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Page 3 of 4 <br />• Support state funding to implement SB 1383: The Short-Lived Climate Pollutants bill. <br /> <br />Pleasanton's Infrastructure and the Environment <br />• Support efforts to address PFAS in drinking water and secure funding for treatment <br />• Support efforts to secure funding for a regional recycled water project <br />• Support efforts to secure funding to address water supply, sewer, storm water, flood <br />control, and development of new infrastructure <br />• Support efforts to secure funding for programs that help meet the City's Climate Action <br />Plan (CAP 2.0) and other sustainability goals. <br /> <br />Wildfire and Emergency Preparedness (New Focus Area) <br />• Support efforts that provide funding to local agencies for disaster preparedness, <br />evacuation planning, fire suppression and prevention, and rescue emergency medical <br />services <br />• Support measures that provide resources and incentives for the development of <br />defensible space and home-hardening efforts <br />• Support legislation and regulatory activities that increase the availability and affordability <br />of homeowners and renters insurance for properties located within areas of increased <br />risk of wildfire <br />• Support legislation that streamlines regulatory requirements, such as the California <br />Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), for wildfire prevention and other emergency <br />preparedness projects; any such streamlining should be narrowly tailored and clarified <br />in the CEQA Guidelines. <br /> <br />The subcommittee reviewed numerous bills and is recommending adoption of positions on the <br />18 bills as shown in Attachment 2 and in the summary overview provided in Table 1 below. <br />Staff will actively work on key bills from each focus area through regional partnerships and <br />organizational memberships during this legislative session, including providing comments and <br />suggested amendments to bill authors and various legislative committees as appropriate. <br /> <br />Table 1. Summary of Recommended Positions <br />Focus Area Position Bill Number <br />Support AB 650, SB 233 Housing <br />Oppose AB 306, AB 647, AB 712, SB 79, SB 677 <br />Fiscal Sustainability Oppose SB 358 <br />Infrastructure and the <br />Environment <br />Support AB 762, SB 454, SB 496, SB 501 <br />Wildfire and Emergency <br />Preparedness <br />Support AB 300, AB 846, AB 888 <br />Support SB 456 <br />Support if Amended SB 707 <br />Local Control - Miscellaneous <br />Oppose SB 634 <br /> <br />Page 15 of 682