Disaster Events

1.12.23 Delegation Disaster Declaration Support Letter
1.14.23 President Approves California Disaster Declaration
1.18.23 President Amends California Disaster Declaration
3.1.23 Governor Proclamation of State of Emergency
3.9.23 Governor Request Presidential Emergency Declaration
3.11.23 California Disaster Assistance Act (CDAA) request
3.15.23 Disaster Relief for Undocumented Community request
3.17.23 CLLC Letter Request for Disaster Relief for Undocumented Residents
3.20.23 Central Coast Delegation Letter to Governor re Central Coast Flooding
3.20.23 Housing Task Force request
3.23.23 Pajaro Small Businesses Letter to Governor Gavin Newsom
3.27.23 Federal Delegation Letter to the Honorable Michael Connor re Pajaro River
3.28.23 Governor Major Disaster Declaration request
3.28.23 Governor March Storms Emergency Additional Counties
4.3.23 President Approves Disaster Declaration for California
6.6.23 Monterey County FEMA Disaster Recovery Center Extension Request

2024 Legislative Workshop (February 2, 2024)

2024 Legislative Workshop Agenda
2024 Legislative Workshop PowerPoint
2024 County Priorities - Fact Sheets

2023 Legislative Workshop (January 20, 2023)

2023 Legislative Workshop Agenda
2023 Winter Storm PowerPoint 1.20.23
2023 Legislative Workshop PPT - REVISED
2023 County Priorities - Fact Sheets

2023-24 State Legislative Advocacy Letters

AB 46 (Ramos) Military Retirement Income Tax Exclusion - support 2.9.23
     AB 46 Memo to SEN Governance & Finance 6.7.23
     AB 46 Memo to SEN Military & Veterans Affairs 6.7.23
     AB 46 Memo to SEN Appropriations 7.21.23
AB 345 (Wilson) Habitat Restoration. Flood Control. Advanced Payments. - support 3.13.23
     AB 345 Memo to SEN Natural Resources & Water 6.12.23
     AB 345 Memo to SEN Appropriations 7.21.23
     AB 345 (Wilson) Signature Request
AB 366 (Petrie-Norris) County Human Services Agencies: workforce development. - 9.10.24 Signature Request
AB 400 (B Rubio) Local Agency Design-Build projects. Authorization. - support 3.13.23
     AB 400 Memo to SEN Governance & Finance 6.7.23
     AB 400 (Rubio) Signature Request
AB 444 (Addis) California Defense Community Infrastructure Program - support 3.13.23
     AB 444 Memo to SEN Governance & Finance 6.14.23
     AB 444 Memo to SEN Appropriations 7.21.23
AB 513 (Rodriguez) California Individual Assistance Act - support 5.15.23
     AB 513 Memo to SEN Governmental Organization 6.23.23
     AB 513 Memo to SEN Appropriations 7.18.23
AB 557 (Hart) Open meetings. Local Agencies. - support 3.13.23
     AB 557 Memo to SEN Judiciary 6.23.23
     AB 557 (Hart) Signature Request
AB 595 (Essayli) Animal Shelters 72-hr Public Notice - oppose 4.10.23
AB 684 (Ta) County veteran service officers. additional resources - support 5.15.23
AB 687 (Hart) California Cannabis Authority - support 4.10.23
     AB 687 Memo to SEN Business Professions & Economic Development 6.16.23
     AB 687 Memo to SEN Appropriations 7.21.23
AB 799 (L Rivas) HHAP Homelessness Accountability and Prevention Act - support 5.15.23
     AB 799 Memo to SEN Housing 6.23.23
AB 817 (Pacheco) Open Meetings Teleconferencing - support 4.10.23
     AB 817 Memo to ASM Local Government 1.3.24
     AB 817 Memo to SEN Local Government 5.17.24
     AB 817 Memo to SEN Judiciary 5.17.24
AB 876 (R Rivas) Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project - support 8.29.23
     AB 876 (R Rivas) Signature Request
AB 906 (Gipson) Local Control Funding Formula County Offices of Education - support 4.10.23
AB 930 (Friedman) Local Government. RISE Districts. - support 3.13.23
     AB 930 Memo to SEN Local Government 5.17.24
AB 1057 (Weber) California Home Visiting Program - support 3.13.23
     AB 1057 Memo to SEN Health 6.9.23
     AB 1057 (Weber) Signature Request
AB 1168 (Bennett) Emergency Medical Services - oppose 4.10.23
     AB 1168 Memo to SEN Health 6.23.23
     AB 1168 Memo to SEN Appropriations 8.8.23
     AB 1168 Memo to author 6.6.24
     AB 1168 (Bennett) Veto Request 8.29.24
AB 1217 (Gabriel) Business Pandemic Relief - support 4.10.23
     AB 1217 Memo to SEN Health 6.2.23
     AB 1217 Memo to SEN Governmental Organization 6.2.23
     AB 1217 Memo to SEN Appropriations 7.21.23
     AB 1217 (Gabriel) Signature Request
AB 1448 (Wallis) Cannabis enforcement by local jurisdictions - support 5.15.23
     AB 1448 Memo to SEN Business Professions & Economic Development 6.23.23
     AB 1448 Memo to SEN Appropriations 7.21.23
     AB 1448 (Wallis) Signature Request
AB 1567 (Garcia) Request Increase in IRWM Funding - Water Bond Coalition support letter 3.13.23
           Water Bond Coalition Partners as of 3.13.23
      AB 1567 (Garcia) Request Increase in IRWM Funding - Water Bond Coalition - Support if Amended 4.20.23
      AB 1567 (Garcia) - Water Bond Coalition support letter 6.19.23
           Water Bond Coalition Partners as of June 2023
      AB 1567 (Garcia) Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Prevention, Flood Protection, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Clean Energy and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2024 - support 6.12.23
      AB 1567 (Garcia) Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Prevention, Flood Protection, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Clean Energy and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2024 - support 6.12.23 (MCWRA)
     AB 1567 MEMO to Author 5.17.24
     AB 1567 MEMO to SEN Natural Resources 5.24.24
AB 2022 (Addis) Mobilehome parks emergency preparedness - support 5.13.24
     AB 2022 MEMO to SEN Housing 6.14.24
     AB 2022 (Addis) Signature Request 8.30.24
AB 2079 (Bennett) Groundwater extraction permits - OUA 6.11.24
AB 2200 (Kalra) Guaranteed Health Care for All - support 5.15.24
AB 2557 (Ortega) Local agencies special contracts - oppose 6.11.24
AB 2797 (McKinnor) Telephone corps. COLR - oppose 6.18.24
AB 2882 (McCarty) California Community Correction Performance Incentives - oppose 5.13.24
     AB 2882 MEMO to Public Safety 6.14.24
     AB 2882 MEMO to SEN Public Safety Committee 7.26.24
AB 2902 (Wood) Organic waste. reduction regulations. exemptions. - Support 3.11.24
     AB 2902 MEMO to ASM Local Government 5.10.24
     AB 2902 MEMO to SEN Environmental Quality 5.31.24
     AB 2902 (Wood) Signature Request 8.28.24
AB 2982 (Reyes) California Children and Families Act of 1998. working group. - support 3.11.24
     AB 2982 MEMO to ASM Local Government 5.10.24
SB 23 (Caballero) Water Supply and Flood Risk Reduction Projects. Expedited Permitting. - support 3.13.23
SB 38 (Laird) Battery energy storage facilities - support and amend 5.15.23
     SB 38 Memo to ASM Appropriations 7.21.23
     SB 38 (Laird) Signature Request
SB 43 (Eggman) Behavioral Health - oppose 5.15.23
     SB 43 Memo to ASM Health 6.9.23
     SB 43 Memo to ASM Judiciary 7.7.23
     SB 43 Memo to ASM Appropriations 7.21.23
     SB 43 (Eggman) Veto Request 9.25.23
SB 227 (Durazo) Unemployment. Excluded Workers Program - support 3.23.23
     SB 227 MEMO to ASM Appropriations 6.14.24
     SB 227 Memo to ASM Insurance 6.16.23
     SB 227 Memo to ASM Appropriations 7.21.23
     SB 227 (Durazo) Signature Request 8.30.24
SB 304 (Laird) MST Procurement Threshold - support 2.9.23
SB 326 (Eggman) Behavioral Health Services Act - oppose unless amended 8.23.23
SB 326 (Eggman) Behavioral Health Services Act - oppose unless amended to Asm. HCD 8.23.23
SB 508 (Laird) Cannabis. Licenses. California Environmental Quality Act - support 6.12.23
     SB 508 Memo to ASM Natural Resources 6.27.23
     SB 508 Memo to ASM Appropriations 7.21.23
SB 511 (Blakespear) Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories - support 3.13.23
     SB 511 Memo to ASM Natural Resources 6.9.23
     SB 511 Memo to ASM Appropriations 7.21.23
SB 548 (Niello) Public employees retirement - support 5.15.23
     SB 548 Memo to ASM Public Employment & Retirement 6.15.23
     SB 548 Memo to ASM Appropriations 7.21.23
     SB 548 (Niello) Signature Request
SB 642 (Cortese) Hazardous Materials. Enforcement. County Counsel. - support 3.13.23
SB 691 (Portantino) Dyslexia Risk Screening. - support 3.13.23
SB 753 (Caballero) Cannabis. water resources - support 5.15.23
     SB 753 Memo to ASM Public Safety 6.16.23
     SB 753 Memo to ASM Water Parks & Wildlife 6.16.23
     SB 753 Memo to ASM Appropriations 7.21.23
     SB 753 (Caballero) Signature Request
SB 800 (Caballero) Advanced Air Mobility and Aviation Electrification Committee - support 5.15.23
     SB 800 Memo to ASM Transportation 6.16.23
     SB 800 Memo to ASM Appropriations 7.21.23
     SB 800 (Caballero) Signature Request
SB 820 (Alvarado-Gil) Cannabis enforcement - support 5.15.23
     SB 820 MEMO to ASM Business & Professions 5.17.24
     SB 820 MEMO to ASM Public Safety 6.14.24
SB 867 (Allen) Request Increase in IRWM Funding - Water Bond Coalition - Support if Amended 4.20.23
     SB 867 (Allen) - Water Bond Coalition - support letter 6.19.23
          Water Bond Coalition Partners as of June 2023
     SB 867 (Allen) Drought, Flood and Water Resilience, Wildfire and Forest Resilience, Coastal Resilience, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Biodiversity and Nature-Based Climate Solutions, Climate Smart Agriculture, Park Creation and Outdoor Access, and Clean Energy Bond Act of 2024 - support 6.12.23
     SB 867 MEMO to SEN Natural Resources and SEN Enviro Quality 7.1.24
SB 1032 (Padilla) Local government Prop 218 remedies - support 5.13.24
     SB 1032 MEMO to ASM Housing & Community Development 6.4.24
SB 1057 (Mejivar) Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council - oppose 5.13.24
     SB 1057 MEMO to ASM Public Safety 6.4.24
SB 1060 (Becker) Property insurance underwriting risk models - support 5.13.24
SB 1179 (Durazo) Affordable Internet and Net Equality - support 3.11.24
SB 1390 (Caballero) Groundwater recharge. floodflows diversions - support 3.11.24
     SB 1390 MEMO to SEN Natural Resources & Water 4.12.24
     SB 1390 MEMO to SEN Appropriations 5.7.24
SB 1397 (Eggman) Behavioral health services coverage - support 6.11.24
     SB 1397 MEMO to ASM Health 6.14.24
SB 1400 (Stern) Criminal procedure. competence to stand trial. - oppose unless amended 8.27.24
     SB 1400 (Stern) Veto Request 9.1.24
SBX1 2 (Skinner) Gas Price Gouging Penalty - support 1.19.23
SJR 7 (Wahab) Right to Safety
     SJR 7 (Wahab) Signature Request

State Budget / Other Issues

Budget - Dam Safety and Climate Resilience - 1.26.23
Budget - ACWA-CMUA dam safety factsheet - 1.26.23
Budget - Support for California Hospitals - 4.10.23
Budget - Broadband Funding for Last-Mile Infrastructure - 5.22.23
Dept. of Cannabis Control (DCC)Request to Extend Provisional License Renewal Period - 3.15.23
Anthem - Salinas Valley Health Contract - 7.27.23
CalPERS Letter re Anthem Blue Cross-Salinas Valley Health contract - 10.11.23
Reso No 24-002 Supporting Measure N Pajaro Valley Heath Care District Bond - 1.9.24
Dam Safety and Resilience Legislative and Bond Proposals - 1.23.24 
     Attachment 1. New York Times article
     Attachment 2. Statutory Program Language
     Attachment 3. Jan 2024 - ACWA-CMUA-CAJ dam safety factsheet
Budget - CalWORKs Program - 3.11.24
CPUC Letter - Oppose AT&T Application 23-03-002 & 23-03-003 - 3.12.24
Budget - Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention Program (HHAP) - SEN Budget Sub #4 (3.21.24)
Budget - Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention Program (HHAP) - ASM Budget Sub #5 (3.21.24)
Budget - CRLA Rural Justice Centers - 5.13.24
Budget - May Revise Homelessness Proposals - 5.28.24
Budget - May Revise Future of Public Health - 5.28.24
Budget - May Revise Human Services: CalWORKS, Child Welfare, Adult Protective Services - 5.28.24
Budget - CalWORKS Child Welfare APS Gov Newsom - 6.5.24
Budget - Market Match Program Funding - 5.28.24
Budget - Broadband Funding - 5.30.24
CPUC Proposed Decision to Dismiss ATT COLR Application - 5.23.24

Letters of Support for County State Budget Requests

Nacimiento-San Antonio CAMP State Budget Request - WRA
Nacimiento-San Antonio CAMP State Budget Request - MoCo
     CAMP support - Atascadero Mutual Water Company
     CAMP support - Braga Fresh
     CAMP support - City of Gonzales
     CAMP support - City of Greenfield
     CAMP support - City of King City
     CAMP support - City of Paso Robles
     CAMP support - City of Salinas
     CAMP support - City of Soledad
     CAMP support - Coalition of Peninsula Businesses
     CAMP support - D'Arrigo
     CAMP support - Monterey County Farm Bureau
     CAMP support - Monterey County Hospitality Association
     CAMP support - Pisoni Farms
     CAMP support - Salinas Basin Water Alliance
     CAMP support - Salinas Valley Basin GSA
     CAMP support - Salinas Valley Water Coalition
     CAMP support - San Luis Obispo Council of Governments
     CAMP support - San Luis Obispo County Farm Bureau
     CAMP support - San Luis Obispo County Flood Control and WCD
     CAMP support - Shandon-San Juan Water District
     CAMP support - Sunberry Growers
     CAMP support - Tanimura & Antle
     CAMP support - Taylor Farms

2023-24 Federal Legislative Advocacy Letters (118th Congress)

Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024 (H.R. 6929) - support 1.25.24
Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024 (S. 3565) - support 1.25.24
Background Check Expansion Act (S. 494) - support 5.15.23
Bipartisan Background Checks Act (H.R. 715) - support 5.15.23
California Central Coast Conservation Act (H.R. 433) - support 5.15.23
Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (S. 4226) - support 6.11.24
Caring for Survivors Act (H.R. 1083) - support 5.15.23
Child Care for Every Community Act (H.R. 953) - support 5.15.23
Child Care for Every Community Act (S. 388) - support 5.15.23
The Due Process Continuity of Care Act (H.R. 3074) - support 9.11.23
The Due Process Continuity of Care Act (S. 971) - support 9.11.23
Enhanced Background Checks Act (H.R. 2403) - support 5.15.23
Everett Alvarez Jr Congressional Gold Medal Act (S. 633) - Sen. Padilla - support 3.13.23
Everett Alvarez Jr Congressional Gold Medal Act (H.R. 1097) Rep Panetta - support 3.13.23
Fair Access to Agriculture Disaster Programs Act (H.R. 4127) - support 9.11.23
Fair Access to Agriculture Disaster Programs Act (S. 2704) - support 9.11.23
Farm Workforce Modernization Act (HR 4319) (Rep Panetta+Lofgren) - support 5.13.24
Fighting Homelessness Through Services and Housing Act (S. 24) Sen. Padilla+Butler - support 3.11.24
Fighting Homelessness Through Services and Housing Act (H.R. 516) Reps Panetta + Lofgren - support 3.11.24
Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act (H.R. 8340) - support 6.11.24
INSURE Act (H.R. 6944) Rep. Lofgren - support 3.11.24
INSURE Act (H.R. 6944) Rep Panetta - support 3.11.24
Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) - support 2.1.24
Michelle Alyssa Go Act (H.R. 8575) - support 9.9.24
Outdoors for All Act (S. 448) - support 5.15.23
The Reentry Act (H.R. 2400) - support 9.11.23
The Reentry Act (S. 1165) - support 9.11.23
Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 (H.R. 1511) - support 9.11.23
Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 (S. 2606) - support 9.11.23
Restore Aging Infrastructure Now (RAIN) Act (S. 2202) - support 9.11.23
SAFE Banking Act (S. 1323) - support 5.15.23
West Coast Ocean Protection Act (S. 22) Sen Padilla+Butler - support 3.11.24
West Coast Ocean Protection Act (H.R. 470) Rep Panetta - support 3.11.24
West Coast Ocean Protection Act (H.R. 470) Rep Lofgren - support 3.11.24
Wildfire Emergency Act (S. 188) - support 5.15.23
S. Res. 400 Honoring Senator Feinstein - support 12.12.23

Congressional Review Act Resolution to overturn ARPA State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund Rules - oppose 5.15.24
Federal Register Comment Letter - Rescheduling Marijuana - Docket No DEA-1362 - 6.11.24

FY 2024 Congressional Directed Spending (CDS) / Community Project Funding (CPF) Requests

FY24 CPF City of Watsonville
FY24 CPF Pajaro River Flood Project - Monterey County Water Resources Agency
FY24 CPF Pajaro River Flood Project - County of Monterey
FY24 CPF TAMC Pajaro to Prunedale G12 Corridor Project

FY 2025 Congressional Directed Spending (CDS) / Community Project Funding (CPF) Requests

FY25 CPF Pajaro River Flood Risk Reduction Project (PRFMA) by Board of Supervisors
FY25 CFP Pajaro River Flood Risk Reduction Project (PRFMA) by MCWRA Board of Supervisors

2023-24 Letters of Support

TAMC Pajaro-Watsonville Multimodal Transit Hub (1.19.23)
Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission Zero Emission Rail Transit and Trail Project (1.26.23)
MCWRA CSIP Well Replacement and Rehabilitation Project (1.27.23)
     CSIP Well Project Support Letter - Assemblymember Rivas
MCWRA Weather Modification Pilot Program (1.27.23)
Rancho Cielo YouthBuild Project (2.2.23)
TAMC North Monterey County Safe Routes to School (3.2.23)
TAMC Transportation Vulnerability Assessment (3.2.23)
AMBAG Monterey Bay EV CAR Framework (3.3.23)
TAMC Monterey County Regional Vision Zero Action Plan (6.7.23) 
TAMC Highway 1 Elkhorn Slough Corridor Climate Resiliency Project (7.5.23)
AMBAG Highway 1 Bridge at Pajaro River Project (7.20.23)
TAMC Reconnecting Salinas (9.13.23)
MCWRA Enhanced Predictive Tools (10.6.23)
MCWRA Weather Modification (10.6.23)
TAMC 2025 Active Transportation Plan (12.29.23)
Community Human Services - HHAP4 Application (3.11.24)
Sand City - Multiuse Commuter Trail Project (3.28.24)
GoldenPACE Health - support 4.15.24
Salinas Sports Authority Community Wellness Center (7.12.24)
MST SURF Project (8.13.24)
Resource Conservation District of Monterey County - Coastal Conservancy, IWRP Program Phase VII (9.30.24)