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Townsend briefs Soledad on 2024 legislation and $3.3M grant pipeline
Summary
Townsend Public Affairs updated the council on the state legislative calendar and recommended strategies including an ad-hoc legislative subcommittee. The firm’s grants lead reported $3.3 million in pending applications and recent awards, and listed near-term opportunities for integrated climate and Safe Streets grants.
Andres Ramirez of Townsend Public Affairs told the City Council on May 1 that the 2024 legislative calendar is narrowing and that the state’s May budget revision and mid-May appropriations deadlines will shape which bills remain viable. “The legislature just finished the house of origin committee deadline,” Ramirez said, and noted the governor’s May revision and the June 15 budget deadline that could shift funding availability.
Ramirez described recent advocacy…
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