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Page 2 of 4 2025 and 2026. This approach mirrors the recent change adopted by the Tri-Valley Cities (TVC) Coalition and provides several benefits: 1. Better alignment with the State's legislative calendar 2. Improved efficiency in tracking bills across the full legislative cycle 3. Reduced administrative overhead in framework updates 4. Consistency with the City's regional partners' approach. The 2025-2026 Legislative Focus Areas were developed by considering the current political landscape at the federal and state level in addition to current regional and local issues; this does not preclude the City from responding to any legislation outside these focus areas. Staff will prepare position letters for the Mayor's signature as needed throughout the legislative session to respond to any bills of concern if in alignment with the City's adopted Legislative Framework. Legislative Advocacy Discussion Update At the April 29, 2025, City Council Legislative Subcommittee meeting, subcommittee members discussed the tracking of Pleasanton-specific legislative priorities that may not align with the broader Tri-Valley Cities Coalition focus. The subcommittee expressed interest in evaluating options for Pleasanton-specific legislative advocacy and discussed the possibility of reconsidering the allocation of resources between regional and city-specific advocacy efforts. Staff will provide additional information on legislative advocacy options within the current budgeted resources as a topic of future City Council consideration. The subcommittee and staff recommend the following focus areas for 2025-2026. An overarching theme for each focus area is the City's ability to retain local control and decision- making. Housing • Support, promote, and protect affordability in the housing stock • Support a balanced approach to housing solutions that consider housing, jobs and transportation together • Support protection of development impact fees • Support the preservation of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) provisions that protect the environment and local control. Fiscal Sustainability • Oppose local, regional, state or federal mandates that are unfunded or partially funded • Oppose measures that seek to limit the City's ability to adopt revenue measures • Support effective options for cities to address unfunded pension liabilities that will ensure that cities remain financially stable and are able to provide services for their residents • Support an update to the local government tax structure to respond to the new e- commerce that ensures equity of sales tax allocations to cities Page 14 of 682