraft.
 Support legislation that would establish statewide regulations prohibiting the use
of unmanned aircraft to record or transmit any visual audio recording of any
person or private real property in which the subject person or owner of property
has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
 Consistent with City Council adopted resolutions and the City of Beverly Hills’
strong relationship with Israel, the City unequivocally supports the state of Israel.
 Support legislation which recognizes the importance of the Holocaust.
 Support state legislation which recognizes the importance of other culturally
significant holidays, including Rosh Hashanah, whereby employees may use
earned time off to honor those holidays important to their culture or religion.
 Oppose legislation and/or actions by the government or other groups which are
antisemitic.
 Oppose legislation and/or actions by the government or other groups which
perpetrate hate and extremism between the various cultures and religions.
 Condemn any form of hate or extremism on the local, regional, national, or
international level.

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Encourage cities, counties, school districts, other governmental bodies, other nongovernment organizations, private institutions, and public institutions to adopt the
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (“IHRA”) definition of antisemitism.
Support legislation that supports the use of artificial intelligence for educational
purposes, benefits the public, and enhances the quality of life of the public.
Support legislation to protect individuals under the age of 18 from the harmful
effects of social media.
Support legislation to protect the public from the inappropriate use of artificial
intelligence.
Support legislation that addresses the plight of California homeowners facing
availability and affordability problems in home and fire insurance, especially those
homeowners who live in a wildland urban interface area.
Support legislation that ensures ethnic studies programs will not contain
antisemitic or anti-Zionist materials and should include the Jewish experience.

Public Works – Solid Waste
 Support funding for continued implementation and expansion of new infrastructure
expansion necessary to meet California’s organic waste diversion requirements
under related to the passage of AB 1826 – Mandatory Commercial Organics
Recycling and SB 1383. – Short-Lived Climate Pollutants: Methane Emissions.
 Support legislation and funding that strengthens strengthening the domestic
recycled materials market economy.s for recycled materials and that incentivizes
the processing and use of recycled materials within thecorporations to recycle in
the United States, reducing reliance on rather than sending recyclables overseas
markets.
 Support legislation that incentivizes manufacturers to produce recyclable and
reusable products.legislation tomanufacturer/ by requiring them / Support
legislation expanding manufacturer and producer responsibility for financing and
managing the collection, processing, recycling, reuse, or proper disposal of
products and packaging, including financial and operational responsibility for
materials that cannot be recycled or reused.
 Support legislation that incentivizesrequires manufacturers to design and
makeproduce products/ and packaging that are recyclable/suitable for reuse.,
reusable, refillable, and durable.manufacturers to be responsible for the end of life
of non-recyclable products.
 more/Support legislation establishing consistent statewide standards for
recyclable and compostable product labeling to, reducinge consumer confusion
and /waste stream contamination.
Support legislation that reduces unnecessary single-use packaging and
encourages source reduction, refill systems, reuse, and durable products.
 Support legislation that promotes waste prevention (reduce single-use packaging),
recycling, and other sustainable waste-management practices. sustainable
practices related to waste reduction, increased reuse of materials, and then
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Commented [MG1]: @Mandy Jiang The Solid Waste
priorities were substantially updated to better reflect the
City’s operational needs and implementation challenges. The
revisions expand support for waste prevention, producer
responsibility, recycling and food recovery infrastructure,
and adequate funding and flexibility for state mandates. They
also address fleet electrification timelines and consistent
requirements for public and private haulers.

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Support legislation, incentives, and programs that expand collection and
responsible management of difficult-to-recycle materials, e.g., including bulky
items, mattresses, textiles, carpet, and other materials, covered by or potentially
appropriate for extended producer responsibility programs.
 Support legislation encouraging that encourages the reduction, prevention,
recovery, and diversion of commercial food waste diversion, while allowing and
provides flexibility infor how businesses to meet applicable organic waste diversion
requirements. regardless of collection method where currently the State regulation
is prescriptive on the method.
 Support funding opportunities that expand the capacity of assist food recovery
organizations, including additional to bring additional capacity and storage,
refrigeration, transportation, and distribution infrastructure, to increase access to
facilities that would make food recovery services and distribution accessible
throughout the state.
 Support legislation and funding that provide local agencies with adequatemore
resources and flexibility to implement SB 1383, including enforcement, outreach
education, outreach, collection, contamination reduction, and procurement
requirements.
Support legislation that ensures local governments are not required to absorb the
costs of implementing new state solid waste mandates without adequate state
funding or other authorized cost-recovery mechanisms.
 Support legislation and funding that expand opportunities for product repair,
refurbishment, reuse, and material recovery, including local reuse centers, repair
programs, and nonprofit organizations that divert usable materials from disposal.
 Support legislative amendments to the California Vehicle Code authorizing local
agencies to recover costs associated with roadway maintenance and repairs
caused by heavy solid waste collection vehicles.
 Support legislation that aligns regulatory compliance deadlines with the actual
timelines for that of electric utility infrastructure upgrades, ensuring that fleet
operators are not required to procure or deploy zero-emission vehicles before
adequate charging infrastructure and grid capacity are in place.
 Support legislation expanding the ZEV requirements to private solid waste haulers
to ensure that all entities performing municipal solid waste collection, public or
private, are subject to the same requirements.
Public Works - Stormwater
 Support state and county efforts to develop avenues for agencies to collect
revenue to support stormwater retention efforts.
 Support legislation that would classify stormwater as a utility similar to water,
wastewater and solid waste services.
 Support legislation for funding stormwater infrastructure improvements, including
building facilities to capture stormwater runoff and integrate with local, regional and
statewide water resources.
 Support legislation for funding stormwater infrastructure operations and
maintenance (O&M) that will ensure water quality and water supply benefits.
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Commented [MJ2]: This one is covered by existing
priority regarding unfunded mandates--see p.3 Fiscal &
Administrative section, bullet "Oppose legislation with
mandates for local agency adherence to operations and
programs that may not be reimbursable by state budget funds
(e.g. unfunded state mandates). "
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Commented [MG3]: Rob W.: Under the current rule,
municipally operated fleets must comply with ACF’s zeroemission vehicle mandates, infrastructure investments, and
reporting obligations. However, private haulers performing
the identical service under municipal contracts may not be
subject to those same requirements. This creates a structural
imbalance that disadvantages municipal operations and shifts
compliance costs directly to municipal ratepayers.
Regulatory obligations should be based on the service
performed, not ownership structure. Without this
amendment, cities face disproportionate financial burdens
and potential pressure to privatize services solely to avoid
regulatory costs.
The proposed amendment ensures a level playing field,
protects ratepayers, and supports consistent statewide
emissions reductions.
Michael H: @Mandy Jiang Please review.
Commented [MJ3R2]: @Melissa Gomez this priority is
fine as is and I'll include summary of above explanation into
my report.
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Support legislation that would provide pragmatic compliance goals in statewide
and regional National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits.
 Support legislation that would advance scientific studies on the impact of urban
runoff in watershed and NPDES permits.
 Ensure theSupport state state funding continues to fund the of the Department of
Water Resources (DWR)’s budget, into provideing funding opportunities for multibenefit stormwater infrastructure projects that would expand the state’s water
portfolio.
 Ensure the state continues to fund the California Department of Transportation
(Cal Trans) capital construction budget for offsetting their requirements to limit their
total maximum daily load (TMDL) for pollutant discharge. Encourage Cal Trans to
continue to enter into Cooperative Implementation Agreements with local
jurisdictions to fund stormwater capture and retention projects.
 Ensure that the state (State Water Resources Control Board) continues to provide
Cal Trans Stormwater a compliance based credit system that includes compliance
based on using funds to support stormwater projects that would meet statewide
TMDLs.
Public Works – Water & Utilities
 Support the Delta Conveyance Project as it will assist with protecting the water
supply for Beverly Hills, and state funding for this project.
 Support projects and legislation that protect the City’s ability to receive water from
the Bay Delta and the State Water Project.
 Support measures that uphold the ability of the City of Beverly Hills City Council to
regulate and manage their publicly owned water utility so that local authority is not
eroded by state or federal agencies, authorities, or other regulatory bodies.
 Oppose legislation that adds requirements to provide services that customers do
not value, want, or need.
 Support legislation that ensures local ratemaking authority is preserved and
remains meaningful.
 Support policies that recognize, support, and credit the role of water conservation
and water use efficiency in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
 Support local control of groundwater uses and groundwater rights unless
otherwise contraindicated.
 Support local control for planning management and use of water supplies to
address local needs and contribute to long-term sustainability, unless otherwise
contraindicated.
 Support efforts that seek to bring federal sources of funding to California for water
infrastructure development and renewable energy development through water
management.
 Support legislation and funding to advancecost effective water conservation
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Support flexible funding options and additional funding that will help Beverly Hills
upgrade and replace water infrastructure and groundwater development.
Support flexible funding options and additional funding for Beverly Hills water,
wastewater, and stormwater facilities.
Support legislation for state funding for the development of local water supply and
water conservation efforts.
Support legislation that ensures equitable cost-sharing between investor-owned
utilities and community choice aggregation for stranded costs.
Support legislation to ensure more affordable investor-owned utility rates and ratesetting formulas are transparent.
Support funding and legislation for water recycling projects including augmenting
potable water.
Support legislation and funding aimed at strengthening cyber security and
preventing cyber security threats to critical infrastructure, including water utilities.
Support legislation which improves the reliability of public utilities.
Support legislation that holds utilities accountable for improving aging
infrastructure.
Support regional recycled water legislation and initiatives as a potential alternative
source of supply for the City and surrounding vicinity.
Support the Liability Protection Act to protect water utilities from the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) liability and cleanup costs when disposing of per- and polyfluoroalkyl
substances (PFAS) containing byproducts or biosolids (e.g., brine water from
treatment plants, spent media, cartridge filters and reserves osmosis membranes).
This act holds polluters accountable for cleanup costs, protecting the public from
bearing the financial burden.

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