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City staff update Tempe council on proposed federal and state legislative principles and funding risks
Summary
Government relations staff reviewed the city’s draft 2026–27 federal principles and 2026 state legislative principles, flagging potential funding risks from a federal budget fight and summarizing local priorities including RAISE grant progress on the Rio Salado streetcar design.
The Tempe City Council received updates from the city’s government-relations staff on draft federal and state legislative principles for 2026–27, including a federal funding outlook that staff warned could delay grant decisions and a recap of local priorities the city will continue to press in the coming year.
Jonathan Sheffield, the city’s government relations director, told the council that recent federal changes have shifted priorities in Washington and that appropriation-level disputes have produced a government shutdown that began Oct. 1. Sheffield said the new…
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