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Emeryville council backs broadening state and federal platform to add insurance, air pollution and housing cost priorities
Summary
Townsend Public Affairs presented a draft 2025–26 legislative platform; councilmembers asked staff to add housing‑insurance, air‑pollution and cap‑and‑trade/polluter‑pay considerations and signaled support for including guaranteed‑income pilot language and targeted tenant protections.
Niccolo DeLuca of Townsend Public Affairs presented a draft state and federal legislative platform to the Emeryville City Council on Tuesday that the firm described as “our playbook” for the 2025–26 session. DeLuca said the platform groups priorities into policy and funding categories including homelessness and behavioral health, housing access, economic development, transportation, public safety and climate resiliency.
DeLuca told council Townsend will bring back specific bill recommendations after the legislature’s appropriations hearings, and that the firm will work with city staff to return with a list of specific bills for possible council…
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