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Board adopts 2025–26 federal and state legislative priorities; staff presents focus-group findings to guide 2025–26 budget
Summary
The board approved Sacramento County's 2025–26 federal and state legislative priorities and accepted findings from focus groups and recommended budget priorities that emphasize homelessness, behavioral health and road maintenance. Staff reported recent federal earmark wins and urged continued advocacy on water, homelessness and infrastructure.
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 7 approved the county’s federal and state legislative priorities for 2025–26 and received results from focus groups and recommended budget priorities for FY 2025–26.
Alicia Debord, the county’s governmental relations and legislative officer, presented the proposed federal and state priorities, said the county contracts with outside lobbying firms, and outlined recent results and trends: the county monitored roughly 100 bills in 2023–24, worked to remove last-minute language that would have advanced a state Delta conveyance project, and…
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