City Council

A. Approval of the City of Santa Monica Legislative Platform for Fiscal Years 2023-2025\nNew Item Received. 7/13/2023\nRecommended Action\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Approve the attached 2023 State and Federal Legislative Agendas, which detail both the\nCity’s historic legislative priorities and emerging concerns, aligned with the Council’s\nadopted community and budget priorities for FY 2023-2025;\n2. Provide feedback to inform City staff’s competitive procurement process for new State\nand Federal representative and lobbying service to be undertaken in fall 2023; and\n3. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a first modification to agreement\n#10693 in the amount of $25,000 with Shaw Yoder Antwih Schmelzer & Lange for state\nlegislative advocacy services for the City Manager's Office. This will result in a five-year\nagreement with a new total amount not to exceed $273,021.\n4. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3)\n(Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\nGuidelines.\nStaff Report Printout\na. 2023-25 State Legislative Platform DRAFT for City Council\nb. 2023-25 Federal Legislative Platform DRAFT for City Council\nc. June 12, 2018 Staff Report for Award of Contracts for State and Federal Lobbying Services (Web\nLink)\nd. April 27, 2021 Staff Report for Approval of Legislative Platform (Web Link)