TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Ryan J. Alsop, Chief Executive Officer
REPORT BY: Andrew M. Mize, Legislative & Policy Analyst
SUBJECT: 2026 Legislative & Regulatory Platform
RECOMMENDATION
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Receive an annual report of the County's legislative and regulatory program for 2025 and approve and adopt the proposed 2026 Legislative & Regulatory Platform, subject to any modifications by the Board. (No Fiscal Impact)
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BACKGROUND
The County Executive Office leads the County's legislative and regulatory program and advances the Board's priorities by monitoring state and federal policy developments, developing position recommendations for the Board, and coordinating advocacy efforts across the state and federal legislatures and regulatory bodies.
In support of this program, the County Executive Office annually develops a legislative and regulatory platform that (1) outlines the Board's federal and state policy priorities and (2) provides County staff with the authority to transmit position letters and conduct direct advocacy on behalf of the Board on legislative and regulatory matters enumerated within the adopted platform that arise throughout the year.
The attached 2025 Legislative & Regulatory Program Report highlights key state and federal updates and engagement points and provides forecasted key issues for 2026.
The attached 2026 Legislative & Regulatory Platform differs from the 2025 Platform in several notable structural and substantive ways. The 2025 document groups priorities into broad categories that encompass multiple county functions. The 2026 document instead lays out themes that are applicable across the organization and then applies those themes to particular priority issues.
I. Social Services Programs
The federal government's broad mandatory spending measure from 2025, H.R. 1, enacted sweeping changes to the tax code and statutory social services programs, including Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California) and SNAP (CalFresh). In addition to new...
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